MARRIAGES

    On Saturday last, in Ann's Church, Dublin, John Darlington, Esq. of Bulford, County of Wicklow, to Letitia, eldest daughter of Mr. Folds, of Grafton-street.
     On the 1st instant in Bray Church, by the Rev. Mr. H. Hunt, Mr. John Hutchinson, of William-street, Dublin, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Doctor Spedding, of Kilruddery Bray.
     On the 25th ultimo, in Rathburrin Church, county of Clare, Richard Allen Foley, Esq. to Ellen Amelia, second daughter of the late James Lysaght Cooney, Esq. of Ballyconney, in said county.
     At the Parish Church of Coleby, Lincolnshire, Lieut. Colonel Thornton, of the Grenadier Guards, to Sophia Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Benjamin Burton, Esq. and sister to Wm. F. Burton, of Burton-hall, County Carlow, Esq.
     Friday morning, at Celbridge Church, Annabella, only daughter of the late Captain Juxon, 3d. or Old Buffs, to Frederick Peter Alma, Esq. of Dublin.
     On Wednesday last, in St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Joseph Burke, Esq. M.D. Surgeon 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, to Jane, second daughter of the late Verney Darby, Esq. of Carn, Co. Fermanagh, and niece of Lieut. -General Darby.
     At St. George's Hanover-square, London, H. Halford, Esq. only son of Sir Henry Halford, Bart of Wistow-hall, Co. Leicester, to Barbara, daughter of Mr. Serjeant Vaughan.
     At Burkeville, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. John Dolan, John Martyn, Esq. of Tuam, to Anne, third daughter of Theobold Burke, Esq., late of Prospect Lodge, in this county.

DEATHS

     Suddenly, on Wednesday morning last, from the effects of water on the chest, Mr. William Murphy, aged thirty-two years, for some time past connected with the diurnal Press of Dublin. Possessed of very considerable natural abilities, his habitual industry and thirst for improvement enabled him to attain as high a professional character as his private one was justly esteemed. Those who know him best, regret him most.
     At Batavia, on the 19th March, 1824, J. Thompson, Esq., of the late Joseph Jameson, L.L.D.Kt. Accountant Gen of the Court of Chancery, Ireland.
     At Cheltenham, on the 4th inst., in the 41st year of his age, William Harkness, Esq., late of Dublin.
     On Saturday last, Mrs. Sproule, of Grannan, Co. of Tyrone.
     At his house, in Molesworth street, Dublin, S??mon Williams, Esq. Historical and Portrait Painter, Member of the Clementine Academy, Bologna and the Royal Hibernian Academy.

