The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-18 00:00:00

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THE '; SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1.562.

to know what is transpiring, though a battle has
been raging nearly all day within hearing. We only
know that the fight was resumed before day on the
other side of the Chickahominy, near Al echanics-
ville, and that by night the enemy had been driven
southward down the Chickahominy, a distance of
three or four miles. The firing, whenever they stood
their ground, was heavy ; but this generally was not
for long periods. Their falling back was, for the
most part, orderly, and they succeeded in getting- 1
off most of their artillery, as well as the greater part
of their dead and. wounded. Some six or eight
pieces of artillery were wrested from them, and the
usual amount of small arms, knapsacks, overcoats,
were found strewn along the line of retreat.
They evidently seek to avoid a general engagement,
-whether with the hope of reinforcements or with the
.view of drawing us on to their strongest positions,
or from sheer cowardice it is impossible to say.
" Our forces engaged yesterday were divisions
under command of Stonewall Jackson, Longstrfet,
and the two Hills. Our scanty information does
not :enable, us to say whether the forces on this
side of the Chickahominy were engaged yesterday.
The casualties are not believed to be heavy; though
quite :'number of wounded have been brought to
this city. To-day (Saturday) will probably witness
a general and decisive battle. We have no fear of
the result."

five o'clock they engaged the enemy, hidden tby.
woods and the swelling of hills, and the firing firm
musketry and field batteries was soon intense. The
rebels did fatal execution among us, and some of our
most valuable officers fell here, wounded and dying.
The reports of ordnance had now been heard so
many days that such chaos seemed the normal con•
dition of nature, and painfully the battle want on.
It was scarcely an enthusiastic fight, for Lathe ro-
mance of battle had worn off by reason of its mono-
tony. The men fought well, however, though half-
dead with heat, thirst, and weariness.,, Some brokd
for the river and plunged in the cold water for an
instant ; then, emerging, rushed back to the fray,
and fought like lions.
" Fresh troops and superior numbers seemed!
bearing the tide of battle against us at five o'clock,
and the fate of the'army hung trembling in the sun-
set, when a new advocate—half of God, half of man
—came to our relief.
" About five o'clock in the afternoon the gunboats.
Galena, Aroostook, and Jacob Bell opened from
Turkey Island Bend, in the James River, with shot
and shell from their immense rifled guns. The pre-
vious roar of field artillery seemed as faint as the
rattle of musketry in our comparison with these
monsters of ordnance, that literally shook the water
and strained the air. The shells seemed to be sup-
plied with eight second fuses, and a considerable
interval elapsed between the shock of the report and
the subsequent explosion of the shells, They fired
about three times a minute, frequently a broadside
at a time, and the immense hull of the Galena
careened as she delivered her complement of iron
and flame. The first few shots went wide, but the
man in the Galena's topmast look-out signalled the
proper elevation to the guns, and soon they threw
among the serried rebels on the hill their ponderous
obligations, that cut down whole ranks, spreading
confusion, desolation, and dismay. The fire went
on with the same fatal effects, making music to
the ears of our tired men and consternation among
the exultant and bloodthirsty traitors. They, already
confident of concluding their work, and driving us
into the James, began to reel and grow uneasy.
Their fire perceptibly slackened ; their ranks seemed
slow to close up when the naval thunder had torn
them apart ; disaffection and disappointment had
already seized them, and every deep tocsin from the
Galena added its impetus to the prevailing dread.
" Signals were given to the Galena to cease firing
while a charge which had been determined upon by
Heintzelman was made, the Galena having already
hauled off. This was done by consecutively placed
signal officers all the way from the point of battle
to the banks of the James river. When the thunder
lulled and the great ship rested after her labours
Heintzelman made a little appeal to his generals,
telling them that in the dash about to be made their
confidence and courage might not only save the
army, but do something toward avenging the great
number of loyal men who had fallen in the several
fatal encounters.
" The soldiers, poor, heroic, jaded fellows, respon-
ded with a spirit that must have come from hungry
hearts, and soon the grand corps of Heintzelman
was in line, with the gaunt, gray figure of its com-
mander galloping down its columns. The enemy an-
ticipated some such dash, for they directed their fire
upon this part of the line, if possible more concen-
tratedly than ever. Then Heintzelman passed down
the order, and like the surging of a sea long em-
bosomed in a plain the column moved, slowly, cer-
tainly, vigorously belching fire and ball at every
step ; but never halting until they came so close to
the rebels that they might have hulloed the names
of each, man to man, across the little interval. The
latter came up bravely to the offered combat ; but
there was a destructiveness in our fire and a vehe-
mence in our tread that they could not withstand.
The fiery brigade of Meagher edged up gallantly
on the right, using the musket right soldierly ; and
General Sickles' Excelsior Brigade, already fearfully
cut up, went into the action like a battalion of
fresh veterans. The brigade of Hooker was ably
lead by that distinguished officer; and Gen. Kear-
ney seemed übiquitous, as he screamed his orders
here and there, always urging his men on to the
foe. The brigade of Gen. Grover, including some
Massachusetts regiments, behaved finely here, but
the whole corps was a unit, and Heintzelman was
its genius. Pushing steadily ahead, defying all
efforts of the enemy to break or turn its line, the
corps bad at last the satisfaction of seeing the
enemy break and fly in confusion to the swamp,
totally dispirited and repulsed. We took in this
engagement over 2,000 prisoners, but as our object
had been gained in covering our advance to the
James River, it was not deemed of sufficient im-
portance in view of the risk to be encountered in
holding possession of them through the night. A
large number of these prisoners, however, remain in
our hands, and will serve in some sort to console us
for the loss of very many of our own.
" The battle of White] Oak Swamp was scarcely
second to that of Gaines Hill in point of losses of
life, wounded and prisoners. We undoubtedly suf-
fered less than the enemy, who was literally but-
chered, but our loss is nevertheless enormous.
We lost all of Mott's battery but a single
gun, the whole of Randall's battery, one
gun, we believe, of Captain Ayres', and several
others in various parts of the field. We could not
have lost in killed, wounded, and prisoners, less
than 2,500 men, and our loss may reach twice that
amount. But we gained our point, and made the
James River, despite all the enemy's attempts to cut
us off therefrom. In failing to do this he suffered
the retreat, whereas in the pitch of battle we beat
him back with immense loss, and so crippled that
he was either unable or unwilling to fire a gun next
day. The gun boats Aroostook and Galena are
entitle to the most unbounded credit. They crane
into action just at the right time, and did first-rate

