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      than , by their judgment Amid the crowd of ie-BDectable persons who thronged the ' Court-house there were r . o doubt many , who could not help expeifenewgeenu regret at the Pw * 59 n ° f ° ?! Z ,. such undoubted raentalscqairementaas the prisoner , while , in addition to hi « political adm . rew , were those whom losaltiesor the influent of family respectability and positionin the adjoimcg county had induced to see how he bora himself in the dock of Cieamel Court-house . If the Irish revolution had succeeded' Mr Meagher would have beon its Verg-The " judge 3 took their seats st the usual honr . Mr Whiteside , ( JC , Mr Butt , Q . C ., Sir Colman CLoghlen , and Mr F . Maher , were retained for the

      prisoner . On the name of the first juror being called—Mr Meagher , addressing the bsneh with perfect composure of manner , Baid—My lords , previous to the jury teiog sworn , I beg leave to say a few words . I de-ire to protest against the constitution of the panel from which the jnry 07 whom I am to be tried is to be selected . . Personally . I cars not whether I am to be tried by ajury of Protestants era jury of Roman Catholics . Though I am myself a Roman Catholic I feel that my cas 3 , my honcur , ray liberty , my life , are ai safe in the hands of a jary exclusively composed of Protestants as one exclusively composed of Roman Catholics . Were I to consalt my own feeling ? only ,. Iahoald net makethesoobservations ,

      but my lords , as a matter of principle—a principle vitally affecting the pure , the legitimate , theaafe administration of justice in this kiBgdom—upon high public grounds , perhaps the highest that can exist . 1 feel myself called upon to protest , and I do so seriously and solemnly , agaisst a system by which , in a Roman Catholic county of a Reman Cathelio oountry , only eighteen Riman Cathotiw are returned upon a panel of near 300 jurors . In consequence of the demurrer in the case of William Smith O'Brien , I conceive it would ba a wanton waste of the public time were I to instruct my counsel to challenge the array ; but as I feel that thi 3 may be the last time I may fee permitted to raise my TOice , I cannot let this opportunity pass without protesting in the strongest

      manner against a system which virtually repeals the tights conferred by law upon the members of the religious creed to whioh I am proud to belong . In doing so , however , I assure your lordships , the gentlemen who will be swom to try me , and all who know me and have given credence to the sincerity of the sentiments I have expreessd in public , that in making these remarks , I have not bsen influsneed , in the slightest degree , by a spirit of sectarianism . At the conclusion of the above statement , the prisoner wa 3 loudly applauded by the persons as-Bsmbled in the galleries and body of the court . ; The names of the jury were then read over , and

      twenty being challenged absolutely on behalf of the prisoner , and many others for causes shown , a great deal of time was consumed . The following were eventually sworn : —Jamei Wellington , of Cist ' . e Wellington ; Augustus Hartford , Wellington Lodge ; Samuel Ryan , Anna Villa ; Thomas Lyndsly , Tindville ; Benjamin Hawkshaw , Falleeri ; Nieholaa B . Green , Kncckna ? pie ; Richard Kennedy , Knockn&Uymaher : Thomas Hairden , Summer Hill ; Richard Ma-cm , Clonkenny ; Edward Chadwicke . B&Uinard ; Benjamin Hawkshaw , Knockanc ; Richard Hamsraly , Banshea House . One of these gentlemen , Mr Greece , is a Roman Catholic . "

      The Clerk of the Crown then arraigned the prisoner in tbe usual fora . The indictment charged Mm with levying war against the Qaean at th 9 pound of Ballingarry , at Tffullinahone , at Killensale , and at Farrinrory . MrLynoh read an abstract of the indictment . The first five connts charged Mr Meagher with the crime of high treason , in levying war against the Queen . Tne sixth contained seven overt acte , and charged him with compassing and imagining the death of the Queen , by the acts stated in the former counts . The Attorney General then opened the case of the Crown against the prisoner . He stated that D . ibbin u aeain to be put upon the table , and intimated that if any attempt wa 3 made to impugn his credit ; he would be prepared to uphold it by additional

      witnesses . The examination of Mr Hodges , and of a gentkmanwho proved the handwriting of the prisoner ia tome documents that were given in evidence , closed the proceedings of the day . Tbe cocri opened cm Tuesday , at tan o'clock . T . S . Dobbin , the informer , was the first witness examined . He depased to having ssea Mr Meagher at a meeting of the Curran Club at Dublin , in June . Mr Meagher was not a membar of the Curran Club , but was a registered member of the Grattan Club ; ha attended a meeting on the 22 ud of June , for the presentation of colours to the olub . It was a tricokrared fbg . Mr Meagher spoke of them standing to their colours to establish the independence of their

      oountry . Attended a meeting on the 21 st . Mr Meagher was present . Mr Dillon was moved to the chair . No business was done until Mr Meagher came . He was in the room when Mr Dillon was moved to the chair . It was stated in the room that the meeting waj for the election of an execntlve counciL Mr Dillon announced it from the chair . It was said that a couscil of twenty-one members wai too numeron ; , as their transactions would orzs out through so many hands , and that there wonld be more secresy in a smaller number . Mr Dillon mentioned oertsin names out of a letter breught to him by Mr Labr from Mr Defiy , vrho was in prison ; they were tka names of pewens frhoa Mr Daffy wiBhed to ba on the executive council ; the name 3 of

      three clergymen were read oat—those oF Mr Hughes , Mr O'Malby , aad Mr Kenyon ; the name of Mr Lalor was also mentioned ; some of the members said , that as it was to bs a war council , it was not fit that priests should be on it . ' The persons announced to be elected were Mr Dillon , Mr Meagher , Mr 0 ! GarmaB , jun , MrM' 6 hee , and Mr Devin Rsilly Mr Lalor and Mr M'Darmott wanted those present t 3 give a pledge that they would expedite the' insurrection by the 8 th of August ; Mr Meajher objected to gird any pledge of that sort , that he would have it on the 81 b , but he eaid he would do til in his power to expedite it even before the 8 th . Mr Lalor stated that the council of five were to sit next day to arrange to have four club meetings in Dablin on the

      next Sunday , the 23 rd ; they were to have no speeches ; bat the names oi the club men were t 9 be called oat ; they were not to tell the dabs anything about where they were to meet until about two hours before the meeting , as it was considered they should be sufficiently well organised to torn out at two hours' noUcs . The objeoS of *«¦ ° eet"J ? wasj to ascertain the numerical streHgthof tbe date ; they were not to ba armed , the witness was subjected to a lengthened an searching crcaj examination by Mr WhiteBida iu the course of which the learned counsel fully exposed thecharacter of Dobbin and tracked him throngh a great variety of BituationB , in all of which he figured the reverse of honourable , when the informer was dismissed . A police officer was examined , who proved thefiuding of the letter to Mr Smith by Mr Meagher , and read

      ia court on the previous day . In Mr Smith ' s house were also found many other letters in MrMeagher ' shandwriting . Voting and other papers taken from Mr Lalor were then put in evidence and identified . —Constable Danlevie deposed that he was stationed at Enniseorthy in July last , and that on the morning of Sunday , the 23 rd , he saw Mr Smith O'Brien , Mr Meagher , and Mr Dillon , come into the town on a car ; they addressed the people in the marketplace . Mr Meagher said he always ¦ was and ever would remain the unrelenting enemy of the British government ; that be had the honour a short time ago to address SO . flOO Tipperary menthat they were prepared to do their duty . —Mr Dillon said that tha Wi . xfurd men were brave and determined— that they all had a gun in a corner , and kept their powder dry , and were always sure to hit their mark .

