The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1844. There is no other way of calling it. They called it a I now turn to my Protestant fellow-countrymen, those te: t ai h nption of law. I will not waste so much of my among them who have not yet bad the spirit of man tis to describe it in so roundabout a manner. It liness evinced by the gentlemen near me to unite with Was a lie, and I will call it so. It was known to be a lie, their Catholic countrymen for their common interests. sad yet he judgment so founded was sought to be sup- And I ask them, are they timid or doubtful of our into ported by Lord Lyndhurst and that indescribable wretch grity after all that has hitherto been done by us to show Birougham—(Groans)—on this footing, that the lie was them our real feelings. Oh, if we were strong enough to supposed to be true, and that we were to be punished shout, ought we not to be strong enough to do some against the fact, and in contradiction of the record itself; violence, or rather, what but the re-animating spirit of for the sentence was set forth in the record, " for the of- affection and conciliation towards each other could have feaces aforesaid." That, of course, included all the brought them together without some violence taking offences charged, and, of course, the two bad counts place ? Nay, more, were we not in the midst of our among the rest ; so that the recor d told the truth, but strength, with more power than any monarch in Europe Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst said it told a lie ; possesses in his hands ?—(Tremendous cheering.) How but then, blessed be Heaven ! there were found did I acquire that power ? I acquired it by the con three men honest enough to speak the truth, and viction that rested on the minds of every man, woman, therefore it is that I call upon you to rejoice, be- and child who obeyed me, that I would not abuse it. cause judgment has been given in our favour oa I acquired that power because I coincided in opinion the merits, and the technicalities were on the other with them, and guarded against the contingency of side.—(" Hear," and cheers.) They attempted to con- any crime whatsoever.—(Hear, hear.) My Lord found truth with a fiction of law or a lie ; but truth and Mayor, I never could attain that power without the . justice, and the record were with us, and we can make assistance of the Catholic clergy, and they would not them a compliment of the lie for their portion.— have given that assistance to me if they had not (Cheers.) And now I am going to make an atonement known the use which I would make of it. Oh, my to a class of public men whom I have often assailed, and Protestant fellow -countrymen, listen to this—they who, certainly, in some things deserved to be assailed— knew that I was the first apostle of that political sect namely, the Whigs. But, after all, how infinitely supe- that proclaims the possibility of effecting all great rior are they to the Tory party. The principle of Tory- changes by moral means alone, and that there is no human ism is double. It takes away as much of public right revolution worth the shedding of a single drop of from each individual as it can, and it amalgamates all human blood to obtain.—(Hear, hear.) No, human blood together for the benefit of the aristocracy ; but where is not a cement to the public station, it possesses rather Toryism is most terrific, is in its anxiety to do the great a crumbling than a binding property, and it brings down injustice of putting partisans on the bench of justice. to the groun d any p u bli c e difi ce i n th e erec ti on of whi c h The opinion forced upon us from history is, that in 99 it has been expended.—(Hear.) We proceeded without cases out of 100, the most prejudiced men had been crime ; we shuddered at the shedding of a single drop made judges by the Tory party, and though in England, of humon blood. The Catholic clergy saw these were during the last 30 or 40 years, we have seen but little of our prineiplee, and that there was no danger to the party spirit approaching the bench, we all know that in laws, either of God or man, being violated by those this country the spirit of Toryism remained in full life.-- who united with us. Protestants of Ireland, what (Hear, hear.) I ask you, if the support that I gave the objection can you have to our principles ? and why Whigs could have been effective for one year more, whe- not seek to carry them out ? But have I not to ther a very different state of things would not now be boast of this, that even yesterday my revered friend observable on the bench in this country ? Should we the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, the Catholic Archbishop of not have Chief Baron Brady at this moment the Chief Dublin (and lam almost ashamed of using so familiar a Justice of the Queen's Bench, with Mr. Pigot the Chief term in speaking of him), at the head of the clergy, stood Baron, and Mr. Moore and Mr. Monaghan in the room before the altar offering up his hands together to the of, Jackson and Lefroy 2—(Hear.) Now, I ask any man God of all, in gran ful recollection and thanksgiving for who might be inclined to blame me for having supported the triumphant assertion of the mercy that the Al the Whigs, whether he thinks, if Chief Baron Brady had mighty had vouchsafed towards us? If we had acted dis been the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, would we loyally, immorally, or illegally, is not Dr. Murray loyal have ever heard of this prosecution ?—(Loud cries of enough to refuse to sanction our acts ? Is there, con " Hear, hear.") I am satisfied that we never should fessedly, a more loyal man in the nation than he is, and have heard of this prosecution if we had had Mr. is not his entire life a continued instance of his loyalty Monaghan, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Hatchell sitting on the and worth ? Oh, I feel a pleasure beyond expression, bench, instead of the Littons, the Lefroys, and the that, yesterday, we had his testimony in our favour.— Jacksons, with the present Chief Baron of the (Hear.) Yes, when the moment came, in which the Exchequer occupying the station: now filled by Chi e f cons pi rac y was h a t c h e d i n t h e purlieus of the Castle— Justice Pennefather.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") You have when the Attorney-General used the foul language that this distinction, that the Whigs gave goad judges ; had fallen from him, of calling us foul conspirators— whereas the Tories were anxious to give partisan when we were bringing in argument after argument for judges in former times.—(Hear, hear.) I was for this our defence—though, after all, what can argument do reason anxious to support the Whigs, but I never gave under such circumstances as we were placed in ?—how them a vote inconsistent with my public principle. I was the heart of your leader—shall I call myself so ? defy the Tory press of England to point out one single (Great cheers) —oppressed with anxiety for your future instance in which I gave a vote inconsistent with public conduct, and how grateful that heart can now be for obe principle. All I did was to attend at my place in the dience and confidence that it can never merit ! At that House to assist in creating a majority by my vote in moment, at that time when your leader was torn from cases not inconsistent with public principle, and I now amongst you, his beloved son was also most scandalously tender my gratitude to them for the judges that have included in the same charge. Would it not have been been appointed by them. They made Lord Cottenham punishment enough for my beloved John to see me im- Lord Chancellor.—(Loud cheers.) I was going to say prisoned, without being himself sentenced to captivity ? that there never was so good a judge, but I never can Oh, malignant vinegar-cruet on two legs—(Loud cheer s forget, in his cold grave, my lamented friend, the in- and laughter, —it was John O'Connell's opposition to comparable Sir Michael O'Loghlen. But a better judge you at Youghal—his defeat of you at Youghal—his op than Lord Cottenham never existed. He was like Brady position to you before the Committee, and his overthrow in this, that he possessed the same fulness of judicial of you there, that caused him to be placed in the indict quality, though fee might not have had the power of ment !—(Hear, hear.) I saw that he had reasonable Plunket as an advocate. Bat, oh, how superior has grouads for his animosity to me. I had impeached either one or other of them been to him as julges ! his father, and I succeeded in one stage of that impeach (Hear.) Next to him I place the Lord Chief Justice of went, and I respect his filial piety—(Great liughter)— the Queen's:Bench in England—Lord Denman.—(Great that made him persecute me ; but the very spirit that cheering for some minutes.) There have been many would animate such enmity should make him leave out great men from time to time on the English bench, but my son.—(Hear.) But, could there be anything more who among them has shown himself what Denman unstatesmanlike than the conduct of the Government has ? He talked of this trial by jury, and said if a throughout ? They knew their danger, and they crowded similar course were continued, that trial by jury in Ire- troops over here ; but they doubted that they were, even land would become a mockery, a delusion, and a snare, then, sufficient to keep the country, so they boxed the —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) 'rake that, Mr. Attorney- troops up in barracks, and put loopholes in the walls, General Smith. Read that, Air. Chief Justice Penue- every one of which appeared to possess a tongue telling father. 'Write that on a slip of paper, and use it as a them that they were not able to keep the country, and mark in your Prayer-book, Mr. Justice Crampton.