The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMA RKET HOUGHTON MEETING. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NH IGT. B EEEU NTER AND CLINCHER. —A great deal of money was laid out at evens on this match not p. p.; 6to 5 offered on Clincher, p. p. NURSERY STAKES. 9 to 4 agst Bastinado 9 to 1 sgst The Monk 6to 1 agst French Susy 9to 1 agst Countess 8 to 1 agst Cariboo 10 to 1 agst Harum Scarum $ to 1 agst Little Jack THURSDA 'S RACES. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk. 'I he Royal Family took walking and pony exe.cise in the grounds around the Castle. Lord and Lady J,hn Russell, and the lion. Ralph and Lady Mary Abercromby, left the Castle this morning. Her Majesty the Queen sat for her bust to Mrs. Thorneycroft to-day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, left Frogmore House at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, for her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. In the afternoon her Royal Highness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and afterwards returned to Frogmore House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, yesterday. The Earl of Carlisle left town yesterday for his seat, Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Match, 100, h ft. T. Y. C. Captain Harvey's Strongbow, 7st 121 b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Osbaldiston's Joe o'Sot, Bat 71b (F. Butler) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Strongbow. Won by a length. Run in 1 Min. 15 secs. sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two year olds, 7st, and three, Bst 121 b; fillies allowed 21b; the winner to be sold for 80 soya., if demanded, &e. T. Y. C. Mr. Magennis's The Secret , 2 y rs (Rodney) 1 Col. Peel's cby Gladiator , out o f Malibran(G. rown) 2 B Mr. Shelley's Sylvia , 3 yrs: (F. Butler) 3 Mr. Bateman's La Voleuse , 3 y rs ......... (Longstafl) 0 Lord H. Lennox's First Chance, 3 yrs (Flatman) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 2 yrs (G. Oates) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Malibran filly, 2to 1 agst La Voleuse, 4 to 1 agst the Secret. La Voleuse made running to the cords, where the Secret went from the rear to the front, took the lead half way up, and won won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 13 sec. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft for two year olds, colts B.t 71b, fillies Bst 41b. Ab. M. (7 Subs.) Mr. H. Hill's Pitsford walked over Mr. Gregory's Damask saved his stake Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old ist 41b; four Bst 81b, five and upwards Bst 111 b, mares and geldings allowed 31b, the winner to be sold for 250 sovs., if demanded, &c. A. F. Mr. Barker's Antagonist, 5 yrs (W. Abdale) 1 Mr. Drinkald'e Dulcet, aged (Rogers) 2 Col. Peel's Vasa, 3 yrs (carried 31b. over) (Flatman) 3 Lord Exeter's Grace, 3 yrs (E. Sharp) 4 Lord Clifden's fby Vulcan, 3 yrs Betting—Even on Vasa, 5 to 2 agst Antagonist, and 4to 1 agst Dulcet. Grace, followed by the Vulcan filly, cut out the work at a good pace to the bushes, where it was taken up by Antagonist, who, after a good race up the cords with Dulcet, won by a neck, Vasa a bad third. Run in 2 min. 25 sec. The Glasgow Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 711). Last three-quarters of R.M. Mr. Bowes's Bro. to Ep irote (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Greville's Cariboo (Flatman) 2 Lord Exeter's Ghio (Robinson) 3 The betting began at 5 to 2 on Brother to Epirote, and left off at evens between him at Cariboo. The running was made by Ceriboo into the bottom, where he was joined by Brother to Epirote, the latter, after a close slow run race., winning by a neck. Run in 1 min. 23 sec. Handcap Sweepstakes of 13 sovs. each, 10 ft, for twoyrs olds; D.M. Col. Anson's fby Jereed, out of Muff, Bst... (Pearl) 1 Mr. Greville's Eitafette, Set 21b (Flatman) 2 Lord Clifden's Rabelais, 7al 71b (G. Gooch) 3 Mr. Newton's Falcon, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 4 Lord Chesterfield's Satire, 7st 111bs .(J. Sharp) 5 Mr. Crawfurd's Earl of Strathmore, 7st 121 b 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Falcon, sto 2 agst Satire, 4to 1 against the Muff filly. The Muff filly made all the play, and won by half a length, Rabelais a bad third. Run in 1 rain 45 sec. Match, 200, 50 ft. T. Y. C. Lord H. Lennox's Bet h uter, Bst 71b (Flatman) 0 Lord Airlie's Clincher, Bst (Marlow) 0 5 and 6 to 4on Clincher. ale of th;, mos. interesting and heaviest Inning races known for many years ended in a dead heat. Sweepse , kee of 10 sovs. each, for two yr olds, colts Bst 71h, fillies Bst 4!ti, the winner to be sold for 40 sovs. Lsst half 01 Ab. M. Mr. Ford's Eunuch Nleiklam's Emma Lord Chesterfield's t by Gladiator out of Dilbar 3 Mr. Williamson's Pamela (Longstaff) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Eunuch, and 7to 4 agst Dilbar filly. Won by a neck, a length between second and third. The winner was claimed. Subscription Handicap Plate of 501., for three yrs old and upwards. D.I. Mr. Pedley's Cockermouth, 4 yrs, 83t llb (A. Day) 1 Col. Anson's Backbiter, 4 yrs, Bst (Flatman) 2 Capt. Lowt her's Watchdog, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Dockeray) 3 Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman, 4 yrs, Bst 6'b (Simpson) 4 Duke of Bedford's Quasimodo, 3 yrs, 7st 710 (Pettit) 0 Lord Chesterfield's cby Harkaway, 3 yrs, ist 71b ... 0 Mr. Wigram's Keraun, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Chapple) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Sauter-la-Coupe, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Sauter-la-Coupe, 4to 1 agst Backbiter, and 5 to 1 avt Watchdog. Watchdog and Backbiter made nearly all the running from the start until within a distance of home; the remainder was en ' tirely between Backbiter and Cockermouth, the latter winning by a neck; two lengths between Backbiter and Watchdog, and the same between the latter and Fugle man. Run in 3 min. 58 sec. Match, 200, h It, A.F.—Lord Exeter's Grace, Bst 31b, received 60 sovs. ft from Lord Strathmore's Eva, Bst 71b. Match, 200, h ft, first half of Ab. M.—Mr. Payne's Sergius, Est 71b, received forfeit from Sir J. Hawley's Sponge. Bst 111 b. The racing this afternoon derived extraordinary in terest from the match between Beehunter and Clincher, notwithstanding an impression prevailed almost unti the numbers were made up, that from the enormous amount at stake—said to be 20,0001.—it would not be run. However, it did come off, and, after one of the most exciting struggles ever witnessed, terminated in a dead head. The race for the Glasgow Stakes was re-, mo.rkablo for the fluctuations in the betting, arising from a report that Brother to Epirote was " of." It was a very near thing. Pitsford having been walked over for the 50 sovs. Stakes, the other events, although they pro duced excellent sport, did not excite much interest. Two cases came before the Stewards to-day ; the first arose out of the mistake in putting up the winner's number, Sir S. Spry having claimed the stake on the ground that the decision having been given could not be recalled. The Stewards decided that the Judge was justified in correcting the mistake. The other case was of considerable importance, the Handicap Plate, fur which Mounseer came in first on Wednesday, having been claimed by the owner of Sir Gilbert on the ground that he bad been tried with Wanota, and with out the trial being entered in the book. It was alleged by the Mounseer party that the horse had not " gal lopped " with Wanota, the latter being in his clothes, and that they did not earry any specified weight, or Jun any specified distance. This case came on after the races, when, on Lord Clifden declaring that the riders had not been weighed, that the horses had only gallopped across the fist, the objection was with drawn. • • • '''''' HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER• (From the Court Circular.) The Queen Dowager p9ssed a restless night on Wednesday. Her Majesty rallied slightly yesterday afternoon. THE QUEENS VISIT TO THE CITY. The committee sat during the day at the Guildha Mr. John Wood in the chair. They were occupied in issuing cards of invitation, and in making arrange ments for the supply of refreshments. Woo'mica, OCT. 25.