EXECUTION OF SIX MEN FOR MURDER

     Monday, at an early hour, the avenues leading to the County Gaol were crowded with an immense multitude, assembled to behold the execution of Greene and the two Minnanes, for the murder of Major Hare; and of Dawley and the two Flinns, for that of John Hartnet, driver to the Hon. Col. Fitzgibbons estates near Abbeyfeale.
     Precisely at 20 minutes after one, a party of the 3d Dragoon Guards, and as small party of Infantry, arrived at the gaol, and shortly after those for the murder of Major Hare walked out of their cells, attended each by two Clergymen. When first they came in sight of the fatal scaffolds, they knelt down and appeared very much absorbed with their devotions. James Minnane walked first and was followed by Greene; the last who came up was Patrick Minane, whose conduct and appearance indicated much fortitude and resignation. They were all dressed in white baize, and the Clergymen who attended them were in their full robes.- When the executioner made his appearance in order to adjust the ropes, &c., a murmur of disapprobation ran throughout the entire multitude.- After they had remained some time on the scaffold at their devotions, in which the voice of Patrick Minnane was audible to all around, from the clearness and distinctness, with which he answered the Clergymen, they kissed each other and bade the Clergymen and the person around them farewell. Pat Minnane, whose demeanor throughout the entire awful scene was that of a person of courage and piety deserving of a different fate, then addressed the crowd in nearly the following words: "My friends, we entrust you to implore that the mercy of God for us, through the merits of his blessed Son and of the Virgin Mary, that he may pardon us our sins and offences and that he may have mercy on our souls. Our advice to you is, to shun all bad advice, to avoid evil company, and not to frequent public-houses, except on necessary occasions- avoid trivial occurrences, which will come, by repetition, to weightier offences. Had we all the devotion and christianity which was recommended to us by our Clergymen, we would not arrive at this fate - had we attended to the directions of our Catholic Clergy, there would have been no occasion for this scaffold and that fatal stake, or for those ropes and the multitude before us- had we abided by their directions at the holy altar, it is evident that this would not be our fatal end- on the other hand, it is not informations, nor indictments, nor capiases, that will be the means of pacifying the county Limerick, but the advice and exhortations of the Clergy. Oh! my friends, avoid whiskey-drinking, and cursing, and swearing - have nothing to do with combinations- be constant in attending the holy Mass- abide by what your Clergy say, and God will assist you all, and may he have mercy on your souls." These words he spoke in a clear, strong, and audible tone of voice, which was heard by the crowd at the foot of the scaffold, on whom, it is to be hoped, that these few sensible remarks form one of themselves, in his final moments, will make a lasting impression. At the conclusion of these sentences, they knelt on the scaffold, and remained in that attitude praying for a few minutes. As the hangman put the rope round the neck of James Minnane, a strong flash of read appeased on his demeanor, while on Patrick, who was next to him, and stood in the centre, it did not make the least visible change.; Green was too great a distance from us, to observe what effect it had upon him. The executioner had descended the scaffold, and the clergymen were about to retire, when Pat Minnane remarked, that from the looseness of the tying round his arms, he feared that he was too much at liberty, and desired to have himself more tightly pinioned, which was accordingly done, and after the most solemn and awful silence for about a minute, the fatal drop fell, and this world closed on the eyes of the unfortunate men for ever. They died without a struggle, except for a very short while a slight convulsive shivering was observable throughout Green's entire frame. After hanging the usual times, their bodies were taken down and removed to a back yard of the gaol.
     The fatal trap was again adjusted, and the ropes arranged, when Murtogh and Daniel Flinn, and Dawley their servant, attended by the same Clergymen, and attired in the same manner as the three former, ascended the scaffold where having remained as short while attending to their devotion, Daniel Flinn, who spoke in Irish, requested the prayers of the people, and declared that he was not present at the murder, but knew before hand of its committal. The other two acknowledged their guilt, and begged of all to pray to God to pardon them. In a minute or two after the ropes being adjusted, the drop again fell, and this world and all its vanities disappeared for ever from their sight. Daniel Flinn died without much pain - but the struggles of Murtogh lasted for a very long while- he continued to thump his breast incessantly for more than four minutes, and kicked very much- altogether he appeared to have died with a great deal of pain. Their bodies having hung the required time, were taken down, and the whole six were removed that evening to the County Hospital, where they were dissected and anatomised. The awful spectacle of this day will, we hope, be productive of the most beneficial results on all who witnessed the melancholy, but absolutely necessary example made of those unfortunate beings, whose fate, had they followed good advice, might have been very different.- The Flinns and Dawley had been attended, since their convictions and at execution, by the Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald, their Parish Priest, with unremitting attention.

GALWAY ASSIZES

     Chief Baron O'Grady and Mr. Justice Burtos arrived in Town yesterday and proceeded to business. The Town and County Grand Juries were sworn before the Chief Baron.- Our Calendar is extremely light. No Trials of importance has been gone thru since the commencement; and it is supposed that our Assizes will terminate at a very early hour on Saturday.- In our next will shall insert the Convictions.

