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      ( From the correspondent of the Daily News . ) DcBLiy , Aognst 9 . —It is said that a special commission will issue to Tipperary for the trialof the p 3-Iitical offenders , and a circumstance mentioned in a lonthem paper would seem to afford grounds for it . Informatioris bavejmt been sworn at Carrick-on-Snir against Mr Smith O'Brien and Mr Meagher , for speeches delivered by ihern on the 24 ' . h day of July , urgin g the people immedi ately to take up arms and opcode the 0 ,-ieen ' s troops and goTernment .

      Ireiattu . Closuel , Angnst 8 -Th 7 rising in Ireland seems likely to take anon-rent-paying turn . Most people in this quarter expatiate on the necessity of disarming tha country people before winter sets in . The cautionary notica of the I *""* -:.. ?'" T £ to-day from the Castle , with toe addition ot the following :- , FURTnER CAUTl 0 N . . AUnmteraof «*»>< ship , p «*« MJ » d •« SiSSS ^^ B ^ t sS = SHa ? : ms th 6 y shall kuo * to have been engaged in treuonabb

      IHEPPatSH . Account ? from Tipparary confirm ray conclusion tint the outlaw ara ia the passss of the Keeper mountains . The threa leaders of the Confederates appeared at Kilcommon on Thursday last , and would bavs arrayed around them hundreds perhaps thou sands , of the people , but that they were stopped in tbe outset by the priest , the Rev . Xr Maloney . Thia pentletnan came op with the three companions at Ballyford , when they were haranguing a considerable into

      number , and had stimulated them great comtnofon . TiieireT . gentleman , however , addressed them centra , pointing out the strength of the army —their utter weakness—the want of every requisite which could render them formidable , and established to their full comprehension , that , agaicBt suoh a number of disciplined troops , it would bs quito impossible to keep possession of the mountains . The leaders were exceedingly chagrined—one of them became bitterly angry—but the people wera saved , 'they would not go with them—they would obey their

      priests . Tae Rev . Mr Mackey , parish priest of Clonoulty , his gone to Dablia , to offer the governments surrender of the Confederate leaders provided their lives we spared . Father Mackey is the meat iofluent < al and intelligent man among the Roman Catholic clergy of this district , and has used every effort to < 3 issaacU tke people from engagin ? in open rebellion . He made the proposition to Mr Gore Jones , R . M ., and by that gentleman ' s advice he has proceeded to Dublin , to put himself in immediate communication with the Lord-Lieutenant . Two rev . gentlemen have fled from Carrick-on-Suir , a ^ ainBt whom warrants h ave been issued . One is the Rev . Mr Shiel , and tfee other the Rev . Mr Byrne , who though connected with the c ! ub 3 , pre Tented an attack on tke Bridewell of Carrick . Still I will not say warrants a gainst others have not been issued . THE 50 BTH BSTn 8 H EXPSESS—SCBTSEB AEBESTS .

      The magistrates of Cootehill , county Cavan , have caused a pedlar to bs arrested in that town , for baying exposed a copy of the North British Ex FBB 88 , a Scotch paper , advocating the Righta of Labour . Mr Kennedy an active Confederate , was arrested yesterday at Kil ! a ! oe ;

      ABEE 5 T 3 AT ABBKTFEALE . Eighteen persons have been a rested in the neighbanrhood of Abbayfeale , charged with the late attacks on the mails to and from Limerick on Saturday last . 4 correspondent of the Limerick Examiner thus writes : — The rumonrs from Abbeyfeate are aJanning . I have b ? en assured that on the border 3 between Limerick and Kerry tSere is formed an encampment of the peasantry , wh 9 are likely to make a deicent on Newcastle , though the tewa is at present crowded with military and pslice . The 64 th ha 3 just arrived « n Rathkeale , en route to AbbEjfeale . THB PRIEST 3 . The same journal contains the following : —

      The R -v . Dr O'Brien addrsssed the people of S t iliry ' s , ot Sacd 3 y last , with his accsstomsd eloquence , exhorting them against coaneiioa of any kind with illejil , r : o oai , or ininrresticaary proceedings in eny portion of the . country ; Tae rev . gentleman ' s counsels wera listened to with tha admonition and respect his addresses invariably excite . This was not the policy ef the Roman Catholic clergy during the earlier stages of the insurrectionary movement ; in witness whereof you have but to refer to the fi ! e 3 of the Tihes for the month of April , or thereabsu's . In Ca 3 ! lebar , according to the Telegraph : —

      The Rev . Pelsr Gersghty , bom . the altar of the pirieh chapel on Sunday last , in the Irish dialect , admonished his cocgrejitisn to abstain from every aet which could be construed into QDy tbe least semblance of d 6 « ffcction . He knew from past experience , he said , how unnecessary it was fir him to admonish ths-m on their duty and loyalty t 3 their Qieen ; but he and they knew that at all times money making and family destroyers—secret spies—were iracy among the people ; and fgainst such ha wished them to 09 on their keeping . The result of the late outbreak appears to have

      filled the minds of the people with a profound impression that no rebellion can have any chance of EUcpess in Ireland unles 3 the priests lead them on . Tnis is an important fact , and deserves consideration . I have the most ample evidence that their interference has Eavedthe country from much bloodshed . Oa all the points where the insnrgent leaderB appeared the Roman Catholio clergy dissuaded the people from open rebellion , and there can be no doubt that their icflaence and exhortations had a powarful effect .

      ( From tae Morning Herald , ) The Rev . Archdeaoin Fitzgerald , of Ballingarry , exhorted his flock upon the two last Sunday ? , in his usually effective and powerful strain , pointing out to them the criminal folly of joining in the wicked movement going on at present in other parts of the couatrr , and , not confining his admonitioss to the altar , collected and addressed the people in crowds through the town of Ballingarry , warning them of the ruinons consequences that wonld follow from a . guilty participation ia such wicked designs . Archdeacon Fitzgerald ' s exertions were most timely , as it has been ascertained that Mr O'Gorman was lurking ia the adjoining parish of Knockaderry , seeking to excite the people to violence ; but happily the object of his mission was defeated , and the peace of that part of the country preserved by the persuasive advice given to the people .

