the Metropolis.

A special Court of the Commissioners of Sewers was held on Wednesday morning. Mr. Leslie was about to bring forward a motion on the relative cost of operations under the old and the new Commission, in contradiction to Mr. Chadwick's statements; but Mr. Buller proposed an amendment drawn up by Sir John Burgoyne, to postpone the discussion on this " per- sonal " question, in order that Mr. Leslie's motion might be withdrawn, and discussion taken on the simple facts. Much desultory conversation ensued; Mr. Leslie repeatedly making efforts to bring on his motion, but meeting checks from the Chairman, the Reverend Mr. Stone, and opposi- tion from the general body of the Commissioners. At last Mr. Bullar's motion was carried. Afterwards, on the suggestion of Mr. Hume, Mr. Bailer moved and Mr. Leslie seconded a motion for returns calculated to settle the disputed facts.

At a meeting of the City of London Board of Health, on Wednesday, the Lord Mayor stated that he had seen a deputation of gentlemen from Bishopsgate Ward, " who attributed the death of Mr. Aston Key to the disturbanoe of the sepulchral earth in the churchyard of St. Ethelburga." On his representations, the Churchwardens at once determined that no more interments should take place there.

A crowded meeting was held at Tooting on Friday last week, to testify sympathy with the Hungarians. Resolutions were adopted, praying the Queen to acknowledge the Magyar Government! and the meeting separated with cheers for the cause.: At a meeting in support of the Hungarians, in Hammersmith, on Thurs- day, Lord Dudley Stuart presided, and made a sort of announcement that such demonstrations will be continued notwithstanding the late dis- astrous news, with a changed object—

The sympathies of Englishmen are with Hungary equally in victory or defeat. "England will not abandon Hungary under any circumstances; we will abide by her. By holding such meetings as these through the country, the feelings of the people of England will be so strongly expressed as to strengthen the good in- tentions of Lord Palmerston and her Majesty's Government, to induce them to intercede in favour of Hungary for the purpose of inducing Austria to act with for- bearance and respect towards a conquered though most heroic people." In addition to resolutions declaring that late events only more impera- tively call on Englishmen to express their sympathy, the following reso- lution was unanimously carried- " That an address be presented to Lord Palmerston, in the hope that English diplomacy may successfully interfere to secure for the Hungarian nation its own historical liberties, instead of mere fusion with the remainder of the Austrian terri- tories."

A meeting of merchants, shipowners, and other persons connected with the shipping interest, was held at the Commercial Sale-rooms in King William Street, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. F. C. Campbell presided, and explained that the meeting had been called thus early because it was deemed advisable to consult the sense of the shipping interest throughout the kingdom before any decisive course of action should be adopted. During the last session of Parliament, he had conversed with the deputies sent from Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, Falmouth, Gloucester, Yarmouth, and other outports; all of whom concurred in opinion that a repeal of the Na- vigation-laws would completely destroy the commercial marine of this country. Mr. T. Goring thought that it would be well to appoint a com- mittee for the purpose of corresponding with the outports, and that all in- formation so obtained should be published at stated intervals, weekly or monthly. This suggestion met with general concurrence. It was under- stood that the shipowners still continued to regard the British Shipowners' Association with undiminished confidence; and that the corresponding com- mittee would in fact give increased effect to the labours of that important was appointed.

of " the Poor Man's Picnic " at Havering, Lord the Scripture readers of the Church of England about ninety in number, to spend a day of plea- they did on Thursday week. Lord Robert and entertainment given to the young men in the b?4YLNIN92 •• • 04.11,40'11*;.1•tV, r.

Cipriani Gallery. In the afternoon, may of them played at cricket; others roamed in the beautiful pleasure-grounds. At seven the party re- united at the tea-table, and returned to town by the nine o'clock train.

