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a spint of congeniality between the different parties Ot classes interested in the produce of the soil , in the fruits of labour , and in the distribution of the necesuariesof life , as food , lodging , fire , and clothing , the Wealthy and middle classes may be benefited and exactions may be enforced with greater rigour , whilst thousands of the poor people may have to endure vranfaat winch the heart shudders , and woes which every sensitive mmd contemplates with horror . ' -It should beremembered , thatforthousands who iave not land , lodging , food , or clothing , there really is no harvest ; that many who are now merely fed during the harvest , if not otherwise relieved , ¦ will return to ths starving point after harvest , or daring the dreary winter ; and that from thousands of other rent , rate , and cess if rigorously exacted , nearly all the benefits of heaven will be torn , and to whom neariyall God ' sgifts will be denied . Without imdervalumgthemterest oflandlords . ordepreciating flie payment of all just demands , we wonld iranlm * a ^ l ^ ? ^^ . ^^?^ different parties
of all who have any feeling for humanity , after sueh a ternble ordeal , not to expect too much , and wit the rights of property to consider the rights of labour and the rights of thesuffering starving poor . If the Spirit of practical Co operation , true sympathy , and generous philanthropy animate all , the interests of all will be duly considered , and Ireland wffl . ' under heaven , be yet rescued from her truly prostrate condition . It is not , perhaps , the province of this committee itself to say anything on the value or importance of having some body existing which will insure attention in favour of the suffering poor , or point out with mildness , but with truth , what may be done by all classes to enable them to triumph ovr their unexampled difficulties . " Cholera-Major Turner , Master of the Horse to his Excellency the Lord-lieutenant , died on Sanday m « ht of Cholera . lie was attacked immediately alter having come from church .
~ A ; i ^ ? J » owN—The large and . newlyerected W esleyan Meeting House , in Donegall-street , at Belfast , was burnt down on Sunday m * ht after the congregation had retired . The Bude light , used for illuminating the edifice from the centre , set fire to the ceil-ng , the pipe having become over-heated . The work of destruction was over in three or four hours . U ! he building was insured for £ 4 , 000 . FLAx-CotTDBE . —In the report of the commissioners for the return of the population , they found that the portion of the lands in' Ireland fit for the purposes of agriculture , exclusive of all other descriptions , amounted to 13 . 464 , 300 acres . Instead of one-eighth , which it had been shown was perfectly consistent with good fanning , let them suppose that
only oen-suteenth were appropriated to flax , they should have 841 , 518 acres ; six cwt ., or about onethird of a ton , was considered a fair average produce by the acre : that would give no less than 252 , 455 tons ; and , at £ 45 per ton the value would be £ 11 , 360 , 475 . Then with regard to the employment which the cultivation of the plant gave , and vrhich was a most important consideration , it had been already shown that , independently of spinning , an acre of fine flax gave employment for a year to 19 persons , in manufacturing it into pocket handkerchiefs ; and if spinners were added there would be an addition of forty-four women , making altogether
Sixty three persons . But some people might think . that an exaggerated statement ; therefore , let it be supposed that one acre of flax would be equal to the employment and support of one family for the year , then the result would be , supposing only the onesixteenth of the lands of Ireland to ba in flax , there would be 841 , 518 families so supported ; and ; taking each family at the usual average of five , the number of individuals sustained would be 4 , 207 , 599—equal to about one-half of the whole population of Ireland . ^¦ Extract from Speech of Mr . Shannon Crawford , HP ., in the Fifth Jnnual Report of the Society for the Promotion of ike Growth of Flax in Ireland . "
Government Model Fabjis . —The Clare Journal Btates that Captain Kennedy and Mr . Lynch , poorlaw inspectors , have received orders from the eovern-Znent to arrange the preliminaries for establishing a model farm , in connexion-with the national school £ at Deer Park , parish of Kilmichael . Sociext for Promoting the Growth of Flax is Ireland . —At the last monthly meeting of the committee in Belfast , on the 29 th nit ., a report was made by the secretary of the distribution of the society ' s agriculturists , for the superintendence of flax-pulling , &c ., in the following districts : —Meyavor . County Antrim ; Ballybay , County Monagban ; Celbridge , County Kildare ; Abbeyleix , Queen ' s County ; Gorey , County Wexford ; Skibbereen ,
Dunmanway , Drimoleague , and Bantry , County Cork ; Kenmare , County Kerry ; Kilfinnne , County Limerick ; Ballinacourty and Newport , County Tipperary ; Ballina and Newport , County Mayo ; Dromore West , County Sligo . Some of " the late-sown fiax in Mayo and Cork was an indifferent crop , but , generally , throughout all those districts , the reports are favourable as to yield , while the quality of such as has been already scutched appeared very good , and affords grounds for believing that the general produce , will be much superior to last year's . Some experiments ha 4 been made in- growing hemp , with Satisfactory results ; that sown at Kilfinane , county limerick , having attained a height of seven feet . Small portions of turnip seed , of the late vavmes ,
had been sent with the agriculturists to some of the remote southern districts , to be sown after the earliest pulled flax , with a view of showing farmers that a second crop may thus be raised in the same year , which , though , of course , not equal to one sown in May and June , would , at least , leave a surplus , after all expenses of labour , seed , and manure . It was stated that another establishment for carrying out the American patent steaming process was in course of erection at Craigie , two miles from Bel' fast . This intelligence was considered by the committee a 3 very satisfactory , since it would afford an opportunity to parties who might wish to inquire into this system of folly investigating it , as the establishments already at work are all at a considerable
distance from Belfast . It might be considered as a Central or model concern . Mr . Marshall expressed a favourable opinion of the system , and stated that Iiis firm had just put up a concern of this kind near Hull . Some conversation ensued upon the system of M . de Cbangry , of Brussels , as illustrated by samples lately shown by that gentleman at the royal exhibition in the Linen Hall . lie states his method to be independent of steeping in water , and thntthcrottinscof the flax can be thoroughly accomplished in a lew hours , the means employed being partly chemical and partly mechanical . The committee thought it verv desirable that his
process should be fully investigated , and to this end samples of Irish flax , in straw and in fibre , had been furnished by him by the society , and by Messrs . James Boomer and Co ., and S . K . Mulholland and Hinds , to be operated upon and returned . It was ordered , that an application be made to the Lord lieutenant , for returns of the quantity of land under flax cultivation in Ireland , this year ; and to the Poor-law Commissioners , for a report of the general appearance of the flax crop in each of the unions in Ireland—to be furnished along with the reports of other crops now in course of preparation , by order of the commissioners .
