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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR August 19 ; ^ 848

      Ireiattu

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      Gkohel . August 8 -The rising « Ir * I"J ^ likely to take aW-rent-pay ing tarn . M y tpeople fcthis q-. atteresoatiate on the Mcessi y of dermis * ttecoantry pwple before winter wtsw . fcgS'Bsa ' * ss * ¦< *• following :- ER CAU TI 0 N . A ,, mas t ers of W-n t ^ . ^^ J ^ S ^ ea rwz Ttio ^ F . M-g * , ^ osUers w . fcoQ SjTh . rt » r «^ > - eng-ged In treason ^ F S ^ C «« ., * h August , 1818 ^

      ( From the correspondent of the Daily News . ) Dcblis , August 9— It is said that a special commission will issue to Tipperary for the trial of the _ ps-Etictf pgenders , and a circumstance menuoneti in a Bonthern pa ? er would asem to afford grounds for it . Informations haveju ' . t been sworn at Carrlck-on-Suir against Mr Smith O'B .-ifn and Mr Meagher , for speeches delivered by then on the 24 h day of July , nr ^ ing the people immediately to take up arms and o"po , e the Qaeen ' g troops and government

      THB PRIESTS . Aciounfc * from Tipperary confirm ray conclusion that the outlaws are ia tbe passes of the keeper Domains . Th ^ ttrca leaders of ths Confederates appeared at Kilcomraon on Thursday last , and would air * arrayed around them hundreds perhaps thou sands , of the people , but tbat they were stopped in the outset by the priest , the Rev . Mr Malonej . . liua festleman came up with the three companions at Eallyford . whea the ? were haranguioga considerate into great

      number , and had stimu ' aied th ^ m commofon . The ' rev . gentleman , however . addressed them centra , pointing out the strength of the army — their utter weakness—the want of every requisite which could render them formidable , and established ta their full comprehension , that , against such a number of disciplined troops , it would br quite impossible to keep possession of the mountains . The leaders trere exceedin g ly chagrined—one of them became fcKerlv snjry—bat the people were saved , 'they * ooli " not go with them—they would obey their

      Tae Rev . Mr Mackey , parish priest of Clonoulty , iss gone to Dahlia , to offer ihe government a surrender of the Confederate leaders provided their lives are spared . Father Mackey is the most ioflaent-al aad intelligent man among the Roman Catholic clergy of this district , and has used every effort to diisoade tie people from engagin ? in open rebellion . He made the proposition to Mr Gere Jones , R . M ., am i by that gentleman ' s advice he has proceeded to Dublin , to put him ? elt in immediate ciEununiciUon with the Lord-Lieutenant . . Two rev . gentlemen have fled from CarricK-on-Sair , asainst whom warrants have been issued , One is the Rev . Mr Shiel , and the other the R-: v ; Mr Byrne , who though connected with the clubs , prevented an attack on tie Bridewell of Carnok . Still I will not say warrants against others have not been

      issued . S 3 S XOBTS BRITISH EXPSESS—FUBISKB ABBESrS . £ he magistrates of Cootehill , county Cavan , have exused a pedlar to be arrested in that town , for baring exposed a copy of the Nobih Bbithh Es pessb , a Scotch paper , advocating the Rights of Labour . Mr Kennedy an active Confederate , was arrested yesterday at Kil- ' aloe ;

      AKKK 5 TS AT ABBSTFEALE . _ Eighteen persons have been a-rasted in the neighborhood of Ahbayfeale , charged with the late atfexksoa the mails to and from Limerickon Saturday last . A correspondent of the Limerick Examinee thus writes : — The rumours from Abaeyfeale are alarming . I have teen assired that oa the borders between Limerick aati Kerry taere is farmed an encampment of the peasantry . tfhe are lifcely to make a descent on Newcastle , though the town is atpresent crowded with military and police . T he 64 m has just arrived « u Rathkeale , en rsute to Abbeyfeale .

      THE PfllEiU . The same jourBal contains the following : — The St . Dr O'Brien addrassed tha people of St Mar >' 6 , ot San & as last , with hU seeastomid . elcqaeace , exhorting' tfaeia egaiast connexion of any kind with illegal , rio-oas , or insurrectionary proceedings in any portion of tha coanlry ; The rer . gentleman ' s counsels xj-era listened so witb tie admonition and respest his addresses invariably excite . This was not the policy ef the Roaan Catholic clergy during the earlier stages of the insurrectionary movement ; in witness whereof you have but to refer to tha files of the Tiuks for the month of April , or tbete & heuAs . In Casilebar . according to the Telegraph : —

      The Rev . Petsr Geraghty , from tbe altar of ths pariah drape ! on Sunday last , in the Irish dialect , admonished lilscoiigreSitian to abstain from ettry eet which eonld fee eonsurued into any ths leest semblance o « disiSection . He knew from past experiencj , he eaid , how unnecessary it was f-tr him to admonish them on their duty and lorall / t-3 thsir Qieen ; bai he and thefksew that at all timss money making and family destroyers—secret spies—were busy among the people ; and egalnst such Its wished them to be on their keeping . The reaalt of the late outbreak appears to have

      filled the minds of the people with a profound impression that no rebslli > u can have any chance of ( access ia Ireland unless the pries ' . a lead tiiem on . Tois is arj important fact , and deserves consideration . I have the most ample evidence that their interference has saved the country from much bloodshed . On all the points where the insurgent leaders appeared the Roman Catholic clergy dissuaded the people from open rebellion , and there can be no doubt that tbeir influence and exhortations hada powerful effjefc .

      ( From the Morning Herald . ) The Rev . Archdeacin Fitzgerald , of Ballingarry , exhorted his flock upon the two last Sundays , in his usually effective and powerful strain , pointing out lo them the criminal folly of joining in the wicked movement going on at present in other parts of the eonatry , and , not confining his admonitions to the alter , collected and addressed the people in crowds through the town of Ballingarry , warning them of the ruinous consequences that would follow from a gtulty participation in such wicked designs .

      Archdeacon Fitzgerald's exertions were most timely , as it hasteea ascertained that Mr O'Gormin was lurking in the adjoining parish of Knookaderry , seeking to excite the people to violence ; but happily the object of ins mission was defeated , and the peace of tbat vart of the countrjr preserved by the persnasiveadyice pten to the people . The Very Rev . Br Kenny , P . P ., of Kilrnsb , energetfeaily denounced the insurgents and their leaders st the parish ehspel , on Sunday last . He exhorted Mtfljsk against the treason winch would destroy both body and soul .

