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      Wdbtfebftdry , 1833 , he presented a letter of lutroduc-11 fan from his brother , now parish priest of Teraplenre , nre , near Thurles , county of Tipperary , to a gennnan nan of influence , living at the time in the nnplenple . In about six weeks after his first intro' . ttioation he called on this gentleman , and much to s surj surprise produced a £ 50 note , -which he requested 11 to U to take care of for him . The gentleman agreed < do do so , and , knowing O'Connor ' s poverty , inhired ired how he became possessed of it . The latter < ld hid hU mother had sent him £ 15 , with which he dd pud purchased contraband tobacco and cigars , and wdiRjiuiEg surreptitiously in them , had amassed the nonmount of the £ -50 note . The gentleman at thc rue Inc believed this story to be true , and as O'Connor

      us tlis then endeavouring to obtain a situation in the sseisseise , he told himironically that his practical nowaowledgc of smuggling would , no doubt , if known 11 tho the Excise Commissioners , prove a great rccoin-( endendation in his favour . Before thc close of the j * ar iar 1 S 32 Patrick O'Connor had placed in the gencemaeman s bands no less altogether than £ 184 , £ 100 ff wF which the gentleman invested in the funds at "Co'Connor ' s request . Tds vapid accumulation of monooney excited the gentleman ' s surprise , and almost lis as suspicions tbat everything was not right . In ne vie winter 1832-3 O'Connor obtained , through the nfluafluence of the hte Bishop of Llandaff , the situation ion of tide-waiter in the port of London . In the oaetneaitime be had been , bit by bit , withdrawing from

      Ihe he gentleman s hands the £ M not invested , and ;; ot ; ot back the last of it to buy a bed , -which he said ne le was obliged to take about with him from one iihiphip to another in the Thames in the discharge of iris ris new duties . lie had hardly been installed in his iiituiituation of tide-waiter , when he sent an attorney ' s j ettetter to the gentleman , demanding payment of the whevhole sum of £ 18 i . Thc gentleman had no acknow-! ediedgment from O'Connor that he bad received back l £ SJ £ S 4 of it ; and probably legal proceedings would ttiavliave been instituted , " had not the gentleman , Itbrthrongh his solicitor , who was a friend of the solici-Itortor of O'Connor , proved the latter ' s dishonesty by imemeans of thc Gentleman ' s laundress , to whom IO'O'Connor , on discovering that she was a widow ,

      witwith a pension of £ 26 a year , and earning in the TeTemplc as laundress to several gentlemen nearly £ ] £ 100 a year besides , made a proposal of marriage , anand showed her one evening £ 50 , which he said lie hahad just received from her master , being a portion ofof money lent to Mm . O'Connor ' s solicitor on lie hearing this refused to have anything more to do wi with him , and the gentleman sold out the stock to ththe amount of £ 100 , and through his solicitor rereturned O'Connor his money . After this transacaction the gentleman made inquiries as to O'Conntnor ' s method of raising money , and found that he hihad got introduced to the late Bishop of Landfdan * ; 3 Ir . Darby , M . P ., and several other proscletitising Protestants , and tbat he knew of the Bexley

      fiifund , appropriated to the conversion of Roman CCatholics . To these gentlemen O'Connor represiscutcd himself as one ~ persecuted for his religious di doubts by his brother , the Ilev . Dr . O'ConnoiCand oi other Catholic clergymen , and he also alleged , tlthere not being the slightest ground for the truth of tithe allegation , that his brother had wronged him nrespeeting money bequeathed to the family by the 3 Misses Tobin , who had been nuns in the ancient lUrsaline convent of Thurles . By these representatitions O'Connor insinuated himself into the good g graces of thc Bishop of Lnndaft ' , Mr . Darby , llr .

      J Brodenck , tbe grandson of thc then Archbishop of < Cashel , the late Lady Osborne , mother of Mr . Bernal ( Osborne , 31 . P . for-Middlesex , and others , aud ob-1 tained from them not only large sums of money , but 1 tbe situation that afterwards led to his connexion 1 with the Customs as their guager in the London ' . Docks . Promotion to tbe latter situation was owing - to the influence of Mr . Shell , M . P ., vrhen one of the i commissioners of Greenwich Hospital , and who was indebted for his election to represent Tipperary chiefly to the exertions of Dr . O'Connor , Father L-rffan , Mr . Phil Fogarty , and other friends of O'Connor .

      These facts , combined with others already disclosed , would certainly seem to indicate that the force of a sensual passion was not the only bond of intimacy between the murdered man and his supposed murderers . As the investigation , however , proceeds , the mystery which at present hangs over this and other parts of the case will no doubt be removed . On Monday Mr . J . Solomon attended the Southwark Police Court for the purpose of making an application with reference to Maria Manning , charged with being concerned in the murder of Patrick O'Connor . lie produced a document , authorising him to act as solicitor to the accused , with her signature attached , which he had

      procured from her that morning , in an interview he had with her in the infirmary of Horsemonffer-lane gaol . Having exhibited the authority referred to , Mr . Solomon then , addressing the magistrate ( Mr . Seeker ) said that , acting in conformity with his instructions , he waited on his worship to make a request on the behalf of his client to be furnished with a copy of the depositions of the witnesses who were examined at that court on Friday last . Be was the more anxious to procure the evidence already adduced against the prisoner as he was not present on the occasion , and was therefore not in possession of the circumstances alleged against ber . He was aware that it was not customary to be furnished with the depositions at so early a stage of the

      prosecution ; but in a case of this description ; where so serious and dreadful a charge was preferred against a woman in the prisoner ' s situation ; he trusted that the usual rule might be departed from in this instance , and that his application in her behalf might be acquiesced in . Mr . Solomon added that when the prisoner was placed at the bar on Friday last , it was shortly after having performed a longjourncy from Scotland , and that from the fatigue consequent upon it , together with the drcadfaf nature of the charge preferred agabist her , it was not probable that she could be presumed to have a recollection of what did transpire on the occasion with respect to the hearing of the evidence as applied to herself , and this it was that made it incumbent on him to apply for a copy of the

      depositions already taken down , iu order that she might have an opportunity , through him , of putting any questions that might be thought necessary to the witnesses previously examined . —2 > Ir . Seeker said that very little evidence had been taken as yet at this court against thc prisoner—merely what was considered sufficient grounds upon which to justify a remand . It was not the rule , certainly , to furnish the professional advisers of a prisoner with the depositions at so early a stage of the investigation , but under thc peculiar circumstances of the case in question he should permit the applicant to Lave access to thc minutes of thc evidence already taken down , in order to guide him as to his future conduct of the defence intrusted to his management by the party accused . —Mr . Solomon having expressed his thanks , then withdrew .

