The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-06 00:00:00

THE ALLEGED " MORTARA" CASE IN
INDIA.

THE BOY RESTORED TO HIS PARENTS.
(From th. Moira. Atheneum of Sept. 29.)
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Turning to the affairs of our own Presidency we
hem first to notice the proceedings of the Scotch Free
Church fdiesion in a recent cote of cenveraion. Prom the
pscallar eircumeteaces comeseted with the ore, end * the
hot that it Ma bean before the Supremo Court, much atten-
tion ham hien drawn to the matter. The foots as dieelosed
in the Supreme Court on Friday hat the 24th hat. were
shortly se follows. A reepectablo attire of the CMtty emote
had a sou who was being eduo•bd at Patohappalth School,
one of the hat native educational institutions In this Pied-
dam. The eon appears to have attended school for upwards
of a year, when In some way or other he was led to the Boardsh
Idioms, and there requested to be instructed In the &lo-
ftier of Chrietimity. Thereupon one of the nalasionathe

appointed an Instructor, std the youth appears to have
gone to the mission premises for a period of about throe
months. In the beginning of this present month the boys
father went on business to Policia, and the boy took
this opportunity of running away from home to the misdeal
premises. He was received by the missionaries, and lived
at the mission. This took place on the 13th instant,
On the father returning from Pulicat, • day or two
afterwards, he immediately made inquiries, and toned
where his son was. He instantly went to Ike
mission, and applied for the restoratker or his
child ; he was told by one of the reverend gentlemen con-
nected with the establishment that his son was at perfect
liberty to go away if he chose to do so. On the eon being
appealed to, he refused to accompany his father. The latter
then obtained • writ of babas; corpus, and on Friday the
case was argued. Affidavits were read on both sides detail-
ing the facts mentioned above. The question for the court
to consider was of counts whether the youth was of an age to
act for himself. The father and other members of
the family swore that the boy was a little over
thirteen, giving the Tamil month and year in which he
was born. The ern, in his affidavit, swore that he believed
himself to he sixteen, because his mother (sow
three years ago bad consulted his horoscope when he was
and told him that he was sixteen, and beanie some members of
his family—who were not specified—had said at certakt times
that which induced him to believe he wee sixteen. The
Advocate-General and Mr. Mayne ably argued the case on
behalf of the mission, and Mr. Branson as ably conducted
the case on the part of the father. The two former gentle.
men contended that the boy's statement as to his age ought
to be credited and urged that even if he had not &nettled
the legal age of discretion he was old enough to
Mg for himself in a matter of this kind. They
likewise urged that it would be • hard case to
send him beak to his parents, seeing that the boy
had become an °utast@ by eating food prepared by panda
and by cutting off a tuft of hair, the idgn of his caste. They
contended that no member of his family could, under these
circumstances, hold the slightest communication with the
bey, and urged that his dread of being tread by his
"as a tiger would • sheep," should have weight with
the court. The Chief Justice, Sir C. Rawlinson, called
upon the learned gentlemen te show that an intent could
make himself en onteaste. They were unable to do so.
After lengthy speeches on both aides, the court de-
livered judgment. The Chief Justice said that the
coarse taken by the missionaries on the present
occasion, was one that would do no good to the canes of
religion; that they had interfered with the sacred relatkne
that existed between parent and child ; and that they had
received a runaway into their mission without making the
least communication with his family. On the question of
age, hie lordship believed the statements of the boy's father,
and decided that the youngster was between thirteen anti
emerteen. He concluded by remarking that he did not wish
to see • came of the tame kind often, and by ordering
the boy to be restored to his father. The panne
' justice, Sir Adam Bittketon, =mitred in the decision given
by the chief, and at the conclusion of his judgment remarked
that he had no doubt the missionaries had acted from
the best of motives, bat that they were wrong in not having
communicated with the boy's family before instructing
him In the doctrine of Christianity. An extraordinary scene
then took piece in court. The father approached his son in
• supplicating attitude, and with tears to his era, asked him
to come home. The boy remained firmly seated in his chair,
and refused to move. Two officers of the court were ordered
up, to assist the father in carrying off the refractory youth,
who thin declared that he feared ill•asege. The Chief
Justice informed him that if he received any ill-tteatment he
ndght apply to the court for protection. The boy then
quietly walked away with his father. A large number of
Chews had assembled to hear the cam tried, and the
greatest excitement prevailed among them et its conclusion.
As far as we can learn, the general feeling of the public la
decidedly in favour of the decision passed by the Supreme
Court.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(MON OUR OWN 00R1UPONDINT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY Evzirriro.
The funeral car of Napoleon 1., presented to Na-
poleon 111. by Queen Victoria, arrived in Paris this
morning in the custody of Sir John Burgoyne. The
Minister at War had sent one of his aides-de-camp
to HATTe to meet Sir John. The ceremony of the
reception of this relic at the lovatides took place
at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The Prince Napoleon,
the Minister at War, and General Count d'Ornano,
the Governor of the Invalidos, were present. The
pensioners were drawn up in two lines ex-
tending from the outer gate to the chapel
doors. The car was placed temporarily in the
peristyle of the chapel, but it is ultimately to
have a place near the Emperor's tomb in the
Chapelle St Jerome. Sir John Burgoyne made a
brief speech, which wu responded to by Prince
Napoleon.
The Custom-house officers have lately received
orders to use redoubled diligence to prevent the in-
troduction of political pamphlets from England and
Belgium.
M. E. Foreade has been summoned to the parquet
of the Procureur General, on account of an article
written by him in the -Reeve des Deus Monde* it
is not thought, however, that a prosecution will
follow.

The Bourse has been dull with very little busi-
ness doing. There was a slight rally at the close,
and the Rente, for account, left off at 73fr. 3c., with
a rise of sc. The last price for cash was, u yes-
terday, 72fr. 85c. Mobilier rose Mr. The Eastern
and Western railways rose 2fr. 50c. each ; Lyons,
Itr. 25c., and in the other lines there was no
change.