The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-19
as his case wasounded on The facts SO fully stated
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as his case wasiounded on The facts SO fully state,
by his friend Mr.. Whiteslde.
Mr.. HATcnEIL, @ c.. then addressed the cour
on behalf OF Mr.. Ray, the grounds OF whose arpli
cation differed rom ON those VINO had pre-
certain articles in the Dublin Evening Mail ant
Packet, after the adjournment of the jury from da,
to day, during the trials which they had read af.e
returning to their homes ana WHICH, the leaIne'
Mr.. Hatchell continued to speak up to the adjourn
ment of the court en- Friday.
| On Saturday Mr.. MOORE, @ &C., addressed tn,
court on behalf of his client, the Rev Mr. Tlerney
| in speech of very considerable length. He wal
| followed by
Mr.. O'HAeAN, who spoke on behalf Of his client
Mr. Duffy. Al the close OF his speech,
The soLIc,roE GENERA A. rose s to reply He com
raised by Mr.. Whteside, and had not concluded
when the court rose. He resumed his address a
the sitting of the court on Monday, and cOstinuet
during the whole of the day. He resumed again OF
that day. The arguments of the learned gentlemen
were, Of course, vigorously directed against the
gumens Of the counsel for the traversers the bench
from time to time making observations and taking
part in the proceedings, referring to their notes ano
assertions. OF course 1t would be impossible tt
say on which side the balance Of argument rests
but even if the traversers should not succeed In then
present attempt to delay sentence, they will move
for which they have in these proceedings already
shown sufficient legal grounds. After the Solicitor
General finished.
Mr. HREN, @. c., proceeded to address the courl
for the traversers, and finished his address al foul
o'clock, when the court adjourned
On Wednesday morning the court met at the
usual hour, when
Mr.. MoNAHAN, @. c. addressed the court as coun.
different in the situation of his client from that OF
the other traversers. The learned gentleman, like
Mr. Hem, went over the same ground as those who
id preceded him. He concluded his address at
four O'Clock, when the court adjourned.
On Thursday morning, Mr. FITzGlBBoN proceed
ed to address the court on behalf Of the trsversers
generally, and continued up to the adjournment OF
the court
the Repeal Association was held on the 23rd ut.-
Mr.. Nicholas Mahcr, Nj p, in the char. Much
routine business was transacted, and MIR O'Connell
renewed his exhortatiOns to the country to main
tain peace and order, while he urged the necessity
of continuing to agitate for repeal The rent, since
the preceding meeting on the 10th, was announced
to be esq lbs. 4d.
The usual weekly meeting OF the association was
held on the 10Th ut Mr.. d. O'Connell, Jr., in the
chair Mr. OC0nne took an active part in the
proceedings, and made several speeches. The re-
peal rent received since the last meeting was an
nounced to be E19l lbs. Sd.
At meeting of the repeal association on Mon
day, Mr.: O'COnnell moved that the association DO
~
ter the prosecuons) bring forward his plan tor the
renewed agitation of the repeal. Cloud cheers
The leaders of the cause would certainly, In his
opinion, be sent TO gaol, but government would ne
vertheess fail in the objects of those prosecutions,
if they failed in dampenlng the repeal agitatio
tCheers.) The learned gentleman then exhorted
the people to peace and perseverance. The rent
was expected to amount to E2OO
The Cork Examiner states that many thousand
s'repeal buttons have been sold in Cork within the
asst o daVa To DPrSOn9 OF nti CiASSeS.
IRISH AFFAIRs-The interminablc proceedings in
Ireland, arising out of the trial OF Mr.. O'COnne
and the other Y" convicted conspirators," have oc
cupied great space during the past and present week
was made in the Irish Court of Queens Bench, on
Thursday, 10 a speech by MIR. Whiteside, which
consumed the greater portion OF that day, and the
day following. Altogether, there will be ten
will give its decision on the mooted points to NOR
row, (Thursday,) or 1t may be on Friday. No one
expects that the motion will be granted. The only
question which possesses any real interest is this
will O'Conneli and the other trayersers be lmprl
soned before the writ of error, which they Intend
carrying to the House of Lords, is decided II
seems to be toleraby certain that judgment can
not be passed during the present term, which l:
now drawing to a close. The tactics OF the ira
versers seem to have had reference to this object
but liding over the sentence until the next tern
cannot escape it, and the purpose for which procras
tination was originally tried by the defendants has
passed away. The feeling which this motion for q
new trial excites in the public mind, is by means
commensurate with the space which It fills III the
daily press The truth is, that the public are tired
and sick Of this war Of words, "full of sound ano
judicious in their way, may be administered SO al
to destroy their good effects. So with this new
food of repeal oratory from the Dublin Fou
Courts The palate of the public has been fed upoI
il so long, that it has at length become distasteiul
nauseous All that is cared for is the result. Be
sides, the repeal mania In the sister country hal
subsidized speedily that the interest which usually
attaches to those who are believed to be terribly
in earnest" has eyaPorated. The state OF lreant
the country was burning with the repeal mania
shows the excltable not less than the unstead,
character of the people, Wilmer's Times.
France.
present both Chambers are occupied with tn
Secondary Instruction, and Prison Discipline Bills
the object of the latter being TO effect sweepln,
Proclamation to the Philadelphia system, and thu
adoption of other improvements. We have jus
learned that the proposed principle has been adopt
ed. The Secondary Instruction Bill oilers an aren'
eminent for the right of instructing the youth O
France. M. de Montalivet, the Jealous representa-
tive of the Jesuits has made violent attacks on tn
University, IN the course OF which he has declared
that out Of fifteen students who left Its colleges
hardly one was christian.
In the mean time, the opposition journals stat
that Ministers will be called upon for more docu
ments and information on the Tahiti affair, BIZ
nothing further can be done in the matter until tn
18th May, by which time further arrivals are ex
rected. The departure of Admiral Hamolln, t
supersede Admiral Dupent Thours, is delayed
Amongst the ridiculous rumours prevalent at Parl
is the following =" A project for the partition o
the island of St Domingo is spoken Of in diploma
tic circles. France, founding her claims on tn
non-execution of the conditions attached to the re
cognition Of the independence of Haytl, OF whic
VI. de Mackau was the negotiator, is to claim ia
French part, and England, substituting herself fo
| the claims Of Spain, would take the Spanish par
| in compensation for certain claims against tn
| treasury of Madrid"
| The Kings health was much better, according I
| the last accounts; but there is another source c
uneasiness in the existence Of secret societies, an
spirit of disaffection which has appeared in tw
or three regiments recently quartered at Toulouse
This appears to be the focus OF the conspiracy.
is stated in some quarters that the disafection eX
tends further than generally supposed, but 1t Gel