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FOREIGX Octobe* 27, 1849. , THE NQRTHERN...
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Foreigx Octobe* 27, 1849. , The Nqrthern...
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FOREIGX INTELLIGENCE . ( CfencZudco ! from the Second page . ) TT TUSCANY . —The « Riforma' of Lucca states from xHoreFlorence , October 11 , that the Tuscan government Hasshasseized an edition of Mazzini ' s letter to MM . de TTocqTocqueville and Falloux , printed by the bookseller ] Belli Bellini . Colonel Forbes , who latel y commanded a t detat detachment of Garibaldi ' s troaps , arrived at Florence i on tl on the 10 th with an Austrian passport . The Tusi can ; can government has ordered bim to leave Tuscanv A A letter from Florence of the 14 th inst . states that som some crowds having been cellecledin vhe rtretts , the Aus Austrian sentinels fired on the people , and several per * persons were wounded . ^ VENICE . —Letters from Venice , quoted b y the ' C ! ' Constitutionale' of Florence , state that an immense TftWCmX' TVumiTinrnT / ln
nut mimher of passports had been applied for by inbabitan tants of Venice and of the Venetian provinces , but tha that the Austrian government generally refused to gfr g ive any . Although the city is not openly subjected to to a war-contribution , the richest families are prival vately forced to pay large sums . The port and city art are deserted , misery at its height , and commerce at a a stand . The writer adds , tbat if the free port of Vf Venice is abolished , the city will he ruined for ever . The Patrie' of Corfu stan-s tbat Messrs . Manin at and TomuuKeo , and Geneial Pep ? , have been rece ceived with fhe greatest enthusiasm by the Ionians . M Manin and Pepe are both well known . Tommaseo is is thi translator of the popular songs of Greece , and is is celebrated as a man of letters .
THE IONIAN ISLANDS . According to advices from Trieste of the 15 th inst . 1 the disorders . were not yet put down in Samos , and t fresh detachments of troops were sent thither . In ( Cephalonia order was completely restored . Tbe ] Lord Commissioner promised toremove the embargo j and martial law , and to proclaim * general amnesty ! so soon as the two ringleaders of the insurrection were brought in .
SPAIN . FALL OI XABVAEz . Private letters from Madrid , dated the 19 th inst , and received in Paris on Wednesday morning , announce the fall of the Narvaf z Cabinet , including its President . The letters announcing this strange news and that the coup ffelat had been long arranged at the Palsce , and in the pro « oundest mystery . A telegraphic despatch received in Paris on Wednesday , announces that the Narvaez Ministry , which had been recalled to office on the 21 st had been again dismissed . GERMANY .
BADEN . —Fbeibcbg , Oct . 5 . — "Wc learn indirectly from the * Suabian Mercury , ' that the peasant girls Of St . Joergen who strewed flowers on the graves of those Republicans that had been shot are still kept in prison . Rastadt , Oct . 13 . —The soldiers , Gerbart and Doll , of the 1 st infantry regiment ( now disbanded , of course ) , were tried hero to-day for mutiny , breach of fealty , and for taking part inthe armed insurrection ; both had used violence , but neither had committed murder . The Judee-Advocate moved for
ten years' imprisonment against both . The court , however , in its thirst for blood , notwithstanding the formal protest of the Judge-Advocate against their decision , in which he expressly told them that they , the members of the court , could not legally g o beyond the penalty he had moved for , actually sentenced Gerbart to death by a majority of four to two . Since the sentence was not unanimously passed , it will have to be confirmed hy the Ministry of War before it can be put in execution . It remains to be seen whether the War Minister of Baden will dare to reject the sentence of a Prussian
courtmartial . The ' Kblner Zeitung' publishes an account of the reception which General Klapka met with at Hamburgh , -where he arrived on the 17 th instant . Large crowds of people mot the Hungarian General at the railway terminus , and accompanied him to his hotel , where he addressed them in the following manner : — " Gentlemen , —I thank you for your sympathy with a wretched nation , which was conquered
while struggling for its liberty . We , its champions , are exiled after the combat . It is a comfort for me and for all my comrades that the respect of true patriots , and especially that of the inhabitants of Hamburgh , accompanies us into exile . " In the evening General Klapka visited the Hamburgh theatre , when tbe manager and the audience received him as they mig ht have done a sovereign prince . The orchestra struck up , and the public rose as one man when General Klapka entered the
house . The 'Emancipation . ' of Brussels , states that General Klapka does not intend to proceed to America , but to England . The 'Deutsche Zeitung' has letters from Rastadt oftheSftth inst ., informing us of the execution of Messrs . Jansen , Scbnuicr , and Bernig au . These men were natives of Prussia , and had taken a prominent part in the insurrection in Baden , and in the combats with the Prussian troops . Beklis , Oct . 19 . —Cjbazy , the civil commissioner at Comorn , and one ofthe most strenuous characters in the revolution , arrived this morning , by the five o ' clock train from Breslan , together with thirteen Hungarian officers . They were all obliged to quit Berlin t wo hours after for Hamburg , from which port they will embark for England .
AUSTRI A AND HUNGARY . The re stfter Zeitung records the execution of another eminent Hungarian , Csani . who has been hanged at Pesth . Nor is this tbe only victim announced . Baron Je-serak has been subjected to the same fate . Both of these victims attempted to address the crowd , but the roll of the drums drowned their voices . Tbe Jack Ketch stripped the bodies to their linen . They were left hnngiigforan hour , and then conveved iu a cart to the hospital . The dowry of the Countess Bathyany amounted to seven miflions of florins , the whole of which has been confiscate ? to the Austrian treasury .
