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Novembeb 3, 1849. Thr Northern Star.. 7
Novembeb 3 , 1849 . THR NORTHERN STAR .. 7
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PEAGE COXGHESS MEET 1 XG . I On Tuesday evening a public meetiug of the 1 members and friends ofthe Peace Society was held in Exeter-hall , which was crowded to the door on the occasion . At % quarter past six , the chair was taken by Mr . Ewart , MJ ? . On the platform beside him we observed General Klapka , IL Horace Sar , M . XeonSay , M . Frederick Eastiat , 31 . GuiUaumin , AL Ponfconier , Mr . It . Cobden , M . P ., Mr J B Smith , M _. P ., Mr . J . Ellis , M . P ., Mr . " Samuel Gurney , President Mahon of Oherlin Collce , Ohio ; Rev . John Campbell , D . D ., Rev . W . Brock , Rev . T . W . Jenkyn , D . D ., Mr . Joseph Sturge , Mr . Charles Mackay , LL . D ., Mr . Thomas Fowler , Mr . C . Gilpin , Dr . John Lee , Rev . Thomas Pvne , Mr . Richard Taylor , Mr . JohnScoble , Mr . John Cassell , Mr- Richard Peak , Dr . Oxlev , < fcc .
The Chairman said , that before commencing the short speech which he should feel it his duty to inflict upon them , he thought it right briefly to state the objects of the meeting . He begged to say that it did not assume to itself the name of a Congress . It bore reference to the Peace Congress which recently took place in Paris , and it also bore reference to their future proceedings as the result of that congress , and that -was all . The meeting , however , would hear those subjects touched upon at length in the various speeches which would follow his , and especially by the secretary of the Peace Congress . Tbe very vastuess of the assembly took away his own individuality , as all seemed carried
and impelled forward by the vast tide of public opinion , which was setting in with a constant flow ia one uniform direction in favour of the principle of perpetual peace , ( Cheers . ) Among the illustrious foreigners who had honoured that meeting ¦ with their presence , there was one of a class not ¦ very usually found at peace meetings , but one whose presence he was snre would be hailed by the audience ; he meant General Klapka , —( great applause , )—who came , he supposed , with the view of twining the peaceful olive with the laurels of war . He begged to tender his thanks to him and the other foreign gentlemen who had honoured them with their presence on that occasion , especially to those who had rendered their assistance at tbe recent
meeting in Bans . He also begged to thank tbe members ofthe French press for the support which they had so extensively given to the cause of peace ; for he desired to speak it to the honour of France and Belgium , tbat there was scarcely one isolated journal whieh had not advocated the cause of peace , at least in theory if tot in practice . ( Hear , hear . He wished he could say as much for the press of our country . ( Hisses . ) It was too often the habit , when any great doctrine was broached for the first time , to assail it , merely because it was new . But he held that there was little logic in ridicule , and that a sneer was a poor substitute for a syllogism . ( Applause . ) The friends of peace , however , could
afford te pardon these attacks , these " paper pellets of the brain , " as Shakspearc called them . He was sorry te say that the dawn of peace had been discoloured , disgraced , and stained by the effusion of Mood . ( Hear , hear . ) He remembered a famous water in England saying , that the funeral fires of war were over , that the sun of peace was just tinging the horizon , and that robbers and assassins was taking advantage of the twilight . He grieved to say that the assassins who were at present taking advantage ofthe twilight wero the legalisedassassins of atoo arbitrary government . Hegrievedto say that for the conduct o * f Austria —( hisses _tnd groans , " _£ -a » y Austrian who was nrsent might trell feel tbe
Honest flash of shame when he _considered what that conduct liad been , for there was no Englishman , no Frenchman , no freeman anywhere in Europe or America who did not feel horror and detestation at such a sacrifice of human life as had heen perpetrated by the military government of _Anstsaa . ( Cheers . ) He was sure that the individuals who had escaped from those scenes of horror would he hailed in this country , which he trusted wonld ever he found tbe asylum of the unfortunate and _cae free . He could not _conclade w _ithoutonce more reminding them that sow four nations were as one in the cause of peace—four nations were now ¦ united in a holy brotherhood ; France , England ,
the "United States , and Belgium were now tne champions of peace , and with them against the world the success of peace prkciplcs was assured . ( Load applause . ) _, The Rev . H . Richards proceeded to state to the meeting the operations of the association during the last twelve months . If he were asked what good had _bsen done hy going to Paris 2 he would answer , much in every way . They had diffused , through the medium ofthe press , peace sentiments to the uttermost parts of the civilised world . These sentiments _wcnl-i _< Snd a lodgment ia their sympathies and minds and hearts Of thousands , and would doubtless in > due time bring forth an abundant harvest .
They had called the attention ef some of thc most powerful minds in Europe to tbe iniquities of war , and the necessity , for the liberty and progress of Europe , of establishing an universal and permanent peace . They had found a new means of conveying to their continental neighbours the real state of feeling in this _country , and of disabusing their minds of the false impressions produced by certain ea ling organs of the press amongoorselves . ( Hear , hear . ) These organs ofthe press were the self-constituted , _aelf-calied exponents of English feeling on j the continent , employing their great talent in inflaming national animosities by tlieir sarcastic remarks on the proceedings of our neighbours , and
prostituting their influence and their ability by becoming thc apologists and advocates of servile principles . (<" rreat applause . ) He declared , however , in the presence of that vast assembly—and he should not fear to challenge the opinion of any assembly similarly called in any part of the nnitedkingdomthat these papers did not represent the pub"ie " _fecliiig of England . < _$ Re : iewed cheers . ) He ( Mr . Richards ) hailed the presence of General Klapka in that meeting as much as any of tbem ; but he believed that he conld toll them , what many of them were convinced of already , that the cause of freedom sained _uotliins by ail appeal to the sword ; that it
was bv the spread of ideas , by the expression o ' principles , by the growth of healthy moral indignation in the " hearts of the people—and hy these means only , thai iyranny and despotism eould effectually be put down . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Richards then read letters of apology for absence from M . Tisschers , President of the Peace Congress at Brussels , the Abbe deGuery , one of the " vice-Presidents of the Cngressat Paris ; M . Bouvef , member of the _National Assembly ; M . Coquerel , M . " Victor Jingo , M . Iamarrine , the Archbishop of Paris , M . -Cormerin , M . E . de < Girardin ( who had been confidently expected np to ihe list moment , ) and 31 . Chevalier , and also ose from Mr . Bindley , IL P .,
• dated "Vienna . _^ _,,, _« , , The Rev . W . Brock then moved the first _resora-£ on , which was as follows : — " That this meeting desires to express its gratitude to the Great Ruler of the Nations for the fiignal success which has attended the labours of the committee during the Tear especially in connexion with the Peace Con" stet & held iu the city of Paris in August last -, and it would regard that success as an incentive to increased exertion in thc future , for the aeeomphshwenj . of thc undertaking so auspiciously _com" aSV B . Smith , M . P ., seconded the resolution . Mr B . _Gs ~ t . xey next addressed the meeting , lie that
