The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-14 00:00:00

fo. rtb;,.44,Ttition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES 01? 10 SOVS. EACH, P.M. Antigone Sleeping Partner HANDICAP. Nervous.. Abdallah Eight ran. No Betting at Tattersall's this Evening. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock, The Earl of EGLINTON presented petitions against the Maynooth grant—against the admission of Jews into Parliament—and agair:t ti!e Canadr. Clergy Reserves. The LA of WICKLOW presented petitions to the same effect. • CLITHEROE ELECTION. A conference was held with the Commons, in which the managers for the lower house informed their lord ships that they had agreed on an address to the Crown praying for an inquiry into the state of this borough. After a few words from Lords LYNDHURST and CAMP BELL, On the motion of the Earl or ABEILDEEN, it was agreed to send a messenger to the other house to ask for a coppy of the report of the Clitheroe Election Com mittee. Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. The Earl of WINCHILSEA_ presented a great num ber of petitions from different parts of England and Scot land against the College of Maynooth, and also against the admission of Jews into Parliament. THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY BILL. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, this bill was read a second time. VACCINATION EXTENSION BILL. On the motion of Lord LYTTELTON t'ais bill passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVEiNLNG.' The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The Teignmouth Harbour and Teign Navigation Bill, with amendments, was considered and read a third time, PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Sir J. SHELLEY presented petitions from Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, and other places, in favour of opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays ; also, a petition from Huddersfield, praying for farther inquiry into the practices at the last election for the borough. Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from Sussex, praying for the repeal of the malt :Lnd hop duties ; also, a petition from the came county, against the admission of Jews into Pariiarnent. Mr. BLACKETTPresented several petition from Newcastle-on-Tyne against the taxes on newspapers. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented two petitions from Leicester, one against the advertisement duty and the other against all taxes on knowledge. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgb, in favour of the Public Houses (Scotland) Bill ; also a petition from the proprietor of the Scot:ish Press against the advertisement duty. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the proprietor of the Birmingham Mercury, against the duties on ad vertisements. Mr. A. BASTIE presented a petition from Glasgow in favour of the abolition of Scotch university tests ; also a petition from the same city, praying for the gra dual reduction of the tea duties. Mr. N. PATTEN presented a petition from Lanca shire against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. CAIRNS presented a petition from the proprie tor of the Belfast News Letter against the advertisement duty. Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from Berks, praying for the repeal of the malt duty. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from the Oldham Lyceum against taxes on knowledge ; also a petition from Devon in favour of the Crystal Palace being opened on Sundays. Mr. M. CHAMBERS presented a petition from the editor of a Kentish paper, praying for the immediate re peal of the advertisement duty. Col. LINDSAY presented a petition from Wigan against the duty on soap. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented two petitions from the metropolis against the occupation of Rome by the French. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Hudders field, praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Sir G. PECHELL presented a petition from Norwich, praying . for the amendment of the Health of Towns Act; also a petition from Brighton, in favour of the mutual reduction of national armaments. Lord D. STUART piesetlied; petition, agreed to at a public meeting of rate-payers of the parish of St. Mary lebone, complaining of the water companies, and of the course pursued by the committee of the House of Com mons which sat in 1852 on the water question, and praying for the appointment of a committee to investi gate the facts alleged. Sir D. L. EVANS presented several petitions from the metropolis, praying for the revision of the taxes on knowledge. TRANSFER OF LAND IN IRELAND. Mr. V. SCULLY gave notice that on the 10th May he should move for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the transfer of land in Ireland. BRITISH SETTLERS IN HONDURAS, Sir D. L. EVAN'S inquired of the noble lord the mem ber for the City of London, in reference to late negotia tions with the United or Central American States, whether the rights and interests of this country and of British settlers in Honduras, and those of our ancient ally the Chief of the Mosquito Coast, have been pre served, or if modified, to what degree or extent ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, as the negotiations were not yet completed, he could not give any positive answer to the question, but it had been the object of the Go vernment to preserve the rights and interests of this country, and the British settlers in Honduras. ORDNANCE SURVEY OF SCOTLAND. Colonel BLAIR asked her Majesty's Government whe ther they were prepared to state their intentions with regard to the scale on which th e O r d nance Survey of th southern counties of Scotland was to be resumed ; and whether it was intended to apply the survey on a still larger scale to towns of 4,000 inhabitants and upwards. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was quite aware of the interest which was felt on this subject in Scotland and elsewhere, and he was much obliged to the hon. and gallant member for giving him an opportunity of answering the question which ne had put. He was not in a condition to state definitively what the intentions of the Government were with reference to that survey. The question was one of very great importance, and in volved the expenditure of a very large sum of money. The course taken up to the present time had not been entirely consistent, nor did it appear certain that it was clear, or beyond doubt, what was the best course to pur sue with regard to the scale of the large map which it was intended to publish. As to the small map, no doubt existed as to what should be done, it having been determined to publish it on a half-inch scale. The Go vernment were anxious, before they came to a final settlement upon the large map, to ascertain the opinions of all the persons who were best qualified to give an opinion on the subject ; and they hoped to obtain valuable infonuation from the county meetings which were shortly about to be held in Scotland. When they were in lios session of that information, the Government would lose no time in coming to a definite decision in regard to the preparation of this map. TREATMENT OF PICTURES IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would take that opportunity of answering another him question which was put to the other T night with re spect to cleani ng the pictures in the National Gallery with warm water. T he trustees of the National Gallery had the matter under their literati , n, and they had furnished him with reports bothe o. lr. Unwins, the keeper of the gallery, and from Mr om Se o ar, who had the care of the pictures. Mr. Se ga; distinct very in account of the:proceedings which he had a a re gard to the pictures, and it was his (the d Chancellor of the Exchequer's) intention to forward his report , ap m e altd e t commit tee, as w e ll as that of Mr. Unwins', to the chairman oftine tee, which was about to sit on this subject. that nothing unwise or indiscreet had been done, and that there was no reason to suppose that any injury had been sustained by the pictures. It was likewise stated that nothing further should be done as to the cleaning of pictures in the gallery until the present session of Parlia ment came to a close. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS IN IRELAND. Mr. GEORGE wished to ask the Secretary for Ireland, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce any bill during the present session to reform the testamentary jurisdictlon of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Ireland, or to extend to Ireland any similar measure that may be brought in for England. Sir J. YOUNG said, that in answer to the question of the bon. gentleman, he had to state that it was not the intention of the Government to bring in any sepa rate measure for the purpose referred to, but when the English bill was brought forward, it would be found to include all that was necessary for Ireland. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Mr. SPOONER wished to ask the noble lord, the member for London, when it was his intention to pro ceed with the miscellaneous estimates. Lord J. RUSSELL said that properly the votes would stand for to-morrow. It was, however, his inten tion to take to-morrow, first, the Jewish Disabilities BM, and, if by that time the bill of the Chancellor of 0161 Exchequer had been sufficiently long in the hands othon. members, to take the second reading of it. If, however, such was not the case, the house would go into committee of supply. CLITHEROE ELECTION. The House held a conference with the Lords on the subject of the Address to the Crown, for a commission of inquiry into the corrupt practices at the last election for the borough of Clitheroe. MAYNOOTH. Mr. SPOONER gave notice that when the miscella neous estimates came before the house he should move the omission of the Maynooth grant. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. - - - - Mr. M. GIBSON called attention to the injurious effects of taxes on knowledge, and moved the following resolutions :--1: That the advertisement duty ought to be repealed. 2. That the policy of restraining the cheap periodical press from narrating current events, by ren dering it liable to stamp duties, and other restrictions, if "any public news, intelligence, or occurrences, or any remarks or observations thereon," be contained therein, is inexpedient, and at variance with the desire now gene rally expressed in favour of the diffusion of knowledge amongst all classes. And it appears also to this house that the law relative to taxes on newspapers, and other regulations affecting public prints, is in an unsa tisfactory stat e , an d demands the attention of Parlia- ment. 3. That the Excise duty on paper, whilst imped ing the development of an important manufacture, also materially obstructs the production of good cheap litera ture ; and the maintenance of this tax as a permanent source of revenue would be impolitic and inconsistent with the efforts which Parliament is now making to promote education amongst the great body of the people. He had proposed these resolutions in consequence of hav ing observed that, for the last 130 years, the taxes to w"hlch, , they referred_ h../.1 1.... dealt with at the same time. The taxes to which the resolutions had reference were part of a sys tem which was ori g inally adopted to restrain the p ress , but still he proposed that the resolutions should be put separately, and those who could not support the whole would be entitled to support such parts of the resolutions as ' they approved of. It might be ob jected to him that he ought to have waited till after the budget had been disclosed to the house ; but past experience taught him that in delaying this proposal un til the house was in possession of the financial statement, he obtained no advantage whatever. The Government might, or might not, have it in contemplation to deal with these duties ; but be that as it might, no harm c:Aild be done by the house informing the Government of its views opon the subject before the budget came on. The first resolution related to the advertisement duty, about which there could hardly be a doubt of its expediency, and he should, therefore, pass to the second resolution, which did not relate to a matter of taxation, but to a question of policy, while the third reso lution, which related to the paper duty, affected an amount of taxation of 900,0001. a-year. The resolution, however, did not call for an immediate repeal of the paper duty, but simply asked the house to declare its opinion that it was a tax which ought not to be continued longer than was absolutely necessary. Objections might be taken to the resolution, because it was an abstract pro position, but almost the first resolution which this Parlia ment adopted was based on an abstract proposal. This resolution pledged the house to continue and extend the system of free tra'le ) and the resolution which he now pro posed was framed in the same spirit. It was quite clear that the paper duty was inexpedient. Paper was made out of a worthless raw material ; it employed vast numbers of people, and was essentially a rural manufacture. Com . . . plaints were made of the vast extent of emigration thal was going on. Some of our best labourers were leaving the land ; and if the house wished to stem this tide of emigration, let them at once remove this obnoxious tax and all similar duties that oppressed the industry of the land. What was the effect of this tax upon the trade of the country ? Why, precisely this—the foreigner came into our markets, and after purchasing up all the raw material to be obtained, carryed it to countries where there was no paper tax. (Hear.) It was then manufactured into paper, and the paper itself was afterwards sent out to supply our colo nies. When the paper duties were first passed, in the reign of Queen Anne, an exemption was made in favour of hooks printed in Latin or Greek, and the time had ar rived when a peculiar exemption ought to be made in favour of books printed in the English language. (Hear.) There could hardly be any doubt as to the inexpediency of the paper tax. It retarded the spread of useful information and intelligence among the people, while it was unequal in its operation. For instance, to produce an extensive encyclopedia for the rich, the pub lisher would have to pay a tax of 1,0001., whet eas, if the work was published at such a price as to be suited to the pocket of the poor man, the tax would - amount to 6,0001. This fact be obtained from Mr. C. Knight, who had been compelled to pay a tax of 5 , 00 / . upon a most valuable work, which had been sold to the public at a cost of 80,000/. What a mockery it was to talk about educating the people, while this inexpedient system of taxation was continued. But this tax was levied upon an exceptional rule ; for, while the dealer in tobacco or spirits was allowed to sell his goods in bond, the author had no such boon conceded to him, but was obliged to pay all the tax be fore he could enter upon his speculation. No matter whether this tax was continued or not, cheap publications must be published, for the people would have them, and it was now for the Legi slature to determine whether this class of pu lications should be good in quality as well as cheap in price. He came now to the advertisement duty. It could hardly be said that this duty was first imposed for the sake of revenue, for it was hardly pos sible that a legislature which established a paper tax for the sake of replenishing the exchequer, should at the same time pass another duty which should have the effect of restricting the sale of paper. As well might they suppose that the Legislature would first pass a carriage tax for the sake of revenue, and then proceed to pass a law which should drive the traveller to seek some other means of conveyance. The advertise ment duty was a barbarous tax, because nothing was more necessary to man than that he should be able to communicate his wants to the world without difficulty. But the tax was not only unequal, but unjust, on ac count of its exceptions. An announcement made through the agency of the town-crier or an advertising van was not taxed at all. Be need nat recall to the attention of the house the fact that the servant girl who;;;;;;1a, place had to pay the same tax to the state for making her want known as the peer of the realm who had an estate for sale ; but why should advertisement duty be imposed only upon newspapers ? Why, simply, because, in case of books, and other sources of advertising, such as the Catalogue of the Crystal Palace, the Commissioners of Excise dare not enforce the law, because it would bring down such a stain upon the Government, that the duty could not be continued a moment longer. He therefore called upon the house to act in a spirit of wise legislation, and wipe the tax entirely out of the statute book. It was only an act of justice to the newspaper interest, and he Loped, there fore, the house would experience no difficulty in adopt ing his resolution. _ [LEFT SPEAKING.] MANSION-HOUSE - (THIS DA Y.) GREAT FORGERY ON MESSRS. ROBARTS, THE BANKERS.— CLEVER CAPTURE, AND RECOVERY OF THE CASH. A respectably-dressed man, named Robert Renton, aged 25, a clerk in the house of Messrs. Whitecombe and Barton, metal brokers, of 75, Old Broad-street, was brought up this forenoon by Michael Haydon, the city detective officer, before Mr. Alderman Hunter, upon a charge of forging- and uttering a cheque for 1,300/. on Messrs. Robarts and Co., the bankers, in Lombard street. A solicitor attended to prosecute. The case presented against the prisoner was this : On the 7th of the present month, his employers, MesSrs. \Vhitecombe and Barton, who kept an an account with Messrs. Robarts, expecting to make a payment for 3,0001. and upwards, signed a cheque in their cheque book, leaving the sum blank, which was to be filled in by one of the firm on the party calling. It so happened that the payment was not so large as was expected, and some where about 2,300/., for which another cheque was made out and paid to the party. Towards the close of the day's business, the prisoner, who held the position of confidential clerk, was missing from the house, but no suspicions were aroused till the examination of the cheque-book, when the blank signed cheque, which the firm intended to have filled in for the 3,0001. payment • was gone, and on the counterfoil was written, in the prisoner's handwriting, "cancelled." This led to inqui ries at Messrs. Roliarts, the bankers, where it was ascertained that the same cheque had been pre sented in the course of the day for payment of 1,3001., which the cashier paid him in two Bank of England notes, one for 1,0001. and the other for 3001. These were on the same day cashed at the Bank of Eng land for 8001. in sovereigns, and 5001. in small notes. The prisoner told the clerk that the gold was for expor tation, that it was going to Australia. The city detec tive force were immediately instructed to apprehend the prisoner, who contrived to elude their vigilance till late last evening, when Haydon, the officer in corn- Pany with Thain, succeeded in effecting his capture in a back room of a house in Spencer-street, Gos well-street-road. On entering the room, Hay don, addresaing the prisoner, said, " Mr. Renton, I believe I" The prisoner shook his head, saying, "No, you are mistaken.". Haydon replied, "Yes, but it is. We are officers, and apprehend you on the charge of poobffiritscaoeiinrlse u in r g fol l n , na 3 cl dOOl. by means of a f orge d c h eque. " Th e an er a 0 0 f E On s n e g a l r a c ri l ng n t h e i s m , B t 3 h s e e no 240 in canvas Bank sovereigns in a pence in silv er , a gold waltelg,anfodurchsahiinllinangds eye d -gl t a e s n s: a numerous diamond rings, large amount of