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lirri ~nlOf SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. WORCESTER RACES.—(This Day.) (BY .ELECTRIC TELE:tR.4PII.) TRIAL STAKES. Jesuit Zlfrida Six ran. TWO 'TEAR OLD STAKES. Polly Peach= Mainstay Mamelon WORCESTERSHIRE STAKES, Oakball Pantomime Eleven ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at five o'clock. The Earl of SII.AF fESBURY ore.ented petitions from Weymouth in favour of the introduction of the representative principle into the sy-tem of county expen diture ; from Westbury, Tnetford, Rugby, and Amble• side against the opium traffic, and from Bath against the admission of Jews into Parliament. ADMIRAL OF •THE FLEET. The Marquis of SALISBURY begged to ask the noble earl opposite the reason why the office of Admiral of the Fleet had not been filled. It was a matter of sur prise to a great number of pers , ns why the oldest and most distingui,hed admiral on the list had not been ap pointed to the vacant cffice. Earl GRANVILLE dissented from the practice that had arisen of putting questions to the Government when a certain person w.s not .promoted. He did not think it would be for the benefit of the service that Parliament shouid dictate to her Ma jesty's Government the parties that should he promoted. There might arise cases in which Palliament might, in terfere and call upon the G.,ter-inieut for explana tions on account of, certain appomtmente— (lear, bear) — but as a practice it was very objectionable that questions should be asked in that house why certain parties were not appointed to particular office-. The Duke of NO RTfIUMBERLAND said the office of Admiral of the Fleet was considered to be the only prize in the navy; it tnerefur,, he thought, a case in which inquiry might b oade, why the oldest admiral was not appointed to the vivant office. Earl GRANVILLE said he thought it undesirable to answer the question. The subje't then dropped'.. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of I,lrd REDESD A. LE the foll Owing bills were read a second time :—Wearmonth Briog- Ferries and Approaches, Cardigan Markets and Im provements, Ely Valley Railway, Baron W incisor's Estate, South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, Wimbledon and Dorking Railway, Duke of Bridge water's Ltate 811, and Mansfield and Worksop Road Bill. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (CAPITAL) BILL. On the motion that the be read a secoed time. Lord ST. LEONARDS drew the atteetien of their lordships to the hardship the present. bill eetaiied on the pieferenceshareholders, who, by one oft he provisions, were Prevented from receiving the divilendstn which they were justly entitled. It was exceedingly hard that persons who had invested their money in a company, eheuld, in consequence of a fraud having been committed by a clerk in that company, be .subject to the provisions of this measure, which was one to legalise the acts of the directors, who, since the Red path frauds had been discovered, sought to throw the loss on he char holders generally; but the pe , ition which he tn-11 in his band, and which he begged to present to their lord,hip, prayed the house not to pass the hill. as the petotien, rs contended that. they Si preference sharehol&rs, ought not to be called upon to contribute tevards making good the loss those frauds had entailed on the c mpeny. After a few .words from WENSLEYDALE Lbe bill was read a second tine. • ADULTERER'S MARRIAGE BILL. Lord REDESDA.LE moved the secmd reading of this bill, which enacted that adulterau4 marriages should only be perforreed,at: register-officer, and that clergymen should not be compelled to perform the ceremony. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the second reading of this bill, and moved that it be read a second time that.day three months. (LEFT trEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. ELECTION PETITIONS. The Committees appointed to serve on the Maidstone, Oxford, (City), Tewkesbury, and Bury (Lancashire) elec tion petitions were sworn at the table of the house. Ilk The Barisl of the Dead within the City and Liberties of 'London ; East Samerset Railway ; Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway ; London (ell) Coal Duties; Mallow and Fermoy and Great Soutaern and Westein Railways; Milford Improvement; New Brunswick and Ca nada Railway add Land Conapany ; Newquay Pier and Harbourand Railway; Oldham, Ap , hton under Lyne, and Guide Bridge Junction Railways; Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway ; Wexford Free Bridge, and Work sop and Atteyliffa Road Bills were read a third time and passed. The Clyde Navigation ; Lowestoft . and Burgh. Saint Peter Ferry and Roads ; Salford 13 ,, r0ir 4 h (No. 1) ; Stockport, Maley, and Whaley Bridge Railway; and Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Bills were further considered and ordered to be read a third time. PAPER DUTY. Mr. RICARDO asked the Cnancellnr or the Exche quer whether the Government would consider the quep tion of granting a drawback of duty on tissue pap.r in the pottery-tnanufacture,.as .in the case of the Jacquard loom eardw!••• • • • . The •CHANCELLOR nf. the EXCHEQUER said that he had communicated with the Inland Revenue, and fouorl tbat,tbe_grounds for the drawback i 3 the Jacquard loom cardsdid not apply to the paper used in earthenware ma:3l44o'2re, And ,it would not be in Li power to recommend. thedrawback asked for. . by the Criminal and Statute Law Commissions, without t'te consolidation of any branch of the criminal or sta tute_ lam, and moved that an bumble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty t) dispense with the present Statute Law Commission. The bon. and learned gentleman reviewed what had been dcne towards the consolidation of the statutes, and to the sum of 10,0001. that had been paid to Mr. B. Ber, accruinz to the Commissioners for services rendered. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. Sir F. KELLY communicated to the house what had been done by the Statute Law Commission since its ap pointment. The consolidation of the statutes had for 250 years baffled the efforts of the most eminent jurists of this country, but the Statute Law Commission bad succeeded in laying down a single and comprehensive pin for accr mpltshing that object. The work was ac tually commenced, and was in course of successful ex,,icution by that commission which the honour able and learned gentleman oiled upon the house to censure and dissolve. The right hon. and learned gentleman (Sir F. Kelley) then referred to the number of statutes in existence ranging from the time of Magna Charta to the present day, and enumerated the itho U r of the commission in classifying, dividing, and sub dividing them for their effectual consolidation. The Corn mission had done mucb service to the country in the work the bad done during the last three years, and he confidently appealed to the house for their approval of the conduct. The commission had not attempted the con solidati n of the criminal law of Ireland, in consequence of it differing in many essentials from that of England, but the commission had put it into the hands of persona capable of efficiently accomplishing it. [LEFT SPEAKING.] lIKALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From, the Report of the Registrar-General. ) The nunal er• of deaths registered in London in the week that ended on Saturday, June 27, was 1.005. In the ten years 1847-56 the average num ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,090 ; but, as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population, the average should be raised with a view to comparison propor tionally to the increase, in which case it will be come 1,199. The deaths now returned were there fore less by 194 than would have occurred if the averaae rate of mortality towards the cad. of June had prevailed. The deaths produced by the zymotic or epidemic class of disea-es were last week 195 ; the corrected average of co rrespoudin g weeke is 264. The mortalie y of this class is con.iderably less than usual ; and on reference to patticuler heads