The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-08 00:00:00

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cause the Duchess of Sutherland will • intercede and
get her off." In the railway train he said• he was a
foolish man for going away—that he ought to have
gone at once to the authorities that Mrs.
Manning had done it, for he said she could
not die happy without doing it, for he had deceived
her twice." (This, of course, was in allusion to
O'Connor, although Rot stated in evidence.) The
witness then corroborated the conversation that took
place, when Manning said that O'Connor promised to
; lodge at Minver-place, but, after sleeping one night,
had left and refused to come again.
John Basset, clerk to Messrs. Killich and Co., 6,
Bank Chambers, City, being sworn, said—At the
latter end of July and the beginning of
August a person came to our office whom I
then knew as Mr. Patrick O'Connor ; that
is the man I mean (pointing to Manning). On
the 31st, or thereabouts, he came to the office, and I
introduced him into the back room. He said he came
to make inquiries about some stock, and to know our
terms. I introduced him to our principal. On
Thursday, the 2d of August, about two o'clock, he
came again, and apologised to me for not calling as
he had promised. He said that he did not want the
money upon the shares for a few days. On the
11th of August he also came, and brought some
stock with him. I said that our manager was out,
but that I would manage the business for him which
he wished transacted. He produced twenty consoli-
dated shares in the Eastern Counties Railway Com-
PanY. I asked him how much money he required ;
he replied 1201. or 1301. I said that I can let
you have 1101.; he said that would do on the stock
in
,question, and gave the name Patrick O'Connor.
I asked him where he lived, and he said 21, Green-
wood-street, Mile-end-road. I advanced to him a
1001. note, a 51. note, and five sovereigns. The pri-
soner, in my presence, signed the transfer of the
shares, " Patrick O'Connor, 21, Greenwood-street ,
Mile-end-road." I received the bank notes which I
gave to him from Mr. Hammond, who is another
clerk in our office. He was very communicative
and talkative; he said he was going to Exeter
to fish, and that he would make me a present
of some salmon. On the following Monday I went
to the address given by the prisoner.
Mr. Bodkin said he would not ask the witness any
further questions.
Richard Hammond said—l.recollect a gentleman
coming into our office; that person is present; there
he is (directing his attention to Manning). I re-
member when he called giving Mr. Basset,.the
former witness, a 1001. note, No. 15,043, sth June,
1849, a 51. note, No. 20,051, July 13, 1849, and five
sovereigns. I took the number of the notes at the
time. The prisoner was present when I gave them
to him.

