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• urn. He spoke much of his complaints and seemed fond of talking about himself. I thought him a vain person. He said he bad 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 at'achment and correipond ence. In August, 1855, he brought her to ca!l on me. I after that received several letters from her. [Shown and identified Nos. 11. 10, 20, and 27, as letters from the pris2ner.] 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'Angelter to me. It is dated the 20th of March, and says—" I should have come and seen some one last night, but the letter came too late, so that we are 13.,th 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 eeetleman paying his ad dresses to Miss Smith. He said at one time she bad denied it, and that at an ether time she evaded the question. He dined with me on the 17th of February. He told me then that he expect .d to see Miss Smith on the Thursday following. I did not see him again till the 2:1 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 bad 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 h er ." I un d ers t oo d him to refer to two occasions. He was talking of Miss Smith when he slid " 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 he was talking of his extreme attachment to Mie=s Smith. He said, "Itis 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 throuah your mind. What motive could she have to do you any harm ?" He said, " I don't know that ; perhaps she might not be sort yto 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 had given hurt, but it was not a serious sus picion. I never saw :iina again alive. He said to me that he had once offered to Miss Smith to discontinue the engagement, but she objected to it then. She wished afterwards that their photographs should he 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'clocir, that M. L'Ange lier was very ill. I went about midday and found him dead. I called on Mrs. SmitO, 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 h:d seen Mrs. Smith before. I had a warm friendship for M. L'Angelier, and thought him a strictly moral, inf feed a religions 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 ho 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 ninther. Tee envagement had only existed a few weeks when Miss Smith was introduced to me. L'Ang-Tier 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 &fifth advi-ing her to mention the matter to her parents, and 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 invent ,ry 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 aro quite com fortable 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 miser' ble, 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 also from your neck ? With kindest wishes for your happiness and Mimi's. I am, dear L'Angeher, ever your friend, "M. A. PERRY." Witness also identified other letters shown as being from her to L'An felier. We had corresponded at intervals f.r the last two years. He us-d to address me as "Dear Mary," or "My dear Mary," but never "Dzarest Mary." I was introclu'_:e , t to him by a lady earned Miss Philpot, who is now in Eng- I land. I believe his mother lived in Jersey. I never inquired her cccupation. He had two sisters, als 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 thtt 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 i'lness in his pocket-book. I took notes of my precoguitiin afterwards. I was advised to do so by a friend, that I might be clear and distinct. Down to the time thel9di was men tioned by the clerk I hat not retneinbere I the date of his illness. I was preermnised on the 6 t h of April, 7th of April, 23d of April, ' 4th of June, sth of June, and 23c1 ~ f June, in all six times. By the Court—l never Eaw 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 can 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 sometima 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 bef‘ , re. It was after that she proposed a return of her letters, and when he offered to return the letters to herfather 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 le tern to her father, and the engagement remained unbroken, as 'I -understood, at Miss Smith's desire. A lengthened discussion then took place as to the admissibilityof the letters, which were objected to by the defendant's counsel, on account of the careless and irregular manner in which they had beeu recovered, and because they had no proof teat all the documents had actually been recovered. It was replied that no objections had been taken suffi cient to exclude the document, and that any ob jections that were of any weight were ma ters 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 ti 1 Saturday morning._ SATURDAY, JULY 4. FIFTH DAY. The evidence for the pi-osec iion w as resume d . Dr. Christiso n , recalled andl d t rted—l think it would be very unsaf e i n d ee d t ) ting an ounce info water and washing, byput should expect inflammation of the eyes in ' in it.nos trils, and probably cf the mouth, to result from and, once taking hold of the skin, arsenic brs:ag it, insoluble solid, it would not be easily got ri e d in of an never heard of arsenic being so used. A l prepara tion of arsenic is used as a depilatory. It is a sull - of arsenic and a sublimate of lime, but it is only used for removing hair. Cros-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 ha I been first boiled and then cooled, a 32:1 part would be dissolved. It is only the finer powder of it that would be sus -11(led hi the w a t er . If an ounce were put into a Basin of Water, not much of it would be suspended in it without ' n. , 7;t l .t ien . I cannot absolutely say whether washing . in it might not he productive of dangerous butresulte imprudent it m y s elf. I thing.cannot 5 - . - .„ should not like to do might remain stiveadyedc"v long the finer powder I should Pay that in three or four minutes scarcely' woLild remain in suspension, of the arsenic , out I am speaking without authority. Dr. Otrrrray as to I3y the Court--Ther e i 3 a c oll whether` arsenic has any taste. D bettzr authority than I am, maintains —a, a m uch th at 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 sweetish. 