The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-13 00:00:00

SCOTLAND

WINDSOR STEEPLECHASES.—Fum.vv.
The Hunters' Stakes, of 5 sovs, each, with 20 added; 10st
each. Winners extra. To be ridden by officers. About
three miles. 7 subs.
Mr. Jackson nas. Haphazard, 12st (Mr. Crymes) 1
Capt. Vansittart's Hindoo, 12st 71b (including 71b extra)
(Mr. Thacker) 0
Mr. Davis's The Farmer, 12st 71b (including 71b extra)
(Captain Townley) 0

Betting-7 to 4on Hindoo.
The Farmer and Hindoo refused the first fence, and Hap-
hazard, after repeatedly refusing and bolting, came in alone
amid the derision of the spectators. On returning to scale
an objection was made to the winner on the ground that ho
had been assisted by the " removal" of hurdles. The case
was investigated by the stewards, who decided that Hap-
hazard was entitled to the stakes.

Windsor Town Plato (Handicap) of £5O. About three

miles. 11 subs.

Mr. Martin's Nigger Lass, Bst 71b (Mr. Edwards) 1
Mr. Jones's Chance, lOst 121 b (Donaldson) 2
The followingalso ran:—Too-Late-to-Mend, Flatcatcher,
Half-Caste, and Ratcatcher.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Too-Late-to-Mend, .5 to 2 agst Nig-
ger Lass, 4 to 1 each agst Flatcatcher and Chance.
Won by 15 lengths. The others fell at different periods
of the encounter. _ _

Grand Military Steeple Chase of 10 soya each, h ft, with
100 added. To be ridden by officers ; 12st each. Win-
ners extra. The second to save his stake. About four
miles. 10 subs.
Mr. Briscoe's Abd-el-Kador, 12st 51b (includ. 51b extra)
'(Mr. Boyd) 1
Mr. Ferguson's Milkmaid, 12st 51b (includinT 51b extra)
(Mr. Crymes) 2
Viscount Talon's Young Magnet, 12st 51b (inc. 51b extra)
(Owner) 0

Alai-el-Kader made most of the running, and won by 15
lengths. Young Magnet refused the jump at the back of
the stand the first time round and took no further part in

the race.
A Selling Steeplechase of 5 sows each, with 20 added , 11st,
71b each ; the winner to be sold for SO sows ; allowances
if for less, &c. About three miles. 6 subs.
Mr. J. Welch's Chelmanton (ao), ilst 71b (B. Land, jun.) 1
Mr. Rogers's Sportsman (£6O), list (Mr. Gamage) 2
The following also ran :--Brigliodora, Prince Alfred,
The Giant, and Lilford.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Chelmanton, 3to 1 agst Lilford, 4to
I agst any other.
'Won by ten lengths. All but the first two refused or fell.
Brigliodora dtTgged his rider by the rein halfway across a
field. He was, however, remounted, his rider being unhurt.

The winner was cold to Mr. Hitchin for 84 guineas.
The weather was extremely fine, and the attendance nu-
merous. The sport commences this day (Saturday) at one,
and large fields and superior sport are anticipatod. -

'RES FOR 1859.
L7ARY. •

ROIL
Derby Spring lO
2 Warwick Spring 15
8 Northampton 29
APRIL.

N owmarket Craven . 25

.Ludlow
Bath
Harpenden
Epsom Summer
E.

