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littraturr. ••••---.42...-- NOTICES Ruins of Many Lands; a Descriptive Poem. By Ni cholas Michpll, author of " The Traduced," " The Eventful Enoch," &c. Second Edition, enlarged. London : W. Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane, Cheapside. 1 vol., pp. 384. - • THE plan . of this poem is a very comprehensive one, and it contains, along with many very beautiful descriptive pas sages, a very large amount of compressed historical and topographical information. The writer divides his sub jects into three classes. The first book is devoted to a description of the ruins of the dark ages, which ranges over Babylon, Nineveh, Petra, Nubia, Egypt, ruined America, Rock Temples of Ellora, Elephanta, am, in India. His descriptions of the former places, as bearing upon the sacred writings, will be found most in teresting to the scriptural student ; and the views which he takes of the probable Egyptian, or Ethiopian origin of the ruined cities of Central America, as shewn by the character of their monuments, and especially their pyra midal erections over the bodies of their dead, are both curious and ingenious. This theory, which seems highly worthy of attention, would establish the fact that these eastern nations had, long before the discovery of Colum bus, carried the arts and sciences of Asia into the western world, and established there an empire, which only ceased to exist in its luxury and splendour when the last of its monarchs, Montezuma, fell beneath the invading hosts cities of of Cortes. Book second contains the ruins of the classic era, some of the descriptions of which, in spirit and fine conception, remind one forcibly of the reflections of Childe Harold. The third book contains the ruins of miscellaneous ages, including Carthage, Ephesus, Tyre, Persepolis, Geraza in Gilead, and others. The notes are most valuable, and display, as well as the context, extensive reading and research. The poetry is smooth and flowing throughout, and frequently approaches the sublime in conception. The improvement in this edition consists of a considera ble addition to the notes, and an amplification of the original text, in parts where the author considered the descriptions too brief for the importance of the subject. We append a few extracts ; and take first the following - - LINES TO AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY. " What wert thou, uncouth form, that Hest there Three thousand years concealed from outer air, Thus in thy strange and gilded wrappings cased, With bird and beast and mystic symbols traced? Dark mummy when we rend this covering band, Around thee twined by some fond careful band, Ah ! can we think this black and shrivelled limb Was once all comeliness, these feet could skim The turf like some gazelle's, while beauty drunk Delight from flashing eyes, now closed and sunk ? What wert thou, then ?—a courtier, doomed to kneel At Pharaoh's throne, and anxious tremors feel? Wert thou a priest, and didst thou teach the crowd From these blue lips, while listening votaries bowed? Or face to face see Moses, when his rod Shook o'er the trembling land the plagues of God? Wert thou a sage, this hollow, grinning skull Peopled by thoughts, with wit and wisdom full, While through these socket-holes thy curious eye Scanned heaven's wide arch, and read the spangled eye? Or wert thou some great chief? and didst thou lead Fierce myriads on to conquer and to bleed? Did this poor arm the glittering falchion wave, And, scattering death, send thousands to their grave? " Alas! poor mummy, gazing on thee now, Ambition well may sigh and Wisdom bow; Though mute these lips, they do not teach the less ; A sermon read we in thy ghastliness. Ali! what charmed word, what strong Medean spell, Shall rouse to life this dried and shattered shell? Nought but the tr impet's final wakenine blast, When thou shall burst thy bon:ls, dark thing, at last, And oh I if just and pure—and who are they That dare condemn and quench bright Mercy's ray?— Shalt see these blackened limbs in beauty shine, All, all thyself again, but more divine." There are the true elements of poetry in this description, and the volume is strewn throughout with similar pas. The following is a striking description of A RUINED CITY OF ANCIENT (I) AMERICA an, yet buried, too, 'mid trees, Upspringing, there for sumless centuries, Behold a royal city ! vast and lone, Lost to each race—to all the world unknown ; Like famed Pompeii, 'neath her lava bed, Till chance unveiled the City of the Dead.' Palenque !—dark seat of kings!—as, o'er the plain, Clothed with thick copse, the traveller toils with pain Climbs the rude mound the shadowy scene to trace, He views in mute surnr ,- At every stp , - Unlike Co thy desert grace, ome temple courts the sky Some figure frowns, It seems as if that hour the verdurous earth, By genii struck, had giv'n these fabrics birth, Save that old Time had flung his darkening pall On each tree-shaded tower and pictured wall. " The royal palace decks its stately mound, Girt by wild shrubs, by waving thistles crowned ; But strength still breathes throughout the lordly pile, And lingering beauty sheds a mournful smile. We walk the rooms where kings and princes met, Frown on the walls their sculptured portraits yet : Strange their costume—ye see no native face, Lip, brow, and hue bespeak an Ethiop race. The square stone portals, smooth and glittering floors, The spacious courts, and sounding corridors, The picture-writing earliest races learn, The g►ant figures, mournful, calm, and stern, — All point to climes beyond the Eastern sea, Egypt's old shores, or, far Cathay ! to thee : How the bold ancients crossed the watery way, By star or needle, 'tis not ours to say ; •Enough we meet their gorgeous buildings here. - Their-picture-art; and creeds of gluom and fear." The author's note on the concluding line of the firs stanza is very interesting, and will afford to many reader: a novel subject of historical and antiquarian inquiry : " The ruins discovered in 1750 in the forests of the Mexican state of Chiapa, and since called the ruined city of Palenquc from the neighbouring village, are perhaps the most important and spiendio or aii in Central America. Many vague and incorrect accounts o Palenone had reached Europe prior to this century. travellers asserted that it was sixty miles in circumference, or twice the magnitude of London. Captain Del Rio surveyed the ruins in 1787, and Dupaix, in 1835, published a work respecting them. They extend, there can be no doubt, over a tract many miles in length; but owing to the trees and underwood not a tenth part of the monuments, it is supposed, has yet been dis covered. These monuments consist chiefly of pyramids, the remains of temples, baths, and stone buildings, the palaces of the old Caciques. The houses, as regards their flat roofs and low massy walls, are built in the Egyptian style ; but in the arrangement and number of the apartments and courts they rather resemble, strange to say, Greek and Roman dwellings. One peculiarity attaches to nearly all the ruined stone palaces yet discovered in Central America; they are constructed on ar tificial platforms, that vary in height from twenty to fifty feet; the fronts are stuccoed and richly ornamented, and the floors are of a hard cement. Apertures in the walls, of the form of the well-known Egyptian Tau, have been found in the palace at Palenque, giving rise to many speculations amongst the learned. Though square pillars may be occasionally met with here, the cylindrical have never been discovered. Sculptured figures in relief occur everywhere; some of them are rudely done, but others are executed with considerable taste. The features of the persons pourtrayed are usually in profile; the forehead recedes (the head being compressed and lengthened), the nose is remarkably large and prominent, and the whole physiognomy bears no resemblance to that of any race or peo ple at present occupying the country. Of the so-called Pa lenque, no history, no tradition, not even a name exists; and in the time of Cortes, three centuries ago, the city was as deso late as it appears at the present hour." We close this interesting work, which we can heartily nd, with the following affecting description of recomm !ODERN JERUSALEM " Time soothes the sharpest pang, and pitying throws O'er harsh despair the softness of repose; There reigns a quiet in this land of grief, As if to Salem ages brought relief: But ah ! still strong her injured children's woe, Though noiseless all, deep. deep the currents flow. Where are her hallowed ruins T—few remain, ' - ‘n for her ancient walls ye search in vain, -;lding,s crushed, o'erturned by barbarous hands, ..nged alone the hills on which she stands. ee ! yon proud mosque, its courts and crescents shine, Where stood great Solomon's far-blazing shrine! The Turk on Zion, too, bath reared his pile, Master and judge, who deems all others vile, Scowls his disdain on Christian and on Jew, And scoffs their zeal to mark, their tears to view, Calls on his prophet, chants his Koran-prayer, The creed of Mecca all triumphant here. " Yet 'midst these scenes, a