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PEACH CONGRESS MEETING . On Tuesday evening a public meeting of the members and friends of the Peace Society was held in Exeter-hall , which was crowded to the door on the occasion . At a quarter past six , the chair was taken by Mr . Ewart , M . P . On the platform beside Mm we observed General Klapka , M . Horace Say , M . Leon Say , M . Frederick Bastiat , M . Guillaumia , IL Pontonier , Mr . R . Cobden , M . P ., Mr . J . B . Smith , M . P ., Mr . J . Ellis , M . P ., Mr . Samuel Gurney , President Mahon of Oberlin College , Ohio ; Rev . John Campbell , D . D ., Rev . W . Brock , Rev . T . W . Jenkyn , H . D ., Mr . Joseph Sturge , Mr . Charles Mackay , LL . D ., Mr . Thomas Fowler , Mr . C . Gilpin , Dr . John Lee , Rev . Thomas Pyne , Mr . Richard Taylor , Mr . JohnScoble , Mr . John Cassell , Mr . Richard Peak , Dr . OsWAc PEACE CONGRESS WP . P . TIXft
, The Chairman said , that before commencing the short speech which he should feel it bis duty to inflict , upon them , he thought it right briefly to state the objects of the meeting . He begged to say that it did not assume to itself the name of a Congress . It bore reference to tbe Peace Congress ^ vhich recently took place ia Paris , and it also bore leference to their future proceedings as tbe result of that congress , and tbat was all . The meeting , however , would hear those subjects touched upon at length in the various speeches which would follow Ms , and especiaUy by the secretary of the Peace Congress . The very vastness of the assembly took away his own individuality , as all seemed carried andlaopclled forward by tbe vast tide of public
opinion , which was setting in with a constant flow in one uniform direction in favour of the principle of perpetual peace , ( Cheers . ) Among the illustrious foreigners who had honoured that meeting with their presence , there was one of a class not "very usually found at peace meetings , but one whose presence he was sure would be hailed by the audience ; be meant General Klapka , —( great applause , )—who came , be supposed , with tbe view of twining the peaceful olive wjth the laurels of war . He begged to tender his thanks to him and the other foreign gentlemen who had bonoured them with their presence on tbat occasion , especially to those ¦ who bad rendered their assistance at the recent meeting in Paris . He also begged to thank the
members of the French press for the support which they had so extensively given to the cause of peace ; for he desired to speak it to tbe honour of France and Bclgiuni , that there was scarcely one isolated journal which had not advocated the cause of peace , at least in theory if not in practice . ( Hear , hear . He wished he could say as much for the press of our country . ( Hisses . ) It was too often the habit , when any great doctrine was broached for the first time , to assail it , merely because it was new . But he held tbat there was little logic in ridicule and that a sneer was a poor substitute for a syllogism . ( Applause . ) The friends of peace , bowever , could afford to pardon these attacks , these " paper pellets of the brain , " as Shakspeare called them . He was
sorry to say that the dawn of peace had been discoloured , disgraced , and stained by the effusion of olood . ( Hear , hear . ) He remembered a famous orator in England saying , tbat the funeral fires of war were over , that the sun of peace was jnst tinging the horizon , aud that robbers and assassins ¦ was taking advantage of the twilight . He grieved to say that the assassins who were at present taking advantage of the twilight were the legalisedassassins ofa too arbitrary government . He grieved to say that for the conduct of Austria —( hisses and groans , )—any Austrian who was prsent might well feel the honest flask ot shame when he considered wbat tbat conduct had been , for there was no Englishman , no Frenchman , no freeman anvwhere in
Europe or America -who did not feel honor and detestation at such a sacrifice of human life as had been perpetrated by the military government of Austria . ( Cheers . ) He was sure that the individuals who had escaped from those scenes of horror would be hailed in this country , -which he trusted would ever he found the asylum of the nnfortunate and the free . He could not conclude without once more reminding them that now four nations were as one in tbe cause of peace—four nations were now ranted in a holy brotherhood ; France , England , the United States , and Belgium were now the champions of peace , and with them against the world the success of peace principles was assured . ( Loud applause . )
The Rev . H . Richards proceeded to state to the meeting the operations of the association during the last twelve months . H he were asked wbat good iad been done by going to Paris ? he would answer , much in every way . They had diffused , through the medium of the press , peace sentiments to tbe uttermost parts of the civilised world . These sentiments would find a lodgment in their sympathies and minds aud hearts of thousands , and would doubtless in due time bring forth an abundant harvest . They bad called the attention of some of the most powerful minds in Europe to the iniquities of war , and the necessity , for the liberty and progress of Europe , Of establishing an universal and permanent peace . They had found a new means of conveying
to their continental neighbours the real state of feeling in this country , and of disabusing their minds of the false impressions produced by certain ealing organs of the press among ourselves . ( Hear , heal * . ) These organs of tbe press were the self-constituted , self-called exponents of English feeling on the continent , employing their great talent in innaruing national animosities by then sarcastic remarks on the proceedings of our neighbours , and prostituting their influence and their ability by becoming the apologists and advocates of servile principles . ( Great applause . ) He declared , however , in the presence of that vast assembly—and he should not fear to challenge the opinion of any assembly similarly called in any part of the united kingdomthat these papers did not represent the publicfeeling Of England . ( Renewed cheers . ) He ( Mr . Richards ) bailed the presence of General Klapka in that
meeting as much as any of them ; hut he believed that be could tell them * what many of them were Convinced of already , that the cause of freedom g ained nothing by an appeal to the SWOi'd ; that it T » ashy the spread of ideas , by the expression of principles , by the growth of healthy moral indignation in the hearts of the people—and by these menus only , that tyranny and despotism could effectuallv be put down . * ( Cheers . ) Mr . Richards then read letters of apology for absence from M . Tisscbers , President of the Peace Congress at Brussels , the Abbe dcGuery , one of the Vice-Presidents Of the Congress at Paris ; M . Bouvet , member of the National Assembly ; M . Coqnerel , M . Victor Hugo , M . Lamartine , the Archbishop of Paris , M . Connenin , M . E . de Girardin ( who had been confidently expected up to the last moment , ) and M . Chevalier , and also one from Mr . Hindley , M . P ., dated Vienna .
