The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1848.

grand jurors were milled over, and the IhkeirftLizez
swats :- 11/shawl fella Lord Vbseemt
romairllea. Omnslius Melte He.. Pm* Ala&
Nen. ISM* 'alga", MOM
Link.ose Teeseeby , algid Nm, Alm
"Pm" Gam. 111"1"1 Palaibaktrs Mqll.
Liestelldesei Ralph Peillseg. jagm Saheb Themes Z.
!Mina_ Jail Thet, Ms Girded Wass Quin. AIM
°nag'. • pis O'lleagber, Ilesed,
_Bad 011oge
Theme Lehr, Jamie lumina, end Id* Usillerniz4
The Chief Jthtlee, addruslag the glom je6.
Eleatlemen of the grand jury for the
aimed that yes partielpaie el
every penes who hem peemMauna,
elmonsely at bout, to the Ned that ilene
he. new, after the lapse el hat • few deeds,
oneestey to lease • eseamakee which Ye be. Jed
nod to vow, .4 by whisk eke calls wpm bet ed.
Pets to aid bar by mehemiag their duty in the Weidman of of the teledeal law of the lead. Des-
mein sat depiseable as wed. • mum wadi he
woes e use deneeslensee,lt berme ea be the het digese
dm we ham that Y.t lesesene has oddest* is
Wises mid attemplailt seastitate the grime
eleinen-a crime the Is that • setgetatit
Isola er a member of wn.mltg can comae-a is
wham shwa is the betel desliuslieu of our Mel system. des
Odovarsioa of al med. el and at %sem: sokno
whisk ea remashis Wei ma Mew
fag Slat it meet &Ale the sleilleg beam lime. di
Slut it and igen the egenfry dt the Yam sod
di de miser& of dell and meld war., deettasen. es I
he. di** to the Omer epeeist ounselesies, in whisk de
dead, Ember of the jurors whom I see lam are woes
eiledi open to perform their dull(' in the mad et Jams.
bra, I tank it bat het, end so far it is satiefeekry, to oic
serve that the aims and outragts which formed the nbjest
of your investigalion at that period, do sot appear to had
any amezies, se he as I is ishemed, with the matters
that will now be brought *der year eensideration ; epos
the truantry, I have mesa to bike., and I do sheer*
holm. that the drs stlminirratioa of the law under that
commisten, and at the assizes which have sine%
has been attended with the meat salutary effretre,"s6
well justified the hope of the restorltion of peace sad order
in your county. Gentlemen, the mime of high treason
is oas happily of such unusual thearrenes, and one with re's
spelt towhich there are peculiar provisions that do cot
belong to the investigation of other crimes and miledemes.
non, that I think it my. duty, in order to mat yen in the
discharge yours, to point out to you the peculisrs of the
law a dative to that charge, inorder that you may regulate yoltir
course aeserdingly, and say in what way the evidence which
Is to be laid before you is to be applied when you gems to
consider it; but in the first Weems, la order to make
thus obeervatione upon the nature Sad Wane el the pry
wiediags perfectly intelligible, I think it my duty te gins
yes a general, and a wry pedal. ended d the adds of
the me as it apposes le me apes pined of the itheinm
time which have bad laid before nee open Se pet d
the mews. Gentlemen, it would appear from dem thee
he ems menthe peas • paged body ar se
_heard
he paled rposes. kid media. ftled he
pe pu
sesedlege la the dd d Dellis ; t these meliege
wen • sober e f kdamestery a
aedi seditious epeedes
delivered by the Wang mad. of de body. Abed
the middle,. Mari the YAW md,ofJulj,tinem eambed
I mesa the leeks' members, or sum tithed, appeared in
different parts of the smith of Inaba* sad at tut seemed to
have immeshed ripen making the !meaty of Tipperary the
scene of Mk faMbor 'petitions. Asesedingly large lodes
of pimple wen smunisted-they were harangued, and Imes
more than OW allelaion it was distinctly ennead* id
there was to la sm immediate Inning of the Ida
• dew el severteg Ireland from the British end
udder it ids eindependent kindest. Ia pammee el
them Belsweßens-, were Mond* to the poesseleg SI
IMMO br say mass whatsoever, km& r elbsevdoe-In the
het desk of July several large Wks el ma egged le hems
bees magregated to a part of the extee ; they me roans
shafted, trained and edema ups some cassias were
assakatad ; barricades wen meted la ems ports
et the meaty, whisk. up= me sessekk bed the
effort of elsstroctiae the meek el beerete.
