The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-18 00:00:00

CIVIL W . AR IN AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen, Captain We ',eels, with the mails for England, France, and Germany, from New York on the sth, at 6 p.m., arrived off Cowes, en route for Bremen, at 2 p.m. to-day. She brings 248 passengers, 140 of whom are for Sonthampton ; also 686,210 dols. in specie, of which 472,210 dols. are for England, 208,000 for France, and 6,000 dole. for Germany. The Teutonia arrived out on the let inst. We have no later news by this arival, but the 'New York journals of the 4th and sth contain several accounts, all more or less confused and con tradictory, of the recent battles. The following is the account of the correspondent of the New York Tt we generally understood at daylight on Saturday, thee2Bth, that the army was to evacuate its line of entrenchments. To do this with the re quisite precipitancy it was necessary to move only the most essential baggage, and leave behind every thing that was ponderous or bulky. The officers were given to understand that they must discrimi nate between necessaries and luxuries, and the sick told that ambulances could be granted to very few, if any. The wounded were told nothing, but the silence was ominous to them, as it foretold them left on contested ground in the hands of heartless trai tors, while the army should be receding column by column, towards the remote and doubtful James. The scene on that memorable Saturday morning can never be forgotten—White-house resigned, our sup ply depot cut off, a part of our line of earthworks deserted, and the army grouped, tentless and expec tant,in the open field, sleeping after the labours of the battle. Hundreds of soldiers were limping hither and thither, their arms in slings, asking for their regiments. Hundreds of others started upon painful and almost hopeless pilgrimages to the James, where they fondly believed the Union gunboats to be, and felt that under their watchful ports there would be rest, safety, and shelter. The long lines of fevered, staggering people struck out for the river, and many a drop of blood spattered the sand as they filed throtigh brook and wood, - over hill and dale, nerved by the certainty that every footfall ensured more directly their deliver ance. Some of the wounded hobbled ten miles the first day, upon crutches, and we saw one man with a ball through one hip and the other ankle broken, that kept up with an ammunition waggon through e even hours. The ambulances were crowded with men until the springs bent fiat upon the axles, and a very common matter to see was several wounded men sitting in the tail of the waggon with bloody feet dripping upon the steps. All day long the waggons went out in foggy files, and the troops sauntered towards the sareee ultima thule. Great siege guns and grea'ear pontoons went ringing in the cortege, and 'norsemen, teamsters, and negroes vied with "each other in cursing and swearing. " ery few sleptaan Saturday night, for the issues fei the dawn came upon many with a heavy fore boding, and that solicitude for the army and its general that every individual felt pressed home with a bitter premonition of dangers to come- It was said that the enemy had pushed a great column between us and the James, and that when we zeached the river itself Beauregard would be found -there, backed by 100,000 men, to interpose between us and the gunboats. It rained a little during the night and moistened the dusty ground. By three o'clock in the morning the rebel prisoners had been marched off by Major Willard, the teams at head-quarters were on their way, and before five o'clock the general and suite were in the saddle, dashing across the open country, turning for a moment their eyes upon Richmond to fix them again more tenaciously upon another and better stand-point. We left a large number of wounded in the hospital at Savage's, perhaps a thousand and more in all, and these soon experienced a second time the bloody greeting of the enemy. " At daylight on Sunday our whole line of earth works had been deserted, and our artillery removed a mile to the rear. Here it was judiciously dis posed, the batteries masked, and the infantry covered by thicknesses of woods. The spot was part of the battle-ground of Fair Oaks, but it is designated as Peach Orchard Station. " At daylight the enemy came eastward on the Williamsburg road, one column advancing down the railroad. They opened from two batteries on the left; but their firing was awkward and ineffec tive, as likewise their musketry, which was close and might have been more serious. When they reached a line of march, about three hundred yards from our front, the whole terrible fire of our cannon burst upon them. They staggered, but before the full effect of our discharge -was discernible the pieces rang again and their columns were fearfully thinned. For a half hour our fire was so close that it seemed the perpetual echo of a single deafening report—a continuous blaze of flame and ball, to which the Confederates replied feebly, but with some show of determination. General Sumner rode in the thickest of this fight, and the gallant brigade of Meagher was like a wall of shamrock. Indeed Richardson's division vied with Sedgwick's, and Heintzelman's troops were not behind hand in their behaviour. The whole fight, though continued from eight o'clock a.m. to twelve, was like one incident, and it terminated with a loss on ,our side of not more than 150 men, to the rebels of not less than 1,500. The efforts of the enemy to over . reach us on the left were made futilely, for we took pples to cover our line of general retreat along the • ;Williamsburg road, by deploying our lett along that road to a creek that crosses it more than a mile in the rear of Savage's. They endeavoured to charge through the brigades of Burns, Dana, and Gorman ; but the steady fire of such regiments as • •tee.2oth Massachusetts baffled them in that regard. He: 9 ing held the place until, in the judgment . of the generals, our teams, heavy artillery, and ambal maces were far across White Oak Swamp, our troops fell back leisurely to the neighbourhood of Savage's station, and again drew up in order of action., 4 2, The battl e of Savage's was more sanguinary; it commenced about, five o'clock in the afternoon, and lasted till eleven o'clock at night. The rebels, w h en we had fallen back from Peach Orchard, filed, reinforcement s w ith as well as w ith seve ralinasdetniy ap sanadrons of cavalry, to wards Sever al roads leading to t he Chickahominy, and, covere d b y the thick timber, were enabled to remain concea led until they had reached a wheat' that stretch es from Savage's to a d belt.of woods in the direc tion of the farms of Dr Treat and Messrs. Mickey, Du dle y and Couch. Suddenly peering out of the edge s of the timber, they opened with rifled cannon upon our forces, drawnup. full view to the south of th e railroad. Directly they ran out three batteries to commanding points in the wheat-field, and opened a rapid enfilading fire of shell and grape. This was at first so staggering th a t our men could not form, nor our artillerymen b r ing their batteries into service. The 10 6 t h P enn. moraentary sylvan i a regiment was seized with er eice. pan , , e, b u t soon recovered, and did good 5 'e first-named lost iu the beginning of t 'he fight 100 killed and wounded men, and a regiment of rebel cavalry galloped in and drove the regie ment off; so that the wounded had to be re signed. In the meantime a rebel brigade was observed stealing down to the right, as if with the design of flanking our troops by reaching a position on the Williamsburg road. Captain Pettit at once planted two guns on the railroad and swept the column with grape and canister, until it went back_ to the woods upon a run. Some of the sharpest infantry fighting of the war ensued , in which p arts of Sedgwick's, Richardson's, Hooker's, Kearney's, and Steith's divisions engaged with various sue ; cessa The rebels came determinedly across the firing as they advanced, until General Sumner oielered our troupe -up at dcuble quick to a charge. bout 4,000 of them went off at once with a roar t h e e might have drowned the musketry. The rebels kept their position for a moment, and then fell back to the rear of their batteries. Meagher's ' brigade, h o wever, succeeded in charging right up b of a Virginianett to the guns erY, two of which ik o ff, sped, and chopp e d they hauledthe carriages 63d, and 69th participated in to pieees.