The Rev . "W . Brock then moved the first resolution , wMch was as follows : — " Tbat this meeting desires to express its gratitude to the Great Ruler of the Nations for the signal success which has attended the labours of ihe committee during the Tear , especially in connexion with the Peace Cong ress held ia the city of Paris in August last ; and it would regard that success as an incentive to _ increased exertion in the future , for the accomplishment of tbe undertaking so auspiciously commenced . " Mr . J . B . Surra , M . P ., seconded the resolution . Mr . S . Gurnet next addressed the meeting . He felt that he was now about to speak-upon that which be recorded as a very serious occasion . This
lie did not hesitate to tell them—that wherever standin * armies were maintained on a large scale financial diSculties would be numerous and severe and continually increasing ; but these were amongst the smallest evils of war . ( Hear , hear . ) He would lies their attention to the state of this country 700 Tears ago—barous were at war with neig hbouring Barons , almost every family had its feud , the horrors of war spread themselves over the bind . Now , if there had been a press in those days , the journals Of such a period VtOubA hamtold their readers that such a staie of things was tbe natural condition of society ; and upon that doctrine of theirs they would have taken up as strong ground as the journalists of the present day thought proper to occupy .
But i « the present advanced stage of society it was not extraordinary er unreasonable to suppose that the feelings of men bad somewhat mellowed down . He hopetftec time was coming when nation would no longer lift up ihe arm against nation —( applause ) —nor Team the art of war any more . He did very strongly apprehend tbat any allusion to a political % las must have a tendency to lower the character of the holy cause in which they were engaged . lie -wonld repeat tbat which he had often said beforet hat there was no policy so sound as the policy -which was based upon Christianity . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was then put and agreed to .
Mr . Cobden then moved the following resolution _" That this meeting receives with the highest -Satisfaction the assurances of sympathy in this great movement , as conveyed in the letters which have fceen read from the " Archbishop of Paris , from Messrs . Lamartine , victor Hugo , Emile de Girardin and other distinguished ^ Frenchmen ; and it hails with delig ht the presence of the gentlemen mho have honoured this assembly with their attendance on the present occasion , and trusts that their visit to this country , will prove to them a source of nersonal gratification , and tint it will powerfully tend to advance the period when national ammosi-+ ?« shall be for ever forgotten , and peace and
good-TriU prevail throug hout the world *•«"» » was now exactly two years since this bte was fcvhted from ite propriety by the cry ot invasion from France . Tbe utmost alarm was excited throughout the whole of Eng land . ! h men s imagination the French were seen entering at one cna of London , and the Horse Guards marching out at the other . -The highest military authority in the land kept telling them tbat their coasts must be instantly p laced in a condition of defence , that their ileet nrostbe established upon a war footing ; that sa nadroas of evolutions most be kept in a state of Constant activity , and that the whole people of England must be organised to act as ono man for
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the purpose of repelling the French . TFliat did the men of peace do at that particular juncture ? They resisted tbat ill-considered course ; and it was that wicked cry which brought him into the ranks of the peace party . ( Applause . ) They lost no time in holding public meetings ; and if tho proceedings Of those meetings were now looked to , it would be ° seen that the men who took part in those proceedings did not regard the French nation as a nation of brigands and pirates . ( Hear , hear . ) Instead of imputing to them a character so evil , the lovers of peace resolved to go and see the French people , whilst the men who trusted to fleets and armies began to dig docks , to build ships , and to spend the public money in what they called tbe defences of , , r , - T ^ TT ,
tne country , fending this , tho men of peace took an opposite course . They held out the right hand of fellowship and peace to their brethren On tho other side of the straits , and that hand was most cordially grasped . They had then a set of gentlemen present who formed a deputation from France , and , in the name of tbe great assemblage which be had the honour to address , he begged to tender to those gentlemen a hearty and cordial welcome . ( Applause . ) When he looked back onlv to the short period of two years , and when he recollected the language which newspapers used at that period , and when he connected that with events which had recently taken place in France , he felt that he could attach but little value or importance to the lan « ua . se
held m newspapers Those journals had often told them thatthemomentthepressure of Louis Philippe ' s government was removed from the people of France nothing" could save this country from the aggressions of the French people . But what was the language now held ? It was this , that the journalists considered the people of France only too pacific . Would the organs of the press ever learn modesty ? ( Cheers . ) He must wait till to-morrow morning , before he could offer an opinion on that subject . ( Hear , hear . ) In the east of Europe the world bad lately been frightened with a threat of the fearful calamities of war . Peaee , fortunatel y , had been secured when war was not apprehended , - but upon what had tbat peace depended ? It
depended on the cordial understanding between France and England . Was it the diplomatists or tbe men of peace whose labours produced that entente cordiole ? It was the men of peace who did it . ( Cheers . ) The result of this disappointment to the war party had rendered war between Russia and Turkey impossible . Let it , then , no longer be said that the peace party had no statesmanship within their body , for they professed in an eminent degree the statemanship of finance . ( Loud cheers . ) The peace party wanted to see an end of the practice of nations arming themselves to the teetb ; and in supporting the views which they entertained , they could scarcel y shut their eyes to tho fact that almost all the financial difficulties by which tbe
tranquillity of nations was disturbed could be traced to the expenses which followed in the train of war . The gross expenditure of Great Britain , during the last vear , was , as nearly as possible , £ 51 , 000 , 000 . Of that the sum of £ 47 , 000 , 000 was charged for the expenses of past wars , andforthe present expenses of standing armies . The expense , then , ot the government , of the Queen ' s civil list , of the Poor Law establishment of the Home , Foreign , and Colonial offices—in fact , tbe whole cost of the governmentconsumed only one-seventh of the revenue , while the expenses of past and anticipated warfare carried off six-sevenths . ( Applause . ) He maintained , then , that he and his friends were the true Financial Reformers . They proposed that
governments should try and find out some other plan of settling their disputes than that of constantly keeping up a war establishment in time of peace . He ventured last session to propose a plan which he thought a very simple one , namely , to resort to the same practice which private individuals adopted for the settlement of their disputes—namely , arbiter * tion instead of war . He was met , as every propose twin was met vihwh twwM in any way to do away with the chance of war—by the objection that it was impracticable ; that it was quite good in theory , hut impossible in practice . He wished them to try . ( Laughter . ) He declared he did not believe it possible to find a retail dealer in the country who earned on business with the want of ordinary prudence
which our government displayed . He was sure , at least , that they would not find one who had not passed two or three times through the Bankruptcy Court . If the governments of England and France continued tho same career , he agreed with Mr . Gurncy tbat their Financial difficulties would ruin them , and they must go into the Gazette , and they certainly would not deserve a certificate from the hands of their creditors . ( Cheers . ) The progress of the discussion in parliament bad opened another phase of the argument . Two years ago they were told that the great armaments were kept up as the means of defending countries against their powerful neighbours . But now , the very parties who vilified them for taking up the same position two
