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      ( Continued from our Seventh page . ) tern ^ snd to reduce the extravagant expences of these establishments . He objected to Qib expenee of thB Iioril Lieutenancy of Ireland , ¦ which amounted to between £ 50 , 000 and £ 60 . 0 * 0- What benefit -was obtained by this expenditure ? Was the office of any real use ? For his own part , he considered that the maintenance of the office "was no advantage to the « ountry . He thought , if Hie expesces of this country Srere thoronfhly investigated , aad if its rewurces -were TprppaJy considered , sseh onaeeeBsary expendHxre ^ rtmld not be incurred ; and fee would repeat , that fcefore the House waseaUed -apaa to Tote anppJtes , tbsy xmght tolave the mean * of ascertaining in -what -way the ^ ewnne of the country -was tobeobtained-Hhfar ) . It-was TWcoliarlyjnecBssarjattbe prcseat time , irhenth ©« onntry

      * as in such a state <* extreme-distress , that they should * iotrecklesslyTe >>* « ay the jrcblic money . WMisegard to anperannnafcrf -. * . stances , bethought that public oficera ought to Tecei ^^ soffiasiit . oompensat <» n -for their Ber-Tices , and that « hen those ^ services were i > e longer required they sieald have no farther dsia upon . the cauntry . fie 'was well aware that reductions -could sot be at once-effected in these establishments , bat -te considered that more economical plans osgbt in futwe to be adopted . He asied the House to consider the sufferings of the people ; they were bound to do »; and to thinfe of methods of relieving , instead of a ? gra -vating , tfce burdens'Under which the country-groanad . He wanted to tnow , whsther the Government had any

      intention ctf relieving tie people from the bnrden of the Income Tax , or , if not , whether they had any of relieving the great -body of the community from the pressure of indirect "t ^ xation ? Tee Hon . Gentleman concluded by moving his amendment , —• " That * t the present period of extended distress , It is . the duty of the House to consider the means of lightening the pressure of taxation on the people , by reducing to the greatest practicable extent the expenses of the military , as ^ r&ti as of tbe-crvil establishments -of tbe-cosntry ; thvt therefore it is expedient , that the voting of any supplies should be postponed till the estimates of the "Whole expenditure and the means to meet that expenditure be first famished to the House . " Mr . HriEE seconded the amendment .

      The question having been put , TStt . Williams objected to the expense o ? the Irish sn £ the Metropolitan police , which were , in i&ci , well trained military bodies , supported oat ef the taxes ; and inquired why the army was maintained on its present extravagant footing ? The Chascsxxob op the ExcasfttrsB considered that reply should be reserved till the particular estimates were under discussion . Mr . Hume considered Chat with proper ' redactions In the expense of our establishments the income tax might have been rendered unnecessary . He supported the

      -General JoHseeN also thought that the amendment "Was a reasonable one . Soring the five nights of -debate en the state of the country he had not heard one word in explanation of the real cause of the -distress , which was overtaxation . Captain PoLKliL referred the cause of distress to the £ reat and rapid increase of the population . Machinery ¦ was the curse of-the country . On a division , Mr . Crawford ' s -amendment was supported by 25 , and rejected bj 62 . Tha House then went into a committee of Bupply ;

      Sir Hbsbt HittPixGB brought forward the army estimates . As compared with the previous year there is to be a reduction of 5 740 men , with a total saving on the entire estimates cf £ 133 , 000 . The reduction in the unmber of men was as large as could be effected at this early staee in the-re-establishment of peaceful relations , keeping in view the proper relief of regiments serving abroad , and the effective discipline of the army . After going through the various items , he concluded by proposing the first vote , which was for 209 , 446 men for the land service . Mr . Hume considered that if the number of troops in vox colonies were-reduced , we could afford to abolish the duties-on cotton and wooL He also censured the

      system adopted towards the Boers of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and re-affirmed that oar diatrestaa arose from extravagance , as well as bad legislation . He - wished the force to-be reduced to what it was in 2335 ; * nd proposed an amendment that the vote be reduced hy 10 , 060 men . Xord Aethcb Lkjkox considered that if -we wished a better class of men to enter the army , we should increase the rate of pensions which was at present a miserable pittance « f- sixpence a day . Captain Xata&s would vote for the amendment if Le were convinced 4 hat the er . dit and dignity of the country could be sustained by ts . e reduction , of which , however , be was not satisfied . Mr . Williams regretted that Mr . Hume had not moved fora larzerreduction .

      Sir Hexby HaHUKjck explained that maay of the stringent regulations complained of , such as that relating te widows' pensions , were not to be attrifeated to the Government , upon whom they were forced by the recommendations of the ^ Snance committees . He -denied that there were too many troops in any one cf our colonies . After some rorthertliscnssion , a divison took $ lace on Mr . Hume ' s amendment , when it w&i rejected by 106 to 20 . The next T 0 tew » sf « j £ 3 . 613 , 327 for the expenses of the army , which wae agreed to , as were the remain ing Tales The vote for the expenses of the volunteer corps was objected to by Sir . Williams , but was carried by-98 to 28 . Sir JiUXS GbahaX then moved the second reading of the registration of Yofcers Bill , reserving discussion to a future stage . "The other orfen of the day were then disposed-of , and the House adjourned .

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      HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Tcbsday , Feb . £ 8 . The Solicttob-Gxnxrax moved that " The £ ergeant-at-Anns and William Bellamy be allowed to appear and appeal 4 o these actions . " This -was an action of false imprisonment under ithe Speakers warrant , which had-fceeen issued agaast the present plaintiff for a breach of privilege , ia having condncted , as attorney , certain actions brought by one Stockdale against Mr . Hansard , the-printer of the Honse , for alleged libels contained in a ceport which Mr . Hansard had printed by its anih « nty . The Sergeant had been served with a habeas corpus npon on © t > f the arrests made by him in consequence cfStockdale ' s actions . The Attorney-General was cirected bv the House is appear ; he di < appear :

      and the Court held that the Speaker * * warrant was in itself a sufficient answer . " The presett action being for false imprisonment under the saee warrant , he - w « old propose that , as before , the House should permit the officer to -. appear and plead . If they were found by the Jnsy to have comgiitted any excess m what they had . done . it was fit that they Khonld fee responsible ; ifithey were found to save committed no excess , the warrant would be their complete Justification . Sir T . Wiess regarded this { proposal as no iesB i * na surrender of the privilege&of the Honse . Tbis House was , and ought to maistein itself , the sob jndge . pf us own privileges % and ii jhad deserted its duty m permitting the Speaker ± p plead to the

      * ctionofSirF . Bar . dett . He referred , to the speeches made m Parliament l > y Sir K . PeeLcn Stockdale ' s case , which he considered as authorities against the | ow proposed course ^ f Government . J * t not the Mouse , after fhe resolntion it had passed , depart T ^ i ^ f irap ^ adpl ^ - lner 8 lT *• ««» lid of a tern-SSSS ? ™ ^ ??; U&b flonse *«^ send this mmssmm the

