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      PEACE CONGRESS MEETING . On Tuesday evening a public meeting of the P ™^ ^ **?^ of the Peace Societrwas bSS inExeter-hail , which was crowded to the door on the occasion . At a quarter past sk , thechairwas ^ enbyMr . Ewart , iLP . On the platform helS him we observed General Klapka , M . Horace lav 3 L i'ontomer , Mr . R , Gobden M V TVli . T n Smith , M . P ., Mr . J . EULs M P ' ^ sLd Sr i Tl . Mallon of ObeS oft ? S ? V ^ w f *<* " # ' »•» ., Hev . TV . Brock ? hI ; Ja - m * ?** ?* S ' * ' 3 Ir- JosePhStage s Char e 3 Mackay LLJD ., Mr . Thomas IWlSr , Mr . l / . bilpin , Dr . John Lee . TW Tlmm ™ t > ™« •"„ PEACE COSGRESSMEETL ^ r

      tochard Taylor , Mr . John Scohle . Mr . John CasselL Mr-Ihchard Peak , Dr . Oxley , &c . The Chaiumax sai . J , tint before commencing the snort speech which he should feel it his duty to inflict upon them , he thought it right briefly to state the objects of the meeting . lie begged to say that it did not assume to itself the name of a Congress . It bore reference to the Peace Congress which recently took place iu Paris , and it also bore reference to their future proceedings as the result of that congress , and that was all . The meeting howeYcr , would hear those subjects touched upon at length in the various speeches which would follow his , and especially by the secretary of the Peace congress . The very vastness of the assembly took away his own individuality , aa all seemed carried and impelled forward by the vast tide of public opinion , which was setting in with a constant flow in one uniform direction in favour of the nrinciole

      ot perpetual peace , ( Cheers . ) Among the illustrious foreigners who had honoured that meeting "roth their presence , there was one of a class not very nsuall yfoundatpeace meetings , but one whose presence he was sure would be hailed by the audience ; he meant General Klapka , —(« reat applause , ) -who came , he supposed , with the view of twining the peaceful olive with the laurels of war He begged to tender his thanks to him and the other foreign gentlemen who had honoured them with their presence on that occasion , especially to those who had rendered their assistance at the recent meeting in Paris . He also begged to thank the members of the French press for the support which they had so extensively given to the cause of peace ; for he

      desired to speak it to the honour of Fiance and Belgium , that there was scarcely one isolated journal which had not advocated the cause of peace at least in theory if i , ot in practice . ( Hear , hear . ) He wished he could say as much for the press of our country . ( Hisses . ) It was too often the habit , Wien any great doctrine was broached for the first tune , to assail it , merely because it was new . lint lie held that there was little logic in ridicule , and that a sneer was a poor substitute for a syllogism . ( Appiause . ) The friends of peace , however , could afford to pardon these attacks , these " paper pellets of the brain , " as Shakspeare called them . He was sorry to say that the dawn of peace had been discoloured , disgraced , and stained by the effusion of

      Wood . ( Hear , hear . ) He remembered a famous orator m England saying , that the funeral fires of war were over , that the sun of peace was just tinging the horizon , and that robbers and assassins was taking advantage of the twilight . He grieved to say that the assassins who were at present takin * advantageoftbetwilight were the legalised assassins of a too arbitrary government . He graved to say that fortneconductof Austria —( hisses indgroans , )—any Austrian who was prsent might well feel the honest flash of shame when he considered what that conduct had been , / or there was no Englishman , no Frenchman , no freeman anvwhere in Europe or America who did not feel horror and detestation at such a sacrifice of human life as had

      been perpetrated ly the military government of Austria . ( Cheers . ) He was sure that the individuals who had escaped from those scenes of horror would he hailed in this country , which he trusted would ever be found the asylum of the unfortunate and the free . He could not conclude without once more reminding them that now four nations were as one in the cause of peace—four nations were now united in a holy brotherhood ; France , England , the United Slates , and Belgium were now the champions of peace , and with them against the world the success of peace principles was assured . ( Loud applause . ) The Kev . H . Richards proceeded to state to the meeting the operations of the association during the

      last twelve months . If he were asked what good had been done Ly going to Paris ? lie would answer , much in every way . They had diffused , through the medium of the press , pence sentiments to the uttermost parts of the civilised world . These sentiments wotQii find a lodgment in their sympathies and minds and hearts of thousands , and would doubtless in due time bring forth an abundant harvest . They had called the attention of some of the most powerful minus in Europe to the iniquities of war , and the necessity , for the liberty and progress oi Europe , of establishing an universal and permanent peace . They had found a new means of convevina tottcir condnental neighbours the real state of feeling in tbis country , and of disabusing their minus of the false

      impressions produced by certain ealing organs of the press among ourselves . ( Hear , hear . ) These organs of the press were the self-constituted , self-called exponents of English feeling on the continent , employing their great talent in inflaming national animosities by their sarcastic remarks on the proceedings of our neighbours , and prostituting their influence and their ability by becoming the apologists and advocates of servile principles . ( Great applause . ) He declared , however , in the presence of thai vast assembly—and he should not fear to challenge the opinion of any assembly similarly called in any part of the united kingdom—¦ that these papers did not represent the public feeling of England . ( Renewed cheers . ) He ( Mr . Richards ) hailed the presence of General Klapka in that meeting as much as any of them ; but he believed

      that he could tell them , what many of them were convinced of already , that the cause of freedom gained nothing by an appeal to the sword ; thnt it was by the spread of ideas , by the expression O- * principles , by the growth of healthy moral indignation in the * hearts of the people—and by these means only , that tyranny and despotism could effectually be put down . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Richards then read letters of apology for absence from M . Yisschers , President of the Peace Congress at Brussels , the Abbe de Guery , one of the Tice-Presidents of the C : ngress at Paris ; M . Bouvet , member of the National Assembly ; M . Cognerel , M . Victor Hugo , M . Liwartinc , the Archbishop of Paris , M . Cormen n , M . E . de Girardin ( who had been confidently expected up to the last moment , ) and M . Chevalier , and also one from 3 Ir . Ilindlcy , 31 . P ., dated "Vienna .