      A correspondent of the Waterford and Limerick papers says : — Sab inspector Coppinger , of Newcastls , fell in with a p « rty ofinszrpsnts at Anbejfeale on Tnnrsday , and the fellows acmally threatened to shoot tbe ofScer , suspect-Jag ttut his objeclwas to arrest Mr O'Gorma ' n . The Kb-tnspector being without his m < n at tbe time did not risk a conflict , but the principals in the affair are known to the police , end warrants are issued for their sppr & ntniion , The Watebfoed Chrosicle gives the following under the head

      THE EEIGK OF TtBBOB . Oa Saturday iasuhe city presented all th ; appearance Of eicitemsat and military parade Incidental to a ' reign of terror , ' owing to the arrests here of those persons Connected with tbe Confederate Club ! . About twelve a ' cloek on Saturday thii following gentlemen were arrested ea warrants from Dublin Castle , under the Scsp osijn Act : —Thomas P . Strange , E q , solicitor ; Hxbael Fcgarty , Esq . ; Mr Supple , glover j and Mr Thonas w . Cecdoa , IVben it became known thatthtte persons were taken , a cossiderable crowd collected in the Tislnity of the police office , where tbe prisoners were detained for a time—and after a few momant ' s lapse with-6 a ! a mOEecl ' s cooEtiltatfon whateoerer an ths part

      of the mag ' strates—Messrs Tabiuteu , Newport , and £ 113—tbe prisoners were handcuffed and brought under a g'ren ; escort of police to the county gaol . And here the eicitament mi Indignation of the people had reached to Such a pitch that serious consequences were apprehended—volley after volley of etones was discharged at the etcort , wbo stood han 4 on trigger , ready at the W 3 fd to csrnsje their fellorT-coantrymen , Howsror , the-people ' s indignation having been a little abated , tbe palics 'fell in' and ' right shouldered forward' down Pitrick-street , Little Borronstrand-street , ond the Qmy , foLon-cd by s few brescbless urchins , who to the great snnoyancs of the fjrea continued practising hand . greaade-Lbroning until they bad arrived at their

      destination . Wo frassJy say that if this city , if Ireland wtre laarched , faur more inoffensive , peaceable , and harm . less citizens could not ba found than the gentlemen above named , and yet they are tha inmatts of a felon's cell , teWU- 'B they were connected with an organisation S 6 tpr < m 3 une 4 < i uiega ! at the time of its formation , or pr ^ v ioasto their joining la it . Kobe AaiEsre . —Wa also learn that two further arresta were made this morning at half . pist four o ' clock . The men are pig dealers of Ballybrlcksn , their names m 3 en > : knov . Tne following is fron the Lihirick Chboxiclb : — ThahouBBof Mr John O'Dannell , solicitor , VTU'iam . Btrcot ( secfitary of the SarsSeldclub ) , was searched by de police oa Sunday maralng , when , it Is stated , several SoMtnents and private coma . ttGicatiorA & were discovered asoasc ' -si with seditions njorements ,

      ASOIHBB ABBBSr . The mid day train from the south brought op a young man named Kennedy , who was in connexion TO . h the Dablin clubs . He was arrested in Kilialoe ctt a charge ol treason , and wa ? one of the absconded

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      shopmen in the establishment of Messrs Pim of this city . SIGNAL FIRES . The west of the county Clare , including Kilrush , Eilkee , Carrigaholt , and Baltard was instantaneously lighted up on Thursday night with signal fires , which flashed from every eminence , and illuminated the horizia as far as the brightest eye cojld discern an object . The exact cause of this telegraphic manifestation , which was responded to from Cape Clear to Moher Cliff * , in a space of time incredibly short , is all conjecture .

      cousrr tipferart assizes . Sentence or Death . —William Carthy and John Rany were placed at the bar to receive sentence , having been found guilty for conspiracy to murder Mr Richard Bayly . The Clerk of the Crown having asked the usual question , why sentence of death should not be passed upon them . Carthy ( who appeared pale asd emaciated ) said , in a firm , calm , and steady voice , I have nothing to say —all my prosecutors have notsworn one wordof truth against me . His lordship then assumed the black cap , and sentenced the prisoners to be executed on Saturday the 16 th of September .

      RyaR ( who appeared unmoved ) raid , My lord , I beg leave to speak one word , if your lordship will permit me . I will shortly stand another trial before my God , and I declare to thut God , and to yon , my lord , that there waanotanoith taken against me buta perjured oath by my prosecutors . Garrigan and Wheleban nsver spoke to me , nor I never knew them . Court —I am sorry to hear you spfak in this manner , as your minds must be in a very wrong and improper state . Ryan . —I declare to you , my lord , and to my God , that tbey did not swear one word of truth . Carthy . —I hope we are better off than they aw . Our fate does not trouble us in the least . Ryan then said , in a stentorian voice , as he was leaving the dock— 'In the other world we'll be let in where yon wont . '

      A stone weighing three cwt . was maliciously laid across the railway between Dandrum and the Tipperary Junction on Sunday night . Fortunately , the train was not proceeding at a rapid rate , and the dagger wai apparent , otherwise destruction would have been inevitable . The magistrates have for the present prevented tho sale el gunpowder in L'meriek . The Wexford Lsdepkkdknt states , on credible authority , that warrants have been issued for the apprehension of more than eighty individuals in the county Wtxford , ( From the Times . )

      Dublin . Friday Morning . —Inquiries on the arrival of the mail train from the aoutb this morning confirm the previous intelligence of the continued tranquillity of tbe country along the whole line . It is reported that Mr O'Gorman is still at the head of & bjdy of insurgents in the neighbourhood of Abbeyfeale , and that the authorities have information to that effect is evident , from the fact of the . annexed proclamation having been issued offering £ 300 for hia apprehension ;—By the Lord L ' eutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland . A raocLAMATlON . Clt & tttt > OTSWhereas we have received Information that Hichard O'Gorman , junior , bas been guilty of treasonable practices ;

      Now we , the Lord-Lieutenant , being determined to bring the said Richard O'Gorman , junior , to j nation , do hereby offer a reward of £ S 0 O to any person or persons wbo shall secure and deliver np to safe custody the person of the said R chard O'Gorman , junior ; and we do hereby strictly coamand and charge all jnstloeg of tbe peace , mayors , sheriffs , bailiffs , conttubles , and all other of ber Majesty ' s loyal subjects , to use their ntsaosl diligence In apprehending tbe said Richard O'Cror man , junior . Giren at Her Majesty ' * Castle of Dahlia , this 10 th day of August , 1818 . By his Excellency ' s command , T . N . Redthgton ,

      ( From the Daily News . ) A gentleman who visited Kilmainham to-day , informed rae he saw Mr Smith O'Brien in that prison , but had no communication with him . His room is in the debtors' side of the prison , at the extremity of a corridor , having at the entrance of the passiga an armed policeman , asd at the door on tho outside an armed soldier , with fixed bayonet . Soon after my informant entered the prison , Mr O'Brien passed along the corridor , proceeding to the prison-yard . His appearance manifests no symptom of recent troafele or privation . Ilaving reached the yard , ho proceeded to exercise himself , by flinging a ball from one extremity , a gaol-guard catching it and flinging it hack again .