it will be seen that the reduction is in typhus (including common fever), scarlatina, and small pox. Four cases of small pox and one of varicella (chicken -pox) were fatal in the week. .Although the heat was excessive, and the mean temperature of last week higher byB deg. than thet of the previous three weeks, the mortality from diatrhcea has not yet shown any itnpor ant increase, the weekly deaths from this ccmi laint during June having been 26, 20, 35, and 33. Besides the 33 of la-t week, three de tths of chllren were registered as caused by "English ceol- ra" and " cholera infantum." Whooping c ugh, which carried off 46 children, and, in the next place, measles, which carried off 36, are at present the most fatal diseases of the eyruotic de se iw ion. Three deAthy from measles are returned from each of the following sub-districts :—West Haeleeey, St. Clemen , Panes, and Mile-end Old tewn L weer. Five children died of whooping-cough in the sub-district of 'St. Leonard, Shot editch. Three per,ons are recorded as having died of in temperance, besides six.cases in which the cau , e of de tat is stated to be delirium tremens. A dea h which occurred in May, and on which au inqu st was held, was caused by star vation. The two oldest persons in the returns are, women, aged re.Tectively 91 and 95 years. La-t we ek the bir hs of 807 boys and 805 girls, in all 1,672 children, were re,,,eiwerecl in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847- 56 the average nurni er was 1,563. At, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean heght of the barometer in the week was 30 . 058 in. Tile mean daily reading was above 30 in. on five dire s ; the higlie,t rea ping attained was 30 25 it). on Thursday. The mean temperature of the week was 67 . 3 deg , which is 61 deg. above the average of the same week in 4 ; years (as determined by Mr. Gish er). On fiur days the mean tempera ture was from 8 deg. to 10 dere above the average. The highest temperature in the shade occurred on Sa urday, and was 88.5 deg. ; the highest in the sun occurred on the same day, and was 116 deg. The lowest temperature was 50.7 deg. on Thurs day, and the range of the week was 37.8 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 58.2 deg., and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 91 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was t 5.8 deg. On Saturday the theremometer in the river rose to 71.7 deg. The air was frequently calm. Rain fell on Sunday to the amount of 0.21 inches. None fell during the rest of the week. NEW WRITS. Mr. T. DIT.NCOMM.E moved that in all cases when the seat of any member had been declared void by :an election committee, on the grounds of bribery or treat ing, no motion for the issuing of a new writ Phollid be made with . out seven days' previous notice being given ...... in the votes. The A - 1 3 'tAlt.ER, said that he 'did not think the hen. member coulcr cfairii the right of "privilege" to being on the motion at that hour. It might be brought on in due ceurße Of his d'ue n.,tice. It was for the house to decide whether it ,- , trbuld be taken. DUNCOMBE said that - he did not claim to make the motion as a matter of privilege. (Hear, hear.) He thought it less objectionable to pass the motion then than at a future period, when it might be construed into a personal matter. Sir J. GRAHAM rose to order. He thought the house ought to desist from allowing this motion to be proceeded with—(hear, hea,)—espeotaity in the absence of the First Lord of,the Treasury, . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that &dere of the day, on Thursdays, by a resolution of the bode, had precedence of notices of motion, and therefore it was desirable that the motion should be postponed. LorWinitU_SSZUL submitted, to - the house whether it would not be better to be made an order of the day for tomorrow at half past four o'clock. It was better to discuss' the 'matter before any vacancy took place under either of the election committees, when such a resit. lution would be open to he considered as a personal matter. After some rernarh:s from Mr. DISRAELI, Mr. LABOUCOERE, on• the part of the Govern ment,'seeeded to the suggestion of the noble lord the member .for London. Mr. BUNCOMBE said that be would rather the Go vernment took the matter out of his band. The motion was postponed accordingly. APPOINTMENTS TO THE DIPLOMATIC, ite., SERVICES. Mr. W. ENVA.RT inquired of the First Lord of the Treasury whether the system of examination proposed for candidates in the diplomatic and c ,, n-ular services had been adapted, ,or ass in course of adoption"; and whether there 'would be arypi.jection to lay before Par liament a statement showing the nature and subjects of such examination ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the correspondence alluded to was laid bet re Parliament, and printedinlBs6. It was published in the report of the Civil. Service Colucnissieu also in 1856, and since further information had, been printed. • . RETURNS. Several unopposed rt+,urns were ordered. EDUCATION OF SOLDIERS. On 'the motion for the house going into Committee of Supply, Mr. S. WARREN called the attention of the hone to a general order issued by his R'yal Highness the Commander-in Chief on the 19th June, directing that ' for th e f u ture every POidier, atter being disrnisbed from drill. shciold -attend schod. itsl a duty until he was re ported as su ffi c i en tly advanced •in re adi ng , wr,ting. and arithmetic. With the concurrence of • the Secretary et State f.:r Wnr no fet's were to be reqiiired for this offender ce'at Retool.' Sir J. RAMSDEN raid C l at the stihject to whicht4e bon. and Fearned member for Midhuret had referred was one of great importance, and though the Government bad teen adviserl that the order in question did 714 viclate any proviei.n of the lacy, yet thfy were r t opinion that it was not de'airable to p-rpetuate the objections to its continuance. Ho was able to state Mai his IZo . yal Highness the Commander- in Chief.. had regulated tbe Order in question, and bad ii.ued" another in wh;ch the objectionable clause ,b a d 1;;Ien withdrawn and annther substituted, eating iipon officers of regiments to offer every eneutirageruent to the soldier to avail himself of the facilities of attend. i ! lug these schnel.. (H-ar. hear ) STATUTE LAW COMMISSION. 11 1. L. KING called the attention of the house to tt e one slims of publio money which had been expended THE SUN, LONBOIg, THURSDAY_ EV'T, ING, JULY 2, 'S7 Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. JUNE 30. Supplies of all kinds these last six days moderate. Oat straw, from Ss Od to 10s Od per kemple of i stones Iron; wheat do., 7s-61 to 9s Od; barley do., Oi 01 to Os 01. Hay from is 1(1 to is. 4d. EDINBURGH MEAL—Jurrn 30. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s Od and -s. 5 9 ,5 0 THE DIVORCE BILL. PROTESTS. Dissentient,-- 1. Because the effect of rejecting this amendment will be to confine the dissolution of marriage upon the adultery of the husband to the four cases stated in the Bill, which we consider to be not only inex- pedient, but, as contrasted with the relief upon the adultery of the wife, partial and unjust. 2. Because, as the clause is framed, although the husband should be living in the most open and no torious adultery, and should even bring his mis tress into the family residence, insulting the wife by her presence, and should endeavour by ill usage to compel her to submit to this disgrace, such a case would not come within its provisions. 3. Because the adultery of the husband, accom panied with the commission of the greatest crimes, and even the most infamous vices, would not entitle the wife to relief under this clause, 4. Because the adultery of the husband, although coupled with his condemnation to penal servitude, even for life, and the consequent degradation and misery of the wife, would not, under the provisions of this Bill, enable her to obtain a dissolution of the marriage. 5. Because many other cases of similar injustice and hardship are excluded from relief under this clause. 