The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

agriculturists of the Anglo-Saxon English, and of Scotch SOUTH L.ANCASIHRE SPECIAL COMMISSION
of Teutonic and Scandinavian origin. Large tracts of
country are being abandoned by the farmers and deserted
by the peasantry ; and numberless excellent spots are to
be found on the coast, admirably adapted for first-rate
fishing establishments ; also great lots of land are being
sold at moderate prices. Now, supposing Government
to acquire many suitable estates, would it not be very easy
to find amid the rather redundant maritime population
lining the north coast from Wick to Yarmouth, and the
Channel from Folkestone to Falmouth, plenty of hardy
and determined young men, married, or anxious to marry
in their own neighhourhood, and willing to emigrate en
masse (in this case the pang of expatriation is compara-
tively light.) to eligible spots on the coast of Ireland,
where they would find comfortable cottages and gardens
prepared for them, and all the advantages of the finest
coast fishing in the world, as well as the means of explo-
ring banks, said to stretch far into the Atlantic, teeming
with codfish ? Intelligent naval officers might take charge
of these villages in the first place—gentlemen glad to earn
so usefully and honourably their full pay and allowances,
ill the comfort of having their families with them.
in re, to the in fn-! • buy,up,

CROWN COURT—TUESDAY.
(Before Mr. Baron Alderson.)
John Horton, 52, pleaded guilty to a charge of having
feloniously married Clara Little, at Manchester, his former
wife being alive at the time. The prisoner when brought
u? was suffering from a severe attack of paralysis. His
LORDSHIP, in consideration of his suffering condition,
sentenced him to three months' imprisonment.
James Houghton, 34, also pleaded guilty to a charge of
having married two wives. The last marriage took place
at Liverpool.—Sentence deferred.
Robert Daniells, 55, pleaded guilty to a charge of for-
gery. The prisoner uttered several forged orders for the
delivery of 2501 b. of twine, with intent to defraud John
Hartley Hind and Co., of Liverpool.—Sentence deferred.
Margaret Fillingham, 28, was charged with having
married Benjamin Thornelev, at Manchester, her former
husband being at the time alive. The prisoner was mar-
ried in 1834, at Farnworth ; and, subsequently, to Benja-
min Thorneley, in 1814, at the Old Church, Manchester.
Both marriages were proved by the certifitates. The pri.

.cgarcl , _ ...tenor, let liovernmen,
some of the unoccupied estates which you have so graphi-
cally described, and subdivide them into farms of from
150 to 500 acres; then erect suitbale steadings,' such
as are to be seen in the north of Northumberland, and

soner was found guilty, and sentenced to one month's
imprisonment was hard labour.

William Foster, 19, was indicted for the crime of
burglary. During the night of the 2d of:November last

south of Scotland, intended for the best style of turnip
husbandry, the basis of good agriculture, for which
Ireland is admirably suited with her light soil, showery
weather, and open winter. Means would be found to
induce enterprising young farmers, gifted with skill and
energy, to migrate to those spots, carrying with them
intelligent ' hinds' and hardy labourers, with their fami-
lies, all parties having previously been married in their
own country. You will smile at my dwelling on the
necessity of previous marriage, but were this not the
case, intermarriages would take place with the aboriginal
natives; and as it is well known that the moral cultiva-
tion of the child is in the hands of the mother, matters
would revert to their old state in a generation or two,
Hiberniores,' &c."

the house of

Ralph Yorshaw, farmer, of 13urseough, was
broken into, and a sum of £lB 10s., a watch, and other
articles, stolen. Shortly after the robbery the prisoner
offered the watch at a pawnbroker's, under suspicious cir-
cumstances, and was taken into custody. The entry was

effected by forcing the pantry window. The prisoner
formerly lodged with the prosecutor, and knew the house.
He was found guilty. He had only just been released
from gaol when he committed the burglary.—Sentence,
ten years' transportation.

William Jackson, 32, was indicted for a burglary at the
house of Isabella Small, of Liverpool, on the 18th of Sep-
tember, and stolen therefrom several articles of wearing
apparel, the property of Ann Thomas. The prisoner was
found guilty, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment,
with hard labour.

