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      ( Continued from our Seventh page . J if-m , snd to reduce the extravagant expences of these establishments . He objected to the expenra of the 2 >> rd lieutenancy of Ireland , which amounted to between , £ 50 , 000 Bnd £ 60 080 . " What benefit was obtained "by this expenditure ? Wrs the office of any T- < £ -oss ? For has own part , ha considered that the maintenanes of tie office "was no advantage to the chantry . He thought , if the expences of this country vere thoroughly investigated , aod if its res 9 nrce 3 were j-r-perly considered , such unnr ~ r" ~! T expenditure would not ta incurred ; and he -would repeat , that before the House was called upon to "rote supplier , they oszht to have the means of ascartaining in -what way the r-Tenne of the country w « to be obUincd—fhear ) . Itwss r- ? euliarly necessarya * the presenttime , whenihe country

      • R-is in such a state of extreme distress , tbat'they should i . ' -t recklessly votesway the public money . With regard to i ^ oeranauatedaHoTsncss , he thought that public tfiicew c -. zht to receive a saffi dent compenntion lor their teTTicas , and that when those services -were po lo-ger required they should liave no further claim upon the c-nntry . He » as well aware that reductions could i t be at ones effssted in tbess establishment but he c -nsidered that more economical plans ought in future t ha adopted . He asked the Hcnse to consider the r-fferinra of the people ; they were bouna to do so ; »¦ . - ¦» to think of methods of relieving , instead of e ° . gra-ViUng , the burdens under which the country groaned . I - -wanted to know , whether the Government had any i - ention of relieving Ibe people from the burden of

      1 •* iBcama Tax , or , if not , whether they ha-i any of t i-evlng the strait body of the community from the Treasure of indirect Taxation ? The Hon . Gentleman c jduiad by moving his amendment , — " That at the j . reaent period of extended distress , it is the duty of t , ^ e House to consider the means of lightaning the j-ressare of ti ^ s 3 ti « n on the people , L . < - reducing to the greatest practicable extent the expenses of the military , £ = well as of the civil establishment" of the country ; t-t ^ t therefore it is expedient , that the voting of any supplies should be postponed till the estimates of the ¦* :-t > le expenditure and the means to meet that expenditure be first furnished to the H- " > t : <« e . " Mr . Bpme seconded the amendment The oa-ation bavins bees put ,

      Mr . Williams ojested to the expense of the Irish ajd the Metropolitan police , which were , in fact , well t ? - * ia » d military bodies , snpport - -d qxl \ sf the taxes ; sad inquired why the army wsa maintained on i * s present extravagant i coring ? The Chancellor op the Exchequer consi-Qrred tiatieply should be reserved- tii > Uie particular e timates were under discussion . > ir HcME considered that with proper reductions in the expense of our establishments the income tax s ight have beta rendered unnecessary . He supported the a-nendmtnt-General Johxsok also thought that » he amendment "Was a reasonable or . a . Dniing the five nisbta of debate c— . the state of the vountiy he had not heard one word K explanation of the xeal cause of the distress , which " » AStivrrtaxatioir .

      Csx-tsin PoLHiiL referred the cause of distress to the g ~ t-at and rapid increase of the population . Machinery ¦ was the curse of the country . On a division , Mi . Crawford ' s amendment was supp -rted by 15 and rejected by 62 . The House then went into a committee of supply ; and Sir H £ 5 BT Habbisge brought forward the army Estimates . As compared with the previous year there i » to be a reduction of 5 74 i > men , wirh a rotsl saving on the entire estimates of £ 133 , 000 The redaction in tbe Hi . Tiber of men was as Iar ^ e as could be tffected at this € » rly *> t »^ e in the re-establishment of peaceful relations , t-= eping in view the proper relief of rraiments serving a " -road , and the effective discipline of tbe army . After guing through the various items , he conriu-ird by proposing the first vote , waitn was tor 100 , 246 men for the land service .