" In the battle of Savage's 'the rebels fired into
our hospitals repeatedly, although admonished by
the customary red flag, and afterwards by a
white flag. pelf to all appeals, for forbear-
ance, they continued to hurl messengers of death
among those already past their vengeance, and the
wounded were compelled to lie immovably, and re-
ceive the quietus to their sufferings from the hands
that had already maimed them. A few had limped
away from the hospitals, but were shot down when-
ever they were discovered by the bloodthirsty foe.
" The battle of Savage's was much heavier than
that of Peach Orchard. We lost, in addition to our
wounded—all of whom fell into the possession of
the enemy--from 700 to 1,000 men, the greater
part of whom were killed and wounded. Most of
the wounded and all of the killed were left behind,
as we had no means of transportation for them, and
the exigencies of the army would not allow of delay
in waiting the tardy movements of the wounded.
The enemy lost severely, and several of his caissons
were blown up by the effectiveness of our firing-
During the several parts of the action we took not
less than 500 prisoners, but were compelled to let
them go for the same reason that operated in the
case of our wounded.
" The weary but still resolute soldiers received
orders at midnight to fall back rapidly from Savages
across White Oak Swamp. The enemy was making
furtive attempts to over-reach them in this respect,
and it was likely to become a tight race between
the rebels and Unionists as to which should first cross
the creek and gain the high grounds on the other
side. If they should be more speedy, and
succeed in placing the swamp between ourselves
and them, our retreat would be almost inevit-
ably cut off, and almost the whole army butchered
or surrendered. Although every soldier and
officer felt this dreadful alternative so close, no
one acted otherwise than as a Northerner and
a man. There was no murmuring, no flinch-
ing, no undue hastening, only the subdued talk
of soldiers comparing opinions, the steady tramp
of battalions, and now and then the grit-
ting of teeth, or the hard drawing of a breath
to indicate the bitterness in the hearts of all.
Had some lost spirit supplied the torch, there was
the requisite fire in the whole army to rush head-
long upon immolation at Richmond, and end the
campaign with honour if not with consummation.
At dawn all had reached the swamp and the enemy
was coming on behind.
" The enemy followed us hard toward White Oak
Swamp, the faithful fellows of Heintzelman, Sum-
ner, and Franklin protecting our laggard baggage
and artillery. These, indeed, were compelled to
keep in line of battle across the country along the
whole extent of the retreat, for the enemy was for
ever endeavouring to turn us upon the right and
the left. Notwithstanding this our march exhi-
bited no symptom of haste or fear. The trains went
on duly but not riotously, and when finally the last
waggon and cannon went plashing through the
creek, our teams whitened all the hills on the
southern side, and the weary soldiers, having torn
up the bridge, laid themselves down to rest. It was
now 8 o'clock on Monday; a day arid, dusty, and
closer than the panting but indomitable Northerners
could well endure. Many of them were hungry;
the water in the swamp was such that the stomach
turned at it with loathing, and the wounded hob-
bled here and there with dry eyes that seemed to
plead for drink. White Oak Creek runs through a
belt of swamp timber, precisely as the Chickaho-
miny flows through its encompassing morass. The
creek is not more than four or six feet deep, and
had been made passable by the Engineers Brigade,
who built a good corduroy bridge across it. A strip
of bottom land lies on both sides of the swamp, and
on the north side a steep hill, crowned with a farm
house, formerly the head-quarters of General Casey,
had been encircled by our own troops with a line
of rifle pits. An abattis also stretched across the
bottom land. Beyond the stream the country was
rising, and two farm-houses lay opposite each other
at a little distance, where some of our officers
stopped to rest and refresh.
" Beyond the most eastern house ran a small
creek, supported by a thick wood. This was the
right of our new line of battle, where General Han-
cock was posted with his brigade, consisting of the
sth Wisconsin, 6th Maine, 43d New York, and
49th Pennsylvannia. Generals Brooks and David-
son lay close in to Hancock, and the batteries of
the division were commanded by Captain Ayres,
formerly of Sherman's battery. Generals Sumner,
Heintzelman, Porter, and in fact the whole of the
aomy, excepting the corps of Keyes and an im-
mense number of stragglers that had pushed on
towards the James and could not be rallied in time
to be of service, extended the line of battle upwards
of four miles to the left, bordering the whole dis-
tance upon the swamp, with batteries ranged upon
every commanding hill, and a strong picket situ-
ated at Charles City Cross-roads, where it was
shrewdly expected the enemy would attempt to
come out in force from Richmond.
" Hancock's position was a strong one, and it
would have taken a strong enemy to dislodge him.
The fire commenced at this point on Monday, when
the bridge that the engineers had constructed for
the passage of our army, having subserved its pur-
pose, was removed from White Oak Creek. Pre-
viously the railroad bridge had been burned, the
culverts blown up, and a lot of superfluous ammu-
nition
and cumbrous baggage run by train into the
Chickahominy,
"He appeared on White Oak Swamp in great
force, and directly opened from some 20 masked
batteries that blew up several of Captain Mott's
caissons, dismounted his pieces, and raised a hub-
bub generally among teamsters, waggoners, can-
noniers, and infantry. The 20th New York at this
time made their celebrated stampede, for which
next day the Provost Guard, by order of General
M'Clellan, picked them up and took them to head-
quarters like so many culprits.
" However, very soon our light batteries recovered
thittselves and vigorously responded to the enemy,
who was soon at a perceptible disadvantage, as far
accuracy and effect were concerned. Our infantry,
too, fell in line, ready to support the batteries or
meet halfway any attempt of the rebel infantry to
push across the creek. Thus the battle progressed
till lite in the afternoon with serious loss to both
sides—more wounds from cannon shot perhaps re-.
suiting than at any other time in any battle. The
rebels made some desperate efforts to cross the creek,
leutAGene. ral Smith brought his men up to close
quarters with them whenever they dared the con -
test,, and although in each case some of our best and
most beloved
soldiers bit the dust there were no
signs.of holding off% The canon fire was incessant
hen, same of the
flit) deepestextended
and closest of the war, and
had
along whole columns.
hitiTfhef age nrcannonading
o n
ag a
oiicontinued several hours
witWe had, however,
y the a
baggage and artillery
teanlF.
prevented the enemy from
pierce its fastnesses at
rossing the swamp in Our front, and fondly hoped
That this hope
that ;!le
cildedbNevausnable to
grerlt four miles from Aar •
ppearance
Charles
any other point of ouserofrnoig;ichuetstuoitrfi
e d left.b
was ill fwouonu
City Cross-
lute Oak
°rTo.atdlise, ewnheimetliirels about
Swamp, duo south, and about a mile and a half or
two miles from the James
,River at Turkey Island
Bend. Ho had advanced direct from Ridhinond
eight brigades, the first under command of the re_
doubtable General H. A. Wise, and when dis-
covered at the Cross-roads was endeavouring to
work quietly
down the river road between our
trains, our wounded, and the army-
Two hours
cess ul,
pre-
vious such an attempt might
have been si c
Wed.
when utter ruin and confusion would have en
Porter and Keyes were
ordered up to repel these
from the battle of Friday in so great a degree that
new corners, the troops of the former still suffering
many regiments had no organisation atull, end many
brigade's scarcely" a regimental organisation. •At

