The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-25 00:00:00

• she white jacket ; witness identified the
g in, soil aid that the direction in which 1
suet running led towards Doneraile ; Mr.
sea ideatifled him amongst a great number.
lie immediately distinguished him by goiL
hog his coat. Cross examined. This witnee. b
he made the prisoner strip off the coat, and fosse
while jacket underneath it; it might hive bees s mile
from Mr. Towssend's house, sad it was between one
and two e'eleek in the day when bo weremed•elshisi
Here the case for the prosecatios closed, and Nancy
poche was examioed for the dehisce of *Doonell.
She bad been i eirvaat to Mrs. Townsend at—th;"
' and left her in conempience of: her mistress
eying to the salt 'water; was standing at the hall doiie
When the men same in, mad saw all that (recurred in the
hall; *Donnell was not one of the men; knows him
three years; dims not think Nagle was there, although
hie is imatetbins like.one of the Men that was present; is
positirely *Donnell was not one of those who MOO Sir
Stair* With her mistress.
' Mary Fox Wit sext examined---She was in the house
at the time. and swore positively, and rather premature:
ly, that *Despoil had not been there.
Owes *Donnell swore, that on the day in question'
lie saw dm prisoner *Donnell about a mile from Far-,
fillywith a puree of iron, which be Was taking to 'a for
in between twelve and one o'clock • saw hits
' 'insetting from the forge with irons; badinen at., a'
funeral in the neighbourhood:. .
• John• M'Doanell was vxmakwill for the deface of
Nagle; and swore he-10414m it work for him on•tbe,
day of the attack kora. easeelsi until two o'clock;
bad been trenehime gegitnitieltar Wt Nagle for
tone is the woraiegokeiVwfaims be :stormed he found him
atiil at work.
..ilieheel Horrigan was neansined• for the defence of
Sullivan, with whom, he said, Ise-bad been at work all
the day of the attack, twill hey', arrested along with
him by a policeman; prisoner had a white waistcoat, bet
after dinner he put a coat over it.
David Horrigan was examined for M'Donnell's de-
fear', in addition to Nancy Roche, Mary Fox. and
()wen M'Donnell. Witness saw him going to Shushan,"
with iron to make shoes for his horse, and saw bin roe
turning between twelve and one o'clock.
His lordship now addressed the Jury, and after stating.
the grounds of each particular indictment, he went meet
circutostantially•into the evidence, first pointing oat
necessity of giving to this case torte most serious atone
Hoe, and observing, that if, on deliberation. they were
ssti.tiell that all the prisoners were milky, they ought to
find a verdict accordingly; but, that •if any reasonable
doubt oecurred to them, relative to the guilt of any, or
all, or either of the prisoners, they wets in duty bound
to give the prisoners the beoefit of that doubt, and the
more particularly, as this was a case, which, if a verdict
of guilty were retnrned. would inevitably involve the
forfeiture of the prisoners' lives. After recapitulating
the•evideoce, be made come further observations upon it,
drawieg with the nicest discrimination the line of Ws.
tinction which was to regulate their verdict, and commit..
ting to their intelligence, justness, and tranquil delibera-
tion, all the circumstances of this important case. -
In brit' an boar, a verdict was returned, finding
Mi.
chael *Donnell and Daniel Nagle guilty, and acquite
tine Sullivan.
The framed Judge then, in a most impressive man-
ner, addressed the prisonets. He observed that they bad
beets indicted, tried for, add found guilty of. one of
tlio.e crimes which had so long afflicted. and go long
di-gratxd the country—and for which they were pow
about to pay the forfeit of their lives. The coststry
stew groaning under the effect of this outrage's" Visits
and it was impossible for it to remain.* its promo Ow
dition--either the country will be brought to rula by
inch desperation and crime, or the wretched instigators
of the destructive system. will inevitably be placed in
the same deplorable situation ai that is which the pri
sutlers, stood at present. He commented on tits atrocity
of the crime, committed, as it Sues in the middle of day,
at a gentleman's house. in the face of the world, and
observed, that if the entire Court bad not been witnesses
cf the repetitions of this outrage, the natural improba*
of its occurrrace would furnish the: strongest
gr(..4nd.; for a disbelief of it altogether. He dwelt on the
impartiality, the conscientiousuese, and the great mercy
of the Jury, which was no less remerkableiliao that of
their very great intelligence. He adverted again to the
wickedness, the weakness, sod the madness otthe infa
. listed beings. who, instead of being an honour, or a'
p ide, or of any advantage to the country, must contd.
to every day to its ruin and degradation. He conjored
not to expect any mercy on this side of the grave ;
they should be allowed a reasonable time, and he begged,
of them to rnske roe of it; he geold not hold out the
si omit hcp- to them that the 'mini sentence which lie
vas atont to pass could be commuted, or even delayed
beyond a very short period. His Lordship then passed
upon the priaoners the awful lenience of death, after
which thee were removed from the bar, apparently quite
seosible of their deplorable situat'on.