The German papers state that the crown of Saint Stephen has been sent to London . They assert that M . Szemere , the Hungarian minister , had M . Kossuth's instructions to take the Hungarian crown and insi « " . ia of the emp ire to England . This statement explains and con'radicts the late rumours which have < r 0 ne abroad in the Austrian press , of M . Szemere havingr . hbcd M . Kossuth . Letters from Pesth ofthe 11 th inst . mention the execution of M . John Gonzezky , chaplain to the iBilitarv stud ImiUtargestitt ) at Mozohegyes . He was cbntnnSundav . the 7 th hv . t . The A lenna paper ,
Uovd- alwavs a doubtfnl authority-states Mat instructions hive been sent to Pesth to prevent the further execution of capital sentences . It was nevertheless expect ed that Messrs . tfyarz Perrenzi , and Stutter would be executed on the 14 th . View , October 15 .-On the afternoon ofthe 12 th there arrived in Pesth a courier , with instructions thatin fntnre no sentence of death should be esecated . It is accepted as a tofon of the truth of tbfsstatcmeutthat PaalNyarz , Pcrrcnzi , and Stutter , were put vesterday into the condemned cell , of the new building , without them execution having taken idace to-da y , as was expected . Iranr , a for-Ser mS rrof , he Diet , is said to have been appre tended in Grata , on the 10 th inst . Gazen Leothy , * nld man of eiabtv , of h igh parliamentary
reputa-„ tion in Hungarv , has siso been arrested , and condemned to death . Beothy , forasenes or diets , was alwavs at the head of the radical opposition , and a Strenuous separatist . He was one of the best s peakers in the Diet after March , to which he was efe ' eted in spiteof all the exertions ofthe Austrian party ? and his powers of sarcasm were much feared by The iSf papers announce the arrival of General Havnan at Gratz . The llifeicr Zeiimig SlSes a sentence condemning one Paul Sontng to be imurisoncd for two years ' , for having m October last assisted Gen . Bern in escaping from T From Po-th we are informed of another bloody scene It has lately become the fashion to force ™™« Hungarians of birth and education to enlist
m the Autri an retriments . A certain Baron rounnnitzkv was thus compelled to be a nommon driver in ' the artfflerv , and it so happened th at shortly after his ioinins the corps he was accused by his corporal of bavin" on a march lost part of a bag of corn , and the young nobleman was sentenced to be flogged On the * ° rning after this disgraceful punishment te « d tlie apartment of his captain , and offering tha oSr the choiccof two pistols , he ckdhngeI tam ? St a duel on the spot . They fired and the cap-Sin w ' sSdry wounded . Baron Podmaiutzky SlJoTcourfep lnced underarrest , mod , and condemned to -PfJS ^ gi have been issued for Latterly the * t »^* or */ . ? representing the preventing the ^ <* •" „ 2 in revolution . court-martial . „ t-coti TrnKET AND RLSSTA .
_ On the 2 nd the Turk ^ army -jfJjJS . ft neighbourhood of Constance , w *^" ™ - the Sultan in person ; a sham % * . T C which the wholeof the troops took part , lbenam f L ^ nldiers on the jrround was upwards ot a * , w , l £ ¦ 150 views of artillery , and their appearance , ^ U aftKthusmsm they showed on the ocas well as ; WB c « Constantinop le papers in casion , s ^ f'fhe En 2 lial « , French , Prussian , and g lowing term * . J _ - t the OCCasion . other ambas sado ^ . i ^ wcrc abseHt > The Russian and Austna ^ . ^ ^^ I ^ tt ^ s from St ^^| rs the 5 t ] i ^^ t ^ f ^ et t ^ S ^^ Tn &^ £ « # & » * Czar to Couut
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Nesselrode , with whom he bad a long interview . No details are known of what took place at that interview . The Constantinople letters ofthe oth confirm the fact of Gen . Bern , Einely , Slaen , and thirty other Polish and Hungarian officers having embraced the Mohammedan religion . The 'Patrie' publishes a letter from St . Petersburg , dated October 6 , which states that Fuad Efiendi , the Envoy Extraordinary from the Porte , had not then been received by the Czar . The writer adds that , notwithstanding the impediment caused by the rumours respecting the movements ofthe English and French fleets , the general impression was that peace would not be disturbed ; that Fuad Effendi will return with the prospect Of a possible arrangement . . . . . . . .
UNITED STATES . The later accounts bring the following from America : — Within a few days past it has leaked out that as long ago as May last Mr . Rush , our minister in Pans , wrote to our Secretary of State , that Louis Napoleon had declared if he went to war with any country it would be with the United States . This communication from Mr . Rush was dated the 3 rd of May , and it was on the 12 th of May M . Poussin made his uncivil demand on our government . This information comes direct from Washington , and has got into our newspapers . Most of them think the remark has been misunderstood . I do not . Believing tbat a crown is the aspiration ofthe
President , that he believes his popularity will carry him through everything , when events mature , I should not be surprised if he sought to give a turn to the popular French sentiment against this country , solely because it is a republic . If this was his intention , he lias now the opportunity , for General Taylor has taken his ground , and Le will be supported in it hy the country without respect to party . Our navy is panting for active service , and if France wishes to lose a few ships , and roll up a few more millions of francs debt , she has the opportunity . I take it for granted that Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , aud Leeds would have no objections to the exchange of a few blows between the United States and France .
The Astor-house rioters—the parties implicated in the riots arising out ofthe Macready-Forrest affair —have been found guilty , after a trial of fourteen days . Judson , the principal offender , has been sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for one year , and a fine of 250 dollars , the extreme punishment for his offence allowed by law . The others have been more leniently treated .
CANADA . The news brought by the Cambria , from Canada is , as usual , of a sombre hue , the shades darkening with each successive mail—agitation and discontent more prominently brought forward by the dark background of the unpopularity of Lord Elgin . The elevation of Lord Elgin to the peerage " had created no surprise , or , if any was created , it was smothered in indignation at the avowed determination ofthe Colonial-office to maintain him inthe course he had adopted . The feeling in favour of annexation with the United States is becoming more manifest . The proposed removal of the seat of government to Montreal is another subject of violent discussion . The ' Montreal Courier' declares that no man in Canada now owes allegiance to a sovereign whose ministers are permitted to treat the Canadians as they have done , and declares that a movement is on foot which will convince Earl Grey and Lord Elgin that their policy is at an end .
Consumption Of Smoke. This Often Wished ...
CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE . This often wished for . but never realised improvement , may now be said to be effectually achieved . We speak not from mere theory , but from actual observation . A short time ago Messrs . Chambers , of our city , erected a new furnace and chimney for a ten-horse power steam-engine , which moves their printing machinery ; and , with a view to remove all challenge respecting smoke , they applied Juckes ' s patent smoke-consuming apparatus . This apparatus resembles nothing else of the kind . It consists of what may be called an endless chain of bars disposed not crosswise but lengthwise , and this chain of bars forms the tottom of the furnace , on which the Jive coal blazes . The chain moves very slowly forward —not more than at the rate of an inch in the minute
—from the front io the hack ofthe furnace , carrying the fire along with it . At the back or bridge of the furnace , the chain of bars moves round , and comes back beneath . Thus it goes on endlessly from morning till mght . The apparatus is fixed oi a carricge , which is run into its place on a sperjies of railroad ; and tbe whole—that is , the whole bottom ofthe furnace—can be dragged in or out at pleasure , by which means every facility h presented for cleaning , renovation , < fcc . The chain of bars is moved by connec ting gear from the steam-engine . The coal is laid on a hopper at the mouth of the furnace , and is carried forward by the bars , the depth of coal that enters being regulated by an iron door , which is depressed or raised like a sluice . The principle of
smoke consumption consists in the slow and regular admission of the coal . Instead of being heaved with a shovel , so as to produce continual gusts of smoke , it is admitted , as it were by hair-breadths . The ignition is , therefore , little at a time , and what smoke is raised having to go over tlie bright fire beyond , it is necessarily consumed . Nothing gets up the ch ' mney but a slight fume , scarcely perceptible to the eye . The apparatus , we are told , has the further advantage of economising iuel and attendance , while it sustains the steam equally with the common practice of firing . The great beauty of the whole thing , however , is . that thesmoke is consumed . We have seldom seen any process of art more simple , and yet more ingenious and beautiful . —The Scotchman .
