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The Late Conflict At Dolly's Brae. Dubli...
Mr . Mr . Qnnra .-. —I beg to state that I entirely dissent ream , t & om tbe viec of the case which Lord Roden is ex « aressinressingin regard to greathardship . Lon Lord KoDEH continued . —Lithe year 1818 , when tebelbrebelkoa was rife in this country , the government itjrere Jtrere anxious to call out all the spirit of private indi-? ViduaMduals to prove that they would show a readiness to oputdi put down rebellion . The 12 th of July occurred aabout about the period when disaffection was at its height , sand e and every exertion was made by the gentry as well sb 3 otl as others to back the government , and thus show , in ttheh the best possible manner , the feelings which they « entei entertained in regard to rebellion . The Orangemen met net that year under circumstances exactly similar to Ithosi those under which they assembled at the last anni m . ¦ m w a ft Aa '_ £ ^ 4 a & 1 *** t I antt « Aln < 4 i « p ( t ** fr
ivers versary ; and so far from their being any hindrance —an —any damp thrown npon the proceedings , o r bl a me i cast cast upon those who took part in them , they were Itrsa treated in such a way as would lead one to suppose 1 tbaf that they were encouraged in the procession in which thej tbey were engaged . On the 17 th of March last thei there was a meeting of the opposite , or Ri ba nd par ty fiie ; they met together with arms in their hands , and wet were under circumstances calculated to show that the they were under no dread ; they marched over the « 6 U «& tmtry , crossed many districts , and actually fired sho shots ia the streets of his ( Lord Baden ' s ) village . Th The g o ver nm e nt was i n f ormed of all this , and y e t n o wo word had ever been spoken in order to lead people at lar large to believe that their proceedings were contrary
to to the law of the land , or told by thoss who took part in in them to know that such participation in them was an an illegal act When the 12 th came round this year , an and the p eo p le too k a s imilar co u r s e , however , a pr prosecution was sent down , through Mr . Ruthven . to to ask them as magistrates to deprive these men of of liberty . It was true that Mr . Berwick had pi promised that there should he nothing beyond a m nominal punishment . Mr . Berwick . —I beg your pardon , my Lord . -1 d did promise nothing of the kind . My only meaning 9 i was this , that if such a case came before me for ti trial , and that there appeared nothing more against t ! the parly than what has come out here in evidence t to-day , I would not consider them liable to more t than a nominal punishment .
Lord Roden went on to ask whether it must not ? 6 e regarded as a punishment for these men to be c coming into town from their distant homes for trial ? 1 Is it not punishment that they should be put to the < expense of hiring counsel to defend them , or finding j security for their appearance at the assizes ? Could I it be supposed that such things wete no punishment ? For his own part , as a plai n man an d not a law y er , and after hearing a great deal from both sides , he confessed that he felt it his duty as a magistrate to refuse the application . At the same time , he could not help lamenting that the government Had seen St to bring forward such a charge after her Majesty ^ visit to this country , which had put down in a great measure the angry feeling which had prevailed here .
He repeated , he could not but lament that the present proceedings had been instituted ; however , he did feel that , under a sense of these difficulties , it -was his duty to act for the best , and pursue what he conceived to be the most _ honest course—and that was to refuse to join in opinion with Mr . Berwick . The refusal in the present instance would not prevent the further consideration ofthe case : and , however others might do , he could not consent to what he believed would be an act of great injusticenamely , granting informations against these men . As the chairman ofthe court , he had deemed it hut his duty briefly to state the reasons which led to the decision he had just given . The Rev . Mr . Fosns , another of the bench , said
he felt it his duty , as a magistrate , when a doubt arose , t o g ive t h e accuse d t h e benefit of it . Seeing that there was what he conceived to be a very grave doubt In the present instance , he , for one , could not agree to take the informations . Mr . Qjsrss said he could onl y expr es s th e op inion ofa single member of that bench . He would not attempt to follow the noble chairman into the very various and varied mass of matter which he had put before the court . He gave it as his own opinion , that it was . to say the least of it , unbecoming to branch of into matters not in the slightest degree connected with the case before the court . The only question now before them was one ^ purely of lawnamelr . whether or not the procession was unlawful .
It had been stated in evidence that previous to tbe last 12 th of July there had been apprehensions entertained , and that precautions had to be taken to protect the county from riot and outrage . Had it not oeen thus treated , the consequences might have been more fearful than they were . It appeared that a collision actually did take place on the evening of the day in question , ' and that five persons lost their lives . Had these people had distinct intimation that the whole assemblage was illegal , as the learned counsel had just put it . the chances were in favour of the supposition that these people would still be living . There
was evidence that 300 or 400 of these persons were armed with gnnsand other weapons , which they were determined to use if opposed . He had ns > doubt that such were tbe feelings in tbe breast of every man who was present on the occasion . He would go further , however , and would say that the leaders ofthe procession—those who were present at it and lent it countenance—were equally guilty , and should be made equally amenable . His notion was , that the opinion of a jury should he taken npon the conduct of all of them . " He repeated that he did not feel at all called upon to notice the various topics introduced bv the chairman .
Prospects of the Country .- The ha r v e st of 1849 may be now considered as gathered in , and upon its return hangs the issue whether this countiy shall recover the comparatively favourable position she occupied previous to the occurrence of the first famine in the year 1846 , or whether she is again destined to drag through another season of despair and poverty , borne down with an overwhelming poorrate , and the last shadow of hope obliterated by a , fourth failure of the staple food ofthe people . It is impossible to overrate the consequences now at stake ; and from such informatioa as reaches us through the " usual public channels , " it is gratifying to be enabled to state that tbe balance of accounts is altogether in favour of the supposition that the first step towards amendment will be gained by the
realisation ofa harvest of more than average plenty . That there will be a partial shortness of the potato is now an established fact , but that the scarcity will not be felt until a much more advanced period of the ensuing year than has been the case of late seasons , is equally certain ; while the other green crops are abundant beyond all precedent . Add to this , that oats and barley rarely ever promised a finer yield , and that wheat , if not equal to the returns of former years , is at least superior to the crop of 1848 , and , under such circumstances , it is not , perhaps , too much to anticipate that the worst perils of a three years ' crisis wiU be ere long surmounted , and that the improvement , once fairly begun , confidence in the present and hope in the future will speedily become universal .
