The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-12 00:00:00

THE QUEEN DOWAGER.

" The Pi key, Nov. 10.
"The Queen Dowager passed yesterday comfort-
ably, and had south tranquil sleep in the early pen of the
night, bat towards morning her thugh became troublesome.
Iu man rupees' her Majesty remains much the same.
DAVID PAVILP. M.D."
" The Priory, NOT. 11.
The Queen Dowager passed an indifferent night,
having been much disturbed by the frequeeey of her cough.
" DAVID DATISIII,

The prayers of the congregation of the Chapel
Royal, Sr. Jaws's, were desired yesterday (or Adelaide, the
Queen D mixer. The Rev. Kr. Dyson preached the twe-
nty/. The Duke and Duchess of Btutufort, Lord Elpbin-
stone, Lord Milford, Lord de Manley, and the Hos. Wil-
liam Ashley, were moss the nobility. present.
Lord Courtin] had an interview with Earl o,ey
on Saturday. Mr. Jolla Ramis had also an interview with
the noble Earl en Saturday, at the Colonial aloe.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his
official readying in Dowsing 10•11,t, yesterday evening, grew
his seat Hielleton Hall, SW' Doncaster.

DEPARTURE OP THZ AUSTRIAN MINISTER.—His
Bun lleney the Austrian Minister end the Countess Collo-
redo let Chandoaboasc at an early hour ou Saturday morn-
ing fur Calais, en routs for Brussels. After a brief sojourn
in the Belgian capital, the noble coact and onetime* proceed
on a tour an Italy, after which they purpose repairing to
Vienna. The diplomatic duties at the Austrian Legation
will be discharged by Baron Koller. u charge &api►es.
Prince A. Schoenberg and B.ron Wiedenbruck remain at-
lath. d to the embassy.
CABINET COUNClL.—Sommonses have been issued
for a Cabinet Council Lr Tuesday, the 27th instant, at the
Foreign-office, at which the wools of the members of the
cabinet are expected to be present.

BIRMINGHAM, SUNDAY.—informatiOß has been
received by the mayor, from Sir George Grey, to the effect
that his Royal Highness PAU% Albert will arrive here is.
morrow, for the purpose of viewing the Exhibition of Mann-
er:lmes, now open. This virit will be of a ptivavo character,
is the strictest sense of the word.

THE FREEHOLD LAND CONFERENCE AT BIRMINO-
NAw.—This important assemblage take place on Tuesday
and Wednesday next, in the committee-room of the Town
hall, and will be attended by newly all the leading friends
of parliameatary wham throughout the kingdom. The ob.
' ject of this meeting, ea our traders are already SIMI, 1. to
devise some plan which will Lave the effect of introducing
freehold land societies into every locality of the country. It
appears to be now universally admitted that the whole con-
stitution of the Rouse of Coalmen@ mast be thoroughly
changed, and that it is utterly useless to petition parliament
for redress of grievances until that change is effected.
We cannot conclude these few remarks without men.
tioniug a fact which our readers may consider extraor-
dinarily strange, but which we are sure they will agree with
a. reflects the highest medit upon the gentleman coact reed.
Ie eonseguence of theftlection of a new high bailiff, the com-
mittee wore sujected to some little inconvenience in their
application for the use of the Town-ball, and *finding it was
doubtful as to whether t. ey would be able to obtain the hfigh
bailiff's consent in time, they resolved upon applying to Mr.
Richard Spooner, M.P., and we are happy to state that that
gentleman, without a moment's hesitation, immediately els.
pended his signature to their application. This is as it
should be. Conduct like this is alike honourable both to Mr.
Spooner and the society. They, regardless of politic .1 differ-
ences, applied to him for :holm privileges which, as honest
citizens, they werejustified to crept ct and he, as a guardian
of toe public property, granted the indulgence which they
asked fee. We are also happy to state that the high bailiff
has likewise given his consent to the committee's application.
—Birmingham Mercury._

