The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-09 00:00:00

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No. 17,484.]

LONDON,

SALES BY AUCTION.

TIIE GRANGE ESTATE, CHALFONT, ST. PETERS, BUCKS.
jIESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON re-
spectfully apprise the Public that they have DISPOSED
of the above ESTATE (advertised to be sold by Auction in October)
by PRIVATE CONTRACT.
Waterloo-place, 6th October, 1848.

THE VALUABLE ESTATE OF FARLINGTON Ly HANTS.
ilviEssits. DANIEL SMITH and SON re-
spectfully apprise the Public that this capital Freehold ES-
TA FE, between Havant and Portsmouth (advertised for Sale by
Auction at the end of October( has been DISPOSED OF BY PRI-
I VATE TREATY.
LdWaterloo-place, 7th October, 1648.

The famous CASTLE, ESTATE, and MANOR of the
Mansion of Mountfield. the Gate Borough Marshes, and School
Farm, and other properties within the borough, and a great part
adjoining the town and port of Rye, with a portion of the Pet
Level Marshes, near Winchelsea, offering most eligible and im-
proveable investments, and invaluable Accommodation Lands to
the town, altogether upwards of 1,050 acres, with the old Castle
Ruins, surrounded by highly picturesque scenery.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON have
received instructions to prepare for SALE by AUCTION,
at the Auction Mart, on FRIDAY, October 13, at Twelve, in Lots (un-
less acceptable offers should be previously made by Private Treaty),
The above very important and influential FREEHOLD ESTATES,
embracing the fine breadth of rich grazing and dairy land (with a
very small proportion under the plough am'. hops), spreading in
wide expanse between the towns of Rye and Winchelsea, chiefly
occupied by Jeremiah Smith, Esq., partly bounded by the navigable
River Brede, the Government Military-road, and the harbour of
Rye, on which it has a wharf and limekiln. The Castle Estate will
form one lot of about 750 acres with or without the Pet Level
Marshes, about 110 acres ; the Gate Borough Marshes, several lots
for the accommodation of the town; also the School-house Farm,
and the residence of Mountfield, with its rich and finely-timbered
grounds at the entrance of the town, separate lots. These fine
marsh estates have the great advantage of unfailing springs of fresh
water, and are subject to very trifling level scots, and the larger
proportion being in the parish of Icklesham, are subject to mode-
rate poor-rates. To trustees they present particularly choice in-
vestments, as there is little or no timber to pay for, and few build-
ings required.

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The estates may be viewed, and descriptive particulars, with
plans, had at the inns at Nye, Hastings, &c. ; of Messrs. Wright"and
Kingsford, solicitors, Essex-street, Strand; of Messrs. Lardner and
Dawes, Solicitors, Rya ; at the Auction Mart; and of Messrs. Daniel
smith and Sen, Land Agents, In Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

SUSSEX.
Important and truly valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE and MANORS,
In the interesting and beautiful vicinity of RYE and NORTIIIAM,
on the river BOTHER, comprising upwards of 1,600 acres, nearly
in a ring fence.
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SMITH
and EaxencautorsSoON f
tke late
Trustees
Herbert Barrett Curteis, M.P., to announce that they will SUBMIT
to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, on FRIDAY, October 13,
at Twelve (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made),
The very valuable and picturesque FREEHOLD ESTATE
and MANOR of KNELLE, comprising several eligible
farms, in a famous hop district, and embracing a line
tract of rich marsh land, bounded for a great extent
by the navigable river Rother, near Newenden-wharf,
with a superior and complete farm residence and ether home-
steads. The whole has been for many years farmed by Mr. Samuel
Selmes, the celebrated grazier and hop-grower, and is in the highest
state and condition. The estate comprises above 1,600 acres, in-
cluding some remarkably thriving woodlands (in hand), and lies in a
compact ring fence, in the parish of Beckley, about four miles from
Rye, offering a most valuable, improving, and influential property
as a first-rate landed investment.

Particulars may be obtained, by application to Messrs. Wright and
Kingsford, solicitors, Essex-street, Strand; to Mr. Selmes, Beckley;
or to Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo-place,
Pall-mall, London, who are authorised to receive •ffers by private
treaty.