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COUNTY GRAND JURY

     James Daly, Esq, M.P. Dunsandle, Foreman; Sir John Blake, Bart., Marble-Hill; Robert Martin, Esq. Ross; Xavarious Blake, Esq, Oran-Castle; Walter Joyce, Esq, Merview; Francis French, Esq, Portcarren; John Cheevers, Esq, Killian; Edward Blake, Esq, Castle-Grove; James Basteroll, Esq, Durass; John Eyre French, Esq, Aughrim; C.D. Bellew, Esq, Mount Bellew; John D'Arcy, Esq, Clifden-Castle; T.B. Martin, Esq, Ballinahinch Castle; Val. Blake, Esq, Menlo Castle; R.I.M. St. George, Esq, Headford-Castle; A.F. St. George, Esq, Tyrone; John Kirwan, Esq, Castle-Hackett; R.J. French, Esq, Rahasane; John H. Blakeney, Esq, Abbert; Thomas Bodkin, Esq. Kilcloony; James H. Burke, Esq, St. Clerens; General John Taylor, Castle-Taylor; J.S. Lambert, Esq, Creg-Clare.

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TOWN GRAND JURY

     Hon. Martin Ffrench, Foreman; Charles Blake, Esq, Merlinpark; Manus Blake, Esq; Francis Blake Foster, Esq; Walter Blake, Esq; Patrick Burke, Esq; Patt Ma?k Lynch, Esq; Walter Joyce, Esq; Matthew Thomas Smyth, Esq; James Browne, Esq; Andrew William Blake, Esq; William Calcott, Esq; Denis Clarke, Esq; Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq; Edward M'Donnell, Esq; James Burke, Esq; James Lynch, Esq; Taylor D'Arcy, Esq; Anthony Martin, Esq; Samuel Shone, Esq; Charles Browne, Esq; Coll Kelly, Esq; Andrew Blake, Esq.