At the Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, Mr. Martin Hansel, attorney, the registered proprietor of a paper called the Satirist, surrendered, and was tried for feloniously harbouring, aiding, and assisting Miss Sarah Mills, after she had to his knowledge committed a felony; whereby he became an accessory after the fact to the commission of the said felony. The prosecutor was Mr. Henry Bevan, a gentleman of large fortune, having a town-house at Hamilton Place, Pimlico; and a country-house at Twickenham. Some twenty years ago, Miss Mills resided at Twickenham as a governess; early last year she wrote letters to Mr. Bevan, as an "old neighbour," requesting the gift of 101. to enable her to leave town; and later last year she wrote letters stating that if the money were not given her, " the visits of Mr. Bevan to two married ladies at Hanover Gate, Regent's Park, and at Westbourne Villas, should be made known to his wife and family, and also to his partners." The partners thus alluded to were the partners in the house of Barclay, Bevan, and Co., as Miss Mills supposed Mr. Henry Bevan to be a member of that firm ; whereas it is a nephew of Mr. Henry Bevan who is in that house. Miss Mills subsequently threatened Mr. Bevan to expose all she knew in the Satirist newspaper. These threats, made to extort money, were the original felony. seen after, an article appeared in the defendant's paper, which pointed unmistakeably at Mr. Bevan, and promised its readers to "adorn a tale" by most extraordinary disclosures." Mr. Bevan's solicitor went to the defendant, and was told by him that he had twenty columns of letters ready to appear in successive numbers of his paper. But the defendant was wary in his conversation; he denied that he had received the letters from a woman, and expressly stated that he should not recommend any attempts to stop publication of the letters. During those interviews, Mr. Bevan's solicitor went the length of saying, that he was not au- thorized by Mr. Bevan to make any offer, but he believed he would "submit to a little extortion to get the letters back ": the defendant avoided this snare, and " distinctly and positively refused to become the medium of any compromise?' When at last legal proceedings were alluded to, he replied, if an action were brought against him he should "justify,"—that is he would show that what he printed was true. In the course of the case, Mr. Bevan was made a witness: on cross-examination he admitted that he had "visited at a place called Westbourno Villa, and also at Hanover Gate, Regent's Park."

Mr. Parry—" Did you visit a Mrs.—"

Mr. Ballantine—" Really, Mr. Parry, I don't think that names ought to be mentioned." Mr. Parry—" I have no desire, I am sure, to do anything that is improper ; and I will put this question, Did you visit a lady at the last-mentioned place ?" witness—" I did."

Mr. Parry—" wasibe a married lady ?"

Witness—" I don't know ; she may have been."

Mr. Parry—" Have you not heard that she was a married woman?"

Witness—" I have heard so since. It was stated to me that she was a married woman, but I knew nothing about it."

Mr. Parry—" At all events, she passed as a Mrs. Somebody ?" Witness—" Yes."

For the defence, Mr. Parry contended that there was no evidence to support the charge of assisting the commission of the offence in such an immediate personal manner as the statute required. There must be some personal assistance of the original felon by concealing him, by bribing the witnesses for the prosecution of him, or the like. Mr. Haddlestone argued, that it was evidently the object of the statute to prevent any temporizing with justice so as to impede the course of the law. Now, in this case, a felony had clearly been committed, [by Miss Mills, in trying to extort money with threats]; and if the Jury should believe that the defendant attempted to compromise the matter and prevent the charge of felony from being preferred, he clearly had interfered in the manner suggested, and was therefore liable to the present charge. Mr. Parry replied, that these remarks were applicable to the distinct offences of compromising and of abetting a compromise, and not to the offence of assisting or abetting the original felon and becoming accessory to his crime. It was plain, however, that there was no evidence of compromise. Mr. Justice Erie thought Mr. Hud- dlestone's point of such importance that he would not decide it: he suggested a special verdict, as the facts seemed agreed upon, and a reservation of the law for the Judges in bench. But Mr. Parry refused; and the Jury were directed that the only issue for their attention was whether or not Mr. Han- sell knew of Miss Mills's threatening letters written to Mr. Bevan. They con- sidered an hour, and asked if they had the power to say that a conspiracy had been proved: but they were told they had not ; and the single point was again put to them as before. Thus instructed, they at last brought in a verdict of ' Not guilty?'

