The Sun. — 1849-10-05 (London, England)

SECKER—In a matter of this kind I must adhere strictly to that which is prescribed by the Act of Parliament. Mr. Edwin, the chief. clerk, then read over the whole of the depositions, which it may be imagined occupied a very considerable time. The prisoners in the first instance both sat down In the dock, the female prisoner having drawn down her vei‘, which nearly concealed her features. When the depositions were read through, Mrs. Manning lifted up her veil. Her . face was very much flushed, but she laughed and smiled several times whilst conversing with Mr. Solomons and the female searcher. Manning, also, had a smile upon his countenance, and seemed altogether more composed than on any previous  occasion. After a short discussion between Mr. Bodkin and the Magistrate, Mr. SECKER said—Frederick George Manning, having heard the evider,ce, do you wish to say anything to the charge? The prisoner (who rose up with a smile upon his face, and spoke in a very confident voice) said—l have nothing to say, Sir. Mr. SECIER, addressing the female prisoner, who had already risen, said, Maria Manning, having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything to the charge? The female prisoner replied—l will leave all in the hands of my attorney.—(She spoke in a low tone, but without evincing any appearance of agitation. In uttering these few words the ear could not catch any foreign accent.) Mr. Binns then repeated his former application for the restoration, of the moneys found upon the female prisoner for the purpose of conducting the defence of both, alleging that no evidence had yet been given to show that they belonged to another person. Mr. SECLER said at present the title to the property was questionable, and must be decided by a jury. On a former occasion he had taken upon himself to determine the ownership of such a portion of it as he thought might enable the solicitors for the prisoners to conduct 'heir preliminary defence, but further he could not interfere. The prisoners were then immediately removed, and the court was soon cleared. They will be kept at Ilorsemonger-lane gaol anal six days before the commencement of the next Old Bailey Sessions. The following is a copy of the commitment : " To the Keeper of her Majesty's Gaol of Newington, or his Deputy. " Receive into your custody the bodies of Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning, charged Leon) ire Isaac Onslow Seeker, Esq., one of the magistrates of the police-courts of the metropolise, sitting at Southwark Police-court, within they metropolitan police district, upon oath of James Burton and others, taken in the presence and hearing of the sail Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning; for that they the said Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning, on the 9ch day of August last, at the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, within the Central Criminal Court district, did feloniously, wilfully, and with malice afure• thought, shoot one Patrick O'Connor with a pistol loaded with gunpowder and a leaden bullet, and did then and there murderibim, the said Patrick O'Connor,jagainst the statute and against the peace, &c., &c. And I, the said magistrate, under the authority of an Act of Parliament passed in the reign of his late Majesty King IV., intituled An Act for establishing a new court for the trial of offences committal in the metropotisi and parts adjoining,' do commit the said Frederick George Manning and Maria Manning to the said gaol, and do hereby require you, the keeper thereof, safely to keep until they shall be discharged by the due course of the law. And for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant." This document is signed in the usual form by Mr. Seeker. The following letter from Manning to his solicitor may give some idea of his acquaintance with orthography. The writing, it may be mentioned, is very distinct, cod appears to be that of a person who has had much practice In caligraphy. It resembles much the writing of a lawyer's clerk, being written in a slanting direction to the left instead of the right:— " My dear Sir,  "punctuality his the order of the day, I must beg of you to attend if possable this morning at ten o'clock you will greatly oblige, " Yours,  " Truly "