Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-08 00:00:00

EVENING SITTING.

SCOTCH FISHERIES.
In answer to Mr. Laird,
Mr. WILSON said the House of Lordi were anxious again
to hear the case of Gammell against the Crown. Whether
or not the salmon fisheries on the coast of Scotland would
be lost, would, of course, depend upon the decision at which
the Peers should arrive.

THE SIIRVET.
In answer to Lord Etcho,
Mr. WILSON said the survey of towns in England and
Wales had been made on the five•feet scale, and upon that
scale it would proceed unless an alteration took place in
the scale of the county survey.

ISTHMUS OF SUFZ CANAL.
Replying to Mr. H. Berkeley,
Lord PALMEISTON said the Government could not trze
their influence with the Sultan to induce him to give per-
mission Cr the construction of a canal across the Isthmus
of Suez, because for the last fifteen years the Government
had used all their influence to prevent the scheme being
eleouted. He believed that the scheme was impracticable,
but the reason the Government opposed the plan was,
that it would render more easy the separation of Egypt
Ito d Turkey.

THE RUSSIAN WAR.
In reply to Mr. Adams,
Lord PALMERSTON said there was no intention to corn-
c‘ellsete British merchants whose property was destroyed
DI the squadron of Admiral Plumridge, in 1854, at
aeaborg.
man- Having placed their property at a point of

'ger they had no claim for empensation for the loss.
Lord GODIMICII drew attention to the present mate of
the Bengal Military Fund, and asked for explanations on
the subject.

Mr. V. Burnt said as the fund was unable to meet the
demand, it was a question whether the subscriptions should
not be discontinued.
After a
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Mr. R. Mangles the subject

THE LORD LIEUTRNAarr
--- OP IRELAND—MS, ROEBUCK'S

MOTION.
Mr. ROEBUCK moved that, in the opinion of the House,
the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ought to
be abolished. He considered that he
brought forward
the question under very favourable circumstances, and in
Proof contrasted the present state of Ireland with its con-
dition in 1824, 1844, and 1850, when the ma
ter was for-
merly agitated. Ireland was more an integral psrt of
toglant and he proposed that it should be treated upon
eqnality with England, and that the Lord Lieutenant
y
—the last remaining body of her subjections should be
be ertawaY ; and he wished every county in Ireland should
l'a the counties of England—that every parish in
Ireland should be like the parishes in England ; and that
Ireland
the n;amould , ed Ireland, but, a part of
t---DZattednsitgelomo.l3—The office of Lord Lieritenant was
-"4" sort of royalty—a fume of intrigue ;

Mr. MAnutum denied that the prospect of Irel'ind
was to be attributed to the court of the Lord Lieutenant.
The offiee was a mockery, a mere medium of commuini-
cation with the government in London ; and what the
people of Ireland wanted with an officer to whom they
could go and make their complaints, and who should b 3 no
more than a sham He would not, however, vote for the
member fo: bheffild, because he entertained the same
opinions upon the subject as the mover of the amend-
ment, and oid not b ,lieve that there were no members in
'he house who wi.hed fur the continuance of the Lord
Lieutenancy, but they opposed the member for Sheffield,
because in abolishing the vice royalty, he was not pre-
pared to offer them an c quivalont.

Mr. Hoit,mikst urged that it would be unwise for the
Government to adopt the resolution till they saw 'heir
way deal ly to the provision of a scheme of Government
for Ireland in lieu of the Lord-Lieutenantcy.
Mr. PATRICK O'BRIEN denied that the Court of Dublin
was a sham Court.
Mr. BL kKE opposed the motion•

Lord PALM RSTON thought, if the abstract motion of the
member for Sneffi-1d was adopted, it should. be followed
by a definite proposition; but the hon. member proposed
to abolish the office of Viceroy in Ireland, and leave others
to acc,mplish the difficult task of providing a substitute.
In 1850, a definite scheme was proposed ; but the
ties of carrying it out were such thtt it had been aban-
doned, and had never again been proposed from that day
t:) this. The question would not be p!ac,,.d in very great
difficulty by the adoption of the motion before the
House, and he should therefore give his vote for the
previous question.

Mr. DISRAILLI did not think the charges of the office of
Lord Lieutenant were, even if true, such as to call for
immediate legis'a'ion. The ac n=ation that it was a sham
would apply equally to the highest officer of the State, and
perhaps to the Monarch he •self He warned the House
against a doctrine which tended to the destruction of all
autboiity. He .hought it expedient that they should
carry the previous question, thereby deelaring that the
subject should not at that time be discussed.
Mr. CoNOLLY thocght the position of Ireland such as to
require the preseece of a first-cliss officer of the executive,
and therefore would meet the motion of the member for
Sheffield wi h a decided negative _ .

Mr. Ropnuca then replied, declaring that it was his
intenion to fix upon the executive the responsibility of
providing a sub,titute for the lord-lieutenancy.

