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daily ; and often have I been inclined to beret out with a
hearty anathema at the inquiry for " n-e-w-s," and, by
way of doing something " new," to " pick " a quarrel,
in a proper way, with the anxious inquirer. But then, as
I saw no offence was intended, and by following the latter
expedient I might he making the had worse, I deemed it
prudent, like the man in the play, rather " to bar the ills
we have, than fly to others that we know not of " ; and
could only therefore answer, to such brusque replies, I
know not what, accompanying my words with a grin, a
laugh, or an hideous attempt for something to be mistaken
for this kind of exercise of the muscular organs. Having
come to the conclusion that discretion was to be preferred
to valour, I deemed it the wisest and most prudent course
to avoid the nuisance I could not otherwise overcome ;
and such an impression had the " fretting " I had under-
gone made upon my nerves, that for weeks I ventured
not into the town. I dreaded to meet any of my brother's
friends; I shrunk from any thing new; and had nearly
committed an assault upon my tailor, from his inquiry if
I could give him " any thing new"—as a hint in his line !

(To be concluded in our next.)

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Half-past Eleven o'clock,

THE STATE TRIALS•

THIRTEENTH DAY, Monday, Jan. 29th.
At the opening of the Court this day, after their Lord-
ships had taken their seats, Mr. John O'Connell, one of
the traversers, rose and addressed the Court and Jury.
Something, he said, had dropped from Mr. Shiel, in his
speech on Saturday, which might convey the impression
that he was disposed to accept an occasional or an annual
visit of the Imperial Parliament to Dublin, as a
satisfactory concession to the present agitation for repeal.
He was not of such opinion. Whatever might be the
consequences of the avowal, he would not allow it for a
moment to be supposed that he gave up the inalienable
right of his country to a free legislature. (Considerable
sensation was excited by the above declaration.)
Mr. MOORE, Q.C. then proceeded to address the court
on behalf of the Rev. Thomas Tierney, and remarked at
great length upon the alleged unanimous resolve of the
Irish people in favour of repeal and the harshness with
which the defendants had been pursued by the Attorney-
General.
Mr. Hatcbell then rose and said, that he appeared as
counsel for Mr. Ray. He admitted that Mr. Ray was a
repealer, and the paid secretary of the association, but the
jury were not to try him as such, but whether or not he had
in conjunc.ion with the other traversers entered into a
preconcerted plot to excite discontent against the govern-
ment and constitution. The learned counsel proceeded to
argue at some length against this allegation, and closed
his address at two o'clock, when Mr. O'Connell, who
had been present in the course of the morning at the Con-
ciliation Hall, had the Court adjourned until this
(Tuesday) morning, assigning as a reason the illness of
Mr. Fitzgibbon, of counsel for Mr. Tierney, and the hon.
and learned traverser forthwith transported himself to the
scene of agitation.