• The 86th ft was here that the brave COL this gallant aci• - Pierce, of the 29th Massachusetts Regiment, for- merly Gen. Pierce, of Big Bethel fame, lost an arm. It was taken off by a solid shot. Night came on, but put no end,to,th carnage. The steady roar of cannon arid the sh rp, 'quick ring of musketry, now bur s ti ng i n t o N o ll e ys, now degenerating into th a t rasp i ng noise trade by file firing, filled the whole air. The dar! ness was lit up by the fitful flashes, and ) to complete the awful picture, the woods were set on fire by bursting shells, and conflagration painted fiery terrors on the 1 sky, I 4 • • • _ THE '; SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1.562. to know what is transpiring, though a battle has been raging nearly all day within hearing. We only know that the fight was resumed before day on the other side of the Chickahominy, near Al echanics ville, and that by night the enemy had been driven southward down the Chickahominy, a distance of three or four miles. The firing, whenever they stood their ground, was heavy ; but this generally was not for long periods. Their falling back was, for the most part, orderly, and they succeeded in getting- 1 off most of their artillery, as well as the greater part of their dead and. wounded. Some six or eight pieces of artillery were wrested from them, and the usual amount of small arms, knapsacks, overcoats, were found strewn along the line of retreat. They evidently seek to avoid a general engagement, -whether with the hope of reinforcements or with the .view of drawing us on to their strongest positions, or from sheer cowardice it is impossible to say. " Our forces engaged yesterday were divisions under command of Stonewall Jackson, Longstrfet, and the two Hills. Our scanty information does not :enable, us to say whether the forces on this side of the Chickahominy were engaged yesterday. The casualties are not believed to be heavy; though quite :'number of wounded have been brought to this city. To-day (Saturday) will probably witness a general and decisive battle. We have no fear of the result." five o'clock they engaged the enemy, hidden t by . woods and the swelling of hills , and the firing firm musketry and field batteries was soon intense. The rebels did fatal execution among us, and some of our most valuable officers fell here, wounded and dying. The reports of ordnance had now been heard so many days that such chaos seemed the normal con• dition of nature, and painfully the battle want on. It was scarcely an enthusiastic fight, for Lathe ro mance of battle had worn off by reason of its mono tony. The men fought well, however, though half dead with heat, thirst, and weariness.,, Some brokd for the river and plunged in the cold water for an instant ; then, emerging, rushed back to the fray , and fought like lions. " Fresh troops and superior numbers seemed! bearing the tide of battle against us at five o'clock, and the fate of the'army hung trembling in the sun set, when a new advocate—half of God, half of man —came to our relief. " About five o'clock in the afternoon the gunboats. Galena, Aroostook, and Jacob Bell opened from Turkey Island Bend, in the James River, with shot and shell from their immense rifled guns. The pre- vious roar of field artillery se emed as faint as the rattle of musketry in our comparison with these monsters of ordnance, that literally shook the water and strained the air. The shells seemed to be sup plied with eight second fuses, and a considerable interval elapsed between the shock of the report and the subsequent explosion of the shells, They fired about three times a minute, frequently a broadside at a time, and the immense hull of the Galena careened as she delivered her complement of iron and flame. The first few shots went wide, but the man in the Galena's topmast look-out signalled the proper elevation to the guns, and soon they threw among the serried rebels on the hill their ponderous obligations, that cut down whole ranks, spreading confusion, desolation, and dismay. The fire went on with the same fatal effects, making music to the ears of our tired men and consternation among the exultant and bloodthirsty traitors. They, already confident of concluding their work, and driving us into the James, began to reel and grow uneasy. Their fire perceptibly slackened ; their ranks seemed slow to close up when the naval thunder had torn them apart ; disaffection and disappointment had already seized them, and every deep tocsin from the Galena added its impetus to the prevailing dread. " Signals were given to the Galena to cease firing while a charge which had been determined upon by Heintzelman was made, the Galena having already hauled off. This was done by consecutively placed signal officers all the way from the point of battle to the banks of the James river. When the thunder lulled and the great ship rested after her labours Heintzelman made a little appeal to his generals, telling them that in the dash about to be made their confidence and courage might not only save the army, but do something toward avenging the great number of loyal men who had fallen in the several fatal encounters. " The soldiers, poor, heroic, jaded fellows, respon ded with a spirit that must have come from hungry hearts, and soon the grand corps of Heintzelman was in line, with the gaunt, gray figure of its com mander galloping down its columns. The enemy an ticipated some such dash, for they directed their fire upon this part of the line, if possible more concen tratedly than ever. Then Heintzelman passed down the order, and like the surging of a sea long em bosomed in a plain the column moved, slowly, cer tainly, vigorously belching fire and ball at every step ; but never halting until they came so close to the rebels that they might have hulloed the names of each, man to man, across the little interval. The latter came up bravely to the offered combat ; but there was a destructiveness in our fire and a vehe mence in our tread that they could not withstand. The fiery brigade of Meagher edged up gallantly on the right, using the musket right soldierly ; and General Sickles' Excelsior Brigade, already fearfully cut up, went into the action like a battalion of fresh veterans. The brigade of Hooker was ably lead by that distinguished officer; and Gen. Kear ney seemed übiquitous, as he screamed his orders here and there, always urging his men on to the foe. The brigade of Gen. Grover, including some Massachusetts regiments, behaved finely here, but the whole corps was a unit, and Heintzelman was its genius. Pushing steadily ahead, defying all efforts of the enemy to break or turn its line, the corps bad at last the satisfaction of seeing the enemy break and fly in confusion to the swamp, totally dispirited and repulsed. We took in this engagement over 2,000 prisoners, but as our object had been gained in covering our advance to the James River, it was not deemed of sufficient im portance in view of the risk to be encountered in holding possession of them through the night. A large number of these prisoners, however, remain in our hands, and will serve in some sort to console us for the loss of very many of