      The Rev . W . Brock then moved the first resolution , which was as follows : — " That this meeting desires to express its gratitude to the Great Ruler of the Rations for the signal success which has attended the labours of the committee during the Tear , especially iu connexion with the Peace Congress held in the city of Paris in August last ; and ft would regard that success as an incentivo to increased exertion in the future , for the accomplishment of the undertaking so auspiciously commenced . " . Mr . J . B . Smitii , M . P ., seconded the resolution Mr . S . GraxEY next addressed the meeting . He felt that he wa 3 now about to speak upon that -which he resarded as a very serious occasion . This

      he did not hesitate to tell them—that wherever standing armies were maintained on a large scale financial difficulties would be numerous and severe and continually increasing ; but these were amongst the smallest evils of war . ( near , hear . ) He would 'kc their attention to the state of this country 700 . years ago—barons were at war with neighbouring barons , almost every family had its feud , the horrors of war spread themselves over the land . Aow , if there had been a press in those days , the journals of such a period would have told their readers that « uch a state of things was the natural condition of cni » ipfv - and upon that doctrine of theirs they

      § would have taken up as strong ( ground as the joui-— . nalists of the present day thought proper to occupy . 3 * But in the present advanced stage of society it was pf not extraordinary cr unreasonable to suppose that fe the feelings of men had somewhat mellowed down . sP" He hoped the time was coming when nation would feS no longer lift up the arm against nation —( applause ) m —nor learn the art of war any more . He did very H stron ^ lv apprehend that any allusion to a political ft -bias must lave a tendency to lower the character of 1 the hok causo in which they were engaged . He I Vonhlrepeat that which he had often said before-I that there was no policy so sound as the policy 1 -which was based upon Christianity . ( Cheers . ) I The resolution was then put and agreed to . I Mr Cobles then moved the following resolution : I —" That , this meeting receives with the highest I satisfaction the assurances of sympathy in this great I Smen ° as conveyed in the letters which have I CnS from the Archbishop of Tans from I SLT Lanwtme , Tub * H "«> , Emiledo Girar-1 Sf ^ nd other distinguished Frenchmen ; and it » ' & wtth JdHit the presence of the gentlemen who Lave honoxued this assemblv with their . tg £ 1 ance on the present occasiOD , and trusts that their I Sittotbiscountry will prove to them a sotrceof £ t - personal -rafikatioii , aa . l tha ' . it will « o * crfuUj # tend to advance the period when national ammosi-& ties shall be for ever forgottenr and peaceand good-& will prevail throughout the world . " He said , it ® « as now exactly two years since this isle-. i . « £ lited from its . propriety bythe . cryot mvasion

      5 from France . Bo utmost aJarm was ^ wu-u $ Sroudiout the whole of England . In men s linafe ' ¦ Sion the French were seen entering at one end P -SrLondon andthe Horse Guards mai-chmg put at S ^ Se othe r / The highest military authotity m the plnS kept telling them that their coasts -must be fe&stantlf placed in a condition of defence th . ^ their Pit mustReestablished upon a war footing ; . that K equadrons of evolutions must be kept m a state' ot iS constant activity , and that the whole people « W SSd must be organised to act as one man for

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      the purpose of repelling the French . What did the men of peace do at that particular juncture ? Thev resisted that ill-considered course ; and it was that wicked crj' which brought him into the ranks of the peace party . ( Applause . ) They lost no time in holding public meetings ; and if the proceeding of those meetings werenow looked to , it would baleen that the men who took part in those proceedings did not rogardthe French nation as a nation of brigands and pirates . ( Hear , hear . ) Instead of imputing to them a character so evil / the lovers of peace resolved to go aad see the French people , whilst the men who trusted to fleets and armies began to dig docks , to build ships , and to spend the public money in what they called the defences of the country . Pending thisthe men ot took the purpose of repelling the FrenchT ^ Iia tw

      , peace an opposite course . They held out the right hand Of fellowship and peace to their brethren on the other side of the straits , and that hand was most cordially grasped . They had then a set of gentlemen present who formed a deputation from France , and , in the name of the great assemblage which he had the honour to address , he begged to tender to those gentlemen a hearty and cordial welcome . ( Applause . ) When he looked back only to the short period of two years , and when he recollected the language which newspapers used at that period , and when he connected that with events which had recently taken place in France , he felt that he could attach but little value or importance to the language held in newspapers Those journals had often told

      them thatthemomentthepressurcof Louis Philippe ' s government was removed from the people of France nothing could save this country from the aggressions of the French people . But what was the language now held ? It was this , that the journalists considered the people of France only too pacific . Would the organs of the press ever learn modesty ? ( Cheers . ) He must wait till to-morrow morning , before he could offer an opinion on that subject . ( Hear , hear . ) In the east of Europe the world had lately been frightened with a threat of the fearful calamities of war . Peace , fortunately , had been secured when war was not apprehended ; but upon what had that peace depended ? It depended on . the cordial understanding between

      France and England . Was it the diplomatists or the men of peace whose labouvs produced that entente cordiidc ? It was the men of peace who did it , ( Cheers . ) The result of this disappointment to the war party kad rendered war between Russia and Turkey impossible . Let it , theu , no longer be said that the peace party had no statesmanship within their body , for they professed in an eminent degree the statemanship of finance . ( Loud cheers . ) The peace party wanted to see an end of the practice of nations arming themselves to the teeth ; and in supporting the views which they entertained , they could scarcely shut their eyes to the fact that almost all the financial difficulties by which the tranquillity of nations was disturbed could be traced

      to the expenses which followed in the train of war . The gross expenditure of Great Britain , during tho last year , was , as nearly as possible , £ 54 , 000 , 000 . Of that the sum of £ 47 , 000 , 000 was charged for the expenses of past wars , andforthe present expensesof standing armies . The expense , then , ot the government , of the Queen ' s civil list , of the Poor Law establishment of tho Home , Foreign , and Colonial offices—in fact , the whole cost of the government consumed only one-seventh of the revenue , while the expenses of past and anticipated warfare eawied off six-sevenths . ( Applause . ) He maintained , then , that he and his friends were the true Financial Reformers . They proposed that governments should try and find out some other plan of

      settling their disputes than that of constantly keeping up a war establishment in time of peace . He ventured last session to propose a plan which he thought a very simple one , namely , to resort to the same practice which private individuals adopted for the settlement of their disputes—namely , arbitrj * tion instead of war . He was met , as every proposition was met which tended in any way to do away with the chance of war—by the objection that it was impracticable ; that it was quite good in theory , but impossible in practice . He wished them to try . ( Laughter . ) ne declared he did not believe it possible to find a retail dealer in the country who carried on business with the want of ordinary prudence which our government displayed . He was sure , at laist

