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      Clokkel . August 8-The rising id Ireland seems Bcely to take a _non-rent-paying turn . Most peopi * _athis quarter expatiate on the necessity . of disarmrat the counirv people before winter sets in . _^ cautionary n otice of the Mi nrt .. « J J « J today , from the Castle , with the addition ot the fell 0 wiD S :- . FtTRTHER CAUTION . _« 1 mas-era of emigrant ship ., packets and _sea-goug _TOwls _. _aro hereby warned that the _penally of _traason _SatVfc _fquany «»*«» . bOBW they be conc f ia _favouric-C the _escape of any of the parson * abovenamed [ viz ., Thomas F . Meag _' . er , John B . D . hon , M . Irahtny _, _»»<* _# v £ rs oth 2 r Perb 00 SL or others w ° om flay Shall k 30 W to bave been _engaged In treasonable practises . Dublin Castle , 8 : h August , 1848 . T . N . Rediboioh . '

      ( From the correspondent of the Daily News . } Dcbiis , Anga = t 9 . —It ia said that a special om-Bcssion will _issue to Tipperary for the trial of the political _offenders , and a _circumstance mentioned in a southern paper would 3 eem to afford grounds for it . Informations haveju _* t been sworn at Carrlck-on-Sairag 3 _icst Mr Smith 0 'Brien and Mr Meagher , for speeches delivered by them on the 24 a diy of July , _urging the people immediately to take up arms gad opto _.-e the Q / _ieen ' s troops and government .

      THE PRIESTS . Account * from . Tipperary confirm my conclusion ihat tbe outlaws are in the _pags ° _s of the Keeper 8 _Joaniain 3 . The threa leaders of the Confederates appeared at Kilcommon on Thursday last , and would £ sy < 5 arrayed around them hundreds perhaps thou sands , of the people , bat that they were stopped in fee outset by the priest , the Rev . Mr _Alalone-y . This _leBtleman came up with tbe three companions at Hallyford , when they were haranguing a considerable Bomber , and had stimulated them into great com-Bcton . The " . rev . gentleman , however , addressed _feem contra , pointing out the strength cf the army —their utter weakness—the wantof _evcrv _requisite _mbieh could render them formidable , and established fc > their f nil comprehension , that , _agaiost _sueh a num-| er cf _disciplined troops , it would hi quite impossible _fiBteep possession of the mountains . The leaders were exceedingly chagrined—one of them became fctterly angry—but the people were saved , 'they world , not go with them—they would obey their

      _# ria * ts . , Tae Rev . Mr Mackey , parish priest of Clonoulty , faagoneto _Dublia , to offer tho government a surrender of the Confederate , leaders provided their lives are spared . Father Mackey is the msst _iofluent-al and inteUigent man among the Roman Catholic efergy of this district , and has used every effort to dissuade tte people from _engagine in open rebellion _, fie made the proposition to Mr Gore Jones , R . M ., sad by that gentleman ' s advice he has proceeded to _Bebiin _. to put himself in immediate communication Tilth the Lord-Lieutenant . __ Two rev . gentlemen have fled from Camck-on-Suir , _asainst whom warrants have been issued . One _» tbe Rev . Mr Shiel , and the other the Rev . Mr Byrne , who tfaoueh connected ruin _, the clubs , pre •• anted an attack on tke Bridewell of Carrick . Still I will not say warrants _against others have not been faned _. IHE KOHTH BRITISH EXFF . ESS—TURTHER ABRE 6 TS .

      The magistrates of Cootehill , county Cavan , have caused a pedlar to ba arrested in that town , for fcaving exposed a copy of the North British Ex pgg » B _. a Scotch paper , advocating the Rights of Labour . Mr Kennedy an active Confederate , was arreted yesterday at Killaloe ;

      _AREESTS at abbbtfeale . . Eighteen persons have been arrested in the neighbourhood of _Abbsyfeale , charged with the late attacks on the mails to and from Limerick on Saturday

      tat . 4 correspondent of the _Luierick _Exihinkk thru writes : — The rnmoars from . Abbeyfeale are alarming . I have been assured that oa the borders between Limerick and Karry there is farmed an encampment of the peasantry , whs are likely to make a descent on Newcastle , ttongh the town IB at present crowded with military ana _psiice . The 64 th has jast arrived « n _Bethkeale , en route _toAbbeyfeale . THB _FRIEETi . The same journal contains the following : — The Rv . Dr O'Brien addrsssed tha people of St _HAry's , ot Sunday last , with his accustomed eloquence , exhorting them egsinst _comnexioa of any kind with _ilfcjat , no ; _ois , or _iasurreationary proceedings ia any portion of the country ; The rev . gentleman's counsels were listened to with the admonition and respect Ms ad-Cresses invariably excite .

      This was not the policy of the Roman Catholic clergy daring the earlier stages of the insurrectionary movement ; in witness whereof you have but to refer to the file ? of the Times for the mouth of April , or _thereabout In Ca 3 ? leba ? . according to the Telegraph : — Tke Bev . Peter Geraghty , from the altar of the parish _ehapslon Sunday last , in the Irish dialect , admonished ids _eongresEtlaa to abstain from every aet which could be _coaairasd into any the least _semblaneaof _d-saSection . He knew from past experience , he said , how unnecessary _H was fjz him to _adaienish thsm on tbeir duty and loyalty _ta their Q _ieen ; bat he and they knew that at iH _timss money _making and family destroyers—secret Epies—were busy among the people ; and against such ta wished them to ha on their Keeping .

