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

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1862. CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen, Captain Wessels, 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 Southampton ; also 686,210 dols. in specie, of which 472,210 dols. are for England, 208,000 for France, and 6,000 dols. for Germany. The Teutonia arrived out on the Ist inst. We have no later news by this arrival, but the Neve 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 c orrespondent of the Neu, York herald : "It was generally understood at daylight on Saturday, the 28th, that the army was to evacuate its line of e ntrenchments. To do this with the re quisite precipitancy it was necessary to move only the mos t 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 through brook and wood, over hill and dale, nerved by tha 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 same ultima thule. Great siege guns and greater pontoons went ringing in the cortege, and horsemen, teamsters, and negroes vied with each other in cursing and swearing, " Very few slept on Saturday night, for the issues of 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 reached 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 ileintzelman'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 pains to cover our line of general retreat along the Williamsburg road, by deploying our left 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 the 20th Massachusetts baffled them in that regard. Having held the place until, in the judgment of the generals, our teams, heavy artillery, and ambul ances 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. "The battle of Savage's was more sanguinary. It commenced about five o'clock in the afternoon, and lasted till eleven o'clock at nig ht. The rebels, when we had fallen back from Pea c h Orchard, filed, with large reinforcements andadd itional b • as well as with several squadrons of cavalry, to wards several roads leading to the Chickahominy, e nd, covered by the thick timber, were enabled to rema i n concealed until they had ' reached a wheat field that stretches from Sava g e s to a dense belt of in the direction of th e woods fume of Dr Trent and Messrs. Mickey, Dudley and C ouch. Suddenly ap pearing out of the edges of the ti mber, they opened upthe i n with rifled cann on upon our forc es, dr awn full view to the south of the railroad. Directly y ran out three batteries to commanding in the wheat-field, and op ened a rap id , enfiladin g 's fire of shell and grape. This w as at first so stagg er i ng that our men could not form , nor our artilleryme n bring their batteries into service. The 106th Penn_ Sylvania regiment was seized with momentary panic, but soon recovered, and did good service. of t h e fight The first-named lost in the beginning 100 killed and wounded men, and a regiment of rebel cavalry galloped in and drove the regi 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 parts of Sedgwick's, Richardson's, Hooker's, Kearney's, and Smith's divisions engaged with various sub- COBB. The rebele came determinedly across the field, firing as they advanced, until General Sumner ordered our troops up at double quick to a charge. About 4,000 of them went off at once with a roar that 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 b r igade, however, succeeded in charging right up to the guns of a Virginian b attery, two of which they hauled off , spik e d , and chopped the carriages The 86th, (le 69th d to piece s ' It here , and participated in this gallant a ct. o was m aeoehu.s ,at the brave Col. Pierce, of th e 29th 'Its 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 the carnage. The steady roar of cannon and the sharp, quiek ring of musketry, now bursting into olleys, now degenerating into that rasping noise made by file firing, filled the whole air. The darkness 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 sky. "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. Deaf 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 Savage's across White Oak Swamp. The enemy was makin g 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 or. 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 loft, bordering the whole dis tance upon the swamp, with batteries ranged upon every commanding hilt 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 themselves and vigorously responded to the enemy, who was soon at a perceptible disadvantage, as Ur 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 late 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 rebels made some desperate efforts to cross the creek, but General Smith brought his men up to close quarters with them whenever they dared the con. to, and although in each case some of our best and sig, beloved soldiers bit the dust there were no the infantro 8 of hold f ing off. The canon fire was incessant here, souse _the deepest and closest of the war, and cannonading fire extended along whole columns. "The with fearful eft:eating had continued several hours our baggage and artillery teams. We had, 4 "g t h e swamp however, prevented the enemy from .to pierce its