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    for he then goes for _^ er > May I «* . gentlemen , am I drawing on rflr _^ _iMtam w hen I _^ you not PU * any forced _oon _^ _oacf & K on tongnK _* but to WfflUMe and receive ?' , - literally ts it is written \ t m a _^ ~ « Sot _tenf _^ U a fecal _legislaturc _^ _not to retu rn to _nwVrtrtwn _^ _taSon-iiot * golden tot , or a batc _>^ Tkparfement , or a _CottefJft-green chapel of _Ke teSt Stephen ' s ; but an Insn _R-pubhc , one and _yfrSble . _- ' W « that Iangu « e _consistent wtu tbe _loS-lutv _^ f the Queen ? Was « consistent with her Mrjesty remaining Queen of ths United Kingdom to establish an Irish Republic one and _indiji-^ bIe -7 How was this Republic to be established 1 : His avowed object is an Irish Republic . The _tsode by which it was to be obtained was by himself and his countrymen meeting in arms . He goes on to -gay ;—And how are we to meet that day ? In _£ " _»' . my _csumrymen , in arras . Thus , and not _otheralse , have ever nations of men sprang to liberty end power ,

    ¦& c j < £ c , Mr Mitchel avows for his object an Irish Republic , one and indivisible ; he has avowed his means for _projuriu 2 that republic by ' _appearing in arms . He has also avowed the time as ' the spring ofthe year . I think , gentlemen , perhaps that these words W 6 re not sufficiently plain _. and accordingly he say . * , ' I will speik more _plgmly' : — There is now _growing on the soil of Ireland a we » Itb of grain , and roots , and cattle , iar more than enough to sustain in life and comfort all the Inhabitants of the

    island . That wealth must not leave t > 3 another year , no : until every grain of it is fought for in every stage , from the tying " of ths sheaf to the loading of the ship . And _sfceifi-jrt necessary for that simple act of _self-preservation will , at one aad the same blew , prostrate British dominion and _landlordism together . 'Tis but the one act of volition ; if we resolve to live , we make our country free and a sovereign state . What , gentlemen , is a _fres and sovereign _sta'e , ac cording to Mr Mitchel , but this ideal republic ? Might I ask you . in sober earnestness , as rationa ' men , if Vr Holmes , who is to _fulluw me , can put any meaning on thia _language except thafc it wss a piece of advice to the farmers , who are to reap the _forthcsmir . g harvest , that they should rise up in arsis , possess themselves of the propertv of the country , establish a republic , and make Ireland a free and sovereign state ? The letter is then concluded as follows : —

    Will you not gir 4 _npjonr loias ior this _gre * t national _Btruirgle . and stun * _, with your countrymen for life and lasd f Will you , the sons of a warlike race , the iaheritors or _canguering memories—with the arms of _freemen in all your homf s , aud relics of the _gallant Republican ? of _cinety-eight fer ever before your _tyet—will you stand _folding your _han-Js in _helpless ' _loyalty , ' and while every nation in Christendom is seizin ? on its birthright with armed hands , wiil you take patiently with your rations of yellow meal , and yonr inevitable portion of eternal contempt ? _Ifthiibs your determination , Protestants of Ulster , then _meke haste , sign addresses of loyalty and confidence in Lord Clarendon , and protest , wiih that other lord , your unalterable attachments to ' oar veiaerabls institntioBE . ' Johs Mitchel . Aite" SITUS farther remarks , the learned gentleman concluded by demanding a verdiet of Guilty .

    Mr _UHiELss _vebxos , Registrar of _Newspapers , in the Stamp Office . —Jons Vebge , Tax Collector , and two Police Constable , 99 C and G 5 . proved the _proprietorship and publication of the United Irishman , and Mr P . G . Barrox , magistrate of the county of Limerick , proved the attendance of Mr Mitchel at the Limerick soiree .

    THE DEFENCE . Mr Holmes rose to address thejury for the defence at a _quirter past twelve o ' clock . He said—May it please your _iordships , acd gentlemen , I am counsel for the prisoner , John Mitchel ; and I am well aware oi the _important duty _wkich devolves on me this day , as counsellor _tbatfjentlemar , aad _alsoofmyinadequeey to discharge that duty ; but I __ will avow , tbat 1 feel pride at being selected on this occasion by Mr Mitehel , because I believe in my heart that he is an honest man , sincerely attached to the principles he avows—and no doubt which he avows boldly—and _although the government of thi 3 country may fear Mm , or hate him , they cannot despise him . In thh case , gentlemen , _theprisozer , John Mitchel , Btands charged with two distinct offences—and ifc is

    _somewhst remarkable that , in support of those two distinct _( _if-fcces , the same identical evidence is given to support bath . The Attorney General will be very well satisfied , no doubt , if tou _siva your verdict on both er either charges , or for anything , like the foreman of the grand jury who found tbe bids . The foreman of the sir itid jury , gentlemen , having been asked if the jury had found bills _asainst the prisoner . ' Oh , ye 3 ; ¦ we find him guilty of sedition . ' * Gentlemen , ' said the officer oi the court , ' he is not indicted for sedition- ' ' Well , ' raid the foreman , ' we find him guilty ef treason . ' ' But , gentlemen , again interrupted the officer , ' ihe _charge against Mr Mitohel is for felony . ' * Oh , no matter , ' said the foreman , ' sedition , treason , 01 felony , it « all the same to us , ' and so with the Attorney General , if you convict the _prisoner , that is all that he wants . Gentlemen , as the court will tell yon , the _question in this case is not whether Mr

    Mitehel may nave committed in these publications other _offences ; if you think him guilty of high treason , you ought not to find him so , for you must believe him guilty o : one or both of the charges made againsthim , or find a verdict of acquittal . The first charge is , tbat he c _irapassed , imagined , invented , devised , or intended t » deprive , or depose , our most gracious Sovereign ihe Queen , from the style , honour , « r _reyal name ofthe imperial crown ofthe Doited _Kingdom , ' end 'hat this was evidenced by overt aots of his , namely , tbe publication of the different articles in the _newspapers that were read for you . Now , really , I may bi very dull , but I do not rightly comprehend this part of f be let of Parliament , or _meaning ofthe ¦ wor ds , ti depose tht Queen from ihe stvle , hnn ? ur , or royal name of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom . ' I can _understand deposing the Queen from the throae perfectly well . I ean understand an

    attempt made on the life ofthe Queen perfectly well , or expelling her from her dominions ; bat 1 do not , for the life of me , know what it is to ' ' epose her' from the style , _feonour , or royal name of the imperial crown of the United _Kiogdom . ' If Mr Mitchel was indicted upon another section of tbis statute , for' _intimidauns both or cither Honse * of Parliament , I could understand the evidence here as applicable perhaps , if it were _alleged that by so doing he got them to pass an act to increase the Irish representatives from one to two hundred , bat I cannot understand this charge , for _notwithstanding that he did _' so the Crown would not be affected in the least' in the Etyie , honour , or royal name ofthe imperial crown of the United Kingdom ;* she would still be as she is , Bad have the same title . I am not _accasin" the

