The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-06 00:00:00

BERMONDSEY MURDER.

RE-EXAMINATION OF THE
MANNINGS.—(YESTERDAY.)
Mr. Lamond, stockbroker (in continuation from our
Afternoon Edition), said—l witnessed the signatures to
the transfer certificate. lam the subscribing witness.
I bought ten shares is the Sambre and Meuse Railway
on the 27th of April last for Mr. Patrick O'Connor.
He did not pay me for them until the 24th May, when
he took possession of them as well as the Eastern Coun-
ties shares, for which he also than paid. I have not the
numbers of the Sambre and Meuse shares, but there is
a name upon them by which I can tell them. I bought
them from Mr. George Cooper Russell, of the Stock
Exchange. Looking at the ten shares produced by Mr.
Inspector Yates, I the name of Russell, which
enables me to swear to them. It is usual for us to put
the name upon shares when purchased in a significant
way, so as to identify them afterwards. lam certain
that the ten shares sold to Mr. O'Connor were purchased
from Mr. Russell. A person of the name of Wellborn,
a clerk of Mr. Russell, brought the shares to our office
and received a cheque for the amount. He took the
numbers of the shares in my presence.
Donald Wenham, clerk to Mr. Russell, of the Stock
Exchange, examined, said—l remember Mr. Lamond
purchasing ten Sambre and Meuse shares from Mr.
Russell, which were delivered on the 30th of April last
by me. The ten shares were numbered from 26,523
to 26,532 inclusive, and the numbers correspond with
those produced by Inspector Yates. I made an entry of
the numbers in a book at the time of the transaction.
Mrs. Bainbridge, the wife of the broker to whom
Manning sold the goods, was next called to hear her de-
position read over. After this was done she gave the
following additional evidence :—I remember Manning
going to assist my husband in removing the furniture
from 3, Minver-place, on a Tuesday, about nine or ten
o'clock in the morning. When Manning came back I did
not hear him say anything, but on the Monday before
the furniture was removed I asked him if he was going to
sleep at Minver-place that night, and he said
he would not do so for twenty pounds. On
the same occasion I asked him if Mrs. Manning was
coming to tea, and he said " I have sent her into the
country."
The girl Weldon, servant to Mr. Bainbridge, stated
that on, the day the furniture was removed Manning
told her, if any one inquired for him, she was to say
that he had gone a fortnight. lie gave no
reason; that was all he said, and she replied, " Very
well."
This being the conclusion of the evidence,
Mr. Bodkin said (addressing the Magistrate)—This
is all the evidence I am in a condition to lay before you,
and all I propose troubling you with. As I have already
intimated in the course of the investigation, if any fresh
evidence should transpire between now and the time ap•
pointed for the trial the substance of it will be communi-
cated to the legal advisers of the prisoners as early as we
know it; but I do think, as I have already stated here,
that no public benefit will result from a further remand
of the prisoners; therefore, Sir, I beg of you, on the
evidence already given, which appears to me abundant for
the purpose, to commit these prisoners to undergo the awful
issue of a trial before a jury on the charge of murder.
By a late Act of Parliament it is, I find, absolutely
necessary to read over the whole depositions before the
prisoners can be called upon to say anything in answer
to the charge. The Act to which I allude is Jervis's
Act, 11 and 12 Viet., c. 42, relating to the duties of ,
justices of peace out of sessions with respect to indictable
offences. The 18th section states—
" And be it enacted, that after the examination of all
the witnesses on the part of the prosecution, as afore-
said, shall have been completed, the justice of the peace,
or one of the judges by or before whom such examination
shall have been so completed, as aforesaid, shall, without
requiring the attendance of the witnesses, read, or cause
to be read, to the accused the depositions taken against
him, and shall say to him these words, or words to the
like effect—' Ravine heard the evidence, do you wish to
sty anything in answer to the charge? You are not
o gibed to say anything unless you desire to do so, but
whatever you say will be taken down in writing, and
may be given in evidence at your trial.'"
I call upon you, Sir, (continued Mr. Bodkin) in com-
pliance with that Act, to read over the depositions, and
to address these words to the prisoners.
Mr. Binns—l am requested to state, on behalf of my
client, who well remembers the whole of the evidence
that has been given, that he does not wish to trouble you
to read it over again, and to give rise to the loss of time
that will take place if that is done.
Mr. SECILER—In a matter of this kind I must adhere
strictly to that which is prescribed by the Act of Par-1
liament.
Mr. Edwin, the chieflclerk, then read over the whole
of the depositions, which it may be imagined occupied a
very considerable time.
The prisoners in the first instance both sat down in
the dock, the female prisoner having drawn down
her veil, which nearly concealed her features. When
the depositions were read through, Mrs. Manning
lifted up her veil. Her face was very much
flushed, but she laughed and smiled several times whilst
conversing with Mr. Solomons and the female searcher.
Manning, also, had a smile upon his countenance, and
seemed altogether more composed than on any previous
occasion.
After a short discussion between Mr. Bodkin and the
Magistrate,
Mr. Sec :LER said—Vrederick George Manning, having
heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything to the
charge?
The prisoner (who rose up with a smile upon his face,
and spoke in a very confident voice) said—l have
nothing to say, Sir.
Mr. SECKER, addressing the female prisoner, who had
already risen, said, Maria Manning, having heard the
evidence, do you wish to say anything to the charge?
The female prisoner replied—l will leave all in the
bands of my attorney.—(She spoke in a low tone, but
without evincing any appearance of agitation. In ut-
tering then few words the ear could not catch any
foreign accent.)
Mr. Binns then repeated his former application for
the rscoration of the moneys found upon the female
prisoner for the purpose of conducting the defence of
both, alleging that no evidence had yet been given to
show that they belonged to another person.
Mr. SECLER said at present tha title to the property
was questionable, and must be decided by a jury. On
a former occasion he had taken upon himself to deter-
mine the ownership of such a portion of it as he thought
might enable the solicitors for the prisoners to conduct
thar preliminary defence, but further he could not
interfere.
The prisoners were then immediately removed, and
the court was soon cleared.
They will be kept at Horsemonger-lane gaol until
six days before the commencement of the next Old
Bailey S,ssions.