      Mr Butt , examined the 3 e amateur pslios reporters mostamuaingly , and effectively demonstrated the fact , that they wer 3 mere concoctions , by showing that though they pretended to have an accurate and exact recollection of words spoken many months ago , they could not reoollect the exact words of the first , second , third , or fourth quotums he had put to them . The faot , that the story had been learned parrot-like wa 3 BhU further demonstrated by the impossibility ef gettitgthem to state the speeches in the first person-it was all 'he said . Oae of the objects of the cross-examination was to show that it was impossible to connect Mr O'Briea ' s and Mr Maagher ' s purpose together .-m A great number of witnesses remain tobs examined on the part of the crown . ^ w " ¦

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      here last week , and subsequently of the Lord Mayer , that I should reciiye from the hands of a deputation this memorial , which has been numerously Bigned by the inhabitants of Dablin , I have not hesitated to comply with that wish ; but , while the Commission ib still sitting at Clonmel , and occupied with the trial of persons charged with the same offence aa Mr O'Brien , and having reference also to the netioo of a writ of error that has been given , I need hardly inform—and I feel certain you will not 6 xpeot—that I should now give any definite answer to the memorial , beyond an assurance that full weight will be given to the reoommendationof the highly respeotablejury who tried Mr O'Brien . From the tone of this reply to the deputation yesterday , it is now generally believed that the extreme Bentenoe of the law will not be carried into tff eot upon Mr Smith O'Brien , or , as a oonaequenoe , any of the parties convicted of High Treason at the Clonmel Special Commission *

      The Frkeman ' s Journal mentions that the clergyman officiating at one of the Catholic chapels requested tho prayers of the congregation for the safe deliverance of Mr O'Brien and the other gentlemen upon whom the special commission has bean doing its work . Some oi th 9 congregation thought from the reverend gentleman's Words , that the report relative to the issuing of a ' warrant , for the execution of Mr O'Brien was well founded ; the consequqnee of this was , that a loud and general expression of grief and horror burst forth—numbers of ; females wailing and shedding teara at the sad scene pictured to their imaginations . ¦'

      CURIOUS HEVBLATIONB . The following are extracts from a letter written by Mr Doheny , at present a denizen of the French Republic to Mr M . Lenihan , proprietor of the Tim-BABY VlHDICATOB : — ' My dear Lenihan , —Permit me to tbank you very kindly for rescuing my name and character from calumny . But while I am unaffectedly grateful to yon , I feel so sensitive on- one part ' of the subjeot with which myi same has been connected , that I beg to bo allowed to state distinctly how the matter stood . 1 When first I saw it stated that it was I whd urged on Mr O'Brien , I was most desirous to correct this mistake ; but he was then a . prisoner , and I knew not what effect the statement mieht have on his fate . Besides , the chances were that I should share that fate , and then I could : at the last moments set the matter right .

      . ' Both reasons now cease to exist , and , therefore , onoe for all , I beg to state openly what part I tonk in the late proceedings . It is true that 1 was remainiog out of the way , as you state , when my comrades threw themselves on the oountry . It is true that I was not only ignorant of their purpose , bat actually ignorant of the cause—namely , the suspension of the Habeis Corpus Act . The first thing I beard of their movement was a message from home , whioh I re < caived at midnight . Btating that some of the Confederates had arrived there in search of Mr O'Brien , who had left for the country . I immediately made off to Carriok , hoping I would meet him there . He was about the same time ooming in another direotion to Cashel . I learned at Carrick what ocourred there the

      night before , and for the first time became alarmed for tWoauBe ef my cenntry . I aoon received a message from Carriok , on which I resolved to act . . , Before night , however , I became fully aware of the formidable agency which we had to contend against , and road off for Cashel ; bufc-learning at Fethard where Mr O'Brien was , I turned off to Ballingarry . . [ then left Ballingarry . . . On my return , I found the people greatly dispirited and divided . It was plain the influence brought to bear on them had to a great extent prevailed . . . Many ridiculous and false stories hare been ! told of our differences and our proposals to deal summarily with Mr O'Brien . We differ , it . is true , but those who differed most widely from Mr O'Brien accorded to

      him their admiration for the chivalry of hia nature , and the thorough nobility ... of the prinoip ! e 3 which guided him . . . I remained , however , for five or , six days on Sljevenamon Mountain , determined at all events not £ 0 be arrested alive . . . My adventures even then , though personally interesting , snaU not here be alluded to . James Stevens ; who wa 3 said to be dead andbaried , Bharedmy . risks , and now , thank Gad , share ] with me the hospitality of the French ; Repablic . He and another , who yet can apeak , if need , will attest for me that I only abandoned tbe eiuaa of my country when that cause became utterly hopeless . What cowards said about my treachery to soreen ' - ^ themselves gives me little trouble . They originated with a na ^ spaper that exists by public prilution , and on that account adequately represents

      British feeling iolreland . 1 May I take this opportunity of offering publio thanks to those generous , devoted , and honest men who assisted me ? Any day for six weeks I could have been sold dearly by hundreds of men on the very brink of starvation . May God bleBsand Bave them . . . I . shall reserve to myself the task of vindicating openly the oonduct of my camrade * when the fate of those now on trial stnll be decided . As for the charge of defrauding the corporation , any one that will take the trouble of looking at their acoounts will find that I waB never Bince my first connexion with them without being seriously in advance of them—to at one time of a sum exceeding £ 600 . ' 'I remain , & 3 ., : 1 MlOHAKI , DOHBNY , ' Maurice Lenihan , E « q ., TippEBARY Vindicator . '

      mb smith o ' naio a case . In this oase it ia determined by the friends of the prisoner . to bring a writ of error , if they receive , as is necessary , the permission of the : Attorney-General . An application has been made in the usual form for such permission , but the Attorney-General declines to disclose his intentions until he return ' s to Dublin . In other words , it would appear that the first law offioer refuses to exercise his official privilege of granting or refusing the certifioate until he has an opportunity of discussing the matter with the heads of the g overnment . *

      ' . BUMOUBSD ESCAPE OF MR o ' MAHONT . : ItissaidthatO'Mahony , the rebel leader , escaped from Boumahon , county of Waterford , on Wednesday , and that he effected hisesqape by means of one of the vessels employed in taking away the produce of Jhe copper mines in the neighbourhood . <¦ . The deputation from Limerick waited upon the Lord Lieutenaat , to aolioit mercy for Mr O'Brien . His lordship gave a Bimilar reply to that given to the Dublin Deputation . -

      THB SIATB TRIALS—T . P . MBAGHBR—C . 0 . DUFFSTHE CATHOLIC BI 6 H 0 F 3—8 TATZ OF THE COUNTRY . { From our own Correspondtnt . ) ' . Dublin , Ooteber 18 ih . Though the business in Clonmel goes on slowly , the government triumphs in every case , and those who hoped for miracles from technicalities and frivolities are much disappointed . As I said in my last communication , the Whigs would have a viotory , and , with the applianoes at their command , no man with an ounce of brains beneath his perioranium could doubt : the mult of the State proseoutions , M'Manu 3 aud O'Donohoe have been convicted , nod as their offenqe was similar to that of Smith O'Brien ' s , their ' sentence and punishment wil be also Bimilar . r . They will ba condemned to the gall Iowb , but whether any of them will D 8 finally esecutedis still a secret .

