New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-15

,rosftsy and u IL Whispered tnet h me care 81 tho
co,srpueut will 60 for nothing reaction hiss set in
.s cslumnies and caricsurcs having had their day,
.....d coualke and left bis character as they found
!, h,shter il could not be. The very means ~ which
a, nerie. sought TO crush him have turned 10 bis sd
,,o,sge That sbbouence Of tyranny which the fnger
=, Cod himself rnpressed upon the minds Of Hs
,s-e. Ia. been aroused by the unexa~pled persecution
I.s,e,ea on him-perseeu,ion which showed at once
hs weakness Of their and the strength Of thor
,,tpa,hy Mr. Bo,t in bis splendid defence bore test
,opy 10 the success Of Mr. Dafys endesvors to root
IN the old scctsan feelings tina, formerly defsssd the
,oup,ry and In a less degree influenced every
public character IN Ireland and n,ruded into and
becsme part and parcel Of our national literature
After referring to Mr. Dasys systematic endesvors TO
fuse oil classes into united wholehs untiring ef
fort, for the elevation Of the national Characterize
extension Of cducs,ionthe propagation Of enlightened
public .pint-hs success ia creating and fostering
literature worthy Of the countryhe reverted to his Pri
,,s character and the effect Of the months con
s5en,is intercourse he had with him bis own mind.
how bis sense of responsibility became heavier the
anxiety Of the advocate deepened into the regsrd OF
the friend lie carried the jury with hun evidently,
for 10 one psr of his defence. where he spoke of Mr.
paays desire for the restoration Of the Irish Pars
the Jurors manifested their appreciation, aud (ar
Barse Of the shelburne Ho,eD loudly epplauded For
this they were rcpdmanded by the Judge, who de-
.red /, was with great reluctance he noticed anything
thu, took place IN that box. but he could not pass
aver such lasrsnt breach Of docorum The jurors
,UVea to be men that will take their opinions from
the Court but will Judge for themselves The Crown
produced witnesses TO prove the publication and TO
,rsar 10 the handwritiDg-a host Of Detectives, the
Registrar Of stamps Mr. DaAy's landlord, and person
di,ul.sed from his employment. OF the three who
swore to his handwriting, none had seen him write
since si5 and one had sworn TO hi. handwriting ON
former trial aud aiterwsrd obliged 10 confess him
,elf mistaken The newspaper articles relied BY the
Crown were proved be- compositions Of others Mrs
darcy McGee who appeared for the defence stated in
her evidence that her husband Thomas Darcy McGee,
wrote articles for tins paper aud inserted them without
previously communicating with Mr.. Duhy that she
Wa, frequently present when he wrote for The Nation
and ths, .he hai the manuscript OF the Value OF
an Irish Harvest written. Two other articles, Jacts
alea eat and the II our Of Destiny were composed
Counsel syerrsd. by lady aud Casus Belli aud the
"Tocsin of ireland by individuals who had left the
country whose appearance on the witness table would
subject them to imprisonment great number OF per
OF the highest respectfully appeared Tor the prs
oaer. Mrs McGee AS have before said Right Rev
d. Blake, Catholic Bishop Of Dromore Father Mathew
who deposed to Mr. Duys anxiety to get up Clubs 10
connection with the Temperance movement for the ed
acs,ou OF the people Carleton the author OF Valentine
ncClutchy Lord Clon urry, Mr. strtch. Mr.. Ross son
Of the General Of tina, who iell In America, aud
many more But there was one witness whose appear
snce there gave rise to no ordinary feelings
Francis Measher lie appeared 10 excellent health aud
,piri.s He greeted by burst of enthusiasm that
no regard for legal rulers could restrain and that the
authority of the Court could with difficulty keep In
check Having heard In prison that his Letter TO the
Club, was produced against Mr. Duffy be wrote to Sir
Colman OLoghin that he alone was responsible for II
that Il wAs written commenced without Mr.. Duhys
knowledge, and inserted without his supervision On
ths writ Of hsbess corpus was obtained from the
Judge aud he brought up to give his evidence Ut
Bake bore s,tersg testimony to the private character
Of the accused la every relation of life. His Lordship
said he knew him for many years, aud as man and
Christian he merited the highest praise.
The defence closed here and the Solicitor General
rose 10 reply When he came to the articles written
As Mr. Butt stated. by lady, the writer, who was In
the gallery. called on Mr. Hatchel and indicated her
wish to speak She was sllenced Immediately by the
Police Mr. Hatchell continued and said, no matter by
whom the articles were written, their publication In
the Nation made the Editor responsible for them I'M
lees il could be proved he saw them. The lady
again made an effort to speak She said he never,
when she was again interrupted by the Police. There
could be no doubt however, as TO the nature OF her
evidence The Solicitor General expressed his regret
that any lady could be guilty OF the folly of writing Tor
such spsper and exposing herself to prosecution
Mr. Duffy expressed his desire TO take the entire re-
spsnsibil,,y on himself After the Solicitor General
concluded Judge Ball charged the jury gave no opin
ion of hi, own In direct terms the guilt or limo
ccnce Of the prisoner, but dwel strongly on whs' h"a
escaped the Crown Counsel; the non production oi
Mr.. oBrien to disprove the letter as presnmp'Ne
proof Of is authenticity. After hearing the never
failing judicial parrot song sboui giving the prisoner
the benefit Of doubt the Jary retired to dehOeFNe
and IN few hours returned to Court win the Sssu
tia, there not the most distant prooaoly o.
their agreeing The announcement was received win
hearty applause. The jury were locked up 10 'eis
morning. when the same announcement was made
Tie said sres, majority Of them were for an seqaiSi
When consider the precautions taken 10 ensure
verde, for the Crown the unscrupuloas means resoeo
10 and the powers possessed by Government tnei
indirect potent than their direct nnus nce
tie subjec, Of congratulstion. Who can doubt that
would not be this moment free man No. one II
The Governmen, second trial in the face OF
s defesi defeated by the tools Of their own choosing
men taken from the special jury list exclusively In or
Der 10 mako sure work OF it, IL Ia the hope and prayer
Il every enc ,ha, their delesi may be signal one
The prisoners at present conaaed on suspicion will
BE- a, liberty on the lst of March. Great complaints
have been sdo OF the hsrh treatment they have been
subjected TO In prison. They have been removed from
the debtors side to the criminal side ON secoon, OF
letter Published by Mr. Meany. The sheriff wished TO
exiort promise from them that they would paosa no
more but Mr. Yesny refused to give this promise ana
said be would make bic wrongs public while be h'd tne
power They were then ordered to the other SIDE ana
refused to 60. Police were called in who fofeioy re-
moved some and the rest went quietly to spare the
Police an apparently dissgfeeable duty Mr. RofSe
Ciesisrf, who lately regsned bis liberty Snd "n0
Vas present al the time considers the "riiirs In 'he
Newspapers only spretepce he thinks the real motive
vas the prisoners absorbing To the Clarence MsnsSn
fsnd, that the officials annoyed az seeing them
able 10 do 90 after hall years imprisonment
The clsmor about the poor isw has drawn from Lord
John Russell his amended programme Ills, if possible