The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

The Queen and Prince Albert, and the ladies and
gentlemen of the Royal suite, attended Divine service
yesterday at Claremont. The Venerable Archdeacon
Wilberforce officiated. _ _ .

Archdeacon Wilberforce arrived at Claremont on
Saturday, on a visit to the Queen, and had the honour of
dining with her Majesty.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert 'promenaded in the
grounds of Claremont Park on Saturday afternoon. In
the forenoon his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended
by Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, Lord
Rivers, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Mr. G. E. Anson, went
out shooting. The Royal party returned to Claremont
to lunch.

We have authority to state that her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent has withdrawn her name as Pa-
troness of the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution.
The Governorof the Bank of England, and the Deputy
Governor, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on
Saturday.
The Commissioners of the Model Prison at Pentonville
had a meeting on Saturday, at the Council-office,
Whitehall. The Commissioners present were the Lord
President, the Duke of Richmond, Earl of Chichester,
Lord John Russell, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Ferguson,
Major Jebb, Mr. W. Crawford, and Mr. Whitworth
Russell. The meeting broke up at three o'clock.
Sir R. Peel and Sir J. Graham had an interview with
the Eari of Aberdeen on Saturday, at the Foreign-office.
Di-patches from Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of
Czot.L, and trout the Governors of the other North Ame-
rim') Colonies, were received yesterday at the Colonial-
offi(•e.

Mr. Driver had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on
Saturday. at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview
on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
Downing-street.
Dispatches from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land
were received on Sa!urday at the Colonial-office.

IRISH STATE TRIALS.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN.
FRIDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK.

At an early hour in the morning the Attorney and
Solicitor-General, Mr. Brewster, and all the rest of the
Counsel engaged for the Crown, appeared in Court. Mr.
Moore, Q.C., Mr. Henn, Mr. Pigott, M.P., asd the other
Counsel for the traversers, were also present.
At a quarter past ten o'clock Mr. Justice Perrin sat
for the disposal of motions of course. At eleven the full
Court sat, and proceeded to deliver judgment in the case
of" the Queen v. Samuel Grey."
Mr. Justice FERRIN recapitulated the facts of the case.
He gave it as his opinion that a venire de novo should be
islued, and the motion on the part of the prisoner in
arrest of judgment should be granted.
Mr. Justice Crampton,• Mr. Justice Burton, and the
Chief Justice, were of the contrary opinion, namely, that
the motion should be refused.

The CHIEF JUSTICE then passed sentence upon
Grey. His Lordship said, that he had been convicted of
discharging a loaded pistol, or some other deadly weapon,
at, and wounding James Cunningham, but whether with
intent to kill him or not was probably only known to the
Divine Searcher of the human heart. The Court, takingthe enormity of the offence into consideration, had unani-
mously come to the conclusion that the•sentence should
be a heavy one—transportation for life. Sentence was
then passed in the usual terms.
Mr. NAPIER said, that as it was his intention to sue
out a writ sf error, it was necessary that this sentence
should be respited, to enable him to do so.
The CHIEF JUSTICE replied that this should be done.
At twenty minutes to four o'clock, the Chief Justice
called upon the Attorney-General to know whether or
not he had anything to mcve.
The, ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that he understood
two motions were to be made by the Counsel for the tra-
versers, in the case of the Queen v. O'Connell.
Mr. MOORE, Q.C., rose and moved that the special
jury in this case be quashed, and that a mandamus be
issued. directed to the Recorder of the city of Dublin,
calling upon him to replace on the special jury list the
names of certain parties excluded therefrom. And, fur-
ther, that until this be done the trial of this cause be
postponed, and that the special jury to try the same be
taken from such amended list. The motion was
grounded upon the affidavits of-Mr. Pierce Mahony and
others. Counsel proceeded to call the attention of the
Court to the Act under which the jury list was formed,
namely, the 3il an 4th Wm. IV.. c. 94.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the motion, which,
after some remarks from the Bench, was refused.
Saturday. Jan. 13.