felt that he was now about fo speak upon which lie regarded as a very _serfons occasion . This he did not hesitate to tell them—that wherever standing armies were maintained on a large scale financial di-Siculties would be numerous and severe and _contsBUaHy increasing ; but these were amongst the smallest evils of war . ( Hear , hear . ) He would " beg their attention to the state of this country 700 years ago—barons were at war with neighbouring barons , almost every family had its feud , the horrors of war spread themselves over the land . Now , if there had been a press in those days , the journals of such a period would have told their readers that _^ __ r __ _. __ 4 . _ . „ _„*¦ _tMno-s was the natural condition of of the rs
S y - a _^ d _upoTthat doctrine they ? i w _* tflfc < _£ no as strong ground as _tuejour-Sioflhc _^ _SSy _thought proper to occupy . _aalists ot mc VT _^ U _\ / A s _, „ f society it was J _^ _tPi rn the art of war any more . tie ma very IT _yS « S * tbey _*« e enmp H » _JSL _^ taS _iqioS Cliisti . ni . itf . <««»•> _^ _ssssi _^ _tfias rta _jnovement gto *«** _% _J £ _^ of Paris , from been read from _™ _J _^ Ua < ro l Enu -f e de Girar-Me ssrs . _^ msn" _^ _JSLd Frenchnicn ; and it din , and other df _» _£ _& _££ of the gentlemen _hails with ' _' ei = g * t .. V _£ * ' lWrwilh their attendaDce on the l _^ _wf ' them , a source of
visit to tin * _^ _""i : _^ a * it _««' - _powmu . } p Trson _; _. ! _sn _^ _JJH when national _aminositend to advance _«« " _% _*„„„ _,, „ and peace and good-Si shall be for e _« r _£ f _°£ ' world " Ee said , it 8 J ™* th Tft " _yeaS _*» this isle was was now exactly two _?«* _"" _** , tbe crv ot invasion _ghted from _* _J" P _^ J £ * ' was excited _£ nm France- _** 3 io _« _K " _„„ and In _BlCU'S _TOW-^ n ation the _^ _J EJ _* Guards marching out at Sf London , _** * _$£ ? _,, _&* , authority m the the other . _Ig fs _^ tnat their coasts must be hTs i _^^ V _^ _luZd npon a war footing ; that _gsSSfftSj * - *——*
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the purpose of repelling the French . "What did tbe I men of peace do at that particular juncture ? They I resisted that ill-considered course ; and it was that ' wicked cry which brought him into the ranks of the ' peace party . ( Applause . ) They lost no time in holding public meetings ; and if the proceedings of those meetings werenowlooked to , it would baleen that the men who took part in those proceedings did nob regard the French nation as a nation of brigands and pirates . ( Hear , hear . ) Instead of imputing to them a character so evil , the lovers of peace resolved to go and see the French people , whilst the men who trusted to fleets and armies began to dig docks , to build ships , and to spend the public money in what they called the defences of
tne country . Fending this , the men ot peace took an opposite course . They held out the right hand of fellowship and peace to their brethren on the other side of the straits , and _tliat hand was most cordially grasped . They had then a set of gentlemen present who formed a deputation from France , and , iu the name of the great assemblage which he had the honour to address , he begged to tender to those gentlemen a hearty and cordial welcome . ( Applause . ) "When he Idokedback only totheshort period of two years , aud when he recollected the language which newspapers used at that period , aud when he connected tbat with events wbich had recently taken place in France , he felt that he could attach bnt little value or importance to the language
held in newspapers Those journals had often told them thatthe moment thepressureof Louis Philippe ' s government was removed from thc people of France nothing could saTe this country frora the aggressions of the French people . But what was the language now held ? It was this , that the journalists considered the people of France only too pacific . "Would the organs of the press ever learn modesty ? ( Cheers . ) He must wait till to-morrow morning , before he could offer an opinion on that subject . ( Hear , hear . ) In the east of Europe the world had lately been frightened with a threat of the fearful calamities of war . Peace , fortunately , had been secured when war was not apprehended ; but upon what had that peace depended ? It
depended on the cordial understanding between France and England . "Was it the diplomatists or the men of peace whose labours produced that entente _cordiole ? It was the men of peace who did it . ( Cheers . ) The result of this disappointment to thc war party had rendered war between Russia and Turkey impossible . Let it , then , no longer he said that the peace party had no statesmanship within their body , for they professed in an eminent degree the statemauship of finance . ( Loud cheers . ) The peace party wanted to see an end of the practice of nations arming themselves to the teeth ; and in supporting the views which they entertained , they could scarcely shut their eyes to the fact that almost all the financial difficulties by which tbe
tranquillity of nations was disturbed could be traced to the expenses which followed in the train of war . Thc gross expenditure of Great Britain , during the last year , was , as nearly as possible , £ 54 , 000 , 000 . Of that the sum of £ 47 , 000 , 000 was charged for the expenses of past wars , andforthe present expenses of standing armies . The expense , then , ot the government , ofthe Queen ' s civil list , of the Poor Law establishment of the Home , Foreign , and Colonial offices—in fact , the whole cost ofthe governmentconsumed only one-seventh of the revenue , while the expenses of past and anticipated warfare carried off six-sevenths . ( Applause . ) He maintained , then , tbat he and his friends were the true Financial Reformers . They proposed that governments should try and find out some other plan of settling their disputes than that of constantly keeping up a war establishment in time of peace . He
ventured last session to propose a plan which he thought a very simple one , namely , to resort to the same practice which private individuals adopted for the settlement of their disputes—namely , arbitrca tion instead of war . He was met , as every proposition was met which tended in any way to do away with the chance of war—by tbeotgection that it was impracticable ; that it was quite good in theory , but impossible in practice . He wished them to try . ( Laughter . ) He declared he did not believe it possible to find a retail dealer in the « ountry who carried on business with the want of ordinary prudence which our government displayed . He wa _^ sure , at least , tbat they would not find one who had not passed two or three times through the Bankruptcy Court , if the governments of England and France continued the same career , he agreed with Mr . Gurnev that their Financial difficulties would ruin
them , and they must go into the Gazette , and they certainly would not deserve a certificate from the hands of tlieir creditors . ( Cheers . ) The progress ofthe discussion in parliament had opened another phase ofthe argument . Two years ago they were told thatthe great armaments were kept up as the means of defending countries against their powerful neighbours . But now , the very parties who ri'ified them for taking up the same position two years ago told them that it was not war between nations tbat was to be dreaded , but insurrectionary movements . But what said tliese persons to the powerful armies and fleets of France and England ? They were not surely used for keeping down the people of these countries . ( Hear , hear . ) But
taking them on their own ground , and supposing that the armamepts were kept up to keep order among the people , he would ask if the system had not been tried long enough to prove that it would not answer ? In his letter to the Pence Congress at Brussels , more than a year ago , he had ventured to assume , from data he had collected on tbe continent , that at tbat period there were about 2 , 000 , 000 armed men in the pay of tbe different Governments of Europe . Well , since that time revolution had been sweeping over the continent , and there was scarcely a throne but had not been tottering to its base notwithstanding the support of those 2 , 000 , 000 bayonets . And yet scarcely had these governments begun to recover from the
