The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.

(From the Dublin Morning Post of Wednesday.)
WEXFORD ASSIZES, JULY 19.
TYE NEWTOWNBARRIC AFFAIR.

Judge JormszoN took his seat on the Bench at the usual

Lord STOPFORD—My Lord, we have found no bills
against three of the prisoners, William Devitt, Thomas
CV, and John Deacon, hut we are willing to entertain
bills against William Gilfoyle and Mr. Graham for
manslaughter.
His Loansnir—Then the regular course for you would
he to require bills of indictment for manslaughter to be
now sent before you.
The Foreman expressed his assent, when
His Lordship proceeded—l told you yesterday that if a
number of persons were to assemble together for the pre-
servation of the peace, or the protection of property, and
that if some of that party so assembled for one or other
of these objects, should commit any act of violence, not
of an excuseable nature, and from which homicide en-
sued, the individual so acting, or any person aiding or abet-
ting him, would be alone guilty of the offence, which ever
it might amount to—murder or manslaughter. The
offence, as sent up to you in the bills, does not, in your
opinion, gentlemen, amount to murder; and you think,
in regard to two of the prisoners, that it cannot exceed
manslaughter. In this case it is most essential that the
facts should be all proved to you, so as the persons com-
mitting the offence would be alone guilty, and those not
found to be aiding and abetting would be perfectly in-
nocent—you could not find them guilty—that is, I mean
if their so assembling were for a legal purpose. But
mind, gentlemen, the law is quite different, if they had
assembled for an illegal purpose. Under all the circum-
stances of the case as it stands at present, the question will
be then for you to try which of the persons charged in
the bills to be sent up to you fired ; did the persons
charged in the new bills that are to be sent up to you fire
on the crowd, under circumstances that would amount to
manslaughter ; and if so, I say that the persons who
fired on the crowd, either jointly or in succession, would
be equally guilty of the homicide. I thought the present
observations necessary, lest I should be misapprehended in
any thing I had said yesterday ; new bills for manslaughter
against the individuals named should be sent up to them
with as little delay as possible.
Sir William Cox (Juror)—My Lord, I would wish to
ask your Lordship one question. If a military body be
called out, and if the Commander give the order to fire,
whether those acting under his command are exempt from
consequences ?
His Lonnsme—My opinion is, that no subject of the
King is bound to obey an illegal order, and if an officer
give an illegal order, those who obey him are not, in my
opinion, exempt.
Juror—Then, my Lord, is the soldier to be the judge
for himself in the case, whether lie is to obey the order or
not?

His LORDSHIP—I suppose so.
Juror—Then, this being so, the circumstance will be re-
ceived below in mitigation.
His LORDSHIP--1 have nothing to do with that.
The Jury on this retired.

A QUARTER. EAST FOUR.

The bills against Captain Graham, for manslaughter,
have been just ignored! and he was in four indictments.

It is reported that the KING will be at Ports-
mouth in about three weeks, to inspect the fleet, which
is to return for that purpose. His MAJESTY will after-
wards honour his Grace the Duke of RICHMOND with a
visit during the Goodwood Races. It is expected the
QUEEN will remain at the Pavilion during the KING'S
visit at Portsmouth.—Brighton Gazette.

THE FUNERAL OF MR. NORTHCOTE.—On
Wednesday last the funeral took place of our venerable
artist, JAMES NORTIMOTE, Esq., R.A., the last of any ce-
lebrity ninong the scholars of Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
Agreeably to the injunctions of his will, confirmed orally
near the close of life, his remains were deposited in the
vault under the New Church of St Marylebone, for the
purpose of being near to those of his long departed friend
Mr. COSWAY, and with as little pomp as practicable.
The private letters by the Lisbon mail of
this morning are dated on the 9th instant. The French
squadron, cousisting of three sail of the line, two frigates,
one corvette, and three brigs, had arrived off the bar of
the Tagus, and a flag of truce bad been sent in by the
Admiral, demanding immediate satisfaction of all the
demands previously made by the French Government.
The exact terms of this requisition had not transpired,
but they may be inferred from a communication made
by the French Admiral to the foreign consulates in Lis-
bon, acquainting them that be was ordered before that
port to demand satisfaction in the name of his Govern-
meat, 4nd if it was not immediately acceded to, hostili-
ties would commence by the disembarkation of troops
from his squadron. A pomber of transports and steam-
seamis accompanied the French expedition, which was
supposed to parry near 3,000 troops. Affairs on shore,
with regard to Dort 31muzi., were in a state of the la,
most disorder and perplexity. The despot—in this
cri4is, as it may be termed, of his fate—was almost
without a Illinistry. Previous to the arrival of
the French squadron, D. JOAO DE MATos, Mini-
bier of Justice, had been dismissed, and sent to Cas-
caes ; the Superintendent of Police, GY.IIM-kNO DA
VEIGA, had also :been turned out of office; and the
Duke DE CADOVAL, the Prime Minister, had tendered
his resignation, which was apcepted. Consternation
reigned throughout Lisbon, particularly among the Mi-
guelite party, though to the friends of constitutional go•
yernment the crisis was likewise full of danger, as they
were prepared to expect the utmost vengeance of the ty-
rant, should be be enabled by any means to make his peace
with the French Admiral, and avert the punishment with
which he was threatened. Meantime the Migoelites, as
if roused to greater fury by the very danger that impended
over them, had committed shocking excesses in the streets
of Lisbon. A retired officer, ; brave soldier, and of known
constitttional principles, was set upon in open day by six-
teen miscreants, among whom were three officera and a
priest, and assassinated ; not, however, before, by snatching
tk weapon from one of his assail Ants, he had succeeded in
Levelling two of their number with the ground. Three
other assassinations took place on the Bth (one of them
AU a woman), by order of Alto vEr. himself, for no other
reason hut because he considerecl, in passing along the
street, that they had not manifested proper marks of re-
spect to his sacred person! A corntnimicatien was sent
oil to the French Admiral on the morning of the 10th, but
it was left wholly in douht, at the departure of the
packet, whether or pot Alp ogr. had yielded to his demands.
..... rings,

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