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ARRIVALS.
Lord Cantalupe,
in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Earl
Delawares, Buckhurst, Sussex ; Sir J. and Lady Kirk-
land, in Pall-mall ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Eden Spald-
ing, from Trafalgar Home, Isle of Wight ; Charles
Home Drummond, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. Jams 's-
street, from the North ; Burn, Esq., at ditto, from
ditto ; Sir Alexander and Lady- Hood and Hood, at
the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Compton
Cystic, Somerset ; L. Gwyn, Esq., Mrs. Powell,
and
Miss Butler, at ditto, from Paris ; Lieut.-Col. Hankey,
Ist Dragoon Guards, in South Audley.street, from Roe-
hampton.

DEPARTURES.
The Right Hon. Yates Peel, from-Fenton's Hotel, for
Bonehill Uottage, near Tamworth ; Swift, Esq., from
the Burlington 'Hotel, for Liverpool ; Sir IVilliam H.
Joliffe, Bart., M.P., for his seat, near Petersfiold, Hants ;
Col. and Mrs. Austin, from the Pulteney Hotel, for
Sevenoaks.

The Haymarket Theatre continues to be crowded
nightly, to witness The Merry Wives of Windsor, Risley
and his sons, and The Fair One with the Golden Locks.
To-night, we perceive, is positively the last night of those
elegant and classical wonders, Risky and his sons, as they
appear at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, on Monday. To fill up
the gap thus occasioned, Mr. Webster has secured the ser-
vices of the inimitable John Parry for the ensuing week, who
will singhis songs, famed fur fun and laughter, between the first
and last pieces.
THE LATE MR. JAMES WOOD'S WI LL.—The liti-
gation arising out of the will of the late Mr. James Wood, of
Gloucester, is net yet brought to a termination ; as a new suit
in Chancery has been instituted by Mr. Hitchins, one of the
parties named in the codicil, against the executors. The case
was mentioned in the Vice-Chancellor's Court the other day,
when it was stet, d that the Solicitor-General was specially
engaged, and the arguments were likely to occupy a length of
time. Under these circumstances, the Vice-Chancellor said
he would appoint some day to hear the cause which would be
convenient to all parties.
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire arrived at
Chatsworth on Thursday forenoon, and shortly afterwards
visited the several improvements in progress, under the able
superintendence of Mr. Paxton. The great fountain now in
progress at Chatsworth is expected to play to a height of upwards
of 200 feet. The water is conducted by a trench, or drain from
the Chesterfield road along the brow of the hill to a field behind
the " Stand" to a reservoir of six acre surface—thence by pipes
to the south front of the mansion. The head of water, or fall
from the reservoir to the nozzle, is 380 feet. All the cuttings for
the water, reservoir, and pipes are going on, and the pipes, valves,
nozzles, &e., are in progress at the foundries. The fountain
that plays the highest jet of any fountain in the world at pre-
sent is, I believe, in Germany, but the proposed fountain at
Chatsworth is expected to surpass it in height about twenty
feet. There are several fountains in France that play to a con-
siderable height, but that which rises the highest (at Ver-
sailles) is far inferior to what may be expected from the in-
tended fountain at Chatsworth, and those expectations are
founded upon the results of experiments made in every possible
way that science could suggest. The great fountain will be
complete about the latter end of summer. Material improve-
ments are in progress in respect to the other fountains, so that
the jets may form various devices.
KILLING THE DEVIL.—A young girl from the
country, lately on a visit to Mr. A a Quaker, was pre-
vailed on to accompany him to a electing. It happened to be a
silent one, none of the brethren being moved by the Spirit to
utter a syllable. When Mr. H— left the meeting-house with
his young friend, he asked her, " How dust thee like the
meeting?" To which she pettishly replied, " Like it? why
I can see no sense in it : to go and sit for whole hours to-
gether, without speaking a word, it is enough to hill the devil."
" Yes, my dear,'' rejoined the Quaker, " that is just what we
want."
Illahe Leicester Mercury informs us that " a Pro-
Corn-law meeting was recently held at Atherstone, to receive
subscriptions towards opposing the
"League." At the close
of the meeting the munificent sum of five shillings was sub-
scribed ! It is all over with the League.—Derby Reporter.

