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in the funds, and £lOOO. having been advanced towards
the building of the " Conciliation Hall." Look to page
12, and see if Mr. Ray handed in money ?—The witness
then referred to several other meetings of the Association
at whicli.monev and addresses were acknowledged to have
been received from various places in America.
The witness was then subjected to a severe cross-
examination from Mr.. Fitzgibbon, in the course of which
stated that he was not a stenographer ; and as he refused
O'Connell stated at the various meetings, Mr. Fitz-
P9sitively that be took down at the time what
applied to have his evidence struck out ; but the
gCtiVioi hbrsii;°ena' Cr
Justice said
the application. that was not the proper time to make
John Brown, a printer, Droved that Mr. Ray was the
Secretary of the Association, that he had printed " Re-
ports" of the Association, Instructions for the Repeal
Wardens, Rules for the Arbitrators, placards, &c., which
he had been ordered to execute, sometimes by letter,
toO'Connell.
the court that the
sometimes verbally. Some of the documents which he
produced
uce4,hwi!erside
esignseudbmDitatned Daniel
docu-
ments proved by the last witness should not be received
as evidence against the traversers in the present case. He
admitted that, if a person gave to another a document,
that document became evidence against that particular
person only. Now it was sought to give in evidence
against several traversers a series of documents handed
by some one at the Repeal Association to a printer.
Surely not une of these could be taken in evidence against
Mr. Duffy.
Mr. Justice Perrin called the attention of counsel to
the charge in the indictment, that of conspiracy, which
was to be sustained by certain documents prepared and
printed by some or one of the traversers. If proved to be
f the parties, surely it should be received
in evidence against the one.
Mr. Fi'zgibon b said that there was no evidence that
printed by one e
J stice
The Chief hat you mean to say of the one
Justice.—What . W
under the date of October, 1843 ?
these documents were printed within the year 1843.

proof bei n being
thatunder
wdaast ep
r o
nf t eOd cttohbeenr,
non constal, that it might have been antedated for a par-
ticular purpose.
811,1 to;tgib sufficientb "
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Mr. BREWSTER.-All the documents proved by the
last witness were printed within the present year.
Mr. M'Donougb, on the part of Mr. Barrett, applied
to the court not to receive the documents produced by
Mr. Browne, inasmuch as they were not included in the
bill of particulars or set forth in the indictment.
The Attorney-General contended that, in a case like
the present, the prosecutor was not bound to supply to
the accused the nature of the evidence against him.
After a discussion of an hour and a half the court de-
cided unanimously on admitting the document " Instruc-
tions to Repeal Wardens ", signed by Mr. O'Connell.
Mr. M`Donough intimated his intention to take a bill
of exc, ptions against this decision.
The court adjourned till Monday (yesterday).

SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS IN IRELAND.--Thn Dub-
lin Post says that this movement has become general.
The Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, has undertaken
to preach in Dublin one of two annual sermons this year
in aid of the Association for the Relief of Distressed Pro-
testants.
ANTI-REPEAL PILLS.—On Tuesday five drays, laden
with ammunition, arrived at Westmeath from Dublin,
under an officer's guard of the 31th regiment. The con-
tents were safely .odged in the magazine at the barracks.
Complaints are general about Cork of an apprehended
scarcity in the potatoe crop. In some places they are said
to be short, while in others they have rotted in the pits;
and fears are entertained of a rise in this useful esculent.
Twenty-seven repeaters were last week lodged in Lon-
donderry gaol, pursuant to sentence passed at the Maghe-
rafelt quarter sessions, for a riotous assemblage at Cas-
tledawson, and assaulting the police while in the discharge
of their duty, endeavouring to disperse them.
A few Sundays ago the priest of a Roman Catholic
chapel, near Fermanagh, indignantly shut the doors of
his chapel in the face of one of his congregation, because
be had not contribu'ed to the Repeal rent according to
his reverence's tariff.
POPISH PROPAGANDA.—Recent returns in the Irish
popish prints show the steady income of the Paopaganda
from Ireland to be upwards of £7,000 per annum, not-
withstanding the Repeal year and extra tribute to
O'Connell.

