The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-15
TIE LATEST NEWS.
Affairs IN Ireland.

THE PROGRESS OF DUFFY's PERSECUTION.
LIVERPOOL Saturday, lOA. M.
The Attorney General has not yet been able to
get the petty jury into the box, in order to adjud-
cate upon the guilt innocence of Mr.. Gavin Duff
fy The argument on the general demurrer to all the
counts OF the indictment has not vet been dlsposed
OF. Mr. Dufiy's friends are sanguine that iudp
ment will be IN their favor but there is no telling
after the Judgment Of last week, on the objection
t. the qualification of two of the grand iurv who
found The last bill OF Indictment In arguino the
demurrer, mir. Lutts made most splendid Grafton
fepiete win argument, great forensic SIX i'll and eO-
9uence. The fact is, that he more than once BAT
He'd the knowledge OF all the learned judges
Connected W tn this trial. verv STRANGE md
mysterious affair has come to light The solicitor
OF Mr.. Duffy, Mr. Edward O'Rorke, has published
letter, IN which he says:-
I immediately after Mr.. oDoghertys third trial.
aperson found two documents in the jury room.
few minutes after the. verdict was returned.
The followngls a copy of one of them
we find the prisoner guilty Of printing and publish
1ng the articles set forth the indictment and that
he is guilty Of gross msdemsanor but the jury are
not likely to agree to the issue paper submitted to
them.
Remarking upon this, Mr. O'Rorke says--Th,s
when you turn over the Leaf, you find written in a
totally different and in very easy good hand the
following omlnous words" Guilty on fifth
count"
The party who furnished these documents to
MIR: O'Rooke, assumes that the first writing.
which cannot be considered as verdict, was a
mote sent out OF the Jury room for directions as to the
verdict, and that the words equity on fifth count
written In different hand, were the answer to It,
On this surmise Mr.. O'Rorke observes-"There
are two facts we should remember in considering
THIS matter, that The finding on which the jury
originally egrrtd, VIZ. :--''hal he is guilty of a
gross mlsdemeanGr" would have amounted to a
verdict OF acqni,a on charge of felony; and seve-
rally that equity on fifth count" was the verdict
actua ly returned by the Jury.
Looking at the whole affair, it is one of too Sc.
nous nature TO allow to pass without notice; and
II the Jury have been tempered with it is mon
strous that the prisoner should be thus unustlv and
cruelty "swlndled out of his liberty" The mat.
ter, we have no doubt, will be investigated
We regret to say that the internal state of the
country is getting worse every day The poor law
is allowing up every penny that the land can pro-
Guce
The Brltannia's adv,ces hourly expected The
United States steamer Will leave this port on the
9th proxlmo. The New York packet ships are
ful Of manufactures
The Latest Markets.
LIVERPOOL CorroN MARKET, Dec. 80, 1S4S.
There is great demand to-day The market pre-
cents to this time, 10 feature Of moment Yester
cay ra' es maintained Holders look for ad-
vance which con-umer. sem unwilling to pay. The
sales may reach 5000 bales.
LrEnrooI CosN MARKET, Dec &c, 1913.
Nothing whatever il passing in the trade this
ing. The trade is Ian said
HAvRE COMMERCIAL REroRr, Dec 90.
CoTTor-The demand has been steady since our
last report and the sales reported about 284 bales
American varying from Sc 10 70fr.; and Pernambuco
sOfr. The imports during the 'ame period are 4974
bales; al the ettinsted stock hand at this port
1851 bales. of which Is 075 are American.
AsHEs-Ths demand j. limited and prices are merely
nomjr sl at 5Ofr for American, and 49fr for Cusan
We quote pearls at 50fr 54fr per SO xii duty paid
RIcr-Whsltbone and tallow doll "a tiercos OF
Carolina rice have found buyers at 2 to 2sfr 20 per
10 xii, duty paid.
MANCHESTER Goops AND Yam MARKET, DEC. 30.
Our market to day. Is In the same position during
the last eight or ten days. We doing little in either
goods yarn Nevertheless, full prices obtained.
Some sellers conceive that the II slightly increased
die postep to purchase cloths during the last day
two but the general statement is hardly to that effect
The Latest Shipping Intelligence.
BoBDEAUx, Dc 81 Sid lrvo New Orleans; lSth ANDRE do.
BAvRE Dec 28-Arr Oneds, New York.