IRELAND.

TIC E STATE TRIALS.

TENTH DAY.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTERS.)
.DUBLIN, THURSDAY, JAN. 25.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
TILE QUEEN v. DANIEL O'CONNELL AND OTHERS.
The Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Crampton, and Mr.
Justice Perrin, took their- seats upon the bench at ten o'clock
precisely.
The jurors and traversers having answered punctually to
their name,,
Mr. M'Evoy Gartlan (agent for Mr. Duffy) applied to the
Court to grant his client permission to retire until two o'clock.
The application was made on the grounds of Mr. Duffy's illness.
The Chief Justice said it was not in the power of the Court
to make any order upon the subject; but it was for the At-
torney• General to say whether he had any objection to such a
course, and whether lie would insist on hating Mr. Duffy
called upon his recognisance.
The Attorney-General intimated that it was not his inten-
tion so to do. He would not take any notice of Mr. Duffy's
absence from Court. -
Mr. O'Hagan called upon the Clerk of the Crown to read
fram the Nation of Aagust 12, page 691, a letter addressed
by the Irish Members of Parliament to the people of Great
Britain.
The Clerk of the Crown complied, and read the following
address :

"TO THE PEOFLE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
the undersigned, representatives of Irish constituen-
cies, impressed with earnest solicitude respecting the present
state and future dewiny of our country, and deeply sensible of
its wrongs, and resolved to leave no effort untried to obtain
their redress, feel it our duty, before we reparate, to place
upon record our solemn remonstrance against the fatal policy
which has alienated from your Government and institutions the
minds of a large portion of our fellow countrymen.
" Deep-rooted arid increasing discontent pervades the nation
whose interests are intrusted to our charge. Feelings of es-
trangement are rapidly supplanting those affections which
kindness and justice would have placed at her command. De-
spairing of redress from the Legislature, the people of Ireland
now rely upon their own strength and resolution fur the attain-
ment of those righ's which they have sought from Parliament
in vain.

" The voice of the civiliz-d worl.l lays to your charge the
guilt of having produced this exasperation of national feel-
ing. For centuries our legislation and Government have been
subject to your control:; on you, therefore' lies the responsibility
of having failed to secure the welfare and contentment of the
Irish people.
" Our social condition is replete with elements of disorder.
The connection between landlord and tenant, deranged, as it
has been, by a long course of vicious legislature, hurts that
mutual confidence which is essential to the development of pro-
ductive industry. Tht, labouring population, unable to obtain
employment, live habitually on the verge of extreme destitu-
tion. Not withstanding our connexion with a nation which
boasts to be the wealthiest, the most enlightened, and the most
powerful in the world, our commerce, our manufactures, our
fisheries, our mines, our agriculture, attest, by their languish-
ing and neglected condition, the baneful effects of your misgo-
vernment.

" A Church establishment is maintained for the exclusive
benefit of one-tenth of the nation.

" Our representation in the Legislature is unjustly dispro-
portionate to the population and resources of Ireland.
" Our Parliamentary franchises are wholly inadequate to
secure a true reflection of the opinion of the mass of the nation.
" Our municipal rights are abridged in comparison with
yours. Our Corporation franchises are limited by needless
and harassing restrictions.
" The pecuniary exhaustion occasioned by absenteeism is
aggravated by the mode in which the proceeds of taxation are
applied.
" An anti-Catholic and anti-Irish spirit of exclusion governs
the distribution of official appointments.
Our local wants are not duly considered in the Imperial
Parliament, yet adequate powers of self government for local
purposes are not afforded in the constitution of our fiscal and
administrative constitutions.

" We have applied in vain to the Legislature for redress,
Our complaints arc unheeded—our remonstrances are
unavailing. We now appeal to that higher tribunal of public
opinion, which creates and deposes Parliaments and Min►sters,
and we ask your intervention to enforce our claims.
" We demand, on behalf of our country, the adoption of mea-
sures calculated to improve the condition of the industrious
classes, and to develope the resources of Ireland.
" We demand the recognition of perfect equality, in regard
to ecclesiastical and educational arrangements, between the
several religious communities into which the population of Ire-
land is div►ded.

