The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1848,

STATE TRIALS.
DISCHARGE OF THE JURY IN S. O'BRIEN'S
CASE.
DCBI IN, MAT 16.
This morning the " demonstration" of the clubs
was repeated by another and still more numerous
procession than that of yesterday, to escort Mr.
Meagher to the Court of Queen's Bench. The con-
federates assembled opposite their club-room in
D'Olier-street, from one ot the windows of which a
tai-coloured Bag was suspended from a pike of for-
midable dimensions. The procession passed through
the streets in the same order as yesterday, with, if
possible, greater enthusiasm on the part of the
populace. Daring the day, vast crowds remained
about the courts, thronging every avenue where they
were likely to get intelligence of the progress of the
trial inside.
Immediately on the sitting of the court, the Chief
Justice asked the Attorney-General what course he proposed
to is:e p', should the jury in Smith O'Lfrien's case disagree.
The Attorney-General replied, that in consequence of the
lot* cur finement, he would consent to their discharge. The
Chief Jet-tics was of the same opinion. The jury having
entered the hex, they were asked, in the uses! furm,whette r
they hail agreed. Answer,—No. Whereupon they left the
box, and the special jury In Mr. Meaaher'a case entered.
The diesentients on S. O'Brien" jury are undeistood to be
two—a protestant and a Roman catholic.
TRIAL OFDUL 'MEAGHER.
The same camel appeared on both shies, and almost the
same audience, but esidee.tly without the same peneral
anxiety. Mr. Xleeglier set at the side bar, accompanies' by
Smith 0' brim, who looked highly eati-fled with his lortu-
nate et- ape.
Mr. Penult! having briefly opened the information, as on
yesterday,
The Art °RN r.c-Gefreitsi. addreswel the jury. The charge
agair.st the defend:int, Mr. Meagher (he said), is this—eh:et
on the Lith day of March, in this preeeut year, at s meeting
of a body called The Cuidederatinn," he delivered a sedi-
tious speech ; that he delivered that speech %‘ ith one or mere
of the following enteuts : —To disturb the peace ; incite the
subjects of the Queen to entertain hatred sod dislike of her '
person and goer:lon:at ; to excite her subjects to endeavour
to obtain chances in the government and constitution by
force god vie-lents; and to excite the people to ineurrection
and rob Ilion. The only question, gentlemen, which upon
your oaths you are sworn to try is, wheth. r he 'poke tbo-e
words with the intents that 1 have stated. Because, thi.ugli
you are the constitutional judges of whether this men be or
-not guilty of sedition, you are Mound upon the oath that you
haves taken to find as seditious what, in tact, is so, as much as
yiu would be bouod by your oaths, :f a men ware tried for mur-
der, to fled that man guilty of murder, if you were satisfied
that he committed that murder. The law wisely make,: you
the judges of whe thtr the defendant be platy of sedition or
not; but, though the law conatitutee you the judges of the
charge, it doe. net leave you any wide discretion to find that
that is not eedition which, in point of Let, is sedition. I will
mention to put shortly the portions of the speech *paten by
Mr. M which are mode tae eubjcet mutter ot the
present indictment, and under the coirection of thethat court
and your judgment, I trust I shall satisfy you
speech, a.. I hive (dated i , is 'seditious. This speech wee
spoke: ate meeting ot the Irish Confede ration, which is a
self-entsiauted body, recently established in this city. Ti e
protested ultjeet of that body is to procure changes in the go-
cerement tie constitution of this country. A body is not il-
legal—God forbid it should—who are merely coustitut d
it'• purpose of obtaining changes which they consider bene-
ficial to the cou-try ; hut, gentlemen, changes, however,
benacial, must, or ut least should be obtained by legal and
conetantionel means, and nos by h tying recourse to force or
violence, or to measures which would embroil our cuintry
in civil war, the 'exult of which would be fraught with
dangers to us el. The met ting at the 15th of ,rch, at
which this speech was op-'ken, iris called, amongst ether
purposes, for the purposeful voting an addreatothe then lit W ly
estahlidied French republic. A portion of the bueinesi of
that meeting was the adoption by the meeting of an *dile as
to he pre. ented to the French eaten, and in that
portion of the proceedings the traverser tooa no part. But,
gentlemen, Mr. Meagher came forewent tor the purpose ot
proposing an address from the same Irish contederation to
the (-dawns of Dublin. It appears from that *thins- itself
that it leas intended by this Iresh conk-aeration to hold a
public meting on the 17th of hlurch, and that seine ren-rts
were in circuiation that po aibly the pence of the city might
have been endangered by the proceedings at that we. tun,
and that the got. nimunt intended to take, or had team,
wore proeutious fur the purse of preserving the public
peace. The object of Ms. Meagher's address was to
lifetime list hearers tu believe that the intentions
of the goveminennt were not to preserve the public peace.
but rather to MLitt the petiole to commit a breach of
that pesos ; end, eccurdirialy, the address presented on that
occasion cer.tains expressions to induce toe people to behave

