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      Tile Cholera. Sitctn>.Vr.—"Report Of New...

      TILE CHOLERA . SiTCTn > . vr . — "Report of new cases : —London and _vicinitv—Wiiioi-hapel , cases , 9 ; Rethnal Green , cases , 7 , deaths , 14 ; Rotherhithe , cases , 7 , deaths , 2 - Lambeth , cases , 30 , deaths , 10 ; St . Leonard ' s , _Shoreditch , cases , 15 , deaths , 7 ; St . Saviour ' s , Southwark , case ** , 12 , deaths , 6 ; other localities , eases , 159 . deaths , 73 . Total , cases , 239 , deaths , 118 . England and "Wales—Liverpool , cases , deaths , 41 ; Merthyr Tydvil , cases , 13 , deaths , G Dowlais , cases , 20 , deaths , 11 ; Plymouth , cases , 22 , deaths , 13 ; Leeds , cases , 21 , deaths , 3 ; _Xcwcastlcundcr-Lyne , eases , 17 , death ? , 6 ; other towns , cases , 265 , deaths , 121 . Total—attacks , 446 , deaths . 204 . Scotland—Dundee , cases , 21 , deaths , 13 ; Cupar-Angus ( since 13 th August , } cases , 1 G , deaths . 5 ; Hawick , cases , 1 . Total , cases , 38 , deaths , IS . — General total , casts , 723 , deaths , 340 .

      Chatham . —Thc cholera has made its appearance in Chatham and its vicinity . The marines are confined to barracks , and a searching investigation has been made by the military authorities at the residences of such of them as arc permitted to occupy private lod < jings , with a view of compelling such as reside in unhealthy localitiestorcmove into barracks . Bath . — Cholera has at last reached Bath , and created great consternation . Thc first victims to its ravages have _heenifour children of a man named _Kennard , residing in Russell-place , Lower Bristolroad . An inquest was held upon the bodies , and a Terdict returned accordingly .

      Bristol , Ace . IS . —This fatal epidemic continues It ravages in ihe ancient city , principally in Redcliffstreet and on the Temple Backs , _wb-re we regret to state its progress does not appear to have received any check . Devonport , Aug . 18 . —The severity of the vL-itation this week has been very great , but we are _h- » ppy to say on the evidence of the medical men , stated at length at tee Board of Health on Thursday , that there bas been " a lull" in the disease itself , and the number of new case 3 is smallei than it was in the early part of the week . _Pltsouth . —Cholera still continues to raze with unabated vigour and fatality in this and the adjoining towns . 1 hc number of deaths within the last three days has been very great ; in Plymouth the daily average by cholera being thirteen , and Devonport twenty . Many of tne artificers and workmen of the dockyard _havenied of the disease . The fatality is < rreatest near the shores of the harbour .

      Leeds . —As yet there is no abatement in the spread of this dreadful scourge in this town . Ht _Lt . — -This fatal malady is again on the _increasa here . During tlie pa 3 twcek there have been fourteen deaths , all of iheni within an average of twelve hours from the parties beimi first seized . Newcastle . —Cholera has again made its appearance in this town , and of four cases of which we have heard tvro have been fatal . Three of them occurred in tbe Back-lane between Blenheim and Marlhorongb-street , two being in one house , and the other adj <"> iunig . Both the fatal cases were very rapid in their operation .

      Hikdlet , xear WioAX . —Hindley , a sraa 1 townsliip three miles from Wigan , with a population o _? about 6 , 00 ! "" . has been recently visited with ths cholera to an extent wliich _perhaps exceeds the average rate of mortality in any other place in Lancashire . Since the 28 tb ult ., when tbe first case occurred , there have heen upwards of eighty attacks , thirty-four of which have terminated fatally , while others are now in a hopeless condition . The town is in many p laces sanitarily defec'ive . Merthtr . —It is gratifying to _th'nk that the cholera has somewhat abated in the Merthyr district , ¦ where its ravages have been fearfully severe .

      _Livertool . —At the meeting ofthe Health Committee -m Thursday , the medical officer of health reported tbat there was again an increase in the r . umoer of dca'Iis from cholera . Daring the week there had been -112 deaths from that fatal di . _** _or-. ' er , being an increase of forty-four as compared with the ¦ previous week . _CnoLEUA is a Railway Carriage . —On Tuesday afternoon a gentleman and his son took their seats in tbe fast train which leaves Euston station at half-past Sve o ' clock , and before they had reached Watford tbe son was _iak ? n ill , and continued to get worse till he got to Leigh-ton Buzzard , where he was taken out of the train , ~ aud in ten minntes afterwards died . Death , in lhe opinion of tbe medical men of tbe place , arose from cholera- The young man was hurried earlv on Wednesday morning at Leighton Buzzard , and was followed to the grave by his disconsolate father .

      Mo-ndat . —Report of new cases . —London and _Vicinitv : Lambeth ( from August 17 th ) , cases , 309 , deaths " , 20 ; "Whitechapei , cases , 45 , deaths , 9 ; llotberhiihe , cases , 2 . 3 , deaths , 9 ; St . Saviour ' s union , cases , 17 , deaths , 6 ; Bermondsey , cases , 22 , deaths , 0 ; other localities , cases , 27 $ , deaths , 1 C 4 . Total eases , 494 , deaths . 220 . England and "Wales —Liverpool , cases , CO , deaths , 24 ; Bristol ( returns per week ) , cases , 97 . deaths . 57 ; Merthyr Tydvil , cases , 21 , deaths , 11 ; Dowlais , cases , 29 , deaths , 7 ; _Plvmoutli , cases , 14 , deaths , 15 ; _Ifewcasile-under livnc , cases , U , deaths , 9 ; Leeds , eases , 14 , deaths , 5 " ; other towns , cases , 221 , deaths , 96 . Total , case" - 476 , deaths , 224 . Scotland—Dundee ( from 17 th )! cases . 159 , deaths , 49 ; other towns , cases , 7 , deaths , 7- Total , cases , 13 S , deaths , 47 . General total , _cases , 1 , 1015 , deaths , -191 .

      Oa Mondav Mr . Hicg _** , the coroner for the Duchy _ofLaucaster , " resumed , at . the William the Fourth , _TV _* aiidswor * h-ro _.-d . the inquiry into the circumstances _attenduiz tbe death ol " the Hev . Thomas Harrison , _azed 61 , a " Wesleyan minister , lately residing at _Xo . 0 , Albion-terrace , wliich was _s" > recently the scene of devastation from cholera . —3 Ir . _"Willim . - , surgeon , of Hampstead , s : _* id he had not tbe _sligbtest doubt but tliat tlie deceased died from an _attat-k of tlie _mo > t - _.-Si-a _' ent form of Asiatic cholera . Other _-witnessf : - _h-ivim _* - been examined , the jury ddared the fbUoivhKi fo be their verdict : — " That the deceased , "Mr . " T . Harrison , died of _A-iatie cholera . That the recent fearful outbreak of the said disease 5 n the « _rei * era ! healthv locality of Wandswcrth-road

      was confined to a certain number of houses m a coatinuons ! OW , i : i which the _drainage is shown to be -v erv defective . That a large quantity of-tilth was allowed to accumulate , and that the water , owing -entirely to the faulty construction ofthe tanks , and their immediate proximity to aud connxtion with the ce-i-p- 'oK _niu excessively impure and unfit for _-ase . And the jary , *» hikt they sf e no cause at all ver for alarm in the neighbourhood generally , cannot separate _** it ' iont expressing a hope that the owners ofthe property will take immediate and effective _-aiBans , bf w _* _y « r « ved _dramase and a diff *? _rc"at _tiv de of suppl wag the water , to prevent in future , as far as ii * man _nirau- _ci'ii go , thc recurrence of so terrible a _calansitr . "

      rLYMOinn , Au g-cst 19 . —There has been a considerable decrease in the number of ca-cs , hoth of cholera .- > nd of choleraic diarrhoea , in this town since Wednesda y last , . . _BniSTOi August 20 . —In the ancient city the pro gress of tbe cholera remains nearly in thc same state as on Saturday , although lhe deaths have not been so numerous . , " _SiusBPi-Y—The Superintendent Ri-gtitrar ' s re--o . _^ -tares the deaths iu the city of Salisbury , irom Juiv S to August 14 , 1819 , inclusive , to have been as follows : —Cholera 140 , diarrhoea 21 , ¦ ther causes 33 , total L > 33 _d-ivs . 194 . If Salisbury , with a _pop-ilat : o _* _i of 12 , 0 nu persons , has iu 33 days 1 S 4 deal _^ fr _^ all cans , s , London , witli a populilmn of 2 , 000 , 000 inhabitants , would in proportion nave for < he « unc time S 2 _. S 33 _, and a fraction over , or Sa 0 _33-35 per dav . _^ . i

