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    a spirit of congeniality between the different parties or classes interested in the produce of the soil , in the fruits of labour , and in the distribution of the necessaries of life , as f o od , lodging , fire , and dothinj , the trealthyand middle classes may be benefited , and exactions may be enforced with greater rigour , whilst thousands of tfce joor people may have to endure wants at which the heart shudders , and woes which every sensitive mind contemplates with horror . ' 'It should be remembered , that for thousands who lave not land , lodging , food , or clothing , there reallv is no harvest ; that many who are now merely fed during the harvest , if not otherwise relieved , will return to the starving point after harvest , or during the dreary winter ; ami that from thousands of other rent , rate , aad cess if rigorously exacted , nearly all the benefits of heaven wUi be torn , and to

    whom nearly all God's gifts will be denied . Without undervaluing the interest of landlords , or depreciating the payment of all just demands , we would im p l o re of all who have any feeling for humanity , after suth a terrible ordeal , not to expect too much , and with the rights of property to consider the rights of labuur and the rights of the suffering starving poor . If the spirit of practical cooperation , true sympathy , and generoub philanthropy animate all , the interests of all willbedn ' y considered , and Ireland will , under leaven , be yet rescued from her truly prostrate condition . It is not , perhaps , the province of ibis committee itself to say anything on the value or importance of having some body existing which will insure attention in favour of the suffering poor , or point out with mildness , but with truth , what may be done by all classes to enable them to triumph over their unexampled difficulties . "

    Cholera . —Major Turner , M a ster of th e H o rse to his Excellent y the Lord-Lieutenant , died on Sunday night of Cholera . He was attacked immediately after having come from church . A Cha ? ei , burst down . —The large and newlyetected"WesleyanMeeting House , in Doncgall-street , at Belfast , was burnt down on Sunday nwhs after the congregation had retired . The Bude light , used for illuminating tha edifice from the centre , set fire to the ceilms , the pipe having become over-heated . The work of destruction was over in three or four hours . The building was insured for £ 4 , 000 .

    _ Flax Cclxube . —In the report of the commiss ' oners for tbe return of the population , they found that the portion of the lands in Ireland fit for the purposes of agriculture ,-exclusive of all other descriptions , amounted to 13 . 484 , 300 acres . Instead ofone ^ i ° hih , which it had been shown was perfectly consistent with good farming , let them suppose that only oen-sixteenth were appropriated to flax , they should have S 11 , 51 S acres ; six cwt ., or about onethird ef a ton , was considered a fair average produce by the acre : that would give no le s s than 252 . 455 tons ; and , at £ 4 . 5 per ton the value would be £ 11 , 360 . 475 . Tien with regard to the employment which the cultivation of the plant gave , and which was a roost important consideration , it had been already shown that , independently of spinning .

    an acre of fine flax gave employment for a year to 19 persons , in manufacturing it into pocket handkerchiefs ; and if spinners were added there would be an addition of forty-four women , making altogether sixty three persons . But some people might think that an exaggerated statement ; therefore , let it be supposed that one acre of flax would be equal to the employment and support of one family for the year , then the result would be , supposing only the onesixteemh of the lands of Ireland to bs ia flax , there would be 841 , 518 families so supported ; and , taking each family at the usual average of five , the number of individuals sustained would be 4 . 207 , 599—equal to about one-half of the whole population of Ireland — Extract front Sjyeech of Mr . Shannon Crauford , MP ., in the Fifth Jnnuai Report of the Society for Vie Pio » iollo » of the Qrouth of Flax in Ireland .

    Government Mohel Faems . —The Clare Journal stat ' s that Captain Kennedy and Mr . Lynch , pocrlaw inspectors , have received orders from the uovernment to arrange the preliminaries for establishing a model farm , in connexion with the national school-at Deer Park , parish of Kilmichael . SccitTv fob Promoting the Growth of Flax is Ireland . —At the last monthly meeting of the committee ia Belfast , oa the 29 th ult ., a report was made br tbe secretary of the distribution of the society ' s 3 ' . * rienltnrist 5 , for the superintendence of Sax-pulling , < fcc , in the following districts : —M « ya-¦ vor . County Antrim ; Bally bay , County Monaghan ; Celbridge , County Kildarc ; Abbeyleix , Queen ' s County ; Gorey . " County "Wexford ; Skibbereen , Dunmanway , Drimoleague , and Bantry , County Cork ; Kenmare . County Kerry ; Kiinuan-s County Limerick ; Ballinacauvty and Newport , County Tijvperarv ; Ballina aud Newport , County Mayo ;

    Dvomore West . County SKgo . Some of the late-sown ilax in Mayo and Cork was an indifferent cr- 'p . but , genera ll y , throughout all those districts , the reports arc favourable as to yield , while the quality of such as has been alreidy scutched appeared very good , and affords grounds for believing that tho general produce will be mnch superior to last year's . Some experiments ha i been made iu growing hemp , with satisfactory results ; that sown at Kilfinane , county Limerick , having attained a height of seven feet . Small portions of turnip seed , of the late valines , had been sent with the agriculturists to some of the remote southern districts , to be sown after tbe earliest pulled flax , w . th a view of showing farmers that a second crop may thus be raised in the same year , which , though , of course , not eqw-d to one sown in May aad June , would , at least , leave a surplus , after aft expenses of labour , seed , and manure . It was stated that another establishment for cam-in . '

    cut tbe American patent steaming process was in course of erection at Craigie , two miles from Belfast . This intelligence was considered by the committee as very satisfa-tory , since it would afford an opportunity to parries who might wish to inquire into this system of fully investigating it , as the establishments already at work are all at a cmsiderable distance from Belfast . It might be considered as a central or model concern . Mr . Marshall expressed a favourable opinion of tbe system , and stated that his firm had jast put up a concern of this kind near Hull . Some conversation ensued upon the system of M . de Chai : gry , of Brussels , as illustrated by samples lately shown by that gentleman at the rival exhibition in the Linen Hall . He states

    his method to he independent of steeping m water , and that the rotting of the flax can be thoroughly accomplished in a few hours , the means employed Taring partly chemical and partly mechanical . The committee thought it very desirable that Iiis process should he fully investigated , and to this end samples of Irish flax * , in straw and in fibre , had been furnished by him by the society , and by Messrs . James Boomer and Co ., and S . ' K . Mulholland and Binds , to be operated upon and returned . It was ordered , that an application be made to the Lord Lieutenant , forreturasof the quantity of hmd under flax cultivation in Ireland , this year ; and to the Poor-law Commissioners , for a report of the g eneral appearance of the flax crop in each of the unions in Ireland—to be furnished along with the reports of other crops now in course of preparation , by order of the commissioners .