•,-__;______
TEE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN
GLASGOW.

DISCOVERY OF THE STOLEN WEARING APPAREL,
AND FURTHER DISCLOSURES.
(From the North British Daily Mail.)
Another day of anxious and persevering effort
has been spent by the authorities in the endeavour
to piece together the disjointed facts in their pos-
session which bear upon this perplexing and diffi-
cult inquiry, and to obtain such farther information
as may conduct, by a distinct road, to a conclusive
inference. It cannot be said that their sagacious
and indefatigable labours have been attended by
any signal success ; they have not lighted upon any
commanding incident of such a nature as by itself
to put the stamp of certainty upon current suspi-
cions ; but a multitude of minute circumstances have
transpired the whole set and drift of which bear
very strongly against the female prisoner, while
leaving the position of the old man Fleming
perfectly unaffected. As against her, there is
evidence, the amount and force of which is con-
stantly growing, to show that she was in the
house on the night of the murder, and to connect
her with the things that have been missed from it
both those belonging to the Flemings and those
belonging to the deceased woman. As against him,
there is only the inherent improbabilities of his
story as told from the first, aggravated by the cir-
cumstance of his continuing to deny that he even
knows the woman. So much of the facts as has been
permitted to ooze out has sufficed to work a great
change in public feeling. The unreasoning rage
which rushed at once to a condemnation of the old
man has largely subsided, and there are few who do
not anticipate the likelihood of his release, or are
unprepared to hail it with gratification.
The evidence which tends to show that Mrs.
IVl'Lachlan was in the house on the night of the
murder is two-fold. There is first the bloody foot-
print left on the floor. The mark was that of a naked
foot. It appeared in three places—on a piece of
wax-cloth laid down over stone, on a carpet, and
on a bit of wooden flooring. The last was the one
cut out and preserved. An accurate tracing of it
was made by an artist. The experiments which we
mentioned yesterday as having been conducted with
the view of obtaining the means of comparison be-
tween it and an impress of the same kind from the
foot of the female prisoner, have been renewed and
verified. She was made first to dip her foot in blood,
then to press it on wax-cloth, on a piece of thick
wool, and on the bare flooring. All this, it may be
mentioned, she did, as she does everything she is
asked, with the most pliant obedience. The result
was that the tracing of the last imprint corresponds
with the utmost exactness to that found in the house
at Sandyford-place. The other piece of evidence also
carries great circumstantial weight. Before leaving
her own house on. Friday evening, she borrowed a
bottle from bet neighbour, Mrs. Campbell. The
one given her was of a peculiar shape. A bottle,
which Mrs. Campbell pronounces exceedingly like
it, though she declines to say that it is actually the
one, has been found in the house at Sandyford-
place, smelling as if it had recently contained rum.
Of course the conjecture is that she had purchased
some of that liquor on her way from her own house
to Fleming's ; and the best efforts of the police will
now be directed to ascertaining whether any pub-
lican served her on the evening in question. On
the other hand, we have to reiterate, in contradic-
tion to current rumour, that the marks on her fin-
gers are not such as to show any participation in a
violent straggle. Meanwhile a great degree of
interest has been created by the evidence which
tends to connect her with the articles supposed to
have been stolen from the house. They have been
recovered, and the manner of their recovery is not
the least curious part of this strange and intricate
affairs.
It is 'already well known that the unfortune
woman Jessie M'lntosh's husband, Sas. M`Lachlan,
is a native
of Greenock He is the second youngest
son of the deceased Jas. M'Lachlan, who was in the
spirit trade, and was latterly a broker, and was well
known in these two capacities in the Vennel, near
to the foot of Cowgato, as an industrious man, for a
period of3o years. He reared a large family, and
three of his daughters are married and still reside
in Greenock. The eldest of these is the wife of
Mr. William Reid, who keeps the Greenbank
Washing Green, at Drumfrochar-road. James,
their brother, is a most exemplary and well-doing
young man, who was bred to the sea, was some
time in Australia, and has been gradually rising in
the :esteem of his employers by dint of his own
perseverance and good conduct. His sisters—or
rather half-sisters, for they are the children of his
father's first wife—do not appear to have held much
communication with their now unhappy sister-in-
law, Jessie M'lntosh. Two of them speak of her as
one who seemed to think herself a little above them
in station; and all of them concur in saying that they
always thought her a sober woman, although fro m
some appearances they had4misgivings as to Orprift,
aird'hfreeleen at a loss to account for irei*.lteriiii g
difficulties, as she occupied a house or rather only P.
portion of a house, rather below than above one in
her station. With Mrs. Reid, however, she seemed
to have been more in communication, and this may
have led to what we are about to narrate, which
has had so great an effect upon the elucidation of
the whole affair. James M‘Lachlan, the husband
of the female prisoner, called yesterday at the
police-office, and informed them that he had some•
thing important to tell the detectives in charge of
the mysterious case. After hearing what he had to
say, a sheriff officer proceeded to the South-Western
Railway Station, in Bridge-street, where he re-
eeriveeenclock, asmaaldldtrienssebdo—x,,mr. Thomson, , which had been sent from
G
County-
buildings, Glasgow." This box contained clothing
which belonged to the deceased woman Macpher-
son, which was stolen from Sandyford-place on the
night of the murder, viz.:-1 black watered silk
dress, plain skirt, sometime worn, and in good con-
Ction, body separate from skirt, and lining out of
skirt; 1 silk dress, or skirt, of a cinnamon chang-
ing colour, with two flounces ; 1 black silk polka;
1 black silk velvet cloak, lined with blue quilted
silk; 1 drab cloth cloak, large size,
with plaits and
tassels on back; 1 black harness plaid, colour ori-
ginally green but dyed black; a brown paletot,
made from a shepherd tartan plaid, which had been
dyed brown. It seems that after the female pri-
soner came from Hamilton on Monday or Tuesday
previously
theweek,
na
gd
enclosed the contents of the bundle which she took
rneed
nto e
stdhaey
ar inddg eh- sa txgt Station on
from the leather box in Mrs. Chassell's house in
Hamilton in a small tin box, she sent in by the
South. Western Railway to Ayr, addressed—" Mrs.
Darnley, Ayr, to lie till called for." It was ac-
cordingly duly delivered at the station in Ayi,
where it lay till Friday, when it was sent back by
sonic one, and received here by James M'Lachlan,
the prisoner's husband, who paid for it at the
station in the usual way, and took it away. The
box was then taken to Mr. Reid's house at Green-