years ago told them that it was not war between nations that was to be dreaded , but insurrectionary movements . But what said these persons to the powerful armies and fleets of France and England ? Tliey were not surely used for keeping down the people of these countries . ( Hear , hear . ) But taking them on their own ground , and supposing that the armaments were kept up to keep order among tbe people , he would ask if the system had not been tried long enough to prove that it would not answer ? In his letter to tbe Peace Congress at Brussels , more than a year ago , he had ventured to assume , from data he had collected on the continent , that at that period there were about 2 , 000 , 000 armed men in the pay of the different Governments of Europe . Well , since that time revolution bad been sweeping over the
continent , and there was scarcely a throne but had not been tottering to its base notwithstanding the support of those 2 , 000 , 000 bayonets . And yet scarcely had these governments begun to recover from the shock , than , instead of resorting to a policy that had any chance of success , they commenced increasing their armies , and he believed that were there were three soldiers before therewerc nowfour . He sometimes wondered what was the motive of the old governments of Europe for the absurd course they were pursuing . He confessed he was sometimes so utterly at a loss to account for any rational , honest motive , that-he was inclined to believe their object was to bring their countries into such a state of dire confusion and helpless bankruptcy that no
other form of government could be found to run the risk of restoring it to order . ( Cheers and laughter . ) It was rather a childish illustration , but he could not help saying that their conduct reminded him of the practice of boys at school , who , when they had an apple or cake which they did not want another boy to obtain , rubbed it in the dirt to render it distasteful . ( Continued laughter . ) Sometimes be had wondered they did not advertise for somebody with a little common sense to get them out of their difficulties . What wonder was it that men who had not sagacity enough to think of the causes , and who only looked at the consequences of such blundering , should begin to quarrel with the whole social system , and seek to unroot it altogether ? ( Hear . ) The
deluded Utopiasts , as they were called , had found a remedy for these disorders . They declared that the men who kept enormous armaments caused more dangers by tbe burdens they imposed upon the people thou they gained good by the security of the bayonets . ( Hear , hear . ) But a new phase of the argument bad lately appeared . He did not feel disposed to enter into the question of international government anywhere . K a nation under any form of government chose to be taxed to maintain 300 , 000 , or 400 , 000 , or 500 , 000 soldiers to keep them in order —if they chose to put their bands in their pockets to pay for their own oppression , let them . He would not interfere "with them . But these standing armies were not maintained out of tbo taxes of
tbe countries who kept them . They were maintained by loans raised in other countries , and tbat was a very different principle indeed . TllD friends of pence had struck one blow at that system . Ho could not say that the demonstration here had prevented Austria from getting money either in Eng land or in Holland . But the fact that the Austrian government had been unable to get any money there was a proof at all events that the peace party had taken a right estimate of the credit of that government . What should they say of those parties , who up to the last could vamp up the credit of that bankrupt government , in order to trap the unwary to lend money on bonds , which they were noiFobliged to admit bad fallen to a discount of a
half and one per cent ? Ho found from Mondays paper , too , that tbo Czar of Russia had published a ukase inviting people to give him credit for £ 3 , 000 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 , 000 sterling . He proposed it in the shape of Treasury bonds , and he ( Mr . Cobden ) was glad to find tbat the ukase stated tbat tbe loan was to meet the expense of the war lately carried on in Hungary . ( Hisses . ) But what became of tbe pretended riches of the Russian government ? Had tbey not heard of the Russian government taking £ 2 , 000 , 000 of the Austrian loan , of lending £ 50 , 000 , 000 to tbe Pope , and £ 200 , 000 to the Grand Duke of Tuscany . He begged them not to believe a word of it . ( Cheers . ) As an investment for bis children , he would not give £ 2 o for the Russian funds which were at present selling
among the " bulls" and " bears" of the Exchange for £ 10 S ; and he would undertake to find twelve of the best informed men on Russian finance to give the same verdict . In England they boasted tbat every man ' s house was his castle—that no man dared to enter tbe house of an Englishman unless the owner or some inhabitant of the dwelling bad compromised himself by a violation of the law ; but what was to be said of the burglary of nationswhat was to be said when neighbouring communities were invaded by those who were stronger , under tho hypocritical pretence of conferring benefits upon the objects of aggression ? If , in defiance of every rule , of every principle , of every right , these things existed , there was no man to say that they could be brought to a close till the Peace Congress resolved practically to carry out tho princip le thatnotoiDg was to be done by force ; until
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they grafted that great principle upon the policy of the world they could hope to see nothing but anarchyamongst nations . ( Hear , hear . ) He should say nothing now of Hungary , butthis he should venture to tell tho meeting , that whether Fngland went to Greece or to Portugal , whether Russia went to Hungary , or France went to Rome , they should brand such proceedings as equally infamous , and all who lent themselves to such policy as sharing in its disgrace . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt indignant and humiliated when he found a certain portion of the press of this country hounding on the Cossacks against the Hungarians —( hisses ) , —bounding them on in a most unjust and wicked invasion of a people more interesting and civilised than themselves . He
implored the representatives of foveign countries then in that hall not to lioliovo that such journals fairly described the feelings of tho population of this country . ( Applause . ) It seemed to him that the successor their great congress was certain if tho association continued to spread its roots and its branches as it had hitherto done—if they insisted upon arbitration instead of war—if they insisted on a simultaneous reduction of all armaments—if they struck down with condemnation and scoin the principle that any country was to be at liberty to interfere with orin any respect to regulate the ' internal affairs of any other land . He believed that it was their duty to insist upon that , and he believed that in process of time they would also see the lUStice
and expediency of not lending money for purposes of warfare . If they called to their aid ' all good men they would soon put an end to war . They would find it no difficult task to accomplish that object , aide d as they would be by the miraculous inventions of art , by the use of e ! e trie telegraphs and by railways . Other and much more difficult things had been attempted with success , and if they only proceeded with energy and perseverance they would achieve a glorious victory in this instance also . ( Applause . ) Mr . Stvjroe , seconded the motion . M , Bastiat , a member of the French National Assembly , then read a short speech in English to the meeting , expressing the great satisfaction he had in being present at that meeting , and scouting the idea of the friends of peace being called
Utopiasts . He asked , was it more difficult to put an end to war than to abolish slavery and monopoly ? They were three children of tiie same mother , whose namo was Oppression . ( Cheers . ) They had already conquered two of these , and in due ' time they would vanquish the third also , M . Horace Sat , son of M . Baptiste Say , the distinguished political economist , also briefly addressed the meeting in English . In the name of his fellow countrymen present ho cordially thanked the meeting for the kind reception thoy bad received . M . Garmeb , editor of the Journal des Economistes , then briefly addressed tho meeting in French , Mr . Stoble acting as his interpreter to the meeting . There were then load calls for General Klapka , who rose and bowed bis acknowledgments to the meeting .