— that they repured something to keep themselves. But (Hear and laughter.) The Chief Justice of the Queen's could anything be more foolish than the expressions - .Bench in England pronounced a repetition of the course that fell from the Minister on the occasion ? Think sanctioned by you to be a delusion, a mockery, and a you that they had no effect on the old diplomatist Louis snare.—(Bear.) We are come to great times—we are Philippe ? or that if they had not been used, and if the uome to times when, if a similar course to that taken weakness of England with regard to Ireland were not to insure a verdict against us be again acted upon, known in France, that Tangiers would not have re it must be regarded as " a mockery, a delusion, and a mained untouched—that Mogadore would not still be snare."—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) And, oh, how I uninjured—and that the plains of Ouchda would not be thank the Chief Justice of England fur the words! Next untainted with Moorish blood ?—(Hear, hear.) But tcohiin is a nobleman who has been at the head of his what could be more peaceable than our conduct through profession for years. Lord Campbell told me that on oit ? When an occasional outrage was committed Ins Vitit to Ireland as Lord Chancellor, he had not been against us we did not. prosecute ; we lailiavel kindly to snore than a week in this country before his heart be- those who were opposed to us ; and hare I not these came thoroughly Irish, and thank Heaven his shrewd facts and the conduct of the people throughout all Scotch heal remains to gu'ile it, and his recent conduct Ireland to appeal to in support of my calls for concilia floes honour to both by the manliness with which h tion and union ?—(Cheers.) Oh ! the people have trampled under foot the attempt at argument which was conducted themselves admirably.—(Hear, hear.) Every made by the opposing party.—(Cheers.) We owe a confidence can now be pkiced in their peaceful debt of gratitude to the Whigs for such appointments, determination. We can repose on their good con and it will be hard to get me t abuse them again.— duct, and they have most completely shown fitness for (Laughter.) We owe them that debt for the principle self-government.—(Cheers.) More particularly have by which they . have been actuated in their selection of they done so in giving up the only vice which prevailed judges, and it' they had selected bad judges they in Ireland. They have thrown themselves into the tem would find me assailing them as readily as I peratlce movement, and the blissful result of abstaining now tender them my praise.—(Hear, hear.) Lord from intoxicating liquors is now known to minions.— Denman had been labouring for many years as a bar- (Hear, hear.) 0 ! here is a people, Protestant brethren, sister in the Queen's Bench, and if the Tories had con- tit to govern themselves and worthy of your support and tinued in power, he never would have been a judge to contidence.—(Cheers.) I have conclusive evidence that the present hour.—(Hear.) Lord Cottenham would ye are beginning to feel so. Look, here is Mr. Grey never have been a judge, and Lord Campbell would Porter's pamphlet : the work of a high Protestant gen never have been elevated to the bench, It is owing to tleinan—high sheriff of a Protestant county.—(Clieers.) the exolusiou of the Tories for a time front power What does this book say ? I will give you three sen that we have acquired the glory, the honour, and I will tences :—" The union of 1801, the 41st of George 111., add, the security of the administration ofjustice, arising cap. 47 (all on one side), does, and al wa y s will, draw from having such di s tin gu i s h e d p ersonages on th e b enc h - . away from Ireland her men of skill, genius, capital, I confess we should be also grateful to another quarter and rank—all who raise its strength and distinguish a to which lam anxious that justice should be done ; for, nation." "A federal (the only fair) union between Great though I attribute our delivery to Providence, still it Britain and Ireland inevitable, and most desirable for should be remembered that Providence acts in all its both islands."—(Loud cheers.) These are the principles decrees by means of agents, and therefore Ido not con- on which this gentleman sets out. The first shows the alder that I speak inconsistently with the gratitude evils of the union, the second advocates its repeal.— which I have expressed to Heaven for our deliverence, (Cheers.) I want to know will Sugden, that cursed, con when I acknowledge that we are deeply indebted to the tumelious little English dog—(Cheers and laughter)— exertions of the Morning Chronicle.—(Bear, hear.) For will that currish„ contumelious little gentleman, this, again, we have to thank the Whigs, as it is the great I ask, venture to supersede Mr. Grey Porter ? organ of their party, following honest principles with (Cheers.) I call him a cur, becau ehe barked at us when consistency and powerful ability.—(Hear.) Never in he dared not bite.—(Cheers.) lie has not the courage the entire history of England has there oc curre d to supersede Mr. Porter. He won't vent ure to act such another instance of a public journal exposing towards a gentleman of that high station as he has done with such clearness, with such talent, with such energy, towards some poor county magistrates.—(Hear, hear.) and with such perseverance, and I will add, with such I admire this pamphlet ; for, though mistaken in some effect and utility, any public injustice, as that afforded of its facts, it contains the genuine principle of nation by the Morning Chronicle, in the manner in which it ality—that spirit which I wish to pervade the people, shqwed forth to the world the defects of the judg- and which seeks Ireland for the Irish.—(Cheers.) I anent in the State trial, and the various iniquities by invite that gentleman tojoin us,and I tell him that he will which every step of the prosecution had been marked. get that leading place among us which his talent, r a nk, lam glad to have this opportunity of paying a just tri- and patriotism deserve. Nay, more, I undertake to dis bute of gratitude and respect to the conductors of that solve the Association if he does not approve of our con excellent journal. While the Tory press of England duct, or can detect us committing one single act affect laboured to distort everything that could be made of use ing our loyalty or allegiance.—(Cheers.) From this to . injure the cause o f th e t raverser; and to throw an place I call upon hi m to jo i n us. Perhaps he may hear Must and unfavourable colouring over their case, the me yet, and though h e may t hi n k the present time too rning Chronicle, day after day, persevered in bring- soon, I think the day will come.—(Loud cheers.) This; inglorward arguments and facts that served to place then, is the time for conciliation. By it you may gain their cause in a proper and favourable light before the such men as Mr. Porter ; and is he not worth concilia public, and in publishing statements and suggestions ting ?—(Cheers.) What would I not do to persuade valuable for their defence. Even if we had been de- him ? Would I not give a portion of my heart's blood fated in our application for justice, it would have been to gain him over ? I say, that the man is not honest some atonement and gratification to us, to think that we who does not wish to see Grey Porter at the head of this had so valuable and able an advocate ; and now, in the national strugg le. —( Cheers .) As for my se lf, Id o not born' of our triumph, the Morning Chronicle oug h t not want to he a leader • lam willing to work in the team, SO be forgotten, but ought to receive as it so well mer i ts , an d I w i ll cheerfully' resign to Grey Porter the reins and our loudest and most animated cheers.—(" Hear, bear," guidance of the whole —(L o ud cheers .) The question and loud cheers.) I have but one remark m ore t o ma k e, f or us now to consider' is ---what are we to do ? The and that relates to an excellent friend of mine, wh o , I p r i nc i p l e o f conc i l i ation is , admitted, but we are not the think, has been spoken of a little too hard. I allude to less ardently to persevere in working for the p 1 an fully reeta.ee y beloved friend, Richard Shell.—(Hear.) I confess (Cheers.) I n answer i ng the question m ore thr ee I was angry at his asking a request for me from Peel different subjects arise to my mind. The first relates to that looked liked requiring a favour, and he ought to the meeting at Clontarf.—(Cheers for some minutes.) have known me better than to think I could possibly re- That meeting was called legally. It was illegally sup ceive anything having the appearance of a boon from pressed.—(Cheers.) We are bound to adhere to prin auch hands. No, I would rather have rotted in the ciples, and it is now to be considered whether that rule gaol than owe my liberation to the pretended clemency extends so far, or whether it has been sufficiently vindi uf From this spot I told you, before cated without calling the meeting. For some time I entering the prison, that there should be no compromise did think that it was absolutely necessary to call it to Cr shrinking, and there has been none.—(Renewed vindicate a great principle, but on reflecting deeply on cheering.) The entire of us would perish in gaol rather what has occurred in the House of Lords, and the yin than receive as a favour the slightest concession from dication of its legality put on eternal record by Denman the present Ministers.—(Cheers.) My f r i en d Ri c h ar d —(Ch eers )—C otten h am —(Cheers)—and Campbell— ;Shell was wrong in that, but he is one of those men (Cheers)—l began to doubt that it was necessary. It who can afford to be once wrong in their lives. His might create ill-feeling, and be construed into a wish to country owes him a deep debt of gratitude. He ornas insult, and it might alienate friends. What I mean to xnented and made interesting by his eloquence the du is, upon this day week to propose that it be referred struggle for emancipation. When I was going on with to a select committee whether or not it is necessary to any dull speeches, wearying the public mind with my hold the Clontarf meeting.