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 stat-d. I think the taste is not such as, taken in coffee or cocoa, could possibly be de tected. Several 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 falacies--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. Dean—The arsenic was sometimes 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 hive only seen two cases of poisoning by arsenic in my lifetime. The cases I have referred t I are naPrely recorded. Dr. Orfila is undoubtedly a high authority in medico legal chemistry. In the arsenic ~ ve 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—Th e taste of that quantity. By the Lord Advocite—ln the great majority of criminal cases the quantity of arsenic taken is not ascertained, even within a presumption. By the Court--Oifila once maintained that there was arsenic in the human body, but he afterwards retracted that opinion. By the Dean--It is new to me to hear that any author has 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, but 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, F earing the postmark April 3, 1855 : "My dear Emile,—l do net 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. nay we long continue so. And ere long may you 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 imorovement. 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 ? . . . With kind love, believe me yours ever sincerely, " MADELINE." No. 5. Fragment of letter enclosed in envelope, posted at Row, Helensbnrgh, April 18, 1855 : "My dear Emile,—l 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 Perry, without date. " Dearest Miss Perry,—Many kind thanksfor all your kindni ss to me. Emile will tell you I have bid him adieu. Papa would not give his consent, so lam 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, c intiune 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. " Mimi." No. 13 is in an envelope addressed to M. L'An gelier at Jersey, and bears the Helensburgh post mark of Sept. 4, 1855. 3. "My dearest E Oily—How I long to see "Monday, 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 14th. 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 yod shal want to get quit of your Mimi. You can get plenty of aop,intmenti in Europe, any place in Europe. For my sake do not go lt will break my heart if you go away. You know not how I love you, Emile. I live for you al one ; I adore you. I never could love another as I do you. Oh, dearest Emil-, would I 'night el .sp you now to my heart. Adieu for to-day. If I have time I shall write another note before I post this. It not I shall have a letter at the garden for you. So, dearest love, a fond embrace. Believe me your ever de voted and fond, " Mixt" No. 17, in envelope with Helensburgh postmark, April 30, 1856 : " Tuesday, April 29. "My own, ray beloved Emile,—l 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, may you have miny 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 fetrful 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." . . Oue or two scrolls, in the form of letters, found in envelopes in L'Angelier's desk and addressed "Mimi," were propoed to be put in in evidence, but there being no proof that they had ever been despatched or intJuded to be despatched the Court disallowed them as evidence. No. 23, postmark, " Ilelensburgh, 7th ;" month illegible ; year 1856. It reached Glasgow on 7th May " 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 out. Thank you, my love, for corning 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 he with you. Qh, if we could have remained never more to have parte& • . . 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 h;)pe 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 shall 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 'Emile. 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, bel)ved, are we so unfortunate ? . . . I shall always remember last night. Will we not often talk of our ev , ning, 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 shall write dear Mary saon. What would she say if she knew we were so intimate ? She would lose all her goad opinion of us both, would she not ?" 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, 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 ? . . . . I am well. lam longing so to see you, sweet pet, to kiss and pet you. Oh, far 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." No. 35, in envelope, posted at Helensburgh, June 14, 1856 : " Friday Night. " Beloved, dearly beloved husband, sweet Emile, — Flow 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 unhappiness again. No, I was unkind, cruel, un• loving, but it shall never be repeated. No, lam now wife, a wife in every sense of the word, and it is my duty to c on d uc t my s elf as such. Yes, I shall beh ave now more to your mind. lam no longer a child It you only saw me now—l am all alone in my little bed mow —you w ou ld never men l i on y o ur home as being hum ble. I have a small room on the ground floor —very small —so don't fancy 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 ,11 means for six months or so. I trust you will take great care of yourself, and not forget ywdoewu shouldar Mimi.ys callh ma o ve b e , b: Li ty o d wr tahuag l t o hn v t e ae trm,heal and, s nrn u e ld o de f al i Mi rke es . You Emile, to *old ever low me to call her Mimi, for her father's sake you u s t go ask be, toe,b eld, o shalllbfuerenl cold, your so last goodlettnei ht, Wo . ud a t! s in God it were to be by y our s i de, I would feel well i rind thy p devoted, thy own true then. . . . lam thine f or ever, thy wife, "Mau L'ANGELnut." 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, bow 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. w e 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 you, sweet and much beloved Emile. Our intimacy has not been criminal, as I am your wife before God, 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 bad 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 put 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 visit of last night is over. I longed for it. How fast it passed I It looked but a few minutes ere you left me. You did look cross at firat, but, thank Heaven, you looked yourself '-re you left—your old smile Dear fond Emile, I love yuu more and more. Emile, I know you will not 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 me, Emile, your wife. Would you leave me to 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 your 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 meeting l as t n i g ht was peculiar. Emile, you are not reasonable. Ido not wonder at your not loving me as you once did. Emile, I am not worthy of you. You deserve a better wife than I. I see misery before me this winter. I would to God we were not so near the M. (the Minnoehe.) 