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eertsissly sure d.') The speeches given in the indictmen
were for the most part made after dinner, and the worst pas-
sages of them were extracted for the purpose of showirse what
a wicked man Mr. O'Connell seas. As to Ow ora " fo-
reigner," Mr. O'Connell took that word from the law hooks.
A case was reported in 3 Harriman and Adolphus, where a bill
of exchange was drawn on a person in Ireland, and as there was
only a verbal acceptance, it was contended that that was suffi-
cient, Ireland being a foreign country.-(Laughter.) It was
pressed on the other side, that that could not be ; but it was
ruled by the Court that Ireland was a foreign country,
and that a verbal acceptance of the bill bound the ae-
ceptor.-(Laughter.) It was observed by one of the
counsel who argued the case that they did not even know
where Dublin was.-(Laughter.) When Mr. O'Connell
said England was a foreign country, he was speaking a ,Irgal
truth ; he was certainly speaking of a place beyond theltt.at•
but he (Mr. Whiteside) would require the Solicitor.Geitivild
to prove that, because Mr. O'Connell said this. his ( Mr. V.'s)
client conspired to do all the wicked things with whicri- Mr.
O'Connell was charged. All that he said about the " stunted
corporal" (the Duke of Wellington) and Sir Robert Peel;
provednothing, and was 'drawn forth because he (Mr. O'Con-
nell)thought those distinguished persons were going to put hisia
down by physical force. His expression, " Here is morn.pkg..•
sical force than was at Waterloo," was a mere boastful eipret-
sion of pride, showing that the confidence of the masses of the
people was enjoyed by him, and that their opinions were.it
much entitled to be discussed as those of the 75,000.,W1:0
went " shoulder to shoulder" to the Hillsborough meeting.
Gentlemen of the jury, in looking at the Mullaghroast meet-
ing, you cannot consider Mr. O'Connell's speech as violent or
as improper ' for when alluding to the historical fact of the
massacre at Alullaghmast, he does not stir up a sectarian spirit
-he told the people that it was not a massacre committed, b
a Protestant on a Catholic, but one perpetrated by Cathllies
on Catholics. The Attorney-General called your attentieti to
the character of the proceedings by which the meeting) were
got together-he told you the people were drilled, and he
quoted a case to show that such drilling was illegal ; but
he did not tell you that the drilling in that case was 'per-
formed at night, and by a soldier. You, gentlemen, saw the
meeting at Donnybrook ; it was composed of respectable'arti-
sans-we, coming to court, saw them-would you belieie' any
man, if he could be found, to tell you that he was put in
terror ?-that he apprehended a breach of the peace, or any
danger to either life or property ? No, surely -" Ex. uno
disce omnes." From that one meeting learn the character of
the whole. But the Orangemen have met hundreds of times
with music, with banners, and mind. gentlemen, with arms,
which they well knew how to use, for they were often tried
for using them-(Laughter)-and then only for the riot, not
because it was asserted they had no tight to meet, or that
such meetings were illegal, for such was never asserted ;
and when they did wish to put them down, they had to
get an Act of Parliament to empower them to say so. Well,
Lord Stanley put them down With a strong and a tight
hand, and the only objection which was made by one of the
present Judges on our bench was, that he du( not think the
law went far enough, and put down all meetings of the descrip-
tion which were then under debate. Mr. Lefroy, who now so
ably administers justice in an inferior Court, resisted with
great ability the passing of that Bill. There were also two
other persons who resisted it, both of whore are at present
traverser, at the bar. One of them was Mr. O'Connell and
the other was his son. They resisted it on constitttional
grounds, and eloquently, ably, and constitutionally they argued
the case, even though it took power from their enemies
to injure them. He told them that the spirt of
the Orangemen could not be put down ; it might
be properly directed, but it could not thus be repressed.
The Association was not obnoxious to the charges in the in-
dictment. Its object was, not to diminish the prerogative of
the Crown, but to extend it-not to subvert the throne or the
House of Peers, but to add to the strength of the one, and to re-
store the other, and to bring back to Ireland the House of Com-
mons, whose absence they deplored. if the jury were to judge
fairly, they should place themselves in the situation of the tra-
versers, and then, he would confidently ask them, would they
adept different means to effect their object ? The fact was,
that the people had found out the secret of their strength, and
that what was denied tojustice was conceded to moral force. The
history of Ireland for the last century almost was but a series of
Associations like.the present. After adverting to a number of
cases in favOur of the traversers, the Learned Counsel thuicen-
eluded-A liree proportion of our countrymen were unhappy', tis-
contented, and despicable. They looked around on the cause
of their misfortunes-they beheld a country blessed by Pro-
vidence with the means of greatness, and strong men pining
for a daily sixpence, starving with gaunt famine in the midst
of fertility, and they uttered the language of indignation and.
remonstrance. If, under such circumstances as these.,Zis
mars thought a native Parliament would give him the Tnelam
of life, was ho criminal to wish for the means of life?
he seditious if he said so? And if he, knowing dig. Eis
single voice would be passed by unheeded as the idle wind,
joined with other men in declaring their common wants,
grievances, and sufferings, were they conspirators? .Wite
they conspirators because they thought a local Parlial4nt
might, perhaps, give them those blessings for which thnew
.sighed. They thought, perhaps, the resident aristocra and
gentry were the source of industry and the means of wealth.
