Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1849-09-19 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. Another importai.t link to the evidence connecting the Mannings with the ninriler of O'Cormot- has been dis• covered. It is well known that on Saturday, the I lib of August, Mrs. Manning hired a female to clean the lower part of the 'mime, No. 3, Minver-place ; but although every exertion has been made by the police to discover the party they were unable unfit last week, when Burton, after considerable difficulty, awed:titled that a young girl was iii time habit of attending several of the houses in the vicinity for the purpose of washing ths:steps and assisting the servants, lie also heard froni a 'trial hour that she was seen to enter Manniag's at an early hour on Saturday morning, lie accordingly made active inquiries about her, and succeeded in finding her residing with her relations at Bero.ondsey. tier name is Harriet Fermer, and she informed the authorities that about 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, the I Ith of August, Mrs. Manning called her hit° No. 3, Minver-place, and engaged her to clean the house. Site cleaned the upper part, and found several spots like blood on the wall of the puisage leading to the back kitchen, which she endeavoured to wash otE After she had cleaned di:A portion of the place, she proceeded to the back kitchen, and was about to clean it, when Mrs. Manning cane up to her and pulled liar away, exclaiming," I chatted this place yeatertlay, and it don't want scru..bing ally more." The gill says she saw a square basket in die back kitchen, covered with lime, which Mrs. Manning told her to wash. 1.% bile she was perf Titling that office, she found that there was not water sufficient. Consequently she left it as discoveied by Burton. Duritig the time she was in die house that day Mis. Manning went out two or three times, and about twelve o'clock at noon Maiming cane &lowa stairs, and stamped his foot violently as if in a pa..sion. He called out to his wife, "Give it Inc directly." Mrs .Maittinig replied, " Yes I will directly ;" and she went up stairs, and she could not tell what afterwards passtd. Manning remained in the house while his wife returned to the back kitchen and fried some her Isteaks fur chimer. .flie gill said that the back kiwi]i n was extremely wet, and that the stanes in the passage appeared to have been recently rubbed with a brick or stone. She alas fautid that the dust hole was full of mould, dirt, and sonic grunter mixed with it. Thegiil wss taken to the Hume-office Tuesday evening to make her statement to the solicitor of the Treasury. Her evidence will be given on Saturday, the next exAnination. The cholera has suddenly attacked some of the witnesses since the last examieution. Mr. Bassett. clerk to Messrs. Killick and Co., sharebrokers, Bank-buildings, to whom Manning aisposed 01 O'Connor's Eastern Counties shares, was soddenly attacked on Friday night week with cholera, and expired on Saturday inurviiig. Mr. II aniniond was also attacked on Sunday, and is not expected to live. Both gentlemen were tit goad health and spirits on Friday afternoon when at the police court. During the last few days Inspector Yid s arid Burton have discoverd some important additional evidence respecting the murder of Patrick O'Connor. On tile last examination ot the prisoners a In icklayer's lad was call.d to prove the st Ding oh the lime to Manning, and on being pressed lie said that lie could not positively swear that lie was the man. Burton ascertained on Friday that the daughter of Mr. Wells, bricklayer, was in the countinghouse when Manning entered that place in an impudent manner to write his name arid address fur the lad to carry the lime. She took particular notne of the man, Irma die manner in which he conducted himself ; she jammed Burton that she was confident she could identity him again. In consequence of that Inspector Yates obtained an order from Mr. Seeker for her to visit the prison, when the male prisoner was placed among twenty others in one of the yards. She histautl., pointed him out as the party who purchased the lime. 11er evidence, therefare, will be conclasive on that point. Hannah Fermat., the girl who washed the house for Mrs. Manuitig on the Saturday after the murder, also visited the prison, and identified her among other female prisoners as the person who employed her.  RE-