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THE SUN, LONEON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1857, THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE. FOURTH DAY. --FRIDAY. The evidence fir the prosecution was resumed to -day by the examination of William Hart and Peter Taylor Young, Joint Procurators Fiscal for the lower ward of Lanarkshire. Their evidence chiefly related to the mode of recovetiug and at testing the documents in the repositories of the de ceased, also to the preparation of the case and the communication of copies. of the documents to the prisoner's agents. Andrew Murray, jun., writer to the Signet, proved the accuracy of the print of the porti n of the correspondence founded on by the Crown, aid in the hands of couns-1 on both sides. Rowland Hill M`Donald, controller of sorting department, post-office, Glasgow, was called to identify the post-marks on numerous envelopes. Robert Monteith and Robert Sinclair, packers, in the employment of Huggins and Co., d, posed that they had addressed letters f r L'Angelier to " Miss C. Hagart," both at India-street, where the family resided before Whitsunday, 1856, at the country house at Row, and latterly at 7, Blyths wood-square. L'Angelier did nut wish his hand writing to be known. Janet M`Donald, postmistress at Row, remem bered letters coming to the post-office at Row in 1855 and 1856, addressed to " Miss Bruce ; to be called for," and which one of Mr. Smith's servants called for. Did not know of any person named Miss Bruce. Catherine M'Donald, Bridge of Allan, deposed that the family had resided in her house there from the 6th t,) the 17th of March. We usually went to bed between 10 and 11, but I cannot say if we stayed up longer than usual that night. Miss Smith wished we might stay in the kitchen a little. When she told me to open the back door she said she was to see her friend. While I stayed in the kitchen I did not know if he was in my bedroom, but I have no doubt she was. When we heard Miss Smith go to her room we 1--ft the kitchen. We heard the door of Miss Smith's bedroom open, but we did not hear the back bedroom door open. When we went we found our room door shut. There is a front area to the house. The key of the door is sometimes in the kitchen and sometimes in the boy's room. I heard Miss Smith was to be married from her mo ther. This was before she was apprehended. I think a good while before. I asked her what she was to do with her other friend, and she told me then, or sometime afterward, that she had given him up. I asked if she had got back her letters. She said, " No, Ido not care." I once, in India- Areet, refused to receive letters for her. I also refused at one time, in Blythswood-square, but I don't remember if she passed any remark. She said she could receive letters at the window. This was before I had refused. I have seen L'Angelier in Main-street, clo4e to the house. He was walking slowly along. Tiiis was in the beginning of the last winter. Miss Smith could have passed from her bedroom to the kitchen or up stairs without being overheard by us. I never saw any rats in our house in Blythswood square. I remember Sunday, the ',.2d of March. I was unwell that day, and kept my b-d in cm-equence. I got up between 5 add 6in the afternoon. I saw Duncan Macken zethat evening. He came between 7 and 8. I was Dr. Robert Telfer Cortret—l assisted in the exa- at the family worship at 9, as also was Miss Smith. mireteion of the body of M. L'Abgelier on the 31st Mackenzie remained below. I left Miss Smith in of March, and concurred in the report then made. the dining-room, an d did no t see h er , aga i n t h at The conclusion we came t o was th a t d ece ased had evening. I went to bed at 10. _,_ Mackenzie left died died from the effects of irrit an t pois on . The mor- shor y before that time. We heard thing in the bid appearance were of two kinds—one showing coulee of that night, and knew nothing of any the recent and immediate action of irritant poison, stranger being in or about the house. I remember and the other effects o f some a nt ece d en t a d m i n is Miss Smith l eav i ng h ome unexpecte dl y on t h e tration. The ulcers on the duodenum were such Thursday following. I remember her being at an as I think an irritant poison administered a month evening party, between the Sunday and the Thurs before might have produced. I think ihe inflame- day. I cannot say if it was Wednesday evening. mat orY action and ulceration were iudicative of the The key of the back door was kept that night in my administration of arsenic. Jaundice is not a cern- bedroom. It was about Bin the morning that Miss mon, but an occasional sympton of irritant p iison. Smith was missed. There was a key to the back Extreme thirst is one of tile symptoms, and shows gate of the area, of which I had charge. It is a itself very early. That is not a sywp om of Btitish wooden gate in a high wall. The key of the back cholera in the earlier stages. A dose of arsenic door of the house generally stood on the wall. The generally shows itself in batf an hour or au hour. back gate was sometimes locked, but more gene- Longer periods have been known, bu they are un- rally "snibbed." The key of the low front door usual. The early appearance of the symptoms would was always left in the lock, as also the key of depend more on tire mode of administration and the bieh front door. It was the key of the front the state of the stomach than the f l u Lntity. It area gete that the boy kept. I had charge of would operate more quickly, I think, if there had Mess Smith's bedroom. I never during February or been repeated doses. I have re td of ca-es of March Faw the wa'er she washed in peculiarly black murder in which large doses have beenadrninistered. or peculiarly blue. I cannot say I hive heard of 80 grains, but I have Cross-examined—l think it was soon after Miss read of cases in which the authors describe the doses Smith pointed out her friend that I knew of the as being large. correspondence. It was in April or May of 1856 Cross-examined—Twenty grains would certainly the family went to Row. It would be a good while be a very large dose. It wou!cl be a large dose to before this I knew of the correspondence. After I be administered, and certainly a very laree quan- received some of the letters I declined to take more. tity to be found in the stomach. I cannot tell of Her mother found out thtt something was going any case of homicidal adusiuistratioii ier whi la so on, and forbade me to receive any letters. The fa large a dose was given. I state upon the authority mly came back from Row in Nov. last. Ido not of Dr. Taylor that jaundice is a symptom. (Shown remember how long it was after the family's return Taylor's work, and asked to point out the passage.) that this gentleman came to the house, but it was Ido not know the fact except from reading. Ithink a good while. Irememberthe familygoingto Bridge Taylor refers to Christison as hie authority. of Allan. It was a good while before this that he The Dean—No, not Christisou, but Marshall. came. I could not say how long. Ido not remem- If you can give me a single line except the one now ber the time Mrs. Smith told me that Miss Smith shown me, in which Taylor refers to Marshall as was to be married, but it was before we went to his authority, namely, at page 62, I entreat you to Bridge of Allan. The interview of the gentleman show it to me. with Mies Smith might have been in the lobby. Witness—l am not aware that it is mentioned in Her youngest sister slept with her, and she would any other part of the article than the page to which be in bed by that time. My present husband was you allude, but I would require to read it over, pretty frequently about the house at that time— The Dean—But surely when you come li re to several times iu the course of a week. Duncan sweir, as a man of skill, that jaundice is a sympt , m Mackenzie went out by the back door on the Sun of arsenical poisoning, you are prepared .o give me day night. I saw him to the outer gate and a better answer than that. Do you know there is " suibtred it." I have no reason to suppose I did a life depending on this inquiry ? Pcay keep that not lock the inner door as usual. After leaving in mind. Miss Smith in the dining-room I did not see her Witness—l know jaundice to be a secondary that night. She gave me no reason to suppose she symptom of arsenical poisoning by my reading. had had any meeting. Ido not know if Miss The Dean—And is there any reading that you Smith and Miss Janet went to bed together that can condescend on, except what I have pointed out night. The luck of the back door makes a con to you ? siderable noise when it is turned. It is close to Witness—Nothing. my bedroom. The window of our room looks into Cross-examination resumed—The u'cera might the back area, and is secured by iron stincbions. be produced by other causes than irritant poieon. By the Court—When the family went to Bridge I never saw ulcers in the duodenum except in this of Allan the servants were left at home. I saw case, but I should conceive that any cause of in- Miss Smith when she came back on the Thursday flammation of the upper intestines would produce from Row. She had a smell carpetbag with her. them. It was not very small, but it was such as a lady Re examined—The presence of jaundice would might carry. It was in India -street that I was de not sway me very materially iu the view of arsenical. sired by Mrs. Smith not to receive letters for Miss poisoning. I have made a great many post wor- Smith, but I did receive some afterwards. tem examinalions. The Lord Justice Clerk—l suppose in reality, as Dr. Penny recalled and re-examined for the Mackenzie was visiting you, you were willing to Crown.