The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-28 00:00:00

ground that they could not have a fair trial by it. That
objection must now fall to the ground, for before the pe-
riod which he had named, the revised list would be com-
pleted, and they could select a jury from it."

On Saturday, being the last day of term, to the great
surprise of every one, including many of the infirna re-
cessus of political life, a motion was made for the
court to direct the Clerk of the Crown to submit to the
traversers a list of the witnesses appearing on the record
of the indictments. .

The application was pressed upon the court more in the
shape of a claim upon their discretionary power, being
founded upon the affidavits of Mr. Duffy's attorney, who
swore that a knowledge of the names of the witnesses was
essential to his defence. The traversers' motion also
rested upon the affidavit of Mr. Coppock, an English
attorney, who swore that he was in practice in the courts
of England, and declared that, to the best of his belief, in
the Court of Queen's Bench in that country it was the
invariable practice to grant the copies of captions and
names of witnesses to all traversers.
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Mr. O'Hagan and Mr. Whiteside pressed the applica-
tion on the court, and were resisted by the Attorney-
General and Solicitor-General. After a consultation for
some time, _ _ _ . .

The Lord Chief Justice declared that the majority of
the court were of opinion that the application could not
be granted. The learned judge explained the reasons
which led him to that conclusion very fully, and spoke for
upwards of three quarters of an hour. He decided that
the deponents had not sustained their application by show-
ing that it was necessary to their defence or explaining
how it could benefit them on their trial. Neither had
they sworn that they did not know the names of the wit-
nesses in any of the affidavits they had filed, which merely,
in general terms, stated the names were material to the
traversers' defence. The learned judge also refused it
because the practice of the court was not for it, and be-
cause it was not the custom in Ireland, nor sustained by
authority there ; and denied the analogy argued to exist
between cases of treason and misdemeanours, which would
go to prove that traversers in the latter case, not affected
with any danger to life, would be entitled to all the privi-
leges given to the accused in the higher order of crime in
favorem vilce. He also refused it on the grounds of the
general danger of making any such innovation, more espe-
cially in Ireland, where, by the murder, maiming, intimi-
dation, and bribery of witnesses, justice had been, as the
Attorney-General said, frustrated and defeated.

Mr. Justice Burton' and Mr. Justice Crampton coin-
cided with the Lord Chief Justice. _ _

Mr. Justice Perrin then declared the grounds on which
he had been led to differ from the rest of his learned bre-
thren. _

Mr. Whiteside expressed his willingness to wait till the
sth January, ten days before the trial, for the list, but
was refused it, under any circumstances, by the Attorney-
General. _

Mr. Smyly, for the crown, then moved the court to
order the proper officer to strike a special jury in the case
of the Queen v. O'Connell and others, to be taken next
term from the revised list ; and so ended the last manoeu-
vre of this great forensic battle which can take place du-
ring the present term.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting of
this body was held on Monday, when speeches were deli-
vered by Mr. O'Connell, Dr. Gray, Mr. Steele, and
others. The repeal rent amounted to £932 13s. 6d.
THE O'CONNELL TRIBUTE.—NO exertion was spared
on Sunday to swell this amount. In some instances,
double the sum collected last year was received. In
Dublin and the suburbs alone, upwards of £4,000 was
gathered ; and the total amount is expected to be little, if
at all, under £30,000.

ATTEMPT TO BURN BOYLE BARRACKS.—OR Friday
night last an attempt was made to burn the barrack of
Boyle, and several panes of glass in the windows were
broken with stones. The parties are known ; three of
them have been fully committed to Bridewell. The con-
sequences of this outrage must have been terrific had the
sentry not observed it in proper time, as the magazine is
within ten yards of the gate, to which fire was applied.—
Belfast News Letter.

DEATH OF SIR F. W. MACNAGHTEN.—We regret
to announce the demise of Sir F. W. Macnaghten. which
took place at Bushmills-house, on Tuesday. Sir Francis
was in his eighty-second year, twenty-one of which he
served in India. His health had been gradually declin-
ing since the intelligence reached this country of the death
of his son at Cabool, whose melancholy fate is fresh in
the minds of us all. No hopes were entertained of the
life of the venerable baronet for the last ten days.—Bel-
fast Whig.

SERIOUS INJURY TO THE LOUGH• SWILLY AND
LOUGH FOYLE EMBANKMENTS. —We understand
that a breach of very great extent was made in the Lough
Swilly embankment on Wednesday morning. The tide
filled the bay from shore to shore, being higher than any
that has occurred for the last thirty-six years, and de-
stroyed the labours of three years, besides doing consider-
able damage to other property in the neighbourhood.
Some injury was done to the Ballykelly embankment, in
the Foyle, on the same morning.—Derry paper.
MAIL TO FLEETWOOD.—The North Lancashire Steam
Navigation Company's beautiful new iron steamer the
Princess Alice, of 200 horse power, sailed from Belfast on
Friday last, with the first mail for Port Fleetwood. It is
intended, we believe, to have a regular mail from England
by that route three days, or at least two days in the
week, there being now two splendid steamers on the sta-
tion. The trade between this town and Fleetwood may
be regarded as permanently established, the quantity of
merchandise and number of passengers conveyed by the
vessels increasing week by week.—Banner of Ulster.

