The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-20 00:00:00

WAR.

"New-bridge, June, 5, 10 30 a.m.
"My telegraphic despatch of June 1, in regard
to the 'battle of Fair Oaks, was incorrectly pub-
lished in the newspapers. I send with this a cor-
rect copy, which I request may be published at
once. lam the more anxious about this, since my
last despatch, as published, would seem to ignore
the services of General Sumner, which were too
Tenable and brilliant to be overlooked, both in the
difficult passage of the stream and the subsequent
combat. The mistake seems to have occurred in the
transmittal of the despatch by the telegraph.
" G. B. M'CLELLAN,
" Major-General Commanding."
"THE CORRECTED DESPATCH.

4‘ To THE HON. E. M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF

WAR.

" Field of Battle, 12 o'cicck, June 1.

We have had a desperate battle, in which the
corps of Sumner, Heintzelman, and Keyes have
been engaged against greatly superior numbers.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, the enemy taking advan-
tage of a terrible storm, which had flooded the
valley of the Chickahominy, attacked our troops on
the right bank of the river. Casey's division, which
Naas the first line, gave way unaccountably and dis-
tteditably. This caused some temporary confusioq,
d
but which some guns and baggage were lost ;
"`n Heintzelman and Kearney most gallantly
I,
brought p their forces, which checked the enemy.
At the
sa;a:me, however, General Sumner sue-
ceeded, by
exertions, in bringing across Sedg-
svick'e
.
ick's and •4t
lollardßon's divit4ionv, who drove back
the enemy at rte.pobt
f the bayonet, covering the
incur d with big dem. e,
this raorninr the enem y at-
tempted rorenewthe e,taiet,but
as onrywh ere
of the re
poli-reriv and Cot. Lorinc,. Oa I
Pulsed. We have takeum,,ypris
s ncrs among whom
are General
heavy ; but that
—3l meat be ross
is
enormous.
With the exception of diviSeveral Rue I"tceset charges
sion our men
behaved spendidly,
have been made. The Second Rzttlbler /13
ado two
to-day,
" G, B. M'CLELLAN, General Conmittaina.,

" M'Cleilan's Headquarter,, I
Thursday Evening, June 5.
The severe storm which set in on Tuesday after.
la:,ted during the whole of yesterday. The
water in the Chiekahorniny rose to an uniirecedented
light. The railroad trains from White House to
the late battle-field were detained several hears, and
the telegraph Ene was down in many places. A
contraband, who left Kehmond on Monday night,
states that all the carts, furniture cars, omnibuses,
and carriages to be found were impressed into the
service for the carrying of the dead and wounded
from the battle-field ; and that the Spottswood and
Exchange Hotels, together with a number of public
and private buildings, were turned into hospitals.
All the information shows that the enemy suffered
terribly. The rebels opened with artillery this
morning from five different points opposite New
Etridge, with a view of preventing its reconstruction.
Three of our batteries opened on them, causing them
to retreat after a hot fire of two hours. Our loss
111" one killed and two wounded. No further inter-
ference took place during the day."

" M•Clellan,a Headquarters,
Tuesday Evening, June 3.
" The folloyiint address was read to the army this
evening at dress
"‘de, and was received with an
out burst of vociferous
.cheering from every regi-
ment

ir Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp
year New-bridge, z
-7-rgAlia, June 2.
tomac,—l have
`" Soldiers of the Army of the PO