" We demand a more ample representation in the Legislature.
"We demand the assimilation of municipal rights in both
kingdoms.
" We demand that Ireland shall participate more largely in
the benefits of the public expenditure.
" We demand, in regard to administrative government, that
the profession of the Roman Catholic faith shall no longer be
made a ground of virtual, as it has ceased to be one of legal, ex-
clusion from official station ; that in the general administration
of the affairs of the empire, Irishmen shall be called to take part
in a proportion commensurate with the extent to which Ireland
contributes to its greatness ; and that tke management of our
local affairs shall be confided, as much as possible, to those who
are identified and acquainted with the interests of our country.
" We demand that the principle of self-government, sub-
ject to popu'ar control, shall be applied, wherever practicable,
in the organisation of our local institutions.
" We recognise in you no superior title to political rights.
We demand perfect equality as the only secure and legitimate
foundation upon which the Union can permanently rest. So
long as these claims arc -denied, .so long will continue the
struggle of the Irish nation against injustice and misrule.
" Should this remonstrance be successful, we cannot, indeed,
promise the immediate restoration of those feelings of attach-
ment which,. a few years rince,:had begun to expel from the
national breait sentiments engendered by centuries of oppres-
sion. We can only express our conviction that those who con.
fide in the influence of justice will not have misplaced their
trust. It may still be in the' tkiaer of a Government which
may merit. ilie, 6nfidenee of.,tke. Irish people to win back
their .fprfelterr affeetionS but- We-warn you that every day's
delay iicreases the-difficulty of. the,. task, and gives additional
strength.; -, thiqs.w),ae inaiirtatOlkat;there is no ho; eot good
It
govern* tos ue9Attlx4ppriu,,,Ue restoration of her national
parliame :t f ,i' ) - , . *i,';';',
" Should Otis tivderring be negloled, on you, not on us, be
the risponsibi4tZot Mute ievOits, 4,1
" T. Wine,' Nt,atedo4l hityli..M. R. Ross, Belfast : T.
1 sultinder-Wi.x4ofd4 T; V.-luart, Waterford county ;
11. S, CaSev4. Waterford tstxoty ; D. J. Norreys, Mal-
low ; W. E. Corbally, Meath county ; J. O'Brien,
,10.0014111)flertnnell, Kerry county ; R.
itrehboldr Kildare count ;it'y . Gore, New Ross ; H.
t.M., '{'alter. Wesimeatb4.4toiti4y ; J. Power, Wexford
county; W. S., O'Brien, Giutcrick county."
Tl'A Cr to read the document to
its co ' ~ - 4,:,'... t*.y,
Mr. Siriylei Ten handed Mr: Vernon the Nation of the
26th of August, which he identified as having been lodged in
his office, and which purported to be printed and published by
Charles Gavan Duffy, at No. 12, Trinity-street.
The Clerk of the Crown having been handed the paper, read
from it the article entitled, " The Crisis iv upon us, at page
728, and, in the same number of the paper, the article headed
"The Irish Congress." When he had concluded the articles,
he asked if they required anything further read from that paper.
Mr. Smyly—Ne more from that. paper.
Mr. O'llagan read from page 726, in the third column of
that paper.

The Attorney-General said he wished to interpose. On the
preceding day he feat disinclined to affect the reading of certain
passages at that stage of the proceedings by the traversers, but,
in consequence of the course adopted in the reading of Mr.
Sharman Crawford's letter, and the resolutions of the Alembers
of Parliament, and other matters which had no bearing on the
documents read by the Crown, he wished the case should take
the ordinary course. The Crown wished to close within a rea-
sonable time, and would be enabled to do so by being per-
mitted to read the important parts for the prosecution, and
when the traversers came to make their case, they could offer
such evidence as they would consider bearing on the issue.
Mr. Hateliell, Q. C., said on the part of his client, and in•
deed he might say on the part of the other traversers, in con-
sequence of what had taken place the day before, and fully
acquiesced in by the Crown, they were certainly extremely
surprised that there should be any departure from what they
considered the fixed arrangement respecting the reading of the
papers. The counsel for the traversers had made their arrange-
ments under the impression that that would be the course acted
upon. If the objection was to have been taken at all, it ought
to have been taken when Mr. Whiteside called for the reading
of the letter of Mr. Sharman Crawford. The traversers'
counsel considered that the matter had been sufficiently dis-
cussed, and that the opinion of the Court, acquiesced in by the
Attorney-General, was that the most convenient way for all
parties, and particularly the Court, to take the evidence on that
part of the care, was that eash of those newspapers should be
read on the part of the Crown—that then the portions which
the traversers deemed necessary for their case should be read,
and thus the Court and jury would derive information rela-
tive to each publication, so that the matter would not be for-
gotten by them when it was taken up on a future occasion.
Ile did not mean to say that the Attorney-General intended
to depart from his arrangement, but certainly it would em-
barrass the course to be taken by the traversers, and be unfair
and unjust towards them in the conduct of their case here-
after.