our own. " The battle of White] Oak Swamp was scarcely second to that of Gaines Hill in point of losses of life, wounded and prisoners. We undoubtedly suf fered less than the enemy, who was literally but chered, but our loss is nevertheless enormous. We lost all of Mott's battery but a single gun, the whole of Randall's battery, one gun, we believe, of Captain Ayres', and several others in various parts of the field. We could not have lost in killed, wounded, and prisoners, less than 2,500 men, and our loss may reach twice that amount. But we gained our point, and made the James River, despite all the enemy's attempts to cut us off therefrom. In failing to do this he suffered the retreat, whereas in the pitch of battle we beat him back with immense loss, and so crippled that he was either unable or unwilling to fire a gun next day. The gun boats Aroostook and Galena are entitle to the most unbounded credit. They crane into action just at the right time, and did first-rate " In the battle of Savage's 'the rebels fired into our hospitals repeatedly, although admonished by the customary red flag, and afterwards by a white flag. pelf to all appeals , for forbear ance, they continued to hurl messengers of death among those already past their vengeance, and the wounded were compelled to lie immovably, and re ceive the quietus to their sufferings from the hands that had already maimed them. A few had limped away from the hospitals, but were shot down when ever they were discovered by the bloodthirsty foe. " The battle of Savage's was much heavier than that of Peach Orchard. We lost, in addition to our wounded—all of whom fell into the possession of the enemy--from 700 to 1,000 men, the greater part of whom were killed and wounded. Most of the wounded and all of the killed were left behind, as we had no means of transportation for them, and the exigencies of the army would not allow of delay in waiting the tardy movements of the wounded. The enemy lost severely, and several of his caissons were blown up by the effectiveness of our firing- During the several parts of the action we took not less than 500 prisoners, but were compelled to let them go for the same reason that operated in the case of our wounded. " The weary but still resolute soldiers received orders at midnight to fall back rapidly from Savages across White Oak Swamp. The enemy was making furtive attempts to over-reach them in this respect, and it was likely to become a tight race between the rebels and Unionists as to which should first cross the creek and gain the high grounds on the other side. If they should be more speedy, and succeed in placing the swamp between ourselves and them, our retreat would be almost inevit ably cut off, and almost the whole army butchered or surrendered. Although every soldier and officer felt this dreadful alternative so close, no one acted otherwise than as a Northerner and a man. There was no murmuring, no flinch ing, no undue hastening, only the subdued talk of soldiers comparing opinions, the steady tramp of battalions, and now and then the grit ting of teeth, or the hard drawing of a breath to indicate the bitterness in the hearts of all. Had some lost spirit supplied the torch, there was the requisite fire in the whole army to rush head long upon immolation at Richmond, and end the campaign with honour if not with consummation. At dawn all had reached the swamp and the enemy was coming on behind. " The enemy followed us hard toward White Oak Swamp, the faithful fellows of Heintzelman, Sum ner, and Franklin protecting our laggard baggage and artillery. These, indeed, were compelled to keep in line of battle across the country along the whole extent of the retreat, for the enemy was for ever endeavouring to turn us upon the right and the left. Notwithstanding this our march exhi bited no symptom of haste or fear. The trains went on duly but not riotously, and when finally the last waggon and cannon went plashing through the creek, our teams whitened all the hills on the southern side, and the weary soldiers, having torn up the bridge, laid themselves down to rest. It was now 8 o'clock on Monday; a day arid, dusty, and closer than the panting but indomitable Northerners could well endure. Many of them were hungry; the water in the swamp was such that the stomach turned at it with loathing, and the wounded hob bled here and there with dry eyes that seemed to plead for drink. White Oak Creek runs through a belt of swamp timber, precisely as the Chickaho miny flows through its encompassing morass. The creek is not more than four or six feet deep, and had been made passable by the Engineers Brigade, who built a good corduroy bridge across it. A strip of bottom land lies on both sides of the swamp, and on the north side a steep hill, crowned with a farm house, formerly the head-quarters of General Casey, had been encircled by our own troops with a line of rifle pits. An abattis also stretched across the bottom land. Beyond the stream the country was rising, and two farm-houses lay opposite each other at a little distance, where some of our officers stopped to rest and refresh. " Beyond the most eastern house ran a small creek, supported by a thick wood. This was the right of our new line of battle, where General Han cock was posted with his brigade, consisting of the sth Wisconsin, 6th Maine, 43d New York, and 49th Pennsylvannia. Generals Brooks and David son lay close in to Hancock, and the batteries of the division were commanded by Captain Ayres, formerly of Sherman's battery. Generals Sumner, Heintzelman, Porter, and in fact the whole of the aomy, excepting the corps of Keyes and an im mense number of stragglers that had pushed on towards the James and could not be rallied in time to be of service, extended the line of battle upwards of four miles to the left, bordering the whole dis tance upon the swamp, with batteries ranged upon every commanding hill, and a strong picket situ ated at Charles City Cross-roads, where it was shrewdly expected the enemy would attempt to come out in force from Richmond. " Hancock's position was a strong one, and it would have taken a strong enemy to dislodge him. The fire commenced at this point on Monday, when the bridge that the engineers had constructed for the passage of our army, having subserved its pur pose, was removed from White Oak Creek. Pre viously the railroad bridge had been burned, the culverts blown up, and a lot of superfluous ammu nition and cumbrous baggage run by train into the Chickahominy, "He appeared on White Oak Swamp in great force, and directly opened from some 20 masked batteries that blew up several of Captain Mott's caissons, dismounted his pieces, and raised a hub bub generally among teamsters, waggoners, can noniers, and infantry. The 20th New York at this time made their celebrated stampede, for which next day the Provost Guard, by order of General M'Clellan, picked them up and took them to head quarters like so many culprits. " However, very soon our light batteries recovered thittselves and vigorously responded to the enemy, who was soon at a perceptible disadvantage, as far accuracy and effect were concerned. Our infantry, too, fell in line, ready to support the batteries or meet halfway any attempt of the rebel infantry to push across the creek. Thus the battle progressed till lite in the afternoon with serious loss to both sides—more wounds from cannon shot perhaps re-. suiting than at any other time in any battle. The r ebels made some desperate efforts to cross the creek, le utAGene . ral Smith brought his men up to close qua r ters with th em whenever they dared the con - test,, and although in each case some of our best and most belo ve d soldiers bit the dust there were no signs.of holdi ng off% The canon fire was incessant h e n, same of th e flit) de epestextended and closest of the war, and had along