The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1849.

roost. I ain't say how long it was before he wee rakelag
mew Mrs. Manßauletro. It was soma ohm tine.
By Mr. When Mrs. Nanning said else bad
Tawny to invest, did she say ho she eons by
Did aka say she had savedw it ia envies ? NO.—
O'Coance NOWA to know all shoat it? Yee.
O'Connor has lodged with sae ire years. Mn.
Meaning has visited his for • twelvemonth. Bin
sonatinas stopped this. or lour bean.—Did the ever stop
there throe or fear days ? No.—Were yen ever paid for ha
stopping? No. Bens boxes were left they. about • year
and are* months goo*, with the name of Itlux on them.
They were not allowed to go tip stairs. I think she ease at
the sanis tine.

Emily Imes. examined by Mr. 'Clarke.-1 live with my
akar. I recollect the time Mr. O'Connor was miwies
Oa the Friday before I last saw him, Mrs. Manning suited
him at our home. I heard • conversation. She said
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she wished to purchase use shams. O'C moor allowed her
some shares. She directed him to purchase some; the name
I have forgotten. I saw her oome on Thursday nigh' ; it
was a quarter to 6. I let her in, and she asked me war
Mr. O'Connor at home. I said, no. She went up Into his
room. I saw her on the next night. On the Thursday
night when she purchased a biscuit she seemed very pale.
I Ist her in on the Friday night. She asked again if Mr.
O'Connor was at home. I said no. She again went up to
his room, and as she returned, she same into the &v. She
was very pale sad sitakey. Ile, right hand was placed In
front of her person, and she paid the money with her left.
By Serjeant Wllkina.—Sal was paler than usual on
Thursday night. She bought a penny cake. 6he
seemed distressed. She had a shawl or cape on. When
she came on Friday, I said O'Connor bad not come home.
By Mr. Ballantins.—Sbe might have gone out by. the
private door. She has gone out sometimes by the private
door. Mr. O'Connor let her out. I have often let her cut.
lam not a servant ; I live with my sister. I have seen
boxes come there with " Mrs. Rout" on them. I will swear
it was net " x." Mrs. Manning came after. When the came
she only remained two hours until O'Connor returned. Ste
did not go away that night. She had a bed on the second
floor next mine. Sae did not stop there another night.
O'Connor had asked if we could provide a bed for his friend
and her husband, but she only came that night.
By the Attorney-General —Look at that letter (producing
latter). That cattle to our house by a porter on the 10th
from the dock. I believe the inside to be Mrs. Manning's