Mr. Griffiths, clerk in the Bank of England, pro-
duced the identical 1001. bank note, which he said
was changed on the 11th of August. It is our cus-
tom to have the address of the person who presents a
note written on the back
,of it, and if he refuses to
give an address we decline changing the note. The
address written on the back of this note is " Frederick
Manning, 7, New Weston-street, Bermondsey." I gave
in change of it 50 sovereigns and a ticket, for which he
could get what notes he liked, to the amount of 501.
Mr. Joseph Adams, another clerk in the Bank of
England said, that on the Ist of August he gave five
101. notes for the ticket which was produced by the
last witness. They were numbered from 67,572 to
67,576 inclusive.
Mr. Bodkin here stated to the solicitors for the
prisoners that Mr. Moxey was at present in Edin-
burgh, and could not be called, but he might men-
tion that among the articles found in the possession
of the female prisoner at Edinburgh were the five
101. notes mentioned by the last witness.
Mr. Shillibere, solicitor, carrying on business in
Bucklersbury, said he knew the handwriting of
Manning, and that the address upon the 100/. note
was written by him.
Mr. Stevens, stock-broker, of No. 3, Royal
Exchange, said—l knew Patrick O'Connor. He
was one of my clients. On the 6th of August I
delivered to him ten shares in the Sambre and
Meuse, numbered from 6,460 to 6,469, inclusive.
That was the last transaction I had with him. On
the 11 th May I purchased ten shares for him in the
Amiens and Boulogne, numbered from 48,665 to
48,674, and delivered them to him on the same day.
I have seen those shares since ; they were
produced by Air. Moxey. The female prisoner
is the person, I think, who came to my office on the
Ist, 2‘l, or 3d of August last. She said she had some
money to invest, and introduced herself by saying that
she was recommended by Mr. Patrick O'Connor. I
asked her in what she wished to invest, and she re-
plied, stock that she could sell abroad. I said that was
a very indefinite term, or something to that effect.
I showed her a list of foreign stock, and she selected
the Sambre and Meuse Railway. I asked her
for her name, and she wrote it upon a slip of paper,
which is now lost. The name was Mrs. Manning,
but the address I cannot recollect. She spoke first of
all of buying Bank Stock, and when I observed that
a widow or a spinster could purchase it, but that a
married lady could not, she said she wished some
stock which she could sell unknown to her husband,
and without any control. This excited my suspicion.
She said she would call again, but I did not see Ler
afterwards.
By Mr. Solomons—l think it was about the Ist of
August ; it might have been a day or so before or
after; I made no memorandum of her visit
By Mr. Bodkin—Mr. O'Connor never told me that
he would send any one to me with respect to the
purchase of shares.
William Byford, cab driver, said—On Wednesday,
the 15th of August, I took up a person from 14,
Bermondsey .square, the house of Mr. Bainbridge.
I went to the gaol this morning and picked out a
person among twenty others ; the male prisoner is
the person Iso picked out. I took him to the station
of the Southampton Railway about a quarter before
eight in the morning, and he had with him a small
box and a carpet-bag.
Cross-examined by Mr. Binns—The male prisoner
resembles the person I took up very much. I can't
say how many fares I had that day, or the day
before; I bad as many as I could get.--(Laughter.)
Are you a keen observer of the passengers you
carry ?---I dare say I should know you again if I
saw you.—(Laughter,) (The male prisoner was
here observed to laugh.) I went round by Tooley-
street, which was a quarter of a mile out of my way.
Mr. Bodkin, at the conclusion of this evidence, said
—I do not intend to proceed further to-day, and
perhaps the solicitors for the prisoners will consider
this the most convenient period for an adjournment.
Mr. Solomons said he was willing to consent to any
arrangement which was approved of by the magis
trate.

Mr. Bodkin said—lf, then, on the next day we
meet here any fresh evidence is gone into due inti-
mation of that intention will be given to you, and
in the event of your not receiving any notice to that
effect, you may
consider that the remand of the
prisoners will ba a mere formal one, and that they
will be further remanded.
Mr. SECKER then said that he would remand the
prisoners until this day (Saturday) week.
Mr. Ilinns said there were some things of a trifling
nature in the carpet-bag that was taken from the male
prisoner at Jersey, which he hoped would be given
up to him.

Mr. SEcKER intimated that any article of dress, or
of ordinary use, which was required by the prisoner,
would be given up to him by the Governor of the
goal.

The passages leading to the goaler's room were
then cleared, and the prisoners were taken out of the
court, and before the lapse of many minutes were
placed in the van and conveyed to Hon-A:monger-
lane Gaol.
The female prisoner was provided with a seat
during a considerable portion of the examination.

SiziGuLAR MARRIAGE.—On Monday, the 20th inqt.,
at Bridlington, by the Rev. H. F. Barnes, M.A., Mr.
R.,bert Knowles, hawker, to Miss Catherine Coh,n),
both being deaf and dumb. The ceremony was pertormied
by the clergyman in the usual manner, the pariteti
pointing on the book as he proceeded ; and on coming
to the responses they replied in the dumb alphabet. Both
bride and brid. groom wrote their names rtniarkably
well in the register book.—Derby Mercury.
THE Jaws v. CHOLERA.—A correspondent sayg,
"It is a singular circumstance in connexion with- the
prevailing epidemic, that not a single fatal case has oc-
curred amongst the Jews in liotaulsduch or the close
and badly ventilated vicinity of Petticoat-lane, a , neigh-
bourhood not over remarkable for ite ilf,t!tnlinees