The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-26 00:00:00

TIM NORTHERN STATES OF AMERICA, (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Jury 11. The President neither shirks the labours nor the re3r 2 onsibility of his office. He sniffs danger from afar, and hastens to every post of peril with as Inuch zeal and alacrity as if his presence were alone sufficient to turn the tide of calamity and atone for all the errors and shortcomings of his Ministers and Generals. He has just returned from a visit to General M'Clellan's new camp at Harrison's Land ing, whither he went, as he informed the soldiers who gathered around him, because he could not sleep from anxiety to know the real state of matters. He had frequent interviews and consultations with the General, visited and inspected the intrench ments, and addressed the troops from the top of an earthwork, in a short speech in which he denied that they had been " whipped," or ever would be ; and expressed his firm belief that "it was all right with the Army of the Potomac." He created, of course, a great excitement wherever he went, but the soldiers scarcely needed the stimulant. They h av e the utmost confidence in their leader, an d nothing that the President could say to them could make that confidence greater. What the Army of the Potomac requires is not advice to the general from one who is no soldier, nor inter ference with his plans, but immediate reinforce ments, and these the President is not in a position to bestow. A few regiments from Burnside's already scanty division in North Carolina are all that can be spared to M'Clellan in his sorest need. Beauregard's army is still in existence, in number quite sufficient to keen Halleck in the South-West in constant vigilance if not perplexity. General Pope can spare no men from the Shenandoah, for the least additional weakness in that quarter would inevitably invite a new raid of the Confederates upon Baltimore and Washington ; while the ungal lant Butler at New Orleans cannot part with a single regiment, for the very women would turn out and fight him with sharper instruments than their tongues if his grip upon their unfortunate city were ever so slightly relaxed. So great is the necessity for reinforcements, and so feeble is the response to the President's call for volunteers, in spite of the most active and pertinacious canvassing and the most liberal offers of bounty money by the several States and large cities in addition to the bounty promised by the Federal Government, that the impression rapidly gains round that the men cannot be raised without a conscription. It is eleven days since the proclamation was issued, and less than 15,000 men have offered themselves. All these things are well known to the Confederate leaders. Throughout the whole course of the war, General M'Clellan and the Federal Government have not contrived to learn the smallest secrets of the enemy, while the enemy continues to be thoroughly informed of all that passes in the Federal camp or council. The city of Washington and its doings are almost as palpable and visible to the Southern President as those of his own city of Richmond ; and the society of Washington, even that portion of it which eats the bread of the Federal Government, scarcely thinks it worth to conceal its delight whenever the South achieves a victry or an advantage. The consequence is that General M'Clellan, powerless to make any aggressive movement for a month at least, and, per haps, until October, is not safe for a day from the renewal of attacks from Richmond. The Federal gunboats in the James River have been placed under the command of Commodore Wilkes, of Trent noto riety, and may be of use as a means of defence, but are not likely to be employed offensively, especially in any such daring adventure as that of Farragut at New Orleans. The James River, between Fort Darling and Richmond, is not a deep stream like the Mississippi, but abounds in shallows, where vessels drawing as much as seven feet of water cannot pass. Add to this, that the obstructions placed across the river are not confined to the one formidable bar that stretches from Fort Darling to the opposite bank, but are crowded close together in the seven or eight miles between that position and the Con federate capital, forming, in fact, a series of all but impassable obstructions, one at every quar ter of a mile, and some idea may be formed of the difficulties awaiting any flotilla, however strong in guns or men, that would attempt more at the present time than the defence and pro visionment of the new camp. It, nevertheless, suits the present purpose of the Government to have it proclaimed that General M'Clellan meditates an aggressive movement, in combination with the gun boats, and every nerve is strained to make the peo ple believe that he will capture Richmond before the anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter. But this is a vain delusion. He cannot do it, with or without reinforcements, and it will remain with the Confederates to take the next step. In the mean time, the people seem to be losing faith both in M'Clellan and in the Government, and hold obsti nately aloof from the war, until they see more clearly what turn it is likely to take, and whether their previous struggles and sacrifices in the cause have not been wholly useless. The test of their confidence will be their alacrity in volunteering. A conscription, if successful, will prove nothing but the straits of the Government and the lukewarm ness or the multitude. Had their zeal been equal to what it was a twelvemonth ago, after the attack on Fort Sumter, 150,000 men, instead of 15,000 men, would have responded ere this to the Presi dent's war note. The outcry against Mr. Stanton continues un abated, but the President, it appears, has resolved to stand by his subordinate. Mr. Stanton, on his part, makes no sign. Notwithstanding the unspeak able misery inflicted by the war, there is really so little virulence of feeling exhibited the people, ex cept against England and Englishmen, who have done them no wrong, that the animosity against the War Secretary will probably fade and die away as completely as the popularity of Commodore Wilkes or Parson Brownlow. The Americans aro neither persistent in their love nor their hate, and Mr. Jeffer son Davis himself, were the war at an end, would perhaps became as popular a man as Mr. Lincoln if he would show himself in New York to receive the acclamations of the crowd. The President himself is scarcely as Popular as he was. The last few days have wrought a chang e in the general estimate of his a bility, and many Per sous, who formerly had no thing but admiratio n to bestow on his character, aro beginning to assert th at he is not equal to his place—that zeal and honesty are of no use in a perilous crisis w ithout geniusor laigl a capac i ty—that standby his friends a n d a man may associates out and assumethe of mere pride, capable• tea to the serious subordinates , detriment of the Th e y manifest a disp os i tion public service. at the same time to take the President at his word, and fix upon him at the bar of public opinion, and In the estimation of history, the re sponsibility which h e covets—responsibility that may a mount to very littl e in fair weather, but that may be more severe tha n he anticipates, if the sto rms of ill fortune that envi ron the Republic continue to blow for half-a-year longer. The leaders of the Abolition party have begun to declaim against him, for not lendinghim self more thoroughly to the advocacy of their prin ciples ; while the old Democratic party, scattered and beaten by his election to the chief magis tracy, is fast