      _Daxgeii cf Premature Istebmest . —On the _aon-w _? of Saturday last , a young lad ot the name of _Ptndrith . joined the juvenile teetotal exciircion party _Tvirch left _Edinbnrgh for Ilopet run House , lhe d-, y was an exceediug _lv unfavourable one and many ofthe voutbs suffered much from tne effects of tbe rain , l ' endrith was one of these . On returning _-with tbe party In the evening , he soon atter w < _-nt to bed , without _anvihing being done to check the effects of a damp skin , and on tha Sabbath _mornm-i he was seized with all the apparent symptoms _ocholera . Singularly enough , Pendnths father ( wh- > -was a blacksmith , we believe , and residing m Greenside ) , and also his mother , died of _cui'toa during their Ws ab & ence , or immediately after his r , turn , and were promptly interred . On the Sunday , young _K-ndrith was taken to the infirmarv , and some _-mrH _«« - _hftTnadn'innnin-inthe course of the Gay * as

      to how thc lad was , got for answer , or i _™ P ne _£ _™ _% thev got for answer , that he had died . Itisaffinn « J hv those acquainted with tbe circumstances , tliat Pendrith , immediately after his s » VP 03 ed t ? _% ~ t _-sras conveyed to the dead-honse , and there _the body remained for a number of hours . A coffin haying in due course , heen prepared , _Pendnth was onjthe eve of _beingquietly _^ _^ _S _i _' S S indications of still being in life ! We _^ _' f _^ d say that tbe heating ofthe pulse and heart surpmc _^ those in attendance . _Kestoratives being « - ? _l ** g ; Pendrith gradually recovered , and now bc _^ o txv himself again that he expects bem- out of the in firaarj in a few _dV _& _-- _^^ _V ? T « n « ion and Tc _* - _* _W-Il * M _* t of new . / as _*» - _^ wi _*" , _" _™ vicinity ; Lambeth , cases , 79 , _deaths , aj ' _^ fS hithe , cases , 1-5 , deaths , 4 ; StranI nmon ea _^ , 1 J deaths , 1 ; Southwark , cases , 17 , deal \ h _* 4 , _& F £ ditch , ca _^ _es , * S _,-te * te , 14- . _^^^^ _fSSS , _^ 185 . daaths , 133 . Total , cases , o 22 d s _™ _- -p .. ' _i—j " a -w _« _ino __ T . ivnrnool . cases , 14 o , deatn _.,

      -74 fMe _^ _W T eas 4 _;^^^^^ S _^ cases , 13 , deaths , 3 ; _^ _ewraafle _^ to J , yne , fJ _^ % _SSTc _^ k _- ; it Leeds , cases , _ll , aeains , i , deaths 45 . deaths , 8 ; _^^^_^ % _^ Sm ri _& _'S _^ dX 19 . General total , cases , 673 , deaths , _jH _' _™™ Cn _A-arsG-Cnoss . -Mr . _Stt . _^^ _S _^ Smet _snvgeou , states , tbat Leonard , registrar ana _uibm- _^ _s cholera m"the caWof diarrhGo . v rm « nn _= m » c crease rapidly in my _a _^ J _^ e bowels has white or serous h _temorrhage & om _^ J « ld . "QOt reduced the TUal power so as to proaute

      Tile Cholera. Sitctn>.Vr.—"Report Of New...

      ness of surface , anxiety of countenance , nnd failure of pulse , the following practice has been of service in 11-1 out of 120 cases . On first application a grown up person bas had administered a _drausht composed of powder of opium 2 grains , sulphuric ether 20 drops , and strong peppermint water ' au ounce and a half , mixed ; and in an hour afterwards the following styptic mixture—* a table-spoonful after each liquid motion , ' or if less urgent ' everv four hours . ' Mixture of precipitated carbonate of iron , 3 ounces :

      Powder of opium , 2 grains ; Mucilage , 3 ounces ; . Peppermint water , 2 ounces ; mixed . Having used at first Br . Saunders' formula with the ltubigo _Terri , I stated to Mr . Linder , the chemist , 104 , Strand , that I thought it would have a more certain effect if more finel y levigated ; he suggested tbe use of the preci pitate , whicli is thus prepared : — Sulphate of iron , 3 ounces , Carbonate of soda , 25 drachms , Dissolve each in any quantity of water , and mix . Allow the preci pitate to fall ; pour off the supernatant solution of sulphate of soda , wash the precipitate with two fresh waters , and allow the precipitate , thus formed , to be suspended ia SO ounces

      of water for 'the mixture . ' After checking the serous _haimorrhage , other treatment , well known to the profession , is required to restore tone . " O . v Tuesday , afternoon an inquiry of some hours ' duration was held before Mr . J . * VV . Payne , the newly-apponited deputy coroner , at the Three-Tuns , High-street , Southwark , touching the death of Thomas Lee Payne , aged 35 years , who died from Asiatic cholera , and whose death was alleged to have been accelerated by the neglect of the parochial sin-scons of St . Saviour ' s Southwark . —William Walker , watchman atthe Talbot Inn , in Hig h-street said the deceased had been for some time past out of any general employment , and lodged at the Talbot

      Inn . On Sunday night last he complained of pains in his bowels , and sickness . The deceased con tinucd to get worse , and witness went to Mr . Woolridge _, the parish surgeon , and told him the deceased was dangerously ill , at the Talbot Inn . Mr . Woolridge said the locality was not in his district , and referred bim to Mr . _Caiidell . Witness repaired to Mr . Candell , and told him what Mr . Woolridge had said , and Mr . Can dell replied that he thought the place was in Mi * . Woolridge s district , but gave witness some medicine . _Neither of the surgeons attended , and the deceased died about eight o clock on Monday morning . —The waiter at the Talbot Inn said after the deceased was laid out- he saw the deceased

      move , and went instantly for Mr . Woolridge , and saw the assistant who refused to attend . —Mr . T . May , one of the guardians of the poor , said Mr . Candell was appointed as an assistant to Mr . Woolridge , and the instructions were to attend to every cholera case without an order , and also to be as vigilant as possible . —Mr . Woolridge said the parish was divided into two districts , and if the deceased hal leen in his district he should have attended . — Mr . Candell said he did not undorst :. _ni that tbe ease was an urgent one , if he had he would have attended if the case had not been in his district . — -The landlord of the Talbot Inn said the deceased went to Mr . Woolridge s shop on Sunday evening , when he was exceedingly ill , and they refused to let bim have any medicine unless be paid for the bottle . —

