The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-26 00:00:00

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YTIOT Tie DAILY PAPERS' OP YESTERDAY.
de GLOBE.—The case on the part of the Crown is evi-
lly approaching its termination. The witnesses
ertamined on Tuesday might as well have been at home,
,many thing they contributed toward strengthening the
It of any one of the allegations of the indictment. As
,',llow stands, the case exhibits the sheer folly which
yllginated the proceedings, and the cruel imposition
Lractised on the Government by those to whom was
doings
the duty of inquiring into the sayings and
authorities
at the monster meetings, and of reporting to the
titherities the result of their investigations. The
Fair has ceased to excite any extraordinary interest
71911 d the precincts of the Court. Even there, the
cling which Prevails is nearer akin to the ridiculous,the
,
l an,
ndrntitiiei respectful. The ,nnut produced by
character of the questions by the Counsel
the Crown, is relieved by the cross-examination of
b,i, Cleaned gentlemen engaged for the defence. The
ee-eonstable's who were examined on Tues-
-4„ '
furnished rare fun for the audience. The men
yildently; considered themselves as raised in the scale of
in Pertance by their elevation to the table of the Court
t suche„ an occasion, and indulged in vulgar jests and
ttcll4o,oques in replying to the questions put to them by
eonnsel for the traversers. They were humoured
eetil .they had lost their self-command. Their crue.l
e-estioners then so confused them respecting " dates, '
11‘,14cItes,'' " reports," and " statements," to which they
the alluded in their examinations in chief, as to involve
IP in contradictions and cover them with confusion.
Oe effect upon the audience was too powerful to
l suppressed. The Court rang repeatedly with peals
trelaughter. The counsel for the Crown interposed
ifitelLeatl7 to protest against the " indecency " of such
.laptionstrast •• and . Their gravityf only e
htraversers eightened the effect
t' Con, ' counsel
etaar.d '
to k, on being requested by the Solicitor-General
tattause in his cross-examination until the laughter
t subsided, " Sure, then, I must wait all day." The
c°ll-tt (as the Post observes)" was for some time con-
rted into quite a temple of Momus." All but the
lac'tinsel for the Crown—who evidently feel that the
0/14°1 is against them—seem to enjoy the scene as
tote to, up for their special amusement. We should
th e surprised to learn by the next post that
the Attorney-General has cut short the case for
Viethyrosecution. Ho must ere this have felt the utter
tlielitthitY of attempting to bolster up his monster in-
• alent by such pigmy proof of its allegations as that
With •
et, which he has alike mocked the jury and the
tlitrY• The counsel for the defence will have little
"'cult in • •
wh• divesting the case of the trilling importance
eeeld,en left to it. The solemnity of the early pro-
14'11gs—the monster indictment, which when unrolled,
h„easures nearly a hundred yards—the awful-looking
C,,efs which fill the bags of the counsel for the
Attwa—the twelve hours' opening speech of the
p"°rney-General, in which he pledged himself to
ve against the accused parties the existence of a con-
taheY more fearful than had ever perilled the safety
e country in any fernier times !—is there any one
ti suffered himself to be imposed on by this assump-
nf pomp and circumstance, who does not now feel
Gnat thefease for the prosecution is a miserable failure,
Ivh that it is now of comparatively little moment of
g°llll.-the jury is composed—at least so far as the result
110,;t4ie inquiry is concerned ? No twelve men, not
of 4"vely incapacitated, mentally or morally, for the duties
vtlirYtn, can arrive at any other conclusion than that the
ree,„e,ace for the prosecution has not sustained the indict
We will not conceal the gratification we derive t rem
yet ueatitution of all proof, so far as the evidence has
tai gone, of the conspiracy, and other high crimes and
deie eiteanours with which the indictment charges the
kthtlants. That gratification does not flow from the
tints that the acquittal of O'Connell and his co-defend-
V Would be a triumph over Ministers, and hasten
it
t downfal. It has its origin in a higher class of feel-
4We rejoice that the efforts employed to impress
kpepeoPle of this country with an apprehension that
their conspiracy and rebellion" were!,porrupting• from
th Ir allegiance the people of Ireland,-and: that it was
tisetirt,efere essential to the crushing of and the
agnressing of the other, to occupy the country with
ho troo s andto surround her shores with ships,
the°i~ing in sight, to lend their aid in putting down
reif,hellion when it should burst forth—we say, we
lit-leeand who will not pa in the jo y ?) that
dda so(litary instance of anyrt sucp ateh
disloyalty has been
taeed throughout the pending investigation. Every
Hesstiv Produced by the Crown has completely nega-
th
tita e charge of conspiracy by establishing the fact,
tsanso far from concealing, the Repeal Association ac-
q Y threw open their whole system of action to the
Tils,servation of all, without reference to politics or creed.