The Political " Exiles . "—Mr . John O'Donnell , of limerick , one of the gentlemen who was connected rather prominently in the late " troubles " in the south , has received fall permission from the authorities to revisit , and , if he be so inclined , reside in his native place without apprehension of any ulterior proceedings . After some consideration , a like amnesty has been exiended to Mr , Francis Morgan , ex-law agent of the corporation , who h as b een a resident of Paris previous to the suspension ofthe Habeas Corpus Act . _ „ . . Stuart de
Landlords and Tenants . — Lord Danes is greatlv praised in several of the southern journals for his exertions to give employment to the labouring classes . He has laid out i'lO . OOOon a fishing station at Helvick , in the county of Waterf o rd , where he has established a curing station on the Scotch plan . The noble lord ' s exertions have met with great success , and the people around are very grateful to him . The Duke of Devonshire was presented with con-<» ratnlatory addresses on his arrival at Lismore Castle , but refused to receive one from a " Protestant Operative Society of Youghal . " which contained various covert insinuations , and affected to lecture his grace about " mutilation of the Bible , and other matters . . . Orders
Daring Attack on a Police Barrack . — were issued on Tuesday for the despatch of a body « f the reserve force from the Phoenix Park for the sout h . The accounts which have been received at Dublin Castle were of a nature thatmade it desirable to strengthen some of thelocal bodies of police -. The £ veninq Packet says ; - " About ten oc l ock p . m ., on the ioth September inst . ^ nearly two hunairedpersons armed with guns and pikes attacked the Cappoquin police barrack . There were two of thepolice on town duty , and seven in the barrack . Constable Power fortunately received some report that the attack was in contemplation a few minutes before it commenced . The men made a most gallant resistance , firing out eighteen shots , by which James Donoughoe , one of the storming party was Mled , receiving three bullets through the heart . Theinsnrgents then fled , leaving forty-four pikes on the battle-field . Four prisoners were arrested isto be £ ouud
afterwards , but scarcely a youngmai ,, _ in the towV all having fled . Lor d Stew a rt D e Decies , Sirs Charles Shaw , Richard Kane , Richard Musgrave , and P . C . Howley , Esq ., *>• ** -. fcusfly engaged inquiring into the particulars or una daring outrage . The two policemen who were on town duty were badly wounded bythepikemen , one of them having received no fewer than seventeen wounds . Requisitions have been sent off by Mr . Howley for a military force , to be stationed at two points , so as lo intercept the retreat of the insurgents " The fflkwny Mrieratorcovtexas a statement confirmatory of the above ; but the same journal has am authorised contradiction of the story going the rKsof the papers that " General M'Donald jS hedI last weeTwith alaramilitory force to Bailinearv , hi apprehension of disturbances in that jKy . " The general has not been at Balkngary / or somemonths . , „ . Jcvkole Pari * RionNS .-The Banner of VUter taftefoUowmgcarisotta statement of the Bitter-
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ness of party spirit amongst the youth of the humbler class ia Belfast : — " The scenes enacted in the neighbourhood of Durham-street , and Barrackstreet , by the lower class ofthe Orange and Ribbon parties , are sometimes truly ridiculous ; oftener , h owever , bearing evidence ot a degraded and barbarous state of society . The sons , inheriting the vices of their fathers , whose pugilistic propensities have become somewhat notorious , pelt each other with stones , almost every other evening . John Coalan , one of these young belli gerents , a lad about eleven years of age , was brought before the magistrates yesterday and ordered to pay a fine of 10 s ., or in default to be imprisoned fourteen days , for throwing stones on Saturday evening , in Albertstreet . " P . . _* Si . lit . *'*• . *•
Mrs . Hkald . —The Cork Constitution says : — "Lola Monies is the daughter ofa Cork lady . Her mother was a member of a millinery establishment in this city , the partner s in which were the mother of the Countess of L a nd s felt , her sister , and two stepsisters . The mother was married in this city to Lieutenant Gil b ert , the father of Lola , who was an officer in the army , and shortly after Sailed from this port with his wife to join his regiment , the 21 st -Bengal Native Infantry . Lola ' s mot h er , who is in declining health , paid a visit to her sister iu this city at the close of last year . "
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Destruction Of Tre Packet-Ship Henry Cla...
DESTRUCTION OF TRE PACKET-SHIP HENRY CLAY BY FIRE . New-York , Sept . 5 . —I have just returned from a mel a ncho ly scene—the destruction ofthe New-York a n d Liver p ool liner , Henry Clay , 1 , 400 tons b urden , and her outward-bound cargo on board , by fire . The Henry Clay was moored at the foot of Maiden lane , in the East River , and about two o ' clock this morning flames burst forth from the between-decks and up the main hatchway . The alarm was instantly given ; hut such was the combustible nature of her cargo—chiefly turpentine , resin , flour , and cotton ( 250 bales)—that although the fire companies and their engines were on the pier alongside in the course of a few minutes , yet it was impossible to
save the noble ship . In about an hour the flames enveloped the rigging in their destructive folds , mount i ng mast h igh with a thousand tongues of roaring fury , throwing their red and lurid glare with a fearful reflection over the city , Brooklyn Hei g hts , Brooklyn , and a perfect forest of masts , while in Broadway it appeared as if the deep and roseate twilight of dawn illumined the eastern heavens . The confusion and sublimity of the scene were appalling , especially as the bale-fires flashed upon busy groups of men and boats hauling out the neighbouring ships , which were exposed to the utmost danger . Soon after four o ' cl o ck tho main and mizen masts fell , each with a tremendous crash , and amid cries and shouts of " Clear away ! For God ' s sake stand from under ! " One man only was injured , so far as yet known , by the falling spars ; but it is feared that his wounds are mortal . The
foremast did not go by the board until nearly seven o'clock ; and at that hour the ship had heeled over against the pier ; sheets of Are , and dense rolling volumes of black smoke bursting throug h her entire deck , and ma n y holes on her larboard side—the last sad scene in the conflagration ofthe Henry Clay . The Henry Clay was one of the finest vessels of the line of Grinncll , Minturn , and Co ., and was worth about one hundred thousand dollars . The cause of the fire is not known , neither can I learn w i t h certainty h ow the shi p and her cargo were insured . The packet Waterloo , and another very large vessel , had a narrow escape . Much credit is d ue to t h e N e w York firemen f or their p rom pt a nd well-directed exertions—for they alone saved a whole fleet from the destroying element .
Eleves O'Clock . — But a few tim be rs of the Henry Clay now remain . . The loss may as well be called total . The ship was insured by Messrs . Grinnell and Minturn by the year . The cargo , if owned by En g lish m e rchant s , is most probably insured . —Morning Chronicle .