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 let you in. My room is next to 8., and on the same floor as the front door. I shall 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 Jailing, 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 writing . . . Sweet love you should get these brown env e l o p es , th ey wou ld 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 to how they shall communicate with each other by the back door or her bedroom 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 sea 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 th'ilk I could feel happy this evening, knowing you were in low spirits, and that lam the cause ? Oh, why was I ever born to annoy you, best and dearest of men ? Do you not wish—oh yes! full well I know you often wish you had never known me. I thought I was doing all I could to please you. But no. When shall I ever be what you wirh me to. be ! Never I Never ! Emile, will you never trust me—she who is to be your wife ? You will not believe me. You say you heard I took M. to the concert against his inclination, and forced him t , i go. I tad you the right way when I wrote. But from your statement in your letter of tonight 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 booed. Jack is out at a party, and the boy will sit up for him, so I cannot see you. A better chance may soon occur, my dear pet. ,‘ In No. 97, dated Sunday night, half-past 7, she says : "Emile, my own beloved, you have just left me. Oh, sweet darling, soy heart and soul burns with love for you, my husband. Wh a t 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 slag I alas ! I see no chance of happiness for me L'ANGELIER." "I trust th a t y ou may yet" be happy, and get one more worthy of you than I. " am, &c., " M." " 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 cool. I did once love you truly and fondly, but fur some time back I have lust 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 your wife, but I could not have Lived you as I ought. My conduct you will condemn, but I did at one tiqoe love you with heart and soul. It has cost me much to tell you this—sleepless nights--but it was necessary you should know. If you remain in Glasgow, or go away, I hope you may succeed in all your endeavours. I know you will never injure the character of one you so fondly loved. No, Emile, I know you have honour and are a gentleman. What has pased you will not mention. I know when I ask you that you will comply.—Adieu." No. 103 (Feb. 9) complains of no answer having been received, but 105, evidently written next day, acknowledges L'Angelier's answer as follows : "ondni. " Emile,—l h ave j ust h a d your note. Emile, for t the love you once had for me do nothing till I see you, For Cr-nt'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 any hiti7, I had said of you, for the poor woman thought I tad broken off with you last winter. I deceived you by telling you she still knew of our engagement. She 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, wiite 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 sak e d o not send my letters to papa ; it w ill be an open rupture. I will leave the house. I will die. Emile, do nothing till I see you. One word tomorrow night at my window to tell me, or I shall go mad. Emile, you did love me. I did fondly, truly love you too. Ob, 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, Emile, 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 con bear. Do nothing till I see you. For the love of heaven do nothing. I am mad. lamill. No. 107 has. to postmark : "Tuesday evening, 12 o'clock. "Emile,--I 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 a•od 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 my P. Emile, if he should 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 live I adored you. I pat on paper what I should not. I was free because I loved you with my heart. If he or any other one saw those fond letters to you, what would not be said of me ? On my bonded 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 puM. , htnent that I shall carry to my grave. I deceived the best of men. Yon may forgive me, but God never will. For God's love, forgive me, and be tray me not. For the love you once had for me do not bring dawn my father's wrath on me. It will kill my mother (who is not well). It will for ever mule me bitter unhappiness. lam humble before you, and crave your mercy. You can gi►e me forgiveness, and you— oh, you only—can make me happy for the rest of my life. I would not ask you to love me or ever make me your wife. lam too guilty for that. I have deceived and told you too many falsehoods for you ever to respect me. But, oh ! will you not keep my secret from the world ? 06, you will not for Chrit's sake, denounce me. I shall be undone. I shall be ruined. Who would trust met Shame will be my lot. Despise me, hate rne, but make me not the publicscandal. Forget me for ever. Blot out all remembrance of me. I have used you ill. I did love you, and it was my soul's ambition to be your wife. I asked you to tell me my faults. You did ao, and it made me cool towards you gradually. When you have found fault with me I have cooled. It was not love for another, for there is no one I love. My love has all been given to you. My heart is empty—cold. I am unloyea, 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 fixed February. I longed 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 my father's confidence 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, hear 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 grant 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, all day. I have had what has given me a false spirit. I had resort to what I should net have taken, but my brai❑ 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 ray father's Lot displeasure. Emile, you will not cause my death. If he is to get your letters 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 expose me. I cannot write more. lam too ill to-night." No. 111, postmarks illegible and date uncertain : " Dearest Sweet, --Emile, I am so sorry to hear you are ill. .1 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 hear yes