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      The Harvest. —From All Quarters The Repo...

      a spirit of congeniality between the different parties _forite of labour , and in the _distribution of the : neces-2 _Jies of life , as food , lodging , fire , and cloth ng , the Shy and middle classes may be benefited and Soas may be enfor ced with greater rigour , whilst _r _tousands' _-f the poor people may have to endure •¦ rants at which the heart shudders , and woes which every sensitive mind contemplates with horror . it _u should be remembered , that for thousands who have 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 _t-i the starv ' ng point after harvest , or daring the dreary winter ; and that from thousands of other rent , rate , and cess if rigor utsly exacted , nearly all the benefits of heaven will be torn , and to

      whom nearly all God s gifts will be denied . Without ¦ undervaluing the _intc-est of landlords , or depreciating the payment ofall just demands , we would implore ofall who have any feeling for humanity , after such a terrible ordeal , not to expect too much , and with the rights of property to consider the ri ghts of _labour and the rights of the suffering starving poor . If the sp irit of practical co operation , true sympath y , and generous philanthropy animate , all , the interests of all will be duly erasidered , and Ireland will , under _ieaven , 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 favo-ir of the suffering poor , or point out with mildness , but with truth , what may be done by all classes to enable thera to triumph over their unexampled difficulties . "

      Choi era .-Major Turner , Master ofthe Horse to _hb _Excellen-y the Lord-Lieutenant , died on Sunday night of Cholera . He was attacked immediately after having come from church . A CH * rei * burnt dows . — -Tbe large and newlyerected Wesleyan Meeting House , in Donegall-street , at Belfast , was burnt down on Sunday ni _.-kt after the congregation had retired . The Bude light , used for illuminating the edifies Irom the centr .- _* , set fire to the ceiPmr , the pipe having become over-heated . The work of d- _* structioa was over in three or four hours . Thc building was insured for £ 4 , 000 .

      Flax Ccltdre . —In the report of the coramiss _"* oners f or the return of the population , they fonnd that thc portion of the'ands-in Ireland fit for the purposes of agriculture , exclusive of all other descriptions , amounted to 13 . 401 , 300 acres . Instead of _one-eighth , which it had been shown was perfectly consistent with good farming , let them suppose that only o _sn-sixteenth were appropriated to flax , they should have S 11 _. 51 S acres ; six cwt ., or about onethird of a ton , was considered a fair average produce hy the acre : that would give no le-s than 252 , 455 tons ; and , at £ -15 per ton the value would "be £ 11 , 300 . 475 . Then with regard to the employment which the cultivation of the plant gave , and which was a most important consideration , it had "been _nlreadv shown that , independently of spinnins- .

      an acre of fine flax gave employment for a year to 19 persons , in manufacturing it into pocket handkerchiefs ; and if spinners we- e added there would be an addition _i . f forty-four women , making altogether sixty three persons . Bat some people might think that an exaggerated statement ; therefore , let it be supposed that one acre of flax would bc equal to the employment and support of one family for the year , then the result wuld be , supposing only the _onesixtecnih of the lands of Ireland to bs in flax , there would be 841 , 518 families so supported ; and , taking each family at tbe usual average of five , the number of individuals sustained would be 4 . 207 , 599—equal to ahont one-half ofthe whole population of Ireland —Extract from Speech of Mr . Sharman Crawford , If . P ., in tlie Fifdi Annual Report of the Society for tlie _Piomott-in of the Growth of Flax in Ireland .

      _Goveiixsiext Model Farms- —The Clare Journal states that Captain Kennedy and air . Lynch , poorlaw inspectors , have received orders from the ¦ _government to arrange the preliminaries for establishing a model farm , in connexion with the national school j " at Deer IVi k , parish of _Kilmichael . _SOCIITV FOR PROMOTING THE GROWTH OF FLAX is Ireland . —At the last monthly meeting of the committee in _Belfa-t , on the 29 th ult , a report was made by the secretary ofthe distribution of the society ' s _agriculturists , for the tuperintendence of flax-pulling , < fcc ., iu the following districts : —M « yavor . County Antrim ; Ballybay , County _M-naghan ; Celbridge , * County Kildare ; Ahbejleix , Queen's County ; Gorey . _Co-inty "W exford ; Skibbereen , Duiimanway , Drimoleaguo . and Bantry , County Cork ; KenroaTC . County Kerry * - Kilfiwm _** , County Limerick ; BalHnacouity and Newport , County Tippcrary ; Ballina and _Newport , Cou : _* ty Mayo ;

      Dromore West . County Siig- > . Some of the late-sown flax in Mayo and Cork was an indifferent crop _, but , genera ly , _through-int all those districts , the reports are favourable as to yield , while the quality of such as has heen alreidy scutched _appeared very good . and affords ---rounds lor believing ' bat th- * . general produce will be much superior to last year ' s . Some experiments ha 5 been made in growing hemp , with satisfaccry results ; that sown at Kilfinane , county Lime rich , laving attained a height of seven feet-Small portions of turnip seed , of the late _vari'ies . had been sent with thc agriculturists to some ofthe remote s-. _uthr-rn districts , to be sown after thc earliest pulled flax , _w-th a view of showing f rmers that a second crop may thus be raised in the same year , which , _though , of course , not equal to one sown in . May and Juue , would , at least , leave a surp lus , after all expenses of labour , seed , and manure It was stated that another establishment for carrvin . '

      out the American patent steaming process was m course of erection at Craigie , two miles from Belfast . This _intelligen-. _ewas considered hy the committee a * very satisfa tory , since it would afford an opportunity ' ia parties who might wish to inquire into _tlii- - system of fully investigating it , as the establishments already at work are . ' 11 at a c -nside _.-able distance from Belfast . It mislit hr * considered as a centr al or model concent . Mr . Marshall expressed a favourable opinion of the system , and stated that his firm had just put lip a concern of this kind near Hull . Some conversation ensued upon the system of M . de _Chargry , of Brussels , as illustrated by samples lately shown by that gentleman at the royal exhibition " inthe Linen Hall . He states his method io he independent of steeping in water _.