The following is a copy of the commitment :
" To the Keeper of her Majesty's Gaol of Nowgate,
or his Deputy.
" Receive into your custody the bodies of Frederick
George Manning and Maria Manning, charged before
me Isaac Onslow Seeker, Esq., one of the magistrates of
the police-courts of the metropolis, sitting at Southwark
Police-court, within the metropolitan police district,
upon oath of Jamea Burton and others, taken in the
presence and hearing of the sairl Frederick George
Manning and Maria Manning; for that they the said
Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning, on the
9th day of August last, at the parish of St. Mary Mag-
dalen, Bermondsey, within the Central Criminal Court
district, did feloniously, wilfully, and with malice afore-
thought, shoot one Patrick O'Connor with a pistol loaded
with gunpowder and a leaden bullet, and did then and
there murder him, the said Patrick O'Connor, against the
statute and against the peace, &c., &c. And I, the
said magistrate, under the authority of an Act of Par-
liament passed in the reign of his late M:kjesty King
William IV , intituled 'An Act for establishing a new
court for the trial of offences committed in the metropo-
li3,l and parts adjoining,' do commit the said Frederick
George Mirnnirig and Maria Manning to the said gaol,
and do hereby require you, the keeper thereof, safely to
keep until they shall be discharged by the due course of
the law. And for so doing this shall be )our sufficient
warrant."

This document is signed in the usual form by Mr.

Seeker.

The following letter from Manning to his solicitor
may give some idea of his acquaintance with ortho-
graphy. The writing, it may be mentioned, is very dis-
tinct, and appears to be that of a person who has had
much practice in cabgraphy. It resembles much the
writing of a lawyer's clerk, being written in a slanting
direction to the left instead of the right:—
"My dear Sir,

"Punctuality his the order of the
day, I must beg of you to attend if possable this morn-
ing at ten o'clock you will greatly oblige,
" Yours

" Truely
FREDX. GEO. MANNING.

" llorsemonger Lane Gaol
Surrey, Sept. 28th, 1849."
Address—

" Thorns. Binns, Esq.
" 1 Trinity St.
" Boro.' "

ST. MARTIN,LUDGATE.—Thursday night, a vestry
meeting was held in the vestry-room of the parish of
Saint Martin, Ludgate, for the purpose of making a
poor-rate, and church-rate, and for other business. Mr.
Benjamin Fellowes, senior churchwarden, presided.
The minutes of the last vestry having been read and
confirmed, the vestry-clerk read the statement of the
parish accounts, showing that a rate of eightpence in the
pound would be required for the support of the peol:4
and a rate to that amount was accordingly moved and
agreed to. It was next moved and agreed to that a rate
of threepence in the pound should be levied for the old
church-rate, there being in this parish an extra rate to-
wards payment of a debt incurred for church repairs and
improvements, which it is understood will be liquidated.
It was next moved and agreed to, that a vote of 51.
should be granted to the Royal Society for Escape
from Fire, towards defraying the expenses of the station
in this parish; and in passing the vote, testimony was
borne to the value and usefulness of the society. The
vestry then terminated.
SINGULAR LIMITATION OF A HAIL 8141111131.—A
Russian journal mentions that the circle of Akhalzikh
(Caucasus), was lately visited by a tremendous shower
of hail, which committed the most extensive ravages,
and which was accompanied with this singularity, that
its devastations were entirely confined to the right bank
of the river Koor, whose course the storm followed along
all its windings, for more than seventy miles, the oppo-
site bank escaping the visitation altogether.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the governors of the North American ,
Colonies.