The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-10 00:00:00

CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) HILL'S PLANTATION, ON THE I'AMITNIIEV RIVER, June 15. I am writing to you from a most lovely spot, on the banks of the beautiful Pamunkey River, which, joining at West Point with the INlattapanY) forms the noble York River. lam sitting in the veran dah of an old substantial brick house, where Wash ington first met his wife, in the shadow and fra grance of honeysuckles and wild roses. Just above my head a couple of wrens are building their nest, and now and then a humming-bird comes to visit the blooming splendour around me, vying in beauty with large butterflies of exotic appearance. Before me, on an Otaheitan mulberry tree, a mocking-bird is pouring out its sweetest notes, which resemble very often those of the nightingale. Between me and the river is a lawn, with shady trees ; and to my r i g ht along the bank, extending up to the camp at White House Landing, a thick grove of great beauty, watered by small streEtnalets running parallel with the river, and consisting of admirable trees, festooned with wild grape and other creepers. Here and there the magnificent white flowers of a mag nolia shine among the green darkness, sending forth with the gentle breeze the most delicious fragrancy. Right before me, Colonel Ingall, Chief of the Quartermaster's Staff, has pitched his tents ; and fieldworn, dirty train soldiers have established their households on the lawn. The grove above men tioned has been trampled down by men and horses, and the banks of the pure streamlets have been con verted into quagmires. Along the whole way from here to the White House are camps to the right and left, but not such camps as are an ornament for a landscape, but wretched and beggarly-looking camps, filthy and disorderly, and not improved by whole negro families which have established them selves in tents and huts among the soldiers. Parallel to the river, right up to its banks, where it makes a turn above the White House, runs a railroad, leading to West Point, as soon as the bridge they are working at is finished, and up to the camps before Richmond, which all get their supplies from this large depot at White House, which the people around now call " the town." This town, consisting of shandies and huts, extends more than a mile down to the White House, a property belong ing to the Confederate General Lee. The White House is a simple, storied, country-house, covered with white painted boards, and situate in the middle of a green lawn, with fine trees, and en closed by a fence. Around the house, and a little further down, are a few more outbuildings. Along the river, from where the railroad approaches down to the White House, over which the Union flag is floating, are the different offices belonging to the Quartermaster's department, and also the tent on which is written " Post-office." There are every where floating wharves, and sign-boards direct you to the Mail-wharf, Marine-wharf, &c. Alongside of them are three rows and more of vessels of every description unloading their treasures of salt beef, biscuits, and supplies of clothing and ammunition. Among these vessels are steamers of the most mon strous and most marvellous description, as you can see them nowhere else but in America. Most con. spicuous among them are the huge steamers which bear a flag with the inscription " Sanitary Commis sion," and which serve as hospitals. The largest of these is the Elm City, which looks like a floating hotel. Everywhere on the transports you see large numbers of boxes addressed "F. L. Olmsted," who is the Secretary of the Sanitary Commission. The scene on this river and among these ships moving to and fro is most animated and lively. During the last few days several transports arrived with troops and horses and mules, all coming, as I was told, from M'llowell's army. More than 12,000 men are said to have arrived during last week. The German Steuben regiment from Newport News is now with M'Clellan, and the brigade of General Max Weber, with his famous German Turner regi ment, which I saw when visiting Gosport navy yard, are now also in the advance of that army. To describe the scene at this great depot near White House in such a manner as to give an intelligible picture would require more space than you could give me. Niggers, mules, and immense quantities of hay bales are the most conspicuous features in this Quartermaster town. Pedlars and sutlers pre not tolerates, and whenever an audacious fellow establishes a booth or tent in which lemonade, to bacco, gingerbread, and other innocent things are to be had, his career is very shortlived, and his store swept away by order of the Provost Marshal, who protects the few privileged dealers in such things who have settled their affairs with the direct ing powers. The largest of these stores, occupying a good-sized shandy, is kept by an Irishman, who has been twenty years in Ameriea, and calls himself " army commissioner." He is, however, a gentle man who has travelled in Europe, and his business is very extensive and lucrative. In his store you find the most miscellaneous things—cigars and pan taloons, straw hats and pickles, potted lobsters and shoeblacking, tea and toothbrushes—in a word, everything except spirits, which are, however, to be had by officers on srecial application. Entering this store to buy some cigars, the owner was pleased with my appearance. He knew my name, and very hospitably and kindly offered me his services, introducing me at the same time to some colonels and other officers who were his friends and customers. To him lam indebted for my pre sent lodging, for he took me with him and presented me to the planter, who had to take in some Union people because he was strongly suspected of being a Secessionist. He owns a farm on this side of the river, and another with above 1,000 acres on the other side, which were worked by about 50 slaves, of whom only a few remained, and who for the greater part considered themselves as freemen. Fortunately, there were among those remaining some two or three women, who did the cooking in a kitchen separate from the house; but that was all, and the master had to wait on his guests him self. The whole family was on the other farm ; he was alone in his house this side the river, always in fear of being arrested. After having posted my letter yesterday, I saw on board my ship one of the captains of the two schooners which were burnt by the so-called " gue rillas" at Garri c k' s L anding, and also spoke to some i n telligent sutlers and teamsters, who were well ac quainted with the whole count r y between Chicka hominy and Pamuuky, having travelled there con stantly. Betwe en the unfinished railway bridge at White House landing and „ New ca, up the P amun k y , River, a distance of about 10 miles, I reckon are two ferries, the n earest being Garri c k' s landin some four or five mil es from White House t g, There three or four schoo ners were lying on Friday landing. They were attacked by some 50 oz men—Confederate cavalry—who fired at the crew vith carbines and revolvers, killing several p enoe. The captain of one of the boats made his escap e i n a boat with some of his men, the bullets whistling over their heads. He had the presence of mind to save his papers. This schooner and another were fired at and burnt. Another lying outside was cut loose, and saved by the captain of another vessel Almost at the same time another troop of Confederate cavalry, probably belonging to the same body of troops, about 150 men strong, at tacked a train at the railway station about two miles from Garrick's landing, and about two and a-half from that at White House. Some people were killed and taken prisoners, together with a number of waggons, which were burnt. One colonel, who was taken prisoner, escaped. It was said that a strong body of