      The coroner summed up , and the room was cleared . Afternearly an hour ' s deliberation the jury returned the following special verdict : — " That the deceased died from cholera , and the -jury beg to express tlieir regret that the deceased had not proper medieal aid , and tbat he was not visited hy either Mr . Woolridge or Mr . Candell , the medical officers appointed for the parish of St . Saviour . " On Tuesday evening an inquest was taken by Mr . W . Payne , at the Goldsmiths' Arms , _Southwarkbridgc-road , on view of the body of Mary Sharpe , aged 44 , a greengrocer , latel y carrying on business atXo . 83 , Friar-street , where she died of Asiatic cholera . Mr . Evans , a surgeon , stated that the deceased lived in a neighbourhood in which there were many -nuisances , -which caused a vitiated state of

      the atmosphere . A bone-boiler s and some knackers yards were within a short distance , and the drains emitted a most offensive effluvium . He often had occasion to pass the bone-boiler ' s , and has found the smell most horrible . Within the influences of these nuisances thc cholera has been most fatal . There was always a deal of infectious fever in that locality . The Coroner inquired what was the state and quality of the water ?—Mr . Evans stated that the water was taken from the Thames , at Lambeth , from whence it was conveyed by pipes to Brixton , where it underwent a process of filtration . The poison , however , whieh was in solution , ccull not be

      entirely got rid of . A juror stated tliat a short time ago he had had his butt pitched in the inside , as he found the water possessed a very bad taste . Though he took that precaution it was no better . Some of thc jury said the water was frequently so bad that they could not drink it , and Mi-. Evans observed that hc had no doubt impure water would assist to promote the cholera . He bad not made an analysis of the water . —The Coroncrrcmarkcd , that he wished he could draw the attention of some eminent chemist to analyse the water used in those neighbourhoods where the cholera had been most prevalent . —Verdict . " Death from Asiatic cholera . "

      Bristol , _Acgvst 21 . —In the ancient city , thc cases of diarrhoea in the various districts « re considerably on thc increase , and cholera itself has appeared ia fresh parts of the city , particularly in the district of St . James , where there have been several very severe cases . Wedxesday . —Report of new cases . —London and vicinity ; llotberhithe , cases , 27 , deaths 4 ; Whitechapei j cases , 2 G , de p ths , 5 ; Southwark , cases , 21 , deaths , 14 ; Bermondsey , eases , 36 , deaths , 12 ; St . Luke ' s , cases , 27 , deaths , 1 : Poplar , cases , 13 ,

      deaths , 2 ; Stepnev , cases , 22 , deaths , 9 ; Other localities , cases , 232 , deaths , 132 . Total , cases , -194 , deaths , 179 . England and Wales—Liverpool , eases , 100 , deaths . 28 ; Merthyr Ty dvil , cases , 13 , deaths , 1 ; Plymouth , attacks , ' 23 , deaths , G ; "Xewcastleunder-Lyne , cases , 14 , deaths , 6 ; Leeds , cases , 16 ; Do-. vl .-ds , _c-ises , 13 , deaths , S , * Other towns , cases , 0-5 , deaths C 3 . Total cases , 274 , deaths , 105 . Scotland—Dundee , cases , 11 , deaths , 19 ; Other towns , cases , 12 , deaths , 5 . Total , cases , 23 , deaths , 24 . General total , case . " * , 701 , deaths , 308 .

      Bristol—The disease has broken out at the Stap leton workhouse of tbis city . Several cases have occurred , and one death after a very brief illness . The work house is healthily situate and well drained . Inthe outparish of St . Phili p and Jacob the disease continues very prevalent . There liave been 19 new cases of _diai-rhcsa , _approaches cholera 7 , cholera 2 , and deaths 7 . LivEnrooL . —The returns ofthe parochial officers continue to show a decline in the number of new cases , but the mortality is much greater . This may be attributable to greater attention being now paid to thc premonitory symptoms ofthe disease by the people themselves ' without seeking the help of the parish surgeons ; whilst ofthe number who do seek it too many foolishly wait nntil they are past the power of skill or medicine to save them . —Manchester Guardian .

      St . _Axurew s , August 20 . —The medical gentlemen have reported many cases of diarrhoea during the past week , whicli , ifnot checked in time , would undoubtedly have merged into tbe worst stage of thc disease ; nearly the whole of the cases reported have turned out fatal . These unfortunate results have been brought about by a wilful concealment of the premonitory symptoms , and in one or two cases by positive refusal to take the medicine prescribed . However , tbe benefit of house to house visitation amongst the lower classes is beginning to be felt and appreciated , and many cases of incipient disease _h-ivn heen discovered and checked in time .

      Mevacissey , _August 20—Thc number of cases ol cholera has much diminished ; during the last seven days the number of deaths has been 13 , last week " 7 At Port Mellon , a place distant not a mile from the town , and well situated , out of npwards of 400 persons removed from tbo most unhealthy parts of _Mcvagissev , not one case of cholera has as yet occurred . * The disease appears to be confined to Mevaeissey itself .

      Mr Nudso-S. —A Man Who Has Held So Promi...

      Mr nuDSO-s . —A man who has held so prominent a position in the enterprise of our country cannot fail to become a subject of interest even in his fall . From two several quarters we heard on 3 _hursuay , that he had compromised all claims on him for about £ " 47 000 . We have no doubt that rumour lias _snrun" - out of what wesaid last week that the Tori " and Berwick committee had offered to settle with-Lim for £ 100 , 000 . The present rumour is

      imnrobable , simpl y because , m our opinion , it , is _iSSSo . Great as Mr . Hudson ' s powers of _rais-KSey _onco were , when he had the confidence oSSldcrs , and their pockets to dip mto , ifris f dEnt thing " _™ _*< - ° _»^ « " * _M -Then as he did at theDerfcy meeting , than he codd now -rerhaps , £ 20 , 000 . Another rumour , much _SeSetuth _, is that Mr . Hudson has turnea _Srjna tells his [ _tormentorsifhat he _™ il wy . more tbev may do what they like , and that if they want _anvthing get it if they can . -JIerapatJi ,

      k _^ S white sparrows were shot , a few days since , in the _neighbourhood of Worksop , > otts . the very side ofa well c _^ _% _^„ ° l 0 lMitTan 6 . occupies Sheep ? Thismoor _^ s _^^ _-SP _. _^ _is so exceedingly _ani-nmensespace or _ffroiffld . - _™ _£££ Jer m andifa healthy that its _uihabitants . tue _scarceij Tj > rtTaoor . medidlm * n _^^^ _S _^ it _^ utton , but _alsofor « S _This-moo r is not onlyFain _^* _Jor _» i _> J" » - _^ _gameringher herbs , _andm-uiy _rf _g f j r _^ : The lfes herbs in _^ _iB' _^^ _' _^^^ _S _^^ iaimni by _* e which compose that c f 5 V ! ° _Jr „ „ re _eathered on tins name of "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drop _^ ar _^ tiiere nmor . This medicine is now « * « _£ _& _$$ _** _Medicine _Oe most _^^ _% l _^ li _^^ _tv lesand blotches fully clew .

      J. Bell's Treatment Op Asiatic Clloleua....

      J . BELL'S TREATMENT OP ASIATIC CllOLEUA . Since October last I have dispensed upward s of _ti-n * thousand doses * of tliis Medicine , and with the same result , * a result that sanctions the assertion , under this treatment Asiatic Cholera will be shorn of its terrors . In point of reason , in point of power , it is infinitely superior to any treatment of Cholera previously adopted . To particularise a little : In Asiatic Cholera there is suspension of the functions of the liver , no bile flowing into the alimentary canal ; colchicum stimulates the gall duct in the duodenum , causing cop ious bilious evacuations ' , in Asiatic Cholera the functions of the kidneys are suspended , no urine being secreted ; colchicum is diuretie : in Asiatic Cholera there is great morbid irritability ; and on the authority of Dr . Elliotson , I say colchicum is the most powerful allayer of morbid irritability .

