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    for he then goes further . May I ask . gentlemen , am I drawiDR oh hMgmaKem when I ask you not to put Ly forced construction on language , but to translate 7 % A rpS ^ veit i . terally * s it i- » written ? He sajs—? K 3 £ - hl \ l ^ hture-not to return to tmrJUnt ° cons « ta t ; ftn-not a golden link , or a SSorkpsrlta ^ t , " a CoUege-green chapel of lie to St Stephen ' s ; but an [ rish Republic , one and fndiTiaWe ' Was that langnace consistent with the ^ Intr nf the Queen ? Was it consistent with lefS sIv remSoTol Qu , en of the United KJogdomto « » ablishanlrish Republic one andI indivigjM e ? How was this Repab io co be established ? His aVowd object is an Irish Republic The node b- Thich it was to be obtained was by himself and his countrymen meeting in arms . He goe 3 on to S 3 J- : — And how are we to tnest that day f In arms , my csnntr / nea , in arcs . Thus , ani not otherwise , have ever nations of men sprung to liberty end power .

    &c , ic , "Mr Mitehal avo ^ 3 for his object an Irish Republic , one and indivisible ; he ha 3 avowed his menus tor pro « nnn" that republic by ' appearing iu arms , lie ia = a lso avowed the time as ' the spnrg cf ihe year . I think , gentlesen , perhnps that those words were not sufficiently plain , and accordingly hs says , ' I will speak more plainly' : — There is now growin ; on the soil of Ireland a wealth Of grain , and roots , and cattle , far nmro than enough to sustain in lifs and comfort atf the inhabitants of the island . That wealth must not lesve us another year , not until every grain of it is fought for in every stage , from the tying of ths sheaf to the loading of the ship . And theifibrt necasEEry for that simple act of self-preservation will , at one and the samoblow , proslrate BrifiEh dominion and landlordism tegcthtr . 'Tis but the one ac : of rolition ; if we rssolve to live , we make our conntry free aad a sovereign state .

    What , gentlemen , is a free and sovereign sta ' . e , ae cording to 3 Ir Mitchel , but this ideal republic ? Might I ask you , in sober eamestnes ? , as rational laeii ) if Mr Holmes , who is to follow me , can put any meaning on th' i 3 Iang * ia 25 except that it was a piece of advice to the farmers , who are to reap the i ' orthesming harvest , that they should rise up in arms , posse 35 themselves of the property of the conntry , establish a republic , snd make Ireland a free and sovereign state ? The letter is then concluded as follows : —

    lull yon notgir ^ np your Isms for this great national strangle , and stani with j-onrconntrymen for lire and Ufid I Win yon , the sons of a warlike race , the inhe . ritors of canqnering memories—with the arms of freemen in all yonr homes , and relics of the gallant Rjpublicans of ninety-eight fo * ever before your eyeE—will yon stand folding yonr bands in helpUs 3 loyalty , ' end while every nation in Christendom is seizing on its binhriglit with armed hands , will you take patiently with yoar rations of yellow meal , and yonr inevitable portion of eternal contempt ?

    If this ba yonr determination , Protestan's of Ulster , thea make haste , sign addressis of loyalty and cosfidenee in Lo : d Clarendon , and protest , with th 3 t other lord , your unalterable attachments to' our veaerablc institutions . ' John Mitchei .. After some farther remark ? , the learned gentleman conclaied br demanding a rerdiet of Guilty . Mr Charles Vehxojt , Registrar of Newspapers , in the Stamp Office . —Johs Vekge , Tax Collecfor , and two Police Constable , 99 G and G o . prorsd ths proprietorship and publication of the United IsiSHiiiK , and Mr P . G . Barhon-, magistrate of the eputsty of Limerick , proved the attendance of Mr Mitchei at the Limerick soiree .

    THE DEFENCE . Mr EoiitH 3 ra 39 to addre = 3 the jury for ths defence at a quarter past twelve o ' clock . He said—May it please your lordships , asd gentlemen , I am concsel for the prisoner , John i'iichel ; and I sm we ' d aware of tbe important duty wkich devolves oa me this day , as cdupsl-1 for that gentleman , and also of my inadequacy to discharge that duty ; bat I will avow , that 1 feel pride at being selected on this occasion by Mr Mitchei , because I believe in my heart that he is an honest man , sincerely attached to the principles he avows—and no donbt which he avows boldly—and although the government of this country may fear him , or hn . te him , they cannot despise him . In this cas ? i gentlemen , the prisoner , John Mitchei , stands charged with two distinct offences—and it 13

    soniewflat remarkable tnat , in support of those two distinct efficces , the sams identical evidence is given to support both . The Attorney General will be very well satisfied , no donbt , if yon give your verdict on both or eitner charges , or for anything , like the foreman of the grand jury who found tbe bills . The foreman of the grand jury , gentlemen , having baen asked if the jury had found bilk against the prisoner , Oh , yes ; we 3 rd him guilty of sedition . ' * Gentlemen , ' said the officer of the court , ' he is not indicted for sedition . ' ' Wei ] , ' paid the foreman , ' we find him guilty ef treason . ' But , gentlemen , asain interrupted the omesr , ' the charge against Mr Mitchei 13 for felony . ' * Oh , ne matter . ' said the foreman , ' sedition , treasos ,

    or felony , it is all the same to us , ' and eo with the Attorney General , if yon convict the prisoner , that is all that he wants . Gentlemen , as the court will tell you , the question in this case 13 not whether Mr Mitchei may have committed in these publications other oSences ; if you think him guilty of high treason , you ought not to fina him so , for you must believe him guilty of one or both of the charges made against hia , or find a verdict of acquittal . The first cbarcre ie , that he compassed , imagined , invented , devised , or intended to deprive , or depose , onr most gracious Sovereign the Queen , from the style , honour , or reyal came of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom , ' and that this was evidenced by overt acts of his , namely , the publication of the different articles in the newspaper that were read for you . Now , reallv ,

