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THE SUN,

was immediately sent to Messrs. Rogers to inquire if
the prisonerhactehanged a Bank post-bill to pay for his--I
boots. They found that he had not paid for the boots,
but that he had deposited a Bank post-bill for a loan of
2/. Mr. White, the foreman at Messrs. Rogers, held the
bill, and refused to give it up. An application was made
at the Lambeth Police-court for a summons against Mr.
White, and refused, Mr. White undertaking to return
the bill on receiving a written authority for so doing
from Messrs. Dorrington. This occurred on Saturday
evening, and on the same evening the prisoner called at
Messrs. Rogers shop, and Mr. White brought him to
Messrs. Dorrington's, where he was given in charge.
Mr. Souter, a clerk in Messrs. Dorrington's office, said
that he gave the prisoner a letter to their agent in Ire-
land, inclosing the 63/. -10 s. post- bill produced. The
letter was open, and he desired the prisoner to seal
it
and post it. After the prisoner left Messrs. Dorring-
ton's, witness found 'the letter in his drawer.
Mr. White sail that on Monday or Tuesday last the
prisoner (whore he had often seen passing the door, but
whom he did not know) ordered a pair of boots to he
sent to him at Dorrington's. The next day he again
called, and said be wanted a pair of boots for immediate
use, but had no money. He had a Bank post-bill for
631. 10s. Witness replied that he would not cash it,
but (lid not object' to advancing him a few pounds.
He advanced the prisoner 21., keeping the post-bill, for
which he gave the prisoner an acknowledgment. The
prisoner wrote on the back of the acknowledgment a
receipt for the 21., and left the paper on the counter.
He was fitted with a pair of ready-made boots, and
went away. When the boots were sent home on Friday,
Messrs. Dorrington and Co.'s solicitor called on him to
demand the bill. He would have done so but that
the solicitor " was very insulting." He was now ready
to do whatever the Magistrate pleased about it.
Mr. JARDINE said the bill need not be given up till it
was proved that Mr. White was not entitled to hold it.
Mr. White might keep it for the present.
Mr. White went. on to say, that after leaving the
Lambeth Police-court on Saturday, he returned to the
shop, where shortly afterwards the prisoner made his
appearance for the .purpose of trying on the new pair
of boots. He (witness) induced him very much against
his will to go with him in a cab to Messrs. Dorrington's,
where he was immediately given in charge.
The prisoner made no defence, and
Mr. JARDINE committed him for trial.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
Win. George Wells and Ann Wells. his wife, were
charged with having plundered Mr. Robert Savage,
auctioneer, of No. 241, Whitechapel, of furniture to a
considerable amount.

It appeared that the prisoners were tenants of Mr.
Savage, renting part of a house in Tongue-court, ad-
joining the auction-rooms. For some months past the
prosecutor had missed articles of a valuable description,
including chimney glasses, large pier glasses, bed fur-
niture, tables, &c., all of which had been entrusted to
him for sale, and which he had been compelled to make
good to the owners. On Saturday a Mr. Robert Bus-
sell, a broker, had forwarded him for sale two sets of
bed furniture and some small articles, which, his own
rooms being full of goods at the time, he placed in an
empty house next door (also his property), and locked
the premises. Sunday morning Mrs. Mary John-
stone, another of his tenants, came to his pri-
vate residence, No. 39, Brick-lane, and informed
him that shy had • seen WellS get over the wall at the
back of the house, and take two large tubs, and that
she had reason to believe he was the person that had
been robbing him for some time past. On going to the
place, he found that not only were the tubs gone, but
that the house next his auction rooms had been opened
by means of a skeleton key, and the bed furniture which
he had placed in it on Saturday night had been ab-
stracted. Be then gave the male prisoner into custody,
and proceeded to the Denmark•street station-house for
the purpose of having the affair put into the hands of
Kelly, an active officer of the detective force. As he
was returning with a police-constable, they met the
female prisoner carrying a large bundle. They stopped
her, and this turned out to be the identical furniture
which had been abstracted. She refused to give any
account of how she became possessed of it, and was also
given in charge. On searching the room they occupied,
they found the bed had been ripped open and a number
of articles concealed between the ti. k and the sacking.
A child of the prisoners informed them that after his
father had been taken into custody, his mother had occu-
pied herself in burning a number of pawnbroker's
duplicates, and they discovered the wood ashes of the
fire which had been made from the staves of the missing
tubs. The prosecutor added that 1001. would not cover
his loss.