      Mr Meagher is , it is said , on tee Keeper Mountains , and Mr Doheny at the Slate Quarries . Mr O'Gorman is Btill reported to he in tha neighbourhood of \ bbeyfeale . Mr Dillon ' s whereabouts is not indicated .

      THE POLICE . HogbeB , the constable seizid at Abbeyfeale . on sua picion of possessing a warrant against Mr O'Gorman , waa , it appears , actually carried off from the public street of tbat totvn . He was stripped and left in a bog , but his property hag been restored . So much do the townsfolk sympathise with the insurgents , or so much afraid are tbey , that not a single article of food would be sold te the police , and they are obliged to go into the grocers' and provision shops , and weigh and carry off what they require , leaving the money . There are in the town two companies of the 8 S : b , and 200 constabulary . A guard of the latter daily accompanies the coach to and from Tralee to Limerick .

      FUBTHER ARRESTS OP AMERICAN CITIZENS . Two American sympathisers , named Langtry and E < sn , both of Irish birth , have been arrested in tbe King ' s County . Mr C . R . Malowny , news-room proprietor , and a member of the clubs , who has been en the run' some days , appeared publicly to-day , and was taken into custody . Upwards of fifty persons have been arrested in and around Callan , in the vicinity of the Tipperary colleries , without any attempt at rescue or disturbance . Among ; them was Feehan , the well-known Tipperary pike-maker . The Very Rev . Dr Blake , who was threatened by the disaffected for his advice to the people last Monday , has been stronger in his exhortations against rebellion than ever .

      KVADISG THE AHMSBILL . Mr H . J . Loughman , a late candidate for Kilkenny , has been refused a gun licence . A tradesman at Dungannon , who was president of a club , having been refused a licence to carry arms , went and purchased a game licence oi the excise , and , coming back , exhibited it in court , demanding if the magistrates coald take tbat back ? 'No , ' replied Mr Singleton , the resident magistrate ; ' bat if the government had acted on my report , you would be now in prison , instead of having arms in our despite . ' The magistracy in Limerick have prohibited all sale of powder , and have taken the stock into charge of the authorities : A vessel laden with gunpowder ( 600 barrels ) was yesterday seized in Dungarvon Bay . Ifc is eaid her papers are irregular . ( From the correspondent of the Daily News . )

      THE CATHOLIC HIERABCHV . Debus , August Hth—A movement of an important character is in progress among the bishops and clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland . A memorial has been adopted , and is now in progress of signature , praying of Lord Clarendon to exercise the mo = t beneficent prerogative of the crown on behalf of his royal mistress in granting a general amnesty for political offences . DENIALOFMR T . F . HSAGHER ' sBTIPUhATIOXFOK HIS LIFE

      TOTHEGOYBRKMEST . The following letters appear in the Packet of this evening . They contain the facts respecting the recent communication made by the Rev . Mr Mackey to his Excellency on the part of the outlawed insurgents : — Mv dear Ma Mansfield . _ A statement has appeared in the iliitaad Fbeehas of Wednesday , ia which land other parties are charged witb making stipulations for oar lives with the government , I need not assure you tbat this statement has bitterly , most bitterly , indeed .

      cut me to the heart ' s core . A letter will be sent to yon denying this statement , and giving you tbe true facts . Yon have been so kind and honourable In your conduct towards me always , that I rely folly upon your kindness in interting this , and leave tho vindication of my motives in your bands . My character is now more donr to cue than my life , and it is not , I am sure , too much to expect from a generous opponent like joq a refutation , full and complete , of a slander which attacks—and which ( if unanswered ) will deprive me of all tbat now remains to me —my reputation , ay honour , and my ftme .

      Believe mo ever , my dear Mr Man ? field Your * fklth < uUy and trul y , Tnouis F . Mesobeb ,

      KOBLE CONDUCT CF THE OUTLAW . Sib , —I am grieved to be ender the necessity of addressing you on this ^ cession , but a regard for truth , and a respect for the characters of gentlemen who cannot new defend themselves " , ren ^ crmy silence any longer Impossible . The grossest misrepresentations have appeared In some of the newspapers , in reference to a commnnlcation I have made to the goverBment on behalf of Mr Meagher and some of his friends . I have abstained until now from publishing anything on the subject lest I mijhtoccasion embarrassment la any quarter , and besides , I felt coafideat that the characters of the

      gentlemen in question , for honour acd disinterestedness , wera too well establlehed to suffer any detriment from those calumnies . I now give the simple facts of the case , and the public will he able to judge whether or net I have formed ajust opiaioa on the subject . About a week ago , wben I beard that those gentlemen bad arrived on tbe birders of my parish , fearing that any attempt to arrest tiem might lead to a collision similar to tbat which took place In Ballingarry , I sought and procured an interview witb tbern . I thea said that though there were no other reasons , as the country had declined to act under their guidance , a surrender to the government was their most judicious and honourable course . The

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      great obstacle In the way to tbtir following my advice , was the fesr they entertained tint by so dolnj they mig > it appear to abandon thoso to whom thsy were committed , or be attempting to secure any special advantages for themselves . They ultimately consented to my making the communication to government , Into tho details ot which It is unnecesaary now to enter . It is enough to say it was not of the nature described . It was not a bargaining for mere life , as has been falsely asserted . It did not propose any advantage special to themselves . It was conceived in tbe spirit of brotherly affection and dfvotion . It contemplated the peace of the country and the speedy restoration of order ; and in proof of tbe perfect disinterestedness that governed this proceeding , I beg to add tbat one of these gentlemen , Mr Meagber , refused to comply with the most urgent entreaties to es cape from the country , when the means of escape were Offered to htm , and this , because he had determined to share in whatever p : ualty awaited bis friends .

      I am , sir , y « ur obedt < nt oervant , Jons Mackey , P . P ., C : onoulty , Bablin , Anguet 12 , 1848 ., Mr Djherty has escaped for tho present , because the jurors of Dublin do not understand Latin . He will , however , be tried again at this Commission , and the Crown will probably offt-r the MSS . of the articles , of which it has possession , in evidence in the case . ANOTHER ABRE 3 T . Mr Wright , ono of the escaped drapers' assistants , has been arrested in Ulster , and was brought in to day . ( From the Morning Chronicle . ) Tbe letter of the Rev . Mr Mackey , inserted above , is that which Mr Meagher refers to as containing an explanatory statement .

