The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-21 00:00:00

Elegant Extracts from " Manhattan,"

GRANT'S ACHIEVEMENTS.
Grant could have marched to his present position without
losing a man. He had only to keep away from Lee's forti-
fications. Instead of this, he attacked Lee's defences, was
shipped--fell back; attacks again, is whipped—retreats;
and yet it is sate to say that in killed, wounded, prisoners,
stragglers, and deserters Grant as now—while in M'Clel-
lan's old tracks—less men by 100,000 of the original force
that crossed the Rapidan now nearly four weeks ago.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LAST GEM OF A LETTER
Closes thus:—" It is impossible for me to attend. I ap-
prove, nevertheless, whatever may tend to strengthen and
sustain General Grant and the noble armies now under la's
direction. My previous high estimate of General Grant has
been maintained and heightened by what has occurred in
the remarkable campaign he is now conducting; while the
magnitude and difficulty of the task before him does not
prove less than I expected. He and his brave soldiers are
now in the midst of their great trial, and I trust that, at
your meeting, you will so shape your good words that they
may turn.to men and guns moving to his and their sup-
port.—Yours truly, "'ti.. LINCOLN."
A CHILD CONVICTING ITS OWN FATHER OF MURDERING

THE YELIPERTOa CASE.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS 'DAY).
TELVERTON V. LONGWORTEL (OR YELVERTON).

This morning the consideration of this case was renewed,
there being present the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougkarno
Lord Kingsdown, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord Wenslydale.
There was a great crowd of persons in attendance prior to
the doors being opened.

The Attorney-General, in continuing his address, said
that when their lordships last adjourned he had arrived at
the last letter but one in the series between Major
Yelverton and Miss Longworth. He made some obser-
vations on those, which he did not propose to repeat.
There was one letter bearing the Edinburgh post-mark,
June 4th, and Boulogne, June 6,h, which were:not forth-
coming, and of which he believed it had b. en truly alleged
that it induced the lady to suspect some treachery towards
herself and which led her to visit Edinburgh. The learned
gentleman then proceeded to read lengthened extracts from
the examination and cross-examination of Major Yelverton
at the trial, particularly in reference to the letters said to
have been destroyed or kept back, With regard to Major
Yelverton he might remark, that he did not give the
lady the same opportunity of proving the loss or mutilation
of the letters which she had given him, and in consequence
of that she offered herself for examination, which was ob-
jected to on technical grounds, and no doubt necessarily
taken with success. All the argument he wished to pro-
ceed upon was that the respondent desired to give the
fullest information she possessed as to the loss of the docu-
ments, but the laws of Scotland prohibited her from entering
into any such arrangements. Some stress had been laid
upon the fact that in her lotters to father Mooney the lady
did not use any expressions of alarm or distrust in refer-
ence to her husband, but then it must be remembered that
at that time there had been no open rupture between them,
and she was not din osed to place his conduct in an un-
favourable light. The learned counsel then proceeded to
examine the correspondence and the circumstances relating
to the Irish marriage.