Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-06 00:00:00

THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE TRIAL OF MISS M. SMITH, FOR MURDER _HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGH. In addition to the evidence taken on Thursday, and published by us on Saturday, the following was received Bernard M`Lauchlin, assistant to Murray, the sheriffs officer• assisted to take possession of the letters found in Haggin's office belonging tO the deceased, and the letters, papers, clothing, and other property found at deceased's lodgings. That was on 30th March. He kept the letters at his house, and is quite satisfied that they never were opened from the time he got them into his possession till he gave them up to Murray. These letters he Initialed afterwards were found in the lodgings, not in the desk at the warehouse. Wm. Wil son, assistant to the sheriff's fiscal in Glasgow, examined by Mr. WlCenzie: Shown a large paper box. I remember that box, filled with letters, being brought to the office of Messrs. Hart and Young on the afternoon of the 31st March. It is numbered 16 and 190. I was not present when it was brought to the off :e. When I came to the .office on the afternoon of that day I found Mr. Hart, and Murray and ll`Lanchlin there, with the box, which was then open. Mr. Steven son was also present. I took possession of the box and Its contents, and kept it in my p 0333851011 for two or three days afterwards. With one exception, the letters and envelopes found in that box remained in nay hands until I had lettered and numbered every letter and enve lope relatively to each other. Shown letter 103. That is the excep tion. I took particular care, in going over these letters and envelopes. to mark each envelope with reference to the letter in which it was found, and I did so to the best of my belief. Shown latter No 31 . That is one of the letters foand In the box. The cross-examination of this witness lasted a long time. It had reference entirely to the cus tody of the letters and documents in the !sheriffs office, and the labelling of them. The object seemed to be to make oat that the agents of the prisoner had not had due access to the letters, for the Purposes of the defence. The examination of this witness being con cluded, the Lord Advocate said if his learned friend, the Dean of Faculty, thought that the prisoner had not had due facilities for the examination of documents, the crown would have been ready to have agreed to a postponement of the trial, and to have given every facility that could be wished. Instead of that, however, the prisoner had run her letters and forced the crown within a certain time to bring her to trial. Notwithstanding, he ventured to say that in no case had greater facilities been ever given to a prisoner's counsel than in this case. He had desired that a copy of all these documents should be made for their own use, and it was at once given to the counsel on the other aide. A copy of the indictment was sent to them several days before it was lodged, along with copies not only of the articles libelled, but of the whole productions. This being done, however, he thought he was entitled to take care, when important original documents came into his hands, that no tampering with them should take place. This could only be secured by not allowing them to get out of his hands, and he considered he only did his duty by not allowing the prisoner access to the original MSS. The Dean of Faculty said he did not complain of the Lord Advocate, or of the Crown OfEce, but he did most seriously complain of his lordship's subordinates. Information which had been asked for had been kept back, and, in consequence, preparations for the trial had been delayed, and they had not, up to the present moment, the slightest certainty that they had got alt the documents found in the various repositories. The Lord Justice-Clerk said they could have applied to the court; and if they had not ran their letters the trial might have been postponed as long as they thought necessary. He himself, however, did not yet know why several steps were taken. He wanted to know if there was a criminal charge made against anyone when the searches were institnt3d. There were letters found on the 25th, and investigations continued afterwards. Was there any party against wham a charge was made When the warrants were issued ? Tne Solicitor-General said one •of the witnesses, he thought, stated yesterday that it was not till the beginaing of the following week that a charge was made. It • being now twenty minates past six o'clock, the court adjourned. FOURTII DAY —FRIDAY. The court resumed at ten o'clock. The examination of wit nesses was proceeded with. Mr. Wm. Hart examined by t he S)licitor.Geseral : I am joint procurator-fiscal at Gl a , gow. Mr. Young is my colleague. I first heard of L'Angelier's death about the end of the same week in which it happened. I hap- Pensl on Monday, the 23rd March. Mr. Young first mentioned it to me and Mr. Wilson.—The Lord Justice-Clerk : Were not letters brought to your office on Wednesday the 25th ? Witness : I believe s 0; but I was about that time unwell.—By Solicitor-Gemeral: An investigation was go'ng on at the time ie regard to the death of L'Angelier. It was certainly not being conducted in the expectation that a criminal charge should result oat of it. I saw a quantity of letters lathe course of the investigation, which had been brought to the office by Murray an 1 Stevenson. T 1 1 .3 was not in the course of that week, but of the following week. I ultimately made a criminal charge on Tuesday, the 31st Merch, against the prisoner, and got a Warrant for her appreeension, which was executed the same day, when she was examined. In the course of this investigation, I had a number of letters read which came from L'Angelier's repositories ; they ware generally in envelopes, and I am particularly careful to restore the letters to their proper envelopes. By Mr. Young : There was a warrant against Miss Smith on the 30th March to apprehend leer. The application was to my colleague, and he knows better about it than I do ; but I knew of it generally.—Was spy written precognition • taken before the sheriff at all? A great deal. Sheriff Smith and Sheriff Bell took a great interest in the matter, as well as Sir Archibald Alison. By the Solicitor General : Did you you mike any selection of the letters Which have been need and libelled on in this indictment? Made only a comnaritively small selection. Those that have been used Were printed for the use of the prosecution. A large portion of them ware copied in 'manuscript in my office. I am not sure if they were all copied there. I think some of them were copied in the crown agent's office, Edinburgh, but a large portion were copied in my office ; and I may mention that a large portion were actually copied by Mr. Young himself, to prevent them, as much as possible, getting into improper hands. Was that a usual course fer a procurator-fiscal to take ? It is not ; and the reason for it was to Prevent the letters getting into improper hands. Mr. Taylor Young : I am one of the procurators-fiscal in Glasgow. The first information I got about the case of L'Angelier's death was on Tuesday, 25th of March. I understood that a post morlem examination had taken place by Drs. Thomson and Steven. Mr. Hart was away from home at that time. There was nothing done on the Tuesday ; but next morning Mr. Kennedy called, and said that a po,t mortem examina tion had been ordered, for the purpose of letting his friends know of what he had died. 113 said that there was some love affair in the mcarn, and that there were some letters in Messrs. Huggins's counting-house, which I think he said he had not read. I said it might be material to send round and see some of those letters, that we might see about the cense. Mr. Stevenson brought six :or seven letters. They were handed to me and our assistant, Mr. Wits on We read theno ; made Mr. Stevenson mark them with his initials; and they were afterwards carefully laid aside. I pursued the whole of them. They were on a rough calculation, about 300 in number, but in reality there were about 500, from more than one being often placed under the same envelope. It took ten days before I could read them. I made a selection of them, with the view of reporting the case to the crown. The utmost care was taken to put the letters 'ate their proper envelopes. We found that this case interrupted the business very much. Andrew Murray, a writer to the signet, in Edinburgh, was employed by the crown agent to look over some letters, said to have been written