6. Because to allow a divorce for the adultery of the wife, and to refuse it in these and other cases of adultery by the husband, coupled with ac's of deep injury inflicted upon the wife, is manifestly unjust. Because, although the adultery of the wife may lead to the imposing a spurious offspring on the husband, andentitlehim to a divorce for areason which would not apply to the case of arlultery by the husband, other circumstances may, and frequently do, occur in connection with the adultery of the husband. giving the wife an equal claim to this remedy. 8. Because no distinction is made in Scripture between the case of the man and of the woman in the commission of adultery. The sin is the same in both—both are included under the same prohibi tion. 9. Because the whole tendency and spirit of the Christian religion is manifestly calculated to raise women to equal rights and equal responsibilities with men. "It has "in the words of an eminent writer on general law (Chief Justice Story) " ele vated woman to the rank and character of an equal, instead of being an humble companion or a devoted slave of her husband ;" and accordingly we find that as Christianity extended itself, and its influ ence was brought to bear upon social and civil affairs, so the condition of woman has improved, and her rights to protection and redress were ac knowledged. With respect to marriage and divorce the rule of the Roman Catholic Church applies to hoth sexes equally, while all Protestant Legisla tures (except our own), in declaring that marriage may be dissolved for the cause of adultery, have accorded to the wife the same rights and remedies as to the husband. 10. Because by our ecclesiastical law (the only law at present applicable to this subject), the same judgment is pronounced in the case of adultery, whether the crime be committed by the husband or wife, and there appears to us no reason why, in ex tending the remedy, the principle should be changed. 11. Because as to the objection that the exten sion of the law to cases of adultery by the husband will give occasipn for a great number of suits for divorce, we think such apprehension is altogether groundless. The proceedings can originate only with the wife; and she has, both as to feeling and interest, so much at stake, so much to relinquish which must be most dear to her, that we think here is little fear of Ler resorting to this remedy, except in extreme cases, and after all hope of amendment has ceased. 12. Because by the law of Scotland the adultery f the husband with respect to divorce is placed on the same footing with the adultery of thewife. This law is found to be attended with no inconvenience. The evidence on the subject is above all exception, and we deem it most desirable that laws which so deeply affect the social and moral condi tion of the people should, in contiguous parts of the same empire, be in acc ,, rdanee with each other. B.IITCRINSON. HARRINGTON. LYNDHURST. TALBOT DE MALAHIDE. BELMORE. Dissentient,- 1. Because the contract of marriage is the mos . , solemn engagement into which a man can enter, and in which he promises to love, comfort, and honour the woman, and keep her under all circum stances of sickness or. of health, and adhere to her as long as they shall both live. 2. Because the purposes of this engagement, as adduced from Scripture, are of the deepest interest and importance—viz., for the birth of children to be brought up in the love and fear of God, for a remedy against sin, and for mutual society, help, and comfort, both in prosperity and adversity. 3. Because by wilful desertion not only is this sacred promise impiously violated, but all the pu: poses for which this ordinance of God was instituted are wholly frustrated. Even in the most ordinary contract the breach of it on the one side puts an end ti the oldigation on the other, and we see no reason why a different rule rhould be applied to the con tract of marriage, and more especially in a case de structive of the entire Objects of the union. It ap , pears to us to be contrary to all principle, and Most unjust, that the husband should be permitted to set at naught an engagement followed, as it must be, by such consequences, and that the womin should continue to be bound by it. 4. Because we feel strongly the extreme cruelty of such conduct towards the deserted wife in the utter disippointment of herconfidext expectations of hap piness from the promised love, comfort, and society of her husband, and leaving her without hope to the contempla ion of a long, dreary, and desolate future. 5. Because divorce from this cause is justified as Scriptural by the highe-t ecclesiastical authorities. It is well known that at the Reformation the subject was anxiously and carefully considered by prelates and divines eminent for learning and piety, and that they came to the conclusion that wilful deser tion was a scriptural ground for divorce. We find the names of Archbishop Cranmer, of the Bishops of London, W nchester, Ely, Exeter, and other s ; of Latimer, Parker, & c . ; of Peter Mai tyr, Marti n Bucer, Beza, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, &c., among those who maintained this opinion, and which was adopt-d by the whole body of Protes tants on the continent of Europe. Accordingly, this has been the acknowledged d oc t r i ne o f a l l their churches to the present day. We find the S +MO doctrine expressly stated and adopted in the Bth Article on avorce in the " Reformatio Legum Ecclesia-ticarum," compiled under the authority of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., which body of laws —although it did not receive the confirmation of the Crown, in consequence of the early and unex pected death of King Edward, has always, as the Commissioners on the Law of Divorce, in their re port, justly observe, -been considered of great au thority. We also find that at a more recent period a right rev. prelate, eminent for learning and talents (Cozens, Bishop of Durham), in his celebrated argu ment 'delivered in this house, in the case of Lord Roos, maintained the same opinion. His words are these—" The promise of constancy in the marriage ceremony does not extend to tolerating adultery or malicious desertion, which dissolve the marriage." 6. Because, by the law of Scotland, wilful deser tion, as in all the Protestant churches on the con tinent, is considered to be a Scriptural ground for divorce, and the law in this respect is regarded by all the first authorities in that country not only to be free from inconvenience, but as just and highly benefic'al. We further deem it to be most desiralle that upon such a subject as marriage and divorce, affecting as it does the whole social system, the same law should, as far as practicable, prevail in bo.h parts of the kingdom, and the more so as con tinued experience has sown the great inconvenience_ occasioned by the difference and anomalies of the two systems. LYNDHURST. HI:7TCHINBON. 7. Because, as to the objections of the proposed extension of this Iry asuro on the ground of its ten dency to demoralise society, this is not only dis proved by the example of Scotland, but a careful examination of the state of society in Roman Ca tholic countries will, we think, lead to the conclu sion that the principle of the indissolubility of mar riage is far km favourable to morality than the opposite arm'crine, accompanied with a cautious exercise of the power of divorce in such extreme cases as those of adultery and malicious desertion. S. Because, as to what is urged with reference to the law of our ecclesiastical courts, we answer that the object of the present bill throughout is to amend that law, and to render it more consistent with reason and justice ; and, with respect to the Church of England, we will merely repeat what we find slated in the argument of the learned prelate to which w e h ave a l rea dy referred—viz , that "We cannot s ee why they are to be styl ed the Church of England who join with the Council of Trent, rather than those who join with all the reformed churches, and plead against the canon of the Church of Rome, which bath laid an anathema, upon us if we do not agree with them." DALKEITH MEAL :ARKET-JUNE 29 There were in the market to-day 8 bags of oatmeal, 0 of barleymeal, and 1 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Third. imperial ' 44s Od —a Od —s 03 Barleymeal, per ditto --s Od ,—s Od i —s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od. —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Oc DUBLIN, Jurns 30. White wheat, 355 61 to 393 Od , led ditto, 3is Od to 37s Od ditto new, —sj barley, malting, 16s 6d to 258 6d ; grind ing, —s to —5 ; oats, old, 14s 6d to 17s; ditto, new, —s Oct to —a Od ; oatmeal, 15s to 1880 d; here, new, --s to —6 Ud ; rapese d, Od to —a Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 20s Od to 21s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 38s Od to 39i oa per 480 lbs, BRISTOL SUGAR-JULY 1. . The sugar market has been very i nact i ve dur i ng the week, and the sales of West India are under 200 hhds., at easier rates. A parcel of about 75 puncheons Jamaica rams has been sold, bat the price has not transpired. - - COAL SIAKKET.