Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-10 00:00:00

IMPE VIAL PARLIAMENT. (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph HOUSE OF LORDS —THURSDAY. The House met at five o'clock. YOUL LITBRATT.TRE. The report of amendments to the Sale of Obscene Books and Prints Bill was brought up. Lord CAMPBELL, since the last stage of the bill, heard that the evil which the bill proposed to remedy was alarm ingly on the increase, and that the " Lady of the Camelias,' , translated into English, was sold publicly at railway sta tions. He urged their Lordships, under these circum stances, to pass the bill. Lord WENSLEYDALE supported the object of the bill, but stated his intention of moving certain amendments at the next stage. The amendments were then agreed to. THE JEW BILL. The Earl of MALMESBURY gave notice for the Earl of Derby, " That, on the second reading of the Oaths Bill, he should move that it should be read a second time that day three months. The Crowded DweMugs Prevention Bill was read a second time, on the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Lord Brougham laid on the table abll to provide a more cheap and expeditious method of transfer of land. After a few words from the Lord Chancellor, the bill was read a first time. The Rouse adjourned at ten minutes to six o'cl6ek, HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. The Rouse met at 12 o'clock. TRU MERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL. The Mersey Conservancy and Docks Bill, and the Great Western Railway Bill were read a third time and Passed. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. On the motion for go'ng into committee on the Refor matory Schools Bill, ALCOCK objected to the measure, on account of its compulsory nature, and moved that it be committeed that day three months. Mr. ROBERT HANBURY seconded the amendment, con sidering the bill inexpedient and uncalled for. Sir G•. GREY stated, that the measures was only per missive, and submitted the expediency of adopting its principle, which was to arrest children in a career of crime. Mr. BRISCOE supported the amendment, in the belief that magistrates were not the proper persons to entrust with the conduct of reformatory schools, and that the undertaking could only be properly conducted by those who had their hearts in it. Sir E• KERRISON thought the bill being perm'ssive would be useless,-and pointed to the success which has attended the compulsory system on the continent. Mr• EfACKBLOCK supported the bill on the ground that 'by diminishing crime, the taxation of the country would be diminished ; and Mr. Eux - rorr opposed it, on the ground that it imposed a now burthen upon the ratepayers. M r• 111 1 1111LNEs took the same view as Mr. Hackblock, and objected, in answer to an argument urged in the debate, to trusting a matter of such importance as the establish /neat of reformatory schools to the mere chance of volun - taty exertions. Sir. H. VERNEY objected to the management of the reformatory institutions being entrusted to magistrates. Mr. E. DENISON cordially supported the bill, and Mr. Garnett opposed it, not thinking they were justified in ta sing the rat e p ayers t il l the present system had been f airly tried. Mr. M. T. BAniEs had heard no objection to the prin ciple of the bill, and hoped the House would consent to go into committee to discuss the details. Mr. BARROW looked upon the imposition of a rate as the principle of the bill, and to that he objected. Mr. "'Lisa opposed the bill, as interfering with volun tary efforts. Mr. GILPIN thought the payment of a rate would in the end show a balance in favour of the ratepayers, and therefore supported the motion for going into committee. The House divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it .... 37 Majority ... The House accordingly went into committee. Sir R. WILLOUGHBY, objecting to any grant of money bein g made by justices, moved the omission of the first 'Clause. After a brief discussion the committee divided. The untabers were— For the clause Against it 149 51 Majority The clause was accordingly agreed to, as were subse_ quently the remaining clauses of the Bill, with some un important amendments inserted by the goVernment. On.the motion of Sir G. GREY, a clause was inserted after clause 6, giving justices power to contract with magistrates for the reception of offenders from their county Iv borough. The Chairman then left the chair, and the bill was re loorted with amendments. The members appointed to investigate the allegations Contained in the petitions referring to the elections for O-alway, Bath, and Lambsth, wore called to the table and sworn. The Glebe Lands Ireland Bill want through committee. Mr. IlurrT brought up the report of the committee upon the Bury election committee, which sated that Robert Needham Phillips was duly elected, and th at t h e l ate election was c on d ucted with unusual sobriety and order- The sitting was then suspended. THE EVENING SITTING. TIIE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION. Mr. SOItBFALL presented a petition from the leadin me rchants and ship owners of Liverpool g, in favour o sending the Resolute in aid of Lady Franklin's expedition, and praying for th e p ro d uction of memorials and addresses relating to the Franklin expediti on recently transmitted to ,the government from t h e merchants of New York, the ll oYsl Irish Academy, the Royal Dublin Society, and other Nike bodies. C. S ir JOHN PAKINGTON gave notice that to-morrow he should put a question to the government as to the proceed gB in China. He should also ask wheiher instructions li ed been sent out to India to direct the troops sent to China to be employed in India, and, if so, what course would be taken to strengthen the forces in China. MAYO ELECTION PETITION. Sonot.tizt,n reported to the House, from the Mayo Election Committee, that a letter addressed to Colonel liiggins had been pro ! need b efore the committee, and duly -veri Johnfied and, stating that t wo persons, named John 3PLaughlan of the O- anon, had b een severely maltreated on account evidence gv.n by them to tho committee. Mr. Watrot.E wished to ask, bad reached the Attorney- whethe r any i n f orma ti on General on no, what steps h a d been taken in conse this subj e ct, and if The ArrortNer-GENantt fo quence.r Ireland said, he had in the day received information coreoborating the course of this statements contained in the letters ref:3rred t 3. The local authorities had acted upon the information. immediately upon its receipt by them, and the stipendiary magistrate had arrested nine persons on the charge of being con cernea in the outrage who were now in custody. H a h oped to be in Dublin to-morrow to examine the docu ments in the case. For the information of the House he w°ll clstat e t rial at , that he expected to place the p art i es on their A as the ue ett. (Re ensuing assises which commenc e d t h at day th p aer, shaalt of these cases WAS very severe ea r . ) 3T Mr. BAXTLUNATICS (SCOTLAND) BILL. IM moved the second easing of tho Lunatics (Scotland) bill, which he urged as necessary for the protec tion of pauper lunatics. Mr. C. BRUCE hoped the bill would not be pressed at that late period of the session. Mr. DRUMMOND hoped the house would not delay the remedy for the condition of Scotch lunatics, and stated his belief that if a commission were appointed, Scotch poor would be found to be equally badly treated. After a few words from Mr. Hope Johnstone, Colonel &exits expressed his belief that the object of