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    ttreen summoned by the crown , but » **™ on tlfthe witnesses over whom te J ^^ JS sweeged to say that he would not be deprived of to tsF' 56 " * , * l _ . ! . „ .,, tn remain in courr . rndridence because he chose to . remai MnSeneral M'Donald also was m court , and he wisnea ¦ KK 5 there wereany objection tohis remaining T ? Sfprisoner said , that he had , no objection to anteneral M'Donald remaining in court , but he did gebject to Mr Hodges remaining , as he had repre-Stmted himself to be merely a reporter , and had rrmrned out to be a person acting in a very different larliaracter . He had come forwardand sworn that the Hnords spoken by him were seditious and treasonable , and any person who was prepared to take safest course to aid the crown , was not a fair

    reir torter . ,, 'TThe Attorney General said , he would examine tr If Hodg es merely as a reporter ; he would be the sstrst witness examined for tbe crown . IV Mr Hodges said , that he might retire , as his son nsras in court to supply his place . 'T The prisoner repeated that , so far as he was conmerned , he would not consent to Mr Hodges reraamigigiu court ; he had departed from his character of i peporter ; he had been treated as a guest , and had amrned out a spy . He might be overruled in his obtctection , but he would not consent to Mr Hodges DEontinuing in court . ] Mr Hodges then retired : his son and Mr M Der-B 0 BOtt , tbe other government reporter , remained m uconrt to take notes of the trial .

    ] Mr Lynch then read to the court and jury the nmbstance of the indictment . There were sir counts . JKhe first five charged the prisoner with levying war jgtgainstthe Queen within the realm . The sixth gicbarged , tbat there was a conspiracy in order to ratting and put the Queen to death . The first count Sbfoundthat the prisoner , and others named in the BDindictment , upon tbe 17 th of July , and upon divers Blether davs between that and the 30 th of July , at Bal-BBngarryicounty Tipperary , with a great multitude of Dto & ers , wickedly , malicionsly . and traitorously , levied ¦ and made war against the Queen . That count stated Blthat they marched in and through divers villages , Iktowns , placesand highways , erected certain

    obstruc-, b ' tibns upon the highway to prevent the marching of sltse soldiers , and made an attack npon a large body nlta" constables by force and violence , to compel them Mo join them , and nudeawartike attack upon a dwelliring house at Farrinrory , and fired upon a large body oof constables . The second count made the levying oof war to take place upon the 26 th of July , at Mul-EBnahone . The count stated that they marched iu a rt warlike manner , and made an attack upon a dwelling-house at Mullinahone . The third count stated It tbe levying of war to bave been upon the 28 th of JJnly . atanlscecalled Killenanle . The sixth count t charged the prisoner with having compassed the < death of the Queen , & c .

    The Attorney General then rose to address the i court and jury on behalf of the crown . He said it was his duty to state to them the facts of the case , ; and the evidence which he would bring forward to i sustain it . The prisoner was charged with the Imghest offence known to the law . Fcrta . HS . teIy i such trials were not frequent . Therefore , it would i DC necessary for him tb state the law of the case , j to enable the jury to apply the evidence to it . In \ the reign of Edward III ., an act was passed defining IKgh treason . The present charge was grounded apon that statute , which passed in tbe year 1350 . The learaed gentleman then read the passage in the statute defining the crime of high treason . The

    question in the case was , so far as the first five counts , had there been a levying of war against the Queen , and did the conduct of the prisoner amount to a levying of war ? It had been clearly estabfished by Judge Foster and Chief Justice Tenterden , that the pomp and circumstance of military array asd regular warfare were not necessary to constitute the levying of war . An assembly armed and arrayed for treasonable practices , and arming itself , was a levying of war without an engagement at alL The numbers of persons who assembled were sat material—but two things should be established to the satisfaction of the jury . First—was there an insurrection and rising in arms for a warlike purpose , which constituted a levying of war ? With respect to the compassing the death of the Queen ,

    the law had been established from the earliest period . It was not necessary to prove that the parties contemplated personal violence against tbe sovereign . The taking of measures to depose , imprison , or restrain the person of the Queen , through insurrection ex rebellion , were overt acts of compassing the death of the sovereign . The actual rebellion , of which be meant to give evidence , did not occupy a considerable period of time ; it occupied scarcely more than the last week in July , but that they might fully understand the object of the proceedings , and the circumstances under which they were had recourse to by the prisoner , it vauld be necessary for him to -trace the results which the prisoner really must have anticipated from a much earlier period . It would appear that , as long ago as January , 2847 , an association was formed in the city of Dublin .

    Mr Whiteside here interrupted the Attorney General , and observed that iu the language of Judge Fester the prisoner was not bound to answer to the history of bis life , and he would protest against the introduction of matter of which there was no hint in the indictment . The Attorney General said that he would not state anything of which he had not evidence , and it was the first time he ever heard that evidence of a previous conspiracy would aot be given to substantiate such a charge as the present . Iu the year 1847 an association was formed in Dublin called the Irish Confederation , consisting of Mr O'Brien , Mr Meagher , Mr Doheny , and several other gentlemen ,

    whom by the evidence he meant to connect with the design of entering into open insurrection , which did not take place until July . He did not say that the plan was formed in January , 1847 ; bnt that association was so formed and continued till July ; and in February or March , 1848 , they entered into a definite plan , by means of force or violence , to cause a separation between the two countries and establish Ireland as an independent kingdom . It was a matter of history that the French revolution took place in the February of the present year , and its success was held out as an encouragement to those who were anxious either to advance themselves or , from mistaken notions of advantage to the

    country , to embark in the project . It would appear that about that period meetings were held apparently for the purpose , and with the intention , of voting an address of congratulation to the provisional government of France . Mr O'Brien moved an address to the French nation , several portions of which it was impossible to read without coming to tbe conclusion that Mr O'Brien had settled in bis mind the day had arrived when tbe Irish people , of whom he fancied himself to be the representative , should have recourse to arms to establish Ireland into a separate kingdom . In that speech the prisoner stated that , although npon some previous occasions he had objected to persons having amis ,

    he thought a change had taken place , and it would be advisable that the people should furnish themselves with arms . He called also upon young men of ability to apply themselves to engineering , to be able to cut off supplies from the enemy . Another member of the confederation , Mr Meagher , made a a speech of a similar import , in which be said that he would advise the deputation to wait upon the Queen , and if they were refused admission , bundle np their court dresses , and swear that the next time they applied for admission it sheuld be as the ambassadors of an Irish republic , or if the request was refused' up with the barricades , and bave recourse to the God of battles . ' He mentioned this