The House then divided. The numbers were—
For the original motion
Against it 265

Majority l5l

The .9.1,E 4 lan announced the abandonment of the petitions
egainst the returns for Newport, Taunton, and Portsmouth.

STE ,bILRS IN COMMISSION.

Sir CRARLE3 NAPIER moved for returns of steamers in
reserve and in CO inmission, and complained that there were
not sufficient ships In service or in a position to be fitted
for service upon an emergency.
Mr. BENTINCIi seconded the motion.

Sir CHARLES WOOD did not think, in the present state of
our political relations, that there was any neces,•ity for a
larpr farce than that which was vited in Committee of
Supply. He objet ed to the produetion of the documents
moved fur.

After some remarks from Mr. Lindsay, General
Thompson, and others, the motion was negaivel.

Mr. J. HANKET moved the adjournment of the House.
The House then divided—
For
Against

Majority
The Rouse according:3 adjourned e twenty-five minutes
to one.

LONDON COURT OF BILNKRUPICY.—YzsTERDAy.

REVOKE MR. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

In re C. J. MARc.—PROPOSED COMPOSITION.—A meet-
ing of creditors in this ease, convened at the instance of the
bankrupt, late an extensive shipbuilder, at Blackwell, was
held for the purpose of receiving a proposal from Mr.
Mare with a view of superseding the bankruptcy. The
proposal was to pay 2s Gd in the pound, in addition to the
dividend already .nede• There was a large attendance of
creditor., either personally or by their legal representatives
Mr. Lawrence appeared forthe assignees, Mr. Holism s and
Mr. Waller fcr creditors, and Mr. Lieklater for the bank-
rupt. The proportion of "consents " required by the
2301 section of the act, nine-tenths in number and value
having been given. Mr. Hollams applied to his honour
to confirm the proceedinge, and to appoint a second meet-
ing, as required by the act, when the arrangetni,nk,
might be fully confirmed. Mr. Waller took
objection that the 'meting was not fairly convened,
A great proportion of the creditors knew nothing of it ;
and it had been improperly fixed at the instance of
the bankrupt, just five days after the Commissioner, who
had heard the case throughout, had left town for his long
vacation. Mr. Linklater contended that the requisite pro-
portion of consents having been given, the apeointment of
another meeting was a mere ministerial act on the part of
the court. His Honour declined to make any appointment
on the ground that the matter might stand over without
inconvenience until the return of Mr. Commissioner
Holroyd. The funds would be necessarily locked up for
some 410' as the office of the ac;:ourttant-general in
bankruptcy was now clod until October.