      INQUEST . The adjourned inquest on the body of Mr . O'Connor was resumed on Monday . The evidence was important . W . Kirk , a cabman , deposed to having taken two boxes in which some of the deceased ' s property was found , to the South Western Railway , and leaving them there by direction of Mrs . Manning . Mr . Haines , inspector of police , stated tbat he searched the boxes : —None of the articles bear the initials , "O'C . " Witness handed three silver spoons to the coroner , one with a crest , and two from which the crest seemed to have been erased . He also produced the skirt of a plaid dress , whicb was in the small box , the internal lining of which

      be said was marked with what he believed to be blood , from the bottom to the top , where it was joined to the body . He also produced the body of the dress , which appeared to have been recently washed ; also two small toilet covers , edged with lace , spotted and splashed in the same way , but the marks are more tie colour of iron-mould- than of blood , though evidently produced by some liquid . Mr . Moxat , superintendent of the Edinburgh police , detailed the circumstances of Mrs . Manning's capture with the railway scrip , formerly belonging to O'Connor , in her possession . Ax . * ? Hahmeb ; the landlady of the house where O ' Connor lodged , said that from Thursday , the 9 th , to the Monday following , no one but her sister and

      herself had access to Mr . O'Connor ' s apartments , except Mrs . Manning . The Coeoseb , in summing up , begged of tbe jury io dismiss frcm their minds everything they might have read on tbe subject of the alleged murder , aud to consider onl the evidence . Having referred to the nature of the wounds inflicted on tbe deceased , and also to the secreted position of the body , he thought that vhe jury would at once conclude that these wounds muEt have been inflicted by some other person or persons than the deceased himself . Then came the question who tbe person or persons were that could hare bees induced to takeaway bis life . He referred particularly to the evidence of Superinteadent Moxay , showing Mrs . Manning to be in possession of railway shares and Bank of

      Bagland notes which were proved to have been the property of the deceased . It was for the jury to decide whether the deceased was murdered for tbe Burpose of obtaining this property , and whether mere was any other person in the house at No . 3 , Hinver-place , when the murder was committed , than Mr . and Mrs . Manning , and whether , in fact , there was not sufficient evidence , looking particularly to that of Mr . Massie , and to tbat which related to the purchase of the shovel , to bring the guilty act home to those two parties . The room was then cleared ( half-past nine o clock ) , and the jury , after deliberating for half an h ^ our , came to the following verdict : — " We are nanimously of opinion tbat the deceased , Patrick O Oonnor , has been brutally murdered by George Frederick Manning and Maria Manning . "

      The following particulars in reference to the tragedy may . probably be read with interest- — She crcumstacces under which 0 'Cqud . o ** made

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      theacqnamtance of Maria de Rous are thus described by aa intimate personal friend of the deceased . In the early part of the year 1846 . O'Connor having obtained a fortni ght ' s leave of absence , took it into bis head to go to Boulogne . He embarked at London Brid ge Wharf , on board one of the London and Boulogne boats , in which Maria de lloux was also a passenger , she being then on her way to join Lady Blantyre on the Continent . In the evening after all the other passengers had retired to bed , O ' Connor and Maria de Rou-iwevc left together in the saloon cabin , and here their first intimacy commenced . She appears to have communicated her name aud thc position she occupied to O'Connor , without anv reserve , for unon his

      return to England he mentioned the fact of having met such a lady to his friend , and expressed his intention of calling upon her at Stafford-house , as soon as she returned from the Continent . That he did so , and that a correspondence was kept up between the two parties for some time is also known , O Connor having frequently spoken of visits he had made to Stafford-house , and also exhibited letters received from Maria de Roux . One of these letters indicated that De Roux was expecting or desiring that O'Connor should make her his wife ' for sho asks him , " Of what good is it to continue our correspondence ? You never speak of marriage . " Among his friends the deceased made no secret of his intimacy with Maria de Roux , but he never led

      any of them to believe that he had any serious intention of marrying her . His object seemed rather to be to make it appear that he had great influence over her , and that she was very fond of him . There is no doubt whatever that Manning married De Roux , in thc hope that , through the influence of the noble family in which she had resided , he might obtain an appointment under the government . It appears that he actually did obtain a letter from a member of that family which he personally delivered to the Premier , soliciting the situation of a landing waiter . Lord John Russell asked Manning what situation he bad previously filled , and upon heing informed that bo had been a

      guard upon the Great Western Railway , his lordship said tbat be could not recommend him for the appointment he sought , but he would at once give him a messenger ' s place , with a salary of £ 80 a year , if he thought it worth accepting . Manning a t once declined the Premier ' s offer , and has been frequently heard to upbraid himself since for not having deceived the Minister as to his former calling , and thus rendered himself eligible for a landing-waiter ' s situation . The brother of Manning , through thc same interest , actually did obtain a situation as a messenger in the Board of Trade Office , from whicb he has only very recently been dismissed in consequence of some quarrel with his brother officers .

      Manning and his wife entered upon thc occupation of the " Old King John ' s Head" public-house in Mansfield-street , Kingsland-road , early in October of last year . Tlie house is in Coding ' s trade , and both Manning and his brother were in the frequent habit of visiting the " Waterman ' s Arms" in tbe Belvidere-road—tlie well known taphouse to that brewery—during his occupancy of the Old lung ' s John ' s Head , " which , however , only lasted until January in the present year . A fact in connexion with this circumstance mav here be

      stated , viz . : tbat a quantity of scrip and shares , and , we believe , some of the very numbers found upon Mrs . Maiming , and supposed to have been stolen after the murder of the deceased , were deposited in Messrs . Coding ' s hands as security withe house in question while Manning had it . During their occupancy Mrs . Manning once paid a visit to th-- brewery and made an unsuccessful attempt to obtain possession of them , failing in which she became creatly excited , and left in a violent passion .

      CAPTURE OF MANNING , AT JERSEY . ( From the Jersey Times . ) Wc are enabled to announce the gratifying fact Manning was captured on Monday evening , about nine o ' clock , and safely lodged in prison . He arrived in this island last Thursday week , lGtb inst ., and took lodgings at Mr . Berry ' s , the Navy Arms , in Mulcastcr-strcet , where he remained until the following Thursday morning , and on his then leaving , desired that his bed should be kept for him , as he would return on Saturday . While there , he went out early in the morning and returned in the evening generally under the influence of liquor , of which he drank more before he retired for the night . He had once arranged with the captain of a sailing

      vessel to go with him early in the morning to Guernsey , but he did not get up in time . From his quitting the Navy Arms , until yesterdaj , there was no direct trace of him ; he took lodgings on Thursday last at Mr . Bertheau ' s , a private house a little off the St . Aubin ' s road , on this side the third tower , while there he kept very close , and mi g ht have remained longer concealed but for the notice taken of his so frequently sending to the same house for a bottle of brandy . This caused a suspicion , and information was given to Mr . Centenier Chevalier , who immediately repaired to the place , accompanied by two officers of the London Detective Police , ono of whom was well acquainted with Manning , from his having had to do with him in the affair of the mail robbery on the Great Western Railway , for which Poole and Nightingale were convicted . " On arriving at the house it was ascertained tbat the lodger was in bed , and admirable arrangements

      were made for getting a sight of his face , and securing him before he could offer any resistance . He was , however , easily captured , and was in a very nervous state . Near him was a bottle of liquor and a razor . He immediately recognised Mi * . Edward Langley , of the London police , and stated that be was glad he had come , as he was thinking of going to London to explain all . One of his first questions was , " Is thc wretch taken ? "—alluding to his wife ; and , on being answered in the affirmative , he observed , " I am glad of it—that will save my life . " In subsequent conversation he endeavoured to throw the whole blame on the woman , and stated that sho had caused the grave to be dug some time before ; and , after having laid tlie clotii for dinner , had invited O'Connor down stairs to wash his hands , and while he was going to the kitchen for that purpose , had taken the opportunity of firing at him from behind .