They said that the mischief of absenteeism was deity and
hourly increasing. They thought perchance a native Parlia-
ment might induce the absentees to return. Were they ec2ll-.
spirators because they said so ?-They knew, and true 'posits.
that the beauties of Ireland were few ; she had little to ftulnce
gentry or nobility to return. What were her beauties cen-
pared with the fascinations of the Imperial Senate, or the glit-
tering splendour of a Court? They believed that their
country's wealtk was daily and hourly diminishing ; ere
theta they saw a gloomy prospect and little hope ;, they
transferred their eye t• this metropolis in which we stand ;
they see what an acute and sensitive people eaneot shut their
eyes to ; they see the houses of the nobility turned into
barracks, the Stamp-office extinguished, the Linen...hall
deserted, the University forsaken, the Custom-house almckt
a poor-house, and not long since they had read a debate in Par-
liament to remove from their asylum the old Irish pensioners,
who bravely served their country, to transplant them in their
old age in another country, for the purpose of saving a miser-
able pittance. They saw every possible source of expenditure
withdrawn from the country by the application of political
economy and the unbending principles of imperial centralisa-
tion. They looked at their parliament house converted into
a bank. In their eyes it stood a monument of past glory
arid present degradation. The glorious labours of our gifted
countrymen within those walls were not forgotten. The
works of the understanding did not easily perish. The verses
of Homer lived 2,500 years, without the loss of a single
letter, while temples and cities had been swept away ; and we
even now read without emotion the exalted sentiments her in-
spired sons poured forth in their exquisite language to save the
expiring liberties of their country. Perhaps their genius had
a resurrectionary power, and in later days quickened a dege-
nerate posterity from the lethargy of slavery into the activity
of freedom. We, too, had among us in better times, many
who approached the greatness of antiquity. The imperishable
records of their eloquence would keep alive in our hearts a zeal
for freedoni' and a love for our country. The comprehensive
genius of Flood, the immortal eloquence of Grattan, the splen-
dour of Burke, the noble simplicity and Demosthenie eloquence
of Plunket and of Curran, had failed to save the ancient'eon-
stitution of Ireland! Had learning, genius, eloquence, lost
their power over the souls of men ? With one great excep-
tion, these distinguished countrymen had passed away, but
their memorials had not perished with them. Their names
would be remembered by a grateful posterity, while genius was
honoured or patriotism remembered. Those who desired
the repeal of the union believed that the Imperial
Parliament did not attend sufficiently to our peculiar wants.
Our character was misunderstood, and sometimes slandered.
Our vices were magnified into crimes, and the crimes of a
few were visited upon the nation. The Irish-the mere
Irish-had been treated as creatures of impulso-men,,,telf-
out settled understandings, without a rational pos*llt or
moral sense. They had their faults, God knovand
and he (Mr. Whiteside) grieved to say it, but their faulti were
redeemed by splendid virtues. They had rushed into this agita-
tion with ardour. It was their very nature where theyOt
strongly to act boldly, and speak passionately-ascribe their
excesses to their enthusiasm, and forgive ! Recollect that the
same enthusiasm had borne them triumphantly over fields of peril
and glory-had impelled them to shed their dearest blood,
and spend their lives, in defence of the liberties of England.
Nor is their high spirit useful only in the storm of battle ;. it
cheers their almost broken heart under their misgry-'-it
sweetens the bitter cup of poverty, which thousands is` .nl6
countrymen are admitted to feel. The emanations of itaikus,
the imperishable works of art, and the labours of herife and
the attachment of patriots, have all been prompted by'enthu-
siasm. The sleep passions of the soul are sometimes summoOd
into action for great and noble purposes, and are awakened-.by
the hand of Omnipotence, by whose touch this island/Erse-
started into existence-that hand which has stampetrupOn
this bold people the enthusiastic desire for the regeneration of
Ireland.
The Learned Counsel here, overpowered by exertitsnAlk
into his seat, amid loud and continued applause. ' • '
Mr. Moona, Q.C.-My Lord, he is exceedingly eahtusited.
Mr. liss;s, Q.C.-lie-has not concluded, my Lord.
CHIEF JUSTICE-We will not consider him to have ione se.
The Court was then adjourned to ten o'clock to-morrow
morning.

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MORTALITY. IN THE METROPOLIS. The .4410
number of deaths during the week ending January 27, was
1,011, showing a decrease of 29, as compared with the pre-
vious week, and an increase over the average of the lasc'five
winters of 65. The increase has taken place chiefly in deaths
caused by diSeases of • the lungs., those caused.by pneuMonia
(inflammation • of the lungs) being 109, while the average is
only 91. Deaths from small-pox are 18, and of thoaa carried
off 19 had not been vaccinated. Deaths from scarletina 42,
being 17 above the average, and violent deaths, 14 or 11 fewer
than usual. Of these 4 Are fro falls, 4 from burns, and
treat euigidlei,