John Wright, Mary his wife, and a girl named Charlotte Richards, were in- dicted on Saturday, for stealing property of various tradesmen. These people formed the Hornsey gang of swindlers, who victimized so many. people by order- ing goods which they never paid for, and by obtaining property in other surrepti- tious ways. As the trial proceeded, the Common Sergeant directed that the women should be acquitted, as they had not taken a sufficiently active part to warrant their conviction. But the man was less fortunate. A clear case of larceny was made out: he hired a piano' sent it to an auction-room, sold it for half its value, and pocketed the money. Verdict, "Guilty "; sentence, two years' imprisonment.

On Monday, Hansel] was again indicted, for an original misdemeanour, in en- deavouring to obtain money from Mr. Bevan by undertaking not to make dn. closures about him in the Satirist. The facts were nearly the same as those ad- duced on Saturday. The Jury considered for an hour, and then gave a verdict of "Guilty." On Tuesday, before sentence was passed, it was intimated to the Recorder that Hansel] was suffering from consumption, and that a long confinement would pro- bably be fatal. The Recorder sentenced him to be imprisoned for six months: he would receive every medical attention in prison, and the Home Secretary would interfere to shorten his confinement if it were dangerous to his life. On Monday, Henry Norris and John Alfred Norris, both youths, and Joseph Miller, were tried for conspiring to defraud divers persons. Many pawnbrokers have been recently cheated of money, by persons pledging articles with them as silver, which are merely of base metal electro-plated. The goods are of antique form with an imitation on them of ancient Hall-marks. Henry Norris attempted to raise 31. 5s. on four spurious salt-cellars; but suspicion arose, and the freed was detected. George Alfred Norris admitted to a policeman that he sent his bro- ther to pawn the articles. Miller is an electro-plater, and he appears to have been the manufacturer of the things by which pawnbrokers have been tricked. But it was not brought home to him that ho participated in this particular fraud: the mere making of the articles did not constitute an offence. The Jury eel quitted this man: they considered that he had been guilty of fraud, but not sut- ticiently in concert with the others to warrant his conviction for conspiracy. The Norrises were found guilty; and they have been sentenced to twelve months Im- prisonment. On Tuesday, Thomas Povey was tried for stealing a piece of silk tabartzf the value of 131., the property of the Eastern Counties Railway; and three otter men for feloniously receiving the property. Povey was employed on the railway, and he stole the goods from a truck at Shoreditch; the .guilty knowledge of the other prisoners was not clearly made out. The point of interest in the case was the conduct of Hampton and Russell, upholsterers, of Leicester Square. The taboret was purchased by them at la. 3d. a yard, and offered fir sale as "very cheap " at 3s. 9d.: the manufacturer valued it at 5s. a yard. Mr. Hampton was rxamined. He declared that he bad acted quite correctly. But both the prose- cuting counsel and the Recorder made some strong observations on his particular mode of doing business in this case ; the counsel remarking that Mr. Hampton aught to have been indicted; and the Judge refusing his expenses. Povey was found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for seven years; the other prisoners were acquitted.