      Iheprjsoneradmittedthat all the things in the room where he was lodging belonged to him , adding that he had found a man to give him twelve pounds for his furniture in London—all the money lie had to start with , of which seven sovereigns which he gave up was thc remainder . On his arrival at the Navy Arms , in Muleastei ' - strcct , his first inquiry was to see the Times newspaper . —During his stay there bo regularly breakfasted and supped with the other guests , but rarely dined with them . He carried bimself rather high , talked of his losses by the French revolution , that he must go to Trance , and should require an interpreter , as he did not speak the language . —During the passage from Southampton he bad forced himself upon a respectable passenger , with whom he shared a double-bedded room , but to whom , as well as to

      several masters of vessels , and others in the house , he so behaved as to render himself anything but a favourite . He always evinced a great desire to see the newspapers , and on Saturday , the 19 th , he went to the Union Hotel on purpose to read the Times . — . At the Kavy Arms he paid regularly for everything he had , including a glass of brandy , before he went away . This , coupled with his leaving a trunk , a coat , a pair of trowsers , & c , made the host fully expect his return . Southampton , Wednesday . — Owing to there being no warrant to demand Manning from the Jersey authorities , be is not expected in Southampton before Monday evening next . Mr . Whicher , of the London detective force , was in Southampton at the time the news of his capture arrived there , and telegraphed it to tbe Secretary of State .

      We understand that the capture was made by the governor , his son , Serjeant Langley , and Constable Lockyer . The last two officers bad been out all day on Monday pursuing their search , when , while returning to their quarters about half-past nine in the evening , the landlord of the house in which Manning was staying beckoned them to him , and stated that he had got a man in bed whom he strongly suspected was the man they were looking after , so nearly did heanswer the description of the person charged with the murder of O'Connor , as printed and cirevdated by tbe police authorities .

      It would seem that the officers did not immediately act without tbe presence of one of the local authorities , and tbe governor was sent for , and he soon arrived , accompanied by his son . AU four then proceeded f * o the room in which Manning lay , and a sight of bis face having been obtained , the governor threw himself upon Manning and secured him , but tbe latter offered no resistance whatever . Inspector Haynes left the metropolis on Thursday morning for Jersey , with the necessary warrant to authorise the removal of the prisoner . In the course of tho morning Mrs . Manning was made acquainted with the capture of her husband at Jersey , and that his arrival was hourly expected . On receiving the unwelcome intelbgence she turned pale , and a slight tremor was perceptible , but these symytoms only lasted for a few seconds , and she

      became as cool and as calm as if she was really innocent . When informed that Manning had charged her with firing the pistol she said it was false , for she knew nothing of the murder—that she was quite innocent of everything connected with it . The authorities of the prison state that the prisoner possesses the most extraordinary nerve they ever witnessed . Sho eats bar meals heartily , and retires to bed about eleven o ' clock at night ; aud her sleep remains unbroken until about eight o ' clock in tbe morning . She makes no allusion to the murder , nor has the name of O'Connor or that of her husband once escaped her lips . From some circumstances which have transpired , the police are of opinion that a third party is mixed up m thc murder ; and on Thursday , Mr . Massey was questioned in reference to a Frenchman , He iaformed the police that he had often heard Mrs

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      Manning speak of , but that he never saw tho person ; and this opinion is confirmed by a letter being found , written by her , directed to the British Hotel , Boulogne , the contents of which hare not been allowed to transpire . The circumstance of Manning ' s flight from London , on thc loth ult ., have been stated as follows : — " It appears that , on leaving Bainbridge , the furniture broker , he got into a cab , which conveyed him by back streets and a circuitous route to the South-Western Railway . There all trace of him disappears , and he is not again heard of till on board a steamer bound for the Channel Islands , where a young woman , to whom his person was known , recognised him . She bad not then heard

      of the murder , the news of which only reached her after landing in Guernsey . When she became aware of what had happened , she immediately communicated with the governor of the island , who , in his turn , forwarded the information to tho Home-office . In the meantime , Langley , an officer had been despatched along the South Western line to follow up the clue supplied by the cabman . When the police authorities heard that Manning had been recognised oh board the steamer to the Channel Islands they despatched Langley thither in quest of him . — Soon after landing at Jersey , the officer found tho murderer ' s box in a lod g ing-house , where he had slept for two ni ghts after landing , and which he had left , with a carpet-bag , in the company of another male lodger . Some papers found in the breastpocket of a coat which was among the contents of the box , clearly established the fact that the property belonged to

      Manning . But the question then arose , what had become of him since ? At length a gentleman saw two men , one of whom carried a carpet-bag , nt St . Malo , endeavouring to strike a bargain with a boatmatt to carry them over to Gu . cvn . sey . He wished himself to go there , and thinking that the persons in question mi g ht be disposed to share the expence with him , he went up and addressed them . On asking them if they wished to cross Guernsey , he was answered in a very surly manner that they did not ; and he left them . Shortly after the remarkable resemblance of one " of them to the description of Manning struck him , and he communicated the fact to the proper authorities . This confirmed the suspicion that Manning was still in tho island , but several days passed , and his lurkingplace remained undiscovered until ten o ' clock on Monday night , when a publican at Beaumont gave the information which led to his immediate arrest .

      ( From our Third Edition of last week . ) EXAMINATION OF MRS . MANNING AT THE SOUTHWARK POLICE OFFICE . Maria Manning was brought before tho magistrate of the Southwark police-office on Friday morning , charged by Inspector Yates on suspicion of having been concerned in thc murder of Mr . Patrick O'Connor , or Thursday , the 9 th inst ., at No . 3 , Minver-place , New Wcston-strcet , Bermondsoy . Some time previous to her entering the court she inquired if it was much crowded , and being answered in the negative , she seemed rather pleased . Air . Seeker , the magistrate , having taken his seat on the bench about half-past one o ' clock , ordered the prisoner to be placed at the bar . The command , wliich was immediately communicated to her , she obeyed with the utmost sang froid , and walked with perfect calmness and self-possession to thc place assigned to hev . She was well

      dressed , we should even say lady-like in her appearance . Neither in feature ner in accent does she make known she is a foreigner . On her entrance there was no manifestation of feeling , although tho court was very much crowded , owing , no doubt , to a judicious intimation from Mr . Edwin , thc clerk , before the magistrate took his seat , that if any such were to take place the court would bo cleared . On being placed at the bai- she replied , in answer to a question put to her by direction of themagistrate , that she had sent to engage a solicitor , but understood he was ill , and could not attend . —Inspector Field said she had sent for Mr Games , but that he could not attend . Inspector Yates having been examined , the magistrate remanded hev until next Friday , and sbe left the dock as unconcernedly as she entered it , and was immediately after driven off to Horsemonger-lane gaol in a van . The entire proceedings occupied but a few minutes .

      ADJOURNED INQUEST . The inquest on the body of Patrick O'Connor , adjourned from Saturday last , was resumed at eleven o ' clock yesterday forenoon , in the Leather-Market Tavern , Leather-market , Bermondsoy , before Mr . Carter , coroner for thc eastern division of the county of Surrey , and again adjourned till ten o ' clock on Monday next .