      Testejday , the most : gifted man of the whole ' rebel'host—and , probably , the moat gifted man ( of his years ) in the British dominions—was pat upon his trial . Thomas Francis Meagher stands this moment before the Oald-hearteaSaxn , ' pleading for his life , whilst it is possible the ang el of death is recording his doom in the bloody annals of Fate ! No man who ever oame before the Cibnmel judgment seat has excited suoh sympathy as T . F Meagher . Hia youth ( he ia but twcnty . four ) , kis frank demeanour—hia good-humoured appearanoe his manly bearing—his enthusiasm—his bewitching

      eloquenoe , and , above all , his devotion to tha creed of his Celtic " ancestors , endear him to the millions ! , and make him th 9 object of national interest and commiseration . Had Meagher baen spared he would write his name in the proudeBt niche of liberty ' s temple ; if . he b % lost , he is a k » s which not only his own party , but the land which gave him birth , will mourmn tears of blood . The government will move heaven and earth to seoure hi $ conviction . At aoy C 0 Btr-at any rise—thty , will sabriBce Moaeher ! Such a man ; cannojb 8 permUttd to , tiead the ahamrock ! SyJsssei ;? *^ thwe ia - ' ^ naWfl

      There is one Roman Catholic on bis inrv nrn bably that man is not a Whie tool dnA ft & » , » . 1 drop of IriiK blooj jn his veins , psor MeLher will SfSH ^ S * slSiS ^ a ^ - iPSH ^ isi

      52 ' ¦ M&ifeJ ^ 8 ^ tf'flw TttPBBAKY VlNDI OAiOB . He throws a good deal of lkht on his own a ^ sM ^ SS awaciS's . 'ta-sS' ? promises to ; write again , ; and reveal much that iS

      if ^ Ssa Iaeutenwthaj giYou no asswet galoulWd to allay

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      fte Wet apprehensions . -Still-the probability iatbat the conviots will not be hanged . Charles Gavan Duffy , it ia reported , has been trying to ¦ cut' his acquaintance at Newgate , aad . had laid K splendid dan for his escape , and that of Mr Dalton aud Mr William At one' o ' clock yesterday , the Governor 6 f Newgate , aoting on the information he had received , went with a posse of officials to tho apartment oooupied by Mr . Daffy , and on searching , discovered a leathern valise in whioh was stowed a ladder of ropes , forty feet in length , and most securely oonstruc ' ed , together with a coil of single rope of the same length , 'with the aid of which , it is said , the prisoners designed to escape ! The sentinel on duty states that he was offered a large bribe if he would

      consent only to keep his tongue esBy during the prsoesa—wheiher he wonld accept or not oannot now be determined , as his fidelity was not brought bo far 89 the slicking point I The prisoners were at onoe removed to more seoure quarters , a double guard placed over them , and every other , precaution put ih requisition for their safe keeping . The Roman CatholioBisbopBheld their annual synod in this oity last week . They are in favour of Mere / towards Smith O'Brien and his fellow convicts , but they utterly revolt against the notion of taking a pension or salary from government . The Catbolio clergy are no fools in their way—they might like a good salary well enough , but they know very well that it onoe they beoame servants ef the British Crown ,

      thoir iBflaeno ' e , moral , religious , and political , will be lost for ever with the Catholio people of Ireland . I believe if the olergj took tho regiumdonum , CAtholicity would not subsist five years in Ireland . The people would notbtoorae Protestants , but they would merge imperceptibly into DoiBtn , Atheism-into any thing rather than retain their connexion with the Saxon salaried priests . The acoounts'from the rural districts are of the most heart-rending complexion , The amount of destitution prevailing even now is shooking—what mutt it be in two months hence , when the last of the potatoes is gone 1 The poor rates will not preserve the lives of half the population ; the rest must die of hunger and its concomitant horrors . The prospects of the country this day exceed all comprehension .

      Iu the meantime the rase for emigration strengthens . Every body who can go is quitting for America ; even the gentry and Bbme of the professional olasseB are going . To-morrow or next day , the rural districts of Ireland ( between famine , landlord extermination , and voluntary emigration , ) . will be as desolate aa the H ishlahd regions of Scotland .

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      Sioruiof Rais . —On Saturday morning last , the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield werevieited with the most tremendous storm of rain ever remembered . Up to about four o'olock , the elements appear * d very ( threatening , about whioh hour the rain burst over the town like a cataract , and the streets were in a few minutes deluged witb . water , whioh continued to fall [ uaremittingly till near half-paBt five . Such was the enormous . weight of water ! that fell , that the rivers were swollen to a great height in

      lessthan an tour , and the whole of the mills upon the banks were thrown into baok water ! and ; the hands obliged to leave work . At Messrs Starkey ' s factory , the water rose aehigh as to be up to the firehole , and the tire waB every moment in danger of being put out ; In the town , houses , cellars , & } ., were completely flooded , and the furniture floated about in nil directions . In one miserable cellar , Michael Hsnley , the occupier , ' who was in bed at the time , was attacked by two large water-rats , and it was with great difficulty he defended himself from their violence . "

      Daring Robbmtc . —A- very singular and daring robbery was effected on the night oi Saturday last , at the house of Mr Joaeph Harvey , innkeeper , o Oakamoor , near Cheadle . A number of ' navvies ' employed on the Churnet Valley branch of the North Staffordshire Railway , assembled at Mr . Harvey'a house on the night mentioaed , and having drunk rather . freely , they commenced a disturbance , and were obliged to be displaced by the police . During these proceedings , ' it is supposed that one of the party gained admission iinperoeived - into a bed-room , where inside ' a chest was deposited 4100 in crown pieces in a bag , The box waa broken open , and the

      thief , in jumping through the window , let tne bag drop , when a number of the silver coina rolled out . The inmate ? , hearing the noise , ran eut to discover the cause , and found upon the ground £ 2110 s . in crown pieoes ; Information was immediately given to the police , and bills offering a reward circulated ; and on Monday night two men were apprehended by Mr Field and Mr Brimley , constables of Ashbourne , at the Tiger Inn , in that town , and about £ 70 in ciown pieces , and other coin , waB found in a bag upon their persona . Tho two men , who gave their names as James Clayton and William Letts , were committed on Tuesday to take their trial at the encuing sessions at Stafford .

      Mysterious Houes Robbery in the Dat Time . — On Saturday forenoon , a daring robbery was committed in Radnor Cottage , Radnor-street , Hulme , ocoupied by an elderly gentleman , named Sheldon , and attended by snob circumstances as to point out one of the guilty parties , though as yet the legal proof of guilt is incomplete . Mr and Mrs Sheldon went out on Saturday morning between nine and ten o ' clock , in a little pony gig , leaving their only servant , an Irish girl ,. in the house , aad returned home somewhere about half-past twelve . The door waa opened by the servant , who was crying , and had a large bruise on her forehead . She was asked what was the matter , and replied that two men had been in the house during their absence , and having

      fastened % r in the cellar they went up stairs and robbed thejhouse . Mrs Sheldon at once proceeded to her own bea-room , upstate , and found that aches !; of drawers , consisting of two sets , bad all been forced open , and a cash box ot the usual kind , furnished with a Chubb ' a pitent look , removed . The drawers were ' all B&fe locked when she left tha houso , and had undoubtedly bean forced open , as the marks of the instrument were on them , and the object ef the thief had only been to secure the oashbox , for everything in the drawers were as ^ traight as it was . three hours belore , but whoever took ' . the box out had pressed on the contents of the drawer ' s , to , find the situation of the box , Nothing but it . wag gone , though others of the drawers contained a gold watch , some plate , and