After a few words from M . Pontonier , a French merchant , declaring his adhesion to the cause , President Mahon of Oberlin College , America , moved tho third resolution : — " That , considering the greatness of tho work yet to be done in carrying out the objects of the Congress to their full accomplishment , this meeting pledges itself to employ its utmost efforts in sustaining the plans of action already formed , in originating any others that new circumstances may demand , and particularly in supplying the funds which an enterprise so extensive and important will continue to require ; and
it relies on the generosity of the British public for that enlarged co-operation which such an undertaking merits at tbe hands of all who desire the period when' nations shall learn war no more . ' " Mr . J . Ellis , M . P ., seconded the resolution , and pressed upon the meeting the necessity of taking active measures for carrying out into practical effect tho principle laid down in tho resolution before the meeting , especially that portion of it which related to the collection of funds . ( Hear , hear . ) Thanks were then voted to the Chairmun , and the meeting broke up .
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Saturdav ; . — Sektekce o ? Beash . — Stephen Alfred Jordan , alias Dowland , 17 , was placed r . t tbe bar to receive judgment . It will be remembered that the prisoner was convicted on Wednesday in this court ofa most diabolical attempt to murder a young woman , with whom he had cohabited , iu Dulwkhwood . Mr . llarker having made the usual proclamation , Mr . Justice Cres » well put on the black tap , and passed sentence of "Heath " upon the prisoner , who exhibited the same indifference be had shown during the trial , heard the sentence without betraying the s / ightest emotion , and when the learned judge bad concluded , he walked briskly away from the dock , looking carelessly round the court .
IV'ASSLAifGiiiEtt . —Charles Thomas I'earce , medical student , surrendered to take his trial for manslaughter . A bill had been preferred beiore the grand jury for the same offence , but they threw it out , and the defendant was now arraigned upon the coroner ' s inquisitiou . It alleged tbat on the 0 th of September , iSiQ , one Richard Havis i ' earce was sick and ill , aud unable to attend to his usual labour aud * Cusiness , and that defendant , beiu ^ a student of medicine , undertook to ireat him medically , and to give him medicines while he wss so sick and ill and unabie to attend to his labour , and than he , having
so contracted , did unlawfully and feloniously , upon the said 9 th of September , and < ui divers other days , assault the said David Richcrd . I ' earce , and unlawfully refused to allow hiin and prevented him fn , m liaving iuflicieut food and victuals for ( he nourishment of the body , it being his duty as uiedici'l adviser to have allowed him such nourishment , and for want thereof the deceased besame mortally side and distenipere- , and died ; and ihat the defendant , by the wanner and means aforesaid , did feloniously Rill and slay him . A verdict of " . Not Guilty ' ' was returned , and tiie defendant was at once discharged .
Moxdat . — Perjury . _ Catherine Keimes , 20 , widow , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury before Mr . Walesby , one of the justices of the peace for Middlesex . —The prisoner pleaded guilty . —Mi - . Ballautine , who appeared for tho prosecution , said that the charge against the prisoner was of an extraordinary kind , aud had been instituted by the churchwardens and guardians of the parish of St . James ' s Westminster , to deter others from attempting impositions ofa similar character , The prisoner bad presented herself at the workhouse , and
asked relief for three children , which she alleged she was unable longer to support , she being the aunt . The result was tbat tho parish relieved the children and subsequently removed them , upon her oath . Suspicions , however having been aroused , an inquiry was set on foot , and it then turned out that the children were her own , and that she was living under circumstances of a disreputable nature , and was not in the State Of" poverty she represented—She was sentenced to six . months ' imprisonment .
Filauds ox Pawnbrokers , — Jane Sinclair , 40 , widow , was indicted for conspiring by false pretences to obtain from John W . Webb and others various sums of monies . —Mi ' . Robinson prosecuted . —The learned counsel stated the following case to the jury ; — The prisoner went on the 2 lirii oi August to the shop of a Mr . Clarke , a pawnbroker , in Long Acre , aud there offered what to all appearance seemed a gold ring for a pledge , asking £ 2 on it . Ml-. Clarke tested the ring , and finding it to be only a thin plating of gold upon a metal body , and filled in with pewter , told ber so , and also told her that if she attempted to pledge it anywhere else she would be liable to a prosecution . He then sent a man outside of the shop to follow and WUtolt her movements , which he did , and the moment she came out he saw her joined by a man who was waiting outside , and they proceeded to four other pawnbrokers , into each ol which tho woman went ,
whilst the man waited outside . The pawnbroker ' s assistant having in each instance been into the shop before her , each of tbe rings which she had obtained fresh from the man were tested , and she was warned that they were not gold . The prisoner having been to the shop of the prosecutor on a former occasion , and again coming to attempt to pawn one ot the rings , she was given into custody . She said she had received the ring from her husband ; but this turned out to be false , and from information obtained by tho police it was ascertained that sbe formed one of a gang of notorious" duffers " who have been for years imposing open the pawnbroking trade with spurious jewellery , and iu some instances sbe bad obtained as much as £ 1 on the rings , which intrinsically were not worth 2 s . 0 d . —The jury found her " Guilty , " and she was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment and hard labour .
Important to Wine-merchants . — Thomas Bunoey ltlidge , a young man ot respectable appearance , surrendered to receive the judgment of the court . —The defendant was convicted in February last of uttering iforged orders for the delivery ol goods , but upon a point of law that was reserved judgment nas respited . —Mr . Justice Cresswell , in parsing sentence , said that the prisoner had been convicted of uttering forged tasting orders for wine at the London Hocks , his only object apparently
being to obtain a small quantity of wine , and a question arose whether this was an obtaining of goods sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the statute , which question was reserved for the consideration of tbe judges . That point had since been discussed in the Court of Appeal created by a recent statute , and tbe judges were unanimously of opinion tbat the conviction was a proper one , and that the offence came within the statute , aud he quite concurred in that opinion . —The defendant was then ordered to be imprisoned in Newgate for ons month .