Sale of ax Irish Laxded PnorEitrr . —An State , consistingof l , 534 acres ofland , reelaimedfrom lough Foyle , nearZCewtownlimayady , now in cultivation , held from the Irish Society for 100 years , from 18-37 , at £ 150 per annum till 1851 , £ 400 till 1387 , and for £ 500 till 1937 , renewable for 100 years , at a fine of one year's improved rent , at £ 750 , per annum sround-rent , and for a third term of 100 vears , on payment of the like fine , at the yearly lent of £ 1 , 000 , was put up for sale by order of the Court of Chancery . This estate was the property of John Robertson , Esq ., deceased , and was sold for £ 35 , 500 .
The Potato Chop . —The Banner of Ulster says : — <* The quantity of potatoes brought to Belfast market , for the week ending the 1 st instant , amounted to 1 , 153 loads , weighing 443 tons , against 737 loads , weighing 239 ton ? , in the corresponding ¦ week of 1848 , showing an excess in favour of 1 S 49 , of 416 loads , or 204 tons . The cry of the potato failure has been revived . "Without hazarding an opinion at the present time , we state , on autho Tity , the simple fact , that not one diseased potato is ghown in our market for thirty in last year ' s crop ; and that the accounts in the papers , which have , reached us since our last notice , are generally Jiighly favourable as to the . prosperity of the crops . " Piuxied Likes Fabric — From this new and of of
^ alV . able developement the linen industry Ireland , the province of Uslter is likel y to receive a great impetus , and the schoo l of design , now openin ^ under the auspices of Lor d Clarendon , a most wnolesome scope for the exercise of their artistic iaste . Among the many , happy results arising out Of her most gracious Majesty's visit to Ireland . is the introduction of this fabric into ^ a new sphere . Her Majesty , on that occasion , selected for her own war a few dresses of this elegant material , printed light piak ground , with a sprig , of flowers , very Usteful and elegant ; also a white ground , with fclue flower , no less beautiful and chaste . Mtbing , Wh . 1 * . in use so combines delicacy andbnlhancy
of lustre as this article . It has intrinsic recommendations to secure it extensive patronage . It is pleasing toihink , because a large proportion of the fame of those goods is created by labour , that an Increase of employment will thus accrne . to a pepple whose bane has been want of opportunities to ex-. Sise their industry and skffl . The linen trade , now diverging into this additional channel , must mecessarilv outgrow its former limits , and eventuallv spread itself over the entire cduntry , imparting to the south and west that prosperity by which Ulster is so distinguished . —Evening post . Dr . Wiide , in his new boot , " The Boyne and the Blaokwater , " says that Guyon , the Hungarian general who has refused to submit , is a native of Rathkeale , county of Limerick .
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Accoukts from Brest state that the Trappists are about to form an agricultural establishment at Martinique . Admiral Bruat has strongly recommended t he French government to give them its support .
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^—1 —^^ M ^ , ^ , ____^ THE CHOLERA . Saturday , SEPrEMBEB ~ lilReturn of deaths from of hS ^? " r ? pOrte 2 thB ^ neral BoS fo ° m HT& ^ XafYToTS ^ for e Mr 7 BS . ^ f ' " ^ ^ l ™ " *™ held bew- nf * ^ r er ' the cor ° ner , at the Black Boy public-house , Denmark . streefc , St . GeSn-tS ShXSf ^ k ° s WEST- ** Sckn ? Ac ? f ?' li ° yea 5 * , who died from an Sft ! T ^ ' leased was a nahS . tJrt ^ J ' H occum ' ed one room f ( * * duriflX trr * A - ' ^ mark-street , and during the whole of that period he had never alfcT ? P : in ^ w tOentei ; apartment , or have S ^ &ff lJS 7 u ™ n-kn o ™ mendicant , and was in the habit of begging at the doors of some of the German churches in the east end of the town vnv nunr ™ .
. Since his death , there had been upwards of two loads of dirt and rubbish cleared from his room , lie was in , the practice of sleeping upon a number of old tin kettles , upon which was placed a mattress , filled with dirty straw . On Wednesday week , Mr . Jenkins , one of the newly-appointed medical officers , of Whitechapel , was called to the deceased , and found him suffering from Asiatic cholera , from the effects o'f which he died on the following morning . Amongst " the tin kettles a canvass bag was discovered , containing £ 23 13 s . all in silver . It was handed to Mr . Jenkins , who has since refused to give it up to the parochial officers . —Craton , the beadle ; said he could find no friends belonging to the deceased . —Mr . Jenkins said he had known the deceased twenty-five years , that he was the principal creditor of the deceased , and he had instructed Mr . Smith , the vestry-clerk of Whitechapel , to take out letters of administration to the property . The jury returned a verdict of " Death from Asiatic cholera . " :
Salisbcrt . —The improvement in the health of the city still continues . There have been but two fatal cases since the date of our last communication , and these have been single isolated cases , in which the individuals were much longer than usual under the disease . Some other cases of diarrh ea , or incipient cholera , are still under treatment , and in a fair way of recovery . The latest accounts show a corresponding improvement in other places affected in this district . Southampton . —Cholera is rapidly on the decrease in Southampton . Only seven fatal cases occurred last week , against twenty-two the previous week . Bristol , SEn . 2 . —We regret to say that the returns for the ancient city , made bofh yesterday arid to-day by the corporation of the poor , are very unfavourable , presenting an increase " in the number of cases and of deaths , principally / however , from the close and confined portions of the Temple and Redcliffe districts . ' ¦ ¦¦* : ¦ .
Mbrthtr and Neighbourhood . —The " cholera in this neighbourhood is slowly subsiding in Merthyr '; there continue to be several attacks , arid also in Aberdare , but at Dowlais and Penydarian it has nearly disappeared . Moxdat . — -Return of deaths from ; cholera and diarrhoea . Losnos . axd " Vicinity . —Deaths from cholera , 324 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 44 . Exgland axd Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 417 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 96 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 33 . Total . —Deaths from , cholera , 774 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 140 . The number of attacks reported are : —for the Metropolis , 682 ; and for the country , 615 ; but these numbers do not comprehend the cases that occur in . the private practice of
medical men . Woolwich . —The town of Woolwich , which up to the last few days had escaped comparatively free from cholera , has now been more severely visited with that disease , and in many instances the attacks have been of short duration and of a fatal character . Pltmouth . —At Plymouth the cholera has given some evidences of abatement . The deaths for the week ending on the 2 nd inst ., are fifty-four , against sixty-one for the previous week , and eighty-four for the week previous . ; The cholera visits with extraordinary severity the smaller towns and villages which are attacked . Cawsandand Kingsand , adjoining fishing towns , to the south of Mount Edgcumbe , containing together about 700 inhabitants , have lost sixty-one during the last ten days .