    Attorney General of a blunder in drawing the indictment ., fo ; he has followed the act , but we must bave acts cf parliament that we can understand , and I defy any man to understand what it is to deprive her "Majesty ofthe _slyle , honour , and _roval name of tke _lapenal crown of the United Kingdom . The importance of this consideration would appear from the first secion ofthe article , which declares—' that from the 1 st o * January , 1801 , tbe kin § dota of Great Britain ar . d Irehcd shall ba for ever united bv the name o * tte United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and that the royal style and title _appertamin-, ' to the imperial crown of the United Kingdom , and all the armorial bearings , & c , shall be such as his Majesty , by his royal _proclamatioa _, under the great seal Eh 3 _ll appoint . ' Now , lean understand

    _anything done to deprive the _Q-ieen of her title of _Sovereign of the United Kingdom ; but , as I eaid before . I cannot understan d _depriving her ' of the Style , honour , and royal name , ' as laid in this _iudietaent . What the deprivation is I cannot comprehend , therefore I _cannot nndtrstand this _charge against the prisoner . What i 3 the other charge ? It p * advising or intending to levy war _against her Majesty , her _heira or successors , living in any partof the United _Ivinjdom , by force or constraint , to compel her to change her measures er councils . ' What measures ? Whit councils ? Is there the _slfcht'st ev ' - d ; nce here - \ _s to what measures or councils these publications purported to change ? Are yen , gentlemen , S 3 a jury , to grope in the da ? k ? Are these publications calculated to force the Queen to alter her measures with France or America , or any other countrv

    on the face of the earth ? What the measures are the prisoner wants to change I canaot understand ? What have been the measures of this session of parliament for the improvement of _Ire-and ? The Poor "Law . Tnat is the only measure I know of , and ba ? . Mr Mitchel endeavoured to change it ? Kot in the _le-tst ; therefore I _Mk my learned friend , the Attorney-General , or the gentleman who will follow me for the Crown , to tell you , oa your oaths , what course or measure it is my client has endeavoured ' bv advising the levy of war , ' to force the Queen to change , I _srould be glad to hear , even now , if the Attorney-General would condescend to inform me . I have no object ion to let him mend his speech , if by doiDgso he can tell you any measure er council Mr Mitchel endeavoured to compel her Majesty to change by trying to lew war . Gentlemen , this is a criminal case , and

    It is incumbent on those who make the _ charge to prove it a 3 clear as light—to prove a specific offence nnder the statute . The Crown , I admit , have done all they could—they have followed the Act of Parliament , but they have not proved that Mr Mitchel haa tried tolevy war against the Qaeen— ' to compel her by constraint to change her measures or councils . ' I put it to your lordships that , under this acfc _. _unless the Crown prove a specific measure or council that the prisoner _wanted to have changed by these publications , be is entitled to an acquittal ; and , therefore I apply myself further to the ease—I would wish to have your lordships' opinion on the subject a 9 to what Is to _fe left to ths jury . If your lordships do not wish So interfere at this stage of the trial , I will , of couree , ¦ proc eed . Baron Lefrot . — Whatever the charge is , appears fen the record , and the const will refer to it .

    Mr Holmes , iu continuation , proceeded to observe , will the learned gentleman tell the jury what _nieaftrres—what councils are those laid n _>}>> Act of

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    P arliament which Mitchel has conspired against , and upon which , if you eonvict him , he will be transported for life ? Will he leave thejury in that state of uncertainty ; and if he does not think other wiee , it will be my duty to go fully _inti the case , It ianot my duty here to tell you , gentlemen of the jury—and if I did , you would not believe me—that there are very strong expressions used by ray client in those publications . There are , and he avows them , and many of those expressions I also avow , and I want to try this case of felony between the crown and the accused , which I cannot do without calling your and the

    attention to something of the history present state of Ireland , and with tbat view I tell yon , in the first instance , that Ireland is an enslaved country . A great mistake is entertained by many persons to the effect that there cannot be slavery—that _ no man can ba a slave unless he bs in chains , or subject to the lash of the planter like the negroes but the slavery of which I speak is the slavery of the people , which consists in this , that they do not make their own laws themselves—that they do not make the laws by ' which they are governed , but that those laws are made by other . ? , and 1 say it boldly , that a people so circumstanced are in a state of slavery .

    Baron Lefrot said , the court were very reluctant to interpose , but the course pursued by Mr Holmes was calculated to embarrass them in the situation they occupied , by introducing objectionable matter _, to which _. if thev did not express their dissent . it might make them liable to tha imputation of having approved the line of argument advanced by Mr Holmes . Mr Holmes . —I am ths last man to press upon the court that which I had not a right _todo ; and I think itimpoB _^ ib ' e to do justice to jay client without doing justice to Ireland also . ( Loud cheers . ) Baron Lefrot called upon the Sheriff to gire orders that persons who would again create disturbance in the court should be taken into custody . Tbe learned Baron commanded that the person who would commit snch a breach of publio decorum shonld hs instantly reported te the court , and it would be bis duty to commit him .

    Mr _Eolmes . —The Act of Parliament under which Mr Mitchel stands at the bar does not prescribe one punishment , it _misht be of two years' imprisonment , or seven yeara' transportation , or _transportation for I life , and if there should be a verdict of conviction , is it not important to show all the circumstances of the case , and the provocations under which my client has acted in those publications ? I think it quite essential to his case , and with that view the liEe I have prescribed for myself is quite necersary for his defence . Afy client may be guilty of felony ; but , I say it broadly and boldly , that England is the cause of the offence of which he . 3 accused , and I will de monstrate it . I care not by what means you have been impanelled . I address you , because I believe you to be honest men and faithful Irishmen . Take

    nothing from me ; I will state upon high authority : — ' What does the liberty of a people consist in ? It consists in the right and power to make laws for its own government . Were an individual to make laws for another country , that person is a despot , and the people aro slaves . When one country makes laws for another country ( asd that England is making laws for Ireland I will demonstrate , by which Ireland is enslaved , ) the country wbich makes the laws ia abso lately the sovereign country , and the country for which those laws are made in a state of slavery . ' I give tbat upon the authority of an Englishman—an honest man in his day—Blackstone . And what does be say ? On constitutional questions he will not be suspected or accused of being too much in favour of popular rights ; he says : — ' Ic follows from the nature

