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      -,-.-.-:.,.- - THE CHOLERA J - .. .. . . Saturday . —Report of new cases : —London and viehrity — Whileclinpel . cases , 9 ; Ecthnal Gree : i . cases , 7 , deaths , li ; llotherhithe , cases , 7 , deaths , 2 ; Lambeth , cases , 30 , deaths , 1 ( 5 ; St . Leonard ' s , Shoreditch , cases , 15 , deaths , 7 ; St . Saviour ' s , Southwark , cases , 12 , deaths , C ; other localities , cases , 153 , deaths , 73 . Total , cases 239 , deaths , IIS . England and "Wales—Liverpool , cases , 70 , deaths , -14 ; Merthyr Tydvil , cases , 13 , deaths , 6 ' ; Dowlais , cases , 26 , deaths , 11 ; Plymouth , cases , 22 , deaths , 13 ; Leeds , cases , 21 , deaths , 3 ; Xewcastleunder-Lyne , cases , 17 , deaths , G ; other towns , cases , 285 , deaths , 121 . Total—attacks , 410 , deaths , 204 . Scotland—Dundee , cases , 21 , deaths . 13 ; Cupar-Angus ( since 13 th August , ) cases , 16 , deaths , 5 ; Hawick , cases , 1 . Total , cases , 3 S , deaths , IS . — General total , cases . 723 . deaths . 34 ft . _ , " ' " ~ " - - ¦ — - TilL-CUOLEllA . ~ ~ .

      Chatham . —The cholera has made its appearance in Chatham and its vicinity . The marines are eonfined to barracks , and a searching investigation has ieen made by the military authorities at the residences of such of them as arc permitted to occupy private lodgings , with a view of compelling such as reside in unhealthy loealitiestoremove into barracks . Bath . — Cholera has at last reached Bath , ami created great consternation . The first victims to its ravages have been Sour children of a man named Kenuard , residing in Russell-place , Lower Bristolroad . An inquest was held upon the bodies , and a ¦ verdict returned accordingly . Bristol , Acg . 18 . —This fatal epidemic continues It ravages iu' -he ancient city , principally in Redcliffstreet and on she Temple ' Backs , wh / rc we rcsret to state its progress does not appear to have received anv check .

      Devojtport , Aug . 18 . —The severity of the . visitation this wcs ' -i has been very great , but we are happy to say on the evidence of the medical men , stated at length at the Board of Health on Thursday , that there has been " a lull" in the disease itself , and the number of new cases is smallei than it was in ' the early part of the week . Plymouth . —Cholera still continues lo rare with unabated vigour and fata'ity in this and the adjoining towns . The number of deaths within ti : e last three days has been very great ; in Plymouth ths daily average by cholera being thirteen , and Devonpnrt twenty . " Many of the artificers and workmen of the dockyard have died of the disease . The fatality is greatest near the shores of jhe harbour . Leeds . —As yet there is no abatement in the spread of this dreadful scourge in this town .

      Hell . —This fatal malady is again on the increase here . Dnnatj the past week there have been fourteen deaths , all of them within an average of twelve hours from the parties being first seized . . Newcastle . —Cholera has again made its appearance in this town , and of four cases of which we have heard two have been fatal . Three of them occurred In the Back-lane between Blenheim and ft-farlborongh-street , two being in one house , and the other adjoining- Both , ihe fatal cases were very rapid in their operation .

      HixDLET , seau Wigax . —Ilindley , a smal township three miles from Wigan , with a population o ' about G , 00 » , has been recently visited with the cholera to an extent which perhaps exceeds the average rate of mortality in aay other place in Lancashire- Since the 2 fith ult ., when the first case occurred , there have been upwards of eighty attacks , thirty-four of which have terminated fatally , while others are now in a hopeless condition . The town is in many places sanitarily defEcive . jVIerthvr . —It is gratifying to tlrnk that the cholera lias somewhat -abated in the "Merthyr district , where its ravages have been fearfully severe .

      Litsrpool . —At the meeting of the Health Committee « n Thursday , the medical officer of health reported that there was again an increase in the number of deaths from cholera . During the -reek there had been 412 deaths from that fatal d ! . 'or : ' er , being an increase of forty-four as compared with the previous week . Cholera is a Railway CAuniAGE . —On Tuesday aftemoiin a gentleman and his son took their seals in the fast train which leaves Euston station at half-past five o cloc ' -t , and before they had reached Was ford tie son was Jaken ill , and continued to get worse till he got to Lcighton Buzzard , where he was taken out of the train , aud in ten minutes afterwards died . Death , iu the opinion of the medical men of the place , arose from cholera- The young man was hurried early on Wednesday morning at Leighton Buzzard , and was followed to the grave by his

      disconsolate father . Moxhat . —lleport of new cases . —London and -icinitv ; Lambeth ( from August 17 th ) , cases , 109 , deaths 26 ; Whiteehapcl , cases , 45 , deaths , 9 ; Botboi'hiihe , cases , 23 , deaths , 0 : St . Saviour ' s union , esses , 17 , deaths , 6 ; Bermondsey , cases , 22 , deaths , C : other localities , cases , 273 , deaths , 104 . Total , cases , 494 , deaths . 220 . England and Wales —Liverpool , cases , GO , deaths , 24 ; Bristol ( returns per weekj , cases . 07 , deaths . 57 ; Mcrthyr Tydvil , cases , 2 i , deaths , 11 ; Dowlais , cases , 29 , deaths , 7 ; rivmonth , cases , 14 , deaths , 15 ; Xcwcasile-under-Iivno , cases , li , deaths , 9 ; Leeds , cases , 14 , deaths , 5 * ; other towns , cases , 221 , deaths , S 6 . Total , cases , 470 , deaths , 224 . Scotland—Dundee ( from 17 th ) , cases , 120 , deaths , 40 ; other towns , cases , 7 , deaths , 7 . Total , cases , 13 S , deaths , 47 . General total , cases , 1 , 106 , deaths , 491 .

      On Mondav 'dr . Hieg ? , the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster , " resumed , as the William ths Fourth , Wandsworth-ioad , the inquiry into the circumstances attendins the death of the Rev . Thomas Harrison , ased 61 , a ~ Wesleyan minister , lately residing at Iso . C , Albion-terrace , which was so recently the scer . e of devastation from cholera . —3 J > . Willing , surgeon , of llampstead , said he had not the slightest doubt bat that the deceased died from an attack of the most viru'en t form of Asiatfc cholera . Other witnesseshiviu- ; been examined , the jury d clarcd the following to lie their verdict : — " That the deceased , Mr . T . Harrison , died of A-ialic cholera . That the recent fearful outbreak of the said discise in tlie ssneral hcalthv totality of Wandswortli-road

      ¦ was confined to a certain number of houses in a continuous = ow , in which the drainage is shown to be verv defective . That a large quantity of filth was allowed lo accumulate , and that the water , owing entm-ly to the faulty construction of the tanks , and their immediate proximity to aud connxtion with the ce-sp « ol < , was excessively impure and unfit for use . And the jury , whilst they sre no cause at all -ver for alarm in the neighbourhood generally , cannot separate without expressing a hope that the owners of the property will take immediate and effective means , bv inuiroved drainage and a different nv de of supplying the water , to prevent in future , as far as Ik man ia « in ' . can go , the recurrence of so terrible a calamity . "

