The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-30 00:00:00

TRIAL OF THE MANNINGS,

At ten o'clock on Thursday the learned judges, Chief
Baron Pollock, Mr. Justice Maule, and Mr. Justice
Cresswell, accompanied by the Lord Mayor, entered the
Court, at the Old Bailey, and the prisoners were placed
at the bar. They were thus described in the calendar :
" Frederick George Manning, aged thirty, traveller; and
Alaria Manning, twenty-eight, widow." Manning was
attired in a respectable suit of black, and wore a black
neckerchief. He appeared in better health and spirits
than at the examination at the police-court, but during
the day he manifested a nervous restlessness. He fre-
quently changed his position at the bar, and was observed
to cast furtive glances at his wife. She, on the contrary,
for more than an hour after she was placed in the dock,
remained almost as motionless as a statue, and was never

seen throughout the day to turn her eyes towards her
husband. She seemed to be suffering from illness, and
had lost the appearance of robust health which charac-
terized her previous to her committal. The cheerful
buoyancy of spirits, amounting almost to levity, which
she manifested at the preliminary examinations, appeared
also to have deserted her. She wore a black or dark dress
fitting closely up to the throat, a shawl of somewhat gaudy
colours in which blue predominated, and gloves of prim-
rose colour. She was without bonnet and wore as a head-
dress a very handsome white lace veil.
Manning was charged with the actual murder of O'Con-
nor, and the female prisoner was charged with being fe-
loniously present, aiding and assisting. Both prisoners
pleaded "Not Guilty." An application by Mrs. Man-
ning to be tried by a jury, half foreigners. was over-ruled,
her marriage with a British subject having naturalized her.
The Attorney-General opened the case against both
prisoners. The male prisoner came from Somersetshire,
and his wife was a native of Switzerland. They had kept
an inn at Taunton ; and on the 9th of August last they
occupied a house in Minver-place, Bermondsey, and
O'Connor lived in Greenwood-street, and on the 9th of
August left his house, and at four o'clock in the after-
noon was met by a person to whom he showed a lett-r
inviting him to dinner at the house in Minver-place,
which letter was written by the female prisoner ; and at
five o'clock he was seen by another person on London-
bridge, hesitating as to which way he should go. He
was afterwards missed, and on the 17th August, his body
was found in the house in Minvet-place, in a hole in the
back kitchen, having apparently been murdered ; but al-
though the finding of the body in the house of the pri.o-
ners did not prove that the crime had been effected by
either or both of the prisoners at the bar, yet he should
be able to prove, by the most undoubted circumstantial
evidence, that the death of O'Connor was the result of a
deep-laid scheme, long meditated. The charge in the
indictment was, that the male prisoner actively murdered
O'Connor by killing him with a crow-bar, or by shooting
him with a pistol loaded with gunpowder and bullet ; or
had shot him with an air-gun, and that his wife was pre-
sent at the time aiding and abetting him. This would
not prevent the female being guilty of the crime alleged
against her, because she was present while her husband
committed the murder. .But if the jury should be of
opinion that the hand of llaria Manning committed the
crime, if her husband was present, so in like manner they
would both be guilty of murder; and even if the jury
should be of opinion that a third party, not in the
indictment, committed the murder, yet if both or either
of the prisoners were present, they would be equally and
legally guilty, as being accessories before the fact. Those
who were accessories before the fact would by act of par-
liament be found guilty as principals. In some cases, the
humanity of the law supposed that a woman was under
the coercion of her husband, and therefore not personally
liable; but that allowance was never made in a case of so
heinous a kind as that of murder. It would be proved that
O'Connor and the female prisoner were on the most inii-
mate terms, though he did not know when that intimacy

had commenced. A young gentleman of the name of
Massey lodged at the house of the prisoners in Minver-
place some few weeks before the murder was discovered ;
and during that time Manning had taken frequent op-
portunities of making inquiries of him of a curious