shock , than , instead of resorting to a policy that bad any chance of success , they commenced increasing their armies , and he believed that were there were three soldiers before there were now four . He sometimes wondered what was the motive of the old governments of Europe for the absurd course they were pursuing . He confessed he was sometimes so utterly at a loss to account for any rational , honest motive , that he was inclined to believe their object was to bring their countries into such a state of dire confusion and helpless bankruptcy that no other form of government could be found to run the risk of restoring it to order . { Cheers and laughter . ) It was rather a childish illustration , but he could not help saying that their conduct reminded him of
the practice of boys at school , who , when they had an apple or cake which they did not want another boy to obtain , rubbed it in the dirt to render it distasteful . ( OoKtinnedlaughter . ) Sometimes he had wondered tbey did not advertise for somebody with a little common sense to get them out of their difficulties . What wonder was it that men who had not sagacity enough to think ofthe causes , and who only looked at the consequences of such blundering , should begin to quarrel with the whole social system , and seek to uproot it altogether ? ( Hear . ) The deluded Utopiasts , as they were called , had found a remedy for these disorders . They declared that the men who kept enormous armaments caused more dangers by the burdens they imposed upon the
people than they gained good by the security of the uayonets . ( Hear , hear . ) But a new phase of the argument had lately appeared . He did not feel disposed to enter into the question of international government anywhere . If a nation under any form of government chose to be taxed to maintain 300 , 000 , or 400 , 000 , or 500 , 000 soldiers to keep tbem in order if they chose to nuttheic hands in their pockets to paj for then : own oppression , let them . Bo would not interfere _with them . But these standing armies were not maintained out of the taxes of the countries who kept them . They were maintained by loans raised in other countries , and that was a very different principle indeed . The friends of peace had struck one blow at that system . He
could not say that the demonstration nere had prevented Austria from getting money either in England or in Holland . But the fact that the Austrian government had been unable to get any money there was a proof at all events that the peace party had taken a right estimate of the credit of that government . What should they say of those parties , who np to the last could vamp up the credit of that bankrupt government , in order to trap the unwary to lend money on bonds , which they were now obliged to admit had fallen to a discount of a half and one per cent ? He found from Monday ' s paper , too , that the Czar of Russia had published a ukase inviting people to give him credit for £ 3 , 000 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 , 000 sterling . He proposed it
in the shape of Treasury bonds , and be ( Mr . Cobden ) was glad to find that the ukase stated that the loan was to meet the expense of . the war lately carried on in Hungary . ( Hisses . ) But what became of the pretended riches of the Russian government ? Had they not heard of the Russian government taking £ 2 , 000 , 000 of the Austrian loan , of lending £ 50 , 000 , 000 to thc Pope , and £ 200 , 000 to the Grand Duke of Tuscany . He begged them not to believe a word of it . ( Cheers . ) As an investment for his children , he would not give £ 25 for the Russian funds which were at present selling among the " hulls " and " bears " of the Exchange for £ 10 S ; and he would undertake to find twelve of the hesi informed men on Russian finance to give
the same verdict . In England they boasted tbat every man ' s house was his castle—that no man dared to enter the house of an Englishman unless the owner or some inhabitant of the dwelling had compromised himself by a violation of the law ; but what was to be said of the burglary Of nationswhat was to be said when neighbouring communities were invaded by those who were stronger , under the hypocritical pretence of conferring benefits upon the objects of aggression ? If , in defiance of every rule of every principle , of every right / these thines existed , theie was no man to say that thev could be brought to a close till the Peace _Congress resolved practically to carry out the principle _thatnotbingwasto be done by force ; until
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they grafted that great principle upon the policy of the world they could hope to see nothing but anarchyamongst nations . ( Hear , hear . ) He should say nothing now of Hungary , but this he should venture to tell the meeting , that whether Fngland went to Greece or to Portugal , whether Russia went to Hungary , or France went to Rome , they should brand such proceedings as equally infamous , and all who lent themselves to such policy as sharing in its disgrace . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt indignant and humiliated when he found a certain portion of the press of this country hounding on the Cossacks against tbe Hungarians —( hisses ) , —hounding tticm I in a most unjust and wicked invasion of a people more interesting and civilised than themselves . He
implored the representatives of foreign countries then in that hall not to believe tbat such journals fairly described the feelings of the population of this country . ( Applause . ) It seemed to him that the success of their great congress was certain if the association continued to spread its roots and its branches as it had hitherto done—if they insisted upon arbitration instead of war—if they insisted on a simultaneous reduction of all armaments—if they struck down with condemnation and scorn the principle that any country was to be at liberty to interfere with or in any respect to regulate the internal affairs of any other laud . He believed that it was
their dHty to insist upon that , and he believed that in process of time they would also see the justice and expediency of not lending money for purposes of warfare . If they called to their aid all good men they would soon put an end to war . Thev would find it no difficult task to accomplish that object , aided as they would bo by the miraculous inventions of art , by the use of e . _' e trie telegraphs and by railways . Other and much move difficult things had been attempted with success , and if they only proceeded with energy and perseverance they would achieve a glorious victory in this instance also . ( Applause . ) Mr . Siuroe , seconded the motion .
M . Basiiat , a member of the French _National Assembly , then read a short speech in English to the meeting , expressing the great satisfaction he had in being present at that meeting , and scouting the idea ofthe friends of peace being called Utopiasts . He asked , was it more difficult to put an end to war than to abolish slavery and monopoly ? They were three children of tlie same mother , whose name was Oppression . ( Cheers . ) They had already _conquered t \ V 0 Of these , and in due ' time they would vanquish the third also .
M . Horace Sir , son of M . Baptiste Say , the distinguished political economist , also briefly addressed the meeting in English . Iu the name of his fellow countrymen present he cordially thanked the meeting for the kind reception they had received . M . Garsier , editor of the Journal des Economistes , then briefl y addressed the meeting in French , Mr . Stoble acting as his interpreter to the meeting . There were then loud calls for General Klapka , who rose and bowed his acknowledgments to the meeting .
