The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-12 00:00:00

Paoli will come forward, Mr. O'Connell it will
ttli„:, be audience." Considerable interruption was
tert7 by this circumstance, which was at length
the ;Ted by Air. O'Connell's leavinc, LI., position at
pkt 'get of the Chair, and proceeding to a central
the
hoot the building amidst loud plaudits frorA
tahixe and the more distant portion of the
op 0 'age. The Honourable Gentleman standing
4khne of the tables, went on to say)—The task
iipdi I i'as en&avOuring to perform was that of
deoe4till you to yourselves—(Laughter)— of en-
eji• to prove to you that you were perfectly
kyow-' in the ardour of your enthusiasm in supporting
The
ite4 cause and that of the Irish people.—(Cheers.)
11siltim which has been made against me, and
modwhich I have been convicted, is of such an enor-
s 40
blleti, 4re, that it is interesing to every human being,
4,40"er he b€,
himself liable to a similar machination
4144611i:dit' tebrueatr.s_tanodiedairst,inctly its bearings, its form,
hear.) It is not a crime
Set, bY the law, or definite—it is not a crime
pottibilllg the evidence of which there is any
ofe esort to law books, or to the conjurations of
kir reY trade.—(Great laughter.) It is called, to
ktNT:i a conspiracy ; but there is nothing of private
there-!lit---- there is nothing of arrangement
(14,,,,53 nothing of plot or plan in it—
ALtti•egter)---it is something that the judges imagine
the9the dream and make the public suffer when
4t44l,,itre awake.—(Roars of laughter.) One of our
kiiitiilie esithors of celebrity, in the fulness of her
iszagination, has depicted to the world an
fern,,. being, of extraordinary dimensions, and
iOuS capacity, and has denominated that
gbe: /‘rankenstein." This conspiracy, which
t/leimr.ll tried in Ireland, is the Frankenstein of
stlitoC(Great laughter.) As the one is uncouth
shaped in form, undefined and indefinite
other
, having nothing of humanity about it—so
114, has nothing of law but its monstrosity.
the Zis it endeavoured to be supported? By
llot (1'4)11 of nine months.—(Laughter.) What
ktfttlici it disclose ? Why a plot which was
ppolk / committed to those keepers of secrets, the
~toeeliewsPapers.—(lmmense laughter.) Not one
'kklist7eB produced to prove any fact except that
tittile were the proprietors of newspapers, and
e ileZwere members of the Association, and then
„444 the ;PaPers were read in detail against us,
Aulges determined that that was evidence
1108,,PireeY; and here I stand before you a " con-
"ty ocf-missPirator."—(Cheers and laughter.) The his-
aspirator."—(Cheers
months was given in this satisfactory
/;srekii ,The chronology and dates of newspapers
Cleet,s 4sat varied from one week to another.—
t 4 (142 The history of only one great meeting
',141 Chile(l aS it had appeared in the public prints.
h'tre hlt"reed that any one of them was illegal; that
1 of th '°ree, or violence, or turbulence, or tumult at
Noheln?--(Hear.) Not a particle of any such
ns-m could be made.—(Cheers.) Was it al-
epotth magistracy of the country or the
stt'-,„,,t.0f the country, or the idle or the timid,
Isttiio-`44iclated or frightened at any one of these
ill Res
Nttati (Hear, hear.) There was not a single
pl:tsef the 'kind.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.")
S's), Ns were peaceable—they were legal—
..(111:Y them was admitted to be legal—(Hear,
fort t, by the dexterity of legal magic, though
ep to one were perfectly legal, yet the whole,
k,.tts I' ("either, formed a conspiracy.—(Laughter.)
bags ly a mockery to say that forty-one legal
e • haitinillegal
ide one one.—(Laughter.) Forty-
*l,,.-ers would not make a sum, and yet the
- 8° decided in our case that forty nothings
to Le°4lething._(Loud laughter.) Was it
144 bleked on with scorn and indignation, and
441,1,4 th°se men who planned this conspiracy, with
lot Worthy of Old Bailey practitioners, them-
.NlePirators, and ought they not to be branded
hear, and cheers) What ::1411tettlilillefadlalYaw?—to(-lidaear,might be forced into a prece-
Kterrow and yif the question be allowed to
Cbe -'"re is not one of you whose case it might
I:lkl:ll3;43rrow.—(Hear, hear.) I say not this to
'Re `e You, or to warm you -in support of the
ill et Ireland, for I would be the most mistaken
ik,(44114,1' I,_beings, if I was not already aware that it
r no other motive but your own generous
that you sympathise with them. I arraigned
"Ne • t(4, Ution against me, and lam just in arraigning
IN ei
„„hr , was nothing of legal form about it; there
4.11.1411 t gfixed or tangible which you might encoun-
atil w as 3 a monstrous shadow
. ,s.et up by
61/4 tuA L!earit administrators of the lam but there
dy legal Which could be met but by fair argument
telkigpmegel discrimination.—(Hear, hear.) I next
et,, tf„ the Conduct of the judge, and I have this
that no human being justifies him. The
-4iee when a man is arraigned for his con-
-11404144, 41.