plate, and new equipment of cl o th es, linen, and carpet bags, p a s rently prepared fur a l engthened voyage. He had ad t'-a in Messrs. Whttecombe s servi ce s i nce August, ISese2n, and had recently been married. The prisoner, wile is a tall, fine-looking young man, seemed to feel the degraded p os i t i on he had plunged himseif. He declined saying anything in answer to the charge. Mr. Alderman Hunter committed the prisoner to New - gate for trial. men COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON MR. FEARGUS O' CONNOR. On Tuesday a commission, in the nature of a writ de lunatio . inquireddo. was opened before Mr. Commis sioner Barlow and a .jury of freeholders of the connty of Middlesex, at the Roebuck Tavern, Chiswick, for the purpose of investigating the state of mind' of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, formerly M.P. for Nottingham, and a leading Chartist agitator, but who since June last has been an inmate of Dr. Tuke's lunatic asylum, Manor house, Turnham-green. Mr. Pownall, chairman of the Middlesex bench of magistrates, acted as foreman of the jury. Mr. Donald Nicol, and several other gentlemen in the commission of the peace, were upon the panel. The commission was supported by Mr. Serjeant Shee, instructed by Mr. Marshall Turner, of Lincoln's-inn fields ; Mr. Springail Thompson, of the equity bar, instructed by Messrs. Powell and Thompson, of Ray mond-buildings, watched the proceedings for the alleged lunatic. Mr. Serjeant Shee opened the case in a perspicuous address, tracing the unhappy subject of the inquiry from his earliest entry into political life to the month of June in last year, when his extraordinary conduct in the House of Commons led to his being placed in the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, by whom be was subsequently transferred, on the petition of his sister, Miss O'Connor, to the care of Dr. Tuke. The learned Serjeant said he should call Dr. Tuke, and from him the jury would hear that the character of Mr. O'Connor's mind had become completely changed of late, and that instead of the strong mind and vigorous intellect he once enjoyed, his mind was now absolutely null, and his intellectual. faculties were completely prostrated. Although the recollection of his past life and the political associations he had formed enabled him now and then to talk of things long since past, it was not possible to fix his attention upon one subject for any period of time, and his reasoning faculties were entirely gone. Mr. rnest Jones, a gen tleman of his own profession, who had been on very intimate terms with Mr. O'Connor, and whom he would call before them, would state that in 1851 he observed a great change in Mr. O'Connor's mind. He would tell them that, whereas up to that time he had always been observant of the courtesies of life and of a peculiarly gentle turn of mind, after that period he was in the Labit of breaking out iu indecent conversation and exhibiting other eccentricities, clearly showing his mind to beimpaired. Since Mr. O'Connor had been under Dr. Take's management, he had never been violent. On the contrary, he had shown the docility of a child. This no doubt arose from the moral restraint which the treatment of Dr. Tuke exercised over him. He believed Mr. O'Connor was not even aware of the nature of the present inquiry, although every • pains had been taken to make him acquainted with it. The jury would pro bably consider the most important piece of evidence the interview which the learned commissioner promised they should have with the party himself, and no doubt this would tend most materially to enable them to come to a correct decision. The result of the inquiry was most important, inasmuch as the small remnant of Mr. O'Connor's property--1,3001. or I,4ool.—might, with proper care, be so disposed as to provide the unfortu nate gentleman with all necessary comforts for the re mainder of his •days ; but if the protection of the Court of chancery were not thrown round him, there could be very little doubt he would end his days in a workhouse. The Commissioner here asked Dr. Take whether he considered Mr. O'Connor could be safely allowed to be present during the inquiry. If so, it would be desirable he should be sent for at once. Dr. Tuke feared his presence in that room would ex cite Mr. O'Connor overmuch. He would himselfgreatly prefer that the jury should visit him in the asylum. The Commissioner said under the circumstances they would certainly do so. Mr. Ernest Jones was first called.—He said he was a barrister, and since 1845 had been intimately acquainted with Mr. Feargus O'Connor. From 1845 to 1848 wit ness considered his mind to have been of the most vi gorous character. Mr. O'Connor devoted himself to political questions and among his plans for the amelio ration of the working classes was a land scheme, which fell into difficulties in 1849, and was brought before a committee of the House of Commons by Sir Benjamin Hall and other members. Witness had observed the pre-occupation of Mr. O'Connor's mind by this scheme. He never talked of anything else from its. foundation up to the year 1348, and he always spoke of it in a joyous manner. He said the money was coming in very rapidly, and he spoke of the great things he intended to do when the scheme got into full work. After the committee of the House of Commons had been appointed to inquire into the scheme Mr. O'Con nor's mind became perfectly prostrate—his memory failed—and in conversation he would tell the same story over and over again. Before this period, in 1848, wit ness had observed a great change in Mr. O'Connor's writings in' his newspaper, the Northern, Star. One week he would recommend a particular course of action on some particular question, and the next week, writing on-the same subject, he would lay down totally different rules for the guidance of his readers. Mr. O'Connor was on terms of intimacy with witness's family, and his conduct when visiting them was always marked by strict propriety. After 1849 witness had no opportunity of judging of his conduct for two years, but last year he war: much struck with his change of manner. His con duct in society was then free and indelicate, and at length became so bad that when he visited witness's house Mrs. Jones and her children were compelled to remain in privacy. About this time Mr. O'Connor made several speeches in public in a very loose style of oratory, occasionally interpolating them with highly in delicate anecdotes. At Halifax he spoke of the Queen in a manner which proved him to be insane; and at other places, - instead of keeping to the object of the meeting at which he was speaking, he would burst out in a violent personal harangue and recount to his hearers the number of honourable members whom he had knocked down in the House of Commons. When visiting wit ness Mr. O'Connor would occasionally burst into a vio lent fit of laughter, and then into a flood of tears, with out the smallest, perceptible reason for either. Occa sionally he would declaim on the ingratitude which he said had been shown to him by those whom he had be friended, but never in a connected manner. He some times put his hand to his head and said, "Oh my head !" _and again he would roar like a wild animal for an hour at a stretch. Witness had seen Mr. O'Connor three times at Dr. Tuke's asylum. He recognised witness, but had not the slightest knowledge of a gentleman who accompanied witness, and who was one of his oldest friends, and had carried his election for Nottingham. Witness considered Mr. O'Connor to be of unsound mind. Mr. Dougal M‘Gowan, printer, of Great Windmill street, was next called. He had been on terms of personal intimacy with Mr. O'Connor, and had printed all his pub lications for some years past. Previously to 1846 he had a powerful and vigorous intellect, and a strong, and retentive memory. In 1851 his memory failed al together, and he was quite unable to fix his mind on any one thing. Witness was present before the Master in Chancery when the affairs of the land scheme were being wound up, and saw Mr. O'Connor there. His conduct was perfectly ridiculous and that of a madman. The ac counts of those proceedings which appeared in Time Sun and other papers of that date were not at all exagger ated ; in fact, only the more prominent points were no ticed, and where Mr. O'Connor was stated to have threatened to throw books at the Master's head, once he had done so 20 times. Witness saw Mr. O'Connor on' Sunday last, and found him in a perfectly idiotic state Mr. Jacob Bell, late M.P. for St. Albans, was next examined.