WEXFORD ASSIZES
Wednesday, August 4

TRIAL OF THE REV. MR. CARROLL

     This morning, Mr. Justice JOHNSTON entered the court precisely at half-past nine o'clock. On his Lordship taking his seat, there was an application made by Mr. Shiel for postponing this trial until the next morning.
     After a consultation of some minutes, it was intimated that the Counsel for the Crown would not accede to the postponement.
    Mr. O'Connell - With every respect for the private reasons of the Gentleman opposite, I must say that their refusal is without precedent.
     Judge JOHNSON - The application, Sir, I think, is without precedent.
     John Carroll, Nicholas Wickham, James Devereux, Patrick Parel, Nicholas Corrish, and Walter Scallan - the three latter of whom had surrendered since the previous day, were then placed at the bar.- It was stated that the prisoners would not join in their challenge.
     Mr. Driscoll - Then we must try them separately. The other prisoners were withdrawn from the bar, and the Rev. Mr. Carroll alone allowed to remain.
     The panel was here called over. It consisted of 300 names, 116 of whom answered. There were several challenges, principally on behalf of the prisoners, and at eleven o'clock the Jury was sworn.
     Mr. Dickson, Counsel for the prisoners, said, that the Jury having been sworn, he would not allow all the prisoners to be tried together. The prisoners were then put to the bar, and the indictment having been read, the Rev. Mr. Carroll was then asked in the usual way, "Wheter he was guilty or not guilty;" but he returned no answer. He was then asked had he heard the indictment read; but he continued silent. A second and third time the question of "Are you guilty or not guilty," was put to him, but without obtaining any answers.
     Mr. Bennett- As Counsel for the unfortunate prisoners at bar, a question arises, whether he stands mute from another cause, that of being incapable of comprehending the nature of the indictment. We are prepared to prove that he is utterly unable to understand the meaning of a question put to him, or almost any question that may be asked him.
     It was understood, from an observation made by Mr. Shiel that he pleaded Not Guilty.
     He appears to be a strong man, above the middle size, rather corpulent, and about forty years of age.
     Mr. Driscoll, K.C. stated the case for the Crown - He said that this was one of the most distressing cases that ever came before a Criminal Court of Justice, whether it were viewed in reference to the reverend character of the prisoner at the bar, or as one in which the life of a fellow creature had been forfeited. The King, for whom he prosecuted, had a right to show how one of his subjects came by her death, and the Jury were placed in that box for the purpose of ascertaining the facts. A case of a similar nature  to that which he now was about to state them, never before occurred in Ireland, nor was there a parallel to be found for it in the annals of the British history.- Before, however, his going into the merits of the case, he would call upon the Jury to dismiss from their minds the impressions injurious to the prisoner, whether received through the medium of the newspapers or conveyed by public rumour.
     William Furlong was then called and examined by Mr. Dougherty.
     Lives at Ballysheen, in the parish of Killinick; is acquainted, and was before the 9th of last month; with the Rev. Mr. Carroll; knew him since he was able to walk; lives in the same liberty with him; knows Thomas Sinnot; he lives in Killinick; recollects seeing Father Carroll on the 9th of last month at Sinnot's house; saw him first that day at seven o'clock in the evening at Widow Neal's house, near Sinnot's; was at her house, where there was a great number of people; Father Carroll was at that time walking on the road with his hat off; there were from two to three hundred people there; some were kneeling and some were standing; heard some of the people say, "Jesus strengthen the man;" Father Carroll then came up to where the woman of the name of Moran was lying speechless on the ground; the Priest came up with his hat off, to where Mrs. Moran was lying; he looked at her for some time; he then stamped twice with his foot, and said "begone;" after which he spit upon her; he then threw himself on his back, and rubbed the back of his hand for some time against the gravel, until he cut it; Father Carroll then walked up and down for some time close to Mrs. Moran; he thought when he saw Father Carroll throw himself back that he was mad, and could prove it; witness was first kneeling., but when he saw the priest throw himself back, got up; Mr. Carroll, after a short time, stood over Mrs. Moran's head, and said, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! Father, Father, Father, assist me!" and at the same time he kept moving his head round, the then said some words in Latin, which witness did not understand; the majority of the three hundred person present remained kneeling all the time; witness made no observation on the state of Mr. Carroll's mind at that time; the Priest then went away towards Sinnot's house; witness, remained for some time with Mrs. Moran, and then followed Father Carroll to Sinnot's with the  intention of fetching him out; a great number also went down the road after the Priest; Sinnot's house was about forty perches from where Mrs. Moran lay; was so much confused by the conduct of the Priest that he cannot say how soon after the Priest he went to Sinnot's The room, when he arrived at Sinnot's, was crowded; the kitchen door was apparently ajar; Father Carroll was in the room off the kitchen. This room was also so crowded that he could not see the Priest; heard water dashing about the room; saw the Priest afterwards; thought the child was under the tub.- When he first saw the Priest he was in bed; saw a tub then over the child; Mr. Carroll was standing on the bottom of the tub, and he sometimes leaped and pranced upon the tub, and while leaping on the tub he said, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Father, Father, Father;" saw the father and mother of the child in the room where the Priest was; after leaping on the tub, he sat down and expressed some words; sat there from three to three hours and a half; unloosened his gaiter, and took off his stockings, and rubbed his leg with his hand; during this time Father Carroll whistled a hornpipe, the name of which witness forgets, and kept time with  his foot; did not see the child till four o'clock in the morning; the child was then dead; at 4 o'clock he took the Priest away; can't say who took the tub off the child; did not go near the child till he brought Father Carroll away; held the stirrup while the Priest mounted his horse; returned to the house in a bout five minutes after Father Carroll left it; saw Sinnot and his wife; the child was then on the bed, and the tub at the foot of it; the child was at the time dead; heard the child cry when he first went into the house; did not hear the child say anything except "O, daddy, daddy, I mammy, mammy! O, save me!" - [The witness here identified Father Carroll.]- Told a person of the name of Sinnot, that the Priest was deranged; this occurred while Father Carroll was in the room; also told his (witness's) wife of it; sent, while Father John Carroll was sitting on the tub, for Father Keeffe, Father Ennis, and Father Rowe, but the messenger did not to; cannot say who it was he desidered to go; cannot say why, considering that the Priest was mad, he did not go himself; took no step to interfere when he saw Carroll sitting on the tub, though at the time he thought the Priest mad; the child at that time he knew to be under the tub; saw no person at Sinnot's try to prevent the Priest from sitting on the tub; when he (the witness) was going into the room, Parel, one of the prisoners, asked him, whether he was mad or drunk, and desired him to keep out of the way, as the Priest was at that moment going to exercise the Devil, and that he (the Devil) might hurt witness in his passage out of the room; at this time the people had formed a passage to let the Devil pass; this occurred long after he had been first in the room.- [ The witness here identified Parel, one of the prisoners in the dock.] - Saw Wickham, another of the prisoners, at Sinnot's; he (Wickham) had a candle in his hand at the time; and was standing near the Priest, did not see Father Carroll since he rode away that morning, until he saw him in Court yesterday.
     By the COURT - Saw the child dead in the morning; heard it cry when he first entered the house; did not interfere, as he thought the Priest could perform a miracle, although he certainly thought him deranged.
     Mr. Dixon said, it would be his duty, in justice to his clients, to put a few questions to the witness.