ttNrliament, for a Ministerial Member, if he be
I Iltito, rlai man, or fora Member of the Opposition, if
b,g to that side of the House, is suddenly to get
41„;`q
eeover him to be a man endowed with
14,11stal ' and then they eulogise him. This was
40 courBe in Parliament, and I appeal to those
tAthetktolabtdat4i,oliar with its proceedin.gs • but no person
t 'II rise up and praise Chief 'Justice Penne-
iiea.? It is admitted, since the days
k/ 4;04 01 Jeffries, such a one-handed charge,
. 'sanded charge was pronounced by a cons-
lak , •
14, to th ge a hps.—(Groans.) He has taken you
thateon e Worst
.period of our law. Why, I saw.
tool, he borrowed a part of the prosecutor •
\(%;11,,,e 11,44(1, 48 out of the fullness of the heart the
kii"to.:',.‘sss, he talked of counsel on the other side.
ofe-'O9 Let it be proclaimed from the extre-
tlt go threWall to the highest point of Scotland-
-00,13/1 the length and breadth of the land,
7,,L4t till„quet of the Chief Justice was not capable
thittiee ra,) ezended by any Government or any party.
1+1,24 le You see how lam coaxing him.into.
rytktpt 'tot sentence upon me.
,L4c, 4 „ My next
,:lltettr
„ie omission of the names in the jury
1114.‘:eicleat near.) Out of 710 names, 63 slipped
tble %It • (Laughter.) We had a lot of them,
pt•/tt tile entire number of names, 63 were
tliZt opt was said to be an accident—(Laughter)
t of the 63 names that were omitted, 27
tteil p 0141411 Catholics ; perhaps you do not know
,Itt4e4t f-,:f that persuasion. Your esteemed and
kt!teas''Lend the Chairman, has told you that the
p;cii p4-tro_elies were indebted to me. for Catholic
Netteit savu• He might have added with truth, and
tit pride, that I sought it not by the
9191 anY sectarian preference.—(Cheers.)
tttlo oittet/lleri idered that religion was a matter be-
41s ,°',/tlst• said his Creator, and that there was no
kkllligi,hlee in excluding any man, on account of
'IR IP% civil rights ; and that every
Ipt. 4034stified in worshipping his God accord-
thadti'tates of his conscience.—(Cheers.) It
its apdPrineiple I sought and obtained eman-
ttip:: 4a th a.
would not have it on any other ground
tipktt4 t Principle that we petitioned for the Pro-
ioa gland, and helped to obtain their eman-
, elv
'46,11P th ellr, hear.) Here is the hand that
ico..ll:l4Petition.—(Cheers.) It was signed by
esrattif, ell Catholics, and it prayed for the
tli4t4l of the Protestant Dissenters in England.
ip,71144 Petition was presented, Lord John
Vt4h theete.ded, and Peel was compelled to eman-
le, letenters.—(Hear, hear.) Pardon me
l'sit-lellliesBi3ll, but it is incumbent upon me that
Ilenriderstand each other well.—(Hear,
(15,' am Catholics were in power three
heitrtlleY never persecuted a Protestant
'I, Oh, let us contend with each other
titiklso erm.enaritable and benevolent feelings, and
t'tt adva„lt t° ourselves for any particular or sec-
kit(ll4seierila,!, but in the establishment of liberty
klirk_eopie buil a broad and secure basis.—(Cheers.)
4.7 out
„aelt to the trial ; sixty-three names
1410 °I
the Panel•—(Hear, hear.) Mark me,
1 e
Ot I 4
g°lnl4, for there is something technical in
'
`4lre -
you, but I think you will
414 (:(I,on 't it. We challenge the array, as it
of the sixty-three names—(A.
lotikett;lttZzl:evei°llll,:lint ”)—certainly it was not acca-
ttittfritild:hter.) We alleged that those names
I,l‘
asently taken from the list. We alleged
Q"PI tie
to the •
.e detriment of the traversers.
eow - Put on th
tIlAt
it to ,o. e record ; the Attorney-General
J issue on that allegation, and say
V tried* not cryraud. That issue would have
di Oral tr
kith, deer duly sworn. The Attorney-
-0"
that • - •
of "Shame,
„ ler issue.—(L;ries
t4:144 0-td it Stand, the allegation to stand uncantra-
% ttuss uncontradicted to this day. He
eY toid`uit he had judges who would tell. Lim,
kittl co lis' that as we did not know
rulufitted the fraud, we were