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EDINBURGH, Nov. 11.
The High Court met again to-day, at 10 o'clock,
to proceed with the trial of William Reid, and ad-
ditional evidence was called for the prosecution.
Mary.Nimmo deposed,—l reside in Linlithgow.
I was intimately acquainted with the late Dr.
Thomas Girdwood. He was in the habit of some-
times writing to me, and of visiting my father and
myself. I expected a visit from him on Saturday,
the 4th of September, but he did not come. I re-
ceived a, letter from him on the Monday morning,
explaining that, having been called away to a dis-
tance, he could not come. I went to Larbert on the
Monday, with another young lady. Dr. Thomas
Girdwood joined us, and I remained. in his company
some time. Interrogated—Did he say anything to
you then about Reid'? (Question objected to, but
allowed.) I asked Dr. Girdwood if he did not
take any drink.. He said, no ; but that William
Reid was anxious for him to take it. He said he
had seen him the day before, but he did not say
where.
Cross-examined—Girdwood seemed in, remark-
ably good spirits on the Monday. It did not seem
as if there was anything on his mind. Shown a
letter written by clirdwood, which was handed to
her in the Fiscal's office in Linlithgow, after his
death. The letter, which was dated 6th of Sep-
tember, was then read, witness having left the box.
It was to this effect :—" My dear Mary—my only
clear, dear Mary.--7-Forgive me what I have done.
Circumstances render my life of no use on this
earth. Pray forget -me. Yet, dearest, in taking
this final farewell, I pray thee to look with some
little indulgence on me. Pray for me, darling—
for one whose faults have been more the result of
circumstances than any real desire. This is a
dreadful welcome to you on your birthday, for I
really and truly love you, with a love that cannot
be uttered," &c.
William Hutton Forrest, surgeon, Stirling, was
examined as to the report made by him along with
Drs. Hamilton and Myrtle on the foetus, and on
the body of the deceased Margaret Taylor. He
stated his belief that the wounds on the womb of
deceased had been inflicted during life, that abor-
tion had ensued from these wounds, and had been
the cause of death. Witness was also cross-ex-
amined at some length as to the details of the re-
port and the conclusions drawn from it.
The prisoner's declaration was then read. It con-
sisted of an emphatic denial of the charges against
him, and a refusal to answer any questions on the
subject.
This concluded the case for the Crown.
Evidence in exculpation was then heard.
Dr. Matthews Duncan, lecturer to the Royal
College of Surgeons—My practice in midwifery is
very extensive. I have seen the report on the
death of Margaret Taylor. Looking to the appear-
ances explained in the report, I do not see sufficient
ground for the conclusions drawn. I find a suffi-
cient explanation of the cause of death without refer-
ring to the wounds at all. The rupture of the left
ovary there described, and the effusion of blood and
the inflammation arising therefrom, are sufficient to
account for death. Anything causing the rupture,
and the consequent effusion and inflammation,
would by sufficient to account for death. Even in
the absence of the ruptured ovary, I should have
been far from accounting for death by the wounds.
They might indirectlyhave been the cause of death.
They might have led to abortion, and to dangerous
consequences, but they did not necessarily do so.
Supposing the wounds to have been made by the
wire of a catheter, they would not necessarily ac-
count for the inflammation ; for, on the contrary,
larger wounds were sometimes made in " explora-
tory" investigations on living subjects. These in-
vestigations might not be made' without risk, but
they were sometimes found necessary. Painful dis-
charge was often a symptom of disease of the ovary.
Rupture might occur at the periods from natural
causes, when the woman was pregnant. The more
morbid the state of the ovary, this would be the more
likely to occur. Taking the symptoms of the pa-
tient, and the statements of the report, I think all
these would be accounted for by the rupture of the
ovary. The effusion and consequent inflammation
would be very likely to bring on miscarriage. I
do not think the stylet of a catheter would have
produced the rupture of the ovary whichis described
in the report. It is not an uncommon circumstance
in my profession for unmarried females who are
pregnant to request that such an operation might
be performed—namely, the puncthring of the mem-
brane of the ovary, with the view to bring on pre-
mature labour. Of course no respectable man would
listen to such a request. It is not a very safe ope-
ration at any time. I think it very improbable that
a person unacquainted with surgery could have in-
flicted the wounds describ!d in the report at the
deceased's period of pregnancy. It• would be very
difficult, under any circumstances, for an unprac-
tised hand to make the wounds on the uterus with-