      S l ^ ^ y v courtS of fiW , &e fi ^ T 5 ^ Jmd reverses those of thTcSu ? oS . P Si ^ & - ° ^^ dinquirearhetheriy I 2 S ? i 3 ? -&l OIIt m *\ ° «* wH «» f its war to direct ampie compenafion j hnt not tojSk ? S larte , fa precedent destraetive tolts ind ^ Senw And derogatorj to its dignity . « y « w « aoe , 851 ^•^ a - ttonght it hie duty , before the debate jiroeeeded further , to inform the Hoo ^ of » i * t hel * & * nly just learned , that this ^ ocees had not beeiuserved tiU Saturday ; ihat theS W $ &&& * wonld expire on Wednesday , and iw / ttA ' settle of application tor She enlargement *? g »* *»»» ff 5 ^ i » ffrea befpreme pVJpck that

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      SirTHOius Wiide and the Sol--citob-Genbral agreed that no important question would be prejudiced by ticking out a summons to enlarge the time . Sir R . P / iBL , in the expectation that the time would be enlarged , proposed to adjouru the debate , which ? rap , agreed to . Lord Ashley rose to move "that an humble address be presented to her Majesty praying that her Ma | esty will be graciously pleased to take into her instant and serious consideration the best means of diffusing the benefits and blessings of a moral and religious education amongst the workinng classes of her people . " After enlarging on the general importance of education , and the great , increase of

      population during the present century , he drew the atten--taon of the House to the present state of crime and ignorance , and of moral and intellectual degradation in Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , and other populous districts , among the lower classes , especially the younger portion of them . Drunkenness , cursing , promiscuous intercourse of the sexes , were frightfully prevalent among the youth . They knew no religion—no God ; the only knowledge possessed by great numbers of them was that of the exploits of Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard . There was evidence whioh established the fact that not less than £ 25 , 000 , 000 sterling are annually expended in ardent spirits ; and ii was proved by medical men that a large proportion—perhaps half—of all the cases of insanity are produced by the intemperance thus widely prevalent .

      He was aware that what he asked would occasion some expense ; but if we would not consent to tax ourselves for the prevention of crime , we must be taxed more heavily still for ithe punishment of it . The expense of one convict for one year would educate more than one hundred children . He attributed mnch of the existing evil to the track system , to the payment of wages at public-housea , and to the miserable condition of the people ' s habitations . The present state of things could not continue for twenty years more , without producing a convulsion which must overthrow the whole fabric of society . It was remarkable that the better educated poor were net found among the insurgents in the late disturbances . This country owed a heavy debt to its poor , whose faults were mainly imputable to the neglects of those above them .

      Sir J . Graham agreed in the acknowledgment of tbis debt to the poor , and deprecated , on this important discussion of their interests , all interference of party considerations . He concurred in Lord Ashley ' s opinions as to the truck system and the payment of wages , and would be glad to join in any such further measure for the cure of those evils as could be enacted without a dangerous infringement upon private rights and contracts . The Btate of the people ' s dwellings , and the general arrangement of sanatory regulations in large towns were subjects on which the Government was at this time actually occupied . Be gladly gave his support to the present motion . He feared that Protestant England had more neglected the grand duty of educating the

      people than any other nation of Europe . The law had now been victorious ; the soldier and policeman had done their duty ; and the time was come when the public instructors must go forth . The Government had most anxiously considered this necessity ; and he ardently wished that the House , laying aside all religious and political differences , would join in endeavouring 10 find some neutral ground on which the Church and the Dissenters might amicably meet . He would now state what had been done , and what ihe ministers would propose to do . In Scotland there existed a parochial system of National education ; and grants had been made by the Committee of Privy Council to two great normal schools which had been established in Edinburgh and Glasgow ,

      and from which the whole kingdom would by degrees be supplied with instructors , teaching by the simultaneous system . Grants had also been made for schools in England—large grants , indeed , yet certainly not adequate to the need of the case . With respect to the future , he would first propose that parishes should be united tor the formation of district schools . The children to be there instructed should , in the first place , be orphans and other destitute paupers , or the offspring of poor parents willing te let them be educated there . He would attach to each school a chapel , with a clergyman who should teach the liturgy and : Catechism of the Church ; the children of Dissenters , however , being exempted from attendance on those ministrations ,

      and allowed to reseive religious instruction from any licensed minister of any denomination . He gave several particulars respecting the state of some of the larger manufacturing districts , showing a total want of the means of instrur on there ; and then proceeded to the case of children not dependent on parochial relief , but employed is factories . He would propose tkat no child should be suffered to work more than six hours and a half in one day ; and that each should be obliged to attend school daily for three hours . The principle upon which grants had been usually made for the building of schools was , that ticothirds of the cost should be raised by private contribntion . He wonld recommend that for the fnturo

      orw-third only should be k quired from private sources . The maintenance of the school when built might be defrayed partly from small payments to be made by the children themselves for their schooling , and partly by a parochial rate of threepence in the pound . He wouid have the schools managed each by seven trustees , who should be , the clergyman , the two churchwardens , and four persons to be nominated by the magistrates . The trustees should appoint the master , with the sanction of the Bishop . No child should be required to attend the worship of the Church of England , or the religious instruction imparted by ihe master , if the friends of euch child should object to his being brought up in conformity with the Church of England . These provisions , be

      trusted , would protect all classes , and afford complete security against all attempts at prosely tism . Lord Joh : ( Russell felt that the sums heretofore voted for the great purpose of education had been yery inadequate , and , indeed , quite insignificant as compared with the amounts granted for other public services . On the details set forth by Sir . James Graham , he would not , without more mature . consideration , pronounce an opinion ; but aa between the Cburch and the Dissenters , he regarded the principle of them as one which ought not to be opposed by theae who had the gar eat object of education really at heart . He illustrated the necessity of interpoatioa . upon thi 3 subject , by some evidence of the state of spiritual ignorance in the West Hiding of

      Yorkshire , and expressed bis opinion , that when a plan was thus fairly brought forward with a view to reconcile the consciences of all denominations , it would = be not only folly , iut wickedness , on the part of the -House to reject it . His own objection was only tkat the scale of the provision was not large enough . Any plan for a purpose like this could be effected only by an Executive Government generally supported . He insisted on . 'he importance of providing competent schoolmasters , and retaining them by sufficient inducements ; for it happened too often that , from the master ' s deficiency in zeal , or from his inaptitnde for "his duty , the children learned what was taught them in a ssperficial manner , and without any real understanding or feeling of it ; and

      where a master was well fitted for his duties , he was tempted 4 o quit them by finding that he could get a better remuneration for his . talents elsewhere . Some diffieufey occurred in the unwillingness of parents themselves to let their . children attend school ; and he wished some means to be considered by w ) uch that unwillingness might be removed . He suggested also the expediency of providing some -education for the classes above the poorest , so that the Email farmers and tradesmen might aet entertain a jealousy of the superior means of education afforded to their workpeople . Lord Sajtdon expressed his satisfaction at the proepectB which this evening had opened . Mr . Ewajct desired totwaive iheologie&l difference % for the sake « f the great object now in

      view . Sir C Bubbell contE ^ red . Mr . Shaw was disappointed that nothing had been said about the extension « f the educational principle to Ireland . Mr . C Buller reminded the House of the vast total of cfcarity funds specifically applicable to education , amounting to about , £ 300 , 000 a year . There was another class of charities , founded for giving small sums ± o the poor . Sueh small sums were not only useless , , but mischievous ; they were generally expended in . drink , and would be much better applied in education . The amount of the foundations 4 qt this purpose was not less than £ 170 . 000 a year .

