The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-19 00:00:00

WE GLASGOW MURDER CASE.

The trial of Mrs. M'Laehlan for the murder of
Jessie M‘Pherson, on the 4th of July last, corn-
menced cn Wednesday forenoon before the court of
Justiciary at Glasgow, Lord Deas presiding. No
objection was offered, as anticipated, to the relevancy
of the indictment, and the trial proceeded. The
greater part of the day, however, was occupied in
getting over purely formal preliminaries, or ex-
amining witnesses as to details in the case neces-
sary to bring out the proof in a legal manner.
There was no less than sixty articles brought into
court to be referred to in the evidence given at the
trial. The case created great excitement in Glasgow
and large crowds at the door of the court were un-
able to gain admittance.
During the sitting the most important witness
examined was Mr. James Fleming, in whose house
the murder took place, and son of the old nian,
Fleming, who was at first apprehended on suspicion,
of the murder, having been left in the house from
Friday night till Monday morning alone with the
deceased. Witness described the state of the house
a was standing
ater,
when he returned on Monday, after having been ab-
sent since Friday forenoon. He said—" When I got
in
dinner
ead of
thethoe
lobby,
bby , man, f a
thline with the clock.
My son said to me, 'There is no use of sending
thefor head
any-
thing here for dinner, as the servant is run off, and.
i
there is nobody to cook t. My son, alluding to my
father, said the latter had not seen her since Friday
night ; and, be added, he says ' Her room door is
lacked; These were, the words he expressed to me.
I said
That is a curious story.' I felt surprised at
anything of the sort from a woman of such steady
habits. My son further added, She may be lying
dead in the room for aught he knows'—knowing his
absent habits.' Witness then described how the
servant was found, stripped of all clothing
bit of cloth thrown over the upper part of the body,
and lying on the floor of her bedroom off the kit-
chen. As he at once called in the authorities, he
could give no particular account of the appearance
of the body.

INGENUITY IN COMMITTING SUICIDE.—On Tues-
day a convict in Spike Island, named Thomas Morris, so
violent that handcuffs had to be kept on him in his cell,
was found to have committed suicide with great determina-
tion in the following extraordinary manner :—.From the
window of his cell, the sash of
sufficiently low to m
which is Ofiron,ataheriet
o isf a, a
slight slope inwards, coming u
man's mounting upon it, even with handcuffs on, and owing
to the thickness of the wall there is plenty of *Ace on the
slope for a man to rest his body upon. The panes of the
cell window ara alternately of glass and perforated zinc,
and are about six by seven inchsurface, all puttied in
Morris having mounted on the slope,u
taking
his sheetwitb,-
him, forced out one of the perforated zinc panes, and got a
twisted end of the sheet through, and brought it round to
the next zinc pane, passing over the glass, lest, it is sup-
pOSed,;the noise of breaking the glass should create an alarm
Having brought the end of; the sheet in, and tied it with a
most unfailing knot, round two bars of the sash, he tied the
other twisted end round his neck unhappily with an equally
unfailing knot, and then, what appears the most difficult to
have accomplished, handcuffed as he was, he forced his
feet and legs over his hands until his hams came to rest on
his arms. In this posture he must have thrown himself off
the slope of the window, so taking away the slightest pos-
sible chance of struggling against the horrible fate hu
courted with such fatal ingenuity. He was found by the
officers of the prison in this posture, suspended by the neck
from the sash of the window, with his feet scarcely six
inches from the floor of his cell. Morris was undergoing a
sentence of five years' penal servitude passed on him two
years ago, and had undergone a former sentence of penal
servitude under the name of Thomas Ellis.

The Orkney and the Shetland Isles were the
pledge of the dowry of Margaret, daughter of Christian 1.,
who married James 111. of Scotland, in 1469 ; and as the
dowry was never paid, the islands came to us, with Scotland
on the death of Queen Elizabeth. At the same time we had
a Queen from Denmark, the wife of James 1., and the
mother of Charles 1., being the daughter of Frederick 11. of
Denmark. Our present race of sovereigns was also con-
nected with the Danish throne by the marriage of tltewslat;
ter of George 111. with Christian VII. a nen 1‘
bitternessnir of our
this tie of kindred which aggravated
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thus we sy before the pee-
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and MilitarY Bands, in the Great Orchestra, Solo Cornet,
Mr Levy ; Solo Ophecleide, Mr. Hughes. Commence at
Half-past Four. Dioplay of Upper Series of Fountains
and performances on th.e Great FeSHILLI NGstival Organ at intervals.
Admission---ONE .

For full particulars of amusements see first page.
ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
This Evening, Wallace's opera of LUBLINE.
Commence at 8.

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
no Evening, THE YANKEE LEGACY. After which.
TH} RELIEF OF LITCHNOW. To conclude with TUE
ARABS Ole THE DESERT. A Troupe of the Beni-Zoug-
Zo‘-g• Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARK.ET.
This Evening, THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Alter which,
OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. With CELOS Y'CALIA.
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.ence
Comm at 7.

NEW THEATRE••ROYAL, ADELPHI.
This Evening, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.
To be TOUCH OF NATURE. And TRE

Commence at 7.
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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
. sci NRY VII With THE TWO
This E'yeniug„ THE L9ST LETTER. After which, at a
za ril, quarter to 8, Commence at 71.
POLTS.

LYCEUM THEATRE
ROYA4EF O'DAY. Followed by. KILLAR-
This Evening,
NEY. Conclude with THE COLLEEN HAWN SETTLED
Commence at 7.
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A.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
This Evening, MAZEPPA. Brilliant Scenes in the Circle.
coucluding with a Comic Ballet.
Commence at 7.