" ' The events of every day prove your supe-
riority.
Wherever you have met the enemy you
have beaten him. Wherever you have used the
bayonet he has given way in panic and disorder.
" ' I ask of you now one last crowning effort.
The enemy has staked his all on the issue of the
coming battle. Let us meet him and crush him
here in the very centre of the rebellion.
" ' Soldiers, I will be with you in this battle, and
share its dangers with you. Our confidence in each
other is now founded upon the past. Let us strike
the blow which is to restore peace and union to this
distracted land. Upon your valour, discipline, and
mutual confidence the result depends.
~ , GEO. 13. M'CrEteaaT,
e , Major-General Commanding.' "
A correspondent of the Tribune gives the follow-
,' in, narrative of the "Battle of Fair Oaks," as the
engagement before Richmond is to be called
:
"Heintzelman's Head-quarters,
Monday, June 2.
" Saturday
night closed upon the battle-field of
that day with the enemy in full force in front. Our
troops were under arms all night along the entire
line of action, prepared for the renewal of 'the fight
the next morning. During the night the enemy
ihad advanced fully up to the furthest point made by
them the day before, and were strongly posted on
both sides of the railroad. General Sedgwick's
division had arrived on the right on Saturday
evening, too late to take part in the action of that
day, but fresh and eager for that approaching.
During the night Birney's brigade had -been
posted at better advantage of position than had
been the fortune of our troops occupying that and
the adjacent grounds of the day before; and with
the determination to redeem the losses of Satur:
day inspiriting our entire line the action com-
menced. The regiments to which the brunt of the
battle fell were those which had not suffered much
in the contest of the day before, although all
of Heintzelman's corps, or Hooker's and Kear-
ney's divisions, and Keyes's corps, were represented
in it. I cannot say that any organised body from
Casey's division participated in Sunday's work.
The affair is yet too recent to admit of a description
in full that would do justice to all the parties de-
serving especial mention, and to mention a part
might do injustice to others. Two brigades, how-
ever, whose spheres of action were within the field
of my personal observation I do not hesitate to
mention, although others may be equally deserving.
There can be no question that Sickles's brigade in
Hooker's, and Birney's in Kearney's division covered
themselves with glory in their several charges, each
against a force much their superior in numbers.
Unfortunately for himself, General Birney was
ordered under arrest early in the morning for some
infraction of orders, and the command of his brigade
devolved on Colonel J. H. Hobert Ward, of the 38th
New York. Under this gallant officer the brigade,
consisting of the 38th and 40th New York and the
3d and 4th Maine, and to which the 7th Massachu-
setts had been temporarily attached, drove a much
stronger force of the enemy through a heavy
wooded swamp out of the woods into an open field,
where two regiments of the brigade were posted so
as to give them a galling fire that soon compelled
them to-fall back ; and when Colonel Ward ordered
the bayonet charge the entire brigade gave them
the point, and drove them for nearly a mile in a
perfect rout. Sickles's brigade also gave the
enemy a taste of the bayonet, and drove them with
great slaughter out of the rifle-pits from which
they were dealing death to our troops. These suc-
cesses, followed up with courage and promptness, I
and sustained by the hard fighting in Sedgwick's
division, settled the fortune of the day, and changed
what had been the closest contested and severest
engagement east of th© Alleghenies into a sub-_
stantial triumph of our arms. The rebels fell back
all afternoon, and a reconnoissance to-day discovers
none within a distance of three miles of our posi-
tion of Saturday. The conduct of the rebels in
the engagements of yesterday and the day
before was worthy of a better cause. General
officers speak of some of their charges on Saturday
as splendid; but they were in strong force, the
attacking party, and had the choice of ground—
three points in their favour, and if they had any
good fight in them it should come out under such
circumstances. They outnumbered our troops about
five to one, according to the best reconnoissance
that could be made—five distinct lines of battle,
lying in order, supporting each other. Their loss
must be greater than our own in k-illed—perhaps
not so great in wounded. They used a cartridge
of one ball and three buckshot—most effective in
short ranges, and more destructive than the most
prized rifle-ball, as they wound more than they kill.
From prisoners taken yesterday I hear cf one
Alabama regiment that went into the engagement
over 1,300 strong on Saturday morning. Sunday
morning it reported only 150. Colonel Brotton, of
the Ist South Carolina, taken prisoner by Birney's
brigade, confirms that statement, and gives similar
reports of other cases. His own regiment had more
than 50 killed by one fire of one of our regiments
armed with the Austrian rifle. But our own loss
was very heavy, particularly in wounded, and fully
up to the day before. Birney's brigade suffered
in killed and wounded less than 200, mostly in the
3d Maine and 40th New York. The latter hes not
yet been able to ascertain the names of the killed
and wounded. The 38th New York suffered some-
w hat, but not to the extent of either of the others
named ; while the 4th Maine, being posted near the
railroad track, and using it for a breastwork, lost
but very few, and all of its wounded being slightly.
But in Sedgwick's division the loss was very severe,
-the number of wounded reported being near 1,000.
These are now being brought over for removal by
cars to White-house, all of the wounded in Heintzel-
man's corps having been sent on. The cars mcve
but slowly, and while waiting for return trains the
ground around head-quarters is covered with the
wounded—hundreds of them without shelter ; and
to add to the horrors of their situation we have
had severe thunderstorms for two nights in sue- 1
cession, to which these wretched_ sufferers are I
exposed. To-night the divisions on the left
took position in advance, yet not as far as
Casey's occupied before being routed oh. Satur-
day. The camps are full of rumours that
Richmond is evacuated, but whether or not there is
truth in the rumour it is impossible to determine
here, although so near. It is certain, however, that
Our troops furthest advanced can see no rebel camps
at this part of the line, and the theory that the fight
of a,te. us
ay was to cover sonic movement in the rear
1 °Rrkttii:otliT_be correct. If they have not evacuated
terrible beetV:
be la,)
question
and do not immediately do so, there can
that we are on the eve of the most
afternoon in thOofdt•he war. Guns were heard this
the
brection of James River, and there
is a rumour that
was positivel
structis;ns, but it is hardy have passed the ob-
eann--o•Jlievc d. If- true, t hen
muchf longer be delayed."
can
.the Mississippi re-
the great struggle
The latest despatches
was deserted,
evacuatedthaet
port that Fort Wright
last, and that Fort it
--andolph
Federal gunboats having passed
011 the way to
Memphis :
- -

" Washington, Friday, June 6
"The following despatch has just been received.
at the War Department :

Cairo, Friday, hue 6.
" The De Soto has arrived dizect from port
low. Our forces occupy the fort. The enemy
burnt everything. A number of guns were found.
The birge mortars had been destroyed. The gun-
boats have passed Fort Randolph.'
" The following was received to-day at the Navy
Department

"' Cairo, June G.