    and constitution ofa dependent state , tbat England shoald make laws for Ireland '—( treating Ireland as a conquered country , he is arguing that England has a right to do so . ) ' Ireland' —that is a conquered country—' conquered , planted , 3 nd governed by England , it might be necessary that it should be subject to such laws as the superior state thinks proper to prescribe . ' In speaking of this country , Ireland , he ( _BiackstoEe ) maintains that because Ireland had been a conquered country in his days , Ireland of the present time , and for posterity for ever , should be bound by such laws as the conquering state thinks proper to make for her . Accordingly England , except for a period of eighteen years , did make laws for Ireland . There was a celebrated statute , called 'PoyniBg ' s Law , ' _parsed in the reign of Henry 8 th ,

    by which it was enacted by the English Parliament that the Irish Parliament shonld net have the power to pass any law foi" Ireland until it was first ap proved by the King and Parliament of England ; and at a later period , in the reign of George 1 st , an net was passed declaring expressly in words that England alone had thc right to make laws for the government oflreland ; so that England , by that law , declared that no law could be passed for Ireland unless they permitted it , but that the English _Parliament alone had the power to make those laws . I question wiil the- able lawyer who , in the course of bis eloquent address put questions to me , deny the accuracy ef what I sta ' . e . Let him controvert it il he can—that down to the present time Ireland has _baen deprived of the power of making laws for her self , It happened that some years after tbat a body

    of men appeared in Ireland , " armed men—the glorious volunteers ef 17 S 2 . Atthat time the Parliament of England for a while did justice to this country—they repealed that act of Parliament declaring that England had the right to bind Ireland , and declared solemnly by that act , passed in 1 * 783 , and from that period England announced that Ireland had the power to make her own laws , and that the King , Lords , asd Commons of Ireland , and no other had power to make Jaws to bind Ireland . After that solemn act , in eighteen years—in less than twenty years—the Act of Union was carried . By that act of union , Ireland is said to be represented in ( he English Parliament by 100 members , whilst the English Parliament is composed of 500—five members to one . Doss Ireland—will the learned and able gentleman , the Attorney-Genera ] , now say—make

    law 3 for herself ? There never was in the history of nations so flagrant an act as the passing of the Act of Union in this eonntry . What was the Irish Parliament then chosen to do ? To make laws , or ordinary laws , and it had no more right to delegate its powers for that purpese—it had no right to surrender the solemn obligation committed to its charge by the people _^—to conspire with the English Parliament to annihilate itself , than I had . What would be said of the English Parliament , Bhould it delegate its authority to make laws for England , or to change anything at present existing and make an absolute

    state ? She would have just the same right to do f . o as the Irish Parliament had to destroy itself ; and I say it boldly and bToadiy , as a man , that the Act of Union 13 only binding a 3 a thing of expediency . Men will often submit to a certain order of things ' rather than run the risk of subverting by force of arms the state of things as established . No man upon slender grounds should endeavour to subvert the order of things ; but it ia the right of an enslaved country , and the laws of Providence approve the right , to arm aad right itself . What man would

    live-Baron Lefrot . —Mr Holmes , we cannot listen to this . You teach those doctrines to the people for the publication of which the prisoner Btands at the bar . We cannot suffer the esse of the prisoner to be put to the jury founded on the subject of repeal of the union by force of arms . Mr Holmes . —I will make it appear by thecondnct of England , and with respect to this very question ot repeal , that England haB been the cause of the present state of this country . The English ministry , by this very question ef repeal , bas brought this _country into the unfortunate state in which it now is By their duplicity on this question they are the guilty persons and not my client . On this question , with respect tn repeal , it has been agitated tor several years in thi ? coantry . Mr O'Connell , whose powers of mind and great popularity we all know , bearded the Whigs and Tories _Jfor years en this very question , and at the same time the government were determined that the

    measure should never pass . They declared it should not pass ; that they would prefer a civil war ; and yet that Bame government suffered Mr O'Connell to agitate that question for years . Was that weakness , er guilt , or both ? In the year 1831—1 believe there was a Whig ministry then in power—Lord Allhorp said , in _reterence to repeal : —* Is it not evident that repeal _aust produce a separation of the two countries ? I trust that those persons engaged in a course so daDgerou 3 to the peace and prosperity of the country will not succeed , but if they do it mnst be by a successful war , and I know that most of my countrymen ( meaning the English ) feel assured that such an event would be attended with complete success '—that is Lord Althorp ' _s countrymen would vanquish tht-Irish , and prevent the Aot of Union from beine repealed . He stated that the repeal of the union would end in separation—that he would prefer a civil war , and his countrymen would be victorious in thst

    war , and after that declaration was made the presen ! prime minister and bis colleagues guffered that ques tion to be agitated in this country in tho manner we all know . I say , if it were an honest resolve , and that repeal would lead to separation , that he preferred civil war rather than suffer the act to be repealed , they shoald have passed an act of _par'iament making it high treason to attempt a repeal ot the union Thafc would ba a bold step , I admit , whieh no man eould justify , but it would bean honest , open , and a bold one . We could have understood the thing ; but they suffered she man to be entrapped into what thev now complain of . They permitted a struggle fur repeal , while they themselves were parties to and continued the agitation of a measure which they asserted w-ouH end in separation ; and their last act is the prosecution of an unfortunate Irishman for agitating the question . It might be asked , was there any prosecution for that ? There was a prosecution . They all knew the fate of that prosecution , and that

    it ended in the defeat of the Crown . Mr O'Connell survived it . lie gave the agitation a magic meaning ; he called it' moral force , ' and was suffered to agitate the question , which he did to the last hour of his life in this country . Bat , although the Whig government foresaw that if granted it must end in separation they made no law against attempting to repeal it Nay , more , they restored Mr O'Connell , tho head and leader of the agitation , and several other _Itepealers

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    besides , to tbocomraiwionof the peace ; and yet now they say it is an offonoe under this new act of parliament to deprive the queen of the style , title , and royal name of the imperial crown . He ( Mr Holmes ) weuld say , and every man must agree with him , that the very government that had instituted this prosecution had been themselves the greatest cause of bringing this country into the wretched _Btatein which it was . His client might be statutably guilty , but be believed they were morally guilty . It was laid down distinctly by Blackstone , v . i _, p . 147 , that the people had a right to have arms , and to use arms against oppression . He was not wantonly or wildly broaching