      The result of the Iat 9 outbreak appears to have Sled the minds of the people with a profound _impTesiion that no _rebellion can have auy chance of _Eneaass in Ireland unless tho pries ' B lead them on . This is an important fact , and deserves consideration . I have the most ample evidence that their interference has saved the country from much bloodlied . On all tbe points where the insurgent leaders sppaared the _Rorsan Catholio clergy dissuaded the peopl ; from _oDearebsllion , and there can be no doubt that tbeir isfUenee and exhortations had a powerful _SffiCL . ( From the Morning Herald . )

      The Rev . _Archdeacon Fitzgerald , of Balhngarry , exhorted his flock upon the two last Sundays , in his usually effective and powerful strain , pointing out to them the criminal felly of joining in the wicked movement gring on at present in other parts of the country , and , not confining his admonitions to the altar , collected and _addressed the _peiple in crowds through the town of Baliingariy _, warning them of the _ruinou 3 consequences that would follow from a guilty participation in such wicked designs . Archdeacon _Fitzgerald's exertions were most timely , as it has _bsea ascertained tbat Mr O'Gorman was lurking ia the adjoining parish of Kuockaderry , seeking to excite the people to violence ; bat happily the object of his mission was defeated , and the peace of that part of the country preserved by the persuasive advice given to the people .

      Tte Very Rev . Dr Kenny , P . P ., of Kilrush , enerreticaily denounced the insurgents and their leaders at the parish chapel , on Sunday last . He exhorted _hisfloek against the treason which wou'd destroy both body and soul . A correspondent of the Waterford and Limerick papers says : — _Sub-iafp 5 ctor Coppinger , of Newcastle , fell in with a party ot insurgents at Abbejfeale on _Thursday , end the fellows actually threat ; nedto _ihoot the oScer , suspectfcg that his object was to arrest Mr O'Gjrmaa . The Bab-Inspector beiag without his men at the time did not risk a conflict , bat the principals in the affair are fcioKn to the police , end warrants are Issned far their _apprehension . The Waterford _Chrosicle gives the following under the head

      THE _EKIQH 0 ? TIBBOS . Oa Saturday Iastthe city presented all the appearance of excitement and military parade incidental to a reign of terror , ' owing to tbe arrests here of those persons a _sheeted with the Confederate Clubs . Abont twelve o ' clock on Saturday the following gentlemen were arrest *! _ea warrants from Dublin Castle , under the _Suspension Act : —Thomis F . Strange , Esq , solicitor ; H . ' ciacl _Pogarty , Esq . ; Mr Supple , gloTer ; and Mr Tho nas W . Condon . When it became known that _theee persons were taken , a cosstderable crowd collected in the ¦ _yic _' ni _^ y of the police office , where the prisoners were detained for a tuns—and after a few moment ' s Upse withont a _momcHt's consultation whatsoever on ths part

      of tha _magistrates—Messrs _Tabinten , Newport , and Kng—the prisoners were handcuffed and brought under a _strcn ? escort of polico to the county gaol . And here the excitement 2 nd indignation of the people had reached to such a pitch that serious _consequences were _apprehended volley after volley of stones was discharged at tha e _. eort , who stood fean 4 on trigger , ready ' at tho W jrd to carnage their fellow-countrymen . _Howsvsr _, tho people ' s indignation having been a little ab 3 ted , the _policj 'fell in' and 'right shouldered forward' down _Pdtrick-itreet , Little _Borroastrand-street , an ! the _Qaiy , followed by _s few breechlesB urchins , who to the great _annoyance of the r ' j _rce continued practising _hsndcraaade-taroiung until they had arrived at their

      desti-. _T 7 e _frankly say that if this city , if _Ireland were » _2 arch- ; d , four mare inoff . nsive , pesceable _, and _harmlesa citizens could not bs found than tha gentlemen score named , and yet they arj tha inmates of a felon's cell , _becauie they were connected with an _organisstten _sotproMu ? i : _# J illegal at the _tima of its formation , or pr-vioas to their _joininj ia it . _Mose _AasEsrs . —We aUo Itarn that two farther ar . rest * were made tb : 3 morning at _hiif-past four o ' clock . The men are p ' g dealers of Billy brick ; n , tf : eir names W £ den >! kno v . The id owing i 3 inn _fae Limsrick _Chhosiclt : : — Tag houS 9 of ilr Joha O ' Doane !! _, solicitor , _IJTH'ia'nsttcst ( secretary of tho _SsrsStfldc ' _iut )) , was searched by thepoiice oa Sunday morning , whin , is is stated , several dojaaents and private _oommuaieaiians were discovered conute ' ed with seditious mo _.-ements _.

      _AXOTHBE ARREST . ¦ Tha mid day train from the south brought up a young man named Kennedy , who was in _connexion with the Dublin cluba . - He was arrested in Kilialoe on a charge oi treason , and was one of the absconded

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

      CaTJNTY T 1 PPERAHY ABS 1 ZZ 8 . Sesiescb of Death . —William Carthy and John Rany were plaoad 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 paseed upon them . Carthy ( who appeared pale and emaciated ) said , in & firm , calm , and steady voice , I bave nothing to say —all my prosecutors bave _notsworn one word of truth against me . Hit lordship then assumed the black cap , and sentenced the prisoners to bs executed on Saturday the 16 th of September .

      Ryan ( who appeared unmoved ) * aid , My lord , I beg leave to speak one word , if your lordBhip will per » it me , I will shortly stand another trial before raj God , and I declare to that God , and to you , my lord , that there was not an oath taken against me but a perjured oath by my prosecutors . Garrigan _acd Whelehan niver spoke to me , nor I never knew them . Court —I am Borry to hear _yoa speak in this manner , as your minds must be in a very wrong and improper state . Ryan . —I declare _tiyou _, try lord , and to my God , that they did not swear one word of truth . Carthy . —I hope we are better off than tbey are . 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 you wont . '

      A stone weighing three cwfc . was maliciously laid across the railway between Dandrum and tke Tipperary Junction on Sunday night . Fortunately , the train was not proceeding at a rapid rate , and tbe danger was apparent , otherwise destruction would have been inevitable . Tbe magistrates have for the present prevented the said ef gunpowder in Limerick . _^ be Wexford Ihdbpekdbnt states , on credible authority , tbat warrants have been issued for the apprehension of more than eighty individuals in the couDty Wexford . ( From the Times . )

