The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

THE STATE TRIALS.
EIGHTH DAY-BY EXPRESS.

(F ROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.)

DUBLIN, TUESDAY, JAN. 23.
The trial progresses, marked with its usual cha-
racteristics of bitterness and asperity on the part of
the Crown lawyer. Indeed, with this exception,
counsel on both sides, and the judges themselves, are
well enough disposed to relax into a smile when occasion
offers. During the very amusing cross-examination
ofJOLLY, the police-constable, this morning by Messrs.
HA T CREEL and WHITESIDE. The ATTORNEY- GENE-
NERAL was the only person whose countenance was
unvisited by a smile. One saw by him that it had
no business thare.

I do not believe the trials will continue so long as
was at first supposed. It is rumoured that the Crown
will close on Wednesday. The traverser's Counsel will
occupy four days in addressing the )ury. The examina-
tion of witnessess for the defenoe, the reply of the SOLI-
CITOR-GENERAL and the summing up of the Judge
will occupy till about the end of the third week. It
is conjectured the jury will be very brief in perform-
ing their portion of the act. Of course this can he
only conjecture; but there are those who know
the men who say it is certain. lam very
much disposed to doubt it myself, judging,
of course, from the nature of the evidence. lam
certain the case would not stand a moment before
English judges, and an English jury. The report
will give you the proceedings of the Court in plena.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
THE QUEEN V. DANIEL O'CONNELL AND OTHERS.

DUBLIN, TSDA Y.
The Court sat at ten o'clock. The traverlTE sers were in
punctual attendance.
The first witness called was John Maguire, Head-
constable of Police, who being examined by Mr.
Bennett, Q:C., on the part of the Crown, de-
posed—l am a Head-constable of Police ;in the
month of May last I was stationed in the town of
Sligo. I remember having attended the Longford
Repeal meeting, which was held last May on a Sunday.
I saw the people coming into the town that day. They
came flocking into the town between eight and nine
o'clock with musical bands playing before them. They
walked down the street playing "St. Patrick's Day,'
" Garryowen," and " The Irishmen." The bandsmen
had peculiar dresses upon them. They wore military
caps, some of which had red bands and some gold bands.
There was here some trifling noise in the Court which
appeared to annoy
Mr. Bennett, who requested that Mr. Hatchell would
use his influence with the gentlemen around him to pre-
serve order, as it would be otherwise, very difficult to
conduct the examination.

Mr. Fitzgibbon (who .was sitting next to Mr. Hat-
chell) said—l can assure you, Mr. Bennett, that no one
is making a noise in the vicinity of Mr. Hatchell.
Mr. Bennett—But I can assure you, Mr. Fitzgibbon,
that there is, for I can hear him speaking at this dis-
tance.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Fitzgibbon—l'm sitting nearer to Mr. Hatchell
than you are, and if there was any voice I should hear it.
Mr. Bennett—l assert there is noise, and I would not
say so were it not that I know it to be true.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Fitzgibbon—This interruption is quite uncalled for.
Mr. Bennett—l m not alluding to you at all now, so
keep yourself quiet.--(Laughter.)
Mr. Fitzgibbon—Yes, but you said there was noise in
my vicinity, and there is nothing of the kind.
Mr. Bennett—l repeat what I said before ; some gen-
tlemen around Mr. Hatchell are speaking so loudly that
I am interrupted in my examination of the witness.
Mr. Fitzgibbon—lf there is noise in Court it does not
come from this side of the Court—(A laugh)—l'm right.
Mr. Bennett—So am I.—(Laughter.)

Mr. Forde—My Lords, fwas only making a sugges-
tion to my counsel, Mr. Hatchell, and this I submit 1
hap every right to do.
The Chief Justice—You ought not to be interrupting
the Court, Mr. Forde.

Mr. Forde—Nor was I, my Lord. I merely leant over
the bar to make a suggestion to Mr. Hatchell relative to
the cross-examination.l
Mr. Fitzgibbon—l don't think Mr. Forde's voice could
have interrupted anybody.
Mr. Bennett—Ah, Mr. Fitzgibbon, do permit me to go
on.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Fitzgibbon—l have not the slighest objection.—
(Laughter.)

Mr. Benriett—Well now, witness, you were proceed-
ing to describe the bands ; they wore military caps
you say ?
Witness—Yes, with red or gold bands • some of the
bands were preceded by a man dressed, and like a drum-
major who held a large stick in his hand ; the
people followed the bands ; I formed an estimate
of the numbers who were present ; I should think
from 40 to 50,000 people were met together
on the occasion ; I observed a person leading the