The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.

On Tuesday a commission, in the nature of a writ de
lunatico inquirendo, was opened before Mr. Commissioner
Barlow, Chiswick, for the purpose of investigating the
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Nottingham,
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Commissioner assented, and with the jury.walked on the
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green sward to await the arrival of Mr. O'Connor. Pre"
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sently the shrill voice of the unhappy man was beard
echoing through the passages in jayous accents. 011
emerging from the house be looked for a moment at OP
group of gentlemen forming the jury, and then, fixing 1115
eyes on Mr. Ernest Jones, he at once advanced to him•
and, grasping his hand, warmly exclaimed, " Here's Jones
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I love him ! I idolise him ! I deify him ! I adore him '
The next moment, observing his former solicitor, Mr.
lisatßeallhlandlso
Turner, he grasped his hand and called out loudly, " And
hero's Turner ! I idolise him ! He is the best solicitor
that ever lived ! He is a capital fellow, is that Turner if''
Mr. Bell now came in for a share of the unhappy mail
criticism. The moment Mr. O'Connor caught sight
is ! What beautiful eyes he has ! beautiful nose ! hand'
lainaledcleif4y‘ Ahinmd here
ful mouth ! beautiful lips ! beautiful teeth ! beautifig
ihdiomli
sir exclaimed,
ears ! beautiful arms ! beautiful legs ! beautiful feet 5.
and so on, with a rapidity of utterance which it was al',
most impossible and most distressing to follow. Bo'
Pownall earnestly endeavoured to attract his mind to a
rational subject, and asked the unhappy man of what 1116
property consisted ! All he could obtain in reply was, that'
he had two newspapers; but he would not enter into per;
ticulars on this head. The conversation having ceased
for a moment, Mr. O'Connor drew himself up, and strill'
ing both hands upon his thighs to mark the metre of 1116
verse, recited with great rapidity some lines ending with
" Who strove for the patriots—was up night and day ?
Who sav'd them from falling to tyrants a prey ?
'Twas Feargus O'Connor was diligent then ;
We'll rally around him again and again."
As he approached the end of this doggerel, once WY
popular among his followers, Mr. O'Connor became cow
siderably excited, moving rapidly backwards and forwardef
and betraying much of that bold address which distill'
guished his oratorical displays in former days. A !Nor.
from Dr. Tuke, however, quieted him instantly, and 11;
replied, " I won't say another word, doctor." As flit
learned Commissioner and jury passed out, Mr. O'Conlr
appeared anxious to accompany them, but another
per induced him to return, and he stood on the doorvalp
as the company departed, exclaiming to each as he passe
" What a handsome fellow you are ! What a handsolo"
fellow you are !"
The jury found " That Mr. Feargus O'Connor was of
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unsound mind and was incapable of managing his affairs,
dating the lunacy from the 10th of June, 1852, the daY ~
which he was committed to the custody of the Strjeant-5k
Arms of the House of Commons.

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