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to tate that September 22, 1849 THE NORT...
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DESTRUCTION OF THE PACKET - SHIP HENRY C...
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Tnn Britannia Tubular Brioge.—Active pre...
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THE CHOLERA. Saturday. — Return of death...
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THE CHOLERA. TO THE EDITOR O? tRK "SftRT...
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The September session of the above court...
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Adoiitio*** of Oatos.—There is a clause ...
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THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. M"EX «K^-^THE MAN...
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The Latf, Conflict At Doixy ' S Bral*. D...
' Mr . * acnJX . —I hegto state that I entirely dissent _tjjni the view of the case which Lord Roden is ex-• _T _fessingm regard to great hardship . Lord Ro » es continued . —In tha year 1848 , when re bellion was rife in this country , th government sere a-jcious to call out all the spirit of private _indiyidaals to prove that they would show a readiness to _aat down rebellion . The I 2 th of July occurred about the period when disaffection was at its height , and every exertion was made by the gentry as well 3 5 others to back the government , and thus show , in the be ** possible manner , the feelings which they entertained in _regard to rebellion . The Orangemen net that year under circumstances exactly similar to those under which they assemhled at the last anni-- .. _ ti _*__ . r » .. . ..
versary ; and so far from their being any hindrance —any " damp thrown upon the proceedings , or blame cast _up-m those who took part in them , they were _freatelin suchawayaswonld lead one to suppose that they were encourased in the procession in which tbey were engaged . On the 17 th of March last there was a meeting of the opposite , or Riband par * y , they met together wilh . arms ia their hands , and were under circumstances calculated to show tha they were under no dread ; they marched over the country , crossed many districts , and actually fired shots in the streets of his ( Lord Roden _' s ) village . The government was informed of all this , and yet ' no word had ever been spoken in order to lead people at large to believe that their proceeding *) were contrary
to the law of the laud , or told by th-. se who took part in them to know that such participation in them was an i * Iegal set . When the V 2 th came round this year , and the people took a similar course , however , a prosecution was sent down , through Mr . Ruthven to ask them as magistrates to deprive these men of liberty . It was true that Mr . Berwick had promised that there should he nothing beyond a nominal punishment . Mr . Berwick . —I beg your pardon , tny _Lnrd . I did promise nothing of the kind . My only meaning was this , that if such a case came before me for trial , and that there appeared nothing more against the party than what has come out here in evidence to-day , I would not consider them liable to more than a nominal punishment .
Lord Rode- ** * went on to ask whether it mast not be regarded as a punishment for these men to be coming into town from their distant homes for trial ? Is it not punishment thatthey shonld be put to the expense of hiring counsel to defend them , or finding security for their appearance at the assizes ? Could it be supposed that such things were no punishment ? For his own part , as a plain man and not a lawyer , and after hearing a great deal from both sides , lie confe-sed that he felt it his duty as a magistrate to refuse the application . At the same time , he could not help lamenting that the government had seen St to bring forward such a charge after her Majesty ' s visit to this country , which had put down in a great
measure the angry feeling which had prevaued here . He repeated , he could not but lament that the present proceedings had been instituted ; however , he did feel that , under a sense of these difficulties , it was his duty to act for the best , and pursue what he conceived to be the most honest course—and that was to refuse to join ia opinion with Mr . Berwick . The refasal in the present instance would not prevent the further consideration ofthe case : _an-L bowever others might do . he could not consent to what he believed would be an act of great _injusticenamely , granting informations against these men . As the ' _chairm-in of the court ; he had deemed it but bin dniv briefly to state the reasons which led to the
decision he had ju _** t given . The Rev . Mr . Forde , another of the hench , said Le felt it his duty , as a magistrate , when a doubt arose , to give the accused the _fcenefis of it Seeing that there was what he conceived to be a very grave doubt in the present instance , he , for one , could not agree to take the informations . Mr . QciSK said he could only express the opinion ofa single member of that bench . He would not attempt to follow the noble -. haiiman into the very various and varied mass of matter which he had put before the court . He gave it as his own opinion , that it was . to say the least of it , unbecoming to branch of into matters not in the slightest degree connected with the case before the court . The _--nlv
questiou now before thtm was one purely of lawnamely , whether or not the procession was unlawful . It had been stated in evidence that previous to the last I-th of July there had been apprehensions entertained , and that precautions had to be taken to protect lhe county from riot and outrage . Had it not been thus treated , the consequences might have been more fearful than they were . It appeared that a collision actually did take place on the evening nf the day in question , and that five persons lost their lives . Had these people had distinct intimation that the whole assemblage was illegal , as the learned counsel had just pnt it . the chances were in favour of the
supposition that these people would still be living . There was evidence that 300 or 400 of these persons were armed with guns and other weapons , which they were determined to use if opposed . He had _n- > doubt that such were the feelings in the breast of every man who was pre « ent on the occasion . He would go further , however , and would say that the leaders ofthe procession—those who were present at it and lent it countenance—were equally guilty , and should be made equally amenable . His notion was , that the opinion of a jury should be taken npon the conduct cfall of thera . He repeated that he did not feel at all called upon to notice the various topics introduced b _* _. the chairman .
Prospects of the Count ** .- ** :. —Thc harvest of 1849 may be now considered as gathered in , and upon its return hangs the issne whether this countty shall recover the comparatively favourable position she occupied previous to the occurrence of the first famine in the yoar 1 S 46 , or whether she is again destined to drag through another season of despair and poverty , borne down with an overwhelming _po _;* v--rate , and the last shadow of hope oblitented by a fourth failure of the staple food of the _people . It is impossible to overrate the consequences now at stake ; and from such information as reaches us through tbe " usual public channels , " itis gratifying to be enabled to state that the balance of accounts is altogether in favour of the supposition that the first step towards amendment will be gained by the
realisation ofa harvest of more than average plenty . That there will be a partial shortness of the potato is now an established fact , bnt thatthe scarcity will not be felt until a mu h more advanced period of the ensuing year than has teen the case of late seasons , is equally certain ; while the other green crops are abundant beyond all precedent . Add to this , that oafs and barley rarely ever _promised a finer yield , and that wheat , ifnot equal to the returns of former years , is at least superior to the crop of 1 S 18 , and , under such circumstances , it is not , perhaps , ton much to anticipate that the worst perils of a three years' crisis will be ere long surmounted , and that the improvement , once fairly begun , confidence in tke present and hope iu the future will speed ' dy become universal .