tame, di whisk MIMS le hale bees
the peelestion et whose waredisWbs7a
Med. Ups. theArldetit Jagrhoss pro—Lap mrd,
at the time at lead to have mad thdr ; a
Mb of peneempos its march to do some of the Laos
'did had taken plan, was emosantered sad see* ear
seuried deferentarmed bodies of sew ; the remit war
=leek chimer in a house, and there an actual coufliet
One between them and the assailants. Upon the
eons day oneker body was similarly wailed. The vault
to both mess is perfect, known to you. Bentham,
ilk is all which I think it nenteasry to ley Whine you
pesperatery to the statement of those robe whit*, in
to the law of treason, are mks he your
Jo ist and the regulation of the kart. The heilkiment
ssse two distinct classes of come, ern ask relates
to a *thee treason ; both are founded wpm kg provi-
der, of an ancient statute--a stunk pawed se keg ago
wee reign of Edward the Third, and witheat krablkis you
• detsiliag the Lague of this statute, It b salleisk ter
Mg pude peeped GM Ise years, to say t feel
emsnot Mimes, terepeedloas relating to tw die
oe Mama, whisk ere the subject of the ladikneint. sad
wide yes will have to einsider. Oteurtilment tic mat of
them Mamas was expreased In the Lamm of that day to
be the comprising the death et Ors (Uses. sad
Mot le the tresses dimmed by or or mere of
the emits of the halistieed "hid yea Ire have
• weeder. By de death of the Qom it
is act meet merely te i.
samerimenader eireasstances
at de the Ws or persosal
ad. et de "beau ILing or
(kw" be -wrier ear 'mikados espementative of
the deem me Mask upon the sovereign power of the stabs
is die Ilhal Masts, to be taken as an tuck ups. the per-
m d de mord ; end therein yea will have not to
awake vibeliee h }mod dead eir Waal Wary to the
perms fide oodedges is the ihnlied bat whether the
Mimeos wed_ W sele stead la is isdietesest, are
el a shenseW vide ems mid W leioddlos elan attack
Inca the moreign powered de ISM theilemes, I shall
pat before yea some instances to *raw Sat I hoe eorreetly
stated the law, sad that by amwaadat the death et the '
Gime you are to enameled the alms el deft es the d►
streetion et her sovereign power ; eed it odd. set whether
this design be to ago. her from her NOW% Sadden her
from her imperial wheelty over the elude her
the aims ot deposing end crime of he
be equally coammed, whether the set be to deem her
hues de whole db. Maidenser any part other pemoises
Gentlemen, I shall sow road to you the law, tales BM
an anther of the idolised awkseity, betties Fosier,mil
the wards of Is* Tummies, some maim TN&
show you that I have esereetly expounded the weeds "som
=niW death of the Queen " to emend to di amps.
a attack upon her imperial power. Desselides the
cede d compering the des& el the mated, thee dde
as follows : " Anything er deliberately Om se
ther•
efore,,
whereby
the
de= Ills may be endemmeed,
measures. foe sr may, or
getting his person into the poem elf are
overt meta," that is overt ate ter the eseamiedeg mail haa-
giaing of the King's death. And, again, " Whim which
are not of s
t y
sow=nal • nature, have with peat propriety
the same se having esiene to
thbeses lEl=l ad.
though set se i rule
nneSaal*; end then-
bre the wateeleg kb mamma, or the semeerdeg with h.
reload
_oe robe
at forties ormiey, et eves demi,
to Mad he that end, are overt inch' he the
andot the Kings death" Chellesedellalt
feneesim="dlreetly mike ether breeds of de sided
may be brought with& de seemeedag of the Shag's dead.