nature in connexion with the murder of O'Connor. He
told Massey that the deceased was a man of wealth
and was worth at least £2,000 ; and then asked if chlo-
roform would stupify a person • he also inquired which
was the most vital part of the head ; he also asked if he
had ever fired off an air-gun. Both prisoners afterwards
anxiously pressed Massey to leave the premises, whim
he did. On the 23rd July, Manning went to a builder,
and purchased sixpennyworth of lime, buying that which
would burn the quickest, and was therefore supplied with
gray lime. On the 25th Manning purchased a large crow
bar, which was delivered on the 28th of that month. It
was carried home by a man, who was met on London
Bridge by Manning, who took him to a stationer's, and
bought some paper to cover it. He took the crow-bar
to the house in Minver-place, where it was taken in by
Mrs. Manning herself, who paid the man the price for
which it had been purchased by her husband. It was
also singular that on the Bth of August, the day before
the murder was supposed to have been committed, the
female prisoner bought a shovel of an ironmonger in
Tooley-street, which was afterwards carried home to the
house in Minver-place, and placed in the hands of Mrs.
Manning. This identical shovel was afterwards found in
possession of a furniture-broker, who had bought the
goods from Manning, and had no doubt been used in dig-
ging the hole where the body of O'Connor was afterwards
found. On that very day, Mrs. Manning wrote a letter
to O'Connor, inviting him to dine with her and her hus-
band in Minver-place, but in consequence of being posted
too late for delivery that day, it did not reach Mr. O'Con-
nor till the following morning. It would be proved that
on the 9th, in the morning, the decased had left his lodg-
ings in Greenwood-street, with the apparent intention of
proceeding to the London Docks on his ordinary duty ;
but he did not go there. He was, however, seen in the
afternoon, about four o'clock, on London Bridge, and
about five in the afternoon was seen in the neighbourhood
of Minver-place, but after this time he was never seen
alive. On the very same day, Mrs. Manning went to the
house of Mr. O'Connor in Greenwood-street, and arrived
there about a quarter before six. The distance by walking
would occupy about 40 minutes. At that precise time
Manning was certainly at the house in Minver-place.
On the 10th of August Mrs. Manning again went to
Greenwood-street, as it would appear for the purpose of
taking charge of the property. Her going there created
no suspicion, but she seemed to be pale and nervous. On
the 11th Mrs. Manning engaged a girl to clean the house,
and desired her if possible to scrub a basket which had
container lime. On the same day Manning went to a
broker, and sold some Eastern Counties Shares in the
name of O'Connor (which were undoubtedly the property
of O'Connor.) Ilse absence of O'Connor from his duty
had now occasioned some inquiry, and Mrs. Manning was
asked if she had seen O'Connor. She replied that she
had not, although she had expected him. A person
named Flynn asked her if O'Connor had been there.
On the early part of the following Monday, Man-
ning agreed to sell his furniture to a broker for
£l3, and took lodgings at his house for a fort-
night. He staid there for a time, and sent the servant
to fetch his wife, but she could not find the house, and
therefore returned without her. Hereupon Manning went
to the house himself, and found that his wife had gone
away in a cab. Upon his return, therefore, he said that
he had sent his wife into the country. As the furniture
bought by the broker had not yet been removed, the wife
of Mr. Bainbridge, the broker, asked him why he did not
sleep in his own house, instead of her's : to which he re-
plied that he would not do so for £2O. Mrs. Manning
had, on the afternoon of that day, called a cab, and then
directed the driver to go to the Brighton station, whence
she proceeded to the London and North Western ter-
minus, and went to Edinburgh, where she was appre-
hended, a gread deal of property having been found in
her boxes. On the 15th of August Manning hired a cab,
and drove to the Southampton station. He was appre-
hended at Jersey ; he made no resistance, but declared
that he intended to have come to London to clear up the

case ; that he had had no hand in the murder, but that it
was committed by his wife, who bad put her arm round
the neck of O'Connor, and had shot him with a pistol at
the back part of his head. He knew that the declaration
of a husband against his wife would not be legal evidence
that she had committed the crime, and might be objected
to by his learned friends who appeared on behalf of the
female ; but he apprehended that the whole of the evi-
dence must be laid before the gentlemen of the jury, atid
it would be for them to determine upon the guilt of the
respective parties to this barbarous transaction. There
could be no doubt whatever that O'Connor was murdered

by ;ome one; and it would be for the jury to determine,
when they had heard the evidence which he should pro-

duce, whether either of the prisoners did commit the crime
with which they were charged ; and he had not the slightest
doubt that, at the conclusion of the case, they would be
clearly of opinion that both prisoners were guilty of the
dreadful murder of the deceased Patrick O'Connor. He
was sure that, in arriving at their decision, they would
weigh calmly and deliberately the various circumstances
that would be undoubtedly proved, and upon that evi-
dence alone would determine the guilt or innocence of the
parties then standing at the bar.
A great number of witnesses were examined. Their
evidence was to the same effect as that which they gave
when the prisoners were examined before the magistrates.
Little or nothing was obtained in cross-examination
favourable to either of the prisoners. At a quarter-past
six, the court adjourned till Friday morning; and the
jury, under the care of Mr. Barker, were conducted for
the night to the London Coffee House.
The prisoners left the dock without taking the slightest
notice of each other. Mrs. Manning, before leaving,
curtsied slightly towards the bench, and was led out by a
female turnkey.
Orr Friday the court sat at ten o'clock. Several noble-
men and ladies were present. The prisoners were imme-
diately placed in the dock, and after standing a few minutes
both sat down. They looked rather pale, but perfectly
calm and collected.
Mr. William Olding, a chemist, was the first witness.
He had made some experiments on Mrs. Manning's dress,
and had come to the conclusion that the stains on it were
those of blood, but he could not swear it.
Several witnesses were then called, who repeated the
evidence with which the public are already familiar.
The case for the prosecution having closed,
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, in a forcible speech, attributed
the crime to the female prisoner. He went through the
evidence, with a view to show that it supported this charge,
and called upon the jury not to be prejudiced against the
male prisoner by anything they had -heard, but to decide
the case on the evidence as he had construed it. Mr.
Sergeant Wilkins called no witnesses.
Mr. Ballantine then addressed the jury for the female
prisoner, and endeavoured to show that she was absent at
the time of the commission of the murder.
The Attorney-general having replied, the Lord Chief
Baron summed up, and the jury retired at a quarter-past
six o'clock, and returned into court in about three-quarters
of an hour with a verdict of guilty against both the pri-