the bill might be carried out without the aid of a board, by a coupte of inspectors being sent to Scotland by the Secretary of State, to carry out what alterations might be considered necessary. Mr E, ELLICE would not oppose the bill, though he thought the evils might be remidied by the establishment of proper asylums with proper inspectors, without the aid of a bna-d. Sir G. GRIT defended the bill, and stated his belief that the appointment of a board was necessary, to set the machinery in motion. After some further discussion, in which Mr. W. Ewart, Mr. Dunlop, and others took part, the bill was read a second time. FRAUDULENT TRUSTEES, &C., BILL. The House went into committee on this bill, The various clauses were agreed to, after some dis cussion, the Attorney-General undertaking to remodel some of the provisions before the bringing up of the report, and the bill was reported with amendments. COURT OP SESSION (SCOTLAND) BILL. Oa the motion for the second reading of the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill, Mr. BLACK opposed the measure, on the ground that it deprived the suitor of a right which he at present possessed. The LORD ADVOCATE defended the bill. Mr. CRAWFORD suggested the withdrawal of the measure for the session. Mr. BLArKBURN supported the amendment, and Mr. DUNLOP supported the bill. The bill was then reed a second time. The Crown Suits (Scotland) Bill, the Bankruptcy and Real Securities (Scotland) Bill, and the Bill Chamber (Scotland) Bill passed through committee. Municipal Corporation Bill went through committee. The Lords Amendments to the Joint Stock Company's Act Amendment Bill, were considere d and agreed to. The Registration of Long Leases (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Leave was given to the LORD ADVOCATM to introduce a bill to abolish the Annuity Tax levied within the City of Edinburgn, Parish of Canongate, and Burgh of Montrose, and to make provisions for the payment of stipends of the ministers thereof. The house adjourned at one o'clock. CENTRAL CRIMINAL C OURT. -YZSTERDAY. °MORE MR. JUSTICE WILLIAMS THE STRATFORD MURDER.—Michael Crawley, 62, was indicted tor the wilful murder of Mary Crawley, at Strat ford, in Essex. Mr. Best prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended. The prisoner, who is a hale-looking labouring man, apparently older than stated, did not seem much affected at the position in which he was placed. The facts of the murder have quite recently been detailed in our columns. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended the prisoner ti mercy on account of his age. The learned j.idge told the jgry the recommendation should be firwarded to the proper quarter. His lordship, having assumed the black cap, passed sentence of death, telling the prisoner not to entertain the slightest hope that his life would be spared. The prisoner left the dock quite noconcetned. The execution will take place at Chelms ford. COUR r OF EXCHEQUER. CROUCH v. GREA. r WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—ln the report of this case, in your paper of yester day's date, you erroneously state that the court gave judgment for the defendants. The court gave judgment for the plaintiff on all the points reserved. Your inserting this in your next impression will oblige. —I am, &e., W. A. CROUCH. 17, Bath street, Newgate street, July 8. LONDON COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-YESTERDAY. In-re ROBSOL—EXAMINATION OF Mn. E. T. SMITH.— There was an adjourned meeting to-day in the matter of W. J. Robson, for the further examination of Mr. E. T . Smith. Mr. Smith was in attendance ; the assignees were represented by Mr. Bagley aad Mr. Mount. The pro ceedings were strictly private. THE NORTHERN' TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRI DAY, JULY 10, 1857. CARDIFF ASSIZES, JULY 7. MURDER.—CAPITAL CONVICTION. —John Lewis, aged 40, a skinner by trade, stood charged on the coroner's warrant with the wilful murder of his wife, Gwellian Lewis, at Merthyr. The prisoner and the deceased took care of the offices of Mr. Morgan, a solicitor, and lived on the premises. Mr. Morgan resided in the adjoining house. On the 14th of January of the present year, Mr. Morgan returned to his offic3, and on finding his summons to the housekeeper unanswered, he went down stairs in the dirk, and thus became acquai ited with the awful catastrophe that had happened. From the medical testimony it seemed that the pers , n of the murdered woman was frightfully mangled. The jury, after a short deliberation pronounced a verdict of Guilty of wilful murder. His Lordship, having put on the black cap, proceeded to pass the last sentence of the law, which he did in a very im pressive manner. The court was much crowded during the trial. The wretched man preserved a calm demeanour throughout, and appeared resigned to his fate. LONDON BETTING HOUSES. Yesterday morning; James Merryi-vho was a short time ago convicted at the Mansion-house, before the Lord Mayor and Alierman Wire, of having used a room in a house in Talbot•court, Gracechurch-street, for betting purposes, ar d sentenced to imprisonment for three months, appealed against the conviction. The appeal was heard before the Recorder, and Aldermen Sir R. W. Carden, Cubitt, and Hale, at the Old Bailey, and was supported by Mr. Ribton, Mr. Bodkin appearing for the respondent. Mr. Ribton made an earnest application for the postponement of the case, upon the ground that he had not had time to look into the case of his client, but the Recorder at once refused any delay. Mr. Bibton then objected to the defect in the information, the number of the house in Talbot-court not having been specified. The court overruled the objection without the slightest hesitation. Butt, who gave the prin cipal evidence on the occasion of the examination at the Mansion-house, was then called and examined, and his testimony did not differ in the slightest degree from that which he had so fully given in the first instance. The conviction was confirmed, and the prisoner was sent to prison to serve the three mouths to which he had been originally sentenced. Mr. Bodkin said the court might form some opinion i f the mischief done by houses of the kind from the statement he had to make, that from the bank-book which the defendant acknowledged to be his, it appeared that within the last ten months £15,600 had been paid in to the defendant's account, and that no more than £BOO of that sum had been drawn out, The Recorder expressed a fervent hone that the result would have a wholesome effect upon society. ELECTION COMMITTEES.—YEsTERDAr. 'AIRY ST. EDMUNDS. The committee appointed to try the merits of the peti tion, complaining of the return of Mr. Hardcaatla for Bury St. Edmunds, met for the first time this morning ; Mr G. Hardy in the chair. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., ?P' peared for the petitioner, and Mr. Hawkins for the sitting member, Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., opened the case for Mr. Oakes, the petitioner and unsuccessful candidate. BURY (LANCASHIRE ) The above committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. Hutt in the chair: and, after hearing counsel, deliberated upon their decision with closed doors. On the re-admission of strangers, the chairman announced that the committee had come to the following report, name ly, " That Robert Phillips Needham Phillips, Esq , was duly elected a burgess to serve in the present parlia ment for the borough of Bury ; that it has been proved by uniform evidence before the committee, that the late elec tion for the borough of. Bury was conducted with unusual sobriety and order, an and i e t g h a a lt complexalthou g h i n i n w t e h r e e c r o o n s r o s r e t o o d f t i o t some bypar l ls a a e n ti s c o es f of th e sitting member nothing was adduced to show, and the committee has no reason to believe that such practices were in any way authorised by the sitting member. The committee then broke up. MAYO. This committee sat again to-day, when a number- of witnesses were examined, to rebut the evidence on 411!tlf. of the pet!toner§. • THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE TRIAL OF MISS M. SMITH, FOR MURDER HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDnatrzan. NINTH DAL-TM:MD iY . The Court met this morning at nine o'clock, when The Lord Justice-Clerk proceeded with his charge to the jury. Remarking on the recovery of the letters found in the repositories of L'Angelier, he said that although the method of procedure which was adopted had been loose, irregular, and slovenly, it did not appear that the panel had suffered any prejudice from the want of any of them, As to each letter being in its proper envelot e, in the first part of the correspondence it did not much signify whether such were the ease, because there was no doubt that these passionate letters, witless by the prisoner, declaring such strong love for L'At gelier, and some of :hem expressed in my licentious teemr, had been written by her at some time or other. Complaints had been made as to the diffi, /elm cif getting access to the correspondence on the part of the prisoner. On the whole it appeared to him that the facili , ies afforded to her for conducting her defence were such as no other panel had ever had. Commenting on the evidence of the female servants, he observed that a material part of this evidence was, that it showed that on ore occasion an interview took place between prisonerend deceased in the house, and that there were ample facilities for the prisoner admitting L'Angeiier to the house, if she wished it, without any one in the house know ng of it; so that if there was evidence otherwise sufficient to satisfy the jury that he went to the house on the night of Sun day, the 22nd of March, there was nothing in the fact that he was not heard. On this point there was also the fact that the, prisoner got out of the house on the Thursday morning without this be ng known by any one. As to the story about nsing the arsenic es a cosmetic, he looked on it as a false pretence altogether, and an excuse for the possession of r he arsenic ; this story, therefore, was not of the s'ightest importance at All. There was no doubt that on the nighttof the 22nd, after his return from Beidge of Allan, he went out in the direction of the panel's house. With reference to the illegibility of some of the postmarks on the letters, he observed that the attention of the post office authorities had been called to the necessity of their being ma le more distict by Lord Campbell in a similar case, and by himself ; and considering the importance of this point to the end of Owl and criminal in& e, he trusted this would be the last occasion on which these marks would be so carelessly impressed. Reverting again to the probability of an interview between the prisoner and deceased on Sunday, his lordship remarked that as tem had waited for him one teght according to appointment, and ancthsr night after that, and then wrote another letter, imploring him in terms profess ing ate mg passion for him, to come and clasp her to his heart, it wend net be wonderful if she exeected that he would come on the Sunday night, though. the appointment was for Saturday night. Coming next to Miss Parry's evidence, he remarked on the fact that L'Angelier had said to her that on two occasions before he took ill he had got coffee or cocoa and chocolate from the panel. They had no prof that the panel had arsenic in her possession on the 19th February, and there was no evidence of any meettne, on the 19M, except what was drawn from the letter, the date of which the Lord Advocate Heel for the Wednes day. But here was a stateMent made by the dead man, good and competent e. Hence; and the jury must judge of the weight of it. He mentioned at Portobello that he was ill after getting coffee and cocoa, and that be thought he had teen poisoned, and again. to Miss Perry he said, e I can't think wey I was so unwell atter getting that coffee and chocolate from her." This most unqu,stionably referred to two different illne-ses, each following the getting of coffee or chocolate from the prisoner. The jury must judge whether this conversation wtrh Miss Perry was of importance She did cot interrogate him on the subject, mad she seemed very properly to wish to banish the thought from his mind. Still this was said in earnest, and Miss Perry stated on oath that she thong , t he entertained some suspi cion of the panel, though not a serious suspicion. It was true that Miss Perry knew that the intimacy between the two parties was clandestine ; that vms strange conduct in a person of her respectability and of her age; but sometimes they wool I and that ladies at her time of life had a good deal of absurd sentimentality about them, and this lady seemed to have had consi derable pleasure in bring the confidant to the attachment between these two young persons. It might be explained in this way; but he did not think it could be doubted that she was a truthful witness. The j ary must, however, consider whether all this amounted to more than to give rise in their mindsto very great suspicion, which might not warrant them in coming to a conclusion that he did get poison. They must remember that though he was ill on these occasions, and seemed to ascribe it to cocoa, there was ne proof that the attack was really caneed by arsenic on either of these two occasions. The symp • toms corresponded with those of irritant palm, no doubt, but then they might also be the syMpterns of bilious attack; and the jury must consider whether they were warranted in confiding on his state ments, however strongly made, to Miss Terry, that these attacks arose from some poisonous substance, it did not signify what. Pri soner bought arsenic on the 21st of February, before the second illness,and therefore the fact of her possessing it on that occasion of coarse gave much greater strength and point to his remark, that he did receive something which had made him ill, oat the 27th Fab.. As to the evidence for the defence, that he hal on one o casion threatened to throw himself from a window in the Rainbow Teirern, his Lordship observed that as the witness was in bed at the time, the deceased had ample opportunity to have thrown hims,lf over, if he had been so inclined, before the witness could have interfered; and tit ejury would consider whether, when going about the room in an excited state, he had only thrown open the window to get some air. As to the other stories, thathe would drown himse f if he were jilted, they did not amount to much, when it was known that on one occa sion he had been jilted and had not drowned himself. He also treated the story as to giving arsenic to horses on ajourney in France as very unimportant ; it was nonsense to say that it made them long winded if only given to them once, because it was only the constant use of it which could produce that effect. Altogether, he did not tee the importance or materiality of this evidence. It was brought to sup port the notion that he poisoned himself with arsenic; but if he was in the habit of taking it in small quantities, he knew its qualities, and this did not aid the notien that he took an immense quantity on 22nd March for the purpose. of desmoying himself. No doubt the prisoner was not bound to prove that he poisoned himself—it was enough for her to satisfy them that there was not evidence to bring home to her the guilt of poisoning him ; but it was a hazardous thing to set up in defence that L'Angelier went out that night carrying su‘h a quantity of arsenic in his pocket, and that he swallowed it how, where, orevhen no human being could conceive. And therefore he thought the case stood far better for the prisoner on her real plea, that the guilt was not brought home to her, which was truly the matter at issue. 