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10 Ireland concerning The registration
OF voters for members OF Parliament.
You will probably find hal revision
Of the law OF Registration, taken IN COO
junction with other causes a. present
IN operation, would produce material
diminuIOn Of the number Of county vo-
iers. and that it NAV be advisable OO
that account TO consider the stale Of the
law with a view 70 an extension Of The
county franchise in Ireland.
commir to your deliberate coDsIder-
alton The various important questions
OF pubic policy which will necessarily
come under your review. with foil CON-
idence in your royalty and wisdom,
and with an earnest prayer 10 Almighty
God to direct and favor your efforts to
promote the welfare OF all classes Of
my people,
THE STATE TRIALS IN IRELAND.
The State Trials commenced al Dub
lin on Monday he 18Th ultmo, which
day was marked by greater degrees Of
excitement than usual. The Lord
Mayors state carriage bore Mr. o.
ConnelI TO Inc Court, and was sCcompa
MED BY procession which formed al
Mr.. O'Connell's house in Merrlon
square. Arrived et the Court Of :he
Queens Bench, the doors of which were
besieged at an early hour, they were
taken leave oI by their admirers with
hearty psudlIs.
The Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Burton,
Mr.. Justice Champion, and Mr. Justice
Perrin, entered the court and took their
seals on the bench precisely at 10 O.
clock. The Council in attend ance
I were
For The CrOwn The Attorney Cen
eral. the Solcror GeperaI, Sergeant
Warren, Mr. Brewster, @ G Mr.. Mart
ley, Q G, Mr. Freeman @, C. and
Mes,rs. Holmes, Smiley, Baker and Fa-
pier.
For the TraperserS:-Mr Shiel, Mr.
Moore. @. G., Mr. Whupsidp. @ G.,
Mr. iicDonagh, @ G. Mr. MonahaD, @
G, Mr. Fnzgibbon, @ T., Sir Coleman
OLoghIeO, and MesSrs. O'hagaO, o.
Hea, Close and Perrin.
The steamer bringN srrounIs o. the
lrIal up 10 ITO SeEeneenlh day. The
reports are very Volumlnous, and con-
iaio graphic details Of every notable
phrase which has marked the progress
Of The prosecution and The defence, from
the massive opening Of The Attorney
General, through all the connecting
links Of evidence Tor the Crown, down
to the speeches Of counsel for the ira
vetsers.
The Attorney Generals opening
shows thar he merely LAID before Ih'
jury a chronological history Of lrelaDC
during the last nine monlhs-the mon
slrr meetings, the burning speeches o
O'ConneI, the proceedings Of the Re
peal Association, the organization Of The
Repeal movement. tho rent, and, in
short, the whole machinery for working
that great national movement. He dis
closed nothing which was not previous
ly known nothing which was not open
ly performed by the ChleI actors IN the
face Of day. As mere forensic dis
play, the Attorney Generals statement
is pronounced to have been highly cre-
diabIe.
90 the other side. Mr.. Shells speech
is described as exceedingly brilliant
and enc Of The most maserIy on record
which, by its beauty and The force Of lis
reasoning. has raised him higher than
he previously stood 10 the first class Of
living orators.
Mr. U'ConDell purposed addressing
The jury on Monday lhs oh ult. Va
rious causes are assigned Tor the deav
but The general impression is, that he
as anxious to know the purport of the
Queens speech and the debates in Par
lament before he commenced his de-
fence, in order 10 turn them 10 the bes
account.
On the fourteenth day Of the trials
the Attorney General took offence q
some remarks oI Mr. Fuzglbbon, one o
the conseI for the defence, and sent hin
challenge in Court. The Chief Jus
lice gave most severe rebake 10 The
prosecuting officer
Wilmer and Smiths European Times
says:
"Ausntion is now almost exclusively
occupied with specuatng on the verde
Of the jury 10 all probability, the trials
will not extend beyond the END OF mex
week, as the number of Witnesses which
the traVersers proposes 10 call are not
it is understood, numerous, The com
position Of The jury is certainly in favor
Of The Crown On The other hand, the
'caSe' which The latter has made out Il
weak, even In the estimation OF il'
friends. Dublin jury, even Of The
l.