—l have made experiments as the effect of oblige the young lady 1 (A laugh.) the colouring matter in ttie arsenic of Murdoch and Charlotte M‘Lean—l was cook in Mr. Smith's Currie, as to how far the colouring matter could be family for six m inths, up till last Whit-Sunday. I afterwards, detected. I administered Murdocli'a never saw any gentleman visiting Miss Smith with to a dog, andet found no difficulty in 01. tecting the out the knowledge of her family, nor had beard of soot in the stomach of the dog. I administered it. I never got letters to deliver or post to M. arsenic,coourede by myself with indigo to another L'Angelier. I never knew of her receiving such dot', and I had no difficulty in detecting the inei- letters come addressed to Miss Bruce. I remember ' go in that case. I administered to another dog a one night Christina Haggart asking me to remain 1 portion of the arsenic sold by Mr. Currie, and I longer in the kitchen, as some person was speaking detected black particles in the stomach, but could to Miss Smith. I afterwards heard her go into her not undertake to identify the arsenic found with bedroom, on which we went to her room. I was at the arsenic given. I fund carhop iceous parti- family worship on Sunday night, the 22d March, des, but could not and-rtake to say that they are and left Miss Smith upstairs. I did not know of any of thernAltas sufficient to identify any particular pers rn being in during the night. I heard no noise. description of arsenic. I could not detect no ar- Cross examined—lt was near 11 that night when senic in the brain, Kit I found it in the stomach, we went to b- d. as well as in the texture of the stomach. Duncan Mackenzie—l was married recently to Cross-examined.-1 made myself acquainted with- Christine Haggart. I was visiting her on Sunday the'qualitY of the colouring matter in Curie's ar- the 22d March. I left about 10 by the hack gate. I senic before administer ine, it to the d ig. The par- was in the way of visiting her when the family lived tides found in the dog's stomach bore a close re- in India-street. She once pointed out a gentle semblance to the colouring matter, both in their man to me at the lack door of the house, but she physical appearance and their chymical properties. did not tell me his name or anything about him. , Their appearance and properties were, indeed, Cross-examin e d—I spo k e to this gentleman. I identical. was coming up to the house, and he asked me if I Christina Haggart, or Mackenzie—l was mar- was going in. He asked if I knew Christina. Heo tied to Duncan Mackenzie since the end of March asked me to ask her to go out to speak to him. She last. I was previously servant in the family of Mr. went out. I did not hear what they said. I was Smith. I was two years in their servi ce last Whit- not jealous about this, but she was a f ra id I m i g h t sunday. Miss Smith was the eld es t o f th e f ern il y. be. I had al, tter afterwards, signed "M. Smith," Miss Bessie is a grown up young lady, perhaps , telling me it was her friend I had seen, and hoping about two years younger than Miss Smith. I think nothing would arise between us in consequence. I Miss Janet will be about 12 or 13. John, the did hot preserve the letter. I never saw that gen eldest son, will he about 16 or 17., and was in an tleman again. I was frequently about that house office in Glasgow ; and Jarnesis two years younger. af erwards, and subsequently about the house in He was till the end of March at a school in Edin- 1 Blythewood-squa re , b u t never saw him again. burgh. The family had a house at How a l e y n Row. I James Galloway dep ose d t o h av i ng seen L'Ange- The first winter I was with them they lived in lier going tip Sauchiehall-str ee t on S un d a ty, y, Merch India-street, Gl asgow . Whil e t h ey were living 22, abo 9 o'clock. Th a t wou ld b e i n the direction i there Miss Smith pointed out aFi each gentleman ! from Franklin-place to Blythswood-square. to me, but did not tell the his name. I never heard 1 Cress-examined—He was walking rather slowly. his name, that I remsmeer, till I was examined. i Mary Tweedle deposed to his calling at Mrs. Miss Smith told tie he was a friend of hers. Parr',, St. Vincent-street, at 20 minutes past 9. See pointed him out to me from the window He called for Mr. M'Alester, who was not in. one day he was p sesing. The photograph shown me Blyths wood-square is 5 minutes walk from there. appears to be a likeness of him. He once came into Thomas Kavan, night constable, Glasgow police. the house at India street by the back gate, which —My heat in March last included the north and MissSmithrequested me to open for him. The family east sides, of Blythswood-square and thus included were all at church except the youngest sister. She Mr. Smith's house at No. 7. (Shown photograph took him into the laundry. They shut the door of L'Angelier.) I have seen that person more than after them. He remained about half an hour. once. I saw him at least two months previous to my He came back at night afterwards on several CCCA- being examined about him. I saw him in Main sions—three or four times.. He came about ten street. As well as I can recollect it would be 10 or o'clock. This was beLre the tour the family re- 11 o'clock. He was staeding at the lamppost nearthe tired, but, so far as I remember, they were not at Earle. He once accosted me and said, "It's a cold home. Ott these occasions be stood at the back- night, polieewan; do youstnoke 1" I said "Yes,"and gate, and d'd not come into the house to my letiow- he gave me two cig.rs. Wheulsaw him he wasabout ledge. I sometimes opened the gate when he was the breadth of this courthouse from Mr. Smith's not, there, that he might come in, and . sometimes h ouse . I i ecollect having seen hi m some 10 or 12 when I w e nt out, at Miss Smith's desire, to open days after the first time. 'He was passing along it be w ou ld b e there waiting. Miss Smith g ene - th e gar d en s id e, on the north side of Blythswood rally wen t out to him. Tilt' I °lck door was a good square; going east towards West Regent-street. way from the laundry, bu - , they might have gone He was passing opposite 5 and 6, which are west of in there without my seeking it. I once pointed this No. 7, and he was going east. I saw him again a gentleman out to Duncan Mackenzie, my present' fortnight or three weeks previous to the time I was husband. I said he we.: a frieed of Miss Slid h's, examined. I saw him at the corner of West Regent but Ido not remember if I mentioned his name. I street coining towards Blythswood-square. It might have spoken to that gentleman. He onge Made me a be between 9 and 10 o'clock. I Lever saw him again. present of a dress while we lived in In dia-stree te He Cross-examined—l was examined on the 2d of did not say what he gave it for. Never sa w him that I April. I was on my beat on Sunday the 22d March. rememberintheneighbohrhoodofßowaleyu Ie tters lam quite sure I did not see him that night. were sometimes addressed to me for MiSe Smith at were conning Wm y ung, photographer, Eleleusburgh (shown India-street. She said thy from the photograph found in L'Angedier's lodgings).— her friend, and aeksd me to rec ive the'in I I lade this photograph. It is a portrait of Miss Ma thought she meant M. L'Angelier. I could , not de u line ' South. It was done in September, 1856, a t tell the number of l e tt ers t h at came in that way. her desire. I gave them all to Miss Smyth. Letters came to Mrs. Towers—l am sister to Miss Perry, who Rowaleyn addressed in tile same we called for letters addressed to Mies Bruce at l Row_ lives in " Glas ow. Ili l vein Chester, but 't March Smith aleyn, which I gave to Msa &lase miss p est . my husband and lived at Portobello, near eluilturgh. I remem tier L'Angelier coming to visit me let lets to post, I think to L'Augelir-r, iii tiiere. He dined with us. 11 . 