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he the novenas. It had been said that a prosecution for perjury
should be instituted against the traverser Connell. That could not
be done in this country ; besides the intercourse was said to have
outhesed between the Noble Marquis and Connell for five years;
lasillPlrion/d be incumbent on him to prove en alibi for every
L.= and night, of that whole period. The three points
to establish was—first, that the whole was a fabrica-
don ; steetitrthat the traversed acted conjointly ; and third, that
they Ad e°, knowing the whole to be false. In support of the fat
of these points, the Learned Counsel proceeded to read the depot.
tion of the traverser Connell, in the Ecclesiastical Court; Wino
part she stated that her criminal acquaintance commenced seven
years ago; in another that it commenced twelve years ago; that
the occasion on which she first saw Lord Westmeath was to swear
a child which she had lad; and again, that it was to swear a child
against a person, but that she was only then carrying the child.
She admitted herself to belong to the most degraded class of the
community; she bad had children byfour different fathers--two child-
no by a person of the mune of Keogh. one by Mesling, one by
Oliver Burke, and two, as she falsely alleged, by Lord Si cstmeath.
There was a variety of similar absurd and improbable statements
in her deposition. To a person in her degraded condition of life
this was all wicked sport and merriment. She belonged to the
most contemptible clue of the community ; but the contempt one
felt towards them was mingled with pity for their fallen and de-
graded condition. Was this a witness by whose testimony the
tragic gloom of the statement of the Learned Counsel was to be
supported, and substance was to be infused into the grave and
attic sentences of :lir. North ? And, gracious God ! still further,
was this a witness on whose testimony--the testimony of such an out.
cast--a young nobleman should have his bright prospects blasted,
his home rendered desolate ; deprived of the hope of a successor
In his child to his estate, his honours, and his titles ; the mother
of his children torn from his arms; made a widower, with Ins wife
living, and with all the are and anxieties of old age accumulated
upon him in the very prime of his manhood ? She was not the sole
author of the talc : some more internal ingenuity was at work than
she could be supposed to ponds. On Lady Westmeath he was
unwilling to throw the slightest imputation. No, no. To do so
would be to violate his instructions, and to say that which was at
variance with his own deliberate conviction. It was far from him
to insinuate that she was even tainted with any participation in the
conspiracy. She had been before the Jury ; they could not discover in
her deportment the deportment of a conspirator; she was the
victim—the dupe of the artful ingenuity and the interested malig-
nity of the advisers by whom she was surrounded. Her seal—her
perseverance—her activity in this business, were only so many
proofs of her affection ; that mutual affection was rent in twain ;
and, like the very tension of the uniting coed, the breach was
rendered wider when the cord was rent asunder. He would now
pass front the consideration of the character of Anne Connell to
the consideration of the evidence of Lord Westmeath. The
Gentlemen opposite, in the abundance of their delicacy, did not
impute perjury to him ; they could only visit him with the iinpu.
tenon of .alse swearing. (.1. laugh.) The young Nobleman
does not himself deny that he is so broken down, and, in a
commiserating tone, ha admits that he ie broken down by those
very persons whose machinations it was now sought to stay and to
punish ; so overcome is he by his calamities, that the direction of
his judgment is lost in the angry tumult of his feelings. But
although these Gentlemen would not have the Jury believe that
be committed perjury, yet they would insinuate that he was
actually intimate with this woman without his knowledge ; they
would have the Jury believe that whilst asleep he became the father
of two children. Where were these children ? Were they alive ?
If alive, why not produced? If dead, did no coffin enclose them ?
Did no parish clerk ring the bell ? Had they r.ot the decencies
of burial ? Let them be here produced. The Roman orator
(Mark Antony) had produced a marvellous effect, by exhibiting
the children in a certain part of his address; he would wish this
day to see one of the lovers of Cleopatra unfold, and exhibit to
our longing eyes, the forms of those mysterious children. In a
case where twenty pounds was at stake they would not proceed on
such evidence as had been now produced ; indeed, noneoranyievail.
able validity had been produced on the other side. But here, not
property but, what was dearer than property. character, was at
stake. IVm there no muter spirit moving mall this? Yes I One
of those mysterious agents was now placed before them in the
dock. That agent was Monaghan. It had been triumphantly
stated by Sergant Goold, that Lord Westmeath was not interro-
gated as to the character of alonaghan. It might be a sufficient
answer to this objection to say, that the other side had also care-
fully abstained from interrogating him on that point. But it
should be also borne in mind that the testimony cf Monaghan was
only confirmatory of the evidence of Anne Connell, and by de-
claring her evidence to be false, he declared the evidence of Mo-
naghan to be false also. The evidence of Corcoran was, he ad-
mated, the evidence of an informer (a base ma of beings where-
ever they were to be found). His evidence, however, sufficiently
proved Monaghan to be a conspirator, moving in his business
with the hope of reward. Monaghan, it was proved, knew Con-
nell to be an abandoned woman, lied with this view brought her
to London to aid in the conspiracy. This, and the other circum-
stances of the evidence, fixed the stigma of p,aeticipstion in the
crime upon him. The Learned Counsel nexti proceeded to com-
ment on the evidence as far as it related to Mackenzie, The wit-
sasses were with Jilin at Faversham. They were completely under
his control; and in ther-licer which he wrote to Monaghan,
which was the principal piece of evidence against him, he stated
that he never let them out except under his superintendence. Why
were they kept so close ? The constable's staff iii England was
lenough to insure peace at all times. Thee was no disposition to
riot manifested there.
