20 APRIL 1844, Page 2

The proceedings in the Irish State trial have been resumed

; but the interest in them has quite evaporated,—partly because it is now a thrice-told tale, and the public is sick of the stale subject ; partly because the convicted repealers anticipated the " intense interest" which their punishment was to excite. They cried out SO much before they were hurt, that when the blow comes there is little sympathy left. New technical delays show that Mr. O'Cont- lin.w and his companions have not changed their tactics; though mere change might have revived a trifle of the dramatic interest.