SUICIDE.—On Sunday morning last, Mr. George
Toynbee' a highly.respectable fanner, occupying between
400 and 600 acres of his own land, in the parish of Howell,
near lieekington, committed suicide by taking a quaatity of
ansoie. The deceased, who was thirty-three ars of age,
had been married only about six years, and has left lour
young ebi:dren to bewail their irreparable loss. Aa inquest
was held on the body on Tuesday morning, before Mr. Feltner,
coroner, and a highly respectable jury. of whom Mr. Wiliam
Petchell was foreman, and the members of which had been
for years on terms of the most friend) y intimacy with the un-
fonuoate deceased ; and from the evidence of Mr. W. Gibbs,
sullen° area other wenesses, it appeared that Mr. George
Tuynbe;, who was of a highly•excitable temperament, had
for years been subJect to flu of mental hallucination, during
which he imagined himself beset by spectres of the moat
frightful description; and that, wile they continued (for
three or four days) he was totally unlit to manage the bud-
nose of bin farm. It was stated that many years ego he re-
ceived a severe injury on the head, which had probably been
the origin of his occasional attacks, although they were gene-
rally immediately induced by any anxiety resFectinir his
fermis, heisiness, or any extra fatigue or indulgence at market
or elsewhere. On Saturday ei,:ht the deceased was particu-
larly readies, and attempted to get out of bed, with the ex-
pressed determination of dealing hie head against the wail of
the room, but he was withheld by the keeper. At seven in
the morsing, Mr. To, nbeei being apparently calmer, the
man got up and left him ; Mr. T. soon after went down stain
end breakfastel with the family, and about tea o'clock,
stating that he was unwell and feverish, raid he would no
upstairs and take a seidlits powder. At this time he mast
have taken the arsenic, from a parcel procured for agricul-
tural purposes, sad which was in a wardrobe in his chamber ;
he shortly afterwards returned downstairs, and walked to his
fen tam, a distant* of upwards of a mile, where he was seen
by the servant of his athuntheeper, moving round and round
the stacks, in a strange and wild way. He then went home,
and the effects of the_ poison becoming evident, Mr. Gibbs
war sent tor, who on his arrival administered every possible
remedy, without hope, however, and without avail: Mr.
Toynbee gradually sank, and expired about five o'clock. He
was much respected and even beloved by the poor, but his
eccentric habits had long been a cause of uneasiness to hie
relatives and 'fiends. A verdict of "Temporary derange-
ment" was returned by the jury, without hesitation. The
melancholy event has cast a deep gloom over an extensive
connexion, and indeed throughout the whole neighbourhood.
Stamford Morestry.
STABBING • CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER.—At the
Hull police-court on Thursday, a man named Peter Cassidy,
one of the hawken who infest the dock sides upon pretence
of selling knives and other arddes to the foreign sailors, but
really for the purpose of contraband, wu remanded on a
charge of having stabbed Robert Poetill, one of the Customs'
' pa role, who, it was stated, was confined to his bed in thase•
quecee of the serious nature of the wound. It appears that
the primmer is a convicted muggier, and was coming from a
vessel, al which the officer had the charge, on the north side
of the Oki Deck. On seeing the dater he maimed drunken-
ness, and semmeneed screaming that some one on board the
vessel bad "Men his goods. The officer, however who it
appsan knew him, was not to be thrown off his muird, end
demanded if he had any foreign goods in kis remseion,
when Cassidy made • stab at the officer, sad indicted •
weemslakeet loueias min length above the hips. A male
owned, and moats Canons-home aim and policeman
amine up, Camidp `wen taken into custody. The caw,
who eaSseed meek kem loss of blood, was takes Deese In a
fall, and allimkid by Mr. Dosser, the gurgles to tii=e
Agee mks stated Isis inability to attend to eve •
The polsoneir was therefor, remanded until this day, when
we aimsai be will be prosecuted ander the customs laws
tors
duty menklag end wounding the other in the discharge of
hi.

