The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-02-20
Another Rise I'm the Price of Cotton
GREAT EXCITEMENT In THE MARKET.
Two Hundred and Fifty Thou
sand Bales of Cotton sold
in Liverpool in three weeks.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM SHIP
HIBERNIA AT BOSTON.

Monday morning, with papers from Liverpool to
the 4th inst and London to the 81 inst
Our Special Express Immediately started, and
reached our office between four and five o'clock
this morning.
This extraordinary express came all the way by
land, by horses, riding day and night. Its enor-
nous expense can therefore be easily imagined.
In a commercial point of view, the news IS of
the highest importance. Cotton had gone up full
Id since our last accounts with tremendous sales.
The State Trials had gone through seventeen
days, and each day was perfect farce.
Parliament had met. We give the Queens
Speech Nothing done.
The state Trials
The absorbing topic of the day is the State trials
which are now taking place in Dublin. The prei-
mlnary steps have been marked by all the excite
ment and bad feeling between the opposing parties,
for which unhappy Ireland is distinguished. The
striking of the special jury which is to try the issue,
has ranged against the Government all the Roman
Cathoric party who were not previously Repealers.
From some hundreds OF names on the panel, forty
eight were drawn by ballot the traversers possessing
the same right as the Crown Of peremptorily chal-
longing twelve-twelve on each side.
It happened that out of the forty-eight drawn,
eleven were Roman Catholics; these the Govern
ment challenged, and the whole were struck of,
the representative Of the raversers during this pro-
cess, 'sthere goes Catholic another Papis struck
off % &C. This affair has set the country in blaze,
SO to speak, and unpopular were the proceedings
BEFORE it has made them worse. That proceeding,
as may be imagined, gave great umbrage to the
Repeal party, and the Government has been at
tackled with great bitterness for adopting line Of
conduct which looks very like foregone conclu-
sion to pack jury 10 ensure conviction. So
great was the indignation experienced in Ireland at
the striking off all the Roman Catholics from the
jury list, that requisiion for calling aggregate
meeting Of the Catholics Of Ireland was signed in
three hours by slxty-five barrisers, only three Of
pended to the requisition were Richard Laor
Shel, MP; Thos. Wyse, M p; and N. Ball, son
Of the Right Hon. Judge Ball. The briefs for the
Crown Counsel Cl3 in number) are printed and
partly Autographed, and each contains between $40
and $50 pages. The letter-press printing alone in
each brief occupies ITO pages. All persons con-
cerned were called upon by the Crown to be pre-
sent in Dublin by Sunday, the l4th, at the LATEST
and on Monday the battle OF the lawyers began in
good earnest.
Monday, the first day of the trials, was marked
by more than usual excitement in Dublin. The
Lord Mayors state carriage bore Mr.. O'Connel to
the Court, and was accompanied by procession
which formed at the learned genteman's house,
in Merton square. Arrived at the Court, the doors
of which were besieged from an early hour, they
were taken leave of by their admirers with hearty
plaudlts.
CouRr OF QUEENS BENcH.-First Day, Jan. TO-
Precisely at 10 o'clock the Chief Justice, Mr. JUS
tlce Burton, MIR. Justice Champion, and Mr. JUS
tice Perrin entered the court, and took teeir seats
on the bench.
The following were the counsel for the crown !:
The Attorney General, the Solicitor General, Ser
q. C., Mr.. freeman, q. C.. and Messrs. Holmes,
Smyley, Baker, and Fapier.
The counsel for the tiaversers were-Mr Shell,
Mr. Moore, Q. G., Mr. Whiteside, Q. c., Mr. Nc
bon, q. G., Sir Coleman O'Loghlen, and Messrs.
o'Hagan, o'Hea, Close, and Perrin !.
ten o'clock, and after the names OF the jury and
traversers had been called over, ~
Mr. WHrTRs1DR resumed his speech on behalf Of
Mr., Duffy, and concluded at half past one,,
Mr.. M'DoNAGH then rose to address the Court on
behalf of MIR. Barrett, and continued a very able
speech up to five o'clock, when the Court ad-
josrned
Il is said that Mr.. M'Donagh will not conclude
.befoie Saturday night, and Mr. O'Connell will COM
mence his defence on Monday morning. A very
full report of O'Connell's speech will be given in
our next publication.
A gentleman stood up and introduced to the
liam Wallace, the distinguished American orator.
"a voice from the crowd, Three cheers TOR Arne-
rica.'O
This demand having been complied with, and
silence restored, Mr. Wallace spoke at some length.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION DUBLIN, January 2.-The
weekly meeting was held to-day In Conc1Iia-
chair was occupied by w. s. O'Brien, ESQ.,, M: p,
whose reception was most enthusiastic There
were also present, M: O'Connell, Esq, M. p, and
c, Powell, Esq, M F., and, during the Day, flye
Mr.. J. O'Connell, Dr.. Gray, Mr. Steele, and Mr..
Ray contrived to attend, notwithstanding the jeal
GUS and dignifed watchfulness of the Attorney
General. They were received with deafening APP
plause.
The Chairman, in opening the business of the
meeting, expressed his conviction that the nation
had arrived at crisis, and that posterity would
tender its gratitude to the men who conducted,
with wisdom and integrity, the affairs Of the coun
try at the present moment. 1t was true that their
leaders under persecution, but the spirit OF Ii
berty was indomitable. OF the millions confeder.
ated together in that association, every individual
wasready to 60 to prison tomorrow in defence Of
his countrys rights, but where would the govern
.ment build prisons enough to hold the Irish people?
Adverting to the meeting at Lord Charlemoni's, he
salu tue Jay was not idI Instant wien uho Odui.
fields, the Geraldines, and the DE Burghs, would
occupy their natural and appropriate position at the
head OF the Irish peope.-(Hear, hear)
Mr.. O'Conne entered the room and delivered a
brief address, saying, that he could not stay long
lie expressed the highest qualification at seeing Mr.:
O'Brien at the head Of the Irish people, and said
that whatever became Of him, (Mr O'Connell)
Ireland was not without friends and leaders, and
that his own influence would not be the less power
full with his countrymen when in prison than when
al large. C'1t will be twice as greatly He then
after earnest exhortations peace law, and order,
proceeded to recommend the formation OF Catho-
lie societies throughout Ireland to agitate for the
protection Of trial by jury and an equality Of equal
Emancipation Act; contended that, during the en-
suing session, the proper place for IRISH members
would be not in Parliament, where they would only
be ridculed and out-voted, but IN Ireland ana the
association.
Mr. Steele afterwards spoke, and described the
trial In the Court Of Queens Bench as piece OF