      THE GRiriXO AXD SPASM _TOWnER . Take of Powdered Colchicum Root , C grains . Calomel 3 ditto . Rhubarb 4 ditto . Prepared Chalk , 40 ditto . _- Tormentillloot , 6 ditto . Mis inn _iN'nicESTioN _towdi-r . Sulp hate of Quinine ...... grain 1 , Powdered Rhubarb — 4 , ¦¦ Cassia — 0 . Prepared Chalkr . — 30 . Pow . Colchicum Root ... ; — 5 . Oxide of Bismuth ..... — 6 .

      * THE LOOSENESS _TOWBER . Powdered Tormentil ...... 25 grains . — - Catccu 30 ditto . Galls 5 ditto . Cassia .. 6 ditto . Prepared Chalk 30 ditto . Powdered Colchicum Root C ditto . Rhubarb ..... 4 ditto . Ms . Supplemental to the above , to silence the incessant vomiting , tho following was used—clapping a hot mustard poultice ori the stomach as long as it conld be borne . Powdered Tormentil Root , 30 grains . Golchium Root , 5 ditto . Mix . Mix and repeat it , as often as vomited , in cold water . TABLE OF rROrORTIOXAI , QUAXTITIES SUITED FOR

      DIFFERENT AGES . For an adult , a whole powder . Under 1 year , one-twelfth ditto . — 2 years , one-eighth ditto . — 3 ditto , one-sixteenth ditto . — 4 ditto , one-quarter ditto . — 7 ditto , one-eighth ditto . — 14 ditto , one-half ditto . — 20 ditto , two-thirds ditto . Abovc 21 ditto , a full dose . — Co ditto , the inverse gradation of the above .

      Should everything be vomited , even this supplementary powder , or even it might be g iven in preference to it , I would suggest , to be given at intervals , five grains of calomel and three grains of powdered colchicum root , - placing them on the tongue , and washing them down with a mouthful of water . This combination I have given with the desired effect . Colomel , we know , has a sedative effect on tho stomach . These powders , before they reach the duodenum ( in which they act on the liver ) , would be from one to two hours under ordinary circumstances , but as everything flows in this disease rapidly on , perhaps a much shorter period will be required , unless thero is no purging , but simply spasms of the bowels . So , on this account , from a

      few minutes to two hours may elapse before the medicine displays its power fully . Sometimes tliere is neither vomiting , purging , nor spasm ; indeed , violent spasmodic action is a favourable sign , most recoveries taking place when they are violent . For this type a stimulant of a peculiar kind is wanted . The frame is paralysed by the . intensity ofthe cause of this disease , I would therefore suggest strychnia in such cases ( wliich is chiefly used in paralysis ) , combined with colchicum ; In the state of collapse it has been advantageously g iven . It ought to be impressively remembered , colchicum , to have its virtues in perfection , must be gathered at a certain season , which is mentioned in the Pharmacopajia , and must be properly preserved . Perhaps tbis objection lies not against veratria , which , combined with an unknown acidconstitutes

      , the active principle of colchicum . Also so it ought to be understood a remedy is a medicine that in general cures ; such as bleeding , Ac , for inflammation . Likewise , let it bo known , various inflammatory attacks occasionally exist at the same time that cholera goes on , and arc particularly apt to ensue as it subsides * . for instance , tho bowels may be inflamed partly by the violent spasm .-, partl y b y acrimonious bile on the subsidence of the disease scouring through tlicm , in which caso , bran poultices , and a liniment composed of equal parts of hartshorn , turpentine , and opodeldoc , should bc used , or leeches may be necessary . The debility consequent on cholera , too , requires a cautious , discriminating treatment , * and if . the attack should have been severe , it must be long persevered in , it * health is to bc completely enioved afterwards .

      DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE POWDERS . 1 . The powders first to be made the proper strength to suit the age , for which see the table of proportional doses . 2 . For looseness , give a looseness powder every three hours , mixed in cold water , and if vomited , repeat it immediately : drink mutton or beef tea with boiled rice in it frequently , and cold water when thirsty , and keep from solid animal food for a few days . 3 . This looseness powder is only proper when there is trifling pain in the bowels .

      4 . Fov spasms of the stomach and bowels , griping , vomiting , and purging , with coldness of the body . Give a griping and spasm powder , ( and if vomited , repeat it immediately until it stops in the stomach , ) and _-ipply a mustard , or mustard and bran poultice to thc stomach and bowels , accordingto the severity of the symptoms using much or little mustard ; apply hot bricks to the feet , and hot flannels to the legs , then g ive copious draughts of lean mutton or beef tea , and cold water if thirsty , to be drunk as freely as agreeable . 5 . If there is no passage through the bowels in two hours , be careful to secure aneasy passage , by g iving magnesia or castor oil . 6 . When the severe symptoms subside , if there is much weakness , put a tcaspoonful of good spirit in a little of the beef or mutton ten , and give it every half _hniii-.

      7 . If there is any soreness of the bowels , rub them with the liniment made of equal parts of turpentine , hartshorn , and opodeldoc , and then apply a warm bran poultice ; and if there is much soreness of thc bowels , apply a few leeches and then a bran poultice . Note . —Always take care to purge the gri ping powders off , to get the calomel out of the bowels , which will only be necessary , if no easy passage takes place in two or three hours . 8 . For indigestion , loss of appetite , loathing of food , rumbling of the bowels , and disorder of the head . Give an indigestion powder once or twice a day in a little cold water .

      9 . The calomel and colchicum , or colchicum and tormentil , to be g iven to cheek the incessant vomiting when every " thing is rejected ; taking care to apply a mustard poultice to the stomach and bowels , afterwards if necessary , working oil the calomel with a dose of magnesia or castor oil . 10 . Be careful on recovering to take strengthening medicine for a while . 11 . The rule in applying the mustard poultices , is to let them remain on as long as they can be borne , and thc bran poultices to bc changed when tticy begin to get cool . ,, ' ,, ¦ 12 . The cramp of hmhs to be removed by rubbing the parts cramped with a rag duffed with flower oi sulp hur , or with turpentine with the palms oi tho band . - - ¦ * It is to be understood that a large portion of these . were given in conjunction with Mr . C . D . Henderson , Surgeon . ' _ .

      The Italian Refugees At Mama.— We Learn ...

      The Italian Refugees at Mama . — We learn from Malta that the barque Michelina , belonging to (¦ hit island nnd consequently under the _Bntisi fit ¦ wis still by the last accounts , encumbered lneal jrovernment continuing firm in its deteimma LntfJ 3 § 5 their landi . fg , although njany _wg » furnished with British passports , granted by Mi . Freeborn . II . B . M . ' _s Coi . _sulat Rome , whose _pro-SedSs n _gaming such passports arc said to havo St _wfth " hf _^ approbation of the home _goveruinen . Tndecd for several days tbe vessel was kept _n _™™? _SSvas only when ( he weather i _^ atenedto be boisterous that permission was granted ft » bci to enter the port ; and , but for the aid , _wnd « _ied the hv -i few charitable individuals , these poor cuugrant *! _mdsfS * suffered _star tion , Thenamec the Earl of Hardwicke heads the _hst of _subscrip tions with the munificent donation of 1 , 00 _? _-fiance . The Jerusalem brig Gennaro , _bkew-sc o _*> ncd bj na _tives of Malta , -which was chartered . so n » _™ _J » a _« obythe _Neapolitan Consul at Malta , to co v _^ to Africa 200 Neapolitans , deserters irom the Jung _¦*> _sei- _^ ice and _others who had enrolled _ttonrfm m the foreign leg ion of Sici y , returned to Ma ta on III 11 th Sf Aujust , after in _^^ S _^^ Tunis , Stora , Philipville , and othe . _jmu o _^ This vessel has been admitted » _° _. _^^ Sancc harbour where she i _^» s un * _Ji _^ tiUcd to of the quarantine authorities _^ thoug h _cnttuca to _nittfmnei -ind marine nolicc . -J / w _*« - _* s * c / ' ' ' , _' .