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Tns Bbitassia Tubular Bridqe . —Active preparations are being made at the Menai Straits connected with the renewed attempts at raising the tube to its permanent level , a process looked forward to with considerable anxiety , in con s equence of the late misadventure . The new cylinder intended to replace the one that sprung was cast on Saturday last . It has to be a week in sand to get annealed , by which process it will become toughened . Every precaution has been taken , and the most improved method of casting has been adopted , so as to confer all additional security . Some modifications have been carried out by the engineers , Messrs . Easton and Amos , in the bottom of the press , to counteract the effect of contraction in such large masses of metal and which is believed to have been
the superinducing cause of the bursting ofthe first cylinder . When in perfect readiness , the new cylinder will be shipped on board a steamer direct to the Straits . It will be a machine of prodigious power , of cast iron , i n one p iece , of from sixteen to twenty tons wei g ht , and capable of sustaining a pressure of 9 , 00 ( Hbs . or 10 , 000 lbs . on the inch . Since the accident , last month , the whole range of s c affol d ing , a nd a ll th e immense m ach iner y , nave received such a superabundance of strength for the next trial that any recurrence of the recent casualty is looked upon as improbable . Precautions have also been taken by Mr . Stephenson to guard against any future damage , either co the tube or to those who will be engaged in raising it , seeing that , in addition to the loss of life that occurred on the last
occasion , Mr . E . Clark , the acting engineer , who was standing on one ofthe cross-heads ofthe press , had a narrow escape , being suddenly thrown on to the boiler in the engine-room . The tube is now raised about one quarter of what will be its actual u ltimat e elevation , and is resting twenty-five feet above high water . It has subsequently to be hauled up seventy-five feet higher ; and it is expected that in twelve days from the commencement of operations it will attain its proper level . The propositions that have recently been made of lifting the huge fabric by means of pontoons , tide raised , and bearing up the tube on suitable scaffolding , are by no means new or unthought of . They would work well in a model , but would be quite impracticable , for many reasons , on the scale required . —Mining
Journal . Mr . Hudson ' s Profits . —The following items have been culled out ofthe five reports already published on the York and Berwick , and York and North Midland Railways , of Mr . Hudson's profits . They are not pretended to comprise the whole . The amount , it will be seen , is the trifling sum of £ 593 , 6115 , of which £ 108 , 787 has already been repaid , ffsueh be the opportunities of gain , c a n we wonder at tbe desire and anxiety evinced to get into directions ? There is not here included the £ 90 , 000 received from the Bank of Eng land , nor the origi n a l Newcastle a nd the S car b orou g h sur plus shares given him , together ab out £ 7 0 , 000 ., — Money belonging to the railways in Mr . Hudson ' s p os se ssion , and returned by him : —
£ s . d . G r e a t N orth of Engl a nd purc h ase account 11 , 292 10 0 Returned on East and West Rilling shares 16 , 000 0 0 Money belonging to Landowners 26 , 000 0 0 Contractors 42 , 479 13 7 North British Money 62 , 26714 3 Iron rails 9 , 000 0 0
Money returned aud paid hy him 167 , 039 17 10 Interest on two bonds , Bank of England 1 , 747 4 5
Total repaid 163 , 787 2 3 To pav : — Sunderland Docks 41 , 000 0 0 Due on 2 , 0 75 E a st a nd W est Riding Shares , say 15 , 000 0 0 Profit on Berwick Shares ... 145 , 704 0 0 Ditto Extension 4 , 000 0 0 Brandling Junction 4 2 , 000 0 0 Iron Rails 55 , 000 0 0 East and West Riding Shares 60 , 000 0 0 D i ff e ren c e i n Iron 2 , 203 12 11 Hull and Selby Purchase Shares for which he has given his bill 42 , 000 0 0 Difference to return for his land atLondesborough ... ... 18 , 090 0 0
; £ 593 , 694 15 2 We may here observe that the arbitration on the sum Mr . Hudson ought to receive for the damage done by the two railways passing through his Londesborough estate has b e e n concluded , and £ 18 , 000 or £ 20 , 000 awarded as the full amount he was entitled to . He had received £ 38 , 000 , and will therefore have to return £ 1 8 , 000 or £ 2 0 , 000 overpaid to him . Legal proceedings , we hear , have already been commenced against him for the recovery of large sums he has made out of or by therailways . — Herapath's Railway Journal . The Cossumpiios of Brandy . —In the Board of Trade tables , t he re ia a stri k ing ev i d e nc e of the rapid increase in the consumption of brandy during the month ending the 5 th of August , and which we have no doubt will be even more perceptible in the
month en di ng the o th o f Septem b er , when the accounts are published . In the single month ending tbe 5 th of August , the quantity of brandy duty paid for consumption was 205 , 968 gallons , against 136 , 379 gallons in the same month last year , thus showing an increase of no less than 69 , 589 gaUons in the month ; so that the additional duty derived front brandy for the single month was no less than £ 52 , 191 . In the quantity imported the increase is even more striking . Br the same month it amounted to 552 , 178 gallons in tho present year , against 57 , 325 gallons in the corresponding month of last year . % ie quantity imported in the first seven months ofthe year amounts to no less than 2 , 407 , 117 gallons , against only 1 , 623 , 096 gallons in the same period in 1 S 4 S . The effects of the prevailing epidemic are here most strikingly seen by the increased consumption , of this 8 pmW » £ epnvi 2 B > f ,
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THE CHOLERA . Saturday . — Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . London and vicinity , cholera , 249 ; diarrhoea , 58 . Theprovinces , chol e r a , 730 ; diarrhoea , 176 . Scotland , cholera , 3 L—Total , ch olera , 1010 . Diarrhoea , 234 . Monday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . The metropolis , cho l era , 246 ; diarrhoea , 58 . The provinces , cholera , 730 ; diarrhoea , 170 . S c otland , cholera , 3 . Total , cholera , 1 , 007 . Diarrhoea , 234 . Inquests , Monday . — Death of Mr- W . Walker , Stockbroker , from Cholbra . —Before Mr . Baker , at th e H o rn s , Hackney-road , on view of the body of Mr . W . Walker , aged 60 , who died of Asiatic cholera , at No . 45 , Curtain-road . Deceased
was by profession a stockbroker , and was a frequenter of the Stock Exchange . He was of tbe most penur rious habit , and lived with his brother , who was also of an eccentric disposition . They would never allow visits from any one , and the room which they occupied had not been entered for months by any one except themselves .. It was in a most filthy state , and there were boxes in it piled one above another . Deceased was in the coune of the last forthnight twice attacked wiih Asiatic cholera . He was attended by Mr . Bowen , who stated that the room occupied by the deceased was in such a revolting condition as was quite sufficient to lead to an attack of the disease . Deceased was stated to be in poss es sion of property . Verdict—'' Death from Asiatic cholera . "
Southampton . —The number of deaths by cholera during the past week , according to the registrar ' s returns , is 9 , against . 8 the preceding week—showing a total of 234 fatal cases since the first appearance of the epidemic in this place . Barnard Castlk . — Th e c holer a is sli g htl y on the decrease here at this time ( September 16 th . ) This week there have been 68 cases , and 24 deaths ; also about 164 cases , o f d iar r hcea , and 141 of rice-water purging . . Bristol , Sept . 17 . —Nothing can be more cheering after the heavy visitation which this city has experienced , than to be able to report , not only a steady decrease ^ but ; to-day . " almostthe entire absence ofthe disease inthecity . From the Stapleton Workhouse , t he F ren c h pris o n , the accounts are , if possible , more cheering , the return for to-day being absolutely nil . The return is asiollows .--Stapletou Asylum , Sept . 17 th , new cases of diarrhoja 0 , approaching cholera 0 , choler a 0 , deaths , 0 .