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Dublin.
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S, ter there is nothing in r..lling on the Queen to make
this c ,neession ; the only matter we insistent in it is, that
Choy call en the Qiari n to do that which she has not the
power to do, le-rause it it were deeic Mr that the legisla-
tive union should be repi sled, it mu nely he repealed by the
legislature nt the united parliament of Drat lliitain ind Ire-
land, the Queen herself h.iving tie twine to desert r tnat
union, which has been wand by the joint parliamenu ut
Greet Bawl's and Ireland. Mr flerweer prie
If this hose be granted, if the Imperial sceptre touch the bier, and
she al,' is rad Maul but sit epeth should stet tat its touch Into a frksh
and luminous existence, then, itidead, may we at List Wes the coil-
el tuition we have bins taught to eur,.....1 b ish loyalty craft. to be
w bat it uow is, mere .remontous attedatioti, and become at h on a
sincere attachment to dm Just ruler f an indelsoido nt state. Should,
however, the claim be relent...l, stowild the throne .4 England stead as
a nodes& between the peopleand id
d fret-Indience and their
execu suptivereme
will be tied.
then loyalty will he a crime, obe tu the
treason to the county. t au; it isrlously- I sty it tkliberstely
will then be our duty to light and desperately,
I ..sle you, gentle men, is teat steel / Sometimes sedi'ion
may be matter of doubt, but semi times n dition in MO Clear
glad plain that no doubt can ea entertained. 1 ink the
learned send, men who is to follow me con he pus any other
meaning on these words ? Let hint ray, to a lawyer, can h
put auv other construction on them. and that their mealier*
is not sedition? Let hint follow the course cf the aletet
advocate that tem. adorn, it the professien to which 1 belong
—let Min follow the course rie. Sainte 1 Remaly, in the
Calle quoted Olt a Went nernniso, but. tither misquoted I r
03iStIndt reload. But before L preen.' to make any ohs. ora-
tions on the law of the caw I shall finish tha libel, which I
arraign as rank sedition:
I have wily a went t' soy, if, gentlemen, you will listen to me
If nothing acmes of this - if the c al-amnion wren to 44 nu path to
hredom• -d the union will be maintamed In 'pile of the ot the
Irish people -if the government • f 1,, land insist on belly!'sa
goseni-
ment of diegeone, id hond.ardiera, ..f netrenst-A, of light intantry -
then I any, up with the liarrinuli a and Invoke the g,ol of hatt.m..
Sh. old we ~.easel, think, oh think, ot the in, the Bally, the glory,
of this old Irish had 10, which In that hour web at loot grow young
tied swag again : Should we fail, the country will not be worse than
it IC DOW.
Now, gentlemen, let me eel you. unholy and deliberately,
what w as the int, ntion to be interne from this di claretiou ?
Is it not, as plaint,' language can tenni, this : Apply to
the Qu. en—ask her, peaceably, to repeal the uni =n; but,
should she refuse, have recourse to the end of betties ?"
But the learned counsel may ask me to d. hue *edition. I
cen tell him what it it. It ,s to ads i that which, it vett-
mined, would be treason. I ask any lawyer, 1 ask any man
of common sense, is not that redeem to Weise that to ho done
which it done would amount to treseen ? In the case of the
King against Lord Dein. Gordon, it was held that any at-
tempt to ol:eain by foree of arms the repeal of sr, act of parlia-
ment is in itselt constituted treason. If there be an act of
parliament that might be repealed—if there be individuals who
tnink the union is pre judicial —who think it wined ad• isable
that the union should be repealed-1 do net mean to say but
that many huoureble, hoses[, and cenoientious men enter-
tain that opinion ; but, gentlemen, we must snake allowance
for those who entertain a contrary opinion, and who hold
that opinion honestly and CODanientioll.l7. If it be audition
to recommend thet which, if dune, would amount to trtasen
—it would be difficult toned a Cann expressly in point, cut I
do say that the coos of John '26 vol. ut State Trees, is
applicable to the point. The leavnel gesiernan then r-
ceeded to read several extracts (non the report of the cast,
which was much dwelt upen by the counsel ter the defence
on the trial of Mr. Smith O'Brien. It is matter of history
that several very distinguished member, of the Irish House
of Commons:were opposed to the Act ut Union. Whether they
were right in their anticivationsor not it taurinecessary fur me
to state—nor is that the question si bids you are called upon
to decide. The only questien you will have to decide is, whe-
ther conduct such as I have described to you as having been
inesmitted by Mr. Meagher involves him in a breach et the
law, and which, if the advice he gave had been followed
sad adopted would have involved him in the crime of tres-
tles. A geed deal may be sad that in a portion of that
speech Mr. Meagher advieed the people not to have re-
course to blood ; t at is not the accusation against him ; it is
not that he advised the people to have an outbreak with the
object and for the purpose of plundering houses and possess-
ing themselvee of private propert., but that he endeavoured
to excite the people to that which would amount to the
offence of loosen or rebellion. If yam believe the intent was
such as is eediti MS in the eye of the law, being deterred by
any feeling from honestly and conoientiously discharging
the duty which you have been celled upon to discharge.
Mr. George !Lidera, the government short-band writer,
