Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-03-28
Arrival of The Caledonia.
twenty-five days later from Europe.

Il The steamship Caledonia arrived at Dos.
ton on Friday morning. at 10 O'clock, having
lrfl Liverpool on the 5Ih of March.
/ The most interesting intelligence brought
/ by this arrival Is ,he conviction of Diulel
| O'Cnnncl and his associaie.. Their sen.
fences were deferred until The next term.
ln The mean time Mr.. O'Conncll had taken
his seal IN the English Parliament, and had
been received with enthusiasm by the Anti
Corn Law League.
H An intense excitement was produced m
Ireland by The verdict against Or"nncll and
his associates. An opininn prevailed among
some TINT sentence would moi be pronounced,
bot thai the government would be satisfied
with The moral victory of conviciion; bGi
ih's opinion does not appear to be support ed
by any rcIlnble facts. Mr. OTnnncIl has pro
tested against the verdict of the Jury rs ar.
bnraiy md unconsiiutIonul-nnd las de-
clnrrd iha, as soUn as sentence shall have"
passed, he " III have the matter submitted Ia
The whole body of Jada"s in ireland. aud
hat. II their decsinn should b. uniavorabl",
he will appeal to The House ii Lords before
he will submit.
| Larry" Quantities of arms and ammunition
n
son towns IN Ireland. IA # The government
"XprrIed an "uibrrak-and iva armed steam
ers were cruising on the coast Of Kerry.
The meetings OF the repeal assoc cln,ions con.
iinGed, Ia which matters connected with the
trials were fully discussed. Al The proprle
tors at newspapers who had been nru5crs
of the repeal assoc3ailon have Withdrawn
from Tint body IN consequence oi the doc
nsspripI hv Tho % IlrI g i.. Al trinl
that every member Of The repeal assoc a,lon
wns responsible for oil ,he publications OF the
newspapers, whose proprlciors were members
Ioi ihnt association.
! Lord John Russell introduced on the 18Th
his motion for Committee ni the whole House
IN The state Of Ireland. The debate con
ilnnrd for til" Unprecedented length Of nine
days. during winch time addresses were d.
livrird by Lord John Russell. Sir Robert
Peel, Mr. Macauley. Mr.. Shirl, Mr.. O'Con
nell, and many other distinguished mrmbrrs
On the divisl0n the vote stood for the mot ;on
22j, against It 32i Majority for ministers
ID. a rInnnf m0iIon wns Inndc IN the llouse
at Lords by the Marquis OF Normandy, and
after deba'" "' two days, was ncgallved by
n vote of l75 To 7S
! Trade IN The manufacturing districts con.
ilnned brIsk. Money was abundant and bills
were disrnnn'ed at 2 per cent. a steady
business had been done N the cotton market
with little variation in prices.
! The dates from China nrc to December
lSi, five days later lhan our previous advlces,
Fh"y contain no news of Importance.
! The coWmoilOns ~ Portugal continued.
A number Of arrests had been made by the
government at Lisbon. The siilngs Of the
Cores and The publication of the newspapers
had been discontinued. 1t was not doubted
that ih" government would be able TO cstab.
lISh tranquility.
On the I'd inst, destructive fire broke
nui in Manchester. The flames were so ter
rIGc, snys Liverpool paper. tha, the sprc,n
tors were deferred from volunteering 10 work
The engines which were brnugh, To the spot.
and It wns necessary 10 send for soldiers To
perform That duty.
A lnrge block of warehouses in which the
fire originated. was wholly destroyed with
lts contents. This range Of stores was $50
feet long by l20 feet wide, aud seven stories
~ height, besides the basement. Several
other large warehouses and their contents
wer" destroyed. aud the loss is estimated q,
much over Ei00000.