__ _ „ The Political " Exiles . " -- Mr . John O'Donnell , of Limerick , one of the gentlemen who was connected rather prominently in the late ¦ " * troubles " in the south , has received fall permission from the -authorities to revisit , and , if he be _soinclin-d , reside in his native place without apprehension of any -ulterior proceedings . After same consideration , a like amnesty has been extended to Mr . Francis Morgan , ex-law agent of the corporation , who has been a resident of Paris previous to tbe suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . * — •«¦ i r .. i J . Stuart de
Laxdlokus and Tenants . —Lord Deeies is greatly praised in several of the southern journal- " for his exertions to give employment to the labouring classes . He has laid out A' 10 , 000 on a fishing station at Helviclc , in the connty of "Waterford , where he has established a curing station on the Scotch plan . The noble lord ' s exertions _ba-ve met with great success , and the people around are very grateful to him . The Duke of Devon ? hire was presented with congratulatory addresses on his arrival at Lismore Castle , butrefused to receive one from a _*** Protestant Operative Society of Youghal . " which contained -various covert insinuations , and affected to lecture bis grace about " mutilation of the Bible , " and other matters .
_ Darixg Attack ox a Fouce _Bakuack . —Orders were issued on Tuesday for the despatch of a body of the reserve force from the PhmnLx Park for the south . The accounts which have been received at Dublin Castle were of a nature that made it desirable to strengthen some of the local bodies of police . —The EveninqPacket says : — "About ten oclock p . m ., on the 10 th September inst , nearly two hundied persons armed with guns and pikes attacked the Cappoquin police barrack . There were two of the police on town dutv , and seven in the barrack . Constable Power fortunately received some report -that the attack was in contemplation a few minutes "before it commenced . The men made a most gallant resistance , firing out eighteen shots , by which
_James Donoughoe , one of the storming party was "killed , receiving three bullets through the heart . The insurgents then fled , leaving forty-four pikes on thc battle-field . Four prisoners were arrested afterwards , bat scarcely a young man is to be found in the town , all having fled . Lord Stewart De Deeies , Sirs Charles Shaw , Richard Kane , Richard _Musgrave , and P . C . Uowley , Esq ., R . M ,. are busily em-aged inquiring into the particulars ot _tnis daring outrage . The two policemen who were on town duty were badly wounded by thepikemen , one of them having received no fewer than seventeen wounds . Requisitions havo been sent off by Mr . Uowley for a military force , to be stationed at two points , so as to intercept the retreat of the _insurg ents . " _ _
° The _EUkcnny Moderator contains a statement confirmatory of the above ; but the same journal has an authorised contradiction' ofthe story going the _wunds of the papers that " General M'Donald _Marched last week with a large military force to ¦ _ffcdlinnarv in apprehension of disturbances m that _SSfifif F' - The general has not been at BalUngary for som e-months . , Jcvekile Party _Rioiixo .-Thc _totfr _tf _Jhter Jas the _Mowngcurisous statement of the bitter-
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ness of party spirit amongst the youth of the humbler class iu Belfast : — " The scenes enacted iu the neighbourhood of Durham-street , and Barrackstreet , by the lower class ofthe Orange and Ribbon parties , are sometimes truly ridiculous ; oftener , however , bearing evidence of a degraded and barbarous state of society . The sons , inheriting the vices of their fathers , whose pugilistic propensities have become somewhat notorious , pelt each other with stones , almost every other evening . John Conlan , one of these young belligerents , a lad about eleven years of age , was brought before tbe * na- _** is _tratcs yesterday and ordered to pav a fine of 10 s ., or in default to be imprisoned fourteen days , for throwing stones on Saturday evening , in Albertstreet . "
Mrs . _Deau ) . —The Cork Constitution says : — "Lola Montes is the daughter ofa Cork lady . Her mother was a memher of a millinery establishment in this city , the partners in which were the mother of the Countess of Landsfelt , her sister , and two stepsisters . The mother was married in this city TO Lieutenant Gilbert , the father of Lola , who was an officer in the army , and shortly after sailed from this port with his wife to join his regiment , the 21 st Bengal Native Infantry . Lola ' s mother , who is in declining health , paid a visit to her sister in this city at the close of last year . "
To Tate That September 22, 1849 The Nort...
September 22 , 1849 THE NORTHERN STAR . _—*""! & i 1 . _—^ * _^ — — ... _^ »
Destruction Of The Packet - Ship Henry C...
DESTRUCTION OF THE PACKET - SHIP HENRY CLAY BY FIRE . New-York , Sept . 5 . —I have just returned from a melancholy scene—the destruction ofthe New-York and Liverpool liner , Henry Clay , 1 , 400 tons burden , and her outward-bound cargo on hoard , by fire . The Henry Clay was moored at the foot of Maiden lane , in the East River , and about two o ' clock this morning flames burst forth from tho between-decks and up the main hatchway . The alarm was instantly given , hut such was tbe combustible nature of her cargo—chiefly turpentine , resin , flour , and cotton ( 250 bales)—that although tho fire companies . and their engines were on the pier alongside in the
course ofa few minutes , yet ifc was impossible to save the noble ship . In about an hour the flames enveloped the rigging in their destructive folds , mounting mast high with a thousand tongues of roaring fury , throwing their red and lurid glare with a fearful reflection over the city , Brooklyn Heights , Brooklyn , and a perfect forest of masts , while in Broadway it appeared as if the deep and roseate twilight of dawn illumined the eastern heavens . The confusion and sublimity of the scene were appalling , especially as the bale-fires flashed unon busy groups of men and boats hauling out the neighbouring ships , which were exposed to the utmost danger . Soon after four o'clock the main and mizen masts fell , each with a tremendous crash , and amid cries and shouts of " Clear away I For God ' s sake standfrom under 1 " Oneman only was
injured , so far as yet known , hy the falling spars ; but it is feared that his wounds are mortal . The foremast did not go by the board until nearly seven o ' clock ; and at that hour the ship had heeled over against the pier ; sheets of fire , and dense rolling volumes of black smoke bursting through her entire deck , and many holes on her larboard side—the last sad scene in the conflagration ofthe Henry Clay . The Henry Clay was one of the finest vessels of the line of _Grimiell , Minium , and Co ., and was worth about one hundred thousand dollars . The cause of the fire is not known , neither can I learn with certainty how the ship and her cargo were insured . The packet Waterloo , and another very large vessel , had a narrow escape . Much credit is due tothe New York firemen for their prompt and well-directed exertions—for they alone saved a whole fleet from the destroying element .
Elevex O Glock . —But a few timbers of the Henry Clay now remain . The loss may as well be called total . The ship was insured by Messrs . Grinnell and Minturn by the year . The cargo , if owned by English merchants , is most probably insured . —Morning Chronicle .
Tnn Britannia Tubular Brioge.—Active Pre...
