The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-20 00:00:00

NINTH COUNT

This count is the same as the eighth with this addition,
that it charges the traversers with usurping the preroga-
tive of the crown in the creation of arbitration courts.
All the traversers guilty, except the Rev Mr. Tierney,
not guilty.
TENTH COUNT.
This count charges the traversers with conspiring to
to bring the courts of jnstice, as by law established, into
disrepute, and is the same in this respect as two former
counts except the addition of the words, " and to dimi-
nish the confidence of her Majesty's liege subjects in
Ireland in the administration of the laws thereof."
All the traversers guilty, except the Rev. Mr. Tierney
not guilty.
ELEVENTH COUNT.
This count repeats the charges respecting intimidation
and physical force, and adds that changes in the law and
constitution of the realm were sought to be effected by
means of seditious and inflammatory speeches and ad-
dresses, as well as by the publication of divers seditious
writings and compositions.
All the traversers guilty, except the Rev. Mr. Tierney
not guilty.
The issue-paper was signed " James Hamilton, for self
and fellow-jurors.
The Clerk of thetod Crow
in yon—Gentlemen of the jury, there
is nothingfurther etau.
Chief Justice—Certainly, gentlemen of the jury, the
very laudable and minute attention which was given by
you in this case from the beginning to the end was great
indeed. The loss of your time, the interference with
your occupations and pursuits for nearly a month, was
certainly great ; but then it was to be borne in mind that
this was an unprecedented case. I am sorry to say the
Court has no power to order you any compensation.
and
The act of Parliament does not order it. You have
paid that attention to the whole progress of this trial—
painfulas t has
th been—whichank yo
u fo r
your h a has
been
highly
attendance,
you
honour-
able and highly creditable to you all; but that is all I
can say—we have not the power to give you any com-
pensation—weare dismissed.
The jury then retired.

Mr. Moore, Q.C.—I request, my lord, on the part of
the traversers, that the crown furnish us with a copy
of that finding.

Feb. 20, 1844.

The Chief Justice spoke to the clerk of the crown'
whereupon
The Clerk of the Crown said, this court is now ad.,
adjourned till the first day of next term.
The court was accordingly adjourned, the judges having
m mediately left the bench, and in a few minutes the
court was completely deserted.
Large crowds were assembled outside ; but in the yid"
nity of the court there was not so much excitement as
might have been expected. The crowds peaceably dis-
persed in a very short time.
On the first day of next term a notice will be served on the
traversers by the Crown Solicitor, fora rule for judgment
in four days. On or before the expiration of this four days
notice, an application will be made to the court, on behalf
of the traversers, in arrest of judgment. The grounds of
the application will be-1. a misdescription of a juror's
name; 2. the omission of proof of any unlawful act done
by the traversers in the county of the city of Dublin ; 3.
that no judicial act should have been done after 12 o'clock
on Saturday night by the presiding judge. In the event of
these being overruled on argument, the Court will pro-
nounce judgment, A writ of error will then be sued ont,
and the judgment of the twelve judges taken thereon. In
the event of their lordships affirming the judgment of the
court below an appeal will be carried to the House of Lords.
The vital subject for consideration is whether, pending
those delays, the Court will carry judgment into effect
upon the traversers.

TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND.
•
Merrion-square, 11th Feb., 1844.
FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN,—Once again I return you my
most heartfelt thanks for the peace, quiet, and good order
you have observed ; and I conjure you by the country we
all love, and even in the name of the God we all adore, to
continue in the same peace, quietness,—perfect tran-
quillity.
I tell you solemnly that your enemies and the enemies
of Ireland are very desirous that there should be a breaking
out of tumult, riot, or other outrage. Be you, therefore,
perfectly peaceable. Attack nobody. Offend nobody.
Injure no person. If you respect your friends—if you
wish to gall your enemies—keep the peace, and let not one
single act of violence be committed.
You are aware that the jury have found a verdict against
me. But depend upon it that I will bring a writ of error,
and will not acqiesce in the law, as laid down against me,-
until I have the opinion of the twelve judges in Ireland,.
and, if necessary, of the House of Lords.
Be you, therefore, perfectly quiet. Do no violence
whatsoever. You could not possibly offend or grieve me
half so much as by any species of riot, assault, or out-
rage.