Prevention Of Mine Accidekts. At The Mee...
PREVENTION OF MINE ACCIDEKTS . At the meeting of tlie British Association recently held in Birmingham , the attention of the members was invited to a patent apparatus invented by Mr . Foudrhiier for obviating the risks which attend tbe breaking ofthe ropes or chains attached to the corves or cages in whi-h the miners descend into and ascend from the pits . Such accidents not only cause destruction of human life , but in shafts which are fitted up with gu'des , according to the most improved practice , occasion considerable damage to the shaft fittings . The object of Mr . Foudrhiier ' s invention is to fix , in all such cases , the corve or cage ( whether loaded with tubs ofcoalorwith its daily and far more precious freight of human beings ) firmly and instantaneously to the guides , through the instrumentality of
selfacting springs , levers , and wedges , attached to the top and forming part ofthe corve or cage . These come into action when disengaged through the breaking of the mpe or chain—tbat is , in the very ins-taut at which the accident occurs . The apparatus is so admirably contrived that , through the operation of simple mechanical principles , the tightness with which the wedges hold increases in proportion to the incnase of weight in the cage . There is in ruining operations another source of danger in the liability of the load to be drawn up against the pulleys , through the negligence of the engineer—an accident attended with next to certain death to the men as well as great damage to the shaft . The risk attending such an accident Mr . Foudrinicr also obviates by attaching to
the rope or chain a disengaging apparatus , such as th . it made use of in the pile-driving machine , the corre being , at tbe moment of disengagement , left affixed to lbe guide at a certain distance below the pulleys . In this case also the apparatus is self-acting . Mr . Foudrhiier is known to have perilled his own safety ( if , indeed , any term implying risk , can be employed ) in order to test the efficiency of his apparatus . At the Usworth Colliery , in the county of Durham , where it has been in operation since the 16 th of April last , it has more than once been subjected to very severe trials , and a numb . r cf colliery viewers and engineers having seen the cage , though loaded with two hill tubs , andweighingabont 21 tons , stopped instantaneously upon the disengaging of the
rope , have come forward to hear public testimony to the value and completeness of the invention . The apprehension which some persons had entertained aiih reference to the fall of a portion of tbe rope , when broken , on the topof thecorveor cage , appears ( o have been removed by a communication from Mr . Elliot , the owner of the Usworth Colliery , which was published in the Mning Journal of the 28 th of July last . Mr . Elliot there states , that in the Usworth Colliery , abrokenrope , of about 200 fathoms in length , and weighing about 37 cwts ., had in that month fallen on a cage top there in use , consisting merely of a three-inch Menicl plank , without any injurious result . This he explained by the circumstance that the fall of the roue is distributed over several
seconds of time , and that , consequently , the latter does not acquire tbe momentum which would be acquired by a mass of the same weight when descending in a cjmpai-t and solid body . The numerous experiments made at Birmingham with this apparatus afforded the highest gratification to many of the distinguished persons who attended the meeting of tin . British Association ' , and Dr . Buckland and many oth * r gentlemen expressed a high opinion of its value . The c lumns « f th' - Mhunp Journal , (" nring the prist j car , show that , through the breaking of ropes or chains ( the fatal results of which are effectually obviated by Mr . Foudrmier ' s invention , ) eighty-nine
human beings prematurely met their end ; and tins number , it must be observed , is taken from a return " athered from nine counties only in England , aud not alluding to a single accident in Scotland . Under such a state of circumstances , the necessity of introducing into their roices either this or some better apperatus ( if better can be found ) , in order to prevent a recurrence of such casualties , cannot be too strongly impressed on the owners of mining property . Measures so easily adopted , and so obvious ' y requisite to preserve the fives of a large number of our fellowcountrymen , oug ht to need to other recommendation to private interest , philanthropy , or intelligence .
A Balloon Frozen.-A Voyage In The Air. A...
A BALLOON FROZEN .-A VOYAGE IN THE AIR . Acorrespondentsays , " Mr . Gyp ? on , fheaeronaut , being engaged by some gentlemen of Bedford to make an ascent with his silk balloon , the Ro-al Albert , made his hundreth ascent at a quarter before five on the evening of Friday week . Mr . Gypsoifwas accompanied in his voyage by Mr . Henry Smith , the engineer of the Bedford Gas Works , bv whose exertions the machine was supplied with " an ascending power far superior to that generally obtained in pro vincial towns . Two residents of Bedford were candidates for aeronautic honours , but the terms they offered Mr . Gypson declined and large CflrgO of
, a ballast was deposited in the car . The balloon rose in hte perpendicular style , and acted npon by a high wind , speedily outstrippe I the railway trains in its progress to London . The aeronauts shortly after quitting theean h entered the clouds , and became invisible to their friends on terra firma , piercine the dark massy clouds that hung suspended like Mahomet s coffin between earth and heaven . The wi / ogeurs were saluted with a sharp shower of sleet , * or fine snow , that drifted over them in all directions , and froze as fast , as it fell , till the aeronauts became encased m a spangled shroud of ice . The balloon winged its way with the rapidity of lightning through the massive bodies of snow-charged with
vapour which it was surrounded , still a-cending . It was at this time the aeronauts witnessed the remarkable phenomenon of the sun , which bad set before they left the- earth , assuming a retrogade action . The most gorgeous blending of red and purple stretched across the sky , as slowly and progressively the setting sun rose in tbe west , floated on thin air , and subjected to the rays of a glorious sunshine . The gas that had been in a condensed state the whole of the day was now two miles and a half above tbe clouds , assailed b ya rapid and powerful expansion , so that it became necessary to open the valve and relieve the balloon ofthe extreme pressure that was thus it flicted upon the whole surface of the silk . But here
arose an extraordinary incident—the hose of the safety valve , which had been tied up before leaving the earth f o prevent the admission of atmospheric air , was found to be frozen quite hard , so that it became quite impossible to extend it to allow the superfluous gas to blow off . Under those circumstances Mr . Gypson endeavoured to open the valve at the crown ofthe balloon , but tbat , loo , from tbe peculiar descri ption of luting with which the valve was luted , was found to be inseparably fr < ? cn . As such Mr . Gypson had but one alternate—h « quickly passed himself through the hoop , and . with his knife made a large incision in the lower part of the balloon ; the ga « streamed forth in one continuous stream through a two-feet opening , and , singular to