are well. Do not come and walk about, and become ill again. You did look bed on Sunday night and Monday morning. I think you 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 be 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, my love, my pet, my sweet Emile. A fond, dear, tender love, and sweet embrace. Ever, with love, yours, . "Mimi." No. 113, postmark, " Glasgow,iFeb. 27, 1857 f'— "My deer, sweet Emile,—l cannot see you this week, and I can fix no time to meet you. Ido hope you aro better. We go, I think, to Stirlinglingshire about the 10th March, for a fortnight. Excuse Allis short note, sweet love. With much fond tendegolove and kisses, and believe me to be yours, with love, " Mimi " No. 117, postmark, "Glasgow, March 4, 1857 :" "Dearest Emilie,—l 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 Y ou would take my advice you would go to the south of England for ten days; it would do you much good. Infect, 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 . wou ld say i t was I b roug ht you there, and it would ma k e me feel very unhappy. St i rling you need not go to. I t i e 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 love. I must stop, as it is post time. So adieu, with love and kisses, and much love. I am, with love and affection, ever yours, " MI3II." No. 119 was a copy of a letter in deceased's hand writing, taken by a copying machine. Its reception was objected to by the prisone r. 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 IWinai,—l feel indeed very vexed that the answer I received yesterday to mine of Tuesday to you should prevent me from sending you the kind letter I had ready for you., you must not blame me for this, but really your cold, 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 bear, fully convince me, Mimi, that th ere is foundati on i n your 'marriage with another. Besides, the way you put off our un i on t ill September, w ith ou t 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 o ne t o b e li eve that if you were not on the footing report s sa y youare you would avoid going near his friends. I know he g oes w i t h you, least y or ou a r t selffnmy masts you in Stirlingshire. My d ear , p l ace p o siLion, and tell me I am wrong i n be lieving what I hear. I was happy the last time we m e t —yes, very happy. I was forgetti ng a ll t h e past, b ut now it is again beginning. Mimi, I insist upon having an explicit answer to the questions 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 must not expect I shall again write you personally, or meet y ou w h en you return home. Ido not wish you to ans wer thi s at random. I shall wait for a day or so if y ou requ i re i t. write I tfm k e ne y w ou y b o a u veto cannotme a letter is occupi e d i n d o i ng write me from Sti r li ogs hi re, as the so to others. There was a time when you would have found plenty of time. Answer me this, Mimi— w h o 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 t o an y one e l se but me. These questions I must know. Th e d oc t or says I must go to the Bridge of Allan. I cannot travel 500 miles to the Isle of Wight and 500 b ac k . 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 avoi d g o ing I shall do so for your sake. I shall wait t o hear f rom you. I hope, dear, nothing will happen to check the happiness we were May Go . d bless you, pet, a n d w ith f on d again enjoying. and tender embraces, bailey° me, with kind love, your ever affectionate husband, "EMILE L'ANGELIER. No. 123 ; postmark, " Bridge of Allan, 10th (reached Glasgow at 5.30 p.m.) : of ~ly Marsh,. swl.Bbe7:' best loved Pet,-1 hope you are well. 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 de ar little pet ? I hope, sweet one, it may make you feel well and strong again, and that you will not b e ill all the summer. You must try and keep well for my sake; will you, my own dear little Emile ? You love me, do you not ? Yes, Emile, I know you do. We go to Perth this week to see some friends. I am going to Edinburgh the end of this month. B. will, I think, go too. I saw you pass the morning we left, and you, little love, passing the front door ; but you would not look up, and I did not know where you were going to. We shall. be home Monday or Tuesday. I shall write you, sweet love, when we shall have an interview, I long to see you —to kiss and embrace you, my only sweet love. Kiss me, sweet one, my love, my own.dear, sweet, little pet. I k no w your kindness will forgive me if I do not write you a long letter; but we are just going to the train to meet friends from the north. So I shall conclude with much love, tender embraces, and fond kisses. Sweet love, adieu. "Ever, with love, yours, IVlnit." No. 125 ; postmark, " Bridge of Allan March 13, 1857" (reached Gl a sgow 10.45 same night):— "Dearest an d beloved,—l hope you are well. I am very well, a n d anxious to get home to see you, sweet one. It i s cold, and we nave had snow all the week, which is m os t di sagreeable. I feel b etter s i nce we came here. I thi n k we shall be home on Tuesday, so I shall let you k now, my own beloved sweet pet, when we shall have a dea r , sweet interview, when I may b e pressed to your heart, a n d ki ssed by you, my own sweet l ove. A 'fond, tend er embrace,. a kiss, sweet love. I hope you will enjoy y our visit here. You will f i nd i t so dull ; no one here w e k now, and I don't fancy you will find any friends, as th ey are all strangers, and don ' t appear nice people. I am longing to see you, sweet one of my heart, my only love. I w i sh we had not come h ere f or another J month, as it would have been so much nicer • it would then be wa rm . 