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(1 RAVESEND via I3LACKWALL RAIL- N.. 11 WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Payment. Fares, to or from London. Fore Cable and Seconi Class Railway, ONE SHILLING ; Saloon and First Class ditto, OSH SHILLING and SIXPENCE. To er from Blackevall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin........ 9d. Saloon• ••• • ... Is. No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. From The Terrace Pier. Gravesend, at 7, 834,* 934, 1134, I, 2,3, , 5 , 6, 634, 7, and 6. Sandays, at 7, 834,* 10%, 113, 1,3, 4,5, 6, 7,.734, and S. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9,9%, 10. 10%, 11, 12, 1%, 2;4, % 41,„. 5%.* 6, ana 7.* Sundays, at 834, 9,9%, 10, 10%01, 1 34 , 2%, 3%, 5,6, 7,* and 7%.* The TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these iimes.. Passages marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per mitted to stop at Piers er for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BOAT TICKETS.-Twelve )fonths, 41. 45.: Six Months, 21. Iss. ; Tires Months, 11. 1.55.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, rungvvick Wharf, Illackvrall. For rackets for Excursions apply to Mr. Morgan, Star (lace, Fen ehurch-strect Station, Madman Railway. Jane 10. 1845. AL MANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY. • The lIALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND on the STOCK of the ALLIANCE BEE rim' and FOREIGN LIFE and FIRE AS SURANCE COMPANY will be in COURSE of PAYMENT on TUESDAY, the 10th Inst., and every following day (Saturdays Gut "Pted), between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock. • A. ULMILTON, Secretary. 1, Tlartholomew-lane, October 5, 11143. -------- LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL, 3 , CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-HOUSE, and 28, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Capital, 1,500,00(11.; surplus, IGO,OOO/. LIABILITY of the PROPRIETORS UNLIMITED. FIR* INSURANCES at Home and Abroad, effected on Moderate Terms. LIFE INSURANCR in all its branches, on a ne x system of Gua ranteed Bonuses, and at L sv . Premiums. Full Prospectuses may he had on application at the Chief Offices, and btu) Yar:ous agencies throughout the country. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary in London. TUE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE aid LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, - ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE ; 23, THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH ; GREAT BRIDGEWATER-STREET, MANCHESTER ; WA-SON'S-BUILDINGS, and 3, RACK GOREE, LIVERPOOL. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The Company transact business in every department of-Life and -11 re Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. • , • LIFE DEPARTMENT. - ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq. At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Llfe Policies equal to 26 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 4 Per cent. to the shares, in addition to the payment of the annual Interest. The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole life, one-half of which may remain for five years by • reerely paying the interest annually, at 6 per cent.; and should the P o licy become a claim la the iaterirn, the amount due will then be deducted. 4 8e 20, without profits •. £1 13 0 With profits ••••• • • • £1 IS 0 -.., 30 ......... . 40 ....... . 60 For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for ~‘l l- Y ages or contingencies not usual l y advertised, information may be ' , dittoed on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. ,3;2 1 Y 1 Company insure houses, furn iture, stock in trade, farmin g et. and every descriptioa of personal property, against less or 'lmage by flre. • The Directors beg to remind their friends, whose preraiums become at.Mlchaelmas, that no extra charge is made at this office for ?Le transfer of policies, and that they will be rated en terms pecu atlif favonrable to parties insuring. I nsurances may be effected for any period of time ; if for seven +ears, the Premium and Daly will only be charged for six. Se, Member, 1845. JOHN BIGG, hecretary. • INDIA. RUBBER OVER SIOES. CFIARLES MACKINTOSH and CO., Patent Talcanized ladla-rubber Overshoes.—The attention of the t i Nic is requested to the ligktness, durability , and perman en t elas toitY, in all complained of is climates, no entirely overshoes. The slipperiness hereto • removed. • overshoes raanufactared by CHARLES MACKINTOSH and • are stamped with the name of their firm. I danehester, September 27, ls4s. Bold by Mr. SAMUEL MATTHEWS, 46, Cheapside, and SS, Char cross, London. NOTICE.—HANCOCK.' 4 PATENT. . I "NRA.RLES MACINTOSH and Co. of MAN p‘•-/.. CHESTER, the proprietor of Mr. THOMAS HANCOCK'S e - ' e nt .fbr improvement in the preparation and manufacture of 4o Utchoue, granted in November, 11143, having been informed that 1 1 1 1. . g! eaantittos of shoes—overskoes and Goloshes, stamped or b; r .ed with the words Goodyears Patent, 1 84 ,or a similar device been.. or are about to be offered for sale London and else feel dt due to the public and to themselves as Patentees, to 4 otice" to the public, generally, and particularly to all vender and par t,:_, c hilers of the above articles, and of all other articles manufac e'l of what is new commonly called or known as Vulcanized acutehoue or India Rubber, that such shoes or overshoes, Goloshes, 1,!.111 otter articles are infringements of Mr. Thomas Hancock's said rtent, and that legal proceedings will be taken against all parties 1n such articles without their license—and the said Charles a l4ci ntOSh and Co. hereby give notice, that actions have been alr ` a dY,lirought and damages recovered against parties dealing in i nil ar'articles without their license, and consent, and that The 4 71 rEtrd Rubber Company of Connecticut, Uaited States, have an , exclusive license from Charles Macintosh and Co., for the of their Patent in Great Britain in respect of shoes, overshoes, ;;: c1 Goloshes, manafactared in America —and that all shoes, over ,..°ell, and Goloshes, and other articles manufactured by Charles ••!tacintosli and Co., are stamped with the name of their firm, and that all shoes, overshoes, and Goloshes, sold by the Hayward Rubber Company are stamped. xanufactured by tke HA.VIVARD RUBBER COMPANY, " t ensed by. CHARLES MACINTOSH and Co., Patentees of tke " Valcaatzed India Rubber." Manchester, Sept. 27, 1142. AMERICAN INDIA RUBBER OVERSHOES.—CAUTION. TEI P. HAYWARD RUBBER COMPANY, Connecticut, United States, hereby give notice, that they have Obtained front Messrs. CHARLES MACKINTOSH and CO., of Man ch"ler, an Exclusive License for the importation of AMERICAN VULCANIZED INDIA RUBBER SHOES into this country ; any parties, therefore, selling American Vulcanized Shoes, except those of the Hayward Rubber Company, will subject themselves to legal p iO ceildings, and will be proceeded against without further notice. Those Shoes are stamped Manufactured by the Hayward Rubber Company, licensed by Charles Macintosh and Co., Patentees of the Vulcanized India Rubber." All other American Vulcanized India Rubber Shoes- are infringements. These Shoes can only be obtained through L. BLACKSTONE. Merchant, Manchester, and his appointed Agents. His Agent for London is Mr. RICHARD SWIFT, 95, Hatton-garden. LADIES' GOLD CHAINS, London made.— Drawings of the various new patterns are kept for the pnr- Pose of sending by post to any part of the country.—For facility of reference the weight is given by comparison with sovereigns ; the quality of the gold is warranted equal to that which is asually worked lute articles of this description. T. COX SAYORT and Co., Goldsmiths, &e., 47, Comhill (seven doors ftom Uraceeharch-street), London. EYEBROWS, MOUS rAcHios, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE, ATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers * few drops of which cure headache 1* a few minutes ; it is also a swot delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7 8.; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the human By post,•4s. 6d., 7s. gd„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-stre:et; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, Conault-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, GB, Cernhill • and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. RatITICJI,Leitk-walk; for Manchester, eresehe and ion, Adver otlite. TO Tlll LADIZO. - - ----- Thin lady had the following letter inserted in the "Tines" news. paper on. Aug. 7, 1346. Reader, remember, this letter was put into the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekiey, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstoae, of the lierbary; High gate ter the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using itabont four rnoaths, and the whole of her hair ts much stronger and more luxuriant than lever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs..Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s Itegenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an I Is. bottle it tkey were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and produotion of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache ;as a toilet perfume iti far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any lady of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, afa w drops -on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and Prevent it taming grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful precinct of the Most aromatic herbs and lowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion to the tellet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops cat the grown of the head ; if ♦ery bad, repeat it every quarter of an boor. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces half on children's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants' leads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See pansphiet et testlasoniaLs. Allletters Lldreased to William Grlmstorm, Herbary. Intilgate. CFl.:Tl 3 ACY.—Singleness is not always the con sequence of disinclination, disappointed affection, or a diffi culty in meeting with a tit helpmate. Thousands of the unmarried would with joy embrace the sacred conditions of Matrimony, did they feel themselves equal to its obligations; and the chequered page of life reveals innumerable instanc,* where, under that blighting consciousness, man has permitted the most ardent affec tion to consume him te the grave, rather than consign its object to that life of unmitigable anguish and fettered solitariness into which his affianced would be plunged If he married. Some are, however, Wilful enough to gain the affections of the other sex under these c ircumstances; and, though not so villanous as te proceed to the altar, will make such excuses for procrastination as contribute to his selfish desire of exclusively enjoying her society, by precluding her from ac cepting other offers. Th ere i s scarcely a street whore this history is not enacted ; and yet with the exercise of common foresight, its frequency might be so lessened as to ren der an instance rare throughout the entire kingdom. The disqualifications for Marriage have more than one primary mice ; the chief of which is Impuissance, arising from four causes :—namely, Natural Deficiency ; the Prostration produced by Early Habits ; the Weakening effects of Later Excesses ; and Nervousness of Tempera rnent the next sources of importance are hereditary and acquired disease;„ and, lastly, men are prevented from marrying by the effects of disease—which, when 111-cured, leaves traces that forbid all im pulse toSvards wedlock. In each of these instances it is unhappily the oo common for the sufferer to consider his case beyond remedy, and all fails.to consult even his own medical attendant. 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Th e solitary e on% may ' shield himself under the plea e c d a bi ca ution and worldly prud ence, and the indissoluble, regret un eeelProsinzprudence, harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, broken health, are the gr eat hindrances, to domestic happiness aid see tal eOntent. The dow ry should net Ise the only marriage set tic_etn_ cut. lienour aloeustice deusind that health should form &niter's .4 the compact ;tt e dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or tl,esilect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. 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C i ce ~ r , vr, --- ....... - 0 ~,_ ak, ft ' 4, 1 ` • .fti ", ,t , , . ~ 1. ,c - i , t, - bWi • -,ar -,-- dolti-*. i ,,,, • , -,-.....,: - • S II N 9 OCTOBER 6, 1848. for the Lord Chief Justice—he had read a confident an ticipation of the prisoner's guilt, and a subsequent appeal to the jury to convict. If he thought that that would have the slightest influence on the Court, or on the mind of any gentleman in that box, he would have withdrawn, and left Mr. O'Brien—who held his life under the law—tol bo sacrificed as a vic tim on the shrine of political expediency. But he know too well that the ermine worn by Mansfield, Holt. and Hale would not be sullied by the distinguished the l f vi nhae:o.i trial.i. Senate,—all e e do s in n wh c a entre t h. e oe , e(H — imx. l a sir hlstf. O'Brienel oacnrdl a l evi taeemh:wti made idhehs e esohai rbHedtntdaeoaer)i had bemoao a jodf n teeuc d tl tntddohi h ouoea e wrnmpi nfo w irgwl no a o oillg s htui judges he saw before him. One had had a brilliant re• equally e sPauttiassatisfied rejoice dn ains convinceasedes fractious o l ,r ir e ,,Eg m i h crl a ue o v ss f i s n t mo g h f e o d t i t k i n h awful position to contradict the opinions of his life. He therefore had submitted a question to the Court which had been decided—he had no doubt rightly—and most unfeignedly did he rejoice, from the emphatic charge of the Lord Chief Justice and the verdict of the juries, to find that the jury panel was framed in a manner not only legal but laudable. He was content with the tribunal. His client was perfectly satisfied with the jury; and he (Mr. Whiteside) avowed openly and publicly, that whatever might be the result, neither the maligned gentleman at the bar nor the Counsel who addressed them, would ever breathe a word of ob jection to their decision. It never entered into his mind to cast an imputation on the 'respectable gentleman the sheriff of the county. He (Mr. Pennefather) bore a name he (Mr. Whiteside) respected; for he had been long accustomed to be taught by the wisdom and learn ing of that distinguished Judge, and whose memory s hen he was removed from this world—he trusted at a far distant day—would be honoured and revered. But when he said he had no complaint to make of the jury, he had a complaint , to make of the law. The Judges had 'overruled his objection, but they were compelled to do so; they did not make, but were coerced by the law. Had Mr. O'Brien been so fortunate as to have been an Englishman, and to have been tried by the English law, he would have had, ten days before his trial, the name of every juror upon the panel, the name of every witness that was to be examined against him, with their titles, their professions, and their residences; but in this coun try it had been decided that that law did not prevail; and a more melancholy example of that unfortunate result never presented itself than in this case they had witnessed. There appeared on the table, to swear away directly the life of his client, a man whom no human being in that court could give him the slightest sugges tion as to who he was, whence he came, his past life or conduct. Had this trial taken place in England, where he knew that already this practice had created much surprise, he,would.have been enabled to see the evidence, if it existed, against the character and veracity of that witness, but by the law of this country an informer, or a man called by that name, might appear upon the table, never seen by the accused or by any human being who could advise or assist him, and would give evidence he would take care no one could contradict, and destroy in nocence instead of establishing guilt. The Attorney- General had opened this case with what he deemed for his purpose a sufficient exposition of the l a w. It was not sufficiently complete for the case of his (Mr. White aide's) client, and it therefore became his duty to ex plain what he believed to be the law, and the principles within which the case would fall. He would afterwards observe upon the statements of the law officers of the Crown upon the evidence they had brought forward to sustain the charge brought against Mr. O'Brien— founded upon the past acts of his life upon the things he had done, said, and written— all was brought in evidence against him. They were proceeding to try the prisoner upon an ancient statute passed so long since as the reign of Edward 111. The people of England, crushed by the intolerable oppression of the former law of high treason, determined it should be expressed as it ought to be, in language of' distinct ness and precision, and the Parliament