      Dublin . Friday Morning . —Inquiries on the arrival of the mail train from the south this morning confirm the previous intelligence of the continued tranquillity of tbe _ceuntry along the whole line . It is reported that Mr 0 Gorman is still at the bead of a _body of insurgents in the neighbourhood of Abbey feale , and that the authorities have information to that effect is evident , from the fact of the annexed proclamation having been issued _offarisg £ 300 for his apprehension : — By the Lord _Lisntenant-Gencral and General Governor of Ireland . A P & oci , axat : oh . ClABEKDOir—Whereas we have _received information tbat Richard _O'Gorman , junior , has been guilty of _treasonable practices ;

      Now we , the Lord-Lieutenant , _bjiog determined to bring the said Richard O'Gorman , junior , to justice , do hereby offer a reward of £ 300 to any person or persons who shall secure and deliver up to safe custody the person of the said R'chard O'Gorman , j actor ; and we do hereby strictly command and charge all justices of the peace , mayors , sheriff * , bailiffs , conittbleo , and all other of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects , io uis their utmost diligence in apprehending the said Richard O'Gorman , junior . Given at Her Majesty ' s Castle of Dublin , this 10 th day of August , 1818 . By his Excellency ' s command , T . N . _RedjkqtoS .

      ( From the Daily News . ) A gentleman who visited Kilmainham to-day , informed me 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 passage an armed policeman , _aud at the door on the outside an armed soldier , with fixed bayonet . Soon after my informant entered the prison , Mr O'Brien passed along tha corridor , _proiieeding to tha _prison-yard . His appearance manifests po symptom of recent troable or privation . Having reached the yard , he proceeded to exercise himself , by flinging a ball from one extremity . & gaol-guard catching it and flinging it back again .

      Mr Meagher is , it is said , on the Keeper Mountains , and Mr Doheny at the Slate Quarries . Mr O'Gorman is still reported to be in the neighbourhood of _ibbeyfeale . Mr Dillon ' s whereabouts is not indicated .

      IHB POLICE . _Hogbea , the constable _seisjd at Abbeyfeale , on sua picion of possessing a warrant _against Mr O'Gorman , was , it appears , aotually carried off from the public street of tbat town . He was stripped and left in a bog , but his property has been restored . So much do the townsfolk sympathise with the _insurgents , or so much afraid are they , 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 .

      FOBTHER ARBESI 3 OF AMERICAN CITIZENS . Two American sympathisers , named Langtry and E _jan , 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' sorae days , appeared publicly to-day , and was taken into custody . Upwards of fifty _personB have been arrested in and around Callan , in tbe 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 bis advice to the people last Monday , has been stronger in his exhortations against rebellion than ever .

      EVADI 50 THE ABHS BILL . Mr H . J . Loughman , a late candidate for Kilkenny , has been refused a gun licence . A tradesman at _DungannoD _, whs was president of a club , having been refused a licence to carry arms , went and purchased a game licence of the excise , and , coming back , exhibited it in court , demanding if tbe magistrates could take that back ? * No , ' replied Mr Singleton , the . resident magistrate ; ' but if the government had acted on my report , yon would be now ia 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 veBEel laden with gunpowder ( 600 barrels ) was yesterday seizad ie Dungarvon Bay . It is said her papers are irregular .

      ( From the correspondent of the Daily News . ) THB CATHOLIC HIERARCHY . Dublin , August Uth . —A movement of an important character is in progress among the bishops and clergy of the Roman Catholic Churoh in Ireland . A memorial has been adopted , and is now in progress of signature , praying of Lord Clarendon io exercise the most beneficent prerogative of the crown on behalf of his royal mistress in granting a general amnesty for political offences . DENIAL 0 FMB T . F . MEAGHER ' S STIPULATION FOR HIS LlFfl

      TO THE GOVSRSMBNT . The following letters appear in the Packet of this evening . Tbey contain the facts respecting the reeeBt communication made by the Rev . Mr Mackey to bis Excellency on the part of the outlawed insurgents : — IIt _Di _* a Ma _Mahbfield . —a . statement has appeared in the if ail aad Fbeehan of Wednesday , la which I and other parties are charged with mailing stipulations for oar lives with the govsrnmeat , I neea not aBBUre you that this statement has bitterly , most bitterly , indeed , cut to the heart

      me ' s core . A letter will be sent to you denying this statement , and giving you the true _faots _. You hare been so kind and honourable in your conduct towards me always , that I rely fully upon your kindness in Inserting this , and leave the vindication of my motives in your hands . My character is now more dear te cue thaa my life , and it is not , I am sure , too much to expect _frou a generous opponent like you a refutation , full and complete , of a slander which attacks—and which ( if unanswered ) will deprirs me of all that now remains to me —my reputation , my honour , and my _ftms _.

      Believe me ever , my dear Mr _llnnsfield , Yours faithfully and truly , THOH 4 S F . Meaqheb

      KOBLE CONDUCT CF THE OUTLAW . Sib , —I am grieved to be under the necessity of addressing you on thia _eccasion , but a regard for truth , and a _respect for the characters of gentlemen who cannot new defend themselves , rendermy _silenoa any long . r impossible . The grossest misrepresentations have appeared in some of the newspapers , in reference to a communication I have made to tbe government on behalf oi Mr Meagher and some of his friends . I havo abstained until now from publishing _aaytblng on tho subjeot lest I might occasion _cmbarras = raent in any quarter , and besides , I felt confident that tho characters of the

      gentlemen in question , for honour _atd disinterestedness , wore _toi weli established to _suffer any detriment from those ca ' aumi _= 3 . I now give tbe simple facts of the case , and tha public will be able to jud ge whether or not I hove formed a just opiaion on the su ?> j ; ct . About a week ago , wben I heard that those gentlemen had arrived on tbe b > rders of my parish , foaring that any attempt to arrest _tiem might lead to a collision _tloiiitir to that Which took place in _Baiiiagarry , I _sought and procured an _interview with tbem . I then said that though there were no other reasons , as the country had declined to act under thtir guidance , a surrender to the government _waBthsir most judicious and honourable course . The

