EUROPE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5565, 17 December 1879, Page 2

EUROPE.

The Empress Eugenic arrived in Paris on November 22nd, en route for Spain. She kept strictly private. The Government' sanctioned her being in France through the representations of the English Embassy. The Archduchess Marie Christine, the future Queen of Spain, left Paris for Madrid on November 22nd, an hour before the Empress Eugenic started for that city. The mother of the Empress Eugenic died at Madrid on November 23rd, two hours before her daughter's arrival from Paris. It is understood that Lord Penzance's order, under which the Bey. Mr Machonochie was first condemned, was irregular. One of the Bishop of London's Chaplains' appeared, at St. Albans, Holborn, on November 23rd, with written instructions to perform the service. The Perpetual Curate presented him with a document setting forth the reasons why he could not recognjse Lord Penzance's court. The

Bishop's .Chaplain \Vithdre.w; l and fitr Machonochie proceeded With the service. This raiseh the question^of jurisdiction; , The, Spanish Government aro'seiicling ,10,000; troops, chiefl^Stvjwipy, toVreirif^cce the^aptain Gcneral^d*. rPubftfv; Gftftt *serisj,fobn has been prddliiJM in^aiilbyj theJOiljb&n revolt. 4 kiiy " --.V'- t'<&\ newsp^ty.. ajle^e 4^> "heitHerMhe Government' nor the-, people want war, the bad financial sysfajinjof the Empire enjoining ; , but day strengthens. .. the^crinviction that d greai r ttrupfgle ii impending 1 . , ; "" ' '-"^ Meeting^ haVe been 1 held in several^ places in. England sympathising, with th© jlrish political prisoners^but none of the jmeetings were-of -an". enthusiastic characterj except one held' at Birrfiingham, which was ; attended, by 20,01)0 peVsons. ' Itjsrum'ored at Berlin that the British I jointly With Persia will occupy Heral | next spring; | The -sixth part of the population in i Montenegro are starving. ; The Council of the English ' Umon : hive' I adopted a determined pplicy of reßjstaneeito Lord Perizanca's judgment in" t)ie caie jof the Rev, AlexanHer Matthonochie. ]3e ■has depressed \his ;willingnes3 to ; go|- to' i prison. , His ch^rphwardeiis and corigre--1 gatioii; j\vill , preyenb another' clergyman i officiating in his. place without, authority 1 from him. - r . , . >

"An accident acourred at ;Pewsbury> on the night of the 18th of November, on the occaaionfof Serjeant Simon, addressing his £ constituents in a- skating rink. Two persons were killed; and thirty or 'fo'rty r were injured. ; ' '•■■ • i<

The cotton miH'oWnerS of Oldhafti have resolved, , to discontinue the short time, movement. • ' . ! J ; ;

John' Baldwin Buckstone, the. famous comedian, and for, many years lessee 6f the ■flaymarkei Theatre, 'died. at Syderihara, aged' 77. . ■ :,'

Charles Tphilinsori, of . the suspended 6rm ,-6f Tomiinson.. and. bo., 'Liverpool, pleaded, guilty to two charges of felony — obtaining £10,000 on cotton already hypothecated and forging and negotiating two acceptances of £4000 each. He was sentenced to ten yeara' penal servitude. .At -a Guy Fawkes riot in Exeter the troops were' called out and the Riot Act was read. The soldiers' rifles were loaded, with ball. The police quelled the riot witji the use of clubs, under cover of the military. '...,.' " . ' Lord DSrby has received a hint to withdraw his name from the Carlton Club.. , , • > -..: . :.''..

1 Lady Gooch^ wife of Sir Francis Gooch, well known ■ in : connection with -the attempt to palm off a spurious child on her husband, is dead. ' ' ■ -■''.'■

. Ihe Preston cotton trade continues to improve. The" mills are running, and new machinery is constantly arriving; ! , „.-'•■ „ The spinning mills at Kirkcaldy, j in Scotland, haVe beguii Work on full time, 1 having been operating on the 5 ,, shore iifne system for two 3 ears. : ' ' ;, ' r

The linen -ttrade. has also improved so much that all power loom manufactories are now in -full .motion, which, has not; been the case for three years. The Shrewsbury Cup was won by Rhidorick. Eight horses ran.

