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      Dokasax bsixg asked by a wag , How many pounds of smoke might be obtained from a hundred ¦ weight of weed 1 " calmly replied , " Weigh ihe ashes , and what is wanting is smoke . " Master— " Sam , where'ts the hoe P Sam— " Wid the harrow , massa , " Master— " Well , there ' s the harrow V Sam— " Wid the hoe . " Master— " Welu

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      then , where ' s the hoe and harrow both ! " Sam" Ty , both together , massa . What do you want to boddex poor Sam dat w » y for V Master— " Go to the . '' Sam— " Arter you , massa . " ¦ The People . —The greatest scholars , pocts 5 orators , philosophers , warriors , statesmen , invento ry and improvers of the arts , arose from the lowest of the people . If we had waited till courtiere had invented " the art of printing , dock-making , navigation , and a thousand others , we should probably hare continued ia darkness to this hoar .

      Sis Richabd Stekle , the celebrat-ed author of The Tatler t vrho represented Boroughbridge , in 1714 , carried his election against a powerful opposition by the laughable expedient of sucking two apples full of guineas , and declaring to the electors , before whom He held them up , that the largest shonld be the triza of that man whose wife should be thirst to bring forth a boy after that day cine months , and that the other should belong to him who should become the father of a girl within the same period . TMs finesse procured him the inrerest of the women , who are said to commemorate Sir Richard ' s bounty to this day . They onco made a very strenuous effort to procure * . resolution that no man should ever be received ss a candidate ¦ who did not offer himself to their consideration upon the same terms .

      Thb Minister asd his Mas . — " WeH , John , " said the minister , on being called upon by his beadle one of the late stormy evenings , " where haTe you been this windy night ! " "Oh , Sir ! " replied the lacquey , ' I was awa , seein' gif I could catch a stipend . " "Catch a stipend ! " rejoined hi ? reference in surprise ; " what do you mean , John !" ** Oh , Sir 3 " was the answer , " ye ken our nonintrusion ministers tell us they throw their stipends to the wind , and I was just out to see gif the wind wad blaw ane my way . ' " Ah ! John , " was the advice of the minister—Moderate , we op ; ne- ^ " don ' t believe the half yon hear in . these times ; you would sooner catch- a bmterfly in December , than a stipend in the wind . " —Dundee Advertiser .

      Japanese Usss of the Fa . \ . —Neither men nor women wear hais , except as a protection against rain : the fan is deemed a sufficient guard from the eun ; and perh » p 3 nothing will more strike the newly-arrived European than this fan , which he ¦ will behold in the hand or the girdle of every human being . Soldiers and priests are no more to be seen without their fans than fine ladies , who make of theirs the use to which fans are put in . other countries . Amongst the men of Japan it serves a treat ¦ variety of purposes ; -visitors receive their -dainties

      offered them upon their fans ; tho beggar , imploring charity , holds out his fan for the alms his prayers may have obtained . The fan serves the dandy in lieu of a wholesome switch ; the pedagogue , iustead of a ferule for the offending schoolboy's knuckles ; and , not to dwell too Ions upon the subject , a fan , presented upoa a peculiar kind of salver to the ki » hborn criminal , is said to be the form of announcing his death-doom ; his head is struck cSTat . the same jncment as he stretches it towards the fan . —Siebolds Manners and CusCotrs of the Japanese ,

      Popclatios of the United States . —The Xeic Terjc Sun remarks mat the total population of the "United States , according to the late census , will stand about as follows : —Whites , 14 , 25 U , GOO ; free colonred , 400 , 000 ; slaves , 2 , 354 , 000 . Total , 17 , 000 , 000 . Cardisaxs . —There ias been a cardinal of every nation , except an Irish one ; perhaps Jest he should encroach upon the authority of the Popa in making bulls . —Strinburn ' s Courts of Europe . "We should not care to live if the * Court scribe were to die ; oar sides would have a sinecure , for he is the most mirth-pro > oking ro ^ ue that ever took pen in hand . Let our readers bui read ihe following paragraph from his effusions of Wednesday , and each and every one will '' crow lite chanticleer" : — " Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing , yesterday afternoon , ia a carriage and feur , with outridtrs ! I !"—Satirist .

      Kehble ' s Blu . yder , or , the House and the Lady . —A ludicrous circumstance occurred one morning during Kemble ' s management at Coven : Garden . A gentleman was shown into the greenroom , whose object was to treat about an -engagement for his daughter ; bnt as about this hour a horse dealer had been appointed to eall . themanager , whose head ran very much upon his stud , mistook one for the other , and begin by asking the father of Melpomene , " Hew old is she ! * " ¦ Sixteen last May , Sir . " " Oh , she's aged , then , &nd won ' t do for the hard work ; pray is she qaie : !¦ ' " Perfectly , I never knew a gentier creature . ' " H . is she been long in town V " I only brought her up wiih me a week ago from East Griusttad . " " Has she bsea

      • properly handled V " Mr . Thclwali Li ? circa her ; gem- ? le ? sous . " " Has the been ever between the ' pillars f' ' Sir , I don ' t understand you . " " Well ,. ¦ well , no matter ; if your terms are moderate , 1 dare say we shall not differ . " " Sir , that I leave entirely loyourseii ; she is below , stall 1 bring her up to ' - you ? " " Briug her up 1 oh no ( smUing grimly ) ,: give her to my groom ; he'll put her into a stall till I come down to look a : her . " ** Into a stall , Sir ? " M , Sir , into a stall Jo be sure ; and as you fay she is quite gentle , aad , I presume , perfetlly sound , i I am determined to try her nvseif . My friend j Morion , is writing a mtlo-drama , in which I am to I

      perform ; and I am determined , should , we close the bargain , to make my entree -upon her beck . ' " "Upon her back—upon my daughter's b ^ ck , Sir ! Sir , do you mean to aifront me 1 " " Sir , 1 beg ten thousand pardons , bus don ' t you come from the Cumberland-mew ? P " ~ So , 1 come from Ea ? t Grlusie&d . " " With a mare ! '' " Xo Tvkh my dauifn ' -er . " "Got by Skyscraper out . Andrtmache ?¦* " ~ So , she is the n ' rst-born of my own and my ever-lamented wife , Mary Muggins's loins . " " Bless iry soul , Sir , I have been betrayed into a great mistake ; but I am glad we happened to be alone—( so ' emnly taking a pinch of snvffj—such meetings s . hcw'd be private . "

      A CamsePost-beauer . —A "very interesting scene may be witnessed any day on the road to Derby . It appears that the Derby mail is met every mo--ning , at ten , by a dog from an extensive iron-work at Worksop , waiting to ba the bearer of the letterbag for his master , which is regularly dropped by the guard , -vrithont waiting . If , however , the canine messenger is not somewhere about at the hour of ten , the horn is souuded , and ths dog is immediately observed m ibe distance coming aloDg the road ¦ with all speed to meet the mail ai the laue-end ; but ihi 3 is very seldom the case , as the dog usually seats itself upon the walls adjoining the works ,

      listening to the approach of tLe mail . ' When the bag is tr . rown down , the faithl ' ui creature , without delay , invariably takes the nearest way home , through the hedjje aad over the . fields . Later on iu the day , the empty bag is brought by the dog , to meet the same mail to Derby ; frit , in . consequence of the guard not getting off his seat , it is necessary to send a person with the bag , who can - throw i " t npon the mail while it is going . The dog , feeling its inability to sapply this deficiency , denotes his anxiety ty barkiag and howling . With this exception , tne animal performs all the duties of a letterca'rier for his master with " punctuality and despatch . *'—Manchester Guardian .