      The Very Rev . Dr Kenny , P . P ., of Kilrash , energetically denounced the insurgents and their leaders at the parish chapel , on SnncUy last . He exhorted Ms flock against the treason which wou'd destroy both bod y and soul . A correspondent of the Waterford and Limerick papers says : — Su . bin » pector Coppinger , of Newcastle , fell in wi th a party of insurgants at Abbejfeale on Thursday , and the fellows actually threatened to shoot the officer , suspecting that his object w&s to arrest Mr O'Gormaa . The sab-Inspector bemg without bis me a at the time Sid not rick a conflict , bat the principals in the affair are knowa to the police , and warrants ara issued for their spprdhension . The Watekpoed Chrosicle gives the following under the head

      TEE EEIGN OF TEBSOK . On Siturday Isstths city presented all the appearance of excitemeat and military parade incidental to a ' reign of terror , ' owing to the arrests here of those persons C-B ^ ected with the Confederate Clubs . About tneive o ' clock on Saturday the following gentlemen were arrested sb warrants from Dublin Castle , nnder tha Suspension Act : —Thomas F . Strange , E q , solicitor ; Hlchael Fogarty , Esq . ; Mr Supple , glorer ; end Mr Thonas W . Candon . When it became known that these persons were taken , a considerable crowd collected in the vicinity of the police office , where the prisoners were dotiiaed for a time—and after a few moment ' s lapse without a moment's consultation whatsoever on the psrt

      of the nsag-stratee—Messrs Tabiutsu , Newport , and Kn ? the prisoners were handcuffed and brought under a s ' . rcn ? eicoit of police to the county gaol . And here the excitement end indignation of the people bad reached to such a pitch that serious consequences were appre . heajed—volley after volley of atones was discharged at the eicort , who stood 6 an 4 on trigger , ready at the ward to carnage their fellow-countrymen . However , the people ' s indignation having been a little abated , the pol ' ce ' fell In' and ' right shouldered forward' down P-jtrick-5 treet , Little Borroostrana . street , an ] the Qmy followed byafaw breechless urchin ? , who to tbe great annoyance of the fjrce continued practising handgrenade-throwiDg until they had srrired at their

      desti-Blt'OQ . Wa frankly hj that if this city , If Ireland were a ? B . rche 4 , four more Inoff . nfiive , peaceable , and harmless citlz ns could not ba found than the gentlemen abovs named , and yet they ara the inmates of a felon ' s eel ] , became they were connected with an organieitien *( Apron 9 UKttcL illegal at the fcima of its formation , or previous to their joining la it . Hoee AsiE 5 rs . —We also learn that two farther arrests were made this morning at half-put four o ' clock . The men &h pig itslets of Billybrleksa , tkelr nam e s Wt do ait knov . The fcliowing is froa the Lmkeick Chbosiclb : — Tha hoose of Mr Joha O'Donnell , solicitor , WiTiamttxc « t ( secretsrj of the SatsSeldclub ) , was le&rohei by the police oa Sunday maralng . when , it it stated , several doiameats aoi prlrate oommanications were discovered connected with seditions moreoents .

      AlfOTHZS AE 3 KST . The mid diy train from the south brought op a yoang man named Kennedy , who was in Qonnexisn vi'h the Dablin dabs . He was arrested in Eillaloe en a charge of treason , and was one of the absconded

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      shopmen in the establishment of Messrs Fim of this city .

      BIGNAL TIREB . Tha west of t& 9 county Clara , including Kilrush , Kilkee , Carrigaholt , and Baltard , was instantaneously lighted up on Thursday night with Bignal fires , which flashed from every eminence , and illuminated the borizja as far aa tha brightest eye could discern an object . The exact cause ofthistelegra phio manifestation , which was responded to from Cape Clear to Moher Cliff * , in a space of time inoredibly Bhorr , is all conjecture . COUNIT TirFERARY ASSIZES . Sentence of Death . — William Carthy and John Rany were plaoed at the bar to receive sentence , having been found guilty for conspiracy to murder Mr Richard Bayly . The Clerk of the Crown having asked the nBual question , wby sentence of death should not be pasied upon them . in

      Carthy ( who appeared pale and emaciated ) said , a firm , calm , and Bteady voice , I haTe nothing to say —all my prosecutors have notBWom one word of truth against me . Hifl lordship then assmaed the black cap , and gentenced the prisoners to be exeouted on Saturday the 16 th of September . ., „ , Ryan ( who appeared unmoved ) » aid , My lord , I bep ; leave to speak one word , if yonr lordship will permit me . I will shortly stand another trial befere my God , and I declare to thnt God , and to you , my lord , that there was not an oath taken against me but a perjured oath by my prosecutors . Garrigan ar . d Whelehan naver spoke to me , nor I never knew them . Court —I am sorry to hear yoa speak in thia manner , as your minds must be in a very wrong and improper state . Ryan . —I declare to you , my lord , and to my God , that * they did not swear one word of truth .

      Carthy . —I hope we are better oil than they are . Our fate doe 9 not trouble ns in the least . Ryan then said , in a stentorian voice , as he was leaving the dock— 'In the other world we'll be let in where you wont . ' A stone weighing three cwfc , was malioiously laid across the railway between Dandrum and the Tipperary Junction on Sunday night . Fortunately , the train was not proceeding at a rapid rate , and the danger wa ^ apparent , otherwise destruction would have been inevitable . The magistrates have for the present prevented the gale ef gunpowder in Limerick . The Wbxford Indbpbndbnt states , on credible authority , that warrants have been issued for the apprehension of more than eighty individuals in the county Wexford . ( From the Times . )

      Dublin . Friday Morning . —Inquirieson the arrival of the mail train from the soutb this morning confirm the previous intelligence of the continued tranqaillity of the csnntry aloog the whole line . It in reported that Mr 0 'Gorman is still at the bead of a body of insurgents in the neighbourhood of Abbejfeale , and that tho authorities have information to that effect is evident , from tbe fact of the annexed proclamation having been issued offering £ 300 for his apprehension : — By the Lord L ' eutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland . A TtOCLAHATION . CtABEKDOR 'Whereat we have received information that Richard O'Qorman , junior , bus been guilt ; of treasonable practices ;

      Now we , the Lord-Lieutenant , being determined to bring the said Richard O ' Qorman , junior , tojuatice , do hereby offer a reward of £ 300 to any person or peraoas who ihall secure and deliver up to safe cuitody the person of the said It chard O'Gorman , junior ; and we do he r eb y strictly command and charge all juetioes of t be peac e , mayors , sheriff :, bailiffs , constables , and all other of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects , Jo use their utmost diligence in apprehending the said Richard O'Gorman , junior . Given at Her Majestj ' a Castle of Dablia , thia 10 th day of August , 1848 . By his Excellency ' s command , T . N . Redihotoh .

      ( From the Daily News ) A gentleman who visited Kilmainham to-day , in . formed me he saw Mr Smith O'Brien in that prison , but bad no communication with him- His room is in the debtors' side of the prison , at tbe extremity of a corridor , having at the entrance of the passage an armed policeman , and at the door on the outside au armed soldier , with fixed bayonet . Soon after my informaet entered tha prison , Mr O'Brien passed along the corridor , proceeding to the prison-yard . His appearance manifests no symptom of recent troable or privation . Having reached the yard , he proceeded to exercise himself , by flinging a ball from one extremity , a gaol-guard catching it and flinging it back again .