fastnesses at una n vo lir front, and fondly hoped he would be Point of any thatny crossing other r our Tigh t se Charles appearance 1 ft. That this hope wa s ill founded was soon justrnedh i i i n es g a reat forc e , t bout four mil es es City Cross roads,from White Oak south, and about a of the Swamp. due s mile and c halk or Tunes River at Turkey two miles from I which eneniy Island lvanetd direct from 1 4 Bend. He had it( Richmond first under command f the eight brigades, the 0 re doubtable General H. A. Wise, and when dis covered at the Cross-roads was endeavouring to work quietly down the river road between „,, r trains, our w oun d e d, and the army. Two hours pre vious such an attempt might have been successful, when utter rui n an d con f us ion would have ensued_ Porter and Keyes were ordered up to repel these new corners, the troops of the former still suffering from the battle of Friday in so great a degree that many regiments had no drganisation atall, and many brigades scarcely a regimental organisation. A t five o'clock they engaged the enemy, hidden by woods and the swelling of hills, and the firing from 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 went on. It was scarcely an enthusiastic fight, for all the 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 broke 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 1 Galena, Aroostook, and Jacob Bell opened from i Turkey Island Bend, in the James River, with shot and shell from their immense rifled guns. The pre vious roar of field artillery seemed a s faint es the rattle of musketry in our comparison with these monsters of ordnance, that literally shook the water l l a s nseemed considerable d b e e r sup. ahle a p n li d ed s w tra it i h ned eig th h e a eight int e rval elapsed between the shock of the report and the subsequent explo sion of the shell s , They fired second iair. Thefuses, shells e 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 wurk, 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 hnngry 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 ern , bosomed in a plain the column moved, slowly, cer tainly, vigorously belching fire and ball at every step ; but never halting until they came su close to the rebels that they might have helloed 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 had 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 came into action just at the right time, and did first-rate 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 advices 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 from Fortress Monroe, and no persons will be permitted to pass to that point of the army of the Potomac ex cept those connected with the military or naval service." The following account is taken from the Rich mond W Tag, 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 could not stand the impetuous onsetof our victorious troops, and again broke and made for the main body of NlTlellan's army, leaving three batteries to their pursuers. Darkness put an end to the chase. We h ave no reports of casualties. The battle opens glerinusly. May this morning's sun be our sun of Austerlitz:' vrt (From the Richmond Whig, June 28.) po : sess e a tl n r a e Nv t o i hmopu.atr impart the oourde information rears we expecte d to 01 . this morning the operEitions yeste r d ay i n f ront o f t hi s c it y. T he es exclud e all reporters from the lines of the army and afford n o i ntelligence to the press, though the whole country i s ahnostbreathless with anxiety authoriti to know what is transpiring, though a battle has been raging nearly all day within hearing. We only I know that the fight was resumed before day on the other side of the Chickahominy, near :Mechanics 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 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 impo,sible to say. " Our forces engaged yesterday were divisions under command of Stonewall Jackson, Longstreet, 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 a 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." TEE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN GLASGOW. DISCOVERY OF THE STOLEN WEARING APPAREL, AND FURTHER DISCLOSURES. (From the North British Daily Hail.) 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 not lighted upon any commanding incident of such a nature as by itself to put the stamp of certainty upon current suspi cions ; but a multitude of minute circumstances have transpired tlae 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 woma.. 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 tbere are few who do not anticipate the likelihood of his release, or are unprepared to hail it with gratib.cation. The evidence which tends t 9 show that Mrs. M‘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 toot. It appeared in three places —on a piece of wax-cloth laid down over stole, 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 ob e dience. 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 her 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 struggle. Meanwhile a great degree of interest has been created by the evidence which tends to connect her with the articles supposed to have been stolen from the house. They have been recovered, and the manner of their recovery is not the least curious part of this strange and intricate affairs. It is already well known that the unfortune woman Jessie M'lntosh's husband, Jas. 