re-uniting its broken but not dis heartened legions, and re-asserting its intention, however the war may go, to direct the Government of the country. All things considered, the prospect before the Government is not cheering, and were another such a reverse as that before Richmond to befall the State, a flood of passion would break loose in the North which might startle even the Ameri cans by its depth and fury ; and inaugurate a new and unfavourable era in the history of the Republic. The panic in Wall-street does not tend to increase public confidence. Under the combined influence of General M'Clell an s mishaps, Mr. Chase's super abundant paper, and the demands of European trade, the premium on gold has in two days leaped u p from 10 to 17 per cent. at one bound, and the premium on silver to 8 per cent. There was a few days ago a call on the Government, on the part of an unfortunately influential journal which seems no more of th e to know operation of fiscal any red-skinned laws than sachem of the wilderness to stop the evil b y Prohibiting the to Pay the - exportation of goldforeign creditor , but as this is illegal, and contrary to an article ' in the Constitution expressly framed to meet it, the demand has been withdrawn; and the dis covery has been made that the country does not require gold, and that if it all goes to Europe nobody will be any the worse so long as Mr. Chase's green-backs" remain at par. But as silver has begun to share the fortunes of the more precious metal, and is becoming so scarce as to render the minor commerce of great cities all but impracticable, ande isven to interfere with l o c o m o tion, a new remedy proposed for this evil, which has virtu ally made the paper dollar worth but 92c., and will yet depreciate it further. With the view of preventing every little trader in the street from printing and issuing his shin plasters—" good for a shave," or a dinner, or a " drink," or an omnibus ride, the Government is advised to call in the whole of the silver currency, and reissue it de based by an admixture of 20 per cent. of copper or zinc, so as to render the coin worthless to the foreigner, while it remains a legal tender to the natives. The proposal is seriously urged, and said to be as seriously entertained in high quarters. Another remedy proposed is that the banks should issue notes for quarter dollars, and for ten cents. Yet, strange to say, the faith of those who believe in the all-potency of paper dollars continues un shaken in their idol, and Mr. Chase is called upon to issue his specific for all national distress and em barrassment as fast as Congress, nothing loth, will permit him. Those who collect gold and silver coin, as they would collect tobacco, corn, cotton, or any other commodity, with the view of making a profit on its sale or exportation, are held up to public odium, as robbers and traitors, who love play ing into the hands of " Jeff. Davis" or the British aristocracy, or the Emperor of the French, or all three combined, to destroy the rising liberties of of America ; but so many of these small traitors were yesterday attracted to Wall-street with their little hoards of coin, that the premium on gold dropped to 154, in face of the multiplicity of venders. Silver, that is so much urgently needed in the in tercourse of life and business, remains unattain able. He who has but paper dollars in his pocket and wants to ride up sweltering and scorchi ng Broadway must walk, for the drivers have no change, and will not give credit to a stranger; and he who desires to eat or drink in unfamilier hostel ries must forego the enjoyment, unless he eat or drink a dollar's worth. Where this is to end no one knows, unless the Government, by a large issue of postage-stamps, shad come to the rescue, in which case a sensible relief would be afforded. But even here a difficulty intervenes, for the Government only sells postage stamps for hard money or for legal tender notes, which are at a premium. Yesterday the dry goods business, once so im portant in the cities of America, came to a stand still. The premium on gold, the consequent high rate of exchange on Europe, and the retrospective taxation on stocks in hand, legalised by the amended tariff, so bewildered the principals of the trade, that business was entirely suspended. They refused to execute orders of any kind, resolving to do nothing until they could see something like a glimmer of light amid the thick darkness that surrounds them. Vicksburg, the last stronghold of the Confede rates in the Mississippi valley, was taken by the newspapers and the telegrams last week, but not by the Federal forces. It still holds out, and is making a more desperate resistance than Island No. 10 ; but all the skill and bravery of its defenders will be unavailing. The city stands on one of the numerous curves of that mightiest and most capricious of serpentines, the Mississippi, and gangs of negro labourers, estimated at from 2,000 to 5,000 are busily employed, under the direction of Commodore Farragut, in digging a broad trench through the swamp, three-quarters of a mile long, to divert the river into a new channel, by means of which, if the ,operation be successful“ Vicksburg will be left three miles inland, and its fortifications rendered useless. The sinking of stone fleets in the harbour of Charleston was justly considered a barbarous act ; but the same epithet can scarcely be applied to the work before Vicksburg, a work that will be no impediment to commerce, and will shorten the navigation of the Mississippi by three or four miles. Nobody will have a right to complain but the property owners and people of the stranded city ; and when the war is at an end, or earlier, if they see fit, they can remove their stores and pub lic buildings to the new " location," and make Vicks burg the Second as splendid a city as Vicksburg the First, reserving the old situation on the high bluff as a pleasant retreat from the mosquitoes of the lower level. The place is so evidently doomed that it is difficult to account for the obstinate resistance of its defenders on any other supposition than their ignorance of the backhanded blow which Farragut has aimed at them. The employment of negroes in field work, the efficacy of which is:seen in these proceedings before Vicksburg, is debated throughout the North with an acerbity which shows how strong is the social repugnance of the people to the African race. The notion of arming the blacks is all but universally scouted, while the proposal for employing them in trenches and fortifications is received with marked disfavour, even in the army, where it might be supposed the white soldiers would be glad of any relief from the most unpleasant part of military duty. But if the present disinclination to vo lunteer is permanent, and the Government is com pelled in consequence to resort to conscription to raise the men who are absolutely necessary to save it from humiliation, the disinclination to employ the negroes will rapidly diminish. The Northern people will forget their prejudices in the face of danger, and the advice of the Abolitionists to make use of the runaway slaves in every possible man ner will be acted upon at last. In the meantime the Government and its generals are in a difficulty, and know not what rule to adopt. General Butler, who is ready enough to assume responsibility in other matters, declined to assume it in this, and wrote an official letter to the President, asking him categorically what he was to do with the runaway slaves that daily claimed his protection. The President replied that they could not be sent back to their owners, as the law of last July for bade it ; that they could not be allowed