—(Cheers.) Ido not wish to tiresome repetitions, Richard Shell burst upon the public prejudice their decision, but I must say that my opinion view with the brilliancy of' some sudden and refulgent is against the calling of that meeting. The next point I 'tar, by the corruscations of his genius, and the majestic wish to lay before you is with reference to a plan which • 2'ut in hullitions of his Powz'rful mind.—(Loud cheers.) I freqeently proposed last year. I mean the collection the very speech for w hi c h h e i s bl ame d, M r . o f the Preservative Society for Ireland, consisti ng o f a ileited from Sir R. Peel a statement which must body of 300 gentlemen sitting in Dublin.—(Great aim in, the minds of every . honest man, namely, plause.) This point is surrounded by legal difficulties, tohilagertioo shall show we had had a ta i r t r i a l. Th at asser an d must b e approac h e d w i t h ser i ous cons id erat i ons, is, as I show you presently, worth much, and which we were last year prevented from applying to it fom this spot I thank Mr. Shell for having drawn it by the proclamation and subsequent proceedings. My , rth.—(llear, 11 1 ,114 too, upon I TV Well, as we have succeeded, and plan, which I have deeply considered, is shortly this— &nd merits of faithfulinairtis, of our case, by the prayers that 300 gentlemen from the various counties in Ire ur success, not as anythingtians—as we have boasted of land should meet on a certain day in Dublin—(Cheers) of our own, but as an act —and that their title to meet should be the handing of that Power who regula tes nat ions -- let us next se e in o f 1001 . eac h—th a t th e y s h ou ld h ave a treasurer low we are to conduct ourselv e s the present o ccas i on . o f th e i r own , an d h ave t h e wor ki ng of the i r own lt is of the utmost importance that we should act die- funds.—(Cheers.) I do not intend th a t th e y s h a ll creetly—it is absolutely necessary th at we should act initiate anything, but that they shall control every trusly. We ought to act in the full spi r i t of c We ought to end eavour to succe e dn pletely governed by them, and not venture upon any a ct means augmenting our numbers by every becomi ng without their previous sanct ion. —(Cheers.) A body of We ought to struggle with renewed energy for the re- this kind would comprise so many of the wealthy an d P i Baal eause by such means , and that struggle sh ou ld i nfluential of Ireland, that it would be an effectual check either end in our g raves or in having an Irish Parlia- to any rash revolutionary outbreak, and would be a silent once more in College-green. — (Loud cheers.) We steady drag upon the wheel of the movement. It would wren to be encou r a ged by what' has p assed, and we are be of that bearing on society and high station that it sucouraged.—(Cheers.) The anti-Iri sh party—l l will c ou ld enter into treaty with Government.—(Cheers.) O t call them the Orange party any longer — s h ou l d look It could arrange its own plans with Ministers, and sti P u pith hope on our efforts, and no longer absent them late terms.—( Great c h eer i ng.) No handover-head work, dePlves from our ranks. They should look with forget - I but steady , delib era t e agreement. — ( Ch eers.) And mess on by-gone views, and unite with us now for the here let me say that I quite agree in making the expe good of our common country.—(ffear, hear.) But, how I riment of a federal Parliament. I want any Parliament swell we act in future ? Conciliation should be our first i which will protect Ireland, and ask for no more. If we duty, and I think the best way of our insuring it is by arrive at the period of repeal without some body of this 0-king those who absent themselves from us, to look to description, Government may dictate a plan to you, per s;:e manner in which we have acted up to this period. fall short ofjustice, though it may satisf y baps, which may Sl ave we in this struggle injured a single human being? some of you. They can never do so with this Preser- Vag a elegle assault been committed ? Has the least native Society of three hundred.—(Cheers.) The terms ,violence been done to any person ? No I Miraculous of any treaty must be well con sidered —financial as well to speak it, millions have met and assembled together, as political—and it seems to me that we shall here have Ilind yet not even an accident has occurred. Such is the the workmen to build up the palace of justice to Ireland. irit of forbearance towards each other that has been —(Cheers.) I will this day week more for a Select exhibited by the Irish people, that that moral miracle Committee to consider the possibility , of such an assem lbas been witnessed, of countless multitudes meeting blade, and to prepare cases to have laid before the most nether without a single act of violence, without a single eminent lawyers of England and Ireland.—(Cheers.) Vcident occurring to man, womun, or child.—(Cheers.) We will take care not to bring a single individual within the power of the law, and we will see whether we cannot get a second managing body for the people—not a House of Lords, indeed, but a body possessing more power, as representing the whole Irish people.—(Loud cheers.) Three hundred wealthy Irish gentlemen would make such a body as would bring about the repeal of the anion with the greatest ease.—(Cheers.) I am not a person of overweening confidence in my own judgment, but I have so matured this plan in my own mind, whilst in prison, that I rely strongly on it, although prepared to abandon it on the instant, if found to be at all dangerous or impracticable—(Cheers)—whilst it must be embraced, if found calculated to bring back our Parliament to College-green.—(Loud cheers.) I have addressed you at great length, but I owed you for three months' rent.—(Much cheering and laughter.) I am now like an honest man, paying my debts.—(Re newed laughter.) And now I come to my third plan, and it is one to which lam greatly attached. I want to procure impeachments of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench and of her Majesty's Attorney-General in this country, on these grounds—(Great applause for some moments)—on these grounds, I repeat, which I shall set before you, as briefly as I can, consistently with clearness. The first ground is that of the mon ster indictment which was preferred against me— thirty-six yards of an indictment.--(Cheers and laughter.) Lord Denman has well described it as a document calculated to prevent a man from defending himself. Such an indictment no poor man could escape from. We were backed by the repeal rent—(Cheers) —but if such an indictment were preferred against a poor man, where could he get a brief of it for his coun sel? Why it would cost him ten times more money than ever he saw to do so.—(Cheers.) My excellent friend Richard O'Gorman (the dissentient grand juror) ought to be a proud man this day. He alone was right as to this unjust indictment, and had the manliness and honesty to maintain his opinions in open court. He said, " We have spent five days over this bill, and not one of us can understand it." To be sure they did not care much for that.—(Groans.) They found it a true bill. I am much obliged to them.—(Cheers and laughter.) Now, this is no idle act of the Attorney- General. Sugden planned it—Peel has adopted it.—(Groans and hisses.) Impeachment, I say, then is our only remedy.—(Loud cheers.) No man is safe from such a monster indictment. What ought the Court to have done with it ? I say an honest court should have quashed it again and again, if necessary, and have said to the Attorney-General in the words of Lord Denman, " Pick out your counts, and do not suffocate them be neath the number of your accusations."—(Cheers.) The judges of the Court of Queen's Bench did not refuse to receive it ; nay, more, they countenanced it ; and, pro ceeding as they commenced, refused us copies of the witnesses' names, the caption of the indictment, and other privileges which we should have received as a matter of course in England.—(Groans.) By their conduct they made this monster indictment a babe of their own luck, and I say there is no use whatever in the doctrine of im peachments if we have not the jddges of the Queen's Bench brought before a proper tribunal to answer for their conduct.—(Cheers.) I assert this, and I shall be able to prove it by competent witnesses, that the Lord Chief Justice—(Groans)—had the air of a counsel for the prosecution throughout the trials, and might have been taken for such but for the place he occupied. It may be said lam rash in taking this up. Ah Ido not fear their prisons. —(Tremendous cheering.) I am a freeborn British subject, standing in this place defending my rights, and I do accuse those men of injustice.— (Renewed applause.) lam here to call upon the people of England to aid me in impeaching those men.— (Chears.) I have to complain too of their manner to wards me. Mr. Justice Crampton—(A laugh)—used to squeeze up his face at me, as if to strike me with terror at his lion aspect.—(Roars of laughter.) Now, I ask you all, did it ever occur at any trial before this, that the Chief Justice borrowed the Attorney-General's brief to make out his case and charge from ?—(Cries of No," and groans.) You saw him do so.—(Loud cries of "We did,' and groaning.) Now, Ido say that this is a fact which must and shall be heard.—(Cheers.) I care not— not I—for the authority of the Lord Chief Justice.-- (Loud cheers.) I call upon the English people to join with me and Ireland, and drag him before a proper tri bunal, and ascertain whether such conduct as this is to be tolerated.—(Loud cheers.) My next ground of im peachment against him, in particular, is his factious, his indecent charge.—(Cheers.) It was one-sided and un just. In the House of Lords, in the Ho use o f C ommons, no one could be found har dy enough to defend it.— (Cheers.) It was impeached by all, and admitted to be indecent. I want to know, does it not deserve impeach ment ?