"' Hon. G. Welles, Secretary to the Navy,—
" The clespteL-boat of last night retorts the
evacuation of Fort Pillow and its occupation by

" General Halleck moved his head quarters here
to-day, occupping the house formerly occupied by
Gen. Bragg. Gen. Thomas oocupies the one for-
merly occupied by Gen. Beauregard. The enemy
are reported 80,000 strong between Baldwin and
Okolona. At last accounts Pope's advance was on
this side of Twenty Milk Creek, and the enemy's
rear guard on the south side still retreating. An
English officer, who deserted, says high Confede-
rate officers told him they left here 120,000 strong,
but when they arrived at Booneville 50,000 had de-
serted, mostly Alabamaians, Louisienaians, and
Mississippians."
" Halleck's Head-quarters, Midnight, 4th,
via Louisville, June 5.

" A man, who left Grand Junction this morning
says that Memphis and Fort Pillow surrendered to
our forces on Friday night. Several regiments of
rebels, Mississippians, have dispersed and gone
home. We have captured nine locomotives, partly
disabled, and several cars. It is expected, how-
ever, they will be in running order in a week."

" Cairo, Jane 5.

" Ten Memphis refugees arrived to-day. They
were railroad engineers, and say that they ran
three locomotives out of Memphis, on the Memphis
and Ohio Railroad, to Humboldt, where they
switched them off, and brought theni north to
Trenton, where they found the bridge over the
Obion river destroyed. They then ran the loco-
motives off the track, burnt two bridges behind
them, and cut the telegraph wires. They bring
the Memphis Argus of the 2d, which contains de-
spatches from Richmond of the Ist, of which the
following is the substance General Hill's divi-
sion commenced the fight on Saturday morning,
Rhodes', Garland's, Rain's, and Anderson's bri-
gades bearing the brunt of the battle. Until the
arrival of these reinforcements the Federals were
driven from their redoubts and their batteries
turned on them. General Lee and President Davis
were on the field. Their presence inspired the
enthusiasm of our troops. The Yankees stubbornly
contested every inch of ground, but were compelled
to give way before the impetuous charges of our
-aoldiera. A large number of Confederate soldiers
are wounded in the arms and legs. Gen. Rhodesia
slightly wounded. The enemy tried to make a
flank movement about 7 p,m., but were repulsed.
On Sunday the battle was resumed chiefly with
musketry. Prisoners are constantly coming in. Gen.
Hatton, of Tennessee, is killed. The carnage on
both sides is dreadful, the Yankees losing two to
our one. About 500 prisoners are already taken.
The last despatch sent on the Ist says the latest
intelligence from the battle field represents the
enemy to be driven back a mile and a half from his
position. Our forces now occupy his camps. We
captured three batteries after the most desperate
fighting. The enemy were protected by woods and
intrenchments:"

Under date of June 3 a correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press writes from Fortress Monroe—
" The gunboat Dragon arrived here from City
Point last night, bringing down three refugees who
belonged to Norfolk, and who had been forcibly
taken from their houses and sworn into a company
to serve the cause of treason. They report that
every available building in Richmond had been
seized for hospital purposes, and that the mor-
tality among the sick and wounded was frightful.
Provisions of every kind were very scarce, and the
rebels were preparing to make a desperate stand
immediately in defence of their failing cause. Great
despondency and terror reigned among the people,
who express now no hopes of success for the Con-
federate arms. The cannonade of Saturday shook
the city of Richmond to its very base, and the inha-
bitants were fleeing in every direction for safety, in
anticipation of a panic and route of the rebel troops
and an advance of the exasperated Union army.
Hundreds of slaves could be seen in the vicinity of
City Point, begging for deliverance with white flags,
but could not be rescued for the want of means of
transportation. The fleet moved up to Fort Darling
on Sunday night, and it is thought a desperate battle
is by this time in progress. Our James river fleet
has been greatly strengthened, and success this time
is pretty certain."

MIDDLE LEVEL INUNDATIONS.

LYNN, THURSDAY NOON.

To-day I found that the greatest efforts ware
being made by the authorities to stop the tidal
waters by the completion of the now famous coffer-
dam. The tides have been decreasing for the last
few days, and it was thought that to-day would
offer a good opportunity for letting down the panels
and shutting out the water. Some of the lower
panels which were driven at first had not been dis-
turbed, but in those bays where they had failed
sheet piling had been driven, as I have before
stated, and cut off at a sufficient depth to serve for
the purpose of dropping down the next row of
panels upon them. When I left this morning they
were about to drop down the 12-feel panels, which
would it was hoped Effectually stop the water. The
probability of the work now standing is consider-
ably greater than it was in the former instance,
although I have heard more than one authority ex-
press grave doubts as to the success of the dam.
I am glad to be able to state that no serious da-
mage is likely to result from the breaking of the
slacker at the Smeeth and Fen Sluice on Monday.
The leakage through the banks has not been so
bad the last 24 hours as before, as I have no further
damage to report as regards the holes in the cut.
At a meeting of the River Ouse Hailing commis-
sioners, which was held at the Guildhall, Lynn,
yesterday, it was represented that considerable in-
jury had been done to navigation by the destruction
otthe middle level outfall sluice, thiough the tow-
ing path on the west side of the Ouse being
stopped. It was resolved that immediate steps be
taken to get the middle-level commissioners to make
thwing-Path for navigation purposes.

