The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-06 00:00:00

TEN BEiNMONDSEY MURDER.

Yee/a 7day afternoon, at the Southwark Police-court,
Mr. Col -;an, the landlord of the house in which Mr.

O'Connor was inurderesl, attended before Mr. Secker
for his advice under tbe' following circumstances :
He had to complain of the unjust remarks made re-
specting him in the morning papers of that day—
" that he had refused to assist the police by allowing
them to search the house No. 3, Minver-place, Ber-
mondsey." One of the inspectors certainly did call
upon him on Monday morning, and wanted him to dig
up the garden and search the watercloset. He told
him that the latter communicated with the common
sewer, and to make a minute search at the bottom the
whole of the garden and lower part of the house must
be pulled to pieces, and that if _they wished to do so
they must employ their own leJouters 'and put the
place in proper order. He had allowed them to in-
spect the house several times, and e : tensive injury was
done to his property, which he hd d to repair at his
own expense ; he considered it but fair that if the
authorities r€ quirel to pull his place to pieces again
they should employ their own workmen or compen-
sate him for the injury committed. Applicant then
produced a copy of one of the morning papers, con-
taming a report which, if allowed to go before the
public uncontradicted, would injure him to a great
extent. In the first instance, when the body was dis-
covered by the police, he sent two labourers to assist
them, and all the way through be had done all he
could to aid them in finding any property which
might be concealed.
Mr. Seeker said, that some conversation certainly
took place on the previous day with an officer of the
police, respecting his house, but he distinctly told
him he could not interfere in the matter. If they
wanted to pull his house to pieces, it would be no
more than reasonable for him to expect that they
should put it in proper order.
_

Mr. Coleman observed, that the papers asserted that
the house was let. Such was not the case. He had
placed one of his workmen in it until the horrid affair
had blown over, but he had not in any way obstructed
the authorities.

Mr. Seeker told him he could not be troubled with
any further observations on the subject. He had no
doubt that the Commissioners of the Police would
consider the propriety of again searching his house,
and if they did they would no doubt put it in proper
order.

During the day a letter, addressed to Maria Man-
ning, No. 3, Minver-place, Bermondsey, bearing the
post-mark of a French inland town, was sent to the
above house. It was instantly forwarded to Horse-
monger-lane Gaol, and on being opened subsequently,
in the presence of Mr. Seeker, it was found to be from
a sister of Maria Manning ; and from its contents it
would appear that the writer was totally unacquainted
with the fact of a murder having been perpetrated,
and the awful position in which her wretched sister
was placed with regard to her participation in the
dreadful deed. As the letter made no allusion to the
murder, and merely referred to domestic matters, it
was handed to the prisoner, who perused it with great
eagerness, and seemed to derive much pleasure from
its contents.

In the course of the afternoon Mr. Binns, the soli-
citor to the male prisoner, waited on Mr. Secker fur
his answer to the application made to him on the pre-
vious day, that a portion of the 201. granted to Mr.
Solomons, the legal adviser of Maria Manning, should
be handed over to him (Mr. Binns) to enable him to
conduct his defence.

Mr. S,cker said that he had maturely considered
the application, and was of opinion that he could not
intethre any further in the matter, He should re-
commend Mr. Bans to apply to the Commissioners
of Police, and if they refuse I, an application to the
Solicitor of the Treasury might be more successful.
Mr. Binns thanked his worship for his courtesy,
and withdrew, intending forthwith to follow hia
advice.

At a later hour Mr. Binns served a notice on Mr.
Solomons, requesting him to deliver up 71. Bs., and
threatening him with legal proceedings unless he
complied with the demand.

In the course of 3 esterday a number of influential
gentlemen connect:A with the magistracy waited upon
Mr. Seeker, requesting to be admitted into the court
during the examination of the prisoners—among
whom were several Protestant and Roman Catholic
clergymen. The Chief Clerk intimated that every
accommodation would be afforded, consistent with the
size of the court.