Boners.
On the prisoners being asked if they had anything to say,
Mrs. Manning, in a state of great excitement, addressed
the court as follows. She spoke with a strong foreign

accent. and with remarkable vehemence, her excitement '
appearing to supply her with fluency of speech :—" There
is no justice (she said) and no right for a foreign subject
in this country. There is no law for me. I have had no
protection—neither from the judges, nor from the prose-
cutors, nor from my husband. lam unjustly condemned
by this court. If I were in my own country, I could prove
that I had money sent from abroad, which is now in the
Bank of England. My solicitors and counsel could have
called witnesses to identify shares that were bought with
my own money. Mr. O'Connor was more to me than my
husband. He was a friend and a brother to me ever since
I came to this country. I knew him for seven years. He
wanted to marry me, and I ought to have been married to
him. I have letters which would prove his respect and
regard for me; and I think, considering that I am a wo-
man, and alone, that I have to fight my husband's state-
ments, that I have to fight against the prosecutors, and
that even the judge himself is against me. I think that
I am not treated like a Christian, but like a wild beast of
the forest, and the judges and jury will have it up m their
consciences for giving a verdict against me. lam not
guilty of the murder of Mr. O'Connor. If I had wished
to commit murder, I would not have attempted the life of
the only friend I had in the world—a man who would have
made me his wife in a week, if I had been a widow. I
have lived in respectable families, and can produce testi-
monials of character for probity in every respect, if inquiry
is made. I can account for more money than was equal
to the trifling shares that were found upon me. If my
husband, through jealousy and a revengeful feeling against
O'Connor, chose to murder him, I don't see why I should
be punished for it. I wish I could have expressed myself
better in the English language."
Manning said nothing.

Mr. Justice CRESSWELL (who, in absence of the. Chief
Baron, delivered judgment) then put on the black cap and
addressed the prisoners as follows :—Frederick George
Manning, and Maria Manning, you have been convicted
of the crime of murder— . _ .

Mrs. Manning (vehemently).—No, no ; I won't stand
it. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. There is
neither law nor justice here. (She then turned round as
if to leave the dock, but was prevented by Mr. Cope, the
governor of Newgate, who stood behind her.)
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.—You have been defended by
able counsel. Every topic which ingenuity or experience
had taught them would be at all available for your defence
has been urged by them. You have been found guilty by
a jury upon evidence which, I will venture to say, could
leave no rational doubt on the mind of any human being
who heard it. A verdict of guilty is the only one which
the jury could conscientiously return. Had they fiiled
to return that verdict, it would have been very difficult
indeed to convince me that they had not shrunk from
their duty. (The female prisoner again attempted to
speak, but the judge, without noticing the interruption,
proceeded.) Murder is the highest crime that one indi-
vidual can commit against another in this country. It is
at all times a horrible offence ; but the present murder
was or,e of the most cold-blooded and deliberately calcu-
lated I ever remember to have heard or read of. Under
the pretence of friendship, or rather affection—for such
was the description of the invitation of the Bth—under
that pretence you unhappily deluded him to a place where
his grave was probably then prepared, and where the deed
was afterwards committed which had, no doubt, been
for days contemplated. It is one of the most appalling
instances of human wickedness which the annals of this
court can furnish. It has been suggested that the de-
ceased led a vicious course of life with one of you, pri-
soners; but, whether that was or not, I profess not to
judge ; that rests with your own conscience. But, what-
ever was his course of life, without a moment's warning
or preparation, without the slightest opportunity of think-
ing of futurity, or endeavouring to seek pardon for
any offences he had committed, that unhappy man was
hurried into eternity. The law, more merciful, allows to
you a space of time for preparation. It appears that on
a former occasion a conversation passed between one of
you and the witness Massey as to where the soul of a
person who had committed murder would go. The time
has arrived when you should ask that question again. As
I cannot hold out the slightest hopes of a commutation of
the sentence which I am about to pronounce, I am bound
to tell you that, as far as my judgment goes, your doom is
irretrievably fixed when that sentence is passed. I advise
you, therefore, to resort with all humility, and all contri-
tion, to the advice and counsel of the minister of the
Gospel appointed to attend you. From him you will re-
ceive all the consolation which, in your unhappy condi-
tion, he can, in the faithful discharge of his duties, afford
you. From him you will learn what you have to fear.
He will, no doubt, point out to you, in strong terms, the
full extent of your guilt; and I am sure he will rejoice if
he can conscientiously hold out to you any hope of that
pardon hereafter which, in this world, is impossible. 1
consign you to his advice, and pray you to profit by it.
Whatever sorrow, or even indignation, you may really
feel, or affect to feel, as to the course of proceeding this
day, depend upon it that others will judge differently ;
and I doubt whether every one who has heard the trial
will not be as well satisfied as I am that the result is the
only one consistent with justice. jJaving given you this
warning and advice, which I pray you once more to re-
ceive in all humility, it remains for me only to pronounce
the dread sentence of the law, which is that you be taken
hence to her Majesty's gaol for the county of Surrey, and
thence to the place of execution, and there to be severally
hanged by the neck until you be dead ; and that after-
wards your dead bodies be buried within the precincts of
the gaol in which you shall be confined after this sentence ;
and may the Lord have mercy on your souls !
Mrs. Manning was again proceeding to
Court, when she was ordered to b 3 removed

