The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-02 00:00:00

t MR. FEARGUS 0' CONN° R IN-YVEST.•
MINSTER-BALL. - '‘,
- Between two and three o'clock yesterday *bemoan
much conomotion was occasioeed in the Leveraltaiirts
at Wes',minsterehall by an unexpected visit 1. 33,11.
. Feargus O'Connor, the Hon. Member foreeNotiffighera
whose extraordinary conduct quite put it stop to the
business of the courts fora time. jjKlespeeara
.that the
gen.' reteinber, sales. 4 only rettitn ' koAwu on Mon-
day evening from his strange flight to America, had come
down to the Hall in the hope Offinding the House sitting,
and learning that it was upfor the holidays he took a
atoll about the place, and at length sauntered: the
Court of Exchequer. Elbowing his way through the
crowd of persons who were listening to the proceedings
be took- his seat at the attorneys' table, below the inner
.bar, right facing their Lordships... The sudden aPpeare
anee of. the Hon. Member .end hle pecetier conduct at
once excited the attention of all in court. For a minute
or so he looked at their Lordships and listened to the
argument which was going -on with mucliesarneeteess;
.that, however, gava.way so a strange . wildness of de-
er:loElloer, an waivieg and. kissiugpis hand to the bench,
be began to laugh in ~, %‘ . e :(:.arty style. Tee noise merle
by Inc unfortenate :Cie -,: ...,e pri voetcd tele, erg um eet
•abiehewas before the C. e! e eeiege preeveei.d iffthe ibis
•burrh:,:r
~rit Alowr4 4,ivi tote I,oehhi.is weep iemaile rirg
.6-ppa.ri.l4:!y vt4.l4t wtsai,,-Ife.ite. tulla,ll.) Ufliik6), men
bow. letter in 11 1011 e tete -re VC&I, aLd, belt-griereng
seid, treeing his, haeol to e tie Chief Baron; ' Hew do yeu
,IP)*S'i- red .P
P44leele? very glad • ortee you leek-
trnkti ?Cr I,`STr Fredeekli el.FO're- a hehlefellow;
.1 like
you, r.O; e oure * go )d. fIllow." The ushers called
" .f.44nes-!" end Mr. O'Connor :Nemethkg, perhaps, that
he wisclikely tors: herded eve; tel the cure elf ev officer
eflt-leiconet hurriedly 's tats re his het, art), laugh-
-lin abil-boi,ibg tolthe b i_l6l-i;; took Au. ..g.porturc. - Ooe
of the ushers vvs sent out -ter coverithheete eeitfe'the ree-
, lien, end, on the Hon. Mentberteing', soueAtt ler; it was
found-that he had paid a visit to she Georg ief Common
Pleas, to the diteamfituto.of the bench and bare Taking
et seat in the inner bar, he shcok hands with several of
the Queen's Counsel, talked. of his trip .to America in a
very incoherent style, endetiezai ac,, Exchequer, h egan
to nod and laugh at the judges: This be crept up 4or
about five minutes, and on . Ir. justice Mauna
laying
down some principle Witt* 'ea:applicable to the
cause then being heard, he gave vent to a
violent outburst of laughter, and appeared as
much amused as if the Learned Judge was relating
each me curious story. As his 'Lordship was -concludinf,
sentence he observed, "Ah !" " To- be --bare.
"You are xi h f 1
gt. " Very strange." And at moments
when he4Rparently was not heeding the judge's remarks,
.as ir.konpihninisfilf by beating his fingers. be enter nee
table, oon the
wir.). Air. .
Justicegalre with some tune he was 'ma-
nor kose, and smiling :le having concluded, Mr. O'Con-
rnenibers of the bar, madee avicg
time
dhbowing in a most profound
Manner, at the same
style as had marked his Terence.
a farewel'elangh et the
his exit in the Same eccentric
court where the Lords Justices, He then visited the
Knight Bruce were bearingoseseunntednecretsheto bseinreih,. es, Lord Cranworth and Sir
WasuPco loPdenia loalls.ttdtearlieridentgfboresca' forced
uncon-
nected—LotirlldissJwnasy-t cl
tices full in the face and beeen to D
He gradually moved hiniselt more in fti.r)o
d laugh
.at,thezn.
and at length his conduct interrupted the bench,
He was desirous appareaiiee of
Paying the business.
the samo
compliment to either one ''of their Lordships
had to the Chief Baron, and Continued- bizja
oas he
and
grinning. Sir Knight Bruce, however, learned:ate'il
inquired for one of the officers of the court. ' The iii
(vary was quite enough for Mr. O'Connor, and. before
there was time for the official to be forthcoming he went
bowing out of the court. lie next visited the 40re Chan-
cellor, and, forcing his way below the inner bar, began
to nod and smile with his former vigour. As may be
imagined, he succeeded in interrupting the business of
this court; his eccentricities, also, had attraeted * number
of followers, and for the,time much commotion 'prevailed.