      Plymouth , August 19 . —There has been a considerable decrease ia the number of eyes , Loth of cholera and of choleraic diarrhoea , in this town since Wednesday last . Bristol Accost 20 . —In the ancient city the wopess of the cholera remains nearly in the same state as on Saint dav , although , the deaths have not

      fieen so numerous . . _ Salisbeby—The Superintendent Registrars report states the deaths in the city of Salisbury , from Juk 8 io \ ugust 14 . 1819 , inclusive , to have been as follows : —Cholera 140 , dianhcea 21 , « ther causes 3 o , total in S 3 davs . 194 . If Salisbury , with a population of 12 , fl »& persons , has in 3 S days 194 dea ths fr > in allcausrs , London , with a population of 2 , 000 , 000 inhabitants , would in proportion have for the Mine time 52 , 333 , and a fraction over , or SaO oVab per dar . _

      Dasger of Premature Is tebmest . —On tr . c niornin" of Saiurdav last , a young lad of the name of Pendrith . ioined the juvenile teetotal excurcion party wh ch left Edinburgh for Ilopetun House . Ihe dav was an exceedinglv unfavourable one . and many ofthe vonths suffered much fiom the effects of the rain . Fendrita was one of these . On returning ¦ Bith the party in the evening , he soon after wrntto hod , without anvthing being douc to check the effect of a damn skin , and rn the Sabbath moraine he was seized with all the apparent symptoms of cholera . Singnlailv enough , Pendnth s fattier ( wbi > was a blacksmith , Ave believe , and residing ™ Greenside ) , and also his mother , died of cholera during their son ' s absence , or immediately . after his r » turn , and were promptlv interred . On the Sunday , young Pendrith was taken to the infirninrv , and some parties who made inquirv in the course of the day as to how the lad was , got ' for answer , or imagined that

      they got for answtr , that he had died . It is amrmeu by those acquainted with the circumstances , that Pindrith , immediately after his supposed decease was conveyed to the deaddiouse , and there the body remained for a number of W -A . ^^ g " in due course , been prepared , Pendnth was en the eve of beingquietly deposed in it , when > . hegave indications of still being m life ! We need ^ ctaceb sav that the beating ofthe pulse and-heart suipriseu SoseTn attendance Restorativesj . emg . mpoyed 5 » J »^ 9 £ f-tft deaths , 1 ; Sorf ^^^ g ^ 'SS . ***•»?* ^ de TntAl easel 322 , deaths , 1 SG .

      Se £ ca " es , 21 , deaths , 1 ; Cardiff , eases , W , s ^ k ^ S ' irieofcad | " !? SiJSXnSta * Cn ABr . G . Cnoss . -Mr , jinart r ^ istrar and district surgeon , states that ^ he ^ ascs of diarrhoea running into cholera inssassssss

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      ness of surface , anxiety Jifcouutettance , and failure of pulse , the following pfacVice lias * been of service in 114-out of 120 cases . On first ; app lication a grown up person has had administered a dranflit composed of powder of opium 2 grains , suIphiTric scther 20 drops , and strong peppermint water an ounce and a half , mixed ; and in an hour af terwards the following styptic mixture— ' a table-spoonful after each liquid motion , " or if less urgent ' evenfour hours . ' Mixture of precipitated carbonate of iron , 3 ounces ; Powder of opium , 2 grains ; Mucilage , 3 ounces ; Peppermint water , 2 ounces ; mixed . ness otsmfcicc . nimetv of comit *! n : ii w nml A . ii . i .. ^

      Having used at first Dr . Saunders' formula with tho Ruhifo Ferri , I stated to Mr . Linder , the chemist , W 4 , Strand , that I thought it would have a more certain effect if more " finely levigated ; he suggested tho use of the preci pitate , which is thus prepared : — Sulp hate of iron , 3 ounces , Carbonate of soda , 25 drachms , Dissolve each in any quantity of water , and mix . Allow the preci p itate to fall ; pour off the supernatant solution of sulphate of soda , wash the precipitate with two fresh waters , and allow the precipitate , thus formed , to be suspended in 30 oupces of water for ' the mixture . ' After checking the serous luemorrhagc , other treatment , well known to the profession , is required to restore tone . "

      Ox Tuesday afternoon an inquiry of some hours ' duration was held before Mr . J . W . Payne , tho newly-appointed deputv coroner , at the Three Tuns , High-street , Southwark , ' touching the death of Thomas Lee Payne , aged 35 years , who died from Asiatic cholera , and whose death was alleged to have heen accelerated by the neglect of the parochial surgeons of St . Saviour ' s Southwark . —William Walker , watchman at the Talbot Inn , in High-street said the deceased had been for some time past out of any general employment , and lodged at the Talbot Inn . On Sunday night last he complained of pains

      in his bowels , and sickness . The deceased continued to get worse , and witness went to Mr . Woolridge , the parish surgeon , and told him the deceased was dangerously ill , at the Taibot Inn . Mr . Woolrid ge said the locality was not in his district , and referred him to Mr . Gandcll . Witness repaired to Mr . Candell , and told him what Mr . Woolridge had said , and Mr . Candell replied that he thought the place was in Mr . Woolridge ' s district , hut gave witness some medicine . Neither of the surgeons attended , and the deceased died about eight o clock on Mondav moriiin < r . —The waiter at the Talbot Inn said

      after tbe deeeasod was laid out he saw the deceased more , and went instantly for Mr . Woolridge , and saw the assistant who refused to attend . —Mr . T . May , one of the guardians of the poor , said Mr . Candell was appointed as an assistant to Mr . Woolridge , and the instructions were to attend to every cholera ease without an order , and also to be as vig ilant as possible . — -Mr . Woolridge said the parish was divided into two districts , and if the deceased halleen in his district he should have attended — V . r . Candell said he did not understuni that the case was an urgent one , if he had he would have attended if the case had not been in his district . —The landlord of the Talbot Inn said tho deceased wont to Mr . Woolridge s shop on Sunday evening , when he was exceedingly ill , and they refused to let him

      have any medicine unless he paid for the bottle . — Tlie coroner summed up , and the room was cleared . After nearly an hour ' s deliberation the jury returned the following special verdict : — " That the deceased died from cholera , and the fury beg to express their regret that the deceased . had not proper medical aid , and that he was not visited by cither Mr . Woolridge or Mr . Candell , the medical officers appointed for the parish of St . Saviour . " On Tuesday evening an inquest was taken by Mr . W . Payne , at the Goldsmiths' Arms , Southwarkbridgc-road , on view of the body of Mary Sharp ' e , aged 44 , a greengrocer , lately carrying on business atXo . 83 , Friar-street , where she died of Asiatic cholera . Mr . Evans , a surgeon , stated that the deceased lived in a neighbourhood in which there were many nuisances , which caused a vitiated state of the atmosphere . A bone-boiler ' s and some knackers ' Yards were within a short distance , and tlie drains

      emitted a most offensive effluvium . He often had occasion to pass the bone-boiler ' s , and has found the smell most horrible . Within the influences of these nuisances the cholera has been most fatal . There was always a deal of infectious fever in that locality . The Coroner inquired what was the state and quality of the water ?—Mr . Evans stated that the water was taken from the Thames , at Lambeth , from whence it was conveyed by pipes to Brixton , where it underwent a process of filtration . The poison , however , which was in solution , ccull not be entirely got rid of . A juror stated t hat a short time ago he had had his butt pitched in the inside , as he found the water possessed a very bad taste . Though he took that precaution it was no better . Some of the jury said the water was frequently so bad that they could not drink it , and Mr . . Evans observed that he had no donbt impure water would assist to nromote tho cholera . He had not made an analysis

      of the water . —The Coroner remarked , that he wished he could draw the attention of some eminent chemist to analyse the water used in those neighbourhoods where the cholera had been most prevalent . —Verdict , " Death from Asiatic cholera . " Uristol , August 21 . —In the ancient city , the cases of diarrhoea in the various districts .-ro considerably on the increase , and cholera itself has appeared in fresh parts of tho city , particularly in the district of St . James , where there have been several very severe cases . Wednesday . —Report of new cases . —rLondon and vicinitv ; Rotherhithe , cases , 27 , deaths 4 ;