    I Eay ba very dull , but I do not rightly comprehend this part of the Act of Parliament , or Eeaning of the words , ¦ to depose ths Queen from the style , honeur , orroyal name of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom . ' I can understand deposing the Queen from the throne perfectly well . I ean understand an attempt made on the life of the Qaeen perfectly well , or expelling her from her dominions ; bat 1 do not , for the life of me , know what it 13 to depose her' frcm the style , honour , or royal name of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom . ' It Mr Mitchei was indicted _ upon another section of this statute , for ' intimidstin ? both or either Houses of Parliament , I oonld understand thB evidence here S 3 applicable perhaps , if it were alleged that by so doing he got them to pas 3 an act to increase the Irish

    representative' from one to two hundred , bat I cannot understand this charge , for notwithstandisg that he did ' tie Crown would net be affected in the least' in the style , honour , or royal name of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom ; ' she would Etill be as she is , and have the same title . I am not accusing the Attorney . General of a blunder in drawing the indict-Eient , forhs has followed the act , but we must have acts of parliament that we can understand , and I defy any man to understand what it is to deprive her Majesty of the style , honour , and royal name of the imperial crown of the Uaited Kingdom . The isn-Tjortance of tbi 3 consideration would appear from the Ski neetion of the article , which declares— ' that from

    tne 1 st of January , 1801 , the kingdom of Great Britain and Irelsnd shall be for ever united by the name of tfce United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and that the royal style and title appertaining to the imperial crown of the United Kingdom , and all the armorial beariag 3 , &c , Bhall be sack as his Majesty , by hisroyal proclamation , under the great seal snail appoint . ' " . Novr , I can understand anything done to deprive the Queen of her title of Sovereign of tbe United Kingdom ; bat , as I said bsf-re , I cannot ur . crerstaml depriving her ' of the style , honour , and royal name , ' 33 laid in thi 3 indictment , tt ' aai the deprivation is I esnnot comprehend , therefore I esnnot understand this charge

    agv . nst tne pnsoser . What is the other charge ? It is' advising or intending to levy vrar against her Maje-ty , her heirs or successors , living in any partofthe Urited Kingdom , by force er constraint , to compel her to change her measures er councils . What measures ? Whit council ? Is therc the slightest evid ^ nca here n . 3 to what measures orcouncih these publications purported to change ? Are ysu , gentlemen , as s jury , to grope in the dark ? Are the ? e publications calculated to force the Qaeen to alter her measures with France or America , or any other country on the face of the earth ? What the measures are the prisoner wants to change I cannot understand ? Wast have been the measures of this session of par-Uament for the improvement of Ireland ? The Poor Law . Toafc is the only measure I know of . and ha ?

    Mr 1-itchel endeavoured to change it ? Not in the least : tnerefore I ask my learned friend , the Att-orne ? -G 2 Eeral , or ths gentleman who will follow me for the Crown , to tell you , on your oaths , wlaat course or measure it is my client has endeaToured' by advising the levy of war , ' to force the Queen to change . I would be glad ta hear , sven now , if the Attorney General would condescend to inform me . I have no objection to let him mend hi 9 speech , if by doing so he ean tell yoa any me 2 sura er council Mr Mitchei endeavoured to compel her Majesty to change by trying to levy war . Gentlemen , this 13 a criminal case , and it is incumbent on those who make tho ^ charge to prove it as clear a 3 light—to prove a specific offence

    under the statute . The Crown , I admit , have done all they couid—they have followed the Act of Parliament , bat they have not proved that Mr Mitehel has tried tolavy war against the Qaeen— ' to compel her by constraint t 3 change her measures or councils . ' I put it to your lordships that , under this act , unless the Crown prove a specific measure or eouncil that the _ prisoner wanted to have changed by these pnblicitions , ha is entitled to an acquittal ; 2 nd , therefore I apply myself further to the ease—I would wish to have yonr lordships' opinion on the subject as to what is to be left to the j ury . If your lordships do not wiah to interfere at this stage of the trial . I will , of course , proceed .

    Baron Lkfsot . —Whatever the charge is , appears ° w rfcotd ' and tho coar ? will refer to it . rJti Ij . j " ' continuation , proceeded to obserre , mil the learaed gentleman tell ihe fary what mea-EOTes-wh&t councils are Ihosa laid > . M-iActof

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    Parliament which Mitchei has conspired against , and upon which , if you convict him , he will be transported for life ? Will he leave the jury in that state of uncertainty ; and if he does not think otherwise , it will be my duty to go fully into the case . It is nit my duty here to tell you , gentlemen or" the jury—and if I d . d , you would not beiieve me—that there are very strong expressions used by my client in those publications . There are , and ha avows them , and many of those expressions I al ? o avow , and I want , to try this cass of felony between the crown and the accused , which I caunofc do without calling yoar

    attention to something of the history and the present ftate of Ireland , and with tbat view I tell you , in the first instance , that Ireland is an enslaved country . A sreat mistake is entertained by many persons to ' . he effect that there cannot be slavery—that eo man cai ! lv 1 slave unless he be in chains , or subject to th l : i = h of the planter like the negroes ; but the dsvTy 0 * which I speak is the slavery of the people , who !; consists in this , that they do not make their own ! . -i-, vs themselves—that they do not make the laws r > y which they are governed , but that those laws are ra > . ! e by othew . and 1 say it boldly , that a people so circumstanced are in a state of slavery .

    Baron Lefkot said , the court were very reluctant to interpose , but the course pursued by Mr HolmeB was calculated to embarrass them in the situation they occupied , by introducing objectionable matter , to which . if they did cot express their dissent . it might make'ot-m liable to ths imputation of having approTfd the line of argument advanced by Mr Holmes Mr IIolmes . —I am tho last man to pres 3 upon the court that which I had not & right to do ; and I think it impossible to do justice to my client without doing justice to Ireland also . ( Loud cheers . ) Baron Lbfrot called upon the Sheriff to gfre orders that persons who would again cre 3 te disturbance iu tbo court should ba taken into custody . The learned Baron commanded that the person who would commit such a breach of publio decorum should be instantly reported to the court , and it wonld ba hh duty to commit him .