At length his peculiar demeanour excited the observa-
tion of the Lord Chancellor, who, in his usual calm and
dignified style, desired him to sit down. Mr. O'Connor
again grinned and bowed, and baying the fear, probably,
of being committed for contempt of that high court,
bowed and laughed to all near him, and made a hasty
escape into Westminster-hall. He appeared all the worse,
as regards look, for his transatlentic trip, and it was ob-
served that little doubt need now be entertained as to
the condition of his mind. He loitered about the hall
for a short time afterwards, and then sauntered up Par-
liament-street to the hotel where he is residing.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS.

Second Master—F. B. Yonel, to the Queen.
The Vulcan, screw-steamer troop vessel, Commander
Von Donnop, is ordered to embark troops for Mauritius,
Ceylon, and the East Indies.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDIT.—The Prince Regent, 90,
Captain Hutton; the Hogue, 60, Captain McDougall;
and the Arethusa, 50, Captain Simmonds, unmoored
last evening, and this morning after breakfast weighed
with a westerly wind, and under all plain sailing, pro.
ceeded down Channel under the orders of Rear-Admiral
Corry. It is said the squadron proceeds to Cork, and
'that they will remain there during the Exhibition.
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescoti mustered the
crew of the Neptune, and the officers and men of the
ordinary, on board that ship yesterday.' MraPrescott,
and the gentlemen of the Pay-office. wentAia.baard the
Geyser, steam-sloop, Commander Hand, end paid her
down. Her crow will have the leave eilantkd to other
ships, as they served the Hecate, and Were nearly turned
over to the Geyser.
Ortkrs have come down from the Admiralty that the
royal ye..cht Victoria and Albert shall_be ready for see-
i'vSae on the 15E5 of Jane instant.
The Gbsgon, 6, steam-sloop,.p.nee,nptO-4spithead to•
day at noon, from Lisbon.
The Gladiator swam-frfgate.,, Cioii.in Adams, came
into harbour from-Spithead on Sunday evening, with Sir
I Harry Smith, wh; hiedoi at the dockyard -at seven
a'olock. The crew manned the, rigging, and chee'red as
the gallant hero left the vessel. On quitting her decks
be said ho never left a ship befoie but with . feelings of
plcaiure, but the Gladiator he left with regret. •
The Dragon steam-frigate arrived at Spithead to-day
fresh Lisbon. which station she left on Thursday last.
Her Majesty's ships R,Aribution, leflexible, and Archer
were in Lisbon harbour when the Dragon left for Eng-
land. Captain Hillier, from the Court, took passage
in her.
The Porcupine steam-vessel, Licutenant•Commander
Jackson, has been inspected to-day by Admiral Sir
Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief, and
her crew paid advance wages in the afternoon. She
sails ou Wednesdry for the Isle of Man, to protect the
fishery.
DRVONPORT, MAT 31.—The Leander was towed out
of harbour this afternoon by the Confiance and Pike
steamers. •
Arrived this day in the Sound, the freight-ship
William, with a detachment of Sappers and Miners for
the Cape of Good Hope. She will take on board about
300 tons of victualling stores from the Royal William
Victualling-yard, for Simon's Bay.
Woonwicst. JUNE I.—The Agamemnon, 90,
was
moved from her moorings to-day up to the entrance of
the basin, to be taken into it at high water,. to have her
machinery put on board, and be fitted with a screwpropeller.
last, to try of lerger
Her Majesty's screw steam.ship Edinbu h
from a 74 to a 58 gun-ship, the
guns •
calibre,
went out of Portsmouth harboUrhbtoeiSn
rg , altered
gpithead and
her engines and
has been
Stokes Bay on Tuesday
speed at the measured mile.. The Edinburgh'
recently fitted with engines of 450 horse-power and
screw propeller, by Messrs
. Maudsla
very respect satisfactory.