Cross-examined by Mr. Dixon.

     Knows Father Carroll since he had been able to walk; has been curate of the parish of Killinick for several years; always heard he was a pious, good man and that he strove to keep the lower orders down; the people had great confidence in him as a holy man, and considered that he could work miracles; was considered to be a kind and humane man; thought him capable of an act of cruelty - (a laugh)- meant the he was not capable of an act of cruelty; witness first came up when Mr. Moran was lying on the ground; heard he people say that Father Carroll had a few minutes before that cast out a devil from a man at Widow Neal's house; is quite sure the people said it was the devil, or a serpent, or some such thing; the people implicitly believed it; witness was somewhat doubtful, as he had not seen it; the people thought that Father Carroll could work miracles; it was reported in the country that he had worked a miracle on Miss Browne; that belief was firm; it was also believed that Father Carroll had been called upon by Neal's family to work a miracle on Neal, who had been bedridden for a long time, and that the Priest had effected his cure. Sinnot's child was three and a half years old; the child was troubled with flu. It was the common belief in the country that when a person had fits it was caused by the devil.- From all he saw and heard, he believed it was Father Carroll's intention to cure the child. All the prisoners believed that he could and would cure the child, but faith he (the witness) did not think it. None present, as he saw, helped him in his operations. The reason why a passage was  made in the crowd was to allow the devil to pass from the child - [ The whole of the prisoners here, with the exception of Carroll, burst out laughing]- The house was at the time crowded; does not know whether the Priest was at that time under the care of a physician.
     By a Juror - Suffered the Priest to sit upon the child, though he thought him mad.

Philip Walsh examined by Mr. Fox

     Lives in the parish of Killinick; knows Mr. Carroll the Priest; knows Sinnot; he lives near him; knew Catherine Sinnot, the child; recollects seeing Father Carroll at Sinnot's house, went to the house after night fall; thinks it might have been eleven o'clock when he went; went there, and heard a noise inside, and then went in; the house was full of people; saw Father Carroll in the bed; did not see the child at the time; Carroll was sitting in the bed, and was saying something; he then got up on his feet and stood on the tub; hears the child then cry "mammy, mammy, save me;" saw the child for the first time next morning; the child was then dead; saw a tub in the middle of the room; was there before the tub was brought in; could not at this time get near the bed, the crowd was so great, but heard the people say the child was in it; can't say who went for the tub; heard Father Carroll call for some water; a bowl of water was then brought in, and the Priest desired that to be taken away, and a tub of water to be brought. The tub was brought in by witness and James Devereux, one of the prisoners at the bar. Witness carried the tub close to where Father Carroll was, when the Priest desired him to lift it on the bed. The Priest was at that time standing on the bed; when the tub was settled on the bed, Father Carroll said some words over it, and then threw some salt into the water; the Priest then put his foot on the near handle of the tub, and upset the water, some of it on his own feet, and the rest on the bed; the tub was turned upside down; the Priest then said with a loud voice, "Bury him, Jesus, in the dept of the Red Sea," meaning, as witness believed, the devil; he said this while he was overturning the tub; saw the tub after that; the Priest sat upon it first; and then stood and danced on it; the child all this time was under it; the Priest staid in the house till daylight. The Priest ordered the people to go out of the room, and he, the witness, immediately went out; the Priest then desired them in a loud voice not to touch his clothes, on which the people rushed out frightened, as they thought the evil was then escaping; saw the child's leg, and supposes the body was under the tub; saw the child dead in the morning; it was Sinnot's child; looked into the room after the Priest turned the people out, and saw the Priest sitting on the bed. Identifies Carroll, Devereaux, and Wickham.