Lddrecia the
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claimed that it was shameful to pass such a sentence upon
her, and some persons near her allege that they heard her
add, " base England ;" but these words did not reach us.
According to custom the bench in front of the dock was
strewn with rue. Taking some of this in her hand she
threw it into the body of the court, as if by that contemp-
tuous act she could find some relief from the excitement
under which she laboured. She was immediately removed
by Mr. Cope and a female turnkey.
Manning merely bowed to the Court and retired. He
seemed very subdued, but retained his self-possession.
When the prisoners were removed from the dock, after
sentence had been passed, they were conducted to New-
gate, and on arriving there were placed in separate cells.
Some difficulty was experienced in consequence of the fe-
male culprit retaining the frenzied manner she had ex-
hibited in the dock, launching the bitterest invectives
against the course that had been adopted by her legal ad-
viser in not calling the witnesses which she said were in
attendance, against the jury that had tried her, and
against England generally. Refreshment was offered, but
she refused it with great indignation. Manning also de-
clined to partake of anything, but in a mild, decorous

manner.
At half-past seven, two cabs were driven up to the
gaol, and the next moment Mrs. Manning emerged, ac-
companied by Mr. Wright, the deputy-governor of New-
gate, to whose left wrist the culprit's right hand was hand- •
cuffed, and took their places in the first vehicle, and, the
box being taken possession of by two officers in plain
attire, drove off at a rapid pace. When the handcuff was
first placed upon her wrist Mrs. Manning burst into a
towering passion, and, with every muscle and feature in
her countenance in motion, with the most violent gesti-
culation, and with fists clenched and teeth set, she ex-
claimed, "D— seize you all." Manning very quietly
walked to the cab without uttering a word, securely hand-
cuffed between two officers, so that any attempt to escape
would have been useless ; and by the time the first cab
had reached Ludgate-hill, the second was rapidly follow-
ing it through the dense crowd round the court-house.
The cabs were driven rapidly to Horsemonger-lane
Gaol, and the transposition from one prison to the other
did not occupy more than twenty minutes. In that brief
period, however, Mrs. Manning seemed to lose all her
previous desperation ; she talked to the deputy-governor
in a free, mild, and gentle manner, and even joked about
the manacle that bound her to him, laughing cheerfully,
and bidding farewell to old Newgate and the familiar loca-
lities through which they passed. She assumed an air of
hauteur when she found Mr. Wright did not enter into
the current of her observations ; but she soon melted
down, and reverted to the scene that had taken place in
the dock. " I showed them resolution, did I not ? " she
asked. She did not allude in any way to the terrible fate
that awaited them, or to O'Connor. She said of her
husband, " I had plenty of opportunity to speak to him
in the gaol, and during the trial, but I would not : he did
not speak to me, thank God—the unmanly wretch ! "
And as she uttered these words she clenched her fists and
violently kicked the opposite seat of the cab. She then
looked intently out of the cab window, and they chanced
to pass an advertising van, upon which were enormous
placards, announcing that in certain-ne.vpapers-vrould
appear a full report of the trial of the Mannnws. Upon
this she again exhibited great violence; she set llev teeth,
and in a tone half inarticulate muttered something about
her husband being a coward ; but at the same time it was
evident that her mind was torturing her. " No," said
she, " I did not speak to him, and seize me if I
do." This was a sort of soliloquy, not addressed to her
auditors.
The conduct of Manning, on the contrary, was calm and
respectful. He said but little, and what he did say was
to his guards in a melancholy tone. lie seemed to enter-
tain a belief that his life would not be taken, and ex-
pressed a hope to that effect.
On arriving at Horsemonger-lane a message was sent
in to Mr. Keene, the governor, to announce the circum-
stances that placed the Mannings again in his custody.
That was the first intimation he had received of the result
of the trial. The prisoners were then duly delivered into
his custody, and the matron was summoned to take charge
of Mrs. Manning. Under the guidance of that female,
attended by the principal female turnkeys of the prison,
she was conducted to one of the cells set apart for the
condemned, upon entering which she burst into tears—
sobbing piteously, and exciting the commiseration of all
who heard her. She stamped the floor with her feet, not
in rage, but in grief ; her feelings, no doubt, being over-
come as she reflected upon the great change which had
taken place in her destiny since she last saw the officers
by whom she was surrounded. The woman, though har-
dened, was not entirely deadened to feeling.
The exhibition in the dock at the Old Bailey had in-
duced the authorities to give directions that all means by
which she could effect self destruction should be kept out
of her way, which will be diligently carried into effect.
Each prisoner is attended by an officer day and night.
On reaching his cell Manning immediately seated him-
self, and, resting his head upon his hands, appeared buried
in profound thought. In this attitude he remained for
some time.
On Saturday Mrs. Manning resumed her former self-
possession, confident air, and vivacity. Manning was
sullen and thoughtful, and repeatedly said he was inno-
; cent of the murder, and could not therefore be executed.
i The chaplain had an interview with them on Saturday
• evening, butswhat took place has not transpired.
It is understood that the execution will take place on
Monday week, the 12th November.
; I It is estimated that the costs of the prosecution will not
be far short of £BO4.