de:ttetings_._
large though they were, beyond all prece-
take were emphatically peaceable: On- the ground, the
st good humour prevailed ; the police constables in full
lesteTn passed from one part to another, perfectly umm,-
aated by the people ; and when the proceedings termi-
jajtir ' the crowds dispersed without doing the slightest
was Yto the person or property of any one. That there
Lilltich nonsensical. bombast uttered at the meet-
ha'r-aull the speakers, there can be no doubt. The
the gees were of the description best described by
tam appellation of Irish eloquence. They contained
pro Passages : the taste of which we cannot ap-
aeiu e, and the sentiments of which we d, cidedly con-
atte' They vanished into air ; and would have been
vi,er,'Y forgotten by this time, had they not been re-
4titug,. in the recollections of the people by the in-
the ;ton of the ill-advised prosecutions. We believe
at 41Irish people to be as well-affected to the Throne
portion o the Englis h. Had the present G-
jo-attieut, when it entered upon office, adopted o a
et and generous system of policy in Ireland,
4e prejudice with which the bulk of the people re-
Rrded its return to power, would have subsided,
l!klttsid the country would have been as peaceable under
ttii rule as it was under that of the Whigs. An-
leer and. an opposite system has been adopted ; the
pets of which are seen in the existing state of the
-C'Ple• Sir Robert Peel has been, we believe, goaded
),„tlht° the adoption of coercion and intimidation. Those
°, have been impatient for the possession of those
kieuntsive advantages, which they could not hope to ob-
to ? except by producing discontents which would seem
eitizJtletify a prejudice against their Catholic fellow-
eo ells, have prevailed over his better iudgment. His
104111Pliance has already cost him much, and will, ere
post him more, trouble.
Isiscil-ANDARD.—The first witness examined on the
trials on Tuesday morning was John Maguire, a
etit.head constable of police, who detailed some of the oc-
the ences- at the Longford meeting. Ile proved that
Bell peasantry entered the town in military array, pre-
Was bands and bearing banners. This witness
la Cross-examined by Mr. Whiteside amidst " much
,71',” excited apparently by exceedingly little
t there was nothing elicited to damage
gavet ult
esthnony. John Jolly, also a head constable,
at ma; ver graphic account of the monster meeting
kr, (j,",,10w•y He repeated portions of the speech of
thatk•onnen upon that occasion, in one of which
the gientlernan informed the meeting that " when
tar
elahto„ tli°ll was repealed all labourers would be
-rs, all farmers gentlemen, and all gentlemen
,
eto to s of Parliament and Lords ;" adding, that.
he asked the crowd to hold up their hands, hint
n+Allony that they would be ready to meet
held n „a future time, a a wood of hands were
teitipeet In his cross-examination, the Learned Counsel
eale, dto turn the evidence of the witness into ridi-
l() butge, had the misfortune, not uncommon at the bar,
,speeebtae tables turned upon him. The incidents and
3, Ile es at the meeting at Baltinglass were described
rad ftll'Y Godfrey, a police-constable. The witness
krsohreta a note-book some of the remarks made by
$ho-s in the crowd ; one of which was, " That is a
and that will • •
anut,_ frighten Protestants as well as pigeons ,
aarider e'er, " This is a day that will frighten
Zi the e s''-----meaning the lord of the soil. At this period
reek:tatnination, a question having been put by Mr.