      , that they would not find one who had not passed two or three times through the Bankruptcy Court . If the governments of England and France continued the same career , he agreed with Mr . Gurney that their Financial difficulties would rain them , and they must go into the Gazette , and they certainly would not deserve a certificate from the hands of their creditors . ( Cheers . ) The progress of the discussion iu parliament had opened another phase of the argument . Two years ago they were told that the great armaments were kept up as the means of defending countries against their powerful neighbours . But now , the very parties who vilified them for taking up the same position two years ago told them that it was not war between

      nations that was to be dreaded , but insurrectionary movements . But what said these persons to the powerful armies and fleets of France and England 1 They were not surely used for keeping down the people of these countries . ( Hear , hear . ) But taking them ou their own ground , and supposing that the armaments were kept up to keep order among the people , he would ask if the system had not been tried long enough to prove that it would not answer ? In his letter to the Peace Congress at Brussels , more thau a year ago , he had ventured to assume , from data he ' had collected on the continent , that at that period there were about 2 , 000 , 000 armed men in the pay of the different Governments of Europe . Well , since that

      time revolution had been sweeping over the continent , and there was scarcely a throne but had not been tottering to its base notwithstanding the support of those 2 , 000 , 000 bayonets . And yet scarcely had these governments begun to recover from the shock , than , instead of resorting to a policy that bad any chance of success , they commenced increasing their armies , and he believed that were there were three soldiers before there were now four . He sometimes wondered what was the motive of the old governments of Europe for the absurd course they were pursuing . He confessed he was sometimes so utterly at a loss to account for any rational , honest motive , that he was inclined to believe their object was to bring their countries into such a state

      of dire confusion and helpless bankruptcy that no other form of government could be found to run the risk of restoring it to order . ( Cheers and laughter . ) It was rather a childish illustration , but he could not help saying that their conduct reminded htm of the practice of boys at school , who , when they had an apple or cake which they did not want another boy to obtain , rubbed it in the dirt to render it distasteful . ( Continued laughter . ) Sometimes he had wondered they did not advertise for somebody with a little common sense to get them out of their difficulties . What wonder was it that men who had not sagacity enough to think of the causes , and who only looked at the consequences of such blundering , should begin to quawel with the whole social system .

      and seek to uproot it altogether ? ( Hear . ) The deluded Utopiasts , as they were called , had found a remedy for these . disorders . They declared that the men who kept enormous armaments caused more dangers by the burdens they imposed upon the people than they gained good by the security of the bayonets . ( Hear , hear . ) But a new phase of the argument had lately appeared . He did not feel disposed to enter into the question of international government anywhere . If a nation under any form of government chose to be taxed to maintain 300 , 000 , or 400 , 000 , or 500 , 000 soldiers to keep them in order —if they chose to put their hands in their pockets to pay for their own oppression , let them . He would not interfere with them . But these Standin "

      armies were not maintained out of the taxes of the countries who kept them . They were maintained by loans raised in other countries , and that was a very different principle indeed . The friends of peace had struck one blow at that system . He could not say that the demonstration here had prevented Austria from getting money either in England or in Holland . But the fact that the Austrian government had been unable to get any money there was a proof at all events that the peace party had taken a right estimate of the credit of that government . What should they say of those parties , who up to the last could vamp up tho credit of that bankrupt government , in order to trap the unwary to lend money on bonds , which they were

      now obliged to admit had fallen to a discount of a half and one per cent ? He found from Monday ' s paper , too , that the Czar of Russia had published a ukase inviting peonle to give him credit for £ 3 , 000 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 , 000 sterling . He proposed it in the shape of Treasury bonds , and he ( Mr . Cobden ) was glad to find that the ukase stated that the loan was to meet the expense of the war lately carried on in Hungary . ( Hisses . ) But what became of the pretended riches of the Russian government ? Had they not heard of the Russian government taking £ 2 , 000 , 000 of the Austrian ¦ loan , of lending £ 50 , 000 , 000 " to the Pope , and £ 200 , 080 to the Grand Duke of Tuscany . He begged them not to believe a word of it . ( Cheers . ) As an investment for his children , he would not give £ 25 for the Russian funds which were at present selling

      among the " bulls" and "bears" of the Exchansre for £ 1 CS ; and he would undertake Id a ' lid twelve of the best informed men on Russian finance to give the same verdict . In England they boasted that every man ' s house was his castle—that no man dared to enter the house of an Englishman unless the owner or some inhabitant of the dwelling had compromised himself by a violation of the law ; but what was to be said of the burglary of nationswhat was to be said when neighbouring communities were invaded by those who were stronger , under the hypocritical pretence of conferring benefits upon the objects of aggression ? If , in defiance of every rule , of every principle , of every right , these things existed , there was no man to say that they could be brought to a close till the Peace Congress resolved practically to carry out the principle that nothing was to be done by force ; until

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      SFJ u i that g ? eilt P rinci P le P ° the policy of owZJ J ey c . 0 uldl > 0 Pe to see nothing but anarnoS £ A \ - Hear , hear . ) He * should say teXX of'Iun S , T . bntthis he should venture toWltto nyictag . tlttt ^ hetto Englan d went to Greece or to Portugal , whether Itussia went to Hungary or France went to Home , tllCV should band such proceeding as equally in / amS , and 11 rfi-1 f % J 7 » t 0 sucl » P « Hcy as sharing in its mnfTr PT ' " ™' - ) He felt indignant and hu-SS J ;? enh 3 found a certain portion of the f ^ n « Mi C 0 Unt - y hound ™ S on the Cossacks n £ nf , S ° f ? S " Hl > isses ) , -hounding them mJ ^? r ?^? njU 8 t ^ wicked Evasion of a people S ^ l H Stmg and Clvilised than themselves , lie ihin ti ' ? , presentatlvcs of forei S" countries then m that hall not to bolieve that ?« oh joumnb fairly described the feelings of the population of ho To ? -f ? A . PP lause O ^ seemed tJH £ That tho success of their great congress van enrhin if t . bn w ^^~

      association continued to spread its roots and its branches as it had hitherto done-if they insisted upon arbitration instead of war-if they insisted on a simultaneous reduction of z \ l armaments-if tbcv « i ruck down with condemnation and scorn the prin-W *^ rt " ? ountey WM t 0 be at Hberty to in-£ S ?! orln , . Ve ! JP ectt 0 "Snlate the internal ? Uei , HuL l - 'H 1 ' Iand V H * .. believed that it was their duty to insist upon that , and he believed that m process of time thoy would also „ £ the iustS Kfty of not lending money for Ses mon t ' , ov w 11 tllCy Called t 0 theh > aid all fTOOd 11 J ? - \ . ould soon Put an end to war Thev wou dfind it no difficult task to accomp ish tS object , aided as they would be by the miraculous inventions of art , by the use of e ' e trie trlemphs and by ra . lw . ays . Other and much mo . ^ dt S things had been attempted with success , and if thej only proceeded with energy and perseverance thev S ! ( iXe . f victory ia this insta ™ . Mr . Sturge , seconded the motion

      ww ^ i " am emb T of tlie French National Assembly , then read a short speech in English to the meeting , expressing the great satisfaction he had m being ; present at that meeting , and scoutin * the idea of the friends of peace being called Uto ° - piasts . lie asked ^ as it more difficult to put an end to war than to abolish slavery and monopoly ? They were three children of the same mother whose name was Oppression . ( Cheers . ) Thev had already conquered two of these , and in due ' time they would vanquish the third also .

      M . Horace Say , son of M . Bapliste Say , the distinguished political economist , also briefly addressed the meeting in English . In the name of his fellow countrymen present he ^ cordially thanked the meeting for the kind reception they had received M . Garnier , editor of the Journdldes Economistes , then briefly addressed the meeting in French , Mr btoble acting as his interpreter to the meeting There were then loud calls for General Klapka who rose and bowed his acknowledgments to the meeting .