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On Thursday the shop of Mr. Nelson, tailor, in Flagen-
row, Deptford, was destroyed by fire.

A brute of a fellow at Birkenshaw sold his wife last
week for 255. to a collier.
The Sun says that it is confidently rumoured that the
Government seriously contemplates the removal of the
Board of Ordnance.
The Carnarvon Herald circulates a rumour, which
seems to have had some foundation, that Louis Phillipe
visited the Britannia Tubes on Tuesday week.

The Papists are striving hard to establish a popular
periodical, to be scattered among the lower classes for the
mere effectual propagation of Popery.
A DEAR Kiss.—At Taunton, a few days ago, a young
man was summoned by a young woman for attempting to
kiss her in the high road, and was ordered to pay 12s.
On Thursday, at Windsor, a private of the Grenadier
Guards was committed for trial, charged with shooting at
a comrade.

The Board of Health has ordered several metropolitan
grave-yards to be covered with lime to the depth of three
inches.

The Builder hoas " that if Smithfield Market be re-
moved the space w•i11 be immediately converted into a city

- The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received the first
halves of Two Bank of England notes for £5O each, pro
bono publico.
A steamer which arrived in London from Ostend, on
Friday, brought 113 cases of poultry, besides a great
number of rabbits.

In 1847 thers were 102 prosecutions for giving un-
stamped receipts ; in 1848 there were 119 ; penalties vary-
ing from £5 to £6O.
. . .

All the refractory soldiers at Nottingham have been
ammarily disposed of except fourteen, who are to be
ied by court martial.

On Friday week, at Bristol, Hannah Cox, only fifteen
years of age, attempted to commit self-destruction by
taking a quantity of deadly poison.
A pork butcher at Cambridge lately found the top of a
tin box, six inches in diameter, imbedded in the throat of
a fine fat pig which he had slaughtered. _ _

Tenders for a contract to convey mails to and from
Australia and New Zealanceare expected to be advertised
for by the Government in a few days.
Mr. Peter Borthwick, late M.P. for Evesham, has
undertaken the editorial management of the Morning
Post.

The young man, named Jordan, has been found guilty
of attempting to murder his sweetheart, Sarah Ewings, in
Dulwich wood. Sentence deferred.

Mary Ann Hayward, charged with poisoning her hus-
band, a shoemaker, at Springfield in Essex, has been
committed for trial.

The Messrs. Davies have been directed to pay the
amount of bail in the case of the Countess of Landsfelt,
but have appealed against the decision.
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THE SUPPOSED CASE OF CATALEPSY.—The coroner's
inquest respecting the death of Mr. Byron Blythe, at
Bristol, terminated by the jury returning a verdict that
the " Deceased died from malignant cholera."
Rabbit skins, which were selling some months ago at
two shillings, are now, it is said, eight shillings per lb.
They are used in making the soft felt hats now so fashion-
able here and on the Continent.

Mr. G. B. Gale, "aeronaut," has made a novel sug-
gestion with regard to the discovery of Sir John Frank-
lin and his companions. He proposes the use of balloons
for that purpose, and volunteers his own services.
Such was the glut of herrings at Billingsgate on Wed-
nesday, that the salesmen were glad to dispose of them
at almost any price, as many as 100 being sold for is. 6d.,
Is., and less.

The sands on the north and south of Bridlington are
almost covered with wrecks and coals, there being about
1400 tons of coals lost by the gale on the 7th. Some of
the fishermen have got as much as 20 tons of coals.
The gallery and approaches of Lord Ellesmere's new
mansion in Cleveland-row are to be independent of the
rest of the building, " it being Lord Ellesmere's intention
to afford the greatest possible facilities to the public for
visiting his fine collection." _ _

THE CLAPHAM MURDERS.—On Tuesday, Jas. Weston
gives tried for the murder of his wife and child. The poor
man was evidently insane, and appeared to be quite un-
conscious of what was going on ; and the jury returned a
verdict accordingly.

A gentleman,- Connected with the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests, is at present travelling along the
coast of Scotland, for the purpose of inquiring into the
titles of parties who exercise the right of salmon-fishing
on the sea-shore. Much litigation is anticipated.
At Farmfield, Sussex, on Tuesday week, an infant,
about seven months old, was attacked in the cradle by a
ferret, and severely bitten about the head, face, and neck,
before the mother could compel it to relinquish its hold.
The child is recovering.