The inquest on the body of Patrick O'Connor was resumed on Monday. The n- ape' witnesses examined were Mrs. Ann Armes, Mr. O'Connor's landlady ; Kirk, the cabman who drove Mrs. Manning to the South-eastern and North-western Railway stations ; Day, a railway porter; Mr. Mosey, the Superintendent of Edin- burgh Police, who arrested Mrs. Manning and brought her to London; Mr. Bas- sett and Mr. Hammond, clerks in the house of Messrs. Killick and Co., share- brokers, who purchased some of O'Connor's railway scrip of a man who called jimself Mr. 0 Connor, several days before the murder, and also on Saturday the 12th August. Mrs. Armes, with whom O'Connor lodged, detailed his careful regular habits. Visits were frequently made by the Meanings. On one occasion they attempted to borrow money of O'Connor, but he made no reply; and when they were gone, be said, " Those vagabonds mustn't come again; they are too troublesome." Mrs. Mantag used to call and wait for him till he returned home, which was some- times two hours or more; and during that time she sat alone in his rooms. Mrs. yenning took tea with him on the Friday before the murder, and they talked about railways. Mrs. Manning was heard to say she wished to invest some money in railway shares: they had a number of railway shares on the table before them, and were again talking about investments in such things. Again, on Thurs- day the 9th August, [the supposed day of the murder,] she was in his rooms from a quarter before six to a quarter past seven. Mrs. Manning also came as usual at a quarter before six on Friday the 11th, [the day after the murder,] and staid till past seven, as if waiting for Mr. O'Connor. On her leaving the house, she passed through the shop, instead of going through the private door, and she bought a small plum-cake. She seemed "all of a shake, and pale"; but no sus- picions were awakened in Mrs. Armes, as she had heard nobody stirring about Mr. O'Connor's room. Mr. O'Connor's trunk, containing his cash-box and shares, was on the top of the drawers in his room. No person had access to Mr. O'Con- nor's room from the evening of the 9th until the Monday following, except Mrs. Armes and her sister and Mrs. Manning. Mrs. Manning said, as she went away on Friday, that she would call on Sunday; but she did not do so. Kirk, the cabman, stated that a lady called him off his station, to 3 Minver Place, on Monday the 13th, and was driven with luggage to the South-eastern Railway; and Day, the railway porter, stated that he nailed the direction, " Mrs. Smith, passenger to Paris," on two of the boxes which he placed in the waiting.. room: he entered them in a book with a number, gave the lady a ticket with a similar number, and attached a duplicate-ticket to the boxes. inspector Haynes stated his examination of these boxes, and discovery in them of the skirt mad body of a dress on which there are several marks of blood. " One place on the upper part of the skirt where it joins the body appears as if splashed." The body of the dress appears to have been recently washed. There were also toilet-covers which had marks of blood on them, and a piece of muslin " splashed with blood." Mr. Mosey, Superintendent of the Edinburgh Police, stated the circumstances of the arrest. Mr. Dobson, the share-broker in Edinburgh to whom Mrs. Man- ning had offered shares, accompanied him to Mrs. Manning's lodgings, and waited outside. " I was shown into a room, where I found a woman reading a news- paper, the Times of the 20th. I said, Mrs. Smith, I presume?' She rose up politely, and said, ' Yes.' He said, I beg your pardon, I am sorry for intruding, for if you are Mrs. Smith you are not the person for whom I inquire.' I asked

if she was a married lady? Sbe said, Yes. Is your husband's name Smith ?' She replied, ' Yes." Is he alive? ' She answered, He is dead.' Have