    Mr Holmes . —The Act of Parliament under which Mr Mitchei stands at the bar dees not prescribe one punishment , it might be of two years' imprisonment , or seven years' transportation , or transportation for life , and if there should be a verdict of conviction , is it not important to show all the circumstances of the case , and the provocations under which my client haa acted in those publications ? I think it quite essential to his case , and with that view the liae I have prescribed for Eiyself is quite necessary for hU defence . My client , may be guilty of felony ; but , I say it broadly and boldly , that England is the cause of " the offence of which he is accused , and I will de monstrate it . I care not by what means you have been irapaaelkd . I address you , because I believe you to ba honest men and faitnfui Irishmen . Take

    nothing from me ; I will state upon high authority Whit does the liberty of a people consist in ? It consists in the right and power to make laws for ite own government . Were an individual to make laws { or another country , that person 13 a despot , and the people we s ' avea . " When one countrv makes laws for another country ( asd that England is making laws for Ireland I will demonstrate , by which Ireland is enslaved , ) the country which makes the laws is abso lately the sovereign country , and the country for which those laws are made in a state of slavery . ' I give tbat upon the authority of an Englishman—an honest man in his day—Blackstone . And what does he say ? On constitutional questions he will not be saspscted or accused of being too much in favour of popular rights ; he says : — ' It follows from the nature

    and constitution of a dependent state , that England should make Jaws for Ireiaud ' —( treating Ireland as a conquered country , ha is arguing that England ha ? a right to do so . ) ' Ireland '—that is a conquered country—' conquered , planted , and governed by England , it might be necessary that it should be subject to such laws as the superior state thinks proper to prescribe . ' In speaking of this country , Ireland , he [ Bhck 5 t ° He ) maintains that because Ireland had been a conquered country in his days , Ireland of the present time , and for posterity for ever , should be bound by such laws as the conquering state thinks proper to make fcr her . Accordingly England , except for a period of eighteen year ? , did make laws for Ireland . There was a celebrated statute , called ' PoyniBs ' sLaw , ' pa = sed in the reign of Henry 8 th .

    by which it was enacted by the English Parliament that the Irish Parliament should not have the power to pass any law for Ireland until it was first approved by the King and Parliament of England ; and at a later period , in the reign of George 1 st , an Ret was passed declaring expressly in words that England alone had the right to make laws for the government of Ireland ; so that England , by that iaw , declared that no lair could be passed for Ireland unless they perniut ? d it , bat that the English Parliament alone had the power to make those laws . I question will the able lawyer who , in the course ol his eloquent address , put questions to me , deny the accuracy of what I Btate . Let him controvert it if he can—that down to the present time Ireland has beendeDrived oi tbepower of making laws for her

    self . It happened that some years after that a bed ? of men aopeared in Ireland , armed men—the gloriou 3 volunteers ef 1782 . At that time the Parliament of England for a while did justice to this country—they repealed that act of Parliament declaring that England had the right to bind Ireland , and declared solemnly by that act , passed in 17 S 3 , and from that period England announced that Ireland had the power to make her own Iaw 3 , and that the King , Lords , asd Commons of Ireland , and r . o other had power to make laws to bind Ireland . After that solemn act , in eightees years—in less than twenty years—the Act of Union was carried . By that act of union , Ireland i 3 said to be represented in the English Parliament by 100 members , whilst the English Parliament is composed of 500—five

    members to one . Does Ireland—will the learned and able gentleman , the Attorney-General , now say—make laws for herself ? There never was in the history of nations so flagrant an act as tbe passing of the Act of Union in this country . What was the Irish Parliament then chosen to do ? To make laws , or ordinary laws , and it had no more right to delegate its powers for that . pnrpQse—it had no right to Burrender the solemn obligation committed to its charge by the people^—to conspire with the English Parliament to annihilate itself , than , I had . What would be said of the English Parliament , should it delegate its authority to make laws for England , or to change

    anything at present existing and make an absolute state ? She would Lave just the same right to do so as the Irish Parliament had to destroy itself ; and I say it boldly and broadly , as a man , that the Act of Union is only binding a 3 a thing of expediency . Men will it ' ten submit to a certain order of things rather than run the risk of subverting by force " of arms the state of things as established . No man upon slender grounds should endeavour to subvert the order of thinga ; but it is the right of an enelaved country , and the laws of Providence approve the right , to arm asd right itself . What man would

    live-Baron Lefrot . —Mr Holmes , we cannot listen to this . Yon teach those doctrines to the people for the publication of which the prisoner stands at the bar . We cannet suffer the case of the prisoner to be put to the jury founded on the subject of repeal of the union by force of arms . Mr Holmes . —I will make it appear by the conduct of England , and with respsct to this very question of repeal , that England has been the cause of the present state of this country . The English ministry , by this very question © f repeal , has brought this country into the unfortunate stsfe in which it now is . By their duplicity on tbis question they are the guilty persona and not my client . On this question , with respect to repeal , it has been agitated for several years in this country . Mr O'Gonnell , whoRB powers of mind and great popularity we all know , bearded the Whigs and Tcrie 3 Mor yeare en this very question , and at the same time the government were determined that the measure should never pas 3 . They declared it should

    not pass ; that they trculd prefer a civil war ; and yet tbat same government suffered Mr O'Connell to agitate that question for years . Wag that weakness , er guilt , or both ? In the year 1831—1 believe there was a Whig ministry then in power—Lord Althorp said , in reter-rnce to repeal : — ' I 3 it not evident that repeal Bnst produce a separation of the two countries ? I trust that those persona engaged in a course so dangerous to the peace and prosperity of the country will not succeed , but if they do it must be by a successful war , and I know that moat of my country , men ( meaning the English ) feel assured that such an event would be attended with complete success '—that is Lord Aithorp ' s countrymen would vanquish the Irigh , and prevent the Act of Union from b ^ ing repealed . He stated that the . repeal of the uni-r would end in separation—that he would prefer a civil war , and his countrymen would be victorious in that war , and after that declaration was made the ^ present prime minister and his colleagues suffered that

    question to be agitated in this country in the manner biall know . I say , if it were an honest resolve , and that repeal would lead to separation , that he prefer , red civil war rather tban suffer the act to be repe « lec < , they should have passed an aot of parliament making it high treason to attempt & repeal of the union . 1 hat wonld bs a bold step , I admit , whieh no man could justify , but it would be an honest , open , and a ! fc ° We couId haTO understood the thing ; but tfcey Battered the man to be entrapped into what they ™ i ° J ^ i ? £ T £ P « mittoi a struggle fol g ' JJ they themselves were parties to and ^ i ? " ?!^ l * tl 0 a of a measure which thej asserted would end in

    separation ; and their last act is the prosecution of an unfortunate Irishman for a « i . tatmg the qneatipn . It might be aaked , was there any prosecution lor that ? There was a prosecution . They all knew the fate of that prosecution , and that it ended ia the defeat of the Crown , Mr O'Connell survived it . He gave the agitation a magio meaning he called it moral force , ' and was suffered to agitate the question , which he did to the last hoar of his life , in this country . But , although the Whig government faresaw that if granted it must end in . separation , they made no law against attempting to repeal it . Say , more , they restored Mr O'Connell , the head and leader of the agitation , aad several other Repealera