    _dostrines of his own , but was addressing thera on constitutional grounds and principles , and could refer to high authorities and historical facts in support of every word he uttered . They found this doctrine of Mr Mitchel and of others waa condemned by the high and the wealthy . There are men—and they are chiefly to be found in what are called the better ranks of society—excellent men—religious menmoral men—kind men—and it all mankind were like them , they would have no such thing as liberty in tha world . Peace in their time is their first prayer ; and their highest aspiration to enjoy the good things of this life . They were consoled for the misfortunes of others by the reflection that the

    sufferer here vas only in a state ot trial , on his passage to another world—that other world where the tyrant must account for his oppression , and where the slave would be relieved from bondage . Oh , Ireland 1 Ireland ! Ireland ! thousands _^ and thousands , and thousands of thy children have for ages been obliged to look to tbat other world alone for a release from their destitution . Were the noble Lord _Lieutenant the best of tbe good , —were he the wisest of the wise , —were he the bravest of the brave , ¦ —he could not long maintain a connection between Great Britain and Ireland under a common crown by the gibbet , by the gaol , and by the sword ; the laws of eternal justice forbade it . How waa that connection to be maintained ? By justice , —by giving

    to Ireland her rights , —her rightB by nature , and her rights by compact , by giving to her her own parliament , truly representing the interests of the people . By giving to Ireland those tbey might have tho two countries united for ages undor a common Sovereign , by a community of interests and an equality of rights , by mutual affection and reciprocal respect ; but if for that was substituted a connection founded on the triumph of strength over weakness , they would have jealousy , and distrust , and tear , and hate , and vengeful thoughts , and bloody deeds , the sure and never failing proofs of injustice . Let them give to Ireland her own parliament , —not the parliament of ' 82 . that was a meteor light which flashed across the Ian '—it was a deceptive vapour , which quickly

    vanished . Ireland wanted a fixed star , bright and resplendent—the cordial influence and reflecting radiance of which might be seen and felt in the glorious union of liberty , happiness , and peace ; but it was urged that if they did that , it would lead , as Lord Althorp had said , to separation , and thafc Ireland would be erected into a separate independent State , And suppose it did ; who was to blame for that ? England ! What right had England—what right had any country to build its greatness upon the slavery , degradation , and wretchedness of another ? Let them strip tbe case of the disguise with which ambition , and crime , aBd the love of power , had invested it , and what _jthe sophistry of conquerors , and princes , and courtiers , and lawyers , had cast around it ; what , then , waB it ? A ' strong

    man , because he is _ssrong , insults his brother man , because his brother man is weak—the slave struggles to be free , and the enslaver kills him because ho Btrnegle 3 , That was British conquest and dominion in Ireland—that was British legislation in Ireland . He called npon the jury , in conclusion , as they valued their oaths , and as they valued justice and public good , manly bearing and personal honour , and as they loved the country of their birtb , to find a verdict of acquittal . Mr Henn replied on [ the part of the Crown , and contended that tbe counsel for the prisoner had not touched upon the real merits ot the question before thejury . The charges in the indictment were two , and they could not have any difficulty , he thought , in understanding them with the assistance of the judge . Thejury then retired .

    At a quarter past six o'clock , the jury having then been two hours in consultation , the judge directed the sheriff to inquire whether they had agreed to their verdict . The foreman replied in the negative , but added that there was every probability of their coming to a decision in a short time—perhaps within an hour . The learned Judge then retired , and inJiraated his intention of returning into court at a . quarter past seven o'clock .

    THE VERDICT . Shortly after seven o ' clock Mr Justice Moore entered the court , and thejury having been called , and asked whether they had agreed , The Foreman amidst breathless silence , handed down the verdict ,- ' GUILTY . ' Upon the announcement of the verdict , the prisoner ' s wife threw herself on the shoulder of her hutsband , who stood near her in the dock , in an agony of erief . Several of tbe pri-ener'fl friends , including Messrs T . F . Meagher , T . Devin Reilly , the Rev .

    Father Kenyon , Dr Gray , Mr Doheny , Mr J . Dillon , & c , then came . forward Ito the dock and gave him a parting shake ' of the hand ; but before these evidences of sympathy had been concluded , Mr Baron Lefroy ealled on the police to clear the passage in front " of the dock ; stating that tbe conduct ofthe prisoner ' s friends was calculated to disturb the order and propriety of tee court . He then directed that the prisoner should be removed and brought before the court at eleven o ' clock to-morrow ( Saturday ) morning , to hear his sentence pronounced .

    Shortly before the jury had pronounced their ver . diet , some person ran into Green-street and announced to the people that there waa no probability of an agreement . This declaration was at once caught up , and deafening shouts of applause which lasted several minutes , followed . At last the police received orders to clear the streets , but the moment these orders were given the people dispersed quietly . Wben the reality of a verdict of guilty became known to the populace they began to depart in gloomy silence , and at half-past seven o ' clock the streets in the neighbourhood of the prison were clear of all except the police , who still remained . Almost all the Bhop windows in Capel-street were immediately closed when the news spread abroad . The police were marched off _shortly after , and some of thejury left on foot , others outside , and eome inside cars . The foreman was escorted in a covered vehicle guarded by three policemen to his residence

    TUE SENTENCE . SATnMAv , May 27 th . —At five minutes past eleven o'clock , the judges , Baron Lefroy and Mr Justice _Meore , took their seatB on the bench . The Clebk of the Caew . v . —Gaoler , put forward John Mitchel . Mr Mitchel was here placed at the bar , where he stood in a calm , firm , and manly attitude . He waa warmly shaken by the hand by his friends who were about the bar . While his friends were thus testifying their respect , sympathy , and affection , Baron Lefroy called out in a peremptory tone , — ' Keep order in court . ' Sir C . _O'Loqhlem , then addressing the court , said , if your lordships have noobjeotion , we would wish to have the verdict of thejury read by the Clerk of the Crown . The Ciei ! E of the _Cbown . —Tho verdict is ' Guilty . '

    Sir C . _O'Loghlen . — . What is the issue paper ? Read the _ksue paper itself . The _Cwrk of the Crown then read the issue . It stated that thejury were to try whether John Mitchel was guilty or not guilty of the oharge on whioh he was put forward , and that the verdict returned was ' Guilty . ' Baron Lkfhoy then looked over the indictment , and said—We have called on this case first this morning in order to give time if there should bs , either on the part of the prisoner or of the Crown , any application to be made to the court relating to it . It is , therefore , that we have had the caso called on first , and we shall now proceed to dispose of it . The Clerk of the Crown then asked Mr Mitchel if he had anything to say why _sentence should not be passed upon him ?