^ At Beeralston the disorder has been even more fearful , and the miners who work in that vicinity have , through fear , fled the place . Tuesdat . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . London and Vicinity . —Deaths from cholera , 262 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 26 . Englasd and Walbs . —Deaths from cholera , 2 G 5 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 53 . Scotlasd . —Deaths from cholera , 13 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 540 ; deaths from diarrhcea , 79 . The number of attacks reported by the union officers are : —for the Metropolis , 479 ; and for the country , Oil ; but their returns' da not , in general , comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice . Bristol . —Notwithstanding all the precautionary measures adopted , and the very ze . alous efforts of
the medical officers employed by the corporation of the poor , the cholera is decidedly on the increase . The disease is spreading in Lewins Mcade , a populous place , principally inhabited by Irishmen and the lower orders . It has likewise made its appearance at the Hotwells , there having heen two cases at Avon-crescent , and one at Caroline-place . MEnTnYn asd Neighbourhood . —Our accounts from this district are not quite so favourable as they havebeeD . At Merthyr the disease has increased , and likewise at Dowlais . The following is the offi . cial return for Monday , September 3 rd : —Merthyr , attacked , 10 , dead , 7 * ; Do-wlais , attacked , 4 , dead , 2 : Aberdare , attacked , 4 , dead , 2 . Total number of cases from the commencement—attacked , 3 , 381 , dead , 1 , 412 .
Wednesday . — Return of death from cholera and diarrhcea . —Losses asd Yicisity . —Deaths from cholera , 232 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 38 . England and " Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 420 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 102 . Scotlasd . —^ Deaths from Cholera , 29 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 690 ; deaths from diarrhcea , 140 . On Wednesdat Mr . DT . M . Wakley and a jury , held an inquest at-the canteen of the Albany-street barracks , Regent ' s-park , as to the death of William Scruton , aged 42 , a private in the 2 d Life Guards , being out of three of the same rigiment who had died , as was supposed , from cholera on the previous day . The widow of the deceased stated that he was taken ill on Tuesday morning , at his house .
No . 2 , Edward-street , facing the wharfs and Regent ' s Canal-basin , and that lie had great relaxation in his bowels and vomiting . Dr . Johnson attended , and ordered his removal to the regimental hospital , where he died at twelve o ' clock the same day . The deceased did not live in the barracks , but at No . 2 , Edward-street , with his wife and family ; and two deaths had previously taken place in the same house , while a third person had been removed to the Middlesex Hospital . —Mr . M'Culloch , " surgeon to the 2 dLife-Guards , described the case of ^ Scrutton as one of Asiatic cholera , and in answer to questions put by the coroner , stated , that there had been several cases of cholera in the regiment , but that they occurred among the soldiers living out of the
barracks—only one case having taken place within it . lie observed that from fear of the consequences to the regiment he had been very anxious to have the deceased , as well as another person , who died at one o ' clock , buried at three o ' clock on the same day , The coroner deprecated such haste in burying , and referred to the case of a lady in Albany-street , who was reported to have died of of cholera , but who was found alive some hours after . —A juryman begged to call the attention of the : coroner to a most frightful case , which had occurred a few days ago in Camden Town . A man hi the employment of Mr . Brown , the milkman , was supposed to have died of cholera , and was buried very speedily . His
friends , who lived in the country , did not arrive m time for the funeral , and insisted on seeing the corpse . On being taken up , the body was found turned on its side in the coffin , and the knuckles were cut in a shocking manner , supposed to have been caused by the poor fellow ' s struggles to get out . The coroner said , after such a frightful statement great care should be taken before bodies were interred . The jury returned a verdict , that the deceased had died of Asiatic cholera , and expressed a unanimous opinion that some steps should he immediately taken by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to improve the sewage of the district , and remove the nuisances from tho Regent's Canal-basin .
An inquest was held on Wednesday by Mr . H . M . Wakley , at the Crown , Clerkenwell-green , on Lsuisa Mary Pi-ice , aged sixteen , supposed to have died from cholera . As the disease was believed to have been caused by malaria from Spafields burial-ground , the inquest excited the greatest interest—Mrs . Price , the mother of the deceased , after giving evidence of the death of her daughter from cholera , stated that in the kitchen where her daughter , worked in the service of Mr . Watt ; jeweller , Exmouth-street , ' there was a bad smell , which greatly affected her . —Mr . Watt , the master of the deceased , stated that the Spafields graveyard was exceedingly obnoxious , especially lately , some of . the oldgroundhaving been reopened and pits dug
tor tne reception pi tne dead . In the ground , which measured seventy-two feet by seventy-two , there had beerrlafely"buried , ^ trseveral depths not far removed from the surface , at least 3 , 000 bodies . Each grave contained seven or eight bodies ; How space was made for new comers he could not say , ' unless by the destruction of the . bodies and coffins . He was aware that coffins had been made away with . In consequence of the effluvia from the graveyard he had been compelled to send his children toboardingschools , and remove the- other . members of his family . He went to the vestry-clerk to complain , but found him out of town ; It was well known that the same grave bad been fifty times opened for bodies , and by the systematic destruction of bodies
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and coffins room was easily made for new comers . The witness did not know what became of the bodies , but it was Btated some years ago that they and the coffins were burned : Mr . Bird , the proprietor , drove a good trade there . The fees , for bunal were nine shillings / and the undertaker got one shilling for every body he brought . —The Coroner thought this was a premium for crime . — llr . Watt said the system was little short of legalised murder . He had spent £ 70 in endeavouring to put it down , and memoralised the board of Health and Sir James Graham on the subject . Sir James Graham authorised him to proceed against the proprietor ,-who pleaded guilty to 1 , 000 bodies having been annually buried there The Court of Queen ' s Bench referred the case to arbitration , and the result was an order for the closing of the old wound !