      Whitechapel , cases , 20 , deaths , 5 ; Southwark , cases , 21 , deaths , 14 ; Bermond .-ey , cases , 36 , deaths , 12 ; St . Luke ' s , cases , 27 , deaths , 1 ; Poplar , cases , 13 , deaths , 2 ; Stepney , cases , 22 , deaths , 9 ; Other localities , eases , 232 , deaths , 132 . Total , cases , 404 , deaths , 170 . England and Wales—Liverpool , cases , 100 , deaths . 2 G ; Merthyr Tydvil , cases 13 , deaths , 1 ; Plymouth , attacks , 23 , deaths , 0 ; Ifewcastleundev-Lync , cases , 14 , deaths , 6 - , Leeds , cases , 10 ; Dowlais ] cases , 13 , deaths , 3 ; Other towns , cases , 95 , deaths 63 . Total cases , 274 , deaths , 105 . Scotland—Dundee , cases , 11 , deaths , 19 ; Other towns , cases , 12 , deaths , 5 . Total , cases , 23 , deaths , 24 . General total , cases , 701 , deaths , SOS .

      HnisTOL . —The disease has broken out at the Stap le ! on workhouse of this city . Several cases have occurred , and one death after a very brief illness . The woi-S house is healthily situate and well drained . In the outparish of St . Phili p and Jacob the disease continues very prevalent . There have been 10 new cases of diarrhoea , approaching cholera 7 , cholera 2 , and deaths 7 . Liverpool . —The returns ofthe parochial officers continue to show a decline in the number of new cases , but tlie mortality is much greater . This may be attributable to greater attention bejng now paid to the premonitory symptoms ofthe disease by the people themselves * without seeking the help of the p arish surgeons ; whilst of the number who do Seek it too many foolishly wait until they are past the power of skill or medicine to save them . —Manchester

      St . Andrew ' s , August 20 . —The medical gentlemen have reported many eases of diarrhoea during the past week , whicli , if not checked in time , would undoubtedly have merged into the worst stage of the disease ; nearly the whole of the eases reported have turned out fatal . These unfortunate results have been brought about by a wilful concealment of the premonitory symptoms , and in one or two cases by positive refusal to take the medicine prescribed . However , the benefit of house to house visitation amongst the lower classes is beginning to be felt and appreciated , and many cases of incip ient disease have been discovered and checked in time .

      Mevaoisset , August 20—The number of cases of cholera- has much diminished ; during the last seven days the number of deaths has " been 13 , last week * ' 7 At Port Mellon , a place distant not a mile from the town , and well situated , out of upwards of 400 persons removed from the most unhealthy parts of AIeva < nssev , not one case of cholera has as yet occurred . ' The disease appears to he confined to Mevagissey itself .

      Mn Hudson'.—A Man Who Has Held So Promin...

      Mn Hudson' . —A man who has held so prominent a position in the enterprise of our country cannot fail to become a subject of interest even in his fall . From two several quarters we heard on Thursday , that he had compromised all claims on him for about £ 247 , 000 . We have no doubt that rumour has sprung out of what we said last week , that the York and Berwick committee had offered to settle Tvith him for £ 100 , 000 . The present rumour is improbable , simply because , in our opinion , _ it is impossible . Great as Mr . Hudson ' s powers o f raisin " ¦ monev once were , when he had the confidence of shareh " oldeis , and their pockets to dip Mo , it is a different thing now hehas only his own purse to eoto - He could easier raise two and a half millions then , " as he did at theDerby meeting , than be could now , rcrhaps , £ 20 , 000 . Another mm our , much nearer the truth , is , that Mr . Hudson Iiw turneo restive , and tells his tormentors that . ho will pay no like it tnr

      more ; they ma y do what they , and that -y want anything get it if . they can .-J / crajJata s Journal . . . ' Two white sparrows were shot , a few days , smco , in the neig hbourhood of Worksop , Ifotts . DAE-raoo * Mtrrro . v .-AVho has not beard of Dartmoor Mutton ? and whois there whose mouth would not water . at the very side of a weU cooked joint of a genmne Dartmoor Sleep ? Tuismoor is situated in Devonshire and occupies Smcnselpace of ground . !!« ' *««* : hcalthv that its inh abitants are scarcely ever ill audita SEtSo starvelel him live nm Dartmoor : This moor is not only famed for its mutton , but also for its herbs , andmany an old woman may be . ^ fJ ^ g ^ SjS herbs in summer whilst the dew is on the gras 0 . T he . "Vf Wlicn compose that celebrated medicine known by * 6 JanuVof' -Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops" are gathered on tins ri £ 2 TMs medicine is now generally acknowledged to be "S ^' nrt ^ Sceons purifier of the blood of any medicine £ ™ tdUcoTerei ^ Young ladies with pimples and blotches ^ SeSSnld resort toit It makes the skin beau fully clear .

      J. Bell's Treatment Of Asiatic ' I ^ -— ...

      J . BELL'S TREATMENT OF ASIATIC ' i ^ - — CHOLERA . — ¦ - "• . - < Since October last I have dispensed upwards of ten tuousaxd doses * of this Medicine , and with tho same result ; a result that sanctions the assertion , undor this treatment Asiatic Cholera will be shorn of its terrors . In point of reason , in point of power , it is infinitely superior to any treatment of Cholera previously adopted . To particularise a little : In Asiatic Cholera there is suspension of the functions of the liver , no-bile flowing into the alimentary canal ; colchicum stimulates the gall duct in the duodenum , causing copious bilious evacuations : in Asiatic Cholera the functions of the kidneys are suspended , no urine being secreted ; colchicum is diuretic : in Asiatic Cholera there is great morbid irritability ; and on the authority of Dr . Elliotson , I say colchicum is the most powerful allayer of morbid irritability . THE GKirlXG AND SPASM POWDER . T - « , „ . , ,. ^ -.- ;« ~ V . . , ; V . r ^« - '

      Take of Powdered Colchicum Root , 0 grains . Calomel 3 ditto . Rhubarb 4 ditto . Prepared Chalk , 10 ditto . — - Tormentil Root . 6 ditto . Mh

      THE IXniOESTlON POWOER . Sulphate of Quinine grain 1 . Powdered Rhubarb — 4 . - — Cassia — G . Prepared Chalk — 30 . Pow . Colchicum ltoot .... — 5 . Oxide of Bismuth — B .

