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LONDOI‘,‘I, I‘IOI',WAY,

face of the earth, will not be again disgraced by tho head
of ascendant Toryism. The beautiful vallies and
verdant hills of my ;native land will produce their
rich crops for the benefit of her sons. The migic force of
the pure streams pouring down from her mountains will
not idly waste their waters, which will assist in the ad-
vancement of vario.:3 manufactures. Such will be
the condition of my country if a good government he
continued over it, and the blessings of all good men will
shower down profusely on those who have this day ral-
lied round the standard of Ireland's liberty ; thvir names
will never be forgotten in the bright history of this
period, and the name of Leinster will be first in the list
cf the virtuous among her sons.—(Enthusi, a is cheers.)
On the margin of her history, next to the name of Nor-
manby, will Ebrington be inscribed The Hon. and
Learned Gentleman sat down amid loud cheers.
Mr. Wyse, M.P., then advanced to the front of the
platform, and was loudly cheered. He said, you have
just heard from Mr. O'Connell, in languap the elo-
qu.nee of which I could not hope to rival, and the truth
of which I can bear witness to, the eulogium of our pre-
sent estimable Viceroy. From circumstances which
have brought me into close connexion with his Excel-
lency. lam enabled to bear testimony to the truth of
Mr. O'Connell's statement in his praise.—(Hear and
cheers.) In his private life, as a private individual, he
has long been acquainted with Ireland and with the Irish
people.—(Hear.) He has long known their wants, and
has held out a glorious example
to our resident landlords
in ministering to the comforts of his own and his father's
tenantry.—(Cheers.) He has long been the friend of
liberty and has always by his conduct towards his
tenantry, afforded an example of the manner in
which the physical and intellectual condition of the
people may be elevated.—( Loud cheering.) I call lipoa
you all now to become supporters of Lord Ebring-
ton, and not to suffer his Excellency to stand alone and
unsupported. Gentlemen, I shall not now detain -ot
longer than by reading and proposing the revolution.
[He then road it. It was a vote of confidence in Lord
Ebrington's government, and sat down amid loud
applause.]
The question was then put from the chair, and the
resolution was adopted.
Sir BENJAMIN MORRIS proposed the next resolution.
Sir PATRICK BELLOW seconded it, and it passed.
Lord CHARLEMONT then moved that the Duke of
Leinster should leave the chair, and that the Marquis
of Headfort should be called thereto.
The motion was carried.

[ Mr. CHALLONER proposed the next resolution, which
was to the effect that the meeting called upon every re-
presentatirc of the populAr interests in the House of
Commons to be present at the motion of Lord John
Russell in the House of Ce,mrnons on the 15th inst,
Mr. Ross, of Restrevoir,, county Down, seconded
the resolution.
The resolution was then put from the chair and car-
ried.

Mr. BALFOL'R proposed the next resolution, that we
petitioni the House of Commons in favour of the mo-
tion to be introduced by Lard John Russell in the
House of Commons on the L'ith inst.--(Cheers.)
Sir TssoMAs ESNIONDE, Bart. seconded the resolu-
tion.

Tho resolution was then put from the chair and car.

ried.

Mr. GIBSON, of Belfast, would satisfy himself with
proposing the petition, which strongly and admirably
expressed the feelings of the Irish people. The learned
gentleman then read the petition. the object of which
was to ;point out the elsndeis of the Tory faction, and
implore the House to oppose their return to power.
Mr. SLAToa, of Longford, seconded the resolution.
Mr. WOLSTENHOLME had been unexpectedly called
upon to propose a resolution. He felt groat pleasure
in moving the resolution, for, though he was not an
Irishman, he had lived for twenty-one years in this
country, and felt identified with it. For a considerable
time he had lived in the northern counties, when
Orangeism was in full blow ; consequently he knew
what it would be 'capable of if possessed of power.—
(Hear and cheers.)
Sir JOHN KENNEDY seconded the resolution, which
was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. O'CoNraLt. having been loudly called upon,
came forward amidst the warmest demonstrations of
applause we have ever seen extended towards any
individual, even towards the Learned Gentleman
himself, to address the meeting. After wait-
ing for some time on the platform, having been pre-
vented from proceeding by the repeated cheers of
vast assemblage that filled the theatre, he said—There
is no affectation in the declaration I make, that never
did such overwhelming sensations overpower my mind