to suffer for want of food, for humanity forbade it; and that, therefore, the only course was to employ them at fair and reasonable wages, at such work as circumstances rendered most advisable. General Lewis, Wallace, of Indiana, after a serenade given to him at Washington the night before last, spoke out more clearly, and asked, "If a Federal General found the negro before him as he advanced, planted there by some accident—placed, as it were, in his path by Providence for a special purpose—and re fused to make the services of the negro available, whether such a general would not be crazy ?" " If,' he added, " I can make my soldiers cotafortable by the services of a negro ; if, by the services of a band of negroes I can relieve them of onerous duties and ha rd work, shall I not do it ? Yes, and I will do The au di ence c h eered the sentiment, though some " e call e d out "Put no arms in th e i r ha n d s ." And thi s i nte h rruption explains the real state of the question. T is disappearing objection to employing the negroes in full force, ex th at against arm i ng th em rema i ns ce P t among th small class of Ultra- Angland bolitionists and the, tro n g me inded women of New E. Messrs. Holt and Dale % van who were appointed com mission in March l ast, a co to audit an d adjust a ll c ontracts, orders , and claims nu the W ar De urs and rende re d their r adds a long stri ng of proofs to the man y a lready elicited in ave n the course o f th e war, that a highly moral and religious people h a t report . enth v e concluded thei r labo a o gr ea t er scruples in cheattn • g their Government th an a peo plet. - reralty of barbarians, and that even the direst ex of national peril cannot make patriots out of scoun drels. Claims to the extent of 50,000,000 dols. ha ve been redu ce d t o 33 , 000,000 dols. by the scrutiny o f the Commissioners—leaving, the claimants not only well paid, but well satisfied. The m ost flagrant case exposed in th e report i s th a t of a m an named Stevens, who knew that the Government was in possession of 5,000 carbines which bad been con demned as useless and ordered to be sold. Obtain ing access to General Fremont in St. Louis, he of fered to sell him 5,000 carbines at 22 dols. each. General Fremont, being in desperate need of arms, accepted the offer. The very next day Stevens pur- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1862. chased of the Government its old store (four only were found to be missing) of 4,996 carbines, at 31 dols. each, and in due course delivered the lot at St. Louis at a profit of 171 dis., making 92,426 dis., or £18,445, at one blow. The bargain has since been repudiated, but the smart contractor has neither been hanged on a high gallows nor sent to Fort Lafayette, though there are hundreds of State prisoners in that and other State fortresses, whose offences are as white and harmless as milk, com pared with the poisonous blackness of his treachery and treason. and redounds to our immortal honour. These facts are true of Wilcox's, Pryor's, and Featherstone's brigades, who formed our right; and we are posi tive, that from the composition of Whiting's, Hood's, and Pender's brigades, who flanked the enemy and formed our left, they never could be made to fal ter; for Whiting had the 11th, 16th, and 2d Mis sissippi, and two other regiments unknown to us ; Hood had four Texan and one Georgia regiment, and the material of Pender's command was equally as good as any, and greatly distinguished itself. These were the troops mostly engaged and that suf fered most. It is gross injustice in any to talk of our troops making three charges,'' repulses,' &c. Our troops received the command but once, and if Satan and all his host had confronted them, instead of mortal Yankees, the result would have been the same. There were no repulses—all arrangements worked like a charm ; and we ought not only to do our soldiers justice, but heartily thank Providence for His guiding hand and assistance in the immortal events of Thursday and Friday. " Money was found quite abundantly among the slain. Some men, in interring the dead, often searched the pockets, &c. ; one man finding not less than 150 dollars in gold ; another fished out of some old clothes not less than 500 dollars ; another 1,000 doll. in Federal notes. Watches, both gold and silver, were found among the spoils, one lucky individual having not less than six chro ' nometers ticking in his pocket at one time. As a general thing more money was found upon the dead on the field than on any other of which we have heard. "Clothing in abundance was scattered about, and immense piles of new uniforms were found un touched. Our men seemed to take great delight in assuming Federal officers' uniforms, and strutted about serio comically, much to the amusement of dusty, powder-begrimed youths, who sat lolling and smoking in the shade. Every conceivable article of clothing was found in these divisional camps, and came quite apropos to our needy soldiery, scores of whom took a cool bath, and changed old for new under clothing, many articles being of costly mate rial and quite unique. " The amount of ammunition found was conside rable, and proved of very superior quality and manu facture. The exact amount captured we have not yet ascertained, but from the immense piles of boxes scattered through the camps we conjecture that the enemy had laid in quite an unusual supply, expect ing to use it, doubtless, upon our devoted men ; and so they would did our troops stand, as they do, at 'long taw,' and not come to close quarters.' " The cannon and arms captured in this battle were numerous and of very superior workmanship. The 26 pieces were the most beautiful we have ever seen, while immense piles of guns could be seen on every hand, many scarcely having the manufac turer's finish even tarnished. The enemy seemed quite willing to throw them away on the slightest pretext, dozens being found with loads still undis charged. The number of small arms captured, we understand, was not less that 15,000, of every calibre and every make. "The Federal wounded were collected together, and formed a very large field hospital. The court yard of a farm house was selected, and scores could be seen reclining on the grass and expert surgeons operating with much skill and zeal. By mutual agreement surgeons are not considered prisoners of war, hence at the close of the late battle many Fe deral surgeons remained behind, and their services seemed very much appreciated by the men. As many as could be were conveyed to town and attended to, good conveyance being furnished, and much care manifested for their welfare." THE EXTRAORDINARY MURDER AT CHATHAM. CHATHAM, FRIDAY. The police have succeeded in apprehending the supposed murderer of the lad Thomas Frederick Houghton, whose body was discovered barbarously murdered on Chatham-lines, on the afternoon of Wednesday last. The supposed perpetrator of the crime surrendered himself to police-constable Ilib bert, 169, who was on duty in High-street, Chat ham, between 11 and 12 o'clock last night, the accused stating that he wished to give himself into custody for the murder of the boy on Chatham lines. The constable asked if he was serious in what he had stated, when the prisoner said he had committed the murder, and wished to give himself up. The officer immediately took the man into custody, and conveyed him to the office of super intendent Everist, where he gave his name as Robert Alexander Burton, and his age 18 years. After the superintendent had cautioned the prisoner as to any confession he might make, the prisoner said he had committed the murder in order that he might be hung, as he was tired of his life. He