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 tend e r embrace, love and kisses. Adieu, ever You rs, with love and fond k i sses. "I am, ever yours, " Mimi." No. 133 is a letter to Mr. Minnoch, with the postmark, " Stirling, 16th of March, 1857" : " My dea res t W illiam —lt is but fair after your kind ness to me th a t I should ' write you a note. The day I pass from f r i en d s I always feel sad ; but to part from one I love, as I t i e you, makes me feel truly sad and dull. My on l y consolation is thst we meet soon again. here to-day. To-morrow we s h all be home. I do so wish you were to Dunblane I s h all ever rememler with pleasure. That We might take a .oug walk. Our walk walk fixed a day on which we are to begin a new life— a life which I hope may be of haapiness and long dura tion to both of us. My aim thriugh life shall be to please and study you. Dear Wiliam, I must conclude, as mamma is ready to go to Stirling. I do no: go with the ;lime pleasure as I did the last time. I hope you got to town safe, and found your sisters well, Accept my warmest, kindest love, and ever believe rue to be yours with affection, " MADELEINE." • The correspondence closes with the letter pre viously read, addressed by the prisoner to the de ceased at his lodgings, forwarded to him at Bridge of Allan, with the Glasgow postmark of March 21. This letter was received by the deceased on the Sunday morning, and was 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 ? Oh, my beloved, are you ill ? Come to me. Sweet one, I waited and waited for you, but you came not. I shall wait again to-morrow night —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 own ever dear, fond " The Lord Advocate then proposed to put in a memorandum book of deceased's, which led to some deblte, and it was ultimately resolved by the judges on the bench to consult the other judges of Justiciary. Arv.thf r witness for the Crown will follow, if the memorandum book is received, and this will close the case for the prosecution. It was arranged that the members of the prisoner'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, Tho Dean of Faculty said, he could not under take to say that the case would be closed before Wednesday. 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 map. THE PUBLICATION OF SCHOOL BOOKS BY THE GOVERNMENT AT THE PUB LIC EXPENSE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. his speech last night in the House of Commons, the member for Edinburgh having read only extracts from my letter to him on the above subject, I beg the favour of its insertion complete. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS LONGMAN. June 30. " 39, Paternoster-row, June 27. " My dear Sir,—As I understand that the estimates embracing the cost of production and sale of the school bo )ks of the Cammissioners of Education in Ireland will shortly be under the consideration of the House of Com mons, I take the opportunity of informing you that in a letter I had from Mr. J, Wilson, dated Feb. 10,1853, he stated that it bad been decided noon 'that the Go vernment should close their bookstlling establishment-4 and agencies.' " In a subsequent letter from Mr. J. Wilson to me, dated`Treasury-chambers, Aug. 27, 1853,' he further states that it appeared desirable on the part of the G,i vernment to take this step as soon as the present con tracts were concluded, or sooner should the contractors be willing to give their consent.' "The contracts referred to expire in Feb., 1853. " On this subject I can quote no higher authority than Sir J. K. Shutt'evvorth, who in his work on " Public Education, published in 1853, remarks : " It is essential that the Government should avoid every form of interference which could discourage indi vidual enterprise, the freedom of opinion, and the natural aeion oflitcrature on the popular intelligence and taste, or of the trade in books in their production and diffusion. The Government is not an author, a holder of copyri; hts, a publisher of books, nor a patron of methods ; much less is it to interfere in the formation of opinion, by making schools the orga❑ of its own doctrines. " I concur with the great publishing houses of fondon in their objections to any sale of thebooks of the Irish Com missioners in Great Britain, except through the ordinary channels of trade.' " When it is an obvious fact that there is no branch of trade in which there should be more free competition than in the writing and publishing of school books, it seems almost absurd to ask how it can have been per mitted that the Government, or their representatives, should continue to purchase or possess copyrights, and thus pin themselves to the patronage and use of any par ticular book, when better books mad appear the next day unless crushed by the fear of Government patronage and monopoly ? "I am induced to say thus much by the circumstance of purchases of copyrights lately made by the National Board of Education in Ireland in defiance of the sound and acknowledged principles of the Government ; and, indeed, if any further arrangements were necessary to prove how incapable a Governnient board must ever be to conduct a trade which requires more than any other the active vigilance of those who devote their whole time and talents to carry it on, it would be the fact that whereas the books the copyright of which I have referred to were in the hands of regular traders sold to the trade at Is. and 4s. 6(1. respectively, they are, since this pur chase of the copyrights by the board, now sold to the trade at ls. 6d. and 6e., an increase of price of at least 25 per cent. " I beg to submit that an enlightened and liberal Go vernment should purchase books for their own purposes wherever they can buy best and cheapest ; that they should abandon all trade in books and the monopoly of c pyrights, as such a system can tend only to the degra dation and hindrance of that advance in knowledge which it should be their object to promote. The fol lowing four official minutes, statements in the House of Commons, and lettei- from the Treasury, record the poli c y adopted by the Government on this question.— (Treasury Minute, dated July 1, 1851.) " 'My Lords, upon a consideration of all the circum stances of the case, are of opinion that the school books printed for the Irish National Board should be limited to the supply required for the use of the Irish National Schools.' _ _ _ "In the House of Commons, July 3, 1851, Mr. C. Lewis, then Secretary to the Treasury, answered to Mr. Sydney Herbert : " That complaints wore made that the grant for Irish education had not been applied exclusively to the pur pose for which it was voted by Parliament, but that a portion had been devoted to the production of books which were sold for the use of English schools and to the public at large, and it was thought desirable the grant should be corifined to the supply of schools in connexion with the Irish National Education Board.