—The steam-tug arrived at Woolwich yesterday afternoon, having brought round the first and second royal barges and a six-oared gig, belonging to the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, with the whole of the crew of the latter vessel, whose services will be required on the occasion of her Ma jesty proceeding to open the Coal Exchange on Tues day next. Commodore Henry Eden attended at the Admi ralty at an early hour yesterday, and subsequently met the Lord Mayor and City authorities to complete the arrangements necessary to be made afloat for the royal visit. Mr. Lang, master-shipwright at this dockyard, has received instructions to prepare a platform to be used on the embarkation of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. The platform is now making, and the timbers are to be joined together in the strongest manner with Jeffery's marine glue. Mr. Bellamy, master-attendant at this yard, with Mr. Pease, assistant to the master-shipwright, met the City authorities yesterday, to confer as to the arrangements to be made on the river below bridges. The Monkey steam -vessel, Master- Commander Bryant, was consequently ordered to get her steam up to-day to tow a barge and a brow or bridge from Mr. Roff's wharf, who has offered the use of them for the occasion, and the Monkey towed them to-day to a station opposite the Custom-house. A quantity of chains have also been taken up the river to moor the various craft in their proper places. Mr. Mare's steam-yacht wss brought down to Woolwich yesterday and turned over to the charge of Mr. S. B. Cook, Master• Commander of the Black Eagle; and Master-Commander Petley, of the Light ning steam-vessel, is now ordered to attend at Lon don-bridge in that vessel. The Lightning, the Monkey, the Jasper, the Echo, the Advice, and all the other vessels to be employed on the occasion, are ordered to proceed to their respective stations near London-bridge on Monday afternoon, that no delay or inconvenience in taking up their positions may occur on Tuesday, the 30th. Total TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Haviug in remembrance the fearful accident that occurred some few years ago at Great Yarmouth from a similar cause, I beg to suggest that on the occasion of the Queen's visit to the City by water on Tuesday next, some precaution should be taken to prevent any sudden great rush of people from one side of the Hungerford Suspension-bridge to the other, either by placing a tem porary barrier along the centre of the footway or otherwise.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Oct. 25. M. INST. C.E. PARISH Or ST. MARY-LE-STRAND.—Last evening the parishioners of St. Mary-le-Strand assembled in public vestry for the purpose of auditing the parish ac counts for the last year, and of nominating a gentleman to the office of vestry-clerk in the room of Mr. Drewett, resigned; Mr. Churchwarden Ralph in the chair. On the motion for passing the accounts, Mr. Painter, a guardian, stated he had not examined them, and could not therefore consent to sign them. Mr. Hughes sug gested that the whole of the iteths should be read over. Mr. Limbird, an auditor, observed that that proceeding would occupy at least en hour and a half. He moved therefore that the accounts should be postponed until the matters connected with the nomination should be con cluded. Mr. Dormer seconded this resolution. Mr. Hughes moved, as an amendment, that upon all future occasions when the parochial accounts were to come be fore the vestry they should be open to the ratepayers at least seven days before their passing. Mr. Limbird stated that the books were at all times open to the lowest assessed ratepayer in the parish. After a lengthened discussion the accounts, as presented by the auditors, were agreed to. Mr. Score having withdrawn from the contest, the other three candidates, Mr. Murrough, Mr. Isaacsou ' and Mr. Young, were then duly proposed and seconded, and on a show of hands the election was de clared to have fallen on Mr. Murrough. A poll was de manded on behalf of the other candidates, the election to commence at ten o'clock to morrow (this day), and to close at four. Mr. Murreugh afterwards addressed the vestry, and it then broke up. The contest is expected to be a very severe one. ASYLUM FOR IDlOTS.—Yesterday afternoon a ge neral meeting of the supporters of this institution was held at the London Tavern, Alderman Sir George Car roll in the chair. The report of the directors for 1849 gave a very favourable review of the progress of the institution. Drs. Conolly and Little had given their gratuitous services as physicians, and the service of Drs. Forbes and Sutherland and Sir J. Clark were mentioned in warm terms. Tho patients in the institution were divided into two classes—those elected and those who were paid for. The charges were varied from 25 to 50 and 100 guineas per annum, according to circumstances, but the paid patients were all upon equal footing—had first-class lodging, the best diet, and every branch of education, however expensive, was open to them all. A marked improvement had taken place in the condition of many of these helpless beings. The present pre mises did not afford sufficient accommodation, and it was necessary that another house should be provided, as there were several paid patients waiting for admission, in addition to those to be elected that day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had recently honoured the asy lum by their presence, and expressed great satisfaction at the arrangements adopted. Correspondents from the most distant countries have been invited to witness the operation of the charity. The meeting then proceeded to the election of 12 candidates from a list of 159. The names of the successful candidates were declared at the close of the poll, and the meeting separated, after a vote of thanks to the chairman. MANNING'S POETRY. —During the incarceration of Manning in goal he had written several pieces of poetry, which he has from time to time banded over to Mr. Binns, his solicitor. Yesterday an eminent publisher, who is about to publish Manning's memoirs, offered a sum of money for them to insert in his publication, and it is likely that the poetry in question will be disposed of to some advantage. One of the pieces is entitled " The Prison Bell," in which Manning has displayed some talent. Should the Crown refuse to give up the pro perty found on Mrs. Manning for their joint defence, the solicitor will dispose of the poetry. While in Horse monger-lane gsol Manning made some excellent draw ings, and it is understood that Robert Cruikshank is in treaty for them. In fact the whole of Manning's time has been occupied in writing and drawing. He seemed so confident of his success when he left Horsemonger lane gaol, that he told Mr. Kean, the Governor, that as soon as he was discharged from custody he should go to the West Indies, but he should call upon him before he started to thank him for his kindness. LANDING PASSENGERS FROM STEAMBOATS.—Yes terday Captain Milne, master of the Royal Adelaide, steamer, was fined 10s. and costs, at the Police-court, for landing his passengers over the paddlebox, and without a sufficient gangway.—Liverpool Courier. DEATH OF ARCHDEACON ONSLOW.—We deeply regret to state that it is our melancholy duty to announce the decease of.the Venerable Archdeacon Onslow, which occurred yesterday (Tuesday), at his residence, the Court House, Newent, Gloucestershire, after a painful illness of many years' duration. The venerable gentleman was in the 74th year of his age. Ho was a son of the Very Rev. Arthur Onslow, D.D., formerly Dean of Worcester, and brother of the lady of the Rev. Canon Ingram. His death will be deeply deplored as well by the clergy of the archdeaconry of Worcester as by a very extensive circle of friends, to whom his amiable disposition and uniform courtesy and urbanity had greatly and de servedly endeared him.— Wercesterfournal. ALARMING EXPLOSION.—Between one and two o'clock this morning, the neighbourhood of Old Barge House, near Blackfriars'-bridge, was greatly alarmed by a loud explosion on the premises of Messrs. Davey and Pegg, coal-merchants. The brigade and West of England engines and firemen were promptly at the spot, when the cause of alarm was found to have originated in the coke stores. The roof of the building was com pletely blown off, and further danger was anticipated, but through the adjoining ia p hroug u hth the ready property affordedty sustained by l i t t h t le damage. arra g. firemen and py three . o'clock further damage had ceased. has issued a list of Tun BEST FIRE -ESCAP E. —The from fire. We will give Kent Fire-office instructions to assist persons to escape I would hereafter render all oth o ne,e r which, if followed out, is, let buildings be so constructed that they and that shown,te will th not take positively b fire. As we have again and again majorityuil built to of our ordinary dwelling-houses are b um The loss which the community annually y sustains through want of foresight in this respect is enormous, and the amount of grief, trouble, and privation which follow can scarcely bo estimated. Prevention is better than cure,—Builder. BETTING ON THE NURSERY. 3 to 1 agst Bastinado 9 to 1 agst Regina. 6 to 1 agst The Monk. 8 to 1 agst Ghio (t). 9 to 2 agst Sister to Pillage DERBY.—No change. NEW MARKET THURSDAY. BETTING AT NIGHT. THE NURSERY STAKES. 3to 1 agst 13aatinado 18 to 1 agst Ghio 4to 1 agst Sister to Pillage 10 to 1 apt Regina—t 5 to 1 agst The Monk I 10 to 1 agst Hamm Scarum 7to 1 agst French Susy Ilsto 1 agst Shamrock 'THE DERBY. lS to 1 agst Sweetheart I2oto 1 agst Mildew 18 to 1 26st Clincher I 20 to 1 agst Italian ENTRIES FUR FRIDAY. 501. Plate for three yrs old and upwards. A.F.