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    besides to the commission of the peace ; and yet now they ssy it is an cfienoe under this newact of parliament to deprive the queen of the style , title , wi royal name of the imperial crwni -. He ( Mr Holmes ) weuld say , and every man must sgr « with him , that the very government that had mstitsfes this proeeoution had been themselves the greatest oasse cf bringing this country into the wrstcbed state in which it was . His client might be sUtotably guilty , but he believed they were morally guilty . It was laid down distinctly by Blackstone , v . i , p . 147 , that the people had a right to have arms , and to use arms against oppression . He was not wantonly or wildly broaching dootrine 3 of his own , but was addressing them on constitutional grounds and principles , and could refer

    to high authorities and historical facts in support of every word he uttered . They feund this doctrine of Mr Mitchei and of others was condemned by the high and the wealthy . There are men—and they are chiefly to ba found in what are called the better ranks of society—excellent men—religious menmoral men—kind men—and if all mankind wero like them , they would have np such thing as liberty in the world . Peace in their time is their first prayer ; and their highest aspiration to enjoy the good things of this life . They were consoled for the misfortnnes of others by the teflsc ion that the sufferer here -vas only in a state of trial , on his passage to another world—that other world where the tyrant must account for his oppression , and where

    the slave would be relieved from bondage . Oh , Ireland ! Irelan d ! Ireland ! thousands , and thousands , and thousands of thy children have for ages been obliged to look to that other world alone for a release from their destitution . Were the noble Lord Lieutenant the best of the good , —were he the wisest of the wise , —were he the bravest of the brave , —he could not long maintain a connection between Great Britain and Ireland under a common crown by the gibbet , by the gaol , and by the sword ; the laws of eternal justice forbade it . How wa ? that cpnnection to be maintained ? By justice , —by giving to Ireland her rights , —her rights by nature , acd her rights by compaqt , by giving to her her own parliament , truly representing the interests of the people . By

    giving to Ireland those tney might nave tno two countries united for nges under a common Sovereign , by a community of interests and an equality of rights , by mutual affection and reciprocal respect ; but if for that was substituted a connection founded on the triumph of strength over weakness , they would have jealousy , and distrust , ana tear , and bate , and vengeful thoughts , and bloody deeds , the sure and never failing proofs of injnatice . Let them give to Ireland her own parliament , —not the parliament of ' 82 . that was a me : eor light which flashed across the Ian '¦) , —it was a deceptive vapour , which quickly vanished . Ireland wanted a fized star , bright and resplendent—the cordial influence and reflecting radianca of which might be seen and felt in the glorious union of liberty , happiness , and peace ; but it was urged that if they did that , it would lead , a 3 Lord Althorp had said , to separation , and tbat

    Ireland would be erected into a separate independent state . And suppose it did ; who was to blame for that ? England ! What right had England—what right had any country to build its greatneES upon the slavery , degradation , and wretchedness of another ? Let them atrip the case 01 the disguise with which ambition , and crime , aEd the love of power , had invested it , and what t . the sophistry of conqucroi' 3 , and princes , and courtiers , and lawyers , had cast around it ; what , then , was it ? A strong man , because he is ssrong , insults his brother man , because his brother man is weak—the slave struggles to be free , and tho enslaver kills him becaufe be strnegles . That was British conquest and dominion in Ireland—that was British legislation in Ireland . He called upon the jury , in conclusion , as they valued their oaths , and as they valued justice and public good , manly bearing and personal honour , and a 3 they loved the country ot their birth , to find a verdict

    of acquittal . Mr Hexn replied on [ the part of the Crown , and contended that the counsel for the prisoner had not touched upon the real merits of the question before the jury . The charges in the indictment were two , and they could not bave any difficulty , he thought , in understanding them with the assistance of the judge . The jury then retired . At a quarter past six o ' clock , the jury having then been two hours in consultation , the judge directed the sheriff to inquire whether they had agreed to their verdict . The foreman replied in the negative , but added that there was every probability of their coming to a decision in a short time—perhaps within , an hour .

    The learned Judge then retired , and intimated his intention of returning into court at a . quarter past seven o ' clock , THE VERDICT . Shortly after seven o'clock Mr Justice Moore entered the court , and the jury having been called , aud asked whether they had agreed , The Foreman amidst breathle 3 S silence , handed down the verdict ,- ' GUILTY . ' Upon the announcement nf the verdict , the prisoner ' s wife threw herself on the shoulder cf her husband , who stood near her in the dock , in an agony of

    grief . Several of the pri oner ' s Irirxds , including Messrs T . F . MeagheY , T . Devin Reilly , the Rev . Father Kenyon , Dt Gray . MrDohi'ny . MrJ . Dillon , & 3 ., then came forward . to the dock and gave him a parting shake of the hand ; but before these evidences of sympathy bad been concluded , Mr Baron Lefroy called on the police to clear tho passage in front of the dock ; stating that the conduot of the prisoner's frisnds was calculated to disturb tho order and propviety of tie court . He then directed that the prisoner should be remeved and brought before the court at eleven o ' clock to-morrow ( Saturday ) morning , to hear his sentence pronounced .

    Shortly before the jury had pronounced their verdict , Eome person ran into Grecn-streat and announced to the people that there was no probability of an agreement . This declaration was at once canght up , and deafening shouts of applause which lasted several minutes , followed . At last the police received orders to clear the streets , but the moment these orders were given the people dispersed quietly . When the reality of a verdict of guilty became known to the populace they began to depart in gloomy silence , and at half-past seven o ' clock the streets in the neighbourhood of the prison were clear of all except the police , who still remained . Almost all the shop \ vind 0 w 3 in Cape ! -3 treet were immediately closed when the news spread abroad . The police were marched off shortly after , and some of the jury left on foot , others outside , and some inside cars . The foreman was escorted in a covered vehicle guarded by three policemen to his residence .