—Having made the usual affirmation, he said he became acquainted with Mr. O'Connor when he en tered the House of Commons in 1851. He had not known him previously, nor had he any sympathy with him or his opinions. His conduct was very free and familiar with witness as soon as he entered the house ; in fact, alto gether different from that of other members. Witness thought this singularity might arise from his being an Irishman—(laughter)--and, believing him to be a good sort of fellow, he tolerated him. Witness, however, very soon found, from the strangeness of his manner in the House of Commons, that his mind must be affected. On entering the house he would shake hands with every member who would allow him, from the bar of the Trea sury bench, calling each a " jolly good fellow," and gen erally seating himself among the leaders of the Opposi tion, facing the Prime Minister. Witness heard of Mr. O'Connor's havini , been committed to prison for an as sault on the boxkeeper at the Lyceum Theatre, and be lieving that if he were treated as an ordinary prisoner a great injustice would be done, he called on the Governor of the House of Cor rec ti on , from whom •he learnt that the unfortunate gentleman had been placed in seclusion, and apart from other prisoners. When Mr. O'Connor returned to the House of Commons he had an alterca tion with Sir Benjamin Hall on the subject of the land scheme, during which he struck the hon. baronet, who claimed the protection of the house. The Speaker called on Mr. O'Connor to apologise, but instead of doing so he ran on in an incoherent strain about the land scheme, and said he had been swindled and juggled by a number of persons who would not pay their rents. On being reminded that this was not making an apology, he said, °°lf I must offer an apology, you are the best Speaker who ever sat in that chair." (Laughter.) Mr. O'Connor was guilty of other extravagant acts of folly about the same time ; and on one particular occasion, when the house was in a state of intense excitement, awaiting the explanation of Lord Palmerston as to the ground; on which he had left the Ministry, the noble viscount rising to speak, Mr. O'Connor, who was sitting behind him, rose also, and patted him on the back in a manner which had the most ludicrous effect on the house. On the day after he had been called on to apolo gise by the Speaker, Mr. C'Connor insulted Mr. Becket Denison in his place in the house, and the consequence was he was committed to the custody of the Serjeant-at- Arms. Witness suggested to the house that two medi cal men should be called in to examine into the state of the unfortunate gentleman's mind, and Dr. Tweedie and Mr. Lawrence both saw him. They pronounced him insane, and witness having reported the fact to the house, he was released from custody on the petition of his sister, who promised that he should not he allowed his liberty during the remainder of the session. Mr. O'Connor had since remained with Dr. Tuke. Witness 1 had seen him frequently of late, and was decidedly of opinion that he was of unsound mind. By the Commissioner—Mr. O'Connor was not aware until a very recent period that he was under confine- He usually addressed witness thus :—"You are a capital fellow, Pell ; I love you." Dr. Tweedie proved having been called in by Mr. Bell to consult with Mr. Lawronce as to Mr. O'Connor's state of mind. He first saw him on the 10th- of June last year, a n d a t a secon d i nterview on the following day came to the conclusion that he was of unsound mind, and signed a certificate accordingly. Witness had visited Mr. O'Connor since at Dr, Tukc's asylum, and con- ' THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ETE,NING, APRIL 14, 1853. maAI sidered the treatment he was under perfectly correct, though he entertained no hope of his recovery. Cross-examined—The peculiar kind of mental disease from which Mr. O'Connor was suffering was described by writers as "moral insanity," involving a complete perversion or change of character in the intellectual senses. Dr. Conolly, chief physician of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, and father-in-law of Dr. Tuke, proved having frequently seen Mr. O'Connor since he became an inmate of Manor-house. His opinion was that the unfortunate. gentleman was labouring under confirmed and general derangement of the intellectual faculties. At this point of the inquiry the Commissioner and jury proceeded to Manor -house. As the morning was very fine, Dr, Tuke suggested that the interview should take place in the garden at the back of the asylum. The Commissioner assented, and with the jury walked on to the green sward to await the arrival of Mr. O'Connor. Presently the shrill voice of the unhappy man was heard echoing through the passages in joyous accents. On emerging from the house he looked for a moment at the group of gentlemen forming the jury, and then, fixing his eye on Mr. Ernest Jones, he at once advanced to him, and grasping his hand warmly exclaimed, "Here's Jones ! I love him ! I idolise him ! I deify him ! I adore him !" The next moment, observing his former solicitor. Mr. Turner, he grasped his hand and called out loudly, " And here's Turner ! I idolise him ! He is the best solicitor that ever lived ! He is a capital fellow, is . that Turner !" Mr. Bell now came in for a share of the unhappy man's criticism. The moment Mr. O'Connor caught sight of him, he exclaimed, "And here's Bell ! I love him ? I idolise him ! I deify him ! What a handsome fellow he is ! What beautiful eyes he has ! beautiful nose ! beautiful mouth ! beautiful lips ! beautiful teeth ! beautiful ears ! beautiful arms ! beautiful legs ! beautiful feet !" and so on, with a ra pidity of utterance which it was almost impossible and most distressing to follow. Mr. Pownall earnestly en deavoural to attract his mind to a rational subject, and asked the unhappy man of what his property consisted ? All he could obtain in reply was, that he had two news papers ; but lag would net enter into particulars on this head. The conversation having ceased for a moment, Mr. O'Connor drew himself up, and striking both hands upon his thighs to mark the metre of his verse, recited with great rapidity the following lines :- The lion of freedom is come from his den ; We'll rally around him again and again ; We'll crown him with laurel our champion to be— O'Connor, the patriot for sweet liberty. The pride of the nation—he's noble and brave ; A terror to tyrants, a friend to the slave ; The bright star of freedom, the noblest of men, We'll rally around him again and again. Though proud daring tyrants his body confined, They never could conquer his generous mind ; We'll hail ou r cage d li on , now f ree d f rom hi s d en ; We'll rally around him again and again. Who strove for the patriots —was up night and day? Who sav'd them from falling to tyrants a prey ? 'Tomas Feargus O'Connor was diligent then ; We'll rally around him again and again. As he approached the end of this doggerel, once very popular among his followers, Mr. O'Connor became con siderably excited, moving rapidly backwards and for wards, and betraying much of that bold address which distinguished his oratorical displays in former days. A word from . Dr. Take, however, quieted him instantly, and he replied, "I won't say another word, Doctor." As the learned Commissioner and jury passed out, Mr. O'Connor appeared anxious to accompany them, but another whisper induced him to return, and he stood on the doorway, as the company departed, exclaiming to each as he passed, " What a handsome fellow you are ! What a handsome fellow you arc !" _ _ Dr. Tuke states that Mr. O'Connor amuses himself with the other patients very satisfactorily, and plays at cricket and whist with considerable skill. He invari ably asks Dr. Tuke to take him to town each -morning, and is always satisfied with the doctor's promise to do so next day if he is better. On the return of the jury to the tavern several of the panel declared that they thought it altogether unneces sary to examine Dr. Tuke, but The learned Commissioner thought it better to ask the doctor a few questions, and commenced by the formal inquiry as to what he considered the state of Mr. O'Connor's mind. Dr. Tuke—Decidedly of unsound mind. The Commissioner—Have you seen him in his natural state to-day ? Dr. Tuke—No, sir ; he was very much excited to-day, owing to the number of persons present. The Commissioner—ls there the slightest hope of his recovery ? Dr. Tuke—Not the slightest. The Commissioner—Has he any lucid intervals ? Dr. Tuke—l think not. He is better sometimes than at others, but I do not think he ever has a strictly lucid interval. - The Commissioner observed, that he had no other question to ask; upon which . Mr. Thompson said he had no direct instructions to oppose the coinrnission, and, after what he had witnessed that day, he should leave the decision in the hands of the jury, satisfied that, in arriving at a conclusion, they would be actuated by a high sense of their duty to the community, and, at the same time, of deep considera tion for Mr. O'Connor. The jury, without troubling the Commissioner for any remarks, at once found "That Mr. Feargus O'Connor was of unsound mind, and was incapable of managing his affairs," dating the lunacy from the 10th of June, 1852, the day on which he was committed to the cus tody of the Sergeant -at-Arms of the House of Commons. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN.—WEDNESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE of 2501. for three yr olds, 7st ; four Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9si 21b. Captain D. Lane's Ephesus, by Epirus, 5 yrs, 9st (Flatman) Mr. T. Clifton's Reckapelt, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Steggles) 2 Lord Exeter's Nutshell, 6 yrs, 9st 21b (Norman) 3 The following also ran Combe's - Brawn, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Rogers) ; Lord W. Powlett's Dear-me, 3 yrs, 7st (S. Steggles). Betting-5 to 2on Ephesus, sto 1 agat Nutshell. Nut shell led into the cords, where Epheses went in front and won by half a length ; Reckapelt obtained second place by the same distance ; Brawn was fourth ; Dear-me, fifth. Pace moderate. HANDICAP PLATE of 501. for three yr olds and upwards. A.F. Mr. Delamere's Abdallah, 5 yrs, 7st lib (Wells) 1 Sir R. Pigot's Koh-i-noor, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Hiett) 2 Mr. J. D. Shafto's King of Troy, 4 yrs, 7st llb (S. Steggles) 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Elwes's John of Berwick, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (Rogers) ; Lord Glasgow's sister to Cara cars, 3 yrs, 7st (Carroll) ; General Anson's Rolando, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) ; Mr. Raines Exctacy, 3 yrs, ist (Good man) ; Lord Clifden's Molasses, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Oliver). Betting-6 to 4 agst Rolando, sto 1 agst Abdallah. Abdallah made most of the running. From • the Bushes he, Koh-i-noor, and King of Troy had the race to themselves; Abdallah winning by three lengths, and the second beat ing the third by the sams distance. The others fir be hind. SWEEPSTAKES of 100 . sous each, for three-yr-old fillies Bst 71b. D.M. 7 subs. General Anson's Mayfair, by Bay Middleton (F. Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's -Noisette, sister to Nutshell...(Norman) 2 Lord Glasgow's fby Don John, out of Physalis (Marlow) 3 The following also ram :—Mr. Delamere's Miss Delamere (Sly), Mr. Greville's Peach (Flatman), Lord Orford's An tonina (Bartholomew). Betting-7 to 4 agst Noisette, sto 2 agst Antonina, and sto 1 against any other. A good race in with Noisette and Mayfair, the latter winning cleverly by a neck ; three lengths between the second and third. SWEEPSTAKES of_loo__sovs each, for three-yr-Olds ; colts, Bst 71b. D.M. 8 subs, Duke of Richmond's Pharos, by Touchstone (Flatman) 1 Lord Exethr's Nutpecker (Norman) 2 Lord Glasgow's Doublethong (F. Butler) 3 Betting to lon Pharos. The race was never in dont the favourite lay second until they had run half the' dis. twice, when he took the lead, and won in a canter by three quarters of a length. Doublethon g beaten off. THE COLUMN STAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr olds ; colts, Set 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; those got by stal lions or out of mares that never produced a winner, allowed 31b ; if both SPo. E.M. 23 subs. Lord Exeter's Filbert, by Nutwith, Bst 41b...(Flatman) 1 Mr. T. Part's Defiance, Bst 21b.t (A. Day) 2 Duke of Betiford's'Diomeda, 7st 131 b (Pettit) 3 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Veteran, Bst 41b (J. Marion) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Defiance, sto 2 agst Diomedia, to 1 agst Filbert. A very exciting race. Won cleverly by three quarters of a length. Lord Glasgow's Doublethong, by Assault or Irish Bird catcher, out of Miss Whip, received forfeit from Lord Derby's Two Strings (dead), Bst 71b each. Ab. M. 200 h ft. For tho 20 Sov. Sweepstakes.—Cambridgeshire Course. —Truth, 5 yrs, was handicapped at Bst 121 b ; Waverly, 4 yrs, at 7st ; Llanforda, 3 yr 3, at Gat 101 b ; and Conspiracy filly, 3 yrs, at sst 31b ; but Truth and Lanforda, did not accept, and the race, according to the conditions, became void. The balancing of the accounts connected with the events of the previous clay was commenced in the morning, and a good deal of money changed hands, but the general settle ment take place on Monday at Tattersall's. Although Talfourd, for the Newmarket Handicap, did not come into the betting until nearly the last moment— in fact, the numbers wore up before his party began to get on—yet the investments which were then made at prices varying from 20 to 10 to 1 made them good winners. The horse was brought to the post in beautiful condition by Winteringham, the successor to Henry Stebbing, who died somewhat suddenly a short time back. It was the horse's Erst win, and his clever little jockey, Oliver, rode him admirably. The sport as described above presented some interesting features, and was quite equal to Wednesday's average, The only drawback on the enjoyment of it was the weather, which was showery and very cold. The attendance of gene ral company was, consequently, only moderate. BETTING AFTER THE RACES.—Six O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 2 agst West Australian 3to 1 agst Filb er t an d 4to 1 Sitti ng b ourno (t) I Orinoco, coupled. 5 to 1 Filbert (t 6 to 1) DER 8 to 1 agst West Australian 12 to 1 Pharos (t and off) 18 to 1 Filbert (t) 40 to 1 agst Darbatus (t) 50 to 1— The Iteiver (off) [ADVERTISEMENT.]--The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's as t o unding cure by this miracu lous medicine after every other means had failed.—See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir — I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carls4i,d or Marienbad. (Signed) A.Limioßougg." These wonderful pills will cure any disorder of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at Pro fessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine veudorsthroughont the world. THE POPE'S ENCYCLICAL LETTER. The following is the encyclical letter of the Pope to the archbishops and bishops of France : " Well-beloved sons and venerable brethren, apostolic salutation and benediction. ! In the midst of the multi plied sorrows with which we are overwhelmed on all sides in our care of all the churches which have been confided to us, notwithstanding our unworthiness, by an impenetra ble design of Providenc e , an d i n th ese h ard times in which the number b is too large of those of whom the Apostle has said sanam doctrinam non sustinent, sed act sus desideria coaccrvantes sibi magistros a veeitate auditum averl•unt et seductores proficiunt i n p e j us ,* erran t es, ct in errorem mittentes,' we experience the greatest joy when we turn our eyes and our mind towards that Preach nation which has been illustrated by so many fine name;, and which has so well merited our affection. It is with a sovereign con solation for our paternal heart that we see in that nation, by the grace of God, th e C a th o li c religion and its saving doctrine increasing day by day, and with what care stud zeal you, our dear sons and venerable brethren, called on to share our solicitude, endeavour to fulfil your ministry and to watch over the security and salvation of the preci ous flock entrusted to your guard. Thi s conso l a ti on i s s till more singularly augmented by the letters, so marked by respect, which y ou sen d us, and which tend to make us more and more acquainted with that filial piety, with what love, and with what ardour you glory ill being devoted to us and to that chair of Peter, the mitre of Catholic truth and unity, head, mother, and mistress + of all the churches —to which all obedience and honour are due,::: which, on account of its primacy, every church must join, or, in other words, all the believers that exist on every point of the world.§ We do not feel less satisfaction in learning that you e always calling to mind your grave functions and your duties, display all your pastoral care and vigilance to have the clergy of your dioceses advancing each day more worthily in the path of their vocation, give to the people an example of every virtue, and accomplish exa.c Lly the charges of their ministry, in order that the believers who are confided to your care, being constantly nourished more aburdantlywith the words of faith and confirmed by the abundance of grace, may increase in the knowledge of God and be strengthened in the course which leads to life, and in crcler that they who unfortunately err may return to the path of salvation. We are aware—and this is likewise a sweet consolation to our heart—with what eagerness, attending to our desires and opinions, you hold provincial councils, in order to guard intact and pure in your dioceses the deposit of the faith, in order to hand down scund doctrine, to augment the honour of divine worship, to strengthen the institution and discip line of the clergy, and to encourage everywhere, by a well devised progress, propriety of behivionr, virtue, religion; and piety. We feel also a)ively joy at seeing that in a' great number of your dioceses, where particular circum stances do not prevent it, the liturgy of the Roman Church has been re-established according to our wish. Thanks to your ready zeal. That re - eitablishment has been so much the more agreeable to us that we were aware that in many dioceses of France, on account of the vicissitudes of the times, the sage prescription of our holy predecessor Pius V., in his ap os t o li c l e t ters of the 7th of the ides of 'July, 1568, commencing with the words Quod a vobis postulat,'• had not been observed. But in reminding you of all the se things, to th e grea t h app i ness of our mind and the praise of your order, well-beloved sons and venerable brethren, we cannot, however, dissemble the great grief which over whelms us at the present moment, when we behold what dissensions the oIL.. enemy endeavours to excite among you to shake and weaken the concord of your minds. This is why, in fulfilment of the duty of our apostolic ministry, and with that profound charity which we have for you and for this faithful people, we write you these letters, in which we address ourselves to you, well-beloved sons and venerable brethren, and at the same time we warn you, we exhort you, and we supplicate you, to oppose with the virtue which distinguishes you, and to cause the entire disappearance of all the dissensions which this old enemy endeavours to excite, bringing yourselves to gether in the bonds of charity, and endeavouring with all humility and meekness to preserve in all - things unity of spirit in the bond of peace. By this wisdom, you will show that each of you knows how much the sacerdotal and faithful concord of minds, wills, and feelings is neces sary for the p rosper it y of the Church, and the eternal sal vation of men. And if it were ever necessary to keep up among you that concord of minds and of wills, it is parti cularly so now when, by the will of our very dear Ben in Jesus Christ, Napoleon, Emperor of the French, and by the care of his Government, the Catholic Church, tranquil and protected, enjoys with you entire peace. This happy state of things in that empire, and the condition of the times, should excite you more warmly,to unite yourselves in the same spirit of conduct and in the same means, in order that the divine religion of Jesus Christ, its doctrine, purity of Morals, and piety should strike deep root in France; that the youth should there more readily find a better and purer education, and that a stop may be thereby put to those hostile attempts which have already mani s felted themselves through the proceedings of those who were, and still aro, the constant enemies of the Church and of Jesus Christ. This, well-beloved sons and venerable brethren, we ask of you more and more, and with all pos sible earnestness, that in the cause of the Church, in the defence of its holy doctrine, and of its liberty, and in the accomplishment of all the other duties of your episcopal charge, you should have nothing