The Auckland Chronicle. Thursday, May 30, 1844.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 43, 30 May 1844, Page 2

The Auckland Chronicle. Thursday, May 30, 1844.

By the arrival of the Sisters, Capt. Clark, from Hobart Town, we have received English, Irish and Scotch news up to Jan. 28'h ; China, Sept. 4th ; Mauritius, Jan. 9th ; Cape of Good Hope, Feb. 17th; Hobart Town, May 10th ; Launceston, May 9th ; South Australia, May 2nd ; Port Phillip, May Ist; Sydney, May 2nd. and India news to Jan sth. There has been an unusually large Burner of deaths, of the nobility and gentry, in Enolaid, during the year 1843. Business, generally, was improving in the mother country and such is the glut of money that capitalists are unable to find means for its employment', Ihe Bank of England is now disconnting six months bills at iico per cent, * Several large fires had broken out in Liverpool and at one of them, Braneker’s sugar works, property to the amount of SO,OOO was destroyed. The riots of Rebecca and her daughters ivere dwindling away and England was in a very quiet state. A contract had been entered into by Her Majesty’s Government for the conveyance of mails, monthly, from the United Kingdom to Sydney. — British newspapers will be forwarded free of postage. In Ireland matters were in a very unsettled state and on Thursday, Jan 25th, Z most important meeting was held at the residence of Lord Charlemont, to take into consideiation the alarming excitement, with a view of adopting such measures as might be calculated to allay the ' same. The Duke of Leinster was called to the chair and there were present :—*• His Gnce the Duke of L-dn.ter, Marquis of CUrIncatle. Maquis «>• Kilda'e, Earl of Charlemont, Earl of Leitrim, Earl of Meath, Earl of Miltown, Viscount Ache-on, Lord Stuart tit Decie*, Sir Thoms* EsMunrle. Sir Percy Nugent, Sir John Bu-ke, Sir Valentine Blake, Sir John Power, Dubtin ; Mr. J, Power, M, P-, Mr. R. Archbold, M. P.. Mr. M. Corbally, M. P., Mr. T. Wvie, M. P . Rioht Hon, A R. Blake, Mr. G. Roe, Mr. T, Hinton Mr. W-Morphy, Mr. P. Purcell, Mr, S. Adair, Mr. J. O'Brien, Hon. C- French, Mr*s. Dickson. Mr. L. Crosthwsife, Mr J. Stock, M P., Mr. J. H, Talbot, Hon. Colonel Southwell, Mr, M C. Roberts. Hon. F. Ponsonby, &c. We are sorry that onr space will not admit of giving the speeches at the meeting but they shall appear in our next. The “ State Trials ” had commenced and about fourteen days had been spent on the part of the Crown, in examining witnesses &c. when our last advices left; nothing of importance had transpired but tve need not expect to hear the result uf the trials for the next two months at least. Several of the liberal papers, both in England and Ireland, speak in the most positive manner as to the conviction of lo O’Connell and the other traversers, on account of the known politics of the persons who compose the jury. Mr, O’Connell had caused an address to be Issued to the people of Ireland, calling On them to observe the most perfect quiet, peace and tranquility, until the trials are over, no matter what the result may be, but, he says, ** should there be the least outbreak or violence, in any parish, it will be my duty to abandon the repeal cause, and to forsake a people, who at such a critical period as the present, would not follow the advice I so earnestly give them.” We have given copious extracts of the trials so far as they have already gone. The Attorney Generals speech, on opening the case, occupied nearly three days {