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      great obstacle In the way to their following my advloe , was the fear tbey entertained that by 10 doing they might appear to abandon those to whom they were committed , or be attempting to secure any special advantages for themselves . Thoy ultimately consented to my making the communication to government , Into the details o < wbich it is unnecessary now to enter . It is enough to say It was not of the nature described . It waa not a bargaining for mere life , as has been _falsoly asserted . It did not propose ony advantage special to _themaolves . Is was conceived In the spirit of brotherly affection and devotion . It contemplated the peace of tbe country and the speedy restoration of ordor : and in proof of tho perfeot _disinterestedaesB that governed this proceeding , I beg to add that one of _theso gentlemen , Mr Meagher , refused to comply with the most urgent entreaties to escape from the country , when the _meana of _BBoapB were offered to him , and this , _becaose he had determined to share in whatever penalty awaited hie _frieado .

      I am sir , y « ur obedient servaar , Jobs Mackey , P . P ., C ! _onouHy , Dublin , August 12 , 1848 , Mr Doherty has escaped for the present , _beoause the jurors of Dublin do not understand Latin . He will , _however , be tried again at this Commission , and the Crown will probably offtr the MSS . of the articles , of which it has possession , in evidence in the case . ANOTHER ABtlEST . Mr Wright , one 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 bave already been described in the newspapers , the Rev . J . Molony , parish priest of Kilcommon , has published the following extraordinary statement in the Tifperarv Vindicator : — " Mr deab Sib , —As there appeared in the two last copies of your journal statements of certain occurrences in this locality with which my name was oonneotedstatements , though gonerally true , greatly exaggerated —you willploaso allow , me to put you and the readers of your journal in the possession of the _trua state ef those

      occurrences . On the 2 nd instant , there did appear in this parish perssns seemingly connected with the late unfortunate Insurrection ; bat they were persons of tbe mildest , most gentlemanly , and unobtrusive demeanour , and seamed to take refuge in those mountains to evade the vengeance of the law , and not for any other purpose ; and repeatedly and fervently did I pray with many others that God may deliver those martyrs of a _desiccniBg and despotic government from the hands of their enemies , and the enemies of their country , Separated from these persons , their appeared iu another part of the parish a person , I believe not at all an

      outlaw , disposed to gay and do very foolish things ; but the peeplc took my advice , left him Immediately , though many of them told me they may as well die in war as die from starvation in the course of the coming winter . However , with very Ilttlo dimoulty _, I prevented those half-starved people from any _collision with a pampered military in pursuit of those insurgents , and thus saved my poor pteplo from bloodshed and further notoriety . May Gad protect them from the spies and detectives with whom this locality is tiow infected . I remain , my dear sir , Very faithfully yours , J . Moiomt , P . P . Kilcommon , August 11 th , 1818 .

      ( From the . Lt ' mericfc Examiner . )

      CAPrCBB OF A POLICEMAN . 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 closely watched by some of the peasantry , who immediately suspected that he was a ' detective , ' nor were they mistaken , as the sequel of the 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 tbe 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 himself in the bushes near tho road . # As oae of his pursuers , a wild youth of the mountains , caught hold of his person , the detective took out of his pocket a pistol , and threatened to shoot the lad if he would not let him go . ' I will not let you go ' said the latter ; 'and , ' added he , 'if you shoot me itself I'll hold a d-cad man's grasp . ' At this moment tbe crowd , who remained baok in the distance observing the 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 found a loaded pistol , the sum of 410 , and a warrant for the apprehension of Richard O'Gorman , together with some introductory letters to government officials in the country . The eroivd took _posEeeaion of all his property , and it next became a question _whether they would shoot him or deprive him of his clothes , and let him go naked through the country . A counoil of war was held to deliberate on his fate .

      In the interim , the Rev . Mr Lyddy , P . P ., arrived at the scene . He was prevleusly apprised of the situation of the detective . The rev . gentleman im plored 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 bis part , and of several among the crowd , that the detective was set free . I ; has been mentioned to me , among other things , that when the unfortunate fellow ' s fate was about being decided , he was heard

      to address the crowd frequently , and say— ' Might 1 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 cachinations of tbe assembled multitude . When the detective was re leased , he made the best of his way to Newcastle , where he related his many wonders and hair-breadth escapes to tbe authorities . It ia but justice te state tbat the £ 10 taken from the detective was returned to the Rev . Mr Lyddy , P . P ., who transferred itagain to the safekeeping of Mr Galwey , stipendiary magistrate .

      ARRESTS IN DUNDALK . The Newrt Examiner , of Saturday , gives the following account of arrests in _Dundalk -. — At half-past ten o ' clock on yesterday morning , Edward Hill , E _» q ., _sub-intpector of constabulary , with about eight or ten police ef this tawn , prooeeded to the Dondalk Patriot office , In C _' . _anbrassll-street , and immediately atter _arrested tke registered proprietor , Mr James Raleigh Baxter , on a charge of 'High _Treasos , ' by Tirtue of a warrant from the Lord Lieutenant which arrived that morning , authorising Mr Baxter's capture . Mr Baxter was in the office at tho time , and being informed of the object of tho police , immediately surrendered himself to Mr Hill , and was plaoad in tbe charge of one of the _coastables . The police tben commenced searching for papers , and after _ocoupjing themselves In this manner for about an hour and a half , coa . ducted Mr Baxter to the county gaol , where he now lies .

      _Abbesi of Wellington _Shegog , Eeo . —W « have been informed on good authority that Wellington Shegog , Esq . , eoll _« itor of Ardee , was arrested _yciterday morning at an early hour . Mr Shegog , we believe , was a Conservative until within the last few months ; he was in the habit of receiving the proclamations and addresses from the Repeal Association in Dublin , and having them poBted up in Ardee . Wo have not learned the charge on which be was arrested _. We understand that two or _threo persons who came over here in the steamer with Mr _Ranson were also arrested by policemen In coloured clothes , as soon as they arrived at our quay yesterday morning _.