After a few words from M . Ponioniek , a French merchant , declaring his adhesion to the cause , President Mahon of Oberlin College , America , moved the third resolution : — " That , considering the greatness of the work yet to be done in carrying out the objects ofthe Congress to their full accomplishment , this meeting pledges itself to employ its utmost efforts in sustaining the plans of action already formed , in originating any others that new circumstances may demand , and particularly in supplying the funds which an enterprise so extensive and important will continue to require ; and it relics on the generosity of the British public for tbat enlarged co-operation which such an undertaking merits at the hands of all who desire the period when * nations shall learn war no more . ' "
Mr . J . Eilis , M . P ., seconded the resolution , and pressed upon the meeting the necessity of taking active measures for carrying out into practical effect the princi p le laid down in tho resolution before the meeting , especially that portion of it which related to the collection of funds . ( Hear , hear . ) Thanks were then voted to the Chairmen , and the meeting broke up .
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Saturday . — Sentence of Death . — Stephen Alfred Jordan , alias Dowland , 17 , was placed at the bar to receive judgment . It will be remembered that the prisoner was convicted ou Wednesday in this court of a most diabolical attempt to murder a young woman , with whom he had cohabited , in Dulwichwood . Mr . Hatker having made the usual _proclamation Mr . Justice Cresswell put on the black cap , and passed sentence of" Death " upon the prisoner , who exhibited the same indifference he had shown during the trial , heard the sentence without betrayiig the slightest emotion , aud when the learned judge had concluded , he walked briskly away from the dock , looking carelessly round the court _.
_Makslacghieb . —Charles Thomas Pearce , medical student , surrendered to take his trial for manslaughter . A bid had been preferred be ; ore the grand jury for the same offence , but they threw it out , imd the defendant was now arraigned upon the coroner ' s inquisition . It alleged tbat on the 9 th of September , 1849 , one Richard JLfavis Pearce was sick and ill , and uuable to attend to his usual labour and business , and tbat defendant , _being a student of medicine , undertook to treat him medically , and to give bim medicines while he was so sicku _^ d ill and uuabie to attend to his labour , aud than he , having
so contracted , did unlawfully aud feloniously , upon the said 9 th of September , and uu divers other days , assault the said liavid Richcrd Pearce , and unlawfully refused to allow him and prevented him frum having _tufficieut food aud victuals for the nourishment of the body , it being his duty as medicul adviser to have allowed him such nourishment , and for want thereof the deceased _besame luumliy sick and disteiuptieJ , and died ; and that the defendant , by the manner and means aforesaid , did feloniously Kill aud slay him . A verdict of " iN' oi Guilty " was returned , and the defendant was at once discharged .
Monday . — Perjury . — Catherine Keimes , 26 , widow , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury before Mr . Walesby , one of the justices of tbe peace for Middlesex . —The prisoner pleaded guilty . —Mr . Ballantine , who appeared for the prosecution , said that the charge against the prisoner was of an extraordinary kind , and had been instituted by the churchwardens and guardians of the parish of St . James ' s Westminster , to deter others from attempting impositions of a similar character . The prisoner had presented herself at the workhouse , and
asked relief for throe children , which she alleged she was unable longer to support , she being the aunt . The result was that the parish relieved the children and subsequently removed them , upou her oath . Suspicious , however , having been aroused , an inquiry was set on foot , and it then turned out that the children were her own , and that she was living uuder circumstances of a disreputable nature , and was not ifl the state of poverty she represented—She was sentenced to sis months ' imprisonment .
Frauds on Pawkbrokers . — Jane Sinclair , 40 , widow , was indicted for conspiring by false pretences to obtain from John "VV . Webb and others various _sum-i of monies . —Mr . Robinson prosecuted . —The learned counsel stated thc following case to the jury : — Thc prisoner went on tho 'i 9 th of August to the shop of a Mr . Clarke , a pawnbroker , in Long Acre , awl there offered what to all appearance Seemed a gold ring for a pledge ., asking _* 2 on it . Mr , Clarke tested the ring , and finding it to be only a thin phtiugof gold upon a metal hody , and filled in with pewter , told her so , and also told her that if she attempted to pledge it anywhere else she would be liable to » prosecution . He then sent a man outside of the shop to follow and watch her movements , which he did , and thc moment she came out he saw her joined by a man who was waiting outside , and they proceeded to four other
pawnbrokers , into each of which thc woman went , whilst the man waited outside . The pawnbroker ' s assistant having in each instance been into thc shop before her , each of the rings which she had obtained fresh from the man were tested , and she was warned that they were not gold . The prisoner having been to the shop of the prosecutor on a former occasion , and again coming to attempt to pawn one ot the rings , she was given into custody . She said she had received the ring from her husband ; but this turned out to be false , and from information obtained by the police it was ascertained that she formed one of a gang of notorious" duffers " who have heen for years imposing upeu the pawnbroking trade with spurious jewellery , and in some instances she had obtained ns much as £ 1 on thc rings , which intl ' msicalLy wove not worth 2 s . Cd . —The jury found her " Guilty , " and she was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment and hard labour .