The .widow : of Charles Dickens died at her residence, Gloucester-crescent, Regent's Park, after an .illness of eighteen molithis: Winter has , set "in all over .the. northeasterri'part of ! Europe. Snow is deep in Berlin. ,It was wet and snowy in London and throughout the United Kingdom for several- days before the 23rd of November. Snow has driven in the wolves from the forests .of the French department of Marne, and the peasants are organisising midnight hunting parties to protect their flocks. ,-.;: Mr ;,Labouohere, editor of London Truth has been expelled from the Beefsteak Club by a majority of one. The votes were 77 to 76. Mr Labouchere has obtained a writ from the Master of the Rolls enjoining the club not to expel him. Accompanying the writ was a notice of motion to reconsider the vote.

Mr Farwood, ex Mayor of London, has received a letter threatening him with death if he speaks against the Irish at any public meeting.

Advices from Scotland apparently afford ground for belief that the American demand for iron has temporarily slackened. Shipments of iron from Scotland to _ all parts of the world, in the first week of November, were only 110,000 tons, against an average in October of more than 32,000 tons weekly. The revival of trade in England is general, but the revenue deficiency is said to give Mr Gladstone an opportunity for attacting the financial policy of the Government, for which he is preparing a great speech. The Irish agitation has attained alarming proportions. Seventeen warrants are reported to have been issued for seditious language, five clergymen being implicated. The garrisons of Westport, Clare Castle, and other places in Ireland have been strongly reinforced. The constabulary have been under arms day and night. The news of the arrest of the three agitators, Davitfc, Killan, and Daly, caused great excitement in Ireland, and also among the large Irish population of Dundee, who had been addressed by Davitt a day or two before. The English Press, except the Daily News, approve the arrests ; the , Irish Press are divided in opinion. Many Irish landlords are leaving the country through fear of assassination. Three additional regiments are under orders to proceed to Ireland. A new cause of apprehension concerning the military has, however, arisen. A large proportion of the soldiers about \o sent to Ireland are Irishmen, . and hints have been thrown out that if ordered to fire upon their countrymen they will refuse to obey. In the" barracks of these regiments the Home Rule and Nationalist journals of Ireland ; are fre T quently seen, and emissaries from Ireland, have been frequen.t visitor's to the soldiersj /The first number of the Aurora, a daily paper planned and issued by the-Yaticani will appear on the Ist of January nexti It is intended as a more authoritative exponent of .the Pope's views than the existing clerical papers. • Prince Gortchakoff's retirement from the Russian Chancellorship was not unexr pected among diplomatists. It was known that he would resign as soon as the German intriguesagainst him ceased. He is suffering from depression, and there is little hope of his recovery. .