was then examined—ile meetly proved the feet of having
taken notes of the speech delivered by Mr. Meagher.
Major E. W. Drew was then examined.
Mr. fierjeant Warren read the passage in the alleged sedi-
tious speech, beginning with the Wordr, Should the throne
el England stand as • barricade between the people of Ire-
land and their supreme right, their loyalty will be a crime,
and obedience to the executive will be treason to the coun-
try!" In your judgment, Paid the learned serjeant to the
wits eve, does the weed '• executive" mesa the government
of our lady the Queen ?—Witness : i think it does.—
Scrim/it Warren next read the pauses in which the tra-
verser used the words, " Cp with the barricades and invoke
the God of Battles," and asked the witness if, in his judg-
ment, the passage meant that the Irish suleects of her Ma-
jesty ehould engage in open insurrection and warfare against
our lady the Queen T—Witness : Certainly.—Cross-rxe.
mined by Mr. Butt. you hold any office ?—Wit-
nes. :No .—Do you know why you were selected to prove
these 'wonders ?—No, I do wit. —Juror : Del you hear the
speech delivered?—No--Juror Then what ie the use of eut-
tins this gentleman on the table I—Mr. Henn :To give you
his construction of it. —Juror : We are not to be presumed
to give the construction put upon the words by the mimosa.
—Court: No, you are a: liberty to exeiciae you own judg-
ments.
Mr. Butt, Q.C., then rose to address the jury for the
traverser. After some preliminary remarks, he said he di
not think he ought to limit himself to aoy narrow or techni-
d
cal view of the law. If he had read arght the hietury el
trials in which, by tho verdicts of auras Ore juries, the Itbir-
tim of Englishmen lied been asserted, never did the govern-
ment put a aul j. et on his trial Ice stating. in too strong lan-
guage, the grievances of the peeple—tor the essential and
...cent' duty of a ceuntel that deleuded a traverser was to
atate the grievances that led to the languege usi d by him.
Liberty demeniltd this—the constitution of England do-
masded it—a conAitutinii notof dew-titres and light infantry,
but governed by the opinions of a free people. When an At-
teensy-General, instructed by the government, or coining
chum upon his own account, oiled tor a verdict el* guilty
against the trevereer, counsel for tne traverser had a right to
it:scuts the conduct of tho government, and let the COMO- '
quenees be went it might be, and bring upon him whatever
amount of obloquy it might bring, tram that duty he 'would
nut shrink. lie relied upon the jury. Any difference in
their religious sentiments front those entertained by his
client did not intimidate him; ho knew, as perhaps the
Attorney'-Geetral did not, the class from which the jury
were taken; and the Attorney-General grossly nitannlCU-
hoed if he thought that the spirit of freedom
was
not within ant it breast, and that they would not find an
honest verdict. The 'duty of the jury was to consider
whetter the language used was or wes not seditious. The
learned coenscl quoted thr Samuel ltemilly and
Illeekstone on the subject, where a case would lie between
the subject and the crown, in wnich ease the judge having
liken aprentd by the crows, he mieht lean to t het side
but that t the grand palladiem of trial by jury was a safe-
guar, egainst partiality. Ile told them that trial by jury
should het ffectually sapped and undermined if a jury would
not dr termine according to their own judgment, and he
illustrated the Tee ti .n by red rring to the ce•e of the reinter
iit the Drspier's Lettere, written by Dean S "ire, in which
the judge sent the jury nine times ti their room, and toe
jury as often returned with a verdict of acquittal. If the
tury were to yield to the opinions of judete, and
not exercite their own hon.st opinions, the designs of
the I:ritiek conetitutien world be fruserated ; end he told
them tinnily that the "pinion of a judge ought not to in-
fluence the jury, lint that tie y should judge for teemselves,
and that by listening to obsereations aud the expel...eons of
opinions that were not divined ny the consti,utioa, they
would abandon tee duty imposed upon them. lie called
thei atteroien to the passages complained ot in the eoch of
Mr.r Meagher, and he cautioned them to rememberp that it
was only on passages in that epeech selected by the attorney..
general that they were to tied thi ir verdict. If in the
speech there was anything that had net beta laid in the
informations, and that they thought it improper, they
should *eject that portion, and find only on the
passages laid in the informations. There might he
an *pinion rained upon the speech that the niject of the
meak, r woe to intimidate the Queen to grant rep It
ight be alleged that language had for its Reject theeal.
intimi-
datien of the Queen to restore a demotic legislature, by
saying that it nsieht be the duty of the p opt., to resort to
force, but that charge had nr t teen laid is the iWormationa
'the learned gentleman ref. reed to the revolution of 1688
and the Bill of Riots, by Alike' the libt nen of the
people of Great Britain had bean trabliebed for ever,
and to the erne of a clerityrnae of the Church of England
who hod preached from the pulpit and disputed that doc-
trine, suppereng his opinions by texts and scripture, who
was impeached ny th • Rouge of Ce Decaue h
t, e had
brought forwerd doctrines opposed w the cotitution, and
the Howie oi Lords couvicted him of a libel. The kerne,'
gentleman proceeded to defend the sacred right of resist-
aucc, by welch the liberties of the people should be main.