      Mr John O Connell—The Cork papers announce that it is the intention ef Mr John Q'Connell to take up hi 8 permanent residence in London , for tbo more efficient discharge of his duties as a director of the National Bank . The hon . gentleman , it is stated , means to _rettre altogether irom politics . - Duitin Pilot . LA good nddanoe of unmitigated rubbish 1 ARREST OF MESSRS MEAGHER , LEYNE , AND O'DONOHOE . ( From the Freeman ' s Journal ) Dublin , Sunday Evening .-On this ( Sunday ) _o'nZt _/ _S T 0 _' clock ' Me 88 _« S 5 K S _5 _Sft _? T were walking along the highroad between Clonoulty and _Holvcross when they were met by constable _Aladden S a Targe party of pohoe who were patrolling near the _Eiv _£ _rt _* & tbc T ' t 0 » _WdT _atation the & _raeoi _& men ; to which Mr _MeaghT _replied , _^ d nT gb t boys . A few more ordinary wordr , _JLH . JLh

      £ rX _° l _W 01 " * Going in the direction _IS _^ _r'n _^ th 8 0 _^ ers continuing on their route towards _Ilolycross . They had not , however , proceeded more than about 300 yards , when they were overtaken by six of the same police party , who £ 1 ™ ? _Xu _& H , carbiDe 8 ' aDd called upon them to halt . They did so , and were then commanded to accompany the police to the barrack . Mr Meagher demanded tbe reason , upon which Serjeant Madden replied that he had strict orders to act as he was doing . Mr _O'Danoh je asked him if he had a warrant or any other authority for their

      arrest ? Madden said he had not , and then demanded of Mr 0 Donohoc his _namo , which waa given without a moment a hesitation . Mr Leyno was nest asked his name , and ho also gave it at once . Madd < n then crew Mr Meagher aside , and in a low tone asked him Uia uamo , to which he _answered , ' Anything yon _: haw to say to me say it publicly before " ,, _vu " ? -l \? lJ » , nvata conversation with r ° » i ' , lh 0 D _' , s + aid M . ' _« teD . _'lask you your _naae publicly-what is it ? ' 'My name is _Thomw Francis Meagher , ' was the aaBwer . ' Then / _aaid

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      Madden , I _aweat you in the Queen ' s name . ' The others were also made prisoners in the like manner ; the police fell in , one at either S'de of eaoh prisoner , aad they marched them te tbe barrack at _Ratbcaanon , about a mile further up the road . On arriving here the prisoners were placed in the kitchen , while Madden and his men held a council in the adjoining room i _& nd prepared to march them to Thurles , which tbey did after a short delay . When they reached Thurles the prisoners were brought to the house of Sub-In 9 pector Braken , and Mr Gore Jones , the resident magistrate , was presently in attendance . Mr Jones asked Mr Meagher if it bad been his intention to bave surrendered himself , to which Mr Meagher emphatically replied that it was not ; that he was prepared to meet his fate , and scorned

      the idea of asking for his life ; that he had been arrested by serjeant Madden and a body of pslice oa the road between Clonoulty and _Holycross , and had not the least intention of surrendering himself . He said he had seen tho Mail , and repeatedly spoke in the most ; adignant terms at the insinuation in that paper that be had craved his 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 inculpated in tbe movement should have permission to leave the country . ' Be was then proceeding to speak of other matters connected with the recent proceedings , when Mr Jones cautioned him against doing go . but said if he wished to make any deliberate

      written statement he would receive it . Mr Meagher then requested writing materials , and wrote rather a long statement , with the contents of wbich , however , I am unacquainted . Meantime General M 'Donald , accom panied by his staff , had arrived , and after in * terrogating the prisoners , directed that one of his _aids-de camp , Captain Mackenzie , should accompany them to Dublin . Mr Jone _? had , in tbe interim , _ordered a special train , and Captain John Maurice , R . M ., who was about proceeding to Dublin by tbe 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 Citnp , neither did he interfere with the arrangements which the police magistrates and officers had made for the conveyance ol tho prisoners . While the train waa being got ready , a comfortable breakfast was

      provided by Mr Bracken _^ housekeeper , of which Messrs Meagher , Leyne _, and p'Donohoe partook heartily , and having been supplied with a change of _licen _, tbey seemed much refreuhed , and looked quite cheerful and free from all anxiety or uneasiness . They expreBBed themselves very grateful for tbe considerate attention paid them by Air Bracken ' s family . At half-past five they proceeded on foot to the railway station , accompanied by the general , tbe _tre magistrates , and witbout any other escort . A party of twenty police followed soon after , and one first-class carriage having been attached to the engine and tender , in which the prisoners , Captain Fitzmaurice , Mr Braoken , Captain _M'Kenzie , and the police , all took their seats , the train moved on for 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 usual . He wore his ordinary dress—a blue frock coat and tweed _troweers . He had on a short over-coat of Irish friese , a black and white straw hat , and was without the slightest attempt at disguise of any kiud . He smoked a cigar on his way to the Btatien . Mr Leyne was likewise in his ordinary dress , but wore a large Irish frieze over-coat . Mr O'Donohoe wore a dark fur cap and his usual 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 _Boulaagh-common . Tbe special train bad 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 a car from Nenagh gaol , and seat on by the mail train to' Dublin , under a warrant of removal , it having been notified to tbe crown on the part of Mr Martin , one of the state prisoners , that he would be required as a witness on his behalf .

      MORS ARBISTS , A person named Sexton , conducting clerk to an eminent solicitor , was arrested yesterday on a charge of treason . lie was vice-president of the Grattan ( Mr Meagher ' s ) Club . Sergeant Gargan , of the detective police , succeeded on Saturday in arresting , in Morgan-place . Richard Franks Ryan , an American , in whose possession papers were found appointing him a delegate for England , Ireland , and Scotland . Two American sympathisers , _natted M'Dade and Macnamin , were arrested in the county of Donegal last week and committed to gaol . The priests of Toam have adopted a memerial to the Queen praying that the royal clemency may be shown to Smith O'Brien and hia followers , whom they condemn as unreflecting persons and utterly insane .