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O'Brien (interr ')—lt is not fair to make
ise remarks in Mr. I v s • sence.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—' 0 one feels more deeply
than Ido the position in w Mr. O'Brien stands. Ihe
,was urged on to his ruin by others, and I repeat that he
listened to them.
O'Brieie.(in a louder voice)—lt is unworthy, in
theabsence ef a gentleman who is himself on trial atehe
tiesi7o make such observations as those that have fallen
from the'Solicitor7General. I beg at once, and most
distinctly to repudiate all connexion with or participa-
tion in them.
The SOLICITOR- GENERAL continued—As those re-
marks seemed to influence Mr. O'Brien, he would pro-
ceed to read the letter without any further comments.
The Learricd Sdticitor-General did so, and havingread
Mr. Meagher's letter also, came to the consideration of
Dobbin, the informer's evidence. Counsel-for the pri-
sener finding the damaging nature of that witness's tes-
timony, endeavoured to show that no such club as "the
Red Hand'. had ever existed, and that his whole story
was false. Dobbin had been examined on Saturday last.
If he swore falsely, they could have brought plenty of
witnesses to contradict him. They had not done so; the
Crown had proved the existence of the club by two
policemen. At the meeting of the 19th of July Mr.
O'Brien, in reference to the proclamation of the 18th,
requested that it should not be made the occasion of
a general collision. Dobbin attended a meeting held
early the same day for the purpose of defeating the
proclamation, at which Mr. Brenan moved -a reso-
lution, for an immediate outbreak, Which was
not supported by Mr. O'Brien,
because he
.did
not think it would be successful "at present!.
This taken in connexion with the subsequent advice
was powerful proof of Dobbin's testimony. Go-
vernment knew these facts on the 20!h, and on the 21st
Lnrd J. Russell went down to the House and •applied
for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, because
lit was clear no time was to bo lost if the Government
and the country were to be saved. Then came the
meeting for the election of the Executive Council; on
the 21st of July. The Solicitor-General then read
over Dobbin's evidence of this transaction. It would
be for the jury to say whether Dobbin's statementevas
not corroborated by events and facts. The crisis dad
then arrived, and the steps taken by Government:be-
came absolutely necessary. At that meeting five gen-
tlemen were, elected as members of an. Exedutive
Council.
Mr. O'Brien—Will you be good enough to read out
the names of those gentlemen? • - •
The SOLICITOR- GENERAL—Certainly. • They are
Meagher, Davin Reilly, M'Ghie, Dillon, and O'Gor-
man.
Mx. O'Brien, as each name was pronounced, referred
to a small slip of paper in his hand, and -at the eon-
elution of the list nodded his head as if- sathified. •
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL continued—The balloting
papers were proofs of Dobbin's evidence, as they had
been traced up to Lelor, one of the persons who was
present at the meeting, by one of the witnesses.
Mr. FITZGERALD observed that they had not been
traced up to him.
The Lord Chief Justice BLACKEST:MEE referred to his
note, from which it appeared that the witness alluded to
deposed that ho found the balloting papers in a roll on
Lalor's bed, but could not identify them.
The SOractron-Gnerener, proceeded—lt was at all
events in evidence that Dobbin proved some of them
clearly, and swore distinctly to one in his own writing,
and others that he had seen written. Mr. Whiteside, in
observing upon the balloting papers, had said that some
of them must have been withdrawn, for if correct, the
name of Father Kenyon would have appeared upon
some of them, and he animadverted with severity upon
his client being prosecuted whilst a Roman Catholic was
allowed to go free. He (the Solicitor-General) was
sure that his excellent and Learned Friend Mr. Whiteside
would not lend the credit of his high character to a ca-
lumny as foul as it was false, and that they (the jury)
would give the Government, of which he (the Solicitor-
General) was but a humble member, the credit that if any
evidence were put forward against any person, whether a
layman or a minister of the church, proceedings would be
instituted,without regard to his station or religion, to bring
the delinquent to justice. It had been contended by the
counsel for Mr. O'Brien that the object he had in view
was his personal safety from arrest. It was for the jury
to say whether that limited purpose was the object of
the insurrection pr whether it was a general one. It
eas tor them to say whether when he was at Mr. Ma-
her's house, when Mr. Dillon and Mr. Meagher arrived,
he and his friends did not think that the crisis had ar-
rived, that the time had come for the grand insurrection,
and that the rallying cry should be the personal security
of Mr. O'Brien, because it was more exciting from the po-
pularity of that gentleman. It his wish to avoid arrest
were the only object of Mr. O'Brien, why when he first
heard of the intention to suspend the Habeas Corpus
Act did he not withdraw from the country until that
-uspeesion had expired. He might have gone from Mr.
Maher's either to Cork or Waterford, and quitted the
country. But he did not do so, and he thought the in-
ference was that when he left Mr. Maher's he proceeded
to and slept that night at Doheny's, at Cashel. They
would remember that a portmanteau was found at that
house, and that Mr. Maher in his evidence admitted
that Mr. O'Brien had brought the portmanteau to his
house.