      artioles of considerable pecuniary value . The box itself was found in the room , the front of the lid wrenched from the lock , and all the contents , somewhere between £ 20 and £ 30 in cash gone . No other parts of the house were , disturbed in the least . The girl ' s tale to Mr Sheldon , was , that , while Bbe waa removing Borne thinga from the front door , to the baok two men entered . She demanded what they wanted there , and told them her . master was from home . One of them , said , ' Yes , we knew that , ' aad the other at the fame time knooked her down , inflicting , the mark on the forehead . They then took her and put her into tbe cellar , fastening the doer , and threatening what they would do if she made any disturbance , and there she remained for half

      an hour after they went away , which was about eleven o ' clock . Mr Sheldon sent for the police , and the officer who attended no sooner saw the rooms than he remarked' the thief was in the ( house , ' so plain was it that the party had possessed great knowledge of the artioles it contained . He icquired if there , were any tools in the house , and Mr Sheldon replying in the affirmative , went into the cellar where the girl said she waB confined , to fetch some there deposited . ; lie noticed that they had been meddled with , but taking up a chissel that lay at the top , ho went up Btaira and found that it notonly corresponded in size with the marks on the drawers , but also that there waB a whitewash mark on the drawers , answering to a similar spot on the rounded end . of

      the tool . This was prof enough that that was the instrument making the masks . Mr Sheldon then went down stairs , and said to the servant , ' This is the chisel withiWhica :. those drawers were forced open , ' to which aho instantly replied , ' I am euro it ib nst , ' but began direotly to draw baok her unguarded expression . When the robbery was first diecovered Mr Sheldon stated his loss to be between £ 30 and £ 10 , labouring under the impression that he had on tbat . morninR placed a small bag containing ten and a half sovereigns , in the cash box . Such however was not the case , as it fortunately turned . out , for he had put the bag into one of his coat pockeU , whioh

      be left hanging in the lobby .. Strange to say the servant never gave the slightest alarm until the return of her master and miatreBs , although had eho done bo she must have been heard , either by the , parties next door , orbyneighboura living opposite in the same street . Although the house has been rigorous ly searohed no money has been found , and the opinion ia that if the girl be the thief she must have had an accomplice to whom she gave the money . On Monday she was brought up at the borough court , when the above faots . were partially given , ; in eTideuce ; bntas nothing exhtsd to conneot her with the robbery beyond bare suspicion , she was remanded .- . ¦¦ , ; . ¦ . ' ,

      Iil'Timbd Levity Punished . —On Thursday week last , a oouple presented themselves in front of the communion rails , in oar cathedral , for the purpose of being 'joined together in holyj-wedlock . ' But while the officiating-clergyman was proceeding with the ceremony in the usual course , his attention was-arrested by a moat unbecoming show of levity on the part : of tha bridegroom ; and this continuing , tbe . clergyman olosed his book and lectured the man rather severely on the impropriety of his behaviour . The bride , who seemed much shooked B , t the thoughtless conduot of tha man to whom she was being united

      for life , at lesjith interrupted the clergyman to ask if it was absolutely necessary that the ceraraony , after havincgone io far , should . proceed to completion . The clergyman replied , i Certainly not ; unless you desire it . ' The lady , on learning that option still , remained to her , thought better of the matter ,, and absolutely refused to proceed any further with the ceremony , aod quitted ^ the building with her friends , leaving the < disappointed ' groom , ' no lsnger laughing , but looking very disconsolate at this unexpected result of levity , as ill timed as it was ill-plaoed ,--J / anc / ie «( er Guardian ,

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      The Edinburgh Chartist Tbiata— -These trials have been appointed to take place before the High Court of Justiciary next month . Anoihee Victim or Whwoebt . — At the potty sessions , Hey wood , on Wednesday week , Joseph Bt »« ksr , of Woolford , near Bury , wa < charged b ; tbe police officers witb creatlog an obstruction in the streets of Ueywood , by haranguing a crowd of people , on Sunday afternoon , the 17 th ult . Ila had baen committed for trial on a charge of sedlthus speaking on tho llihof last month , but waa now out on bail . Bowkor then addroiaed the benoh in a spaeohof five and twenty minutes'duration , alleging that he waB preaching the gospel , and that Mr Bright , M . P ., bad addressed audience ' s from the same place . He called two or three wltnei » es , -who considered the crowd in question did not amount to an obstruction . Defendant was fined 20 s . and costs . ¦

      BuaoLAB ? 4 MD ATTEMPTED MoBDEB , —An attempt at murder and plunder by a gang of burglars toek place at Muliourne Hall , the seat of Charles R , Robinson , Esq ., on the night of Wednesday week last . On the prcvioui da ; Mr R jblnson and bis family left borne to attend the Union Bust Club Ball , and were absent the whole ef that night . This circumstaBce attraoted the attention of the acton in the ' aoane about to be detailed , and gave them the opportunity of plundering the kali , Tte servants retired to rest at an early hour . About three o ' clock in tht moraing tho butler was areuaed , and on epening his bed * room door he saw several men amending the staircase , each holding a lighted candle . Their faces were black ' enod , and they wore Btockings over their boots to prevent their making anynoise . Oa seeing the men the butler

      immediately firei a pistol at them , which appeared , however , not to have touched them . The bnrglarB being taken by surprise , fled down Biaira and hastened oat of the hall . The butler followed , and succeeded in laying hold of one of the fellows and attempted to secure him , when one of his companions turned back and a confltol ensued , The villain used a knife in a most determined manner , aad made an attempt to cut the butler ' s throat , which however failed , Tho knife inflicted a long gash across bis cheat . He continued his grasp of the ruffiin , expecting the assistance of his fellow servants , He wai finally everpowcre ? by taewretcneB cuttiDghis nandsand arms , and they all got ol ? ar off , They hid gained an entrance to tin hall by tho cellar hall . The butler ii recovering from his Injuries .

      Accident oh the Livibpooi . ahd Bdbt Railway , — Oa Saturday night last William Bradley , about 15 years ef age , who had been entrusted at Maghull to point the rails oa this nsarly completed line , foil asleep , as it aup > posed , on the turning table , and a locomotive with a train of mud waggons passed sojn after , almost severing hlB legs from his body . He was brought to' the N wthern Hospital nbout half-past eleven on the same Digut , bat bad been so seriously injured that he died about three o ' olookon Monlay morntag . The paring of the deceased live in Ray mond street .

      Accidmt ahd Lo 3 s ' op Ltpe , —On Sunday afternoon last , about four o ' clock , a distressing accident occurred on the river at Windsor , adjacent to the Castle , causing the . death ef one individual , and . the imminent danger of a second . A man , named Saunders , employed in tbe CaatUas a painter , and retUlng in Clewer-lane , had , with his Bon-in . law , engaged a bjat for an excursion , and despite the warning of the boatman , incautiously ventured in that part of the river below the bridge where the current runs Btrbng , and , to the unBkilful , is always attended with danger , Ia this instance , the parties , on approaohlag tbe spot , lost all control over their direction , and , impelled by the impe' . uosity of the stream werehurried with . fatal - ana irresistible speed towards the weir here crossing the river . Their screams ond distracted cries for assistance , on peroeiving their inevitable danger , were most piercing and incessant ,

      sadly and gratingly contrasting with the joyous operatic air at the ' instant performing at the Castle Terrace by the oavalry band ; Sympathising crowds were aoon attraoted on the bridge , along the banks , and upon tbe Castle walls , and some boats , puats , « feo ,, were hastily put off , but all their praiseworthy . tfftrtB were iaeffao . tual , and the wretohol men , in the Bight and amidst the muttered prayer * of hundreds , were hurled over the obstruction—one of them , ks tha boat disappeared from under them , hastily clatohed a part of the framework , and retained hia hold until resoucd from the Bhore . Tha father , uttering one imploring but unavailing cry of 'William , ' waa oarrled away by the ' atream , and for tome distanoe was conva ' -slvely splashing , till at length he wholly disappeared , leavlnj a : lamented widow and familj . At a late hoar In the evening the body had not been recovered .