Plymouth , Sept . 16 . — Although the accounts yesterday were of so favourable a nature that . everybody here was in hopes that the disease was abating , both in its virulence and the number ofthe attacks , the night of Friday and last night have dispelled this hope . Yesterday there were sixteen new cases of cholera , and ten deaths , and during last night there were as many as seven persons died in one street , called Higher lane , a wretched district , densely populated by the poorer classes , and situated in the heart of the old part of the town . In Stonehouse there have been several deaths within the last few days , and the disease , after a lull of some days , appears to have broken out with renewed strength . In the three towns , the num be r s of persons who had died since the outbreak of cholera in July last , exceeds 1 , 300 . Tuesday . — Return of d eaths from choler a and diarrhcea . The metropolis , cholera , 215 ; diarrhcta ,
56 . The Provinces , cholera , 503 ; diarrhoea , 102 . Scotland—cholera , 48 . Total deaths from cholera , 766 ; diarrhoea , 158 . On Tuesday morning considerable excitement prevailed in the London-road , Southw a r k , by the circulation of a report that a man and his wife , who had j ust taken possession of one of the houses in the road , had been found dead in their bed , and they were suspected of having been poisoned . In a very short period a large crowd congregated round the house , and it was at length deemed advisable to send to Tower-street Police-station , in ord e r that the a ff a ir mi g ht be properl y investigated . Upon the police going to the house they ascertained that the premises had been taken a few days since by a party who intended to open thorn in the greengrocery and fruit line , for which purpose the building was undergoing some alteration . On Monday the female was attacked with cholera in its worst forms . Dr .
Farebrother was called in , and he did all that was possible , but without a v ai l , a n d the poor cre a ture died after a few hours illness . The husband was shortl y aft e rwar d s simil a rl y attacked , and although every assistance was rendered , he also expired . A relative of the deceased parties was in the house , and so far from there being any attempt made to conceal the deaths , everything was perfectly satisfactory , and even the medical certificate of the deaths was given . Manchester . —Further alleged NEOLRcr of Cholera . —On Saturday an inquest was held at Manchester on the body of a poor wonun named Ellen Mallinson , who had been seized on the previous Sunday with cholera and had died on Thursday . She
lived in Hall-street , and . was neve- visited by any medical man . it all during her illness , and Mr . Kerr , surgeon , gave a description of the neighbourhood in which she had lived , which he described as very bad in a sanitary point of view . He was . of opinion , from the evidence of her friends , tiiat she might have been saved with proper medical care , and though the authorities of Manchester should have adopted the system of house-to-house visitation recommended by the Board of Health , without ; which many cases must escape the vigilance of their medical officers , and instances occur of poor persons perishing without aid . The jury returned a verdict of " Died from Asiatic cholera , " and recommended that a copy ot the depositions be forwarded to the Board of Health in London .
Manchester , Tuesday . —There were reported at the Town-hall to the p 'lice authorities seven deaths on Sunday , seven on Monday , and eleven on Tuesday . Much disatisfac'ion is expressed at the want of more vigorous efforts by the guardians . The mayor on Monday issued a handbill to every house in the town , stating what additional medical men had been appointed , and where the hospitals had been opened for various districts . Leeds , September 18 . —With decrease in the temperature , and cold frosty nights , the prevailing epidemic continues gradually to abate , both to the township and borough of Le ^ ds .
Walker , wear Weivcastls . — Ch o l e ra b roke out here and adjoining places about three weeks ago , and up to this date ( Sept . 15 ) there have been ninety-one c a ses , tuirty-four of which terminated fatally . The disease made its appearance first at Low Walker , where it raged with great virulence , especially at two places generally known by the names of Scotchrow and Battle-hill . Ia these two rows of houses , which may compete with most houses for filth and dirt , twenty-five fatal cases occurred . Wednesday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea : —London and . vicinity , cholera , 158 ; diarrhcea , 39 . The provinces , cholera , 408 ; diarrhoea , 116 . Scotland , cholera , 15 . —Total deaths fr o m c ho l era 671 ; diarrhoea , 155 .
, Liverpool . —On Monday morning , about one o ' clock , Mr . John Hilton , formerly an extensive builder in Birkenhead , and highly respected , was attacked , with cholera , and at ten the same evening died , in the prime of life . The deceased has left behind him many enduring monuments of his skil and talent in the country , not the least of which is the Stockport viaduct , pronounced by competent judges to be one ofthe finest specimens of brickwork in the world . Bristol . —The returns for the parish of Bedminster are more favourable to-day . Police-constable Bees , an estimable officer of the detective force , has fallen a victim to the epidemic , having taken it in
the discharge of hi * duty , under cirumstances of a painful nature . A woman who had died , having been buried under circumstances of a ciandvstuw nature , in one of the private burial-grounds , Bees was despatched with Superintendent Bosworth to cause the exhumation of the body , in compliance with a warrant from the coroner . The gi aveyard is s ; iid to have been disgustingly full of bodies , and the turning of the soil gave rise to intolerable stench . Poor Bres was soon after seized with illness , took to his bed , and died , and the inspector was so sick that he was obliged to have resource to some homely remedies . In St . Phillip and Jacob ( out ) the disease is described as being less virulent in its character , with a reduced number of seizures . / .
MERTKYR .-The returns for this distnst area shade , although bnt a shade , less favourable . 1 Here is a triflin ? increase in the number of seizures in tue town of Mertliyr . The numbers for Tuesday were —Merthyr , new case ? ,. 7 , death , 1 ; Dowlais , new cases , 2 , death , 1 ; Aberdare , death , 1 . Total , new cases , 9 , dea t hs , 3 .
* + W &* iW" ~^^^^— - ' ' - - - THE CHOLERA . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —It isa distressingaad perplexing fact , that the pathology of cholera continues a disputed point , and that the British medical journals term with different and opposing speculations on the occult nature and proper treatment of this disease . In the meantime , while the pestilence has advanced with fearful strides in town and country , and has hurried to destruction a vast multitude of our countrymen , it is high time to enquire whether the continental faculty of medicine has been more successful in the employment of specific remedies . To this important
in q uir y , the writer can return a correct and satisfactors reply , by stating that thousands of cholera patients have been cured at Berlin , Leip > zic , Dresden , and Vienn a , by the medicine used by Dr . Fleischman , a distinguished physician at tbe Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy , at Vienna , and author of several valuable medical works . An English ph ysic i an , an acquaintance of the learned doctor , has used the remedy in numerous cases with never failing success ; and has most benevolently introduced it into this country through the medium of respectable chemists , of whom it may be obtained under the original name ot Dr . Fleischman ' s anticholeradrops , The writer of thjjj communication is
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also acquainted with several highly respectable persons ( whom he has visited in their sickness ) who have derived great relief and deliverance in attacks ot c h o l era which , without the timely aid of this specific remedy , might have terminated fatally . I he insertion of these lines w ?> 2 much oblige yo , ir correspondent who has no end to serve but that of humanity . 1 have the- honour to subscribe myself Your most obedient servant , Clericus .
