The Express. — London, England, 1848-10-02 00:00:00

9 Velar*, end travelled by special train on the Scottish Central sad Ildinbasiit sad elet railways to Edinburgh, sad abeam W thoOstedemien endLamaster and by 'he Carlisle to Crews. A klessophis memo had precedid the royal train aansesdng its appreeeb, with °ram to the station. Rueter to repave he bee Majesty's reception, and to corn ambits to the peopefetor of the Royal Hotel at Crewe the Qom% inhales et melds, that establishment he: resting pima Ise the night As may be supposed, We unexpected menenwommat ommiemed Me poshest esemmotion the isnmetim of the betel, who he a Use winiddersd asma C =new a boa:. lietbeequent easseaptes, however, the oorreetness of the senneons, and at seem Abates Saturday evening the royal this arrived at the synths M Crewe, end her Majesty with the Prince and the jostkiell Ineenhen of the royal family alighted, and were eondusted to the koteL Yesterday morning her Majesty and suite left Crewe as early mix o'clock, and arrived at the Ruston station at ten esiestes pest ten. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were re eased by the principal authorities of the North Western Railway, and appeased in no degree fatigued by their rapid journey of 600 miles. Memssiltile the Victoria and Albert, Black Eagle, Virago, and Vivid steamers, left Aberdeen harbour at ball-past two; but, owing to her supWor speed, the Vivid soon paned the test of the squadron, and they were shoetiv *Reimer& out of sight. Th• Vivid had a splendid run to Leith, a distance of miles, which she accomplished in a little over five hour•. She stood on to Yarmouth Road', a distance of about 360 miles from Aberdeen, which she reached about tour o'clock on Saturday afternoon, haviue aecumpli.hrd the run in 2d hours, during a considerable portion of which time her en gines were going ea y. Here she brought to for the night, and left about ei o'clock yesterday morning, striving at Woolwich shortly after twelve o'clock at noon. She immediately landed a party of the A division of police and her baggage, and will return to Dover to resume her plate on that station. The Victoria and Albert, Black Eagle, and Virago, will proceed on to Portsmouth, and the Black Ries will return to Woolwich, after landing her Majesty's car riages sod luggage at Cowes. THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON.—On Saturday, the revision of the register of voters for the City of London was concluded' by Kr. the lists that were disposed of on that day being 'bas of Lingbourne and Lime•street, Porteoken and the TOW?. The following is the Anal result of the revision, which, it will be wen, is pestle in favour of the liberal petty: Liberal claims allowed, ; dianlowed, 68. Con @endive claims snowed, 5 ; noes disallowed. Liberal oh. jections sustained, 456; failed, 102. Conservative objections sustained, I ; filled, 1,436. Expunged by the bareater, 88. MARYLEISONE.— F. Bay'.ey, Esq., the barrister, completed the revision of the lists for this bormieti on Saturday. The proceedings were: confined to the correction of the register by the mules' of the seines of dead or disqualified persons, and the insertion of those of a' few claimants. There was no opposition, end no question of the slightest interest arose. The total cumber of of irins sustained during the whole revision is about 200. Several objections failed for want of sufficient proof of service of notice. INAUGURATION OF THE NEW SHERIFFS. On Saturday the annual ceremony of +leering- in the sheriffs foe the ensuing year took pleas at the Court of Exchequer. Shortly after 2 o'clock the civic cortege, con sisting of the Lor I Mayor, the Recorder, the new and out going sheriffs, and other functionaries of the corporation I arrived at the landing-place at Wesffiainster•bridge in the City-barge, and walked in on to the court, whips they were received by the ursitor Baron, and the hangs- ISDOI was proceeded with. The Recuituni, in introducing the new sheriffs, said he had te present to the court Thomas Quested nude and Jacob Emanuel Goodhart, Mmrs., the two gentlemen who bad been sleeted by the citizens of London to fill the elks obliterate of London and Middlesex for tl.e ensuing year. Mr. nazis was the younger son of a gentleman of ancient haft in Yost, his father having for 50 years tilled the office of magistrate of Myths. One of his brothers had, when captain of the Queen Charlotte, fallen in the service of his country at Lake Brio, and another, Major Firnis, wee at that moment at the head of his regimert, the 55th Native Infantry, advancing upon Moultan, the limiest seat of war in India. For the sheriff had been reserved commercial enterprise and municipel distinction ; and it must not be forgotten that his had been the first London house to esta blish a factnry at Bagdad, in Asiatic Turkey. Mr. Finals had passed rapidly through his various civic distinctions, and only required his coming year of shrievalty to qualify him for I the high and distinguished office of Lord Mayor of the City of London. His confidently trusted that during the coming year Mr. Filial, would establish fresh claims on the coati deuce of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Jacob Emanuel Goodhart, his associate in office was originally of German extraction, but his family had been settled in England sines 1752, nearly a astary, end had a cq uitted themselves with honour and integrity as British inesatii, and he himself possessed, in as ample fortune, the means of dispensing that generous italit and that extensive charity which became his dWaga' office. The united efforts of both gentlemen would be directed to the efficient discharge of their public slaty, and if they wanted any incentive to such a course, it WWI be f,.und in the example of their predecesion, who had sited in such a manner during their year of office, as to shah an themselves an unanimous vote of thanks from the Liven .I L. The Citable Baron, in expressing the concurrence of the grows sad the court in the choice of the citizens of London, eeaeag~ratalated them on the tranquillity which their city had enhßind during a period when the rest of Europe was eon vellenk a het which proved the excellence of our municipal end Maw national institutions. That our country was not hke ethers., at this moment the scene of insurrection or military =tam, was mainly attributable to the fact that men of wire always, as in the present instance, ready to step bum& and fill °Mess of trust and respondbility,widn the sole maim of doing good to their fellow-citizens. His lordship esselsded by complimenting the outgoing sheriffs on their ' senduct during their year of office. The usual formalities having been gone through, the civic functionaries retired as they had entered, in procession. Tate Dinriza.—ln the evening the new sheriffs enter- I tained a distinguished party of upwards of 200 gentlemen at dinner, at the London Tavern ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding. It is almost needless to say that the hest comprised every delicacy in and out of meson, or that the wines were unexceptionable in variety and abundance. All present were loud in commendation of the entertainment, and of the princely hospitality of their worthy hosts. A musical party, under the direction of Mr. Grattan Cooke, sang she and madrigals during the evening.—The usual loyal and constitutional toasts having been successively proposed and duly responded to, Mr. Sheriff Fuewia proposed the health of the Lord Mayor, at the sum time thanking his lordship for being so kind as to take the chair on that occasion. His lordship hail most effieiestly discharged his important duties daring an eventful year, and hed therefore earned the goodwill and ap probation of his fellow-citizens. (The lout was responded to with much cheering.) The LOW) DILATOR briefly returned thanks, observing that muck of the credit of the put eventful year was owing to the conduct of his efficient colleagues, the late sheriffs. On entering upon office, he (the Lord Mayor) held asked his fellow-eitinens for a vote of confidence, and that having been coneeded to him, he had gone on fearlessly and sseeenhilly in the discharge of his important duties. He hoped that we should sever see a return of the events of the pest year, bat is say ease he felt sue that the 'Mann of Landon would not seek to essimage their enticed sad essetitutionsl privi leges tee the anarchy whisk unhappily prevailed is ether countries. (Hear.) The Loan MAYOR then galled fora bumper toast in homer of the new shed& of London and Middlings. He emgrambaed the einem of Lomita on limbs obtained two came Meech efielesey sad liftsbay. (Cheers.) The Sin e severally retuned thanks. Mr. Sheriff 000DRARv proposed the health of Alderman Sir James Doke, Lord Mayor elect, whose deaths had been surfed unenineenely on the preceding day. They had hoard much of Mamba Hones hospitality, but be mild promise them that in the menden of that virtue Mr Jams woad m ined all former Lord limpet. (Cheers sad laughter.) Sir J. Dunn wee deeply sensible of the Meow embrrwl, but weld hardly undertake all that had been prombed for him by his propmer. (Is laugh.) hi p s e nd e avour hospitality and in Me dleskarges of hispublfa duty, his endeavour would he to equal, not mud, his worthy predettemer, and if be sue ',oda, he felt that he need not fear that the wmadsoce of his fellow-eitiesse would be withheld from him. (Hear.) "The Beeordsr of London," "The City Member, " and the other tosses cm the lieu wen then dispoind of , md the company separated. • MARTLEBONE VESTRY.