The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-01 00:00:00

THE BEFIVIONDS.!-J;Y MURDER,

iNA‘t TN AT f(yIN. OF %IA NIA MANNING AT
• ' PuLlt'lL COURT.
Mk.x,y id, !lee (..on.inued fri.m our Aiternotn
Edition of yesterday.)
She gave a general denial to the charge. She was wear-
ing a gold wet( h, chain, and seal before the search took
place, knd these or similar articles were produced to me
by the senrcher.F. (These articles were produced, as well
as two brooches, some postage stamps, a thimble,
and other things, which were found upon her.)
I made an inventory of all the articles
found in her possession •, among them were
some scrip in the Sambre and Meuse Railway, numbered
from 6,460 to 6,469, and also some scrip in the Amiens
and Boulogne Railway, numbered from 48,665 to 48,674.
These shares were described in a bill which I have re-
ci.ived. I also found 10 more shares in the Sambre and
Meuse, running from 26,523 to 26,532, which were not
included in the bill; also what appeared to be a Spanish
bond, numbered 3,600. I found also a large silk
purse, containing 73 sovereigns. There are besides, a
50/. Bank of England note, numbered 11,037, and dated
9th Nov., 1848;
11th June, 1849, and numbered consecutively 67,372,
six 101. notes, five of which were dated
67,373, 67,374, 67,375, and the other is dated 4th Nov.,
1848, and numbered 78,378; also another 51. note, dated
13th July, 1839, and numbered 20,057. I also found a
counterpart, apparently, of a luggage-ticket, dated
London-bridge Terminus, 13th Aug. There is also a
ticket dated the 14th, from London to Newcastle, for
excess of luggage. (These, and various other articles
and papers, were produced by the witness.) She was
locked up, as I stated. I saw her in the course of the
evening, to see if sho was comfortable; and I ad-
dressed her as Mrs. Manning, to which she
did not object ; and I asked her where her
husband was, and if he was in town. She said she
knew nothing of him; that she came off from London on
Saturday when he was out; that he used her very ill,
had maltreated her, and threatened to murder her, and
had pursued her with a knife, and that she was very
much afraid of him. She then said " I came away on
Saturday, wishing to get rid of him." She said she had
driven to the London-bridge station, where she had left
a part of her luggage, addressed " Mrs. Smith,
passenger to Paris ;' that she :had then driven to the
Euston square station, and that she bad slept in the
neighbourhood of the station all night (she described the
place, but I could not exactly understand her descrip-
tion), and she came off the following Tuesday morning
by an early train, and had come on to Newcastle ; that
she remained in a house there all night (the locality of
which she also attempted to describe); that she was
taken to the house by two females who slept in the ad
joining room to her. On the next day she spoke in terms
of the highest gratitude of O'Connor, saying that he
had acted the part of a father to her; that
she had last seen him on the Wednesday; that
he came to her house in the evening under the
influence of liquor; that she expected him to dinner
on the Thursday, and that she was surprised at his
net coming; that she went to his lodgings to ascertain
the cause of his absence, and that he was not at home;
that she went again on the following day (Friday), but
she did not hear any tidings of him. In reference to the
money in her possession, she said " It is my own, my
husband wants to get it from me, and that is the cause
of our quarrel. O'Connor advised me to invest it in
scrip, part of which is that which you have found." She
then said, that in consequence of the quarrel O'Connor
recommended her to call on a Mr. Stephens, or
Mr. Stevens, a stockbroker, that she did call,
and the scrip in question was purchased for her by Mr.
O'Connor's directions. She was brought before the po-
lice magistrates iu Edinburgh. When she was told of
the charge, she said " I am innocent, and have nothing
further to say." On Thursday I left Edinburgh in corn.
pany with the prisoner, at half-rest eleven in the forenoon,
and art ived in London by the train at half-past four next
morning. I may state that I found also a certificate
of marriage between Frederick George Manning and
Maria Do Roux. She said nothing to me worth remem-
bering on the journey to London. I saw no marks or
stains on any of the articles I found. She ex-
plained the reason of her leaving the luggage at the
London-bridge station, by saying that she was in doubt
whether she should go to Edinburgh, or to Paris, and
inform her friends of Manning's cruel treatment of her,
but that she ultimately decided upon going to Edinburgh.
Mr. Edwin, the clerk, then read over the testimony
of Mr. Maxey and the three other witnesses, to which
they severally attached their signatures ; and they were
bound over, in the ordinary way, to prosecute the
prisoner at the next session of the Central Criminal
Court.
Mr. Edwin then intimated to the persons present that
the prisoner stood remanded until Thursday next, at
twelve o'clock, when the examination of the witnesses
would be resumed.
This had the effect of clearing the court of a few of
the spectators, but they were so closely packed together
that an open passage for the prisoner to get through
could not be obtained, and the officers were compelled
to force their way through the crowd with the prisoner.
The van being in readiness she was speedily conveyed
beyond the precincts of the court to her destination,
Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and the crowd in and about the
court soon dispersed.
It may be mentioned that he prisoner's attire con-
sisted of a black silk-dress, a black satin visite,
edged with silk lace, a straw bonnet very plainly
trimmed with a white, pink, and green-coloured silk
ribbon, a black lace veil, and a small white collar. The
statements which have already been put forth that she
is a flee built woman, has a good figures and is possessed
of a lady-like appearance, are entirely without
foundation. On the contrary, she appears to have an
almost -masculine figure, and to be possessed of con-
siderable strength. Her brow is large and heavy, and
her face, which is long and broad, and scarcely feminine
has, altogether, a coarse and vulgar appearance. There
is nothing whatever in her person which would lead
a casual observer to think she is a foreigner.
Her self-possession was most remarkable when it is
taken into consideration that the air in the court was
very confined, and also the fact that she was the "ob-
served of all observers," and that every eye was fixed
upon her during the whole of the proceedings.
She stood the whole time (from one till half-past three),
leaning lightly upon the dock, having refused to take a
chair. Scarcely an emotion was visible in her coun-
tenance from the beginning to the end of the tedious
examination ; but a slight tremulous shake of her
body, as she stood, was observed by one or
two persons. Beyond that, however, nothing could be
seen which indicated that she was other than quite com-
posed. She kept her veil drawn over her face, and did
not once lift it up. On being asked if she wanted any
water, she shook her head and said " No."