M'Lennan, of murdering his wife; was resumed yesterday morning. Jan^M-'^i^it^d^g(pe > a'y;h*at"??io----'\«'as .the father who was fexamitiefl iti tHe R.M. Court; He was merely brought forward to prove the death of his daughter, j^ho (was aril important witness for the prosecution! -; $ ■•'■ „ F., E. Hamlin deposed to taking the tjepositionsin the RIM! Court, • The dejjositipiiS prtlduce4 were tho^e.of Sllea Anne Bmitli,,to whi'civshe nalide Her mark! ' William Isaac Spencer deposed that he w.as a duly qualified medical practitio.ner r residing in Napier. . During his practice: he had had extensive experience in making post mortem examinations* On March 34th he was SMnnioned to the Masonic Hotel, Nap&rpwKQrS He s was; fold," there a, wdittan very ill ; she had fallen down iflyai Minting, fit: He wad sliowrito a bedr roonip^ind tneife" " iiejf sa^^ p^risonfer and "\ his wife. '■ "-'Mrs l M'Lennah. was in "b.^d.,.-. Prisoner... said-, thatr while, going ' along the "'passage'" "his" wife 'had fallen down. "Witness examined her, Rnd MiM *Wyrka<Ury weak!' prescribed someiS^imulftut medicine" for 1 her. Dr. Caro's '. third prescription . was like witness's/to' ! ascertain 'extent. - "He called SS-Btb- 6 -. -eve_ning_of __the. _same_. day, t \yji§n^ ) she^^had j --rgcoyered "from t the weakness, and gpraplained of Bicknesß — vomiting.^. r Prisoner ascribed the vomiting to pregnaticyfand'she* assented to the opmionnm: .-Prisoner:; .also said.;, she had .'lißart diseasei Witness tried the heart \Vith~Trsteth"6Beop,9",~a.nd";itiWasJiJsopinion that she^h i ad ui fibV' : he&i!b~ diseasei The b,eart abounds- were, all clear and distinct, Inough tKe action; was rather weak |and qiikk« H.ejd.eteeted.Ro. signs, of disease! »Witneas was" n'of cdrtaiii that pregnancy ■was spoken of at this visit — pprhaps-it took next • r m.'6rningc ; -He'gave; her; a second prescription. [Some questions ■were or ithe.purposßof'ascertainin^if. any df^htijiompovinds nientioned in eiTOer"wlt'ness*B of Dr. Oaf d's 'firesdriptio'hs 4night have been' mistaken for the form of 'a_irseiiic" T which /is ..generally used ineditsiiially. The witness replied that there ■were some compounds resembling arsenic, , but not quite-like it, -some> being of a 4. rather brighter color.] In acute poisoning -fejrariSenio the smallest dosb "would be 1 two of that poison. -^Witness saw Mrs M'LennaiDL. again.^ on th^e. , morning of^.the i *25tti, J WLh6n prikbnef said she Wassb* much . better tha"t" witness need not call any fliore. tie did not see liei 'again alive. He I srUoll"^^^ making- 'a* pdst"* morleni ".>&& \ amination of the i Coroner,, at ■ the Napier^ .Cemetery, upon ; ah adult female. The 'ex- ; madein a building used as ; a. t^l-Eouse. (J3r.de Lisle <aasisted,"and ! 'Dr^Ciaro and^soni^ of the 'p'blice w,ere present, and, he believed. the sexton was there l iooi l 'The^bddy ' was : 'considerably ! advanced in and was: Jbev.ond .recognition.;" It was . a, >v6ll-, m.vs v cul^r.typ.dy) ; and had a good j deal of fat.. x Decomposition "was so far! (advanced that the; fat 'was. becoming what! -wastermed adipocerer -On- removingthe ; skull they^rioticed^hat the bones |

of the skull were. npt« firmly united. The i FbYSiiß itaelf 3vas.',practicaliy::decompft^ed, j and reduced; ito <&i mere mass, beyond 1 -recognition of -the different parts. It was . in a^se r mi-£liud state/- <. Oh "opening thei •chfcstvthec lungs „ were shrunken' -against! the back _of the chesfc, very soft under! pressure;^ They "Contained ;; no J tuber-; cles^Oan&ii? there was nb • sign- of! pneumonia (inflammation of the| lungs)i" "nor any signs of pleurisy.! ; TheVr heart -iwas in a\ fair state" of preservation, considering 4he state the other parts of the body; were in. It was contracted, and all the. . cavities were empty. -The valves and membranes were gall healthy. :The ;. muscular tissues of the were in. fair condition, and showed no signs of fatty degeneration. The abdomen .also appeared, healthy. It contained a large amount of fat, which was in the same state as that in the chest. The stomach was empty, and the external coats were healthy. , On putting the blade of 'the Iknife inside, he found a layer of

grumons matter,

The terra grumonV was

applied to 'blood when not dn a liquid T, state. The intestines contained only air, ** and were healthy in appearance. The liver appeared to be about .the ordinary size — was rather softened, the result of recent decomposition. Under the capsule of the liver were a considerable number of minute, whitish; 1 * "chalky- looking

masses, angular, in . shape, and about the size of a pea'! The capsule of the liver healthy. The gall bladder was 'empty,' and apparently healthy. The spleen was too decomposed for him to offer ariy'^ opinion oh it. The kidneys were too decomposed, to say what state they were in. The deceased had never been jpregnant. . He removed the stomach liver, and spleen, and placed them in three seperate jars, which, he closed, sealed, marked 1, 2, and 3, on the spot, and handed

pyer, to -.Constable Byrne., c.He; wrote a

statement of the contents of the jars for £;the constable. ,to; take; td/,the Government analyst. The letter produced w^s the one .. he-gave -the -constable- to-take -with -the jars. Fronv. the, examination of the body he was not able to offer any c . iopinioa -as to the cause ..of: 3;,Np, .; was ,- discovered '. to.-, enable .. himito say ;TChether the person had ;died from natural causes or not. When he

