The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-11 00:00:00

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

The following is a more detailed account of the
assassin's conduct after his arrest, together with the
report of the Inspector of Police, who examined his
I )dgings in West-street :

Shortly after nine o'clock Inspector Hughes returned
from the lodgings of the prisoner to the station-house
in Gardeneet-lane, at which time the Earl of Uxbridge,
the Honourable Augustus Murray, the Comptroller,
and other members of her Majesty's household were
present. He then communicated the following in-
formation :—On entering the apartment which
Oxford occupied he commenced a search, and dis-
covered a sword, and, in a drawer, a quantity of
powder and ball, the latter exactly corresponding
with the size of the barrels of the pistols taken
from the prisoner when seized. On making further
search he discovered a black crape cap, having at-
tached to it three satin bows of a blood red colour,
and a piece of paper containing a list of members of a
secret society, which he had no doubt had plotted the
present occurrence. The list contained from twenty
to thirty fictitious names, such as " Oxonian, Hannibal,
Ernest, Ste." The prisoner on being brought from his
eft!, and being shown these things, did not deny that
they belonged to him, and, it is stated, even admitted
that he belonged to a society, but refused to give up
where it was held, or the names of the persons who
composed it.

Mr. M'Cann, of Parliament-street, was sent for to
the station-house (where the Hon. Mr. Fox Manic,
More O'Ferrall, Lord Uxbridge, and Earl Cardigan
had arrived), for the purpose of examining the state of
tbe prisoner's mind, and that gentleman having closely
queitioned the prisoner, expressed his unqualified belief
of his perfect sanity.
In the course of the examination the prisoner stated
that he had never been ill a day in his life, excepting
when he was " blown up by gunpowder." Upon being
asked his object for committing the act, he turned round,
and pointing to the police, replied, " These gentlemen
wi!l tell sou my object." Mr. M'Cann rejoined that he
should like it from the prisoner himself; and the latter
cooly observed, " Oh, there are thousands by this time
know my object ; the act shows it."
In a.e.wer to further interrogatories the prisoner said
he had drank only a pint and a half of beer during yes-
terday, and it appears on investigation he was not an
intemperate young man. His mother, with whom he
resided formerly, kept a coffee-shop in the Waterloo-
road, but has latterly resided in \Vest-street in private
lodgings, having a small but competent income. The
prisoner for three years lived as pot-boy at the Hog-
in-tile-Pound pubbe-house, in Oxford-street, nearly
opposite Marylebone-lane, but he quitted that service
about a month ago, and has since been out of
employment. On Tuesday evening he called upon
Mr. Linton, a butcher, in the Waterloo-road, %id]
whom he is acquainted, and remained there for two
hours, but upon that nor any other occasion has he be-
trayed any appearance of incoherency. The assassin,
up to this time, bore a good character; he is only
18 y ears of age, of slim make, dark visogcd, with small
but expressive eyes, and stands about five feet four
inches high. He was well dressed in a brown frock
coat and trousers, and light silk waistcoat. He has a
sister, but no brother or father living. He has been
carefully watched throughout the night.

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the responsibility, as evolved from any direct con-
trol exercised over Ministers by the representa-
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TNE DIABOL!CAL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSI- I Lives or by the electors, is a mere matter of moon-
NATE rIER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT. shine.
(ADDITIONAL PA RTICULARS. ) There is, indeed, an indirect control. The Press
This morning, at day-light, the police re-commenced has some influence, though it is much less than is
an active search for the bullets fired out of the pistols, generally supposed. The public opinion which it
but their exertions were not successful. The garden of contributes to form has less power over the imme-
the palace has been examined, and there is very great i diate acts of statesmen than over their characters.
doubt whether they will be discovered. Public opinion forms the sentiments of individuals,
and moulds their characters, while they are unaware
The prisoner throughout the night slept very soundly .
and was frequently visited by Inspector P whoartridge, w:„ . of its operation, and they afterwards act in obe-
dience to its mandates, without thinking of it. lo
was on (111:y. Mr. I‘l'Caon, the surgeon, had a con- fact, it may be said io model the moral nature of
versation with him this morning-,
but still "stinatelY statesmen, as well as of other persons, which is the
refuses to give an explanation of the motive that reason, and not from any reflection on responsibility,
led to the committal of so fiendish an act, or the • that statesmen generally act agreeably to public