      Regarding the proceedings of the insurgent leaders on the Keeper Mountains , which have already been described in the newspapers , the Rev . J . Molony , parish priest of Kilcommon , has published tbe following extraordinary statement in the Tiwerari Vindicator : — Mr i > EAa Sib , —As there appeared in the two last copies of your journal statements of certain occurrences in this locality with which my natue was connectedstatements , tbongb generally true , greatly exaggerated —you will please allow me to put you and the readers of your journal in the possession of tbe true state ef thoae

      occurrences , On the 2 nd instant , there did appear In this parish persons seemingly connected with tbe late unfortunate Insurrection ; but they were persons of the mildest , most gentlemanly , and unobtrusive demeanour , and seemed te take refuge In those mountains to evade the vengeance of the law , ond not for any other purpose ; and repeatedly and fervently did I pray with many others that God may deliver thoaa martyrs of a desiuniag and despotic government from the hands of their enemies , and the enemies of their country .

      Separated from these persons , their appeared in another part ef the parish a person , I believe not at all an outlaw , disposed to say and do very foolish things ; but the people took my advice , Jeft him immediatel y , though many of them told me they may as well die in war as die from starvation in tho oouwo ol the coming winter . However , with very little difficulty , I prevented those half-starved people from any collision with a pampered military in pursuit of those insurgents , and thus saved my poor people from bloodshed and further notoriety , May Gad protect them from the spies and detectives with whom this locality iaaow infected . I remain , my dear sir , Very faithfully yours , J . Moions , P . P . Kilcommon , August 11 th , 1848 .

      ( From the Limerick Examiner , ) CAPtORE OF A FOLIC SMAN . On last Thursday a person in the garb of a gentleman , but evidently of a ' meaner fry , ' was seen to alight off the Newcastle coach at Abbeyfeale , and walk towards Leahy ' s Hotel . Having remained at the hotel for a few minutes , he passed through the town not as if anxious to learn the real state of society , nor on the scent ef some member of the Irish Confederation . But his movements were cloiely watched by some of the peasantry , who immediately suspected that he was a 'detective , ' nor were they mistaken , as the sequel of tbe story will tell . When the detective ( whose name is Hogben , and who belongs , I am informed , to the Castleconnell

      policestation ) had become acquainted with the dangers of his position , he moved away quietly as if to admire the wild scenery of the Abbeyfeale mountains . The crowd , however , were not inclined to let him off so softly , and , accordingly , two of them followed at a rapid pace , and came up with him as he was about to conceal himeelf in the bashes near the road . As one of his pursuers , a wild youth of the mountains , caught hold of his person , the detective took out of hia pocket a pistol , and threatened to shoot the lad if ho would not let him go . ' 1 will not let you go ' said the latter ; ' and , ' added he , 'if you shoot me itself I'll hold a dead man ' s grasp . ' At this moment the

      crowd , who remained back in the distance observing tho struggle between the capturer and the ' detective' surrounded the unfortunate fellow , and instantly commenced to search his person . In his pos session ( it is said ) were fonnd a loaded pistol , the sum of £ 10 , and a warrant for the apprehension of Richard O'Gorman , together with some introductory letters to government officials in the country . The crowd took possession of all his property , and it next became a question whether they would Bhootnim or deprive him of hia clothes , and let him go naked through the country . A council of war was held to deliberate on his fate .

      In the interim , tho Rev . Mr Lyddy , P . P ., arrived at the scene . He was previeusly apprised of the situation of the detective . The rev . gentleman implored of the people not to harm the stranger , but immediately release him from further apprehension . This remonstrance , however , proved ineffectual for some time , and it was only after much entreaty on hia part , and of several among the crowd , that the detective was set free . It has been mentioned to me , among other things , that when the unfortunate fellow's fate was about being decided , he was heard

      to address tbe crowd frequently , and aay— ' Might ask , gentlemen , what do you intend to do with me V His question , of course , was answered after a queer fashion ; and called forth the cachiaations of the assembled multitude . When the detective was re leased , he mad © th © btst o £ his way to Newcastle , where he related his many wonders and hair-breadth escapes to the authorities . It is but justice to state tbat the £ 10 taken from the detective was returned to the Rev . Mr Lyddy , P . P ., who transferred it again to the safe-keeping of Mr Galwey , stipendiary magistrate .

      ABRESI 3 IK DUNDALK . TheNswRT ExAWHBB , of Saturday , gives the following account of arrests in Dundalk : — At half-past ten o ' clock on yesterday morning , Edward Hill , Esq ., sub-inepectorof constabulary , with about eight or ten police of this town , proceeded to tbe Ddndale Patbiot office , in Cianbrassil-street , and immediately alter arrested tke registered proprietor , Mr James Raleigh Baxter , on a charge of ' High Treasoa , ' by virtue of a warrant from the Lord Lieutenant which arrived that morning , authorising Mr Baxter ' s capture . Mr Baxter was in the office at the time , and being informed of the object of tha police , Immediately surrendered himself to Mr Hill , and was placed in the charge of one of the constables , Tho police then commenced searching for papers , and after ocouptiog themselves in this manner for abaut an hour and a half , cos . ducted Mr Baxter to the county gaol , where he now lies .

      Arbest or Wellington Sheqoo , Esq —We have been Informed on good authority tbat Wellington Sbegog , Esq ,, solicitor of Ardee , was arrested yesterday morolng at an early hour . Mr Shegog , we believe , was a Cjnser . vatlve until within the last few months ; he was in tbe habit of receiving the proclamations and addresses from the Repeal Association in Dablin , and having them posted up ia Ardee . We have not learned the charge on which be was arrested . We uaderstand that two or tbreo persons who came over here in the steamer with Mr Sanson were also arrested by policemen In coloured clothes , as soon as they arrived at our quay yesterday morning .

      Mr John O Comsku , —The Cork papere announce that it is the intention ef Mr John O'Connell to take up his permanent residence in London , for the more efficient discharge of his duties as a director of the National Bank . The hon . gentleman , it is stated , means to retire altogether from politics . — Dublin Pilot , t A good riddance of unmitigated rubbish 1 ARREST OF MESSRS MEAGHER , LEYNE , AND O'DONOHOE . ( From the Freeman ' s Journal . ) Dublin , Sunday Evening . —On this ( Sunday ) morning , about one o ' clock , Messrs Meagher , O'Donohoe , and Leyne were walking alone the high road between Clonoulty and Holycross , when they were met by constable Madden and a large

      party of police , who were patrolling near the police barrack at Rathcannon , to which station the party had only returned within the last two days Madden acoosted them , saying , 'fine night , gentlemen , 'to which Mr Meagher replied , ' good night bays . ' A few more ordinary worde passed , and both parties separated , the police going in the direction of Rathcannon , and the others continuing on their route towards Holycross . They had not , however proceeded more than about 300 yards , when they were overtaken by six of the same police party , who were armed with their carbines , and called upon them to halt . They did eo , and were then commanded to accompany the police to the barrack .

