The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-01 00:00:00

IRELAND.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.)

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

With respect to the fracas between the Attor-
ney-General and Mr. FITZOIBBON, yesterday, au
parties, of every shade of politics with whom
have spoken on the subject, agree in condemning
the first law officer of the Crown, as one
of the most indiscreet:of men. The affair has created
quite a sensation here, and will no doubt furnish much'
food for comment to the London journals.

Point o'CLocR, P.M.
The mail from Loudon has not yet arrived. It i 4
blowing quite a gale, with a heavy rolling sea, and
apprehend the mail cannot possibly reach before eigbs
o'clock this evening.

SUMMARY of the STATE TRIALS'
(FIFTEENTH DAY.).
The Court of Queen's Bench sat today at ten o'cl4nl4
when Mr. FITZGIBBON resumed his address to the Court.
He submitted, that if the speech alleged to have been
delivered by Mr. O'CoinvELL at Mallow could bear tb°
construction put upon it by the Attorney-General,it would
amount to high treason, and that the present charge
misdemeanour would be merged in it—the less i°
the greater—and that, therefore, the prosecutions natisV
fall to the ground. He commented at considerable length
on the sentiments expressed in that speech. The AT'
TORNEY-GENERAL, in observing upon the words of Alr
O'CONNELL, that they (the Government) should never
trample upon him—that they should trample upon
dead body first—said, that Mr. O'CoNxELL meant
that he would resist the civil authorities with
guns, bayonets, pikes, &c. Had subsequent circus'
stances, he (Mr. Fitzgibbon) asked, warranted such
a construction ? Certainly not. Where wagi
there a more active and a more intelligent
police than in Ireland, and yet where ,had they
been able to discover those stores of pikes,
guns, and bayonets, that were to be thus
employed by Mr. O'CONNELL. No ; Mr. O'Cormar.
meant no such thing. He meant that in the event
of any violent measures being adopted against him
by the authorities, he would be ever fowl&
at his post among the people making use of those
weapons which he best could use. The eloquence and tb•
firmness with which GOD had endowed him. The Learns
Counsel engaged the Court the entire doy. The latter
portion of his address was directed to show that no cote
spirator against the peace of the country or the safety of
the throne, such as it was attempted by these prosecutions
to prove Mr. O'CoNNELL to be, could or would use the
language embodied in the very speeches relied on by the
Crown for their case, and he quoted copious extracts'
from Mr. O'CoNNELL's speeches in support of this poSi-•
tion. The Learned Gentleman was addressing the
Court when our express left.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGHT IN THE PIOMBINO CHANNEL, MEP.'"
TERRANEANeive .
The following has been recd at Lloyd's from al°
Hydrographic Office :

Admiralty, Jan. 22, 1844.
The Grand Ducal Government of Tuscany has give,
notice that a small fixed light was exhibited on the 151'
instant from the Tower on Pelmagola Island, in the;
Piombino Channel, in lat. 42 deg., 52 min., 6 see. N., a. 5";
lon. 10 deg., 28 min., 50 sec. E. This light is 338 tee:"
above the level of the sea, but from its minuteness it u 1617
not be visible beyond the distance of five miles. la
It will continue to be shown every night until replao7.l
io"
by a more powerful light which is now preparing, l
of which due notice will be given.
Th(

