The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-09 00:00:00

A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ASSAULTED

BY MR. FEAROCS O'CONNOR.

The conduct of Mr. Fcargus O'Connor in the
House of Commons last night—an account of which ap.
pears in our parliamentary report—requires the eery
serious consideration of his relatives. On the eve of a dis-
solution of parliament it is scarcely to be expected that the
Speaker or the house should take any further steps in eels.
tion to the hon. member for Nottingham than may be
required for keeping him within something like bounds
when he o&rudes himself upon their deliberations. Hut
his relatives ought really to have medical advice upon has
real condition, as a glance at his recent proceedings will
show. First the establishment of that huge failure
the Land Schenle, by which some thousands of hardworking
men were deprived of thousand■ of pounds; then a series of
offensive scenes before the Master in Chancery, when Mr.
O'Connor's conduct in relation to the Land Scheme was
under inquiry ; next a discreditable assault in a theatre,
followed by incarceration in the House of Correction ; then
an exhibition of troublesome conduct in the House of Com-
mons; then a sudden flight to the United States, and as
sudden a return by the steam-ship that took him out,
greatly to the dismay of the passengers; then a series of
unseemly interruptions of the judges in the courts of law;
and now, finally, an assault upon a member of the House
of Commons. Surely here is a sufficient string of instances
pointing out why Mr. O'Connor's relatives should take
measures calculated to secure his comfort, whilst the safety
of others and the progress of public business is secured from
further interruption.

MALTA, Jt,xtu 2.
On Saturday last, the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer, with tutward India mail on board, ar-
rived in port, having performed her voyage in S 4 days; sbo
continued her note to Alexandria on the afternoon of that
day, the Banshee, with the portion of the India mail sent
through France having arrived, and performed her trip in
60 hours 22 min. On hoard the Bentinck was Lietenant-
General Ferguson, appointed to the command of the troops,
vice Lieutenant-General Ellice, who has resigned, and who
will leave us by the Bentinek, on her return from
Alexandria.

Yesterday the general assumed the command of the
troops at tt Cm, and retched a salute from Fort St. An•
gelo.
The Fury is still in port, as are the Indefatigable and the
Terrible ; but it is thought they will immediately proceed
to join the admiral, who, by the last advice', was at Port
Mahon.

MR. THACKERAT.—ANTWERP, M • eISAT:
—The Baron Gay, under the comman, re
son, arrived here this morning with Fe . "."-r. ""•:'!,l
of passengers. Amongst them rank '
Count Hardenbergh, Hanoverian
tish court, with his family ; and • • • y
of Mr. W. M. Thackeray. *AL i.e.
and all the pusengers were lan. •
withstanding the strong contrary .r
to
4r, ap
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!Nivea, and to what section of the Homan catholic church
Maynooth professed to belong ? It had been seated that it
ems of the ultramontane school, la which the aelhotrltl of
the Pope was exalted far above the sovereign's, and tliptithe
must rancorous intolerance woe tenglit there. figh.Wil-
liam read statements in reeprot to denunaktione from
the altar, followed often by an. attack upon the individual
denounced; the agnalfbli rirefientiro of the Muphooth
priests, mil tile doetiiiiis inculcated at toe coasge, In the
course of reading which he was interrupted somcwhist
roughly by Captain Megan.
blr.‘". SCULLY Wended Mr. Herbert's objection, that
en inquiry, if really desired, could be had instanter by the
esistiug visitors. But the mover and eeciinder of the mai
tioa, he contended, were not sincere in their demand fur an
inquiry; their avowed object was to get rid of the college
alto:ether. He had no objection to a boon pc inquiry,
but he did object to one that was unfair and insulting. If
the motion was not a lucre sham, if en holiest inquiry
was redly sought, let it be either by a royal commission, or
by the Mutton, persons of distinguishes' rank and character,
who had an inherent power under thu act to examine upon
oath all persons and into all mutters. With respect to the
grant itself—this miserable and wretched grant, an Mr.
Scully termed it—he maintained that the peol It of Ireland
were entitled to it, not only upon the ground of compact,
but upon the stronger amends of policy and justice. To
establish this part of his argument, Mr. Scully produced a
long array of historical authorities, which, with a very
comprehensive survey of the character end streets of the
and laws, and in an exam:nation 01 the Liatort ut the
Maynooth College from its Snit endowment in lilt., the
bon. member preseeded to read eatract alter extract, pre-
sumed to be used as proof of compact between sue:cc...lvo
government. and the Irish catholic* on the subject of May-
nooth, until the hour of adjournment arrived. The hon.
member's attention was then called to the fact by the
Speaker, upon which he moved the adjournment of the
house, and ab.eneral rush of honourable members to the
doors emptied the house before the Speaker had time to put
the question.
The house rase at four o'clock.

The house resumed at 6 o'clock.
PETITIONS I'RESENTED.
PARLIAIIINTART IIRPOK(6. By Mr. BROCKMAN,
from the members of the Ilythe Reading Society, to be
furnished with copies of such of the reports and other par-
liamentary documents ordered by the Mouse of Commons to
be printed, as refer to literature, science, the fine arts, and
the useful arts, Se., etc., free of capense.—Mr. W. B.
CARTER, from members of the Mechanics Institute et
Winchester, for a free grant and transmission to that end
all similar societies, of all publications of the house having
reference to scientific and literary subjects.
Margoorit.—By Mr. W. LC/I_llllAM', (rum the Ge-
neral Assembly of the Church of Scotland, against the
Maynocth grant, and, generally, against tho encourage.
cunt given by the legislature to popery.
MILITIA BILL.—By Mr. COBDEN, from Saffron Wal-
den; Mr. CCBITT, from the Southern Association of the
Baptist ministers and messengers assembled at Whitchurch,
Dante, representing 27 churches, 3,000 members, and
12,000 hearers, against.
Roisicu DUCTRINIPI Ann PRACTICIII IH TNT CHTRCII
OT EMMA \II —By Sir B. BALL, from the inhabitants of
the parishes of St. Marylebonc and St. rimers*, agreed to
at a public meeting, complaining of Itornesh doctrines and
practices beirg permitted in the churches of the establish-
ment,
aid praying that an inquiry might be instituted into
the conduct of the Bishop of London.
COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL.

Mr. I'ACKE gave notice---tb;C;WtheiJiion for going
into committee on the County Elections Bill (as we under-
stood) he would more that it be committed that day three
months.

FaI.HASE OF PICTURES FOR THE NATIONAL
GALLERY.

The CHANCELLOROrti7gIi.:IIEGUER, in !answer
to Mr. CHAWITILIS, stated that the Titian" purchased
fur the Notional Gallery at the sale of Soult's collection
had, he believed, been offered for sale in Loudon, but car-
taioly not to the British trustees, as had been alleged, for a
less sum than it was purchaNcil for at this sale.
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PRIVATE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to
Sir It. Price, was sure the hen. baronet must, feel that it
was not in the power of the present parliament to take
any steps to facilitate the progress of private bias in the
neat parliament. He must remind the lion. baronet that
no resolution of the present house would be binding on its
successor.