The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-15 00:00:00

THE • SUN, LONIXIIZ, TUESDAY EVE Ni., :G, JULY 15, _lB6l

IHE NAVY.

VALETTA, July 9.—The movements of Her Ma-
jesty's ships in this port during the week are limited
to the arrival of the gunboat Wanderer, 4, Com-
mander M. C. Seymour, on the sth inst., from Con-
stantinople, this vessel having been relieved there
by the Gannet, 11, Commander the Hon. M. H.
Nelson ; the departure of the gunboat Alacrity, 4,
Commander J. Baird, on the 7th inst., with
despatches for the Commander-in-Chief and a mail
for Corfu, and the arrival this morning of the
Algiers, 89, Capt. E. B. Rice, from Naples. The
Alacrity took up, as passengers, Capt. Musgrave,
Rifle Brigade; Capt. Dudgeon, 22d Regiment;
Capt. Vesey, 22d Regiment ; and Capt. Wilkinson,
9th Regiment, and family. The Algiers left Naples
on the Ist inst., leaving in the bay the London, 89,
Capt. R. Chads. The Neptune, 86, Capt. G. G. T.
P. Hornby, was daily expected there from Malta,
but it does not appear quite certain whether Corfu
is not her destination. The Medina, surveying
stemship, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., will shortly
leave Malta to resume her important hydrographical
duties in the Levant. While in the Archipelago,
Capt. Spratt will, I understand, give his opinion as
to the best positions for the lighthouses which are
about to be erected to facilitate the approach to and
exit from the Dardanelles and Turkish harbours in
those waters. The navigating charts of Malta and
Gozo, constructed by Admiral Smyth many years
ago, in sections, have now been carefully revised
and corrected by Capt. Spratt, and will be shortly
republished in a more convenient form on sheets.
The Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, warped
into Bighi-Bay on the 4th inst. The dockyard
divers have discovered that upwards of 13
feet of her false keel have been knocked
away. This probably occurred when she grounded
inside of the reef at Tyre while attending on
the movements of the Prince of Wales. On com-
paring the chart then on board the ship with Capt.
Mansell's new chart of that harbour a sufficient dis-
crepancy has been found to acquit the navigating
officers of all blame. The injury can be repaired
by the divers withoat the necessity of her going
into dock. The gunboat Growler, Lieut. Comman-
der Dennistoun, leaves Corfu to-day for Malta,
with despatches from the Commander-in-Chief, and
may be expected here to-morrow or next day. The
gunboat Procris, Lieut.-Commander Palmer, having
completed her repairs in this dockyard, the officers
and crew have rejoined her, and she is only waiting
the arrival of her new commander, Lieut. the Hon.
J. Vivyan, who is expected in the Growler, to re-
sume her post at Gibraltar, to which station she will
convey supernumeraries for the Scylla. The Fox-
hound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. Hobart, will
take the next mail to Corfu on Tuesday. The
Hornet, 17, Commander J. Dayman, was by the
last accounts at Suez. The officers complain much
of the heat, which averaged 90 deg. to 100 deg. in
the shade. A French gunboat and a transport were
there, the latter embarking troops and horses for
Cochin China. Her Majesty's ships in port are—
the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Codringtou, C.B. ; the Algiers, 89 ;
the Doris, 32 ; the Malacca, 17 ; the Foxhound, 4;
the Wanderer, 4; the Surprise, 4; the Procris, 3 ;
the Boxer, 3; the Trident, 3 ; and the Hearty tug.
Foreign—ltalian corvette—Tripoli, 3 guns. Her
Majesty's surveying vessel Medina is still outside
taking soundings.

