The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-29 00:00:00

THE GLASGOW MURDER.

Several meetings have already been held by the
sympathisers with the woman M'Lachlan, and the
North British Mail says that " Sir George Grey
will have a pressure put upon him probably un-
equalled in his experience as Home Secretary."
The Inverness Courier has the following :—" The
unfortunate heroine of this tragedy is, as she stated,
a native of Inverness, 28 years of age. Her father,
William Mackintosh, came from Strathdearn, and
struggled hard here to bring up a numerous family.
He wrought some time as a sawyer, and afterwards
kept a small butcher's shop in Waterloo-place.
Jessie has been gone from this town about nine
years, but visited her relations last year. Many here
recollect her as the smart barmaid or waitress in a
public-house at the shore kept by one of her sisters."
The Edinburgh Courant says In connexion
with Jessie M'Lachlan's 'statement,' a neglected
piece of evidence has been recurred to, which seems
to be in some degree corroborative of an important
averment in that document. The prisoner said that
old Mr. Fleming, after inflicting the wounds on the
deceased, took off and burned his shirt at the kitchen
fire. On Saturday, 12th July, the day prior to Jessie
M'Lachlan's arrest, and while old Mr. Fleming was
in custody, the authorities proceeded to the house
in Sandyford-place, and made a minute search for
all articles which might import guilt or participa-
tion in the murder. Among the ashes under the
kitchen grate the officer found a shirt button,burnt
but entire. It was taken possession of and pre-
served ; but, appearing to have no connection with
the case one way or the other, and especially as no
burnt clothing, or what appeared to be burnt cloth-
ing, was found, and there being only one button, it
was thought to have no bearing on the case, and
was accordingly thrown aside, After the state-
ment, however, the button was remembered, and
the article, fortunately, has been kept in safe cus-
tody. It bears unmistakable evidence of having
passed through the fire, and although whole when
found, has now to some extent crumbled away. A
distinct segment, however, still remains. The dis-
closure of this little incident on Friday naturally
tended to increase the excitement in the case. It is
undoubtedly a likely enough thing that the button
was thrown into the fire previous to the fatal en-
counter; and the fact that dressed shirts were
actually hanging over a screen in the kitchen that
night may favour the supposition that the deceased
in dressing them, threw a loose or broken button
into the fire, It may also be said that if Jessie
M'Lachlan's story is true, we ought to find, not one,
but several buttons."

We have just been informed that Mrs. M‘Lach-
lan is pregnant.

INUNDATION OF THE WEST END.

Yesterday evening about six o'clock, the residents of the
south-western district of the metropolis were visited by a
severe flood, attended by a large destruction of property.
The furniture of the basement floors of the houses in Bel-
grave and Eaton-squares, and the streets adjacent thereto,
swam in about from three to four feet of filth from the
sewers, and considerable damage was done to the contents
of the vaults at the public-houses.

Mr. Grant, the inspector of nuisances for St. George's
Hanover-square, was soon in the neighbourhood with a force
of men, endeavouring to stay the rush of the water, but
their efforts were without avail.

A similar outbreak took place about three or four years
ago, in Piccadilly, and the sufferers received compensation
from the parish, as it was proved to have arisen from sorsa
defect in the drainage ; but the present case is very different,
and could not have been prevented, consequently, it is feared
that the losses will fall individually upon each sufferer.
From the investigation that took place, it appears that the
sewers were overcharged from the heavy rain that fell during
the afternoon, and as the flaps at the Thames were closed—
it being high tide—the pressure was so great that the water
in the sewer was forced through the traps of the various
houses, causing thereby a complete deluge.

THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER " 290." The
Cairngorm, which has just arrived in London, reports hav-
ing spoken the Confederate steamer Alabama, the "290,"
off the island of Flores, one of the Azore group. The
people of the Alabama stated that they had taken and burnt
four Federal whalers, and captured one schooner. This
report contradicts a recent dispatch from America to the
effect that the Alabama had visited Charlestown harbour,
and received a large amount of specie from a pilot boat.
The dispatch is also further open to doubt from the belief
that there are now few, if any, pilot boats at Charleston.
ALLEGED MURDER OF A MOTHER NEAR HALIFAX.
—On Friday forenoon, a man named Wm. Hellewell, a
weaver and farmer, of Soyland, near Halifax, was appre•
hended on charge of murdering his aged mother, with whom
he lived. The prisoner is 41 years of age, and unmarried.
The deceased, his mother, is about 66, the widow of John
Hellewell, farmer. The deceased, it appears, was found
dead at the bottom of a precipice, near her farmhouse. It
is suspected that she was thrown into the excavation by
the prisoner, who it is well known has frequently treated
her with violence. During the last few weeks he has been
very unkind to her, and quarrels have been of frequent oc-
currence between them. She accused him of neglecting to
assist her in maintaining the firm, of getting money from
her and not paying her back, and of keeping company with
a young woman of whom she disapproved. There are two
sons living with the mother—William, the prisoner, and
David. The latter left the house on Thursday night, at half-
past 10 o'clock. The mother was then in bed and the pri-
soner had gone upstairs. The fire was out. There had
been a quarrel, and David was afraid to remain in the house.
He left and rambled about on the hill tops and in the val-
leys of the vicinity until morning. At 6 o'clock he went
back to the house, and was surprised to find no one in.
There was a pan on the fire containing some hot water, and
the fire had burnt out. The prisoner was soon after seen
in the farmyard, but he denied all knowledge of his mother,
and appeared very moody. The body of the poor woman
was found about two hours by some stone delvers. There
were several deep cuts on her head, and a bruise on her
arm. The cuts appear as though they might have beer).
made by falling over the cliff, which_is about 34 feet
but the injury on the arms seems to have been caused by
blow. In the course of the forenoon, the son William v'9l
apprehended on suspicion of murdering his mother, and
taken to Halifax,

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