0 talked of his health has given but I could not r ee l th e eae e e. I have porn d almos • the whole time He said he had been given jeteers to his address, from Inclia-stree e from cocoa anal Blythswood - s Inure and from Rewaleyn. I enee disagreed with coffee, hi b m ut , a aft d er Lakin; them they had ha7cl been very ill. delivered a letter to 'he same eddies-, in Franklin- He said he had not I.:ea: e t id to them. He pl ac e. I left it nit the house. In the Bly- ltswood- made the remark that he a t c h c o ns urt he had beenpoi square house there is a hacedoor, opsning to tl:e sorted. This was after Speaking Was said. or asked about who had wee in the back lane. Mae Sini:h esked me once cecoa. Nothing of the coffee e.nd to open that bicle door. It was a good Long time poisoned him. befor e s h e was appre h en ded. I (wild not say how James Towers, husband of last witness—l was at resided in gelier at many w* eke I thiak it was not so much as two 'o• e time a merchant in Glaseovr, months befor e she was apprehended. It was at eight Portotiello in March last. I had metnett'teur his . she asked te e to do this— pi et 10. I wa s if, her r :orn my sister-in-law's in Glasgow. 1 rem which was on the I sena e. erio i O lai rastl e kitchen, when ing with us in March. He told us he had d she asked m e , co,k le a pt in the room_ next the violent bilious attack or jaundice. H mie i s Had two attacks after taking cocoa or coffee, back door. The Charlotte M‘Letn. I o lept with me. 11 ern but said he thought himself - saw no one there. 1 left l''led the back gaie, , poisoned after taking th it 0 e p n and into the came cocoa and coffee. I remarked who would poi son - hi m e said a haverhHa u y ee house. I also left the back ae - d was after that or what object could there be for th H at e t but la I — d e ' I went into the ki7chen. oi, or of the house ()pen. not recollect he made any answer. then I met Mis 4 Smith in thegor,a7 into the kir quite well. told us ' no n rreing to return to Glasgow, and wards the bace door. I then hearere°' going to ing through the gate. I did not h.oolatepe tom- g7ng b to Bricltte of Allan. He 100 . k . 0 Car Aee and cocoa at Smith went to. I did not bear the door of Miss 1 understorid 'he had taken the v as dinner and close& I was in the kitchen hilt' alt hour or charlotte 11.1ean was in the kitchen talked ate a lute. . a good deal. He oertailt/y was of a talkative urn. He spoke much of his complaints and seemed fond of talking about himself. I thought him a vain person. He said he hail always taken coffee, but he was not surprised the cocoa had disagreed with him as he was not in the habit of taking it. Mary A. Perry—l live at 144, Renfrew-street, Glasgow. I knew the late Mr. L'Angelier. I be came acquainted with him in 1853. We both at tended the chapel of St. Jude's. About the spring of 1855 I came to know him more intimately. In the summer of 1855 he was engaged to a lady named Miss M. Smith, and I was made aware afterwards of the progress of his attachment and correspond ence. In August, 1855, he brought her to call on me. I after that received several letters from her. [Shown and identified Nos. 11, 19, 20, and 27, as letters from the prisoner.] No. 27 is signed "Mini." It is a pet name, and the name which M. L'Angelier called her. [Also shown and identified, 29, 45, and 83, also letters from Miss Smith written at intervals. Shown 141.] That is a letter from M. L'Angelier to me. It is dated the 20th of March, and says—" should have come and seen some one last night, but the le ter came too late, so that we are both disap pointed. L'Angelier frequently visited at my house. He had general good health, but latterly was not so well as formerly. I think he told me in Feb. he had heard of another gentleman paying his ad dresses to Miss Smith. He said at one time she had denied ir, and that at another time she evaded the question. He dined with me on the 17th of February. He told me then that he expected to see Miss Smith on the Thursday following. I did not see him again till the 2d of March. He was then looking extremely ill. We had some conversa tion about his illness, He said, " I never expected to have seen'you again, I have been so ill." He did not tell me he had seen Miss Smith on the 19th of February. He told me he had had a cup of chocolate, which had made him ill. It was on the 9th of March he told me this, when he .took tea wilt me. On the 2d he said he could not attribute it to any cause ; but on the 9th he said, "I can't think why I was so unwell after getting that coffee and chocolate from her." I understood him to refer to two occasions. He was talking of Miss Smith when he add. " her." He did not say if the illness he bad on getting the chocolate was the same illness of which he had spoken on the 2d of March, but I did not know of his having any other illness. On the 9th of March be was talking of his extreme attachment to Miss Smith. He said, "It is a per fect infatuation I have for her ; if she were to poi son me I would forgive her." I sail, "You ought not to allow such thoughts to pass through your mind. What motive could she have to do you any harm 1" He said, " I don't know that ; perhaps she might not be sorry to get rid of me." All this was said in earnest. I interpreted the expression to mean to get rid of her engagement. There seemed to be some suspicion on his mind as to what Miss Smith hail given him, but it was not a serious sus picion. I never saw him again alive. He said to me that he bad once offered to Miss Smith to discontinue the engagement, but she objected to it then. She wished afterwards that their photographs should be returned to each other. He had offered to return her letters to her father. I received a message on. the 23d March, about 10 o'clock, that M. L'Ange lier was very ill. I went about midday and found him dead. I called on Mrs. Smith, and intimated the death to her. I saw the prisoner, but did not intimate it to her. She recognised me and shook hands, asking me to walk into the drawing-room. I asked to see Mrs. Smith privately, and said that Miss Smith would become acquainted with the ob ject of my message. I never had seen Mrs. Smith before. I had a warm friendship for M. L'Angelier, and thought him a strictly moral, indeed a religious man. He was very regular in attendance at church. I was very much agitated and startled to find him dead. Cross-examined—l was not acquainted with Mr. Smith's family. L'Angelier told me when the en gagement was first fixed he wished to inform her father, but she objected to.that. He asked her to speak to him herself, which she also refused. This was a source of much distress to him at the time. M. L'Angelier was acquainted with Miss Smith's sister, but not with her father or mother. The engagement had only existed a few weeks when Miss Smith was introduced to me. L'Angelier told me he had met Miss Smith first at Mrs. Baird's. I was aware that the intimacy was disapproved by the family, and that the engagement was broken off at one time. I never knew whether the father and mother had abated in their dislike to the intimacy. I wrote on one occasion to Mi-s Smith advising her to mention the m a tt er t o h er paren t s, an d I advised L'Angelier not to renew the engagement after it was broken off. The engagement was renewed pro visionally, Miss Smith having promised, on a pro per opportunity, to tell her parents. I knew that they met clandestinely. I corresponded with both of them. (Shown No. 11 of the third inventory for the prisoner.) The postmark of that letter is the 7th Feb. The letter said : " Though you have not told me so, I am in hopes, dear L'Angelier, that you have been receiving such kind cheering notes from Mimi that you are quits corn for'able and happy, at least a great deal less sad thanyou were the last evening I saw you. I felt so sorry for you then, you were so ill and miserable, and I feel sorry that you should be so solitary in Glasgow, with no one to cheer you. To-day I saw Mimi with her mother, and Bessie (at least I took it to be her mother). Mimi looked quite well, and I believe she saw me. Are you suffer ing a'so from your neck ? With kindest wishes for your happiness and Mimi's. I am, dear L'Angelier. ever your friend, "M. A. PERRY." Witness also identified other letters shown as being from her to L'Angelier. We had corresponded at intervals for the last two years. He used to address me as "Dear Mary," or "My dear Mary," but never "Dsarest Mary." I was introduce.' to him by a lady named Miss Philpot, who is now in Eng land. I believe his mother lived in Jersey. I never inquired her occupation. He had two sisters, also a brother, who died. I remembered the date of L'Angelier's first illness, after my first precognition. It was mentioned in my presence then that the first illness was on the 19th, but I also remember it from other circumstances. When the 19th was spoken of, one of the clerks said that is the date he mentions of his first illness in his pocket-book. I took notes of my precognition afterwards. I was advised to do so by a friend, that I might be clear and distinct. Down to the time the 19th was men tioned by the clerk I had not remembered the date of his illness. I was precognised on the 6th of April, 7th of April, 23d of April, 4th of June, sth of June, and 23d of June, in all six times. By the Court—l never saw the Sheriff at any of these times. By the Dean—On the 2d of March he said that on his first illness he fell on the floor, and was un able to call assistance. At last he crept on his hands and knees and knocked on the wall, when the landlady came. He said he never had any thing like it