The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-03 00:00:00

IR ELAND,

'MAL OF MR• KIRWAN, ONE OF THE CATHOLIC TiL4

LEG .%TES.

Our limits do not permit our giving the details o(

the proceedings in this important trial; but the fol-
lowing summary, we hope, will prove acceptable to

iur Readers :

The Court of King's Bench having commence/1 their Sill Mgr
for this Term, on Thurglay, the ‘.4.3d ult. procordetl, on iMotetty
the 27th, to the trill, of Nr. Thomas Kirwan, one of the Homan
CutholiC Delegates, for the piriih of'Sr.'llary•:, in Dublin.
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After the pauei for the Jury had been called over, one of
Counsel for the !Traverser rose, and challenged the array, ou a.

alloAtimi, that the pan2l had been returned at tin.
of the Prosecutors. The Counsel for the Crou it
•joins:t issue
the challenge. observing, Out such a proceeding was only cal,
lateel to encourage that hostile indisposition to the lan %Chi,

was sprealing fast through this country. After a reply_

the Counsel on the other side, Triers were arpointod to tirci,!

upon the challenge.—Tile Crown Solicitor, after an ex,ii:l;.

natio4 of unusual length, proved, that his application to the 5;,•,.
riff for a copy of the panne], to which he conceived himself
titled, as of right, was resisted, but he admitted, that he had
obtained a copy from the Under Sclretdryt state. This
pruclutieff, was found to contsii•iltrivat itrks made by tie
Crow ffolicitor, and was am •naterid wi gures iu borne it.-
stanceicoenvpor.ding with, and in 6thertleeringlrota the nr;
derOf *e !'auel returuNi into Court; lin kb, eircuint:ata:e the
TriviTlr's Coensel appeared principulletto vet", in support
the. diallengn, and at length closed hliVsidenee,
I that the differmicz had bnen :muted. the hiterfercnce nl
Governmest.—MrAnnes, one of the SW:ci'riffs, was then valid
on by the Crown. and examiunr.d ; he epntradicted the ilisllyla-
-1, duo, and explained satisfactorily the few ch.,Ages which hid
beat', nada in the Panel. The Traverser's Counsel, Mr. Bar-
i rowes, then spoke to evidence, and Was replied to by the
torney-Orneral, when the CM:4 Justice addressed the Trbe,,
.1 who retired for a few moments, and brought in a verdict agaita
the challenge.
On Tuesday the Court proqeetled wqh the trial, wlien an affi.
davit on behalf of Mr. Kirwan was broitglit forwart, the object
of which was to postpone the trial, that the Traverser mig:a
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have the same advantage of time for inquiry a Itich the Coma
bad had, with respect to the persons on the panel. The affidat it
contaiuml also an allegatio-n,-that he believed many of the Pa-
nel were Orangemen and enemies to Catholics, and he named
Mr. 111ackwoud, the fimt on the panel, as one. Mr. Blackwood
publicly and solemnly denied the fact. The Solicitor for thn
Traverser being then called on by the Court to deny his poi-
session of the panel on behalf the Traverser, at as early a time
as the Crown had become possessed of it, refused to be sworn,
screening himself under his character of Attorney in .the came.
The Jury were then sworn, and the trial proceedrd. The
Attorney-General was heard on behalf of the prosecution, and
observed strongly on the former verdict, where the acquittal
proceeded on the ground that the case ivas not proves!,
although the facts a et:e notorious, and ts-e evidence uncuetra-
dieted.. Iluddlestone and Shepherd (the Peace-officers), nhu bad
been produced as witnesses for the Crown on the former trial.
j were examined, wheu the latter produced his notes, the land
I which seemed to have been so dwelt two] at Sheridan's trial,
j The Courtattjourned about six o'clock, till Wednestlay,when it
proceeded upon the trial, and ISP onagh (also a witness ou be-
half of the Croats at the firmer trial) was produced, and upon
his examination and cross-examination having closed, it appear-
ed by his testimony, as well as Shepherd's, that one of the per-
sons assembled in Liffey-street, on the ::Ist of July, warned the
111cataigoftlfe Proclamation isstvd on that day; this was con-