'Pro bably the jury would hold that the notion of his having poisoned himse'f was in reality groundless, and did not strengthen the case. Proceeding to the evfdence of the drugeists at Coatbridge and Baillie ston, he remarked that they had against that Mr. Ross's evidence that he walked with him all the way to Glasgow, that he never complained of being ill, and that he had not gone into any shop on the way. There must, he thought, be a mistake oa the part of these people as to this being L'Angelier at all. It must also be remembered that he went home and took tea, and never complained that anything was wrong with him. As to the evidence that he bought a white powder in Kirk's shop, Gallowgate, his Lordship said it was not even suggested that this was arsenic ; if it was arsenic, she was bound to write it down; and he did not think the jury could believe that he bought a . senie there just after he left Ross and before he saw the panel, or knew what answer he would get from her. The witness Kirk identified L'Angeller's purse as that from which he had taken the money to pay for the powder; but it was very probable, his Loalship thought, that some of tee jury might have a purse in their pockets exactly like it. As to the third letter put in for the defence, written by the prisoner to L'Angelier, denying that the conversation of young ladies at sceoel had reference to certain subjects, his Lord ship remarked that this seemed to have been written in reply to some complaint by L'Angelier as to the . impropriety of her con versation, and with the view of correct ng her fruits. As to the evidence with •reword to the 'arsenic kept In great c Anoint works, he observed that there was no evidence that L'Angel er was ever seen about these works at all. Alluding to Dr. La,urie'e exp rirnents with arsenic, he observed that in these experi ments the bends and face were immediately afterwards washed with cold ware - , which might prevent any irritation, bat if it was so used In this case, what effect could it have as a cosmetic? His Ihmdship next directed attention to the correspondence. On this point he ob served:—The Lord Advocate states his theory of the case thus : Tee panel thee= acquainted with L'Angelier, the acquaintance went on vary ra„illy, and ended in an engagement; they corresponded fre quently and clandestine y; on the 6,11 May, 1856, he got' poss salon of her person; the engagement was discontinued once or twice; the letters continued on her part in the same terms of passionate love for a very considerable time—l say passionate love, because, unhappily, 'they are written without any sense of decency, anal in most licentious terms. After a certain time Mr. Minnoch's attentions to the girl tecame very marked; she saw there was no 'chance of marrying L'Angelier' eyed' if• she continued to like him sufficiently ; but the other was certainly a most desirable marriam for her to make. The Lord Advocate says that her object then was to extricate herself frem the petition show: s in; she first makes an appeal to L'Angelier to givo up her letters ; she writes then very coldly, and says the att a ehm trot has cea•ed on her part, and she thinks on his part also. Certainly there was no reason to suppose thate'though he frequently blamed her conduct; but that is what site states. The Lord Advocate says that by these c .11 letters she was trying to make him give her up and to give up her letters. She failed in that. The Lord Advocate says that the n she pre: ended to write in as e arm terms as ever, and to talk of their crabraces as she had done before. She does not suceed in that t ne, and then else receives brim as he says must be inferred and is proved, into her house for rise purpose of succeeding in this. She less to leave Glasgow, and he, too, has to go ter Edinburgh. She returns, and she understaads that he returned. ani she writes letters for the purpose of having interviews with him. The Lord Advocate says tha , on the former occasions, when she failed in getting the letters, out of resentment she had administered the poison to him on the 111th and 22nd; and, aware that no allurements, or enticements, or fascinations from her world get the letters from him, she lead prepare 1 f r the interview which she had expected on the 22nd March, by another purchase of ars elle, and with the i ,tention to poison him. The Lord A 'rotates theory acid statement is that the interview having taken place, site did ,PMrdiugl,y a :minister th , t dose of arsenic from which, howsoever administered, be died. All this, on the other hand, is treated as a, Intally-Itiereatble suppeertiva by th . , co,tiniol for the prisoner. It is said that she could not have had such a purpose—that it is someth'ng too monstrous to believe or Inquire into. Centlemen,it is very difficult to say what might not occur to the exasperated feelings of a female who had been placed in the situation in which this woman was placed. And there it is that the correspondence comes to be of much impor tance is ascertaining what sort of feelings this girl cheriehed,lwhat state of mind and disposition she was in, and whether there is etay trace of moral sense or propriety to be found in her letters, or whether they do or do not exhibit eurh a degree of ill-regulated, disorderly, distempered, licentious feelings as to show that this is not a persoa quite capable of caerishing any o - ject to avoid disgrace and exposure, and to cherish any revenge vr:.,lch such treatment might excite in the tithed of a woman driven nearly to madness as she says sho was. I shall not read many' of these letter_, but there are some characteristics of the character of the panel to show her mina and feelings which I think it is of importance to place b fore you, as showing the progress of this attechement, and the manner in which it was ca,red on. It is very curious that the fa=t letter is written by her; end then he ranked as you might expect a young man of his temperament to do. His Lordship then read one of the letters, remarking that it seemed that the girl's ill-regulated passions broke out months before any sensual interuou se had taken place ; the expressions used in that and following lettrs were most singular as passing between two unmarried peop'e. We heard, said his Lordship, a good deal said by the Dean of Faculiy as to the character of this panel; we have no evidence on the subject except what these letters exhibit, and no witne , s to character was brought; but oert inly these letters show as extraordinary a frame of mind and of passion es, perhaps, er r appearad in a court of j notice. Can you be surpri•ed, alter such letters as thoso of the tentla April and 3rd May, that on the 6th of May, three days afterwarkis, he got possession of her person. On the 7th of May she