      After a few words from M . Poxtomer , a French merchant , declaring his adhesion to the cause , President Mahon of Oberlin College , America , moved the third resolution : — " That , considering the greatness of the work yet to be done in carrying out the ohjects of the Congress to their full acconfplishment , this meeting pledges itself to employ its utmost efforts in sustaining tho plans of action already formed , in originating any others that new circumstances may demand , and particularly in supplying the funds which an enterprise so extensive and important will continue to require ; and it relies on the generosity of the British public for that enlarged co-operation which such an undertaking merits at the hands of all who desire the period when nations shall learn war no more' "

      Mr . J . Eilis , M . P ., seconded the resolution , and pressed upon the meeting the necessity of taking active measures for carrying out into practical effect the principle laid down in the resolution before the meeting , especially that portion of it which related to the collection of funds . ( Hear hear . ) v ' Thanks were then voted to the Chairmra , and the meeting broke up .

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      Saturday . - Sentence op Death , — Stephen Alfred Jordan , alias Dowland , 17 , was placed r . c the bar to receive judgment . It will be remembered that the prisoner was convicted on Wednesday in this court of a most diabolical attempt to murder a youn " woman , with whom he had cohabited , in Diilwichwcod . Mr . ilarker having made the usual proclamation , Mr . Justice Cresswell put on the black cap , and passed sentence of" Death " upon the prisoner , who exhibited the same indifference he had shown during the trial , heard the sentence without betraying the slightest emotion , and when the learned judge had concluded . Lc walked briskly away from thp dock , looking carelessly round the court .

      A'asslabguibr . —Charles Thomas Pearce , medical student , surrendered to take his trial for manslaughter . A bill had been preferred before the grand jury for the same oflence , but they threw it out , aud the defendant was now arraigned upon the coroner ' s inquisition . It alleged that on the 9 th of September , 1849 , one Richard Davis Pearce was sick and ill , and unable to attend to his usual labour and busiuess , and ttiat defendant , being a student of medicine , undertook to treat him medically , and to give him medicines while he was so sick and ill and uuable to attend to his labour , aud than he , having contracteddidunlawful

      so . ly and feloniously , upon the said 9 th , of September , and oil uiVW 8 Other days , assault the said David Richi-rd Pearce , and unlawfully refused to allow him and prevented Lira from having tuffieient food and victuals for the nourishment oi the body , it being his duty as medicul adviser to have allowed him such nourishment , and for want thereof tho deceased besame mortally sick aud distempered , and died ; aud ihat the defendant , by the manner and means aforesaid , did feloniously lull aud slay him . A verdict of " flot , Guiltv " wa 3 returned , aud the defendant was at once discharged .

      Monday . — Perjury . — Catherine Keimes , 20 , widow , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury before Mr . Walesby , one of the justices of the peace for Middlesex . —Tiic prisoner pleaded guilty . —Air . Ballantine , who appearedfortueprosecution , said that the charge against the prisoner was of an extraordinary kind , and had beeu instituted by the churchwardens and guardians of the parish of St James ' s Westminster , to deter others from attempting impositions of a similar characier » The prisoner had presented herself at the workhouseand

      , asked relief for three children , which she ullced she was unable longer to support , she bein « - the aunt . The result was that the parish relieved the children and subsequently removed them , upon her oath . Suspicions , however , having beeu aroused , an inquiry was set on foot , and it then turned out that tuo children were her own , and that she was living under circumstances of a disreputable nature , and was not in the state of poverty she represented— She was sentenced to six mouth ' s ' imprisonment .

      i'luuDs ojj Pawsbrokers . — Jane Sinclair , 40 widow , was indicted lbv conspiring by false pretences to obtain from John W . Webb and others various sums of monies . —Mr . Hobiuson prosecuted . —The learned counsel stated the following case to the jury : — The prisoner went on tho 2 'Jth of August to the shop of a Air . Clarke , a pawnbroker , in Long Acre , ana there ottered what to all appearance seemed a gold ring for a pledge , asking £ 2 on it . Mr . Clarke tested the ring , aud nutling it to be only a thin plating of gold unon a metal body , aud tilled in with pewter , told her so , and also told her that if she attempted to pledge it any where else she would be liable to a prosecution . He then sent a man outside of the shop to follow and watch her movements , which he did , and the monicut she came out he saw her joined by a man who was waiting outside , and tney proceeded to four other pawnbrokers , into each of which the woman went .

      whilst the man waited outside . The pawnbroker ' s assistant having in each instance been into the shop before her , each of the rings which she had obtained fresh from the man were tested , and she was warned that they were not gold . The prisoner having been to the shop of the prosecutor on a former occasion , and again coming to attempt to pawn one of the rings , she was given into custody . She said she had received the ring from her husband ; but this turned out to be false , and from information obtained by tho police it w& 9 ascertained that she formed one of a gang of notorious" dutfers " who have been for years imposing upen the pawnbroking trade with spurious jewellery , and in some instances she had obtained as much as £ 1 on the rings , which intrinsically were not ' worth 2 s . ( id . —The jury found her ' Uuiky , " aud she was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment and hard labour .

      Imi-oktaxt to WixE-MERcnANTs . — Thomas BlUlUtjy lllidjji ! , a young m : su ol respectable uppearuuce , surrendered to receive the jud ^ mem , ui ihe court . —The defendant was convicted in February last of uttering forged orders for the delivery oi goods , but upon a point of law that was reserved judgment n as respited . —Mr . Justice ( . resswell , in pacing seiiuucc , said that thy urt . ouur hud bten convicted of uttering forged tasting orders for wine at the London Docks , his only object apparently

      being to obtain a small quantity of wine , and a question arose whether this was an obtaining of goods sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the statute , which question was reserved for the consideration of the judges . That poiut had- since been discussed in the Court of Appeal created ' by a recent statute , and the judges were unanimously of opinion that the conyiptjon waYtt proper one , ai . d that the offence came within the statute , and he quite concurred in that opiuion . —ThVdefendant was then ordered to be imprisoned in Newgate for one month .