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

      THE F 0 LICE . HogbeR , the constable se ' z ; d at Abbeyfeale . on bus picion of possessing a warrant against Mr O'Gorman , was , it appears , actually carried off from the public street of that town . He was stripped and left in a bog , but his property has been restored . So much do the townsfolk sympathise with the insurgents , or bo much afraid are they , that not a single article of food would be sold to the police , and they are obliged to go into the grocers' and provision shops , and weigh and carry off what they require , leaving the money . There are in the town two companies of the SStb , and 200 constabulary . A guard of the latter daily accompanies the coach to and from Tralee to Limerick .

      FURTHER ARRK 8 T 3 OF AMERICAN CITIZENS . Two American sympathisers , named Langtry and E * &n , both of Irish birth , have been arrested in the King ' s County . Mr C . R . Malowny , news-room proprietor , and a member of the clubs , who has been ' en the run' some days , appeared publicly to-day , and was taken into custody . Upwards of fifty persons have been arrested in and around ( Man , in the vicinity of the Tipperary colleriea , without any attempt at rescue or disturbance . Among them was Feehan , the wellrknown Tipperary pike-maker . The Very Rev . Dr Blake , whs was threatened by the disaffected for his advice to the people last Monday , has been stronger in his exhortations against rebellion than ever .

      fcVADISG THE ABU 3 BILL . Mr H . J . Longhman , a late candidate for Kilkenny , has been refused a gan licence . A tradesman at Dungannon , who waa president of a club , having been refused a licence to carry arms , west and purchased a game licence of the excise , and , coming back , exhibited it in court , demanding if the magistrates could take that back ? No , ' replied Mr Singleton , the resident magistrate ; ' hat if the government had acted on my report , you would be now ia prison , instead of havitig arms in our despite . ' The magistracy in Limerick have prohibited all sale of powder , and have taken the stock into charge of the authorities : A veEEel laden with gunpowder ( 600 barrels ) waa yesterday seizsd m Dungarvon Bay . It is said her papers are irregular . ( From tha correspondent of the Daily New . )

      THE CATHOLIC HIERARCHY . Dublin , AugUBtllth . —A movement of animpor . tant character is in progress among the bishops and clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in IreiaHd . A mtrnerial has been adopted , and is now in progress of signature , praying of Lord Clarendon to exercise the most beneficent prerogative of the crown on behalf of his royal mistress in granting a general amnesty for political offences . DENIAL OF MR T . F . MEAGHKr ' s STIPULATION FOB HIS LIFE TO THB GOVERNMENT . The followine letters appear in tha Packbt of this evening . They contain the facts respecting the recent communication made by the Rev . Mr Mackey to his Excellency on the part of the outlawed insurgents : —

      Mt de * e Ma Mansfield . —a . statement has appeared in the Mau and Fbeemas of Wednesday , in which I and other parties are charged with making stipulations for oar lives with the governmeat . I need not assure you that this statement has bitterly , most bitterl y , indeed cut me to the heart ' * core . A letter will be sent to yoa denying this statement , and giving you the true faotg , Tou have bjsn so kind and honourable in your conduct towards me always , that I rely folly upon your kindness in Inserting this , and leave the vindication of my motives in your bands . My character is now more dear ta me than my life , and it is not , I am sure , too much to expect from a generous opponent like you a refutation , full and complete , of a slander which attacks —» nd wkich ( if unanswered ) will deprive me of all that now remains to tne —my reputation , my honour , and my ftmo , BelieTe me ever , roy dear Mr Mansfield , Your * faithfully and trul y , Thohis F . Meigbeb .

      NOBLE CONDUCT CF THE OUTLAW . Sib , —I am griered to be under the necessity o ( addressing you on this eccailon , but a regard for trutb , and a reject for the characters of gentlemen who cannot new defend themselves , render my silence any longer impossible . The grossest misrepresentations have appeared in some of the newspapers , in reference to a communication I have made to the government oa behalf of HrHeagber and some of his friends . I have abstained until now from publishing anything on the aubjeot lest I might occasion embarrassment ia any quarter , end bsildes , I felt confident that the characters of the

      gentlemen in question , for honour asd dislnterestednen , wers too well established to suffer any detriment from those calumnies . I now give tbe simple facts of the case , and the public will be able to judge whether or net I have formed a just opinioB on the subj ect . About a week ago , when I heard that those gentlemen h&d arrived on the birders of my parish , fearing that any attempt to arrest tiem might lead to a collision similar to that which took p lace In Balliugarrj , I sought and procure * an Interview with them . I then said that though there were no other reasons , as the country bad declined to act under their guidance , s , surrender to the government was their most judicious and honourable coarse . The

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      great obstacle In the way to their following my advice was the fear they entertained that by so doing they mig ^ t appear to abandon those to whom they were committed , or be attempting to socuro any special advantages for themselves . They ultimately consented to my making th e communica t ion t o g ov e rnmen t , into the details ot which it is unnecessary now to enter . It is enough to say It was not of the nature described . It W 8 B not a bargaining for mere lifo , as has been falsely asserted . It did not propose any advantage special to themselves . It was conoelved in the spirit of brotherly affection and devo t ion . It contemplated tho peace of tho country and the speed ; restoration of order ; and in proof of the perfect disinterestedness that governed this proceeding , I beg to add that one of these gentlemen , Mr Mougber , refused to comply with the most urgent Entreaties to eii cape from the country , when the means of escape were offered to him , and this , because he had determined to share in whatever penalty awaited hia friends .

      I am , sir , y « ar obedient servant , Johm Macket , P . P ., Cionoulty , Dublin , August 12 , 1848 , Mr Doherty has escaped for tho pregent , because the jurora of Dublin do not understand Latin . He will , however , be tried again at this Commission and the Crown will probably offer the MSS . of the articles , of which it naapoBBesaion , in evidence in the case . ANOTHER ARI 1 EST . Mr Wright , one of the esoaped drapera' assistants , has been arrested in Ulster , and was brought in to day . ( From tbe Morning Chronicle . ) The letter of the Rev . Mr Mackey , inserted above , is that which Mr Meagher tefera to as containing an explanatory statement .

      Regarding the proceedings of the in ? urgent leaders on the Keeper Mountains , which have already been described in the newspapers , the Rev . J . Molony , pariah priest of Kilcotnmoo , baa published the following extraordinary atatement in the Tippbrart Vindicator : — Mr dear Sir . —A » there appeared ia the two last copies of your journal statements of certain occurrences in this locality with which my name via ? connectedstatements , though generally true , greatly exaggerated —yon will pleaso allow me to pat you and the readers of jour journal In the possession of the trae state of those

      occurrences . On tbe 2 nd instant , there did appear in this pariah persons eeemingly connected with the late unfortunate insurrection ; bat they were persons of the mildest , most gentlemanly , and unobtrusive demeanour , and seemed to take refuge in those mountains to evade tbe vengeance of the law , end not for any other parposo ; and repeatedly and fervently did I pray witb many others that God may deliver those martyrs of a designing and despotic government from tho hands of their enemies , and the enemies of their country . Separated from these persona , their appearod in another psrt of tho parish a person , I believe not at all an

      outlaw , disposed to say and do very foolish things ; but the people took my aiWce , left him Immediatel y , though many of them told me they may as well die in war as die from starvation ia the course of tbe coming winter . However , with very little difficulty , I prevented those hslf . 9 tarved people from any collision with a pampered military in pursuit of these iasurgenta , and thus saved m y p oor p eep le from bloodshed and further notoriety . May Gad protect them from the spies and detectives with whom this locaHijisBOW infeoted . I remain , my dear sir . Very faithfull y yours , J . Moioht , P . P . Kileommon , August 11 th , 1818 .