before. His second illness he called jaundice, or a bilious attack. It was sometime prior to March that he told me of the proposals to discontinue the engagement. He imagined she seemed to be getting cool, and said if she wished to break it off he would accede to her wishes. At that time she did not wish to discontinue it. He spoke of this having happened some time before. It was after that she proposed a return of her letters, and when he offered to return the letters to her fa' her I understood this to be a consent on his part to give up the engagement. Miss Smith would not accede to the proposal to give her letters to her father, and the enaagement remained unbroken, as I understood, at Miss Smith's desire. A lengthened discussion then took place as to the admissibility of the letters, which were objected to by the defendant's counsel, on account of the careless and irregular manner in which they had been recovered, and because they bad no proof that all the documents had actually been recovered. It was replied that no objections had been taken suffi cient to exclude the docunaent4, and that any ob jections that were of any weight were matters for the jury. The Court decided that, whatever ob servation as to the mode of recovering and attest. ing these documents might be made on behalf of the prisoner, no ground had been stated sufficient to exclude them as evidence. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Saturday morning. SATURDAY, JULY 4.--FIFTH D.Y. The evidence for the prosecution was resumed. Dr. Christison, recalled and deposed—l think it would be very unsafe indeed to use arsenic by put ting an ounce into water and washing in it. I should expect inflammation of the eyes and nos trils, and probably of the mouth, to result from it, and, once taking hold of the skin, arsenic being an insoluble solid, it would not be easily got rid of. I never heard of anenic being so used. A prepara tion of arsenic is used as a depilatory. It is a subli . mate of ;Arsenic and a sublimate of lime, but it is only used for removing hair. Cross -examined—Arsenic is not absolutely inso luble in cold water. If put into cold water origi nally, a 500th part is all that would probably be dissolved, but if the water had been first boiled and then cooled a 32d part would be dissolved. It is only the finer powder of it that would be sus pended iu the water. Tf an ounce tyti‘e put into a basin of water, not much of it would be suspended in it without agitation. I cannot absolutely say whether washing in 'IC might not be productive of dangerous lesults, but I think it would be a very Prudent thing. I should not like to do at myself. I cannot say how long the finer powder m ight remain sus p en d e d. I should say that in three or f our minutes scarcely any o f th e arsenic would remain in suspension, but I am speaking without authority. By the Court—. There is a controversy as to Whether arsenic has an taste. Dr. Orfi l a , a much fitter authority than I ea, maintains ~ that it has a taste ; but experiments were made by myself and two other scientific gentlemen, so far as it was pos sible with so dangerous a substance, and we found the taste very slight indeed—a little sweeti-h. The other gentlemen concurred in that opinion. It has always struck me as very strange that neither Orfila nor any of the authors who have doubted my observations have said that they made any experiments themselves. Orfila merely ex presses his belief it has a taste, notwithstanding what I have stated. I think the taste is not such as, taken in coffee or cocoa, could possibly be de tected. Severe," persons who have taken arsenic largely without knowing at the time what it was observed no taste—sometimes a sweetish taste, sometimes an acrid taste • but in regard to the acri mony there are two fallacies --first, that when asked afterwards about it they confounded the roughness of it with the acrimony ; and, secondly, the burning effects slowly developed by the,:poison . afterwards. By the Dean—The arsenic was sereetimes given in a simple fluid, such as coffee or water ; some times in thicker substances, as in soup. I cannot say what quantities were given in the cases referred to. I have only seen', two cashijof poisoning by arsenic in my lifetime. The cases I have referred to are merely recorded.. Dr. Orfila is undoubtedly a high authority in medico legal chemistry. In the arsenic me tasted we took it both in a solid and liquid state, and allowed it pass along the tongue as far as we do it with safety, and allowed it to re main a couple of minutes in the mouth and then spat it out, We took, perhaps, one or two grains each in our mouth, and we kept it sufficiently long to ascertain the taste. The Dean—The taste of that quantity. By the Lord Advocate—ln the great majority of criminal cases the quantity of arsenic taken is not ascertained, even within a presumption. By the Court--Orfila once maintained that there was arsenic in the human body, but be afterwards retracted that opinion. By the Dean—lt is new to me to hear that any author bas said that arsenic is naturally found in the stomach. The letters founded upon as evidence for the Crown were then read. They were very numerous, hut the following copious extracts sufficiently show the nature and progress of the attachment and inti macy between the prisoner and the deceased : No. 1 of inventory for the Crown, letter enclosed in envelope, bearing the postmark April 3, 1855 : "My dear Emile,—l do a 4 feel as if I were writing to you for the first time. Though our intercourse has been very short, yet we have become as familiar friends. May we long continue so. And ere long may yon be a friend of Papa's, is my most earnest desire. We feel it rather dull here after the excitement of a town life. But then we have much more time to devote to study and improvement. I often wish you were near us, we could take such charming walks. One enjoys walking with a pleasant companion, and where could we find one equal to yourself l . . . With kind love, believe me yours ever sincerely, " MADELINE." No. 5. Fragment of letter enclosed in envelope, posted at Row, Helensburgb, April 18, 1855 : " My dear think you will agree with me in what I intend proposing, viz., that, for the present, the correspondence had better stop. I know your good feel ing will not take this unkind—it is meant quite the re verse. By continuing to correspond harm may arise ;in discontinuing it nothing can be said." . • . No. 11 is a letter from the prisoner to Miss Parry, without date. " Dearest Miss Perry,--Many kind thanks for all your kindness to me. Emile will tell you I have bid him adieu. Papa would not give his consent, so I am in duty bound to obey-him. Comfort dear Emile ; it is a heavy ilow to us both. I had hoped some day to be happy with him, but, alas, it was not intended ; we were doomed to be disappointed. You have been a kind friend to him; oh, continue so. . Think not my conduct un kind; I have a kind father to please. Farewell, my dear Miss Perry, and, with much love, believe me yours sin cerely. " ' No. 13 is in an envelope addressed to M. .L'An• gelier at Jersey, and bears the Helensburgh post mark of Sept.. 4, 1855. "Monday, 3. "My dearest Emile—how I long to see you. It looks an age since I bade you adieu. Will you be able to come down the Sunday after next? You will be in town by the 140: I do not intend to say anything till I have seen you. I shall be guided by you entirely, and who could be a better guide to me than my intended husband ? I hope you have given up all idea of going to Lima. I will never be allowed to go to Lima with you, so I fancy you shal' want to get quit of your Mimi. You can get plenty of appointments in Europe, any place in Europe. For my sake do not go. . . , It will break my heart it you go away. You know not how I love you, Emile. I live for you tame ; I adore you. I never could love another as I do you. Oh, dearest Ernik, would I might cl top you now to my heart. Adieu for to-day. If I havailms I shall write another note before I post this. If not I shall have a letter at the garden for yon. So, dearest love, a fond embrace. Believe me your ever de voted and fund, " No. 17, in envelope with Helensburgh postmark, April 30, 1856 : _ "Tuesday, April 29. "My own, my beloved Emile, —I wrote you Sunday night for you to get my note on your birthday (to-day), but I could not get it posted. Disappointment it was to me—but—'better late than never.' My beloved, :nay you have many happy returns of this day. . . . I wish we were more alone ; I wish I were with you alone—that would be true happiness. Dearest, I must see you ;it is fearful never to see you, but I am sure I don't know when I shall see you. P----- has not been a night in town for some time, but the first night he is off I shall see you. We shall spend an hour of bliss." . One or two scrolls, in the form of letters, found in envelopes in L'Angelier's desk and addressed "Mimi," were proposed to be put i n i n ev id ence, but there being no proof that they bad ever b een despatched or intended to be despatched the Court disallowed them