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OUR LONDON LETTER.
Interesting Review cr the 0'nonncll
Trial and lis Incidents.
How the Election OF Mr.. Carlisle Was
Received in England.
Interesting Food Exhiblt and the Flu.
turc Food Supply.
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special Correspondence OF the Gazette.

special Correspondence OF the Gazette
London, December To- Before this
the GAZETTE readers have doubtless
been informed of the result OF the trial
Of Patrick o'Donuell Cor the murder OF
James Carey, the Irish intormer
had intended attending the trial and
had my arrangements all made to that
end, but press OF Important business
interiered and prevented me. | did
20 20 the Old Bailey the second day OF
the trial with the view TO seeing tho
prisoner, but found 1t impossible to
get inside the court room. Even the
streets IN the neighborhood We're pack
ed, mostly with lrishmen, who londly
hoped, doubtless, FOR verdict of ac-
quittal, AZ a matter OF fact, though,
there never was any ground ON which
TO build n reasonable hope
that the verdict t9l would be other
wise than equity of MURDER Before
the trial had "a talk with Mr.. Barry
O'liricn, harristerRt law, who Occur
! pies chambers with Mir, Sullivan, one
of o'Donncll's counsel, and from him
( / learned that the case was what Texas
/ lawyers call case with lust fight
3 lux tllttlNI lNl WV bANNNNhs u hAAl y
! think the counsel for the accused had
! the slightest hope of saving their eli.
/ cnt's neck The fact w, Carey wna
{ foully murdered, aud the evidence 10
show IL was absolutely overwhelming.
II have never had the slightest
sympathy for the itlormer, Who do
( wicked man deserved death. Bet
] IN Il IN
murder him, aud has deserved the
! fate that now awaits him. Before
/ his trial indnlgcd the hope that the
evidence would show no crime greater
than nanslnughter But aS u lawyer,
have no hcstanoy In saying that II
ever murder was proven against n
prisoner II was proved IN this trial. 1t
WAS insisted here for while that
( O'Domcli was not an American Cltl.
zen, hence not entitled to the special
consideration shown 10 American citi-
( zeus 1t was shown, though, before the
trlnl that he hnd been naturalized, and
he was therefore tried 10y a Jury COM
posed one-half of British subjects, the
other half of American citizens re-
siding in England. In this respect
then lac has had no cause for com
plnlnt. II ~ also worthy OF remark
thnt the Judge who sat Ia this ease, II
he leaned at all, leaned in favor of
the accused, and not the other way.
For instance, Mr.. ChnTicr Russell
/ q g., who conducted the cause for the
defense, had frankly Ia acknowledge
! that lie had no direct testimony show.
/ ing any attempt on the part of Carey
against the life of OiDonnell But
/ still he asked the court To permit him
10 give to the Jury the prisoners YER
sion OF the affair. AT first Mr.. Henry
james, the encouragement who con-
Quoted the prosecution, objected ON
the ground that this was at Variance
with the precedents and was virtually
making the accused IA witness In hls
own defense, without having him
sworn. The c0nrt held that, without
regard 10 presidents, he would permit
the statement by defendants counsel,
MS fully as II made by the defendant
| himself, in the absence Of any cUuil-
sci. OF course, Mr.. Russell was able
to nut the matter To- the
| fury very much stronger than
] OiDonnell himself could have put II,
and rehlly It was done in a most skill
fil manner. But there was no evil
dence TO support the statement, and
the Jury did what they were compelled
20 do: returned u verdict of guilty Of
murder. / hardly think O'Don-
nell was prepared tor such result,
though he had no reason To oxpectnny
other. When asked II lac had any
thing 10 say why sentence Of death
! should not be passed on him, lIe said
hc had not, but when ~ bad been pro-
posed aud he was being taken from
The courtroom be made desperate re-
sistnnce, all the while crying out that
IL was all plot ~ destroy him. He
also screamed cut 80 hell with Eng
land! and hurrah for the
United statesV' From parties
who were present learn
that lac broke down utterly and Ehowed
the craven most completely,
OF course there II no possible chance
for d feprieYc, and IN "A few days ne
Sill doubtless be executed. and thus
\ will close another may 1t be the last y
chapter In the history Of crime that
has carried 10 the death, first, CayeD-
dish and Burke; then the "InyincL
biesp who assiissinated them: next
tho desperately wicked iBformef, who
betrayed his Associates 10 save his own
miserable neck aud next VIII bring
to the scafiold the man who took the
matter 81 Vengeance In his own hand
aud glew him.
CARLISLE AND fnEE-TRADE.
Perhaps II may surprise those read.
ers OF the GAZETTE, who think little 81
such matters, when Inform them that
the Democratic caucus ia congress
had hardly nominated Mr.. Carlisle
for speaker when the news was cabled
10 all the leading London papers.