Mistakes iDBSxrrr . — -William Harris , 30 , clerk ,, was indicted for feloniously uttering a £ 5 forged note cf the Bauiii of England , with , iateut to defrauiltue
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governor and company of tbat corporation . —Mi-, tlarkson and Sir J . Bayley prosecuted 4 and Mn Ballautine and * Mr . lluddlestone defended the prisoner . —This trial occupied the court tbe whole day . It appeared tbat on the 21 st of August a person , alleged to be the prisoner , accosted a girl of the town named Mary Ann Bond , in the Kingsland-rood , and after some conversation he accompanied her to her lodging in Essex-street , in that neighbourhood , where he sent out for some liquor , and gave a £ 5 note in payment . The liquor and change were obtained at a public-bouse in the same street , and the moment the man obtained the money he made some excuse and left the house , and the note soon afterwards was discovered to bo a forgery . In this case the girl
stated that * he had known tbe prisoner before , and she swore positively to bis identity , and two other persons in the house confirmed her testimony , and it appeared that the witness Band , upon seeing the prisoner in the same neighbourhood a few days afterwards , immediately recognised him as tbe man who had given her the forged note , aud gave him into custody . In order to show the guilty knowledge of the prisoner , evidence was adduced to prove that upon four other occasions , and under exactly similar circumstances , be had passed other forged notes , and in every case the parties sivorepositively to the identity of tho prisoner , and , according to the " evidence of the Bank inspector , the whole of the forged notes were struck from the same plate . It appeared that the
prisoner , when he was apprehended , asserted that he * l i nnoceIlt ' $ aid tDat - with re S ard t 0 one 0 J the days that was mentioned as that on which one forged note had been uttered , he could show that he was at another place . —Tbe witnesses were all crossexamined at considerable length by Mr . Ballantinc , but thoy persisted in declaring their posiiive belief that the prisoner was the man who uttered tbe forged notes—Mr . Balkntine , on behalf of the prisoner , contended that there had been a mistake as to his luciitity .-Several hi ghl y respectable witnesses were then examined , who made out a most satisfactory alibi with regard to the 8 th and the 21 st August , on both of which days the prisoner was alleged to have passed a forged note in the way described . —The
lury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " Attempeo Assassination- —James Mackey , 20 , sailor , was indicted for cutting and wounding Samuel Cotton , with inteit , & e . —Mr . Mellor prosecuted . —The prosecutor , a police constable , stated that whilst on duty on the 6 th of October , in Ratcljffe-highway , at about one in the morning , he saw the prisoner passing a man whom he had wounded in the face , he then had a drawn knife in his hand , and upon the officer following him , he cut him most seriously in the arm , and it was not until after a most desperate resistance that he wa ? secured . —The medical evidence proved , that had the wound heeriany deeper , death must have followed . —The jury found him "Guilty . " . and he was sentenced fo ten years' transportation ,
Obtaining Money uxderFalse Pretences . — Robert Marston , an attorney ' s clerk , warinilicted for obtaining by false pretences ' ihe sum of £ 1 15 s . from Mr . John George Winstone . —Mr . M'Mnhon prosecuted , and Mr . Prendergast defended . —The evidence of the witnesses went to prove ihat the pro secutor , who is a boot-maker living in the Waterlooroad , had the misfortune to have a son to get into the hands of the police , in connexion with two other men , for stealing a glass . The prisoner is one of thosepests . thafcmaybe always found hanging about our courts , aud who , under the guise of being Soli citors' clerks , manage to swindle the friends of those who get into trouble out of money to conduct the defences of the prisoners . The prosecutor ' s son being committed for trial at the last month ' s sessions at Clerkenwell , a person named Butcher mentioned the
prisoner to the prosecutor as a man who would be able to undertake the defence , and the result was that prosecutor had a conversation with him , and ho said tbe fee for counsel would be # 1 3 s , ( id ., which with his own fee made up the sum mentioned in the indictment . This was paid upon the strength of prisoner . stating himself to be a solicitor . The prosecutor having occasion to leave town was surprised on his return to find that his sou had been tried and convicted , and that not a * y counsel or attorney bad move < l the matter . . All that had been done was that the prisonerbad mentioned to Mr . Mellor ' s clerk that ho shonld want to retain him . —Several witnesses were called , who gave him a previous gond character . —The jury found him "Guilty , but recommended him to mercy . —Mr . Bullock thensentenced hira to be impri-onrd three weeks in Newgate .
Tuesday . —House BouBEiif . —Chir . ' es Lowes , labourer , Grorg- Harris , 33 , gunsmith , and William ' 1 h mipson , 33 , described os a labourer , three wellknown members of the swell mob , were indicted for stealing a watch , a sovereign , and some silver , the property of Henry Harvey . —Mr . Robinson prosecuted , and the prisoners were defended by Messrs . Payne , M'Mahon , and Cockle . —The pVOSeCUtor is n hcer-shoplteeper , in Short ' s-gardens , Clerkcmvcll , and on the Oih October tiie prisoners went to his house and called for some refreshment , but they had evidently laid a preconcerted plan to rob the house .
Suspicion , however , it would appear was entertained of their proceedings and they were watched , and Lowes was seen coming out of the prosecutor ' s bedroom , and it was found that the drawers had been opened , and the property in question taken from th' - room , 'ihe prisoners were taken into custody , and upon searching Lowes there were found a number of skeleton keys , some nf which opened the bedroom door , and the others the drawers ; and close by the place where the prisoners had been silting , the whole of the stolen property was discovered . —The ju v returned a verdict of " ' Guilty , " and the prisoners were sentenced to be transported for ten yrars .