Important to Wise-merchants . — Thomas Bunucy ltlidge , a yuung man oi respectable appearance , _iurrcuuered to receive the jud _^ in eiK ot the court . —The defendant ; was cunviuicU in Fvbiuuiy last of uttering forged orders for tlie delivery oi goods , but upou a point of law that was reserved judgment was respited . —Mr . Justice Cresswell , in pa sing _sentence , said tbat tbe prisoner had been convhieu ol uttering forged lasting orders lor wine at the London Docks , his only object apparently being to obtain a small quantity of wine , and a question arose whether this was an obtaining of goods
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the statute , which question was reserved for tlie consideration ol tbe _judi'is . i ' hat point had since been discussed ID tlie Court of Appeal created by a recent statute , and the judges were uuauiuioudy of opinion that the conviction was a proper oue , ai _. d that the offence came within the statute , and he quite concurred in that opinion . —The defendant was then ordered to be impr . soncd in _JNcu-gatc for one month . Mistakes Idestity . —William Harris , 30 , clerk , was indicted for feloniously uttering a £ 5 forged note ? f the Baifc of England , with intent to defraud the
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aovernor aod company of that corporation . —Mr . Clarkson and Sir J . Bayley prosecuted , and Mn Ballantine and Mr . Huddlestone defended the prisoner . — 1 his trial occupied the court the whole day . It appeared that on the 21 st of August a person , _alleged to be the prisoner , accosted a girl ofthe town named Mary Aim Bond , in the . Kingsland-rood , and after some conversation he accompauied her to her lodging in Essex-street , in that neig hbourhood , where he sent out for some _liquor , and gave a £ 5 note in payment . The liquor and change were obtained at a _public-hou _? e in the same street , and the moment the man obtained the money he made some excuse and left the hous " , and the _noie soon afterwards was discovered to be a forgery . In this case the girl
stated that . ' he had known the prisoner before , and she _snyre positively to his identity , and two other persons in the house confirmed her testimony , and it appeared that the witness Bond , upon seeing the prisoner in the same neighbourhood a few days afterwards , immediately recognised him as the m an who had given her the forged note , and gaTe him into custouy . In order to show the guilty knowledge of the prisoner , evidence was adduced to prove that upon four other occasions , and under exactly similar circumstances , he had passed other forged notes , and in every case the parties swore v > os \ ti \ -eW to the Identity of the prisoner , and , according to the evidence ofthe Bank inspector , the whole of the forged notes were struck from tlie same plate . It appeared that the
prisoner , when he was apprehended , asserted that he was innocent , and said that , with regard U one of the days that was mentioned as that on which one forged note had been uttered , he could show that he _< _vas at another place . —The _witnesses were all crossexamined at considerable length bv Mr . Ballantine , butth « y persisted in declaring their positive belief that the _prison was the man who uttered the forged notes . —Mr . Ballantine , on behalf of the prisoner , contended that there had been a mistake as to his identity .-Several highly respectable witnesses were then examined , who made out a most satisfactory alibi with regard to the Sth and the 21 st August , on both of which days the prisoner was alleged to have passed a forged note in the way described . —The
jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " Attemped Assassination *—James Mackey , 20 , sailor , was indicted for cutting and wounding Samuel Cotton , with intent , die . —Mr . _Mellor prosecuted . —The prosecutor , a police constable , stated that whilst on duty Oil the Gth of October , in Ratoliffe-highway _. at nboutonein the morning . be saw the prisoner passing a man whom he had wounded in the face , he then had a drawn knife in his hand , and upon the officer following him , he cut him most seriously in the arm , and it was not until after a most desperate resistance that he wa * secured . —The medical evidence proved , that had the wound been any deeper , death must have followed . —Tbe jury found him "Guilty , " and he was sentenced to
ten years transportation , Obtaining Money tj . vder False Pretences . — Robert Marston , an attorney ' s clerk , wa _* indicted for obtaining by false pretences the sum of £ 1 las . from Mr . John George Winstone . —Mr . M'Mahon prosecuted , and Mr . Pmidergast defended . —The evidence ofthe witnesses went to prove that the pro sccutor , who is a boot-maker living in the Waterlooroad , had the misfortune to have a son to get into the hands of the police , in _connexion with two other men , for stealing a glass . The prisoner is one of those pests that may be always found hanging about our courts , and who , under the guise of being Soli _cltors" clerks , manage to swindle the friends of those who get into trouble out of money to conduct fhe defences ofthe prisoners . The prosecutor ' s son being committed for trial at the last month ' s sessions at
Clerkenweli , a person named Butcher _mentioned the prisoner to the prosecutor as a man who would be able to undertake _iha defence , and the result was that prosecutor had a conversation with him , and he said the fee for counsel would be £ 1 3 s , 6 d ., which with his own fee made up the sum mentioned in the indictment . This was paid upon the strength of _prisonerstating himself to be a solicitor . The prosecutor having occasion to leave town was surprised on his return to find that his son had been tried and convicted , and thatnot anycounsel or attorney had moved the matter . -All that had been done was that the prisonerhad mentioned to Mr . Mellor ' s clerk that he shonld want to retain him . —Several witnesses were called , who gave him a previous go-d character . " —The jury fo : md him "Guilty , but recommended him tomercv . _—Mr . Bullock then sentenced him to lie
_impri'Oncd three weeks in Newgate . Tuesvay . —House _Robbe'i _/ . —Chares Lowes , labourer , _George Harris , 33 , gunsmith , and William Thompson , 33 , described as a labourer , three wellknown members of the swell mob , wove indicted for stealing a watch , a sovereign , and some silver , the prop rty of Henry Harvey . —Mr . Robinson prosecuted , and the prisoners were defended by Messrs . P . iyne , M'Mahon , and Cockle . —The prosecutor is a beev-shopkeeper , in Short ' _s-gardens , Clerkenweli , and on tbe 9 th October the prisoners went to his house and called for some refreshment , but they had evidently laid a preconcerted plan to rob the house .
Suspicion , however , it would appear was entertained of their proceedings and they were watched , and Lowes was seen coming out of the prosecutor ' s bedroom , and it was found that the drawers had been opened , and the property in question taken from th room . The prisoners were taken into custody , and upon searching Lowes there were found a number oi skeleton _kej's , some _t < f which opened the bedroom door , and the others the drawers ; and close by the place where the prisoners had been sitting , the whole of the stolen property wag discovered . —The ju y returned a verdict of ' . ' Guilty , " and the prisoners were sentenced to be transported for ten years .
Assault . —Walter Graham , 10 , a lad said to be respectably connected , was indicted for a criminal assault upon Julia Felice Houghton , a girl under ten years of age . —Mr . Clarkson prosecuted , and Mr . Cockle was for the defence . —The jury found the defendant " Guilty" of an assault , and he was _sentenced to twelve months' hard labour in the House of Correction . Manslaughter . —Charles Baines , 40 ,. labourer , was indicted for thc manslaughter ot Mary Awie Moody . —Mr . Huddlestone and Mr . Cockle prosecuted . The prisoner had no counsel . —It appeared _thst the deceased , who was a married wmian , had cohabited with the prisoner for some time , and they occupied a room in one of the houses in Hintonstrect , Bethnal-green . On the night of the 26 th
September the prisoner went home at ripht partially intoxicated , and the deceased , who had gone to bed , got up on his coming into the room , and took her clothes , and was a ! out to go away , when the prisoner snatched her clothes from her . An altercation then took place between _tliem , and at length the prisoner msbed at the deceased and kicked her violently . He had on a pair of heavy boots at the time , and the effect of the injury he inflicted upon the deceased was to cause her death very soon afterwards —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transported for seven years . Wednesday . — Indictment for Conspiracy . — Richard Matley Smith , 25 , described as a sailor , Thomas Lawes , 49 , broker , and Charles Frazer , 50 ,
agent , were indicted , jointly , for unlawfully con , spiring together to obtain £ 1 10 s . from Francis Cuthbertson by faise pretences ; and in a separate count the defendant Smith was charged with unlawfully obtaining the money by false pretences . — Mr . M'Mahon conducted tho prosecution , which was instituted by the Bankers Prosecuting Association . The defendants were represented by Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Cockle . —Mr . Cuthbertson deposed that he was a bootmaker ) carrying onbvisiness in AJdersgate-strcet _, and on the 28 th of August , in consequence of a message he received , ho went to the Clarence Hotel in that street , and there saw tho prisoner Smith , whom he had known as Captain Smith . Ho produced a check drawn
upon the Commercial Bank of London for £ T 10 s , and asked him to cash it , at thc same time stating that the landlord of tbe hotel would have dono it for him , but he was out of town , and , as it was crossed , it must go through a banker ' s . He looked at the check , but did not observe at the time that it was post-dated to September 4 , and , seeing that it was drawn in favour of a person named Collins , whom he knew , he did not suspect anything wrong , and gave the amount of thc check to the prisoner Smith . The check purported to be drawn by the defendant Frazer , as keeping an account at the Gvavcsend bank upon the Commercial Bank of London , but when it was presented it was found that there were no effects . He saw Smith once or
twice after the transaction , and he at first told him that Frazer had been attacked with cholera , and afterwards said that he had died of the disease . Smith subsequently told him that he had got thc check from Mr . Lawes , a solicitor in Moorgatestrcefc , and he went there and saw the defendant Ihomas Lawes and on his informing him what had happened with regard to the check , he said that Mr . Frazer had a rich brother at Gravcscnd , and thatthe check would be paid . —Clerks of the Gravesend and Commercial Banks having proved that the prisoners kept no accounts with their banks , the Recorder summed up , when thc jury acquitted Lowes and Frazer , and convicted Smith ' .- -Mr . Ballantine applied to thc court to respite the judgment on _fc-mith until the next session , when , lie had no dOUbt , he Should be able to nut . tho _i-mirt . in
nosscssion ot such facts as he believed would warrant it m passing a lenient sentence .-The Recorder gianted theapp :: ( _::, ti 0 I 1 , Ine three "dffen _'* ants were then arraigned upon a second mdietmei , t charging them with defrauding George Mills by moans ef a similar fake check . — T '"? ca J se , " _ffa '" clearl y made out against tl 0 whole of ttio defendants and a verdict of " Guilty" was returned accordingly . The Recorder observed that umer tho circumstances , he would onlv pass sentcnce . x'P ° n . _SmM upon the last indictment , and Mr . Ballantine would have an opportunity of placing beloro tlie court , if he was in a condition to do so , such facts as he might consider would induce it not to pass any further judgment upon thc first indictment . —Ihe prisoners Lawes and Frazer were then sentenced to he imprisoned for eighteen months , and Smith to twelve months' imprisonment .