Since the day O'Connell stood at the bar of the old
House of Commons, and made the celebrated declaration
of " I refuse to take that oath," there never was more
anxious curiosity evinced about the House than there was
to hear and see Archbishop Mac Hale. " the lion of the
Fold of Judah," or the Archbishop of Team, as he is also
called. He was examined on Friday, before the Mayo
Election Committee, and as there were some remarkable
features connected with the affair that escaped all the
papers, a notice may not prove uninteresting. The
moment the door of the committee room was opened,
there was a terrific rush by an immense crowd of
people, who were collected in the lobby for at least an
hour and a half before, waiting an opportunity to hear
and see the great John of Saint Jarlath's, Amongst the
crowd (all of whom were evidently belonging to the
superior classes of society) were several elegantly attired
ladies, who,.with a degree of courage that would have
done credit to the titled dames who cleared the pen fences
at her Majesty's levee, ;and who have been immortalised
by Punch, pushed and scruged their way despite all oppo.
sition, and despite what was worse than opposition—the in
evitable destruction of their costly garments. It was down:
rightludicrous to see thern ; but one above the rest exhibited
the greatest pluck I ever saw in the' gentle sex.' Apparently
she was about 30 years of age, and might be called posi-
tively handsome. She was dressed in the most costly
manner, and had a rich—and as I was informed (for I am
not a good judge of these things)—a very valuable crape
shawl over her shoulders. She had rather the appearance
of a lady going to an opera than one going into a down-
right scrimmage, for into the latter she went, and (to use
a sporting phrase) " boxed her corner" in a style that
showed if she had a few thousands of the same sort to
follow her, that she would have outdone all the fabled
Amazons in the world. I could not ascertain if she was a
fair daughter of the green sister isle, but from the contour of
her face, I should say that more Saxon than Celtic blood
ran swiftly (as it must have done on the occasion) through
her throbbing heart that morning. I had remarked the
elegance of her person and dress, as she leaned on the arm
of a gentleman, in the lobby near the door, and the instant
the key turned in the lock inside, the outside was in a
state of ferment. The gentlemen made a rush, and so did
the ladies, but amongst the latter, the foremost was the
lady alluded to. She jumped from her partner's arm, and
rushed between two fat (one rather elderly) gentlemen,
who, from their obesity and the heat, might be said
truly to be in the melting mood. In the jostle that
naturally followed, some of the exquisite fringe of the
aforesaid shawl happened to entangle on the buttons of
both gentlemen's coats, and a huge wave of human beings
coming suddenly behind, the three persons mentioned were
shoved along with much force, and, at the same time,
separated them from their• positions—the shawl, sticking
to the buttons of each gcntlernan's coat, was pulled off
the ladies shoulders, and literally torn in two between
the gentlemen—the lady did not mind, as on she went sans
shawl, having her fine bonnet also considerably dilapi-
dated, but these were secondary considerations, and
resolutely she went on and gained the front place at the
bar—aye, and kept it during the examination of the bishop,
despite the pressure and almost suffocating heat that pre-
vailed. Several ladies and gentlemen got up on the
window frames and on chairs, but the merciless keeper
ejected them from their perch. This may give some idea
of the anxiety that prevailed. As to the bishop he is a
remarkable man, and even had he been a ploughman (no
disparagement to a ploughman) he would have distin-
guished himself in some way or other. He is a man upon
whom nature has bestowed many gifts, and education
refined and finished what mother nature had so largely
portioned to him. He was treated with great courtesy
and respect, both by the committee and counsel, who
generally addressed him as " your grace," although the
chairman at first informed him that he conld not recognize
him as the "Archbishop of Tuam," but would recognize
him as " Archbishop Mac Hale." The distinction may have
a difference, but his grace was quite satisfied to be called
an Archbishop, but at the same time ho strictly asserted
that he was the bona fide " Archbishop of Team." He
certainly mastered the committee in this respect, for he
compelled them to acknowledge that he is an archbishop
—no matter what the " territorial " designation might be.
From the tone and manner in which he gave his evidence,
all who heard him pronounced him to be a very clever
man. His voice is full, clear, and rather pleasing ; there
is an entire absence of the Connaught brogue—from which
even the best educated people of that part of Ireland are
not free—and so far as that is concerned none would sus•
pect that he came from Mayo. lam told he is a great
linguist, and certainly his manners display the polished
gentleman of the best school. There is a natural air of
ease and politeness about him, and although he neither
shows it off nor conceals it, one cannot help observing it
is of the right stamp. To a phrenologist his head presents
a fine model, and there is a degree of penetration and
sagacity about the eye that cannot be mistaken. He is not
tall but well built, and einbonpoint, altogether the sear
and yellow leaf of time, by a microscopic observer only,
may be traced here and there. He has been, and clearly
is at this moment, a razor-like observer of human motives,
and this was collectable from the replies and explanations
that he gave to the committee and counsel on all sides. I
I have never beheld a witness (and I have seen a good
many) who comes up to the standard of the advice given
by Polonius to his son, except Archbishop Mac Hale. That
advice was, " measure your words before you give them
breath," and yet his replies were given with a promptness
that, to the casual listener, indicated no such observance.
In this he manifested extreme quickness—the soaring of
an eagle mind above the questioner's point—saw all its
bearing in an instantaneous glance—answered promptly,
but in such manner as to defy the ingenuity of any man to
take him by surprise or entrap him into the shadow of
contradiction. Before a question was finished (to him) he
saw all its points and the consequences involved in the
reply, and here his superiority never allowed him to
swerve from the real point-his calm, deliberate, and it
might be said philosophical replies, promptly given were,
when analysed, truly marvellous, taking into account that
he was ignorant of the question up to the time it was
propounded, and therefore not prepared before the instant
to answer. Altogether his evidence was a masterpiece of
diplomacy, and whatever the result of the Mayo election
may be, Mr. Moore will not lose it in consequence of the
evidence of Archbishop Machete. His evidence, in fact,
was more like a " tenant right " speech, and the political
duty of the clergy, than an explanation of the interference
of the Mayo priests at the late election, and in this
regard he completely " bothered " the committee, and his
evidence will be long remembered as a masterpiece of
genius in its way. When he retired he was greeted by all
present, bat he got out of public gaze as soon as possible.

LAKE ONTARIO AND HUDSON RIVER RAILWAY.—A
prospectus has just been issued under the above title
which gives in detail the main features of a new railway
undertaking of great magnitude and promise. The line of
the Lake Ontario and Hudson River Railway, as laid out,
embraces a most important district of tountrv, and will
unite the Eastern end of Lake Ontario with the Hudson
River at the head of the side-water at Albany and Troy,
thus uniting in a direct line the great chain of lakes with
the Atlantic Ocean at New York. The length will be
about 200 miles, and contracts have been entered into
for its construction for £6,000 per mile. The gross
amount of the cost will be atyai; £1,200,000, which will
include £lOO,OOO for rolling stock, and by October next
it is expected that thirty miles of the line will bl
completed. The State of New York has granted the
company about 500,000 acres of land lying adjacent
to the line of route, and it possesses a further right
of obtaining, at a small price, a quantity of mineral
and of about 250,000 acres, pos3essing magnetic
iron ore of a rich quality, and said to contain eighty per
cent. of superior iron. The company, moreover, has been
exempted from direct taxation until 1879, The traffic of
the line, when completed, is estimated at £700,000, at a
cost of about forty-five per cent. of working expenses.
The company have issued 50,000 shares, upon which £2
have been paid, and the directors have powers to raise an
alditional capital by the issue of debenture bonds of
$l,OOO each, equivalent' to £2OB Os. Bd. sterling, to bear
intereq at the rate of seven per cent. These bonds will
amount in the gross to £BOO,OOO, £200,000 of which have
been already taken up by the American shareholders. An
estimate has been made of the value of the timber and
other products of the land in the possession of the com-
pany, n gether with the fee-simple of the land itself, and
the whole hcs been valued at £6,500,000. Among the
directors at New York are merchants of high standing and
reputation, and the enterprise is one that recommends
itself powerfully to the attention of English capitalists.

