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

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1862.

7HE 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 let 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 without 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.
S. 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 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 Downs for 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 SaptombPr. 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
tou ; 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. Rochfort 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• Chief 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,
3,091 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 Admiialty having directed a
vessel of large dimensions to be laid down on the
same slip as soon as ithe Salamis is launched. It is
not yet decided whether the new vessel to be con-
structed will be built on Capt. Coke'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 Saitpan Reach to take
_ _

on board a supply of coale 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 her 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
s jn.
Dauntless, vice Capt. Osborn, superseded at his own
request; Capt. the Hon. T. Baillie to the Trafalgar,
vice Capt. Dickson ; Lieut. P. P. Luxmoore to the
Black Prince ; S. P. Bayly, midshipman, to the Re-
cell; C. Harris, midshipman, to the Revenge;
esketh, midshipman, to the Shannon ; L.
G. P. Goodrich' , midshipman, supernumerary, to
Rosario; G.
H.
s. t a
White, second master, to the Edgar;
Clement Hirtzel
, second master, to the Resistance;
Chas. W.
M'Conneley' second master, to the Fox;
Chas. Salmon, acting second-class assist.-engineer,master's assistant,
to the St, George; Q. K. Moore,

to the Bhadamanthus ; 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,
although, 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 be brought up at the police •court this
morning.

GLASGOW, MONDAY, JULY 14.

To-clay, James M'Lachlan and Jessie M'lntosh
or M'Lachlan, 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.
M'Call, acting as Procurator-Fiscal, craved the
Court to remit them to the Sheriff for examination,
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. M'Leod, 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 Ccunty 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-
lane, 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 we'll 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. M'Lachlan 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 (£6 155.) It is known that she paid £4 10s. of
rent last week, besides buying some other small ar <
tides, 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 IVl'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 she 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.-.Tuly 14.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(After
at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall,
Justice Cockburn and a Specia;
THE QUEEN V. WALLIS-PERJURY.
before.jury ) Term eLr
Lord
d Sittings,
Chief

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,
that he never entered into negotiations with the
prosecutor relative to the purchase or exchange
and
a horse, or with two persons named Harris
aas u.i.
Blackman. The raffle, it appeared, was forfoa_f_ete
trotting grey mare, which had been success 11
guinea
match against time between Chichester one
mouth. There were 40 subscribers
the
12th Feb.,
each, and the raffle took place on Harris, Harris, and
number
,iaenel
heado that b
1857. The prosecutor, defendant, n_
a after two or three
Ports
Blackman, were at the raffle, to
throws some one threw a
win, upon which it was shut 7 oasnelikoeflythe
four that they should pure ,
thethrow for £5.
That was accordingly~dprie, higher number was
the money After that
purchased for £l5, which the i
should' prosecutor paid
thrown, which ther
aea that number was the win-
prosecutor also paid,psitei.easoht.hen became indebted to
Harris and Blackman
but the defendant offered to toss
money,fer
paid their
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mare, and it w the prosecutor ,von. Upon that the defendant
wished to buy theo .
n cash,and
a horse and pony
should give 11
whichlthe defendant
valued at £3O, .
undertook to
ell for him at that price, or find him a cus•
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-
hued and fond, nud afterwards removed by co'.

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tiorari into this court. At the reference before
Master Hodgson the prosecutor fixed the ra e on
the 16th of October, 1856, whereas it took place on
the 12th of February, 1857, the mistake having
arisen by his confounding an entry in his book
having reference to the keep of another grey horse
belonging to the defendant be had at his farm.
Witnesses were called in support of the above
facts, and the prosecutor, in cross:examination, said
—I went from Brighton to Cheiten
it ham to reside.
A man named Pode bought my business at Brigh-
ton, andl afterwards repurchased
.of the assignees.
Pode is now a lanatic. I went with my wife to
live with Miss Bartholomew at Cheltenham. She
had been in my employ eight or ten yere. She
took a private house at Cheltenham, and
up in business as a milliner. Domestic difficulties
occurred there. I have compounded twice.
Mrs. Snooks was called—She advised Mr. Harris
not l set her
not to toss because her husband was sure to win..
In her cross-examination she said—l was quite
aware of the arrangement with Miss Bartholomew
about the business at Cheltenham. There were do-
mestic differences there between us. I was taken
to the police station, and charged with committing
a breach of the peace in molesting Miss Bartholo-
mew. No one appeared to prosecute, and I was
discharged. I was not charged with threatening
to stab her kit was for an assault. I was too fond
of her to injure her in any other sort of way.
(Laughter.) We are in perfect harmony now.
Mr. Watkins, wine and spirit merchant, who
rode the mare, believed the match took place in
the autumn of 1857. She trotted the 18 miles in
511 minutes. The raffle took place about 10 or 12
days after the match. He was certain it was in
1857. Mr. Harris called on him about a week be-
fore the proceedings were taken at the Guildhall
police-court, and expressed astonishment to find
that he was at the raffle.
In cross-examination he still said, he believed the
match took place in the autumn of 1857.
Several witnesses were called to prove the match
and the raffle, but they were unable to swear posi-
tively to the time when the match came off.
A man named Wilson, a cab-driver, recollected
the defendant bringing the mare to Mr. Low's
livery stable to be taken care of after the raffle.
The defendant said he had half won her at the raffle.
Hundreds of persons came and looked at the mare.
Mr. Low, jun., was called—The defendant had a
grey horse at livery on the 3d of Feb., 1857. The
grey mare came on the 13th, and the grey horse
was charged to Mr. Snooks on the 16th.
The prosecutor and one or two other witnesses
deposed to the defendant being present at the raffle.
The defence was that the defendant was the vic-

