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London, England, 1828-04-12 00:00:00

•embarrassing, was not without Great and encourkging
precedents, and he would partsenlirly mention the
cases of ate' Apostles 'Peter and Paul, who had both
pleaded their own causes before the Jews. Much
was expected (tom men of his profession, but they
were also very easily assailed. And of all accusations
in the world, charges like the present were the most
easy' to make, and the most difficult to be repelled.,
In the • highest offences of this kind, juries always had
much regard to the time at which the coinplaint was
made. In the piesent instance, not a word was said
of the supposed assault, until five weeks after it was
alleged to have been committed. Time, which heals
grief and resentment in all other persons, had produced
a contrary effect on this Lady; for on the 13th of July.
when her injuries were supposed to be quite fresh and
painful, she makes no mention of the fact, but re-
-serves the statement of her grievances for five weeks
after, and made it at a time when there was the
smallest ptobability of the offence being repeated, as
be (the defendant) was upon the second occasion ac-
companied by a friend. The Reverend Gentleman
then alluded to the fact of the prosecutrix having
mentioned the occurrence next day to a couple of
young milliners, which he said could only have been
done for the purpose of celebrating the triumph
of her charms. With regard to the injunctions of se-
crecy which they had received, he ridiculed the notion
that a milliner could keep a secret, when Portia, the
pure and high-minded daughter of Cato, and wife of
Brutus, was not capable Of so great a degree of discre-
tion. The It-v. Gentleman assured the Jury that he had
in fact offered no insult whatever to the Lady, and asked
them if they thought it possible that he could have clone-
s° with secrecy and impunity iii an open house full of
people, and in a room where the ptosecutrix had a bell
at her hand ? He then complained of the vindictive
and harta,..sing manner in which the prosecution ha I
been conducted. He sail that he had lately lost his wife,
to whom he had been most devotedly attached, and that
his'spit it, in consequence of this melancholy event, and
the persecution he had suffered in the present case, had
been bowed down to the earth by suffering. He dreaded
not any punishment w hich might be the consequence of
the Jury finding him guilty of this offence—he was only
concerned for its injurious effects upon his fair fame and
the purity of his reputition. He concluded by recom-
mending his case to the calm consideration of the Jury,
baying made the most solemn protestation of his inno-
cence of the charge. The Jury, after a shortconsultation,
found the defendant Guilty.
Some negotiation was then entered into between the
adverse parties, of which nothing publicly transpired
except its consequences. The CounCel for the pro-
secution, in a very low tone of voice. applied to
Mr. Justice Gaselee, to request that his Lordship
would inflict but a slight punishment upon the
de-
f:ndanr. The Learned Judge at first appeared not
inclined to accede to this proposition, but at last he
called upon the Reverend defendant to receive the
judgment cf the Court. His Lordship then said, that
he had been doubting whether he should not commit
the defendant to prison for the offence of which he had
been convicted, and which had been not a little aggra-
vated, as well by the sacredness of his profession, as by
the fact of his being, as well as the prosecutr ix, married
at the time of the alleged offence. His Lordship, how-
ever, would accede to the arrangement which had been
made by the partie., and in the hope that Mr. Cummins
would never be guilty of a similar offence, he should be
content with sentencing him to pay a fine of one shilling
to the King, after which he would be discharged.
The Rev. Gentleman, on hearing his sentence, paid
down the shilling, and went out of Coutt.
CLONMEL ASSIZES, Aran 7.

The Hon. Judge Moons presided. This being the
day fixed for passing sentence on the two Keoghs, found
guilty on Saturday night, of the conspiracy to murder
Daniel Mara, the Court was excessively crowded, chiefly
by the peasantry.
The prisoners were put forward, and asked in the
usual form what they had to say why sentence of death
and execution should not be passed upon them, to which
not having made any reply,
Judge Moons, in a feeling manner, addressed them,
exhorting them to prepare for the awful transition they
were soon about to suffer, from life to death; and after
pointing out to them the enormity in the eyes of Goa
and man of the crime which had most satisfactorily been
brought home to them, sentenced them to execution on
Wednesday.
They were removed to their cells amid the wailing
and shrieking of their friends and relatives. They were
immediately visited by the Roman Catholic clergyman
of the prison, to whom it is understood they have openly
confessed their participation in die conspiracy.
This afternoon Leonard, the man who was found
guilty of murder before Mr. Sergeant Lafroy, in the
other Court on Saturday, was executed in front of the
county gaol. The unhappy man seemed very penitent,
And when he came on the scaffold could hardly stand,
the vital spark having nearly fled before he was placed
on it. He hung the usual time, and his body was given
to the surgeons for di►section.
TUESDAY, APRIL 8.
Shortly after Judge Moon: had taken his seat this
morning, the &LICITOR GRDIRRAL stated, that Mr.
HATcHILL, the Counsel for the different prisoners in the
murder and conspiracy cases, was anxious to address
his Lordship.
William Grace, Jews Daniel, and—Michael La*,
were put forward and indicted for having aided in the
conspiracy to murder Daniel Mara.
Mr. HATCHRLL, on the part of the prisoners, hoped
the Court would have no objection to allow the prisoners,
who had yesterday, when arraigned, pleaded " not
guilty," to retract that plea, and in its stead put in an
acknowledgment of guilty.
The SOLICITOR GRNRRAL said the Crown had no
objection to allow the Prisoners to plead guilty.
The prisorers then severally pleaded Guilty to the
indictment.

, The SOLICITOR GRIIRRAL begged his Lordship to
record sentence of death against them.
Judge Moona addressed the prisoners. Their acknow-
ledgment of guilt might avail elsewhere to save their
lives ;* but should that be the case, they must prepare to
leave their country for life.
The prisoners were. respectable in their appearance,
and appeared overpowered by the unexpected clemency
extended by the Crown to them.
TRIAL Of !RR PRINCIPAL CONSPIRATAL.
- Pierce Grace was pat to the bar. He was given •in
charge for a conspiracy to murder Daniel Lawrence
and Patrick Mara. After a number of challenges on
both sides, a respectable Jury was sworn. The prisoner,
it appears, was the brother of Patrick Grace, *ha was
executed for the murder of Mr. Chadwick, and was the
principal instigator to the formation of this conspiracy
to avenge his death.
The SOLICITOR GURRAL stated the COSS for the pro-
secution at great length, and she approvers Fitzgerald
and Ryan sale their testimony as on the former trials.
Tnere were two additional witnesses called, who proved