dark perplexing maze, Some relics moulder -wrecks of other days. Cross Hinnom's vale, good Hebrews view with shame, Where once to Moloch burned the idol-flame ; Wend o'er the waste where now no flowret springs, But bloomed of yore the Garden of the Kings;' Ye reach an opening pierced in Ophel's side, While high beyond the huge mosque lifts its pride,— 'Tis cool Siloam's foßnt ; when palms grew round, Here Jewish minstrels woke their harps' sweet sound, And Hebrew sages, on these - rocks reclined, Taught listening crowds, and scattered pearls of mind This rugged path the bless'd Apostles trod, Beneath yon arch once stood their king—their God; And here the wretch whose eyes were sealed in night, At Mercy's word, received the gift of sight. Now, on these s'eps worn smooth by countless feet, Young Arab maids at eve are wont to meet , Their fair heads bearing pitchers, and their hands Wreathing the wells dark sides with flowery bands Thou blessed fount ! whose crystal waters still Bubble unchanged beneath that holy hill, Fire, War, and Ruin, wasting on each side, Have left untouched thy pure and sparkling tide A living coolness in that cell below, Health in thy dew, and music in thy flow, mire angels, while deserting Salem's towel s, And Zion ' s Mount, and David's perished bowers, Might hither come, and sorrowing vigil keep, Glide through the shade, above those waters weep, And fold their wings, resolving ne'er to flee, The lingering guardians, hallowed fount ! of thee. 4 , But bath the Hebrew, 'neath Oppression's reign Resigned all feelings save the thirst of ga in ? No ;et those stones, down which green ivies fall — The sole poor remnant left of Salem's wall— Those stones attest how warmly Hebrews feel For that loved home, whose woes they cannot heal. 'The Wailing-place'- -when Sabbath eve descends. And to their slavish toils a respite lends, Mark yon sad groups, who fix their mournful eyes On those rude stones their hearts so dearly prize ; Here, kneeling on the flints, to heaven they pray To Mess their brethren, scattered far away; 'They ask Air strength their weight of ills to bear, v,r;mhter hours, and wrestle_with despair : rtope Ong! 'lCJ 1.v...., ....." -, Then through the chinks they sigh,.and pale lips keep Pressed to the wall, and spread their hands and weep. From broken hearts that wailing seems to rise, And ask for help and pity of the skies: No sound more plaintive ever heavenward stole, Or woke the listener's tear, and touched his soul. Raphael's Prophetic Almanac l5O. ondon : Wil liam Charlton Wright, P ate r noste r-row. Tuts almanac, which has now been in existence and main tained its popularity for thirty years, has just been pub lished ; and in addition to the usual matter contained in such works, treats us with a look into futurity, and con veys to those not disposed to place confidence in astrology itself a large amount of astronomical information. We observe that our own town of Liverpool has become not too unimportant to be brought expressly within the reach 9f the " planetary influences." In February, Raphael informs us that " commerce will have a check in Liver pool. Inflammatory meetings are held, and violent lan guage will prevail." In April he gives us more cheering news—" Commerce flourishes in Lyons, Paris, and Ton. louse; Liverpool derives benefit from the transit of Jupi ter." In August, we are told that " the magistrates, or Town Council of Liverpool, fall into disrepute, or perform some rash act; and in these events a female appears to figure." The hieroglyphic for the year portents its prov ing an eventful one. VARIgTIES FORGIVE AND FORGET. — The occurrences of almost every day shew me what cause I have to bless and adore God, for enabling me to adopt and carry . into effect a very simple principle, which brings the sweetest peace into my soul. It is this :—A man strikes me with a sword, and inflicts a wound. Suppose, instead of binding up the wound, I am shewing it to every body, and, after it has been bound up, I am taking off the bandage continually, and examining the depth of the wound. and making it fester, till my limb becomes greatly inflamed, and my general health is materially affected ; is there a person in the world that would not call me a fool ? Now, such a fool is he who, by dwelling upon little injuries or insults or provocations, causes them to agitate and inflame his mind : how much better were it to put a bandage over the wound, and never look at it again !—Diary of the Rev. C. Simeon. THE LONDON MARKETS.—The number of oxen con sumed in London yearly is estimated at about two hun dred and fifty thousand ; of sheep about one million, of lambs about four hundred thousand, of calves three hun dred thousand, of pigs about a quarter of million, besides various animals used as food. Considerable quantities of butcher's meat have lately been imported from Scotland and the provinces to London, in addition to what is boug:lt at Smithfield and the other markets. It is reck oned that about one million pounds sterling per annum is a fair computation of the value of live animals sold in Smithfield market alone. About eight hundred thousand gallons of milk are consumed in London annually, sup plied by about ten thousand cows. It is said that nearly five hundred thousand pounds per annum are paid by milk retailers to cow-keepers for the produce of their cows; and that from the additional cent. per cent. added to the original cost of the produce, independent of the loss caused by adulteration, the citizens of London pay nearly one million sterling for milk alone. Upwards of ten thousand acres of land are under cultivation round the city, in order to supply the regular vegetable market ; and about four thousand acres are devoted to the cultivation of fruits and flowers. Nearly seven hundred thousand pounds sterling are paid at market for garden stuff's, and upwards of four hundred thousand pounds for fruit alone; and when we take into consideration that the retailers ad vance the price of these more than two hundred per cent., we shall find that the Londoners disburse above three millions of pounds yearly for esculent vegetables. The annual consumption of wheat inLondon is above one million quarters, each quarter containing eight Winchester bushels. About one million chaldrons of coals are con sumed. each chaldron containing thirty-six bushels, or one ton and a half. Nearly two hundred and fifty thou sand barrels of ale and porter annually are brewed and sold in the city, each barrel containing thirty-six gallons. About twelve millions of gallons of spirituous liquors and compounds, about seventy thousand pipes of wine, about three millions of butter, and about thirty millions of pounds weight of cheese constitute the articles of general use. In Billingsgate market alone—that famous theatre of eloquent persons, who from their dress and demeanour might be supposed to constitute a third sex—upwards of three hundred thousand tons of fish are annually disposed of, and nearly one hundred thousand pounds are paid for poultry during a season by the rich.--Hogy's Weekly Instructor. RIVETTING THE TUBES AT THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE. —By far the most curious part of the rivetting process is to be seen on the., flat roof or top of the tube. This im mense deck, which we have already stated to be 472 feet in length, is composed of a pavement of plates to be con nected together by 18 longitudinal rows of rivets, the heads of which are to be only 21 inches apart. Beneath this surface, at a depth of only Ift. 9in. there is, to give additional strength, a similar stratum of plates, the space included between both being divided into eight compart ments called flues, 21 inches deep by 20 inches broad, exactly resembling those of a common stove. After the horizontal bottoms and upright sides of these eight flues have been firmly connected together by the battering process we have just described, the upper stratum of plates are loosely laid down, and, being thus, by the superin cumbcnt weight of the iron covering securely adjusted, their final connection is effected as follows :—A tiny rivet boy —we observed one little mite only ten years of age, in clothes professionally worn into holes at the knees and elbows—crawling heels foremost for a considerable dis tance into one of these flues as easily as a yellow ferret trots into a rabbit hole, is slowly followed by his huge lord and master the holder-up, who exactly fits the flue, for the plain and excellent reason that by Mr. Stephenson the flue was purposely predestined to be exactly big enough to fit him ; and as, buried alive in this receptacle, he can move but very slowly, he requires some time, advancing head foremost, to reach the point at which he is to commence his work. On arriving there, his first process, lying on his left side, is with his right hand to pass through one of the rive', holes in the plate above him a little strong hook, to which is attached a short hempen loop or noose, which, supporting the heavy end of his huge hammer, forms a fulcrum upon which he can easily raise it against the roof, simply by throwing his right thigh and leg over the extremity of