_Tnn Britannia Tubular Brioge . —Active preparations are being made at the Menai Straits connected with the renewed attempts at raising the tube to its permanent level , a process looked forward to with considerable anxiety , in consequence of the late misadventure . The ' new cylinder intended to replace the one that sprung was cast on Saturday last . It has to be a week in sand to get annealed , by which process it will become toughened . Every precaution has been taken , and the most improved method of casting has been adopted , so as to confer all additional security . Some modifications have been carried out by the engineers , Messrs . Easton and Amos , in the bottom of the press , to counteract the effect of contraction in such large masses of metal , and whicli is believed to have been
tiie superinducing cause of the bursting of the first cylinder . When in perfect readiness , the new cylinder will be shipped on board a steamer direct to the Straits . It will be a machine of prodijrious power , of cast iron , in one piece , of from sixteen to twenty tons weight , and capable of sustaining a pressure of 9 , 000 lbs . or 10 , 000 lbs . on the inch . Since the accident , last month , the whole range of scaffolding , and all the immense machinery , have received such a superabundance of strength for the next trial that any recurrence ofthe recent casualty is looked unon as improbable . Precautions have also been taken hy Mr . Stephenson fo guard against any future damage , cither to the tube or to those who will be engaged in raising it , seeing that , in addition to the loss of life that occurred on the la _** fc
occasion , Mr . E . Clark , the acting engineer , who was standing on one ofthe cross-heads ofthe press , had a narrow escape , being suddenly thrown on to fhe boiler in the engine-room . The tube is now raised about one quarter of what will be its actual ultimate elevation , and is resting twenty-five feet above high water . It has subsequently to be hauled up seventy-five feet higher ; nnd it is expected that in twelve days from the commencement of operations it will attain its proper level . The propositions that have recently heen made of lifting the huge fabric by means of pontoons , tide raised , and bearing up the tube on suitable scaffolding , are by no means new or unthought of . They would work well in a model , but would he quite impracticable , for many reasons , on the scale required . — -Vi ' _iiing Journal .
Mn . _Hodson s Profits . —The following items hare been culled out of the five reports already published on the York and Berwick , and York and Xorth Midland Railways , of Mr . Hudson ' s profits . They are not pretended to comprise the whole . The amount , it will be seen , is the trifling sum of £ 503 , 695 , of which £ 10 S , 787 has already been repaid . If such be the opportunities of gain , can we wonder at the desire and anxiety evinced to get into directions ? There is not here included the £ 00 , 000 received from the Bank of England , nor the original _Newcastle and the Scarborough surplus shares given him , together about X 70 , 000 ., — Money belonging to the railways in Mr . Hudson ' s possession , and returned by him : — £ s . d . Great Xorth of England purchase account 11 , 292 10 0 Returned on East and West
Riding shares 16 , 000 0 0 Money belonging to Landowners 20 , 000 0 0 Contractors 42 , 470 13 7 Xorth British Money 62 , 267 14 3 Iron rails 9 , 000 0 0 Money returned and paid by him 167 , 039 17 10 Interest * on two bonds , Bank of England ... 1 , 747 4 5 Total repaid ... 168 , 787 2 3 To pay : — Sunderland Docks 41 , 000 0 0 Due on 2 , 075 Easfc and West Riding Shares , say ... ... 15 , 000 0 0 Profit on Berwick Shares ... 145 , 704 0 0 Ditto Extension 4 , 000 0 0 Brandling Junction 42 , 000 0 0 Iron Rails 55 , 000 0 0 East and West Riding Shares 60 , 000 0 0 Difference in Iron 2 , 203 12 11 Hull and Selby Purchase Shares for which he has given his bill 42 , 000 0 0 Difference to return for his land at Londesborough 18 , 090 0 0
£ 593 , 694 15 2 We may here observe that the arbitration on the sum Mr . Hudson ought to receive for the damage done by the two railways passing through his Londesborough estate has been concluded , and £ 18 , 000 or £ 20 , 000 awarded as the full amount he was entitled to . He had received £ 38 , 000 , and will therefore have to return £ 18 , 000 or £ 20 , 000 overpaid to him . Legal proceedings , we hear , have already been commenced against him for the recovery of large sums he has made out of or by the railways . — Herapath's Eailwav Journal .
Tue _Coxst-isriioN of Brandy . *—In the Board of Trade tables , there is a striking evidence of the rapid increase in the consumption of hrandy during the month ending the 5 th of August , and which we have no doubt will be even more perceptible in the month ending the Sth of September , when the accounts are published . In the single month ending the oth of August , the quantity of brandy duty paid for consumption was 205 , 968 gallons , against 136 , 379 gallons in the same month last year , thus showing an increase of no less than 69 , 580 gallons in the
month ; so that the additional duty derived from brandy for the single month was no less than £ 52 , 191 . In the quantity imported the increase is even more striking . Inthe same month ifc amounted to 552 , 178 gallons in the present year , against 57 , 325 gallons in the corresponding month o ? last year . The quantity imported in the first seven months of the year amounts to no less than 2 , 407 , 117 gallons , against only 1 , 623 , 096 gallons in the same period in 1 S 4 S . The effects of the prevailing epidemic are here most strikingly seen hy the _inereasedeonsumption . of this _sjjirU , —Zfcawnuw _*; ,
The Cholera. Saturday. — Return Of Death...
THE CHOLERA . Saturday . — Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . London and vicinity , cliolera , 249 ; ? _m _? ' * The provinces , cholera , 730 ; diarrhoea , 176 . Scotland , cholera , 31 . —Total , cholera , 1010 . Diarrhoea , 234 . Monoay . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . The metropolis , cholera , 246 ; diarrhoea , 58 . The provinces , cholera , 730 ; _diarrhoea , 176 . Scotland , cholera , 3 . Total , cholera , 1 , 007 . _Diarrhoaa _, 234 .
Inquests , Monday . — Death : of Mr . W . Walker , Stockbroker , from Choikra . —Before Mr . Baker , atthe Horns , Hackney-road , on view of thebody of Mr . W . Walker , aged CO , who died of Asiatic cholera , at No . 45 , Curtain-road . Deceased was by profession a stockbroker , and was a frequenter ofthe Stock Exchange . __ He was of tlie most penurious habit , and lived with bis brother , who was also of an eccentric disposition . They would never allow visits from any one , andthe room which they
occupied had not been entered for months by any one except themselves , ft was in a most filthy state , and there were boxes in it piled one above another-Deceased was in the course of the last forthnight twice attacked with Asiatic cholera . He wis attended by Mr . Bowen , who stated that the room occupied by the deceased was in such a revolting condition as was quite sufficient to lead to an _attack of the disease . Deceased was stated to be in possession of property . Verdict— " Death from Asiatic cholera . "
Southampton . —The number of deaths by cholera _duringthe past week , according to the registrar's returns , is 9 , against 8 the preceding week—showing a total of 234 fatal case 3 since the first appearance of the epidemic iu this place . Barsabd Gastlk . —The cholera is slightly on the decrease here at this time ( September 16 th . ) This week there have been 68 cases , and 24 deaths ; aiso about 164 cases , of diarrhoea , and 141 of rice-water purging . _BnisTon , Sept . 17 . —Nothing can be more cheering after the heavy visitation which this city has experienced , than to be able to report , not only a steady decrease , but , to-day , almost the entire _absence ofthe disease in thecifcy .- From the Stapleton Workhouse , thc French prism , tbe accounts are . if possible , more cheering , the _^ return for to-day being absolutely nil . The return is as follows : -Stapletoa Asylum , Sept . 17 th , new eases of _diarrkea 0 ,
approaching ch dera 0 , cholera 0 , deaths , 0 . Plymouth , Sept . 16 . — Although the accounts yesterday were of so favourable a nature that eveiybody here was in hopes that the disease was abating , both in its virulence and the number of the attacks , the night of Friday and last night have dispelled this hope . Yesterday there were sixteen new cases of cholera , and ten deaths , and during last night there were as many as seven persons died in one street , called Higher lane , a wretched district , densely populated by the poorer classes , and situated in the heart of the old part of the town . In Stonehouse there have been several deaths within the last few days , and the disease , after a lull of some days , appears to have broken out with renewed strength . In the three towns , the numbers ot * persons who had died since the outbreak of cholera in July last , exceeds 1 , 300 .