then voluntarily proceeded to say that he went out on Wednesday afternoon with the intention of kil ling some person, and was not particular as to who it was. He happened to see the deceased in the town with his mother, and at once made up his mind that he would kill him; After following them for some distance the mother of the deceased went into her house in Alma-terrace, High-street, having previously given her son leave to go on the Lines to play. The prisoner continued to state that he then followed the poor child, and when near the mound of chalk where the body was discovered he thought it would be a favourable spot for committing the deed He accordingly seized the deceased and threw him down, after which he cut his throat on the right side with a knife which he had with him. The deceased, he stated, struggled very much and seized hold of his (prisoner's) hands, on which, he said, he knelt on the body and pressed his throat with both hands until the blood flowed from the nose and eyes of deceased, and he was quite dead. In answer to a question by Superintendent Everist as to the cause of the bruises about deceased's face, the prisoner said he only struck him once, and in flicted but one cut with the knife. While he was engaged in struggling with deceased, the prisoner said he saw two men in the employ of Mr. Gilbert close to the heap of chalk, but he believed they did not see him. After leaving the body, the prisoner went on to state, he met a gentleman coming to wards him, and he then pushed his hands, which were covered with blood, into his pooket, to prevent his seeing them. He then proceeded to the military bathing place, where he washed his hands and also the blood of the knife, subsequently hiding the lat ter in a water-closet at the back of the Dark Sun publichouse, High-street. He slept that night in a yard at Chatham, and after wandering about all the following day, gave himself up to the police. After the prisoner had made the above statement Superintendent Everist examined his clothes, when he found considerable quantities of blood on the front of his trousers, and also on the sleeves of his coat. There was also blood on both pockets, as if the prisoner had hastily pushed his hands into them, as he stated. The prisoner having also informed the police that after the murder he had wiped his hands on the front of deceased's shirt, the latter was exa mined, when marks of blood corresponding with that statement were discovered upon it. The place described by the prisoner in which he had concealed the knife was likewise searched by the police, when the knife, a rather small sharp case knife, was found at the spot indicated. This morning the prisoner was placed before the Rev. J. Formby, Mr. J. Hulkes, and Mr. F. Foord at the county magistrates' justice-room, Rochester, charged on his own confession with the wilful mur der of Thomas Frederick Houghton. The prisoner was not dressed in the same clothes that he had on when apprehended. He is of very mild expression of countenance, about 5 feet 6 inches in height, and apparently about 18 years of age. It was stated that he had been convicted at the same c mirt a few months since for appropriating some money which was given to him by his master to pay a bill. He is by trade a carpenter. After the charge had been read over to the pri soner by Mr. Furrell, one of the clerks, Mr. Formby asked him if he had any reason to offer why he should not be remanded until Monday ? Prisoner—l'd rather be tried to-day, if I could. Mr. Formby—Then you are remanded till Mon day next. On being removed from the court to the cells the prisoner was assailed by a volley of abuse from a number of women and others, on which he coolly informed the police that he would not mind serving them the same as he had the boy, and that the ,‘ blokes " (meaning the magistrates) might have gone on with the examination at once, as the case was clear enough. As the assizes for the county are now on, the prisoner will be brought up on Monday, to be for mally remanded until a future day. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY 25. Yesterday morning the Clonmel Court-house was densely crowded by people who went to hear sen tence of death pronounced upon Richard Burke, found guilty on the previous day of the murder of his wife by poison. When asked by the Clerk of the Crown whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against him, he replied as follows, amid breathless silence, and in a manner which betrayed the agony of his mind "My lord—(a pause)—it would very ill become me to contradict the verdict of the jury in this case. I believe, my lord, from the evidence, that there can be no doubt that my poor wife met her death by the administration of that deadly poison strych- Line. But, my lord, that I had any participation in procuring that, or sending that, I distinctly dis avow. I had nothing whatever, my lord, to do with it. I believe, my lord, it was the result of mistake, and I sincerely hope that mistake will yet be ascertained. I have now, my lord, to ask your lordship to consider—mercifully—the recommenda tion of the jury on my behalf." Baron Deasy, who appeared deeply moved, after a long pause, addressed the prisoner in most im pressive terms. In the course of his address he said that his duty was rendered more painful by the protestation of innocence he had just heard. But such protestations were of no avail after conviction. They could not weigh a feather in the scale against the verdict of twelve men on their oaths, pro nounced after a careful and patient investigation of the case. He was bound to say that the jury in this case could not, consistently with the evidence and with their oaths, come to any other conclusion than the verdict they had given. He had been convicted of murder—murder in the most aggra vated form—murder by poison —a crime re garded in all countries with detestation and horror —the murder of his wife, whom he had sworn at the altar to protect. He trusted his fate would be a warning to others who might be tempted to commit the same crime. He implored the pri soner to put away all hope of pardon or commuta tion. " You have," said his lordship, "done a deed which precludes the possibility of mercy upon earth. You must seek mercy from Him who has created you, and before whom you must soon appear. It is my duty to tell you that I think it is impossible the Executive Government can attend to the recommendation of the jury." His lordship then put on the black cap, and pronounced sentence of death, to be executed on Monday, the 25th of August. The prisoner was completely unmanned by the sentence, and had to be borne from the dock by two of the gaolers. The trial of William Herdman, for the murder of Mr. John Herdsman, commenced yesterday morning at Belfast. The court was crowded, a large portion of the audience being ladies. The prisoner is a man about fifty years of age, with a careworn expression of countenance. The Attorney-General, Sir Thomas Staples, Q.C., and Messrs. Lowry, Q.C., Shegog, and Percy Fitz gerald, instructed by Mr. Hamilton, Crown Solici tor, appeared for the prosecution; and Messrs. Joy, Q.C., and Hamill, instructed by Mr. M'Lean, for the defence. The Attorney-General stated the case. He said —" May it please your lordship and gentlemen of the jury, —you have heard the indictment read, and you have learnt from the indictment that the pri soner is charged with the murder of John Herd man. Not far from this place in which we are all assembled, in one of the loveliest outlets of this noble town, on the 15th of May last, a murder was committed without example in this town or in the province of Ulster in its terrible circumstances