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 known in these two capacities in the Vennel, near to the foot of Cowgate, as an industrious man, for a period of 30 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 had misgivings as to her thrift, and have been at a loss to account for her being in difficulties, as she occupied a house or rather only a 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 myst er i ous case . After hearing what he had to say, a sheriff officer proceeded to the South-Western Railway St a ti on , i n Bridge-street, where he re ceived a sma ll t i n b ox , which had been sent from Greenock, addressed—" Air. Thomson, 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 plain y s s k e i p r a t ,rsometime worn skirt, aanndd lining good ing o ut con-ufl silk dre ss , o r skirt, of a c i nnamon chang ingEidd;kirteiirsnt; dress, i e n s e ; d l w b i l t a h ck b s l i u lk e q p u ol i k lt a ed ; Ibl a c e o k l ousirl , k w velvet o c o fl a o k u , nc l silk; 1 drab cloth cloak, large size, with plaits and tassels on back; 1 black ha r ness plaid, colour ori ginally green but dyed black; a brown paletot, made from a shepherd tarta n plaid, which had been dyed brown. It seems that after the female pri soner came from Hamilton on M on d a y or Tuesday week, she had gone to the 14 ,ridge-street Station on the following Wednesday, and having previously enclosed the contents of the bundle which she took from the leather box in krs. 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 some one, and received here by James M'Lachlan, the prisoner's husband, who paid for it at th e station in the us ua l wa v, and took it away. The box was then taker. to Mr. Reid's house at Green. ock on the afternoon of Friday last by James M'Lachlan, the husband, himself, and it still con tained the missing clothing of the deceased Jessie Macpherson. It is said that the prisoner, Jessie M'Lachlan, stated to her husband that she had had these clothes in her possession for a week before the murder for the purpose of having them altered, and only urged her husband to convey them to Greenock to be out of the way, lest the Possession of them might excite suspicion against her of being concerned in the murder, which she disavowed. The box lay at Mr. Reid's up till yesterday morning. On Tuesday night James M'Lachlan, the husband, arrived at Greenock by the 10 o'clock train from Glasgow, and proceeded to the house of his brother in-law, where the box and contents were. He was in a state of great agitation of mind, distracted be tween a feeling of affection and pity for his wife on the one hand, and a sense of duty on the other. He knew the eagerness with which the detectives were on the search for the missing clothes, and if he was not the means of placing them where they were, he knew at all events that they were there, and also knew the importance their discovery would have in sending the grave charge farther home in the direction of his unhappy wife. After passing a night of agonising suspense, he rose with a deter mination to proceed direct to Glasgow and deliver up the box and its contents to the criminal authori ties. Accordingly, he quitted Mr. Reid's house yesterday morning, taking the box along with him, and was understood to leave by the 8.45 train. When the husband left Greenock yesterday morn ing a porter conveyed the box to the railway. When the above information got wind in Greenock yesterday afternoon Captain Newnham, superinten dent of police, proceeded immediately to Glasgow, with the view of ascertaining whether James M‘Lachlan had carried out his intention of deliver ing up the box and clothes to the criminal authori ties in the city, which, as stated above, he did, and thus saved the authorities a great amount of labour. As it was, however, Inspector Smith spent the whole day making a thorough search of Hamilton, where it was supposed the clothing might have been found. Diligent search will now continue to be made for the missing portion of the prisoner's own clothing which she must have disposed of in some way, as the recovery of it would doubtless throw some light on the matter. Between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday, both prisoners were brought down from the North Prison to the County Buildings, for further ex amination, before Sheriff Strathern. As early as ten o'clock, numbers of individuals had con gregated in Brunswick-street, so that when the cabs in which the unfortunate persons were conveyed drew up, a crowd rushed round them, eager to get a momentary glance of the pri soners, making it somewhat difficult for them to get into the buildings. The old man appeared to retain his coolness and quietude ; but the female presented a most pitiable appearance—haggard and emaciated in the extreme—and a marked contrast to her con dition even when she was apprehended on Sunday. Old Fleming was first examined, and, we under stand, still adhered