      ( From the Limerick Examiner . ) CAPTURE OF A POLICEMAN . On last Thursday a person in the garb of a gentleman , but evidently ot a ' meaner fry . ' waa Been to alight off the Newcastle coach at Abbeyfeale , and walk towards Leahy ' s Hotel . Having remained at the hotel for a few minutes , he passed through the town not as if anxioui to learn the real state of society , nor on the scent ef some member of the Irish Confederation . But hia movements were closely watched by some of the peasantry , who immediately suspected that he was a 'detective , ' nor were th ' mistaken , as the sequel of the story will tell . Wh- ; the detective ( whose name is Hogben . and who belongs , I am informed , to the Castleconnell

      policestation ) had become acquainted with the dangers of hia position , he moved away quietly as if to admire the wild scenery of the Abbeyfeale mountains . The crowd , however , were not inclined to let him off so softly , and , accordingly , two of them followed at a rapid paee , and came up with him as he was about to conceal himeelf ia the bushes near the road . As one of his pursuers , a wild youth of the mountains , caught hold of his person , the detective took out of his pocket a pistol , and threatened to shoot the lad if he would not let him go . ' I will not let you go ' said the latter ; ' and , ' added he , ' if you shoot me itself I'll hold a dead man ' s grasp . ' At this moment the

      crowd , who remained back in the distance observing the struggle between the capturer and the ' de . tective' surrounded the unfortunate fellow , and instantly commenced to search , hia peraon . In his poB session ( it ia said ) were found a loaded pistol , the sum of £ 10 , and a warrant for the apprehension of Richard O'GormaD , together with some introductory letters to government officials in tbe country . The crowd took possession of all his property , and it next became a question whether they wonld shoot him or deprive him of his clothes , and let him go naked through the country . A counoil of war was held to deliberate on his fate .

      In the interim , the Rev . Mr Lyddy , P . P ., arrived at the scene . He was previously apprised of the situation of the detective . The rev . gentleman implored of the people not to harm the stranger , but immediately release him from further apprehension . This remonstrance , however , proved ineffectual for some time , and it was only after much entreaty on his part , and of eeveral among the crowd , that the detective was set free . It has been mentioned to me , amoni other things , that when the unfortunate fellow ' s fate was abont being decided , he was heard

      to address the crowd frequently , and say— ' Might 1 ask , gentlemen , what do you intend to do with me V His question , of course , was answered after a queer fashion ; and called forth the oachiHations of the assembled multitude . When the deteotive was re leased , he made the best of his way to Newcastle , where he related his many wonders and nair-breadth escapes to the authorities . It is but justice to state that the £ 10 taken from the deteotive waa returned to the Rev . Mr Lyddy , P . P ., who transferred it again to the safe-keeping of Mr Galwey , stipendiary magistrate .

      ARRESTS IK DUNDALK . The Newrt Examiner , of Saturday , gives the following account of arrests in Dundalk : — At half-pint ten o ' clock on yesterday morning , Edward Hill , Esq ., 6 ub . impector of constabulary , with about eight or ten police ef this tewn , proceeded to the Dondalk Patbiot office , In CianbrBBBil-street , and immediately after arreBted tko registered proprietor , Mr JameB Raleigh Baxter , on a charge of ' High Treasen , ' by virtue of a warrant from tho Lord Lieutenant which arrived that morning , authorising Mr Baxter ' s capture . Mr Baster was in the office at the time , and being informed of the object of the police , immediately surren . dered himself to Ut Hill , and was placed in the charge of one of the constables . The police then commenced searching for papers , and after ocoupjiDg themselves in tbis manner for about an bour and a half , conducted Mr Baxter to the county gaol , where he now lies .

      Absesi of Wellington Shegoo , Es < j —We have been Informed on good authority that Wellington Shegog , Esq ., solicitor of Ardee , ass arrested yesterday morning at an early hour . Mr Shegog , we believe , wag a Cjneer . vative until within the last few months ; he was In the habit of receiving the proclamations and addresses from the Repeal Association in Dublin , and having them posted up in Ardee . We have not learned tbe charge on which he wag arreitei ) . We understand that two or three persons who oame over here ia the steamer with Mr RanBon were also arrested by policemen in coloured clothes , as soon ne they arrived at our quay yeBterday morning .

      MrJoHH O'Cohnkm ,. —The Cork papers announce that it is the intention ef Mr John O'Connell to take up his permanent residence in London , for the more efficient discharge of his duties as a director of the National Bank . The hon . gentleman , it is stated , means to retire altogether from politics . — Dublin Pifot . LA good riddance of unmitigated rubbish 1 ARREST OF MESSRS MEAGHER . LEYrfE , AND O'DONoaOE . ( From the Freeman ' s Journal ) Dublin , Sunday Evening . —On this ( Sunday ) morning , about one o ' clock , Messra Meagher , ODonohee , and Leyne were walking alone the highroad between Clonoulty and Holycross , when they were met by constable Madden and a lar

      ge party of police , who were patrolling near the police barrack at Rathcannon , to which Btation the party had only returned within the lnafc two days . Madden accosted them , saying , 'fine night , gentlemen , to which MrMeagher replied , 'geod night , boys . A few more ordinary words passed , and both P ? n ? tf epBrate j epolic 9 Boing in the direction of Rathcannon , and the others continuing on their route towards Holycrosa . They had not , however , proceeded more than about 300 yards , when they were overtaken by six of the same police party , who were armed with their carbines , and called upon them to halt . They did so , and were then commanded to accompany the police to the barrack .