—JULY 1. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market. s. da l Wallsend, 4u,c. Bates's West Hartley .. 14 Oi s d. Bebside's Hartley l6 3 Lambton 16 6 Htl'pool West Hartley...l6 0 , Tees • 17 I Haswell Gas , 13 6, Hetton l7 0 tautield Moor Butes 14 G I Kraddyll l5 9 Walker Primrose .. ...... :13 3,Heuvr, Hall 15 3 Haswell Hartley' ........16 0 south Hetton 18 9 Wylam ..... ....... 15 6 Eden Main l5 9 w allsend. dtc iaswell 17 0 Stewart's - . 17 0 Kepier Grainge l6 0 Riddell . l4 6 ttussel'b Hetton l5 9 Hartlepool Hetton l6 0 Sontik Kelloe... .... ... 16 3 Ships at market 4ealiam Whitworth ~ 49; sold, 39. DIVORCE IN tyCoTLAND.—Be , v7een the years 1540 and 1856, a period of 316 y ears ' 317 Divorce Acts a tincul o matrimonii were pas-ed in Scotland. During the last decennium 99 degrees of divorce bad been granted at the suit of hu-biLds and '75 at the suit of wives, making a total of 174. - The Peninsulor and Oriental Company notified yes terday that a reaction of 25 per cent. would be made in their rates of pa'eage money for all (Ificers on unec pired furl. - iugh compel;ed to return to India during the next two months. It is said that the number on fur lough is 800. - • Liv=iron, Wednesday —The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Cdmpany's screw steamer, City of Washington, left the Mersey to-day, for New York direct, with a large number of passengers (among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Veziu), a wail, and a very large cargo of merchandise. THE " GERAT EABTERN "—At a meeting , if the Eastern Steamship, Comp4ny yesterday it was announced that the vessel may be launched in September, but that the trial trip to,Portland, Maine, will be deferred to the April following. Her total cost will amount, including to 597,195/., of which 190,0001. re amllaicnosnttombgeenmceies," met. Of this 92,0001. will be provided by ellis at present in arrear, and to supply the balance of 98,0001. the directors were empowered by the meeting to borrow 100,0001. upOn del-entures. IMPORTANCE OF 'KNOWING FEENCEL—In thia happy country of eurs, where any man may be anything from President downwards, everybody should know a little for an oreergeLey. Several of everything, particularly French, BO as to be prepared good app4+intmet!ta as foreign Minieters because they lettge might,be the mtscot could not speak any lang uage al capable men have mis,ed convenient rionmeanofanabas per haps to France, where a ematt e • be found extrt-melysecuring r t i ti n e g i r a o n rr e n m . ba A s,ay k , uo . w the language will Our presefir reprp.en 1 ative to the of peror of . France la bours under the disadvantageambassador. speak the language of the notbeing able to ci.untry ; but fortunately for us the Emperor can speak Engli s h Minister can have interco urse wit h him vi , it to th a t our cut the aid of an interpreter: Bet all Frenchmen cannot lisb, and R.rritee Vernet, the great battle painter, ; E . 2g. of them. We areii kelp, it seems,,according tou correspon dent" one of the Providence Journal, to be deprived of the services of the_great Pieria' artist in departing our l na tional capitol because he does not understand Eng, and our 'Minister cannot speak French. .Mr. Nl ih ...-agtun, it is Fai 4 , zeiieived instructions to make an offer to Vernet, a nd sent for him to communicate the intelligence to h im. The Minister read the de patch to the artist, who could not understand a word of it ; and when some one asked him whether be intended going to America, he replied that be did not know he had been invited. Perhaps some friend has been found before this to act all an interpreter between the Minister and the artist, and the Fiend. man will have learnt the honour that hall t,en paid him. _-_77Noto York Timid. , ! fiaval and Military intelligence. The first detachment of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, numbering eight officers and 126 men, under the command of Brevet Colonel Glynn, left Aldershot yesterday fur Portsmouth, to embark[for India. The other detachments will follow on the 9th, 22d, and 26th inst. On Tuesday morning 13 officers and 266 men, constituting the left wing of the 60th Regiment, left Dublin for Kingstown ' where they embarked in the Medina transport for Colomho, Ceylon. The names of the officers were as follow :—Major lob bed, commanding; Captains Barnes, Tupper, Bun bury, and Thompson ; Lieuts. Lee, Leach, Meyer, and Edge, and Assistant-Surgeon Davies. The Captain Cook, transport, is at present lying in Kingstown harbour, and will this morning take o n board the head-quarters of the 50th, consisting of 18 officers and 384 men, two officers' wives, and five children ; and 28 soldiers' wives with 38 children will likewise take their passage in the same vessel. On Tuesday the Lord Lieutenant, with a large mi litary party, held an inspection of the 79th Regi ment and of the battalion of the Rifle Brigade re cently arrived. Among the dark ranks of the lat ter two men were conspicuous who had recently received the Victoria Cross for "valour" from the hands of their Sovereign, besides other well well won proofs of daring in the recent Crimean cam- patgn. Toe sailing three-decked ship Princess Charlotte, Capt. G. St. V. King. which left Portsmouth on Friday last in tow of the steam frigate Leopard, for China, and whose progress, in consequence of the news from the East Indies, was suddenly arrested in the Channel on Sunday morning, left Plymouth finally yesterday morning at ha'f-past 4 o'clock. She got under way on Tuesday afternoon, but the hawser by which she was attached to the Leopard having been snapped by a s,rong breeze from the w south-et, she was detained uf.til yesterday. The Princess Charlotte, while lying in the Sound, was inspected by Brigade-Major Ibbetson, for the pur pose of ascertaining her capacity for the conveyance of troops to India. There was ample space for 300 men, but the lower deck ports being caulked, it was impossible to secure sufficient ventilation, especially for the tropics. The Princess Charlotte is ordered to touch at Madeira for water, and to set up her rigging. After calling at the Cape of Good Hope she proceeds direct to Hong Kong. She has the spars and rigging of a 50-gun frigate, and mounts only 12 guns. Her officers and crew are 490 in number. She hasA large, quantity of shells and ammunition for the army, and paints, oil, tar, ma chinery, &c., for the fleet, and it is supposed that on arrival she will be converted into a barrack-ship. Vice-Admiral of the White Edward Harvey, C. B. &c., arrived at Sheeruess on Tuesday evening, and yesterday his flag (white at the fore) was hoisted on board the Formidable, guardship of ordinary. The Victor, 6, screw steam gun-vessel, Com mander Algernon F. R. De Horsey, was paid off at Sheerness on Tuesday. Lord Bloomfield, her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Berlin, went yesterday, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Bloomfield, Major Moller, and a numerous party, to Woolwich garrison, and were ' , resent at a field-day of the troops on the common. In anticipation of his lordship's visit the squadron of Royal Horse Artillery, in command of Colonel Wood, C. 8., and the remnant of the field battery corps, in command of Col. Teesdale, were ordered to assemble in field-dayorder on the review ground. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams resumed the command of the garrison for the occasion, and pro ceeded to the ground at half-past 12 o'clock, accom panied by his visitors, and attended by Colon , -1 Bloomfield, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Se cond Commandant of Woolwich, Brigade-Major re . c oae atdeoc theh id n mnwagri their -eh hhi ennationalg arrivalspn Shaw, Lieutenant-Colonel Teesdale, Aide. de-Camp to the General, and a numerous staff in undress , bi w an h d eh of t t h h e e t c r o o r o p p s s e atar r pee ni ppe u awcperformedohnamdisfretired ar rapidity volley,i t d o i t y t h s e evl whiche, several l t anthem, times. The rain induced The company to withdraw, when, after a few evolutions, the troops • again 1 wheeled past and retired to quarters. The visitors thence repaired to the gymnasium, after an ins pec tion of which and visiting the institution, Museum, &c., appertaining to the establishment of the Royal Artillery, the party (consisting of about 20 rela tives and personal friends of Colonel Bloomfield) were entertained at a repast in the mess-room. They subsequently witnessed three rounds of mortar practioa_;plarfcmmed by Brevet Ltentenant-Colonel extraordinary centre t fi r e d Forteaon's Otb, company of the' lltli battalion. 21 shelJa were fired at an elevation of 45 degrees over a ranee 0f..Q00 yards at the usual butt, a flag-staff erected on the common. The practice was pro nouncei extremely successful. The visitors left Woolwich at five o'clock, and returned to London. A number of extra hands have been appointed to complete the screw steam-ship Edgar, building at 'Woolwich, which is ordered to be completed for i being launched about Aptil next. A new steam ship of a similar dimensions or thereabouts, to be called the Anson, is ordered to be laid down in the same slip after the launch of the Edgar. The freight ship Liverpool, in the London Docks, is taken up by Government to embark military stores from Woolwich Arsenal for Hong Hong. The freight ship Barrowhy is likewise chartered by Government to convey Ordnance stores from Wool wichi for Hobart Town. .r- I --- Commander Gabriel Johnston, to the Coast APPOINTMENTS. Guard service ; Lieutenant G. T. H. Parker, to Admiral Harvey ; Francis J. Davy, As.sistant-Sur the Ganges ; W. Dyer, to be Secretary to Vice- Admiral to the BoSCaWell ; David Porteous, Assistant- Surgeon, from the Impregn?ble, to Plymouth Hos pital ; J. w. Leahy,. Assistant-Surgeon, to the Ganges ; Simon. Willis, Assistant-Surgeon, from the Victory flagshiP, for Haslar H.spital ; M. W. Cowan, to the victory flagship ; T. M. Ramsay, Paymaster, to the Boscawen ; H. C. Lory, Assis tant Clerk, to the Boscawen. QUARTERLY OBITUARY. Officers whose deaths have been officially reported since the 20th of M arch 1857 : Admirals. ._..Right Hon. Lord William Fitzroy, K. C.R., Thomas Brown. Vice Admirals.--Right Hon. Granville George, Lord Radstock, Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart. Reserved Half-pay— Admiral H enr y Manaton Ommaney. Captains.,—Seserved Half-pay—James Creach. Retired—James Oliver, George Edward Marshall, David Edwards. Commanders.—Frederick Arthur Egerton. Re served Half-pay -- William Nehemiah Clarke, George Sherass Britain. Retired, 1830—John Finlayson, John. Thompson (a), Richard Tillidge Sainthill, s ac kville Burrougues. Retired Com mander (Master's List)—James Wood. Lieutenants.—Charles Bagebot, John Hill (a), Thomas James, Clvirles Pearson (a), William Frederick Warren, Edmund Sneyd Grove. Re served Haif_ pa John Jones,y. —Edward Moore (b.), Ralph Gore (a.) John Summers. Masters.—Reserved Half - p a y. —John Oliver, James Sprent, John Dallas, John Haynes, James Hill Ashton. Mate.—Thomas Bowes Pratt (act.) Second Master.—Charles Sullivan. Naval Instructors.—John Nicholas Laverty, George Edward Birch. Inspector of Ho.pitals and Fleets.—Retired. — George Magrath, Kt., M.D., K.H., F.R.S. Surgenns,James Laird. Retired.— George Grant, M.D. . Unfit List.—Peter Comrie, David Finlay. Assistant Surgeons. —Douglas N icholas Tucker, Edward Ross P rance , Samuel Magill, M.D. Unfit. —John Baisto n Paymasters.—He Wallis, William Young , W i lliam W. V. Warrington. Retired. —Goats Gurd on , (%). Royal Marin es .—General, Retired — J. Robyns, R.H. Captains, Retried —John Evans Jones, Joseph Reid Jackson. Captains, Reserved--- Robert Stevens Riga'. Walter, John Mauger. First Lieutenants, R ese rved —Thomas B. N. Edg worth, Alexander Murray, Richard Hickman. Second Lieutenant, Reserved Joshua John Wilde. REMOVALS. Lieutenants.--W. B. A. F. Paterson (discharged service by court-m a rtial), W• H. Nurse (name removed). Paymaster,—.:H. W. Second Maste r ,—R. Muwford ( discharged ser vice). Sanders (deserted). Assistant-Surgeons.—Geo. Ryding, M.D. (dis charged service at own. request), F. Lekeux (dis charged servi ce ) , H C ro skerry (discharged ser v ice at own request), w, A. White (discharged service). Only a tlifling amount of foreign gold was sold to the Bank yesterday, but it is stated that sovereigns con-. tinue to he sent from Sentland. 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Mr. Abel records, in our columns of to-day, a pro test against the proceedings of the investigation committee which authenticates the charges and sup ports the conduct of Mr. Godson. It seems to have been felt, however, even at the commencement of the inqUiry, that these two gentlemen would not flutee d in their endeavours to probe . the system of past management, nor be able to speak out with that force and distinctness which a free and inde pendent inquiry should elicit. It will now be ob-erved, without our pointedly calling public attention to the fa:,t, that more than one curiosity attends the leasing of the company's boats to the Tilbury and Southend. True, the price paid is to be exactly that which was extorted from the Eastern Counties ; but it is not likely to be forgotten, that, at the time the Eastern Coun ties hired these vese's, Mr. Waddington rowed in the same boat with Sir S. M. Peto. Nor can it be overlooked, while remembering that the chairman of the Steam Navigation is lessee of the Tilbury, that such contracts, even when at fair prices, ate not looked upon favourably by the law. it may be that the chairman of the Victoria Docks is beirter fitted to inquire into the conduct of his own tenant than either Mr. Abel or Mr. Godson, who are no thing more than shareholders. But it can scarczly be asserted that Mr. Lawrance, who enjoys the re putation, if not the credit, of being the money broker of Sir M. Peto, or that Mr. Young, who contracts for certain freights to Denm trk, as well as being with Mr. Lawrance intricately intimate with the concerns of the Royal Danish, are ttte mot disinterested colleagues which Mr. Morrison could obtain. At all events, a whitewashing from persons so delicately interested in sustaining the financial dignity of their chief iy not quite so effi cacious as it might have been had the only two in depend,nt members of the committee added their signatures to the report. Though stubborn, these gen:lemen, let it be adde , l, are not vindictive ; they hope, although 'the North of Europe has been to them a ruinous undertaking, that it has bean at least useful in making up the imperative dividend for the more fortunate proprietors in the three com panies of which their chai , man is lessee. But, per haps, even in this charitable conclusion they may be disapp doted. The secret cannot always remain undiscovered. NORTH OF EUIWPE STEAD? N.AVIGA- TION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE RAILWAY TIMES. Sir ' —I am induced on account of the importance of the principles involved iu the question of the investigation of the affairs of public companies by committees of shareholders, to address to you a few observations upon the results obtained by this coin mittee during its protracted sittings and