We repeat that we can give no opinion as to the
feasibility of this scheme, although we really do
not see that, undertaken by a firm and resolved
Government, the difficulties are so insurmountably
great. Unlike the colonization of Ulster, there
could be no violent outrage or the feelings of the
population required, for the population of these
western districts are being self-expatriated. When
we bear in mind, however. that. as the lnwest

James Dennis, 26, was indicted for having, at Liverpool,
feloniously forged two warrants and orders for the pay-
ment of £5O, will intent to cheat and defraud Thomas
Shackleton and others. The prisoner was found guilty.
The charge for forging a cheque for £3O was not pro-
ceeded wit h.—His LORDSHIP, after an admonitory address
to the prisoner, dwelling upon the serious nature of the
offence, sentenced him to ten years' transportation.
James Crooks, 37, was charged with having stolen two
post letters containing money. In October last a gentle-
man at 'Wakefield sent a letter by the post, in which he
enclosed a portrait for transmission to Miss Frank, of
Everton, near Liverpool. As the letter did not arrive,
inquiries were made, and the portrait was found at the
house of the prisoner, who was a letter carrier at the
post-office.—The prisoner was found guilty, and recom-
mended to mercy. He was sentenced to imprisonment
and hard labour for two years.

estimate, it is stated, on competent authorities, that

£8,000,000 sterling is the lowest amount which
the fisheries of the west coast of Ireland are capable
of producing; and to this fact is added the con-
sideration of how valuable an influence upon the
habits of the native people might be produced by
the spectacle, thus placed continually before their
eyes, of the prosperity to be derived from habits of
peaceful industry, and from scientific and judicious
culture of the soil; it 'cannot be denied that the
suggestions above offered are worthy of great
attention from the real well-wishers of Ireland.

John Leicester, 39, was charged with having caused the
death of his son, Robert Leicester. The prisoner and
deceased worked at Gerard's-bridge Mills, near St. He-
len's. On the 18th ult. they returned home from work,
when the deceased, a young man 17 years of age, asked
his mother for some money. She refused, and the pri-
soner then went out of the house. During his absence
the deceased abused his mother for not complying with
his request, and when the prisoner came home he inter-
fered. Words ensued between them, and the prisoner
threw a poker at the deceased, inflicting a dangerous
wound on the skull, from the effects of which he died in
a few days afterwards.—The prisoner was found guilty,
but, in consideration of the great provocation he had re-
ceived, he was sentenced to one week's imprisonment
only.

tiCIES AND MISSTATEMENTS OF THE
PEEL-CURRENCY MEN.

We cull the following specimens of fallacious reason-
ttempt of the Manchester Guardian to
er, signed " Pactolus," in which it was
shewn that of six leading articles, including Consols,
100 sovereigns in January 1847 would purchase 30 per
cent. more than in October 1847; and contended that
the fact that nearly all articles were thus depreciated,
without being in excess of supply, was a proof that gold,
or money, had risen in value.

ing from an a

reply to a 1

Benjamin Evans. 26, was indicted for having, at Heaton
Norris, feloniously wounded Edward Fletcher, with intent
to do him grievous bodily harm. He was further charged
with a like offence towards the wife of the prosecutor.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of an aggravated as-
sault. Sentence deferred.

No. 1. " We deny altogether that the great fluctuations in
price to which Pactolus' refers, were caused either wholly,
or in part, by an increase in the value of gold. If that had
been the case, then ut/ other commodities woula have exhibited
about an equal decline."—Manchester Guardian.

James Ropers, 19, and John Murray, 26, were charged,
the former with having stolen, at Manchester, from the
person of Joseph Holyrood, a watch of the value of £5,
and the latter with receiving it, knowing it to have been
stolen.—The prisoners were both acquitted.
Robert Brymer, 23, and John Murray, 26, were in-
dicted, the first prisoner with having, at Manchester, to-
gether with several other persons whose names were un-
known, feloniously beat and assaulted John Carter, and
robbed him of a watch and other property ; and Murray,
who had been acquitted on the previous trial. was charged
with having received the watch.—The prisoners were both
found guilty. Sentence deferred.

