The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

Slandard-offee, Half-past Seven o'clo:!k,

DUBLIN, May 27th, 1844.

The Chief Justice, perceiving their intention, interrupt-
ing Sir Colman O'Lochlen, said, that from his (Sir Col-
man O'Loet.len's) staling simply that he appeared as
counsel for Daniel O'Connell, it was right to inform him
that the court would consider the application he was about
to make as made on behalf of all the traversers, and could
not hear more than two counsel on each side.

Mr. Close, also for the traversers, urged their right to
move separately in arrest of judgment ; but the Court put
an end to the ma ter by stating that as the points of law
'e'ied on were the same in the case of all the traversers,
they would adhere to the ordinary practice of the Court,
and were determined not to hear more than two counsel
on each side.

Upon this the traversers' counsel appeared somewhat
creqfallen, and Sir Colman O'Loghlen proceeded to ad-
dress the court in arrest of judgment, upon the ground
that the caption to the indictment did not state which of
the grand jury had been sworn, awl which were affirmed,
(there was a Quaker upon the grand jury), and also that
the indictment contained several distinct charges, and
was therefore bad for duplicity, and further that the
charges were too vague and uncertain. The learned
counsel then proceeded to argue these points at great
length, but without seeming to produce the slightest im-
pression on the Court, the object appearing to be to be-
wilder the Court with a host of cases and authorities hav-
ing little or no refereice to the subject.

Half-past Two o'clock.

Sir Colman O'Loghlen is still on his legs, addressing
the court; his object appears to be to speak against time,
as he is citing authorities and positions which have been
so often referred to in the proceedings that they have lost
even the air of novelty ; indeed, when he was about to
read out one case, Judge Crampton entreated him to save
himself the trouble, as he had already heard it seven
times during the t,ial, and had it almost by heart. If Sir
Colman O'Loghlen does not speedily conclude his already
threadbare argument, sentence can hardly by possibility
be passed to-night, and thus all reasonable powers of cal-
culation are likely to be baffled by the inexhaustible talk-
ing powers of the conspirators' counsel; however, I shall
keep my litter open until the latest hour at which an ex-
press can be despatched.

Quarter-past Four.

Sir Colman O'Loghlen is still on his legs, and there-

fore, as the Attorney-General has yet to be, heard in
answer, after a hick Mr. M`Donogh will reply on behalf
of the traversers, and then the Solicitor-General in reply
to him, there is no chance of the motion being terminated
to-night.

Sir Colman O'Loghlen has concluded, and Mr. Fitz-
gibbon is now speaking, and insisting that, notwithstand-
ing what has fallen from the Court this morning, the tra-
versers, every one of them, have a right to make a sepa-
rate motion to arrest the judgment.

The Attorney-General rose and stated, that he antici-
pated the objection would be made, and he had therefore
consulted the Attorney-General for England on the sub-
ject, and be informed him that the Queen's Bench in
England would not hear more than two counsel on such
a case. •

Mr. Fitzgibbon said that Sir Wm. Follett's saying so
did not make it the law.

The Chief Justice observed, that the counsel for the
traversers had no right to complain; that each of them,
throughout the case, bad addressed the court as if
he was concerned on behalf of them all. The
rule of court was against Mr. Fitzgibbon's client,
and he (the Chief Justice) for one would adhere to it.
There was another able counsel to be heard on the same
side as Sir Colman O'Loghlen, and anything the other
counsel wished to urge, they could say it to him.
The other members of the Court concurred, and the
application of Mr. Fitzgibbon was unanimously refused.
The Court then adjourned at half-past lour o'clock, until
to-morrow, so that another day at least has been gained
by the traversers.