by the prisoner, with a view of taking a correct copy of them. I took the originals and read from them to my der. We did so, letter by letter. I then took the copy lets my hands, and he read the originals. As we proceeded, wa marked ea c h l etter so compared. The proof, as corrected, was then fathftrelall by the clerk, an d a new copy, prepared and compared 51 , Ca1l : With the proof, was s i gned with my initials. George I was acqutiated with the deceased. He dined with me i n Edinburgh on the Sanday week previous to his death. I recollect his writing a note to Mr. Kennedy, of Huggins and Co Gla putting a postscript to th at letter. He s eemeciver;well g , ° b w n; a . h n e d s m ai y d going he had been unwell b e f ore. Ha talked of to the aleSttretr. H l g 3o e f Allan. He did not say an ythi ng to sue about expecting said nothing about havin g h a d an i llness or two illnesses before that. II spoke only of his recent illness. By Mr. Young : I saw L'Ange lier for the last time on Monday, 16th March, the Monday after the Saturday on which he dined with me. It was after dinner. He said he had been dining with Co'onel Fraser, at Portobello. Robert Monteith: I am a packer in the employment of Huggins and Co. I knew L'Ange,lier. He has asked me to address letters for him. I addressed one to Miss C. Haggart, Rowaleyn, Row. I wrote the same address for him afterwards. I have once wrAten an address for the same person in Blythswood-square. Her name was Miss C. Haggart, BlYthswood-square. By Mr. Young : The reason he gave was, he did not want his handwriting to be known. Robert Sinclair : I am in the employment of Hugging and Co. Did L'Angelier ever ask you to address a letter for him to a person of the name of Haggart ? Yes ; he did so twice. The full address I pat was, Miss C. Haggart, care of Mr. James Smith, India-street, Glasgow." This would be a little more than twelve months before his death. Cross-examined by Mr. Young: What was his reason for asking you to address them? He said it was to prevent his handwriting being known. Janet 51'Dou gall : I am post-mistress at the Row. I remember in the coarse of the year 1855 and 1856 letters coming here addressed to Miss Bruce, toI should be called f or. I did not take any account of the number, but say there were seven or eight in the course of the year. One of Mr. Smith'sy ot them. that servants got these letters. I think it was Jane Mr. Smith o f I know at least it was one of the servants of :Brace at Rowale Rowaleyn. Thera was no par s on of the name of Miss 'Glasgow, and senYnio•r surgeon Telfer Corbett: I am a physician in in the Infirmary. I was called in to assist at the pest mo rtem exa mination of the body of L'Angelier, and concurred in the repyosrt, what on that occasion. So far as you Could judge without analysis, was the general conclusion formed by you from the appearan ce of the body ? That the deceased had appearance died from the of the effe cbody ts of p o i so. W frow n which yotiht ere anything in the could judge as to the time when the poison was administered? i may mention that different the morbid appearances presented w ere of two kinds— one showing the result of recent action, 'and the other the result of action at a period antecedent to that. By the I ord Advocate : You know, fro as your reading and study, that J aundice is an occasional symptom of arsenical poisoning ? Appearances of jaundice are a symp.. tom. Professor Penny, of Glasgow, who was examined on Wednes day, was again pat In the witness box, and examined by the Lcrn Advocate: I understand you have made some examinations in refer ence to the effect of the colouring matter in the arsenic you parclimad : IVA the two druggists in Glasgow ? I hare. Would you 1 1 9 kltn enough to state the result? Some of the arsenic I purchased at Murdoch's, which was mixed with soot, I gave to a dot, and I had no difficulty in detecting the soot in the stomach of that dog after death. I administered arsenic, coloured by myself, to another dog, and had difficulty in detecting the indigo in that case by chemical tests. I a iministered to another dog a portion of the arsenio sold by Currie, which, it will be remembered, was mixed with indigo. After death I detected black particles in the stomach of that dog, but I could not identify the arsenic found with the arsenic given. I mean I found carbonaceous particles, bat that I could not undertivie to say that these particles were of themselves sufficient to identify any of the par ticular description of poison administered. Christina Haggett, or M'Kenzie, wife of Duncan M` Benz's, joiner : Since the end of March last I was married to Duncan M'Kenzie. I was servant in the family of Mr. Smith, Miss Smith's father, in Glasgow. I was two years with him, and I left last Whitsunday. The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs Smith and five children—Miss Madeleine Smith, Bessie Smith, and Miss Janet. Miss Bessie was a grown-np young lady, abont two years younger than Miss Smith. Miss Janet was about twelve or thirteen years of age. The eldest son was 7 . ohn. He was abont sixteen or seventeen, and the youngest son, Mr. James, was two or thrae years younger. He was till the eud of March last at school in Edinburgh. Mr. Smith has a house at Rowaylen, near Row. They lived there a good part of the year while, I was with them. They went about May, and came back about November. The first winter I lived with them they lived in India-street. That was the winter before last. That winter they lived in No. 7. When they were II iing In India-street, Miss Smith pointed out a French gentleman to me. I did not know his name. She never spoke of him to me by his name. I did not know his name until after I was taken to the County Build ings.—Whe❑ she pointed him out to you, did she tell you anything a' out hm ? She told me he was a friend of hers. -Where was he when she pointed him out ? He was walking in the street, and we were in the drawing-room. We saw him from the window. He was just passing along the street.—Shown a portrai'. of L'Angelier. That is a like less of the gentleman pointed out to me.—Did you ever see him come to the house in India-Street? Yes.—Did he come into the house? He did. I was asked by Miss Smith to open the gate for him. It was the back gate she a ked me to op3n. I did so. This was during the day. I think the family were all at church at. the time, esettpt her yonnge t sister. It was on a Sunday. Ile went into the laundry, I did not show Wm into the laundry. It was Miss Smith who did so. She went in with him. The door was then shut. He reztained there abon half-an hour, I think. He came back to the house on other occasions. These were at night. I don't remember how ofton he did so. I don't think it would be more than three or four times at most. What hour of the night did he come? About ten o'clock. Was that after the family had retired? No; be`ore they had retired to-their rooms. Would the family be at home at that time ? So far as I remember, they would. Did he always go to the laundry ? No ; he generally stood at the back gate after that. Did he come into the house at all ? Not to my knowledge. DJ you believe that ha did not? I believe he did not. Did Miss Smith go out to him? Yes. How did you know it was the same gentleman? I saw him at that gate. Do you mean by opening the gate that you just set it open, and then kept it so? I opened it both when he was t t ere and when he was not there. On some occasions, when I went to open the gate, I fou d the gentleman standing at it, and on others he was not. Did Miss Smith, on these occasions when you opened the gate, go out to him ? I did not see her, but I think she did. Yon reached the back-gate by the back-door of her house ? Yes. And left it also open ? I did. Was there any penon in the laun,lry at the time? No ; the back door being a good piece away from the 1 sundry. Might Miss Smith and the g,ntleman have gone into the laundry without you knowing it ? Tney might. During that season, when living in India-street, did yon ever point . out this gentleman to Duncan M'Kenzie, your present husband ? Yes. Did you mention his name to Duncan APKeozie ? I said he was a friend of Miss Smith's. Bat did you mention his name? I don't remember. Try and recollect whether you said his name was L'Angelier or some such name? I don't remember. Did you ever speak to that gentleman during that seasen ? Yes. Did he make you a present ? Yes. That was during the season you were living In India-street ? Yes. What was the present ? He gave me a dress. Did he say what he gave you it for P He did not. When the family were living at