      Mistake * Idestitt . —William Harris , 30 , clerk , was indicted for feloniously uttering a £ 5 forged note of theltauk of England , with intent to defraud the

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      governor acd company ,, f that corporation .-Mr . Cia k on and Sir J . Bayley prosecuted a and Mr , Ballantine and Mr . Iluddlestone defended the prisoner .- ! his trial occupied the court the whole day . It appeared that on the 2 Ut of August a person , alleged to be the prisoner , accosted a girl of the town named Mary Ann Bond , in the Kin « Und-n > oJ , awl after some conversation he accompanied her to her lodging in iissex-strcet , in that neighbourhood , where he sent out I ' or some liqu ' r , and gave a £ 5 note ra payment . The li quor and change were obtained at a public-house m the same streetand ihe moment

      , the man obtained the money he made some excuse and iclt the hous <\ aud the nole soon afterwards was discovered to b p a forgery . In this case the girl stated that slu had known the prisoner before , and * he « w « re positively to his identity , and two other persons in the house confirmed her testimony , and it appeared that the witness Bend , upon seeing the prisoner in the same nei ghbourhood a few days afterwards , immediatel y recognised him as the man who had given her the forged note , and gate him into custoay . In order to shiw the guilty knowledge of the prisoner , evidence was adduced to Drove that noon

      tour otner occasions , and under exactly similar circumstances he had passed other forged notes , and in 1 Z ri ! Pm i es sw or « Positivefy to the identity of the prisoner , and , according to the evidence of the Bank inspector , the whole of the forged notes were struck from the same plate- , u d tfa lw pnsone ,, when he was apprehended , asserted that he JK « Tl ' imdsa ! d tbat ' with «*«* b » ° » e of £ tt ? . mentioned as that on which one forged note had been uttered , he could show that he

      « as at another place .-Tlie witnesses were all crossexamined at considerable length by Mr . Ballantine , but they . persisted m declaring their positive belief that the pruoner was the man who uttered the forged notes .-Mr . Ballantine , on behalf of the prisoner , contended that there had been a mistake as to his ldentity .-rSeveral highly respectable witnesses were then examined , who made out a most satisfactory alibi with regard to the 8 th and the 2 lst August , on both of which days the prisoner was alleged to have passed a forged note in the . way described . —The

      jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " Attemped Assassination- —James Mackey , 20 , sailor , . was indicted for cutting and wounding Samuel -Cotton , with intent , &c—Mr . Mellor prosecuted . —The prosecutor , a police constable , stated that whilst on duty ou the Oth of October , in Ratnliffe-highway , at about one in the morning , he saw the prisoner passing a man whom he had wounded in the face , lie then had a drawn knife in his hand , and upon the officer following him , he cut him most seriously in the arm , and it was not until after a most desperate resistance thut he was secured . -The medical evidence proved , that had the wound been any deeper , death must have followed . —The jury found him "Guilty , " and he was sentenced to

      ten years' transportation , Obtaining Money under Faise Pretences . — Robert Marston , an attorney ' s clerk , wasindicted for obtaining by false pretences the sum of £ 1 15 s . from Mr . John George Winstone . —Mr . M'Mahon prosecuted , . and Mr . Pivndergast defended . —The evidence of the witnesses went to prove Ihat the pro secutor , who is a boot-maker living in the Waterlooroad , had the misfortune to have a son to get into the hands of the police , in connexion with , two otlier men , for stealing a glass . Tlie prisoner is one of thosepests . thatmaybe always found hanging about our courts , and who , under the guise of being Soli citors' clerks , manage to swindle the friends of those who get into trouble out of money to conduct the defences of tho prisoners . The prosecutor's son being committed for trial at the last month ' s sessions at

      Clerkenwell , a person named Butcher mentioned the prisoner to the prosecutor as a man who would be able to undertake the defence , and tlie result was that prosecutor had a conversation with him , and he said the feefovcounsel would be £ 1 3 s , 6 d ., which with his own fee made up the sum mentioned in the indictment . This was paid upon : the strength of prisonerstating himself to be a solicitor . The prosecutor having occasion to leave town was surprised on his return to find that his son had been tried and convicted , and that not any counsel or attorney had moved the matter . All that had been done was that the prisoner had mentioned to Mr . Mellor ' s clerk that he shonld want to retain him . —Several witnesses were called , who gave him a previous gcvd dnracter . —The jury found him "Guilty , but recommended him to mercy . —Mr . Bullock then sentenced him to ue imprisoned three weeks in Newgate .

      TrjEsnAY . —House Robber ? . —Charles Lowes , labourer , Georg- ! Harris . 33 , gunsmith , and William ih impson , 33 , described as a labourer , three well-Knm-n members of the swell mob , were indicted for stealing a watch , a sovereign , and some silver , the prop rty of Henry Harvey . —Mr . llobinson prosecuted , and the prisoners were defended by Messrs . l \> yne , M'Mahon , and CocWo . —The prosecutor is a beer-shopkeeper , in Short ' s-gardens , Clcrkeuwell , and on the Oth October the prisoners went to Ins house and called for some refreshment , but they had evidently laid a preconcerted plan to rob the house .

      Suspicion , however , it would appear was entertained of their proceedings and they were watched , and Lowes was seen coming out of the prosecutor's bedroom , and it was found ' that the drawers had been opened , and the property in question taken from th » room . Ihe prisoners were taken into custody , and upon searching Lowes there were fouud a number of skeleton keys , some of which opened the bedroom door , and the othei-3 the drawers ; and close by the place where the prisoners had been sitting , the whole ot the stolen property was discovered . —The ju * y returned a verdict of " ' Guilty , " and the prisoners ¦ were sentenced to be transported for ten yi ars .

      Assault . —Walter Graham , 1 G , a lad said to be respectably connected , was indicted for a criminal assault upon Julia Felice Ilough ' -on , a girl under ten years of age . —Mr . Clarkson prosecuted , and Mr . Cockle was for the defence . —The jury found the defendant "Guilty" of an assault , and he was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour in the House of Correction . Manslaughter . —Charles Baines , 40 , labourer , was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Anne Moody . —Mr . Htiddlestone and Mr . Cockle prosecuted . The prisoner bad no counsel . —It appeared that the deceased , who was a married woman , had cohabited with the prisoner for some timeand they

      , occupied a room in one of the houses in Hintonstreet , Betlmal-gteen . On tho night of the 26 th September the prisoner went home at night partially intoxicated , and the deceased , who had gone to bed , got up on his coming into the room , and took her clothes , and was about to go away , when the prisoner snatched her clothes from her . An altercation then took place between them , and at length the prisoner rushed at the deceased and kicked her violently . He had on a pair of heavy boots at the time , and the effect of the injury he inflicted upon the deceased was to cause her death very soon afterwards—The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transported for seven vears .

