The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-27 00:00:00

At Bagnigge Wells-road Station a mistake of the same
sort was also made. A man was seen to jump froth the
wrong side of a Greenwich train yesterday afternoon,
and immediately suspicion was aroused, and steps were
taken to ascertain whether it was the accused. Even in
Dublin the police authorities were thrown into a state of
great excitement by receiving a positive assurance that
Manning had made his way there. Jersey and Guern-
sey have been visited by an inspector of the detective
force, but as yet no intelligence has been received of the
result of his search there. Manning, it is known, went
there on a former occasion, when it was prudent to be
out of the way; and there certainly is some reason to
believe, from information received, that he has now re-
peated the experiment. If this be so he has had a long
start of his pursuers, and has had plenty of time to dis-
tance them by flight to the Continent. Yet it is positively
ascertained that he had only 121. in his possession when
the search for him commenced, and that sum would not
go far in travelling expenses. Some believe that he is
still in London ; and, at a late hour last night, informa-
tion was brought to the police-station at Stone-end, that
as late as Thursday last he was seen in the shop of a
barber named Burrell, in Litchfield-street, Oxford-street.
The truth is, however, that up to the present time nothing
positive is known as to the whereabouts of the suspected
murderer, and that notwithstanding the unceasing efforts
to arrest him made by the police and by all who know his
person, be still re mains at large.
Mrs. Manning remains in custody at Horsemonger-
lane Gaul, where she has not yet been visited by ttey
person. She is constantly watched by female turt.keys,
to whom she occasionally addresses observations, but
none of her remarks apply to the crime with which she
stands charged. The loss of the money taken from her,
and the scantiness of the wardrobe at her command, ap
pear to annoy her very much. Among the letters found
in Mrs. Menning's luggage is one in the handwriting of
Mr. O'Connor, the contents of which are
curious It covers three sides of a large sheet
of letter paper, and seems to have been
written about that period of their connexion
when O'Connor discovered to his surprise that Mrs.
Manning was married. It is datt d " Custom house, St.
Katharine's-docks," and commences "My dearest
Maria." After reproaching the accused with her faith-
lessness to him, the writer proceeds in a lachrymose
strain to bewail his fate in having lost " an angel who
might have been his guiding star through life." In one
part of the letter his own deceptive character creeps out
in a remark to the effect that if he were a rich ma❑ and
could afford to pay for the journey he would hasten to
Erskine• house (Lord Blantyre's scat in Scotland), where
Mrs. Manning vtas then staying, and upbraid her per-
sonally with her cruelty to him. The signature to this
letter, which was written in the corner of the third page,
has been neatly cut out, but of the identity of the hand-
writing there is not the slightest doubt. The letter is
directed to " Mrs. Manning, care of Lady Blantyre,
Erskine house, N. 8."
Singularly enough there were found in one of the
boxes of Mrs. Manning, conveying away the property of
the murdered man, the Psalms of David, in French, a
collection of sacred poems, and a work entitled "Family
Devotion for Every Day in the Year." This little inci-
dent is nearly on a par with Rush's family worship.
Among other matters found in the prisoner's boxes were
letters of recommendation for situations in or near Lon-
due, giveu by two di,tiugutshed personages, in which
she is described as being kind, affectionate, and piously
inclined.

Further details have come to light as to the previous
history of Manning and O'Co'snor. The father of the
former, was it seems, a sergeant of the Somerset militia,
and resided at Taunton, where he for many years leased
the tolls of the market and of some of the turnpikes in the
neighbourhood. At the old man's death nearly 4001. of his
property fell to the share of Frederick George Manning,
who was the favourite out of a large family of sons and
daughters. Up to the period of his marriage with Maria
de Roux Manning appears to have been well conducted
or at least to have passed as such. At the White Hart,
Taunton, his wife seems to have been Manning's evil
genius. Mutual jealousies led to constant quarrels,
which often ended in blows, and on ono occasion the wife
was seen in pursuit of her husband with a large dirk
knife, with which she threatened to stab him. Things
of course went wrong at the White Hart under such
management, and one night last year Mrs. Manning left
by mail train, having, as her husband stated next day,
robbed him of money, plate, and other valuables to the
extent of 3001. or 400/, Under such circumstances
Manning fought hard to compromise with his creditors,
but they succeeded in recovering 19s. in the pound of
their claims. He is described in the neighbourhood to
which he belongs as neither clever, nor well educated,
but filled with the most inordinate desire to rise into
stations of life for which he had not the slightest qualifica-
tion. It is said that his great inducement to marry
Maria de Roux was that he expected thereby to obtain a
situation in a Government department. An application
for a landing waiter's berth was, it is believed, actually
made on his behalf, and was not acceded to, from his
obvious want of education.

