The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.

MANNING'S WHEREABOUTS DISCOVERED.
Intelligence reached Scotland-yard yesterday morning
that M nnieg had made his meape via Bouthampo.i and
Jsrsey. The eirinmstances under which this discovery is
made add annuli r chapter to the romance with which the
murdir of O'Connor is surrounded.
About four months ago Henning lodged in Guernsey for
about a fortnight, at the bonus of Mr. Robin. a build, r„
and represented himself as belonging to the General Steam
Relegation Company, but way in all probability keeping out
of the way (Julio; the it ves•igation of the great P.at-offi,:e
risti:sery c immitted by Poole and Nightingale, and in which
a is ssil he wilt implicated. He left the island in
great haste, on the receipt of a letter, and started for South-
:annum, sines which time Mr. Robin lied lest sight of him.
Oe Thurulay monolog, the 16th hest., in the week st.er
the murder, Ws. It sister, hating brow visiting in Eng-
lan!, returned to Guernsey, from Southampton, to
the ream. r, and there she saw Meaning, loot was
ant at that time acquainted with the crime in
which he stsnds charged wilt being a chief actor.
liaising had many opportunisiee of seeing him daring
his stay lii h. r sieges house, Ae tail no doubt
of his identity; and w. uld have sp /ken to him had she not
bean too ill from sea-sickasse to do so. She landed at
Glitrstat, but Manning went on to Jersey.
The sows of she murder readied rho islands on Saturday,
whin Mr. Robin immediately communicated the mrstam 01
his sistersin-law wide the limpets,: murderer to Mr. 10%-r
merck, the Crown solicitor, and that functionary I°4 no time
is trarsaitiies the feats to tho police authorities in Lon-
don, who tee had the ooesmun'aition yesterday morning.
NJ doubt cis ba ant- ,taint of the id rive of the person
oa bard the host brine the I usi.end of Maria Roc, for
produes to leaving Geera.y Melanin? gave Mr. R shin Lis
addreta In L node', which pored to be " No. 3, Mincer-
strr t, Bermondsey."
By three eirguartsnoes the po'ica re put on the rght
track, and althoueh the pursued hat many days the start of
aJ pursusas, yet, ashes btanniog be • good French scholar
(waists is doublet), he wi!l have usuci. difficulty in e:udiog
Has vigil*, et of one det rives i i wi at• vie pon of Frohee he
may have («lipid t.—for thither he has in all likelihood
seoried himself. Tie French pol,ce will he furnished with
a COrrret i vas iptless f his pirsoo, and that added to his
Raglish tor pe lad appointee will doubtless before long
pins him is the hands f the law.
11 Minrang had not furnish...l himself with a French pass-
port In fare leaving this century he could have sot one at
limey.

It has been already stated that to Barnes end Bartow, two '
U. .r g the medic ef having di,. t
revered the body of the warder. d men. The Solowing
facts, lowest?, is mneezion with their search ham not
h. ore be. !I made Ira mn. The b tk kitchen what the
lowly was-seise, was the speirment ;candy tempted by
Mao. Ceillllll' a.; in her a skin.; rperati).A. H. re se.• received
the affairs nn the ]inn :ay arsmoon, shortly bsfore abo
dettrintried t11:101111/PC5Tdirr. The a potence of the room
at that than woe remsrkiMv clean and re it; and it we..
eta med . y Don a tuAt tko Beg stones with which it was
lased hot ',411 ea:only anti very catcall/ nabbed ov. r
with • he rth-secent. ginog the floe: • vim whim spina:t-
eem Ti Mu Bases agoia •otted the house, ea a e
Felder s.:er it bad Len neserted, he remarked that
the mart it or mount be* seat the interstices of two
of the it .-es had a brightsr apperance du in the
Mk, ra. This ed him to pull oat hie pocket
ete•p•knife, cis otri shah, and Wise with it
the 'wrist, try of the etieunt, he &mai it very
sol. yrs.. e sly surprise! at this Mecum 'tines, aid
as he woad shoot, no fryegularity In the mode of laying the
stem ain eines, ion, ha was eta loss to account for ie. Ile
next the tenant batwron ether stones, sad found it
Ilan en, her'. This 'neat bened tis truniclonte, and he at
o,so ys,;Af vet two stow., wasting together about five feet.
limes. I there tomes he blond a bed of mor•r carefully
spread over the wh^le epee.. This sci-firt Banes that
they could not have lee.ot laid by • workman, as masons only
swirl MOttllF roe, . that edges of the arenas. He board the
earth b. neath the layer at nut trey loose, and on scraping
it up, to the de• th of sh .nt two inches, he disenv-red •
stockist. lle th e. deo down a halt lower, sill acing his
ens• as only; and ',hen be had reached the depth of about
.is LIMPS( s. atter al yor of lie , his hand. carte Into eonmet
' with the tate the marl. Tr I mat, tat body, as lo.fure
stated, lyiest with th e .ace e...wawatdo, in a bed of lime, and
the teat being tied up to the hannehers.