      ^ Dp .. Franklin o . x Dcelli 5 g . —In a letter from the American philosopher to Dr . Thoma 3 . Percival . oi this town , dated Passy , near Paris , July 17 , 1784 , occurs the following passage : — " It is astonishing that _ ihe murderous practice of duelling , which you so jiistiy condemn , should continue ro lorg in vogue . Funnerly , when duels were used to determine law-suit ? , from an opinion that Providence woa : d in every instance lavoar truth , uud right with "victory , they were more excusable . At present they cecid ? . uoiuing . A pa . au . &ays tomevhiiig , which another tells him is a He . They fl _ h" . ; but , whichever is kiiiea , the point In dispute remains unsettled . To this purpose they have a pleasant story here : —A gentleman in a coffee-house desired another to sit

      farther from him . 'Why so ?"—* Bemuse , Sir , you Enicll ^ offensively . '— 'That is an affront , and yea must fi ft h ; me . '— ' I -will Sght you , if ycu insist upon it ; but 1 do not see hosv that will mend the matter for if you kill me , 1 shall smell too ; tnd if 1 kili you . you will smei ! , if possible , worse " than you dc at present . ' How can Euch miserable sinners a 3 we entertain so much pride , as to conceive that every offence against our imagined honour merits death I Tnese petty princes , in their own opinion ! would cali that sovereign a tyraut , who should put one of then to death for a little uncivil language , though pointed at his sacred person ; yet every oi ^ e of them make * himself jud ^ o in his own cause , condemns liii cfiinder wiihcnt a jury , and undertakes himself tc bs the executioner . "

      Prince Alblrt ' s hunting stud , beagks , and greyhounds , cost the country somewhere about foui thousands per annum ! His Royal Highness ha ; been oat during the season abuui fire tim . e 3 , which calculating two hours each time , gives , en a rongl calculation , four hundred pouid * for each day ' s sport , and something under lour pounds per minnte The four thousands per year is tquaJ to the pay o ; one hundred poor eiirates , and the support or" twe hundred poor families i * Cato ' xise-tails Cabdigan , when ha ordered corporal punishment to beiLllicJed on ihe soldier on the Sabbath day , adduced , in defence of the act , the eld maxim of " ihehetter day the "better deed -f' but the strongest reason of all was , that his own soul had received such a leshinr ; that morning from the pulpit , it w » ald , he taoogat , operate in effect 33 a companion picture to order the Jash to be applied to tho b&dt-of tte p&or ; devil singled out fbrtorture of * h e meet degrading kind . ; .

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      THE FACTORY QUESTION . If humane and reflecting Englishmen conld only be familiarized with one half of the practical barbarities which , even in the beet conducted factories are inseparable from the present system of infant labour , we feel persuaded that not another month would elapse ere this monstrous national disgrace were sentenced to complete extinction . "We are none of your fancy philanthropists ; we hare n » taste for overcharged pictures of any eert ; nor do -we forget that there ia hardly a better way of perpetnating an abuse than by giving its advocates tbe advantage of being able to show that its evils hare been greatly exaggerated . Opposed as we are , however , to tbe false sensibility as well as to the stupid impolicy which would unduly magnify any grievance that really deserves redress , we are prepared to show , from an infinite Tariety of

      authentic evidence , that the labours imposed upon children in the manufacturing districts ( Bancttflfted , we blush to say , by a British Legislature ) are generally attended ¦ with , a systematic sacrifice of hnm&& Jife , compared with which the carnage of cannibals , or the immolations of Juggernaut , are almost tantamount to mercy . Apart altogether from the testimony of the better class of factory owners , and factory inspectors , and factory -rictijus , which , though varying in its inculpatory character according to the interests or intelligence of the witnesses , uniformly represents the cotton mill as a dismal instrument of infant torture , ire wonld £ sk aDy . parent in civilisad Europe to say whether children from nine to twelve years old can be subjected to the conS : nnicnt and labour of factories for ticelre or even ten bours a day , without involving a course of privation and Buffering at -which humanity roust absolutely shudder ?

      Talk of speeding twenty millions for the emancipapation of the West India slaves—talk of forming juvenile reformation schemes at the Capo of Good Hopetalk of philanthropic devices for the protection of the aborigines in British colonies^—talk of organizing fine civilisation socitties for Africa , and jobbing expeditions to the Niger on a grand enterprise of bentfictnee—we say it is an utter disgrace to the display gentry who have clamoured for these humbug humanities , that , -while mustering in thousands to perform the Eentimental on behalf of doubti ' ul and visionary projects , the wretched condition of the factory children , pining and perishing at their own door , and hurried in a frightful ratio to an early tomb , has never wrung a tear from their pharis * ical eyes , nor quickened one dormant sympathy in their benignant breasts !

      As frr as regards the shameful indifference of dissentiDg ministers to this object , we cannot say that we are mneh surprised at i :. Considering their exclusive predeliciion for such foreign or domestic labours as bear more directly upon their own sectarian aggrandizement , we did not expect that any interests apart from those which are strictly denominational would for a moment receive the = lightest place in their regenerated hearts . But with respect to the Buxton party , who are composed of a sort of Church and Quaker coalition , -we certainly dM anticipate , notwithstanding the heavjr mill-investments of the Darlington and Durham Friends , that something like a decent consistency would have impelled them not to confine their philanthropy to mere platform parades

      in favour of savage tribes , bnt to take a prominent lead in extirpating that wholesale system of infant slaughter which demands their interference at home . In this , hewtver , we have been painfully disappointed- The sympathies of the Buxton party are too sublime and generous to be occupied with anything so tamely common-place as the sufferings of factory chili ' . ren . What exclusively concerns tltem are the hardships of negro cberubs , and the misdemeanours of foreign slaveis . Only give them a tale of Guinea abduction ; and , for all that ihey cire , the infant population of the manufacturing districts may be handed over t # the tender mercies of demons . " \ Ve hold up these self-perfuming coxcombs to the contempt of the entire kingdom ; and , by ( rod ' s blessing , the great work of factory reform shall speedily triumph in spite of them .