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      WORSHIP-STREET . — A Candidate for the Gallows . —F . G . Menzies , who described himself as a compositor and pressman , was charged with having given himself into custody under the name of F . G . Manning , and falsely represented that he had taken an active part in the late atrocious murder at Bermondsey . —Police-constable Gourloy , H 192 , stated that while on duty in Church-street , Shorcditcb , between three and four o ' clock that morning , the prisoner advanced towards him , and abruptly inquired whether he would not like to secure the reward of £ 50 which had been offered by government for the apprehension of Manning , the murderer . Witness replied that it would certainly afford him satisfaction if he were able to secure thc

      perpetrator of such an atrocity , to which the prisoner rejoined , Then , now is your time ; for I am the murderer Manning , and I am anxious to surrender myself to justice . " The prisoner at the time appeared to he greatly excited ; and , in a tone of extreme despondency , entered into a minute detail of the circumstances connected . with the murder , and exhibited the silver cigar-holder now produced , which he alleged had formed a portion of the property he had found upon the person of his unfortunate victim . Witness put several questions io him , with a view of testing the truth of his representations , in reply to which the prisoner declared that , in order to elude the vigilance of thc police , he had lied to

      Birmingham immediately after thc commission of the murder , and had since been wandering about the country , until his feelings of remorse and contrition became so insupportable that he resolved to return to London , and deliver himself up to the first policeman he happened to meet with . The prisoner was thereupon conveyed to the station-house , on reaching which he at once retracted tho whole of his previous statement , and disclosed his veal name and address , the authenticity of which was afterwards confirmed by the landlord of a public-house in the Kingsland-road , to whom he referred as a voucher for his respectability . —In reply to questions from the magistrate , the prisoner intimated that he had been for some time on officer of Excise , but having recently lost his situation , in consequence of a reduction in that department , he had resumed his original occupation of a compositor in the service of a master printer in Philpot-lane ,

      and was truly sorry for having conducted himself in thc manner described upon the present occasion , which he attributed to intoxication . — Mr . Kendall , the prisoner ' s employer , came forward and spoke in favourable terms of his general character , but said that he was addicted at times to habits of intemperance , and he had no doubt tbat he had acted under the influence of intoxication in the present instance . —Mr . Arnold regretted that he had no power to visit the foolish and mischievous conduct of the prisoner with an adequate punishment , as it was calculated most seriously to mislead the police , and to induce a relaxation iu their exertions for the apprehension of a murderer , upon the supposition that he was already in custody ; but he should order him to pay the usual drunkard ' s penalty of 5 s ., and require him to enter into recognisances to be of good behaviour for the next six months .

      CLERKENWELL . — Another Peksojiator of Maxninq . —The neighbourhood of this court , and its avenues , were crowded to excess , and the utmost interest was manifested in consequence of a report being circulated that Manning , the murderer of Mr . Patrick O'Connor , was in custod y , as having surrendered himself at Bagnige Wells station-house . The prisoner , it appeared , on Saturday night called at the station-house under the excitement of liquor , and represented himself as being Manning , the murderer . Ho appeared very disturbed in his mind , and said that his conscience made him miserable , and he determined on delivering himself up to justice . On being searched , five £ 5 Bank of England notes were found in his possession

      . He was locked up until he became sober , and on being questioned , he said his name was Frederick Jackson , and he was quite unconscious of having surrendered himself as Mr . Patrick O'Connor s murderer . On being placed at thc bar he appeared extremely dejected and expressed his sorrow , saying that he had never had the honour of Patrick O ' Connor ' s acquaintance , and never dreamt of having murdered that gentleman . —Mr . Inspector Hardy , G , said he had caused inquiries to be made , andbad ascertained thatthe prisoner was a hawker , andp-espectablc in his calling . — -Mr . Combe remonstrated with him on the necessity of not putting " an enemyinto his mouth to steal away his brains " ' and

      [ advised him to "get away , " and " sin no more , "i In the course of Sunday night the police of this district , in consequence of information that Manning was at several places , were dispersed in various directions ; but in every instance they found tbat the real murderer was out of their grasp WESTMINSTER . - Embezzlement . ' - Edward Reeves Leutzenicli , principal clerk in the establishment of Messrs . Mares , house-agents , Lower Belgrave-street , Pimlico , was placed at the bar charged with embezzling large sums of money . — Mr . Ballantine appeared for the prosecution and Mi-. Humphreys for the prisomx—Mr . Ballantine having briefly stated the case , caifcd tho folloiving witnesses ;~ Mr , Jokij aiares ^ i . that the pi £

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      soner entered into the service of the firm m January 1847 and it was his particular duty to attend to the house-agency department , see those who wanted to let , and obtain tbe rents from those who were occupants . A house was let by the firm belonging to a gentleman named Fletcher , to a Mr . Hams , for £ 300 rent . Prisoner had never accounted to him for the money . A house belonging to the Hon . A Liddell had also been let to a lady named Bursrovnc for 420 guineas to be paid in two msta ments . If he b ad received the whole of that it would have been bis duty to have accounted to him lor it . — Mr John Harris , of Chester-square , stated that he took a house from Mr . Fletcher upon the agreement snoken of . He paid the prisoner £ 100 on the lDth

      of March , at the time of signing the agreement a second sum of the same amount on tho 13 th of July and the September one by anticipation on the lTtu inst ,-The Hon . Adolphus Liddell , leaseholder ot a house , 7 , Lowndcs-square , proved that he had let the house spoken of to a lady named BuiOTne , from the 20 th February to the end o f July , for 420 guineas . In May he received from the prisoner J 10 guineas , less the agency commission . A short time since while on the Northern circuit , he wrote to Messrs . Mares , requesting them to receive tho residue of the rent on his account . Prisoner both wrote and came , denying that he had received it , and made some excuses , alleging that a Miss Blackett , on the part of Mrs . Burgoyne , had stated that that

      lady had been ill , and was unable to attend to business matters , Miss Blackefc at the same time expressing ber regret at tho delay . These communications were made in the present month , and on Wednesday week last the prisoner came to the hon . gentleman ' s house just as no was driving away from the door to leave the town , and told him that Mrs . Bui-goyne ' s butler , who had tbe business in hand , was coming to their ( Messrs . Marcs' ) office to pay the money , and when he did so ho would settle it . Prisoner gave him clearly to understand that it had not been paid . Under these circumstances witness wrote to Mrs . Burgoyne , requesting her , if she had

      not already paid to Messrs . Mares , to pay tho money in to his ( the hon . gentleman ' s ) bankers , when he received an immediate answer from her . —As thc contents of the letter were not admissible in evidence they did not transpire . The evidence of the lady ' s butler , who was next examined , clearly proved the nature of the communication , which was to the effect that she had paid the whole of the account . —Mr , Ballantine having asked for a remand to perfect the cases against the prisoner , which was not opposed by Mr . Humphreys , the prisoner , who was recommended by his legal adviser to say nothing at present , was remanded for a week .