relate , the gas that had been passed into the silken globe an invisible vapour , rushed out as white as the steam from a steam-engine , such was the effect ofthe frosty air upon the gas . And thus the aeronauts were rescued from the jaws of destruction ; for had not such an expedient as tbe knife been adopted , nothing cou / d hare prevented the silk giving way to the extreme force then acting upon it , at three and a half miles from the eirth , for such was then their altitude , as shown by the sinking of the mercury in the barometer . The mercury at starting was 28 2-10 . and at the highest altitude 11 1-10 . The escape of the gas in the aperture made by Mr . Gypson wit h his knife was the dismissal of danger ; and the adventurous voyagers regaling themselves with a little
cognac , congratulated themselves on their providential escape . True , they had an abundance of ballast in the car , but with the silk frozen as hard as a wet linen cloth on a winter ' s night , it would have availed them but little had the silk been beyond the reach of an incision . They had now a tendency downwards , and besan to shake off the glittering ice or frozen snow that had rendered their garments a coat of mail . The mercury now rose to 19 3-10 , which showed a mile lower than their h ' ghest elevation , still descending , but very little warmer . They again tried the valve , but could not open it ; and in their eff ; rts to accomplish the object , repeatedly brought down the crown of the balloon , the valve obstinaiely refusing to give way . The rays of the sun were now
lost ; sol had taken his final departure for the night , and a rapid condensation of the gas was the consequence . Ballast was brought in requisition and the downward tendency checked , fs it became highly necessary to have full command over the valve before the final descent was attempted . Mr . Gypson and his friend describe the immense masses of cloud over which they were floating in appearance as most magnificent , undulating like hill and dale , here a silvery tinge on the higher range of the snow-like mountains , and there the frowning scowl on those resembling dingy , dirty ice—in some places they op ; ned and displayed the beauty of the scenes below . The travellers were now within a mile of the earth , the temperature of the air much warmer , so that the silk resumed its accustomed softness , the valve opened with a very slight effort , the grappiina-iron and cable were extended ; the wind carried the balloon across the country with great velocitv , the grappling iron
took hold of a quickset hedge , tore it up by tbe roots and rapidly apprcacbed the buildings of a farmhouse bags , ballast , and all were thrown out to avoid it , and the balloon cleared all obstructions hy ascending again . A second descent was accomplished with safety , though not without violent oscillation , near Ottmoor , in Oxfordshire , fifty-nine miles from Bedford , and the time occupied in the journey was forty-four minutes . Not a soul was to be seen , and the travellers bad nearly emptied their aerial vehicle , when a ploughman , approaching the monster of the air , took a sly peep , and likewise took to his heels ; entreaty and persuasion were useless , nothing could induce him to return . Mr . Gypson and his friend , after much delay , succeeded in pelting a conveyance to take them to a railway station , and reached Bedford at eleven o ' clock the next morning . After all the perplexities and hazards of the trip , tbe aeronauts affirm they would give balloon travelling the preference hy far to either coach or rail . "
Wreck Of An Emigrant Sh1p.-N1netynine Li...
WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SH 1 P .-N 1 NETYNINE LIVES LOST . The Boston ( American ) Evening Journal of the Sth inst . has the following : — A severe gale from N . E . commenced Saturday eveninc ( Oth inst . ) , and raged wiih great fury during the whole of the night and throughout the day on Sunday . The gale was probably the most severe of the season , and we fear has proved very destructive upon the coast . The British brig - St . John , Captain Oliver , from Gal way , Ireland , anchored inside Minot ' s Ledge about six o ' clock , a . m ., on Sunday , dragged her anchors and struck on the Grampus rocks about nine a . m . Cap ' ain Beale , of the steamer Mayflower , gives us the following particulars . He understood that the brig struck on the rocks known as the Sea Ledges , a little to the west of Minot ' s Ledge
light , about one mile from fhe shore , and immediately went to pif ees . There appea * s to be different statements in relation to the lumber of passengers on board . The captain says there were bnt 111 , while the passengers who were saved say there were 150 . Of tho :-e saved and arrived at Cohassct , ten in number , seven were females and three males . Six of them were provided with quarters at the bouse of Captain Abraham H . Tower , and the other four at Mr . Lalhrop's . All of these came ashore on pieces of the wreck . Two of the women it is thought will not snrvive , one be im : badly cut on tbe hesd by a piece of the wreck . The other woman it is said has a husband residing in this city ; she bad three children on bo ; rd with her , all of whom were hst .
The captain and one ofthe mates we are informed arrived in the city from Cohassct in the noon train to-day . The following statement is from Captain 01 iv < r himself : — " Saturday , five p . m ., passed Cape Cod with a light S . E . wind—n-eather thick ; hove to with head to the N . E . ; at four a . m . wme ship and stood south ; at half-past six made Minot ' s Lodge . Not havingroom to wear ship , ventured to run where we saw a brig at anchor , inside of the light . The violence of the gale and heavy sea caused us to drag our anchors , when we cut away the masts , and held on for a short time . The gale increasing she dragged again , struck and thumped heavily for about one hourb ? fore she broke up . Previous to bvcaking up , the jolly boat iras hanging by the tackles alongside , when the
stern ringbolt broke , and the boat fell into the water . The captain , second mate , and two boys , jumped into her to clear her , when about twenty-five passengers , jumped in and swamped htr : the passengers , together with the second mate arid two boys , perished . The captain caught a rope hanging over the quarter , and was drawn en board by the first mate . The long boat was got clear shortly after , and a heavy sea coming on board cleared her from the vessel , when a number of passengers jumped orer to swim to her , but all perished . The captain , first urate ( Mr . Cummerford ) , eight of the crew , and two passengers , swam to thi boat and reached the shore in safely . Ten others , seven men and eight women , came ashore - n part of ( he dech . Total loss of lift * . 93-saved , 21 . Twent . i-livc bodies have been washed ashore this morning . ' '
Sir Jonx Fraxkhx's Expedition.—A Letter ...