you been long in town?' A few days ago I came to town; I think glace Tues- day or Wednesday.' Have you a reference to any person here who knows you?' ' Why, the only person to whom I can refer is Mr. Shaw, over the way, who re- co-emended me to the lodging where I am now.' I asked her where she came from last, and what was the object of her visit? She said, she last came from New- castle; but her object in coming to Scotland. was for the benefit of her health. She spoke of having bathed at Portobello, a sea-bathing port within three miles of Edinburgh. I inquired into the state of her finances, and particularly I asked her whether she had any scrip for sale. I used the word scrip.' She said, Scrip? what do you mean by scrip? ' I said Any railway shares for sale ? ' She said she had not I asked her if she had offered any for sale. She said she had not I said to her, My impression is, you are the wife of Frederick George Manning ': at the same time, I asked Mr. Dobson, who had been left out- side, to be introduced. Mr. Dobson came in, and in answer to my question said, That is the lady who offered use the scrip.' I said, I wish to see your luggage.' She made no objection, and directed that her luggage should be produced. The box contained chiefly a woman's wearing apparel and some papers. I did not ex- amine it minutely, because among the first things I saw was a bill-head, and the name 'F. G. Manning, Taunton, on it. I said to Mr. Dobson, Put all those things back; my, suspicions are confirmed.' I turned round to her and said, 'Now, Mrs. Manning, I am Superintendent of the Edinburgh Police: I charge you with being concerned in the murder of Patrick O'Connor. You are not bound to answer any one of the questions I may put to you';—cautioning her in the usual way. She gave a general answer, that she was innocent of the crime with which she was charged by me. I told her, she must prepare to go with me; but before going I again asked her if she had any scrip. She said she had scrip of her own. I asked her to show it to me. She said, ' You will find it in the large trunk.'" He examined, and found all the scrip mentioned in the advertise- ment as stolen. He also found 731. in sovereigns, and other money in notes, making up altogether the sum of 1881. Among the notes was a Bank of England note for 51., dated 13th July 1849, and numbered 20,051- Mr. Moxey also found the luggage-ticket given to Mrs. Manning as a memorandum of her two boxes at the South-eastern Railway station. He took her to the sta- tion, and saw that everything was done to make her "comfortable"; and in the evening he went up stairs to her, and after he had again cautioned her, she made statements, which he thought himself justified in hearing, to this effect—" I left town suddenly; I came off on Monday, when he (her husband) was out. I have left him as I have done before. I was afraid of my life. He has maltreated me for a long time past. His threats generally were, that he would cut off my head; all of which can be proved by servants who lived with us in Taunton; and he has Pursued me with a knife." Mr. Morey continued—" She stated that she left her house on the Monday ; that she left two boxes at the London Bridge terminus of the Brighton Railway, the tickets of which I would find in her purse; that she

• came on to Euston Square; that she had slept in the neighbourhood of Easton Square all night—she attempted to describe the place, but I am ignorant of the locality. She stated that next morning she started in the train for Newcastle; that on reaching Newcastle she went to a coffeehouse, accompanied by two female Passengers, as I understood her to say, Irishwomen ; that they had slept there all night; and that she came on to Edinburgh on the Wednesday." Mr. Bassett and Mr. Hammond, clerks in the house of Messrs. Killick and Co., share-brokers, stated, that a person giving the name of Patrick O'Connor called seyeral days in July and the beginning of August about railway shares which he wished to sell. On Saturday the 11th of August he called again, with twenty shares in Eastern Counties Consolidated Stock, saying he wanted 1201. or 1301. for them. Mr. Bassett said he would give 1101. The person said, " That al do"; and the money was paid in one hundred-pound note, one five-pound note, and five sovereigns. The five-pound note was No. 20,051, and dated the 13th July 1849. [This note was found by Mr. Mosey in Mrs. Manning's possession.] The person who sold these sharesand received this money gave a receipt in the name of Pa- trick O'Connor: he was about forty-five years of age, a stout-made man, very round-featured and round-faced, five feet ten inches in height, with light small whiskers. He had not an Irish accent. Both Mr. Bassett and Mr. Hammond saw the body of Mr. Patrick O'Connor. Mr. Bassett thought the body very much like the person who sold the shares, but the face was indistinguishable. Mr. Hammond also had thought the body was that of the person who sold the shares. That person was very talkative, and spoke of being " off " immediately for Devon- shire—for Exeter: he said be would bring Bassett a basket of salmon-teal of his own catching. A Juryman showed Mr. Bassett two notes signed respectively by O'Connor and Manning: the signature of the person who sold the shares was not at all like that on the former note, and was very much like the latter, "only finer."

Mr. Flynn and Mr. Keating, friends of Mr. O'Connor, detailed the interviews they had, in company with the Police, with Mrs. Manning before her flight: her coolness quite disarmed their suspicions, and put them at a loss. Mr. Bainbridge, the broker who bought the furniture, detailed the steps of his purchase, which had been in progress " off and on" for many weeks. Among the goods was the shovel bought by Mrs. Manning, which was produced in court: it was marked with lime, and had blood on its surface, and human hair sticking to its edge. The Coroner briefly summed up the evidence. The Jary retired for three- quarters of an hour, and then returned this verdict-

" The Jury are unanimously of opinion, that the body found in the house No. 3 Minver Place was that of Mr. Patrick O'Connor ; and that he had been brutally mur- dered by Frederick George Manning and Maria his wife."