as evidence. No. 23, postnalrk, " Helensburgb, 7th ;" month illegible; year 185. It reached Glasgow on 7th May: a Wednesday morning, five o'clock. "My own beloved Husband,—l trust to God you got home safe, and were not much the worse of being nut. Thank you, my love, for coming so far to see your Mini. It is truly a pleasure to see you, my Emile. If we did wrong last night it must have been in the excitement of our love. I suppose we ought to have waited till we were married, Yes, beloved, I did truly love you with my soul. I was happy ; it was a pleasure to be with you. Oh, if we could have remained never more to have parted. . Beloved, we shall wait till you are quite ready. I shall see and speak to Jack on Sunday. I shall consider about telling mamma. But I don't see any hope from her. I know her mind. You, of course, cannot judge of my parents ; you know them not. I did not know, or I should not have done it, that I caused you to pay extra postage for my stupid cold letters; it ehall not occur again. Darling Emile, did I seem cold to you last night ? Darling, I love you—you, my own Emile. I love you with my heart and soul. Am I not your wife ? Yes, I am. And you may rest assured, after what has passed, I cannot be the wife of any other but dear, dear Etnile. No, now it would be a sin. I felt a good deal offpain, last night. I shall always re member last night. I dread next winter. Only fancy, beloved, us both in the same town, and unable to write to each other ; it breaks my heart to think of it. Why, btleved, are we so unfortunate? . . . Isbell always remember last night. Will we not often talk of our evening meetings after we are married ? Why do you say in your letter, "If we are not mat ried ?' I would not regret knowing you. Beloved, have you a doubt that we shall be married some day I I shall write dear Mary soon. What would she say if she knew we were so intimate ? She would lose all her good opinion of us both, would she not I" No. 31, letter in envelope, posted at Helens burgh, June 14, 1856 : " My own, my darling husband—Tomorrow night by this time I shall be in possession of your dear letter. I shall kiss it and press it to my bosom. Hearing from you is my greatest pleasure, it is next to seeing you, my sweet love. My fond Emile, are you well, darling of my soul T . I am we lt. lam longing so to see you, sweet pet, to kiss and pet you. Oh, for the day when I could do so at any time. I fear we shall spoil each other when we are married, we shall be so loving and kind. We shall be so happy, happy in our own little room ;no one to annoy us. All to ourselves we shall so enjoy that day." envelops, -n en No, 33, posted at Helensburgb, June 14, 1856 • " Friday Night. " Beloved, dearly beloved husband, sweet Emile, — How I long to call you mine, never more to leave you What must occur ere that takes place God only knows. I often fear some cloud may yet fall on our path, and mar our happiness for a long time. I shall never cause you unhappines s a ga i n . N o , I was unkind, cruel, un. loving, but it shall never be repeated. No, lam now a wife, a wife in every sense of the word, and it is my duty to conduct myself as such. Yes, I shall behave If you only saw now more to y our mind. lam no l onger a c hild me now---I am all alone in my little bed room—you would never mention your home as being hum ble. I have a small room on the ground floor —very small—so don't fan c y I could not put up with small rooms, and with humble fare. But if you think it would do you good —a tour —go by 1.11 means for six months or so. I trust you will take great care of yourself, and not forget your Mimi. 06, how I love that name of Mimi. You should always call me by that name; and, dearest Emile, if ever we should have a daughter, I should like you to allow me to call her Mimi, for her father's sake. you ask me, I s h a ll burn your l as t l e tter. . . . I must go to bed, as I feel cold, so good night. W ould to . . As God it were t o b e by your s id e , I wo uld feel well and happy then. I am thine for ever, thy wife, thy devoted, thy own true "Mt a L'ANGELIER." No. 37, in envelope, with postmark Helens burgh, 15th of July, 1856 : " My,sweet, beloved, and dearest shall be gin and answer your dear long letter. In the first place, how are you! Better, I trust. You know I feel di-ap pointed at our marriage not taking place in September. But, as it could not, why, then, I just made up my mind to be content, and trust that it may be ere long. We shall fix about that our next meeting, which I hope won't be long. . . . Do not weep, darling, fond husband, it makes me sad to think you weep. Do not do it, darling ; a fond embrace and dear kiss to pin, sweet and much beloved Emile. Our intimacy has not been criminal, as I am your wife before Go.i, so it has been no sin our loving each other. No, darling, fond Emile, lam your wife. I shall cease to be childish and thoughtless ; I shall do all I can to please you, and re tain you truly, dear, fond love. You know I have wished as much as you do to give you my likeness, but I have not had an opportunity. I promise to you you shall have it some day, so that promise won't be broken. If I did not sign my name it was for no reason ; unless it is a stranger, I never do pot Smith, only Madeleine. You shall, dear love, have all your letters back. Emile, love, you are wrong. If I did feel cool towards you in winter I never gave thought of love to any other. No other image has ever filled my heart since I knew you." No. 47, in envelope with postmark, " Helens burgh, August 11, 1856" " Wednesday afternoon. " Beloved and ever dear Emile,—All by myself. So I shall write to you, my dear husband. Your v i s it o f l ast night is over. I longed for it. How fast it passed ! It looked but a few minutes ere you left me. You did look cross at first, but, thank Heaven, you looked yourself ere you left—your old smile Dear fond Emile, I love you more and more. Emile, I know you will pot go far away from me. lam your wife. You cannot leave me for ever. Could you, Emile ! I spoke in jest of your go ing last night, for I do not think you will go very far away from rne, Rude, your wife. Would you leave me end my days in misery ? For I can never be the wife of another atter our intimacy." No. 49, in envelope, postmarks all illegible : " Thursday evening. "My own dear Emile—How must I thank you for yeah kind dear letter. Accept a fond embrace and dear kisses, and assurances that I love you as much as ever, and have never regretted wh a t h as occurre d. . . I did tell you at one time that I did not like Minnoch, but he was so pleasant that he quite raised himself in my estimation." No. 53, in envelope with postmark, " Helens. burgh, October" (day and year illegible) " Tuesday morning. "My dear Emile,— . . . Our me e ti ng List night was peculiar. Emile, you are not reasonable. Ido not wonder at your not loving me as you once did. Emile I am not worthy o f y o u. Y ou d eserve a b etter wife than I. I see misery before me this winter. I would to God we were not so near the M. (the Minnochs.) You shall hear all stories and believe them. You will say lam in different because I shall not be able to see you much. I forgot to tell you last night that I shall not be able of an evening to lot you in. My room is next to 8., and on the same flow as the front door. Ishall never be able to spend the happy hours we did last winter. Our letters I don't see how lam able to do. M. will watch every post. I intended to speak to you of all this last night, but we were so engaged otherwise." No. 57, postmark of envelope "Glasgow, Novem ber" (day and yearillegible) : " Friday night, 12 o'clock. "My own (lading, my dearest Emile,—l would have written you ere this, but as I did not intend to be out till Saturday I saw no use in writin4 Sweet love you should get those brown envelopes, they would not be so much seen as white ones put down into my window. You should just stoop down to tie your shoe and then slip it in." . Several letters follow, which are chiefly taken up with directions as t how they shall communicate with each other by the back door or her b, , dro. , m window, the family being now in Blythswood square. In No. 67, posted at Glasgow, Dec. 5, 1856, she says— " • • • • I wept for hours after I received your letter, and this day I have been sad, yes, very sad. My Emile, I love you and you only. I have tried to assure you no other one has a place in my heart. It was Min noch that was at the concert with me. You see I would not hide that from you. Emile, he is papa's friend, and I know he will have him at the house ; but need you mind that when I have told you I have no-regard for him ? It is only you, my Emile, that I love; you should not mind public report. You know lam your wife, and that we shall shortly•be united ; so it matters not. I promised you I should be seen as little in public with him as I could. I have avoided him at all times. But I could not on Wednesday night; so, sweet love, be reasonable." _ _ _ No. 75, in envelope, with postmark, " Glasgow, Dec. 19, 1856 :" "My beloved, my darling.