whole columns. h iti Tfhe f age nrcannonading o n a g a oii continued several hours wit We had, however, y the a baggage and artillery teanlF. prevented the enemy from pierce its fastnesses at rossing the sw amp in Ou r front, and fondly hoped That this hope that ;!le cildedbNevausnable to g rerlt f our miles from Aar • ppearance Charle s any other point of ou se r of r no ig ;ic h ue t stu o it r fi e d left. b was ill f w ou o n u City Cross lute Oak ° r T o . a t d li s e , ewnheimetliirels about Swamp, duo south, and about a mi le and a half or two miles from the James ,River at Turkey Island Bend. Ho had advanced direct from Ridhino n d eight brig a d es , the first under command of the re_ doubtable General H. A. Wise, and when dis covered at th e C r oss-roads was en d e avouring to work quietly down the river road between our trains, our wounded, and the army- Two hours cess ul, pre vious such an attempt might have been si c Wed. w h e n utter ruin and confusion would have en Porter a nd Keyes wer e ordered up to repe l these from the battle of Friday in so great a deg ree that new corners, the troops of th e former still suffering many regiments had no organisation atull, end many brigade's scarcely" a regimental organisation. •At •,-__;______ TEE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN GLASGOW. DISCOVERY OF THE STOLEN WEARING APPAREL, AND FURTHER DISCLOSURES. (From the North British Daily Mail.) Another day of anxious and persevering effort has been spent by the authorities in the endeavour to piece together the disjointed facts in their pos session which bear upon this perplexing and diffi cult inquiry, and to obtain such farther information as may conduct, by a distinct road, to a conclusive inference. It cannot be said that their sagacious and indefatigable labours have been attended by any signal success ; they have n ot li g hted upon any co mmanding incident of such a natur e as by itself to put the stamp of certainty upon current suspi cions ; but a multitude of minute circumstances have transpired the whole set and drift of which bear very strongly against the female prisoner, while leaving the position of the old man Fleming perfectly unaffected. As against her, there is evidence, the amount and force of which is con stantly growing, to show that she was in the house on the night of the murder, and to connect her with the things that have been missed from it both those belonging to the Flemings and those belonging to the deceased woman. As against him, there is only the inherent improbabilities of his story as told from the first, aggravated by the cir cumstance of his continuing to deny that he even knows the woman. So much of the facts as has been permitted to ooze out has sufficed to work a great change in public feeling. The unreasoning rage which rushed at once to a condemnation of the old man has largely subsided, and there are few who do not anticipate the likelihood of his release, or are unprepared to hail it with gratification. The evidence which tends to show that Mrs. IVl'Lachlan was in the house on the night of the murder is two-fold. There is first the bloody foot print left on the floor. The mark was that of a naked foot. It appeared in three places—on a piece of wax-cloth laid down over stone, on a carpet, and on a bit of wooden flooring. The last was the one cut out and preserved. An accurate tracing of it was made by an artist. The experiments which we mentioned yesterday as having been conducted with the view of obtaining the means of comparison be tween it and an impress of the same kind from the foot of the female prisoner, have been renewed and verified. She was made first to dip her foot in blood, then to press it on wax-cloth, on a piece of thick wool, and on the bare flooring. All this, it may be mentioned, she did, as she does everything she is asked, with the most pliant obedience. The result was that the tracing of the last imprint corresponds with the utmost exactness to that found in the house at Sandyford-place. The other piece of evidence also carries great circumstantial weight. Before leaving her own house on. Friday evening, she borrowed a bottle from bet neighbour, Mrs. Campbell. The one given her was of a peculiar shape. A bottle, which Mrs. Campbell pronounces exceedingly like it, though she declines to say that it is actually the one, has been found in the house at Sandyford place, smelling as if it had recently contained rum. Of course the conjecture is that she had purchased some of that liquor on her way from her own house to Fleming's ; and the best efforts of the police will now be directed to ascertaining whether any pub lican served her on the evening in question. On the other hand, we have to reiterate, in contradic tion to current rumour, that the marks on her fin gers are not such as to show any participation in a violent straggle. Meanwhile a great degree of interest has been created by the evidence which tends to connect her with the articles supposed to have been s tolen from the house. They have been recovered, and the manner of their recovery is not the least curious part of this strange a nd intricate affairs. It is 'already well known that the unfortune woman Jessie M'lntosh's husband, Sas. M` Lachlan, is a native of Greenock He is the second youngest son of the deceased Jas. M'Lachlan, who was in the spirit trade, and was latterly a broker, and was well k nown i n these two capacities in the Vennel, near to the foot of Co w gat o, as an industr ious man, for a period of3o years. He reared a large family, and three of his daughters are married and still reside in Greenock. The eldest of these is the wife of Mr. William Reid, who keeps the Greenbank Washing Green, at Drumfrochar-road. James, their brother, is a most exemplary and well-doing young man, who was bred to the sea, was some time in Australia, and has been gradually rising in the :esteem of his employers by dint of his own perseverance and good conduct. His sisters—or rather half-sisters, for they are the children of his father's first wife—do not appear to have held much communication with their now unhappy sister-in law, Jessie M'lntosh. Two of them speak of her as one who seemed to think herself a little above them in station; and all of them concur in saying that they always thought her a sober woman, although fro m some appearances they had4misgivings as to Orprift, aird'hfreeleen at a loss to account for irei*.lteriiii g difficulties, as she occupied a house or rather only P. portion of a house, rather below than above one in her station. With Mrs. Reid, however, she seemed to have been more in communication, and this may have led to what we are about to narrate, which has had so great an effect upon the elucidation of the whole affair. James M‘Lachlan, the husband of the female prisoner, called yesterday at the police-office, and informed them that he had some• thing important to tell the detectives in charge of the mysterious case. After hearing what he had to say, a sheriff officer proceeded to the South-Western Railway Station, in Bridge -street, where he re eeriveeenclock, asmaaldldtrienssebdo—x,,mr. Thomson, , w hich had been sent from G County buildings, Glasgow." This box contained clothing which belonged to the deceased woman Macpher son, which was stolen from Sandyford-place on the night of the murder, viz.:-1 black watered silk dress, plain skirt, sometime worn, and in good con- Ction, body separate from skirt, and lining out of skirt; 1 silk dress, or skirt, of a cinnamon chang ing colour, with two flounces ; 1 black silk polka; 1 black silk velvet cloak, lined with blu e quilted silk; 1 drab cloth cloak, large size, w ith plaits and tassels on back; 1 black harness plaid , colour ori ginally green but dyed black; a bro wn p aletot, made from a shepherd tartan plaid, wh ich had been dyed brown. It seems that