      THE LOOSENESS POWDER . Powdered Tormentil 25 grains . Catecu GO ditto . Galls 5 ditto . Cassia G ditto . „ Prepared Chalk 30 ditto . Powdered Colchicum Root C ditto . — - Rhubarb 4 ditto . Mix . Supplemental to the above , to silence the incessant vomiting , the following was used—clapping a hot mustard poultice on the stomach as long as it could be borne . Powdered Tormentil Root , 30 grains . . ¦ Colchium Root , 5 ditto . JA ' . v , Mix and repeat it , as often us vomited , in cold water . TABLE OF PROPORTIONAL QUANTITIES SUITED TOR

      DIFFERENT AGES . For an adult , a whole powder . Under 1 year , one-twelfth ditto . — 2 years , one-eighth ditto . — 3 ditto , one-sixteenth ditto . — 4 ditto , one-quarter ditto . — 7 ditto , one-eighth ditto . — 14 ditto , one-half ditto . — 26 ditto , two-thirds ditto . Above 21 ditto , a full dose . — G 5 ditto , the inverse gradation of the above .

      Should everything be vomited , even this supplementary powder , or even it might be given in preference to it , I would suggest , to he given at intervals , five grains of calomel and three grains of powdered colchicum root , placing them on the tongue , and washing them down with a mouthful of water . This combination I have given with tho desired effect . Colomol , we know , lias a sedative effect on the stomach . These powders , before they reach the duodenum ( in which they act on the liver ) , would be from one to two hours under ordinary circumstances , but as everything flows in this disease rapidly on , perhaps a much shorter period will be required , unless there is no purging , hut simply spasms ofthe bowels . So , on this account , from a few minutes to two hours may elapse before the

      medicine displays its power fully . Sometimes there is neither vomiting , purging , nor spasm ; indeed , violent spasmodic action is a favourable sign , most recoveries taking place when they are violent . Por this type a stimulant of a peculiar kind is wanted . The frame is paralysed by the intensity ofthe cause of this disease , I would therefore suggest strychnia in such cases ( which is chiefly used in paralysis ) , combined with colchicum . In the state of collapse it has been advantageously given . It ought to be impressivel y remembered , colchicum , to have its virtues in perfection , must ho gathered at a certain season , which is mentioned in the Pharmacopeia , and must be properly preserved . Perhaps this objection lies not against veratria , which , combined with an unknown acid , constitutes

      the active principle of colchicum . Also so it ought to he understood a remedy is a medicine that in general cures ; such as bleeding , & e ., for inflammation . Likewise , let it be known , various inflammatory attacks occasionally exist at the same time that cholera goes on , and are particularly apt to ensue as it subsides : for instance , the bowels may be inflamed partly by the violent spasm ? , partly by acrimonious bile on the subsidence ofthe disease scouring through them , in which ' case , bran poultices , and a liniment composed of equal parts of hartshorn , turpentine , and opodeldoc , should bo used , or leeches may be necessary . The debility consequent on cholera , too , requires a cautious , discriminating treatment ; and if the attack should have , been severe it must be long persevered in , if health is to be completely enjoyed afterwards .

      DIUECTIOXS FOR USING THE POWW 5 BS . 1 . The powders first to . be made the proper strength to suit the age , for which see the table of proportional doses . 2 . For looseness , give a looseness powder every three hours , mixed in cold water , and if vomited , repeat it immediately - . drink mutton or beef tea with boiled rice in it frequently , and cold water when thirsty , and keep from solid animal food for a few days . 3 . This looseness powder is only proper when there is trifling pain in the bowels .

      4 . For spasms of the stomach and bowels , griping , vomiting , and purging , with coldness of tlio body . Give a griping and spasm powder , ( and if vomited , repeat it immediately until it stops in the stomach , ) and apply a mustard , or mustard and bran poultice to the stomach and bowels , according to the severity of the symptoms using much or little mustard ; apply hot bricks to the feet , aud hot flannels to the legs , then give copious draughts of lean mutton or beef tea , . * . nd cold water if thirst y , to be drunk as freely as agreeable . 5 . If there is no passage through the bowels in two hours , be careful to secure aneasy passage , by g iving magnesia or castor oil . G . When the severe symptoms subside , if there is much weakness , put a teaspoonful of good spirit in a little ofthe beef or mutton tea , and give it every half hour .

      7 . If there is any soreness of the bowels , rub them with the liniment made of equal parts of turpentine , hartshorn , and opodeldoc , and then apply a warm bran poultice ; and if there is much soreness of the bowels , appl y a few leeches and then a bran poultice . Note . —Always take care to purge the gri ping powders off , to get the calomel out of the bowels " , which will only be necessary , if no easy passage takes place in two or three hours . S . For indigestion , loss of appetite , loathing of food , rumbling of the bowels , and disorder oi' the head . Give an indigestion powder onc-e or twice a day in a little cold water . 0 . The calomel and colchicum , or colchicum and tormentil , to be given to check the incessant vomiting when every thing is rejected ; taking care to apply a mustard poultice to the stomach and bowels , afterwards if necessary , working off the calomel with a dose of masnesia or castor oil .

      10 . Be careful on recovering to take strengthening medicine for a while . 11 . Thorulo in applying the mustard poultices , is to let them remain on as long as they can be borne , and the bran poultices to be changed when they begin to get cool . 12 . The cramp of limbs to be removed by rubbing the parts cramped with a rag duffed with flower of sulphur , or witli turpentine with the palms of the hand . . '» It is to be understood that a large portion of these were given in conjunction with ilr . C . 1 ) . ¦ Henderson , Surgeon .

      The Italiax Refugees At Jialta. —"Wc Lea...

      The Italiax Refugees at JIalta . — "Wc learn from Malta that the barque Michclina , belonging to that island , and consequently under the British fla" -, was still , by the last accounts , encumbered with her living freight of refugees from Rome , the local government continuing firm in its determination to prohibit their landing , although many were furnished with British passports , granted by ill ' . Freeborn , H . B . M . ' s Consul at Rome , whose proceedings in granting such passports are said to have met with the approbation of the home government . Indeed , for several days the vessel was kept outside , and it was only when the weather threatened to be boisterous that permission , was gi-antcd for her to enter the port ' : and , but for the aid rendered them

      by a few charitable individuals , these poor emigrants must have suffered starvation . The name oi the Karl of Hardwicke heads the listof sub scrip , tiohs with the munificent donation of 1 , 00 " t ancs . The Jerusalem brig Gerinaro , likewise owne d , try natives of Malta , which was chartered sonie . weeKs a « o by the Neapolitan Consul at Malta , to convey to Africa 200 Neapolitans , deserters from the King s service , and others who had enrolled thenisol u-siii the foreign legion of Sicily , returned to Ma ta on the 11 th of August , after in ram seeking to land at Tunis , Stoi-a , Philipville , and ^ . V ^ . ^^ - This vessel has been admitted into the quarantine harbour , where she remains under the' survcillanep of the quarantine authorities ( thoug h entitled to oratiftdeiand marine police .- ^ Morning Chronictv .-

      i D-uLy Newspapers . —Great changes are nnuerstood to be pending in regard to the proprietorship of several ofthe morning papers . The loss on one of these morning journals has been , within the last three years , not less than ' £ 120 , 000 , and , about £ 40 , 000 of which loss has fallen in one quarter . Two other morning Journids are understood to be in a very unsatisfactory ' conditioni--C < ? i'i'f ^<> n «< nJ of Northern Warder ,