      _Dtavy KEWsrA _? ERS . -Creat changes au . * J » "V stood to be pending in . regard to _thojn _^ J _™; of several of the morning papers . ¦ The loss on one nf these morning iournals has been , within * _*" three _vS not _? less than £ 120 , 000 , and about £ 40 , 000 of which loss has fallen _^ on n _cartel . Two other morninc journals are understood to ue hi a very _unsatisuwtory condition . _-Gm _* _eW _«>« of Northern Warder ,

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      1 UE MURDER AT BEltMO _^ Sl _* _*' _* ' . On Saturday afternoon last an inquest was held atthe Now Leather Market Tavern , Bermondsey , before Mr . Carter , one of the coroners for Surrey , on the bod y of Pa trick "O'Connor , a ganger in thc Customs , whose remains were discovered on Friday in a house in _Miuver-place , Bermondsev , under circuvnstances which left no doubt that he had been barbarousl y murdered . Thc -jurv having been sworn , proceeded to view the bodv . It was still naked , as it was found , the les and thisrhs " having been tied up to the bodv with a new rope . It was partly covered with lime , and extensive discolouration of the face , neck , and thorax had taken place ; maccd , it was onl y by the chin fd- * ceascd had a remarkabl y thin and projecting one ) and mouth , which was nearl y toothless ( deceased wore a set of false teeth ) , that those best acquainted with deceased could identif y the body ns bis . The jury having returned froni performing the most disagreeable part-of their functions , thc first witness called and sworn was-

      —Mr . _Pikrck \ rA hSB t wll 0 saj ( j . j am not i „ business at present , but was a grocer ' s clerk , and reside at Ao . 7 , Edward-s treet , White Conduit Fields ; Islington I have seen the body ofa man at So . 3 , A » nver place , _'isc-v _lVeston-strect ; in the parish of Bermondsey and I recognise it as the body of _l-atricK o Connor , who was a guager in tho London Docks . I think his age _w-as about fifty . I have known him personally since the ' 26 th of April last . He was my personal friend , and his sister is married to a cousin of mine . Ho resides at 21 , Greenwood-street , Mile End , and was a single man . I saw him last alive at twelve o ' clock on Wednesday _niglit , the 8 th nut . Wc parted at the corner of Commercial-street , Whitechapei , after having been at J , Mlliver-place . lie was Minn in n ( _vonH « t : ifo nf

      health . I spent a great portion of the evening of that day ( Wednesday week ) with him at his lodgings 21 , Greenwood-street , Mile End-road , and then accompanied him to the houso , No . 3 , Minver-place . I had been with him there before , I think _fomtimes m all . I ] S 2 ; b _* v that he and Mrs . Manning were intimate . He was intimate with Mr . and Mrs . Manning . When wo arrived at 3 ; Minverplace it was about a quarter to ten o ' clock . I saw Mr . and Mrs . Manning , for she opened the door to us . I did not know thc woman in any other character than as Mrs . Manning , lie ( deceased ) had spoken of her to me always as Mrs . Manning . Wc remained at her house about an hour and a half . — The Coroner : What then occurred ? - —Witness : We left together . —Coroner : During the time you

      wcrt tliere did anything particular take place * _* — Witness : After going in and sitting down Mrs . Manning said , "Mr . O'Connor , why did you not come to dinner to day ; we kept dinner waiting an hour for you ? " She then said , " Did you not get my note V He said " So . " I wrote to you to the docks io come to dinner to-day , " she said . I said , " Perhaps it might be late w ' lien you put it into the receiving-office , and it couldnot be received at the docks at four o ' clock , the timo for his leaving the office . " She said , "It was two o ' clock , and he will receive ifc to-morrow . " Deceased mentioned to her that I had received that day the balance ofa bill which a Mr . Pitts , of Bethnal-greenvoad , owed to hiin , and for which I had taken out execution against Pitts . The balance was £ o 0 s . 0 d ., and I received it in four sovereigns , two half-sovereigns , and Gd . in silver . I was rather surprised that she ( Mrs . Manning " ) appeared to know so

      much about the bill , as she could not have known it from me , but from deceased previously . She spoke of three other bills ( no doubt bills of exchange , for deceased was a reputed moneylender ) he held of Mr . Pitt ' s and said , "I suppose you will take proceed ings against him for their recovery ? " Ho said , "Yes . " There was no other conversation . The deceased began to smoke after that , and then growing very weak and faint , he laid himself on thc sofa . He smoked a pipe , and Mr . Manning smoked also , but I did not . Smoking did not lead to drinking—we had _nothing to drink . Thoy got some brandy andwatcr for him wlicn he was faint , hut hc vefuscd to take any . "While lie was on tbo sofa she had something ina bottle—eau de Cologne . I believe—and she kept rubbing liis temples with it . We left at about twenty minutes past eleven o ' clock . Uo took nothiiin * at the house hut water when he

      was recovering . He was not siek . After he had drunk the water lie commenced smoking again . On leaving the house we passed through Thoiuas ' sstreet , and b y Guy ' s Hospital . When I got to the corner of Commercial-street , WhitechapeCho would not let mego any further . When I called on him at his lod gings that day ho was lying on a sofa and seemed as if ho had been drinking . [ Mr . J . Meade here remarked that that , must he a mistake , for deceased had been a teetotaller upwards cf thirteen years . ] A Mr . Colo was with him whom I had seen before witli him at the docks . " Mr . Colo parted

      with us at tho door of deceased s lodgings . After twelve o clock on Wednesday night 1 did not sec him again until I saw him dead . He told me hc had been some time acquainted with Mr . and Mrs . Manning . He told me he had known her from the time she had heen living with the Duchess of Sutherland , as I . understood him ; and , before her marriage with Manning , he used to call there ( at the Duchess ' s ) to see lier . —A Juror : Do you think there was any improper connexion going on between thorn ?—Witness . I do not think it . I have no knowledge of the fact . —By the Coroner : Nothing

      ever occurred between deceased and me to intimate his position in respect to Mr . and Mrs . Manning . Ue never alluded to any pecuniary transactions between hini and them . The _ConoNun . —It is useless to attempt going further with the caso at the present moment . AVe cannot properly go on without the medical testimony ; and perhaps tlie jury would wish to have the-tody opened by the first medical attendant that was called in after the body of deceased was discovered . Mr . Omjxo , surgeon , was ordered to make the autopsy of the body . The Coroner , not being completely satisfied with the evidence . of one witness as to identif ying thc body , called a second one , viz . :