      and that the rotting of the flax can bc thoroughly accomplished in a few hour .- * , the means employed being partly chemical and partly mechanical . The coaiiiiittee thought it very desirable that his process sho ' . dd be fully investigated , and to this end sample- " of Irish flax " , in stva _v ; and in fibre , had been furnished by bim by the society , and by Messrs . James Boomer and Co ., and 8 . K . Mulhollarid and Hinds , to he operated \* . pon and returned . It was ordered , that an application be made to thc Lord Lieutenant , for returns ofthe quantity of _1-ind under Ear cultivation in Ireland , this year ; and to the Poor-hi ' _-v Commissioners , for a report of the general appearance of thc flax crop in each of the unions in Ireland— to be furnished along with the reports of oilier crops now in course of preparation , by order of the commissioners .

      _Sali * op ax Irish Landed _Pnor-ERTY . —An state , _c-nsistingofl , 5 * _J 4 , _*! cieson . ind , _i-eeL-iimedfi-oni _Lonsh Fovlc , nearNcwtownlimavady , now in cultivation , held fr _.-m thc Irish Society for 100 years , from 1 _*> 17 , at £ 150 per anniiiii till 1851 , £ 400 till 1887 , r . _ii-1 for £ 500 till 1037 , renewable for 100 years , at aline of one year ' s improved rent , at £ 750 , per annun * _si-onud-rent , and for a third term of 100 vears , oil payment of thc like fine , at tho yearly rent of £ _! JiW , was put up for sale by order ofthe Court of Chancery . " This estate was the property of John Robertson , Esq ., deceased , and was sold for £ _31 M 0 .

      Tin : Potato _Cnor . —The Banner _«* f 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 _7-J 7 loads , weighing 259 tons , in the corresponding week of 1848 , _showing an excess in favour of 1849 , of 410 loads , or 204 tons . Tlie cry of the potato failure has been revived . Without hazarding an op inion at the present time , we state , on authority , the simple fact , tliat not one diseased potato is shown in our market for thirty in last year ' s crop ; and that the accounts in the " papers , which have _i-ciched us since our last notice , are generally _hijjhly favom-ible as to tbe prosperity ofthe crops . " " Piuxted Linen * Fabric . — From this new aud

      ¦ va _' . ' _.-nblc developement ofthe linen industry of Ireland , the province of Usher is likely to receive a great impetus , and the school of design , now openhnr under the auspices of Lord Clarendon , a most wGoki-ome scope for the exercise of their artistic taste . Among the many happy results arising out _ofiiereiost gracious Majesty ' s visit to Ireland is the iutioduction of this fabric into a new sphere . Her Mnjestv , on that occasion , selected for her own wear a few dresses of this _eles . int material , printed light r ink "round , with a sprig of flowers , very tasteful and elegant ; also a white ground , _vyith blue -flovrer , no less beautiful and chaste . _Nothing , perhaps , in use so combines delicacy and brilliancy of lustre as this article . It has intrinsic

      recommendations to Fc-cnre it _extensive , patronage . It is pleasing to think , _bt-cruse a large proportion of the value of those goods is created by labour , that an iricrease of employment will thus accrue to a people whose bane has been want , of opportunities to exercise tbeir industry and skill . The linen trade , now diverging into this additional channel , must necessarily outgrow its former limits , and erentnally spread itself over thc entire country , imparting to the south and Avest that prosperity by which Ulster if so distinguished . —Evening post . Dr . _"Wiu-e , in his new book , * _* The Boyne and the _Black-water , * " says tbat Guyon , the Hungarian general who i & s refused to submit , is a native of _Ratiikieale , coi & ty of Limerick .

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      Septembeh 8 . 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 7

      Accac -Fts J-Bom Brest State That The Ir...

      _Accac _-fTs J-BOM Brest state that the Irappists are about to form an agricultaral establishment at Martini que . Admiral Bruat has _strongly recommended the French _covcrnniest to jrive t hem its suppart .

      The Cholera. Saturday , September 1,—Ret...

      THE CHOLERA . Saturday , September 1 , —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health . Metropolis . —Deaths from cholera , 230 ; diarrhoea , 30 . Enguxd axd Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 168 ; _diarrhoea , 23 . _Scotlasd . — Deaths from cholera , 18 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 416 ; diarrhoea , 58 . DEATn _rnoM Cholera . —An inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , the coroner , at the Black Boy public-house , Denmark-street , St . George-in-th ' c East , respecting thc death of Roger Bennett , alias Joseph Bentley , aged 75 years , who died from an attack of Asiatic cholera . The deceased was a native of Germany , and had occupied one room for the

      last fourteen years , at No . 8 , Denmark-street , and during the whole of that period he had never allowed any person to enter his apartment , or have it cleansed . He was a well-known mendicant , and was in the habit of begging at the doors of some of the German churches "in the cast end of the town . Since his death , there had been upwards of two loads of dirt and rubbish cleared from his room . He 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 Whitechapei , was called to tbe deceased ,

      and found him suffering from Asiatic cholera , fi-om the effects of 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 twentv-fi ve vears , that lie was the principal creditor of the _' deceascd , and he had instructed Mr . Smith , the vestry-clerk of Whitechapei , to take out letters of administration to the property . The jury returned a verdict of " Death from Asiatic cholera . "

      Salisbury . —The improvement m 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 diarrhoea , 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 . Soctiiampto . y . —Cholera is rapidly on the decrease in Southampton . Only seven fatal cases occurred last week , against twenty-two the previous week .

      Bristol , Sept . 2 . —We regret to say that the returns for the ancient city , made both yesterday and to-day by the corporation of thc poor , arc very unfavourable , presenting an increase in the number of cases ana of deaths , principally , however , from thc close and confined portions of the Temple and Reilcliffe districts . Mertiitr axd Neighbourhood . —The cholera in this neighbourhood is slowly subsiding in Merthyr ; there continue to he several attacks , and also in Aberdare , but at Dowlais and Penydanan it has nearly disappeared .

