The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-02
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMSHIP CALEDONIA.
Terrible Revision In the Cotton
Market,
o'CoNNELL NOT YET SENTENCED
Texas Excitement in Engla
Arrival of the Overland Mail from
INDIA.
IMPORTANT FINANCIAL AND CONNER
CIAL MOVEMENTS IN ENGLAND.

The steam ship Caledonia, Captain Lott, with
eighty-two passengers, arrived at Boston at eight
o'clock yesterday morning. She sailed from Liv
erpoo on the 10Th ut
Our special messenger left Boston in thirty min
utes after she touched the wharf, and run an extra
ordinary overland express to the New York Herald
! Office.
This express distanced every other one, and has
thus given exclusively to the readers of the Herald
fifteen days later news from all parts of Europe.
The news is highly important in every point of
view.
O'Connell is laid on the table till the next term.
Cotton has met with dreadful revulsion. Prices
are down, down, down.
Texas Annexation has produced prodigious
sensation IN England.
The Bank of England question has come up for
debate.
Parliament has taken hold Of the Customs Duty
bill This may affect America.
There has been another revolution in Spain.
And there has been another dreadful massacre
in Turkey.
Trade in France is in deplorabe state
France has determined to abolish slavery in her
colonies.
The Independence, Samuel Hicks, New York,
and Acadia steamer had arrived out.
TO ask the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, 1t he had received information with res.
pect to the annexation of Texas with the United
Staasl Ih hs was question OF vast importance SO
he trusted that the deciding portion of the Con,
sress, namely, twothirds of the members, would
oppose it.. Nothing which had dropped from him
or the noble lord at the head of the foreign depart
ment even justified the inference that this country,
although deplOring the existence of slavery, ever
contemplated any interference with the constltu-
tion of America
The Earl of Aberdeen said the noble and learned
lord could not expect him to give precise answer
to the question he asked. II was a subject quite
new and unexampled in the history Of nations, and
his noble and learned friend might depend upon il
that it would receive the most serious attention of
her Majesty's government. 1t was true, he beev-
ed, that the treaty for the annexation of Texas to
the United States had been signed but he agreed
in the hope expressed by his noble and learned
friend, that the majority of Congress would not
agree TO the ratification oil 1t.
| TIE IRISH STATE TRIALs.-The legal arguments,
which had occupied the whole week the
ton for new trial, IN the case of O'Connell and
his colleagues, closed IN the Dublin Court OF
| Queens Bench on Saturday evening last, with o
powerful speech on behalf of the crown from the
Irish Attorney-CIeneral.
Mr. Whltesde then rose and claimed the right OF
reply, on the part OF the traversers, on account OF
entirely new matter introduced by the Attorney
| General contrary to arrangement.
| The Attorney-General decidedly objected but
| the Court, speaking through Judge Burton an
nounced that they would consider the matter and
decide thu point on Monday morning.
On Monday not syllable was said on the subject
either BIO the judges or the counsel on one side or
| the other.
| On Tuesday, at out twelve o'clock, the jndges,
who had been nearly two hours in consultation,
entered the court wearing the appearance of men
who had been engaged IN very earnest discussion.
All The law officers OF the crown, with some OF the
counsel for the defence, and two of the traversers,
Messss Steele and Tierney, were present. Alter
Attorney General, said" Mr.. Attorney, I am
sorry to tell you, that the Court find they cannot
give Judgment IN the case until next term" 1.-The
case" OF course, was understood to mean that OF
" The Queen v. O'Connell and Others" The At
torney-General dropped into his seat, and in few
moments the Court was comparatively empty.
The ready facility of the judges has had the ma
tura effect Of inviting further datory experiments;
| a variance, it appears, has been discovered be-
tween the verdict as returned by the jury and the
entry of it upon the postea. This is matter which,
| in Westminster Hall, would not occupy five min
ues. The error, ii error there be, is the error OF
the officer of the court, which Lord Denman would
| order, as a matter of course, to be amended upon
| a single suggestion; the heaven only knows TO how
| many months delay, and TO how many thick octa-
vo volumes Of speeches. the CROCHET may give oc-
cason In Dublin.
| Trinity tenn commences on the 22d instant, and
ends on the 18th June. If the decision on the new
trial question be against the defendants, then
the motion for an arrest OF judgment, which may
! occupy the whole of the ensuing term. If NOT
there is the writ OF error, which will afford mate
rails for another months speechylDg.
ASSOCIATION weekly
meeting of this body, was held on Monday last, K.
A. Fitzgerald, Esq, in the chair. The proceedings
were comparatively unimportant, and consisted
principally in the reading of letters and handing in
OF subscriptions. Mr. O'Connell delivered two
| three short addresses In one of them he stated
that his reasons Tor proceeding to England were
| two namely to promote the success of the Cashel
railway, and to "render it impossible to proceed
with the atrocous franchise bill introduced by Lord
ANNEXATION OF TExus. Few things have taken
the British people with greater surprise than the
news which came to hand this week, not only that
a treaty for the annexation of Texas TO the Amer-
can Union had been signed by the contracting par
ties, but that the treaty, SO signed, with all thu
essary correspondence and documents, had been
laid before the Senate for ratification. A shell
thrown Unexpectedly into fort citadel, could
not have produced more general CONSERVATION. It
will be seen that the treaty of Texas was mooted in
The House OF Lords, on Thursday night, by Lord
Brousham, who is, OF course, strongly averse to it,
arising out of slavery question. Lord Aberdeen spoke
guardedly, but both OF the speakers emphalically
denied having ever contemplated, in connection
with this question, the least interference with the
Institutions of the United States Wilmer &. Smith
My 10,
Elliot in the present session." and that he would
return as speedily as ne could In subsequent
, speech he stated, in reference to recent discus
SION in the House OF Lords, that it was he Office
of Chief Baron that had been offered him by the
, Marquis OF Normandy, and that, being welded to
, or any other elfer Mr.. Steele fercely denounced
, the new poor law, declaring that its practical work
ing in Ireland had "bcen worthy of Satan, the
King Of hell, and of his "dev kings" the poor
e law Commissioners" The repeal rent for he
week was announced TO be E453
The Dublin Epening Mail states that the Judges
d, are unanimous IN declining to grant the motion ior
new trial, as against The parties convicted, with
o me exception of the Rev, Mr.. Tierney, and that