    Sale of ax Irish Landed PcovEniT . —An state , consistisgof 1 , 534 acres of land , reclaimed from Lough Fovle , ricarXewtownlimavady , now in cultivation , held fr .. m the Irish Society for 100 years , from JS- ' w , at £ 150 per annum till 1 S 31 , £ 4 ' - ' 0 till 1 SS 7 , nndfor £ 500 till 19-37 , renewable for 100 years , at afine of one year ' s improved rent , at £ 750 , per annum mound-rent , and for a third term of 100 years on payment of the like fine , at the yearly rent of £ 1 , © U 0 , wasput up for sale by order of the Court of Chancery . This estate was the propertv of John Robertson , Esq ., deceased , and was sold for £ 55 , 500 . _

    The Potato Crop . —The iaai « r of VlsUr says : — " The quantity of potatoes brought to Belfast market , for the week ending the 1 st instant , amounted to 1 , 133 loads , weighing 443 tons , against 737 loads , we i g hing 239 ton ? , in the corresponding week of ISA ? , showing an excess in favour of 1 S 49 o f 416 loads , or 204 tons . Tbe cry of the potato failure has been revived . Without hazarding an opinion at the present time , we state , on authoritr the simple fact , that not one diseased potato is sho w n in our m a rket f o r t h i r t y in last year ' s crop ; and that the accounts in the papers , which have reached us since our List notice , are generally IHilv favourable as to the prosperity of the crops . ' Pjusied Ijsex Fabric — From this new and valuable derelopement of the linen industry of Ireland the province of Uslter is likely to receive a { rreat impetus , and the school of design , now openfn < r under the auspices of Lord Clarendon , a most

    • wholesome scope for the exercise of their artistic taste . Among the many happy results ansros out of her most gracious Majesty ' s visit to Ireland is the introduction of this fabric into anew sphere . Her Majestv , on that occasion , selected for her own wear a few dresses of this elegant material , printed lig ht pi n k groun d , with a sprig of flowers , very tStcful aud elegant ; also a white ff »« " ^™* blue flower , no less beautiful and chaste . * £ " & perhaps , in use so combines delicacy andbnUiancy ofSe as this article . It has . intrinsic i-econvmendations to secure it extensive patronage B » pleasing to think , because a law if * P ^ ™* value of those goods is created by labour , that an Sease of employment wiuthusaccrue to a . people S » bane has been want ofopportunities to exercise their industry and skill . The linen trade now diverging into this additional channe ., must Trecpseiriir outsrow its former limits , and evenim

    - ^ tuallv spread itself over the entire country , pm-; , ing to the south and west that prosperity by wlucn vfUlster is so distinguished . — Evening post , Mk J ) r . Wude , in bis new book , " The Boyne and the ijBfcwfcwater , " says that Guyon , the Hungarian " t general who has refused to submit , is a native ol gJtathkeale , county of limerick .

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    , . THE CHOLERA . « Saturday , September 1 , —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea reported to the General Board ' of Health . Metropolis . —Deaths from cholera , < 230 ; d iarrhoea , 80 . Esglato add 'Wales . — De a ths from choler a , 168 ; diarrhoea , 23 . Scoilaxd . — Deaths from cholera , 18 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 416 ; di a rrhoea , 58 . Death from Cholera . —An inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , t h e corone r , at the Black Boy public-house , Denmark-street , St . George-in-the East , respecting the death of Roger Bennett , alias Joseph Bentley , aged 75 years , who d i ed fr om an attack of Asiatic cholera . The deceased was a native of Germany , and had occupied one room for the

    ------------last fourteen years , at No . 8 , Denmark-street , and during the whole of that period he had never allowed any person to enter his apartment , or have it cleansed . He was a well-known mendicant , and was in the habit of begg ing at the doors o f som e o f the German churches in the east end of the town . Since his death , th e r e h a d been u p ward s o f tw o loads of dirt and rubbish cleared from his room . He was in the practice of sleeping upon a number of ol d tin kettl es , upon which was placed a mattress , filled with dirty straw . On Wednesday week , M * - Jenkins , one of the newly-appointed medical officers , of Whitechapel , was called to the deceased ,

    and found him suffering from Asiatic cholera , from the effects of which he died on the following morning . Amongst the tin kettles a canvass bag was discovered , containing £ 23 13 s . all in silver . It was handed to Mr . Jenkins , who has since refused to give it up to the parochial officers . —Craton , the beadle , said he could find no friends belonging to the deceased . —Mr . Jenkins said he had known the deceased twenty-fire y ea r s , that he was the principal creditor of the deceased , and he had instructed Mr . Smith , the vestry-clerk of Whitechapel , to t ak e out letters of administration to the property . The jury returned a verdict of " Death from Asiatic ' cholera . "

    Salisbury . —The improvement in the health of the city still continues . There have been but two fatal cases since the date of our last communication , and these have heen single isolated cases , in which the individuals were much longer than usual under the disease . Some other cases of diarrboja , or incipient cholera , are still under treatment , . and in a fair way of recovery . The latest accounts show a corresponding improvement in other places affected in this district . Sociiumfiox . —Cholera is rapidly on the decrease in Southampton . Only seven fatal cases occurred last week , against twenty-two the previous week .

    Bristol , Sept . 2 . —We regret to say that the returns for the ancient city , made both yesterday and to-day by the corporation of the poor , are very unfavourab l e , presenting an increase in the number of cases and of deaths , principally , however , f rom tho close and confined portions of the Temple and Redcliffe districts . Mbrtutr and Neighbourhood . —The cholera in this neighbourhood is slowly subsiding in Merthyr ; there continue to be several attacks , and also in Abevdare , but at Dowlais and Penydanan it has nearly disappeared .

    Monday . —Return of deaths from cholera aud diarrhoea . Loxdox axd Vicinity . —Deaths from cholera , 324 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 4 A . England and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 117 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 96 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 33 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 774 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 140 . The number of attacks reported are : —for the Metropolis , CS 2 ; and for the country , 035 ; but these numbers do not comprehend the eases that occur in the private practice of medical men .

    "Woolwich . —The town of Woolwich , which up to the last few days had escaped comparatively free from cholera , h as n ow been more sever e l y visited with that disease , and in many instances the attacks have been of short duration and of a fatal character . Plymouth . —At Plymouth tbe cbolera has given some evidences of abatement . The deaths for the week ending on the 2 nd inst ., arc fifty-four , against sixty-one for the previous week , and eighty-four for the week previous . The cholera visits with extraordinary severity the smaller towns and villages which are attacked . Cawsand and Kingsand , adjoining fishing towns , to the south of Mount Edgcumbe , containing together about 700 inhabitants , have lost sixty-one during the last ten davs .