      Moxday . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . Loxdox axd Vicinity . —Deaths from cholera , 324 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 44 . England axd Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 417 ; deaths from _diarrhea , 96 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 33 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 774 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 140 . The number of attacks reported are : —for the Metropolis , CS 2 ; and for the country , 615 ; but these numbers do not comprehend the cases that occur in thc private practice of medical mon .

      Woolwich . —The town of Woolwich , which np to the last few days had escaped _comparatively free from cholera , has now been more severely visited with that disease , and in many instances thc attacks have been of short duration and of a fatal character . Plymouth . —At Plymouth thc 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 ave attacked . Cawsandand Kingsand , adjoining fishing to ivns , to the south of Mount Edgcumbe _, containing together about 700 inhabitants , have lost sixty-one during tbe last ten days . At Bceralstoin the disorder has heen even more fearful , and the miners avIio work in that vicinity have , through fear , fled the place .

      Tuesday . —Return of deaths from cholera nnd _diarrnaja . London * _ind . _Vrci . virr . —Deaths from cholera , 262 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 26 . England and Wales . —Deaths from cholera , 20 a ; deaths from diarrhoea , 53 . Scotland . —Deaths from cholera , 13 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , 540 ; deaths from diarrhoea , 79 . The number of attacks reported bv the union officers are : —for the Metropolis , 479 ; and fov the country , 611 ; hut their returns do not , in general , comprehend the cases that are treated hv medical men in private practice . " _Beisiol . —Notwithstanding all the precautionary measures adopted , and the very zealous efforts of the medical officers employed hy thc corporation of the poor , thc cholera is decidedly on the increase . The disease is spreading in Lcw ' ms Meade , a populous place , principally inhabited hy 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 .

      _Merhitr and Neighbourhood . —Our accounts from this district arc not quite so favourable as they have been . At Merthyr the disease bas increased , and likewise at Dowlais . The following is the _efficial return for Mondav , September 3 rd : —Merthyr , attacked . 10 , dead , 7 * ; Dowlais , attacked , 4 , dead , 3 ; Aberdare , attacked , 4 , dead , 2 . Total number of cases from thc commencement—attacked , 3 , 381 , dead , 1 , 412 . , , Wkd . _n-esdat . — Return of death from cholera and diarrhoea . —London * and Yicisity . —Deaths from cholera , 232 ; deaths from di . irrha * . i . 38 . England and Wales . —Deathsfrom cholera , 429 ; deaths from _diarrheca , 102 . Scotland . —Deaths from Cholera , 29 . Total . —Deaths from cholera , GOO ; deaths from diarrheca , 140 .

      Ox Wednesday Mr . II . M . Wakley and a jury , held an inquest at thc canteen of the Albany-street barracks , Regent ' s-park , as to the death of William Scrnton , 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 . Tlio widow of the deceased stated that he was taken ill on Tuesday morning , at his house , No . 2 , Edward-street , facing flic wharfs and Regent ' s Canal-basin , and that he had great relaxation in his bowels and vomiting . Dr . Johnson attended , and ordered iii- * removal to the regimental hospital , where hc died at twelve o ' clock tiie 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 thc 2 d Life-Guards , described the case of Scrutton as one of Asiatic cholera , and in answer to questions put by the coroner , stated , that thero had been several cases of cholera in thc regiment , but that they occurred among the soldiers living out of the barracks—only one case having taken place within it . He observed that from fear of the consequences to thc 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 , Thc 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 _bcirsfcd to call the attention of thc coroner to a

      most frightful case , winch had occurred a few days ago in Camden Town . A man in thc employment of Mr . Brown , the milkman , was supposed to have died cf cholera , and was buried very speedily . His friends , who lived in the country , did not arrive in time for the funeral , and insisted on seeing the corpse . On being taken up , the body was found turned en its side in thc coffin , and the knuckles were cut in a shocking manner , supposed to have been caused bv the-poor fellow ' s struggles to get out . The coroner said , after such a frightful statement great care should be taken _befoivTbodies were interred . The jury returned a verdict , that the _deceased had died of Asiatic cholera , and expressed a unanimous opinion that some steps should bc immediately taken hy the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to improve the sewage of the district , and remove the nuisances from thc Regent ' s Canal-basin .

      An inquest was held on Wednesday by Jlr . II . M . Wakley , at the Crown , Cloikeiiwell-grcen , on Louisa ' Mary Price , aged sixteen , supposed to have died from cholera . As the disease ivas believed to have heen caused hy malaria from Spaficlds burial-ground , the inquest excited the greatest interest . —Mrs . Price , the mother ofthe deceased , after giving evidence ofthe death of her daughter from cholera , stated that ki the kitchen where her daughter worked in thc service of Mr . Watt , jeweller , Exinouth-street , there was a bad smell , which greatly affected her . —Mr . Watt , the master of the deceased , stated that the Spaficlds graveyard was exceedingly obnoxious , especially lately , some oiu l

      OI me gruuiiu uaviug oven evpeneu mm _ptiauug for the reception of the dead . In the ground , whicli measured seventy-two feet by seventy-two , there had been lately buried , at several 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 , uhIcss by the destruction of thc bodies and coffins . He was aware that coffins had been made away with . In consequence ofthe effluvia from the graveyard he had been compelled to send bis children toboardingsehools , and remove the other members of his family . Hc went to the _vestry-clerk to complain , but _found him out of towH . It was well known that the same grave had heen fifty times opened for _befe / ? M h ) ' the systematic destruction of bosljes

      The Cholera. Saturday , September 1,—Ret...

