Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.) HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. The House met at five o'clock. The royal assent was given, by commission, to the Con solidated Fund and other bills. TEE EAST INDIA COMPANY. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH drew attention to the altera tion in the rate of discount by which the East India Com pany were prepared to receive funds, and to grant, in return, bills on the company in India. The reduction was at the rate of 24d. in the pound, and a corresponding reduction must take place in the value of silver bars and dollars. Probably the reduction was made at the suggestion of the government, to check the alarming extent of the exportation of silver ; but whatever might be the object, the effect upon the government of India would be the same. If the bills were not met when they became due, that would be an act of bankruptcy; and if that were not the case, the operations of commerce would be paralysed. Earl GELNVILLE stated that there were sufficient funds in the hands of the Indian Government to set aside any fear of a drain. He had no reason to apprehend any dan ger from the courses pointed out by the noble earl, but the 'Government would carefully watch to avoid the possibility Of such results. IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS. The Lord CHANCELLOR moved a resolution to the effect, that all petitions claiming right to vote for representative peers of Ireland by right of peerages, under which a right to vote had been admitted by the House of Lords, should be referred to the Lord Chancellor, or the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. The object of the motion was to reduce the expense of proving the right of those who claimed to vote for representative peers. The motion was agreed to. Lord TALBOT drew attention to the late atrocious murder of Mr. Price, inspector of convicts at Melbourne, and the subject was briefly discussed, but without any result being obtained. Several bills were advanced a stage of progress, and their lordships rose at half-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JULY 3. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The Lords' amendments to the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Bill, and St, Philip's Church (Liverpool) Bill, were considered and agreed to. The West of Fife Mineral Railway Bill, and the Midkind Great Western Railway of Ireland (Sligo Extension) Bill, Were read a third time and passed. Sir JA3fES GRAHAM brought up the report of the cora reittee upon the Liverpool Town and Dock Dues Bill. On the consideration of the report upon the Thames and Medway Conservancy Bill, Sir JAMES GE&HAM opposed the measure, on the ground that the conservators were proposed to be nominated, not .elective, and because it viola'ed the principle, that tolls on Bb iPping should not be exacted for other than shippin g Purposes. After some discussion, the third reading was fixed fo Tuesday. The report of the committee on the Tewkesbury election petition was brought up by the chairman. The decision "was, that Mr. J. Martin was duly elected. In reply to Lord C. HAMILTON, Lord PALMERSTON declined in the present state of public business, to fix a day for the resumption of the debate on Alr. J. B. Smith's motion in reference to the productive powers of India, Mr. WILSON, in reply to Sir D. Norreys, stated that instructions had been given that the whole of the Ordnance Survey should for the future be carried on upon the six inch scale. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. In reply to Mr. CORRY, Mr. WILSON stated that the arrangements for the im provement of the postal communication between London and Dublin were now nearly complete. The arrangement was that the Steam-boat Company should provide four vessels of 300 feet long, of 1,700 tons, with engines of 1,500 horse power, but capable of being worked up to 3 ,000, and that the journey should be completed in eleven hours. The Company was to carry the mails from Holyhead 'to Kingstown in three hours and three•quarters. THE WEST INDIA IMMIGRATION SCHEME. In reply to Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. LABOUCHERE recognised the importance of offer ing facilities for immigration into British Guiana, and stated his belief that sugar could be as profitably grown by free as by slave labour. He thought it necessary that the emigrant should be a free agent, that security should be given that he should be properly treated on the passage. That he should not be made the victim of an internal system of slavery, and that there should be an equal number of both sexes carried to the colony. Subject to these conditions, it had been his anxious desire ever since he held the office of Colonial Ser,retary, to facilitate emigration to the colonies. In reply tr, Mr. G. Dundas, Mr. V &um said, he hoped to, present the Indian Blidg'Jt before the end of this month. PONTEFRACT ELECTION. Mr. HEADLAM reported from the committee appointed to investigate the petition in the case of the Pontefract Election, that William Woods was duly elected to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Pontefract. That it had not been established to the satisfaction of the committee, that any cases of bribery, treating or undue influence occurred at the last election, but that from the evidence of the . patitioner, Benjamin Oli ve i ra, an d hi s w if e, E mma Oliveira, it appeared t h at at the previous election the said Benjamin Oliveira paid £3,000 for his return, and subse quently gave a bribe of £1,250 for the withdrawal of the petition against the election. (Laughter.) BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Lord PALMERSTON moved that in all cases where the seat of any member has been declared void by an election com mittee on the grounds of bribery or treating, no motion shall be made without seven days previous notice being given in the votes. Mr. DISR&ELI thought the motion too stringent, and suggested the insertion of words to the effect that the delay should only take place when the committee separated in favour of such a cause being adopted. Mr. DUNCOMBE considered that such a modification would destroy the object of the motion. cu then was At the suggestion of Sir G. GREY, the di f ssion adjourned till Monday, and the House went into Committee of Supply. Several votes, including £221,000, for the Harbours of Refuge ; £24,728, for the Gove rnors an d Lieutenant. Governors of the West Indies, and other Colo flies ; £21,430, for allowances of Stipendiary Judges in the Colonies ; £10,230, for Civil establishments on the West Coast of Africa ; £19,609, for charges connected with the Island of St. Helena ; £12,000, for the support of Liberated Negroes ; £125,089, for Consular Establishments abroad, —were agreed to. On this last vote, In reply to Mr. A - sa , - LLINGLIKE, Lord PALIMSTON explained that his noble friend at the head of the F ore i gn Departmont was now in engaged making provision f or the appointment of Consuls in the Black Sea, according to the 12th article of the Treaty of Paris. There were a great many Tartars ren dered assistance to the Allies in the course of the war, _ and 10,009, upon application, had been removed from Russian dominions to the Ottom an empire. A further sum of £22,500 for extraordinary charges for embassies and missions having been voted, The House resumed. ThThe report of supply was brought up and agreed to. e oth er b us i ness was disposed of, and the House mourned at a quarter past one. ST. HELENS CANAL AND RAILWAY BILL. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JULY 3. The committee met this day at twelve o'clock, Sir James Graham in the chair. Mr. SERGEANT WELLS—I feel considerable difficulty in making to you a statement in reference to the observations made at the close of the proceedings yesterday. After anxious and serious consideretion with Sergeant Wrang - ham, giving the best consideration we could to the interests of our clients, and canvassing with great care the state ment made by yourself, which received the greatest possible consideration from us—we have come to the conclusion that for the interest of our clients, and also that of the public who are necessarily interested with them, we shall be under the necessity of proceeding with our case, and calling our witnesses. Zhe CHAIRMAN: Very well. Mr. Sergeant WELLS : Perhaps you will allow me to state that our position is a very singular one. In 1853 the case was represented to the Shipping Dues Commission, and their report entirely admitted the justice of the demand we now seek at your hands. lam only stating my reason. The CHAIRMAN: You need state no reason for pro ceeding. The object was distinctly stated to you yes terday. Mr. Sergeant WELLS : Sergeant Wrangham was most anxious that I should make one statement. The conclusion which we have arrived at was influenced by the considera tion that our proceeding would in no way interfere with the principle of the Mersey Conservancy Bill. He then called 111 r. SINCLUR, secretary to the St. Helens Canal and Railway Company, who stated that the Garston docks covered six acres, and the width of the gates was fifty feet, vessels that could enter the Liverpool docks could enter theirs, gave evidence before the Shipping Dues comm's sion in 1853, which reported in their favour. In 1855, the Liverpool Dock Trustees introduced their scheme, but the St. Helens Company could not oppose as they had no locus standi. In 1856 their company gave the necessary notices that they would apply for the introduction of clauses to give them the relief they now sought in any bill promoted by the Dock Trust. There was a large trade in coals at Garston, on which the Town Dues were 2d, per ton or 2 per cent. They had also a large trade in sulphur ore, on which the dues were from one to one and a-quarter per cent , iron ore, on which the charge was two per cent., and on limestone rather over one per cent. The coal which did not go outside the port was not charged Town-dues, but all exports were charged. He estimated the average exaction by .Liverpool on goods exported and imported from Garston at £l5 on the £l,OOO. while the charges at Liverpool did not exceed £1 to 30s. on the £l,OOO, so that the charge was a great obstruction to the trade of Garston. Mr. Sergeant WELLS said he then proposed to call the witnesses attention to the evidence given by Mr. Hayes, Mr Hutchinson, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Rigby before the Local Dues on Shipping Committee last year. Mr. MERENVETHER renewed his protest against read ing the evidence of gentlemen who were alive and could be called. The CHAIRMAN said they had on previous occasions gone further, for they had admitted the evidence of a gentleman who was in the room at the time (Mr. Bramley- Moore) to be read. The evidence must, therefore, be admitted. The Witness then proceeded to read extracts from the evidence of these gentlemen. Examination continued. Sometimes deeply-laden vessels are obliged to unload a portion of their cargo to get into the Garston Dock, but not often ; and the same case also happens with vessels discharging in the Liverpool docks. Vessels discharging in the Garston docks paid dues, and other charges for the conservancy, but not for the actual maintainance of the docks at Liverpool, and vessels could neither discharge nor clear out from the customs until the receipt for the Liverpool Dock-dues was produced. A vessel going from America to Garston, discharging there and going down to Liverpool, to load for a coasting voyage would be charged outwards and inwards as if she had come from America, while a vessel using the Liverpool docks would be charged only one rate. Cross-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER : The Garston Dock wae made under an act of Parliament passed in 1846, begun in Ir3oo, ana opened iu rue._ Garston Dock exclusively paid no Liverpool dock rates. Cross_examined by Mr. MICIVENVICTIIER: They had treated their dock at Garston as a mere adjunct to their railway. Was not aware that any Manchester man held a share in their railway. By the Climatal; : There is but one rate payable by vessels from America. If a vessel from America goes into the docks at Liverpool and discharges, and afterwards leaves the port in ballast, she pays only half rates, but if she discharges at Garston, and leaves in ballast, she pays full rate. Mr. ALEXANDER said the witness was entirely mistaken ; it was not the case. By the CHAIRMAN : About 50 foreign vessels have arrived at Garston dock since 1852. Mr. Serjeant WELLS said he should call no more wit nesses. Mr. ALEXANDER said, in replying for the dock trustees, he was in the difficult position of having nothing to reply to. He apprehended his learned friend would be gratified by putting Mr Sinclair's evidence on record ; cer tainly no evidence had been offered why the committee should not reject the bill. When the Garston Dock was constructed, the law was clear and well known ; and the promoters might have fixel the site, so as not to be liable to these charges, but they fixed their line, and must take the consequence. They were asked row to put the Garston Dock, containing six acres, and costing £150,000, on an equality with the docks at Liverpool, containing 208 acres, and costing nine millions. They had shown no reason for such a demand ; and if the committee made theirs an exceptional c , se, it would be impossible to deal with the Mersey on a compre hensive scheme. Mr. MERREWETHER said he should occupy their time but a few minutes. The Corporation were possessed of the Town Dues of Liverpool, which they had acquired by purchase, and had for a long time enjoyed. At the same time, if he was asked the question whether they had a statutory acknowledgement, he must answer they had nothing to justify their claim but the fact of purchase of possession and of the common law of the land. He then ironically contende I that they had great cause for discontent with some parties. The Com mittee had given their property to the promoters of the Bill, led by the gentlemen from Manchester. Such being the case, although perhaps it was a mere prejudice of the Corporation of Liverpool, they did wish out of their respect for the rights of property that the Garston Railway and Dock Company should not be permitted to take away from these gentlemen the property which the committee had given them. He was disappointed that Mr. Heron had not come forward to oppose these new claimants, Under these circumstances, as they had en deavoured in vain to prevent what the Corporation consi dered to be a great robbery, they were justified, also, in opposing this petty larceny, and he trusted that the com mittee would reject the bill. The room was then cleared. After a short discussion the doors were opened. The CHLIRMAM announced that the preamble of the bill was unanimously rejected. A THEATRICAL CONTRETISIPS.—A melodrama was some few years since played in a certain theatre, the chief actor in which had made himself, from his haughty and over bearing conduct, disliked by one and all. In the last scene he was supposed to visit the tomb of his ancestors. In the centre of the stage, upon a marble pedestal, stood the statue of his father. A heavy fold of drapery covered the fiure. Enter Albert—" Once again," he says "to gaze upon those features which in life so often gazed on me with tenderest affection, Father, thy mourning son naw comes to pay thee adoration. Let me remove the veil which from the vulgar gaze shields the beloved image of a once dear parent!" Off went the drapery, and behold ! the father stood upon his head. THE REFUSAL OP KNIGHTHOOD BY THE MAYOR OF SALFORD.