Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-04-19

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Au,onrss siiose present were Mr. Maurice |
1sGqhaelI,M. p, Mr.: John O &c onnell, NJ.
8, nv. RIM. Ray secretary TO the Repeal
ssspciation, and 8 great number Of the
oung and Old ireland pariiss.4e
) The accused parties having taken their |
llaces within the bar. Mr. Porter read a
hort abstract Of the inform alton in Mr.. |
litchelrs case, as follows: "For that he,
he said John Mitchell, did in q certain pa
perscalled the United Iyislsnsan, ,unlawtuliy |
insert and publish, in that paper. ON the
4ah,ef March, ,.instant, did also an article,
headed and entitled sfhe French Fashion,
and. also in said publication, viz; the Uns-
ted Irishnaa, did insert and publish, on the
18th OF march instant, letter, entitled or
addressed To Lord Clarendon, her Aajes-
fs's Executioner4 General and General
Butcher of ireland. :" (Great laughter,
continued for some time. s. s2
Mr. Porter here threatned TO clear the
court If any such manifestations again oc-
Cured. All these publications (he eontin-
ued J were calculated to excite unlawful oP.
pesition 10 her Majesty's government; and
he called upon MIR. Mitchell to Ind securi-
.fv-himselt in the sum of E20O, and two
securities in flUO each, that he should ap-
pear personally in the Court OF Queens
Bench mex, Easter .term, in the regular
sitting at Nisi Prius or at whatever osner
may seem fitting in due course OF law. 1t
Mr.. Mitchell had his bail present, he Mr..
m ~ rffS
Mr.. Mitchell then put in as bail, Arthur
1oFlagan, Esq, Ind Jsmes M'Donneli.
.4,,Mr.a aO.Brien was then called on. and in
formed by Mr.. Porter, that the charge spec,
Tied lin information TO which he was called
upon % put in his recognizances, was that
he had delivered in the Music hall, on The
10Th Of March instant, certain sedltious
aspeech, calculated to excite unlawful oPpo-
sition to the Queens government MIR.
Porter then said he was ready to accept
the tender OF Mr., O'Brien' S bail.
es= Mr. Maurice O'Conneil here intlmated
TO Mr.. r. + Meagher, that if he had not
already procured bail, he would be happy
10 become his surety.
zs Mr., Meagher thanked Mr.. O'Conneil In
the kindest manner, for his courtesy ou
said be had been prosided. -.
= Nir. John D'Connell made similar OF
zler 10 Mr.. W itiani Smith OBrien, who
would, also he said, have accepted the cour
aesy. had his arrangements not been already
made.
Mr.. w. S. OBrien, then put in as bail
Richard o. Gorman, Sen Esq, and Fran
cis Eomyn, Esq. hese gentlemen having
been accepted by Mr. Kemmis crown solicit
or. e-.=..,.-e
MEO'Brien asked the Magistrate, had h'
any objections 10 give him copy OF the in
tornnlion 10 which he Rad put in recogn'
zance!
MIR. Porter said The course the magls
trates intended to adopt. was TO make the
recagnizsnces returnable at once TO ih'
Crowa Office, (at which, OF course, cop'e
caa de obiained.
Mr. Ftancls Meagher was then called up
on 10 he found in fecognizancss on an in
formation charging him ''tor that neon .'e
night of ,he 18Th March ins,ant,in The Mu
si: n all. ia the parish otSi. Thomas,ln the
..;,y of Dablin, did deliver q certain seoi'
,;ons sneech. calculated to excite uniawiu
.opnosstion TO the Queens government III
Ireland. II MIR. Meagher were pfovioe'
with bail, he (Mr Porter,) was ready TO re
;, ceiys them, Mr. Meagher then tenaere'
his bail, Arthur James Ireland, Esq, a"'
Willin.n O'Har. Esq ,as his recognizanees
: he parties then fellred troin the po.ic
oasce. the cheering and the accumulation
of the people being in very great degre
increased they proceeded 10 the counc
ronm al the confederation in d 'Oler stree
onnosite the Dublin library. From tn
,v;ndows of those Confederation rooms, u :
0,Rrien addressed The assembled mnitltud
His harrangue was, however, all recomen
da,ory OF The iorgellulness OF oil differ Fenc'
amoug Iepealers,a and the necessity oil unle
and Eaternizailon. His illusions 10 u
ossar of Messrs O'connell to be OF has ba
were loudly appianded. -
. MIR. Mitchell then presented nlmsen
the window; but SO eager were the CROW
10 hear him, that lnot adopting the sal
movement of Mr.. O'Brien, who put OF
= lea through the window holding on WI
his hand. \ he was compelled to stand OF
side on the ledge under the window, oel'
held from within by the skirts OF MS COZ
He. was received with a deaten'ng chee
He comm enced by telling the people u
the affair of1hat day had not iflghten
him in the least. He had been held to b
for writing certain "sedisous articles :
he would inform the English authoris
that ne would do SO again. he had DC
accused of exciting '.discontent' agal'
the English enemy. To. be sure -nnd
would do so again and again. 1t 10 spe
the minds Of the Irish people were sed,tlo
,hara should be plenty of it-and strong
saeaking. too. it nigh. be than they drea
oil. But the people should stand Wy 'he
Ifthey did, they were lnyulnssauls, :,
and those who acted with h,m oeanan'
that support, which they wouio ne,.nel
nor deserve if they we're capable Oh MN
ing. fGheering] lf.he people saw
alirhtest tendency in them to shrink,
fhsm hnrl them from their postion-dr