The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-14 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.
The Atrato Captain Woolley, has arrived. With
the West India Mails.
She left St. Thomas's on the le, and brings 222
passengers, $780,688 in specie; pearls, &e., value
$5,416, and general cargo.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

APPEAL -GEIKIE (OR YOUNG) ET AL (PAUPERS) Al
PELLANTS, V. MORRIS ET AL EX PASTE AS TO CERTAIN

RESPONDENTS.

The Lord Chancellor, in delivering judgment, recom'
mended their lordships to affirm the decision of the
Court of Session,
Lord Brougham and Lord Cranworth concurred.
The Lard Chancellor affirmed the interlocutor of the
Court of Sossion appealed from.
Dismissed the Appeal.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster before Lord

-
Campbell, and a Special Jury.)
This was the first day of the after term sittings. Thor.
are 89 causes entered for trial, 29 are reznanets, and 60
are new causes, 32 are special juries, and 57 are coin'

mon juries.

PINING JURYMEN.
In consequence of the small attendance of spec°
jurymen, Lord Campbell fined the absentees 101. 0104'
THE STATE PRESS PROSECUTION. ted
On the application of the Attorney-General, asseo-,,-,
to by Mr. James, the indictments for libels upon
Emperor of the French were appointed to cow(' °;
tomorrow (Tuesday) week, to enable several 'witnesses
from France, necessary for the prosecution and the de:
fence, to attend and give evidence. It is reported till°
several of the French generals wilt be examined.

FRANCIS r. TILE QUEEN.
This case, which is a petition of right, is fixed for trial
on Thiir.day next.

THE QUEEN V. MASON.
This case, which is a charge of perjury, is fixeclf°
Saturday, t suit the convenience of a number of Govern'
ment officers who are to he called for the prosecution.
SUBMARINE, &C. TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. GIBS..
This was au action to recover damages for juju%
done to the plaintiffs' cable off the coast of J6.-cpti
through the allege t negligence of the defendant's afte°2
in fouling the anchor of the Spirit of the .11.04.1!1,.7
the severe gale of January, 1857, when the Vo,„'"4
o,tend steam-boat, End several vessels were lost. ""
caee is expected to occupy the whole of the day.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Ito ic
(Sittings at NIA Prins, before Lord Cbief Baron Po— °

and a Special Jury.)
lb"
Fifty-seven causes are entered for hearing in - a
court, and one revenue case. Fourteen of theca
rimanets, and 43 new cases ; 22 are special juries ; pD
35 are common juries.
The Curt was occupied this morning in hearing
interpleader case relative to money advanced to a Pero .%
who was some time since postmaster at BagnOr, and ,
become a defaulter and absconded, and had since be.
made bankrupt.
The case had not concluded when our despatch left*

COURT OF CONIMON PLEAS.
(Sittings at Nisi Piing, at Westminster, before lkft'
Justice Crowder, and a Common Jury.) a,s
There are fifty cases for hearing in' this court at
present after term sittings ; eighteen are remanetS, an
the remainder new causes ; sixteen are special ittrioe
and thirty-five common juries:— tlca case of gene of
interest bad come before the Cuurt up to the tiara
our despatch leaving.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
The full Court met this morning for the diesoluitife:
of marriage. Lord Chid Justice Cockburn, Mr. Ji1%.0.
Wightnian, and Sir. C. Cresswell, Judge drdiustrYf
sided.

This was a suit forWaA
piceouttietalitoins,:dreertlseeadrst tarred
dßDissvoluwtvAoltnpof marriage Pre•—,
byr the wife against the husband, on the grouou -a
theimo desertion, and
raiendd petition,
taod ut
hl
ateenrrdye .s
did
iodTa hdneeonrtte3aoppuopnedtaheren.s
29th
July, 1840, who was they a lighterman and aftervou-i.
a fishmonger at Bermondsey-. On the fifth Octo*
of the same year the respondent left hia wire'
and from that time lived with another sv°l/1-6
until 1853, when it appeared that she died. lc
the intervening time, on 9th Nov. 1844, the rasp ~.j
wrote a letter to his wife to the following effect: -e- •
Win. Ward, promise Mary Ward, my wife, not ta
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her any more, if she pron*te me not to procects r jig
[le for the ill-t.eatment I have done her." To 184j,ed
nturned to his wife; it was not long before he conoroen-0
ill-treating her, and, at the end of five montbe, Shed'ilet
obliged to apjAy to a magistrate for protection, en cor
husband was bound over to keep the peace.
dent was now living with a female of the name of Sirt'
Since the petitioner's husband was bound over to
the peat she had supported herself partly in Soho-baz'
and partly as a milliner.
A question arose a 3 to the candonement of the
in 1845, and the effect of an arr?ngement entered.lto
The reel?v,
letvveen the parties when before the magistrate, ancitio,
case was adjourned till Wednesday, for the prod" •
of further evidence.

The Victofia ha, reached Suez with the Austrlllsl
mails and gold valued at 113,7251. The deperturel._,*
gold ships for England f•it of the last mail were, the 1":::
folk, April 1, with 82,570 oz , and the Ito) al Carter";„
the 11th with 93,732 oz. Including the amok U.S hi eke
the
Medway ,end Indemnity upwards of 900,000/. io
known to be cn ita way to this country, of which'abou.
200,0001. is overdue, or expected to arrive in the sour
of the next ten days.