The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-01 00:00:00

MR. O'CONNELL IN PARIS.

From private letters it appears that the arrival of Mr.
O'Connell in Paris had produced a considerable sensa-
tion. Although his medical advisers found nothing
alarming in his case, they had, however, deemed it ex-
pedient that he should remain within doors in the wet
and changeable weather that had succeeded to the late
heats. On Saturday and Sunday the visitors and in-
quirers were numerous. Among the former were Lord
Holland, the Archbishop of Paris, the President of the
Irish College (the Rev. Dr. M'Swceney), Archdeacon
Keating, Sir Richard O'Connor, Colonel Romilly, the
Marquis de la R')chejacquelin, &c. Among the latter
was the Marquis of Nortnatiq,"
At about two o'clock btl Sunday the members of the
electoral committee instituted for the defence of religious
freedom waited on Mr. O'Connell, to oiler him their con-
gratulation, and to tender to him their respecttul sym-
pathy. At their head were the Marq iis de Barthelemy,
Peer of France; Viscount de Failoux, Count Qaatre-
bArbes, and Messrs. Clappier and Du Rozier, Deputies;
the Marquis de Dampierre; Messrs. L4normant and
Mauvais (members of the Institute), baron de Montigny
(Judge of the Royal Court), Viscount de Bonneuil (Pre-
sident of the Petition Committee), Messrs. Decoux and
Veuillot, editors of the Unistrrs, &e. When all the
members were introduced into the saloon of Mr. O'Con-
nell, the President of the committee (Count de Mont-
alembert) addressed him in the following terms—and
which, we suppose, left the Learned Gentleman nothing
to desire in tne way of compliment:--
" Sir and illustrious Friend,—When I had the plea-
sure of seeing you fur the first time, sixteen years ago,
in your castle of D rrynane, on the shores of the Atlan-
tic, the revolution of July had just taken place, and your
solictude was already ardently direc;ed towards the
future stability of religion in France. I heard with
respect your wishes and your lessons. You then pointed
out to us the course we should pursue, and the rules we
should follow, in order to emancipate the enure!' from
the temporal yoke by legal and civic means, and at the
same time to separate religion from all political causes.
I am happy to have it in my power to show you that your
lessons have fructified amongst us. lam come to present
to you the men who in France have enrolled themselves
as the first soldiers under a banner you were the first to
unfurl, and which will now endure for ever. We are all
your children, or rather your pupils ; you are our mas-
ter, our model, our glorious preceptor. It is for that rea •
soli we are come to tcnderyou the affectionate and respect-
ful homage we owe to the man of the age who has done
most for the dignity and liberty of mankind, and espe-
cially
for the political instruction of Catholic nations.
We admire in you the man who has accomplished the
noblest achievement that can be given to man to con-
ceive in this world—the man who without shedding a
drop of blood has reconquered the nationality of his
country and the political rights of 5,000,000 Catholics.
We are come to salute in you the liberator of Ireland, of
that nation which has always excited in France fraternal
feelings. But you are not only the man of one nation,
you are the man of all Christendom. Your glory is not
only Irish, it is catholic. Wherever Catholics begin anew
to practise civic virtues, and devote themselves to the
conquest of their legitimate rights, after God it is your
work. Wherever religion tends to emancipate itself
from the thraldom in which several generations of
sophists and legists have placed it, to you, after God, it
is indebted. May that thought fortify you, revive you
in your infirmities, and console you in the afiliction with
which your patriotic heart is now overwhelmed. The
wishes of Catholic France, of truly liberal France,
will accompany you in your pilgrimage to
Rome. The day of your meeting with Pius
IX.—when the greatest and most illustrious Chris-
tian of our age shall kneel at the feet of a Pontiff who
recals to our recollection the most brilliant period of the
Church, will be a truly momentous event in the history
of our time. If in that instant of supreme emotion your
heart should entertain a thought not absorbed by Ireland
and Rome, remember us; the homage of the affection,
respect, and devotion of the Catholics of France for the
chief of the Church could not be better placed than on
the lips of the Catholic liberator of Ireland."

ACCIDENT TO LORD JIIN SCOTT.—We regret to
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state that his Lordship met with a severe accident whilst
hunting, near Kelso, on Saturday last. In taking a leap his
horse fell upon him, and broke a small bone of one of his
legs, and dislocated his ancle. His Lordship was conveyed
to his noble brother the Duke of Buccleuch's seat, Bowhill,
where the leg was set. His Lordship, we are glad to learn,
is going on favourably.
SUPPOSED ATTEMPT AT CHILD MURDER.—On
Monday night, about twelve o'clock, as police-constable 70 G.
was proceeding un his beat in Gilhanes-tields, Worship-
street, he heard faint cries of a child, and presently he espied
in a niche a frail basket, which proved to contain a Eve male
child, about three days old, with its feet uppermost. The
poor little infant, on being taken trout the basket, was bleeding
profusely trout the mouth and nose, and nearly 'unheated.
Its hands were also nearly covered with blood. The child,
who was roost respectably dressed in long clothes, was sent
by Mr. Inspector Uravestock to St. Luke's workhouse, where
it was promptly attended to, and the little foundling is now
going on favourably.
THE STEAM FRIGATE DAUNTLESS.—This splendid
new steam-ship has now reached the mouth of the Clyde, on
her way to the Broomielaw, where she is to be fitted ith
her powerful and beawitul machinery. On her voyage from
Portsmouth, where she was built, she has encountered very
stormy and squally weather, and her progre,s under her
towing convoy has been consequently slow. In one of the
heavy gales by which she was assailed, she lost her rnizen-
, mast, and will in consequence take up her berth at the
Brootnielaw equipped somewhat like a brig. She reached
Campbelton on tke evening of Wednesday se'nnight, and in
her disabled condition was necessarily making but little way,
the comparatively unasisted power of the towing steamer
being inadequate to impel so large a vessel with much speed.
It is expected, nevertheless, that she will be safely moored
alongside the Lancefield Quay in the beginning of next week,
where her engines are to be put on board, these having been
prepared by Robert Napier, Esq., of the Vulcan and Lance-
field Foundries. The engines, which are to work on the
horizontal principle, are admirable specimens of mechanism,
and of nearly 800-horse power.—Glasgow Citizen.
DESTRUCTION OF CITY CHURCHES.—It is reported
in the City, that the church of St. Benet, Gracechurch-street,
is shortly to be removed, and that many others will era long
share the same fate. The churches of London are amongst
the most valuable works which the country possesses, and
we deplore the removal of any of them.—The Builder.