      Mr . W . Fusx , ' who said , —I am an officer of Customs , and live nt 19 , Pattison-stroet , Commercial-road East . I have seen the body lying dead at No . o , Minver-place , and I have no hesitation in saying that it is the body of Patrick O'Connor . I _knoivliim bv his chin , wliich was very long , lie wore false teeth . He told me so ; and I saw them taken from his mouth yesterday , and they were a perfect set , as it appeared to me . . ' Tho Cokoxei ** .- —Mr . Constable ( addressing Mr . Slow , the suminoning-officer ) , who are the policeofficers engaged in this case ? I should like to know what ° time would suit them to adjourn the case ? Police-constables Burton and Barnes , of the K and M divisions , here presented themselves , and said tliey had the case in hand , and were sure if thoy had time they could procure most important evidence , to some of . which they had already a clue . Thov should "like an adjournment of a week lor thc

      purpose . After a brief consultation between the coroner and jurv , it was ultimately decided that the inquiry shonld be adjourned to * Friday next , at eleven o ' clock . Tho foUowing particulars with respect to tlie deceased and the " suspected murderers will probably be of interest to our readers : — Patrick O'Connor , the murdered man , was a ganger in tho Customs ' department , and his occupation lay principally in tho London Docks , He was a native of-Ireland , and was reckoned to bc worth a considerable amount of money and property . Orig inally : : i tide-waiter , ho was , through the influence of Mr . Sheil , Master ofthe Mint , advanced to the situation he filled at the timeof his death . _Manning , one ofthe suspected murderers , had boon

      originally a guard on the Ureat ivcstern Hallway , trom which situation he was dismissed about a year since , in consequence of the serious robberies that constantly took p lace in the train under his care . Ho was subsequently involved in suspicion of tho Postoffice robberies perpetrated by the mail-guard Poole and another , for which they were hoth transported . Manning was not tried , inasmuch as a case could not be made out against him . The wife of Manning , Maria Rue , a native of Geneva , was femmede chambre in the family ofthe Duchess of Sutherland . She was a fine-grown , handsome woman , and considered very accomplished among the society in which she lived . O'Connor , the murdered man , had known Mrs . Manning for a long while , and maintained with her , itis said , a connexion of-a criminal nature . I

      _ The following description has been extensivel y circulated b y tlie authorities in all parts of thc kingdom ;— t , , ¦ . ' - ' . '¦ JIltder and "Robiiert . —Whereas , a warrant , lias heen granted for the apprehension of Frederick George Man" _" - ""tl " Marin , liis wife , a native of Geneva ( whose mi-i-jen name was Maria Hue ) , fov the murder of Mr . Patrick O'Connor , ' Custom-house officer , on lhe Oth clay of August , and thc said WaimhiR and his wife are supposed to have stolen the undermentioned scrip of tlie Boulogne andAmieiiB lliiilwnv . _dated'lllh Mav . 1949 : —Nos . 48 , _(! l ! 5 48 _. 6 G 0 , 48 _. GG 7 , 4 S , 6 ( iS , 48 _. CC 9 , -1 S . C 70 , 48 , 07 ) , 4 S . C 72 , _iS ' _KS , _and 48 . G 74 . Scrip of the Sanihrc and Meuse _llailivay _, dated 3 rd August , 1849 : —Nos . G _, 4 G 0 , 0 , 401 , G , 4 C 2 , G _. 4 G 3 , 6 . 4 ( 14 , _( S . 4 G 5 , G _, 4 ( i « , 0 , 407 , 0 , 408 . . and 0 . 04 !* . - —All persons arc cautioned against _purchasing any of the said scrip .

      _t » £ _sciiiiiio . v . —Frederick George Manning , 35 years old , five feet ei ght or nine inches high , stout , very lair and florid complexion , full bloated face , light hair , small sandy whiskers , light blue eves , and a peculiar tovm of the eyelids at the corners , ' and large mouth . "Was dressed in an invisible greer . overcoat , brown trowsers , black hat , and worn a small-plaited linen shirt-front . He was formerly a guard on the Great Western Kailway , and kept an * inn at Taunton , in Somersetshire , ' iu tho latter part of last year . Since Ihen he kept a _puhlie-house in thc neighbourhood of . tho Kingsland-road , and has resided in Minver-place since Midsummer last , out of business . . _niar-a - Manning , a native of Geneva , 30 -years old , five feet seven inches high , stou t , fresh complexion , with long tiarl-luih _* , good-looking , scar on the right side " of her chin , extending towards the _** eck , dresses very smartly , and speaks brokeu English , Has h « sn a lady ' s maW aud dressmaker ,

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      A reward of X' 10 _* _J will he paid hv her Majesty ' s Government for -he apprehension of the said I ' _vediirU-k Gvorgu Manning audhis wife , or a reward ol * . - 3 U-. for lhe apprehension of either of them . And Hie Secretary ! . _( 'S late wiil _advise the grant of her Majesty ' s gracious pardon _tnasiv . _irrnni- _'lico _. ' ni . r being the person who actually fired the sho ! , or _inHictcd the morl _.-il wound , who shall give such _iiUoriii _.-iliwi and evidence ; is shall lead to tlie discovery and conviction of the murderer or murderers ofthe before naincd . l ' atrick O'Connor . Inlormation to he given to Inspector l'ield . Detective I olice , Scotland-yawl , Westminster , oral anv ofthe metropolitan police stations . Metropolitan Police-office , 4 , _IVhitelinll-itlace . August 18 , 1 S _4 U .

      On Sunday the police succeeded in asccrtaiiiinswhero the lime was bought . It appears that about three weeks ago "Manning called on Mr . Wells , a bricklayer and plasterer in Russell-street , _bermondsey , and purchased a bushel of lime , for which he paid Cd . It wns delivered by a bov named llichard Walsh , in the employ of Afr . Wells , ai ' 3 Minver-place , the House where the murder was perpetrated . The hoy states that he shot the lime in the back kitchen , where tho body was foimd . Mr . Inspector Ferkins on Sundav succeeded in iraein « the cab in which Manning ' left _llambrid' _-e _' s , the broker ' s to whom he sold ids furniture , on Wednesday morning . The cabman , it appoais , took up his fare in liermondsey-squure , at ten minutes to eight o clock on Wednesday morning , and drove to

      the Waterloo Station ofthe South-Western Railway , where Manning was set down . The sum which Manning received for his furniture was £ 13 ; the police , however , estimate its value at £ 40 . Monday . —A gentleman connected with the press on going over the house where the body of the murdered man was found , on Saturday last , _discovered in ono ofthe fire-places two cards , one of . which was a list of the time of sailing of the line of packet ships between London and Sew York , the other was a plain card , on - which w . is written , "Mr . Wright , passenger to Now-York . " The gentleman immediately handed both cards to the police who had charge of the house , and suggested to them that it was probable the murderers liad taken thoir passage in the Victoria , which was advertised on

      tho card to sail on Friday last . The policeman , however , tore up tho card , at the same time remarking , '' That it was not very likely that if thev had in . tended to go to New York they would have left those cards behind them : " No further notice on that occasion was taken of the matter , but on Sunday the gentleman again communicated his suspicions to the police ; but , as they again declined to make any inquiry into the matter , the _fontJcman waited on the shi p ' s agents , Messrs . Phillips , Shaw , and Lowthcr , who immediately sent a clerk with him to tho London Doeks , and- a careful examination was made of the list of passengers who had paid their passage to Kew York b y thc Victoria . The list , however , only contained the steerage passengers . The officials in the _batrsrace denartment in

      the London Docks were then applied to , and upon making a reference tliey found that , six packages had been taken on board by a person in the name of Manning . Whether it was a man * or a woman the dock authorities could not say , but it is probably that both the Mannings wero ' there , as it has beeii satisfactorily ascertained that Mrs . Manning took away four packages , and Manning two , and of course had they been together Manning would seo to tho shipment of the luggage . The dock authorities are of opinion that Manning had taken liis passage in a fictitious name , and that on going on board , and being suddenly asked by the _luirgago entry elork his name , hc , withoutthought _. gavethatof "Manning . " With respect to tho second card , bearing the name

      of " Wright , passenger to Sew York , " Messrs . Phillips , Shaw , and Lowther ' s clerk showed the gentleman a large box which had been sent down to the docks to be shi pped in the Victoria , but , through some accident or other , it wns not put on board . Tliisboxisdirectcdto"Mr . Wri ght , 3 _S ' cwYork . " The Victoria sailed from the London Docks on Fridaymorning , and is expected to touch at Portsmouth early on Tuesday morning . These facts , as abovestated , were communicated to Mr . Commissioner Mayne this afternoon , who immediatel y ordered a telegraphic despatch to bo forwarded to the local authorities at Portsmouth , requesting them , immediately tho Victoria touched there , to send officers on board , and if either ofthe parties were there , at once to apprehend them and convey them to Lnnrlon :

      The following notification was issued by the police authorities : — MOKDEB AXD _Roiiiu'rv . —Further particulars _rcspeciiii " Frederick Charles Mnnninjj , charged . ' with the uiui-der of Patrick O'Connor : —Frederick Charles Maiming received at the JJank of England , on Saturday , the 11 th of August , live £ 10 Hank of _Hn-dand notes , Kos . 07 , 872 , V , 7 , ' i 73 , G 7 . _3 _U , 07 , ' i 7 D , and C 7 , _*' 7 '> , dated 11 th June , 1 S 4 _D . All persons are cautioned against changing the above-mentioned notes ; and it is requested that should Ihey bc presented , immediate information may be given at the Metropolitan 1 _' olice Office , Great _Scotlimd-yard , "Westminster . —Metropolitan Fulicc Office , August * iOtli , _18- ! i ) .

