The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-23

ia stated She will cost the Great Western Company
for boilers, repairing, &c, now, Eo,OoO Deduct
ing this sum from the price paid 10y the Peninsular
and Oriental Company for the steamer, Il WI leave
only COO to the Bristol Company, as the sum
they receive for this hne vessel
O'CoNyrLL The last issue Of pubca-
ton gave intell,ge of the conviction OF
O'Connel and his associates Since the day
of the trial terminating, the Agitator has been
making progresses through England, harangu-
ing the people the subject of his conviction,
and endetvonng to get up sensation SUCH as ne
hopes will awe the Government, and prevent them
enforcing the penalty which the law must necessd-
rily record against him. There exists vast diver
sity of opinion on the subect'ot the punishment to
be awarded, and the papers abound WIN reports and
Statements most of which, If carefully examined,
will br fcud utterly worthless, and in no way con-
sistent either with the law or common sense view
of the matter. The best informed parties seem de-
oidedly OF opinion that whatever punishment the
court inhcts will be steadily adhered to and car
RED out. Il is not at all likely the Government viii
interfere IN any shape or form, unless 1t be to see
that justice takes its course, and that the agitators
are not allowed to escape from the net Just At the
moment Of lta being closed around them. We are
confirmed IN Que opinion in this matter by the Lon
don Standard and Morning Herald newspapers, both
of which have tor some weeks past been gradually
pressing the public mind for a result such as We
mention. From the very commencement o. the
Irish STATE Trials these two journals seem to have
been mnutely correct IN their views OF future re-
suits, and therefore can hardly be wrong TAX
ing their opinion on the grand finale. The Morning
Herald eniphatcally declares, and "a II SAYS. "uOn
authority" that there is no foundation whatever for
the that have been circulated as TO the nen-
tons of the Government, and the desire imputed 10
them, have the Traversers called up for Judg
ment this approaching term. OConnell and his as
sOciates will most certainly be brought up for ludg-
ment on Monday the 18th. 1t Is competent 10 The
accused to have what Is called "a writ of error"
and this without the assent or approval OF the At
torney- General This writ OF error will most like
ly be ia ken, but even if the consprators should sue
it out, it cannot !elay the passing sentence more
than four days at the very utmost, and the sentence
may be pronounced even before the writ ot error
can be taken. The Morning Herald declares that
all the arrangements are actually made to have the
sentence on the Eraversers carried into effect M
MEDIATELY after they pronounced by the Court.
This is saying IN plain and distinct Language that
O'Conneii viii very shortly find himself lodged IN
OF her Majesty s gaols, and there are multi
tude Of circumstances which go to prove this view
of the case. OConnell himself is said to be OF that
opinion, and his ouly hope is in setting up an aga-
ton in England, such might awe the Govern
mont into a remission of bis sentence. But ms
course is hopeless. There have been several de-
monstratlons-o0e in Covent Garden Theatre, IN
London, and another in Liverpool, but neilhe. of
them have excited any interest IN England. Eng
Lshmen cannot forget the former rlvlllngs of the
man who seeks to seduce them by the lawn
ing hlttery and whining sycophancy, the use and
application ol which he has made himself so FAINT
liar with We repeat, there be no doubt of
OConnell being sentenced, and quite as little doubt
Of his sentence being carried into execution and
Win REGARD 10 sympathy III EnglaUu, tntrt IL very
little OF II, and that lte is daily becoming weaker.
In Ireland the Government well provided with
trooos, that no disturbances can possibly gain
head.
Mr.. OConnell, who has been making a circuit
of the principal towns of England, explaining his
grievances, and the circumstances arising out OF
the late trial. was ia Liverpool last week, where
he addressed densely-packed meeting al the Am
phtheatre. Time Is making havoc with hun
There were some good points in his Speech but 1t
lacked the vigor and freshness that marked his eff
forts of former day. lie spoke with less of that
easy, roIcklug abandon, so characteristic of the
OConneil, the great agltator, in his palmy days.
The mental and physical energies Of a at
three score and ten-the allotted duration OF hui
man llie-wlll exhibit symptoms OF decay, but IN
the case OF this remarkable man. the decay is APP
parent to those who saw him even twelve months
ago. Doubtless the anxiety attending the late
trials, and above all, the conviction, has done its
work. Nevertheless, he threatens, on his return
from Ireland, whittier he is goiog to partake of
series of public festivities, which will resemble so
many oraiores, to make crusade through the
length and breadth OF this part of the island,
compdnled by some twenty or thirty OF the leading
liberals, tor the purpose OF striking up popular IN
dignauon against the ministry and It's acts. In all
his recent speeches. the bltterest OF his vitubera-
tons have been levelled against the Chief Justice
who tired hun, and, after him, against Sir James
Graham proof that no compromise with the
Government about his Imprisonment has been
thought Of on either side. The middle OF April,
when he Is TO be brought up for Judgment, is APP
preaching, and curiosity IL on the stretch To know
disposed VI.
That an appeal ito the House of Lords is contem-
plated, is clear from the fact that the services of
Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr.. Sergeant Murphy. and
other eminent English Lawyers, have been ,etsined
to argue the agItltOrs case before that august ri-
bunal Every thing denotes that the Government
and OConneil are likely to remain at drawn dag
gers. He has already denounced their plan for the
amendment of the Irish franchise, and iulsing
from his recent speeches, he seems desrous of
counting the full amount of their hostility There
is one point upon which he lays strong emphasis
with much apparent truth, namely, that unless the
Government make some great concession To Ire
land during his HE time, bloody revolution IN
that country will follow hts death. IL Will NOT, he
says take place while lac lives-he has influence
enough to prevent it-but after he is gone, the
popular feeling will be swayed by younger more
impeiuous, and it may be--less discreet dema-
gogues
THs ANTI COM Law LEAGUE has been trying It's
hand most unsuccessiully IN contrasting every pdra-
mcntary seat that has become vacant Of late, and
last week It sustained defeats AZ Christ Church and
NJ IL etlng- Since the great contest for the city oil
London-succees IA which was avowedly attributa-
pc 10 tne -easue-it has not hal the opportunity
OF acung upon popular constituency. Most of the
seats winch have since fallen vacant have been
those oi SmAH constituencies where local nluen-
ces have ielsned paramount and as the world Is al
ways Charmed, and IN great measure influenced
by success, these defeats have arrested the Leagues
advances. The various county meetings. 100. of
the opposition the AntI-I.eague movrn,eut-hsve
assumed consistency and strength which the slug
glshness and longdeierre nature of that conntrr.
action did not originally indicate. SO that the ore.
sent position OF the free trade party Is, in these
points OF view, the most unfavorable IN which If
has recently stood But the weakness ia more an
parent than real The cause OF the manufactures
ds opposed TO the agricultural interest, has received
no check which II cannot recover when the tmr for
action arrives. The first strong contest IN large
community, where partesare nicely balanced. Cot
as won by the League--wlIl make an impression
upOn the pubuc mind hardly inferior TO the enibu
hds!H "Dich the return o Mr.. Patt!sOn tor the cir.