—ABANDONMENT OF THE PROPOS= INC/LlAlll or Tan POLICIRLTS.-111r. Flood read a report of the committee appointed to prevent the in creased police rata being enforced. The committee had an interview with the metropolitan polim cenunissiosen, who freely admitted the injustice and eon-necessity of the in creased rate of 4,0001., that being the exam beyond what the parish was rated to for t h e year, and beyond what the rate-payers ware lad to believe would be required. The corn- MiniOnera kindly consented waiving their demand for the excess until the collection of the rate next year. Bat, u the conunissionors had no alternative hat to *bey the law and onions the high rate, the committee recommended the vestry to petition the legialature to give to the police cum mitaionm the power of taking a less sum than the sixpenny rate.—Kr. Garnet mimed the adoption of the report, and taproom' a determination to resist, by every constitational mew, the increase of the polies rate, u it was unjust and usuteeeseary.-.-Mr. Miehie wended the motion, which after some discussion was carried, and the vests , adjourned. THE SOUTHAMPTON PORTION OF THE INDIA MAIL. —The Ripon, Capt. Moresby, Admiralty Agent, Lieut. Brady, R.N., arrived at Southampton yesterday with the South ' motes portion of the India ,all. A CHILD WITH TWENTY NAMES.—The Madrid Ga- :eit; ereD7 easensees the NAIL et the Duchess de hlonmemiWa and, and that she had best baptised Mari& THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL FROM SCOTLAND. Imbed resmirea as Ails Antoci& Luisa Fernand' Crisis& The arrangements were ter the eis la leave Aber. Amalie Felipe Adelaide Josef' Elena Baykal% Carolina dean harbour at two o'clock oat P mint h bat the Juste Lase Empire Melchor* Belteeare Mates. night wu pitchy dirk, and a strosir • blew from the CEILD-DROPPING.—MATEELOLS POE A ROILLNCL "rth•wwt• A amesitation wee held ea* ea Friday bv• —Team* information was received by the police that !wen Ceptiin Lela Adeephse Fitsclareass, Captain Car- tussle best, shout one month old, had been found &ban- Mil. and the pikes ea heard the melees we* las result of Awed on lie at., of the doer, No. 91, Onafordoweet, which was the nmemles af ma eplaim lent it the wind did sadessi la a reticule basket. There was sot moderate at soon it small ale be safe foe her else a eeeap sls sewage el clothing of a superior kind, a Malawi to attempt to Maw the Inebille. eeediply, meths podut Of mas sei 4wder. and a note, written to an elegant vied freshened up towline sees, Imo ,et quarter. hook red s the child's same to be Roes wallow pat two on Friday allemees, leaded , sad pro- dies t s at wer Dermas of distinction • that eventually ceeded to Perth by Led. it be claimed, end those who ;masted it amply Her Majesty left Perth co Saturday mode, et half-pat rewarded. ■s 2 iii hey rL_ I . -01 ly_on T 66 .no. iciliaa elings of tko Aciai lierc 471 g tsetse sod is l‘ii i _ I. rased amid Ira , I bar, ad - rr td that it is neon bag l nasals Maori{' 1 goveri rhictt Or hays rr rthat. ose, Gas national I Amor asot Olt it of tbe heir oh rdiag to, Lad, Pm" h. the le' be tad them twigb• polsm wa embers d loan No' 'fix) b$Vl itusorti a LA tko j o urnals. The Basle (layette says that he was spon eed as Wehr by the peasants, and brought by tam Lorraeh, where, Our the def. at of the re optima', the civic authorities were set free and re ignited in their posts. The military were expected i n mat town (a hotbed ot republicans) on the 27th. gro at arrests have been already made. On the tight of the 26th a conflict notino u took place e yet. It is said that s now a prisoner at Priburg (Baden). pal;one number of the " republican government a ppeared in Lomeli (the head.quarters), and Vranalbercontained some extraordinary statements, be ou np'e : That republican corps were marching gulen from Colmar, Besancon and Strasburg ; that s a the Baden Oberland was organised in a military mild of view in favour of the republic • that the b o nd Duke's pAlsee in Carlsmehe had been'hiwned to the rou nd, and that the Grand Duke himself had g,d to Basic ! It is officially stated that the conflict & won lasted two hours ; that the town was ~.„ko d ed and that the insurgents numbered about lie republican insurrection in Baden is now, ninny mid,suppressed, but anotherone has broken • Wurtembe.g, a certain popular orator, named ~ w i ng pmelaimed the republic at Rottweil, in k i ng dom, presence of a great number of armed r " fi ts, who interded to make an attack on Stutt ond o n the 281 h. The government are well pre :;,,ed. In Ban ' s proclamation he asserts the sove folgety of the people, declares property sacred and iono kide ; threatens robbers with expulsion from the „ L oy; urges each parish to form a provisional ozomittee of safety; announces that traitors to the peo ple will be summoned before a popular tribunal; s ad that there will be a general move towards Stutt lord as the part of all persons capable of bearing air. It legated in the Frankfurter Journal that the Ist bon g o s of the 2nd Nan= Regiment have refused to caret to Baden, and that two companies gave loud Mies fir Hecker, the well-known republican leader. yl Raman has, it is raid, been charged by the „may ot the German Empire to demand explana time bola the &rits Vorort respecting what has pod ill the (; rand Duchy of Baden , and to insist •• ansoons being taken to prevent similar republican isseemests having their origin in Switzerland. AUSTRU.—The Vienna papers of the 26th an omie! the acceptation . by the Emperor of the re doom of the Miniver of Public Works, Von bloomer. The fact of the resignation we announced NM time since. This ministry will be attached, ad owl" to that of agriculture, Fem. Ds state of the Magyars is becoming doily more Owl. Accounts from Perth of the 23rd ult. an uses the wriest of the Ban of Croatia at Stuhlweis magi, a large town within eight German miles of in i ngitaL The Hungarian account we gave of a whin which the Creations had incurred great for boost to have been a hoax. The Ban has not only am wllk ao resistance, but has been recei;ed with spregisa iiidake Stephen arrived at Vienna on the 24th, ▪ faired the post of Palatine into the bands of d o 'mirror. Vi hether it has been accepted or not hellhaewo. The Hungarian Diet is to be pro igner from the frontiers of Moldavia, of the Bth, or • Five thousand Russians have just pared the Rik le reinforce the army of occupation. The Wes poseal, !interne', has ordered the Moldavian ammi te preßare winter quarters and provisions for ikermen. The it habitants of the province are ex ploder epoliations and vexations of all kinds, both seeps of the Russians and their prottlycc, Prince *mks MALTA, Sart 22. gIOSIRIOSIOS of an official communication from Oda der arrivals from Orme are subject to guaranties in lbs imiee birds, war beard of health has decided to receive woe ism these blends in free pratique. The Primes and biles et Capes and Wally left hers for Marseilles in her Sews snow ?Moo. They travel under the title of beet ma Countess Licala. Another absurd rumour el two loic declare, was reported the other morning by a Cz• me, est la kir the purpose from Cmal Carnal. Dn. krierag, Collings, sad Cherati bamsdiately proceedmi Mika in a ealeepe. I will give you Dr. Barry's account: ' mini we were taken to a wretched hovel, surrounded dit red and dirt hem the late rains, and scarcely air or uterdight. Within, lay upon a wretched bed an old woman, anti asked, sacking an orange, and eating the skin. La the last stage of destautiou and misery, perishing anger and dying of add. We ordered her a fowl to be inembately made into broth, supplied her with nom vie, sad took measures for a supply of clothing. This en all the cholera we could find there. The neat els a mon in nearly the same circumstances as is In he certainly had had • colic from the sear ems. A fowl, some brandy, and other secenariss„ soon end hie threes." The government ought to make an en. mph ei those permits who for self-interest go about alarm leg th ibe zahlie wula reports for which there is not the legit HOLLAND.