after the female pri soner came from Hamilton on Monday or Tuesday previously theweek, n a g d enclosed the contents of the bundle w hich she took r n e e d n to e s t d h a e y a r i n d d g e h - s a txgt Station on from the leather box in Mrs. Chassell's house in Hamilton in a small tin box, she sent in by the South. Western Railway to Ayr, addressed—" Mrs. Darnley, Ayr, to lie till called for." It was ac cordingly duly delivered at the station in Ayi, where it lay till Friday, when it was sent back by sonic one, and received here by James M'Lachlan, the prisoner's husband, who paid for it at the station in the usual way, a nd took it away. Th e box was then taken to Mr. Reid's house at Green- service. "In addition to the loss of our field batteries reported, we also lost several of the large siege guns that had reached the army only a few days before the action of Friday. A number of them were spiked, however, and rendered useless for all time to come." "WASHINGTON, JULY 4. " The latest advises received at the War Depart ment from General M'Clellan's army are dated nine o'clock this morning, up to which time there had been no fighting since Tuesday. " General Dix reports the arrival to-day, at Fortress Monroe, of 553 rebel prisoners, being a part of those taken during the late battles. Among them are several colonels and majors. " General Dix has ordered away all civilians frcm Fortress Monroe, and no persons will be permitted to pass to that point of the army of the Potomac ex c9pt those connected with the military or naval Iservice." • The following account is taken from the Rich- 2nond Wing, June 27: "Yesterday afternoon an engagement opened a few miles north-east of the city, which we have no reason to doubt is the beginning of the great conflict that is to decide the fate of this capital, and perhaps of the Confederacy itself. The can nonading, till an hour or more after dark was quick and heavy, exceeding in rapidity and volume that at Seven Pines. Not a word from the field has reached the city. The reason probably is, that the attack was made and the fight waged on the enemy's rear. The city is confident and calm. Information came to hand last night that the attack was made by General A. P. Hill's division on the enemy's position near the Meadow Bridge, about 3 o'clock. The enemy recoiled, leaving a battery, as is reported, in the hands of our troops, Retreat ing about two miles, the enemy made a stand in their entrenchments at Mechanicsville, and offered vigorous resistance for two or three hours, but they Austerlit z :' Y could not stand the impetuous onset of our victorious troops, and again broke and made for the main body of Welellan's army, leaving three batteries to their t v u a rs uers. Darkness put an end to the cha se. We gloriouosi reports of casualties. The battle o p ens May this morning's sun be our s un of possess and to 4‘ We ii ( v P :r ith the Richmond Whig, Tune 28.) i Au a t the information we expected to the operations y„tl'etrato our readers this morning of authorities exclude all yesterday In front of this city. The reporters from the lines of the army and afford no iutelt e to the press, though the whole country is almobetZ: eatilless with anxiety asst at the corner of the street. The pri _').eotn• tiliaayt the e letterle letter would rp ro c, u c c o e tu d e d o i n d c 0 Monday meb 'r•E cted to Mrs. Soames, as if —.—.---- ------------ ock on the afternoon of Friday last bY James 1 No. 27, and went to sleep at the 13A house, also 1 quently in belonging to the deceased, and also let out in apart- M`Lachlan, the husband, himself, find it still con- morning, c. • ments. They heard nothing more of the deceeesd 1 . ;skid witness ttake ; ' in. s he was tainEd the missing clothing of the deceased Jessie live, hlld . ‘isoner.told i o it On the until morning, when she was found to be seriously Macphersen. pi It is said that the prisoner, Jessie in with vomiting, purging, and other violent \ fo (witness) took it in. The prisoner M'Lachlare, stated to her husband that she had had 1 I post, - airs uic' 1 Atoms. A medical man was called in and at- rime clown st q Riy, took the letter frbm her, these clothes in her possession for a week before the symp Itow a i n l3 fi g :\ b f il i l stairs again. Witt] ess was not pre murder for the purpose of having them altered, tended the deceased. Miss . Roe had only seen the and went up sent at the it. pest, nor had she been summoned once on that day, but on the following and only urged her husbandsto .convey them . to 1 deceasedthere. when the deceased wished to see her, - Greenock to be out of the way, ,lest the nossession day, . Miss Jane AI oreland spoke to the letter produced as being, to the best of her bel'asf, in the prisoner's of them might excite suspicion against her of being namely, on the Friday, the prisoner ' told Miss hi indwriting. Mrs. Sarah 4 Ille n, who Fixed next door to the concerned in the murder, which she disavowed. The Roe that the deceased must be kept very quiet, aE , cease d, said t bat o n In an ng of the death of the box lay at Mr. Reid's up-till yesterday morning. and it would be better not seeing her. The de • r the cause of death, the On Tuesday night James M(Lachlan, the husband,ceased died on that night, or rather between three the Saturday morning. After dice sect she VO 3nt into t he, house of Mrs. Soames, and four o'clock on only one that' knew the arrived at Greenock by the 10 o'clock train from clnlri s t ,h ig e w ir a ti s m, .% th h e e, the death the prisoner called Miss Roe into he,- end on Le Glasgow, and proceeded to the house of his brother-and " I have something to tell you. Mrs. Priscner said, 100111 said, ; she formed some i secret tht .t tie decease sd d ied ofpoison ; but it was in-law, where the box and contents were. He was Soaesies's is not a natural death m an who has promised her 1 'kept quie\'• to the sake (yi' the deceased's daughter. in a state of great agitation of mind, distracted be- eoneeenion with some d had obtained money from her ; she \ It being' now long bf iy. oad the office hours, the tween a feeling of affection and pity for his wife marriage, and he had been deceived; on the one hand, and a sense of duty on the other. found 8 . presence on Wednesday er's in her. (Ole prison ) He knew the eagerness with which the detectives. h deed was done." The prisoner night, am; • t a r come in ft day or were on the search for the missing clothes, and if added that te here would be a letter and it wou ld be all about he was not the means of plac i ng them where the y t wo from this, man' tter came, and she, Miss f the le were, he knew at all events that the y w ere there, mone y , and that 1.. was to give it •to her. On the Yes terday the cot rim ittee of the House of Lords, and also knew the import a n ce their discover y would Roe, received it, she titter did arrive, and that Lord Portman in thi 3cl sair, held a final ' • sitting, and have in sending the grave charge farther home in Monday morning the s . Soames, Alfred-street, settled the working and financial terms of the ci am '- letter was directed to Mrs.' • the direction of his unhappy wife. After passing il alive, and that letter gam etion measure w hie h. has I • • a as though that lady was stn. • ' handwrit- b so long ocempied the a night of agonising suspense, he rose with a deter- he would prove to be in the I. srisoner s consideration of both houses, and by 'which the mination to proceed direct to Glasgow and deliver iti g . The letter was as follows e-_ ey hurt at m y not whole of the East Aug li a n system of railways will up the box and its contents to th e criminal authori bei "DearatM homea ri a e , n — F l r h i d o a p y e y o l u w w a a s s s n u o r t ;act £ 2to hear a labdy hereafter be conducted :under the deFiignation of ties. Accordingly, he quitt ed Mr. Reid's house inlblgack wanted me. Ic . an't let you have till," .O f now, Monday ut "- the Great Eastern Raihi 'ay." Propositions were yesterday morning, taking the box along with him, if you will let me have ten more I will by.ofnwb. t you're ls id before the committee by qounsel for both cora and was understood to leave by the 8.45 train. cgoorinneettothdeoco t r o n a e n r. ybo D d o y n . ' t se s n ai m an e yt word ing if you wasl.e inmot pa Dies relative to the di<deries to be declared on When the husband left Greenock yesterday morn- well after you got home on Wednesday, as you •-IGI.e at Eastern A stock, w hereupon this committee ing a porter conveyed the box to the railway. happy in the afternoon. Direct this letter as the first use. , deed led that the profits, of letter street. Be cheer- the undo risking, to be, for the postman found fault in ti.. .. ap- When the above information got wind in Greenock ful, and come on Wednesday. I will be there. 