— ' The Times,' July 4, 1851.' _ _ "In the House of Commons, April 15, 1852, Lord John Russell stated— " That the arrangement agreed to by the Committee of Council when they considered the subject was, that it was desirable not to publish school books here, but to treat with different publishers with respect to such books.' " Statement of Mr. Wilson in a letter to Mr. Long. man, dated Treasury, Feb. 10, 1853 : " `To effect your object you make these suggestions : The first and most important is, that the Government should close their bookselling establishments and agencies. " You will be glad to know that this has been decided upon as part of the new plan.' "The present contract, dated Treasury, 1853, expires in February, 1858. "I am, my dear Sir, truly yonra, "THOMAS LONGMAN. "Adam Black, Rl., M.P., Broad Sanctuary, Westminster." * * * The titles of the books referred to aro " Lectures on Natural History," by Professor M‘Gatiley ; and " A Key to Arithmetic in Theory and P,actice." PHILIIARMONIC CONCERT. The sixth and last concert of the season was given on Monday, with the following selection from the works of no less than eight composers, viz. : PART I. Sinfonia (Jupiter) Aria with Flutes (Oblvati) Concerto, violin Romance (Les Huguenots) Meyerbeer. Overture (Leonora) PART 11. Sinfonia in E flat Spohr. Recit. and Aria (II Trovatore) .. Verdi. Solo, Pianoforte (17 Vars. Serieuses)... Mendelssohn. Duet (La Gazza, Ladra) Rossini. Overture (Oberon) Weber. Miss Louisa Pyne made her first appearance since her return from America, and was deservedly successful, especially in the trying recitative and aria from "Il Trovatore," which well exhibited the remarkable purity and brilliancy of her voice. The great treat of the evening was Beethoven's grand concerto for the violin played to perfection by our great English violinist, Mr. H. C. Cooper, who has evidently well studied the composition. Mr. Cooper pos'esses so great a mastery over his instrument that the most difficult passages are thrown off by him with facility and neatness, and an unfailing accuracy of intonation, together with a broad and commanding style. In they qualities he is unrivalled, and his splen did performance was received with enthusiasm. 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Victoria Life •• Name of Company. tustralasia•.....• Bank of Egypt Bank or London British North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust& Ch City .... Colonial „ Commercial of London Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus Do. New London and County Lon. & Eastn. Bnkg. C London Joint-Stock . • • Londn and Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .. • . •• • • Ditto ditto Nationr.l Bank .... • New oath Wales Orientui Bank Corpora Ottoman Bank .. Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New.. • ...• .. South Australia Union of Australia.... Ditto . •• • • • • • • • Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... UnityJ Mutual Western Bank of Londn. LIST OF SCI Name of Company. sankofScOtland. British Linen Company Caledonian Bank .. •• • City of iilasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank •• •• C mmercial Bank •• Eastern Bank.. • • • • • • Edinb. & Glasgow.. • • National Bank • • • • • • North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of cotl. Union Bank of Scot. Western Bank • • • • • • • • alliance Fire and Lice.. British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur . City of Glasgow Lite.. Cdonial Life Edinburgh Life Insur. Eng. gr, Scot, Law Life Life kssoc. of Scotland Nationai Fire and Life North British Incur... Northern Assurance Co.I Scottish Provincial Scottish Union Insruo. Standard Life •. • • .... MISCELLANEOUS. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of paid. Price. Annum. Share. -----------.. - 4 E. d. £ a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 : 6'. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Auction sea • i a e n r i S 2 t d e a a r m i ; .• .... Ship • • • :. . 214 /p 3 r cent. 50 0 0 Australian A.riculturl 25 0 0 19 0 0 20 Australian Trust .... Si. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Australian Royal Mail 10 6 6 all Anglo-Mexican Mint.. IL 10s. 10 0 0 all British American Land 51. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 Canada ... •• .... •• .. GI. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 147 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6 per cent. •• R. per cont. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. perer cent. 5 0 0 all 2 eentStock 100 0 0 -- Crystal Palace . ..... 2/. per Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 50 0 50 0 5 Crys. Palace of France 4 0 0 all city Novigation Bonds 3%1. per cent Klectric Telegraph .. 6/. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 93 ' Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt. 5 0 0 all Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co. 50 0 0 all Equitable Reversionry 5/per cent. 100 0 0 :00 0 0 Date New ...... ~ 50 0 0 22 10 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51. p c and I/ 100 0 0 ,00 0 0 1 Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) 25 0 0 all Gen.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. &15 0 0 14 0 0 London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all 3% Hudson's Pay...—. •• 5/. per cent. Stock Stock Hungerford .......• V. ss. 100 0 0 all Lon. Ne. &Na. Mans°. 10 0 0 all London Reversionary Si, per cent. 15 0 0 all Mex. & S. American 10 0 0 all Nat. Discount Comp.. 25 0 0 50 0 3% N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 Nor. Bet. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all li North of Europe, Stott. RI. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 Price's Patent Gland. Co 29 0 0 an Peel River. Land&Min. 5 0 0 . all _ Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent. 50 0 0 all 66 Ditto New ...... .. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%7. pr cent 100 0 0 all Ditto New •• •- .... 4%/. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Royal Mail Steam..., 41. p. share. 100 0 0 69 0 0 58 Scottish Aus. Invest. 15/. per cent. 1 0 0 all South Australian Land 7!. per cent. 25 0 0 all Trust and Loan Comp. 73.. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 1 Vaa Diemen's Land.. 10s. 1 ...100 0028 10 _ Do, Gov. 6 per ct.Bds. 6'per cent. \— I Price.! Names °I i Companies. 110 !Peak Forest. 90 1 / 2 !Regelat's.... 175 Roclidale.... fitflrd &Wort, 51% Stourbridgc.. 121 A ,Severn and 1 1 Wye Rail,j 6 Warwick & 490 Birming. 33 i Warwick & 13 Napton.. j Worcstr & 51 I Birming. Wilts & BrkE WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. rik. per ent. 41. percent. 