Tuesday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoJ _* _v . The metropolis , cholera , 215 ; diarrhota , 50 . The Provinces , cholera , 503 ; diarrhcea , 102 . Scotland—cholera , 48 . Total deaths from cholera , 766 ; diarrhcea , 158 . 0 . \ Tuesdat morning considerable excitement prevailed in the London-road , Southwark , by the circulation of a report tbat a man and his wife , who had just taken possession of one of the houses in the road , had been found dead in their bed , and they were suspected of having been poisoned . In a very short period a large crowd congregated round the house , and ifc was afc length deemed advisable to send to Tower-street Police-station , in order that the affair might be properly investigated . Upon the
police going to the house they ascertained that the premises had been taken a few days since by a party who intended to open them in tho _greengrocery and fruit line , for which purpose thc building was undergoing some alteration . On Monday the female was attacked with cholera in its worst forms . Dr . Farebrother was called in , and he did all that was possible , but without avail , and tbe poor creature died after a few hours illness . The husband was shortly afterwards similarly attacked , and although every assistance was rendered , he also expired . A relative of the deceased parties was in the house , and so far from there being any attempt made to conceal the deaths , everything was perfectly satisfactory , and even the medical certificate of tho deaths was _iriven .
Manchester . —Further alleged Neglect of Cholera . —On S _iturday an inqmst was held at Manchester on the body of a poor worn m named Ellen Mallinson , who had been seiz-rd on the _ur- 'vious Sunday wilh _chdera atid had died on Thursday . Sue lived in Hall-stivet , and was neve- visited by any medical man at all during her illness , and Mr . Kerr , surgeon , gave a description ef the neighbourhood in which she had lived , which he described as very bad in a sanitary point of view . He was of opinion , from the evidence of her friends , tbat she niight have been saved with proper medical care , and though the authorities of Manchester should have adopted the system of house-to-house visitation _recommended hy the Board of Health , without which many cases must escape the vigilance of their medical officers , and ins'anc _* : S -ccur of poorper . _* ons perishing without
aid . The jury returned a verdict of " Died from Asiatic cholera , " and recommended that a copy ol the depositions _bi forwarded to the Boat d of Health in London . Maxchester , Tuesday . —There were reported at the Town-hull to the _p-lice _authorities sev = n deaths on Sunday , _sevi-n on Monday , and elaven on Tuesday . _M- 'Ch _disttisfacion is expressed at ths want of more vigorous efforts by the guardians . The mayor on Monday issued a handbill to every _ho-ise in the town , statin - what additional medical men had been appointed , and where the hospitals had been opened for various districts . Leeds , September 18 . —With decrease in tbe temperature , aud cold frosty nights , th <* prevai . ing epidemic continues gradually to abate , both to the township and _borough of Le . ds .
Walker , near _i ' _Vewcastl _!* _' . —Cholera broke out here and adjoining places ab _** ut three weeks ago , and up to this date { Sept . 15 ) there have been ninety-one cases , t ' nrty-four of which terminated fatally . The disease made its appearance first at Low Walker , where it raged with great virulence , especially at two places generally known by the names of Scotc ' . irow and Battle-hill . In these two rows of bouses , which may compete with most houses for filth and dir , twen ' y-five fital cases occurred . Wednesday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea : —London and vicinity , cholera , 158 ; diarrhoea , 39 . The provinces , cholera , 408 ; _diarihosa , 116 . Scotland , cholera , 15 . —Total deaths fiom cholera 6715 diarrhoea , 155 .
, _Liverpool . —On Monday morning , about one o ' clock , Mr . John Hilton , formerly an extensive builder in _Birkenhead , and highly respected , was attacked with cholera , and at ten the same eveuins died , in the prime of life . The deceased liis left behind him many enduring monuments of his skil and talent in the country , not the least of whicli is the Stockport viaduct , pronounced by _competent judges to be one of the Unest specimens of brickwork in the world . Bristo _*" .. —The returns for the parish of _Bfdminster are more favourable to-day . Police-constable Bees , an estimable officer of the detective force , has fallen a victim to the epidemic , having taken it in
the discbarge of his duty , under cirumstances of a painful nature . A woman who had -tied , havinu been buried under circumstances of a clandesthv * nature , in one of the private burial-grounds , Be _< s was despatched with _Superintendent Bosworth to cause tlie exhumation of the body , in compliance with a warrant from the coroner . The graveyard is said to have been disgustingly full of bodies , and the turning of the soil gave rise to intolerable stench . Poor B _*; es was soon aft r seized with illness , took to his bed , and died , and the inspector was so sick that he was obliged to have resource to some homely remedies . In St . Phillip aud Jacob ( out ) the disease is described as heing less virulent in its character , with a reduced number of seizures .
Merthyr .-The returns for this _distrist area shade , although but a shade , less favourable . 1 here is a triflim : increase in the number of scizures . in the town of Mcrtlivr . The numbers for Tuesday were : —Merthyr , new case * , 7 , death , 1 ; Dowlais , new ca-es , 2 , death , 1 ; Aberdare , death , 1 . Total , new cases , 9 . deaths , 3 .
The Cholera. To The Editor O? Trk "Sftrt...
THE CHOLERA . TO THE EDITOR O ? tRK _"SftRTSERN ST * . * " * .. Sin , _—Itisadistrfssingaiidpeplexiii _* , ' fact , thatthe pathology of cholera continues a disputed point , and that the British medical journals term with different and opposing speculations on the occult nature and proper treatment of this di-ease . In the meantime , while the pestilence has advanced with fearful strides in town and country , and bas hurried to destraction a vast multitude of our countrymen , it is high time to enquire whether the continental faculty of medicine ha * been more successful in the employment of specific _remedies . To this important
inquiry , the wi iter can return a correct and _satistactors reply , by stating that thousands of cholera patients have been cured at Berlin , Leip-zic , Dies den , and Vienna , hy the medicine used by Dr . Fleischman , a _distinguished physician at the Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy , at Vienna , and author of several valuable medical works . An English physician , an acquaintance of the learned doctor , has used the remedy in numerous cases with never failing success ; and has most benevolently introduced it into tbis country _through the medium of respectable chemists , of whom it may be obtained under thc original name ot Dr . hlcischman ' s _antichokradrons , The write ? of this communication is
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also acquainted with several highly respectable persons ( whom he has visited in their sickness ) who have derived great relief and deliverance in attacks of cholera which , without the timely aid of this specific remedy , might have terminated _fatah ' y . ihe insertion of these lines will ' much oblige your correspondent who has no end to serve but that of humanity . I have the honour to' subscribe myself . Your most obedient servant , C _/ _. ERICUS .