—The Mayor of Salford, Stephen !leen., Esq., received from Sir George Grey, an intimation that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to signify her inten tion to confer upon hi m th e h onour o f kni g hthood on the occasion of the presentation o f th e a dd ress from' the borough of Salford, at the Art Treasures Exhibition. The Mayor, though fully appreciating this mark of her Majesty's gra cious c onsideration towards the b oroug h an d hi mse lf, did not feel it consistent with his position as a professional man po e d d e t e o p engaged . business to accept the honour pro posed conferred upon him. The determination of s the Mayor to decline the honour of knighthood has elicited a general esFession of regret amongst the members of the Corporation, the profession of which he is a member, and of the inhabitants of Salford, to whom the fact was know. —Manchester Examiner. THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, JULL•Y 4, 1857. THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE TRIAL OF MISS M. SMITH, FOR MURDER HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EiHNBIIRGH. The following is the concluding evidence given on Wednesday : Professor Christison, examined by the Lord Advocatee I recollect Dr. Penny speaking to me about various substances found in the body of M. L'Angelier. I made an analysis of these sub stances, with the view ofascartaining whether they contained any poison. The witness then read the report, which stated No. 1 was " a small tube contain ing powder from the contents of the stomach." The powder was oxide of arsenic. No. 2 was a" bottle containing prepared fluid from contents of stomach." The fluid contained oxide of arsenic, and in considerable quantity. No. 4 was a "bottle containing portion of contents of small Intestine." The contents contained oxide of arsenic. No. 7 was a common gallipot "jar containing portion of liver." The contents, being about four ounces of a liver, were subjected to a modification proposed in 1852 by Dr. Penny, of the process of Reinsch for detecting arsenic in such matters. The liver h tying been cat into small pieces, and boiled in hydrochloric acid and distilled water iu a glass flask, to which a distilling apparatus of glass was connected, the whole texture was gradually reduced to a fine pulp, and a distilled liquor was obtained which was collected in divided portions. These liquors were colourless, and nearly clear. The two first portions obtained did not contain any arsenic, the third gave faint traces of it, the fifth and sixth portions, when separately sub jected to the action of copper gauze, gave characteristically the usual dark grey encrustation; and this again was driven off as usual by heat and a small glass tub e and yielded in each case a white, spark ling ring of crystals, which were regular octoedres or forms derived from octoedre. The liver, therefore, contained oxide of arsenic. Having obtained unequivocal proof of the presence of arsenic in the contents of the stomach, in the contents of the small intestine, and in the liver, itdoes not appear to be necessary to examine the other articles delivered to me by Dr. Penny. These are-3. Prepared fluid from the textures of stomach ; 5. Portions of the small intestine; Eh Portion of the large intestine; 8. Portions of the heart and lungs; 9. Portion of the brain.—Could you give any opinion as to the quantity of arsenic found in the body ? Only as to what was in the material from the stomach. There was more than sufficient to destroy life. I have had considerable experience in regard to the effects of poisons, and have published a work on the subject. The Lord Advocate then read two paragraphs from pages 301 and 303 of Dr. Christson's work, the first of which stated that, when sicknesses caused by arsenic began, or about the same time, the region of the stomach was affected with pain of a very violent kind, followed by violent fits of vomiting, a sense of blindness, and a tightness of the throat, creating an incessant desire for drink; and also hoarseness and difficulty of speech. His lordship then resumed the examination : —These are the usual, though not the invariable, effects of arsenic. If you found an the effrts described in these passages in a case, would it lead you to suspect the presence of arsenic? Yes, or some other polson.—Supposing a person hal taked a small dose of arsenic on the lgth of February, and] again on the 22nd of February, and again on the 22nd of March, what would be the symptoms 3on would expect to find? These are:exceedingly variable; sometimes the effects pass off very quickly, and at otht rs continue for weeks and months. When they continue, the symptoms are 'mils gestion, pain in the stomach and bowels, some times diarrhae, loss of strength, general lassitude and debility, and thirst. —lf you found erosions with a braised edge, would that lead you to the:opinion that there had been one or more administrations of poison ? Such an ap- PeranCES would, at least, have made him expect the existence of some pernicious disease. The Lord Advocate then read an extract from the medical report, drawn up by Drs. Steven and Thomson, on the 3rd of April, beginning at the words " The duodenum and a portion of the small intestine" to the conclusion of the report, and asked—Are these the effects you would have expected to find after a repeated doses of arsenic? They are the natural appearances which would follow after a repeated administration of sneh poison ; but I am not prepared to 'say that, from these symptoms, there must have been a repeated adrnieistratien of poison. —If you had known there had been a previous administration of arsenic, would you have considered these effects the result of it? Certainly.—Are the symptoms which I have now described to you those you would have expected to find after such cases of continuous doses. They are such as would have occurred by the administration of poisons in doses singly insufficient to cause death. The witness was cross-examined by the Dean of Faculty, but it only tended to an explanation of the ordinary results of arsenical p. isoning, as regards the quantity swallowed, and the fre quency of the doses. Amedee Thuau wasexamined through Francois Schuman, an interpreter. lam a clerk at Glasgow. I lodged with Mrs. Jenkins in March last. I knew M. L'Angeller, who lived there. We took our meals together in the same room. I knew at the end of December last that L'Angelier intended to marry a young person. I knew the contents of same letters. I never read any of those letters. What was the subject of these letters? He told me that in one of these letters the lacy demanded back some of her letters. I do not know when that was. It was a pretty long time before L'Angelier's death. I know Blythswood-square, Glasgow. In a street close by L'Angelier delivered a letter. He knocked with his stick on the window, while I was waiting for him at a short distance. Ido not know the number of the house. I walked on while L'Angelier was at the window. It was the second window from the corner of Blyths s. eeu-square. After the aeatn ca L Augener, a :news 1 111 M t.n T wan 111 the habit of going out at night sometimes. L'Angelier told me where he went on some of these occa sions. He went to his intended's hcuse. I, recollect one morning, after he had been out, finding he had been very ill through the night,. I can't say when this was. I visited L'Angelier that morning. I asked him if he had seen the lady the night before ? He replied that he had. I asked, then, if he had been unwell last night ? I remember he said he was unwell in her presence. I recollect a second illness of L'Angelier's. Ido not think that L'Angelier had been out the night before on that occasion. L'Angelier did not say what was the matter with him, but insisted upon me going for a doctor—his own doctor. At L'Angelier's request I went for Dr. Thomson, on the occasion of the second illness. I recollect his going to Stirling. Before he went he left instructions as t sending his letters. One letter came in his absence, and was sent to the Bridge of Allan ; and another that came was sent to Stirling. I could not know the letter I forwarded to the Bridge of Allan, if I saw it. In conversing with L'Angelier about his intended, I am not sure that the name was ever mentioned. The engagement was against the consent of the lady's family. I understood from L'Angelier that the house where he left the letter was the one where the lady lived. Cross-examined—I have seen L'Angelier take laudanum several times. Once when I spoke to him about it, he said he could not sleep without taking it. When L'Angelier told you he took much laudanum, did