Star.
London, England, 1817-08-11 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, AUGUST 6.

The King will leave the Hague, on the Bth, to go
to the Island of Walcheren. On the 9th the cere-
mony of the opening of the Canal of Middelburg will
be performed with the greatest solemnity in his M.
jetty's presence. •
'rbe Prism of Orange has left Spa for the Hague,
but the Princess and young Prince remain at Spa.
AU kinds of grain ave bad another tall in price
its this day's market, in which we bad the pleasure to
pee fiae new wheat exposed to sale.
His Majesty has placed 5000 hectolitres of rye at
the disposal of M. Huler, of the province of Namur,
the {mice is reduced to ten florins. Every person,
without exception, inhabiting the province, is autho-
rised to apply at the Magazine to buy the quantity of
rye stitch he wants.

About 440 Officers and men from Madras, Wad-
ing the 80'h Regiment, invalids, and limited service
men from other Regiments, lately arrived at Ports-
mouth. The 80th Regiment has served 21 years in
India three of the Officers only have survived, who
embanked horn England with the Regiment. Cap.
tain RAMSAY, 89th Regiment, (a passenger), died
at Si. Helena en the 12th June, and Qnaner-Master
Minni.sr. ea, 80th, at sea, July 28. The Lucy and
MARIA lest Madras on the 23d of March. The
Mistrt., 74, Captain PATZRSON, had arrived from
England, last from Algiers and Gibraltar, and landed
the Hon. Mr. Etuorr and S,r Jams MaLcotra,
safely. She escaped destruction hem fire, s.l:ich broke
out at sea, two days previous to her arrival in Madras
Roads, and presenting the most serious aspect, caused
the utmost degree of alarm. She was shortly to
proceed Ir.m Madracto Trincomalee. Sir RICHARD
W.ts 011 the point of embarking at Trincomalee,
is the Ottt.AtillOp Captain CLAVELLI for Bombay.
The Wiiabee, anJ other pirates, in the Persian Gull,
have not been s',-troublesome as they are now be-
come, since the signal chastisement was inflicted on
them, some years since, by the force fitted oat under
that able office, , W AINWRIGHT, of his Ma.
jesty's late ship CHI/VORKZ. Similar means, it was
apprehended, would become necessary. The DAC-
cams and CHALIAMitia. ti .id s area to, the Gull.
The 80th Regiment landed at Portsmouth on vii.
day, and marched to Hilsea Barracks, there to wait
until ttinsports have arrived to take them to Chatham.
The Lucy and Maria, recently arrived at Ports-
mouth, kit St. Helen; on the 17th of June. The
Lady Ceurpooll. tram Bengal and Madras, was to'
sail on tha gthh BOVAPARTZ was well. He had
lately rewired 4 tint of . sa son, which afforded him
much evident satisfaction. It was given in charge to
a sailor, of the ship Baling (it was oelieved who,
open his 4161,4
.et- the !wand, was to, the
most prudent means oh conveying it to its *stints-
tion. The mati became 'dangerously ill, before the
opportunity of executing his secret commissicn pre-
seated sista; and sending for his Commanding Offi-
cer, he revealed the circumstance to him. The bast
was theieupon sent to Sir Houton Lows, who, treat-
ing the matter lightly, though pONAPART/ had lone
;,fused t' be tad terms of even c.wrteous civility with
him, M 51111117 caused it to be eotte.iyed to him. There
appears n.• felasation whatever in the belief of the
81,,.,de1ar that IlorraranTres darling object and
constant hope are, to get away trom the island. Ills
health had isliproved of late: he 'spends most of his
time It hie billiard-table.-.—The *ships Catherine,
traria, Ip4 liorah, may be soon expected,. With the
Temaitis thairifild miasma from St. Helena—tin',
hrriog beepup at Calcutta, to carry the 66th
fIPI9IM; flilf • t, • I

TRIAL OF ROGER O'COMIOR, ESQ.

COUNTY' 01: want A SEIZE UIMAT, Avousr 5.