that passed it has been described as the Benedietum Parliamentum. That _ . law was clear and simple; there was no difficulty in it; but it was always to be regretted that decisions were made upon it contradictory to the letter, if no t t o t h e spirit of that law, and defying the ingenuity of man to comprehend. There was a brief exposition of this Act in the few following lines :—" That as divers opinions had been before that time in what cases treasons should be said, and what not, it was enacted, that if any one contrived the death of the King, the Queen, or their eldest son—meaning their natural death—he should be guilty of high treason ; and further, that if any man levied war against them, or aiding their enemies, he should also be guilty of the same crime." Before the reign of Philip and Mary that simple law, made by wise and sagacious men for the protection of themselves and their fellow-subjects, was frittered away, mystified, and perplexed. Men were put to death for mere words, and, as it was described by a profound lawyer, the courts of law in England were caverns of murder. An Act, therefore, was passed to restore the law, and Lord Coke, observing upon it, said the statute of Mary enacted that no Act whatsoever, by words, ciphers, deeds, or other wise, should be high treason, unless it was declared to be so by the statute of Edward, and added that so many treasons had been made before that Act, that not only ignorant, but learned and expert men, were caught and trapped by them. The Act of Mary remedied that state of things. It was distinct ; leaving nothing to the dis cretion of the judges ; and the two rules recited in the preamble were true. They were then, first, that the authority of the Sovereign was held by the love and favour of the subject, more than by the dread and force of laws made with rigour and extreme punishment; and, secondly, that laws justly made for the preservation of the commonweal without extreme penalty and punish ment, were often better obeyed than extreme laws made with extreme punishment. Lord Coke expounded that statute in a few lines : he said that it was express against all implications, and that no temporary judgment or opinion of the judges could make anything treason which was not so expressed in the statute. Lord Hale explained the exception in that act, for there was an exception in it, and it was this—if a man covertly and secretly rode about with a body of armed men against another to rob or slay him, or to de tain him until he was ransomed, that was not treason. In this indictment there was a charge of having cern passed the death of the Queen. The intention of com passing the death was an operation of the mind, and overt acts were the means by which that intention must be discovered. But a conspiracy for compassing the death of the Sovereign, though the conspiring be not a matter for directly accomplishing that end, yet if there were anything that in all probability would induce it, that was laid down to ba an overt aet to prove the compassing of the death—as if, for example, a man conspired to imprison or detain the king—and it was, accordingly, so adjudged in the cave of the Earl of Essex in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. But, said a high authority, words were not of themselves overt acts within the statute ; one reason was that they were easily mistaken, misapplied, misrepresented, or misunderstood by others ; and another was, that a man in a moment of passidn might also say many things he never meant to do. It was requisite, therefore, in cases of so nice a nature, that the intention should be evidenced by the doing of some acts in prosecution thereof. All that was wise and consistent with the law of a free country. That state of the law had not con tinued long before the unhappy doctrine of constructive treason arose, and in process of time another levying of war was made out for that contemplated by the statute. The Earl of Northumberland marched towards the battle in which an army under his son Hotspur was engaged against the forces of the King, but when he heard of his son's defeat he marched back again; and the judges held that, as the object of his march was doubtful, whether ho was going to join the forces of the King or Hotspur, it was not high treason. Lord Hale said that was a gentle judgment, but so it was decided. But there was now a levying of war called " a constructive levying of war," and that was the kind attempted to be made out in this case. If a rabble met together, and in tended to pull down one meeting-house, that was not treason, but if they intended to pull down many then it was said that it encroached on the King's prerogative ; and, the purpose being general, that was considered to be treason. A case had occurred of that nature. But as to the levying of war, there must be three things proved; first, that it was against the King in his realm, and for a general purpose. The Learned Counsel then referred to and stated the particu lars of the celebrated case of " The Weavers." In that case a number of persons, having created an insurrec tion for the destruction of weaving looms, were indicted for high treason. The question was submitted to the judges, of whom Halo was one, and five of them were of opinion that although the writ extended over five counties of England, and the King's guards had been resisted, and loss of life had occurred, yet as the object of the insurrectionists was personal and private, and not general, it was not a levying of war within the statute, and that they were not therefore guilty of high treason. So essential was it to establish the crime of high treason that the intention should be evidenced by overt acts, but when the regicides, on the restoration of Charles 11., were tried for high treason, they were tried for a con spiracy to kill the King, and the overt act charged —a strong one certainly—was cutting off his head. Mr. Justice Foster, in commenting on the import of words, said, that " loose words, not relative to overt a c t s or designs, are not overt acts of treason;" and in various other parts of his work he substantially repeated that opinion. The Learned Judge then proceeded to draw the distinction between a direct levying of war and a constructive levying of war, and said that an insurrection for breaking into a prison and rescuing persons therefrom was not a levying of war to support the charge of compassing the King's death. In this indictment the prisoner was charged with compassing the Queen's death, and the overt act was a levying of war. If that levying of war was not direct but constructive, as stated by Judge Foster, then it was not evidence of the compassing of the Queen's death ; and as in the 6th count no other act was stated than those laid in the other five counts, if the overt acts there charged did not aim directly at the death of the Queen, they amounted only to constructive treason and the con spiracy of compassing the Queen's death by the levying of war, did not support the charge as laid in the 6th count. But Mr. Justice Foster further observed that the levying of war for a purpose coming within any of the species of treasons declared by the statute of Edward 111. would not, fall within the Act of Parliament unless [PRICE SD. ' the rising was effectual ; but when there was a rising of that nature, all parties connected with the conspiracy were guilty. The jury had heard the Attorney-General say that all the members of the Confederation, of which they had heard so much, were guilty of treason ; but if that were the case—if, from the conduct of two or three members, all were guilty of treason, the country would be deluged with blood. Lord Coke had dis tinctly said that bare words might make a heretic, but not a traitor without ;overt acts. In later times there had been two or three practical instances of what was said to be a levying of war so pertinent to the present case that he would report them. The first was the case of Lord George Gordon. That nobleman by force endeavoured to procure the repeal of a certain Act of Parliament. He headed a body of 50,00 n men, and for five days the most violent conduct ever witnessed in London took place. Some of the public establishments were broken into. Houses were burnt—property was destroyed. The King was in London, but the purpose was particular, not general, and in that case the great lawyer who conducted the prosecution never ventured to say it was evidence of compassing the King's death. No count for that was put in the indictment. In the memorable trial of Watson, a great question turned upon a paper found in