      Sir K . Inglk could not approve , in a system of national education , the avowal cf an intention to exclude proselylism ; since it must always be a dut ^ to attempt ihe propagation « f what we our-Belres believed to te the truth . Still less oould he appnare the suggestion of diverting any charitable foundations from the purposes of their founders , unless ih-ese purposes c « uld be proved to he immoral . Sir Gsp&gs Gbxt feailedthe prospect ^ f improvement wh ^ ih now ap peared to present itself through the cordial spirit of all parties . He believed that Lord Cottaaham was in communication eith the Government -on the subject of a legislative measure for-rendering certain classes of educational charities more available £ han at present .

      Sir R . Pm said , that jmless conviction srere brought home iBdividnally to the minds of all sum ia the wealthier glasses that they themselves had Beared the guilt ef aegleot in Jhls matter , the good eff * cted this eveninc would Wbat imperfect . With respect to the objeottan on the subject of proselytism , the question was one of balance between good and eril j _» nd he was not willing , for ihe sake of the occasional good of conrarsion , to let the present enormous evils , moral and religions , continue to press upon us . He would be content to admit some modifications of educational charities , where tha ehange of times and circumstances had rendered tne original purposes impracticable ; but he could not concur in a proposal for diverting , even to so f °° J JVM * ft&t ° i education , a Request intended foramall donations to the poor . He deienoed . tfie limited ecaJe oa whichiGoYernment pro *

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      posed to begin th « ir plan . Success m the manufacturing dtsiricts , where the experiment was first to bo attempted , would open the way for it in the rural parts of the kingdom . Mr . Hawes thought the Dissenters would not like a trust of whioh the clergyman ef the parish was to be at the head . Mr . Aclaxd was content that the comprehensive principle should be adopted in public schools ; but he hoped that Gavernment would not discourage the establishment also of such schools as private parties might wish to found for the education of children in the principles of the Church of England alone . Mr . Smith O'Bbikn expressed himself but little satisfied . Lord Ashley , in reply , thanked the House for the reception which it had given to his motion , which was then unanimously carried , and the House adjourned .

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      ^ - ~~ v ~~~ w ~ O'CONNELL AND THE IRISH CATHOLIC CLERGY . LETTER SECOND . TO THE RIGHT REV . DR . BLAKE , CATHOLIC BISHOP OP DROMORE . My Loed , —At the conclusion of my last letter I mentioned that , I should , in this my second letter , , state the reasons which influenced Mr . O'Connell to commence the Repeal agitation , and the agitation for the total abolition of tithes , and bIbo his motives for having entered into a base compromise of the tithe question with the Whigs . But , my Lord , these two subjects are of such vast importance that I find it difficult to writs about the two , with any degree of clearness in one letter . I shall therefore be obliged to divide these subjects into two letters ; aad in the present letter sp « ak of the Tithe agitation exclusively .

      I am well aware , my Lord , that the people of Ireland were always epposed to the payment of tithes since the introduction of that impost into Ireland in the reign of Henry the Second , and under auspices to whioh I shall net now make any further allusion . It is very difficult to dea \ with any political question with which Mr . O'Connell has bad anything to do , because he mixes up so many questions together and dovetails them into each other , in snob an artful manner , that his warmest admirers and most steady adherents cannot tell with any degree of accuracy to what society they belong , or to what objects they subscribe their names . 1 feel tbia difficulty now , and , as an example , by way of illustration , just let me here direct your Lordship ' s attention to the recorded proceedings of the Repeal Association to which you have paid your subscription in advance . Now , my Lord , bear in mind that the present Repeal Association is made up of four distinct classes of members .

      1 st . —The unarmed Volunteers of which your Lordship is enrolled a member . t 2 nd . —The Volunteers , armed , I should suppose , as the inference is clear and conclusive , that as your Lordship is an enrolled member of the unarmed Volunteers , the Volunteers must be armed , or why tbis distinction ? Why are you , my Lord , enrolled a member of toe unarmed Volunteers unless the others an ? armed ? There em be no doubt as to the justice of the inference . 3 rd . —The members who pay one pound a year . 4 th . —The Associates or Socialists who pay one shilling a year , but who are denied the right to speak or vote . Now there is an " omnibus rebus '' for you . You have paid your money in advance , and what are you ? Why all you know , or can know about tbe matter is , that you have paid yonr money , and that you are a member of tbe unarmed volunteers , that is all .

      Now , my Lord , the Repeal question , the Tithe question , and tbe associations founded under the pretence of carrying these questions through Parliament , but for the purpose of getting money , and then changing tbe name and character of tbe associations in order to get more money , were so artfully jumbled together that I find as much difficulty in coming at any really tangible or ostensible object of these associations , as your Lordship will find in making it clear to the world how you are a Repealer , or how , or in what way do you propose to repeal ( he Union by becoming a member of the " unarmed voluuteera of Ireland of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . " What in tbe name of all that is wonderful , is the meaning , or what is the use of this jarcon ?

      No doubt , my Lord , bat you have read Mr . O'Connell's letters to Lord Dunc&nnon , urging , with all his eloquence , tbe benefit which tbe country would derive ; the tranquillity which would ensne on the removal of Mr . Blackburn from the office of Attorney-General , and his promotion to the "neutrality op the bench / ' At this period , 1830 , Mr . O'Connell was for tbe total abolition of tithe , as well as for the Repeal of tbe Union . There was nothing then in the way ot achieving both those grand objects , except the

      Tory Attorney-General , Blackburne , whom he said would make an excellent Judge , but was a bad Attorney-GeneraL Tbose letters to Lord Duncannon would be amusing enough from their folly and inconsistency , hod they not been so exceedingly mischievous ; mischievous , because tbe Irish people , unfortunately for their country , confided like your Lordship in the " wisdom , prudence , loyalty , and discretion" of the wily author of them , and were consequently led to oppese a Government which it is well known really intended substantial j as tic © to Ireland .

