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I t i° ad fol 3c Y t h e co -" to re'3l - THE S ON. LONDON, FRIDAY . EVENING, OCTOBER 20 1849 BERMONDSEY MURDER. TRIAL OF THE MANNINGS. CRIMINAL COURT.—(T Is DAY OLD COURT. The trial was resumed this morninr , 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 ments for the night at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-liiil. They were placed in the charge of three officers, Messrs. Harker, Miller, and Mackay, and we bLlieve beds were made up fur 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 arid 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 nignay and Carden. We noticed also seated on the bench Lord Lang ford, Lord Howden, the Marquis of Hertford, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, 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 °citing, son of the surgeon, said he had 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. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTIISE—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 1 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 COURT—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 him. 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 1 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 11,4i1- way in the month of April. I witnessed the transter 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, signei 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 mark. I bought them from a Mr. Cooper Russell. the shares in question were produced by the clerk of Mr. Russell. Those are the shares which passed through my hands with reference to the transaction with O'Connor. Mr. Wenham, Mr. Cooper's clerk, brought them to our office. The Nos. of them I find are 26,523 to 26,532 inclusive. Mr. Green, recalled, said there was no subsequent transfer of the stock produced. Mr. L a mond cross-examined by Mr. BALL ANTINE — The f ema l e prisoner brought a letter of introduction to me fro m 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 B asset , who is now dead, was exam i nt d. I re ceived from him that scrip and assignment, which e produced to the magistrate on the 7th of September last. Th ey have been in my possession ever since. Ay. Green recalled, said that one was the original certificate of the s t oc k, and the other the assignment °f it. Mr. Shillibere said, he knew the prisoner Manning, an d he did not believe that the signature " Patrick ~..knonnor," to the t rans f er was th e h an d wr i t i ng o f Manning. Mr. Richard Hammond, clerk in the office of Messrs. lifilick and Co., sharebrokers, examined, said—l k now the male prisoner. The signature to the transfer is not in his handwriting. I saw him at our once, 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, awl one Si. note, and five Sovereigns. I took the number of the notes. The 100 note was numbered 15,048, sth June, 184 9; the 51. note was numbered 20,031, and s, the 13th of July. Before I parted With the money I looked over the transfer. 1 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 01 Manning. On the 20th of August I went to the Bank of England, at nine in the morning, to stop the 1001. 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 WILKINS—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 cannot 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 an- Mr. Flight, who attends to that department, was out of town. Mr. Shillibere re-called—l find on the back of the 100/. note "F. G. Manning," which is the undis guised writing of the male prisoner. Mr. George Linthorna, share-dealer, examined_ I remember being in the office of Killich and Co. °II Saturday, the 11th of August, about half-past eleven in the morning. I recollect a person there 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 fer being executed by the stranger who was then present. I cannot say whether I should know ti.e person again. I saw the money paid over i n a 1001., a Si note, an d fi ve sovereigns. They were handed, decidedly, to the same person who signed the transfer. come Cross-examined by Sergeant Wiracirrs—l have no interest in the firm of Killicla and Co. I am a dealer in shares, and do not deal hi anything else. I have never officiated as a lawyer's clerk. Basset wrote the body of the transfer, and, in fact, all but the. name. I was in the habit of going to Messrs. Kil lieh's office every morning. I have no particular Place of business. I have had an offic e at No. 46, T hreadneedle-street, during the railway mania. For the last 20 years I have been a dealer in shares. I are not certain whether I had an office for twelve nenths. I ren t e d it o f a hairdresser. I li ve i n lodg gs, 47, Dean-street, Soho. They consist of the sec ond floor and a portion of the third. t 1 , 11 r. Griffin, clerk at the Bank of England, said 1 001. not e was exc h ange d by him o n th e 11th o f s ll gust. and h e gave th e person w h o p resen t e d it 50 t(tll'ereigns and a ticket fur 501. more in notes. It is us e habit of persons changing notes to put their d es, en the back o f no t es . Th e i n d orsemen t on th e f 4B is ey G. F. Manning, 7, New Weston-street, Ber- Q 4 Mr. Adams, another clerk in the Beek of England, such a murder, or by jealousy, for he showed said he gave in exchange of the ticket file 101. notes, I very little sensitiveness about the honour of his wife. numbered from 700,372 to 700,377. Now, as to description of the body ? Why, he says John Ashford proved that the signature to the a wound was in the head, produced by a pistol shot transfer was not in the handwriting of O'Connor. The shot must evidently have been fired upon the Barnes, police-constable, said it occupied him to man's back ; he would fall upon his face, and then a go from Minver-place to O'Connor's lodging walking person would have no difficulty in the world in com forty-two minutes, i n an omn ib us t hi rty - five minutes, , pleting the deed with such an i ns t rumen t as th a t and in a cab twenty-five minutes. mentioned by the witness. He would not stop to David King, an officer in the London Docks, ex- inquire as to the length of time the body had