    THE SENTENCE . Saturday , May 2 "th—At five minutes paBt eleven o ' clock , the judges , Baron Lefroy and Mr Justice Meore , took their seats on the bench , The Clerk of the Crswn . —Gaoler , put forward John Mitchei . Mr Mitchei was here placed at the bar , where he stood in a calm , firm , and manly attitude . He was warmly shaken by the hand by his friends who were about the bar . While hia friends were thus testifying their respect , sympathy , and affection , Baron Lefroy called out in a peremptory tone , — ' Keep order in court . ' Sir C . O'fiOGHiiEN , then addressing the court , said , if your lordships have no objection , we would wish to have the verdict of the jury read by the Clerk of the Crown . The Cleek of the Crown . — The verdict is ' Guilty . '

    Sir C . O'Lcghlen . —What is the issue paper ? Read the issue paper itself . The Clerk of the Crown then reiid the isBue . It stated that the jury were to try whether John Mitchei Tiasgailfy or not guilty of the oharge on which he was put forward , and that the verdict returned was ' Guilty . ' Baron Lbfroy then looked over the indictment , and said—We have called on this case first thia morning in order to give time if there should be , eithc-r on the part of the prisoner or of the Crown , any application to bs made to the court relating to it . It is , therefore , tbat we have had the case called on first , and we shall now proceed to diBpose of it . The Clbrk of the Crown then asked Mr Mitchei if he had anything to say wby sentence should not be passed upon him ?

    Mr Mitchel . —I have to say that I have been found guilty by a packed jury—by a jury of a partisan sheriff—by a jury not empannelled even according to the law of England . I have been found guilty by a packed jury , obtained by a juggle , a jury not empannelled by a sheriff , but by a juggler . The Eran Sheriff . —My lord , I claim the protection of the court . Mr Mitchel . —That is the reasen I object to sentence being passed on me . Baron Lbfhot . —That imputation upon the conduct cf the Bheriff I must pronounce to be mo 3 t unwarranted and unfounded . I state this , not on my own opinion alone , but on the opinion of two indifferent gentlemen on their oaths , who were chosen and appointed to examine into the matter , and who have declared that the panel wa 3 an impartial panel ,

    fair ! y obtained aad formed . On their eaths they have found it to be eo . Therefore tho sheriff , far from being subject to the imputation cast upon him , has done his duty in the case . John Mitchel , I cannot at the outset but express my regret—regret that , I am sure , is shared in by my brother judge—that a person of your oondition should stand at the bar under the circumstances you do . You have been found guilty on the indictment charging you with feloniously compassifig , imagining , and intending to deprive the Queen of the style , title , honour , and royal name of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom ; and with having given publicity to that intention by publishing certain writings ia a publio newspaper , published by you , and called the United Irishman ^ There are ot her counts on whioh you have bean also found guilty . You have be . ea found

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    enilt y Of the felonious iatent and purpose of intendfnl & levy war against the Queen , for . the purpose of compelling her by force and constraint to change her measures and counsels ; and that those felonious iatenta and purposes were manifested in publications nut forward in jour own name in the same news-DBDer . These are the charges for which you were nut on your trial , and of which you have been found euilty . The evidence was furnished by yourself in publications coming out of your own hands—deliberate publications , issued at intervals of time which "ave you full leisure and opportunity to consider what you were abnut , and to reflect upon what might be the consequences of your acts . The case turned upon the meaniDg and iEterpretation of those publications . The meaning and intention was clearly furand from .. .,. _ «_! . _ : „„„ ; . ( . nt .. jMit . nua nf Snfonit-

    nished by yourself , cause yourself , just as the publications themselves The meaning and intent was collected from the language of the publications themselves , not confined to one , but to be collected from the successive publications , so as to leaye no doubt upon the words interpreted by yourself a 8 to the meaning and intent of these publications . Tho very able counsel who defended you was not able to offer any other interpretation ^ their meaning than that wflich ia assigned in the indictment . Upon this evidence , therefore , thus furnished by yourself , the jury have found you guilty . With tbat verdict , therefore , however you may be advised , or think youroelf justified in calling it the verdict of a packed jury thus imputing pefjury to twelve ofyourcountrymen deliberate and wilful perjury .-

    , Mr Mitcuel . —No , my Lord , I did not impute perjury to the jury . Baron Lefboy . —I understood that you had stated , in arrest of judgment , that you had been found guilty by a packed jury , Mr Mitchbl —I did . Baron Lbfeoy—I shall make no further observation upon that ; but I owe it to the jury to state that upon the evidence furnished thus by yourself , no juror who had the slightest regard to tho oath he had taken could , by possibility , come to a different conclusion . What ground of doubt was even suggested with respect to the eff- ct of the publication by yourself or with respect to the interpretation and meaning of these publications ? As I observed , not

    even your own able counsel was able to suggest a doubt or meaning different from what is imputed to them . No , not even to BUggest any apology which could be attended to Id a court of justice , but an apology amounting to this , that you had a right to violate the law . Well , then , with the verdict establishjnsyour guilt ef the offence stated upon the face of this indictment even youreelf cannot fairly quarrel ; and now , what is the nature of the ofLcce 0 ! which you have been found guilty ? If not the greatest offence , it is near akin to the greatest offence which any subject can be guilty of toward 3 his Sovereign or towards hia country . By the law of England , up to a late period , the offence you have been found guilty of was high treason . At the present

    moment , both in England and Ireland , it 13 a treasonable felony ; and I cannot but hope , notwithstanding the deliberate perseverance in the course whioh unhappily you have been pursuing , that you may yourself one day or other be struck with the awful consequences , the awlul results to which that course muat of necessity bave led , if it had not been checked in its progress .: Surely a provisional governmentia tvken from ahowl ' wgmob—surely a practical enforcement of your arguments , fnforced by a hundred thousand pikes , muat have been attended with moat desolating ruin to your country . Well , then , independently of the nature of this crime , look at the circumstances connected with it . I will not go into any extraneous circumstances , but lock at the