      My Lord , the total abolition of tithes in name and nature , " so as not to leave a trace behind , ' was strongly and eloquently advocated by Mr . O'Connell ia public speeches and in soul-stirring letters : and upon several occasions he called upon the people by all they valued upon earth , by their hopes of salvation , to hold no intercourse with any man who should pay the unholy impost . He implored them not to beat or abuse the tithe payer ; but if he offered to shake hands with any of them , to answer , " No , I thank yon , I can shake my own hand ; " and to take care and not " walk on the same side of the road with him coming from mass , if such a wretch as a tithe payer ever went to mass . " The men were especially enjoined not to beat

      or abuse him ; but the women were told they might spit upon him ; tbe total abolition of tithe agitation flourished ; itinerant agitators were employed in tbe same manner as Repeal agitators are employed sow ; Horse , Foot , and Artillery were all put into active operation to put down the tithe agitation ; but Mr . O'Connell's appeals to the people rendered the whole power and strength of the Government unavailing . Tithe ceuld sot be collected ! and many a farmer , who could ill afford it , snfftjred the seizure and sale of bis property , for tithe in preference to the odium , the public odium which he should inevitably encounter were he to pay tithe , in opposition to the general feeling which was thus so successfully excited against all those who had dared to pay .

      The first collision between the people and the police and newly armed yeomanry , occurred at Newton borry , on the ever memorable 13 th of June , 1831 , at which place no less thau fourteen baman beings were shot dead upon the spot , by the police and yeomanry , under the pretence of protecting tbe distress from rescue . Here were fourteen persons shot dead on the supposition that they were about to rcsjue % few heifers which were seized upon for £ 2 3 s . 6 d . tithe . said to be due to the Rev . Mr . M'Clintock , brother-in-law to Lord Roden . Here was a minister of the gospel shedding blood for money ! Here is a Christian Church by law established ! But is Mr . O'Connell in no manner answerable for the

      blood which was ] shed upon that occasion at Newtonbarry ? Bear in mind , my Lord , that he has charged Chartism with the Whig plot and outbreak at Wales in 1839 , and by w&p of showing his horror for the shedding of human blood , thanked his God that it was Catholic Sergeant Daly , and a handful of Irish C&tholic recruits that shot down Eaglish Protestants upon the occasion . I beg pardon it was the pious O Connell who expressed his satisfaction at Irish Catholics having shot down English Protestants at Newport , in Walea , in 1839 . He in whose " discretion , wisdom , prudence , and integrity , " your Lordship places tbe utmost confidence .

      The next tithe affiir was at Cirrickshark in tbe county of Kilkenny , on the 14 th December , 1831 , on which ocaasion one tithe martyr was shot by Captain Gibbons , of the police . This unfortunate victim exclaimed just before be expired , " boys , I am gone , but remember Newton-barry . " Soon after this dying ejaculation , Captain Gibbons and eighteen policemen lay dead upon the ground . This was avenging the Newtonbarry slaughter . Here ia a Christian Church ehedding blood for money l But remember that your friend Mr . O'Connell was at the head of tbe tithe agitation ,

      that no honest man was to walk or talk , or shake hands with the mm who would pay tithe , and the women too were to spit upon him , should he dare to violate the Liberator's mandate . But was there any English Radical , or Chartist , or Protestant , base enough to thank God that it was English Protestant soldiers that shot down Irish Cathoies upon these occasions ? No , not one . Tet the pious O'Connell who would not shed one drop of human blood for the whole world , did publicly and repeate Jly thank his God that Serjeant Daly , a Catholie , and a few Irish Catholic recruits did shoot down English Protestants at Newport in Wales in

      1839 !! It would take up too much space in any newspaper to enumerate all tbe scenes of bloodshed and murder , and imprisonment , and deaths in prison which followed in the wake of this tifhe agitation , of which Mr . O'Connell was the head , Ihe "illustrious" leader and the promoter . And if it be just to charge the folly and indiscretion of a few dupes of Whig espionage , at Newport and other places , to Chartism and Chartistileaders , it is equally just , in fact , far more just , to charge Mr . O'Connell as the guilty author of all the blood that was shed , and all the lives that were sacrificed in prison and otherwise , in consequence of having implicitly

      followed bis advice in offering resistance to the payment of tithes . It msy be said , in palliation of his Silt , that he only recommended passive resistance ; ; s better plea can be advanced for the Chartist *!—their motto being PEiCB , Lav ? , Order . Besides the base Whi £ 8 could have no motive in sending spies amongst the Irish to encourage them to violate the Jaw —to resist the payment of tithe ; whereas , on the other hand , an outbreak amongst the Chartists was everything to the Whigs . It afforded them an opportunity of letting loose the military upon them , of crushing , as they h » d hoped , effectually and for ever , those upon yhpBe Bhoulaew they got ifito power , and who W « e

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      very likely to hurl them out of pewer , as they did after all , in consequence of their having , when in power , violated every pledge they had given and promise they had made when they were out of power . There are other grounds , and strong grounds too , for charging Mr . O Connell as the guilty autkor of all the blood ( hat was shed in resisting the payment of tithes , from 1830 till the 24 th of December , 1834 , the day of the murder of tbe Widow Ryan ' s son , at Rathcormack , for tithe due , or supposed to be due , to the Rev . Mr . Ryder . Here is another of those Parsons who say that they are followers of our blessed Redeemer and the teachers of his doctrines , shedding blood for m « ney . A man should never allude to this painfal subject without mentioning the fact , in order that it may be held in remembrance . It is thiB , and it is true , that while Widow Ryan was kneeling over the bleeding body of her eon , whom she had just discovered among the dead and dying , Parson Ryder rode to her and

      said—«« widow Ryan , will you pay your tithe now ? " ! After all this bloodshed , after tithes were virtually abolished by the people , after Lord Stanley had actually prepared a Bill for the total extinction of tithe , and after Eirl Grey ' s government bad been broken up in consequence of as base a breach of confidence on the part of Mr . O'Connell as ever man was guilty of , and after , in addition , having broken faith upon the tithe question with all the liberal Irish Members , he entered into a base compromise with Lord Melbourne upon the tithe question , and entered into an agreement to suppert Lord Melbourne ' s administration through thick and thin , on the condition that he should have his full share of the Irish patronage . Principles , great principles , sealed with the blood of martyrs , were bartered for places 1 places I places I

      Please to bear in mind that I shall enter fully into tbe subject of places in my letter on the Repeal agitation . We ehall then see whether you still confide in Mr . O'Connell ' s " wisdom , prudence , discretion , integrity , and patriotism . " After having entered into an arrangement with Lord Melbourne ' s administration to betray the tithe question , and to put the repeal question in abeyance , under the pretext of trying an experiment with the " only British ministry that were desirous to do justice to Ireland ;" aminiBtry , mind , which was solemnly pledged to prefer a civil war to a repeal of the union . Well , Mr . O'Connell came over to Dublin , called a meeting at the Corn Exchange , and made a speech which fills four columns of the Freeman ; and about what do you