    At Beeralston the disorder has been even more fearful , and the miners who work in that vicinity have , through fear , fled the place . Tuesday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . London and Vicinity . —Deaths from cholera , 262 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 20 . England and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 205 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 53 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 13 . Total . —Deaths from cJiolera , 540 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 79 . The number of attacks reported by the union officers are : —for the Metropolis , 479 ; and for tho country , Cll ; but their returns do not , in gen e ral , comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice . " Bristol . —Notwithstanding all the precautionary measures adopted , and the very zealous efforts of

    the medical officers employed by the corporation of the poor , the cholera is decidedly on the increase . The disease is spreading in Lcwins Meade , a populous place , principally inhabited by Irishmen and the lower orders . It ' bas likewise made its appeara nce at the Hot we l l s , there having heen two cases at Avon-crescent , and one at Caroline-place . Merthyr and NKiGiinocnnooD . —Our accounts from this district are not quite so favourable as they have been . At Merthyr the disease has increased , and likewise at Dowlais . The following is the efficial return for Monday , September 3 rd : —Merth yr , attacked , 10 , dead , 7 ; Dowlais , attacked , 1 , dead , 2 ; Aberdare , attacked , 4 , dead , 2 . Total number of cases from the commencement—attacked , 3 , 381 , dead , 1 , 412 .

    Wednesday . — Return of death from cholera and diarrhoea . —London axd Vicinity . —Deaths from cholera , 232 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 3 S . England and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 429 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 102 . Scotland . —Deaths from Cholera , 29 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 090 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 140 . Ox Wednesday Mr . IT . M . Wakley and a jury , held an inquest at the canteen of tho Albany-street barracks , Regent's-park , as to the death of William Scrnton , aged ¦& , a private in the 2 d Life Guards , being out of three of the samc rigiment who had died , r . s was supposed , from cholera on the previous day . The widow of the deceased stated that lie was taken ill on Tuesday morning , at his house , No . 2 , Edward-street , facing the wharfs and Regent ' s

    Canal-basin , and that he had great relaxation in his bowels and vomiting . Dr . Johnson attended , and ordered his removal to the regimental hospital , where he died at twelve o ' clock the same day . The deceased did not live in the barracks , but at No . 2 , Edward-street , with his wife and family ; and two deaths had previously taken place in the same house , while a third person had been removed to the Middlesex Hospital . —Mr . M'C ' ulloch , surgeon to the 2 d Life-Guards , described tbe case of Scrutton as one of Asiatic cholera , and in answer to questions put by the coroner , stated , that there had been several cases of cholera in tho regiment , but that they occurred among the soldiers living out of the barracks—only one case having taken place within

    it . lie observed that from fear of the consequences to the regiment he had been very anxious to have the deceased , as well as another person , who died at one o'clock , buried at three o'clock on the same day , The coroner deprecated such haste in burying , and referred to tbe case of a lady in Albany-street , who was reported to have died of of cholera , but who was found alive some hours after . —A juryman begged to call the attention of the coroner * to a most fri ghtful case , which had occurred a few days ago in Camden Town . A man in the employment of Mr . Brown , the milkman , was supposed to have died of cbolera , and was buried very speedily . His friends , who lived in the country , did not arrive in

    time for the funeral , and insisted on scem « the corpse . On being taken up , tho body was found turned en its sideln the cofSn , and tbeknuckles were cut in a shocking manner , supposed to have been caused by the poor fellow's struggles to get out . Tbe coroner said , after such a frigh tful statement great care should be taken before bodies were interred . Tbe jury returned a verdict , th a t the deceased had died of Asiatic cholera , and expressed a unanimous opinion that some steps should be immediately taken by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to improve the sewage of the district , and remove the nuisances from the Regent's Canal-basin .

    An inquest was held on Wednesday by Mr . H . M . Wakley , at the Crown , Clerkenwell-grcen , on Leuisa Mary Price , aged sixteen , suppos e d to h a ve died from cholera . As the disease was believed to have been caused by malaria from Spafields burial-ground , the inquest excited the greatest interest—Mrs . Price , the mother of the deceased , after giving evidence of the death of her daughter from cholera , stated that in the kitchen where her daughter worked in the service of Mr . Watt , jeweller , Exraouth-street , there was a bad smell , which greatly affected her . —Mr . Watt , the master of the deceased , stated that the Spafields graveyard was exceedingly obnoxious , especially lately , some of the old ground having been reopened and pits dug

    for the reception of the dead . Li the ground , which measured seventy-two feet by seventy-two , there had been lately buried , at several depths not far removed from the surface , at least 3 , 000 bodies . Each grave contained seven or eight bodies . How space was made for new comers be could not say , ualess by the destruction of the bodies and coffins . He was aware that coffins had been made away with . In consequence of the effiuvia from the graveyard he had been compelled to send his children to boardingschools , and remove the other members of his family . He went to the vestry-clerk to complain , but found him out of town . It was well known that tho same grave had been fifty times opened for bodies , aad by the systematic destruction of bodies

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    and coffins room was easily made for new comers . The witness did not know what became of the bodies , but it was stated some years ago that they and the coffins were burned . Mr . Bird , the proprietor , drove a good trade there . The fees , for burial were nine shillings , and tho undertaker got one shilling for every body he brought . —The Coroner thoug ht this was a premium for crime-Mr . Watt said the system was little short of legalised murder . He had spent £ 70 in endeavouring to put it down , a n d memor a lis e d the b oar d of Hea l th and Sir James Graham on the subject . Sir James Graham authorised him to proceed against the prop rietor , who pleaded guilty to 1 , 000 bodies having been annually buried there . The Court of Queen ' s Bench referred the ease to arbitration , and the result was an order for the closing of the old ground ;

    but the effluvium was now much worse than ever it had been . —Mr . Dove , whose house abuts upon the graveyard , corroborated the above evidence . Six of his children had been poisoned b y the e ffluvi u m from the graves . His wife and himself had been seized with diarrhoea from the same cause , and he was obliged to remove his family to save their lives . Fifty thousand bodies had been buried there , and the ground had been raised to the level of tho wall , six feet high . Other witnesses corroborated these statements ; and the Coroner , after observing that this was really a frightful state of things , expressed his readiness to forward a written statement of the

    facts to the proper authorities , in order to have the ground closed . —The jury found that the deceased Had died of Asiatic cholera , and accompanied their verdict with an expression of their opinion that tho Spafields burying-ground was most injurious to public health , and ought to be closed . An inquest was held on Wednesday by Mr . Payne , coroner , a t the Crown , Lambeth-road , on the body of Mr . J . Parkhurst , aged 71 , who died on Tuesday e ve ning , of cholera . The deceased had been taken ill after breakfast ; but , from a series of accidents , no medical man was got , and ho was found , shortly after seven o ' clock , dead in the water-closet . Verdict— " Death from cholera . "

