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The Solicitor-General then intimated that the exarni-
ne.ion of the first witness would occupy a considerable
time, and the court adjourned to ten o'clock on Tuursday
morning.

The court sat precisely at ten o'clock on Thursday.
The traversers were in punctual attendance. The jury
having been called over, and having answered to their
names, the clerk of the crown directed the crier to call
Frederick Bond Hughes.
Mr. Hughes entered the court with a large bundle of
papers under his arm, and ascended the table. His ap-
pearance in court excited much curiosity. Having been
sworn by the clerk of the crown, he proceeded to give
evidence.
Solicitor-General,—What is your name ? Witness.—
Frederick Bond Hughes.
You area short-hand writer? Yes, I am.
You have been constantly in the habit of reporting ?
Yes, I have been reporting for the last 17 or 18 years.
Upon different occasions? Yes, upon different occa-
sions.

Do you remember having come over to this country in
September last? Yes, I do.
On what day did you arrive ? On the 29th of Septem-
ber : on the 30th, I mean.
Mr. Hughes then went on to state, that he had attend-
ed the meeting at Mullaghmast, on the Ist of October.
Re read from his note-book descriptions of the meeting,
the mottoes on the banners, and the speeches of Mr.
O'Connell and others, who had addressed the assembled
multitude on that occasion. When he came to a parti-
cular passage in the speech of Mr. O'Connell, the Chief
Justice desired him to read it over again, which he did,
as follows :—" I admit that the union has the force of
law, because it is supported by the policeman's trun-
cheon, the soldier's bayonet, and the horseman's sword ;
but it is not supported by constitutional law."
Chief Justice.—What is the number of that paper or
page from which you are reading ? Witness.—Page five,
my lord, from No. 1 book.
The witness continued to read Mr. O'Connell's speech
on taking the chair. When the witness had read as far
as the passage, " and take it from me then that the union
is void,"
The Solicitor-General said, if the traversers wished,
they might examine him as to the other portions of the
speech.
Mr. Hatchell, Q.C., said it would be better to read the
whole of it, as there were portions of it still unread which
might be important on the cross-examination.
Witness.—The whole of the speech !
Mr. Harchell.—Yes ; there are passages here and there
interspersed that we think most material to the traversers.
Witness then proceeded to read the remainder of Mr.
O'Connell's speech at the meeting at Mullaghmast. I
beard resolutions proposed at that meeting; the first re-
solution was proposed by Mr. Aylmer, see page 313 ; I
heard the second resolution, which was proposed by Jos.
Hacket, of Kilkenny, and seconded by Aid. Keshan ; it
was as follows :—" We, the gentry, clergy, freeholders,
and other inhabitants of the province of Leinster' here
assembled, do declare, in the face of heaven and our
country, that no power on earth save the Queen, Lords,
and Commons of Ireland, can raake laws for Ireland."
That resolution was put from the chair, and carried.
Solicitor-General.---Who was the chairman ? Mr.
O'Connell was ; the resolution was carried ; after that, I
saw some gentleman come forward and present Mr.
O'Connell with a velvet cap ; it was a round velvet cap ;
it was presented to Mr. O'Connell by Mr. O'Callaghan ;
Mr. O'Callaghan said he was deputed by the committee,
whose names were attached to the address, to present him
(Mr. O'Connell) with the national cap; Mr. O'Calla•
ghan also presented an address to Mr. O'Connell (witness
read the address.

Mr. O'Connell.—Who is that signed by ? By Mr.
White, and other gentlemen.
Solicitor-General.—What was done with the cap after
that ? It was placed on the head of Mr. O'Connell.
Did he then say anything? Yes; he said he accepted
the gift with pride and pleasure; the witness went on to
read the observations of Mr. O'Connell on the occasion.
Witness continued to read from his notes the speech of
Mr. O'Connell to the part " We had not one sovereign
of her family who was not a decided enemy of Ireland."
Mr. Hatchell, Q.C.—You have omitted the reference
to the Queen. Witness.—" We had not a sovereign save
herself who was not a decided enemy of Ireland."
Mr. O'Connell,—Read correctly, Mr. Hughes. Wit-
ness continued.—" She was the first sovereign of the
House of Brunswick that treated this unfortunate coun-
try with justice, and it is afflicting to think that her mi-
nistry are so base and perfidious, so paltry and selfish, as
to endeavour to obtain advantages for themselves and
their party, at the expense of the high and chivalrous feel-
ing of exalted allegiance which the people of Ireland bore,
aye, and still bear, to their Queen."
Mr. F. B. Hughes, in course of his cross-examination.
stated that he was a short-hand writer, but that he had
never bees a reporter for any newspaper. He had at-
tended meetings of the chartists at Carpenters' Hall,
Manchester, and elsewhere, but had never been at an
open air meeting. When asked if he had ever been pre-
sent at meetings in England, at which there were either
banners or mottoes, he said he had never attended such
meetings, except at the time of Queen Caroline. He had
been engaged in England to come to Ireland as a govern-
ment reporter.
The witness was ordered to withdraw ; and Mr. Lea-
tham, the assistant of Mr. Hughes, was then called, but
did little more than substantiate the evidence of his prin-
cipal.