      AMEBICAN SYMPATHISERS . The Evhsisg Pobt says : — ' We may state that the American _sya _pathiaers bave vessels—a few we should think , but certainly some—freighted with men and munitions of war for Ireland ; The British Government were made minutely acquainted , long before they sailed , with their ports of departure , the names ot the vessels , the nature of tbe freight , tbe sympathisers on board , and the numbers and names of the captains and crews , till written in the United States . All those vessels , and all thoBe men , will be taken if ( hey approach our shores . ' REPORTED BSCAP 3 OF MB O ' OORUAN . ( From the Daily Neios . )

      Sukday , August 13 . —There can be no doubt tbat 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 . On Tuesday a man sf gentlemanly appearance appeared on the Kerry shore of the Shannon , and , accosting two boatmen , off-Ted tbem a sovereign _^ te put him ou board the Garryowen steamer which would soon pass on its daily trip down the river . These men accepted tbe offer without question asked , having , as they say , no suspicion of who their fare was . It Is supposed he was Mr O'Gorman , and the men are how in custody for having sufieeed , or rather aided , his escape . They landed Mr O'Gorman , if Buob he were , at Beagh Castle , a place on the Shannon . Whoever this gentlemanly person was , he

      passed on board the Garryowen to Kilrush en Tuesday . On Wednesday the Jessie o ' . eared , 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 _Bttspeoted _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 shore approaching unobserved . Mr O'Gorman , it is positively known , was at Querin , on the Shannon , below Kilrush , on Wednesday night , and slept in & 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 cooBideriog 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 the arrest , without a struggle , of Mr Smith O'Brien ; hence the absence of any marked sensation in the

      case of Mr Meagher . Mr Maurice Leyne , his fellow captive , is nephew of the late Daniel _O'Connel ) , ard remained a member of Conciliation-hall until within a very recent period , when he suddenly shook oil the shaoklcs of moral force and threw himself into the ranks of the Republicans . He is in years about the same age as Mr Meagher , and bis oratory , like that gentleman ' s , is of tbe most flurid style , and his speeches might at any time , by a slight stretch of ingenuity , be readily turned into blankverse . The third party arrested yesterday ( O'Donohoe ) is an attorney ' s clerk , and a man who was always _regarded with suspicion by the Confederates _, lie is possessed oi a fair share of natural talent , which was evinced in the publication of several letters written during tbe heat of the late agitation .

      Mr Ilartnett _, who is eharged with attacking the mail at Abbeyfeale , has _absconded . Michael Deniston , leader of the party , was on Friday fully committed to Limerick ga _? l . lie is also charged with threatening to fire at Constable Hogben , by whom he has been identified . The guards of the Traleo and Limerick mail are suspended in their offices by the Postmaster-General for not resolutely resisting the attack of tbe insurgents who robbed the mail bags . A special commission will _iasuo immediately for the county of _Tipperary to try Mr Smith O'Brien . Every emigrant chip leaving Limerick is strictly searched for rebels . From the latest _accounts from Liraoriok it appears tbat the authorities areverv closely upon the track of Mr O'Gurmaij . for whom the £ 300 reward is offered . Ho has been traced to tho Shannon , and to tb « _neijjbbourho . d of Kilrush , where ho was in bopes ol fioding an emigrant shi p to take him to Americr ..

      AN _INSURGENT CHIEF . The _special reporter of the Limerick Examiner has drawn the following portrait of an insurgent chief : — I arrived at Abbejftalo about two o ' clock , und found the _exolteoieut which prevuiled for some cJo > b past psrtlj subsided . A ctmpany of the 88 _ib , under tho command of Major Gjo 13 , aro enoaraped on the borders of the

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      town , on the banks of the Feale , while upward , of 100 police , under the command of Sub inspector Coppinger and Mr Galwey , R . M ., make up tbe entfce force . Tto gallant 88 th are ou the best terms with the country peoplo , and keep up a friendly intercourse with tuem I proceeded to inqalre the position of the insurgents , i wis told that their encampment was broken up , but tnat several of the party still continued to keep to the moontains , and follow the fortunes of a chief who Is very popular in the _neighbourhood . This extraordinary character , whose exploits are known to all the authorities here and elsewhere , is _respcotably connected in Abbeyfeale , and U a membor of a numerous clsn , who have pO _5068 Blon or a largo territory In this country . He Ig , I am informed a bolddaring spirita stranger to fear

      , , , in any shape , inured to fatigue , and familiarly _acquainted with all the Ins and outs of the Kerry and Limerick mou ntains 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 tho locale of the insurgent chief , He U sold to be at the head of 200 men , and is able , on an _amergenoy , to gather at least 609 around him . He is a wild , rollicking , hardy fellow , and jast the sort of men to maintain a sort of guerilla _warfare , and _esoaps , at a pinch , from the toils of his pursuers . It is confidently asserted that he can evade their vigilance for twenty years . The supposition

      U that he will never ba borae from amidst his native mouBtaks without an attempt to reieuo him . Tho police , in the meantime , are scouring the country from cock-crow to curfew . They have arrested several already on suspicion , among whom Is an old superannuated schoolmaster , whose fig hting days have long gOBe by . It would furthermore appear from th © _movemenls of the military and police in this quarter , tbat they 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 It . O'GDrman , ' the bird has flown , ' for ono thing is certain , that he has not been for some time seen , and no trace of

      him can be now discovered

      MORE _ARMCSTS . August 12 . —A young gentleman was arrested and 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 have taken place . Mr Eugene Martin , brother of John Martin , of the Irish Fblon , 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 bis possession . A person _desoribed 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 Samderi News Letter . )