      Mr Meagher demanded the reason , upon which Serjeant Madden replied that he had strict orders to act as he was doing . Mr O'Danohoe asked him if he bad a warrant or any other authority for their arrest ? Madden said he had not , and then demanded of Mr O'Donohoe his name , which was given without a moment ' s hesitation . Mr Leyne was next asked his name , and he also gave it at once . Madden then drew Mr Meagher aside , and in a low tone asked him his name , to which he answered , ' Anything you have to say to me say it publicly before a 11 , . . w 3 » oth . ° J ., any private conversation with you . ' ' Then , ' said Madden , « 1 ask you your name publicly — what is it ? ' * My name is Thomas Francis Meagher , ' vra « the answer . Then , ' said

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      Madden , ' I arrest you in the Queen ' s name . ' The others were also made prisoners in the like manner ; the police fell io , one at either s > de of each prisoner , and they marched them to the barrack at Rathcannon , about a mile further up the road . On arriving here the prisoners were placed in the kitchen , while Madden and his men held a couaoil in the adjoining room , and prepared to march them to Thurles , which they did after a short delay . When they reached Thurles the prisoners were brought to the house of Sub-Inspector Braken , and Mr Gore Jones , the resident magistrate , was presently in attend ance . Mr Janes atked Mr Meagher if it had been hi * intention to have surrendered hiraself , to which Mr Meagher emphatically replied tbat it was not ; that he was prepared to meet hia fate , and scorned

      the idea ofaskim ? for his life ; that he bad been arrested by serjeant Madden and a body of police on the road between Clonoultyand Holycross , and had not the least intention of surrendering himself . Desaid he had seen the Mail , and repeatedly spoke in the most indignant terms at the insinuation in that paper that ha had craved bis life . ' I was aware , ' said he , ' that my life would be spared if I surrendered and pleaded guilty to a charge of high treason , but the only conditions upon which I would ever have been induced to surrender were , that all those who were inculcated in the movement should have permission to leave the country . ' He was then proceeding to ppeak of pther matters connected with the recent proceedings , when Mr Jones cautioned him against doing bo , but said if he wished to make any deliberate

      written statement he would receive it . Mr Meagher thea requested writing materials , and wrote rather a long statement , with the contents of which , however , I am unacquainted . Meantime General M'Donald , accompanied by his staff , had arrived , and after interrogating the prisoners , directed that one of his aids-de camp , Captain Mackenzie , should accompany them to Dublin . Mr Jonea had , in the interim , ordered a special train , and Captain John Maurice , R . M ., who was about proceeding to Dublin by the mail-train , resolved on coming with the prisoners also . The general on this occasion was courteous ; he did not send for a single soldier from the camp , neither did he interfere with the arrangements which the police magistrates and officers had made for the conveyance ol the prisoners . While the train was being got ready , a comfortable breakfast was

      provided by Mr Bracken ' o housekeeper , of which Messrs Meagher , Leyne , and O'Donohoe partook heartily , and having been supplied with a change of linen , they seemed much refreshed , and looked quite cheerful and free from all anxiety or oneasiness . They expresseJ themselves very erateful for the considerate attention paid them by Mr Bracken ' s family . At half-past live they proceeded on foot to the railway station , accompanied by the general , tbe tre magistrates , and without any other escort . A party of twenty police followed soon after , and one first-class carriage having been attached to tho engine and tender , in which tbe prisoners , Captain Fitzmaurice , Mr Bracken , Captain M'Keciie , and the police , all took their seats , the train moved on fer Dublin , without the slightest manifestation of excitement or attempt at interference from the people , who were assembled in considerable numbers about the

      station . Mr Meagher looked in as good health as usnal . He wore hia ordinary dress—a blue froek coat and tweed trowsers . He had on a short over-coat of Irish friez ? , a black and white straw hat , and was without the slightest attempt at disguise of any kind . He smoked a cigar on his way to the station . Mr Lejne was likewise in his ordinary dress , but wore a large Irish friezs overcoat . Mr O'Donohoe wore a dark fur cap and his nsual dress . I understand that the informations lodged against the two latter , and the warrant under which they are arrested , charge them with being of the party who attacked the police under Mr Trant , in the widow M'Cormack ' s house at Boulaugh-common .

      The special train had scarcely passed the station at Templemore when Mr James F . Lalor arrived there in custody of two metropolitan police , and a strong escort of the constabulary . He was brought on & car from Nenagh gaol , and sent on by the mail train to Dublin , under a warrant of removal , it having been notified to the crown on the part of Mr Martin , one of the state prisoners , that he would be required as a witness on his behalf .

      MORE ARRESTS . A person named Sexton , conducting clerk to an eminent solicitor , was arrested yesterday on a charge of treason . He was vice-president of the Grattan ( Mr Meagher ' s ) Club . Sergeant Gargan , ofthe detective police , succeeded on Saturday in arrcsting . in Morgan-place , Richard Franks Ryan , an American , in whose possession papers were found appointing him a delegate for Englend , Ireland , and Scotland : Two American sympathisers , named M'Dade and Macnamin , wera arrested in the county of Donegal last week and committed to gaol . The priests of Tuam havo adopted a memorial to the Q , ueen praying that the royal clemency may be shown to Smith O'Brien and his followers , whom they condemn as unreflecting persons and utterly insane .

      AMERICAN STMmaiSKRS . The Evbwso Post says : — 'We may state that the American sync pathisers have vessels—a few we should think , but certainly some—freighted with mei and munitions of war for Ireland : The British Government were mado minutely acquainted , long before they sailed , with their ports of departure , the names of the vessels , the nature of the freight , the sympathisers on board , and the numbers and names of the captains and crews , all written in the United States . All those vessels , and all thoae men , will be taken if they approach our shores . ' REPORTED BSCAPB OP MR o ' oORUAK . ( From the Daily News . )

      Sunday , August 13 —There can be no doubt that Mr O'Gorman has endeavoured to escape to America from Limerick in the Jessie , a vessel long known in the passenger trade of Limerick . This vessel sailed on Monday last from the quays of the above city . Oa Tuesday a man of gentlemanly appearance appeared on the Kerry shore of the Shannon , and , accosting two boatmen , offered them a sovereign to put him on board the Garryowan steamer which would soon pass on its daily trip down the river . These men accepted the offer without question asked , having , as they say , no suspicion of who their faro was . It is supposed he was Mr O'Gorman , and the men are now in custody for having suffesfcd , or rather aided , his escape . They landed Mr O'Gorman , if such he were , at Beagh Castle , a place on the Shannon . Whoever fiis gentlemanly person was , he

      passed on board the Garryowen to Kilrush on Tuesday . On Wednesday the Jessie cleared , and had her papers at Kilrush . Col , Vandeleur , a large proprietor here , Mr Little , the R . M ., and several police , made diligent search on board while the vessel lay in Scattery Roads , opposite Kilrush , for all suspected offenders , but unsuccessfully . At the mouth of the Shannon there are other roads where the vessel lay to for a time , and here it was said Mr O'Gorman and two others were to go on board . Col . Vandeleur having heard this , immediately put his yacht under weigh , and with Mr Little and the police , gave pursuit , but contented himself with standing out in such a way as to prevent all boats from showapproaching unobserved . Mr O'Gtrman , it is pnsitivejy known , was at Querin , on the Shannon , below Kilrush , on Wednesday night , and slept in a hut there with two

      companions . ( From the Times . )

