New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-12
From Europe.

The packet ship Europe arrived on Saturday,
with dates to the 18th ult. There Is very little
in addition to the last arrivals. The steamer
Great Western is appointed to sail for New York
on the 25th of May. Mr.. Fitzwllliam, the
comedian, died on the l4th ult. A considerable
attention is paid to the smuggling OF tobacco into
the United Kingdom, and some efforts made to
reduce the duty on it.
IRELAND.-The State trials had not progressed
since our last With regard to the 64 excluded
Jurors mentioned in our last dates, the Attorney
General has stated before the Chief Justice that
only IA or Is Of them were Catholics, and the
declaration that nearly all were Catholics was
made to create excitement. The remarks of the
Attorney General were made on an application to
the Court of Queens Bench on the part of the
trayersers that the panel OF special Jurors be
ouashed and set aside. or cancelled, and that
nandamus, or order in the nature OF a mands-
mus. should be issued, directed to the Right
Honorable the Recorder of the city of Dublin,
commanding him to place on the lstofjurors tor
the year 1914, in the county of the city Of
Dublin, in their proper order, the names of divers
persons-to wit, of twenty persons, whose
qualifications respectively, to be placed on the
list was legally proved before, and allowed by the
Recorder as special Jurors.
The Judge refused to grant the application. A
large meeting was held in consequence by the
Irish, and resolutions passed demonstrating against
the decision Of the Chief Justice, and urging that
petitions should be forthwith sent to Parliament
and the Queen asking attention to this act of
injustice on the part Of the Government of Ire.
land.
RUMoEED MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.
The Augsburgh Gazette, of the Sd instant, IN
letter from Rome, afirms positively, that the
marriage between the Queen Isabella of Spain,
and the Count de Trapani, younger brother of
the King OF Naples has been definitely arranged.
This same journal states that the proposal for this
marriage was supported by both the English and
French Cabinets. The young Prince is in his
sixteenth year.
EASTERN TRAyEL.-Therc is still good deal OF
troublesome ice in the Sound, but the stanch and
sturdy steamboat New-Haven, Captain Dustan,
ploughed her way through it on Friday night with
no difficulty but some loss of speed, reaching New
London before 3 o'clock, A. NJ. Thepce up to
Gales Ferry, the channel which had been cut for
her week before and broken by her every night
since (either evening or morning. was covered with
two or three inches of strong new ice, through
which she made her way easily, while on either side
the river was congealed from six inches to two or
three feet Deep Reaching Gales Ferry about d.,
the passengers were quickly transferred to the
Do,1
Though the hard frost somewhat retarded the train)
set down in Boston about 10 A. III. AT Framing
ham, 16 miles out, the mercury was reported 100
below zero; at Boston, zero TO 80 below.
Returning, the train left Boston at p NJ. and its
passengers were safely at Gales Ferry and on board
the New Haven between and 10. The Thames
was again smoothly frozen over, but the boat heav
iIy ireighted came through the ice steadily though
slowly. After leaving NewLondon there was little
ce and that floating, till within thirty miles OF New
York, but on approaching Throg's Neck an inter-
esting spectacle was presented. The morning was
brilliant and cloudless; the Sound was frozen from
shore to Shore the undisturbed ice perhaps Six
inches thick; that where the boats had broken
through on previous days was about twoinches Here
at Yesterday morning, as the New Haven entered
it, were three or four other steamboats,, worrying
through it in different directions, while signal from
the Nanagansett proclaimed that she was in trouble.
She had left this City at the preceding night and
about mad been crippled by breaking her rock-shaft
in battling the ice Fortunately, the Mohegan was then
lust behind, having been despatched to Stonngton
for freight and, coming along side took of her pas
sengers and Mails and proceeded on the trp-Capt.
Dustan observing her situation, LETT his course IN
the thin and broke through the thick ice TO the Mar
ragansett, going round her so as to make clear
nath for her to return to this City he New-Haven
then resumed her course and reached this City by
A. Nj though the mass of DRIFT ice occupying her
place against the dock prevented her landing her
passengers till nearly 10.
We trust the perls and sacrifices incident TO
keeping open the Sound and running daily lines TO
Boston in winter, when there are few passengers,
Will be remembered by the travelling public when,
the water being clear and passengers abundant,
somebody starts an opposition 10 Boston for two or
three dollars During the cold week, the Stoning-
ton line took train OF passengers from Boston on
Monday evening" started them for this city in the
Narragansett, and, after two unsuccessful attempts
TO come through, landed them again at Stonlngton,
took them back to Boston, and PAID them back er-
err dollar of their fare. We may say this was no
more than right, but many do less than right that
we really think the circumstance worth mentioning
If fcorporations have no souls ii is the more cred
liable to one OF them TO evince clear, sound con-
science.
HuDsoN INSANE AsYLuM.-This is private
institution, established in 1880 by Drs. S. & G.
H. WHITE, which has we learn, been very sue
cessful in the treatment of It's patients. Since
its foundation 594 patients from different parts of
the United States and the Canadas have been re-
ceived, large proportion OF whom have returned
to the bosoms OF their families and society-some