— Dulcet, aged—Patriot, aged—Ziska, 5 yrs—Amazement, aged—Radulphus, 6 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C.—Crucible (to he sold for 1501.), 3 yrs— Rose Pompon (100/.), 2 yrs—St. George (1001.), 2 yrs —Secret (501.), 2 yrs—General beidlitz (501.) 2 yrs— Sidney, (t 001), 3 yrs—The Probe (1001.), 3 yrs—Rear guard (1001.), 3 yrs—The Wren (1001.), 2 yrs. Sweepstakes for three yrs old. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 601.—The Probe, Tiresome, Bryce, Snailafoot, ch g by Epirus, dam by D'Egville. Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old; first half of Ab. M.—Ploughboy, 3 yrs, fby Jereed,.out of Muff,l yrs —Farthingale, 3 yrs—Young Bamboo, 2 yrs—Sea man, 2 yrs—Baron Hill, 2 yrs—Rose Pompon, 2 yrs —Falcon, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes for three yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. Bishop of Romford's Cob, aged—The Moor, 4 yrs—St. Ann, 4 yrs—St. Rosalia, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes for three yrs old; first half Ab. M.— Bryoe Snails foot (to be sold for 601)--ch g by Epirus dam by D'Egville (601)—Mirror (401), —Plebeia (401) Penthesilea (801) —Irish Jig (601)—Rochester (401). handicap for three yrs old and upwards; T.Y.C.— Honeycomb, Bst 101b—Pettinger, 5 yrs, Bst—Sultana, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Bishop of Romford's Cob, Bst 71b — Dolly Varden, 3 yrs, 7st 131b—Over-fork-over, Est 101 b —Ribaldry, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Ferule, 3 yrs, ist 81b. Four paid. Handicap for three yrs old and upwards; D.M.—Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Amazement, aged, 7st 121 b Champion, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Vanguard, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b - 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Tiresome, 3 yrs, Est 111 b. Acceptances for the Audley End Stakes—Flatcatcher, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Gardenia, 4 yrs, Bst llb—Beauclerc, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Kissaway, 3 yrs, 7st. Four declared forfeit. Matches—Le Beau receives from St. Sophia, and Watchdog from CRolipus. - LONDON class AND NORTH-WRSTERN RAILWAY.--Third passengers by the London and North-Western will be glad to learn t hat con sid erable improvements are to be carried out at y h station on this line,where all the Parliamentary train se to to stop an hour and a half. The accommodation is the resent and refresh ment rooms provided, in lieu of ? t re!ient public-house. WEST FLANDERS RAILWAY. expected that tho profits of working this line durina dend of This that more will amount to about 2,000/., and allow :ftthalf-year Is. 6d. per share, although it is not expected than Is. or Is. 3d. per share will be divided. is probable result has he -n brought about by the exercise of the strictest economy in every department. otherwise it there would have been a loss instead of a profit. SOUTH EASTERN RAIL WAY. ' — company have just r“ooved from their old offices to a new and more commodious suite recently erected, in connexion with their Nurth Kent Railway terminus, cn the right hand ads of the London-bridge station. Tho Brighton Rail way Company have taken the offices vacated by the South-Eastern, who are about to build some large goods warehouses at their Bricklayers' Arms' station, in the Old Kent-road. LEICESTER TRADE.—The demand continues steady and good for all kinds of hosiery, gloves, and fancy articles. Wools and yarns remain without alteration; tton and thrend are higher, and further advacces are anticipated. —Leicester Mercury. THE SUN LONbON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1849 sovereigns and a ticket for 501. more in notes. It is the habit of persons changing notes to put their names on the back of notes. The indorsement on the note is G. F. Manning, 7, New Weston-street, Ber men d seyl Mr. Adams, another clerk in the Bank of England, said he gave in exchange of the ticket five 101. notes, numbered frons 700,372 to 700,377. John Ashford proved that the signature to the transfer was not in the handwriting of O'Connor. Barnes, police-constable, said it occupied him to go from Minver - place to 'Connor's lodging walking forty-two minutes, in an omnibus thirty- five minutes, and in a cab twenty-five minutes. David King, an officer in the London Docks,"ex arnined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, said—l received the letter produced by the post on Friday, the 10th of August, and I sent it to O'Connor's lodgings. I. Lacking, messenger in the London Docks, said —By the direction of the last witness he took the letter to the deceased's lodgings in Greenwood-street. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—This, my Lords, is the case for the prosecution. Mr. Sergeant Wielefszs then rose to address the jury on the part of the male prisoner. He said he was there as the advocate of Manning, and therefore no doubt they would watch with great jealousy any observa tions that he might urge on his behalf. He did not complain of that ; a man who stood up in any case as a mere advocate ought to be watched ; but, at the [ same time, he need not remind them that it was their duty to weigh well all that he should say, and to give to it that attention which it deserved. More than that he should not ask. When he said he was the advocate for the male prisoner Manning, they would at once perceive that he stood in a position unequalled in the history .of criminal trials. His difficulties were immense. To argue against foregone conclusions placed difficulties l in the way of an advocate which he found it arduous to encounter. What was the nature of the case with which he had to deal ? In the first place, he bad to answer the first counsel in the land, and in the next he had to conduct a defence which, at first sight, ap peared odious. He was to be followed—strange as it w ould appear—by another defending counsel, whose duty it would be to neutralize, as far as in him laid, all his (Mr. Wilkins) arguments, and to seek to destroy the man whom he would endeavour to save. Whatever might be the case, however, of the counsel for the female prisone r, he should not quarrel with them. Though the posi tion they would take with regard to his client placed him in a painful situation, he was ready to award to every man that meed of approbation which was due to him for the faithful discharge of his duty. But his difficulty did not end there. How did it happen, in the age in which they lived—when they boasted of their liberties and of the security of those liberties — how did it happen that in a case of this kind the coun sel for the Crown, and even the Learned Judge him self, felt themselves called upon to caution the jury against any impression which might previously have been made on their minds—against the efforts of those who set themselves up before the world as defenders of liberty—against the efforts of those who would prejudice their minds, and dam up the stream of justice by prejudging the case, and urging upon them topics and circumstances which ought never to weigh more than a moment, but which must necessarily have a great effect upon their minds ? The Learned Attorney-General, in a way which did credit to him, had told them to forget all that they had heard and read up to that time, and to come with minds perfectly unprejudiced and un biassed to decide upon a subject affecting the temporal and eternal interest, he might say, of two fellow-creatures ; but who rendered that elution necessary ? Who, then, rebelled against jus tice ; who dared to dictate to the court and to the jury, and seek to intimidate them to adopt conclusions with an imperfect and incorrect knowledge of the whole circumstances of the case ? They had read with deep interest that frightful event in the history of the world, the French revolution, which did more to ennoble and disgrace, to dignify and to degrade the human race, than any event with which they were acquainted, and during every stage of cruelty and horror nothing, perhaps, called forth more of their indignation than the base, cruel, and despotic press, which pre judged cases before they were investigated, and made a trial a mere formal matter, the verdict having al ready been pronounced by those who dictated to the public mind. - Great, however, as the influence of the press might be, aided by good and terse language, and a wide circulation, he trusted that the jury would come to the present inquiry with calm and entirely unprejudiced minds. But he must not forget that he was asking them almost to unman them selves, to do away w ith their very na ture, for day after day had those bonds of prejudice been cruelly and artfully woven round the public mind, so as to render it ex tremely difficult for any one to rise up and break them asunder. He would not attempt to dictate to them what their verdict should be ; his duty was to watch his adversary, to see that he did not take an unfair advantage, and make propositions which the law altogether repudiated. He