The male prisoner stoutly denied the whole of the
allegations.--The prisoners were remanded for a week.

THE GENERAL ELECTION

CARDIGANS HIRE.
Colonel Powell was on Saturday re elected withou
opposition.

WEST NORFOLK.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The election for West Norfolk closed on Saturday,
at four o'clock. The numbers polled were—
Bagge (C.) ... • . ... 3,106
Coke (L) •.• ... 3,059
Hamond (L.) .. . . ... 2,938
Le Strange (C.) .. ... 2,676
Had the registration been attended to by the Liberal
party, Coke and Hamond must have been returned by
a large majority ; as it is, taking the gross poll, they
have a majority of 215, thus :
Coke
Hamond

... 3,059
... 2,938

5,997
... 3,106
... 2,676

Bagge ...
Le Strange

.:.---5,782

The Liberals are now determined to watch the
registration, and when another election takes place
Mr; Hamonet may consider his seat safe. Mr. Bagge
may then retire into private life, no doubt at
Geneva, where he has resided for the last few months.
Mr. Le Strange, and the old war cry of "No Popery"
and " Church in danger," had not an atom of a
chance. R. A.
NORTHUMBERLAND (NORTH).
OFFICIAL DECLARATION.
Sir George Grey .. .. 1,366
Lord Ossulston .. 1,247
Lord Lovaine ... 1,237
WARWICKSHIRE (NORTH).
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Newdegate ... 2,912
Spooner . . 2,456
Leigh ... ... 2,273

SCOTLAND.
SUTHERLAND COUNTY.
Sir David Dundas has been returned without oppo
sition.

IRELAND.
CLARE COUNTY.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Sir Lucius O'Brien ... .. 774
Major Macnamara ... 712
Cornelius O'Brien 578
.•• • •
Mr. C. O'Brien resigned on Friday.
CORK COUNTY.

The Cork Examiner of Friday states, that Messrs.
Tierney and White, the Conservative candidates, have
retired, and that there is every probability of the
Repealers having a walk over.
KILDARE COUNTY.
The nomination took place on Friday. The can-
didates are the Marquis of Kildare (Liberal), Mr.
Bourke (Conservative), and Mr. J. A. O'Neill
(Repealer).
The Duke of Leinster has written a letter to the
Leinster Express, contradicting.a report which had
been circulated by the Repealers, to the effect that he
wished his tenants to give their second votes to Mr.
O'Neill.

KILKENNY COUNTY.
The nomination took place on Friday. The can-
didates are Mr. Pierce Somerset Butler, the late
Member, Mr. J. Greene, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Hely,
Repealers.
The show of hands was in favour of Messrs.
Butler and Hely.
LIMERICK COUNTY.—FRIDAY.
Monsen
Smith O'Brien.: •••
581472
Powell • •••
••O'Connell
• ••• ... 420

FIVE LIVES
.SAN-------------HE FIRE
°f Life
machine used by the
faonr dthime 131";rottue.EnclionnoYf T EECAPE.—The
la Life from Fire were fully
esffiomyy
a house No. 2, Great Barlow-street,
.11Ai fire occurred in
street, Diary-
exemplified on Saturday nil)
fby the windows,
aogtewhser part of the
re obliged
lebone. All means of escape,
CI ies
were cut off, as the staircase and the lower
premises were in flames, and the in
to crowd to the. windows to avoid suffocwatei
were heard for assistance from the second flue, when thei
conductor of the machine, RObert Hutchins, az:rived with
it in front of the house, and succeeded in ascending
rescuing a mother and four children (one of them para-
lytic) from their perilous situation. The societyis en-
titled to great praise for its exertions in cases of fire, and
should be supported by the public. Its resources depend
entirely on voluntary contributions, and when it is known
that it has the expense of maintaining 20 machines for
escape, and the men employed in the management of
them, it may easily be conjectured that a large sum is
requisite to defray the necessary charges.
THE POSTMAN BRADLEY.—It is stated that the
Postmaster. General, the Marquis of Clanricarde, has
allowed Bradle, , the Lombard-street carrier, who was so
maltreated by the ruffians who attempted to rob him of
the Post office bag in Wood-street, and defeated their
plan by his resistance, to retire on his full pay. He is
63 years of age, and has been in the Post-office depart-
ment nearly 40 years.
, On Wednesday last the Royal Corps of Uxbridge
1 eomanry Cavalry were inspected by Colonel Smith,
of the Blues. The corps was mustered on Uxbridge-
common, and went thr,ugh a variety of movements
highly to the satisfacti,,n of the inspecting officer, who
was pleased to pay a very high encomium on their ap
pearance, steadiness, • and soldier-like conduct. The
troops were under the command of their captain, Hubert
de Burgh, Frederick" Cox, and Hugh Hammersley,
sciB') Mcl Aclitit4nt Cqbet,