you understand him to refer to a habit, or only three, four, or five occasions ? I never saw him take laudanum except when he was. ill. Auguste Vauvert de Mean, chancellor of the French csnsnlate in Glasgow : I was acquainted with the late M. L'Angelier. I first became acquainted with him three years ago. I know the lady now sitting at the bar, Miss Smith. I knew her family. I knew there was a correspondence going on during 1855 bAween deceased and prisoner. L'Angelier confided to me his relations with Miss Smith. I did not ask him about her or seek his confidence. Mr. Smith had a house at the Row, Helonsburgh. I lived at Helensburgh. L'Angelier lived with me one night before I was married. Some time after L'Angelier had spoken of his relations with Miss Smith, I told him I thought he should go to Mr. Smith, and tell him he was in love with his daughter, and that he wanted to marry her. I said I thought that was the most gentlemanly course he could follow. Ho said that Mr. Smith was opposed to it, and that Miss Smith had asked Mr. Smith for his consent several times, but that he was very angry at it. I remember, a fow weeks before L'Angelier's death, he came to my office, and in his conversa tion spoke of Miss Smith. I told him I bad heard Miss Smith was going to be married to somebody else—to a Mr. Minnock. When 1 mentioned that, L'Angelier said that it was not true ; that it must be false, and that if it did go the length, he had documents which would be sufficient to forbid the banns. Ido not recollect whether he had heard from Miss Smith on the subject of her reported marriage. I did not see L'Angelier again before his death. I heard of his death. I thought it right then, as I had been received at Mr. Smith's house, to tell him of L'Angelier's relations with his daughter. I did not feel at liberty to break L'Angelier's conadence while he was alive; but now I heard he was dead, I thought it my duty. as a gentleman, to let Mr. Mr. Smith be aware of the correspondence between L'Angelier and Miss Smith, in order that he might be able to save his daughter's honour if anything came of it. I called on Mr. Smith on the evening of the day of L'Angelier's death, and I apprised him of the death of L'Angelier, and told him the deceased must have in his possession a great number of letters from his daughter, and that I thought it right to acquaint him with the fact. In consequence of what passed be tween myself and Mr. Smith, I went to Mr. Huggins's. That gentle man was not at his office; but I saw two other gentlemen there, t o whom I stated that I came on the part of Miss Smith's father, and that I was desirous of getting any of her letters which were in L'Angelier's lodgings. Thsy told me that they were not at liberty to give me these letters without the consent of Mr. Huggins. I then requested them, in the name of her father, that they would keep the letters under seal. That was, I think, on the day after L'Angelier's death—on the Monday ; but I am not sure. I don't think I went back to Mr. Smith that day, but I went on the next. I had heard some rumours which induced me to go. I cannot remember the day on which I saw Miss Smith ; but shortly after I did see her, I went to Miss Smith's house, and I saw Miss Smith in the presence of her mother. I apprised Miss Smith of L'Angelier's death. She asked me if it was of my own will that I had come to the house. I told her it was not of my own will, but at her father's special request, and that having been charged to do co, I wanted to know whether she could tell me what would put me in possession of authority to contradict the statements that had been made to me as to her former re.ations with L'Angelier. I asked Miss Smith if she hal seen L'Angelier on the Saturday night, to which she replied that she had not seen him. I told her that it was said that L'Angelier had come from the Bridge of Allan to Glasgow on a special engage ment with her, given in a letter written to him. Miss Smith told me she was not aware that L'Angelier was at the Bridge of Allan ; she thought 'ne was in Glasgow, and denied that she gave him any ap pointment for Sunday. She said she wrote to him on the Friday evening, giving him an appointment for the following day, Saturday. Site said to me that she expected him on the Friday, but he did not come, and she certainly had not seen him on Sunday. I put the question to Miss Smith, perhaps five or six different times, and in different ways, for I was much interested in the matter, but got th e same answer. I told Miss SMith that my conviction at that mfsment ' was that she must have seen him on Sunday; that he Caine on pur pose from the Bridge of Allan on a special invitation to see her; and that I did not think it likely that he would have come south without knowing why she asked him to come to Glasgow. I had heard at the , ti ne that there had been a letter from her to L'Angelier. I said to Miss • Smith, " I'l4ll give you the best advice s friend can give, and that is, in these circumstances, to tell all the truth, because it is a serious affair, and will lead to an inquiry of justice; and if you - do not tell the truth now, it might, in theseeirenmstancea be proved by the servant, or a policeman, or some one who might be passingbefore L'Angelier left the house, that he had been there, and it would lead to a very st song suspicion as to the motive that would lead her to hide the truth." Miss Smith then said she had not seen L'Angelier for three we eke, or even six, I put the question to her five or six times, as I had great interest in it, and she gave me always the same answer. I asked Miss Smith as to the letter by which L'Angelier WPM engaged to come and see her, and said,. "How is it, when you are engaged to a gentle man, that you should have carried on a correspondence with your former sweetheart ?" She told me she did it in order to get back her letters.. What I had, said referred to the letter about which I was asking her. I asked her whether she had been in the habit of meet ing L'Angelier, and if it were tree that he had appointments with her in the hense. She told me that L'Angelier had never entered into the house, meaning, as I understood, the house in Blythswood-square. I asked Miss Smith. how she had her appointments of meeting wi.h L'Angelier. She replied, that when L'Angelier came he went to the street, of which , I don't know the name, at the corner of the home, and that he had a signal—knocking with his stick at the window—and that, when she heard it, she went and talked to him. Did you speak about the former correspondence or letter at all ? I did. Was there anything said about her using L'Angelier's name ? I asked Miss Smith if it was true she signed letters with L'Angelier's name, and - she said, Yes. She dd not say why she had done so. Cross-examined by Mr. Young—You mentioned that you lived at Helensburgh Yes ; before I was married I went, in the summer of 1855, to Helensbnrgh, where I had lodgings. M. Isakagolier was there that summer. Do you remember his being ili on one occasion when you were there ?