On Tuesday morning, shortly after one o'clock, a ter-
rific fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Nel-
son, a hat-manufacturer, Holton Old Town, London.
It was at first thought that a young woman had perished
in the flames, but she has since turned up. _ _

The north-eastern coast is strewed with wrecks. On
Sunday week, the Conqueror, of Glasgow, 600 tons, went
down on the Gunfleet Sands, and all on board (twenty
in number) perished. Several other large vessels were
wrecked on the same spot, but the crews were saved.
The rivers Don, Trent, and Derwent have been so
swollen by great rains in the North Midland Hills, that
they have overflowed at various places not usually subject
to such mishaps. At Dartry -three pernims have been
drowned in the stream and floods of the Derwent.
On Thursday, at Melton Lunatic Asylum, Thomas
Stones, one of the patients, suddenly rushed upon Wm.
Kidby, another patient, and, after knocking him down,
jumped upon his head so violently and so frequently, that
the bones of the poor fellow's skull were literally smashed.
The total number of brewers in the United Kingdom is
2,460 ; the number of victuallers 88,465 ; the number of
persons " licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premi-
ses." 34,606; the number of persons licensed to sell beer
not to be drunk on the premises, 3,400.
The old firm of Messrs. Charles Henry and George
Enderby, for many years connected with the whaling
trade, and lately engaged on a large scale as rope-manu-
facturers at Greenwich, have announced themselves as
unable to meet their engagements.
A three-story tenement is at present being erected in
the Low Calton, Edinburgh, in which fire-brick alone is
employed as the building material, instead of stone. The
principal advantage in the use of fire-brick is its resist-
ance to fire and damp, but the expense is greater than
stone.

A little boy was gathering blackberries, near Millport,
along with his schoolfellows, when he fell over a precipice
to the depth of 108 feet, unnoticed by his comrades, for
they had left him a little way. The distance from the top
to the bottom of the cliff is 172 feet, but he fell on a pro-
jecting rock 62 feet from the base. He died soon after.
THE GENTLEMAN AND THE CAT.—A novel match took
place a few days ago, near Hereford, in which a young
gentleman undertook for a wager to lap up a saucer of

milk in less time than a cat. They both commenced at
the same time, but on account of the gentleman being
seized with violent fit of laughter, which greatly impeded
his progress, the cat was enabled to gain a great lead;
however, the gentleman soon came up with her, and
won by two table spoonsful.
The Duke of Bedford is building a set of model cot-

tages for his labourers, ne'sr the entrance of the town.
They are constructed on the plan communicated by his
grace to the Royal Agricultural Society some time ago,
and will be a credit to the landlord and his estate. Ano-
ther useful work is being executed here, under his grace's
auspices—the application of the sewerage of Tavistock as
a manme. This has been tried on 60 acres of land with
such success that 40 more are to be added.
On Wednesday the whole of the property found in the
possession of Mrs. Manning (not identified as belonging
to O'Connor) was seized by a process issued from the
Sheriff's-office, at the suit of Mr. Binns, Manning's soli-
citor. This extraordinary proceeding was taken by the
latter gentleman in consequence of the deficiency of funds
afforded to him by the police, who held the property. He
served a writ on Manning for £lOO expenses paid for him,
and informed the magistrate at the Southwark Police-
court, the Commissioners of Police, and the Secretary of
State, of his intention to enforce his demand in a lawful
manner.
Meetings for the formation of local committees are about
to be held in Yorkshire, with the view of forwarding the
exhibition projected by his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, and intended to be held in London in the year 1851.
Edward Hailstone, Esq., solicitor, Bradford, has received
a commissiou from his Royal Highuess, authorising him
to collect opinions and evidence with reference to the
proposed exhibition ; and that gentleman, and Wentworth
Dilke, Esq.. and Captain Ibbetson, are to form a deputa-
tion to explain the matter to the meetings to be held next
week in Yorkshire. The Mayor of Leeds has also read
an official letter in reference to the subject.
STRANGE VISITOR AT A BALL.—ID the middle of the
dancing at the Inglewood Hunt ball, at Penrith, a rat,
charmed by the music, came down the chimney, and took
his stand in the centre of the room •, ladies hurried away
in pale dismay, and gentlemen looked ample queer at the
intruder, who, apparently unconcerned, gazed after the
frightened beauties who had receded from his presence.
" Fetch a terrier ; close the door," said Sir George
Musgrave, " and let us have a hunt." A terrier was
brought in, and a first-rate chase followed ; but un-
fortunately the chimney was left open and the game
escaped.
ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES.—Although changes in the
temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone
than in other latitudes, there is scarcely a spot to be
found where such great differences exist as in Great Bri-
tain, varying in a few hours some 20 degrees or more.
The effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is
very afflicting to many thousands of persons, especially
those in the middle or more advanced age of life, causing
attacks of those painful disorders, sciatica, gout, and rheu-
matism. Happily for those who are afflicted with those
painful diseases, chemical science has produced that ex-
cellent medicine, Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills.
Hoc VINCULA FEREMUS ?—To classify under one head
disorders the most incongruous and even opposite—to
disturb the timid and the nervous by false alarms—to lull
the really afflicted with false hopes—and to deceive all by
promises the most extravagant and absurd—as it is the
chief characteristic of the medical adventurer of the pre-
sent day, so it forms one of the most painful subjects of
contemplation that can present itself to the eye of those
who scan over the a dvertisements which crowd the columns
of the newspapers of our time. Among the many medi-
cines obtruding themselves upon our attention, it is some
relief, however, to find one at least which (while its pro-
prietor avoids those gross inconsistencies that, with but
very few exceptions, disfigure all others) is sanctioned and
employed by the most distinguished practitioners, as wen
as the most eminent and enlightened individuals of the
age, who have honoured with their favour and confidence
the COMPOUND ANTIBILIOUS PILLS of Mr. Cocrla, tbot
I gentleman above alluded to.