      TOHuaiDQE . —A most determined aulcida haa been opmmltttd here by a servant of MIbb RiWb , named Skinner . It appears Ml < s R * Ua sent her on two or three errands , and m she passed the Tewn Hall she stopped a few minutes to hear Mr andMrs Hutchiog ' s conoeri , sni then ' proceeded to Swan . iana with some linen for tbe mangle , when she Btated Bhe would return again in a short time ; bui not dolug bo the Hncn was taken up to Miss Rolfs ' , who , it tarns , was surprised that her servant had not returned , and immediately Bent for her father , and every inquiry was direotly raado , but no tidings could be heard of her , except tbat she was seen prooeeding along the Hadlotr road , The n « xt day tha river was dragged , and every inquiry po 3 Bible made ; ehe ' was aho ad » ertlaed , but no tidings whatever were heard of her till Friday the 13 tb , about seven o ' clock in tbe mornin / , when one of Mr Charlton ' s men being at work in

      the water-mill , observed a bonnet in tha water balow . The place was immediately dragged , when the deceased was found . It appears she must hare deliberately walked into the water and laid herself down , from the nature of the place where it is supposed she walked in . Her friends are unable to assign any cauBo fer guoh an act as she frequently remarked , though she had a great deal of work to do , that her mistress was very kind , end she appeared In her usual kesltb and spirits when she was la » t Been ., It is rather singular tbat . two or three related to tho Bame family have committed similar acts , and 03 that very day twa years a oousin of the deoeased destroyed herself ia a Bimilar manner . Qn the 14 th inst . an inquest wbb held on the body before J . N . Dudlow , Esq , coroner , and a respectable jury , when the above was the principal evidence glvtn , and a verdict of ' Found Dnmned' was returned .

      Fatal RauwAi Accident . —Bubwomh , Oct . 16 . — Aa icquest waB held this morning at the Rstlway Hotel , Bllaworth , before Mr Hicks , one of the coronerB for tho county of Northampton , on view of tho body of Richard JamoB .. Mr Bedford attended to watoh the proc 3 edings on the part of the company . The deceaied was a porter In the employ of , the company , and at the time the aoci-^ , en \* . PP ? » h 8 , with three other patters , named Mellish , ( Bob'dman , and Leper , had been turning a carriagetruok on to a aiding , after whioh deceased proceeded to cross the line , on the London aide , at the time the five p . m . tr , aln was coming in . The driver and fireman were keeping a good look out , buUhe pollcaman ' s hut and the signal . post intervening , they could not see tbe deceased . in time to avoid coming in aontact with him ,

      and tho consequence wai that the off buffer struck the deceased on the hip , and drove him about sixteen yard » , throning him ' across the rail ? , when one of ths waggons caught bis foot , and dragged-deceased under the other waggons , separating hit right foot , and severing hit head from his body , besides otherwise mangling him in a frightful manner . The deceased waB about twenty-six years of ago aad he had been at the station only about five weeks . Hia mother and Bisteis and a brother were standing on the platform at the time , having come to visit the unfortunate man , and thus witnessed tho aooldent . The obstruction caused so fewer than niue waggons Bnd the tender to be thrown off the line , blooking it np to such an extent- tbat it was net cleared till after ten o ' clock , whilst deceased waB bo dreadfully mangled that his remains were not cleared from the waggons . un < l < ioad for neaily an hour and a quarter .

      This ia the first fatal accident that has occurred at this station fllace tho opening of the line , and tha jury were ef opinion that this might haveboea avoided had signals been given by the driver . Mr Bsdford stated thitsaoh waa the regulation of tho company , ihe engine drivers being instructed to sound the whistle a quarter of a mile bstVra entering a station , but , unfortunately , it was a common practice amongst many cf tho porters , iio ., to disregard thin , and thus tha majority of tha ac uidents that occurred were caused , not by the enginedriwra neglecting their duties , but by the carelessness or Mckle 33 U 9 ss of the servants employed on tho lines . Tne jury , after a lengthened consultation , returned a verdict that deceased came to his death by accident j bat ' at tho same time , they thought that moro caution ought to be mod by the drivers in approaching to or passing by a station , particularly oao of suoh aa extent as that at Bliaworth .

      : Mcbdeb at Stbo 3 D . —Oa Monday night an adjourn ed inqusst was held at tbe Angel Inn , Strood , batore J . Lswij j E'q ., coronerfor Rochester , on the b » dy of b young woman about twenty . five years of age , named Mary Abbo « , who was found lying in a ditch in the Falr . field near tho station ol the Gravesend and Rochester Railway , at an early hour on Sunday , the 8 ; h iaat . Several witnesses were examined , and from the evidenoe ot Superintendent Tuff , It appsared that the d « oeas » d hod been living in aervloe at Mrs Turnoi ' * , No . 10 Grove , street , Gravesend , from whom she parted on Tuesdiy the 3 rd instant , taking £ 1 Us . for wagon , she then tt appeared , Btayed a few days with a family with whom she wai ocquaunea , named Waghorn ,. rtildtng In that tewn . On the following Saturday she left to go to Maidatone , at which place her frlcndB reside . She was traced to Rochester , having alighted ! .-om the omnibus at th « Silver Oar , asd complaining of feeling unwell went to bed for a short time . Soma time after she left that Inn lAfcVlnf * Iiam ln / tn » . 1 « At . -. _ rt . « _ __ IMU I leavinher luggain the of

      g Be care the landlord , and nothing more was seen or heard of her until tha ne * t morning , when , between eight and nlno o ' olook , the was ound b , Thoma . M'Gill , a-fbhermaa , li Tin 5 Z ™ lying in a ditch , xunalng alongside th wfl ? M . BhS ' was liing on her back , an oldplece of carpet , with Which it is presumed she was suffocated , entirely covwhw hir Li ^ K Cl 6 BChed ' ftlld ln one ot them « ome shredB supposed In her struggles to havo been torn from the STfi ? - t nnet waB foond ot BomB « h ^* 2 , Bet . The spot was soon visited b y many parsons amongst them the Reorder of Rochester ™? tta taS being conveyed to the North Aylesford * Union Workhouse , underwent , a jml mortem . examination by Mr mfi 5 : ^ m'l m ' No marksof vlolenee WW 8 fonns upon toe dcoeased , and from the evidonce of the medical manure can exUt but little , doubt that the deoeased waB suffooatedt , ; Nsthiag was foend upoa deoeased , and the wages she had resaived reniiin nnBecounted for Tbe Inquiry wai apin adjoorned ,

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      CffAUOB O * BoiOtAEt A « O AtTEUPIID Abjon ^ I the County M » glstrates ' -offloe , Reohester , on ilj' ^ Henry Marshall , Thomas £ irl , Tbomas Walter Th Anderson , Spsnoer Bowsh . and William Pon « l \ , ~?? H Anderson , Bpsnoer JBowshand William Pope the