Tile proceedings of tvlonliy, preliminary t this
interesting event, we have already laid be:ore our
Readers. The folio.ving particuLa c ar^ selected from
the DublieJournal, from Freesaan'i Jouriud, and from
the Patriot

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A few minutes after nine o'clock, on the morning
of Tuesday, Mr. Justice DALY resumed his judicial
seat, and the Trial of Mr. O'CONNOR wls imme-
diately proceeded in.
The Court was thronged to excess; it was with
considerable difficulty that those connected with the
trial could force their entranze thri,ujh the crowd.
Admission to a fiftieth part of those who sought it,
Could not bebbtaitted. In stationary pristarrs round
the Court House, and in all the avenues leading te
it. were to be seen the greatest assemblage of persons
ever remembered in the county. Mr. O'Connor was
emsductecl by the High Sheriff into Court, without
any guard whatever. He was accompanied by Sir
Francis Burdett, Sir Simon Bradstreet, a Gentle-
man of Cork, Mr. Barry. his Law Agent. and by
several others of his friends.—Availing himself of
the indulgence, which the humane Judge, on the ap•
plication of Mr. Bennett, on the previous evening,
had accorded to him, he took his seat at the bar al.
lotted to the -Counsel of Traver sets ; on one side of
him sat Sir F:ancis Burdett; and on the other Sir
Simon Bradstreet. The sympathy of the auditory
was manifest and extreme. Mr. O'Connor was ad-
dressed by some, saluted by others, and bowed fre•
quently. He was dressed in a blue coat, a fancy
vra:,:xoat, and, as on the-preceding day, appeared
'c:R.:crtul and assured.

• When the Officers of the Court had taken'their
places at the table, Benjamin Rikey, Esq. the De-
puty Clerk of the Crown, inquired, as is usual in eases
where more than one prisoner is arraigned for the
same offence, whether he (O'Connor) would join
with his alleged coadjutor in tl.e felony, in the chal-
lenges? He answered, that he would not.
borne desultory conversati.m here ensued between
the Counsel ter the prosecution and Mr. Bennett, one
of Mr. O'Connor's Counsel, in referen:.! to :he pri-
soner, and the manner of the challenges, and after
the usual formalities, the names on the patine', which
were very numerous, were called over, on a flue of
fifty pounds.
A considerable portion of time was consumed in
recalling the pannel, and owing to the many chal-
lenges made on behalf of the Crown and Prisoners.
Notwithstanding the number that appeared to their
names, the panncl became exhausted, and it was
found necessary, in order to complete the Jury, to
select four of the number from chose challenged.
The following are the names of the Gentleman who
were at length sworn to try the issue s
JOHN ItOITOM, Esq. Jour. Voss, Esq.
MENAI' WALIM, Esq. PRIDAtICA
JAM'S K , Esq. Komi. STIR/IL 1.1015 g, Esq.
HAMILL' TII OVIL/111, OMAII BAIXIIII, Esq.
WILLIAM liIIIRTIMq JOUR OTMAT CorTIM
CMAILIOPIIIRCAALLTON,EMI. JAMLI bOULILVILLI, Esq.

The Jury having been sworn, the prisoners were
tormally given them in charge.
It was suggested by Mr. O'Connor's Counsel, that
lists of the several witnesses to be examined on either
side should he handed in to the Judte, in order that
they might be commanded to wit thaw, until re-
spectively called upon to give evidence. In this ar-
rangement the Curt and Counsel for the prosecu-
tion readily acquiesced, and they (the witnesses) were
ordered to retire accordingly.
The Indictment having been read,
Mr. Serjeant Jam, as leading Counsel fer.the pro.
secution, stated the ease against the prisoners. The
Learned Counsel confined himself to a simple rela-
tion of the facts which-grounded the alleged charges
of felony, and adverted, in brief terms, to the evi-
dence and circumstances upon which he was in-
structed these charges .would be sustained. In re-
ference to Mr. O'Connor, personally, he regretted as
much as any individual, even amongst the friends of
that unfortunate Gentleman, the unhappy situation
in which be was placed ; and sympathizing, as he
did, in common with those around him, in its pain-
fulness, he declared, he would feel the most sincere
gratification in his acquittal.
The first witness sworn, was Mr. Bartholomew St.
Leger, of Dublin, coal factor, from whom the watch
and keys for which the prisoners were arraigned were
stolen. He merely proved that the Mail was robbed
on the day libelled; that he was a passenger, and
that them articles were taken from him.