the long lever or handle of the instrument. When similar preparations, by the injection of other little rivet-boys. and other stout holders-up, into several of the other flues, have been made, the signal for commencing operations is given by several red-hot bolts falling, apparently from the clouds, among the riveters, who, leaning on their sledge-ham mers, have been indolently awaiting their arrival. These bolts have been heated on the outside of the tube on the ground immediately beneath, in a portable furnace, from which a gang of lithesome rivet-boys in attendance ex- tract them as fast as they are required, and then walking away with them, without looking upwards, or apparently caring the hundred-thousandth part of the shaving of a farthing where they may fall, or whom they may burn, they very dexterously, by a sudden swing of their pincers, throw them almost perpendicularly about 45 feet, or about ten feet higher than the top of the tube, upon which, as we have stated, they fall among the asembled riveters as if they had been dropped from the moon. As soon as these red-hot meteors descend upon the flat roof, another set of rivet-boys eagerly snap them up, and each running with his bolt, not to the spot where it is required, but to one of certain holes in the plate made on purpose for its insertion, he delivers it into the pincers of the little sweep, rivet-boy, or Ascanius, within the flue, who, hav ing been patiently waiting there to receive it, crawls along with it towards his Pius Aneas, the stout recum bent holder-up. As soon as he reaches him he inserts for him the small end of the bolt into the hole for which it has been prepared, and through which, in obedience to its fate, it is no sooner seen to protrude, than the sledge hammers of the expectant riveters, severely jerking at every blow the heavy leg of the poor holder-up, belabour it and " swage" it into a rivet—Quarterly Review. THE WAY TO KEEP HER.—One evening, as I was sitting apart from the rest, with two men of the London world, to whose talk—for it ran upon the on-dits and anecdotes of a region long strange to me—l was a silent but amused listener; one of the two said—" Well, I don't know anywhere a more excellent creature than Lady Castleton ; so fond of her children—and her tone to Castleton so exactly what it ought to be—so affectionate, and yet, as it were, respectful. And the more credit to her, if, as they say, she was not in love with him when she married, (to be sure, handsome as he is, he is twice her age!) And no woman could have been more flattered and courted by Lotharios and lady-killers than Lady Castleton has been. I confess, to my shame, that Castle ton's luck puzzles me, for it is rather an exception to my general experience." "My dear * * "," said the other, who was one of those wise men of pleasure, who occa sionally startle us into wondering how they come to be so clever, and yet rest contented with mere drawing-room celebrity—men who seem always idle, yet appear to have read everything ; always indifferent to what passes before them, yet who know the characters and divine the secrets of everybody—" my dear * * *," said the gentle man, " you would not be puzzled if you had studied Lord Castleton, instead ;of her ladyship. Of all the conquests ever made by Sedley Beaudesert, when the two fairest dames of the Faubourg are said to have fought for his smiles in the Bois de Boulogne—no conquest ever cost him such pains, or so tasked his knowledge of women, as that of his wife after marriage ! He was not satisfied with her hand, he was resolved to have her whole heart, ' one entire and perfect chrysolite ;' and he has succeeded ! Never was husband so watchful, and so little jealous-- never one who confided so generously in all that was best in his wife, yet was so alert in protecting and guarding her wherever she was weakest! When, in the second year of marriage that dangerous German Prince Von Leibenfels attached himself so perseveringly to Lady Castleton, and the scandal-mongers pricked up their ears in hopes of a victim, I watched Castleton with as much interest as if I had been looking over Dechappelles play ing at chess. You never saw anything so masterly : he pitted himself against his Highness with the cool confi dence, not of a blind spouse, but a fortunate rival. He surpassed him in the delicacy of his attentions, he out shone him by his careless magnificence. Leibenfels had the impertinence to send Lady Castleton a bouquet of some rare flowers just in fashion. Castleton, an hour before, had filled her whole balcony with the same costly exotics, as if they had been too common for nosegays, and only just worthy to bloom for her a day. Young and really . accomp li s hed as Lienbenfels Castleton eclipsed him by his grace, and fooled him with his wit; he laid little plots to turn his mustache and guitar into ridicule ; he seduced him into a hunt with the buckhounds (though Castleton himself had not hunted before since he was thirty,) and drew him, spluttering German oaths, out of the slough of a ditch ; be made him the laughter of the clubs; he put him fai rl y out of fashion—and all, with such suavity and politeness, and bland sense of superi ority, that it was the finest piece of comedy you ever beheld. The poor Prince, who had been coxcomb enough to lay a bet with a Frenchman as to his success with the English in general, and La d y Castleton in particular, went away with a face as long as Don Quixote s. If you lad but seen him at 5 House, the night before he took leave of the island, and his comical grimace when Castle ton offered him a pinch of the Beaudesert mixture I No ! the fact is, that Castleton made it the object of his exist ence, the masterpiece of his art, to secure to himself a happy home, and the entire possess ion of his wife's heart. The first two or three years, I fear, cost him more trouble than any other man ever took, with his wife at least—but he may now rest in peace; Lady Castleton is won, and for ever." As my gentleman ceased, Lord Castleton's • noble head rose above the group standing round him; and I saw Lady Castleton turn with a look of well-bred fatigue from a handsome young fop, who had affected to lower his voice while he spoke to her, and, encountering the eyes of her husband, the look changed at once into . one of such smiling affection, such frank unmistakeable ▪ wife-like pride,"that it seemed a response to the assertion —" Lady Castleton is won, and for ever."—From " The Cartons," in Blackwood's Magazine. IRE LIVERPOOL §TANDARD. TRIAL OF THE MANNINGS, At ten o'clock on Thursday the learned judges, Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Justice Maule, and Mr. Justice Cresswell, accompanied by the Lord Mayor, entered the Court, at the Old Bailey, and the prisoners were placed at the bar. They were thus described in the calendar : " Frederick George Manning, aged thirty, traveller; and Alaria Manning, twenty-eight, widow." Manning was attired in a respectable suit of black, and wore a black neckerchief. He appeared in better health and spirits than at the examination at the police-court, but during the day he manifested a nervous restlessness. He fre quently changed his position at the bar, and was observed to cast furtive glances at his wife. She, on the contrary, for more than an hour after she was placed in the dock, remained almost as motionless as a statue, and was never seen throughout the day to turn her eyes towards her husband. She seemed to be suffering from illness, and had lost the appearance of robust health which charac terized her previous to her committal. The cheerful buoyancy of spirits, amounting almost to levity, which she manifested at the preliminary examinations, appeared also to have deserted her. She wore a black or dark dress fitting closely up to the throat, a shawl of somewhat gaudy colours in which blue predominated, and gloves of prim rose colour. She was without bonnet and wore as a head dress a very handsome white lace veil. Manning was charged with the actual murder of O'Con nor, and the female prisoner was charged with being fe loniously present, aiding and assisting. Both prisoners pleaded "Not Guilty." An application by Mrs. Man ning to be tried by a jury, half foreigners. was over-ruled, her marriage with a British subject having naturalized her. The Attorney-General opened the case against both prisoners. The male prisoner came from Somersetshire, and his wife was a native of Switzerland. They had kept an inn at Taunton ; and on the 9th of August last they occupied a house in Minver-place, Bermondsey, and O'Connor lived in Greenwood-street, and on the 9th of August left his house, and at four o'clock in the after noon was met by a person to whom he showed a lett-r inviting him to dinner at the house in Minver-place, which letter was written by the female prisoner ; and at five o'clock he was seen by another person on London bridge, hesitating as to which way he should go. He was afterwards missed, and on the 17th August, his body was found in the house in Minvet-place, in a hole in the back kitchen, having apparently been murdered ; but al though the finding of the body in the house of the pri.o