The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-14 00:00:00

OCTOBER 14, 1848.
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IRELAND.

MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.
Dunr.nr, OCT. 13.—The meeting called for to-day
to promote a public petition, that the recommenda-
tion of the jury in the case of Mr. Smith O'Brien
should be conceded by. the Government, was com-
posed of representatives of all parties, save perhaps
the extreme Repealera and the extreme Tories. Mr.
Sharman Crawford, M.P., presided. In consequence
of a report prevailing that the warrant of execution
of Mr. S. O'Brien had been forwarded, an immediate
deputation was appointed to wait on the Lord-
Lieutenant to ascertain the fact, and arrangements
were made to have a memorial signed as exten-
sively as the time would permit, which will be pre-
sented by deputation. The following is a copy of
the memorial:—

" To his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon, Lord High
Chancellor of Ireland, &c. May it please your Excel-
lency, we, the undersigned, consisting principally of the
inhabitants of Dublin and its vicinity, respectfully ad-
dress your Excellency as the representative in Ireland
of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. We fully
concur in the recommendation of the jury, by whom
William Smith O'Brien has been found guilty, and we
humbly and earnestly entreat that her Majesty's prero-
gative of mercy may be exercised by your Excellency in
favour of Mr. O'Brien."

The following is the official announcement made to
the meeting of yesterday of the interview with Lord
Clarendon :

Mr. Sharman Crawford having retaken the chair,
stated the result of their interview with his Excellency.
He said: we were detained a considerable time in con-
sequence of the Lord-Lieutenant being out; but as soon
ap he returued, we sent up the memorial which was
adopted here to-day, and he immediately received us. I
explained to him the reason why we came so promptly
—that onr apparent urgency aroso from a report that
had been stated at the meeting to the effect that a war-
rant had been issued for the execution of Mr. O'Brien—
that for that reason the deputation which then waited
upon his Excellency was appointed for the purpose of in-
quiring—first, whether there was any truth in that re-
port; and secondly. whether his Excellency would be
pleased to receive a deputation at a future day to present
that memorial after it had received more extensive sig-
natures? His Excellency, in reply, said, first, he had no
hesitation in stating that the report of any warrant
having been sent down to Clonmel was utterly false and
unfounded; and, secondly, that he should be ready to
receive a deputation to present the memorial, when he
was informed that it had obtained signatures to the ex-
tent which the promoters of it desired.

THE SPECIAL COMMISSION.
TRIAL OF M'MANUS.

CLONMEL, OCT. 12.—The Court sat this morning at
half-past nine o'clock, and was attended at that early
hour by few indeed, except those compelled to be pre-
sent. Very little interest appears to be felt for Mr.
M‘Manus, except by his immediate friends and con-
nexions, who are here to give him the benefit of their
advice and assistance. The principal scene in this me-
lancholy drama has closed, if we except the trial of Mr.
Meagher, whose case promises to afford as much inte-
rest as that of Smith O'Brien himself. As soon as Mr.
M‘Manas appeared at the bar the proceedings com-
menced.