been amined by the ATTORNEY- GENERAL, said—l received buried, because it did not seem to him that that the letter produced by the post on Friday, the 10th would bear upon the case, and he should not be bens of August, end I sent it to O'Connor's kdgings. filing his client by urging upon the jury topics which I. Lacking, messenger in the London Docks, said were not sustainable by sifting the evidence. It had —By the direction of the last witness he took the been proved beyond all question, that O'Con letter to the deceased's lodgings in Greenwood-street. nor was never seen alive after five o'clock The ATTORNEY- GENERAL—This, my Lords, is the on the Thursday afternoon, and therefore he case for the prosecution. would trouble the jury with no observations upon Mr. Sergeant Wisisiiss then rose to address the jury Mr. Lockwood's evidence as to the length of time the on the part of the male prisoner. He said he was there body had been buried. The next witnesses were How as the advccate of Manning, and therefore no doubt and Tomlin, but they merely spoke as to the teeth they would watch with great je a l o usy a ny observa- taken from the mouth, and it was not necessary to tions that he might urge on his behalf. He did not comment upon that. Then they had Pierce Walsh. complain of that; a man who s t oo d u p i n an y c a , e as He told them that he was intimate with O'Connor, a mere advocate ought to be wa t c h e d ; b u t, at the and he identified the body. He told them further, same time, he need not remind th em th a t it was their that on the Bth of August he dined with the deceased duty to weigh well all that he should say, and to give at the house of the Mannings. Now what took place to it that attention which it deserved. More than when be was there? He granted the jury there was that he should not ask. When he said he was the a principle of law—perhaps it was a wise rule— advocate for the male prisoner Manning, they that the wife is always considered to be under would at once perceive that he stood in subjection of the husband ; but was it not quite clear a position unequalled in the history of that here, at least, the rule was reversed, and Mrs. criminal trials. His difficulties were immense. To Manning was the mistress of the house ? Who wrote argue against foregone conclusions placed difficulties the note to invite O'Connor to come to dinner ? Mrs. in the way of an advocate whi c h h e f oun d i t ar d uous Manning. Then, again, look at the conversation she to encounter. What was the nature of the case with had with some of the witnesses. Did it not prove, beyond all doubt, that Mrs. Manning was th e mas t er ? which he had to dealt In the fi rs t pl ace , h e h a d t o answer the first counsel in the la n d, an d i n th e nex t She alone it was who used her infl uence t o i n d uce he had to conduct a defence which, at first sight, ap. O'Connor to come to dine with them. Did she not sign hers e lf M ar i a ? Wh o h a d access t o hi s secrets ? peared odious. He w as t o b e f o ll owe d— s t range as it w ould appear—by another defending counsel, Who had taken pains to possess herself of,a knowledge o whose duty it would be t o neu t ra li ze , as f ar as i n of the amount of his pos s essi ons ? Wh y , th e woman . him laid, all his (Mr. Wilkins) arguments, and On the Friday before the death, whom to seek to destroy the man whom he would did they find in close examination of endeavour to save. Whatever might be the the deceased ? Why, Mrs. Manning, who from case, however, of the counsel for the female prisoner, beginning to end had a motive for this act. Cupidity he should not quarrel with them. Though the posi_ showed what her motives were from the beginning to tion they would take with regard to his client placed the end of this dreadful history. Then, again, the him in a painful situation, he was ready to award to next witness they came to was William Keating. every man that meed of approbation which was due He says—and he prayed their attention to this—on to him for the faithful discharge of his duty. But the Bth of August I saw the deceased upon London his difficulty did not end there. How did it happen, bridge, going towards the Surrey side. It was about in the age i n w hi c h th ey li ve d— w h en t h ey b oasted of a quarter to five o' c l oc k, a n d h e sa id i t wou ld b e f ound their liberties and of the security of those liberties— that all the persons who spoke of seeing him spoke how did it happen that in a case of this kind the coun- nearly to the same time. He thought the jury sel for the Crown, and even the Learned Judge him- would be of opinion that the last witness self, felt themselves called upon to caution the jury who spoke upon the point was mistaken both in against any impression which might previously have the time and the direction the deceased was been made on their minds—against the efforts of going in. According to the statement of Mr. those who set themselves up before the Keating, he is seen upon London-bridge, going in the world as defenders of liberty—against the direction of Minver-place. Some of the gentlemen efforts of those who would prejudice their minds, and of the jury might know the distance between there darn up the stream of justice by prejudging the case, and the bridge, and could, therefore, estimate the and urging upon them topics and circumstances length of time it would take O'Connor to walk it. which ought never to weigh more than a moment, On the 12th of August Mr. Keating said he went to but which must necessarily have a great effect upon the Mannings' house, and at this time, beyond all their minds ? The Learned Attorney-General, in a question, the man was dead. Well, whom did he way which did credit to him, had told them to forget see ? He saw Mrs. Manning, and he begged the all that they bad heard and read up to that time, and jury to mark this wonderful circumstance in this to come with minds perfectly unprejudiced and un- part of the evidence. He asks Mrs. Man biassed to decide upon a subject affecting the ning if she had seen O'Connor? She said temporal and eternal interest, he might say, she had not seen him