• Once M. L'Angelier came on a Saturday evening to my lodgings; we spent the evening together. In the course of the evening 1 saw that he was [terribly pale, and I asked him what was the matter with him, and he said he was •dreadfnlly sick, and had been vomiting downstairs. Dld he complain to yon of being bilious ? Yes ; but I cannot recollect at what period. He com plained several times. Once he told me he had an attack of cholera. Do you know whether he was in the habit of taking laudanum? I know that L'Angelier, whenever he came to my house, had a bottle of landa num in his carpet-bag. I never saw him come without it: I do not know that he had made use of it, but I heard that he did. I know that he had it always in his bag. Did you ever hear him speak about arsenic ? I remember heating him once speak of it. When was that ? It must have been in the w.nter of 1854 ; I was residing then in Glass ford-street, Glasgow. I remember little about it, but I recollect it was on a•Sunday. We had a long discussion on the possibility of a eerson taking arsenic without being injured by it. I thought at the t'me that it was not possible. I ridiculed the idea of taking it with out danger, and said that it was a most violent poison. L'Angelier maintained that it was possible to take it in small. quantities. I cannot tell what led to the conversation. Did he say any thing about the purpose for which it was taken by persons who took it in small quantities ? Not that I recollect. I would be afraid of making any statement about it, for I have read since something en the subject in a French dictionary. What was the name of it? It was about all sorts of things—chemistry and other matters. I don't recollect the title of it. I think. I have it in nay office. Did L'Angelier ever speak to you about liming been ill used by an English lady? Yes; he made a statement about once having been jilted by a rich English lady, a person of fortune; and he said on account of that deception he was like mad for a fortnight, running up and down, and got food from a farmer in the country, Was he of an easily excited temperament ? I think so. When hehad any cause of grief he was much depressed. The Ls rd Justiee-Clerk— Youhave said that after your marriage you had very ;it tle intercourse with L'Angelier ; was that on accounted his character and habits ? It wa s on this account; I thought that M. L'Angelier might be led to take some harsh steps in regard to Miss Smith, and as I had some young ladies in my house, I did not think it was proper to have him there so often as when I was a bachelor.—What do you mean by "harsh?" (M. Chamont having explained the meaning of the phrase to the witnes s in French, he sail he meant " some rash steps.")—What rash steps do you allude to? I thought he would propose to Msss Smith anelope meet. I was sure he would do so. ilf. L'Angelier, when in my office, several times made professions of what he would do if Miss Smith's fat (maw ould not consent to his marriage. —Did you under stand that Miss Smith had engaged hes'self to him? I under stood so by what he told me.—You used the expression that you thought it right to go to Mr. Smith and warn , him to take steps to protect his daughter's honour ; when you used that expression, had you in view that the letters might contain an engagement, or that she had made a clandestine engagement ? What I meant was, that as these letters were love letters, it would be better for them to be in possession of the family.—What were Las ngeller's usual character and habits? I thought M. L'Angelier, at the moment of his death, was a most regular young man, religious, and, in fact, that he was most exemplary in all hi s conduct. The only fault he had was boasting excessively. He was vain—a vaunter, a boaster. Ile would boast of the influence he had over persons, &c. Thus he would say, with referenee to Mis Smith: "Oh, I shall forbid Madeleine to do such and such a thing I shall forbid her to dance with such a person."--Did he ever toast of his success with females? Never. Did he seem to be jealou s of Miss Smith paying attention to others? No; he was jealous of asms I • • • • • • • on account of any levity in his character that you disiaaraged his intimacy after your marriage ? No : it might have done well enough while I was a bachelor, but not for a married man. Oa what account was it? It was on account of his relations with Miss Smith, and the con.equences which would follow. How long was it since you had seen him till he came to yon a short time before Ma death ? I cannot recollect; there was a long cessation, but when he cams to me it was t o my office. The examination of this witness being closed, the court rose at a quarter past six o'clock. THIRD DAY.-THURSDAY. The court resumed to-day at ten o'clock. The first willies, caved was Charles O'Neill, civil engineer and architect, A bhotsford-place, Glasgow—l was employeul by the public authorities to make.a.plan of the house, No. 7, Blythswood.squara, occupied by Mr. James Smith, the father of the prisoner. The house is at the corner of Blythswood-square and Main-street. The main or front door is to Blythswood-square. The lane at the back of the house leads to Main-street; it is quite open to Main-street, and a parson has no difficulty in going to Main-street from the back door of the area. Going down Main-street, Mr. Minnoch and Mr. Douglas occupy the next house; there is a common stair, and they live in that stair. The prisoner's declaration was then road as. follows.—" My name is Madeline Smith. I am a native of Glasgow, twenty-ono years of age, and I reside with my father, James Smith, architect, at No. 7, Blythswood-square, Glasgow. For about the last two years I _ _ _ _ _ have been acquented with P. Emile L'Angelier, who was in the employment of W. R. Huggins and Co., in Etothwell-street, and who lolged at 11, Franklyn-place. He recently paid his addresses to me, and I have met with him on a variety of occasions. I learned about his death on the afternoon of Monday, the 23rd of March current, from mamma, to whom it had been mentioned by a lady, named Miss Perry, a friend of M. L'Angelier. I had not seen M. L'Angeli,r for about tree weeks before his death, and last time I saw him was on a night about half-past ten o'cloz.k. On that occasion he tapped at my bedroom window, which is on the pound floor, and, fronts Main street. I talked to him frem the window, which is stanchioned out side, and I did not go out to him, nor did he come in to me. This occasion, which, as already said, was about three weeks before his death, was the last time I saw hi-r„ He was in the habit of writing notes to me, and I was in the habit of replying to him by note,. The last note I wrote to him was on the Frid y before his death, viz. , Friday the 20th of March current. I now see and identify that note and the relative envelope, and they are each marked No. 1. In, con- sequence of that note, I exNeted him to visit me on Saturday night the 21st current, at my bedroom window, in the same way asformerly mentioned, but he did not come, and sent no notice. There was no tapping at my window on said Saturday night, or on the following night, being Sunday. I went to bed, on Sunday eight about eleven o'clock, and remained in bed till the usual time of getting up next morning, being eight or nine o'clock. In the course of my meetings with IL L'Angelier he and I arranged to get married, and we had at one time prodosed September last as the time the marilage was to take place, and subsequently the present month of March was spoken of. It was proposed that wo should reside in furnished lodgings, bul we had not made any definite arrangement- as to time or other wise. Ile was very unwell for some time, and had gone to the Bridge of Allan for his hearth, and ho complained of sickness, but I have no idea what wan the cause of it. I remember giving him some cocoa from my window one night some time ago, but I cannot specify the time particularly. He took the cup in his hands and barely tasted the contents, and I gave him no build to it. I was taking some cocoa myself at the time, and had prepared it myself. It was between ten and eleven p.m. when I gave it to him I am now shown a note or letter and envelope, which are marked respectively No. 2, and I recognise them as allots and envelope which I wrote to M. L'Angelier, and sant to the post. As I had attributed his sickness to want of food, I proposed, as statedin the note, to give him a loaf of bread, but I said that merely in a joke, and, in point of fact, I never gave him any bread. I have bought arsenic on various occ Astons. The last I bought was a sixpenceworth, which I bought in Carrie, the apothecary's shop, in Sauchiehall-street, and, prior to that, I bought other two quantities of arsenic, for which I paid sixpence each —one of these in Currie's, and the other in Murdoch, the apothecary's, shop, in Sauchiehall-streef, I used it all as a cosmetic, and applied it to my face, neck, and arms, diluted with water. The arsenic I go in Currie's shop I got there on Wednesday, the 18th curt., and I used it all on one occasion, having put it all in the basin where I was to wahs myself. I had been advised to the use of the arsenic