The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-04 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY 6• CLERICAL NEWS.

OXFORD, MAY 30.—1 n a congregation held this day
the following degrees were conferred :—Masters of Arts.
—George Bayley, New Inn Hall, Grand Compounder;
Rev. Joseph Leopold Longmire, Lincoln • Montagu Web-
ster, Lincoln ; Rev. Alexander Rhind Webster, St. Mary
Hall; Rev. Peter Holmes, Magdalen Hall; Francis Bar-
row, Wadham : Rev. Henry Robbins, Wadham ; Frede-
rick Pretyman, Fellow of Magdalen ; Frederick Fanshaw,
Fellow of Exeter; Rev. Charles Ascanias Nevill Thomas,
Exeter ; Rev. Francis John Hext Kendall, Exeter ; Rev.
Ferdinand Thomas Stephens, Exeter ; Rev. George An-
trobus, Brasenose ; Rev. Wm. Cater Randolph, Trinity ;
Rev. John Hutton Crowder, Merton ; Francis Edward
Guise, Balliol ; Rev. Robert Wheler Bush, Worcester.
Bachelors of Woolcornbe, Lincoln ; Chas.
Pridham, Lincoln ; John Buckle, St. Mary Hall; Wm.
Henry Fitzhugh, Christ Church ; George John Lloyd
Crawley, Christ Church ; David Wright, Magdalen Hall ;
William Tassie Vernon, Magdalen Hall ; John Smith,
Magdalen Hall ; Christopher French, Exeter ; Richard
C. Smith, Exeter; Charles Henry Davis, Wadharn ;
Alexander George Munro, Brasenose ; Charles Dawes
Smith, Brasenose ; Richard Ley, Brasenose; William
Williams, Queen's; Honourable Graham Colborne, St.
John's ; George Worthington, St. John's ; Wm. Powell,
Jesus; Hugh Edward Heaton, Jesus ; Wm. R. S. Wil-
liams, Jesus • John F. Mackarness, Merton ; James E.
Burrowes, University ; George G. Bradley, Scholar of
University ; Charles Snow Lock, Scholar of Balliol ; Wm.
Blake Doveton, Trinity ; John Wm. Lewis Bampfield,
Trinity ; Wm. Pye \Voolcock, Trinity ; Wm. Layton
Lowniies, Oriel; John MoyseY Bartlett, Worcester.
Mr. Macmullen appeared on Saturday, for the fourth
time, for his degree, which was vetoed by the Vice Chan-
cellor. According to the statute, Mr. M'Mullen cannot
now appear again before the expiration of a twelvemonth.
The Cathedral of Durham has been thrown open to
the public, without any payment being required.
THE ETON MONTEM.—On Tuesday the grand triennial
festival of the Montem was celebrated at Eton, and ex-
ceeded many of its predecessors in the splendor and the
gorgeousness of their costumes ; the attendance also of
Prince Albert and several noblemen of high rank, contri-
buted largely to the brilliancy of the scene. Prince Albert
arrived at the College shortly after twelve and was at-
tended by a guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards.
It is almost too generally knowii to require repetition,
that the " salt" money is destined to s-nd the bead boy,
or Captain of the Montem—this year Mr. Drake—to col-
lege, and that this amount varies from £BOO to £l,OOO ;
it was this year £1,600.

IRE LA N:D.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MAY 27.