'Write by p : i ce , ble to the payment of dividends upon ordi yesterday afternoon Captain Newnham, superinten- return.- . -Yours." stock, shall be divided at ran equal rate dent of police, proceeded immediately to Glasgow, This letter was produced at the inqueel 9 ' t but as nary perannum amon st t the writer was unknown no inquiry was set on foot p er ea 'ht- g Ile proprietors with the view of ascertaining whether James • with respect to it, and a loose verdict was returned, of the ordinary stock and Great Et astern A stock, M'Lachian had carried out his intention of deliver- though the inquisition was endorsed " Suspected subject k reduction, ing up the box and clothes to the criminal authori- poison." He should now call witnesses to put in with res-ok set to the last-mentioned s tock, that is to ties in the city, which, as stated a bove, he did, and proof of the facts he had stated. thus saved the authorities a great amount of labour. M r. Samuel Emery Barnes was here sworn , and sa y , the p T,lprietors of Great E A Stock ann st said he was a draper, living at Hi g hbnr y House, be entitled • ua yto an addition asterzi c f £6,936 5ha1l (the As it was, however, Inspector Smith s p ent the Holloway-road, Islington. T he deceased, Maria pro position gh Soames, , et* the Eastern Union 'was that the addi search of Hamton 1 was his half-sister, and a widow. S he tion should b. 1 £19,589), being four per cent. per whole day making a thorou il where it was supposed the clothing might ha ve been died on the 18th of October, 1856. On the amount over and. above £316,330 found. Diligent search will now continue t o be Wednesda y p recedin g her death she came to his a nnual on the Union Comptes, (the Eastern :y's figures were made for the missing portion of the prisoner's own house about eleven o'clock in the morning and clothing which she must have disposed of in some remained until between two and three in the £ , 489 728) „ pen , ied by the Ea stern Union Rail afternoo . . n She was then in her usual state of way in the constru etion of the Hi arwich and Wood way, as the recovery of it would doubtless throw health, which was very good, as she never bridge branches; th 'at if the asr. tern Union liabili some light on the matter. complained, and was seldom unwell, except ties shall in respect c 1 all fixed , annual charges be found t Between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday , from a bilious attack, which did not occur once • . o be 'ess than £72,000 pe r annum, the pro both pri soners were brought down from the North in a twelvementh. She came for the purpose rietors of Great East e rn A stock shall be entitled Prison to the County Buildings, for further ex - of borrowing £lO, and he found by his cash book p that he let her have £9, and he could not now say annually to such an ad dition as sha 11 be equal to the amination, before Sheriff Strathern. As early as why he did . not let her have the full amount. As difference between the amount of such fixed charges ten o'clock, numbers of individuals had con- to her pecuniary position, she had a small income anal liabilities a.nd £72, 000, and if suet fixed charges gregated in Brunswick-street, so that when the left to her by her late husband, amounting to from and liabilities shall ,Ise found to be more than cabs in which the unfortunate persons were £BO to £lOO a year. In the year 1855 he had paid £72,0,90 per annum the share per annum of the conveyed d re w up, a crowd rushed round her about £6O, legacies left her by her father and others, and in 1856 he had paid her £43 10s. These proprietors of-Great East ern A stock in. the divisible them, eager to get a momentary glance of the pri sums were quite independent of her ordinary income. profits .shall be less by the difference between the Boners, making it somewhat difficult for them to get • On the Friday following he was sent for, and was : £72,000 and the amount of such fixed. charges and into the buildings. The old man appeared to retain surpriped to find her very ill in bed, suffering from liabilities.. Provisions -were also considered and his coolness and quietude ; but the female presented sickness, diarrhea, burning at the chest and throat. . , ratified feeing the share ce,pital of the amalgamated a most pitiable appearance —haggard and emaciated He saw the prisoner then, but had no recollection company at the sum of 114,.,765,999, with power to in the extreme--and a marked contrast to her con- of having any communication with her. In conse quence of a message he went there on Saturday, increase the same not exceeeling £1,200,000, with dition even when she was apprehended on Sunday. and to his utter surprise found his sister dead. He power to borrow on mortgage or bond, £4,750,000, Old Fleming was first examined, and, we under- had a great suspicion at the time, and had caused .e ° - e ‘ t th s4r with £675,000 of debei2ture stock, to be stand, still adhered to his first de clar at ion, that he the inq uest to be held. He caused the inquest be- issued eo the East Suffolk Company to be a pp lied n knew nothing about the matter more tha n hearin g cause he thought there was something wrong some- payng - off their mortgages. If the ycar's revenue the screams, and that so far from having given M rs. where, but where he could not tell. The letter i i M‘Lachlan the silver plate, as she affirmed, he never which had been read came to the house by post be- is ins . uffie ient for dividend the subsequsent annual tween . 9 and 11 o'clock on the Monday morning re venue is not to be charged. The amount and saw her before to his knowledge. However that following the death. He had got it from the pri- issuing of a. l l newly•created shares is to be deter may be accounted for, it is in contradiction of the soner and he had had possession ever since. meetings of mined at general am ount and number of calls is not t o exceed 25 p er fact that he lived with his s on while she was a ser- Mr.Norton—You have stated that your suspicions vent in the house. Of course a married woman were excited ; prawhat raised your suicions ? cent. on their amount. The amal g amated division. would undergo a consider able chan g e in four years, Witness—Well she was in good health w hen she and prisoner's memory m a y have failed durin g that called on me on the Wednesday,. and on the Thurs - of ca p ital is fixed as follows—Preference stock in day and Friday 1 had no susp icion that there was eheEasternCounties Company, £2,561,817 ; Eastessn time. Mrs. M‘Ltechlan likewise made a declaration, anything the matter with her more than diarrhces, 'union, £686,866; Norfolk, £441,980 ; East An but we have not ascertained its purport. The re- and when the messenger came for me in a cab on eneen, £566,393; Newmarket and Bury, £142,425;. suit of the investigations in the case, up to this Saturday morning I wasp erfectly astounded on 6 B alkN ee t 5 per