equal decline

WEDNESDAY

Sarah Airey, 38, was charged with having killed and

slain Henry Worthington, by throwing him down on the
kerb stone opposite her own house, in the borough of
Manchester, and thereby causing his death, on the sth of
November last. It appeared that on the night of the sth
of November the deceased and a man named Foxlowe
were at the house of the prisoner. Both these men being
drunk, some words ensued between the parties, when it
was alleged that she had thrown the deceased and the man
Foxlowe down the steps of her door. The deceased fell
upon the kerb-stone of the parapet, the back of his head
coming in contact with the outside edge of the kerb-stone.
This fall caused such contusion as deprived the deceased
of life shortly after. The jury returned a verdict of not
guilty.
John William Crowley. aged 32, a rather well-looking
, man, a native of Whitstable, in Kent, was found guilty of
having married a young woman, named Ann Eliza Mor-
gan, at the District Union Registrar's Office, Bristol, on
the 13th August, 1845, his former wife, Mary Mitchell, of
the county of Donegal, Ireland, being still alive. This
case, which was before Mr. Rushton on the 20th Novem-
ber last, excited considerable interest, from the fact that a
third marriage with one Isabella Hall, of Liverpool, had
been contracted by the prisoner at the 01A Church in the
month of July last. His Lor lship said the prisoner ap-
peared to be a very had wicked man. He had led a very
dissolute life from all he could glean of his character. He
thought, therefore, that it would be better if he were sent
out of the country. The sentence of the court, therefore,
was that he should be transported for seven years.
James Clinch, aged 25, was indicted for having, on the
night of the 30th of November last, burglariously broken
into the dwelling-house of Mrs. Susannah Sharrocks, of
Regent-road, Liverpool, and stolen therefrom several
knives and forks. some spoons, and other trifling articles
of no value. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. It ap-
peared that the prisoner bad walked into the back kitchen
of Mrs. Sharrocks' house, during a fit_of intoxication. It
also appeared that during these fits of intoxication he had
the extraordinary habit of doing acts which in his sober
moments he would be ashamed to hear of. He received
a most excellent character from various parties in the
town. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. His
LORDSHIP said :—You have been tried and acquitted. If
ever you get drunk again, you will be the most ungrateful
man to God I have met with. Your counsel has said
that your fall into this kitchen sobered you. I hope,
however, that the danger you have this day escaped will
sober you for life. Go home, be grateful to God. and in
future behave yourself soberly.—The prisoner was then
discharged.

William O'Neill, 41, was the next prisoner tried. He
was charged with stealing a horse, the property of John
Kenworthy, at Ashton-under-Lyne, on the night of the
13th of September last. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
He was prosecuted by Mr. Monk, and was defended by
himself. In the course of his defence, he made the fol-
lowing ingenious statement :—When near to Ashton
barracks he met this horse upon the road, and being
slightly inebriated at the time, he merely took the horse
for a few miles to assist him on his journey to get a lodg-
ing.. He did not intend to steal the horse at all, no more
than the dead. He was a stranger there, and did not
think it was any harm to take the loan of it. (Laughter.)
But the jury not attaching much credit to this story,
found a verdict of guilty. Sentence deferred,
John Bridge, 19, was next indicted for having, on the
night of the 6th November last, burglariously broken into
and entered the dwelling-house of James Faulkner, at
Salford, with intent to steal the goods and chattels of the
said James Faulkner. Guilty.—The prisoner having been
convicted and punished for a similar offence at the sum-
mer assizes of 1847 under the name of Thomas Williams,
his lordship sentenced him to transportation for ten years.
John Lord aged 32, was charged with burglariously
breaking into the house of John Kenion, of Middleton, in
this county, and stealing six yards of flannel and other ar-
ticles. He was further charged with baying at Todmor-
den, bro. _ b

ken into the dwelling-house of John Crossley,
and stealing a pair of shoes and other articles. The pri-
soner was convicted on both charges.—He was sentenced
to two years imprisonment and hard labour.

John- Craney- was indicted for stabbing Patrick Buck-
ley, in Liverpool, on the 31st August. The jury found
the prisoner guilty, with a strong recommendation to
mercy. Sentence—three months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

James Adamson, aged 29, and James Kills, alias
Southworth, were indicted for having, at Abram, in this
county, burglariously broken into the dwelling-house of
Thos. Pimblett, and stolen therefrom one top-coat, one
sack, with flour therein, Bfc. The prisoners were charged
with other burglaries. They were prosecuted by Mr.
Cross. who said that in the bills which had been sent up
the Grand Jury ignored the bill against Adamson in the
case of Mr. Pimblett. Of all the other cases, however,
the prisoners were found guilty.—Sentence deferred.
Winifred Adamson, aged 55, and sister to James Adam-
son, was next indicted for receiving the above goods,
knowing them to have been stolen—Acquitted.
John M'Donald was sentenced to six months imprison-
ment with hard labour for bigamy.