Oct. 31, 184 i,

At the revision of the Southampton burgelestiferoif.
learn from the Hants Independent, Mr. Co/Weil tothe
solicitor, in answer to a remark from the conritruniciP"
common sense construction of a Obtuse in the eafe,
Act, said " they were not there to discuss comp°
Jut law"—a broad distinction. geek'
THE EXPLODED FLORIN.—The Globe has been,„ol.
,nmari re`""%il

ing to account for the omission of the custom- - tent
tion of divine authority on the florin, by
it was done in compliance with the wish of Prince toste,
alleglibert
and the Queen, and instancing the same omission, t geer
on our copper coins—so much for brass ! But the f the
and gold coins of the Mint are the only oinsitog
and
Sovereign ; the copper may he stamped anYwhebielded
are mostly of Birmingham make. The Times bas_ atilt
royalty from what is now justly considered a disg,Tinsult
in truth all parties seem heartily ashamed of his
to the religious feeling of the public.
THE FUNGOID THEORY OF CHOLERA.--v° 4opioe
day last, at a meeting of the London Mier°,;,,
Society, the president, Mr. Busk, made some 80;
with respect to the lately propounded theory wilie!A
ins of
butes the cholera to the presence of living or, Toe
a fungous character in the stomach and intestineas.t bed
conclusions upon this subject at which Mr. 11°.tio
arrived, and which were supported by the Clll'lo
130
drawings and specimens, were-1. That in the ais: The;
of cholera there are no peculiar organisms• such
those bodies which had been supposed to be articlesoi
nature were either the remains of farinaceous P cereal
food, including the bran part of wheat or 0fher,.,,001
grains, or foreign organisms conveyed by the iner ;ode'
the food. 3. And conseouently, that there was a° °
tion forNIGHT. theory of cholera." 111°1ft:I
AN UNLUCKY —Lord and Lady Churqielo
placed in great peril a few nights since. The n°," Core'
and her ladyship were returning from London 11,k, tbe
bury-house, when, passing through Blenheim-1°,200e
postilion drove off the road, and was proceeding,' oiett
steep declivity towards the large lake in the Par" 60
the carriage was stopped by running against a tree;lid
811
for this impediment it is probable the travellers wok,
have been plunged in the lake, the night being days
pro
the carriage without lights. Another postilion wa',.os
cured from Woodstock, and the rest of the jourrnslaP
safely accomplished ; but on reaching home h ,
is aspen'
found his mansion on fire and his neihbours anu,c the
dents busily engaged in endeavouring to extingul-to the
flames. The fire originated in the library, owieg
carelessness of a workman engaged on th Pre e asst
Fortunately, owing to the timely discovery of the
dent, very little damage occurred. be
h'
GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.-011 Tuesday eve
tween the hours of five and six, the city wastes visr whim
a fire of a very fearful character. The premilfessrs•
the disaster commenced were in the tenure 0r5,,,, e pro'
Bais, Brothers,
,and Co., wholesale druggists. la Fish'
perty had a large frontage in King's Head-court,
street,street street-hill,
immediately e xte extended backwards amrdasg intonus Lower I"- The
clerks and numerous workpeotie ttnploy'sedCohnurt;reettle'
See, to avoid being burnt to death, were comPe
one
jump out of the upper windows. Fortunately, any pet'
them, as far as could be ascertained, sustained anYficii
sonal injury. The whole structure presented 0n,e.,,,,h9
mass of fire, the oils and various inflainmaldes,l.7oloB
streaming out of the loop-holes and doors in a_lsfeols
state, while every moment loud explosions were hew- The
the bursting of carboys of turpentine and spirits....ad.
premises were entirely destroyed, and thirteen ho
joining more or less injured. llOl
During the incarceration of Manning in gs°ltine
written several pieces of poetry, which he has Tr°-
An
to time handed over to Mr. Binns, his solicitor ..de
eminent publisher, who is about to publish Maelsel4
su eb
nl i
iet tlsieoodnm:
e, and it is
memoirs, has offered a sum of money for them t° aes'
ihpniaeshc eiss
displayedpi
tion will be disposed of to some advantage. Onef
"The Prison isosnh Bo
uelldl , 't'hien
Crownwhich rel,o'fran-stebefire
give up the property found on Mrs. Manning °elf'
imcnrgau.ni excellentkn siHnh gae
ssdketreiiasmmwi
joint defence, the solicitor will dispose of the ,P sense
eeinndhgt
sarsoes, a
beenc
confident
fdfio
droietetnchtuiespomife.occupied
iislnns understooduwfcracicet
tisnstgth:.e;
While in Horsemonger-lane gaol Manning unwegebel
and
wrid
inibdoliaiebofte.l
likely that the poetry 14 the
Horsemonger-lane gaol, that he told Mr. s-ea;',.todf
governor, that as soon as he was discharged from et-1 upon
he should go to the West Indies, but he should ea':