cavalry was roam ing in the rear of the army, intending to attack the gre a t depot at White House, and burning the shippin there. As to tho number of these troops no certain information was to be had, for some estimated them aTshheyighwaeste4,aoiodo,. and others at so many hundreds. but to belong to Steuart's Confederate cavalry ; Some were or opinion they came from was doubtful mo,ni)that they belonged to a corps standing a ga i nst arm ;w a ell, had been cut off, and tried to reach the Richmond, doing as ranch harm as possible o ,, Q t r. a that these j o viay. Others, how ever, would have army 7en . t round the of the Federal right wing in formed by farmers living there t Y ir b _ing been 4 t there were no Federals to oppose them. They also said—and their statement was so strengthened by that of some eye witnesses of the surprise —that some overseers of plantations were with the Confederates serving them as guides. Some planters and other persons re maining on their farms hereabout have been arrested under suspicion of having given information to the Confederates. Among them was a doctor, who came on horseback from Garrick's landing ; he was not armed, but he had with him a large dog, which was all over smeared with blood, and raised sus picion. My landlord is afraid that people will think him also involved in this affair, and the sutler living in the house is positive of it, saying that he had been away from home, and that he ought to be hanged. Yesterday night a hospital was attacked and some persons taken prisoners, and medicines and other things carried away. I have told you already about the effect of this utterly unexpected attack on the shipping in the river. It produced a similar sensation among the people in the camp near White House and Colonel Ingall's, living near my house, and all the inmates of the latter were horribly excited, if not frightened. This little affair would not be worth mentioning, for it is a thing frequently occurring in camp life before the enemy, but it has some other more serious feature about it, which the correspondents failed to point out. Had this Confederate party consisted, as obstinately stated by some, of guerillas, it would be of no consequence at all, for such might easily be found in every rear of an army, where the dis affected inhabitants are left undisturbed, but they were regular troops, coming from somewhere else, and we may conclude from this that there is a flaw in the position of the army. It is stated positively that the Confederates have received large reinforcements, but from where, Heaven only kno ws ! B eauregar d' s dissolved army might have sent r e i n f orcemen t s to different places, and has done s o , I b e li eve . There may be truth in his having sent troops to Charleston, to West Vir ginia, and to Ri c h mo nd. Jackson, in West Vir ginia, has been reinforced by 12,000 men, and the army in Richmond has reached, they say, the num ber of 200 , 000. I think this number to be exag gerated for the purpose of making the War Depart ment the better inclined to send reinforcements to APClellan. Casey's division, which was routed at the battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks—the learned are not yet in accord on the name—is utterly dis graced and in the rear. M'Clellan's despatch was very severe, and I believe unjust, as I conclude from official and private reports of this battle. The division fought very well, considering the rawness of the troops ; and the fault is with General Keyes, they say, who placed such an inexperienced division in advance. Th e li es to ld i n the papers about this battle are glorious ; the correspondents vie with each other in a manner which is quite disgust ing to me. There was, for instance, a great deal said about bayonet charges, which were even men tioned in M'Clellan's official reports, and the num ber of dead, who perished by the bayonet were given to a fraction. Now it comes out that among all the thousands of wounded only one bayonet wound occurred. Every experienced officer knows, that real bayonet encounters are very rare, and yet more rare with young troops. There seems to be a particular repulsive power in cold steel with the eyes of determined men behind it. One party gene rally turns tail as soon as he sees the white of the eye. This was at least the experience of the Napo leonic wars, where real bayonet fights were always mentioned as something particular. Ido not think that soldiers have altered so very much since then. I must say I greatly admire the courage and resig nation of these brave American Volunteers. They consider the hardships which they have to undergo to be inseparable from war, and have no idea that the greater part of them is unnecessary, and owing to the ignorance or negligence of their generals, or the scoundrelism of selfish, money-making people. These Volunteers stand what no European army would without revolting. There are hundreds slaughtered by the ignorance or drunkenness of some general, and such a fellow is protected from ignominious dismissal by the testimonial of other fellows. The soldiers are not paid in time, nor do they get what they have a right to demand; bad roads always being the excuse, although bad management ought to be substituted. The river and the railways reach closely up to M'Clellan's army Imt nnftritllci-,,r,d;, : , at.: -k divisions are for consecutive days without other food than a few wretched biscuits and yet more wretched coffee. For days they have not an ounce of meat ; if they even get it it is salt beef, hard as sole leather, and more profitable to the purse of the contractor than to the poor soldier, who throws it despairingly into the swamp in which the imbeci lityof his general has placed him. If there is a necessity for it soldiers may go up to their neck in swamps,l would not object to it; but here they are marched to and fro without purpose, and countermanded every 24 hours, and led across streams and swamps only to form line of battle and to dress properly where neither line of battle nor dressing is required. This war, they say, is no 1 ordinary war, every life t a k en on each side is a loss to the country, and therefore things ought not to be precipitated, and these slow approaches of General M'Clellan are admirable. Well, I must say my opinion is far different, for M'Clellan loses in this way more men than he would by storming the wretched Confederate works. I heard that he was inclined to make short work and to storm, but again this has been contradicted. The general will not risk a battle, which might turn out to be a second and more pernicious edition of Bull Run, and not only endanger the cause of the Union, but also the prospects of the general. That is of course impor tant, and therefore he lets the Volunteers die in the swamps, and goes the more secure way by starving out the Confederates. That I hear is the intention of M'Clellan now, and we must not expect a deci sion for weeks if not brought about by the Confede rates themselves. Fortunately the Confederates are also afraid to bring about a battle, and not ac quainted I hope with the weak points in the Federal position and army. To watch this war is disgusting both to an edu cated soldier and to an honest man, for nowhere is to be seen more military stupidity and more dis honesty than in this brave American army. You must not wonder if I get warm and bitter. The whole muddle does not affect me personally in the least, but I cannot help feeling as a soldier and a man. You have not seen the poor fellows in the hospitals or returning from the camps, to die at home of sicknesses which might have been prevented by a little care and a little more honesty. Some that I have seen are, without being ill, emaciated 1 and weak from sheer want. They cannot bear suit able food, from having lived for weeks on biscuits, bad coffee, and swamp water, and breathed the foul and poisonous air of swampy woods during their sleep. I am not very sentimental and no Sybarite either ; but my heart aches and tears fill my eyes on hearing the simple tales of those poor fellows, and looking into their emaciated faces. s _ 4 9n_ my way to thi s p l antat i on from the camp I W befor e me some tents surrounded with curious thin g s __,, signboard on w hi c h was wr i tten w i t h large lett ers Embalm , " e b ra rs ; Brown r, and Alexander, Govern mentlhey are not to embalm the Governm ent, how ' s 1 it by the care man friend was not know whethe r of the but only those who require m at en , t. My Irish gentle with • the doctor,—l do or Alexander, but we found him sittina:lfoatewerdman his drawers and shirt, with a large diam ond _,_' l . e,van,.._the lat ter . rather muddy-Coloured garment. and large 4 e a drink?" Of tumblers. Old Bourbon whisky course. That once over I began asking questions. The doctors were doing a large business; there behind were four corpses. "See them ?" or zo urse , „,.