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London, England, 1846-06-05 00:00:00

willing custody. He understood who I was, and, 41 feat
addressed me by name.
Mr. Philip Bisson, of' Jersey, draper, said—l know
the accused, and dined with him this day. At the latter
end of April I was here, on my usual journey, at Kell°
non's hotel,- and there was a lot of pretended cambric*
but I did not see them opened, but Mr. Sharpe said tlll4
they were French cambrics, and he asked me to propose
to sell them to Mr. Nash, at Cowper's. I believe they
were taken by the boots to Nash, to whom I afterwards
went awl offered them for sa'e. They were afterwards
sent to Kennon's with my address, and they were left in
the bar for Mr. Sharpe ; and I told Mr. Sharpe that lifr.
Nash would not give the price asked as they were rather
out of condition. I know half a dozen persons
of the name of St. Croix, of Jersey. I never
introduced a person of that name to Mr. Sharpe,
nor was I present when any cambrics were
nought by Mr. Sharpe of a person named St. Croix, 11°,,r
did I see anything of any invoice. I was not
with any person of that name in April last. Wiwi ,u'
Sharpe told me to apply to Mr. Nash, he did /3°f
tell me any particular place in that house to go to.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—l dined with bit'
Lewis yesterday. I was nearly all day with him. ne
offered me a bed. The defendant has some goods °f,
mine. Mr. Lewis saw me on Tuesday, and told me "
would b 9 right to come to town to see about the goods-
I have never recommended Mr. St. Croix to the de-
fendant, but I have recommended foreigners to hia3,
rso 51%
I 114ve recommended him to many per whose name*
I do not know, but who are coming to London.
has near COW. or 7001. of mine in his hands. I" ld
saw the paper, not the cambrics. No doubt it w°ll,
injure the prosecutor's trade Mr. Sharpe's setting 111)
the place where he carried on business against that firm-
I have an excellent opinion of the defendant, as well as
of the prosecutor, and neither of them attempted in the
slightest degree to influence my testimony.
Mr. Ballantine said it was absurd to suppose that $
gentleman who maintained so high a character, and 0
whom property to an enormous extent was constantly
intrusted, would be involved in the transaction dam"
honourably.
Alderman Gibbs appointed Saturday for signing tbE!
deposition, previously to sending the case to the Central
Criminal Court, and took bail for the appearanc of IYIr.
Sharpe at the Session-house, himself in 2004 and two
sureties in 100/. eaeh.

THE SCRIP FORGERIES.-John B. Falkner, an.d R°li-
tham Fabian, accused of having forged the Buckingkiste-
shire railway scrip, were again brought up.
Mr. Ballantine requested to be furnished as speedily'
as possible, with copies of the minutes and deposition%
in the case, as it was his intention to apply forthwith
to the Court of Queen's Bench on behalf of his clients,
for their liberation on bail ; inasmuch as the strongett
doubts were entertained whether the statute of the 11t°
Geo. IV. and Ist William IV., cap. 66, sec. 10, was aP:
plicable, under any view of the case, to the offene°
with which the prisoners were charged, since as &W u:4
ments such as they were charged witti having forge;
w,re not in existence when that statute was passed,
alleged forgeries would not come under any of the se"
nominations specified in it.
Alderman GIBBS, with the advice of Mr. Goodo3oll
(the chief clerk), however, considered that the forged
documents would come under the terms used in the se::
tion of the Act above quoted, of " any acquittance or r,
ceipt for money," or " any warrant, &c., for the delice'"
of, &c., any security for payment of money." DI Pt /.,.01'.
suance of that view of the Alderman, the prisoners "rl^s.
therefore committed " for feloniously, &e., and sgt",P,,;
the peace, &c." in which it will be perceived by protest
sioiial readers, that the offence charged is broug
within the terms of the Act, with great legal setter
and ingenuity.
The commitment is as follows :—" For felonicatelt
forging, and for feloniously uttering and disposieg,
o"
knowing the same to be forged, in this city, eleven
of
quittances and receipts for money, to wit, for the 001.10
105/. each, and five warrants for the delivery of eertTo.
securities for the parm nt of money, to wit, for the r,
livery of fifty shares of the value of 20/. each, on s ctehe
tain provisionally registered railway company, called to
Southamptonshire Railway, and Oxford and Vete" 0
Junction, with latent to defraud the said Levy 5010133° j
against the form of the statute in such case made- 1/31
provided and against the peace, &c.