      SOUTHWARK . —The Board of Health axd THE GUAItMAKS OF Si . GEORGE TIIE MARTYR . —HlO Chairman and Board of Guardians of St . George thc Martyr , Southwark , were summoned for refusing to obey an order made upon them by the Board of . Health , to appoint three extra medical officers in addition to those already emp loyed in the parish . — Previously to the evidence being entered into , Mr . Bodkin shortly addressed the magistrate , observing that he appeared to support the complaint on the part of tho Board of Health . That the order in question not having been complied with , tho Board of Health considered it incumbent on them to adopt the present proceedings . with thc view of compelling the gentlemen composing tho hoard of guardians of

      St . George ' s to appoint extra medical officers for that extensive parish . He then referred to the mortality that had occurred in St . Georgcs ' s , owing to the cholera , and the necessity there was for supplying other medical officers in addition to those already engaged , and whose services , since the breaking out of the epidemic , were constantly in requisition , it was most important that the dwellings of the poor should be visited , and this could not be carried out to tlie extent that was required , unless an addition was made to the medical staff ; for it was a well-known fact , when the premonitory symptoms of the disease made its appearance skilful treatment iu the majority of instances had thc effect , in numberless cases , of subduing the disease . This was a circumstance well known to the Board

      of Health , and when it was attended to the most bencfiicial results were experienced . Such , bowever , was the supineness of the poorer classes with respect to attending to tho incipient symptoms of the epidemic , that in most cases they did not apply for medical aid until it had advanced to a stage that gave but slight hope of recovery . And this exemplified in a striking degree the paramount importance of having extra medical men engaged to assist in the performance of such onerous duties , especially in a parish which was visited with the pestilence to such an extent . The learned gentleman

      added , that since ho had entered the court he had had an opportunity of consulting with Mr . Fitch , the clerk to the board of guardians of St . George ' s , on the subject , and the result of which was , tbat it would not now be necessary to proceed with the evidence in support of the summons against thc guardians , who had given their assent . And , therefore , upon this understanding , he would apply that the summons might stand over for a * week , in order to give them due time for making the necessary addition to the medical staff of the parish . —Mr . Seeker at once assented to the application , and the parties retired .

      THAMES . —A Gaxg op Bubglabs , —Thomas Cooper , a silk weaver , George Jones , a carpenter , Francis Peacock , a professional burglar , who has retired for some time past , a reward having been offered for his apprehension respecting a burglary committed a short time since at Islington , and William Pearse , a butcher , known by the slang term " Satch , " were brought up for re-examination , charged with thc commission of several daring burglaries in the neighbourhood of Whiteclwpe ) . —On Tuesday week Cooper and Jones were brought up , charged with breaking into thc dwelling-house of Mr . Joseph Cohen , clothier , 49 , Prescott-strect , Whitcchapol . They were arrested on leaving thc house by Kelly and Clifford , thc " office" having

      been given to one of them , who was on the watch , by some women who no doubt were acting in concert with them . On that occasion Peacock " and Pearse escaped , but they were captured and brought up by Kelly and Giftbrd , on Saturday last , when evidence was adduced to warrant a remand , Kelly assuring the magistrate that he and Giftbrd would in the interim produce evidence to establish several other cases of burglary against them . Three other daring cases have also been gone into , Tho first was that of Mr . Alfred Abbott , upholstery horse-hair manufacturer , Anchor-street , Bethnal-green , whoso warehouse , which formed part of his dwelling-house , was broken into about three weeks since , when 100 yards of hair seating and a quantity of drawn hair .

      to tho value of about . £ 53 , were abstracted . The place appeared to have been entered through a collar , which was in a very insecure state . —Sergeant Kelly proved that the marks in the cellartrap , as well as those made in forcing Mr . Abbott ' s counting-house , corresponded with great exactness with a ripping chisel ot peculiar construction found on Cooper when arrested for thc burglary at Mr . Cohen ' s . —The next case gone into was a burglary committed at the House of Mr . Edward Roundtvce , proprietor of the Weavers' Arms , Baker ' s-row , to tho rear of the Pavilion Theatre , Whitechapol , last Friday night week . Tho fellows selected that night , being aware that the salaries of tho actors would be left there for payment next day , About

      five o ' clock in tho morning of Saturday week , Mr . Roundtree , who bad no boy at tbe time , was going down to assist the servant girl in opening the shop , when the latter rushed up , crying out , " Oh , sir , there have been thieves here . '' On going down he found that his dog , a fine bull terrier ef the larger breed , was dead . It had evidently been drugged in the first instance , but the poison not operating with sufficient rapidity , its head had been " stove in , " probably with the formidable weapon with which Cooper rushed at Kelly , and which , after a desperate struggle , was wrested from him by Gifford , when the attempt was made to rob Mr . Cohen ' s house on Monday week . After killing , the dog , wliich Mr . Roundtree seemed to feel the

      deepest loss , tho thieves broke open a secretary , and took £ 7 in copper , some silver spoons , two silver mugs , and other property to a considerable amount . Tho whole affair was conducted with the utmost deliberation , and had the fellows , who are young , active , and determined-looking , been disturbed at their work , fatal results must have followed . They drank three bottles of wine , and carried with them a fourth for further consumption .- — Sergeant Kelly hero observed that as Mr . Abbott ' s case was one most susceptible of proof , he should wish the case remanded for further inquiry into the circumstances . There were several other cases which required to be inquived into , and which be had little doubt of being able to establish against

      tlie prisoners . One was where a burglary had been committed at Mr . Beazley ' s , an extensive drysalter in Spicer-street , Brick-lane , Wiiiteciiapel . In robbing this place a splendid Newfoundland dog of the Mount St . Bernard breed was first drugged and then destroyed by violence . The sergeant further added that a burglary , which had been committed about the same time at Messrs . Smythe and Go ' s brush makers , Church-lane , Whitechapcl , could be proved against tho prisoners , with several other cases . —Mr . Yardley : I shall remand the prisoners for a week . In the ^ meantime you will try and trace the property . I shall commit the whole of

      the prisoners as regards Mr . Cohen ' s charge , and shall remand them on that of Mr . Roundtree ; and in the interim you will exert the dili gence which has already proved so successful , —The prisoners who are adepts in their business , cross-examined the several witnesses with the view of extracting something to prove an alibi , which ifc appears wifl be the defence they propose to set up . The depositions were then takenin Mr . Cohen ' s case and the prisoners were committed on that charge , but will be brought up again to answer the other charges . Removal op Nuisaxce . — Mark Leeke , a cow , keeper , of Ruby-street , Poplar , and Frederick Neville , liis son-m-law , were charged with obstructing the parish authorities of Poplar in removing an

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      offensive nuisance , whereby , wider the W » act j he had rendered himself liable to a pen aUynjot exceeding £ 5 . An order for the removal of the nuisance had issued from this court , which was about to ^ be carried into effect by Horncastle , one of he officers of the union , when the defendant interfered , saying that all the magistrates in the world shoul ^ not prevent them from doing as ^ they p leased in then own business . The case was fully proved , and the elder prisoner was fined the full penalty , whilst tne other was subjected to the nominal fine o ; ou ., as acting under the direction of his father-m-m . Costs were exacted in both cases .