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The September Session Of The Above Court...
The September session of the above court comme i 1 ° \ Mond ! i y morning before the Bight Honourable the Lord Mayor , the Recorder , Aldermen Sir C . Marshall and Kelly , the Sheriffs , _Under-Shenffs , & e ., & c . _/ . i _]' 0 _-n , lleynol < 1 _* - » Eli 2 abeth Storey , and Mary _Gledhill , three , persons of respectable appearance , surrendered to take their trial for misdemeanor , and were discharged , there not'beiug evidence sufficient to convict them . BiGAMT .-Stephen Cummins , alias Charles Beer , 31 , painter , was indicted for bigamy .-The prisoner pleaded guilty . -L 0 um Webber , the female with whom the ceremony of marriage was gone through * r _,- _? nl _Si th , _\ C , ? Urt that sho w « thirty-three years old , and had been a widow three years and a Sl _feaTai _* _itlitL prisoner
_^ _A _^ _- . Ho described himself to her as a singl m _' an _wUh _ft " nn " « S ? . V My - laSt ' She soon _^ tevwavds discovered that the prisoner was a married man , aud that his wife was living . The prisoner , it appeared , did not derive any property from the marriage .-f he Prisoner said that ho and his first wife parted by mutual consent , and he had nofc seen her for fifteen months . Beforo tbey parted his wifo wrote to him to ask him to give her her liborty .-The Recorder : What do you mean by giving her her liberty ? -Defondant : Why , that wo might not live together . I gave her her liberty as she wished , and she gave me mine , and sho told me sho was going to be married , and I gave her leave to do so , and she said I might do the same . I then married this woman , as I considered myself a single man . — The Recorder here handed to the second wife the
following document which was taken from the prisoner , and asked her if sho had ever seen it before ? —She replied that when she discovered the prisoner was a married man and taxed him with it , ho produced thc paper in ( _juostion , as he said to satisfy her that their marriage was legal , and he at the same time told her that it was signed by his first wife . —The paper was as follows : — " _** This paper certifies tbat Stephen Deer sold his lawful wife for fivo shillings for the term of his natural life , and all parties agrees to the following words—to pay five shillings , and one shilling to drink health . " Several signatures were appended to this precious document , and among them onejmrporfcing to be that of
the prisoner s hrst wite . —Tho Recorder , in passing sentence , said it was a great aggravation of the offence that had been committed by the prisoner , that he had induced his wife to be a party to such a profligate and disgraceful proceeding as the alleged sale , and to induce her to believe thatthe solemn contract wliich they had originally entere-1 into could be broken by any such act . " Undcrany circumstances it was a great public offence for a man to go through the ceremony of marriage with another woman while his wife was living , and in this case , as he before stated , the act had been aggravated by the profligate conduct of the prisoner with reference to the alleged sale ofhis wife . lie then ordered the prisoner to bo kept to hard labour for one year .
Youso Thieves and their _Tbaciieks . —David Rogers , 13 , a diminutive lad , and John Brown , 23 , pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a . pocket handkerchief from the person of Patrick Edward Donnelly . ' In answer to inquiries made by the Recorder , the officer who apprehended the " prisoners stated that Brown was a notorious thief , and it was his habit to train up young boys like tho other prisoner to assist him in committing robberies . In tho present instance Rogers was put forward by him to
commit tho robbery while he stood behind him , and covered him from observation . Rogers , it appeared , had been before imprisoned for three weeks for a robbery . —The Recorder , in passing sentence , said he should make a groat distinction in the punishment , because there was no doubt that the young fad had been led to commit tho offence by his older associate , who evidently was in the habit of training young boys to habits of theft . Ho then sentenced Rogers to be kept to hard labour for six months , and Brown wa 3 ordered to bo transported foe ten
years . _Coxvictios for Pf ** uimr . ~ -John Daily , an aged man , surrendered to take his trial for wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Wilde wore for the prosecution , and Mr , W . Cooper was counsel for the defendant . The prosecutor of this indictment was a person named Bennett , who carries on the business of a _sotla water manufacturer afc Brixton . It appeared that the defendant went into his service in March last , and ho was engaged as " _pottler , " and continued in that employment until thc 30 th of June , when in consequence of some misconduct the prosecutor discharged him , and at the same time paid him tlio whole of his \ v ;\ gos , A very few days afterwards the defendant caused a
writ to be issued against the prosecutor for £ 27 3-s . id ., alleging tliat this amount was due to hini for arrears of wages and for lent money ; and on the 10 th of July , the defendant went before Mr . Justice Patteson , at chambers , and deliberately made an affidavit that he had been informed by a person named John Redding , who was in the service of the prosecutor , that ho was about to leave thu country , and that ho hud disposed of his business , and had sent numbers of trunks , containing his wearing apparel and other property , to a person named Rawlins , who resided near tlie Bank of England , to bc sent ou board a vessel bound for Australia , and which was expected to sail on thc 12 th of July , and also that the prosecutor intended to
take his departure in hor . The effect of this affidavit wns to justify the learned judge in issuing a warrant authorising the apprehension ofthe prosecutor and his detention in custody until he should find bail , and accordingly he was taken hy an officer , and was compelled to remain in eustody until he found bail to the amount of the debt and costs . The present proscoution was founded upou this affidavit , and thu evidence clearly established that thero was not a particle of truth in the statements that were mado by the defendant . The prosecutor swore positively that he never had any intention to go to Australia ; that hc did not owe thc defendant a farthing ; and also that no person named John Redding had ever been in his service ;
and all the other allegations mado in tho defendant ' s affidavit were negatived in an equally distinct manner . —Mr . Cooper addressed tho jury for the defendant , aud the Recorder having summed up the case , the jary , after a short deliberation , found the defendant " Guilty , " but recommended him to mercy on account of his ago . —The learned Judge , in sentencing the defendant , commented upon the very serious nature of tho offence of whioh ho had been convicted , and observed that but for the recommendation of the jury , and the fact upon which it * was founded , he should certainly have felt it his duty to pass a sentence of transportation upon him , lie then ordered the defendant , to he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for fifteen months .
