Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

HOW MISS SMITH LEFT THE COURT.

The circumstances of the ruse, adopted by one of the
Glasgow agents employed in the case, for getting off Miss
Smith unmolested by the vast crowd waiting in the
Parliament-square and neighbourhood for her exit after
her trial were, we are told, as follow :—He had provided
himself with the dress worn on the previous days of her
trial by Miss Smith, and on her liberation from the bar,
he asked the Sergeant of Police in attendance whether he
could find him a girl about the size of Miss Smith to
personate her, and go through the ordeal of driving in a
cab to the gaol down the High street. The sergeant
immediately recollected a girl who had tor several days
importuned the police officers to get her a sight of the
prisoner, saying she would give anything for the privilege.
This girl was got, and being told that not only wotld she
get a sight of Miss Smith, but also her dress and a
douceur besides if she would represent ha: in a cab, in
order to disperse the mob from the square ; she undertook
the job, and was dressed (by Miss Smith herself)
accordingly. In the meantirae, a rumour was
circulated through tile:,,,OrOWd
__that Miss Smith was

to drive to the gaol to change her dress before going a
large, and orders were given to clear a space a about
the court-room doors. This being done, and the
anxiety of the crowd raised to the utmost pitch by the
perpetrators, up came the cab and out came the fabricated
girl in nearly a fainting state, and being, with some little
difficulty, got into the carriage along with the usual
police, off drove the vehicle at a breakneck pace, followed
by the whole rabble of expectants, and in a trice the
Parliament-square and all the thoroughfares about were
completely cleared. Miss Smith then having been taken
round through the Advocates' Library, and put on a
different dress with a coloured veil, quietly walked away,
accompanied by her brother and another young gentle-
man, to the front of St. Giles' Church, where her cab was
in waiting, and entering it quietly Jehu drove away to
Slateford, where she met the Caledonian train to Glasgow,
and was carried by it to that city. She proceeded, we
believe, straight on to Rowaleyn, her father's residence,
near Helensburgh.

MISS SMITII'S SAYINGS.

On dit, that on the day of the Lord Advocate's address
she was asked what she though of it ? She replid, " When
I hear the Dean of Faculty I will tell you. 1 never like
to give an opinion till I have heard both sides."

HER OPINION OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE.

She pronounced the Lord Justice Clerk " a tedious old
man," on the first evening of his summing up.

HER JOURNEY BY RAIL,

Miss Smith passed Motherwell on her way from Edin-
burgh to Glasgow on Friday afternoon by the Caledonian
Railway. There was some cheering where she was
recognised. She left the railway at Stepps' station and
drove home. She was closely veiled, and accompanied by
two young gentlemen—set down by the onlookers as her
brother and betrothed.

THE TRIAL.

After the verdict of the jury had been returned on
Thursday, Miss Smith was taken down to one of the
witness-rooms, where she changed her dress, putting on a
cloak of a different colour from that which she had worn
in court, a straw bonnet, dark ribbons, and green veil- She
remained there till about five minutes past four, when she
was brought up stairs taken through the several passages
to the Exchequer door, from which, accompanied by her
brother, she walked unobserved to the front of St. Giles's
Church, where a cab was in waiting, which drove her to
the Slateford station of the Caledonian Railway. There
she took the five p.m. train from Edinburgh, and pro—
ceeded to Greenock, and thence by steamer to her father's
house at Row. In order to get rid of the mob assembled
in Parliament square, a ruse was resorted to provions to
Miss Smith's departure. A girl, in consideration
of having her curiosity satisfied with a look of the
ex-prisoner, agreed to perform the part of Miss Smith
leaving the court, and, being suitably dressed and veiled,
was hurried into the cab which had been procured for
the purpose; but so affected was she by the eager gaze of
the mob that she immediately fainted, and in that condi-
tion was driven towards the jail, accompanied by a voci.
ferating multitude,

SUPPLEMENTED EVIDENCE..
7,,,0n Monday last, a gentleman from Glasgow went into
Edinburgh, and had an interview with the Crown
authorities, where he made a revelation of a startling
character, which might have had an important bearing
on the trial of Madeline Smith had it been offered at an
earlier period. This gentleman stated as we are informed,
that on a Sunday night about the time of L'Angelier's
death, and between twelve and one o'clock on that night,
he saw together two young persons, male and female, in
the lane behind Mr. Smith's Blythe wood-square house
uttering words of endearment, and that the'young man was
attired in a dress similar to that which is proved to
have been usually worn byL'Angelier. From other circum-
stances, the impression of this too-late witness is
that the young female was not an ordinary street-walker,
but a lady. We give this information as it has reached
us from more than one respectable quarter. But it must
not be forgotten that it is perfectly possible that the effect
and character of such a revelation might have been
materially altered and shaken under cross-examination*
In England such a witness could, we believe, have been
received while the trial was actually in progress, but by
the more restricted, and possibly the more humane, prac-
tice of the Scotch law, the indictment and list of witnesses
must be served upon the accused fifteen days before the

It has been arranged that, instead of the punishment of
seven years' transportation, as originally proposed in the
Fraudulent Trustees Bill now before Parliament, the
term of three years shall be adopted ; and that this may be
modified to fine or imprisonment for not more that two
years, with or without hard labour.

PRINCE NAroLEON.—Yesterday, a large number of
persons assembled on the pier head and landing-stage, in
the expectation of seeing that splendid screw steam yacht
La Reine Hortense, which vessel is conveying Prince
Napoleon and suite to this country. Up to a late hour
yesterday, however, it had not arrived, but may be
expected this day,

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS.—On S iturday afternoon,
about 800 soldiers, principally belonging to the 01st and
84th Regiments, were embarked on board the Prince
Arthur, steamer, for India. The steamer was moored
alongside the lauding-stage, from whence the men marched
on board in admirable order and in good spirits. The
whole arrangements were under the direction of Com-
mander Bevis, R.N.