      Limerick , Sunday night Aug . 13 . —I have just arrived here from Abbeyfeale , and when passing through _Ratbkeale I ascertained the following particulars respecting the three men who were shot at Castletown , sear Ratbkeale , 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 their way for arms and provisions . They succeeded in some places , not in others , and crossed over towards Rathkeale , and made a _deaperate attack on the village of Castletown , which is about three miles from Rathkeale , in whioh town is stationed a 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 bands oi those lawless savages . Some police were also in the house , and this is now given aa a reason for eo determined an attack having been made in the first instance upon it . The insurgents marched up to the house , halted , and 6 red several shots , to show that their guns 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 minds to resist the ruffians to the laet , and provided themselves with _nuoh weapons as they could find , spades , pokers , cfcc , and formed into position inside the door , so as to command the entrance ; the door was Boon burst open , and the first

      fellow to enter waa felled to the ground by oho of the inmates by a blow of a spade , which nearly split his face in two ; another waskuocked 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 p oor-law relieving officer of Rathkeale union . The constabularly were seen on the ground , and Bceured the neighbourhood for some time , but without finding any trace of the murderer ? , who made off immediately after firing the volley . It is believed that the party were the same ( or part of tbat ) whioh attacked the eoaches , against many of whom informations bave been sworn ; it is hoped by _thete means that the villains will not _escgpe justice .

      Notwithstanding the number of arms that have been seized by tbe 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 _Carriek-on-Soir , O'Ryan , of Cashel , Purcell and Russell , of this town , still continue in custody . We are not aware whether it is the intention of government to bring them to trial , or merely to keep them in prison under _thesuspeasionof the Habeas Corpus Aot . It is probable , however , that the three firatnamed individuals will be arraigned for high treason at the expected special commission . ( From the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle . ) _ABBBST OF MR J . HABNETT , ONK OF THE _EttUBGEM LEASERS .

      Dublin , Tuesday . —! have just received an express despatch from Limerick , dated last night , announcing tbe 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 ear , handcuffed , and escorted by a party of Drag " _oub . He was lodged in the eounty gaol ef Limerick .

      MORE _ARnESTS AND COMMITTALS . Dublin , August 11 th— Michael Dennisfoun , of Abbeyfeale , for having attacked , robbed , and detained in custody , when ia coloured clothes , head constable Hogben , whilst in performance of his duty . Riohard Dalton , of Tipperary , for having delivered a speech at Galway , in which he made use of seditious language . Henry Morgan , of 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 Thurles College , waa fully committed for trial yesterday to the county gaol , by the Lord-Lieutenant , for ' treasonable practices . ' Tffo haded pistols were found in his possession , at Uulla , in this county .

      At Waterford there was one arrest only during the last week . The oamp has been struck , and on Thursday the Marines went on b ) ard the Birkenhead and Rhadamaathus , whioh 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 . Thcmas Donohok was indicted for nnlawfully 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 .

      PROSECUTION OF THE NEWSVENDERS . Joseph Moonbt , _newavender , was brought up and arraigned on a charge of selling and circulating certain feleaious and seditious publications , as contained in the Nation _sewapaper . To the question'Guilty or not , ' _Mooney pleaded guilty , and was ordered by the Court to be held in his own recognisance of £ 50 to appear whenever oalleu on . He was then discharged . Patrick Culien , another newavender , was then called on to appear asd plead , _according to the terms of his bail . He did not appear ; and bis seourities were then called on in court to bring up his body or perfect tbeir recognisances ; but they did not appear , though it was said they wero previously outside the court .

      Mr Curran observed that mush inoonvenience aroee to witnesses and parties wlo were bail for others , owing to the _dimculty they experienced in getting access to the court . The Chief Baron said that it would be necessary that policemen should bo stationed outside , who , when parties were oallcd on to appear in court as witnesses or otherwne , would call out the names of the persons required , and have intelligence conveyed to tbem 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 tbe bar , charged with having had , on the 27 ; h of July , four swords and a cut ass in his possession , contrary to the statute lie pleaded not guilty , and the case stands over for trial to-morri > w .

      ( From tie Reporter of the Times . ) THE ' TRIBUNE ' NEWSPAPER . THE QUEEN V . WILLIAM . ANB O ' OOHKRTY , PROPRIETOR " OP TBE ' TRIBUNE . ' DciiLiN , Wednesday , August 9 -John Williams and lzjd _O'D-. berty were placed at the bar . The indictment , which contained ten counts , waa rend at considerable lenj to . It set out the articles referred to , which were headed— 'Comage '— 'Our war department — ' Our harvtst _prefects , ' & o . lna Attorney . _General , tho Solicitor-General , Mesara Baldwin , Q . C . ; Whiteside , Q C . j Plunkett , ti L . ; _Smulcy , _Fenuefatber _, a : » _Pcrrin _, attended

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      on behalf of the Crown ; and Sir Colman _O'Logbijn for the prisoners . ......... Sir C . _O'Loghlen said , that he had to apply fw copies of the indiotment , aa he bad done in another _oasa on the previous evening . Baron Pennefather . —I think the Crown ought to furnish copies , to prevent the waste of time 00 * 86 . quent upon having them read in open court . The Attorney-General stated that he had no objection to copies being furnished ; but he wished it not to be supposed they were given as a matter ol right . Sir C . O'Loghlen observed , that he would look on the courso pursued by the Crown as a matter cf favour . The prisoners were then called on te plead , and se _> verally pleaded ' Not Guilty . ' Sir C . O'Loghlen then stated that he had to apply for bills of particulars in the case of both ¦¦¦¦¦¦ - " - " 1 . . nrnwn : and Sir Colman 0 _'T . « _-i ...

      prisoners . The _Attorney-General—There is no objection to tbe application . THB QUBBN V . DUFFr . Sir C . _O'Loghlen . —I have another application to make in the ease of the * Queen v . Williams and _O'Doherty _, ' for the postponement of their trials ft next commission ; but before I do so , I have to re . quest that the prisoner brought up last to be arraigned , Mr Daffy , be called to the bar to plead . He was arraigned , but baa not pleaded . The Attorney-General objected to the course sag . _gested by the prisoner ' s counsel . One case should be

      disposed of before aEother was called on . If an appli . eation _^ for a postponement was to made , it Bhould he made at once , because , perkaps , if it were granted , the Crown would not consider it necessary to arrai gn Mr Duffy , the proprietor of 'he Nation , as hia case would be most probably governed by tbe same rule . Sir C . O'Loghlen said ho could not move theap . plication for a postponement before morning , as there were affidavits to be swore , 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 be done then wa ? for him to say whether he waa or waa not guilty .