Rowa'eyn, dil you ever see that gentleman there, or in the neighbourhood ? Not that I mind of. Were there ever letter arldressei to you, but intended for Miss Smith, while you lived in India-street? Yea Did Miss Smith tell you that they won dbe so addressed? Yes, she did. Did she say from whence they were to come? She said they ware from her friend. Did yon understand who she meant by that? I tnoaght she meant L'Angelier. How many letters came in that way? I cannot tell; a good many came to India.. street. I gave them all to Miss Smith. Did any letters come to Rowaleyn addressed in the same way ? Yes. How man . ? Very few; but I don't remember how many. Did you ever get any letters addressed to Miss Bruce while living there? I called for them at the Post-office. And got thorn ? Yes. Who desired you to call for them ? Miss Smith. Did you give these letters to Miss Smith ? I did. Did Miss Smith ever give you letters addressed to a gentleman to post? Yes. What was the name? I could not pronounce the name. Wasthe same name on them all ? On some of them. Was it a name like L'Angelier? I think it was L'Angelier. I posted letters for her to that name when we were in India-street and Blyths wood-square, and also during the two summers while we were at Rowaleyn. Did yon ever deliver any letters for her with that ad tress ? Yes. Where did you deliver them ? In Franklyn-place, Glasgow. Did you deliver more than one letter so addressed ? . Only one. The Lord Justice Clerk—When you say delivered, do you mean you saw the gentleman or that von left the letters at the house? The Solicitor General—ln the Btythswood-square house, was there a back door leading through a small entrance to the back gate, and thence into the land? Yes. The court then retired for a few minutes. On their return, the Lord Justice Clerk asked if Mr. Cunningham, from the Scottish Th stle office, was present, or if there was any communication from him in answer to the summons of Mr. Munro? No answer being made, his lordship then asked If there was any reporter present from the Thistle office, and stated that it would be as well to give notice to Mr. Cunningham, that if no appearance was made for him, it would be visited as con' umacy and contempt of court. Mrs. 3l•Kenzie was then re-examined—Did Miss Smith at any one time ask you to do anything to that back gate in Blythswood square House? Yes; she asked me to oprn it. Can you tell me when that was 1 How long was it before Miss Smi h was app:ehended ? It was s good long time before that. Was it a week, or a month? I think it was more than a month. I don't think it was two menths. Do you think it was approaching to that ? I can not say. What time of the day was it she asked you? It was at night. How late was it ? I think it was past ten. How much past ten? I don't recolleca Where was she when she asked yon? In her own room. Her room was down stairs on the same floor with the kitchen. In what room did you sleep? I slept in the tack room, next to the back door. The cook slept there with with me. Her name was Charlotte 31• Lean. I was in Miss Smith's room when she told me, and Charlotte MiLean was in the kitchen. When I opene 1 the back gate into the lane, I did not s e any person there. I came away and left it open, and returned into the house. Did you leave the back door of the house open? Yes ; I let it open also. And where did yon go? I went into the kitchen. Before going into the kitchen, did you see Miss Smith ? I met her in the passage. In what direction was she going ? Towards the back door. Did you hear any other footsteps than those of Miss Smith ? I heard footsteps coming through the gate. Did you hear when Miss Smith went out ? No. How long did yon remain in the kitchen? I don't remember the time.—Was it a few minutes or longer? It was longer, it would be half an hour at least. I think it might he an hour, but I could not say. Charlotte al`Lean was with eve in the kitch n during all the time.—What is your usual tine of going to bed ? gTen or eleven o'clock—Was it past that time? Yes. Did you remain longer in the kitchen than usual? I think I did.— What made you do so? Hiss Smith eased me to stay in the kitchen. —When did she tell yon that ? When she was speaking to me in the bedroom. She asked me if I would opau the back door :lad stay in the kitchen a little.—Did she say why? She sa'd she was to see a friend.—Did she say where? She did not.—While you stayed in the kitchen, did you know where Miss Smith was ? No.—Did yon not know that she was in yrur b3droom ? I cl , d not know it ; I had no doubt that she was there, but did not know it of my own knowledge. What made you leave the kitchen at last? We left when we heard Miss Smith going to her own room. That is, the cook and yon left ? Yes. did you know when Miss Smith went to her room? We heard the door of h.rr room shut. Did you hear the door of your room open? Did you hear tho back door of the house shut? No. Did you find It shut when you went to your bedroom? I am not awa-e. The kitchen is at the front of the house, and my bedroom is at the back of the house. There is also a front area, with an area gate and a low door? Yes. Where was the k-y of that low door kept? It was sometimes in the kitchen and some times in the l'oys l room. Did you ever hear, before Miss Smith was apprehended, that she NM going to ba married? I did. Who told you of it? Mrs. Smith, her mother. Can you say when she Old you that? I can't remember the time ; I think it must have been a good while before the apprehension of Miss Smith. Did you in consequence of th it communication ask Miss Smith any question ? Yes, I asked her what she was to do with her other friend? She told me then, or so re time shortly afterwards, that she had given him up. Did she say anything about her I otters ? I asked if she had got them back, and ahe said " No," and that she did not care. Did you at any time refuse to receive letters for her ? Yes ; that was in India-street. Was it after you had received some there ? It was. What did Miss Smith say ? I do nut remember. When you were in Blythswood-square, did you also refine to receive letters for her? Yes.—What did she say then? I don't remember of her passing any remark.—Did she ever say anythine about the window? Shn reecivod letters in at the window.—Wae that after you refused to receive them for her ? It was in consequence of that.—Did you ever see L'Angelier in Main-street, el , se to the ho Ise? Yes.—Was that at night? Yes; he was walking along.— Did he seem to be jest passing, or was he loitering about the place ? He was walking backward and forward. That wasabout thi2 beg uning of last winter.—Could Miss Smith have passed at night, when you were in bcd, from her own bedroom to the kitchen without being heard by you ? Yes.—Could she have passed up s'airs from her own bedroom without betas heard by you? She could* dining-room door i s v ery ne a r her The stair leading up t o th e bedroom window, is it not) Yes. Did you ever see any rats about the house in Blythswond-square ? No. Yon were not troubled with them? No. Do you remember Sunday the 22nd March? Yes; I was unwell that day. I kept my bad in consequence. What time did you get up ? 1 1 ,2 tween four and five in the afternoon. I saw Duncan my present husband, that same evening. H e came between "e". and eight o'clock There was family worship hi the home th a t evenin g , at the usual hour, nine o'clock I was present la 1 4. 