in the way I have mentioned by a young lady, the daughter of an actress , and I had also seen the use of it recommended in the newspapers , The young lady's name was Guibilie, and I had me t her at school at Ciapton, near London. I did no t wish any of my father's family to be aware that I was using the arsenic, and, therefore, never mentioned it to any of them , and I don't suppose they or any of the servants even noticed any of i t in the basin. When I bought the arsenic in Murdoeh's, I am no sure whether I was asked or not what it was for, but, I think I said i Was for a gardener to kill rats or destroy vermin o,out flowers, and I I only said this because I did not wish them to tnow that I was going to use it as a cosmetic. I don't remember ":.thether I was asked as to t the use I was going to make of the arseQe on the other two occasions, but I likely made the same statement about it as I had done in Murdoch's, and' on all the three occasions,,as required in the shops, I signed my name to a book in which the sales were entered. On the first octasion I wasacCompanied by Mary, a daughter of Dr. Buchanan, of Dumbarton. Per several years past Mr. Minnoch of the firm of William Houldswortla and Co., has been coming good deal about my father's house, and about a month ago , Mr. Minnoch made a proposal of 'marriage to me, and• I gave him , my hand in token of acceptance, but no time for the marriage has yet been fixed,.and my object In writing the note No. 1, before-mentioned, was to have a meeting with L'Angellerto tell him that 'I was engaged In marriage to Mr. Minnoch. lam new shown two notes and an envelope, bear ing the Glasgow' postmark of 28th January, which , are respeetively marked No. 3; and P recognise these os in my handwriting, and they were written and sent by me to M. L'Angelier. On the occasion that I gave M. L'Angelier the cocoa, as formerly mentioned, I think that when I used it it must have been known to the servants and members of my father's family, as the package containing the cocoa was lying on the mantelpiece in my room, but not cue of the femily used it except myself, as they did net seem to like it. The water which I need I got hot from the servants. On the night of the 18th, when I used the arsenic last, I ,was going to a dinner party at Mr. Mimeo's house. I never administered, or caused tube admistered, to M 1 L'Angelier, arsenic or anything injurious. And this I deelare to be truth. (Signed) " MADELE:NE SMITH." •'Nary Jane Buchanan was then examined by the Solicitor-General: Msefather is Dr. Buchanan, of Dumbarton. I am acquainted with Flies M. Smith. I remember being in Sauchieball-street, Glasgow, last spring. I went into a chemist's shcp.with her there ; it was afr. Currie's. I don't remember if she told me before going in what she wanted. She asked for Arsenic. The , shopman told. her that she must write her name in a book. He did not ask her what she wanted with it, but I asked:her in the hearine of the ahopman, and she said it waste kill rats. She got the arsenic. lam net sure of what she rad, but I think she paid 61 , and she brought it away with her. I' think inwas in 1853 or 1852 that I became acquainted with Miss Smith , at School. Itmnst have been 1852, Her full n ome Madel-ine Hamilton Smith.— In the course of last spring did she everspeak to you about her going to be married ? Yes; She. wrote to me [toiling me she wee engaged. That was at the very end of February. She said she w as engaged to Mr. Minnoch. She afterwards opoke to me about ;ter marriage, both on the 6th of March and the 31st of March. On bot h of these occasions she still spoke of herself co engaged to be =ivied to Mr. Minnoch, and of the marriage as being still to take place. I understood it was to take place in June. Did site ever speakillwith anyT e clonbt shout it, or of any difficulty In- the way of it ? Never. Do you remember anything being said about arsenic at the school? I don't remember whether it was a lesson or some reading in the evening; but I recollect an account being given of Styrian peasants taking arsenic to give them breath to climb steep mountains, au i their having in consequence a peculiar plumpness and rosiness of complexion. Augusta Guibilei or Walcet, wife of Thomas Waleot, solicitor, Clapham-road, Kensing ton, Lcndon—l am a pupil teaoher at a school at Clapton, where Ails, Smith was a boarder. That was in the year 1852. I never advised the prisoner to nse arsenic as a cosmetic, or to apply it to her neck, face, or arms, diluted with water. I never advised her to use it in anyway: I never load any conversatiou with her about arsenic that I recollect of. I believe I never had any conversation with her at all about cosmetics, or external applications , to the skin. I recollect once something having been read in the. school about the Swiss mountaineers or chamois hunters being in the habit of taking arsenic to improve their hearth, End that these who took it were remarkable for plume ness and good h.alth. I had no conversation with the prisoner abont this. William Smith : lam servant with Mr. Smith, Blythsvrood-square. I recollect Miss Smith being missed from home one morning. It would be about six weeks or two months before that that I went to the alothecary for her. I was to get prussic acid at the apothecary's. She gave me a line "Small phial of prussic acid was on the line. I took it to the apothecary's. They did not-give it me. I went back to Miss 3111 ,, enne and told her so. Shs said, " Very well, never mind." I heard her say she wanted it for her hands. Cross-examined: I went to tne nearest shop. Miss Smith did not tell me to go to any particular shop. The shopman asked who it was for, and I told him. He then said, tell her she cannot get it without a physician's line, for it was rank poison. I remember the evening of Sunday, 22nd, when all the Servants and family were present at prayers that night. Miss Made line was there also. I heard no noise in the house on th night of th e 22nd. I heard no one come Oat or in. The housemaid g , nerally kept the key of the back door. Any person could have got it.—George Yeaman : I am a medical man in Glasgow, and have a laboratary in Sauchiehall-street, Iremember hearing of the death of L'Angelier The news of the death recalled the circumstance of a paper containing a writing having been presented to me by my assistant, in which were written the words, " ler-prussic acid." I cannot state- certainly how long that was before L'Angelier's death. I should, from memory, consider it to be from four to eight weeks. When that line was brought to me I went into the shop, and found a boy. I did not know him. He did :not tell me his name. He said he came from Blythswoodssenare from Miss Smith. I asked whether he knew what he wanted, and he said he thought it was poison. I then said that If Miss Smith would call herself I would see whether or not she should get it. I did-not give it I.lm. Miss Smith did not come, that I saw, or heard of. George Murdoch, partner in the firm of Murdoch Broth?rs, druggistz, Sauchieh..ll-strhet : I keep a register book of poisons sold. Shown ISS—I identify that as the register I keep, and in that is entered all the arsenic we sell in retail. There is an entry there, - under date the 21st Feb. It is " Miss Smith, 7, Blythevrond square ; sixpence worth of arsenic for a gardener in the coun - try. Miss Smith's signature is attached. The first initial could not make out at first, but now I see it is Miss H. Smith. I purenase ber,g, maae. it WAS tuauu uy aaiss Smith in one of the back rooms of the shop, when James Dickle,an assistant, came and told me that a lady wanted. to boy 6d. worth of arsenic. I went forward, and saw Miss Smith. I recognised her, and she bowed. I knew her before. I then requested to know, in the usual form, for what purpose it was wanted. Her answcr was, that it was for- a gardener at th:ir country Lowe. I was aware that Mr. Smith had a country ho Ise ; and I directed James Dickie to put up the arsenic for Miss Smh . While he didso, I made the entry in the book, which I have just read, and which Miss Smith signed; and then I signed it myself