"If P. and M. go, will you not, sweet love, come to your own
Mini? Do y,tt think I would ask you if I saw clan, er in th house?
No, love, I would not. I will let you in, and no one can sea you. I
wilt make it late—twelve o'clock, if you please, g am so longiug to
see you, my own beloved. Sweet, dear Emile, I sea your sweet
smile, I hear you say you will come to see your Mini—clasp her ;o
you, bosom, and call her y •dir own pet—your wife. Emile will not
refuse me ; I know you will not. .. I need nit w:sh you
a merry Christmas, but I shall wish ,ire may spend the next to-
gether, and then be happy."
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Thu following evidence fur the defence was then proceeded
with :

Robert Baker : I am a grocer at St. Helier's, Jersey. I lived in
Edinburgh at one time, and acted as waiter in the Rainbow Tavern,
and when there I was acqua ntei with Emile L'Angelier. That was
in 1851. He lived at the Rainbow, between six and nine months,
till he went to Dundee. We slept together. L'Angelier was then
in very bad eircumstaaces. He was out of a situation and waiting
till he could get one. He was a quiet sort of a parson. He was
very easily excited. He was at times subject to very low spirits.
I have oaten seen him crying at night-time. He spoke
of suicide a while before he went to Dundee. He said on
more ttran one occasion that he was tired of exist-
ence, and that he wished he was out of the world, I re-
member on one occasion he got out of bed and walked to
the window. I awoke and asked him what he was doing there.
He sale if I had not disturbed him he would have thrown himself
out. The windows of the Rai Lib etv were six stories high, very
nearly the height of the North Bridge. He was in the habit of
getting out of bed at night and w tikteg about the room weeping,
and in a very excited state. We were in the habit of taking walks
together in the morning before business began. Several times we
waked teget. er to Leith Pier.' lie talked to me about suicide when
we were on the pier. He said one morning he had a great mind to
throw himself over t for he was quite tired of his existence. I have
seen him reading newspaper accounts of cases of suicide. 1 have
heard him say on such an occasion, " Alt, there is a person who has
hal the cot:tinge to do what 1 should have done; I wish 1 had the
courage to do the same" Wm. Pringle Laird: lam a nurs ryman
in Dundee. I took him into our employment in D indee in 1852. lie
came to me on the 25th January. He remained with me till the end
of August or the Ist of September. I thought he was a very sober
young man, and very kited and obliging. He was very changeable
and excitable in his disposition. He was sometimes very melancholy,
and other times very lively. When he came to me is January, 1852,
he was very dull; he was not very well and had a kind of cold. He
did not tell me exactly at first, but shortly after he came to me he
told me about a cross of love. I know 01 illiam Pringle. He is my
cousin, and was my apprentice at the time I refer to. I think it was
he who told ins about something M. L'Angelier had done. I spoke to
L'Angelier in consequence. I toll him I was sorry to see him
so melancholy, and tires still more sorry to hear that he had taken up
a knife with which to stab himself. He said very litt:e ; but was very
dull. I did all I could to isootha him. He said he was truly miserable,
and wished he was out of the world, destroy himself, or something to
that effect. He was in a very melancholy state after this. He was
gloomy and moody, and never spoke to any one. aVitli tm Fri tgle : I
was in the service of Mr. Laird, in Daudee, in 1852. I knew L'Ange-
tier, who was there at that time. I lead frequent conversations with
L'Augelier. I remember of seeing a marriage in the tiewspaeer. 1
did not see L'Angelier re id it; nor did I tea him, so far
as I recollect, what I had seen in the newspaper. I
told him I had heard of the marriage in He: nursery. He seeme i to
be very much agitated when I told him about it, and he ran two or
three times behind the counter ;at least onee or twice. He then
took Med cf a counter knife. lie did not point it to his throat,
but held it extended in his hand. I stepped forward to him in
consequence, and he then put it clOwn. I don't remember what
lee said. I don't think he was crying; at least I did not observe it.
He was very changeable in bin temper and seirits, and was particu-
larly melaucholy for some time atter this occurrence. Andrew Wat-
son Srui,h lam an upholsterer in Dundee. I was acquainted with
L'Angelier when he was in Laird's employment in 1852. I had very
good opportunities of observing his disposition and state if mind. 1
thought him a vary excitable sort of character, often in sigh
and oaten very low. Ile mentioned to me of a disappointment in love
he had at that time. He mentioned the lady's name. He told me
that he had been engaged to her for a number of years—that beloved
her very much—and that it had been broken off, and that on these
occasions he felt inclined to destroy himself. He showed ma a ring he
had got from the lady; there was a name on it, and I think it was the
lady's but lam not sure. Generally, when he spoke about destroying
himself, it wise in a very melancholy strain. He once said he once
went to the Dean Bridge at Edinburgh to throw himself over, but I am
not quite sure. Did he say what hindered him from doing it? No.
Was self destruction a very frequent subject of conversation with him?