      National Co-Operative Benefit

      NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT

      SOCIETY . TO THE EDITOR OP THE SOUTHERN STAB . Sib ,-Will you permit me to set myself jignt with the members of the above Societ y , and the country at large , respecting the truth of gejjjj ™ ; ing passage in the address of the iiustees , and which appeared in the Star of last week <—" Thomas Clark paid a sufficient sum . 0 constitute him a member , and shortly after claimed and received . < ei 0 on account of bis wife ' s death , receiving tho ^ ioney in August , 1818 , and has not contributed a farthing since . " . I Joined the Society at the time of its establishment in May , 1847 , and at the period when the benefit was paid to me—I had been fourteen months

      a paying member , tbat is from the commencement of the Society down to the time when I was overtaken by the calamity before mentioned . I was one of the earliest members of the Society , and m receiving the money , had given to me only what was my right and what I had paid for . It is W , as tbe " Trustees have stated , that I have not paid any money since August , 1848 ; out why is it true ? By an express rule of the Societyit is made the imperative duty of the Secretary , at the close of each quarter to make up the hooks , and forward a written notice to each defaulting member of thc amount due by him to tbe Society , and requiring his payment of the same . The rule further movides that "in the event of tbe Secretary

      neglecting to forward such notice , he shall be nnea sixpence in each case for such neglect . " Was such notice ever forwarded to mc ? No ; hut , on the contrary , I more than once , twice , or thrice required of Stall wood to let me know exactly how I stood with the Society , and upon thc last occasion , when I insisted upon knowing my liabilities to the Society , and paying thc money , Stallwood actually had thc effrontery to refuse to receive my money , on the ground that 1 had neglected to comply ivith the rules in not making my payments at thc proper stated times , and that I was therefore excluded . To the truth of this assertion Messrs . Dixon and M'Grath arc prepared to make oath , as they were both presen t on the occasion and heard all that transpired . It was then

      that I discovered why all my inquiries respecting my position with tho Society had been studiously and systematically evaded . My arrears had been allowed purposely to accumulate , so that I should be debarred from looking too narrowly into the state of the Society ' s affairs . It was hig hly desirable to get rid of one who was likely to prove troublesome , and hence the trick of neglecting to furnish me with any statement of my accounts with the Society , which ifc was the duty of thc Secretary to have furnished . But supposing thnt I had wilfully neglected to have paid my subscription for some months , what was the object of refusing to receive my money ?—I had already received £ 10 out of the Society ' s

      funds ; I had neglected , say , to pay my subscriptions for some months ; but I insist upon paying all dues and demands , and the Secretary imperiously refuses to receive them , and thus are the other members out of whose joint subscriptions—along with my own—I had received thc advance of £ 10 , deprived of tho advantage of receiving my subscriptions in return . In all other benefit societies , the managers arc but too happy to receive the arrears of their members , even where the subscriptions have been regularly demanded at the proper time ; but in cases like mine , where members have received benefits , every facility is afforded for thc payment of arrears . They never think of refusing the subscriptions of members so circumstanced . I

      am a young healthy man , likely to have paid into the Society for many years to come—almost certain to repay much more than I have received , but my subscriptions are refused because ifc is desirable to get rid of mc . And mark , Mr . Editor , all this done , too , without thc sanction of any committee , and practised towards one of the Directors of the Society . Such a thin ^ was never known as the exclusion of a member itor the purpose of smothering inquiry . There was no Committee , no " Trustees , " no Treasurer , no anything but Stallwood , except the Directors , and the very moment they attempted to enforce their authority , and secure the property of the members , the Secretary laughs at them , and knowingly reminds them " that they have no power . " No power in the Directors ? No !

      —The Society is not enrolled , and all the property in money and goods was in the name of Stallwood , and therefore he couM mock thc Directors with impunity ! The "Trustees , " in their production of last week ' accuse tho Directors of seeking the annihilation of Stallwood . Stuff ! "Annihilate Stall-vood . " How ridiculous ! The Directors preferred against Stallwood the following charges - . — That he has taken from the funds of the Society nearly double the amount to which he was entitled . That he had paid himself the full rent of his own house out of the funds of the Society , for what he was pleased to call " Office rent . " That he kept largo sums of money out of the bank , and which sums of money would have been realising interest for the members , had not Stallwood kept it in his own possession .

      That the state of his books and of thc general affairs of the Society , proved him to bo incapacitated through incompetency from acting as secretary . The" Trustees , " who have only been in existence a few weeks , oppose to these charges vague generalities , and clumsy attempts at personalities ; which , however , arc wholly inoperative , especially when meant as an answer to the statements above set forth . In conclusion , sir , I assure you that neither myself nor the other Directors , would have taken so much trouble with this matter , were it not for the fact that the Society was established entirely upon confidence in the Directors , and tbat they arc bound to have thc affair clearly sifted , which thev arc yet determined upon doing . Thomas ' Clark . London , August 29 .

      ¦I—Lclm Death Of Mr. Henry Hetherington....

      ¦ i—lClm DEATH OF MR . HENRY HETHERINGTON . ( From , our Third Edition of Last Week . ) Among thc many victims to the cholera , it is with deep regret we record the name of Henry Hetherington , the well-known publisher and newsvender . Ifc is a name familiar even to those among the middle and upper classes who have paid little attention to the movements which are going on among their less wealthy , toiling fellow-countrymen . The prominent part taken by Mr . Hetherington in the struggle to obtain relief from the duties imposed , ostensibly for financial purposes , but in reality to cripple and paralyse the press , and his sufferings in the cause , have made his name familiar to all " who take any interest in politics . From evcry member of the more fortunately circumstanced classes with whom he came in contact , his shrewdness , his right English independence , and his honesty of nurnose .

      won respect . But it was among thc working class , of whom ho was , and for whom he struggled , that his worth was most truly and thoroughl y appreciated . Of Henry Hetherington it maybe said , without reservation , that he ended as he began , a truthful and right-minded man . The imprisonments , fines , and seizures of property with which he was visited for his publication of unstamped papers , with a view to test the powers of an unri ghteous law , conferred upon him the character of a martyr in the eyes of the working classes . But his sterling principle and sound sense prevented his being puffed up or seduced into a habit of trading upon his character . His integrity was unquestionable . He was really tho devoted champion of his class , not one who assumed the character for the gratification of his own vanity , or the promotion of his own

      interests . Though he had both read much and thou « ht much , Henry Hetherington possessed rather a healthy and robust than a cultivated intellect . But his appreciation of character was searching and just , and expressed with fearless frankness and racy originalit y . It . was at once instructive and delightiui to listen to his striking , unexaggerated , often i-ough estimates of the notorieties of SK day . f ,. „! r reductl 0 I \ th 0 stam P duty 0 " newspapers , from fourpenceto one penny , . was mainl y kcted by the daring warfare wliich Mr . Hetherimrton

      win iea on against tlie higher tax . With that reduction His name is inseparably associated . One of his lust public acts was , in connexion with bis old coadjutors , to form a society for the purpose of obtainin * the repeal of the remajpingduties on newspapers ^ emancipate the press from all control , except that exercised by a court of law . " But his public services hao . no such limited range as might be , perhaps , inferred from this specification of his principal achievement . He was a vestryman ( and a most useful one ) of the parish of St . Pancras , in which he resided . He attended and spdke with bis wonted liberal energy and good sense at the recent meeting in the Princess ' s Theatre in favour of Par-™ ^ ya » d Fil ^» cial Reform ; and ho was present at tho Drury-lane meeting .