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The September Session Of The Above Court...
The September session of the above court commenced on Monday morning before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor , the Recorder , Aldermen Sir 0 Marshall and Kelly , the Sheriff s , Undersheriffs , die ., & e . ™ } £ n J * ynold 8 » Eliza » eth Storey , an d M a ry txieaniii , three persons of respectable appearance , nn ! i t i . *^ 1 ° tak 0 thcir trod ° r misdemeanor , TLt £° d , soh i g 6 < l . there n ot being evidence sufficient to convict them . qi i !' ;^ " ~ Stephe , Cummins , alias Charles Deer , ' ? Inter ' . was '" d'ctcd forbigamy .-The prisoner pleadedI guilty .-Louisa Webber , the female with wuoui
me ceremony of marriage was gone through ? Lrn , ? i ° l 0 coasion ' stated *« M > sW to ques-S 2 M iff aT * thafc - / h 0 was thirty-throe SJ & K bDcn a widow three y ^ vs and a half when she became acquainted with the prisoner , lie described himself to her a 3 a single man , with ^™ 1 ^ ° f » July - last- She soon aftcrwarus discovered that the prisoner was a married man , and that his wife was living . The prisoner , it an-K ' Ji ^ > riTO W P 0 PWty from the marriage .-The Prisoner said that he and his first wife parted by mutual c-onsent , and he had not seen her for fifteen months . Before they parted his wife wrote to him to ask him to give her her liberty . — The Recorder : What do you mean by giving bother ?—fendant
liberty De : Why , that wo might not live together . I gave her her liberty as she wished , and she gave mo mine , and she told me she was going to bo married , and I gave her leave to do so , and she said I might do the same , I then married this woman , as I considered myself a single man . — The Recorder here handed to . the second wife the following document which was taken from the prisoner , and asked her if sho had ever seen it before ? —She replied that when she discovered the prisoner was a married man aud taxed him with it , he produced tho paper in question , as he said to satisfy her that their marriage was legal , and he at the same time told her that it was signed by his first wife . —The paper was as follows : — " This paper certifies that Stephen Deer sold his lawful wife for five shillings for the term of his natural life , and all parties agrees to the following words—to pay five
shillings , and one shilling- to drink health . " Sever a l signatures were appended to this precious document , and among t he m one purporting to be that of the prisoner ' s first wife . —The Recorder , in passing sentence , said it was a great aggravation of tho offence that had been committed by the prisoner , that he had induced his wife to be a party to such a profligate and disgraceful proceeding as the alleged sale , and to induce her to believe that the solemn contract which they had originally entered into could be broken by any such act . underauy circumstances it w a s a great pu b lic off e nce for a man to go throug h the ceremony of marriage with another woman while his wife was living , and in this case , as he before stated , the act had been aggravated by the profligate conduct of the prisoner with reference to the alleged sale of his wife . He then ordered the prisoner to bo kept to hard labour for one year .
Young Thieves and thrib Teachers . — Dav i d Rogers , 13 , a diminutive lad , and John Brown , 23 , pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a pocket handkerchief from tho . person of Patrick Edward Donn e ll y . In answer to inquiries made by the Recorder , the officer who apprehended the prisoners s t a t ed t ha t Brown w a s a notorious thief , and it w a s hi s h a bit to tr a in up young boys like tho other prisoner to assist him in committing robberies . In the present instance Rogers was put forward by him to
commit the robbery while he stood behind him , and covered him from observation . Rogers , it app e ared , had been before imprisoned for three weeks for a robbery . —The Recorder , in passing sentence , said he should make a great distinction in the punishment , because there was no doubt that the young la d h a d been l e d to commit the off e nc e by his older associate , who evidently was in the habit of training young boys to habits of theft . He then sentenced Rogers to be kept to hard labour for six months , and Brown was ordered to be transported for ten
years . Conviction for Perjury . — . John Daily , an aged man , surrendered to take his trial for wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Wilde were for the prosecution , and Mr . W . Cooper was counsel for the defendant . The prosecutor of this indictment was a person named Bennett , who carries on the business of a soua water manufacturer at Brixton . It appeared that the defendant went into his service in March last , a nd he w as eng a ged a s " bottler , " and continued in that employment until the 30 th of June , when in consequence of some misconduct the prosecutor discharged him , and at the same time paid him the whole of his wages . A very few days afterwards the defendant caused a
writ to bo . issued against the prosecutor for £ 27 3 s . 4 d :, alleging that this amount was due to him for arrears of wages and for lent money ; and on the 10 th of Jul y , the defendant went before Mr . Justice Patteson , at chambers , and deliberately made an affidavit that he had been informed by a person named John Redding , who was in the service of the prosecutor , that he was about to leave tho country , and that he had disposed of his business , and had sent numbers of trunks , containing his wearing apparel and other property , to a person named Rawlins , who resided near the Bank of England , to be sent on board a vessel bound for Australia , and which was expected to sail on the 12 th of July , and also that the prosecutor intended to
take his departure in her . The effect of this affidavit was to justify the learned judge in issuing a warrant authorising the apprehension of the prosecutor and his detention in custody until he shoul d find b a il , and accordingly he was taken by an officer , and was compelled to remain in custody until he found bail to the amount of the debt and costs . The present prosecution was founded upon this affidavit , and tho evidence clearly established that there was not a particle of truth in the statements that were made by the defendant . The prosecutor swore positively that he never had any int en tion to go to Australi a ,- that he did not owe the def e ndant a fa rthing ; a nd a lso th a t no p e r s o n named John Redding had ever been in his service ;
and all the other allegations made in the defendant ' s affidavit were negatived in an equally distinct manner . —Mr . Cooper addressed the jury for the defendant , an d tho Recor de r h a ving summe d u p th e case , tbe jury , after a short deliberation , found the defendant " Guilty , " but recommended him to mercy on account of his age . —Tho learned Judge , in sentencing the defendant , commented upon the very serious nature of the offence of which he had been convicted , and observed that but for the recommendation of the jury , and the fact upon which it was founded , he should certainly have felt it his duty to pass a sentence of transportation upon him . He then ordered the defendant to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for fifteen months .