inquiries into the past management of the above-named corn pany, for which I hope you will be able to find room in the Railway Tim's ; more especially do I request this of you from the circumstance of there having occurred, in the report of the proceedings at the adjourned meeting on Thursday last, several inaccuracies, of interest to the shareholders, and of importance as bearing upon the question of coin m.ttees of investigation and of committees co-ope- rating with boards of directors. Allow me, then, first to correct the statement which I saw in one of tha papers, that the company bad incurred a loss by tr ding, to 30th J nne last, of 60,120/. The actual - amount of loss, as appears in the report of the committee, was upwards of 4,0001. ; neverth -less, it is quite true that a divilend of 8 per cent was declared and distribtited to the pro pr etors at that date. This sum of 60,1201. the' e• fora shows the loss of the company for the whole and not for the half-year of 1856. Again, with reference to the selling of their shares by &lectors, whilst all this mischief' was realising. I am represented at the meeting as defending 'h i board from this charge and from the suspicion that they knew very well what was going on, a , illus trated by such a course of precee&ng. lam sorry to say that I did not, because I could not, defend the board from the imputation—althow2h I was very happy on being appealed to , both by Sir M. Peto and Mr. Baghawe, to exclude both those gen tlemen from the harge. The fact is, that whilst in 1856, some of the directors were getting out of the in c e p h a a n r y e h a e l I I o d g e e r t e , h e e r t , h a e t r the expense p t e h n e s m e o r f e t d h a e c e r d em t h a in ei r holding in the aggregate from 800 to 275 shares ; and this fact, which I thought of peculiar siguifi canes as heating upon the question of ignorance or instinct, I insisted was one to be made known to the proprietors in our report. And now with reference to what fell from Mr. Godson at the meeting. Although I was not at all surprised at the impatience manifested at the ex cessive tediousness of his statements, and would also express my opinion that the first step of that gentleman in parting with his shares, previous to his appointment to serve on the committee, was a false one, and one which effectually excluded from consideration his claim to readmission to the corn mitt** on his repurchase of shares with that object, I would, nevertheless, do him the justice to say, that there was much, very much,, in his observa tions entitled to the grave consideration of the pro prietors, and which it was far easier for partisan ship to cry down than to answer. Mr. Godson imputed great blame to the chair man of the company fer putting forth statements without proper foundaton, and which with refer ence to the mysrer ions letter from Mr. Coleman, of the 18th Oct., were positively false. And so do I ; for I am utterly unable to reconcile the statement of Sir M. Peto that, " not one of their ships arrived without the figures of the freights and the estimate of the expenses being laid before him," with the declaration of a dividend of 13,3421. upon the losses detailed in the report of the committee. To any man of plain intentions, the cheering of personal friends, to be succeeded by the farce of a vote of teanks for his explanatous, cannot weigh for a moment against so palpable a mystification as this. Mr. Godson further stated that the books were Rot in a proper state for examination by the com mittee. The report of the committee says the same thing ; but Mr. Coleman, the company's account ant, indignantly denied Mr. Godson's assertion. I must say I entirely'agree with Mr. Godson on this point also, and should likevery much to he informed, with reference to the accounts of this c. tmpany, audited by a public account tnt—of what use is such an officer as a protection to the public, when it appears from his own admission, that Mr. Coleman sanctioned the payment of a dividend upon insuffi cient information relating to a portion only of the company's business; and which wa. in f ct the only profi able portion 1 I would further ask, was it or not one of the functions of a public ac out tint, io passing accounts, to take care of the question of a depreciation fund ? for th's was a vital one as affecting the value of shares in public market. Another question arises in the ace - .unts for trans port service in 1855. It appeals that these accounts were charged short the sum of 9,1331. 16s. 10d. for extraordinary repairs. How was this ? And be sides, it should be observed that in the accounts, both of 1855 and 1856, the whole receipts of the company for trading and for Government trees ports, are presented in one sum, so as, and as if, effectually to screen from the shareholders the actual results of each, and conseqiien ly the legi timate prospects of the company. Was this purely accidental ? These are very important considera tions, and concern the welfare of public companies intimately ; and before closing this part of the sub ject, I will relate an incident which occurred in committee, which throws light upon the subject of so:founts presented to shareholders in joint-stock companies, and it is particularly illustrative of the system pursued by our own comp Any. When I withdrew from the committee, our re port was nearly ready for issue. At that moment the accounts to June 30, 1856, as furnished by Mr. Coleman, presented a profit of 1,700/. ; but having casually recollected a remark which fell from that gentleman at, a former sitting of the committee, I called for an explanation,. and thus, I believe, was saved to the preprietors an error amounting, in the account about to issue, of not less than 5,7001. I am, therefore, tempted again to ask—of what use to the security of a company is the office of a public accountant ; or, was this oversight, and all other " unfortunate errors," to be laid at the doer of Captain Andrews, as the more con venient mode of disposing of them 1 There were some other facts of interest to the shareholders, which I could have wished had been found in the report. I cannot do more than glance at them. The losses of the company last year, in connexion with the Royal Danish Railway alone, amounted to no less than 18,800/. Of the 27 ships belonging to the company, only 7 were employed at a profit ; but yet of these 27' ships, five new - vessels were built, to accumulate the amount of our losses • and during the three years 1853, 1854, and 1855, the total plat of the cammercial trading of the company upon a paid-up capital of 300,0001., amounted only to an average profit of about 1,687/. per annum, or about 9s. 6d. per cent., whilst the last two calls were made, and were paid by the shareholders, under the impres sion and in reliance upon Sir M. Peto's word, that the company was highly prosperous. Our chairman is lessee of the Royal Danish, the Tilbury, and of the 'Victoria Dock, to the proprie tors of which I believe he guarantees a fixed divi dend of 6 per cent. Now, although the North of Europe Company has been to us a ruinous under taking, yet let us hope that it has been at least use ful in making up the imperative divident km the more fortunate proprietors in the former corn- panies. I have a word or two to add yef, upon the com potition of the 144 0113:111 to . of co-opt.ration, which was moved for by Mr. J. Ya es. Every mem ber of it was, I believe, a personal ft i.nd of one or other of the directors, with the exception of myself and Mr. Godson. If the committee did not work together so harmoniously, in making things plea sant, as might have been wished, it is to be re gretted ; and all I can say on that point is, that having seen something of reports of committees of investigation, I was most anxious, and perhaps needlessly so that no stain of professed cookery should attach to a report proceedng from a com mittee of which I had the honour of being chair man ; and it was in defence of the character of the committee against such a not impossible sultic'on, land of the rights of proprietors, who alone ought I to d.tertnine the effect of the report, upon the cha racter of those whose conduct was the subject of it, that I refused to sign it, unless the paragraph so I needlessly proclaiming the integrity and honour `able motives of the board were withdrawn from it. Apologising for the length to which these obser ivations have extended themselves, lam, &c. JoHN ABEL, late Chairmah - of Coininittee. 