The levy* of war, r the mopeds, to levy war, are overt
ate within die broach at the sidnie-eld is. within the
breach of the statute whisk rakes to the sememing of the
King's death by high Mann; and it has boss settled by
INNIS( ores, sad by the epistles et the first
writes. " all adispie to depose the M the royal
- to iffy war egminst him, and soli lelhas or
@greened* he the seemplishment of those mare
overt sets he the sompaming and haegielse of s
death," Godhead, I have new deed the desnedems,
sad stated the setheritim, which I led me sellielest
slash& te pee whet wpmt in this Odd% sod in the in-
helmet whisk tran its Walk by ihe atapesslag ce
=lthe deed el the esderek I hews in de nest
e that the aimed 100 hems
_surds
in the intestine. The lases ideedem-the mr=
wk. the gists Ike or hie imperial' and-a` lithe *Me
created by the *Ms. Bat es de Weddle or &lite :
mess, or all at least in de gesseality el we, I mg
almost universally, to be Woad dm ash wr
tons written or wally mit, that ideadem se to be mileedi
meat haver its bed, end se peel of it, the esmades et
certain overt ads. No ma IWO din late the soma et his
fellow crater's; he the ihreghle el the bud see lawn to
one Bob. only, end deuelbes de istodiss di deign must
always be collected Om de Sionhedelesetkes, sad thole
ether mead and take by is de ordinary
senses of life,ftwejael efdenision edidirr=ot:
to speelwGhtaipsellimedthe wed este,thet ie,
the Ms sal the seem ankh, the puttee dossed for
theee4 edededeellside hands Impel** died 41.5-
the iallsisleadwidaltwillbs seldidedi to yea will
kthevehenemeteleorbalerter dummy be, on which
de lamas ; and, he support el these, the Grown mei
yen that moss ens ee mere el those overt sob have
him pima. Tea dad be Mid* by the "Neese
e dud wit =Mit yea lhat de se leers el
deeded mole bad Meally
_beimMe ummillel is the maser
doeslis the isildiessi. Aid tothee, it Y..s zy he
pen te edema to this rule-that net *sly and sme or more
met Me be pored to have bees
tee
wo it ideally
dom. disc am overt est *d b. Fend t disuses,
we that several overt eels mill Mpeeved We hided
Mame. You will not be jollied I. liadhge bH Mem
then be two whimsies to peeve the ems bed teems.
'hem mad in shad be twee whams to peeve one mese*
setae dines le pnwseveral evert acts. And new with
*pale list whisk forms the Meta.* el the eirece-the
idemilion to be bawd or to be expreedy prevalrd7 ice
elosolles to yes is this The intention, is I have already
sidesd, is to be &fend hem sets, -writings, uperelmer
adoesties ; bat se he se respects are rd ledentirms,
yes seem to peg ere mop* M sets d mama whisk nay spa
pm to idiom Mem W .puteil be cassesed
with mom from a mme . Words by themeless
do net menildie es est el tram. It is only he sea
sake etch eels that they hums Misses tithe Ideedes.
A* whoa yes are essetbsdeg the evident*, se he es it
relied to Se taleades el de isr4r. the only Me rebid
I wool have yes ohm. k this end It is • rale which
applied in all oar haw med immesetiess daring our
some is life, set limply a rule al law, but also a rah
oeseemy to be obedved ri.e.or the question of intention
se knewiedge Meer a matter foe lamelgatics. The
rule I refer to is d 4-" that you are to presume a man
mem that whisk is the natural and secaismay effect of his

emu desired= sod arc." The ether dela of runts to
whisk yoar adostiat will be dins= regain very little
Jnanatfea M use—uturty, list dos of rests by 'bleb
Titer
le= the shined ray be =d levy war =hut em So-
Qesea is kor r =hr. That drags sip
is sae ofidit Rust be yrstaild gra ciao or MON evert Jed;
sad the Mb 10 be elnerni by Ist la this milady is, flat
at =re 1110:101e=is is the s isse to I have
rye' ROW la yon—isat tie levying of war vat be
asird =a. It is otherwise an
=kr tho raaniug of the slat= a levy of war ; timed=
it tart be:6l4•V"of vor, , lest hr any private, pare" .
girths= bat he the purrs of orti, gaimiiaao
vatic ; sad I as hesitriso 1,;, gas' you thooy It
timid Won ban eae :Maws to your satideatisa, that
fka feltwift of, diets krairrostisaary inorronts were the
war= of IMiM trial Ike United Kinder, with a view
to or= it late aa ladepondeat power, that would be WO*,
of war within the =ring of this struts. Bat the =Oro
of the aatheritios to whisk num already refuted ilbsstrato
what Thar Just sow told y OIL They say " =wird=
and rider be the parser of adestiag by fora and num-
bers, however iderraegul, prodded, or oranised, any nue-
sallies eta pablle =tan, in whir w party has no parti-
es= hater= or oeseern, have be.. dented =tares of the
Waal levying of war." It is useatial to the asking out of
the dow that are rust be an fasarrodea—that there
art be fres and in the sareplioluseat of It, and that the
object of it be grand in Its character. Them Sr. all the
oboervatioas whisk I have thought it lacambent an mo to
tasks for your grommet or direction ; sad should any
difficulty arise to say of your snads, I will be at all tires
art auxious to reader you sash asaistaisee as you may re-
gain. Bat I belie,* I have cow pointed your atteadou to
the *pandit= ia the law of high boson whisk perhaps be •
tore were not familiar to you, sad to which It will he
necestary for you to give your partioakr attention. I be-
lieve the crown I. pripartei to lay the indkinicatt
bon,
.
you
oa. , and you will now proceed to their hansediate
derati
The Fontana—Hy lord, some of the grand jury wish to
understand U it is neersory that every overt act should be
proved by two witnesses.