    The Alleged Prescription of Sib James Clauk for Cholera . —On Tuesday an inquiry took place before the borough coroner , relative to tho death of an infant , nineteen months old , the son of William and Elizabeth Dowiek , who reside in Blundellstreet , Liverpool , and whose death , it was alleged , had been occasioned by having had administered to it a dose of the mixture said to have been prescribed by Sir James Clark for cholera . The evidence of the child ' s mot h e r , and of Mrs . Crowther , publican , Blundell-strect , was to t h e effect that after the medicine had been administerea , the deceased slept f or a l e ngth of time , and when he awoke he appeared to be in a fit . He died the same evening about nine o ' clock . The doso eiven was about a

    teaspoonful . —Mr . John Bold Hyams , surgeon Dukestre e t , deposed as follows : The deceased was broug ht to me between four and five o ' clock on Saturday evening last ; he was at the time in a state of stupor , and very difficult to be roused , and breathed with difficulty . The pupil of the eye was contracted , laboured pulse , and he appeared to b e suffering under all the symptoms of narcotic poison . I ordered him resuscitants , and everything that might conduce to arouse him from a state of stupor , and excite the vital energy . I saw him again some time afterwards , but he continued to sink , and died in my presence between eight and nine o ' clock . I am of opinion that death was caused by some narcotic poison . A teaspoonful of what is

    called " Sir James Clark ' s mixture" would be quite enough to have caused the death of the deceased . I have examined the printed prescription now produced ( the one attributed to Sir James Clark ) . A teaspoonfnl of the mixture would contain from twenty-six to thirty drops of laudanum . A tablespoonful of it would contain 120 drops , or fiv e gr a ins and a half of solid opium . I consider it a most dangerous prescription—indeed , I may say , poisonous . —The coroner instructed the jury that , under the circumstances , their verdict must bo ono of chance medley , which verdict the jury returned , acquitting the mother of the deceased and Mrs . Crowther of all culpability in having administered the mixture to the child . The coroner hoped that publicity

    would be given to what had transpired , and that it would be made known that the mixture was a dangerous and deadly poison ; aud he looked upon the man who had concocted the prescription , and used the name of a talented man to give it currency , as great , if not a greater felon than the murderer of Mrs . Henrichson and her family . It was a gross and diabolical forgery . —Livcrpeol Courier . Liverpool . —Up to Wednesday morning the new cases , and deaths remained about stationary ; but , during the last twenty-four hours / there have been no fewer than ISO additional cases reported . Oxford . —The cholera has somewhat abated in this city , aud for the last few days the returns made to the Board of Health have been of a more favourable character .

    Bristol . —lhe returns on Wednesday were of a somewhat better character , although the epidemic still prevails in the city to a painful extent . Merthyr—The returns for the district are somewhat heavier , although perhaps not so much so as to cause any increased alarm , the more especially as the numbers actually fluctuate to some extent .

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    MASSACRE OF INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA . ( From the Xcw York Tribune . ) . Columm . v Mills , California , April 22 . —Since I wrote there has been a tragedy enacted here which has made my blood run cold " . I mentioned , I believe , in my last , that a war party of Oregon men had been formed to hunt the Indians . They mustered about thirty , armed with rifles , p isto ' ls , and knives . The party left here on the 16 th , and on the 18 th returned with thirty-seven male prisoners and three squaws . After searching the country for some time , they discovered the track which led * them to the Rancheria of the tribe which was known to have committed the murders of the five O regon men over in the Roidalle Fork . Soon as they found the Rancheria they made an attack , and were met with a volley of arms from the Indians , but most of them

    being good marksraon their shots took effect , and the Indians soon fled , leaving twenty-seven dead and forty prisoners . One of the war party as he rode by me called my attention to the ialso hair hanging down each side of his horse's head , which was too readily perceived by its black , straight , and shining appearance to be the scalps of the Indians . Another drew his knife , and exhibiting the blade covered with blood , said , " This has done its work ; I shall lay it by . " The wretched prisoners were marched from one end of the village to the other , and made to sit or squat down in rows under the trees , where they were questioned through an interpreter ; two of tlienv were found guilty . Suspicions were entertained against five others , who , with the two already doomed , were retained , and the others set free .

    A meeting was called , and a messenger sent for Captain Sutter to come up and try them ; but he having been threatened with death from the whites as well as the Indians , gave that as his reason for not coming . When the messenger returned , tho council , consisting principally of the war party , met and concluded to try them that afternoon , and at six o'clock one of them that could converse with t h e Indians told them that they were to b e marched out to take their seats upon a log and have their trial . He also stated that there had been enough evidence given to convict two of thorn , and that the others would probably be cleared . The poor wretches then followed the chiefs out to a triangular space , bounded on one side by the hills , on another

    by the village , and on the other by tho rapid current of the swollen river . When within five paces of the pine tree , w hich that n ight had been laid low by one of the peaceful and industrious inhabitants to build him a shelter for the coming winter—they broke , they ran , some towards the hills and others towards the river ; the word was given to fire , and two immediately fell , one upon the log upon which he was to have been tried , the other six or seven paces beyond ; and the others who had fled to the hills were overtaken and stabbed with bowie knives . Of the two who plunged into the almost freezing water of the American Fork , ono was shot , but still swa m half w a y across the r iv er , when some white

    men were seen running d own t o t h e opposite b an k to head him off . He imm e d ia tely turne d an d sw a m back to the shore from which he first plunged , and when he had reached the brush which grew along the bank , one of the Oregon men drew one of Colt ' s revolvers and put a ball through his brain ; he never moved afterwards , and when I passed again , a few minutes he was still entangled in the bushes , but nothing but the back of his head could he seen . The other swam to the opposite shore , but was prevented from landing by two mounted men , who threw stones at him , until one o f the numerous stones from this side struck his head , and he sank to rise no more . When the chase was

    over , and the party returned to where the first shot was fired , the two Indians were still alive ; one was lying on his face , with his bed blanket spread over him . One of the captors perceiving that lie still breathed , drew a knife , and p lunge d i t i nto his s id e , while another beat his brains out with a large stone . The other miserable victim , who fell over the log , an d w h om I saw making an eff o rt to ri s e , as I passed immediately after he was shot , at this time was laid parallel with the trunk of the tree ; another ball had extinguished the little life that the first five

    had left , and his only garment , a spotted calico shirt , was burning , having been set on fire by tho pistol , so near was the muzzle when he was shot . Further to the left , on the side of the hill , I saw another party bending over his victim , busily engaged in removing the scalp . Captain Greenwood proposed buryi ng the Indians near . where they fell . " No , no , " was' the cry , " they burned the bodies of our men , and we will burn them . " But Greenwood ' s influence prevailed , and the bodies were covered with earth . All that I have related as having taken" place here I saw . Having heard that the trial was to take place . I