ARRIVAL OF MRS. NIANNINO IN LONDON. !
This arnabis, at a, o'clJek. Mrs. blinsinc arrived at
tit* Bernisn4ration of tbit Nerth•Weatera nAwiiy (in
envy •y a f slue* r•lrcers of the Winhurrh p iitre) by the
mad tr: la from K Ita/Serpli. faittertnr tittoppy and Brr.
s. ant Durkin, of In, A etwisins. wera in le •Ilineas ti take
ati, roe of the prisoner. Ski was very rearee•ably dram,:
in a brown fiik Nnwe, whi.r wasw bonnet, and
wbita veil aver le.ee. Sim welkvd witc a firm
itVa
from the csitiage, urn. the ilrform, to a cab that was
rta,Lieta

FJEAMINATION OF MRS. MANNINO,
AT SOUTHWARK.

Kazis 7.lseesing haTirlj 11 en this day placed in the felons'
clack, at S :whim* Police 0111:o, Inspector Yir. s raid, in
reply to the magistrate that he appeared as a proetioutor,
having maim' to believe she was concerned wi'h
her hushand in the nautili,' of Mr. Patrick
O'Connor. The prisoner, who was well dressed, and did not
appear in the least degree aleitated, declined to ask any
inimions of the in•pector or of John Wright the police con-
stable, who identill,l her as the person he sow at her
house on the Ilth, and upna whose jiiiat eeidence she
was remanded until this dcy week. She strived at the
police station at five o'clock this morning, and partook of
a hearty I reuVast of colic-, ham, & Previous to her
appearance in court, and while in the cell, she inquired
if the court was crowded, and being told that it was not, she
seemed ileum, with the r. ply. The prison• r sated that she
11..1 employed • solici.or to attend in herb. half, ha. that she
understood he was ill, and eou'd not be present. Having e.
'lined to say sorbing, she was removed from the dock
to Hoc emencer lane Geo,. The wow., to the' curt were
much crowd. d from an early hour, buttbe proceedings lasted
but a few minutes.

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE BODY.
The icquity opened on Saturday lest. briar. Mr. Carter,
was roomed elfin nvornina a! the Leather Market Tavern,
New Weenernistreet, Bermondsey.
The great. et poinittle exeltement prevailed I. being gene-
rally supra el. that owing to the apprehension of Mrs Man-
ning, she would be produced bet tee the rotor'''. a very large
numb ref persons assembled in the sicini•T of the ingots!
mom The prisoner, however, was not pre, ent.
William Patchett Keating, a Custom-bootee offleer. de-
noted as fol'ews:—T knew the deenseed Patrick O'Connor.
I have seen him write, anal I know We handwriting. I have
known him about 10 years; he was a gum r to her Ma-
jesty's Csetomo. I he and of his death en the day his body
was flannel, Friday week. I lest saw Mr. O'Connor on
Thursday evening, shout a quarter to five, walking atones
Londoi•-br:age towards the Surrey side of the water. That
wee the Thurslay week °revenue the Pidev on which his
body was found. I spoke to hint FTCe pained; he appeared
in gold health and enirits. A herfficer was with
m.., and deccined spoke to him first We reme'ned in
a:ono-Toulon about two minut e. He showed Mr. Graham,
the gentlemen who wes wi.h ene, letter I did not gee the
eon"( rite, but I saw the name. se I enoorted of the writer.
It wee Morin something, which I could not diotinirnish. I
heard Mr. Grattan remark to the deceased, " I =pease you
are peeing thereto dine." To the best of my belief the de-
ceased said " Yea." I had an Oen to whom the Maria
referred. I undevetnel her to be Mrs. Manning. I beard the
street in which shel.vo t ITOSII his having stated it, It wan New
taton-street, but I did not know the number. No person
was in his comps., when I met him on the bridge. lIMTP met
I the defuse d and Mrs Manning together. I hays e'en them
walking and at her bone. Worn Graham and I left him on
tie bridge, we left under an impression that he was icing to
dine at "Satin's. I did not on any subsequent (cession see
the &trawl alive. I have heard that he wee seen alive
afterweris, but it is only by report. I fitst knew him to be
absent from duty SW the following Friday night. I did not
eft him at all on duty in the sours, of Friday. Our duties
did not clash.
Perjure Bertne, the officer who first discovered the body
of the outlined maa, WOS here called by the coroner, and
sake t whether he could produce evidence to show that the
deceased was seen alive after Mr. Graham bad met him on
the hitidttat. Barton said he could Pot.
The witness intimated to the eoronrr that he believed that
some other ahem in the customs who seen the
deceased alive after he had, hut be did not know it of his
own knowledge.
Mr Jahn Younghushand, a roue, in her Moline?* cus-
tom', was nest examined. I livePeekhom Grove,
Camberwell. arid knew the deceased, Pa rick O'Connor.
Be Wall saner stationed with me for a twelve-month. I last
saw him alive on the Thursday week preeeeding the finding
of his body ; that wu on the Th. I had ooessioo to
go down Mile Bud-road. I returned to Ornesehtireh-
street, and to, k an omnibus on my way home
to Camberwel'. I rode outside and saw the deceased woe.
ing very slowly over London-bridge. from the Surrey to the
City site. The time was shoat a (porter to six. The de-
owed did not appear to ranowthe me. I did not see Mr.
Keating, the last witeess, on that ereasion. That was the
het time I saw the deceased alive. It would not be my duty
to lout with his on the following thy ; bin duty was at the
Loudon docks. and I eft at 8 . Katherine.
Coroner: Have you stated that you saw hint cn the Friday
evening?—Witnese: I at first did, but on challongino my
memory I find lam wrong. It was on Thursday evening,
and not ea the Friday.