tim of a prosecution founded on as vile a conspiracy
as had ever appeared in, a court of justice. The
matter, it should be:recollected, happened five years
ago—and when before the Master the defendant
said that to the best of his recollection he was never
at a horse raffle in his life, and that would be his
defence that day. Having many persons to see on
the day in question, and wishing to see the prosecu-
tor, be might have called at the Cambridge Tavern,
and there have seen him; but he denied now, as
he did before the Master, that he ever entered into
the arrangement spoken to with the prosecutor,
Harris, and Blackman. The defendant was but just
out of his articles when he went to Portsmouth to
practise. The prosecutor employed him. He knew
nothing of Snooks's antecedents, and made a few in-
quiries being too glad to have a client. It was only
when the defendant insisted on payment of his bill
of costs and the money he had advanced Snooks that
any unpleasantness took place between them.
Evidence was called in support of the defendant's
case, and
The jury found that he was at the raffle, but had
forgotten it, and had not committed wilful perjury
in his denial, which finding amounted to a verdict
of not guilty.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.-July 14.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.
THE WHOLESALE BIGAMIST.
William Menfield Ashford, 35, tailor, was charged
with feloniously marrying Eliza Salt, at Wantage,
on the 14th of September, 1857, his former wife,
Elizabeth Ashford, being then alive.
The prisoner was also charged with feloniously
marrying Elizabeth Perryer, at Bath, on the 23d
of July, 1845, his former wife being then alive.
The prisoner pleaded guilty to both indictments.
Dr. Staveley Hill, who conducted the prosecution,
briefly stated the following facts to the court :—ln
July, 1845, the prisoner married his first wife,
Rosetta Ryland, at Trinity Church, in the parish of
St. Mary, Newington. Shoray after, he deserted
her, leaving her with one child. On the 2d of
August, 1853, he married at Bath his second wife,
Elizabeth Perryer ; in 1854 or 1855, he married his
third wife, a girl named Jordan ; in 1856, he mar-
ried his fourth wife, named Ann Noider, whom he
married in the name of Wililam Norman ; in 1857,
he married his fifth wife, Elizabeth Salt, at
Wantage, and after spending all her savings he
deserted ; and in January last, married his sixth
wife, Elizabeth Dunn, at St. Helens, Lancashire.
He deserted her, and came to Oxford in May last,
land paid attentions to a girl named Hall, and to
another named Russell. With the latter he was
seen in Oxford by his Wantage wife—his fifth—
Elizabeth Salt, who gave him into custody.
At the suggestion of the Judge, Elizabeth Salt
was called into the witness-box, and stated that
when the prisoner courted her she was in service,
receiving £8 a year; that she had saved £4 108.,
which the prisoner spent, and then deserted her.
At the time of their marriage she had not the least
idea that he was a married man.
The Judge, addressing the prisoner, told him
that he had seen many persons standing in the
dock charged with having committed a rape, but
his conduct was infinitely worse, because, not by
force, but by a series of most wicked frauds, he had
deprived his victims of their honour, their charac-
ter, and their little property. Under such circum-
stances he felt compelled to pass upon him the
heaviest sentence which the law allowed, namely,
that he be kept in penal servitude for seven years.
There was some slight applause when the Judge
had pronounced the sentence.

ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN ON A
LICENSED VIC 7 UALLEE.

Charles Ruff, a constable in the A division, at-
tended before Mr. Selfe, by order of the Commis-
sioners of Police, to answer a charge of savage
assault committed on Mr. James Welsh, the pro-
prietor of the Griffin public-house, Church-street,
Borough.
Mr. William St. Aubyn, solicitor to the Licenserdt
Victuallers' Protection Society, attened 0_ t e,
diefenapant;
of the complainant; Mr. Wontner forth
and Inspector Baldry was present to watch the case
on the part of the Commissioners.
Mr. St. Aubyn opened the case n
tlie p.a. art of
. his
client at some length, and a:rantd fur the delay
before the court
in not bringing the proceessianqt
, was of so serious
earlier by stating that thleha assault
been confined to his
bed character that Mr. W
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bed for some consideraebenletaiteiranlnaalsvo
was so
state. The learned w
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implicated in thteenethi
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intention
have done so had
wor-
ship, and he s f .he not thought
considered an act of
it might be co . d . .
him
un airness towards
the defendant in epriving iof the benefit of his
evidence.
The complainant, Mr. James Welsh,
called into the witness-box and sworn.
of He said was heree
was a licensed victualler, and landlord h
6, Church-street, Borough. On
the 26th of last
the Griffin,
month he was returning from Hampton
his friend Mr. Watson, and they races with
got into a first-
class carriage at the Hampton station, in which
was the defendant, who wore his police uniform,
another constable named Price in plain clothes, a
lady and gentleman, and another man, making in
all seven passengers. The witness accounted for the
seven passengers in the same compartment by say-
ing that there were only two seats partitioned off;
the others we re fl at cushions. The defendant was
not long in the carriage ere he commenced what
might appear to him to be larking, but what was
apparent to others to be blackguardism, and using
bad language. Ho (Mr. Welsh) told him that a
man in his position ought to be ashamed of himself
in making use of such language, particularly in the
presence of a lady, upon which he called him (wit-
ness) a fool, and told him to mind his own business.
His friend, Mr. Watson, told the defendant that he
should be the first, from his position, to protect a
female from insult, and not the first to insult one.
At this time his brother officer in disguise drew the
staff out of defendant's pocket without his know-
ledge, and on the defendant seeing it he said he
should think nothing of killing a man with it. The
defendant had one of the present Exhibition balls
and, with some disgusting observations, said he had
lost one, and struck a lucifer to find it, and in look-
ing for it he put the lighted match go close to the
dress of a lady that it was a wonder he had not set
it on fire. Ile (Mr. Welsh) was so disgusted with