—Tea HAOUI4 SEPT. 30.—The re pia the section of thesecond chamber in double number, it just been published. The 12 projects of the funds metal law have ben 'sentinel. The question of the cm =el the second chamber la double number was brought sad was adopted by a gnat majority, In the sense Oct the mission of the prevent legislature was wholly hunt from that of the ordinary chamber ; the latter was bride on the necessity of the revision of the tandem-seal aspect, and to me determine the alterations relative therennto ; elates the on of the extrordinary legislature vas to adopt or reject what had been passed by the ordinary chamber. The fifty-eight new =abets 6d, however, thoroughly examined the different projects of kw the new conaketion of the country. Many of Owe members were of opinion that the modified funds, antel law did not meet the expectations of those who de all to sea intztduced into it niitlatioes which should the general administration of public affairs, and in itialer economy into the expenditure of the state. fey espiemed that if the fundamental law were adopted, lbe gam- would use al: potable efforts to attain their lei Mama ell the projects gave rise to more or less Ikenalen la die different sections, it don not appear that in My dee emdene the prefects were objected to. Übe court. ABERDEEN, SEPT. 29.—Her Majesty left Balmoral lollooday, at two o'eloek, sad arrived at Aberdeen at seven AWL The errs teen et Alienisea was beautifully Wu wishd he the rseepiles et her Ili** no Moto of the wader melees her Ileamty trem pempselluir to sea, sad hwaierty starts to-day to Perth, cat her way to the south, kf _ ram, SEPT. 29.—The Queen and Prince, and the W rongly, &Maid at Perth, and slept at the George _ _ . Cum; Sire. 30.—Her Majesty left Perth by veal train at half-past alas eels* Oki moraing, sad fe at Crewe st 7 p.m. Becuitosex Peucs, I.—Her Majesty left Crews st six °Wadi this seerelag, aid arrived le Lan ai, per spas hl erode, at • qesrue-past 10 Vele& e.a. Oshou it, ft arr.2o. —The Princess Alice sad the other Mare breeder of dm Royal belly take their anal aiis las sheet the grenade at Osiers,. The Prime= of Holm lake Lesipenhoarp and the Primers Elise embarked tam die Trhaty Wharf yesterday with the Duchies of gait is the lirehT, a nd proceeded to Portsmouth on than way to Armada Castle, on a yak to the Doke and Ducker of Norfolk. Viscount Nforpeth left town on Saturday for Cutle 800 ird, Yorkshire. Sir G. Grey arrived in town yesterday from Scot sand. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has returned to ti mot, .Mickleton Hall, Dowelatar, from Howiek Hall, were cent off on Saturday evening from tha l = he° office for the Governor of New South Wales. Intorrod MANOR.—The distinguished party which Vie to wortablo this week at Drayton Manor, to partake of the hospitality of Sir Robert and Lady Peel, is put off in eon- Masses of the premature death of Mr. Hen. Peel, third eon of the Right Ike. Wm. Yates Peel, and the late Lady Jane Peel, sad Nephew of the Right Hoe. Baronet. DEATH OF LOID BZRWTCK.—We have to announce the bows of Lord Berwick, intelligence of whose death, at Shingfewa-keuss, the famil sou ShrewelnuT ruched flan at Saturday. The eve n t took plum on Thenday, after a sheet Blame. The late lord, who was in holy orders, was kw ate m Ikea half a sentury rector of Thornton, in Cheshire, lad for near that period wee rector of Herrington Sutton, in Shropshire. Ho aiertied,l6th Jan., 1800, Frances Maria, famed daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Mortyn Owen), who died la 1840, by whets he lettere ■ family of for seas and • her damtters. The Hon, Richard Noel Hill, his eldest eon, born in 1800, saxes& to the fandly bassoon. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1848. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-THREE LIVES LOST. On Saturday morning the whole of the Router Via duct, now in course of construction on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, about six miles east of Sheffield, and which runs across the river Rother and the contiguous valley at Brighton, fell down with a tremendous wash, burying four of the workmen, only was of whom has escaped with his life. This viaduct is designed to consist of 36 arches, 20 of which dad been completed at the time when the accident occurred. They were all semi-arches, each of SD fret span, and of an average height of DA feet from the warrens to the spring. The height from the spring to the crown sewage(' 16 feet. The work was entirely of brick. The con tractor of this portion of the undertaking is Mr Carlisle, under Maas. Miller, Mackie, and Shortridge, the emstractors of the works from Sheffield to Brighton. Under thesuperintendence of Mr. Carlisle, the erection of the viaduct proceeded satisfactorily to the completion of the twentieth arch, and from most of the arches the 'mitres or sup cons had been withdrawn. The centre of the nineteenth was eased a few days ago, and no danger was apprehended until lately, when in consequence of the heavy rams which have recently fallen in the neighbourhood, and by wbieh the valley is inundated, Mr. Carlisle on Frilly gave orders to his workmen to shore up the nineteenth arch with a view to its better protection. Seven or eight men were employed upon this work the remainder of the day, and they mumed their operations on Saturday. A few minutes be fire ten o'clock on that morning, while they were thus engaged, the nineteenth arch fell in, without a moment's notice, and was immediately fol lowed by the 13 or 14 adjoining arches. After a few minutes the remainder of the viaduttalso fell in ; thus completing the destruction of this extensive work. . . . Four of the workmen were completely buried beneath the fallen materials. Fortunately, the others had stepped from beneath the arch a moment or two before, and thus escaped. Mr. Carlisle was sent for, and arrived at the spot without a in mast's delay. His first efforts, assisted by the surviving workmen, were devoted to the rescuing of the sufferers. Two of the bodies were found to be lifeless, having been mutilated and mangled in a shocking manner. In another of the suf ferers life was not totally extinct at the time he was extri cate 4; but he died within a very short period. The fourth man had his arm broken, and sustained other severe inju ries, bat fatal results in his case are not anticipated. The four men were removed promptly to the Railway Inn, at Heighten, where the deceased remain awaiting the coroner's inquest. The names of the men who were killed are Henry Wightinan, George Bentley, carpenters, and James Clarke, labourer, who lived a short time. The name of the surely ing sufferer is William Lamb. It is a remarkable circumstance that the whole of the piers upon which the arches rested remain entire. On Friday, Mr. Carlisle, solicitous for the safety of the erection, in con sequence of the ground being Honied in some places to the depth of four or five feet, made a minute examination of the foundation of the piers. He found that they had been gra dually sinking in some parts to the extent of 141 inches, owing partly, it is supposed, to come soft under strata below the clay in which they are built. The sinking was chiefly observable in the piers of the nineteenth arch, aril hence the directions to have the each shored up. 