CAREER OF AN AMERICAN GENERAL.—The Arne-
ricy General AN
was originally a journeyman black-
smith, afterwards a member of Congress, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and Governor of Massachus-
setts. At the outbreak of the civil war he was engaged in
relinquished to volunteer his services as a soldier in. sup-
portthe management of a
r:trroaniglwan,ayti-swlahvicehrypmesanition he
of the Union. How:

Mr. Davison, in opening the case, said the
action was brought for services rendered to the
wife of the plaintiff in performing a process known
as enamelling ladies' faces. (Laughter.) Some years
ago they had probably heard of celebrities who had
undergone the process, but this was the first occa-
sion perhaps on which they would see a lady who
had actually experienced it. His client, the wife
of Philip Leverson, carried on business at 47, New
Bond-street, at the corner of Maddox-street, under
the name of Madame Rachel. The defendant, the
Hon. Swinfen Thomas Carnegie, who he believed
was the heir to a peerage, married the lady to whom
the services were rendered, and who, he was in-
formed, was the daughter of the Countess Rapp, the
wife of a Mr. Hope, who was well known in the
highest circles of society. In December, Mrs. Car-
negie being desirous to avail herself f Madame
Rachel's secret for beautifying the countenance, sent
a maid servant to request her to call at her residence.
Madame Rachel declined to go, but said she would
be glad to see her at her own house. Afterwards
Mrs. Carnegie cal!ecl and went through Madame
Rachel's ordeal, and continued to do so on several
other occasions when she was going to dinner or
evening parties. At the latter end of March
some difficulty arse about the payment, and Mrs.
Carnegie •offered Madame Rachel some valuable
jewellery which the plaintiff refused to take as she
had promised to pay, but she never did so, and up
to the present time the plaintiff had not received a
farthing. Mrs. Carnegie called at all hours of the
day and night, and she said that she would not
mind paying Madame Rachel £l,OOO if she could
successfully apply the process to her, such was the
state of her health at that time. No doubt the
jury would have an opportunity of seeing the effect
upon Mrs. Carnegie before the end of the cause,
and judge for themselves of the value of the ser-
vices for which compensation was now sought.
Mrs. Rachel Leverson was then called, and re-
quested to be sworn on the Old Testament. She
said—l enamel ladies' faces. In December last, a
young woman, the lady's maid of Mrs. Carnegie,
called and asked me to come to her mistress's resi-
dence, in Belgrave-square- I told her I never at-
tended strange ladies at their residences, but that
if she called upon me I would have no objection to
see her. she came a second time for one of my cir-
culars. She again asked me to call, but I declined.
About Christmas Mrs. Carnegie called at my shop,
and told me that she was the Hon. Mrs. Carnegie.
She said she had for a long time been afflicted with
serious abscesses on different parts of her:bosom, and
that her complexion was very much faded in conse-
quence of having undergone a serious operation in
Paris. One of the abscesses had been cut away. This
is a delicate thing for one lady to say of another.
She said she had suffered much annoyance from a
fearful scar on her bosom, and that if I would
enamel it she would give anything for my services.
I declined to enamel it, as in her serious state it
would be injurious to her health. 1 gave her my
terms. She told me she had seen them in the news-
papers. The terms are contained in the advertise-
ment produced
" Youth and Beauty—Alabaster powder, magne-
tic rock, dew water from Sahara, Circassian bloom,
Arabian soaps, and alabaster liquid.—These costly
preparations will render the hair, teeth, and com-
plexion beautiful beyond comparison. Can be
obtained only from Madame Rachel. Madame
Rachel, in answer to numerous inquiries, begs leave
to say that her fees are as follows :—For enamel-
ling a lady, 160 guineas and upwards ; for attend-
ing a lady for a ball or party, without enamelling,
five guineas.' (Laughter.)
Another advertisement was also read offering a
recipe of the process for a guinea.
Examination continued—Mrs. Carnegie said if
she could appear in public as she wished she would
give me £l,OOO, or any amount of money, for ladies
had circulated a report that she had had one of her
breasts cut. She said that she had an income of
her own, and ample means to pay me. She was
perfectly aware that I attended no one but the elite
of society. (Laughter.) She said she would rather
pay me the sum I have mentioned than wear high
necked dresses._ _