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      Thursday .-Report op New Cases . - London and vicinity , cases 201 , deaths , 232 . England and ?;& , o \ ?' , deaths 23 S 'Gotland , ca ^ s , ^ deaths , 12 . Total , cases 553 , deaths , 432 . m ^ h ™ : 111 ' nnd Mrs Heald ( Lola Monies ) have embarked at Marseilles on board the Mane Antoinette , « wuto to Borne . w , uutue

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      Corn. August U-Tothis Morning's Market W...

      CORN . August U-Tothis morning ' s market wc had a large supply of new wheat , the quality of winch was various as toweight , butin good dry condition , and sold to tho millers it a reduction of Is to 2 s per quarter upon last Monday ' s priecft old or foreign wteat very ^ jM"ft > £ "g offered fully Is to Ss cheaper than last week , ircsli flour is scarce and wanted . Barley sells pretty freely at previous rates . Beans and peas without alteration . Wc had a good arrival of foreign oats , principally consisting of light inferior qualities ; such descriptions met with a slow sale , and were Cd to Is per quarter cheaper ; in fine heavy corn there was less doing , but prices maintained . Rye without : inquiry . Tine new Carraway seed and rapeseed scarce . Linseed cakes fully as dear . The weather continues to be very line for harvest . Bkitish . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , „ 2 s to 45 s ditto white , 3 « s to 50 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York , shire red , 30 s to 30 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 'Ps to 38 s , ditto red , 31 s to SOs , Devonshire and Somerset-22 to

      shire , red , -s to -s , ditto white - to -s , rye , s ' . 'is , barley , Ms to 20 s , Scotch , Ms to ' - ' 5 s , Angus-s to _ s , Maltordinary , -s to -s , pale , 52 s to 57 s , peas grey , new , 2 Gs to 28 s , maple 28 s to 30 s , white , Us to 2 « s bodeis ( new ) , 27 s to 30 s beans , large , new , 25 s to 28 s , ticks 27 * to a » , harrow , 29 s to 32 s , pigeon . * J 2 s to 34 s , oats , Lincoln and VnXhre feed , IBs to 20 s , ditto Poland and potato , lihtoWs Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 23 s , Scotch feed 17 s to 22 s ? Irish feed , and black , Ms to 20 * . ditto potato , 17 s to 22 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s rapeseed , Ksscx new , £ 3 fi to £ 28 per last , carraway seed , Lsscx , new , 9 sffnN " sr > cr cwt . rape cake , £ . i to £ iWs per ton , lm . lilt Ifm toltb Joi Per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of SOTIbs , ship , ' 29 s to 81 .. town , 40 sto 4 £ s ' Wheat Dantzi 44 to MsAnlialt and

      FoirEiG . N . - . - g , s , Marks , 38 s to 44 s , ditte white , 46 s to 44 s , lVrnicrannui red , 37 s to 44 s Ilostoek 40 s to 44 s , Danish , Kolstem , anil Friesland , 30 sto 36 s , PetM-sburgb , Archangel and Kiga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 34 s to 39 s , Mananopoh , and Berdianski , 30 s to 34 s , Taganrog , 30 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 35 s to 38 s , ditto white , 37 s to 42 s , Saloniea , 30 s to 33 s , Kgyptian , 24 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Kostock , 28 s to 23 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saal , 21 s to 25 s , EftstMcsland , 16 s to 18 s , Egyptian , 15 s to \ 0 s , Danube , 15 s to- 10 s , peas , white , 2 « s to 28 s , new boilers , 2 Ss to 30 s , beans , horse , 25 s to 20 s , pigeon , 31 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningcn , Danish , Bremen , ana Fricsland , feed and black , 12 s to lfis , ditto , thick and brew , lCs to 21 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , Im .-j to 17 s , flour , United Slates , per MGlbs ., 22 s to 23 s , JIam . burg 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , Ireiicb per 2801 bs ., 32 sto 36 s . . „ . „ ,, . Weekly Average for August IS . —Wheat . iGs « nl ; barley , 26 s Id ; oats , 19 s Od ; Kye , 27 s od ; beans , 31 s 9 d ; 29 s 2 d .

      peas , Aggregate Average of the Six weeks . — Wheat , 46 s J Id ; barley , 26 s Od ; oats , 19 s 2 d ; rye , 20 s lOd ; beans , 32 s Od ; peas , 31 s 3 d . ' Coiw Bxciiaxge , Mark Lase , Wednesday , August 29 . — Having a continuance of very fine weather for the harvest , and favourable accounts nt' yield from all quartsrs , ws arc , notwithstanding thc limited supplies fresh iu , very dull for every article of grain , and are looking for declining ;

      rates . Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 1 , 210 quarters ; foreign , 2 , 390 quarters . Barley—English , 160 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 370 quarters . Oats—English , SO quarters ; foreign , 5 , 2110 quarters . Flour—220 sacks . 1311 EAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis arc frore 7 d . to-7 id . : of household ditto . 5 d . to O'd . perllbs . loaf .

      CATTLE . S . mithfielp , Monday , August 27 . —Fresh up for this morning ' s market the receipts of home-fed beasts wera large for the time of year , and of fair average quality . Notwithstanding that the dead markets were very moderately supplied , and the attendance of buyers was tolerably good , the beef trade ruled exceedingly heavy , at a decline in the quotations paid on Monday last of quite 2 d per bibs ., and at which a clearance was not ed'ected . The highest figure for the best Scots was 3 s 8 d per Slbs . There was ; i further increase in the supply of sheep , which , indeed , was the largest exhibited on any previous day during the whole of the present year . The butchers purchased cautiously ;

      hence , the mutton trade was in a very inactive state , and prices receded from those of this day se'nniglit about : 'd per Slbs . The very primest old downs , the number of whicb was small compared with the aggregate supply , sold nt 3 s 10 d per Slbs . The general quality of the supply of lambs on offer was indifferent . The total number exceeded the wants of the buyers . Prime Down qualities were , however , mostly disposed of at about stationary prices , viz ., from 4 s lOd to 5 s per Slbs ., but all other breeds were somewhat lower to purchase . We had a full average supply ot Calves in the market . For all descriptions of veal the de . mandwasina very depressed state , and prices ruled 2 < per Slbs lower . The sale for pigs—the number of which was but moderate—ruled heavy , at unaltered currencies .