John Pollock, Esq. Clerk of the Crown for the
province of Leinster, deposed to the conviction of
Richard Warring, for the attack of and rubbery on
the mail coach irons Dublin to Galway, on the day
laid in the present indictment. He recorded the con-
viction. It was bete produced and proved.
Arthur Pollock. Esq. of Mountaiastown, also de-
' posed to this conviction.
Michael Owens, the chief informer, was the next
w;tnegs.—Was in Mr. O'Connor's employment as
labourer ; was asked by Mr. O'Connor if he would
in ribbing the Galway mail ?---Answered that he
wi old. Atter considerable consultation with Mr.
O'Connor, it was finally agreed that the following
should be the persons empinyed:—The two War-
rings, Richard and Daniel, the two Owenses, Michael
and John, Cahir and Shaw,lHeavy, Savage, and the
prisoner M'Keon. All met at Denson, with the
exception of Daniel Warring, (the other approver),
on the evening of the robbery. That Mr. O'Connor
defivivell to them the necessary arms, together with 18
rounds of ball cartridge, and a paper of gunpowder.
The party Wm provided, with the exception of
*Rem, repaired to Cappagh-hill ; met Daniel War-
r ng on the war; secured the turnpike gate, which
they had hardly done, when the coach came up ;
'challenged it to OS ; Shaw fired upon the guard,killed him, and then mounted to the seat of the de-
ceased, threw him over, and took away the bags.
The rest of the party proceeded to drag est the pas-
sengers and rifle their pockets. Havens accom-
plished their purpose,- all returned to Denson; were
received at the gate by Mr. O'Connor, who hoped
they had bad good lock. They then retired to a pri-
vate part of the demesne. termed Saint's Maid, where
they waited until day-light, when they proceeded to
ascertain and divide their bopty. Mr. O'Connor was
the divider,- and took ;n equal proportion with the
rest. Each person's share of the notes was £450,
i'td of the money 480.
roz4-examined by Mr. Bratirr...Kpew that there

were such p: ~.-s as H, ll and Heaven ; expected to
go to He is, s ; has been at so many robberies, he
could not oil their number; did not know whether
him:elf or Warring was the greatest villain. He has
been /oh sing since 21, he is now 27, and thought he
desetv,d hanging. When Mr. O'Connor asked him
to join him in the robbery, did not bind him to se-
crecy. Thiec of the men who were of the party had
been hanged since the robbery—they dial stout men,
but none of them gave information against Mr.
O'Connor. Was now under sentence of death for a
robbery in the County of Dahlia, and it was within
a few days of the time appointed for his execution,
that he gave information against Mr. O'Connor.
Richard Warner, the other approver, was next ex-
mined at Much length. A great portion of his evi-
dence relative to the circumstances of the robbery,
&c. agreed with that of Owens—admitted that he,
as well as his associate Owens, had been concerned
in innumerable criminalities.
The Rev. Mr. Lube was next sworn, and on being
asked had he given any advice to Owens on the sub-
ject of the present prosecution, said, that any profes-
sionally private communion he had with Owens,
he was not at liberty to disclose; meaning, as we
suppose, in his capacity as a Clergyman ; that
Owens had asked him (Mr. Lube), si if it would
be criminal in him (Owens) to make a discovery in I,
order to save his own life, for that proposals had been
made to him to that effect ?" that he (Mr. L.) asked
Owens had he any discovery of importance to make ?
that Owens answered in the affirmative; that be, Mr.
Lube, immediately laid a solemn injunction on
Owens, not to name the partiits to him (Mr. Lube),
it did not belong to him to be made acquainted with
them—but added, that if he (Owens) knew of any
gang of robbers who were disturbing the peace of
the country, be (Owens) would g‘ do well" to di-
vulge it, and that, provided he ig adhered to truth,"
he (Mr. Lobe) saw nothing criminal in it.
(This conversation, Mr. Labe said, took pl,:e in
the presence of a third person, a Mr. Reynolds; and
after, as we have above stated, proposal: bad been
made to Owens to save h►s life.)
Mr. Lube having bees asked bow long be bad
been attending Owens after his conviction, before the
above conversation took place, replied, about three
weeks ; and to a question, did Owens at that time
entertain any hopes of a reprieve ? replied, he did
not, nor did be (Mr. Lube) hold out any hopes
to him.