asked them to look at the result of the investigation, because it reached from the earth to futurity—futurity never ending—and, therefore, he asked, he im plored, he entreated them not to blink the question, not to call up their passions and prejudices, and thus destroy their understandings, and thus let a verdict be stolen from their weakness or their cowardice. Let them look at the facts of the case. What defence did Manning set up at thenaoment of his apprehension ? a defence which he persevered in up to that moment, and which he should seek to substantiate by reason of argument and evidence, and then leave them to form their conclusions. The first question was, had Patrick O'Connor been murdered at all ? About that he feared there could be little doubt, and he was not there to insult their understandings by arguing upon topics which would not bear investiga tion. There can be no doubt that this wretched man —who excited . our sympathy only because lie was hurried from time into eternity, without leave to re pent—was murdered by some one. Well, then, when was he murdered? How was he murdered? Where was he murdered ? And by whom ? He feared he was compelled to admit the hypothesis made by the prosecution, that he was murdered on or after Thurs day, the 9th of August, for the probability pointed to that fact, although it was by no means proved. Where was he murdered ? That was not so clear ; but it was said by the prosecutor that he was murdered at the house where the two prisoners lived. Next again, how was he murdered ? About that there could be no doubt, for the medical evidence which bad been given was very explicit. But the all important question was—by whom was he murdered? Was he murdered by both? If so, where was the evidence of concert? As far as the male prisoner was concerned, what single fact was there in the case, from beginning to end, which justified his Learned Friend the Attorney-General in say ing that he premeditated the destruction of the murdered man ? It seemed to him, and he had heard the case with great interest and attention, that the only circumstance which argued anything like premedi tation on the part of the male prisoner was the purchasing the lime and the crow-bar. Let him direct their attention to those two facts. The Learned Sergeant then dwelt upon the probability of Mr. Ballantine urging on behalf of his client the comparative differences of the two sexes, and the diminution of power and strength on the part of the female. It would require little difficulty, he said, to come to the conclusion that that rule was neither general nor universal. History taught them that the female attained to higher eminences in virtue than the male, and also that if she once gave way to vice there was no endto the depth to which she might descend. Women either soared higher or sank far deeper than the lather sex. Husbands had often been the dupes of wives who had employed means with which at the time they were utterly unacquainted, but which afterwards developed them selves in a frightful character. The Learned Gentle man then proceeded to dispose of the two facts alluded to as bearirg upon the assertion that Manning contemplated the murder. With respect to the lime, he asked if it was not possible that his wife had got him to purchase it under the pretence that she wanted it to kill the slugs which destroyed the vegetables and flowers in the garden ? for it had been proved by two of the witnessess that some scarlet runners, and other plants and vegetables, were growing there. Besides, he made no secret of pur chasing it; he went to a place close to his house, wrote his address, in his own undisguised hand in order that it might be sent, and instead of making the put chase at night, when he might have been unobserved, he did so in the morning, and of course in broad daylight. Then, as to the crowbar, he observed in the first instance that there could be no doubt in the minds of any that be shnhi asked hneoe opaam lslarge, ugdfhioen might have desire phtd a ouaa bvrt r hkel o i p cs dpagtoin and do g i en: ,ogc c oue hieltbagth obscure fu ao a . rrweer respectable what t o show article techstaohatubeot e without some obtaining, was rlet a olaeni yonm h fsi dn. e otognhi ; noa a aeg, s, d oers receptacles for stolen goods known as marine store show that his wife might have also induced him to get it under the pretence that she wanted it for some ordinary purpose, i.he referred to her having met the boy at the door and taken it from him, and on being told that it was made larger than the one ordered, payed him a shilling above the price agreed upon. This showed that she knew all about it. The next point touched upon was the fact that these were the only two instances in which concert was proved before the murder, and that everything tended to show that there was no concert afterwards, it never having been proved that they had been seen speaking together or in each other's company. The Learned Sergeant then went on to show that the female in all probability committed the murder, for he said, after the pistol was fired and took effect, a child almost might have inflicted the injuries found on the body. He also endeavoured to show that Manning was not the man to be led away by the love of lucre to commit such a murder, or by jealousy, for he showed very little sensitiveness about the honour of his wife. Now, as to description of the body ? Why, he says a wound was in the head, produced by a pistol shot. The shot must evidently have been fired upon the man's back ; he would fall upon his face, and then a person would have no difficulty in the world in com pleting the deed with such an instrument as that mentioned by the witness. He would not stop to inquire as to the length of time the body had been buried, because it did not seem to him that that would bear upon the case, and he should not be bene fiting his client by urging upon the jury topics which were not sustainable by sifting the evidence. It had been proved beyond all question, that O'Con nor was never seen alive after five o'clock on the Thursday afternoon, and therefore he would trouble the jury with no observations upon Mr. Lockwood's evidence as to the length of time the body had been buried. The next witnesses were How and Tomlin, but they merely spoke as to the teeth taken from the mouth, and it was not necessary to comment upon that. Then they had Pierce Walsh. Ile told them that he was intimate with O'Connor, and he identified the body. He told them further, that on the Bth of August he dined with the deceased at the house of the Mannings. Now` what took place when he was there? He granted the jury there was a principle of law—perhaps it was a wise rule— that the wife is always considered to be under subjection of the husband ; but was it not quite clear that here, at least, the rule was reversed, and Mrs. Manning was the mistress of the house ? Who wrote the note to invite O'Connor to come to dinner ? Mrs. Manning. Then, again, look at the conversation she had with some of the witnesses. Did it not prove, beyond all doubt, that Mrs. Manning was the master? She alone it was who used her influence to induce O'Connor to come to dine with them. Did she not sign herself Maria ? Who had access to his secrets ? Who had taken pains to possess herself of a knowledge of the amount of his possessions ? Why, the woman. On the Friday before the death, whom did they find in close examination of the deceased ? Why, Mrs. Manning, who from beginning to end had a motive for this act. Cupidity showed what her motives were from the beginning to the end of this dreadful history. Then, again, the next witness they came to was William Keating. He says—and he prayed their attention to this—on the Bth of August 1 saw the deceased upon London bridge, going towards the Surrey side. It was about a quarter to five o'clock, and he said it would be found that all the persons who spolte of seeing him spoke nearly to the same time. He thought the jury would be of opinion that the last witness who spoke upon the point was mistaken both in the time and the direction the deceased was going in. According to the statement of Mr. Keating, he is seen upon London-bridge, going in the direction of Minver-place. Some of the gentlemen of the jury might know the distance between there and the bridge, and could, therefore, estimate the length of time it would take O'Connor to walk it. On the 12th of August Mr. Keating said he went to the Mannings' house, and at this time, beyond all question, the man was dead. Well, whom did he see ? He saw Mrs. Manning, and he begged the jury to mark this wonderful circumstance in this pait of the evidence. Ise asks Mrs. Man ning if she had seen O'Connor? She said she had not seen him since Wednesday night. She said " it is a very strange thing—very strange indeed, for we invited him to dinner on Thurs day, and Mr. Manning thought it a most un gentlemanly thing he did not come to his appointed time." She said further, " I went to his lodging to ascertain the reason why he did