The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-27 00:00:00

THE SMETHURST CASE.

The wife of the prisoner writes:—" Sir,--It is
wit► the most poised raladance that I address you, but I
feel bestial, from • mass of duty and justice, to bring before
you cat or two thots—small in themselves, bat medley to
rest remits—which, if known, may remove from my en-
happf bustaad arms of the nojuat auspicious sad psejedices
which hays foam epos him. Since our mrriage—y4►y
years age—up to the time of his departure with Bibs
Brakes, we have lived together is perfect bapplaws sad ma-
ll testament. I have always received from my husband the
I mast =dorm kindness and attention. I have had weal
Musses, is all of which he has himaslf attended upon me
both as medical man and mine. He received no properly
whatever with me, and his sot only 'imported himself sad
me entirely ethos our marriage, bat, from to.
Im-
psdty from Ulnae of but ;magas brother to fol-
low any calling, has supported him also. From
my knowledge, &rod from loop experlesor, of my
husbands hours clammier and satiable disposition, I be-
lieve him to he gaits lacepable of committing the crime el
mush he senile essviome. Up to this time his morel air
deal two Ms. Irreproatethle, sad, without wishing to cast
aq allestien ea the memory of test deceased Miss Beakas,
, I alestesprem It as say °plaits, grossded on my own
ehisrvalim, that the Mart advance mese from her, sitimmah,
eeheepily, It met with too ready a reciprocity on his port.
Is mower to mars ether velltme mods In respect to tee sae
Irvin visited my basal flartsg his euadament, I beg m
say that it le is mordant' with his own wish ; that name
frequeatly expressed my dears to do so, and many kneads
have expressed the mass wish, which he has inrsrishly do-
eliald—fooliog that he maid beet support ha great trial la
atria seelatim.—l sm. dr, your obedieat servant, MAsry
SKIITIIVIST.-11,6•-twareea Bayswater, August 26."

The fiatordey inino some ups review of the craws la
the iblinriag tome
.1.7p0n the whole, we can hardly doubt from the ends*
that both stymie end an,imusy were Unmounted=
nand; and Ws net, taken with the ensiled*
by the edam &Aims of the evinces, men rejoin." the
verdict of the ),wham opportnnitiss of Waft ea spira
must MOW* wyntor tethers of peruse wire him aellidag
bat annpapr yp to decide upon. We Altai bun
&lag say 'piston on the petit of oho strand,
aeon the peoprsety of the szetation of the sentsace—sot be-
ams the wMeaot, es kr as we have been able to study it,
leans any doubt upon our mindr, bat bees* we
do nee feel in • position to say. from mere aowspoper
rept* that the effect of the neon* of the down on
the operation of the medkdass to bee, the
oarsman's thopisteserten nandestion, end the
haw* of the *Halm thensenes, nay tot the
ip nn ovedwithentateraftg tothobypethosiselpsistm We
teat ollsr so opinion spas Sere pet* We de nee *a to
Midnants that they onestitste • pnoad the
priamsr's Hfe. We sonfine enrealvee to** that om-
en ea* that they may act. Weisel it, however meet in-
Fbrto enure that it is erwasi to the enable** of
o: that the voiding of Juin *en be reepetted.
They am thejadins, end not the or the Sumter;
et State. Nothing but the peed of saw evidance
which could not have been tundemd at try kW, or the
stroag opinion of the presiding Judge, can justify an inter.
itrenoe with their decision. The respeoelbility of dedding
must restatwewhere, sad by the oonstitutios of this nun-
. .

u 7 It testa with 'heti.— Thi cootie& of the pit Of Dr.
Smethurst doss not, however. retook when it was at the
catechist= of tbe trial. After the meet he volunteered a
stateraeot of some length; sad that saMemeat. otter
making allowasoes for tba chrestastawnes trader which
it was made, appears to ne to add etmaideeatily to
the form of the testimony wanes him. thivesel of the
statements which it twataraed were falsehoods ar spiivoca-
tions—several were highly suspicions—and aevettl others
sight, if true, have been proved by evidenoe."