The SOLICITOR•GEXERAL rose to reply on behalf of
the Crown. After some prefatory observations, he pro-
ceeded to say that he had had some experience in a court
of justice, but it was the first time he ever heard counsel
say that a jury was bound to agree as to what the ver-
dict should be before they heard the charge of the
Learned Judge who may try the case. • That indeed was
new doctrine to him, for be had always conceived that
when counsel in their meal on behalf of their client,
misled the jury in points of law, or as regarded the
evidence, the Court always stepped in, and in the
proper administration of justice, explained the subject-
matter to them. The two questions they should have
to try were, first, was the rising which took place in
July last, in this county, fcr general purposes, no matter
what particular object was immediately in view? and,
secondly, was that a levying of war for the purpose of
effecting a revolution in the laws and constitution of the
realm at which the prisoner was present? It' a man set
up as a leader in the country, at the head of an armed
force, and told the ;people it was their duty to protect
him from arrest, for the purpose of carrying on a general
object of insurrection, that was as much treason as if he
had at once proceeded at the head of an armed force in
actual and open rebellion. Now, as regarded the pri-
soner at the bar, another question they had to decide
was, whether he was engaged in any part of these melan-
choly transactions, and what part he took in it? They
had the evidence of more than ten witnesses who iden-
tified him in the proceedings at Mullinahone and Bal-
lingarry, and it appeared to him that, next to Mr.
O'Brien, he was the most prominent leader among
them. They should ask themselves what brought
Mr. O'Brien, a gentleman of rank, fortune, station,
and family, to an obscure village like Mullins-
hone, forty miles from his own home and tenantry,
and for what purpose did he go there? Had they any
doubt, from the evidence produced, that he went there
to rouse the people to armed resistance against the
lawful authorities of the country ; and that were it not
for the prompt measures taken to suppress it, the jury,
in all probability, would not now be trying that case,
but be, perhaps, engaged in a sanguinary and desperate
struggle for life and property. As regarded the prisoner
at the bar, he (the Solicitor-General) should ask the
jury who he was, and what brought him to Ballingarry
on the 28th of July ? He, a Liverpool merchant, of re-
spectability, and in good business, is found there on that
day, drilling an armed party, as if by a miracle. The
prisoner no doubt denied, and he (the Solicitor-General)
gave him the benefit of it, that he was an English Char-
tist ; but if he were not an English Chartist, he was an
Irish Revolutionist. Then, again, great stress had been
laid on the assertion that reporters from the newspapers
were admitted to the meeting at Liverpool, but it was not
so. It was distinctly proved in evidence that they were
excluded, and, if presenkt, why not have them summoned
to contradict the evidence of the police ? The police
themselves were obliged to go in coloured clothes to
such meetings, and prohibited using note-books or taking
notes, because had they done so they would not have
been permitted to remain. What, he would again ask,
brought Mr. M'Manus from Liverpool to Dublin with-
out any luggage ?
Mr. OVA.LLAGHAN observed that it was his intention
to have returned the same evening.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL resumed—lt was said he
was about to go to Liverpool in the evening, but if so,
why did he tell the steward of the vessel to take care of
his tin box, which contained the uniform of the 'B2d
Club ? Because he might perhaps return. If his object
was to avoid arrest in Liverpool the jury should recol-
lect that the Habeas Corpus -Act was not suspended in
England, and that in coming to Dublin he exposed him-
self to the very danger he wished to avoid. And what,
he would again ask, brought him to Ballingarry? He
was, as they had heard in evidence, a native of Ulster.
and an advocate for the tenant-right—but why did he
not go from Dublin to his friends and relatives in that
province instead of to Mullinalione, where he was found
with Mr. O'Brien, coquetting with the allegiance of the
police. That was not a levying of war, forsooth, against
the authority of the Crown. They would be told, he had
no doubt, by many outside the box in which they sat,
that such a levying of war could not take place until the
people from the hills of Waterford and the Gaulties of
Tipperary came down and stormed Clonmel I That, in the
opinion of many, woule constitute only a levying of war;
but their Lordships on the bench would tell them dif-
ferently. From Mullinahone they found the prisoner at Kil-
lenaulo, ;assisting in erecting a barricade; they found
him on a horse, which, as usual on all similar occasions,
he pressed into his service—drilling armed men, and
doing all those acts which constituted an open insurrec-
tion. The Learned Counsel next referred to the docu-
ments given in evidence, particularly the fatal letter to
the Mining Company, and proceeded to comment on the
affair at the widaw 111‘Cormack's house, where the con-
flict tcok place between the police and the people. On
that melancholy occasion Mr. M'Manus was found taking
an active and a controlling part. It was in evidence that
he gave directions to have the house burned, and it was
positively sworn that he was the person who took con-
stable Carrol a prisoner. Then they had the evidence of
Mr. Lloyd, a young gentleman who was stopped on the
road by the prisoner at the bar. He asked him the
number of troops at Kilkenny—the strength of the army
at Willingford—whether he was himself a courier—or if
a force was on the road marching towards Ballingarry?
What did all these things mean but a plain manifest
determination to resist the constituted authorities by
force? The prisoner at the bar was bound up with his
leader Mr. O'Brien; he was bound by his acts and in -
tentions—he should stand or fall with him; and he (the
Solicitor-General) therefore submitted that the jury were
bound to return a verdict of guilty against him.
Chief Justice DOHERTY then charged the jury. The
case (he said) having now drawn to a close, it became
his duty, as the organ of the Court, to make a few ob-
servations to them in laying down the law before he pro-
coeded to read to them his notes of the evidence; and it
would be a gratification to hear that he did not antici-
pate it would be necessary for him to trespass long on
their attention, because the law, as applicable to the case,
was so perfectly settled by the highest authorities, by
long train of decisions, and laid down very recently by
that Court without cavil or dispute. With respect to the
evidence, they heard observations made upon it by
the
able counsel at both sides; and as an apprehension
seemed to have existed that it was the intention of the
Court to trespass on their peculiar duties, and were
about to interfere with what was exclusively their pro-
vince in dealing with the facts, let him at once set their
minds at ease, and assure them that it was not the wish
of the Judges in the slightest degree to invade their
province. Tho responsibility of applying the facts to the
law rested altogether with them, and if ever there was a
case where it was unnecessary by anticipation of counsel
to make such an observation, that was peculiarly the
case, because it' there was any difficulty in it, it would
arise in applying the law to the facts of the case; but
none respecting the conduct of the witnesses. Long as that
trial lasted—and he was far from saying it lasted too
long—a case was never brought before a jury with less
impeachment to the credit or the witnesses, a less dis-
.