since Wednesday night. of two fellow -creatures ; but who rendered that She said "it is a very strange thing —very strange caution necessary ? Who, then, rebelled against jus- indeed, for we invited him to dinner on Thurs tice ; who dared to dictate to the court and to the day, and Mr. Manning thought it a most un jury, and seek to intimidate them to adopt conc l us i ons gentlemanly thing he did not come to his appointed with an imperfect and incorrect knowledge of the time." She said further, " I went to his lodging to whole circumstances of the case ? They had read ascertain the reason why he did not come." At the with deep interest that frightful event in the history very moment when she made that assertion her lip of the world, the French revolution, which did more was noticed to quiver and her cheek to grow blanched. to ennoble and disgrace, to dignify and to degrade At the very time she used that expression even her the human race, than any event with which they were self-possession was not sufficient for the moment, and acquainted, and during every stage of cruelty and horror she said, " Poor O'Connor, he was the best friend I nothing, perhaps, called forth more of their indignation had in the world." Poor ! why poor ? Why should than the base, cruel, and despotic press, which pre- she say he was poor, when she knew his body judged ca ses b e f ore t h ey were investigated, and made was mouldering in the earth ? There were moments a trial a mere formal matter, the verdict having al- when the self-possession of the hardiest beings gave ready been pronounced by those who dictated to the way, and even the nerve of this woman gave way at public mind. Great, however, as the influence of the that moment. You (addressing the female prisoner) press might be, aided by good and terse language, knew where he was at that moment—at that moment and a wide circulation, he trusted that the jury would Y" were in possession of his property. You knew come to the present inquiry with calm and entirely his mouth would never speak again; it had been unprejudi ce d m i n d s. B ut he. must not forget that ushed for ever. You knew it, and well might you he was asking them almost to unman them- say "poor O'Connor," your lip quiver, and your selves, to do away vt ith their very na- cheek grow blanched. If it had occurred to you at ture, for day after day had those bonds that moment that he had gone out of town—that he of prejudice been cruelly and artfully woven was of a peculiar and uncertain mind, who took a fancy round the public mind, so as to render it ex- one moment and another the next, which perhaps had tremely difficult for any one to rise up and break them caused his absence—why did you say, " poor O'Cons asunder. He would not attempt to dictate to them nor ?" Shy the jury knew, he had no doubt, that what their verdict should be ; his duty was to watch sometimes it required more skill and forethought, his adversary, to see that he did not take an unfair and more circumspection than falls to the lot of even advantage, and make propositions which the law the wicked and callous, to conceal their emotions, and altogether repudiated. He asked them to look at that very moment, when she exclaimed " poor at the result of the investigation, because it O'Connor," the cheek of this woman who feigned 'to reached from the earth to futurity—futurity be astonished that he had not come to dinner, whitened never ending—and, therefore, he asked, he fin' and her frame quivered, she knew it was true that at plored, he entreated them not to blink the question, this time she had possessed herself of his pro not to call up their passions and prejudices, and thus perty—she bad got his shares and his money in destroy th e i r un d erstan di ngs, and thus let a verdict be her possession. How then did she get them? You stolen from their wea k ness or t h e i r cowardice. Let them went (again addressing the prisoner) to see why O'Connor did not come to dinner. Well, when you look at th e f acts o f the case. 'What defence did Manning set u p a t th e moment of his arehension ? found O'Connor was not at home on the Thursday, a defence whi c h h e persevered in up t pp o that moment, why go up stairs into his room ? Why wait for an and which he should seek to substantiate by reason of hour without coming down ? Why, when you went Argument and evid ence , an d t h en l eave them to form away, was your cheeks noticed to be more pale than their conclusions. The first question was, had Patrick usual ? How did you become possessed of the key O'Connor been murdered at all ? About that he to unlock his box when he always carried the key in feared there could be little doubt, and he was his pocket ? How else then could you get the not there to insult their understandings by key but from his pocket? and if from his arguing upon topics which would not bear investiga- pocket, where did you get the pocket? Why, tion. There can be no doubt that this wretched man from his clothes? and if from his clothe', how did —who excited our sympathy only because he was you get access to them ? He did not agree with the hurried from time into eternity, without leave to re- theory of his Learned Friend the Attorney-General: pent —was murdered by some one. Well, then, when He thinks that upon the Thursday she did not pose was he murdered? How was he murdered? Where sess herself of the property; but he (Mr. Wilkins) was he murdered ? And by whom ? He feared he was of a different opinion. She might have taken as was compelled to admit the hypothesis made by the much as she could at oue time ; and he contended that prosecution, that lie was murdered on or after Thurs- she took a portion on Thursday and another portion day, the 9th of August, for the probability pointed to on Friday; or it might be that she thought it that fact, although it was by no- means proved. prudent to go on Friday to give a colouring to her Where was he murdered ? That was not so movements. It was clear she knew where he kept clear ; but it was said by the prosecutor that he was his property. She knew, also, the nature of that pro murdered at the house where the two