      Wednesday . — Indictment ron Conspiracy . — Richard Matley Smith , 25 , described as a sailor , Thomas Lawes , 49 , broker , and Charles Frazer , 50 , agent , were indicted , jointly , for unlawfully con , spiring together to obtain £ 7 10 s . from Francis Cuthbertson by false pretences ; and in a separate count the defendant Smith wns charged with unlawfully obtaining tho money by false pretences . — Mr . M'Mahon conducted tho prosecution , which was instituted by the Bankers' Prosecuting Association . The defendants were represented by Mr . Ballantihe and Mr . Cockle . —Mr . Cuthbertson deposed that he was a bootmaker ) carrying on business inAldersgate-street , and on the 28 th of August , in consequence of a message he received ,

      lie went to tlie Ularcnco Hotel in that street , and there saw tho prisoner Smith , whom he had known as Captain Smith . Ho produced a check drawn upon the Commercial Bank of London for £ 7 10 s , and asked him to cash it , at the same time statin " that the landlord of the hotel would have done it for him , but he was out of town , and , as it was crossed , it must go through a banker ' s . Ho looked at the check , but did not observe at the time that it was post-dated to September 4 , and , scein" that it was drawn in favour of a person named Collins , whom he Knew , he did not suspect anything wronc and gave the amount of the check to the prisoner bmith . Ihe check purported to be drawn by the defendant Frazer , as keeping an account at the bravesend bank upon the Commercial Bank of London , but when it was presented it was found that there were no effects . Ho saw Smith once or

      twice after the transaction , and he at first told him that Frazer had boon attacked with cholera , and afterwards said that he had died of the disease , bmith subsequently told him that he had got the check from Mr . Lawcs , a solicitor in Moorgatestreet , and he went there and saw the defendant inomas Lawes ; and on his informinghim what had happened with regard to the check , he said that Mr . Irazer had a rich brother at Gravesend , and that the chock would be paid . —Clerks of the Gravesend and Commercial Banks hnvihff proved that the prisoners kept no accounts with " their banks , the Recorder summed u |> , when tho jury acquitted Lewes nntl Frazer , and convicted Smith .--Mr . liallantuie applied to the court to respite tho judgment T kiT until tu ° next session , when , lie had no doubt , he should bp ' able to put the court in possession of such facts as ho believed would warrant it

      i" passing a lenient sentence—The Recorder granted the application , lhe three defendants were then arraigned upon a second indictment charging them with defrauding George Mills by moans of a similar false cheek . — i ^ u , 1 Tas clC ! } r ] . ma ( le out against tie whole oi the defendants and a verdict of "Guilty" was returned accordingly . Tho Recorder observed that vmi . er the circumstances , ho would only pass sonm £ Vi P n Smith u P ° n the last incli . ctmcut , and Mr . Ballantine would have an opportunity of placing oete-re the court , if he was in a condition to do so , sucii facts as he might consider would induce it not to pass any further jud g ment upon tho first indictment—The prisoners Lawes and Frazer were then sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen months , ana fcnutn f o twelve months' imprisonment .

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      ' TUB BERMOKDSEY MURDER , CONDUCT OF THE MANNINGS SINCE THEIR CONVICTIOJf . immediately after the sentence of doath had been KT !? XII T tlie Prisoners , they were taken back to the gaol , and as tho female prisoner was going down the stairs , leading from the dock , she again became very violent , and swore fearfully . AJtei a short time she became a little pacified , and took some refreshment . Manning himself seemed quite revived , and his demeanour was most respectlul . As has a ready been stated , tho prisoners , during tho whole of tho protracted trial , took not the Slightest notice of each other , and the man placed Ins chin as close as he possible could to the oi tne uock

      oounuary , apparentl y anxious to have the greatest possible spaco between himself and his wretched companion ; and during tho whole inquiry they did not once cast a glance at each other and wlme Sergeant Wilkins was denouncing the female prisoner in dircct . terms as the murderess , and urging upon the jury tho ground upon which he supported the assumption , she did not betrav the least emotion , although it was observed that when the learned sergeant spoke of her husband being entirely under her control , and that he had boon made a dupfc by her , she uavo a contemptuous smile .

      Tlie offence having been committed in the county of Surrey , the judgment was directed to bo carried out in that county , and it was deemed advisable that the prisoners should be at once removed to Horsemonger-lano-gaol . "When the prisoners were removed from the dock they wore informed of this by the governor . They were placed in separate cells , but some difficulty was experienced by the officers in consequence of the female culprit retaining the frenzied manner she had exhibited in public in the dock , launching the bitterest invectives against the course-that had been adopted by her leir . il adviser in not . calling the witnesses wlioslie said were m attendanco , against tho jury . that bad tried her , and England , generally . Refreshment was ottered , but she refused it with great

      indignation ; and though Manning also declined to partake ot anything , ho did so in » mild decorous manner . At half-past seven o ' clock precisely two cabs were driven up to the entrance of the gaol opposite I loot-lane , and the next moment' Mrs Manning emerged , accompanied by . Mr . Wright , the deputy governor of Newgate , to whoso loft wrist the culprit ' s right was handcuffed , and took their places in the first vehicle , and , tho box being taken possession of by two officers in plain attire , drove oil at a rapid pace . When tho handcuff was first placed upon her wrist she burst into a towering pussion , and , with every muscle and feature in her countenance in motion , with tho most violent gesticuhtion , and with fists clenched , and teeth set , she made use of a coarse oath . Manning very quietly walked to tho cabwithout

      , uttering a word . ' securely handcuffed between two officers , so that any attempt to escape would have been useless ; and liy the time the first cab had reached Ludgate-hill , the second was rapidly following it through tho dense crowd round the court-house . The cabs were driven rapidly to llorsemonger-lane Gaol ; and tho transportation from one prison to the other did not Occupy more than twenty minutes . Iu that brief period , however , -Mrs . Manning seemed to loso all her previous desperation ; she talked to the deputygovernor in a free , mild , and gentle manner , and even joking about the manacle that bound her to him , laughing cheerfully , and bidding farewell to old JSewgate aud the familiar localities through which they passed . She assumed an air of hauteur when she found that Mr . Wright did not enter into the current of her observations , but she soon melted down , and reverted to the scene that had

      taken ptace in the dock— "I showed them resolution , did I not ? " she asked . She did not allude in any way to the terrible fate that awaited them , or to Mr . O Connor . She said of her husband , " I had plenty of opportunity to speak to him in the <* aol , and during the trial , but I would not : ho did not speak to me , thank God , the unmanly wretch ;" and as she uttered these words she clenched her fists and violently kicked the opposite scat of the cab . She then looked intently out of tho cab window , and they chanced to pass an advertising van , upon which were enormous placards , announcing that in certain newspapers would appear a full report of the trial of tho Mannings . Upon this she again exhibited great violence ; she set her teeth , and in a tone half inarticulate muttered something about her husband being a coward : but at tho same time it was evident that her mind was torturing her . "So , " said she , with an oath , "I did not speak to him . " This was a sort of soliloquy , not addressed to her auditors .