51. per cent. 4 . per cat. Si. per cnt. 41. per cent. BRIDG Dividend per Annum. lOs per cent.l 11. 12s. Od. 11. Bs. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. p;Cent. 4 1. per cut. 4 per cent. Si. Os per c. !I' AND COK: Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 51, per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. 41. per cent 10/. per cent, 3/. ss. 4/. 15s. 41. 10s. per cent. 5% per cnt 5/. 8/. - per cent. 16s Od pen sh. 7:per cent. TRANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. it. 14s. 6d. 4. p.c. & bs. 1158.0 d. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. los. Cl. 5 pr ct.& 4/. per share I/. 18s. ii,4 per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent 121. per cent "143. 5/.p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 2ji. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. 4% per cent sz_ per cent 5/. per cent. 6 per cent 5l p. ct. 51. per cent. 5/. per cent 12% per c. p c. &bs 6% p : a & bs. I/ 14s. 41. & bonus. 5/ & bonus. 51. & tonus., TINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. 201. per cent.] 5/. per cent. 9 per cent. 4i, per cent. 5/. per cent. 1 7/. p. c. & bs. per cent. 5/. per cent. 18/. per cent. GI. per cent. 28 per cent. 18 per cent. 16 pe. bs ;3 7.per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. 31. p. ct.&bs. 8/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 10!. per cant. 211. per cent.) 51. per cent., Amount of Share. X S. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 COMPANIES. Amount of Share. a. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 2) 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 6000 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 'ANIES. Amount of Share. s. d, 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 MO 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 :00 0 0 20 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 G 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. Paid. 20 0 0 100 0 0 ANKS. Amount of share. X s. d. 40 0 0 . 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 .100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 I 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Dividend, per , Annum 51. Os. 17s. 281 121. 10s. 1/. 16s. 10s. 7s. Od. Paid X s. d. 100 all raid. £ 3. d. Paid. X s. d. Stock. ,00 0 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 X s. d. all 150 8 U all 12 10 G 100 4 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 Paid. .0 a. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 al 4 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 IV 0 0 0 10 0 5 lo 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. X s. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 all 20 '6 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 I TTISO COMPANIES' PRICES. Divid per Annum. 71. per cent. 81. per cent 81. per cent 5/. per cent. 5}4/. p cent 71.. per cent 61. per cent. 3%1. p cent. 6x, per cent. 5 /.per cent 51. per cent 8/. per cent. 71. per cent. /. pr cent. el. per cent. 1.0/.per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. 61. percent. 51.?er cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 7%/. pr cent. 51. per cent. A1111.4111L of share. a. d. 100 C 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 Price. Price Price, Price. Price. Price. lOni, 16% 7% 277 300 Price. Price. Paid. X s. d. 109 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 10 J 0 10 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 BO 0 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 Country Markets. THE EAST INDIAN STEAM FLOTILLA, The following cirul tr, exptaining a• range- Meuti conhecteit witty the i, tie of toe c :pitd of the Indus Steam Flotilla, upon which the East India Compr.ny have already grinted a guarantee of 5 per cent., was on 1 1 i i; , 37 or warded to the share holders of the Scinde Rahway Company. It will he 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. Sciude 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 Sciude 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 Mooitan, the lower terminus of the proposed Pun jaub Railway, and a biil for giving effect to the reso lution is now before Parliament. The directors of the Sciude Ralway Company have decided that such capital shall be distributed among the present re gi-tered shareholders in the Scinde Railway Company, at the rate of one share of 201. for every tAo shares of 201. each in the capital of the Scinde Railway Company, Provision will be made in the proposed act for keeping the capital and revenue accounts of the Indus Steam Flotilla separate and distinct from that of the railway. Should you desire to become a share ht,lder in the capital of the Indus Steam Flotilla, you will be good enough to fill up the annexed form of ap plication, and transmit the same to this office on or before the 17th ip3t.—l am, &c., THoxrAs BURNBLL, Secretary. lIADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—JULY 3. WHEAT. BARLEY I OATS. ' SSMSS. First 6 ss Od 42s Od I 34s 341 1 503 od Second 46s 9d 1 378 2d ) 32 3 4d ; 473 6i Third 34 s Od I 34s ,Od I 29s Od I 423 Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 390 qrs., 382 sold PP 19 barley ~ 69 qrs., 58 sold PI , oats ,; 130 qrs., 120 s , , d 92 11 beans ~ 14 qrs., 12 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERTAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 6 9 9-12ths 1 Barley, —X. 17 2 5-12th4 Oats, ... 11. 11 4 2-12ths $ Beans, 21. 7 6 0.12t14 DALKRITH GRAIN MARKET —JULY 2. Qrs. Best• Current. Infmini 352 Wheat 62s 63 4ls Sid 2B, Od 186 Oats 3os 6d 2Bs 04d 22, Od 89 Barley 3ss Od 32s 21d 20 Peas & beans 418 Od 4os 04 3- 04 ABERDEEN-JULY 3. Potato oats Common oats 2 2 6 7 5 s 0 0 d d t t o o 2 2 65 s 6 6 t i1 1 401bs per bushel Bere 32s Od to 35s Od Barley llsOd to 35s vd s3lbs " Wheat, red (spring)4os Od to 45s Od 1 621bs , white 408 Od to 503 Od ~ Oatmeal ' 2os Od to 21s al per boll. Flour 45s Od to 46s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6cl to 9d I Butter, p lb. s 10d to Os 11( 1 Hutton, per lb 6d to 9d Eggs, p doz. Os 8.1 to 0,10 1 Lamb, do., Os 8d to 0 , 9 I Hens, p pair 2s 6d to 3s Oi Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d 1 Chickens,do. is 6d to 2, 0 1 Pork, perlb...os 6cl to Os 7cl Ducks, do. 03 Od to 0:0 1 Salmon, per lb ... ..... ls 2d Ducklings,do is 8d to 2 0 1 Grouse, per brace.....os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 4,6. i Tallow, p stone, Os to lls 01 Potatoes, pr pock, 12d to 1.8 1 Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.... 