Assault . —Walter Graham , 10 , a lad said to be respectably enneeted , was indided for a criminal assault upon Julia Felice Houghton , a girl under ten years of age . —Mr . Clarlison prosecuted , and Mr . Cochle was for the defence . —The jury found the defendant " Guilty" of an assault , and he was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour 5 n the House of Correction . Manslaughter , —Charles Buines , 40 , labourer , was indicted for the manslaughter oi Mary Anne Moody . —Mr . Huddlestone and Mr . Cockle prosecuted . The prisoner had no counsel . —It appeared thit the deceased , who was a married wimaii , had cohabited with the prisiner for some time , and they occupied a room in one of the houses in
Ilintonstreet , Bethnal-grcen . On tho night of the 2 Gtb September tbe prisoner went home at night partially intoxicated , and the deceased , who had gone to bed , cot up oa his coining into the roem , and took her clothes , and was al-out to go away , when the prisoner snatched her clothes from her . An altercation then took place between them , and at length the prisoner rushed at the deceased and kicked her violently . He had on a pair of heavy boots at the time , and the effect of the injury he inflicted upon the deceased was to cause her death very soon afterwards—The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transported for seven years . WeDXESOAV . — IsniCIMKNT l ? 0 n CONSPIRACV . — Richard Mat-ley Smith , 25 , described as a sailor ,
Thomas LawCS , 49 , broker , and Charles Prazcr , 50 , agent , were indicted , jointly , for unlawfully con spiring together to obtain £ 7 10 a . from Francis Cuthliertson by false pretences ; and in a separate count the defendant Smith was charged with -unlawfully obtaining the money by false pretences . — Mr . M'Mahon conducted the prosecution , which was instituted by the Bankers' Prosecuting Association . The defendants were represented by Mr . Ballantinc and Mr . Cockle . —Mr . Cuthbertson deposed that he was a bootmaker ) carrying on business in Aldcrsgate-strcct , and on the 2 Stb of August , in consequence of a message he received , he went to the Clarence Hotel in that street , and there saw tho prisoner Smith , whom ho had known
as Captain Smith . He produced a check drawn upon tho Commercial Bank cf London for £ 7 10 s , and asked him to cash it , at the same time stating that the landlord of tho hotel would have done it for him , but ho was out of town , and , as it was crossed , it must go through a banker ' s . Ho looked at the check , but did not observe at the time that it was post-dated to September 4 , and , seeing that it was drawn in favour ofa person named Collins , whom ho knew , he did not suspect anything wrong , and gave the amount of the cheek to the prisoner Smith . The check purported to be drawn by the defendant Erazer , as keeping an account at the Gravesend bank upon the Commercial . Bank of Loudon , but when it was presented it was fouiwi
that there were no effects . He saw Smith once or in-ice after tUo transaction , and he at first told him that Prazer had been attacked with cholera , and afterwards said that he had died of the disease . Smith subsequently told him tbat he had got the check from Mr . Lawes , a solicitor in Moorgatcstreet , and he went there and saw the defendant Thomas Lawes ; and on his informing him what had happened with regard to the check , he said that Mr . Frazer had a rich brother at Gravesend , and that the check would be paid . —Clerks of the Gravesend and Commercial Banks having proved that the prisoners kept no accounts with their banks , the Recorder summed up , when the jurv acquitted Lewes and Frazer , and convicted Smith " ,--Mr . Ballantinc applied to the court to respite the judgment on Smith until the next session , when , lie had no doubt , he should he able to out the court in
nossession ot such facts as he believed would warrant it in passing a lenient sentence—The Recorder granted tho application . The three defendants were then arraigned upon a second indictment charging them with defrauding George Mills hy means of a similar false check . — This case was clearly made out against tl . o whole of the defendants and a verdict of "Guilty" was returned accordingly . The Recorder observed that under tho circumstances , he would only pass sentence upon Smith upon the last indictment , and Mr . Ballantinc would have an opportunity of placing before the court , if lie was iu a condition to do so , such facts as he might consider would induce it not to pass any further judgment upon the first indictment . —Th © prisoners Lawes and Frazer were-then sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen mmtihis , and Smith r- o twelve months . '' imprisonment ,.
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THE BBfiSiOXDSEY MURDER . 002 JDTJCT OP TIIE MANNINGS SINCE THEIR CONVICTION . Immediately after the sentence of death had been pronounced upon the prisoners , they were taken back to the gaol , and as the female prisoner was going down the stairs , leading from the deck , she again became very vioIeiit , " and swore fearfully . After a short time she became a little pacilied , and took some refreshment . Manning himself seemed quite revived , and his demeanour was most respectful . As has already been stated , the prisoners , during the whole of the protracted trial , took not the BhshtDSt , notice of each other , and the man
piaceu ins cinn as cloae as he possible could to tho boundary of the dock , apparently anxious to have the greatest possible space between himself and his wretched companion ; and during the whole inquiry they did not once cast n glance at each other ; and whno Sergeant Wilkins was denouncing the female prisoner in direct terms as the murderess and urging upon tho jury tho ground upon which he supported the assumption , she did not betray tho least emotion , although it was observed that when tho learned sergeant spoke of her husband being entirely under her control , and that ho had been made a dupe b y her , she cave a contemptuous smile .
The oftencc having been committed in tbe county of Surrey , the judgment was directed to be carried out in that county , and it was deemed advisable that the prisoners should be at once removed to Ilorscmonger-lano-giiol . When the prisoners were removed from the dock they were informed of this by the governor . They were placed in separate cells , but some difficulty was experienced by the officers in consequence of the female culprit retaining the frenzied manner she had exhibited in public in the dock , launching the bitterest invectives against tho course that had been adopted by her legal adviser in not calling the witnesses who she said were in attendance , against tho jury that had tried her , and England , generally . ' llofieshmcnt was offered , but she refused it with creat
indignation ; and though Manning also declined to partake of anything , ho did so in a mild decorous manner . At half-past seven o ' clock precisely two cabs were driven up to tho entrance of the gaol opposite Fleet-lane , and tho next moment Mrs . Manning emerged , accompanied by Mr . Wright , the deputy governor of Newgate , to whoso left wrist the culprit ' s right was handcuffed , and took their places in the first vehicle , and , tbe box being taken possession of by two Officers in plain attire , drove oft ' nt a rapid pace . When tho handcuff was first placed upon her wrist she burst into a towering passion , and , with e » cry muscle aud feature in her countenance in motion , with the most violent gesticul ition , -and with fists clenched , and teeth set , she made use of a coarse oath . Manning vcrv quietly
walked to the cab , without uttering a word , securely handcuffed between two officers , so that any attempt to escape would bavo been useless ; and b y the time the first cab had reached Ludgatc-hill , the second was rapidly following it through the dense crowd round the court-house . The cabs were driven rapidly to Horaemougcr-lano Gaol ; and the transportation 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 deputygovernor in a free , mild , and gentle manner , and even joking about the manacle that bound her to him , laughing cheerfully , and bidding farewell to old Newgate and the familiar localities through which they passed . She assumed an air of Aauteuv when she found that Mr . Wright did not enter into tho current of her observations , but slio 50011 meltcd down , and reverted to the scene that had taken place in the dock—* ' I showed them
resolution , did I Bot V she asked . She did not allude in any way to the torriblefate that . waited them , or to Mr . O'Connor . She said of her husband , "Ihad plenty of opportunity to speak to him in tho 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 violentl y 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 , announce ing that in certain newspapers would appear a full report of tbe trial of the Mannings . Upon this she again exhibited great violence ; sho set her 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 sbe , with an oath , "I did not speak to him . " This was a sort of soliloquy , not addressed to her auditors .
The conduct of Munwing , on the contrary , was calm and respectful . He said but little , and what he did say was to his guards in a melancholy tone . He seemed to entertain a belief that his life would not be taken , and expressed a hope to that effect . On arriving at ^ llorseinonger-lane , a message was sent into Mr . lvecne , the governor , to announce tho circumstances that placed tho Mannings again in his custody . That was the first intimation ho had received oftho result of the trial . The p risoners were then duly delivered into his custody , and the matron was summoned to take charge of Mrs .