Yes.—Did you think him serious when he spoke of tiestroyaig himself ?
I thought him serious in his own mind; but still I hal, no serious
apprehension he would do it. William Anderson examined: I was a
nursery and seedsinan in 1852. I was acquainted with F:miie
L'Angelier while he was with Mr. Laird. When women were spoken
of, he boasted of his succors' with ladies, and s oko a great deal about
them.— Do you remember what ho said about them? I remember one
occasion particularly. It was in my own house. One night I had him
to supper, and the conversation turned upon ladies. Ha told me he was
very intimate with two ladies In Dandea at the time; that he telt au
attachment towards them, and that it seemed to him it was returned
He said they were very beautiful girls, and worth a considerable sum.
of money. The Lord Justice-Clerk—Did he mean he was successful
in seducing ladies, or what? No; that ha loved them, and that they
loved him in return. By sir. Young--Was he irritable in his disposi
tion? Occasionally he was. How did lie show it? He would sit on
some occasions quite dull when females ware spoken of. and then he
world suddenly get up in an excited state. William Ogilvie, examined
by Mr. Yo ing—l am assistaut.teller in the Dundee Bank, In 1852 I
was secretary of the Floral and Horticultural Society in Dundee, and
many of the meetings of that society were held in Laird's back shop.
In this way, I became cry intimate with L'Angelier. He was very
v,iriahe in his spirits ; remarkably so. What were his favourite sub-
jects of conversation? Well, it was generally about ladles. Was he
vain of his success with them? Front his conversation he was. The
Lord Justice-Clerk : Vain of what ? He talked of ladies always look-
ing at him in passing along the street. He seemed to have considerable
success in getting acquainted with them. He spoke to m 3 on one
occasion about being in France, and travelling there. He sail that,
in travelling, the horses ware very much knocked up in c _lnsaquance
of the long journ ye, and that be had given the horses arsenic.
I asked him what effect the arsenic had? He said it made them
long winded, and by thin means that' ware enabled to finis'i the jour-
ney. In reply, I asked if he was not afraid of poisoning the harses.
Oh, no, he said, so far from doing that he bad taken it himself. I
told him I should not like to follow his example. Did yon ever see
hap eat anything Ghat yea understood to be deegerons I have