    speech to show the object of Mr O'Brien in the outbreak of July . These matters occurred in the March of the present year . It might be suggested that these proceedings should have been sooner checked . They would see that from March to July there was a constant struggle between the parties engaged in that conspiracy to oppose and evade tbe law , and effect their objects in defiance of the law . It was right to mention the state of the law in March , « v hen these proceedings took place ; at that as at the present time a party guilty of high treason forfeited his life ; but the mere delivery of seditious speeches , which did not amount to the overt act of levying war , was only a misdemeanor . The delivery of seditious speeches was an offenceforwhichaparty

    might be prosecuted , but not for high treason ; therefore be submitted that the prisoner and the other persons engaged with him , availed themselves of it . Mr O'Brien became the bearer of an address to tbe French nation , accompanied by Mr Meagher and Mr O'Gorman . One of the questions which the jury was to decide was , whether the real intention of the deputation was to congratulate the French nation or to make such arrangements as would enable them , in the event of an outbreak , to obtain assistance from the French . Be that as it might , ia March or April Mr O'Brien went to Paris , remained there some time , and shortly afterwards returned . Another object contemplated was tbe establishment of a national guard—the establishment of

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    clubs , officered , and each district provided with its officer , so that at a given moment they might be prepared to rise . It was also designed to establish newspapers to circulate their plans throughout the country ; at that time the publication of seditious newspapers was a misdemeanor ; and upon the 22 nd of April , 1848 , while that violent agitation was going on , and had become so alarming from the success of the French revolution , an act passed rendering it felony to compass the deposition ef the Queen , and giving expression to such compassing by open aad advised speaking , or publications iu writing . This would become a material ingredient in the consideration of the case .

    A prosecution for felony was instituted against a member of that confederation ( Mr Mitchel ); he was tried at the latter end of May , convicted of felony , and transported . Mr Mitchel was a member of this confederation , and one of those who attended the meetings of the association . The mat . terfor which he was prosecuted and convicted was a r eport in bis own newspaper of a speech delivered by himself at a soiree held at Limerick , a soiree which was given Mr O'Brien and Mr Meagher as persecuted patriots—these persons being at that time traversers who had been allowed to standout after procuring bail , to appear and take their trials in the Court of Queen ' s Bench foruttering seditious

    speeches previously delivered by them at different places of meeting . It would appear in evidence before tbe jury , from the mouth of one of Mr O ' Brien ' s co-conspirators , that immediately before the trial of M <* Mitchel , discussions and consultations were held for the purpose of ascertaining whether , in the event of his conviction , they should at once effect a rising and risk the fate of their intended insurrection upon an attempt to rescue Mitchel . There was however , a considerable difference upon this subject amongst the leaders of tbe Dublin clubs . Some of these leaders thought that Mitchel should be rescued , even though that rescue could only be effected with an enormous loss of life , and that the

    rescue was to be made tbe commencement of the rebellion . Others conceived that that time would be premature—that the harvest was not ripe—that there was not then sufficient food in the country , and that therefore the attempt to rescue Mitchel should be deferred . Accordingly , as he meant to show the jury , the insurrection was postponed « asil after the harvest was reaped ? but it was even rtren decided that , coute qui coute , the harvest was to be the period at which the effort was to be made , In the meantime , they decided that dabs were to be organised all over the country , which were tn he armed , and officered , and prepared to take the field ott the shortest notice . Early in July , Mr Duffy ,

    another of the Confederates , was arrested for having polished certain seditious writings in the Nation newspaper and it was intended to put him upon his trial early in the month of August . Evidence would be given to satisfy the jury that about this time a determination was arrived at by the leaders of the Confederate party ( including Mr O'Brien ) to the effect , that tbe rising which they were not pre . pared to effect in the month of May they should he ready to effect in the August following . Accordingly , to prepare for this rising , Mr O'Brien and the other principal leaders visited various parts of the country for the purpose of completing the organisation of the clubs .

    Evidence would be given that Mr O'Brien attended in particular one meeting for the purpose of observing the state of the organisation of his men , and it would be further proved that on a subsequent occasion he ( Mr O'Brien ) stated that he had found at that meeting upwards of 2 , 000 men who were as well disciplined as any soldiers in her Majesty ' s service . Matters went on in this way up to the 14 th of July , when , Mr O'Brien having returned on that day to Dublin , attended a meeting in the evening on the same day , the object of which was to apprise tbe members of the different clubs of the necessity of an immediate outbreak . There was a private meeting of the Confederates on the following

    evening , at which the period , and time , and circumstances of the intended rising were fully discussed . Some of the leaders proposed at this meeting a resolution to the effect that an immediate outbreak should take place , whiU others considered that it would be better to postpone it for a short time ; but that an outbreak was to take place at some future time , to be afterwards fixed , was determined on by all the parties present at the meeting . Immediately succeeding this meeting a proclamation was issued by the Lord-Lieutenant , proclaiming the city of Dublin , the effect of which was , that no persons should be allowed to bave arms in their houses without licence , or carry arms from one club room

    to another . Under these circumstances it was discussed amongst the leaders and members of the clubs whether they would at once resist the proclamation , and make the attempt to seize their arms the period for a general resistance ; or whether they would conceal them , and hold themselves ready return out at a moment's warning . Contemporaneously with the issuing of the proclamation the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended . Just previously however to the suspension , the council of the Confederation , which then consisted of twenty-one persons , considering that if an insurrection was to take place that number of members would be too large , called a meeting for the purpose of electing a new

    war directory . Accordingly a new'directory was formed , consisting of five members , namely , Mr Richard O'Gorman , jun ., Mr Devin Reilly , Mr T . F . Meagher , Mr Dillon , and another individual whose name he did not just then recollect . Mr O'Brien was not elected upon this directory ; but it was an extraordinary and providential circumstance that a paper was found upon the person of Mr James F . Lalor , which proved to be the actual balloting paper used upon the occasion of the election of that war directory . On Saturday , the 22 nd July , Mr O'Brien left Dublin for Enruscarthy ,