...
as those that at present almost make me incapable oi

expressing my graititude for your kindness to mysel

and hope for: my country. Oh ! my Lord Duke, to
think of the past and the glorious moment of Irish his-
tory, when a Duke of Leinster sat, as the Duke of
Lcinster does now, at the head of an assemblage of
Irishmen.—(Cheers.) Ought we not to think from the
exhibition here to-day that Ireland has material within
her to obtain for her justice, and that if she seeks for that
equality elsewhere, and fails to obtain it, she shows she
knows how to get it by the rally that is made'now when
justice and impartiality arc in danger.---(Hear.) Oh, my
Lord Duke, I rejoice once again to hail your presence
amongst us ; and although you have been absent, I
know your absence was not occasioned by want of love to CRIMINAL CO URT—(SATIIRDAY.
Ireland.—(Cheers.) You could not cease to love .
Ireland—the blood that is in your veins—every drop of (Continued from our First Edition of Saturday.)
it is animated by love of father-land.--(Cheers.) What The ATTOANZT-GENBIAL said he was unexpectedly
a day is this for Ireland—how many men whore we called upon to defend his client from the charge of murder.
never knew before to have hearts burning with patriotism He had imagined that after the Grand Jury had thrown
have come forward on this occasion, and commenced their out the bill of indictment for murder, that the charge would
first feat in arms in favour of Ireland.—(Hear, and have been abandoned. It turned out that there were cer-
cheers)—and it tells us where there were so many friends tain technical rules of law, otfwahtiwelhi
when the
hthad been ignorant,
t
of Ireland, there still are more ; and it shows us what hwhich
foundre r. dae rveedr
verdict
etn
for c e necessary 3, h
h
higher Coroner'scharge,on
Ireland has to expect when she is organised in a
i tay
Petty
peaceable, constitutional, and determined manner— tired by the Grand Jury it must be submitted to the
e jJury. This placed him (the Attorney. General) under great
(Hear, hear,)—and that when her sons arc thus united disadvantage, though he could impute no blame whatever
she cannot continue to be a pitiful, pelting, and degraded for the manner in which the prosecution had been conducted.
province—(Cheers)—and that she will not be trampled On the contrary, he considered that his Learned Friend ( Sir
upon or misgoverned by the Peels, or any set of dema-
F. Pollock)—as might have been expected from his high
gogues.—(Cheers, and cries of " Demagogues.") Who character—had acted with as much impartiality as firmness.
He had great respect for the institution of Coroners'
are the men that would be selected by them to act as
judges? The Secretary of State for the Home Depart- such inquiriest
ment could look out for the most bigoted and virulent Juries, but be must candidly confess that he had no respect
moot theirth vertdimetse;occasion.—and
e e wereasto n
atakend
in his profession for the purpose of promoting him e nto
ftbe
under the
the direpetiroanryof a competent legal authority—and
to the bench of justice.—(Hear, hear.) And those in the coarse of his experience, he never recollected an
men would be appointed the arbiters of our lives and instance in which a conviction had been obtained on the
seeingexctihteamt
property. Crime would be committed by the foe- verdict of a Coroners' Jury. Much had lately been said
tion with impunity ; for we would have packed against Grand Juries. He (the Attorney. General) had
juries summoned together by party Sheriffs. I ask ever defended that institution. lie believed that to its
you, shall this be so ?—(" No, no.") No, it shall not. existence might be mainly attributed the safety of the lives
I swear by this great and vast assemblage I address, it and liberties of Englishmen. No man ought, to be corn-
shall not be so.—(Cheers.) Let me say, by way of pellible, at the pleasure of an officer of the Crown--
parenthesis, that I was never more obliged to any man to appear in a Criminal Court, and answer to a capital
in my life than to that awkward-looking Alderman Ar- charge. In the present case the Grand Jury, composed of
cher, for the exhibition he made here teelay ; and lam agedntlebmmeen
all
lf
suspicion,the respectabilityhighesatsaisted
too by thaenddiirneteetliloignenfee;
equally obliged to the men v. ho collected the 61. to distil-o and above
Judge eminence, the Recorder, bad, aftero
huts amongst the Orangemen, to enable them to pay a mature and calm deliberation, decided that there was not