      On this satgect , as on every other , the conduct of the Whigs , too , has been infamous . During their ten years' tenure of office , and long before they got it , they have incessantly prated about the necessity of emancipating negroes , Papists , Dissenters , parochial ratepayers , hulk convicts , and -what not ; but -with reference to the crying abominations ef mill-infanticide , as demonstrated by tbe evidence of their own Factory Inspectors , particularly by Messrs Stuart and Horner , corroborated by tho reports of Parliamentary Comiuitt jfes , not one thing h > ve they done towards arresting the butcheries of the cotton-shambles , except indulging in regrets , promises , and evasions , which , till tliia hour , have been utterly urpruductive of a single Eubstantial improvement ,

      At length , however , vre can fiintly perceive the da-wnings of better days . The factory atrocities which have heretofore teen linked at by the "Whigs and the professed philanthrop ists , seem likely at last to receive an efivctive check from ihe manufacturing districts tbemseivts . In tardy unison -with the humane and intelligent view-s -which h-ve lor . ^ been expressed by a few of the more eminent miil-owners , such as tha Messrs . Fielden , of Tod : i : jrden , and Jlr . W . R Gregg ¦ Voth-. r of the Member for Manchester ) , a large meeting of manufacturers has lately been held upon this subject at Bra ' . furd . We are not without : i sanguine hope that Ibis Bmdferd movement -will be extensively followed up throughout the factory districts . The inhabitants of those localities , being be&t acquainted with the evils

      of the present system , mnst , if they -will only unite in denouncing them , pesse .-s a resistless influence in obtaining their speeJy extinction . Indeed , it would setrm in tbe present day that the country ' s main reliance for the redress « f grievances is to be placed chiefly on the very parties who are supposed to have the greatest interest in upholding tLem . This has been equally ext-vnplified at the Nottingham election , where the rate-payers , -who are said to be the greatest profilers by the New Poor Law , have done themselves immortal honour by e' . tctiiig its most distinguished opponent The other manufacturing towns of England , -unless -we we greatly mis ' . aken , -ft ill ,

      sooner or later , follow tbeir example . Ani ^ ng such constituencies 33 those of Manchester , L .-eds , HuddersfiVid , Ashton , Rochdale , and Salford , the great questions of factory reform and Poor Law repeal ought to be the testing points in regard to which the pretensions of candidates should be disposed of . We are happy to understand tfeat the sentimtnts of Sir Ckcrge Murray and Mr . Hardy on the Pour Law- controversy correspond very nearly -with those of Mr . Walter . It ia well that it is so . The factory communities should now let their voice be he = rd . It is a very potential one , -which Parliamentary candidates must feel themselves compelled to respect- —Times .

      PRESIDENT HARRISON . Old President Harrison— -we beg pardon , that is not quite it—we shc-uM , perhaps , say young President and old Harrison , Las hopped off hi 3 ptrch . "Twos a pity , that with all his exqaiMte knowledge about the Greeks and Romans , he should not have been allowed to shew us what he meant by that unmerciful long yarn that he spun ns a week or two before he took his departure . 'Ti 3 a thousand pities that so very soon after he had set up business in the President line , he should fee obliged to hand all his customers over to his journeyman . What cnuM the free and enlightened citizens mean by chocsin ? a mr . n who bad nut f ur years of life in

      him . ' Positively , it is s great impugnment of the ¦ wisdom of the great unvathed on the other side of the Atlantic , and we thick tbut some free and enlightened Member of Congress ought to make some motion about it . Every future Prcuiiitnt ought , vre think , before be is elected , to give f » nr surgeons as his bail that be is able to live out at least three of his four years of office It is really excessively , we may say ontrageouBly , disgusting , that after taking all the trouble of speechifying , canvassing , bribmg , and electing , and all in order to get a man -who ie thought to be a capable man , that at the end of a month or two they should find that they have enly jot a so : t of under deputy , whom nobody knows anything abcut , and nobody would give a fig for .

      Who : s this Mr . Tyler who rot comes ont with his declaration and call 3 himself PrctiCent Tyler ? Djes his Christian r . anic happen to be Ti .- ;' . dy ? Because , if it dLts , perhaps he might be useful to give us some information as to the fat > j of the other President , whose present situation is at thia time so doubtful . Of all the lives on hoard that bcs . t , we confess vre should most like to hear of tie safety of poor Power ; and if Teddy the Tiler could just tell us rrhat ha . 5 become of him , it would only be returning many a good turn which poor Power has done for him . We really are sad aboat President Harrison ( although nut half so sad as we are anxious about our own

      countryman in the other President ) btcause Harrison did setin to be a steady , honest , hearty old fellow , and more of a gentleman than American Presidents generally a ~ e- We promised ourselves a grc : \ t deal of amusement in the old boy ' s future lucubrations about the Greeks and Romans , and we thought we Jiiight possibly get on pretty-well with him without coming to blows . As to this Tyler we don"t much like Uim at fir&t sight Ten to one but what he will want to show his independence of his predrceasor , by undoing the very little he has done ; and , perhaps , he may hang M'Leod , and invade cur boundary , juss for the sake of dibtiujuishiag hims&L—SaiiriiL

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      The Pigs . —An Irishman was observed to feed his pig one day to repletion , and to starve it the next . On being asked his reason for doing so , he said : — " Och , sure , and isn ' t it I that likes to have bacon vr ' ub a strake o * fat to the strake o' lane equally one after another . " Dischabges from the Armt . —The Hon . Col . Cavendish arrived at tbe Cavalry Barracks at Windsor , where tbe life Guards are stationed , a few dayB since , preparatory to the discharge of several of the privates , of ertreiaely bad character , for disorderly conduct . This mode of proceeding waa resorted to in preference to punishing tbo men , and then suffering them to remain in tne regiment , to hold out bad and dangerous examples to others . Upon several mio were dismissed former punishments which they had been subjected to had no beneficial effect ia inducing them to alter their eonduet .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fbidat , Apait 3 » . Tbe report on the Drainage Bill was agreed to , and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday . The South Australian Bill passed through a Committee , and tbeir Lordships adjourned .

      Monday , May 3 . The Duke of Buckingham presented 120 petitions against any alteration In the Com Laws . In conseqnenoe , belaid , of an announcement in another place , he had received several communications from many of the petitioners , who were exceedingly astonished at the intentions of the Government , and expressed their regret that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government should have united with his colleagues in favour of an alteration of the Corn Laws , thus risking every thing that was valuable in the country . Forbiaewn part he had heard with , equal Tenet and astonishment .

      the declaration made elsewhere , but he hoped that both Houses of Parliament would express upon tho subject an opinion so decided that the fears of the agricultural population might be dispelled , and that they might be enabled to enjoy their own properties in peace , and give employment to the labouring classes , who would be deprived of the means of existence if those laws were repealed . The Noble Duke quoted a former speech of Viscount Melbourne ' s , when opposing any alteration of those laws , and Eaid that the Noble Viscount and his colleagues would be answerable for the results of an attempt bo dangerous and alarming .

