Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-11
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL CT THE CALEDONIA.

ARRIVAL VI lf1E OhUElJONIA.
The Caledonia arrived at Boston on the
morning of June / She left Liverpool on
the 19;h ut We find nothing of very great
moment.
Queen Victoria was % years old on the
Gath May;
A speed ofIB miles an hour has been at
tanned on the Great Western railway.
The losses by the Hamburg fire have
been asceriaincd- 100000!
India rubber horsc-shocs have been APP
proved AT the Horse Guards
1t was r.mored that O'Connel was about
TO marry the sister ola distinguished member
of the church OF England. The rumor was
generally believed.
A statue of O'Conncll by an eminent
irish sculptor has been refused admission in
to the Louvre exhibition.
They have not yet succeeded in getting
tho mammoth steamer Great Britain fairly
a1oat. Some progress has been made to-
ward getting her out of the dock.
IRELAND.
The IRr.H STATE TRALs.-The legal
arguments, which had occupied the whole
week on the motion for a new trial, in the
case of O'Conncl and his col easues, closed
in The Dublin Court Of Queens Bench on
Saturday evening last, with a powerful
speech on behalf Of the crown from the
Irish Attorney General.
Mr.. " hiteslde then rose and claimed the
right Of reply,on the part Of the traverscrs,
on account of entirely new matter introdu-
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arrangement
The Attorney General decidedly object
ed; but the Court, speaking through Judge
Burton, announced that they would consld-
er the matter and decide The point on Mon
day morning.
On Monday not syllable was said on
the subject either by the judges or the coun-
sci on one side or the other.
On Tuesday, about twelve o'clock, the
Judges, who had been nearly Two hours in
consultation, entered the court, wearing
the appearance Of men who had been eli.
gagged in very earnest discussion. All the
law officers o" the crown, with some OF the
counsel for the defence, and Two Of tho
iraverse!s, Metsrs. Steele and Ticrney,
were presented. After a short pause, the
Lord Chief Justice. addressing the Alor-
ncy General. said-"Mr. Attorney, | am
sorry 90 tel you that, the Court find they
cannot give judgment i'll the case until next
term" "The casc," ofcoursa was under
stood TO mean that on.
"The Queen V. O'Connel and others
Tho Attorney General dropped mo his
seat, and in few moments the Court was
comparatively empty.
The ready facility of The judges has had
the natural effect of inviting further Glate-
ry experiments: variance, it appears, has
been discovered between the verdi Il as re-
turned by the jury and the entry Of itupon
tise poster. This is a matter which, in
Westminster Hall, would not occupy five
mRsns. The error, if error there be, is
the error Of the officer of the court, which
Lord Denma woad order. as n matter Of
course, TO be Syscnted upon single sug-
gsstion; heaven on1y knows to il0w many
months delay, ard 10 hew many thick oc-
tavo volumns Of speeches, the crotc,et may
give occasions in Dublin. 4
Trinity term commences on the god inst. 4
and ends on the 10Th June. If the decis-
ion OH the new trial question be against the
defendants, then comes the motion for an
arrest of judgment, which may occupy the
whole of the ensuing term. If not there is
the writ of error, which will otfo:d materI-
ais for andTher months speechilying.
iRIsh REPEst AssocIATIoN.--The week
ly meeting ofthis body, was held on Mon
day last, K. A. Fitzgerald, Esq in The
chair. The proceedings were compare /
lively unimportant, AID consisted principal
y in the reading Of letters and handing in
of subsc riptons. Mr.. O'Connrll delivered
Two or three short addresses. In one Of
ghcm he stated that his reasons for proceed
leg TO England were two, namely, to pro-
mote ihcsuccess of the Cashel raiIway,and
to ''rcnder il Impossible 10 proceed with the
aarccious franchise bill introduced by Lord
Elliott.
ANNEXATTos; OF TEXAS Few things
have taken the British people with greater
surprise than the news which came 10 hand
this week not only that treaty for the an
nrxation of Texas to the American Union
has Ieen signed by the contracting parties,
bat that the treaty, so signed, with all the
neceSsar correspondence and documents,
had been laid before the Senate for rarifi-
cation. 4 shch thrown Unexpectedly into
II fort or citadel could not have produced
more general CONSERVATION. Vi will be
seen that the treaty Of Texas was moo,ed
IN the House of Lords, on Thursday night
by Lord Brougham. who is, Of course,
streRgty ererse to it, arising out of slavery
question:. Lord Aberdeen spoke gradually
hut both sf';i,o speakers emphatically de-
MED having ever contemplated, in connex-
ion with this question, The least jnicrIcf-
~nce with the institutions Of the United
States. - Wilmer d Smith Nay 10.
Posr OFFICE BILL.-The Pcs office
Bill reported by MIR. MerrCk has been de-
ieated. The following is an abstract Of
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