      Head of Cattle at Smithfield Friday . —Beasts , 700 ; sheep , 12 , 500 ; calves , 410 ; pigs , 300 . Monday . —Beasts , 4 , 343 ; sheep , 32 , 070 ; cidves , 259 ; pigs , 220 . Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) . —Beef , 2 s fid to 3 s 8 d ; mutton , 2 s Sd to 3 s lOd ; veal . 3 s Od to 3 s 6 d pork , 3 s Sd to 4 s Od ; Iamb , 4 s Od to 5 s Od . Newgate and Leaoesiiall , Monday , Aug . 27 . —Inferior beef , ' s 2 d to 2 s 4 d : middling ditto , 2 s O'd to 2 s Sd prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; largo pork , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s Sd to 2 s 10 d ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 6 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Sd to 3 s 10 d ;; veal , 2 s lOd to 3 s 6 d ; small pork , 3 s Sd to 4 s Od ; Iamb , 3 s lOd to 4 s lOd per Slbs . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —The arrivals last week from Ireland were 11 , 740 firkins butter , and 570 bales bacon ; and from foreign ports 8 , 230 casks butter , and 300 boxes and bales bacon . The Irish butter market continues very quiet , and the transactions during the past week were few and unimportant , prices of most sorts being Is per cwt . lower . Tho bacon market also continues dull , tho dealers purchasing very sparingly to supply their immediate consumption . Encmsh Butter , Monday , August 27 . —Of our trade we have the same dull report to make ; the best and freshest parcels only are in demand at barely late rates . The low price of Irish butter prevents sale of our middling and stalo articles , wliich are accumulating . Prime Dorset , fine weekly , 80 s to Sis per cwt . ; ditto middling , OSs to 74 s Devon , 70 s to 74 s ; Fresh , 8 s to lis per dozen .

      SEEDS . Loxdo . v , Monday . —There was a good supply of new canaryseed , and a considerable reduction in prices took place . New may be quoted !) 0 s to 100 s per qv . New white mustardsecd also receded in value , and brown was decidedly easier to buy . Tares moved off slowly at barely former rates , In other articles no change of importance occurred . HOPS . Borough , Monday , August 27 . — Our market remains without any alteration since our last report , either as to demand or price , though , where sales are forced , rather less money must be taken . The accounts from the plantations indicate upon the whole some little improvement , and there are backers of £ 80 , 000 duty .

      FRUIT A > 'D VEGETABLES . Coyest Gardes Market , Saturday , August 25 . — Hothouse grapes , peaches , and nectarines are plentiful . Pine apples have not altered since our last account . Cht-nirs , except inorellos arc over . Itipo gooseberries and currants are scarcer . Apricots are pretty well supplied . Nut .--in general are abundant . A few filberts have made tlwiv appearance , but being unripe they realise a dull sale , at froir ' 35 s to 45 sperlOUlbs . Oranges and lemons are plentiful ! and the market continues to be overstocked with melons and foreign plums . Amongst vegetables , turnips may bo obtained at from 3 d to Od a bunch . Carrots the same . Cauliflowers are plentiful . Green peas fetch from Is Od to 4 s pit bushel . Potatoes arc chciiper , Lettuces and oilier saladiiigiircsuflieienti ' irtlie demand . Mushrooms fetch from ls to ls O'd per pottle . Cut flowers consist of heaths ; pelargoniums , gardenias , hignom ' a venusta , truiwohuus carnations , fuchsias , and roses .

      WOOL . Cm , Monday . August 27—The imports of wool into London last week were small , comprising but 591 bales irom Germany . The market for wool is linn , and holders arc still rather sanguine that an advance will occur . LivEnroot ,, August 25 . —Scotch . —There is little demand for laid wool , but thc new clip is arriving at market , and it will find its level . White is not inquired for . There is more inquiry for the best class of Cheviot . In other sorts little doing . Imports for the week . 1 , 290 bags ; previously this year , 6 , 665 bags . J 1 ' oREiG . v . —There are several public sales announced for next week of East India , Egyptian , Buenos Avres , Turkev . and other low wool , which has prevented much being done by private sales this week . Imports for the week , 40 !> bales ; previously this year , 35 , 828 bales .

      TALLOW . Monday , August 27 . — Since this day se ' nniglit the demand for all kinds of tallow has been in a very inactive state , and prices bare given way quite 3 d per cwt . To-day , fine P . Y . C . on the spot is selling at 39 s , and inferior qualities SSstoSSsGd per cwt . ; for forward delivery we have sellers at 38 s 3 d to 38 s Gd per cwt . Town tallow , 37 s to 37 s 6 d per cwt ., nctt cash . Rough fat , 2 s 1 id per 81 bs Letters just at hand from St . Petersburg state a good business was passing m tallow for shipment to England at further depressed rates . Ukraine , 116 roubles ; usual quality , 114 roubles-soap tallow , 110 roubles ; and fine white Woronski , 132 roubles .

      State Of Trade. Aujfcnester. —Thc Attemp...

      STATE OF TRADE . aUjfcnESTER . —Thc attempt to raise the price of yarns : last week , m consequence of the advance in the raw material has proved a failure ; in nearly all cases where j parcels have changed hands it has been at the old rates . . In consequence ot the attempt , however , but very little business has been done in that branch of trade . All I printer s cloths and heavy domestics are much the same as s last week , the demand for them being limited . Thoutrli i the tone of the market is decidedly firm , there is yet great t whole ot last week comparatively little has been done . t . the home trade was not quite so active as it was expected d it would continue to ho . 1

      mSSSI w >? tl >[ A , . * Au ^ st 27--Thc flanntI -1 nvaiket has not been so brisk at this season of the year ir . tor many yews past . Strong Yorkshire goods , and fine te and middling quality of flannels , were in good demand" , if , and the advance ot ls . and 2 s . per couple asked > fl a week ago has been fully realised . The demand id ror particular sorts of goods was greater than tho 10 supply . All sorts of flannels are in good request , and cene . ic . rally , prices are on the advance . Several of the manufnc icturers have advanced wages , and others have intKlatcd ed their intention of following the example . Thoro was a a moderate brisk wool market . The hands at cotton milla lis continue : fully employed , and there are cheering prospec s s of a good trade and cheap provisions . The fi-ee trade nrta ! bo ciples are begun to be felt . "" ueprm . m «

      Death. On Sunday, August 12th, Mrs. May ...

      DEATH . On Sunday , August 12 th , Mrs . May Paris , wife of Thomas oas Paris ( a veteran Chartist of Greenwich ) , in her «« T » Sr £ of Asiatic cholera . Mrs . Paris was on ^' of those fetv lolle Me women who exerted themselves in this borouch for tiro t \ tl enactment of the People's Charter . Whenever a pclifi Sn was 0 be presented , she was one of the foremost in offi unings-gnatures In 1842 , at the presentation of he S Z" : pet . ion she obtained by her own exertions , scveralT , * in-. dred * of signatures , and was present andjjoincd in the wo ro cesston which . mymoosA it to the House of Comn ^ n , ons I She wass universally respected , and her loss is Svrolv lamented by all who knew her . She was an afflcSnatei wile and kind mother . «¦« . »*> ¦ ¦»*>

      Printed By William 1uder, Of So. 5, Macclesneld-Streotireotji In The Parish Of St. Anne. Westminster, At The I'Rintmsjtma .',

      Printed by WILLIAM 1 UDER , of So . 5 , Macclesneld-streotireotJi in the parish of St . Anne . Westminster , at the I'rintmsjtma . ' ,

      Omce, Lb , Great. Windmill-Sti-Eot, Ilay...

      omce , lb , Great . Windmill-sti-eot , Ilaymarket , in the Citv Citv \ ot Westminster , for the Proprietor , FEAUGUS 0 'COiN' - \* OK > 'O «) I ' i S < l' M-P- ) and published by the said William Uideb , afcn , am the Ofhce , in the su'tie streetw < i parish , —Satvurdi . 7 mJi . 7 September 1 st , 1849 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01091849/page/8/