him before he started, to thank him for his kindnes',ite•
TRANSIT BY RAIEWAY OF THE CHINESE Exiti°,l ptedl
—On Wednesday an experiment, hitherto unaffe.`: our
was made upon the Hull and Selby Railway, for to Ze'dbf
pose of testing the efficiency of the method ince° osife
Mr. Langdon, the spirited proprietor of the etc
collection of Chinese curiosities, for conveying' the;four
from town to town by railway. The trip was one (1):. 11
miles, from Hull to a siding on the line, and basbon
was made with nine of the gigantic vans, containinge-ssfal'
one-half of the collection, and was perfectly :seeed of an
The entire train, which left yesterday, consiste 9,15,
engine and tender, and seventeen exhibition vancfe'eilhf
pended between eighteen railway trucks, and folio boor
a first and a second class railway carriage, with el 0514
boxes and a luggage waggon. The train will tray sea"
snecial one, at a moderate speed. It is to reaelt,,,eolv'l
castle on Monday evening, and Edinburgh on the n'_,o4
ing day. The distance is about 260 miles. The revywoola
of the collection by horses on the common roadid haae
have required upwards of sixty horses, and w°,°, 041
cost the proprietor about £0; by rail it wni 00e1'
much less time, and cost about one-sixth of the 0:0, 01
If taken by. CPA. in the largest and swiftest stesiVer ale°
Hull and Leith line, the removal would have oce
five weeks. der tb
LOLA MONTES.—The Assemblee Nationale, lin
title " New Phases in the Life of Lola Montes, ty
" A private letter, received to-day from Tortola de
lonia),
informs us, that Lola Montes has had a warr ie
the
cussion with her young husband, and which envntlegeji
Countess of Landsfeltstabbing Air. Heald with a „he
Mr. Heald, not at all satisfied with so pointed a 11',0-t,
if Bee" bodg .
conjugal affection, immediately quitted his wife, wore'
remains in an hotel at Tortosa, destitute of all res,t,'!,
and has been obliged to apply to the British Conie'roelly
Another report says that Lola has secured the se at
fhe
her
anb
noy
wiMn
injunction
n wisheslic
tieoanhl of £3,000
0£ 3i
smp,aOrktkeep
aare-yde himselfator osneahr
scarce
enforce,r si herself, f,
hera n;_iet
bull-dog and horse-whip ; but her spouse is so fefaro
that it is thought he has by this time souelitot,l'h"
within reach of the apron-strings of his maiden au t Lai
will now forego the prosecution for bigamy agailo'sfsoato
for the simple reason that that interesting P' or Y(1
doesn't care three straws about the British lion_r, tia
constitution ; and who would, with £3,000 a- jen°l;dooi
the whole world, save and except the United o.2oters,:,
to loam over at one's leisure, laugh at chs°i'they
the exchequer, and ask what's the meaning °' j
ee
CO me-tax le)" „gilt
A PEEP INTO Low LONDON LIFE.-- 4. A • a bro-40
ruffianly-looking fellow, named James Hayes, sciting,`,l4
before Mr. Yardley, charged with savagely assa'4.oo°;he
wretched boys, who are without home, and are ;its,' me
to have long existed by thieving. ThecomPlsin,beeehf
are the victims of parental vice and neglect, ha" 101 b 1,
the habit of sleeping in a penny lodging-house 01 /to
the prisoner's mother-in-law, a dirty, close,
able oe
ventilated place. The boys, who had not bee°llo4tey
procure a meal on Tuesday, repaired' to ale '-tal
Tuesday night for the purpose of sleeping therTot!ch
had no money, and the landlady said they shoul%
there. The boys refused to leave the- place, A° litis
Mrs. O'Brien called her son-in-law, who arme„-cor;oe
with a blackthorn stick, with which he beat therte'd th;Do
in a most savage manner, and severely d? d'
Their cries brought a police-constable to the On'ir
found the lads bleeding profusely, and the Pris°-,tediek,
ing over them with a stick. The fellow was ,inf oqj el'
arrested, and the boys were sent to the Lona° tea
The policeman described the scene which prese°ooe,s
in the room he entered. It was a very small
tjelreo
tremely filthy, and there was no furniture of AntiC chilaer,e,
tion in it. There were ]5 men, women, aeltehere '„sto
lying on the floor without covering. Some o', `de rOOO
half naked. For this miserable shelter each tc'ss pa, thio
ld. The stench was intolerable, and the Plae:toteciatbe
been cleansed cut for some time. it was else %oat' ,pet
several cases of cholera had occurred in the 11,1,11 pr's the
adjoining ones, which were equally filthy. -`,l" wade,'
said the boys would not leave the horse, was 016
first attack on him. This statement, ho
pletely disproved by one of the ld. lodgers, whi,c)ed,,
pall
attack on the boys was most brutal and unprns.rs,°3
Yardley fined the prisoner 405., and in lion
ment committed him to the Rouse of Correct
days. woven stdo,o,

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