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Foreign News: Arrival Of The Hibernia: Sixteen Days Later Fr...

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Day
11
Month
March
Year
1844
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Public Domain
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The stearnship Hibernia arrived at Boston on Monday morning, with dates from Liverpool to the 4th, nad London to the 3d instant. In n commercial point of view the news is of the highest importance. Cotton had gone up full l-4d ince our last accounts, with tremendous sales. The State Trials havo gone through sevcnieen days, and each day was a perfect farce. The Globe of Friday states on the authority of a eity correspondent, tuat the Bank o! tngland has obtained a renewal of iis charter from the present government. The Statu Trials. - The ab.-orbing topic of the day is the State trials, vvhich are now tnkmg place in Dublin. The prelininary steps have been marked by all the excrement and bad feeling bet ween the opposing parties, for which unhappy Ireland is dislinguished. The slriking of the special jury which is to try tlie issue, has ranged against the Goverrrment all the Roman Catholic party who were not previously Repealers. From some hundreds of iiames on tho panei, 48 were drawn by ballot, the travereers poesessing the same light as the Crown of peremptorially challenging 12 - 12oneach side. It happened thal out of the 48 drawn, 11 were Roman Catholics; there the Government challenged, and the whole were struck oif, the Representative of the traversers, during thie procese, say ing, there goes a Caihohc! anolher Pap ia struck offi" This affair has 6et the country ïn a blaze, 60 to speak, and impopular as were the pro ceedings before, it has made them worse. - That proceeding os may be imagined, gBve great umbrage to the Repeal party, and the Government has been attacked with great bit terncsB for adoptin a line of conduct which looks very like a foregone conclusión to pack a jury to insure a conviction. American Provisione are doing fa irly in England, Beef excepted. Cheese and Pork d well. There is nothing of much account from the Continent. They had been for two weeks debating the French King's Speech in the Chamber of Deputies and makmg litlle progre8s. The Legitimists were severcly eensured for the to the Duke of Bourdeaux in England. Berryer defended them with his accustomed eloquonce. India is much difqnieted, especially in the North West. British power issteadily extendkig irs sway. The Punjaub hes been aborbed in the E. I. Company's possessions and Seinde ie destined to share its late.

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Signal of Liberty
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