Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1849-11-14 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

LANE GAOL.  On Tuesday, the Cith inst., a messenger from the Borneoflice arrived at llorsemenger-lane gaol, bearing a respite during her Majesty's pleasure for the convict Alfred Stephen Jertlan,talias Dow land, capitall convicted ot attempting to murder a female with w hole he cohabited, in Dulwieh Werel. The wretched yuuth received the intelligence with stoical indifference, betraying no emotien of gratitude, and appearing perfectly careless its to what became of him. The convict Alarming was on 'Tuesday permitted to have another interview with his brother Edmund Maui Jig, ii ho arrived at the gaol about 1 o'clock, aceompenied by a married sister. The Rev. Mr. Rowe and Mr. Keane, the govereor of the gaol, were present at the interview, which, asic matter of course, was of an extremely painful nature. It ie said that the wretched man, in answer to questions put to him by his brother, has confessed that lie pledged et pair of pistols—with one of which the deceased was shot on the evening of the day his wife left town, being at the time almost penniless. He has also confessed where the watches belonging to the late Patrick O'Connor and the crowbar a ilk which the murder was completed may be found. The brother, Edmund Manning, on taking leave on Tuesdur, promised to see the convict again on Saturday, but the sister took a last farewell. Matiniug is more reaigned to his fate than he was fur two or three days alter oonviction. At tirst he would neither eat nor drink for some hours together, but he nlw takes his meals regularly, and expresses himself prepared for the awful change he is to undergo. lie is not less anxious than heretofore to have an interview with his wife, but she positively refuses to see him. Edmund Manning, when at the prison on Tuesday, sought to obtain an interview with her, but she declined to see either him or his sister. There litre been no application to see the female 04/Viet, MI the part of liar own friends, since her conviction, It being suspected by the authorities of Horsemongerlane gaol that Maria Alatining might do some violeuce to herself after hearing her Cite on Wednesday evening, it was thought advisable to bare all CM It woinan in attendance upon lcr. Accordingly Mrs. Randall, the woman seareber of the Southwark police-station, was sent for that night to assist the tweedier WOlllllll in watching her. Atl soon acetic was introduced to her h, the cell, she seemed much pletured, amid conversed freely with her on several subjects. The unfortunate woman still asserts that she is Innocent, and will hot be executed, and that somelitifluental ladies will interfere for her in high quarters. On Thursday she wrote two letters, and believes that the contents will have the effect 14' saving her life. On being told that her legal advisers had done all they could for her, she stamped her foot on the floor, and exelainied in a violent manner—" Dune all they could! Why, they hare done nothing; they and everybody else in the court decided upon hanging me before I was tried." In alluding to her husband a few minutes afterwards, she said "Ah, he is a vagabond 1 never aitid anything about him. Ile knows who murdered OVutulur, acid can tell all," She refuses all religious consolation, and pays little attention to the chaplain. During some allusion to lieridttorney (Mr. Solomon') and the counsel as ho defeeded her, she became excited and ehmelniqiihiti hutsl ca.vittiwed, "Oh, ii I had tbut latt I'4  serve them out. They might have acquitted me if they had done their duty." A report appeitreil in some of the papers that, sateersbeg to information I ei.ei ved by Mrs. Manuing's solicitor. WenMpg was married in 1832 to a woman named Roberts, who was alleged to be still alive, so that Mrs. Manniag would thus still have remained an alien, as her marriage with Manning would, of course, have been invalid. Naming's brother has, however, contradicted this statenseeit„ lug that the fact that his brother was only how, ba 1310 ciffleiently showed that he conid not have been warried in