ners did not prove that the crime had been effected by either or both of the prisoners at the bar, yet he should be able to prove, by the most undoubted circumstantial evidence, that the death of O'Connor was the result of a deep-laid scheme, long meditated. The charge in the indictment was, that the male prisoner actively murdered O'Connor by killing him with a crow-bar, or by shooting him with a pistol loaded with gunpowder and bullet ; or had shot him with an air-gun, and that his wife was pre sent at the time aiding and abetting him. This would not prevent the female being guilty of the crime alleged against her, because she was present while her husband committed the murder. .But if the jury should be of opinion that the hand of llaria Manning committed the crime, if her husband was present, so in like manner they would both be guilty of murder; and even if the jury should be of opinion that a third party, not in the indictment, committed the murder, yet if both or either of the prisoners were present, they would be equally and legally guilty, as being accessories before the fact. Those who were accessories before the fact would by act of par liament be found guilty as principals. In some cases, the humanity of the law supposed that a woman was under the coercion of her husband, and therefore not personally liable; but that allowance was never made in a case of so heinous a kind as that of murder. It would be proved that O'Connor and the female prisoner were on the most inii mate terms, though he did not know when that intimacy had commenced. A young gentleman of the name of Massey lodged at the house of the prisoners in Minver place some few weeks before the murder was discovered ; and during that time Manning had taken frequent op portunities of making inquiries of him of a curious nature in connexion with the murder of O'Connor. He told Massey that the deceased was a man of wealth and was worth at least £2,000 ; and then asked if chlo roform would stupify a person • he also inquired which was the most vital part of the head ; he also asked if he had ever fired off an air-gun. Both prisoners afterwards anxiously pressed Massey to leave the premises, whim he did. On the 23rd July, Manning went to a builder, and purchased sixpennyworth of lime, buying that which would burn the quickest, and was therefore supplied with gray lime. On the 25th Manning purchased a large crow bar, which was delivered on the 28th of that month. It was carried home by a man, who was met on London Bridge by Manning, who took him to a stationer's, and bought some paper to cover it. He took the crow-bar to the house in Minver-place, where it was taken in by Mrs. Manning herself, who paid the man the price for which it had been purchased by her husband. It was also singular that on the Bth of August, the day before the murder was supposed to have been committed, the female prisoner bought a shovel of an ironmonger in Tooley-street, which was afterwards carried home to the house in Minver-place, and placed in the hands of Mrs. Manning. This identical shovel was afterwards found in possession of a furniture-broker, who had bought the goods from Manning, and had no doubt been used in dig ging the hole where the body of O'Connor was afterwards found. On that very day, Mrs. Manning wrote a letter to O'Connor, inviting him to dine with her and her hus band in Minver-place, but in consequence of being posted too late for delivery that day, it did not reach Mr. O'Con nor till the following morning. It would be proved that on the 9th, in the morning, the decased had left his lodg ings in Greenwood-street, with the apparent intention of proceeding to the London Docks on his ordinary duty ; but he did not go there. He was, however, seen in the afternoon, about four o'clock, on London Bridge, and about five in the afternoon was seen in the neighbourhood of Minver-place, but after this time he was never seen alive. On the very same day, Mrs. Manning went to the house of Mr. O'Connor in Greenwood-street, and arrived there about a quarter before six. The distance by walking would occupy about 40 minutes. At that precise time Manning was certainly at the house in Minver-place. On the 10th of August Mrs. Manning again went to Greenwood-street, as it would appear for the purpose of taking charge of the property. Her going there created no suspicion, but she seemed to be pale and nervous. On the 11th Mrs. Manning engaged a girl to clean the house, and desired her if possible to scrub a basket which had container lime. On the same day Manning went to a broker, and sold some Eastern Counties Shares in the name of O'Connor (which were undoubtedly the property of O'Connor.) Ilse absence of O'Connor from his duty had now occasioned some inquiry, and Mrs. Manning was asked if she had seen O'Connor. She replied that she had not, although she had expected him. A person named Flynn asked her if O'Connor had been there. On the early part of the following Monday, Man ning agreed to sell his furniture to a broker for £l3, and took lodgings at his house for a fort night. He staid there for a time, and sent the servant to fetch his wife, but she could not find the house, and therefore returned without her. Hereupon Manning went to the house himself, and found that his wife had gone away in a cab. Upon his return, therefore, he said that he had sent his wife into the country. As the furniture bought by the broker had not yet been removed, the wife of Mr. Bainbridge, the broker, asked him why he did not sleep in his own house, instead of her's : to which he re plied that he would not do so for £2O. Mrs. Manning had, on the afternoon of that day, called a cab, and then directed the driver to go to the Brighton station, whence she proceeded to the London and North Western ter minus, and went to Edinburgh, where she was appre hended, a gread deal of property having been found in her boxes. On the 15th of August Manning hired a cab, and drove to the Southampton station. He was appre hended at Jersey ; he made no resistance, but declared that he intended to have come to London to clear up the case ; that he had had no hand in the murder, but that it was committed by his wife, who bad put her arm round the neck of O'Connor, and had shot him with a pistol at the back part of his head. He knew that the declaration of a husband against his wife would not be legal evidence that she had committed the crime, and might be objected to by his learned friends who appeared on behalf of the female ; but he apprehended that the whole of the evi dence must be laid before the gentlemen of the jury, atid it would be for them to determine upon the guilt of the respective parties to this barbarous transaction. There could be no doubt whatever that O'Connor was murdered by ;ome one; and it would be for the jury to determine, when they had heard the evidence which he should pro- duce, whether either of the prisoners did commit the crime with which they were charged ; and he had not the slightest doubt that, at the conclusion of the case, they would be clearly of opinion that both prisoners were guilty of the dreadful murder of the deceased Patrick O'Connor. He was sure that, in arriving at their decision, they would weigh calmly and deliberately the various circumstances that would be undoubtedly proved, and upon that evi dence alone would determine the guilt or innocence of the parties then standing at the bar. A great number of witnesses were examined. Their evidence was to the same effect as that which they gave when the prisoners were examined before the magistrates. Little or nothing was obtained in cross-examination favourable to either of the prisoners. At a quarter-past six, the court adjourned till Friday morning; and the jury, under the care of Mr. Barker, were conducted for the night to the London Coffee House. The prisoners left the dock without taking the slightest notice of each other. Mrs. Manning, before leaving, curtsied slightly towards the bench, and was led out by a female turnkey. Orr Friday the court sat at ten o'clock. Several noble men and ladies were present. The prisoners were imme diately placed in the dock, and after standing a few minutes both sat down. They looked rather pale, but perfectly calm and collected. Mr. William Olding, a chemist, was the first witness. He had made some experiments on Mrs. Manning's dress, and had come to the conclusion that the stains on it were those of blood, but he could not swear it. Several witnesses were then called, who repeated the evidence with which the public are already familiar. The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, in a forcible speech, attributed the crime to the female prisoner. He went through the evidence, with a view to show that it supported this charge, and called upon the jury not to be prejudiced against the male prisoner by anything they had - heard, but to decide the case on the evidence as he had construed it. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins called no witnesses. Mr. Ballantine then addressed the jury for the female prisoner, and endeavoured to show that she was absent at the time of the commission of the murder. The Attorney-general having replied, the Lord Chief Baron summed up, and the jury retired at a quarter-past six o'clock, and returned into court in about three-quarters of an hour with a verdict of guilty against both the pri- Boners. On the prisoners being asked if they had anything to say, Mrs. Manning, in a state of great excitement, addressed the court as follows. She spoke with a strong foreign accent. and with remarkable vehemence, her excitement ' appearing to supply her with fluency of speech :—" There is no justice (she said) and no right for a foreign subject in this country. There is no law for me. I have had no protection—neither from the judges, nor from the prose cutors, nor from my husband. lam unjustly condemned by this court. If I were in my own country, I could prove that I had money sent from abroad, which is now in the Bank of England. My solicitors and counsel could have called witnesses to identify shares that were bought with my own money. Mr. O'Connor was more to me than my husband. He was a friend and a brother to me ever since I came to this country. I knew him for seven years. He wanted to marry me, and I ought to have been married to him. I have letters which would prove his respect and regard for me; and I think, considering that I am a wo man, and alone, that I have to fight my husband's state ments, that I have to fight against the prosecutors, and that even the judge himself is against me. I think that I am not treated like a Christian, but like a wild beast of the forest, and the judges and jury will have it up m their consciences for giving a verdict against me. lam not guilty of the murder of Mr. O'Connor. If I had wished to commit murder, I would not have attempted the life of the only friend I had in the world—a man who would have made me his wife in a week, if I had been a widow. I have lived in respectable families, and can produce testi monials of character for probity in every respect, if inquiry is made. I can account for more money than was equal to the trifling shares that were found upon me. If my husband, through jealousy and a revengeful feeling against O'Connor, chose to murder him, I don't see why I should be punished for it. I wish I could have expressed myself better in the English language." Manning said nothing. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL (who, in absence of the. Chief Baron, delivered judgment) then put on the black cap and addressed the prisoners as follows :—Frederick George Manning, and Maria Manning, you have been convicted of the crime of murder— . _ . Mrs. Manning (vehemently).—No, no ; I won't stand it. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. There is neither law nor justice here. (She then turned round as if to leave the dock, but was prevented by Mr. Cope, the governor of Newgate, who stood behind her.) Mr. Justice CRESSWELL. — You have been defended by able counsel. Every topic which ingenuity or experience had taught them would be at all available for your defence has been urged by them. You have been found guilty by a jury upon evidence which, I will venture to say, could leave no rational doubt on the mind of any human being who heard it. A verdict of guilty is the only one which the jury could conscientiously return. Had they fiiled to return that verdict, it would have been very difficult indeed to convince me that they had not shrunk from their duty. (The female prisoner again attempted to speak, but the judge, without noticing the interruption, proceeded.) Murder is the highest crime that one indi vidual can commit against another in this country. It is at all times a horrible offence ; but the present murder was or,e of the most cold-blooded and deliberately calcu lated I ever remember to have heard or read of. Under the pretence of friendship, or rather affection—for such was the description of the invitation of the Bth—under that pretence you unhappily deluded him to a place where his grave was probably then prepared, and where the deed was afterwards committed which had, no doubt, been for days contemplated. It is one of the most appalling instances of human wickedness which the annals of this court can furnish. It has been suggested that the de ceased led a vicious course of life with one of you, pri soners; but, whether that was or not, I profess not to judge ; that rests with your own conscience. But, what ever was his course of life, without a moment's warning or preparation, without the slightest opportunity of think ing of futurity, or endeavouring to seek pardon for any offences he had committed, that unhappy man was hurried into eternity. The law, more merciful, allows to you a space of time for preparation. It appears that on a former occasion a conversation passed between one of you and the witness Massey as to where the soul of a person who had committed murder would go. The time has arrived when you should ask that question again. As I cannot hold out the slightest hopes of a commutation of the sentence which I am about to pronounce, I am bound to tell you that, as far as my judgment goes, your doom is irretrievably fixed when that sentence is passed. I advise you, therefore, to resort with all humility, and all contri tion, to the advice and counsel of the minister of the Gospel appointed to attend you. From him you will re ceive all the consolation which, in your unhappy condi tion, he can, in the faithful discharge of his duties, afford you. From him you will learn what you have to fear. He will, no doubt, point out to you, in strong terms, the full extent of your guilt; and I am sure he will rejoice if he can conscientiously hold out to you any hope of that pardon hereafter which, in this world, is impossible. 1 consign you to his advice, and pray you to profit by it. Whatever sorrow, or even indignation, you may really feel, or affect to feel, as to the course of proceeding this day, depend upon it that others will judge differently ; and I doubt whether every one who has heard the trial will not be as well satisfied as I am that the result is the only one consistent with justice. jJaving given you this warning and advice, which I pray you once more to re ceive in all humility, it remains for me only to pronounce the dread sentence of the law, which is that you be taken hence to her Majesty's gaol for the county of Surrey, and thence to the place of execution, and there to be severally hanged by the neck until you be dead ; and that after wards your dead bodies be buried within the precincts of the gaol in which you shall be confined after this sentence ; and may the Lord have mercy on your souls ! Mrs. Manning was again proceeding to Court, when she was ordered to b 3 removed Lddrecia the . She ex- claimed that it was shameful to pass such a sentence upon her, and some persons near her allege that they heard her add, " base England ;" but these words did not reach us. According to custom the bench in front of the dock was strewn with rue. Taking some of this in her hand she threw it into the body of the court, as if by that contemp tuous act she could find some relief from the excitement under which she laboured. She was immediately removed by Mr. Cope and a female turnkey. Manning merely bowed to the Court and retired. He seemed very subdued, but retained his self-possession. When the prisoners were removed from the dock, after sentence had been passed, they were conducted to New gate, and on arriving there were placed in separate cells. Some difficulty was experienced in consequence of the fe male culprit retaining the frenzied manner she had ex hibited in the dock, launching the bitterest invectives against the course that had been adopted by her legal ad viser in not calling the witnesses which she said were in attendance, against the jury that had tried her, and against England generally. Refreshment was offered, but she refused it with great indignation. Manning also de clined to partake of anything, but in a mild, decorous manner. At half-past seven, two cabs were driven up to the gaol, and the next moment Mrs. Manning emerged, ac companied by Mr. Wright, the deputy-governor of New gate, to whose left wrist the culprit's right hand was hand- • cuffed, and took their places in the first vehicle, and, the box being taken possession of by two officers in plain attire, drove off at a rapid pace. When the handcuff was first placed upon her wrist Mrs. Manning burst into a towering passion, and, with every muscle and feature in her countenance in motion, with the most violent gesti culation, and with fists clenched and teeth set, she ex claimed, "D— seize you all." Manning very quietly walked to the cab without uttering a word, securely hand cuffed between two officers, so that any attempt to escape would have been useless ; and by the time the first cab had reached Ludgate-hill, the second was rapidly follow ing it through the dense crowd round the court-house. The cabs were driven rapidly to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and the transposition from one prison to the other did not occupy more than twenty minutes. In that brief period, however, Mrs. Manning seemed to lose all her previous desperation ; she talked to the deputy-governor