out injuring any other part, but it might have been
done by one who knew the conditions of a pregnant
woman, and these could not readily be learned from
mere description by any unskilled. person.
In cross-examination witness said—An unpro-
fessional hand might more likely succeed in punc-
turing the ovary at the deceased's period of preg•
nancy than at any other, but any teaching given
him was more likely to confuse than to direct him.
By the Lord Justice Clerk—The rupture of the
ovary may have preceded the cause of abortion, or
it may have been a concomitant of it, or it_may
have been the sole cause of it. It might be ascribed
to the primary cause of abortion ; but to it, and not
to the abortion, I would ascribe the fatal result.
The abortion might, therefore, be, though not pri-
marily, the cause of death.
Dr. H. D. Littlejohn, Surgeon of Police and
Lecturer to the Royal College of Surgeons—
I have seen the report on the body of Mar-
garet Taylor. It does not appear to me that the
conclusions of the report are warranted by
the appearances described in it. The ovary is de-
scribed
as ruptured, but no connexion is traced
between the ru
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iVrenodns
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That organ
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of opinion that it did rupture in
consequence of disease, and that it occasioned death.
I see no evidence in the statements in the report
that deceased died from the effects of violence of
any kind, but the appearances are quite consistent
with death from natural causes, in the ordinary ac-
ceptation of the term. I cannot tell what produced
the rupture. I would infer from the report that
the wounds were inflicted by a skilled hand. It
would require, a knowledge of anatomy of the parts
to reach the proper place. I have little doubt from,
the report that it was a skilled hand that produced
the wounds.
Cross-examined—Exertion of any kind might
produce rupture of a diseased ovary. The exertion
of vomiting might. It is possible that the wounds
may have been made by an unskilled hand. An
intelligent person receiving instructions from a
surgeon might perform the operation at this period,
but would in all probability do it improperly.
Re-examined—At any period the chances would
be greatly against an unskilled person being able
to perform the operation successfully. He might,
no doubt, be able to reach the womb ; but the diffi-
culty would be to do so without injury to the other
parts.
Witnesses were then called to prove that Reid
was at Newlands, some miles distant, on the Sun-
day evening ; that Margaret Taylor had received
an offer of marriage from John Black some weeks
before her death ; and that Reid had been seen
walking along the banks of the Avon on the Sun-
day, about mid-day.
The Lord-Advocate then addressed the jury for
the Crown, and the Dean of Faculty for the pri-
soner.
The Lord Justice Clerk then summed up in a
lengthened address to the jury. He proceeded to
point out that therewere three courses, or rather four,
open to the jury in the way of finding a verdict for
the prosecution. The charge was, in the first place,
murder, and under that charge there was always
the alternative in their hands, as the evidence should
justify, of finding a verdict of murder or of culpable
homicide. Then there was the second charge of
causing or procuring abortion, which they might
find proved, if they did not find that the abortion
was the cause of death ; and the third charge of using
instruments for the purpose of abortion, which they-
might convict upon, even although it should not be
proved that abortion was caused by the means used.
He reviewed the evidence at great length, remark-
ing on the improbability of Margaret Taylor soli-
citing the operation, and directing the jury that it
was not necessary, in order to bring home the charge
to the prisoner, that the act was absolutely commit-
ted by his kind. If lie was either the employer of
Thomas Girdwood, or if he acted in concert with
him, or if he stood by and saw it done, he was guilty
art and part, just as much as if he himself had done
it. It seemed to be doubted whether an unskilled
person could attempt the operation, and probably
the safest conclusion they could conic to there was
that it was not proved that any but a professional
hand could have done it ; but that by no means
ended the case against the prisoner. On the con-
trary, it would be an extraordinary thing to suppose
that, with Girdwood present and ready to perform
the operation, the prisoner should have proceeded
to do it under his direction. The question was, whe-
ther the prisoner employed Girdwood, or was there
ailing and assenting to it for purposes connected
with his own interests. The Lord Justice Clerk then
entered upon consideration of the medical evidence
remarking that the evidence ofthe medical men prc-
sent at the postmortem examination was clear that
the appearances on the womb were wounds inflicted
from without on a living subject, and that whether

FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 9.
The Queen, taking into her Royal consideration that his
Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Knight
of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and, by virtue of the
statutes of the said Order, a constituent member thereof,
has not yet assumed the Stall assigned to the Prince of
Wales in the Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, and
having, as Sovereign of the said Order, the inherent right
of dispensing with all statutes, ordinances, and regulations
in regard to Installation, her Majesty has been pleased, by
Letters Patent under her Royal Sign Manual and the Great
Seal of the Order, bearing date this day, to give and grant
unto his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales,
full power and authority to wear and use the Star, and
also to wear and use the Collar and all other Ornaments be-
longing to the said Most Noble Order, and to sit in the
Stall assigned to the Prince of Wales, in our Royal Chapel
of St. George, at 'Windsor, and to exercise all rights
and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the
said Most Noble Order, in as full and ample manner as if
his Royal Highness had been formally installed, any decree,
rule or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov.ll.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert
Stein as Consul at Port Louis, Mauritius, for his Majesty

the King of Prussia.
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER.
BUCKINGHAM-GATE, Nov. 11.
The names of those who have been nominated by the
Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, to
serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall :
John Tremayne, of Heligan, Esq.
Humphry Willyams' of Carnanton, Esq.
John Francis Bassett, of Tehidy, Esq.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 12.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet Clermont Costobadie
to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
7th Light Dragoons—Major Sir William Russell, Bart.,±o
be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice James Macaul
Hagart, C. 8., who retires ; Captain William Babiugton
to be Major, by purchase, vice Russell, Lieutenant
Charles William Paulet to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Babington.
16th Light Dragoons—The first Christian name of Cornet
Hamar is Morton, and not Moreton, as stated in the
Gazette of the 26th October.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Edward Keate to be Second
Captain, vice B. E. Saunders, deceased.
Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel Henry Servante to be
Colonel, vice Ord, removed as a General Officer ; Brevet-
Colonel Edward Promo 'from the Supernumerary List,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Servante ; Second Captain.
and Brevet-Major Louis John Amachle Armit to be Cap-
tain, vice George Ross, placed on the Seconded List;
Lieutenant Robert Hawthorn to be Second Captain, vice
Brevet-Major Cowell, placed on the Seconded List ;
Lieutenant Gerald Graham to be Second Captain, vice
Armit.
2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Reginald Thoresby Gwyn,
from the 40th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Harvey, ap
pointed to the 25th Foot.
10th Foot—Captain John Byron, from the 31th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Nedham, who exchanges ; Quartermas-
ter Sergeant Nicholas Whitton to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Rudge, promoted ; William Whitla,
Gent., to'be Ensign, without purchase, vice Scott, pro-
moted.
12th Foot—William Lewis Murphy, Gent., to bo Ensign,
without purchase, vice Dudgeon, promoted.
13th Foot—Richard Hare Home, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Turville, promoted.
14th Foot—Henry McLeod Hutchison, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Bryce, promoted. •
15th Foot—Captain Algernon Robinson Sewell to be
Major, without purchase, vice Mansergh, dismissed the
Service by sentence of a General Court Martial ; Lieut
Archibald Butler, from the 93d Foot, to be Captain with-
out purchase, vice Sewell.
17th Foot—Ensign Alexander Finder, from the 63d Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hussey, whose
promotion to the 39th Foot, on 20th September, 1858,
has been cancelled.
21th Foot—Charles William Story, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Church, promoted.