The Chief Just;ce said the Court did not conceive that an
arrangement of the nature mentioned by Mr. Hatchell had
been entered into by both parties. He believed that arrange-
ment was entered into on the day before, and it was con-
sidered at that time that it would be the most convenient
way to have the documents for the Crown traversers disposed
of on the same occasion. At the time, probably, that arrange-
ment was agreed upon, it was not anticipated that readings to
the length, and of the unconnected nature and quality they
had heard, would have been resorted to by the traversers.
The Court did not sea any great inconvenience in continuing
the plan that had been entered into, and it was to be hoped no
unnecessary advantage would be taken.
The Solv:her-General said the strict rule was certainly with
the Crown, and if it were necessary he would show that they
were not bound by any undertaking, but, of course, they would
adopt the suggestion thrown out by the Court.
Mr. Justice Crampton had no doubt that the strict rule was
with the Crown, at the same time it certainly was suggested
by the Court, and he remembered he stated that the most
convenient course would be to dispose of each paper in the
order in which it was given in evidence. He did not antici-
pate, nor would he now anticipate, that that suggestion, which
was acquiesced in by the counsel fur the Crown, would be
abused by reading matters that were not relevant to the issue
laid between the parties. It was an indulgence given the tra-
versers, and he was sure, in the hands of the learned counsel,
it would not be abused.
Mr. O'Hagan (to the clerk of the Crown)—Now read
page 726, in the third column of the Nation you have been
reacting.
The Clerk of the Crown then read the article headed " su-
perseding magistrates," including a letter from Valentine
O'C. Blake, boasting of being a member of the Repeal Asso-
ciation.
Mr. Smyly—Now read page 2 in the first column of the
Pilot of the 7th of June.
The Clerk of the Crown read the article. It was a descrip-
tion of tie " great Repeal Demonstration in Drogheda."
The article described the procession, and concluded by stat-
ing that the Liberator's carriage was surrounded by a body of
horse.
Mr. Smyly—Very} well, that will do for the present. Go
on to the speech of Mr.. O'Connell.
The officer then proceeded to read the speech of Mr.
O'Connell, which was spoken at Drogheda en the occasion
alluded to. He, Mr. O'Connell, impressed on the people the
necessity of preserving the peace, and not to outrage the law
in the most minute respect. He told them not to groan any
person or party. He cautioned the people against secret
societies, illegal oaths, &e.
When the Clerk of the Crown had concluded the reading of
Mr. O'Connell's speech, Mr. Smyly called upon him to read
the names given in the same paper, of those who attended the

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dinner at the Linen Hall. Mr. O'Ccnnell, Mr. Steele, and
Mr. Bartett were present.
Mr. Smyly then called for the spreah of Mr. Barrett at

the same dinner to be read. He spoke to the toast of " The
People.'• 'The tier k read the speech.
Mr. Stn3ly—Look to the a cond column, and read the speech
of Mr. Steele, which you will find there.
The Clerk of the Crown accordingly referred to the speech
of Mr. Steele, which he read.
Now read the Chairman's speech.
The Clerk of the Crown read the speech.
Mr. M‘Danough—Refer to the commencement of the meet-
ing, taken from the Freeman's Journal and Drogheda

Argus, and read the names of the persons who were there.
The Clerk of the Crown read the names of thwe who were
present—B. B. Strfford, N. Boylan, Messrs. Gernan, Ma-
thews, Smith, Jones, &c _ .