shilling each coming in here to-day.—(Laughtser.) Yes, even a prima
.facie case for the charge of murder. Even
my friends, lam glad of it.—(A hiss.) Give that poor the Learned Counsel for the prosecution (Sir F. Pollock)
creature bacb hisshilling, and turn himout.—(Laughter.) had admitted there was no ground for that charge. Look-,
Do the paltry faction dare now to display their- Or- ing to the evidence, there would not be found a pretext for
range flag in that box.—(Cheers.) They dare riot— it. Murder consisted in malice aforethought, in delibc-
they never shall do it.—(Cries of " Never.") [A ruf- rately and with premeditation taking away the life of a
flan in the pit raised his arm in a threatening, at- fellow-creature. But could, it be pretended that
in/ tis Case th was and
titude towards Mr. O'Connell, hich caused a_ great
rankling spite, onere
the part of the reme
prisoditateer n, against the an-
ny
' * •'`e "4-:` ~I • -..114%,146.'. '.> v,
. d Gentleman un-
- l'• *".•— - Ir"fr ''' , - • ' fortunate deceased ? Certainly there had been a coolness.
Ifn • • ' rea 9; ..bture, peoceeded betweeetharn ; but the best friends often fell out, yet God
;:to say—Here I am now ; have yOtt. a bottle,vio 'ding forbid that therefore a murderous intention should be im-
at md:'--(Gheers, and cries of "he has a daggee) (TR' puted to one of them. As to the declarations spoken to
person that caused the disturbance hoeing- bde%pikt of by Rose, &c., he (the Attorney-General) called them in
of the house, Mr. O'Connell resumed SiilErAeras3 aid of his caee.s .For would the Jury suppose that if the
Mark me, „what do I waist for Ireland ? `Do I ts;itea r prisoner had really entertained any ill feeling towards
WI for ascendancy or political superiority ore n), Alsop, he would have exhibited the weapon, put the
1 class ?—(Hear,Oh, 1,
'
,111Iwoulil not be here before you to-day.
We only might hereafter, be given in evidence against him
;ire justice and equality, and do not look for escort-- tNyott..ldi h?sileniiect;. oannd thzitir nutruatrpn h e
e ?"Mo.s't bai
sciseud,
dil,is
tncy or undue superiority over any other class of per- :
tnmeevreannn which the prisoner had used was e y'
a very
ts.w-(Hear.) I have been lately in the North, and improper, ,instrument to be carried about ; and he
atvir felt more gratification than I experienced from (the Attorney-General) would heartily concur with his
Le reception of the honest and independent roen of the Learned .Friend (Sir F. Pollock) in framing, if possible,
iski•th. I like the Northern accent.--(Laughter.) a legislative measure to prevent the selling of such wee-
There is such a melody in it when properly di- puns, and make it penal to purchase them. But it was
rected, that I would almost consent to give pp my evident that the knife had beea bought and employed by
brogue for it.—(Continued laughter. Munster, Lein- Mcdhurst for
innocent purposes, up to the moment of the
event. Down to the morning of the 9th day
joined Connaught, arc with you ; a portion of Ulster has unhappy • .
joined us ; and when these things are, is there any man of March, there
Owes no ground. forheimeetaaktifaosnteadgatzsitt
that can possibly imagine that this scene is to end with thet faprisoner.
lin the n that mornoifn
morning he
and con-
to-day, and that we have only met here to fret a few versed harymlessly companyenougliabout the carpentering—an
hours on the stage, and then to think no more of it ? amusement of which he was peculiarly fond. Upon
No, such shall not be the result of this day's proceed- going up stairs to the room where he and Dalston slept, •
ings. This is the beginning of the glorious era, and he found a watch, which, as it had been the gift of
not the termination, for it is impossible that this assem- a deceased relative, he valued highly, with the glass broken,
blage cm break up without leaving some traces behind. and suspecting that Dalston had done it, it was natural he
Why, by supporting the Ministry, should we exhibit should feel irritated. He thereupon comes down to the
any niggardly feeling ? Why, on such an occasion, room where Mr. Sturmer was, and when, unexpectedly, he
should we talk of their not going far enough, or of also found Alsop speaking of Dalston, he said, " Sec what
their declaration about the finality of the Reform Bill ? tNhoewblhaeelsgtuhaerltthoarsnedonGe
nwehoi has just left your house."i
No, we should freely give them our support, when we
to throw( censure on the d e reae
a)ade
di d notß nwti sdh
nut
l n nee:me s
psealrile yd