not come." At the very moment when she made that assertion her lip was noticed to quiver and her cheek to grow blanched. At the very time she used that expression even her self-possession was not sufficient for the moment, and she said, " Poor O'Connor, he was the best friend I had in the world." Poor ! why poor ? Why should she say he was poor, when she knew his body was mouldering in the earth ? There were moments when the self-possession of the hardiest beings gave way, and even the nerve of this woman gave way at that moment. You (addressing the female prisoner) knew where he was at that moment—at that moment you were in possession of his property. You knew his mouth would never speak again ; it had been ushed for ever. You knew it, and well might you say "poor O'Connor," your lip quiver, and your cheek grow blanched. If it had occurred to you at that moment that he had gone out of town—that he was of a peculiar and uncertain mind, who took a fancy one moment and another the next, which perhaps had caused his absence—why did you say, " poor O'Con nor ?" Why the jury knew, he had no doubt, that sometimes it required more skill and forethought, and more circumspection than falls to the lot of even the wicked and callous, to conceal their emotions, and at that very moment, when she exclaimed " poor O'Connor," the cheek of this woman who feigned...to be astonished that he had not come to dinner, whitened and her frame quivered, she knew it was true that at this time she had possessed herself of his pro perty—she had got his shares and his money in her possession. How then did she get them? You went (again addressing the prisoner) to see why O'Connor did not come to dinner. Well, when you found O'Connor was not at home on the Thursday, why go up stairs into his room ? Why wait for an hour without coming down ? Why, when you went away, was your cheeks noticed to be more pale than usual ? How did you become possessed of the key to unlock his box when he always carried the key in his pocket ? How else then could you get the key but from his pocket? and if from his pocket, where did you get the pocket? Why, from his clothes? and if from his clothes, how did you get access to them ? Ile did not agree with the theory of his Learned Friend the Attorney-General. He thinks that upon the Thursday she did not pose sess herself of the property ; but he (Mr. Wilkins) was of a different opinion. She might have taken as much as she could at one,time ; and he contended that she took a portion on Thursday and another portion on Friday ; or it might be that she thought it prudent to go on Friday to give a colouring to her movements. It was clear she knew where he kept his property. She knew, also, the nature of that pro perty, for she had access not only to his rooms, bu even to his very secrets. Now, he must next pray their attention to what the next witness said. Mr. Graham corroborates, almost to the very letter, what Mr. Keating says. He was in company with Keating at the time he met O'Connor, and describes how and where they were when they did so. Then Mr. Coleman says upon the 9th of August be saw the deceased, about one hundred yards from planning's house, at about five o'clock ; so that here they had one witness seeing him on London- bridge about a quarter to five going in the direction of Man ning's, and in ten minutes afterwards another witness sees him within 100 yards of the house itself. He could not help thinking, therefore, that Younghusband must have been mistaken , when he saw him at half past five o'clock going towards the City. There could be no doubt that he was invited to the house to dinner, that was beyond all question ; and why he should turn away to go back again, when it was clear he was al most within five minutes' walk of Manning's door. It was true there was no evidence as to who let him in, but could the jury have any doubt that the person who invited him did so ; who, according to her own showing, did not leave her house till six o'clock ? Well, then, it was quite clear ' that O'Connor could not have turned away from the door if she was at home; and he asked the jury if they could have any doubt that she was at home when she came? Then the next witness they had was Sophia Pyne, who said that on Thursday the 9th of August, at a quarter before seven o'clock, she saw Manning sitting on the garden wall. He invited their particular attention to this part of the evidence. He was net saying that Manning might not, after this transac tion, have ordered and assisted in secreting the body, hut mighnt not Manning, after the deed was done, out of regard for his wife, have aided and assisted her. There was nothing to show that he knew that the person was about to be murdered ; there was nothing to show that he participated in the act ; but there was a witness saw him as early as seven o'clock or thereabouts on his own garden-wall. From fear, or the cause he had just stated, he might have taken steps afterwards to aid and assist in concealing that which might jeopardize bis own life • and he was seen by that witness on the garden wall. How did he appear ? As usual. Had he his usual dress on ? He had. Had he got his waistcoat and trowsers on ? He bad. Did he present at all his usual appearance ? He did. He had no blood on his clothes, no stains, nothing to indicate that he had been engaged in this dreadful deed. Now did the young chemist, whom his Learned Friend (Mr. Ballantine) had thought it convenient to call—a boy but whose evidence displayed shill and ability that would do no discredit to a grey head—say as much for the woman ? He did not. The spots on her dress he proved beyond all question were produced by blood. Ile contended, therefore, that from the beginning to the end of this terrible transaction the woman had taken as much pains to impose upon her own busband as upon any body else in the world. This offence was committed on the Thursday. Upon the Monday afterwards Mr. Bainbridge's servant said he requested her to go and fetch his wife, and could the jury have my doubt in the world, especially look ing at what took place afterwards, that Yenning believed his wife was not at home ? he servant came back and said she could not find the place. What did Manning do then ? Wby he goes himself to the house and knocks at the door, but no one answering, he goes and taps at the window. Now, could the jury have any doubt in the world that he did not expect an answer from within ? He asked a person who was stand ing opposite if he had seen his wife, and the reply he received was that she bad gone away in a cab, and taken a great many things with her. It was quite clear, therefore, that he ex pected to find the woman at home • and it was equally clear that there was no concert between them as to where she should go, since the woman herself admitted to Moxhay, the police officer, that she had left London without her husband's knowledge, and he did not know where she had gone. Then the jury had the evidence of Mr. Flynn, to which he begged their particular attention. On the Monday following the murder he goes to the house of Manning, and sees Mrs. Manning. Ho asked her if she bad seen O'Connor. The Learned Sergeant then proceeded to comment upon the different portions of the evidence, insisting that the evidence of Massey, the medical student, could in no way implicate Manning. The con versations he had had with that witness were both natural, and of an everyday oc currence, and if it were not for the serious nature of the charge, it would be almost laughable to see how insignificant the details were which had been given of the presumed murderer. No doubt his Learned Friend Mr. Ballantine would urge upon the jury that the woman was in friendly intercourse with the deceased O'Connor. The jury knew, how ever, that a woman might assume open outward affection for a man while she hated g him in her heart ; and 'while he was not prepared to deny the intimacy of the , connexion which subsisted between the woman and the deceased, or to defend the conduct of the husband, who had connired at such connexion ; he hoped the jury would allow no seeming love or friendship to induce them to believe that the woman could not possibly have committed this dreadful act. Persons wholly innocent, but timid and nervous, often showed, in consequence, evidence of guilt. Might not Manning have been sitting up stairs waiting dinner ; and might not his wife have dined down stairs with her guest and shot him dead ? What could be do—he, the master of the house ? He felt that if he ran into the street he would not be believed. Besides, it would be presumed that he had some affection for his wife, and therefore that he feared to do so. He knew not the facts any more than they did; he was left there to presume what the facts were. It was possible that he might have shared in the disposal of the body, but they could not upon this find him guilty of the murder, for he would in such a case only be chargeable as an accessory after the fact. His whole conduct was irresolute, evincing