The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Malt 17.
The issue in the trial of Mr. Meagher was the same
as in that of Smith O'Brien. At 10 o'clock to-day the
jury declared to the court the impossibility of agree-
ment, and were accordingly discharged. At 9 o'clock
last night there were two for an acquittal; but one
had been gained over in the course of the night. Two
jurors sufficed in one, and a single juror in the other,
to defeat the prosecutions. There could be no surprise
where the result was settled a priori. The crown
was not taken by surprise, though its officers
sting led boldly but temperately to have authority
respected and the laws obeyed. The traversers were
sure of a disagreement. The only doubt was as to
their acquittal, and the result has justified one half of
their expectations. What effect this unfortunate
issue may have on the trial of Mr. Mitchel it is im-
possible to predict with safety.
Mr. Mitchel has twenty peremptory challenges,
and the crown an unlimited right. This right, how-
ever, since the attoraey-generalship of Sir Michael
O'Loughlen, in 183.5, has fallen into disuse. Once, I
believe, it was exercised by the present Chief Justice
of the Queen's Bench, when Attorney-General, who
ordered every objectionable individual to stand aside
" without cause" on the trial of Hughes. With this
exception the excluding principle has only been ex-
tended to publicans, and the crown usually takes the
common panel from the sheriff.
I understand the crown will deviate from this prac-
tice in Mr. Nlitchel's trial, and as " of right" order
every person against whom an objection lies to stand
aside. Mr. Mitchel's counsel will attend at Green-
street on Saturday, and demand the list of jurors, to
which, however, the traverser is only entitled er
gratia. It is doubtful whether the Attorney-Ge-
neral will comply with the request.
Mr. Mitchel will defend himself. Indeed, no coun-
sel could do justice to his peculiar doctrines. He will
stand by every word he has spoken and written;
and, as he observed: " Let the jury then look at
me, and, if they will, pronounce me guilty."
If found guilty, Mr. Mitchel, I have learned, will
be offered the choice of voluntary exile from Ireland
during life. You will see from the report that bail
was refused yesterday for his appearance.
The trial will not take place on Monday. His
counsel will apply for a postponement, which no
doubt will be granted. Thursday, the 25th, will
probably be the day of trial. The judge- at the com-
mission will be Baron Lefroy and Judge Moore.
It is stated that Messrs. Smith O'Brien and
Meagher will be tried a second time in the after-
sittings of next term. This resolution has been
arrived at in consequence of the very small minorities
which procured the discharge of the juries in both
cases. Had any fair proportion stood out for the
traversers, the Attorney-General would have abstained
from all further proceedings ; but three jurors out of
the twenty-four, together with the swagger of the
clubs, have provoked him to a second trial.
The dubs have been very active since Monday.
Marching is the order of the day as well as of the
night. Their battalions defile into the balls of
justice, and salute their heroes with acclamations
almost in the very presence of the court. If this be
not a large measure of popular liberty, I know not
what liberty is. At a late hour last night, these clubs
reassembled and marched through the city to the
nuo.ber of about 3,00. Their measured and MI

military tramp was heard from a long distance. They
seemed shod with sabots, and thumped the pavement
vehemently. After serenading Mr. Mitchel in New-
gate, and taking off their hats in reverence of the
" martyr," they paraded the principal thoroughfares ,
of the city accompanied by a large multitude. From
the Confederation-roams in D'Olier-street they pro-
ceeded to Mr. Butt's residence in Leeson-street, whom
they greeted with shouts and applause. Thence they
honoured the mansion of Smith O'Brien, and towards
midnight returned to their homes. This attempt to
overawe the government, and keep up club pressure
on the jury class, is likely to produce the wry oppo-
site mull to what had been anticipated.
The Rev. Mr. Nolan, following the example of
the Rev. Mr. Bermingham, has made his peace with
his bishop, and has been restored to his functions. Ile
has, however, been removed from the former theatre
of his mission in Tipperary, and is now collated to a
parish in Clare. The Rev. Mr. Kenyon is still un-
yielding.
There are two farther declarations from catholic
dioceses of Irela d published to-day, calling upon
the Queen to convene a parliament in Ireland. The
' first is from the arch-diocese of Cashel, signed by
Dr. Slattery and 113 clergymen ; the second is
from the diocese of Elphin, signed by Dr. Browne
and 88 clergymen. Dr. Browne is one of those pre-
lees who signed the declaration in favour of law and
order.