96, Westbourue-terrace, 24th June, 1357. IRE GLASGOW POISONING CASE. SECOND DAY. The trial of Madeleine Smith was resumed at Edinburgh yesterday (Wednesday) morning. Win. Stevenson was further cross-examined.— He deposed that there might be from 250 to 300 letters found in repositories of decased. There was a large number of them in the kmdwriting of Miss Perry ; probably lane-th , rd as many as those of Mis 3 Smith. This wi ness's evidence showed there had been considerattle irregularity on the part of the prose cution in the means taken for the attestation of the documents. Dr. Hugh Thomson bad attended deceased on various occasions, and in particular about the end of February, when he had severe vomiting, which witness then ascribed to a bilious attack. Af er the death an examination of the body was made by witness and Dr. Steven. Their report stated that death might have arisen from irritant poison, or from internal congestion, caused by cold or fatigue. Dr. Steven gave the particulars of d-ceased's last illness, and corroborated some of the former evidence. Dr. Penny, examined by the Lord-Advocate—l am Professor of Chemistry in the Andersonian Uni versity, Glasgow. On 27th March last I was com municated with by. Dr. Thomson. He came to the University and delivered a b Atte. It was securely closed ard sealed. I broke the seal and made an ex amination of the contents. They were a stomach and a reddish coloured fluid. T was requested to make the examinat on for the purpose of ascertain ing if those matters contained poison. I commenced the analysis on the f llowing day, the 281 h. One of the clerks of the Fiscal called with Dr. Thlm9on and it was done at his request. Till 1 made the analysis the jar and its contents remained in the state in which I received it. (Shown report of first analysis and read it.) The amount of arsenic in the t'owels was equal to 82 7-10th grains, or nearly One fiPh of an ounce. Having carefully considered the results, of this investigation, the report concluded— " I am clearly of opinion that they are conclusive as showing, first, that the matters sul ;jetted to ex aminati na and analysis contented arsenic, and se cond, that the quantity of arsenic found was consi derably more than suffi3ient to destroy life." (The report went at great length into the various pro cesses used to detect arsenic.) How much arsenic would destroy life ? It is not easy to give a precise answer to that question ; cases are on record in. which life was destroyed by two and four grains ; Sour or six grains are generally regarded as suffi cient to destroy life, and the amount I determined as existing in We stomach was 82 grains. On the 311 of March lattended thn exhumation of M. L'Angelier's body. I saw the coffin opened, and - the portions of the body removed. These portians were carefully preserved and submitted to a chemical analysis by, myself. They were placed in jars which I never lost sight of. I made an analysis of the contents, and found arsenic, and the result of my analysis is that it trust have been taken by, or ad ministered to the deceased while living. The actual quantity was. not ascertained. The pre sence of arsenic in the brain does not enable Me to say when the arsenic was taken. I can see no physiological reason. • why . the arsenic. should not make its appearance at the same time in the other textures of the body. By the Lord Justice-Clerk—Purging would acs count for a similar portion of arsenic being found in the large intestine. By the Lord Advocate—When my analysis was completed, on the 11th April, I returned the por tions of the body to Edinburgh. They were de livered to Dr. Christison. Tnese were powder from contents .of stomach, fluid from contents of stomach, portions of ' small and large intestines, liver, heart, lung, &c. They were in my custody till delivered. to Dr. Christison. They were portions of L'An gelter's body. I was asked to make investigation as to arsenic at the shops of Mr. Currie and •Mr. Murdoch, to ascertain if the substance sold by them as arsenic really contained that proportion. On the 18th I purchased from Mr. Murdoch's shop 11 oz. of arsenic in the state in which it is usually sold. On the same day I purchased from Mr. Cur rie's 1 oz. of arsenic. I find they contain the fol lowing proportions of arsenic acid—that is, pure white arsenic :—Mr. Murdoch's. 95.1 per cent. ; Currie's, 94 4 per cent. The other subssances were inorganic matter, and in Mr. Murdoch's carbona ceous matter, and in Currie's particlei of indigo and carbonaceous matter, with ash or inorganic matter. The arsenic bought at Currie's contained an extremely small portion of colouring matter of indigo. Tae greater part of that colouring mat ter, by peculiar and dexterous manipulation, could be removed, and the arsenic would afterwards appear white to the ueassisted eye. If a sufficient portion of that arsenic was administered to cause death, and prior to death great vomiting had taken place, I would not have expecte f t find any portion of the indigo. The indigo would show a blue colour in solution. By the Lord Justice-Clerk—The qukntity of in digo was so small that it would not colour wine of any sort. By the Lord Advocate—ln regard to the arsenic purchased from Dr. Murdoch, that was mixed with carbonaceous particles. If that had been adminis tered, and if the arsenic had settled down from the contents of the stomach, as in this case, I should have expected to find carbonac,ons particles. Sup pose there had been prior administration of a , senic a month before, similar to what was purchased from Murdoch's, I would not have expected to find traces of that carbon.aceous. matter. Various arti cles were delivered to me by Mr. -Wilson, :aid to have been found in M. L'Augelier's lodgings. They were 15 articles, viz., 12 bottles, two paper pac a t kae s a nd a cake of chocolate. I examned , them, specially for arsenic, and to ascertain their general nature.. No. 1 (a bottle) contained a brown liquid, containing magnesia, epsom salts, soda, and rhubarb ' • No. 2, sugar and ammonia ; No. 3 , cam phorated oil ; No. 4, laudanum ; No. 5, bottle coutnning colourless liquid, a very weak solution of accni.e ; No.' 6, bottle containing vsliitish pow der, chair, su gar, and cinnamon chiefly ; No. 7, olive oil ; No. 8, a brown liquid and brown sedi ment containing chalk, cinnamon, and an astrin gent matter ; No. 9,lbur packages of powders, con sisting exclusively of sulphate of quinine ; No. 10, Eau de Calogro ; No. 11, camphorated chalk ; No. 12, cake of chocolate; No. 13, paper package—a dried plant ; No. 22, empty phial, labelled. glyce rine ; No. 23, small bottle containing a resinous cement. Witness then identified the various bottles which contained the stomach. None of these solu tions, excepting that containing solution of aconite, are poisonous. , It was extremely weak, and the quantity r found was not s ufficient to destroy life. There were nearly two ounces in the phial, and it was more than -half full ; if the whole quantity taken out had been swallowed, it would not have been sufficient to destroy dile. I cannot speak to the effects of aconite. I never heard of prussic acid being used externally as a cosmetic ; I should . think it highly dangerous to use it in that way. I am not aware of any beneficial ac ion it exerts. 