      Ihe conduct of Manning , on tho contrary , was calm and respectful . Ho said but little , and what he did say was to his guards in a melancholy tone Ho seemed to entertain a belief that his life would not be taken , and expressed a hope to that effect . On arriving at llorsemonger-lane , a message was sent into Mr . Keeno , the governor , to annouuee the circumstances that placed the Mnnninirs n «* aui in -his custody . That was the first intimation be had received of tho result of tho trial . The prisoners were then duly delivered into his custody , and the matron was summoned to take charge of Mrs . Manning . Under the guidance of that " female , attended by the principal female turnkeys of the prison , she was conducted to one of the cells set apart for the condemned ; upon entering which she burst into tears , sobbing piteously , and oxeiting tho commiseration ot all who hoard her . She stamped the floor -vlth her feet—not in rasre . but in ffrief :

      bmfeelings , no doubt , being overcome as she reflected upon the great change that had taken place in her destinies-sinco she last saw tho officers by whom she was surrounded . The woman , though hardened was not entirely deadened to feeling . The exhibition in the dock of the Old Bailev had induced the authorities to give directions that all means by which she could effect self-destruction should be kept out of her way , which will be diligently carried into effect . On reaching his cell Manning immediately seated himself , and rest in » his head upon his hands , appeared buried in profound thought . In this attitude he remained for somo time . Each prisoner is attended b , v an officer day and night . On Sunday the female resumed her former self-possession , confident air , and vivacity The man was sullen and thoughtful , and repeatedly said ho was innocent of tho murder , and could not therefore be executed .

      With regard to the ultimate execution of tho sentence upon tho female prisoner it may be important to state that , in a certain course of procecdm" , it could not be carried out lor a considerable period \ ipon the objection taken by Mr . Ballantine to her being tried by an English jury , she being , as he alleged , an alien . It may be necessary , therefore , shortly to allude to the nature of that objection , and the course that had been pursued with regard to it . It was contended by Mr . Ballautino that the prisoner , being a native of Switzerland , was entitled to be tried de medietate lingua , or by a mixed jury of English and foreigners ; but the Attorney-General , in answer to the application , relied upon the act of the TtU and 8 th . Victoria , which declares that when a foreign woman married an Englishman

      she becamo a denizen , and lost her position ot alien ; but he consented that the point should bo reserved for consideration by the Court of Criminal Appeal . The three judges upon the bench were unanimously of opinion that the female prisoner no longer stood in the position of an alien , but they consented that the point should be left for consideration by the Court of Appeal . The counsel for Mrs . Manning have , however , refused to accede to this course , and it appears that they insist that , as the objection is upon tho record , they have a right to go to a Court of Error . If this were to be done , the question must go the House of Lords , and it would probably be two years before it would be

      finally settled ; but no writ of error can be allowed unless by the fiat of the Attorney-General . By the other mode , that of the Criminal Court of Appeal , the point would be decided in a few weeks ; and as that court is composed of five commissioners at least , ov of all the judges , if they attend , it is quite clear that it would be quite as competent a court to decide such a question as a Court of Error ; and it is anticipated , therefore , that the Attorney-General will decline to grant his fiat , particularly as three of the learned judges were quite unanimous in deciding against the application , and if thia should turn out to be correct , the law will take ita course , it is said , on the 12 th of November .

      The following letter , which led to the renewal of the intimacy botween the prisoner , Maria Manninc and tho unfortunate deceased , will doubtless be perused with interest . It proceeded as follows : — . Customs , St . Katherinc ' s Docks , Juno 11 lSi " My Dear Mrs . , not knowing your real name , I have addressed this not as usual . 1 hoj . e it will find you I cannot describe to you my feelings and ivliat I suUe ' red since I saw you last evening if you wore to know half you would have compassion lor me , if I was the greatest enemy you ever had . 1 Iiava spent a solitary and divury winter and a dull and mtliinelioly spring , in aniieii . aiioii ol'haviiv a jovial and pleasant autumn . 1 hail given up going into all society—cut the uequaintunee of every kind friend I hail on your account , being anxious to ecoiumiisu and sceui-o for ourselves the nu'ans ol " making us happy iiiiil comfortable tor the vest of our lives . lhad my month ' . " , leave of absence tettlid to commence on the tith of August , when I

      tlioitghtyoumfgl . t be after nturning iVoni iliu Ci . r . tistcnt and intenied to get married on the Till , leave London loi Boulogne ou the 8 th , and there . spend the honey month ! but , alas ! these arrangements are now bliirhtcd . " You have all those comforts that your hem t can Wish fur , and I am glad of it . For poor me , there is non e of these eonsdations letf , but Use sad reflection of being disappointed . All , Maria I you have acted cruel to me . Why not , like a true professor of what you avowed , write and say what you intended before you acted so—then at the ri » k of losing my situation , I would go every step to Erskine House , and gt t mnmed to the only being on the face of God ' s earth who could make me happy ; and Maria , dear , if you could only read the feelings of niy heart you would n t do as you did . Ilowcver , it is too late to be speaking of these things now He must be reconciled with the will of God , aud hope all things are regulated by llim for a wise and boHevolent purpose . Enough now of this sad and inelan choly aflair , for so it is to nie ; However , I hopo we

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      will always entertain the same kindly fccliMS towa d each other that is due to old friends . 1 i-: m speak for myself , and am sure I will . When shall I iavetho plcasuro of seeing you here ? Bring your Innbi . r . it and any others you like , 1 will be able to show them tin- a .. eks and the vaults ; but , mind , ladies are not admittul ; -: ter one o ' clock . I wish yaw . could pome soon . Theiv is a ship from China alongside my station in the docks , I ' m \ iseour t Sandon . She leaves on Sunday . There arc Him- Chine : o on board , and it would be a novelty for you to see them with their long tails . You said you would " call on me on Sunday . 1 wish you would . If you do , write and say what time , that I may be sure to meet you . \\ . u may be able to give some explanations on the matter , which may smooth it down a . little . I wish I could acquit you of infidelity on the occasion . I hope that the blessinc . - i . f God may rest ou all your proceedings , and believe im- under any eiveumstavices till ilentli , Yours affectionately , l ' ATKICK 0 'CWf . VOB .

      This letter was addressed , " Miss 'Maria Roux , euro of Lady Blantyre , Sutherland House , St . James , " and tho effect of it was to renew tlie connexion between the female prisoner ami r , he deceased , and the husband was speedily : ifn > vwards introduced , and they soon all became upon friendly terms ; and then it would appear that a proposition was made that the deceased should reside with the prisoners , but which arrangement was , for some reason or other , shortly afterwards broken off . THE rjUSOKEHS AT CnURCIT . On . Sunday morning from as early asei » Ut o ' clock the rev . chaplain was engaged in giving religious consolation to each of the wretched convicts , and continued till the hour appointed for divine service . The Mannings then repaired to the cIimpoI , and

      and were , together with * Jordan , who is : ' : lso sentenced to death for the attempted mnrdsji' in Dulwieh Wood , placed in the section appropriated for condemned p risoners . In addition to tlie < iebtors , criminal prisoners , and officers of thu jmoI , who formed the congregation , there were also present ' Captain "Williams , the government in .-ivetor of gaols ; Mr . Tayntcr , the magistrate of till : Wandsworth police court ; and otlier gentli ; ii ! o : i . The Rev . Mr . Roe delivered a iuost eloquiv . t : irid inx- prcssivo sermon , taking his text trout ihe Cist Psalm , " If Ethiopia streteheth forth , her hands . " < fcc . Ucforc the Litany tho chaplain : -. ; . iii , " ThgP prayers of this congregation are desired for those " , who are condemned to die . " On the conclusion of service the wretched convicts again received tho