Mr. Charles Ross, a gentleman long connected with
the London press, and who filled the somewhat a►ioma-
lous position of a newspaper correspondent and a govern-
ment reporter, f •flowed, but his evidence was scarcely
more important than Mr. Leatham's. It related princi-
pally to the Donnybrook meeting; but Mr. Rose, in ac-
cordance with the fatality which seems to have attended
every process connected with these trials, had mislaid his
notes of Mr. O'Connell's speech, although, fortunately,
he had preserved a transcript of them. In reference to
other meetings which he had attended, his evidence was
of the most general character ; and his examination having
been concluded, the court adjourned.

The Judges took their seats upon the bench on Friday
at ten o'clock, when the case of the Queen v. O'Connell
was resumed.
Mr. O'Connell, attired in the bar-costume of a Queen's
Counsel, entered court shortly before ten, and took his
seat in the inner bar. The other traversers were, also,
punctual in attendance. The whole of the day was occu-
pied by the examination of Mr. Ross.
Mr. Ross gave evidence of the proceedings at a meeting
of the Repeal Association, on the 28th August, at which
Mr. O'Connell, Mr. John O'Connell, and Mr. Ray were
present. After reading various portions of Mr. O'Con-
nell's speech, in reference to a plan, which he had intro-
duced at a previous meeting, for remodelling the Irish
parliament, he was asked by Mr. Henn if he had taken
full notes of what occurred ? He replied, that he had not
a full note of all that occurred. Mr. Henn hereupon ob-
jected to his evidence being received unless the witness
had taken full notes of all the speeches. A cross-fire of
argument, interruption, and cross-examination here en-
sued, and it was at length stated by the witness, that he
took full notes of all that he thought material, omitting
what was, in his estimation, unimportant. The objection
was overruled, and the examination proceeded. The wit-
ness read such passages as he had taken down of Mr.
O'Connell's speeches at the several meetings of the Re-
peal Association, at the Loughrea, Clifton, and other
meetings and dinners. He was then cross-examined at
great length by Mr. Henn. He stated, that he came to
Ireland in July, 1843; that he was a little frightened at
first, but his apprehensions soon subsided ; that he came
as reporter for the Standard, and was also employed by
the government, and that he had received £4OO for his
services up to the next session of parliament.

The Court sat on Saturday punctually at ten o'clock,
at which hour the jurors and traversers were all in attend-
ance. The same want of excitement was remarkable in
the hall and neighbourhood of the court, as has been the
case ever since the trial commenced.
Mr. John Jackson was the first witness called. He
was examined by Mr. Brewster, Q.C., and stated as fol-
lows :—I am connected with the press. My connection
is with the London Morning Herald. I was its Irish
correspondent in the course of the last summer and au-
tumn. I attended at the meetings of the Repeal Associa-
tion in Dublin, and I transmitted to London reports of
what passed there regularly by post. The witness then
proceeded to read his report of Mr. O'Connell's observa-
tions respecting the members of the Irish bar who had,
about that time, joined the Repeal Association. He was
next directed to refer to his report of the meeting of the
Association on the 6th of June.
Witness.—l perceive from page one, that Mr. O'Con-
nell was present at that meeting. The member for Kil-
kenny, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Barrett of the Pilot,
and Mr. Steele, were also present. The witness then read
some extracts from Mr. O'Connell's speech, referring to
Saxon cruelty in Ireland, and then continued to read as
follows :—" Mr. O'Connell then announced his intended
meetings of the month. He was to be on June Bth, at
Kilkenny ; on 11th, at Mallow ; 13th, at Murroe, Abing-
ton ; 15th, Ennis ; 18th, Athlone ; 21st, Enniskillen"—
that is a mistake. (Laughter.) [The meeting that should
have been inserted was probably Ennistymon.] " On
the 25th, at Galway ; and on the 29th, at Dundalk." I
have my report of the meeting of the association held on
the 4th of July before me. I perceive from it that Mr.
Daniel O'Connell, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Ray, the
secretary, and Mr. Steele were present.
Mr. Brewster.—Does the report state anything about
American money being handed in ?—Yes ; it says there
were sums of money handed in from America. Go to the
meeting of the sth of July.-1 have it here. I see from
Page one that Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Duffy of the Nation,
and Mr. John O'Connell were there. Mr. O,Connell
read " he wished to state that he had that morning re-
ceived a letter from Sligo enclosing a little from a dis-
charged soldier, stating that he was employed by Mr.
O'Connell to drill the people. That letter could not then
be produced, because Mr. Ray, the secretary was ill, and
some of the clerks in the office had mislaid it."
Mr. Brewster said he wanted that extract to show that
Mr. O'Connell described Mr. Ray as secretary.
The witness then continued to read his report of some
observations made by Mr.
,O'Connell at the same meeting,
respecting Ribbonism and Chartism, in the north of Ire-
land ; and also a sentence stating that the secretary read
the minutes of the last day's proceedings.
The witness then read a motion by Mr. O'Connell, that
the American letters should be entered on the American
book of the association. Look to meeting the 18th of
July.
r. Brewster.—Do you find Mr. O'Connell makine a
speech at page three ?—flie witness replied in the affirma-
tive, and proceeded to read a speech of Mr. O'Connell's,
eulogising the conduct of the Rev. Mr. AI urtagh, and
stating that he would attend a meeting at Baltinglass on
his birthday. It further mentioned, that newspapers had
to be furnished free to persons who collected subscriptions
to a certain amount. Spoke of money having been lodged