      and coffins room was easily made for new comers . The witness did not know what became of tbo bodies , hut it was stated some years ago that they and the coffins were burned . Mr . Bird , the proprietor , drove a good trade there . The fees , for burial were nine shillings , and the undertaker got one shilling for every body ho brought . —The Coroner thought this was a premium for crime . — Mr . 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 thc 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 thc old ground ; but the effluvium was now much worse than ever it had been . —Mr . Dove , whose house abuts upon the graveyard , corroborated the ahove evidence . Six of his children had been poisoned by the effluvium from tbe graves . His wife and himself had been seized with _dtavrlKea , from the same _cavise , and ho was obliged to remove his family to save tlieir 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 tliese statements ; and the Coroner , after observing that tliis Avas really a frightful state cf things , expressed his readiness to forward a written statement of the

      facts to the proper authorities , in order to have tho 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 Spaficlds 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 . Pavkhurst , 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 Avatcr-closet "V erdict— " Death from cholera . "

      The Alleged Prescription of Sir James Clark for CiiOLT . nA . —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 _Avhose 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 he awoke he appeared to be in a fit . He died the same evening about nine o clock . The dose 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 ho appeared to be suffering under all the symptoms of narcotic poison . I ordered him resuscitants , and everything that might conduce to arouse him from a state of stupor , and excite the vital energy . I saw him again some time afterwards , but hc continued to sink , and died iu 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 thc printed proscription iioav produced ( the one attributed to Sir James Clark ) . A teaspoonfnl of the mixture would contain from twenty-six to thivty 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 ( he circumstances , their verdict must bo one of chance medley , whicli 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

      would be given to what had 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 , and 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 was a gross and diabolical forgery . _—Liveryeol Courier . Liverpool . —Up to Wednesday morning the now cafes , and deaths remained about stationary ; but , dining the list 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 : t more fav . livable character .

      Bristol . —The returns on Wednesday were of a somewhat better character , although the epidemic still prevails in the city toa painful ' extent . _Mertuyr—Thc returns for the district are somewhat heavier , although perhaps not so much so as to cause any increased alarm , the more especially as thc numbers actually fluctuate to some extent .

      Massacre Of Indians In California. (From...

      MASSACRE OF INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA . ( From the New York Tribune . ) Colvmma Mills , California , _Atoil 22 . —Since I wrote there lias been a tragedy enacted here wbich has made my blood run cold . I mentioned , I believe , in my last , that a wav 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 16 th , and on the 18 th returned with thirty-seven male prisoners and three _squavfs . After searching thc country for some time , they discovered thc track which led them to the Ranclieria ofthe tribe which was known to have committed tho murders of the five Oregon men over in the Roidalle Fork . Soon as they found the Ranchcria 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 lie rode by me called my attention to the false hair hanging down each side of his horse ' s head , wliich was too readily perceived by its black , straight , and shining appearance to bc the scalps of the Indians . Another drew his knife , and exhibiting thc 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 to sit or squat down in rows under thc trees , where they were questioned through an interpreter ; two of them were found guilty . Suspiciou-i were entertained against five others , who , with the two already doomed , Avere retained , and thc 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 the whites as Avell as the Indians , gave 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 wero to be marched out to take their seats upon a log and have their trial . He also stated that there hnd been enough evidence given to convict two of them , and that the others would probably bc cleared . The poor wretches then followed the chiefs out to a triangular space , bounded on one side by the hills , on another by the village , and on thc 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 the coming winter—they broke , they ran , some towards thc hills and others towards the river ; the word was given to fire , and two immediately fell , one upon the log upon wliich he was to have been tried , the other six or seven paces beyond ; and the otliers who had fled to the hills were overtaken and stabbed withbowie knives . Of the two who plunged into the almost freeziiig water of thc American Fork , one was shot , but still swam half Avay across the river , when sonic white

      men were scon running down to the opposite bank to head him off . He immediately turned and swam back to the shore from which hc first plunged , and when he had reached the brush which grow alon _<* the bank , one of the Oregon men drew one of Colt ' s revolvers and put a ball through his brain ; he never moved afterwards , and when I passed again , a few minutes 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 , but was prevented from landing by two mounted men , Avho threw stones at him , until one of the numerous stones from this side struck his head ,

      and he sank to rise no more . When the chase was over , and the party returned to where thc first shotwas fired , the two Indians were still alive ; one was lying on his face , with his bed blanket spread over him . One of thc captors perceiving that he still breathed , drew a knife , and plunged it into his side , while another beat his brains out with a largo stone . The other miserable victim , avIio fell over the log , and whom I saw making an effort to _ris _* " _* , as I passed immediately after hc was shot , at this time was laid parallel with the trunk of the tree ; another ball had extinguished the little life tbat the first fire

      bad left , and his onl y 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 his victim , busily engaged in removing the scalp . Captain Greenwood proposed burying the Indians near where they fell . " No , no , " was the cry , " they burned tbe bodies of our men , and we will hum them . " But _Greenvvood ' s influence prevailed , and the bodies were covered with earth . AU that I have rclatod as having taken place here I saw . _Ifo-ring heard that the trial was to take pl ace , I

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      went over to the room where the prisoners wero confined to see them . They appeared dejected . The faces of most of them were covered with their blankets , as they sat in two rows , with their hands resting upon tlieir knees . From the room I went with them to the place which it av . _is said was to have been their judgment scat , but which proved to bc their place of execution . I have little doubt that the innocent suffered in this caso as well as the guilty . But I will make no comments ; every one has a right to his opinion . The war party , early the next day , with few exceptions , left and took up their quarters on the other side of the river , intending to move over the Rocky Mountains . At tho time this tragedy was

      being performed , Mrs . Wimmcr represents the Indians who have been encamped in thc village as being in a dreadful state of alarm . She states that they ran to her and begged her to save them , as they leared that thoy were all to meet with the same fate . That evening they were all gathered around their tires , crying like so many children ; but before the sun shone upon this valley they had departed , and now not one of them is to be soon here , neither has tliere been since this sad catastrophe . . . bmcc the above was written , a man has just come in , who gave information ofa person , by the name ot Jack Doyle , having been murdered , about six miles Irom here , on Weaver ' s Creek . He was one ot a part y of fifteen that was engaged in the dry diggings near the creek , who strolled out fromthe