THE

ading took place on the IStis, it roast. hove bees direct-
ed against the vine's of El Borgo ; but the idea of the'
Frentishombardhig the town, if Coronet is meat, IS
ridiculous, not only op 'vacant of their distance on the
Ztb, ;but because they were not provided with mortars
to throw shells ; and if they bad, there was no time to
hiennt them. The feet is, they could not have Cann •
adedCornnna, unless they had been in possession of the
heights of St. Lucia, precisely tbe• same the Spanish
peaty was pbsted to defend ; and before they could have
pined them, some -hard fighting must have taken plate.
-The only additional letters we .have seen respecting
Pleaffitir, are the followitsg. The one it seems, is fres
resident in Coronas, and may be deserving respects
the other, it is alleged, is dated Bordeaux; bat from its
very date,is totally unworthy df (*alit. From the Bayonne
papers we have received to day. though of a sabseqsent
date, it is erident ithat no ioteUirince respecting Corne-
as, had the!) reached that place.
Eifiraet.of a letter from Cornelis, July 16.—'t In eons,-
guano* of its being known here that a body of the Pion*.
army, consisting of from eight to tea thousand noimilimie
advancing against this eity, preparations were made here
with great dispatch to defend the place. The garrison,
consisting of fifteen hundred regular troops, some militia,
a considerable number of voluateers, and several foreign
and English officers of distinction, marched out from here
and.roolt up a strong position in the neighbourhood, with
a view of intercepting the advance of the enemy.' &song
them were Sir Robert Wilson and Colonel fight, r whose
exertions in forming and` improving the troops in this
place have been most useful sod eorivicuoue. The whole
of the forces were under the dheafots,of Oseeral Qet-.
roga. and On the 16th Iseult the Trench commenced
a sodden and violent 'atm& .upon them with
very great apperiority of lone; and a most desperatill
and stubborn contest eommeneed. The great superiority
Of the enemy, however, rendered a resistance of any long'
daration impossible on the part of the Spaniards, a-.
*Sty were ultimately obliged to retire within our forth!.
cations, which they did in good order, pursued by the
enemy, even to-within roach of the cannot', which open-
ed open the French forces, and caused them great loss.—
In this eagagemeat, we lament to say Sir Robert Wilma
was wounded in the lower part of the thigh, bat the
wound has been dressed, and he is doing well. It is not
of so serious a nature as to prohibit his continuing to
take an active part in the defence of the place. Colonel
Light, who acted in the capacity of Aid-de-camp to 136.1
neral Wilson, was so severely wounded, we understand
from -report, in two places, but is also doing well, though
of coarse. incapacitated from making any further exer.
tions. On the retreat of the Spanish troops the enemy
advanced towards the city, and have commenced a very
heavy c..ononade, which is yet coutinoing.and is returned
by the garrison; but from the great superiority,of the
enemy weentectain fears that the French will ultimately
prevaiL Their loss has hitherto been very considerable,
consisting. as far as report can be trusted, of three or
four hundred killed, and about five hundred wounded,—
Tips loss on our part has net been mach; the olficerii
flage.much exerted themselves. and several have been
VOtinded, some severely. Some of the inhabitants are
taking refuge on board the shipping, sod some vessels
have sailed in ballast, having several puttee ngars for
England and elsewhere. Up to the moment: of wilting
this (9. P. 11.) the firing continues with encrearied via
lenre on both sides, and the. greatest toilfu 1.... raffili
among us." • . .
The following are the contests of this 'letter to which we

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