[PRICE SD.

pute about facts. There may be some as to their appli-
cation to the law of the case, but none whatever as re-
garded their existence. The prisoner stood indicted for
the crime of high treason ; the indictment contained six
counts, but one of them, the 6th, by the admission of the
Crown, was removed from their consideration, and cer-
tainly that had greatly simplified the case. It has been
contended on behalf of the Crown that the prisoner was
guilty of high treason, and of levying war against her
Majesty within this realm, and that he did so within
the intent and moaning of the statute of Edward the
Third. They insist that all the facts which had taken
place in the week in July, which had been so much the
subject of their consideration, amount to a levying of
war, and if it amounted to that, the prisoner was pre-
sent taking a part, that be was guilty of levying of war,
and therefore ought to be convicted of high treason. It
was a most important fact to tell them what the levying
of war was. It rested on the highest authority—on a
train of undisputed decisions—and if the jury were of
opinion there was an insurrection with force—that that
was got up for the purpose of accomplishing some gene-
ral object, that amounted to high treason, but it, on the
other hand, they ware of opinion there was no such
general object exclusively in view, but a particular
object, it would not ; but it may not be the less high
treason if the general objt ct co-existed with the particu-
lar object then immediately in view. The authority
before cited was 39 clear, and as it might be of assistance
to them in deciding the case, he would read the very
words for them in preference to his own version. 'The
Learned Judge then quott d the words of Judge Foster,
so often referred to during these trials—that insur-
rections and risings, however ill conducted or arranged,
having for their object a change of a public or general
nature, were deemed guilty of high treason—and pro-
ceeded :—On the part of the Crown it was insisted that
those occurrences which took place during the weak, and
on the days intervening between Monday the 24th, and
Saturday the 29th, amounted to such a levying of war,
and it was for rational, intelligent men, looking at it in
the view just given, to say if such were the case. It is
further insisted on the part of the Crown, that one and
all of the facts proved went to establish ;that that part
of the country was in a state of insurrection, not for a i
particular object, but a general object, and that the par-
ticular object was put forward of securing the person of
Mr. O'Brian—whose name was brought so often under
their consideration—it was not the less high treason
because it was accompanied by a particular object. If
the jury came to the conclusion that it was for aprivate toad
particular object, that it was exclusively for the protection
of Mr. O'Brien; that these parties were marshalled and
arrayed, collected and drilled for the purpose; if that be
their opinion, of course it did not amount to the crime
of high treason; but he repeated over again, if that were
done for the furtherance of a general object, it was not
necessary the original design should be followed out; or
whether it occurred within the week or not, it was
clearly an actual levying of war for a general purpose;
and if the prisoner participated in it, they should find
him guilty of high treason. An attempt was made by
the able advocate for the prisoner to impress on them
the impression that even it the character of the crime
were high treason, that his joining them did not impli-
cate him, nor was he responsible for acts which took
place before he did so. That was a mistake. He was
as responsible for acts done previously as while he was
with them and subsequently. And it would be for them
to decide the character and nature of these transactions;
whether they amounted to a levying of war against the
Queen within the realm. He (the Learned Judge)
should then read his notes for them; he had taken them
fully, and believed they were accurate; and in summing
up, he should take the usual course, of accompanying it
by observations to which they would pay no more atten-
tion than those addressed to them by counsel for the pri-
soner, and on behalf of the Crown. They were at perfect
liberty to reject them. It was their liberty, indeed it was
their duty; for they carried no weight with them be-
yond what they thought proper to attach to them. It
was usual for those who were habituated to courts of
justice, in cases of this kind to offer some remarks on
the evidence; and he trusted in God that those who pre-
sided there would not be suspected of leaning one way
or another; that they would be found holding the scales
equally between the Crown and the accused; and the
observations he was about to make would be placed be-
fore them in a calm, dispassionate manner, not wishing
they should carry one jot of authority beyond what the
jury thought they were entitled. They would, he had
no doubt, approach the consideration of the subject
calmly and dispassionately—as calm, rational, men. I
They would look at the transaction as rational men—
and if they saw any ground for doubt, to give the pri-
soner the benefit of it; but if, on the other hand, the
case, as had been presented before them, convinced
them that war was levied—that the prisoner was pre-
sent, and actually participating in it, during the last
three days—it would be their duty to find him guilty
If they came to the conclusion that the prisoner was
there co-operating for a limited, and nut a general
purpose, that he was there only for the protection of
Mr. O'Brien—in that case he was bound to tell
them that they should acquit him. He should then
read his notes ; and if they should be accompanied by
any observations from him they should be very few, as
the case had been so ably and powerfully argued on the
one side and on the other. The issue resolved itself into
a short question. As to the facts, there was but little,
if any, controversy about them; they were open, palpable,
unmistakeable, and he should, therefore, say that the
counsel for the prisoner wisely and prudently did not
raise any question as to the existence of those facts ;
they rather admitted them, but asserted on behalf of the
prisoner that no actual insurrection took place at the
time. But he felt bound to tell the jury that in his I
opinion a general purpose was contemplated ; that there
was an object beyond the particular one so often referred
to; and if they believed the evidence that had been given ,
in reference to Ballingarry, to Killenaule, and Mullinae
hone, and were not of opinion that the object in those
places was a particular one, but that it was an actual
levying of war, then iii that case he was bound to say
they would be compelled to find the prisoner guilty, if
they credited the evidenee that was laid before 'them.
Having read the evidence connected with the occurrences
at Ballingarry and the Widow Cormack's, the Learned
Judge proceeded to observe that the acts alleged
to have have been committed by Mr. O'Brien were
admissible as evidence against M`Manus for this pur-
pose, that if the jury were satisfied he had joined
Mr. O'Brien, it would be necessary to investi-
gate the nature and character of the transactions
in which Mr. O'Brien was engaged, for if they amounted
to levying war against the Sovereign for a general pur-
pose, and the prisoner joined him for the same general
purpose, he would in point of law be guilty to the fullest
extent of high treason. But if they believed that Mr.
O'Brien merely desired to protect himself, and that
M`Menus joined him only to assist in that object, and
for no other ulterior purpose, neither was Mr. O'Brien
or the prisoner guilty of high treason. Having concluded
reading the evidence, his Lordship proceeded—lt was
his bounden duty to remark that the prisoner received
an excellent general character from parties of the highest
respectability; but the jury must be familiar with this
remark, that the character given must be applicable to
the offence for which the prisoner was on his trial. For