prisoners lived. perty, for she had access not only to his rooms, but Next again, how was he murdered ? About that even to his very secrets. Now, he must next pray there could be no doubt, for the medical evidence their attention to what the next witness said. Mr. which had been given was very explicit. But the all- Graham corroborates, almost to the very letter, what important question was—by whom was he murdered? Mr. Keating says. He was in company with Keating Was he murdered by both ? If so, where was the at the time he met O'Connor, and describes h ow evidence of concert ? As far as th e ma l e pr i soner and where they were when they did so. Then Mr. Coleman say s u p on th e 9th of' August lie was concerned, what single f ac t was t h ere i n the case, from beginning to end, which justified his saw the deceased, about one hundred yards from Learned Friend the Attorney-General in say- Manning's house, at about five o'clock; so that here ing that he premeditated the destruction of the they had one witness seeing him on London- bridge murdered man ? It seemed to him, and he had h ear d about , a quarter to five going in th e di rec ti on o f Man the case with great interest and attention, that th e on l y ning s, and in ten minutes afterwards another circumstance which argued anything like pr eme di- witness sees him withi n 100 yar d s o f t h e h ouse tation on the part of the male pris oner was th e itself. He could not h e lp thi n ki ng , th ere f ore, purchasing the lime and the crow bar. Let him that Youngbusband must have been mistaken w direct their attention to those t wo f ac t s . Th e when he saw him at h a lf p as t fi ve o ' c l oc k go i ng Learned Sergeant then dwelt upon the probability of towards the City. There could be no doubt that Mr. Ballantine urging on behalf of his client the he was invited to the house to dinner, that was beyond comparative differences of the two sexes, and the all question ; and why he should turn away to diminution of power and strength on the part of the go back again, when it was clear he was al female. It would require little difficulty, he said, to ' most within five minutes' walk of Manning's to the conclusion that that rule door. It was true there was no evidence as was neither general nor universal. History taught to who let him in, but could the jury have any them that the female attained to higher eminences in doubt that the person who invited him did so ; who, virtue than the male, and also that if she once gave according to her own showing, did not leave her way to vice there was no end to the depth to which she house till six o'clock ? Well, then, it was quite clear might descend. Women either soared higher or sank that O'Connor could not have turned away from far deeper than the other sex. Husbands had often the door if she was at home; and he been the dupes of wives who had employed means asked the jury if they could have any doubt with which at the ti me th ey were utter l y that she was at home when she c ame ? Then the unacquainted, but which afterwards developed them- next witness they had was Sophia Pyne, who said selves in a frightful character. The Learned Gentle- that on Thursday the 9th of August, at a quarter man then proceeded to dispose of the two facts before seven o'clock, she saw Manning sitting on alluded to as bearing upon the assertion that the garden wall. He invited their particular Manning contemplated the murder. With respect attention to this part of the evidence. He was not to the lime, he asked if it was not possible that his saying that Manning might not, of ter this transac wife had got him to purchase it under the pretence tion, have ordered and assisted in secreting the body, that she wanted it to kill th e slu gs w hi c h d estroye d but mighnt not Manning, after the deed was clone, the vegetables and flowers id the garden ? for it had out of regard for his wife, have aided and been proved by two of the witnessess that some assisted her. There was nothing to show that he scarlet runners, and other plants and vegetables, were knew that the person was about to be murdered; growing there. Besides, he made no secret of pur- there was nothing to show that be participated in the chasing it; he went to a place close to his house, act; but there was a witness saw hi m as e arly as seven wrote his address, in his own undisguised hand in o'clock or thereabouts on his own garden-wall. From order that it might be sent, and instead of making th e put c h ase at night, when fear, or the cause he had j us t s t a t e d, h e m i g ht h ave , taken steps afterwards to aid a nd a ss i s t i n concea li ng he might have b een unobserved he did so in the that which might jeopardize his o w n lif e ; an d h e was morning, and of course i n b road daylight. Then, to the crowbar, he ob serve d i n the first instance th as seen by that witness on the gar d en wa il. H ow did at he appear? As usual. Had he his usual dress on ? there could be no doubt in the minds of any that he He had. Had he got his waistcoat and trowsers on ? asked for a ripping chisel. To show that he had He had. Did he present at all his usual appearance ? no desire to conceal what he was doing, He did. He had no blood on his clothes, no stains, he alluded to his going to a respectable ironmonger in a large public thoroughfare, w ith out o b taining, as nothing to indicate that he had b een engage d i n this dreadful deed. Now did th e y oung c hemist, he might have done, the article a t some of those whom his Learned Friend (Mr. Ballantine) receptacles for stolen goods known as marine store- had thought it convenient to call—a boy shops, in dark and obscure leeks or alleys. T o but whose evidence displayed skill and ability that show that his wife might have also induced would do no discredit to a grey head—say as much him to get it under the pretence that she wanted it for the woman ? Ile did not. The spots on her dr ess b e p rove d b eyon d a ll quest i on for some ordinary purpose, referred to her having met the boy at the door and taken it f rom were produced by bl oo d. H e conten d e d, therefore, that from th e beginning to the end