The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-31 00:00:00

f crushed in the throng, and among them a policeman.
If crushing in a crowd was to be considered a proof
of the illegality of a meeting, then the Court of
Queen's Bench had for the last fortnight been a most
illegal assembly ; the jury-box was protected
from inconvenience, but every other part of
the Court, even the judgment-seat, lad been
invaded, and the Learned Judges themselves had
been " crushed" by those whom it was not possible to
resist. This allusion was to the number of ladies who
have been accommodated with seats almost on the
bench ; and it created a hearty laugh, in which the
Learned Judges joined. But a far better point for
his client was made by him, in reference to the con-
versation sworn to by the witness, Policeman
AMA's's, which was said to have taken place between
him and the Rev. Mr. TIERNEY, on the 16th of June,
two months before the meeting at Clontibret. When
evidence of this conversation was tendered, it was
objected to by the traversers, as it formed no part
of the indictment, but the objection was overruled.
M'CANN swore to a long conversation, in which Mr.
TIERNEY spoke of the Union as not binding on
conscience, and on the spread of the Repeal feeling
in the army, and the great things which the army
had done in Spain. Mr. MOORE emphatically denied,
on the part of Mr. TIERNEY, that any such conversa-
tion ever occurred ; pointed out its improbability; and,
though he could call no evidence of the falsehood of
the witness, he proved, by referring to the dates of
the newspapers, that no revolt of the Spanish army,
to which M•CANN said Mr. TIERNEY alluded, took
place till the 11th of June, and that consequently it
was impossible that anything could have been
known about it in the county of Monaghan
on the 16th of the same month. This dissection of
the Crown evidence seemed to have some effect on
the jury. He was exceedingly severe in his remarks
on the conduct of the Attorney-General ; and his
speech, altogether, was a spirited, able, and what is
better, an effective display of legal talent, acumen,
and oratory. He did not occupy so much time as
was anticipated.
Mr. H?►TCHELL then addressed the Court for Mr
RAY, the secretary of the Association, denouncing
the Crown for having included him in the indict-
ment, thus depriving the traversers of the best wit-
ness they could have called to prove the object and
legal constitution of the Association. This may be
taken as the pith and substance of the Learned Gen-
tleman's address, which concluded at half-past two
o'clock.

Mr. FITZGIBBON, who was the next in order of the
traversers' counsel to address the Court, then applied
for an adjournment, on the double grounds of his own
personal indisposition, and the impossibility of the
jury, in a case of such magnitude, attending to the
views of so many counsel in such rapid succession.
The Chief Justice said he had observed the in-
disposition of Mr. FITZGIBBON for several days, and,
concluding that no other counsel was prepared to go
on, was disposed to allow the adjournment.
The Attorney-General said he would not, for a
moment, ask Mr. FITZGIBBON to proceed, but he
thought, when there were so many other counsel,
soma one of them—Mr. WHITESIDE or Mr. M‘Do-
ou G n—might proceed.
Mr. O'CONNELL said a certain order had been
agreed on, which could not be disturbed.

The Chief Justice then, in a manner that seemed
more than half a rebuke to the Attorney-General,
admitted the reasonableness of the application, and
adjourned the Court till Tuesday morning, when
Mr. FITZGIBBON will begin the defence of Dr. GRAY.