    oircumstances which were brought before the court , and to which we could not shut our eyes , connected with this offence . It originated in a speech . Well , great allowance might be made for a speech delivered under excitement , and , though tie time ar : d place were badly choEen , upon an cccasisn where excitement would do more mischief perhaps fhan upon a more sober < iccaslon--it it even rested upon that , there might ba great allowance and great apology . But after time for deliberation you thought fit to publish that speech , so full of exciting and objectionable matter , so charged with these felonious compaeeings and intentions whioh are stated in the indictment . You thought fit to publish , to take away from it all apology of momentary excitement , to take away from

    it all apology of limited effect . You put it into a condition calculated to give it circulation through every corner of the Jnnd . to diffuse the poison through every excited mind in the wholo country - The law mdces , even upon the matter of high treason , a great distinction between words spoken and published . You deprived yourself of every mitigation which the law allows , and of every favourable distinction it baa established aa between words spoken aid published . You published deliberately the first article , upon which so much has been lately said that it ia quite unnecessary forme to recall fir reiterate the objectionable passages it contains to Bustain both the one count and the other . But upon CEirparing the two pubications , tho first of the Oth of May and the

    second of the I 3 tb , thia observation arises—that whatever possible mitigation might arice from the tenor of the first , or from anything occurring on It , has been effectually withdrawn by you and done away with in the second . The second , which was at an interval of another week , leaves it utterly impossible for the greatest stretch of ingenuity or the greatest perversion of interpretation to protect you . Upon ? he second the charge is—and we have it expressed by yeurslf— an intention to overthrow the monarchy and establish in its place a republic To render distinct what was perhaps vaguely expressed in the first you have published the second dpiunient for which you vreie indicted . The first contained matter which perhaps might have been , and would , no

    doubt , if the case had rested on thac alone , have been a circumstance of mitigation , or at least an apology for that publication . You bave in it disclaimed the intention of a war of plunder and assassination ; and it was a disclaimer which would have been to your credit and to your advantage , if you had left it to be made use of on your behalf . But what appears in tbe second publication , from the man who disclaimed a war of phiuder and assassination ? You tell your country men in the second ublication , after a preface , that you were going to apeak plainly , — ' There is now growing on tho soil of Ireland a wealth of grain , and roots , and cattle , far more than enough to sustain in life and comfort all the inhabitants of the island . That wealth must not leave us

    auother year , not until every grain of it is fought for in every stage , from the tying of the sheaf to the loading of the ship ; and the tft ' ort necessary to that simple act of self-preservation will at one and at the same blow prostrate—British dominion and landlordism together . ' Now , how is it possible that advice could be acted upon without , of necessity , leading to plunder , to the violent taking away and withholding , by force and violence , ihe properfy justly belonging to others , or withholding it from them by force and violence , by the use of arms ? Thus it is , then , that you appear from one stage to another to bava advanced in a bold , and deliberate , determined opposition to the law , in language more and more unmeasured , more acd more mischievously exciting .

    I do not express myself , —at least , such is not my purpose—to hurt your feeling ? , but merely to discharge the duty which is now cast upon the Court to admeasure , in proportion to the nature of the crime , the punishment which it may bs our duty to inflict . It is , therefore , tbat I have , of necessity , stated strongly these passages of that publication , and the manner of them , and tho perseverance of them , and the deliberation of them , as the grounds by which we are bound to measure our judgment , and to discharge the solemn duty wo owe to the law and the pub'ic , and the peace and welfare of the kingdom . But has there been in the course of this trial attempted any explanation , any interpretation , any apology , for these publications , or anything

    tending to raise a doubt of bearing the interpretation put upon them by the indictment ? In adverting to the course taken for the defence we desire—and I especially desire it to be understood th \ t tbe observations I am about to roakc , and in which I am following up some of tho observations in the charge of my teamed brother , in every word ot which 1 concur —in the observations that I am about to makeon the line of defence that was adopted , I make them not to aggravate in the least tbe punishment it may be my dutv to imiJO 3 e , any mure than it aggravated the case before ths jury , But I make tee observations respecting the line of defence that was taken in order to rn-uk its irrelevancy , and witha view that the in that line of de

    court may not appear to acquiesce - fenco We felt it our duty not to put a Btop to it , butto'lntorpose with a view of reprobating and checking it as a line of defence which , in our judgm-nt was not warranted by the privilege given to a prisoner , for his defence , and which , as it was too plainly shown , waa as injudicious as it was injurious to the piiaoner . No interpretation offered—no meaning ascribed to those publication ^—no . effort made to show that you were not guilty of the offence imputed to you by the indictment ; but a line of defence was taken which not only implicitly but expressly stated that you might be statutably guilty , but that you were yet justified in what you did . The court , though we did not stop that line of defence , yet

    desired to—Mr Holmes . —My Lords , with the greatest respect , what I said waa , that though he might be statutably guilty he was not , in my opinion , morally guilty . I repeat that opinion now . Baron Lefroy .-I Bhould be glad to find that 1 am mistaken altogether in my view of the drift of the remark , aud I should ba extremely glad to adopt the conviction . I shall say no more upon that point . I only adverted to it in order to Bhield the court from the possible supposition that wo sat hero and acquiesced in a line of defence which appeared to us very litt ' e short of , or amounting to , as objeotionable matter as that of which the prisoner has been found guilty . Mr Holmes . —I am responsible for that under act of Parliament . This observation created great excitement in court .