instance, the character he had rixeived for honour, in-
tegrity, and diligence, ,as a private individual, was
scarcely an answer to the charge preferred against him,
and evidence to prove that he was loyal, and attached to
the constitution, would have been of infinitely greater
weight and importance in his favour. The matters to
which he referred were, after all, to be decided by the
jury exclusively, and it was their duty not to place
the slighest reliance on a single observation that
had fallen from him in the course of his charge, unless
they in their judgments and consciences considered them
worthy of their adoption. A more awfully important
trial than the present there could not be for any mortal
man who ever stood at the bar of a court of justice; but
still the jury should bear in mind that great public in-
terests were also deeply involved in it. They ought not,.
however, to swerve one atom by these considerations,
either to the right or to the left; their own sound heads
and their own good hearts would, he had no doubt, dic-
tate such a verdict as they, standing as honest men—
standing indifferent between their country and the
Crown, ought to give. Indeed, he had no doubt what-
ever but that a verdict would be returned in the case sa-
tisfactory to their own consciences, and at the same time
doing justice to the prisoner and the country.
The jury retired about two o'clock.
Mr. BUTT complained that, in his Lordship's charge
to the jury he did not leave the question of a general
intent on the part of the prisoners perfectly clear to
their minds. Indeed, it was by an effort of his own
mind, and from his habits as a lawyer, that he was able
to discover that view of the case had been put at all.
Chief Justice BLACKBURNE replied, that after listening
attentively to the charge of his learned brother, he was
of opinion the question of intent was clearly left to them.
Mr. BUTT contended that he was entitled as of right
to have the jury recalled and the question put to them
in a clearer light. Lord Mansfield, in the ease 'of the
Gordon riots, left the question of intention to the jury—
that being an essential ingredient in the case—where a
great deal of evidence affecting the prisoner was the acts
of others.
The Court refused to call the jury.
TRIAL OF MR. O'DONOIIOE.

Patrick O'Donoltoe was then placed at the bar, and,
as in the case of Mr. O'Brien, when called on to plead,
declined to do so until he put in a plea respecting the
panel and the point raised as to his right to have fur-
nished him the list of witnesses. When that was, done,
he pleaded not guilty in a clear, firm tone, and the fol-
lowing jury was then sworn:—W. C. Bennett, William
Murphy Maurice Studdart, George Birch, Charles W.
Massey, William Price, Ralph S. Smith, Charles Min-
chin, Robert Young, Alexander Carew, George Roe, and
George Sinithwick, Esqs.
On the application of Mr. F. Meagher, Mr. Butt was
assigned as senior Counsel of the prisoner. Mr. O'llono-
hoe, like those accused with him, seems to have made
up his mind that he will be convicted, for, on his arraign-
ment, he displayed no anxiety whatever, but, on the
contrary, evinced a carelessness which almost amounted
to levity. He is a man of very unprepossessing appear-