and its great audacity. The victim was a man known, per haps, to many of you—certainly known to the majo rity of those who are now listening to me. He was a man I knew myself. He was a schoolfellow and co-mate of mine in other days. His lot of life was cast in this great community, where for every man who is capable and honest there is a career where industry is sure of its reward. In that community he fought the battle of life faithfully and well. He took a foremost rank among those of his profession, and he isms enjoying the fruits of his prosperous labour, not in worn old age, but in a ripe and vigo rous manhood, when all at once he was taken to his great account, the children around him were made orphans, and desolation fell upon his happy home. It is my painful duty to charge the prisoner at the bar as the author of all that crime and misery. He was a relative of John Herdman, himself of a highly respectable family, I believe well reared and well educated, and an able, intelligent man. It appears that, however it occurred, he had sunk to a state of deep embarrassment. He was depen dent upon a lady—a rich and benevolent lady— who was his cousin. She had given him support from time to time. At last, for reasons to which I am not at liberty to allude, she shut him out from her bounty and her home; and the conduct of John Herdman in relation to that matter, which I have no reason to believe was not that of a most bene volent and kindly man, displeased the prisoner, as I think it will appear to you upon the evidence in this case, and generated in his mind feelings of bitterness, of disappointment, and malignity, which issued in the dismal tragedy, the circumstances of which it is my duty to develope before you." He then narrated the facts as they appear in the evidence. Mrs. Thompson, who was in company with Mr. Herdman, taking a walk near his house in the afternoon at the time of the murder, de posed that the prisoner, whom she knew, came up to Mr. Herdman, and said, " Can I speak to you?" that he repeated the question, when Mr. Herdman answered, " Not at present ;" that immediately after she heard a shot fired, and, turning round, saw prisoner's arm extended and a pistol in his hand ; that they both ran, that a second shot was fired, and Mr. Herdman fell, saying, "I am killed, I am killed 1 Call my wife." Anne Dolan, a beggar woman, who saw the shots fired, identified the pri soner. Sarah Jane M'Cracken heard the shots fired, saw the smoke, and then saw the prisoner coming from the spot. Adam Nelson, Wm. Hoxley, and James Gerrard gape corroborative evidence, but nothing additional of importance. Mr. Henry Russell, solicitor, was then examined, and stated that he had been employed by Mr. and Miss Herd man to arrange to pay the prisoner £BO or £lOO a year quarterly if he emigrated, which he agreed to do, but did not. He blamed Mr. Herdman for pre venting Miss Herdman giving him a large sum of money. Several other witnesses having been exa mined to prove formal matters, Mr. Joy, QC., stated the case for the prisoner. Eight witnesses were examined for the defence, which was chiefly grounded on insanity. The case was adjourned till this day. At the Longford assizes yesterday, two men, father and son, were tried on the charge of solicit ing to commit murder. The person solicited was the principal witness. His name is Bryan Young, a travelling shoemaker. He swore that the pri soners, William Clarke, aged 62, and Pat Clarke, 23, hired him for £l, and gave him pistols to shoot a man named Fegan. He made several attempts, but did not do the job, but ho told old Clarke he did, when the latter prayed that God might speed him. When under cross-examination he produced a sensation in court by asserting that ho took the name of -Ross, who, he said was a murderer, in order that ho might receive kind treatment and friendship from the people, and also by stating that many very decent people in the county were fond of murderers. Young was corroborated to a consi derable extent by Fegan and other witnesses. The prisoners, however, received a high character, and the jury acquitted them. The grand jury of Longford adopted resolutions in favour of changes in the arming and discipline of the constabulary, so that th e y m i g h t b e b e tt er prepared for police duties , 41:14 might b e m ore sub ject to the authority of the local magistrates, from whom, they allege, all power has been gradually withdrawn and centred in the police-offices. The funeral of the Primate, it has been finally arranged, will not take place till Wednesday next. , The remains will be removed to Armagh on Mon day. The funeral will be public, and will be at tended by the Lord Lieutenant. The Ulster King at-Arms has been consulted about the order of the ceremonial. SHOCKING DEATH OF A LADY FreOM STARVATION. An unusually painful inquiry was held at the Three Cranes Tavern, Mare-street, Hackney, by Mr. John Humphreys, one of the coroners for the county of Middlesex, at a late hour on Thursday night, respecting the death of Mrs. Emma Snellgrove, aged 58, a lady who expired on Sunday last from starvation under the following lamentable circum stances. The case created considerable interest owing to the respectable position of the family, and the dreadful nature of the sufferings endurea. Mr Stephen Snellgrove, 7, Church-yard, Hackney, son of the deceased, tottered into the cony', and his emaciated appearance caused a marked sensation. Having been accommodated with a seat, he said that his mother was the widow of a gentleman in the wine trade, who died some years since, leaving witness and his brother William £lOO each. The family then lived on the salary which witness and his brother earned as clerks in the docks. Twelve months ago witness, through illness, lost his situa tion, and his brother not being regularly em ployed, they lived upon the remnant of witness's £lOO. For a long time past they had been suffering great privations, living on bread alone, and witness and the deceased had been confined to bed from illnecs and exhaustion. On the Friday morning before deceased's death they had a little dry bread, and from that time until her death, on Sunday, they had no food whatever. On the Saturday evening deceased became delirious, and continued raving from hunger the whole night. He crawle I down stairs on his hands and knees and found a few grains of coffee, with which he made a drink, and gave it to her. The next morning he noticed that she had ceased to talk, and upon going to give her another drink, he found her dead. He then wrote a note to a friend, but did not know how to convey it. After some hours, however he crawled down to the door and gave it to some one to deliver. He since learned that his brother William had on the Tuesday before deceased's death received from that friend a sovereign for the family, but he had not given them any of it. On the contrary, on that day he came to the house and ransacked it for every thing of value, and took away a looking-glass and even witness's dressing-gown. (Sensation.) He came on Friday and gave them a little bread to eat, and they saw him no more. Witness and deceased re mained awake the whole of that night, expecting his return, with dreadful anxiety, and on Saturday night they gave up all hope and deceased became delirious. William had frequently come to the house previously to remove things, and he would not permit any person to call there. He used to abuse witness and his mother brutally, and refused to get witness removed to an hospital. Mrs Selina Cook, Tyson-terrace, Dalston-lane, said that on Sunday afternoon she received the following note from the last witness : " Sunday.