The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27.

GENERAL M'Ciausis has not thought it neces-
sary to remain in the entrenchments of Washington
because his army was lately unsuccessfuL His
troops seem to resemble our own in the quality
of not knowing when they are beaten. We heard
a week ago that he had formed an army and gone
out to look for the enemy flushed with victory.
We now hear that by rapid marching he has over-
taken and given a very good account of him.
Writing on the 14th from Middletown,
which is between Hagerstown and Fre- 1
derick City, he reports a battle, which must
have been one of the hardest fought of the cam-
paign, and in which he had for hie antagonist
General Lxx, the ablest officer in the Confederate
army. It was " a glorious victory," the enemy
disappeared in the night, and was last seen making
with all possible speed for the river. We do not
know enough of the positions of the several armies
to enable us to judge of the consequences of this
engagement, but this at least is apparent, that
M'CLau.sx has shown enterprise and good general-
ship, and his men great valour. The detailed ac-
counts will be expected with interest.

THE excitement produced by the recent trial for
murder at Glasgow, instead of being at all abated
by the conviction of the prisoner, has enormously
increased, not only in Glasgow itself, but in all
the chief Scottish towns. Nor is this so very sur-
prising. It is impossible to read the evidence
adduced at the trial without feeling that there are
important circumstances connected with the mur-
der not cleared up ; and since the conclusion of
the trial some new facts appear to have been
brought to light, which in the interests of justice
ought to be considered. The accused woman
M'LACHLAN was condemned on purely circumstan-
tial evidence. But circumstantial evidence, if
clear and full, is justly considered sufficient for
conviction even on a capital charr; a"'l jg WC
ease the train of facts connecting the prisoner
with the murder were established on the moat dc-
tailed, distinct, and unexceptionable testimony.
It happens, however, that none of the facts
are inconsistent with the supposition that while
knowing all about the murder, she did not actually
commit it, but was simply accessory to the crime ;
and there are certainly some striking circura-
etances that sem to ruin:ttat direction. This
is sufficient to explain the feverish excitement that
exists, the doubts that are so widely entertained as
to the prisoner's undivided guilt, and the strong
desire that prevails to have the execution at least
delayed until the doubtful circumstances of the
case have been thoroughly investigated afresh by
competent authorities, and laid before the Home
SECRETARY for his consideration.

The facts of this remarkable case are so notori-
ous that the briefest reference to them will suffice.
The house in Sandyford Place where the murder
was committed belongs to a Mr. Fume°, a gentle-
man
carrying on business in Glasgow. But in the
month of July last Mr. FUMING and his family
were absent at Dunoon, and the only persons
staying in the house at the time of the murder were
the murdered girl, Jas= M`PHERSON, who was
Mr. Fiamisa's servant, and his father, an old man,
employed by him in connexion with his business.
On the night of the 4th of July, during which the
murder was committed, the old man says he went
to bed us usual between nine and ten o'clock, but
at four in the morning he was roused by a loud
scream, or " squeal," followed by two fainter
ones; that he jumped out of bed, but not
bearing them repeated, went back again
without making any inquiry. He goes on to say
that finding the servant did not come to
him at eight o'clock as usual, he did
not get up till nine. He then went
to her room door, knocked without receiving any
answer, and finding it locked, got breakfast for
himself, and went about his ordinary work as
usual. He did the same on Saturday and Sunday,
preparing his owti meals and going about as usual,
without making any inquiry whatever about the
missing servant ; and it was not until late on
Monday aka-Loon, r: 7.-rescuvl. returned
from Dunoon, that the awful tragedy of that
closed IJ.d darkened room down-stairs came to
light. Then the poor girl, Josue M`Pasamorr, was
found lying on the fl ar dead, and disfigured with
cruel wounds. The old man was immediately
arrested on the charge of having murdered her.
On further examination, however, it was found