      , , « , r ot thorn river pilots belonging to Qraveiend 1 brought before the Rev . G , Daviea , Captain Baker " ^ J . Smith , Ejqulres , in custody of Everist and Ed ' , ? constables , charged with burglary and attempted ar : The prisoners , it waB proved , were in company t 0 ) J ? at the Na «'« Head puWlc . house , at Stoke , on WedneJi ' evening , the 11 th instant , having arrived with their b ' in YantietLcreek , in the course of the day . Havlne" ' jnlod themselves , they sallied out about midni ght whioh time it was moonlight , and proceeded to tho cw tage of a poor woman , named Eastman , who B hi little girl , were the only inmates , her hasband , for J of employ , being wlih three of their children , in tha B Ualon workhouse . The inmates were awoke b » i ? breaklag of the front window , and on getting out of b j aaw Beven men outside the cottage , one of whom 5 trying to draw a sheet which had been lyi » g on the tat , ' th-ough the window . Foiled in this attempt , anoth ! of the party tried to force hia way through the window in which he portly succeeded , but being beaten off k ) the woman , they all left . About a quarter of an bon . afterwards , the cottagers were again alarmed by th

      , whole of tbo windows bting demolished , and one of \ \ men again attempted to force an entry through the Cham ber window , Mrs Eastman , muoh alarmed , begged a them to leave the cottagn , but net doing so , she armei herself with an iron bar , and Btruck tho one at the win , dow a heavy blow on the head , which caused him to fa v to the ground . She heard bis companions aay thu she had killed him , to which she replied , ' ' tit a d-j good job if I have . ' Oa looking through tho window ft saw the blood running down bis face , and tbo other ! seemed to be closing a wound In hia head . Soma ol them then stooping down , took eut a bcx oflacifo matoues , and threatened to burn the cottage at th same time ignltlBg the whole of tho matches , tb ! olimbed oa the door , and plaosd them against the thato which , fortunately , iras damp , and did not catch flJ During tho tims they frequently threatened t 0 taS their lives , saying they would choke them . After 2

      had raised a ory of murder , and called loudly for assist ' ance , the whole of the party ran away towards YantUti ereek , carrying with them an apron and a bindkerchltf and , taking to their boat , male their esoapa . Edwarftj having been in their company for tiro houra , whilst u the Nag ' s Head , was enabled to Identify . the party , Bl ; from farther information obtained at the Coast Gasrj Station in the Creek , succeeded in tracing the prison ^ ta Graveoend , where four of them were Bppreheaded oj Saturday , Bowen and Pope having surrendered on | k morning of examination , at tho oraie * The woundti man is still at large . Tne prlaoatra wer * remanded h the atteadance of other witnesses .

      Tdb Ca 8 e op Dbowsiho off Spithbad . —The 3 ni , empanelled to inquire into the oame of tbe death of ft persons whose bodies were seen floating on the watori i ! Splthead , on Monday , the 9 . h instant , by Prince Albe « when the . royal steam yaobt Fairy was bearing the cow from Oaborne to Gasport , sat again on Tuesday at tti late of Wight Hoy Tavern , at Point , Portsmouth , whs the testimony of the chief witness in the case , Samta Look , the waterman of the boat which capsi ' zid y « taken . By hit evldsnsa it appeared tiat shea aoo » half a mile from her M -j jsly ' s frigate Grampus , to wh | c * ship he was conveyiog thedeoeaied persons he' tacked ' In a lull ef the gale which was prevailing , for the par pice of ' going Bbout and reachin g towards thesis Atthat moment , when he hell the tackle of the jtb . iihe « inhiB hand , and hia partner ( the deceased , Laishleyi

      was 8 hifting tne main-sheet over to the opposite slde c the boat , two of the women ( whoaa bodies have not be ^ found , ) suddRnly rose at he thsoght , to wrap ttaeb clothing more oloul y round them , when a tremeadou sea at the same instant struck tha boat and turned hti on her aide , throwing overboard the anfortunate Inmates The mainsheet was bslayed' ( ooade fast to the tackles ) whea eis went over , but had tbe women sat still in tbe boa ) no accident could possibly have happened , as tbe boat esuld not have been better ballasted . He stuck b ; the boat himself , and what beoame of tbe others after they were immersed he knew nothing , nor did he bp anything more of them . He cried loadly for help whin none was n « ar ; but heard the gmu of the fleet at S pit , head firing the royal salute on tha passing of her Uejeih

      in her steam . yaobt Fairy , and saw the smoke of the steamer ' s funnel as she approached , when he reaenej his shouts for help , as he thought Bhe ( the royal yacht ] would Inevitably run over him , aad he hold nphUhanji to attract their attention . It was then he first saw thj Cu 9 tom . BOUBe cutter coming towards the sama spot ¦ hi called to thoBa on Board , when the officer aaw him manned tha boat astern , got into it , and with his twi mea made towards him , whaa he was Mrnost gone nltl ' cold and the fear of death before hia eyet . He naBpd oa board her Majesty ' s steamer Fire Queen , being tbi nearest vosael t « him , whore he was put down in thj stoke-hole , before tbe fires , with the doors of the fire ! place * open , which , although it nearly roasted him to .

      tercd circulation , and made him feel batter . He w « afterwards bled by the doctor , and conveyed home , where he had been very 111 , but was now niuoh b : tt « ' although sot aufficiently so to ply hia calling . The Co ! roner , in addreB 3 ing the jury , dwelt upon the kindness displayed by tbe host and hostess of tbe tavern in which the inquest was hold towarda the . Buffcrers , after thej had been refused succour at the Qaebsc Hotel . The latter circumstance waa warmly animadverted upon bat as no consura could ba legally admitted into the verdict tho finaing was merely Accidental death . ' The jury , however , before sepsratlDg , expraaBod by a resolution , whioh mot tho approbation of tiu , majority , tbetr opiaioa of the con net ef the Inmates of tho Qiebec Hotel ia

      strong termB . Another Chabtist Abbbst . — Eirly on Tuesday morning Sub-Inspector Duckworth a pprehended , under a banch warrant , Samuel K « ra or Kearns , one of tte Chartists included in the late Manchester iadiotment , at his house iu Ancoats-Blreet , K * arn has been out of the way for some months , and . only recently returned to hit dwelling . He la thirty years of age , and is a hand . loom weaver . He was brought up at the Borough Court , and required to find two sureties in £ 50 eaob , an ! to enter into bia own recognizances in £ 100 , £ > r Mb appearance at the next Liverpool commission . While being removed , Kaarn complained of the amount of bail required , alleging that he was only earning 103 . a week when he was apprehended .

      Shoi in a QoABBEi .-Oa Monday night a surgeoi named Addison wa « in company with Mr Thomas Hstt . noil , a painter , drinking at a public-bouse in South ampton . They . left about two o ' clock on ToEsdaj morning , quarrelling with each other . When thsy ar . rived at tho Houndwell , a large open space in the osntrt of the tews , Addlson took a pistol from his pocket , and shot Harinoll in the groin . The report of the pistol was beard by some policemen , who Immediately rushed te the spor . Addiaon was immediately apprehended , Hartnoll , after walking a ten paces fell , and was con < veyed to the infirmary , where he now lies dangerously HI , and is not expected to recover . The ball has not yet been extracted . A magistrate hat attended at the In . firmary to take his dfpoaiiion ,