—My dear Mrs. Cook,---My mother is dead. My brother has left and we have had nothing to eat since Friday. Do come. Yours sincerely, "S. SNELLGROVE." Witness had known the family for several years, and had frequently assisted them. On the Tuesday spoken of she saw William Snellgrove, and said that as his mother and brother were in a most de plorable state, and he would not even admit a per son she sent to clean up the place, she would stand it no longer, and if he did not do something for them she should apply to the authorities. He replied that he was going to place his mother with a friend in the Hackney-road. Witn ess s aid that his mother would require necessaries for her removal, and she gave him a sovereign for her. It appeared that the poor woman had received none of it. In reply to the Coroner, Mr. S. Snellgrove stated that his mother was left a provision by her husband, but that an individual who was engaged to his sister got deceased to con vert her securities into cash, which, he said, he could advantageously invest for her. When he got the money he went away, and had not been since heard of. Mr. W. Snellgrove was in occasional employment. Dr. W. H. Wright said that he was called in on Sunday last, and found the house in an indescribably dreadful state, it not having been cleaned for a length of time, and there was hardly anything in the place, which had the appearance of the most abject poverty. Mr. S. Snellgrove was in such a state of prostration that he was not able to tell, and did not seem to know, in which room his mother lay. Witness found her body in such a state of emaciation that she was merely skin and bone, and he thought she must have been at least 80 years of age. The post mortem examination showed the stomach and intes tines to be completely empty, and not only all trace of fat but the muscular tissues had disappeared. There was but little blood, which was pale and watery. The immediate cause of death was disease of the lungs, accelerated by want of food. The Coroner, in summing up, said it was to be re gretted that in such an awful case of starvation Mr. S. Snellgrove did not find strength to call a passer by for aid, and strongly censured the conduct of Mr. Wm. Snellgrove in the matter. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from dis ease accelerated by destitution_" It was understood that Mr. S. Snellgrove would be forthwith removed to the hospital, his state being such as to cause serious apprehensions for his life. HORRIBLE CASE OF PIRACY AND MURDER, AND BURNING OF A SHIP. Yesterday the subjoined correspondence was re ceived at Lloyd's relative to a most atrocious case of piracy and murder off the coast of Spain on the 9th inst. : " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Marine Department, London, July 24, 1862. " Sir,-1 am directed by the Lords of the Com mittee of Privy Council for Trade to transmit to you, for the information of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, the accompanying copy of a despatch from her Britannic Majesty's consul at Malaga, relative to an act of piracy on board the American barque Reindeer, of New York, and of her destruction by fire.—l am, Sir, &c., " J. H. FARRER. "To Capt. Halstead, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's." " British Consalate, Malaga, July 14, 1862. " Sir,--I have the honour to inform you that a most atrocious act of piracy has been committed in these waters. " While the American barque Reindeer, S. W. Hewett, master, of and for New York, with a cargo of salt, from Cette, was pursuing her voyage on Wednesday last, the 9th inst., at one a.m., being then about 30 miles to the south- eas t of Malaga, two Spanish seamen of her crew surprised and murdered the second mate, the car penter, the cook, and another seaman ; wounded the master, chief mate, and two others ; plundered the ship of some 400 dole. in specie and a watch, which were in the cabin, and stove one of the boats and absconded with the other one, having first, with unexampled malignity, set fire to the Reindeer fore and aft. " At 8 a.m. two passing vessels—the American ship Minstrel, Capt. Clifford, and the English brig Susannah, Capt. Grove—hove in sight, and, observ ing the Reindeer's signals of distress, proceeded to her assistance. These two shipmasters, with part of their respective crews, were engaged until neat four o'clock in the afternoon endeavouring to extin guish the fire ; but finding their utmost efforts to be ineffectual, Capt. Hewett and the surviving in dividuals of his crew were transhipped on board of the Minstrel, which happened to be bound to this port from Accra. At six p.m. they abandoned the Reindeer, and very soon afterwards she was enve loped in flames. The Minstrel arrived here on Saturday, the 12th inst., in the afternoon. " I have since ascertained that two of the vic tims of this nefarious act of piracy were British sub jects, the second mate, John H. Hansom, a native of Liverpool, and the seaman, Henry Frost Jones, a native of Cardiff, both of whom were murdered in their berths; the bodies were left on board, and went down with the burning ship. " The boat in which the rates quitted the 14ein deer has been found on the beach, a few miles to the eastward of Malaga. The authorities are using all the means at their disposal to procure the cap ture of the criminals ; and I have forwarded a de scription of their persons to the governor of Gibral tar, in order that they may be apprehended there in the event of their proceeding to that garrison.— I have the honour to he, &c., ff Wm. PENROSE MARK. " Secretary, Marine Pepartment , , Board of Trade, Whitehall , London.,, [ADVER TISE MENT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— Preventives of Weakness. henever circumstances pro duce impure blood or lessen the force of the circulation, stagnation takes place in the lungs, and consumption or other formidable symptoms discover themselves. Let Hol loway's remedies be tried on the first feelings of debility, or on the first annoyance from a dry hacking cough. The ointment should be well rubbed twice a day upon the chest and between the shoulders, and the pills shoul be taken purify the blood and cleanse the in alterative doses to ystem, without weakening it, by rous i ng or aggravating existing nervous irritation. These observations carry °ad ditional weight in summer, when decline and general 'weak ness, frixt heat and other catmee are more apt to prevail, THE BAT7LE AT GAINES MILLS. The _Richmond Dispatch, June 30, gives the fol lowing account of the battle at Gaines' Mills : " The heads of our three columns having reached Walker Hogans's farm, north bank of the Chicka hominy, about 9 miles north-east of Richmond, all came to a halt, and Generals Lee and Longstreet took up quarters in the house and made dispositions for a further advance towards Gaines' Mills, dis tant about one mile through the woods. Feather stone's brigade having suffered much in the morn ing, Wilcox led, being followed by Pryor, and Featherstone in reserve. The composition of Wil cox's command is mostly Alabamians; Pryor has the 14th Louisiana, St. Paul' s battalion, 3d Vir ginia and one other regiment ; Featherstone has the 19 th and 12th Mississippi and 2d Mississippi battalion. " At 3 p.m., the head of our column being in v i ew of the Federal camps, Gen. Pry or was sent forward with his brigade to drive away the heavy mass of skirmishers posted on our rear to annoy the ad vance. This being accomplished with great suc • cess and with little loss to us, Pryor returned and a waited orders. Meanwhile the Federals, from their camps and several positions on the high grounds, swept the whole face of the country with their numerous artillery, which