THE QUEEN V. DANIEL O'CONNELL AND OTHERS.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, On the part of the
Crown, for an order that in the event of the trial in this
case not hat ing terminated on or before the 31st instant,
that Thursday. the lst. of Februar;t , and every day until
next term, or te. many as shall be necessary, shall be
fixed by the Court tor the purpose of said trial, and be
deemed and taken to be part of the present Hilary Term.
He could not say the precise titre that would be neces-
sary for the trod, but he thought it well to have the
order made. He applied trader the Ist and 2d William
IV , section 3, by which it was provided, that if any trial
at bar shad be directed by any of. the .said Courts, it
shall be competent for any of the Judges of said Courts
to appoint any day for the trial thereof ; and that
if such day shall be in vacation, it shall be deemed
and taken to be part of said preceding term.
He apprehended there could be no difficulty with regard
to the propriety of making this order ; and he thought it
would not be right to make an application pending the
trials for such an order, and he deemed it to be the most
proper course to have the order made before the trial.
That order would be entered upon the record, and thus
the proceedings which it might be necessary to take in
vacatiou would be perfectly regular and legal. If there
was any difficulty in making the order, of coarse the
Court would take it at their peril.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—IS there any occasion for mak-
ing an order at all ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL referred his Lordship again
to the provision of the Act of Parliament.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—When the Court directs a trial
at bar to take place, and fixes a day for it, does not the
Act make the provision that, in such case, the vacation
shall by virtue of the statute be part of the term 2
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—But it is the safest course to
have the order made that the vacation shall be part of
the preceding term, and I apprehend there can be no
difficulty in making the order. - It will, on the contrary,
prevent any difficulty that might be suggested hereafter,
for if the order were not made and entered on the record,
it might be said that the proceedings should not be con-
tinued in the vacation.
Judge Cstastrrost—At present there is no order for any
trial in the vacation.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that, inconsequence of
some allegations over which they had no control, with
regard to the time the trials would extend to, he
thought, even though the construction of the Act be
what the Chief Justice said, that this order should be
made in the terms of the notice. In point of fact, if
it were contemplated when the original order was made
that the trials should continue so long, it might be made
part of the original order. But lest any difficulty should
arise hereafter, they applied for this order, and when
that order was entered on the record all the proceedings
would be perfectly regular.
Judge PERRIN—Cannot you make this application at
any other. time. I have an objection to make an order to
this extent, for you anticipate that the trial will continue
for three months, and it would be a formidable precedent
to make such an order. I cannot see why the trial
should not be closed within the term, but if necessary
you can make this application at any other time.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The Court, by the Act, is
to fix a day.
Judge PERRIN—But I have great difficulty in con •
senting to appoint a month or months. What I mean,
Mr. Attorney, is this ;—Here we have fifteen days of
term before us, and we will better see our way in the
course of that time than at present, and I have a great
objection to make an order of this kind unnecessarily.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the course they pro-
posed to take was desirable, as it was necessary that
there should be no opportunity hereafter of suggesting
any irregularity.
Judge PERRIN—But that order will be as good any
day in term as to-day. It is not an ord, r to fix the day
of trial, but to extend the time, and you have the same
facility of moving it any day during term if it should be
necessary as at present, and you would then have much
better grounds fee- applying to the Court than you have
in calling upon us now to anticipate that a trial by jury
would exceed fifteen days, and there are yet fifteen sit-
ting days in term.
Judge CRAMPTON—If that anticipation were likely to
add a single hour to the trials I would object to make
the order. But I eannot see how making the order now
can affect the trial except to abridge it.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—If there be any point be-
hind which may affect the regularity of the proceedings,
that may be a ground for delay. When I speak of the
vacation I have not the slightest anticipathn that the
trial will occupy all that time. But if we fixed a parti-
cular day within which the trial should only last, it will
hold out a bonus to extend it beyond that time.
Judge PERRIN—You call upon us to make an order
which contemplates the trial lasting until the first day of
next term, and that, I think, would be really holding out
a facility for prolonging it. If gentlemen found that a
certain time was given they would consume a great deal
less time than if three months were given.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—With great respect to
your Lordship, I cannot concur in that view.
Judge CRAMPTON said the application might be made
on the last day of term as well as that day. But he
would like to give every facility to make it ; and argu-
ments might arise on the last day which would.create
embarrassment ; and as it might give rise to discussion,
time might be lost in making it.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said they thought it would
be more conveniat to the Court, and more proper for
them to make the application before the trial com-
menced, and Rot delay the proceedings by a discussion
of this kind during the trial. The Court might say, if
they had postponed this application, why not make the
application before the trial commenced. Ile thought it
probable that the. circumstance of this order being made
would lead to the trial being concluded within this
term, and te thought if the order were not made it
would not be concluded.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—We understand that no opposi-
tion is made to your application by the traverser.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—We understand no.
Mr. MONAGHAN—The traversers don't appear on this
motion.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—I am not including you at all.
Of course, as there is no opposition made to the motion,
the Court—however they may think it might be unne
cessary, and it is my own opinion—conceive it will do
no harm, and the majority of the Court are for granting
the motion according to the terms of it. I don't think
my brother Perrin agrees with the order of the Court.
Judge L'uswi-I ant-4nd great difficult is it, and

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the danger of such a precedent, in the contemplation
that the trial by jury will be extended to such a time.
It is not necessary for me to go into my reasons ; I con-
sidered it a good deal since I heard the intention of
moving it, and I cannot reconcile it to my mind to think
that it is at all within the meaning of the Act of Parlia-
ment, and from the extent to which the order goes, I
greatly fear the result of it as a precedent. I have no
idea of consulting my own convenience. I have no ob-
jection to sit any length of time every day.
Application granted.
SITTING OF THE COURT.—THE FIRST DAY