but the effluvium was' now much worse than ever it had been . —Mr . Dove , whoso house abuts upon the graveyard , corroborated theaboveevidence . Six of his children had been poisoned by the effluvium from the graves . His wife and himself had been seized with diarrhoea from . the same cause , and he was obliged to remove his family to save their lives . Fifty thousand bodies had been buried there , and the ground had been raised to the level of the wall , six feet high . Other witnesses corroborated these statements ? and the Coroner , after observing that this wasreally a fri ghtful state of things , expressed his readiness to forward a written statement of the
facts to the proper authorities , in order to have the ground closed . —The jury found that the deceased had died of Asiatic cholera , and accompanied their verdict with an expression of their opinion that the bpafields burying-ground was most injurious to public health , and ought to be closed . An inquest was held on Wednesday by Mr . Payne , coroner , at the Crown , Lambeth-road , on the body of Mr . J . Parkhurstj aged 71 , who died on Tuesday evening , of cholera . The deceased had been taken ill after breakfast ; but ; from a series of accidents , no medical man was got , and he was found , shortly after seven o ' clock , dead in the water-closet . Verdict-i '' Death from cholera . "
• The Alleged Prescription op Sir James Clark for CnoLKftj . —On Tuesday an inquiry took place before the borough coroner ; relative to the death of an infant , nineteen months old , the son of William and Elizabeth Dowick , who reside in Blundellstreet ; Liverpool , and whose death , , -it was alleged , had been occasioned by having had administered to it a dose of the mixture said to have been prescribed by Sir James Clark for cholera . The evidence of the child ' s mother , and of Mrs . Crowther , publican , Blundell-street , was to the effect that after the medicine had been administered ^ the deceased slept for a length of time , and when ho awoke he appeared to be ; in a" fit . He died the same eveninabout nine o ' clock . The doso given was about -a
teaspoonful . —Mr . John Bold Hyams , surgeon Dukestreet , deposed as follows : The deceased was brought to me between four and five o ' clock on Saturday evening last ; he was at the time in a state of stupor , and very difficult to be roused , and breathed ; with difficulty . The pupil of the eye was contracted ,- laboured pulse , and he appeared to be suffering under all the symptoms of narcotic poison . I ordered him resuscitants , and everything that might conduce to a ' rouse him from a state of stupor , and excite the vital energy . I saw him a » ain some time afterwards , but he continued to smk , and died in my presence between eight and nine o clock . I am of opinion that death was caused by some narcotic poison . "A teaspoonful of what is called
" Sir James Clark ' s mixture '' would be quite enough to have caused the death of the deceased I have examined the printed prescription now produced ( the one attributed to Sir James Clark ) . A teaspoonfnl of the mixture would contain from twenty-six to thirty drops of laudanum . A tablespoonful of it would contain 120 drops , or five grains and a half of solid opium . I consider it a most dangerous prescription—indeed , I may say , poisonous . —The coroner instructed the jury that , under tho circumstances , their verdict must be one of chance medley , which verdict the jury returned , acquitting the mother of the deceased and Mrs . Crowther of all culpability in having administered the mixture to the child ; The coroner hoped that publicity wouldbe to what had
-given transpired , and that it Would be made known that the mixture was a dangerous and deadly poison ; and he looked upon the man who had concocted the prescription , » Dd used the name of a talented man to give it currency , as great , if not a greater felon than the murderer of Mrs . Henrichson and her family . It wa 3 a gross and diabolical forgery . —Hverpeol Courier . Liverpool ;— Up to Wednesday morning the new cases , and deaths remained about stationary ; but , during the last twenty-four hours , there have been no fewer than ISO additional cases reported . Oxford . —The cholera has somewhat abated in this city , and for the last few days the returns made to the Board of Health have been of u . more favourable character .
Bristol . —The returns on We dnesday were of a somewhat better character , although the epidemic still prevails in the city tea painful extent . Mertuyh—The returns for the'districfc are somewhat heavier , although perhaps not so mueli so as to cause any increased alarm , the more especially as the numbers actually fluctuate to some extent .
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MASSACRE OP INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA . • ( Prom the New York Tribune . ) Columma Mills , California , April 22 . —Since I wrote there has been a tragedy enacted here which has made my blood run cold * . I mentioned , I believe , in my last , that a war party of Oregon men had been formed to hunt the Indians . They mustered about thirty , armed with rifles , pistols , and knives . The party left here on the 10 th , and on the 18 th returned -with thirty-seven male prisoners and three squaws . After searching the country for some time , they discovered the track which led them to the Rancheria of the tribe which was known to have committed the murders of the five Oregon men over in the Roidalle Fork . Soon as they found the Rancheria they made an attack , and were met with a volley of arms from the Indians , but most of them
being good marksmen their shots took effect , and the Indians soon fled , leaving twenty-seven dead and forty prisoners . One of the war party as ho rode by me called my attention to tho ialse hair hanging down each side of his horse ' s head , which was too readily perceived by its black , straight , and shining appearance to bo the scalps of tho Indians . Another drew his knife , and exhibiting the blade covered with blood , said , " This has done its work ; I shall lay it by . " The wretched prisoners were marched from one end of the village to the other , and made te sit or squat down in rows under the trees , where they were questioned through an interpreter ; two of them were found guilty . Suspicions were entertained against five others , who , with the two already doomed , were retained , and the others set free .
A meeting was called , and a messenger sent for Captain Sutter to come up and try them ; but he having been threatened with death from tho whites as well as the Indians , gavo that as his reason for not coming . When the messenger returned , the council , consisting principally of the war party , met and concluded to try them that afternoon , and at six o ' clock one of them that could converse with the Indians told them that they were to be marched out to take their seats upon a log and have their trial . He also stated that there had been enough evidence given to convict two of them , and that the others would probably be cleaved . The poov wretches then followed the chiefs out to a triangular space , bounded on one side by the hills , on anothei by the village , and on the other by the rapid
current of the swollen river . . When within five paces of the pine tree , which that night had been laid low by one of the peaceful and industrious inhabitants to build him a shelter for tho coming winter—they broke , they ran , some towards tho hills and others towards the river ; the word was given to fire , and two immediately fell , one upon the log upon which he was to have been tried , the other six or seven paces beyond ; and the others who had fled to the hills were overtaken and stabbed withbowie knives . Of the two who plunged into the almost freezin g wafer of the American Fork , one was shot , but still swam half way across the river , when some white men were seen running down to the opposite bank to head him off . He immediately turned and swam back to the shore from which he first plunged , and
when he had reached the brush which grew along the bank , one of the Oregon men drew one of Colt ' revolvers and put a ball through Iiis brain ; he never moved afterwards , and when I passed again , a few mimite 3 he was still entangled in the bushes , but nothing but the back of his head could be seen . The other swam to the opposite shore , hut was prevented from landing by two mounted men , who threw stones at him " , until one of the numerous stones from this side struck his head , and he sank to riso no more . When the chase was over , and the party returned to where the first shot was fired ; the two Indians were still alive ; one was lying on his face , with his bed' blanket spread over him . One of the captors perceiving that he still breathed , drew a knife , and plunged it into his side , while another beat his brains out with a large stone .
