New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-20
EVENING EDITION.
TUESDAY, 81 O'CLOCK, P. M. /.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Hibernia at Boston.

The steamship HIBERNlA, Capt. Judkins. ar
rived at Boston early on Monday morning, with
London dates to the Sd inst. and Liverpool to the
4th Her advices are nineteen days later and I'M
portant.
Cotton has advanced farthing pound since
our last advlces, with unprecedented sales. 1he
market Is still bnoyant, speculation eager, Money
abundant, and Business IN every department ac-
tive. The Manufacturers are annoyed and alarmed
at the high price of Cotton, which threatens serl
ouslv to embarrass their operations.
The trial Of O'Connell and associates for Con-
spiracy had been seventeen days in progress with
ne decisive developments The infamous fabrl
cations of Catholic conspiracy for general and
simultaneous rising and massacre of the Protest
ants are efectually exploded Though intensely
excited, Ireland was never more tranquil. The
Crown has prosecuted It's design OF procuring a
conviction of the Repeal champions at all events.
by striking from tie panel Of Jurors the name Of
eUery Catholic, Our advices are to Saturday
the Sd inst. O'Connel was to open his defence
on the following Monday.
Parliament convened on the 3lst ult., and the
Queens Speech was devered--as fat and point
less as ever. All it amounts to is declaration
that the Union with Ireland must be preserved
invioate. In the debate upon it, Sir Robert Peel
declared that he should oppose any farther change
of the Corn-L Laws, and especially the overthrow
Of the Sliding Scala declaration which is re-
ceived with general satisfaction by the Agricul-
tural interest.
American Provisions are doing fairly in Eng
land, Beef excepted. Cheese and Pork do well.
There is nothing of much account from the
Continent. They had been for two weeks debat-
ing the French Kings Speechin the Chamber of
Deputies, and making little progress. The Le-
ptimiss were severely censured for their visit to
the Duke of Bordeaux in England. Berger
defended them with his accustomed eloquence.
India is much disqueted, especially in the
North West. British power is steadily extending
its sway. The Punjaub has been absorbed in
the e. L. Company's possession, and Scindc is
destined to share its fate
Sir Francis Burdett, so long an ultra Radical,
at last sturdy Conservative, died in Londen on
the 23d, aged IS. The doctors say he was
devotee of the Water Cure and ovcrdid it In
his own case by keeping himself necessarily ban
daged with wet cloths.
Recent Deaths.-At Paris, Marshal Drouet,
Count d'Erlon one Of Napolcon's generals aged
70. At Clermont, MAJ. Gen. Wautier another
soldier of the Revolution and Empire, aged 81.
Near Bath, Count Mazzngh, an eminent musi-
clan and composer, 79. In England Lieut..
Gen Sir William Johnston, X. c. B. aged 72,-
The Marquis of Hastings, aged So. At Both
well Castle, Lord Douglas, aged II. In Bengal,
Mai. Gen. Churchill. At Bath, Sir Robert Lewis
Fitzgerald Vice Admiral OF the Red, aged g.
At Euling, Lady Carr, widow of the Minister
Spencer Perceval, who was assasslnated in 1912,
in the lobby of the House of Commons.
Christina Gilmour, who was reclaimed in this
Countryas fugitive from justice, accused Of the
murder of her husband, has had her trial and
been acquitted The verdict Of the Jury was
" Not Proven but the probability was rather on
the side of her innocence 1t appeared that she
had ever refused to treat Gilmour as her husband.
Ireland.
THE STATE TRIALs-Wilmer s. Smiths Fin.
ropean Times comes to us in double sheet con-
tanning detailed account of the State Trials go
ing on in Dublin. They constitute the absorbing
topic at present on both sides of the Channel
The striking Of the special jury to try the cause
has arrayed all the Catholics of Ireland who were
not previously Repeaers against the Government.
The striking off of the eleven Roman Catholics
mentioned in last advices was such an open
act of injustice, that those even who had stood
aloof from Repeal were filled with indignation and
signed requisition calling an aggregate meeting
of the Catholics. Sixty-ive barristers were among
the signers of whom but three were Repealers.
Isl Day Jan l5-The following were the counsel for the
Crown -The Attorney General the Solicitor General, Ser
jeant Warren, Mr. Brewster G. e.. and Messrs. Holmes,
The counsel fer the wer. Shell. Nh Moore
Nc MGaahsn s G. ad C Mr. Hs 5fsbb0H G e. Sir M Coleman p
After the calling of the Jury, Sir c. o. LoGH-
LIN said, that before they were sworn he had, on
behalf of the traversers, to challenge the array,
and proceeded to read the challenge of Daniel
O'Connell, which challenge, after going over the
facts previously mentioned relative to the frand
ir leaving out the 50 names first put on the Jury
list by the Recorder; and offering to prove that
fraudulent paper had been substituted setting
aside these ffty-nne legal jurors-prayed that
the panel might be quashed and set aside.
The question was argued by the counsel on
both sides, when the Lord Chief Justice gave
Judgment that the challenge must be overruled
Two Justices, Burton and Crompton, concur
red with the Chief Justice. Justice Perrin dis
agreed.
Second Day,-Jury sworn in, and
The Clerk of the Crown said-Gentlemen of
the jury, the traversers at the bar, Daniel O'Cu-
nell, John O'Connell, Thomas Steele, Thomas
j aaL