The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-30 00:00:00

SAILINGS.

June 23. Atiel schooner, Sir G. H. S. Douglas, Bart.,
for west of Scotland.

27. Dream yawl, G eo. Bentinck, Esq., for London and
coast of Norway; Turquoise cutter, C. H. Coots, Esq.,
for Plymouth.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners— Gipsey Queen, Fair Rosamond, Ondine,
Maud.

Cutters—Spider, Osprey, Petrel, Alarm.
Yawls—Duchess, Water Lilly.
The cutter yacht Ilebe having been new coppered and
undergone sundry repairs, was launched from Ratsey's
yard on Wednesday.
The new schooner yacht Leda, built by White, went
out of harbour this afternoon, and as soon as ready will
prcceed to Plymouth.
Mr. Acker is fitting out his -ship yacht the Brilliant,
of 332 tons. He is expected to take up his residence for
the season at Oak Hill House, Cowes.

L:)rd de Clay and Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, arrind
at Grantham House this day.
Lord Glengall has taken Harriet Lodge for the month
of July. Several families have taken hk.usei this week.

COURTSIIIP AND MATRIMONY.
A POEDI, IN TWO CANTOS.
CANTO THE FIRST—COURTsuir.
Fairest of earth! if thou wilt tear my VOW,
LO! at thy feet, I swear to lore thee ever;
shell sever;
A npdr,obniyistehiasffkecistsi 0
nu pvo,ah
itchhynroa dtiima net
And love which e'er shall burn as bright as now,
To be extinguish( d—never, dearest—never!
Wilt thou that naughty, flattering heart resign?
Catherine! my own sweet Kate! wilt thou be mine?
Thou shalt have pearls to deck thy raven hair—
Thou shalt have all this world of ours can bring;
And we will live in solitude, ncr care
For aught save for each other. We will fling
Away all sorrow—Eden shall be there!
And thou shalt be my queen, and I thy king!
Still coy, and still reluctant ? Sweetheart, say,
When shall we monarchs be ? and which the day?

CANTO THE SECOND-NATEIMONY.
Now, Mrs. Piingle, onca for all I say
I will not such extravagance allow!
Bills urn bills, and larger every day,
Enough to drive a man to chink, I vow !
Bonnet, gloves, frippery, and trash—nay, nay,
Tears, Mrs. Pringle, will not gull m© now.
I say, I won't allow ten pounds a week;
I can't afford it ; Madam, du not speak.
In wedding you I thought I had a treasure ;
I find myself most miserably mistaken ;
You rise at ten, then spend the day in pleasure:
In fact, my confidence is slightly shaken.
Ha ! what's that uproar? This, ma'am, is my leisure;
Sufficient noise the slumbering dead to wake!
I seek retirement, and I find—a riot ;
Confound those children, but I'll make them quiet !
—(From the Carlisle Journal.)

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—The head-quarters of
the 64th Regiment, on board the Java, arched at Bom-
bay on the 17th of May, and a detachment of the same
regiment, in the John Brewer, on the 18th of May.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PonTsmouTrr, Fsmay.—The Queen having resolved
ton a visit to Ireland, an experimental squadron is now
talked of, to accompany the royal squadron, and it is
hoped, for the sake of those brave fellons, so many of
whom are knocking about the ports without food or
shelter, with some probability of the report being true.
Although the materials are very scanty just now, yet,
if time be taken by the forelock, a goodly fleet might be
mustered by the time of the royal departure from this
coast. The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, is already at
Spithead, and in most efficient condition, notwithstanding
she is undermanned by 300; but an exhibition of her
beating to quarters, firing a succession of rounds, board-
ing, receiving boarders, furling, reefing, and all the
other stirring manceuvres incidental to "action" afloat
would astonish some crews of three or four years' com-
mission. She will be the leading member of the squa-
dron, should one be formed; the Ganges, 84, Captain
Smith, at Cork, doing nothing, might as well return to
Spithead, if only to salute her Majesty. These are the
only line of battle ships on the home station that appear
in a sea• going state; these, however, together with two
or three first-class frigates, such as the Leander, In.
defatigable, Warspite, Phaeton, and a few steamers, of
which class there are many quite ready for officers and
men, would at a very short notice muster such a force
as any monarch would be proud of for an escort. The
Arrogant, 46, Captain Fitzroy, is ordered to return here
from Malta, via Lisbon, and will form one of such a
squadron.