    Mr Mitchel . —I have to say that I have been found guilty by a packed jury—by a jury of a partisan sheriff—by a jury not empannelled even according to the law of England . I have been found guilty by a packed jury , obtained by a juggle , a jury not empannelled by a sheriff , but by a juggler . The Ihon _Shemff . —My lord , I olaim tho protection ot the court . Mr Mitchel—That ia tho reason I object to sentence being passed on me . Baron Lbfrot . —That imputation upon the oonduct of the sheriff I must pronounce to be most unwarranted and unfounded . I Btate this , not on my own opinion alone , but on the opinion of two indifferent gentlemen on their oaths , who were chosen aud apiiuiuted to examine into tho matter , and who have

    declared that the panel waa an impartial panel , fairly obtained and formed . On thoir eaths they have found it to be so . Therefore the sheriff , far from being subject to the imputation cast upon bim , has _donebisduty in the case . John IHitchel _, I cannot attheoutset but express my regret—regret that , I am sure , is shared in by my brother judge—that a person ef your condition should stand at the bar under the circumstances you do . You have been found guilty on the indictment charging you with feloniously compassing , imagining , _atid intending to deprive the Queen of the style , title , honour , and royal same of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom ; and with having given publicity to that intention by publishing certain writings in a nublio t . ewBp 8 per , published b y yoo , and calle d the _Umiibd _iHisHUAK . There are other counts on which you have been also found guilty . Yoa cave been found

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    guilty of tho felonious intent and purpose of intending to levy war against tbe Queen , for the purpose of compelling her by force and constraint to change her measures aud counsels -, and that those felonious intents and purposes were manifested in publications put forward in your own name in the same newspaper . These are the charges for which you were puton your trial , and of which you have beon found guilty . The evidence was furnished by yourself in publications _coming out of your own hands—deliberate publications , issued at intervals of timo which gave you full leisure and opportunity to consider what you were about , and to reflect upon what might be the consequences ofyour acts . The case turned upon the raeaniug and interpretation of those publications . The meaning and intention waa clearly furnished by yourself , and came from yourself , _juatas the publications themselves . The meaning and intent was collected from tbe language of the publica-.

    tions _thcmselvex , net confined to one , but to bo collected frnm tbe successive publications , so as to leave no doubt upon the words interpreted by yourself aa tothe meaning and intent of these publications . The very able counsel who defended you was not able to offer any other interpretation of their meaning than that which is assigned in the indictment . Upon this evidence , therefore , thus furnished by yourself , the jury have found you guilty . Witb that verdict , therefore , however you may be advised , or think yourself justified in calling it tho verdict of a packed jury , thus imputing perjury to twelve of your countrymen , deliberate and wilful perjury . — Mr Mitchel . —No , my Lord , I did not impute perjury to thejury . Baron Lefroy , —I understood thatyouhad stated , in arrest of _judgmtnt , that you had been found guilty by a packed jury . Mr _MiTcnsi , —I did .

    Baron Lbfh . oy .--I shall make no further observation upon that ; but I owe it to the jury to state that upon the evidence furnished thus by yourself , no juror who had the slightest regard to the oath he had taken could , by possibility , come to a different conclusion . What ground of doubt was even _suggested with respect to the effect of the publication by yourself or with respect to the interpretation and meaning of these publications ? As I observed , not even your own able counsel was able to _BUggest a doubt or meaning different from what is imputed to them . No , not even to suggest any apology whioh could be attended to in a court of justice , but an apology amounting to this , that you had a right to violate the law . Well , then , with the verdict establishing your guilt © i the offence stated upon the face

    of this indictment even yourself cannot fairly quarrel ; and now , what is the nature of the offence of which you bave been found guilty ? If not the greatest offence , itis near akin to the greatest offence which any subject can be guilty of toward * his Sovereign or towards his country . By tbe law of England , up to a late period , the offence you have been found guilty of was high treason . At the present moment , both in England and Ireland , it is a treasonable felony ; and I cannot but hope , _notwithstanding the deliberate perseverance in the course which unhappily you have been pursuing , that you may yourself one day or other be struck with the awful consequences , the awful results to which that course must of necessity bave led , if it had not been cheoked in its progress .: Surely a provisional

    government is t _.-, ken from a howling mob—surely a practical enforcement ofyour arguments , enforced by a hundred thousand pikes , must have been attended with moBt desolating ruin to your country . Well , then , independently of the nature of thiB crime , look at the circumstances connected witb it . I will not go into any extraneous circumstances , but look at the circumstances which were brought before the court , and to which we could not shut our eyes , connected with this offence . It originated in a speech . Well , great allowance might be made for a speech delivered under excitement , and , though the time and place were badly chosen , upon an _occasian where excitement would do more mischief perhaps than upon a more sober occasion—if it even rested upon tbat , there might be great allowance and great apology . But

    after time for deliberation you thought fit to publish that speech , so full of exciting and objectionable matter , so charged with these felonious _compassings and intentions whioh are stated in the indictment . Tou thought fit to publish , to fake away from it all apology of momentary excitement , to take away from it all apology of limited effect . You put it into a condition calculated to give it circulation through every corner of the land , to diffuse the poison through every _txcited mind in the whole country . The iaw makes , even upon the matter of high treason , a great distinction between words spoken and published . You deprived yourself of every mitigation which the law allows , and of every fayourable distinction it has established as between words spoken a , id published . You published deliberately the first article , upon

    wliich so much has been lately said tbat it is quite unnecessary for me to recall er reiterate the objectionable passages it contains to sustain both the one count and the other . But upon _ccmparing the two publications , the first of the 6 th of May and the second of the 13 th , this observation arises—that whatever possible mitigation might arise from the tenor of the first , or from anything occurring on it , has been effectually withdrawn by you and done away within the second . The second , which was at an interval oi another week , leaves it utterly impossible for the greatest Btretch of ingenuity or the greatest perveiaion of interpretation to protect you . Upon the second tbe charge is—and we have it expressed by _yourslf—an intention to overthrow the monarchy and establish in its place a republio . To render

    distinct what was perhaps vaguely expressed in the first you have published the second document for which you were indicted . The first contained matter which perhaps might have been , and would , no doubt , if the case had rested on that alone , have been a circumstance of mitigation , or at least an apology for that publication . You have in it disclaimed the intention ofa war of plunder and ass _.-ts sination ; and it was a disclaimer which would have been to yoor credit acd to your advantage , if you had left it to be made use of on your behalf . But what appears in the second publication , from the man who disclaimed a war of plunder and assassination ? You tell your country men in the second ublication , after a preface , that you were going to speak plainly , — ' There is now growing on the soil of Ireland a