—(Cheers.) Who is safe from such a charge ? We have no remedy against the inj ustice of such a charge, for it was not upon the record, and so we were deprived of the advantage of its influencing my appeal.—(Cheers.) There is no other redress or remedy for this wrong but impeachment. The next ground I have against them is, that they admitted newspapers as evidence of facts against in?, and brought in my friend Barrett's paper, and the Na• tien, allowing them to be used for the purposes of the pro secution. They allowed them as evidences of facts, as if witness got into the jury-box and swore, " We heard O'Connell say so and so." Judge Perrin—though cer tainly, poor man, he was asleep during great part of the trial--(Great laughter)—did, however, vindicate his chart.cter on this point, and refused to sanction this evident illegality.--(Cheers.) I will not go into all the wearisome details of the packing of the jury, for it is now u-.iveraall‘r admitted that it was fraudulently packed. I shall be elite to prove, I tell you, that not only were pro per wanes omitted, but names which ought to have been omite4 left on.—(Cheers.) That will be one of my facts. I w ant to know, too, if the doctrine is to be sanctioned that Anti-Ropealers only are fit fur the jury -box ?If so, they will soon have to make short work of it, and try all their cases with the same jury, for there will not be more than twelve Anti-Repea!ers in the whole country shortly.—(Cheers, and laughter.) They'll have to pack their twelve men into a box like the Wizard of the North, and carry them about Ireland.—(Laughter.) It was alleged that fraud had been committed ; and what was then the duty of the Court—their sacred duty?— (Cheers.) To discountenance such proceedings and such a jury, and to put off the trial over and over again. One of the articles of impeachment shall be this fact : Perrin did well here.—(Cheers.) But, here, I have something fur you. I know a man who was offered to have his fortune made if he would give some par ticular information.—(Sensation.) The information did not exist, and therefore he could not give it • but, I shall be able to prove that the expres sion, " Your fortune shall be made," was used on the occasion in question, and that by a witness of the first credit and respectability.—(Cheers.) Again I say that if that jury had been left to itself, it never could have returned such a verdict. I say it emphatically that some one helped them in making up this verdict.— (Cheers and groans.) Ido not wish now to detain you in this place, but I may remind you that judges, if not accessible to bribes, are not superior to favour. Well, the Lord Chief Justice's nephew has got a place in the Castle of Dublin.—(Loud cheering.) Young Penne father has been placed, and it is said Lord Heytesbury is to do more for him. Now I say that there should be no suspicon in such a matter, and that the Chief Justice ought to have seen his nephew provided for in some other way.—(Cheers.) lle should have taken care that no inference—and here I declare I believe that inference, however natural, to be untrue—should be drawn from the judgment of the judge, and the promotion of the nephew.—(Loud cheering.) I do only protest against the example set by a public man, and the insecurity of public opinion in a public officer, consequent upon such conduct.—(Cheers.) There is also some story of a relation of Mr. Justice Cramptou's having been provided for, but it is not sufficiently authenticated for me to dwell upon it. Well, to proceed now—l have been three months in gaol.—(Cheers and laughter.) I want to know, do they think I am to submit pa tiently to this ? lam not acting from any feeling of resentment or revenge. I spent an exceedingly plea sant three months—(Cheers)—pleasanter because after the first fortnight I was secure from those ap prehensions of an outbreak which had disturbed my rest for five months previously—(Cheers) —during which time I never slept quietly.—(Renewed cheers.) Ido not complain of my imprisonment—pleasanter companions no man ever had. We had, too, the blessing and the honour of the sweet companionship of our fellow-cap tives' wives—the talent and power of facetious entertain ment. No set of men ever lived in more social harmony. Well, I am not vexed for this, but lam determined on atonement.—(Cheers.) I defy Vinegar Smith to wipe away his injustice. I defy England to do us justice here, or compensate for the harassing of our families and our and their hours and days and weeks of suspense. Will they do nothing to remedy these things ? Are these things nothing, which have now admittedly been done contrary to law and justice ? Who did so ? It was the act of the Irish Government that imprisoned us, and Crampton had his mother wit about him, and put it to the Attorney-General to let us stand out till the result of the writ of error was known. Now, I charge the At torney-General for not consenting to this proposition. I charge him and the Government with the crime, with the sin of refusing to accede to it, and thereby running the chance of punishing innocent men. In their conduct was a most plain, palpable want o f honest intention.—(Loud cheers.) How • did the At torney-General know but that the judgment would be re versed, as it has been ?—(Cheers.) He did not care for that. He punished us upon the chance of its not being so.—(Groans.) During the trial he was in con stant consultation with Government. I do not know that poor what's his name—the shin-of-beef Lord— had much hand in it, but his Government is responsible for the evil. When Mr. Moore proposed to let the names be put upon the list by consent, which Mr. Justice Burton said might readily be done, the At torney-General had not a word to say for himself, but he would not do it.—(Groans.) Now, I want to know, will not England join me in impeaching these men ? They have had us three months in gaol ; we are pro nounced innocent, and they might have avoided that crime if they would.—(Cheers and groans.) From this spot I call on England to join me. I mean to propose that a Select Committee be formed, of which I shall cheerfully make one, to go through all the principal towns of England about two months before the meeting of Parliament, to obtain an answer to this appeal. We will say. " Here is injustice done. A packed jury, an • unjust judgment, a sentence inflicted before its right is ascertained, and innocent men imprisoned. English men, I will test you ; I will see wh e th er y ou w ill j o i n me, one and all." f not, I will come back, and say to my countrymen, " Look no more to the pretences of John Bull; look alone to your Parliament in College green."—(Hear, and cheers.) If they did not approve of this, I will go at any rate. Curiosity to see the lion who had been caged for three months would bring many together, and collect crowds around me; and I look for m and to success. But here, I ask you, are the Ministers to escape?—(Groans and yells.) Is Sir J. Graham to escape?—(Loud cries of " No, no," and groaning and hissing.) He who had the unparalleled impudence in the absence of two Members of the House to call them I convicted conspirators.—(A voice, " He's a liar." Cheer ing.) Why, you seem to be as uncivil as Sir Janus him- self.—(Laughter.) I do not called him that, but I do term him a foul-mouthed letter-breaker.—(Shouts of ap plause and laughter.) I come to what Sheil did in the House. He produced Sir R. Peel's declaration before his face. He had that paper before his eyes, and yet he had the power of farce, the audacity, the intensity of falsehood to say, according to the newspaper reports, that be had a fair trial.—(Several voices—" He's a liar.") To be sure he is. —(Great cheering, and loud laughter.) There's a British Minister for you—the Premier of the first country in the world.—(Groans and laughter.) With a packed jury, a one sided Chief Justice, the exclusion of jurors and evidence of justice, he ventured to say we had a fair trial. Oh, a very fair trial, sweet Sir Robert! Ah, my good man, you were wrong to call him a liar. He thinks what we got was a very fair trial for an Irish Catholic.—(Cheering and groans.) That foul falsehood, however, identified him with the whole of the proceed ings here, and the union is but a mockery indeed, if the English people do not join us in hurling Peel from office, and driving him from power as a Ministerial leader in Parliament.—(Cheers.) I have done. I want to consider the affair of the Clontarf meeting.—(Cries of " Have it.") I want to consider the assembling of the Preser vative Society. I see, I know I can rely upon the people. —(Cheers.) There will be no revolt, no riot, no tumult, or violence. They would not be the shrewd people that they are, if they did not perceive the advantages they have already derived from the same course at the time of the emancipation and other agitations.—(Cheers.) I tell you, repeal is irresistible, if you continue peaceable. —(Cheers.) Oh, how my he ar t th ro b s w i t h d e li g h t w h en I see the O'Briens, the Butlers, the Hutchinsons, the Mocklers, the Porters rallying round old Ireland.—(Great cheering.) What a day will we have round King William in College-green.—(Great laughter.) What a triumph we had on Friday, when the news of tardy justice done at last was spread through the country. Oh, it is a proud feeling, a noble hope, an endearing anticipation for us to look forward to the day when we shall have old Ireland free and a nation again —(Tremen dous cheering)—to have her commerce spring to life, her agriculture crowned with riches, to make her merry maids and brave men more merry and cheerful and happy. Old Ireland for ever—hurrah for the repeal [The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amid ap plause nearly as protracted and quite as enthusiastic as that which greeted his opening address.] Several sums of money having been handed in by Mr. O'Connell and Mr. D. O'Connell, jun., Mr. J. O'CossELL came forward, and after handing in some subscriptions, proceeded to address the Association amidst great applause. He stated that he regarded the glorious triumph that they had just achieved as but the harbinger of the still more glorious triumph of repeal. He fully concurred in what his father had stated of the pleasure and comfort they had experienced during their confinement, and wished to take that opportunity of re turning thanks to Mr. Butler for the present which he had sent them, of some fine Kilkenny venison. He was delighted that the Attorney-General had included him in the indictment, for what higher honour could a young man, or any man, desire than the honour of suffering for old Ireland—(Loud cheers)—but he had more—he had the deepest and the sweetest pleasure that a son could have, of sharing and of endeavouring to mitigate the captivity of a beloved parent.