Mr. 111'Donough Refer to the second column, and read the
passage of the address commencing with " We are not those
slaves."

The Clerk of the Crown read the passage, which contained
the following observation :—" There are two modes by which
redress may be hoped for—physical force and moral force. The
first we reject."
The ad'.ption of the address was moved by N. Boylan, T.C.,
and seconded by B. Finnigan, and it stated that it " conveyed
the sentiments of the meeting."
Re'er to the sth column, and read the commencement of
Mr. Campbell's speech.
The Clerk of the Crown read the moving of a petition to
the ImEerial Parliament for a Repeal of the Union by Mr.
Campbell, the seconding of it by Mr. Gernan, which was put
and carried in the affirmative.

The Clerk of the Crown also read the motion of Mr. Brady
for the adoption of the petition as the petition of the inhabitants
of Drogheda'
Head the names of the persons who sent letters of apology.
The Clerk of the Crown read the names of the Right Rey.
Dr. Cohen, the Most Rev. Dr. Mac Hale, Right Rev. Dr.
Cantwell, Right Rev. Dr. Denvir, Sir William Somerville,
M.P., Maurice O'Connell, &c.
Read the speech of the Chairman in proposing the fir toast.
The Clerk of the Crown reed the speech prefacing the toast
of "The Queen." He remarked on the invariable loyalty of the
people of Ireland.
The Clerk of the Crown read the speeches of the Chairman
prefacing the toast of " Prince Albert and the Prince el Wales,"
" The Duchess of Kent," and " The People."
Mr. Smvly—Now refer to the Pilot of the 12th of June ;
turn to the third column of the la't page, relating to the Kil-

kenny banquet. '
The Clerk of the Crown read that E. Smithwiek acted as

president, and that Mr. O'Connell, the Rev. Mr. Carroll,
Mr. Maxwell, Mr. P. S. Butler, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr.
Steele were present.
Turn to the sth page, and read Mr. O'Conuell's speed; to
the toast of " the Repeal of the Union."
The Clerk of the Crown accordingly read over the speech.

Mr. M'Donough_ Turn to the Zidpage and read thecom-_

meneement of the proceedings at the. itePeal demonstration of
K ilkenny.
The Clerk of the Crown then read, where it appeared that
the account was taken from the Kilkenny Journal and Morning
Frecnian.

The clerk also read the speech of the chairman, Pierce So-
merset Butler, Esq., M.P. for Kilkenny county, recommending
peace, order, and the observance of the laws.

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The speech of Mr. O'Connell at the same meeting was also
entered as read. Ater the perusal of a passage in which Mr.
O'Connell called on the band to play the National Anthem,
the account stated that a dozen bands immediately struck up
" God save the Queen," the multitude remaining uncovered to
the close, when they gave three most deafening chters fur the
Queen.

The Clerk of the Crown went on to read thus :—" A splen-
did banquet was-given in the evening to the Liberator, and
the banquet-room was hung around with such inscriptions
as Ire land fur the Irish, and the Irish for Ireland ; No

foreign Parliament or domestic slaves ;" Erin Mavourneen,
Erin go Bragh ;" Irishmen be loyal to the Queen and obedient
to the law ;" Fear nit the Saxon ; ' Never despair of liberty
for Ireland,' &c."
Mr. IlPDonough—Read the toast respecting the Queen, and
the short speech of the Chairman introducing it.
The Clerk then read as follows—The Chairman said that
their excellent Secretary having so far discharged his duty it
must devolve upon him to call on them to fill their glassm before
proposing the first toast. In doing so he would merely ask was
it probable that the Irish people, after enduring centuries of
persecution without being shaken in their loyalty, would now
become disloyal towards the best Sovereign that ever filled the
throne ? He begged to propose " the health of her Most Gra•
cieus Majesty the Queen." Drunk with the most enthusiastic
applause.—Air, " God save the Queen." " The health of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of %Vales, and the
Princess Royal, were also given amid loud applause.
Certain portions of an article from the Times newspaper
on the state and condition of Ireland, copied into the Pilot,
were then read, together with the comments of the Pilot
thereon.