THURSDAY

Edward Smith, alias :Pitiniet; 28, was charged with
passing base coin at Manchester, in November last.
This was the second offence, and the prisoner was senten-
ced to ten years' transportation.
Peter Bamford, 46, and Margaret Ward, 39, were
arraigned for uttering base coin at Bolton, on the 22d of
October last. Bamford was sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment, and Ward to eighteen months' imprison-

James Meadoweroft, 22, was indicted for having ten-
dered two base half-crowns at Heap, in October last.
Twelve months' imprisonment.
Henry Grimstead was indicted for having uttered base
money to Mrs. Seddon, in Salford, on the 7th December.
Guilty. Twelve months' imprisonment.
Peter Mannagon, pleaded guilty to having uttered base
coin, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment,
and hard labour.
Ralph Barrow, 38, and Joseph Gillibrand, 35, pleaded
guilty to having passed base coin in Manchester. Both
prisoners were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment
and hard labour.

John Runcorn, 20, was indicted for having, at Heaton
Norris, entered the dwelling-house of William Bailey.
Guilty. Two years' imprisonment.

Ellen Murray, 27, pleaded guilty to having married
Thomas Broadhurst, her former husband being at the
same time living. The prisoner was sentenced to two
months' imprisonment.

U.-LAWFUL POSSESSION OF NAVAL STORES.
Edward Trannock, 35, was charged with being unlaw-
fully possessed of stores, the property of the Board of
Admiralty. The Attorney-General, assisted by Mr.
Wigham, prosecuted.
The prisoner is the master of the schooner Lady of the
Isle, belonging to Guernsey. On the 30th of November
last the vessel arrived in this port, and, on being searched,
a canvas bag, containing seven flags, the
.property of the
Admiralty, was found in the cabin. It appears that the
Admiralty's flags are manufactured of a particular fabric,
called bunting, or bewper, which bears a particular mark,
which is woven in the web. These flags are held by
them to be naval stores, and not allowed to be either
manufactured or sold by any person. On the articles
being found, the prisoni-r s_aid they had been given to him
by a man at Plymouth, over a glass of ale. He afterwards
stated that, whilst at Cardiff, he was told they were Go-
vernment stores, and he would be liable to be imprisoned
for the possession of them. The flags had never been
used by him.

The JUDGE.—No person (says the act of parliament)
shall be in possession of these stores, which are known by
a particular mark to be naval stores and the property of
the Crown.

Several seafaring men, and tradesmen of the town who
deal in ship stores, were called, nearly all of whom said
they were not aware of marks such as were borne by the
flags.

The prisoner was found guilty.
In passing sentence, the JUDGE said it was a severe law,
and he hoped that persons connected with shipping would
make themselves acquainted with the particular marks of
the stores of the Board of Admiralty. He was of opinion
that the prisoner had done wrong, but not with a guilty
knowledge, and therefore he would deal lightly with him.
The Amiralty should have his entire sanction to mitigate
the sentence. The sentence of the Court was, that he be
imprisoned for six months.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said they would take care to
have the sentence very much mitigated, if the certificates
in the prisoner's favour were found to be correct.

The case occupied the Court some time, and great in-
terest appeared to be taken in it by persons engaged in
marine transactions ; and much satisfaction appeared to be
manifested by every one at the course adopted by the
Learned Judge.
George Thompson, 29, was charged with having entered
the house of Richard Pottage, at Manchester, and stolen
some shoes, a shawl, and other articles of wearing apparel.

The prisoner was found guilty. Shortly after-the case
was decided it was discovered that a juryman had got into
the jury-box by mistake, without having been sworn.
His Lordship, after consulting with his brother Judge,
intimated that the trial was valid, unless the prisoner pre-
ferred a writ of error, and in that case a new trial could
take place.
James Matherson, 22, and Jane Hughes, 21, were
charged with having stolen a lamb at Liverpool, in Sep-
tember last. The prisoners were found guilty and sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment.
Joseph Lunt, 29, was found guilty of an assault upon
a little girl named Ann Thornton, at Liverpool. Sentence
deferred.