twined egaiust aggretelon, if it should ever arise, and urged
his attachment to the constitution, in accordance with which
y should rencerd step by step to prat et the prerogatives
of the crown, and the ioall nettle rights of ti .e people. lie
cited: in support tf that propoeltion, the opinions of Paley
n the subject of resiatanee. It was not for any Attorney-
Gener.tl to dispute this proposition, for if the doctrines
which ho asserted were not true, the Queen herself was an
usurper. It appeared to him (fir. Butt) that the Attorney-
General himself had a !milted that there migdt he a meeting
conatitoted legally of elected delegates front the towns and
cities of Ireland.
Attorney-Cleneral.—l never .aid a word of elected dele-
gates Irum the towns and cities in Ireland.
A Juror—The impression on our minds is, that the
Attorney-General did matte use of the ohtervation.
Mr. Bolt would bo very sorry to pin him to nny inad-
vertent th aeration ; but he would ask, why was there nut
a prosecution instituted fur the language used in Conolia.
t Why was there nut a got v marmot report, r sent

t er•
When the learned gentleman eobeltaded some appl,tun
ensued, hut the chief justice was unable to tit tert the orvad-
Itecause the deasottetrution wee cootteed to the shuftlotir
01 het. It s lordship having retitall from the Stench for e
few tuomett • a mrmtw•r of the ou• wat d Itar rose and celled
I. r " three cheers for Hatt." Three loud cheers were secorti-

burly give n
h oyeaut Warren having 'crib&
The Chiet Justice commenced to charge the jury. Ile tor-
ten by aiding that the intermation cherged the tweets, r
with having delivered a seditious speech. The duty they
had ta 'heehaw was whether the portions of that speech
More the meiming and con.truction cnargo d by the Attorney-
General—namely, to taoite diseontent, to emits to the
taking art" and to insurrection unit r, hellion. With
res tct to the charge cf eedlion, he would simply ewe to
them—and they were bound to take hie exposition of the
law—that if the speech was uttered with any one of those
intentions, the spinet was 11.11i10.1.1.1. but it remained for
them to say whether any of thole intentions were proved
There was no question as to the delivery of the
slue ch ; and the queetion they would have to try was, whether
er not the plain and natural meaning of the six eth, that
which the reading would leave on ordinary minds, was such
ae would suggest such imaginings and gene dions
and intentions as the information chanted. lie would now
proceed to read for On m emus of the peerages chanted and
give them his impression of them, temind eg them that tin y
nerd nut adopt his views if they did not approve of them.
But those io priesione he was bound to offer by the same
obligetione they them ,elves were bound. The learned Chief
Justice then read the postage reopecting the delegation
to the Queen, and the declaration of the traverser that,
should those delegate e vepremmting the whole people of Ire-
, land be refused, then the richt of using arms would ariae.
1 That WS. the con•truction aroved te ilefeialat's
counsel. In the first place, suep /p delegatbesy would be direcntly
contrary to law. In the next place, the twilit r only coo
vii-
i template& not a representation of the whole people,
ri as
al
"
counsel declared, but the reiresentations of the pncip
atis, towns, and places in Ireland. ?Led then, if to such a
body an interview was refused, the traverser vitrio-
-1 eelhol that all-giance to the Quern ,bound he
retuned by her Irish 'Ojeda—that the authority
of the Quern should be cutoff, and en hien rept. blie
be
establiabml. If such letiguae did nut sugest nity to the
go‘ernnient and to the autho grity of the land, e
hem knew nut
what it meant. his lordship nest referred to thr declara-
tion. that if sn Irisarliament were Heated by the Queen,
then loyalty to the hiecut at would tic trees .11to the country,
and ha asked who' construction could be put upon that lan-
guage, or the auggcation to SHWA to the tied of Rattles,
xeept that placed upon it by the crown. It was suggested
that all that hod b.en said was applied not of the present,
b en to what might take pl ,ce in the future. Hat the
speech war a proeut ape. ch, cattalo ed to m ,Itc a present
iinprewion, alai that WA. to ...WO the Queen's subjects to
take up arms and mend in open insurrection. The learned
judge warned the jury against the topics premed up .n the
jury by .11.1 traverser's counsel. Tee; were calculated not
to throw light but to mislead. They were calculated to
turn them aw ty from the matters to which their attention
should be directed to topics which, he ing in no
way coml. eted with the information they had to
ft', ought never to have been urged so as to distract
their attention. His lordehip instanced the question
of the religion of the jurymen, which could in no way l tar
upon the bear, and the question of the distribution of pa-
tronage, which even if true, and it might be shown that it
was not, ought never to be *lir seen up to them, and should
in no way le permitted to influence their mulct.
The jury then retired, and at fi u'e:oek were again culled
into court, when the Chief Justice inquired if they had