Felonious Assault . —Isidore _Yarblenskt , 17 , a Polish Jew , was indicted for a felonious assault upon Leah Isaacs , a girl under twelve years of age , —Mr . Laurie conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Corporation of Loudon ; Mr . ltepton was for thc defendant . —The charge was clearly established . — The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty ; " and the Recorder sentenced the defendant to nine months ' imprisonment and hard labour , —Tho defendant wished to know , through the interpreter who had been engaged in the cause , what ho was to do with regard to his victuals while he was in gaol . - The
Recorder asked what he meant ?—The interpreter said that being a Jew ho wished to know whether he could comply with his reli gious restrictions with regard to his food while ho was in prison . —The Recorder said he had no power to make any order upon thc subject . The defendant ought to have thought of this before he attempted to debauch a child under twelve years of age . If his religion had kept him from committing such au act , he would not have been placed in his present position , but as it had not , he must confine himself to the regulations of tho prison in which he would be confined .
Embezzlement . —William Isaac Fitch , 37 , pleaded guilty to two indictments charging him with embezzling money to a considerable amount , the property of Messrs . Morgan , Martyr , and Co ., his employers . To a third indictment of a similar descriotion the prisoner pleaded not guilty . —Mr . Parnell , who was for tho prosecution , said that the prosecutors of this indictment carried on a business of wholesale stationers in Farringdon-street , and the prisoner had been in their employment for nearly twenty years , and up to the time of tins transaction they had a high opinion of his integrity . There was no doubt , however , tliat the prisoner had availed himself of his position to appropriate large sums ot money to his own use ; and with regard to the indictment to whicli he pleaded not guilty , hc
believed the fact was , that the sums which that indictment alleged him to have misappropriated had in pointof fact , been repaid bythe produce of other acts of embezzlement . The prosecutors , however , had no vindictive feeling against the prisoner , and they had no desire to proceed upon this indictment , bnt would merely reply upon the two charges to which the p risoner had pleaded guilty . —The Recorder inquired what salary the prisoner received ? —Mr . Parnell said his salary was £ 160 a-year . He at the same time informed the court that the prisoner had a wife and four children . —The Recorder asked what wa s the amount ofthe prisoner ' s defalcations ?—A gentleman connected with the prosecutors' firm said , that the prisoner was ascertained te . have received nearly £ 000 , for vMih ho had _« 9 fc
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accounted . —Mr . O'Brien , who was instructed for the prisoner , said he was requested to ask the court to look at a letter written by the senior partner in thefirm , but who was now retired from business , and which would give the couvt information with regard to the former character and conduct of the prisoner , in confirmation of what had been already stated upon that point , lie was also instructed to inform the court that the prisoner had boeu placed in the present position by having imprudently mixed himself up with railway speculations . —The Recorder said it was no excuse for a man to commit a robbery in order that it mi ght enable him to indulgo in speculations of any description . —The prisoner was then sentenced to bo transported for seven years .
Uttering _FonoEn _Oroeus for Goods . —Frederick Brittle , aged 10 , described as a painter , was indicted for uttering and forging _oi'dct' 3 for tilt * receipt of roods ; and James Hoare , 39 , carpenter , and Edward Downer , 53 , a dealer , were indicted for receiving the goods so obtained , well knowing them to have been obtained by fraudulent pretences . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Parnell appeared for tho prosecution , and Mr , BaJJantine and Mr , Parry defended the two elder prisoners . —The prisoner " Brittle , a somewhat simple half-starved looking lad , dressed in the prison clothes , pleaded guilty to four indictments , charging him , by means of the forged orders , with obtaining a quantity of turpentine , " white lead , Vermillion , oil , and other goods , the property of Messrs .
Blundell , Sponce , and Co . —The evidenco adduced in support oftho indictment proving tho following facts : —The prosecutors , who are large oil and colour merchants , carrying on business afc Anchorwharf , Thames-street , had , amongst their other numerous customers , a person named _Brushfield , and on the 3 rd of last month one of the partners in the firm found in their letter-box an order purporting to come from that customer for a cask of white lead , which he gave orders to bc supplied ¦ and on tho following day the lad Brittle came with a truck , asked for the goods , and , no suspicion being entertained , the order was supplied to him , and he took tho cask away on the truck . On tho 6 th tho boy came again and , by means of another forged order ,
obtaining a carboy of turpentine , a barrel' of boiled oil , and seven pounds weight of vcrmillion ; and on the 9 th camo again for a cask of white lead . Thc orders previously to this being found to havo been forged , an officer of the City police was fetched , and the lad having had the lead given to him , he took it away , followed by thc officer , who traced him to No . ii , Compton-strect , Clerkenwell , where ho saw him unload it , being assisted by Hoare , whoso name as a metal and marine-store dealer was over the door . Another officer having been set to watch the houso , the boy , who left directly he had unloaded the lead , was followed as far as St . Luke ' s Church , where the officer stopped him , and having had some communication , at once took him into custody . Tho officers then returned to the shop , when Downer came into the shop from a cellar , and , in answer to the officers , said he was the master of the shop . They then told him who they
were , and he then retracted what he had said , and said he was not the master of the shop , and Hoare coming into the shop , said that he had lent a man named Johnson or Thompson some money on the lead that had just been brought in , as well as tho rest of the goods obtained , which were found in another part of the shop . Upon their being taken into custody Hoare ' s wife gave some information that led to the apprehension of a man named Thompson , who . it turned out , had been the person who had sent the boy with tho forged orders , and who had sold the articles to Hoare , who , ifc was clearly proved , was aware how the goods wero obtained , —For the defence of Downer it was contended that beyond stating that he was master of the shop he was not shown to have taken part in the purchases , and being father of Iloare ' s wife , might have thought he had a right to answer thc police as he did in . the first instance . —The Common
Sergeant , in summing up , said he thought the case against Downer very slight . —The jury having consulted some time without being able to come to a _decision , retired , and a fresh jury wevoempannelled . —W . Thompson , aged 55 , a painter , was then indicted with the other three prisoners , Brittle , Hoare , and Downer , for conspiring to defraud divers persons . —The prisoner pleaded " Guilty . " _Rfc'CEirau Stoliss Goods . —Homo and Downer were then indicted for receiving a quantity of tools , principally carpenters' , knowing them to have been stolen . —Mr . Ryland prosecuted , and Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Parry defended . In this case it appeared that when the police searched the house of Hoare , they found hidden iu the garret a large quantity of
excellent carpenters' tools , and upon asking the prisoners about them , they said that thoy had bought them at a sale many years ago , Downer stating that ho had made the purchase himself , buying them for his son . The police believing them to bc stolen , made inquiries , and found that on tho 16 th of June a carpenter ' s shop , at some new buildings in _Westbourne-terrace _, was burglariously entered , and all the workmons' tools stolen , and that those found proved beyond doubt to bo tho same .-Whilst the jury were consulting in this case , the jury who had retired returned into court , and found Hoare " Guilty , " but acquitted Downer . —Thc second jury having consulted a short time , returned a verdict of " Guilty" against both the prisoners . —The
Common-Sergeant , in passing sentence , said it was evident their house was a regular nest for stolen goods . Thoy did not live there , nor had they called any one to show who they wore ; and it was evident , from the manner iu which they wore defended , that there was no lack of money ; and ifc was pretty certain they belonged to a gang , lie should , therefore , sentence Hoare to twelve , and Downer to ten years transportation . — Thompson , when called on for judgment , put in a long written statement , alleging that poverty and disease had driven hiin to act as he had , and askins _; mercy fov the hoy , whom he said
hc had seduced into the matter , having first met hint in the workhouse . —It then transpired that he hail been twice before convicted for swindling , and had been imprisoned for two years and for six months . —The Common-Sergeant sentenced him to two years' imprisonment , without hard labour . — Upon the lad Brittle being brought up for judgment au officer said that he was Thompson ' s own son , and that ho brought up another son who was used by the gang . —Tho Common-Sergeant said if the law allowed him hc would have transported Thompson , but the indictment he pleaded guilty to * dd not give him thc power . Thc lad was to bo pitied , and thc sentence would be three months' imprisonment .