211183 Smith Iwas also present at it with the rent of the 4 1 4 11 P Ditacan 151.Benzie re mined in the house while we were up at worship. He remained in my rasa. He was there when we came down again. I left Miss Smith in the dining room when I came down stairs. I did net see her again that evening. I went to bed about tea o'clock, or a little after it. The look a ept with me as usual that night. When did M'llenzie leave ? I thick it would be about ten o'clock. Did you hear any- thing in the course of the night in the house ? I did not. Were you aware of any strangers being present in the house? I was not. Do you remember of Miss Smith 1e eving home unexpectedly in the course of that week? Yes. Do you recollect the day? I think it was the Thursday after the Sund a y I have been speaking about. Do you re member if on the Wednesday evening Miss Smith was out at an evening party? She was out on some evening, but I cannot say if it was Wednesday. Can you say if she was at home on that Wednesday evening at the n.ual time? I cannot say. On that Thursday, at what time was it discovered that Miss Smith was not at home ? I think it would be about eight o'c'ock in the morning. Was there a key to [the back gate Into the area ? Yes, Had you charge of it ? Yes. Whst sort of a gate was it? It Is a large wooden gate. How high is the back wall ? It is a high wall; it may be 12 feet high. The Lord Justice-Clerk—ls the large wooden &Ate a gate far taking in coals? Is it big enough for a cart to come through ? Na ; it is a big door in the wall. Christina Haggart, or hrKenzie, examined by the Solicitor-General. In the end of last March I was married to M`Kanzie. My maiden name was Christina Haggart. I was servant in the family of Mr. Smith, Miss Smith's father. I was two years there. I left at last Whitsunday. The : family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and five children. Miss Smith was the eldest. Last winter they stayed at 7, Blythewood-square. While they hued in India-street Miss Smith pointed oat a French gentleman to me. She did not speak of him by name ; I came to know his name when I was examined at the County Buil lngs. The name was L'Angelier. Miss Smith, when she pointed him out, told me he was a friend of hers ; he was in the street when she pointed him oat, and we were in the drawing-room; he was passing. [Shown photograph.] That is a likeness of him. I have seen him in the house in India street, I was a ked by Miss Smith to open the back gate to let him in, and I did so. Thi' was during the day ; I think they were all in church except the younger sister ; it was on a Sunday. Miss Smith went in with him to the laundry; the door was shut when they went in. I don't remember how long he remained—l think about half-an-hour. He came back to the house at night oftener than once; I don't think more than three or four times; he came about ten o'clock, before the family retired to their rooms. As far as I remember they were all at Lome. On these occasions hestood at the back gate. He did not, to my kriowtedge, come into the house. I don't know if he came in. I opened the back gate to him by Miss Smith's directions. She asked me to open the gate for her friend. 0 some occasions when I went to open the gate be was there, and on others he was not. I did not see Miss Smith go oat to him. I left open the bae'e door of the house leading to the gate. There was no person in the laundry at the time; the back door was a good piece away from the laundry. ahliss smith and this gent!eman might have gone into the laundry without me seeing them. During the season we lived in India-street I pointed this gentleman out to Duncan M'Kenzie, my present has. band. I said he was a friend f Miss Smith's. I have spoken to that gentleman during the season we were in India-street, He made m- a present of a dre!s. He did not say what he gave it for. When the family we-e at Rowaleyn, I don't recollect seeing him there, or in the neighbourhood. Letters came to me intended for :hiss Smith while we live 4 in; India. street. Mas Smith said they would be so addressed• She said they were from her friend. I thought she m ant L'Angelier. I can't say how many letters came so addressed. A good many came to India-street, and I gave them all to Miss Smith. Letters also came to Rowaleyn addressed to me for Miss Smith; but there were very few. I called tor letters addressed to Miss Bruce at the Post-office, Row ; Miss S.nith asked me to call for them, and I got them and gave them to Bli , s Smith. She has given me letters to post for her, add-ess'rd to L'Argelier. I posted letters for her with that address, in India-street, in iilythswood-square, and during the two summers I was at Rowaleyn. I have delivered a latter with that address in Franklin-place ;II only delivered one let- ter so addressed ; I left it at the house. In the Blythswood-square house there was a back door leading into an at ea and into a lane. She asked me once to open it for her. I don't know when that was; it was a good long time before Miss Smith was apprehen led. I don't receect whether it was two mouths before ;it might be about two months. It was at night—l think past tea—that she asked me to open the door. I was is her room when she asked me to do this. Her room was down stairs, on the same fl (3r as the k tehen. I slept in a back room next to the hick door. The Gook, Char otte lll`Lean slept with e. At the time I speak of, Ccarlotte M`Leaii wa in the kitchen. I opened the back gate into the lama. I saw no person there. I left it open and returned to the house. I left the back door of the house open, and went into the .kitchen. She met me in the passage; she was going towards the back door. I heard footsteps coming through the gate. I went into the kitchen. I did not hear where Miss Smith went to. I did Dot hear the door of my room shut. I don't remember how long I remained in the kitchen; I think it would be more than half an hour. Charlotte M Lean was in the kitchen with me daring that time. I think I remained longer than usual in the:kite:len that night. Miss Smith had told me to stay in the kitchen. She asked if I wJuld open the back door and stay in the kitchen a little, because she wa, to ses her friend. • Wnile I stayed in the kitchen, I did not know where Miss Smith was. I did not know that she was in my bedroom. I had n) doubt that she was thorn, but did not know it. My bedroom is next to the back door. I heard that Mi3s Smith was to be married short'y before hzr apprehension. Mrs. Smith told ma of it. I don't remember tiM time ; it was a good wlliie oeiora utr appreneu,ioii. iu ...0,...- quanea of that, I asked Miss Smith what ahe was to do with her other friend, and she told me then, or some time after, that she had given him up. 1 asked if she had got back her letters? she said no, that she did not care. I have seen L'Artgelier in Mains-street, close to the house, at night. He was wa kingslowly. That was in the bo. hitting of the winter. At night, when we were in bd, Miss Smith could have passed from her bedroom to the kitchen, or upstairs, without being overheard by me. The stair leading up to the dining-room floor is very near her bedroom door. I never saw any rats in the house in Blythswood-square. We were not troubled with rats. I remem ber Sunday, the 22ad March. I was not well that day, and kept my bed in consequence. I got np sietween five and six o'clock in the afternoon. I saw my ; r,sent husband that evening. He came be tween seven and eight o'clock. There was family worship that even ing at nine o'clock. I was present. Miss Smith was present, and the rest of the family, Mackenzie remained in the house when I went up to family worship, and he was there when I came down. I left Miss Smith in the dining-room when I came down; and I did not see her again that evening. I went to bed at ten o'clock. The cook slept with me as usual that night. Mackenzie left near ten, or thereabouts. I was not aware of anything taking place in the house during the night. I did not hear anything, and was not aware of any stranger being in. I remember Miss Smith leaving home sad lenly on the Thursday after that &ludas'. One evening that week Miss Smith was oat at au evening party. I could not say if she was at home at the usual time on the We Mosley e•:ening. The key of the back door was kept in my bedroom. On Thursday morning it was discovered that Miss Smith was not at home. I had charge of cleaning out Miss Smith's bedroom. During February or March I never observe i that the water in her basin was coloured peculiarly black or peculiarly blue. I saw nothilag n :usual of that sort. Cross-examined by the Daan AfLer I had received some letters for Miss Smith, I declined to take more ; the reason wgs that her mother had found fault with me for taking them, and had for- bidden me to take them. When Char:otte ll'lz3an and I were in tno kitchen the night L'A , gCer was in the house, the interview between Miss Smith and him might take plats in the lobby. Her youngest sister slept with Miss Smith; st.e was in bed by that Cate. By the Lord Justice-Clerk—When the family went to the Bridge of Allan, the servants were Lll at home. On the morning of tae Thursday, when it was found that Miss Smith had left the house, I don't know if it was found she had taker any of her clothes with her. I saw her on her return; a small carpet bag, containing things of hers, was brought back with la, r. The bag was not ,ery small. It was in India-streat. I was desired by Mrs. Smith not to receive letters ; but I did receive some Lfterwards. The Lord Justice-Clerk—l suppw,e, in re ility, as Mackenzie was Comini to visit you, you were anxious to oblige the young lady. Chatotte 51'Lean, examined by the Solcitor.Generai I was cook in Mr. Smith's family. I was there for six mantas up till last Whit-Sunday. I have left now. I never