      camp , without arms , after breakfast ; and when dinner time came , he not making his appearance , some ot his comrades went out in search of him , and found Ins body in the creek , his skull stove in , and Ins person much mutilated . There was a stone lying on the shore , not fav off , covered with blood and hair , with which the murder had been committed , and around Avhich , from tho appearance of the sand , there had been a severe scuffle . Captain Shannon , who keeps his store at this place , took his horse and went out to examine the body , and reports that it Avas done b y thc Indians whose tracks betrayed them . This ni ght , a large party of about forty or fifty men have gone out in search of Indians , and it matters not whether thoy murdered Doyle or not , death will be the doom of every ono Avho comes within reach of their rifles or their knives .

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      TnE BERMONDSEY MURDER , The following additional particulars relative to the arrest of Manning , which _avc announced last week may probably be read with interest . Manning , it appears , retired to bed early on the night of his capture , and at about half-past nine o ' clock the officers arrived . They ali ghted from their carriage about 200 yards on the St . neliers side of Mr . Berteau ' s cottage , and walked thither on foot . By a previously concerted arrangement Mr . Chevalier and Mr . George _Ilcnlin Avent round to the back of the house , and explained to Mr . Bevteau that tiiey were now come to arrest his lodger on a charge of murder , an announcement which appeared to give both tho old man and his wife very considerable satisfaction . It was agreed that Mr . Chevalier

      should return to the front of the house , and knock at tho door , Avhich Mr . Berteau promised to open , and that he should hand to Mr . Chevalier a li ghted candle , with which hc undertook to proceed up stairs to Manning ' s room , the door of whicli , if found locked , was to be instantly burst open , and the party in bed overpowered . It was arranged that the Messrs . Ilculin should remain outside the cottage and prevent tho escape of the assassin b y the windows , of which there were three to his room alone , Mr , Lockyer 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 tho murderer ' s room was found ajar , so that

      on reaching the landing the officers entered immediately . Mr . Chevalier pushed the door open hastily , and placing the candle he held in his 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 , "Thats the man—seize him ! " Lockyer and Mr , Purkis instantly seized both the mu derer ' _s arms , Afr . Chevalier having thrown himself upon the bed , and thus disabled him from making any resistance . The somewhat rough seizure to which lie was subjected appeared to give Manning some annoyance , and he cried out " Ilallo , what are you about ? Do you mean to murder me ? " The moment he saw Langley , however , he recovered his composure , and said , " Ah , Sergeant is that you ? I am glad you

      are come . I know what you aro como about . If you had not come I was coming to town to explain all . lam innocent ! " He then asked , " Is the wretch taken V alluding to his wife , as Langley supposed . The officer replied in the affirmative , upon which Manning remarked , " Thank God , I am glad of it ; that will save my life . Sho is the guilty party ; I am as innocent as a lamb . " Mv . Chevalier directed him to dress in the presence of the officers , and when he had done so he proceeded to handcuff him . Manning as soon as ! io saw the irons , said , " I hope you arc not going to handcuff me . " Mr . Chevalier explained the necessity of doing so , upon wliich he held out his hands , which were immediate ) v pinioned by

      ijoekycr . Manning confessed that all the property in the room be l onged to him , and seven sovereign s having been found in his carpet bag ho said tliey were all that was left of a sum of £ 12 which had been paid to him for his furniture _byji man in London , " and that , " he added , " was all the money I had to start with . " Having been conducted out of _ilr . Berteau ' s house he avus placed in the carriage whicli had brought over the officers , and convoyed them back to St . Heliers . On his way , although no questions were asked him , he volunteered several observations in reference to the crime with which he stands charged . Among other remarks , in allusion to his wifo he said " he hoped she would not destroy herself before he got to London , for when there he could soon clear

      himself . " Again hc said , " I suppose she must have £ 1 , 500 upon her ; at least sho ought to have . She has often told mo she would be revenged upon O'Connor . " Jlr . Chevalier here asked what she meant by being revenged ? Upon wliich Manning rejoined , " Why , he induced us to take tho house in Alinvci ' -place , and to furnish it , on the understanding that he would come and live with us , wliich lie did not do ; and my wife got in a great rage , and said she would be revenged , " I said , "Don ' t be angry , dear ; and advised her to forget and forgive . " O'Connor got off his agreement by paying it few weeks' rent . A little before this time , my wife went to his house , and ho showed her notes and railway coupons , and promised that he Avould leave her the greater part ofhis property under his will . " After a pause , he added , " She frequently went to his house ; and about a fortnight before the murder

      she invited him to come and dmc 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 ho arrived . My wife asked him if he would not go down stairs and wash his hands , lis was his custom , before dinner . He replied , " Yes , " and immediately went down stairs , followed closely by my wife . As soon as they had reached the bottom of the staircase niy _Aviftput ono of her anus round O'Connor ' s neck , and with tho other hand she fired a pistol at tho back part of his head . O'Connor immediatel y fell dead , I fainted , and do not know what became of the body . " Mr . Chevalier asked the assassin if he hail not seen a large hole dug in his back kitchen ? Upon which he said , " Oh ! yes . I had scon it , and 1 believed that it was intended for mc . I believe my wife intended to murder mc . "

      One remarkable fact in connexion with ins apprehension on Monday night should be mentioned . It appears that during _^ that day hc had asked Airs . Wcildon _, ( ho woman with whom he boarded in Jlr . Berteau ' s bouse , whether that old gentleman had much money . Mrs . Wcildon , 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 whose back premises communicated Avith those of Mr . Bevteau , and asked hint the same

      cuiestion , adding a remark to thc effect that as thu old couple had no children , probably they might have some money by thcni . 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 tho door of his apartment , for the first time since he had slept in the house , was ajar , and not looked as it had previousl y been . Coupling those facts , is it too much to _surest that probably thc assassin contemplated a second cold-blooded murder on that very night , in thc hope of obtaining more funds to enable him to pursue his fight from justice ! Such is the opinion very generally entertamed at St . Heliers .

