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this case ; for the place of a husband was the bedside of
his wife. If opportunity be pressed against the pri-
soner, facts much more strong than exist in this
case should be found. Was it remarkable he was
possessed of the means of killing by being in
possession of these poisons ? Why he was by
profession a doctor. No doubt he was in possession of a
large quantity ; but see how little you can trust to the
evidence of the Crown upon that point ; for witnesses were
in the box to-day who said they sold less than nalf an ounce
at a time, and were in the habit of selling large quantities
of that strong tincture in the course of the year. No doubt,
however, he was in possession of these substances to the
extent shown, and the Crown were entitled to make
use of that fact. But how far is it possible to show he
had -obtained poisons for the purpose of committing murder ?
I can hardly conceive of the prisoner being the poisoner.
It is a perfectly incredible suggestion to say that when ho
was in the course of administering the poison to his wife ho
should have suffered himself if ho had, and taken no notice
of it. I think I shall be able to show that all the articles
of poisoned food in question could not have reached the
lips of Mrs. Taylor or Mrs. Pritchard without passing at
least through other hands than those of the prisoner's,
and it is odd enough that, in regard to each of these throe
articles of poisoned food, the person who administered
or carried away this food was the girl Mary M'Leod.
These are preliminary observations which I think it right.
to make. It will not do, I repeat, to proceed upon conjec-
ture, suspicion, and probabilities.. You can only proceed
upon proof as distinct from conjecture, suspicion, and pro-
bability. It will not do for the Solicitor-General, in con-
ducting this case, to say, "I have established that one of
two persons must have committed this crime, and you
can probably have the finger of a medical man in the com-
mission of this crime." Probability will never establish a
conviction. It will not do for my learned friend to say that
only the prisoner or Mary M'Leod could have committed
the crime, and that it is not likely that a girl of fifteen
could have had the skill to do it. Did you not observe
that he shrank from the onus of proving what he said ho
should at the commencement.

Mr. Clark concluded his address at half-past four, after
which the court rose.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 6.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Princess of Wales, Princess Helena, and
Princess Louise, walked in the grounds yesterday
afternoon.

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards took a drive.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury had
the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal
family.

Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses
Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Bea-
trice, and Prince Leopold, went to Frogmore this

morning.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at-
tended by Major Grey, went to London.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales took
a carriage drive attended by the Countess of Mac-
clesfield.

The Queen held a Council to-day at one o'clock,
at which were present the Earl de Grey and Ripon,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. Sir. G.
Grey, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Mr. Helps, clerk of the Council, was in attend-
ance.

Sir George Grey had an audience of the Queen.

The Earl of Caithness and Lieutenant-General
Sir Henry Bentinck were the Lord and Groom in
Waiting.
The Hon. Emma Lascelles and the Hon. Florence
Seymour have succeeded the Hon. Caroline Caven-
dish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald as Maids of
Honour in Waiting.

Ills • Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale was
staying at Aix-la-Chapelle a few days since. The Duchess
d'Aumale and the Duke de Guise are, at Spa, where they
have remained since their arrival in Belgium from England.
Her royal highness and her son are staying at the Hotel
Bas on the Place Royale, with tho arrangements of which
well-known establishment they are well pleased. His
Royal Highness the Duke de Brabant paid a visit to the
Duchess d'Aumale on Monday, and remained to dinner.
His royal highness left Spa the next morning.

jiis Highness Prince Belosseisky, Mr. Narischkine,
and Mr. Benkendorff have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel
from Paris.

Prince and Princess Alexander Dolgorouky have
[eft the Clarendon Hotel for Paris.

The Duchess of Roxburghe has left the Claren-
don Hotel for Broxmouth Park.

The Earl and Countess of Cardigan entertained
at dinner, on Wednesday last, the Duke of Rutland, the
Countess of Westmorland, Earl and Countess of Strad-
broke, Viscount and Viscountess Curzon, Gen. Sir Fonwick
Williams of tsars, Col. and Mrs. De Horsey, Hon. Henry
Corry, Col. Cathcart, Col. and Lady Emily Kingscote, Mr.
Petre, Capt. De Winton, &c.

The marriage of Miss Augusta Selina Sturt with
Colonel the Hon. St. George Foley took place yesterday
morning, at St. George's Church. The bride and bride-
groom left town in the afternoon for Cliefden, near Maiden-
head, the seat of the Duchess of Sutherland.

Lord and Lady Rendlesham have left town for
Scotland.

Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton received at
dinner last night the Duke and Duchess Vallam-
brosa, the Duko and Duchess San Arpino, the Earl of
Shrewsbury, the Earl of Essex, Viscount Hinchingbroko
Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss Mitford, the Right Hon.
C. Hamilton and Lady Hamilton and Miss Nisbet, Mr. and
Lady Elizabeth St. Aubyn, Hon. Albert Denison, Mr.
Ridley, Mr. and Mrs. Ridley, Sir Roderick Murchison, &c.
Lady Egerton had a small and early party after dinner.
The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait entertained
at dinner, at Fulham Palace, on Wednesday last,
the Archbishop of Canterbury and Miss Longley, his
Grace the Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Beresford, his
Excellency th, Danish Minister (Baron Rosenkrantz),
the Earl and Countess of Leven and Lady A. S. Leslie
Melville, the Bishop of Grahamstown and Mr. Cotterell,
Mr. William Stirling, M.P., and Lady Anna Stirling,
Professor Lightfoot, Mr. and Mrs. John Murray, Mrs.
and Miss Neale, Mrs. Knotsford Fortescue, Miss Spooner,
Rev. W. H. Fremantle, Mr. Hassard, Mrs. Fortescue, &c.