ance, with a countenance dark and determ'ined; dis-

playing great firmness of purpose, and an almost utter
recklessness of manner, which fitted him admirably for
being an agent in a rebellion. He is not only
buld and brave, but a clever man, and one whose
Oaring
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oessary motirpliticularly to allude, would have placed
eaders in the contemplated revolution, had they
even successful, in a position of peril. What
wo been, we need only say, that such things
acurred in France- ring the reign of terror. It is
only, however, due to him to state that his manner at
Ther-larte4 though careless, is respectful, and shows none
of that studied levity which 'many men assume in peri-
lous positions, in order to show the possession of a
courage they were never accused of.
Mr. LYNCH having opened the indi tment, chargin
the prisoner with high treason c g The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then-stated the case. As
.his Learned. Friend Mr. Lynch; who opened the indict.
ment, and the officer of the court.; informed them, the
prisoner at the bar was charged with the crime of
high
treason. In consequence of what had already taken place
in that court they were in formed what a levying of war
meant, and that it was not necessary an actual battle
should be fought, fur if armed parties met and dispersed
for any reason, it was still a levying of war. It should,
however, be net for a private purpose, but for an object
of a general nature, such as to create an insurrection, or
a revolution. It would be necessary tbr them to bear in
mind, that the excitement of an intent to do a particular
thing, such as preventing a person from being arrested,
did not prevent the crime of treason being committed ;
if with that they had a general object in view. Having
thus briefly informed them what the law was, he should
proceed with the case as it would appear in evidence,
to show what the transactions were in which the
prisoner at the bar took a prominent part. The,
Learned Attorney then recapitulated the proceedings of
Mr. S. O'Brien, from the Saturday morning on
which her left; Dublin until his arrival at Ballingarry,
which it is unnecessary to repeat, and went on to say
that the jury would recollect that Mr. O'Donohoe was
not a native of their county, that earning a respectable
livelihood in Dublin, where he resided, he was found in
; company at Ballingarry, and elsewhere, with 14.
O'Brien and others, under cireamstances which he shoed
show were of a treasonable character. There being no
evidence of any declaration by the prisoner of his
motives and intentions to join the rebels, it might be
argued by his counsel that his object was not revo-
lutionary. He should, however, contend, that inasmuch
as he joined the ranks of the rebel army he was
equally guilty with the leaders, and must be supposed to
have the same objects in view, and to have lad-opted
their plans.
Prisoner—lt is right,- my Lord, to say that I don't
wish to escape upon the poor miserable pretext which
the Attorney-General would put into my mouth.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—You had better leave your case
in the hands of your counsel.
Mr. MEAGHER said it was right to state that it was
not intended to put the defence of his client on that
ground.
The prisoner—I will not escape: on such a miserable
pretext.
Chief Justice BLACRBURNE—You have able counsel,
and I would advise you to leave your case with them.
Prisoner—l say I will not be made the miserable
creature described by the Attorney-General, the better
to give him an opportunity of swaggering
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—My Lord, I --
CHIEF JUSTICE—You had better take no notice what
the prisoner says.
O'Donehoe, who startled the Court by the tone in
which he spoke, and the energy of manner he evinced,
then became silent.
The Attorney-General then detailed the facts as they