—Do you for a second think I could feel happy this evening, knowing you were in low spirits, and that lam the cause ! On, why was I ever born to annoy you, best arid dearest of men ? Do you not wish—oh yes I full well I know you often wish you had never known me. I thought I was doipg all I could to please you. But no. Wbee.shall I ever be what you wirh me to be!. -NeNer I Never ! will you never trust me—She wti9 is id' he your wife ! You will not believe me. You ixsty heard I took M. to the concert against his inclination, and forced him to go. I told you the right way when I wrote. But from your statement in your letter of to•night you did not believe my word. Emile, I would not have done this to you. Even now, I would write and tell you I would believe. I would not believe every idle report. No I I would not. I would, my beloved Emile, be lieve my husband's word before any other. But you always listen to reports about me if they are bad." No. 95, the envelope with postmark " Glasgow, 21st Jan., 1857 :" "My dearest Emile.— . . . Why no letter, pet, on Monday night ? It was such a dissappointment to your Mimi. I cannot see you on Thursday, as I hoped. Jack is out at a party, and the boy will sit up for him, so I cannot see you. A better chance may 80011 occur, my dear pet. " Mina." In No. 97, dated Sunday night, half-past 7, she says : " Emile, my own beloved, you have just left me. Oh, sweet darling, my heart and soul burns with love for you, my husband. What would I not give at this moment to be your fond wife ? But, oh sweet love, I dearly love you, and long with heart and soul to be your wife. I never felt so restless and unhappy as I have done for some time past. I would do anything to keep sad thoughts from my mind. A dark spot is in my future. What can it be? Oh, God, keep it from us, and may we be happy. I weep to think of our fate. If we could only be married all would be well ; but alas ! alas ! I see no chance of happiness for me " MIMI L'ANGELIER." "I trust that you may yet be happy, and get one more worthy of you than I. "am, &c., 4 , ju. ,, " Tharsday, 7 o'clock. "You may be astonished at this sudden change, but for some time back you must have noticed a coolness in my notes. My love for you.has ceased, and that is why I was cod. I did once love you truly and fondly, but for some time back I have lost much of that love. There is no other reason for my conduct, and I think it but fair to let you know this. I might have gone on, and become youi wife, but I could not have loved you as I ought. My conduct you will c ondeme, but I did at one time love you with heart and s ou l . It has cos t me much to tell you this—sleepiOss nights—but it was necess ar y you should know. If youremain in Glasgow, or go away, I hope you may succee4 in all your endeavour s . I know you will never injure the character of one you so fondly loved. No, Emile, I know .cou have hono ur an d are a gentleman. What has passed you will not mention. I know when I ask you that you will corn}: l9•—Adieu." No. 103 (Feb. 9) complains of no answcr having been received, but 105, evidently written next day, acknowledges L'Angelier's answer as follows " Monday night. " Emile,—l have just had your note. Emile, for the love you once had for me do nothing till I see you. For God's sake do not bring your once loved Mimi to an open shame. Emile, I have deceived you. I have de.- ceived my mother. God knows she did not boast of auy thing I had said of you, for the poor woman thought I had broken off with you last winter. I deceived you by telling you she still knew of our engagement. Sne did not. This I now confess, and as for wishing for an engagement with another, I do not fancy she ever thought of it. Emile, write to no one—to papa or any other. 0 ! do not till I see you on Wednesday night. It would break my mother's heart. On, Emile, be not harsh to me. I am the most guilty, miserable wretch on the face of the earth. Emile, do not drive me to death. When I ceased to love you, believe me it was not to love another. lam free from all engagement at present. Emile, for God's sake do not send my letters to papa ;it will be an open rupture. I will leave the house. I will die. Etnile, do nothing till I see you. One word to morrow night at my window to tell me, or I shall go mad. Emile, you did love me. I aid fondly, truly love you too. On, dear Emile, be not so harsh to me. Will you not, but I cannot ask forgive ness—l am too guilty for that. I have deceived. It was love for you at the time made me say mamma knew of our engagement. To-morrow one word, and on Wed nesday we meet. I would not again ask you to love me for I knew you could not. But oh, Etnile, do not make me go mad. I will you that only myself and C. H. knew of my engagement to you. Mamma did not know since last winter. Pray for me—for a guilty wretch—but do nothing. Oh, Emile, do nothing. Ten o'clock to morrow night—one line for the love of God." "Tuesday Morning. "I am ill. God knows what I have suffered. My punishment is more than I can bear. Da nothing till I see you. Fur the love of heaven do nothing. I am mad. I am ill. No. 107 has no postmark : " Tuesday evening, 12 o'clock. " Emile,—l have this night received your note. Oh, it is kind of you to write to me. Emile, no one can know the intense agony of mind I have suffered last night and to•day. Emile, my father's wrath would kill me—you little know his temper. Emile, for the love you once had for me, do not denounce me to m y P. Emile, if he sh o uld read my letters to you he will put me from him—he will hate me as a guilty wretch. I loved you and wrote to you in my first ardent love—it was with my deepest love I loved you. It was for your love I adored you. I pat on paper what I should nut. I was free because I loved y o u w ith my heart, If he or any other one saw those fond letters to you, what would not be said of me On my beaded knees I write to you, and a'k you as you hope for mercy on the judgment day, do not inform against me—do not make me a public shame. Emile, my love has been one of bitter disappointment. You and only you can make the rest of my life peaceful. My own conscience will be a punishment that I shall carry to my grave. I deceived the best of risen. You may forgive me, but God never will. Fur God's love, forgive me, and be tray me not. For the love you once had for me do not bring down my father's wrath on me. It will kill my mother (who is not well). It will for ever muse me biter unhappiness. lam humble before you, and crave your mercy. Yon can give me forgiveness, and von— oh, you only—can make me happy tor + - lie rest of my life. I would not a<k yo❑ to love me ~r ever ~,a ke ine you r wife. I ant too guilty for t I have cleceiv (1 and told you too many falsehoods for you ever to respect me. But, oh! will you not keep my secret from the world ? Oh, you will not for Chri-t's sake, denounce me. I shall be undone. I shall he ruined. Who would trust me ? Shame will be my lot. Despise me, hate me, hut make me not the publm scandal. Forget me forever. Blot out all remembrance of me. I have used you ill. I did love you, and it was my soul's ant,bition to be your wife. I asked you to tell me my faults. You did so, and it made ins cool towards you gradually, When you have found fault wi , h me I have cooled. It was not love for another, for there is no one I love. My I.)ve has all been given to you, My heart is empty—cold. I am unloved, lam despised. I told you I had ceased to love you—it was true. I did not love as I did ; but, oh ! till within the time of our coming to town I loved you fondly. I longed to be your wife. I had fix-d February. I Linged for it. The time I could not leave my father's house, I grew discontented ; then I ceased to love you. Oh, Emile, this is indeed the true state- ment. Now you can know my state of mind Emile, I have suffered much for you: I lost much of ny father's cotifide-ce since that September ; and my mother has never been the same to me. No, she has never given me the same kind look. For the sake of my mother — her who gave me life—spare me from shame. Oh Emile you will, in God's name, bear my prayer ? I ask God to forgive me. I have prayed that he might put it in your heart to spare me from shame. Never, never, while I live can Ibe happy. No, no, I shall always have the thought I deceived you. I am guilty ; it will be a punishment I shall bear to the day of my death. I am humbled thus to crave your pardon, but I dare not. While I have breath I shall ever think of you as my best friend, if you will only keep this between ourselves. I blush to ask you. Yet Emile, will you not giant me this my last favour?