to his first declaration, that he knew nothing about the matter more than hearing the screams, and that so far from having given Mrs. M'Lachlan the silver plate, as she affirmed, he never saw her before to his knowledge. However that may be accounted for, it is in contradiction of the fact that he lived with his son while she was a ser vant in the house. Of course a married woman would undergo a considerable change in four years, and prisoner's memory may have failed during that time. Mrs. M‘Lachlan likewise made a declaration, but we have not ascertained its purport. The re sult of the investigations in the case, up to this point, is understood to be favourable to the male prisoner, but very unfavourable to the woman. The crowd hovered about the front of the County Build ings the whole day, and this being observed by the authorities, a stratagem was fallen upon to deprive them of at least a part of their promised gratifica tion. Between four and five o'clock a cab was sud denly driven up to the side door at Brunswick street, which was at once surrounded by a mob. While all eyes were intently fixed upon this door way, a cab was silently driven up to the front door, where old Fleming was waiting, and at once en tered, and the cab drove off without scarcely any one seeing him. The crowd soon after discovered that they had been " sold," as only Mrs. M'Lachlan left by that door. Amongst their number circulated freely for some time during the day, one whose presence, had they known of it, would have satis fied their thirst for sight-seeing equally well, per haps—that was James M`Lachlan, the husband of the prisoner, who, having unburdened his conscience by giving up the clothing, felt at ease to roam amongst the crowd, doubtless hearing some criti cism not at all pleasant to his ears, in regard to this unhappy affair, with which he himself was so intimately connected. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Sheriff Strathern, and Mr. Gemmel, Procurator-Fiscal, proceeded to Edin burgh, and had a consultation, at six o'clock, with Crown counsel, in the Crown agent's office there, regarding the case. Old Mr. Fleming having now been in custody eight days, it becomes necessary that it be decided whether he is to be committed for trial or liberated. The learned Sheriff and Mr. Gemmel returned to town last night, but we under stand counsel have taken time to consider the matters laid before them. It is expected, however, that au answer will be received to-day. LIBERATION OF MR. FLEMING, AND COMMITTAL OF MRS. NPLACHLAN. 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. 711 E SERIOUS CASE OF WHOLESALE POISONING: A SECOND CHARGE PREFERRED AGAINST THE PRISONER. 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 in 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. She returned home, and partook of tea with her daughters and Miss Roe, who had been with her nearly s ix years, and was like a member of her own family. He should call Miss Roe as a witness, and she would prove that after they had partaken of tea, and late in the evening, the pri soner came down, and invited Mrs. Soames, the deceased, to take supper with her. The deceased went up to , the prisoner's apartment, and Miss Roe and one of the deceased's daughters left the house, *the street. The prie No. 27, and went to sleep at the 13A house, also t quently meet et the corns o 1 ul d come o n she lelonday belonging to the deceased, and also let out in apart - was d toArs• So Imes' as if sone!' told her Ora a leter we morning, direct, ments. They heard nothing more of the deceased e eve, and asked Ny i ess tot duced. did come by until morning, when she was found to be seriously he n letter pro ill, with vomiting, and oliowing Monday _ purging, other violent post, and she (vetileBs)took it n. The prisoner I symptoms. A medical man was called in and at- came down staffs quickly, took thte letter from her, ake it in. On the tended the deceased. Miss Roe had only seen th was nor had s e deceased once on that day, but on the followirg sent at the inquest,' day, when the deceased wished to see P'rf there. , and went up stairs again. Wi h tne h s e s e w n educed I spoke to the letter pr :Miss Slane Morelane er's peison namely, on the Friday, the prisoner told bill as being, to the best of her belief, in the s not pre Roe that the deceased must be kept very (diet , handwrinng. and it would be better not seeing her. Tie de- Mrs. Small Allen, who lived next door to the ceased died on that night, or rather betwee , three deceased, sait. that on hearing of the the death o f and four o'clock on the Saturday mo rn i ng . After deceased she went into t he house of Mrse death, the the death the prisoner call e d Mi ss R oe . n t o h er and on inquiring from her the cause of Soames, room and said, " I have somethi ng to tell3ou . M rs . prisoner said siee was the only one that knew the Soames's is not a natural death ; she foreed some secret that the deceased died of poison ; u hter. connection with some man who has p r emised her kept quiet for the sake of the deceased's , e marriage, and had obtained money fro her ; she It being now long be y ond the office o found she had been