writes aaain, and in that letter is there the slightest aapearanre of grief or of remorse? None what ever. It is the letter of a girl rejoieng in what had passed, and alluding to it in one passage in part cu ox in terms which I will not read, fer perhaps they were never previously committed to paper as having:passed between a man and a woman. What passed must have Paged owl of doors, not in the house, and she to ks of it as hers as mach as his. His Lorsdhtp here read the letter, cud •observed—this Is a letter frog a girl, written at fi a in the morning, just after she had submitted to his embraces; can you conceive - or picture any worse state of mind than this lette , exhibits? Is other letters she uses the word "love" underscored, shos log clearly what ehe meant by it; and in one lean* she uses the meat disgusting and revolting lan uage, exhibiting a state of -mind most lamentable to think of. After reading several other letters, he Lordship came is those of February 1857, as to which he observed that it was pl dn she was then playing a part. She had been writing to "My dearest Will'am"—referring to Mr. Minnoch—talking of the happiness of her expected marrage with him. As to the last letter which brou‘ht L'Angeller trom the Bridge of Allan, she s ti'l it was written to inf ,rrn him of the engagement to Mr. Minnoch ; but how strange that she should not vay a word about it. He remarked on the fait that in the let er iu which the prisoner said she would give him a 10-f of Inead the next time be came, she said she would give him it before he went " out "—showing that it was intended he shou dbe !et into t e house. His Lordsh p observed that there could b no doub that it was the prisoner's letter which brought L'Anae liar from the Bridge of Allan, and he then proceeded. In ordinary matters of life, after that, you could not have any hesitation its com ing to the conclusion that they did meet accordingly. But that becomes a very serious questloa in a case where that meeting is sup posed to end in the administration of poison and death follows. That may be a very natural inference, that looking at the thing morally, no one can doubt that he went to see her, and woald see her that night, for she ha I no difficulty in making arrangements to see him, and if she waited the second night after the first letter, it would not be sur prising that ihs should look out for an interview on the second night after the second letter. _ _ _ The D laN of FacuLtY—She did not wait the second night a:ter the tint letter. S:e waited only one night. The LORD JUSTICE-CLERK—I am sure the jury understood what I meant, The DEAN—It is t'..e turning paint of the case, becAnse the slightest dtherenee of expression may occasion a different meaning. The LORD Jusrice-Crass -She says ;—" I shall wait again to-morrow night, same hour and arrangement." And I say there is no doubt, but it is a matter for the jury to consider, that after writing this letter the would wait another night —that is the observa tion I made. And therefore it was very natural he should go to see her that Sunday night. But, as I said to you that is an inarence only. If you think it seemed a just and satisfactory inference—that you can rest your verdict upon it—it is quite competent fo: you to draw such an inference from such letters as these, and from the conduct of the man coming. to Glasgow for the purpose of seeing her, for it is plain that that was his object in coming to Glasgow. It is sufficiently proved that he went out immediately after he got tea, ant had changed his coat. But then, gentlemen, in showing an inference, you mast always look to the important character of the inference which you are asked to allow. If this had been an appointment about business, and you found that a man came to Glasgow for the purpose of seeing another upon business, and he went out for that purpose,. having no other object in coming to Glasgow, you would probably scout the notion of a person saying 1 never saw or heard of him that day that he came; but what you are asked to draw is this —the inference that tEey met upon that night, where the fact of their meeting Is the foundation of a charge of murder. Yon therefore must feel that the grounds of drawing an inference in the ordinary matters of civil business, or the actual intercourse of mutual friends, is one thing, and the inference from the fact that he came to Glasgow, that they did meet, and that, therefore, the poison was administered to him by her at that time, is another, and a moat enormous jump in the category of inferences. Now, the question for yon to put to yourselves is this, can you now, with sstisraction to your own minds, come to the c mclasion that they did meet on that occasion, the result being, and the oleject of coming t ) that result being*, to fix. down upon her the administration of the arsenic by which he died ? Now, then, gentlemen, let ne take the. Mee charges in the indictment: the first charge is, that she administered poison on the 19th or 20th February, 1857. Can you come to the conclusion, on the evidence of Miss Perry and others, that he did see her on that occasion ? She was not proved to have had arsenic or any other poison in her possession, and what I attach very great im portance to is, that there is no medical testimony by analysis of the matter vomited, that that illness did proceed from the administration of arsenic. If the doctor had examined the matter vomited, and sa d that there was certainly arsenic hero, I am afraid the case wou d have be^u very strong against her, as having given him coffee or something immediately before his illness on that occasion. Bat it is not proved that the illness arose from the administration of poison; arsenic she had not, and there is no proof of her having pcesessed any hing delete i ous. Therefore, I have no he-it aloe in telling you that that charge has failed. He had twee before been seized with irness of this description, which was net alleged to have been caused by arsenic. And therefore I have no hesitation in telling you that I think that that charge has failed. I think it my duty to t ell you, as a Judge, that on that charge you find her not guilty. But we are in a very different situation as to the illness of the 22nd and 23rd of March. In one respect it is not proved to be from the administration of any deleterious substance, and perhaps you may think it safer not to hold, in such a case as that, that it was the result of the 'administration of arsenic or any pois onaus substance. Bat what would connect the prisoner with that in, I thjek, much stronger— t sat is to say, connect her with a meeting with hi n that night. If you should think you can acquit her of the first, and that there is too much doubt to fled the second proved, why then will you observe how much that weakens all the theories the, may be raised in the correspondence of a purpose and desire of revenge or something rising from the change of tone, an a desire to allure him again to her embraces and fascinations which cannot be accounted for, except ing on the supposition. In that view undoubtedly the foundation of theMase is very much shaken, and will not lead you to suppose that the purpose of murder was cherished on the 22nd. Then as to that charge of murder, gentleman, this points for you to consider are surrounded as the panel is with grave suspicion, everything that seems to militate against the notion of innocence, upon any theory that has been propound° i to you. Still, are you prepared to say that you find an interview proved against