The other miserable victim , who fell over the log , kind whom I saw ' making an effort to rise , aa I passed immediately after he was shot , at this time was laid parallel with the trunk of the tree ; another ball had extinguished the little life that the first fire had left , ' and his only garment , a spotted calico shirt , was burning , having been set on fire by the pistol , so near was the muzzle when he was shot . Further to the left , on the side of the hill , I saw another party'bending over bis victini , busil y'en - - gagfedin removing tho scalp . .- ... ; . Captain Greeny bod proposed bury ing the Indians near . where they fell : "No , no , was the cry , " they burned the bodies of onr men , ! and we will burn them . " But Greenwood ' s influence prevailed , andthe bodies were coveredwithcifrth .: AH that I have related as having taken" placo here I saw Having heard that tte trial was to take place , I
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' if * ° j er tho room where the prisoners were connned to aeo them . Tliey appeared dejected . The w « i ° } m ? st of them were covered with their Diantets , as they ' gat in two rows , with their hands re . ™ ? P ° n their knees . ' From the room f went witn them to the place which it was said was to £ „ D . oen their judgment seat , butwhich proved to oe their place of execution . I have little doubt that ™ Mnn ° cent suffered in this case as well as the £ „ \ But I will make no comments ; every one has a right to his opinion . ine war party , early the next day , with few exceptions , left and took up their quarters on the T ? r . i ^ ° th . ° river » intending to movo over the "ocuy Moun tains . At the time this tragedy was ei
? n ? p * rraed » Mrs . Wimmer represents the iimians who have been encamped in the village as wing in a dreadful state of alarm . She states that i « ey ran to . her aud begged her to save them , as u ? Z ™ ^ they wer e all to meet with the same . i , ^ V hat evening they wero all gathered around "' ° s . crying like so many children ; but before tne sun shone upon this valley they had departed , ?"„ , 0 wnot one of them is to be seen here , neither nas there been since this sad catastrophe . . . ismce the above was written , a man has just come nf IT W lnform ation of a person , by the name milfff Do / le ' havinj ? been murdered , about six mues trom here , on Weaver ' s Creek . He was one ilicr «;^ y of fifteen tlia t w as engaged in the dry "¦ giin 83 ?!? aV the creek , who strolled out from the
ffiv T- ¦ out am 9 > after breakfast ; -and when son *? Jm WiCam ° i not makin S his appearance , fmndffih T ^ we ^ in ***** hiin ' hh S . 5 f « y u ? , crcek > his skull stove in and i n t Cra ™ h niutilated . There was a stonelying Sthri ? ' ? , Ot far off ' covercd ™ th blood and hair , 1 ft . the murder had been committed , and the *^ , n U > from tho prance of the sand , who ko le"afv pre S ( « Captain Shannon id wSf ^ StOr ° ? tMs P lace ' took his horse U ? i « f out , to gamine tho body , and reports that iw ^ 2 S . t he Indians whoso tracks betrayed fiftv " u mgUt a lar S ° P avty of about iorty or nuy men have gone out in search of Indians , and it A V ? rs . "ot-whether they murdered Doyle or not , oeatn . will be the doom , of every one who comes withm reach of their rifles or their knives .
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THE BEItMONDSEY MURDER , ' Tho following additional particulars relative to the arrest of Manning , which we announced last week may probably be read with interest . Manning , it appears , retired to bed early on the night of hts capture , and at about half-past nine o ' clock the officers arrived . They alighted from their carriage about 200 yards on the St . Heliers side of Mi Berteau s cottage ,. and walked thither on foot . By a previously concerted arrangement Mr . Chevalier and Mr . George Heulin went round to tho back of the house , and explained to Mr . Berteau that they were now come to arrest his lodger on a charge of wu ? £ ¦ ? j announc « nent which appeared to give both tho old man and his wife very considerable satisfaction . It was agreed that MrChevalier
. should return to the front of the house , and knock iiw ° u ' T , h Mr- Bertota promised to open , and that-he should hand to Mr . Chevalier n lighted candle , with which he undertook to proceed up stairs to Manning ' s room , the door of which , if lound locked , was to be instantly burst open , and Ji ? i ? ! ^ bcd ovei'PO ered . It was arranged that the Messrs . Iieulin should remain outside the cottage and prevent tho escape of the assassin by the windows , of which there were three to his room alone . Mr . Lockycr and Mr . Purkis followed Mr Chevalier , and close behind them was Langley , who could alone identify the murderer , with another lighted candle . Contrary to expectation the door of the murderer ' s room was found aiarso that
, on reaching the landing the officers entered immediately . Mr . Chevalier pushed the door open hastily , and placing the candle he held hvhis hand on the table he rushed towards the bed in which the man laid . At the same instant Langley , who had merely caught a side glance of his face , cried out , ' rhats the man—seize him ! " Lockyer and Mr Purkis instantly seized both the murderer ' s arms , " Mr . Chevalier having thrown himself upon the bed and thus disabled him from making any resistance . The somewhat rough seizure to which ho was subjected appeared to give Manning some annoyance , and he cried out " Hallo , what are you about ' ? Do you mean to ' murder me ? " The moment he saw Langley , however , he recovered his composure , and said nt
, " Ah , Sergeais that you ? I am glad you are come . I know what you are come about . If you had not come I was coming to town to explain all . I am innocent ! " He then asked , " Is the wretch taken ? " alluding to his wife , as Lancley supposed . The officer replied in the affirmative , upon which Manning remarked , " Thank God I am glad of it ; that will save my life . She is the guilty party ; I am as innocent as a lamb . " Mr . Uiovaher directed him to dress in tho presence of the officers , and when he had done so he proceeded to handcuff . h ' jm . . Manning as soon as ho saw the irons , said , "I hope you are not going to handcuff me . " Mr . Chevalier explained the necessity of doing so , upon which he held out ins h
ands , which wore immediately pinioned by Lockyer . Manning confessed that all tho property in the room belonged to him , and seven sovereigns having been found in his carpet bag he said tfiey were all that was left of a sum of £ 12 which had been paid to him for his furniture byJa man in London , " and that , " he added , " was all tho money I had to start with . " Having been conducted out of Mr . Berteau ' s house he was placed in the carriage which had brought over the officers , and conveyed them back to St . Heliers . On his way , although no questions were asked him , lie volunteered several observations in reference to the crime with which'ho stands charged . Amom * other remarks , in allusion to his wife Tic said " he hoped she would not destroy herself before ho crot
to London , for when there he could soon clear himself . " Again he said , " I suppose she must have £ 1 , 500 upon her ; at least she ought to have . She has often told me she would he revenged upon O'Connor . " Mr . Chevalier here asked what she meant by being revenged ? Upon which Manning rejoined , " Why , he induced us to take the house in Mmvor-place , and to furnish it , on the understanding that lie would come and live with us , which he did not do ; and my wife got in a great ra"e and said she would bo revenged . " I said , " Don ' t be angry , dear ; and advised her to forget and forgive . " 0 'Connor got off his agreement by paying a few weeks' rent . A little before this time , my wife went to his house , and he showed her notes and
railway coupons , and promised that he would leave her the greater part of his property under his will . " After a pause , he added , " She frequently went to his house ; and about , a fortnight before tho murder she invited him to come and dine with us , but he did not come . She wrote to him another letter , asking him to dine with us on the fatal day . The dinner was laid up stairs when lie arrived . My wife asked him if he would not go down stairs and wash Iiis hands , as was his custom , before dinner . lie replied , " Yes , " and immediatel y went down stairs , followed closely by my wife , As soon as they had reached the bottom of the staircase my wife put one of her arms round O'Connor ' s neck , and witli tlic other hand she fired a pistol at the back
pavt of his head . O'Connor immediately fell dead . I fainted , and do not know what became of the body . " Mr . Chevalier asked the assassin if he had not seen a large hole dug in his back kitchen ? Upon which he said , " Oh ! yes . I had seen it , and I believed that it was intended for mo . I believe my wife intended to murder me . " One remarkable fact in connexion with his apprehension on Monday night should be mentioned . It appears that during ' jthat day he had asked Mrs . Weildon , the woman with whom he boarded in Mr Berteau ' s house ; whether that old gentleman had much money . Mrs . Woildon , it is supposed , did
not satisfy him , and in the evening he visited an old man named Trachy , who lives in the next cottage , and ^ Yhose back premises communicated with those of Mr . Berteau , and asked him the same question , adding a remark to the effect that as the old couple had no children , probably they might have somemoney by them . Trachy thought the question strange , but took no notice of it . When the officers entered his room an open razor was lying upon the table , and the door of his apartment , for the first time sinco he had slept in tho house , was-ajar , and not , looked as it had previously been . Coupling tUese facts , is it too much to suggest that probably the assassin contemplated a second cold-blooded . murder on . that very night , in the hopo of obtaining more funds to enable him to pursue his fight . from justice ! ¦ Such is the opinion very generally- entertained at St .. Heliers .