AMERICAN AFVAIRS.
NEW YORK, Jura' -31.
The Administration have discovered that, in re-
gard to Mexican affairs, they have been travelling
rather too fast, and, preparatory to retracing some of
their hasty steps, they are seeking " scape-goats," as
an offering for their sins.
The St. Louis Republican of the 17th inst. men-
tions the reception of letters from 'Santa Fe to the
27th of May. One of the letters states that "on the
22d of May Colonel Price discovered that there were
instructions from the War Department, which had
been received by the last mail, brought by Mr. Boggs,
directed to the colonel commanding in Santa Fe, in
which it was announced that the President refused to
sanction any of the acts` of General Kearney, so far
as they confer anylrights upon the citizens of the tel-
ritory of New Mexico as citizens of the United
States ; and General Kearney, .or the officer com-
manding, was directed not to• permit to be carried
into effect such of the organic and statute laws of the
territory as confei such rights. O❑ the strength of
these instructions, .Colonel Price officially demanded
the release and remission of the sentence of Antonio
Maria Trajillo, convicted of treason against the Go-
vernment of the 'United States. The accused was
thereupon set at liberty."
On this discovery, at this late day, I have no dis-
position to comment at present. Similar military
usurpations were practised in California, and other
parts of the Mexiban territory. A few weeks will,
probably, bring forth something on the subject which
may enlighten us. all. .Whether the orders which
General Kearney• received were, or were -not, so
loosely drawn as to be totally misunderstood by him,
remains to be decided. If, however, he has thus
acted without authority, he is in no great danger of
suffering. He married a daughter of Colonel Bren-
ton, the distinguished senator in Congress from Mis-
souri.

Everything seems to indicate that the Adminis-
tration batteries. are pieparing to assault General
Scott, if it shall be deemed expedient. He is now
charged by the subordinates with defeating the peace
negotiation, in nut forwarding promptly, the over-
tures of Mr. Budhannan, as presented by Mr. Trist,
and referred to in my last letter. At the same time,
it is said by the same party, that the General has
halted, and will not enter the city of Mexico until it
is ascertained that Mr. Bankhead's friendly mission
has totally failed. It is positively asserted that Gen.
Scott was ordered to halt.
These statements and assertions are fabulous. The
plain truth is, that General Scott has not been in a
situation to advance. •He was, at the last accounts