    whither he travelled alone ; but it so happened that on that very day Lord John Russell moved the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in tbe House of Commons , and of course when Mr O'Brien left Dublin on the same day he was quite unaware cf what took place ia the House of Commons . Intelligence that tbe Commons had suspended the Habeas Corpus Act arrived in Dublin on Saturday night , having been conveyed by tbe electric telegraph ; and it would be shown in evidence that the editor of the Freeman's Journal , having received this intelligence , communicated the fact of the suspension to Mr Richard O'Gorman , one of the new war

    directory , upon hearing which Mr O Gorman sent a despatch to Mr Smith O'Brien announcing the circumstance , which letter had been subsequently found upon the person of Mr O'Brien , and would be given in evidence . Mr O'Brien arrived at Enniscorthy on Saturday evening , and it would be shown that on the evening of the same day Mr Meagher and Mr J . B . Dillon , as he believed , left the house of a Mr O'Hara , who resided near Kingstown , from whence they proceeded to join Mr O'Brien at Enniscorthy . The three gentlemen quitted that town in company on the 23 rd July , and subsequently passed through the towns of Graigue , Kilkenny , and Callan , in which place they harangued the people , urging them to an immediate outbreak . Frem

    Callan they went to Carrick-on-Sair , where they arrived at one o ' clock on the evening of Monday , the 24 th July , and repeated the same language they had previously made use of at the other places he had mentioned . The party then went to Cashel . Immediately after the arrest of the prisoner he stated that he left a portmanteau with Mrs Doheny , in Cashel , which was found there ; and several of the papers found in the portmanteau would be given to them in evidence . It was then probable that on his way from Cashel to Mullinahone he passed through Killenanle . Upon Tuesday , between three and four o ' clock , ha arrived at Mullinahone , and there commenced the actual levying of war . It was then that he commenced the offence with which he

    was charged . His arrival there was anticipatedhells rang—people assembled in arms from the surrounding country — treasonable speeches were spoken—people armed with pikes and guns were assembled , and drilling and inspection of troops took place . Had tbe matter stopped there—the marching , and drilling , the body guard , and the escort , of the prisoner—it would amount to a levying of war . It was not necessary that a blow should be struck ; the gathering and marching of the people was enough . The prisoner arrived there at mid-day ; strangers also came to the town . One of the persons who afterwards arrived was Bernard

    Terence M'Manus ; he had resided ; in Liverpool for several years ; he arrived in Dublin upon the 25 th of July by the Iron Duke ; he wore a kind of green uniform , whether a military or political uniform he did not kaow , but it had the appearance of a military uniform—its colour was green . What his object was he could not tell , unless it were to take a part in the proceedings in which Mr William Smith O'Brien was engaged . A policeman suspecting his motives followed him , but lost sight of him ; but found in his box arms and uniform , which he seized . This gentleman took an active part with tbe prisoner . The prisoner went out to take a view of

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    the surrounding country . He slept that night at Mullinahone , in the house of a persbiT named Wright ; ha assumed the right of quartering him : self wherever he pleased . Drawing upon his ima ? gination > he considered that Mullinahone was a fortified town , and that the future king or leader of Ireland was within the walls of Mullinahone ; On the 26 th , the prisoner went to the police barracks , which contained only six of the constabulary . He mentioned their conduct with laudation . The

    prisoner came armed with , a pike in one handanda parcel of pistols in a belt , accompanied by . some of the gentry who had followed him from Dublin . One of tbe gentlemen who came after him was-James Patrick O'Donohue , a law clerk , earning a respectable livelihood in Dublin . He was one of those who took the field with the prisoner , Was constantly with him , and went with him to the police barracks . The prisoner asked them to join him ; promised them better pay and promotion . He wanted them to surrender their arms . He told them

    that resistance would be to no purpose . Did they not see the enthusiasm of the people , and the number of armed men whom he had at his command ? Was not that a levying of war ? Constable Williams told him he would lose his life sooner than part with his honour , and neither he nor the fire others yielded their arms to the force . The prisoner said he would give them an hour to consider the matter . He sent an armed body of hundreds oE people from Mullinahone to Ballingarry upon that Wednesday , and went after them upon a car . O'Donohue and the others had gone to Carrick—what brought them there ? They all got together in Ballingarry late upon that day . The prisoner told them the

    reception which he met with in the different places where he had been , and that it only required a rising in one place to have a general rising . The prisoner established a body guard . He quartered himself upon the house of John Kavanagb . Neit day he sent in people , and proceeded with a guard about himself . The people were arrayed in a military manner , so as to leave no doubt that it was to be the commencement of the rebellion . 'The prisoner directed the people to seize any arms which the farmers might have . They went to Capoe , and afterwards to Killenaule , attended by armed peasants . Sentries were placed about the quarters of the general . Upon Friday the prisoner

    remained at Killenaule . Guards were mounted as usual—scouts apprised him that a detachment of dragoons were upon their march , and he thought it advisable to erect barricades in Killenaule . These barricades were erected across the high road into Killenaule to prevent the march of the dragoons under Captain Longmore , but that officer / was merely changing quarters , and had no intention of arresting Mr O'Brien . Captain Longmore stated to the people that unless the barricades were removed he would force his passage through them . A gen . tleman , who by his description was believed to be Mr Dillon , came forward as an envoy asking if it were his intention to arrest Mr O'Brien , for if so ;

    the barricades would not be removed . Captain Longmore said that his object was not to arrest Mr O'Brien—the barricades were then removed , and the dragoons were allowed to pass ,, The prisoner again marched over the commons of Ballingarry , and slept at the house of Mrs Glacken ; he stated there that he had defeated a troop of dragoons . Upon the 28 th rewards were offered for the apprehension of the prisoner and several others , and on the 29 th the fact was generally known to the prisoner and his confederates . Mr Trant , with a force ef forty or fifty constables , marched towards the commons to disperse the rebels . Several thousand persons armed with guns , pikes , and pitchforks , all of them hostile ,

    appeared before him , and were capable of over , whelming his inferior force . He therefore thought it prudent to retire with bis party into a slated honse ; they got possession of tiie house , nailed the doors , put tbe furniture and bed against the door , and contrived by firing through the windows to protect themselves from any attack on the part of the prisoner . Mr Trant gave an order not to fire unless the men were fired on , but if the rebels fired upon them to protect themselves , as best they could . The house was a two-story one ; it was surrounded . The prisoner applied to the men to join him , offering rewards and encouragements to them if they joined him . After some parley with the men the prisoner

    himself gave orders to his own men to fire , which was immediately obeyed . A fire was opened upon the constabulary . This would be proved beyond the shadow of a doubt . It would be proved that the order to fire was given by the prisoner , but , whether or not , it was not material . The prisoner was . the commander , and held himself forward as the leader of a force of insurgent rebels . The fire was returned , and two of the country people were shot . There might have been a few more wounded . This occurred in the presence of the prisoner . Was not that an attack and a levying of war , and did not the object bear a revolutionary character ? This occurred at the house of the

