The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-29 00:00:00

THE GLASGOW MURDER.

THE CASE OF MRS. M'LACHLAN.

The authorities at the Home-office have decided

upon. granting a respite during her Majesty's
pleasure to Mrs. M`Lachlan, but no determina-
tion has yet been arrived at as to what the com-
muted sentence will be.

LADIES TAKING THE OATH AT NEW ORLEANS.

—The scenes at the taking of the oath in New Orleans by
the ladies are reported to have been ludicrous enough. A
letter says :—" One young Miss, as she passed out of the
hall, observed to her friend, Well, really, it ain't much,
after all, is it Clotilde ?' One tall lady in black—a widow,
of rather the tragic-queen style—descended the marble
steps, staring most earnestly on the contents of the certi-
ficate. She seemed as if she would annihilate it with her
gaze. She must possess property in New Orleans. Her
struggle to save her wealth from confiscation, and her
hate for the Government that had, as she supposed, robed
her in weeds, made, most likely, the lettere on that cer-
tificate' burn her eyes as fire. As a contrast to this,
another widow came, and tripped away with the flippant
remark to her companions, Upon my word this affair
has caused me more emotion than when I stood up to be
married.' "

THE LATE SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE, BART.—The
funeral of this distinguished surgeon took place yesterday
in the village churchyard of Betchworth, where the remains
of Lady Brodie were interred about 18 months ago, and in
accordance with the wishes of the deceased in a strictly
private manner; the only public representatives being
Gen. Sabine, Dr. Watson, and Mr. James Luke, Presidents
respectively of the Royal Society, the Royal College of
Physicians, and the Royal College of Surgeons. The
friends of Sir Benjamin Brodie will be glad to know that
Mr. Weekes, the eminent sculptor, succeeded in taking an
admirable cast of the deceased for a bust commissioned
some months since for the Royal College of Surgeons of
England.

ACTION AGAINST THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.—DAMAGES £5,000.—A. protracted inquiry

into the question of the damages sustained by Messrs.
Barber, Walker, and Co., the proprietors of the High-park
Colliery, by reason of the flooding of the shafts of their
mine from the reservoir of the canal now in possession of
the Great Northern Railway Company, was brought on
Monday night to a conclusion. The learned assessor, Mr.
Boden, Q.C., having then summed up, the jury retired at a
few minutes to seven o'clock, and at nine o'clock returned
the following verdict :—" We find for the claimants, that
the water from the reservoir flowed to the shafts, and we
assess the damage at the sum of £4,992 3s. 10d."
THE EXTINCTION OF EXETER CHANGE. —Notices
have been served on the Marquis of Exeter, the freeholder
of Exeter. hall, by the directors of the Strand Music-hall,
that they have given instructions to the Messrs. Pullen,
Horne, and Co., to sell by auction the materials of Exeter-
change, consisting of several substantial dwellings, and
which are to be cleared away for the erection of the Strand
Music-hall. In addition to the houses there situated which

are to be cleared away will be the late office of the Literary
Gazette, the large building recently occupied by the Eng-
lish and Irish Church and University Insurance Society,

which occupied the site of the late Courier office, &c. On
this extensive area will be constructed the "Strand Music-
hall," which will be made capable of accommodating about
2,300 persons, with a restaurant and dining establishment
attached. There will be a frontage in Upper Wellington-
street and the Strand, adjoining the office of the Morning
Post.