The following incidents in the life of O'Connor are
curious, and tend to throw further light upon his cha-
racter. On arriving in London, from Ireland, in
February, 1832, he presented a letter of introduction
from his brother, now parish priest of Templemore,
near Thurles, county of Tipperary, to a gentleman of
influence, living at the time in the Temple. In about
six weeks after his first introduction he called on this
gentleman, and, much to his surprise, produced a 501.
note, which he requested him to take care of for him.
The gentleman agreed to do so; and, knowing O'Con-
nor's poverty, eagerly inquired how he became possessed
of it. The latter said, his mother had sent him 151,
with which he had purchased contraband tobacco and
cigars, and, trading surrepti:iously in them, had amassed
the amount of the 50/ note. The gentleman at the time
believed the story to be true, and as O'Connor was then
endeavouring to obtain a situation in the Excise, he told
him ironically that his practical knowledge of smuggling
would, no doubt, if known to the Excise Commissioners,
prove a great recommendation in his favour. Before
the close of the year 1832 Patrick O'Connor had placed
in the gentleman's hands no less altogether than 184/.,
1001. of which the gentleman invested in the funds
at O'Cennor's request. This rapid accumulation
of money excited the gentleman's surprise, and
almost his suspicions that everything was not right. In
the winter 1822 3 O'Connor obtained, through the in-
fluence of the late Bishop of Llandaff, the situation of
tide-waiter in the port of London. In the meantime he
had been, bit by bit, withdrawing from the gentleman's
hands the 84/. not invested, and got back the last of it to
buy a bed, which he said he was obliged to take about
with him from:one ship to another in the Thames, in the
discharge of his new duties. He had hardly been in-
stalled in his situation of tule•waiter, when he sent an
attorney's letter to the gentleman, demanding payment
of the whole sum of 184/ Tho gentleman had no ac-
knowledgement from O'Connor that he had received
back 841. of it; and probably legal proceedings would
have been instituted had not the gentleman, through his
solicitor, who was a friend of the solicitor of O'Connor,
preyed the latter's dishonesty by means of the gentle.
man's laundress, to whom O'Connor, on discovering that
she was a widow, with a pension of 261. a year, and
earning in the Temple, as laundress to several legal gen-
tlemen, nearly 1001. a year besides, made a proposal of
marriage, and showed her one evening 50/, which he
said he had just received from her, master, being a por-
tion of money lent to him. 0 Conhor's solicitor on
hearing this refused to have anything more to do
with him, and the gentleman sold out stock to the
amount of 1001., and through his Solicitor returned
O'Connor his money. After this, transaction the gen-
tleman made inquiries as to 0 Connor's method of
raising money, and found that he had got introduced to
the late Bishop of Landaff, Mr. Darby, M.P.,
and other
proselyting Protestants, and that he knew of the
Bexley fund appropriated to the onversion of Roman
Catholics. To these gentlemen O'Connor represented
himself as one persecuted for his religious doubts by his
brother, the Rev. Dr. O'Connor, and other Catholic
clergymen, and he also alleged, there not being the
slightest ground for the truth of the allegation, that his
brother had wronged him respecting money bequeathed
to the family by the Misses robin,. who had been nuns
in the ancient Ursuline convent of Thhrles. By these
representations O'Connor insinuated himself into the
good graces of the Bishop of Landaff, Mr. Darby, Mr.
Broderick, the grandson of the then Archbishop of
Oashel, the late Lady Osborne, mother of Mr. Bernal
Osborne, M.P. for Middlesex, and others, and obtained
from them not only large sums of money, but the situa-
tion that afterwards led to his connexion with the Cus-
toms as their gauger in the London Docks. Promotion