in a free, mild, and gentle manner, and even joked about the manacle that bound her to him, laughing cheerfully, and bidding farewell to old Newgate and the familiar loca lities through which they passed. She assumed an air of hauteur when she found Mr. Wright did not enter into the current of her observations ; but she soon melted down, and reverted to the scene that had taken place in the dock. " I showed them resolution, did I not ? " she asked. She did not allude in any way to the terrible fate that awaited them, or to O'Connor. She said of her husband, " I had plenty of opportunity to speak to him in the gaol, and during the trial, but I would not : he did not speak to me, thank God—the unmanly wretch ! " And as she uttered these words she clenched her fists and violently kicked the opposite seat of the cab. She then looked intently out of the cab window, and they chanced to pass an advertising van, upon which were enormous placards, announcing that in certain-ne.vpapers - vrould appear a full report of the trial of the Mannnws. Upon this she again exhibited great violence; she set llev teeth, and in a tone half inarticulate muttered something about her husband being a coward ; but at the same time it was evident that her mind was torturing her. " No," said she, " I did not speak to him, and seize me if I do." This was a sort of soliloquy, not addressed to her auditors. The conduct of Manning, on the contrary, was calm and respectful. He said but little, and what he did say was to his guards in a melancholy tone. lie seemed to enter tain a belief that his life would not be taken, and ex pressed a hope to that effect. On arriving at Horsemonger-lane a message was sent in to Mr. Keene, the governor, to announce the circum stances that placed the Mannings again in his custody. That was the first intimation he had received of the result of the trial. The prisoners were then duly delivered into his custody, and the matron was summoned to take charge of Mrs. Manning. Under the guidance of that female, attended by the principal female turnkeys of the prison, she was conducted to one of the cells set apart for the condemned, upon entering which she burst into tears — sobbing piteously, and exciting the commiseration of all who heard her. She stamped the floor with her feet, not in rage, but in grief ; her feelings, no doubt, being over come as she reflected upon the great change which had taken place in her destiny since she last saw the officers by whom she was surrounded. The woman, though har dened, was not entirely deadened to feeling. The exhibition in the dock at the Old Bailey had in duced the authorities to give directions that all means by which she could effect self destruction should be kept out of her way, which will be diligently carried into effect. Each prisoner is attended by an officer day and night. On reaching his cell Manning immediately seated him self, and, resting his head upon his hands, appeared buried in profound thought. In this attitude he remained for some time. On Saturday Mrs. Manning resumed her former self possession, confident air, and vivacity. Manning was sullen and thoughtful, and repeatedly said he was inno ; cent of the murder, and could not therefore be executed. i The chaplain had an interview with them on Saturday • evening, butswhat took place has not transpired. It is understood that the execution will take place on Monday week, the 12th November. ; I It is estimated that the costs of the prosecution will not be far short of £BO4. enteral Altsrtilanp. On Thursday the shop of Mr. Nelson, tailor, in Flagen row, Deptford, was destroyed by fire. A brute of a fellow at Birkenshaw sold his wife last week for 255. to a collier. The Sun says that it is confidently rumoured that the Government seriously contemplates the removal of the Board of Ordnance. The Carnarvon Herald circulates a rumour, which seems to have had some foundation, that Louis Phillipe visited the Britannia Tubes on Tuesday week. The Papists are striving hard to establish a popular periodical, to be scattered among the lower classes for the mere effectual propagation of Popery. A DEAR Kiss.—At Taunton, a few days ago, a young man was summoned by a young woman for attempting to kiss her in the high road, and was ordered to pay 12s. On Thursday, at Windsor, a private of the Grenadier Guards was committed for trial, charged with shooting at a comrade. The Board of Health has ordered several metropolitan grave-yards to be covered with lime to the depth of three inches. The Builder hoas " that if Smithfield Market be re moved the space w•i11 be immediately converted into a city - The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received the first halves of Two Bank of England notes for £5O each, pro bono publico. A steamer which arrived in London from Ostend, on Friday, brought 113 cases of poultry, besides a great number of rabbits. In 1847 thers were 102 prosecutions for giving un stamped receipts ; in 1848 there were 119 ; penalties vary ing from £5 to £6O. . . . All the refractory soldiers at Nottingham have been ammarily disposed of except fourteen, who are to be ied by court martial. On Friday week, at Bristol, Hannah Cox, only fifteen years of age, attempted to commit self-destruction by taking a quantity of deadly poison. A pork butcher at Cambridge lately found the top of a tin box, six inches in diameter, imbedded in the throat of a fine fat pig which he had slaughtered. _ _ Tenders for a contract to convey mails to and from Australia and New Zealanceare expected to be advertised for by the Government in a few days. Mr. Peter Borthwick, late M.P. for Evesham, has undertaken the editorial management of the Morning Post. The young man, named Jordan, has been found guilty of attempting to murder his sweetheart, Sarah Ewings, in Dulwich wood. Sentence deferred. Mary Ann Hayward, charged with poisoning her hus band, a shoemaker, at Springfield in Essex, has been committed for trial. The Messrs. Davies have been directed to pay the amount of bail in the case of the Countess of Landsfelt, but have appealed against the decision. ___ _ THE SUPPOSED CASE OF CATALEPSY.—The coroner's inquest respecting the death of Mr. Byron Blythe, at Bristol, terminated by the jury returning a verdict that the " Deceased died from malignant cholera." Rabbit skins, which were selling some months ago at two shillings, are now, it is said, eight shillings per lb. They are used in making the soft felt hats now so fashion able here and on the Continent. Mr. G. B. Gale, "aeronaut," has made a novel sug gestion with regard to the discovery of Sir John Frank lin and his companions. He proposes the use of balloons for that purpose, and volunteers his own services. Such was the glut of herrings at Billingsgate on Wed nesday, that the salesmen were glad to dispose of them at almost any price, as many as 100 being sold for is. 6d., Is., and less. The sands on the north and south of Bridlington are almost covered with wrecks and coals, there being about 1400 tons of coals lost by the gale on the 7th. Some of the fishermen have got as much as 20 tons of coals. The gallery and approaches of Lord Ellesmere's new mansion in Cleveland-row are to be independent of the rest of the building, " it being Lord Ellesmere's intention to afford the greatest possible facilities to the public for visiting his fine collection." _ _ THE CLAPHAM MURDERS.—On Tuesday, Jas. Weston gives tried for the murder of his wife and child. The poor man was evidently insane, and appeared to be quite un conscious of what was going on ; and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. A gentleman, - Connected with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, is at present travelling along the coast of Scotland, for the purpose of inquiring into the titles of parties who exercise the right of salmon-fishing on the sea-shore. Much litigation is anticipated. At Farmfield, Sussex, on Tuesday week, an infant, about seven months old, was attacked in the cradle by a ferret, and severely bitten about the head, face, and neck, before the mother could compel it to relinquish its hold. The child is recovering. On Tuesday morning, shortly after one o'clock, a ter rific fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Nel son, a hat-manufacturer, Holton Old Town, London. It was at first thought that a young woman had perished in the flames, but she has since turned up. _ _ The north-eastern coast is strewed with wrecks. On Sunday week, the Conqueror, of Glasgow, 600 tons, went down on the Gunfleet Sands, and all on board (twenty in number) perished. Several other large vessels were wrecked on the same spot, but the crews were saved. The rivers Don, Trent, and Derwent have been so swollen by great rains in the North Midland Hills, that they have overflowed at various places not usually subject to such mishaps. At Dartry - three pernims have been drowned in the stream and floods of the Derwent. On Thursday, at Melton Lunatic Asylum, Thomas Stones, one of the patients, suddenly rushed upon Wm. Kidby, another patient, and, after knocking him down, jumped upon his head so violently and so frequently, that the bones of the poor fellow's skull were literally smashed. The total number of brewers in the United Kingdom is 2,460 ; the number of victuallers 88,465 ; the number of persons " licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premi ses." 34,606; the number of persons licensed to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises, 3,400. The old firm of Messrs. Charles Henry and George Enderby, for many years connected with the whaling trade, and lately engaged on a large scale as rope-manu facturers at Greenwich, have announced themselves as unable to meet their engagements. A three-story tenement is at present being erected in the Low Calton, Edinburgh, in which fire-brick alone is employed as the building material, instead of stone. The principal advantage in the use of fire-brick is its resist ance to fire and damp, but the expense is greater than stone. A little boy was gathering blackberries, near Millport, along with his schoolfellows, when he fell over a precipice to the depth of 108 feet, unnoticed by his comrades, for they had left him a little way. The distance from the top to the bottom of the cliff is 172 feet, but he fell on a pro jecting rock 62 feet from the base. He died soon after. THE GENTLEMAN AND THE CAT.