Cross-examined by Mr. Bennett

     Knows Father Carroll a long time; thought he was acting wildly on the day in question; he appeared to witness to be insane; thought it strange that he should throw water on the bed; Mr. Carroll was a humane, mild man; never heard of his having been cruel; was sure he never intended to harm the child; was quite certain that the prisoners at the bar did not intend to aid in murder; saw Neal that night, who had been cured by the Priest; saw a woman of the name of Peg Furlong; she appeared to witness at one time to be dead, and Father Carroll spoke over her, and shook her, and she recovered; saw Neal bed-ridden for several days, and the Priest cured him; Neal can't speak plain; but when witness went to him after the Priest had left him, he went up to the bed, and said, "Phil, I am quite recovered;" did not tell this on the inquest; he was sworn there only to answer such questions as should be put to him, and no question of the kind was asked of him; saw the Priest go from Neal's house, having his arms extended and his hat off; would have interfered at Sinnot's to save the Child, but that he thought the Priest would have cured her.

Re-examined by Mr. Fox

     The person cured was Neal; thinks the cure was a very extraordinary one; will not swear that he does not think Carroll capable of working Miracles.
     Mr. Sheil here interfered, and said, that Counsel on the opposite side had no right to cross-examine one of their own witnesses.
     Mr. Fox- Mr. Shiel must surely be aware of my object. The witness is a very intelligent man, and I only wish, as Counsel for the prisoners have elicited from him, judiciously I think, in his cross-examination, that he believed Mr. Carroll capable of working Miracles, that he should correct himself, and thus prevent a very mischievous fact from going to the world- Mr. Fox then resumed the examination.- Can't account for the way in which the cure of Neal was performed; Neal was bedridden, and exceedingly fit; the Priest came over him, and he immediately recovered. These were facts which came within his own observation, and he therefore could not help believing that a Miracle had been performed.

Thomas Sinnot, the Father of the Child, examined by Mr. Plunkett

     Lives at Killinick; had a daughter named Catherine; she is dead; cannot recollect precisely the day on which she died; it was on the night that Father Carroll came to the house; the child was alive when Father Carroll arrived; when witness came into the house he heard an unusual noise; he stopped, and listened for a while; and heard the child crying; he made up to the child, but was stopped; cannot say by whom he was stopped; saw Father Carroll at the time; saw the head of the child; does not know at what hour the child died; did not see it but once; saw it dead in the bed; when he first came into the room he saw the head of the child; thought the child was frighted by the noise; some people desired him to kneel down, which he did; all the people knelt down and prayed; saw the Priest in  the room after the people had departed; the child was then dead; he took the child in his arms, and showed it to the Priest; Father Carroll desired him to lay it down on the bed; did not ask the Priest why he killed the child, as he thought he would return and bring it to life; at four o'clock in the morning the Priest called him into the room, and he remained sitting with him on the bed for about five minutes; Father Carroll made no observation to him on the death of the child, but said the witness, when I asked him what I was to do, he said, resign it to the will of God.

Cross-examined by Mr. Shiel

     The child was subject to sickness; had no notion that Father Carroll meant to injure the child; Father Carroll had previously said prayers over the child; it is the opinion of the people, as well as of witness, that persons subject to fits are possessed of evil spirits; witness, while the Priest was sitting on the child, knelt down, and said his prayers, and would not have done so if he thought any mischief were intended; saw Neal that day; Neal had been bed-ridden for some time, but got up that day after the Priest prayed over him; it was the opinion of the people that Carroll had worked a miracle on Neal; the people thought he would have cured the child, as he had done for Neal; Father Carroll was considered by the people to possess superior power to other Priests; heard that Father Carroll had performed a miracle on Miss Browne; it was the universal opinion that numerous miracles had been worked by Father Carroll; witness's wife was in the house when Carroll arrived; she continued in the room all the while the Priest was there.

Re-examined by Mr. Plunkett

     Witness's wife is now so unwell that she is unable to leave her bed.