deceived; she had taken poison prisoner was ag ain remanded. in her (the prisoner's) presence on Wednesday night, and the deed was donee' The prisoner added that there would be a letter cone in a day or dieut u g r sth it was two from this man, and it would be all about money, and that if the letter came, and she, Miss Roe, received it, she was to give it to her. On the Monday morning the letter did arrive, and that letter was directed to Mrs. Soames, Alfred-street, as though that lady was still alive, and that letter he would prove to be in the prisoner's handwrit ing. The letter was as follows . "Dear Maria,—l hope you was not 'very 11.0 at my not being at home on Friday. I was surprised .o hear a lady in black wanted me. I can't let you have the £ 2O now , but if you will let me have ten more I NO/ by next Monday come to the corner. Don't say anything of what you're going to do to anybody ; send we word if you were not well after you got home on Wednesday, as you was un happy in the afternoon. Dirt:et this letter as the first used to be, for the postman found fault in the street. Be cheer ful, and come on Wednesday. I will be there. Write by return.—Yours." This letter was produced at the inquest, but as the writer was unknown no inquiry was set on foot with respect to it, and a loose verdict was returned, though the inquisition was endorsed " Suspected poison." He should now call witnesses to put in proof of the facts he had stated. Mr. Samuel Emery Barnes was here sworn, and said he was a draper, living at Highbury House, Holloway-road, Islington. The deceased, Maria Soames, was his half-sister, and a widow. She died on the 18th of October, 1856. On the Wednesday preceding her death she came to his house about eleven o'clock in the morning and remained until between two and three in the afternoon. She was then in her usual state of health, which was very good, as she never complained, and was seldom unwell, except from a bilious attack, which did not occur once in a twelvemonth. She came for the purpose of borrowing £lO, and he found by his cash book that he let her have £9, and he could not now say why he did not let her have the full amount. As to her pecuniary position, she had a small income left to her by her late husband, amounting to from £BO to £lOO a year. In the year 1855 he had paid her about £6O, legacies left her by her father and others, and in 1856 he had paid her £43 10s. These sums were quite independent of her ordinary income. On the Friday following he was sent for, and was surprised to find her very ill in bed, suffering from sickness, diarrhoea, burning at the chest and throat. He saw the prisoner then, but had no recollection of having any communication with her. In conse quence of a message he went there on Saturday, and to his utter surprise found his sister dead. He had a great suspicion at the time, and had caused the inquest to be held. He caused the inquest be cause he thought there was something wrong some where, but where he could not tell. The letter which had been read came to the house by post be tween 9 and 11 o'clock on the Alonday morning following the death. He had got it from the pri soner and he had had it in his possession ever since. Mr.Norton—You have stated that your suspicions were excited ; pray what raised your suspicions ? Witness—Well, she was in good health when she called on me on the Wednesday, and on the Thurs day and Friday I had no suspicion that there was anything the matter with her more than diarrhcce, and when the messenger came for me in a cab on Saturday morning I was perfectly astounded on finding that she was dead. My suspicions arose after the death occurred, and I was then struck with the suddenness of the death and the peculiar attentions paid to the deceased by the prisoner, which were more than could be expected from a comparative stranger. I must say, however, that my sister was perfectly satisfied with her, but I thought the prisoner was a good deal too forward and officious in her attentions, particularly as she had her two daughters and Miss Roe to attend her, which I could not in any way account for. Mr. Neale—Then you say your sister was per fectly satisfied with the prisoner ? Witness—Yes, I say so. Miss Emma Roe was next called and examined. —She said she now resided at 18, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, and had lived with the deceased for six years, and had been on tho moat friendly terms with her, indeed, like one of her own children. For six weeks before the death of the deceased she (wit ness) had slept at No. 13a, but took her meals at 27, where she spent most of her time. On the evening of the 15th October, 1856, the deceased, her daugh ter, and witness, were in the kitchen, and about 11 o'clock they parted, and the deceased went upstairs to the prisoner to sup with her, on her (prisoner's) invitation. The next morning, when witness went over to breakfast, she found the deceased very ill in bed with what she thought a bilious attack. She was very black under the eyes, and her lips were purple. She was rocking herself too and fro as if in great pain and retched violently, but brought nothing up in her (witness's) presence. The