    wealth of grain , and roots , and cattle , far more than enough to sustain in life and comfort all the inhabitants ofthe island . That wealth must not leave us another year , not until every grain of it is _feught for in every stage , from the tying of the sheaf to the loading of the ship ; and the effort necessary to that simple act of self-preservation will at one and at the same blow prostrate—British dominion and landlordism together . ' Now , how is it possible that advice could be acted upon without , of necessity , leading to plunder , to the violent taking away and withholding , by force and violence , the property justly belonging to others , or withholding it from thera by force and violence , by the uso of arms ? Thus it is , then , that you appear from one stage to another to have advanced in a bold , and deliberate , determined

    opposition to the law , in language more and more unmeasured , more and more mischievously _ exciting . I do not express myself , —at least , such is not my purpose—to hurt your feeling ? , but merely to discharge the duty which is now cast upon the Court to admeasure , in proportion to the nature of the crime , the punishment which it may be our duty to inflict . It is , therefore , _tkat I have , of necessity , stated strongly these passages of that publication , and the manner of them , and the perseverance of them , and the deliberation of theru , as the grounds by which we are bound to measure our judgment , and to discharge the solemn duty we owe to the law and the public , and the peace and welfare of the kingdom . But has there been in the course of this trial attempted any explanation , any

    interpretation , any apology , for these publications , or anything tending to raise a doubt of bearing the interpretation put upon them by the indictment ? In adverting to the course taken for the defence we desire—and I especially desire it to be understood that the _observations I am about to make , and in which 1 am fid lowing up some of the observations in the charge of my learned brother , in every word ot which I concur —in tho observations that I am about to make on the line of defence that was adopted , I make them not to aggravate in the least tke punishment it may be my dutv to impose , any more than it aggravated the case before thejury . But I make these observations respecting the line of defence that was taken in order to mark its irrelevancy , and with a view that the

    court may not appear to acquiesce m that line of defence . We felt it our duty not to put a stop to it , but to interpose with a view cf reprobating and Checkin g it as a line of defence which , in our judgment , was not warranted by the privilege given to a prisoner , fer his defence , and which , as it was too plainly shown , was as injudicious as it was injurious to the prisoner . No interpretation offered—no meaning ascribed to those publications—no effort made to show that you were not guilty of the offence imputed to you by the indictment ; but a lino of defence was taken which not only implicitly but expressly stated that you might be statutably guilty , but that you were yet justified in what you did . The court , though we did not stop that line of defence , yet deaired

    to—Mr Holmes . —My Lords , with the greatest respect , what I said was , that though he might bo statutably guilty he was not , in my opinion , morally guilty , I repeat that opinion now , Baron Lwrot _.-I should be glad to find that I am mistaken altogether in my view ofthe drift of the remark , and I should ba extremely glad to adopt the conviction . I shall say no more upon that point . I only adverted to it in order to shield the court from the possible supposition that we sat here and acquiesced l ' \ * of defonce which appeared to us very littlo short ot , or amounting to , as objeetionablomatter _» b m ch the P _^ oner has been found guilty . Mr UouiE 3 . —I am responsible for that under act of Parliament . This observation created great excitement in court .

    Baron Lefrot . —Are there any policemen in court to prevent this interruption ? The _Hion-SnuRiFF , —I have given distinct orders

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    to the police to remove from the court any persons interrupting the proceedings . j Baron L _^ _ovl-But they should make prisoners of them , that they might be committed to prison . I _wiBh you ( addressing the prisoner ) to understand tnat we have with the utmost anxiety , and with a view to come to a decision upon the measure of punishment which it would be our duty to impose , postponed the passing of sentence upon you until _ this morning . We have with the utmost deliberation examined the matter , with an anxiety to duly d ischarge the duty which we owe on all handB—the duty which we owe the prisoner of not meting out the punishment beyond tho just measure of the offence , and the duty we owe to the public that the degree of punishment Bhould be such as to carry out tho object of allpunishment : which is not the mere infliction ofthe f the MUrif W persons

    penalty upon the person convicted , but the prevention of crime ; that that punishment should carry with it a security to the country , as far aa possible , that one who has offended so perseveringly—that so deliberate a violator of the law shall not be permitted to continue bis course ot conduct to the disturbance of its peace and prosperity . We had to consider all this—to look at the magnitude otthe crime , and to look also at the consideration that if this were not the first case brought under the act our duty might have obliged us to carry out the penalty it awards to the utmost extent ; but taking into consideration that this is the first conviction under tho actthough the offence has been as clearly proved an any offence of the kind could be — the sentence of the court is . that you bs transported beyond the seas for the term of fourteen years .

    The ATTORNEY-GENERiL demanded that judgment against the prisoner should be entered on each count iu tbe indictment , as was the rule in England . Baron Lefroy . —The Attorney-General having called upon us to have judgment entered on each count in the indictment , I order the Clerk of the Crown to do bo . Mr J . Kea . of Belfast , here addressed the court , and said , —I have to make a complaint of the conduct of the high sheriff , by whose orders , notwithstanding that I was a material witness for Mr

    Mitchel in the challenge to the array , I was kept out of eourt on tho day before yesterday , and thus prevented from comuiutiicatine ; with the traverser ' s counsel . At the same time that _Iwaa excluded from court , although I bad business in it , and am an articled clerk to an attorney , a great number of officers of tho army were allowed to come here , and occupy the places that belong of right to professional men . It was a serious injury to the traverser that I was kept out . I several times told the policeman that I was a material witness for Mr Mitchel , in order to enable him to prove the challenge .

    The Court . —Have you your Bummona , Mr Rea ? _WiTftEsc—I have . Baron Lefroy . —We have had no complaint from Mr Mitohel of the absence of a material witness . Mr Rea—But , _mylord _. hasthe sheriff a right to keep professional men out , and allow military men in the court ? The parade-ground and the barrack are tbo places for soldiers ; but I tbink the courts of justice Bhould be reserved for men , belonging , my lord , to our profession .

    The High Sheriff . —May I say a few words in reference to a charge made by this gentleman against me ? The first time I heard of his being refused admittance waa this morning , when I was informed by the police that he endeavoured in a turbulent way to get admittance into court , and threatened to use' physical force' in order to obtain admittance . My wish throughout this trial has been to procure accommodation for every person who had business to discharge in court ; and I _turnished Mr Mitchel ' s friends with tickets in order that tbey might be enabled to communicate with him . Baron _LsraoY ( addressing Mr Rea . j—The court desires , if you havo any complaint to mike against the sheriff , that you will embody it in an affidavit . Mr Rba . —I shall do so .