The Chief Juries—lt will be sufficient if any one overt
act he roved by two =arm, or one overt ent by one wit.
ass sad author over eat by a sec= wits=
The rand jay =a (hayer. 12 o'clock) retired to their
• arras= to take tho wrier bills of buthstateat seat Up be-
fore these Me their masidaratioa. Mr. Hodges, the
meat Swan-
eoprela, we. she Ant wits= who wee oariasd by
the grand jar,. His ausaniarisa lasted nearly tee boars.
The bills of faders= aphid Kr. O'Brien, Mr. Widsau,
and sera privels see be Ark treason ; those against Mr.
Morro, Mr. Lays% a= Mr. O'Dosohus are, I andesslead,
for troasoaable pea;rod mad as the five days' not=
required in a ors of ins= is not =Denary ia these sear,
it fa probable they will be proceeded with bekne theta( Mr.

SIMI DILL FOE 111011 MASON.
At 6 o'clock, pm., the grand jury returned to their box,
when the Foreman landed to the Clerk of the Crown true
bills ibr high treason against WBliant thnith O'Brien, T. B.
WManas, James Orchard, Denis Thyme, and Patrick
O'Donnell.

The AtaornerGemeral addeeml4 the court, said that the
premed would be the most esetimt time to have the pd.
deers arraigned, in eider that mune' might be unsaid
and copies of the indictment forwarded to them. The court
sweated to this being dose.
The Attorney-thadal said he would trouble the jury
with theater bill against Mr. Meagher, and probably they
would be able to coasidar it that evening. The Foreman
replied that the jury were not disposed to enter into the
medthration of another bill at that advanced her of the
day, and woad prefer proceeding with the business
on the Mowing morning. The Chief Justice said
that a peal dal of the matter which would be
Immolti Wm the grand Jury was mums to both
arm. The Teemman inked if It would be necessary
to emensith spin all the witnesses that had been before
*sea in the ether ogee.—The Chief J =ties replied that this
wee entirely in the discretion of the jury.—The bills against
Ms. Meeodlste
m. Ikea handed up to the grand jury to be
emmidmo try 'U
toratjwamkrelos after lee o'clock the pri,oners were
this Chief Jostles intimated to then that a
higirCrigit lothea bed ham head against them, and each
of Ohm wee entitled to a espy of the indictment. He
dodos& to know if they wished to get a copy.—
The pillages sogiiii that they topic. of
the Imillelemmt. width were accordingly furnished to
Minas.—Mr. Felt., aim& if the AttornerGeneral in-
tended to iltridst_ theriesnme with any other documents.—
The Attoeser %moral replied in the negative.—Mr. Potter
applied to the court to them as newel for Mr. O'Brien,
Mr. James Whiteside, Q.C., and Mr. Francis Fitzgerald.—
The Attorney-Gerral .rented to this arrangement of
coussel.—Mr. Potter then said that Mfr. Wilmot bad not
yet employed an aged, and was therefore unprepared to se
leet couneli.—The court assigned M. Potter sa Mr.
M.Mainds agent, and informed him that he might inform
the Clark of the Crown whom he desired for his counsel any
time Woo Uploaded.
Mr. 'fire Lae, oelisiter, said he appeared on behalf of
Orchard, Tighe. mad O'Deastil, bat that he add mot at
present amigo awami for those.
The Lea Odd Jostles Thema bath to infirm you that,
at any time lostwass die day and Wog soiled ea to reed,
you con maks as loollosties to say el the judges through
the clerk of the mem who will therthrm make an orderfairing seasseL (To the primaen.) I hare also to inform
you that you have sash of you dr dam exclusive of that on
which you have been carved with copies of the indictment,
and excludes of Beaday, to appear and plead to it, and it
that tints.
is now for you to eay whether you will avail yourselves of
Mr. leManus : We will do so, my lord.