Mr. Justice Blooat—You seem not to bear in mind, Mr.
O'Connell, that they were wild Irishmen, and might run away.
(Laughter.)
Mr. O'Conareen—True, my Lord, with their wings and tails
they might. (Laughter.) From this letter it appeared that this
woman was so stupid, as actually to forget the names of the
children she said she had. At a subsequent period she remembers
every thing, even to the size of a pin in her young master's tucker.
What, not able to tell the names even of her two children ! Mr.
Mackenzie taken her in band, and so excellent a mutes is he, and
so docile a peril is she, that between them they turn up a little
Edward and a little nary. (Laughter.) Such is the effect of
Scotch education: Mackenzie is the Joseph Lancaster of the school.
This native of Scotland (as they call themselves the most educated
nation in the world) must have seen in a moment that this woman
was unwort:ly of credit—a woman who did not knew the names
of her children. What! did it not exceed the limits of credulity
to suppose such a thing possible ? Is it not one of our proverbial
sayings, that such a thing will happen when a mother foliate her
child's name? It was only difficult to say whether it was more
absurd to decide whether she could forget her children, or whether
Mackenzie could have proceeded on the persuasion that she did or
could fail in forgetting them. The conduct of Lord Westmeath,
in availing himself of the letter which was put into his hands, was
perfectly defensible. He (Me. C'Connell) set at nought the sickly
sentimentality which would seek to restrain a man under Lord West-
meath's circemstancee,froru making use of such a document, merely
because it was not the intention of the writer that it should conic
into his hands. Ile had not words to express the contempt he
entertained for those sentiments of false tee-diary, which would
suggest a single grourd of hesitation, in a case where honour and
reputation were at stake, and where there remained a hope for the
renewal of ties unhappily interrupted—he hoped not for ever
broken ; in a case where a lovely wife was to be brought back to
the arms of her husband, her legitimate and willing protector.
li'ith the profoundest scorn would he trample on the sickly fantasies
of those whose perverted minds would attempt to stop that course
of vindication, and that process of restitutiou, on a pretext so con.
temptible The learned gentleman proceeded next to comment on the
case as it affected Feely. His letter from Holyhead wee the principal
evidence against him. Amongst the causes of his hostility to the
Noble Marquis, it was stated, that he entertained such hostility
because one of his ancestors had tlestroyed the abby of Fords at the
time of the Reformation. This topic had been treated by some of
his Learned Friends with unmerited ridicule. The notion does
not appear so absurd to me after all. Waa it not stated, no later
than yesterday, that the object of the Irish people is the recovery
of the old forfeited titles ? If any of you will go to the Courier
you will see the paragraph I allude to, which makes this formidable
announcement, and I have little doubt with a couple of nlilesion
names at the top of it.
alr.Justicehloo s —Pray, Mr. O'Connell, what are the names?
(4. laugh.) But I believe that on that point we may snake our
minds easy.
Mr.O'Cosprtr.7.—l can only say for myself, that such a convul.
sion as is thus contempleted, would be iativitable hagpry to
The Learned Gentleman next proceeded to the case of Bennet.
admitted, that as far as the evidence related to Lim, he did not
thick it was sufficiently strong to induce him to press for a coo.
vision against that individual. The whole of the case was now
before them. lie would again ask than if they could for a moment
doubt the guilt of the woman Connell., and the consciousness of the
other parties, that In aiding and abetting that abandoned woman
they were lending themselves to the basest and foulest of imposi.
tions ? Let me hope, said the Learned Counsel, in conclusion, that
your verdict this day will open the eves of the deluded lady ; that
she will return to the protection of her natural guardian, and that
she will be rescued from the control and controversy of the ma,.
chinators and ill-advisers by whom she is surrounded. Would
they. not rejoice that she had so returned to her natural guardian,
rejoined her station, and was restored to the society of her husband?
I now commit into your hands the care of my noble client. I ex:
pest from you that be will be delivered from the snares and machi.
nations of interested hirelings, and that the precious hopes of
future happiness which he cherishes, will yet be realised, and this
day promoted by your verdiet—a verdict: which lam satisfied will
meet the approval of your country and your consciences.
The conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's address was re.
ceived with a burst of applause from a crowded auditory, for the
suppression of which an ineffectual effort was made by the Bench.
II hat the Bench, however, failed in accomplishing, the crier suc-
ceeded in effecting,, by authoritatively exclaiming, •• Gentlemen
this is note theatre. ' This created considerable merriment, and,
shortly afterwards the Court adjourned, a little before nine o'clock
at night.
The cue on the part of the prosecution and defence has closed,
and the Learned Judge (111r.Jusuce Moore) intimated that he
would charge the Jury to-morrow.
• The expression of one of the witnesses on the part of the pre.
secution.

SCARCITY or Ftsii.—The state of the winds have been
such that for some time past fish generally has been very
scarce, and consequently dear. Yesterday morning, •' Cod
all alive, oh !" was remarkably so, four moderate sized
fish having so:d at 13illingsgate, " first hand," for the
moderate sum of seven guineas. wad news for tha gour-
mand