would have annihilated our entire force if tot screened in the dips of the land and in gullies to our left. Advancing cautiously but rapidly in the skirt of the woods and in the dips to the left, Wilcox and Pryor deployed their men into line of battle—Featherstone being in the rear, and, suddenly appearing on the plateau facing the tim ber-covered hill, rushed down into the wide gully, crossed it, clambered over all the felled timber, stormed the timber breastworks, and began the ascent of the hill under a terrific fire of sharp shooters and an incessant discharge of grape and canister from pieces posted on the brow of the hill and from batteries in their camps to the right on the high flat lands. Such a position was never stormed before. In descending into the deep creek the infantry and artillery fire that assailed the three brigades was the most terrible on record-26 pieces were thundering at them, and a perfect hail storm of lead fell thick and fast around them. One of - Wilcox's regiments wavered. Down the general rushed furiously, sword in hand, and threatened to behead the first man who hesitated. Pryor steadily advanced, but slowly; and by the time that the three brigades had stormed the position, passed up the hill through timber and over felled trees. Fea therstone was far in advance. Quickly the Federals withdrew their pieces, and took up a fresh position to assail the three brigades advancing in perfect line of battle from the woods and upon the plateau. Officers had no horses—all were shot ; brigadiers marched on foot, sword in hand ; regiments were commanded by captains and companies by sergeants —yet onward they rushed, with yells, and colours flying, and backward, still backward, fell the Fede rals, their men tumbling every moment in scores. But what a sight met the eyes of these three gal lant brigades ! In front stood Federal camps, stretching to the north-east for miles ; drawn up in line of battle were three full divisions, com • manded by M'Call, Porter, Sedgwick, &e. ; ban ners darkened the air ; artillery vomited forth in cessant volleys of grape, canister, and shell ; heavy masses were moving on our left through the woods to flanks us. Yet onward came Wilcox to the right, Pryor,te the left, and Featherstone in the centre—one grand, matchless line of battle, almost consumed by exploits of the day—yet onward they advanced to the heart of the Federal position ; and when the enemy had fairly succeeded in almost flanking us on the left, great commotion is heard in the woods, volleys upon volleys are heard in rapid succession, which are recognised and cheered by our men. It is Jackson,' they shout, 'on their right and rear !' Yes, two or three brigades of Jackson's army have flanked the enemy and are getting in the rear. " Now the fighting was bitter and terrific. Worked up to madness, Wilcox, Featherstone, and Pryor dash forward at a run, and drove the enemy with irresistible fury ; to our left emerge Hood's Texan Brigade, Whiting's comes after, and Ponder follows. The line is now complete, and Forward !' rings from one end of the line to the other, and the Yankees, over 30,000 strong, begin to retreat. Wheeling their artillery from the front, the Fede rals turn part of it to break our left and save their retreat. The very earth shakes at the roar ! Not one piece of ours as yet opened ; all has been done with bullet and bayonet, and onward press our troops through camps upon camps, capturing guns, stores, arms, clothing, &c. Yet, like bloodhounds on the trail, the six brigades sweep everything be fore them, presenting an unbroken solid front, and closing in upon the enemy, keep up an incessant succession of volleys upon their confused masses, and unerringly slaughtering them by hundreds and thousands. "But where is Jackson ?' ask all. He has tra velled fast, and is heading the retreating foe, and as night c:oses in all is anxiety for intelligence from him. It is now about seven p.m., and just as the rout of the enemy is complete—just as the last vol leys are sounding in the enemy's ear, the distant and rapid discharges of cannon tell that Jackson has fallen upon the retreating column, broken it, and captured 3,000 prisoners- Far in the night his insatiable troops hang upon the enemy, and for miles upon miles are dead, wounded, prisoners, waggons, cannon, &c., scat tered in extricable confusion upon the road. Thus for four hours did our inferior force, unaided by a single piece of artillery, withstand over 30,000 of the enemy, assisted by 26 pieces of artillery. "In total we captured many prisoners and 30 pieces of artillery up to five p.m. Friday, and in the battle of Gaines Mill captured 26 field-pieces, 15,000 stand of arms, 6 stand of colours, 3 generals (Reynolds, Sanders, and Rankin), and over 4,000 prisoners, including dozens of officers of every grade, from colonels to lieutenants of the line. " Every arm of the service was well represented in the Federal line—cavalry were there in force, and when our men emerged from the woods at tempted to charge, but the three brigades on the right and Jackson's three brigades on the left closed up ranks and poured such deadly volleys upon the horsemen that they left the ground in confusion and entirely for their infantry to decide the day. M'Call's, Porter's, and Sedgwick's ' crack' di visions melted away before our advance, how ever, and had the fight lasted an hour more, not one whole regiment would havesurvived it. M'Clel lan, prisoners say, repeatedly was present and directed movements; but when the three brigades to our left emerged from the woods, such confusion and havoc ensued that he gave orders to retreat, slipped off his horse, and escaped as best he could. Some say that he was severely wounded, and many officers (prisoners) believe the report that he was on the field is undoubtedly true; for everything had been previously prepared for a grand fight at Gaines Mills, M'Clellan even promising to capture our whole force should we attempt to storm his camps. Results were different, and so the fates reward the greatest liar of his age. charge ; but one " Much has been said of repeated ' charges' made, and ' repu l ses. ' Wi ld i mag i nat i ons h ave concoc t e d many such f oo li s h reports. Th ere was - and from th e momen t th e wor d o f comm and was given, ' Fix bayonets—forward,' our advance was never stopped, despite the awful reception which met it. It is true that one or two regiments became conf used in passing over the deep ditch, abattis, and ti m b er earthwork ; it is also true that several slipped from the ranks and ran to the rear --but in many cases th ese the were wounded men ;and total number of 4 stragglers' would not amount to wor e than one hundred. This is strictly true, ASSIZE INTELLIGE 'NCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—DORCEEI ESTER, July 25. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Kes , THE PRESTON MURD ] ' , R. Sohn Cox, 39, labourer, was ilia cted for the wil ful murder of Adam Stapleton Puci 'ett, at Preston ' curn-Sutton Pointz, on the Bth July. Mr. Stock and Mr. Bere were co unsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Turner, at the req uest of the Jud ge, defended the prisoner. 