      Imagine ? juat to substitute the word " adjusted" for ' abolished . " Tithes were then to be adjusted not abolished . No ; no 1 tbe Melbourne administration would adjust the tithes , but would not abolish them . Here was political knavery for you with a vengeance ( But the knavery did not end here . Mr . Wm . Sharman Crawford was the consistent advocate of the total abolition of tithes ; while the advocate of total and unconditional emancipation became suddenly enamoured with the instalment system . Mr . Crawford would not compromise principle by praying parliament for a less measure than the country was entitled to : the new and absurd doctrine of takiag ten shillings in the pound aa an instalment of a debt from a man wko was able to pay forty shillings for every pound he owed , was for the first time introduced to the Irish victims of this

      species of / political chicanery . Mr . Crawford , like a true nobleman , forfeited bis seat for Dundalk sooner than forfeit his fair character . He was then called " Crotchety Crawford . " His landlord and tenant bill was flung to the winds . There was nothing thought of or spoken of but votes of thanks and gratitude to the " only ministry that ever did justice to Ireland . '' Keep out the Tories and get into the places was the common cry of all the tithe agitators . Every man who sought for , or thought ot getting any good for the eonntry was hunted down as a Tory . Place-hunters alone were the true patriots of the day . While these things were going on the Whigs were adjusting the tithes ; the opposition ceased as if by magic ; the members ceased ; there was no more bloodshed—no further outcry against the unholy impost .

      Now , as Mr . O'Connell had the power not only to stop the tithe agitation , but to turn the Irish constituencies in some places against the representatives who adhered to their pledge- for the total abolition of tithes , is it not just , and right , and true , and reasonable to infer that he could have prevented all the tithe slaughters if it were his interest to have done so ? And as that inference is sound and just , it therefore follows that he , as the head , the leader , and author and promoter of tile opposition , the passive resistance to the payment of tithe , is justly chargeable as the guilty author of all the blood that was shed during the tithe agitation . Ib is astonishing how this man can dare to call God to witness ; that he would not cause the shedding of one drop of human blood for the whole world . Having succeeded , by the most disreputable artifices and misrepresentations , in getting Mr . Crawford

      and other honest men out of the House of Commons , the political atage became altogether and exclusively his own . There were none to oppose him or thwart him in any manner . The Ministry were , if not of his own choice , at least those in whom he could confide , and to whom tbe country , at bid bidding , repeatedly accorded its approbation aud gratitude . No one dare even hint a doubt of the integrity and honesty of the Ministry . Should a man speak of tbe Repeal of the Union he was at once declared to be in the pay of the Tories . Should be speak of the total abolition of tithes , he was Instantly denounced as an enemy to the Liberal Government Honest men were thuB hunted out of tbe field of politics ; white Repealers werb quietly surrendering counties and boroughs to non-Repealers for places . He who would not support the Ministerial plan for " adjusting" the tithes was at once and unequivocally declared to be a Tory .

      Well , my Lord , the places having been disposed of , the ministerial plan for the adjustment of tithes , was at length produced , and the excuse for its enermity , for Its dcceitfulness , was , that the Tories forsooth would not let this excellent ministry bring forward a better measure . Now , my Lord , you know as well as I do that the Church , as established by Act of Parliament , but not by the Acts of Apostles , in this kingdom , never before the passing of this Whig boon , got 60 per cent , of the nominal amount of tithes , while the Whig act secures to that establishment , permanently secures to it , 75 per cent , of tbe nominal amount of tithes , and besides makes the Irish landlords tithe-proctors , and gives the most unconstitutional facilities to tbose clerical

      plunderers of tbe poor for the recovery of the unholy and anti-Christian impost , and converts tithe into a rent charge , and empowers the landlords of Ireland to distrain for tithe in the same manner as for rent ; empowers the parson to enter upon the premises of the landlord should he neglect to pay for twenty-ene days after the tithe-rent charge becomes due , and gives precedence to the Irish rent-charge over all otber kind of debts , rent , mortgages , bands , judgments , even bankruptcy itself ; all , all , can be turned out , ousted , to make way for the debt due to tbe ministers of the established Church ; and this is the adjustment of the tithe question for opposition to which Mr . Sharman Crawford forfeited his seat for Dundalk , and for which the people shed their blood , and died in prison .

      But this is not all ; the act professes to take twenty-five percent , off the tithe , and your friend Mr . O'Connell , in whose " wisdom , prudence , energy and integrity you confide , " has repeatealy boasted that he succeeded in getting twenty-five per cent off the tithes . But how stands the fact ! Tbe true state of the cose is this The Parson gets seventy-five per cent secured to him as a first charge upon every estate in Ireland , while the landlords , who are well known not to be very favourable to the tenantry , ate allowed twenty-five per cent for collecting the tithe , so that by this infamous Whig juggle , the poor tenant , who contrived one way or other before the passing of thia Act , to pay not more than half the nominal amount of tithe , is now obliged to pay the whole amount , and from the payment of which there is no mode of escaping , as the law

      erapowers the landlord to eject for non-payment of tithes as well as for non-payment of rent And this is what the country has obtained after all tbe blood that was shed , after all the tithe martyrs whs died in prison , in consequence of having followed the advice of him in whose integrity , wisdom , prudence , and discretion , you , ray Lord , have tbe utmost confidence . There never was a people so deceived , so completely betrayed , aa the | Iri 8 h have been ; yet they ore still confiding , still trusting him who betrayed them : and why do they trust him ? Because you , my Lord , from either not knowing him , or from a mistaken notion of charity , screen his political crimes from the people , and hold him up as a man possessed of every virtue , as a man who would sacrifice life itself to principle and consistency . Oh I this is too bad i

      Look , my Lord , at the principles upon which the " National Political Union" was founded in 1832 . Th 6 y are to be sure ludicrous enough , and particularly so when we take Into consideration how quickly and how basely they were abandoned ; and how flippantly they were disavowed when it answered an immediate object to disavow them . Those propositions were drawn op by the " illustrious bead of the Repeal Association , " Daniel O'Connell himself , who was then , as he is now , " Chairman of the Coramitee . " Consider for a moment

      the folly , the wickedness of calling upon a nation to subscribe from a farthing a week to a pound a year to such ridiculous fudge , and the consummate impudence , tbe brazen-faced effrontery of having addressed lithographed ctrculars to all the Catholic clergy of Ireland , signed "Edward Dwyer , secretary , " commanding them to adopt these propositions in their respective parishes on pain of being , as the circular stated , " marked as men who betrayed their country . " Just look at the ridiculous propositions which the Catholic clergy were tb . ua called apon to support : —

      ' « Corn Exchange , Dublin , lsfc Sep ., 1832 . "OBJECTS OF THE POLITICAL UNION OF IRELAND . 1 st . — " To prepare an address to the Throne to di « - mias the Marquis of Angelsey , Mr . Secretary Stanley , and Mr . Attorney-General Blackburne . 2 nd . — " To prepare a short and emphatic petition to Parliament for the total abolition of tithes , so as not to leave a trace behind . 3 rd . — "To prepare a petition for tbe immediate repeal of the Legislative Union , the inefficiency of which ha * been folly proved by an experience of thirty-two years .