deceased told witness she was very ill, and that she had never such a bilious attack in her life. They talked to gether a little, and then witness went away. She believed the prisoner came into the room while she was there, but was not positive. The prisoner con stantly attended the deceased and was her nurse en tirely. In the course of that day the prisoner told her not to see the deceased so often, as she required quiet, and she only saw her once on that day. She did not see her again until the Friday shortly before she died. Before that she had been in the prisoner's room, and Mr. Meeker, a gentleman who lodged in the house, was there 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 by 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, and 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, and said, " Oh, Miss Roe, I am so glad yeu have come. I 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 then 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 had taken had been taken in brandy-and-water on the Wednesday evening upstairs hi her (the prisoner's) room and in her presence. "Witness then asked the prisoner why she allowed the deceased to take poison and not to have acquainted her family and friends, and the prisoner said, "That is not my business," upon which she (witness) told her she must be a villain and a party to it to keep it a secret and not to allow the deceased's friends to know it. Mr. Norton—ln fact you accused her of poisoning the deceased ? I had that I thought that she had don e it. Witness—Yes. I said, " You ar e a villain," be causesuspicion at the moment, and I and then. ex pressed it there Th e witness addee.— Witness—None w hatev h e e r. prisoner, " You are a Mr. Norton—Did the pr isoner make any reply ? At the time I said to t villain," I had a suspicion ec eased had not poisoned t hat she poisoned the deceased, and that the herself. Wh a t were the causes of your sus- The fact of that medicine being kept e lN i l o r n . r Norton— pi Witness the prisoner's . roots!, and the appear locked the suspicion. pperfield, I : c k e e ofd the m p I n r eply to Mr. Chi The witness said the prisoner told her she knew the man that deceased was going to be married to, and that she had seen the deceased and hint fre- - RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES rx pABLIAIIIEIV T. Yesterday the committee of the House of Lords! Lord Portman in the chair, held a final sitt in g , and settled the working and financial terms of the atnai" gamation measure which has so long occupied the consideration of both houses, and by which tbe . whole of the East Anglian system of railways lt hereafter be conducted under the designation of " the Great Eastern Railway." Propositions were laid before the committee by counsel for both cal" panics relative to the dividends to be declared 00 Great Eastern A stock, whereupon the committee decided that the profits of the undertaking , al 3 ' plicable to the payment of dividends upon oral' nary stock, shall be divided at an equal rate per cent. per annum amongst the proprietors of the ordinary stock and Great Eastern A stock , subject to the following additions and reduction, with respect to the last-mentioned stock, that is to say, the proprietors of Great Eastern A Stock sha lt be entitled annually to an addition of £6,936 ( the proposition of the Eastern Union was that the Ada' tion should be £1u,569), being tour per cent. P er annum on the amount over and above £316,3 30 (the Eastern Union Company's figures wer e £489,728) expended by the Eastern Union Bail way in the construction of the Harwich and Wood.- bridge branches; that if the Eastern Union ties shall in respect of all fixed annual charges be found to be less than £72,000 per annum, the pre' prietors of Great Eastern A stock shall be entitled annually to such an addition as shall be equal to the difference between the amount of such flied charge s and liabilities and £72,000, and if such fixed c harge s and liabilities shall be found to bo more thaa £72,000 per annum the share per annum o f the proprietors of Great Eastern A stock in the divisible profits shall be less by the difference between th e , £72,000 and the amount of such fixed charges 011' liabilities. Provisions were also considered an d ratified fixing the share capital of the amalgamate(' company at the sum of £14,765,999, with poWer to increase the same not exceeding £1,200,000, With power to borrow on mortgage or bond, .