Question, by Mr. MACNALLY —Did witness believe
it was with a view to save his lite, that Owens gave
the information f—Mr. Labe uid, be " verily believ-
ed it was."

Mr. Dunn, who has been robbed of two brass
blunderbusses, and which were subsequently_ found
at Dangan Castle by Alderman Daley, identified
them as his property.
[Here Mr. O'Connor (whose health has been im-
paired by the iniprisonmeut, and who bad a blaster to
his chest for some time) was so overcome by the exces-
sive heat of the Court, that be tell back is a swoon on
Sir Franca Burdett. Nothing could exceed the dis-
tress and anxiety evinced by the worthy Baronet,
whose anguish of mind was demonstrated by his
le As he supported Mr. O'Connor in his arms. There
was not an individual present who did not admire
and participate in his feelings. A glass of water hav-
ing been pr.cured, Sir Francis poured it into Mr.
O'Connor's mouth, his head reclining on the Baro-
net's breast. Mr. Justice Daly, with a humanity and
feelin.: highly honourable to him, desired the High'
Sheriff to take Mr. O'Connor out of Court, that he
might get the air, which was accordingly done; and
in about a quarter of an hour he returned, leaning on
Sir Francis Bartlett's arm, and having respectfully
bowed to the Court, the trial proceeded.]
Dorothea Reynolds, who acted is the capacity of
servant to Mr. O'Connor, at his residence at Dangan,
was now called, but did not appear.—This woman
had undergone an examination before the Grand
Jury, on Woodsy, and had, it appeared, varied ma-
terially from the statements Vie had its: made, and
in consequence of which it was that her testimony
was required.
Here it was signified that the case on the side of
the prosecution had closed.
Mr. LIONALID *NALLY. Counsel for the prisoner,
M.Keon, now addressed the Court. He felt it, he
said, unnecessary, from the character of the evidence
which sustained the prosecution, to call any witnessrs
on the put of his client, though several were ready
to some forward, or to trespass upon the time of the
Court or Jury, by even a single observation.
Mr. WALLACE. Counsel fur Mr. O'Connor, here
rose. He could have had no difficulty in adopting
the course pursued by Mr. Mac Nally, if the consi-
deration of life, important as that considetation was,
had not been rendered one of a secondary kind, from
the extraordinary nature of the charges under which
his client had to labour. The honour of Mr. O'Con-
nor, though already purged, by the same evidence
that, by contrary operation, had saved his life, from
the foul stain with which malice would have tarnished
it, require that such a barrier of defence should be set
up, as should defy for ever the shafts which might
be aimed against it.
Francis Barden O'Cawtor, son to the prisoner, was
then called—He stated, that the blunderbusses in
question were, by him. found is a rabbit warren, in
the Demesne, but that be knew not to whom they
belonged, or by whom they had been placed there.
Mr. Mac Nally was called to prove that on the
trial of Richard Warring, Mr. O'Connor, on being
requested by him to give evidence to that man's cha-
racter, declared that Iss amid sot;. and that, notwith-
standing his solicitations, conjointly with those of Mr.
Maguire. be (Mr. O'Connor) persisted in his refusal.
Mr. Maguire corroborated Mr. Mac Nally's testi-
' way, as to Mr. O'Connor's resisting their joint ap-
plication for a character of Warring.
Bir Francis Burdett, Bart. being sworn. deposed
Ito the high, disinterested, and gentlemanly principles
of Mr. O'Connor. In a private transaction with Mr.
O'Connor, he conceived Mr. O'Connor was iodated
to him in a sum of about five hundred pounds. On
writing to him, in reference to it, about the period of
the robbery, Mr. O'Connor replied to his letter,
stating, that he was in his (Sir Francis's) debt in a
much more considerable amount—that, instead of
being his debtor in 4500, he was so in nearer a
thousand pounds ; that at that time, however, his
pecuniary arrangement's precluded him the means
of its discharge.
Michael Barry, Esq. Mt. O'Connor's Land Agent,