      Mr Meagher demanded the reason , upon whioh Serjeant Madden replied that he had atriot orders to act as he was doing , Mr O'Danohje asked him if he had a warrant or any other authority for their arrest ? Madden said he had not , and then demanded of Mr O'Donohoe his name , which was given without a moment ' s hesitation . Me Leyne was next aaked his name , and he also gave it at once . Maddea then drew Mr Meagher aside , and in a low tone asked him his name , to whioh he answered , ' Anything you have to say tome sayUpublicly before aIIt , irii . »* told any private conversation with yon . ' Then , ' said Madden , * 1 a « k yon your narae publicly — what is it ? ' ' My natae is Thomas Francw Meagher , ' waa the answer . Then , ' said

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      MaddeD , ' I arrest you in the Queen ' s name . The others were also made prisoners in the like manner ; the police fell ia , one at either u'de of eaoh prisoner , and they marched them to tho barrack at Rathcannon , about a mile further up the road . On arriving here the prisoners were placed in the kitchen , while Madd eu and his men held a council in the adjoining joora , » nd prepared to march them io Thurles , which they did after a short delay . When they reached Thurles the prisoners were brought to the house of Sub-Inspector Braken , and Mr G pre Jones , the resident magistrate , waq presently in attendance . Mr Jones asked Mr Meagher if it had been hi * intention to have surrendered hiraself , to which Mr Meagher emphatically replied that it was not ; that he was prepared to meet his fate , and scorned

      the idea of asking far bis life ; that he had been arrested by serjeant Madden and a body of police on the roadb 3 tween Clotioultyand Holycross , and had not the least intention of surrendering himself . He said be had seen the Mail , and repeatedly spoke in the most indignant terms at the insinuation in that paper that hfl had craved his life . ' I was aware , ' said he , ' that my life would be spared if I surrendered and pleaded guilty to a charge of high treason , but the only conditions upon which I would ever have been induced to surrender were , that all those who were inculpated jn the movement should have permission tc l ? ave the country . ' He was then proceeding to ppeak of etber ma ttera connected with the recent proceedings , when Mr Jones cautioned him against doing go but said if he wished to make any deliberate

      written statement he would receive it . Mr Meagher then reque sted writing materials , and wrote rather a long statement , with the contents of which , however , I am unacquainted . Meantime General M'Donald , accompanied by his staff , had arrived , and after interrogating the prisoners , directed that one of his aids-do camp , Captain Mackenzie , should accompany them to Dublin . Mr Jono ? had , in the interim , ordered a special train , and Captain John Maurice , R . M ., who was about proceeding to Dublin by the mail-train , resolved on coming with the prisoners also . The general on this occasion was courteous ; ho did not si nd for a single soldier from the camp , neither did he interfere with the arrangements which the police magistrates and officers had made for the conveyance ot the prisoners . While the train waa beiDg got ready , a comfortable breakfast was

      provided by Mr Bracken ' * housekeeper , of which Messrs Meagher , Leyne , and O'Donohos partook heartily , and having beon supplied with a change cf linen , they seemed much refreshed , and looked quite oheerful and free from all anxiety or nneaainess . They expressed themselves very grateful for the considerate attention paid them by Mr Bracken ' s famiiy . At half-past five they proceeded on foot to ( he railway station , accompanied by the general , the tvo magistrates , and without any other escort . A party of twenty police followed soon after , and one first-class carriage having been attached to the engine and tender , in which the prisoners , Captain Filz-naurice , Mr Bracken , Captain M'Keczie , and the police , all took their seats , the train moved on for Dublin , without the slightest manifestation of excitement or attempt at interference from the people , who were assembled ia considerable numbers about the

      station . Mr Meagher looked in as good health as nsaal . He wore hia ordinary dress—a blue frock coat and tweed trowsers . He had on a short over-coat of Irish ( ntii , Sl black acd white straw hat , and was without the slightest attempt at disguise of any kind . lie smoked a oigar on his way to the station . Mr Leyne was likewise in his ordinary dress , but wore a large Irish frieze over-coat . Mr O'Donohoe wore a dark fur cap and his usual dress . I understand that the informations lodged against the Iwo latter , and the warrant under which they are arrested , charge them with beiag of the party who attacked the police under Mr Trant , in the widow M'Cormack ' s house at Boulaughcommon .

      The special train had scarcely passed the station at Templemore when Mr James F . Lalor arrived there in custody of two metropolitan police , and a streng escort ot the constabulary . He was brought on a car from Nenagh gaol , and sent on by the mail train to Dublin , under ft warrant of removal , it having been notified to tbe crown on the part of Mr Martin , one of the state prisoners , that he would be required as a witness on his behalf . MORE ARRBSI 3 , A person named Sexton , conducting clerk to an eminent solicitor , was arrested yesterday on a charge of treason . He was vice-president o / the Grattan ( MrMeagher ' s ) Club . Sergeant Gargan . of the detective police , succeeded on Saturday in arresting , in Morgan-place , Richard Franks Ryan , an American , in whose possession papers were found appointing him a delegate for England , Ireland , and Scotland :

      Two American sympathisers , named M'Dade and Macnamin , were arrested in the county of Donegal last week and committed to gaol . The priests of Tuam have adopted a memorial to the Queen praying that the royal clemency may be shown to Smith O'Brien and his followers , whom they condemn as unreflecting persons and utterly insane .

      AMERICAN SYMPATHISERS . The Evening PogT says : — ' We may state that the American syn pathisera have vessels—a few we should think , but certainly some—freighted with men and munitions of war for Ireland . The British Government were made minutely acquainted , long before they sailed , with their ports of departure , the names of the vessels , the nature of the freight , the sympathisers on board , and the numbers and names of the captains and crews , ( til written in the United States . All those vessels , and all those men , will be taken if they approach our shores . ' EEP 3 BTED KSCAPB OF MB o ' gOHMAN . ( From the Daily News . )

      Sunday , August 13—There can be no doubt that Mr O'Gorman has endeavoured to escape to America from Limerick in the Jessie , a vessel long known in the passenger trade of Limerick . This vessel sailed on Monday last from the quays of the above city . On Tuesday a man of gentlemanly appearance appeared on the Kerry shore of the Shannon , and , accosting two boatmen , offered them a sovereign ts put him on board the Garryowen steamer which would soon pass on its daily trip down the river . These men accepted the offer without question asked , having , as they Bay , no suspicion of who their fare waa . It is supposed he waa Mr O'Gorman , and tho men are now in custody for haviDg suffend , or rather aided , his escape . They landed Mr O'Gorman , if such he were , at Beagh Castle , a place on the Shannon . Whoever tV . is gentlemanly person was , he

      passed on board the Garryowen to Kilrush en Tuesday . On Wednesday the Jessie cleared , and had her papers at Kilrush . Col . Yandeleur , a large proprietor here , Mr Little , the R . M ., and several police , made diligent search on board while the vessel lay in Scattery Roads , opposite Kilrush , for all sujpeoted effenders , but unsuccessfully . At the mauth of the Shannon there are other roads where the vessel lay to for a time , and here it was oaid Mr O'Gorman and two others were to go on board . Col . VaHdeleur having heard this , immediately put his yacht under weigh , and with Mr Little and the police , gave pursuit , but contented himself with standing out in such a way as to prevent all boats from shore approaching unobserved . Mr O'Gcrman , it is positively known , was at Querin , on the Shannon , below Kilrusb , on Wednesday night , and slept in a hut there with two companions .