Paul Crowe examined by Mr. Driscoll.

 Knows Father Carroll; was at Sinnot's on the night of the 9th July; saw Father Carroll sitting on the bed; the child was in the bed, and the Priest sitting on her; saw the Priest afterwards stand up in the bed on the child, after which the Priest went into the bed; witness also saw him leaping on the bed; heard the child cry while the Priest was sitting upon  her; saw a tub brought into the room; there was water in it; Father Carroll was the person who desired the tub to be brought in; he spilled the water on the child; Father Carroll was standing in the bed at the time; witness was near the bed; Father Carroll said some words which witness does not recollect; cannot say how long he remained in the room; does not know whether five minutes or five hours; thinks he was there five minutes; perhaps three hours; remained in the room till the Priest ordered the people out; witness then went home, and did not see Carroll since, until he saw him in the dock.

Cross-examined by Mr. Dixon.

     The child's mother was in the room while the Priest was there; every person present expected that Father Carroll would have worked a miracle; knows nothing about Prince Hohenlohe.

Dr. Rennick examined by Mr. Doherty.

     Is a physician; was called in to examine the body of a dead child on the morning of the 10th of July; found a contusion on the right temple; there were also some marks of violence on the body; the contusion was the cause of the child's death; cannot say how it was inflicted; it might have been done by a blunt instrument.

Cross-examined by Mr. Bennett

     Attended Mr. Carroll professionally; saw him for the first time on the evening of the 10th July; the circumstance which is the subject of the present investigation terminated at four o'clock on the morning of the first day; found him so insane that he was obliged to put him under restraint; he did not put him in a strait waistcoat; bled him profusely in the temporal artery; Mr. Carroll removed the dressing, and witness was therefore obliged to place handcuffs upon him; he was raving, and speaking very incoherently about the Devils which he had driven out of the people.
     Mr. Bennett here remarked that there was such a thing as second sight believed in Scotland, and in the North of Ireland the existence of witches was believed, and it was therefore not at all wonderful that our poor peasantry should have their miracles.

Witness re-examined by Mr. Doherty.

     After Mr. Carroll had been bled , he tore off the bandage, and therefore he was obliged to have recourse to restraint; he considered him perfectly insane.
     Mr. Driscoll said that the case for the Crown closed here.
     Mr. Dixon - My Lord, the Counsel for the prisoners consider that the witnesses for the prosecution have proved quite sufficient to warrant a Jury in acquitting the Rev. Gentleman. They  should, however, call one witness, a Medical Gentleman, who had been acquainted with the prisoner for several years.

FOR THE DEFENCE.
Dr. Devereux examined by Mr. Dixon

     Is a physician; knows Father Carroll for the last 14 years; remembers the unfortunate transaction now under discussion; had been for the last three years in attendance on Mr. Carroll, with the exception of two months previously to this transaction; and during that period he had not seen him. To a question of what he thought of Mr. Carroll's state of health, the witness replied that he laboured under a determination of blood to the head, a confusion of ideas, and impaired memory, and he considered him incapable of understanding even simple subjects. He was what medical men call having a predisposition to insanity, not always relieved by medicine. Mr. Carroll had ceased to take medicine for two months previously to this unfortunate act. Witness saw him by accident on the day of the 9th July kneeling in the gripe of a ditch by the rode [sic] side with his hat off, and covered with dust; he was then apparently very much deranged. This occurred between four and five o'clock in the evening, and before any part of the occurrence now before the Court had taken place. He had known the prisoner for 14 years, and during that period he had borne the character of being a most exemplary man, and a most pious clergyman; witness thinks that his having omitted for two months to take his medicine which had been prescribed for him to that state of fanaticism which deluded him into the idea that he could work miracles; knows Miss Browne; attended her; there was to witness's knowledge a delusion among the people as to supernatural powers being vested in Father Carroll as well as in other Roman Catholic Priests; Witness's profession leads him to mingle with the lower orders, and he can therefore swear that he finds a great proneness in them to believe in miracles, and also the people are possessed by the Devil, and that the Priests have the power of banishing him.

