The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-30 00:00:00

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.

Since the conviction of the prieocien a ctrcum•
stance of very considerable importance has come to light.
It will be remembered that alter the verdict had been
pronounced against the prisoners, the female made a violent
speech, in which aba asserted her innocence, and appeared
to make a strong point in her favor :list she I.ived the de-
ceased and could havo been married to Wm if she bad
pleated. It has, however, since been a•eert..ined th►t for
some time before the murder O'Connor bad been paying
his addresses di a young lady, and they were on the point
of being married ; and it is known that Manning and his
wife were aware of the fact, and it is probable that feeling
Ins marriage would have the effect of breaking Off all c. n-
nezion between them, they determined upon the desperate
icemen of prise possession of his property by murder.

Another curious fact has also been discovered. The trial,
se our reader* are aware, lasted two days, and the prisoners
upon each day retired from the court for a short time to
take refreshment. Of course when the prisoners were first
received at Newpate they were narrowly scorched, and
every instrument with which they might inflict i. jury, either
upon themselves or others, taken away from them. Upon
the second day of the UM!, in cinstquence of something
that came to the knowledp of the Fir GM. isle, it
was considered prudent to search the female prisoner,
and there was found in her pocket a large piece
of Lroken glass, a moat dangerous missile, and one
calculated to have inflicted serious injury upon any
person who might have been struck with it. It was
immediately taken from her ; and thus, probably from the
violeoce subacquently exhibited by the ',tie, nor, mischief
was prevented. Ii is conjectured that the was given
to her by some of the persons who were in the dock, a great
many strangers having been, owing to the crowded state of
the court, admitted into the dock during the latter part of
the promeeings ; sod, while the jury were in deliberation,
Mr. Uoder Sheriff Wire found it neceuary to ort:er the dcck
to be clear. d.

It was understood yesterday that the counsel for Mrs.
Nanning have resolved, upon consideration, to abandon
their application for • writ of error. The point,
however, will be submitted to the Criminal Court of
appeal, and as that court must be co.sposed of five commis-
rumen at the least. and the whole of the judges may attend
if they please, it is quite clear that • more competent court
for the disposal of the ques.ion, could not be imagined.
No writ of error could be granted, bower. r, without the
fiat of the Attornry-Oenera/, and it is said that that learned
functionary has expressed his intention, under the particular
circumstancu, and taking into consideration that the three
presiding judges at the trial were quite unanimous upon
this pout, to withhold his fiat, and thus prevent the delay
wnieh must neoteasrily take place, if the ease went to the
Rouse of Lords.

The neat sitting of the Criminal Court of appeal will be
on the 10th of November, and if the question should be
sent before that tribunal, it will of nouns be disposed of on
that day.
/dinning persists in his statement which vets banded to
his learned counsel, Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, "that his wife
shot O'Cornor, and afterwards threatened to shoot ►im un-
less be belied her to bury the body." Hs seemed more
composed yesterday after his interview with the chaplain.
Pflur to the trial, and while his unhappy a ifs was confined
in the gaol where she now remains, she wrote several letters
t 3 her husband. Copies of those letters were shown to Mr.
Ballantine and Mr. Parry daring the trial, hkewise to the
Atterney-Gen. Tel, but no attention wu paid to them. She
still continues in a very sullen mood, and speaks very little to
her guardians. Her only remarks are that she has been un-
justly treated by England, and that she is innocent.

A LAWYER TURNED CITEXIBT.—On the 17th inst.,
• complaint was made before Lewis Lewis, Esq., of Cwmtly-
dach, by Mr. Jahn Joseph, of PenyraUt, in the parish of
Llauddoisant, against John Jones, of Pantypoplar, in the
parish of Betters, In this county, and Morgan John Even, of
the parish of Llangafelach, in the county of Glamorgan, for
utteri counterfeit sovereigns, in part pyment for sheep to
the said John Joseph. The case game for hearing on the
17th inst., at the Glansevin Arms Inn, at kJengadock, when
the magistrates pronounced the 'overarm to be bad, and for
the sake of obtaining further evidence, the two prisoners
were remanded until the 20th inst.. and kept in close con.
lineation at the lock-up.house at Llangadoek. Oa the 20th
the two prisoners were removed in custody to the Griffin
Inn, in the Hamlet of Owlish, and the cue was resumed
before Lewis Lewis, Esq. The constable produced the sove-
reigns, and both bad the appearance of counterfeit coin, yet
both passed the page, and were full weight. George
Prytherch Puss, F.sg., of Llandilo, solicitor, who was
retained for the defence of the prisoner, very politely
apolog+ to his worship, and stated that he had neglected
to bring any books bearing on such an important case, but
would y permission, adopt a novel mode of defence, which
he trusted would be a ,dent demonstration of the matter.
He took a phial containing nitric acid, and poured a small
quantity Into • glass, and immersed the sovereigns therein;
eight twee aseended, and in about one minute the two
sovereigns turned out as perfect as they came from the mint.
The result gave peat satisfaction, and Mr. Price was pro-
aenucd b 7 el es proficient • chemist as he was a lawyer.
On the final examination of the complainant, it appeared'
that in July last, Joseph had employed some parson to
repair his weather-glees, and there being some spare arr.
not used, it was put into en egg cup, and placed in •
cupbard , Into which he pit the two sovereigns in question,
and when takes oat in • few days afterwards, they appeared
like silver, and on being Tabbed, the coating was made quite
perfect over the whole endues of the more precious metal. The
two prisoners were , and John Joseph had to pay
upwards of lase pounds sapensse.—Caraserthen Monet.