The accounts from the country respecting the
tillage and the growing crops continued to be most
cheering. We hear no more of potato blight. In
and around Dublin to-day moat refreshing showers
fell, and the ground, mach parched for some days,
presents a soft and genial appearance.

REPEAL IN ULSTER —Lord Dufferin has held a meet-
ing of his tenantry at Killileagb, for the purpose of sub-
mitting to them the reply of the Lord Lieutenant to their
loyal address, in which they repudiated the attempts made
to violate the legislative union. His lordship delivered a
speech, in the course of which he thus suggested the proba-
bility of Ulster demanding separation from the other pro-
vinces of Ireland, in the event of repeal, and of himself
setting up for the crown :
" The mention of a republic," said Lord Dufferin, " has
frightened a good many ; and the scenes of discord and dis-
order at Limerick and elsewhere have foreshadowed its cha-
racter. The repealer' seem to carry their abhorrence of the
union to such an extent as not to tolerate even the lent

appearance of it among themselves. Whatever form of
desnocraticsl government they may contemplate, it is
evidently not that of the United States. (Laughter.) An
Irish republic: Why an Irish Republic would realise a
superstition of the ancients, that hell was situated some-
where in the Western Ocean, beyond the ultimate verge
of Europe. Luckily, the barking of the triple.hesded
Cerberus, which has already entered upon its premature
existence, is driving many from its gates. (Cheers ) Mr.
Mitchell and his colleagues are quickly finishing the busi-
ness. Repeal is choking with Its own passion, and the
calumniating folly of a few individuals is fast toppling down
the most gigantic fabric of imposture which human ingenuity
ever imposed upon the credulity of bis fellow.creatures.
(Loud cheering.) Now then, gentlemen, from all I have
said, you will posbibly conjecture that I am en anti.Ro-
Dealer. Well, that conjecture would not be far wrong.
For the present so I am ; hut I do not promise always to
remain so; and I think it but lair to tell you that circum
stances may change my opinions. And, gentlemen, did
those circumstances occur, I should become a more violent
repealer than Mr. Mitchell, or Mr. Smith O'Brien, or Mr.
Meagher. I should never be, perhaps, like Mr. O'Connell, a
moral-force Repealer; nor like Mr. Smith O'Brien. a
physical-force Repealer; nor like Mr. Crawford, a modified
Repealer (which is a very had kind of Repealer); but
I might be a hypothetieil, contingent, or possible
Repealer, which is something infinitely more desperate.
(Laughter.) When even Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Meagher
were ready to cry Sto' I would still say On, on.' Their
ideas of progress would shrink back into retrogression com-
pared with mine. When the good times had come, I
would still call them bad. When this country had been
reduced into the elements of its original confusion, I
should consider the work only beginning. Whea the
repeal had been carried, I should but consider it the preface
to another. (Rear, hear.) I should be ready to bring out a
second edition of repeal—of repeal between Ulster and the
rest of Ireland." (" Hear, hear," and loud cheers.)

REPItAL ASSOCIATION.—This body met to-day. Maurice
O'Connell, M.P., in the chair. The following resolutions
respecting the recent trials were adopted. A committee
composed of Messrs. Maurice and John O'Connell, Stritch,
Oallwey, end several others waited with them on Messrs.
O'Brien and Meagher:
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That this areociatiOn hails with inexpresaible delight the refusal on
the part of the two special juries, composed of a selection carefully
made by the agents of the crown from what they declared to be the
intelligence, property, and • haraeter, of the eitisens of Dublin, to find
a verdict of guilty Menus. O'Brien and Meagher, insomuch as
the most convincing proof has been thereby furnished of the light in
which the question of repeal is regarded by the class to which those
ten of the
and the boom of toe Whig
That a copy of the foregoing be communicated, with our emergent con-
gratulations, to Meson. O'Brien and Meagher.
ANNIVERSARY Or O'CONNELL.—An anniver•ary or re-
quiem mass for the late Mr. O'Connell was celebrated yes-
terday in our principal catholic church. The ceremonial
was very imposing, and every accessory supplied which could
give effect to the feelings entertained by his countermen to
the deceased. The church was hung with black and lighted
by wax tapers, and a very numerous choir performed
Mosart'e celebrated " Requiem Mass." There were 11
bishops and upwards of 51)0 priests present. All bad come
specially to attend the ceremonial.