EXAMINATION . AND BEMAND OF MANNING . On the arrival of Manning in the custody of the detective officers on Friday night from Southampton , he was brought over to the station-house at the rear of the Southwark Police-court in a cab , and on alighting was conveyed before Inspector Yates , who askedhim what his ' name was . The prisoner in a nrm voice said , ' My name is Frederick George ¦ Manning . "—Inspector Yates : What are you?—Prisoner : I am a town traveller . —Inspector Yates : Where ia your place of residence ?—Prisoner : No . 3 , Minyer-place , New Weston-streot , Bermondsey . ^• The ' prisoner was then charged by Inspector Haynes with beinir concerned m the murder of
iatrick O Gonnov sit the above house , on Thursday , the 9 th of Augusts , The charge was reduced to writing oh the pblice ^ sheetv and when it was read over to the prisoner in th 6 ' presence of the officer ' s , he said , "I am innocent of the murder . " The property found-in hia possession when ! apprehended at Jersey was next handed over to Inspector Yates . It consisted of a carpet bag , containing his wearing apparel , ahd a purse with seven sovereigns in it . He was subsequently removed to diiesof tho cells , and Sergeant-Blandford was placed wit ! t him to watch him in the event of his making any attempt upon his life , During the night ho , Boyoral times
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alluded to the murder , and attributed its perpetration entirely to his wife . He slept veiy little , and seemed uneasy and desponding . A marked change has been perceived in iiis manner and demeanour since he left Jersey . He made somo very anxious inquiries about his wife , and , on being told that she nad been examined that day , said , " Oh , was she ?" He next asked where she was taken to after the examination , and was told that she was removed to loraemonger-lano Gaol . " Then , " said he , " it ' s iike . y I shall see her there and confront her , and it will bo seen that sho will exculpate me from all participation in the murder . " During the time of hia incarceration in the cell no persons were allowed to have any communication with him , as he expressed a wish to that effect
At ten o clock on Saturday last Manning was & fT « ? u e 11 by . ? aolor > and PtaicdTat the bar of the Southwark Police Court . Hc walked with a firm step but appeared to be dejected in spirits . He was described in the charge-sheet to be thirty years of age , but he seems some years older-probably from the dissipated life he has been of late leading , and the fatigue and excitement consequent upon his flight and capture . He is a stout well-built man , of fair complexion , sandy hair and whiskers , the latter appearing to have been recently shaven closel y . His head is remarkable for its extraordinary size , and his neck , which is short , is of unusual thickness . He wore a blue frock coat buttoned up in front , and a red Bsilk handkerchief
round his neck , and altogether his appearance is little calculated to produce a favourable impression . During the examination , which lasted but a very short time , the prisonor seemed extremely nervous , and he only once or twice raised his eyes and cast them round tho court , as if to observe whether there were any persons amongst the crowd whom he knew . Owing to his unexpected arrival , but few persons had collected ; but the moment the circumstance of his examination became known , a general rush was made into the court by persons anxious to behold a man suspected of being concerned in such an atrocious murder . As soon as he had taken his position in the dock , he was asked whether he had any solicitor in attendance , or any person to watch tho case on his behalf .
Mr . Binns stepped forward and said he was retained by the prisoner . Ho handed in tho prisoner ' s written instructions to that effect . Inspector Yates then charged the prisoner with being concerned , with his wife , Maria Manning , in the murder of Patrick O'Connor , gauger in Her Majesty ' s Customs , at No . 3 , Minver-place , New Weston-strcet , Bermondsey . Mr . William Massey then ascended the witness box , and on being sworn , said : I am a medical student , and lodged with the prisoner and his wife ( MariaManning ) , atNo . 3 , Minver-place , NewWeston-street , Bermondsey , for nearly two months . I know the prisoner to be Frederick George Manning I left my lodgings about the 3 rd or 4 th of August I . haye frequently seen Patrick O'Connor there ? and smoked with him and the
prisoner . The prisoner , who was remanded till Thursdaywas then removed from the bar by the gaoler and conducted into the room adjoining the court , where hc remained until the prison van was drawn into tho yard . A few minutes afterwards , all tho necessary arrangements having been made , he was placed in the vehicle and driven off to tho county gaol . On his arrival at the prison he was received by Mr . Keane , the governor , when ho , in a tremulous tone of voice , asked whether ho might be permitted to see his wife in the presence of Inspector Yates and the officers . The governor , however , told him that it would be contrary to the regulations of the gaol , and that ho would not he permitted to see her . The prisoner ejaculated that he was sorry for it , as his wife would exonerate him from all participation in
the murdev . He was then led into one of the cells usually occupied by persons charged with heinous crimes , and two turnkeys were appointed to watch him . On being left with them he became very downcast , and at times was noticed to betray considerable nervousness . At a later period of tho day he desired to he furnished with ink and paper , which being supplied him , he wrote and addressed a letter to his wife . As usual in such serious cases , the communication went through tho hands of the governor , who , we are informed , intercepted its delivery . The purport of tho communication has not transpired . He frequently questioned the officers of the prison who were with him , whether he might be allowed trifling indulgencies durin <* his confinement . At various times he asked permission to have some tobacco to smoke , but his wish was refused .