were given on the former trials, which we do not think
necessary to repeat.
VERDICT IN THE CASE OF M'MANUS.
At five o'clock, and just as the Learned Gentleman
had concluded his statement, the jury in Mr. M‘Manus's
case came into court, and amid the deepest silence
handed in their verdict to the Clerk of the Crown.
The prisoner was also placed at the bar. His mind ap-
peared to have been made up as to what the result
would be, vet the quiver of his lip, the deep anxiety of
countenance, plainly showed he felt deeply and pain-
fully interested. It is a terrible thing to witness a re-
spectable, intelligent gentleman, standing in the dock
on such an occasion, to hear a decision which consigns
him to an ignominious scaffold—or a dreadful exile—
or restores him to his home and family. An awful
pause followed the calling over the names of the jurors,
—when the
Clerk of the Crown said, " How say you, Gentlemen,
is the prisoner guilty, or not guilty?"
Foreman—GUlLTY.
The Clerk of the Crown then read aloud the follow-
ing recommendation:—" We strongly recommend the
prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Crown.—
Samuel Barton, Foreman."
Mr. M'Manus next shook hands with his Counsel.
and was removed from the bar, when O'Donohoe's trial
was proceeded with.
Police-constable Roche examined—He was in Kille-
naule on the 25th of July last, when he saw the pri-
soner at the bar and three others coming into the town
on.a car. Re heard Mr. O'Brien was on it; but he saw
the prisoner at the bar there. They remained about
three-quarters of an hour in the town, and then went
off in the direction of the collieries and towards Mulli-
nahone.
Head-constable Wiggins next deposed to the visit paid
to the police barrack in Mullinahcne by Mr. O'Brien,
when he demanded their arms, and identified O'Donohoe
as being with him.
Head-constable Williams deposed to the same fact,
and identified Mr. O'Donohoe as being at the police
barrack. He, however, felt bound to state, that the
prisoner at the bar took no part whatever in the conver-
t Elation, which took place between himself and Mr.
I O'Brien. He was, however, in the house, but might not
have heard the words that passed. After O'Brien went
away he saw the prisoner in the street; he should say
it was about half an hour after. Ile did not, however,
salute him, or smile at him; ho appeared to be coznie.-
from mass, and was unarmed.
Robert Mahoney, a police-constable, was about to
prove the delivery of some speeches at Callan by Mr.
O'Brien, when
Mr. Burr submitted it was not admissible evidence
as against the prisoner, and the Court held that at
that stage of the proceedings it was not advisable to
do so.
The Court then adjourned at seven o'clock.

PARDON FOR SMITH O'BRINN.—A meeting was
held last evening at the Circus Royal, Circus-street, for
the purpose of adopting a petition to the Queen, praying
for a mitigation of sentence in the case of Smith
O'Brien and also the English Chartist prisoners. The
chair was taken by Dr. Webb, who expressed his hope
that as the Government was strong, so it would be mer-
ciful ; and Ministers might depend upon it no better
means could be found of concil4tieg the Chartists than
a show of leniency to the unfortunate men who were at
present in their power. He had been chairman of the
first meeting in favour of Frost, Williams, and Jones,
and he hoped he should be equally successful in the ob-
ject of the present meeting. There was no danger of
insurrection here. The people bad too much sense,
seeing, as they did, that the people of Paris were much
worse off after all the blood that had been shed than
they had been before. Government, however, might
take a lesion from the French Republicans in the mode.
ration with which they had treated their political oppo-
nents. One or two speakers then addressed the meet-
ing, a petition for pardon was adopted, and the meeting
separated.