The Lord Chief Judos Very well; next Thursday, then,
will be the earliest day on which you can be placed on your
Mr. V. Lane (solicitor) said he had to apply on behalf of
three prisoners, who were kit clients, namely, James Orchard,
Patrick O'Donnell, aodDade Thyne, for a copy of the panel.
—The Attorry-thaeral stated that the high Anil had
not yet returned the panel, and that naither of the parties,
the crown or the rimers, had yet been furnished with a
copy.—Mr. lane observed that the panel heel been returned
by the sheriff, and wee now in the ethos of the Clerk of the
Crown.—The Attorney General said he wee not aware el
that fad before, and with seeped to the application he could
cal y say that he did not wish to establish any precedent by
giving a copy of the panel to the pritioners, as they were sot
entitled to it as a right. —Mr. Lane I eel It se a favour,
and not ea a right.—The Chief Justice : You have admitted
that you are not of right entitled to a copy of the panel, and
se a manic of favour It cannot be granted, solem with the
consent of the Attorney- Omni. It is to him, therefore,
tad not to the court, that your application ought to be math
—The court the then adjourned.
The trial of Mr. Smith O'Brien, which will take prom
dance of the other state trials, will not take place sooner
than Thursday nest, as may be derived from the foregoing
Tan Tao brznormarr.—The true bill of indictment found
*plait Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Terenee B. M'Manue and
three other puma of minor political importance, consists of
sic Math meals, of which the following summery will
convey a eidisketly eared idea to our readers. The Ant
count we give la fell:—" Finn count: The jurors for eve
lady this ipen their oath do say and present that
William Ikea O'Brien, Terence H. M.Mmius, lames
Orchard, Rishard O'Dassell, and Denis Thrum, being sab.
jests dour mid lady the Queen, not having the fear a God
in their hearth nor weighing the 41. stF of _their allseinsSi but
being moved and seduced by the wmpuon of the dew, as
him Wigton spinet or said lady the Queen, and wholly
withdrawing the lees oloodismsa, Witty, tad opeizz
whisk own Imo amilawfai ealjestoteaesaid
should lad of right meglit to beer towards itarhiMinlady the
ClisW2.on the mvaatseath dwothly in the twelfth yearofthe
reign of our Sovereign ladyTiosseia by the Grace of GelM
the United Kingdom of Greet /kiwis' and Ireland, Queen,
Dellsodsr of the Faith, sad se forth, and an divers other
days betwees that day and the SOth day of the same mouth
°fluty, with (tines and arms, at the parith of lisilingany,
in the odd meaty of Tipperary, together with a greet
middtwie el hbs traitors, wham names are to the ail
prem unknown, to the number of 600 and sees, se-
= and mewl in • warlike maim that is to thy,
wePle4bligen and then agdirwillya% maliciouslyant and mseralsied and gathered together spinet
est said Lay the Queen, did then sad there wielsedly, mr
cad traittst levy and make woe agethst our
Isray the Queenwithin this realm, and Win se sommthied
myths/ aimpi rad armed aphis car WI lady the
=las shemill. did then and there with peat hies end
and marsh is a hostile essasor In and
Omagh d=ulhigm, towns, plisse, sad pubis highways
to wit, la the mid perish of Ballusgmry, In the county of
==
mallassosid, and did then and lime crest certain
it ass, carts, and pieces of timber
and ether em=railed sad built to a great height,
idle to etc le as Wild of ihe het end ;upwards upon
and awe Om add highways, to abstruet and prevent the
mdahimg of the MON of our said lady the Queen within
and Sea lad these make a waxlike attack
=, amid Soo
big lenge left of coutalies Ahem and
ups** &Ay as mei eseelshisa Ind
did tan soma thew wide dies and videos* sailansair to
=the mid esethables to join them is hey* sad
Faiths immesethm, rebellion, end wee epinst war
add Mr the Qum crab this reels, and did tea and
Owe make a warns at spike whin direllepheme
dints at the Caumens of Beth*, in the mid perish ef
iellheny, la the eminty ef ripprery aforesaid, sad did
Om aid *are ire ups a large body ereanotthlas, thee h to
leanly esmotaides think sea al sad ad ass and
these sealiolomly and mdisseseW diem, and imdeether by
hem and WINS to inbred end date, lOW gormand and
mthilinden el this realm.Wlwdentallithed,
dela said lady the Qua nod halm, le lie era=
▪ dl eft% the
to die hay of the ~met ef them
the mid Wireesned parties against the hem of the
deleas In sulk mee made awl prodded, end wing
*krone of wirsold lady the QOM, hertrawn end dignity.