—if you will never reveal what has passed. Oh, for God's sake, for the love of heaven, hear me. I grow mad. I have been ill, very ill, al day. I have had what has given me a false spirit. I had resort to what I should nut have taken, but my brain is one fire. I feel as if death would indeed be sweet. De nounce me not. Emile, Emile, think of our once happy days. Pardon me if you can : pray for me as the most wretched, guilty, miserable creature on the earth. I could stand anything but my father's hot displeasure, Emile, you will not cause my death. If he is to get your Leiters I cannot see him any more ; and my poor mother, I will never more kiss her. It would be a shame to them all. Emile, will you not spare me this? Hate me, despise me, but do not , xpose me. I cannot write more. lam too ill to-night." No. - ill, postmarks illegible and date uncertain : "Dearest S e, I am so son) , to hear you are ill. I hope to God you will soon be better. Take care of yourself. Do not go to the office this week, just stay at home till Monday. Sweet love, it will please me to bear yi a are well. Do not come and walk about, and become ill again. You did look bad on Sunday night and Monday morning. I think yr.o got sick with walking home so late, and the long want of food, so the next time we meet I shall make you eat a loaf of bread before you go out. I am longing to meet again, sweet love. We shall by so happy. I have a bad pen —excuse this scroll—and B. is near me. I cannot write at night now. My head aches so, and I am looking so bad that I cannot sit up as I used to do; but I am taking some stuff to bring back the colour. I shall see you soon again. Put up with this short note for a little time. When I feel stronger you shall have long ones. Adieu, Thy love, my pet, my sweet Emile. A fond, dear, tender love, and sweet embrace. Ever, with love, your., "Nli3ii." No. 113, postmark, "Glasgow, Feb. 27, 1857 :" "My dear, sweet Emile,—l cr , nnot see you this week, and I can fix no time to meet you. Ido hope you are better. We go, I think, to Stirlinglingshire about the 10th \larch, fo. a fortnight. Excuse this short note, sweet love. With much fond tender love and kisses, and believe me to be yours, with love, " MIMI " No. 117, postmark, "Glasgow, March 4, 1857 :" "Dearest Emilie,--I have just time to write you a line. I could not come to the window as B. and M. were there, but I saw you. If you would take my advice you ,would go to the south of England for ten days; it would do you much good. Infant, sweet pet, it would make you feel quite well. Do try and do this. You will please me by getting strong and well again. I hope you wont go to B. of Allan, as P. and M. would say it was I brought you there, and it would make me feel very unhappy. Stirling you need not go to. It is a nasty, dirty little town. Go to the Isle of Wight. lam exceedingly sorry, love, that' I cannot see you ere I go. It is impossible ; but the first thing I do on my return will be to see you, sweet lave. I must stop, as it is post time. So adieu, with love and kisses, and much love. I am, with love and affec; ion, " M nun" ever yours, No. 119 was a copy of a letter in deceased's band writing, taken by a copying machine. Its reception was objected to by the prisoner. A debate took place, and the judges by a majority decided that it was admissible in evidence, leaving its authenticity and vAlue to be determined by the jury, It was as follows : " Glasgow, March 5. "My Dear Sweet Pet Mimi,—l feel indeed very vexed that the answer I received yesterday to mine of Tuesday to you should prevent me fr , rn sending you the kind letter I had ready for you. You must not blame me for this, but rtaly your c,ld, indifferent, and reserved notes, so short, without a particle of love in them (especially after pledging your word you were to write me kindly for those letters you asked me to destroy), and the manner you evaded answering the questions I put to you in my last, with the many reports I hear, fully convince me, Mimi, that there is foundation in your marriage with another. Besides, the way you put off our union till September, without a just reason, is very suspicious. I do not think Mimi, dear, that Mrs. Anderson would say your mother told her things she had not ; and really I could never believe Mr. Houldsworth would be guilty of telling a falsehood for mere talking. No, Mimi, there is foundation for all this. You often go to Mr. M.'s house, and common sense would lead any one to believe that if you were not on the tooting reports sayyou are you would avoid going near his friends. I know he goes with you, or at least meta you in Stirlingshire. My dear, place yourself in my poshion, and tell me I am wrong in be lieving what I hear. I was happy the last time we met —yes, very happy. I was forgetting all the past, but now it is again beginning. Mimi, I insist upon having an explicit answer to the questi ins you evaded in my last. If you evade answering them this time, I must try some other means of coming to the truth. If not answered in a satisfactory manner, you mu-t not expect I shall again write you personally, or meet you when you return home. Ido not wish you to answer this at random. I shall wait for a day or so if you require it. I know you cannot write me from Stirliegshire, as the time you have to write me a letter is occupied in doing so to others. There was a time when you w •ulti have found plenty of time. Answer me this, Muni—who gave you the trinket you showed me ; is it true it was Mr. Minnoch? And is it true that you are directly or indirectly engaged to Mr. Minnoch, or to any one the but me. These questions I must know. The doctor says I must go to the Bridge of Allan. I cannot trav,l 500 miles to the Isle of Wight and 500 back. What is your object in wishing me so very much to go south I may not go to the Bridge of Allan till Wed nesday ; if I can avoid going I shall do so for your sake. I shall wait to hear from you. I h ,, pe, dear, nothing will happen to check the happiness we were again enjoying. May God bless you, pet, and with fond and under embraces, believe me, with kind love, your ever affectionate husband, "EMILE L'ANGELIER. No. 123 ; postmark, " Bridge of Allan, 10th of March, 1857" (reached Glasgow at 5.30 p.m.) "My own best loved Pet,—l hope y ou are will. I am very well, but it is such a cold place. Far colder than in town. I have never been warm since I came here. There are very few people that we know staying in the village. Have you ever been here, my own dear little pet ? I hope, sweet one, it may make you feel wed and strong again, and that you will not be ill a ll the summer. Y“u must try and keep w.ll for my sake ; wi l you, my own dear little Emile ? You love me, do you not ? Yes , Emile , I know you do. We go to Pert h this week to see some friends. I am Vinburgh the end of this month. B. will, I the front door ; but you would gthoiinnkg,tgoo too, I saw you pass the morning we left, and nyooto,lohotkileuplo,ve, flossing and I d,d not know where you were going to. We shall be home Monday or Tuesday. I s'ash write yop, sweet love, when we shall have an interview, I long to see you—to kiss and embrace you, my only sweet l ove . ICiss me, sweet one, my love, my own dear, sweet, little pet. I know your kindness will forgive me if I do not write you a long letter ; but we are just going to the train to meei friends from the north. So I shall conclude with much love, tender embraces, and fond kisses. Sweet love, adieu. " Ever, with love, yours, MIMI." No. 125 ; postmark, " liridge of Allan, March 13, 1857" (reached Glasgow 0.45 same night):— "Dearest and beloved,—l hope yell are well. lam very well, and anxious to get home to see you, sweet one. It is cold, a nd we nave h a d snow 0,11 he week, which is most disagreeable. I feel better since we came here. I think we shall be home on Tuesday, so I shall let you know, my own beloved sweet pet, when we ;hall have a dear, sweet interview, when I may be pres Fed your heart, and kissed by you, my own sweet love. A fond, tender embrace ; a kiss, sweet love. I hope you I will enjoy your visit re. Y'.o will find it so dull ; •no one here we know, and I (lon% fancy you will find any friends, as they are all .trangers, and don't appear nice people. lam longing to see you, sweet one of my heart, my only love. I wish we had not come here for another month, as it would have been so much nicer • it would then be warm. I think if you could wait a little it would do you more good ;' but you know best when you can get away. Adieu, my own love, my own sweet pet. A kiss, dear love, a t en d er e mbrace,: love and kisses. Adieu, ever yours, with love and.f on d kisses. se I am , ever yours, " Mimr." No. 133 is a letter to Mr. Minnoch, with the postmark, ,4 Stirling, 16th of March, 1857" "My dearest William, --IL is but fair after your kind ness to me that I should write you a note. The day I paps from friends I alway s feel sad ; but to part from one I love, as Ido you, makes me feel truly sad and dull. My only consolation is that we meet soon again. To-morrow we shall be home. Ido so wish you were here to-day. We might take a long walk. Our walk to Dunblane I shall ever remember with pleasure. That walk fixed a day on which we are to begin a new life-- a life which I hope may be of happiness and long dura tion to both of us. My aim through life shall be to please and study you. Dear William, I cons., conclude, as mamma is ready to go to Stirling. I do not go with I the same pleasure as I did the last time. I hope you got to town safe, and found your