writing,
By Kr. Hallantine.—l have' not beard that Mr. O'Connor
did not pay anything for Mrs. Manning's lodgings.
Wm. Musty examined by the Attorney-Oeneral.—l am a
medical student. I resided with the Kennings shoat ten
weeks. They had no regular servant but a charwoman. I left
about the 28th July. I left because they appeared anxious for
me to do so. They told me they were going oat of town,
and I left I have seen Creoll.lol' there three or four times.
Manning has talked to me about him. He said his wife had
been to the docks, and had seen O'Connor in • state of
intoxication, having taken large quantities of brandy for
fear of the cholera. Manning added that O'Connor had
shown Mrs. Manning his will, leavieg her all his property.
Meaning said O'Connor was a man worth 20,0001.
Keening asked ma on one occasion what might be given to
a man to produce ettepsfaction so as to make • man put his
pen to paper. He asked whether laudanum or chloroform
would do it. I made some careless answer to th eff:ct
that I had hnrd of drugs being used for such purposes.
He also, respecting O'Connor, prop sed to have him at the
house. He satd to me, " You frighten him well about the
anises, and make him take brandy as a specific." He also
asked me once what part of the head was most vital. I said
I believed it was ander the ems, where a tight injury
would be attended with fatal result. lie dm asked
me where the brain was placed, and I pointed to
the part. He also asked me whether I had ever
seen an air gun fired, and whether it made any
report. I said I bad heard of such a thing,
but never sew one discharged. Once, when talkine of the
wax figure of Rush at Madame Ttessud's, he asked if I
thought murd went to It. avers. I said not. I have
written one or two letters to O'Connor at the request of the
Kennings.
By B,rjeant Wilkins—Being a medical student, such
topics as I mentioned were often the subject of conversation.
Mary W. Us, examined by Mr. Clarkson.-1 live with my
father, who is a builder. I know the male prisoner. I re-
=usher his coming to my father's house for some lime in
the latter cud of July. He bought sixpeony-
worth. He said he wanted it to kill slugs
in the garden. I asked him which he would hay writs
or grey. He said he would hays whi.hcver burned the
quickest. We had no white, and he said he would have
the prey, and wrote his direction on • piece of paper. I
gave that direction to the witness Walsh.
By Mr. SerjeantWilkins.—Our house is about five minutes'
walk from Minver-place. Our servant wee in the house.
The lime was lent home shout two days after.
Richard Wahl' ex.mined by Mr. Clarkson.—l am in
the service of Mr. Wells. I carried some lime to /Abase-
place on the ?Bth of July last. I saw the prisoner Manning
order it. When I took it to Muller-place I saw Mr. Mou-
siest There was a bushel. lie show. dme where to put it
down in the kitchen. I put it iuto a basket. Mr.
I Manning said that if I called the next day
be would see about • couple of halfpence. I did call,
and Mr.. Manning gave me three halfpence.
By Serjeent Wilkins.-1 saw Meaning. 'der the lime, and
saw him write the direction. I could not read. I heard
him Rive the direction.
Winton Denby a crammed by Mr. Botlkio.—l am a porter
In the employment of Mr. Means. ironmonger. I none=
ber selling a tool to Mr. 'lamming on the 25th of July.
It was one exactly like that produced, but five
itlthell longer. short crowbar was produced.)
It was mode for tanning by his direction. It sou sent
home on the 28th. The price was to be half a-crown.
I took it home in my hand. Manning met me on the
sin of L onlot.ebtidge. That was about half-past four
in the sfter.unn. He asked me if I was going
to hit Muse with the crow-bar. lie mottplained of its not
being wrapped up in paper. He said paper must be very
scarce, and that he did not wish every one to see what In
was purchasing. We went on until we came to • sta-
tictoet'e shop, when he In sight a sheet of brown paper end
wrapped it up. We waked together to the Maize, when we
separated, and the prisoner told me where to take the crow-
bar to, and that a person would pay me 'or it. The witness
went on to state that he took the crowbar to the prisoner's
house, and saw Mrs. Manning, who complained that
the prism was more thin she expected, and he replied that it
was longer than usual, and she gave him 3s. 81, wtich was
the price of the crowbar.
By Mr. Ballantins.—When Mr. Manning ordered the
crow-bar, he did not say what he wanted it tor. Ido not
know whether it was called • rippeng chisel or a crow-bat in
the bill.
Mr. Lockwood, the surgeon, recalled—ln my opinion such
an instrument as the ens now produced wield have occa-
sioned the inj. • I observed on the head of the deceased.
Teey might sdso have been inflicted by a shorter instrument.
By the Chief Bsroa—When I saw the body of the Of,
ceased I have no doubt it must have been under ground a
week or more. It was becoming externally in a state of
complete decompesitin.
The Chief Baron—Would the presence of lime have had
soy effect I
Witness—lt would decidedly have caused deeentrosition
to commence sooner, bat I am satisfied the body must have
been in the earth for the period I have stated. I farmed
this opinion quite independent of anything I have heard. I
bad certainly beard that the body had bete missing for some
daisy. the Jury.—The effect of the application of lists would
be to alter very rapidly the appearance of the features of a
deceased person.
William Cahill, examined by Mr. Clerk.—l am "hopes:a
to Mr. Langley, an ironmonger in Tooley-street. On the
9th of August the female prisoner came to the shop to pur-
chase a shovel, and she said she wished to Lave a strong one.
I recommended her ti have a regular wooden-handled meg
one, but she said a short one would do, and she purehesed
one, and I took it to the address she gave me, No. 3, Min-
vereplace. The shovel produced is the one I sold her.
By Mr. Ballantine—This shovel cost fifteen-pence. She
might have purchased • common spade for two shillimo.
William Sopp proved that he obtained the shovel referred
to by the last witness from Mr. Bainbridge the broker, to
whom the prisoners had sold all their furniture.
Henry Baraes, the police constable, recalled—l am sure
this shovel was not in the house on the d when I round
the body.
Hannah Fanner examined by the Attornsy•General—
lam twelve years old. On Friday, the 14th August, I was
in Minvereplase selling matchee, when I saw the female
prisoner, and asked her if she wanted her steps cleaned.
Ste said to me, " Can you come on Monday I" and
I told her I could not. She then asked me it
I could do anything else besides cleaning steps, and
I told her I could not. I agreed to do some work
for her for fieepeuce. I offered to clean toe
back kitchen, but she told me she had done that
herself, and she 'hen wanted me to wash a basket. I told
her I could not do so because my hand was bad, and the
prisoner then let the water run through the basket until it
all ran away.
By Mr. Ballaatine—l took away a razor, an egg, and a
purse. I wit tell the truth—it will go the furthest—(a
lauab). I also took away a pair of stockings, but I don't re-
member taking a smelling-battle.
Mr. Jame* Coleman, examined by Mr. Clarkson.—l am
the landlord of the house No. 3, Mlnver-place. The pri-
soners were my tenants. They engaged the house by the
year. They gave me no notice of their intention to quit,
and I found the house empty on the 14th August, without
any previousnotice.
Mn. C. Bainbridge said—l am • broker in Bermondsey-
square. I had known the male prisoner for about two
onmebs before July lest. He made me an offer to sell all his
linkers, and I went over the house with the female pTi-
MIR, and agreed to give her 131. for the whole of it. Mr.
Massing wanted 181., and I refused to give it, and, on the
IM ed August agreed to give 131. lOs The male prisoner
IMOSSi ma to take the !genitors away on the following
tots( et Ave o'clock ; but I refused, saying it would lark
led. Vie male prisoner afterwards told me that his " ge-
wgaw" was not going away for • fortnight, and he pro-
posal to lodge with me for that time, and he agreed to give
ten shillings per week. Shortly after that he told me
that be had started his wife of into the country, and
that night he slept at ay house. There was acme linen
in the house whir-Isms' not included in my purchase, and
he wished mete take charge of it, and also • new hat, and
he said be should be in the eoentry about two months.
Among the property which I removed from the prisoners'
house wee the iron shovel whisk has been produced. I last
saw the male prisoner on the morning of the 16th el August.
By &deem Wilkins—l ea sure the prisoner said that he
bed started his wile off into the country. lie slept at my
house on the Monday night sod the Tuesday night, and be
went away on the following morning. There was no seal
pick or axe smog the articles I purchased of the prisoner.
By Mr. Bodkin—Then wee no crow bar aiscag the artistes.