EVEN IN(-1 b,,ID IT lONI_

opinim, and refrain from committing any outrage

against,
Such help:, the amount of responsibility, both
d ice,: and inchrect, of ;Am:Esti:en, and so few being
the persons aho realty control and direct public
affairs, it tOliows either that public affairs can have
hut a very insignificant influence over public wel-
fare, or that the community is, in fact, at the mercy
of a very few men.
Weembiace the former part of die alternative, and
it is a satisfaction to know that as public affairs
come to exercise more influence on the welfare of the
whole, the public at large, whether sharing in the re- ,
presentation or not, takes an interest in them, and
moulds the characters of rulers to its wishes and its
presumed interests. On the whole, it may, we think,
be inferred that the early education of statesmen--
or that series of circumstances, whatever it may be,
which forms their minds—is the real guide of their
conduct, and not any sense of future responsibility'

When Mr. DUNCOMBE brought the cruel
im-
prisonment of JOHN THOROGOOD under the so-
t:ce of the House of Commons, an attempt was
made to check the public sympathy which had been
generally excited in favour of the martyr for con-
science-sake, by mis-representing the law of the.,
case. It was confidently asserted by one who
knew well the falsehood of the assertion, but whose
authority was looked up to with deference, that the
incarceration of THOROGOOD was the necessary
consequence of is own act—that the Ecclesiasti-
c:l Court could pursue no other course than that
which it had actually pursued—and that the whole
blame of any suffering which the prisoner had been
subjected to, was to be attributed to himself alone.
The effect of this ex cathedra declaration of the
law was to create in the minds of many persons, not
disinclined thereunto before, a prejudice against
him. The whole pack of Tory elpers were up in a
moment, and opened in full cry upon the helpless vie"
tim of the Church's tyranny. Abuse, misrepresenta-
tion, calumny, and other weapons of the same kind
familiar to the tribe of wretched scribblers who do the
dirty work of the Priests, were employed against
him in the usual unscrupulous manner, and with
as much eagerness as if the salvation of the Chureh.
depended upon his destruction.
We do not expect that those who make the ut-
tering of falsehood a trade will be very anxious 10
convey the truth to the minds of those whom they,
have ueceived, however they may be persuaded 01
it themselves ; but of this we are sure, that no one
possessing a grain of impartiality or candour can
have read the Correspondence which we have pub'.
lished respecting this much-injured man, without
the conviction that he is aemated by the purest and
holiest motives, by a regard to the dictates of ea'
science, and a firm belief that he is promoting the
great cause of genuine Christianity. So far from
entertaining those selfish views xhich the sordid
minions of a worldly system of religion have imputed
to him, he is proved by that Correspondence to be
one of the most disinterested of men.

But that whkh will perhaps excite the most
general admiration in the character of DO'
ROGOOD is the martyr-like firmness, or rather
determination, with which he resists every attempt
come from what quarter it may, to induce him t°
let go his integrity. He will make no compromise
with conscience. With im every deviation from
its directions is a sin. He is told that he has it
in
his power to obtain his liberty by being merely Pas"
sive, and allowing the rate and costs to be paid by
his friends. Had he been the scheming hypocrite
which the foulmouthed organs of the parsons le'
present him to be, would he not have accepted this
generous offer? Assu.,edlv he would.
But how does he act in this emergency, in this
moment of strong temptation ? Does he flinch:
from the assertion of those lofty principles vgh.ic,''
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he has hitherto maintained ? Does his
heart give
way at the prospect of the prolongation of his severe
suffering ? No, with a constancy unshaken by the
certainty of imprisonment for life, be
locos the
injudicious, though well-meant, proposal.
acting from principle," replies this truly Prig a
man ; I will never pay either rate or costs ; an.
whether I pay by my own hand or by the hand
of
another man, is, in my mind, the same thing. -
will be no party, either directly or indirectly, to a
transaction which I do not approve."-

There is :no news of the slightest importance in the
Paris Journals of Tuesday. The Ministerial ordi-
nances nominating and changing Prefects are discussed
with more gravity than their importance appears to de-
mand. M. TRIERS has acted towards his opponents
in office with extraordinary forbearance. Tile
whole Of
the nominations are only forty-six. Of these thirteen
are changes from one Prefecture to another. Nine ell
appointments of Sub-Prefects to Prefectures ; and
seventeen are translations of Sub-Prefects. Were N.
TRIERS to consult his Alinisterial safety at the expense
of every other consideration, it is not with such trifling
and unimportant changes as these that he would be
satisfied.
On Monday night the Dukes of OnLEANs and
AUMALE arrived in Paris from Marseilles.
The discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on gen.
day, on the Marine Budget, has called forth the follow
ing observations on the French Navy, in the leading
columns of the , National of Tuesday. They are pre7.
faced with the opinions of RICHELIEU, COLllgitt
TURGOT, the Members of the Committee of Public
Safety, and NAPOLEON, in favour of a powerful navY
and an enumeration of the magnificent ports with which
France abounds, and of the terrors with which
her naval commanders so often inspired England. 13nc
with all her advantages, it appears that the obstacles to
the formation of a ',rally efficient navy by Franca are
not inconsiderable. They embrace most of the COW
plaints heard of among ourselves :