Manning , Under tho guidance of that IV-malc , attended by the principal female turnkeys of the prison , she was conducted to one of tho cells set apart for the condemned ; upon entering which she burst into tears , sobbing pitcously , and exciting tbo commiseration oi all who heard her . She stamped the floor with her feet—not in rage , but in grief ; her feelings , no doubt , being overcome as she reflected upon the groat change that had taken place in her destinies since sho last saw the officers by whom she was surrounded . The woman , though hardened , was not entirely deadened to feeling ,
The exhibition in the dock of the Old Bailey had induced tho authorities to give directions that all moans by which sho coultf effect self-destruction should be kept out of her way , which will be diligently carried into effect . On reaching his cell Manning immediately seated himself , and resting his head upon his hands , appeared buried in profound thought . In this attitude he remained for some time . Each prisoner is attended by an officer day and night . On Sunday the female resumed her former seli ' -possession , confident air , and vivacity . The man was sullen and thoughtful , and repeatedly said he was innocent of the murder , and could no ' t
therefore bo executed . With regard to the ultimate execution of the sentence upon tbe female prisoner it may be important to state that , in a certain course of proceeding , it could not bo carried out for a considerable period , upon the objection taken by Mr . Ballantiiio to ber being tried by an English jury , she being , as he alleged , an alien . It may be ' necessary , therefore , shortly to allude to the nature of that objection , and the course that had been pursued u-ich regard to it . It was contended by Mr . Ballantiiio that the prisoner , being a native of Switzerland , was entitled to be tried c ( e uicdietafe lingucc , or by a mixed jury of English and foreigners ; but the Attorney-General , in answer to the application , relied upon the act of tho 7 th aud 8 th Victoria , which declares
that when a foreign woman married an Englishman she became a denizen , and lost her position of alien ; but he consented that the point should be reserved for consideration by the Court of Criminal Appeal . The three judges upon the bench were unanimously of opinion that the female prisoner no longer stood in the position of an alien , but they consented that the point should be left for consideration by the Court of Appeal . The counsel for Mrs . Manning have , however , refused to accede to this course , and it appears that thoy insist that , as tho objection is-upon the record , tlicy hnvo a right to go to a Court of Error . If this were to bo done , the question must go the House of Lords , and it
would probably bo two years before it would be finally settled ; but no writ of error can be allowed unless by the fiat of the Attorney-General . By the other mode , that of tho Criminal Court of Appeal , tho point would be decided in a few weeks ; and as that court is composed of fire commissioners at least , or of all tho judges , if they attend , it is quite clear that it would be quite as competent a court to decide such a question as a- Court of lirror ; and it is anticipated , therefore , that the Attorney-General will decline to grant his fiat , particularly as three of tho learned judges were quite unanimous in deciding against the application , and if this should turn out to he correct , the law will take its course , it is said , on the 12 th of November .
Tho following letter , which led to the renewal of the intimacy between the prisoner , Maria Manning , and the unfortunate deceased , will doubtless be perused with interest . It proceeded as follows : — Customs , St . Katharine ' s Ducks , June 11 , 1 S 47 . Sly Dear Mrs . , not knowing your real name , I have addressed Ibis not as usual . 1 hope it ivill find you . I cannot deRcriu « to you my feelings and what I suffered since I saw you last evening . If you were to know half you would have compassion for me , if I was the greatest enemy you ever had . 1 have spent a solitary and riveary whiter and a dull and melancholy spring , iu anticipation of having a jovial and pleasant autumn . 1 had given up going into ail society—cut the acquaintance of every kind friend Iliad on your account , being anxious to economise and secure tor ourselves the means of making us lumpy and comfortable for the rest of our lives . I had my mouth ' s leave of absence settled to commence on the Ctli of August , when I
thought you might be after returning from the Continent , and intended to get married on the 7 th , leave London for lioulogne on the tsth , and there spend the honey month ! but , alas ! these arrangements are now blurhteu " . You have » il those comforts that your heart can wish for , aud 1 am glad of it . For poor me , there is none of these consolations left , but tie sad reflection of being disappointed . All , Mavia ! you have acted cruel to mc , Why not , like a true professor of what you avowed , write and say what you intended before you acted so—then at the risk of losing my situation , I would go every step to Erskine House , and git married to the only being ou ths face of God ' s CUVtll Who could make me kappy j and Maria , dear , if you could only read the feelings of my heart you would not do as you did . However , it is too late to be speaking of these things now . We must be reconciled with the will of God , and hope all things are regulated by Him for a wise and benevolent purpose .. Enough now of this sad and nielan . choiy afthui ,, for so it is to me-, However , I hope we
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will always entertain the same kindly feelings towa d each other that is due to old friends . I can speak for myself , and am sure I will . When shall I have the pleasure of seeing you here ? Bring your husband and any others you like , I will be able to show them the docks and the vaults ; but , miud , Iailits are not admitted after ono o ' clock . I wish you could conic soon . There is s ship from China nlones ' We mv station in the docks , the Yiscoui t Sandou . She leaves on ' Sunday . There are three Chinee on board , and it would be a novelty for you to sec them with their lonjf t » j ) s . Yon y . iM ma tionld call cu me on Sunday . 1 wish you would , if you do , write and say what time , that I may be sure to meet you . You may bo able to give some explanations on the matter , which may smooth it down « little . I u-ish I could acquit you of iufiflcliiy on the uernsion . I hope that the blessing of God may rest on all your proceedings , and believe me under any circumstances till death , Yours affectionately , l'ATBICK O'CON . VOR .
This letter was addressed , " Miss Maria ltoux , care of Lady Blantyre , Sutherland House , St . James , " and the effect of it was to renew the connexion between tho female prisoner and tbo deceased , and the husband was speedily afterwards introduced , and they soon all became upon friendly terms ; and then it would appear that a proposition was made that tho deceased should reside with the prisoners , but which arrangement was , for some reason or other , shortly afterwards broken off .