      On Monday forenoon Sergeant Burton of the M division , wiio assisted in the discovery of the murdered man , proceeded with his brother ( the Rev . Mr , O'Connor ) and Mr . _I'l ynn , a relative , to tho London Docks , for the purpose " of ' searching deceased ' s desk in the office , where they found a number of letters . In searching the deceased ' s _lotlpint's a number of letters were found from Mrs . Manning , couched in tho most endearing terms , many of them regarding money transactions with other parties . Several copies of letters to her were among them , calling her "his dear Maria . " The clerks in the office have generally been much amused b y his gallantry with the female sex , as he generally exhibited all letters received from ladies ofhis acquaintance , and felt very vain of them .

      The police have ascertained that the female Manning wrote about a fortnight since to a hotelkooper at Geneva about selling sonic property connected with foreign railways . It has also ' been ascertained that she has considerable property in her own light at Geneva , and to that place some of the most active detective officers have been scut , with a view of learning whether she has arrived there or not . DESPATCH OF A _OOVjEBNMENT _STKAMEK AVTKR THE S _tflTOSKJ * _. M _UlIDBKl-ItS . _So-utiiajii'ton , Monday . —A general belief existing that the fugitives aro on board the Victoria , bourn ! for New York , two'London detective officers , who had come down last Saturday , went out early this morning to signalise tlie Victoria , which hove in sight at seven o ' clock , a . m ., hut shortly returned , stating that tho signal g iven to her to hove to was , for soine reason cither disregarded or not seen , and she proceeded on her destination . At four o ' clock

      a telegraph message from Sir . Inspector IJayucs , of the London detective force , was received by Sir . Langley , to the effect that immediate pursuit was necessary to board the Victoria . Mr . Langley , it appears , had been sent down by the commissioners ol' police in consequence of having a per / bet knowledge of both the parties suspected of the murder , he having had them under his surveillance on susp icion of being connected with the mail robberies on the Great Western Railway in January last , and when he found , by the telegraphic despatch , that from the information which liad been received in London there was no doubt that both ofthe suspected parties were on board , he immediately coinlnuuicated with the authorities of the Dockyard , and Admiral Capel forthwith ordered the Fire Queen , government steamer , to get up her steam and proceed in chase of thc Victoria . At-ten o ' clock , Langley and another officer went on board tho Fire Queen , and she immedialoly steamed out to sea .

      _APPltEIIENSIOX OF MARIA _MANNING . Tuesday . —The capture of Maria Manning ( alias Rue ) , the female charged with , having been concerned in this diabolicat crime , has been effected . Thanks to tho energy and activity of our detective force in the first instance , and secondly , to the great invention of the age—the electric telegraphthe woman was arrested on Tuesday in the city of Edinburgh , with a large amount of properly belonging to thc deceased , Patrick O'Connor , in her possession . The circumstances under which the arrest took

      p lace may be thus bneily related : —Among the officers employed to trace the suspected murderers was . Sergeant Shaw , of the detective force . From inquiries made in the neighbourhood of Manning ' s residence , this officer ascertained beyond a doubt chat Maria Manning left MiuvGi ' -pliieo on the afternoon of Monday , thei * 3 th instant , in *< i cab , _taking witb her three or four large boxes . To find out the driver of this vehicle was the next difficulty , and all the officer ' s efforts to accomplish this failed until Monday evening , when , in consequence of information he obtained , Shaw-sought out and dh-covc-rcd a man named Kirk , driver of the Hackney cab ,. No . 1 , 180 . This man , on being questioned , admitted that he- had been called from the stand in JoinerstreetSouthwark , to take up a fare in the

      neigh-, bourhood of New Weston-street . Ho was unable to describe the exact spot , nor could he state any particulars as to his faro , except that it was a female of very respectable exterior . On being taken to Minver-place by the officer , Kirk at once recognised tho house , So . 3 , as the place where he took up his fare , and lie then detailed with great minuteness thc route she was driven by himself , lie said , tliat when she left Siinver-place , she had with her three large boxes and a carpet bag . Sho first directed him to drive to the London-bridge Station ofthe South-Eastern Railway , but , just as he was turning into tho road leading from the Rorough to the

      terminus- she pulled the check-string and bade him draw up his cab at the door of Mr . Ash , stationer and printer , of _Eo . 5 , Wellington-street , Borough . Having done so , the woman alighted and went into the shop , where , it has been ascertained , she purchased half a dozen plain white cards . A pen and ink having been _hamletl toiler at her request , sho wrote directions on four of the cards . Upon one she wrote as follows : — "Mrs . Smith , passenger to Paris . To bo left till called for . " Upon another " Mrs . Smith , passenger , to be left till called fov ¦ '' and upon the two other cards it is believed that only the words , " Sirs . Smith , passenger , " wore written . i Haying paid Mr , Ash for the cards , the _-ffomau ro

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      _entci-cd ihe cab and desired Kirk to drive Iter lo the _fou _tli-Lastcra station . Arrive ! here , she desired mm to call a porter _bi-lnn < riii _< r i „ ti : t . r _.-iilwav and upon one _presr-utins himself , "' she requested him " to ootain . some tacks in order to fasten the direction cards upon her hoses . The porter presently did so , . md on lus ret urn she ali ghted * from the cab , and pointing out the two Iareest boxes desired the man to append the two directions first quoted " Mrs Smith , passenger , to bc left till called for . " This was done as directed , and the two boxes , bv the woman ' s _dc-dre , were conveyed into the Iu _<*• " ¦>¦• - < re office , with < lireetions that they were to betaken care of until called for . The woman then re-entered thc cab , and was driven by Kirk to tho London and North-Western Railway station , where she alighted about a quarter to six o ' clock . Kirk saw her luggage , consisting of one box and a carpet-bag , taken into , the station , and having been paid his fare drove away , and saw no more of the woman .

      lhese circumstances having boon communicated to Mr . llaynes , the superintendent of the detective police , that officer at nn early hour on Tuesday * morning proceeded to the terminus of the South-Eastern Railway , where he fortunately found tho boxes exactl y . as described , no inquiry having been made for thorn since they were deposited on . Monday week . The suspicions previousl y entertained by Mr . Haynos now ripened into certainties , and he at once sought an interview with G . S . Herbert , tho secretary of the " company , " to whom Ue explained the whole matter , and expressed thc necessity of examining the contents of the boxes . Mr . Herbert conferred with two or three of thc directors , who happened to be at the station , and the commissioners cf police having backed Mr . Jlavne _' s

      annlication by a request from themselves to the same effect , thc boxes were conveyed into tho secretary ' s office , and there forced open . The first glance at each disclosed a quantity of female wearing apparel , which upon examination , proved to be marked with the name of Maria Rue , the maiden name of Mrs . Manning . A further examination discovered a quantity of . articles belonging to the deceased , Patrick O'Connor , and several letters written by him to the supposed murderess . Mr . Havnes now immediatel y proceeded to the London and Northwestern station , with the view of tracing Mam Shinning . Hia inquiries here were fortunately most successful—in brief , we may state , that he ascertained a female passenger , whose luggage was marked with the name of Smith , had left the