      THE ARRESTS . Dublin , Monday Mornin ? . —When the intelligence became known yesterday morning that Mr Meagher ' of the Sword' was an inmate of Kilmainham Gaol the circumstance created marvellously little excitement considering the prominent position this ill-fated young man has occupied in the political history of this country for the last year or so . Not but that Mr Meagher is eminently popular as a revolutionary leader , but the truth is , the spirit of rebellion which ran riot one short fortnight since , is completely broken by tbe arrest , without a struggle , of Mr Smith O'Brien ; hence the absence of any marked sensation in the caso of Mr Meagher . Mr Maurice Leyne , his fellow

      captive , is nephew ot toe late Daniel U OonneU , and remained a member of Conciliation-hall until within a very recent period , when he suddenly shook off the shackles of moral force and threw himself into the ranks of the Republicans . He is in years about the same ago as Mr Meagher , and his oratory , like that gentleman ' s , is of the most florid style , and his speeches might at any timo , by a slight stretch of ingenuity , be readily turned into blankverse . Tho third party arrested yesterday ( O'Donohoe ) is an attorney ' s clerk , and a roan who was always regsrded with suspicion by the Confederates . He is possessed ef a fair share of natural talent , which was evinced in the publication of several letters written during the heat of the late agitation .

      Mr Hartnett , who is charged with attacking the mail at Abbeyfeale , has absconded . Michael Deniston , leader of the party , was on Friday fully committed to Limerick gaol . Ha is also charged with threatening to tiro at Constable Hogben , by ^ hem he has been identified . The guards of the Tralee and Limerick mail are suspended in their offices by the Postmaster-General for not resolutely resisting the attack of the insurgents wbo robbed tbe mail bags . A special commission will issue immediately for the county of Tipperary to try Mr Smith O'Brien . Every emigrant ship leaving Limerick ia strictly searched for rebels . From the latest accounts from Limerick it appears that tho authorities are very closely upon the traok of Mr O'Gorman , fer whom the £ 300 reward is offered . He has been traced to the Shannon , and to the neighbourho id of Kilrush , where he was in hopes of finding an emigrant ship te take him to America .

      AN INSURGENT CHIEF . The special reporter of the Limerick Examiner has drawn the following portrait of an insurgent chief : — I arrived at Abbeyfeale about two o'clock , and found the excitement whioh prevailed for somo dsyn past partly subsided . A company of the 88 tb , under tbe command of Major Goold . are encamped on the borders of the

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      town , on the banks of tha Feale , while upwards of 100 police , under th e command nf Sub Inspector Coppinger and Mr Galwey , B . M ., makeup the entire force . The gallant 88 th are on the best terms with the country people , and keep up a friendly Intercourse with them . I proceeded to Inqalre the position of the insurgents . I was told that their encampment wa « broken up , but that several of the party still continued to keep to the mountains , and follow the fortunes of a chief who Is very popular in the neighbourhood . This extraordinary eharacier , whess exploits are known to all the authorities here and elsewhere , is respectably connected in Abbeyfeale , and is a member of a numerous cUn , Who have possession of ft large territory in this country . He is , I am informed , a bold , daring spirit , a stranger to fear

      in any shape , iaured to fatigue , and familiarly acquainted with all the ins and outs of tbe Kerry and Limerick mountains for a distance of twenty or thirty miles . In fact it will bo more than difficult for the keenest detective in the employ of the government to discover the loca'e of the insurgent chief . He is said to be at the head of 200 men , and is able , oa an emergency , to gather at least 600 areund him . He is a wild , rollicking , bardy fellow , and just the sort of man to maintain a sort of guerilla warfare , and escape , at a pinch , from the toils of his pursuers . It is confidently asserted that he can evade their vigilance for twenty years . The supposition is tbat he will never be borne from amidst his native

      mountains without an attempt to rescue him . The police , in the moantlme , are scouring the country from cock-crow to curfew . They have arrested several already on suspicion , among wbom is an old euperan . nuated schoolmaster , whose fighting days have long goae by . it would furthermore appear from the move , mints of the military and police in this quarter , tbat tbey are on the soent of some distinguished person whom they seem to think is still sojourning and organising among the mountains . If this personage be Mr R . O'Gorxan , * the bird has fl . > wn , ' for one thing ia oartalo , that he has not been for eome time seen , and no trace of him can be now discovered .

      MOUE ARBBSTS . August 12 . —A youne gentleman was arrestedand held to bail this day in Moy . It is said that discoveries of some importance have been made on the occasion of this arrest . He is a student in the University of Dublin , and a member of the Protestant Repeal Association . Several more arrests hava taken place . Mp Eugene Martin , brother of John Martin , ofthe Ibish Felon , was arrested in Edenderry yesterday , and has been brought up and committed to Kilmainham . It is stated that papers of a seditious tendency were found in hia possession . A person described as a member of the ' Protestant Repeal Association' was arrested yesterday at Mayo , county of Tyrone . Five' American sympathisers' were also arrested yesterday at Armagh . ( From Saunders' News Letter . )

      Limerick , Sunday night—Aug . 13 . —I have just arrived hero from Abbeyfeale , and when passing through Rathkeate I ascertained the following particulars respecting the three men who were shot at Castletown , near Rathkeale , on yesterday morning ;—A body of armed insurgents having moved off from the direction of Abbeyfeale , towards Charleville , by the mountains , attacked every house in tbeir way for arms end provisions , They succeeded in some places , not in others , and crossed over towards Rathkeale , and made & desperate attack on the village of Castletovm , which ia about three miles from Rathkeale , in which town is stationed & very large force of military and constabulary . Several ef the inhabitants went for shelter into a large house to fortify it , and thus escape from the hands oi those lawless savages . Some police were also in the house , and this is bow given as a reason for eo determined an attack having been made in the first instance upon it .

      Tbe insurgents marched up to the house , halted , and fired several shots , to show that their gnns were loaded . The inmates barricaded the door and windows as well as they could , but the mob succeeded very soon in starting the door . The inmates had made up their minda to resist the ruffians to the last , and provided themselves with such weapons as they could Snd , spades , pokers , & c , and formed into position inside the door , so as to command the entrance ; the door was soon bersfc open , and the first fellow to enter was felled to the ground by one of the inmates by a blow of a spade , which nearly split his

      face in two ; another wasknocked down , seeing which , and not beingable to force an entrance , the assailants levelled their guns , and fired a volley into the door , killing three men on the spot ; one of whom was the poor-law relieving officer of Rathkeale union . The constabularly were ason on the ground , and sceured the neighbourhood for some time , but without finding any trace of the murderers , who made off immediately after firing the volley . It is believed that the party were the sime ( o ? part of that ) which attacked the coaches , against many of whom informations have been sworn ; it is hoped by these means that the viitiina will not escape justice .