le Earl of Jersey still continues to suffer 11.0'
.he accident he met with at Windsor Castle.
The winter at Christiania, in Norway, luvi beige
extraordinary for that northern climate. Up to the 23d Pi"
the date of the last arrivals, not a flake of snow haul fake
and there had not been any frost. The thermometer
'been, for several days, at from 3 to 5 degrees above zer
Reaumur, from 38 to 44 degrees of Fahrenheit, and the ev'
as bright and warm as in May.
SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held on ligotv
day, before J. Barnett, Esq., Coroner, at the Bee Hive
on the body of Elizabeth Mudden, a woman of colour, Pw;
in Africa. It appeared in evidence that she had been for el
last 87 years a servant in the family of her late mistress, 14,,1;
Arbuthnot, of No. 15, Montpellier Villas, having entered
family when only five years old. Verdict, "Died by. D
visitation of God"—Cheltenham Examiner.
.he
GUIZOT AND THE CARLISTS.—We copy fronirl'"
correspondence of an Evening Contemporary the fellolol-"b
just remarks on the scene which took place in the Fitfea.it
Chamber on Friday :—" The Legitimatists, driven into 4 ()CO Ire
turned upon M. Guizot personally, and were joined
Republicans of the extreme Lett. Thus was presented Vies ale:,
tacle of unprincipled immorality in parties, combined leitit'd
suitism in religion. They attempted to beat down Ms . 6,0
voice ; to overwhelm, to exhaust him ; they bawle4L bark_7:
menaced, browbeat, and interrupted—but they Qneiw
punished. M. Guizot rehearsed, in brief term's, a c. 11-
sistent life ; and when he challenged contraidction barkers and brawlers held their peace. " Toil ;31kY„' ,
exclaimed the great orator, " heap calumnies n'
calumnies ; but you will never bring them up tP
the
height of my disdain." Never was there such a teiteer:
even for Guizot—never was there such humiliatiop even
for the Left—never did the unnatural emmbination of
infidelity with priestcraft look so disgusting and bater.
Guizot rose above his opponents. He rose above IdresTir
He proved that he was as ready for the everyday work
debate as for carefully meditated discussion—ma adversarf
not to be taken unawares, and, when assailed, not to be elf:
cited except by an unmanly effort to beat him (low
physical violence, and then only to show how feeble''
pitiable are vulgar mob weapons against genius armed e'll4l.
truth and honour."

The Earl ofv
WVinchilsea arrived at Farrance's Hate], 2„.„61-
grave-street, on Tuesday evening. The Earl of lifinto al)4-
arrived on Tuesday evening at Farranco's Hotel, from Sot-
land.

BIRTHS.
On the 24tb ult., Mrs. Helbers, Upton, Cheshire, of asal2,.i
On the 27th ult., the lady of It. Stewart, Esq., v .
crescent, Torquay, of a son.
-On the 27th ult., at Streatham-common, the lady of A
drew Hamilton, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 27th ult., at Chippenham-park, Cambridgeshi.-,
the lady of the Rev. Augustus J. Tharp, of a son.
On the 28th u1t.,7 in Margaret-street, the' lady of Will"inz
Hood, jun., Esq., of a son.
On the 28th ult., at Blackheath, Mrs. W. Dunn, of A ti;
On the 29th ult., at Dulwich, the lady of L. IL
of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 24th ult., at Llanligan, John, son of Thomas Hag
ham, Esq., of Charleston, South Carolina, United States, to
Letitia, daughter of Colonel 'William Lyster, late of Green—
ford Manor House, Middlesex.

DIED.
On the 23d ult., at Clowance, Cornwall, the Rev
Job
Molesworth St. Aubyn, Vicar of Crowan.
On the 24th ult., at Bickenhall Vicarage, Caroline' Y°l43g-
est daughter of the Rev. Carew Elers.

London : Printed and Published by MUIIDO
I.°lll'inG4th •
.No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Once, No. 112, Strand,
County of Alideenx, ThurEtay, February 1, 1844

THE STATE TRIALS.
FIFTEENTH DAY.-BY EXPRESS.

THE QUEEN V. DANIEL O'CONNELL AND OTIHERS•
Mr. FITZGIBBON bas occupied the court the entire
day in the Queen's Bench, and speculation is busy in
the hall to account for the great length to which the
Learned Gentleman has drawn out his address.
Among the many rumours prevalent, there , is
one to which credence is somewhat generallf
attached. It is that he is speaking against
time in order that the speech from the throne maY
reach Dublin, and be perused by Mr. O'CotOtELL, before
he commences his address to the Court. How far this
may be a correct representation of the tactics of the
travorsers lam unable to state. I merely mention it es
a pretty generally believed rumour.
Mr. WHITESIDE it is understood will speak to-morrow►
and then Mr. O'CoNNEu. will procoed to address the
Court on Friday, and close on Saturday night. Thus it
is most probable the whole of next week will be con'
sumed in those trials.