_MisnuMEANOun , —Philip Freeman surrendered and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with misdemeanour . —Mr . Clarkson , who , with Mr , Bodkin , was instructed for thc prosecution , said , that- this indictment was prefered by tho Commissioners of Lunacy against the defendant , for having unlawfully maintained a house for the reception of lunatic persons without having a licence for that purpose . Thc circumstances were shortly these : — In consequence of information received by the commissioners , they proceeded to the house of the defendant at Sutton , near llouiislow , whore they found two persons of unsound mind , and , having
ascortaincd ' that the defendant had no licence , and that the persons in question had been admitted without the certificate of any medical man , they had felt it their duty to institute the present prosecution . The commissioners had no desire to aggravate the offence of the defendant , but they at tlie same time felt that it was ono which must bo put down by the arm of the law , and tbey considered it essential that it should he publicly known that in every case _wher- * tho act of Parliament was violated the- parties would be brought before a criminal court . —The defendant was ordered to enter into his recognisance to appear and receive the judgment ofthe court . for bur
Burglary . — John Frost , 24 , was indicted - glariously breaking and entering tho dwelling-house of David William Wire , and stealing a timepiece , a quantity of plate and other articles , his property . Mr . Bodkin proscutcd . TJic prosecutor in this case is thc well known soli _c itor , and the robbery in question was committed at his country house , at Lewisham . It appeared tliat on tlie night of the 23 rd of August , the premises were secured by the servants , Mr , Wire and his family being in town , and tlie next morning it was discovered that the house had been entered during the night by some person , who had climbed up the waterspout , and thus obtained access to . the upper part of the promises , and that the property in question had been stolen . The prisoner was stopped by a police sergeant named Wilton hi the morning after thc robbery carrying a bundle , which was found to contain nearly the whole ofthe stolen articles . The jury found the prisoner guilty , and ho was sentenced to bo transported for
ten years . Incendiarism . —Thomas Smith , 33 , p leaded guilty to an indictment charging him with feloniously setting fire to a wheatstack , the property of Thomas Barrow and Henry Phelps Baxter . —Mr . Bullock , in passing sentence , told the prisoner that a few years ago his life would have been forfeited for this onenco ; and he asked him how he camo to commit such an ofience ?—The prisoner replied , that he was driven to it by distress . —Mr . Bullock said , that destroying thc food of others could not do him any benefit . There might have been some excuso if he bad stolen a loaf of bread . —The prisoner said he had tried to get work , hut was unable to do so ; he would nofc rob , and he was not allowed to beg : —lie was then sentenced to be tr ansported for fifteen years .
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Adoiitio _*** of _Oatos . —There is a clause in tho New Bankruptcy Act abolishing oaths so far as a bankrupt and his wife may ho concerned . By the 246 th section , ' it is provided "that all persons who are now , or shall hereafter ho declared bankrupts , under any flat or petition for adjudication of bankruptcy , and the wires of such persons respectively , Bhall and may be examined beforo tho court after making and signing tho declaration contained in the schedule to this act , annexed , without being _s-fforn Qa oatV .
The Bermondsey Murder. M"Ex «K^-^The Man...
THE BERMONDSEY MURDER . M EX _« _K _^ - _^ THE _MANNINGS AT SOUTHWARK POLICE OFFICE . , ? V _^ r _* *? ' Frcdcri _? Gc ° _W M _''' nBij _*& and Maria , his wife , were again brought up for reexamination , before Jlr . Seeker , _inainstrate of this court , charged with tho wilful murder of the lato Patrick O'Connor . The court was crowded to excess with spectators of both sexes , and outside a large concourse of persons assembled , anxious to see the prisoners as they arrived from _Iforscmon-rerlane gaol . Thc excitement at first produced by this extraordinary case continued as intense and as general as ever . Thc seats near the bench wero occupied , as on previons occasions , by several persons of distinct-ion .
About _iii'ilf-ynst two o ' clock the police van containing tho prisoners drove up into the courtyard in the rear ofthe police-office , and in a few minutes afterwards Manning and his wife were escorted into the dock by the po ' lice , where they afc first wore accommodated with chairs . The male prisoner appeared to be in ill-health and deprossed in spirits ; but his wife looked cheerful and quite well , and conversed in an under tone with Mr . King , the governor of the gaol , who sat in tho dock just behind her , Mr . Binns , the male prisoner ' s professional adviser , also sat next his client , and between the two prisoners . Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Hayward attended as before , on the part of tho Crown , lor tho prosecution .
Mr . Keank , the governor of the gaol , who stood near Mrs . Manning , stated that she objected to thc case being proceeded with until her solicitor was present . He arrived in a few minutes , when Mr . Edwin , the chief clerk , proceeded to read over the depositions of the witnesses already examined , excepting those of Bassett and Hammond- As the depositions of Bassett ( now no more ) were not signed , some difficulty may . arise as to their reception as evidence against thc prisoners . His
statements formed a most important link in thc chain of evidence which proved the disposal of the railway shares by Manning , and traced the changing of the bank-notes , and ultimately their subsequent possession to tlio female prisoner . Ifc was stated that though Hammond , the fellow-clerk of Bassett r had partly recovered from his severe attack of _d'arrheea , tie was not likely to be well enough to attend that day . Some trifling corrections were mado in parts of tlie evidence , as taken down by Mr . Edwin , the chief clerk .
Mr . LocKwoon , the surgeon , for instance , said that he did not state positively that the spots upon the coal-shovel were spots of blood . Thoy might be rust , and probably were ; bufc lie could not _s- _'iy positively whether they were rust or blood . The hair he found attached to it was not longer than that of the deceased . The reading of the depositions was not over until thvco o ' clock , when tho witnesses were called on to sign them ; in tho course of which proceeuing Mr .
