Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-11-22
IRELAND.
DUBLIN, October 90, 1913.

| lRELAND.
DUBLIN, October 90, 1848l
i An oRieial notification wns sent from
4 the Castle fliis day ,saoi W m. Smith ,O'Bri
len Fl. Meaghen rs ~ M Afanps, an.
Pr atrick O'Donohue, that the extreme sen
tence, passed upon them at the late com
mission, will be milgated to .ransportatior
for life.
At the commission to-day, Mr.. Justice
Torrens addressed the grand jury in ref.
erence 10 the indictment against Duffy, bu1
the grand jury had no, returned their find
ing at post hour.
AT the commission yesterday, Michael
Moran, one Of tho three clubbis,s who, in
July last, stabbed the constable Byrne. in
George street, was convicted Of woundng
with intent to do grieveus bodily barn.
The jury acquitted him on the count chnrg.
ing him with the ''in,ent to kill" The sen.
tence will be transportation for life. His
companions will be tried to day.
Tho Lord Lieutenant and family return
ed to England last Friday, on visit
Mr.. Whiteside's retaining fee in the case
Of Smith O'Brien was f50O.
ltwas stated IN tho newspapers, some
lime ago, that Daniel Harnett, the chief OF
the insurgents, who attacked her majesty IS
mail at Abbeyfeale, in August last, had
been arrested and consigned to the gaol OF
Limerick. This is erroneous. He is sup
posed 10 be hiding in the town or neighbor-
hood of Listowel.
The friends Of Mr. John Dillon have re-.
ceived positive information Of his escape
from the port of Galway. in vessel call.
ed the Gem, bound for New York. lie
was disguised as an Arran fisherman; pre-
sious TO this he bad been traversing the
country dressed in the habit Of a religious
order, his appearance mover having excited
the slightest suspicion.
The law having been vndicated by the
conviction Of the leaders Of the late insur.
rection, Lord Clorenden, tempering JUS
tlce with mercy, admitted to bail the FOL
lowing persons, imprisoned under the Ha.
beus Corpus Suspension Act: William
Matthews, Charles Iaaffe, Patrick Mar.
ron, James Crotty, VIM. Walsh, Jas. Ba-
ker, Coll Rockford, Owen O'Neill, Francis
Gubbett, Justin Supple, James N. O'Ryan.
MA Lo or i1 ESoiso DCPf, " Y,
AND WILL1AMs.-I, it is not at all likely
that they will be called on before Wednes.
day next, and on that day it is generally
supposed that Mr.. Duffy will be given in
charge to city jury, upon the indictment
found at tho last commission, under the
Treason Felony Act; if, however, by any
m;schance the Crown officers should not
succeed in procuring verdict, fresh bills
will be sent up 10 the present grand jury
Tor high treason, in which case sec
ond trial could not possibly take place for
a fortnight. Mr. O'Doherty will be tried
upon the same Indictment on which two
petit iuries have already disagreed; and
Mr.. Williams trial, which depends precise-
ly on the same evidence, will follow.
MEAGHER SPEECH.
The European Times of the 2s,h says:
We understand that the authorities of Dub.
lin are in possession Of a plot entered into
by some foolish yisionaries 10 rescue Cha's
Gavan Duffy out of Newgate, either be-
fore or after his trial. Such precautions
have been taken as would totally derea.
this absurd attempt if made.
The special session ut Clonmel hes clos
ed its deeply melancholy labers. Mr.. w.
Smith o Brien, Mr. NJ 'Manus, Mr. O'Don-
ohue, and MIR Thomas Francis Meegher
have now been severally found guilty, and
by the sentence Of the judges of the land,
wait in prison punishment for their viola
ton Of the law. 1t is impossible to read
the final speeches Of Mr. M'Manus, O'Don-
ohue, and Meagher, especially Of the latter,
without being struck with the lofty hero.
ism which hns evidently been their ruling
passion. Mr.. Meagher at the close Of his
trial said:
sit is my intention to say few words,
[ desire that the last act Of proceeding
which has occupied IS much Of the public
time should be of short duration. nor have
| the indelicate wish to close the creary
ceremony OF q state prosecution with a
vain display of words. Did | fear, thai
hereafter, when shall be no more, tho
have tried to serve would think
i'll of me, | might indeed avail myself OF
his moment 10 vindicaie my sentiments
and my conduct. But have no such fear.
The country will judge Of these sentiments,
and that conduct, in a light, ! think, far
different from that in which the jury by
which have been convicted have viewed
hem; and perhaps the sentence you, my
ords, are about to pronounce, will be re-
nembered only as the severe and solemn
,ttestasion of my reclitude and truth
w hatever may be the language in which
hat sentence may be spoken, | know that
ny fate will meet with sympathy, and that
ny memory will be honorsd. In speaking
hus, accuse me not, my lords, Of an in.
lecorous presumption. To the efforts l
lave made for what conceived to be
ust and noble cause, ascribe no vain I'M
,ortance; nor do claim for them any
high reward. But it SO happens, and it
viii ever SO happen, that they who have
ried so serve their country, no matter how
weak their efforts may have been, are sure
o receive the thanks and blessings Of the