A kATHEIt STAMM DT Hie BON OP TWILTE
UZI or kon.—A aireamsteme of a deeply tragical md
almost smpineeled nature, took plass on the inning of the
6th instant, gellalmer Gregg, I. the parish el Great Iliseen-
dia. The followlag at. the fasts which led to the fearful
The naketnaite .s cur, whose Dams is
7= arecia, a sarpsatsr by trade, sad who also Imps •
beer shop at Hobstsr Gesso_ , was so ths evening mated, em-
ployed I. Makin attar his hems. Julep the temporary
abeam of his wife, *be bed isOa her
muse hems ea Mrestice tout glees, mad words were fel-
lows& by blows, until ea open or tem ensued. Their sou,
isereily If of age, tatsdaed on behalf of his mother,
gad that he would stab his father upon a repoilim
of his violent seadast. Tee strife was unfortunately re
weer* sad the boy, without a mosmat's notice, plunged a
kegs Me bit Amber's side, Minim a wound of the wet
Neigh eaters. Csamenetioa seized the whole of the per-
igee paean, ea& swami eseistenee was procured as
sysidlly es pogible ; bat notwithstanding the moat prompt
and timely aid mg abided, the greatest he
is
immetained tie poor easa's recovery • iadeed, Ikeda the
testimMey of the Medical gendmies mar whom oars the
iallesdag ems sow lies the sisseratparers hopeless, indeed the
meant bee been prommased a

'Ns CAIPTI7II 07 THE ILUIT BIRTGOLEIt, AT ST.
Saw —Tab rand (as reported in the Dolly News of
Saturday) threw hew serge overboard to avoid detection,
which bring salad by the crew of the Catarina cutter, a
Ana, rem ant am go Tot. sad the Cushion, Bealark, and
Vigra acesaeared 'reap. hr the sambas tabs. which were
crept up at four o'clock on afternasa, is 18 fathoms
water. nye way so =say tarp aerie tied us to the warp
of the tato that groat mortises was required In roamer-
big this. Tae to were 00 in sa=ber, and amain about
210 pikes of spirits. The crew wore taken. on Friday,
beton L B Atkins, Esq., araty might/ate, and remsadud
to gaol for sight days.

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.

I,' PREPARATIONS FOR THE

The morbid cariosity of the public to witness
the execution of gnat existed' has long been a abase and
s reproach ; but assuredly none other than an eyewitness
meld have credited the souse enacted in the vicinity et
Rovaratouger leas Gaol daring the lam two days. !rem an
early hour on Saturday morning, anti after evening had
closed, the bray din of carpenters' kammen was heard
without intermission, several hundred workmen being al-
ready engaged id erecting mats and scaffolding in front of
the houses teeing the prima. for the 'impose of atiding
accommodation to the spectators who it is anticipated will
Melt to the locality ou Teeaday next. The houses opposite
the gaol are small tenements, with gardens extending thirty
or forty feet in front. In several cows these gardens are
covered with temporary platforms in three tiers, affording
ememecedation for many hundred apeetaiters, end, where
this arrangement has not been carried out, every window
and foot of standing room, on the roof and elsewhere, km
bees let to the beat advantage.
To 'hew that everything is performed in a purely bail.
seas like manner, we may mention that the momeat a °De-
tract is completed, a ticket is given by the owner of the
house to the purchaser of the Best, whisk is printed in
this form:
° EXECUTION OF MANNINO AND WS WWII.

" Admit the beam to the out —, In the house, No.
Homeowner-11m."