service.
"In addition to the loss of our field batteries
reported, we also lost several of the large siege guns
that had reached the army only a few days before
the action of Friday. A number of them were
spiked, however, and rendered useless for all time
to come."

"WASHINGTON, JULY 4.

" The latest advises received at the War Depart-
ment from General M'Clellan's army are dated nine
o'clock this morning, up to which time there had
been no fighting since Tuesday.
" General Dix reports the arrival to-day, at
Fortress Monroe, of 553 rebel prisoners, being a
part of those taken during the late battles. Among
them are several colonels and majors.
" General Dix has ordered away all civilians frcm
Fortress Monroe, and no persons will be permitted
to pass to that point of the army of the Potomac ex-
c9pt those connected with the military or naval
Iservice." •
The following account is taken from the Rich-

2nond Wing, June 27:
"Yesterday afternoon an engagement opened a
few miles north-east of the city, which we have
no reason to doubt is the beginning of the great
conflict that is to decide the fate of this capital, and
perhaps of the Confederacy itself. The can-
nonading, till an hour or more after dark was
quick and heavy, exceeding in rapidity and
volume that at Seven Pines. Not a word from the
field has reached the city. The reason probably
is, that the attack was made and the fight waged on
the enemy's rear. The city is confident and calm.
Information came to hand last night that the attack
was made by General A. P. Hill's division on the
enemy's position near the Meadow Bridge, about
3 o'clock. The enemy recoiled, leaving a battery,
as is reported, in the hands of our troops, Retreat-
ing about two miles, the enemy made a stand in
their entrenchments at Mechanicsville, and offered
vigorous resistance for two or three hours, but they
Austerlitz:'Y
could not stand the impetuous onset of our victorious
troops, and again broke and made for the main body
of Welellan's army, leaving three batteries to their
tvuarsuers. Darkness put an end to the chase. We
gloriouosi reports of casualties. The battle opens
May this morning's sun be our sun of

possess and to
4‘ We ii(vP:riththe Richmond Whig, Tune 28.)
iAuat the information we expected to
the operations y„tl'etrato our readers this morning of
authorities exclude all yesterday
In front of this city. The
reporters from the lines of the
army and afford no iutelte
to the press, though
the whole country is almobetZ:
eatilless with anxiety