Cent. P.reference, £14,690 ; East point, is understood to be favourable to the male finding that she was dead. My suspicions arose prisoner, but very unfavourable to the woman. The after the death occurred, and I was then struck Anglia n Guaranteed, £1,033,606 •; Great Eastern _ w ith the suddenness of the death and the p eculiar Preferen ce, £1,122,600; Ordinary stock, £8,195,621. crowd hovered about the front of the County Build attentions paid to the deceased by the prisoner, The pronheions with reference to completed and un ings the whole day, and this being observed by the which were more than could be expected from a s ' fini hed rail ways, tolls, and miscellaneous matters , a uthorities, a stratagem was fallen upo n to de p rive comp arative stran g er. I must say, however, that finished are also definitely settled. The comq.ttee have also them of at least a part of their promised gratifies- my sister was perfectly satisfied with her, but I bill of the Easterer Union Rail tion. Between four and five o'clock a cab was sad- thought the prisoner was a good deal too forward finally settled the IF oor at Brunswick- and officious in her attentions , particul y arl as she way Company to enable them to make had her her two daughters and Miss Roe to attend hcr ) meats in connection with their capital, and a large dingy driven up to the side d street, which was at once surrounded by a mob. which I could not in any way account for. number of the holders of preference shares having While all eyes were intently fixed upon this door- Mr. Neale —Then hen you say your sister was per- c dto acceptshares in lieu of them, and refused way, a cab was silently driven up to the front door, fectly satisfied with the prisoner ? whereby the company bad only created shares to where old Fleming was waiting, and at once en- Witness—Yes, I say so. tered, and the cab drove off without scarcely any Miss Emma Roe was next called and examined. the amount of £330,000 instead of £490,000, and one seeing him. The crowd soon after discovered —She said she now resided at 18, Alfred- Place, whereby they had incurred liabilities to the extent Bedford-square, and had lived with the deceased for of £200,000, which the bill now gives them power that they had been " sold," as only Mrs. M'Lachlan six years, and had been on the most friendly terms to raise by shares with a preferential dividend of 5 left by that door. Amongst their number circulated with her, ' • indeed, like one of her own children. For freely for some time during the day, one whose six weeks before - Per cent., g . to ether with a sum, 150,000, advanced to presence, had they known of it, would have satis- ness) had slept at No. 13A, but took her meals at 27, the Waveney .Valley Railway; clauses are also in fled their thirst for sight-seeing equally well, per- where she spent most of her time. On the evening serted providing for the liquidation (7 : 4f the amount ha—that was James M'Lachlan, the husband of of the 15th October, 1856, the deceased, her daugh- of the money raise d b y the bill by ps setting apart ter, and witness, were in the kitchen, and about 11 £5OO a year towara s li q uidatin g ' the preference the prisoner, who, having unburdened his conscience o'clock they parted, and the deceased went upstairs by giving up the clothing, felt at ease to roam to the prisoner to sup with her , on her (p risoners the and mortgages. After s everal da y s' in q uiry amongst the crowd, doubtless hearing some criti- invitation. The next morning, when witness went the committee, of which Lord Donoughmore is the cism not at all pleasant to his ears, in regard to over to breakfast, she found the deceased very ill in chairman, threw out the bill of the :Edinburgh and this unhappy affair, with which he himself was so bed with what she thought a bilious attack. She Gl as g ow Railway. The opposition cases to the intimately connected. was very black under the eyes, and her lips were West Riding H ill, a nd Grimsbyand North Eastern purple. She was rocking herself too and fro as if in i Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Sheriff Strathern,and great pain and retched violently, but brought nothing Railways are not yet concluded ite the other com- Mr. Gemmel, Procurator-Fiscal, proceeded to Edin- up in her (witness's) presence. The deceased told mittees, In the Commons a committee, with Mr. burgh, and had a consultation, at six o'clock, w ith witness she was very ill, and that she had never- Buller in the chair, ware empannelled to consiger Crown counsel, in the Crown agent's office there, such a bilious attack in her life. They talked to- the bill vf. thee Mersey, Irwell, and Weaver naviga ether a little, and then witness went away. She regarding the case. Old Mr. Fleming having now g tion. believed the prisoner came into the room while she been in custody eight days, it becomes necessary was there, but was not positive. The prisoner con that it be decided whether he is to be committed stantly attended the deceased and was her nurse en for trial or liberated. The learned Sheriff and Mr. timely. In the ceurse of that day the prisonr told her t, Gemmel returned to t own last ni g ht, but we under- not to see the deceased so often, as she required quie and she only saw her once on that day. She did no t s t an d counsel have taken time to con sider the see her again until the Friday shortly before she died. matters laid before them. It is expected, however, Before that she had been in the prisoner's room, and that an answer will be received to-day. Mr, Meeker, a gentleman who lodged in the house, was 1 here at the time. She observed some bottles of medicine on the mantelpiece. One was a small phial which contained white liquid like water. The other a ' larger bottle, but she could not describe its size or contents. Pointing to the bottles she asked the pri soner what they were, and she replied they were Mrs. Soames's medicine. She (witness) then asked her why she locked up Mrs. Soames's medicine in her own room, upon which she replied that it was particular stuff and was only to be given b y herself. She next inquired why the deceased's daughters or herself could not administer it, on which the prisoner said, " No, it must be given with my own hands." On the Friday before the death she saw the prisoner, arid asked her how the deceased was. The prisoner re plied she was much better, and would soon be well. She (witness) offered to sit up with the patient on that night, but the prisoner told her that she should do so the next night. Accordingly she and the de ceased's daughter Sarah went over to 13 to go to bed. They afterwards went over to 27, and on going into the room they found the deceased sitting up out of bed, with a covering over her night clothes. The prisoner was there. The deceased knew witness, find said, " Oh, Miss Roe, I am- so glad yen have come. 1 have been looking for you a long time. If I went on my knees for 20 years I could not thank you enough for the kindness I have received from you." Witness believed those were the last words she ever spoke. Witness replied, " Oh, never mind, Mrs. Soames ; I have only done my duty." After her death the prisoner called witness into her sitting. room, and said, " I have a secret to tell you, but don't tell it to anybody." Witness told her she should not do so unless she was obliged. The prisoner then said, " The de ceased's death was not a natural death ;" and she asked her what she meant. The prisoner them said, " The truth is that she was engaged to be married to some man ; and more than that, she had lent that man money to the amount of £80; she was disappointed in the marriage, was tired of her life, and she made away with herself." The pri soner further said that whatever the deceased bad taken had been taken in brandy-and-water on the Wednesday evening upstairs is her (the prisoner's) room and in her presence. 