Mrs. Bainbridge, the wife of the last vitae's, deposed that
apes examining a dna, which was one of the articles pur-
oiWod by her halberd, she observed a mark es though there
hod been Mood upon it, and it appeared to her as though it
kid boss imperfectly washed end dried, and had become
mildewed. The male prisoner left their house on the Wed-
meaty morning, taking with him a carpet bag end a trunk,
and he told her he wee going to ma bathing. Oa the Mon-
day before he went away he told her that he had sent his wife
elf into the country. At this time the goods were still in the
house in Minver.place, and she aeked the prisoner whether
he woald sleep there, and be replied, " I 'mild not sleep
there for

B) Berjesnt Wilkins—Witness would swear the prisoner
did not say citable wife had started off into the country, but
that he had sent her there himself.
The witness was cross examined at some length u to her
reason for supposing that there were marks of blood upon
the dress, but the grounds for her coming to that conclusion
did not appear to be of a very satisfactory kind.
, Matilda Wades deposed that is August last she was liv-
ing at Mr. Bainbridge's, and remembered the prisoner
Frederick Manning coming there on the 13th August. He
sett her to Miner-plate to fetch hie wife, but she could
net find the street, and the prisoner then went himself.
On the evening before the goods were removed, he told her
that if anybody inquired for him, she was to say that she
had not teen him for a fortnight.
By Beljeant Wilkins—When she was first examined she
said that she did not know whether the prisoner said that
his wife had gone into the country, or whether he had sent
her there.

Mrs. Scholefield deposed that she lived opposite the psi-
*omen' house in Minver.place. About half past three o'clock
on Monday, Aug. 13, she saw the female prisoner go away
in a cab with several box., end other luggage. The male
pamper went to the house about half past the, and knocked
at the door and the window, and wh.n he found he mould
not get in he game to her and asked if she had seen his wife
go away. She told him she had, and he then asked if she
had any luggage with her, and she said she had, and the
prisoner then thanked her and went over to Ilium, place
and knocked at No. 2 and went in.
. .