Mr. Baron Wilde—What was the enamelling for?
Witness—For enamelling the bosom, neck, face,
and arms. (Laughter.) She had been very hand-
some,
young lady, she was then very
hnot paint ladies. Mine is a very
muc but,
faded.
do a
different process. (Laughter.) I exercised my art
of enamelling on her more than three times.
Mr. Baron W ilde—Are so many operations
necessary I.
Witness—l can enamel a lady for one evening or
for ever. (Great laughter.) My process depends
upon whether the lady requires it for one evening
or permanently. I enamelled Mrs. Carnegie four
times at my residence. She called upon me,
altogether, eight or ten times. I also supplied her
with cosmetics and perfumery, and other articles
I deal in. The lady is in court and can tell you
all about the process. I never went to her resi-
dence. I supplied her with preparations for the
toilet. She could not do without them. I received
one not© from her by a maid servant, in which she
Said 1 was not to tell the bearer anything, as she
was ignorant of the purpose for which she was
sent. From beginning to end Mrs. Carnegie never
uttered a word of complaint ' • on the contrary, I
received great compliments from her for what I
had done. She said she went to a hunt fancy ball
in Wales, where she was much admired. This was
after I had enamelled her. She said she assumed
the character of " Snow." (Laughter.) She told
me how she was dressed. She wore a costly white
tulle dress smothered with white feathers to repre-
sent a snow storm. (Continued laughter.) She
said, " I looked very lovely, indeed, as my meid
will tell you." I never got any money from hers
but she referred me to a Dr. Robertson. She
brought me some jewels, and among them a tiara
of diamonds. She offered me the rings on her
fingers, but I declined to accept them. I said I
expected money. She replied, " When I return
from Wales in three weeks' time I will pay you,
Madame Rachel, on my honour as a lady." She
told me that Captain Carnegie had of late compli-
mented her on her good looks, and also that he
was quite eware that I attended her. Before the
process she had several very unpleasant marks on
her bosom, and her face was very sallow. She had
a very beautiful figure and was a very fine lady
iodced, but her complexion had undergone serious
changes—l presume from loss of blood in conse-
quence of the operation in Paris. These appearances
are now so far removed by my application that she
is now a very beautiful woman indeed. (Laughter.)
Cross-examined by Mr. Karslake—l am the
enameller. I have also a daughter, who
practises
the art. I will describe my process if you wish.
First of all every vestige of dirt, is removed from
the system by liquid herbs, The pores of the flesh
are hot 'stopped lip as some suppose. It is my
object to keep them open. The whole skin is
washed over with liquid flowers, not with paint. I
do not paint. I eannot give the Cited, dates of Mrs.
Carnegie's visits, so many ladies call upon me.
SOmetimes I attend ladies at their own homes, but
only after the fatigue of the season. (Laughter.)
Ladies generally require secrecy, and I regret that
this should be exposed in a public court. I enamel
some children. The process is now no secret among
ladies. Mrs. Carnegie was enamelled four times at
my house. I hid the wound by a process only
known to myself. I also enamelled the bust, the
face, and the arms. She once came to my house as
tete as twelve at night and remained until two in
the morning.
Re-examined—My process is really not ena-
melling, but ladies call it so, because under it the
skin becomes so beautiful, soft, and white that it
resembles painting on ivory. (Laughter.) It is
generally adopted among the highest classes. It is
a very ancient custom. There is-another process
which is properly called enamelling, but mine is
merely cleansing the skin and rendering it more

Mr. Kerslake then addressed the jury for the
defence. He said there could be no doubt that Mrs.
Carnegie had bad the folly to undergo the process
of enamelling, but the question was whether she had
the authority of her husband to pledge his credit
fJr such an extravagant purpose. Capt. Carnegie
knew nothing whatever of the matter until, to his
astonishment, he saw Madame Rachel's bill for the
enormous sum of £938 ss. The learned counsel
then contended that Madame Rachel rendered the
services she did to Mrs. Carnegie entirely at the
risk of being paid by the lady herself out of her own
private fortune, and that she was perfectly well
aware that she came to her without the knowledge
of Capt. Carnegie. Nothing would please Madame
Riche' more than to have Mrs. Carnegie placed in
the box and cross.exatninea, but she should not
have that satisfaction, as her evidence was totally
immaterial to the issue, and he was determined not
to produce her as a witness. He would, however,
call Capt. Carnegie, who would tell them that he
was totally ignorant of what his wife had been
doing until, to his horror, he was made acquainted
with the fact by the bill of Madame Rachel, in
which nearly £l,OOO was charged for four attend.
antes.

