The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-22 00:00:00

Was there a contested election in Carlisle in 1841 ?—I really
do not remember. If there was an election, it made no im•
pression on my mind.
And you say you don't know who the candidate was?—l
do not.
Do you remember any election in Carlisle ?—Yes, there was
an election in '39 or '4o—it was an election for the county.
Look to this placard, it is addressed to the working classes
of Carlisle ?—I have looked at it, but never saw it until now.

may have seen it on the walls. Let me look at the date.
( Witness then looked at the date, and said he mist.ok the
date; he never saw that placard before.)
111 r. Henn handed him another placard, an address to the
working classes of Carlisle, and he said he never saw that
either.

Now, you edited the Carlisle Patriot in 1539?—Yes.
Look at this (handing him a printed document), have you
any recollection of that?—l have not the slightest recollection
of it. _ _

Wa3 it not publish( d in the Patriot a 3 a leading article?-1
do not know. I have no recollection of it. _ _

Can you say that that did not appear in your paper ?--I
cannot say.
But it may have appeared?
did not.

'—lt may, Sir ; I cannot say it

The article to which I call your attention says—" We pro-
test in the most ardent manner against the conduct of the
magistrates in compelling us to give evidence against the pri-
soners." Do you remember those words ?—I do not.
Sergeant WARREN begged to interrupt Mr. Henn.
Mr. HENN-I think 1 :111 entitled now to ask him will
he swear that this was not inserted in the paper with his sane-

tion ?
Sergeant WARREN—He has already stated that he has no re-
collection of having seen that document before, and, therefore,
you have no right to read one word of it.
Mr. Just ire CRAMPTON—Certainly not.
Mr. HENN—Very well. lam entitled at all events to ask
him this. Will you swear you did not, when editor of the Pa-
triot, protest against reporters being !xamined ?—I said before

I did not. - -
I know you did, but answer me again ?—I did not make any
such protest—even in this sentence which I have used—
(Laughter)—l made no such protest.
Then you did use the sentence ?—You mistake me—l
did not.
Were you in the habit of reporting in the House of Com-
mons ? Yes.
I suppose you often reported Mr. O'Counell's speeches ?—I
did—very often.
Did you ever state that you found considerably difficulty in
following Mr. O'Connell ?—Yes, I did.
And that is the fact ?—Yes ; almost all reporters find diffi-
culty in following Mr. O'Connell.
INow the. Donnybrook meeting was perfectly quiet and
peaceable ?—lt was.
Was it not so at the Clifden meeting ?—lt was.
Was it not so at Ltitighrea ?—lt was.
Was it not so at Mullaghmast?—lt was.
And at Clifden you saw men coming on horses, with their
wives behind them ?—(Laughter. )—I cid.
And numbers of the cavalry without any saddles or bridles ?--

(Laughter. )—Yes.
You were not frightened ?—No, I was not frightened at
any of the meetings ; I knew that near any of the traversers
I was sure to be safe, and I always kept near them—
( Laughter. )
Was it so wet at the Clifden meeting as to interfere with
your reporting ?—No, we had an umbrella over us—still it was
nplea. ant.
Were you able to take notes fully ?—Pretty fully.
But only "pretty" fully ?—Yes.
Did you at end the meeting of the Repeal Association on the
4th of September ? Yes, I did.
There used to be a great number of persons besides the
traversers at the meeting of the Association—used there not?

—Yes, there used.
The room was very large in which the_Association had to
meet ?—Yes, it was ; I think it would, probably, hold as many
as this room. _ .

Used large numbers to attend the meetings and the dinners
in the country ?—Yes, the dinners and meetings were very nu-
merously attended.
Answer me this question, Sir, if you please—Did you at any
of those meetings see any of the traversers do any act inconsis-
tent with the duty of a peaceable eitizen?—Do any act ? Yes.
Was there any tendency
.to a breach of the peace at any one
of these meetings ?—No, there was not ; 1 attended the meeting
of the 4th September at the Corn Exchange.
Mr. HENN, after cross-examining the witness at great
length, in reference to his connexion with the Carlisle
Patriot, and the protest put forward in that paper, whilst he
was editor, against the examination of reporters, proceeded
to ask him several qiie,tions, on the subject of a speech of
Mr. O'Connell, made at a meeting of the Association, dur-
ing the course of which he read a letter from Dundalk
respecting Ribbonism. The witness declared that he had
taken no note. He was cross-examined in reference to a
speech of Dr. Gray, delivered in the Association on the 27th,
and a speech of Mr. O'Connell, in moving the insertion on
the minutes of a letter from Mr. Naiier, of Loughcrew, and
a letter from Lord Londonderry. Mr. O'Connell on that
occasion denounced in strong and emphatic language
the conduct of Mr. Conner, in attempting
,to give notice
of a motion for the non-payment of rent, and moved that his
name should be expunged from the list of members, which mo-
tion was carried unanimously.
Mr. HENN here closed his cross-examination. _

By Judge PERRIN—Did not send the report of the Donny-
brook meeting to any newspaper;. it was very late at the time.
Cross-examined by Air. H ATCHELL—Saw Mr. Ray at Alul-
laghmast, on the scaffold, and spoke to him there ; came di-
rect from London in August, by railway; took a strong inte-
rest in the Cumberland election of 1837; knows Sir James
Graham.

Mr. HATCHELL—Had you any communication with Sir
James Graham in June last? .

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected, and the Court ruled
that the question could not be put.
Alr. HATCHED.—You may go down.
The Court adjourned to ten o'clock (punctually) to-mor-
row morning.