more at heart than to show a perfect union among you, than to be united in the same ideas and the same feelings; consulting us in all confidence, we and this Apostolic See, on questions of every kind which may arise, in order to prevent any dis sension. And, above all, comprehend how far a good di rection on the part of the clergy interests the prosperity of religion and of society depends, in order that you may never cease, in perfect union of mind, to devote all your care and your reflections to an affair of such gravity and great importance. Continue, as you have hitherto done, to spare no pains to have the young men intended for the Church formed early in your religious seminaries to every virtue, to piety, and to an ecclesiastical spirit, in order that they may grow in humility, without which we can never please God, and may be profoundly learned in human literature and the severest branches of knowledge, particularly in what relates to sacred matter, that they may, without being exposed to any p er il o f h onour, not only learn the art of speaking eloquently and writing ele gantly, by studying either the so excellent works of the holy Fathers, or the writings of the most celet,rated Pagan writers, when subjected to a most careful expurgation, but still more acquire the perfect and solid knowledge of theo logical doctrines, of ecclesiastical history, and the sacred canons, as shown forth in the authors approved by the holy See. Thus, that illustrious clergy of France, among whom are to be remarked so many men distinguished by their genius, piety, knowledge, ecclesiastical spirit, and re spectful submission to the Apostolical See, will abound more and more in courageo us an d skilful labourers, who, adorned with every virtue, and strengthened by the help of a saving knowledge, will be able in the course of time to aid you in tilling the vineyard of the Lord, in replying to opponents, and not only strengthening the faithful believers of France in our most holy religion, but in propagating that religion by holy expeditions among distant and infidel nations, as that same clergy has heretofore done, to the great glory of its name, for the advantage of religion, and for the salvation of souls. " You are, as we are, penetrated with sorrow at the sight of so many books, libels, pamphlets, and empoisoned journals, ,which are incessantly and furiously spread in all parts by the enemy of God and man, to corrupt morals, overthrow the foundations of faith, and ruin all the dog mas of our most holy religion. Never cease, then, dearly beloved sons and venerable brethren, to employ all your so licitude and all your episcopal vigilance to remove unani mously, and with the greatest zeal, the flock confided to your care from such pestilential pasturages. Never cease to instruct and defend it, to fortify it against the mass of errors by warnings, and by opportune salutary publications. And here we cannot refrain from reminding you of the ad vice and counsels by which four years ago wo ardently ex cited the bishops of a ll the Cath o lic universe to neglect nothing in order to induce men remarkable for talent and sound doctrine to publish writingi calculated to cause en lightenment, and to dissipate the darkness of the errors in vogue. For that reason, while endeavouring to keep from the faithful committed to your charge the mortal poison of bad books and bad journals, be pleased, we earnestly demand of von, to extend all your benevolence and all your favour to the men who, animated by th e C a th o li c spirit and versed in letters andi sciences, devote their time to writing and publishing books and journals to cause the Catholic doctrine to be spread and defended, the rights worthy of all the yeneration of this holy See and its acts to have all their force, opinions and sentiments contrary to the holy See and its authority to disappear, the obscu rity of errors to be dispelled, and intelligences to be in undated with the soft light of truth. Your charity and episcopal solicitude should then excite the ardour of those Catholic writers who are animated with a good spirit, in order that they may continue to defend the cause of Ca tholic truth with attention and with knowledge ; and if in their writings it should happen to them to fail in any re spect, you should warn them with paternal words and with prudence. Moreover, your wisdom is not ignorant that the bitterest enemies of the Catholic religion have always directed, though vainly, the most violent attacks against this chair of the blessed Prince of the Apostles, knowing full well that religion itself can never fall, or totter, so long as this chair, founded on a rock, shall re main standing, for the proud gates o f h e ll canno t preva il against it, and in it is, entire and perfect, the solidity of the Christian religion. That is why, dearly beloved sons and venerable brethren, we ask from you with all our power, in conformity with the grandeur of your faith in the Church, and the ardour of your piety for the chair of Peter, never cease to-apply, with one heart and ono mind, all your care, all your vigilance, and all your labours to this particular point; se that the faithful p - pulation of France, avoiding the errors and snares which are spread for them by perfidious men, make it their glory to adhere firmly and with constancy to this Apostolic See by a love And devotedness every day snore filial, and to obey it, as is right, with the greatest respect. In all the ar dour of your episcopal vigilance, therefore, neglect no thing, either in a c ti on or i n wor d s, to redouble more and more the love and v enera ti on o f believers of the holy See, and in order that they may receive and accomplish with the most perfect obedience all that the holy See teaches, lays down as rule, and decrees. " And here we cannot avoid expressing to you the great grief which we felt when, among other dangerousk entitled s writings lately publish e d i n F rance , there reached u Sir la Situation presdante de' l'Eglise a n s atnwrelativ t au droll coutumier, the author of which co r. qdicts in the most manifest manner what we recommendto you and _•,gl in culcate with so much solicitude. We have sent this i to our Congregation of the Index, in order work that it may re I prove and condemn it. " Before terminating this letter, well-beloved sons and vene.ralle brethren, we express to you again how desirous we are that you should reject all those discussions and con troversies which you know disturb peace, wound charity, and furnish the enemies of the Church with the arms with which they combat and torment it. Above all, have at heart the preservation of peace, among all calling seriously to mind that you fulfil a mission in the name of Him - who is not a God of dissension, but a God of p eace, and who has never ceased to recommend and crdain peace to His disciples, and to place it above all other considerations. In truth, Christ, as you all know, h as placed all the gifts and rewards of His promise in the l pre servation of peace. If wo are the heirs of Christ, e t us live in the peace of Christ ; if wo are th e c hil dren of Goal, w e must be pacific. The children of God must be of mild hearts, simple in speech, un it e d in ae er e iPacific4 faithful, attached to each other i n th e bonds o econneuarnda. The conviction and assurance that we have of your vi r t ue , your religion, and your piety d e not permit us, well beloved sons and venerable brethren, to dcubt o f y our h ear ty acquiescence in the paternal advice, the desires, and the demands that wo address to you, or that you will destroy to the root all the germs of dissension, and thus reader our joy complete, bearirig with each other in * Epist. IL, ad Tint., cap. iv., v. 3,4, cap. iii , v. 13. S. C'yprian, .Epist. 45; S. August. Epist. 162; et Concil. Ephes., Act. iv. § St, lrenteus aolversus licerescs, cap. iii. charity and patience, united and laboUring in conce for the faith of the Gospel, continuing with increased zeal as the sentinels of the flocks confided to your solicitude, and accomplishing the functions of your charge up to the consummation of the saints in the efliicaqc-n of the body of Jesus Christ. Be persuaded that nothing will h*.) more agreeable to us than to do all in our power for your advantage and that of the faithful. NeVertheless, in the humility of our heart, we pray God to bestow upon you continually with favour the abundance of His celestial grace, and to bless your labours and cares as pastors, in order that the faithful confided to your vigilance may walk mere and more in the path that is agreeable to God, in all things fructifying daily in all good works. With the presage of this divine protection, and in tcstimony of the ardent charity with which we embrace you in the Lord, we give you with affection and from the bottom of our heart, the apostolic benediction —to you, our dear sons and venerable brethren, and to'all the clergy and faithful laity of your churches. "Given at Rome, the 21st of March, of the year 1853, and of our Pontificate the seventh. " PIUS P.P. IX." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . BOW-STREET.— William Norton, a letter-carrier, was brought before Mr. Henry for re-examination, charged with stealing letters, &c. When the prisoner was apprehended, several levers and envelopes were found in his possession, including one from the widow of Professor Empson, one from a young gentleman at Rugby (containing uls.), and one addressed to a betting-office keeper in Long-acre. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, now proceeded with another charge against the prisoner, for embezzle ment and forgery. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the defence. John Wane, landlord of the Rising Sun, at . Wigan, proved that in February last he wrote a letter to Mr. Joseph Etches, betting-office keeper, Cranbourn-street. 