The reporters for the daily prase state that Mr. Moxey was not allowed by the Coroner to detail the whole of the conversation between himself and Mrs. Man- ning; and that he has furnished them with these additional particulars. " In reply to his observation that it was said the murder had taken place on Thursday night the 9th of August, she said, Well, if a murder was committed in the house on the Thursday, it must have been during my absence, for I went out at four o'clock, and did not return till late in the evening.' Mr. Moxey said, Yon are charged with going to Mr. O'Connor's lodgings and stealing his property on the Friday; and it is stated that it was impossible for you to have got at that pe- party without Mr. O'Connor's keys, which he always carried with him.' Mrs. Manning said, Well, I know nothing about the keys; but, hearing he was miss- ing, I certainly went to his house and took the property, which was my own.'" It is stated that Mrs. Manning, while sitting in the charge-room at Southwark Police-office, on Friday last, was observed by one of the constables to be reading the bill offering a reward for her husband. The constable asked her if she knew where Mr. Manning was. She said, " No; but it's no use you looking after him, for he's a long way from here—in fact, he is out of the country."

Manning has been arrested at St. Aubin's in the island of Jersey. During the early part of the week, the daily papers of the Metropolis, by their varying and conflicting accounts, kept the public in suspense as to the place of his retreat and the chances of his escape. By some it was surmised that he still lurked about London; by others, that he had escaped to America, or to Australia, or to France, by way of the Channel Islands. A shipowner wrote to the Lord Mayor, that a person exactly answering Manning's description had taken a passage by an emigrant-ship which had sailed : this ship, like the Victoria, was stopped at Ply- mouth and boarded by Police-officers, in a vain search. The attention of the Po- lice seems, however, to have been for some time turned in the right direction. The last week's report, that he had escaped to Jersey, proves to have been correct. It seems that the daughter of a person with whom he lodged on a former visit to Jersey recognized him in the packet passing over to that island, but was too ill from sea-sickness to speak to him: she had not then heard of the' murder. On this information, Langley and another Detective officer immediately pursued the fugitive to Jersey. Almost on their landing they struck on Man- ning's track: they found a box and coat that he had left at the inn which he first entered. Manning's course, and the mode of the arrest, are de- scribed by the Jersey Times. " He arrived in this island last Thursday week, 16th instant; and took lodgings at Mr. Berry's, the Navy Arms, in Mulcaster Street, where he remained until the following Thursday morning; and on his then leaving, desired that his bed should be kept for him, as he would return on Saturday. While there, he went out early in the morning and returned in the evening, generally under the influence of liquor, of which he drank more before he retired for the night. He had once arranged with the captain of a sailing- vessel to go with him early in the morning to Guernsey, but did not get up in time. From his quitting the Navy Arms, until yesterday, [Monday,] there was no direct trace of him. He took lodgings on Thursday last at Mr. Bertheau's, a private house a little off the St. Aubin's road, on this side the Third Tower: while there he kept very close, and might have remained longer concealed but for the notice taken of his so frequently sending to the same house for a bottle of brandy." The island police were informed of this circumstance; and M. Chevalier, the head constable, went with Langley to get a sight of the suspected person, without his knowledge. They arrived at the house at nine in the evening, and found that the person was Manning himself. Elaborate precautions were adopted to overcome a fierce resistance; and Mr. Chevalier rushed in and" threw himself across the bed ": but Manning was found in a very nervous state, and "was very easily captured." " Near him was a bottle of liquor and a razor. He immediately recognized Langley; and stated that he was glad he had come, as be was thinking of going to London to explain all. One of his first questions was, 'Is the wretch taken ? '—alluding to his wife; and on being answere& in the affirmative, he observed, I am glad of it— that will save my life 1' In subsequent conversation, he endeavoured to throw the whole blame on the woman; and stated that she had caused the grave to be dug some time before ; and, after having laid the cloth for dinner, had invited O'Connor down stairs to wash his hands, and while he was going to the kitchen for that purpose, had taken the opportunity of firing at him from behind." He was taken to the gaol at St. Hilliersi, and was to be brought to London forthwith.