know they have been serviceable to Ireland.—(Hear.) him to say that the deceased was to blame, for he cried out
The Ministry that works well for Ireland is the Mi- with a loud voice to the prisoner, from whom he
nistry for me.—(Cheers.) I may be blamed, I may be as yet received no provocation---" You are a liar
vilified, but I confess I am a Ministerialiat while the and a blackguard." ( Sir F. Pollock—" For saying so.")
Ministry are friendly to Ireland. There shall be no Mcdhurst could scarcely have acted otherwise on this
more statutes against education, no longer shall the than by striking the deceased with a walking-stick
parent be punished for giving knowledge to the child.— which he had with him, and which he was in the
(Hear, hear.) It shall be no longer a crime for the habit of carrying. The deceased closed with him ; a
Irish people to learn, and already they have more scuffle ensued ; deceased wrenched the stick from him,
children in the progress of learning than any country in and they separated from
d each other several feet. Alsop
Europe. They have five times as many in proportion twelnroowf
the
efaormrtmenot door, while bile Medburst, being in the in-
ns England—three times as many as Scotland, and that blow—which,' for the remainder
rooffffrn
life,escape, struckuid dal:.
the Scotch people admit—and even the King of Prussia, plore. But the moment thee blow his hei given
be
was
who sends his drummers to drive in the children in flocks horror-struck, and nothing could bewas moregv kind and
to school, has less being taught than Ireland. The attentive than his whole demeanour afterwards.
mind of the nation is becoming enlightened as their The charge of murder might therefore be dismissed from
numbers increase. We are nine millions, as is shown the ease. Now as to manslaughter ;—the law of Eng-
by the Railway Commissioners' Report, and we are land made great allowance for acts committed under the in-
still increasing at railway speed.— (Cheers and laughter.) fluence of passion, and that was clearly the case pre-
Ourintlieirl
country, then, ought not to be made light of. My sent instance. All the facts of the case being
to
facts,
fullyand fa
but hey
Lord, a new era has commenced for Ireland, such as few bweofnolrde
calltli em,h
witnessescould t
on oat call any atnn
witnessesytbeeharacter and dispo-
men ever hoped to see. Let us make the most of it.
sition of Medhurst —that he was the last person whom they
Let past dissensions be forgotten, and all be united have been guilty of a premcdi-
for,..would have thought could
Ireland. lam an old agitator, and attended many
s fated murder. But he would submit to thenciJuaryver‘cliiiecttheorf
a public meeting ; but did I ever hope to attend one they would feel themselves bound even to find
on which he
like this ? Remember we owe it to the Grand Master manslaughter; and there were two grounds
in Wing a general
of the Irish Orangemen, Lord Roden—so that our would submit they might feel justified
thof their consideration
enemies are useful and our friends zealous, and hur- verdict of acquittal.skilul tlrteawtmasenwt "ways net such as to bring
rah for old Ireland.—(Great cheering.) The shout whetheri theatli
milt in the constipated state of the deceased's
will cross over the Channel, and be heard in St. Ste-
17olwinelsamamnd whether that inflammation, so brought on, was
phen's, and it will cheer the Queen in St. James, and
not the cause of death, rather than the wound. The
encourage her to be fearless in her justice to Ireland ?-- ,
otner ground he felt it his duty to urge was, whether in
(Hear.) It is a proper answer and an echo to the letter
with which her reign so gloriously commenced.— their discrimination and humane consideration pf the case,
(Cheers.) Mr. Mahony told you, and told they might not come to the conclusion that it was excus-
you truly, able homicide. Alsop was the taller anheliehthe stronger
that the value of property has greatly increased of late man ; he had in his handsd a
awefaaptoaln,
blow.w mightdihave
year. under the Government of Lord Normanby. I inflicted a dangerhoeusbloawn
that Alsop was aiming eat him,rat
mentioned to him a fact which sufficiently proves the could not fly fromt
might be some excuse for the resist
truth of the assertion. An estate in my own county and therefored thereffemust also regret with his Learned
sold fire years ago for 75,0001. less than it produced this ance he ma
ie‘.r.
f Sturmer had not thought fit to interfere,
year.—( Hear, hear.) Is not that enough to convince Friend that
most undoulotedly his duty as a man, a clergy-