      EXAMINATION AND REMAND 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 ofthe Southwark Police-court in a cab , and on alighting was convoyed before Inspector Yates , who asked liim what his name was . The prisoner in a firm voice said , " Aly name is Frederick George Manning . "—inspector Yates : What are you ?—Prisoner : lama town traveller . —Inspector Yates : Where is your place of residence ?—Prisoner : No . ' _*^ i ' -place , New Weston-street , Bermondsey . The prisoner was then charged by Inspector Raynes with being concerned m the murder of latrick O'Connor atthe above house , on Thursday , the 9 th of August . The charge was reduced to writing on thc police-sheet , and when it was read over to tbe prisoner in the presence of thc officer ' s , he said , " I am innocent of thc murder . " The

      _Property found in his possession when apprehended at Jersey was next handed over to Inspector Yates _, it consisted of a carpet bag , containing his wearing apparel , and a purse with seven sovereigns in it . lie was subsequentl y removed to one of the cells , ami Sergeant Blandford was placed with him to watch him in the event ofhis making any attempt npon his life . During the night he several times

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      alluded to the murder , and attributed its perpetration entirely to his wife . He slept very little , and seemed uneasy and desponding , A marked change has been perceived in ids manner and demeanour since he left Jersey . Ho made somo very anxious inquiries about his wife , and , on being told that she had boen examined that day , said , " Oh , was sho ?" He next asked where she was taken to after thc examination , and was told that she was removed to Horsemonger-lano Gaol . "Then , " said he , "it ' s likely I shall see her there and confront her , nnd it will be seen that she will exculpate mo from all participation in the murder . " During the lime of his incarceration in the cell no persons were allowed to have any communication with himas ho

      ex-, pressed a wish to that effect . At ten o clock on Saturday last Afanning Avas brought from thc cell by the gaoler , and placed at tho bar of the Southwark Police Court . Ho walked with a firm step , but appeared to bc dejected in spirits . Hc 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 thc fatigue and excitement consequent upon his flight and capture , lie is a stout well-built man , of fair complexion , sandy hair and whiskers , the latter appearing to have been recently shaven closely . His head is remarkable for its extraordinary _si 7 . o , and his neck , which is short , is of unusual thickness . He wore a blue frock coat

      buttoned up in front , and a rod EJsilk 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 prisoner 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 hc knew . Owing to his unexpected arrival , but few persons had collected ; but the moment the circumstance of bis examination became known , a general rush was made into thc 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 thc dock , hc was asked whether hc had any solicitor in attendance , or any person to watch tho caso on his behalf .

      Afr . Binns stopped forward and said he was retained by the prisoner . He handed in tho prisoner ' s written instructions to that effect . Inspector Yates then charged tho 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-street , Bermondsey . Air . William Alasscy then ascended tho witness box , and on being sworn , said : I am a medical student , and lodged with the prisoner and his wife ( Maria Manning ] , at No . 3 , Minvcr-placo , New Weston-street , Bermondsey , for nearly two months . I know tho prisoner to be Frederick George Manning . I loft my lod gings about tho 3 rd or * fth of August . I havo frequently seen Patrick O'Connor there , and smoked with him and the prisoner _.

      The prisoner , Avho Avas remanded till Thursday , was then removed from the bar by tho gaoler , and conducted into the room adjoining the court ,, where he remained until the prison van Avas drawn into the yard . A few minutes afterwards , all the necessary arrangements having been made , he was placed in the vehicle and driven oft' to thc county gaol . On his arrival at the prison he was received by Air . Keane , the governor , when he , in a tremulous tone of voice , asked whether he might bc permitted to see his wife in tho presence of Inspector Yates and the officers . The governor , however , told him that ifc would be contrary to the regulations of thc gaol , and that he would not be permitted to sec her . The prisoner ejaculated that he was sorry for it , as his wife would exonerate him from all participation in the mnrder . Ho was tlion led into ono of the cells

      usually occupied by persons charged Avith 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 the day he desired to bc furnished with ink and paper , wliich being supplied him , ho wrote and addressed a letter to his wifo . As usual in such serious cases , the communication went through the hands of ihe governor , who , we are informed , intercepted its delivery . Thc purport of the communication has not transpired . He frequently questioned the officers of thc prison who were Avith him , whether he might be allowed trifling indulg cncies during his confinement . At various times he asked permission to have some tobacco to smoke , but his wish was refused .

      With respect to Airs . Manning , since her knowledge of Manning ' s apprehension , the composure and firmness she displayed while her husband continued at largo has quite forsaken her—a change which av . is 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 great mental excitement . An inspector of the Al division of police had an interview with Airs Manning on Saturday , for the purpose of procuring a receipt from her for £ 20 , which Mr . Seeker , the magistrate at the Southwark police-court , had allowed hor to prepare her defence , out of the money found in her possession when apprehended by Mr . Moxny in Edinburgh . Shaking the inspector by thc hand , apparently 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 Avroto 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 bc brought up together at the next examination at the police-court . She has frequently inquired ofthe persons whose duty it is to watch her what the newspapers say about tho matter ; but her anxiety on this point has not been relieved . Hearing , however , that Afanning , when arrested at Jersey , had accused hor of committing the crime by shooting Mr . O'Connor at the bottom of thc staircase , she exclaimed , " The villain ; it was he that did it , not mc . "