saw any gentleman visit Miss Smith without the knowledge of her family. I was not aware any ene did so. She never gave me letters to L'Angelier, and I never saw cry letters come to Mr. Smith's house addreseid to Miss Bruce. at Rew. I remember one night list spring remaining in the kitchen for some time with Christina Haggart. The reason she gave me for it was that some person was speaking to Mist Smith. I can't say I heard Miss Smith in the passage while I was in the kitchen. I afterwards heard her go into her bcdrosm, and then Christina Haggart and I went to our room. Dun can Mackense (married to Christina Haggart) said, I used to visit Christina whon the family lived in India-street. Christina painted out a gentleman to me at the back door of the house. She did not tell me his name. I never saw him again. Cross-examined by the Dean : I saw him at the back door of the house. I was coming up t o the house, and saw him standing. He asked me ii I wad going into the house, and I said I was.. He asked if I knew Christina, and he asked me if I would ask her to come out and speak to him. I did so, and she went out to speak to him. I was present when they met, but I did not hear what was said. I saw them talle•ng to gether. I was not jealous about them. Christina was afraid I might be. I bad a letter signed " M. Smith," saying it wad her friend Hilt I had seen, and therefore s ite hoped nothing would arise between Christina and me. I never saw this gentleman again. I was frequently about that house and the house in Illythswcod-square after that. James Galloway examined by the Lord Advocate —I live at 192, St. George's-road, Glasgow. I knew L'Angelier by sight; he lived irxt door to a relation of mine, and I saw him several tames. I remember Sunday, the 22nd March. I saw L'Angelier that night about nine o'clock. He was in Sauchisehall street. He was going east, he was going in the direction of Blyths wood-sqnare. He wae about four or five minutes walk from Blythswo od square. Cross-examined by the Dean—He was walking rattle: slowly. Mary Twee•!ale, examined by the Lord Advocate. I was servant to Mrs. Parr, who keeps a lodging-house in Terrace-street. St. Vincent-street, Glasgow. I knew M. L'Augelier. He was some times in the habit of coming to Mrs. Parr's house to see at Mr. al'Alester, who lodged there. I remember Sunday, the 22nd Muses I saw M. L'Angelier thairnight at twenty minutiae past nine o'clock; he called at the door, and asked for Mr. M'Alester, but Mr s WAlester was not at borne. He wore a light top-coat and a Balmoral bonnet. [Shown coat and bonnet.] These are like the coat, and bonnet he wore. When he found Mr. M'Alestv was net at home, he halted a moment at the stair-head, and then went away. I went with an offi cer from Mrs. Parr's do !Prilillifr;d-square, and it took us flea minutes to go there. Cross-examined by the Dean—Terrace-street Is south and east from Blythswood-square. If. L'Angelier did aot seem much disappointed that M'Alester was not at home: When he halted at the stair head he seemed as if he would have liked to comer in. I did not ask him to come in.—Thomas Kavan, examined by the Lord Advocate: lam a night constable In Glasgow. My beat in winter last included the north and east sides of Blythswyod-square. It included Mr. Smith's house. Shown photograph—l have seen this lace more them once; I Saw him about two months previous to hear ing of his death; I did not kuow his name; but I beard of the death of Mr. L'Angeler. 1 saw him in Mains-street ss well as I can recol lect, about eleven o'clock, or between ten and eleven. He was stand ing near a lamp-post at the back lane. When I came along the first of the square, I turned along Mains-street, and he said—" Cold night, policeman, do you smoke ?" I said " Yes Sir," and he put his hand in hls breast-pocket, and gave me two cigars, and passed on. He w a then not more than the breadth of this court from the wall of Mr. Smith's house. I saw him again, ten or twelne days after the first time He was passing along at the garden side by the railings on the north side of B:ythswood-square, going east towards Regent streetee He was passing opposite 5 and 6 Blythswood-square ; he was on qie Ale of the gardens. Sand 6, Blythswood-square are west of Ala Z, and he was going east. 'saw him again in about a fortnight or bet** a fortnight and three weeks, previous to the time I was first exakined before the Fiscal. He was then at the corner of Regent-street and Mains-street, coming towards Blythewoed square. It was early in the night. It would be, perhaps, between ; nine and ten. I never saw him again. Cross examined ; I cannot swear to the date, but it was about a fortnight or three weeks before I was examiued by the Fiscal—that was the 2nd of April. I was on my beat on the 22nd of March in Meituestreet. I did not see the gentieman that night. lam quite sure of that. Wm. Young—l am a photographer at kle7ens bargh. Shown photograph. I did it. It is the portrait of Miss Smith. It was done on the 18th of September, 1851, and by her desire. Rowland Hill M'Donald, a postman, identified some letters. Jane Towers (this witness was deeply affected on being brought into court) —I am a sister of Miss Perry, who lives in Glasgow. I know she was acquainted with L'Angelier. I now live in England; but in March last I and my huseand were living at Portobello. I remora' er of L'Angelier coming to pay us a visit. I had seen him a year before. Ha diced with us. He tallied almost the whole time about his health. He said something about cocoa. He said he had been geting cocoa and coffee; and, after taking them both, they had disagreed with him, and he had bean ill. He said he had been in the habit of taking coffee, but he was not accustomed to cocas. He spoke of moro than two occasions on which he had been ill. He made the remark that he thought he had been peisoned. This was after telling us of the cocoa and coffee. No hing was said about who had poisoned him, and no questions were asked. James Towers confirmed his wife's evidence. By the Dean of Faculty : Did he seem fond of talking about himself ? Very. I thought he was a vain person. Mary A. Perry : I live in 144, Renfrew• s reet. 1 was acquainted with L'Angelier. I lsecame acquainted with him about the end of 1855. We both attended the same chapel. In the spring of 1855 he was in great distress about his mother's death. He confided to me his attachment for a lady—that lady was Miss Smith. I was aware from that time forward of the progress of his attach ment and correspondence. I was introduced to the lady in August, 1855. I received several letters from her after that. Shown letter No. 11—I received that letter from her. It was not dated. I think I received it about the end of February or the beginning of March, 1855. Shown letter No. 19—I also received that from her in June, 1856. Shown No. 57—That is from her to me. It is signed " Minnie." That was leer pet name. L'Angelier called her by it. Shown No. 29—1 got that in the same spring. Shown No. 45—1 got that on the July succeeding. Shown No. 83—I received that early in January, 1857. Shown No. 47—That is a letter from L'Angelier to me. It is dated from the Bridge of Allan. At the last paragraph it rite, "I should have come to see some one last night, but the letter came too late, and so we-were both disappointe3." I understood that the 'ant paragraph bad ieferance to Miss Smith. L'Angelier used to be frequently at my house. He dined with me on one occasion, about the beginning of February, 1857. He was generally in good health, but during last winter he was not so well as formerly. I knew in February last that be was in some trouble about his engagement with Miss Smith, became another gentleman was paying his addresses to her. He said she had written at one time denying it, and at another she had evaded the question. Isa v him again on the second of March. I had net seen him in the interval. There was a slight change in his appearance. I had some conversation with him about it. Ho said, • I never expected to haveseen you again. I have been very ill," He said he had been lying on the floor very bad one night. He said, as far as I can reco lest, that this happened on the 19th of February. He did not tell me he had seen Miss Smith on the 19th. He told me of having got coffee and chocolate from somebody on the 19th of March. On the 2nd March he told me he could not sleep at all; and on the Bth he said something about cocoa. He said," I am so unwell that I cannot sleep after getting that coffee and chocolate from her." I understood hint to refer to her on those occasions. He wastalking about her at the