Sir Jonx Fraxkhx ' s Expedition . —A letter from St . Marie liivcr , dated September 21 , aniiou : ;^ the arrival , on his way to England , of Sir Joint Richardson , from an unsuccessful search after Sir John Franklin ' s expedition . The latter mentions that after reaching the Arctic Ocean he travehed 500 miles alone the coast ; and also that Sir John speaks confidently of the existence of a northern passage , the practicability of it , however , being exceedingly doubtful , the summer lasting only from thirty to sixty days . Tub Retort Coukteovs . —A Frincc , laughing at one of his courtiers , whom he had employed in several embassies , told him " he looked like an owl . " "I know not , " answered the courtier , what I looked like ; but this I know , that I have had the honour several times to- represent your Majesty . "
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, -JKr 7 1 ?® G ntval Crim 5 nal Court resumed its sittings to-day , before the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , the Recorder ; Alderman Gibbs , Sydney , Fynmsand Musgrove ; Messrs . iVicoll and Law rence , the sheriffs , and their deputies , Messrs . Millard and Wire ; and the other usual City officers . It appears by the calendar that there were 203 prisoners alread y committed for trial at this session . The Recorder then delivered his charge to the grand jury . fc aiMDMBAsoB .-Th . oma 8 Ashton Cockayne surrendered fo take his trial upon a charge of misdemeanor .-Mi- . 17 . Cooper prosecuted ; and Mr . Bod-1 cm and air . Ballantine were for the defence . —Tho nature ot the misdemeanor imputed to the defendant , who it appeared was a person very respectably connected and who holds the office of deputy
master of the Western Grammar School at Brompton , was mat ot having committed an indecent assault upon a police-constable of the S division , named Charles Angel . The offence was alleged to have been committed on the ni ght ofthe 7 th of Sep . the details are , of course , not fit for publication ; but the story told by the constable was of a very improbable and unsatisfactory character , and he was contradicted in some material portions of his testimony by the other witnesses in the case . Upon cross-examination , the prosecutor , who , it appeartd was a native of Mdikskm , in Wiltshire , admitted that ho bad been charged with manslaughter , * and although he refused to answer many ofthe questions that were put to him with regard to
his former habits and associates , it was pretty clear that Ins character was very indifferent . Notwithstanding this , however , it would scorn that upon his arm-aim London he very speedily obtained the appointment of police-constable . —Mr . Bodkin made a most eloquent and forcible appeal to the jury on behalf of the defendant , and several highly respectable witnesses were then examined , all of whom confirmed the statement of the learned counsel with regard to the character for morality and honourable conduct enjoyed by the defendant . —The jury , ¦ without hearing any more evidence , said they were
satisfied that no case had been made out against tho defendant . —A verdict of "Not Guilty" was then recorded . —The Recorder gave directions to the inspector of police on duty at this session to report to the proper authorities the fact ofthe jury having expressed an opinion that the prosecutor was unworthy of belief . At present he was in the position of a protector of the public , and it was therefore very necessary that the opinion entertained of him by the jury should be reported in the proper quarter , lie had no doubt that it would be so , but he felt it right to state publicly what his opinion was upon the subject .
Robbkhy . —James Homers , a respectable-looking young man , surrendered to take his trial on an indictment charging him with having stolen the sum of £ 160 , in sovereigns and half-sovereigns , in the dwelling house of " Richard James , —Mr . Prendergast and Mr . Naglc appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr . Ballantine and Mr . O'Brien for tho defence . —It appeared that the prosecutor is a cheesemonger , living in Yictoria-road , Pimheo , and was acquainted with the prisoner , who is the son of a butcher in the neighbourhood , he having about three years ago been in prosecutor ' s employ . They were both on terms of friendship , and prosecutor having lent prisoner some money , which the latter could not pay , he agreed , in part liquidation of the debt , to whitewash his kitehon , which he began
some time before the day ofthe robbery , but had not completed . On the 16 th of last August the prisoner called on prosecutor to see Mm , and at that time prosecutor was in tho parlour counting out some gold , in the whole £ 363 . Prisoner asked him what he was about to do with his money , and the reply was , invest it in Consols . Prisoner then asked him to come out and have a glass of ale , to which prosecutor-assented , and having returned his money to the cash-box , placed it on the top shelf of the parlour cupboard . Whilst at the public-house prisoner looked over the paper , and observed that as Consols were then very hi ^ b , prosecutor bad better defer the intended investment until there was a fall , which prosecutor agreed to do , and
returned home , and having tied his money up in hags , put it where he usually kept it , in a cupboard in bis bed-room . Shortly after ( he prisoner came , and expressed his intention of finishing the whitewashing job , for which purpose he went down stairs , but left again without doing anything . On the next day he was in the house for the same purpose , but left without being observed , and it was then found that he had not at all forwarded the job , neither was any subsequent attempt made to do so . Prosecutor not requiring to go to the cupboard where his money was did not miss any until the 27 th of the same month , when he discovered that one of the bags , containing the sum named in the indictment , had been abstracted , the cupboard having been forced and closed again . Having made the fact of
his loss known to those in the house , he learnt that the servant of a lady living in the upper part of the house bad seen tho prisoner on the 17 th come down on tiptoe from the upper part uf the house , and that ho left by a door that was not used by the prosecutor or any of his friends . He then appeared to have something heavy in his pocket , which he tried to conceal . Prosecutor subsequently told him of his loss , and he said it would be better if he kept it a secret , as the knowledge of the loss would cause his neighbours and tradesmen to suspect lie was not able to keep up his credit , and that it would not do him any good , as he could not identify the gold . Prosecutor said he did not care for his tradespeople , as bo was quite independent of them . Prisoner then said that he must take care his
lodger did hot hear of it , or she might leave . This raised prosecutor ' s suspicions , and he communicated them to the police , who advised him to keep an eye on the prisoner , which he did ; and subsequently , going out with the prisoner , and seeing him inadvertantly pull some gold from his pocket , and knowing him to have been in bad circumstances , spoke to him of it , and asked him to let him have a portion of what was due . The prisoner said he would try and let him have a half-sovereign the next day , which he did , and prosecutor at once identified it as one of those he had packed up , from the fact of its being marked with his teeth , prosecutor having broken one of his teeth in trying whether it was a good one . Prisoner having also been seen with
much money in his possession by other people , the police apprehended him , and having denied that he had any money about him , he was searched , and seventeen half-sovereigns and some sovereigns were found on him , which he said were his mother ' s . — For the defence it was contended that the identity of the half-sovereign was insufficient , and that as the prisoner was managing his mother ' s business , he had ample opportunity of being possessed of the money spoken of . —A number of witnesses were called to prove the payment of small sums to the prisoner , but not ono accounted for the number of
half-sovereigns found on bim . —In answer to tho Court , prosecutor said there were a great number of half-sovereigns in the bag , and that prisoner well knew where lie kept his money . —A number of highly respectable witnesses were then called to character . —Mr . Prendergast having replied , Mr . Bullock summed up . —The jury having consulted some time in the box , asked to retire , and when they returned , having heen locked up for a great length of time , acquitted the prisoner . —Tho announcement was received with a loud hurrah by the numerous friends of the prisoner who were waiting outside .