Jonathan Nuttal, a man apparently about 55, was
charged with an assault upon a girl named Dearden, at
Elton, near Bury, in October. The prisoner called a
witness whose evidence went to prove an alibi, and he
was acquitted.

FRIDAY,

Ralph Street, an engineer, was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment for forgery. The forged instrument was
only for a small amount.

William Francis Naughton was sentenced to ten years'
transportation for forging a check.
George Thompson, for burglary, was sentenced to six
months imprisonment.
John Howarth was indicted for bigamy. The prsoner
had been a soldier in the 83d Regiment. He married in
Treland in 1817, and again in Manchester in 1831. The
prisoner defended himself very clearly. A cousin of the
prisoner's stated that the first wife, during the time he had

been " soldiering," had had three illegitimate children
by as many different men. The second wife had abo coha-
bited during his absence with another man. The jury
acquitted the prisoner.

Ellen Anne Rathbone was indicted for exposing her
infant child at Openshaw, in this county, on the 27th
August last. The prisoner was found guilty. Three
calendar months' imprisonment.
Michael Cavanagh was found guilty of cutting and
maiming William Baxter, on the 3d of December, at the
Horse and Jockey, in Rochdale. He was sentenced to
three months' imprisonment.
Robert Audley was indicted for cutting and maiming
Michael Conway. The men lodged together in Ben John-
son-street, in this-town, and had been drinking on Sunday
week. Returning home, they began to spar, and subse-
quently got to blows. In the scuffle the prisOner seized a
knife, and cut the prosecutor's cheek. The prisoner was
found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Julia Fitzjarnes, a pretty-looking young girl, aged la,
was indicted for cutting and maiming Thomas Poole. The
prisoner, in her defence,
cohabiting with t
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4sequence, deserted her, and that the provocation she
received had so " phrensied" her mind that she knew
iot what she was doing. The jury acquitted the prisoner,
and the gentlemen of the bar subscribed £2 7s. ad. on
her behalf. She was immediately discharged.
Ellen Williamson was arraigned for having feloniously
married Peter Williams, her former husband being still
alive. The first marriage took place at Prescot, in 1829:

the second in 1847, at St. Anne's Church, in this town.
The appearance of the second husband in court produced
a universal burst of laughter, from the plainness of his
appearance, which was increased by the hostility he
evinced towards the prisoner, who is a good-looking
woman in the prime of life. He begged the judge to get
his books from her, in order that he might make out
his bills. The jury acquitted the prisoner, who was dis-
charged.

An- Irishman, James Clare, was indicted for highway
robbery in Toxteth-park, on the 9th instant. Mr. Lang-
ton, the prosecutor, was proceeding home to his father's
house, accompanied by a servant in the employ of his
father. In Ullet-lane a man came up, stopped the gig by
seiz inethe horse's head, and holding a pistol, demanded
the prosecutor's money. He offered his watch ; but he
declared that he was " too wide awake a robber to take a
watch." A purse containing money was then handed to
him, when he decamped by leaping over a hedge. The
prisoner produced several witnesses, who swore that at
the time the robbery was committed he was drinking in a
public-house in Mill-street, Toxteth-park. The prisoner
was acquitted.

James Stockley and John Corn were indicted for rob-
bing Noah Talbot of 195., a tobacco box, and other
articles, in November last. The prosecutor and the pri-
soners had been drinking together in a public-house.
They were all `• navvies " in the service of Mr. M'Cor-
mack,, the railway contractor on the Bolton and Bury
railway. The jury found them guilty of the assault.
Sentence deferred.