BawMfs M'Lennan he didnot knowshe had

any:fatal complaint on her, but was under - the "impression that she was pregnant. Had ahe been pregnant it would have been sufficient to. account for the. . vomiting, ; 3" fainting,'-* arid functional disturbance 'of 1 ■ih^h'^art.' .Tarioiia' poisons if administered b/^degrye.s.tiir'i the bodily health was affect&dj'might produce some of the signs, — bf^re'grraricy. The examination 'of the body was as cihordugh_as:lits state would. —permit. The- moßt -common cause of ; ,rßudden , death waß apoplexy... „T he heart' was in a'sufficierit state of preservation to i enable him to examineit. thoroughly, and A he ascertained 1 thVt" there was. no fatty de•''generatidn:' 'There 'Va^rio^sign of any other disease in-the heart, and he could seeno" trace; of apoplexy having been the cause of death. . IHe had . seen a .case of acute arsenical poisoning many years ago. From jishia own experience -he could state that '-'the most"? frequent w symptoms'- of • chronic ar6enidal'lpQisoning'%ere redness' of the white of ' thWeye?/* a mild inflammation of the stomach, occasioning pain and vomit-" ing,* and a; loss :I df''ap'pe'tite^'- -was """"!:> usually' a quantity of mucus iin the -vomit, when^the stpniach had no food. The syniptoma'bf 'arsenical poisoning were various. \ "■ "kraenic acted' bri'the- stomach, and in cases ; of chrpnic arsenical poison death would be caused ! by" inflammation of the stomach and weakening "of -,' the. heart. It was' rr.eyen^ sta'ttd' ,'. that' : r it; -would produce "^fatty" degeneration- '.of f the heart. If arsenic-, .were '. found .", in the stomach, none' "in the^.liveri and a trace in the spleen, he .would take it to indicate Y \ that^jnore ,than v one dose, had been administered. He 'thought, that if only one ddse'Ha'd 1 been taken' a trace would have been .found, -in the liver, as. welL as in the. ** stomach^ • The arsenic went' first" into the-stomachV-and then ..went: into general circulation. He ; believed it possible for a _ person to_be.poisoned by arsenic and yet :; /no , t r »pe it,o.b e found in the body.- . * Mr Lascelles was commencing to crossexamine^ Dr . Spencer, when he was o tftl£6n,suddeply ill, and. the cfoss-examina-V tion had to be postponed. * . . : ' The Coiirfc' adjourned at 12.55, and reBurned"at 1.45. • . .

Ab Mr Labcelles was still ill the cross examination of Dr. Spencer was not pro- '' ; .,~ ,

Martha CHst, wife of Eichard Henry !£sQJisfcV.Q.£'\the Pacific Hotel, Havelock, .said she lived at the..Masonic Hotel in March last, j£hs fgaw; jMrs M'Lennan once or twice? She" remembered Mrs M'Lennan — Syin^on^MarcK" Wr 'She "saw "the body haa o^-tYiaif J d.&jr i va: the; bed-room, about 9 ■SfekniW'/^eirmpFning., There were y^soWff bottles tin' the dressing-table on that nTto'rnin^ they* 'appeared- t'6'be-ordinary

medicine botties. She went into , the i sitting-room' afterwards, aud inside a" ?cheffpnier;shcjsa\v"-a" smrtll.-rourid - bottle, • ?like.an ordiu'ar'yLiiiedicihy.phiai;?- lit was; marked "Poison." The label was in! blacK letters on a red ground. The con-: jitents we'r'£ likGf •water*, It was half full, l4 and was . .There was dlao a decanter of wine as well as half a bottle of brandy in the cheffonier. She did not, , remove .iiny of the things,' though she i^ ■picked tip. vie Stn'all. bottjfej looked 'ajfclt, j and put it down again. without opening it. ■ She, did not examine the cheffonier again 4hai|- day, but on the next morning she - looked in, when the bottle with the poison in.it was gone. The wine decanter was ; on the 1 table. On the day of Mrs M'Len- j .nan's /funeral she ;sav£ ;the : prisoner and apok.e to him in the sitting-room", at about 12 o'clock. They spoke about the funeral. He made- "several rerrtark^ regpectirig his wife, saying how ' very much affected ho was, and that he wao pleased he did not go up country as he -had 'intended to do the day bef<as.». that it/ ..was quite by: accident he niissed the train,' and that he ■ ShotUd' never have forgiven ( himself if: he ; had been absent! Witnes4 removed some underclothing from Mrs M'Lenrian's f oora j the day after . the funeral. rPrjsoner came ; toher and asked if- she would remove the