her with the deceased on the night of the 22nd March? She had arsenic before the illness of the 22nd February, and I think you will consider that all the excuses which she . made about having arsenic, aresjust as groundless as those wh oh she stated to the apothecaries. She bought arsenic, again on the 6th, and certainly it is a very odd thing that she should bay mare arsenic after she came back to Glasgow on the le h of March. For unless you aro to take the acccunt, to be sure, that she used it as a cosmetic, she has before the 22nd, and that is a dreadful fact, if you are satisfied that she did not get it and use it for the purpose of washing her hands and face. It may create the greatest reluctance in your mind to take this view of the flutter, that she was guilty of administering it somehow, though the place where may not he found out, or the precise tans of the interview. But on the ether hand, you must keep in view that arsenic could only be administered by her if an interview took place with L'Angelier, and that view, though it may be the result of an inference that may satisfy you morally that it did take place, still rests upon an inference alone, and that inference is to be the ground. and must 'be the ground, on which a verdict of guilty is to rect., Gentlemen, you will see, therefore, the necessity of great caution and jealousy in dealing with any inference which you may draw from this. You may be perfoctly salirfi .d that L'Angeher did not commit suicide' and of course it is necessary for you to be satisfied of that before you could fled that anybody administered to bins. Probably, though none of you may think fo- a moment that he did go out that night, and that without seeing her and without knowing what she waste ' to see him about, if they had met, that he was to swallow above 2ae grains of arsenic on the street, and that• he was carrying it abant with him. Probab'y you will discard that altogether, though it is very important, no doubt, if you come to the conclusion that he did not swallow arsenic ; yet, on the other hand, gentlemen, keep in view that that will not of itself establish that the prisoner administered it. The matter may h ive remained most mysterious —wholly unexplained. You may not be able to account fur it on any other supposition, but still that supposition or infesence may no.; bs a ground on which you can safely and satisfactorily rest your verdict against the panel. Now then, gentlemenel !ewe "you to consider the case with reference to the views that are raised upon this correspondence. I d in't think you will consider it so unlikely as wa s supposial that this girl, after writ ng stash letters, may have been• capable of cherishing such a purposes Bat still, alhoagh you may take such a view of her character, it is but a supposition that she eheeshad this murderous purpose t r ue last contusion of course that you 0.41 a to Male to merely ea supposition, and wer e ~et anti o, ervat i on upon this varying and wavering corresponil ence pf g 041 In tan Orcanestiaete to Which she •wnq placed. it receives more importance no doubt when you find the purchase of arsenic just before she expected, or just at the time she ex pscted L'Angelier. But still these are but suppositions—these m• but snap:dons. Now, the great and invaluable use of a jury, si , ter they Olivet their attention seriously to the case with the attent on you have ~`one, is to separate firmly—firmly and clearly in your own minds—sus.vicions from evidence. I don't say that infer ences may not be conapetently drawn ; but I have already warned you about inferences in the ordinary matters of civil 1 fe. and such a case as this, and, therefore', if you can't say W 3 satisra torily find here evidence of fits meeting, an el that the poison must have been admi nistered by her at any meeti'ng, whatever may ba your suspicion, however heavy the weight and load of suspicion is against her, and however you may have to struggle to get rid of it, you perform your b st and boncden duty as a jury io separate suspicion from truth, and to proceed upon nothing that ;'on don't find established in evi dence against her. Tam quite sat, d that whatever verdict you may give, after the attention you have bestowed upon this case will be the best approximation to truth, at which we could arrive. But let me say, also, on the other hand, as I saitl'at the outset, that of the evidence you are the bestlndges, not only in point o' law but in porn of fact, and you may be - perfectly csnfideut OW' if you return a ver d ct, you need not fear' any consequences from any future or imagined, or fancied discovery. You have done your duty under y :ur oaths under God, and to your country, and may feel satisfied that remorse you never can ave. The jury retired about ten minutes after. - one o'clock, Immediately upon which the audience in Court fell into keen excitement and discussion. At thirty-two minutes pat one, the jury bell rung, and they entered the box three minutes afterwards. The•nemes of the Jury having been called, Mr, Moffat of the High School was announced as Chancellor, and read— THE VERDICT', In regard to the F MST C 11411044 the Juty, by a majority, find a verdict of NOT GUILTY.. In regard° to the SECOND CHAPATI:. the Jury faid, by a majority, a•verdict of NOT PROVEN. =ln •regard to the THIRD CHARGE {the charge of Munozn], the Jury, by a majority, lied a verdict of NOT PROVEN. Instantly on the announcement o" these last words, a vehement burst of cheering came from the audience,. eneeially from the g tlieries, which was twain and again renewed with increasing loud. ness, in spite of the eff.irts of the Judges and the officers of Court. Whist the Chancellor was reading the verdict r the poi oner gazel at the jury steadily, but with no signs of agitation r and when the ver dict of "Not prov,nl' on the third charge was pronounced, her head slightly fell, her feee broke into a bright but: somewhat agitated smile, and her hand was warmly grasped by her agent, Sir. Ra'hen, on one s de, wid the jail matron on the other—expressions of sym pathy which seemed to affect her more deeply than any incident of the nine days' trial. Mahe Lord Jnstiee•Cierk, in thanking the jury for their cervices (and ntimatinr that they would be relieved from similar duties for five years), stated hat they would have perceived from what he had said to them, that his own opinions quite coincided with the conclusion at which they had arrived The prisoner was then dismissed from the bar. THE KENT RAILWAY - Ace (DENT —The inquiry has termi nated for the present, in the committal of the engine-:Jive and fireman. The Zeit, of B-rlir, Fars that the King. and Queen will return ()a July 16 The Emi;eror and Empress of Russia are expected on the 2ls•. PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM.—Prince Freclerick,William of Prussia will meet the Court of Common Counsel on Monday, for the purpose of receiving the freedom of the City of London. REPRESENTATION OF OXPORD.