1 should say it would be very dangerous to use arsenic for a similar purpose. If rubbed on the skin it might produce constitutional symptoms of poisoning by. arsenic ; it would produce an eruption on the skin. I have heard sf its being used as a depilatory, to remove hairs from the skin,._ m ixed, however, with other matters, lime generallh solid. It is not arsenious acid that is so used ; it is usually the yellow sulphite. • Cross-examined by the Dean of Faculty—ln the_ entire stomach and its contents there was arsenic equal to 82 7-I.oths grains. That was exclusive of the white powder which I first examined. The white powder that I attested atter being dried weighed 5 2-101 b grains,:_and that was arsenious acid. I did not determine the quantity of arsenic in the lungs, liver, brain, or heart ; I can give no notion of tbequantitithat might be in these organs —in the small intestines it must have been consi derable, because when its contents were allowed to repose, arsenious acid crystallised out of that liquid and deposited. abundaetly on the sides of the vessel. That indicated the liquid had as much arsenic as it could hold in soliition at the temperature. I can't give any idea of the quantity in the small intestine. It was decidedly appreciable, Might it be several grains 1 It would be a mere matter of pie:4l,-nd I shoull not like to guess in so serious a matter. if the deceased, when attacked by symptoms of arydnic , l pois ,, ning, vomited a great d..al, and n larqe qutiltitie , , it would depend, on the mode of administration whether a quantity would bo carried off. If givt-n with solid food, and in a solid mate, a great port on of the arsenic would be ejected from the stomach if all that food were vomited ; but if the arsenic were stirred up with a liquid, and thereby thrown into a state. of mechanical suspension, I would not expect that so considerable a portion should be ejected by vomit ing. By solid food I mean bread and the like. In the case of the arsenic being t iken in a fluid, I could not say what proportion - might be ejected. I shi•uld not he surprised to find that as much had been ejected as remained. Judging from what I found on the examination of the b , dy tie dose of arsenic must have been of very unusual size. There are cases on rec , rd in which very large quintitjes of arsenic have be-n found in the stomach and intes tines. I know this as a ma',fer of reading. There are examples of larger qoantitits being found than in the present. I there think is A case in which 2 drachm-1 were found—that is, 120 grains. That is the largest quant ty which occurs to my mind at tl,i4 moment as having been found. The cases in which a very large quantity of arsenic was ftiund did not turn out-to be cas-s of intentional murder ,yr a third party. In the cases to which I refer, the arsenic was taken by the party voluntarily, with the iiitenti , n to commit suicide. It would be very difficult to give a large di, se of arsenic in a liquid ; by a large dose of arsenic you exclude many vehi cles in which arsenic might be admitted. Nothing which I found in my investig:ton indicated the time when the arsenic must have been taken. The ordinary period that elapses between the adminis tering of this poison and the symptoms being mani fested is eight or ten hours in the cases on record ; that 'is the extreme time ; there are some cases: which show themselves in less than half-an-honr ; we have cases in which death has resulted in a few hours, and vises in which death has been delayed for two or three. days. As to the arsenic obta;ned from Currie's shop, the greater part of the colour ing matter might be removed. by dexterous mani pulation ; if you were to throw water in the arsenic and agitate the two by this, and after the arsenic has subsided, you tnrow off the liquor, a portion of co`ouring matter is thrown off ; but it you keep the vessel shaken in a earticular way you may coax the greater part of the colouring matter away, Murdoch's arsenic was coloured with carbonaceous matter ;it hadtheyd, ur of coal soot. I cannot tell from examination whether the arsenic found is administered in one dose or in several. It would he very dangerous to use areenic externally in any way. Thera are cas , -s in which it has been. applied'to the entire or whole skin, and in which . the symptoms of poisoning have,, been produced • " —vomiting, pain, but not death. In one case it Was rubbed-on the head, I think ; 'but I don't re member V e case. From the remembrance of general reading, my impression is that it produces eruption of the soued skin. If cold water were used. I should not like to wash . in such water my self. You cannot give me any ether answer ? No, I cannot. By the Lord Justice-Clerk—There are cases in which inflammation of the intestines, has been produced by ex' ernal application of arsenic". By the Dean—Arsenic is not an instant poison ; it is absorbed into the blood, I presume with great great rapidity, and through the blood it reaches all the organs in which we find it. By the Lord Advocate.—ln administering large doses of arsenic rainy vehicles are secluded e cocoa or coffee is a vehicle in which a large &se might be given; there is a great difference between giving rise to Su , picion and actual detection ; I have found, by actual experiment, that when thirty or foiey grains of arsenic are put into a cup of warm chocolate, a lirge portion of the arsenic at ttles down in the bottom of the cup, and I think a pe , sou drinking such poisonous chocolate would' --- suspect something when the gritty particles came into his mouth ; but if the same quantity, and even a larger quantity was boded with the chocolate, instead of merely being stirred or mixed, none of it settles down. I could not separate the sort by washing from Murdoch's arsenic ; but - a very large quant ty of it might be separated. Suppose a person the subject of repeated doses of arsenic, 1 have no evidence on which to form an opinion whether the last dose would be fatal more rapidly. I delivered to Dr. Chi isteson some of the arsenic I got at Currie and Murdoch's.. . By the Dean—ln case of chocolate being boiled with arsenic in it, a la, ger proportion dissolveS and does not subside. This is what I find to be the case feom actual experiment. Coffee or tea could.. not be made the vehicle of a large dose of arsenic. By. the Lord Justice-Clerk—The period in which. the arsenic produces its effect varies in different in dividuals, and according to the Mode of adminis trarioh. Pain in the stomach is one of the first symptoms, and vomiting usually accompanies the- • pain, but it may be very severe before vomiting' actually hegius. Ten, fifteen, or twenty grains might be given in coffee. The Lord Justice-Clerk—CertainlY, Dr. Penney,, more satisfactory, lucid, or distinct evidence, I never heard. Aniad6e Thuot deposed to being with deceased _ on one tcca-ion when he tapped at a window near Blythswood-square to hand in a letter. He aftere wards pointed out the window to a policeman. He understood him to have secret correspondence with a lady. Augnste Vanvente de Mean, Chancellor to the Frencri Consul in Glasgow, knew of L'Angeher's intimacy with Mi:s Serial. Soma weeks b. fore his death witnessi dd deceased of a report that she was.; to be married to some one else. L'Angelier said that must be false, but that he had documents in his possessi. in which would at leattforbid the banns. He sew Miss Smith shor ly after deceased's death; when she denied having seen L'Augelier on the Sun day evening. He questioned her about the letter re ceived by deceased at Bridge of Allan, on account of which he had come.home, and asked her how she could'explain it, she g engaged to another mane' e said she 'had made the appointment for Satur day evening, which he did not keep, and her purpoie in wri , iug to him was to try to get back her letters.: In cross-examination witness stated that deceased , had once become suddenly sick atter taking a long: walk him him at Helensburgh ; that. he had spoken' of having had cholera • that het was in the habit of taking laudanum, and bad once had a conversation: with witness as to the probability of taking arsenic without dangerous results. The Court adjourned till next morning (this day.), [ADVERTISEMENT.] — We have read with much pleasure DA Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Du Barry's Food, of Indigestion( Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipa= tion, Nervous, Bidous, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility. 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