Tuesday . —Charge or Atthjiptixo to Extort Mosev . —John Uarpur Jones surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour , in having unlawfully threatened to publish certain libellous matter , with intent to extort money . —Mr . Clat-ksou and Mr . Bodkin were for the prosecution ; and Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Huddlestone appeared for tho defendant . —The money attempted to be extorted by tho prisoner was won by gambling on various occasions from the prosecutor , a young gentleman named Francis Robert Newton , who , at the time of the transaction , and at present holds the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Marines ; it appeared that he is not yet of age . The debt of " honour " not being paid , the prisoner wrote to prosecutor ' s
colonel apprising him of the affair , and also a letter to the prosecutor , a copy of which the prisoner stated he would publish . There did not appear to be any evidence in support of the accusation that there had been unfair play on tho part of the defendant , and tho prosecutor admitted that upon one occasion when he wished to play at whist for £ 13 a game , the defendant refused to do so . — Mr . Ballantine having addressed tho jury for the defendant , they almost immediately returned a verdict of "Sot Guilty . " The Bermosdsey Muivdeu . —The grand jury came into court and informed tho Recorder that they were about to enter into the inquiry relating to the unfortunate affair of the Maimiiigs / andtlioy wished to know whether they mi ght have the assistance of Mr . llayward , the solicitor of the treasury , while they were proceeding with it . —The Recorder said
he did not see any objection , and he thought it likely very much to facilitate the inquiry if the witnesses were brought befm-o them iu the ' order in which their evidence wmlJ apply . —The GiKiid Jury said this was the object for which they wished the assistance of Mr . llayward , as he was well acquainted with all the details of the case . —The Recorder said that Mr . llayward should attend them , but it was customary in such a case to swear the solicitor for the prosecution , and place his name on the back oi the bill as a witness . —Mr , llayward was accordingly sworn and the grand jury then retired , and proceeded with the consideration ofthe bill , and about an hour afterwards they returned into court , finding a true bill for murder against both prisoners . Bigamy . —Patrick Crook was indicted for intermarrying Mary Bourke , his wife , Johanna Crook , being at that time alive . —It was proved that in 1837 , the prisoner was married to his first wife , by Father
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Colter , an Irish priest for the district of Bandon , in the county of Cork , and that she was seen alive m that , her native place , as late as May last , and that on the 4 th of February , 1847 , he was married at ht . John ' s Waterloo-road , to Mary Bourke . — iiie prisoner , in his defence , said ho left his wife m the year 1837 , and not having heard from her in answer to his letters , thought she was dead . —The jury found the prisoner " " Guilty . " butrecom mended him to mcvey , —Sentence , twelve months ' - lmpnsonmeiit .
Highway Rodbeht .-A well-known member of the swell mob , named Smith , and a woman of the town , named Stewart , were convicted of bcin " coticeracd m stealing Is . and a knife from the person of James Hall , on the I 3 th Oct .-The prosecution was instigated by the civic authorities , for whom Mr . Ryland and Mr . Laurie appeared , and Mr . Pavne for the male prisoner . —The case , which was clearly proved by Michael llaydon and Brett , the wellknown officers of tho City detective force , was of the ordinary character of these class of robberies . The female prisoner was one of those class of prostitutes who hang about tho street for the purpose of decoying gentlemen into secluded places and there p lundering them , and , should any resistance be offered , calling upon a man following in the rear to aid them in their designs . —The male prisoner was sentenced to ten years' transportation , and the female to twelve months' imprisonment ,
Wednesday . —The Clapium MimuEns . —James Weston , 37 , was then put to the bar to plead to two indictments , one of which charged him with the wilful murder of his wife , Maria Weston , and the other with the murder of his daughter , Maria Elizabeth Weston , at Clapham . —When the indictment charging the prisoner -with the murder of his wife had been read , Mr . Bodkin , who was with Mr . Clerk instructed on the part of the Treasury to conduct the prosecution , said that he felt it his duty to state , that , from the information received by those who conducted the prosecution , he believed there was no doubt that the prisoner was at that moment in such a state of mind as rendered him incompetent to understand or to plead to either of
the indictments that had been preferred against him . —Mr . M'Murdo was examined as in the previous case ; and ho deposed that he had constantly seen the prisoner since his committal to Ifewgate , and , in his opinion , ho was of unsound mind , and not in a fit state to plead to the indictment . —The Chief Baron : You are of opinion that he would not understand what he was charged with , to be able to defend himself?—Mr . M'Murdo : Certainly , my lord . He has not had a single lucid interval since he has been in the prison . He has no idea that he himself committed the act , and fancies that I did it , and that the doctor who attended him did it . I have no doubt that he is quite insane . —The jury returned a verdict to that effect * , and the same order was made as in tho case of tho former
prisoner , Bird . Robbery by a Clekk . —Edward Grade , aged 25 , clerk , was brought up to receive judgment , having upon the previous evening pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing two separate sums of money , the property of his masters , Messrs . Rivington . lie also , this morning , pleaded guilty to a further indictment for stealing 395 printed books , valued at £ 157 3 s ., tho property of the same firm . —lie was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . Obtaining Goods under False Pretences . — Bcnry Scanbridge , aged 28 , coal dealer , pleaded guilty to several indictments for obtaining goods amounting in value to above £ 100 , the property of Messrs . Wilkinson . —The Common Sergeant ordered him to bo transported for seven years upon each indictment .
Attempteb Muuder in Dulwich Wood . — Stephen Alfred Jordan alias Dowland , 17 » w « s indicted for the capital offence of feloniously cutting and wounding Sarah Francis Ewings , with intent to murder her . Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Clerk conducted the prosecution , instructed by Mr . llayward , for the Treasury . _ The" prisoner liad no counsel . Mr . Bodkin briefly opened the case for the crown , awl the following evidence was then adduced . The prosecutrix , who still appeared to be suffering severely from the injuries she had received , and who was unable to speak louder than a wisper , deposed , tbat she was a single woman , aud she had been acquainted with the prisoner for fifteen months . He had promissed her marriage , and in September last she was
in the family way by him . On the 16 th of that month she wrote a letter to the prisoner , in which she told him that she had left all her friends for his sake , and if she did not hear from him before Thursday following she should write to her grandmother , and tell her how he bad deceivedI her . On the 18 th she received ^ a letter from the pi isoner , in which be made an Appointment to meet her on the following night , at eight o ' clock , at Brixton Church , as he said he was going to take her to Croydon , and he requested her not to tell her landlady where she was foing or who she was going with , and he twice said in the letter , that she was not to come at all , unless she brought the letter with her . She got to Brixton Church at the appointed time , and the prisoner
immediately asked her to give him his letter , and she did so . He then said that be had taken lodgings for her at Croydon , and he had brought paper and ink , and she must write a letter to her landlady to tell her that she should not be home for a day or two , and she must also write a letter to him to the same effect , which he might be able to show in case her friends should make any inquiry of him respecting her . The prisoner then produced pen , ink and paper , and also the cover of a book , and witness wrote upon it the letters in the terms the prisoner bad dictated . He then said that he was going to take her over Fenge Common , and she replied that she had not got any clothes , and he said that did not signify , as she could go and fetch them in two or three days .