About eleven o'clock on Monday last the court
assembled, when Sir Colman o',Loghlen rose to move
an arrest of judgment on behalf of Daniel O'Con-
nell, and to show, that upon the record as it then
stood, judgment could not be passed against that gentle-
man ; it was evident from the way in which the learned
gentleman expressed himself, that the traversers expected
to be heard each by separate counsel, upon the present
motion. Thus they flattered themselves they would be
able to spin out the proceedings to so late a period that
the court would be unable to pass sentence until next
term. However,
The Chief Justice, perceiving their intention, interrupt-
ing Sir Colman O'Lochlen, said, that from his (Sir Col-
man O'Lochlen's) stating simply that he appeared as
counsel for Daniel O'Connell, it was right to inform him
that the court would consider the application he was about
to make as made on behalf of all the traversers, and could
not hear more than two counsel on each side.
Sir Colman O'Loghlen said that he was only instructed
on beh:lf of Mr. Daniel O'Connell; and that some of
the traversers having been convicted of a different offence
from that of which he was found guilty, they would seek
to address the Court by their own counsel.
Mr. Close, also for the traversers, urged their right to
move separately in arrest of judgment ; but the Court put
an end to the ma ter by stating that as the points of law
re'ied on were the same in the case of all the traversers,
they would adhere to the ordinary practice of the Court,
and were determined not to hear more than two counsel
on each side.
Upon this the traversers' counsel appeared somewhat
crestfallen, and Sir Colman O'Loghlen proceeded to ad-
dress the court in arrest of judgment, upon the ground
that the caption to the indictment did not state which of
the grand jury had been sworn, and which were affirmed,
(there was a Quaker upon the grand jury), and also that
the indictment contained several distinct charges, and
was therefore bad for duplicity, and further that the
charges were too vague and uncertain. The learned
counsel then proceeded to argue these points at great
length, but without seeming to produce the slightesiim-
pression on the Court, the object appearing to be to be-
wilder the Court with a host of cases and authorities hav-
ing little or no reference to the subject.
Sir Colman addressed the Court at great length ;
his object appeared to be to speak against time, as he
cited authorities and positions which had been so often
referred to in the proceedings that they had lost even
the air of novelty ; indeed, when be was about to read
out one case, Judge Crampton entreated him to save
himself the trouble, as he had already heard it seven
times during the trial, and had it almost by heart.
Mr. Fitzgibbon insisted that, notwithstanding what had
fallen from the Court that morning, the traversers, every
one of them, had a right to make a separate motion to
arrest the judgment.
The Attorney-General rose and stated, that he antici-
pated the objection would be made, and he had therefore
consulted the Attorney-General for England on the sub-
ject, and he informed him that the Queen's Bench in
England would not hear more than two counsel on such
a case.

Mr. Fitzgibbon said that Sir Wm. Follett's saying so
did not make it the law.

The Chief Justice observed, that the counsel for the
traversers had no right to complain; that each of them,
throughout the case, bad addressed the court as if
he was concerned on behalf of them all. The
rule of court was against Mr. Fitzgibbon's client,
and he (the Chief Justice) for one would adhere to it.
There was another able counsel to be heard on the same
side as Sir Colman O'Loghlen, and anything the other
counsel wished to urge, they could say it to him.
The other members of the Court concurred, and the
application of Mr. Fitzgibbon was unanimously refused.
The Court then adjourned at half-past four o'clock. _

On Tuesday the Solicitor-General replied, and was fol-
lowed by Mr. M`Donough, on behalf of the traversers.
The court adjourned at four o'clock.
The Attorney-General commenced his reply on Wed-
nesday morning, and concluded at half-past one o'clock.
The Chief Justice then proceeded to give judgment on the
motion, and stated that the whole court were unanimous
in refusing a new trial. He condemned, in strong lan-
guage, the legal subtelties and points of law that were re-
sorted to by the traversers for the purposes of delay. The
court soon after adjourned.

On Thursday the court presented a scene of excitement
perhaps without precedent. Half-past ten o'clock was
fixed upon for bringing up the " conspirators" to receive
sentence, and before that hour the various avenues lead.
ing to the court were thronged. Several ladies of dis-
tinction, including Lady Donoughmore, Mrs. Bush, and
Mrs. Pennefather, occupied seats in the principal galleries.
The scene of excitement and bustle in the hall when Mr.
O'Connell made his appearance almost surpasses descrip-
tion. After Mr. O'Connell had taken his seat at the tra-
versers' bar (the Judges not having at the time taken
their places), the barristers then present, with the excep-
tion of about twenty individuals, rose, cheered lustily,
clapped their hands, and repeated their applause, which
was reiterated and echoed by the crowds outside. The
scene was taken up by the occupants of the galleries, who,
as well as many of the junior bar, displayed the " national
emblem" —the repeal button—in the most prominent
manner. It is but an act of justice to the Irish bar, which,
as a body, has always maintained the highest character,
to state that the individuals of it who mustered so strongly
upon this occasion were mere juniors, and the neophites
of the Corn Exchange. Mr. O'Connell bowed repeatedly
(his hand on his breast) in acknowledgment of the voci-
ferous shouts by which he was greeted, and it is but fair
to him to state that he seemed to feel sensitively the
awkward position in which the indiscretion of his pro-
tegees bad placed him.
About half-past eleven, Mr. Moore moved that the
sentence of the court should be postponed until the writ
of error was disposed of. The Attorney• General replied,
and Mr. Whiteside also spoke in favour of the motion,
and was answered by the Solicitor-General. The court,
after a few minutes' conference, decided that however de-
sirable it might be to suspend the sentence until the opi-
nion of the ultimate tribunal—the House of Lords—
should be had, the laws made no provision for such a
course, and the motion was therefore refused. The four
judges agreed in this, and the announcement produced
great sensation.