The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-12 00:00:00

TRIAL 70R NUBDER LW 800TWID.

The trial of William Reid for murder by procur-
ing abortion, was opened at the High Court of indicter',
Edinburgh, on Wednesday. The prisoner, who resided with
hie mother at Smallburn, three mites from Falkirk, and Arks
Is most respectably connacted, was tried in September, 1867
along with another young man, at the Sdrllngshire
for breach of tenet and embezzlement, in so far as be
end abetted the frauds of the late Henry Salmon, manager
of the branch of the Commercial Bank at Fad* wU. it
may be remembered, on hie extensive &Alsatians being dia.
covered, took to flight, and eventually committed =War In
the court-yard of a Welsh inn. The two young men were
not impacted of participation in the mottles appropriated by
Salmon, but ware nevertheless convicted of the canoe
and were each sentenced to two years' imprison.
ahmesestrird/Ths represenuatons made to the Home Secretary.
however, succeeded in procuring the liberation of both at or
before ths expiry of six months. Reid accordingly renamed
to his mother's house in April last, and resided there end
the occurrence of the event which a second time blimp him
he the criminal her. His mother's servant, Margaret Taylor,
had become pregnant by him, and been so three or font
months, and he, in conjunction with the deceased, Dr.
Thome Girdwood, used matrumeete, it is said, to cause bar
to abort. This criminal sot proved fatal to the yew
woman the next day; the night of her death the doctor who
gave his aid committed suicide by taking laudanum, while
Vold himself fled, bet web apprehended in Glasgow the fol.
lowing day.
The beach was occupied by the Lord Julio, Clerk, Lord
Cowan and Lord Atrinillan. The Lord Advocate, the
Sobcdtcnoareetral, sad Mr. Adam appeared for the crown;
and the Dean of Faculty, Mr. Hair, and Mr. Morrison for •
the prisoner.
The prisoner pleaded "not guilty," and a jury were
~andkd.
The witnesses examined concluded with the mother of the
deceased, the mother of the prisoner, Dr. Myrtle, Dr. Gird.
wood (father of the prisoner's supposed socomplior), end
Mr. Hamilton, the physician at Falkirk. The medical
evidence was unanimous as to death having been caused by
mechanical violence. The last-named witness was interro-
gated at oonaderable length as to the character, effect, and
course of the wounds, and also as to the probable means of
indicting them. He considered that the operation had been
recklessly conducted, but whether by a surgeon's hand or as
unpractised hand be could not say. Hs had seen=
instances or recklessness even on the part of prat
men.

It being six o'clock, and several witnesses to examine is
the promention, the court roes. Tilde* were Altana witnesses
for the defence. The num has excited peat interest in
Adinburgh and the neighbourhood, end the court ma
crowded to mem ohs whole day. The primmer maintaimit
• stoical indifference throughout, tempt when his mother
was giving ber evklence, when his feelings were apparently
meth manila upon.
At tne commencement of the trial the Lord Jestkm
Clerk remarked that as the case would probably occupy
more than one day, the press would no doubt publish the
evidenos before the trial was completed. To that the
mart hal no objection ; but he trusted they would abstain
from making any remarks upon It until the lamination al
ohs trial.

(NY =scram TELIORAPH.)

EDINBURGH, TILUZSDAT Evia/to.
After several witnesses had been examined to-day
for the defendant,

The Lord Advocate addreesed the jury for the proem-
tion, and the Dean of Faculty fur the prisoner. The Lord
Justice Clerk summed up strongly against the prime..
The jury retired at thirty-five minutes past five, and wire
absent about one hoer, when they returned a verdict of,
" Not guilty on the first charge, of murder; and guilty on
the second and third, amounting to culpable homicide."—
The prisoner was sentenced to tan years' penal ascii Awls.