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THE BERMONDSEY MURDER . CONDUCT OF THE MANNINGS SINCE THEIR _CONVICTION . Immediately after the sentence of death had boon pronounced upon tho prisoners , they were taken back to the gaol , and as tho female prisoner was going down the stairs , leading from the dock , she again became very violent , and swore fearfully _. After a short time she became a little pacified , and took some refreshment . Manning himself seemed quite revived , and his demeanour was most respectful . As has already been stated , tho prisonors _, during the whole of the protracted trial , took not the slightest notice of each other , and tlie man
placed his chin as close as he possible could to thc boundary of tho dock , apparently anxious to have the greatest possible spaco between himself and his wretched companion ; and during tho whole inquiry they did not once cast a glance at each other ; and _whiie Sergeant Wilkins was denouncing the female prisoner iu direct terms as the murderess , and urging upon the jury the ground upon which he supported the assumption , she did not betray the least emotion , although it was observed that wlieu the learned sergeant spoke of her husband being entirely under her control , and that ho had boon made a dupe by her , she gave a contemptuous smile .
Thc offence having been committed in thc county ' of Surrey , the judgment was directed to bo carried out in that county , and it was deemed advisable ' that the prisoners should ho at once removed to Horsemonger-lane-gaol . When thc prisoners were removed from the dock they were informed of this by tho governor . They were placed in separate cells , but some difficulty was experienced by the officers in consequence of tho female culprit retaining the frenzied manner she had exhibited in public in the dock , launching the bitterest invectives against the course that had been adopted by her legal adviser in not calling thc witnesses n ho she said were in attendance , against tho jury that had tried her , and England , generally . Refreshment was offered , but she refused' it with great
indignation ; and though Manning also declined to partake of anything , ho did so in a mild decorous manner . At half-past seven o ' clock precisely two cabs wero driven up to the entrance of tho gaol opposite Fleet-lane , and thc next moment Mrs . Manning emerged , accompanied hy Mr . Wright , the deputy governor of Newgate , to whoso left wrist thc culprit ' s right was handcuffed , and took their places in the first vehicle , and , the box being taken possession of by two officers in plain attire , drove off at a rapid pace . When tho handcuff was first placed upon her wrist she burst into a towering passion , and , with e » cry muscle and feature in her countenance in motion , with the most violent _gesticulation , and with fists clenched , and teeth set , she made use of a coarse oath . Manning very quietly
walked to the cab , without uttering a word , securely handcuffed between two officers , so that any attempt to escape would bave been useless ; and by the time the first cab had reached Ludgate-hiU , tho second was rapidly following it through the dense crowd round the court-house . The cabs were driven rapidly to _Horscmonger-lane Gaol ; and tho transportation from one prison to the other did not occupy more than twenty minutes . In that brief period , however , Mrs . Manning seemed to 10 S 0 all her previous desperation ; she talked to tho deputygovernor in a free , mild , and gentle manner , and even joking about the manacle that bound her to him , ' laughing cheerfully , and bidding farewell to old Newgate and the familiar localities through which they passed . She assumed an air of hauteur
when sho found that Mr . Wright did not enter into the current of her observations , but she soon molted down , and reverted to thc scene that had taken p kicc in the dock— " I showed them resolution , did I _uot ? " she asked . She did not allude in any way to the terrible fate that awaited them , or to Mr . O'Connor . She said of her husband . "Ihad plenty of opportunity to speak to him in the gaol , and during the trial , but I would not : he did not speak to me , thank God , the unmanly wretch , - " and as she uttered these words she clenched her fists and violently kicked the opposite scat of the cab . She then looked intently out of the cab window , and they chanced to pass an advertising van , upon which were enormous placards , announcing that in certain newspapers would appear a full
report of the trial of the Mannings . Upon this she again exhibited great violence ; sho set her teeth , and in a tone half inarticulate muttered something about her husbiind being a coward ; but at tllfi _samo time it was evident that her mind was torturing her . "No , " said she , with an oath , "I did not speak to him . " This was a sort of soliloquy , not addressed to her auditors . Thc conduct of Manning , on the contrary , was calm and respectful . He said but little , and what he did say was to his guards in a melancholy tone . He seemed to entertain a belief that his life would not be taken , and expressed a hope to that effect . On arriving at Horsemonger-lane , a message was sent into Mr . Keene , tbe governor , to announce the circumstances that placed the Mannings again in
his custody . That was thc first intimation he had received of the result of the trial . Tho prisoners were then duly delivered into his custody , and the matron was summoned to take charge of Mrs . Manning . Under the guidance of that female , attended by the principal female turnkeys ofthe prison , she was conducted to ono of the colls sot apart for thc condemned ; upon entering which she burst into tears , sobbing pitcously , and exciting tho commiseration of all who hoard her . She stamped the floor _vithher feet—not in rage , but in grief ; her feelings , no doubt , being overcome as she reflected upon the great change that had taken place in her destinies since she last saw thc officers by whom she was surrounded . The woman , though hardened ,
was not entirely deadened to feeling . The exhibition in the dock of the Old Bailey had induced the authorities to give directions that all means by which she could effect self-destruction should he kept out of her way , which will be diligently carried into effect . On reaching his cell Manning immediately seated himself , and vesting his head upon his hands , appeared buried in profound thought . In this attitude he remained for some time . Each prisoner is attended by an officer day and night . On _Sunday the female resumed her former self-possession , confident air , and vivacity . The man was sullen and thoughtful , and repeatedly said he was innocent of the murder , and could not therefore be executed .