as a witne , s. I did not notice haw the parcel was made up, but I suppose it was in the usual way, which was in a double cover, with two labels. It was common white arsenic, mixed with soot in the pr portions required by the act. I don't remember anything else passing on that occasion. James Dickie, my assistant, gave to Dr. Penny the same Weight of arsenic from the: same bottle that Miss Sml h got. Shown bottle. That has the ap. pearance of that given to Dr. Penny. Cress-examined—As soon as I saw the entry in the book, I communicated the fact to the fiscal. James Dicke corroborated this evidence. George Carruthers Hallibtirton, assistant to Mr. Currie, drugg'st, Saachlehall street, Glasgow, examined by the Lord Advocate—We keep a registor book for poison. Shown book labelled liii. That is our book. It is a register furnished by:Fisher for the purpose of entering the sale of poisons. At the date of 6th March, I see an entry of arsenic. It is one ounce of arsenic purchased by Miss M. H. Smith for rats. I know the prisoner. She was accompanied by a lady when she came for it on that occasion She asked for sixpennyworth of arsenic. I asked what it was to do, and she said it was to kill rats. I said we were not very fond of selling arsenic for that purpose, and recommended to her a mixture of phosphorus for it, which would do quite as well. She said see had tried that before, and it had failed. She said the rats were in the house in Blythswood-square. I told her that in con.. sequence of the family going away next day, she would be comp ell ed to see it put down to kill the rats herself. The arsenic was mixed with indigo. Shown a. phial. That was given by me to Dr. Penny, and contained arsenic. It was taken from the sem, bottle as that I gave to Miss Smith. Miss Smith paid for it, and took it away. (Showa a book labelled iB6)—l see an entry under date lath March. It is," Miss Smith bought one ounce arscnie to kill ra 5." The signature is the same as before. I recollect of her coming for that. She said that, in conse- /pence of the t rst being so successful that they had killed seven or eight rats, she had come back to get the dose renewed. Mr. Currie was in the shop at the time. I brought him forward, and told him the young lady bad got arsenic on a former occasion ; and, after a few words, be told me to give it to her a second time. I mixed the arsenic myself. The colouring matter was indigo. I pat in the proper quantity according to the act. By the Court: The yellow substance is quite difLrent frtm the white ; and is used because it so effects the skin as to bring out t he roots of the hair. That is alto ether opposite from the effects of any cosmetic. As far as I know, it would be dangerous as a cosmetic. —Mr. Currie corroborated the statement of his assistant.—William Campsie, gardener, residing at Rowaleyn, in the parish of Row: I am in the service of Mr. Smith of Elythswood-square, at Row. I have been with him since 1855. I never got any arsenic from Miss Smith to kill rats. I don't recollect of having any conversation with her about arsenic to kill rats, I never bad any arsenic for that purpose. By Mr. Young : We ware very much troubled with rats at Row. We used a paste mixed with phosphorous for killing them. It was very effective. We got partly quit of the rats by using it. Wm. Harper Minnoch, merchant, Glasgow : I am a partner of the firm of John Houldsworth and Co. I live in Main-street, above Mr. Jas. Smith's house. I have been intimately acquainted with his family for above four years. In the course of the first winter I paid my addresses to Miss Smith. I ultimate'y p rr pose i marriage to her. That was upon the lath March. She accepted me. The time for onr marriage was fixed between her and myself on that day. I had be fore that, on the 25th January, asked her generally in marriage, without reference to a time. That was in person. My attentions before that were, I thought, sufficient to make her understand that I intended marriage. She accepted me on the 28th of January, and then we arranged it more particularly on the 12th of March. From the end of January to 12th March was there anything to suggest a doubt to your mind as to the engagement continuing? Nothing. Had you any idea she was engaged to any other parson? None. Were you aware of any attachment or peculiar intimacy between her and another man ? I was not. The marriage was fixed to b 3 in June ; on the 18th of June. In the course of Janu ary, before the 28th, I made Miss Smith a present of a necklace. Miss Smith went along with her family to the Bridge of Allan, on the 6th March. She remained there till the 17th. y visited the family while they were there. After leaving, I received a letter from Miss Smith. Shown letter and envelope 133. That is the letter. It is dated Monday. After Miss Smith came home from the Bridge of Allan she lived in my house along with her father and mother on the lath. I met her wear, at Mr. Iliddleton's in the evening. This was on Wednesday, the ; s th March. I was not aware of anything wrong at that time. I he•ppened to call next morning at her father's. That was Thursday the 26th. I understood then shehad left the house. I went down to Bowaleyn in company with my brother to look for Miss, Smith. " We went by train to Greenock, and then an bosrd the steamer there. I tound herbs Us steamboat: The steamer was going to Helensburgh and Row. I called at Roseneath. It - returned to Greenock ultimately. It was little after two o'clock when I found her. She only said she W going to Lewaleyn. I went on to Rowaleyn• with her and her brother. We then drove back to Glasgow in a carrlage to her father's house. I had no conversation with Hiss Smith that nigh atter reaching Glasgow. Nest Saturday I saw her. I had heard is, rumour by ttat time of something wrong. She told'me on the Sear.. day that she had written a letter to L'Angelier, in order to get back some letters which she had written to him previously. She did nor say when she had written. She made no further statement then. saw her again On the Sunday, but had no conversation with her orx the same subject.' I saw her on the Monday and Tuesday. On rues day morning I saw Miss Smith, and she mentioned L'Angelier's having been said to have been poisoned, and remarked that she-had been in the habit of using arsenic for a long time, for she had-learned at school,, at Clayton, that- it was good for the complexion. I had heard the rumour that L'Angelier had been poisoned. She saidnothing farther' the.last time I saw her. Before she made these statements to me I was. set aware she was acemainted with L'Angelier. Cross-examined I was at the opera on the 12th February. I was accompanied by my sister and Miss Smith. I think I called in passing with my sister, at Miss Smith's house. It was about half-past seven when we went to the opera. It was about eleven o'Clock when we returned.-- We get home about eleven. Miss Smtth returned with us. She had been with us all evening. She stopped the cab at the house, and also went in.. I did not observe-who opened the. door,. On the 26th March it was I who suggested the probability of Miss Smith having gone to Raw. Before I Left Glasgow, Mr. Smith told me that Miss Smith had left toe house on account of some old love affair. I understood her to be refearinge to that affair in the answers she made me. She gave me no farther explanation. She told me not to press her, and she would tell me. all another time.. I reminded her on the 28th of the promise she had made at Row, that she would tell me by-and-by. I had not heard L'Angelier'a name before that. She called him a Frenchmah, whom she said she had written to to get back her letters from him. I was in Mr. Smith's house on the 28th, before I went to Mr. Middleton's. I did not see Mr. Smith. I understood he was unwell. I took Miss Smith to Mr. Middleten's. Mr. Middleton is a Detester of the United Presbyterian Church. It is his' church the Smiths attend, _ Margaret Houston or Clark, examined- by the Fel itor-General : live at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasgow. My husband- is curator of those gardens. M. L'Angelier lined in my house for about two years. He we, t from my house to lodge with Mrs. Jenkins, in. Franklin-. p'ace. He was merely a lodger with me, not a boarder. I was ntimataly acquainted with him. What impression clid.you farm as t o his general character ?