BANK RETURNS.
(From the London Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
7ietoria, :•.ap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes, ui the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 20th day of March, 1847 :- Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon-Knapp and Co 24,420
Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co..
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,145
Aylshan Bank, Aylshana-R. and E. Copeman .5,690
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford
andßail;(aloc7.kik,luAßnataindkocka_nd Ba
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1... 4:6:934845
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co. 13,761
Basingstoke and Odihazr. Bank, Basingstoke-
Cole, Seymour, and Cu.
Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford-
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
Rewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and
Crane
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co 26,500
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 23,625
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham-- Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 16,485
Bland ford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak 8,417
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 68,765
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 11,680
Rridg Kater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 9,841
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 35,999
Broseie:,, and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Bro:eley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 22,366
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co 77,406
Rani ury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney 39,796
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 49,928
tiatc. City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son
lied4ordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 36,532
13irmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 59,707
Brtdport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 23,448
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driflield Bank, Burlington-
Harding, Smith, and Co 12,192
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
.l. Worlledge and Co.
Bromagrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bronasgrove-Rufford, Biggs,
and Co. 16,276
.lambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co 30,656
!armarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and

Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester--Round, Green,

and Co.
t7olehester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Iladleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wuod-

. _
cock
City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 21,838
Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co.
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh,

and Co 2,285
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Tonood and Co 6,865
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monnit uth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
.._

Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 26,038
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, _ _ _

Locke, and Co 18,068
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,242
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew,
and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cook and Co.
Dover Union Bank, Dover--Latham, and Co —
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and
Co 81,866
Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-
man
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster,
and Co.
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton,
and Co.
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford—Walford, and Co. 59,171
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 31,700
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
Warringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—l3arnes and Medley 8,815
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 13,160
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 6,003
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and
6,076
Keen
Grantham Bunk, Grantham—Kewney and King 17,155
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Hayden... 13,113
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 26,964
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,
and Co. 31,192
Bank, Hereford—
Hereford City and County
Matthews and Co.
Hertfordshire Bank gad Ware Bank, Ware—
S. Adams and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Rust and Veasey
llarwich Bank, Harwich—C Ho x, Cobbold, and Co 5,518
Hemel Hempstead Bank, emel Hempstead—
Smith, and Whittingstall
lloniton Bank, lloniton--Flood and Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sliarples

and Co. ............................................... 39,527
b.r,d9rd Ross, and ArchenfiOd Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Baak, Hereford—Morgan,
Ifoskin,;, altd CO
ipswieh Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
fladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—
Alexa,alers and Co.
icentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,

and Mercer
Eilin;,tton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J
Davies and Co 23.095
Knighton Bank, Knighton—J. Davies and Co 7,440
Knaresnorough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering—Glotch and Sons 8,557
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C

Harv,..y and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 54,702
Leeds lsnion Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown,
and C ).
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt,andCo. 495
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 28,311
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 38,665
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 19,140
Lincuin Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 83,209
Llandovery Bank and Lla.ndilo Bank, Llando-
very —David Jones and Co.
:.ouc:hborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle-
tans and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St
Barbe .................. 4,255
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst
and Co 11,722
Nianningtree Bank,Aianningtree—Nunn and Co 6,805
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Flungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner
and Pinckney 14,470
Marlborough aad North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 11,890
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and
Williams ............................... 7,950
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyurns and C0......... 17,055
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 26,884
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
aßnadnkit,oCsshaepnsatonwerßefaonrksshCirheenpsatnokw,
mOoldnmßoauntkh,
—Bromage and Snead . 15,948
Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
—W. Williams and Sons 8,153
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 27,352
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Newark—Handley, Peacock,
and
Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny' and Slocock. 33,879
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Liam
niond, and Son
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and
I ) vson
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—llarveys and
Iludsons 43,52'2
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
neys end Co 69,552
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham—Ram Fellows, and Co 9,068
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcock and
Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and 1
Co 26,027
New Serum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and

- _ •_
Co
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and CO 28,613
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry—Croxon and Co 15,281
Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 13,811
Oxford 31d Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
and Thompson... 34,525
Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells and Serenoaks Bank, Tonbridge—
Patching and Som.. ..... . ............