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He did not impugn the verdict which had been given—this
Was not the place for doing so ; but elsewhere it would be
the subject of discussion. This he believed—that had the
trial taken place in England there would have been an ac-
quittal. It had been said that the Government would put
down the Association by a proclamation. He would tell her
Majesty's Government very calmly, but not less determin-
edly, that if they did, patriotism! would assume so many
Protean shapes, that no Administration could put down the
struggle for national independence.
Shortly,before twack Mr. O'Connell entered the hall,
and was received witlisFals of applause.
Mr. (Ye,,NNI,LI,One word for. Ireland. Everybody
1 knows that Lord John Russell has given notice of a motion
for to-morrow in reference to the affairs of Ireland. I do
not think. much of any battle which may take place between
parties in London upon the subject. The present Parlia-
-1 anent is packed against Ireland, and it is not my intention to
go over to the debate, lest I should hold out the expectation
that the present Parliament would do anything for Ireland.
But still I, would wish to give every reasonable assistance to
Lord John Russell's motion. Therefore, I will move that
two of the gentlemen who acted as counsel for the tra-
wersers (Sir Colman O'Loghlin and Mr. O'Hea) be nomi-
nated to proceed to London this night to render asssistance
to Lord John Russell. They are full masters of all the de-
tails of the case, and may be useful in affording information
to Lord John Russell. may
therefore move that the standing
order be suspended, to enable me to move that the Associa-
tion should request Sir C. O'Loghlin and Mr. O'Hea to pro
teed to London to-night.

• The motion was put and passed.
Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN, M.P.—I rise to propose a motion for
calling upon Mr. O'Connell to allow the Association to print
his address in defenCe of the people, as delivered by him in
the Court of Queen's Bench. It was an admirable oration ;
and was not less so, because it was altogether free from
meretricious ornament. The Judges of England, he con-
sidered, had always been looked upon as counsel for the ac-
cused; but on that occasion the Chief Justice had not only
departed from that rule, but had actually volunteered him-
self as counsel against them, and forgot himself so far as to
allude to the counsel for the traversers, as the gentlemen on
, the othdr side.—(Cheers.) He felt that they were bound to
' bring these things under the consideration of Parliament and
her Majesty.
Mr. N. MAHER, M. P., said he had great pleasure in se-
conding the motion of Mr. O'Brien. There was nothinghe
so much delighted in as exposing a public delinquent.
The motion having been put from the chair and carried,
Mr. O'CONNELL said that of course he would comply with
the request, although that the speech he made was said to
have been a failure ; put anything he could have said would
have been a failure when compared with the splendid address
of. his • friend, Mr. Shell, and the transcendantly talented
speech of that able counsel, Mr. Whiteside.
_He (Mr. O'Con-
nell) did not therefore attempt to use any eloquence in his
speech—tlere•was no gilding upon his gingerbread. He had
extorted religious equality, and trampled under foot Orange
ascendancy—(Here a. scene of yellineensued that it would
he impossilile to describe.) If he were confined in a dungeon
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say, that in case such an event occurred, was it not a subject
of
Smith O'Brien ?

Mr. O'UO:AuLL read a letter from Dr. GI ay, in which that
gentleman tendered his resignation as a member of the As-
sociation, because he felt that the present were times when
proprietors of public journals ought not to be identified with
an Association like this. Mr. O'Connell regretted that -Dr.
Gray was obliged to adopt the course he had done. He would
always consider him as one of his dearest friends, and an un-
flinching advocate of the people's rights.
Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN wished it to be distinctly understood
that they received Dr. Gray's resignation under protest. .
The week's rent. was then announced to be 643 L, and the
Meeting separated.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT DYKE.

A Court-martial, composed of Rear-Admiral uperinten-
dent livde Parker, C. 8., President ; Captain W./Sefftleion,,
' C.B. of the Victory ; Captain Sir J. Hastißgs, Ka-V.C; of
the Excellent; Captain R. F. Rowley, of the-St. Vincent;
and Commander Wilcox, of the Ordinary ; with Mr. W.
Greatham; Judge Advocate, assembled on Monday morning
on board the Vincent, 120 flag-ship, to try Lieut. Peche
Hart Dyke, late senior Lieutenant of the Iris, 26, on charges
exhibited against him by Captain W. Lee, .M., late acting
Commandant of the Island of Ascension.

First Charge.—For having, on or about the 20th of July,
1842, the Iris being then at anchor off the Island of Ascen-
sion, falsely and maliciously asserted on board the Iris, that
he (Captain W. Lee) had destroyed or made away with cer-
tain public letters and documents from the late Captain Ben-
nett, Commandant of the Island of Ascension, addressed to
the Admiralty, and to the late Captain Tucker, senior naval
s
officer on the African station, he the said Captain W. Lee)
being at the time acting Commandant of that island.
Second Charge.—For having, on or about the 26th day of
July 1842, falsely and maliciously stated, in the gun-room
of the Iris, that he (Captain Lee) had told a deliberate lie;
and that he (Captain Lee) had broken open a desk, and taken
therefrom article§ which did not belong to him ; such state-
ments and assertions tending to injure his (Captain Lee's)
character as an officer and a gentleman.
A number of witnesses were examined for the prosecution,
among them a young lady who had sent out the desk in ques-
tion from England, and who under very trying circumstances,
solicitors, whomad
although very young, gave her evidence in a most correct,
becoming, and lady-like manner.
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number of witnesses to disprove the evidence for the prosecu-
tion. A number of certificates from officers under whom the
prisoner had served were handed in, and were read to the
Court; and Captains Sir W. Grant, Sir J. Hastings, and R.
F. Rowley, Dr. Irvine, and several others, were called on,
who gave Lieutenant Dyke a high private and public profes-
sional character.

The Court having maturely weighed the evidence for and
against the prisoner, found him in part guilty of the first
charge, and sentenced him to be admonished to be more care-
ful in his language in future.
The Court acquitted the prisoner on the second charge.
The proceedings of the Court did not terminate till nearly
eight o'clock, P.M.

The Queen Dowager has, with her usual munifi-
cence,. subscribed M. in aid of the fund for the purchase, or
erection, of a suitable building for the purposes of the Lon-
don Society for Teaching the Blind to Read.
We understand that the appointment -of Rear-
Admiral Wise, C. 8., to succeed Rear-Admiral Thomas, has
not yet taken place, although there is little doubt that the
command in the Pacific has been offered to the Gallant
-Admiral.

Princess Galitzin, grand-daughter of the renowned
Russian General Suwarow, has arrived at Berfoix (Switzer-
land), where the Princess resided for several years after she
embraced the Protestant faith. During her last residence
in the Russian dominions, she was, by orders from high au-
thority, confined in a convent, from which it cost the Prin-
cess much trouble to get liberated. Her children are not per-
mitted to be with her.

TliE FRENCH ACADEMY.—Since its foundation,
the French Academy has reckoned 373 members, amongst
whom•thore were 1 prince of the blood, 13 cardinals, 4 arch-
bishops, 6 marshals of France, 20 Ministers of State, 15 pre-
ceptors of Princes, and a multitude of other dignitaries. Of
these 373, 30 were distinguished men, such as Corneille,
Racine, La Fontaine, Bossuet, Boileau, Fenelon, Voltaire,
Montesquieu, Labruyere, Buffon, d'Alembert,Cuvier, Casimir,
Delavigne. The others were authors of the second order.
Descartes, Pascal, Rotron, Moliere, Larochefoucault, Menage,
St. Real, Bayle, Regnard, Bourdaloue, Chanlien, J. J. Rous-
seau, J. B. Rousseau did not belong to the Academy, neither
did Piron.

ACCIDENT AT TEE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S STABLES.
—On Tuesday afternoon Thomas Enwright, a room in the
service of the Duke of Beaufort, was kicked in a shocking
manner by a horse belonging to his Grace, at his stables,
Apple-tree-yard, York-street, St. James's-square. It appears
that Enwright was about to remove the horse from his stall,
and on arriving near him he called to him in the usual way,
when the animal suddenly kicked out and struck the unfor-
tunate man in the face, hurling him with fearful violence
against the wall of the stable opposite. On proceeding to his •
assistance scarcely a feature of his face was discernible, the
nose being cmpletely flattened, one eye forced from its
socket, and a long and deep wound, so as to admit therein
two lingers, across the top of his nose and under the fore-
head. A medical gentleman was called in, who, however,
directed his immediate removal to St. George's Hospital,
where he was attended by Mr. Keate, one of the house sur-
geons, and Serjeant-Surgeon to her MAjesty, and his•assis-
tants ; and, notwithstanding the injuries the patient has
received, some slight hopes are given of his ultimate recovery.
TUB WEATHEE.—THE MAILS.--On Monday night
a thick fog 'prevailed throughout the metropolis and neigh-
bourhood, which rendered travelling both difficult and dan-
gerous. On the Thames navigation was almost wholly sus-
pended, the vessels which did leave the docks and wharfs
being obliged to bring up soon afterwards in the Pool and
other parts of the river. The fog continued with little altera-
tion till about eleven o'clock on Tuesday forenoon, when it
partially clearedaway,but not to such an extent as to permit
the sun to give forth its cheering rays. Throughout the
night and the whole of Tuesday a hard frost prevailed, the
thermometer at noon, at the entrance of the superintendent's
office in the London Docks, having stood at 29 degrees, or 3
below the freezing point. The Serpentine as well as the other
waters in the Parks, and ponds in the vicinity of the metro-
polis, were all coated over with ice, and should the present
intense frost continue a day or two longer, the wishes of
skaters and curlers will be gratified. Several steam-packets
due on Tuesday morning had not arrived in the evening. The
northern mails continue to arrive much beyond their fixed
time of arrival.

The real lamp of Aladdin is that on the merchant's
desk. All the geniis, white, olive, or black, who people the
atmosphere of earth, it puts in motion at the antipodes. It
builds palaces in the wilderness and cities in the forest, and
collects every splendour and every refinement of luxury from
the fingers of subservient toil. Isings of the East are slaves
of the lamp ; the winds blow and the seas roll only to work
the behest of its owner.—William Taylor of Norwich.
.• Two fine lions have just arrived from Havre—male
and female—bought by Mr. Titus for Van Amhurgh--cost
240/. They are handsome animals. The lion is nearly four
feet high—only three veers old. They are from Africa,
lav andtt.
were transferred from liavre to London per the James