Manning's arrest has been communicated to his wife. It is said that she turned pale and became agitated for a moment, but soon recovered herself. She was also informed that her husband moused her of firing the pistol at Mr. O'Con- nor: she replied that it was false, and that she was innocent. It is reported that the Police suspect a third person to have been concerned in the murder—a Frenchman, whose name is not mentioned. A letter from Mrs. Manning ad- dressed to this person, at the British Hotel in Boulogne, is mentioned.

An important decision was pronounced at the Thames Police-office, on Satur- day, regarding the legal right of the coalwhippers to be employed in the unlading of all coal-ships. Under the Coalwhippers Act, none bat coalwhippers can un- lade colliers, except persons who have been bona fide servants of the owner or purchaser of the coals for fourteen previous days, or the crew of the vessel itself. The master of the ship Emsworth was charged with employing Thomas Todd in the delivery of the cargo, he not being entitled to such employment: the real defendants were the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company. The coals had been purchased by them, and they employed Todd to land the cargo on their wharf at Deptford. It was contended that Todd had been their servant for four- teen days: he was paid a daily retainer of sixpence, and when not fully employed was allowed to seek work elsewhere. It was proved that Todd had worked for a Mr. Tanner four days before. Mr. Yardley held that this was an attempt to evade the act of Parliament, and he fined the defendant 20s.

At Guildhall Police-office, on Tuesday, William Isaac Fitch, town-traveller to Messrs. Morgan and Co., wholesale stationers, was examined on charges of em- boiling money he had received for his employers. His defalcations are nearly 6001. When he was searched by the Police, no fewer than eight tickets relating to horse-racing were found upon him. Sir Peter Laurie remarked, that " sweeps" or something similar were still in activity: the City publicans who carried on such gambling, which often led to the robbery of employers, would hear some- thing of the matter at the next licensing-day. The accused was remanded.

At Southwark Police-office, on Tuesday, the Chairman and Board of Guardians of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, were summoned for refusing to obey an order made upon them by the Board of Health, to appoint three extra medical officers, in addition to those already employed in that parish. Mr. Bodkin addressed the Magistrate on behalf of the Board of Health. Their order not having been complied with, the Board felt it incumbent on them to adopt the present proceed- ings, with the view of compelling the gentlemen composing the Board of Guard- ians of St. George's to appoint extra medical officers for that extensive parish. He referred to the mortality that had occurred in St. George's owing to the cholera, and the necessity there was for employing other medical officers in addition to those already engaged, and whose services since the breaking out of the epidemic were constantly in requisition. It was most important that the dwellings of the poor should be visited; and this could not be carried nut to the requisite ex- tent, unless addition were made to the medical staff: it was a well-known fact, that when the premonitory symptoms of the disease made their appearance, skil- ful treatment, in the majority of instances, had the effect in morbid cases of sub- duing the disease: this was a circumstance well known to the Board of Health; and where it was attended to, the most beneficial results were experienced. Such, however, was the supineness of the poorer classes with respect to attending to the incipient symptoms of the epidemic, that in most cases they did not apply for medical aid until it had advanced to a stage that gave but slight hopes of recovery. And this exemplified in a striking degree the paramount importance of having extra medical men engaged to assist in the performance of such onerous duties, especially in a parish which was visited with the pestilence to such an extent. Mr. Bodkin announced, that as the Clerk to the Board of Guardians had informed him that that body had consented to obey the order, he should wish the summons to stand over. The Magistrate assented.

At Bow Street Police-office, on Wednesday, Mr. Lyons, the Secretary of King's College Hospital, complained to the Magistrate of the dangerous nuisance of the burial-ground in Portugal Street. A deep hole had just been dug, from which an intolerable smell proceeded; interments are daily taking place in a spot crowded with human remains; in many of the surrounding houses there are sleeping-rooms beneath the level of the grave-yard ; a skull was recently turned up with the teeth quite fresh. Several householders corroborated the complaints. Mr. Henry intimated that he could not assist the complainants in stopping the nuisance: he advised them to petition the Board of Health.