his pocket. The speeches spoken by him were put in evidence. In the document found in his pocket London was divided into certain sections, apparently for the purpose of attack ; but the jury acquitted the prisoner. The next case was that of Frost. The Attorney-General had called upon him to explain this thing and that, but the law must ex plain it. The Crown must establish the guilt of the prisoner before he was called upon to say one word in his defence. In Frost's case an expression of the prisoner's explaining certain things did fall from the counsel for the prosecution; but Sir Fitzroy Kelly—he wished he had that Learned Gentleman's masterly ability—refuted it at once. A distinct proof was given of a general plan for a march upon Newport and a general rising over the whole kingdom. Frost, with the boldness which cha racterised the people of England when they rise in insur rection, placed himself at the head of a body of men with which he attacked the soldiers drawn out in defence of the place. He was tried for his offence, and when the Attorney-General called on his counsel to explain the purpose of his acts, it was decided by the Learned Judge who presided that he was not bound to do so, and his defence was conducted on the grounds that he had marched into Newport for the purpose of rescuing Vin cent from gaol. If his counsel had succeeded in per suading the jury that this had been the case, he would have been entitled to a verdict ; for, according to the Learned Judge, though the offence committed by Frost had been one of great weight, it would not have amounted to high treason, because there was something personal in the object for which it had been committed. He now came to the indict ment against the prisoner at the bar. He was accused of having committed various treasonable acts, abou between the 17th and 30th of July; of having appeared in arms at Ballingarry, Mullinahone, and Killenaule; of having obstructed the march of the military at the latter place (though it is not stated that they were marching on their lawful business); of levying war at Farrinrory ; of levying war generally, and of conspir ing to kill the Queen. As to the last offence, Mr. O'Brien had about as much intention to commit it as he had to kill the Great Mogul. The Attorney-General told the jury that the space in which the treasonable acts were committed was little more than a week; but in the evidence he laid before them he called on them to look to speeches in January, 1847, as explanatory of the acts done by Mr. O'Brien in July, 1848. He contended respectfully against that objection, that Mr. O'Brien ought not to be called on to explain the history of his life, to satisfy the jury of the intent with which he had acted at Ballingarry. In the present instance Coke's boast, that the great distinction between trials for high treason and for other offences was, that a person ac cused of the former knew exactly what was laid to his charge was falsified. The Attorney-General opened his case by calling up Mr. Hodges, the Government repor ter, to prove certain speeches. Now if there were any thing more odious than another in the whole scope of the law, it was an attempt to make out the crime of high treason by cumulative evidence. The Attorney-General should have gone at once to prove the acts at Farrinrory tad Ballingarry, and not have put forward those old speeches us evidence of the intent with which those acts were done. The doctrine of the Attorney-General amounted to this—that by adding a speech which was not sedition, to another which was not treason, to a third that was neither one or the other, you could constitute the crime of high treason in the person who made them. Mr. Hodges rendered faithfully and truly, beyond all doubt, every word he heard Mr. O'Brien utter—he did nut believe that gentlemsn would wilfully falsify one letter. Two of the speeches reported by Mr. Hodges -had been already proved against Mr. O'Brien in a trial for sedition. He hoped the verdict of the jury would reprehend the Attorney-General for such a course. Having failed to get a verdict for sedition, he pro ceeded against Mr. O'Brien for high treason. In stead of doing so, he should again have joined issue with Mr. O'Brien, and have endeavoured to con vince another jury that these speeches were seditious. It was not legal, nor was it fair, to attempt to show that a speech containing all kinds of topics, and which took one hour and a half to read, could prove the acts of Mr. O'Brien at Killenaule. But could it he argued that every word spoken by the members of the association, unless spoken in furtherance of the common design of the body, was evidence of the intent of the acts done by any of the body susequently ? But in Hardy's case, when' =eh stronger language was used, it had been laid down by the Court that thet members :of the association were only bound by the rules setting forth the object of their body. He regretted that the Attorney-General had thought proper to allude to Mr. O'Brien's con nexion with the Confederation, as it became necessary for him to state the history of his client's association with them, in order to show how unfounded were the charges against bim. The tact of the Attorney- General was shown in bringing forward those speeches in the first part of his speech, for if he had gone to the acts at Ballingarry and Mullinahone, without forcing a treasonable intent out of the speeches, no one would ever for one moment have believed that Mr. O'Brien intended to levy war against the Queen. Many years ago Mr. O'Brien entered the Imperial Par liament. He belonged to the rare class of Irish senators whose boast it was never to have been bought or sold. His course was independent —it might be called eccen tric. He displeased parties because he would not stoop to any. He was regarded as an impracticable man. When he joined the association a speech of his was printed and circulated as a manifesto of his opinions, and those opinions were honourable to his sense and good feeling.—(The Learned Gentleman here read the speech, which was a lengthy document setting forth the grievances of Ireland, and the writer's propositions for their remedy; and commented on it as he proceeded.) Mr. O'Brien truly enough said that the suggestion of Mr. Nicol, a stranger, had more weight with the Eng lish Parliament on the subject of the poor-law than that of all the Irish country gentlemen. Unlike many political Protestants, he was no reviler of his clergy and his church, but in this manifesto boldly declared that Protestants should not be excluded from their fair share in the benefits of national education. Before 1843, Mr. O'Connell and his client had had some misunderstanding, but with a peculiarity which marked his nature, when Mr. O'Connell was in difficul- ties, and was under the ban of Government, Mr. O'Brien came forward to his support, and became a member of the Repeal Association on the ground that he had tried the British Parliament, and failed in obtaining justiee. The Learned Gentleman read the letter which Mr. O'Brien addressed to the association on that occasion. The objects stated in that letter were just and reason able. Mr. O'Brien set out to promote them with all his energy. A discussion arose in the association about moral and physical force; that discussion was not with out its purpose. Mr. O'Brien wanted to put an end to humbug; he wished to see an end to the farce of men who were in connexion with the Government of the day getting up an agitation which they resolved should not go too far, and which they made the means of obtaining Government place and emolument. He said, therefore, to the association, " You must give up looking for place and pension." "Oh 1" was the reply, " you are an im practicable man." " Y ou must turn out Richard Sheil, Master of the Mint, f rom the borough of Dun garvon.” "It can't be done—this would be physical force. You are very unreasonable," was the answer. Mr. O'Brien said he was in earnest when he contended for a national legislature. The association refused to listen to him; they got up a distinction about moral and physical force accordingly. Mr. O'Brien said he did not want physical force, but certainly admitted that, under certain circumstances, it might be justifiable to resort to it. And surely that opinion was right and just. On the truth which it enunciated depended the right of the judges to their seat on the bench, and of the Queen to her throne. The association thought other wise, and Mr. O'Brien, and those who thought with him, resolved to found another body to carry out their views. Counsel next read the address which was issued on the formation of the Confederation, pledging the members to procure domestic legislation, and repudiating the doc trine of physical force, but insisting on agitation for their objects, in accordance with the constitution. About the same period a meeting of gentlemen—the first in the land— was held under the name of the Irish Council to form some combined plan of action for the good of Ireland. Mr. O'Brien was invited to attend, and made a speech iu which he uttered the sen timents of a true patriot. Here the Learned Centleman quoted passages from the speech, and argued as he pro ceeded that they were worthy of being looked on with fa- your rather than disapproval. In April, 1847, an attempt was made by a nobleman, who possessed as large a heart as ever swelled in a human breast, Lord G. Bentinck, to procure a great benefit to Ireland for the promotion of railways; Mr. O'Brien started to London to support that proposition. 