seen him on more than one occasion eat peppy seeds in large quan-
tifies, in handfuls, in fact, white in the shop.—Did yon make any re-
mark at the time? He had been selling aqn intity of poppy seeds
from a drawer, and after the ca-tomer had left the shop, he took out
a handful and eat it. I expressed my serprise, and said I understood
it was poisonous. He said, "So for from that, it was much better
than filberts or nuts." Davi A Hill : I am a market gardener in
Dundee. I was in Mr. Lairl's employment when L'Angeler was
there in 1852. In a conversation shout arsenic, he said he used it
regularly. Edward B. Mackay was then called. The witness said :
lam a merchint in Dublin. I was in the habit of visiting Edin-
burgh on business, and I generally lived ,n the Rainbow Hotel while
there. I got acquainted with a person named L'Ange'ier there.
The opinion I formed of his character and disposition was anything
but a good one. I considered him to be a mean, lying fellow. He
was very boastful.—What kind of boasting 1 Of his personal a Tear-
ante, and of people admiring him, ladies perticalsrly.
—Did he boast of anything else? Yes; his high acquaintances•
and those he had associated with since he become more or less
a man. He boasted of being acquainted with very hith
families when on the continent, and mentioeed several titled people;
but not believing what he was saying at the time, I did not st re up
any of their titles. Ode of the subjects about which he often toasted
WAS ladies admiring him. He spoke about it very much. On one
occasion he came in where I was sitting in the Rainbow, reading the
papers, and he told me that he h id just met a lady In Prince, -street,
who was passing with another lady, and who turned round and re-
marked what pretty feet he had. Alexander Miller corroborated the
other witnesses' statement as to deceased's variable temper. I never
recollect of him speaking abont committing suicide. Do you not
recollect about his saying something about being in his grave? No;
on one occasion he said he wished he was dead. He sai ihe did not
consider there was any harm in a person taking his own life to get
out of the world, when tired of it, and when having lost all happiness
in it. I think this was hls expression. Did yen object to what he
said? Ye;; and said our life was not oir own, and that we had no
right to do with it what W 3 chose. He did not acknowledge, after I
hat said this. that he had abandoned his opinion. What was the
character L'Angelier bore in your office; I don't mean in being up-
lifted or cast down? We had the impression that he was a young
man of very regular habits, generally speaking, and we considered
him to be a worthy young man. Agnes examined by bir-
Yonng--I wasin Mr Smith, the archit:ct's, service as table-maid. Miss
Smith o one occasion said something to me about arsenic. I cans it
remember what brought on the conversation, but I perfectly remem-
ber her saying she believed 'arsenic was used for the complexion, or
that it was good for the complexion—either the one or the other-
James Girdssod : I am a surgeon in Falkirk, and have been in prat
tice there abont 14 years. I have been asked by persons frequently
as to the use of arsenic for the complexion since the article in Cham-
bers. ' Many of ray friends consulted ma on that point. I told them
that it was hig ly injar one, and that they were not to attempt it.
Peter Guthrie : lam the manager of Fr,.ser and Green's apothecary
establishmery, Sauchieball-street. We sell arsenic occasionaly. I
remember, in the beginning of 1856, a lady coming into the shop,
and who produced a number of Blackwood's Magazine, containing an
article on the us of arsenic for improving the complexion, and asked
me if I had seen it. I said I hod. and she then asked me to supply
her with arsenic. I declined do ng so. She still express ,d a strong
desire to hive it, but still declined glen it her. I did not give
it her. She was very anions to have it. Robert Baird: I was ac-
quainted with the late L'Ange ier. It is not less than two years since
I became a Auainted wi,h him, but I am unable to fin a date. I
remember his asking me to introduce him to Mime Smith. He was
v,ry praising about it. I did at length introince him to her. Miss
Smith was no alone when I introduced L'Augelier to her. Her sister
was with her. Solicitor General : D d L'Angelier ever ask yon to go and
call at Rowalyen? No; but he asked me to go to Row, and I under-
stood it was to see Miss Smith. He might have spoken about
calling to see her family, bar I don't recollect. Ha ex?res;ed his
desire frequently to be introduced to her father. I have bean at her
father's house. Charles A lams :I am a physician at Coatbridge, I
keep a druggist's shop there. I was in my shop on Sunday afternoon,
the'22d March last, and I remember a gentleman coming in wanting
someth ng. He asked at first for twenty five drops of lau lanum,
which I gave him. After I gave him that, he wanted a bottle
of sode water. I had none, but gave him a soda powder.
[Shown portrait of L'Angelier.] That has a resemblance to the
person, but I could not say it is the same. It is like the person.
My shop was dark at the time, my shutters bring up; but I
aupposed he had on a dark, sandy brown coloured coat. He had
on a bonnet. (Shows coat and bonnet.) They were like that.
J s. Dickson : I keep a druggist's shop at Bailieston. Baili. ston is on
t road between Coatbridge and Glasgow. I remember of a Sunday
evening about he end of March of a gentleman coming into my shop-
It was about h If-past six when he came in. lie appearel to be un-
well. He was holding his hands over his stomach and bowels, and
complainingeof pain. He wanted laudanum. I gave him from 20 to
25 drops. He said he had come from Coatbridge, and was going to
Glssgow. He had on his head what we call a Glengarry or Ba'moral
bonnet. My shop is on the high road leading through Bailisston. A
person would have to coma 200 yards from the main road to my shop
Dr. Adams was recalled, and, in answer to the Lord Justice-Clerk,
said—The person who came into my shop and got the laudanum did
nst complain of anything. He swallowed the laudanum. I did not
adc him what he wanted it for. Miss Kirk examined—l am a sister
of Dr. Kirk, druggist, Gsllowgate, G asgow. His shop is on the other
aide of the street, and to the west of Abercrombie-place. I remember
a gentleman coming in one Saturday night, and buying some medi-
cine. I don't remember the exact date. I think it was a powder. I
cannot say what ponder it was. I served him. Describe the gentle-
man—l can't well describe him, lie was about thirty years of age,
He was not tall, but rather little. He was neither very thin nor fat-
He was fresh complexioned and rather fair. He wore a moustache.
He had on a Glengarry bonnet, but as for the rest of his dress I
could not tell. (Shown photograph of L'Angelier.) It is as like him
a anything I have ever seen. Witnesses deposed to the wide cireu_
lation of an orticle in Chambers's Journal, Blackwood's Magazine,
&c., in which the use of arsenic as a cosmetic is spoken of. The fol-
lowing letters were then read by the Dean of Faculty:—
Dated ptember 18, 1855.
"Belov d Emile,—l have just received your note. I shall me-t you.
I do not care though I brine rtisgrace on myself You are
young,yet you, wh ought to desire life, wasting to end It. Dear
Fantle, for the sake of your own !ovine Minnie, you should desire to
live. Every one will meet with disappointment, you know."
A letter dated Ott. 19, 1865. In tills letter the prisoner ta,ges the
&Lee 'sect not to be vexed at her parents' dislike to her engagement
with him. If the knew :inning about him, she sae s they would have
as o' j-etion. She adds, that batons long she will acknowledge him
as her husband.