STATE TRIALS.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

In nursuance of adjournment from the previous evening
the Lord Chief Justice took his seat on the bench at 10
o'clock precisely, at which hour the court was crowded to
excess. The traverser, Mr. T. F. Meagher, who was
escorted to court by a procession of the Confederate Clubs,
was seated at the side bar, accompanied by his brother-
traverser, Mr. W. S. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Richard O'Gor-
man, jun., Mr. Michael Doheny, and two or three other
conspicuous members of the Young Ireland party. The
crown counsel, and Mr. Butt, Q.C., and Sir Colman
O'Loghlen, Bart., were also in attendance.
The Chief Justice, as soon as he had taken his seat on the
bench, addressing the Attorney-Oeneral,said—Mr. Attorney,
in the event of the jury not agreeing, what do you propose
to do ?—The Attorney-General : I have no objection to their
being discharged, my lord, if your lordship takes a memo-
randum that you did so in consequence of the length e time
they were confined without being able to agree.
The Chief Justice—Very well. I will discharge them if
they have not agreed, on my own authority. The jury were
then called into court, and, having answered to their names,
were asked by his lordship's registrar if they had sgreed ?
The Foreman : No, my lord, we have not —The Chief Jus-
tire : Are you likely to agree, gentlemen ?—The Foreman:
We are not, my lord.
Mr. Ferrell (one of the jurors): We are all agreed, my
lord, but one, and he is a Roman catholic. The fact is,
eleven of the jury were in favour of a conviction, and but
one for an acquittal, and that one Mr. Walshe.—The Chief
Justice Then you are discharged, gentlemen.
There was a very slight murmur of applause in court when
this announcement was made, but as soon as it reached the
hall a loud cheer burst forth, which lasted for several
minutes. When the traverser and his friends and counsel
made their re-appearance, they were also loudly cheered.
Having passed through the hall, Mews. O'Brien and
Meagher proceeded out by the front door to the quays, took
up their position at the head of the confederate clubs, and
marched in precession three and three abreast, to D
Oiier-
street, along the route through Parliament-street, Dame-
street, College-green, and WestmureLnd street; they were
frequently cheered, not only lAy those who escorted them,
but by those who met them. The procession was closed in
by a sergeant's company of the me'ropolitan horse police.
A number of Young Irelanders assembled before the eon-
federation rooms, from whoke windows were suspended ban-
ners of orange, green and white. As we reached the street,
Mr. Meagher was addressing the assemblage. He mentioned
the facts as to the proceedings in the courts, given iu the
above report; and told them, amidst enthusiastic cheering,
that there would be ninny occasions on which it might be
considered " necessary " to apply to the Queen's Bench—
that is, if they mull find any jury to convict. Mr. Mearthi r
then proceeded to remark upon the phases of the trials— I
spoke of the impulse which had been given to the spirit
of nationality, proclaimed from the loftiest height of this
land, and deriving lustre, enthusiasm, and strength from
the eloquence and genius of Mr. Butt. Ile then referred to
Serjeant Warren, whose addresses to the jury had been
characterised by gentlemanly feeling. He (Mr. Meagher)
would not be surprised if some day the learned serjeant
would be retiring from the " Leeson.street Defence Club,"
for he understood the learned sergeant was not only a ser-
jeant in the law, but a sergeant in a rifle club. Mr. Meagher
then entered into the usual national topics, and concluded
by the expression of his belief that all would shortly end in
the establishment of a national parliament in the glorious
old house in College-green. Messrs. W. S. O'Brien and
O'Gorman then addressed the assemblage, who Imme-
diately afterwards separated.
APPLICATION TO ADMIT MR. .fITCHEL