It is said that the great question of repeal has been in-
jured by this verdict.

- Do not believe it. It is not true. On the contrary,
the result of this verdict will be of most material service
to the repeal if the people continue to keep as peaceful as
they have hitherto been, and as I am sure they will con-
tinue to be.

Obey my advice. No riot. No tumult. No blow. No
violence. Keep the peace for six months, or, at the
utmost, twelve months longer, and you shAll have the
parliament in College-Green again.
I am, fellow-countrymen, your affectionate and devoted
servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The Repeal rent for last week
was £.6-13 Os. 3d.

Captain Peel Dawson is announced as a candidate for
the connty of Londonderry, to supply the vacancy occa-
sioned by the demise of Mr. Bateson.

SIGNAL FIRES.—We stop press to announce that the
hills surrounding Nenagh are all illuminated.—Nenagh
Guardian.

All the proprietors of newspapers who were members
of the Repeal Association have retired from that body, in
consequence, as is asserted, of the doctrine laid down
daring the trial that the Association is responsible for
what appears in their respective journals.

TIPPERARY ELECTION.-Mr. Maher was, on Saturday
lest, elected M.P. for this county, without opposition;
Mr. Barker having previously resigned. Mr. Barker de-
clines standing, on the ground of the tumultuous violence
to which his friends would be exposed.
MR. O'CONNELL'S CHAIR.—A chair which has been
in Mr. O'Connell's family for 300 years, was received a
few days since at Washington, as a present from the great
agitator to Mr. Robert Tyler. The President of the
United States was the first person to sit in it.—Phila-
delphia Letter•

A meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association
was held on Monday. Large sums of money were handed
in from various parts of the country, and Sir Colman
O'Loghlin and Mr. O'Hea were appointed to repair to
London and put themselves in communication with Lord
John Russell, in reference to the state trials. A motion
for remodelling the association is to be brought forward on
Monday next.
STATE OF EXCITEMENT IN TUAM.—When the news
of the liberator's conviction reached Tuam, the patriotic
inhabitants of that spirited town, to mark their sense of
the crime perpetrated against public liberty, put their
houses into mourning, and observed the day as a black
fast. What will our paternal and impartial government
say to this ? Out upon the hypocrites and deceivers---
down with the enemies of peace and justice. The people
are firm and observant.—Galway (Radical) paper.
RAISING THE WIND.—The following document Wee
some time since issued from the Corn Exchange :—" Re-
peal I repeal! repeal! if you are willing to assist O'COn"
nell and the Loyal Repeal Association in obtaining for
Ireland a Parliament of her own, with all the benefits of
Domestic Legislation, you will please to send your con-
tributions for this glorious work to the undernamed col-
lectors of this district, either at
" One Farthing a Week,
" One Penny a Month,
" Or One Shilling a Year.
" Which will entitle you to be enrolled as associates, and
to receive repeal cards.

DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.—The following is an extract
of a letter, dated Saturday week, from a correspondent
at Tullamoore :