'That the workman ship of the arches was good is proved, not only by the fact of the piers remaining erect, but that to some of them a por tion of the arch, to the extent of 9 feet, remained adhering. The place presents a desolate appearance, part of the ruins ucovered by the fi Aid, the extent of which may be sed from the fact that the water has risen to a height of 16 het above the bed of the river. . . A perm who was at a short distance when the accident occurred, dimities the falling of the first ereb so resembling the report of firearms. The others fell in one by one, in quick bat distinct succession, causing great alarm in the neighbourhood. the Mother viadoc• is one of the principal works on this line. The circumstance of the viaduct being beyond the point where the short line from Beighten to Woodhouse Mill station diverges from the ma'n line, will prevent any post ponement of the opening of the line from Sheffield to its Junc tion with the Midland at the time appointed. IRELAND. DUBLIN. Barr. 30. Alter el the denials, "authorised" and otherwise, ... respecting Mr. Barry, it is now announced in the Freeman's Journal, through which more than one of the contradictions issued, that this person will appear as an approver on the trial of Mr. O'Brien. Two other circumstances we collect from the opening state ment of the Attorney-General that will not fail to tell with the jury; the one, that Mr. O'Brien gave th 3 people enters to fire upon the police in the widow Cormick's house, although it was stated over and overagain that his efforts were directed rather to their protection; and the second fact is, that while Mr. O'Brien was "in command," one of his companions was " a traitor" to the traitors—this pram is, it is said, ready to prove he raw Mr. O'Brien write the celebrated letter to the mining company. Mr.Halpin, too, the Secretaryto the Confederation, is announced as having arrived at Clonmel to give evidence on the trials. Mr. Duffy has contradicted in the Freeman of this morning, under his hand, the statement that he had for mally given notice to the government of his intention to plead guilty. He has accompanied the contradiction by some reflections upon my correspondence and my motives in writing it. I cannot feel hurt at these, first, because of Mr. Duffv's position, and, secondly, because they are unjust. I have no desire to aggra vate any incident or circumstance respecting him. I send my authority for the statement for your private information. I would not publicly indicate the source, though it is little less than official. The Carlow Sentinel, issued this morning, recurring to the arrest of the American " auxiliaries" to the Irish army of liberation, which was noticed this day week in the same jou rnal, states that those men avowed that their intention was to take part in an Irish rebellion. They had fought in Mexico : in Ireland they have found a prison. That they were not idle however during their sojourn here is apparent free; a divan :stew. which has since occurnd. On Tues day night 13 young men, most of them artisans in the employment of Mr. Cavanagh of Borris, Carlow, and earning good wages at constant work, were arrested for drilling and training at night. They were organised under a warrant awned by the Amen cans. This was "going ahead" with a vengeance. Miss O'Ryan, aunt to O'Mahony, and who had been placed in arrest under a charge of haebowing that outlaw, hes been admitted to bail. Whether the same privilege will be permitted in the acs of Mks Power has not, I believe, been yet decided. Probably her owe requires more Consideration, as, besides her not being a new connexion of O'Maitoufs, it is said the lady at the time of her arrest had copper caps bidden in her hair. DUBLIN, Sinop. The evidence given on the state trials at Clonal, although not disclosing anything which we did net know long since, as to the aim of *is club organization, has furnished materials kr gweip, and will certainly nuse the re newal of former whisperings. For instaaw st e now lean that the portmentesa of Mr. had been given to the police by Ma Daisy before that lady saw Mr. O'B ten's order kr serresdering it. Then with regard to the letters sad documents of the Confederation, if they were to be con cealed at all, one of the oddest places of concealment which could be selected, surely was the house of the secretary's father-in-law. If anybody cared to look for them they would oaktinly be sought in such a place. The conclusions to which these inferences seem to point, have been most fortunate for the country and the empire, but they are little flattering to oar national truthfulness towards each other. THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. TRIAL OF MR. W. S. O'BRIEN. CLONMBL, Pittner. The Lord Chief Justice Blackburns, Lord Chief Justice Doherty, and Mr. Justice Moore, took their slate on the bench at ten o'clock this morning. The court was even more crowded than on the previous day. The Attomey•General. the Solicitor.Oeneral, Mr. Scott, Q.C., Mr. Busse, and Mr. Lynch, appeared as counsel for the crown. Mr. Whiteside, Q.C., Mr. Fitzgerald, and Sir Colman O'Loghleo, for the prisoner. There wu a very full attendance of jurors, and when the reading of the panel had concluded, Mr. Whiteside applied to the court on behalf of Mr. W. 8. O'Brien to select the jar? by ballot. The Attorney General said that if he contented to the sp. plicotion, it would infer that he acquiesced is the imputation of partiality smieht to be proved against the WI sheriff. The Chief Justice said that as the Attorney-General did not agree to thee application, the court could not consent to its being granted. Tb. Clerk of the Crown then informed the prisoner that he could challenge 20 persons peremptorily as they cams to the book to be sworn, and before they were sworn, and as many others for " cause " as he could natal". Hillard M. 8. Edward Crosbie Moore, of Moon's Fort, ware then sworn; when R. E. Phillips was challenged, and Mr. Whiteside , Q.C., said that the ground of challenge was that Mr. Phillips did not stand indiffer ently to the prisoner. The two gentlemen who were sworn as jurors were thou sworn to try the vaned of Mr. WhiWide, Q.C., stated this ground te be that Mr. Phillips was a magistrate at Limerick • a turret 'rug up betweea him and • native of Limerick ; Mr. Phillips 27;1 that that person fired at him ; he prosecuted him, jury acquitted him; the men who was thus tried requested Mr. o.Brien to bring thew before parliament, whieh he did, and also list:ought ft bikes the Chancellor. It was for the triers to decide whether the ground of challenge was a fair one. The Attorney General said that if Botha reeling were upon Mr. O'Brien', mind, be had no desire to prise the point, and he would consent to Mr. Phillips being set aside, wi kh was accordingly done. Altar eltalleages, William Going challenged for cause • the. cause alleged being that he was one of the magistrates before whom the informations were sworn. Cause allowed. About 18 more challenges having been made, the prisoner exhausted his right of challenge, having act aside 20 jurors without cause, but Mr. Whiteside claimed for him the right of challenging 16 additional jurors peremptorily upon tie behalf, and died the 9th Geo. 111., chap. 64. The Attorney• General, is reply, contended that the 9th Geo. lil., in amending the administration of the criminal law in Ireland, specificelly stated that a prisoner on his trial for high treason should have but twenty peremptory.chal lenges. The court oisallowed the challenge, and the jurors were accordingly sworn. The following is the jury sworn to try Mr. O'Brien: R. M. J. Manaergb, Greases, foreman ; B. C. Moore, Moore's Fort; R. °mon, Richmond ; J. Going, Birdhill ; J. Lloyd, Lisburn; S. Perry, Barron.; J. Russell, Ballydavid ; E. P.nnefather, Marlow ; T. Sadler, Balliogarry ; J. Tuthill, Ragland ; R. Manger, Grails; C. Going, Castle Canna. The Clerk of the Crown than read the indictment against Mr. Smith O'Brien.—Mr Fitzgerald applied to the court to oblige the witnesses for the prosecution to leave court.—The Attorney-General 'Malted to know if it would be necessary for Mr. Hodges, the government reporter, to leave the court f He was there to take a report of the proceedings. and would also be examined as a witnem.—Mr. Fkageraal mid he had no objection to Mr. Hodges remaining. The AttorneyGentral next said that he saw Mr. O'Hara in court. He was one of those that had been summoned by the crown, but as he wasons of the +Mews over whom he had no control, he begged to say that he would not be de prived of his evidence, because he chose to remain in court. General M'Donald also was in court, and he wished to know if there were any objection to kis remaining in court. The er said that he had no objection to General M' d remaining in court, but he did object to Mr. Hodges remaining, as he had represented himself to be merely a reporter, and had turned out to be a person acting in a very different character. He had come forward and swop that the words spoken by him were seditious and treasonable, and any person who was prepared to take that coarse to aid the crown was not a fair reporter. The dAtorney-General said he would examine Mr. Hodges merely as a reporter he would be the first witness ermined for the crowd.—Mr. Hodges said that he might retire, es his son wee I. court to supply his place.