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    went over to tho room where the prisoners were confined to see them . They appeared dejected . The faces of most of them were covered with their blankets , as they sat in two rows , with their hands resting upon their knees . From the room I went with them to the p la c e which it was s a id w a s to have been their judgment seat , but which prov ed to be theiv place of execution . I have little doubt that the innocent suffered in this case as well as the guilty . But I will make no comments ; every one has a right to his opinion . The war party , early the next day , with few exceptions , left and took up their quarters on the other side of the river , int e n d ing to move over the Koclcy Mountains . At the time this tragedy was

    being performed , Mrs . Wimmer represents the Indians who have been encamped in the village as being in a dreadful state of alarm . She states that tnoy ran to her and begged her to save theni , as * nev ^ that they were all to meet with the same me . Inat evening they were all gathered around their fares , crying like so many children ; but beforo the sun shone upon this valley they had departed , and now not one of them is to be seen here , ne i ther has there been since this sad catastrophe . . . fcmce the above was written , a man has just come in , who gave information of a person , by the name ot Jack Doyle , having been murdered , a b out six miles from here , on Weaver ' s Creek . He was ono of a party of fifteen that was engaged in the dry diggings near the creek , who stro lled out f ro m the

    camp , without arms , after breakfast ; and when dinner tune came , he not making his appearance , some of his comrades went out in search of him , and found his bod y i n the creek , his skull stovo in , and his person much mutilated . There was a stonelying on t h e s h or e , not far off , cover ed with blood an d hai r , with winch the murder had been committed , and around which , from the appearance of the sand , there had been a severe scuffle . Captain Shannon , who keeps his store at this p la c e , took his horse and wont out to examine the body , and reports that it was done by the Indians whose tracks betrayed i-ft ' T u is Ili g ! lt ' a lar o P artyof aD ° foi , ty 01 ' fifty men have gone out in search of Indians , and it matters not whether they murdered Doyle or not , death will bo the doom of every ono who comes within reach of their rifles or their knives .

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    THE BERMONDSEY MURDER . T h e following a dd it i ona l particulars relative to tho arrest of Manning , which wo announced last week may pro b abl y be read with interest . Manning , it ap pears , retired to b e d e a rl y on the night of his capture , and at about half-past nine o ' clock the officers arrived . They alighted from their carriage about 200 yards on the St . Hcliers side of Mr . Borteau ' s cott ag e , and walked thither on foot . By a previously concerted arrangement Mr . Chevalier and Mr . George Heulin went round to the back of t he house , and explained to Mr . Berteau that they wore now come to arrest his lodger on a charge of murder , an announcement which appeared to give both the old man and his wife ver y considerable satisfaction . It was agreed that Mv . Chevalier

    should return to the front of the house , and knock at the door , which Mr . Bcvtcau promised to open , and that he should hand to Mr . Chevalier a lighted candlo , with which he undertook to proceed up stairs to Manning ' s room , th o d oor of which , if found locked , was to b e instant l y b urst o p e n , and tho party in bed overpowered . It was arranged that tho Messrs . Heulin should , remain outside the cottage and prevent tho escape of the assassin by the windows , of which there wore three to his room alone . Mr . Lockyer and Mr . Purkis followed Mr . Chevalier , and close behind them was Langlcy , who could alon e identif y the murderer , with another lighted candle . Contrary to expectation tho door of the murderer ' s room was found aiar , so that

    on reaching the landing the officers entered immediately . Mr . Chevalier pushed the door open hastily , and placing the candle ho hold in his hand on the table lie rushed towards the bed in which the man laid . At the same instant Langlcy , who had merely caught a side glance of his face , cried out , " Thats the man—seize him ! " Lockvor and Mr . Purkis instantly seized both the mu' derer ' s arms , Mr . Chevalier having thrown himself upon tho bed , and thus disabled him from making any resistance . The somewhat rough seizure to which he was subjected appeared to give Manning some annoyance , and ho cried out " Hallo ,-what are you about ? Do you mean to murder me ? " The moment he saw Langlcy , however , he recovered hia composure , and

    said , "Ah , Sergeant is that you ? I am glad you are come . I know what you arc come about . If y o u had not c ome I w as c omi n g to town t o exp lain all . I am innocent 1 " He tliori asked , " Is the wretch taken ? " alluding to his wife , as Lanuley supposed . The officer replied in the affirmative , upon which Manning remarked , " Thank God , I am glad of it ; that will save my life . Sho is the guilty party ; I am as innocent as a lamb . " Mr . Chevalie r di recte d him to d ress in the presence of the offic e rs , and when he had done so he proceeded to handcuff him . Manning as soon as ho saw tho irons , said , " I hope you arc not going to handcuff me . " Mr . Chevalier explained the necessity of doing so , upon which ho held out

    his hands , which were immediately pinioned by Lockyer . Manning confessed that a ' ll the property in the room belonged to him , and seven sovereigns having boon found in his carpet , bag he said they were all that was left of a sum of £ 12 which had been paid to him for his furniture byga man iu London , " and that , " he added , " was all tho money I had to start with . " Having been conducted out of Mr . Bertcau ' s house ho was placed in the carriage which had broug ht over t h e o f fi ce r s , and conveyed them back to St . Heliers , On his way , although no questions wero asked him , he volunteered several observations in reference to tho crime with which he stands charged . Among other remarks , in allusion to his wife he said " he hoped she would not destroy herself before ho got to London , for when there he could soon clear

    himself . Again he said , " I suppose she must have £ 1 , 500 upon her ; at least sho ought to have . She has often told me she would be revenged upon O'Connor . " Mr . Chevalier here asked what she meant by being revenged ? Upon which Manning rejoined , " Why , he induced us to take tho house in Minver-placo , and to furnish it , on the understanding that he would come and live with us , which he did not do ; and my wife got in a great raw , and said she would bo revenged . " I said , " Don't be angry , dear ; and advised her to forget and forgive . " O ^ Connorgot oh" his agreement by paying ' s few weeks' rent . A little before this time , my wife went to his house , and he showed her notes and railway coupons , aud promised that he would leave

    h e r th e gre at er pa rt o f his pro p erty under his w ill , " After a pause , he added , " She frequentl y w e nt to hi s house ; an d a b out a fortn i g ht before the murder she invited him to come and dine with us , but he did not come . She wrote to him another letter , asking him to dine with us on the fatal day . The dinner was laid up stairs when ho arrived . My wife asked him if he would not go down stairs and wash his hands , as was his custom , beforo dinner . He replied , " Yes , " and immediately wont down stairs , followed closely by my wife . As soon as they had reached the bottom of the staircase my wife put , one of her arms round O'Connor ' s neck , and irith the other hand she fired a pistol at £ ? ie back part of his head . O'Connor immediately fell dead .

