The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-13 00:00:00

CHARG g OF ,VE D 1 lON IN CORK.

At the Mill-street, sessions, county Cork, on
Monday, a charge of sedition was heard which ex-
cited some interest. The accused was Mr. James
Cooper, an extensive shopkeeper of the town, and
the charge was made in consequence of a placard
exhibited by him immediately before the Queen's
visit to Killarney.
Mr. Gallwey said—l appear on the part of the
Crown, and by directions of the Government, to
apply for informations against Mr. James Cooper,
the accused in this case, for his having posted and
published a seditious libel on Sunday, the 25th of
August last, being the day preceding that on which
it was publicly announced that her Majesty was to
stop at Mill-street station on her tour tc Killarney.
A seditious placard appeared on that day in the win-
dow of the house of Mr. J. Cooper, who is a most re-
spectable shopkeeper in this town. That placard was
shortly taken down by the police, but immediately
afterwards a second placard was put up. Mr.
Cooper, up in the first placard being taken down,
went to the police and said that he was author of
it ; and that it was he who posted it, and he wanted
to get it from the police. However, they refused
to return the placard to him, and thereupon a se-
cond placard to the same effect was put up. The
first placard is this :

" Hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah !—Hurrah for Repeal!
Away with the Titles Bill !—Down with the Tithes !
—Three cheers for the Pope, Christ's Vicar on
earth ! Three groans for the English, who try to
hunt him to death ! Let these be watchwords, my
brave Celtic boys, while to confusion you'll scare all
time-serving slaves. You know the dire wrongs
that on your country have fallen ; to redeem I,er at
once on her brave sons she is calling—not by blood
does she hope these blessings to gain, nor by slavish
jubilations, as Royalty passes by train, but by
united demands her rights to obtain, all which, in
one word, are contained in Repeal;' less than
which neither now nor for ever will satisfy any
honest Gael."

The second placard was an exact copy of that,
with this addition :
" If to-morrow be fine, boys,
I would have you mind your hay;
Not slavishly go about
To see the bye-play."
Now, gentlemen, when the time and the occasion
which these placards are put out are considered—a
Sunday, while the inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood were returning from their respective
places of worship, and the day just previous to her
Majesty being about to appear at the station, where
preparations were being made for her reception—
the seditious tendency of these placards will be at
once seen ; for what can be more calculated to bring
her Majesty into ridicule and contempt than to
have it said in effect that the unanimous and cordial
loyal feelings exhibited by all classes of Irishmen
was " slavish jubilation ?" And again, the people
are advised to abstain from paying the respect and
loyalty due to her Majesty, thereby, to use the lan-
guage just quoted, endeavouring "to alienate the
affections of the people from their Sovereign, and
to weaken the ties of loyalty and allegiance."
After hearing the evidence in respect of this
statement, the magistrates signified that they dif-
fered in opinion on the charge, and that therefore
no decision could be given one way or other. The
parties thereup )n left the court.