agreed.
For man—No, my lord.
Chief Justice—Are yuti ly to agree, gentlemen .'
Foreman—There is very little chance of it, my lord.
Two—
Chit( Justice—You cannot state any more, air ; retire.
The jury then re tired, and the roost ailjourued toUo'el^ek.
The phrase uttered by the foreman has given vino to the
belief that two are for acquittal.
Ilat.r-rasr MIN e —The Chief Justice entered the court,
and directed that the jury should be called.
Mr. Butt, couniel f.ir the traverser, complained that he
hail, with difficulty, obtained an entrance to the court.
Chief Justice :'I am sure the sher;ff has done his utmost,
but when a tumultuous mob surrounds the court, discrimi-
nation sometimes
Sir Coleman O'Loughlin : My Lord, the court adjourned
to nine o'clock, it is now half-put, and we have been half-
an.hour waiting.
Toe jury here came in, and, in reply to the Chief Justice,
The Forman said they were nut speed, and there was not
the alluhtest chance of their agreeing.
A Juror. My lord, one juror says he will not agree to a
r<riiiet for • fortnight.
Another Juror : My lord, the juror has said one, there are
two.
Chief Justice : Gentlemen retire.
The court was then adjourned until ten o'clock to-
morrow.
After the adjournment of the court, a 'mat crowd, worn-
' anied he musicians, ulayirg perdu. air., followed Messrs.
Smith O'Brien and Ment.er t the Confederation Com.
mittee-rooms, where they were addressed by those gentle-
men ; after which, the multitude peaceably dispersed.

Cbt 13tatna.
HAYMARKET.—TIIE SItAKoPEARE AMATEUR PER..
VOILYANCEdi —The fecund of these per:on:native tank plat'
last evening. The enterra;nments consisted of " Every
Man in his Humour" and Kenney's fierce of " Love, Law,
and Physic." Ben Junson's comedy has been played by
this company on more than one oc asi it, with great success;
but none of their previous performances of it have been so
successful as that of last night. Mr. John Foretees
Kitely is distinguahe d by a thorough conceptiun of
the character. He makes the London merchant " per-
pleed in the extreme " by causeless jealousy, an
object of greater symp %thy than is generally felt in
the perusal of the play. Mr. Charles Diekenshi llobadil was
a most skilful and felicitous picture. highly linis:.ed in every
part, and enriched and mellowed in its colouring. His blue.
tering swagger and pompous utterance in the earlier sauce
contrasted artistically with the cowering *likelier.'" of tone
and gesture in the latter ones. Mr. Murk Lemon's assump-
tion of Braintrorm's various dieguise% was exceedingly '
clever and amusing. Downright, with his rns'te bluninme,
was well pets mated by Mr. Frank Stone; Master Stephen
and Master Matthew, the towns and country gulls, were
excellently personated by Mr. Augustus E,g ana Mr. Juhn
Leach ; and thn little part of Cob, the water-bearer, was
capitally Riven by Mr. George Ct enkshank. Mi.+ Funoicue
and Misa Kenwurthy were exeeediugly pleasing in the cha-
racters el Dante Adele and Mistress liruk,et. The rerminires
parte were well sustained by their foriner renrceentativcs.
The firer Of " Love, Law, and Phyeic," tr. atcd much mer-
ed
riment. Liston's famous part of Lubin Log was sustaii
by Mr. Murk Lemen with infinite humour; and Mr.
Dickens, in was as enirnated and hurling, as light,
airy, end voluble as Charles Mathews could have been. Mr.
G. Cruikshank was a very comic Dr. Camphor, and Mr. F.
1) ckens was easy and gentleum like in Captain Donrers.
Miss Anne Rom, T acted the part of Laura, introduelog
Bishop's air, " Bid me discourse," which she sang very
prettily. The pertansiences of the ev, ning were received
with the warmest applause by a crowded audience.
Ounirtc.—A new play, in five acts, by 11. Spicer,
Eng., was produced here yester lay rvcnieg, under thy title
of " The Lords of Effingham." The period is that of
James I. the story tout of a man of malignant and aiialic•
tive nature, who,successfully rivalled by a relative, Latymer,
in she affections of their mutual cousin, resolves to avenge
himself on bath, and elf. eta his olij.et by leading his com-
petitor, Latymer, in o the Andel., Stuart Conspiracy, and
then denouncing him to tho government, by whose seine more
the conspirator is coialemned to death, and his betrayer in-
vested in his place with the lordship of Ellingliain. TM
next p 'int aimed et by the rei, hies' La,reticy in the con-
quest of his ruined kinsman's wife, end alter harrowing up
her feelings hy a de eceiption of the torture ins
'Feted on her hush:m.l'o associates, and intirnatit.g
that similar tenons await that husband on the f Ilewiug
day, lie obtains her promised consent to his criminal inert) we,
on the condition of his saving ',Owner. At the appreacii of
night, however, the chaste Edith, to cutups dishonour. takes
poison, but has scares swallowed the fatal draught, when
her hushaed, saved by other means, rushes in to rescue her
by flight from the it common foe. She die. in his arms, and
he hastens to sei k Larisreney and avenge her death. Lam-
reney meanwhile is poisoned by a discarded mistress, who,
to pursue her vengeance, has entered Lis service disguis, des
a page. Ere he feels the poison, his injured cousin rushes
in and bitterly reproach's him. lie prepares a poisoned
chalice, which Latyincr drinks from to the dregs. The two
poisoned cousins then continue thin. quarrel, and aro high
in chafe, when the doors aro thrown open, and
the corpse of Edith is brneneht in o a bih iere
haiemtey is for awhile penitent at the epeetaelen, but the
ilignent interposition of Latymer revives all the malignity of
his hate against the man he has injured, and who, in brief
space, dies before him. Lawreney himself, now sensible of
the poisoned draught he has drui k, tails lifi lees, mid the
play terminates. It is seen that there less much kiting in
the play as in " 'inlet ;" only the thing is oifferently
managed. Tne tragedy was as well acted as could he ex-
pected under the eircureet,nces. The villanoto hero
ether is i
thnte
-
teremati d by Mr. G. V. Brook., und being altog
velnmently tnvrg tic character adapted to his peculiar
qualities, told very well in his hands. Cousin Listymer
was represented by Mr. Davenport. who is n ~
es vigorous in his delivery as Mr. Brooke, bu.
by no means so effectively 10. Mr. H. Holt haein the
d the
part of a needy hanger-on of Lawreney, who,
fourth act, becoming virruoue, is deposed of by a thrust
of his master's sword. Mr. H 11'41 tinged the part ere-
tremel well excer that his elte.nos wine too thee for a needy
Partaa—y and, did what jadesbe Gould otherwise to the