____ fellows ! none of them shot, all died by foyer. poor The doctors told me their principal ingredient for em liquid glass and g y psum balming was a kind of , which hardened to a substance like stone. In this state the body would keep for many years, per haps for ever. The bodies l oo k e d we ll preserved, although not very agreeable. The doctors took for embalming a private 25 dols., and for an officer 50 dols. I was told that since the commencement of this war above 2,000 bodies of soldiers had been embalmed and sent home. This was done by Adams's Express, in deal boxes, lined with sheet zinc. The poor follow I aaw nailed up wore his THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1862. uniform, and his writing•case and portfolio were laid beside him. With this, and...a bundle of hay under his head and the address on he cover of the box, ho was sent home to his mourning friends. Ninety degrees in shade. ON BOARD THE MAIL STEAMER GEORGIANA, June 17. I am on my way back to Washington. Up to this morning I have not received the letter promised by General van Vriet, nor an answer from my friend, the Colonel of M'Clellan's Staff. I believe they do not want European eyes there, not because foreign correspondents might give information to the enemy, but because they are perfectly independent from all party interests here and very likely to speak truth and nothing but the truth. I shall however try in Washington the regular way, and hope I shall sue ceed. Having got a pass like other correspondents I shall return to M'Clellan's army. Ido not think I shall be too late, for it is the general impression that weeks will pass before M'Clellan has finished his circumstantial preparations. However the Con federates may attack, and if wise they will do so, just because M'Clellan does not like it. If you ask me what is my impression in regard to the result, I must candidly tell you that I am by no means certain on that point. When Napoleon shut his telescope he could frequently say, " These peo ple—the enemy—are already beaten." M'Clellanis no Napoleon , a nd after having used his fieldglass he is not much wiser than before. In the battles here everything is guesswork, and military science goes for nothing. In fact, they are no battles, but only fights on a large scale. One little accident may bring about a rout as bad as that at Bull Run. 7Nl‘Clellan may feel this, and therefore hesitate to stake all on a battle. There are plenty of people here who call him a traitor, and Al'Dowell also. Nonsense. He is no Republican fanatic, and does not forget that on the other side are not foreign enemies, but people whom he once called friends and brethren. His friends praise him for his forbear ance and care to spill as' little blood as possible. To me it seems that he is exorcising the Devil by Beelzebub ; the sword would not devour half as many men as the swamp fever and the negligence in the quartermaster's department does. By people coming from the army—and there are a surprising number of officers going home on fur lough—l hear that the negligence there is very great in every department, and they complain parti cularly about the imperfect arrangements in regard to the wounded. Even now they pick up from the battlefield at Seven Pines not only single dead, who sometimes evidently died by:neglect, but dozens of them. I spoke to many persons of every condition, from the high officer down to the waggoner, and all I hear only confirms my above expressed opinion. There are some wounded and other officers from Blenker's division in town, and I hear from them many interesting details about the battle at Cross Keys. The colonel of the De Kab regiment, which was not in front, went with another regiment as a volunteer, and was shot through his leg, not the breast. Col. von Gilser is here, and hopes to be soon in the field again. About the colonel of the Bth New York Regiment strange stories are told. Leading his regiment against seven regiments of the Confe derates—l hope they were not in buckram—he at once dropped from his horse into a corn field, where he remained. Arriving in hospital, he protested against his being attended before his soldiers, but when the doctors insisted they found no scratch on the colonel, but a rupture which he got by his men trampling on him when advancing over his body. When the soldiers heard of this story they wanted to shoot their colonel, who, however, hearing the rumour against him, at once left the hospital and joined his regiment. Blenker behaved very well, and intended to renew the battle next morning, but was ordered to keep quiet by Fremont. His be haviour in battle has reconciled many of his ene mies. I think Blenker will become a major-general soon. He is expected to arrive here. Old Papa Struve is also here. He was with Necker, the chief of the revolution in Baden in 1848 and 1849. Not being a military man, old Struve entered Blenker's regiment as a private, and is now a very brave and zealous captain. He is a very learned man, with some peculiarities about him. He is a vegetarian, and to look at his healthy face was the best reccmmendation of the system. However, now he looks horribly altered .uc Alaiuzuips u 1 Luat, campaign in vv estern Virginia. He has become so used to bad food and a few biscuits a day that his stomach cannot bear other food. The sufferings of the poor soldiers in Western Virginia surpass even those of M'Clellan's army, and beggar description. General Charles Schurz is brigadier in partibus, and attached to the Staff of Fremont. He has picked out four of the best regiments of Blenker's division, but Blenker said he will give in his resignation if Schurz got them. The Secretary of War is trying all possible means to induce people to enter the army, the ranks of which will become thinner by and by, but the recruit ing goes on very slowly. No wonder, for the sad tales and faces of the returning poor sick and wounded are not just the sort of thing to induce people to place themselves under the care of blun dering generals, negligent doctors, and roguish quartermasters. military invalids, chiefly, I believe, cases of con sumption. Should she not meet with the Himalaya at Gibraltar, she is to proceed with them to Eng land. On the same day arrived here from Rhodes the Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. Hobart. It is expected this vessel after refitting will be de • spatched to Corfu. The screw gunboat Surprise, 4, Commander Whyte, is still refitting and under going repairs, preparatory to being :stationed on the coast of Syria. Lieut. the Hon. J. B. Vivian has been appointed to the command of the Procris, 3, vice Lieut. J. Palmer, promoted. This vessel is to return to Gibraltar. The Malacca, 17, Capt. J. Napier, will, rumour says, also proceed to Gibraltar. The screw frigate Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, is still here, having her boilers put in order. The other ships in port are the receiving ship Hibernia (flag of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codring ton, C. 8.), the little gunboat Boxer, and the Hearty tug. The Medina surveying -vessel, Capt. • T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., is at present busily engaged completing the survey of Malta and Gozo. The Italian steam corvette Tripoli, 3, is the only foreign man-of-war here. The Severn, 51, 500 horse power, belonging to the first-class steam reserve at Chatham, has left the Medway, for Plymouth, and she is to be imme diately brought forward for commission, tor service in the East Indies. The Arethusa, 51, 500 horse power, is to be fitted for the first division of the steam reserve, in lien of the Severn. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. G. Annesley to the St. George ; Lieut. F. C. Law to the Resistance ; Lieut. G. Worsfold to the Euryalus, additional, for disposal ; G. Moore, master, to the Majestic; the Hon. E. H. Ellis, midshipman, to the Rinaldo ; J. E. Blaxland and C. I-I. Michaelson, naval cadets, to the Euryalus, supernumeraries, for disposal ; W. H. Sloggett, surg., to the Edgar ; E. M'Sorley, surg., to the Rattler ; P. Comrie and J. Mockridge, assist.-surg., to the Edgar ; B. H. M'Curdy, acting assist.-surg., to the Rattler ; H. Cooper, engineer, to the Rattler; S. H. Brettell, engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; R. W. Hulford, super numerary in the Fisgard, promoted to engineer ; A. Young, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Rattler; C Deal, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Rattler; H. Benbow, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Rattler ; W. B. V. Farror, paymaster, to the Edgar; J. R. Horniman and J. Chambers, assist.- paymasters, to the Edgar ; W. A. Dangerfield, clerk, to the Edgar ; H. Dobson, assist.-clerk, to the Edgar ; F. C. Gandell and P. Wood, masters' assists., to the Euryalus, as supernumeraries. stances, where I knew there was a hereditary taint, I should suspect that insanity would develop itself. Cross-examined---It is difficult in ordinary cases to distinguish between a paroxysm of insanity and of ordinary passion. Re-examined—l should take into consideration the other features of the case in forming an opinion. Dr. Copland, the author of " Copland's Medical Dictionary," expressed his concurrence with the last witness. This was the case for the prisoner. Mr. Chambers having replied, The learned judge summed up, and the jury found a verdict of " Not guilty, on the ground of insanity." The learned judge, therefore, ordered the prisoner to be confined during her Majesty's pleasure. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) TIIE HENDON MURDER. Yesterday, upon his lordship taking his seat in this court, James Lawrence, 29, labourer, was in dieted for the wilful murder of Anne Sarah Cox, at Hendon, on the 29th March. He was likewise charged upon the coroner'3 inquisition. Mr. Giffard prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Williams defended. The prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, remained seated during the whole of the trial, and seemed in great pain, his face presenting a most fearfully dis figured appearance. The case, as stated by the learned counsel, and corroborated by the witnesses, was that the prisoner, who is a labouring man, lived at Mill-hill, Hendon, and the deceased also lived there with her mother. The prisoner was paying his addresses to her, and had done so for some time ; and about the period of this occurrence he entertained some feelings of jealousy towards the deceased. For about a week preceding the 29th, the prisoner had lodged in the house with deceased and her mother. Upon the morning of the 29th, about six o'clock, the pri soner, as usual, called the deceased as he went to his work, and also said to Mrs. Bethel, the deceased's mother, " good morning." Shortly after this Mrs. Bethel heard a loud noise, and she got up, but was unable to get out of the room. She then raised an alarm from the window, and a labouring man, named Shayler, who was passing, entered the kitchen of Mrs. Bethel's house, and there saw the deceased girl lying upon her back with a wound in her throat. Some of the neighbours came in and raised her upon the sofa, shortly after which she died. A:double barrelled gun, freshly discharged, was found standing against the copper. The prisoner was then found to have shot himself in the head, causing a fearful lacerated wound, from the effects of which he was for some time in a dangerous state in the hospital. The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner. The learned judge having summed up, the jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of an hour and a quarter, returned into court and delivered a verdict finding the prisoner guilty of murder, with a strong desire to recom mend him to mercy, in the behalf that although at the time he was responsible for his actions, he was labouring under great excitement, and that he had a belief that there was something wrong about the young woman. Proclamation having been made, The learned Judge put on the black cap, and passed sentence of death in the usual form, holding out no hope of mercy, but promising to forward the recommendation of the jury to the proper quarter. The prisoner was then removed in a sinking state. I The jury before leaving signed a petition to Sir G. Grey in favour of a commutation of the sentence. THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ALLEGED WHOLESALE POISONING. Yesterday Constance Wilson, alias Catherine Taylor, who stands charged with causing the death of Mrs. Ann Atkinson, a respectable married wo man, by the administration of poison, was again placed at the bar of the Lambeth police-court be fore the Hon. Mr. Norton for further examination. Mr. Chipperfield again appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr_ Neale for the prisoner. The court was again much crowded. Mr. Chipperfield, addressing the magistrate, said that he had been in communication with the Home office, and had ascertained that Dr. Taylor desired further time for the purpose of making the analysis of the viscera of the deceased, and it was also thought some further delay was necessary for the ends of justice. In the case at present before the court he would only proceed to call one witness to day, and then apply for a further remand. Mr. Leonard Dixon Lund was then called into the witness-box, and sworn. He deposed that he resided at 7, Stanhope-street, Edgware-road, and that he was the salesman of a wholesale furniture warehouse. The deceased Mrs. Atkinson was his aunt, and he first heard of her being ill on the wftwe h.r T Mr Chipperfield—How did you first hear of your aunt's illness ? Witness—The prisoner called at the place of busi ness at which I am engaged on the day before my aunt died, and told me that my aunt, Mrs. Atkinson, was in town, staying at her house, and that she was very unwell, and had been so ever since her arrival. I asked the prisoner it she had written to Mr. Atkinson about it, and she replied " Yes, she had telegraphed for him, and he was in town." Mr. Norton—Did the prisoner say what the nature of your aunt's illness was ? Witness—She did not She merely said that she was very ill, and had been so ever since she had been in town ; but did not say what was the matter with her. Mr. Chipperfield—State to the magistrate what else passed between the prisoner and yourself on that occasion. Witness—She asked me to return with her to her house in Loughborough-street in a cab ; but being rather busy at the time I could not do so. Mr. Chipperfield—Did you afterwards go to the prisoner's house ? Witness—Yes, I went there on that same evening, and there saw my aunt, who was very ill indeed. Mr. Norton —Do you recollect the prisoner say ing anything to you when you got