The prisoner then asked her how she came to write him such a threatening hitter as she had done , and what she meant , and she replied that she did not mean to threaten him , and told not to think any more about it , as she had only written the letter to frighten him . They walked away together towards Dulwich . and when they came to a wood , the prisoner said , "This is Dulwich wood ; " and they got over a stile and went into it , and the prisoner told her not to be frightened if she heard any rustling in the bushes , as there were a great many rabbits about . He then took hold of her hand , and they walked on through the wocd , and the prisoner stopped three times ; and , on her asking him what he stopped for , he r < plied
that he thought he heard somebody coming , and said that perhaps it was the gamekeeper . It was quite dark at that time . The prisoner put his arm twice round her neck , and kissed her as they were walking along ; and , upon his doing so , a third time , he at the same moment thrust a razor into her throat , and threw her to the ground . The prisoner then knelt on her side , and put his two fingers to her throat . She struggled , and succeeded in getting upon her knees , and the prisoner then knocked her down again with the butt-tnd of a pistol . The struggle between them continued , and she succeeded in getting hold of the razor , which broke ill her baud , and the prisoner then continued to beat her on the head with tlie pistol . After this she became
insensible , and when she came to herself the prisoner was gone , and she managed todrag herself to a cottage close by , where she obtained assistance . The prosecutrix added , that during the deadly and protracted struggle between them the prisoner did notutteraviotd , and when she endeavoured to exclaim , " Oh you wretch , " he prevented her from doing so by holding her throat tightly . The prosecutrix also stated that the prisoner promised to marry her in July Ir . st , and that at his request she gave the usual notice to the registrar , and she left her situation in order that she might be married , but the pruoner refused to perform his promise — The prisoner put a few questions to the prosecutrix , but none of them tended in any way to invalidate
the testimony she had given . —Two or three other witnesses were examined , and the constable who apprehended the prisoner , deposed that upon his asking bim if he had been in Dulwich Wood on tlie previous night , he replied that he knew what ho wanted him for , and told him to say no more about it . —The prisoner , when called upon for his defence , told a rambling story about his intimacy with the prosecutrix , and denied that he had ever promised her marriage , or that he was the father of the child of which she was pregnant . —Mr . Justice Cresswell having briefly summed up , the jury immediately returned a verdict finding the prisoner " Guilty of wounding the prosecutrix with intent fcomurderher . " —Sentence was deferred .
Railway Parcels Robbery . —G . Barton , 19 , a tailor , W . Barton ( his father ) , and — Banbury , an elderly looking man , were indicted for stealing a quantity of parchment and paper , valued at above £ 20 , the property of Messrs Chaplin , Home , and others , the well-known railway carriers . Mr . Clavktsou'AndMv . Bodkin appeared to prosecute ; and Mr . Cockle defended the younger prisoner . The facts of this ease were these : —The elder prisoner , Barton , who is a well-known old thief , and had evidently carried on the same game as the present for s > nie time , had been in the habit , in conjunction with the other prisoner , of stealing lawjers ' parcels that had been sent by mil , and the plan adopted , on this occasion was this - . he had
watched the-porter carrying the piiwls , which being deedsaiiu'papcrs were tied up in u peculiar wav with red-tape , from the prosecutor ' s carts which delivered them in town after their transit by rail , and having made up some false parcels to represent them , sent his son , on the morning of the 27 th of September , to Messrs . Gregory and Faulkner , and also to Home , Loftus , and Youngs , two well-known firms , to effect the substitution of the one parcel for the other . The parcels being loft at an early hour and before business commenced , tho younger prisoner came attired like a porter with a hook in his hand and the fictitious parcel , and asking if his fellow-servant from the railway had been there , said , " Oh ! he has made a mistake , and left the wrong parcel , " and having obtained possession
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of the one ] ust left gave the false one in its place , leaving word that when the porter who was suoposed to have made a mistake called again ho was to come on to him at some public house he named . In this instance they had returned the parcel in an anonymous manner , the deeds not being of any value to them , and there being no probability of a reward being offered for their return , the yotm * er Barton being then in custody . The jury found them all " Guilty . "—The Common Sergeant said , they evidently thought that the parcels contained money . For the lad who had been instigated by his father , he should order him to ho imprisoned f ,-, Vsix months ; Ilanbury , who had aided in the offencft , to seven years' transportation ; and the elder Barton , who was the prime mover in the affair , to fifteen
years . Charge of Forcery agaixst a . \ Ixsaxe Pi ; rsox . — John William Bird , 54 , surgeon , was placed at the bar , to plead to an indictment charging him with unlawfully forging and uttering a certificate , purporting to be a certificate that he was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons , with intent to defraud James Sedgwick Lean . —Mr . Itylaud , who with Mr . Laurie was instructed to conduct the prosecution , on behalf of the City authorities , said that in this case be had reason to believe that ti . e prisoner was not in a fit state of mind to understand or
plead to the indictment , and he proposed , in accordance with the provisions of the statute , to produce evidence to that effect , and the prisoner would then be dealt with in the manner directed by the law . — Mr . G . M'Murdo , the surgeon of Newgate , was then sworn , and he confirmed the statement ofthe learned counsel as to the prisoner ' s condition , and the jury at once returned a verdict that the prisoner was of UllSOUnd mind . — The learned Commissioner gave directions that the prisoner should be detained in safe custody until her Majesty ' s pleasure should ho made known respecting him .