      4 th . — " To petition the House of Commons to exhibit articles of Impeachment against the Marquis of Anglesey , Secretary Stanley , and Attorney General

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      Blackburne , for their mis-government of Ireland , by arrogating to themselves tbe power of the Legislature , and giving ttie force of law to un-constitutional proclamations ; their revival of Orange bigotry , their share In the several matters which have caused the shedding of so much blood in Ireland ; their dispersing public meetings met for legal purposes , and daring to tread under foot the sacred and most important tight of petitioning the Legislatue . 6 th . — " To appoint in each parish in Ireland a permanent committee of nine or more persons for the above purposes , to procure signatures to the address and petitions , and to have them ready for presentation on the first day of ! the first session of a Reformed Parliament i ¦

      6 th . — " The next great duty of the committee is to receive donations ; but in particular to collect subscriptions of a farthing a week from each individual to defray the necessary and legal expenses which must be incurred inj the attaining of oar great objects , and in particular , to indemnify persons who may be unjustly persecuted for patriotic exertions in favour of Irish libsrty . j 7 th . — " That such collections be termed the < National RENT' for procuring , by legal and constitutional means exclusively , the extinction of tithes by Act of Parliament , and the restoration of tbe legislative independence of Ireland , aud that the amount be forwarded to | the Secretary of the Political Union of Ireland monthly , to be by him lodged in tbe Hibernian Bank , and allocated to the purposes before mentioned , under the direction of the Finance Committee .

      8 th "That Daniel O'Connell , M . P ., John Power and David Lynch , Esquires , be appointed Treasurers to the National Rent . 9 th . — " That each person subscribing one pound , shall he enrolled a member of the National Political Union . . " Baniel O'Connell , Chaiiman . " Now , my Lord , would not any man' imagine at tbe time ] when these propositions were adopted , and recommended for general adoption to the Irish people , that Mr . O'Connell was serious in

      this threat at impeachment , serious in his promise t * have tithes ; abolished , not " adjusted , " serious in his determination to repeal the union " immediately ?" But , no , my Lord , there was nothing honest or serious about It . Tub whole scheme about the repeal of tbe union and the total abolition of tithes was got up and agitated in the first instance with no other view , with no other motive than that of annoying and thwarting X' art Grey and the Marquis of Anglesey , because they had the temerity to j promote Mr . Solicitor-General Daherty to the Bench { without consulting the illustrious head of the Repeal Association .

      With what grace this man accuses the Marquis of Anglesey of having revived Orange bigotry in Ireland He who at ! the great Reform dinner in Drogheda , in December , 1830 , toasted in a tumbler of Boyne Water tbe Chartered toast of the Orangemen , " The glorious , pious , and i Immortal memory of the great and good King William , who saved us from Popery , slavery , brass-money , and wooden shoes ; and may those who refuse to drink it be rammed and crammed into the great gun at Atblone , and their damned souls blown round the citadel like a blue-bottle round a sugar hogsbead . " And , at a breakfast at Mr . Sheriff Seott'a , be proposed the same toast And after this folly and absurdity , and after having exposed himself to the ridicule of every sensible , of every honest man in the

      kingdom ; after having forced the government to reembody and arm the Orange Yeomanry , if it were for no other reason than that of preventing them from becoming victims of his hollow and shallow professions of conciliation , he bad the hardihood to acjBuse the Marquis of Anglesey of having revived Orange bigotry in Ireland . And he has the unblushing { effrontery to attribute the crimes of Whig spies to Chartism , and to mix it up with Socialism , well knowing when he does so that they are essentially different , that Chartism aims at political changes ; insists upon the unalienable right to the franchise of every male inhabitant of this empire of sane mind , of the

      fall age of twenty-one years , and nonconvicted of felonious offence ; that the Parliaments shall be annual ; that the votes shall be taken by ballot ; that the empire shall be divided Into equal electoral districts , each district te return an equal number of representatives ; that the property qualification shall be abolished , in order that' pious men like Maurice O'Connell , and Morgan O'Connell , and John O'Connell may sit . in Parllament without qualifying out of property which every body knows is not theirs . Tbis is Caartism . my Lord , " Torch and dagger Chartism , " with all the secrets , horrors , infidelity , and abominations which the pious truth-loving Liberator , " the illustrious head of the Repeal Association . " has surrounded it

      In my next letter , 1 shall state a few of tbe substantial reasons which influenced Mr . O Connell to put the Repeal'in abeyance . Ia the mean time , 1 am , My Lord , Withi the greatest respect for your exalted station , as well as for your personal character , Your Lordship ' s Most obedient servant , Patrick OHiggins . Dublin , Feb . 6 , 1843 .

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Feb . 28 . —The supplies of Grain to this day ' s market are rather larger than last week . Wheat has been dull sale , and ls . per quarter lower . Barley , Oats aad Beans , very little alteration from last week . THE AVERAGE . PRICES OP WHEAT , FOR THE WEEK ] ENDING FEB . 28 , 1843 . Wheat , i Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qrs . I Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qrs . 3121 ! 1690 549 — 250 70 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ B . d . £ s . d . 2 7 J 1 8 11 J 0 13 5 0 0 0 1 10 1 1 9 9 | Leeds ] Cloth Markets . —The market , on Tuesday last , is declared to have been worse than any of its predecessors , and there have been sonte very bad ones lately . But , indeed } it is useless to talk about markets—there is no business dome at all .