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      ' ¦ X ' ' { TIIE MURPKH , ATyi } ERMONr ) SFY . On Saturday ' afternoon'last an inquest was hold at the * ew Leather-Market Taver ' n , Borinondsey , before Mr . Carter , one of the coroners for Surrey , onthc bod y of Patrick O'Connor , a ' ganger in the Customs , whose remains were discovered on Friday m a hou . se in Minver-place , Bermondsev , under circumstances which left no doubt that he had been barbarousl y murdered . The jury having been sworn proceeded to view the body . It was still naked , as it was found , the legs and thig hs having been tied up to the bodv with a new rope . It was partl y covered with lime , and extensive discolouration of the face , neck , and thorax had taken place ; lnoood , it was onl y by the chin fdeceased had a remarkabl y thin and projecting one ) and mouth , winch was nearl toothless ( deceased wore a set of V ; v- ? mrm .,. „ . ^ ... ¦ , . ,-, _ - __„ .:.. „

      y false teeth ) , that those best acquainted with deceased could identify the body as his . Tlie jury Having returned from performing the most disagreeable part of their functions , the first witness called and sworn was—Mr . Pierce Walsh , who said : I am not in business at present , hut was a grocer ' s clerk , and reside at Ao . 7 , Edward-street , White Conduit Fields , Islington I have seen the body of a man at No . 3 , Mmver place , New Weston-street , in the parish of te ° r d 8 ^' anU 1 ^ cognise it as tho body of tatlicb _ 0 Connor , who was a gunger in the London Docks I think his age wlis about fifty . 1 nave known him personally since the 26 th of April ! i ! n . ' , , A was '">' P ci's ° nal friend , and his sister is manicd to a cousin of mine . He resides at 21 , GlCCnwood-stroot , Mile End . and was a sinelo man .

      Ml l" l ?\ . hv 0 at twclvc o ' clock on Wednesday mgnt , the 8 th inst . We parted at tho corner of Coinnioroial-rtrcot , Whiteehapcl , after having been » if , Wlin ; ' -Pl ! lce . Ho was then in a good state of ' . f i ' } , sPmt a great portion of the evening of tliat day ( Wednesday week ) with him at his lodgings -i , Greenwood-street , Mile End-road , and then accompanied him to the house , No . 3 , Minvcr-place . 1 Had boon with him there before , I think four times m all . I know that he and Mrs . Manning were intimate . He was intimate with Mr . and Mrs . Manning . When we arrived at 3 , Minvcrplace it was about a quarter to ten o ' clock . I saw . Mr . and _ Mrs . Manning , for she opened tho door to us . I did not know the woman in any other character than as Mrs . Manning . He ( deceased ) had

      spoken of her to me always as Mrs . Manning . We remained at her house about an hour and a half . — The Coroner - . What then occurred 1—Witness : We left together . —Coroner : During the time you Wert there did anything particular take place ?—Witness : After going in and sitting down Mrs . Manning said , " Mr . O Connor , why did you not come to dinner to day ; we kept dinner waiting an hour for you ? " She then said , " Did you not getmy note ? " He said "No . " "I wrote to you to the docks to come to dinner to-day , " she said . I said , " Perhaps it might be late when you put it into the receiving-office , and it could not be received at the docks at four o ' clock , the time for his leaving the office . " She said , " It was two o ' clock , and he will receive it to-morrow . " Deceased mentioned to hor that I had received that day the

      balance of a bill which a Mr . Pitts , of Bethnal-greenroad , owed to him , and for which I had taken out execution against . Pitts . The balance was £ 5 Os . 0 d ., and I received it in four sovereigns , two half-sovereigns , and Gd . in silver . I was rather surprised that she ( Mrs . Manning ) appeared to know so much about the bill , as siic could not have known it from me but from deceased previously . She spoke of three other bills ( no doubt bills of " exchange , for deceased was a reputed moneylender ) he held of Mr . Pitt ' s and said , " I suppose yon will take proceed ings against him for their recovery ? " He said , " Yes . " There was no other conversation . The deceased began to smoke after that , and then growing : very weak and faint , ho laid himself on the sofa . Ife smoked a p ipe , and Mr . Manning smoked

      also , but I did not . Smoking did not lead to drinking—we had rothing to drink . They got some brandy and water for him when he was faint , but he refused to take any . While he was on the sofa she had something in a bottle—eau de Cologne . I believe— and she kept rubbing his temples with it . We left at about twenty minutes past eleven o ' clock . He took nothing at the house but water when he was recovering . He was not sielc . After he had drunk the water ho commenced smoking again . On leaving the house wc passed through Thomas ' sstreet , and by'Guy ' s Hospital . When I got to the corner of Commercial-street , Whiteehapcl , he would not lot me go any further . When I called on him at his lodgings that day he was lying on a sofa and seemed as if he had been drinking . [ Mr . J . Meade hero remarked that that must be a mistake , for deceased had been a teetotaller upwards of thirteen

      years . ] A Mr . Cole was with him whom I had seen before with him at tiie docks . Mr . . Cole parted with us ' at the door of deceased ' s lodgin'rs . After twelve o ' clock on Wednesday ni g ht 1 did not see him again until I saw him dead . Ho told me he had been some time acquainted with Mr . and Mrs . Manning . lie told me he had known her from the time she had been living with the Duchess of Sutherland , as I understood him ; and , before her marriage with Manning , he used to call there ( at tho Duchess ' s ) to see her . —A Juror : Do you think there was any improper connexion going on between them ?—Witness I do not think * . it . I have no knowledge of the fact . —By tlio Coroner : Nothing ever occurred between deceased and me to intimate lils position in respect to Mr . and Mrs . Manning . He never alluded to any pecuniary transactions between him and them .

      The' ConosKit . —It is useless to attempt going further with the case at the present moment . Wc cannot properly go on without the medical testimony ; and perhaps the jury would wish to have the \> ody opened by the . nrst medical attendant that was called in after the body of deceased was discovered . Mr . Odlixc , surgeon , was ordered to make the autopsy of tho body . The Coroner , not being completely satisfied with the evidence of one witness as to ' identifying the body , called a second one , viz .: Mr . W . Fli ' x . v , wlio said , —I am an officer of Customs , and live at 10 , Pattison-streefc , Conimercial-road East . I have seen the body lying dead at No . 3 , Minvcr-place , and I have rib hesitation in saying that it is tlie body of Patrick O'Connor . I know him by his chin , whicli was very long . He wore false teeth . Do told me so ; and I saw them taken from his mouth yesterday , and they were a perfect set , as it appeared to inc .

      Tho Coroner . —Mr . Constable ( addressing Mr . Slow , the sumtnoning-officcr ) , who arc the policeofficers engaged in this case ? I should like to know what time would suit them to adjourn the case ? Police-constables Burton and Barnes , of the K and M divisions , here presented themselves , and said they had the case in hand , and were sure if they had time they could procure most important evidence , to some of which thoy had already a clue . Thcvshould like an adjournment of a week for tbe purpose . After a brief consultation between the covoncv and jury , it was ultimately decided that the inquiry should be adjourned to Friday next , at eleven o ' clock . The following particulars with respect to the deceased aud the suspected murderers will probably be of interest to our readers : —