      Vi » coant Melbovrxe said that fn all his former opposition to any change in the Corn Laws , he had always rested that opposition upon grounds wholly temporary . He now felt convinced th&t the time had arrived when a change became necessary , in order to meet tbe financial difficulties of tne country . Tho Earl of Ripos regretted the course taken by the Noble Viscount for the sake of his own character , because , if he had no better reasons than those put forward , he would not stand justified in the eyes of the country . He wished to kn « w if the measure was to be regarded by Government as one of protection or taxation ?—If the latter , it would be the most cruel act ever forced upon a reluctant Legislature , Viscount Melboue . ne , amidst laughter and cheers from tbe Opposition benches , said he was not prepared to answer the question .

      The Earl of Winchilsea said , the measure wai one of taxation , and he would give it every opposition in his power . He hoped the people of England would rise as one man against such a tax . The Government was not acting honwtly . The country condemned them on their foreign , domestic , and commercial policy , and they now resorted to the cheap bread cry in the hope of serving their electioneering interests in the event of a dissolution of Parliament . The petitions were laid on the table . Lord Du . nfermltne presented a petition from the seven clergymen of Strathbogie , who had been suspended , praying that the indictment against them might be laid before their Lordships . A discussion ot some length respecting the difference between the legal and ecclesiastical cum to of Scotland ensued .

      The Earl of Glengall then draw tha attention of their Lordships to the case of the falsification of the returns from the Clonmel Union , and moved a resolution to the effect that . Mr . Stanley , in malting those returns , had been guilty of a gross contempt of tbe authority of the House . The Earl of Wick low thought the resolution was stronger than the justice of the case required . Mr . Stanley could hardly have been guilty of contempt , for , in his opinion , he had been actuated by no improper motive whatever . Even if he was culpable , he ¦ waa certaioly not the person most culpable , for he was only the secretary to the bosrd . He was of opinion that Government was not warranted in dismissing Mr . Stanley from his situation , or rather in accepting his resignation , until the dexision of the House of Lords wss heard upon the subject .

      Lori Ellenborolgh caid Mr . Stanley was selected , because he was' the only person agaiust whom the House could proceed . The Marquis of Normanby said that no one could deny that the falsification of the returns was a contempt of the House , although it was clear that the only motive which influenced Mr . Stanley was that of concealing a defalcation of duty . The Duke of Wellington was of opinion that the House must agree to the resolution , though the Poor Law Commissioners were the really culpable parties , for they ilioalii have prevented such an occurrence . The case should be probtd to the bottom , for in several other cases there had been corruption , as well as in this . After some observations from the Marquis of NORManby and the Marquis wf WestmeaTH , the resolution was agreed to .

      The Eart of Glkngali . then moved that Mr . Stanley be ordered to attend at the Bar of the House on Friday , the 14-. hof May . The Marquts of Normandy thought th « dignity of the House had been sufficiently consul led in the resignation of Mr . Stanley , ami hoped that in bis present state of health he would not be called upon to attend at tbe Bar . Lord Elleniiorougu suggested that it would answer tho purpose if it was entered upon tho journals that , owing to Mr . Stanley ' s state of health , their Lordships would not press his attendance at the B . iv .

      This suggestion was acceded to , an < l the Larl of Gle . ngall accordingly withdrew his motion . TLeir Lordships then adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , April 30 . The Chairman of the Committeo on the King ' s County Eltction reported that Mr . Armstrong kad been duly elected as member for that county . Lord J . Kussell gave notice that , on the first order day after tbe 31 st of May , he would move that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the wholo House to consider the laws relating to the trade in corn . Immense cheering from the Ministerial benches , with counter-cheering from the Opposition , followed this announcement . The House having resolved itself into a Committee of ways and means ,

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward his financial statement l ' or the year . He , in the first instance , drew the attention of the House to the expectations he had formed last year of tho expenditure and income of the country . Tbe expenditure he had estimated at £ 49 , 499 , 000—the income at £ 4 S . fi 41 . 000 , leaving an estimated deficiency of £ s 58 , oeo , which he had proposed to meet by a vote of credit The actual results , however , proved to be that the expenditure amounted to £ 49 , 285 , 000 , and the income to £ 47 , 443 , 000 , leaving a deficiency larger than he had estimated by the sum of nearly £ l , 600 , 0 u 0 . By comparing the estimated with the actual income there appeared to be a deficiency of £ l , IPS : 00 O . Tiiis deficiency arose , not from any unfavourable result of

      the additional taxation which had been imposed , but from a falling off in the revenue , which , under any circumstances , would have taken place . The produce of the five per cent duty on customs and excise had been calculated from the returns of the year 183 S ) , which year g . iVe a great increase on the year before ; and , aa that increase did not continue , the additioaal duties were on many articles unproductive . The articles upon which there had been an increase , both in quaatity and duties , were butter , cheese , coffee , olive oil , pepper , silks iraw and thrown ; , limber , and cotton wool . The articles up-ja whica there had been a decrease in quantity tut an increase in duty were raisins , tallow , tobacco , tea , and American deals ; and the articks upon which tliere had been a decrease , both in quantity and duty , were currants , molasses , spirits , sugar , wine , wool , and European deals . The falling off in the duty on spirits in Ire . 'and amounted to £ 354 , 000 , which was

      no proof , he felt pleasure ia btatir . g , of the decreased resources of tbo country , for it was entirely owing to the increased habits of temperance in the people of that country . On the other hand the payments into the Irish exchequer showed an increase in the amount of duties ontraandcoffte . There had beenalsoinlreland an increase in theauctiou duty , and an increase iu the duties on bricks , glass , ground gias 3 , soap , soft soap , malt , vinegar , and in the post-horse duty . The stamps and tixes exhibited an increase beyond the estimate of £ ti 0 , 000 . With respect to the decrease in the pastoffice , it was not the result of a decrease in the number of letters , but was eutireiy owing to the increased expenditure wtiich it was found necessary to incut in that department . Tho Hiijht Hon . Gentleman then proceeded to give the following statement of his expectations of the revenue , and of the expenditure for the entuiug year : —

      ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE . Interest of the National Debt ... £ 29 , 420 , 000 Other charges on the Cotiso . idattd Fund ... 2 . , 000 The arr ay 6 , 587 ^ 000 Tuenavy 6 , 805 , 000 Ttie ordnance 2 , 075 , OiO Miscellaneous 2 , 935 , 000 Ciuada 108 , 000 China 475 , 000 With respect to China , there were some charges in the account s ^ nt in by the East India Company which would bo to be paid by the Company itself , and he would therefore put that item down at only £ 4 Qo , GQu and this deduction would give a total amount of expenditure of £ 50 , 731 , 776 . In estimating the coming

      revenue , he had endeavoured to take a very sober view of the snl-ject Tho customs last year , which was rather an unfavourable one , produced £ 21 , 700 , 000 . He estimated them to produce the ensuing year £ 22 , 000 , 000 . The exciso produced last Tear £ 13 . G 73 , « OQ . He estimated the result this year to be £ 14 , 000 , 000 . Stamps produced last year £ 7 , 163 . « 00 . He t « o » tbem at £ 7 , 008 , 000 for this year . Tiie assessed taxes produced last year £ 3 , 039 , 432 , bnt , as the increased 10 per cent , had not come into operation for a considerable period of the jear , he thought himself justified in estimating them to produce £ 4 , 360 , 000 . The Post-rifi-8 ha estimated to produce £ i 50 , ti » 0 , the Crown lauds £ lSt ) , O 00 , and miscellaneous £ 250 , 800 , making a total of £ 48 , 310 , 000 . This gave a deficiency of income to meet the expenditure of no lees than £ 2 . i 21 , QQ * . From tbi * deficitncT be ahould

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      deduct the ) charge for China of £ 400 , 080 and the navy debt of £ 101 , 000 , as not being permanent annual charge * « n the revenue , and for which it would not be advisable to make permanent provision . This would leave the deficiency to be provided for £ l , 8 » 0 , 000 . Under the circumstances he had stated , he deemed it necessary to increase the revenue of the country to £ 50 , 000 , » 0 » , which would leave £ l , 70 « , 000 to be provided . In order to raise this amount it would be necessary either to fall back on some of the taxes they had repealed , such as the house tax , or the tax on coals ; or they must bring in those parties who bad hitherto been exempted from taxation by imposing a legacy duty upon real property , or they must take away those exemptions by which certain classes were now

      benefit ted , such as the exemption on horses used for agricultural purposes . If they adopted nene of these , they must tax those new articles gas and steam , or lastly , they must resort to a tax which had now become popular—an extensive property tax . If they resorted to taxation at all , they must adopt one or other of these courses , and It was their duty to torn to those which would throw additional burdens on tbe people . In order to increase the revenue be proposed to alter tbe duties oa timber and sugar . Colonial timber now paid a duty of Its . a load , while Baltic timber paid 55 s ., being a protecting duty of 450 per cent . He proposed to adopt a suggestion formerly proposed by Lord Althorp , of raising the duty on colonial timber to 20 s . and reducing the duty on Baltic timber to 50 s . By this alteration the consumer would be greatly benefit ted , and the revenue would be increased probably to the extent of £ 750 , 000 : but he would be content te

      take it at £ 6 « 0 , « 00 . With rtspect to sugar , which , if not an absolute necessary , at all events might be esteemed the poor man ' s cheapest luxury , he proposed to leave to colonial produce a protecting duty of only 50 per cent . The present duty on foreign sugar was 63 , and on colonul 24 , and he proposed to reduce the former to 30 . This he believed would produce a revenue of £ 900 , 0 * 0 ; but he would take it at £ 700 , « 00 ., which , with the produce horn timber , would give a result upon which they might rely to the amount of £ 1 . 300 , 000 , leaving still a deficiency of £ 400 , 000 . This £ 400 , 009 he did not propose to make any provision for at present , because of the motion respecting the Corn Laws , of which his Noble Friend had given notice , and which if carried would amply supply the deficiency . On the other hand , if the proposition of his Noble Friend should not be agreed to , be must make provision for the £ 460 , 00 * by direct taxation .

      Mr . GoULBUUN would not give any opinion upon the plans proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for supplying the deficiency in the revenue , lint would reserve his sentiments until each measure should come before the House for discussion . The Right Honourable Gentleman reviewed the conduct of the Government since the year 1835 , showing that they have been every year adding to the expenditure of the country , while its income had been constantly diminishing , until they at length crowned its embarrassments , by the delusive institutions of tbe Penny Postage .

      Mr . Hume regretted that not one word had been said that could lead him to hope that there was to be any reduction in the heavy expenditure which had led to this great deficiency . He bad always warned the Government of tbe result of keeping up the enormous expenditure . of the country , and he had a right to taunt them when the difficulties he predicted arose , a right which gentlemen on the ether side of the House did uot possess , for they had been always urging the Government to increased expenditure . The Hon . Member then contended at considerable length for the necessity of an alteration of the Corn Laws , and defended the Penny Postage , though no system could work well when not governed by a man of business instead of by a peer , who , from bis habits and station in society , must be unfit for such a situation as that of Post-Master-General .

      Several Hon . Members on the Ministerial side expressed their concurrence in the views of tho Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the duties on corn ; after which Lord Francis Egerton expressed his astonishment , not that tho Noble Lord ( J . Russell ) after the strong expression he had used on a former occasion upon the subject of the Corn Laws should have now proposed the subject for discussion , but that be should have postponed tho subject for five weeks to come , instead of at once enabling the House to re-assure the agricultural interest by a single vote upon the subject . Lord'J . Hvssell , ia rvpiy to a question from Lord 3 andon , lsaid that tho proposition he intended to bring forward upon the subject of the Corn Laws would embody the principle of a moderate fixed duty , and the question would be brought forward by the Government as one upon which the Cabinet was united .

      Sir It Peel was surprised that the Noble Lord should have postponed his motion on the subject of the Corn Laws for five weeks , more particularly as he had connected the subject with the financial circumstances of tho country . The Right Hon . Baronet defended bis side of the House for the course they had pursued in supporting the foreign policy of tho Government , although it necessarily led to very considerable expeuce . Lord J . Rvssell said that , owing te the important measures before tho Houat , he did not see any possibility of bringing the question of the Corn Laws before the House sooner than the period he had named . Mr . Wakiet hoped tbat the proposed alteration in protective duties would not be confined to the Com Laws alone , but would be extended to every branch of manufacture and commerce .

      Lord Howick advocated tlio proposal of a fixed duty , anil would give his support to the Government when the question came for discussion . After a few observations , from Mr . M . PUILIPS and Mr . Chapman , Mr . Lauoucherk advocated the principles of free tr . ide , and s . iid lie could lay his hand upon his heart and declare tli . it if he could be satisfied that these principles , which he hud been endeavouring all his life to promote , would be taken up by Gentlemen on the other 6 ide of the House , on tneir coming into office , he would most willingly ond cordially support them ; becauso those principles were essentially national , and had been advocated before him by deputations from all closes of manufacturers and mercantile men from all parts of England , and of all political persuasions .

      Mr . Herries said that tho deficiency appeared to be about £ 2 , 400 , « 00 , and tho Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to provide for £ 1 , 700 , # 00 only , leaving a deficiency of £ 700 , 000 . This alarmed him , for he feareti it might be the intention to meet it by enlarging tho sinking fund through the medium of the Savings' Bank Act . This was a dangerous and most unconstitutional step , and if there was any such intention he should most certainly oppose it . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that £ uch a power was one which no Minister ought to possess , but so long a 3 h « did poEsess the power of funding Exchequer Bills through the medium of the Ssvings Banks Act , he should not hesitate , if necessary , to exercise it .