    Mr M ' Gowran , a barrister , here complained that although dressed in bar costume he had not been permitted , on the previous day , to take his seat in the box _asgigned to counsel ; that be had made several applications to the police for admittance , but was refused by the direction of the high sheriff , although at the same time there was room for half a dozen persons in the box . Baron _LEFflorsaid , lie regretted that any member of the bar should have been subjected to any inconvenience ; but the instructions given to tho sheriff were , to reserve places for all persons wbo had a duty to perform in court . Considering the difficulty ofthe duties imposed on the high sheriff , it was only surprising that he had disoharged them so well .

    HEROIC CONDUCT OF THE ' CONVICTED

    PATRIOT . EXTRAORDINARY SCENE . Mr Mitchel then said , —The law has now done its part , and the Queen of England , her Crown , and Government in Ireland are now secure , pur . suant to act of parliament . I have done my part also . Three months ago I promised Lord Clarendon and his government in this country , that I would provoke hira into his courts of justice , which places of this kind are called , and that I would force him publicly and notoriously to pack a jury against me to convict me , or else that I would walk a free man out of this court , and provoke hira to a contest in another field . My lord , I knew I was setting my life on that cast -, but I knew that in either event

    the victory should be with me , and it is with me . I presume neither the jury , nor the judges , nor any other man in this court , presumes to imagine that it is a criminal who stands in this dock . ( Murmurs of applause , which the police endeavoured to repress . ) I have shown what this law is made of in Ireland . I have shown that her Majesty ' s govern _, ment sustains itself in Ireland by packed juries , by partisan judges , by perjured sheriffs . Baron Lefroy . —The court cannot sit here to hear

    you arraign the jurors ol the country , the sheriffs of the country , the administration of justice , and the tenure by which the Crown of England holds this country . Wc cannot sit here and suffer you to pro . ceed thus , because the trial is over . Everything you had to say previous to the judgment the court was ready to hear , and did hear . We cannot suffer you to Btatid at that bar to repeat , I must say , very nearly a repetition ofthe offence for which you ' have been sentenced .

    Mr Mitchel . —I will not say any more of that kind ; but I say this—Baron Lefroy . —Anything you wish to say we will hear ; but 1 trust you will keep yourself within the limits which your judgment must suggest to you . Mr Mitchel—I have acted all through this business , from the first , under a strong sense of duty . I do not repent anything I have done , and I believe that the course which I have opened is only commenced . The Roman whs saw his band burning to ashes before the tyrant , promised that three hundred should follow out his enterprise . Can I not promise ( looking at his friends who surrounded the dock ) for one , for two , for three , aye , for hundreds ? A loud shout of exultation here rung through the court , accompanied by immense cheering , clapping of hands , and great manifest itions of excitement . Baron Lefroy . —Officer , remove Mr Mitchel .

    Clerk ot the Crown . —Mr Bourne , remove the prisoner . The turnkey then caught Mr Mitchel by tbe arm , and forced him to the rear of the dock , upon which the friends of Mr Mitchel rushed forward , and seizing him by the hands and head and shoulders , detained him for a moment , hut tbeir hasty farewell was no sooner commenced than it terminated . During the delivery of Mr Mitchel ' s short address , as well as during tho deliv « ry of the Baron's charge he deported himself in perfect composure and deliberate self-possession .

    At that moment a scene of excitement ensued which we believe for centuries has not been equalled in a court of justice . It was nervous and thrilling in _™ _M /? T' / _eper 60 TiRi friends and adherents of Mr Mitchel , who thronged the vicinity of tbe dock rose and , in the rush to get a touch or a sight ot the prisoner , created a commotion at once reckless and energetic . They seemed to have lost all idea of tho presence of the judges or the police authorities bent emen of the bar , who wore the costume , disrobed themselves and entered into active resistance to the police , by whom several persons were taken into custody , amongst whom were Messrs Meagher , Hoheny , and R . O ' Gorman , jun .

    __ During tho excitement that prevailed afc this period ot the proceedings , in which the crowded court seemed completely absorbed , Baron Lefroy rose and retired from the bench , but Judge Moore remained , unmoved by the excitement . The learned judge was evidently affected by the distressing circumstances under which the prisoner was placed . COMMITTAL OF MESSRS DOHENY AND T F MEAGHER FOR ALUSGED CONTEMPT ' OF COURT . Mr Michael Doheny was here placed at the bar , charged by Inspeotor Guy with disturbing the pease of the court , by shouting in a most disorderly manner Mr _DoHEsr . —I admit that I clapped my hands ' but I deny having shouted . In the fullest sense \ adopt every word uttered by Mr Mitchel at tha t dock .

    __ Baron Lefroy . -- You are pertinaciously persistinp in contempt of court . B Mr Doheny .-I don't mean to say one word that could be construed into contempt of oourf

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    Baron Lbfrot . —But you are acting iu a _t _^ inorease the contempt of which you had been gunSlh in the first instance . You admit that you _committ ed a contempt of court with which the court was _dwSi posed to deal leniently , supposing that the _expresaionom of feeling came from you involuntarily . But no _^ V Bir , you have added to that , and Beem disposed toto _' l commit an additional contempt . Mr Doheny . — I did not mean to say one word _iaini contempt of court . Sentiments were utter ed i „ in whioh I coincided , and I expressed my approbati , oni of them , and on no account whatever will I _retracM ! that approbation . After __ consulting for a few moments with _higigi brother judge , Baron _LsFROT .-But you are acting in a wsy _fr _,

    Baron Lefrot said , —I was not aware you were a ai member ofthe bar , from whom , therefore , might be _^ expected an observance of decorum much beyo _^ di what might be expected from a person not of the p 0 . ) ., sitien and rank you hold . Under the _circumstancogosi now detailed to the courfci we are of opinion that youm should bo committed . Mr Dohent . —lam counsel for some young menu _, who are charged with the offence of drilling , _Shalill I have an opportunity of defending them ? Mr Justice Moore . — Certainly , you shall bs per . . „ mitted to do so . Mr Baldwin , Q _.. C , intimated , that it was not tha 8 intention of the Crown to proceed with the _prosec _^^ tion for ' drilling , & c . ' in the case of ' the Queeu _y , ; , English and others . ' Mr Doheny then applied thafc his clients should beie permitted to stand out oa tbeir own recognizances too the next commission .

    As the Crown counsel did not object , the _applica-i . tion was graated . Mr T . F . Meagher wasthen brought up in custody ? of Inspector Little , who , on being sworn , _chargedd him with expressing applause by stamping his feetit and clapping his hands . Baron Lefrot . —You have heard what the police » i » man has sworn . Have you any _observation too make ? Mr Meagher , who appeared to be deeply affectedd by the sentence just pronounced on hia friend Mrr Mitchel , replied that he had nothing to say . Baron _Lufroy . —Do you mean to say that you con _«« fess what you have been charged with ? Mr Mbigher .. —I do , my lord . Baron Lefrot . —Have you aDy apology to offer ? Mr _MEAauER . —None , my lord _.