There was a meeting of the Repeal Association this
day, Sir Samuel Bradstre, t, Bart., in the chair. The rent
received up to three o'clock was .f 538 odd, including £lOO
from Savannah, and £5O from Brookl)nn ; but a sum of
money from New Or'eans was rejected, as it contained
some suggestion the Repealers did not like. Mr. O'Con-
nell was present. •

ASTRONOMICAL PROGNOSTICS OF RAIN.—Mr. G.Sug-
den, of llowden. writes th,:s to the Mark-lane Express:
" I anticipate a sudden transition from drought to moist-
ure, as the planet Venn., has entered the watery sign
Cancer. An old author says, Venus, in the first ten
degrees of Cancer, gives certain ruin ; consequently, we
may expect tine g-nial showers at intervals daring the
next ten days. Povitive electricity prevails for a few days
about the middle of the month, discharging itself in va-
rious parts of the kingdom, bur, generally speaking, a fine
growing month may be expected." Venus in Cancer has
not, up to this time, been so bountiful as the old author
avers her to be, at least, we have but few or no droppings
thereof in this part of the country.
Hors.—Worcester, May 22.—The aprearance .of .fly
in many Hop-gardens has caused considerable excitement
in our market within the lar.t few days, and to several
months of utiu,ual dulness has succeeded an active trade,
with an advance in prices from the lowest point of 7s. to
Bs. per cwt., and which was firmly maintained in our
market on Saturday. The 'present rates of the best
1813's ramted from £6 12s. to £6 Ns. per cwt., and
1842's from 115 s to 120 s per cwt. Both sorts are scarce,
and quite inadequate to meet the increased demand ; in
consequence of which good fresh old hops have been in
quired after, and some sales of 1837's t.nd 1839's have
been made at 504 to 63s per cat, and a few old lots at
30s to 42s per cwt. There were 18 pockets weighed on
Saturday,

TEE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.—SOUTH-
AMPTON, MAY 22. The heavy brume of the new Go.
vernor-General of India is expected here in a day or two
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.proceed via France to Marseilles. where a Government
steamer will be in waiting to convey them direct to Egypt,
from whence they wilt embark, at Suez, on board the
Oriental Company's steam-ship, the Hindostan, for Cal-
cults., and will arrive there about the 20th of July. Sir
Henry Hardinge will be the first Governor-General of
India whet has proceeded to his government by what is
called the overland route. It is a question whether Lord
Ellenborough will have bad time to make arrangements
for his return before his successors arrival, which will
take place only a few days after Lord Ellenborough re-
ceives his recall. It is calculated that Sir Henry will have
entered upon his high functions in India within little
more than a couple of months from the date of his ap-
pointment being made in Leadenball-street—a celerity of
movement which th, history of Indian affairs has never
yet been able to record.

SKLF-TRANSPORTATION.—In the Royal Court, Guern-
sey', on Saturday week, James Cohn, aged 19, and Henry
Dufour, aged 18, were. charged with hating at various
times feloniously entered the premises of Mrs. De Lancey,
at the Grange, and stolen therefrom sums of money to
the amount of £l5; also a dozen of wine, as also 3s. from
a dresser in the kitchen. Advocates Utermarck and Falla
severally stated that the prisoners were not desirous of
making any defence, " but they were willing to leave their
country (i e. Guernsey) for such period as the court might
think fit to order, as had been done in several previous
instances." The Qwen's Procureur said, that as the
only proof against the prisoners was derived from hn's
confession, which was made under a promise given by
Mrs. De Lancey that he should be admitted as Queen's
evidence, and, considering that they were both young
men, against whom no complaint had been previously
brought, he recommended that the court should order
Cohu to leave he Pa id for six years, and Dufour for
four years. The court, considering the above circum-
stances, and considering also that if the prisoners had
been tried and convicted their " punishment" would not
have exce-d, d that which they " asked for," ordere 1
Cohn to quit the island for five years and Dufour for four
years. The two young men I.ift viol for Southampton, to
try their luck iu the convict settlement of England.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
About eleven o'clock the court assembled, when Sir
Colman O'Loghlen rose and stat that he was about to
move an arrest of judgment on behalf of Daniel O'Con-
nell, and would shew that upon the record as it then
stood, judgment could not be passed against that gentle-
man ; it was evident from the way in which the learned
gentleman expressed himself, that the traversers expected
to be heard each by separate counsel, upon the present
motion. Thus They flattered themselves they would be
able to spin out the proceedings to so late a period that
the court would be unable to pass sentence until next
term. However,

Sir Colman O'Loghlen said that he was only instructed
on beh If of Mr. Daniel O'Connell; and that some of
the traversers havint, been convicted of a different offence
from that of which he was found guilty, they would seek
to address the Court by their own counsel.