The aimed annetherges the see pal. midi
emsmbied
os
bliallierham, tegethar th a hip nembills:r`3
WAN ova
ipereme, armedwwiwith gshb, Mhe
and with m there Wiwi ar Imo Molty the
Qeean, by le a petite Medea MEd ledleaveseiss by
hem and aisimee to angst the piles emetabies there ar
smabled le semmeller alb amr @adjoin with them in ask
le'rgi if war.
hied reset temps the sum partial with having
stead • berries& at Eillenaula in eider to obstruct the
=selthe Queen's troops, in furtherance of the odd
The youth neat charges the semi parties with a farther I
ellsingt to levy war aeggaaiinst her Majesty the Quoit by age
polder in arms at Bsllugarry, together with firs handrail
ethar pima at preeent unknown, on the 20th day of July
1I
lest, end with having there made • warlike attest aad had

apse a large Body of weistables who had San rambled for
the dasharge of their dative is a amain dwelling-hones at
said 110/11111SOL

count charges the seam parties with having
subsequently sppeared in inns, with other ildimpoood per.
ems, at Ballingarry—namely, on Ike 29th of July, basil
actuated with a design to • obvert and deep the constitu-
tie° and "egSlieSt..o this realm, and to de viand depose
cot__ .I"fi 11lieu 11:17 the Queen, of and from t style, honour,
name of the imperial crown of this realm. The
!::eilt and but wont is a general one, which ashram all the
overt acts set out in the five former comas, and alleging in
general terms that the objects of the parties accused were the
mine as before recited, via , to move sad excite insurrection,
nbellion, sad war against our lady the Queen, and to sub-
vert and alter the ',pasture, rule, and government, now
establidted within this realm.

In reference to the trial of Mr. Gana Daffy, the
Evening Herald says :
It is now confidently stated, that at the next commisaion
ia Green-street, Mr. Daffy will be tried ; bat whether on
the indictment already found against him tor felony, or on a
new one for treason, doss not appear to be determined. It is
said, that in either ease the crown, exercising • power con.
firmed by statute, will try him by • jury not of the city, but
of the county of Dublin. Mr. O'Doherty will also be put
upon his trial a third time, and also before a county jury. It
lis not generally known that a statute peculiar to this country
boables the prosecutor, in case in which an offence is com-
mitted in • county of a city, to have the offender hied by
a Jur, of the next adjoining county. The crown intend to
exercise this power in the case ef these gentlemen, either
for the purpose of avoiding the question as to the disqualifi.
cation of burgesses raised on the writ of emit in the ease of
John Martin, or from • belief that they will more readily
obtain a conviction has • county jury.

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, SEPT. 21.

It will be remembered that some time since the
remains of Mary of Guiders were supposed to have
been dug out. Great was the admiration of the anti-
quaries thereof. They lay in elate in the Excheqcrer-
offioe, were cemented by the professor of anatomy,
enclosed in a crimson coffin, and were labelled
" Mary of °udders," and deposited in the royal
vault by provosts and in full procession.
Alas ! it is now announced that another Msry of
Cluelders has been discovered. In excavating the
site of the high altar a coffin with a female skeleton
was discovered, which, on the following grounds, is
believed to be the queen's :—l. The place of sepal-
tors is the most honourable that the church affords.
The skeleton is entire, showing that some pains
lave been taken for its preservation. 3. There is a
eat in the skull, as if the body had been subjected to
port rtio, tem examination. 4. There is a lateral
sane on the spine, which corresponds with a report
that Mary had a vertebral deformity. The former
rendes, on the contrary, were not found is a die-
lavished position, were much decayed, had no
I nark of skull inciaion, or of spinal tortuosity. The
balance of testimony is, therefore, in favour of the
later exhumation. But both coffins lack royal in-
scriptions, and both lack jewels in the interior ; the
latter may be accounted for by spoliation; the former
is dubious; and therefore the real Mary may have to
be yet discovered. But what of the first bones ? Were
they those of a maid of honour, or a man, or a home-
keeper P Will they be allowed to pollute the dust of
the anointed of Scotland, or what will become of
them ? As for the antiquaries, they should be pelted
with mummy bark for their precipitancy in conclud-
ing that the very first bones that turned ap were ne-
oesearily those of a sovereign.