SATURDAY

DEFALCATION OF A POOR RATE COLLECTOR.
Thomas Curtis, 43, was indicted for having, at Salford,
by false pretences, obtained from Samuel Kershaw fifteen
sovereigns, with intent to cheat and defraud John Nall,
Defendant was a collector of poor rates in Salford, and
upon taking office gave a bond for £5OO. In April he
sent in his resignation to the guardians, and according to
that his term of office would expire on the 24th June.
The indictment charged that, after that date, he pretended
he was still authorised to collect, and he thus obtained
the money. On the 30th June last the defendant, who
kept the Ship Inn, in Salford, left the country, with his
family, for America. He was a defaulter. and his bond
was called upon to pay the amount. He subsequently
returned to England, and was apprehended at Hull, and
the present charge for misdemeanour was preferred.
Mr. JAMES, for the defendant, raised several legal
points, but his Lordship over-ruled them. The learned
barrister then addressed the jury for the defendant. His
principal grounds of defence were, that defendant had, in
consequence of the difficulties the overseers would have to
encounter by new collectors being appointed, offered to
remain and assist in collecting until at least the 20th of
July; that the manner in which the books were kept up
to that time, authorised him to consider himself still their
collector. The defendant had paid into the bank, before
leaving the country, £95 to the account of the overseers,
whose servant he was, and who, by acknowledging the
receipt of that money, had adopted the act that he was
their servant, by inserting in the account the moneys so
received by him (the defendant) ; and, taking advantage
of the sums paid into the bank on their behalf, the over-
seers had recognised the authority of the defendant to re-
ceive money on their behalf, and, by acknowledging, by
their acceptance of the money so paid into the bank, that
he was their servant, it was clear that he (the defendant)
was duly and bona fide empowered to collect money for
them. He (Mr. James) admitted defalcation, but the
question was,—Did the defendant apply for the money in
the charge when he well knew that he was not authorised
to receive it ?

Witnesses were called, among whom was the ex-Mayor
of Manchester, with the view of establishing that the de-
fendant had been authorised to collect the rates, and that
it was a matter of common notoriety that he was so col-
lecting.
Mr. MONK proceeded to refute the arguments used in
the defence.

The Learned JUDGE summed up. The question was,
did the defendant falsely pretend, and so receive the mo-
ney, knowing at the same time that it was a false and
fraudulent pretence.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
The Learned JUDGE alluded to other indictments for
similar charges against the prisoner, and said it was clear
he had abused the trust and confidence reposed in him,
and had obtained and misapplied the various sums of mo-
ney. His Lordship concluded by saying—" To a person
In Your situation in life the punishment I am about to
impose. I trust, will serve as an example, and prove a be-
nefit. The sentence is, that you be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve ca-
lendar months."

BURGLARIES.
Thomas Shackleton, 44, was found guilty of burglary.
at Shiving. The case was devoid of interest. The pri-
soner was sentenced to transportation for 20 years.
James Stockley and John Corns, convicted on the pre-
vious day, were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and
hard labour.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY.
(Before Mr. Justice Erie.)
The trial of the Liverpool confederates was continued
this morning.
Inspector Birrell, of the Liverpool police, was the first
witness called. He deposed to finding a bag containing

twenty-nine pikes, in the possession of the prisoner
Cuddy, who said he was going to send them to Waterford
on the following Tuesday.—Cross-examined : Dr. Rey-
nolds sold pikes at his shop in Leeds-street, just as pub-
licly as any man in Liverpool dealt in any other article.
Thomas Hale, a police-officer, stated that he had seen
the prisoner Cuddy in the shop where Dr. Reynolds sold
pikes, guns, and cutlasses. There were some pike-shafts
in the windows, from eight to ten feet in length. The
shop was open about ten weeks, and about two months
after it was opened Cuddy told witness that Dr. Reynolds
had gone to Manchester, and that he was going to send a
large quantity of pikes to Manchester, as very large or-
ders had been received for those weapons from two secret
societies there.—Cross-examined : Witness never men-
tioned what Cuddy had told him, until after the latter
had been apprehended.
John Dickenson, a wheelwright, also gave evidence as
to the possession of arms by Dr. Reynolds, and by Cuddy,
who was shopman to the former.
Lawrence Keogh, a policeman, proved having found
thirteen pike heads, twenty-three sword knives, five pike
shafts, and one bayonet, in Dr. Reynolds' shop in Leeds-
street. [The pikes and swords were here produced. The
latter were, with one exception, sugar-cane knives ; the
exception was an instrument about 21 feet long, with a
straight, flat, and pointed blade, set in a rude wooden
handle.]