      Mr . Villiehs expressed bis gratification that the question pt the Corn Laws was at last taken out of his hand ^ by the Governmeut , and pledged himself to give them every support upon the question when it was brought forward . Mr . Alderman Thompson contended that the shipping interest of London were not favourable to the removal of the restrictive duties on timber and sugar . After some further discussion , the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , which was one of mere form , was agreed to , and the House resumed .

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      The other orders of the day were then disposed of , aud the House adjourned .

      Monday , May 8 . A new writ was moved for the borough of Sandwich , in the room of the late Major-General Sir It . Donkin . Lord Stanley , in reply to a question from Mr . W . S . O'Brien , said he did not intend to proceed with the Registration of Voters Ireland Bill on Wednesday . Mr . Ha . ND 1 . ey complained of an inaccurate report of his speech , on Friday night , in the Morning Chronicle of Saturday . Ho was made to say that he w&uld support' Ministers in their measure respecting the Corn Laws , whereas he had really said directly tho reverse . He could scarcely believe sujh a misrepresentation to have originated in mistake , and he therefore moved that the printer should bo directed to appear at the bar of the House . Mr . Hume hoped the Hon . Member would be satisfied with the explanation he had given .

      Sir De Lacy Evans said it was absurd to suppose that the mistake of the reporter could have been intentional . Mr . Handlet , believiig his object , that of corrfceting the mistake , to havo been obtained , withdrew his mutton . Lord J . Russell announced that , on Friday next , he would state the amonnt of duty which he should propose to lay ujion foreign , corn imported into this country . Lord Sandon said he wonld on the same day give the House an opportunity of pronouncing an opinion upon the contemplated change in the sugar duties . The House then resolved itself into a committee upon the Punishment of Death Bill .

      Tho second clause was opposed by Lord J . Russell , Lord Dungannon , and Sir 11 . Inglis ; and supported by Mr . Hume , Mr . O'Connell , aud Mr . Sergeant Talfovurd ; and oa a division it was defeated by a majority of 122 to 110 . On the proposal of tha fourth clause , abolishing the punishment of death in cases of violation , Sir C . Douglas moved an amendment making exceptions in certain caat e . The amendment was withdrawn after some discussion , aud the clause itself was negatived by a majority of 123 to 61 ; Sir R . Peel declaring , that in cases of murder , attempts to murder , and violation , ho could not consent to abolish capital punishments . The next clause , which proposed to abolish tbe punishment of death in cases of attempts to murder , led to some discussion , but was ultimately negatived by a majority of 83 to * 75 .

      The sixth clause was also negatived by a majority of 160 to 73 . Mr . Kelly said that he could not press his Bill further that evtniug , opposed as he was by the Government , nor would he press it further tha t ses&ion if tlie Noble Lord ( J . Knssell ) would proceed

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      with the Government measure upon the subject withont delay . LordJ . Russell said he would certainly proceed with the Government measure with the least possible delay . The Housa then resumed , and tbe Chairman obtained leave to sit on the 17 th of May . The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Criminal Justice Bill . Mr . W . Patten proposed two clauses , one to confirm , in some particulars , the Charter of Manchester , and the other to provide compensation for certain officers . Mr . 'M . 'Philips thought the proposal an insult to the people of Manchester . In fact , they were now asked to buy o { F the opposition to the Charter by giving some thousands of the money of the ratepayers to those who bad so long persisted in opposing it

      The Attorney-General and Mr . C . Bcller opposed toe clauses , which were supported by Mr . Cress-well . After some discussion the first clause was withdrawn , and the Committee divided upon the second clause , which was negatived by a majority of 128 to 73 . Lord F . Egerton moved a clause to exempt Bolton from the operation of the Bill . After some discussion the Committee divided , and the clause was negatived by a majority of 75 to-81 . The House then resumed , the other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned . S _ rt _ fLj- _ r-r --r ^ nnr-l -

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      MR . NEESOM ; HIS ADDRESS TO THE EDITOR AND , WILLIAM RIDER . It will be recollected by our readers that the name of Charles H . Neesom was appended to the document issued by Lovettand Co . relative to the " New Move , " and , as will appear from the following , Mr . Neesom sent us a letter in justification of liis conduct , which , along with a mass of other correspondence , was given into the hands of Wm . Rider for examination , previous to being placed in the hands of the compositors . Mr . Rider , it seema , believing that his friend bad not sufficiently r < fleeted upon the steps he had taken , immediately wrote to Mr . Neesom , conjuring him to reconsider the subject , and if , after such consideration , be was still anxious to have his letter published , bo would give it into our hands for a decision . After a lapse of five days , Mr . Neesom sends the subjoined reply to Mr . Rider : — London , May 3 d , 1841 .

      Friend Rider , —I am much surprised to learn you have caused the publication of my letter to be delayed . I consider it an unwarrantable interference on your part My letter requires no reconsideration ; in looking over the copy , I don't see anything that can be fairly objected to . It asks questions Which may not be very palatable to Mr . O Connor , if that gentleman is not prepared to give the answers . - You say the Chartists will give me no quarter . Many who call themsalves Chartists I am aware will give abuse and display a spirit of intolerance and

      despotism , which none but dishonest men will countenance . You know well tbat had Mr . O'Connor written or spoken in favour of Lovett ' a plan it would have been applauded to tbe skies by those who now condemn it , many of whom , no doubt , have not examined any part of tha views and objects set forth therein . O , for a large supply of knowledge Chartism ! Again , I request that my letter may apptar in the Star without delay , as I am not to be diverted from my purpose by tho threats or coaxing of any man or set of men . I never have nor never will act intentionally wrong in the cause I have so long espoused .

      " An honest man is the noblest work of God . " In conclusion , I am compelled to view this interference as a very unfriendly act on your part , and altogether at variance with strict justice , leaving out anything of " Auld Lang Syne . " Yours respectfully , Chas . H . Neesom , 70 , Hare-street , Bethual Green . Tbe following is the communication alluded to : — TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , April 25 th , 1841 .