Felonious Assault . —Isidore Yarblenski , 17 , a Polish Jew , was indicted for a felonious assault upon Leah Isaacs , a girl under twelve years of age . —Mr . Laurie conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Corporation of London ; Mr ; Repton was for the defendant . —Tho charge was clearly established . — The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty ; " and the Recorder sentenced the defendant to nine months ' imprisonment and hard labour . —Tbo defendant wished to know , through the interpreter who had been engaged in the cause , what he was to do with regard to his victuals while he was id gaol-The corder asked what bo meant ?—Tho
Re interpreter said that being a Jew ho wished to know whether he could comply with his religious restrictions with regard to his food while he was in prison . —Tho Recorder said he had no power to make any order upon the subject . The defendant oug ht to have thought of this before ho attempted to debauch a child under twelve years of age . If his religion had kept him from committing such an act , he would not have been placed in his present position , but as i t ha d not , he must confine himself to the regulations ofthe prison in which he would be confined .
Embezzlemext . — William Isa a c F i t ch , 37 , pleaded gui l t y to two i n di ctments ch a r ging him with . embezzling money to a considerable amount , the property of Messrs . Morgan , M a rtyr , and Co ., his employers . To a third indictment of a similar description tho prisoner pleaded not guilty . —Mr . Parncll , who . was for the . prosecution , said that the prosecutors of this indictment carried on a business of wholesale stationers in Parringdon-strcct , and the pri soner ha d b ee n in their emp loyment for nearly twenty years , and up to the time of this transaction they had a high opinion of his integrity . There was no doubt , however , that the prisoner had availed hims e lf of hi s position to ap pro pr iate large sums of money to his own use ; and with regard to
the indictment to which ho pleaded not guilty , he believed the . fact ivas , that the sums which that indictment alleged him to have misappropriated had in point of fact , been repaid by the produce of other acts of embezzlement . The prosecutors , however , had no vindictive feeling against the prisoner , and they had no desire to proceed upon this indictment , but would merely reply upon tho two charges to which the prisoner had pleaded guilty . —The Recorder inquu-ed what salary the prisoner received ? —Mr . Parnell said his salary was £ 160 a-year . He at the sanie time informed the court that the prisoner had a wife and four children . —The Recorder asked what was the amount ofthe prisoner ' s defalcations ?—A gentleman connected with the prosecutors ' firm said , that the prisoner was ascertained fa i » r « ieceiyed nearly £ CQ 0 , for which he . had no
The September Session Of The Above Court...
accounted . —Mr . O'Brien , wh o wa s instru c ted for the prisoner , said he was requested to ask the court t ° « at . a lctter written by the s enior partner in the firm , but who was now retired from business , and which would give the court information with regard to the former character and conduct of the prisoner , in confirmation of what had been already stated . upon that point . He was also instructed to inform the court that the prisoner had been placed in the present position by having imprudcntlv mixed himself up with railway speculations . —The Recorder said it was no excuse for a man to commit a robbery in order that it might enable Win to indulge in speculations of any description . —The prisoner was then sentenced to be transported for seven years .
Utterlyg Forced Orders for Goods . — Frederick Brittle , aged 19 , described as a painter , was indicted for uttering and forg ing or d er s f o r the r ec e ipt of goods ; and James Iloarc , 39 , carpenter , and Edward Downer , 53 , a dealer , were indicted for receiving the goods 80 Obtained , well knowing them to have boon Obtained by fraudulent pretences . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Parnell appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Parry defended tho two elder prisoners . —The prisoner Brittle , a somewhat simple half-starved looking lad , dressed in the prison clothes , pleaded guilty to four indictments , charging him , b y me a ns o f the forged o r der s , with obtaining a quantity of turpentine , white lead , Vermillion , oil , and other goods , the property of Messrs .
Blundell , Spenco , and Co . —The evidence adduced in support ofthe indictment ' proving the following facts : —The prosecutors , who are large oil and colour merchants , carrying on business at Anchorwharf , Thames-street , had , amon gs t the i r ot he r numerous cus . " n » rs , a person named Brushfield , and on the 3 rd oT i : it month one ofthe partners in the firm found in their letter-box an order purporting to come from that customer for a cask of white lead , which he gave orders to be supplied ; and on Jhe following day tho lad Brittle came with a truck , asked for the goods , and , no suspicion being entertained , the order was supplied to him , and he took the cask away on tho truck . On the 6 th tho boy came again and , by means of another forged order .
obtaining a carboy of turpentine , a barrel of boiled oil , and seven pounds weight of vermillion ; and on the 9 th came again for a cask of white load . The orders previously to this being found to have been forged , an office r o f the City police was fetched , . md the lad having had the lead given to him , he took it away , followe d by tho offic e r , who traced him to No . 44 , Compton-sfcreet , Clerkenwell , where he saw him unload it , being assisted by Hoare , whoso name as a metal and marine-store dealer was over the door . Another officer having been set to watch the house , the boy , who left directly he had un l o a de d the lea d , was followed as far as St . Luke ' s Church , where the officer stopped him , and having had some communication , at once took him into
custody . The officers then returned to the shop , when Downer came into tho shop from a cellar , and , in answer to the officers , said he was tho master of the shop . They then told him who they were , and he then retracted what he had said , and said he was not the master of the shop , and Hoaro coming into the shop , said that he had lent a man named Johnson or Thompson some money on the lead that had just been brought in , as well as the rest of the goods obtained , which were found in another part of the shop . Upon their being taken into custody H oa re ' s wife gave some information that led to the apprehension of a man named Thompson , who , it turned out , had b een the person who had sent the boy with the forged orders , and
who had sold tho articles to Hoare , who , it was clearly proved , was aware how the goods were obtained . —For the defence of Downer it was contended that beyond stating that he was master of the shop he was not shown to have taken part in the purchases , and being . father of Hoare ' s wife , might have thought he had a right to answer the police as he did in the first instance . —The Common Sergeant , in summing up , s a id he thought the c a se against Downer very slight . —The jury having consulted some time without being able to come to a decision , retired , and afresh jury were empannelled . —W . Thompson , aged 55 , a painter , was then indicted with the other three prisoners , Brittle , Hoare , and Downer , for consnirinsr to defraud divers
persons . —The prisoner pleaded " Guilty . " Receiving Stoies Goods . — Horn o a nd Downer were then indicted for receiving a quantity of tools , principally carpenters ' , knowing them to hav e b ee n stolen . —Mr . Ryland prosecuted , and Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Parry defended . - In this case it appeared that when the police searched tho house of Hoare , they found hidden in the garret a large quantity of excellent carpenters' tools , and upon asking the prisoners about them , they said that they had bought them at a sale many years ago , Downer stating that he had made tho purchase himself , buying them for his son . Tho police believing them to ne stolen , made inquiries , and found that on tho 10 th of June a carpenter's shop , at some new buildings in
Westbourne-terrace , was burglariously entered , and all the workmens' tools stolen , and that those found proved beyond doubt to be the samo . —Whilst the jury wore consulting in this case , the jur y who h ad retired returned into court , and found Hoaro " Guilty , " but acquitted Downer . —The second jury having consulted a short time , returned a verdict of " Guilty" against both the prisoners . —Tho Common-Sergeant , in passing sentence , said it was evident their house was a regular nest for stolon goods . They did not lire there , nor had they called any one to show who they were ; and it was evident , from the manner in which they were defended , that there was no lack of money ; and it was pretty certain they belonged to a gang . He should , therefore , sentence Hoaro to twelve , and Downer to ten years transportation . — Thompson , w h en c al le d on for
judgment , put in a long written statement , alleging that poverty and disease had driven him to act as lie had , and asking ; mercy for the boy , whom he said ho had seduced into the matter , having first met him in the workhouse . —It then transpired that he had been twice before convicted for swindling , and had been imprisoned for two years and for six months . —The Common-Sergeant sentenced him to two years' imprisonment , without hard labour . — Upon the lad Brittle being brought up for ju d gment an o ffi ce r s ai d t ha t he was T h om p son ' s own son , and that ho brought up another son who was used by the gang . —The Common-Sergoantsaid if tho law allowed him he would have transported Thompson , but the indictment he pleaded guilty to nid not give him tho power . The lad was to be pitied , and the sentence would be three months' imprisonment .