£4,750, 000, together with £675,000 of debenture stock, to be issued to the East Suffolk Company to be appli ed in paying off their mortgages. If the year's revene e is insufficient for dividend the subsequent ann eal revenue is not to be charged. The amount and issuing of all newly-created shares is to be deter' mined at general meetings of proprietors, and the amount and number of calls is not to exceed 25 P er cent. on their amount. The amalgamated division of capital is fixed as follows—Preference stock in theEasternCounties Company, £2,561,817 ; Easter n Union, £686,866; Norfolk, £441,980 ; East Al l ' glian, £566,393 ; Newmarket and Bury, £142,4 25; Norfolk 5 per Cent. Preference, £14,690 ; Ea st Anglian Guaranteed, £1,033,606; Great Easte rn Preference, £1,122,600 ; Ordinary stock, £8,195,621' The provisions with reference to completed andall # finished railways, tolls, and miscellaneous matters' are also definitely settled. The committee have els ° finally settled the bill of the Eastern Union Ba ll ' way Company to enable them to make arrange' Talents in connection with their capital, and a larg e number of the holders of preference shares having refused to accept new shares in lieu of them , a nd whereby the company had only created shares t° the amount of £330,000 instead of £490, 000, and whereby they had incurred liabilities to the extent of £200,000, which the bill now gives them powe r to raise by shares with a preferential dividend of 6 per cent., together with a sum. £50,000, advanced to the Waveney Valley Railway; clauses are also is' serted providing for the liquidation of the amount of the money raised by the bill by setting apa rt £5OO a year towards liquidating the preference shares and mortgages. After several days' inquirf the committee, of which Lord Donoughmore is the chairman, threw out the bill of the Edinburgh an d Glasgow Railway. The opposition cases to the West Riding Hull, and Grimsby and North Eastern Railways are not yet concluded in the other cora mittees. In the Commons a committee, with Mr' Buller in the chair, were empannelled to consider the bill of the Mersey, Irwell, and Weaver navige • I tion. COUNTRY MARK.L:L.S. .u.... MANCHESTER_.JULY 17. English wheat was in full supply, in moderate reques t ' at the currencies of this day week. American in steady demand, and Id to 2d per 1001bs higher than previous glo; tations. Oats and oatmeal were a slow sale, maintaisum , „ late prices. Indian corn and beans rather in favour of the buyers. Four in moderate request, and no cheaper. BIRMINGHAM—JULY 17. There was a very short supply of English wheat. to, day, which held for last week's rates, as also fine foreiO4' All other kinds lower. Barley rather dearer. Oats, beia -0 and peas firm, Weather fine. PLYMOUTH—JULY 15. White, 62s to 665; red, 63s to 65s per qr; French, 6° ! to 62s ; American, 68s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; B e t sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s Pa qr for malting; grinding, 28s to 30s; oats, 22s to2Bs; 311 beans, —s to —s ; flour, 42s to 42s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY 16. A good demand for country wheat to-day, which sold a t 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 do' Oats on the top is Od down average Os 8d up- Beans on the top Os 6d down average is 9d up' Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .. . 847 qrs Sold 780 qrs - - - 8ar1ey........ 217 qrs Sold 138 qrs Oats 1422 qrs Sold 1300 qrs Beans 124 qrs Sold 74 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 47s Od ; extras, 45s 0" households, 38s 6d ; shop, 36s 6d. CORK—JULY 16. fled The following were the quotations this morning : - 7,40 wheat, —s Od to —s Od ; white, 22s Od to —s Od; barl e y ' 6d to —s Od ; oats, 13s 6d to 14s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—JvLY 15. Scarcely an average show of fat beasts to -day. Beef 01 in request, and a slight advance . btained. A moderate sill ) ; ply of &heap and lambs, which sold well. Fa t and s tor " calves less plentiful. A large supply of fat pigs. Beef Old to 7d 1 Veal . 6c ll to 63 Mutton ... 6''-d to 7d Pork sid to 6d Lamb .. Bid to 9d Rough fat, 4s Od per stony' Hides, 3d to 41d ; calf skins, 5d to 6d, .....! But hNeC °:iltneEolo n theBIRTHS.; inst., c O . n u t . h ß e uncombe, Esq., o f a son. 17th inst., at Yo r k- p l ace, B o w-rotA 15th at Grosvenor-place, tli° R IC KETTS.— Lady Caroline Ricketts, of a daughter. STUACIIEY. - On the 16th inst., a t 30 , Porchester .t e rrac c e i : t h e wifo of Lieut. - Colonel Richard St rac h ey, 8.E., ` daughter. - vinA L.—On the 15th inst., at A ve l ey, Essex, the wi le ° w. Foot Vidal, Esq., M.R.C.S., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. DASHWOOD —DASTIWOOD.--011 the 15th inst., at -Ile George's, Hanover —square Captain Barrington ur e° , - - Dashwood, son of Vice - Admiral Dashwood, to A v , 13 ;.:1 betta, daughter of the late C. Dashwood, Esq., Engineers. HOPE—KI NGSCOTE.—On th e 16th inst at Saint re far' 81 - Pimlico, Si r Archibald Hope, Bart. ,. of Craighall ap ct Pinkie, to All en t, eldest daughter of 'Henry King 6co te, Esq., .if 9d, Eaton-place. Bo l u la ct e I. E - 1 O ms : Tollington DEATHS. Brigla t°ll ' the 15th inst., at 7, London-road, Joseph Bouch, late of Milk-street, Cheapside. ther' CooK.—Ou the 17th inst., at the residence of his bro sa, . Clapten, John Cook, Esq., of 2, Turle'r ° park, N., aged 63. I'ol &List:lN.—On the 16th i ns t , at Windsor, Capt. -to ld Ellison, late 60th Rifles, aged • 69. M ANSoN.—On the 15th inst., at Westbourne-squar e, r l‘ l3 T jor-General James Manson, her Majesty's Bengal . 11 ' aged 71. —... _ _ ----- IN LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHA P " L , I „, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tun Sux Office No. ' ‘7, o i , Strand, in the Preeinckof the Savoy, in the Co un' Middlesex.—Friday, July 18, 1862. . '