      Patrick O'Connor , tho murdered man , was a gaifer in the Customs' department ., and UU occupation lay principally in the London Docks , He was a native of Ireland , and was reckoned to be worth a considerable amount of money and property . Orig inally a tide-waiter , he was , through the influence of Mr . Sheil , Master of tlie Mint , advanced to the situation he filled at the time of his death . Manning , ono of the suspected murderers , had been originally a gujird on tho Great Western Railway ; from Whicli situation he was dismissed about a year since , in consequence of tho serious robberies that constantly took place in tlie train under his care . He

      was subsequently involved m suspicion ofthe Postoffice robberies perpetrated by the mail-guard Poole and another , for which they were both transported . Manning was not tried , inasmuch as a case could not be made out against- him . The wife of Manning , Maria Ruo , a native of Geneva , vmsfemme de chambre in the family ofthe Duchess of Sutherland . She was a fine-grown , handsome woman and considered very accomplished among the society in which she lived . O'Connor , tho murdered man , had known Mrs . Manning for a long while , and maintained ' with her , 'it is "' said , a connexion of a criminal nature

      .--The following description has been extensively circulated by the authorities in all parts of the kingdom : — Murdkb and Robbery . —Whereas .- a warrant has been granted for the apprehension of Frederick George Manning and -Maria , bis wife , a native of Geneva ( whose piMilen name . was Maria Ituc ) , for the murder of Mr . latnek O'Connor , Custom-house officer , on the 9 th day of August , and tlie said Manning and his wife are supposed to have stolen the undermentioned scrip of the Boulogne and Amiens ' , Hallway : dated 11 th May . ISiO : —Xos . 18 , 665 -18 , fiCG , 48 , 607 , 48 , 068 , 48 , 060 , 48 670 , 48 , 671 , -18 , 672 , 43 , 073 , and 48 . G 74 . Scrip of the Sambro' and Mouse Kailway , dated 3 rd August , 1819 : —Nos . 6 , 400 , 0 ,-JOl , 6 , 462 , 6 , 460 , 0 , 464 , «•*(» . ¦ ¦ . U . 46 C , - . 6 , 467 , 6 , 408 , and 0 , 649 : —All persons are cautioned against purchasing any of the said-scrip . " T \ -TD" - ; ---l' » 'vi « Mui | , " .. J V . ... VOU— aw-,-. cnimoN old

      UEs . —rrederick George Manning , 8 j years , tivo feet ei ght or nine' inches high , stout , very fair nnd florid complexion , full bloated face , light hair , small sandy whiskers , light blue eyes , and a peculiar form of the eyelids at tho corners , and large mouth . Was dressed in an invisible green overcoat , brown trowsevs , Diack hat , and worn a small-plaited linen shirt-front , lie " as formerly a guard on the Great Western Kailway , and kept an inn at Taunton , in Somersetshire , in the latter Part of last year . Since then he kept a public-house m the nei ghbourhood of the Kingsland-rond , and has resided in Miiiver-place since Midsummer last , out of business . ¦ ¦ . ¦ alarm Manninir , " a native of Geneva , 30 years old , nvefeet . seven inches high , stout , fresh complexion , with lon g dnrli hair , good-looking , scar on the right side of her cinn , extending towards tlie neck , dresses very smartly , ana speaks broke n English . Hasbe » n a lady ' s maid and

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      ^ reward of iMOO will be paid bv her . MhjcsIv ' s Govern , ment for tlie apprehension of the s .: iii Frederick Geoijrt Manning ami his wife ;" or a' reward of £ 50 for the appre ' . iiensiou of cither of them . . And the Sccretaiy of State wiii advise the grant of her Majesty ' s gracious pardon to ' any accomplice , not being the person who actually tired the ' shot , or iulltclcd the muvtul " i ! I > , v ) m p , m " *> '"' « such information and evidence as shall lead to the discovery and conviction of the murderer or murderers ofthe before n . imcd-l ' .-itiick O'Connor . Information to be given to Inspector Field , Detective lohee , Scotland-yard , Westminster , or at any ofthe metropolitan police Stations . Metropolitan rolice-ofliee . 4 . VlriteualUlaoe . August 18 , 184 !) .

      Ox Sijsdav the police succeeded in ascertaining where the lmio mis bought . It appears that about three weeks ago Manning called on Mr . Wells , a bricklayer and plasterer in Kussoll-strcct , Uermondsoy , and purchased a bushel of lime , for whicli he paid ( Hi . It was delivered hy a boy named Riclinrd Walsh , in the employ of Mr . Wells a » 3 Miuver-place , the houso whoiv tlio murder was perpetrated . The boy states that ho shot the lime in the hack kitchen , where tho bod y was found . Mr Inspector Perkins on Sunday succeeded in tracing the cab in which Manning ' left Bambridtjc ' s , the broker ' s to whom he sold his furniture , on Wednesday morning . The cabman , it appears , - took up his fare in Bermondsey-sqaarc , at ten minutes to eight o clock on Wednesday morning , and drove to

      the Waterloo Station ot the South-Western Railway , where Manning was set down . The sum which Manning received for his furniture was £ 13 ; the police , however , estimate its value at £ -10 . Monday . —A gentleman connected with the press on going over the house where the bod y of the murdered man was found , on Saturday last , disrovcrod in one of the fire-places two cards , one of which was a list of the time of sailing of the line of packet ships between London and JJew York , tho other was a p lain card , on which w ; : s written , " Mr , Wright , passenger to tfew York . " Tho gentleman immediately handed both cards to the police who had charge of tlie house , nnd suggested to them that it was probable the murderers had taken their passage in tho Victoria , which was advertised on

      the card to sail on Friday last . The policeman , however , tore up the card , at the same time remarking , " That it was not very likelv that if thev had intended to go to Xcw York they would have left those cards behind them . " No further notice on that occasion was taken of the matter , but on Sunday the gentleman again communicated his suspicions to the police ; hut , as thcv again declined to make any inquiry into the matte ' r , tlio gentleman waited on the shi ' sagents , Messrs , Phillips , Sliinv , and Lowther , who immediately sent a clerk with him to the London Docks , and a careful examination was made of the list of passengers who had paid their passage to Kcw York b y tlie Victoria . The list , however , only contained the steerage passengers . The officials iu the baggnso department in

      the London Docks were then applTcd to , and upon making- a reference they found that six packages had been taken on board h y a person in the name of Manning . Whether it was a man or a woman the dock authorities could not say , but it is probably that both the Mannings were there , as it has been satisfactorily ascertained that Mrs . Manning took away four p ackages , and Manning two , nnd of course had they been together Manning would sec to the shipment ofthe luggage . The dock authorities are of opinion that Manning had taken his passage in a fictitious name , and that on going on board , and being suddenly asked by the luggage entr y clerk his name , he , without thought , gave ths . t of " Manning . " With respect to tho second card , bearing the name

      of " Wright , passenger to New York , " Messrs . Phillips , vShaw , and Lowthor ' s clerk showed the gentleman a large box which had been sent down to the docks to be shi pped in the Victoria , but , through some accident or other , it was not put on board . Thisboxisdirectcd to "Mr . Wright , New York . " Tho Victoria sailed from the London Docks on Friday morning , nnd is expected to touch at Portsmouth early on Tuesday morning . Those facts , as above stated , wore communicated to Mr . Commissioner Maync this afternoon , who immediately ordered a telegraphic despatch to bo forwarded to the local authorities at Portsmouth requesting them , immediately the Victoria touched there , to send officers on board , and if either of the parties were there , at once to apprehend them nnd convcv them to London .