MEXICAN CRUISERS.
It will be recollected that before Almonte brake!!
his mission in this country, he stated positively, tbs
the event of a war between the United State;
eta
and
Mexico, the latter would cover the sea with privat .ev
under the Mexican flag. There is a great deal of an
beginning beginning to be manifested for the result of this thralls
Almonte, at the last accounts, was at Havanaat" e
seems that he was sent there under the pretext of being
accredited as a Minister to France; but instead of P:
ceeding to Europe, he remained at Havannah, and e°
his secretary back to Mexico. Who knows that Val!:
was not a mere feint, and that Almonte knew what 'R'
to take place on the Rio Grande, and went to Haranes,!:
for the purpose of issuing letters of marque, as he threet
ened when at Washington?
This is certainly a menacing and important view of
the case ; and what makes it more disastrous is the
probability that it is true. The amount of America'
property in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and in the,
South Seas, is worth probably one hundred millions or
dollars, belonging to all the sea-ports in the United
State.. The tonnage enrolled, and belonging to the
United States, approaches 3,000,000, about one-half of
which is actively engaged in the foreign trade. Tbilt
tonnage, estimated at the moderate sum of 60 dale. Per
ton, for vessel and cargo, would make the amount °i
property now at sea 90,000,000 dols. But this is a 10A'
estimate, both as to the vessels at sea, and 81
estimated value. To the shipring interest of the
count; y generally, the past season has been, perhaps, the
most active and prosperous experienced for many years;
The c,mparatively destitute and meagre show of elci
ping which the various ports throughout the -"Ili.,
States now present, is sufficient evidence that this e!i.
mate of property at present afloat is not exaggerate
There are 657 whatemen at sea, which may be
twenty millions of dollars. This immense amount of
property is at the risk of being taken by these cruisers'
and the first information we may get, may be disastr
to the shipping interest to an extent beyond any anticsse,
pation of the public. The effect of such designs as tha 4
attributed to Almonte and the Mexican Governranieribe
will be felt in all the principal seaports.
first result will be the complete explosion of the ir
surance companies, and the effect of these esl33°:
sions will materially injure the banks in all the large
cities. The aggregate result will be the bringing abeljni
a revulsion more disastrous in its effects than that 1
the•
s miAr yearpniinrie
gr cbl
commercial
aBun3si7pn.
property
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that
interests,
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the
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andbeaabt
be
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toi bse tes particularlyil,another
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incalculable.
This is the view of the disasters that may be On;
duced by the present war. Another is, the effect whi"..
the distribution of the funds of the Government 1331501(
cause in the rise of breadstuffs and the munitions
war in the Western States and in the Gulf of Mexico, to
supply the army on the Rio Grande.
Thus it will be seen, that while the Atlantic cities wad
coast will suffer terriely, the west and south-west
be benefited by the vast expenditures that will be ~0
quired to bring the war to a suc:essful and honours :010
termination. These expectations are gloomy °ll as
side and glorious on the other. We must take thera,
they come, and do the best we can. An imbecile Gevero
ing
anent has brought us into this condition ; and ba„l.,'
elected them, we must make the best we can of
bargain, and fight it out with the best energy
courage we have.—New York Paper.