The Pilot of Wednesday, the 14th of June, was then put
in, and that portion of It read describing the Liberator's en-
trance into Mallow, pith music, banners, &c., together with
lengthened quotations from his speeches at the meeting and
the dinner.

Mr. Smyly—Now read the report of the dinner at Mallow.
The Clerk of the Crown read the portion of the report re-
ferred, to.

Mr`;' be so good as to read Mr. O'Connell's
speech at Mallow.
The Clerk of the Crown complied, and read from the Pilot
the .report of Mr. O'Connell's speech in reply to the toast of
" The People."
Mr. Smyly next directed the of seer to read the toast which
was given by the chairman—" The Protestant Repealers of
Ireland, with which he coupled the name of Mr. Steele." Mr.
Bourne reading—" Mr. Steele rose amid loud cheering, and
returned thanks."—( Great laughter.)
Mr. M'Donough—Read the speech of Mr. Edmund Burke
Roche at the meeting.
The officer proceeded to read Mr. Roche's speech to the
concluding passage, where the Honourable Member declared
that they had met in peace, and there could be no sedition in
that.

Mr. NV Donough--That'a all I shall trouble you to read.
The Court adjourned for ten minutes for refreshment. 1
The Court having resumed their seats,
t
Mr. M'Donough said there was a passage in the last paper i
which he wished to have read, and, in the absence of the i
officer, he would read it. It was in the fourth page of the
piper—the Pilot of the 4th of June, 1843. The Learned
.Gentleman then proceeded to read an extract from a speech
made by Dr. Gray.
Mr. Smyly—Mr. Vernon, now produce the Freeman's
Journal of the 7th of August last ?—I have it here •_ it was
lodged-in my office, and bears the naive of Eclward .Duffy as
publisher.
I Lee the third page—read the portion commencing " Gemit •
demonstration in Wicklow."
The witness then proceeded to read an account of the &k-
-ingless meeting at great length, the description of the scenery
in the neighbourhood of Baltinglass, the enthusiasm of the
people, and the progress to the place of meeting. After some ,
time he was told by Mr- Smyly not to read further.
MI Fitzgibbon said he required the whole of the description
to be read.
He thin proceeded to read it to the end. It went on to
describe the enthusiasm of the people, old and young, upon the
appearance of Mr. O'Connell, estimated the number of horse-
men at a thousand, and stated that they advanced with almost
military dignity ; that the temperance bands from Athy, Naas,
Newbridge, and the Liberties, were in attendance, and that at
least 150,000 persons were congregated at the place of meeting.
When the reading of the descriptive part was concluded,
Mr. Smyly said—Read the speech of Mr. O'Connell.
The speech which has appeared before was then read
—it was to the following effect :—He (Mr. O'Connell) was
delighted at the merry sound and the loud cheers that came
upon his ears from the mountain valleys. He was born at the
foot of a mountain, and the sounds of to.day were familiar to
his ear. The familiar sounds of the mountain streams flowed
sweetly as if they were set to music. His earliest life was for
the lihettz of Ireland, and he was doubly animated for the
struggle brthe scene before him. He said the dawning day
of liberty was rising, and would soon be a full day sun. His
affections, like all the sons of the mountain, were centered in the
land of his birth. The Swiss were mountaineers; and the Scotch
had their Highlands, and in no other c,untry was the love
of father-land more strongly felt. Should it be said that
the people of Ireland were slaves and unfit to govern them-
selves, and that a Parliament removed by fraud ought never to
be restored. He called upon the meeting to promise that Ire-
land should not be a province. He asked did they know Lord
Wicklow, and desired them not to groan him, as he supposed
the poor man was then saying his prayers. He said that there
was nothing for Ireland but repeal, and continued to animadvert
upon the conduct of Lord Wicklow. Lord Wicklow had no-
body to praise him, and therefore he praised himself. Neither
he nor any of his class had done anything for Ireland. It may
be asked what good he had done ? He put down Protestant
ascendancy—he took away the inferiority of the Catholics in
point of law—he got rid of the old rotten Corporation, and he
was now struggling for repeal, which was really the poor man's
question.
Mr. Vernon basing concluded the speech,
Mr. Smyly—Do you see the name of Mr. Reilly there ?
Yes. Mr. Reilly seconded the resolution, which was put and
carried.
Now turn to the report of the dinner—to the toast of the