asst at the corner of the street. The pri-
_').eotn• tiliaayt
the
e letterle letter
wouldrp ro c,
uccoetudedoind
c 0 Mondaymeb
'r•E cted to Mrs. Soames, as if
—.—.---- ------------
ock on the afternoon of Friday last bY James 1 No. 27, and went to sleep at the 13A house, also 1 quently in
belonging to the deceased, and also let out in apart-
M`Lachlan, the husband, himself, find it still con- morning, c.
• ments. They heard nothing more of the deceeesd 1 . ;skid witness ttake;' in. she
was
tainEd the missing clothing of the deceased Jessie live, hlld .
‘isoner.told i
o it On the
until morning, when she was found to be seriously
Macphersen. pi It is said that the prisoner, Jessie
in with vomiting, purging, and other violent\ fo (witness) took it in. The prisoner
M'Lachlare, stated to her husband that she had had 1 I post, - airs uic' 1
Atoms. A medical man was called in and at- rime clown st q Riy, took the letter frbm her,
these clothes in her possession for a week before the symp Itowainl3fig :\bfilil
stairs again. Witt] ess was not pre-
murder for the purpose of having them altered, tended the deceased. Miss. Roe had only seen the and went up
sent at the it. pest, nor had she been summoned
once on that day, but on the following
and only urged her husbandsto .convey them .to 1 deceasedthere.
when the deceased wished to see her, -
Greenock to be out of the way, ,lest the nossession day, . Miss Jane AI oreland spoke to the letter produced
as being, to the best of her bel'asf, in the prisoner's
of them might excite suspicion against her of being namely, on the Friday, the prisoner ' told Miss
hi indwriting.
Mrs. Sarah 4 Ille n, who Fixed next door to the
concerned in the murder, which she disavowed. The Roe that the deceased must be kept very quiet,
aE,ceased, said t bat o n In an ng of the death of the
box lay at Mr. Reid's up-till yesterday morning. and it would be better not seeing her. The de-
• r the cause of death, the
On Tuesday night James M(Lachlan, the husband,ceased died on that night, or rather between three
the Saturday morning. After dice sect she VO 3nt into t he, house of Mrs. Soames,
and four o'clock
on
only one that' knew the
arrived at Greenock by the 10 o'clock train fromclnlrist,hige wiratism, .%
thhee,
the death the prisoner called Miss Roe into he,- end on Le
Glasgow, and proceeded to the house of his brother-and " I have something to tell you. Mrs. Priscner said,
100111 said, ; she formed some i secret tht .t tie decease sd d ied ofpoison ; but it was
in-law, where the box and contents were. He was Soaesies's is not a natural death
man who has promised her 1 'kept quie\'• to the sake (yi' the deceased's daughter.
in a state of great agitation of mind, distracted be- eoneeenion with some
d had obtained money from her ; she \ It being' now long bf iy. oad the office hours, the
tween a feeling of affection and pity for his wife marriage, and
he had been deceived;
on the one hand, and a sense of duty on the other. found 8 . presence on Wednesday
er's
in her. (Ole prison )
He knew the eagerness with which the detectives. h deed was done." The prisoner
night, am;
•t a r come in ft day or
were on the search for the missing clothes, and if added that te
here would be a letter
and it would be all about
he was not the means of placing them where they two from this, man'
tter came, and she, Miss
f the le
were, he knew at all events that they were there, money, and that 1.. was to give it •to her. On the Yes terday the cot rim ittee of the House of Lords,
and also knew the importance their discovery would Roe, received it, she
titter did arrive, and that Lord Portman in thi 3cl sair, held a final ' •
sitting, and
have in sending the grave charge farther home in Monday morning the s . Soames, Alfred-street, settled the working and financial terms of theciam '-
letter was directed to Mrs.' •
the direction of his unhappy wife. After passing il alive, and that letter gam etion measure w hie h. has I • • a
as though that lady was stn. • ' handwrit- b so long ocempied the
a night of agonising suspense, he rose with a deter- he would prove to be in the I.srisoner s consideration of both houses, and
by 'which the
mination to proceed direct to Glasgow and deliver itig. The letter was as follows e-_ ey hurt at my not whole of the East Aug li a n system of railways will
up the box and its contents to the criminal authori-
bei "DearatM homea ri ae,n—Fl rhi
doap
ye y olu
wwaass
snuort ;act £
2to hear a labdy hereafter be conducted :under the deFiignation of
ties. Accordingly, he quitted Mr. Reid's house inlblgack wanted me. Ic.an't let you have till," .Of now,
Monday ut "- the Great Eastern Raihi 'ay." Propositions were
yesterday morning, taking the box along with him, if you will let me have ten more I will by.ofnwb. t you're ls id before the committee by qounsel for both cora-
and was understood to leave by the 8.45 train. cgoorinneettothdeocotronaenr.yboDdoyn.' tsesnai
maneyt
wording if you wasl.e
inmot pa Dies relative to the di<deries to be declared on
When the husband left Greenock yesterday morn- well after you got home on Wednesday, as you •-IGI.e at Eastern A stock, w hereupon this committee
ing a porter conveyed the box to the railway. happy in the afternoon. Direct this letter as the first use. ,
deed
led that the profits, of
letter
street. Be cheer- the undo risking,
to be, for the postman found fault in ti..
..
ap-
When the above information got wind in Greenock ful, and come on Wednesday. I will be there. 'Write by p: ice, ble to the payment of dividends upon ordi-
yesterday afternoon Captain Newnham, superinten- return.-.-Yours." stock, shall be divided at ran equal rate
dent of police, proceeded immediately to Glasgow, This letter was produced at the inqueel 9
' t but as nary
perannum amon st t
the writer was unknown no inquiry was set on foot per ea 'ht- g Ile proprietors
with the view of ascertaining whether James •
with respect to it, and a loose verdict was returned, of the ordinary stock and Great Et astern A stock,
M'Lachian had carried out his intention of deliver- though the inquisition was endorsed " Suspected
subject k reduction,
ing up the box and clothes to the criminal authori- poison." He should now call witnesses to put in
with res-ok set to the last-mentioned s tock, that is to
ties in the city, which, as stated above, he did, and proof of the facts he
had stated.
thus saved the authorities a great amount of labour. M
r. Samuel Emery Barnes was here sworn, and say, the p T,lprietors of Great E A Stock
ann st
said he was a draper, living at Highbnry House, be entitled
• ua yto an addition asterzi
c f £6,9365ha1l
(the
As it was, however, Inspector Smith spent the Holloway-road, Islington. The deceased, Maria proposition
gh Soames, , et* the Eastern Union 'was that the addi-
search of Hamton
1 was his half-sister, and a widow. She tion should b. 1 £19,589), being four per cent. per
whole day making a thorou il
where it was supposed the clothing might have been died on the 18th of October, 1856. On the amount over and. above £316,330
found. Diligent search will now continue to be Wednesday preceding her death she came to his