FLANDERS AND DUTCH Ms"AIL.
A the
MIDDLEBURG, MAY 22.—What we learn from this and
..,a
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other provinces, as well as from Belgium, respecting the
of the standing crops, is in general very satisfactory)
gives every reason to expect a very abundant harvest.
__Eit
A portion of the herring fleet of Vlaardingen is to li?easenr.
from that place on Tuesday next (June 2), and the st., the
boat Cerberus is to join it about the 10th, to bring aWBJ the
herrings, so that it may be here by the 18th, whereas
busses themselves cannot be there before the 20th.
„,.„.
BRUSSELS, JUNE 1.--The departure of the Kingofthev'°o
lands from the Hague, has been considered by some Prange.
as a journey putting off indefinitely the commercial
Netherlands'
ments to be concluded between Belgium and the Neth_2't
dom by June 15th, ite.
the Netherlands will return to his king
pted by his departure/
These persons are mistaken, for in the first Pleee the -King vi
besides the negotiations are not t
nothing therefore hinders the plenipotentiariesnug
i an arrangement whiff
esleiietniognofatipipeo:teathieit:
seigine from agreeigg
wouldon all
onlyth ephoai points,
and then to be carried into effect.
lands for his ratification,
that the
We are informed
t of law on education has et been
y In-
teriorexamine the project t Caentotrathl
which
The amendmentsthe Ministerof the .5
convoked.are ready, and
propose
is to p ,toevbeens ufbronanit .
nothing to prevent them being communicated to the centre
section. ise
Our Government has appointed a commission to orgto,
the fetes on opening the railway from Paris. The 001113, 1:.
8;19-nbwlaarsseinastisalgicodneontoTuaersdraanyg,
obstacles should arise, the train
the last measures to be etanisakedwexahipt.ahesetseiutudhenetoelemslcseeaotvinueernvorerYissantio;)l:
foreseen
Sunday, the 14th of June. After being present at the ""
rive at Brussels on Monday about '
liant fetes given by the Tour Lille the authorities
be offered to the distinguished
the evening there willbanjeitllwariii
be
pe
persons
oon' cal oocfk a
e.
rAin a n
y, 1 a 1.00001
voted the sum of 10,000 fraanc
'll '
wi be issued. Several popular fetes will be given ~.11 hag
ball,s. to which 8,000 invlat ithe
expense of the city, for which the Municipal Conll—

tono,nofthaed2aduginhstte.r,. Mrs. CharlesßillMreHyefir, Newington•Plece' galling-
On the 2d inst., at Hendon, Middlesex, Mrs. George Tau'lueralt °I
a daughter. .treild,
On the 3d inst., in Chester-square, the wife of John Stre-
Esq., of a son. Jitille°
On the 3d inst., at King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, ,----'
R. Lloyd, of a daughter.
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MARRIED. Ann of
A
On the 2d inst., at Trinity 10
Church, Bristol, Joshua of
London, to Sarah, youngest daughter of Augustine ''"--r
Bristol. to
On the 2d inst. at Alvoston, Captain George Ho',
Ellen Catherine, inst.,
Wil
daughter of Charles M. Ricketts, Er' nip tor.
On the 2d inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinity, "7.ances,
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Darby, late Royal Artillery'
to
widow of the late S. Page, Esq., of Hadley (louse,

DIED.
On the Ist of March, at Barnes, Surrey, Richard Hall, Esq'
On the 21st ult., at Geneva, Major Dowell, aged 44. ILBq.
On the 27th ult., at Poinlngs, Brighton, Thomas Isaa t"_' cace, „ire of
On the 30th ult., at Great Glenn, Leicestershire, Helen,
the Rev. John Haymes.
On the 2d of April, at sea, James Stephen Wilberforce itl6l6°ll
Lieutenant, R.A. wifo of f • W'On the 18th of April, at Calcutta, Caroline, the
Simms, Esq., civil engineer. render'
On the 31st of May, in Stephen's-green, Dublin, Francis
Bast, sq. of the lAte
On the 3d inst., at Norwood, Charlotte, third daughter
Thomas Hockley, Esq

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