sidered as laying a fatmilation for giviriglis'Frideuce the Procla-
mation, to spew that.it warned ail persoui from holding any
election pun taut to the Resolutions of tie Agsregate Meeting
of the 1.1% of- uly, from which, and the weaning, it ay„.
pear that this was a =cam; at' that nattse. The Gazette bring
vt 'axed as evidence of the Proclamation, was admitted by tie
befendant's Counsel, and its contents read. (Micro the est-
deuce for the Crown closed.] .
Counsel for the Traverser then con tend.ll that there was a ca.
riaoce between the iadietrnent and the evidence, that the charge
j was,. tl.c haring elected fine re:.,ese.-.tatiner far !in/ :he
City n DetbLz, railed St. Mary's Parish," and used as PariM
iby the Roman Catholics. That the evidence e as, that the Cs-
, tholic Parish of St. Mary, for vs hich-they conceived he election
to he held, comprisiag three Protestant Parishes, one of uhlcbi
St. Geor.;:t's Para' , by an old Act of Parliament then pa.-
' ducesl, api,eared to be altos( t!:^r in the County, and not at all
in the City. To this, two answers were given; the first, that
i su posing that to he so, there was no material varittece ; ne
is
i ca id, that raking the whole evidence together, it appeared that
this meeting was in compliance with Lord Fingall's resolutions
of July 9, by which Counties were to elect tea each, and the
Parishes in Dublin (as contra-distinguished from the Coenty)
were to elect five each ; that therefore the Jury had strong mi.
deuce to chew that the Election in Liffey-street was held only
so much as Was in Dublin City, ned that the allegati.m of the in-
dictment, " a District is the City of Dublin, called the Rari•N
of St. Mary," was sustained. The Court determined on leasire,
it to t e J ury, whether the Elethion really was so orate, alufac-
curling to their aaswen. afterwards to decide on the law.
Counsel there in a speech of three hours, stated the case of the
Traverser, and went fully into all me political doctrines con-
nected with the case. This occupied Wednesday,
The proceedings of Thursday opened with a speech from the
Solicitor-General. lie anita rted on the Traverser'
Counsel assuming the high tone advocate of the peolile,
and of a public eause, and yet cooed coding to question num-
I rious facts, and to imist on every petty cavil that would t,c it-vi
in the defence of a thief. Ile also animadverted strongly, hm
in respectful terms', on Lord Fingsli,who was pt-cleat, fot swig
i by, two 'several times, while a witness was tortured and brauue.l
for swearing to resolutious !rich had for months app arcti 10
j the public prints with the "auction of kis Lordship's muse. tali
Iwithout contradiction,
'At half-past one he concluded; and the Chief Justice ern'
needed to charge the dtoyt, explaining .o them the provisions of
the Convention Act at some length.
The Jury then retired, and, after being out fifteen minute&
returned *itb a verdict of GUILTY.
wiAtboaltbotudgmitcutheltyCoonrrdt
ilavaugrbexceedingly crowded, it was cloried

It is stated, that is consequence of the gretit er•
tension of our territory in the Eat, the troops in the
service of the East India Company, wilt be to no-
lidated with the Regular Army. A negocistion
of
this point, is said to be at this moment pending with
the Directors.
Government, we understand, have it in contempla-
tion to impose duties an theimportation of rum,wine
tea, in We* Soglh Wales, in order to paY
tie
civil establishment of the colony, which is in a v;:ry
flourishing slate.
Letters were on %tinily received fiom the Azorest
of the Bth of January, arid exhibited 'at Gov"')
confirming the statement that the ?execs R0c4.1
I •
of Pon-run AL had transmitted orders for seizing
anu
condemi.ing all Swedish and Danish vessels, with
their cargoes, at the Western Isles.
A Spanish brig from the coast of Africa, boual to
the Ilarannah, with 212 slaves, was cast a‘‘ay
Bth of October, on the north side of Eleuthe:a. Okr.
three of the crew were saved, the Captaitt) Mate, 01
all the negroes being drowned. oil the

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