      SIR , —As there are strange reports abroad respecting my conduct in relation to my name being appended to what is called the " secret move , " or Lovett ' a plan , I beg the insertion of the following letter in the forthcoming Start as it will be an answer to the many letters and inquiries that I have received , und also an act of justice towards me , which I feel confident you will not deny . I am . Sir , your ' s respectfully , Chas . H . Neesom , 76 , Hare-street , Betiinal Green . " Prove all things , hold fast that which is good . "

      FELLow-CorNTRYjiEX , —The above motto ought to be ever kept in view , in order that we may conie to right conclusions . I deem it my duty to address the following observations to you , in order that you may judge respecting my name being appended to Lovttt and Collins ' s plan of organization . I consider the plan will be calculated to establish a system which all men who wish to see a great and beneficial change will apptove of . I do not call it a perfect , plan , buttUa best I have yet seen , according to my judgment . 1 ¦ will not attempt at present to enter into its merits ; and as to its practicability , that must entirely dopend on the will of the people , as all the efforts of the few to bettor tho condition of thy manyhave been , and will continue unavailing until the people see the necessity of

      giving those intended benefits their due consideration . I feel certain that until we can bring the ubove plan , or some part of it , or somethiug similar , into operation , we never can obtain or enjoy our political rights . Those being my views , I have signed the address ; and so convinced am 1 of its goodness as a plan , that I would , if needful , add my name to it again and again ; and I beg distinctly to state that 1 have acted entirely from my own views in this matter , and without consulting with any person , or holding any conversation with any one ou the 6 uhject previous to my name being attached thereto . I am neittier an O'Connor ' s man nor a Lovett's man ; I am what I wish you all to be , namely , a man of the people , alias a citizen . of the world . It is not my business to condemn or justify

      the conduct of other men at tbe present . It is stated this plan has been brought out in opposition to the plan now in operation—that it is done for the purpose of destroying ths Star , and to bring about Household instead of Universal Suffrage , &c . &c Now , if-Mr . O'Connor , or any other person will prove to me that sueh is the fact , and that the enemy of the working classes , Daniel O'Connell , is at all concerned in this a flair , then I will withdraw my name immediately . I believe that Household Suffrage would ( if given ) keep us in the back grounds full fifty years ; as such I never will , directly or otherwise , give my support to anything short of the principles of the People ' s

      Charter . As I have been as long in the field , as most who are at present engaged in the great struggle for liberty , I h % ve just cause to know that assertions are one thing and proof is another—that it is easy to denounce men and measures—and I am sorry to add that recent events have shown that it is still more easy to get a number of people to act oa the bare word of another . It may be said what proof do you want beyond what you have respecting Dau being one of the clique ? Has he hot spoken in fivvourjof Lovetts plan ? He may or may not , for ought I know ; and if so I think he must have done so to injure rather than forward the design , as his praise is calculated to damn any man or measure , be it ever so good .

      You will say , why bring this " New Plan" out . at prtsent , as it lias caused disunion ? No one regrets more than I do that there is so much disunion in the Chartist ranks ; 1 should have been glad to have seen the plan earlier in the field , and though it may bo ill-timed , yet it does not follow that the planners had a bad design in so doing , and if it is not approved , of by the Chartists generally , it might be safely left to its own fate . I contend that any person has a right to bring forth a " New Pian" every day , and any person may add their names to it who think proper—motive is everything . Shall a man be assailed on every side for acting according to the best of his judgment ? Is it Democracy or Chartism to say a man is a spy , a traitor ,

      one who has sold himself to the"Government , ' because he appends his name to a document which have for its object the obtaiument of the People ' s Charter ? As regards the base insinuations which has been made against myself , I cist them back with scorn and contempt , as I know the parties making tkem are unworthy of notice . If Chartism consists in abuse , in denunciations , in intolerance , and their despotism , coupled with the aid the base faction are receiving at this time at the hands of some of its advocates , in order to turn out the other equally baae faction , then , indeed , is the cause in a very prosperous state—but if Chartism consists in brotherly fueling , sober thoughtfulness , and a desire to como to just conclusions , then I regret to say , 1 am afraid it is at a very low ebb .

      In conclusion , 1 st me impress on your minds the necessity of Knowledge Chartism and Teetotal Chartism , » s I am quite certain until the working classes are better informed and entirely weaned from the potlibuae , we ahaU never havo them with us . For ray part it shall be ray business to show them by my example to the latest period of . ray life , that the enemy is not to be oveicjme but by perseverance , firmness , aud union . I remain , fellow-countrymen , Yours , In the cause of universal happiness , C H . Neesom . We have also a second letter from Mr . Neeaom , as follows : —

      TO THE EDIT 0 B OP THK NORTHERN STAR . London , May 3 rd , 1841 , Sir , —I received a letter dated Leeds , April 28 th , from Mr . Wm . Rider , informing me that tbe letter I 6 ent you on last Monday fur publication had come into his hande . It appears he has thought proper to prevent its appearance , on account , as he states , that I would reconsider it In locking over tbe copy , I do not sets ^ one word I wish to alter ; ifc does not contain any thing an honest man can object to , and if it bad , I should think you , as the eilitoi of the paper , would have pointed ' It out in your comments on the same . How Mr . Rider lias got posw « ioo tit ,

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      it is not for me to say , aa it was addressed t » th * Rev . Wm . Hill ; as ouch it must have passed tbroufc your hands . This , Sir , looks very xrach like a " secret more ;" at all events it is an act ef gross iEJaatfce ta withhold from the publio any thing that would tend to make known to them the views and intentions of * person charged with being a traitor , be Had m » letter contained any thing like what yon are pleased to call repentance , escape from the Rat Trap , 8 c . il doubt not you would gladly have caused its insertion * / shouldnot then have been asked to reconsiderm « letter . ' Sir , I trust I am capable of judging for myself , jspurn with indignation any attempt made to fetter my mind , though it be made under the mask of friendship . Trusting to your high sense of justice , I again request that the letter may appear without further delay .

      I remain , Sir , yours respectfully , Ciias . H . Neesom . 76 , Hare-street , Betbual Green . In placing the above letters in our hands , Mr . Rider accompanied it by the folowing : —

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE . NORTHERN STAE . Sir , —I have now , according to the promise made to Mr . Neesom , given his communication into your hands , yet , as a Chartist , I cannot allow it to go forth to the public without remark , however " unpa ' aiabtf those remarks may be to Mr . Neesom . In an affair which nffecta the interests of the working man , I neither regard friend nor foe , nor shall I hew the rough corners off my words to please any individual whatever . Should Mr . Neesom object to the tone of expression , let him do so , as I shall " call a boat a boat , a fish a fish , " a tor . l a tool , and a traitor a traitor . First , allow me to say a few words in reply to hi » letter to me of yesterday ' s date .

      He states his surprise to learn that I have caused the publication of his letter to be delayed , and considers it an " unwarrantable interference" on my part , and insinuates , in his letter to you , that there is something " secret" about my doing so , as the letter being " addressed to Xr , Hill , must have passed through hU hands . " Now , in answer to this , I ask Mr . Neesom if he mp . poses that the labour attendant on preparing matter tot a weekly paper is only eqnal to that of a tailor who makes a suit of clothes per week ? If he does , he ij strangely mistaken . One tailor and one shopboard is quito sufficient for the suit , but it requires more than one pen or one desk to do the work at the Stur office . To assist at this work is a portion of my " duty .