—(Cheers.) They had also given him the further pleasure of sharing the cap tivity of the fearless, devoted, and true• hearted men who were in prison with them ; and he would tell the people of Ireland to cherish these men in their heart of hearts, for he had an opportunity of knowing how de serving they were of every honour that could be con ferred upon them. After referring to the decision in the House of Lords, and promising to redouble his efforts with renewed energy in the cause of Ireland in future, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud applause. Mr. T. STEELE, who was loudly cheered, said that he had never enjoyed such a high honour as on the pre sent occasion, and that the greatest glory of his exist ence was being included in the martyrs for Ireland. The people had heard his last words at their parting, and by no act of theirs had violated the awful tranquillity of the country—that tranquillity which had struck horror into the hearts of their enemies.—(Cheers.) Having passed some high euloeiums upon the perfection of the repeal organisation under the guidance of Mr. O'Con nell, which he compared to that of the steam•engine in the hands of Watt, Mr. Steele proceeded to refer to cir cumstances connected with the State trials, more parti cularly to his protest against being put on his trial by the Attorney-General, on the ground that he would re ceive no justice from that gentleman, and referred to the remit as verifying his predictions. He concluded, amid loud applause, by expatiating on the necessity of repeal. Mr. S. 0 BaIEN, in handing in 421. from the county of Limerick, said, that he was anxious to congratulate them upon their liberation from their imprisonment, for their proud position as vindicators of Ireland, for their noble and manly bearing.—(Cheers.) He tendered his gratitude to them.—(Cheers.) Was he at liberty to tender the gratitude of that meeting also ?—(Loud cries of "You are, you are," and cheers.) He regretted that the scene of Ireland's vindication was not Ireland herself, and that it had Leen reserved to English judges to do justice to Irishmen. To Lord Penman alone were they indebte:l, and to him they were indebted through an ac cident for the liberation of the friends of Ireland.— (Cheers.) He did deeply regret that their liberation had not been effected by an Irish jury ; but the worst features of their provincialism had prevailed over the spirit of justice. It was a subject of sincere regret to him that the character of the Irish bench had been so seriously impeached.—(Cheers.) He had hoped to have found judges upon the bench in Ireland who would not have had to go to school to their brothers in England for the merest instruction in the first principles of law end equity.—(Cheers.) As to the proposed impeach ments, he would not venture to say more than that he believed the parties threatened most richly deserved them.—(Cheers.) But the imprisonment, the sin of the premature imprisonment rested with the English Go vernment, for it was distinctly suggested to the Attor ney-General by Mr. Justice Crampton, that the impri sonment of the traversas should not take place until the result of the writ of error were known.—(Cheers.) It was a most fortunate thing that that result had been suc cessful, for he would not answer for the conduct of the Irish people if they had beheld their leader imprisoned throughout the long winter, whilst a foreign war was impending.—(Cheers.) They were now, however, tri umphant, and he implored them to be as calm and dig nified now as they should be in the hour of their danger bold and defiant.—(Cheers.) Let them persevere in their course, and assist their great leat'leader in his soon to-be-successful struggles for thefiberty and happiness of fatherland.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. BARRETT (rising in obedience to a call from va rious parts of the meeting) said, that though he was not a member of the Association, he would not refuse the expression of his sentiments which the courtesy of his fellow-countrymen had called for. He was delighted that he had had an opportunity of sharing the martyr dom of the father of his country. He proceeded to ex patiate upon the iniquity of the State trials and the in nocence of himself and his quondam brother prisoners. They had, he said, administered justice as they would have read Hebrew —they commenced at the end.—(Loud cheers.) They first inflicted the punishment dictated by injustice, and then they proceeded to investigate that injustice.—(Cheers.) Could Irishmen be insensible to the wrongs of their country ? Did they not see their brethren aliens and exiles, their name a mockery, and a subject of gibes and insult ? They must unite. Let them do so, and they would triumph. Let them hesi tate, and they would fall.—(Cheers.) Dr. GRAY then came forward amid loud applause, and having tendered an apology for addressing the meeting similar to that given by the last speaker, proceeded to say that there was a difference of opinion between some of the conspirators. His friend Mr. Steele had said that he had had no redress. Was not that redress ? Was barrels, and proceeded, in one case, by over sixty women with lighted flambeaux, which they waved in the air, the effect of which was singularly picturesque. Several temperance bands accompanied them, playing national and popular airs, and as they passed each house or public edifice which was illuminated they gave several hearty rounds of cheers. The Chamber of Commerce was effectively lighted up, and was filled during the e ven i ng with the members and others exchanging cordial congratulations on the event which was thus hastily- celebrated. After describing the illuminations the report pro. ceeds Until a very late hour the dense crowds continued to parade the streets, and though shouts of triumph and acclamation rent the air, we have the happiness of recording that no outrage or insult to the person, property, or sentiments, religious or political, of any of our fellow-citizens occurred. Well did the people exhibit on that exciting occasion the effect of that moral training which their leaders and friends have shown them the value of. In exhibiting the intensity of their veneration for their illustrious patron and friend, they carefully—scrupulously—abstained from the slightest indications which could be censured by the partisans of any political doctrine. This was as it should be, and as it henceforth ever will be. We have received accounts this morning from several parts of the country, all of which acquaint us with the extacy of the people on the receipt of the intelli gence which restores to liberty the Liberator of mil lions of his countrymen. A respectable correspon dent writing this morning from Mallow says : " On last night Fiddane, Knockaro, Mallow, and the entire of the country, as far as the eye could reach, was brilliantly illuminated. Joy beamed in every countenance for O'Connell's triumph. A meet ing is to be held this day in Mallow to appoint a number of persons to keep order and prevent the least annoyance during the illuminations this even ing—extensive preparations are making for the occa sion in that town. In Bandon the populace carried lighted tar-barrels through the principal streets, and by the most enthu siastic popular demonstrations evinced their partici pation in the general feeling of joy and gladness. The hills all about Cove and for miles in that direction to wards Youghal and along the coast were illumined with bonfires, and the people thronged round them in joyous excitement. MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGIS TRATION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The Liberal party, it would appear from the fol lowing statement, are active in the field, and have again an advantage over the Tories, although we are sorry to say the old Whig party, have rendered but little aid. The Honourable Member, Mr. Byng, has apparently for the last three years forsaken the sup port of the registration of the county. To some ex tent it is said the Anti-Corn•law League have ren dered service. We do not know if this circumstance has given offence, seeing that Mr. Byng took the chair at the Hammersmith Anti-Corn-law meeting, and afterwards voted with the monopolists on Mr. Villiers's motion. Reformers. Bedford district Tories, •I * Brentford do. Enfield do. Edgware do.. Uxbridge do l3 * Hampstead do 0 Hammersmith do 2B King's-cross do Westminster do Mile-end do 62 Bethnal•green do City of London do 364 ... 61 637 514 * The overseers have objected in these parishes. In the county list in the City of London two Judges, the Solicitor and Attorney-Generals, and eighty-five barristers and attorneys, who voted for the Tories, are objected to, they having claimed in the wrong parish. No doubt much noise and declama tion will be made to induce the Revising Barrister to retain their names. [When Mr. Byng's age and his services to the county are taken into consideration, great allowances should be made.—ED. Sun.] not that hour redress enough ?—(Tremendous applau s e.) They had sought for redress, for inquiry from England. They had been refused.