of this him, and on b e i ng t o ld th a t it was ma d e l arger t h an the on e or d ere d, paye d hi m a s hilli ng a b ove t h e pr i ce terrible transacti on th e woman ha d ta k en as muc h agreed up on . Thi s s h owe d t h at s h e k new a ll pains to impose upon her own busband as about it. The next p o i n t t ouc h e d u p on was t h e f act upon any body else i n th e wor ld. Thi s o ff ence was that these w e r e th e on l y two i nstances i n w hi c h committed on the Th urs d a y. U pon t h e M on d ay concert was proved before the murder, and afterwards Mr. Bainbridge's servant said he requested that everyt hi ng ten d ed to show that there her to go and fetch his wif e , an d cou ld th e jury hav e was no concer t a f terwar d s, i t never having ,any doubt in the wor ld, e specially look been proved that they had been seen ing at what took place afterwards, that speaking together or in each other's company. The Manning believed his wife - was not at home ? Learned Sergeant then went on to show that the femal e i n all probability committed the murder, The servant came back and said she could not find the place. What did Manning do then ? Why for he said, after the pistol was fired and took effect, he goes himself to the house and knocks a child a l most might have inflicted the injuries at the door, but no one answering, he goes and taps at found on the body. not the man to be He also endeavoured to sho w was the window. Now, could th e jury have any doubt i n that Manning the world that he did not expect an answer from led sway by the love of lucre to commit i within" HQ asked a person who was stand- ing opposite if he had seen his wife, and the reply he received was that she had gene 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. He asked her it she had 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 h pprepared e the jury th a t th e woman was i n f r i en dl y i ntercourse with the deceas e d O'C onnor . Th e j ury k new , how ever, aof as thehd he was e ever, that a wo man m i g ht assume open outward affection ehp e subsisted t f o r rd e a deny connexion x notn hated i t a l h im in her n betweenth mane heart; t i h n e t imw and wahc 'while n and y the the deceased, or to defend the conduct of the husband, who had connived at suc h connex i on ; h e 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 n o t hi s w if e h ave di ne d d own stairs with her guest and shot him dead ? What could he 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. Moxbay—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 La ng l e y when taken into custody—" Oh, Sergeant, lam glad you have come. I was coming to London to explain 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 be 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. Th e sma ll quantity of powder found in his old coat was a very natural thing to find in the coat of a sportsmen, as Manning had the credit of being while at at Taunton. Let them look at his oth er s t a t ement. " 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 hint—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 ere 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 publ'abed 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. fie, however, put this construction upon the course he had pursued —that the crime, his judgment told him, that it was necessary, and that that crime was opposed to his own better feelings. He believed he 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 he trusted the Learned Attorney-General, when he sat down, would not think it necessary to offer, as was his right, any further observations, and that he would agree with him that the unfortunate woman at the bar had had enough of counsel's re marks. Ile would not app e al 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, as 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 led the jury into a dilemma as to the exact period of the murder. Her connexion with O'Connor, her fall from vit tue to vice, should not prejudice her, as that might have arisen from other motives than that which would lead to the commission of murder. O'Connor was a man past the middle age, and likely to have yielded much to the wishes of the woman, whatever they were, as it was but natural to suppose that he was very fond of her. She was constantly with Mr. O'Connor, and much away from her husband. A bedroom, some months ago, was fitted up in the house of the Misses Armes, showing that the house was not let out for any improper purpose. This showed that she was on intimate terms with O'Connor, and that she had no motive - to the murder. Indeed, if she required money, she would 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 of the most kindly feelings. The Learned Counsel had not concluded when our report left. SONTAG.—For the last two months Madame Sontag and the distinguished artistes who accompany her have been making an uninterrupted musical progress through the country. Their success has i ncrease d as they have proceeded. Within the last f or t n i g ht th ey have experienced an enthusiastic reception from crowded audiences at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liver pool, Plymouth, Exeter, Worcester, Bath, and Bristol. The great prima donna, if she has astonished her auditors by her marvellous powers cf florid execution, has created still more sensation by the classical purity, simplicity, and pathos with which she delivers music of sentiment. She has shown herself an ad mirable exponent of real feeling in opposition to ex aggerated passion, which, from bad taste, or to cover poverty of natural vocal resources, is now so often employed ; and in this tournee her singing of " Home, sweet home" has created as much enthusiasm as h er unparallel e d execu ti on of Rode 's variations. The party is at present at Norwich, where two concerts are announced. A RED EMPEROR.