soiled linen froni his wife's boxes. •. She went with him to the bedroom. • Prisoner

'sat oil the bed and commenced to cry. She removed the clothes from the boxes. She took sotne ladies' Underclothing, and some pocket -handkerchiefs. ' There were about deven dozen articles in all — including 2d ihandkerchiefs. They were all white, and very much stained. Prisoner asked if she and her mother would wash

the r clothes, saying life would not like th'eni '■' to ' Ite /"sent ditt. "Witness's mother washed thernV After they were ' washed she .returned thertl to prisoner. The boxes were in the sample room cf the hotel when Sergeants^ Mahon. and O'Mal- ; ley came three week's after the funeral. She believed Detective Grace was also ; present. They searclted the bo'ies through ', in her presence, and: found two, pocket handkerchiefs, which were stained like those she had ; previously taken out, and j =which she must have overlooked ■at the . time she .took the others; - ' : By Mr Carlile : Witness saw the bottle ' labelled "poison", on thembrning of Mrs ,M|LennanV death, . in the cheffonier, ; .about 5 o'clock. ; Besides the label jwith '- the word " poison there ■ Was another ' lable with directions on it. Tliat labelwas.'at r the bottom of the bottle j but witness did not read. the directions. Next; morning the poison bottle was gone. She ! made no enquiry about it, but ; mentioned, having*: seen it to- her sister, Mrs Scott, r about'-a fortnight afterwards. It never; occurred to her to tell anyone about the bottle. -until she heard remarks passed 1 bri the death of ' Mrs M'Lennan., !She~did ; not" remember saying in the R. M., Court . ,that ; there were no~ stains on any of the .'clothes.', She, , did not . remember having' been asked any question about stains on the handkerchiefs, and she. did not. men- 1 tion.it; •■; Witness had been. in ; the. sitting-; room during the time Mrs M'Lennan was: alive ;. but could : not say ; if the .bottle '■ labelled "poison" was there before they came. ; George Prior Doun deposed that; he was a' sheepfarmer residing at Omahu,; He -remembered sleeping at the Masonic' Hotel' on March 26." He slept in No: 21 room. A little before daylight he was aroused by the screams of a person, as if in hysterics. He heard the screams some half-a-dozen' times, 6t ; more. 'When; he' awoke the screams Svere loud, "but gradually went down to a low moan. The screams seemed to be overhead, and appeared to be the voice of a female. ■ t . By Mr Carl ile :. The. screams were jnst like thbse of a woinan in hysterics^ They were loud at first, and gradually went down to a moan. ; •-The Crown Prosecutor put in the depositions of Ellen Anne Smith at the R.M. Court. They were read by the Registrar. Edward Saunders deposed that he was '' boots" at the Masonic Hotel, and was so in March last. He recollected, during the stay of Mr and Mrs M'Lennan at the hotel, hearing a conversation between them, while he was cleaning the windows^ about ten days before she died. He heard Mrs M'Lennan speak rather sharply j saying, "Oh, don't give mo that horrible medicine ; it makes me so sick and:. weak. " Prisoner said, - il Hush, hush, dear, it will do you good in time." He recollocted ,I)r. Caro attending Mrs M'Lennan. The conversation took place, he thought, before Dr. Caro came. He saw her last alive on the 26th March ; he also saw her after she was dead, on the 27th and 28th. On the 27th he went npstairs at half-past 5 to collect the boots. He entered t;he house by the balcony, and had only just taken prisoner's boots when he put his . head out of (he door, and asked witness to run to Dr. Caro, as his wife was dying. He went at once to Dr. Caro's. He ran down, and came back immediately, but did not go back to prisoner's bed-room. . -This witness also spoke to the identity of the body examined at the cemetery. By Mr Carlile : Witness was sure it was a week before Mrs M'Lennan's death that ho heard the conversation. When prisoner spoke to witness on the morning of the death he seemed troubled. There were traces of tears" on his face, and he seemed agitated. Witness recognised her body in the cemetery,- when. disintered, by the features and by the dress. , ' • .James Wilkinson, undertaker, in the employ of Messrs Large and Townly, spoke to the identity of the body. ; Peter- Byrne, constable, deposed to receiving the jars containing certain portions of. the body. He. took them to Wellington the day after, and delivered them to Di"; Hector. ; ■ Margaret McDonald deposed 1 that she resided at Hastings; " She. had known prisoner for about two years'. ! Sh^ firs.t made his" acquaintance in Canterbury, : and saw him in this district some, time, in March, at her own place, at Patangata. He came ; to her house. • She did nojt know him when ho came first. He said he had met witli troubles in Canterbury and had to leave. She said she knew all about it from letters she had received. After this she saw him in Napier, :at the Masonic Hotel. She . went there on purpose to see him. She said she had • come down to get a place for his wife, as He had said that he had : not money enough to keep her long in the Masonic. He said she could, not see his wife, as he 'forind bri his return from Patangata that shewas very ill. He added that he would riot go near her himself as she had had no sleep. "When prisoner came to, her home she told him that she had a friend in Napier to whom she would introduce Mra M'Lennan. -She told him that because he : had said that his wife did not care about being in an hotel. When Bhe- was tolc she could not see Mrs M'Lennan she said .she would call again, as she was no going, home until Monday. She callec again on the Sunday evening,' and saic to liim " I have . brought Mrs Fraser, tc introduce her to Mrs M'Lennan." Hi said he could not let anyone see his wife he had just stopped two doctors fron seeing her. — Prisoner walked up tin street with them. She saw him a Patangata again about the 10th of April He remained at her house for a few days Ele did not say why he came up t Patangata until the morning he lefl 1 when he explained that he came up t pay them a visit and get some ahootin on the river. On the morning he lefl prisoner said ho had a revolver, but sh did not see it. She had seen somethin the night before about a man' with name like M'Lennan being arrested t • Paki Paki. She told him, and he aske