With respect to Mrs . Manning , since her knowledge of Manning ' s apprehension , the composure and firmness sho displayed while her husband continued at large lias quite forsaken her—a chance which was instantly observable on her hearing the fact of Manning ' s arrest . During the greater " part of Saturday she paced the ward of the prison in which her cell is situate , evidently in a state of groat mental excitement . An inspector of the M division of police had an interview with Mrs Manning on Saturday , for the pxirpose of procuring a receipt from her for £ 20 which Mr . Seeker , the magistrate at the Southwark police-court , had allowed her to prcparohcr defence , out of the money found in her possession when apprehended by Mr . Moxay in Edinburgh . Shaking the inspector by the handapparently in the most
, hearty and fervent manner , she said , ' I thank you and the worthy magistrate for this assistance ; I am much obliged . " She then wrote on a slip of paper the desired receipt . The style of writing , however , is certainly not in keeping with her reported accomplishments . She was aware of her husband ' s arrival in the gaol , and remarked that it was very annoying they were to be brought up together at the noxt examination at the police-court . She has frequently inquired of the persons whose duty it is to watch her what the newspapers say about the matter ; but her anxiety on this point has not been relieved . Hearing , however , that Manning , when arrested at Jersey , had accused her of committing tho crime by shooting Mr . O'Connor at the bottom of the staircase , she exclaimed , " The villain ; it was he that did it , not me . "
Late on Saturday ni ght the police authorities obtained some information which is considered of great importance . It appears that on tho 26 th of July Manning called at tne furnishing ironmongery warehouse of Messrs . King , 33 , King Williamstreet , London-bridge , and asked to be shown a small crowbar . The shopman , George Stoad , informed him that they did not keep such articles in stock ready made , but if he ( Manning ) pleased one should be made for him . Manning answered that would do as well , but he impressed \ ipon the shopman that he did not want one too large — about 71 b . or 81 b . would do . Manning then said that hc would leave his name and address , which he did , and desired tho implement to bo sent home when finished . According to his instructions the
crowbar was made , and on tho 28 th Messrs . Evans sent it to 3 , Minvor-place , by one of tho porters . A few minutes after the man had started with it Manning called at Messrs . Evans ' s shop to ascertain whether the crowbar was ready , and being informed that the porter had just gone with it to his house , he left in n hurried manner and overtook the porter in Tooleystrect . Stopping him in the street , hc asked him if lie was going to his house with a crowbar , pointing to the uncovered implement the man was carrying . . The porter replied that he was taking it to No . 3 , Minver-place , New Weston-street . Manning replied , "That ' sall right , but I suppose paper is very scarce at your establishment . One don ' t want everybody to see such things ; come with me . " Manning then went into the first stationer ' s shop
they met with , and , buying a sheet oi brown paper , he took the bar from the porter ' s hand and wrapped it up it the paper . Ho then wrote on it his name and address , and , talking with tho porter , showed him the way to Minvcr-placc . Arriving at tho corner of New Weston-strcet , Manning desired the porter to go on and deliver it . Ths man proceeded to the house as directed , and , knocking at the door , was answered by a tall , well-dressed woman , who had a mark on the upper part of her neck . On presenting the parcel she said , " Oh , you have come from Mr . Evans in King William-street . What ' s to pay ? The porter replied that there was Ds 6 d . to pay . The woman said that was Gd . more than she
expected , but , without hesitation , she handed to the porter tho 3 s . Gd . and he left . Singularly enough Messrs . Evans had retained tho slip of paper on which the address was written when the order was given for the crowbar , and it lias been identified as being Manning ' s handwriting . The porter in the course of the evening was taken to llorsemongerlane Gaol , and identified both the prisoners , ft is presumed that Manning made away with the crowbar , as it was not among tho articles purchased by Bainbridge , the broker . In appearance it resembled a large ripping chisel , with rather a long flat point , tipped with steel , tho metal rather more than an inch and a quarter in thickness .
On Tuesday afternoon Inspector Yates waited on Mr . Seeker , at the Southwark Police-court , for his sanction to allow a tradesman in the City to sec G . F . Manning , who is at present confined in Horsemonger-lane Gaol , for re-examination , from that court . The inspector stated that on the afternoon of the Oth of August , a man answering the description of the niale prisoner called at the shop of Messrs . Eastman and Yeo , stationers , No . 100 , Cheapside , and requested to leavo a small air-gun concealed in a cloth wrapper . - Mr . Yeo was in the shop at the time , and observed that the -man
appeared in rather ah excited state , but being particularly engaged at the time ; he " made no observations to the stranger , but received the gun , and deposited it behind his counter , and on tho man promising to call for it the next morning , he left the shop . About twelve o ' clock at noon on the day of the ; murder , the , same man called for the air gun , which was handed to him by Mr . Yeo , and ho had not seen him sinoe . Hearing of the murder , and tho particular mode in whioh it was perpetrated , and seeing in the newspapers the apprenonsion and examination | of tie suspeotod murderer , he had
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every reason to believe that Manning was the person who had called at his shop under tho circumstances above described . Mr . Yeo accordingly communicated with the police authorities , and ft was at StWuT * application was made , so Manning . B aV ° " ° ^ mi ^ J ° «< & « , ? i . , ler of admission was mado out by the & ™ ffirti * Yco ' J acc ° mP anu ! dby Inspector lates , forthwith proceeded to the county gaol , when every facility was afforded to tht-mby tho governor . The male prisoners of the various wards were then mixed together , and Mr . Yeo was allowed to examine the features of each minutely After a close inspection of all present , ho was , however unable to identify either of them as tho man who
had deposited the air gun on his premises . They then left the prison and returned to tho policecourt , when they informed the magistrate of their unsuccessful inquiries . Later in the day , Mr . Adams , of the firm of Adams and Helstead , pawnbrokers , of Besmonrlsey-Btreet , waited on the magistrate , and produced a pair of pistols , which he said had been pledged at Ins shop by a person answering the description of Manning . 1 he applicant stated that on ' the previous evening he was standing at his door , when he was accosted by one of tho officers of the police , who asked him whether he had taken any pistols in pledge from any man during the last month . Ho applicant ) considered for some moments , and recollected that on the 11 th of August a man called and pledged a pair of pistols for f 8 . ; he gave his name Frederick Jennings , and said hc resided at No 24 Morgan-square , lie then examined the pistols ! and
lounu one or t / iem had been recently fired , and that the other had not been used . His suspicions were immediately excited , which caused him to come forward and produce them . Mr . Seeker tJten asked him if he had made any inquiries at the house whero the man had given his address ?—He replied that ho had , and that tho house was occupied by a Mr . Walshe , but that person denied all knowledge of . any person of the name of Jennings . Applicant then described the porson of the man who pledged tho weapons , and said that ho had no such party ever lodging m his house . —Mr . Seeker asked him by whom the pistols were manufactured ?—Mr Adams said , they had engraved upon them thcuame of "Blanch , ' Gvacecuuch-street . —Mr . Seeker said that he had better leave the discharged pistol with Inspector Yates , who would make the requisite inquiries , and report thereon at a future period . —The pistol was then marked by Mr . Adams , and handed over to the inspector .