tine. Did you understand the illness weich he spoke of after receiv ing the coffee and chocolate as the same which be spoke of on the 2nd of March ? He d d not say so ; but I don't know of any other illness. Did you say to him, or did he sae to you, anything about poison ? On the 2nd of March he spoke of his affection for Miss Sulitki as a fascina tion. " It is quite an infatuation my attachment for that girl," he said; '• if she were to poises me I would forgive her." I said he ought not to allow such thoughts to pass through his mind, and asked what motive could she have for giving you anything to hurt you. He said, " I do not know that; perhaps she might not be sorry to be rid of me." All • this was said in earnest. I understood him to mean that she might .cant to got rid of the engagement with him. From what he said, did you think he had misgivings as to what Miss Smith had given hilt? There seemed to be some suspicion on his mind, but It was not a serious suspicion. Did yon ever see him again? Not alive. Did anything else material pass between you on that occasion of the 9th? I don't reco lect anything else. Did he say anything about Miss Smith's intended marriage on that occasion? Yes; he spoke of it. How did he treet it ? Ile said he had heard she was to be married to another gentleman, and he mentioned, also, that some weeks precious to that he had put it to her whether she felt desirous of giving up that engagement ; but site objected to it then. Afterwards, however, he said she proposed that he should retvrn al her letters, and she would return all his. He He refused to do this, but offered to return the letters to her father. This is what he told ms On the 23rd of March I received a message to sty that M. L'Angelier had returned from the Bridge of Allan, dart he was very ill, and that he would Le glad if I w suld call. That was about 10 o'clock in the morning. I went to hi lodgings and found him dead. In consequence of that I went to Mr. Smith's house. Saw Mrs. • mith, and I helmeted the death to her. I saw Miss Smith also. I did not tell her about the death. I had a warm friendship for L'Ange ier. He corresponded with me occasionally. I thought him a strictly moral man, and, a religions man. He was a regular a.tandant at church. 1 was very much agit ted by the sudden shock when I learned -of his death. I saw the body. By the Dean of Faculty : I live, as I said, at 144, eenfrevr-street. I was not at all acquainted with Miss Smith's family. When L'Angelier brought Miss Smith to see you, were you aware that their correspondence was clandestine? He told me when the engagement was first formed, that he wished to inform her father, but she objected. Then he requested her to inform her parents of it herself, but she objected to that too. 'This he disapproved of, and I know it was a source of distress to hint. Then I suppose your answer is " Yes ? " It is. 1 was aware that they met clandes tinely. I corresponded with them both. shown letter No. 11 —That is a letter I wrote to L'Angelier ; it is dated February the 7th, 1857, and is as follows :—" Though you have not told me so, 1 am in hopes, dear L'Angelier, that you have been receiving such kind, cheering notes from Minnie that you are quite comforted and happy—at least a great deal l ess sad than you were last evening." L'Angelier was in the h ibit of writing to me. This correspondence went on for, I think, perhaps two years. I wrote occasionally when 1 had anything to say, and he wrote sometimes too. I was not in the habit of meeting him in Glas gow in other houses than my own. He said he imagined she was anai eis to break oft the engagement, and he said he would accede to her wishes. He witei not des rous himself of breaking it off. The Lord Advocate then stated that they proposed to read No. 1 of the letters recovered by Murray from the print copy. Mr. Young (counsel for the prisoner) said he mast object to this. He then argued , at length, pointing , out the irregular manner in which the letter had been taken and kept. 'lhemagistrate had merely granted his warrant for the recovery, and took no farther security for their being kept in such a state as to meet the ends of jasticebn both sides, but left them entirely to the prose cution. If the magistrate has neglected his proper duty, the result of that, he apprehended, was, that no use could be made of what was thus recovered ; and it would be unsafe to admit any part of this cor respondence in evidence. The Solicitor-General and the Lord Advo cate argurd in opposition to this objection. The Dean of Faculty replied After retiring to consider the point, the court decided that the oljection could not be sustained in so far as it applied to the letters in general : and that the Crown was quite entitled to have such documents procured in evidence as could be sufficiently accounted for and c'early spoken to. In reference to the eomplaint on the part of the prisoner's counsel that they had not early enough been per mitted access to the documents, the Lord Justice Clerk had never that n seen r a e n s p e ot instance Th in which court then a t adjourned d j o i 13 , t i i rn ce ed w a a s t do si n x e to o, the ock u prisoner nti l te i e n o'clock to-morrow (Saturday) m ornin g . g FlFill DAY.-SATURDAY. The trial was resumed this morning. Dr. Christison, examined by the Lord Advocate : In regard to the use of arsenic, do you think an ounce could be safely used in a basin of water to wash the face with? It would be a most unsafe thing. What would be the effects ? Inflammation of the eyes and nostrils. It would be difficult to keep out the arsenic from the nostrils. I never heard it used as a cosmetic. A preparation of arsenic is, used for removing hair by the Turks—i t is a compound of arsenic and lime. By the Dean of Faculty : The common arsenic of the shops is nearly insoluble. Common water would dissolve a five-hundredth part if agitated. Cold water is the Worst of all mediums to hold arsenic in suspension. If arsenic were put into a basin of water, very little would remain suspension, it not agitated. If used to. wash the face and I hands, even without much stirring, it wod unsafe to do so. By i the Lord Advocate: The fine powder wo u ti l ld re bo main in suspension. but not long. In course of three or four minutes there would be little in suspension except what was dissolved, but I do not speak from experi ence. By the Court: There is a great dispute that arsenic has no I taste. As far as I could maks experiments the taste was slight—it anything sweetish; but Orfila and others differ from me. No doubt • large quantities have beOti swallowed repeatedly without being ob, Iserved. I tried the repeatedly, with other two gentimnee l great care, 414 o'. agreed. Orilla, alluding to my 131 ,i 5 FTWVa i • k Mains it has a taste. I should add, that it always struck me as I utak 's that neither Orfi'a, nor those who doubted me, say they made ' AM * -rations themselves.' The taste that is perceptible would not in the ohs& offee gave rise to suspicions; not at all. I could place that cocoa or & ne or two observations. Several persons who have taken clearer e o' v observed no taste, save a sweetish taste; others an ar g 4l4 . t, in regard to accuracy, there are two fallacies—first. acrid taste. SA yards, they said it was the roughness they felt, and when asked' agora and second, the burning effects slowly developed confounded` theeVe • els, By the Dean of Faculty :In those cases I in the poison after" im was sometimes coffee and water, and some last spoke of, the - mcffila ninstance where the same roughness was times soup: There it' a ean't tell what the quantities were. I have observed in porridge: sons poisoned with arsenic during life• only seen two cases of I>re. id not come under my personal ()loser- The cases I have referred' to. a. laxity: The opinion of Ordla thus vation. By the' Dean. of Pik ' expressed is that the taste is - aeA, not corrosive, exciting salivation , in a slight degree. (Reads-two pee, 'ages in p . 