The Channel Channel Fleet have received orders for sea,
and, according to arrangements existing yesterday,
will sail from Spithead to-day for the Baltic,calling
in at the DoWnsfor pilots. The present intentions
are for the fleet to proceed in the first instance to
Stockholm, and afterwards to Riga, calling at
Copenhagen on their return from the Baltic,
sometime in the beginning of September. The
Channel Fleet now anchored at Spithead com-
prises the Revenge, 89, screw, Captain Charles
Fellowes, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief,
Rear-Admiral of the Red, Robert Smart, K.H. ;
St. George, 86, screw, Capt. Hon. Francis Eger •
ton ; Trafalgar, 86, screw, Captain J. B. Dick-
son ; Defence, 18, screw, iron frigate, Captain
R. Ashmore Powell, C.B. ; Emerald, 40, screw,
Capt. A. Cumming ; Galatea, 26, screw, Capt.
Capt. Roobfort Maguire ; Chanticleer, 17, screw,
Commander Charles Stirling ; and Trinculo, 2,
screw gunboat, of 60-horse power, tender to the
Revenge, flagship. The Warrior, 40, screw iron
frigate, Capt. Hon. A. A. Cochrane, in dock at
Portsmouth, is detached from the Channel fleet,
and consequently will not accompany the ships on
their Baltic cruise. The Warrior will be undocked
at Portsmouth to-day, and is expected to proceed
round to the Mersey, beyond which she has no
orders to extend her cruising at present.
Yesterday Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone,
Commander-in-Caief at the Nore, shifted his flag
from the Formidable, 84, Capt. W. G. Luard, to
the paddle-wheel steamer Wildfire, Mr. G. Brock-
man, Master-Commander, and paid a visit of in-
spection to the Wellesley, 72, Capt. E. G. Fan-
shawe, training ship at Chatham. The Vice
Admiral, who was accompanied by his secretary,
inspected the ship's company and the interior
arrangements of the vessel. The Commander-in-
Chief then visited the schools for boys, and sanc-
tioned some important alterations being carried
into effect which will considerably improve the
system of instruction carried out on board. In the
afternoon the entire ship's company was mustered
on deck, where they were exercised at gun drill,
small arms drill, and in all other exercises, all of
which the boys and lads went through in an ex-
ceedingly satisfactory manner. In the evening
Admiral Johnstone re-embarked in the Wildfire,
from the Sun-pier, and proceeded to his flagship at
the Nore.

The line-of-battle screw steamer Edgar, 89,
3,094 tons, 600-horse power, recently recommis-
sioned on her return from Mexico, is to have a
complement of 800 officers and men, including 4
officers and 131 non-commissioned officers and men
of the Royal Marines and Marine Artillery.
Yesterday 40 additional shipwrights were placed
on the paddle wheel steamer Salamis, 4,835 tons,
250-horse power, building at Chatham dockyard,
in order that she may be completed in as early a
time as possible, the Admiralty having directed a
vessel of large dimensions to be laid down on the
same slip as soon as "the Salamis is launched. It is
not yet decided whether the new vessel to be con-
structed will be built on Capt. Coles's shield prin-
ciple, or as an armour-plated ship.
The Racoon, 22, 400-horse power, was removed
from No. 3 dock at Chatham yesterday afternoon,
and later in the day left the harbour, under her
own steam, and went down to Saltpan Reach to take
on board a supply of coals previously to proceeding
on her trial trip to the Maplin Sands. During the
time she was in dock she underwent a very
thorough repair, and has been entirely refitted.
She is completely rigged, and with the exception
of shipping
bet Armstrong guns, shot and shell, and
sea stores,
is quite ready to proceed to sea. Rumour
states that she has been selected to convey his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred to Australia, and
some other distant places, the Racoon being known
as one of the fastest vessels of her class belonging
to the navy. She will probably hoist the pendant
in a few days, either at Chatham or Portsmouth.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :_Capt. J. B. Dickson, to the
P. P. Luxmoore to the
Dauntless, vice Capt. Osborn, superseded at his own
request
Re-
sistance ; C. 1-1 a
; C. a p.
Dicksonthe H; ofieuTt.. Baillie to the Trafalgar,
vice Capt -
Black Prince; the Re-
G. P. Goodri Harris midshipman, to the Revenge
H. J. Ilesk h
et r midshipman, to the Shannon ; L.
P. . Ba.yly,.midshipman, to
Rosario; G. eb, midshipman, supernumerary, to
Clement Hirtzel, White, second master, to the Edgar;
second master, to the Resistance;
Chas. W. M'Conn 1
eY, second master, to the Fox;
Chas. Salmon, acting
second-class assist-engineer,
, to the St. George; G. X. Moore, master's aspistant,

to the Rhadamanthus ; W. B. P. Thompson and G.
C. Hammond, master's assistants, to the Black
Prince ; H. A. C. Meesom and James D.D. Barnes,
master's assistants, to the Resistance.

