The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-20 00:00:00

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN IN SLIGO

'WORKHOUSE.

Mr. M'EVOY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland.
whether his attention had been directed to a resolution.
passed by a majority of the Sligo Board of Guardians res-
pectin g two children named Caulfield, in the Sligo workhouse,
and who had been registered Protestants, though their
parents were both Catholics ?

Mr. CARDWELL said he was not in possession of any
information on the subject.
CAPTAIN GRANT'S COOKING APPARATUS.

General BUCKLEY asked the Under Secretary of State
for War—the Adelaide transport took out to China, by
order of the Secretary of State for War, Captain Grant's
cooking apparatus, sufficient for 5,000 men, in order to•
test its efficieney for troops in the field ; the waggons
were never landed, though three written applications were
made by Capt. Milward, who had the charge of them—
whether the Adelaide did not take them to Hong Kong, and.
whether they were in use there now ?

Mr. BARING said that the apparatus was not required
on the occasion alluded to, and he was not competent to
give an answer to the other question.

THE CONVICT THOMAS RICHARDSON.

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Mr. B. STANHOPE asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department if it was the case that Thomas
Richardson, who was convicted at the winter assizes
at Lriinacon,ln.
thereof
thbeeinwgil,fuiln mtuhredeorpinofionPoolficeth-ceonjsutadbglee,
no extenuating circumstances and no provocation,
had his punishment of death commuted to penal servitude,
the presiding judge not having been consulted by the Home
Secretary; if it was the case that the Chief Constable fon-
Lincolnshire then pointed out to the quarter sessions ant I
to the Home Secretary the danger of this course of pro—
ceeding, and the probability of future attacks on the police ;
and, if it wasthe case that the chief constable had lately ofl -
cially informed the Home Secretary that a police constabl e
had again been fired at ?
Sir G. C. LEWIS said it was obviously inconvenient to
make the commutation of capital punishment a subject of
discussion, The right hon. gentleman then entered into scan •e
details respecting the rencontre betweenßichardson and th e
policeman, and said that though the latter died from the)
effect of the gun wound he received, still he considered thti
offence of firing that gun did not possess those feet—
tures which constituted the deliberation on the par t
of the convict necessary to establish wilful
murder. He had received memorials most influentied y
signed from Boston and Lincolnshire, stating that Richar
son bore a good character for 20 years, and praying ifc,r
commutation of the sentence. He accordingly
made the recommendation to her Majesty, ',in
reference to Richardson. With regard to the other qu.,
ss-
tions, he had received an official report from the chief cc tn.
stable of Lincolnshire, and, as the hon. gentleman had
described, stating that stones had been thrown and pistols
fired at the windows of the residence of one .of
the police constables in the neighbourhood, but it did mot
appear that any injury had been inflicted on any member sof
that force.
THE BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.
In reply to a question from Mr. VANE,
The ATTORNEY. GENERAL said that he had not
had an opportunity of considering the amendments made
in this bill by the other house, nor of submitting them. to
her Majesty's Government. He thought time should be
granted in order that proper attention might
be given to this subject. Ho would bring it on as earl
possible, and he would be regulated by public opinio a in
the course he should pursue in reference to the bill.
THE TEMPORALITIES OF THE POPE.

Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for :Fo-
reign Affairs whether he had received any account that
the Senator Heckeren had lately arrived at Paris 3E:om
Vienna as the bearer of a secret and confidential pro-
position from the Emperor Francis Joseph to the Ei ape-
ror Napoleon, to the effect that the two Emperors will
co-operate to form an independent army for the protec
of the temporalities of the Pope, and will engage to pre vont
Piedmont from entering tke states of the Church; and,
whether a letter, published as from Baron Ricasai, is
authentic, in which, without denying the report, la eis
stated to say, "I am confident we shall checkmate all in-
trigues; my inflexibility and calmness aro equal to the
right which I defend

Lord J, RUSSELL said that the Foreign-office had .re-