MooaleH VISITORS.—Hadj Alarby Attar and
a party of Moorish °Moira of distinction in the service cl the
Emperor of Morocco, on • special mission to this couch"
for the purpose of purchasing guns and other war materiels,
es stated by themselves, two of whom spoke English with
tolerable fluency, yesterday visited the dspartmmto M
Woolwich Arsenal, under an order of the Ear ol Maims.-
bury. They each wore the Ottoman fez, end were behind
in the rich and decorative costume of their native country.
Their appearance attracted such a degree of curiosity mon
the labourers, who happened to be leaving the Amami at
the time of their departure that It wee found nice/ear, to
despatch a party of police-i:onatablee to escort them to the
railway station.
EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYED AT LINCOLN.— -
On Tuesday evening, Joseph tihnttleworth, Req., of r -
menacing firm of Moms. Clayton, Shuttleworth, and Ca,
of Lincoln, treated the employed of the firm (to the nudge
of 500) to a substantial dinner, on the occasion of his diode
to the office of chief magistrate of the city for the ensuing
year. The man were drafted off to the various public-hoses
at seven o'clock to dins, and at nine o'clock they met •
together in the Old Sheep-square, according to
meat. A grand procession was here formed, neat=
nearly Eye thousand persons, headed by two Maw
bends, and a number of fl ego at ,l banners, on which were
inscribed suitable mottoes, the greater part of the min
end boys carrying lighted flambeaux. They marched
through the principal emote of the city, letting oil
fireworks, end firing pistols and guns on their way. On their.
arrival at the top of the New-reed, a number of ter bends
were set fire to and rolled down the steep declivity of the
bill, amidst the cheers of the crowd. They soon reached the
house of the newly-elected mayor, where a stead was leaden
the beads striking up the Mine of " • dee old Mucha gen-
tleman." and the hearty and kerreadneed cheers of the
crowd must have been, to the mayor, a gratifying proof of Me •
popularity. They then marched to the O 11111•4011 in New-
land of N. Clayton, Eeq , where a similar demonetised=
was made ' • after which they returned to their respective beam '
sod spent the remainder of the evening in a happy and tor ,
vivid manner.—Notheghem
THE POISONINGS AT BRADFORD.—In the cue et
William Hardaker, who sold the poisobed lozenges, and ate
only a portion of one lozenge himself, panty,* it was ye.
mrday reported et the pollommesion, has ettriltde 04,
If he survive the shock, he will rentals a helpless "rip* der
life, entirely deprived of the use of his limes. It this be ail •
the fate of many of the sufferers, dime" ea )
some other shape is, we understand, sure to be heir
lot to the end of their days.—Materamin Guardia's.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT NOTTING-HlLL.—Yesterday
afternoon a serious 'oddest occurred at Nottler-hOl. A num-
ber dem:ambers were employed in digging the tounduks for •
a range of firet-class mansions between Kensington sad I,
Notting-hill, when an immense weight of earth fell in, burr
tag vereral of the men. The most active exertions were seeds
to extricate the unfortunate sufferers, most of whom wee
got out within fifteen or twenty minutes after the molded
happened, more or less hurt ; but it was sometime afterwards ;
that the apparently Slakes body of one poor fellow,
Edward Youtook, wee discovered. He was ins
conveyed to St. George's Hospital, when Meets. Minim'iTomlinson pronounced his mew hopeless from his mutilated ,
condition, the skull and most of the ribs being fractured, sad -
there being also dislocation of the spine, with other 'Mariam
The poor fellow expired soon afterwards. The deceased bee s
left a widow and family.
Thu NEW BAILLTE.—In a town not many mils.
tram the Clyde, where a batch of municipal authorities wee
elected last week, one of the new Indium presided the other
day, toe the first tiros, on the bench. One of the earlied
011166 brought before him was that of a servant girl who sued
her mistress for her wages, which were refused on the
ground that she had allowed a favourite squirrel to
frees hs cage. The worthy triegistrats, after herring
Parties. said, "That although the lass was maybe to blame
for leaving the cage door open, yet the mistress was male he
blame nor her. for she eud has clippet, the beast's wings, eM
that it cedes flee awe' l"—Glasgow
ROYAL BANE OF IRELAND.—The annual general
mammy of the shareholders of the Royal Bank of Inked
was held in Dublin on Wednesday ; Patrick Reid, chasms
of the board ot directors, in the chair. It appeared from the -
report that the net profits for the year amounted 10 33,949 E
lls. 11d., oat ot which these lead hem paid to the proprietces
in half-yearly moieties a dividend ci six par out., and a
Main of six par 01111L—mskiag twelve per oat. on the year.
The report was adopted, as wee also a relation to creadrig
the reemzeraUon of the directors from 1,2001. to 2,0001. me
annum.
AunTRIAN RAILWAYB.—A despatch from Vien2ll
ci Wednesday's date states that the shareholders of the
FRIBC6 Joseph Railway have °maimed the fusion with the
Lombardy line. Tee exchange will take place on the foste
Mg of twenty-five Francis J oseph shares against sixteen
Lombard bonds