86s to 88 3 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s Gd Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 2 a. Oatmeal Os Od to 2s ld „ dust, ..... 0s to Os 10a Beremeal Od to 2s Od , per lb 2d to 2id Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sids, Cheese, per imperial atone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6a 4-lb. 10af...8d. J 2-lb. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, JULY 3. White wheat, 35s 61 to 39s Od ; red ditto, 34s Od to 37§ Od, ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25s 6d; grind' ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 14s 6d to 17s; ditto, new, -- 1 Od to —s Od ; oatmeal, 15s to 1830 d; here, new, --s to -- 11 Od ; rapes,' d, —s Od to —s Od per brl ; bakers' dour, 200 Od to 24s Od per ewt ; Indian corn, 38s Od to 393 Od Po 480 14. LOCAL SHARE MARKET, LIVERPOOL, JULY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in this market to-day have been moderate, but prices are firm. L an doll and N rth-Western, 104 Sheffields, 45—Caledoniangt 37—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1004—North Eastern ! Berwick, 234—S ou th E as t ern, 224 —Grand Trunks, 14 1 —Dutch Rhenish, 34 d. bfANCHESTER, JULY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market opened rather quiet to-day, with very little change in prices. Great Westero of Canada, 228—Dovers, 223 — Sheffields, 451—Lead* 101. LEEDS, JULY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE. - Grand Trunk of Canada, 14 Eastern Counties, 114—North Eastern, Berwick, 2311" f West Ridings, 3 s 6d—E astern Union B, 9---Sheffields, 49 —North Western, 7 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 4. STOwt EXTBANGE.—The market is steady, and price° firm. Birmingham Banking Company, 31i—Midlands , 83 4—London and North Western, 1036 104—Shropshire Union, 846—Stour Valleys, 9. The Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have reached us. The Queen and King, on the previous evening, went with great military pomp to the Church of Atocha to attend the prayers to b e offered up for the safe delivery of her Ma' jesty. The diplomatic body, the minister► and the great dignitaries of state were present in the church. The, permanent deputation °' the Grandees of Spain and that of the Hidalgo° of Madrid had presented addresses to the Queen, congratulating her on her " interesting situation." The Espana says :—" The Count de Luce n a (O'Donnell) and several of his poll' tical friends have resolved to go abroad ; a good deal of comment is made on this resolution." The Order of St. Catherine of Russia had been conferred on the Queen of Spain. The Chamber of Deputies on the 29th was occupied in discussing reports on railway bills, and particularly that on the line &ova Tudela to Bilboa. DEATH OF TUE "MAID OF SARAGOSSA."—The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. announce the death, at Cueta, of Augustina Zaragoza, who, when very young?, di4iriguished herself greatly i n th e memora b le siege 01 Saragossa by assisting the artillerymen in the vol t thickest of tf e fight in firing on the French. For bet services on this occasion she was made a sub-liente' nant of infantry in the Spanish army, and received several decorations, She was buried at Cueta with all the honours due to her memory. 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On tho 3d inst., at 67, Chester-square, Mrs. Jas. Orde. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 4th inst., at 3, Connaught-place west, Hyde park, the wife of Thomas Entwisle, Esq. On the 4th inst., the wife of Wm. Wright, Esq., of St. Alban's House, Highgate-rise. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. Anne's, Wandsworth, W. C. B.gley, M.D., of Hanwell, to Jane, widow of the late John Malyn, Esq., of St. James-street, Buckingham' gate. On the 2,1 inst., at the parish church, West Bromwicbt Mr. John Chapman, brewer, of West Bromwich, to Re becca, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Watson, Esq.* of tho Parade, Birmingham. DIED. On the 3d inst., in Belgrave-square, the Duchess of Bedford. On the 2d inst., Mr. Wm. Barker, of 59, Watling-street, city, aged 39. _ On the 2d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, James J. Deacon, Esq., aged 84. _ On the 2d inst., James Shrill?, Esq., Friar Maine, Dorset, aged 55. On the 3d inst., in Welbeck-street, Cb.venclish-square, Mrs. Margaret Frances Maxwell, aged 81. On the 2d inst., at Hoddesdon, Herts, Miss Georgina Row Wood. On the 3d inst., at Great Guildford-street, Southwark, Howard, second son of Mr. W. Strudwick, aged 15. On the 4th inst., at Brompton, Laura Louisa, the O' child of William Gowing, Esq. LoNDIN: P.rintc , d and Pub Hailed by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand,. Printer, DA The Sun Offioo, 1 40 ' 112, S . zra:.d, ir‘the frecinet of the Savoy, in tho county cr liithreilex, Monday, July G, 1857.. o racteristlr, Morning I Stalls may Polvvraoli had at the MIS! null' Ent OF ILLIT , day. at Ei Admission at Cramer ye OY c, Bess of the of Forty o M• Boole° The Lane Attr T fmmthe all the prl being pros w.n 4 er of EVERY T evening er 18 . Stath day betwe pRE ) at Living Ta , contortion monists, ti at a quart, - -A New the Peri." Cirque Ori nalloon A My. 0 1 ~IsRATED 'Ong of t Madame IVIELLnN the G u id e open at 4 Stalls and street ; an attendan t authorised arms will ri, °T 1: , Leopold tl M. .71) L having en( brated Mu public, he thus pent cent corps pert d, pri Charlotte Austria. It is unn have trav , tation of ti the most y remarks in The Bai Bien of his of France Napoleon Most of servatoire Its perfect have been years it hc principal fanners or Mel in it lien's Orcb vent clari French h European principal I fear of con Pete with Marines o The en step in th be so app matter tl that all 1 branches With thel ormanee A N Esq. , h a and dim following he comic of n emu send free ed envel medical Thomas, The Suc P ( tion, an all ing c scurf an In the g log in it mended lug She soft tha lustre. les, Gd. CAI 7; toms' and the Sold amErs. pi The, any Ch Portant their fr The Pidly e seven 1 tribute enlist 1 the so Poor ai Bieber Full cation Rev. tonio 7 New, Th laic the I skin, tonsi Its systi of 11 tual of th 140, W. 1 atrel liar In ed TEE SUN, LONEON, MO 14 DAY E NG JULY 6, 4 857