Misdemeanour , —Philip Freeman surrendered and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with misdemeanour . —Mr . Clarkson , who , with Mr . Bodkin , was instructed for the prosecution , said , that this indictment was prefered by the Commissioners of Lunacy against tho defendant , for having unlawfully maintained a house for the reception of lun a t i c person s without h av ing a li c e nce fo r th a t purpose . The circumstances were shortly these : — In consequence of information received by the commissioners , they proceeded to the house of the defendant at Sutton , near Hounslow , where they found two persons of unsound mind , and , having
ascertained that the defendant had no licence , and that the persons in question had been admitted without the certificate of any medical man , they had felt it their duty to institute the present prosecution . The commissioners had no desire to aggravate the offence of the defendant , but they a t the same time felt that it was one which must bo put down by the arm of tho law , and they con . sidered it essential that it should be publicly known that in every case where the act of Parliament was violated the parties would be brought before a criminal court . —The defendant was ordered to enter into his recognisance to appear and receive the judgment of the court .
Burolarv . —John Frost , 24 , was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering tbe dwelling-house I of David William Wire , and stealing a timepiece , a quantity of plate and other articles , his property . Mr . Bodkin proscuted . The prosecutor in this case is the well known solicitor , and the robbery in question w a s committ e d at h is country house , at Lewisham . It appeared that on the nig ht of the 23 rd o f August , the premises were secured by the servants , Mr . Wire and his family being in town , and the n e xt morning it was d iscov e red th a t the house had been entered during tho night by some person , who had climbed up the waterspout , and thus obtained access to the upper part oi the premises , and that the property in question had been stolen . The prisoner was stopped by a police sergeant named "Wilton in tho morning after tho robbery carrying a
bundle , which was found to contain nearly the whole of the stolen articles . The jury found the prisoner guilty , and ho was sentenced to be transported for ten years . Incendiarism . — Thom as Sm i th , 33 , pleaded guilty / to an indictment charging him with feloniously setting fire to a wheatstack , t he property o f T h om a s B a rrow a nd Henry Phel ps Baxter . —Mr ; Bullock , in passing sentence , told the prisoner that a few years ago his life would have been forfeited for this offence ; and he asked him how he came to commit such an ofience ?—The prisoner replied , that he was driven to it by distress . —Mr . Bullock said , that d estroyin g the food of others could not do him a ny benefit . There might have been some excuse if he had stolen a loaf of bread . —The prisoner said he had tried to get work , but was unable to do so ; he would not rob , and he was not allowed to beg : —He was then sentenced to be transported for fifteen years ,
Abolition Or Oaths.— There Is A Clause W...
Abolition or Oaths . — There is a clause w the New Bankruptcy Act abolishing oaths so far as a bankrupt and his wife may be concerned . By tho 246 th section , it is provided "that all persons who are new , or shall hereafter bo declared bankrupts , under any fiat or petition for adjudication of bankruptcy , and the wives of such persons respectively , shall and may be examined before the court after making and signing the declaration contained in the schedule to thw ao |; annexed , without being sworn woatVi
The Bermondsey Murder. Re-Examination O7...
THE BERMONDSEY MURDER . RE-EXAMINATION o 7 " THE MANNINGS AT SOUTHWARK POLICE OFFICE . On Saturd a y last , Frederick George Manningand Maria , his wife , were again brough t up for reexamination , before Mr . Seeker , magistrate of this court , charged with the wilful murder of the late Patrick O'Connor . . The court was crowded to excess with spe c tators o f b oth sex es , and outside a large concourse of persons assembled , a nx i ous to see the prisoners as they arrived from Horscmongerlane gaol . The excitement at first produced by this extraordinary case continued as intense and as general as ever . Tho seats ne a r the b enc h w ere oc c upied , as on previous occasions , by several
persons of distinction . About half-yast two o ' clock the po l ice van containing the prisoners drove up into tho courtyard in the roar ofthe police-office , and in a few minubs attorwarda Manning and his wife were escorted into the dock by the police , where they at first were accommodated with chairs . The male prisoner appeared to be m ill-health and depressed in spirits but his wife looked cheerful and quite well , and conversed in an under tone with Mr . Kin » , the governor of the gaol , who sat in the dock just bobind her , Mr . Binus , the male prisoner ' s professional a d viser , also sat next his client , and between the two prisoners . Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Havward attended as before , on the part of tbe Crown , tor the prosecution . Mr . Keank , the governor of the gaol , who stood near Mrs . Manning , stated that she objected to
the case being proceeded with until her solicitor was present . He arrived in a few minutes , when Mr . Edwin , the chief clerk , proceeded to read over the depositions of the witnesses already examined , excepting those of Bassett and Hammond . As the depositions of Bassett ( now no more ) were not signed , some difficulty may arise as to their reception as evidence against the prisoners . Ris statements formed a most important link in the chain of evidence which proved the disposal of the railway shares by Manning , and traced the changing ofthe bank-notes , and ultimately their subsequent possession to tho female prisoner . It' was Stated that though Hammond , the fellow-clerk of Bassett , had partly recovered from his severe attack of diarrhoea , he was not likely to be well enough to attend that day . Some trifling corrections were made in parts o f the ev i dence , as t a ken down by Mr . Edwin , the chief clerk .