William Byford, the driver of a hackney tab, deposed
that he drove the male prisoner to the Southampton Rail-
way Station on the morning of the 11:h August, and by his
direction he went through Bermondsey-street, which was
much further round. _

William Kish, another cab driver, proved that on the
afternoon of Monday, the 13th August, he was engaged by
the female prisoner, and be drove her from Minver-play
with a quantity of luggage, to the Brighton Railway flta- ,
tion. On their way she stopped at a stationer's and par- ,
chased some cards, which were placed on her legnags. A
portion of the luggage was left at the Brigliton Railway,
and he then drove the prisoner to the Birmingham Rail-
way,
where she got out with the rest of her luggage.
William Day, a porter at the Brighton Railway station,
identified the femsle prisoner as the perm who had brought
the luggage on the day in question, and said that by her di-
rection he nailed cards upon the boxes There was written
on them " Miss Smith, pees-agar to Brighton."
Richard John Moxhay deposed that he was superintendent
of polies at Edinburgh, and on the 21st of August, in conse-
quence of a:me information he received be went to a house
in Leith-walk, where he saw the female prisoner, end said
" lam Smith, I presume." She replied that was her name.
He put some further questions t• her, and she said she had
only been in Edinburgh a short time, and could gee no refe-
rences except to the person who had recommended her to the
lodgings. He then inquired if she had any scrip or railway
shares, end she said she had none. Witness then, in an under
tone, said his impression was that she was the wife of Fre.e.
rick George Manning. Witness then requested that a gentle-
man named Debi unlike had tour panted dim,might be intro
ducts, and he said she was the lady who had offered him the
scrip for sale. He then &eked her if ahe had any objection to
let oils examine her luggage, and she consented, and the
first thing be observed on missing one of her trunks was a
b.ll.head, with the name of F. G. Manning, as the proprietor
of an hotel at 'nation. He then told her that his suspicions
were confirmed, and after giving hoe a caution, he asked
her again if she had any scrip, end she replied, " Oh yes,
some of my own." He made a search, and discovered a quan-
tity of eceereiges, and also a number of scrip certificates of
%h. Sambre and Meuse, Boulogne and Amiens, and other
railways. In a purse he found 73 sovereigns, a 601. note,
and six 61. Bank of England notes. He afterwards asked
the prisoner if she could give him any information where
her husband was, and she replied that she really did not
know, for she had left London suddenly on the Monday
afternoon. She alluded to O'Connor, and ■,id, "Murder
O'Connor! certainly not: he was the best friend 1 had;
be was like • father to me. Tho lest time I saw him
was on the Wednesday, and he &pp's:sited to come
to dinner on the Thursday, bat did not do so; and, as I
felt angry at his conduet, I went to his house to inquire for
him in the evening, and I went again the next night to in-
quire for Mm, but I never saw hint again after the Wednes-
day night." The witness added that the prisoner repeatedly
complained of her husband's ill-ussge, and said that he had
threatened her with a knife, and had said he world cut her
head off.
By Berjeant Wilkins—She told me that when she Hut
started she did not know whether she intended to go to
Paris or to Scotland. _ _ _