—The prisoner repeated that so far as he was concerted, he would not consent to Mr. Modem remaining in court; he had departed from his character of reporter : he had bean nested as a guest, and had turned out a spy. He might be over-ruled in his objee tion, but he would not consent to Mr. Hodges continuing in court. Mr. Hodges then retired: his son and Mr. M'Der mott, the other government reporter, remained in court to take notes of the trial. Mr. Lynch then read to the court and jury the substance of the indictment. There were tin count.. The first five charred the prisoner with levying war agionst the Queen within the realm. The sixth charged that there was a conspiracy in order to bring and put the Queen to death. The first count found that the poisoner and others named in the indictment, upw the 17th of July and upon divers other days between that and the 30th of July, at Bailin garry, county Tipperary, with a great multitude of others, wickedly, maliciously, and traitorously levied and made war against the Queen. That count stated that they marched in and through divers villages, towns, places, and highways, erected certain obstructions upon the highway to prevent the marching of the soldiers, sad made an attack upon a large body of constables by fore, and violence, to compel them to Join them, and made a warlike attack upon a dwelling-house at Farrinrory and fired upon a large body of constables. The second count wade the levying of war to take place upon the 20 hof July, at Mullinahone. The count stated that they marched in a warlike manner, and made an attack upon a dwelling-house at Mallinahone. The third count stated the levying of war to have been upon the 28th of July, at a place called Killonaule. Tke tontchtrged s ite pri- or with having compassed the death of the (Zees, dm. - The Atterney-Geneial then rem to address the went and jury en behalf of the crown. He said it was his duty to state to them the facts of the am and the evidence which he would being forward to sustain it. The prisoner was charged with the highest offence known to the law. Fortunately such trials were not frequent. There fore, it would be necessary for him to state the law of the case, to enable the jury to apply the evidence to it. In the reign of Edward 111. an act was passed defining high treason. The present c harge was grounded upon that statute, which passed in the year 1350. The learned gen tleman then read the passage in the statute defining the crime of high treason. The question in the case was, so far as the first five counts, had there been a levying of war against the Queen, and did the conduct of the prisoner amount to a lentos; of war ? It had been clearly established by Judge Foster and Chief Justice Ten terden, that the pomp and circumstance of military array and regular warfare were not n to constitute the levying of war. An assembly armed an arrayed for trea sonable practices, and arming itself, was a levying of war without an engagement at all. The numbers of persons who assembled were not material—but two things should be established to the satisfaction of the jury. First. was there an insurrection and rising in arms for a warlike pur pose, which constituted a levying of war ? With respect to the compassing the death of the Queen, the law had been established from the earliest peeiod. It was not necessary to prove that the parties oontemplated personal violence against the sovereign. The taking of measures to depose, imprison, or restrain the person of the Queen, through insurrection or rebellion, were overt acts of compassing the death of the sovereign. The actual rebellion of which he meant to give evidence did not occupy a considerable period of time ; it oc cupied scarcely more than the last week in July, but that they might fully understand the object of the proasedinip, and the circumstances under which they were had recess to by the prisoner, it would be necessary for him to trace the results which the prisoner really must have anticipued from a much earlier period. It would appear that as long ago as January, 1847, an association was formed in the city al Dublin. Mr. Whiteside here interrupted the Attorney-General, and observed that in the language of Judge Foster the pri soner was not bound to answer to the history of his life, and he would pretest salon the introduction of matter of whisk there was no hint In the islietsent. The Attorney General mid that he would not state any thing of which he had not evidence, and it was the first time he ever heard that evidence of a previous conspiracy anal not be given to substantiate each a charge as the preemie In the year 1847 an emaciation was formed in Dublin celled the Irish Confederation, oonsisting of Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Meagher, Mr. Delany, and several other gentlemen, wham by the evidence he meant to Maid with the lesion' of entering into open insurrection, which did net Mite lilacs until July. He did tot lay that the plea was formed i n January, 1847 ; but that emaciation was as homed and continued till July ; and in February eft Marsh.lll44 I =tend into a definite ylaa, by moat a ilans et ' ,to ease a separation tota the two amnia end Melia Ironed se an iedispeasal kierlos. It wee a mar at Watery dot the Ranh mantis took pies in the Nemo" el the peanut year, eta he omen was hid 1 4 , 0 se is t to them who WOW aexlees either M s h im s or, km MMus masa% el adren al. dm ammy, le embark ia die preset It maid a - per la daas sheet that peeled mailer were bold ap estl 7 ter the gnaws, and with the Miewien a l= an Mines of asenraMletisa M the at FNMA. , Mr, Villa semi at M i l= img an address be the Irma oath% several peetisme of width it was impewllie te reed wilitent gosslag Is she that Mr. Widths had NNW la his =MI lite dm hid arrived when the Irish amply of whew le hasisiMerseff te be the meseensWye, abed& have meson to alms to ems Inland IM• a ems, Ms kiNgion. In that speak the poisoner salad that, a m m o u p s . some waviest wiwalaws be had ehlested to poems halm saws, he_ lili • shames hag sobs. titse & sed it wadi he advls Met the gaggle abseil themeelme mitt Ines. Be edirol ii ise yens, gUr. l i tims @NNW w themselves to to he i a bl e i s fa t ear from the enemy. ' member of th e Kr. Meagher, made a speech of some thing of • imam import, in width he rid that he would arise the depaledea to wait upon** Qom, and if they were refused sisislos. bandl n iz a their smart dress* and swear that the est time dry hr adminisn it should as be the ambemien of re l ' mediae, era if the mesa in m r,,..g., "up wish the Unlade@ and have resewres to the Clad of Madam . He mentioned this speech to show the object of Mr. 0 mien in the settee& of July. Them matters occurred is the lima et the failaSt yaw. It might be surreseed that these preesedings anti ham been emu checked. They would lose ismathat Mardi le July there was a constant *wale between as poetise warned In that e asy to egress and evade the law, and effect their emir is dim of the law. It was right to 1 menden the side of the law in March, when these 1 p leek gins; at that as at the present time a party R unty of term Witted his life ' . but the mere deli very of opesshesorhich did not amount to the overt an of levying no, was rely a misdemeanor. The delivery of seditious monis wan offence for which a party might be proseeMs4 hut not for high treason ; therefore he sub mitted that the primer and the other persons engaged with him, availed thomelves of it. Mr. O'Brien Masao the beers of an address to the French nation, accompanied by Mr. Meagher sal Mr. O'Gorman. One of the questions which the jury weld have to decide was whether the reel intention of the deputation was to congr atulate the French nags, or to make sack arrangements as would enable them, in the event of an outbreak, to obtain assistance from the French. Be that as it might, in March or April Mr. O'Brien went to Parts, remained there some time, and shortly after wards returned. Another object contemplated was the establishment of a national guard—the establishment of clubs, oMened, and each district provided with its o ffi cer, so that at a given moment they might be prepared to rise. It was also designed to mitablish newspapers to circulate their plans throughout the country; at that time the publication of seditious newspapers was a misdemeanor ; and upon the 22nd of April, 1848, while that violent agitation was going on, cad had become so alarming from the success of the French revolution, an act passed rend it felony to com pare the deposition of the Queen, and :i arpreation to s u ch composing by open red advised , es publics till tines in writing. The woad Mem a ingredient is the oonaidsraffen of the aiss. • presesedien far felony was instituted spinet a member of that confederation (Mr. Mitchel) ; he wee tried at the latter end of May, con rise(' of felon , end