The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

IRELAND.

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DITHLIN, MIY 17.—REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—This
body met to-day at half-past one o'clock, and were
attended by Mr. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. J. O'Connell,
M.P., Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. J. 11. Dunne, Mr. T.
Galway, and also Mr. Fitzgerald, one of the jurors in
the case of " The Queen v. W. S. O'Brien."
Mr. O'CoxNELL filled the chair, and congratulated
the Irish people upon the defeat sustained by the
Government in the late state prosecutions against the
Hon. Member for the county Limerick and Mr. J. F.
Meagher.
Mr. STOCK then brought forward a resolution, ex-
pressing the delight of the Committee at the result of
the two prosecutions in which the Crown were defeated. '
The motion was as follows:—" That this associa-
tion hails with inexpressible delight the refusal
on the part of the two special juries, composed
of a selection carefully made by the agents of
the Crown, from what they declared to be the in-
telligence, property and character of the citizens of
Dublin, to find a
verdict of Guilty,' against Messrs.
O'Brien and Meagher, inasmuch as the most convincing
proof has been thereby furnished of the light in which
the question of repeal is regarded by the class to which
those jurors belong, and an incontrovertible answer has
been given to the calumnies of the English press, and.
down nationalitya
be communicated with our sincerest thecongra-
boasts of the Whig Ministry. That a copy of the
foregoingtulations to Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher." The
bal
Learned Gentleman, in conclusion, expressed it as his
opitnion that the Whigs would never again attempt to
pu
packing
Council
juries,
or
according
to
h
b yforicae.
ldrplan,
GALWAv seconded the motion, and insisted on the
formation of a
Ntion y
notwithstanding the proclamations of Government,
which they should regard as
waste paper.
The
motion was adopted, and the rent was announced
at four o'clock to be 331.
APPLICATION TO ADMIT MR. MITCHEL
TO BAIL.
An application was made in the Que 8 Ben en' ch cham-
ber, before the Chief Justice, at half-
the admission of Mr. John Mitchel toPast ten o'clock, for
Sir Colman O'Loghlen read a bail.
portion
informa-
tions under which Mr. Mitchel hadh of the
een committed to
prison, and stated that by a recent
Victoria, the offence with whichMr Act, the 11th
charged was made a felony, Mitchel stood
Y, otherwise .h
been admitted to bail in the usual we would have
ay. The f
the case rendered it a matter of right that Mr. Meats
of
should be admitted to bail if the court wereMitch
satisfiedc that
he would afterwards be amenable tojustice.l
to "Blackstone's Commentaries " all offences weree bang
able except those of murder, treason, and some
other
felonies therein specified ; but it leaves the ordinary
cases untouched. This offence was the same
as thos
bailable at common law, and the Court in all such e
cases
never refused bail, except in something of an extraor-
dinary description. In delivering judgement in the case
of "The Queen e. Wood," Mr. Justice Crampton said that
in all such cases, where sufficient bail could be given so
as to ensure the attendance of the party accused, the
Court should always accept it. In the case of " The
Queen v. Gray," an application was made to Judge
Perrin on circuit to have the prisoner admitted to bail,
but he having some doubts on his mind as to the pro-
priety of doing so, referred the application to the
Queen's Bench, and they acted on it. The prisoner was
accordingly admitted to bail. There was nothing to pre-
vent bail from being taken in common law, except in
cases of the offences of murder, manslaughter, and some
other cases, which come under the peculiar construction
of the statute. He•would therefore call on the Court
to admit Mr. Mitchel to bail, which was a matter en-
tirely at the discretion of the Court.
Mr. Baldwin opposed the application, and said that
the offence with which Mr. Mitchel was charged was
not only felony, but it was an instigation to commit
the highest class of offences known to the law, hav-
ing a tendency to deprive her Majesty of her royal
prerogative and Crown, and to establish a republic.
Mr. Mitchel stood charged with two offences of that
description under the third section of the Act, and his
Lordship would see the propriety of not admitting Mr.
Mitchel to bail, who was In the habit of repeating the
offence. He did not dispute the right of the Court to
exercise its jurisdiction, and did not mean to say but the
Court might take bail ; but it was an extraordinary
kind of offence. The only effect that bail would have
would be to discharge Mr. Mitchel for two days, as he
was entitled to take his trial on Saturday before his
commission.
Sir COLMAN O'Locrustia—l wish to observe, with
respect to Mr. Baldwin's remark about Mr. Mitchers
offence being treason—
Mr. BALDWIN—I beg your pardon, I don't mean to
say so ; I allude to its tendency.
CHIEF JUSTICE—I wish to state that I will be con-
siderably influenced on the subject, in coming to a deci-
sion, by an affidavit from Mr. Mitchel, stating that the
publication of such documents will not hereafter be
_repeated.
• Sir Comizasr O'Locumsti—My Lord, I have received
no instructions to that effect.

CHIEF JUSTICE—WeII, then, I must refuse bail, as
there is no security given that the offence will not be
repeated. His Lordship then left the chamber, and the
parties retired.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share market is steady, and a
good demand prevails for the stocks and shares, particularly
London and North-Western and Midland, Dover, Newcastle
and Berwick, and Great Northern. The sales are—Amber-
gate, Nottingham, and Boston, 51e. 3d. dis.—Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 6/. 13s. 9d.
dis.—Caledonian, 321 A —Eastern Counties, 15—Ditto, New
101. Shares, I ls. 3d. p.—Great Northern, 9% dis.—Lanca.
shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 34 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West
Riding Union), 3% c. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 21% dis.—
London and North-Western, 1344—Ditto, Quarters, 2%
p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,
c. dis.—Ditto, ditto, No 2, 15—Ditto, Eighths, 44 dis.
—Ditto (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 204 dis.—
Midland Stock, 107 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 4% dis.—North
Staffordshire, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, \o. 4,
Thirds, 2% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.
Extension), No. 2, I:p.—York, and North Midland (East
and West Riding Extension, 3134.