      Two Accidents-on bjabd thh Gbahpu 3 off Ports , month , ocourred on Wednesday , by which one man lost his Ufa , and another was very ser iously injured , An iron water . tank fell upon the former , oruehin * his head bo suddenly that death was instantaneous . The ether man who waB In a Bling , fell from the maBt and was much injured . Coiliebi Accidkni . —On Saturday last an inquesl waB held at Thornham , in the paibh of Mlddleton , on the body of John Fitton , aged nineteen . James Lomai ,

      couier , stated that deceased was his wsggoner , and 00 the 6 th inat . they were at work in the englns pit , at Spatl Bsttoma CollKry , near Rochdale , belonging to Mr Thos . KnowIeB . Fitton went up the air road for two picks ; he had a-lamp with him , but it was without a top . An explosion of firedamp took phoe ; deceased vrai severely burnt and otherwise injured , and died on Thursday night . According to the rules of tho colliery , persons UBing a lamp without a top are liable to a fid of 2 j , 63 ., ana the young man had been previous !] warned of it . —Verdlot , « Accidental Dsath . '

      An Inquest was held at Oiford on Wednesday more ing , on the body of W . Grainger , a servant in Exetti College , and who was found droivned iu the Caertveli Sereral of d < ceaeoi ' e fdlow-aervanti deposed to havioj observed a strangeness in his manner oS late ; and ti oaeofthtmho aaid thaJ h « was Bure he should nevei be abla to get through bis work this time . Deoeaaei was much respsoted bj the authority and members 0 tha college , whero he had been a strvant for more tbat tffentyatven years . Terdlst , Found drowaed . ' Shooeinq Fatality ih Ancoatb . —Oa Tuesday after noon , between one and two o ' clock , a moat calamitoui nccldtnt oocmred at the timber-yard of Mr RobtrtBlacfc burn , architect BBd builder , in Meadow . street , GreJl Anooata , by which two labouring men , named William

      TownsoHd and Joseph Daniels , met with sadden and vs > timely deaths . The dcoeaBtd men , both of whom w «' in tbe service of Mr CharleB Clegg , timber merchant , d Water-Btrett , were tngaged about half past one o ' olort dlgobarging a tout load o £ ilmUr from the Ractds' * ennal Into Mr Blaokbnrn ' s yard , usBlating with others K work the crane used in hoisting the timber from the boa into the yard . Near the crane stood a Black of timber piled log upon log to the height of between ¦ even ted and eighteen feet , and owing to the Ineautioue removal 0 two large logs which in part supported the ttick , a pi ' of aomo forty , or fifty heavy logs suddenly fell down crushing the two unfortnaate men sgalnst the 'jib '» « ho crane , and oauslng the death of both . DanleU »» pinned against the crane by a lar ^ e log , wbieh fell «! tho back of his neck , crushing him so fearfully as *

      cauBe the blood to guah out of his noae , mouth , and eaii and , though released from hia dreadful situation ii about a couple | f minutes , llfo was quite cztiact . Toff " Bend was found to bo allva when lejoued , though app » rontl y quite insensible , and he was conveyed for lbffU to tho Ancoats Dispensary , where he died immediate ' after his admission . His riba were broken , and he «• otherwise internall y injured . At the inqueat hold " Wedaetdsy evening , before Mr Chapman , at tbe P trlcb inWharf . atrtet , Cinal-Btreet , a verdict was «' turned of' Accidental Death' in both cases . Townae fl ' who was thlrty . four years of age , resided In Gare " e « street , Salford , ; and has lefe a widow . Joaeph Dfln ^ who wrb aged fifty : three , resided in Welllngton-p l » Liverpool , and he has left a widow and seven cnlW f most of whom areof age ,

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      Ireland . . On Friday there was an ad ^ urned meeting of the committee appointed to prepare and forward an address to ths- £ ord Lieutenant , in concurrence with theweftftmendatiottof Uiejpry . bywhom Mr Willitnr Smith O'Brien was found guilty , that her MajeBey '« graciona ? nreMgafiTe , of mercy ehould beex-Jendedto him ; The mee ^ ng wu advertised tor thff hour of twelre o ' clock ; bat long before that honr , « adfroman ^ early periedinihe day , Radty ' s Hotel line place of meetmg ) wjataron £ ed withl numerous groupiof cWnnsof allereedg , tne resident gentry , andicfltfBntW meroliantsofthe ' city , besides . larea SSi ^^^^ 'JW ^ ^ F «> t « tant , indMingBeveral of the dignitaries of both ohurches , JwIiSrf--rt t ^ - ^ e ^ - F ° ? P » . of forwarding the : etnecta ettha committee and affixing their- Biena t « ea to-the address , drafts of wbieh hid been drawn np . andlay prepared for signing at the place of meet-S&JHr *^ ' ' * & *** 4 ; TrowS of eibEnaeostmuedto rrt ) or iu lor the purpose of sign-Sfe ^ ^ - ^ r *^ " to WBgwate aeility and conveiiience for signatures whua the wWmitKe which had beanlppoS Stoned SS , « - ¦ ff 'giving names affixed to ooDies ffl ^^^ a ^ ndsof > hichlud bee ? S ¦ W& 8 tffifi& . ^¦ i - - ¦ : r u ; ' . ' .- - : ¦

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      Right Rev . Dr Browne , Bishop of Elph ; n ; Right Rav . Dr Darry , Right Rev . Dr Keatinge , Right Rav . Dr M'Dannell , Right Rev . Dr Feeney , Right Rev . Dr M Gtettiean , Right Rev . Dr Oantwell . Right Rw . Dr Blake , Right Rev . Dr Healy , the Provost of Trinity College . Lord Oranmore , Dr M'Dannell , S . F . T . O . D ., the Venerable Dean Mevler , the Very Rev . Dt O'Oonnell , St Michael and St John '*; the Right lion , tha'Lord Mayor . Sir Richard Baker , Sir George Mams , Oharle 3 David Latouohe , Pierce Mahony , Jamea Fegan , M . P ., Major General Vandeleur , J . D . Fitzgerald , Q . C ., Major TalbotJohu

      , Reynolds , M . P . . Wderman Kinnahan , Sir Harcourt Lees , Charles Fitsimon , Rev J . M'Sorley , J . P ., the Rev . Thomas Kelly , of Kellyville , Queen ' s County ; Sir Drnry Jonei Ditkeneen , Professor Harrison , John L . Arabin . the O'GormanMahoD , M . P ., Thomas Llayd , D . L ., Beeohmont ; Francis Coppioger , J . P ., Matthew DariBzr , D . L . and J . P ., Jamea Perry , J . P ., George F . Shaw , F . T . O . D ., James Byrne , F . T CD ., Nicholas Maher , M . P ., Charlea P . M Donald , M . R . I . A ., John Maher , D . L ., and a host of other names , numbering amongst them the most influential of our resident gentry and most reapeoted citizens .

      THE IPFROACHIXa COMMISSION IN DtJBUX . It is decided ftst Mr Gavin Duff / shall be tried by the connty , and not the city jurors , each of whom is summoned to appear on Saturday next , on fin 9 of £ 200 , as already stated . Bills for high treason against Daffy will be sent before the grand jury on that day . The letter found in O'Brien ' s portmanteau * and proved on his trial to ba in the handwriting of Duffy , will be used as a leading piece of evidence ; Some word 3 originally written in that letter , bat obliterated , and others substituted by the writer previous to sealing , have been sufficiently restored to enable every one to kaow what they are , and it ia alleged that tfcey must have a material effect upon the case .

      On Saturday , Mr E . Trounton and Mr Martin J . Burke , who were confined in Newgate under the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Aoti were sent to Clonrael by railway . Tbe parties were summoned on behalf of Mr Thomas F . Meagher , to te examined as witnesses on his trial .