'The deceased, Adam Stapleton Puoi:, ett, was a surgeon and apothecary, residing at Thwoae !way. He was also the union doctor for a certain d istrict, in which the parish of Preston Sutton P ointz was ~situ aced. In this parish were two village s, the pri ,soc,3 r living in the village of Preston. The house i n w eich he resided was a poor cottage, consisting • two rooms, inhabited by the father, mother, of only the pr i, loner, and his two brothers. Previ ious to this sad eve' it, the prisoner had been in a t date of ill health, and for weeks had been attenc led by the deceased. Dr. Puckett. From the st ate of the cottage and the prisoner's health, it had been deemed ,')y the deceased advisable to r move him to the Union Workhouse for the rec' very of his health—a proceeding to which the 'prisoner was greatly op-nosed. On the afternoon of the Bth of July, Mr. Puckett, and . tiMr. White, the relieving officer went over to Preston for the purpose of re moving the prisoner to the unionb ouse. By the gate of the garden, they were met by the father of the prisoner, and had some conversation with him. Mr. White then proceeded to the tilhip Inn, in the adjoining vilhige, to procure a her 5e and cart for the purpose of taking the prisoner to the union, while Mr. Puckett went into the I louse to see the deceased, and to prepare him for ,being removed. The next door neighbour seeing 3.1 r. Puckett go into the house, awd knoiving what his mission was, had the curiosity to go to her back window to listen t o what was going on. She then) heard a very 1 0 ,1 d discussion going on between the prisoner and the deceased. At length the prisoner got very v i n i c ot. She then went out and saw Mr. Puckett holding the door. She saw two of her neighbours, and fearin,c; the violence of the prisoner they went back into her house and looked out of the window. They then Baw the prisoner striking the deceased with a stick several times.. He next went to a neighbour for some brandy, which was given him through fear, and he then roturned to his house, procured a saw, and cut off the hand, head, and foot of the del. eased surgeon. Having done this, he took a some what circuitous route through the fields to Osmin gton. He went away in a some what curious gar b, having no trous era on, but which he took away wia him in a bag, a.nd subsequently put on. At Osml 7 .ngton he was takon into custody, when he admitted that he had committed the mur der. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insonity. The judge tl:en ordered that the prisoner be kept in safe custody during her Majesty's pleasure. The prisoner, who appeared thoroughly con scious of his position during the proceedings, mani fested the greatest satisfaction with the verdict of the jury, and ran down the steps with the greatest agility. CO UNIR IS. WAKEFIELD-Ju.LY 25. For fine fresh parcels of wheat prices were higher, and the demlnd was film ; other sorts unfiltered. Oats, beans, and shelling fully as dear. LIVERPOOL-JULY 25. At to-day's market there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade. Wheat met an active inquiry, both from millers and to hold over, and all descriptions must be quoted 3d to 4d per cental higher than last Friday. Flour a fair business, and late rates exceeded 6d per barrel and is per sack. Oats ld per buskiel and oatmeal 6d per load dearer. Barley, beans, and pets each is per qr up. Indian corn scarce, and advanced is I,Ner qr. EXETER—JULY 25. The following prices were quoted this morning : Wheat, white 7s Od to7s 6d 1 8ar1ey ........ 3s 9d to 487.11 Ditto red .6s 9d to 7s Od 1 Oats .. ..2s 9d to 3s 01 Flour, fine, 41s to 44s ; seconds, 39s to -8 per sack. CATTLE. The supply this morning was moderate. 1 Fat beef, tp sc., 10s3d to 10s6d Ewes, per lb ....7d to 71d Pork carcases, 10s Od to llsOd Wethers, do .6d to 61d Lamb, p 1b....... 'ad to 8-id Fat calves, d0...50 to —d. Rough fat, ald per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR-JULY 25. We have had a more active market for raw sugars this week, and there have been some large sales both to refiners and grocers (principally Barbadoes) at prices 6d per cwt. above those last quoted. Refined goods scarce, and prices firm. Treacle steady. Rum unchanged. COAL ARKET. (Maul of Coal per Ton sr a. d. Grey's West Hartley.. 14 3 Eden Main .16 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 23 0 Do. Anthracite 21 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....14 9 Tanfield Moor ....13 0 Lambert's West Hart- the close of the market Wylam ..16 0 Walker Primrose 12 0 ley ..14 6 Hastings Hartley .....14 9 Tynedale West Hart ley 14 6 Ships at marks Walls End. s. d. Framwellgate l6 9 Horton .. lB 0 Tunstall Trimdon Hartlepool ..17 6 Whitworth 15 0 Hartlepool.. l7 6 South Whitworth 15 0 li elloe 36; sold, 31. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 la 11 18/ Antwerp .. .. 25 45i 25 47f Brussels — 25 45/ 25 47/ Hamburgh — 13 7i 13 81 Paris Ditto 3 Months, 25 40 25 46 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1191 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh .. 34 341 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 60 25 55 Milan — 25 50 25 55 Genoa — 25_ 50 25 55 Naples Palermo .. Messina .. 39} 40 1191 1191 1191 119 1 * Lisbon Oporto — 521 23 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars .. 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. July 19. via Marseilles ... Aug. 12. iirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southatnpton July 19. via Marseilles July 27. Falkland Islands . . Aug. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton .... July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton July 30. via Marseilles July 24. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 24. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo . Aug. 4. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... July 23. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian. packet. July 23. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 10 . Bahamas, via New York ' Mexico I ........ July 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, July 29. California, and British Columbia.. THE KIRKCALDY ELECTION. —Mr. Aytoun was yesterday returned M.P. for Kirkcaldy Burgh by acclama tion, there being no opposition. BIRTHS. LEARMONTIL—On the 24th inst., at 93, Eaton-place, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Learmonth, of Dean, N. 8., of a son. MILLs.—On. the 25th inst., at 22, Eaton-place, the wife 0 1 Colonel Charles Mills, of a son. SIMEON.—On the 24th inst., at 23, Cheshan i -place, the Hon. Lady Simeon, of a son. MARRIAGES. BRADLEY — BARNARD.—On the 23dinbt., at St. George% Stonehouse, Charles Sidney Bradley, Esq., Richmoncip Yorkshire, to Maria Ki ng, youngest daughter of Vice- Admiral Barnard, Stonehouse, Devon. PLUNKETT—KIRKBY.—On the 24th inst., at St. James's c i Piccadilly, the Hon. T . 0 . Plunkett, Ist Royals, seco nd son of the late Lord Louth, of Louth Castle, I r eland, to Clara Anne, the on l y d aughter of John Kirkby, Es+ , °f Sheffield. Atkins, jun.,DEATHS. ATK1N5......0/1 the 24th inst., at 59, Euston-square, John of White Bart CourtL b d• street, Esq., , om ar • aged 32, CARTER —On the 23d inst., at Bideford, Devon, Charles Carter, Esq., aged 90. CITYLER.—On the 23d inst., at Poole Hall, Nantwic, ll ,.: Lieut.-Colonel Sir Charles Cuyle r , B ar t., f or merly 69 " - Regt., aged 68. DADLEY.—Ou the 23d inst., at Knowle, Warwicksh ire Mrs. Mary Ann Dadloy, aged 82. HARRISON.—On the 24th inst., at Bournemouth, Frau c : John Harrison, Esq., solicitor, of 5, Southampton-st ree Bloomsbury, aged 35. West ROSSER.—On the 24th inst., at 19, Drayton-grove, „ th Brompten, Lieut.-Col. George G. Rosser, late of lo Lancers, aged 63. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLI•T of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TILE SuN Office 1i0. 1124 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Counq Middlesex.--Sattuday, July 26, 1862. _ . 1 t-iljl ract in a Wit " U the Satu le. rel( Eve .A 'Op( cele (for (411 be 14:st A Adi ...___ Met Bel Jes T Col Al OII: stet 33A: eor, A Car Cha Of t big Pal Rua des obj, raw 1 'VP ( J. ; lith 1 To