to her house, and before you saw your aunt ? Witness —I have no doubt she spoke to me; but I do not now recollect what she said. Mr. Chipperfield—Go on, and state what next occurred ? Witness —Shortly after I got there I went up stairs and saw my aunt, who appeared to me to be in a very low state. She was breathing slowly, and appeared to take very little notice of anything. Mr. Chipperfield—Did she recognise you ? Witness—Yes, she knew me, and called me by my name. Looking at me she said, "Poor Dick," alluding to an observation of ray second name of Dixon, by which I was familiarly known by the family. Mr. Norton—Did she at that time say anything to you about her being in danger ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Norton—Did she say anything to you about her having been robbed at Rugby ? Witness—Not a word. Mr. Norton—Did she speak to you about money matters ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Chipperfield—When you first saw your aunt was she lying quiet ? Witness—No, sir; she appeared to be rather rest less, and was not quiet the whole of the t i m e I remained at the prisoner's house, about three hours or three hours and a half, and was in and out of my aunt's room three or four times. Mr. Chipperfield—Did you observe any particu lar symptoms while you were there ? Witness—Yes she retched a great deal, and ; seemed to be suffering considerably. Mr. Chipperfield—During your stay on this occasion had you any conversation with the pri soner, and if so, what was it about? Witness-1 had, some talk with the p r i soner, but I cannot state that she said anything particular about Mrs. Atkinson. Mr. Chipperfield—Or about the alleged robbery at Rugby ? AVitness — No ; I did not hear a n ythi ng o f th a t until after my aunt's death. Mr. Norton—Did you see y our aun t t a k e any thing during the time you were in the room ? Witness—No, I do not recollect, but on the fol lowing day I do recollect her taking something. Mr. Chipperfield—While you were there on the first evening did you leave the room in consequence of anything the prisoner did or said? Witness—Yes, the prisoner beckoned to me to leave the room twice or three times. I thought she wanted to attend to my aunt, and I left the room accordingly. Mr. Chipperfield—Was the retching going on then ? Witness —Yes ; it would be about the time the retching would be going on• Mr. Chipperfield—Did you go to the prisoner's house the next day ? - Witness—Yes ; I went there about five o'clock in the evening, and again saw my aunt, who appeared to be very weak, and as I thought dying. She said it was a hard struggle, and would see her to her far end. She complaineffof thirst and beckoned for water. The prisoner was in the room and assisted in getting water or drink when my aunt beckoned for it, and I remember the prisoner taking Mrs. Atkinson's feet off the bed and placing them on the floor. This was became my aunt was very restless, and wished her feet to be moved. I supported my aunt in znY arms, but previoui to doing so I noticed that the bolster had been taken, away, and my aunt's head was lying very low. I could not bear to see my aunt lying in such a position, and complained of it, when the prisoner said it would only prolong her suffer ings, and that I should let her be as she was. I, however, sat beside my aunt and held her in my arms until she was quite dead. Mr. Atkinson was in the room up to within half an hour of my aunt's death. He was either carried out of the room or walked out, I do not know which. Mr. Norton—Were there any remarks made by the pr isoner about Rugby that yo u can remem b er ? Witness —The only remarks I remember was that (c My aunt had been taken ill and robbed at Rugby ;" ,se remarks were made on the S a t ur d ay , t h e her death. y da but these Ncrton—State, as nearly as you can remem ber, what Witness'' was said. The prisoner mentioned ab ou t Mrs. Atkinson hav: n been robbed at Rugby, an d t h at she was taken itn ill there ; that she wa s go i ng to the water closet, g and that some female foll owe d her, and that on coming out, a gentlem an , w h o was standing by aLs lkked Mrs. Atkinson if sh e h a d lost anything ; that 1,-s. Atkinson felt, and found that she had lost ha pocket. The gentl eman pointed out the person wb o followed her, and said that she had it. That Mrs Atkinson spoke to the female, who gave her the po ,lket, and said she was keeping or saving it for her.. Ido not remember that the prisoner said anything' more. Mr. Norton here remarked that this went on to been robbed at show that the deceased had not Rugby. The witness further stated that the prisoner, and the man Taylor, who was living with her at the time, accompanied the remaivs of his aunt and Mr. Atkinson from her house to the railway station, where he (witness) met them, and accompanied the corpse to the cemetery. In cross-examination by Mr. Neale, the witness stated that he saw Dr. Nairne in attendance on the deceased on the Friday, the day of her death. He did not see the doctor on the Thursday. Mr. Chipperfield said that this was all the evi dence he proposed to adduce to-day, and should re quest a remand. He wish•ed at the same time to state, that there were two other cases in which the prisoner was implicated at preoent undergoing in vestigation. The one was that of a Mr. Peter Peter Mewer, a master mariner, who died in Oct., 1854, and with whom the prisoner had lived as housekeeper at Boston, in Lincolnshire. In his case an inquest had already been opened, and the Superintendent of the Boston Police, Mr. Waghorn, was now in court, having been despatched to Lon don with portions of the body of the deceased, for the purpose of being subjected by Professor Taylor tOcheraical tests. Mr. Waghorn here handed up to his worship a local journal, containing a report of the proceed• ings at the inquest as far as they had proceeded, and especially pointed out the evidence of Mrs. Attershale, who had attended the late Mr. Mewer as nurse for ten days before his death. That witness, in her evidence, said the deceased was always worse at night after ten. He was always sick and purged at night, and complained of pains in his stomach and head. The last night he lived he was decidedly worse, and he was almost inces santly sick and purged. The witness proved that she never gave the deceased food or medicine her self, but that Mrs. Wilson herself always admini stered them. No one was allowed to come to see him. He always said he was worse after taking tea, and that he should never like toa any more if he got well. There was no one in the house to give him tea but Mrs. Wilson. _ _ The other case was that of Mrs. Soames, with whom the prisoner had lived, and who died in 1856, under very similar circumstances to the case under investigation before his worship. The prisoner was then remanded to a future day, and was removed from the bar. MURDER. AND SUICIDE AT SHAD WELL, Yesterday evening an inquisition was taken be fore Mr John Humphreys, coroner, in the large dining-room of the Albion Tavern, High-street, Shadwell, on the bodies of Ramon Capele Vila Roca, a Spaniard, aged 30, and Leonora or Honora Scan nell, aged 24 years, a woman of the town. The tragedy which led to the investigation occurred in a brothel, kept by a woman named Ker sig, at No. 12, Albert-square, Albert-street, High street, Shadwell, on Saturday afternoon last. The Spaniard, a bricklayer, who came to this country from the Havana six weeks ago, murdered the woman Scannell, a native of Ireland, and directly afterwards shot himself. Mr. George Allison. inspector of the K and a large body of police were in attendance to preserve order. Margaret Kersig, a native of Germany, said that she kept the lodging-house, No. 12, Albert-square, Shadwell. The deceased, Leonora or Honora Scannell, had been lodging with her for seven weeks. The Spaniard Roca had been staying with rho Apeen.Pd. Scannell