—(Loud cheers.) Like that un righteous city, wherein 50 good men were sought for in vain, wherein 40, 30, 20, 10, aye, even 5, were looked for fruitlessly, and Sodom was destroyed—(Loud cheers) —so had it been with England. Well was it that there were three men of probity and of honour—all praise to them—who declared that a packed, fraudulent jury was not an instrument of justice.—(Great applause.) Mr. O'CoNNELL came forward, in answer to loud cries for Mr. Puffy, and assured the meeting that that gentleman had been obliged to retire from illness. The Hon. Gentleman pro cee d e d t o h an d i n numerous contri butions to the repeal rent. Mr. SCOTT brought in 20/. from Edinburgh, which was, he stated, altogether contributed by Scotchmen. Mr. N. BOYLA N , ex -j ust i ce of the peace, h an d e d in 20/. from the county o f M eath. — (Great cheer i ng .) Mr. S. O'BRI EN gave notice that he would move, on the next day o f meet i ng that Messrs. H u tchinson and Butler should b e a dd ed to the genera l P ar li ame ntary Committee. Mr. O'CONNELL formally entered his notice of motion for a Committee to inquire into the expediency of hold ing the Clontarf meeting, and to inquire into the mate rials requisite for the impeachment of the parties he had named connected with the recent state trials. Several sums of money having been handed in, some letters read, and a few speeches made, amid great noise and confusion, Mr. O ' CONNELL announced the rent for the week to be 575/. 6s. 6d.—(Loud cheers.) The usual vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman,; the meeting, which was very turbulent after Mr. O'Connell's speech was over, then adjourned. REJOICINGS IN CORK. (From the Southern Reporter.) Under any circumstances that have arisen to call forth popular enthusiasm in Ireland, we have never witnessed so intense and earnest an expression of pub lic feeling as this city presented, from the hour at which the news of the decision of the House of Lords arrived yesterday, to a late hour last night. Within a few minutes after the intelligence was received by the coach—having been specially marked on the way bill in Dublin, by Mr. Charles Bianconi, and its ac curacy confirmed by the signature of that patriotic gentleman—it was promulgated through every street, lane, and alley; and anxious thousands of every sex and age instantly abandoned their usual occupations, and thronged into Patrick -street, towards the Cham ber of Commerce, and the newspaper offices, for the purpose of satisfying themselves that the account was true. A requisition was, at a moment's notice, drawn up, and signed by all the influential and respectable citizens, requesting th e mayor t o con vene a treeting on an early day, for the purpose of voting a congratu latory address to Mr. O'Connell and fellow-patriots on their triumphant release from an unjust incarcera tion. It was also resolved that the Chamber of Com merce should be illuminated to celebrate the glorious event. Soon after nightfall thousands of people began to parade the principal streets, carrying lighted tar two children knocked at the door of his private resi dence, in Pearl-crescent, Bagnigge Wells-road, and sent to him a letter supplicating relief, and thinking she was one of those impostors who subsist on this species of fraudulent representation, he took her to the police station. He handed in the letter, which set forth the distress of the applicant, but in simple un exaggerated language, and written in a legible man ner by a female hand. Mr. Comae asked if any money was found on be-? The inspector replied in the negative. Nothing was found on her but a number of thr e licates. The inspector f ur th er stated, that not wishing to confine children of such tender years in a police station, he sent a police-constable with them to Clerkenwell workhouse, but the officials there refused to receive them. He sent the same constable with them to St. Pancras workhouse, but there, too, they were refused admission. In compassion he took them to his own home. (The inspector behaved in the kindest manner towards the children, who were in a most deplorable condition, their garments having been literally covered with vermin. The inspector's wife had them properly cleaned, and gave them nourishing food, so that the poor little creatures appeared in court in a much better condition than they otherwise would have done.) The prisoner, who seemed very timid and nervous when called upon for her defence, stated that her husband, who had been clerk to Mr. Alexander, a merchant, residing at the West-end, died about 18 months ago. She supported herself and children for some time ofter his death by the sale of furniture and by pawning her clothes, and at length turned to needlework; she earned something by stay-making, but it was inadequate to supply them with the neces saries of life, and her health failing her about three months ago, she was reduced to th: , greatest di!.- tress. She did not like to go into the workliou , e, because she would be separated from her children, and was at length driven, as a last resource, to solicit aid in the manner in which the inspector found her. Inspector BArton said he believed what the woman stated. The- Mendicity officers had no kn-)wledge whatever of her. There were between thirty and forty duplicates found in her possession, and none of them were for more than one shilling, most of them for fourpenee, a pocket-handkerchief or a shawl, and those of later dates for articles still more requisite in female attire. Mr. COMBE discharged her, and directed the officer to accompany herself and children to the overseer of Islington, that they might be relieved. SIDCUP PETTY SESSIONS. (Before Lord SYDNEY, H. S. BERENS, Esq., and J. CHAPMAN, Esq.) Yesterday, two lads, named Matthew Butler and William Sharp, were brought up in cus tody, charged upon the police-sheet with unlawfully assuming the appearance of ghosts, for the purpose of frightening passengers upon the public highway, at the parish of Crayford. Mr. Latter, the clerk to the bench, having read the charge from the police-sheet, the Noble Chairman in quired under what Act of Parliament it was made ? Mr. Latter replied that he supposed the present complaint was made under the Police Act, which made it an offence to do any act calculated to create a breach of the peace upon a public highway, but the offence was also an indictable one at common law. The BENCH said they were aware of that, but the charge in its present shape was one of a novel cha racter. Inspector M`Gill explained the circumstances' under which it arose, and said that for a considerable period the inhabitants of Dartord, Crayford, and the seigliboui hood, especiAlly the female portion of them, had been very much alarmed and annoyed by the pranks of some mischievous individual who chose to personate a ghost. It was his custom to station him self in the lanes leading to the two villages, and when any person approached him, he suddenly distended a sort of white dress he wore, and emitted a sort of flame, and in several cases had caused the greatest alarm, many persons being at present actually seri ously injured in their health from the sudden fright they had received. In consequence of these proceed ings, he gave directions which led to the apprehension of the defendants. Hayman Smith, a police-constable, stationed at Crayford, deposed that on Saturday evening he went in plain clothes to a place called the Old-lane, near Crayford, for the purpose of looking out for the and about eight o'clock, just as it was getting dark, he saw the defendants coming to wards him. One of them said, " The coast is clear —look sharp," and they then both . jumped over the bank into a field, and he saw them pull their shirts out over their trousers, which they tied round their waists underneath them, and they then com menced a series of gambols upon the bank, when, being satisfied of their object, he pounced upon them, and took them into custody. After he had secured them, they told him that they did not mean any harm, ar.d that they merely intended to frighten the girls. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A young man, of respectable appearance and good address, who gave the name of Edward Williams as his at the station-house, was brought before Alderman Gib')s, charged under the following circumstances. The defendant appeared to be very near-sighted, and a native of the sister kingdom. The shopman of Mr. Hughes, optician, of Fen church-street, detailed, at great length, the circum stances of a visit paid to the shop by the defendant, who asked the prices of several eye-glasses, and at length went away without purchasing any, but stating that he would call again, for the purpose of getting something done to a pair of spectacles. Immediately after the defendant left the shop, the shopman missed a gold eye-glass, of the value of 2/. 155., the first the defendant had e xam i ne d, an d to wh i ch he had objected that the price was too high. The defendant and the shopman, it is necessary to state, were, during the prisoner's visit, the only persons in the shop, and the defendant had, before he proceeded to look at the articles exhibited to him, laid his handkerchief and gloves on the counter, close to the spot where the eye glass in question had been deposited. The shopman at once ran out and overtook the defendant in the neigh bourhood, there being at the time two persons near to, but not in apparent communication with, him. Upen being spoken to by the shopman, the defendant asked whether he had left anything. behind him. "No," replied the shopman, " but I have lost something," and desired the defendant to return with him to the shop. Not the least objection was made, and, after a little while, a policeman was sent for, and directed to take the defendant into custody. The defendant said it was true, as the shopman said, that he had looked at some eye-glasses, and as he HEerer's HOSPITAL.