Maria Manning was brought to London yesterday morning, and was
first taken to the Southwark Police station at Stone-end. Here the charge was recorded; and she drank a cup of coffee during the process. When asked if she knew of what crime she was accused, she answered, with perfect composure, " No, I know nothiog." She hesitated a moment before giviug her London address, but stated it correctly. The other questions she answered with indifference. After the charge, she breakfasted, and then lay down to recover some of her sleep lost on the journey: while dozing, she often murmured," Oh dear! where am I ? "
At ten o'clock, she was brought before Mr. Seeker the Magistrate. Before the practised eye of the police-reporters, the " beauty " ascribed to her last week dis- appears: she is tall and stout, and somewhat coarse and masculine in features, but not ill-looking nor ungainly; her age she stated at twenty-eight, but she looks older; at first she was pale, but subsequently a flash improved her appearance; her manner was self-possessed, but respectful. The charge was formally stated by the Police.officers, and the prisoner put no questions: but it is said that at a subsequent interview with Mr. Maxey, who brought her from Edinburgh, she de- clared that she was innocent.
The adjourned inquest on the body of O'Connor was resumed yesterday. The only evidence of interest was that of Mr. Massey, a medical student, who lodged with the Mannings: he recollected several conversations with Manning, in which he had "asked what drag would be most likely to produce stupefaction, so as to cause a person to put his band to paper"; "what part of the skull was most
dangerous to injure " ; in reference to Rush, " did Mr. Massey think a murderer went to heaven"? Once, when O'Connor bad drank wine in fear of cholera, Man- ning proposed that Mr. Massey should "frighten him well about the cholera, and persuade him to take large quantities of brandy." He had inquired if an air-gm. made any noise in firing. Once he said, he hated O'Connor and O'Connor hated him; and another time, "For God's sake, never marry a foreigner: she'll be the ruin of you." The inquest was adjourned till Monday next.
Rebecca Smith was hanged at Devizes on Thursday. At an interview with her relations on Tuesday, her husband showed perfect absence of feeling, and a re- mark upon it seemed to produce no impression.
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