[Then follows the name'of the owner of the house.ll2
The application for seats from parties of respectable appear.
mos continued up to Saturday night unabated, and cot lies
alka oast guinea Is charged for staading-reetn within a
reasonable distance of the scaffold. Rumor states that
several member of the erietoersey have already secured
*ens ; and at can bowie opposite the gaol the landlord
Makes no secret of the fact that his guests have required him
*o Weigh a champagne breakfast at unlimited cost. Another
OM was mentioned to our reporter of an old geotleman,who,
kerb' to breast the crowd on the morning, had engaged a
bed for the night, thus ensuring the opportunity of gloating
his eyes upon the drop at daybreak. The sca/Bilt will not
he minrimeneed until tooneerow morning, its erection occupy-
lag only a few hours. During Saturday a canker of men
were engaged in removing some loose Hints which bad been
'Wi down on the road in front of the prison, a precaution
temeetad necessary as much to mead the possibility of tautest
a. by the mob, of popular vengeance on the convict
as
Much of the time of the sitting magistrate at the South-
wall Police Court was occupied on &turd./ by al plisations
respecting the extensive preparations and other matter
secneeted with the forthcomieg execution. Besides the
application of the pawnbroker respecting the pistols, •
report of which will be found in our police reports, •
respectable man waited upon Mr. Seeker, to seek WS
assistance. He stated that he lodged in one of tie
houses In Horeansonger-lane, about a hundred )ards
from the gaol. His landlord bad erected • scaffolding lee
the purpose of disposing of seats to witness the execution, and
he had carried it to such a height that applicant c laid not see
to perform hip business, as the erection p ted the light
from entering his room. He therefore wished to have it
removed. Mr. Seeker told him that his landlord had no
right to shut out the light from his room. He directed
' Guest, one of the warrant officers, to proceed to the place,
sad ascertain the truth of applicant's statement. Guest the.
left the court, and returned in about ten minutes afterwards,
when he informed Mr. Snider that he bad seen the
place, and found an extensive scaffolding erected
in frost of the house. The latter was situated
just past the narrow part of Horsemonger lane, sad •
great portion of the scaffolding projected over the footway.
The upper part also prevented light from entering the appli-
cant's room. The landlord of the house attended, and
denied that say part of the platform projected over the
public way. As for its preventing the light from entering
his lodget's room he could nut complain, es hie time was up
that night, be having given him a week's notice last Satur-
day to quit that day. The lodger said be wanted to get rid
of him io find an opportunity of letting the window to per-
sons on the day of execution. He, however, was determined
not to leaven—Mr. Seeker said he had nothing to do with
their private affairs. It was stated that the scaffolding pist-
on the public footpath, consequently he should order
tattifte removed. Guest was ordered to take • slumber of
ounstables with him to remove the nuisance.

Mr. Roe, the chaplain of Harsemonger lane Gaol, also
waited epos Mr. Seeker, and informed him of the disgrace-
ful state of Horumonger-lane, especially that part tiring
the gaol. He stated' that nearly all the iuhabitants in that
locality had raised a number of slender scaffold poles in front
of th.ir hums, to which they bad tied side pieces, and
plated planks over them, tor the purpose of accommodating
wanes to witness the awful spectacle on Tuesday morning.
110 was rertain, from the manner in whichthese
platforms
were erected, that some serious accident would occur, un-
less the magistrates at that Conn interfered. So great
was the curiosity of the public, that many persons
had paid es much u a guises to evilness the execution;
and other places were publicly let so low as half a crown.
In met, the state of Horeemonger.lane was of en disgusting
• nature, that he hoped the magistrate would exercise his en-
thority, and order the stands to be pulled down.—Mr.
SAL r asked the rev, gentleman whether the places were
erected on public property t—Mr. Roe replied in the nega-
tive. The houses in front of the taol had long gardens, end
OCCUplori of them had erected the stands tor gain.—Mr.
Seeker said that if such was the Case he could not interfere.
He wu, however, sorry to hear that respectable people
oh :utel act in each a disgusting manner. He hoped the
public would have more regard for their morals, and not pa-
trol he each people.—Mr. It observed that if accidents of a
fatal nature occurrel in any of thou places, would not the
owners be liable to be indicted for manslaughter I—Mr.
Seeker replied that he had no doubt bat they would. He,
however, hoped the public world not endanger their lives to
witness the execution of their fel:ow meatus...G. Mr. Roe
then vetted.

THE CONVICTS.
The chaplain visited Manning at en early hour on Satur-
day morning, fur the purpose of offering the wretched man
all the consolation in his power. Manning received the
rere read gentleman's exhotatione in a very becoming
mant.er, and during the InterVew added considerably to U..
statement he had previously made to Mr. Roe on the subject
of the murder. This statement, which will not be made
public until after the death of the convict, covers 26 pages
of foolscap paper, end in it the wretched man admits his
knowledge of the fee. that his wife and partner in guilt
enstemplated the murder of O'C:nnor as long since as June
last. Several other circumstances of a very extraordinary
nature are also disclosed in t►is document. During the
convict's interview with the chaplain he agate urged the
el gentleman to use his utmost endeavours to induce
his wife to see him, which Mr. Roe promised to do. At a
later hour he addressed the following letter to the chaplain,
reiterating his request on this subject :

" Friday Evening.
" My dear Sir,—Feeling an earnest desire to be at peace
with all men, and with my wife in particular, before the
clout of our wilily course, which is so rapidly approaching,
may I ask it of you as an act of kit dotes to learn from her
whether an interview may not take place, es it is truly awful
to eolvemplate the wickednese of any one who enter the
presence—the awful presence—of God, without bting at
peace with all men. As such interview would, I think, ne
calculated to bring pesos and comfort to us both in the seat
world, do, in the name of God, let me implore of you to ask
her to grant this last request for the sake of her poor Foul.
Sir, it you could venture to do this for me, I hope you will
promote Is. I remain, my dear air, yours obediently,
FIiNDX. Gnomon Nommen.
The Rev. W. S. Roe, chaplain.