Hammond ( who , when called , did not appear , being , as was stated , ill from au attack of diarrhoea ) was announced as having arrived , when his evidenco was also read over " to him and signed . The witnesses generally wore then hound over to appear at the October sessions , to be held at the Central Criminal Court , commencing October 22 . The prisoners were then called on to stand up ; but , on tho application of Mr . Binns , the male prisoner was allowed to remain sitting , on the ground of being extremely ill ; and he looked so .
Mr . Slow , who had possession ofthe teeth of the deceased , here produced them ; upon which William Conley was examined . —He said , I am a dentist . I have examined a set of artificial teeth in the possession of Mr . Slow . I made them for the deceased , Mr . Patrick O'Connor , in June , 18-17 . _Mahy Wells examined . —1 reside at No . 4 , _llusscll-sfci-eet , Bermondsey . I recollect the male prisoner at the bar ( whom she identified ) , as having como to my father ' s house and bought sixpennyworth of lime on a Monday . I asked him what sort he would have—white or grey . He said he did not mind wliich ; ho wanted that which would burn the _quickosfc . I told him I did not know which would hum thc quickest . I told him wo had no white ; hc
said he would have the grey . He paid me the sixponce , and desired the lime to be sent , asked for a pen and ink , and wrote a direction on a bit of paper , whicli I gave to tlio boy Walsh , who took home tho lime . —By Mr . Binns : The maid servant was at home afc the time . I spoke to Mr . Manning in the yard . The servant was present , * her name is Ann Taylor . She is not here . She heard what Manning said on that occasion . I heard of this transaction through the boy Walsh . I spoke to Mr . Hayward yesterday about it . I did so then for the first time . I sought Mr . Hayward , not he me . I was taken thero by my father , at the request of
Inspector lates . It was about a month after the murder was committed that I heard of it . The boy Walsh told Ann Taylor about the murder afc the same time . I had a conversation with my father about ifc , bufc he was told of it at the samo time . I said what I knew about it when spoken to , just what I have said to-day . I have read about ifc ' and spoken to others of it . I have not read thc accounts all through . I have read Walsh ' s evidence ; I spoke to him about it afterwards . We did not read it together . Parts of it I did not read . —What are the parts you did nofc read ? ( laughter . ) I read all that was in tho Patriot , but not all that appeared in other papers .
IIarotkt _Fi-: nMi _* n . —I carry stay laces , itc , about the streets for sale . I remember being in the neighbourhood of Minver-place on a Friday , and hearing tbat a dead body had boon found . I saw some policemen about the house So . 3 , on that day . On tho Saturday before that Friday I was in thc neighbourhood , and saw * a person _cleaning the outside of tho bouse No . 3 , Minver-place . I saw that person ( identifying Mrs . Manning ) . I said , "If you please ma ' am , do you want a person to clean your steps ?" She said , " Come on Monday . " I said I could not . She asked me how much I would charge for cleaning part of tlie house inside . I said fivepence ; and she desired me to come in . She asked mo to wash
some blinds . I said I could not do that , as I had cut my hand , hut that I would clean up the back kitchen . She said she had cleaned both back and front kitchen herself the day before . She afterwards said I might do thc buck kitchen . I noticed there a basket , which was white as if from lime , and she asked me to clean it out for her . But I could nofc do ifc on account of my hand . Sho then scrubbed the basket herself . ( The witness her identified the male prisoner as the other person she saw in thc house No . 3 . ) When I came up with thc female prisoner , he stamped his foot , saying , " Give it to me , directly ; " and she said , " I will . " She gavo bim something , but I do nofc know what it was . Ho came in and out twice while I was tliere . I
live with my father and mother in Staple-street , Bermondsey . Matilda Wei . oe _** _* . —I am servant to Mr . Bainbridge . I remember Mr . Manning coming" to my master's house on the 13 th day of August . ( Identified the prisoner Manning . ) He sent " me on tliat day to No . 3 , Minver-place , but I could not find it . He went out himself then , and brought back a bottle of brandy . Mrs . _Bainhritlge asked him if his wife was coming , and he said , " No , she's gone into the country . " _" icalmot say exactly whether his answer was , " She is gone into the country , " or "I have sent her into tlie country , " but ifc was one or the other . By Mr . Binns . *—I was in the room lying the tea things when _Mvs . Bainbridge asked the question of Mr . Manning . it l rt
) . ... ' Maky Anns Sc » ofiem > . — I live opposite 8 , Minver-placo , and remember seeing Mrs . Manning go away in a cab on the 13 th of August , about half- ¦ past three o'clock . Saw Mr . Manning come afc ; five , and knock at the door , then tap at the window . , Ho asked mo if I had seen his wife . I said , " Yes , , I saw hor _j * o out ; in a cab . " He asked whether she j had any luggage with her . I _sitd " Yes ; a good 1 deal . " He asked what time . I said about half- - past three . He then went over to No . 2 , and went t in there .
Sophia 1 \ vysb . —I live at No . 2 , Minver-place , _e , and recollect Mr . Manning coming to my house ou in thc Monday after the murder . lie got over thc iic wall into the garden of No . 3 , and I saw no more of of him that day . On the Thursday before the murder ! er I saw Mr . Manning sitting on thc garden wall smok- iking his pipe and drinking beer . That was about a t a quarter before seven o ' clock . He was talking to me me and an old gentleman who lodges in my house about _*> ut railway matter . * . He was thero about twenty nty minutes . He jumped down rather abruptly , saying ing ho bad an appointment , and must go and dress , He He then went into his house , and I saw no more of him dm that day . I went out about a quarter past soven , 'en , and did not return till eleven o ' clock that night . I . I did nofc see Mr . Manning the next day . Manning ling told mo he was a traveller , but beyond that I knowaow nothing of how they lived . Mr . Younciiusiiaxd _, — I am a ganger in tho tho Customs . I knew Jlr . O'Connor for ten or eleven _syen
years . I saw him on Thursday , the flth ult ., on on London-bridge , about a quarter to five o ' clock , jck , going towards Bermondsey . Mr . J . Coleman , oftho Excise . —I was acquainted ated . with Mr . O'Connor . I . _sawhimlastalive in Weston-ton--street , about eight or tcii minutes after five . He lie : was then about three minutes walk from _J _& _nver-rvcr- _* place , in which _direction he was going . I did notl not ; speak to him . He was on the opposite side . I ami anu quite confident it was he . Most sight of him _beforoeforoj he reached Minver-place . He appeared in his usualasuall health , as well as I could see . Mr . Bodkik hero intimated that it was _proposetyosedd to adjourn for eight days from this time ; hut secingecingj _* the mortality which unhappily surrounded them _. theny _, and by which . they had already lost ono witness , itss , itl _w-as desirable that the depositions ofthe other _wit-r witt _nesses should he taken as early as possible . He . He < should therefore propose that they adjourn the case casfif until Wodncsday _, '
Tho magistrate then directed that thc _prisorerfeorenri should ho brought up again on Wednesday next , afext , all three o ' clock , witless that _$ _m should he set _aswetoidety ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 22, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22091849/page/7/
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