310.) Orffia is a high name in the chemical worid'; , . none higher. The experiments fed both in solid and liquid. I made were of this nature. We V% k of the tongue, and spat it Allowed it to pass as fir back to' the 'ban a. Dr. Duncan kept three out. There might be one or two grain. grains in his mouth for a long time; The I Q IB was sufficient to ascer tain the taste. By the Lord Advocate— cases of poisoning, the quantity of arsenic is not ascertained even la , as prescription. By the Court -Orfila maintained that there was arsenic:la the human bones; but he gave up that opinion. By the Dean of Yam ItY—l don't think that, during the last 35 years, there has been , awyeel. ifting of opinion as to the effects of arsenic. It is new tc. me to hear .'hat it was said there is arsenic naturally in the stomachs. Mr. Nenvea read No. 1 of letter : My dear Emile,—l do not feel as if I - were writing to you for the first time. Though our interourse has been very sheet yot we have become as familiar friends. May we long continue so ! And ere long may you be a friend of Papa's in my most earnest desire We feel it rather dull here after the excitement of a Town's Life, st3ut then we have much more time to devote to study ani improvement. I often wish you were near us, we could take such charming walks. One enjoys walking with a pleasant companion, and where could we find one equal to yourself? I am trying to break myself off all my very ad habits ; it is sou I have to thank for this, which I do sincerely from my heart. Your II iwor is fading " I diver cast a flower away The gift of one who eared for me A little flower, a faded fl aver, But it wal done re =tangy." I wish I understood Botany for your sake ‘s - I might send you Mlle specimens of moss. BA alas!. I know noth ng of that study. We shalt be in Town next week. We are goint to the B all on the 20th of this month, Bowe will be sever ol times in Glasg.ow before that. Papa & Mama are not going to Town next Sunday. So of couraeyou do no come to Row. We shall not expect you. Bessie desires me to remember her to you. Write on Wednesday or Thursday. I must n say adieu. With kind love believe me yours very sincerely, MADELEIVE. The date of postmark is 3rd April, 1855. By the Dean of Faculty : That date is not upon this letter, bat noon an envelope which was said to contain it. The jury will remembe r that. (Reads No. 5.) By the Dean of Facuity : This is plainly only the fragcaent of a letter. The Court then adjourned till Monday morning (this day) at ten o'clock. SPIRIT OF THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Leader commences an article, entitled " The Dead-house," in the following terms :—" A band of Irish members once brayed and hooted during the speech of a noble lord. They then began to laugh, and the noble lord observed, ' I rejoice to hear you laugh, for it shows that you have one human faculty.' The new House of Commons has at least one parliamentary faculty. It votes. But on a political question it has nothing to say. There are debates on parishes and monopolies, on six inch surveys and the removals of Irish paupers ; but parliament is not supposed to meddle with politics. The debate on the Ballot was an exem plification of the insanity that has seized upon the body of liberal members. They vote when they must, but they are as dumb as French deputies." The John Bull, commenting upon Lord Robert Grosvenor's intended motion relative to the Liturgy, insists that the House of Commons is not a body competent to give an opinion on the sub ject. " The House of Commons includes among its members many who are not only not members of the Church of England, but who belong to com munities separated from her, and hostile to her. It is an indecency, therefore, and an attempt at tyranny, to propose that a body so constituted should intermeddle with the form in which church men are to frame and conduct their worship. It would be an indecency and an act of oppression at all times ; but it would be a gross indecency—an act of intolerable tyranny—so to intermeddle at the present moment,when the House of Commons has just passed a bill enabling the Jew, or any other person whose religious opinions will not per mit him to affirm anything upon the true faith so , a Christian, to take his seat in the House of Commons." The Economist is of opinion that the ballot could never take root in England. On the very first great contest after it had been introduced, there would he large parties at every poll proclaiming to the world the opinions they intended to support, and the infection of any real public enthusiasm would draw out a similar confession from almost all the electors, thus placing in a most.uncom fortable and unpopular position those who CheSe to reserve their opinions on the great question of the day, if not forcing them into either publicity or mendacity. And this would be so, simply because it ought to be so. The ballot is an attempt to resolve public opinion into its isolated atoms, whereas public opinion does not and cannot consist of isolated atoms, each individual ele ment being naturally and nominally affected by the neighbourhood in which it is placed. Politics would cease to be politics if men would cease so think in masses and groups • and if they do not cease to think in masses an+ groups, it will always be an unnatural affectation to keep action secret and private, while thought is open and public. The natural limit and end of ballot-politics is in the suppression of all the social manifestation of political conviction ; and a more dreary cud we cannot imagine." " According to all philosophers," says the Sun day Times, " a man's right is inherent in him ; that is, something which he possessds, 'because he is a man. But Lord John Russell denies this, and maintains, in opposition to philosophy, as well as to common sense, that when a man exercises the rights of citizenship, it is not because they are his, but because they are not his. Jones and Jenkins have a right to know how Tomkins votes. Why ? Because Jones and Jenkins have no votes them selves, and Tomkins votes for all three. In this way, we suppose, Lord John is thoroughly persuaded that every man in this country is represented in Parliament. But what it Tomkins's opinions differ essentially from those of Jones and Jenkins ? Whose opinions must he follow? Is he to consult their consciences or his own_ conscience? Let us imagine voting to possess the quality of a moral action. If a man votes in conformity with his own convictions, he does well, but if against those con victions, he does obviously the reverse. If Lord John accepts the Christian religion, he must be lieve in human responsibility, and that Tomkius is answerable for what he does. He is not to do what, in his secret soul, he believes to be wrong, because Jones and Jon"s and Jenkins tell him it is right. In the first place, he does not know that they think what they say; and, secondly, even if he were sure that such was the case, he would not be a bit nearer the mark, since men are not to be judged by the report of other people's consciences but by their own.' " Fresh exhibitions of the weakness of our strong government," says the Press, " are daily given in parliament. How the Jew Bill will fare in the Lords is a question of the liveliest speculation ; and whether every cabinet minister will fulfil his mission, and vote in its favour, is a point fin: delicate discrimination. It is worthy of note that, tho Ugh moved by Lord Palmerston as the great government measure, both Lord Castleross and Mr. Mons - ell absented themselves on the di-vision. This laxity of Treasury discipline is t singular feature in Lord Palmerston's Admi-uistration. What Gargantua said to the monks of Theleme, Jia que vous voudras—` Do what thou wilC— appears to be Lord Palmerston'a -motto. Upon the ballot division this week we find some mem bers of the government voting in the minority, some in the majority, and some staying away ; while upon the Medical Profession Bill the govern ment sustained an undeniable defeat, and this not upon a point of opinion in which a government may be defeated without weakness, but upon a. matter of administrative fact, when the su'eporters of the government are supposed to -;tet together. Mr. Cowper,Apouthe part of the. r.. ., ,vernment, entreated the house to reject Mr. 13 " - Lore E.lcho's i iio• -Aeadlam's bill, and accept - _c.t the gratifying effect was that the laouao °, N i r I ,i, , r outed Lord Elcho's bill, and endorse d ''':- _oadlam's by a majority of 225 to 7 8 ." I ' Ale Roman Catholic Peers are now upon their , I trial. We (Weekly Despatch) warn them not to I trifle with the good faith and generous confidence ' of the liberal party. Reformers have set their hearts emancipation.reroaa t ive s of T the he electorscitizens of L vindicated. The House of Commons, tri um ph an t in argument, in the authority of th e l ea di ng Statesmen of all parties, in increasing and now i n ondon are determined to see th e i r own c h osen upon righted,and the p member an overwhelming majority, in twenty years' perse vering discussion, in the support of the servants of the Crown, is determined not to submit to lordly pertinacity in wrong. The public and Par liament are persuaded that the