Forgery . —James Wcntworth , alias Green , was indicted for foiging two bills for the several sums of £ 00 and £ 70 , with intent to cheat and defraud Henry Reynolds . Mr . Prendergast appeared for tho prosecutor , and Mr . Rebton for the prisoner . From the speech of tho learned counsel for the prosecution , it appeared that the prosecutor , who is a surgeon in Cambridge-terrace , having ahousetolet in Savillc-row , was applied to by tho prisoner , who , representing himself as a civil engineer , and son to Mr . Godfrey Wcntworth , of Woolly-park , near Wakefield , expressed a desire to become the * occupant of the house . lie further added that he had hut just returned from India , where he had been for some years making a survey , which had not vet
returned from India , having been detained in Egypt , and that he was in communication with government on the matter . He also claimed an acquaintance with the Lady Augusta , and several persons known by name to the prosecutor , and said that lie ( the prosecu tor ) had only to inquire in the City , and at Glyn ' s , the bankers , which lie did , and they imagining the inquiry to relate to the son of Mv . Godfrey Wcntworth , gave an account of his J % k respectability . In consequence of this , prosecutor became very friendly with him , and the result was , that he let him the house , and as security took the two promissory notes in question ; as soon as prisoner got into the house he engaged Messrs . Cubitfc to make some alterations in the place , which amounted to about £ 100 . It was in consequanco of this that seme surpicions was created , and the result ofthe inquiry was that the prisoner - . vas not named Wcntworth , but Green , and that be had been
but a very few months out ofthe House of Correction , where he had been for two years taking a survey ofthe walls and bars of that establishment . — Mr . Kebton , for the defence , contended that tho prisoner having changed his name after leaving prison , had a right to give a bill in that name , without committing any legal offence . —The Common Sergeant , having conferred with the learned judges in the other court , said the defence might liave held good but for the fact that the prisoner had represented himself as tho son of a woll-knowi ; respectable gentleman , which , being a false pretence , established the forgery . The jury found the prisoner " Guilty . " There were other indictments for obtaining goods by fraud , and it was proved that , besides the imprisonment alluded to , which was for fraud , he had been previously imprisoned twelve months for conspiracy . Be was then transported for fifteen years .
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THE BERMONDSEY MURDER . TRIAL OF THE MANNINGS . This important trial commenced on Thursday morning at the Old Bailey . As might have been expected from the interest which the case had previously excited , the court presented , Jong before the hour for the commencement ofthe proceedings , a very unusual appearance ; but the crowd outside was by no means strikingly large , The arrangements made by the under-sheriff were so excellent as to prevent the possibility of confusion . Amonsgt
those attracted to the court to witness the proceedings , were the following : On the bench were tho Swedish minister and his secretary , Count f ' olloredo ; the Austrian minister and his secretary , Baron Kohler ; the secretary of the Prussian legation ; the Marquis of Azeglio , the Sardinia , charge d ' affaires ; the Marquis of Hertford ; Lord Strang ford ; Alderman Garden , Magnay , and Laurence ; the Lady Mayoress ; Mrs . Wilkins , the lady of tho learned sergeant ; tho Rev . Mr . Gibson , rector of St . Mary Magdalen , Bcrmondsey .
A considerable number of ladies sat on a line with the judges , and in the raised seats of th : ? court , and exhibited in their countenances an expression of anxious expectation and interest . Ai nine o ' clock several prisoners were arraigned at tho bar , in the ordinary course of procedure preparatory to their trial . The legal gentlemen engaged in the case entered the court shortly before 10 ; and ; at five minutes after the Lord Mayor , who was immediivtery- followed by the Lord Chief Baron , Mr . Justice Maule , and Mr . Justice Cresswell , hy whom the case was tried . The prisoners were simultaneously placed at the bar . There was nothing remarkable in the appearance which they presented . Theis expression was very calm , and while the indictment wa g being read over both looked down fixedly towards the bar .
The counsel for tho prosecution were the Attorney-General , Mr . Clarkson , Mr . Bodkin , and Mr . Clerk , * for the male prisoner , Mr . Sergeant Wilkins and Mr . Charnock ; for the female , Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Parry . The prisoners were described in the cale . idar ag " Frederick George Manning , 30 , traveller , " and " Maria Manning , 28 , married . " The charge placed injuxta-position to their names being "the wilful murder of Patrick O'Connor . The prisoner Manning took up his position at ono of the front corners of the dock , and his wife almost at the opposite extremity .
Manning was dressed in a suit of black ; the female wore a plaid shawl , and on her beau a sort of white lace fall , covering only about half tlie head , and having a large flowing tie extending down to the waist . The hair was arranged in long crepe bands . She had lace ruffles on her wrist , and wore white kid g loves . The indictment having been read over by the clerk of the arraigns , the " usual question , "Giiilfy , or Not guilty , " was addressed to the prisoners . Manning replied in a firm voice , " Jfot guilty ;" the female made the same reply in a lower tone .
Mr . Ballantine then rose , as counsel for Maria Manning , and objected to her being tried with her husband , claiming for her a separate trial on the ground that she was a alien , and as such entitled to the benefit of tho statute of Edward the Third , Be medietate lingiw , under which , besides being tried separately , half oi tbe jury must be foreigners . The Attorney-General contended that , as tha wife of a natural born British subject , although originally an alien , the prisoner had no right to a separate trial . In order to plead the statute De 3 k ( lietate Linqua ' , she must have the disabilities aa well as the right of aliens . By the 7 th niluSth Vic ., chap . CG , sec , 16 , any woman married to 3-. natural born subject , or person naturalised , must be deemed to be herself naturalised . The learned counsel then referred to Bar ' s case in Moro ' s Reports , in support of his proposition .
Mr . Ballantine said the words of the 7 th and Sth "Victoria , being in the nature of implication , could not be held to abrogate the important right claimed by the prisoner . Mr . Parry followed on the same side . The 7 th and Sth of Victoria conferred on aliens who were married to British born subjects , but it did not deprive them of any privilege previously conferred on them by act of parliament , if possessed by them at common law . l \ o prisoner could be divested of tho privilege in question without the authority of parliament . The learned counsel then referred fo the case of doe dem Francis Ackland in support of his view .
After some further discussion , the Chief Baiion said that the Act of Victoria was a complete answer to the application ; buthe was not disposed then to lay down any general rules on the subject without more consideration . By that statute , however foreign lady by marrying a natural horn subject becomes naturalised—the quality of an alien disappears , and she becomes an Englishwoman . It appeared to him , iLcrefore , right that the tri : ;! ought to proceed . Mr . Ballantine replied that the plea of thci ' cmala prisoner that she was an alien , and ought to be tried by a jury de medietate linnuw , should be
entered on the record . [ This application is , no doubt , made for the purpose of obtaining a writ of error , to be argued before all the judges !] The Attorney-General objected to the proposed endorsement on the back of the indictment . The Chief Baron said the question must be so framed as to carry it to a court of error ,. or jf pre- , ferred , to the House of lords . Th £ * e $ M ^ l && given to Mr . Ballantine to take the niSttf ^^ e / CMWp ^ iK " ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 27, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27101849/page/7/
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