The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-08 00:00:00

were not in the same tone and strain. The Lord
A Ivo at h. et read L'Arigcliet's reply c mplatoing
of the coldness and shortness of the prisoner's notes,
referring to what he had heard about Mr. Minnocb,
refusing to go to the Isle of Wight, and speaking
of their unhappiness at the last preceding interview.
This was written on , the sth March—he says he
will not go to the Isle of Wight, and that if evasions
continue he will get at the truth otherwise. The
next day the prisoner buys her second ounce of ar-
senic. She writes saying she would be happy to
meet him again. The pretences on which she
bought the arsenic were different from the former,
and yet quite false, She wrote from Bridge of Al-
lan, on 10th March, that they would soon be home,
and that she would appoint an interview, when she
would kiss and embrace him; and again on the
13th to the same effi-ct. What had been
done at Bridge of Allan ? She had fixed the
day of her marriage with Minnoch. L'Ange-
lier got leave of absence on the 6th, and
goes to Edinburgh for a week. He repeated
to Mr. Towers that he had been ill after
getting coffee from somebody. The week
over, he was longing for a letter. He returned to
Glasgow on the 17th ; he went to Bridge of Allan
on Thursday, the 19th ; and after that a letter
came, which was sent aft -r him from his lodgings—
that letterwas not recovered, but the envelope was
found in the tourist's b tg belonging to the deceased,
and reached Stirling on the morning of the 20th.
On that day M. L'Angelier wrote to his correspon-
dent that he " should have come to see some one,
but the letter had arrive] too late." The prisoner
then wrote--" Why did you net come," dm, fwith.
many tender expres=ioes. That letter was found
in the pocket of L'Angelier's coat. There was
an appointment for Thursday, the 19th ; on. Wed
nesday, the 18th, she bought her third ounce
of arsenic. L'Angelier got that' letter after nine
o'clock at Stirling on the Sunday morning. The
guard recognisA him as leaving at Coati:Ridge; and
he started with ROSS in perfect health to walk to
Glasgow. He arrived at his lodgings at 8 o'clock,
and his landlady said be was immensely improved
in health. He said a letter bad brought him back,
and his landlady never doubted he was going to
visit the lady. He is seen sauntering along in .
the direction of Blythswood-square about 9.20 ;
it is too soon : he makes a call ; and here we
lose sight of him for two or three hours.
There is no attempt to show that any man saw him
elsewhere than at the place he was going to. Could
it be possible that after coming from Bridge of
Allan he would give up his purpose -Within a few
hundred yards of the house ? He knew the habits
of the family—he knew he must wait till Janet was
asleep. What would he do ? He would go to the
window. Is it possible that she would not be
waiting for him—that she went to sleep that night
and never awoke till the morning 7 Whatever
took place, the jui y could not doubt that L'Angelier
went to the house ; and they would mark that the
prisoner denied it in her declaration. Where did
they see him next ? Doubled. up with agony at his
own door—then the same symptoms as before—
then death. Nobody asked where he had been.
They knew the unfortunate victim, unwilling to
admit even to himself what he suspected, objected
at first that it was too far to go for his own doctor,
but is willing Dr. Stevens should be sent for, if
he is a good doctor. Was it not strange that the
counsel did not ask Mrs. Jenkins whether she
thought it was a case of suicide ? The doctor
asked whether there was anyone he' would like
to see, and he. said Miss Perry ; and it was.
a pity that Miss Perry did- not see him, for more
might then have been known of the case ; but
death suddenly interposed and shrouded the events
of that extraordinary night in a mystery on which
-Ale tongue of the vic im could thenceforth throw
no further light. His lordship next read the letter
by the prisoner from the Bridge of Allan to Mr.
Minnoch, remarking that it was written two days
before her assignation with L'Angelier, and four
days before the note found in his pocket after death.
The composure she manifested on hearing of his
death was consistent with the supposition of her
crime • but what became of her on the morning of
the 2tith, before she was found in the Helensburgh
-teatner, is unknown and unexplained. The learned-
bold then proceeded to remark on the evidence for
the defence, and first on the prisoner's declaration,
which he read. He had not been able to find
either in Chambers or Blackwood that arsenic had
ever been used in water as a cosmetic, those
articles showing that it was taken internally.. In
her declaration, prisoner denied seeing or hearing
L'Angel er on the night of his death. Her sister
Janet, the maid, and the page, all said they did not
hear him come that night. But he had been there
often before without their hearing, and it had been
shown from the construction of the house that be
might have been let in by the front door. As to
the arsenic, she stood in the position of having in
her possession the poison of which her lover died,
without herself giving a consistent account of
it. But it was plausibly said the meeting which
was intended to take place was on Saturday,
and not Sunday. If, however, the letter was
posted after eleven o'clock, the tryst must have
t een for Sunday. As to the supposition of
suicide, he had been unable to see, from first
to last, that it was a case of suicide. The first
question was, whether it was between murder
and suicide. It had been said that L'Angelier was
an habitual eater of arsenic, and had taken an over-
dose. The only evidence in support of that proposi-
tion was that of two persons in Dundee, who bad
heard him speak of taking arsenic in 1853, and the
hypothesis that he could have taken it so as to have
160 grains in his stomach, when examined, could
not be entertained. The supposition that he bad
taken arsenic at Stirling byaccideut was equally un-
tenable. He did not think it possible that this could
be taken as a case of suicide. Much had been said
of L'Angelier's temperament, and his threats
of suicide when in Dundee ; but he did not carry
those th eats into execution ; and when men really
committed suicide, they did not talk about it, or
pretend to make attempts at it in the company of
other people. As to his opinions of suicide ex-
pressed at Glasgow, he (Lord Advocate) asked if it
was probable that, on the Sunday night of hi;
death, betook arsenic without going near Myths-
wood-square, there was the possibility that she
might have seen and told him she would give
him up, after which he cnnmitted suicide.
But if she did see him, what became of the truth
of her declaration ? It might be suggested that he
e
had gone to the house, and, not seeing her came
away in disgust ; but if he had gone, he would
have tried to make her hear, alahough she says
in her declaratiL n she did not hear him. It was
next suggested that the dose was so large that
it must have been suicide, but might it net
have been that, finding the two does she hal
previously given were too small, she made the third
one much larger I Then it was objected that
nether soot nor indigo was found in the stomach of
L'Ang,elier, but the analysis did not direct their
examination to'detect it. Again, the demeabour of
the patient was in no respect that of one who had
committed suicide. In conclusion, the Lord Advn"
cite left the case entirely in the hands of the jury,
convinced that their verdict would be consistent
with their oath. He Lad discharged a painful
public duty, which he would gladly have been
spared. He had done his duty, not straining the
facts beyond the line of truth.
At the suggestion of the Lord Justice-Clerk, the
Dean of Faculty postponed his reply until to-mor-
row morning. The Court they adjourned at 20
minutes past three o'clock,

