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Day
19
Month
February
Year
1844
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Public Domain
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Fice Dais Later Europe. - By the packet ship Montezuma, Captain Lowber, we have London papers of the 9th of Jáhüary. The Liverpool cofton market wasfirm, with an xipward tendency. Money was more abundant than ever. Commercial and monetary afFairs were prosperous. - The Hon. Mr. Cushing had left India for Cantón. The American frigate Brandywine stopped some weeks at Bombay to wait for Mr. Cushing. the Minister, who was going to see the sea frontiers of the Celestial Empire. He had sailed for Macao the 27th Nov. The rcvenue of the Kingdom of Great Britairi had increasod 725,670?. in the quarter ending Jan. 5th, 1844- 552,879?. of which was frora customs. The total increase for the year ending Jan. 5th, 1844, was 5,742,078L Mr. Steele has given instructions to have Sir James Graham, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Lyndhurst, immediately sumrnonec! to Dublin to give evidence on the trial of the Repealers. The jury to try the Irish Repealers are all Protestants! Ireland - State Trials- Tie Special Jury. - The process of striking a Special Jury in the case of the State traversers commencedat 12 o'clock on Wednesday, in 'the office of M r. Bourne, clerk of the Crown. The parties proceeded, Mr. Kemmis for the Crown and Mr. Cantwell for the traversers to reduce the list,, eacb naming onc alternately, Mr. Kemmis never failing to name either a Catholic or a Liberal, eleven of the former and one ofthelatter, and Mr. Cantwell each time exclaiming, " there's another Roman gone!" The list was at length reduced to twenty. Great complaints are made that the Crown should have struck offevcry Catholic that turned up from the ballot boxv which is considered equivalent to packing a jury, as the traversers will now be tried by a jury composed entire-ly of protestants. On Friday Mr. O'Connelf arrived at Kilkenny on his way to Dublin. The mayor, baliffs, and officers with civi'c paraphernalia met him in state. On Friday the parties attended beiore the Clerk of the Crown for the purpose of reducing the list. Mr. Manony ofFered affidavits of the parties omitted, and every proof necessary to bring the naat ter before the law officers in a tangible shape, proposing to have the list at once amended. All his observations were met by the clerk with the reply, that he had nothing to do with the matter, and that his simple duty was to see the list reduced.

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