Ismoned. Mr. Mitchel was a mem ber of this sad one of those who attended the msetiap tithe metelefikm. The matter for which he was proseented sad insviensi was a report in his own news ppaspperse a most delivered by himself at a soiree held at Limsera e a shoe VIM no glues Mr. O'Brien and Mr. UMW al POMMIMIIIi patriots—tams perms being at that who had bows al owed to stand oat attar pro- curing hell, to appear and take their trials in the COurt of Queen's Bench for seditious speeches previously delivered by them at different places of meeting. It would appearin evidence before the jury, from the mouth of one of Mr. O'Brien's 00-conspirator's, that immediately before the trial of Mr. Mitchel, discussions and emaciation' were held for the purpose of ascertaining whether, in the event of his conviction, they should at once effect a ris , ng and risk the fate of their intended insurrection upon en sttempt to rescue Mitchel. There was, however, a considerable difference upon this subject emoupt the l eaden at the Dublin club,. Some of these leaders thought that Mitchel should be rescued, even though that rescue could only be effected with an enormous loss of life, and that the rescue was to be made the commencement of the rebellion. Others conceived that that Lima world be premature — that the harvest was not ripe —that there was not then sufficient food in the country, and that therefore the attempt to rescue Mitchel should be deferred. Accordingly, as he meant to show the jury, the insurrection was postponed until after the harvest was reaped ; hut it was even then decide i that, cue ra couie, the harvest was to be the period at which the effort was to be made. In the meantime, the:. decided that clubs were to be organised all our the country, which were to be armed and offieered, and prepared to Mae the field on the shortest notice. Hotly in July,llr. Dully, suothe: of the confederates, was arrested for having published certain seditious writings in the Nation newspaper, and it was intended to put him upon his trial early in the month of August. Evidence would be given to satisfy the jury that about this time a determina tion was arrived at by the leaders of the confederate party (including Mr. O'Brien) to the effect, that the rising which they were not prepared to effect in the month of Way they should be ready to effect in the August following. Accord gy sie Lo prepare for this rising Mr. O'Brien &red the other leaders visited various parts of the country for the =of completing the organisation of the clubs. Ern -llrould be given that Mr. O'Brien attended in particu lar one meeting for the purpose of observing the state of the organisation of his men, and it weuld be further proved that on a subsequent occasion he (Mr. O'Brien) stated that he had found at that meeting upwards of 2,000 men who were as well disciplined ea any soldiers in her Majesty's service. Matters went on in this way up to the 14th of July when Mr. O'Brien having returned on that day to Dublin, at tended a meeting in the evening of the same day, the object of which was to apprise the members of the different clubs of the necessity of an immediate outbreak. There was a private muting of the Confederates en the following evening, at which the period, and time, and. circum stances of the intended rising were fully discussed. Some I of the leaders proposed at this meeting a resolution to the effect that en immediate outbreak should take place, while others considered that it would be better to postpone it fur a short time; but that an outb oak was to take place at some future time, to be afterwards fixed, was determined on by all the parties present at the meeting. Immediately succeeding this meeting a proclamation was issued by the Lord-Lieutenant, proclaimmg the city of Dublin, the effect of which was, that no persons should be allowed to have arms in their houses without license, or carry arms from one club room to another. Under these circumstances it was discussed amongst the leaders and members of the clubs whether they would at once resist the preexist ition, and make the attempt to seize their arms the period for a general resistance; or whether they would conceal them, and hold themselves ready to turn out at a moment's warn ing. Contemporaneously with the inning of she proclama tion the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended. Just previously I however to the suspension, the council of the confederation, which then consisted of 21 persons, considering that if an in surrection was to take place that number of members would be too large, called a meeting for the purpose of electing a new war directory. Accordingly a new directory westernised, consisting of five members, namely, Mr. Richard O'Gorman, I jun., Mr. Devin Reilly, Mr. T. F. Meagher, Mr. Dillon, and another individual whose name he did not just then re• collect. 'dr. O'Brien was not elected upon this directory; bat it was an extraordinary and providential circumstance that a paper was found upon the person of Mr. James F. Laler, which proved to be the actual ballotting paper used ' 'pea the occasion of the election of that war directory. Ow Saturday, the 22nd July, Mr. O'Brien left Dublin for Ea- niscorthy, whither ha travelled alone; but it so happened that on that very day Lord J. Remelt moved the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in the Home of Commons, and of course when Mr. O'Brien left ffeiblia on the same day he was quite unaware of what took place in the House of Commons. Intelligence that the Commons I had suspended the Habeas Corpus Act arrived in Dublin on Saturday night, leaving been conveyed by the electric tele- , graph ; and it would be shown in evidence that the editor of the Freeman's Journal, having received this intelligence, communicated the tact of the suspension to Mr. Richard O'Gorman, one of the new war directory, upon hearing which Mr. O'Gorman sent a despatch to Mr. Smith O'Brien announcing the circumstance, which letter hail been subse quently found upon the person of Mr. O'Brien, and would be given in evidence. Mr. O'Brien arrived at Enniscorthy PI Saturday evening, and it would be shown that on the' evening of the same day Mr. Meagher and Mr. J. B. Dillon, as he believed, left the house of a Mr. O'Hara, who resided near Kingstown . , from whence they pi oceeded to join Mr. O'Brien at Ennueorthy. The three gentlemen quitted that town in company en the 23rd July, and subsequently passed through the towns of Graig, Kilkenny, rud Callao, which place they harangued the people, urging them to an Immediate outbreak. From Callan they went to Carrick en-Suir, where they arrived at one o'clock on the evening of Monday, the 24th July, and repeated the semi language they had previously made use of at the other places he had mentioned. The party then went to Cashel . Immediately after the arrest of the prisoner he stated that he left a portmanteau with Mrs. Doheny, in Cashel, which was found there; and several of the papers found in the port emotion would be given to them in evidence. It was then probable that on his way from Cashel to Mullinahone he prod through Killenaule. Upon Tuesday, between three and four o'clock, he arrived at Mullinabone, and there commenced the actual levying of war. It was then that he commenced the offence with which he was charged. His ar rival there was anticipated—bells rang—people assembled in arms from the surrounding country—treasonable speeches were spoken—people armed with pikes and guns were as sembled, end drilling and inspection of troops took place. Had the matter stopped there—the marching, the drilling, the body-guard, and the escort, of the prisoner—it would amount to a levying of war. It was not necessary this a blow should be struck ; the gathering and marching of the people was enough. The prisoner arrived there at mid-day ; strangers also came to the town. One of the persons who afterwards arrived was Bernard Terence M'Manue ; he had resided in Liverpool for several years ; he arrived in Dub lin upon the 25th of July by the Iron Duke ; he wore a kind of green uniform, whether a military or political uniform he did not know, but it had the appearance of a military uniform—its colour was green. What his ob jest was he amid not tell, unless it were to take a part in the poseedings in which Mr. William Smith O'Brien was en- CaA policeman suspecting his motive, followed him, st sight of him ; but found in his box arms and the cal. , hem, which he edged. This gentleman took an active part I with the primmer. The prisoner went out to take a view of the surrounding osentry. He slept that night at Mullins bone, in the hems of kpenson named Wright; he