Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-07-27

several occasions, that this dealing with
the jury panel was matter OF grave sus-
picion, that the Crown Solicitorstruck
out the name of every person on the
jury list who was of the religious be-
lief Of the principal prisoner, thus
wounding the feelings of the majority
of your Maesty's faithful subjects in
Ireland, and holding up the professors
of that religion, which is the one pro-
fessed by the majority of the inhabit-
ants OF the Christian world, as persons
not deemed worthy of credit on their
oaths.
"That evidence had been laid before
the jury by the judges, which one of
the court, on the motion for new tri
al said ought not 10 be submitted to
their consideration, and which, in Eng
land, the more favored part of your
empire, would not be brought before
the jury by the judges there.
"By this means has one who was
deemed, and justly SO, benefactor Of
his fellow-countrymen, the man who
created apublic opinion in Ireland, and
thereby caused the great Act of Eman-
cipation to become law, and raised his
fellow-ccuntrymen TO the station of
free citizens, one of the highest orf1a-
ments in your Majesty's dominions,
and that too, pending an appeal to the
highest court of judicature in the land,
is now prisoner in one of your Ma
jesty's prisons in Ireland.
owe therefore humbly approach
your Majesty, praying that your Ma
iessy will be graciously pleased to re-
lieve the administration Of justice in
ireland from the disrepute which these
proceedings have brought upon it, and
preserve unimpaired to your MajeSty's
subjects in Ireland the right Of free
discussion on political events"
The Queenw was attended by the Duke
of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, and all
the principal Secretaries of State. She
looked rather i'll, aud, in returning the
following answer to the address, SEEM
ed to show she spoke only by her min
istry.
On Alderman Egan and Keshan be-
ing presented to her Majesty, they had
the honor of kissing her Majesty's hand.
HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE
ADDRESS.
II thank you for your renewed as
surances OF loyalty to my person and
crown. Ihave announced to you my
fixed determination to uphold the law
and to respect the decisions of my
courts, 10 which the administration of
Justice is confded.
"If errors have occurred in the pro-
ceedings of the courts, they are open
to review, and will be rectifed by the
supreme tribunal of appeal.
THE faithful execution Of the law is
regarded by me as the surest safeguard
OF the rights and liberties of my peo-
ple."
At twenty minutes TO four O'Clock
the deputation returned from Bucking-
ham Palace to Cox's Hotel, Jermyn
street, and at four o'clock proceeded
to the House of Commons, in the same
form as to the Palace; and being usher
ed to the bar Of the House, the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, sc, presented Pc
tition, Of which the following is copy.
TO THE KNIGHTS, CITIZENS, AND BUR-
GESSEs, IN PARLIAMENT ASsEMB LED.
"7he Petition oftAe Right Hon the
Lord Mayor, aldermen, and Bur
gesSes Of Dublin.
.Showeth-That Daniel O'Connell,
a member of your honorable House,
and five other gentlemen, are at pres
ent in prison in this city, under a con-
viction for the crime Of conspiracy.
THAT the conviction upon which
they have been Imprisoned appears to
petitioners to be opposed to consti-
tutional principles.
"That your petitioners are convin-
ced that the said prisoners have not had
a fair trial.
THAT the law Of conspiracy, as it
had been applied in the case of these
persons, is a novel introduction into
this country, and subversive of the con-
stitutional liberties ofthe people.
"That even with the law of conspir-
acy, as in this case laid down, the trial
was not conducted on just principles.
"That in the opinion of your petit
TONERS, the jury panel was fraudulently
manufactured to prejudice the prisoners