    I fainted , and do not know what became of the body . " Mr . Chevalier asked the assassin if he had not seen a largo holo dug in his back kitchen ? Upon which lie said , " Oh ! yes . I had seen it , and I believed that it was intended for me . I believe my wife intended to murder mo . " One remarkable fact in connexion with his apprehension on Monday night should bo mentioned . It appears that during'jthat day he had asked Mrs . Woildon , the woman with ifhomhe boarded in Mr . Bertcau ' s house , whether that old gentleman had much money . Mrs . Woildon , it is supposed , did not satisfy him , and in the evening lie visited an old man named Tracliy , who lives in the next

    cottage , and whose back premises communicated with those of Mr . Berteau , and asked him the samc question , adding a remark-to tho effect that as the old couple had no children , probably they mig ht h a ve some money by them . Tracliy thought tho question strange , but took no notice of it . When the officers entered his room an open razor was lying upon the table , and tho door of his apartment , for tho first time since he had slept in the house , was ajar , and not looked as it had previously been . Couplin * these facts , is it too much to sugeest that probably the assassin contemplated a second cold-blooded murder on that very night , in tho hope of obtaining more funds to enable him to pursue his fight from justice . buclus the opinion very generally entertained at St . Heliors .

    EXAMINATION AND REMAND OF MASSING . On the arrival of Manning in tho custody of the detective officers on Friday night from Southampton , he was brought over to the station-house at the rear ot tho Southwark Police-court in a cab , and on alighting was conveyed before Inspector Yates , who asked Him what his name was . The prisoner in a firm voice said , " M y name is Frederick George Manning . -Inspector Yates : What arc you ? - lnsoner : I am a town traveller . —Inspector Yates : Where is your place of residence ' -Prisoner : No . 6 , aiinvcr-place . New Weston-strcet , Bermondseyv ihe prisoner was then charaed bv Inspector

    t > ?" . ™ Dein £ concerned in the murder of i atrick O Connor at tho above house , on Thursday , the Jtli of August . The charge was reduced to writing on the police-sheet , and when it was read over to the prisoner in tho presence of the officer ' s , fie said , " I am innocent of the murder . " The property found m his possession when apprehended at Jersey was next handed over to Inspector Yates . It consisted of a carpet bag , containing his wearing apparel , and a purse with seven sovereigns in it . Be was subsequentl y removed to one of the cells , and Sergeant Blandford was placed with him to watcliluimrn the event of his making any attempt upon his life . During the night he several times

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    allud e d to th e mur de r , and attributed its perpetration entirely to his wife . He slept very little , and seemed uneasy and desponding . A marked change has been perceived in his manner and demeanour since he loft Jersey . He mado some very anxious inquiries about his wife , and , on being told that she had been examined that day , said , "Oh , was she ?" He next asked where she was taken to after the examination , and was told th a t she was removed to Horsemonger-lano Gaol . " Then , " said he , "it ' s likel y I s ha l l seo h e r there and con f ront her , and it will be soon that she will exculpate me from all participation in the murder . " During the time of his incarceration in the cell no persons wore allowed to have any communication with him , as ho expressed a wish to that effect .

    At ten o ' clock on Saturday last Manning was brought from tho cell by the gaoler , a nd placed at the bar of the Southwark Police Court . He walked with a firm step , but appeared to be dejected in spirits . He was described in the charge-sheet to be thirty years of ago , but ho seems some years older—probably from tho dissipated life ho has' been of late leading , and the fatigue and excitement consequent upon his flight and capture , lie is a stout well-built man , of fair com p lexion , sandy hair and whiskers , the latter appearing to have been recently shaven closely . His head is remarkable for its extraordinary size , an d h i s ne c k , which is short , is of unusual thickness . ¦ Ho wore a blue frock coat buttoned up in front , and a red fjsilk handkerchief round his neck , and altogether Ms appearance is little calculated to produce a favourable impression . During the examination , which lasted but a very short time , the prisoner seemed extremely nervous " ,

    a nd he only onc e or twic o ra i se d his ey e s an d c a s t them round t ho court , as if to o bs e rv e wh e th e r there were any persons amongst the crowd whom he knew . Owing to his unexpected arrival , but f ew persons had collected ; but the moment the circumstance of his examination became known , a general rush was mado into the court by persons anxious to behold a man suspected of being concerned in such an atrocious murder . As soon as he had taken his position in the dock , he was asked whether he had any solicitor in attendance , or any person to watch tho case on hisbehalf . Mr . Binns stepped forward and said he was retained by the prisoner . He handed in the prisoner ' s written instructions to that effect . Inspector Yates then charged the prisoner with being concerned , with his wife , Maria Manning , in tho murder of Patrick O'Connor , g a nger in Her M a jesty ' s Customs , at No . 3 , Minvcr-place , New Wcston-street , Bermondsoy .

    Mr . William Massey then ascended the witness box , and on being sworn , said ; I am a medical stud en t , and lodged with the prisoner and his wife ( Maria Manning ) , at No . 3 , Minvor-placo , New Wcston-strcot , Bermondsoy , for nearly two months . 1 know the prisoner to be Frederick George Manning . I left my lodgings about the 3 rd or 4 th of August . I have frequently seen Patrick O'Connor there , and smoked with him and the prisoner . The prisoner , w h o w a s reman d ed till Thurs da y , was then removed from the bar by the gaoler , and conducted into the room adjoining the court , where he remained until the prison van was drawn into the yard . A few minutes afterwards , all the necessary arrangements having been made , ho was placed iii the vehicle and driven off to the county gaol . On

    his arrival at tho prison ho was received by Mr . Keane , the governor , when he , in a tremulous tone of voice , asked whether he might be permitted to see his wife in tho presence of Inspector Yates and the officers . The governor , however , told him that it would be contrary to the regulations of the gaol , and that ho would not be permitted to see her . The prisoner ejaculated that he was sorry for it , as his wi fe w ould exoner a te h i m from al l participation in the murder . He was then led into ono of the cells usnally occupied by persons charged with heinous crimes , and two turnkeys were appointed to watch him . On being left with them ho became verv

    downcast , and at times was noticed to betray considerable nervousness . At a later period of the day ho desired to be furnished with ink and paper , which being supplied him , he wrote and addressed a letter to his wife . As usual in such serious cases , the communication went through the hands of the governor , who , we are informed , intercepted its delivery . The purport of tho communication has not transpired . He frequently questioned tho officers of the prison who were with him , whether he might be allowed trifling indigencies during his confinement . At various times he asked permission to have some tobacco to smoke , b ut his wish w a s refused .