      The Court did not consider that any arraignment htd taken place , ae it bad , in fact , been stopped by the prisoner ' s counsel when the application for a copy of the indictment was made . After some short discussion on the subject , the motion for _postponing the trial was allowed to stand ever until morning , the prisoner's attorney undertaking to furnish copies of the affidavits relied on to the Crown Solicitor . Thorbdav , 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 Crown . Mr Holme ? , Mr Butt , Q . C , Sir Colman O ' Loghlen , and Mr John _O'Hagan appeared for tbe prisoners . Messrs Martin , Williams , and O'Doherty were broucht into court about half-past ten o ' clock .

      Clerk of the _Crawn . —Put Kevin Jz _9 d O'Doherty to the bar . Sir C . O'Loghlen—Before thiBcasecomeson I have to app ' y to your Lordship to decide tbe question regarding Mr Duffy ' s arraignment , and that Mr Daffy be brought into court , The application was acceded to , and Mr Dairy waa placed at the bar . Sir C . O'Loghlen then 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 _sabmitted they were so entitled . He contended the arraignment of Mr Duffy was completed , and if it were not completed on the former day , that it had been since completed . In

      support of his proposition he cited Hale ' s Pieaa of the Qrown , ' vol . ih , p . 210 . He begged also to remind the Court , that when the Clerk of the Crown , on the former day , commenced to read the indiotment , it was only for the convenience of their Lordships that the case was allowed to stand over to enable Mr Baldwin to consult the Attorney-General as tagiving tbem a copy of the indictment . a 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 oat the indictment , and the prisoner had recorded his plea . They considered they bad been deceived in this cate by the course taken by the Crown . The Crown had consented to furnish

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

      Baron Pennefather . —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 hia right to have that done , and consents tbat an abstract only should be read ; and that has not been dose in this case . SirC . _O'Loghlea . —We said tre waived the wading of the indictment if we got a copy ; we have got tbe copy , and should now be at libarty to plead . Baron Pbnnefathbr . —Not until the Crown calls upon you to plead . Mr Butt- —I consider in consequence of the mode of proceeding the Crown have adopted in this _ixse _, that they seek to obtain some advantage , aad I consider it would much better become the dignity of the

      Attorney-General to waive any advantage be 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 here and control the proceedings of the Court , except in the way he is entitled to do so , by entering a nolle _prosequi . Aa long as 1 have tbe honour to hold a brief , x will never agaia 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 ask of the Court confidently , but boldly , to keep faith with me and the prisoner , and put us in the same condition we would be in if we had not consented to the suggestion for postponement .

      _Bartin Pennefather . —Suppose yon had not _consented , and that it was the convenience of tbe 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 . cecded with ? Mr Butt . —When any prisoner is brought up to plead , the proceeding should be completed . Baron _Pennefathar . — -Have you any authority for this ? A case of the kind never occurred within my knowledge . Mr Butt . —I have no authority _. Baron Pennefather . —We cannot decide that when once a _prisonsr is put to the bar the arraignment should be completed , except on express authority .

      Mr Butt . —But this proceeding wentmuch further than that . We put it , however , as a question for the discretion of tbe 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 is under a serious charge , and who _wisheB to put himself oa the country ? Whatever advantage the Attorney-General seeks—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 inoonvenience is it te the prisoner ? Mr Butt . —I cannot state any . Baron Pennefather . —What advantage can it be to the Crown ?

      Mr Butt . —I oonfesj I cannot suggest the advantage it would be to the Crown ; but I suppose _itmust be some advantage when the Attorney-General presses the case in this way . The Solicitor-General . —The learned gentleman bas put forward a variety of grounds in support of _hii application , and , amongst others , tbat the present proceeding on tbe part of the Crown is unprecedented ; but I submit it is the ordinary practice that a prisoner should be called te the bar , and when the Clerk of the Crown has commenced the arraignment the _counsol for the Crown may ask tho Court to let the matter stand over for a time . Tbe learned counsel for the prisoner has taken upon himself to deliver something liko a lecture on the way in which the counsel for tbe Crown should discharge their duty . He said it would better become the dignity of the Attorney-General to waive any advantage he might obtain . Now , I say tbat such an act of presumptuous dictatorshi

      p as to the course the counsel tor the Crown should think propir to pursue , is , in my _experience , most unprecedented . The learned gentleman then suggested how we should proceed : but I would suggest to the counsel fur the prisoner to keep within bis own duty , and not give a lecture as to the course tho counsel for tbe _Croivu should adopt tor to do so ia unjustifiable and unprecedented _, the learned gentleman waa equally unwarranted in saying that the counsel for the Crown ( whose _o-dy object is to bring the criminal to justice ) intend " to practice any stratagem or device . I say those insinuatioiw are not to be tolerated , and will not be endured . I hopo the Court will not _imposa such unprecedented omdiiion , oa tbe Attorney-General _^ -0 _ciiaujon him to disclose the _circumstaHces which tie _tema it _necsss-u-y to consider before an _indiviuul who ia to be tried shall bu called upon ti plead . W _» muat proceed advisedly in this case , and not be _loicad to take a precipitate step if wa deem _suciiatep precipitate .

      The Attorney-General . —As far as I am personally concerned , 1 _sm only discharging a public c ' _utv and 1 _wifh to do tnat conscientiously . If tho trial goes on this present commission , I may te satisfied so 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/ns3_19081848/page/6/