There is a rumour prevalent, that, in the event of Mr.
O'Connell being convicted, it is the intention of govern-
ment to confine him at Carrickfergus. Apartments are
at present fitting up in the castle, but for what purpose
has not transpired.—Down Recorder.
On Thursday, Miss Bourke, sister to the Rev. William
Bourke, curate of Ballylougbloe, whilst in a paroxysm
during suffering from brain fever, threw herself from a
window thirty feet high at Ballina, and was taken up in-
sensible, her thigh and arm having been broken by the
ORANGE INSTITUTION.—On the Ist instant the old
paper.
per. She continues in a very hopeless state.— IVesimeath
lodge No. 329 mustered at Lisnaskea in strong force, and
was visited by a number of respectable gentlemen.. A
spirit of loyal enthusiasm pervaded every breast. A
number of resolutions were passed indicative of tht.ir loyal
determination to support the Queen and constitution, and
nmi
esoekt
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nlaEegyTn
eßoNve oifGe the
n o rg tFe
lrßa
theit readiness to again co-operate with their Enniskillen
brethren against traitors at Boyne or Bloody Pass.—En-
.
MEETING
osßtm,oabmni
sAhNco
ap t
hCivioAl
uiTcrst Id
000crii cGi sn a—t
shgAeo
etwh,
aai hr,
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m
rde s ono n-
luticns denouncing the omission and striking off of Ca-
tholics duly qualified by the Dublin law officers " as an
act of glaring partiality and degrading wrong—a reckless
and galling insult to the whole body of Irish Catholics,
and a partial repeal of entholio cmancipation"—and that
such conduct was a gross insult to the litsh people, anu
to all Catholics in general"—were unanimously agreed to.
STATE OF DUBLIN DURING THE TRIALS.—It may be
gratifying to our distant friends to learn, that the city is
perfectly tranquil. There is no excitement whatever in
the streets—no mobs—no processions—no riots. Ex-
cepting in the Court of Queen's Bench itself, there is no
appearance even of a crowd; and the Hall, with all its
purlieux and approaches, both inside and out, presents
the ordinary appearance of our every-day life. The tra-
versers come to court and return from it without the
slightest popular attention.—Dublin Mail.
WHISKEY.—On Saturday whiskey advanced in price
threepence per gallon, owing, it is stated, to a rise in bar-
ley, and the sale at that price is brisk, with every appear-
ance of demand continuing. The increase in the sale of
whiskey this year consideraly exceeds that of the former,
and, as an instance, we may state that one eminenthouse,
which had 300 puncheons on hand this time twelve
month, had not one this week ; another house of charac-
ter disposed on Saturday of 3,00 gallons at the advance.
Should barley continue to rise, it is more than probable
there will be another advance on whiskey of three-pence
per gallon.—Cork Paper.
HORRID MURDER.—An appalling murder was com-
mitted on Sunday night at Rathfarnham, in the house of
the Rev. Mr. Roche, the parish priest. The rev. gentle-
man found on returning home, that his residence had
been forcibly entered, and on closer examination he dis-
covered that a female domestic, Margaret M`Loughlin,
aged about fifty years, had been barbarously murdered.
The body was found in the coalhole, the throat being cut,
with three wounds on the forehead, and her jaw bone bro-
ken. A bloody knife was also found at the back of the
coalhole. About £4O were abstracted by the assassin,
but £lO of this sum was subsequently found in the house,
supposed to have been accidentally dropped by the mur-
derers.

•
THE CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION ACT.—Whell George
IV. was being strongly importuned by the Duke of Wel-
lington to give his consent to a measure, which he was
told the urgent necessity of the times, and the social con-
dition of menderoanded, and must have; the sick monarch,
ill at ease, weary of importunity, and vanquished by ar-
gument, gave his reluctant acquiescence ; and he was in-
formed that he had saved his dominions from the horrors
of civil war. " War !" said the king ;. " and how many
years peace do you guarantee to England after emancipa-
tion is granted ?" " Fifteen !" was the ready reply of
the minister. This pledge of a triple lustre of tranquility
was made in January, 1829 ; and the fifteen years of the
promised duration of peace expired on the first day of Mr.
O'Connell's trial !

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—On last Sunday
evening Mr. Malley and his wife were proceeding from
Roscommon to their residence, and when within a mile
of Four-mile House, they were twice fired upon from
behind a wall. Providentially neither of the shots took
effect, and the murderous ruffians were frustrated in their
design upon the life of an innocent man. The only rea-
son assigned for this outrage is, that Mr. Malley had
taken some land from which tenants were evicted in con-
sequence of their not having paid any rent for years.
Some short time since we noticed the destruction of 200
sheep, the property of this gentleman. The throats of \
the poor animals were cut, and the carcases left in the
field. Threatening letters respecting the letting of lands
have been received by several gentlemen in that•neigh-
bourhood.—Boyle Gazette.

THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday week, the
usual weekly meeting of the conspirators was held in
Conciliation Hall, notwithstanding the state trials. The
only affair worthy of noting was the appearance of a re-
peal town councillor, Mr. Reilly, in his corporation robes.
The repealers seem resolved to prove in every way, as
well as by Alderman Roe's motion, the perfect identifi-
cation of the municipal corporations with the political
views of the repealers. So much the better. So much
the more clear will be the demonstration, that every con-
cession to political popery—every breach in the old con-
stitution—every jot and tittle of power yielded to them,
will be used to subvert the empire. The rent of the
week, including nearly £3OO from America, amounted to
£904 19s. sd. This is an increase on the Irish contri-
butions compared with late returns.
THE DUBLIN JURY LIST.—As so much has been made
by the repealers of the omission of certain names from
this list, it may be as well to give the real facts of the
case. There can be no doubt—indeed, it is admitted on
all hands—" that a number of persons, amounting to
sixty-five, were (whether by design or accident) omitted
on the special jury list. Fifteen of those were Roman
Catholics, and Fifty Protestants. If the omission was
for it in nowise varied the chances of
h
designed in favour of the crown, it was a most clumsy
and useless fraud;
which the forty -eight names were to be
drawn,
the proportion of Roman Catholics
t eballot
inasmuch cwhh a
and Protestants on the revised list is exactly the same,
one Roman
whether th ektxtY:five be included or not : that is to say,
Catholic
qualified to sit on special juries to
from which the panel was drawn—this
three Protestants of the Same grade. This was the ratio
near as
upon the whole affair as the result of
717,
possible) betweenfifteen and fifty.
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tl
wan
tel Itetiel
ratioe l
therefore
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an accident, which by no means affected either side of
the question.