-=—The Times announces that Viscount Monck, late M.P. for Portsmouth, will pre sent himself to the electors of Oxford. to supply th vacancy created by the unseating of Mr. Neate. Tine GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—At the meeting on Wednesday, the directors were defeated by the show of hands, but a poll being demanded they were found to possess proxies which gave them an immense majority as regards amount, although, even in this instance, the num ber ef actual voters was against them. " Genova," says the Cheltenham2Examiner," will present this summer the appearance of a Cheltenham colony, as in addition to Dean Close, the Rev. T. B. Boultbee has undertaken to do duty at the English Protestant Church in that city, where several families connected with - the college and o'hers, have fixed their residence for the vacation months." Advices from Constantinople', of the 25th ult., state that on tie precedin,s night Chet ki Pacha, member of the council of police, was assassinated out of vengene3 by one, of his subordinates The latter penetrated into the harem' of his Superior, and killed him with repeated stabs of a dagger. The wife of the murdered man h:ving sought to detain the assassin, was likewise killed by him. He sub sequently gave himself up to the authorities and admitted his guilt. GRFAT HAILSTORM IN AMERTOA.—A New York paper of the 22nd says—" A terrific hailstorm visited the city of Wastington yest-relay afternoon, and caused an immense destruction of the glass in skylights, conservatories, and windows. Trees were stripped of their foliage, and grain, vegetables, and shrubbery beaten , to the earth, The storm was about twelve miles in breadth, and extended from the south-west to the north-east. Some of the hailstones were so large as to weigh from live to six , ounces. It is feared that the crops throughoat its course are much injured, if not entirely ruined." Tug Mointows.—G3neral Scott has been called to Washington by the President,..to.perfect a-rangements -for the despatch of troops to Utah. It is the design of the administration to send out the new territorial officers with the military force, thus ensuring their safety from attack whilst on the journey. The final orders for the guidance of the commander of the troops are in preparation. Nb attempt will be made to interfere with the religious or social institutions of the Mormons, hat the United States laws will be rigidly enforce]. Already the troops detached for Utah were in motion, Three companies in the service passed over th , . New York and Erie Railroad on the 221 —New Yorh Herald. The litoniteur has a decree signed by the Minister of the Interior, calling attention to the fact that the Assemble Nationale having been already three times warned and once suspended for two mouths, published on 7th.of July an article headed "Un dernier mot sur les elections," which contains f4lse and malevolent allegations, inasmuch as it insinuated that the most entire liberty did not preside at the recent contested elections. The government, unable to allow the five millions else ors who voted in its favour in all parts of France, to be thus columnated with imput:fty, declares the Assemble Nationale suspended for two months, from the B,h July. The same paper contains a second waraing to .Estaffette, for an article which attacks the con stitutionel authority of five millions of vaters, inasmuch as it refuses to respect the rights of the majoricy, such respect being a fundamental principle which a minority cannot be permitted to deny. As the assizes are now drawing near, we would again draw the attention of the Grand Jury to Mr. Sculy's suggestion, that they should petition to have the valuation of Ireland paid out of the Cinsolidated Mind. As we have already pointed out, there is a gross injustice in com pelling the counties to bear the expense of the annual revision of this valuation, which is almost exclusively availed of by the Government for eying taxes and similar Imperial purposes. Already, this revision has cost the country £376,548-, and the extent of this burden may be estimated fiom the fact, that the revision of about one-half of the counties in 'lreland last year, cost £3,35 - 4. The exclu sive management of the valuation is vested in Government authorities, and the Grand Juries ate deprived of all power of controlling the expenses. This is really a heavy griev ance,. and our Grand Juries should lose no limo in exclaim ing against it, and taking measures to ensure its discon tinuance —Cork Reporter. BERANGSR AND THE EMPREV.—The CONSlitiei69/Bel, contains the followine , :- The Empress, on hearing of the Hines; which placed the life of prancer in danger, sent 'M. Daroas-Hinard, her private secretary, to express her sympathy for the sufferer. N.htwithstanding his serious state, Beranger signified his desire to receive her Majesty's secretary. Extended on a sora, his face pale and shrunken, his yes [sail closed, Beranger raised his hand to take that of M. D maF-Hinard, who told him in whose name he had come to condole with him on his sufferings. " Her Majesty is very good," said Beranger in a feeble voieu. "Dt was very natural," replied M. I) tmas-Hinatd, " that the Empress should seed to you. You :were one of the delights of her youth, and to her admiration for the poet are united abe esteem and affection for the man." 'lVaile M, Dumas, Hinard was speaking, the countenance' of Be.ratigesr ' brightened up, and he said, "The Empress is very kind. She has passed nobly through the different phases of her life, and now, in the exalted station in which she is plveed, she gives proof of an excellent heart. Do not fail," add e d Ileranger, "to express to her vll my gratitude," It is very touching to see the popular poet who h as um Je n al jamais jiatte que l'infortune ! receive this mark of august syniNth3, , , the only recompense worthy of the poet so patriotically inspired. • d lov the glory and the misfortunes of the Empire. The follewing less satisfactory bulletin of the health of Beranger was put , - lishea is P..tris os Ttusday. morning :—" M. Beranger is no t so well to-day. fle has paved an agitated night. His state is still very serious." M.l3,:ranger's door is eroWded nil day by emißent author% and people of all, ranks of society, who cat], t!), witet inquiries and subscribe ktkekr THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. The usual weekly meeting of the members of this Com mittee was held yesterday. Mr. Alderman Dover pre sided. The other members of the Committee present were MARS s. Sheil, Beckwith, Crosthwaite, Johnson, T. Ilaydock, Anthony, Mdson, Stitt, and Stewart. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. TI:E /MAUI! OF TUE TOWN. The Medical Officer of Heald; reported, that in the week enling on the 4th inst , there was a considerable increase in the mortality of the borough, the deaths from all causes having been 24 1 , against 168 in the previous week, showing an increase of 53; but as compared with the corrected averages of the same week of the preceding nice years, the excess is not more- than 6 Of the 241 deaths last week, 180 were,' in the parish, and 61 in the out-townships. From zymotic diseases the deaths were 65, and from diseases of the lungs 61, both being rather above - the average. Of the zymotic class, the most fatal disease was diarrhoea, which canted the death of 19 infants, (the averages being 15), hooping cough 16, and fever 12, (both above the average), scarlatina 10, smal-pox 2, a n d Eng lish cholera 2. - There was no fatal cases of meat-les , or croup. The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspector of Nuisances, reported various particuhra of the operations in their sevnal departments during the week, from which it appeared that 162' inspections were made'd dilapidated privies and ashpits ; 1,1'55 cesspools had been discharged 105 nuisances complained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to remedy there ; 914 houses. in the unhealthiest districts, containing 3;145 apartments ; and 797 cellars hqd been put under examination, with the view of improving