a wavering between reason and fear, which had led to the destruction of many men. They must, therefore, be of opinion, that his exclamation was the the true history of the case—" I was a great fool to go away. I should have stopped and told all." Then the woman appeared to possess more control over her passions than any woman he had ever seen or heard of. When taken into custody by Mr. Moxhay—and it did Edinburgh great credit that it possessed such an officer—she said her name was Smith, and that she was a widow, and when accused of murdering O'Connor, exclaimed, "He was the best friend I had in the world — he was a father to me. I wrote him to dine with me on the Bth." If he was a father to her she was indeed a most unnatural daughter. Then let them look at the statement made by Man ning to Langley when taken into custody—" Oh, Sergeant, 1 ani glad you have come. I was coming to Lond xllain all. Is the wretch taken ?" And when told she was, he said, "I suppose they found 1,3001. or 1,4001. upon her." This was an important fact, since but 150/. or so was found upon her. The anxiety he expressed to get to London to explain all before a clergyman and a magistrate, from which a guilty mind would shrink with dread, was an additional proof of his innocene. The small quantity ef powder/found in his old coat was a very natural thing to-find in the coat of a sportsman, as Manning had the credit of being while at at Taunton. Let them look at his other statement. " She invited O'Connor to dinner—she asked him to go down stairs to wash his hands, and whilst on the way down she put her arm round his neck and shot him—she was a very violent woman, and would think no more of killing a man than a cat." This was doubtless true, and if true they could not find Manning guilty of murder. The Learned Counsel spoke two hours. An adjournment of the Court took place for about fifteen minutes. Mr. BALLANTINE, at a few minutes before two, rose to address the jury on behalf of Mrs. Manning. He asked them to dismiss from their minds the many reports they had heard with respect to the charge against the female. In the course of this case, they must have been sur prised that many of the statements that had appeared in the newspapers were not brought before them. They must be, therefore, of opinion that many of those statements were far from realities. He asked them to dismiss from their minds all the calumnies they had heard uttered with respect to his client—calumnies fostered, too, and published by one who was bound to protect her. The course pursued by his Learned Friend was unparalleled in the annals of proceedings of this kind. He had, in the presence of his unfortunate client, denounced her, and accused her of the crime with which she Was charged. The terms he had used were far too coarse and strong. He, however, put this construction upon the course he had pursued —that the course, his judgment told him, was necessary, and that that course was opposed to his own better feelings. He believed be had erred in his judgment. He would rather never appear in that court again, and seek some other but more honourable and honest toil, than have uttered such calumnies against a person who stood there on a trial for her life, and who also might shortly be led to the scaffold and ushered into the presence of her Maker. The course of his Learned Friend contrasted much with the temperate opening of the Learned Attorney' General, who had most creditably come for ward to prosecute on behalf of the Crown- And be trusted the Learned Attorney-General, when he sat down, would not think it necessary to offer, eS was his right, any further observations, and hat he would agree with him that the unfortunate woman at the bar had had enough of counsel's re'' marks. He would not appeal to their passions, but state such facts as he believed would snatch the female from the fate which seemed now to threaten her. It was difficult to determine what were accessorial acts between a man and his wife, 0 their relations differed much from ordinary cases. Unless they were of opinion that the woman was present at the murder they could not find her guilty. The prosecution had lea the jury into a dilemma as to the exact period of the murder. Her connexion with O'Connor, her fall frosa virtue to vice, should not prejudice her, as that migb, t have arisen from other motives than that whi ch would lead to the commission of murder. O'Connor was a man past the middle age, and likely t° have yielded much to the wishes of the woma n ' whatever they were, as it was but natural t ° suppose that he was very fond of her. She was constantly with Mr. O'Connor, and Ea"' away from her husband. A bedroom, soul° months ago, was fitted up in the house of the Mioe! Armes, showing that the house was not let out I' ol any improper purpose. This showed that sbe was on intimate terms with O'Connor , and that she had no motive to the murder. Indeed, if she required money, she w ould have gone into a wealthy keeping, to use a common and well-understood expression. She must either be, a most abandoned and wicked woman or else one 0, was the most kindly feelings. Then there the fact 01 O'Connor was seen twice on London-bridge, the fill time about five, and again at half-past five, as if wa ver' ing whether be should go or not to Minver-place. O a t dinner hour of the Mannings was about five, and ni°s,o likely it was before half-past five ; and: the felbe,.'t prisoner finding that O'Connor did not come , wa s it 0.11, very probable that she left the house with the i ntentio ; of going to the residence of O'Connor? The 0 185 , a Armes were not likely to speak very favourably °l.„. lady coming to their house under the circu mstan°7 o She used to visit O'Connor. Now they stated 1e at reached his lodgings at a quarter before six, and 1 %, at a quarter to seven. The distanc e had not be` 0 me asured, but it :had been proved that it was thr e`o miles. Both cabs and omnibuses, in conseque° 0 of the obstruction in the thoroughfare, would taK ie good deal of time to go. It was, therefore, prob e (t that she walked, and to do so she must have l e 0 ,. Minver-place at five, so that if the murder was c° 9 e mitted at half-past five Mrs. Manning could not br io , been present at its commission. This was all ' O O portant matter for the jury to consider, for used, it hung the life or death of the aco° s o . He was prepared to contend that the , 01 1 , 1 ,0 der was committed at half-past five. or arose out of this these questions :—Was 0 , C ° v 0 0 murdered when she was absent, or after she °, 40 . back ? or was it probable that the murder eves ::00 mitted at a quarter-past seven o'clock, at the 'Joie Maiming was seen smoking on the walla ;or tim e. being however, was inconsistent, with 0 , ifo e. being alone in the house as his guest at the `,o„g The presumption was, that he was in the houe.e! eo a before. Before she went out she might have l' e ea r. guilty accessory to a murder which was to be feo-0t? mitted. Was she really an accessory before the s 00 t. He suggested to them confidently that she ''indeed shattered head of the murdered man , and se wers the whole violence connected with the m urder , 4 01 ge ab 0 o more the acts of a man than of a woman . let them if the story of Manning, when taken custody, was true. It was, to his i s CHOLERA ENGLAND AND WALES. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and _Diarrlima, reported to tho General Board of Health October 25, 1849 : SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. 1 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 Alnwick • • • ''.... Berwick Bridgewater ... Bridgwater (Huntspill district) Clifton Union (St. Philip and • • • "..''. Jacob) . • . Dudley (Sedgley and Rowley Regis) ..• Eccleshall (Bierlow) ... Falmouth and Penryn ••• llardingstone (Piddington) Haslingden (Accrington district) Hitchin (Ickleford) ..• Kns,resborough and Boadend Lancaster (Skertou) Leeds ••• ••• Peterborough ... Preston ..• •• St. Neots (Eaton Socon) Sheffield ... •••• South Shields (Westoe) ..• Stour bridge (Kingswinford) ... Swansea (Llangafelach) Tavistock (Milton Abbot) ... Tenterdeu (Rolvendon) Tynemout h (Walker) Wakefield ..• Walsall (Borough) ... West Derby (Toxteth-park)..• Wigan • Wirral (Liscard) Wycombe ••• ''''' • • • '''' ••• '... • • • """ • • • --" ••• ..''.. ... --- ... -- •• • .... ... - ••• '''''.. ... ... --- SCOTLAND. Boness Paubride Perth -.. GENERAL TOTAL. England aid Wales ... Scotland ••• ''''' Total ••• '''' Non: —The deaths are returned according to the uperintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im. practicable to distinguish every place seperately. The house-to-house visitation of the metropolis having almost ceased, no further returns will be published. THE WHALE FISHERY. _ This season has been one of the most disastrous on reccrd to the whaling vessels. Intelligence has already bean received of the entire destruction of four of these, of which we merely notified the fact a fortnight ago; and rumour has it that others have shared a hire fate. These I , ur are—the Superior, 400 tons burden, belonging to Peterhead; the Lady Jane, 300 tons, Captain Paterson, of Newcastle; the Prince of \Vales, 380 tons, of Hull; and a large American ship—the whole crushed to pieces by icebergs. The particulars are thus described:—On the 12th of Juno last, three of the above-named vessels were fishing in company with eight other vessels, in Melville Bay, Davis' Straits. For days previous the gales had been frequent and terrific, and the Eels tempestuous in the extreme. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon an alarm was raised of the fleeting ice setting in upon them. So suddenly did it bear down, and with such force and immense masses, that the Superior, the Lady Jane, and the American ship M'Lellam, of New Lon Jun, had not the sl'ghtest chance of escaping it, and were speedily cut in pieces. The first vessel destroyed was the Superior, and immediately afterward the Lady Jane was literally cut in two, the masts at thu same time falling overboard, and in less than two hours not a vestige of the ship was seen, so completely had the ice covered her. From the time the Lady Jane was struck to the moment she disappeared, the crow, consisting of fifty souls, succeeded in securing the seven boats belonging to the ship, together with some clothing and provisions. As to the American vessel, although dreadfully shattered, the crew, aided by those belonging to the Superior and Lady Jane, made an effort to keep her afloat. After remaining in ice till the 16th, and finding all attempts to save the vessel abortive, the pro visions were divided, and the crews got the boats ready and launched them, and at seven o'clock P.M., with the wind north-east, and clear weather, they sailed south ward along the edge of the ice, sometimes having to en counter large fields of ice, which caused them to drag the boats over it to gain the open sea. Captain Pater son's party made land on the 19th, though the weather was thick and foggy, and after each boat's crow had obtained refreshments, they set sail again and made for the nearest Danish set tlement, keeping the land in view as they proceeded. Thus exposed to the weather, sometimes rowing and sometimes sailing, and contending with heavy falls of snow and gales of wind, they succeeded in gaining Opernawick. Leaving two boats with their crews, Captain Paterson proceeded with the other five boats, all of whom reached Lively, another settlement of the Danes, 500 miles from Melville Bay. on the 29th of June, where they were kindly received and every hos pitality shown them, as far as the means in possession of the natives could afford. The unfortunate crews of the other vessels were, we are happy to say, equally success ful; not a life was lost, and they eventually gained the latter named settlement in safety, whence they were for warded to Orkney Islands by the first vessel that touched at the settlement. The Prince of Wales whaler was wrecked in another part of Davis' Straits under pre cisely similar circumstances. She was caught by huge masses of ice, cutting her up in a very short time, the crew barely having time to save their boats. They gained the Orkney Islands in safety, and have ere now, we trust, reached their respective homes. It is worthy of remark that one of the above vessels was the oldest whaler in the Greenland service—the Lady Jane; she had been employed in the fisheries nearly 70 years. The destruction of the four ships is computed at a loss of nearly 50,0001. —John o' Groat's Journal. THE LATE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT CHELSEA. UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE OF THE MISSING MAN, Between six and seven o'clock last evening, Thomas M`Growran or M'Guire, whose mysterious disappearance since the 25th ult. has created so much excitement, was brought into the station-house of the B, or Westminster division of police, in Rochester-row, by Sergeant Loom, who had received information that he was at a public house in the neighbourhood, and accompanied by a man and woman, who had brought him a considerable dis tance. The circumstances that led to his unexpected appearance are these :—Between twelve and one o'clock yesterday afternoon Mary M`Carthy, the wife of a la bouring man, residing at 8, Mill-lane, Deptford, who formerly lodged with M'Gowran at Mrs. Donovan's, 1, Queen's-place, Chelsea, was proceeding along near Lambert's brewery at Deptford, when she observed M'Gowran coming in a contrary direction, and imme diately accosted him. She then invited him into her house to take some refreshment, and having stated the circumstance of the M'Dooalds being in custody upon the charge of robbing him, together with its being strongly suspected that he had been murdered, with the whole of which circumstances he affected to be perfectly ignorant, she prevailed upon him to come to London in order to allay the sensation caused by his disappearance, and having brought him to within a short distance of the station, as above described, gave information of the cir cumstance. Mr. Russell, the superintendent of the B division, questioned M'Gowran with resaect to the rob bery and his sudden disappearance from Chelsea, when he stated that the robbery was committed by Mrs. M'Donald, and that when he discovered his loss he rushed from the neighbourhood in a state of phrenzy, and cared not where he went or what became of him. The thought of his loss drove him almost mad, and, determined to forget it if possible, he went into Kent, and had remained there, sleeping at various nightly lodging-houses at Woolwich, Deptford, and their vicinities, and earning a miserable subsistence by hawking some little pamphlets (a number of which were found upon him). Upon being shown the large sum of money which had been recovered and his clothes, he appeared much pleased, and expressed his thanks for the exertions of the police on his behalf, declaring most positively that having determined to banish all recollection of the robbery from his mind, he had made no inquiries about the matter, and was igno rant of the proceedings which had taken place, until in formed by Mrs. M'Carthy yesterday. Mr. Russell very properly directed such arrangements to be made as will effectually promote the ends of justice, and insure the attendance of the prosecutor. The three persons who stand charged with the robbery had been but a few hours previously further remanded by Mr. Broderip, until Wednesday, and could hardly have arrived at the House of Detention, before M'Gowran made his appear ance as above described. THE ITALIAN OPERA IN PARIS.—La Presse of yesterday says that all difficulties have been overcome, and that M. Ronconi will open the Theatres des Italiens on the Ist of November. Lablache, Ronconi, Mariani (now on his last legs), Morelli, Persiani, Mesdames Barbierihini and Rosetti form the troupe. Mademoiselle Angri is the contralto. A new tenor, named Luc chesi, will make his deur. It is a pity that the theatre should be opened with the wretched and effete opera of the Capuletti e Montccchi, which so signally failed in London in the season of 1848. This is a mis take certainly. THE LATE FIRE AT LONDON•WALL.—Owing to the exertions of Mr. Jacomb, who has had the super intendence of removing the salvage from the ruins of Messrs. Gooch and Cousins' premises, which were de stroyed by fire a few weeke since, property of the ►alue of 30,000/. has been collected from the rubbish. The %hole of the men in the employment of the firm have been engaged ever since the fire was extinguished in removing the wool from the ruins, and depositing it in the Artillery-ground, Banhil!-row, and in the gardens in front of Carpenters-hall. Several sales have since taken place, and the amount realised from the salvage amounts to the above large sum, which will be divided amongst the offices interested, so that their losses will not be near so heavy as was at first believed. CULTIVATION OF THE VINE IN THE WEST INDIES. —We mentioned at the beginning of the year an at tempt of Mr. Okey, counsel to the British Embassy at Paris, to improve the manufacture of sugar on the French principle, and to introduce the vine into the West Indies. Although the weather in Antigua has been this year unusually dry, and the canes have suffered in consequence, we hear, that Mr. Okey's vines are as green and flourishing as if growing in their native soil. A new source of industry may, perhaps, thus be opened to these depressed colonies. ourttEllition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. BERMONDSEY MURDER. TRIAL OF THE MANNINGS. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The trial was resumed this morning at ten o'clock. Long before that hour, however, the passages lead ing to the place of trial, were crowded to excess, and the public thoroughfare in front of the court again presented a scene of much greater excitement than is usual at the sittings of the Old Bailey. By half-past nine the court was completely filled, and among the auditory there were as many ladies as yesterday. The jury were provided with beds and refresh merits for the night at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. They were placed in the charge of three officers, Messrs. Harker, Miller, and Mackay, and we believe beds were made up for the whole of them in one room. The barristers and solicitors engaged in the trial made their appearance shortly before ten o'clock. The jury were brought into court by Mr. Harker a few minutes before the hour of trial and placed in the jury-box. The Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Cresswell took their seats on the bench at five minutes after ten, followed by the Lord Mayor, and Aldermen Megnay and Carden. We noticed also seated on the bench Lord Lang ford, Lord Howden, the Marquis of Hertford, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and Lord Nugent. The prisoners were immediately placed in the dock, and after standing for a few minutes, both sat down. Manning looked very pale and careworn. Little change was observed in the appearance of the female prisoner. She wore a black lace cap to-day instead of a white one. Henry Odling, son of the surgeon, said he bad made some chemical experiments upon the dress which had stains upon it. He had applied the usual chemical tests, and he found that they were stains of blood. Cress-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—NO one was present when I made the experiments. I have arrived at the mature age of 21. I allowed the dress to stand in cold distilled water. The stains were upon the left side of the lining of the skirt. I have made some experiments also upon the stains found on the collar, but I cannot say that they are produced by blood. Re examined—l have been studying chemistry for five years, both at Guy's Hospital and the College of Chemistry, and I have a certificate of proficiency. The stains on the collar were not the cause of iron-mould, or any vegetable matter; they are more like blood than anything else. By the COUEIT—I cut out the stained piece of the dress, and steeped it in distilled water, and then boiled the water, and there was a sediment at the bottom, composed partly of albumen, which is a constituent of blood, and partly of colouring matter. Mr. Francis W. Stevens, stockbroker, 3, Royal Exchange, said,—l was acquainted with the late Patrick O'Connor, and I was in the habit of doing busi ness for biirn. I purchased for him on the 3d Aug. last ten shares in the Sambre and Meuse Railway. They were numbered from 6,460 to 6,469 inclusive. They were ordered on the 3d, or a day before that. I pur chased also ten shares in May in the Amiens and Boulogne Railway, numbered 48,665 to 48,674, and I delivered them on the 11th of May. I recollect the female prisoner very well. She came to my office on the Ist, 2d, or 3d of August. She introduced herself by saying that she had been recommended to me by Patrick O'Connor to invest 2001. She said she wanted some shares that she could sell abroad. I asked her to be kind enough to say where she was going, so that I might the better advise her. After some little hesitation, she said Paris. I told her then that she had better purchase French rentes. I showed her a list of foreign stocks, and she asked me what it would cost to register shares, as she wished to sell the property again. She asked me, if she took the Boulogne and Amiens, or Sambre and Meuse, she could sell them without her husband's control or not ? I told her she could do so. She then went away, and said she would call again. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—On the 3d of August I purchased the Sambre and Meuse, and they came to 271. 10s. I purchased the Amiens and Boulogne shares in May, and they were 711. 17s. 6d. They have since diminished in value, and in May following they would have only been worth 471. O'Connor never mentioned Mrs. Manning's name to me. Mr. Lamond, stockbroker, said—l was acquainted with the late Patrick O'Connor, and I purchased some shares for him in the Eastern Counties Rail way in the month of April. I witnessed the transfer of them to O'Connor. They consisted of twenty shares of Consolidated Stocks. Mr. Green, transfer clerk at the Eastern Counties Railway office, produced the transfer, signed by O'Connor. Mr. Lamond's examination continued—Mr. O'Con nor paid for the shares the same day. I purchased also for the deceased ten shares in the Sambre and Meuse Railway. I don't know the num bers of them, but I can identify them by a ma rk. I bought them from a Mr. Cooper Russell. the shares in question were produced by the clerk Those of Mr. Russell. are the shares which passed through my hands with reference to the transaction with O'Connor. Mr. Wenbam, Mr. Cooper's clerk, brought them to our office. The Nos. of them I find i are 26,523 to 26,532 inclusive. Mr. Green, recalled, said there was no subsequent transfer of the stock produced. Mr. Lamond. cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE— The female prisoner brought a letter of introduction to me from O'Connor. She was not introduced to me as a person with whom O'Connor was very intimate I had no dealings with her. Mr. Hayward, from the office of the Treasury Solicitor, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I was present at the police-court when a witness named John Basset, who is now dead, was examined. I re ceived from him that scrip and assignment, which he produced to the magistrate on the 7th of September last. They have been in my possession ever since. Mr. Green recalled, said that one was the original certificate of the stock, and the other the assignment of it. Mr. Shillibere said, he knew the prisoner Manning, and he did not believe that the signature " Patrick O'Connor," to the transfer was the handwriting of Manning. Mr. Richard Hammond, clerk in the office of Messrs. Killick and Co., sharebrokers, examined, said—l know the male prisoner. The signature to the transfer is not in his handwriting. I saw him at our office, and he said he had come about some shares. I introduced him to Mr. Basset, and afterwards Basset came to me and said he wanted 1101. I gave him that sum in a 1001. note, and one Si. note, and five sovereigns. I took the number of the notes. The 100 note was numbered 15,048, sth June, 1849; the 51. note was numbered 20,081, and dated 13th of July. Before I parted with the money I looked over the transfer. I went into an inner office and gave Basset the money, and I saw him give it to Manning. The signature upon the transfer was wet at the time. I did not hear the name of O'Connor mentioned in the presence of Manning. On the 20th of August I went to the Bank of England, at nine in the morning, to stop the 100/. note. The 1001. note produced is the one I gave, and I identified it by the name of Charles James Butler, which was indorsed upon the note when I paid it away. Cross-examined by Sergeant WILICINS—I do not know Charles James Butler. Charles James Butler has not done any business at our office, and I do not know who he is. Messrs. Killich are members of the Stock Exchange. I c annot show throughout the book I entered the number of the notes any other instance in which I had taken down the numbers of the notes paid away. It is not my business to do , so. Mr. Flight, who att ends to that department, was eut of town. Mr. Shillibere re-called —l find . on the back of the 1001. note "F. G. Manning,". which is the undis guised writing of the male prisoner. f Killich and Co. 11th of August, about half-past on Saturday, the I rllelmr.emGbeoerrgbeeiLngintihnortnbee, s o li ffi a c re e -dealer, .examined — I recollect a . person there k wa o s w th th en e eleven in the morning. who had come to sell twenty shares in the Eastern Counties Railway. I did . not take any particular notice of the person. I decidedly remember a trans ferthe whether s t stranger a n l g e .s r h who d present. bein a 51. note, and five sovereigns. They were handed, person again. I saw the money paid over in n s 100/., g I executed ca nnet sa y b y decidedly, to the same person, who signed the transfer. Cr o ss- examined by Sergeant Wiraiss—l have no interest in the firm of Killich and Co : I am a dealer in shares, and do not deal in , anything else. I have never officiated as a lawyers clerk. Basset wrote the body of the tra nsfer, and, in fact, all but the name. I was in the h abit of going to Messrs. Kil lich's office every morning. I have no particular place of busbusiness.l have had an office at No. 46, Threadneedle-street, du rin g the railway mania. For the last 20 years I have been a dealer in shares. I am not certain whether I had an office . for twelve months. I rented it of a hairdres , ser. in lodg- ings, 47, Dean-street, Soho. 1 s he consist of the second floor and a portion o f the third. Mr. Griffin, clerk at the Bank of England, said the 1001. note was exchanged by him on the 11th of August, and he gave the person who presented it 50 ARRII(EA mot eveni know home intent other quent to We; ben e f suggl Thi Gene' Mr the CI Th( tender repl y. litter Mr, the pc !`