people.
Mr. Vernon—The toast of " the people, the source of all
legitimate power."
llr. Gray spoke to the toast.
Read Mr. O'Connell's speech at the dinner.
Mr. Vernon then proceeded to read the speech of Mr.
O'Connell. One part of the speech consisted of the often dis-
cussed passage on the sergeants of the British army.
Mr. Smyly told the witness to turn to the report of the dioner,
and see if Mr. Steele was Fest tit.
Mr. Whiteside said that the paper could be no evidence as to
whether Mr. Steele was present or not.
The Clerk of the Crown said that Mr. Steele was mentioned
in the report as having replied.
'the Attorney- General rose to apply to what he understood
was the objection, when
Mr. Whiteside said he did not make any objection ; he
merely made the remark. Ho was not counsel for Mr. Steele.
The Attorney-General was not going to enter into the argu-
ment. All he wished was to be distinctly understood as not
acquiescing in the objection.
The reading of documents continued up to the adjournment
of the Court.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. BUFFORD, TUE BANKER.
—This gentleman, the well known banker in Stour-
bridge, while engaged in writing his address, in the
house of Mrs. Harrison, of Birmingham, where he had
been given directions respecting the hiring of a servant,
suddenly dropped down dead. From a po,t mortan exa-
mination, it appeared that the melancholy event resulted
from ossification of the heart.—York Corinna.

PARK.—We regret to see that the
Park of ChiHingham is likely soon to be despoiled of
its glory and boast. A writ of execution has
been directed to the Sheriff of Northumberland,
to bring to the hammer the celebrated race of
cattle, so long the excht,ive possession of the
Earls of Tankerville. The Chillingham wild cattle
have been as much an obitet of curiosity to strangers
visiting this country, as many of our national monu-
ments. And Sir Walter Scott, in his interesting Notes
to the Bride of Lammermuir, had added to the celebrity
of this noble race of Northumbrian cat tie.—'Tyne tiler•
cure.

LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY.-011
Thursday night Mr. Godwin, F.R. S., delivered the first of a
course of lectures on this subject, at the Western Literary In-
stitution, under the title of " History in Brick and Store." 'I he
object of the lecture was to show the interesting nature of the
study. The history of architect urc is the history of civilization,
and in many cases the ruins of a few buildings are the only
records left by once powerful nations. The monuments of the
Druids, the Mexicans, the Indians, and the Egyptians were
illustratZd by numerous diagrams, and the singular connexion
apparent in these structures pointed out. Mr. Godwin truly
observed, that by obtaining a knowledge of architecture the
pleasure of travelling is increased fourfold—every stone is sug-
gestive of an idea, and every old building becomes an open
book full et instruction.
The typhus fever rages violently about Grindleford
Bridge.—Der&y Reporter.

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THE STATE TRIALS.
The proceedings in the
their, slow.length along," day
of tho2e strange and startling I
confidently expected from the
of th -/ Attorney-General. TI
.the isle froth its propriety," bi
Is not, however, in any degre-,
Majesty's Irish Government,
have had a regularly organi:t
Informers, shorthand-writers a, in at-
tendance at the several meetings for months past.
But, however industrious these ingenious gentlemen,
it turns out that the sum total of their observations
amounts to nothing that can serve the purpose of the
prosecution. They have been one and all compelled
to admit that peace and • order characterised the
the proceedings,. and that these duties were power-
fully impressed upon the,...multitudes who attended,
by the !Aerator and the'f?ther speakers. .
We have anxiously sought in the Molt* Herald
some explanation or defence of the risettlity of its
proprietors, in hiring themselves out AS the pall spies
of Government. For the honour of the press we
hoped that something could be advanced in the nature
of a palliation, but " grandmama" is silent under the
detection of her infamy.
That the constabulary evidence has signally broken
down, must be evident to anybody who has waded
through the direct and ,cross-examinations of the
gentlemen "in coloured clothes" from Stewart, of
Tullamore,- to Despard, of Trim. With every dis-
position to see and hear the minutest word or incident
that could --be construed unfavourably against the
popular leaders they have failed to establish a single
instance of violent speaking or conduct. —Dub lin Pilot.

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