The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-02 00:00:00

Among the many rumours prevalent, there is
one to which credence is somewhat generally
• attached. It is that he is speaking against
time in order that the speech from the throne may
reach Dublin, and be perused by Mr. O'CoNNELL, before
he commences his address to•the Court. How far this
may be a correct representation of the tactics of the
travcrsers lam unable to state. I merely mention it as
a pretty generally believed rumour.
Mr. WHITESIDE it is understood will speak to-morrow,
and then Mr. O'CONNELL will proceed to address the
Court on Friday, and close on Saturday night. Thus it
is most probable the -whole of next 'Week will be con-
sumed in those trink----

With respect to the fracas between the Attor-
ney-General and Mr. FITZGIBBON, yesterday, all
parties, of every shade of politics, with whom I
have spoken on the subject, agree in condemning
the first law officer of the Crown, as one
of the most indiscreet of men. The affair has created
quite a sensation here, and will no doubt furnish much
food for comment to the London journals.
FOUR O'CLOCK, P.M.

The mail from London has not yet arrived. It is
blowing quite a gale, with a heavy rolling sea, and I
apprehend the mail cannot possibly reach before *eight
o'clock this evening.

SUMMARY of the STATE TRIALS
(FIFTEENTH DAY.)
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

THE QUEEN V. DANIEL O'CONNELL AND OTHERS.
The Court cf Queen's Bench sat to day at ten o'clock,
when Mr. FITZGIBBON resumed his address to the Court.
He submitted, that if the speech alleged to have been
delivered by Mr. O'CONNELL at Mallow could bear the
construction put upon it by the At torney-General,it would
amount to high treason, and that the present charge of
misdemeanour would be merged in it—the less in
the greater—and that, therefore, the prosecutions must
fall to the ground. He commented at considerable length
on the sentiments expressed in that speech. The At-
torney-General, in observing upon the words of Mr
O'CoNNELL, that they (the Government) should neve;
trample upon him—that they should trample upon hi;
dead body first—said, that Mr. O'CONNELL mean:
that he would resist the civil authorities wit]•
guns, bayonets, pikes, &c. Had subsequent circum-
stances, he (Mr. FITZGIBBON) asked, warranted suet
a construction ? Certainly not. Where WM
there a more active and a more intelligen•
police than in Ireland, and yet where had the:
been able to discover those stores of pikes
guns, and bayonets, that were to be thus
employed by Mr. O'CoNNELL. No ; Mr. O'Coxxri I.
meant no such thing. He meant that in the event
of any violent measures being adopted against him
by the authorities, he would be ever found
at his post among the people making use of those
weapons which he best could use—the eloquence and the
firmness with which GOD had endowed him. The Learned
Couisel engaged the Court the entire day. The latter
portiZ'e Of his addree wa§ "directed to show that no con-
spirator against the ace of the country or the safety of
the throneouch,as it was attempted by these prosecutions
to prove Mr. O'CONNELL to be, could or would use the
language embodied in the very speeches relied on by the
Crown for their case, and he quoted copious extracts
from Mr. O'CONNELL'S speeches in support of this posi-
tion. The Learned Gentleman was addressing the
Court when our express left.