'Witness then asked the prisoner why she allowed the deceased to take poi,on and not to have acquainted her fam il y and friends,, and the prisoner said, "That i s not mybusiness, upon which she (witness) told her she mu st be a t and not villain and a party to it to keep it a secret to allow the deceased's friends to know I.t. poisoning Mr. Norton—ln fact yo u accused her of the deceased ? e You are a villain," be -Witness—Yes. I i sa d 7 e done it. I had that cause I thought that she an d I expressed it there suspicion at the moment, and t h en. d the prisoner make any reply p Mrton--Di ,_. . 0 witness addee,—. Witness --None whatever. r h At the time I said o the prisoner, " You are a had a suspicion that she poisoned the villain," I deceas ed, and that the deceased had not poisoned herself. Mr N o rton—What were the causes of your su s _ n i c ion ? ' Witness—The fact of that medicine h • 6 elnc" kept l o cked up in the prisoner's room, and the appear ance of the phial increased the suspicion. In reply to Mr. Chipperfield, The witness said the prisoner told her she knew the man that deceased wee going to be married to, and that she had seen the deceased and him fre- _RAIATAVAY AND PI TJ3LIC COMPANIES IN PA_RL JAMENT. COUN2 MARAL 1 DIANCHESTER—JULY 17. English wheat was in full supply, in moderate request, at the currencies of this day week. American in steady demand, and Id to 2d per 1001bs higher than previous quo tations. Oats and oatmeal were a slow sale, maintaining late prices. Indian corn and beans rather in favour of the buyers. Four in moderate request, and no cheaper. B IRMINGHAIII—JuLY 17. There was a very short supply of English wheat to.- day, which held for las,t week's rates, as also fine foreign. All other kinds lower. rarley rather dearer. Oats, beanS , and peas firm. Weather lino. PLYMOUTH —JULY 15. White, 62s to 665; red, 63s to 65s per qr ; French, 6 04 to .62s ; American, 58s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus sian 60s to 625. Barley at pre vious rates-34s to 38s pe,r, qr for malting ; grinding , 28 s to 3,98 ; oats, 22s to2Bs; beans, —s to —s ; flour, 42s to 42s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY W. A good demand for country wheat to-day, which sold at rather higher prices - than this day week. Wheat on the top is Od up ...average Os 3d up. Barley on the top is Od down.......average Os 3d dovir" Oats on the top is Od down average Os 8d up. Beans on the top Os 6d down average O s 9d up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ... 847 qrs ...••••• Sold 780 qrs 8ar1ey........ 217 qr 5........ Sold 138 qrs Oats 1422 qrs ..Sold 1300 qrs Beans 124 qr 5........ Sold 74 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 47s Od ; extras, 458 04 ;.. , /Leaseholds, 38s Ott; shop, 36 s 6 d ---.-- - --A--v a - ' CORK—JULY 16. The following were the quotation s this morning :—Ned wheat, —s Od to —s Od ; white, 225 Od barley 1 0 6d to —s Od ; oats, 13s 6d to 14s Od. ---- DERBY SMITHFIELD -3'lllA 15. Scarcely an average show of fat beasts to-day. Beef wile in request, and a slight advance ,b d i A ,1 mouerate stir c al e s : beep and lambs, which sold well. Fat and store calves less plentiful. A large supply of fat pigs. Beet 6ld to 7d Veal ......... slclto 6 4 6dl to 6d N L l am utt b on . . ..... .............. .6dto 7d Pork Sid to 9d Rough fat, 4s Od per stone. Hides, 3d to 4 1d ; calf skins, 6d to 6d. --tr. BIRTHS.: BuNcomßE .—On the 17th inst., at York pl ace , BoW'r oBll° the witie of C. H. Buncombe , Esq., of a son. E,cli.trrs.—On the 15th inst, v a e t iey G , tx:s s y s e e n x o , r t -::a sy c e i , : lie Lady Caroline Ricketts, of a daughter. STRACHEY.— On the 16th inst., at 30, Porchester•terraciet: the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Richard Strachey, . 13 . 11 " ° VTDAL.—On dauter' the 15th inst., at of IV. Foot Vidal, Esq., M.R.C.S., of a daughter. A w I O A O R D I . LIA O n GE tii S e . DASHWOOD —DASH int George's, 410 GeOno .. Da Hanover-•square, Captain Barrington . e 6 w"d, son of Vice-Admil Dashwood, to 1 3114 1 o tta, (laughter of the late C, Dashwood, Esq. , n ' cll4 Engineers. 15th lust, at Sa 11 °PE—KINGSCOTE.—On the 16th inst , a t Saint rater Pimlico, Sir Archibald Hope, Bart; of Cra__,ighall fife, Pinkie, to Aldena, eldest daughter of 'Henry hiug' 3e° Esq., of 96, Eaton-place. • , DEATHS. • mon, Boom.—On the 15th inst at 7, L d oad Brig <3." <, on on-r 1 Joseph Bouch, late of Milk-street, Cheap side. ther'..; , ' COOK.—On the 17th inst., at the residenc e of his broro_cr, Turle - A 7 , The Elms, Clanton, John Cook, Esq. , of 2, , Tollington-park, Is, aged 63. A n dre/ Em..sorl.—On the 16th inst., at Windsor, C a p t. , Ellison, late 60th Rifles, aged 69. gli , MANSON.— On the 15th inst., at Wese•ourne-s(11111ry jor-General James Manson, her ',Majesty's B en g al ' aged 71. ____....--!_%. L O NDON : Printed and PublishedHAPl,ll4, of No. 112, Strand, Printe r, at T i igE by SUN Office NO' l' o f Strand, in the Precinct:of the & N oy, in the Contil midtileses.—Friday, July 18 1 18(2, LIBERATION OF MR. FLEMING, AND COMMITTAL OF MRS. M.LACHLAN. The result of the consultation with the Solicitor- General last night has been received this morning by Mr. Sheriff Strathern. Old Mr. Fleming has been set at liberty ; and Mrs. M'Lachlan, the female prisoner, has been committed for trial on a charge of murder and theft. VIE SERIOUS CASE OF TVIIOLESALE POISONING. A SECOND CHARGE PRISONER PREFERRED AGAINST TH Last evening, Constance Wilson alias Catherine Taylor, who stand charged with having caused the death of Mrs. Ann Atkinson, the wife of a respect able tradesman, by the administration of poison an the month of October, 1860, was again placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a second charge of having in the month of October, 1856, also caused the death of Mrs. Mary Soames, a re spectable widow lady, then residing at 27, Alfred street, Tottenham-court-road, by the administration of poison. Mr. Chipperfield, as before, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Neale for the defence, and the court during the investigation was much crowded. OPENING OF THE SECOND CHARGE. Mr. Chipperfield said that, on behalf of Mr. Barnes, the brother of Mrs. Soames, who died in the year 1856, he had to open a second charge against the prisoner. The late Mrs. Soames was the widow of a pianoforte maker, residing at 27, Alfred-street, Bedford -square. She was a highly-respectable person, and lived independent upon some property which had been left her by her late husband, but the house being too large for her family she let out part of it. The prisoner occupied the first floor, unfurnished, and had done so for twelve months preceding the death, having come there in Novem ber, 1855. The deceased lady was of an extremely amiable and kind disposition, not suspecting wrong in anybody ; and it would seem that the prisoner had been enabled to get on very friendly terms with her, and by imposing and fixing her wiles upon her had succeeded in borrowing various sums of money from her. It would appear that on Wed nesday, the 15th of October, the deceased, who scarcely ever suffered from illness, and was then in exceedingly good health, went to the residence of Mr. Barnes, a draper, at Holloway, and asked him for the loan of £lO, and obtained from him the loan of £9. Shia returned home, and partook of tea with her daughters and Miss Roe, who had been with her nearly six years, and was like a member of her own f a mily. He should call Miss Roe as a w it ness , and she would p rove th a t after they had partaken of tea, and late in the evening, the Pri soner cawsd o wn, and invited Mrs. Soatnes, the deceased, to tak e supper with her. The deoa,so: we nt up to the prisoner'6 apartment, and Mi j " ' and one of the deceased's daug h t ers left the house, ;~ -:;