Mr . Lockwood , the surgeon , f or in s t a nce , said th a t h e di d not state positively that the s pots upon the coal-shovel were spots of blood . Thev might be rust , and probably were ; but he could hot say positively whether they were rust or blood . The hair he found attached to it was not longer than that of the deceased . ' The reading of the depositions was not over until three o ' clock , when the witnesses were called on to sign them ; in tbe course of which proceeding Mr . Hammond ( who , when called , did not appear , being , as was stated , ill from an attack of dian-boja . ) was announced as having arrived , when his evidence
was also read over to him and signed . The witnesses generall y were then bound over to appear at the October sessions , to bo held at the Central Criminal Court , commencing October 22 . The prisoners were then called on to stand up ; but , on the application of Mr . Binns , the male prisoner was allowed to remain sitting , on the ground of being extremely ill ; and he looked so . Mr . Stow , who had possession ofthe teeth ofthe deceased , here produced them ; upon which Wimjam Conlet was examined . —He said , I am a dentist . I have examined a set of artificial teeth in the possession of Mr . Slow . I made them for the deceased , Mr . Patrick O'Connor , in June , 1847 .
Mart Watts examined . —I reside at No . 4 , Russell-street , Bermondsoy . I recollect the male prisoner at the bar ( whom she identified ) , as having c o m e to my father ' s house an d b ou g ht s ixp e nny worth of lime on a Monday . I asked him what sort he would have—white or grey . He said he did not mind which ; he wanted that which would burn the quickest . I told him I did not know which would burn the quickest . I told him we had no white ; he said he would have the srey . He paid mo the sixp ence , and desired the lime to be sent , asked for a pen and ink , and wrote a direction on a bit of paper , which I gave to the boy Walsh , who took home the lime . —By Mr . Binss : The maid servant was at home at the time . I spoke to Mr . Manning in the yard . The servant was present ; her name is Ann Taylor . She is not here . She heard what Manning said on that occasion . I heard of this
transaction through tho boy Walsh . I spoke to Mr . Hayward yesterday about it , I did so then for the first time . I sought Mr . Hayward , not he me . I was taken there by my father , at the request of Inspector Yates . It was about a month after the murder was committed that I heard of it . The boy Walsh told Ann Taylor about tho murder at the same time . I had a conversation with my father about it , but he was told of it at the same time . I said what I knew about it when spoken to , just what I have said to-day . I have read about it ' and spoken to others of it . I have not read the accounts all through . I have read Walsh ' s evidence ; I spoke to him about it afterwards . Wo did not read it together . Parts of it I did not read . —What are the parts you did not read ? ( Laughter . ) I read all that was in the Patriot , but not all that appeared in other papers .
Harriet Fermer . — I carr y s t a y laces , Ac , about the streets for sale . I remember being in the neighbourhood of Minver-place on a Friday , and hearing that a dead body had been found . I saw some policemen about the house . Vo . 3 , on that day . On tho Saturday before that Friday I was in the neighbourhood , and saw a person cleaning the outside of tho house No . 3 , Minver-place . I saw that person ( identifying Mrs . Manning ) . I said , " If you please ma ' am , do you want a person to clean your steps ?" She s a i d , "Conic on Monday . " I said I could not . She asked me how much I would charge for cleaning part of the house inside . I said fivepence ; and she desired me to come in . She asked mo to wash some blinds . I said I could not do that , as I had cut my hand , but th a t I would clean u p th o b a ck kitchen . She said she had cleaned both back and
front kitchen herself the day before . She afterwards said I might do the back kitchen . I noticed there a basket , w hi c h w as white as if from lime , and sho asked mc to clean it out for her . But I could not do it on account of my hand . She then scrubbed the basket herself . ( The witness her identified tbe male prisoner as the other person she saw in the house No . 3 . ) When I camo up with tbo female prisoner , h e stamp ed his f oot , saying , " Give it to me , directly ; " and she said , " I will . " She gave bim something , but I do not know what it was . He came in and out twice while I was there . I live with my father and mother in Staple-street , Bermondsoy . Matilda Wei . drn . —I am servant to Mr .
Bainbndge . I remember Mr . Manning , coming to my master's house on the 13 th day of August . ( Identified the prisoner Manning . ) He sent me on that day to No . 3 , Minver-place , but I could not find it . He went out himself then , and brought back a bottle of brandy . Mrs . Bainbridge asked him if his wife was coming , and he said , " No , she ' s gone into the country . " I cannot say exactly whether his answer was , " She is gone into the country , " or " I have sent her into the country , " but it was one or the other .
By Mr . Binns . —I was in the room lying the tea things when Mrs . Bainbridge asked the question of Mr . Manning . Marf Anxb Schofibid . — I live opposite 3 , Minver-place , and remember seeing Mrs . Manning go away in a cab on the I 3 th of August , about halfpast three o ' clock . Saw Mr . Manning come at five , and knock at the door , then tap at tho window . He asked me if I had seen his wife . I said , " Yes , I-saw her go out in a cab . " He asked whether she had any luggage with her . I said " Yes ; a good deal . " He asked what time . I said about halfpast three . He then went over to No . 2 , and went in there .
Sophia Payne . —I live at No . 2 , Minver-place , and recollect Mr . Manning coming to my house on the Monday after the murder . He got over the wall into the garden of No . 3 , and I saw no more of him that day . On the Thursday before tbe mui-dor I saw Mr . Manning sitting on the garden wall smoking his p ipe and drinking beer . That was about a quarter before seven o ' clock . He was talking to me and an old gentleman who lodges in my h ouse a bout railway matters . He was there about twenty minutes . He jumped down rather abruptly , saying ho had an appointment , and must go and dress . He then went into his house , and I saw no more of him that day . . I went out about a quarter past seven , and did not return till eleven o ' clock that night . I
did not see Mr . Manning tho next day . Manning told me ho was a traveller , but beyond that I know nothingofhow they lived . . Mr . Younoiiusband . — I am a ganger in the Customs . I knew Mr . O'Connor for ten or eleven years . I saw him on Thursday , the 9 th ult ., on London-bridge , about a quarter to five o clock , going towards Bermondsey . Mr . J . Coleman , ofthe Excise . —I was acquainted with Mr . O'Connor . I saw him last alive in Westonstre e t , about eight or ten minutes after five . He was then about three minutes walk from Minverp l ace , in which direction he was going . I did not sneak to him . He was on the opposite side . I am
quite confident it was he . I lost sight of him before he reached Minver-place . He appeared in his usual health , as well as I could see . Mr . BoDKist here intimated that it was proposed to adjourn for eight days from this time ; but seeing the mortality which unhappil y surroun ded them , and by which they had already lest one witness , } t was desirable that the depositions of the other witnesses should be taken as early as possible . Ha should therefore propose that they adjourn the oafKg until Wednesday . The magistrate then directed that the prisor . e « Should be broug ht up a gain on Wednes d ay next , at three o ' clock , unless that day should be sot aswofif
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 22, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22091849/page/7/
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