character. Mr. E.lwyrd Stirl.og haprrionattel • rough 1
'nod r, a creature of hrterrenry's, and lather of his victim,
Marian,i.r with ...,, hrewitli of .Mot. Marian licne.l WAS
, ryren ntcd by hliav hunt ; the heroine of the piece,
I Edalt, clas imp. nobaittl by Mrs. Morten. The g ning up to
Mu piecu it I ?Meinr ly a,utl, consigenvg the cepabibt,, a ul
the apace at the divp.-al of the maraud, merit, end there are
garden thrt e
the
uf rap, 1301 ment, more pariculvrly the
and the library. ['here wee a crowded how°.

CLEItICAL.
VAOANCIIIR.— trthvly C Cardiptinahive ; 601.;
1)., Rev. N. Evan .% Incunilv nt ot I.la ablewybrely , Itrv. E.
Eena, dee. Blavniannal
ru
s. l.
D. ; Pat.,
K. Evans, incutagn. ad Llanildowybr,fy. Ray. E.

NAVAL.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 1 / -ADDDINIIY.NTIL—Liuut. a
Rad ,„ 111.1. D 1..”; R. A. Powell, Merl!, lit ; HIRAI, Went,. dila
officer, r++ gn.ird, 8. J. Alter, W. Kidd...,
Motu., AlirDlayinau, C. Grant., Trident ; ALi .e.
ster's Assist., T. Turou,
Trident.