—A novel match took place a few days ago, near Hereford, in which a young gentleman undertook for a wager to lap up a saucer of milk in less time than a cat. They both commenced at the same time, but on account of the gentleman being seized with violent fit of laughter, which greatly impeded his progress, the cat was enabled to gain a great lead; however, the gentleman soon came up with her, and won by two table spoonsful. The Duke of Bedford is building a set of model cot- tages for his labourers, ne'sr the entrance of the town. They are constructed on the plan communicated by his grace to the Royal Agricultural Society some time ago, and will be a credit to the landlord and his estate. Ano ther useful work is being executed here, under his grace's auspices —the application of the sewerage of Tavistock as a manme. This has been tried on 60 acres of land with such success that 40 more are to be added. On Wednesday the whole of the property found in the possession of Mrs. Manning (not identified as belonging to O'Connor) was seized by a process issued from the Sheriff's-office, at the suit of Mr. Binns, Manning's soli citor. This extraordinary proceeding was taken by the latter gentleman in consequence of the deficiency of funds afforded to him by the police, who held the property. He served a writ on Manning for £lOO expenses paid for him, and informed the magistrate at the Southwark Police court, the Commissioners of Police, and the Secretary of State, of his intention to enforce his demand in a lawful manner. Meetings for the formation of local committees are about to be held in Yorkshire, with the view of forwarding the exhibition projected by his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, and intended to be held in London in the year 1851. Edward Hailstone, Esq., solicitor, Bradford, has received a commissiou from his Royal Highuess, authorising him to collect opinions and evidence with reference to the proposed exhibition ; and that gentleman, and Wentworth Dilke, Esq.. and Captain Ibbetson, are to form a deputa tion to explain the matter to the meetings to be held next week in Yorkshire. The Mayor of Leeds has also read an official letter in reference to the subject. STRANGE VISITOR AT A BALL.—ID the middle of the dancing at the Inglewood Hunt ball, at Penrith, a rat, charmed by the music, came down the chimney, and took his stand in the centre of the room •, ladies hurried away in pale dismay, and gentlemen looked ample queer at the intruder, who, apparently unconcerned, gazed after the frightened beauties who had receded from his presence. " Fetch a terrier ; close the door," said Sir George Musgrave, " and let us have a hunt." A terrier was brought in, and a first-rate chase followed ; but un fortunately the chimney was left open and the game escaped. ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES.—Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone than in other latitudes, there is scarcely a spot to be found where such great differences exist as in Great Bri tain, varying in a few hours some 20 degrees or more. The effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persons, especially those in the middle or more advanced age of life, causing attacks of those painful disorders, sciatica, gout, and rheu matism. Happily for those who are afflicted with those painful diseases, chemical science has produced that ex cellent medicine, Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. Hoc VINCULA FEREMUS ?—To classify under one head disorders the most incongruous and even opposite—to disturb the timid and the nervous by false alarms—to lull the really afflicted with false hopes—and to deceive all by promises the most extravagant and absurd—as it is the chief characteristic of the medical adventurer of the pre sent day, so it forms one of the most painful subjects of contemplation that can present itself to the eye of those who scan over the a dvertisements which crowd the columns of the newspapers of our time. Among the many medi cines obtruding themselves upon our attention, it is some relief, however, to find one at least which (while its pro prietor avoids those gross inconsistencies that, with but very few exceptions, disfigure all others) is sanctioned and employed by the most distinguished practitioners, as wen as the most eminent and enlightened individuals of the age, who have honoured with their favour and confidence the COMPOUND ANTIBILIOUS PILLS of Mr. Cocrla, tbot I gentleman above alluded to. Oct. 31, 184 i, At the revision of the Southampton burgelestiferoif. learn from the Hants Independent, Mr. Co/W e il to the solicitor, in answer to a remark from the conri t r un iciP" common sense construction of a Obtuse in the e afe , Act, said " they were not there to discuss comp° Jut law"—a broad distinction. geek' THE EXPLODED FLORIN.—The Globe has been,„ol. , nmari re`""%il ing to account for the omission of the custom- - tent tion of divine authority on the florin, by it was done in compliance with the wish of Princ e t o s te, alleglibert and the Queen, and instancing the same omission, t geer on our copper coins—so much for brass ! But t he f th e and gold coins of the Mint are the only oinsitog an d Sovereign ; the copper may he stamped anYwhebielded are mostly of Birmingham make. The Times bas _ ati l t royalty from what is now justly considered a disg,Tinsult in truth all parties seem heartily ashamed of his to the religious feeling of the public. THE FUNGOID THEORY OF CHOLERA.--v° 4opioe day last, at a meeting of the London Mie r° ,;,, Society, the president, Mr. Busk, made some 8 0; with respect to the lately propounded theory wilie!A ins of butes the cholera to the presence of living or, Toe a fungous character in the stomach and intestineas.t bed conclusions upon this subject at which Mr. 11°.tio arrived, and which were supported by the C lll ' l o 130 drawings and specimens, were-1. That in the ais: The; of cholera there are no peculiar organisms• suc h those bodies which had been supposed to be articlesoi nature were either the remains of farinaceous P ce real food, including the bran part of wheat or 0fher,.,,001 grains, or foreign organisms conveyed by the iner ; o de' the food. 3. And conseouently, that there was a° ° tion forNIGHT. theory of cholera." 111° 1f t :I AN UNLUCKY —Lord and Lady Churq ie lo placed in great peril a few nights since. The n ° ," Core' and her ladyship were returning from London 1 1, k , tbe bury-house, when, passing through Blenheim -1° ,2 0 0e postilion drove off the road, and was proceeding,' oiett steep declivity towards the large lake in the Par" 6 0 the carriage was stopped by running against a tree; li d 8 11 for this impediment it is probable the travellers wo k, have been plunged in the lake, the night being da y s p ro the carriage without lights. Another postilion wa',.os cured from Woodstock, and the rest of the jourrnslaP safely accomplished ; but on reaching home h , is a s pen' found his mansion on fire and his neihbours anu,c the dents busily engaged in endeavouring to e xtingu l- to t he flames. The fire originated in the library, owieg carelessness of a workman engaged on th Pre e asst Fortunately, owing to the timely discovery of the dent, very little damage occurred. be h ' GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.