annual on the
Union Comptes,
(the Eastern :y's figures were
made for the missing portion of the prisoner's own house about eleven o'clock in the morning and
clothing which she must have disposed of in some remained until between two and three in the £ , 489 728) „pen, ied by the Ea stern Union Rail-
afternoo . . n She was then in her usual state of way in the constru etion of the Hi arwich and Wood-
way, as the recovery of it would doubtless throw health, which was very good, as she never bridge branches; th 'at if the asr. tern Union liabili-
some light on the matter. complained, and was seldom unwell, except
ties shall in respect c 1 all fixed ,annual charges be
found t
Between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday, from a bilious attack, which did not occur once
•
. o be 'ess than £72,000 pe r annum, the pro-
both prisoners were brought down from the North in a twelvementh. She came for the purpose
rietors of Great East ern A stock shall be entitled
Prison to the County Buildings, for further ex- of borrowing £lO, and he found by his cash book p
that he let her have £9, and he could not now say annually to such an ad dition as sha 11 be equal to the
amination, before Sheriff Strathern. As early as
why he did .
not let her have the full amount. As difference between the amount of such fixed charges
ten o'clock, numbers of individuals had con- to her pecuniary position, she had a small income anal liabilities a.nd £72, 000, and if suet fixed charges
gregated in Brunswick-street, so that when the left to her by her late husband, amounting to from
and liabilities shall ,Ise found to be more than
cabs in which the unfortunate persons were £BO to £lOO a year. In the year 1855 he had paid
£72,0,90 per annum the share per annum of the
conveyed drew up, a crowd rushed round her about £6O, legacies left her by her father and
others, and in 1856 he had paid her £43 10s. These proprietors of-Great East ern A stock in. the divisible
them, eager to get a momentary glance of the pri
sums were quite independent of her ordinary income. profits .shall be less by the difference between the
Boners, making it somewhat difficult for them to get •
On the Friday following he was sent for, and was : £72,000 and the amount of such fixed. charges and
into the buildings. The old man appeared to retain surpriped to find her very ill in bed, suffering from
liabilities.. Provisions -were also considered and
his coolness and quietude ; but the female presented sickness, diarrhea, burning at the chest and throat.
. , ratified feeing the share ce,pital of the amalgamated
a most pitiable appearance—haggard and emaciated He saw the prisoner then, but had no recollection
company at the sum of 114,.,765,999, with power to
in the extreme--and a marked contrast to her con- of having any communication with her. In conse-
quence of a message he went there on Saturday, increase the same not exceeeling £1,200,000, with
dition even when she was apprehended on Sunday.
and to his utter surprise found his sister dead. He power to borrow on mortgage or bond, £4,750,000,
Old Fleming was first examined, and, we under- had a great suspicion at the time, and had caused .e °-e ‘
t th s4r with £675,000 of debei2ture stock, to be
stand, still adhered to his first declaration, that he the inquest to be held. He caused the inquest be-
issued eo the East Suffolk Company to be applied
n
knew nothing about the matter more than hearing cause he thought there was something wrong some-
payng- off their mortgages. If the ycar's revenue
the screams, and that so far from having given Mrs. where, but where he could not tell. The letter
i i
M‘Lachlan the silver plate, as she affirmed, he never which had been read came to the house by post be- is ins . uffie ient for dividend the subsequsent annual
tween. 9 and 11 o'clock on the Monday morning revenue is not to be charged. The amount and
saw her before to his knowledge. However that
following the death. He had got it from the pri- issuing of a.ll newly•created shares is to be deter-
may be accounted for, it is in contradiction of the soner and he had had
possession ever since. meetings of
mined at general
amount and number of calls is not to exceed 25 per
fact that he lived with his son while she was a ser- Mr.Norton—You have stated that your suspicions
vent in the house. Of course a married woman were excited ; prawhat raised your suicions ?
cent. on their amount. The amalgamated division.
would undergo a considerable change in four years, Witness—Well she was in good health when she
and prisoner's memory may have failed during that called on me on the Wednesday,. and on the Thurs- of capital is fixed as follows—Preference stock in
day and Friday 1 had no suspicion that there was eheEasternCounties Company,
£2,561,817 ; Eastessn
time. Mrs. M‘Ltechlan likewise made a declaration, anything the matter with her more than diarrhces, 'union, £686,866; Norfolk, £441,980 ; East An-
but we have not ascertained its purport. The re- and when the messenger came for me in a cab on
eneen, £566,393; Newmarket and Bury, £142,425;.
suit of the investigations in the case, up to this Saturday morning I wasp erfectly astounded on 6 BalkNeet 5 per Cent. P.reference, £14,690 ; East
point, is understood to be favourable to the male finding that she was dead. My suspicions arose
prisoner, but very unfavourable to the woman. The after the death occurred, and I was then struck Anglia n Guaranteed, £1,033,606 •; Great Eastern
_
with the suddenness of the death and the peculiar Preference,
£1,122,600; Ordinary stock, £8,195,621.
crowd hovered about the front of the County Build-
attentions paid to the deceased by the prisoner, The pronheions with reference to completed and un-
ings the whole day, and this being observed by the which were more than could be expected from a
s'
fini hed rail ways, tolls, and miscellaneous matters,
authorities, a stratagem was fallen upon to deprive comparative stranger. I must say, however,
that finished
are also definitely settled. The comq.ttee have also
them of at least a part of their promised gratifies- my sister was perfectly satisfied with her, but I
bill of the Easterer Union Rail-
tion. Between four and five o'clock a cab was sad- thought the prisoner was a good deal too forward finally settled the IF
oor at Brunswick- and officious in her attentions, particul y arl as she way Company to enable them to make
had her her two daughters and Miss Roe to attend hcr) meats in connection with their capital, and a large
dingy driven up to the side d
street, which was at once surrounded by a mob.
which I could not in any way account for. number of the holders of preference shares having
While all eyes were intently fixed upon this door- Mr. Neale —Then
hen you say your sister was per- c dto acceptshares in lieu of them, and
refused
way, a cab was silently driven up to the front door, fectly satisfied with the prisoner ? whereby the company bad only created shares to
where old Fleming was waiting, and at once en- Witness—Yes, I say so.
tered, and the cab drove off without scarcely any Miss Emma Roe was next called and examined. the amount of £330,000 instead of £490,000, and