      Notwithstanding the number of arms that have been seized by the police , it is said by those who are acquainted with the rural districts , that a vast quantity are still in the possession of the peasantry , concealed , but ready for use . Messrs James O'Donnell , of Ballyboe , Dr Ryan , of Carrick-on-Suir , O'Ryan , of Cashel , Purcell and Russell , of this town , still continue in custody . Tfe are not aware whether it is the intention of government to bring them to trial , or merely to keep them in prison under thesuspecsionof the Habeas Corpus Act . It is probable , however , that the three firstnamed individuals will be arraigned for high treason at the expected special commission . ( From the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle . ) ARREST OP MR J . HARNBIT , ONE OF THB INSURGBNX LEASEES .

      Dcblin , Tuesday . —i have just received an express despatch from Limerick , dated last night , announcing the arrest ef Mr J . Harnett , who is charged with leading the party of armed insurgents that attacked the Kerry and Limerick mails , at Abbeyfeale . It has been stated that Mr Harnett , who is a Protestant , and a person of some consideration , had been acting in concert with Mr Richard O'Gorman in the mountain district , near Abbeyfeale . Harnett was brought into Limerick last night , on an outside oar , handcuffed , and escorted by a party of Drageona . He was lodged in the county gaol of Limerick .

      MOKE ARRESTS AND COMMITTALS . Dublin , August lllh . —Mich & el Dennisbun , of Abbeyfeale , for having attacked , robbed , and detained in custody , when in coloured clothes , head constable Hogben , whilst in performance of his duty . Richard Dalton , of Tipperary , for having delivered a speech at Galway , in whioh be made use of seditious language . Henry Morgan , ot Abbeyfeale , for Having in his possession a seditious document , A mason , named O'Neill , from Rathkeale , was brought into town this morning , and committed to the county gaol , for having used some strong language on the occasion of the arrest of Mr Harnett , of Newcastle . Mr Owen O'Neill , a student of Thurioa College , was fully committed for trial yesterday to the county gaol , by the Lord-Lieutenant , for ' treasonable practices . ' Two loaded pistols were fouad in his possession , at Uulla , in this county .

      At Waterford there was one arrest only during the last week . The camp has been struck , and on Thursday the Marines went on board the Birkenhead and Rhadamanthus , which vessels , however , remain with the force on board . The Cork Constitution states that the gunpowder seized at Dungarvan was a bona fide consignment for Liverpool , and not at all a contraband or felonious article . THE STATE TRIALS .

      COMMISSION COURT . Thx mas Dokohob was indicted for unlawfully having in his possession , at Corn-market , an old sword , contrary to the peace and the statute . The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge , and was ordered to stand by for the present .

      PR 08 ECDTIO . V OF THE NEWSVENDER 8 . Joseph Moonbt , newsvender , was brought up and arraigned on a charge of selling and circulating certain felonious and seditious publications , bb contained in the Nation newspaper . To the question ' Guilty or not , ' Mooney pleaded guilty , and was ordered by the Court to beheld in his own recognisance of £ 60 to appear whenever called on . He was then discharged . Patrick Cullen , another newsvender , was then called on te appear aed plead , according to the terms of his bail , He did not appear ; and his securities were then called on in court to bring up his body or perfect their recognisances ; but tbey did not appear , though it was said they were previously ouUlde the court .

      Mr Curran observed that much inconvenience arose to ; witnesses and parties who were bail for others , owing to the difficulty they experienced in getting access to the court . The Chief Baron said that it would be necessary that policemen should be stationed outside , who , when parties were called on to appear in court as witnesses or otherwise , would call out tbe names of the persons required , and have intelligence conveyed to them if about the precincts of the court . The case was postponed till this day , when the parties will be again called in court . John Flanagan was then put to the bar , charged with having had , on the 27 th of July , four swords and a cut ass in his possession , contrary to the statute . He pleaded not guilty , and the case stands over for trial to-morrow .

      ( From the Reporter of the Times . ) THE' TRIBUNE' MEWSPAPaR . THE QOBBN V . WILLlAUi AND o ' dohbriy , rROPRIBlORS OF THE ' TR 1 BUNB . ' Dcbun , W ednesday , August 9 -John Williams and lzid 0 Debeity were placed at the bar . The indictment , whioh contained ten counts , was read at considerable length . It set out the articles referred to , which were headed—' Courage '— 'Our war department — Our hams !; prospects , ' < fco . „ AWorney . Gsnoral , the Solicitor-General , Messrs Baldwin , Q . C . ; Whiteside , Q C . ; Plunkett , ty C ; Saailey , Pennefather , an Perm , attended

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      on behalf of the Crown ; aud Sir Colman O'Loghlen for the prisoners . Sir C . O'Loghlen said , that he had to apply f ot copies of the indictment , as he had done in another case on the previous evening . Baron Pennefather . —I think the Crown ought to furnish copies , to prevent tho waste of time consg . quent upon havine them read in open court . The Attorney-General stated that he had no objectinn to copies being furnished ; but he wished it not to be supposed they were given as a matter of right . Sir C , O'Loghlen observed , that he would l ook . on the course pursued by the Crown as a matter of favour . The prisoners were then called on to plead , and se . verally pleaded ' Not Guilty . ' Sir C . O'Loghlen then stated that he had to apply fer bills of particulars in the case of both prisoners .

      The Attorney-General—There is no objection to the application .

      THBQUEBN V . DDPFV . Sir C . O'Loghlen . —I have another amplication t & make in the case of the ' Queen v . Williams and O'Doherty , ' for the postponement of their trials to next commispion ; but before I do so , I have to re . quest that the prisoner brought up last to be arrai gned , Mr Duffy , be called to the bar to plead . He was arraigned , but has not pleaded . The Attorney-General objected to the course sug gested by the prisoner ' s counsel . One case should be disposed of before another waa called on . If an appli . cationlfor a postponement was to made , it should be

      made at once , because , peraaps , if it were granted , the Crown would not consider it necessary to arraign Mr Duffy , the proprietor of -he Natiok , as his case would be most probably governed by tbe same rule . Sir C . O'Loghlen said he could not move theap . plication for a postponement before morning , as there were affidavits to be sworn , and furnished to the Crown . The learned gentleman also contended that Mr Duffy had , in fact , been arraigned , for an abstract of the indictment was read to him , and the only thing to bo done then wai for him to say whether be was or was not guilty .