the misosEns at ciinncu . On Sunday morning from as early as eight o clock tbe rev . chaplain was engaged in giving religious consolation to each of the wretched convicts , aud continued till the hour appointed for divine service . The Mannings then repaired to the chapel , and and were , together with Jordan , who is also sentenced to death for the attempted murder in Dulwich Wood , placed in tho section appropriated for condemned prisoners . In addition to the debtors , criminal prisoners , and officers of the gaol , who formed the congregation , there were also present Captain Williams the government , inspector of gaols ; Mr . 1 ' ayntcr , the magistrate of the Wandsworth police court ; and other gentlemen . The Rev . Mr . Hoc delivered a most eloquent and
impressive sermon , taking bis text from tbe Gist l ' salm , "IfEthiopiastretcbetb forth her hands , " Ac . Before the Litany the chaplain said , "Tho prayers of this congregation arc desired for those who are condemned to die . " On the conclusion of service the wretched convicts again received tbo spirital consolation of the rev . chaplain until nenrk four o ' clock , during which it is understood that Inreceived some important communication both frora Mr . and Mrs . Manning , but the nature of which is not at present allowed to transpire , tho rev . gentlcman , frum conscientious feelings , believing that the communications were strictly confidential , and ! should not bo disclosed whilst the parties are living . It is , however , generally believed that they were of a nature calculated to satisfy the learned judge and
jury by whom the Mannings were tried , as well as the public at large . Since the conviction of tho Mannings a circumstance of very considerable importance has come to liglit , which , if any doubt could possibly exist as to their guilt , would appear to be almost conclusive upon tbo subject . It will ho remembered that , after the verdict had been pronounced against tho prisoners , the woman made « i violent speech , in which she asserted her innocence , and appeared to make it a strong point in her favour that sho loved tho deceased , and could have been married to him if she had pleased . It lias , liowevci- . -sinee been ascertained that for some time before tho murder O'Connor bad been paying his addresses to a young woman , and they were on the point of being
married ; it is known that Manning and his wife were aware of the fact , and it is probable that , feeling the marriage would in all probability have the effect of breaking oft' all connexion between them , they determined upon the desperate measure of getting possession of his property by murder . Another curious fact has also come to light . The trial , as our readers are aware , lasted two days , and the prisoners each day retired from the court for a short time to take refreshment . Of course when the prisoners were first received at Newgate they were narrowly searched , and every instrument with which tbey might inflict injury , cither upon themselves or others , taken away from them . Upon the second day of the trial , in consequence of something that came to the knowledge of the prison
officials , it was considered prudent to search the female prisoner , and in her pocket there was found a largo piece of broken glass , a most dangerous missile , well calculated toliave inflicted very deadly injury upon any person who might have been struck with it . It was immediately taken from her , and thus , no doubt , from tho violence subsequently exhibited by the prisoner , somo desperate mischief was prevented . How she obtained possession of this glass remains a mystery , and tho only way In which it can be accounted for is by the supposition that- it must have been g iven to her by some of the persons who wore in the dock , a great many strangers having been , owing to the crowded state of the court , admitted into the dock during tbe latter part of tbe proceedings .
It was understood on Monday that the counsel for Mrs . Manning have resolved , upon consideration , to abandon their application for a writ of error . The point , however , whether sho stands in the position of an alien will still be submitted to the Criminal Court of Appeal , and as that Court must he composed of five commissioners at least , and the whole of the judges ' niay attend if they please , itis quite clear that a more competent Court for the disposal of the question , which , after all , is one ofa very simple character , could not bo imagined . The next sitting of the Criminal Court of Appeal will bo on the 10 th of November , and if the question should be sent before that tribunal it will , of course , bo disposed of on that day .
Manning has made some extraordinary disclosures relative to the horrid murder and his former con * ncxion with O'Connor , which will not be made public until after tho execution . lie persists in his statement which was handed to his learned counsel ( Mr . Sergeant Wilkins ) "that his wife shot O'Connor , and afterwards threatened to shoot him unless he helped her to bury the body . " lie seemed more composed on Monday after his interview with the chaplain , and several times wished to see his brother and his solicitor ,- Mr . Binns , to whom he wishes to make some communication . Mr . Binns has not been able to have an interview with him yet , as he must obtain a special order from the magistrates for that purpose . His brother called at the gaol on Monday evening , and delivered a letter from his sister , a highly respectable female , residing
m the country . The letter was shortly afterwards delivered to him by the governor , and the contents seemed to affect him in a great degree , as he cried several times while reading it . His brother did not see him . Prior to the trial , and while his unhappy wife was confined in the gaol where she now remains , sbe wrote several indecent letters I o her husband , couched in tho most obscene language , and written in broken English . In none of these , llOWever , does she allude to tbe murder , but she defies him to get her gold watches . Copies of theso letters wero shown to Mr . Ballantinc and Mr . Parry during tho trial , and likewise to the Attorney-General , but no attention was paid to them . She still continues in a very sullen mood , and speaks very little to her guardians . Her only remarks are tbat she has been unjustly treated by England , and that she is innocent . "
There are now three persons confined in Horsemongor-lane gaol condemned to buffer death—Manning and bis wife , and Jordan , alias Dowland , for attempting to murder Frances Ewings in Dulwich Wood . The latter arrived at tho county gaol on Saturday afternoon , and displayed the utmost callousness in his demeanour . Before he was conveyed to his cell he was visited by the Itcv . Mr . Koc , tbo Chaplain of the gaol , who asked him in a kind and affectionate manner whether he know the " Lord's Prayer ? " He replied sullenly , " I suppose I do . " The chaplain then inquired of him whether he could read and write , when he made a similar reply ; and to tho kind exhortations of the worthy clergyman he paid not the least attention , but seemed quite indifferent to his awful position . He was ultimately placed in the condemned cell with Manning , who seemed to shun bis company . Discovery op moue of O'Cosson ' s Provbuty . —
On Monday last , Manning particularly desired to have an interview with Mr . Binns , bis solicitor , as he had some important communication to make to him . A special order from the visiting magistrates being required , Mr . Binns was unable to visit his late client until Wednesday . Shortly after ten o ' clock the interview took place , iu the presence of the deputy-governor and two turnkeys . Manning seemed much pleased to see his attorney , and thanked him for the activity he had displayed in defending him . He made no allusion to the sentence , but gave some important information relative to somo shares which belonged to O'Connor , and which wore destroyed by Mrs . Manning on tho evening after the murder was committed . The shares were of considerable value , and their worth will no doubt be restored by tho railway company that issued them . Mrs . Manning burnt them in the back kitchen , with several old papers and somo
rags . Manning told Mr . Binns that he wished O'Connor ' s executors to know the fact , as the property might be restored to them . The same evening Mr . Binns communicated with them , giving a particular description of the shares , with Manning ' s statement respecting them . While conversing with Mr . Binns , Manning seemed in excellent spirits , and appeared quite resigned to the awful fate that awaits him . He still asserts that his wife perpetrated the crime , and that ho assisted in disposing of the body . In the afternoon , by tho advice of Mr . Binns , Manning wrote an affecting letter to his wife , appealing to her feelings , and calling upon her to confess everything connected with the dreadful Crime . Ho exhorted her to tell the truth , and rely upon forgiveness from her Maker . The letter was handed to her m the evening by the female turnkey , and for somo time she refused to read it . She , bowovevcr , perused it , and requested to be furnished with writing materials , % tbe purpose of answering her husband ' s letter , *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03111849/page/7/
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