The Sun. — 1842-06-04 (London, England)

MEXICAN  PORTS.  President Houston has issued a proclamation declaring errtnin ports of Mexico in a state of blockade. The question then arises—does Texas command a sufficient naval force to sustain the object of the President's proclamation? The armed marine of Mexico consists of a schooner, built at New York, and the City of Dublin steamer—both lying at Vera Cruz, and atraid to venture to sea; lest they should be captured by the Texan cruisers. Of these, the steamer is all but useless.  Texas has a maritime force comprizing the following vessels: Brigs of war, Archer and Wharton ; Sloop of war, Austin ; War schooners, San Antonio, San Bernardo, and San Jacinto; these vessels arc about four years old, and during the months of March and April last sent four Mexican prizes into Galveston; they are of Baltimore build; Zavala war steamer, built at New York; La Fitte steamer, lately built on the river Brazos, in Texas, of the best live oak, cedar, and locust, her machinery having been imported. The La Fitte is a vessel of excellent material and judicious construction, and is a creditable spellmen of Texan ingenuity and enterprise. Besides these, there are several tenders, sloops, and schooners, whole names I am unable to furnish, with the exception of the Washington and the Santa Anna. Now, these are all vessels strictly appertaining to Texas. and more than adequate to maintain an efficient blockade of the Mexican ports on the Atlantic, without calling in the aid of foreign auxiliaries. Yucatan has, however, closed her ports against Mexico, and to Urevent intercourse, has two armed brigs and two schooners ei nixing off the coast. .  John Gumming, a seamen of her Majesty's ship Cambridge, who was sentenced by Court-martial to be hung for the murder of a boy, was brought home in the Weasel,. to Plymouth Sound last week. Preparations were made to con.: vey the prisoner on board the guard-ship in Ilamoaze ; but on Monday night orders were received by express, that the Weasel was to proceed immediately to Sheerness to be paid off, and on the following morning she sailed, with Cumming on hoard, for that place. Some doubts have arisen as to the sanity of the prisoner at the time he committed the dreadful act, and it is generally believed that the sentence of capital punishment will be revbked.--Plymouth Journal. The Gazette des Tribunaux mentions that Ozanne, 'the wine-merchant at 11ercy, who committed suicide, a few clays ago, in the forest of Vernon, and respecting whom an absurd report was current at Rouen, that he was compromised in a conspiracy against the life of the King, is now reported to hare fled from his creditors, and to have been, moreover, accused by public rumour of having attempted to commit an outrage upon a female under 15 years of age. STATE OF THE WORKING POPULATION AT WOLVEATIA:MrroN.—Is is really heart-rending to witness the pitch of poverty, and want of employment now existing, and rapidly increasing, an,ong the miners and workmen in ironworks of this neighbourhood. The respectable dwelling houses situated around Wolverhampton are daily haunted by unemployed colliers and other labourers, begging for food. These men come in large groups, looking half-famished, which succeed each other so frequently, that the total number of men in this condition must be immense. Their conduct cannot be too highly spoken cf. Although strong enough to overawe the inmates of most of the houses at which they beg, their demranour is uniformly civil and humble. —Staffordshire Examiner.  The mails dispatched from the General Post-office for the Mediterranean and India, and put on beard the Great Liverpool, were the largest ever known. They consisted of five immense sacks completely filled with letters and papers. The coachmen and guards travelling along the coast of Dorset and Devon, assert that the heat for the last two or three nights has been most oppressive, which is very unusual in that part of the country. The crops look very prosperous, on account of the soaking rains and heavy dews which the ground has experienced tor the last month. Much more rain has fallen in Dorset and Devon than in the neighbourhood of London. •-•- -  According to the official tables of the prices of wheat in the French markets for the quarter ending the last month, it appears that the highest was, during this period, 27f. 2c. the hectolitre in the market of Marseilles, and the lowest IM, sc. in that of Verdug. •