      Tho following notification was issued by tho police authorities : — MuitoiiR anb Itommnv . —Further particulars respectin « Frederick Charles Manning , charged with the murder o ^ Patrick O'Connor : —Frederick Charles Manning received at the Bank » f England , on Saturday , tlie 11 fh of August , live . L' 10 Bank of Jingland notes , JKos . 07 , 372 , 67 , 373 , 07 . 374 , 67 , 375 , and 67 , 370 , dated 11 th June , 184 a . All persons iU'U cautioned Jlgllinst chaHgi ) .. * the above-mentioned notes ; and it is requested that should they be presented , immediate information may be given at the Metropolitan Police Office , Great Scotland-yard , Westminster . — -Metropolitan Police Office , August . 20 th , iS 4 ! l .

      On Monday forenoon Sergeant Burton of the M division , who assisted in tho discovery of the murdered man proceeded with his brother ( the llev . Mr . O'Connor ) and air , Flyun , a relative , to the London Docks , for the' purpose of searching deceased ' s desk in tlie office , where they found a number of letters . In searching the deceased ' s lodgings a number of letters were found from Mrs . Manning ; couched in the most endearing terms , many of them regarding money transactions with other parties . Several copies of letters to her were among them , calling her "his dear Maria . " Tho clerks in the office have generally been much amused b y his gallantry with the female sex , as he generally exhibited all letters received from ladies of his acquaintance , and felt very vain of them .

      The police have ascertained that tho female Manning wrote about a fortni ght since to a hotelkeeper at Geneva about selling some property connected with foreign railways . It has also boon ascertained that she has considerable property in her own ri g ht at Geneva , and to that p lace some oi the most active detective officers have been sent , with a view of learning whether ' she has arrived there or not .

      DESPATCH OF A GOVr . UNMKXT STKAMV . R AFTER Till ' . SIjTPOSF . D MUIIDF . KKUS . Southampton , Mommy . —A general belief existing that the fugitives arc on board the Victoria , bourn ! for New York , two Loudon detective officers , who had come down last Saturday , went out early this morning to signalise the Victoria , which hove in sight at seven o ' clock , a . m ., but shortly returned , stating that tho signal given to her to hove to was , for some reason cither disregarded or not seen , and she proceeded on her destination , * At four o ' clock a telegraph message from Mr . Inspector llaynes , of the Loudon detective force , was received hy Mr . Langley , to the effect that immediate pursuit was necessary to board the Victoria . Mr . Langley , it

      appears , had been sent down by the commissioners of police in consequence of having , a perfect knowledge of ooth the parlies suspected of the murder , he having had them under his surveillance on susp icion ofbeing connected with the mail robberies on tho Groat Western ltailwny in January last , and when ho found , by the telegraphic , despatch , that from the information which had been received in Loudon there was no doubt that both of the suspected parties were on board , he immediately communicated with the authorities of tho Dockyard , and Admiral Capel forthwith ordered tho Fire Queen , government steamer , to get up her steam and proceed in chase of the Victoria . At ten o ' clock , Langley and another officer went on board the Fire Queen / and she immediately steamed out to sea .

      APPKE 11 ENS 10 N OF MAMA MANNING . Tuesday . —Tho capture of Maria Manning ( alias Ituc ) , the female charged with having been concerned in this diabolical crime , has been effected . Thanks to the energy anil activity of our detective force in the first instance , and secondly , to the great invention of the age—tho electric telegraphtho woman was arrested ' on Tuesday in the city of Edinburgh , with a largo amount of property boluuir ' iug to the deceased , Patrick O'Connor , in her possession . The circumstances under which the arrest took p lace may be thus briefly related : —Among the officers employed to trace the suspected murderers was Sergeant Shaw , of the detective force . From inquiries made in the neighbourhood of Manning ' s

      residence , this officer ascertained beyond a doubt that Maria Manning left Minvor-placo on tho afternoon of Monday , the 13 th instant , in a cab , taking with her throe or four largo boxes . To find out the driver of this vehicle was the next difficulty , and all the officer ' s efforts to accomplish this failed until Monday evening , when , in consequence of information he obtained , Shaw sought out and discovered a man named Kirk , driver of tho Hackney cab , No . 1 , 180 . This man , on being questioned , admitted that he had been called from the stand in Joinerstreet , Southwark , to take up a fare in the nei g hbourhood of New Weston-strcet .- He was unable to describe thc exact spot , nor could he state any ' particulars as to his fare , except that ' it was a female of very respectable exterior . On being taken to Minvcr-place by the officer , Kirk at once recognised the house , No . 3 , as the place where ho took up his fare , and he then detailed with ffre . it minuteness

      the route she was driven by himself . He said , that when she left Minvcr-place , she had with her three large boxes arid a ' carpet bag . She first directed him to drive'to tlio London-brid ge Station of tlie South-Eastern Kailway , but , just as ho was turning into the road leading from the 'Borough to the terminus ; she pulled the cheek-string anifbadc him draw up his cab at the door of Mr . Ash , stationer and printer , of No . 5 , Wellington-street , Borough . Having done so , the "womaii" alighted and went into the shop , where , it has booh ascertained , she purchased half ft dozen plain white" ' cards . - A pen and ink having been handed to her at her request , she wrote directions on four of the cards . Upon one she wrote as follows : — " Mrs . Smith , passenger to Paris . To be left till called for . " Upon another " Mrsji Smith ; passenger , tobe left till called for - , " and upon the two other cards it is believed that only tbe words , '' Mrs . Smith , passenger , " were written . Haying paid Air , Ash for tho cards , tho woman re

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      entered the enh and desired Kirk to drive her to the bouth-J-a . suun station .. Arrived here , she desired " ! m to call a porter helom / iii ! . ' to tl .-V raihwiv ' and upon ono presenting hims ' Jlf , ' % li o re . iit . 'Stcd him to obtain some tacks in order tn fas-ie ,, the direction cards upon her boxes . Tho puvt .-r presentU- did so , and on hwrutiirii idio ¦ alhjhtod from the cab , and pointing out the two largest boxes desired tho man to append the two directions first quoted , " Mrs . Smith , passenger , to bo left , till called for . " This was done as directed , and the two boxes , bvthe woman ' s desire , were convoyed into the lu"V ; , o- office , with directions that they were to betaken care of until called for . The woman then re-entered the cab . and was driven hy Kirk to the London ! ind North-Western Hail way station , where she ali ghted about a quarter to six o ' clock . Kirk saw her lug . gage , consisting of one box and a carpet-bag , taken into the station , and having been paid his fare drove away , and saw no more of the woman . j

      1 hose circumstances having been communicated to Mr . llaynes , the superintendent of the detecting police , that officer at an earl y hour on Tuesday morning proceeded to the terminus of the South-Eastern Kailway , where ho fortunately found tho boxes exactly as described , no inquirv having been made for them since they were deposited on Monday week . The suspicions previously entertained by Mr . llaynes now ripened into certainties , and he at once sought an interview with G . S . Herbert , the secretary ofthc company , to whom he explained the whole matter , and expressed the necessity of examining the contents ofthe boxes . Mr . Herbert conferred with two or three of the directors , who happened to be at tlie station , and the commissioners of police having backed Mr . Havoc ' s

      annlication by a request from themselves to the same effect , the boxes were conveyed into the secretary ' s office , and there forced open . The first glance at each disclosed a quantity of female wearing apparel , - which upon examination , proved to be marked with the name of Maria Hue , the maiden name of Mrs . Manning . A further examination discovered a quantity of articles belonging to the deceased , Patrick O'Connor , and several letters written by him to the supposed murderess . Mr . llaynes now immediately proceeded to tho London and North-Western station , with the view of tracing Maria Manning . His inquiries here were fortunately most successful—in brief , we may state , that he '