the most credulous of the great benefits produced by which itn
, dwtahse instructor of these youths, to do. His voice
Lord Normanby's Government?—(Loud cheering.)
man,
tahave been enough to have prevented any injury en.
Lord Normanby is gone, but I am happy to say that might
He did not call on the jury to strain their con.
suing.
Lord Ebrington has succeeded him. The superior of or to decide against evidence, but he hoped they
w
Lord Normanby we could not have, but I may safely sciences,
ink it consistent with their duty to find a general
aver; from what I know of the man, that his equal is
verdictou
weeping now placed over us.---(Hear, hear.) Lord Ebrington restored to his weeping mother and brothers and
is an honest politician, a firm unshaken Whig of the old sisters, and be restored to society, of which he might become
school, who are much better than those of the present a useful' member. He had no doubt the prisoner would make
day.—( Hear, hear.) They have none of their fickleness atonement kr this lamentable occurrence; and whoever at
and more than their liberality. I have had opportunities any future time read his history, would say that he was
of judging of the character of the Noble Lord, and more to be pitied than blamed.
commenced his . •
can tell you no English Member has been of so Mr. Justice COLZIIIDOE . . summing up by
service to the Irish party as he has been. fch much
observing that the Jury must withdeaiinthaelprisoner exactly
When we were in difficulties he advised us, when ecalled as they would with any personthe circumstancesower station of
life, and must look to . alone
upon he assisted us, when we differed amen tics na.ureof g ourselves to determine what was the act
we were guided by his counsels.--(Great cl • leering.) to be imted to him. It did not appear to him there was
Ho never yet misguided us—he never yet advised us d'ffieulte in the case as that the
do that which was wrong ; and the man that has doneto findso ,rn
themselves
noveltys l
embarrassedi in coming to a conclusion,
yelwoiseiuold
all this is now our Viceroy. Oh I,: British statesmen, I The questionsmeves to ba considered in this and similar cases
taunt you from this spot with your ignorance and folly were, first, whether death was occasioned by the act of the
If you were maniacs from a madhouse you could not prisoner, as alleged on the face of the indictment ; then
think of a more ridiculous insane scheme than that of under what circumstances did the prisoner act, go as to
governing Ireland as you have done.—(Cheers.) States occasion that death ? Did he so
tract that he Was guilty
men of a great and powerful nation, you are only the- of wilful murder, or of the lesser o
that
of manslaughter;
laughing stock of the rest of Europe, andyou d or were the circumstances such as, though he had (se-
t . deserve to casioned the death, the act was justifiable or excusable on tho
be so when you imagine that you govern while you only z ded in self ? The
round that he rocoe
taking y would have
vitiate and excite. Foolish men, do you imagine that to all the circumstances
we will submit to such a system of government again? thecownosuidnedr whether,had
b
been the cause of the death, together,
we
When we talk of the peace that exists now through the were satisfied the wound had not occasioned it, but someey
country, we tacitly reproach those who governed it be- ill treatment or ill habit of body, then on the simplest of all
fore the days of Lord Normanby. Our conduct, now that, principle, they must find a verdict of acquittal ; but ashen
after centuries of persecution and misrule, we have got they came to look at the evidence (and it was useless
even a small share of justice, proves that we are a grate- in a case, however grave, to make unneessary dn.
ful people, and that we are deserving of those rights culties) it did not appear toh
him, he confessed, that
which we demand, and some of which we have obt ' . the evidence would warrant tem in coming to that
amed
nelusion. The Learned Judge then recapitu-
-(Cheers.) The soil of Ireland, the richest upon the cd the evidence of Mr. Chadwick and Mr. Patten.

Mr. O'CoNNELL then said, I have the high honour
of proposing a vote of thanks to his Grace the Duke of
Leinster. I have the sincerest pleasure in moving that
the thanks of this meeting, and of all Ireland, be given
to the hereditary patriot and leader of the Irish nation.
The motion was carried by acclamation.
The immense concourse then separated in a most
orderly and peaceable manner.