      Late on Saturday night tho police authorities obtained somo information which is considered of great importance . It appears that on the 2 Gth of July Manning called at tlie furnishing ironmongery warehouse of Alcssrs . King , 33 , King Williamstreet , London-bridge , and liskcd to be shown a small crowbar . The shopman , George Stoad , informed him that they did not keep such articles in stock ready made , hut if ho ( Manning ) pleased one should bc . made for him . Manning answered that would do as well , but he impressed upon the shopman that- lie did not want one too large — about 71 b . or 81 b . would do . "Manning then said that he ay ould leave his name and address , which he did , and desired the implement to be sent home when

      finished . According to his instructions the crowbar was made , and on tho 28 th Messrs . Evans sent it to 3 , Minver-place , by one of thc porters . A few minutes after the man had started with it Afniiiiing called at Alcssrs . Evans ' s shop to ascertain whether the crowbar was ready , and being informed that the porter had just gone with it to his house , hc left in a hurried maimer and overtook the porter in Tooleystrcet . Stopping him in tho street , hc asked hiin if hc was going to his house with a crowbar , pointing to the uncovered implement thc man was carrying . Tho porter replied that he was taking it to No . 3 , Minvei _' -phice , Now Weston-street . Maiming replied , " That ' sall rigl t , but I suppose paper is verv scarce at your establishment . One don ' t want

      everybody to see such Lhings ; come with me . " Afanning then went into the first stationer ' s shop they met with , and , buying a sheet of brown paper , he took tho bar from tlio porter ' s hand and wrapped it up it thc paper . He then wrote on it his name and address , and , walking with the porter , showed him tho way to Alinver-place . Arriving at the corner of New- Weston-street , Maiming desired the porter to go on and deliver it . The man proceeded to thc house ns 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 Avns 3 s ( 3 d . to

      pay . Thc woman said that was Cd . more than she expected , but , without hesitation , she handed to the porter the 3 s . Cd . and hc left . Singularly enough Messrs . Evans had retained the slip of paper on whieh thc address was / _nittcn when the order was given for the crowbar , and it has been identified as being Manning ' s handwriting . The porter in the course of the evening was taken to llorsemoiigerlanc Gaol , and identified both tho prisoners . It is presumed that Afanning made away with the crowbar , as it was not among the articles purchased by Dainbridgc , tho broker . In appearance it resembled a large ripping chisel , with rather a long flat point , tipped with steel , the metal rather more than an inch and a quarter in thickness .

      On Tuesday afternoon Inspector Fates waited on Air . Seeker , at the Southwark Police-court , fov his sanction to allow a tradesman in tho City to sec O . F . Afanning , who is At present confined ' in Horsemonger-lane Gaol , for re-examination , from Unit court . The inspector stated that on the afternoon of the Cth of August , a man answering the description of the male prisoner called at the shop of Messrs . Eastman and Yeo , stationer ? , No . 100 , Cheapside , and requested to leaven small air-gun concealed in a cloth wrapper . Air . Yeo was in the shop at the time , and observed that the man

      appeared in rather an excited state , hut being particularly engaged at the time , ho made no observations to the stranger , but received tlie gun , and deposited it behind ins counter , and on the man promising to call for it the next morning , ho left the shop . About twelve o ' clock at noon on the day of the murder , the same man called Ar the air gun , which was handed to him by Air . Yeo , and ho had not seen him since . Hearing of the murder , and the particular mode in whieh it was perpetrated , and seeing in tho newspapers the apprehension and examination of the suspected lniirderei * , ho had

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      every reason to believe that Manning was the- person who had called at his shop under the circumstances above described . Mr . Yeo accordingly communicated with the police authorities , and ft was at his request the present application was made , so that he might have an opportunity of seeing Alannmg . Thc order of admission was made out by the ch'ef clerk , and Air . Yeo , accompanied by Inspector Yates , forthwith proceeded to the county gaol , when every facility was afforded to them by the governor . The male prisoners of thc various wards were then mixed together , and Air . Yeo was allowed to examine the features of each minutely . After a close inspection of all present , hc was , however , unable to identify either of them as the man who

      had deposited the air gun on his premises . They then left the prison and returned to the policecourt , when they informed the magistrate of their unsuccessful inquiries . Later in the day , Air . Adams , of the firm of Adams and Helstead _" , pawnbrokers , of Besmondseystreet , waited on the magistrate , and produced a pair of pistols , which he said had been pledged at his shop by a pevson answering the description of Manning . The applicant stated that on _*| tho previous evening he was standing at his door , when he was accosted hy one of the officers ofthe police , who asked him whether he had taken any pistols in pledge from any man during tlio last month . He ( applicant ) considered for some moments , and recollected that on the 14 th of August a man called and jdedged a pair of pistols for 4 s , ; hc gave liis name Frederick Jenning- , and said he resided at No , 24 , Morgan-square , lie then examined the pistols , and

      found one of them had boon recently fired , and that the other had not been used . His suspicions were immediately excited , which caused him to come forward and produce them . Air . Seeker then asked him if ho had made any inquiries at the house where the man had given his address ?—He replied that he had , M \< i that the house _was occupied by a Air . Walshe , but that person denied all knowledge of any person of tho name of Jennings . Applicant then described the person of thcnv . in who pledged the weapons , and said that he had no sueh party ever lodging in his house . —Air . Seeker asked him by whom tho pistols were manufactured ?—Mr . Adams said , they had engraved upon them theuame of "Blanch , " Gracechuch-street . —Mr . Seeker said that he had better leave the discharged pistol Avith Inspector Yates , who would make the requisite inquiries , and report thereon at a future period . —The pistol was then marked by Jlr . Adams , and handed over to the inspector .

      In the course of the day Air . Binns , as solicitor on the behalf of Manning , mado an application relative to the sum of money ( twenty pounds ) which had been handed over to Air . Solomon , the legal adviser of Maria Manning , to bo applied to the purposes of her defence in the forthcoming prosecution . He said that out of thc above amount ho had received £ o ICs ., a sum totally inadequate to defray the expenses which will bc necessarily required for his defence , and that the object of the present application was for the purpose ' of requesting that a fair proportion of the money advanced

      might bo given up . Be applied on the part of Manning , that at all events half tho sum already given up should bo devoted to thc purposes of hia defence . Thero wore seventy-three sovereigns , besides some French rentes of considerable value , found on Mrs . Afanning , and which had no connexion Avith the property of the murdered man , and he contended that Manning , as tho husband , was justly entitled to the wholo of it . —Air . Seeker said that at present he should make no order on the subject , but should take time to consider the matter . —Air . Binns then withdrew .