      ascertained a female passenger , whose luggage was marked with the name of Smith , had left the Euston station on the morning of Tuesday , the 14 th inst ., hy the G . lo a . m . train , having booked her place through to Edinbursrli . There could bo no longer any doubt as to the direction the suspected party had taken , and Mr . llaynes , at ten miiiHtcs to one o ' clock , telegraphed through to Kdinburch direct , addressing the superintendent of the cit y police , and informing him of the circumstances above detailed , with a full description ofthe suspected party . Mr . llaynes had scarcely arrived afc Scotland-yard , on his return , when a messenger from the telegraph office reached there , bearing intelli gence that Maria Mar . nins had been arrested

      upon the information forwarded bv Mr . llaynes , bv Sir . Moxhay , the chief officer o ' f the Eifiiibur <> Ii constabulary . The activity displayed bv this officer may be judged of from the fact that scarcely an hour elapsed between the message havin » been sent , and the reply communicating the gratifying intelligence ofthe woman ' s arrest . At a later hour on Tuesday cvonins , another telegraphic message was received from Edinburgh , communicating the result of a search made of the prisoner ' s person and luggage , from which it appears that the following property was found upon hov : —Seventy-three sovereigns , one £ ~ > 0 note , and six £ 10 notes , live of

      these latter bearing tho numbers advertised on Monday as having been paid to Manning on Saturday , the 11 th inst ., on the presentation of one of the deceased ' s cheques . In addition to this money , there was also found in tlie woman ' s possession all the missing scrip of the Snmbrc aud Mouse , and Boulogne and Amiens Hallways , known to have been in tho possession of the deceased , and some articles of wearing apparel belonging to him . The boxes belonging to her have been brought from the South-Eastern Railway station to Scotland-yard , where their contents underwent a second examination on Tuesday ninht .

      Manning is still at large , and we fear wc must add that no clue to his retreat has been discovered . There can be no doubt , however , that he has very little money in his possession ; and this circumstance , it is hoped , will have the effect of destrovin " all chance of his escape . * ° Gosroirr , Tuesday , 10 a . m . —Her Majesty ' s steamfrigate , Fire Queen , sent out last nujht by Admiral Capel in search of tho Victoria , American packetship , on board of which tho fugitives were supposed to be passengers , returned at nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning . The Victoria was overtaken off tho Hill of Portland , and hoarded by Langley and Thornton , the detective officers , Two persons of the name of Manning were found among the passengers , but they proveTl not . to be the parties sought for . They were mother and daughter , and the six ; parcels booked at the London Docks belonged to thorn .

      PARTICULARS RESPECTING MAX . NIXO . Tuesday Niuht . —The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police , owing to information whicli they have just received , are inclined to thii . k that Manning has not left , the metropolis , but is secreted in some of the bye-streets in London , A person , named Wri ght , states that he is personally acquainted with Manning , aid that he went into the Hank of England Tavern , near tho Great Western Railway , with him , where , they both partook of some refreshment , and Wright went to the door for the purpose of calling in a policeman aiid giving him into custody . Whilst , lie was so engaged Wright states that Manning left the house and ran away . At first this appeared quite improbable , aud nothing nioio was thought of ic than an idle rumour , but from what has subsequently transpired there is every reason to believe that , the statement made by Wri ht was perfectl y correct ; in consequence of which the commissioners last night issued privately the f . llowing notice to the force : —

      Manning has a brother named Edward , living at 30 , l- ' nmccs-s-ticet , Xcwhigtoii-lmtls ; a hi-ethei-in-law ' named lhil ]> h , living at - \ l . cas-nic-ivs , . Slicpiisird ' s court , Grosrcui > r-s ( juarc , and a brother named . loscjih , staying with Mr . Kaljili . Also , another brothcr-iu-Iaw mimed Candell , who resides at Taunton , as well as : i limthcv tunned , . lames , residing at Wivcliscnmb , in Somerset . 'hire , lie has also a sister , who is landlady of the Cutter Inn , at Weymouth . The residences nf all these parlies are to be c-luscl y ' tv .-itchi-il to sec whether . Manning applies lor shelter at any . . Manning formerly lived at 6 , l'liiljiot-terrace , Paddingion . It appears from further inquiry that Manning and ids wife , in carrying out their deadl y purpose , have , as was expected , made use of soporific drugs . Two bottles are now in the possession of Mr . Odling , the surgeon of the police district . One contains a few drops of laudanum , : > nd is labelled " Poison ,

      —William Hill , Chemist , 04 , Hermondsey-street , " and the other is a cut glass bottle , such as is used for containing perfume , and in which is abcut an ounce oflaudnnun i , - The fractures of the skull extended on the right-side over the frontal , temporal , parietal , and occipital bones ; the heaviest blows being inflicted near the occiput ( back ofthe head . ) No fewer than sixteen pi-ces are in Mr . Odling ' s possession , and that gciitlcni . ni States that ho has sot quite weary of removing the pieces , and that therefore ho has left nearly as many more untouched . Heath must have ensued long before the whole of these injuries were inflicted , one fracture almost extending from the back of the head to the left eye . Ono of the bottles containing the poison is smeared with lime , having been apparently handled by a person whose hands were daubed with that material . It is

      rather singular tliafc no traces of tlio commission of ; : ! 1 this violence cm bo discovered in any of the rooms , as the scalp was dreadfully cut in many places , and , of course , a considerable effusion of blood must have taked place . Mr . Odling gives it as his opinion that a broad flat hammer was the weapon used in striking the fatal blows . The murder was , in alt probability , committed in the front kitchen , as the noise of fire-arms discharged in any other room must have awakened the inmates ofthe Adjoining houses . The police at halt-past eleven , received tho following telegraphic message;— " Is Manning in custody—send " back an immediate answer . " It is inferred from this that the Edinburgh police have some clue to a person answering his description .

      EXAMINATION OF MARIA MASKING AT EDINBURGH . EnixnuitGii , Wi-DXEsniv . —This morning at ten o ' clock , Maria Manning was brought up from tho Calton-hill gaol , for examination before Mr . Sheriff Arkley , charged with the murday , or participating in the murder , of Patrick O'Coanor . After being duly cautioned , the prisoner was asked what she had to say to the charge . She replied that she-had nothing to say , whereupon she was remanded back to prison to await the arrival of officers to convey her to London . It is exp ? cted that one or more of the metropolitan police vssiU arrive hero this evening , with authority to receive her into their custody . . ;¦ . '' ..

      Immediately npou receipt of this message , Inspectors Walker ;>» ' !¦ Shaw proceeded to Scotland-yard , and communicated its ' effect to Mr . May , the chief superintendent of the A division , who immediatel y sought an interview with Mr . Hall , the chief magistrate at Bow-street , who at once granted a second warrant for the apprehension ' of the accused part y , which was placed in the hands of Inspector llaynes ofthe detective force , who loft town for Edinburgh by the G . 15 a . m . train this morning . ' Manning is still at largo , but there is every reason to hope that erelong ho will be in custody . The police authorities believe that he is lurking somewhere" in thowest . ' . 'bf "England , " and two or three officers have : been s ' ent dowti in'that direction . It was sevorai ; times reported during Wednesday that he had been scon in ' London , but the officers do not attach any credence to these statements . ' . It'is quito certain that lio'loft townby ' the South-Western rail-¦ ffay ori . Ve'faosfoy' Nothing , 'the Jtftli instant , aw »

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 25, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25081849/page/7/