I'ORTI
IIATII AND sou tither BACE.4.-Tosausr.
W Let rUrl :+r•••• ui 10 1.1.11111. each, •aiol bU ad.ie..l; for
;-yrould c MP. hot Olio, and WM% ash 410 s. (IS sub..)
Mr. Gootwin's Iluippur (Marlow) I
loot 4311)140'a cashotir
Mr. I Mold's Tommy
'tut 14 ustrice &Mu atartod, Old wet. aie pieced :-Brosdway
b g by 'flimotio Whips R. uut of olopa 1, and at Lodi-Bay.
SUM MOO 1 MKIIIK SIAKP.oi of 26 .ors. each. 14 It., and h ft.
th only It eldred, *din .111) isolottiL (79 tuba) Two mild and a the
Mr. S. L. toos'a KSecutur
Mr. rodeo Lethargy
Mr. Loweek's Comm Newell
'fbe !ouwing alio atero It, Mut were n 4
1.1.1+.01:-Pattinger,Millhair,
Antagonisttla, r el, and Itaceltatianuie
L., I ago ELeroow, -I to I boot Glver Eiil, 4to 1 ag,t Look. NOWI
I 11,01 t
a110.1CL.111.111.01, 0101 10 l'toigei. St Oa by :1
%tooth ; hall length ottae:ulo oecoiel ,
and. Word `I 1111
3 4101.3 Pets.
SWcl.l'nr.lK 1,8 of 10 toys. each, and 60 addid. Heat.,
001.0 rOlllOl.
Mr. Walt r'e Colombo.'
EPASIVIeI/ Thistludoline
Mr. Mei rya 317 Mary
Mr. et ult.ey'a Preutter
Mr. Mahatma's :leer Yortst IA et
WLOIO,OI.IIT
DT KHASI PARK STAY to 01 14 Wel. each, 10 ft and J../0
othlod, for 3-yroulds. I) udW. (ti
Mr. V. Clark's Ittg eats
11°,4 tt) 2
Mr. Klerra'a Antelope (
Mr. Oliver tut Marylou, la
UT. 1.e.th*,.1...t1y Frown* (Was, lain) 4
6 W 4 mitt itigicole, 5 to J egg Lady Frances, mod of to I aged An-
telope. %Sun by & leugth.
1..11 tol 100 port. added to a Sweep.take. of 20 soya.
eOCII, h It. 2( nude. (I I hubs.)
Duke of Ito Imamate II orneipe.
Mt. lloweithe 'a Gramm
Mr. ritine.W. to gD) K, emotion envoi...too) 3
1.1,01 beioso en Monopole, and trace.. Weil by a tired. 1:011 01:1
tumult. 15 sets.
l'ltololt a STALK& of 50 son. each, h ft. One mile. 12
puha.
Mr. Dixon'. 14 pee.... (A. Day) I
1..1111 hick Taniervid (NAL)
Mr. It detoodu`p twobanalisn (Kann) 3
010 1 Ilitu lope. met 7to 4 mit Hoe. 'ahem/Lan. Woo by {testa.
Kum 1.1 t moth 49 wen.
ISAIII Hallottar of 20 .0.4. each, 10 !t, stud 6 oily
instiond, with 1U *tidal. IL milt rood a dip. (10 mil" four of wticou
detlooml.)
Mr. l'ryta'. haseot Burk ..
Mr. rebook'. tmulss Newell (loongwelf) 2
Mr. W. nwiltea Aistagunhit . (A. 1).y) 3
Nir. Walk
to la 5 egg Louim Nesell, ao3l
seget llolumtous
cnt Busk. Won by tea lengths. t ime 3 min. tem. Columba. dad
not paw the p wt.
NiAlitS (Handicap) el 6 sova. each, and 20 added.
ueala I hole. (ii pub..)
31r. Wallet's Pottonger (Wakefield 1 1
Mr. Da1.411.11 et.ll/1.1 .
Mr. J. 1./.l)'n Whiter
Mr. W. C. lowy's I los Desplaril
Mr. thaue's Or gby touvuottilun . (Tree., Jun.) 4dr
rust brat. tl toa 4on rollll4.ef who won cool by a length; the
Pame tomato woood rod third. 'depend beat. 4to I 011 l'utUnger,
a Mu woo Gaily by a length.
tATTERSALL'S.
There woo • small muter at the corner yesterday, but
notlung dune.
lairriso AT MANCIIY.STER.-TrIDUAT.
Daltut.- 3 to 1 ago Surplice (t ), 6 to I swot Nil Desna-
rondo'. ~1), 71 to r ark "prima Jack (1), 9 to least Wendt...tor o 1(,
In to I ag.t N.OOl buy, It to I wipe Luadatone, 2U to I eget May lota ,
NU I &IN. trite'. I'muse, 25 to I eget Nouse, 30 to 1 apt Great
Montero.
Oaks.-6 to 1 dieted on the 11.1 d.
MiNcuitiatts Ccr.-4 to 1 riot l'ecp-cday Bow, 12 to 1
UM Chanticleer, It to apt Mts. Tall, 13 to I agog Delorolise.