—The monthly meeting of the did not choose to lay out more than thirty shillings on Governors was held on Thursday —the Lord Provost in an eye-glass, he had objected to all he had examined the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Crosbie, teacher as too high; and not wishing to give any more trou • o f th e school in Bothsviek's-close, High-street, resigning ble to the young man, he put on his spectacles, took the appointment. It was resolved to advertise for can up his gloves and handkerchief, and walked leisurely didates. The Property Committee reported the result away. He had gone a very little way indeed, when of their negotiations with the Edinburgh, Leith, and the shopman came up to him, and ask e d hi m t o re - Granton Railway for th e di sposa l o f the ground required turn. Upon being infor me d that an eye-glass was by that Company for the Leith Branch Railway. The missed, he insisted that a p o li ceman should be sent Governors approved of th e C omm i ttee ' s refusal of the for, and that he (defendant) sh ou ld b e searched. The offer made, and re-com m itt e d t h e matter with instruc search was accordingly mad e , b ut nothing was found - Lions to dispose of the grou n d on t h e same terms as had upon him but his own money. been agreed upon in the cas e o f th e C emetery Company. It was further stated that th e sum of 21. 10s. in —Edinburgh Paper. gold was found upon the defend an t, t h at he refused to [ADVERTISEMENT.] give his address and a respe c t a bl e reference to Mr. ANOTHER WONDER !—C URE E XTRAORDINARY BY Hoeew si ts cr nees.—Mrs. Maguire, a respectable per formed although that gentleman said, that if he per- ~, near Sunday 's -well, Cork,' was given over p formed that very necessary ceremony, he should not ' on a , case re of - dropsy, and was perfectly cured, when pro be detained longer; but that he said if Mr. Hughes i n n ounced to be at the point of death, by these wonderful or the policeman pleased, they might either of them pills. Persons, either young or old, who become eorpu accompany him to his residence, which was a great lent, pottle-bellied, bloated, o r d rops i ca l , may not only way off. avoid apoplexy and other dangerous diseases attending Alderman GIBBS (to the prisoner) —Can you refer thereon, but also regain the highest state of health, me to anybody who knows anything about vou ? The strength, and energy, and their figures become as tight, defendant—l have respectable friends, but Ido not as light, and as good as in the days of youth. Sold (also know what construction th ey m i g h t put upon this Holloway's Ointment) at P ro f essor H o ll oway ' s Este matter. blishment, 244, Strand (wh ere a d v i ce may b e had Alderman Grnns—Wh o , an d w h at are you ? The gratis), and by almost all resp ec t a bl e me di c i ne vendors Defendant—l came from D u bli n a b out two years throughout the civilised w o rld. and three months ago. I h ave t wo relations, the one ALLEGED ROBBE RY OF 8,9001. FRO M THE B ANK at Islington, the other at G ravesen d . OF ENGLAND.— Considerable sensati on h as b een created in mercantile circl es in th e Cit y , b y t h e c i rculation of a Alderman Ginns—Hav e y ou any o bj ect i on to write report that a clerk in one of the dep of te upon paper the address of y our f r i en d at Islington, and Bank of England has absconded with 8,900/. artments in soveh hand it to me ? Defendant—l do not wish my reigns. Our information has been obtained from a re friend to know of so disagreeable an incident. spectable source, and we believe the following particulars, Alderman GIBBS—Then you refuse to give me any meagre though they be, may be relied on:—On Wed • reference ? The defendant—l do not wish to do so. neaday last, the clerk in question asked and obtained What proof of guilt is there in any part of my con- leave of absence for three days ; he ought to have re duct. I walked leisurely out of the shop, and when turned to the Bank yesterday ; but he has not yet made the man came to me I i ns t an tl y returned with him, his appearance, nor has any i n t e lli gence b een h eard of and insisted upon being searched by a policeman. I him. Inquiries having_ been set t to some was wholly unaccompanied—and the shoptnan and I o transactions fattorn c t (i)nh draw d J 9 1; 0 7: 1 ;7 1; the signature been discovered a t p o o b w e e a r were the only persons in the shop, and Ido not at all forgery. attorne y to forged document was presented on Wed recollect seeing the eye-glass he has deecribed as lost. nesday afternoon by a person having the appearance of Alderman GIBBS—In all cases of doubt character a land steward ; he was paid in notes, but the whole of is calculated to settle the doubt. Now the absence of these were subsequently changed for sovereigns, which all references upon your part where there is so much being placed in strong wooden boxes, were carried to a ground for suspicion, makes the probabilities against carriage at the Bank entrance, in which they were de you. Before I can part w ith you I must have some posited, and the apparent " land steward" having en reference. The impression your conduct has made is tered, it immediately drove o ff, Th e name of the clerk, unfavourable. believed to be implicated i n t hi s ser i ous and daring affair, has been handed to us, but in the meantime we decline The defendant—l cannot think ofletting my friends publicity. azette. The gold weighed about four cw t.— know anything of such a circumstance. The defen- t S' o e l e iv 7n a g t dant here repeated the circumstan c es, which he OT P Aneere.—The following is an extract from a pressed as evidence of his complete innocence. private letter, dated " Otaheite, April 24, 1844," ad The shopman—Mr. Hughes distinctly said, if the dr e ss e d by Mr. Alexander Salmon, resident at Otaheite, gentleman gave him a respectable reference he would to Mr. John Salmon, 86, Piccadilly, London .—"My dear let him go. Father,—l now regret to inform you that there has been The defendant—As neither Mr. Hughes nor the an engagement between the French troops and the policeman would consent to go with me, I did not natives, in which the former have lost 16 killed and like to give a reference, for I did not know what 1 about 50 wounded ; and the latter from 180 to 200 killed, and a grea t many woun d e d . Y ou may f ancy we people mi g ht b e i nc li ned to call it. Alderman G IBBS --B y refusing to give a reference are not very ea sy h ere; i n f act , we h ave a ll our arms you oblige me t o remand you till Thursday next. cleaned up, and keep w a t c h every n i g h t ." The defend an t—l h ope you do not mean to detain EXTENSIVE FIR E AT STRATFORD About half me. Ther e i s no proof whatever a past two o'clock yesterday morn i ng a fi re was discovered Alderman gainst me. snaking considerabl e p rogress i n t h e l o w e r part of th e GIBBi said there was quite evidence j Rose and Crown public-house, near Stratford turnpike. enough to justify the person accused, who should The police, with the utmost difficulty, aroused the family have the opportunity of comanunicating with the ' and lodgers, who escaped with only their night clothes. policeman on the subject of the rererence, which was, The engine of the parish was soon taken to the sp o t, in such a case , cons i dered so necessary.; but the flames had spread their fury so rapidly that it s The defe n d an t was t h en remanded. I use was trifling. Shortly afterwards the powerf u l ones belonging to the London Establishment and West of CLERKENWELL. knelaudCompanies arrived, and were ably worked b Margaret Anne Stephens, an elderly female . , men and others present, but in vdin, as nearly all : thefire dressed in thread-bare black garments, and wearing th e s t oc k, furniture, &c., were consum e d. The loss is a widow' s cap, was c h arged w i th the novel offence of estimated at 6001. attempting to obtain money from a police-inspector, ' TRE- Q UE EN DOWAGER.—We are happy to state through the means of a begging letter. The prisoner ' that her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived safely at Was accompanied by her t wo littl e c hild ren, a b out airw a y Court, Worcestershi re , on Monday eveninz, tee the ages o f s i x an d t we l ve years . tw e en five and six o' c l oc k, w h ere she was warmly The inspector stated th a t on th e prev i ous n i g h t, greeted b y neighbourhood, all the mo a t i n fl uent i al inhabitants of tl.e between six and seven o'clock, the pri soner an d h e r surround i ng An inhabitant of Crayford here addressed the bench. and in confirmation of the statement made by the inspector, said that the proceedings of the Crayford ghost had, last winter, caused the utino,t alarm in the neighbourhood, and there appeared to be good grounds for believing that they would be renewed during the ensuing winter. Lord SYDNEY asked the defendants what answer they had to make to the charge, or what excuse they could give for their misconduct ? The defendants assured the bench that they had no idea of doing any harm, but the fact was they heard that the " real ghost" was expected to show himself, and they had acted in the manner described by the constable merely for a joke. The BENCH said they had done very wrong, and although the charge, in its present shape, could not be sustained, yet they had subjected themselves to be indicted for misdemeanour, and to receive heavy punishment. They would now be discharged, but they were cautioned to be careful, and not to per sonate ghosts for the future. _ LO►NDO N AND GREENWICO RAILWAY. An adjourned Meeting and a Special GOO! Meeting of the Directors and Proprietors of the don and Greenwich Railway, took place yesterdi& the London Tavern, for the purpose of taking T,'; consideration and deter m i n i ng th e p ro p r i e ty of leall the London and Greenwich Railway Company to South-Eastern and Dover Railway Company. k Shortly after one o'clock, W. SHAIJBOLT, ES4:II the chair, and stated the objects of the meeting• this time, among the Directors and Proprietors P i. i . sent, we noticed Mr. Alderman Hughes, Mr. D. Harvey, Mr. Salomans, &c., &c. Mr. D. W. HARVEY then proceeded to read et • report of the Committee that had b e en appointe d at the last meeting, that was adj o urned to the pl s ., * d}ty to consider on the propriety o f l eas i n g the The Committee had proceeded to ascertain t he firiv e ; l cial circumstances of the Company, and they w gratified in steting that the assets of the Con were adequate to all its liabilities, and that a sure o p would he left to carry cu t ever y pr o position 1 0 effect, and to pay the interest on their specialty de% Now the result to whi c h th e C omm it tee had co al and the minute of terms arranged between the Derr}` tors of the London and Greenwi c h Rail w ay Con'lP s lf and the CoiniilitAe of -.iliarehulders of that Couno', and the Directors or the South-Eastern Railim Company, was this : a lease for it:lndred and ninety-nine 31 be granted by the Greenwich Railway Company Woe) South-Eastern Rai! nay Company, of the Green' moped Railway, and all the works and conveniences cotta fie therewith, at a rent of thiriv-six thousand pounds la d the first year, to be increased t the rate of one thotl b s or pouads pef annum, until it shall reach forty-five t ol ,and pounis per annum ; such lea s e to i nc l u de tlie, o r on either stile of the railway, v a ryi ng f rom twenty .' 