      Mr . Hno considered that if the number of troops in onr -colonies were reduced , we cnnW afford to sKolish tLe dntiea on co ton and wooL He also censurtri the system a-1 opted- t « sws » ds the B ^ ers of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and Te-afEmied that our disties « ts aruse from extravaxwice , as well as bad legislation . He ¦ wis s . e-1 the force to b * reduced to what it was in 1835 ; and proposed an amendment that tbe vote be reduced by 20 090 men . Lord Abtbue LEifSOX considered that if we wished a better ci&ss of men xo enier ihe army , we should increase the rate of pensions -which was at preaeni a Euserablt ) pittance -f sixpence a day .

      Captain LaT 3 . ku would vote for th « - am&ndment if > -- were convinced that the cr rtit and dignity of t&e c--aa ^ ry could be sustained by tee reduction , of wiiich ,

      J i » fTer . be was not satisied-: :. Vixi . iAMSregrett .- 'J that Mr . it : jVi-i for a latter- reduction . jmt Hk : » BT Hakpinc- " exolained .- ! :. " . Vixi . iAMSTegrett .- 'J that Mr . it : jVi-i for a larcer Tednctioa . jmt Hk : » BT Hakpinc .- " explained

      Hnme bad not that many of the stringent xs ^ nlatioas complained of , such as that rtlatr ing ta ^ riflows' pensions , were not to be attributed to the Sovemmtnl , npon whom they were Torced by tbe recommendations of the npancs cammitteea . He denied that there were too many troops in any one of our colonies . After 5-iin » further discussion , a divison toot place on Mr . Humea amendment , when it was rejected by 106 to 20 . Tbe ntxt vote was for ^ -3 619 327 for tbe expanses of ib % army . whi = b was agreed to , as were th ^ reaainii-g ve-ies The voia for the expensea of the volunteer e- rpa -was objected to by Sir . Williams , but wai carried Irr SSlO 25 .

      Sir Jamzs GHaHaM thtm moved the second reading of the registration of Voters Bill , reserving discussion to 3 future stage . The other trit-rs o ! the *< iay were then disposed of , and tbe House aajenmed .

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      HOUSE Of COMMONS . —Tuesday , Fkb 28 . ( The Solicitob Getcbax moved that ' The Ser £ e 3 BrjaJ-Anns and William Bellamy tx llowed ti appear and appeal to these actions . " T ... 3 was ai aenon of fals- imprisonment under t ^ . Speaker ' warrant , which bad beeen issued agai » i t he prei-en plaintiff for & breach of privilege , ? ji ^ ving con ducted , as attorney , certain actions ; r j ^ h t by on Stockdalr against Mr . Hansard , the : ; mier of th Bons ^ v , for alleged libels contained in . •; report Trine ] itr . B 3 Q 5 ! ard had printed by its a- ' oray . Tn Sergeant had been serred with a hale f >* , us npo ; one ^ of the arrests made by him a . - ¦ * .:- jnenc of Siockdale ' s actions . The AUor »~ i J : ;_ ral wa direct-ed by the Honse to appsar ; up did appeaj and tbe Conn held tbax the Sr- ~ k-i * a -warran

      ¦ sva 3 m itsdf a sufficient answer . Tht present aciioi bfing for falss imprisoninsnt undtr -he same war lazi , he would propose that , as . V :. . > re , the Huns should permit the officer to appear and plead . 1 they -were found by the Jury to ' v * ve committei anj eseess in what they nad dor . t , it was fit tba thej should be responsible ; if th ^ j were fonnd i < ha \ e committed no ezcess , ihe ^ arrant would bi tkeir complete jatiScation . Sir T . "Wilde regarded this i npasal as bo 3 es han a surrender of ihe pjirili-oc t-: ihc House . Thi House was , and ought to : raai-: t : un iL .= edf , the r ^ I jnd {? e of its own privikgei ; acd ¦ .-. Lj . d deserted it duty in ptrmiv . ica the Speak r to plead to th action of Sir F . Burdeti . Hercf . r * ed to thespeeehe