-011 Tuesday eve tween the hours of five and six, the city was tes visr w him a fire of a very fearful character. The premilfessrs• the disaster commenced were in the tenure 0r 5 ,,,, e p ro' Bais, Brothers, ,and Co., wholesale druggists. l a Fish' perty had a large frontage in King's Head-cou rt, street,street street-hill, immediately e xte extended backwards a m rd a s g intonus L o wer I" - The clerks and numerous workpeotie ttnploy 's ed C o h n ur t; r e e tt le' See, to avoid being burnt to death, were co m P e o ne jump out of the upper windows. Fortunately, a n y p et' them, as far as could be ascertained, sustained anYficii sonal injury. The whole structure presented 0n,e.,,,,h9 mass of fire, the oils and various inflainmalde s , l .7 o loB streaming out of the loop-holes and doors in a_lsfeols state, while every moment loud explosions were hew- The the bursting of carboys of turpentine and spirits....ad. premises were entirely destroyed, and thirteen ho joining more or less injured. l lOl During the incarceration of Manning in gs° l tin e written several pieces of poetry, which he has Tr° - An to time handed over to Mr. Binns, his solicitor ..de eminent publisher, who is about to publish Ma el sel 4 s u e b n l i i e t t ls i eo o d n m: e, and it is memoirs, has offered a sum of money for them t ° aes' i h p n i a e s h c eiss displayedpi tion will be disposed of to some advantage. O ne f "The Prison iso s n h B o u e l l d l , 't'hien Crownwhich re l ,o ' fr a n - stebe f ir e give up the property found on Mrs. Manning ° elf' imcnrgau.ni excellent kn siHnh gae ss d ket r eii a smm w i joint defence, the solicitor will dispose of the ,P s en s e ee i n n dh g t sar s oes , a beenc confident f d fio dro i e t et nchtuiespomife.occupied iislnns understood uwfcracicet tisnstg t h : .e ; While in Horsemonger-lane gaol Manning unw e g e bel an d wrid inibdoliaieb o fte. l likely that the poetry 14 t he Horsemonger-lane gaol, that he told Mr. s- e a ;',.todf governor, that as soon as he was discharged from et-1 upon he should go to the West Indies, but he should ea': him before he started, to thank him for his kindnes',ite• TRANSIT BY RAIEWAY OF THE CHINESE Exiti°,l pted l —On Wednesday an experiment, hitherto unaffe.`: our was made upon the Hull and Selby Railway, for to Z e 'dbf pose of testing the efficiency of the method inc e° osif e Mr. Langdon, the spirited proprietor of the e t c collection of Chinese curiosities, for conveying' the;four from town to town by railway. The trip was one ( 1 ) : . 1 1 miles, from Hull to a siding on the line, and bas bo n was made with nine of the gigantic vans, containi n g e - s sfa l ' one-half of the collection, and was perfectly : see e d o f an The entire train, which left yesterday, consiste 9,15, engine and tender, and seventeen exhibition va n cf e ' e ilhf pended between eighteen railway trucks, and folio bo or a first and a second class railway carriage, w ith el 0514 boxes and a luggage waggon. The train will tra y s e a" snecial one, at a moderate speed. It is to reael t ,,,eolv' l castle on Monday evening, and Edinburgh on the n'_,o4 ing day. The distance is about 260 miles. The revywoola of the collection by horses on the common roadid haae have required upwards of sixty horses, and w°, ° , 0 4 1 cost the proprietor about £0; by rail it wni 00 e1' much less time, and cost about one-sixth o f the 0 : 0 , 01 If taken by . CPA. in the largest and swiftest s tesiVe r ale ° Hull and Leith line, the removal would have oce five weeks. der tb LOLA MONTES.—The Assemblee Nationale , l in title " New Phases in the Life of Lola Montes, ty " A private letter, received to-day from Tortola de lonia), informs us, that Lola Montes has had a warr ie t he cussion with her young husband, and which envn t legeji Countess of Landsfeltstabbing Air. Heald with a „he Mr. Heald, not at all satisfied with so pointed a 1 1' ,0 - t , if Bee" bo dg . conjugal affection, immediately quitted his wife , w ore' remains in an hotel at Tortosa, destitute of all res,t,'!, and has been obliged to apply to the British Conie'roelly Another report says that Lola has secured the se a t fh e her an b no y wiMn injunction n wisheslic ti e o a nh l of £3,000 0 £ 3 i smp , a O rk tk eep aare-yde himself a to r osneahr scarce enforce,r s i herself, f, her a n;_ ie t bull-dog and horse-whip ; but her spouse is so f efar o that it is thought he has by this time soue lit o t,l' h " within reach of the apron-strings of his maiden au t Lai will now forego the prosecution for bigamy aga il o ' s fs oato for the simple reason that that interesting P' o r Y ( 1 doesn't care three straws about the British lion_ r, t ia constitution ; and who would, with £3,000 a- je n ° l ;do o i the whole world, save and except the United o.2oters,:, to loam over at one's leisure, laugh at chs°i'they the exchequer, and ask what's the meaning °' j ee CO me-tax le)" „gilt A PEEP INTO Low LONDON LIFE.- - 4. A • a b r o- 4 0 ruffianly-looking fellow, named James Hayes, sc i t ing,`,l4 before Mr. Yardley, charged with savagely assa'4.oo°;he wretched boys, who are without home, and ar e ; i ts,' me to have long existed by thieving. ThecomPls in ,bee e hf are the victims of parental vice and neglect, h a " 101 b 1 , the habit of sleeping in a penny lodging-house 01 / to the prisoner's mother-in-law, a dirty, close , able oe ventilated place. The boys, who had not bee°llo4tey procure a meal on Tuesday, repaired' to al e '-tal Tuesday night for the purpose of slee p i ng therTot! c h had no money, and the landlady said they shoul% there. The boys refused to leave the- place , A ° litis Mrs. O'Brien called her son-in-law, who arm e „ - cor;oe with a blackthorn stick, with which he beat the r t e 'd th;Do in a most savage manner, and severely d? d' Their cries brought a police-constable to the O n 'i r found the lads bleeding profusely, and the Pri s°- , t edi e k, ing over them with a stick. The fellow was ,inf oqj el' arrested, and the boys were sent to the Lona° t ea The policeman described the scene which prese°ooe,s in the room he entered. It was a very sm all tje l re o tremely filthy, and there was no furniture of An t i C ch il aer, e , tion in it. There were ]5 men, women, a e l t eh ere '„ s to lying on the floor without covering. Some o ', ` d e r O OO half naked. For this miserable shelter each t c ' ss pa, t hio ld. The stench was intolerable, and the Pla e : to teciatb e been cleansed cut for some time. it was else % o at' ,pet several cases of cholera had occurred in the 11 ,1, 11 pr's the adjoining ones, which were equally filthy. - `, l " wad e ,' said the boys would not leave the horse, w as 0 16 first attack on him. This statement, ho pletely disproved by one of the ld. lodgers , w h i , c) e d , , p a ll attack on the boys was most brutal and unprn s . r s , ° 3 Yardley fined the prisoner 405., and in l ion ment committed him to the Rouse of Correct days. wo ven stdo,o, POLICE INTELLIGENCE On Saturday a man named Ewart was h o use trial at Birkenhead, charged with robbing a pied by a gentleman naed Peer. holr Roderick White, late in the em ploy of - c vinegar manufacturer, was committed for m es Y with embezzling 7s. 6d., which he had collet c ,r e r e. ° o strongn O t n h e S iw a n t rd u oi r gn d ng a a y stiid a oen n o u af m ttth b he e e r ri ro o a f tdr i e. apartiestreatment. eevnet w r a. of f fi thjte;is e; wo4t : Captain Milne, of the steamer Royal „a 5 fined 10s. and costs on Tuesday, for land an ingatof,' a'4o over the paddle-box, without a sufficient gg er ~31° On Wednesday, several lodging-hous e " erde fined for having taken in a greater number of ef i,lo; they were allowed to do by the Sanatory Asp on A r ff ° :, An emigrant agent, named Keney, we s ' ce iv,"Aer,' , ordered to repay £36 ss. which he bad r,5,6 vla some emigrants to provide a passage to ate n o He allowed the vessel to sail without making ments for their passage. 4 c f , , 0 0 ' 4 0 CASE UNDER THE WRECK AND SALE re g Wednesday John Clarkson was brought befor e e aliO, De e , trates, at Wallasey, charged with illegally t 0 !ol failing to report a log of timber. The. titetzegocif:erroo insteadpicked up of r b e y po a rt p in e g rso a n nd or de p l e iv rs o o ri n n s g n i o t t n c e rec e • i tiet to th a trl 0 4 ( 0 droits of Admiralty, sold it to Clarkson for tbeoeipis lbaotuterrhocoodncoefalNinegwitßbriyghatoconv.erineng o w f a ri o l r u dev rei tte . 0 1 06 nominal fine of one shilling, double the s t, timber, and costs of prosecution. af 1, - 1 ) cv d.; WHOLESALE THIEVES.—Wor some " complaints made to the police of robberies.. a d, tod umbrellas, &c., committed in warehens''ovtilotV about opening tme, have been numerous• e or tic ov e i r t e i exertions of Marks, Grisenthwaite , and 01 ,0 t of the detective force, the thieves and ree e : h eve s itiy' discovered. On Friday the entire seven , t O r ta er:4 ceivers were committed for trial, The the e r with regard to the affair was, that one of fer ai ia et, court claimed a shawl worn by one of the os e tlO d olj ers. If he has any respect for himself, " 0 ( O re l, never wear it again. In the house of OP: 010,10 was discovered a large quantity of wear il ls,, brellas, pictures, cigar cases, cash boxe44 • every descrietiou of property. „let, 31 T: et: n tia n atil l t d eitio t th t e „ e Load .nty c ou t atira it f " PaPerS Y the d • e aefen • e P r emises be f ee °l ' th e 11 ittpattzim,n, ZI RRp 111z 18, -HAAG est, 4 • Ho me ' Neyvt ' o l North, Gibbon A t IS'OT utTlißgt: 04-Inevelnenda ad and -4egular, 0 Consultii SJ.trogeo House B CIII3. Treasu ::::: ... 1 .. - 11 : 1 11. EN -I 1 41 " *. Ir r 'e'Ved . • • • ' D emmer and t e... ... Nola 4 urer k:, A.d, ttrP, tur g 4 we I c s' - 4 ,114 - A 1 --.3 ktr. 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