    Judge Moore . —Perhaps this was done in the ex-. citement of the moment , and you will reconsider the } matter in the course of the day . Baron Lefrot . —Wie will reeeiveany apology during » the sitting of the court . Anolhergentleman , who had given expression tot his feelings in the gallery ol the court , was also i brought up in custody ; but waa discharged on _i staling that he had acted under the excitement of thei moment . _Andruw English , one of the traversers in thei drilling' case before-mentioned , was also charged ! with turbulent conduct in the passage leading to the _s court . He _Btated , however , that he did not wish to _i create any disorder , but merely to obtain admission i into the court , where he expected his case would ba called on . The judges , therefore , ordered him to be discharged .

    Baron Lefrot said , with respect to Mr Doheny , who was kept standing at the table in the custody of the police , that the court would hot commit hira until he had time for a little calm reflection . Mr 3 . P . Dillon observed that Mr Doheny was in a state of excitement , but that he had not intended to be guilty of any contempt of court . Baron Lefrot . —But when there has been contempt , and when tho gentleman perseveres , and sets up a defence of hia conduct , tho court would be wanting in its duty if it did cot vindicate its authority , and would not deserve to sit here . Mr Dillon . —It was not Mr Doheny's intention to offer any dijrespeot to the court ; but he waa under the impression that what waa required of him would involve a retraction of an expression of his sympathy for Mr Mitchel .

    Baron Lefrot . —Not at all . We don fc want to interfere with any gentleman , to prevent him from indulging his feeling—that is all a matter of taste ; but if the gentleman says he acted under excitement , and did not intend any contempt towards the court—Mr Doheny . —I did not mean any disrespect to the court . I did not mean any contempt to the court in giving expression to my feeling ; but whatever punishment is attached to the expression of my sympathy for Mr Mitchel , and for entertaining the opinion I have uttered , I cannot retract it . Irepeat , however , that I did not mean any contempt towards the court . Baron _Lefbot . —Then , under those circumstances , and as you were under excitement , the court discharges you . Mr Doheny was then 3 et at liberty .

    Mr _Meashbr ( who was also in the hand 3 ofthe police in court ) then oame forward , and said that he , too , was under the impression that a withdrawal of the expression of his feeling and sympathy for Mr Mitchel was required of him . He could not retract anything ; but he would say that he did not mean any disrespect or contempt towards the court . Baron Lefroy . —The court doeB not mean to interfere with or prevent the expression of feeling or sympathy . We have nothing to do with that , but we havt with the pregervation ef order and decorum in court . If you say you were under excitement , but did not mean any contempt to the court , we have no wish to deal harshly with you . Mr Meagher . —I regret the contempt , if I have been guilty of any , which I did not intend-but I can say nothitng more . Baron Lefrot . —Well , the court discharges you .

    GALLANT CONDUCT OF MR MITCHEL'S COUNSEL . Mr Holmes here rose to address the court , when the utmost silence was observed . He said—My Lords , I think I had a perfect right to use the language I did yesterday . I wish now to state that what I said yesterday I adopt to-day as my own opinion . I here avow all I have said , ' and , perhaps , under this late Act of Parliament Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , if I have violated the law , may think it his duty to proceed against me in that way . But if I have violated the law in _anything I said , I must , with great respect to the court , assert that I had perfect right to say what I stated , and I now say , in deliberation , that the seutiments I expressed with

    respect to England , and her treatment of this country , are my sentiments , and I here avow them openly . ( Loud applause . ) Baron Lefroy . —Call on the next case . The Court then proceeded with other business . Some of the city jurors asked if they might gc away ? Baron Lefroy . —Yes , gentlemen , you may , anil your attendance has been so good that I shall not tine any of you . The Court shortly afterwards adjourned . RETURN OF THE JUDGES FROM COURT .

    When the people were partially separated tho judges entered a carriage which was in waiting at the rear ( the usual place ) of the court . Their Lordships were preceded in a carriage by the High Sheriff and an advanced guard ot police . The carriage in which their Lordships rods _was surrounded by a troop of Lancers , with an officer at each of the carriage _windews . A considerable number of people , who were attracted by the military and police , followed the carriage , and the crowd gained strength as it passed ou . In Sackville street and at _Carliale-hridge there was considerable groaning as the _carriage passed on ; but , with this exception , there was no other indication of feeling . A crowd collected about Nelsoa's pillar , but at nice o ' clock the streets presented their usual appearance . Although there was considerable excitement everything passed off quietly j and , so far as could be ascertained , there was not the least accident , nor an approach to anything like a breach ofthe peace .

    REMOVAL OF MR MITCHEL . This morning , at an early hour , Mrs Mitchel ami her children , accompanied by a few friends , proceeded from her residence , at Ontario-terrace , to Newgate , to interchange farewell with her convicted husband previous to his final departure from his native land . A few only were present . We have been informed that the scene was harrowing to the last degree . Mr Mitchel preserved a stern _composUrS for some time , until , subdued by the presence of his wife and artleBB children , he bent into tend , rness , and the shock was the greater because of his reluctance to yield .

    At a few minutes to four o ' clock , the prison van , surrounded by two squadrons of cavalry , drew up in front , of Newgate prison . Soon after , an official , armed with a warrant for the deportation of Mr Mitchel , which was handed to the high sheriff ) entered the prison , and , in a few minutes after , Mr Mitchel appeared on the balcony , preceded by ao officer , who carried a bundle which contained the convict dress . Standing ior a few moments on tbe balcony and looking around , be recognised an old acquaintance , who called out , ' Farewell , Mitchel ' ¦ and received a bow in return . The word ' rea « j ' being given , Mr Mitchel entered tho van together with hve

    inspectors of police . The trumpet sounded —the van flew _onward—and the dragoons , _wM drawn sabres , preceded and surrounded it , and the precession proceeded on its way . Very few persons were present at the _deportation , which waa _q"' _' unexpected . It had boos rumoured that Mr Mitchel would be _conEned for some days ia Richmond Bride-Well , until the pleasure of tho crown was known about the writ of error . This report lost ground in the course ofthe day , for it was evident that preparations had been making to dispose of him as rapi dly as _peasible . In consequence the populace thronged to the quays , but the drawbridge over the canal was drawn up , and all ae $ m to the _yeaae-l _wobibited

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03061848/page/6/