for four weeks. On Saturday afternoon last Scannell called to her and said, " Do come upstairs and turn him out of the house, for I cannot clear up my room." The Coroner—Did you talk to him about leaving before Friday or Saturday ? Witness—The deceased woman told me on Satur day she thought he had no more money, for she had not received any of him for a week. When I was called upstairs on Saturday afternoon I said to the Spaniard, " Why don't you leave the place ?" He said " All right ; wait 10 minutes, and I'll find her plenty of money." The witness, after detailing some irrelevant matters, said, " I told the S paniard not to bring any pistols to me, and left the room. I had got half way downstairs when the girl called out lam stabbed ! I am stabbed !' I made an alarm, called for the police, and left the house. I ran into the street. The girl fell down the stairs before I left the house. The Spaniard heard Leonora say she was stabbed before I left the house. He had a pistol and a dagger in his hand when I was called upstairs. He presented a pistol at me. I believe the deceased Spaniard had been drinking on Saturday ; he was not quite drunk, nor quite sober. In answer to further questions by the Coroner, the witness said the Spaniard kicked the girl down the stairs. She believed that kick caused the girl to fall on her head at the bottom of the stairs. She returned in half an hour, and found Roca and Scan nell both dead. The Spaniard was very fond of the girl. They often quarrelled about other men. The Spaniard was very jealous of the girl. The deceased woman was a prostitute. In answer to questions by the jurors, the witness said the Spaniard brought home about £24, of which the deceased might have had about £5. Mary Lacey, an old Irish woman, who lived as servant at the house No. 12, Albert-square, gave evidence in confirmation of the last witness, and of jealousies, suspicions, and quarrels between the de ceased persons. The girl was anxious the Spaniard should leave her several days before the murder and suicide, but he would not do so, and said she should not form an intimacy with any other man, and that he had plenty of money to give her. About three o'clock on Saturday the deceased woman fell at the bottom of the stairs into wit ness's arms, and said " I am a dead woman !" The Coroner—Did you see the Spaniard stab her? Witness—He was behind the girl with a dagger in one hand and a chair in the other. While the girl was in my arms he struck her with the dagger seve ral times—two or three times at least. They were all in front of her person. The Spaniard said he would not kill me, but he would kill her and kill himself afterwards. _ In answer to a juror the witness said the deceased man did not spend more than £6 upon the woman Scannell during the four weeks he was with her. The Spaniard was jealous of a Portuguese seaman who used to visit Honora. Robert Smith, a police-constable, No. 253 K, said —I went to the house, No. 12, Albert-square, on Saturday afternoon. The deceased Spaniard was standing at the street door with a pistol in one hand and a dagger in the other, and I told him to lay them down. He would not, and said, " I will shoot you. I blow my head off—l shoot one." I asked him again to lay them down. He refused to do so. I struck at him with my staff,which hit the door frame. He shut the door, bolted it, and fastened himself in. He ran upstairs and opened the window. He looked out, and the mob threw oyster shells and stones at him. He then drew back, and in a moment after wards I heard the report of a pistol. I forced a way into the house, and entered it with other constables. The deceased woman was lying at the foo eta r t ls h stairs quite dead. On entering the room up__ s discovered the body of the deceased Spaniard . feet were towards the door, and his headwawinas a pool of blood near the fire-grate. There w pro duce, and a single-barrelled pistol, which I no ide. weep ictures dagger stained with blood by his in the room, the ceiling, andatnhde tions of the jaw Lured with blood, the teeth, rwsoarils bespat of the deceased Spaniard.. Mr. John Ross called to the house street, Shadwell, said -1 , plinaweiaana and surgeon, High- Shadvvell, on Saturday after noon.there.T lower jaw of No. 12, Albert-square, I saw twso bodies blown off, and a portion of the the Spaniard agone. The woman was lying on the room below. She was dead. s nw w alv e re torn, as if in a scuffle. There was u talwee p ro e fic r uoitio j oat a r : eoi n the back which punctured the left lung- Th er e was a large gash on the upper shoulder, which also punctured the lung, and there were three other stabs ; one had penetrated the c hest, and another the heart. There was also a wound'on the hand. Death was instantaneous. Wm. liunn, the beadle of Shadwell, produced a , trunk contain ing sot ne linen and wear i ng a pparel, which ho fonn dat a boarding-house, No. 187, St. George-street, alias Ratcliff-highway, where the deceased Spani, wd 11 ad hired an apartment before he fell in with t he woman Scannell. He also took from the pockets tof the Spaniard some percussion caps, gunpowder; , and a 'silver sixpence. Roca's trunk A was produced. It contained the ordinary articles o 1a m an's wardrobe. John Jose Leon, the. landlord of the house in St. George-street, said th at when the deceased came to lodge with him, on I ,,he 27th of May, he was well supplied with cloth a 3, and told him he had Spanish dollars to the a.m o unt of £240. The witness could not say from his own knowledge whether that was true or not. _ Other witnesses wi 3re examined, who threw n° light on the tragical E fl=air. The police of the • K division produced tw o daggers found in the h ouse where the deceased per sons were living. One • of th em was ! sta i ne d with blood.. The police also , r ound two pistols. One vas a sing.le barrelled pistol 7ith which Roca bad shot himself, the other a double barrelled pistol, was dis coTereo under a bed. A coustable named Whisson also produced por tions of the Spaniard's jaw four d in the room where he sh of hi•aiself, and said the room was bespattered with blood. Mr. Ros s said the bullet ss ith which Roca shot himself pas sed through the t ip of the man's nose, and lo aged in the ceiling. 11:e produced it. The learn t d Coroner summt id up at great length, and The Jury feturned a verdant " That Leonora , otherwise Hon() ra Scannell was wilfully murdered by Ramon Capeh. Vile ltoca, wt o afterwards cote; mated suicide by shooting him: telf with a pistol. The recorded verdict stated that the suicide of the deceased was by his " owv act," which amounted, in fact, to a verd;,ct of fel° de se, or self-murder. The Coroner is sued his warrant for the burial of the body of the murdered womtm, and said he should not at present issue any warrant for the burial of Roca. It was understood tO be the wish of the jury that the In w relating to the burial of self murderers should II e carried out. COUIV" TRY MARKLIS. .1 , ... - NEW. kßii..--WEDNESDAY. Buyers operated quietly in wheat at late rates. Other kinds of grain steady, at rather advancing prices. White wheat new, 57 'A to 62s Barley, grinding 30s to 32s Red do. 5' ts to 58s Oats, ' l old, — 24 s to 305 Old white SC il to 60s New do —s to; Red do.. 50 sto 55s Beans.. 42s to 448 Barley, malting.... 36: tto 41s Beans, new 44s to --$ Pe. Is, ....40s to 42s MELTON 11: tOWBRAY—TuEsDAY. There was a short supply of wheat to-day, and we hu i (l . a moderate trade, at a 'out late currencies. Barley isle' dull, and late prices we T'e supported. White wheat, 600 Od to 63s Od; red, 54 aOd to as per 36 stone; beaus sold at 08s to 46s • for old ; new sorts, —s per 3S st. ; barley, 36s to 39s for me d ting, and 29s to 33s per qr. for grinding ; oats, 22s to 3 11; Od per 24 stone. HULL.- —TUESDAY. A moderate supply of Es iglish wheat at market to -day with a moderate demand. Barley in limited supply, priee° firm. Wheat.... Old white Der qr. sBs Od to 60s Od Old red 7l Od New white .. ~ New red .... 