EAST INDIA MAILS.--A statement has recently
been printed of the total cost of transmitting the mails
and dispatches between Bombay and Suez, by the East
India Company, and towards which the sum of 50,0001.
per annum is granted out of the revenue of the United
Kingdom, &c., during the years 1845, 1846, and 1847.
The total net charge to the Company for the year 1844-
45, for transmitting the mails between Bombay and Suez
was 43,1471. ; for the year 1845-46, the net amount Was
50,9071. ; and for the year 1846 47 it was 55,131/. The
charges for this last year are thus made up :-17,1251.
for the wages and allowances of officers, crews, engi-
neers, &c., of steam-vessels ; 42,111/. for victualling,
coals, and other stores ; 58,536/. for calculated charge of
10 per cent. for repairs, 5 per cent. for depreciation, 6
per cent. for sea risk, 4 per cent. for interest per annum
in cost of vessels employed ; 15,709/. for expenses de-
frayed in Egypt, including salaries of agents in Egypt
and Malta. These items make a total charge of 133,472/.
from which is to be deducted 25,718/. for net amount of
passage money received by the East India Company,
2,6231. for amount of freight, and 50,000/. granted out
of the revenue of the United Kingdom. The cost of
transmitting the bi- monthly mails between Bombay and,
Aden for the year 1845-46, was 24,2531.; and for the
year 1846-47, it was 33,630/. There are ten ateasa-
vessels employed in this service, varying in size from
the Atalanta of 616 tons and 210 horse-power, to the
Moozuffer of 1,440 tons and 500 horse power.
JESUS COLLEGE CHAPEL.—This chapel bas under-
gone a complete restoration, and the wo: les which have
been so long in progress are now nearly completed.
'When actually finished the interior of this beautiful edi-
fice will rival in variety, richne. and tastefulness of its
decoration, the finest chapels in the university. In the
course of the repairs, a number of beautiful arches have
been revealed, which the barbarous and almost sacrili-
gious stupidity of former ages had carefully concealed
behind clumsy masses of brick work and plaster. All
this patchwork has been removed, and the exquisite
beauty of the original fabric is now not only developed,
but even improved and expanded. The window at the
east end of the chapel is altogether new—new in material,
but not new in design; for with its beautiful cloisters of
slender columns, dividing it into three lights, it is formed
exactly on the model of the architect's original plan.
When this and the other windows are filled with
stained glass, and when the square panels of the lofty
roof are decorated with beautiful paintings (a rose and
crown), we venture to affirm that the interior of Jesus'
Chapel will be unique and almost unrivalled. Unfortu-
nately a portion of the nave, adjoining the master's
lodge, was converted at some former period into student's
rooms—a fact which was recently made manicest in the
course of some repairs, when, as in the body of the cha-
pel, arches were discovered that had been plastered over.
This misfortune it is now impossibleto retrieve. The
chapel cannot be extended towards the west to its former
limits; but towards the east it has been enlarged; and a
new aisle has been erected exactly on the original foun-
dation of that part of the building. A splendid organ is •
now in course of erection. We repeat that, when finished,
the interior of the chapel will be exceedingly beautiful.
Cambridge Advertiser.
THE COGA ESUALL AND HALSTEAD ROBBERIES.:
Police-constable Clay den, who has been for some days
engaged in tracing evidence respecting robberies in and
around Coggeshall, obtained from the magistrate a war-
rant for the apprehension of Anthony Patten, sen., a
farmer at Chappel, which ho executed, and conveyed his
prisoner before the justices. Patten was remanded for
' further examination on the charge of stealing 18 sacks of
' barley. 9 sacks of beans, and 18 bushels of tares, the
property of C. Skingley, Esq.,. of Coggeshall. The
Halstead burglars were yesterday committed for trial
' fur robbery and sacrilege.