'Leicester-square, desiring him to back Hobby-horse and Molasses for the Northamptonshire Stakes. Witness enclosed a Post-office order for 11., and in about a week afterwards he received an envelope containing a strip of paper, on which was written, "The odds are 25 to 1." As this was not the usual way of doing business, witness wrote again to Mr. Etches, a n d th en ascerta i ned that his first letter had never been received. Thomas Homes Watson stated that . be was book keeper at the betting-office kept by Mr. Etches.- On the 18th of February last, the prisoner, whom he had seen before at the office, applied for a ss. ticket on Hobby-horse, the premium for which was 61. 10s. He subsequently returned to the office and exchanged it for a similar ticket on Molasses. Witness believed the ticket now produced to be the same, but the figures had been altered from 61. 10s. to 2d1., the payment for which amount would have been 1/. Mr. Henry—How many of those tickets do you issue in the course of a year ?—Witness—We issue about 400 a day in the racing season, varying in amount, and re lating of course to different horses. W. Asling, a clerk in the money-order-office at Char ing-cross, produced the receipt given on payment of the post-office order from Wigan, and Robert Allen and Henry Fisher, two letter-carriers in the Strand district, expressed their belief that it was in the handwriting of the prisoner. A Cranbourn-street letter would not fall in the prisoner's district in the ordinary course, but let ters were constantly missorted by accident, and this might account for its getting into his passession. The witnesses in each case were then bound over, and the prisoner was committed for trial. MANSION -HOUSE Henry Powell, charged with having harboured Joseph Farrall, the bank clerk, alleged to have forged certain dividend warrants for large sums of money in the name of Dr. Davidson, and with having aided and assisted in the escape of the principal, was brought up for final examination. Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Messrs. Freshfield, the solicitors to the bank, attended for the pwseeution ; Mr. Lewis for the defence. Mr. Brown, pawnbroker,Waterloo-road, Commercial road, said, in answer to questions put by the Lord Mayor— I know Farrall from having seen him pass the shop three or four times a day. I understood that he livcd in Bromley-street, near the shop. He was a short, stout, fair man, without whiskers. A gentleman said, pointing to him, " That party lives in Bromley-street." I had seen bins occasionally with Mr. Baxter, and I looked upon him as a neighbour. Farrall Lad bought a gold watch at my house on the Bth of March. Mr. Lewis, when further questions were put to con firm the statement that Farm-all and the prisoner had been together at Reston, said—l do not deny the statement that the prisoner and Farrall were together at Keaton, but I deny in the most positive manner that my client had been with Farrall at Brentford. They never were there together. Mrs. Gordon, of the Red Cross Inn, at Keaton, hav ing been re-sworn, The Lord Mayor asked- whether when the shorter person said hi's name was Stevens, the prisoner was pre sent ? The witness replied that Powell was in the same room at the time. Mr. Wheeler, one of the clerks in the Bank, added to his deposition—l was aware that Farrell had given out dividend warrants in the previous June, which had not been signed, but I did not know to what they related. Daniel Forrester, the officer—The prisoner delivered himself up to me on Monday morning, the 28th Feb., as the person named in the depositions. Hawkins, the ostler at the inn at Brentford, who gave such evidence at a former examination as called for the decided condemnation of the Lord Mayor, did not an swer when his name was called, and he therefore could not be bound over to appear on a future day. The Lord Mayor was about to read the usual cau tion, according to the act, previously to committal, when Mr. Lewis said it would be satisfactory to his client to be informed of the specific charges against him,- before his lordship finally disposed of the case. The Lord Mayor—l shall commit him for harbouring Joseph Farrall, knowing that that person had committed forgery, and with having been an accessory after the fact. Mr. Clarkson- -It may be added that I shall charge him at the Central Criminal Court as a principal. It will be competent to me, as Mr. Lewis well knows from the evidence, to charge Powell as an accessory before the fact. The Lord Mayor then, in the customary form, asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything The prisoner—Nothing at present, my lord. The prisoner was then committed to Newgate. William Ward, a porter at the Custom-house, was charged with having robbed some of the tide-waiters at that establishment. H. Tite, tide-waiter at the Customs, said —On the 25th of February I gave a bed and bedding to the pri soner to take to the• Blackwall Railway Station. The parcel contained two coats and other articles of dress. I afterwards missed the clothes, and I identify part of them, which I learn were pledged at a pawnbroker's shop. The shopman of a pawnbrcker said the articles he produced had been pledged with him by a seafaring looking man, but he could not swear that the prisoner was that person, although he knew the prisoner as a customer in that way. James Stewart, an officer of the Customs, proved that he had lost a bed on the 29th of March, and he missed a cloak at the same time. The prisoner, it appeared, had taken a cloak to a tailor's to be cut into a suit of clothes for him, and the cloth of the clothes in which the prisoner appeared at the bar was that which had been made up according to the prisoner's directions. There was other evidence as strong brought forward, and the prisoner wag committed for trial. The Lord Mayor requested that the press would ac knowledge his receipt of ss. for the poor-box, as a "Little offering for a great mercy." GUILDHA LL.—Samuel Marshall Legge was placed at the bar, charged with conspiring with Joseph and John Legge to defraud the creditors of the two latter. Mr. nobler, for the prosecution, stated that the bank rupts, Joseph and John Legge, had carried on business as upholsterers, at Churton-street, Pimlico, for the last eighteen months, during which period liabilities to a very large amount had been incurred, while a wry consider able quantity of goods had been made away with in vari ous ways. The date of the fiat was April 2, 1853, on which day the prisoner's sons absconded, but one of them had been since committed by the Court of Bankruptcy, having been apprehended by theofficer at Southampton, concealed in the house of the prisoner, i n w h ose posses sion was found a great portion of the property obtained of several other creditors. Frank Austin, clerk to Mr. Commissioner Fane, of the Bankruptcy Court, deposed as to the fact of the pri soner having been examined under the fiat against the bankrupts, and also the issuing of the warrant for their apprehension. Cross-examined--The prisoner attended the examina tion, and was asked if he had any money belonging to the bankrupts, and he handed over 701. Mr. Commis sioner Fane did net order this prosecution. John Spittle, a detective officer, said he went to 4, York-terrace, New-town, Southampton. The prisoner admitted him, and witness then said be held a warrant for the apprehension of Joseph and John Legge, who he believed were concealed in the house. The prisoner answered to the name of Mr. Marshall, and.denied that be knew any one of the nn,me of Legge. Witness resolved to search the house ; but was prevented by the prisoner and a female, who armed themselves with a huge stick an d a couple of hammers, with which weapons they threatened him. He, however, kept them at bay at the bottom of the stairs, while a gentleman who was with him went up stairs and searched the upper rooms ; but while he was so doing Joseph Legge, one of the bankrupts, made his appearance on the stairs, upon which Spittle took him into custody. The prisoner said the property in the house was his, and witness said he would seize it, under a warrant from the Bankruptcy Court, unless he could give proof of his having pur chased it. Upon this the prisoner became very violent, and rushed out of the house, but returned in a few hours and raved a great deal about his house being stormed on a Sunday, threatening to make the officers pay for it. Witness left Huggett in possession of that and the next house adjoining, where property had. been deposited be cause his own house would not hold it all. The chief part of this property was identified I by one of the creditors as goods supplied by him to the bankrupts. Cross -examined—He found no sheriff's officer at any time in possession of ,any portion of the bankrupt's pro perty. The case was then remanded for a week _ ..... - Alderman Cubitt begged to acknowledge the receipt of 3/. ss. 6d., presented to James Havaland, the soldier, by the officers and men of the fifth division of City police, for his meritorious conduct in endcavourink to save the life of sergeant Patterson at the late fire in Holborn, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE—APRIL 13. „„ f c; • ENTERED Rr)vcr, f ro m um- , -' s • c y e Kingston, do. • Lily, do. ; B r illi an t, do. ; Joseph F ri p o , lamfer, Konigsberg; Apropos, Porto llata and mingo ; Petrel, Callao; Wandringsmadcn, Chris ti Nora, do. ; Vigilante Caen ; Antho, T aga nrog ; burgh, Hamb urg h ; Victoria, Malaga ; Diana, horn ; Albion, Boulogne ; Minerva, Bremen ; Auge Havre ; Triton, Ostend ; Luigi, New York. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR L OADING. —Th e rfinc €o Royal, for Hamburgh ; Countess of Leven and Ye' v er ; Elsinore and Port Philip ; Phoebe Dunbar, Swan Pudda, Seville ; Brownfield, Elsinore. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—Scud, Island and Nassau ; Hoppet, Gottenberg ; Jordeson7;t; celona ; Doggersba,nk, Sydney ; Wilb e rforce Han' l V Spheroid, St. Vi ncen t ; Ravensbourne, Antwerp;' come, Rotterdam ; do ; Fyenoord, do. . . LIVERPOOL—APRIL 13. The Sophie, from Key West, and the Wilhelmini4l Limerick, were iu contact this morning in the river , separated with trifling damage to spars and rigging. es tr The Shork - , from h ence , arr i ve d at Maranham in tsc , four days, believ e d t o b e th e fastest passage on record- VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. • The Brothers, Demerara to London, March 12, l at ' N., long. 61 W. The M ar i ner, N ewport to New York, April 3, lst. N., long. 25 W . 0 The Edmondsbury, London to Calcutta, Feb. long. 20. The Canute, Shields to Calcutta, lat. 4 N., long. The Catherine, Cowes, to Buenos Ayres, Feb. 17, la long. 21. The Fortescue, Plymouth to Port Philip, Feb. 2 - 14 .H ° 14, long. 21. roUNTRY MARKg2'S. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Arm 1-% There were in th e mar k et to-day, 6 sacks oa tmeal, 5 , weighing 2801b s i mper i al, which sold thus-2 at 11 2 at 1/ lOs 6(1, and 3 at 1/ 10s. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARILET / APRIL 12. Supplies were again large. Oat straw, from 6s Od. to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stS . trop ; wheat do., 6s Od. to Os ; barley do., 5s 01 to Hay from Od to lid per stone. ' DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—APRIL 11 , There were in the market to-day 63 bags eatate of barleymeal, and 2 bags pot-barley ; sales ready y, meal down Gd on the top ; second quality also 6d 7 . down; pot-barley the same as last week on the top. • . 1$ Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto , Peasemeal, p er ditt o —s Od ..0 Flour, per dit . .,o —s Od —s Oci. " 5 Pot-barley, per ditto KIRKCALDY —Arm 9. The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I Veg First Second 32s 6d I 21s Oct n e i° Third 4ls Oct 28s Oct 18s Od I ° o , Oatmeal, per bag of 2801b s i m p er i a l , 29 s Od t o 303 v COAL MARKET—Amu, 13. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of tho market 'd s. d.t Bates West Hartley 15 6 Hetton Lyons Huddle's West Hartley 15 6 Lambton Primrose fluruhope l4 0 Bell Chester Main 16 0 Iletton Hartlepool West Hartley 15 6 Haswell I lasting's Hartley 15 6 Lambton Lo7lg - ridge's W. Hartley 15 6 Pensher .................. 1 , New Tanfield 15 6 R ussell ' s Hetton ....... •. • - 1 ,) Portland West Hartley 15 0 Stewart's .• .............. ••• i • Taufield Moor l4 9 Cassop ................ ••• ' 1 • Tanfield Moor Lutes 14 9 H ar tl epool .. . ...... . ...... • • Tylle Main l4 0 Kelloe ............ .• W ....... alker Primrose l3 61South K e ll oe ........... . •- 1 , • West Hartley 15 6' Rieliardson's Tees ..... • • - 1 ,) Wall's End, &c. Tees .................... •••• 1( ; 17 3,West Tees ............ ••• • - 11 16 61Grey's West Hartley..• • •';! 17 OlWatney's Anthracite ..• ••" _lB 0 169 1 Sold B3. 1 6 "" . 1 5 *"."19 Hartou Lawson ' ... Riddell .., Eden Main Ships at market. RAILWA' SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13. il! STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been 9gef to-day, with v er y littl e d o i ng, except arranging for s 3 went of the ac coun t t o - morrow. Quotations were "V,' ported :--Eastern Counties, 13i ' • L ancas hi re and do! shire, 763 ; L ancas t er and Preston, 48 prem. ; I ' 4° l o Brighton, and South Coast, 103 ; London and Nort h tern, 119 1 ; Midl an d, 743, 4, ; North Briti sD, _! South Ea s te rn an d Dover, 22:g1 ; Great SoutherPiei Western, One-Eighth Shares, 84 ; Royal Preferen,c e ist , cent., 183 ; R oya l I nsurance, 14 prem. ; Pacific Company, 57i ; ditto, new shares, 34 prem. MANCHESTER, APRIL 13 * only ife° STOCK EXCHANGE. —T he market to-dayvas The sales were : —C a l edonian Pref. ,103 ; Leeds Stock , ,t,o, Fifths, 4i dis. ; Dowers, 2:2 13-1.6. Lancaster and jiffs,' ; 47 prem. ; Shffield Pref., 10 15-16 ; We s t Ridi l36 dim. ; Midlands, 74g. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 13. i D , ' STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e R a il way share marketdceV improve, but remains comparatively stagnant. e t, unsatisfactory p os iti on o f ra il way matters in Parilbsii-' notwithstanding the flattering traffic returns Ini lipt every week, almost entirely suspend s specu l a ti v e dea l and bona fide holders of stock will no t se ll ;,t p re prices. BRISTOL, APRIL 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-clay was r . ' tol Waterworks were done at 14i ; Ly 10 nvi Valle y, Monmouthshire Preference Shares, at percent • SEABORNE MALLS. (17 signifies that the mails are sent from the General r by th night—ane ' - )3 , the morning —dispatch.] ....„ . oy thd night—and M by the morning -dispatch.] —.... .._ ..---/ 101 Day when made up From what COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port ,„g1. 4 Office, London.. Ms; atched. .'"-- ----- ) I° ' _ - Arnerica(hyllrit.pack)N Every F r id ay .... L i verpool ... 5001 1 • America (by United Sts. $1 Pockei) ..........N April 13 ...... .. Liverpool. • • 4pril America (by U :fate, Aprl ol packet) .... - N April 18 ...... .. Southampton --- Australia (rla South. ampton) ...... 11 4th of May .. .... Southanipton April ,i ii 1 Ditto (via marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover ....• •.. Ai .41 Ditto (via Cape of wood I P 7 Nfar c 11 Hops) .... • • ....N 2(1 of June ...... Plymouth -•-, 'I , Africa ( West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. : ,- " ri i , i; Ahmandria .......... N 1,9, 24,& 30 of m Dover ...• • • I ,' P ~i1) .0 6 A lexandria.... .. . ..111 Ith & 20th of mon. Southampton -,iiP . Bahamas ... .. .. .. .. NI Ind of the month Southampton 15 o r ~. Belgium .. .. .. r ... • • 7 S : ily - ... Apr 16 Brazil ...... . • ......:. H.ll of the mouth ,::outhainpion '',.,rf1.6 Buenos Ayres ......: ! th of , lie month., Southampton ~ /-r 4 •4 Cape oft ;cod Hope .. N 4th of the mo:.th Plymouths .• • ti tr , t y ; 0) , Cape of Good Hope .. N Sti 4of June • • Cape de 'Words ...N 4th of the month Plymouth .. ' ' 1 o 6 Ceylon (see India) • il Ceylon .. .... . • • .....N 14th of the month Plymouth •-• -tp-1i1.1.A Caanne; Isles ........N Alon.,Wed ,&Frd ioutharnpton „., •1- i',.;11 , Ch;1i........ •• • • .... 21 d ez 17th of m on th Seudiampton AP''' China (see India) Constantinople ......N ',8,17,21,&27 ofm D0ver...... April 16 o . if Const,:ntinople ....... ith & 20th o f mon sontinimpton AP' tii "" Gont. of Europe NI & N TWiCP daily Egypt (see India) I. ol ' ~,,ce,a Fiance ...... .. Al & Twice daily.— .. Dover ...• .• '' „ - „ l ii , g hbraltar ..........:11 1,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. sunthamp , on 3Y . Gr , cce ( >ce It dia) 16 t „ r l .. j . 0 Greytown .. .. ••.... Al aid & 17th of mon. -ovt.hampton c,' ,- , 1 ., , r„ Ilawburgh .....• • ... N ' uesday & Friday ! ordon ... • • ' d'' ' . l)l' . 4 !sto „ D u Havanna!' .....• • ... %, 2nd of the month ,outliampton vtori•',6 HoTald ..... ....... '0 %Wednesday & Sat London Ilundu ra* •••••• • . .. A ; ith of the month - , omhamp!on A , „ P i r •i l l t i : India (viaSout ~ • nipt.)l Ith ;',-. 20th of 'non -'outhatnnton :• , : ri l 1 , In !ia (via Mar. e:lles) M Bth& 2lth of month Dover •••••• ''' t t4 lO lonia,' Isks (see India) wlce°: Ireland .........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead Li dy0n....... • . .... id 7,9, 17, & *2B of m Southampton , P ra 16 Madeira .... ........ 'A; .Oh of the . tromp •outhampton !P l ii 1 1 11aacir a ••• • • .... N 23rd of the montl Ilymoath Malta ...... ........N 7,17,19,`,8, 30 ofm Dover „ , ... Arr Mauritius (see India) , il ;,!,,/' NI and this .. „ „„N 14th of the month Plymouth . : t r ot l'' MexiCo .........111 nit of the month. Aouatarriptal A : ri ll I: 2; aples ... ~.....N ith •tl - .2i',thof mon Dover .. •• • • tr l o/ New 4 :ranada .. .. .. 1k APa 171 h of month Southampton 1.1 ,04 , 4 New Zea1and.......... !ty private ship .. War:ous port „ p ill I g Papal :Ames .. .. •• • -1., HI i sth2,tholinon Dover .... • . 0 411 1 , Peninsula ...... - • • '' th 17th28thohnon iouthampton A 1 .,-il 1 4 " Nutt ...... ...... .. A, d & '.,7th of mon outhanipto'; Algi' Port Natal .. .. .. .. .. N ~,t4t, hisotif,2tahteh,nfinottot,l.: ;1,.:1,enr0u..11t.... : i tn, n i r r i . i l ' i i Sicily .............. 'till Alt 2 sthonnon. Dover ...... ~"ril 1 j ............;i 241 & %int of month •.outhampion ' ' Zu tn , c e L z tn u y eia .......... Van i dens en's Laud (Wee Att , tralia) ...... ~ .. April 16 , Wert Indies ........ 1%) !d& 17th of month Southamptm, v_ °;: * When any of th ese d ates f.ll on a Sumlay, the malls dispatche on the foll ow i ng day. with the exception of the Inti c i Southampton), and th e Malta, both of which will be cd,patcli c day p v.r recalli. MARRIED. ,90( On the 12th inst., a t S t. John's, Oxford-square, Coverdale, Es q ., t o I sa b ella Frederica, eldest Too' dangl the late F. R. Coore, E sq., and relict of the Rev. ,1 • kyns, rector of Greenford, Middlesex. lED. On the 11th i nst., at D Hemus-terrace, Chelsea , Eleanor Cundy. 0 On the 11th inst. at Preston-place, S ussex , 0111 ° Stanford, Es q ., aged'44. On the 12th i nst., at Stourton-castle, StourbricW' P Foster, E sq ., aged 67. r e On the 12th i ns t ., Oliver Lang, Esq., at his 0— ffic iAl sidenco, her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich. .. __________________ ,....................-......-- A _ i ON va DON : Print e d an d P u bli s h ed by KU DO -..„ )4 of No. 112 ' Strand, Print er , a t 2'/ e Sun 0ffic0,• •.,,.- 07;ty " Strand, in the Precin c t o f th e S avoy, i 4 thq eQ/1 Aliddle3ex, Thursday, April 14, 1853. [; t BIRTHS. OF A SON. olt On the 13th i ns t an t, th e w i fe of W. E. Whi t e ° Brunswick Hotel, Liverpool. On the 11th inst., at Clifton, the wife of Crewe IV' Esq., of Odell Castle, Beds. OF A DAUGHTER.. On the 12th inst, at 5, Queen-str ee t, , Mayfair the of Thomas Pratt, Esq. -0,10 On the I2th inst., at 7, W a t er l oo-place, Mrs. xu- Thomas Lodge. ---: