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London, England, 1844-01-25 00:00:00

O'Connell marked out for us." The speaker, after enumerating
the different grievances he said the pe, ple of Ireland laboured
under, said " in place of six struggles, one struggle will do
for all."

Mr. Baker—Read that again.
Mr. Henn—lf the Court or jury require it, I have no ob-
jection ; but I do object to counsel requiring a witness to re-
peat a thing over and over again.
Mr. Baker—l thought the words might not have been dis-
tinctly heard.
Mr. Justice Crampton—The way in which I understand the
witness was this—that the speaker, after enumerating what
he called grievances, said, " In place of having separate
battles for each of these, one battle, or one struggle would do
for all.' "

Did he say anything more?--Yes, he said, " Are we not
as good as the English ?" A ♦oice said, " Better"—( A
laugh)—we are here to-day, to tell John Bull that we shall
have it—lreland shall be tree, for Ireland deserves her liberty.
The Clontibret boys will fight the Repeal battle to the last,
with God's blessing ; to stand to our colours for Repeal, and
nothing but Repeal."
Is that the whole of it ?—lt is.
Cross-examined by Mr. Henn, Q• C.—Shew me that note ?
The witness handed up the book, which contained the passages
alleged to have been spoken by Mr. Daunt.
Were you on the platform when you took this 2—l was when
I took part of it.
Did you see any magistrates ;there ?—I saw no magistrates
immediately at the platform ; they were at some distance.
How far from the platform were you when you heard Mr.
Daunt speak?—At the end of the platform; it might have been
two or three yards from it.
Did you take down these words, " the people shall have this
land if they are worthy, aria who dare say that you are not
worthy" while he was speaking ?—No, I did not ; I repeated a
part of it now from memory.
On your oath could you ever take a fall note of a leug sen-
tence ?—No, I could not.
Was not the meeting perfectly quiet 2—Perfectly quiet.
And mast peaceable ?—lt was most peaceable indeed, I
should say there was some disorder on getting on the platform.
That was in consequence of the pressure, was it not ?—lt was.
Was there any tendency to a breach of the peace? —Not the
least tendency to it. The platform was crowded, and there
was a person is hose duty it was to preserve order, and prevent
too many persons from going up there, or crowding it too much.
Was there any objection to your taking notes there ?—Not
the least objection.
All was done openly, and without the least appearance of
concealment ?—Yes, certainly ; everything was done openly.,4
James Walker swos n
Mr. Napier was proceeding to examine this witness, wisest
he was interrupted by the Court, who then consulted together
for a few minutes. A directory was handed up to the Bench,
and after looking into it, the Chief Justice desired the tipataff
to inquire if Samuel Maunsell, of 52, Leeson-street, was in
Court. _

He was then called, and did not appear.
The Chief Justice then said—l am very sorry that the
progress of this important trial, and the business of the
Court, should be interrupted by a letter which has been
presented to us, very properly, by the High Sheriff; and un-
less the gentleman who has written this paper, the contents of
which I cannot now explain, can very satisfactorily account for
it, I must apprise him, or any friend of his who may be
present, that I consider it a most improper attempt to interfere
with the High Sheriff in the discharge of the duties of his
office. He must attend the Court at its sitting in the morn•
ing, and let him be now called again.
Ile was again called, but did not answer.
Mr. Justice Crampton—The High Sheriff has most pro-
perly handed up this paper to us—tn fact he would act very
wrong if he did not.
Mr. Justice Perrin—lf any friend of that gentleman be in
Court he should apprise him of the necessity of attending here
in the morning, and to be very cautious how he conducts him-
self in the mean time.
Mr. Napier then proceeded with the examination—Do you
belong to the constabulary?—Yes, I am a sub-inspector. I
am stationed at Trim, in the county of Meath. I remember
the 15th of August, the day of the meeting at Tara. I was
there that day ; there were two other officers of the con-
stabulary with me. I was there under the command of Capt.
Despard, stipendiary magistrate. Captain Despard was there.
I was on the ground. before the meeting commenced ; when on
the ground I saw part of the people coming ; they approached
to the meeting from all directions. There were probably
100,000 persons present. I observed music and banners.
There were also bands; the bands generally had uniforms.
Cross-examined by Mr. Close—Was there a great crowd
narsu tlllgthtlaringe
scaryoiwndg ttohgaetthtehrlefopreosopmleewheoruerps ?
there ?—Yes.
er—fecYtleys.peace-
able 7—Yes. _ _

Was there any thing in their conduct to create alarm ?—I
saw nothing to do so.
George Despard, Esq., sworn and examined by Sergeant
Warren.—Was in the constabulary. Is resident magistrate in
the county Alea.h. Recollects the 15th August last. Was
in Trim on that day. Saw the assemblage of people in Trim
on that day. They marched through the town to Tara. Tara
is distant from Trim about six Irish miles. It would be im-
posiible to estimate the numbers present ; but my own opinion
is, that there were one hundred thousand at least. The
number of those on horseback was about seven thousand. I
counted nineteen temperance bands. I did not see any person
on the platform assume the command of the people. The
meeting commenced about half-past two, and ended about four
o'clock. They parted of a sudden as if there had been some
preconcerted plan. I was standing on a ditch looking at the
procession of Alr. O'Connell coming up, and a man said it is
not gentlemen whom O'Connell wants here to-day. I turned
and looked at him with astonishment, and I asked him, Well,
then, and whom does he want ?" and he said, "He wants
men with bone and sinew like me, who will be able
to do the work when the harvest comes."—(Sensation. ) I
asked him where did he come from. He said from the
barony of Shelmonier, and that 2,t00 came with him,
and that 3,000 joined him in the county of Kildare. Mr.
O'Connell's procession having passed by, he turned round to
me and said—You did not take off your hat for Mr. O'Connell.
I answered, that I did not. He said, you do net belong to our
party; 1 replied, certainly not; I knew, returned he, by the
curl of your lip, that you did not belong to our party ; upon
which I said that I was very glad that he had told so much
truth; in truth, my man, I continued, I (for I wished to get
rid of him) am amusing myself here. When he had said these
words a man came up and said to him, you have spoken enough
to that gentleman, you had better come away now. On going
down the bill of Tara the people shouted and cheered for the fu•.
reigners. They mistook Major Westenre for a foreigner. They
cried, long life to the foreigners, without them we would never
be able to get Repeal. They shouted for Mr. Ledroolan. I
afterwards discovered that they meant M. Ledru Rollin.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hatchell—l do not reside in Trim.
was desired to attend at Tara on duty. I saw the people move
from Trim in the morning. I went to the end of the town to
see the people pass. Have been for twenty years stationed in
that district. My person is well known by men, women, and
children. I jumped up on a wall to see the procession pass.
The temperance bands had a new uniform. Does not know
the distance of Shelmonier from Tara. Believes it to be about
thirty miles.
Air Hatchell—lndeed it is sixty-five miles from Dublin, add
Tara to that. Come now—
Alultiplication is a vexation--
Addition is twice as bad ;
but I won't set you mad with fractions—so now dot and carry
one, and will not that make Shelmonier above seventy miles
distant?
Who was speaking at the time you mention ?—Mr. O'Connell
was speaking at the time the people were going away. There
were two platforms, but I cannot tell whether one was ex-
clusively devoted to ladies. There was not the slightest ten-
dency to disturbance at any of the meetings.
John Robertson, police constable, was then sworn and ex•
amined by
Mr. Bennett, Q. C.—Was at the Clifden meeting on the 17th
September last. Saw the people passing from Connemara.
Saw them from the barracks. They were between four and
five thousand in number. The meeting was held on a flat, at
the back of which there was a rising ground. Saw the Rev.
Mr. slaenamara, the Roman Catholic curate, on horseback, at
the head of a body of horsemen. Saw Repeal cards in their
hats. Heard them, as they came down, called " The Bailin-
skill Repeal Cavalry." The number of horsemen was about
one hundred.
Cross-examined by Mr. Fitzgibbon—Mr. Murray is a pawn-
broker, residing in Abbeygate• street. He was considered to
be a wealthy man. The persons who came with Mr. Murray
were Connemara men. Some had bridles and saddles on the
horses, but a great many were without either bridles or saddles.
The people were perfectly quiet. The policemen were walking
in and out of the barracks. Captain Ireland, the commander
of the police, was in and out of the barracks all day. There
were a great many women at the meeting. A great many of
the boys and women were barefooted. Did not see any wea-
pons with them. Many of the bridles were made of rope, and
many of their saddles were made of hay and straw.
It being now half-past four o'clock, the Court rose.

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A DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN 1781.
MARCH 22.—Proceeding thence to the lobby of the Com
mons' House, I found it filled with gentry in livery ;
just peeping in, I went directly to the hatch leading to
the ante-chamber of the gallery, which the cld enfeebled
keeper opened to me. After the delay of a quarter of
an hour, I obtained entrance, and found many persons
there before me. The House was very full below ;
among others, Lord North, whom I discovered on the
Treasury bench by his blue ribbon. The Members sit
with their hats on, but always uncover when they rise
to speak, and on departure salute the chair by a bow.
The Speaker is always covered, and with the clerks
habited in black gowns; after some time, ho commanded
to order, and some Members to their seats ; then direct-
ing his looks to a Mr. Nlinehin, with a motion of his
head, the Member arose, when a profound silence ensue 3,
and continued to be observed through the whole of the
speech. * * During the course of his speech, he
was now and then interrupted by a murmur on the
other side of the House, which was at times succeeded to
by " Hear him, hear him," and very generally attended
to. Sir George Young followed, but was less minded.
Sir Charles Bunbury spoke next, who made a long, and
more formal oration on same side, pretty well listened
to, and frequently complimented with " Hear him, hear
him ;" which expression was also used to two men, who
followed, viz., Admiral Keppel, who spoke well, and
with some warmth, and Sir Hugh Palliser, who was
called by name by his party. He having finished, and
sat down, the House resounded with "Burke, Burke ;"
hereupon the Irish orator arose, and in a loud and manly
voice, with singular energy and compass of expression,
and a torrent of eloquence, reprobated Sir Hugh's ac-
count, exposed the futility of his arguments, excited
universal attention, and frequently raised more than a
smile in the features of his listening hearers."—ln a
letter describing the same debate, Mr. Curwen says :
" The great Irish-born orator, Mr. Burke, spoke, and
his thundering elocution fixed the attention of the House;
and his wit and satire diverted them, and produced peals
of laughter."
THE FATE OF THE INVENTOR OP THE GUILLOTINE.
—His retreat was so profound, that it was said, and
readily believed, that he too had fallen a victim to his
own invention. But it was not so ; he was indeed impri-
soned during the Jacobin reign of terror—his crime
being, it is said (Guyot, p. 8), that be testified an indis •
erect indignation at a proposition made to him by
Denton to superintend the construction of a triple
guillotine. There is no doubt that a double instrument
was thought of, and it is said that such a machine was
made, and intended to be erected in the great hall of
the Palais de Justice, but was certainly never used ;
and we should very much, and for many reasons, doubt
whether it could have been a design of Denton. The
general gaol delivery of the 9th Thermidor released
Guillotin, and he afterwards lived in a decent mediocrity
of fortune at Paris, esteemed, it is said, by a small circle
of friends, but overwhelmed by a deep sensibility to the
great, though we cannot say wholly undeserved, misfor-
tune which had rendered his name ignominious, and his
very existence a subject of fearful curiosity. lie just
lived to see the restoration, and died in his bed, in Paris,
on the 26th of May, 1814, at the age of seventy-six.—
Quarterly Review.