      spintal consolation of the rev . chaplain until nearl « four o ' clock , during which it is understood that h > rccoived somo important communication both from Mr . and Mrs . Manning , but the nature of which is not at present allowed to transpire , the rev . gentleman , from conscientious feolings , beliovin « that tho communications were strictly confidential , and should not bo disclosed whilst the parties aro living . It is , however , generally believed that they were of a nature calculated to satisfy the learned judge and jury by whom the Mannings were tried , as well as the public at large . Since the conviction of the Mannings a circumstance of very considerable importance has come to light , winch , if any doubt could possibly exist as to their guilt , would appear to be almost conclusive

      upon tho subject . It will be remembered that , altov tho verdict had been pronounced against tho prisoners , tho woman made a violent spiech , in which she asserted her innocence , and appeared to make it a strong point in her favour that «; . c loycd the deceased , and could have been married to him if she had pleased . It has , however / . since b' - ' -n ascertained that for some time before th ' e murder O'Connor had been paying his addresses to a young woman , and thoy were on the point of being married ; it is known that Manning and his wife wore aware of the fact , and it is probable that , feeling the marriage would in all probability have the effect of brealiingoft' all connexion between them , they determined upon the desperate measure of getting possession of his property bv murder .

      Another curious fact has also come to light . The trial , as our readers are aware , lasted two days , and the prisoners each day retired from the court for a short time to take refreshment . Of course whon the prisoners were first received at Newgate they wore narrowly searched , and every instrument with ^ Yhich they might inflict injury , either upon themselves or others , taken away ' from them . Upon , the second day of the trial , in co ' usequcnce of something that came to the knowledge of the prison officials , it was considered prudent to search the female prisoner , and in her pocket there was found a large piece of broken glas . « , a most dangerous missile , well calculated tohave inflicted very deadly injury upon any nerson who might have been struck with it . It was immediately taken from hoi- and

      thus , no doubt , from the violence subsequently exhibited by the prisoner , somo desperate mischief was prevented . How she obtained possession of this glass remains a mystery , and the only way in which it can be accounted for is by the supposition that it must have been given to her by some of tho persons who were in tlie dock , a great many strangers having been , owing to the crowded state of the court , admitted into trie dock during tha latter part of the proceedings . It was understood on Monday that the counsel for Mrs . Manning have resolved , upon considoram ? » to . ° andon their application for a writ of error . ¦ The point , however , whether she stands in tho position of an alien will still be submitted to tho Criminal Court of Appealand as that Court must

      , bo composed of five commissioners at least , and the whole of the judges may attend if they please , it is quite clear that a more competent Court for the disposal of the question , which , after all , is one of a very simple character , could not bo imagined . Tha next sitting of the Criminal Court of Appeal will be on the 10 th of November , and if the question should be sent before that tribunal it will , of course , he disposed of on that day . Manning has made some extraordinary disclosures relative to the horrid murder and his former connexion with O'Connor , which will not be made public until after the execution . He persists in his statement which was handed to his learned counsel ( Mr . Sergeant Wilkins ) " that his wife shot O ' . Connor , and afterwards threatened to shoot him unless

      he helped her to bury the body . " He seemed more composed on Monday after his interview with the chaplain , and several times wished to see his brother and his solicitor , Mr . Binns , to whom he Wishes to make some communication . Mr , Binna has not been able to have an interview with him yet , as he must obtain a special order from the magistrates for that purpose . His brother called at tlie gaol on Monday evening , and delivered a letter from his sister , a highly respectable female , residing in the country . The letter was shortly afterwards delivered to him by the governor , and the contents seemed to affect him in a great degree , as ho cried several times while reading it . His brother did not

      see mm . rnor to the trial , and while his unhappy wife was confined in the gaol where she now remains , she wrote several indecent letters lo her husband , couched in tho most obscene language , and written in broken English . In none of these , however , doc 3 she allude to the murder , but she defies nun to get her gold watches . Copies of these letters were shown to Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Parry during the trial , and likewise to the Attorney-General , bub no attention was paid to them . She still continues in a very sullen mood , and speaks very little to her guardians . Her only remarks are that sho has been unjustly treated by England , and that she is innocent .

      There are now thvee persons confined in Ilorsemonger-lane gaol condemned to suffer death—Manning and his wife , and Jordan , alias Dowlnnd , for attempting to murder Frances Ewings in Dnhvich Wood . The latter arrived at the county gaol on Saturday afternoon , and displayed the utmost callousness in his demeanour . Uefore he was conveyed to his cell ho was visited by the Rev . Mr . Roe , tho chaplain of the gaol , who asked him in a kind and aftectionate manner whether he know the "Lord ' s Prayer ? " He replied sullenly , « I suppose I do . " The chaplain then inquired of him whether he could read and write , when he made a similar reply ; and to the kind exhortations of the worthy clergyman he paid not the least attention , but seemed ' quite indifferent to his awful position . . He was ultimately placed in tho condemned cell with Manning , who seemed to shun his company .

      Discovery of lionE of O'Coxnou ' s Property . — On Monday last , Manning particularly desired to have an interview with Mr . Einns , his solicitor , as he had some important communication to make to him . A special order from the visiting magistrates being required , Mr . Binns was unable to visit his lato client until Wednesday . Shortly after ten o clock tho interview took place , in the presence of the deputy-governor and two turnkeys . Manning seemed much pleased to see his attorney , and thanked him for the activity he had displayed in detcnding him . lie made no allusion to the sentence , but gavo some important information relative to some shaves which belonged to O ' Connor , and which were destroyed by Mrs . Manniug on tho ovening after the murder was committed . The shares wore Of considerable value , and their worth will no doubt be restored by the railway company that issued them . Mrs . Manning burnt them in the back kitchen , with several old papers and some

      rag * . Manning told Mr . Binns that ho wished O Connor ' s executors to know the fact , as the properly might be restored to thorn . The same evening Mr . Binns communicated with them < nvm <» a particular description of the shares , with Manning ' s Ka' . imioiit roopertin !; them . "While . onv ^ rsii : " with Mr ii . uus , Maiming seemed i : i exceHcu sv > -it « -ind appeared quite resigned to the awful late that avaits him . He still asserts that his wife perpetrated he 6 r , me , and that lie assisted iadU posfn ^ f tho body Mho afternoon , by the advice of MrJ 3 inns , Ma £ nine wrote an affecting letter to his wife , appealing to her feelings , and calling upon her to confess everything connected with the dreadful crime . He exhorted her to tell tho tvuth , and rely upon forgiveness from her Maker . The letter was handed to Her m the evening by the female turnkey , and for somo time she refused to read it . She , howevever , perused it , and requcstod to bo furnished with writing materials , for the purpose of answering hec husband ' letter ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1546/page/7/