deceased's missing clothing has yet been discovered,
a►though, of course, this is not much to be won-
dered at, seeing the police were chiefly on the hunt
for the woman, whose capture is above reported
Old Mr, Fleming still remains in custody, and
doubtless the apprehension of yesterday will have a
material effect on his position.

We understand another woman has since been
apprehended, as being concerned in the murder.
They will bo brought up at the police court this
morning.

GLASGOW, MONDAY, JULY 14.

To-day, James M.Lachlan and Jessie Mclntosh
or McLachlan, his wife, were brought up at the
Central Police court before the Hon. the Lord Pro-
vost and Bailie Brown, the presiding magistrates,
and charged with being concerned in the murder
of Jessie Macpherson, within the house of Mr.
John Fleming, at 17, Sandyford-place, on the night
of Friday, the 4th inst., or morning of Saturday,
the sth inst. It was the third case brought forward,
and the charge being called in the usual manner by
the Court officer, the two prisoners stood up at the
bar. The woman retained her composure ; but the
man, who is a respectable looking seaman of 30 or
31 years of age, seemed much confused. Neither of
them said a word in answer to the charge; and Capt.
McCall, acting as Procurator-Fiscal, craved the
Court to remit them to the Sheriff for examinfiiition,
which was of course at once acceded to by the bench.
They were then removed in custody to the Sheriff's
chambers in the County Buildings. Here the female
prisoner was stripped and thoroughly examined by
Dr. H. G. B. IVlcLeod, but we understand no marks
of her having taken any part in the struggle that
must have taken place at the murder were found
upon her person. The male prisoner was equally
well twice examined in the Central Police-office,
and with a similar result, as certainly might have
been anticipated in his case. The old man Fleming
was likewise brought to the County Buildings to-
day for further examination, but he had not been
called when we went to press. The other woman
who was apprehended yesterday, after the M‘Lach-
lans, is also in the County Buildings for exa-
mination. We understand that she is a charwoman
or washerwoman, residing in Holm-street, and acted
as a help for a considerable period at Mr. Fleming's
house. She was also well known at Mrs. M‘Lach-
lan's, and went about her house at 182, Broomielaw
street, having previously known her when she was
servant to Mr. Fleming. She has said, we are cre-
ditably informed, that Mrs_ McLachlan asked her
to go down on the Friday to keep her boy of three
years of age for a while, as she was going out.
This, however, she avers she did not do, on account
of some friends having come in in the afternoon and
detained her until she thought it was too late to go.
It is conjectured that she knows more about the
murder than this, although she affirms this is the
extent of her knowledge; but probably the investi-
gation now going on may reveal more of the matter
and her connection with it.
We learn that the woman M'Lachlan told her
husband after his return on Thursday that she
pledged the articles for old Mr. Fleming, who gave
her them on Friday night in her own house about
8 o'clock, and that he said he wished a little money
to enable him to take a trip into the Highlands,
telling her not to give her own name, as the articles
would be soon relieved. She further said that he
gave her £5 of the money received at Mr. Lundie's
office (1:6 155.) It is known that she paid £4 10s. of
rent last week, besides buying some other small ar-•
ticles, which may account for her stating that she
got so large a share of the money. James M‘Lach-
lan recommended his wife to give herself up as the
pledger; but this she refused to do, and hence, as
he knew the matter would come out, he did not go
with his vessel on Saturday as usual.

