The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-01 00:00:00

DEATH OF MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.

This gentleman, so well known to the public for many
years, in connection with his singular and deplorable
delusions about land schemes and the rights of labour,
died on Thursday last. In 1853 Mr. O'Connor was
declared, by a commission de lunatico inqutrendt, to be
of unsound mind, and by the kind interference of a few
friends he was placed with Dr. Tuke, of Manor House,
Chiswick. It appears, however, that Miss O'Connor,
the sister of the deceased, took some objection at his
remaining in Dr. Tuke's establishment, and, about a
week ago, accompanied by some friends, she proceeded
to the asylum and effected his removal.
Mr. Feargus O'Connor was born in 1796, at Dargan
Castle, county Meath, and was the second son of Roger
O'Connor, Esq., of O'Connorville, Bantry, and who be-
came, subsequently, the last tenant of Dargan, the
celebrated seat of the Wellesley family. The deceased
was a member of the Irish bar, and is well known as
the editor and proprietor of a now defunct newspaper,
called the Northern Star. He sat for Cork county from
1832 to 1835, and, after a general election, was unseated,
on petition. In 1835 he unsuccessfully contested Old-
ham. He has suffered at least a dozen Government pro-
secutions for seditious speaking, and will be remembered
in connection with the Chartist disturbances of 1848.
He was returned for Nottingham in 1847.

THE CHARGE OF MATRICIDE AT

PIMLICO.

Isabella Mary Jolly was brought up for final exami-
nation at the Westminster police•court, charged with
murdering her mother by cutting her throat.
There was no further evidence adduced ; and Mr. W.
Taylor, the chief clerk, having read over the voluminous
depositions of the several witnesses,
Mr. Arnold, in due form of law, said, "Isabella Mary
Jolly, you stand charged with the wilful murder of Isa-
bella Jolly, your mother. Have you anything to say to
the charge ? You are not obliged to say anything unless
you think fit, and whatever you say will be taken down
and may be used in evidence against you. Have you
anything to say ?"

The prisoner, who preserved the same calm deport-
ment which she has exhibited throughout, replied,
"Nothing." 2

The accused was then committed for trial at the
Central Criminal Court, and the witnesses were bound
over to prosecute.

Mr. fewis,jun., on the part of the accused, pressed the
magistrate to take bail for her. He felt that there was
one objection which might materially influence the ma-
gistrate's mind against the application, which was the
circumstance of her having made an attempt on her own
life, and having threatened to repeat it ; but if the ma-
gistrate would accede to his request the friends by whom
she would be taken charge of would give a guarantee to'
keep so watchful an eye upon her as to prevent the pos-
sibility of her committing suicide, and there would be
no doubt that she would be forthcoming to meet her
trial. This difficulty being overcome, he felt no hesita-
tion in pressing the application strongly, because all the
circumstances of the ease were such as would tend to
acquit the accused of the crime with which she stood
charged. He then commented at some length upon the
probabilities and improbabilities presented by the evi•
dente, and added, as an additional reason for the pri-
soner's liberation on bail, that the confinement of a'pr;son
was materially injuring her health.
Mr. Arnold observed that it was quite sufficient for
bim to say that he refused to take bail on the grounds
first mentioned by Mr. Lewis.

The prisoner was then removed. Her mother having
been buried since the last examination, she was attired
in deep mourning.

TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION AT HAVRE.