one seeing him. The crowd soon after discovered —She said she now resided at 18, Alfred- Place, whereby they had incurred liabilities to the extent
Bedford-square, and had lived with the deceased for of £200,000, which the bill now gives them power
that they had been " sold," as only Mrs. M'Lachlan six years, and had been on the most friendly terms
to raise by shares with a preferential dividend of 5
left by that door. Amongst their number circulated with her,' • indeed, like one of her own children. For
freely for some time during the day, one whose six weeks before - Per cent., g.
to ether with a sum, 150,000, advanced to
presence, had they known of it, would have satis- ness) had slept at No. 13A, but took her meals at 27, the Waveney
.Valley Railway; clauses are also in-
fled their thirst for sight-seeing equally well, per- where she spent most of her time. On the evening serted providing for the liquidation (7:4f the amount
ha—that was James M'Lachlan, the husband of of the 15th October, 1856, the deceased, her daugh- of the money raised by the bill by
ps setting apart
ter, and witness, were in the kitchen, and about 11
£5OO a year towaras liquidating' the preference
the prisoner, who, having unburdened his conscience
o'clock they parted, and the deceased went upstairs
by giving up the clothing, felt at ease to roam to the prisoner to sup with her, on her (prisoners
the
and mortgages. After several days' inquiry
amongst the crowd, doubtless hearing some criti- invitation. The next morning, when witness went the committee, of which Lord Donoughmore is the
cism not at all pleasant to his ears, in regard to over to breakfast, she found the deceased very ill in chairman, threw out the bill of the :Edinburgh and
this unhappy affair, with which he himself was so bed with what she thought a bilious attack. She Glasgow Railway. The opposition cases to the
intimately connected. was very black under the eyes, and her lips were West Riding Hill, and Grimsbyand North Eastern
purple. She was rocking herself too and fro as if in i
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Sheriff Strathern,and
great pain and retched violently, but brought nothing Railways are not yet concluded ite the other com-
Mr. Gemmel, Procurator-Fiscal, proceeded to Edin- up in her (witness's) presence. The deceased told mittees, In the Commons a committee, with Mr.
burgh, and had a consultation, at six o'clock, with witness she was very ill, and that she had never- Buller in the chair, ware empannelled to consiger
Crown counsel, in the Crown agent's office there, such a bilious attack in her life. They talked to- the bill vf. thee Mersey, Irwell, and Weaver naviga
ether a little, and then witness went away. She
regarding the case. Old Mr. Fleming having now g tion.
believed the prisoner came into the room while she
been in custody eight days, it becomes necessary was there, but was not positive. The prisoner con-
that it be decided whether he is to be committed stantly attended the deceased and was her nurse en-
for trial or liberated. The learned Sheriff and Mr. timely. In the ceurse of that day the prisonr told her
t,
Gemmel returned to town last night, but we under- not to see the deceased so often, as she required quie
and she only saw her once on that day. She did not
stand counsel have taken time to consider the
see her again until the Friday shortly before she died.
matters laid before them. It is expected, however,
Before that she had been in the prisoner's room, and
that an answer will be received to-day. Mr, Meeker, a gentleman who lodged in the house,
was 1 here at the time. She observed some bottles of
medicine on the mantelpiece. One was a small phial
which contained white liquid like water. The other a
' larger bottle, but she could not describe its size or
contents. Pointing to the bottles she asked the pri-
soner what they were, and she replied they were Mrs.
Soames's medicine. She (witness) then asked her
why she locked up Mrs. Soames's medicine in her own
room, upon which she replied that it was particular
stuff and was only to be given by herself. She next
inquired why the deceased's daughters or herself could
not administer it, on which the prisoner said, " No,
it must be given with my own hands." On the
Friday before the death she saw the prisoner, arid
asked her how the deceased was. The prisoner re-
plied she was much better, and would soon be well.
She (witness) offered to sit up with the patient on
that night, but the prisoner told her that she should
do so the next night. Accordingly she and the de-
ceased's daughter Sarah went over to 13 to go to
bed. They afterwards went over to 27, and on
going into the room they found the deceased sitting
up out of bed, with a covering over her night-
clothes. The prisoner was there. The deceased
knew witness, find said, " Oh, Miss Roe, I am- so
glad yen have come. 1 have been looking for you
a long time. If I went on my knees for 20 years I
could not thank you enough for the kindness I have
received from you." Witness believed those were
the last words she ever spoke. Witness replied,
" Oh, never mind, Mrs. Soames ; I have only done
my duty." After her death the prisoner called
witness into her sitting. room, and said, " I have a
secret to tell you, but don't tell it to anybody."
Witness told her she should not do so unless she
was obliged. The prisoner then said, " The de-
ceased's death was not a natural death ;" and she
asked her what she meant. The prisoner them
said, " The truth is that she was engaged to be
married to some man ; and more than that, she had
lent that man money to the amount of £80; she
was disappointed in the marriage, was tired of her
life, and she made away with herself." The pri-
soner further said that whatever the deceased bad
taken had been taken in brandy-and-water on the
Wednesday evening upstairs is her (the prisoner's)
room and in her presence. 'Witness then asked the
prisoner why she allowed the deceased to take poi,on
and not to have acquainted her family and friends,,
and the prisoner said, "That is not mybusiness,
upon which she (witness) told her she must be a
t and not
villain and a party to it to keep it a secret
to allow the deceased's friends to know I.t.
poisoning
Mr. Norton—ln fact you accused her of
the deceased ? e You are a villain," be-
-Witness—Yes. I i
sad 7 e done it. I had that
cause I thought that she
and I expressed it there
suspicion at the moment,
and then. d the prisoner make any reply p
Mrton--Di ,_. .
0 witness addee,—.
Witness --None whatever. r h
At the time I said o the prisoner, " You are a
had a suspicion that she poisoned the
villain," I
deceased, and that the deceased had not poisoned
herself.
Mr Norton—What were the causes of your sus_
nicion ?
' Witness—The fact of that medicine h •
6
elnc" kept
locked up in the prisoner's room, and the appear-
ance
of the phial increased the suspicion.
In reply to Mr. Chipperfield,
The witness said the prisoner told her she knew
the man that deceased wee going to be married to,
and that she had seen the deceased and him fre-

_RAIATAVAY AND PI TJ3LIC COMPANIES IN
PA_RL JAMENT.

COUN2 MARAL 1


DIANCHESTER—JULY 17.
English wheat was in full supply, in moderate request,
at the currencies of this day week. American in steady
demand, and Id to 2d per 1001bs higher than previous quo-
tations. Oats and oatmeal were a slow sale, maintaining
late prices. Indian corn and beans rather in favour of the
buyers. Four in moderate request, and no cheaper.

B IRMINGHAIII—JuLY 17.
There was a very short supply of English wheat to.-
day, which held for las,t week's rates, as also fine foreign.
All other kinds lower. rarley rather dearer. Oats, beanS,
and peas firm. Weather lino.
PLYMOUTH—JULY 15.
White, 62s to 665; red, 63s to 65s per qr ; French, 604
to .62s ; American, 58s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus-
sian 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s pe,r,
qr for malting ; grinding, 28s to 3,98 ; oats, 22s to2Bs;
beans, —s to —s ; flour, 42s to 42s 6d.

EDINBURGH GRAIN—JULY W.
A good demand for country wheat to-day, which sold at
rather higher prices-than this day week.
Wheat on the top is Od up ...average Os 3d up.
Barley on the top is Od down.......average Os 3d dovir"
Oats on the top is Od down average Os 8d up.
Beans on the top Os 6d down average Os
9d up.
Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat ... 847 qrs ...••••• Sold 780 qrs
8ar1ey........ 217 qr 5........ Sold 138 qrs
Oats 1422 qrs ..Sold 1300 qrs
Beans 124 qr 5........ Sold 74 qrs
Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 47s Od ; extras, 458 04 ;.. ,
/Leaseholds, 38s Ott; shop, 36s 6d ---.-----A--va - '

CORK—JULY 16.
The following were the quotations this morning :—Ned
wheat, —s Od to —s Od ; white, 225 Od barley 10
6d to —s Od ; oats, 13s 6d to 14s Od.

----
DERBY SMITHFIELD-3'lllA 15.
Scarcely an average show of fat beasts to-day. Beef wile
in request, and a slight advance ,b
di
A ,1
mouerate stir
cal
es :beep and lambs, which sold well. Fat and store
calves less plentiful. A large supply of fat pigs.
Beet 6ld to 7d Veal
......... slclto 64
6dl to 6d
NLlamuttbon. . .....
.............. .6dto 7d Pork
Sid to 9d Rough fat, 4s Od per stone.
Hides, 3d to 41d ; calf skins, 6d to 6d.
--tr.

BIRTHS.:
BuNcomßE.—On the 17th inst., at York place, BoW'roBll°
the witie of C. H. Buncombe, Esq., of a son.
E,cli.trrs.—On the 15th inst,
vaetieyG,tx:ssyseenxo,rt-::asycei,:lie
Lady Caroline Ricketts, of a daughter.
STRACHEY.— On the 16th inst., at 30, Porchester•terraciet:
the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Richard Strachey, .13.11" °
VTDAL.—Ondauter' the 15th inst., at of
IV. Foot Vidal, Esq., M.R.C.S., of a daughter.

AwIOAORDI.LIAO
nGEtiiSe.
DASHWOOD —DASH int
George's, 410
GeOno
..
Da Hanover-•square, Captain Barrington
.e 6 w"d, son of Vice-Admil Dashwood, to 131141
o tta, (laughter of the late C, Dashwood, Esq., n'cll4
Engineers. 15th lust, at Sa
11°PE—KINGSCOTE.—On the 16th inst , at Saint rater
Pimlico, Sir Archibald Hope, Bart; of Cra__,ighall fife,
Pinkie, to Aldena, eldest daughter of 'Henry hiug'3e°
Esq., of 96, Eaton-place. • ,
DEATHS. • mon,
Boom.—On the 15th inst at 7, L d oad Brig <3."
<, on on-r 1
Joseph Bouch, late of Milk-street, Cheapside. ther'..; ,
'
COOK.—On the 17th inst., at the residence of his broro_cr,
Turle - A 7 ,
The Elms, Clanton, John Cook, Esq., of 2,
,
Tollington-park, Is, aged 63. Andre/
Em..sorl.—On the 16th inst., at Windsor, Capt. ,
Ellison, late 60th Rifles, aged 69. gli,
MANSON.— On the 15th inst., at Wese•ourne-s(11111ry
jor-General James Manson, her ',Majesty's Bengal
' aged 71.
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SUN Office NO' l'of
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