Edmund Langley, a sergeant of pollee, deposed that he
ap;rehended the mat.: prisoner at Jersey, on the 26th of
August. When he went into the room where he was
the primer said "Is that you, sergeant." He then said
he was glee' he had come, as he was going to London to ex-
plain the mater. He then said, "Is the wretch taken ?"
BVinaess replied elm he believeu she was, and he then said
he supposed they found • great deal of money upon her,
1,3001. ur 1,4001. Witness told him he must consider him-
self in custody for the shocking occurrence that look Macs in
his house on the oth of August. He replied " Oh, very
welt; I can explain it all." Wetness then handcuffed him,
when the prisoner said " She shot him. She invited him
to dinner ; the c:otlt wes laid, and she asked tim to
go down stairs and wash his hands, and when see
got to the lantern she put one arm round his
neck and shot him with the other." The superin-
tendent of police at Jersey, who !accompanied him, acted
what wee dons with the body, and be replied, "Ste had a
grave dug for him." He brought the prisoner to London
loon afterwards, and on their way from Southampton the
jrison:r asked him whether, if Lie wife was to confess, be
should go tree. Wi.nees declined to answer his question,
and he then said he was sure she would confect when she
saw him, particularly if it was in the presence of a clergy-
man. In one of the pockets of a coat belonging to the pri• '
eoner he feund a small quantity of gunpowder wrapped np
in tissue paper.
Mr. J. Ileynes, superintendent of police, deposed, that on
the 21st August he went to the London-bridge station, and
took pos.essien of two boxes, on which there were cards
he tries the inscription, " Mrs. Smith, passenger to Paris, to
be left till called for." upon opening one of the boxes he
liscoverett several articles on which there were marks of
blowl. Witness came up in the train from Southampton
with t:te male prisoner and Sergeant Langley, and on their
journey the prisoner wished to know when he could see his
wife, and whether he should be likely to see her the next
day. Witr me told him he did not stink that he would, and
then cautioned him that it was • very serious affair, and be
had best! r be careful what he said. The prisor.er replied
that lbe knew it was very serious, and he was terry
that he had gone away, for if he had stopped he could
have explained everything. He added, that if he could
ass his wife in the presence of • magistrate, he had
no doubt she would coefese. He then said that she
had shot O'Connor as he was going down stairs, gad
he added, that she was a violent woman, and would
think no more of killing a man than a cat. He
also said that she had repeatedly followed him with a knife.
Tee prisoner likewise said that his wife was determined to
be revenged on O'Connor for having induced them to take
the how in Minver-place, and had got them to lay out 301.
fur furniture. promising to some and live with them, and he
afterwards refused to do so. During the conversation wit-
ness remarked that there were other wounds on the bead
besides the pistol shot, and the prisoner made no reply.
The letter referred to in the evidence was then put in.
It was dated on Wtdneeday, the 8:11, and was as follows
" Dear O'Connor,—We shall be glad to gee you at dinner
to.mirrow at five o'clock.—Yours affectionately, MARIS."
The trial was then alourned at six o'clock.

KoseuTN.—Letters from Malta by the overland
mail are &salinity 'Reeled, is it Is believed that they will
annoinc the interestan; intelligence thit Louie H nautts is
on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer,
Sultan, from Constantinople, bound for Southampton. Ar-
rangements are making in the litter town to give the Pine-
biota Hap az a suitable reception. The Sultan is expected
at Southampton about the Gth proximo.
4NIABRISCIE IN THE ROTHSCHILD FAHlLY.—Wed-
sudsy last was appointed for the wedding. at Frankfort.on-
the•Meine, of Baron William de Rothschild, son of BUM de
Rothschild, of Naples, to a grand-daaghter of B. Solomon
de Rothschild, of Vienna. Nearly all the members of the
houses of Rothschild at Vienne, Naples, London, and Paris,
cams to Fraokkrt to attend the solemn ceremony. Sir
Moses and Lady Montell ire were also present. The bride.
groom is very young and handsome. It is most remarkabl-,
however, that he attends very little to business, but ia meetly
enraged in religious study, and in the affairs of Jerusalem.
He is a punctual attendant at the synag' gun twice every day
of the week, and wherever he gees is aeoompanied by his
Hebrew tutor. Indeed, his incessant devotion to the reli-
gion of his ancestors has secured for the young Baron a uni-
versal reputation.—Jewish Ceresiek.

Or AN ECCENTRIC TRAVELLER.—A gentle-
man, named Rsndall, a solicitor in Southampton, was in the
habit of takinr a tour every year, which occupied him
between two and three months. He would leave Southamp-
ton suddenly, scarcely acquainting his confidential clerks
that he was going, and no ona would know anything about
him, Until hie clerks would receive a letter from him dated
perhaps from Bt. Petanburg or Vienna, About two months
sines he left Southampton suddenly and secretly, immerdine
to his usual practice, and no OM knew of his whereabout
until his clerks receleed a letter about a fortnight sines
from him from Canada. Since which, information has teen
received that Mr. Randall was taken ill of cholera,
died and was buried in twelve home in America.
Had he died a day before no one in this country would pra
bably have ever hoard anything about his decease ; but he hap-
pened to have been introduced to some one about a day be-
fore he was taken ill, which person attended him in his ill-
ness, and has written to Southampton the particulars of his
death. Mr. Randall was one of the most talented men in
kis profession in the south of England. He was unmarried,
and about 45 years of age. He was a peat rionnoimerm in
victuals, and Isis collodion is said to be worth 20,0001. Mr.
Sandell has died wealthy, and has left a large portion of his
revert, to charities and schools in Southampton. He was
much reameetad in the town, and the news and particulars of
his death have amid a great sensation there.