in the funds, and £lOOO having been advanced towards
the building of the " Conciliation Hall." Look to page
12, and see it Mr. Ray handed in money ?—The witness
e receivedf r
o fromm
iuvarious
Fitzgibbon, p
then referred to several other meetings of the Association
at which money and addresses were acknowledged to have
be
l aces ni n
tAmerica.heco urs e
of which
The witness was then subjected to a severe cross-
examination
natstated that he was not a stenographer; and as he refused
to swear positively that he took down at the time what
Mr. O'Connell stated at the various meetings, Mr. Fitz-
gihhon applied to have his evidence struck out ; but the
Chief Justice said that was not the proper time to make
the application.
John Brown, a printer, Proved that Mr. Ray was the
Secretary of the Association, that be 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,
sometimes verbally. Some of the documents which he
produced were signed Daniel O'Connell.
Mr. Whi.eside submitted to the court that the 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
printed by one of the parties, surely it should be received
in evidence against the one.
Mr. Fi•zgibbon said that there was no evidence that '
these documents were printed within the year 1843.
The Chief Justice.—What you mean to say of the one
under the date of October, 1843 ?

Ffl•2
being
that underit a
datea p r
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printed
t e 0 cttobeeor,
1843, ni—l
sufficient
proofmightt have been antedated for a iiss not
atlg:lhsb uabtffi°-
non t
par-
ticular purpose.
Mr. BREWSTnR.—AII the documents proved by the
last witness were printed within the present year.
Mr. M`Donough, 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).

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SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS IN IRELAND.--The Dub-
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Post says that this movement has become general.
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hin 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 Cnrk of an apprehended
scarcity in the potatoe crop. In some places they are said
to be skort, while in others they have rotted in the pits ;
and fears are entertained of a rise in this useful esculent.
Twenty-seven repealers 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 1
he had not contribu ed to the Repeal rent according to
his reverence's tariff.
POPISH PILOPAGANDA.—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
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having
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sibhuretoraakskeeeinfn bu fromyp paroxysmt,hne
fall. She continues in a very hopeless state.— Westmeath
paper.
ORANGE INSTITUTION.—On the Ist instant the old
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 thtir loyal
determination to support the Queen and constitution, and
their readiness to again co-operate with their Enniskillen
brethren against traitors at Boyne or Bloody Pass.—En-
niskillen Reporter.
MELTING OF ROMAN CATHOLICS.—At a public
meeting of the Roman Catholics of Glasgow, held on
Monday evening last, bishop Murdoch in the chair, reso-
lutions 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 Catholic emancipation"—and that
such conduct " was a gross insult to the Irish people, and
to all Catholics in general"—were unanimously agreed to.
STATE ON 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 considerably exceeds that of the former,
and, as an instance, we may state that one eminent house,
which had 300 puncheons on hand this time twelve
month, had not one this week ; another house of charac-
ter disposed on Saturday of 3,000 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 410 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.—When George
[V. was being strongly importuned by the Duke of Wel-
ington to give his consent to a measure, which he was
old the urgent necessity of the times, and the social con-
dition of mendemanded, 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 Gazelle.
TIIE 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 Lisr.—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
whether by design or accident) omitted
all hands—" that a number of persons, amounting to
sixty-five, were
on the special jury list.Fifieen of those were Roman
de
ly erotestants. If the omission was
the crown, it was a most clumsy
designed in
and
favour
vohir
of
by which the forty-eight names were to be
and useless fraud; for it in nowise varied the chances of
drawn,tiba inasmuch as the proportion of Roman Catholics
and Protestants on the revised list is exactly the same,
whether the sixty-five be included or not : that is to say,
one Roman Catholic qualified to sit on special juries to
thrre Protestants of the same grade. This was the ratio
on the list of 717, from which the panel was drawn—this
is the ratio (as near as possible) between fifteen and fifth'.
We therefore look upon the whole affair as the result of
an accident, which by no means affected either side of
the question.