Glasgow Courier. — 1863-04-09 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE SANDYFORD CASE REVIVED. IT will have been observed, with some disgust we should hope, that in the dearth of matter on which to comment, the odious Sandyford murder case, which last year nearly succeeded in driving the city from its propriety, has been attempted to be revived in the columns of our daily contemporaries. We cannot but think that either excessive poverty of literary pabulum or excessive bad taste could alone account for such a course on the part of those who arrogate to themselves the position of leaders and directors of public opinion. The ostensible excuse for reverting to the threadbare and revolting theme on the part of the newspaper which has the credit of initiating the reviral in question was a pap the medical aspect of the case, contributed to a purely professional organ by a well.known doctor who figured as a witness on the trial before the Circuit Court. If we remember rightly his appearances there were not of a nature to cover him with any special eclat, and, granting that it fell with. in the sphere of his duty to furnish an article of some sort to the said medical journal, he might appropriately enough, we think, have eschewed the Sandy ford murder case. As a reward for not having done so, he has been somewhat roughly handled by the writers in a contemporary conspicuous for its advocacy of the cause of Mrs M'Laehlan, and who, on this occasion, we incline to think, have rather demolished the doctor. But whatever excuse there might have been for the publication at this date in a medical magazine of anything involved in the by.gone tragedy, we can see none whatever for its re-introduction at present in the leading articles of our daily newspapers. It is well known that in a week or two hence the subject is to be brought before Parliament by one of our. Scotch members, and there seems to us something at once undignified and indecent in thus prematurely Pushing before the public opinions on either one side or the other. That the forthcoming ventilation of the matter in the House of Commons will result in a complete solution of the horrible mystery which has hitherto baffled the bcat-directed efforts to lay it bare, is more than we can believe as yet. That some fresh light will be thrown upon the course taken by the Government in commuting the sentence awarded by Lord Dees, is most likely; and comment ensuing thereupon would not only have been legitimate but absolutely looked for on the part of the press. This anticipation of the matter, however, we repeat, seems to us unjustifiable in any way in which it can be viewed. Certainly it was not called for on the score of anything fresh or startling having come to light, and which would have warranted a return to the vexed question, of which all of us surely had more than enough at the time. The medical evidence of which we have been favoured with a repetition is virtually a repetition and nothing more. As for the alleged ''confession" of Mrs ta'Lachlan, which the paper publishing it is  7"'"'!'`,`  ; 4Or,v ,  In consequence of the Dissolution t. (Mr George Wood having retired from the _ whole STOCK is being offered at a Reduction 15 to 20 per cent, below the usual Prices. Among the Instruments will be found a large number of