The Hon. Capt. Carnegie, the defendant, exa-
mined—My wife has a private income of between
£7OO and £BOO a year. She has a scar on the breast,
the result of an operation. I first knew that she
had consulted Madame Rachel on the 23d of
March last. She informed me, an I produced
Madame Rachel's account [The account, which
was put in, was a sum of £938 bs., for enamelling,
attendance, and preparations.] I never authorised
her to employ Madame Rachel. I always supplied
my wife with sufficient necessaries and medical at-
tendance. I did not go to the ball at Monmouth
which she attended. Speaking from my own per-
sonal observation, I think the scar is rather worse
than it was at the commencement of the year.
Cross-examined—My wife is in the neighbour-
hood of the court. I am a sailor, and am now in
the command of a vessel. I was not in the command
of one in January, February, or March last year. I
was then living in the neighbourhood of Belgrave-
square. I did not authorise my solicitor, Mr. Mac-
kenzie, to make an offer to Madame Rachel. I
allow my wife to consult what medical men she
likes, and pay the bills without examining the
items. She has a carriage.
Mr. Davison—l do not wish to be inquisitive, bht
I believe your income is considerable ?
' Captain Carnegie—lt is sufficient. (Laughter.)
Mr. Karslake and Mr. Davison having addressed
the jury en behalf of their respective clients,
Mr. Baron Wilde, in summing up, said—The
question for the jury was, whether the plaintiff had
made out to their satisfaction that Capt. Carnegie
had authorised his wife to employ Madame Rachel
in the way, described. In deciding that point they
ought to look at all the circumstances of the case,
the position of the parties, the peculiar nature of
the services rendered, and the fact that the wife had
a separate income of her own.
The jury, without more than a minute's delibera-'
tion in the box, returned a verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Special Jury.)

DYKE V. WILLIAMS-THE STEPNEY MURDER.

In this case the defendant applied for letters of
administration to the effects of Mary Elmsley, the
woman who was murdered at Stepney in 1860, on
the ground that he was her nephew and next of
kin. The Queen's Proctor intervened, and pleaded
that the deceased was illegitimate, and having died
intestate and childless the Crown became the legal
heir to her estate.

Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., Mr. Boden, Q.C., and Dr.
Spinks were counsel for the Queen's Proctor ; and
Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Dr. Wambey, and Mr. Bevir
for the defendant.

, Mr. O'Malley stated the case for the defendant,
which was opened first. His client contended that
' tiffs father, who died in 1850, and the deceased
woman were brother and sister and born in lawful
wedlock. Their alleged father was a shoemaker,
named Samuel Williams, and married a reputed
foreigner named Mary Poupare, at St. Dunstan's
Church, Stepney, on Sept. 5, 1780; and were both
described in the marriage register as of the hamlet
lof Ratcliff. After the marriage they lived at
Stepney, and had several children, including the
deceased and the father of the defendant, who had,
always been considered in the neighbourhood as
their legitimate children. Mary Elmsley was mar-
ried first to a man named Jones, and afterwards to
Elmsley, both of whom she survived. It appeared
that the family from whom the defendant claimed
to be descended had been located for years in the
neighbourhood to Ratcliff, where they carried on
what seemed to be their hereditary trade, that of
shoemaker; and one of the grounds on which the
defendant rested his claim was that his father car-
ried on the same business, and that he was brought
up to it also. When the Queen's Proctor was
induced to intervene, from information which
ho had received, he proceeded on the
plea that the defendant was illegitimate ; but
tile latter having succeeded in establishing the
marriage of his father and mother at St.
Mary's, Lambeth, *at plea was abandoned, and
that of the illegitimacy of Mary Elmsley substi-
tuted. The marriage certificate of Samuel Wil-
liams and Mary Poupare was also discovered after
some difficulty. The defendant's father and Mary
Elmsley treated each other always as brother and
sister, atid were in the habit of calling each other
by their Christian names. The learned counsel
also adverted to the fact of these two parties hav-
ing borne the Christian names of their parents, as
tending to prove that they were their children.
Samuel Williams, of Stone-stairs, Grove-street,
Ratcliff, the defendant, was examined, and stated
that his father and Mary Elmsley were on affec-
tionate terms, and he always understood they were
brother and sister. His father was buried in Step-
ney churchyard.
Elizabeth Golt, sister of the previous witness,
corroborated the preceding evidence as to the terms
on which her father and Mrs. Elmsley were until
his death.
Other evidence of a s;milar character was called;
and the case was not concluded at the rising of the
Court.

_
THE VOYAGE OF THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP
SCOTIA.—As much interest was attached to the respective
voyages of the steamships Great Eastern and the new
Cunard paddle steamship Scotia, and as the log of the
former has already appeared in our columns, the log of the
Scotia will no doubt prove of interest to our readers. Both
vessels encountered-most severe eastiirly weather, and
neither voyage can be taken as a criterion of the speed of
the respective vessels. The Scotia reports :—June 4, 2 5
p.m., discharged pilot ; 2 10 p.m., passed screw steamship
City of New York, of the Inman line, going into New
York ; wind E. June 5, wind variable, moderate breeze,
with cloudy weather; 6 50 p.m., passed the British ship
Constitution, bound east, lat 40 28 N, long 68 18 W ; dis-
tance run 260 miles from Sandy Hook. June 6, wind
east, strong gale, with high head sea ; fat 41 N,
long 62 38 W ; distance 258 miles. June 7, wind
SSE, hard gale, with heavy sea and rain, lat 41 22 N,
long 56 46 W ; distance 271 miles. June 8, wind N,
strong breeze, with high cross sea, lat 43 28 N, long
50 32 W; distance 297 miles. June 9, wind NE, mo-
derate breeze, with head sea, lat 45 36 N, long 44 25 W;
distance, 295 miles. June 10, wind ESE, with head sea;
at 330 p.m., passed a British ship of war, name un-
known, steering to the westward; lat 47 48 N, long
38 02 W; distance, 312 miles. June 11th, wind NE by
E, moderate breeze; with cloudy Weather; lat 49 42
N, long 80 12 W ; distance 320 miles. June 12, wind
.NNW, fresh breeze and cloudy; 5 30 a.ra, passed the
s.s. tdward Hawkins, bound E, lat 51 13 N, long
22 29 W; distance 338 miles. June 13, wind NW, fresh
breeze and cloudy; lat. 61 38 N, long. 13 33 W; distance
340 miles. June 14, fine clear weather; 12 45 a4ll. arrived
at Queenstown and discharged the mails ; 1.50 a.m. left
Queenstown for Liverpool ; 2.37 p.m. passed the royal mail
steamer Arabia, of the same line, bound west, distance 306
miles ; 4.28 p.m. arrived at Bell Buoy ; 9.40 p.m. arrived
in Liverpool, after a detention at the bar of 4t hours.
The Public Schools Commissioners visited the
Charterhouse on Monday last, and hold a general nate°t ithge
yesterday at their office in Victoria-street.
Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Devon, Lorldhaire:Ye
and the
Rev. W. H. Thompson, Mr. H. Raiford Vaug )ilelton,
secretary, Professor Bernard.

