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TRIAL OF MR. DUFFY.
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DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The exarn-
of witnesses on behalf of the Crown was reSlO
the sitting of the Court this morning, and vv0..1,
cisely similar to that adduced on the previous "l ft
Evidence was given, in the first instance, in co
in
boration of the testimony of the witnesses exo/11
yesterday as to the prisoner's handwriting °tit
letters found in Mr. Smith O'Brien's portrnsvol
when arrested in 'l'hurles in September last, 01110
the MS. of an article contained in the unpub
copy of the Nation.
Several persons were then produced, and 00 V
others General MacDonald, Mr. RedingtoV
under-secretary of the Lord-Lieutenant, Alp
Connellan, private secretary to his ExcellencYV
to trace the portmanteau to Mr. S. O'Brien's P,
,-;01
sion, after which the letters and papers were g':
evidence, and the Attorney-General was, s'l,
hour, about proving the transactions which 04
place at Ballingarry when the police barracks t)
attacked, as connecting those proceedings wit",
prisoner.
The Crown case will close to-day, and Mr.

Q.C., will commence his address to the jury °tool
prisoner in the morning, if not obliged by the
to open it this evening.
RETURN OF MR. TWISLETON.
Mr. Twisleton hils returned to Dublin, 0%,11
resumed the discharge of his duties as re°l
Commissioner, perhaps with a view to wind 14
affairs of his office.

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SPRING OPERATIONS.—It iS a gratifying -
stance to be able to state, at this early season, thilol
withtandirg the wide-spread ruin which has ce03109
the farmers of the country, rich and poor, by the 01,
the potato and exorbitant poor-rates, the operatijelA
the season are much more advanced in the colol,
Antrim, Down, and Armagh, than perhaps the',/,'
were in the month of April. In many distriecti
might almost say over nearly the entire of the
Down—the sowing of corn and planting of Pk,
have ;it gether ceased. In the counties name"
committal to the soil of the la ely most treae ,
esculent commence.' much earlier than usual, avA
olii,
what we have ourselves seen, and from the reports 0?
have reached us, we are disposed to believe that :to!
than average extent of land has been appropriate,/
growth. A great breadth of land has been place(' $lO
wheat, the brain] of which everywhere looks tipeoll
and vigorous, and, we may add, from what we bill:111.,
that there is every probability that green crops "of
most extensively cultivated, especially by the
farmers of this neighbourhood.—Banner of , „
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—lmmediately
her performance of Adalgisa, on Tuesday night. Al :(14
Giuliani received the news of the death of her fathe'
cholera in Paris.
feed
ST. JAMES'S TEIEATRE.—Mr. Kitchell re
mences his French plays and opera comique on oince4
next, having made arrangements for the contintl9Tll:
these performances until the end of June. Mdlle• f
ton and M. Couderc are engaged for the whole °
tsfi
term, in conjunction with M. Octave, the princiPTI
V,
of the Grand Opera at Paris—a department in villelf,l
Mitchell's conitnny bas hitherto been weak. M. ofl
who sang in this country during the carnpaig°A
Brussel's artists, is also promised. The theatrical 'O4
of the speculation will be strengthened by the prese.,ool
Bouffe and Madame Doche. The theatre will re-er
Monday lit xt with Auber's Fra Diavolo. teOli
\\'e read that the weather has been very in-re,
rate in Dublin lately. Father Mathew, who is at
sojourning there, will most likely leave in disgust.
pet Show.
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:Lady Brougham left town on Tuesday, on a>i°
Lady Moore, at Cobham.
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BIIZTES.
On the sth inst., the wife of George A. Rees, M. A" 0
y- qu
lery-place, Finsbursare, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Newton Longville, Bucks, the
the Rev. J. R. Hughes, cf a child, stillborn. .Olr
On the 7th inst., at Great Portland-Areet, the wife 00
Hare, Esq., ( f a son.
On the 9th inst., at Upper Seymour street, Perim ft
square. il.rs. Henry Smith, of a daughter.
tl,o3ti# On the 9th inst , at Ebury- place, Eaton-square', oil
of his Honour John Downie, First Puisne Judge 0'
Guiana, of a daughter,

MARRIED. 411.0
On tho 10th inst , at St. Marv's Church, C1017101:14
Captain George Clerk Mends, it...N., eldest son 0, "0001
Commodore Sir Robert Mends, to Georgina Nesbit, Dor
ter of the late Captain Nesbit, RN., and granddaug td
the late ITiscountes Nelson, Duchess of Bronte. 0010,
On the 10th inst., at Holme-pierrepont, C;0
ILmilton, Captain R N., youngest son of the late 1--:°l*, cP
Hamilton and Lady Charlotte Hamilton, to Mary, °°"",
of the late Thomas Grove, Esq., of Ferne, Wiltshire!.

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