strength of arm to do the people's work. He wished for a ministry, wise, discreet, and popular, who should look to the people on all questions, who should hold its own course, undeterred by the multitude, but be prepared to yield to the opinion of the rational and sensible part of mankind. On the subject of the East-India monopoly, and which did not affect France, Holland, or Americathey were all agreed; and he thought the system would soon have an end. On another question they were not all agreed, and that was, the great question of the Corn-law. His opinion was made up on one part of the subject, while upon another he was in doubt. He was in doubt whether the injury, which the oppressive regulations of the law did to the consumer, was any benefit to the grower. Many growers thought that they gained all that came out of the pockets of the consumers; but if it were necessary to show that this delusion was not universal, he could cite the opinion of Lord Milton, and he could cite the opinion of Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, who uniformly said, that making bread dear was by no means making the profit great to the grower of the corn. By explaining what his doubt was upon this subject, he believed he had at the same time explained the point upon which he was clear; for, if the grower did not benefit by high prices, it was quite manifest that the consumer did not. That the article should be rendered cheaper, and that the labourer should be enabled to receive his wages, and make them applicable to the comfort of himself and his family, was one of the first objects to which he conceived the legis

lature ought to turn its attention. He now came to speak of Slavery, which was the most accursed and unnatural production of crime, and was, at the same time, the most grievous injury that could be entailed upon man. It degraded the slave, but not more than it degraded the master. That plant, under whose shade grew every thing that was horrible-that noxious plant, which desecrated the work of Providence, he by his feeble hand had been able to loosen at the roots, and his most exulting hopes, and the feelings which filled his heart with gratitude to the men of Yorkshire, and with hopes of future good, were, that his hand, strengthened by theirs, would succeed in tearing up that plant, and brandishing it in triumph over the heads of the tyrants. (Loud cheers.) He hoped that no breach of the peace of Europe would take place on account of France. He believed this-not from any overweening confidence in any man, but because he had securities. The first was, that the duke of Orleans was not frantic, like the late king of France. The second, that we were bound over in heavy recognizances to keep the peace; 800,000,0007. was the amount of our recognizances, and he had no fear of their being broken. There was still a third security, and before him it stood enrolled, namely, that any minister

who should, under pretence of preserving social order in France, as if foreign interference were the proper means to effect that object, or under pretence of preserving the constitution, as if the constitution could not be best protected by the people, under pretence of pity for him, whom some might call an august but unfortunate

monarch, but whom he (Mr. Brougham) would call a despicable tyrant;-or of sympathy with the weakest ministry which had ever drawn upon itself the contempt and hatred of mankind, the Polignac administration-should, he would not say-issue a single manifesto-he defied any ministry to do that-but, should send a single frigate, or one Deal boat to the coast of France, or transmit instructions either to those officers who had done their duty, or those who, unlike Englishmen, had taken part with the tyrant, that minister would be doomed by the whole country-he would not say, to suffer what he deserved, but to retreat with the loss of character, and, what would probably be of more importance to him, the loss of place. But when he said that we were bound by recognizances to maintain peace, let it not be supposed that he was so fainthearted as to doubt that this country was unable to assert her rights, although labouring under the consequences of a continuance of ruinous management although enduring a weight of taxes growing out of a long war-and though little refreshed by peace-and though having a thousand abuses to correct at home. He had the heart, and, he would say, the hand, too, if any foreigner should attack us, to repel the insult, and to triumph as we had done hitherto. "Peace, peace, peace!" He abominated war, as uncharitable and unchristian. He held that it was the greatest of all human crimes; and that it included all othersviolence, blood, rapine, fraud, and every thing that could alter the character, debase the nature, or degrade the name of man. There

was but one case, or one occasion, which justified war, or made it otherwise than a crime; and that was self-defence-the protection of ourselves, our country, or our freedom. I shall close (said Mr. Brougham) the remarks which I have to make to you, by reminding you of the glorious legacy which an illustrious patriot of the New World, bequeathed to his relation and successor-1 mean Washington-who, having been lifted up to that proud eminence, laid down the sceptre which his country had given him, when he found it impossible to wield it consistently with the liberty which he had so nobly gained. He bequeathed to his nephew (for he was childless himself) the sword which he had worn during the American war;

and with it,' said he, I leave this injunction, but it is an injunction which ought to extend to all men, in all countries, and in all ages, and to every monarch and ruler upon earth, and to be emblazoned in letters of gold, imperishable, over every council-room and senate-'I leave it,' continued he, on one condition, that they never unsheath the same, unless in self-defence, or in the defence of their country, or in defence of their liberties, or in resistance to tyrants; and then it is my dying command that they never sheathe it, but hold it, unsheathed, till victory be theirs, and I prefer their falling with it naked in their hands in such a cause, to relinquishing it with life and freedom to their enemies." (Great cheering) In that injunction is my creed; not that I say no war can be justified, but that, to justify any war, all the conditions must concur which I have mentioned."