half-mile. 23 subs.
Mr. W. G. Craven's Woman in Red, 5 yrs, 7st
(T. French) 1
Sir H. Des Vceux's Snapshot, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Custance) 2
Mr. Mundy's Bolero 7 3 yrs, Est 41b (Whiteley) 3
Mr. Dunne's Zora, 4 yrs, 7st
The following also ran :—King of the Forest, Walloon,
Fractious, brother to King of Diamonds, Quicksilver, Pa-
resseuse, Cutler, Baffler, and Peru.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Zora, 5 to each agst Cutler and
Walloon, and 8 to 1 each agst ,Snapshot and Woman in
Red.

The start was delayed some time through Baffler break-
ing his stirrup leather and running the-course to the stables.
Zora jumped au ay with a decided lead, followed by King
of the Forest, Woman in Red, Snapshot, and Walloon, the
latter lying wide on the far side, the others, with Cutler,
Bolero, and Quicksilver, lying at their heels to the half
distance, when the two leaders were in trouble, and the
lead was taken up by Woman in Red, closely attended by
Snapshot and Bolero, the three finishing a good race home,
Woman in Red winning by a head ; a length and a half
between the second and third, a head between the third and
fourth. Quicksilver was fifth, Cutler sixth, and Walloon
next.

A Plate of 100 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each;
3-yr-olds and upwards. Weights for age. Winners

extra. Old mile.
Baron Rothschild's King of Diamonds, s_yrs, 9st 71b

71b extra)
Mr. Ward's Traveller, 3 yrs (H. Grimshaw) 2
Lord St. Vincent's Schehallion, 3 yrs (Hibberd) 3
Sir J. Hawley's Gallus, 6 yrs (Wells) 4
Betting-5 to 2on King of Diamonds.
Schehallion came on with a slight lead, waited upon by
Traveller, the favourite, and Gallus to the three-quarters of
a mile post, where the three leaders closed, and ran in com-
pany to the straight, where King of Diamonds took a de-
cided lead, and won with ridiculous ease by eight lengths.
The Gold Cup, value 300 sous, by subscriptions of 20 soya
cash, 200 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weights for
age. About two miles and a hal:4 15 subs.
Sir J. Hawley's Asteroid, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's Zetland, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ....(Challoner) 2
Mr. Cartwright's Fairwater, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 3
Lord Zetland's Carbineer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) 4
Count F. de Lagrange's Palestro, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 5
Mr. H. Savile's Harlequin, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .. (Bullock) 6
Mr. Merry's Investment, 3 yrs, 7st 21b.. (H. Grimshaw) 7
Betting-7 to 4 agst Carbineer, 6to 1 each agst Fairwater
and Investment, 7 to 1 agst Asteroid, 10 to 1 agst Zetland,
and 12 to 1 each agst Harlequin and Palestro.
Asteroid jumped away with the running, followed by
Harlequin, Zetland, Fairwater, and Carbineer, the others
lying close at their heels, in which way they ran past the
stand, but shortly after Fairwater took the second place,
Zetland going on third, with Carbineer in close attendance.
On sounding the top turn Asteroid increased his lead to five
or six lengths, in which position they descended the hill.
On reappearing in sight Fairwater had disappeared from
the front, and Zetland, with Carbineer, came on in attend-
ance upon the leader, Harlequin lying fourth, Investment
fifth, Fairwater next, and Palestro bringing up the rear,
in which way they ran to the three-quarter mile post ; the
leading horses got closer together, and came round the
turn into the straight nearly abreast ; Sir Joseph's colt,
however, having a slight advantage, with Zetland at his
girths and Carbineer on the outside, the three running to-
gether to the stand enclosure, where Harlequin and Invest-
ment were beaten, and Fairwater took her position in the
rear of Lord Zetland's horse; Asteroid shook off Challoner's
challenge a few strides from home, and won cleverly, but
not easily, by a neck. Fairwater passed Carbineer opposite
the Queen's stand, and obtained the third position by two
lengths. Run in 4 minutes 41 seconds.

