gments of this world will be
reversed."

The sentence of the court was then pronounced, as it had been previously
on Mr. O'Brien. It was in the following words:--

"That sentence is, that you Terence Bellew MacManus, you Patrick
O'Donohoe, and you Thomas Francis Meagher, be taken hence to the
place from whence you came, and be thence drawn on a hurdle to
the place of execution; that each of you be there hanged by the
neck until you are dead, and that afterward the head of each of
you shall be severed from the body, and the body of each divided
into four quarters, to be disposed of as her Majesty may think
fit. And may Almighty God have mercy upon your souls."

A writ of error was sued out principally on the ground that the
principles of constitutional law were violated. The House of Lords
finally quashed the error and confirmed the judgment. Meantime, the
country, or a great portion of the people, took the last step in the
direction of debasement by praying the Queen and the Lord Lieutenant for
a free pardon. The petitions were spurned; but her Majesty, yielding to
the powerful sentiment of abhorrence against the punishment of death for
political offences, commuted the sentence into transportation for life.
This final sentence was carried into effect on the 9th day of July,
1849, when the ship of war _Swift_ spread her sails and hoisted her
felon flag, bearing out to sea, and having on board the four illustrious
exiles.

Martin and O'Doherty had been conveyed to Cork on board the _Triton_,
on the 16th of June, whence they were sent to herd with common
malefactors on board the _Mount Stewart Elphinstone_--at the time
infested with the plague. This vessel remained off Spike Island while
the cholera was doing its ravages among her passengers, and finally put
to sea, with the patriots and pestilence, a few days before the
departure of the _Swift_.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 11: The following is from the _Freeman's Journal_:--An eminent
Queen's counsel, who was present during the awful ordeal, was heard to
give utterance to a sentiment so truthfully graphic that we record it in
full:--"Well," said he, his eyes full and his countenance flushed with
emotion, "never was there such a scene--never such true heroism
displayed before. Emmet and Fitzgerald, and all combined did not come up
to that--so dignified, so calm, so heroic. HE _is_ a hero."]

CHAPTER IX

CONTINUATION OF PERSON