      Euston station on thc morning of Tuesday , the 14 th inst ., hy thc G . lo a . m . train , having booked her place through to Edinburgh . There could be no longer any doubt ns to the direction the suspected party had taken , and Sir . Ilayncs , at ten minutes to one o ' clock , telegraphed through to Edinburgh direct , addressing the superintendent of tlie city police , and informing him of tho circumstances above detailed , with a full description of the suspected party . Sir . llaynes had scarcely arrived at Scotland-yard , on his return , when a messenger from the telegraph office reached there , bearing ' intelligence that Maria Manning had been arrested upon the information forwarded by Sir . _llayiies , by Sir . Sloxhay , the chief officer of tho Edinburgh constabulary . Tbe activity displayed bv this officer may be judged of from the fact that ' scarcel y an ¦ lour elapsed between tho message _liavin- been sent , and the reply comnumicatiii-r the "ratifviii-r

      intelligence of the woman ' s arrest . At a later hour on Tuesday eveninrr , another telegraphic message was received from Edinburgh , communicating the result of a search made of tlie prisoner ' s person and luggage , from which it appears that thc following property was found upon her : —Seventy-three sovereigns , one £ 50 note , and six £ 10 notes , five of these latter hearing the numbers advertised - on Monday as having been paid to Manning on Saturday , the 11 th inst ., on the presentation of ono of the deceased ' s cheques . In addition to this money , there was also found in the woman ' s possession all tbe missing scrip of the Sambre and Meuse , and Ilouloguc and Amiens Railways , known to havo been in the possession of" the deceased , and some articles of wearing apparel belonging to him . TllC boxes belonging to lier have been brought from the South-Eastern Railway station to Scotland-yard , ¦ where their contents underwent a second examination on Tuesday night .

      Manning is still at largo , and we fear we must add that no clue to his retreat has been discovered . There can bo no doubt , however , that he has very little money in his possession ; and this circumstance , it i 9 hoped , will have the effect of destroying all chance of his escape . _Gosi'oht , Tuesdav _, 10 a . m . —Her Ma jesty ' s steamfrigate , Fire Queen , sent out last night b y Admiral Capel in search of the Victoria , American packetship , on board of which the fugitives were supposed to be passengers , returned at nine o clock on Wednesday morning . Thc Victovia was overtaken ott _" tho Rill of Portland , and boarded by Langley and Thornton , the detective officers ; Two persons of the name of . Manning were found among the passengers , but they provell not to be the parties sought for . They were mother and daughter , and the six parcels booked at the London Doeks _belonged to them . ° I-AltTICVI .. *> nS * RESrr . C . Tl _* SG m . vs-sixu .

      _Iuesuay Kicht , —The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police , owing to information whicli tliey have just received , are inclined to think that Manning has not left the metropolis , but is secreted in some of thc bye-streets in London . A person , named Wright , states that hc is personally acquainted with Manning , ard that he went into the Rank cf England Tavern , near thc Great Western Railway , with him , where they both partook of some refreshment , and Wri ght went to the door for the purpose of calling in a policeman and giving hini into custody . Whilst , hc was so _eiura < r Cd Wri ght states that Shinning left the house and ran away . At first tins-appeared quite improbable , and nothing more was thought of it than an idle rumour , ' out from what has subsequentl y transpired there is every reason to believe that the statement made by Wright was perfectly correct ; in consequence of whieh the commissioners last night issued privately thc f llowing notice to the force : —

      _Siamiing has a brother nainrd Edward , _livin-j at 30 , I ' _vauctR-sn-uct , _Kcwington-butts ; a brolher-in-law named l { n ] --li , living at 2 , J . eas-mews , _Sheiipanl ' s court , _Grosveuor-squarc , and a brother named Josupli , stn _. _vinjj with Mr . Kalph . Al . _* o _, another brother-in-law named ( . ' aiuldl _, who resiiles at T .-mnti-ii , as well as a brother named James , residing at - \ yiveliVccr . _ib , in * - _* _omeir-et--liire . lie has also a sister , who ia landlady of the Cutter Inn , at Weymouth . The residences _i 4 * all these parties are to be elosely watched to see whether i * iauuinf >; applies for shelter at any . Maunii _!}* " formerly lived at 0 , _l'liilpot-teri-aee , l _' _addhigtuii .. It appears from further inquiry that Manning and his wife , in carrying out their deadly purpose , have , as was expected , made use of soporific drugs . Two bottles arc now iu the possession of Mr . Odling , the surgeon ofthe police district . One' contains a fewdrops of laudanum , I'lid is labelled " Poison , —William Hill , Chemist , _C-l , Bermondscy-strecf , " and

      thc other is a cut glass bottle , sueh as is used for containing perfume , and in which in about an ounce of laudanum . The fractures of the skull extended on tho rig ht side over the frontal , temporal , parietal , and occipital bones ; the heaviest blows being inflicted near the occiput ( back oftho head . ) "No fewer than sixteen pieces aro in Sir . Odling ' s possession , and that gentleman states that he has got quite weary of removing the pieces , and that therefore he has left nearly as many more untouched . Death must have ensued long before thc whole of those injuries were inflicted , oue fracture almost extending from the back of the head to the left eye . One of the bottles containing the poison is smeared with _Hk-c , having been apparentl y handled by a person whose hands were daubed with that material . It is rather singular that no traces of the commission of all this violence can bc discovered in anv of the

      rooms , as- the scalp was dreadfully cut m many places , and , of course , a considerable effusion of blood must have tnked place . Sir . Odling gives it as his opinion that a broad flat hammer was tho weapon used in striking the fatal blows . The murder was , in all probability , committed in thc front kitchen , as thc noise of fire-arms discharged in any other room must have awakened the inmates of thc adjoining houses . The police at hull-past eleven , received lhe following telegraphic message;— " Is Manning in custody—send back an immediate answer . " It is inferred from this that tho Edinburgh police have some clue to a person answering his description .

      EXAMIKATI ( VN OF MARIA MANNING AT ED 1 N & URG 1 I . , Ei ) isBunGir , _Wi-: d . nes 9 \ t . —This morning at ten o ' clock , Maria Shinning was brought up from the _Calton-hill gaol , for examination _befoje Sir . Sheriff Ark ley , charged with the murder , or participating in the murder , of _Patrick O'G _' onno _*** . After beiug duly cautioned , tlie- prisoner was asked what sho had to say to thc cliarge . She vcpiied that sho had nothing to say , _wlwreupon she was remanded back to prison to a _' _wais the arrival of officers to convey her to London . It is expected _? bat one or more of the metropolitan police will _asrive here this _evening , with authority to receive her into _thwr custody .

      Immediately _\ ipon receipt of this _message , Inspectors Walker and Shaw proceeded to Scotland-yard , and communicated its ci & et to Sir . May , the chief superintendent of the A division , who immediately sought an interview with Mr . Hall , the chief magistrate at _Row-strecfcj who at once granted a second warrant for the apprehension of the accused party , which was placed hi the hands of Inspector llaynes ofthe detective force , who left town for Edinburgh by the C . 15 a . m . train this morning . Manning is still at largo , but there is everv reason to hope that ere long lio willbc in custody " Tho police authorities believe tbat be is lurking somewhere in the west of England , and two or thrco officers have been sent down in that direction . Ifc was _severaljtimes reported during AYednesdav that be bad been seen in London , but the officers do not attach any credence to theso statements . It is quite cortain that he loft town by tho _South-Western rail-Way oa Wednesday moraine- the _WtU instant , ana

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 25, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25081849/page/7/