Edwa'rd Heywood, a machine and edge-tool grinder,
stated that he had ground some pikes and cutlasses for
Dr. Reynolds and Cuddy.
Mr. KNOWLES stated that that concluded the case as
regarded Cuddy, and that the case of O'Brien would
next be proceeded with.

John 81eigh, a policeman, found foUr pikes and three
bayonets in a garret in Hurst-street, occupied by the pri-
soner O'Brien, who was there when he went in. He was
refused admittance into the garret, and had to force the
door, which was fastened with a nail.

Police-constable Acton found a number of ball car-
tridges, some gunpowder, and 500 percussion caps, in
O'Brien's garret.
William Bond had twice seen O'Brien at a club-room
in Hurst-street. On both occasions O'Brien spoke. On
the first occasion he said, " The government is based on
a rotten foundation, and we are the boys who can bring
it to the ground. The ball lies at your feet, and it is
your fault if you do not kick it." Some pikes were lying
near, and he added, " These are the instruments that
frightened: the bloody Orange tribe in '98." On the se-
cond occasion, a person from the north end of the town
spoke on the peace side of the question, and said that the
people would gain nothing by fighting; but he was hissed
and put down. On a third occasion, O'Brien was pre-

sent, and said that it would give him great pleasure to
see Russell's and Graham's heads on the top of pikes,
which he called " slap-up government pills." He fur-
ther said, " Irishmen, I appeal to you one and all. Will
you release that murdered man, Mitchel ? If you will,
purchase such instruments as these (pikes), and use them.
Then you may expect to see the freedom of the exile of
Erin.'

William Davidson lived opposite the prisoner Murphy's
house. On a Friday in July last, he saw Murphy at his
window, with some pikes in his hand; the same thing
occurred a second time on the following Tuesday, and
Murphy then left the house with something rolled up in
a handkerchief. His wife, who was standing on the door
steps, told him to take care of what he was about ; and
he, in reply, told her not to be afraid.
Two other witnesses were called, who gave similar evi-
dence to the foregoing, with reference to the possession
of arms by the prisoners.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. SEGAi then addressed the court on behalf of the
prisoner Delamere, contending that the conduct of his
client was in no way such as to render him liable to a
criminal indictment ; and that although he visited one of
the associations for procuring a repeal of the union, with
Mr. M'Manus, yet that association was at that time per-
fectly legal.

Mr. JAMES followed on behalf of Boshell, contending,
first, that there was no proof that such a conspiracy as
was charged in the indictment ever existed ; and secondly,
that if such a conspiracy did exist, there was no proof
that the prisoner Boshell had taken part in it.

L.Fitt.b.ILEY ueuatr or amytn, contended that
although he might have been, and indeed was, violent in
his language, yet that he had never sanctioned the re-
course to unlawful means gf accomplishing the objects
which he sought.

Mr. Por.Locic then addressed the court at some length
and with great eloquence and force, on behalf of the
prisoners Somers, Hopper, O'Donnell, Cuddy, and
Murphy. The evidence against O'Donnell rested entirely
upon the evidence of two policeman,. as to speeches made
at some rooms in Circus-street, whom he contended were
not competent to report, and that the possession of arms
by the prisoners was quite legal.
Mr. TINDAL ATKINSON followed on behalf of O'Brien,
severely censuring the manner in which the Attorney-Ge-
neral had opened the case to the jury. Several witnesses
were then called on behalf of some of the prisoners, and
gave them good characters.

Her Majesty's ATTORNEY-GENERAL then replied. He
could not help regretting that the positicn in life of some
of the defendants offered circumstances of aggravation.
They were men who were not in want, and who must

selves important;. they were, many of them, men of the
higher classes, whose education, whileitshould have taught
them better, would enable them to mislead the lower classes,
who were smarting under real or supposed grievances, and
were suffering from the depressed state of trade. The
charge was a conspiracy for two objects _--To promote

sary that it should be proved that all the prisoners had
met together and definitely resolved to act in pursuance

of this but if we found them acting together in
evident pursuance of the common object, that would be
sufficient. The learned Attorney-General then entered
at great length into the consideration of the case of each
of the prisoners, recapitulating the evidence as it applied
to each. At the conclusion of his address, his lordship
asked the jury whether they would prefer that he should
sum up then, or next morning. The jury having decided
in favour of the latter course, the court then adjourned.