    Baron Lbfroy .. —Are there any policemen in court to prevent this interruption ? TheHiaH-SHBRifF .-I have , given dwtinct orders

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    to the police to remove from tho eonrt any peraoaa interrupting the proceedings . •« . „ - _ Barom LEPROY—But they should make prmners of them , that they might be committed to P ^ eon . A wish yeu ( addressing the prisoner ) to understand tnat we have with the utmost ansiety , and with a Tiaw » o come to a decision upon the measure of piiuiMffleni which it would be our duty to impose , postponed tli » passing of sentence upon you until this morning . We have with tho utmost deliberation examined iho matter , with an anxiety to duly discharge the duty which we owe on all hands—the duty which we owe the prisoner of not meting out the puniehment beyond the just measure of tho offence , and the duty we owe to the public that the degree of punishment should be such aa to carry out the object of allpunishment ; which is not the mere infliction of the but the tn «* o nnlt ' + n ramrnrn from ttt 8 COllrt anT ptWTJUOB

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

    The Atiorney-Geubral demanded that judg . ment against tbe prisoner Bhould be entered on each c&unt in the indictment , aa was the rule in England . , Baron Lefroy . —The Attorney-General having calied upon us to have judgment ectsred on each count in the indictment , I order the Clerk of the Crown todoeo . Mr J . Kea , of Belfast , here addressed the court , and said , —1 have to make a complaint of the conduct of the high sheriff , by whose orders , notwithstanding that I was material witness for Mr

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

    The Court . —Have you your summons , Mr Rea ? \ Vitmes 3 . —I have . Baron LEFnor . —We have bad no complaint from Mr Mitohel of the absence of a material witness . Mr Rka . —But , my lord , has the sheriff a right to keep professional men out , and allow military men in the court ? The parade-ground and the barrack are the places for soldiers ; but I think the courts of justice should be reserved for men , belonging , my lord , to our profession .

    The High Sheriff . —May I aay a few wotds in reference to a obarge made by this gentleman against me ? The first time I heard of his being refused admittance waa this morning , when I was informed by the police that he endeavoured in a turbulent way to get admittance into court , and threatened to use ' physical force' in order to obtain admittance . My wish throughout this trial has been to procure accommodation for every person who bad business to discharge in court ; and I iurnished Mr Mitehel ' a friends with tickets in order that they might be enabled to communicate with him . Baron Lefroy ( addressing Mr Rea . )—The court desires , if you fcave any complaint to mske sgain 3 t the sheriff , that you will embody it in an affidavit . Mr Rea . —I shall do so .

    Mr M'Gowban , a barrister , here complained that although dresstd in bar costume he bad not been permitted , on the previous day , to take his seat in the box assigned to counsel ; that he had made several applicaticns to the police / or admittance , but was refused by the direction of the high sheriff , although at the same time there was room for half a dczoa persons in the box . Baron Lefroy said , he regretted that any member of the bar should have been subjected to any inconvenience ; but the instructions given to the sheriff were , to reserve places for all persons who had a duty to perform in court . Considering the difficulty of tho duties imposed on the high sheriff , it was only surprising that he had discharged them eo well .

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

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

    you arraign the jurors of the country , tne sheriffs of the country , the administration of justice , and the tenure by which the Crown of England holds this country . We cannot sit here and suffer you to proceed thuB , because the trial is over . Everything you h : id to fay previous to the judgment the court was ready to hear , and did hear . We cannot suffer you to stand at that bar to repeat , I must say , very nearly a repetition of the offence for which you have seen sentenced .

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

    Clkrk 01 the Crown . —Mr Bourne , remove the prisoner . The turnkey then caught Mr Mitchel by the arm , and forced him to the rear of the dock , upon which the friends of Mr Mitche-1 rushed forwavd , and seizing him by the hands and head and shoulders , detained him for a moment , but their basty farewell was no sooner commenced than it terminated . During the delivery of Mr Mitchel ' s short addres ? , aa well as during the delivery of the Baron ' s oharge , he deported himself in perfect composure and deliberate self-possession .

    At that moment a scene of excitement ensued , which we believe for centuries has not been equalled in a court of justice . It was nervous and thrilling in the extreme . The personal friends and adherents of Mr Mitrhel , who thronged the vicinity of the dock , rose , and , in the rush to get a touoh or a sight of the prisoner , created a commotion at once reckless and energetic . They seemed to have lost all idea of the presence of the judges or the police authorities . Getlemen of the bar , who wore the costume , disrobed themselves and entered into active resistance to the police , by whom several persona were taken into custody , amongst whom were Messrs Meagher , Doheny , and R . O' Gorman , jun .

    _ During the excitement that prevailed at this penod of the proceedings , in which the crowded court seemed completely absorbed , Baron Lefroy rose and retired from the bench , but Judge Moore remained , unmoved by the excitement . The learned judge was evidently affected by the distressing circumstances under which the prisoner was plaoed . COMMITTAL OF MESSRS DOHENY AND T . F MEAGHER FOR ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF COURT . Mr Michael Doheny was here placed at Ihe bar , charged by Inspeotor Guy with disturbing the peaae of the court , by shouting in a most disorderly manner . Mr DoHENr . — I admit that I clapped my hands but I deny having ahouted , In the fullest sensa i adopt every word uttered by Mr Mitohel at that dock .

    Baron Lefkot . ~ You are pertinaciously nersistinc in contempt of court . f " Mr Dohsjiy . —I don't mean to say cne word that could be Qoustraed into contempt of court ,

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    Baron Leproy . —But you are acting in a way incWW tho contempt of which you had beea guil ( in the first instance . You admit that you commits a owt » wpt of court with which the cautt waa dii pooad to deal lenisntly , supposing that the expressio of feelina came from you inveluntanly . But no * sir , you ba » O added to that , and seem disposed t commit an additienal osntempt . Mr Dokbny . —I did not mean to say one word i ; contempt of court . Sentiments were uttered i which I ooincided , and I expressed my approbatio : of them , and on no account whatever will I retrae that approbation . -- r LepR'jy . —But you are acting in a way ** ¦ " . ' .. . . . . , . * .

    After consulting for a few moments with hii brother judge , Baron Lefroy aaid , —I was not aware you were ; member of the bar , from whom , therefore , might b expected an observance of decorum much beyoni what might be expected from a person not of the po sition and rank you hold . Under the circumstance oow detailed to the court , we are of opinion that yoi should be cammi ! ted . Mr Doheny—lam counsel for some young roe who are charged with the offence ot drilling . Shal , 1 have an opportunity of deferring them ? Mr Justice Moore—Certainly you shall be permitted to do so . Mr Baldwin , Q .. C , intimated , that it was not Uk intention of tbe Urown to proceed with the pmaecu tion for' drilling , & « . ' in the case of * the Queen v English and others . '

    Mr Doheny then applied that his clients should b ( permitted to stand out oh tbeir own recognizances tc the next commission . As tho Crown counsel did not object , the applies tion was graated . Mr T . F . Mkaoueu was then brought up in cu 3 todj of Inspector Little , who , on being sworn , ohargec him with expressing applause by stamping his feel and clapping hia hands . Baron Lvfr : y . —You have heard what the police man haa sworn . Have you any ob . ervaiion tc makft ' Mr Meagher , who appeared to be deeply affected by the sentence just pronounced on his friend Mr Mitche ) replied that he had nothing to say .