      ( From the Times . ) THE ARRESTS . Dublin , Monday Morning—When the intelligence became known yesterday morning that Mr Meagher ' of tbe Sword' was nn inmate of Kilmainham Gaol the circumstance created marvellously little excitement considering the prominent position thia ill-fated young man has occupied in the political history of this country for the last year or so . Not but that Mr Meagher ia eminently popular as a revolutionary leader , but the truth is , the spirit of rebellion which ran riot one short fortnight since , is completely broken by tbe arrest , without s struggle , of Mr Smith O'Brien ; hence the absence of any marked sensation in the

      case of Mr Meagher . Mr Maurice Leyne , his fellow captive , is nephew of tae late Daniel O'Connell , acd remained a member of Conciliation-hall until within a very recent period , when ha suddenly shook off the shaokks of moral force and threw himself into the ranks of the Republicans . He is in years about the eame age as Mr Meaner , and his oratory , like that gentleman ' s , is of tbe most florid style , and his speeches might at any time , by a slight stretch of ingenuity , be readily turned into blankverse . The third party arrested yesterday ( O'Donohoe ) is an attorney ' s clerk , and a man who was always regwdsd with suspicion , by the Confederates . He is possessed ef a fair share of natural talent , which was evinced in the publication of several lettera written during the heat of the late agitation .

      Mr Hartnett , who is eharged with attacking the mail at Abbeyfeale , has absconded . Michael Deniston , leader of the party , was on Friday fully committed to Limerick gaol . lie is also charged with threatening to fire at Constable Hogben , by whem he has been identified . The guards of the Tralee and Limerick mail are suspend ed in their offices by the Poatraaater-General for not resolutely resisting tbe attack of the inourgentu who robbed the mail bags . A speoial commission will issue immediately for the oounty of Tipuerary to try Mr Smith O'Brien . Every emigrant thip leaving Limerick is strictly searched for rebels . From the latest accounts from Limerick it appears that the authorities are very closely upon tbe track of Mr O'Gorman , for whom the £ 300 reward is offered . He has been traced to the Shannon , and to tbe neighbourho d of Kilrush , where he was in hopeB of finding an emigrant ship to take him to America .

      AN INSURGENT CHIEF . The speoial reporter of the Limerick Examiner has drawn the following portrait of an insurgent ohief : — I arrived at Abbeyfeale about two o ' clock , and found the exoltement which prevailed for some days past partly subsided . A company of the 88 th , under the command of Major Goold , are oiaamped oa the borders of the

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      town , on the banks of tho Feale , wMl « upwards of 100 police , under the command of Sub inspector Coppinger and Mr Galwey , R , M ,, mak 8 up the entire force . The gallant 88 th are on the bast terms with the oonntry people , ani keep up a friendly Intercourse with them . I proceeded to inqalre the posttioa of the ineargentg . I was told that their enoampment wai broken up , but that several of the party still continued to keep to the mountains , and follow the fortuoeis of a chief who is very popular in the neighbourhood . ThU extraordinary character , whebo exploits are known to all the authorities here and elsewhere , Is reipeetably connected in Abbey , feale , and Is a member of a numerous cUn , who have possession of a large territory In this country . He Ib , I am informed , a bo l d , daring spirit , a stranger to fear

      in any shape , Inured to fatigue , and familiarly acquainted with all tbe ins and outs of tbe Kerry and Limerick mountains fur a distance of twentj or thirty milee , Ia fact It will be more than difficult for the keenest detective In the employ of tho government to discover tho locale of the Insurgent chief . He is said to be at the head of 200 men , and ii able , on an emer g enc y , t o g a t her at least 600 areund him , He is a wild , rollicking , hard y fellow , and just the sort « f maa to maintain a tort of guerilla warfare , and escape , at a pinch , from the tolls of his pursuers . It is confidently asserted that he can evado their vigilance for twenty yean . The supposition ia that ha will never be borne from amidst his native

      mountains without an attempt to rescue him . The police , in the meantime , are scouring tbe country fro m cock . crow to ourfew . They have arrested several already on suspicion , among whom ia an old superan . nuated schoolmaster , whose fighting days have long goao by . It would furthermore appear from the moveminis of the military and police in this quarter , tbat they are on the scent of some distinguished person who m they seem to think is still sojoarciog end organising among the mountains . If this personage be Mr R . O'Gonran , 'the bird has flown , 'for one thing is certain , that he has not been for some time seen , and no trace of him can be now discovered .

      MORE ARRESTS . Augubt 12 . —A young gentleman was arrested and held to bail this day in Moy . It ia said that discoveries of some importance have been made on the occasion of thia arrest . He is a student in the University of Dublin , and a member of the Protestant Repeal Association . Several more arrests have taken plaee- Mr Eugene Martin , brother of John Martin , of the Irish Fklon , was arrested in Edenderry yesterday , and has been brought up and committed to Kilmainham . It iB stated that papers of a seditious tendenoy were found in his poRsoBBion . A person described as a member of the ' Protestant Repeal Association' was arreBted yesterday at Mayo , county of Tyrone . Five' American sympathisers' were aUo arrested yesterday at Armagh . ( From Saunders' News Letter . )

      Limerick , Sunday night—Aug . 13 I have just arrived here from Abbejfeale , and when passing through Rathkeale I ascertained the following particulars respecting : the three men who were shot at Castletown , near Rathkeale , on yesterday morning : — A body of armed insurgents having moved off from the direction of Abbeyfeale , towards Cbarleville , by the mountains , attacked every house in their way for arms and provisions . They succeeded in some

      places , not in others , and crossed over towards Rathkeale , and made a desperate attack on the village of CastletowD , which is about three miles from Rathkeale , in whioh town is stationed a very large force of military and constabulary . Several of the inhabitants went for shelter into a large house to fortify it , and thus escape from the hands of those lawless savages . Some police were also in the house , and this ia bow given aB a reason for so determined an attack having been made in tbe first instance upon it .

      The insurgents marched up to the house , halted , and fired several shots , to show that their guns were loaded . The inmates barricaded the door and windows as well as they could , but the mob succeeded very Eoon in starting the door . The inmates had made up their minds to resist the ruffians to the last ) and provided themselves with such weapons as they could find , spades , pokers , &c , and formed into position inside the door , so as to command the entrance ; the door waa soon burst open , and the first fellow to enter was felled to the ground by oae of the inmates by a blow of a spade , which nearly split his

      face in two ; another wasknocked down , seeing which , and not being able to force an entrance , tbe assailants levelled their guns , and fired a volley into the door , killing three men on the spot ; one of whom was the poor-law relieving officer of Rathkeale union . The conetabularly were sson on the ground , and scanned the neighbourhood for some time , but without finding any trace of the murderers , who made off immediately after firing the volley . It is believed that the party were tbe same ( or part of that ) which attacked the coaches , against many of whom informations have been sworn ; it is hoped by thete means that the villains will not escape justice .