—We have had a Sixteen-string Jack. It is not the fault of the pre cious y oung E mperor Francis J ose ph, th at t h e Austrians have not a Sixteen string Emp eror . H e h as a great tast e f or h anging; but was baulked in hi s d e light by Count B a t t h yany, whose self inflict e d woun d s ren dered such mod e o f death im possible. Wh ereu p on , he was shot; and Hay eau li c k e d his tiger lips. Hungarian women of the highest classes, we are told, endeavoured—but were not permitted—to steep their handkerchiefs in the blood.of the murdered man. But th e bl oo d did not sink. It helps t o dy e th e Emperor. A n d, as it is with a certain insect, that •e the finest red" dyes th e " deepest bluck,' , is so with the Em peror's, the purer th e blood that shed, the blacker the stain that is left.—Punch. CISTERNS—PURE WATER'---A correspondent of the Builder says--." Allow me to suggest what I think would be a remedy for the fault found in your last number with the conical• shaped cistern, having the tap at the bottom. Let there be a tap there, but let it be a waste tap, and have another a little way up the side of the cistern. By this means the cistern could be kept clean, and no sedi ment would find its way into the tap used for supplying water for household purposes." CHOLERA AND DIARRHOEA ENGLAND AND WALES. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and repor , ed to the General Board of Health October 25, 1849 : SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Dlarrh. 1 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 Aln wick ••• ••• ••• - Berwick ••• ••• ••• Bridgewater ... .. ... Bridgwater (Hu n t s pill district) Cliqun Union (St. Philip and Jacob) • • 0100 ikee -- Dudley (Sedgley and Rowley Eccleshall (Bierlow) ... ... Falmouth and Penryn ••• Hardingstone (Paddington) ... Haslingden (Accrington district) Hitchin (Ickleford) ... ... Knaresborough and Bondend Lancaster (bkerton) ... ... Leeds Peterborough ... .. ... Preston ••• •• ••• St. Neots (Eaton Socon) ... Sheffield ... ... ... South Shields (Westoe) ... Stourbridge(Kingswinford) ... Swansea (Llangatelach) ... Tavistock (Milton Abbot) ... Ten terden (Rolvendon) . Tynemouth (Walker) —.-- Wakefield ... ... ... Walsall (Borough) ••• ••• West Derby (T oxtet h-p ar k).. Wigan ... ••• —•— Wirral (Liscard) ... ... Wycombe ... "• ••• Total ... SCOTLAND. Bones Panbride Perin .. Total ... --- 4 CO URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk. `i i.e Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds around the Castle. Lord and Lady John Russell, and the Hon. Ralph and Lady itiary Abercromby, left the Castle this morning. Her Majesty the Queen sat for her bust to Mrs. I, Thorneycroft to-day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dowser', 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. _HEALTH of the QUEEN _DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) The Queen Dowager pissed a restless night o Wednesday. Iler Majesty rallied slightly yesterdan y afternoon. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY. The committee sat during the day at the Guildhall, Mr John Wood in the chair. They were occupied in issuing cards of invitation, and in making arrange ments for the supply of refreshments. WooLwlcu, 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. TAIr. 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 was 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. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUS. SlR,—llaving 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 neat, some precaution should be taken to prevent any sudden great rush of people from one side of the Hungertord Suspension-bridge to the other, either by placing a tem porary barrier along the centre of the footway cr other wi-e.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Oct. 25. M. INST. C.E. PARISH OF ST. MAR T-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 ♦estry-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 nut examined them, and could not therefore consent to sign them. Mr. Hughes sug gested that the whole of the items should be read over. Mr. Lisnbird, an auditor, observed that that proceeding would cccupy at least an hour and a half. He move:i 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 he fore the vestry they should be open to the ratepayers at least seven days before their passing. Mr. Limbird stated V at 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. Isaacsoa, 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. Murrough afterwards addressed the vestry, and it then broke up. The contest is expected to be a very severe one. ASYLIIM Fos ImoTs.—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. Conelly 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. The 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 educa'ion. 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. wises did not afford sufficient accommodation, and it a as necessary that another house should be provided, ar there were several paid patients waiting for admission. in addition to those to be elected that day. Hi• Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had recently honoured the asy lum by thEir presence, and expressed great satisfactior, at the arrar,gEments adopted. Correspondents from trio most distant countries have beet: invited to witness thi, 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 you, 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 handed over to Mr. Binns, his solicitor. Yesterday an eminent publi s h er , w h o i s 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 o' 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, th , ? solicitor will dispose of the poetry. While in Horse monger-lane gaol Manning made some excellent draw- ings, and it is understood that Robert Cruikshank is in treaty for them. In fact the whole of Mannin g 's time has been occupied in writing and drawing. Ile seemed so confident of his success when he left llorsemonger 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 anncunce 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. He 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. Ili; death will be deeply deplored as well by the clergy o f the archdeaconry of Worcester as by a very extensive circle of friends, to whom his amiable disposition and uniform courtesy and urbanity bad greatly and de servedly endeared him.