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

This day an extraordinary meeting of the share•
h&ders of this company was held for the purpose of con'
sldering the bill now before Parliament for making
provisions with respect to capital faudulently created
by Red path, in the Great Northern Railway.
The chair was occupied by Mr. Denison.
The greatest excitement existed in consequence of the
opposition of the preference shareholders to the bill.
A long, and stormy discussion ensued on the motion
of the Chairman that the bill be adopted.
An amendment was moved to the effect that a clause
be introduced in the bill for the purpose of protecting
the preference shareholders in accordance with the
pl,dge made to them by the directors on the 4th of
March.

The CHAIRMAN put the amendment to, the meeting,
and said he thought it was carried by a small majority.
A poll was demanded.

The Lambeth Election Cotumittee commence their
sitting on Friday next.

Another mysterious robbery has taken place on board
the ship Armenia, which lately cleared out of the nevi
Victoria Docks for Mauritius. A. box containing 2,000
sovereigns bad been stolen. The robbery was discovered
whilst the ship was waiting for the mail bags:
Mdlle. Rachel, after passing some days.at Montmo-
rency, has returned to Paris, and taken up her residence
in her hotel in the Rue Trudon.
COST OF PRINTED PAPERS.—The total amount of the
cost of reports and papers, presented by command of her
Majesty during the session of 1856 was 24,982/. This
is exclusive of the cost of thelarge amount of printing
ordered by the two Houses of Parliament, of job-work
printing, and of all printed work not laid before ratlin.
went.

& THE BANKRUPTCY OF C. J. MARE. —A proposition
was made yesterday in the Bankruptcy Court, to pays
composition of 4+. in the pound, if the fiat of bankruptcy
was annulled. Nine-tenths of the creditors assented.,
The matter was left undecided in consequence of Mr
Commissioner Holroyd being absent from town.