Jews never have had, awl never will have, so good an opportunity of carrying the removal of Jewish disabilities as at this juncture. If the Catholic Peers fail them at such a time, if they do not reverse the policy adopted by their sect in the Commons, the chief weight of the national indignation will fall upon them; their Protestant friends will conclude, that in supporting their cause, they are giving increased power to the enemies of liberty ; they will drive . the neutral to the side of Spooner, and confirm the wavering in reeking common cause with Pro testant bigotry. The will compel enlightened and liberal Nonconformists to adopt the conviction that it is dangerous to help them, and that henceforth they must drop there out of the muster-roll of their sympathies. Tlie Saturday Review is reminded by the late discussion in the House °I Lords concerning Lord Plunket and the Examiner. of a circumstance in connection' with his lordship which was• not brought before the House of Lords. "In the Saturday , Review far January 5 , and January 19, 1856, we proved that Baron Plunket, Lord Bishop of Tall/11, had performed a feat un paralled in the literary and episcopal world—that his lordship had actually delivered, and printed. , with his own name as the author, a charge to his. clergy, every word cf which was stolen, without the slightest aeknowlecipment, from a charge delivered some years before by the present Archbishop of Canterbury, then Bishop of Chester. This act we ventured to stigmatise-a& a fraud of the very worst kind ; and the only excuse offered for this. scan dalous transaction was that ventured upon by his friend Mr. Dallas—that the charge had been got up for his lordship by one of his clergy, and' that the bishop had been imposed upon by his hack. Of course not one word was urged to vindicate the act of publica.tion, and to justify the Bishop in putting. his name,- as author, to pages of which he knew that he had never written one single syllable. Theexposure attracted attention. It was the subject of a clever Latin epigram, which we took the liberty of pub lishing—the newspapers quoted the incident, and - Punch manuractured jokes upon it. We should certainly never have thought of reviving • this scandaious story, but that Lord Plunket's injudi cious friends have led us to serious reflections on their notion of ' a hardworking bishop, diligently attending to the duties of his see, beloved by his clergy, and one of the most meritorious bishops who ever sat in the House of Lords' It seems that a hardworking bishop is one who steals another. man's thoughts and labours, and publishes them as his own. The model prelate who attends dili-• gently to the duties of his see is one who, in the discharge of his highest functions, accepts a ready made b ancio ad Ceram, and delivers it as the solemn result of his own labours and convictions.' The Spectator observes that besides the reinforce ment of our troops, there are three courses of action, not alternative but concurrent, which are essential to the strength of our power in India:— " The most obvious of the three is a rapid prosecu tion of material improvements, which will be not only advantageous to the natives but would assist our own operations. The railways which would benefit the trade of India will he the path of our troops; and an increasing trade would give us, in increased revenue, the means for increasing our staff both civil and military, or even for better paying our native assistants. The second course must be to bestow great pains in cor recting the negligent life of British officers in native regiments. Hitherto they seem. to have thought their duties in cantonment limited to ' drill ;' not heeding to cultivate inti mate relations with their men, so as to know the habitual thoughts, feelings, and objects of the men, whether as soldiers or as aliens. The civil officials have been guilty of a similar neglect with regard to the civilian population. The right course would be to reverse all this ; not to interfere more, but to know more, and to act more in accorclaneo with intelligent observation.., It has long been, shown that the practice of enlisting any large portion of the army:AVM Bengal, - from high caste, was likely to lead to disaster; and the government had been urged to accompany a gradual education of the force thus enlisted by an enlistment of sturdy low caste soldiers ;' yet down to the eleventh hour the condemned practice was de fended. There have been reports that it would. be extended into Bombay. We presume that the late events have dissipated such ideas. The facts have shown that the religious distinctions of the natives have been treated exactly in the wrong way; they have been considered where they ought to have been disregarded ; and we have created. , sectarian troops, as if for the very purpose of sub jelting the Brahmin to indignities inseparable , from a military system. The third course would consist in a much greater attention to the work of cultivating the good-will of the natives where they attach themselves to British institutions. They have already shown the disposition; but we remem her few cases where they have been adequately met or rewarded." The Pert► arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoort with the usual mails. She brings no news of interest. CATTLE DYING IN LOWER CANADA.—The Qtts&e Mercury says that an alarming disease prevails among the cattle in the parishes of La Beauce, on the south side of the St. Lawrence. :Upwards of 1,500 animals, chiefly cows, have died. OXFORD, WORCE3TELL, AND WOLVNRIIAMPTON WAY.—The receipts of this Company, including the Stourbridge Extersion Canal, for the fortuigbt ending, 21st of June, have been 18 489 10s. 7t14, and tho expendi ture, also including that of the Stourbridge Extension Canal, £3,950 ss. Id., being at the rate of 46.63 per cent , or with the amount already ascertained to 7th of June, & total receipt from January 1 to Jane 21. of £977,948 10s. lid., and a total expenditure of £47,533.153. 10d., or at the rate of 48.52 per cent. BACON'S CASE.—It is expected that this iadietmeat for murder will be tried at the ensuing Lincoln assize', which are Sxed for the 18th of July; bat, probably, should the grand iary find a true bill against the male prisoner for the murder of his mother, an application, under Palmer's act, may then be made by the prisoner's counsel to have the case removed for t,ial at the Cen'rilCriminal Court, its London. We understand that M-. Mellor, Q. C , and Mr. Brewer (both of the Midland circuit), have been retained by the treasury for the era wn.—Lincoln Mercury. MIK IYntao. MARKET.—The writer of the 7intes city article says it seems possible that the revolt in India may have • some temporally effect on our indigo supplies. A. private letter from Agra, of the 22nd May, after stating that the ports were being armed and provisioned, and that there was a prospect of the British residents being shut up and beseiged if the outbreak should peoome general, adds, the indigo factories in this district, and indeed throughout the Doab, ate at a standstill. Contracts and business of every kind are suspended, and Europeans are flocking in: rom all quarters for refuge. The remains of M. Graves, late Director-general of the Department nf Woods and Forests in France, who died two or three sleeks ago, have been removed to Beauvais for interment. He was not only a diligent and faithful administrator, but one of the first naturalists of the day, endowed the town of Beauvais with a v Juable museum. 'and was the author of some works of great research and authority upon subjects of botany, geology an.l conchology. In other respects ha was a man of great accomplis'iments, and ptssessed the skill of a painter and a musician. These pur suits did not distract his attention from official business, and his memory was so retentive that he is said to have been able to recollect the dates of all important laws, ministerial circulars, or administrative regulations concerning his department, without the slightest hesitation or inaccuracy- From 1817 to 1843 be performed the onerous duties of secretary-general of the department of the Oise. When called upon to pay an official visit to the districts under his oare, be sometimes, says a writer in the Irtdependanct B put on a blous e , and thus, attired as a pea saenlgt e. ,w7a ud would travel through the country incognito, in order to make himself personally familliar with all classes of the population. The integrity and benevolence of his charaCtfc secUtss him general esteem, THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, ju- t ,Y 6, 1857.