1 ". 1 1 and a half feet, more or le s s, t o thi r ty f ee t, to includ e the land reserved for widening the Greenwich line. i d The lease is not to incl u de the s ur plus land f , buildings thereon. belonging to the Greenwich C0n 3 1 4 ,',{ beyond the pare Is of Lind on each side above refer to, which excepted proper t y is ment i one d i n the tne i r g o il " With egsrii t., .oeit surplus or e xc e pted lane '0 buildings, thi , Sou th-Eas lei n Comp an y a re to b e o i liberty to purchase the same, or any part of it, 81i t y time previous to 29th September, 1845, either (i 1 wholu be taken) at the gross sum of twenty that' f "; pounds, or if they should prefer it, or should take a only, then at a valuation, in the usual way, for the viP or part. I I ss " The engines, carriages, stor es , an d wor king P generally, to be taken at a valuation in the usual waii 4 s, " The lease to commenc e fro m th e I s t January, I re d on which day the railway and works shall be defive,. to the South-Eastern Company in g o o d wor king ord e ; e l " The rent to be payable quarterly, clear of an to and deductions, except property or income-tax. ot h , " The Greenwich Company to g ua ra n t e e the °(' t be Eastern Company against all liability in respect t&pr mortgage bonds and other debts of the Greenwich patty. of " The above terms to be subject to the ratificati the Shareholders of the two Companies and to the o" tion of Parliament." if Now the probable result of this arrangemett4 adopted by the meeting, would b e , that the tilj year's dividend would be 7s. 6d., and that it We.' increase sd. every year until it r e a c h e d th e araourp i y I ls. 9d., and a fund would als o b e l e ft t o m eet all • expenses of future management. Mr. litercnE:ss felt much indebted to the - mittee for the trouble they had taken, but he thl s i 7he matter required further c ons id era ti on . it, is _fear that Parli,iinent, in any a ppli ca ti on m ade Ow ,sould not consider private, but publi c i n t e rests. 5 `;4 thought they ought to wait and see what the prO ° West Kent line would do. ••Mr. GUNTER thought • some further negotiati°lls ought to take place upon the subject. Mr. LEVY moved that the meeting should concur in the course proposed by the Committee. Mr. SCRINGCOU R b e li eve d th a t if a pro per cou rs° had been adopted, the Dover Company would Il de j given them better terms. If that Company am en lie. its offer, they ought to accede to it at once. , ort , thought the meeting sh ou ld b e a dj ourne d f o r al night or so, to see if they would do so. Mr. HAMILTON considered that the presents f. rfi ld pany was in the condition of a garr i son th a t ha b et e out well, and that the momen t re li e f came they vv t lp going to surrender. Th e ir t erm i nus was the bes o t London, and though the terms offered by the not line might appear fair an d reasona bl e , he di.l think them sufficient. He should, therefore, reesti;e mend the meeting not to confirm the opinion of b ijo Committee. It was against th e i n t eres t s o f the 1 3° t he that the whole property should be thrown into 41 South-Eastern line. He thought the question oler, to remain open for other Companies to make sn ° Dr. LEESON seconded the motion of Mr. Levy' t he thought the rising of the price of the shares 111 ,.,,. market was an evidence that the arrangement Pi l t posed was a beneficial one. He thought they 00 , 0 1 to be careful that the Dover C ompany did col disgusted with their arrangements. Mr. WoLFFE thought they ought not to reject t il l : present Mier, for if they did, they might depend nr i o it they would not get it offered again. If they, tee not confirm what their Di rec t ors an d the Comm it had done, they ought to lose everything. prese nt Mr. M`LaustEN saw no equivalent in the Pre offer. to Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that it became the d ea l consider that the only party they could properly t he with was a line in existence. He considered that d objections that had been raised to the rep t ort were such a nature a s oug ht not to b e stated, because i bio would endanger th e arrangement. I t was imPoesd. to suppose f o r a momen t t h at, i n t h e presen t arml e t ment, the Greenwich Company had not got th e line of the bar ga i n . Th ere cou ld b e no dou b t their, h e was going from bad to worse, and as a proof of ,l y t he might state, that a lth oug h th ey h a d h a d on e 0' it s, finest summers they could possibly be blessed w heft while their expenses exceeded 52,328/.1 , er e , receipts had only been 55,3351., th e b a l an ce, t", 40 fore, in favour of the Company was little more,7oo 3,0001., and som e thi ng l ess th an l s . 6d. a s hare. 'hi could they calculate on improving their conditiono, any other means than i ncreas i ng th e means of L i et munication ? The arrangement that was P r° yhef was the best that could result from any line. 4 , to never would have, by any o th er means , s o rau-„„0 divide as under the p resen t arrangemen t. It 'l'o be found that by it th e Sh are h o ld ers wou ld re the nearly sli per cent. In conclusion, he t r usted Proprietors would not be led away from a e c iey , which he believed was based upon right princiP ° fr e t Mr. MONEY thought th e y oug ht t o acce pt 3° which they were not likely to have :wain. bad Mr. MOORE considered that the h Proprietors,o4 now an opportunity o f ma ki ng th e concern no sP:;O4 lation, but a saf e i nves t men t, upon w hi c h 4f per ',- might be obtained. Major NUTT c o ncur re d i n th e a d opt i on o f the S e port of the Committee. at The CHAIRMAN was a b ou t t o p u t th e ques tion the meeting do approve of the report of the SP' Committee, and agree therewith, when ent' Mr. G. W. BARN ARD m ove d, as an amerl'a A l .„" t that the present was no t a fitti ng ti me to W.-- lease of the Greenwich Railway. Mr. SCRINGCOUR seconded the amendment; A t he Which, upon a show of h an d s , was l os t, an u original motion carried by a large majority. The following resolutions were also agreed t°• r eef Ist. That the report of the Directors, trf e b he the account s , b e a pp rove d an d a d op t e d, Nil t A to exception of the calls re l a ti ng t o th e B r i g hton 0 11 " the Croydon Railway Companies respectively. tun e 2d. That the Dir e ct o r s b e au th or i se d t o conib. the agreement they h ave en t ere d i n t o w i t h the S° l/ it e Eastern Railway Company, s h ou ld th ey deem pedient. C on' 3d. That the Director s b e au th or i se d a lso to d o o tinue the subsisting agreements with the CrolYtiop Railway Company as t o t o ll s , un til th e conle, e o p of the arrangement with th e S ou th-E astern Rs"' should they deem it expedie n t." 4 0 1 A voti )f thanks 5p- ;e of thanks was then agreed to, to top Committee, for their labours. pos° The meeting was th e n m a d e special, f o r the pu'r re d of ratifying th e arrangement that had been O te into with the South-Eastern Railway Compani• that Resolutions were pr o p ose d an d agree d to for so purpose, and also for authorising the Directors t e : 10 , to Parliament for the purpose of perfecting the P ceeding. o ld Mr. F. G. HAMILTON trusted the Directors W° recommend their servants to the South-Easter n 1 ' way Company. The CHAIRMAN said they had already done 50' one' The meeting, which was rather a stormy on g broke up at a late hour, the general feeling 3 , n3 bee ft the Proprietors appeari ng t o b e t h at t h e b es t had th is done for their inter es t s . Th e procee dings.,_ .l o '. w og day virtually put an end to the Greenwich -ma' Company. BIRTHS. scP , On the Bth inst., at S treat h am, the lady o f B. Dre w ' of a daughter. On the 9th i ns t., i n M anchester-square, the l a dy of ile r ' rl Pearse, Esq., of a daughter. 1710 1. On the 9th i ns t., in Wimpole-street, the lady of Dr. dinning, of a daughter. ! DI On the 26th u lt . , at Lud E low,D. S hrops hi re , Frederick , the second son of Dr. Thomas Willis, of Brighton, Sussex. On the 3d inst., Mrs. Ross, of Sloane-street. 111• T• On the 6th i ns t., a t R y d e, J o h n R ea d e , on ly son of - • Hoddins, Esq., of Frycrn-court, Hants. x i,. .1. On the 6th inst., at Grove Farm, Turnham-greel l, *--• Jessop, aged 74. ifer ts, On the 7th inst., at Old-p ar k F ar m, Much Hadhani,nser. Robert Elliott, E sq ., l a t e o f th e E as t India ComparrY '3 vice, aged 58. inst., rrhoull o • On the 7th at Loxley-park, Staffordshire, '— Snevd Kynnerslev, Esq., aged 71. f gr. On the 7th inst., Kathleen Jephson, only daughter 0 Jephson, aged 5 years. ____-------'7's G,og i . rinteu ant: ruolistied by of jlg; No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at The Sun of Strand,in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the vu w''' Middlesex) Weduesclsy, September 11, 1844. P t ° or, i;•! a !tit 44 (1 4 1: 11 ' I) A 4111 g. litTl So ilta ......._ Bin, lU SFr . 1 3', I