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Previously, however, to Mr. -Whiteside's address, the following little episode occurred Mr. WHITESIDE wished, before he addressed the jury, to state, with ;respect to the balloting papers for that, at the time of the examination, only the Council of Five, spo k en to by the witness Dobbin, twenty one papers were h an d e d to him (Mr. Whi tes id e ), as produced by the Cr own , and of those twenty - one t h e wit ness identified but one w i th the name of M r . O'Brien upon it, that name, moreover, b eing struc k ou t. B u t th e Crown had now handed to him 29 papers, seven or eight of which had Mr. O'Brien's tame upon them, stating them to be the same as were produced on the examina tion of the witness. He therebre required that the ori ginal list should be given to him, in the same state it was in at the time of the witness's examination. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL said the 29 papers that had been handed t o M r . Wh iteside ha d a ll b e en pro duced when the witn ess was exam i ne d , b ut h e could not of course say wheth er hi s L earned Fr i en d h a d inspected them all. Mr. WISITESIDE was confirmed in his statement that only 21 wero produced by the knowledge of his Learned Friends near him, who looked at the papers at the time. The ArrontiEr-GENERArr"taiid, if there werelituy doubt upon the point, Mr. Keminis, the Crown Solicitor, in whose custody the papers had bees left, could be examined. Mr. WHITESIDE said that, upon his honour as a bar rister, and with the knowledge of his two Learned Friends (Mr. Fitzgerald and Sir C. O'Leghlen), only 21 papers were handed to him ; he coadted them at the time. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL COUld sot say how it was Mr. Whiteside had not inspected the whole of the 29 papers, but he would assert that all the 29 were produced to the witness, for he (the Solicitor-General) made a note of it at the time with a view to make some observations upon them when he replied. Mr. WHITESIDE—Does the Solicitor-General say they were handed to me? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I do not say that. Mr. WHITESIDE —I aver they were not. The JUDGES referred to their 'totes, and found that the witness said that twenty-nine or thirty were bal loted for.' Lord Chief Justice DOHERTY asked Mr. Whiteside how it was he had not asked a question in reference to that when ho found •nly twentrone papers were pro- duced. Mr. WHITESIDE—It was for 00 Crown to show there were no other documents. He was ready to lot it go to the, ury that twenty-one weo produced, and that one had Mr. O'Brien's name upon it, and that that was struck off. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL again proposed that Mr. Kemmis should be examined, to which The COURT assented. _ Mr. Kemmis, jun., was wen, and dep ose d th a t h e assisted his father in the execution of his duti es o f Crown Solicitor. Held in his hand twenty-nine ballot ing papers, numbered consecutively. They had been numbered before the commenzement of the present trials. They included all the balloting Papers:which h e b a d ever hadin his possession or custody, and in that custody they had been always carefully preserved. Had been present when the papers were numbered by his father. They had been produced on the examination of the witness Dobbin. Had a perfect recollection of having handed the papers in two parcels to Sir Colman O'Loghlen, just as Dobbin left the table. Boded the whole twenty-nine to Sir C. O'Loghlen. Had checked the list before he gave it in. There were only four or five of them marked by the officer of the court as they were identified by the witness Dobbin, and these had been kept separate, and were separate when handed to Sir C. O'Loghlen. Had not counted them when they were returned to him, but put them into the papers in which they had since re mained. They were numbered 29. On cross-examination—The papers were not open when handed to Sir C. O'Logblen. Had been present during the examination of Dobbin. Heard him say that O'Brien's name was on one balloting paper only, and that it bad been struck off. Thought it was his father who had handed the papers to Mr. Whiteside. Gave them all at the same time to Sir C. O'Loghlen, and received them back in the same way. Would swear positively that he gave the whole twenty-nine to Sir C. O'Loghlen. Din ~V~rrEsins -- Zt might as well be said that I had 500 as 29. I say I ought to be believed when I assert this fact about these papers. The Crown should allow them to stand in the way ,n which I received them. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. —But what can the Court do, Mr. Whiteside ? There is nothing here for us to act upon. Kemmis, sen., sworn and examined—Was Crown Solicitor. Was present %hen the balloting papers were produced to the witness ander examination. None of them were retained or set apart before they were handed in. They were 29 in nulaber. Cross-examined —Thought the papers had been handed in by his son at first. Did not recollect by whom the papers had been hauled during the cross-exami nation of Dobbin. Was sure all the papers had been handed in. Mr. Dunne sworn—Assisted Mr. Keminis in the dis charge of his duties. The whole of the balloting papers, 29 in number, had been given to the witness Dobbin on examination. There was no portion of them selected, nor any portion kept back. lie took the papers fro m hi m. thought Mr. Whiteside Mr. WHITESIDE—That I positively deny. Witness in continuation —Did not mean to assert cer tainly that Mr. Whiteside took them from him. The Lord Chief Justice BLACYBURNE—I do not see theaed. use of this inquiry. I do not perceive to what it can l Mr. WHITESIDE—I say it was Mr. Hodges, the Go vernment reporter, who hulled the papers to me. I ss ill not to allow ju my reputati oa to rest upon what I say. I appeal the ry. Several of the jury —Mr, Whiteside is right. It was Mr. Hodges who handed them to him. The Lord Chief Justice B LACKBURNI—Have the goodness, gentleman of the jury, to abstain from any remarks in this matter. Mr. O'Hara was then called by Mr. WHITESIDE, sworn and examined—Had been present during the proceed ings, i n which he had taken a direct interest. The whole of the papers examined by Mr. Whiteside had been handed one by one to witness, and he swore posi tively that the name of Mr. O'Brien had not once been mentioned in them. There were about 14 or 15 papers, but he had not counted them. Witness handed them to Dobbin as he received them from Mr. Whiteside. Cross- e xamined by the SOLICITOR -GENERAL—I OXS inepapers with a view o f fi nd i ng how many votes were given for Kenyon. I did not see O ' Brien ' s name m d the at all: Look at those three balloting papers, and see if Kenyon's name is not in all three, along with that of O'Brien? —It is. Mr. WHITESIDE—Do you say, Mr. Solicitor, that I handed those papers in? The SOLICITOR -GENERAL—No, I do not; but they are among the twenty-nine balloting papers handed in , by the Crown. Examination of witness continued —He would swear that those papers had not p assed throu g h hi s hands. By Lord Chief Ju stice DOHERTy— Observed th e name of Kenyon on seven or eight papers. Did not see the name of O'Brien on any of those which passed through his hands. On three of the p a p ers produced the name of Kenyon a pp eared along with that of O'Brien. Lord Chief Justice DOECERTI—This is now matter of demonstration, not of probability. The last answer esta blishes the fact. The case must go on. Mr. WHITEsIDE—May I ask what is the state of this evidence as it stands before the Court ? Lord Chief Justice BLACSBURNE—We are of opinion the papers were all produced. The case must proceed. Mr. WHITESIDE—Then I must ask time to consider Papers with Mr. O'Brien's what course I shall take. Am Ito be told that lam to go to the jury as if eight name upon them had been fully proved, because if that be said, I certainly shall not address the jury ? Lord Chief Justice DOHERTY--The'Court is of opinion that for the purposes of this trial Mr. Whiteside is to deal with this case as if only one paper with the name of Mr. O'Brien upon it bad been produced. The law officers of the Crown were understood to as sent to this arrangement, and the argument (or dispute) concluded. Mr. WHITESIDE then addressed the jury, It now be came his duty, said the Lear ned Counsel, to address them on the part of Mr. Smith O'Brien, th e Never yet had he addressed a ju r y more consci prisoner. ous of the solemn responsibility that devolved upon him. t-r —0 most unfeignedly asserted that it would have been more gr a t e . fol to his feelings had Mr. O'Brien solicited counsel more worthy by talents and knowledge to address such a tri bunal as he saw before him. But it was one of the duties of the hon oura bl e p ro fession to which he belonged never to refuse undertaking any trust, howev er solemn and however awful, which in the course of his professional practice might fairly be imposed up on him. The very effort to comprehend all the be arings of the evi dence was calculated to disturb the memory and dis tract the reason. He had, therefore, most respectfully to ask of the jury to give him the benefit of their assis tance, to correct him when be was wrong, an d to bear with him whenever he might not be addressing hi mse lf exactly to the matter in hand. They had meant at one time to appeal to their Lordships to postpone the trial. Ultimately, however, they thought it a more manly course to proceed; his client's desire b e i ng that be should know at once and for all his fate. But they had intended to have asked for the postponement because they believed that the prisoner had been prejudged. He (Mr. Whiteside) had himself read a charge composed MADE TO XLASIME. Alt umn and Whiter Coats, in all the newest style from £I 6 0 Id II led cloth Coat ••• • .. .. •• • . ..... .. 2 2 II Tweed Trousers . • • ..... ..... 0 9 6 0 la 0 New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles...... 0 16 6 Deeskia Trousers .. Best, or Dress.• Dress Coats •• • • Best quality .. -zatia, Plain er Fancy • • • 12 llussar and Tunic Suits • ... • •••. • • • • 1 9 , Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A gait of Clothes complete for 11. 16s. E. MOSES and SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to their low lists of outfits, commencina . (including every necessary) at Tr's., lower if required. The list can be had en application, or seat post free. N.S.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their pre •ent Sleek of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique, ,ad the workmanship and materials are suck as to command univer ial approbation, while at the same time the prices are unusually mo derate. Notice.—A New Department for the sale of Parasols and Chil dren's Dresses has been opened at 157, Mineries. •hserve.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea mre, if net approved et; will be exchanged, or if preferred, the ntmey returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Rosters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for - .stiles and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 153, aid 157 Minories, and $3, 44, 35, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Caatten.—E. M.ses and Sou regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman ike falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and these who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Mineries and Ildgate, City, Londe*. lotice.—wo business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till outset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. Several Porten! Wasted. THE CORN TRADE. GLASGOW, OCT. 4.—We have bad much wet during the week, and this day is very rainy. With some isolated exceptions the crop of this and the circumjacent locality is housed. The yield is reported as fair, save that of wheat, which is represented deficient in quality and quantity; potatoes are near being exhausted, and likely shortly to become a luxury. We continue to be well supplied with Wheat both coastwise and from abroad. At Grangemouth the foreign arrivals for the last eight days amount to about 9,998 qrs. of wheat, 4,321 qrs. of barley, 790 qrs. of oats, and 398 qrs. of beans. The business effected since last week was in retail for imme diate consumption, at barely the rates of this day se'nnight. Most of the new wheat offering is ill-con ditioned—soft and dampish —averaging from 581 b. to 601 b. per bushel, and ruling variously in price from 225. upwards per 2401 b. At this day's market there was a thin attendance, and the dealings were trivial. We quote:—Wheat and flour 6d. to Is. per boll or sack re spectively below the currency of last Wednesday; barrel flour, owing to the light stock thereof, scarcely cheaper. Barley dull of sale, at a reduction of Is. per 3201 b. Oats, new, yielded 6d. to Is, per 2641 b; and oatmeal Is. per 2801 b. Beans and peas declined 6d. to Is. per boll. In dian corn and meal scarce, and unchanged in value. BIR➢IINGHAM, THIIREIDAY.—At Gloucester market, on the 30th, the wheat trade ruled dull, with the turn in favour of the seller. At Worcester, same day, an ad vance of ls. per quarter was realized. Barley Is. per quarter lower. Oats, being in short supply, maintained their value. Peas unaltered. Beans rather cheaper. During the present week, owing to the decline in the leading markets, the wheat trade ruled dull, but lower prices have not been submitted to on any description. More doing in the heavier descriptions of barley, but light is difficult to dispose of in quantity. Oats offering at a reduction of 6d. to Is. per quarter, and beans at a greater decline. Grinding peas in demand, and fully as dear. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat, which found buyers readily at rather over the currency of this day se'nnight. but we make no altera tion in our quotations. Barley nominally unaltered, but low qualities were unsaleable. New Oats Is. per quarter lower. Old ones fully as dear, and fine qualities scarce. Beans Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Peas maintained their value. THE REGISTRATION. EAST SURREY. Mr. Fish, the revising barrister, held a court on Wed nesday, at the Town-hall. Reigate, for the purpose of going through the lists for that district. No agent attended on behalf of the Conservative party, but Mr. Russell and Mr. Jervis appeared for the Liberals. There was only one objection made by third parties, which was taken by Mr. Russell, on the ground that the voter had disposed of his property, and this upon the hearing was allowed, and the name was ex punged. The :revising barrister sat yesterday at the Town hall, Kingston, to revise the lists of the parishes of Kingston, Ham, Hook, Kew, Long Ditton, Malden, Petersham, Thames Ditton, and Richmond. Messrs. Russell and Jervis again attended on behalf of the Liberal party, the Conservatives apparently not taking the slightest interest in the proceedings, and no agent appearing for them. There were not any objections or fresh claims except those made through overseers, and nothing of the slightest interest occurred, the whole of the business being gone through in less than two hours. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.