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      HUDDERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET , Fbb 9 ft n market this day is not considered an imn . ~ On upon the last , nor worse , it U r till bad ^ Temea ! sales at a remunerating price clnb " efeoted ttW ^ condition of the employed b ecome ? wole ^ eg Skipton Cattle Market . Feb . 27 nn . of fat stock to-day was noUarge ? buUrwa ? e « Fl the demand . Prices were a shVue ^ higher * $£ 4 * d , to _ 5 £ d ; Mutton , 4 d . to 5 £ d . pSrlb Jfefi 2 . W 6 te Bh 6 Wn > aud 80 ld for il ^ og , Rochdale Flannel Market , Mondat , Feb . 07 -There has been a very gloomy market hew tLfi ' business for some weeks past has been lS » worse , and the very few flannel ^ ' toS \ £ K £ sold have been disposed of at reduced prices ! wff at present * is a drug ; and the dealers who & * effected any sales , have been obligef KubiJ S ? small reduction in price . * ° * StAtb of TRADE .-There was not quite so mn . K activity m the yarn market yesterday as for S i 7 . 8 _? re ™ U 3 ly ; the business done" mlB fcuouKn

      wunoat sensible change in prices ft ? goods and especially for wide cloths , suitable to 12 East India and China markets , there was a . ¦ ml good demand ; and , in some cases , a slight advami was obtained upon the rates of last week -u * Chester Guardian of Wednesday . Wee * - ^< w-YorkCorn Market , Feb . 25 .-The attendant of farmers is good , and a fair quantity of Oats &m offering , but not much Wheat or Barley —Whes ? cannot be purchased for less money than on tta last market day . Barley being very scarce h ' thl turn dearer , and Oats and Beans dull sale , ' Manchester Cobn Market . —Saturday Feb 2 £ To change in the state of our trade can be noted during the week , the sales of Flour having been t «« very limited extent only , and the value of middK ™

      aescripnons was barely supported . Choice quilitiM of English whites , however , from their ecsS commanded late rates , and at 38 * . to 38 a . 6 dhS sack , a clearance was effected . The trade in Oafa or Oatmeal was of a very inanimate character , and but little passing in either article . With a preva . lence of cantrary winds , the imports via Liverpool or Runcorn are light , aud the supplies elsewhere conti nue moderate in amount . , Few purchasers of Wheat appeared at our market this morhine anil no alteration ^ can be noted in prices . Seconds ** and middling descriptions of Flour were freelT offered at a reduction of 6 d . to Is . per sack but superfine qualities found buyers at the p revious oon renoy . The business done in Oats or Oatmeal was merely for present use , and late rates with difficult * realized . ' >» uuwuiry

      Liverpool Corn Market . Monday , Feb 27—The steamers have brought in a few lots of Floor and Oatmeal from Ireland , but beyond these the week ' a arrivals to our Corn market have ( owing to easterlT winds ) been trifling . During the same period the rade has ruled dall ; the demand for Wheat has scarcely extended beyond the immediate neighbourhood , and the millers and dealers thus located have boHght only what their necessities required . Holders however , have shown little disposition to give wav

      and we do not quote our present prices more thaa Id . per bushel below the rates of last week , at a reduction of 6 d . per sack and barrel there has been a moderate sale for Flour . Tha market has been very bare of Oats , and fine mealing are warth 2 s . 5 i per 451 bs . A few parcels of Oatmeal have changed hands at 21 s . per load for best marks . Barley has continued scarce , and has maintained its previous value . In Beans and Peas little passing , without change of price . Liverpool Cattle Market , Feb . 27 . —We hive had a larger supply of Cattle at market to-day than of late , with prices a shade lower . Beef 5 d . to 5 | d ., Mutton 5 d . to 6 d . per 1 b . Number of CM * at market : —Beasts 1 , 192 , Sheep 3 , 113 .

      Richmond Corn Market , Feb . 25 . —We only had a thin supply of grain in our market to-day t particularly Wheat . — Wheat sold from 5 s to 6 s Oats 2 s to 3 s . Barley 3 s to 3 s 6 d , Beans 3 a 9 d to-4 s per bushel . -. London Corn Exchange , Monday , Feb . 27 . — Fresh up to-day , there was rather an increased receipt of Wheat , from Essex ; but an unusallj small quantity from Kent , Suffolk aud other parts ,, coastwise and by land carriage and samp ' e . The

      finest descriptions were taken off , at prices about equal to those obtained on this day ee ' uaight ; the middling and inferior sorts on rather easier terms .. The supply of foreign Wheat was compwatiTelf small , aad the tor ma lower . Nothing doing in com under look . Barley at stationary prices . Tie best season made Malt was quite as dear ; we have not . the slightest variation to notice in the value of Oats . Both . old aad new Beans were Is . per quarto beneath late rates . Peas are again dull , but

      notlower . London Smithfield Market , Mommf , Fra . 27 . —Without exception this was the dullest market for all descriptions of stock , whether fat or lean , almost ever recollected . For Beef tha salesmen . submitted to an abatement of from 24 . to 4 d . per 81 bs ., ou the prices noted on this day Be ' nnight . A large portion of the bullock supply left the market unsold . For Sheep the demand wa 3 in a vety rtagnant state—the butchers purchasing with extreme

      caution—at an abatement on last week ' s figures of from 2 d . to 4 d . per 81 bs . We , " had a fair supply , 0 ! Calves in the market , which were taken at a deolinfl of quite 4 d . per 8 ibs . The Pork trade was muoa depressed , on lower rates ef currency , say of 2 d . per 81 bs . We regret to observe that much of the stoot was suffering severely from the effects of the prevailing epidemic , and that great losses have bee 11 ^ tained on the roads , during the transmission of bout Beasts and Sheep hither . Still , however , the general quality of the supply was certainly good .

      Borough and Spitalfi elds . —For potatoes thedemand is inaotive at the annexed rates : —« * Reds , 55 s to 60 s ; Scotch ditto , 503 to 56 s ; Devons ,. 50 a to 55 s ; Kent , Essex , and Suffolk Whites , 403 to 459 ; Wisbeaoh . 40 s to 453 ; Jersey and Guernsey Blues . 453 to 53 s ; Yorksnire Prince Regents , 4 o 3 W 503 ; Ditto Shaws , 40 s to 483 . Wool Markets . —Since our last , prices have declined quite Id per lb upon the previous auctions . Scarcely any imports have taken place . Borough Hop Market . —We have a very moderate supply of hops on sale in oar markets , yet tn » demand continues slow , and prices are with difficulty supported .

      Tallow . —There is still a great depression m tha market , holders being anxious to realize j and so long as this feeling existS , so long must prices connww to decline . In the middle of the past week were was a degree of firmness , which soon disappeared . P . Y . C . on the spot is to be had this morning « oar quotation . New Y . C . for August to De ^ ^ separate months , at 433 , and for the last three months 42- ! . Town Tallow Us , nett cash . Bong 11 fat , 2 s . 6 hi per 8 lbs .