Sons, and Field.
aThend hereeg
ieee performancewerkedawd
ma si
rian e y,
b l
average of four trials was 8. 3', the speed attained on the
knots per hour, which was
m9oOrekthn aont s ,wor s vecxrpyeenearly o
from
a vessel of her size and Ist more
draught of water. The ad-
the man-of-war Y
dition of the machiner
carry and work all h
are placed so low in as not in the least impaired
capabilities of the ship, as she is able to
about eight feet below
be injured by shot passing
guns,. and the engines and boilers
the ship that the highest part is
the load water-line, and cannot
Edinburgh has been- sing through. her timbers.b
Captain
lately commiseitTed 37
Hewlet, who wastrial, accompaied
by Captain ~.,L.
„CU board during the The
eiumas of the Excellent gunnery ship, and.
tant to the chief n.
Captain Henderson of the Blenheim • Mr. Murray, chief
engineer at Portsmouth Dockyard; Blenheim; Lambert, *mis-
sed Messrs. Mandalay and
Fitiewlads, theconstruectogrinseoefr;the
returned into the harbour at half-Past four r.x., although
machinery. The vessel
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ore2aocthhednif of
He
ehel‘dtesatahboonft this
gentleman DEATH or EDmoND ILL. ..,ONNELL, ESQ., or
GLit
his own being Phelps) he
•the
gentreAmituan.;---ttroxtsonha
years of age. From the demise of Anne Catherine, Countess
of Antrim, to whom Mr. M'Donnell was married in 1817
' enjoyed in his own right possession of the estate and castle
(assuming her Ladyships name,
of Glenarm. This ancient and beautiful edifice he greatly
improved and ornamented, i
lfF-bg it a monument of his
judgment and refined taste. The estate now passes to Hugh
Seymo M'Donnell, Viscount Dunluce and Earl of Antrim,
who was born August 7, 1812, and married, in May, 1836,
Laura Cecilia, fifth daughter of the Earl of Macciestield.
The Earl of Antrim has resided for some years past at Pert-
h and has become deservedly popular, owing to the liber-
rus , is
ality and mildness o . position. Lady Catherine, his
Lordship's aunt, was first married in 1799, to Sir Henry Vane
TemPest, Bart., by worn she had one daughter, Lady Frances
Anne Emily Vane, who, at the demise of Sir Henry, in
1813, inherited her father's great estates, and in 1819 mar-
ried the Marquis of Londondei ry, who thenceforward adopted
the name of Vane. The first member of the family whose
name is to be found in Irish history is Sir Randal M'Sorley
WDonnell, of Dunluce, county Antrim, a descendant of the
Lords of the Isles.
NORE ARRIVALS OF ANIMA.LS.—Two remarkably
fine nylghaus (male and female), three splendid African
ostriches, a king vulture, and a rare and curious cat, were
landed yesterday in the docks, and proceadzd at once to the
Surrey Zoological Gardens, making an aggregate of animals
and birds added in the last fortnight sufficient in former times
in Lumber and value to have constituted a menagerie in
themselves.

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ad-
vantage ---_,-
ANEW LIGHTeIOUSE AT QUEENSTOWN.—Th
screw light-house is now complete, andluoc_e 0n
looks much
vantage in the centre of the basin at g
its peculiar and scientific construction there clavn.be li.irtotinle
doubt it will stand the power.flif wave and
to say, it bag been built by a blind f,r. Rigid. Singular
cheil, of Beliiist). It is to serve as-"ill, —3ll
The letters of allotment for
night, to warn vessels off the mud b a ...eaem, day and
mouth. bang; inside the harbour's
m the Austriancontinent.
THE (Mr. Isl it-
ROYAL
issued yesterday. and some t loan were
IA premium. Among the
LAND. —The council
icas understood were h/o rapplicationsanaci°lis received, v epdl ,acsemi-ne several at
RICELTUEAL SOCIETY or ENG.
forTtHheE
sheet for the arm of this society have settled the prise-
annual country meeting of the present year
Kent, Sur south-Eastern district, comprising the counties of
commencing
Sussex, to be held at Lewes, in the week
is 47004 th. .110 12th of juiy. The amount to be awarded