Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-23
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(Fro,n The St,o York HerGN, February 2O.)
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! 'FRONT.' "
| VERY LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
Another Rise in the Price Of Cotton Grea. Excite
| ment in the Market-Stae Trials IN lItland-Fu
and Fears Of the RepaGlers-'iwo Hundred an
| Fifty Thousand Bales Of Cotton sold in Liverpool il
three weeks.
| ARRIVAL OF THE sTEAM SHIP nlREGNiA IT BOSTON
The steam ship llbernia arrived at Boston earl,
Monday morning, with papers from Liverpool TO th'
| fourth instant, and London TO the third instant.
| In commercial point OF view. the IS Of III,
highest Importance. Gotten mad gone up full d. 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.
day is The State tr'ais, which taking place in
Dublln. The preliminary steps have been marked by
all the excitement and bad feeling between the oppc-
sing par,ies for which unhappy rhnd distinguished
The striking OF The special jury which Is 10 try the
ISSUE has ranged against the Government sli the Ro
man Catholic party who were not previously RPpeaers
From some hundred Of The panel, fortyeIgh
were drawn by ballet, The lra"efsers possessing the
same RICH; the Crown, al petemptoriiy challenging
twelve-twelge each side.
Il happened that out OF tic forty eight drawn, eleven
were Roman Catholics; t Sc the Government chalIeng
ed aud the whole stricken oil the representative oil
the traversers exclaming, '',here goes Cathoc-ano
.her Papst struck OFF, &c. This affair has set the
country blaze, 10 speak, and unpopular as were
The proceedings before, has made them worse. That
proceeding. may be imagined, gave great umbrage
10 The Repeal party, and the Government has been at
tackled with great bitterness FOR adopting line OF con-
duet winch looks very like ioregone conclusion IL
pack T. Jury 10 ensure conviction. So great the
Indignation experienced in LELAND nj the STRIKING oil
all the Roman Catholics from the Jury list, that
QUESTION for calling aggregate meeting Of the Catho-
les Of Ireland signed IN three honIs oy sSty-hVe
1 6 ho,. hg
three fret appended 10 the requsilon were Rich
ard Labor SheI, NJ F.. Thomas Wyse, M. r. and
H. Ball, son OF the Right Hon. Judge Ball line
| briefs for the Crown Counsel N3 IN number) are
printed and partly 10 be Autographed, and each con
lains between $40 and $50 pages. The letter press
printing alone in each brief occupies 40 pages. Al
persons concerned were called upon by the Crown u
be present in Dublin by Sunday, the 18th, at the la
test and Monday the battle of the lawyers begar
| IN good earnest
Monday, the first day of the trials, was marked BY
more than usual excitement in Dublin. The Lore
Mayors state carriage bore Mr. OConnell 10 the court
and was accompanied by procession which formed d
the learned genileman's house in Merton square Ar
rived the Court. the doors Of which besieget
early hour they taken leave o! ty their al
mirers viii; hearty plaudlt'
! REPEAL ASSOCIATIONS DuBLIy, January 22.-The
weekly meeting was held to-day IN Cancellation Hall
which was crowded 10 The Chair was occu
pied by w S. O'Bren, Esq, NJ r., and whose recep
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NJ O'Connell, Esq, NJ p, and {. Powell Esq NJ T.
and during the day five Of the ICONS pfaiors VIZ Mr.
d. 0 ConneIi, Mr.. J OConpell, DR. Gray Mr.. Steele
and MIR. Ray, contrlved 90 attend, notwithstanding
the Jealous and d'gnied watchfulaess Of the Aiior
ney General. They received VITA deaiening ap
pause.
The Chairman, in opening The business Of the meet
ing, expressed ms conviction that tie nation had arriv
ed al crisis and at posicriiy would tender It's gra
t,,ude TO the men who conducted, VITA wisdom and IN
ttp n
ment II was true, TINT their leaders under per
secu,ion, hn, the spirit Of liberty was ndomtable-
OF the millions together in that associa
ton, every individual ready to GO 10 prison to-noi
row in defence of his counlrys rights, but wher
would the government build prisons enough to hol
the liish people +; Advetting 10 the meeting OF Lor
Charemont g. he said the day was not far distant whe
the CaulGelds, the Gernldines, and the DE Burghs
would OCCUPY their natural and appropriate position
the head of The lr.h People. CLEAR, hear)
MIR OConnpll entered the room and delivered
br,er address, saying that he could no, say long. IL
expressed the highest qualification al seeing Mr. bri
on NJ the head Of the Irish people, ana said that what
ever became Of him. (Mr. O'Connell,) Ireland was no
without friends and leaders, ard that his own niuenc
would not be the less powerful with his couEtfyme
when in prison than when at large. Clt will be twic
as great') He then, after earnest exhortatons I
peace law and ORDER proceeded 10 recommend the for
nation of Catholic societies throughout Ireland,
aeiate for the protection Of trial by Jury, and n
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promised by the emancipation act; con;ended that, du
ring the ensuing session. the proper place for Irish mem
hers would be not in Parliament where they woud or
y be rldcu!cd and out voted bu; in Ireland and III
Association.
MIR Steele afterwards spoke, and described the tria
in the Court Of Queens Bench Us piece OF the pure'
Irish fur.
After giving three cheers for The Qprep, Repea
Mr.. 0 Brien, and Alr. o Council, the meeting sep;
rated.
Dec 29.-The weekly meeting took place to-day
and the ball was densely crowded.
Mr. OConnelI observed, that The Attorney Gener'
had adjourned 10 accommodat. the Association. (B
newed accamatons) lie was only joking. lie W.
delighted, however, that the Attorney General ha
come to good humor at last, in ndjournng the Con
for the convenience OF true representative oil Irelan
In few moments, order being perfectly restored,
Mr.. O'Connell rose and said My jokes must nj
be taken for facts. The Attorney General rather Of
posed the adjournment but it did take place, and heI
| am. (Cheers)
Mr. 'Connell begged leave to hand in one pound,
the subscription of lady, observing, that IN tins,
well every thing else they must give place to IL
fair sex. The lady was Miss Ellen Dodd' OF brown
town. in the county of Dublin, and he moved that 81
should be elected member by reclamation. lie the
handed in one pound, the subscription of MIR. Powe
Superior of the College of Navan and donation
the Rev. Patrick Gannan of Madras, IN Tie East II
dies who he moved should be enrolled as member
This motion having been carried, Mr. " Tonne
read letter, which he had received from r Franc
! Murray. Young gentleman of Collegiate emlnenc
and SON TO his friend Sir James Murray, Of Merric
{ Square On the motion of Mr.. O'Connell, MIR. Mutr
was admitted member Of the Association.
I; Mr. o Council then rose and addressed The meetir
at considerable length He dset much upon The P
triosm OF Ii talented, friend the member from Lime
ck and spoke of the deb, which due to that gen'
man By his country In concluding, he expressed
delight at the perfect tranquility that prevailed all ov
Ireland The value the people of Ireland would recei
for that quietude, would be the Repeal Of the unio
He only disapproved of the dminution CT the repf
remit was the dest thing imaginable for men to
keeping back their donations, ard waiting TO see W
would send in most after the trials. However pea
!. and perseverance was his motto, and il was peace
perseverance that would bring back the Parliament
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