    , Baron Lkfroy . —Do you mean to say that you con « fess what you have been charged with ? Mr Mbaohek . —I

    Andrbw Enoli-h , one of the traversers in the ' dtillinn' oasa before-mentioned , waa aho charged with turbulent conduct in the passage leading to the court , lie stated , however , that he did not wjsh to create any disorder , but merely to obtain admission into the court , where he expected his case would ba called on . The judges , therefore , ordered him to ba discharged . Baron Lkfroy aaid , with re ? pec& to Mr DAeny who was kept standing at the table in the custody of the police , that the court would not commit him until he had time for a little caim reflection . Mr J . P . Dillon obseiv . ; d that Mr Doheny waa in a state of excitement , but that ho had not intended to be guilty of any contempt of court .

    Baron Lefrov . — But when thera has been con " tenipt , and when the gentleman perseveres , and seta up a defence of his conduct , the court would ba wanting in its duty if it did . Dot vindicate its autho « ritv , and would not deserve to sit here . Mr Dillon . —It was not Mr Diheny ' s intention to offer any disrespect to the court ; but he waB under tbe impression thai ; what « as required of him would involve a retraetiuu of an expressiou of hia aynv pathy for Mr Mitchel . Baron Lefroy . — Not at all . We don't want ta interfere with any gentleman , to prevent him from

    indulging hi 8 feeling—that is all a matter of taste ; but if the gentleman says he acted under excite " ment , and did not intend any contempt . towards the court-Mr Doheny I did not mean any disrespect to the court . I did not mean any contempt to thecourtin giving expression to my feeling ; but whatever , punishment ia attached to tho expression of my sympathy for Mr Mitchel , and for entertaining the opinion I have uttered , I cannot retract it . Irepeat , however , that I did not mean any contempt to * wards the court .

    Baron Lefroy . —Then , under those circumstances , and as you were under excitement , the court dischar ges yon . Mr Duheny wa 3 then set at liberty . Mr Meaoher ( who waa also in tbe hands of the police in courf ) then caws forw / d , and said that he , too , was under tho impression that a withdrawal of the expression of bis feeling and sympathy for Ml Mitchel was required of him . lie could rot retract anything ; but he would say that he did not mean any disrespect or contempt towards the court . Baron Lefroy . —The court does not mean to interfere with or prevent the expression of feeling or sjmpathy . We have nothing to do with that , but we have with the preservation of order and decorum in court . If you say you were under excitement , but did not mean any contempt to the court , we have no wiah to deal harshly with you .

    Mr Meaoher . —I regret the contempt , if I have been guilty of any , which I did not intend—but I can say nothimg more . Baron Lefroy . —Well , the court discharees you .

    GALLANT CONDUCT OF MR MITCIIEL'S COUNSEL . Mr Holmes here rose to address the court , when the utmost silence was observed . He said—Jly Lords , I think I had a perfect right to use the language I did yesterday . I wish now to state that what I said yesterday I adopt to-day as ray own opinion . I here avow all I have said , ] and , perhaps , uuder this late Act of Parliament Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , if I have violated the law , may think it his duty to proceed against me in that way 4 But if I have violated the law iu auythiir : I said , I

    must , with great respect to the court , assert that Iliad perfect right to say what I stated , and I now say , in deliberation , tbat the sentiments I expressed with respect to England , and her treatment of this country , are my sentiments , and I here avow them openly . ( Loud applause . ) Baron Lefroy ,-Call on the nextoase . The Court then proceeded with other business . Some of the city juror 3 asked if they might go away ? Baron Lefroy . —Yes , gentlemen , you may , and your attendance has been so good that I shall not fine any of you . The Court shortly afterwards adjourned .

    RETBRN OF THE JUDGES FROM COURT . When the people were partially separated the judges entered a carriage which ] waa in waiting at the rear ( the usual place ) of the court . Their Lordships were preceded in a carriage by the High Sheriff and an advanced guard of police . The carriagein whioh their Lordships rode was surrounded by a troop of Lancers , with an efficer at each of the carriage windaws . A considerable number of people , who were attracted by the military and police , followed the

    carnagp , and the crowd gained strength as it passed on . In Sackville street and at Carlisle-bridge there wa 3 considerable groaning as the carriage passed on ; but , with this exception , there was no other indication of feeling . A crowd collected about Nelfon ' d pilJar , but at nine o'clock the streets presented their usual appearance . Although there wag considerable excitement everything passed off quietly ; and , so far aa could be ascertained , there waa not the least accident , nor an approach to anything like a breach of the peace .

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

    At a tew minutes to four o ' clock , the prison van , Burrounded by two squadrons of cavalry , drew up ia front of Newgate prison . Soon after , an official , armed with a warrant for the deportation of Mr Mitohel , which was handed to the high shsriff , entered the prison , nnd , in a few minutes after , Mr Mitchel appeared on the balcony , preceded by an . officer , who carried a bundle which contained the convict dress . Standing for a few moments on the balcony and locking around , he reoognised an old acquaintance , who called out , ' Farewell , Mitohel !' and received a bow in return . The word ' ready * being given , Mr Mitohel entered tho van together

    with five inspectora of police . The trumpet sounded —the van flew onward—and tho dragoons , with drawn sabres , preceded and surrounded it , and the precession prooeedod on its way . Very few persona wero present at the doportation , which was quite unexpected . It had beoa rumoured that Mr Mitohel would be confined for some days in Riohmond Bride-Well , until the pleasure of the orown was known about the writ of error . This report lost ground in the course of the day , for it wa 8 evident that preparations had been making to dispose of him aa rapidly as pessible . In consequence the populace thronged to the quays , but the drawbridge over the canal was drawn up , and all aoosss to the Teasel prohibited

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    « m * t > ~ June 3 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR .. •• -- ¦ -- ¦• — ——^ = i ¦ " ~ """ ' l- ««» ... . . - ¦ ——a —^^^^ .

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  • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1473/page/6/