(the 29th of June), so hemmed in, that he deemed
it inexpedient to move until reinforced. He has been
grossly deceived by the Administration at every step
he has taken. Nor will he be commiserated, even by
his friends. It is within my personal knowledge that
they warned hint of the danger of being embarrassed
by the Administration when he should most want
and need their support. But he was credulous. The
consequence is, he has felt, and continues to feel, the
direful effect of that credulity.
In my last letter I stated 'that General Scott was
included with Mr. Trist in the same commission.
This statement was incorrect ; he was not named as
a commissioner, and not being so named, he commit-
ted a gross error in refusing to forward, as requested
by Mr. Trist, a letter addressed to the Mexican Go-
vernment. Having nothing to no with the negotia-
tion, it was his duty to forward the dispatch pre-
sented to him even by Mr. Trist, who was well
known to the General as the representative of the
American Government.
Some anxiety pervades this community in relation
to the present situation of General Scott. lam not
among the number that entertain any apprehension
for his safety. I feel perfectly confident, if attacked
even in his weak state, he will put his assailants to
flight. It may, however, cause him some hard fight-
ing. But a triumphant victory is considered certain.
It is somewhat extraordinary, however, that neither
Generals Cadwallader nor Pillow, who were on their
march to join General Scott, have been heard from.
It may be, but" it is not probable, that a strong
Mexican force has interrupted the progress of these
detachments.
Yesterday the steamer Washington arrived in this
port, after a passage of 14 days and some hours, from
Southampton. An English paper of the 15th of
July, brought by the Washington, commences an
article, " The Mexican war is evidently drawing to a
close." I wish I could say I entertained a similar
opinion, but I cannot. I can see no present prospect
of peace, and yet it may take place in ten days.
This Government is most heartily sick of the war,
and none more so than Mr. Polk. It is a ridiculous
false pride that induces him to continue it. An open,
frank, and manly policy, would secure a treaty of
peace in one month. Such an elevated statesman as
Henry Clay would soon accomplish this desirable
object. I regret to add that I fear Mr. Polk is more
anxious to terminate the war than Santa Anna or his
adherents, but he knows not how.
The emigrant fever, as it is termed, has lost much
of its terror in this city. It has not been extended
to our settled population. Very few have been
affected by it,• and of those few a small proportion
only have died.
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24 hours.
The St. John's Herald states that of the emigrants
who left Great .Britain for Quebec alone, 4,095 never
reached their destination, • having died at sea or at
quarantine. About. 600 more perished at sea by
shipwreck, making about 4,700 deaths up to the
30th June. The ship Avon, Johnston, of St. John's,
was at Grosse Isle, with all the crew and passengers
sick, and 136 out of 550 dead. Small-pox has again
broken out on board her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo.
One of the Church of England ministers, Rev. W.
Chatterton, Lieut. Lloyd, R.N., Mr. Crispo, Captain
Christian, of the ship Sisters, and several others, are
also dead. '
It is now certain that there are sufficient funds in
the Teeasury of Pennsylvania to meet the payment of
their August interest, due on Monday. Foreign
stockholders naturally' feel some anxiety on the sub-
ject. The money market remains uneasy. Sterling
Exchange firm at 51.t0 6 per cent. Flour, moderate
demand, and at 51 dolls. to 6 dolls. firm.
P.S. Since writing the preceding, a telegraphic dis-
patch from Richmond furnishes the following :—"lt
is proper that I should add, my opinion in regard to
the question of peace or war remains unchanged."
—Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER.

• •
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT.GARDEN.-011
Saturday evening there were present the Prince Trobet
skoi, the Duke 'and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Blanche
Somerset, and the Baron and Baroness de Nieumann, the
Marquis anc Marchioness of Worcester, the Earl and
Countess of .Westmorland, the Earl of Pembroke, the
Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnston,Viscount
Dupplin, Viscount Cantilupe, the Count and Countess
de Jarnac, Lord. and Lady Rokeby, Lord Cranstoun,
Lord Foley and. the . Hon.. Miss Foley, Lord George
Paulet, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Caroline
Maxse, Lady Stewart, Sir John and Lady Harrington,
Sir George Armytage, the Hon. Sir E►ward and Lady
Butler, Hon. Sydney Pierrepont, Hon. Robert Lawley,
Hon. Mr. Fane, Baron de Paravicini, Sir Charles Ibbet-
son, Sir Charles Kent, Hon. Spencer Cowper, M•P•,
Hon. Mr. Dunda,i, Hon. F. Craven, Hon. R. Gore, Hon.
A. D. Willoughby, Sir George Wombwell, Sir Francis
and Lady Lawley. Lady Jodrell, Captain and the Hun.
Mrs. By der Burton, Sir Charles Marshall, Lady Mac-
farlane. Lady Massey, Lady Shelley, Lacy Seale and
Miss Seale, Sir Samuel Scott, Sir Jasper and Lady
Atkinson, Sir James Eyre, Lady Bayley, Lady East •
hope, Sir John Campbell, K.C.T.S., and Lady Campbell,
Sir A. and Lady Maclean, Colonel Brownlow Knox,
M.P., Bliss Burdett, C: P. Leslie, Esq., M.P., W. Alex-
ander, Esq., J. Lloyd' Clayton, Esq., Captain Groves,
Henry Greville, Esq., Charles Greville, Esq., Lady Duff
Gordon.