    Widow M'Corraick . Mr Cox , with a party of constabulary who were expected , marched from Cashel to oppose the rebels and assist the party of Mr Trant , Mr O'Brien finding that the . constabulary were to a man determined to hold true to their allegiance to their sovereign , arrived at the opinion that an end was put to his expedition , and accordingly from the time of the attack upon Mr Cox ' s party on the 28 th July he was nowhere to be found . He ( the Attorney General ) believed that he had by his antecedent statement established a sufficient amount of force and violence employed in the recent rebellion to amount to a levying of war against the Queen . The learned counsel then proceeded to

    state that upon tbe occasion of Mr O'Brien ' s arrest atThurles several documents were found upon his person , and one in his portmanteau , which was discovered at Mr Doheny ' s residence at Cashel . Amongst those found upon bis person was an address , dated the 10 th of May , and adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia , in the United States of America , ia which assistance and eo-operation were promised to the Irish people , in the event of an eiitbreak taking place . There was also the letter of Mr O'Gorman , announcing to Mr O'Brien the fact that the House of Commons had

    suspended the Habeas Corpus Act ; besides an address to Mr O'Brien from the Afitchel Club , Enniscorthy , congratulating him upon his first visit to Wexford , and assuring him of their determination to aid their countrymen in their struggle for national independence . In the trunk found at Cashel there was discovered a letter written to Mr O'Brien by MrCkarlesG . Duffy , the proprietor ofthe Nation newspaper , which in his mind showed in the clearest manner the real objects ofthe leaders of the Irish Confederation and clubs . This letter was dated ' Saturday , ' and appeared to have been written in July . Mr Duffy says : —

    Mx dx-ab Sib , —I am glad to learn that you are about to commence a series of meetings ia Monster . There In no half-way house for jou , Too will ba at the bead of a . movement loyally obeyed , and the revolution mast be coadaoted with order and clemency , or the moreaiawhists will prevail with thepsople . anu a revolution become a bloody chaos . You have to fill La Payette ' s place , so graphically painted by 'lamarttne , and , I believe , have fsUen into La Payette ' s error—that of not using it to all its extent and in all Its resources . Ism perfectly well aware thatyou do not desire to lead or influence others ; but , I believe with Lamartine , that that feeling , which is a high personal civic virtue , is a crime in revolution . Oae might as well , I think , not if ant to influence a man

    who was going to walk on thawing ice , or to cross a fordless river , as not to desire to keep men right in a poMtteal straggle and to do it with might and main ; If I were Smith O'Brien I would shape out in ray own mind or with such counsel as I valued , a definite course for the revolution , and . labour incessantly to developo it n that way . f For instance , your project to obtain signa . turestotherollof the national guard , and when a . ufficlent number of signatures were procured , and not sooner , oa ing the Council of Three Hundred was one I entirely sdud upon ; but it was permitted to fall into ! ' ° U' 80 "oel ? *•»!•*«» Oar clubs

    ^» .. ,, . , however , could take the place of theNatlonal Guard . I a definite number of clubs be formed the project s-oidd ' w " iifl' ""' Zeal 0 U 9 ly » nd V , * ° < 4 oarrled out , eaohday adding items to it , and as the men we could In ! flaewMi employed upon It . Forgive me for urging this so earnestly upon you , but I fully believe that the hopes of the country depend on the manner in which the two next months are used . There is aot a town in which you could not find a band of missionaries to organise neighbourlog counties . - Every club has active men fitted for this work , and it is only by employing all our forces that we will succeed .

    The Attorney General then proceeded to read a letter f ^ CW ^ fJt b « en ff » ttent >/ Mr O'Brien on the 29 th of July last , juat previous to the attack whwhwas made on the constabulary at the widow M'Cormiok's . It appeared that there were some coal mines situated near the town of Ballingarry , in which a number of men were then employed by the 'Irish Mining Company , ' a great number of whom had joined Mr fji Bnen m all his proceedings . Mr colliery might think it rather hard for them to pay ™ rKK ] S ! W e ? 8 aged iD Performing their work ; and accordingly he wrote to one of the agents Zrt ^ M ^ r ^ h - e le «<* wai ° h bf was absut to read , the handwriting ot which he was prepared to prove to be that of Mr O'Brien . The Attorney General theu read the letter in question ,

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    which was directed to the director of the mining company . Toe writer , stated in i' / tbat feeling it indumbest upon' blm tbdo all that lay in his : power to prevent tho inhabitants ' of the' collieries from suffer , fug inconvenience ; he would suggest , that 'for the present , ' the whole of the proceeds arising from the' sale of the coals should be applied to the payment ofthe men employed by the company . He farther suggested , that in order'to ensure a brisk demand , the prise of the coal shonld be lowered , stating that in case of refusal , should the Irish insurrection suet coed , the property of the mining company would be confiscated ; whereas , - if they supported the people during the period of their difficulties ; their property should be protected to the utmost of his power . He rtUn Attorney General ) would ask his learned friend

    who was to defend Mr O'Brien , what excuse he could make for such a document'as that he had first read . The Handwriting he would prove to be that of Mr Smith O'Brien ; and he would wish to know what right he ( Mr O'Brien ) had , at the leader of a revolution , to dictateto the directors of the ^ colliery how they were to manage the mines under , their control f What power had Mr O'Brien te protect any one ' s property if he were not to be a rebel leader f There would-be two questions for the consideration of the jury ; one , was whether there had been such a risin g as to amount to an actual levying of war . If he had not drawn upon his imagination , witnesses would be produced who would put the case beyond all doubt . The second question was , whether the

    object was to produce a revolution ; and it he were to rely merely upon the letter which he had read , he had fully proved the case . He bad no doubt . that one of the objects of Mr O'Brien was to escape from the conse quences of his acts , and the suspension of the Habeas Carpus Act expedited the rebellion , and the followers of Mr O ' Brien complained of having been obli ged to take the field sooner than they expected . Had there been an open and general insurrection he doubted not that the military and the constabulary would have brought the country through its perilous position * It wax a matter of sincere congratulation that during the whole proceedings not one of the military or constabulary lost their Jives ; unfortunately some three or four , or more , of the people lost their

    live ) in open field . It was consolatory that tbe less of life was not considerable . He had omitted , and he had been reminded of it , to mention a document found upon the person of Mr O'Brien . The dooumeat to whioh he referred was a pencil map of the localities which he had visited , and a sketch ofthe country which had been the scene of his operations . If he proved this case , he was sure the jury would find a verdict of guilty . ! John George Hodges examined . —was ashore-hand writer . ; attended a meeting of the Irish Confederation , held upon the 13 th of March . It waa held in the evening . Saw the prissner upon that occasion . Had a conversation with him with respect to the business that brought him there . Previous to the meet .