7 605 57 s Od t t o o 6 59 3 s s 001 1 Dantzic, Konb ~&c. old white 59s Od t o 60s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Od B a lti c an d H am l wrg, red ..._. 50s Od to 5s 5 0 St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 50s Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting . 34s Od to 37s ocl Grinding Saal and Oderbru ck . 3os Od to 35s Od Holstein and Dardslv. 34s Od to 36s ocl Grinding Oats...... English, old Archangel and Riga, per st osl2id to 134 Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 05131 d Swedish and Danish osl2ld to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 46s Od to 48s Oa New pigeon 42s Od to 448 Od New tick Egyptian Peas .. For eign breakers Grim.' ing a 3os Od to 32a Od Tares ....Spring —s Od to —s 0 41 , Indian Corn .. 3ss Od to 36s " Linseed, feedinc , s2s Od to 56s Od crushing .. 4os Od to 52s 0(1 Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 0 0 to £9 5 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes . 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. At this market to-day there was a small supply of wheat, the demand for which was slow, at former rates. Barley very dull, at former quotations. Oats at lat3prices. White wheat, 58s to 60s; red, 50s to 54s 13er 36 stone. Barley at 35s to 37s per qr., grinding 30s to 33s per 30 st. Oats, 25s:to 32s . per 21 st. ; beans, 38s to 435; new, —8 to —s per qr. COAL MARKET. (mars of Coal per Ton at the close of the market d. 1 Tanfield Moor l3 0 Davison's West Hart- 1 Wylarn ..15 6 ley.. 15 0 North Felton Gas 12 6 1 Eden Main l5 I' uarway and Dufiryn Malting 23 - 0 Do. Anthracite 21 0 Cowpen Hartley 15 1 Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ... 15 3 Hastings Hartley ....15 0 Ships at market, Walls End. m. d- Caradoc.... ...15 9 Stewart's 16 0 , R elloe Raton •• l6 6 Heugh Hall 15 0 South Hetton 16 6 Hartlepool.. l6 0 34; sold, 29. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton July 1 9 . via Marseilles July 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. July 2. via Marseilles July 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. July --. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2. via Marseilles July 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles July --. Lisbon July 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July --.— via Marseilles July 5. Newfoundland ..July 9. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet July 3. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. July 2. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, .ra and Teneriffe July 10. Bahamas, via New York ....July 3. Mexico. . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, June 28. California, and British Columbia.. THE T ISLINGTON DOG SHOW.—Some excitement was caused in Leeds on Monday by the rumour that Mr. T. D. Appleby, of Briggate, had suspended payment, and yes terday morning his creditors received the following letter, explanatory of the step he had felt compelled to adopt :-- " Leeds, July 8, 1862. Sir,—l regret having to inform you that owing to the heavy losses Mr. Thomas Dawkins Ap pleby, of this town, cheese and bacon factor, has sustained, he is compelled to suspend payment. lam therefore di- • rected to call a meeting of his creditors, to be held at the Griffin Hotel, Leeds, on Friday next, the 11th instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, when Mr. Appleby will submit a state ment of his affairs to the meeting, and be prepared to take such steps as shall be considered advisable for the benefit of his creditors.-1 am, sir, yours most obediently, WILLIAg CLABKE, 3, Bank-street." It is stated that Mr. Appleby's last speculation—the Dog Show at Islington—resulted in a considerable deficiency, and to this cause, amongst others, his difficulties are described.—Leeds Mercury. [ADVERTISEMENT,]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — Distempers of the Skin.—The readiness with which Hollo way's unguent removes all obstructions in the circulation of the vessels and lymphatics explains their irresistible in fluence in healing old sores, bad wounds, and indolent ulcers. To ensure the desired effect the skin surrounding the diseased part should be fomented, diled, and imme diately well subbed with the ointment. This will givo purity to the foul blood and strength to the weakened nerves—the only conditions necessary for the cure of all those hideous ulcerations which render life almost intoler able. No sooner is the ointment's pr otective p ower exerted than the destructive process cease s and the co nstructive business begins—new healthy gro wths appear to f i ll up t h e lately painful excavated pit. 7HE NAVE VALETTA, July 4.—The last English Marseilles mail left us on the 23d ult., so that nearly 11 days have elapsed since the date of my last letter. Now that the monsoon season is commencing we may expect to have to wait a day or two, or more, for the arrival of the Indian mails, beyond the fixed dates. A rumour is current here, based, I believe, on cor rect information, that a new system is about to be adopted for the outward mails. The overland por tion, it is said, is to be made up in London every Saturday night, instead of as heretofore on the 3d, 10th, 18th, and 26th of the month, and a cor responding alteration in the dates of departure of the heavy portion will:of course be simultaneously brought about. The naval news may be summed up as follows :—Her Majesty's iron screw storeship Supply, Master-Commander W. H. Balliston, which lately arrived from Woolwich with stores for this arsenal, left Malta, on return on the 26th ult. ; taking with her condemned stores. The screw cor vette Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brock, took her departure on the same day for Alexandria ; and the Neptunus, 86, Capt. G. P. Hornby, after filling up with provisions, sailed on return to Naples on the 30th. The iron paddlewheel sloop Trident, 3, Commander C. J. Balfour, arrived on the 29th from Corfu and Santa Maura, with despatches from the Commander-in-Chief and a mail. The Marlborough, 131, was at Corfu on the 27th ult., having arrived there on the Sunday previous from Zante and Cephalonia; she had on board Major-Gen. Sir John and Lady Inglis, who accompanied the Admiral in his cruise to the Southern Islands. The screw frigate Amphion, 36, Capt. Gordon, arrived at Corfu on the 23d ult. from Malta, and sailed soon afterwards for Ithaca, which she reached on the 25th. The Lord High Commissioner arrived there the same day in the lonian steamer lonia. The Amphion was to accompany his Excellency to Santa Maura. His Excellency was expected to return to Corfu about the let inst. The Queen, 86, Capt. C. Hillyar, arrived at Ithaca on the 26th, under steam from Patras, and was very unexpectedly ordered off to Beyrout. The iron screw troopship Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe, with the 2d Battalion 6th Regiment, was hourly expected to Corfu from Gibralter, to relieve the 2d Battalion 2d Regiment, ordered to Gibraltar. The Trident, having sustained some damage to h3r machinery, was unable to take up the last English mail to Corfu, and the little gunboat Growler, under the temporary command of Lieut. Denni stone, was despatched with it in her stead. The hard work to which the Trident has been sub jected as a mailboat renders it necessary that her engines should ha ve a th oroug h over h au ling. This scre w in future w ill b e s h are d b y th e Al acr ity, 4, gunboat arrived On , Commander J. Baird, which n the purpose. I st inst. from the Pirmus for this mue passenger Lieut. Powell, R.N. TheSmhe-abr7 lying at th e Pir_?ht as CaptN.Strange, paddlewheel fries when Alacrity left. The e lagim • -enne Serene Highne ss t h e Prince of 16, Lein Capt. his ingen, left Malta, harbour the Ist inst. with 105 naval and THE ARMY. In accordance with orders received from the War office, the whole of the wives and children belonging to the men of the 4th company of Ro yal Engineers , despatched from Chatham to Br i t i s h North America at the close of last year, have left head-quarters and embarked on board the Adventure, to join their husbands. _ _._ _ _ Fifteen non-commissioned officers of the Indian Engineers who have completed their course of engi neering instruction at head 'quarters, Chatham, have been placed under orders to embark on board the Sydenham, for Madras. The remainder of the In dian Engineers will shortly embark for Bombay. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-July 9. TRIAL OF MRS. 1 YSE. The evidence for the prosecution appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine having addressed the jury for the defence, called the following wit nesses : Mr. Richard Vine—l am a retired chemist and druggist, and live at Bayswater. lam the uncle of the prisoner, the brother of her mother. I had a brother named Peter Vine, who committed suicide while in a state of unsound mind. My mother was of a very melancholy disposition, and used to wan der about the roads and lanes crying. A first cousin of mine and other relatives, both on my mother's and father's side, have been placed under restraint. Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—My brother was not married, He had been a chemist and druggist, but had retired. He lived in my house, and committed suicide there. He had met with no disappointment in life. Ho died from taking 4 , 1 iloap ip f rr th e act in a depressed and melancholy state. He had always been rather weak in intellect. Dr. Hood, physician at Bethlehem Hospital, proved that James Aynsherd, a first cousin of the prisoner, on the father's side, was admitted in 1846 to the hospital and discharged uncured. All forms of insanity were hereditary. The kind of insanity of James Aynsherd was what was termed paroxys mal, which was a species of madness that often resulted in suicide or homicide. _ _ AV. Mrs. Elizabeth Frampton deposed to various acts of eccentricity on the part of the grandfather of Mrs. Vyse on the mother's side. He was called " Mad Saunders." Mrs. Frick said that the maternal grandmother of Mrs. Vyse once attempted suicide, and another relative was subjected to confinement in her own house on the ground of insanity. Mr. William Dennis said that he had an aunt who was also a relative of the prisoner, who was subject to fits of insanity; Mr. Frick said that Mrs. Jane Taylor of Havi land, a first cousin of the prisoner, was a lunatic. M r . W. Edney, of Ludgate-street, boot and shoe maker, said he had known the prisoner for some time. He made two pairs of boots for the two chil dren. The prisoner was very much interested in their dress and appearance. I always thought that her demeanour towards her children was that of a , very affectionate parent. I remember the Monday before the murder. She came to my shop and brought back the two pairs of boots, and appeared very ex cited, She said they were not elegant boots, as she had ordered. She was in a dreadful passion, and when I told her I saw nothing the matter with the boots she stamped her foot on the floor and said I was not to answer. She complained about her own boots, and lifted up her dress in a very extraordinary manner, and told me a gentleman had found fault with the toes of her boots. She stood in a very wild state and dashed about the shop. She also said that if she were me she would horsewhip my men. I expressed my opinion to my foreman and shopmen that she was out of her mind. She was gene rally very excitable. Mr. James Spence—l am a draper in St. Paul's Churchyard. On the 22d May I accompanied my'' wife to Mrs. Vyse's, between one and two o'clock, to purchase a bonnet. Mrs. Vyse was upstairs, and we sent for her. She seemed peculiar in her manner, and did not seem willing to attend to busines. She also tore a flower out of a bonnet very violently, and dashed it to the ground. There seemed to lie a kind of smouldering fire of temper ready to burst out, and my opinion was that she was not in a proper state of mind. Crossaaxamined by Mr. Chambers—Mrs. Spence found fault with the bonnet before the prisoner tore the flower from it. Elizabeth Burkitt—l was a servant with Mrs. Vyse for some years: I remember the death of her child, at Surbiton, in 1860. Mrs. Vyse came down when I informed her that the child was ill, and stayed with it day and night. After the death of her child her conduct was very singular, and on one occasion she threw the tea-things into the fire. She afterwards forgot the occurrence. Cross-examined—Mrs. Vyse was not intoxicated at the time. In fact she took nothing stronger than milk and water while she was nursing the baby. Dr. Geor ge M err itt, examining surgeon to the Indian troo ps—l am the medical attendant of the prisoner. After the death of the child Mrs. Vyse became subject to morbid melancholy with occa sional fits of paroxysm. Mrs. Vyse always dressed with taste, and was very ladylike in her demeanour, and appeared almost unduly anxious respecting the health of her husband and children. I recommended ' her not to leave town, lest the cessation of her usual occupation should increase the melancholy. She is now two or three months advanced in pregnancy. I believe she was in a state of mania at the time the murder was committed. i n i o n as to her Cross-examined—l ground mop mental condition upon several circumstances — namely, her heredita r y taint, her irrationa l im pulses, the deterioration of her health fro m time to time, and her conduct throughout the affair. I have noticed her rush away in the midst of conver sation with me, without accounting for her conduct. Her rummer of conversation was also exciteable,and at times strange. This was before I ceased to at tend her in February last. h Dr. Forbes Winslow—l am a physician, andave have made lunacy my st u dy for 20 years. I h in court during the whole of this day . Sergeant Ballantine—Having heard the evidence, what is your opinion respecting her mental con dition ? Mr. Chambers objected to this question, and the Court ruled that it could not be put. Examination continued—Under certain eircum, BIRTHS. n the 6th inst., at Woolwich, the w if e o f C ap t. BOOTIC.--n Artillery, of a son. N li f— al O i n% r l:: 26 th May, at Nyneo Tat, Himalayas, Mrs. Robert A. J. Drummond, of a son. On the sth inst., at Doncaster, the wife of the EDEN. — G Eden, of a daughter. Hon. W. • D i t ß t h r o ji H t A h t VAN ,, —On tho 6th inst., the Countess Vane, of a son. MARRIAGES. F A li l atumi.—BßArm.—On th e Bth inst., at St. James's, Pi c cadilly, Henry Farq u h ar, Esq the eldest son of Sir Walter and Lady M ary Parquha ' r, to Alice, the eldest daughter of the Hon. Mr. and-Mrs. Henry Brand. NEALL — HALL.--On the sth inst., at Elloughton, John S. Neal], Esq., of Peckham, Surrey, to Grace Williamson, only daughter of George Hall, Esq., of Hull, and El loughton, near S out h Cave, Yorkshire. DEATHS. BnowNE.—On the 6th inst., Mr. John Browne, of Soho square. CoLEs.--On the Bth inst., at Clifton, James Benj. Coles, Esq., late of Parrock's Lodge, Somersetshire, aged 77. ONsLow.—On the 6th inst., at Clifton, Thomas Onslow, Esq., aged 52. PENROSE.—On th e sth inst., the Rev, T. T. Penrose, vicar of Coleby, near Lincoln, aged 69. SMIT H s — On the 7th inst., at Margate, Edward Smith Esq., l a t e of Sittingbourne, Kent. S WINDURN.—On the 4th inst., at Romsey, suddenly, Miss Swinburn, aged 86. WaseN.—On the 6th inst., at Groombridge-place, Kent, Major-G enera l B . F. D. Wil son , age d 56, nephew of the late Gener a l Sir Robert Wilson, C.M.T., &c. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TILE SUN Office No. 112, Strand, in the Preeinet.of the Savoy, in the County of kiddleoes.—Thursday, July 10, 1862. i