The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-09

against O'Connell and others, returned into the
Court with the true bills against the parties. Ri
chard O'Gorinan expressed his dissent The At
tomey-general Immediately moved that the deten-
dants should appear on their recognizances, Alter
some delay, in consequence of the crowd, the de-
PENDANTS appeared, O'Connell taking his seat at the
| table under Judge Burton.
| Steele, who had attempted to address the bench
previousy but had been prevented by ms solcltor,
rose and said" Ibeg pardon, my Lords, but take
this opportunity of stating, that | am particularly
under your protection, being without counsel.
After some objection to being tried by the At
torney general, he sat down, and the defendants
then applied for copies of the indictments on which
three was considerable discussion.
Steele again rose, and, after one or two inetec-
tual attempts to arrest the attention of the Court,
he proceeded to speak as follows-
My LoRps--I stand before your Lordships in peculiar
position differing from that IF other h
sion successfully did former trial and strongly
object being by the present Attoneygene
matter very closely connected with the due admnisra
ton of public Justice object to the Attorney general
for he has manifesy preudsed my case while the Jury
for the rest of the raversers nor do know what their
wishes but for myself sincerely hope that he VIII
say the common decency to retire from his functions in
the present case and leave me to be ny ms
sgh patient sa apS
All the defendants having answered to their names
| the Attorney General said, have now to apply
to your Lordships, the defendants having appeared
to order that they do plead within four days from
The Chief Justice. What is the condition of the
| recognizances!
The Attorney General 1t is to appear in person
In pursuance of the recognizances entered INTO by
| them, they have all appeared, and now ! call on
them to plead in the time have specified, IN pur-
suance to the Goth, George Ill.
After some discussion, the Attorney General hav-
| ing read the act, Judge Champion suggested thai
| the rule should be entered then, to run from the
following day.
! The Attorney General.-If it is understood tina
there will be no application to enlarge the time be
| AT half past four O'Clock, the Court ruled &C
cordingly The parties were charged with the In
dictment, portion of which was read, and they
were to plead to it within four days from Thursday
last It was ordered that copies of the Indictment:
should be furnished to Them On Thursday, the
Court was crowded, in consequence OF an intma.
ton from the Attorney General to the Grand Jury
on the preceding evening, that it his intention
to send up fresh bill of indict ment against oul
other parties. After some argument, leave was
granted.
Mr.. Herne, O. c., applied on behalf of DAME
O'Connel for Liberty to compare his copy of the In
dictment with the original bill
MIR. M'Donough applied on behalf of Mr.. OCOn
nell, tor copy OF the caption to be served, and he
submitted that the rule to plead should run from
| the time the comparison was made.
1t was decided that the application was. in POM
| OF fact, motion, and that, before it could be
made, notice should be given to the Attorney
General
| On Friday, the excitement still prevailed rela
| tive to the fresh bills announced by the Attorney
| General The Mercantile Advertiser says-''Wt
| cannot avoid noticing very general rumor in cir
culaton. that charge of high treason is to be pre-
| Tered against some one or more OF the four per
sons to be still further indicted. This, may
positively state, is totally groundless and, while
| noticing one rumor, we shall refer to another also
tor the purpose OF contradicting it; but in doing so
we only go on the ground of its utter lmprobablty
we mean charge against some OF the newspape
proprietors of tampering with the army 1t wa
| soon made known, that whatever had been tn,
import of the bills, they had been abandoned
| The Grand Jury, after some fiscal business, ad
journed.
On Saturday, Mr. Whiteside, on behalf of tho
defendant, Charles &. Duffy, moved that the copy
of the Indictment furnished to this defendan
should be amended, by having the names OF the
Witnesses endorsed upon It,
| The Attorney General opposed the motion OF
the ground that the endorsement formed no part o
/ the Indictment.
Mr. McDonough, Q. c., moved for copy of the
caption to be added to the copy of the indictmen
furnis shed to his client. The Attorney General op
posed the motion, and Sir Coleman O'Loughlil
arose to speak In Its favor.
Mr.. O'Connelrs Movements.
At a speech, in Cancellation Hall, Nov. 18th
| Mr. OCoNNELL said there point to which h.
wished to call the attention of the country and that
the fact that they had always looked for Repeal
able means, and that the principle of his public life ha
been that the greatest political amelioraons could only
be obtained by pcaceable He the apostle
that sect Of politicians who condemned all change
effected by force and which, although they might destroy
one grievance, were sure to create many There wa
scarcely instance of success BY such
that did not terminate eventually in despotism and
archy. This he had announced 5000 tmes-he had prac
ticaly acted on when carrying Catholic emancipation
and up to the present period in struggling for Repeal
Mr. OConnell then referred to paragraph Saturday
Times which he said most insulting to the people
Ireland He would not sully his lips by reading it. but
that paper exceedingly anxious for tumult
disorder in Ireland Since he had entered the hall he hear
that aman who had been in America was last nigh
preaching sedition in the streets and that policeman
colored Clothes who first encouraged him. took him int
custody He was obliged to the policeman, and he sir
laid to his charge. Sedon violence of any kind wa
to every person at present included in the Go,
prejudice the minds Of the jury who would try them
He rose for the purpose Of moving the adoption Of a
he was the greatest enemy to his country who guilt
of the slightest approach to violence manifest tina
the troops present in Ireland did not intend to attack tn
people, and thatthey merely themselves upon thei
defence. No man. therefore could have the slightest
cuse on that head for committing breach of the peace
His Mr OConnell's) experiment to procure usefu
changes by peaceable means alone. What sgnifed tn
result of the present prosecutions might be personal
nconvenient to some Of them, but it could not aiec
the spirit of the entire nation, their determination
persevere in looking for repeal The wou
go d
| means to communicate his sentiments to the people
through the medium of the press. Their defence wou
be conducted in reputable to themselves and
pecul to others but without giving up particle o
their decided conviction that nothing but the restoration
Of the Irish Parliament could be all adequate redres
the grievances Of the Irish people. loud cheers) Mr.
OConne then moved that the following printed sddres
be adopted by the Association that be sent to all the
peal warens in Ireland and to the clergy Of every
mnaton and that packages Of he transmitted to ever,
city town and village in Ireland, TO be posted therein
with nunctons the repeal wardcns assist in carry
ing out what is recommended at the risk of being srucl
of the lists
To THE PEOPLE OF IRELENp.
Il Conn EXCHANGE Rooms, Nov. IL.
| Fellow Countrymen-I never felt half the anxiet,
which do at present to be distinctly understood in thu
advice give, and to have the advice implicitly obey
cd. The Of this anxiety is, that my advice
followed the restoration Of the Irish Parliament will
assuredly DO obtained and obtained in manner the
to the religious and peaceable people of Ireland
earnestly call upon the repeal wardens to circulate
my advice and to be active in carrying it int
effect. most respectfully solicit the Catholic
clergy IN every parish to enforce my advice b,
their counsel and their ven GRATED a,thority Nj,