smareed the right of q himself wherever he pleased. Drew log upon his he considered that Multinahose was a fortified town, and that the future king le of helm& was within the walls of Mullin one. Oa the Nth the prisoner went to the police barracks, which contained only six of the constabulary. He men cooed their emednet with laudation. The prisoner came armed with a pike in one hand and a parcel of pistols in a belt, aceentimmied by some of the gentry who had followed him from DAHL One of the gentlemen who came after him was James Patriek O'Donohue, a law clerk, earn ing a respectable livelihood In Dublin. He was one of those who took the field with the prisoner, was con stantly wit% him, and went with hint to the police larreclic The prisoner asked them to join him ; promised them better pay and . He wanted them to stir maim their arms. e told them that resistance would be to no purpose. Did they not seethe enthusiasm of the people, and the number of armed men whom he had at his com mend ? Was not that a levying of war ? Constable Winker; told him he would lows hie life sooner than part with Ids honour, and neither he nor the five ethers yielded dothe arms to the force. The prisoner said he would give theme an hour to madder the mitter. He sent an armed I body of hundreds of people from Mullinshone to Ballingarry mom that Wednesday, and west after them upon a car. CeDosobse end the others bad gone to Carrick—what brought them there ? They , all got together in Ballingarry late upon that day The prisoner told them the reception he mat within the different places where he bad been, and that it only required a rising in one place to have a general rising. The prisoner established a body guard. He quartered himself upon the house of John Kavanagh. Nest I day he sent in people, and proceeded with a guard about himself. The people were arrayed in a military manner, so as to leave no doubt that it was to he the commencement of the rebellion. The whew directed the people to seize any arms which the formers might have. He went to Capoe, and afterwards to Killenaule, attended by armed peasants. Sentries were placed about the quarters of the general. Upon Friday the prisoner remained at Killenaule. Guards were mounted as usual—scouts ap. prised him that a detachment of dragoons were upon their march, and he thought it advisable to erect barricades in Killenaule. These bazricades were erected across the high road into Killenaule to prevent the march of the dragoons under Capt. Longmore, but that officer was merely changing quarters and had no intention of arresting Mr. O'Brien. Capt. Longman stated to the people that unless the barri cades were removed he would force his passage through them. A gentleman, who by his description was believed to be Mr. Dillon, came forward as an envoy asking if it were his intention to arrest Smith O'Brien, for if so, the barricades would not be removed. Capt. Longmor said that his ob ject was not to arrest Mr. O'Brien—the barricades were then removed, and the dragoons were allowed to pass. The prisoner spin marched over the commons of Ballingarry, and slept at the hones of Mn. °When ; he stated there that he had defeated a troop of dragoons. Upon the 28th rewards were offered for the apprehension of the prisoner and several others, and on the 29th the fact was general known to the prisoner sad his confederates. /dr. Trent, with a force of 40 or 50 constables, marched towards ttu.: commons to disperse the rebels. Several thousand persons armed with guns, piker, sad pitchforks, all of them hostile, appeared before him, and were capable of overwhelming his inferior force. Hi, therefore, thought it prudent to retire with his party into a elated house ; they got possession of the home, I nailed the windows, put the furniture end beds against the doer, and contrived oy firing through the windows to protect themselves from ea attack on the part oft the prisoner. Mr. Treat ran an order not to fire unless the men were fired en, but if the rebeh fired upon them to protect themselves as best they could. The house was a two Mary cow ; it was surrounded. The prisoner amlied to the man to join him, offering rewards coed emeouragemeat to them if they joined him. After mom parley with the men the prisoner hinurlf gave orders to his own men to tire, which was immediatedy al' yed. A tire was opened upon the constabulary. This would be proved be yond the shadow of a doubt. It would be proved that the order to fire was given by the prisoner, but, whet`ter o r not, it was not material. The prisoner was the commander, end held himself forward u the leader of a force of insurgent rebels. The fire war returned, and two of the country people were shot. There might have been • few more wounded. Ihia occurred in the presence of the prisoner. Wu not that an attack and a levying of war, and did not the ok,ret bear a revolutionary character? Thin occurred at the house of the Widow M'Cormick. Mr. Con, with • party of constabulary who were expected marched from Caihel to oppose the re'oels and assist the party of Mr. Trent. Mr. O'Brien, finding that the constabulary were to a man determined to hold trite to their allegiance to their sovereign, arrived at the opinion that an end was put to his cipedi tie°, and accoranalv from the time of the a'tack upon Mr. Cox's party or. the 29th July he was nowhere to be found. He (the Atto:ney General) believed that he hod by Lis an tecedent statement established a sufficient amount of force and Tio.ence employed in the recent re!) , lhon to amount to a levying of war against the Queen. The learned COLLOS I then proceeded to state ghat upon the oceuioo of Mr. O'Brien 's arrest c.t Tburles several documents were found . . u ^on his person, awl one in his portmanteau, which was discovered at Mr. Doheny's residence at Cashel. Amongst those found upon his person was an address, dated the 10th of May. and adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Phila delphia, in the United States of America. in whisk assistance and co-operation were promised to the Irish people, in the event of an outbreak taking place. Thera was also the letta r of Mr. O'Gorman, announcing to Mr. O'Brien the fact that the House of Commons had suspended the Habeas Corpus Act ; besides an address to Mr. O'Brien from the Mitchel Club, Enniscortlay, congratulating him upon his first visit to Wexford, and araunng him of their determina tion to aid their countrymen in their struggle for national ependence. In the trunk found at Cashel there was dis c ,vered a lett. r written to Mr. C'Brien, by Mr. Charles G. Duffy, the proprietor of the Notion newspaper. which in his mind showed in the clearest manner the real obiects of the leaders of the Irish Confederation and clubs. This letter was dated " Saturday," and appeared to hare been written is July. Mr. Daffy says : lir dear um glad to learn that you are ulna to commence ■ series of meetings is Bonder. There is no half way home for you. You will be at the head of a merriment loyally obeyed. and the revo lution must be oondueted with order and ekmency, or the mere anambista will ores,' with the people, and our revaution become a bloody chem. You have to fill La Fayette's ohm, so graphically panted by Lunar:Ma, and, I believe, have fallen into La Fayette'e error—that of not using it Oi all its extent and in all its reeourcre. I am perfectly well aware that you do not desire to lead or influence others; but, I believe with Lamartine. that that feeling, which Is a high personal civic virtue, is a crime In revolutien. one might as well, 1 think, tot wart to influence a man who wan going to walk on thawing ice, or to cram a fun:tie - a river, as not to denier to kelp men right is g uild sal struggle, and to do it wit* might and main. If I were Smith O'Brien I would shape oat In my own mind or with such counsel as I valued. a definite course for the revolution, and labour Momently to develop It In that way. Fee lostacce, your project to obtain signature. te the roll of the national guard, and when a suet. went number of signatures were procured, and not roarer, calling the COUISCIA of Three Hundred was one I entirely relied upon • but v was permitted to fail into dieuse, and could scarcely be .sired l now. Our clubs, however, could take the place of the national guard. Its definite number of clubs in formed the project would suit as well, if it were zealously and •41,:rougy carried out, each day adding items to it, and as the men 'remold Mituence employed upon it. Forgiveme tar urging this ea earnestly upon you, but I fully believe that the hopes the country depend on the manner in which the two next mouths are