25th Foot—Charles Robert Leslie, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Ramadge, promoted.
27th Foot—Ensign Ormsby Cox, from the 9th Foot, to be
Ensign in succession to Lieutenant Langford, promoted
in the 17th Foot.
29th Foot—James Henry Herbert Croft, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Fursdon, promoted.
30th Foot—Ensign Charles Roger, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Stevenson, promoted.
31th Foot—Captain Charles Nedham, from the 10th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Byron, who exchanges ; Montagu
Hornsby Jones, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Gilley, promoted in the 20th Foot ; James L. N.
Willis, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Home, promoted .in the 18th Foot ; Paymaster Jones
Robert Lloyd Percy, from the Leitrim Militia, to be
Paymaster, vice Roche, appointed to a Depot Battalion.
38th Foot—William Uvedale Miller, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Skey, promoted. The first
• Christian name of Ensign Pringle, appointed, without
purchase, on 10th September, 1858, is Norman.
39th Foot—F. W. Clarkson, Gent., to be' Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Blennerhasset, promoted in the 21st 1
The removal of Ensign 0. J. Bradford from the 17th
Foot on Sept. 17, 1853, is vice Archdall, promoted in the
20th, and not vice Hussey, promoted in 17th. Foot, as
previously stated. The Commission of Lieut. A. F.
Raper, as Adjutant, to bear date Aug. 21, in lieu of Sept.
17, 1853, as previously stated.
40th Foot—R. T. Gwyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase
in succession to Lieut. Buckle, promoted.
41st Foot—Ensign M. T. Quayle to be Lieutenant without
purchase, vice Byam, deceased.
46th Foot—L. W. Herchmer, Gent., to be Ensign,. by pur-
chase, vice Coucher, promoted.
48th Foot—W. Farley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Goddard, promoted.
50th Foot—J. W. Walkem, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Wilson, promoted.
55th Foot—Herbert Richard Hudson, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Dewier, appointed to the 23d
Foot.
61st Foot—Edward Ellis Borten, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Murphy, promoted.
63d Foot—Ensign Alfred Stokes to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Marson, promoted ; Lieutenant George
Watliu Clutterbuck to be Adjutant, vice Marson, pro-
moted.
71st Foot—Lieutenant E. P. W. Browne to be captain, by
purchase, vice Sir Lionel E. Smith, Bart., who retires.
74th Foot—Colour-Sergeant Archibald Whinister to be En-
sign, without purchase, -. ice Richards, promoted in the
sth Foot.
83d Foot—Reginald Kennett Gibb, Gent., to be Ensign,
without puchaso, in succession to Lieutenant Meurant,
promoted.
84th Foot—Arthur Henry Messiter, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Driberg, promoted.
87th Foot—The Christian name of Capt. Fitzgerald is Or-
mond, and not Armond, as stated in the Gazette of 9th
Nov.
90th Foot—Frederick Home Carleton, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, in succession to Lieut. Synge, de-
ceased.
91st Foot—Robert Butt Wesley, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Holloway, promoted.
94th Foot—Ensign Henry Farrer, from the 3d West India
Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Leech, promoted in the
24th Foot ; Percival Richards, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Wheeler, promoted in the Bth
Foot.
3d West India Regiment—Henry Fairer, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Mather, promoted.
Cape Mounted Rifle Regiment—Staff-Surgeon Alex. Geo.
Montgomery to belSurgeon, vice Small, who exchanges.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. "William Guy to be Adju-
tant, vice Gorman, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
St. Helena Regiment—George Vautier Lambe, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Cleather Gordon,
who resigns.
Royal Malta Fencibles—Major Antonio Mattei to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, with local and • temporary rank, vice
Brevet-Cylonel S. Baynes, retired upon half-pay ; Cap-
tain and Brevet-Major Saverio Gatt to be Major, with
local and temporary rank, vice Mattel ; Lieutenant
Guiseppe Sesino to be Captain, with local and temporary
rank, vice Saverio Gatt ; Ensign Philippe Giacomo
Caesar Desain to be Lieutenant, with local and temporary
rank, vice Sesino.