With regard to the ultimate execution ofthe sentence upon the female prisoner it may be important to state that , in a certain course of proceeding , itcould not bo carried out for a considerable period , upon the objection taken by Mr . Ballantine to her being tried by an English jury , she being , as he alleged , an alien . It may be necessary , therefore , shortly to allude to thc nature of that objection , and the course that had been pursued with regard to it . It was contended by Mr . Ballantine that the prisoner , being a native of Switzerland , was entitled to be tried de medietate lingua ; , or by a mixed jury of English and foreigners ; hut the Attorney-General , in answer to the application , relied upon the act of tho 7 th and Sth Victoria , which declares that when a foreign woman married an Englishman
she became a denizen , and lost her position of alien ; but he consented that the point should be reserved for consideration by thc Court of Criminal Appeal . Thc three judges upon the bench were unanimously of opinion that the female prisoner uo longer stood in the position of an alien , but they consented that tho joint should be left for consideration by the Court of Appeal . The counsel for Mrs . Manning have , however , refused to accede to this course , and it appears that they insist that , as the objection is upon the record , they have a right to go to a Court of Error , If this were to bo done , the question must go the House of Lords , and it would probably be two years before it would be finally settled ; but no writ of error can bo allowed unless by the fiat of the Attorney-General . By the
other mode , that of the Criminal Court of Appeal , tlie point would be decided in a few weeks ; and as that court is composed of five commissioners at least , ov of aU the judges , if they attend , it is quite clear that it would be quite as competent a court to decide such a question as a Court of Error ; and it is anticipated , therefore , that the Attorney-General will decline to grant his fiat , particularly as three of tho learned judges were quite unanimous in deciding against tho application , and if this should turn out to be correct , the law will take its course , it is said , on the 12 th of November . Thc following letter , which led to the renewal of thc intimacy between the pr isoner , Maria Manning , and the unfortunate deceased , will doubtless be perused with interest . It proceeded as follows : —
Customs , St . Katharine ' s Docks , June II , 184 " . My Dear Mrs . , not knowing your real name , I havo addressed this not as usual . 1 hope it will find you . I cannot describe to you my feelings and what I suffered since I saw you lust evening . If jou irere to know half vou ivould hiive compassion for me , if I was the greatest enemy you ever had . I have siient a . solitary and _divarv winter and a dull and melancholy spring , in _amicipiitumofhavin ;? _njovUdaudpteasiMitiUUiUHii . 1 hail given _updoing iw <> ivli society—cut the aai \ v , ihrti \ nee of every Uiml friend 1 had on your account , being anxious to economise and secure ibr ourselves 'he means of making us _hnpj / r mm ] comfortable for the rest of our lives . 1 had my nibnlli ' s leave of absence settled to commence on Hid utli of August , vihen I thought you _iiiijtkt be _aftor returning fror .: the _Continent . amlir _. _tcuiudiOft _CtniKs'vkdoii the 7 ih . Uwve j . _wicli . ii j _,, i
_Boulogne on thc Sth , and there spend the honey _inoinh : hut alas ! these arrangements _& rc now _blitrhtcd . You have all those comforts that your _lieaitcau wish for , and I am glad _ofit . for poor mc , there is none of these consolations left , but tho sad reflection of being disappointed . Ah , Maria . ' jou have acted cruel to me . Why not , like a true professor of what you avowed , Write and say what you intended before you acted so—then at the risk of _losing my situation , 1 would go every step toErskine House , and g _< . t married to thc only being on the face of God's earth who eould make mo kappy ; and Maria , dear , if you could only read the feelings of my heart jou would n .. t do as you did . However , it is too late to be speaking of these things now . We must be reconciled with the will of God , and Iwpo all things are regulated by Him for a wise and benevolent purpose . Enough now of this sad and melaucholy _afiair , for so it is to me : However , 'I hope wc
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will always entertain ihe same kindly feelings ton :, u each other that is due to old friends . I can speak for myself , and am euro I will . When shall 1 have the Ulcasuvo of seeing you here * Bring your husband siud any others you like , 1 will he able to show them the docks and the vaults ; hut , mind , ladies are not admitted after one o ' cloek . I wish you could come soon . There is a ship from China alongside my station in the docks , the Viscount Sandon . She leaves on Sunday . There arc three Cliinesc on board , and it would he a novelty for you to see them ¦ with their long tails . \' _on said you would call on me on Sunday . 1 wish jou would . If you do , write and say what tmio , that I may bo sure to meet you . Vou mny be able to give some explanations on the matter , which may smooth it down a little . I wish 1 could acquit you of infidelitv on the occasion . I hope that the blessing of God may rest Oil all your proceedings , andhelievo me under any circumstances till death , Yours affectionately , 1 ' atiuck O _' Cos . voe .
This letter was addressed , " Miss Maria Koux _, care of Lady Blantyrc , Sutherland House , fet . James , " and the effect ofit was to renew the connexion between the female prisoner and the deceased , and the husband was speedily afterwards introduced , and thoy soon all became upon friendly terms ; and then it would appear that a proposition was made that thc deceased should reside with the prisoners , but which arrangement was , for some reason or other , shortly afterwards broken oft ' .