      Mr . Neeaom ' s surprise at . the circumstance of hla letter coming into my kinds , may be obviated by informing him of the ordinary courao of business correspondence at the office ; which is tbat all letters addressed to the office , either to the Editor , to the Publisher , to the Clerk ( Mr . Ardill ) , or to Mr . O'Connor , go first Into the hands of , and are opened by , either Mr . Hobson or Mr . Ardill , just which may happen to be in the way . The * gentlemen , when they open the letters , pass those addressed to the Editor , and all sent for publication , as news , &c . into the hands of Mr . Thompson , the Assistant Editor , who loaks them through , and prepares such as are on ordinary business for the compositors , into whesa hands the " copy" thus prepared frequently passes , with , out beiugseen by the Editor . Such of the correspondence

      aa needs to be seen by him is reserved for his inspection and decision . I occasionally assist Mr . Thompson ia thus preparing " copy , " and in the course of my so doing , I fell in with the letter of Mr . Neesom ; and having a respect for Mr . Neesom for " auld long syne , " and feeling for his present position , I detemined to write to him as a friend , to implore of him to reconsider hia letter before I gave it into your hands , telling him ; that if , after such re-consideration , he stiii felt determined on its publication , it should be handed to you . I acted on this determination ; and this explains the manner how the letter oarae into my hands , and shews that Mr . Neesom ' s insinuation of " secret move" " because the letter addressed to you , must have passed through your hands , " turns out to be , that Mr . Neesom has cut off his first button .

      He says his letter ' asks questions which may not be very palatable to Mr . O'Connor , if that gentleman it nofc prepared to give the answers . " A very sage idea , Mr . Neesom ; " if that gentleman is not prepared to giva the answers . " But , suppose , he is prepared to give the answers , will those answers be " palatable ?" Look at that hole . Air . Kessom , aud see if a patea is uot very necessary . His next remark is an echo of the discomfited Leaguers and sham-Radicals' cuckoo note—" Many who call themselves Chartists , I am aware , will give abuse , and display a spirit of intolerance and despotism which

      none but' dishonest men will countenance . " Then wken men turn traitors to their country and propound schemes to stultify and disorganise the people , they must be overshadowed -with the mantle , silence . No , Mr . Neesom ; that will never do ; you were not wont to promulgate or practice any such hetorodox tenets ; and the Chartists will not subscribe to Mem through fear of beim * stigmatised with " intolerance" or " despotism . " Error must and will be opposed . Trcicbery must and shall bo exposed , and , depend upon it , " honest men" will countenance the crusade against all renegades and impostors .

      He then proceeds thus— " You know well had Mr . O'Connor wrote or spoke in favour of Lovetts plan , it would have been applauded to the skies by those who now condemn it" I know no such thing ^ neither do I believe it possible for all the political agitators combined , to divert the attention of the people from the pursuit of the full measure of their rights . Forrajr own part I shall oppose O'Connor , and shall call upon the people to aid in such opposition , the very moment he calls upon us to stiike the flag " Universal Suffrage , " and hoist that of a more limited standard . The assertion is a libel upon the Chartists— -they are not let ! by men , but by principle ; and I repel the insult thus givt-n .

      I shall not dwell much upon his devout prayer— " 0 , for a larger supply of knowledge Chartism ! " I am one that would rather nght for the fruits of Cbartism than fall down and mule and pule for " a larger supply of knowledge Chartism . " Who would supply the knowledge ? -Why , the " New Movers . " when they get hundveds of thousands of our li . oneyj but they have not got the NEW * " rint" yet , nn < l , to their grief , they never will . What kind of knowledge would it be ? We have tho sample , and , consequently , may judge of the stock yet in the sack . I did think , Sir , of making stme few remarks on hia letter to his " fellow countrymen ;' but I leave it untouched and open to others , though , as a Chartist , I claim a right to give utterance to my views ; but , per * haps it would be " an unwarrantable interference on my part . " Yours , truly ,

      Wm . Rider . Leeds , May 4 th , 1841 . TO THE EDITOR . OF THE HORIUEBN S 1 A . R . SIR , —Having sent the Star to Ireland for some time past , 1 thought it my duty , when Dan O'Conuell made use of the base assertions that he did respecting Chartism in Ireland , to test the principles of the parties to whom I sent it , when I received a letter , of which the following is a copy . By your giving the same a place in the people ' s paper , you will greatly oblig « Yours , a constant reader , Aud one of tho oppressed , JGU . N PULLESS , Secretary to the Manchester Petition Committee . Manchester , May 2 d , 1841 .

      Sir , —I received your letter of the 19 th , a day or two sinco , and feel grateful for your kindness in sending tha Star to one , who , though a stranger personally , is not so I hope in principle . As to your question concerning my receiving the Star regularly , I beg to say , it is sometimes detained till three or four weeks after its publication ; bat , be it ever so old , it is read with eagerness by all into whose hands it may fall . As to your other question , 'with regard te Dan driving Chartism from Ireland , I , fPr one am not the least uneasy on that point ; for there i » here a growing spirit of democracy , that will at no very distant period , baffle the" deceiving cant of Dan and Co ., or the power and tyranny of those who assam » authority , though backed by the gibbet , the bullet , awl the bayonet

      When we Irish are once convinced that we Lav * been humbugged , we don t withhold onr Lands from the readiest means of settling accounts with those who have deceived U 3 ; and surely we have been deceived by as base a crew of cut throat and pretending patriot " as ever this earth suffered on its groaning bosoms . Again , ia answer to your question , whether we hava a Chartist Association formed hero or no , I can only say that in such an aristocratic tewn as Lisburn , tha formation of one would be attended with grwt diX-8 culty , as most of the working people are ttnantsat-Will to the Marquis of Hertford , and if any pewofl allowed a meetin * to be held in his house , it would be followed by immediate * jeciment ; for I can assure you that tjranny exists here to a great extent , as they are at this present time making use of their po ^ er W drive me from my present abode , and if possible from the town . .

      Again , the pnblicans and this shop keepers arfl either Wings « r Tories , and are only waiting for&a opportunity to vent their spleen ah jurymen on tne fir % t Chartist victim th&t may have the honour of appearing before a judge at the assize ; but , Dnde ' ?" disadvantages , a society co « ld , ar . d I hope * ul Pf formed , whenever a place of meeting can be procoreo without endangering any person who has the misfortuiw to be at the the disposal of tyrannical landlords . t . . In conclusion , their every-day doings are » pp «* their ewn foundations , and lending the democrats * helping hand to pull the fabric of corruption « n > d * their ears .

      Toon , in the cause of truth , WM . R 0 B 1 NS 0 X Lisburn , April 25 th , 1841 .

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      The Jcdge before whom Alderman Per" ° » ° * Dublin , was brought on his arrival in New *? rr aoharge of having defrauded his creditoi b in ireland , hae discharged him from ' custody , 8 ui ?' !" evidence had not been made out to justify &U a < r tension .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct705/page/6/