The excitement on the Bermondsey murder has tempted two men into the folly of denouncing themselves as Manning. On Monday, at Worship Street Police- office, Frederick George Menzies, a compositor, was brought before the Magis- trate. Very early in the morning, he had surrendered himself to a policeman as the murderer, giving a long detail of his recent movements: but when taken to the stationhonse, he retracted all he had said. He was intoxicated. Mr. Arnold regretted that he could not punish such foolish conduct; but he fined the tippler five shillings for drunkenness, and held him to bail to be of good behaviour for six months. On the same day, a man was brought before the Clerkenwell Magistrate under similar circumstances. He had given himself up as the as- sassin on Saturday: be was very melancholy. It appeared afterwards that he was a hawker named Jackson, a respectable man. He expressed his sorrow for what he had done; and, after a remonstrance, Mr. Combe discharged him.

A man has been killed on the Great Northern Railway works at Islington, though the obstinate temerity of another workman. The East India Dock Rail- way crosses the Great Northern at Islington; during the construction of the works, a temporary wooden bridge is used for the passage of waggons. On the morning of the 24th, orders were given that this bridge should be strengthened, and that no vehicles should pass during the operation. Two trucks laden with earth, and drawn by two horses, approached the bridge ; men on the Great North- ern line below called out to stop the vehicles; and the driver hesitated; but James Newton, the foreman on the East India Dock Railway, swore that the tracks should not be stopped, and ordered the driver to proceed. He did so; and the bridge gave way, trucks and horses falling through. The workmen beneath at- tempted to escape; but one, John Jones, was overwhelmed, and perished. When examined before the Clerkenwell Magistrate, Newton pretended that he did not hear any warning about the bridge. It appeared that one of the shores of the bridge had been removed, to be replaced by a stronger. Newton was remanded.

The incident of a burglar's death by a fall from a house in Oxford Street was lately mentioned. It appears that he was the younger son of a tradesman who resided in the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, for nearly half a century, and who is now in business in Wardour Street. The father claimed his son's body after the Coroner's inquest, and was desirous to procure its burial in his own family grave in the churchyard of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. The usual fees for breaking the ground were paid by an undertaker, and three o'clock on Saturday afternoon was the time fixed for the funeral ; but after the grave was opened, the Reverend Mr. Jones, curate of the parish, had discovered the circumstances of the young man's death, and he then announced that he would not read the fune- ral-service over the body. Notwithstanding some efforts to change this reso-

lution, Mr. Jones persisted it. At length, one of the Churchwardens went to the Clerical Club in Southampton Street, and stated the circum- stances to several gentlemen present; when Mr. Edward 0. Morgan, late of Stock- well, consented to act; believing that an ordained minister has no right to refuse to perform the service. "The body arrived at the church a few minutes before the clergyman reached the sacred edifice; but, beyond the painful state of sus- pense in which the mourners were kept, no inconvenience arose. The deceased, though only nineteen years of age, was stated to be an adept in crime; and a de- tective officer present pointed out to the reporter, among the crowd near the grave, two or three well-known cracksmen."

Mr. Jones has since written to the newspapers to vindicate his conduct; of which, he says, even the young man's family did not complain. The deceased died in the very commission of a premeditated sin; he was wicked in his general conduct; his accomplices were expected to surround the grave: how could he conscientiously read portions of the burial service in such a case, expressing " a sure and certain hope" that the man was "at rest in Jesus"? The companion of the young man at whose burial these incidents occurred was named Veal, or Beal: he too fell into the street when evading the Police on the house-tops. He dislocated his ankle, and was taken to the Middlesex Hospital ; a Police-officer being set to watch him till he should be well enough for examina- tion before a Magistrate. Last Sunday evening, he managed to leave the Hospi- tal and escape. The Police-officer has been suspended.