The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-06-04
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMSHIP CALEDONIA
DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
From the N. Y. Sun Extr,

bly, short passage Of twelve and half DAYS
We take the following summary principally
from Wilmer & Smiths European Times Of the
10Th ultimo
The sentence of Daniel OConnell has been
postponed until the next term. Meanwhile, he
is actively engaged in pushing forward his favo.
rite movement.
There has been change in the Spanish min
istry. s
The revolution in Italy wears threatening
aspect .,a
Ihe proposed annexation Of Texas to the Uni
ted States attracts the attention of European
Governments. The English ministry have re-
solved to oppose tiff they can.
Cotton has fallen to per pound. ta
BY this arrival we have Liverpool dates Of the
18th of May, London 18TH Dublin 18th, Paris
arrived at London, bringing from Bombay to LIST
April, and from Canton TO the 9th February.
The French Government has receded from its
determination to abolish slavery in it's colonies
Immediately. system of instruction and grad
ual emancipation is proposed instead.
The United States treaty with Texas was
mooted in the House of Lords OH Thursday night
by Lord Brougham, who is of course, strongly
averse to it, arising out of the slavery question.
Lord Aberdeen spoke guardedy, but both Of the
speakers emphatlcaly denied having ever con-
templated, in connection with this question, the
least interference with the institutions of the
United States.
Mr.. O'Connell addressed the Repeal Associa-
ton, Dublin at the last meeting. He said the
office Of Chief Baron had been offered him by the
Marquis of Normandy, and that, being welded to
his country, he refused it, as he would again that
or any other offer. Mr.. Steele fercely denounced
working in Ireland had been worthy of Satan,
the king Of hell, and Of his 'devil kings,''"the
poor law commissioners. The repeal rent for
the week was announced to be E453. 1is
The Mexican Minister in Paris has contradicted
the statement that several Frenchmen had been
massacred in Mexico ss5
1t is said that negotiations, in progress for the
marriage of the Prince de Wappani with Queen
Isabella of Spain, promises to terminate success.
fully, notwithstanding the opposition Of Louis
Philippe. als5
The Paris and Belgium Rail Road is to be made
and managed by the French Government ea
Friday, the 24th inst, is her Majesty's BIRTH
day, when the sovereign will complete her twenty
fifth year.
Frightful Conspi acyat Damascus The Man
helm Journal quotes a letter from Constantinople
Of the Both ult, stating that conspiracy for the
massacre of the Turks, and the establishment Of
native government, had been discovered at Da-
mascus. More than 600 Arabs Of the best fami-
lies are said to have been in The plot.
The ,Oeather and the crops-The continued
dry weather is beginning to have an unfavorable
effect on the growing crops.
The losses by the great fire at Hamburg have
just been correctly ascertained to be equal to
about f2,800,0O0
The Irish State Irials.-The legal arguments,
which had occupied the whole week on the mo-
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
powerful speech on behalf of the crown from the
Irish Attorney General
Mr.. Whiteside 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 the point on Monday morning.
On Monday not syllable was said on the sub
ject, either by the judges or the counsel on one
side or the other
On Tuesday, about twelve o'clock, the Judges,
who had been nearly two hours in consultation,
entered the court wearing the appearance of men
who had been engaged in very earnest discus
sion. All the law officers of the crown, with
some of the counsel for the defence, and two of
the traversers, Messrs. Steele and Tierney, were
present After a short pause, the Lord Chief
Justice. addressing the Attorney General, said
/" Mr.. Attorney, am sorry to tell you, that the
Court find that they can not give judgment in the
case until the next term" The case" of course,
was understood to mean that of "The Queen ps
O'Connell, and Others" The Attorney General
dropped into his seat, and in few moments the
court was comparatively empty.
The ready facility of the judges has had the
natural effect of inviting further dilatory expert
ments; variance, it appears, has been discov-
cred between the verdict as returned by he jury
and the entry of it upon the postea This is
matter which, in Westminster Hall, would not
occupy five minutes. The error, if error there
be, is the error of the officer of the court, which
Lord Denman would order, as matter of course,
10 be amended upon single suggestion The
heavens only know how many months delay, and
% how many thick octave volumes of speeches,
he crochet may give occasion in Dublin.
The Dublin Evening Mail states that the
Judges are unanimous in declining to grant the
notion for new trial of the repealers, with the
exception of the Rev. Mr.. Tierney, and that Mr..
Justice Champion stands alone and upon some