— Worcester Journal. ALARMING EXPLOSION. — Between one and two o'clock this morning. the neighbourhood of Old Barge House, near Blackfriars' - bridge , was greatly alarmedby a loud explosion on t h e p r emises of Messrs. D avey and Pegg, co al-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 anti c ip a t e d, but through the ready aid afforded by the firemen and police the adjoiuing, property sustained little damage. By three o'clock further damage had ceased. THE BEST F IRE - ESCAPE.—The Kent Fire-office has issued a list of instructions to assist persons to escape from fire. We will give one, which, if followed cut, would hereafter render all others unnecessary, and that is, let buildings be so constructed that they will not take fire. As we have again and again shown, the majority of our ordinary dwelling-houses are positively built to burn. The loss which the community annually 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.—Vuilder. GENERAL TOTAL. England and Wales Scotland ••• .... Total ... 55 17 NOTE —The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found ins practicable to distinguish every place separately. 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 record to the whaling verse's. Intelligence has already been 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 like fate. These four are—the Superior, 400 tons burden, belonging to Peterhead; the Lady Jane, 300 tons, Captain Paterson, of Newcastle; the Prince of Wales, 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 June last, three of the above-named vessel& 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 seas tempestuous in the extreme. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon an alarm was raised of the floating 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 London, had not the slightest 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 the 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 crew, consisting of fifty souls, succeeded in securing the seven boats belonging to the ship, together with some clothing and provisions. As to the American verso I, although ireadlully 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 ending 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 grew had obtairied 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 neavy 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 NI; 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 abort time, th e crew barely having time to save their boats. They •4ained 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.Gowran 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 lance. 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 breivery at Deptford, w h en s h e observed MU ‘owran coming in a contrary direction, and imme diately accosted him. She then invited him isto her house to take some refreshment, and having stated the circumstance of the M'Donalds 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 Mllowran 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 lodg i ng - 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 deUt It is a pity that the theatre should be opened with the wretched and effete opera of the Capuletti e Montecchi, 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 weeks since, property of the value ot 30,000!. has been collected from the rubbish. The whole of the men in the employment ot 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, Bunhill-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 ia consequence, Re 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. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BEEHUNTER AND CLINCHEIL—A great deal of money was laid out at evens on this match not p. p.; 6to 5 offered on Clincher, p. p. NURSERY STARES. 9 to 4 agst Bastinado I 9 to 1 agst The Monk 6to 1 agst French Susy I 9to 1 agst Countess Bto 1 agst Cariboo Iloto 1 agst Hyrum Scarum 8 to 1 agst Little Jack THURSDAY'S RACES. Match, 100, h it. T. Y. C Captain Harvey's Strongbow, ist 121 b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Osbaldiston's Joc o'Sot, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Strongbow. Won by a length. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two year olds, 7st, and three, Sat 121 b; fillies allowed 21b; the winner to be sold for SO soya., if demanded, &c. T. Y. C. Mr. Mageneis's The Secret, 2 yrs (Rodney) 1 Col. Peel's cby Gladiator, out o f Malibran(G. Brown) 2 Mr. Shelley's Sylvia, 3 yrs (F. Butler) 3 Mr. Bateman's La Voleuse, 3 yrs 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 ugst 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 Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. Ab. M. (7 Subs.) Mr. 11. 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 31h, the winner to be sold for 250 soya., if demanded, &c. A. F. Mr. Barker's Antagonist, 5 yrs (W. A bdale) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Dulcet, aged (Rogers) 2 Col. Peel's Vasa, 3 yrs (carried 31b. over) (Flatman) 3 Lo-d 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 ont 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 soya. each, h ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b. Last three-quarters of R.M. Mr. Bowes's Bro. to Epirote (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 Cariboo 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 15 soya, each, 10 ft, for twoyrs olds; D.M. Ca Anson's fby Jereed, out of Muff, Bst... (Pearl) 1 Mr. Greville's Estafette, Bst 21b (Flatman) 2 Lord Clifden's Rabelais, ist 71b (G. Gooch) 3 Mr. Newton's Falcon, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 4 Lord Chesterfield's Satire, ist 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 min 45 sec. Match, 200,50 ft. T. Y. C. Lord H. Lennox's Beehuter, Bst 71b (Flatman) 0 Lord Airlie's Clincher, Bst (Marlow) 0 5 and 6 to 4on Clincher. One of the most interesting and heaviest betting races known for many years ended in a dead heat. Sweepstakes of 10 SOTS. each, for two yr olds, colts Bat 71b, fillies Bst 41b, the winner to be sold for 40 soya. Last half of Ab. M. Mr. Ford's Eunuch Mr. Meiklam's Emma (Templeman) 2 Lord Chesterfield's f 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 50/., for three yrs old and D.l.upwards. D . Mr. Pedley's Cockermouth. 