Cross-examined by Mr. Fox

     Mr. Carroll ceased to take medicine for two months previously to this transaction; witness believes that his so ceasing to take medicine occasioned his derangement. About three years ago Mr. Carroll was affected but had no particular delusions at the time. Witness lives in Wexford and the prisoner in the parish of Killinick, within four miles of Wexford, and continued to officiate as a Priest in it up to the period o this transaction; never apprised Carroll's friends of his tendency to insanity; the Rector of the parish heard of the circumstance preceding the occurrences for which the prisoner is now standing his trial, but he did not interfere to prevent the prisoner from officiating. Witness believes Mr. Carroll  a person incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong.
     The case on both sides being closed.
     Mr. Justice JOHNSON proceeded to charge the Jury. His Lordship stated that in this case the prisoner had been indicted for the wilful murder of Catherine Sinnot, and that the other prisoners had been indicted for being present, and for aiding and assisting in the murder. The fact of the death of the child having taken place, and by that violent means, and by the hand of Mr. Carroll, has been proved beyond the possibility of all doubt; that he is, therefore, guilty of a homicide is quite manifest; but it would be for the Jury to say, whether the prisoner, Carroll, at the time of his so committing the homicide, was in such a state of mind as to enable him to distinguish right from wrong. His Lordship, then, with regard to the other prisoners, desired the Jury to bear in mind the words of the law, which stated, that it was necessary that they should not alone be present at the murder, but that they must be aiding and abetting in the perpetration of it, or they could not be considered guilty  in the eyes of the law. His Lordship then went into a detail of the evidence as given to the Jury and particularly cited the case of Hatfield.
     At two o'clock the Jury retired, and in a few minutes returned with their verdict of Not Guilty against five of the prisoners, and Not Guilty against Carroll, he being at the time insane.
     Some inaccuracy having occurred in the wording of the verdict, his Lordship desired that the exact words of the Act of Parliament should be copied and submitted to the Jury, as according to the 1st and 2d George the 3d, he would not be warranted in detaining the prisoners unless the precise words of the Act were specified in the finding of the Jury. The Jury again retired, and immediately returned the following verdict which was recorded.
     "We find Nicholas Wickham, Jas. Devereux, P. Parrel, Nicholas Carrish and Walter Scallan, Not Guilty, and we further find the said J. Carroll, at the time of the committal of the offence in the said indictment charged, was a person insane, and the said John Carroll has been acquitted by us of the said offence, on account of  the said insanity."
     After the verdict had been delivered, the Jurors addressed the prisoner in nearly the following words:
     John Carroll, you have been indicted in this Court for murder and you pleaded, "Not Guilty" to the charge. From the plea you put in I must suppose that you were not when you pleaded in the state in which the Jury have since found you. The circumstances attending the case have made it necessary for me to comment upon it at some length at the present moment, which I forbore today in my charge, the more especially as a medical gentleman, whose profession naturally brings him in contact with the lower orders, has sworn that the peasantry of this country are prone to believe that Catholic Priests are gifted with supernatural power and capable of performing miracles- Many of the most dreadful facts which stain the pages of history have had their origin in fanaticism, and there cannot be a more melancholy proof to what length fanaticism can be carried, than what has happened this day. A clergyman of the Roman Catholic faith- a faith which embraces the great majority of the inhabitants of this country, and almost exclusively in certain districts the whole of the lower orders -exercises such influence over the minds of his parishioners, that he induces a number of them to remain quiet spectators while the life of a fellow creature is sacrificed! The efficacy of prayer to the Most High, no one can deny, but to say that an individual is capable of usurping the attributes of the Divinity, is blasphemy in the extreme. See what this assumption has led to in the present case- the murder of an innocent child, and that too in a manner which would shed disgrace upon the most brutal savage. You, Sir, and this child ill in bed- you procure a tub and in the most savage manner torture the infant until you at length deprive her of life. That you  were the victim of delusion should have extended to the crowds by whom you were surrounded, and have prevented them from interfering, is a circumstance of too horrifying a nature for the mind to dwell upon. I hope, however, that what has this day transpired in this Court will teach the lower orders to distrust the promises of such professors.