THE I'RISOXEUS AT CUURCU . On Sunday morning from ns early as eight o ' clock tho rev . chaplain was engaged iu giving religious consolation to each of the wretched convicts , and continued till the hour appointed for divine service . Thc Mannings then repaired to the chapel , and and were , together with Jordan , who is also sentenced to death for the attempted murder in Dulwich Wood , placed in the section appropriated for condemned prisoners . In addition to thc debtors , who
criminal prisoners , and officers of the gaol , formed the congregation , there were also present Captain "Williams , the government inspector of gaols ; Mr . Paynter , thc magistrate of the "Wandsworth police court ; and other gentlemen . The Rev . Mr . Itoo delivered a most eloquent and impressive sermon , taking his text from the Cist Psalm , "IfEthiopiastretcheth forth her hands , " & c . Before the Litany tho chaplain said , " Thc prayers of this congregation are desired for those who arc condemned to die . " On the conclusion of
Service the wretched convicts again received the spivital consolation ofthe rev . chaplain until nearl * four o ' clock , during which it is understood that fo . received some important communication both : front Mr . and Mrs . Manning , bnt the nature of which is not at present allowed to transpire , the rev . gentleman , from conscientious feelings , believing that the communications were strictly confidential , and should not be disclosed whilst the parties are living . It is , however , generally believed that they were of a nature calculated to satisfy the learned judgo and jury by whom the Mannings were tried , as well as the public at largo . Since thc conviction of the Mannings a circumstance of very considerable importance has come to liffht . which , if anv drmht . _ermlri _nnssiblv exist as to
their guilt , would * appear to be almost conclusive upon tho subject . It will he remembered that , after tho verdict had been pronounced against the prisoners , thc woman made a violent speech , in which she asserted hev innocence , and appeared to make it a _strong point in her favour that she loved the deceased , anil could havo been married to him if sho bad pleased , It has , _howevei- _. ' since been ascer * tained that for some time before the murder O' Connor had been paying his addresses to a young woman , and thoy were on the point of being married ; it is known that Manning and bis wife wove aware ofthe fact , and it is probable that , feeling the marriage would in all probability have the effect of breaking off all connexion between them , they
determined upon tho desperate measure of getting possession of his property by murder . Another curious fact has also come to light . The trial , aa our readers are aware , lasted two days , and the prisoners each day retired from thc court for a short timo to take refreshment . Of course when tho prisoners were first received at _UCiTgato they were narrowly searched , anil CYcry instrument with which thoy might inflict injury , either upon themselves or others , taken away ' from them . Upon the second day ofthe trial , in consequence of something that came to tho knowledge ofthe prison officials , it was considered prudent to search the female prisoner , and in her pocket there was found a large piece of broken glass , a most dangerous
missile , well calculated to have inflicted very , deadly injury upon any person who might have been struck with it . It was immediately taken from her , and thus , no doubt , from tho violence subsequently exhibited by the prisoner , some desperate mischief was prevented . How she obtained possession of this glass remains a mystery , and the only way ia which it can be accounted for is by the supposition that it must have been given to her by some of tho persons who were in the dock , a great many strangers having heen , owing to tlie crowded stata of the court , admitted into the dock during tin latter part of tho proceedings . It was understood on Monday that the counsel for Mrs . Manning have resolved , upon
considera--ion , to abandon their application for a writ of error . The point , however , whether she stands in thc position of an alien will still he submitted to the Criminal Court of Appeal , and as that Court must bo composed of five commissioners at least , and the whole of thc judges may attend if they please , it is quite clear that a more competent Court for the disposal ofthe question , whieh , after all , is one of a very simple character , could not he imagined . Tho next sitting of tho Criminal Court of Appeal will he on the 10 th of November , and if thc question should be sent before that tribunal it will , of course , bo disposed of on that day . Manning litis made some extraordinary disclosures relative to the horrid murder and his former con »
_noxion with O'Connor , which will not be made public until after the execution . He persists in his statement which was handed to his learned counsel ( Mr . Sergeant Wilkins ) " that his wife shot O'Connor , and afterwards threatened to shoot lum unless he helped her to bury the body . " He seemed more composed on Monday after his interview with tha chaplain , and several times wished to see his brother aud his solicitor , Mr . Binns , to whom he wishes to make somo communication . Mr . Binns has not been able to have an interview _vrith hira yet , as he must obtain a special order from the magistrates for that purpose . His brother called at the gaol on Monday evening , and delivered a letter from his sister , a highly respectable female , residing
in the country , Tlio letter was shortly afterwards delivered to him by the governor , and the contents seemed to affect him in a great degree , as he cried several times while reading it . His brother did not see him . Prior to tiie trial , and while his unhappy wife was confined in the gaol where she now re « mains , she wrote several indecent letters to her husband , couched iu the most obscene languago , and written iu broken English , In none of these , however , does she allude to thc murder , but she defies him to get her gold watches . Copies of these letters were shown to Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Parry during the trial , . tnd likewise to thc Attornev-G ' enoral , but no attention was paid to them . She still continues in a very sullen mood , and speaks very little to her guardians . Her only remarks are that she has been unjustly troated by England , and that she is innocent .
There are now three persons confined in Hovsemonger-lane gaol condemned to suffer death—Manning and his wife , and Jordan , alias Dowland , for _attempting to murder Frances Ewings in Dulwich Wood . The latter arrived at the county gaol ou Saturday afternoon , and displayed the utmost callousness in his demeanour . Before he was conveyed to his cell he was visited hy the Itev . Mr . Roe , the chaplain ofthe gaol , who asked him in a kind and affectionate manner whether he know the "Lord ' s Prayer ? " lie replied sullenly , " I suppose I do . " Thc chaplain then inquired of him whether he conld read and write , when he made a similar reply ; and to the kind exhortations of the worthy clergyman he paid not tho least attention , but seemed quite indifferent to his awful position . He was ultimately placed in the condemned cell with Manning , who seemed to shun his company .
Discovery op moke of O ' Connor ' s _Pboperit . — On Monday last , Manning particularly desired to have an interview with Mr . Binns , his " solicitor , as he had some important communication to make to mm . A special order from the visiting magistrates being required , Mr . Binns was unable to visit his late client until "Wednesday . Shortly after ten o clock tho interview took place , in the presence of the deputy-governor aud two turnkeys . Manning seemed much pleased to see his attorney , and thanked him for tho activity he had displayed in detending him . lie made no allusion to the sentence , but gave some important information relative to some shares which belonged to O'Connor , and which wero destroyed by Mrs . Manning on the evening after the murder was committed . Thc shares
were of considerable value , and their worth will no doubt he restored by the railway company that issued tliem . Mrs . Manning burnt them in the hack kitchen , with several old papers and soma rags . Manning told Mr . Binns that he wished O'Connor ' s executors to know the fact , as tho property might he restored to them . The same evening Mr . Binns I _' umiuuiiiw _. ted with i .: iem , giving a particular description of the shares , with _Manning ' s statement respecting them . "While conversing with Mr . linns , Mruiningseomodin excellent spir ' ts . nnd appeared quite resiiiucdio tho . awful _£ ><¦ . » •*•>< - .., „ ..: _;„
him . He still asserts that his wife perpetrated the crime , and that he assisted in disposing of the body Iu thc afternoon by . the advice of Mr . Binn ? Mat nin _^ yrote an affecting letter to his wife , appealing to he feelings , and calling upon her to confess ll _& _fe _TT , _^ _™ th *«> dreadful crime . Ho exhorted her tp tell the truth , and rclv upon forgiveness from her Maker . The letter ' was handed to her in thc evening by tho _fcmala tvtvnkey , and _fou some time she refused to read it . She , _howovevcr , perused it , and requested to be furnished _.. _widu .. _^ writing materials , for the purpose of _anav _& _mmaF husband ' s letter . « J _* f & " _$
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03111849/page/7/
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