      DAKD . G ATTEMPT BY CONVICTS TO ESCAPE FROM CARRICKFERGU 3 GAOL—DEATH OF ONE OB THE COKVICIS . The Belfast News Lethe says : — An alarming rumour was prevalent in Belfast on Thursday , to the ffFeot that the State prisoners confined in Belfast Bridewell had effected their escape , and that one had been billed ; but on inquiry we learned that the report was altogether nnfounded bo far as regards the Bridewell , but that an unfortunate ocenrrenco had taken place in Carrickfergua gaol , attended with the death of one of the convicts under sentence ' of transportation , who was shot in the attempt to escape from the prison by one of the gaol guards . On receipt of thiB intelligence , we despatched onr reporter

      to Camckfergns , and from him we have received the following particulars : — 'I waited on Mr Erakine , the respected governor of Carrickfergus gaol , to ascertain the factiof the report which was so generally circulated through town-to-day , and was politely conducted throngh the Bcene of the morning ' s fatal occuwencs , and learned from him every particular which can interest the public . The occurrence took place between six and seven o ' clock this ; ( Thursday ) morning , at the time the prisoners were being removed from their cells to the wards ocoupied by them during the day . In the corridor of the prison immediiisly adjoining the governor's house , there are two wing * containing ten cells each , in whioh fortyeight convicts under sentence of transportation were

      csnfined ; and it is now understood that a well-concocted conspiracy had long existed among them to make a' bold stroke' for their liberty on the first opportunity . This astounding information waa communicated to the prison officers in charge , by a convict named Orr , formerly night watchman in Belfast , and who is nov under Bentenca oi transportation for stealing a watch , and had the effect of causing double diligence on their part to prevent the conspiraoy being carried out . This morning the attempt was made in the following manner : —Mr Johnston had just opened the cells iu one of the wings already spoken of , when the convict Orr having observed one of tho prisoners , named Boyd ; slip out of the cell under some pretence , gave the alarm , but the iron door

      was immediately shut and fastened on the outside , tho . 3 closing np Mr Johnston with 28 convict ! . At the same moment a Bimilar occurrence had taken place in the left wing , of cells under the charge of another turnkey named Logan . Ee had opened the last csll , and waa about to give the word to march out , when he observed the door shut , and two conviots , named Edwards and Hunter , &i& . With the greateat coolness and self-possession he unbuttoned his coat , and producing his- pistols ordered the men to return to their cells , threatening to fire upon them instantly in case they refused . The convicts were overawed , and at o&ce obeyed bis orders . Mr John stone ' s determination produced a similar effeot upon the felons in the cell in which he was confined . The

      alarm was instantly given , the prison bell rung , and the other officers of the gaol , hastening to the corridor , found the four leading doors dosed and bolted , One of the escaping convicts ( Boyd ) had formerly been confined in the prison , and was intimately acquainted with the leading pasBagea and apartments , so that the knswledgehe possessed in this reBpeet gave him a facility of escape . ' He had been in the oapaoity of cook for a considerable time , and the first important passage clo 3 ed up by him after quitting the cell , was that leading te tne kitchen , fie then closed the three ward doom , and made towards the hospital yard , where he was joined by Edwards and Hunter , the two other convict ! . They then placed a form against the wall , by which they meunted to the roof of tha

      porch , and next climbed by a window to the top of ihe wall . Edwards gained the top of the wall first , followed by Hunter ; but Boyd , who had been most active in the attempt , in following them fell to the ground , and then hurried back to the piison , where he was secured . Hunter and Edwards , having reahed the roof of the new wing of the . gaol , ran alongitho spouting on the hospital side , a distance of twenty yards , carrying with them a buoket aud their sheets , cut up in ( trips , to assist in the descent from the wall . The guard on that side of the prison observed and immediately challenged them ; but Edwards cried out fee would murder him if he attempted to fire . Thompson , the guard , presented his , gun , whioh burnt priming , and the two desperadoes , encouraged

      by this circumstance , hastily descended the wall ( a height of twenty-two feet ) , and ran toward ) the sentry-box , Edwards crying to his companion , ' ——your eouI , come on . ' Thompson , with great presence of mind , ran towards the other corner of the prison , and baring primed his gun afresh , was joined by Mr Johnson , armed with a blunderbuss , and then hastened back to meet the convic ' . s , who were by this time armed with stones , and determined to risk their lives in the attempt to escape . Thompson immediately fired , and the unfortunate Edwards fell , two stones dropping from his hands at the same

      moment ; whereupon Hunter fell upon his knees and begged for meroy . He waa secured and conducted back to his cell . Edwards lingered for fifteen minutes , his last breatkjcalling upon God for mercy . Immediately after the fatal occurrence , Drs Magowan and Foreytke were in attendance / but pronounced the wound to ba mortal . In the course of the day T . E . Jackaon , Esq ., coroner for the oounty , ' he'd an inqueBti when , after viewing the plan of the prison and the body of the unfortunate man , a verdiot in accordance with the faots was returned , adding , in reference to the cause of death , 'justifiable homicide in the execution of duty . '

      SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FBOM KKWOATB . Oa Monday between one and two o ' clock , the governor of Newgate having received information that Charles G . Duffy couteiaplated an escape from gaol , he ( the governor ) at once proceeded , accompanied by the deputy . goyernor ( Mr Bourne ) , Mr Belljconstabla 42 D ; and ^ eome other officials who were in attendance , to the apartment occupied by the prisoner , and commenced an active search " . In a leather trunk belonging to the prisoner , they discovered a rope ladder about" forty feet long , and a coil of single rope about the same length , and it was said that by means of thtse the prisoner intended to make his

      escape . The sentinel who was on duty over the pnaoner ' s apartment alleges that he had been offsred a bride if he favoured the attempt . The officials belonging to the establishment , on what they deemed an important discovery ; ' at once removed the prisoner to a more secure part of tne gaol , where double guards were placed upon him , and the most rigorous watch kept upon- his movements . The room occupied by Mr Duffy lookedinto Green-street , aud the window opens into the street for the purpose of ventilation . This room had been previously allocated for the ua ? of debtors . There was nothing of the kind found in the apartments of the other

      prisoners . FATS OF THE STATE PRISONERS . On Monday afternoon , the Lord-Lieutenant received the deputation 7 appointed a $ the ineeting of thacitizina of Dublin to present a memorial to hiB Excellency , praying for a commutation of the Ben ; tencep » BBed upon Mr Smith O'Brien . The Lord Mayor headed the deputation , whioft was composed of several most wspeottble citizaas ' i The following islheaddress : — ' ' '• TO HIS IXCELLBSOI EARL CLARENDON , LORD-LIK 0-TKrfAHX DESKS AL , ADD OBSBRAL GOVJKBKOR ' OF IBBIiUID . '

      'May it please your Excellency , —We , the undersigned , consisting principally of the inhabitants of Dablin and its vicinity , address your excellency as the representative , in Ireland , of her Most Gracious Majesty the Qseen . We fully concur in the recommendation' of the jury by whom William Smith O'Brien has been found guilty , and we humbly and earnestly entreat the exercise of her Majesty's gracious prerogative of mercy in his favour . « Wiixuh Shabmas Crawford . Chairman . ' The Lord-Lieutenant received the deputation with the greatest eourtesy , and said , in order that there should beBo . mutake as to the nature of the answer he was about to give , he would read it . His Excellenoy then read the Mowing answer :-¦ 'As it appeared to be tht wish of MrSharman Crawford-and the gentlemen who aewmpaaied him

      Si'dbmcfal Lufeufawtte.

      Si'Dbmcfal lufeUfawtte .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . October 21 , 1848 . II

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1493/page/6/