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

went to bed that I went to sleep. I don't recollect pays at at
present of a necklace to my sister lately. I recollect Irby: ,b6m
so m ire than a year ago. By the Lord Advocate—,l lamr asistut
my sister take cocoa. I never saw her mike it num
She kept a packet of it in her room.. There was a ez.-{ it. Ito
room. We went to bed on the 22nd same time as usual es. Vs:talcs,-
I remember the miming Madeline went away. I don't now wisexUaear
she was in bed. She was away when I awoke. By tire. ?dee. air
Faulty: I slw my sister taking her cocoa in the diaingarsext... rt
don't kn w about her being recommended to take it as s, vreZtilic
for her. There was no one else that I know of in the haze lifirtwriik
it. Madeline used to keep it in her own room, and tate, it.is `,;ket-
dining room. On the Monday morning, after Sunday 2lat„ I. &snit
her in bed in the morning when I awoke at eight o'clock. r gut up
first. Dr. James Laurie, of Glasgow, was next examined, tat sr dad
that he had made experiments with Currie's arsenic by %rattier iris
hands and face with it, and the only perceptible effect Peet aced
was a softness of the skin. He also stated that he wet nett
cons der the use of it in this mann r as dangerens, ant
not hesitate to recommend its use for vermin on tee its.
Dr. M•Ligan, of Fdinbitrgh WAS also examined, and stated: tine
amount of arsenic dissolved in water was so small, that he di stud
think it would harm any body; and also, that the preseneeee se an
matter, such as chocolate and coca°, wouldihave the effect of ixara,
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its poisonous effects. He also said that jaundice, thon,,h semelissesy
observable, was menly a secondary effect of arsenical petit pair r, ram
his cross-examinat'on, he said the ab4orption of the colowisg =st—
y the blood was the cause of the appearance of the eye. 3(c.

Harr, a druggist from Glasgow, stated that the dLstaace frsis
f Allan to Stir:ing was from two to three miles. The distre.ts. Eases
Coatbridge to the G eat Western Roe I was eight mites er rst.
finished the emlpatory evideace ; and the court adjsant&
Tuesday at 10 o'slock, when the jury will be add•esail. by due
counsel.

SEVENTH DAL-TT:IE3DM
By British and Irish Magnetic hlegrapi.

The court resumed at ten o'clock this morning. The Lord
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addressed the jury for the prosecution. He knew of no can ir. Valour
such large indulgence had been granted to the primer. ol:o maw
have obtained delay of the trill if required, bat had net ertgaf. air
this. They had 20t letters of the prisoner's, yet, though t •sztrrao,-
pondence showed that up to the 7th of February the come:quota:mai
of L'Augelie • had not been destroyed, not scrap of those gam-
tody of the prisoner had been found. The Lord Adyoca.c bit mom'
had to bring before my audience the outpoarings of finch a WI! listisar
spirit as that of the miserable girl. The Lord Advocate (El art eser.—
dude his speech until a late hour, and the Lord Chief to
adjourned the court until this morning, as the Dent of PartrApla
defence would occupy a long time.

THE
MURDER OF MR. urn&

A rumour prevailed through town on Sunday that l&s. Ssxtrista,
the wife of the m m charged with the murder of the lave ifs E. ire
h,d taken poison, and teat she died from the effects of it 41. Uttar{
evening. On inquiry, however, it turned oat th tke :rpm_ -.awe
incorrect—at least in so f..r as the statement that she was 4-otf...
polce maintain a strict reserve with respect to the exttteclirczco.-
stances from which the rumour first emanated; but it kpianza.att
she has been for some days extremely ill, and has ben. tts,usfej Ety
two medical gentlemen. On Monday she was so muck Imre elilasz
to b 3 able to sit up in bed, although she still continues 'err tr-esk met
depressed In spirits. It Is stated that she feels much aocasyrk as. x:s
statement which appeared in some of the newspapers, Vast #.l-.1-
assisted at the alleged hiding by her husband of the mow cemTsk-
discovered on the rai!way premises. She declares that, at Its.-Etans
having given him any as,istance, sae refused even to water Ur aims
lest he should be discovered whilst he was engaged, as reptisentstA.,
in disposing of the' money. She also manifests annoyer:as it Iket•
statements which have been made imputing to her an ittlifeneretaers
to her position or to public opinion respecting the step wkiassleings
taken. She seems altogether much affe,:teJ by the paint-al aiTganita
in which she is placed, and frequently exp:esses a desire sat ta-irave
any longer. Duslin Daily Express.