The house in which the M'Lachlan's live has two
rooms and a kitchen, and the kitchen and one room
is sublet to Mrs. Campbell, also the wife of a sailor,
and who likewise belongs to Inverness, and
knew Mrs. M'Lachlan before she came to Glas-
gow. The parties all enter from the same door,
and the M'Lachlans got to their room by passing
through Mrs. Campbell's room. Mrs. Campbell is
also under examination at the County-buildings as a
witness, and a most important witness'she will be.
We believe slit states that Mrs. M'Lachlan went
out about 10 o'clock on the Friday night, and that
she went to bed soon after, leaving the door on the
latch, thinking that Mrs. M'Lachlan would soon be
back again, especially as she had left her child of
three years of age in bed. About 4 o'clock, how-
ever, she was awoke by the child's cries, and these
continuing and increasing for some time, she went
in and found that Mrs. M'Lachlan had not returned
and that the child was still alone. She of course
comforted the boy. The mother did not come in
till about 9 o'clock, when she appeared to have
something rather bulky under her shawl. Mrs.
Campbell was requested to put on a fire for her, and
after Mrs. M'Lachlan had had breakfast she went
out, and did not return for several hours, during
which time she no doubt pledged the articles.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-July 14.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

'After Term Sittings, at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall,
' before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special
Jury).
THE QUEEN V. WALLIS-PERJURY.

This was an indictment for perjury. The de-
fendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Ribton and Mr. Edward Besley were counsel
for the prosecution ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr.
Sleigh, and Mr. Charles Smith for the defendant.
The prosecutor, Mr. Snooks, is a draper at Ports-
mouth, and the defendant is a solicitor practising
in the same town, and the perjury complained of
was with reference to a horse raffle, which took
place in February, 1857, at Portsmouth. The
prosecutor and defendant had been on terms of
intimacy for some years, and there were cross
accounts between them. In 1858 the prosecutor
went to Brighton to reside and returned to Ports-
mouth again in 1861, and recommenced business
there. After that the defendant applied to the pro-
secutor for his account, which amounted to between
£6O and £7O, and in Sept., 1861, he issued a writ
against him. This led to a cross-action of the pro •
secutor against the defendant, and Mr. Justice
Crompton made an order referring both actions to
the Master, and they went before Master Hodgson
in Feb. last, who, after several days' investigation
made his award in both actions in favour of the
' defendant. It was in reference to these proceedings
that the perjury was assigned, viz.—that the plain-
tiff stated before the Master that he had never at-
tended a horse raffle at the Cambridge Tavern,
Portsmouth, at the latter end of 1856, and further,e
that he never entered into negotiations with tho,
prosecutor relative to the purchase or exchangean
a Morse, or with two persons named Harrisfere fast!
Blackman. The raffle, it appeared,
trotting grey mare, which had been
and Ports-
match against time between Chichester t
one
guinea
was for
in a
mouth. There were 40 subscribers.
each, and the raffle took place
Harris, and
1857. The prosecutor, defendd
oa
nn
t
,tahe 12th Feb.,
after two or three
Blackman, were at the raffia, that was likely to
throws some one threw a number t
g sted by one of the
win, upon which it was Vs': the throw for £5.
four that they should puree,
and the prosecutor paid
That was accordingly' higher number was
the money. After dthuat a
thrown, which they purchased for .£l5, which the
prosecutor also
paid, and that number was the win-
ner. The three parties then became indebted to
the prosecutor
in each. Harris and Blackman
paid their Money,
but the defendant offered to toss
the prosecutor for melt. shares. They did so and
the prosecutor won. Upon that
the
ed h t
defendantat
he
should
wished to buy the
.mare, and it was
give £lO in cash, and a horse and pony
valued at £3O, which the defendant undertook to
sell for him at that price, or find him a ells..
tomer. After the award the defendant was
summoned before the alderman at Guild-
hall on this charge of perjury, and after
hearing the witnesses' evidence the alderman dis-
missed the charge, but upon an application from the
prosecutor, and in accordance with the provisions
of the late act, the witnesses were bound over to
attend at the ensuing sessions of the Central Cri-
minal Court, where the present indictment was pre-
! ferred and found, and afterwards removed by cer-