for the paper. She gave it to him, and

Jiereadit. Next morning he got up very ■ early, and asked witness when her daughter was going to Napier. She .said she : could not let her go to Napier till the .) following. Saturday.-. ./He >-. said,,'. he< wanted "*

! to post aonWletters, a3 ho did not want to let anyone linow where he was. Ho then 1 said it was hid name hi' the JJapetj ; - 'She ; asked what for, -and he said ho had been ', giving d eneqtte to £fom 1 c publican in ; : Napier.' He added ihdt* .- fce' ' nad ptirchased a revolver, and that fee ttotfld shoot the first, man who tried to take him. She told him to' go away,- arid he left. , I Before the. prlsorier lefi her liouse he said • j»i he had sent his wife to Dunedin i?o that she should kriow nothing aboiifc his ! troubles, as she was within two months of her conflne'm'entr Me left the next morning, saying, " The poliier&en atre sure to be after me." She saw him at lie? plaee.rt few" days after that. He came into . the house, and she told him at once to go ' awayy as people were saying that there" was more than forgery against him ; that poisoning, was suspeoted; and that they: were goihgf to tftfie' his "Wife up. . He said, ; "You don't meitn it1 ji and asked when she was to be taken up. She said ahe" did not know.. He replied, " How can they . tell by this tirrie whether siio was poisoned or not 1 " She answered, " Surely yoti wouldn't poison your own wife '/ *' " No," he said, " I Ibve'd her too much to:poisot( her." He went away then. ■■■■■• ■ . By Mr Oarlile : Witness came to Napier the' first time abo'iit a week before Mrs M'Lennan died. She would iio't Swear he j did not say witness was not. fit company ! for any. woman. . He did not tell her so. He told Mrs Olist'not to let witness see his wife while he was absent. Prisoner did not leave a gold chain with her on any occasion. Ho did not speak about his wife much. He waa dancing and " flying ' about with the girls " while he was down at Patangata. The Court then adjourned till 10 a.m. to-day.