Logue an, one of the Crown counsel, the following dia-
cost.t:
e‘vhieh could not occur anywhere but in an Irish
, nsued
'll'''47,l.„it4ribbon objected to this question. It, however, was re-
tai kr ra which
!trave 411N-ell (one of the agents for the traversers, who stood at
The jsheirs' side-bar) likewise objected to it but
4rp. cane,!.,.....111.!tice know im it was not his duty to interfere.
~,..h`.lllol-3-,-.lues__42;sadjotiyi,inantile zvoillurt it. I hope, my
4111iseiPti;kttorney_
General---If Mr. Cantwell presumes to conduct
to The eZ, I must call upon the Court to exercise its authority.
ef Justice (who spoke at the same moment with the At-
-3.-01,-,,,ea1)---ft you presume, Sir, to instruct the Court in its
"‘tall he removed forthwith. •
• Cantwell—l am quite satisfied the Court will do its duty,
isadhig kit it to
qow. be, my duty to call attention to the highly illegal and
14 ehie7Put by the Counsel for the Crown.
ueri Justice---It is not your duty to address the Court at
ever °u have Counsel."
t,l,ol‘roboraLS_u,b-constables of police were examined, and
the statements of Godfrey, respecting
'Jos'tj'll!; and the sort of remarks made by the
I;`,tioa Which
M`Cann, a constable, detailed a conyer-
-`,,lere,_
‘, he had had with the Reverend Mr.
?; held one of the traversers, respecting the meet-
o'L
as Augurat Clontibret, in the county of Monaghan,
stt last. The Reverend Gentleman on that oc-
tas notated, att)d, amongst other things, that " the Union,
Peoplet o,,,nding Basil conscience,"that the
enot be y led to spill the blood of the
~ross..e„__it.n other similar remarks. The witness was
'i,letti44alined without injuring his testimony. The
~jalite at Clontibret, and the speech of Mr. O'Neil
z.thor,„„°ll the occasion, were proved by Mr. William
,Peet , a head-constable. Mr. James Walker, a sub-
we or of
th rePolice, and Mr. George Despard, a magistrate,
t• e hill oft:armed relative to the monster meeting at
t Tara. The description of that meeting was
oe ° that of the others. Mr. Despard proved that
h'rott
".,a..(ldressed by one of the peasantry, who said,
We wants e not the sort of gentleman O'Connell wants.
411 be ableen of bone and sinews, like me, who
, and the to do the work when it comes." He
till so m saYing' " Long life to the foreigners !"
hie and!
~f em cried out " Long life .to Mr. Leather
ts\v,l,,,43antietnifsttb.aeLblece which
the witness afterwards was informed_
11 Rollin ! The last witness examined
Robinson, who gave evidence re-
-1
litit. he to that rren7
imeeting, in the county of Galway,
Court adjourn sdiaet
fiovet to
clocker monster meetings.
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144,
tkteri,,EStTATioN OF DUDLEY:---It is confidentlydforim_
Inettiat`n,lt a new writ for this borough will be move
,ortieaY 0,,T1 the opening. of the ensuing session, and the Anti-t
te see...:' League are actively preparing for a vigorous atternp
the borne the seat for a free trader. Mr. Acland has arrivfefdouinr
lecur:Rh thed commenced the campaign by a course
Ms() e"°,l corn-laws. Several agents of the League') are
the
elect tOtely at work distributing anti-corn-law tracts amongstf
t's likel„°11 and non-electors. Two candidates are spoken o
*ltiellt,*; to contest the borough on the free-trade interest, and
o
Ned 'et of these gentlemen snag be eventually chosen carki,:ile can promise the monopolists that they will have a
VitZe of no ordinary character and influence to contend
ere t We shall soon be able to speak in plainer terms.—
Aire' er Chrortide.
Ilitil
"4
aii.rid Mrs. Wood will shortly appear in Norma,
..
rant, who takes the part of Adalgisa.

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