Mr. O'Brien wished to correct the Learned Solicitor-
General. Mr. Maher had not said it was the same port,.
manteau.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thanked Mr. O'Brien for
the correction. It was for the jury to infer whether the
portmanteau was the same. The Learned Gentleman
then traced the subsequent proceedings of Mr. O'Brien,
and argued that it was most unreasonable to suppose that
the guard of twenty armed persons which Mr. O'Brien
had around him was to save him from arrest, for that
number would have been insufficient to have resisted the
strong arm of the law. It was the mockery of a body
guard. They must also observe that at the time the
marching and drilling was proved to have taken place no
Iwarrant had been issued for Mr. O'Brien's arrest. But
did they ever hear of such a thing as raising barricades
and having a large body of armed men to resist a per-
sonal arrest? But the evidence of Pemberton, the engi-
neer of the Mining Company, put the case beyond all
doubt. That witness, a most respectable person, had
spoken to a conversation which he had had with Mr.
O'Brien at Kenrick's Cross on the morning of 'the 2gth,
in which he spoke of the people in other parts of the
country being ready to rise; that a warrant was issued
for his arrest, and that if he were taken he should be
hanged. They would also remember that two persons at
least who had been appointed members of the war coun-
cil of the League, if they believed Dobbin's evidence,
were present throughout the proceedings at Mullinahone
and Ballingarry. But how was the letter to the Mining
Company to be explained? It spoke of revolution, and
contemplated a control over the property and a confisca-
tion of it to the national treasury. Could those things
be answered by the mild suggestion that Mr. O'Brien's
wish to avoid arrest was the cause of all? They were
inexplicable on the principle of the conduct of any
rational being, and irreconcilable with any other conclu-
sion in the mind of intelligent and honest men than that
they were assembled for a general purpose. With re-
spect to the words sold to have been uttered by Mr.
O'Brien at the widow M'Cormack's house of " Slash
away, boys, and slaughter them all," he was willing to
believe that, considering the high character, mild dis-
position, and the education of the prisoner, he had not
used them—he believed Mr. O'Brien's honour was dear
to him, and gave credit to his assertion, and that the
words had proceeded from a man of less education and
humanity; but then Mr. O'Brien was present at the
time; he was at the head of the party who were en-
gaged in that fatal conflict. He had gone through the
tacts of the case, and it would be for the jury to say
whether the object of Mr. O'Brien was not a general
insurrection. He had endeavoured to discharge the
painful duty which had devolved upon him with firmness
and impartiality, and he now left the case in the hands
of the jury.
The Lord Chief Justice BLACYB CANE proceeded to
sum up as follows:—As the organ of this high tribunal,
it now becomes my duty to offer to
y.douictbon'atlissiisstmanocsyet
%II:eh you have a right to ask, and which it is our duty
to verdict .
neadndnwgchoinchsciwei?tiorucesecloven:lcomra3tio°n
momentousttana,ffcirlmd ,yd oi
dispassionate,
question,
ioCiioan ts
ei and
which its importance clesqyps. ,Your conduct since you
have been impannelled in that box affords to us ample
security on which' we may rely. I a ill not impress nor
aveuipt to impose upon you, because I feel it would be
unnecessary, the importance of the case, or its claims
0,, Your patient and anxious attention. I' will pass im-
mediately to the discharge of my duty by expressing a
cougient hope that your attention will be fixed ex-
clusively on the evidence which you have heard, and
that nothing you knew or heard before you entered that
b x and
.underteok the high trust now confided to you
will have the slightest influence on your decision, and
that it will be founded, ay it ought to be, solely on
your conscientious view of the evidence • you • have
heard. The charge against the prisoner at the bar is
that of high treason and it will be my duty, in the first
instance, to simplify the subject so as to enable you
tistinctly to apprehend, what the law is upon it, and
Lein. understood, wil enable you aptly to apply it to
the evidence you have heard. There are two distinct
species of treason stated iu this indictment. The first
five counts are for levying war against the Queen in her
realm, the last end sixth count is for compassing the
death of the Queen.. I shall at once relieie you from
any misapprehension of the last count, because, though
there is what in strictness of law must be considered
evidence to sustain that count, that evidence is more
clearly and distinctly applicable to the counts for' levy-
ing war, and your attention may, therefore, be confined
altogether to the charge of levying war against the
Queen in her realm. In order to .sustain that charge
you must be satisfied that there was an insurrection—
an insurrection by force, and that the object of that in-
surrection was a general object. It had been complained
on the part of the prisoner that there had been some
extension of the doctrine of high treason in cases which
aro properly not to be considered within the meaning
of " war against the Queen." I du not enter
into any consideration of that argument. Whether the
words of the Act of Edward 111. may or may not be
extended by a strained construction is not the question,
because, if the evidence on which the Crown relies sus-
tains any of the allegations which they adduce to sup-
port it, there was unquestionably an object of a general
kind in the case before us; for, whether the object of the
insurrection was to effect a repeal of the Act of Union,
or to effect any change in the constitution of the Go-
vernment of the realm, or to dismember the empire by
effecting the separation of the United Kingdom and con-
stituting Ireland into a distinct sovereignty—whether
any or all of these was the object or objects, the case
plainly and clearly comes within the meaning of the
statute, as I before stated to you, and therefore the levy
of war for its attainment would be plainly high treason.,
I need not advert to the authorities which have been
stated in the course of the consideration of the case; but
there is one passage from a judgment of Lord
Tenterden which is very distinctly applicable to
the case before. us.. He eV% "Insurrections, or

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