In a letter dated Tuesday, reference is made to a conversation she
had had with the deceased, and tells him chi does not believe she ever
heard any young laly at school, all the time she was there, speak of
the thing he mentioned. She did not think they were so bad.
Dr. Paterson : lam a phys'cian •sa Leith. I have had occasion to
see several cares of suicide by poisoning. The individuals, who were
patients, were in ceffieent positions in life, mostly young women, and
c )nnected with the mills and colour works in the neighbourhood. I
hive reason to know that, in many of these cases, they obtained the
a-senic about the works; in others it was purchased. I was called
in to at tend the patients professionally. I prescribed for them while
they were suffering from the effects of the poison. They all died,
with one exception. Of course I used ali the remedies I could think
of. There were seven cares altogether. In six of these, where death
ensue!, the patients submitted to medical treatment without any
attempt to prevent it. None of them admitted that then had taken
poison. I asked them aIl what they had been eating or drinking, and
what had bean the cause of their illness. I asked them also whether
they had taken arsenic or any poison, but they all denied h aving done
so. They submitted to medical treatment just like any other patient.
In the case of the seventh, which was a recovery, the person rid not
at first admit that she had taken poison, but she ad nitted it after she
had a'most recovered from the secondary effects. He was then aware
she was recovering. In the previous stages of her illness she was
morose and &alien, and would not seeak. arsenic was used to a very
large extent in these mills, particularly at that time. These cases
occurred several years ago. The people about these works had, at
that time, great facilities for taking away arsenic. By the Lord
Advocate: These cases occurred withiti a series of eighteen ems.
The symptoms in each were near'y aim lar. They were the symp-
toms usually cheracteri die of poison. The patients were suddenly
seized with sic% nese and vomiting. The vomiting matter was
generally coloured, according to what had been previously taken.
La same instances the vomiting ceased before death. They were all
suicidal cases. There could not be the least doubt of that. Did
eny of the, patients ask for a medical man to see them ?
I cannot say ; I do not know that they did. Have you
any means of ascertaining the interval which had elapsed
between the thus of their taking arsenic and the illness
coming on ? I have no precise means of ascertaining
that. The time from the seizure to death did not exceed 16 hours.
In one case the patient died within 12 hours. By the Court: In casts
or suicide so deliberately persisted in, of course the first symptom,
cou'd net be precisely ascortaine 1. There is less chance of the people
at there works getting arsenic now. '1 here is less arsenic used in the
works. John Fleming :lam a storekeeper in Todd & Higginbothem's
Glasgow, I have b: en there for the last II years. It is my duty to
take charge of the white chemical substances u-ed in the premises.
Arsenic is one of those substances, which is used in large quantities.
We generally get from three to four cwt. of it at a time from Char:es
Tennant & Co. in its pure white state. It is used by us for the pur-
pose of mixing with other substances in making tallow. We get
the arsenic in barrels, and the barrel is put iota the store
among other things. I would not miss three or four ounces if it were
taken away; more I would miss. Robert 'lowesend-1 am the
manager of the woks of Townsend and Company, chemical manu-
facturers, Glasgow. My brother, whose works they are, deals largely
in arseair. It is locked up during the night, but not during the day,
It stands in cask e like meal in a meal shop. One cask is kept open for
use. We employ from lee to 140. I have no doubt that, if they
planned carefully, they veld take • arsenic away. Janet
Smith—l am a sister of Madeleine Smith. I am 13 years
old. I was living in my father's house, in the last week in
Spring, in Blythswood-senare. I slept in the same room and
bed with Madeleine. I generally went to bed before her. On
Sundays we both went at the same time. In general it
was the same thing every Sunday. I remember Sunday, the 22nd
Ma ch. I and my sister went to bed at the same time that night. I
am qui e sure Of that. It would be slam half-past ten o'clock, or
a lines after it. We went dawn stairs together from the dining room.
I don't ree olect whO was in bad first. We were both undressing at
the same time. W, both gat Into b nearly at the same tme 'We
take ab ut half-an-hoar usu Ily t a undress. We were in no particular
hurry in undressing that night. My sister was in tel with me before
was asleep. She was in her night clothes s usual. I don't know
which of us fell deep first. I don't think it was very long after I

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DUBLIN, TIIESDII Fr.Z47VS::.

There is nothing new respecting this mysterious ease. kral.tes.as
wife still continues ill. Two medical men were In attexlrtxt apexes
her yesterday. She is reported better to-day, althonak aka imams
under a feterish excitement. The prisoner will ba bravirk
Thu,sday, for the purpose of having further evidence proexttr,, ar4E
it is folly expected that, upon all the informations swam sat %at,bas
sworn, he will be committed for trial.