      The Court did not consider that any arraignment hrd taken place , as it had , in fact , been stopped by the prisoner ' s counsel when the application for a copy of the indictment was made . Alter some short discussion on the subject , the motion for postponing the trial was allowed to stand over until morning , the prisoner ' s attorney undertaking to furnish copies of the affidavits relied on to the Crown Solicitor . Thursday , August 10 . —The Court sat at ten o'clock . The Attorney . General , Solicitor-General , Mr Serjeant O' Brien , Mr Whiteside , Q C , Mr Baldwin , Q . C ., Mr Smyley , and Mr Perrin appeared for the Crowb . Mr Holmes , Mr Butt , Q , C „ Sir Colman O'Loghlen , and Mr John 0 "Hagan appeared for the prisoners . Messrs Martin , Williams , and O'Doherty were brought into court about half-past ten o ' clock .

      Clerk of the Crown , — p uj Kevin Iz 3 d O'Doherty to the bar . Sir C . O'Loghlen . —Before thiscasecomeson Ihave to apply to your Lordship to decide the question regarding Mr Daffy ' s arraignment , and that Mr Duffy be brought into court . The application was acceded to , and Mr Duffy was placed at the bar . Sir C . O'Loghlen than moved , that Duffy should be at liberty to plead . The question was , whether they were entitled , as a matter of right , to have the plea recorded ; and he submitted they were so entitled , lie contended the arraignment of Mr Duffy was completed , and if it were not completed on tho former day , that it had been since completed . In support of bis proposition he cited ' Hale's PJeas of the

      Crown , ' vol . ii ., p . 219 . He begged also to remind the Court , that when the Clerk of the Crown , on the former day , commenced to read tbe indictment , it was only for the convenience of their Lordships that the caso was allowed to stand over to enable Mr Baldwin to consult the Attorney-General aa to giving them a copy of tho indictment . He submitted they should be put in the same position as they would have been in on Tuesday evening if the Clerk of the Crown bad then read out the indictment , and the prisoner had recorded his plea . They considered they had been deceived in this cace by the course taken by the Crown . The Crown had consented to furnish them with a copy of the indictment , and therefore

      tbey did not ask to have it read ont . They had been furnished with a copy of the indictment , therefore they might assume it had been read out to them at length , and they should be allowed to record their plea . The Attorney-General submitted that Mr Duffy was not entitled to record his plea—for in point of fact he bad not been arraigned . The Chief Baron . —No authority is cited to show that in the circumstances that have occurred ia the present instance tho arraignment was complete . There are two questions here—first , whether the arraignment was complete ? and next , whether there is any reason , ex debito , why the arraignment should be now completed ?

      Baron Pennofather . —The authority cited by Sir Colman O'Loghlen is quite decisive against its being an arraignment . According to that authority the indictment should be read out distinctly by the prisoner , except he waives bis right to have that done , and consents that an abstract only should be read ; and that has not been done in this case . SirC . O'Loghlen . —We said we waived the reading of the indictment if we got a copy ; we have got the copy , and should now be at liberty to plead . Baron PEKNBFAiiiBR . ~ Kot until the Crown calls upon yes to plead . Mr Butt . —I consider in consequence of the mode of proceeding the Crown have adopted in this sase , that they seek to obtain some advantage , and I coneider it would much better become the dignity of the

      Attorney-General to w & ive any advantage he might thus obtain . However , I don't appeal to the Attorney-General , but I apply to the Court . I trust your Lordships will not allow the Attorney-General to come in be ? o and control the proceedings of the Court , except in tbe way he is entitled to do so , by entering a nolle prosequi . As long as I have the ho * nour to hold a brief , i will never again consent , to suit the convenience of the Court or of the Attorney-General , to the slightest departure from the regular course of proceeding ; and I now aek of the Court confidently , but boldly , to keep faith with me and the prisoner , and put as in the same condition we would be in if we had not consented to the suggestion for postponement .

      Barjn rennefatbor . —Suppose yon had not consented , and that it was the convenience of the Court it should be delayed , or that the Attorney-General said , I will not proceed with the indictment ; then is it a matter of right for the prisoner to have it pro * ceeded with ? Mr Butt . —When any prisoner is brought up to plead , the proceeding should be completed . Baron Pennefather . —Have you any authority for this ? A case of the kind never occurred within my knowledge . Mr Butt . —I have no authority . Caron Pennefather . —We cannot decide that when once a prisoner is put to the bar the arraignment should be completed , except on express authority .

      Mr Butt . —But this proceeding wentmuoh further than that . We put it , however , as a question for the discretion of the Court rather than as a matter of strict right . What right , I ask , has the Attorney-General to come in here , and prevent from pleading a party who ia under a serious charge , and who wishes to put himself on the country ? Whatever advantage the Attorney-General & eeks—and it is clear he seeks one , or he would not thus press the matter—should be disclosed ; or he should not persevere in his opposition . It was for your Lordships' convenience the arraignment was stopped , and I now ask you to allow us to plead . Baron Pennefather . —What inconvenience is it to the prisoner ? Mr Butt . —I cannot state any . Baroti Pennefather . —What advantage can it be to the Crown ?

      Mr Bu . t . —I cosfess I cannot suggest the advantage it would ba to the Crown ; but I suppose itmust be somo advantage when the Attorney-General presses the case in this way . The Solicitor-General . —The learned gentleman has put forward a variety of grounds in support of his application , and , amongst others , that the present proceeding on the part of the Crown is unprecedented ; but I submit it is the ordinary practice that a prisoner should be called to the bar , and when the Clerk of the Crown haa commenced the arraignment the counsel for the Crown may ask the Court to let the matter stand over for a time . The learned counsel for the prisoner has taken upon himself to deliver something like a lecture on Che in which

      way the counsel for tho Crown should discharge their duty . He said it would better bacome the dignity ofthe Attorney-General to waive any advantage he might obtain , Now , I say that such an act of presumptuous dictatorship as to the course the counsel for the Crown should think proper to pursue , is , in my experience , most unprecedented . The learned gentleman then suggested how we should proceed ; but 1 would suggest to the counsel for the prisoner to keep within his own duty , and not give a lecture as to the course the counsel for the Crown should adopt , for to do so is unjustifiable and unprecedented ,

      The learned gentleman was equally unwarranted in saying that the counsel for the Crown ( whose only object is to bring the criminal to justice ) intend to practice any stratagem or device . I say those insinuations are not to be tolerated , and will not be endured . I hope the Court will not impose such unprecedented conditions on tho Attorney-General as to call upon him to disclose the circumstances which he deems it necessary to consider before an individual who is to be tried shall bo called upon to plead We mast proceed advisedly in this case , and not be forced to take a precipitate step if we deem such step precipitate .

      The Attorney-General . —As far as I am personally concerned , I am only discharging a public duty , and I wish to do that conscientiously . If the trial goes on vhia pmeot commission , I may fcesatMed to have

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19081848/page/6/