.53 1 I
I 2 2 2
„4I 3 S
3 1 4 dr
3 6 dr

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

couar.—before %WWI obauee end Mr. Justice
Tits 01411211 D Jury St.TtYn.—At the Fitting tit the
Court, three pceoris, of respre able appearance, nam.e:
Irancis At' I i OW/ 41,1, Jeonre 31' Guteran, and Richard ('droll
Barb" surrendered, arid were placed at the bar to plead to
an noliteuxent chargieg them with forgery. The iedict-
meet alleged that the defendants had lisluniutuely forged and
uttered au inetrument purporting to he the win of Francis
M'elawran, decease:J. with 'silent to defraud William (lir-
dlutoue mid others. Tree defendants having pleaded" Not
Ouilty," Mr. liuddleston, who held a brim tor the prceecu-
Lion, said, that lie had made inquiry, and Mid ascertained that
neither the attorney nor any tit the witnesses for the pr. se-
Mitten were in attendance. The circumstances were rather
peculiar. and if the Court would allow thu cue to stand
ever a short time, to PIT if the witnesses made their appear-
&tree, perhaps they might do to, and if they did not, he
' would then make a further statement to the cuurt upon the
subject.—Mr. Ciarluon (who witu Mr. Ilcdkiti arid Mr.
Bulantine, appeared fur the defence), said he had no objec-
tion to watt Inc any period, but he did not believe that the
patties to the prosecution would dare to show themselves.
In about au hour the caw was again called on, and the
*einem,a summoned in tee usual way to apnea?, bat none of
teem answered.—Raton Alderson ordered them to be called
upon their receeureances, but none ni tbem made their
• appearance. lie leant d judge then addr. est d the
jury, tied said that the prsioners were charged with
surgery, but, as there was no evidence to nutemrt
the charge, the jury must of course acquit them.—
A verdict of Nut Guilty was accordingly recruited.—
Mr. Clarkson thee/ applied for a copy of the iudictment,
with a view to ulterior pruccediumi, arid he at the same rime
begged to le allowed to state arose of the circumstances
under which this chars° had been prelrnd. Two UI the
wales at the b.r were sons of the testator, and Mr. Borten
was .a highly reopectotee *elicitor, who had married their
sister. Tire person who app. *red as the prosecutor hail
married a elm, of the ...lyceum!, who et the time wan iu
*owe domestic service, and who atter the macinge had re-
COlVtd the utmost illusuge at hie hands fora series of years
the prosecutor never went before a magistrate, and did
nut even take any steps to obtain the instrument that eras
alleged to have been forged, but went before the grand
jury and °haunted a true bill up.n the ea-parts statemeuts
nieda to them. lie thought it d.e to the pantos amused to
unman :he court that the original wet was in court ; that
the at toting Attu...es were also present, na well es the cm-
veyeneer wee hail drawn the instrument; and he was in a
mailuition to show that it was as genuine and valid a den-
mew as ever had been executed, and that, in point of Isct
there sass nut the slight. st pretence fur th- charge made
against the di teroluite.—Baton Alderum said it eurprised
lam very much lire the greed jury could time renter:eel a
true bin for mystery when the original "rid was no produced.
NI r. lleukitt son!, so it did hire and his learned
Burma Alderson; Wu. n they led net gut the instrument
that ear triaged to have been forged before them, how refald
the grand jury say that a forgery had been committed ?
Mr Crailuon and he was unwilling to make any refer-
euce to the creed jury system, but thee cave certainly showed
thin vice and Us- Met of the institution, and to what base
purports gtand juries might innocently he made sulastrvieut
—baron Alderson said that it now seemed to be the fashion
tog° twined people's mole to make charges against them.
it was nut the ewe years ago —Mr. Huaelecen wised the
permission citric court to state his meineriori with the pro
emmuon. A brief h.al been left at his ehamcers, and one
w a tit the saute time, he btlieeed, burled to his (need Mr.
O'Brien, but when he ascertained that the name upon his
own bind was nut that of a regular attorney, he iestru..ted
his c11.,' to return it, and the brief was afterwards brought
back with t: o name of au attrrncy upon it. Ile sad
now uscerteiued that the atturn. y in queetiou had
not suctioned the we of his name; and, under these Cif-
tel Maeda hand hie brief to the officer of the
emcee.—lia u Al-coma: The attorney wheno name was
placid epon the hrii had nothing to do with it then ?
Mr. Bedell, stun t Ile ...ye he known nothing of it —The
court then granted the application I c a copy of the Indict-
ment, and te e...gametic...l el the prose:cuter werc otdered
to lie est...Mbed, r
and the demist:ants were ordered to be at
torte, .11!che!gtel trim custody.
I(uleert Motile, 20, was eolicted for feloniously traeaultieg
Believe* &Tam Yerrsoud. The particulate of this charge
e ere detailed in the police ti ports a few days age. 'lnc
primuer and can princeutrix were courting, and, in the
yours: of au evenieg walk, he I. el her to air wangle nted
p 4C3 eear Battersea eridge, where he committed the *Aimee
loputed to him, ueder ekfttl.n.t..nces id great viedence.—Tee
jury returned a verdict ors Guilty, and the prisoner was sew
teuceel to tee transported tor ten y. ars.
NKW 00UKT.
The Common-Solemn eac lii tens court, but the canes dis-
posed et durus the buy were emir. ly destitute of trauma.

POLICE.-YESTEIWAY.
GUILDIIALL.—NrisaNem.—Air. o'. Earns, of 54,
134 Si, gitall,trect, -ea, summ datt hn instance ot the come
mss ienera of 14.11,ei5, Jr nut abating a nuisance of which
complaint ham been made for some month.. It was stated
that that was a precceiling under the 9 & 10 Vie.,
chap 26. for preventing the spre.id of contapiotu and epi
demi° nia. nem two Perianths haring certified that from the
filthy cute of the crisp .4., and the dirty • dite nf the interior
of stout 30 hawses in Portsoken Ward, not only the health
of the oieupiees, but th:ft of the .. hole neighbourhood win en-
dangered. Toe prnmi es complained of sere 30 small tent-
'acids in Stern Step alley, 'Turner-sepiare, and Little
Am. lia.place. The nutianct compl tined of was remediable,
het:taros there was a main sewer within th:t distance of a few
yar a to whirl. a c-mmunication might be made from the
1,6'4y. The huw.ts also very much required whitevashing
and il ansmg. The treehultlet was in America, and
Mr. Evens repre-ented the leaseholder, who was dear:.
—Mr. Evans said he repre‘euttd au under-levee,
and the pretniws which were let out to weekly
lodgers produced no mare rent than was sufficient to pay the
sup. nor lisle. Re had set mosey in Minn; but as ti, money
1 c taw in week by we. k hit would apply it to the purpose re•
quircd by low; but the City were n..w requir'mg of him to ,o
at "Lee what the natal would not cnat, a hull to do for a
i long while. The matter was in Cha;;,e,y, hut he was witi.