The High Sheriff then took a

In April 1829, an attack was made upon the houses of certain Irish labourers, living at Buckminster, and some of them were pulled down by the mob. Several of the rioters were indicted at the ensuing Midsummer sessions, and the indictments tried at the Michaelmas sessions following, when they were convicted, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. No complaint, however, was then made against the plaintiff, as having been in any manner concerned in the riot; but, in the mean time, the action brought by Mr. Trimmer against the defendant having been tried, and his lordship having obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, in the Court of Exchequer, he sent a clergyman to Mr. Trimmer's solicitor, to intimate his intention of prosecuting Mr. Langdon for having been concerned in the riot, which he said he had plenty of witnesses to prove, unless some arrangement of their disputes should be effected, proposing at the same time, if the damages were abandoned, to give Mr. Trimmer another living in exchange for that of Buckminster. Mr. Trimmer's solicitor, however, declinedto receive any proposition, until the damages were paid. The negotiation having failed, Lord Huntingtower proceeded with the prosecution, and although a number of Irish labourers swore positively that they had seen Mr. Langdon actively employed in exciting the rioters to acts of violence, and heard him denounce destruction to the Irish, the result was as stated above. The evidence now offered on the part of the plaintiff, was nearly the same as that then adduced in support of the defence; whilst on behalf of VOL. LXXII.

his lordship an additional number of witnesses (all Irish but one) were called, who stated in the most positive manner, that they saw Mr. Langdon engaged in the riot. They were mostly all, however, persons in the employment of his lordship, and in some instances, those, who had not been examined on the last occasion, failed to give satisfactory reasons why no complaint had been made before the magistrates against Mr. Langdon, when the informations were sworn against the other persons, who had afterwards been convicted of the riot. Under these circumstances, it was contended, on the part of the plaintiff, that the prosecution had evidently been concocted without any probable cause, for the malicious purpose of intimidating Mr. Trimmer into an abandonment of his damages; whilst for the defendant, it was insisted, without denying the malice, that there was abundant evidence to prove that the plaintiff had taken part in the riot; or, at all events, to warrant a belief that he had. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages 1,0007.

10. KERRY ASSIZES.-ATROCIOUS MURDER.-Bridget Brennan, Bartholomew Palmer, James Sullivan, Mary Palmer, and Daniel Sullivan, were tried for the murder of Jeremiah Brennan, the husband. of the above-mentioned Bridget, in the barony of Glancrough, on the 1st day of May last.-John Veal was at the fair of Nedeen with James Sullivan; Sullivan proposed to witness to murder Jeremiah Brennan, and that Bartholomew Palmer would assist him, which witness at that time refused. Palmer and J. Sullivan came to witness again on a Saturday, and persuaded him to join

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in the murder; he (witness) was afterwards at Sullivan's house, when Bridget Brennan came there, and sent in Mary Palmer to call out James Sullivan; witness was present, when Bridget told him her husband was to go to Gowlane, and that that would be a good opportunity to waylay and kill him on the mountain; she came three times afterwards, and told them, that her husband was to go very early to Kilgarvan, and that she would give him his breakfast in the morning so as not to delay him, and that she and Mary Palmer would give them a signal of his departure by standing on a ditch near the house. They were compelled, however, to defer the deed, in consequence of meeting three men on the mountain. On the Saturday following, the prisoners Bridget and Palmer came again to witness to desire him to meet the deceased on the mountain next morning, when going to mass; the prisoners Bridget Brennan and Mary Palmer, and James Sullivan were present, and agreed to hang Brennan in the cow-house, in order to make it appear that he committed suicide from jealousy of his wife; but the next morning (Sunday), Mary Palmer came to Sullivan's house with a message from Bridget Brennan, to say that her husband was going to mass, which would afford an opportunity of waylaying and murdering him; but he being accompanied by another man, nothing was done that day. The next day Bridget Brennan and Mary Palmer desired witness never to see their faces again until he had deprived Jeremiah Brennan of life. On the following Sunday Mary Palmer told witness that Brennan was going to mass; and James

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Sullivan encouraged witness to commit the murder by promising him a reward of upwards of 407.; B. Palmer and witness then lay in wait; shortly after, they heard Brennan's voice approaching. When Brennan came up, Palmer asked him for the grass for a cow for a short time. Brennan answered-" You see the place is fully stocked, but as it is hard to refuse a friend and neighbour, you may have it for a month or more." Palmer said, "That shan't save you, you scoundrel !" and instantly seized him by the throat, while witness as suddenly seized him by the cravat behind his back. this condition they flung him on the ground; he called for mercy, and said, "Take all I have, but spare my life." They, however, persisted in strangling and suffocating him, and quickly deprived him of life; they then dragged him to a muddy pool of water, in which they held down his head until life was extinct; they took 11s. 6d. in silver from his pocket, 5s. 6d. of which Palmer gave witness, and kept 6s. himself, and then brought the body to a place near the pathway, where they left it. They remained together on the mountain till near day-light, when they separated, and witness returned to the house of James Sullivan, where the prisoner Daniel Sullivan entreated the witness to swear this murder against Kerry Shea and his son, which witness positively refused to do, having already repented the atrocious act he had committed.-Betty Brennan, sworn.--Is the daughter of Jeremiah Brennan by a former wife. Witness and her stepmother used to sleep in the same bed together, and J. Sullivan used, in her father's absence, to come