New Stakes of 10 sous each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-old
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b, winners 51b extra.
T.Y.C. 56 subs.

Captain D. Lane's Blue Mantle, Bst 121 b (in. 51b extra)
(Ald croft) 1
Count F. de Lagrange's Vivid, Bst 71b (in 51b extra)
(H. Grimahaw) 2
Lord Stamford's Cerintha, Bst 71b (includ. 51b extra)
(Edwards) 3

The following also ran :—Vaulter, Dr. Syntax, Gold
Dust, Wasp c, Neilgherry, Canace, Amazonian, Hurry
Scurry, and Louise Bonne.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax, 6to 2 agst Blue Mantle,
3to 1 agst Cerintha, 10 to 1 agst Canace, and 12 to 1 agst
any other.
The start was delayed some time by the fractiousness of
some and the anxiety of others, and when at last the flag
was lowered Neilgherry set off with the running, followed
by Dr. Syntax, Cerintha, Vaulter, and Vivid, Blue Mantle
lying next on the extreme left. On nearing the stand
Vaulter gave way to Vivid, and Blue Mantle immediately
went with her to the front. In a few strides further Blue
Mantle quitted his horses, and cantered in by himself, a
winner by six lengths; Cerintha was a bad third, Dr.
Syntax fourth, the Wasp colt fifth, Gold Dust sixth, and
Vaulter seventh, the last two were the Hurry Scurry filly
and Canace.

A Plate of 100 sovs, for 2-yr-olds to carry 7st, 3 -yr-olds
9st 21b, maiden 2-yr-olds allowed 31b, and maiden 3-yr-
olds 101 b. Entrance 1 soy each, to go to the fund. T.Y.C.

.... (A. Day) 1
25 entries.
elit'te3, Y3rys'rs9,sBt s2tlb6lb (Fordhana) 2
Dukemr
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Lord Westmoreland's Black Knight, 2 yrs, Est 111 b
(Drew) 3
Mr. W. Wilson's Cairncastle, 2 yrs, Est 111 b .. (Evans) 4
The following also ran :—Marmion, Ledburn, Countess,
Korykory, Berkeley, Rough Diamond, Mary Aislabie filly,
Lady filly, Swoetwort, and Picador.
Betting-7 to 2 agst Birdhill, 4to 1 agst Picador, sto 1
each agt Annette and Black itziisht, and 5 to 1 agot any
other.
Korykory, in company. with Ledburn, made play, fol-
lowed by Cairncastlel Countess, Black Knight, Annette,
and Birdhill, to the road, where Cairnet;,,tle came out and
took a clear lead next the rails, which he held 1:0 the stand,
where he was pumped out, Birdhill, in company with lu-
nette, Black Knight, and Picador, at the same time came
to the front, and finished an excellent race home, Birdhill
getting hii head in front a few strides from home and win-
ning cleverly by a neck; a length and a half between the
second and third, a head separating the third and fourth
Picador was fifth, Korykory sixth, and Ledburn next,
Rough Diamond the absolute last,
A Plate of 100 soya, added to the sweepstakes of 5 soya
each; optional selling weights and allowances. Half-a-
mile. 13 subs.
Mr. Wood's King of the Forest, aged, 9st (1100) (Kendall) 1
Captain Coates's Libellous, 5 yrs, 9st (1100).. (Aldcroft) F
General Shirley's Misfire, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Lloo)(Fordham)
The following also ran :—Swindler, Grisette, Douche,
Surbiton Hill, and Witch of Endor.
Betting-6 to 4 agst King of the Forest, sto 2 agst Libel-
lous, 7 to 1 agst Grisette, and 8 to 1 agst Misfire.
far
King of the Forest, lying extremely wide on the side
made all the running, and won cleverly by half a length,
two lengths separating the second and third; Douche Was
fourth, Grisette fifth, Surbiton Hill sixth, and Witch of
The Royal Stand Plate, of 200 sovs, added to a sweep. Endor next. Swindler was last all the way.
stakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Weights for age, with certain allowances. Winners
extra. The second horse to receive £25 out of the stakes.
To start at the distance-post, and go once round and in.
15 subs.
3MrMr.JTa. crk saorne'ss
DTuimsk, W 2
nhiffier,
yrs, 7st 41b
Mr. It. Ten Bioeck's Optimist, 5 yrs, Bst 121b((Fordham)) 3
Mr. J. T. Stephenson's General Outram, 4 yrs, Bst
(H. Covey) 4

Betting-7 to 4on Tim Whiffler, sto 2 agst Optimist,
and 7 tot_ agst Dusk. _ _

Tim Whiffler made play at a sound pace, followed by
Dusk, General Outram, and Optimist to the three-quarters
of the mile-post, where General Outram dropped into the
rear, and Fordham drew upon tho leaders, and, crossing
the road, he ran past Dusk, and went up to the favourite's

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