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be lost, and left off talking on the subject. The ste.ward.
was the only person left in the cabin on the day the ship
made Ascension Island.
Mr. J. Evans, the principal surveyor of the Thames Po-
lice, stated that he and Blyth, another surveyor, fell in with
the ship' on Wednesday week, and the first thing they did
was to search the steward, and strip him, hut without effect.
He was then sent to the police cutter, alongside, with all his
property, hammock, Sec. After instituting a rigid inquiry
about the diamond ring, they were on the point of leaving
the ship, when they heard some whispers about the
steward having lost a piece of soap, and that Wood, the
sail-maker, knew something about the ring. He was
called into the cabin, and questioned, when be said, if any
body knew, Paddy (meaning Manning) did. The pri-
soner Manning was then brought into the cabin, and
searched, but the ring was not found upon him. Witness
and his brother officer expressed their determination to re-
rosin ; and about an hour afterwards, Manning came into
the cabin and pulled from his shoe what appeared to be a
lump of dirt, but which proved to be the diamond-ring.
with worsted twisted round it, and partly covered with
soap. Witness took possession of it, and questioned
Manning. who stated that he was lying below in his ham-
mock, when be saw the steward take something with a
pricker from under the carting (beam) over his hammock,
and work it into a piece of soap, with which he washed
or pretended to wash his hands, and then •stheverthed-' it
over. That after this- he laid it in another man's chest,
and went to throw away the dirty water, and while he was
gone he (Manning) took up the soap, observed it all over,
and finding it contained the diamond-ring, took it out and
threw the soap overboard. All this the prisoner said oc-
curred just before the officers came on board the same
morning ; and on being asked why he did not mention it
and give up the ring before, he said he wished to speak
privately to the mate about it first.
John 'Wood, the sail-maker, stated that on the morning
of the day the police-officers came on board, the steward
borrowed a pricker of him, and as he was not in the habit
of using such a thing, witness suspected it was something
concerning the ring he wanted it for, and told Manning
to keep a sharp look out and see what Fuller did with it.
In the course of the day Manning informed him that what
he said about the pricker and the ring was quite true, and
proceeded to state that he saw the steward prick some-
thing out of the carting, cut a hole in a piece of soap,
and put the " something" into it, and that after he washed
his hands he placed it in his chest, in which were three
other lumps of soap of the same size. He told Manning
it was the ring sure enough, and to bring the lump of soap
which appeared to have been recently used. He returned
shortly afterwards with one, and he pricked it all over,
but finding it did not contain the ring, he told Manning to
put it back. Two hours afterwards he again saw Man-
ning, who told him it was all right, and excla;med " I've
got the ring." He then accompanied him to the c ihin,
where the ring was given up to the mate in the presence
of the police-officers.
it was
to questions from Mr. BRODERI r, the witness
said was about dusk when he first knew that Manning
had got the ring.
Mr. Evans said that it was more than two hours after
this before the ring was given up.
Mr. BRODERIP said, that at each examination Wood had
told a different story,who believed he was bad as Manning.
Mr. Wooler, who attended on behalf of the steward,
cross-examined Wood, who grossly prevaricated, and said
he had no recollection of being called into the cabin by the
officers before the ring was given up.
Mr. BaonEitir cautioned the witness, and said it had
been sworn by the officers, and also by the chief mate,
that he had been questioned in the cabin long before the
ring was given up. Wood ultimately said he recollected
being called into the cabin, but he did not then know
Messrs. Blyth and Evans were police-officers.
Dr. Wilson had selected Wood as the smartest man in
the ship to watch the conduct of the steward and look after
the ring, and promised a reward of thirty guineas, if it
wa.: recovered.
Mr. Hobler, jun., who attended for the prosecution,
was instructed to request the Magistrate would admit
Manning as a witness for the Crown against the steward,
who, Dr. Wilson believed, was the only guilty party; and
that Manning hesitated to give up the ring to the officers
under the idea that he should not get the reward offered for
its recovery.
Mr. Baonzarr could not comply with the application,
and he was bound to send Manning for trial. The Judge
could, however, be applied to at the Sessions.
Mr. Wooler submitted there was nothing but circum-
stantial evidence to affect the steward, who ought to be
discharged.
Mr. BRODETUr said the circumstantial evidence was so
strong as to leave no doubt on his mind of the steward
having stolen the ring ; and he was clearly of opinion it
would never have been recovered but for the vigilance exer-
cised by the officers, and their determination not to leave
the vessel. A good deal had been said about a reward,
and he begged leave to say, that no person belonging to
that establishment had any thing to do with one ; but if
any person were entitled to the reward for the recovery of
the diamond ring, it was the officers, Messrs. Evans and
Illyth. The worthy Magistrate then committed the pri-
soners for trial at the next Admiralty Sessions, and bound
over the witnesses to give evidence.
UNION- HALL.

On Saturday Richard Love, a young man having the
appearance of a mechanic, was brought before Mr.
CHAMBERS, charged with attempting to shoot Susannah
Hell, a young female.
It appeared that the parties bad kept company with one
another for three years, and were to have been married
had not the " young lady" changed her mind when on the
point of going to church to have the marriage ceremony
performed. On Friday night last the lovers met at the
residence of his father, and, as she had some distance to
go after the visit, the prisoner proffered his services to see
her home. In walking along they had some words on
the subject of marriage, awl the prisoner, whose feelings
were excited, exclaimed that lie knew she hated him. No
reply was made to the conjecture, upon which the " love-
stricken youth" seized the hand of the fair maid, and pre-
senting a pistol, with the muzzle close up to her face,
pulled the trigger. Fortunately for her it missed fire, and
lie repeated the attempt twice more, the pistol missing
fire on each occasion. The young woman shrieked aloud,
when a gentleman who happened to be passing, on hear-
ing the noise, hastened forward and arrived to the girl's
assistance just as her mad brained sweetheart was in the act
of presenting the pistol at her head a fourth time. He was soon
disarmed, and on finding himself in custody, he became
alarmed, and declared that he did not intend to shoot Susan,
but to shoot himself, and appealed to her for the truth of his
assertion. The girl also became frightened, and although
the witness proved distinctly that he saw the prisoner pre-
sent the pistol at her head, yet, in the hope of obtaining
his discharge, she persevered in her statement until
brought before the Magistrate. The prisoner said, that
being tired of life, be bought the pistol to shoot himself,
and that he was too fond of Susan to take her life away.
Susan, however, contradicted the assertion, and said that
he attempted to fire the pistol in her face ; and that if it
had been a good one, and went off, it would have blown
the head off her shoulders, the muzzle being close up to
her face. The pistol, which was a small pocket one, was
here produced, and was found to contain a charge of pow-
der and shot. The complainant said that she was unwill-
ing to appear against the prisoner, and begged hard that
lie might be discharged. Her faller, who was also in
Court, interceded for the prisoner, but without effect, the
Magistrate observing that a fellow capable of such an at-
tempt on the life of a female as that adduced deserved
punishment of a severe kind ; and, in order that the case
should go before a jury, the complainant's father was com•
Ipelted to answer for her appearance at the Assizes.
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