    With respect to Mrs . Manning , since her knowledge of Manning ' s apprehension , the composure and firmness she displayed while her husband continued at largo has quite forsaken her—a change which was instantly observable on her hearing the fact of Manning ' s arrest . During the greater part of Saturday she paced the ward of tho prison in whi ch hev cell i s situate , evidently in a state of great mental excitement . An inspector of the M division of police had an interview with Mrs Manning on Saturday , for the purpose of procuring a receipt from her for £ 20 , which Mr , Seeker , tiie magistrate at tho Southwark police-court , had allowed her to prepare her defence , out of the money found in her possession when apprehended by Mr . Moxay in Edinburgh . Shaking the inspector by the hand , apparently in the most

    hearty and fervent manner , she said , '' I thank you and the worthy magistrate for this assistance ; I am much obliged . " She then wrote on a slip of paper the desired receipt . The style of writing , however , is certainl y not in ke eping with her reported accomplishments . She was aware of her husband ' s arrival in tho gaol , and remarked that it was ver y annoying they were to be brought up torrethcr at tho next examination at the police-court . " She has frequently inquired of the persons whoso duty it is to watch her what tho newspapers say about the matter ; but her anxiety on this point has not been relieved . Hearing , however , that Manning , when arrested at Jersey , had accused her of committing the crime by shooting Mr . O'Connor at the bottom of the staircase , she exclaimed , " The villain ; it was he that did it , not me . "

    Late on Saturday night the police authorities obtained some information which is considered of great importance . It appears that on tho 2 Gth of July Manning called at the furnishing ironmongcrv warehouse of Messrs . King , 33 , King Williamstreet , London-bridge , and asked to be shown a small crowbar . The shopman , George Stoad , informed him that they did not keep such articles in stock ready made , but if he ( Manning ) pleased ono should be mado for him . Manning answered that would do as well , but he impressed upon the . shopman that he did not want one too large — about 71 b . or 81 b . would do . Manning then said that ho would leave his name and address , which he did , and desired the implement to be sent home when finished . According to his instructions the

    crowbar was made , and on the 28 th Messrs . Evans sent it to 3 , Minvcr-place , by one of the porters . A few minutes after the man had started with it Manning called at Messrs . Evans ' s shop to ascertain whether the crowbar was ready , and being informed that the porter had just gone with it to his house , he left in a hurried manner and overtook the porter in Tooleystrect . Stopping him in the street , he asked him if he was going to his house with a crowbar , pointing to the uncovered implement the man was carrying . Tho porter replied that lie was taking it to No . 3 , Minvcr-place , Now Wcston-stvcct . Manning replied , "That'sall rigl t , but I suppose paper is very scarce at your establishment . One don ' t want everybody to seo such things ; come with me . " Manning then went into tho first stationer ' s shop

    they met with , and , buying a sheet of brown paper , ho took the bar from tho porter ' s hand and wrapped it up it tho paper . Ho then wrote on it his name and address , and , walking with tho porter , showed him tho way to Minrci ' -placo . Airiiing at the corner of New Wcston-street , Manning desired the porter to go on and deliver it , Tho man proceeded to the house as directed , and , knocking at the door , was answered by a tall , well-dressed woman , who had a mark on the upper part of hev neck . On presenting the parcel she said , " Oh , you have come from Mr . Evans in King William-street . What ' s to pay ? The porter replied that there was 3 s Cd . to pay . The woman said that was Gd . more tU ; vn she expected , but , without hesitation , she handed to the porter the 3 s . Cd . and ho left . Singularly enough

    Messrs . Evans had retained the slip of paper on which tho address was tvritten when the order was gi ven for th e cro wba r , and it has been identified as being Manning ' s handwriting . The porter in the course of the evening was taken to llorsemongcrlane Gaol , and identified both tho prisoners , ft is presumed that Manning made away with tho crowbar , as it was not among the articles purchased by Bainbridgo , tho broker . In appearance it resembled a large ripping chisel , with rather a long flat point , tipped with steel , the metal rather more than an inch and a quarter in thickness . On Tuesday afternoon Inspector Yates waited on Mr . Seeker , at the Southwark Police-court , for his sanction to allow a tradesman iu the City to sec G . F . Manning , who is at present confined in Horscmongcr-lane Gaol , for re-examination , f rom that court . The inspector stated that on tho afternoon

    of th e 6 th o f August , a man answering the description of the . male prisoner called at the shop of Messrs . Eastman and Yeo , stationers , Xo . 100 , Cheapside , and requested to leave a small air-gun concealed in a cloth wrapper . Mr . Yeo was in the shop at the time , and observed that the man appeared in rather an excited state , but being particularl y engaged a t th o time , he made no observations to t h e strang e r , but rec e iv ed the gun , and deposited it behind his counter , and on the man promising to call for it the next morning , he left the shop . About twelve o ' clock at noon on the day of the murder , the same man called for the air gun , whioh was handed to him by Mr . Yeo , and he had not seen him since . Hearing of the murder , and the particular mode in which it was perpetrated , and seeing in tho newspapers the apprehension and examination " uf the suspected murderer , he had

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    every reason to believe that Manning was the person who had called at his shop under the circumstances above described . Mr . Yoo accordingly communicated with the police authorities , and it was at his request the present application was made , so that lie might have an opportunity of seeing Manning . ' a The order of admission was made out by tha chief clerk , and Mr . Yeo , accompanied by Inspector Yates , forthwith proceeded to the countv gaol , when ev e ry facility was afforded to them by tha governor . Tho male prisoners of the various wards were then mixed together , and Mr . Yeo was allowed to examine the features of each minutely . After a close inspection of all present , he was , however , unable to identify cither of them as tho man who

    had deposited the air gun on his premises . They then left tho prison and returned to tho policec ourt , wh e n th e y informed the magistrate of their unsuccessful inquiries . Later in tho day , Mv . Adams , of the firm of Adams and Helstead " , pawnbrokers , of Besmondsoystrcet , waited on the magistrate , and produced ss pair of pistols , which he said had been pledged afc his shop by a person answering the description o € Manning . Tho applicant stated that on jthe previ « oiis evening he was standing at his door , when ha was accosted by one of the officers of tho police , who asked him whether ho had taken any pistols ia pledge from any man during the last month . Ha ( applicant ) considered for some moments , ami rccol * letted that on the 14 th of August a man called and pledged a pair of pistols for 'Is . ; ho gave his namo F r ed e rick Jenning s , and said he resided at No . 24 , Morgan-square . He then examined the pistols , and

    f ound one o f them ha d b een recentl y fired , an d thai ; the other had not been used . His suspicions wera immediately excited , which caused him to como for * ward and produce them . Mr . Seeker then asked him if he had made any inquiries at the house where tho man had given his address ?—lie replied that ha had , and that tho houso was occupied by a Mr . Walshc , but that person denied all knowledge of any person of the name of Jennings . Applicant then described the person of tho man who pledged the weapons , and said that ho had no such party ever lodging in his house . —Mr , Seeker asked hinj by whom the pistols were manufactured ?—Mr . Adams said , they had engraved upon them the name of "Blanch , " Graccchuch-street . —Mr . Seeker said that he had better leave the discharged pistol with In sp ector Y a te s , who would make tho requisite in « quiries , and report thereon at a future period . —Tha pistol was then marked by Mr . Adams , aud handed over to the inspector .

