The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-07 00:00:00

THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS IN HORSE-

MONGER LANE GAOL.

Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, a messenger from the
Rome.ofece arrived at Uoreemonger-lane gaol, bearing a
respite during her Majesty's pleasure for the convict Alfred
Stephen Jordan alias Dowland, capitally convicted of at.
tempting to murder a female with whom he cohabited, in
Dulwich Wood. The act of clemency was communicated in
a letter from Sir George Grey, addressed to the High Sheriff
of Surrey, who lout no time in forwarding the intelligence to
the Rev. William Sloman Rowe, chaplain of the gaol, who
immediately visited the convict and informed him of the
fact. The wretched youth received the intelliesnes with
stoical indifference, betraying no emotion of gratitude, and
appearing perfectly careless as ta what became of him.
The convict Manning was yesterday permitted to have
another interview with his brother Edmund Manning, who
arrived at the gaol about 1 o'clock, accompanied by a married
sister. The Rev. Mr. Rowe and Mr. Beane, the governor
of the gaol, were present at the interview, which, as a
matter of course, was of an extremely painful nature. It is
said that the wretched mass, in answer to questions-put
to him by his brother, has confessed that be pledged a pair
of pistols—with one of which the deceased was shot—on the
evening cf the day his wife left town, being at the time
almost penalises. Ile has also confessed when the watches
belonging to the late Patrick O'Connor and the crowbar with
wtich the murder was completed may be found. The bro-
ther, Edmund Manning, on taking leave yesterday, promised
to see the convict again on Saturday,but the sister took a last
farewell.
Manning is more resigned to his fate than he was for
two or three de's after conviction. At first he would
neither eat nor drink for some hoar, together, but he now
takes his meals regularly, and expresses himself prepared for
the awful change be has to undergo. He is not less anxious
than heretofore to have an interview with his Wife, but she
positively refuses to cap him. Edmund Manning, when at
the prison yesterday, ght to obtain an interview with
her, but she declined to see either him or his sister. There
has been no aoplicatio, to see the female convict, on the
part of barr, own hinds, since heroonviction.

DISTURBANCES IN WARSTIELD.—Os Monday night
• serious distarbenes took place in Wakefield, arising out of
the detaindnation of the authorities to put a stop to the sth
el November demonstrations. It appears that the custom
hes bees, for a century past, to adebrate the anniversary of
the gunpowder plot by bonfires, in the Buil.ring. a tries.
gular space in front of the Strafford Arms Hotel but this
year it was resolved to put them down. Aecordingly,
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seven o'clock, the whole of the police form were marched
hate the Ball-ring, and kept it clear. The nob, however,
sesemblsd is Claimant*, where they kindled as
hwlaWille bonfire. Here they ignited a tar-barrel, and
rolled it through into the Bull-rirg amongst the
polio, and the barrel was followed by a great
crowd of pawns. Two of the foremost of these were
seized by the police, and a cry of rosette was instantly raised.
Immediately the police were bad on all sides, and the men
rescued attar NOW sharp fighting. Some of the reamers,
however, were is turn seized; the whole of the p dice mu,
mondial; t?terearched off in the direction of the police.
Miles. 0 the Court-house, being panned by the
mob, they tad, formed, and drew their staves. A made
of a moat mime nature instaatly followed. Stones, bricks,
and Udine! all deseriptioce were hurled upon the etlicere
like • storm of hest Oise of them was knocked down insen-
sible, and several others struck !severely ; and in the end,
so imminent was their danger, that it was deemed pea.
dent 13 beat a precipitate retreat. The mob fol.l
lowed until the police reached the station, and
then nearly all of them returned to the fire. Bat it woo
found that many of the rioters had bees severely injured,
oneman having had /tisane broken, and many others had
serious wounds upon their heads and faces. A person in the
crowd, said to be a polies spy, waste brutally bealten, and had
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he not found refuge in the Boy arrel nn, he wou
in all probability have been murdered. About 'levee
o'clock the Mayor (G. W. Harrison, E.q ) basked by the
whole polies form of the borough—intelligence having
been received that the mob had partially dispersed—
marehed to the Bull-ring, to put out the fire ; but before
they could succeed, the police had been again stetted,
the mayor had had his hat knocked off, and been injured
by steam, and the chief constable had been knocked down
and trampled on. Order, however, was eventually restored
by midnight
THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLI SHOW.—The ground
in Lower Itrevstrest, intended for the cattle show neat
Month, to Dsiat y enclosed. under the superintendeam
of Mr. The math building will be 320 het
long, sad 100 Net with several subdivioes ; the chief
one being • rtith the ea sees fellhash=eathe whole length
of the shed, tended heof one hundred
Most& Maas; head to heads& habilis. Li the partition.
Them will likewise be portiom assigned teethe store bees,-
fat pigs, and sheep, and a mama location for the ,
pigs 100 feet long mil 15 feet wide. The oompartm
elated to the poultry is 150 feet long and 25 het wide
it will be pertiMoad off from the cattle, and have a
boarded floor. The area will be
thrustsurmd with a
roof In bumeildE with a cupola miming whole length
of the six feet above the roof, for light and
"oblation, there will also be thirty eight large
skylights in the reef. In addition to them Mum have both
assigned he the .enmities and secretary, with etorsdroome
for meal, straw, Ike. The bundles will be lighted through-
out with gas. Mr. Ottley, of Snow-hill, is preparing medals
far then rim ; and it should be borne in mind by intending
mlulitors that all entries must be made on or before the 17th
inst.—Aries Binning/am Garage.