The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

THE STATE PROSECUTIONS.
DUBLIN, JAN. 2.—Proceedings of a very extraordinary char-
acter have just occurred in relation to the State prosecution 9,
and which indicate the spirit in which they are to be carried
on.

'1 he Crown prosecutors persevere in their determination to
strike the special jury to-morrow ; hut up to this hour the
agents of the traversers have not received a copy of the special
panel !
Every day, since the Recorder delivered the jdry-book to
the Sheriff, the solicitors of the traversers lave applied at the
Sheriff's office for a copy of the special panel. They were
told each day that the panel would be ready on the next, and a
copy furnished to them.

On Saturday the Under-Sheriff promised a copy on Monday,
if possible, but certainly on Tuesday (this day). On Monday
the application was renewed, but the reply given was, that the
panel was not ready.
This day, at two o'clock, according to appointment, the so-
licitors fir the traversers once more applied at the Sheriff's
office, when Mr. Dickenson, the Under-Sheriff, formally told
them no copy of the special panel would be given to the traver-
sers. The solicitors protested against that course, and appealed
to the Under-Sheriff's experience whether a copy of the panel
had ever been refused before. He admitted that it never had,
and that it had been the invariable usage to furnish a copy
previous to the striking of a special jury; but, he added, that
in this instance be " acted under advice" in refusing it.
This, let the reader bear in mind, occurred not in the bu-
reau of the Attorney-General or Mr. Bt'ewster, at Dublin
Castle, but in the office of Mr. David Charles Latouche, the
High Sheriff appointed by Lord De Grey to arrange juries for
the administration of justice in Ireland.
The law allows the Sheriff ten days to complete his special
panel. But Mr. Dickenson, the Under- Sheriff, after refusing
a copy of the panel, took care to apprise the solicitors for the
traversers that it would be ready for the striking of the jury to-
morrow.

In connection with the special panel three notices have bee'
served—two on the part of the traversers, and the third, a
counter notice, by the Clerk of the Crown.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The Repeal Association met at one o'clock to-day. Mr.
John O'Connell and Mr. Steele were loudly cheered on their
entrance. Dr. Murphy in the chair.
Mr. John O'Connell adverted to the speech delivered by the
Lord Mayor yesterday on retiring from office; and, on the
part of the traversers, disclaimed all anxiety for the intercession
of the corporation, or any other body of men, with the Queen,
in favour of the gentlemen against whom the State prosecutions
had been commenced. The people's leaders had committed no
crime; and much as they revered and respected her Majesty,
they could not, therefore, supplicate her pardon.
Mr. Steele fully concurred in the sentiments of his friend
Mr. J. O'Connell.

Mr. John O'Connell read two letters from his father (Mr.
O'Connell), expressing his gratification at the recent adhesion
to the repeal cause of Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. O'Neil, of
Bunoven Castle, and other gentlemen; and inclosing his sub-
scription to the repeal rent, and those of 5 grandchildren.
This announcement was received with great ceeering.
'1 he Member for Kilkenny handed in contributions from
several persons :—The " Marshal" of Dublin, Mr. Ray, the
Masters and Misses Ray, and others.
After several letters had been read, and remittances ac-
knowledged, _

Mr. John O'Connell spoke at some length on the subject of
a recent article which had appeared in the Edinburgh Review,
and which he attributed to Mr. Trevelyan, who, he said, some
time ago, published some letters, calumniating Ireland, in the
Morning Chronicle. The Learned Gentleman moved the in-
sertion of extracts from the article on the minutes of the Asso-
ciation.

At four o'clock the repeal rent for the week was announced
to be 2891. 2s. 2d.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.— A most distressing acci-
dent occurred in the Kentish Town-road yesterday morning,
whereby a little girl, named Baker, the daughter of a respect-
able newsvender in the vicinity lost her life. It appears that
the poor little creature had just parted from a playmate on the
pathway, and was in the act of running across the road, when
she was knocked down by the horses attached to one of the
Kentish Town omnibuses, the wheels of which passed over
her head, crushing it in a most frightful manner, and of
course causing instent death. The body was immediately
ticked up, and conveyed into a surgeon's shop, and from
hence N the home of its parents, which it had only just
before left, 'rho peor little sufferer was the sister of Samuel
Hunt Baker, who was stabbed ley a boy, and died from the
wound, about this time last year, when it will be recollepted
the latter was tried and convicted of manslaughter. In-
spector Aggs, who happened to be passing down the Kentish
Town-road, when the accident took place, directed a police-
constable to take charge of the driver of the omnibus, who
was subsequently taken to the police-court. It did not ap-
pear, however, that much blame was illtrihot4bie to him in the
melancholy affair.
SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—Yesterday, a humane
gen tiem'..."r, left with Mr. Walker, surgeon, of Drury-lane, N.
for the benefit o! the poor of the neighbourhood. Mr. Walker
object of tlp, 499!
instantly carried out the
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