4 yrs, Bst llb (A. Day) 1 Col. Anson's Backbiter, 4 yrs, Bst (Raman) 2 Capt.Lowther's Watchog,s yrs, 7st 101 b (Dockeray) 3 Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman, 4 yrs, Bst 61h (Simpson) 4 Duke of Bedford's Quasimodo, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Pettit) 0 Lord Chesterfield's c by Harkaway, 3 yrs, ist 71b 0 Mr. Wigram's Keraun, 4 yrs, ist 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 apt Backbiter, and 5 to 1 apt Watchdog. Watchdog and 3.ckbiter made nearly all the running from the start until within a distance of home; the remainder was en tirely between Ba c kbit e r an d 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 ft, A.F.—Lord Exeter's Grace, B , t 31b, received 60 soya. ft from Lord Strathmore's Eva, Bst 71h. Match, 200, h ft, first half of Ab. M.—Mr. Payne's Sergius, 6st 71b, received forfeit from Sir J . Hawley's Sponge Bst 111 b. The racing this afternoon derived extraordinary in terest from the match between Bet hunter and Clincher, notwithstanding an impression prevailed almost until the numbers were made up, that from the enormous amount at stake—said to be 20,0001—it would not bo run. However, it did come off, and, alter one of the most exciting struggles ever witnessed, terminated in a dead head. The race for the Glasgow Stakes was re ' markable for the fluctuations in the betting, ari-ing from a report that Broth,n. to Epirote was " off." It was a very near thing. Pitsfcrd 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 ,umber, 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 eas justified in correcting the mistake. The other case was of considerable importance, the Handicap Plate, for Nthich Mounseer came in first on Wednesday, having ben claimed by the owner of Sir Gilbert on the ground that he had 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 carry any specified weight, or ,run any specified distance. This case came on after the races, when, on Lord Clifden declaring that he riders had not been weighed, that the horses had only gallopped across the flat, the objection was with drawn. 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. NEWMARKET THURSDAY. BETTING AT NIGHT. THE NURSERY STARES. 3 to 1 agst Bastinado 8 to 1 agst Ghio 4 to 1 agst Sister to Pillag e I 10 to 1 agst Regina—t 5 to 1 agst The Monk I 10 to 1 agst Ilarom Scarum 7to 1 agst French Susy Ilsto 1 agst Shamrock TILE DERBY. to 1 agst Sweetheart I2oto 1 agst Mildew S to 1 agst Clincher I 20 to I agst Italian ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. 501. Plate for three yrs old and upwards. A.F.— Dulcet, aged—Patriot, aged—Ziska, 5 yrs—Amszeweat, aged—Radulphus, 6 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C.—Crucible (to he sold for 1501), 3 yrs— Rose Pompon (1001.), 2 yrs—St. George (ltn 2 yrs —Secret (501.), 2 yrs—General Seidlitz (50/.) 2 yrs— Sidney, (1001), 3 yrs—The Probe (100/.), 3 yrs—Rear guard (1001.), 3 yrs—Tbe Wren (1001.), 2 y rs. Sweepstakes for three yrs old. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 601.—The Probe, Tiresome, Bryce, Snailsfoot, ch g by Epirus, dam by .IYEgville. Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old; first half of Ab. M.—Ploughboy, 3 yrs, f by Jereed, out of Muff, 2 yrs —Farthingale, 3 yrs—Young Bamboo, 2 yrs—Sea man, 2 yrs—Baron Hill, 2 yrs—hose Pompon, 2 yrs —Falcon, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes for three yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. Bishop of Romlord's Cob, aged—The Moor, 4 yrs—St. Ann, 4 yrs—St. 11 , salia, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes for three yrs old; first half Ab. M.— Bryse Snails foot (to be sold for 601)—oh gby Epirus dam by D'Egville (601)—Mirror (401), —Plibeia WO Penthesilea (801)—lrish Jig (601)—Rochester (400. Handicap for three yrs old and upwards; T.Y.C.— Honeycomb, Bst 101b—Puttinger, 5 yrs, Bst—Sultana, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Bishop of Romford's Cob, Bst 71b— Dolly Varden, 3 yrs, 7st 131b—Over-tork-over , Est 101 b —Ribaldry, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Ferule, 3 yrs, 7.3 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, ist 41b—Vanguard, 3 yrs, ist 111 b Abd-el•Kader, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Tiresome, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b. Acceptances for the Audley End Stakes—Flatcatcher, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Gardenia, 4 yrs, Bst llb — Beauclerc, 4 yrs, Sst 21b—Kissaway, 3 yrs, ist. Four declared forfeit._ Matches—Lo Beau receives from St. Sophia, and Watchdog from cEdipus. LONDON ♦ND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Third class passengers by the London and North-Western will be glad to learn that considerable improvements are to be carried out at the Bletchley station on this line,where all the Parliamentary trains have to stop an hour and a half. The accommodation is to be increased and refresh ment rooms provided, in lieu of the present public , house. WEST FLANDERS RAILWAT.—It is expected that the profits of working this line during the past half year will amount to about 2,000/., and allow of a dividend of is. 6d. per share, although it is not expected that more than Is. or Is, 3d. per share will he divined. This result has been brought about by the exercise of the strictest economy in every department, otherwise it is probable there would have been a loss instead of a profit. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—This company have just removed from their old offices to a new and more commodious suite recently erected, in connexion with their North Kent Railway terminus, on the right hand side of the London-bridge station. The Brighton Rail way Company hare 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; cotton and thread are higher, and further advanceo are anticipated, —Leicester Mercury. s of 8 A$ to- Ind, was rere 'eke. 00 , mo rbich Jity; y, at I not when o the sited. 'nary Dther etual short The dileh dud- 31 72 -59