THE FRENCH NAVY.
Before the Revolution we had not a sufficient navy, be-
cause the resources of the country were absorbed by the
Court. We had not alw •ys capable and zealous office",
because the superior grades were accessible only to the
nobles. In the present day the revenues of the reigning
dynasty are almost equal to half the amount of the budge,'.
of the Ministry of Marine. As to the personnel, evert
body knows how the officers arc formed. With rare eI"
ceptions, the common sailors can never rise to high
grades; in order to fill these usefully a theoretical know'
ledge is necessary, which practice does not teach, The
staff of the navy therefore is only supplied from among
the captains of merchantmen and the pupils of special
schools. Now, to be captain of a merchantman it is
not sufficient to he skilful and full of probity—one
must also be rich and able to offer to the owners
a sort of security, which is generally fixed at a third
or fourth of the value of the cargo. We have self
the special school, that is to say, the naval seh°l
established on board the Orion, in the roads n,
Brest. Originally the pupils Nho arrived at that school
came with the grade of pupils of the second class,
and they
had, consequently, all the advantages attributed by the
ordinance of January, 1816, to the pupils of the saute rat'
from the College of Angouleme—viz., pay and rations
but the Minister of Marine perceiving that the set's°
l
could be supplied without granting such rdvantages to
pupils, began by suppressing the pay, then the rations. and.
ended by demanding payment from the pupils. The ee.4°.
nomy per pupil (says the report of the Committee) is S 5 w
francs per annum, independently of the money no.
paid. But it will be seen that economy is here a met.
pretext. Previously to this reform, families who were
not rich were able, with some sacrifices, to give to the°r
children an education which qualified them for Oa;
didates for the school of the Orion- this is IL
longer the case. The naval career, therefore, as regor:i
officers, is open only to the rich. The poor are eaclucleh:
farnodniptehi ey
stscechchohoonol a
schools
se,
a ls they
also
schoolsthe hadb
pyuhialreadysraecm been
received
vmedefrom
apnasy;.fotTrhaehrimilitary
oi f
at these st
the only vice of the system. The organization of the m"
ritime lists is deplorable. It appears from the tables Pre;
sented to the Chamber in 1838, that of 101,000 sailors
of all classes and professions enrolled on the naval
lists, 37,000 only had the necessary qualifications "(
age and validity for service; and we do not find that
since 1838 any improvement has taken place. 144;
niers stated lately that it was in contemplation to make
10,000 foreign seamen residing in France, and enjoying
all the benefits of nationality without its burdens, "5"„-
to service;
.but we learn that, in consequence of the rern°-;
strances of Foreign Governments, this idea is n°t,t
be carried into execution. This is not all ; the regn's;
tiuns of the service, and the naval legislation, arc
vicious, that they are calculated to inspire distaste for the
0
a
navy whose early habits would otherwise induce them .
adopt it. Our materiel is excellent, whilst most the*
English ships arc very old; but ate have not ships eriong"'
and the report of the Committee states that of late sear:
redosupplies of timber and metal have undergone a gre.at
ction. There is another grave fault ; the coseims
service of gardiennage is very badly p .rformed. Upon
the good organisation of this service depends the preservik-
tioa of the materiel. In this re-poet the English are care-
ful even to rninut m. Tois, unfortunately, is so little the
case with us, that at the end of twelve years, on an eve'
rage, we are compelled either to rebuild or thoroughly refit
all the vessels of war "
Th. National omits an important item in the maim:
Wining of a good navy, as well as in the keeping "P '34
in any other ()Ejects of national glory—the expelloe•
The Nationa/ has not. told the people of France
with a standing army of from 300,000 to 400,000 meth
they arc to defray the immense expense of such a fleet
as will constitute Fr,ittee Queen of the Ocean. ".°
sinTect the Na/iene/ is mote convers..int with the re'
veries of aoriai eaitlQ-bui di,ig than with the dry, pocket-
se:innitig science rit political economy.
rite Ro.yttlist parry in Spam is not dismayed by
the fall
of Morella ; but it changes its plan of operations. NV°
have spoken of the incursions of General athmiseda into