      Notwithstanding tho number of arms that have been seized by tbe police , it is said by those who are acquainted with the rural districts , that a raat quantity are still in tbe possession of the peasantry , concealed , but ready for use . Messrs James O'Donnell , of Ballyboe , Dr Ryan , of Carrick-on-Suir , O'Ryan , of Oashel , Purcell and Russell , of this town , still continue in custody . We are not aware whether it is the intention of government to bring them to trial , or merely to keep them in prison under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . It is probable , however , tbat the three firstnamed individuals will be arraigned for high treason at the expected special commission . ( From the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle . )

      ARREST OF MR J . HABNBTT , ONE OP THE INBtRGKST LEADKKS , Ddbun , Tuesday . —l have just received an express despatch from Limerick , dated last night , announcing the arrest of Mr J . Harnett , who is charged with leading the party of armed insurgents that attacked the Kerry and Limerick mails , at Abbeyfeale . It baa been etated tbat Mr Ilarcett , who is a Protestant , and a person of some consideration , had been aoting in concert with Mr Richard O'Gorman in the mountain district , near Abbeyfeale . Harnett was brougbt into Limerick last night , on an outside car , handcuffed , and escorted by a party of DrageocB . He was lodged in the county gaol of Limerick .

      MOKE ABREST 9 AND COMMITTALS . Dublin , August 11 th . —Michael Dennistoun , of Abbeyfeale , for having attaoked , robbed , and detained in custody , when ia coloured clothes , head , constable Hogben , whilst in performance of bis duty . Richard Dalton , of Tipperary , for having delivered a speech at Gal way , in whioh he made use of seditious language . Henry Morgan , of Abbeyfeale , for having in his possession a seditious document . A mason , named O'Neill , from Rathkeale , was brought into town tbis morning , and committed to the county gacl , for having used some strong language on the occasion of the arrest of Mr Harnett , of Newcastle . Mr Owen O'Neill , a student of Thurle 3 College , was fully committed for trial yesterday to the county gaol , by the Lord-Lieutenant , for ' treasonable practices . ' Two loaded pistols were found in his possession , at Uulla , in this county .

      At Waterford there was one arrest only during the last week . The camp has been Btruck , and on Thursday the Marines went on board the Birkenhead and Rhadamanthug , which vessels , however , remain with the force on board . The Cork Constitution states that the gunpowder seized at Dungarvan waa a bonafide consignment for Liverpool , and not at all a contraband or felonious article .

      THE STATE TRIALS . COMMISSION COURT . Tjkmas Dosohok was indicted for unlawfully having in his possession , at Corn-market , an old sword , contrary to the peace and the statute . The prisoner pleaded guilty to the oharge , and was ordered to stand by fur the present .

      PROSECUTION OF THE KEWSVENDKBS . Joseph Moohby , newsvender , was brought np and arraigned on a charge of selling and circulating certain fe ! eaions and seditious publications , as contained in the Nation sewspaper . To the question'Guilty or not , ' Moaney pleaded guilty , and was ordered by the Court to be held in his own recognisance of £ , 50 to appear whenever called on . He was then discharged . Patrick Cullen , another newsvender , was then called on t 9 appear acd plead , according to the terms of his bail . He did not appear ; and bis securities were then called on in oourt to bring up his body or perfect their recognisances ; but they did not appear , though it was said they were previousl y outside the court .

      Mr Curran observed that much inoonvenience arose to iwitnesses and partie 9 wto were bail for others , owing to the difficulty they experienced in getting access to the court . The Chief Baron said that it would be neoeBaary tbat policemen should be stationed outside , who , when parties were called on to appear in court as witnesses or otherwiee , would call oat tbe names of the persons required , and have intelligence conveyed to them if about the precincts of the oourt . The case was poatpaned till this day , when the parties will be again called in court . John Flanagan was then put to the bar , charged with having had . on tbe 27 th of July , four BwordB and a cutlass in his possession , contrary to the statute-He pleaded not guilty , and the case stands over for trial tomorrow .

      ( Prom tbe Reporter of the Tims , ) THE TRIBUNE KEW 8 PAPER . IHK QUE 1 N V . WILLIAM * AND O ' nOHBBTY , PROPRIETORS OF IBB ' TRIBUNE . ' Dubuk , Wednesday , Augu&t 9 -John Williams and Jzod O'Doherty were placed at the bar . The indictment , which contained ten counts , was read at considerable length . It set out the articles referred to , which were headed— 'Courage '— - 'Our war department ' - — ' Our harvest prospects , ' &o . Tha Attorney-General , the Solicitor-General , Messrs Baldwin , Q . C . ; Whiteaide , Q C . ; Plunkett , Q C ; Smikw , Pennefather , an Perrio . attended

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      on behalf of the Crown : and Sir Colman O'Loghle g for the prisoners . Sir C . O'Loghlen said , that he had to appl y for copies of the indictment , aa he had done iq another case on the previous evening . Baron Pennefather . —I think the Crown ought to furnish copies , to prevent the waste of time consequent upon havin g them read in opon court . The Attorney-General stated that ho had no ob . jection to copies baing furnished ; but he wished it not to be supposed they were given as a matter of right Sir C . O'Loghlen observed , that he would look on the course pursued by the Crown a 3 a matter of favour . The prisoners were then called on to plead , and no verally pleaded ' Not Guilty . ' ' " a 88 t

      Sir C . O'Loghlen then stated that ho had f » apply for bills of particulars in the case of both prisoners . The Attorney-General . —There is no objection tn the application .

      THE QUEKN V . DDFFT , Sir C . O'Loghlen . —I have another app lication to make in the case of the ' Queen v . Williamg and O'Doherty , ' for the postponement of their trialB to next commission ; but before I do so , I have to request that the prisoner brought np last to be arrai gned Mr Duffy , be called to the bar to plead . He waa ar » raigned , but ba ? not pleaded . The Attorney-General objected to the course sue . gested by the prisoner ' s counsel . One case ehould be disposed ef before aEother waecalled on . If an appli . cation ; for a postponement was to made , it Bhould be because

      made at once , , p « rkapf > , if it were granted the Crown would not consider it necessary to arraign Mr Duffy , the proprietor of -he Natiow , as his case would be moBt probably governed by the same rule Sir C . O'Loghlen said he could not move the an . p lication for a postponement before morDing . as there were affidavits to be swora , and furnished to the m ^ ^ , he Earned gentleman also contended that Mr Duffy had , m faot , been arraigned , for an ab . atracfc of the indictment was read to him , and the only thing to be done then was for him to say whether he was or was not guilty .