In the course of the day Mr . Binns , as solicitor on the behalf of Manning , made an application relative to the sum of money ( twenty pounds ) which had been handed over to Mr . Solomon , the legal adviser of Maria Manning , to he applied to the purposes of her defence in the forthcoming prosecution . He said that out of tho above amount he had received £ 5 lGs ., a sum totally inadequate to defray the expenses which will be necessarily required for his defence , and that the object of the present application was for the purpose ' of requesting that a fair proportion of tho money advanced might be given up . Ho applied on the part of Manning , that at all events half tho sum already given up should be devoted to the purposes of his uuiunce
. mere were seventy-three sovereigns , besides some French rentes of considerable value , found on Mrs . Manning , and which had no connexion with the property of the murdered man , and he contended that Manning , as the husband was justly entitled to the whole of it . —Mr . Seeker said that at present he should make no order on the subject , but should take time to consider the matter . —Mr . Binns then withdrew . With the view of making certain as to whether the weapon with which the murder of O'Connor was perpetrated had been concealed in or about Manning ' s late residence , No . 3 , Minver-place , the commissioners of police , in the course of yesterday , gave directions that the premises should undergoif
, possible , a more minute search . About noon Mr . Hayncs , the inspector of the detective lorcc , with Burton , the police constable , ( who , it will be recollected , discovered O'Connor ' s body in the hole ) , and several labourers , proceeded to the house , when to their surprise , they found it had been let again , and a family occupying it . Mr . Haynes making known their mission , they were denied admittance . Air . Coleman , the landlord , was appealed to , but the officers met with no better success , Mr . Coleman intimating to them that the house had been twice nearly demolished , and lie had made up his mind not to allow them to make any other search which might injure the premises , unless the commissioners of police undertook to defray the expense of the
damage the officers might occasion . Not being authorised to grant such security , they left ; and in the course of flic afternoon , Mr . Ilayncs , the inspector , waited upon Mr . Seeker , tho magistrate at the Southwark police-court , with a view of obtaining a warrant to make the rc-inspection of the house . After some consultation , however , the worthy magistrate declined interfering till the commissioners had again considered the subject . The water-closet at the rear of Manning ' s house in Minvor-placc , it appears , has not been examined , and an impression is entertained that the pistol and crow-bar have been thrown down it . The police had felt round it with a boat-hook for the murdered man ' s clothes , but nothing further . The closet
empties itselt into the common sewer , some sixteen feet below , which must bo opened to make the search complete . Not a spot is to be left unexamined in the vicinity of tbo premises . One difficulty the police have experienced in their labour is in obtaining a clue to the whereabouts of the female who was employed by Mrs . Manning to clear up the back kitchen . After the body had been buried , and the flag stone re-laid , Mrs . Manning was known not to keep a servant during her stay in Minver-place , and the appearance of a strange femalo cleaning about the house on the Saturday after the murder was committed , attracted the notice of tha
neighbours . Their attention was more particularly attracted to tho circumstance , as Mrs . Manning was seen sweeping the steps in front of the house , and the female was busy washing the passage . The woman at the close of her day ' s work , remarked to a servant at the door of the next house , that she had a filthy job in clearing out the back kitchen . She added , that it was in a beastly state . The fla » stones were covered with lime and dirt , so mucS so , that sho expressed some surprise as to what they ( Mannings ) had been doing to make them in such a condition . The police are in hopes that the publication of these circumstances may assist them in their search for this important witness .
Tho police are actively engaged in making inquiries after the air-gun or pistol from which the bullet found in the deceased ' s head was fired , and great hopes are entertained that a clue has been iound which will fix the recent possession of an airgun on Manning . Mr . Turk , with whom Manning made acquaintance on the voyage to Jersey , has attended at Scotland Yard to give informatian to the police relative to the accused . It appears that whilst in Jersey Manning showed his companion some scri p of the East Indian railway linos , and offered to sell it . Mr . Turk laughed , and said it was of no use . Manning then said he had some Eastern Counties scrip also to sell , to which Mr . Turk replied , that that was not of much more use than tlic other , and that he ( Manning ) had better go and sell it to old Hudson . Manning laughed at this , but Mr . Turk remarked that his merriment appeared forced and
assumed . In tho course of conversation hc told Mr . Turk that-he ( Manning ) had lost £ 300 , but had made it right for £ 200 out of it , and nobody would know he was in that island . On hearing this Mr . Turk exclaimed , " WJiy what a rogue you must be to cheat your creditors in that way . " Manning laughed , and said , " You can ' t blame me for making myself right . " Turning the subject , Manning said he should like to enter into business with Mr . Turk , for he thought he was an honest fellow , and lie thought they could do well in tho " spirit line . ' * Mr . Turk laughed , at Manning when he said this , and inquired , " Who and what arc you ? I know nothing about you , you know . " Oh , " said Manning , " my name ia Jennings . " Mr . Turk said , "But what is your Christain name ? " To this Manning mado 110 reply , evidently not being prepared with an answer , a ' nd evaded the question by saying he thought they might do some business together .
RE-EXAMINATION OF MB . AND MPvS . MANNING . Thursday . —This being the day appointed for tho re-examination of Mr . and Mrs . Manning , the vicinity of the court was thronged at an early hour by a considerable number of persons , and as twelve o ' clock , the hour fixed for the prisoners to bo brought up , drew near , the interior of tho court became densely crowded . Mr . Bodkin , Counsel , and Mr . Hay ward , of the Treasury , nttencded to-watch the prosecution on the part of tho Crown . Mrs . Manning was defended by Mr . Solomons , and Mr . Manning by Mr . Binns . They both took their seats in tho dock immediately behind tho place appropriated for tho prisoners . — We understand thai Mr * Keene , the governor of
Horsemonge-r-lane Gaol , hi order , it is presumed , to prevent any unpleasnnt scene taking placo in the court , offe-i-od to allow Mrs . Manning to have an interview with her husband ^ but that sho refused to take advantage of the offer ,, observing , " I don't want to have any communication with him . "—At twelve o'clock the male prisoner wa&brought in and placed at one end of the > dock , and immediately afterwards the female' prisoner , who itook a seat at the other extremity . They remained in thia position for nearly a quarter of an hour , during which time the gvoatcst uproar prevailed in the court , owing to a person having-fainted ; and to the difficulty which arose in getting him out . After the court was partly cleared of some of its occupants , and the doora were closed against any further intrusion , the noiso abated , and the case was allowed to proceed ,
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