A terrible confiegration broke out between 6 and 7
o'clock on Tuesday evening in a large spirit warehouse
belonging to MM. Bernachon and Levionnais, Rue
Scudery, at the corner of the Place du Commerce, at
hlavre. One of the cellar-men was drawing brandy from
a large cask, when unfortunately the cock fell out. He
placed one hand on the orifice to prevent the escape of
the liquid, and tried with the other to pick up the cock,
~it the brandy spurted through his fingers on to the
flame of the lamp, which he had placed on the ground.
Flames immediately shot up, and in a moment reached
the large wooden vessel which was nearly full of brandy.
The liquor instantaneously caught fire, and the man was
so much burned that he was obliged to withdraw his
hand from the hole. The brandy then burst forth in
large quantities, and it was immediately caught by
the flames. In an incredibly short time, the con-
flacration reached the other casks in the cellar,
which were filled with spirits, and caused them to
explode successively with a loud noise. Their contents
materially increas-d the violence of the fire, and the
a flames not only filled the car, but escaped by the dif-
ferent issues ; and then, being fanned by the air, soon
burst through the roof, shooting up to a prodigious
height, and extending even to the opposite side of the
street and to the trees in the Place do Commerce. Above
the cellars of MM. Bernachou and Levionnais were the
premises of Mes.r3. Mom tier and Marette, sail-makers,
which were also filled with inflammable materials : and
these having caught fire added fury to the flames. 'Very
shortly after the conflagration had commenced, a strong
body of firemen, large detachments from the garrison,
and an immense number of the inhabitants assem-
bled ; but it was soon evident that the fire was too
furious to be extinguished, and that all that could
be attempted was to prevent it from extending. In
spite, however, of the most active efforts, it reached
the premises of Messrs. Dussaquier and Co., in
which were a vast quantity of bottles of champagne, and
80,000 boxes of pilchards, and there destroyed every-
thing. A warehouse belonging to Messrs. Yrigoyen
and Son, was with its contents likewise destroyed; but
fortunately, only a few hours before 900,000 f. worth of
cotton goods bad been shipped from it for the Havannah
and Mexics. The fire also extended to the premises of
Messrs. Pitray and Co., and destroyed them, together
with 400 bales of cctten ; but it went no further. Next
to Messrs. Pitray's warehouse was one containing a vast
mass of bales of cotton, but hundreds of vehicles were
called into requisition, and they were safely removed to
the ramparts —and the walls of the warehouse were
luckily too thick for the fire to penetrate them. On the
opposite extremity near the place the fire was also
checked by the thickness of the house of M. Marziou,
and by a vast quantity of water beirg thrown on it and
col the adjacent roofs. Although, however, the fire was
prevented from spreading further than the houses and
premises mentioned, it did some damage to those on the
opposite side of the street. At length, after raging for
upwards of four hours, it began to decline, andr was
, and
eventually extinguished, partly by means ofwst
e
partly by means of vast quantities of sand being
on It—the latter being the more efficacious
the two. The spectacle presented by be fire as method
imposing, and people collected on the heights above the
hei
feared that the
w thrown
most
ofst
t
town to witness it. At one time it wassongetthe ship-
ping burning fragments might be carried amongst
was taken both
ping in the dock ; and every precautionon land to quench these
on heard the different vessels
the
e wind was not high, and
flying particles ; fortunately
t 1 h
after the fire had begun a
the shipping escaped. Shor Y
formerly
a fireman, butwho
man named Thomas, waswhoein
the service of M. Troteux,
hastened into thecellar,
who had been for someti m
thinking that his practical
experience might enable
him to suggest mean for extin,,
gui-hing the flames;
but he was in an instant completely
surrounded by them, and was burned to death. Several
other persons weTat3 burned or otherwise injured in the
course of the conflagration, but note of them seriously
Prince
Jerome, attended by his aides-de-
camp, arrived
shortly after the fire bad coma' e iced, and remained on
the spot until it had decline. Several of the
Russian begun to
prisoners actively as isted in l ringing up water,
or doing whatever was required. The total amount of
d,,nsge done is estimated at 500,000 f. The
unfortunate
man Thomas leaves a wife and six children, and a subscrip-
tiot has le en ore, ed for their relief. The pc:s r man's
body was found yesterday morning in the ruins ; it was
dreadfully burned, but the bead was not touched. At
one moment the unfortunate man bad been seen to rush
through the flames to the grating of the cellar and
to shriek for help, but it was not possible to assist him.

We have received intelligence from Bokhara by the
overland mail c(mfirming the account of the collision
between the Russians and the Khan of Kbiva, and the
repulse of the latter. With regard to the King of Bok.
hara, it is now asserted that he is seeking the alliance
both of Persia and Russia, alarmed by the advances of
the latter Power, that he has sent an agent to the Rus-
sian General on the Kokan frontier, inviting him to send
5,000 men with some guns, and station them on the
banks of the Oxus, opposite Balkh.
THID Citors iN IRELAND.—In Louth and Monaghan
the potatoes, like last year, have suffered in the leaves
and stalks, but the tubers are not affected to any extent.
The wheat crop in Louth, particularly at Cooley, so
famous for that crop, is said to be superb. The potato
disease has not extended its ravages in Sligo, and on the
whole there is every prospect of an abundant harvest in
that district. It is generally supposed that the great.
bulk of the harvest in the south of Ireland will bas'at
down and saved within the next week, and the plin.g
intelligence that we will have an abundant harvest this
. season reKhea us from every side.