    In the course of the day Mr . Binns , as solicitot on the behalf of Manning , made an application relative to the sum of money ( twenty pounds ) which had been handed over to Mr . Solomon , the legal adviser of Maria Manning , to be applied to the purposes of her defence in the forthcoming prosecution . He said that out of the above amount ha had received £ 5 16 s ., a sum totally inadequate to defray the expenses which will be necessarily required for his defence , and that tho object of tha present application was for the purpose of requesting that a fair proportion of the money advanced

    might bo given up . He applied ou the part of Manning , that at all events half the sum already given up should be devoted to the purposes of lust defence . There were seventy-three sovereigns , besides some French rentes of considerable value , found on Mrs . Manning , and which had no connexion with the property of the murdered man , and he contended that Manning , as the husband , waa justly entitled to the whofo of it . —Mr . Seeker said that at present he should mako no order on tha subject , but should take time to consider the matter . —Mr . Binns then withdrew .

    With tho view of making certain as to whether the weapon with which the murder of O'Connor was perpetrated had been concealed in or about Man ning ' s late residence , No . 3 , Minver-place , the commissioners of police , in the course of yesterday , # ave directions that the premises should undergo , if possible , a more minute search . About noon Mr . Jlaynes , the inspector of tho detective iorcc , w i th , Burton , the police constable , ( who , it will be recollected , discovered O'Connor ' s body in the hole ) , and several labourers , proceeded to the house , when , to their surprise , they found it had been let again , and a family occupying it . Mr . Hnyncs making known their mission , they were denied admittance . Mr . Coleman , the landlord , was appealed to , but tha

    officers met with no better success , Mr . Colemaa intimating to theni that the house had been twica nearly , demolished , and he had mado up his mind not to allow theni to make any other search which might injure the premises , unless the commissioners of police undertook to defray the expense of tha damage the officers might occasion . Not being authorised to "rant such security , they left ; and ia the course of tho afternoon , Mr . Hayncs . the inspector , waited upon Mr . Seeker , the m agistrate at tha Southwark police-court , with a view of obtaining a warrant to make the re-inspection of the house . After some consultation , however , tho worthy TOagistrate declined interfering till the couvmis-. sioners had again considered the subject . Tha

    water-closet at the rear of Manning ' s house in Minver-place , it appears , has not been examined , and an impression is entertained that the pistol and crow-bar have been thrown down it , Tlicpoliuo had felt round it with a boat-hook for the murdered man's clothes , but nothing further . The closet ; empties itself into the common sewer , some sixteen feet below , which must be opened to make that search complete . Not a spot is to be left unexamined in the vicinity of tho premises . One difficulty the police have experienced in their labour is in obtaining a clue to the whereabouts of the female who was employed by Mrs . Manning to clear up the back kitchen . After the body had been buried , and the flag stone re-laid , Mrs . Manningwaa known not to keep a servant during her stav in Mm .,

    ver-piace , and the appearance of a strange I ' -mala cleaning about the house on the Saturday aft » -o tha murder was committed , attracted the notice of tha neighbours . Their attention was more particularly attracted to the circumstance , as Mrs . Manning was seen sweeping the steps in front of the house , and the female was busy washing the passage . Tha woman at the close of her day ' s work , remarked tot a servant at the door of the next houso , that sho had a filthy job in clearing out the back kitchen . She added , that it was in a beastly state . Tho flag stones wero covered with lime and dirt , so inuoR so , that she expressed some surprise as to what they ( Mannings ) had been doing to make them in such as condition . The police arc in hopes that the publication of these circumstances may assist thcui in their search for this important witness .

    The police are actively engaged in making inquiries after the air-gun or pistol from which tha bullet found in the deceased ' s head was fired , and great hopes are entertained that a clue has been found which will fix the recent possession of an airgun on Manning . Mr , Turk , with whom Manning made acquaintance on the voyage to Jcrsej ' , has attended at Scotland Yard to give informatian to the police ro « lativc to the accused . It appears that whilst in Jersey Manning showed his companion some scrip of the East Indian railway lines , and offered to soli it . ~ Mr . Turk laughed , and said it was of no uso . Manning then said ho had some Eastern C"Mnties scrip also to sell , to which Mr . Turk replied , that that was not of much more use than the oilier , and that he ( Manning ) had better go and sell ii to old Hudson . Manning laughed at " this , but Mr . Turk remarked that his merriment appeared forced and assumed . In the course of conversation be told

    Mr . Turk that he ( Manning ) had lost £ 300 , but had made it right for . £ 200 out of it , and nobody would know he was in that island . On hearing t h is Mr . Turk exclaimed , " Why what a rogue you liuisfc ba » to cheat your creditors in that way . " Manning laughed , and said , " You can't blame me for making myself right . " Turning the subject , Manning said he should like to enter into business with Mr . Turk , for he thought lie was an honest fellow , and ho thought they could do well in the " spirit line . ' ' Mr . Turk laughed , at Manning when he said this , ' and inquired , " Who and what arc you % I know nothing about you , you know . " " Oh , " said Manning , " my name is Jennings . " Mr . Turk said , "But what is your Christain name ? " To this " Manning made no reply , evidently not being prepared with an answer , and evaded the question by saying he thought they might do some business together .

    REEXAMINATION OP MB . AND MRS . MANNING . Thursday . —This being the day appointed for tha re-examination of Mr . and Mrs . Manning , the vicinit y o f t h o cou r t w a s thronge d at an earl y hour b y » considerable number of person ? , and as twelve o ' clock , tho hour fixed for the prisoners to ha brought up , drew near , the interior of the court ! became densely crowded . Mr . Bodkin , Counsel , and Mr . Hayward , of tha Treasury , atteneded to watch the prosecution on the part of tho Crown . Mrs . Manning was defended by Mr . Solomons , and Mr . Manning by Mr . Binns . They both took thoir seats in the dock immediately behind tho place appropriated for the prisoners . — We understand that' Mr . Kccne , the governor of

    Horsemonger-lanc Gaol , in order , id is presumed , to prevent any unpleasant scene taking place in tha court , offered to allow Mrs . Manning to have an interview with her husband , but that she refused to take advantage of tho offer , observing , " I don'fc want to have any communication with him . "—At twelve o ' clock the male prisoner was brought in and placed at ono end of the dock , and immediately afterwards the female prisoner , who took a seat at the other extremity . They remained in this position for nearly a quarter of an hour , durinir which time the greatest uproar prevailed in the ' court , owing to a person having fainted , and to tho difficulty which arose in getting him out . After tha court was partly cleared of some of its occupants , and the doors were closed against any further intrusion , the noise abated , and the case was allowed to proceed .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08091849/page/7/