This letter wee handed to the female convict last sight, by
Mr. Rue; bat we understood th►t it had no effect, as she
pan sts is her refusal to grant her husband an interview,
unless he first commits himself to the version of the circum-
stances set forth la her reply to is previous letter.
Mr. Bians also had an interview with Manning, and com-
municated the malt of his endeavours to obtain a commuta-
tion of the capital sentence on his behalf. Manning had
entertained great hopes of les MOMS, and when he burned
that all the means which had been tried had failed he
app and greatly dispirited. Oa taking his leave he thanked
Mr. Sinus very warmly for ail his kindness and attention to
him since his arrest. _ _ _

A Sunday paper slates that at four o'clock on Saturday
afternoon the cenvict's brother, Edmund Manning, had an
interview to take a Snal leave of the wretched man. He was
introduced to the condemned cell by the chaplain and Mr.
Keene, the governor. Oa observing his brother enter, the
convict rose, and advancing towards him, said " How do you
do, Edmund I ant glad to see you." Ice reply to his bro.
titer's imp:ides, he said he felt perfectly happy and resign.a
to his fate. He added that he slept will, and was not at all
disturbed during the nieht in proof of which he appealed
to the turnkeys in meadows upon him. He asked his brc-
thkr if he bad seen Mr. Bums, sad whether he was aware of
the untavourable result which had attended the appli
cations made in his favour to the Home Secretary. He
then told his brother that he had written *weber
letter to his wife, soliciting an interview, but he
feared she was as hardened as ever, and wald not gnat
it. ll...terrine to the subject of the murder, he produced
a pencil sketch of the back kitchen, shelving the position
of O'Coanes's bddy when (as he alleges) he first saw it.
He took especial care to explain this sketch to his brother,
and evinced great anxiety to satiety him that he we. not •
participator in the murder. After soma other conversation
on general matters, he requested hie brother to give his love
and last blessing to his relatives, especially the sister who
visited him on Tuesday lest, altar whom he inquired most
particularly. He also desired his respects to his former
master, • cosebbnilder of Taunton, and requested that his
best thanks should be given to that gentleman for all hie
kindness to him when • boy. His brother being about to
leave, Manning requested Mr Roe to offer up a prayer be.
tore they parted, which the fiTerrn4 chaplain did in a very
impressive manner, all present kneeling and joining in this
act of devotion. After the chaplain had concluded the
pray, r, his bro her ask. d him Übe *Amid tome and see him
mei.. Manning replied that he thought it would be of no
ass for him to do to ; in het, he would rather that he would
not. The final separation then took plane, the movies re-
marking to his brother that he woe duly going a short time
before him, end hoped he should meet him in another and a
better world.

On Felder afternoon a Rowan esthetic prelate fro=
Taunton bid istarviews with both prisoner. it. had known
them while living at that place, and hearing of Mts. Man-
ning's stubborn toodnet, he telt an mare, to see her, and
end. avoar to soften her heart the paid no attention to his
temerlui, and was rather rough in her Raman towards hint.
The rev. gentleman afterwards visi•ed the wile .unit, who
sensed plowed toil, hint, bat refused any religions console-
tina at his hands.

orliosdayi;at the female *soviet drew op a memorial
to the Queen, Imploring her Majesty 'o save her from the
scaffold, sad raiteratists her Sanoosase of O'Ccoaor's death.

This memorial she endosed in a letter, addressed to the
Duchess of Sutherland. is which her grace was asked to lay
it Wrenn* Mono. The Inter was duly plated, it appears,
but being unnald was rejected oa presentation e Stafford-
house, and on Saturday mornieut it was opened in due tonne
at the Dead Inttermdlos, in filt. Martin's le Grand. The
wretched woman, impatient of a reply, had written oa Fri-
day to Sir George Grey, requesting his intent non.