The Otter steam. vessel arrived here this morning
from Woolwich.
The Myrtle steam-vessel sailed this afternoon with
supernumeraries for Plymouth.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
George Bevington, a stock-broker, was brought before
the Lord Mayor, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the
officer, charged with having forged a Bank of England
stock receipt for 173 Z 55., and a similar receipt for
861. 15s. with intent to defraud Thomas Robinson.
Daniel Forrester produced the warrant upon which he
had apprehended the prisoner for having feloniously
forged the two receipts. The information upon which
that authority had been granted was to the following
effect:—Mr. Robinson, who is at present in the country,
called on the 4th Dec. last upon the prisoner, who then
lived at Tokenhouse-yard, having formerly employed
him as a stock broker, and gave him 1731. lOs., with di-
re""^— to purchase 200/. stock in the Three-and-a
Annuities. The prisoner gave a re-
ce and on the sth Mr. Robinson
ak, . him and gave him 861 152., with
di archase 100/. in the same stock,
s ..antanit the stock receipts to the pro-
prielor on the following day. As the receipts
did not arrive in due course, Mr. Robinson wrote
to the prisoner, complaining of the omission, and re-
ceived an answer which contained an excuse and a pro-
mise to send the necessary documents next day. Trans-
fer receipts, or what appeared to be such, were accord-
ingly received by Mr. Robinson, a ho, however, found
out that they were forgeries, and that no stock had been
purchased for him by the prisoner.
Mr. Thomas legal!, deputy principal clerk in the
Three-and a- Quarter per Cent. Office of the Bank of
England, said he was present when Mr. Robinson gave
the information upon which the warrant had been ob-
tained, and the prisoner was the person referred to in the
depositions. He had examined the transfer receipts pro-
duced against the prisoner, and the transfer books of the
Bank of England, and he had found no entry correspon-
ding with the receipts produced, which were in fact for-
geries in all respects.
The prisoner requested to be remanded for a few days,
as he had been but just apprehended.
The LORD MAYOR said the prisoner should be accom-
modated with sufficient time for preparing his answer to
such serious charges, and Friday was fixed upon for the
last examination of the accused.

MURDERS at WESTBUR Y, WILTS.

WESTBURY, FRIDAY, JUNE 29.—An adjourned in-
quest was held here yesterday, before Mr. G. Sylvester,
ono of the coroners for Wiltshire, on the body of Richard
Smith, an infant about a month old, which has resulted
in the committal of the mother. Rebecca Smith, to take
her trial for wilful murder at the ensuing Wilts assizes.
From the evidence there is reason to conclude that a
series of murders has been committed.

The prisoner is the wife of Philip Smith, a labourer
at Westbury. She has been married 18 years, and has
given birth to 11 children, all of whom, with the Excep-
tion of the eldest, died in infancy. The subject of the
present inquiry was born on the 16th of May, and died
on the 12th of June. The body was exhumed on Satur-
day lust, and a post mortan examination was made by
Mr. G. Shorland, surgeon, of Westbury, in the presence
of another surgeon named Gibbs. They were convinced
of the presence of arsenic in the body, and the viscera
were accordingly carefully sealed up and sent to Mr.
llerapath, of Bristol, for further analyzation. On th•
following Monday a jury was sworn to investigate the
case, when it was shown that on the 7th of June, five
days before the child died, the prisoner went to a person
named Prudence Mead, and requested her to accom-
pany her to the shop of Mr. Taylor, druggist, of West-
bury, to purchase arsenic, which she said a sister of hers
residing at Bratton, near Westbury, wanted to destroy
rats.

The purchase of the poison was likewise proved by
Mr Taylor's apprentice, who put a label on it, and
warned her as to its deadly properties.
Mr. G. Shorland, surgeon, and registrar of births and
deaths for ,Westbury, deposed, that the child's death
was registered by the mother on the 13th of June, the
day after its death. She declared she cid not know the
cause of death, but that the child had been ailing for a
little time, and, as it appeared no satisfactory reason
could be assigned, the cause of death was registered as
unknown. The inquiry was then adjourned.
Mr. W. Herapath, of Bristol, now said, he received
the contents of the deceased's stomach from Mr. Shor-
land on the 24th instant, and on subjecting them to
anal) sis, found them to consist principally of milk and
arsenious acid in solution, and an exceedingly light
trace of arsenic not dissolved. He had no doubt that
the infant to which the viscera belonged had died from
the effect of arsenic, and he believed that white arsenic
had been administered, and that it had been given at
more than one time.

Atter some other unimportant evidence had been ad-
duced, the Coroner recapitulated the whole to the jury
who, having deliberated a short time, returned a verdict
of " Wilful murder against Rebecca Smith."
The prisoner, a sullen•looking woman, apparently
about fifty years of age, maintained an aspect of the
most stolid indifference throughout the proceedings.