    ing , he requested an interview with Mr O'Brien . Was introduced , when he stated to him that he had been sent'by the government to take notes of the proceedings , and to identify the persons who were then . Mr O'Brien received him very ooartooaely said heplacedconfidence in him , and introduced him t « the meeting in very fine language , and stated that he was there to report for the government Felt very much obliged to him for his courtesy . Mr Meagher , Mr Duffy , Mr M'Gee , Mr Halpin , ' and many others were at the meeting . A speech was made that evening by Mr O'Brien ; Got from the association the best position he could occupy . Took notes of the speech made by Mr O'Brien .. Mr Whiteside , Q . C ., here interfered , and contended that it was not legal evidence to enter into a history of the Irish Confederation . There was no precedent in the criminal law warranting the introduction of masses of speeches as proof of an intent

    on the part of the prisoner to levy war against the Queen .. Counsel referred to the ease of the Queen v . O'Conuell . in order to show that all . the speeches ' for whioh Mr O'Conuell had been prosecuted were set forth in the indictment against him , and a bill of particulars waa furnished to him , which enabled him to prepare his defence , and in the cases of Hardy and Tooke , the charges of conspiracy were stated to have been proved by various speeches and letters . In these cases there was a definite coarse ; and he contended that the speeches made by a man during his life , and net set forth in the indictment , should not be given in evidence in such a case . ! The Attorney General replied that the speeches were admissible , if not under the count for conspiracy , at least under that for levying war . The Chief Justice said that the Court were of opinion that the speech was not an overt aot ; it showed the intent of the prisoner , and was therefore admissible in evidence .

    Witness then proceeded , to read the speech of the 15 'h of March , 1848 . Mr Whiteside , Q , C , said he shonld have a copy of the speech , and any other documents . The Solicitor General said that the documents would be furnished . ' Mr Whiteside , Q . G ., remarked that that was no time to promise documents . -. Witness continued to read the report . Re-examined by the Solicitor General . —I was present at a soiree which was given ' to Mr O'Brien upon hia return from France . It took place on the 15 th of April . It was not a meeting of the Irish Confederation , but a meeting of the citizens of Dublin , held at the Music Hall . I took short-hand notes ef a speech which Mr O'Brien delivered at that

    meeting . , Mr Hodges then read the speech in question , whioh was published in Saundsbb s News Liixbb of the 16 th of April last . Mr Hodges then read a report of a speech delivered by Mr O'Brien at a meeting of the Irish League , held at the Musio Hall , on the 19 th of July last . Mr Hatohell . —Without reference to my notes , I cannot say whether Mr Doheny was present at the meetings of the Confederation at which the preceding speeches were delivered ; he waa at some ofthe meetings of the Confederation ; he was present at a meeting which took place on the 23 rd of March , but Mr O'Brien was notthere ; tho meetings of the Confederation generally took place on : Wednesday ; a meeting waa held about once a fortnight ; I attended a meeting of the Confederation on the 6 th of June , and saw Mr Meagher at it ; Mr O'Brien was not there .

    Cross-examined by Mr Whiteside . —It is a very diffiaalt thing to report correctly the speeches of public men ; I can't say that it requires considerable skill to report a speech ; if I was present at a publio meeting , and took no notes , I would not undertake to give a correct or any report ol the proceedings sfter an interval of a month had elapsed j I do not think it could be correctly done by any man . Tbe speegi of Mr O'Brien , delivered on the 19 th July , which I have read , I proved against him on a former occasion when he was tried in the Court : of Queen ' s Bench in Dublin for sedition . The result of that trial was that the jury disagreed . I did not attend the first meeting of the League , and therefore did not hear the rules adopted for the guidance ! of

    the body read at it ; I was not aware that they were drawn up by Sir Colman O'Loghlen ; 1 have heard , but do not know of my own knowledge , that a dispute arose between Mr O'Brien and Mr Mitchel , which resulted in the expulsion ofthe latter from the Confederation ; but I recollect hearing it stated at a meeting that Mr Mitchel and Mr Daviu Reilly had ceased to be members . Major General John M'Donald examined . — 'Recollected the arrest of the prisoner . Was at Thurles . Saw him immediately after his arrest . Saw him in the Bridewell about nine o ' oleok . Saw the prisoner give up articles , papers , keys , and other things , of whieh he ( witness ) made an inventory . Took care of them . He heard Mb name . Mr O'Brien put the articles into a handkerchief , and he ( witness ) put them into a despatch box , whioh he looked and sent by Captain Hemaas , of the 41 st Regiment , directed to

    the Under Secretary of Dublin Castle . Had never seen them since . Marked all the documents that he could mark . Identified One of . the papers whioh he had marked . : ¦ -.- ^ : : r- -.: •_ : Mr Whiteside , Q .. C , said that the Crown could not rely open certain documents found in a man ' s pocket . If they relied upon all its contents they should produce all . Mr Scott , Q . C ., said that all the documents should be furnished to the counsel for the prisoners , although the Crown gave only some in evidence . There were geven papers marked—there was money—there were various things , five keys and a ring , and a pencil-case and some postage stamps . Cross-examined by Mr Fitzgerald Thnrles was his head-quarters . About the time of the arrest of Mr O'Brien there were a good number of soldiers in Thurles . Could not tell how many . The money found in Mr O'Brien ' s possession amounted to £ 1016 s . 2 d .

