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ciated with . I never found him , ( said Mr . Erskine ) so help me God ! to alter lhat regard : I never knew him have any other connexion ; nor did I know of his professing political principles different from me ; I never had any reason to think that his principles differed from my own as well on public as on private subjects . ' He saw Mr . O'Connor in January last in his own house . He advised hiinto leave this kingdom any how . It was a short time before Hilary Terra when he did so . He was certain of it . The HonCharles James Fox—I have known MrO'Connor well these

. . . very three or four years , and had occasion to see him frequently , and conversed with him frequently upon political subjects . He lived chiefly with my friends , who are called tbe Opposition , and he also lived in esteem and confidence with me , and I believe with others . I always considered him as a person well affected to his country . I considered him as a man highly enlightened , and firmly attached to the principles which seated the present family on the throne , and to which princiles all libertyI acquainted with Lord Edward Fitzgerald

pwe owe our . am , who is a near relation of mine . I believe Lord Edward Fitzgerald was anxious ro go to France relative to some private affairs concerning his wife , who had property there . Knowing the political state of that country , and that a law against going there existed in this country , I advised him not to enter the French territory on any account , if he went on the continent . —I can describe Mr . O'Connor to be one of the openest characters I ever knew ; he was perfectly open in his friendshi MrO'Connor almost always conversed on Irish politics .

p . . The Earl of Suffolk , after speaking of Mr . O'Connor in the highest terms , concluded with saying : 'About two years ago I had a conversation with him , and saw so much of him , that I told Lady Suffolk t had met with one of the most extraordinary young men I ever saw . I so much admired his political character , that two years ' ago I introduced him to tho Duke of Norfolk , the Bishop of Llaildaff , and Serjeant Adair . ' Mr . Sheridan . —I have known Mr . O'Connor these three years past , and have that ot the

frequently seen him since . I never met him in any company but respectable gentlemen of Opposition , with whom I associated ; and , from the opinion I had ofhis principles , I always conversed with him on political subjects , without reserve . His character was remarkable for its openness : he conversed on the politics relating to both England and Ireland with great frankness ; but he often spoke about Ireland . He concerned himself so much about the grievances of that country , that he wondered how the people of England could complain of

any . Cross-examined . —He said he never knew of Mr . O'Connor having been acquainted with a man of the name of Captain Jones , nor was any such person ever introduced to him by Mr . O'Connor ; but Mr . O'Connor said , that if he should be obliged to leave the kingdom , he must form some connexions for the . purpose of getting away that he would not wish to form . He believed he might have met the prisoner Binns at some public meeting , but had no acquaintance with himHe knew MrO'Connor under a fictitious name . He never

. never . met any man in his life who so much reprobated the idea of any party in this country desiring French assistance . His Grace the Duke of Norfolk , Mr . M . A . Taylor , - Mr . Grattan of Ireland , Lord John Russel , Lord Tlianet ; Lord Oxford , Mr . Whitbread , and several other persons of rank and respectability spoke to the same purport . Mr . Dallas proceeded to comment on the evidence on the part of the prisoners , and the Attorney-General to reply .

The prisoners were then severally called upon to state what they had to say in their defence . Mr . Quigley . — ' Gentlemen of the Jury , it is impossible for me to prove a negative ; but it is a duty I owe to you and lo myself , solemnly to declare , that _ I never was the bearer of any message or paper of this kind to France , in the course of my life . That paper is not mine ; it never belonged to me . It states that it was to be carried by the bearer of the last : this is something which might have been proved , but it is impossible for me to prove the negative . There is also in this paper an allusion to secret committees and political societies . I declare that I never attended any political society whatever . With these considerations , I