— Anticipations of the Cesarewitch Stakes, and other im portents of the coming week, ,by Pegasus, Bell's Life in London, of Saturday next, October 8, with all the sporting and miscellaneous intelligence of the week. Bell's Life, price 6d., is regularly published in time for the newspaper agents to send by all the Saturday mid day railways. The sale of Bell's Life exceeds 27,000. The Era newspaper, of October 7 and 8, will contain a Full Exposure of the Monster Racing Sweeps—their Rise and Fall—their Honesty and Dis. honesty—their Legality and Illegality—with the Era's opinions concerning them. The probable Winners of the Cesarevvitch and Cambridgeshire Stakes will be named by Touchstone, who has been fortunate enough to foretel nearly sixty winning horses during the racing season of 1848. Order of all newsmen, or send six postage stamps to the office, 3, Catherine-street, Strand, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.I--Liver Complaints and Pains in the Right Side, need not be endured. The Vegetable Restorative Pills, prepared by John Kayo, Esq., of Dal- , ton-hall, near Huddersfield, speedily restore the healthy action of the Liver, carry off the redundant acrimonious Bile, and remove the consequent pains from the side and stomach. The following testimonial is in character with hundreds more:—" Mr. - Lowe, of Newark. lodge, near Gloucester, was for some time confined to his bed, suffering from Liver, Bilious, and other complaints. He obtained some of Kaye's Worsdell's Pills, and in less than a fortnight he was restored to a degree of health greater than he had enjoyed for six years. He declares that the Pills have done him more good than all the medi cines he ever took." The genuine Pills have the arms of John Kaye, together with a fac-simile of his signature, d i the printed directions for use wrapped round each box, Sold at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per box, to be had of all respectable Chemists and Medicine Venders. SOUTH LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY.—Last night the anniversary meeting of the members of this society, which was established in 1844 with the view of advanc ing medical science, was held at the Southwark Literary and Scientific Institution in the Borough-road; Dr. H. M. Hughes, the President, in the chair. The chairman, in opening the business, briefly recapitulated the objects of the association. By means of correspondence with country members, the reading of papers upon the sub ject of medical science, and the exposition of the prac tice employed in the various diseases to which flesh was heir, they hoped in a short time to gain an amount of information which would be almost invaluable. At the present moment, especially when there was every fear of the cholera visiting these shores, it must be obvious to every one that the society might be the medium for con ferring immense benefits upon humanity. Mr. Hicks, the honorary secretary, read tho report of the council and the financial statement. It stated that during the past session 18 new members had been admitted, and though the attendance at their ordinary meetings had not been so large on all occasions as they could have de sired, many valuable scientific papers had been laid before them and discussed. The finances were in a satis factory state, there being a present balance of 811. Bs. 9d. On the motion of Mr. H. Crellin, seconded by Dr. Lever, the report was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Hilton, F.R.S , was elected president for the ensuing session; and after the appointment by ballet of other office-bearers the meeting separated. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A RAILWAY GUARD.-011 Tuesday forenoon, about forty minutes past ten o'clock, David King. aged twenty-eight, the guard of the express passenger train, was killed instantaneously ab o ut 1,200 yards past the Ferriby station, on the Hall and Selby line, N 1 hero there is a bridge, on approaching which Twist, the other guard of the same train, called on the deceased to beware of the bridge. King was at that moment strapping the luggage. As soon as the train had passed through the bridge Twist missed King, and looking round saw him lay upon the line. The train was brought up, and King was picked up quite dead. No one saw him go in contact with the bridge, nor from subsequent examination of the corps were any marks found which would render the opinion conclusive that ho had been struck by it. It is possible he might have fallen. He lived in Hull and was married but had no family. _ THE SEWAGE MANURE COMPANY•—FINE OF 5001. REMlTTED.—Yesterday, ;at a special court of the Com missioners of Metropolitan Sewers, held at Greek-street; Lord Ebrington, M.P., presiding, the fine of 5001. which had been imposed upon,the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, for conveying away the water of the IKensing to❑ Canal, was remitted, and permission was given them to replace their pipes, under the superintendence of the surveyor of the commissioners, and subject to the appro bation of their consulting engineer. NEW CAB, OR HACKNEY CURRlCLE. — Yesterday another new vehicle made its appearance in the streets of London. It is called the " Patent Curricle Tribus," and has seats for three persons, the front of the carriage being open, like Hansom's patent cab, and the driver sitting at the right corner behind. Unlike other hack ney carriages (the old coaches having long since disap- peared), this is drawn by two horses, though only cab' fares are charged. Some improvements have been made in the harness, one of which is a steel bar fastened hori zontally across the backs of the horses to keep them closer together —a great advantage in driving through the crowded streets of the metropolis. The new curricle has an elegant appearance, and excited much curiosity. entertained in 1782.,,-13 r ut so far from advocating vio lence, he assured the public that any illegal acts would only be productive of mischief, and confessed that from their conduct he sometimes entertained reasonable is of their fitness for freedom. The Learned - Gen ead the rules of the Confederation, which in effect pledged the members to use every social and moral influence for the restoration of legislative indepen dence. By these rules alone should the members of that Confederation be judged. When the British Parlia ment refused to institute an inquiry demanded by the grei:t mass of the Irish Members into the working of the po.2r-law, Mr. O'Brien argued, and justly so, that this refusal showed the people that they bad no chanee of redress li-om that Parliament. The Learned Counsel next read a very long speech, in the coarse of which the prisoner was represented to have said, " that there was no chance of an immediate appeal to arms being success ful." From the word immediate, it might be argued that the prisoner looked to an appeal to arms in future. But it could not be adduced in evidence of the intent of an act done in 1857, that in 1847 the accused stated the immediate execution of that act would not be successful. About twelve years ago the present .Premier, Lord John Russell, began a career of agitation in favour of Parlia mentary reform, and wrote a letter to the Political Union at Birmingham, in which he stated that " Re form should never be put down by the whisper of a faction." Now, one of the projects of that union w as the formation of a national guard. The Noble Lord himself, in his " Constitutional History of England," re cognized and approved of the doctrine of resistance, and he, the very prosecutor in this case, or who had at least directed the prosecution, wrote to the Union a letter which ho would read at length. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the perusal of this letter. He know nothing of it. He did not see how a letter alleged and not proved to have been written by Lord John Russell some twelve or fourteen years ago could have any possible bearing on the matter in question. He had not interfered with speeches of Mr. O'Brien; but he could not allow this alleged letter of which he knew nothing whatever to be read as a matter of evidence. Mr. WHITESIDE said the Attorney-General was grim.. cusly mistaken if he thought he could stop his mouth when defending a man on trial for his life. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I don't want to atop your mouth. Mr. WHITESIDE referred the matter to the Court; and The Lord Chief Justice BLACKEURNE; after consulta tion, said—We are of opinion that you can refer to this letter, if you are not, as we understand you, introducing it as evidence, but as an historical event. But the more concisely you do so the better. Mr. WHITESIDE proceeded—To show the feelings which then prevailed in England, he would refeeto what was then said in a journal of great talent, distinguished for its remarkable ability, for its astonishing acquaint ance with all political affairs, and for its intimate know ledge of the - principles of the British constitution, which was understood to express the opinion of the British nation and of the world. He had only to regret that this journal had thought fit to write so severely of his client and of his case within the last few days. The Learned Gentleman then read an extract from a leading article of the Times, at the time of the Reform Bill, in which it stated that the project of the " Union " to es tablish a National Guard had equally terrified the House of Peers and the mob. He referred also to the speeches of a Colonel Jones, whOtrofessed to teach the people how they could resist the household troops and the artillery, and forcibly read the following letter from Lord J. Russell to Mr. Attwood : " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge with heartfelt gratitude the kindness and honour now done me by 150,000 of my fellow -countrymen. Our prospects are obscured for a moment—l trust only for a moment—for it is impossible that the whisper of a faction can prevail against the voice of a nation." What was the whisper of a faction to which the First Minister of the Crown alluded? It was the deliberate opinion of the House of Peers—of the assembly which boasted of the names of Wellington, Nelson, and Marl borough, and which would exist for ages in the attach ment of a discerning people. He had not brought for ward this letter for the purpose of scoffing at the First Minister of the Crown, but to show the opinions held by eminent persons on the subject of social changes— persons who had never been accused of treason. If the political unions had marched these 160,000 men on London, that no doubt would have constituted high treason. The Learned Gentleman, referring to the vo luminous speech of Mr. O'Brien, read it by detached portions, and applied himself to show that neither indi vidually nor collectively were they treasonable, or eviilences of a traitorous intent. If a national guard were not treasonable in England it could not be treaa amiable in Ireland ; but Englishmen—for whom he had a high respect —were apt to regard it as a vulgar error to suppose that Irishmen had the same rights as themselves, and would only agree with you after you had admitted they were right. The Attorney-Gene ral had charged Mr. O'Brien with getting up seditious newspapers, but he had failed to prove it. His client bad never written in a newspaper, nor was he proprietor of one. He had also referred to the French Revolution ; but a person might think that revolution justifiable, and not be a traitor. So far was Mr. O'Brien from being an advocate of violence, that he declared he would not re sort to physical force till the whole country was in favour of it. And could any one doubt but that then it would be justifiable ? or ; that if all-the people of Ireland —north anrsouth—declared their intention to repeal the union, they would not at once obtain it ? Mr. O'Brien had not gone to France to solicit armed aid. In his speech—the speech made evidence by the Crown —he denied that ho bad done so. The parade of men with flags and arms was not exactly high treason, for, if it were, then all the Orangemen of Ulster were guilty of it. Ile was obliged to the Attorney-General for prov ing these speeches, for it evinced his belief that he could not have construed the acts of his client into treason without the supposed aid of those speeches, white ho (Mr. Whiteside) would demonstrate that they c,ntained no treasonable intent. When the Confedera tion was dissolved a new body called the Irish League was summoned into existence, all the members of which united in the common object of looking for the repeal of the union. The clubs were entirely distinct from the League ; and on the 15th of July, in conse quence of doubts which existed as to their precise inten tions, the clubs held a meeting, at which resolutions embodying their principles of action were agreed to, and published in the papers the following day, with the names of all the presidents of the clubs then existing. These resolutions acknowledged the purpose of the clubs to be to overthrow British legislation in Ireland— that was no treason; to sustain the legitimate influence of religion—that was no treason; and to secure the in dependence of the country—that was no treason either. In that list of clubs there was no mention of the lied Hand Club. But Mr. O'Brien was not there, and did not belong to any club at all. The Attorney-General seemed to think that Mr. O'Brien's travels through Ire land were treasonable also; but they were only a part of the design avowed in the purposes of the League, and in prosecution of those purposes. Simultaneous meet ings were no proof of treason. Mr. O'Connell followed that plan in his career of agitation. Mr. Wyse eulogised it as the happiest invention to obtain freedom for the Roman Catholics. It was, then, no ground to convict a Protestant of treason. Would the jury take away the life of Mr. O'Brien because he had spoken more mode rately, discreetly, temperately, and mildly than those who had placed the Attorney-General in the position he held ?—(Applause in the Court, which was immediately reproved and suppressed by an admonition from the Lord Chief Justice.) If they could send a man to the scaf fold on the evidence brought against his client, their names would go down to posterity stamped with eternal infamy. On the trial of Mr. O'Connell, Lord J. Russell said it was depri ve d o f a ll mora l we i g ht by reason of eleven gentlemen havi n g been struck off the jury be cause they held the same opinions onrepeal a as th of e thl tra verser; and what Mr. O'Brien nr meant in doing f i part n rt out speech was, to complain had no d f Lord that in power w hich he condemned J. Russell's ned when In the same speech he disavowed anything like an in tention of a sanguinary resolution to accomplish the end be had in view. One of the Roman Catholic bishops said ho was prepared to give in his adherence to that association, and would do all in his power to get his clergy to join it too; and yet they were now told that that was a treasonable association, and they must all be traitors! If such were the case, the Roman Catholic clergy might soon be thinned. Mr. O'Brien, in that speech, said he loved peace—a strange proof of revolutionary intentions; but he said he would not flatter himself as to the course he might consider necessary for vindicating the honour and liber ties of his country; and that was made the ground of im peaching him for high treason I The jury, he was satis fied, would rather cutoff their right hands than find a ver dict of guilty upon such a speech as that. But not only so—that speech covered the whole case of the Crown with doubt and distrust ; for if a man could, on the 15th of July, express such constitutional opinions as Mr. O'Brien did on that day, could they believe that he ever intended to break out into open rebellion against the Queen ? He would not advert to the evidence of the informer Dobbin at present, but would take the evidence of Mr. Hodges, of General M'Donald, Captain Emans, the stipendiary magistrate, Inspector Cox, Mulrooney, Bagnall, the extra clerk, the gaoler, Norton, and one or two others. That evidence went to the arrest of Mr. O'Brien, to the proof that when he contemplated the sub. version of the British empire he had 101. 10s. in his purse, and it went further to the proof of the portman teau. Did it not show Mr. O'Brien's consciousness of his innocence that he informed that stipendiary magis trate where his portmanteau was to be found ? And here he would observe that the magistrate pledged his honour that the portmanteau should be returned to Mr. O'Brien ; but this righteous case began with as perfect a breach of faith as could be committed in any case of the kind. Mr. Gore Jones took not the slight est notice of his promise, and that would be ground for promotion in the service which he dignified. Mr. O'Brien wrote to the Under-Secretary, and asked that his private documents might be restored to him. They were promised, but had never been delivered up. In that portmanteau were private family deeds' and private accounts of Mr. O'Brien. Could they believe that a man would set out on a course of high treason with• such pacers in his trunk? But how were the papers found in the portmanteau brought against Mr. O'Brien? Was the custody of it traced ? What was there to prevent papers being surreptitiously introduced into it? He and every other man in Ireland held his liberty at the hands of Lord Clarendon at that moment. . What would they think of a person going to his lodg ings in his absence, placing papers in his trunk, and then for him to be called upon to answer for those papers— the person in whose custody the trunk had been not being produced? That, however, was the principle now established. It was not for him to complain of that decision, but it was a serious consideration for cases that might arise hereafter. A portmanteau might be found flung into a ditch with papers in it and they were to be producod as evidence against the owner. If that were so, the highest persons in the l ~ ence left ning, o the Iland d un were I, and It the r