    The examination of the witness having concluded , the Court was adjourned . The trial was resumed on Saturday morning , when Capt . J . Heman , Capt . J . G . Jones , Sub-Inspector Cox , Mulrooney , a constable , and C . G . Bagnall , an engineer , were examined as to the receipt and rifling of Mr O'Brien's portmanteau . Capt . Jones deposed . — I recollect the night that Mr O'Brien was arrested . I saw him about half-past eight o ' clock in the bridewell of Thurles . I had a long conversation with Mr O'Brien . I got two letters from him , one for Mrs O'Brien , and the other for Mrs Doheny . I trans

    mitted Mrs Doheny ' s letter to Sub-Inspector Cox , at Cashel ; he also spoke about a portmanteau , which he said was in the keeping of Mrs Dshony , at Cashel , and asked me if I could get it for him . Mr O'Brien then wrote a letter to Mrs Doheny to deliver the portmanteau , which Ieentto ' Mr Cox . I subsequently received a portmanteau from Mr Cox ; and gave it the same day to Mr Bagnall , an engineer . To Mr Whiteside . —I am a stipendiary magistrate , and always keep my word . I gave Mr O'Brien a distinct assurance that he would receive his portmanteau when I got it from Cashel ; but I did not keep my word with him . The other witnesses mjroly traced its transference from one hand to tho ita -r .

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    T . H ; Burke . —I know Mr Redington : I was with him in the lodge in the park , on Sunday , the 6 th of August * While there that day a portmanteau came to him , delivered by , a gentleman , belonging to the railway . ' " When it arrived , I went to the castle . I brought bask a little parcel wrapped , up iu a handkerchief , which I found locked up in . Mr . Reding , ton ' a office .,, Mr Redington tooka bunch of keys oat of , that parcel ,, ^ hich he gave to me . , I , had observed that the portmanteau wMleokedi I opened the portmauteau by means of 6 h « of the keys " upon the bunch . 1 then examined the contents . . There were several papers ! besides books and clothes in it . I first separated the papers from the clothes , and then put the latter into tbe trunk by themselves . I marked some

    of tbe papers as I took them put , by . placing a seal upon them . I initialed other papers which I did not mark on that night I mirked the remainder of the papers the following day , before they left ray custody , ( papers handed witness . ) Those were the papers I marked and initialed on those occasions . I brought the partmanteau with the clothes only in it , to Kifmainham . on the same night , and delivered it together with the key , to Mr Alison , the deputy governor . . . ... . . Cross-examined . —There were four men servants , aud he did not know how many maid servants at the Viceregal Lodge . Did not know how many detectives were about it . Did hot think that Mr Redington couldknow what was in the portmanteau before he saw it . Mr Robert Alison was deputy-governor of

    Kilmainhamgaol ; knew Mr Burke , the last witness ; remembered his delivering a portmanteau to him about twelve o ' clock on Sunday night , the 6 th of August ; brought it up to Mr O'Brien ' s room , aooordiog to his directions , and deliveredit to him ; handed to him also the key whioh was endorsed in the letter of instructions . He thanked him for doing so . Mr O'Brien kept that portmanteau . Various witnesses having been examined for the Surpose - of proving the hand-writing of Messrs fesgher , Doff / , O'Gorman , and Dillon , The Attorney General then said , that he proposed reading the documents whioh had been found in the portmanteau of the prisoner . Mr Whiteside said , that no reason had been given to show that the trunk had not been opened while at

    Mrs'Doheny ' s house , or afterwards . Mrs Doheny had not been produced . The ease of ' The King v . Hardy' ruled the point , and he relied upon it as an authority , to shew that the evidence was insufficient to connect the prisoner with the documents . The Chief Justice said , the court was of opinion that there was sufficient evidence to trace the documents into the possession ofthe prisoner . Mr Whiteside called upon the court to reserve the point . Mr Justice Moore said that he had taken a note of it , and , of coarse , the prisoner would have the benefit ofit . The Chief Justice said , that when the duty of charging the jury devolved upon him , he would leave it to them to say whether or not the evidence connected the prisoner with the possession aad writing of the documents ,

    William Franklin . —I hold the situation of manager ofthe Provincial Bank at Limerick . Mr Smith O'Brien kept an account with that bank . I am aoquaiated with his handwriting . ( Papers found in the portmanteau handed witness . ) I find amongst these papers a note marked , which is , I believe , in Mr O'Brien ' s handwriting . There ia a letter which is signed William Smith O'Brien , the signature to whioh is in his handwriting , bat the body of the letter is written by some ' other person . The document marked C , I will hot swear to be in Mr O'Brien ' s handwriting , bnt the word Cahiraoyle whioh appears in it was , I believe , written by hia . — The words , 'To T . M . Halpin , ' in the second document , ate alio , I believe , in Mr O'Brien ' s handwriting . '

    Robert Walpole . —I am an inspector of the Dublin police . I have with me here some papers whioh I purchased at Mr Grierson ' s , who is the queen ' s printer in Dublin . They are copies of the Dublin Gmm . One is a copy of the Gakttk of Tuesday , the 20 th of July ; another of Friday , July 28 th ; a third dated Wednesday , July 26 ih-a date intermediate between the two former ; a fourth it dated July 21 st . 1 remember the 27 th of July . On that day I went to the house of a person named Keeley , at No . 1 , Eustace-street , Dublin , ( documents handed to witness ) . I got these papers from Sergeant M'Curdy , who assisted me to search Mr Keeley ' s house . I did not see him find thsm . Eneas M'Curdy . —lam a sergeant in the Dublin

    police , and accompanied Inspector Walpole in his search at Mr Keeley ' s house . I found seme papers in a press in the lobby of that house , which I gave to Mr Walpole . ( Papers handed to witness . ) These were the documents . To Mr Whiteside . —I went to Mr Keeley ' s house for the purpose of searching for arms . I found a great multitude of letters along with those produced here . Mary Ann Keeley . —I reside at No ; 1 , Eustacestreet , Dublin . I know Mr Thomas M . Halpin . I remember the police coming torn ; father ' s house , and taking away some papers . I saw the papers previously at No . 9 , D'Olier-stieet ; they were brought from D'Olier-street to Eustace-street by me . Mr Halpin wis the secretary to the Confederation . He resided at No . 9 , D'Olier-street . Cross-examined . — When I brought the papers from D'Olier-street , I put them in the press on the lobby . James S . Dobbin ( an approver ) . —! reside in

    Dublin . I was a member of a Confederate club in Dublin . It was called the ' Red-hand' olub , and was a branch of the Curran club . It held its meetings on Constitution-hill , near the Broadstone . The Curran olub met in Capel-street . When I became a member of that olub , I lived in Linen-hall-street . I formerly followed the business of an engineer ; until latterly I have been a clerk in an attorney's office . There were blinds upon tbe windows of the 'Redhand' club , each having a red hand upon it . There were about eighty members in the Red-hand olub , and five hundred in the Curran olub . I have sees Mr Meagher at the meetings ofthe Curran olub . Mr Whiteside here protested against the line of examination which was pursued by the Solicitor-General . He ( Mr Hatohell ) was endeavouring to bring out the whole history of the Confederate clubs , without at the same time offering any evidence to show that Mr O'Brien ever had the slightest connexion with any of them .