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      On Tuesday last , at oar parish Church , Mr . 1 Hainsworth , saddler , to Miss Ann Ackroy d , w «* of Woodhouse . . On Monday , the 27 th ult ., at the Lower Indepen * dent chapel , Heckmoiidwike , by the Rev . *>*• Martin , Mr . Samuel Chadwick . butcher , to Mi » Mary Sowdin , dre&s maker , both of Littletown . Same day , at the Parish Church , Bradford , Mr . William Waterhouse , to Miss Claphani , daughter or Mr . John Clapham , all of Clayton Heights , ne « Bradford . _ .. _ i

      Same day , Mr . Thos . Ackroyd , to Miss Margaret Jowctt , daughter of Mr . Edward Jowett , all of w « Dolphin Inn , near Bradford . . . t , On Friday , the 24 th ult ., at Pockliugton . bytM Rev . J . F . Ellis , Charles Douson , Esq ., to Dorotnyt only daughter of Wm . Nash , Esq ., York . . On Thursday , the 23 ih ult ., at the Parish ChnroD , Wakefield , by the Rev . J . P . Simpson , Mr . Thomas Renton , of Bradford , woolstapler , to Elizabetn , widow of the late Mr . A . Limbert , surgeon , of we former place . . 4 . n . _ Same day . at the Old Church , Oldbam . by the Kev . Mr . Lowe , Mr . James R . Horner , of Ashton-unoa Lyne , corn and flour factor , to Mary , eUest dsiiffw * of George Bernard , Esq ., High Cons table ot tn » borough

      . . . „ ... _ ^ . « n . On Thursday , the 23 rd ult , at Skipton , Cr tJ « J Mr . William Throup , only son of Mr . Sam l . Throup . of Low Bradley , to Add , second daughter ot j »" John Chester , farmer , of Snagill , near Skipton .

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      DEATHS . On Monday last , aged 63 , Mr . William Brasba * ° On Friday , the 24 th ult ., at Liverpool , « ft «'• lingering illness , aged 48 , Anne , the wife rf JJJJ Smith , Esq ., late lecturer on education , and now one of the proprietors of the Liverpool Mercury .

      Leeds :-Printed For The Proprietor Fjea ^, Ffu Jj O'Connor, Esq. Of Hammersmith, Coffl"*

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at W ** £ ing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , * % & *' and Published by the said Joshita Hobsoj tfor the said Feargus O'Connor , ) at fan »«* Bug-hoase , No . 5 , Market-rtreet , B" ^ ^ , Internal Cammunication existing between the w-No . 5 , Market-rtrwt , and the eaid Nos . 12 »» 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting «» whole of the said Printing and Publishing OflKe one Premises . All Communications must beadiressed , Vo& V ** ' " Mr . H 0 B 80 N , Northern Star Office , leed * ( Saturday , March 4 , 18 «•)

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      TO THE REV . JOHN COGHLAN . Dublin , Feb . 20 th , 1843 . Rev . Slit , —In a letter of yours totbeSligo Champion , dated 20 th January , I regret to observe a good deal of uncharitableneas , and were you not a Catholic priest , I should add , a manifest disposition to act the part of informer to tbe present Tory Government It remindB me forcibly of 1798 . You say ; and I am sorry you say it , " that a cemmon clownish-looking fellow , the son of a poor peasant , receives above forty or fifty letters a day , " and you call

      " upon the proper authorities to look after him , if they wish the country to escape the evil consequences of the torch and dagger system . " You also say tbat " simple people permit themselves to be imposed upon by this ruffian Chartist , wha&e infamy in propagating his wicked principles in Ballaghaderren , was justly opposed i > y the Catholio clergy in tbat district" Is . this language becoming a Christian minister ? I beg leave to inform you , Rev . Sir , that there is no infamy in propagating Chartist principles ; but there is infamy in opposing them .

      As you do not seem to snow what Chartism is , permit me , Rev . Sir , to tell you , in the language of OConnell , " That be who is net a Chartist is either a knave who profits by the evils of misrule or a fool upon whom facts and reason make no impression . " In proof of the justice of this sentiment , I refer you to the Charter itself , which accompanies this letter . ; I am , Your very obedient servant , A Catholic , Whose brother is a Priest and whose husband : is a Chartist

      Market Intelligence.

      Market intelligence .

      Marriages.

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      : ? CHARTISM IN IRELAND . To the Editor of the Sligo Champion . Sir , —My attention was arrested by a paragraph in the last number of your journal , stating that '' the people of j the diocese of Acbonry have determined upon not paying to their clergy the dues of Christmas and Easter , because they foolishly supposed tbe priests ware the cause of introducing the Poor Laws into that part of the country . " Having the honour of being one of the clergymen of that diocese . I beg leave to inform you that the

      delusien has not extended to more than five parishes in the diocese . Even in thosa parishes the great balk of the people , and their leaders in iniquity , have since repented their error , and have come publicly forward with their usual offerings , and expressed the greatest sorrow for their foliy . The only cause that can be alleged for tbis popular outbreak in those parishes is , their determined hostlity to tbe Poor Laws , and their own unsuspecting simplicity in permitting themselves to he imposed upon by a ruffian Chartist , residing in Ballagbaderreen , whose Infamy in propagating his wicked principles in tbat neighbourhood waa justly opposed by the Catholic clergymen in that district .

      He was revenged on them for a moment ; but , thanks to God , the deluded victims of his impious revenge have , for the most part , deserted his rebellious standard , and have adhered to their cherished pastors . It is very singular that this individual , who is a common clownish-looking fellow , the son of a poor -peasant , should be in the receipt of above forty of fifty letters a day . ; I am credibly informed he receives letters from the Chartist Societies in tbe several Post-offices , of Ballaghaderren , Boyle , Frencbpark , Swlnford , Castlebar , Kiltemaugb , and Cutlerea . Surely a person of his humble rank of life , receiving so many letters , and changing his Post-office so frequently , should be looked after by tbe proper authorities , if they wish the country should escape tbe evil consequences of the torch and dagger system which at present disgraces England , tbe birth-place of those wicked principles , i

      Hoping this hasty letter will set the press and the publio right on the subject , I have the honour to remain , ; Your very obedient humble servant , < John Coghlan , C . C . Ballymote , 20 th January .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Jpesdai Feb . 28 . The Earl of Abessesk , in answer to a question from Lord . Brougham -respecting the instructions upon vthich our cruisers acted in their endeavours to suppress the slave trade-jopos the African coast , took advantage of the opeortunity thus afforded to express his conviction that , explanation only was of the anxiety of France to pat -an .-end to the slave trade , oar exertions -were still < regarded in tbat eonntx ? . The instructions ^ vhieh had been issued during the last twenty years -were * o inconsistent that the xespoasibility was'frequently thrown upon

      the naval officers engaged in -this service of deciding upon most intricate and important .-questions of intematio&al law , and thej had , aa was to be expected , o some case 3 fallen into serious errors . The Government felt strongly the necessity of fur-Bishing officers with dear and unequivocal instruction ^ n pon sa many points of-difficulty-ae conld ba anticipated , ind a new and explicit code , founded upon existing-treaties and tbe law of nations , had been accordingly prepared ; aad as England had nothing to , conceal—had none hnl her ostensible objects to attain—these instructions should be made public , and wonld , he trcsted , disabuse the candid portion of the French public-of the nnfeanded prejudice they new entertained . —Adjourned .

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      g THE NORTHERN STAR ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct640/page/8/