" I have just been informed by the officers in barrack
that a most diabolical outrage was contemplated last night,
by two sods of burning turf having been thrown over the
barrack-wall, which tell on the powder-magazine, but
fortunately the roof was proof against fire. On the same
night a large hole was broke in the rere of the barrack-
wail, sufficient to admit a man ; but all was discovered
tcphreeirsapnde
ttasrya;tiiinolg w
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somedesignhavecarriedh
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areT now o
hemis;
the alert. So much for the repealers and their associates
in Tullamoore."
[The above appeared in the Dublin Evening Mail of
AlondaY, and in the same contemporary, of Wednesday
last, we find the following paragraph :]—
The attempt to blow up, or otherwise destroy, the
barrack at Tullamoore, as noticed in our last publication,
appears, from subsequent information and inquiry, to have
been a much deeper and more dangerously-concocted
gramme than was at first supposed ; but as a strict inves-
tigation into the attendant circumstances is in progress
before the competent authorities, we shall abstain from
further observation until those engaged in the inquiry
shall have made their report."
O'CONNELL. AND MR. BOND HUGHES.—A scene of
a remarkable character occurred in the cabin of the steam
packet, bearing Mr. O'Connell to Liverpool, before her
starting :—Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, Mr.
John O'Connell, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. Shiel,
and Mr. Nicholas Maher, the new member for Tipperary,
that
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were aboard, and the present government reporter, and
the late one, Mr. Bond Hughes, were also in the cabin.
Mr. Steele, who accompanied Mr. O'Connell to the
packet, shook hands with the government reporter, and
was engaged in some playful conversation with him, when,
Mr. Bond Hughes joining, addressed the Head Pacifica-
tor. Mr. Steele immediately and good-humouredly re-
winded, and addressing Mr. Hughes. said—" Mr. Bond
Hughes, you were under a misconception with regard to
' Behemoth,' for I did not speak the quotation ; but I arts
bound in honour to declare, that I never in my life heard
evidence more straightforward, fair, and manly, than yours
in describing the peace of our monster meetings." Mr.
Hughes, in courteous terms, responded, and asked Mr.
Steele if he would have any objection to shake hands with
him, and the latter replied that, on the contrary, be would
feel pleasure. At this moment Mr. O'Connell came to
the part of the cabin where this occurred, and shook
hands with Mr. Bond Hughes, Mr. Steele telling On
playfully of his observations about the unspoken " Bebe;
moth," &c. Mr. Bond Hughes was treated with marked
respect by every one of the traversers present. Mr- P.'"
among the nunober.—Radical paper.
his "Address
Taw GULLS.—O'Connell says, in his
convicted
tee:
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to the
will not acquiesce in the law as laid down against him:
say either that his law is becoming rusty,
olnsn; lidotsl Itd'old arts of delusion, for no writ of error lies
ulpoiinfnrathheihelitwsiii:WseCeieanmsrhsgheeai to the twelve judges. The CouiriteoifsEexv:hdeeqntuelle
Chamber, consisting of the twelve judges of the superior
courts of common law in Ireland, is established by tbe,
40th George 111., c. 39, and has cognisance of writs 01
error from the superior courts, of course including the
Queen's Bench; but it is the constitutional doctrine that
the Crown is not bound by a statute, unless specially
named therein. Now the King is not only not affirmatively
named or included, but the act goes further, for the KW%
is expressly excluded by negative words, as the third sec-
tion, concludes with the enactment—" That nothing here!:
contained shall be construed to give a right to any perset
to sue forth a writ of error to reverse a judgment in whic.;
the King is a party, other than by the law, the same
now allowable." We believe we may add, that when the
CroWn prosecutes, no writ of error can lie without the
consent of the Attorney-Gener. 1 ; and as for the
threatened motion in arrest of judgment, it may in this
country be spun out to the extent of a day—in Westrolu
ster it would not occupy half an hour.

EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGES.—The Rev. Mr. Noe
Hughes, minister of St. John's Chapel, Clerkenwell, IO
the course of his visitations to the poor, discovered a great
number living in a state of concubinage and profligact;
Through the medium of his exhortation they were brougPA
to a sense of the impropriety of such a mode of life, 913'"
86 men and woman, consisting of butchers, costermoogA
ers, tailors, shoemakers, and others of various trades Sr:
callings, consented at the suggestion of the rev. gentle
man to appear before the " hymeneal altar " of St. John),
Chapel, Clerkenwell, on Monday last, there to go throl4.l
the matrimonial ceremony, and be made one, " grotto'
Twenty-three of these marriages were performed on IAI4/3
dav, and twenty-three more on Tuesday.

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