used. Tonic is t a then lu which you could oat find a band of mls eionarini to orguniee neighbouring counties. Every club bee octave men fitted for this work, and it Is only by employing all our tones that we will succeed. . . . The Attorney-General then proceeded to read a letter pur porting to have been written by Mr. O'Brien on the 29th of July last, just previous to the attack which was made on the constabulary at the widow M'Cormick's. It appeared that there were some coal mines situated near the town of Ballingarry, in which a number of men were then em ployed by the " Irish Mining Company," • coed number of whom had joined Mr. O'Brien in all his proceedings Mr. O'Brien considered that p:rhaps the owners of this colliery might think It rather hard for them to pay the men who were not engaged in performing their work ; and accordingly he wrote to one of the agents connected with the colliery the letter which he was about ti read, the handwriting of which he was prepared to prove to be that of Mr. O'Bien's. The Attorney-General then read the letter in question, which was directed to the director of the mining company. The writer stated in it that feeling it incum bent on bim to do all that lay in his po iter to prevent the inhabitants of the collieries from suffering inconvenience, he would suggest, that " for the present," the whole of the pro ceeds arising from the sale of the coals should be applied to the payment of the men employed by the company. He further suggested, that in order to ensure a brisk demand, the prize of the coal should be lowered, meting that in cue of refusal, should the Irish insurrection succeed, the property of the 'brining company would be confiscat ed; whereas, if they supported the people during the period of their diffi culties, their property should be protected to the utmost of his power. He (the Attorney-General) would ask his learned friend who was to defend Mr. O'Brien, what excuse be could melee fer such a document as that he had just read. The handwriting he would prove to be that of Mr. Smith O'Brien ; and he would with to know what right ho (Mr. O'Brien) had, as the le ider of a revolution, to dictate to the directors of the colliery how they were to menage the mines under their control ? What power ha i Mr. O'Brien to pro tect any one's property it he were no' to be a rebel le ider / There would be two questions for the emsideration of the jury ; one was whether there had been such a rising as to amount to an retell levying of war. If he had not drawn upon his imagination, witnesses would be produced who would put the case beyond all doubt. The second question was, whether the object was to produce a revolution ; and if he were to rely merely upon the letter which he had read, he had fully proved the case. He had no doubt that one of that objects of Mr. O'Brien was to escape from the con sequences of his acts, and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act expedited the rebellion, and the followers of Mr. O'Brien complained of havinpe been obliged to take the field sooner than they expected. Had there been an open and general insurrection he doubted not that the military and the constabulary would have brought the country through its perilous position. It was a matter of sincere congratulation that during the whole proceedings not one of the military or constabulary lost their lives; unfortunately some three or Soar, or more, of the people lost their lives in the open field- It was consolatory that the los of life was not considerable. He had omitted, and he had been reminded of it. to mention a document found upon the person of Mr. O'Brien. The document to which he referred was a pencil map of the localities which he had visited, and a sketch of the country which bad been the scene of his operation.. In he proved this case, he was sure the jury would find a verdict of guilty. J. G. Hodges examined.—Was a short-hand writer; at tended a meeting of the Irish Confederation, held upon the 16th of March it was held in the even ng ; saw the prisoner upon that occasion; had a conversation with him with respect to the business that brought him there ; pre vious to the meetinc he et-tweed an interview with Mr. O'Brien ; was introduced ; when he stated to him that he had been sent by the government to take notes of the pro ceedings, and to identify the persons who were there. - Mr. O'Brien received him very courteously, said he placed con& deuce in him, and introduced him to the meeting in very fine language, and stated that he was there to report ler government; felt very much obliged to him for his cour t. Mr. Meagher, Mr. Daffy, Mr. M'Clhee, Mr. Halpin, and many other , were at the meeting ; a speech was made that evening by Mr. O'Brien; got from the association the best position he could occupy ; took notes of the speech made bMr. O'Brien. Mr.Whiteside here interfered, and contended that it was not legal evidence to enter into a history of the Irish eon federation. There was no precedent in the criminal law warranting the introduction of masses of speeches as proof of an intent on the part of the prisoner to levy war against the Queen. Counsel referred to the case of the " King tr. O'Connell," in order to show that all the speeches for which Mr. O'Connell had been prommuted were set forth in the indictment against him, and a bill of particulars was fur sidled to him, which enabled him to prepare his defence ; and in the cases of Hardy and Tooke the charge of com spiracy was stated to have been proved by various speeches sad letters. In these cases there was a definite course, and be esettended that the speeches made by a man during . his sad not set forth in the indictment, should not be peen In evidence in such a case. The Attorney General replied that the speeches were ad gefedbie, if not under the count for conspiracy, at least maw kat for levying war. The OW Justice laid that the court were of opinion that the we& was not an overt set ; it showed the intent of the gekener eel was therefore admissible in evidence. Wilms *en proceeded to read the speech of the 15th of Ma" 11111.—Mr. Whiteside said he should have a copy of tbe gni end any other documents.—The Solicitor-General mid UM the documents would be furnished.—Mr. White side remarked that that was no time to promise documents. —Witness continued to read the report. Re-examined by the Solicitor-General.—l was present at a soire4 which was given to Mr. O'Brien upon his return from France. It took place on the 15th of April. It was not a meeting of the Irish Confederation, but a meeting of the citizens of Dublin, held at the Music Hall. I teok short-hand notes of a speech which Mr. O'Brien delivered at that meeting. Mr. Hodges then read the speech in question, which was published in the journals of the period. Mr. Hodges next read a report of a speech delivered by Mr. O'Brien at a meeting of the Irish League, held at the, Music-hall on the 19th of Jaly last. To the Solicitor-General—Without reference to my notee,l cannot say whether Mr. Doheny was present at the meetings of the confederation at which the preceding srechee were delivered; be was present at some of the meetings of the Confederation ; he wiei at a meeting which took place on the 23rd March, but Mr. O'Brien was not there ; the ineetingeef the Confederation generally took place on Wednesday; • meeting was held about once a fortnight; I attended a meet ing of the Confederation on the 6th of June, and saw Mr. Meagher at it ; Mr. O'Brien was not there. Cross-examined by Mr. Whiteside.—lt is a very difficult thing to report correctly the speeches of public men. I can't say that it requires considerable skill to report a speech. If I was proem at a public meeting, and took no notes, I would not undertake to give a correct or any report of the proceed ings after an interval of a month had elapsed. Ido not think it could be correctly done by any wan. The speech. of Mr. O'Brien, delivered on the 19th July, which I have read, I proved against him on a former occasion, when he was tried in the Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin for sedi tion. The result of that trial was that the jury disagreed. I did not attend the first meeting of the League, and therefore did not hear the rules adopted for the guidance of the boa, read at it. I was not aware that they were drawn up by Ste Cobs= O'Loghlen. I have heard, but do nut know of my own knowledge, that a dispute arose between Mr. O'Brien aad Mr. Mitchel, which resulted in the expulsion of the latter from the Confederation ; but I recollect hearing it stated at a meeting that Mr. Mitchel and Mr. Devinßeilly had ceased le be members. 1 Ise