The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-03 00:00:00

THE OCEAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 2.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Magdalena,
Captain Bevis, sailed hence to-day with the West
India, Mexico, and Pacific mails, 56 passengers
(among whom were Lieutenants ,Wise and Davis,
for Jamaica), £l,BOO in specie, jewellery value
£13,100, and a full cargo. The United States' mail
steamship Fulton, Captain Wotton, left Havre and
Cowes yesterday with the French and English
mails, passengers, and freight, for New York. The
Peninsular and Oriental Company despatched their
steamship Valetta, Captain Woodyates, yesterday
for the Malta and Corfu station under the new con-
tract lately taken by them for the conveyance of
the lonian Islands' mails. The following steam-
ships will leave this port during the next few days :
—The Pera, Captain Jamieson, with the Mediter-
ranean, India, and China mails, on the 4th inst. ;
the Saxonia, Captain Ehlers, taking a ship mail for
New York, on the 4th ; the Celt, Captain Brown,
on the 6th, for the Cape of Good Hope, calling at
Plymouth for the mails; the Tagus, Captain Hall,
with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon, on the
7th; th. 3 Oce2n Queen, Captain Seabury, with the
French and English' mails for New York, on the
Bth ; the Avon, Captain Revitt, with the Brazilian
and River Plate mails, on the 9th ; the Indus, Capt.
Weeks, with the Bombay and Australian mails, on
the 12th ; and the Bremen, Captain Wessels, with
the German and English mails for New York, on
the 14th. The Tamar, Captain Jellicoe, is expected
here on Friday night or Saturday morning,
with the mails from Brazil and the River Plate ;
the Wesser, Captain Gatjen, on the Bth, from New
York, with mails of the 28th ult. for England and
Germany ; the Arago, Captain Lines, on the 9th,
with the French and English mails from New
York ; the Ceylon, Captain Evans, on the 10th,
with the Bombay, and Australian mails; the Sul-
tain, Captain Cook, on the 11th, with mails from
Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo; the Borussia, Captain
Trautmann, from New York, on the 18th ; and the
Vanderbilt, Captain Lefevre, with the French and
English mails from New York, on the 14th.

CHARGE OF BRIBERY AT THE BODMIN ELECTION.
—On Wednesday, before the Bodmin magistrates, a charge
of bribery was brought against Mr. Wyld, late M.P. for
Bodmin. A short time ago, it will be remembered, a charge
of a similar description was brought against Belling, a
watchmaker, and a supporter of Dr. Michell, the Conserva-
tive candidate. Belling was committed to take his trial,
and it is supposed that the present charge was brought with '
the view of making a reprisal on the Liberal party. The
charge was that Mr. Wyld had given one James Hick
half-a-soverein to induce him to vote for and influence his
father to vote for him (Mr. Wyld) at the late election.
After hearing the evidence the bench were unanimously of
opinion that the charge of corrupt inducement was not made
out. After Mr. Whitehurst had addressed the bench, and
had called one or two witnesses, the chairman said that the
bench were unanimously of opinion that the case for the
prosecution was not sufficiently strong to justify them in
proceeding. any further with the charge, and it was there-
fore dismissed. (The announcement was received with
loud applause from the body of the hall.) Mr. Whitehurst
then applied for the defendant's costs, which were allowed.
WATERLOO BRIDGE.—The :half-yearly general
assembly of proprietors in this company was held at the
Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen. street, yesterday—Mr.
W. Anderson in the chair. The report stated that the tolls
for the half-year ending the 23d February last had been
£9,787 12s. 9d., while those for the corresponding period of
the preceding year had been £9,638 ss. 6d., showing an in-
crease of £149 7s. 3d. The horse traffic for 1859 had been
£4,744 7s. 9d.; for 1858, £4,567 ss. Bd., being as increase
of £177 2s. ld. • The foot traffic for 1859 had been £5,043
ss. ; for 1858, £5,070 19s. 10d., being a decrease of £27 14s.
10d., which, deducted from the increase in horse traffic,
gives a general increase of £149 7s. 3d. The report then
went on to state that there was a further balance since
February last of £166 lls. 6d., which the directors thought
was satisfactory evidence of the improvement of the traffic,
At the previous general assembly the committee reported
that atter paying the current expenses, and providing for a
dividend of 4s, in the pound, there remained a balance of
£1,908 4s. 3d. ; and they now reported that after meeting
the current expenses, providing for interest on the co n-
pany's bonds, and a dividend of 4s. in the pound, the ba-
lance remaining was £1,705 12s. The report was adopted.
THE EMPEROR FAUSTIN OF HAYTI.—The
journals of New Orleans publish a letter, which, they say,
has been addressed by the deposed Emperor Faustin of
Hayti to his friends in Louisiana, contradicting a report
which had been propagated that he had consented to allow
Thiinuni to exhibit hint as a curiosity. "It is painful,"
says his x-Majesty, "to see my name associated with that
of a Saxon impresario, to whom I. forbade the entrance into
my States. Although fallen from the high rank I occupied,
I remain surmunded with the Imperial aureola, and I
still power sufficient to chastise such a mountebank ; but
not being disposed to derogate from my rank and belonging
to posterity, I prefer clemency to vengeance. Lot him
know thou that I pardon him ; and if ever God should
allow me to recover my crown, and to see -again my beloved
country, which I left a prey to vile agitators, I will show to
him all my magnanimity and will allow bins
to circulate
States I"—This letter looks very much like a
hfreeaxely in toy
heal.