proved, that a few days previous to the 9.1 cf Or.
'ober, 1813, the day upon which the outrage
perpetrated, he, witness, had transmitted to
O'Connor, in Bank money, a spas of five tits:ldr« J
potingls. Since the coromeneemeatof bis intercourse
with Mr. O'Connor, their mosey dealings amount..J
to 825,000 ; and at the time f the alleged r,,b_
Wry, he would have transmitted him sE2UO()
would have it. In the coarse of his dealings
never met with a more honoorable or upright man ;
sad as an instance of it he mentioned that in l 11,
Mr. O'Connor sold part of his estate to Mr. Recorder
Wilmot, of Cork, for ; that the purcha•,rr
conceived the land contained a greater number •.f
acres than he found it to have consisted of on exam;.
nation ; that be communicated the circumstance
the witness, and on its being made known to Mr.
O'Connor, he directed that the extent of the deficiency
should be calculated. and it having been ascertained
to amount to sel67, that sum was immediately
handed over to Mr. Wilmot, who said that the whole
transaction was the most honourable he ever heir,
of, as be was not entitled to the return of a singt/
fraction.

After the examinations of some other witnesses in
Mr. O'Connor's behalf, his Counsel announced thac
his case had closed.

The Learned Judge DALV addressed himself to
the Jury.—He enquired whether they were desirous
that he should recapitulate the evidence, to which
their Foreman on a moment's consultation with his
brother Jurors, replied in the negative, observing,
that his brethren were unanimoss with him in their
impression of Mr. O'Connor's Innocence. The issue
was then handed up, and the verdict of " Nor
GUILTY," was immediately announced.
Mr. O'Connor's acquittal excited the liveliest joy ;
the manifestations of it in Court were of an unusual
kind—shouts of approbation, waving of hat;:, hand-
kerchiefs, &c.—The effect without was instauta-
neous. The town caught the enthusiasm of the au-
ditory within, and shouts of joy interrupted, for a
considerable time, the closing of this interecing
scene.

Mr. O'Connnr, when the more noisy expressions
of joy had somewhat subsided, entreated his Lord-
ship's le4ve to address to him a few words.

Mr. Justice DALY.—Certaioly, Mr. O'Connor.
Mr. O'Connor.—My Lord, I have felt, Z have
suffered much ; but, my Lord, what would I not
feel and suffer for a day like this I
The enthusiasm of joy was again mewed, sad
Mr. O'Connor prepared to retire.
On coming out of Court into the Hall, Mr. O'Con-
nor was again greeted with loud and continued ac.
clantation : a chair was brought into the Hall in order
to chair him and Sir Francis Burdett through the
town, and it was only by the utmost entreaties that
the populace, whose numbers were immense, anl
amongst whom several gentlemen of respectability
mingled, that they could be prevailed up,m to rise
up their intention. The shouting and huszaing coc.
tinned in the town for nearly an hour after Mr.
O'Connor got into the street ; and the cheering of
Sir Francis Burdett, by name, was loud and general.
At night there were bonfires in the town.

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