M OTTO GOLDSCRMIDT.--M. Otto GoldschmAt, well is.nwo.osediaas
Continent as a musician of high al,ilities, and equally well iaetsa tor
the English public as the husband of Jenny Lind, has beat etas
to the Rev. Canon Stanley. On Sunday afternoon AL GratUti.aiiita
was present at the cathedral Bayles ;Canterbury), and at its ris sairislast
he played several pieces on the organ, to the great gratlntba:rnir
those who had the opportunity of hearing him —Kendra

THIS SUPPOSED MURDER AT CARDIFF.—The foreign cleric. a 7.1 c-,
as was at first supposed, dead. It Is true that he receive( isms ,nri
s,vere stabs, and was thrown overboard.by Davis, the Antelfes..l7POSETii,
but it appears that the circumstance was oh,erved bT tht cows t 4
another wssel, who fortunately rescued him and put h'ra NirrATr. teet
the dock, when he crawled away to his vessel, and was c,,Emit,
his bad until Saturday afternoon, when he went to the ,:tr.Lfgras-71.4.-ser,.
and gavii information of the outrage to the superintend:sr ortrxiisrera.
CoMsebN LODGING HOUSES.-01 Tae!day morning wet Fitfilzkoild
copies of the reports from medical officers of health on the stcrk..-vcorr
the acts relative to common lodging houses in the metrwst-ism„,_
filets. and also fr m the local Loards of health in the proviikti.f.,&a.-
tricts. These reports c. near unanimously as to the grt.fraincrravi,
ment in the health and habits of the Inmates of these dwcilis.rs > s et*
the acts came into operation. There are thirty-eight trove
districts enumerated in the reports, in which there scat 4am-tie
common lodging houses, or the acts have been so rec Alt patifies
force that no information can to given.

In consequence of cons:derable purchases of land and therars l.sr,.
don of shott leases made In tie three great cemeteries, etc
Paris has now sufficient roam for interments for all classes iv= ;XUS:i
20 years. Pere La-chaise has been nearly doubled in eater!: tif3tiluc
purchase of the plain between Meniimentant. Charva,rws, radrtilitt
f rtifications; Montmartre has been enlarged by 30 acres tt.s,.avit.lise
Batignolles and St. Ouan ; and Montparnasse, to abort a el:sitar
to the east, on the side of the Barriers d 3 Montronge. 7`7e, !low
large cemeteries above named now contain, on ground eta Mar
ever, not fewer than 100,000 tombs.

SUICIDE OF A CuILD.—On Saturday last a girl named raw-mail
Ong'ey, aged eleven years, Jumped Tote the river "Ica- tnmsai
bridge, Maidstone, and was drowned. It seems that she b.sk.T.larai4
some oflence, and her mother was about to be +t her for it, wistathe
ran off towards the river, which is nearly half a mils diitsuMtraa
her parents' house. The mother pursued her, and thmewct
severely punish her. At length the child reached the risert iumt‘
and was seen to jump in immediately. An alarm was givew„ avetax
man named shoobridge endeavoared to save her, but whet Ow isms
got eut it was found that she was quite dead. An inquest mss,
the same day at the Ball Inn, and a verdict of " Drotrusf lazelf
under years of discretion" was returned.
FIRE-P t.091* LADIES' DR ESSE3.—Withia a very shOet '44 -37310
young ladles have been burned to death, owing to their titiZorAirsai
dresses catching fire from a 'natter 'flitch—one in Lon du,..k.wea)ast-
at Colchester. • It ought to be generally known that all ladors 34.tht.
dresses may be made fireproof at a mere nominal cost, try larWA46,
thnu, or the linen or cotton used in making them, in a Calm ad
chloride of zinc. We have seen the very finest cambric se gellaania
held in the dime of a candle, and charred :o dust without fay Usaillt
flame; and we have been informed that Since Clara Wei-girlies
burnt to dean, from her clothes catching fire on the stage, tise suldran
dresses of all the dancers at the best theatres aro made IretriaL taw
m +nufacturers should take the hint.—Medical Times.

EXPENSE OF PAB,LIAMENTARY PHINTING.—This morning lima gaps-
lished a rebarn Of the cast of report and papers preseatn tressiss-
mand cf her M jesty, including paper, printing, and bintag,iindsig
the session of 1553. The amount; authorised by the miens Axes-
meats were as follows : —Home Office, £5,961 15;.; Forelt-ntßraq,
£1,40404. Bd.; Colonial Office, £1,351 95.; Treasury, £3,E63
Board of Trade, £2,374 78. 3d.; Secretary for Ireland, .1:64,1134:3824-,
War Department, £ t,769 19s. 3d.; India Board, £2,019 15r,..10...; atilt
Admiralty, £B6 7s. 6d.; making a total of £24,982 4., 9.8. 'Euratom
is exclusive of omit of the printing ordered by the tbso isqms o
t.arliatnenr, of job-work printing, and of all printed vs Cs ihvalluilt
before pat limed.

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