      With the view of making certain as to whothoi the weapon with whicli tho murder of O'Connor was perpetrated had been concealed in or about Manning ' s late residence , No . 3 , Miuvcr-place , the commissioners of police , in the course of yesterday , gave directions tliat the premises should undergo , if possible , a more minute search . About noon Afr . Haynes , the inspector of thc detective force , with Burton , thc police constable , ( who , it will bc recollected , discovered O'Connor ' s body iu 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 . Air . llaynes making known their mission , they were denied admittance . Air . Coleman , thc landlord , wns appealed to , hut the officers met with no letter success , Afr . Coleman intimating to them that the house liad been twice

      nearly demolished , anil hc had made up his mind not to allow them to make any other search wliich might injure the preii _* _i- _* es , unless the commissioners of _p-. _dk-e ' undertook to defray the expense of the damage thc officers might occasion . Not being authorised to grant sucli \ scciirity , they left ; and in the _coi r _.-o ofthe afternoon , Mr . llaynes , the inspector , wailed upon Mr . Seeker , thc magistrate at tho Southwark police-court , with a view of obtaining a warrant to make the re-inspection of the house . After sonic consultation , however , the worthy magistrate declined interfering till the commissioners had again considered the subject . The water-closet at the rear of _Alanniug ' s house in Alinver-place , it appears , has uot been examined , and au impression is entertained that the pistol and crow-bar have been thrown down it . Tlici olice had felt round it with a boat-hook for the murdered

      man s clothes , but nothing further . The closet empties itself 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 tlio premises . One difficulty thc policehiivo experienced in their labour is in obtaining a clue to the whereabouts of thc female who was employed by Airs . Alarming to clear up tho back kitchen . After tbo body had been buried , and the flag stone re-laid . Airs . Alanningwas known not to keep a servant during hor stay in Minver-place , and thc appearance of a strange female cleaning about the house on the Saturday after the murder was committed , attracted the notice of the

      neighbours . Their attention was more particularl y attracted to the circumstance , as Mrs . Alanningwas seen sweeping the steps in front of the house , and the female was busy washing the passage . The woman at the close of hcv day ' s work , remarked to a servant ut the door of thc next house , that she had a filthy job in clearing out the back kitchen . She added , that it was in a beastly state . The flag stones were covered with lime and dirt , so much so , that she expressed some surprise as to what they ( Mannings ) had been doing to make them in such a , condition . The police arc in hopes that the publication of these circumstances may assist them in tlieir search for this important witness .

      Tlio police aro actively engaged in making inquiries after the air-gun or pistol from whicli " the bullet found in the deceased ' s head avus fired , and great hopes are entertained that a clue lias been found _wliicli will fix thc recent possession of an airgun on Manning . Mr . Turk , with whom _Afiinning mado acquaintance on the voyage to Jersey , has attended afc Scotland Yard to give informatian to the police relative to the accused . It appears that whilst in Jersey Manning showed Ids companion some scri p ofthe East Indian railway linos , and offered to soft it . Air . Turk laughed , and said it was of no use , Afanning then said he had some Eastern Counties scrip idso to soil , to which Mr . Tuvk replied , that that was not of much more use than tho oth -r , and thai he ( Alanniiig ) had better go and sell it t <* old Hudson . Manning hushed at this , but Mr . Turk remarked that Ids merriment appeared forced and assumed . In the course of conversation he told

      Air . 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 Air . Turk exclaimed , " Why what a rogue you must be to cheat your creditors in that way . " _Alanning laughed , and said , " You can ' t blame me for making myself right . " Turning tho subject , Manning said he should like to enter into business with Mr . Turk , for hc thought he was an honest fellow , and hc thought they could do well in the " spirit line . " Air . Turk laughed , at Alanning when he said this , and inquired , " Who and what arc you ? I know nothing about you , you know . " " Oh , " said Alanning , " my name is Jennings . " Air . Turk said , "But what is your Cliristaiu name ? " To this Alanning made no repl y , evidently not being prepared w ' ith an answer , and evaded the question by saying he thought they might do some business together .

      HE-EXAAIINATION OF AIR . AND MR ** * . MANNING . Thursday . —This being the day appointed for the re-examination of Air . and Airs . Alanning , 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 fov the prisoners to bc brought up , drew near , the interior of the court _biT-imc densely civwded . Air . Bodkin , * Counsel , aud Mr . Hayward , nf the Treasury , atteneded to watch the prosecution on the part of tlie Crown . Mrs . Manning was defended _, by Air . Solomons , and Air . Afanning by Air . liinns . Tiiey hoth took their scats in the dock immediately behind thc place appropriated for thc prisoners . — Wc understand tliat Air . Kcone , the governor of _Horsi-inonger-laiio Gaol , in order , it is presumed , to

      prevent any unpleasant scone taking place in the court , offered to allow Airs . Alanning to have an interview Avith her husband , but that sho refused to take advantage ofthe otter , observing , " I don't want to have any communication with him . " --At twelve o ' clock the male prisoner was brought in and placed at one end of tho dock , and imnie htely afterwards the female prisoner , who took a -. cat afc the other extremity . They remained in this position for nearly a quarter of an hour , duiin' 4 which time the greatest uproar prevailed in the ceurtj owing to a person having fainted , and to the difficulty which arose in getting him out . After fhe court was partly cleared of sonic of its occupants , and the doovs Avere closed against any furl ' - _** r intrusion , the noise abated , am ? the _c-as-e was allowed to proceed .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08091849/page/7/