THE ABORTION CASE—DEATH Or THE WOMAN.—It may
be remembered that a surgeon, named Bryde, was charged
with having procured abortion on a female named Margaret
M'Creel, and that he was twice remanded before the
magi- trates on the charge. The unfortunate woman has
been in the Northern Hospital since, and died there on
Saturday morning. The Coroner summoned a jury o❑
Saturday, and these having viewed the body, the inquest
was adjourned to half-past eleven o'cock on Tuesday
to-morrow. The prisoner will be brought up at the police
court, on this day, to answer the charge.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon, a very
serious accident occurred to Mr. Forshaw, solicitor, of
this town. That gentleman was riding a rather spirited
horse along Church-street. when the animal suddenly
shied. Mr. Forshaw pulled up sharply, when the horse
reared, and, overbalancing itself, fell. Mr. Forshaw was
seriously injured, having, as we understand, several of his
ribs broken. He was immediately conveyed into a shop
adjacent, and from thence to his own residence, where, of
course, every attention was paid to him.

TAE PRINCE OF WALES AT WATERLOO.—His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales visited the field of Water-
loo on the Bth instant, proceeding thither in a private
carriage from Brussels. Afterwards he drove to the
Groendael station, of the Great Luxembourg Railway, a
distance of five miles, and proceeded by that line to
Namur. where he arrived at half-past three o'clock. His
Royal Highness slept at Namur, and the next day con-
tinued his journey towards Germany. The new route by
the Great Luxembourg line, adopted by His Royal High_
ness, offers great attractions to the tourist proceeding to
the Rhine and Germany, whether as regards the beauty of
the scenery throughout from Brussels, the regularity of
the service of the railway, built by English capital and
worked under English management, or the directness of
the course.

PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. EUROPA, FROM BOSTON AND
HALIFAX :—Mr. and Mrs. Harding and child, Mrs. J. P.
Davis and two children, Miss Wheelwright, Mrs. N. Brown
and daughter, Mr. J. K. Brick and lady, Mrs. Russell,
Mr and Mrs. Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Puccio, Mr. and Mrs.
C. Homer, two children and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Daiaty,
Miss A. Elsworthy and maid, Messrs. R. C. Smith, Sidney
Smith, James R. Anderson, F. de Arrangoiz, J. Wallis,
jun., G. Dent, Mrs. Doncourneane and son, Mr. and Mrs.
A. Trouble, Messrs. A. Arkin, E. Payne, G. Nathan, A.
Calvary, L. Blackstone, James Smith, W. Ross and brother,
S Lawrence, C. Robertson, W. Wheelwright, Captain
E. A. Emmerton, Messrs. M. Townley, J. Bette,
Rev. G. W. Blodgen, Messrs. C. W, Rogers, J. P. Bigelow,
Mr. and Mrs. Storell, Messrs. A. S. Newbury, J. C. Brown,
jun., C. Griffiths, C. W. Griffiths, R. Dowling, Wm. Carrere,
M. Jacobez, R. C. Pratt and two children, J. Taylor, D.
M'Kay, Captain W. Clarke, Messrs. M. Thayer, jun., C.
H. Gregory, J. Brooke, E. S. Sherman, Beinranrue, R. W.
Tucker and sons, F. Passengham, Fehrenback, W. H.
Gammon, F. Malhon, J. D. Sybrande, E. Coward, C. W.
Baird, Dr. Baird, Rev. Dr. Mac Lean, Messrs. Roberts,
J, Ford, J. Going, J. Syston, J. Duthie, Miss M. Duncan,
Miss J. Andrews, Messrs. J. Winter, Groves, Drybury,
J. P. Blake, C. Evans, Dr. A. D. Sinclair, Mr. Hinds,
Mr. and Mrs. Bickers, Messrs. A. Hayter, J. Brown, C.
H. Russell, Mrs. Jeffrey, Messrs. Jeffrey, Wilson, Mitchell,
Deveber, J. Smith, Bremner, Rev. Mr. Steel and lady
and three children, Messrs. C. Romans, Edward Prouse,
J. Porteans, Mrs. Cullen, Miss Drybury, Messrs. Brooks,
Labadino, Mr. and Mrs. Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard, J.
Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Shrimpton, Messrs. Hugens,
Hernott, P. Robinson, J. Murphy, T. Kinny, J. Duffus,
Miss Fawson, Mr. Coleman, Captain H. Stewart, RN
Mr Kohl, Rev. Mr. Campbell, lady, two children' and
servant, Messrs. Wright, and T. Richar3s- _

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.

INDIA.

Intelligence has been received from India that
the mutineers had been defeated, with the loss
of twenty-six guns, outside the walls of Delhi.
They had retired into Delhi, which was about
to be assaulted immediately.

Large numbers of the native troops in Bengal
and the north-western provinces had deserted.
General Anson died of cholera on the 27th

ultimo.

A statement in the Paris Presse, is to the
effect that the insurrection in India has made
further progress, and that 2,000 men had been
killed by the excessive heat.

ALEXANDRIA, SUNDAY,
The mail steamer from Malta and Alexandria,
with the Indian Mails, arrived here this day.

VIENNA, SUNDAY.

The mail steamer despatched from Alexandria
on the arrival of the mail from Suez has arrived
at Trieste.