SEIZURE AND RESCUE OF A POTTEEN STILL.—AS
the supervisor of the excise for the Foxford Collection,
Mr. Greaves, was returning from Ballina to Castlebar,
some few days since, he observed four persons carrying a
still, head, and worm, and leaving it at some distance
from the road. Mr. Greaves, though alone, proceeded to
the place, took the still, put it in= his gig, and drove to-
wards town. The owners haviag witnessed the seizure.
and not wishing to give up their property without a
struggle, followed the excise officer, and forced him to de-
liver up the still four miles from where he seized it. Mr.
Greaves made a desperate exertion to retain his capture,
but he was overpowered by the rather incautious illicit
distillers.

THE LATE OUTRAGE IN TIPPERARY.—MISS Vereker,
who was so seriously injured during the outrage at Finnoe-
house, near Borrisokane, on the evening of Sunday
se'nnight, died on Tuesday morning last. An inquest
was held the same day, at which were several magistrates
and gentlemen connected with the family. The verdict
was, " Died in consequence of wounds inflicted by some
person or persons unknown." Mr. Waller continued,
when the last accounts were sent off, in a very precarious
state. Mrs. Waller was nearly convalescent. The aged
butler, William Largin, was still confined to bed and suf-
fering severe pain from his wounds. A meeting of magis-
trates was held, on Tuesday, in the Grand Jury-room of
the Court-house, Nenagh, for the purpose of taking the
subject into considetation. There were twenty-four ma-
gistrates present. A resolution was passed that a reward
be offered for the apprehension of the parties concerned.

SUICIDES IN DUBLIN.—There were no fewer than
four suicides committed in Dublin on Monday. The first
of these shocking cases took place at 32, Old Dominick-
street, and was attended with very painful circumstances.
The unfortunate deceased was Mr. James Dillon, a sur-
geon, residing at the above house, and who was, as stated,
possessed of independent property, and most respectably
connected. It would appear that the gentleman laboured
under aberration of mind some time back, and that he
was formerly in an asylum, which he left about a year ago.
He was about 45 years of age, and without any family.
The deceased retired to bed about nine o'clock on Sunday
night, and slept in a room three stories high from the
basement floor. Nothing transpired with regard to his
movements after the hour mentioned, until he was found
lying in the area after twelve o'clock covered with blood,
and in a dying state, he having leaped or thrown himself
down from the bed-room window on the flags of the area.
—ln the second, Hugh M'Coughrey, formerly a clerk in
Busby's distillery, took a dose of laudanum ; in the third,
Charles Thornton, a servant, hanged himself ; and in the
fourth, a soldier of the34th regiment, named Springthorp.
shot himself through the head at the Royal Barracks.

Tom STEELE.—We have often wondered that this
blundering simpleton should ever have been allowed to
take part in O'Connell's schemes. He is a laughing,
roystering, merry blade more adapted for tavern brawls
than for enterprises of " great pit and women ; " the ac-
tors in which must know how to speak without letting
others know their thoughts. We can fancy " honest Tom
Steele," as O'Connell sometimes calls him (for we never
had the felicity of seeing him), such a man as Caesar pre-
ferred :

" Let me have men about me that are fat ;
Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights ;
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look ;
He thinks too much, such men are dangrous.'.
And when Antony bids him fear not, for Cassius " is a
noble Roman and well given," imperial Cesar replies, he
fears him not, but—" but would he were fatter I ' he ex-
claims. Some of our readers will remind us, no doubt,
that O'Connell is fat. So he is ; but every rule has its
objection. Nobody ever saw a fat man hung. It is al-
ways your lean rascal that comes to the gallows. Com-
fort for Daniel, it will be said. Not so. He is already
an exception to one rule. There is nothing to prevent
him being so to another. He may lie in prison long
enough to get thin.—John Bull.

ATTACKING A HOUSE AND MURDER OF THE OWNER.
—John Byrne, Esq., one of the coroners for the county
Louth, held an inquest, at Toorus, on the Carrickmacross
road, which was adjourned to Tuesday, lith instant, to be
held in the town of Louth, upon the body of Nicholas
Byrne. Mr. O'Reilly, magistrate, and Mr. Littl7., chief
constable, were present at the investigation. After a res-
pectable jury had been sworn, several witnesses were ex
amined, when it appeared in evidence that the house of
the deceased was attacked by a body of men on the night
of the Ist of November last, when the family were in bed
(having previously broken the windows of several houses
in the neighbourhood.) The deceased and his son got up
to defend their house, when he was knocked down by a
blow of a stick, which fractured his skull, of which he,
lingered until the 11th instant, when he died—after hav-
ing the blow of the stick, another person made a stab of
a knife at him, which, however, he escaped, the knife
having only struck the door. Dr. Garlant, and other
medical gentlemen, who had previously attended the de-
ceased, deposed that the fracture was the cause of death.
The jury, after deliberation, returned a verdict of " wil-
ful murder" against Thomas Hinchy and two other per-
sons, whose names it would not be prudent to mention at
present. liinchy was committed by the coroner. We
are informed that two of the persons engaged in the mur
der were arrested and bailed, and of course bat
—Drogheda Conservative