—A .very good, impression. He seemed to be a very ate dy, temperateyoung man. He kept regular hours. He never was late out while in my house. I was led to b litre that he was a regular attender of chapel. Did you observe that his heallht became effected some time before.-his death?—Yes; a month or two before it. He spoke to me sometimes about a lady. I don't re member the time he fist did so. I think it would be during the first year he lived with me. He told me her nacre was Miss Smith. He spoke of her by her erst. name, . Madeline, and also- called her Minnie. He gave me .-to understand thot there was a mutual attachment between him and this lady. He told me they corresponded by latter. He told me also thart they were in the way of meeting to together. Ho told me of an interruption in the intimacy. He told me Miss Smith an he were to be married. He said after wards he was afraid they would not get their end accomplished, as Miss Smith's father was putting stronger objeotions in the way than ever Cross examined I understood from hirnSelf, that on the occasion-when he visited Ileier. sburgh he had been attackee with somethinglike cholera. I saw the cholera mixture in his room. 1 w as labelled " Preparation for cholera." When he mentioned to mete at he was goingto,be mar ried to her, he told me how that was to be ste. omplished. He did n mention the chapel. Examination continued: L'Angelier lied avert great horror of takieg me Leine and del not eteset often.. Thoma Fleming Kennedy, cashier to. W. B. Huggins and Co., merchants Bothwell -street, Glasgow—l knew L'Angelier for about four andt half years, during which time he was in the service- of Massre• Huggins and Co. lewas intimately acquainted with him, He was first taken ill, I think, on the 23rd of February. He was confined tae house after the 23rd till the Ist of Mirth, when I saw him again - He spoke before his death of an attachment to a lady. It was to Miss Smith, Blythswood-square. Ho said nothing about it then bemnd stating that there was an intimacy until February. Gee morning in that month he came to use with tears in his. eyes,, and said he had just got a letter from Miss Smith demanding back all her correspondence. I advised him strongly to give hack the letters. He said lie would- not. He said Miss Smitlehad written that a coldness had arisen on both sides, an leaking the letters to be ,Ovett back to her, and the engagement broken off. He told me that was what Miss Smith had written to him. When I advised him to return the letters he said he would not, adding. "I will not allow her tc marry another man so long as I'm alive." I said it was very foolish of him. He sod hceknew it was ; it was infatuation ; and then he made the remark, " Oh, Tom. she'll be the death of me." The court then retired for a few few minutes, and on them return, the Lord Advocate stated. that the Solicitor-General We-e note yet. prepared to go into the discussion as to the reception of the letters, and they,,wonlel accordingly be merely identified without being, read Robert Oliphant, stationer, who was examined in the forenoon, was again placed in the witness box.—By the .Solicitor General : I have seen all the letters. Shown a document ; This is & minute which I have made up, and which correctly gives the result of my investigation.—By the Dean of Faculty : I did not get a die made expressly for Miss Smith. I used to stamp my own letters with it The letters of the die are variable, and can be used for any name.— John Murray: lam a sheriff officer in Glasgow. Bernard IleLauchlin. and I went through the druggists' shops in Glasgow to inquire about Pe e e sal a c t,AF s e ni e!... ° F..!Pe c ie u Eli! " , u m ' e=l ' .it7stestea - le heel; it but didnot sell it ; some kept registers, and from those registers I made copes. I learned that from December to March no person of the name of L'Angetier had parcharel arsenic. The witness wars then withdrawn. The Dean of Faculty having objected to the qua- _ tion, the court adjourned at a quarter-past six o'clock. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.. EDINBURGH, FRIDAY EVENING. The examination of witnesses for the prosecution was resumed this, morning at ten o'clock. The trial is not expezted to terminate until, Tuesday or Wednesday next week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Ey Telegraph. WORCESTER RACES.-YESTB RDLY: LADIES' PLATE. 1 I Aurica Four ran. FLYING STAILES. Polly Johnson.... 0.1 1 Raven. 2 / Barbarity 3 Eight ran. Wof by a length ; a nec.k between. second and third. BENTINCK STAKES, Pretty Boy I lienner3y . .2 I 0h6C117 ity CITY Queen of the, South .l I Jesuit . . THE ART TREASURES EXHIBIT'LON.—Th, admissions on. Wednesday were :—By season tic kets, 1,85 0 ; on payment, 2,094; total, 3,944: 01 these 834 arrivrid by railway. Citicxnz—M•C.C. AND GROUND V. TIAI.LE FEUitY COL LEGE.—This match commence.d yesterday' -at Lord's, and will continue this day at half-past eleven. The f o ll ow i ng is the score :—M.C.C. , lst innings, 63. 2nd innings, 5 wickets standing, 95. Haileybury, Ist in flings, 74. BRITISH BENEFICENT INSTITUTION.--. 4 grand bazaar la aid of this institution is to be held, to-4 l y and to-morrow in the grounds attached to Westboui ue College, Bays water, which have been placed at the; disposal of the com mittee by the principal, the Roverent/, Charles Mackenzie. GREAT FIRE AT LEW W ing the whole of the night an extensive fire has been. raging at Sewisham, near the railway station, the scone of the late awful accident. The premises, which Jelonged to Mr. Smith, of Greenwich, comprised from eighteen to twenty rooms,. and were not quite finished. The next telegraphic intell,igence from India by the Overland Mail, via Trieste, is not expected before the 12th or lath at the earliest, although the vessels on the present occasion are faat ones. The government, how ever, consider it probable that the authorities at Bombay, upon any great oecturence, would be likely to despatch a special steamer, iu which case fresh accounts may arrive at any moment. General Tscherneyschef, formerly minister of war at St. Petersburg, lately expired at Castellamare, in Italy. It was he who, in 1812, when colonel in the Russian service, succeeded in obtaining in Paris, just before the invasion. of Russia, from one of the clerks in the War Department, an exact account of the number of the French troops, the condition of the various kinds of stores and materiel, and the means of attack whioh France possessed. THE LAZZARONI OF NA,PLES.—the itl arquis E. de Rise, member of the Neapolitan Parliament of 1848, delivered, a a t c t o h u e r s M e a o r f y I t e w b o o e e c l t u nf e i s t tit on i o t n h , e o su n b j W ect ed o n f es t d h a e yy s he zzo fi r r in stof i of Naples. The lecture opened with a description of the market-place of Naples two centuries ago. Next, the story Masaniello's reYalution i • his deeds, his death, and his funeral, were graphically sketched, and having recounted the origin of the l azzeron i t h e l ecturer con cluded his narra tive with an, interesting account of the Spanish v iceregal gozernment, and a powerful portraiture of its effects. MAN BITTEN BY AN ADDEE.—Mr.Henry Armstrong, of Regent.stdeet, Newark, had the m isfortune to be bitten by one of these frightful reptiles on M onday last. We understond he went to Stapl eford wood, in the neighbour. hood of Newark, for the purpose of taking some snakes for pre'. -e rvation. He succeeded in capturing an adder alive, 'out a f terw ards had the ill luck to be bitten by it in the centre of the hand. Swelling immediately ensue d t o a ser i ous extent, which induced him to go to Messrs. Lacy and Ifodgklnson, surgeons, Newark, and afterwards to Mr. Wright, surgeon, Nottingham. He is progressing as favourably as may be expected under the circumstances. — ! 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