sisters well, Accept my warmegt, kindest love, and ever believe me to be youIS with aff , c!ion, " M ADFLFINE." T;•e cor usp •.nden:e cl.ses letfer rre viou:•ly read, ad , jrssed by the pri&mer to ihe de e-ased at his lodgin;!s, forwarded to him at Bridge of Allan, with the Glasgow postmark of Marca 21. This fetter was received by the deceased on the Surrlay morning, and wai found in his vest pocket after his death. It may be proper here to reprint it : " Why,• my beloved, did you not come to me! Ob, my beloved, are you ill ? Com, - 3 to me. Sweet one, I waited and waited for you, but you came not, I shall wait again to-morrow ni,!ht—same hour and arrange ment. Oh, come, sweet love, my own dear love of a sweetheart, Come, beloved, and clasp me to your heart ; come, and we shall be happy. A kiss, fond love. Adieu, with tender embraces. Ever believe me to be your oven ever dear, fond • " Mum" The Lard Advocate then proposed to put in a memorandum hook of decease i's, which led to some deb de, and it was ultima'ely reAolved by the judg,s on the bench to consult the other judges of Justiciary. An , th7r witness for the Crown will follow, if the memorandum bcok is received, and this will close the case for the prosecution. It was arranged that the members of the pris-ner's family should be called for the defence, and cross-examined for the Crown, instead of being called for the prosecution. In reply to a juror, The Dean of Faculty said, he could not under take to say that the case would be closed. before Wedfiesday. The Court adjourned at 5 o'clock till to-day (Monday.) The prisoner scarcely maintained her jaunty, in different air during to-day's proceedings, but ap peared to feel the exposure which her letters made. THE EAST INDIAN STEAM FLOTILLA. The following circular, explaining the arrange ments connected with the issue of the capital of the Indus Steam Flotilla, upon which the East India Company have already granted a guarantee of 5 per cent., was on F. i lay srwarded to the share holders of the Scinde Railway Company. It will be noticed that the capital and revenue accounts of the Steam Flotilla will be kept entirely distinct from those of the Scinde Railway and of the proposed. Punjaub Railway. Sciade Railway Company, Gresham House, Old Broad -street, July 3. Sir,—l am desired to inform you that the Hon. East India Company have resolved to allow the Scinde Rail way Company to issue shares representing a capital of 250,0001., upon which a minimum rate of interest of 5 per cent. per annum will be guaranteed, for the establish ment of a steam flotila for navigating the Indus between Kotree, the upper terminus of the Scinde Railway, and Mooltan, the lower terminus of the proposed Pow jaub Railway, and a bill for giving effect to the reso lution is now before Parliament. The directors of the Sci.dp - Ra lway Company have decided that such capl'a;l snail be distributed among the present re gi-tered shareholders in the Scinde Railway Company, at the rate of one share of 201. for every two shares.of 201. each in the capital of the Scinde Railway Company. Provision will he made in the propoied act for keeping the capital and revenue accounts of the Indus Steam Flotilla separate and distinct from that sof the railway. Should you desire to become a share• hilder in the capital of the Indus Steam Flotilla, you will be good enough to fill up the annexed form of air• plication, and tran-mit the same to this office on or before the 17. h inst.—l am, &c., THOMAS BURNELL, Secretary. Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—JuLy 3. iil‹ .----- WUSAT. I BARLEY I OATS. I BEAMS. 653 Od 42s Od I 34s 3d I 503 Od Second 463 9d I 37s 2d j 323 4d ) 47 8 61 third 34s Od 134 s Od I 298 Od 1 42s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 390 qrs., 382 801 i ,8 barley „ b 9 qrs., 58 soli oats ~ 130 qrs., 120 4 ,, d SP PP beans 2. 14 qrs., 12 sold AVERAGES PER IMPRRIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 6 9 9-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 17 2 s.l2thg Oats, ... 11. 11. 4 2-12ths j Beans, .....21. 7 6 0-12tli 2 f , DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—atLY 2. Qrs. Best. Current. Infeitnr 352 Wheat 62s 6d 4ls sid 283 Od 186 Oats ...,.....:30s 6d 2Bs 04d......... 22, , 01 89 Barley 3ss Od 32s 2d 2B Oa 2U Peas & beans 44s Od 4os Oct 39 04 ABERDEEN-JuLT 3. Potato oats 27s Od to 27s Gd C Common oats 26 s Od t o 2 6s 6d f nibs per bushel Bere 32s Od to 35s Od Barley 32s Od to 35 s Od 1531bs ~ Wheat, red (spring)4os Od to 45s Od 1621bs , white 4os Od to 50 s Od Oatmeal 20s Gd to 21s Od per boll. Flour 45s Od to 46s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 9d la I Butter, p lb. s 10(1 to Os 1 Mutton, per lb 6d to 9d i Eggs, p doz. Os 8.l to Os 10 Lamb, do., Os 8d to 0. 9, I Hens, p pair 2s 6d to 3s Od Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d I Chickens,do. is Gd to 2e 0 1 Pork, perlb...os 6d to Os 7d Ducks, do. Os Od to O' ,Oa Salmon, per lb .........ls 2d D uc klings,dols 8d to 2s 0 1 Grouse, per brace—...os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 44 6i Tallow, p stone, Os to lls 01 Potatoes, pr peck, 12d to 18i 1 Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt..,. 86s to 88 5 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen Od to 60 RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 6d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 21 Oatmeal Os Od to 2s ld „ dust, ..... Os to Os 10 0 , Beremeal Od to 2s Oct , per lb 2d to 2ia Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sids, Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6 Li, 4-Ib. 10af...8d. j 2-Ib. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, JULY 3. White wheat, 353 al to 39s Od ; red ditto, 31s Od to 31' Od ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25s 6d ; grind' ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 148 6d to 17s; ditto, new, 0 , 1 to —s Oil ; oatmeal, 15s to 1830 d; bere, new, --a to -- 11 Od , rtpes, d, s Od to —s al per brl ; batters' flour, 20° On to 24s al per cwt; Lathan corn, 38s 0 , 1 to 394 Od Per 480 11x, DEATH OF THE " MAID OF SARAGOSSA."—Tbe Madrid journals of the 28th ult. announce the death, at Cueta, of AuguAina Zaragoza, who, when very youngy, di , tinguished h erse lf greatly in the memorable siege or Saragossa by assisting the artillerymen in the veil thickest of tlie fight in firing on the French. For bet services on this occasion she was made a sub-lieute• nant of infantry in the Spanish army, and received several decorations, She was buried at Cueta with all the honours due to her memory. ADVERTISEMENT.] -We W quote a few more of the extraordl" nary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's delicione health-re-storing Revalenta Arabiea Food of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility: Cure No. 180.—" Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipa tion, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or reliever have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a v on short titne.—W. R. 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For further particulars respeob• in" this invaluable food our readers are referred toDußarry's advertisement in another part of this paper. BIRTHS. OF ♦ SON. On the Ist inst., at Tarrant -street, Arundel, Sussex, the wife of George Eversher, Esq. On the 4th inst., at East Barnet, the wife of Samuel Wilson Block, Esq. On the 3d inst., at 67, Chester-square, Mrs. Jas. Orde. OF ♦ DAUGHTER. On the 4th inst., at 3, Connaught-place west, Hyde* park, the wife of Thomas Entwisle, Es q . On the 4th inst., the wife of Wm. Wright, Esq., of a. Highgate-rise. R R MA It 410bannt'shell:setuhinst., at St. Anne's, Wandsworth, W. C. BtgieY , M.D., of Hanwell, to J ane , w id ow o f th e l a te John Malyn, Esq., of St. James-street, Buckinghanr, g ate. On the 2d inst., at the parish church, West Bromwich, Mr. John Chapman, brewer, of West Bromwich, to 1W becca, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Watson, Esq., of the Parade, Birmingham. DIED. On the 3d inst., in Belgrave-square, the Duchess of Bedford. On the 2,1 inst., Mr. Wm. Barlor, of 59, Watling-street city, aged 39.. On the 2d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, James J. Deacon Esq., aged 84. Ou the 2.i inst., James Sherren, Esq., Friar Maine! Dorset, aged 55. . _ Ou the Sd inst., in Welbeck-street, Cavendish-squares Mrs. Margaret Frances Maxwell, aged 81. On the 2d inst., at Hoddesdon, Herta, Miss Georgia. Row Wood. On the 3,1 inst., at Great Guildford-street, Sonthwarlcs Howard, second son of Mr. W. Strudwick, aged 15. On the 4th inst., at Brompton, Laura Louisa, the owl child of William Gowing, Esq. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at 27e Sun Office, Na 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the (vela of Middlesex, Monday, July 6 1867. PA', report rated engith Spe, be en, rieultl we fin ber al creasii The 1. Go 2. Lai 3. Go 4. Go 5. La this a, Stat each Hon, lion, Hon, The great is laq —wit will a Railw thus r sent i 6. 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