their sanitary condition. On the motion of Mr. Anthony, it was agreed that the Borough Engineer be instructed to take the necessary steps for surveying, &e , and preparing plans of the property for public offices required previous to making application to Parliament for a bill to ennb:e the Health Committee to carry out their propoSed alterations, Tit's- was see . oded by Mr. Berk;itb, ktod unartimmuly adopted. After the transactions of some routine• business, the committee adjourned. DOCK CORMTTEE, This emmittes met at one o'clock yesterday, Charles Turner, Esq., in the chair. The other members present were—Afessra. Rankin, Palmer, Robinson, Bl'ocklebank, Haihead, Chaloner,Ronnthw.ite, HOlden, Clint; Hubback, Holme, Lockett, and Mondell. On the recommendation of the Sob-committee of Works, the tender of Messrs. Jonei and Jump was accepted, for lengthening the shed on the south-east (ray of the Clarence half-tide-basin ; and the tender of Messrs. Ifolme and Nichnll, for erecting an office for the water-guard of the Customs, on the north pier of the George's basin. The Marine Sub-committee recommended that , one of Herbert's patent iron buoys should be obtained, as a fair way buoy for the Queen's Channel, which was agreed to. _ _ - The Harb';urmaster's Committee produced a report of the surveyor in reference to a memorial of timbsr mer chants, which was presented at a recent meeting, and which regneested that the ground between Stanhope=street and the Queen's Dock might be given up for landiag.tim ben Tie survey - ors report stated that the ground was at present occupied with materials for the repairing of the Union Dock, and that if they were removed, considerable cost, delay, and inconvenience wou'd be occasioned; as regarded that dock. - Mr. LOCKETT said the sub-committee came to the-con clusion that they could not recommend the request of the memorial to l e granted, inasmuch as it would prevent the dock from being completed in the time required. Mr. HALIIELD hoped the committee would recilleet that the Coburg and Union Docks were entirely- taken away from the timber trade this year, and he thought this a-very unfortunate time that the alterations should- take place. No one knew better than the deputy-ehairman that the timber commenced to come in from about the first of Snip, and continued to the end of the year. If the alterations had been made from January to July, little-or no incon venience would have been felt ; but now it was'a matter of very serious moment to the timber trade. The timber merchants had been deprived from time to time of portions of the Queen's-Dock which they wanted to hSve. Now, they had lost the use of the Coburg and Union Dscks. He was quite sure that, before three months, there would be very serious inconvenience indeed connected with the trade. He thought, the memorial ought to be acceeded to. Mr. LOCKETT said the harbour end • dock masters had particular orders to give every facility they could for the landing of deals. TheCliktamiut said the question which they had to consider was, whether the delay in the completion of the Union and Cobarg Docks, which mnst take place if the request were granted, would not b 4 more injurious to the timber trade than the want of dick spacer He thought the delay would be productive of greater damage to the timber trade than the present inconvenience. Mr. HaulmAn asked how long were the dock works likely to occupy. The SURVEYOR : Mr. John Hartley said he could hardly tell. It was expected that they would havebeen finished in three or four months ; but now that the sill had to be lowered, considerably longer time would be reqnired. Mr. HALITEAD asked whether the • stones laid on the ground, specified in the memorial, were intended to be used in that portion of the alterat' on. The SURVEYOR said they were, or else they would not have left them there. Mr. MoNDELL : How ranch can you lower the sill? The StrßvaYort : One foot. Mr. MoxnELL : So that all this expense and delay is gone to for a lowering of one foot. I suppose it has had consideration from somebody. Mr. RANKIN said the fact of additional depth was not all which a ould be gained. There was a curve which vonld bs taken off. The subject then dropped, it being 'understood that the request of the memorial was not granted. A report was read of the number of vessels which loaded coals at the high level railway from the 6th of May to the 6th of July. It appeared that the number of vessels was thirty-seven, and the quantity of col, 4,915 tons. Mr. LOCKETt said the great bulk of the vessels were,. flats. Mr. HOWIE remarked that if 'the coal trader did not make greater use of the faculties afforded, they could be applied with much advantage to more general purposes connected with the trade of the port. A resolution was read from the proceedings of the Finance Committee of the Town Council, in referenda to the management of the new landing-stage. The resolu tion was, that the stage should be placed undcr 4 the management of the Dock. Committee, if that body would undertake it, subject to such general arrangememts as might be necessary to ensure a felt and proper control. over the expenditure on the part of the Town Cannel. The CHAIRM&N said it would,, no doubt, be desirable to have it under the management of the committee. Mr. LocKßrr expressed some doubt as to what the reso lution meant, by its beintr, under the control of tha,Conucil. The On tIRMAN said the control only referred to expen diture, as the Council wouldlave to bear all the expense. The resolution was ref4rred to the Marine Coniraitee to consult the solicitor and other officers. A letter was read from . Mr. Robertson Gladstone to Air__ Hartley, enclosing a communication from the. Rev. F. R A. Glover, in reference tethe banks in the estuary of the Mersey. Mr. MoNncra, : Is that the man who is coming to grove cabbaqes on Taylor's bank. (Laughter.) The letter, without being - read, was referred to the Town.. Council, to which body tha - previous commutoicationsi4 the writer have been transmitted. A letter was read from Mr. Wm. Rathbone, as agent to , . to the Hon. East India Company, requesting the use of that, Landing Stags for the' embarkation of troops for. India,„ on board the Prince Arthur screw ctsemer, on .Satur)ar net. _ _ The request was 'complied with. This closed the general business. CORONER'S COURT. The Coroner held the following inquests.yesterday : Rose-place. The On the body of a femal e child, found in a privy, in Wichstead,from that the . mother's name is Elizabeth and the evidence it appeared child was illegitimate, and that wishing to conceal the birtb, she was actually confined in the privy. It was. ; proved that the child was born alive, and the j 117 found a verdict of " Wilful murder." The unfortunate W 0131311 is at present in hospital, under medical care, but when she is fit to. be removed, she will be taken into cus tody on the charge. On the body of Anne APICey, eighteen months' old, the, child of parents living at 17 Court, Carlton-street, whp. was scaldel by hot water, and died in consequ,once. Ver.. diet, "Accidental death." THE 15JAND, OF Pattun.,—The Paris foss says that the imium of Muscat and of Zanzibar, who recently succee'ed his father, has remonstrated against the English having taken nossession of the Island of Perim, at the entiance of the Rad Sea. It is well knowa that the propzrty of this island has been long claimed both by the 'maim and by the .Shah of Persia, and that these two, severeignd had, iii A cell:4in divided the nowinet. posseEsion,