HUNGARY IMPERISHABLE.
TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The patriotic efforts made by your spirit-
stirring journal in the cause of civil and religious
liberty and national independence, involved in the
Hungarian question, are not likely to fail of their
reward in the gratitude and consideration of every
lover of his country, wherever truth and justice
reign.
The real victory of Russia has been the hoax prac-
tisl on the people of England, through the servility
of the press, that Hungary has fallen.
hlungary fli.ll‘.2n ! ! Such an idea can only
originate in a perfect ignorance of the num-
ber and streng'h of the fortified positions
s ill occupied by the patriots, the iintnense
population and mighty resources of the country, in-
fi?p(ll(!ently of the sympathy of millions in the cir-
ciunjacent states, amongst whom the name of Russia
is a-sociated with everything most revolting to reli-
gL)n, humanity, orde7., liberty, and peace.
Admitting, however, the hypothesis of the submis-
sion of all Hungary, and the complete occupation of
its fortresses, towns, and villages by Austrian troops.—
the most improbable of all the conjectures as to its fu•
future fate—is it possible to suppose that a nation of ten
millions of men, every family of which may boast a
soldier, and which possesses in the magnificent
Danube a high road of navigation, can submit to the
e.vi,:cition of its laws, right:, liberties, and commerce
at the hands of a soldiery speaking a foreign
language; or can it be imagined for a single instant
that the soldiery of Germany, interested, as they
must IP, in the protection of Germanic rights against
rug ian menace, will be the willing gaolers of those
whcHe only crime has been the inalienable birthright
of self-defend?
Be certain that the cause of Hungary is safe, that
the Autocrat, in the invasion of that country, has
compromised his prudence, and stands practically
committed to a dilemma from which there is no ul-
timate escape, where retreat is impossible, and ad-
vance rust be double or quits—the posession of Con-
cr,winople or total ruin.
The itmoutable conviction that the latter will be
the re,ult, nod that you will shortly hear of Persia
moving against Turkey, prompts the request of the
iiisertion of the above lines, which your readers :nay
look back upoo three months hence as those of
London, Aug. 30. A PROPHET.

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT ON THE LONDON AND
BRIGHTON RAlLWAY.—Yesterday Henry Leeks, Charles
Che, sertrin, and Stephen Springate, were charged before
the Br:ghton magistrates with having engaged in a
systematic course of embezzlement on the above railway.
Mr. Flithful, the attorney for the company, stated that
Leeks was oye of the clerks employed to issue tickets at
the Landon-bri,lge terminus, Cheeseman ticket-collector
at Brighton, and Springate one of the guards. Some
irregularity was discovered in the numbers of the tickets
reported by Leeks as having been issued, and on his
being questioned be confessed that he and the other
prisoners bad been for some time past using tickets a
second time, and rocketing the money paid for the second
use of each ticket so used. The magistrates, after hear.
ing evidence, ord,red the discharge of Cheesman and
Springate on the ground that there was no proof against
them (the only evidonce implicating them being that of
Leeks). and Leeks was remanded for further examina
tion till Friday.

STRANGE, it TRUE.—Connected with the appalling
tragedy in Levison-street, and the expected arrival of
Captsin Ilenrichson, we have recently heard a statement
of so singular a nature, that we should hesitate to pub-
lish it but that our informant expresses no doubt what-
ever Ls Etchenticity. At this moment, when the be-
reaved nr-..rincr, r whom there is such large sympathy,
is hourly expected to enter our port, we would not wil-
lingly publish anything that could give rise to idle gossip
or childish comment. But the circumstance related to
us holds so close an affinity to the mysterious that we
shall make no further apology for giving it as we have
hard it, without offering any opinion as to the degree of
credence to which it is entitled. Our informant states
that he was told by a captain of one of our merchant
ships that, when in Calcutta, a number of the captains
there took luncheon together one day. Amongst the
guests was Captain Ilenrichson, who during the repast
Was seirM with sudden indisposition, and, upon inquiry
being made as to his aliment, declared that he was con-
racted—by some feeling or impression not explained—
h ac tra thing disastrous to him had occurred at home.
It WAS added, by the captain who related the circum-
stance, that this occurred on the very day when Mrs.
llenrichson and her children were murdered.—Liverpool
Albion.

Yesterday week a fine young dog otter, weighing
77 was caught near Abbott's Reading,' Haven)! waite, Furness, by James Atkinson, gamekeeper to G.
F. Dickson, Esq. Tho same otter was afterwards let
Lose in the presence of a large concoursefsyichof persons,
a
and hunted by twelve dogs, seven o
could not stand the water into which the oeterho
dashed,iveveer,
but precipitately retreated. The remaining five
tinned the pursuit, and after about three hours, succeeded
in recapturing the name. About 20 of the sportsmen in
the course of the chase were at different times soused
over head and ears in the pool.—Cumberland None&
MRS. TROLLOPS.—A new work is announced from
the pen of this popular authoress, bearing the title of
"The Old World and the New ;" but whether its pages
are to afford us one of Mrs. Trollope's caustic compari
sons between our Eurofean world and that of our
Transatlantic brethren, as has been conjectured, is not
certain, for it has also been rumoured that the theme of
this new work is founded on the state of society during
the recent political convulsions. In any case, " The
Old World and the New" will be eagerly looked for by
the admirers of an authoress, who, in the words of the
Quarterly Review," is beyond a doubt one of the clever-
est and most remarkable writers of the day."