    The Solicitor-General , addressing Mr Whiteside , said , yeur client has pleaded not guilty , and of course you have been instructed to deny every single fact that we have been instructed to prove . I will presently show the connexion whioh existed bttween Mr O'Brien and the clubs . Mr O'Brien . —My lords , I claim the protection of the court ; my honour has never been stained during the whole of a long public life , and I demand that your lordships will not allow the Solicitor- General to make any observations whioh are calculated to reflect injuriously upon my public character . The Solicitor-General . — If these interruptions were not made by Mr O'Brien ' s counsel , I should not have been compelled to speak as I did . Mr Whiteside considered he had every right to enter his protest when he perceived an effort made to connect his client with clubs with which he never

    had the slightest connexion . '' Witness—When first admitted , Mr O'Brien was sitting at the head of tbe table , with a book in bis hand , in which all the clubs of Dublin were registered . He called but the name of each olub , and the representative of the olub came forward and answered . To a juror . —He said he was the representative of that olub . Mr S . O'Brien asked him what was the number of the club—that is , the numerical strength ofit . The name ofthe Red Hand Club was not called that night . When the question was put to the representative ofthe olub as to the numerical strength , he told the number of it . Mr O' Brian then asked was the club organised , that is , was it divided into sections and sub-sections , with an officer at the head of each section . About three hours , at the very least , were occupied in going through those

    inquiries . Prisoner . —Repeat that answer again . —Witness : I said about three hours were occupied in those inquiries . Was in the habit of going to the Confederation Council . Saw different members of the council at that meeting . Could not strictly know them all , but would state to the bast of his recollection . Mr Whiteside . —I object to that . Chief Justice Blaokbutne . —You must be quite sure . Solicitor General —Did Mr O'Brien make any observation as to the organisation , or for what ( if any ) purpose it was to be used ?—Witness : At the time he did not say , but it was to effect the independence of the country , Mr Whiteside . —Mark that answer ; these words are his own .

    The Solicitor General .-Did Mr , O'Brien , at any time , use the words ' to effect the independence of the country ?'—Witness : Yea ; at another time that evening . Mr O'Brien spoke of his tour to Cork and other places , to inspect tbe clubs ; He said he had marched at tho head of clubs at Cork , and saw their organisation , and that thoy were as fine a body as any in her Majesty ' s service . Chief Justice Doherty . —Was it club or clubs he said ?—Witness : He particularly marked at the Cork clubs aa being well organised , The Solicitor Genera ! . —Was there anything said about the state of their arms ?—Witness : There was a general conversation as to the state of their

    arms . Chief Justice Blaokburne . —Did Mr O'Brien hear itl—Wiiness : Mr O'Brien must have heard it . The conversation was sufficiently loud to enable Mr O' Brien to reply to questions on the subject . Trowtou gave an account of a tour in England . He said that men in England were ready to oomo over when tbe insurrection broke out . Trowten also said they had two swivels ready to come over . Mr O'Brien . —I did not hear the last answer . Mr Whiteside . —They had twoswivela ready . Chief Justice Doherty . —Am I to understand that Trowton addressed anybody !—Witness : He ad-

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    droned Mr 0 ' Brien . He made thestatement in the form of a speech ; every person in the roomoouW hear him . Solicitor General .-Do you remember that Mr 0 Brien-made any observation ?—Witness : It was said as to the cannon ; -the difficulty lay in the way of getting them over ;; andvMr O'Brien made a reply that be had been at Baatty , and saw a crew of men in a boat who gave him hearty cheers , and had tha country raised by going across to raise the peonto .

    tie sam tne oinbs in Dublin should have a boat thai would answer for that and other pnrposes . —Solicitor ? General : Did Mr O'Brieniay anything further as to the state of the clubs ?^ Wito esi : He spoke for ? couBideraMe time as to the organisation necessary to effect the object they had in view . ; He considered as that time the organisation was not coapleted . —Solicitor General : Do yon recollect his saying any thina farther ! -Witness : He said he would rather ascend toe gallows than that any oneshonld , by a prematera step , lose his life on his account by a failure .

    Mr O'Brien . —Repeat that answer . ( Witness repeated the answer . ) - Chief Justice Blaokb « ne . -Repeat what Mr ? , « n !?? £ a ? » Premature step—Witness said , be ( Mr 0 Brien ) would ascend the gallows rather than one should lose his life on his account . Witness begged to cerreot his . statement . It was mentioned also as to the rescue of tha persons in gaol , and it was unanimously cried out , to have a rescue . Everyone said , in ease they were convicted , they would have a rescue . Witness , attended another meeting on the lvih of July , as representative of the Red-Hand Club . It was a crowded meeting . Mr O'Brien was also at this meeting , but witness oould not say that he waa in the chair . The meeting was for the of

    purpose defeating the Lord-Lieutenant ' s proclama . tion as to the Arms Bill . Mr Brennan moved' that the insurrection should take . place at once , as the people would not be in a better condition in harvest . " He said the people would be dispirited , and the government would , take up all the arms they could . Mr Dillon moved aa amendment to that resolution , which was to the effect that the people should conceal their arms , and give passive resistance to the proclamation Mr O'Brien said that a break-out at that time would be premature . Mr M'Gee made a speech also , and wanted to east lots to see who should advise tha people that night to resist the application . Knew Mr O'Gorman . He was present at that meeting , and told Mr Dillon that the resolution was too vague and in *

    definite , aad wanted Mr Dillon to define to the people ; heard it said that Mr Diheny was organising the country . Mr O'Brien was thereat that time , and , during the lime he was there , Mr O'Gorman ' s amendment was put twice to the vote ; there was' a small majorityf , and the minority were dissatisfied . Mr Dillon , on urging , the , resolution , said that ill would wait till American an d French aid came . He also said that they would halt between two opinions , and wonld wait till rifles were forged in heaven , and angels drew the triggers , and that : they had the elements of tbe process within themselves . Mr M'Gee said the members of the council had been advising the people to organise and arm , ; and aiked them to draw lota for the person who wonld tell them that night to resist the proclamation . - He said that bo

    would be one of those drawn . Had seen the members ofthe Curran club with arms , such as mukets and pikes . Knows Lawrence Hanloa , who was a member of the Red Hand Club . Saw him preparing arms ! piling , cleaning , and preparing : them for wow ; < The arms consisted of guns and pikes . He waa what was called a 'handy man . ' He bought the materials for Sins , the barrels and locks , and pnt them together , ' e wonld put them together for 18 a . 6 d . for theclulrf A party gave the materials at a reduced rate , in or * t that the people might be armed . Was not present when Hanlon purchased any of the arms . Attended a meeting on Friday , the 21 st of July . Mr O'Brien was not at that meeting . It waa held in the same room , and was a meeting of the same body . James Dillon was in the chair .

    Mr Whiteside objected to this as Mr O'Brien was not present . The eourt overruled the objection . On the prisoner ' s ceunsel applying to have the point reserved , Chief Justice Blackburne asked witness to mention what members who were present at the meeting of the 19 th . were also present on the 21 at . Witness . — Messrs Dillon , Meagher , M'Gee , M'Dermott , and Lalor , were present at both meetings ; Mr O'Gorman was not present at the meeting ofthe 21 st , but Brennan and Halpin were . It was arranged that at the meeting on the 21 st , a sub-committee should be elected to review the clubs ; Mr

    Dillon was present on that occasion . There were sere * ral ' penons there who were not representatives of clubs and the representatives objected to commence the proceedings of the evening until those persons had gone away ; accordingly , Mr Dillon , who was in the chair , called over the names of the different clubs , and the representatives of each answered and then passed into a back room , where they remained until the other persons in tbe outer room , who were not representatives , had gone away ; on the return of the club * Wits into the front room , Mr Lalor , produced a letter frem Mr Charles Gavan Duffy ,

    recommending—Court . —Don't mention anything about the contents of that letter . ' Examinationcontinued . —The representatives then proceeded to elect by ballot this executive council . Some proposed that thecouncil should consist ofseven members , and others suggested that it should consist only of five or three members . There bad never been such a council in the confederation before to my knowledge . The terms' executive council' bad been made use of . Up to this time the council of the confederation consisted of twenty-one membeis . It was finally decided , after some discussion , that the executive council should consist of five . By Mr Whiteside .-The resolutions were not taken down in a book . By the Solicitor General . —We all—they allintended to elect Mr O'Brien , but Mr Dillon objected

    and said that Mr U'ttnen could do more good in organising the country than by being confined to the council room , There were thirty representatives present . I voted , and wrote the names of the persona for whom I voted on a slip of paper . When the balloting papers were written upon they were put into a hat , and two scrutineers were appointed to examine the votes . They removed the papers into an adjoining room . They afterwards retnrned , and announced the result , namely , that Mr Dillon , Mr Meagher , Mr Richard O'Gorman , jun ., and Mr M'Gee were elected , aud that there was an equality of votes for Devin Reilly and Lalor . A new ballot was then taken and Mr Devin Reilly was called . Mr Whiteside . —Are the ballot papers in tbe pos - session of the Attorney General now ?—Witness : They are .

    Mr Whiteside . —Then I submit that the papers ought to have been put in before . Chief Justice Blackburne . —I don't think your objection is valid . Examination in chief con tinned . —After the executive had been elected , Mr Lalor and M'Dermott proposed that the leaders shonld each take a pledge to incite the people to insurrection before the following August , as before that day the prisoners should be liberated . Mr Meagher then said , ' The only pledge I will give , is that I will use all in my heart and soul

    to induce the people to an insurrection , even before the 8 th of August . ' Mr Dillon made a similar statement , adding ' So help me God I will . ' Mr M'Gee said , ' By speaking , by writing , and by action , I will do all that in me lies to hasten the insurrection . ' The meeting did not break up until a quarter before twelve o ' clock , The ballot papers were here handed to the witness , and he identified the handwriting ef Mr James F . Lalor , Mr M'Dermott , and Mr O'lliggins , as having veted for certain gentlemen who were to form the executive council .

    Chief Justice Blaokburne . —What became of the voting papers after they had been used ? - Witness : Mr Halpin , the secretary , got them . By the Solicitor General . —I never saw the ballot papers from that evening until three or four days ago . This dosed the examination in chief . Mr Whiteside rose to cross-examine the witnes ^ but Chief Justice Blackburne suggested that the court should adjourn for a quarter of an hour . The Attorney General . —Then , my lord , I have lo request the sheriff will accommodate this gentleman ( the witness ) with a room to which no person can get access , in order that he may not be stared at . ( Laughter . ) Mr Whiteside . —I insist that the gentleman may not be permitted to leave the table . —Eventually the witness was accommodated with a corner under the grand jurors' box . —The court adjourned .

    At the expiration of a quarter of an hour the trial was resumed , and Mr Whiteside proceeded to crossexamine MrDobbyn . —I take no interest whatever in politics . Mr Whiteside : Then you are quite unconnected with the political movement whioh has taken place in this country ? Witness : Thej went in to plor ^ and I went in to counter-plot . Cross-examination continued . —Was a member of the ' Red Hand Club' from 16 th January until iis dissolution . Did not speak nor vote in it , There was no voting . — Mr Whiteside : Were there any rules connected with that club ?—Witness : There were . 'I here was a rulete the effect that all Repealers might become members of the club , bat it did not exclude others who were not Repealer ?

    , or those who were Confederates . — Mr Whiteside : Wow , sir , tell me did you draw upon your memory or your imagination for the name of your olub-the ' Red Hand Club ? ' —Witness : It was not I who gave the name to it . —Mr Whiteaide : Did any such olub ever exist 1—Witness - On my oath it did . —Mr Whiteside : Is thereon th is earth any living man but you to prove that tho club existed at all ?—Witness : I don't know . The raeating on the 15 th of July was a private oii'ding , as no one was admitted who was not a representative- ' As the representative of a olub I went to have my club called over , but it was not called . —Mr White * side : I find that at that mooting the following gentlemen were elected representatives of clubs : Mr T . D . M'Gee , Mr Richard O'Gorman , jun ., Mr JSmith > Mr Stephen Meauey , Mr J . Davcey , Mr

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07101848/page/6/