      The Court did not consider that any arraignment btd taken place , as it had , in fact , been stopped by the prisoner ' s counsel when the application for a copy of the indictment was made . After some short discussion on the subject the raotion for poatpoRinsr the trial was allowed to stand ever until morning , the prisoner ' s attorney undertaking to furnish copies of the affidavits relied on to the Crown Solicitor . Thursday , August 10 . —The Court sat at tea o ' clock . The Attorney . General . Solicitor-General , Mr Serjeant O'Brien , Mr Whiteaide , Q C , Mr Baldwin , Q . C ., Mr Smyley , and Mr Perrin appeared for tbe Crown . Mr Holmee , Mr Butt , Q C . Sip Colman O'Loghlen , and Mr John O'Hagan appeared for the prisoners . , Messrs Martin , Williams , and O'Doherty were brought into court about half-past ten o ' clock

      Clerk of the Crown . —Put Kevin Iz «> d O'Doherty to the bar . SirC . O'Loghlen . —Before thiscasecomeson Ihavs to appl y to your Lordship to decide the question re « yarding Mr Daffy ' s arraignment , and that Mr Duffy be brought into court . The application was acceded to , and Mr Duffy was placed at tha bar . Sir C . O'Loghlen then moved , that Duffy Bhould be at liberty to plead . The question was , whether they were entitled , as a matter of ri ght , to have the plea recorded ; and he submitted they were oo en « titled , lie contended the arraignment of Mr Duffy was completed , and if it were not completed oil the former day , that it had been since completed . In sup * port of his proposition he cited' flale ' a Pleas of the Crown , ' vol . ii ., p . 219 . He begged also to remind the Court , that when the Clerk of the Crown , on

      the former day , commenced to read the indictment , it was only for the convenience of their Lordships that the case was allowed to stand over to enable Mr Baldwin to consult the Attorney-General as togiving them a copy of the indictment . He submitted they should be put in the same position aa they would have been in on Tuesday evening if the Clerk of the Crown bad then read out the indictment , and the prisoner had recorded hiBpIea . They considered they had been deceived in thia case by the course taken by the Crown . The Crown had consented to furnish them with a copy of the indictment , and therefore they did not ask to have it read out . They had been furnished with a copy of the indictment , therefore they might assume it had been read out to them at length , and they should be allowed to record their plea . The Attorney-General submitted that Mr Daffy was not entitled to record his plea—for in point of fact he bad not been arraigned .

      The Chief BaroD . —No authority is cited to show that in the circumstances that have ocourred ia the present instance the arraignment was complete . There are two questions here—first , whether the arraignment waB complete ? and next , whether them is any reason , ex debito , why the arraignment shonld be now completed ? Baron Pennefather . —The authority cited by Sip Colman O'Loghlen ia quite decisive against its being an arraignment . According to that authority the indictment should be read out distinctly by the prisoner , except ho waives his right to haTe that done * and consents that aa abstract only should be read ; and that has not been done in this case . Sir G . O'Loghlen . —We said we waived the reading of the indictment if we got a copy ; we have got the copy , and should now be at liberty to plead . Baron Pennetathbr . —Not until the Crown calla upon you to plead .

      Mr Butt . —I consider in consequence of the mode of proceeding the Crown have adopted in this case , that they seek to obtain some advantage , and I consider it would much better become the dignity of the Attorney-General to waive any advantage he might thus obtain . However , I don't appeal to the Attorney-General , but I apply to the Court . I trust your Lordships will not allow tbe Attorney-General to come in here and control the proceedings of the Court , except id the way he is entitled to do so , by entering a nolle prosequi . As long as I have the honour to hold a brief , x wiil never again consent , to suit the convenience of the Court or of the Attorney . General , to the slightest departure from the regular course of proceeding : and I now ask of the Court confidently , but boldly , to keep faith with ma and the prisoner , and put us in the same condition we would bs in if we had not consented to the suggestion for postponement .

      Barjn Pennefather . —Suppose you had not consented , and that it was the convenience of the Court it should be delayed , or that the Attorney-General said , I will not proceed with the indictment ; then is it a matter of right for the prisoner to have it pro * ceeded with ? Mr Butt . —When any prisoner is brought up to plead , the proceeding should be completed . Baron Pennefather . —Have ycu any authority fcr this ? A oase of the kind never occurred within my knowledge . Mr Butt . —I have no authority .

      Baron Pennefather . —We cannot decide that when once a prisoner is put to the bar the arraignment should bo completed , except on expre 3 S authority . Mr Butt . —But this proceeding went much further than that . We put it , however , as a question for the discretion of the Court rather than as a matter of strict right . What right , I aBk , has the Attorney . General to come in here , and prevent from pleading a party who is under a serious charge , and who wishes to put himself on the oountry ? Whatever advantage the Attorney-General seeks—and it is clear he seeks one , or he would not thus press the matter—should be disclosed ; or he should not persevere in his opposition . It was for your Lordships' convenience the arraignment was stopped , and I now ask you to allow us to plead . Baron Pennefather . —What inoonvenience is it to the prisoner ? Mr Butt . —I cannot state any .

      Baroa Pennefather . —What advantage can it be to the Crown ? Mr Butt . —I confess I cannot suggest the advantage it would be to the Crown ; but I suppose it must be some advantage when the Attorney-General presse 3 the case in this way . Tho Solicitor-General . —The learned gentleman has put forward a variety of grounds in support of his application , and , amongst others , that the present proceeding on the part of the Crown is unprecedented ; but I submit it is the ordinary practice that a prisoner should be called te the bar , and when the Clerk of the Crown has commenced the arraignment the counsel for the Crown may ask tha Court to let the matter stand over for a time . The learned

      counsel for the prisoner has taken upon himself to deliver something like a lecture on the way in whioh the counsel for tho Crown should discharge their duty . He Baid it would better become the dignity of the Attorney-General to waive any advantage ha might obtain . Now , I say that such an act of presumptuous dictatorship as to the course the counsel for the Crown should think propt r to pursue , is , in my experience , most unprecedented . The learned gentleman then suggested how we should proceed but I would suggest to the counsel for the prisoner to keep within bis own duty , and not Rive a lecture as to the course the couneel for the Crown should adopt , for to do so i 9 unjustifiable and unprecedented . The learned gentleman was equally unwarranted in

      saying that the counsel for the Crown ( whose only object is to bring the criminal to justice ) intend to practice any stratagem or device . I eay those insinuations are not to be tolerated , and will not be endured . I hope the Court will not impose such unprecedented conditions on the Attorney-General as te call upon him to disclose the circumstances which he deems it necessary to consider before an individual wbo is to be tried shall be called upon to plead . We must proceed advisedly in this case , and not be foroed to take a preoipitate step if we deem such step precipitate . The Attorney-General . —As far as I am personally concerned , I am only discharging a public duty , and I wish to do that conscientiously . If the trial goea on tbis prefiGut cemmission , I may te satisfied to nave

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      6 THE NORTTTFTIN STAR ' " ,, „ ' „„ 'T ' ¦ "" August 19 yj t 84 a ^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1484/page/6/