      made in Pariiainent by Sir I ; Peel on Stockdate ' case , which h ° coE > id » j-id a . < 3 horities agaJDsi th bow proposed cour-e of G ^ v . . ment . Let not ib ^ oriBe , 3 fteT tbe xppoimwn - had passed , depsr ™ >*¦ •*» mmsrpic , mrrcY to gel rid of a urn porary . iDeonveD ^ ence . ifth Hiuse wonld send i />» Zltir ^ ^ tTh ^ - it ^ IrtSh Ti . ila . ce of this Honse ; whiah chS % S *

      tance that the two Houses of Parliament " sh u ^ remain co-ordinate ; bn : if privilege were put k ^' course of trial by the courts of law , the House 0 Ix > rds would have the final power , throHgh it appellate jurisdiction , of npholding its own privj leges , and rerersmg those of the Commons . Th proper conrse for the House now to take would be t appoint a-eommitiee who should inquire whether an < wrong had been done in the execution of" its war rant i and , should any such wrong be found , the ] to direci ampie compensation ; bus cot to make h bast * , a precedent destructive to its independence and derogaioTy w its dignity .

      Sir R . Peel thought it his duty , before the debai proceeded further , to inform the House < ¦ vrhai he had only just learned , that this procei had not be * n served till Saturday ; that ihe tan for pleading wonld expire on Wednesday , an that the noiios of appMcation for " the enlsr jemei of that lime rnnsi be given before r ' ms o ' e-o ? k lbs mghl .

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      Sir Thomas Wilds and the Solicitob-Genbbal agreed that no important question wonld be prejudiced by taking out a summons to enlarge the time . Sir R . Peel , in the expectation that the time would be enlarged , proposed to adjourn the debate , which was agreed to . Lord Ashlet rose to move "that an bumble address be presented to her Majesty praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her instant and serious consideration tbe best means of diffusing tbe benefits and blessings of a moral and religious education amoDgst the workinng classes of her people . " After enlarging on the general importance of education , and the great increase of

      population dnnng the present century , be drew the attention of the Honse to the present state of crime and ignorance , and of moral snd 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 tbe 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 which established the fact that not less than £ 25 , 000 , 000 sterling are annually expended in ardent spirits ; and ii w ^ s proved by medical men that a large proportion—perhaps half—of all the cases of insanity are produced bv the intemperance thus widely prtvalent .

      He was aware thai 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 . the puni-hment of it . The expense of one convict for one year would educate more than one hundred children . He attributed much of the existing evil to the truck system , to the payment of wages at public-houses , and to the miserable condition of the people ' s habitations . The present state of things could not ooniinue for twenty years more , without producing a convulsion which must overthrow the whole fabrio of society . It was remarkable that the better educated poor « ere net found among the insurgents in tbe 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 tbe acknowledgment of this 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 rigbtBand contracts . The Btate of the people ' s dwellings , and the general arrangement of sanatory regulations in large towns were subjects on which the GvrernmeBt was at ihis time acmally occupied . He gladly gave his support to the present motion . Ha feared that Protestant England had more neglected the grand dmy of educating the

      people than any other nation of Europe . The law had now been victorious ; the soldier aud policeman had done their duty ; and the time was come when ihe public instructors must go forth . The Government had most anxiously considered ihis necessity ; and he ardently wi hed that the House , laying aside all religions and political differences , wonld join in endeavouring lo find some neutral ground on which the Church and the Dissenters might amicably meet . He would now state what bad been done , and what ihe ministers would propose to do . In Scotland there txisted 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 ^ hole kingdom would by degrees be supplied with instructors , teaching by the simultaneous .-yf-tem . Grants had also been made for schools in England—large grani 3 , 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 districi schools . The children to be there instructed should , in the first place , be orphans and oiher destitute paupers , or the of&pring of poor parents willing ts let them be educated there . He would attach to each school achapei , 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 receive religious instruction from any licensed ministtr of any denomination- He gave s > veral particulars respecting the state of some of the larger manufacturing districts , showing a total want of the means of instruction there ; and then proceeded to the case of children not dependent on parochial relief , but employed in factories . He would propose that no child should be suffered to work more than six hours and a half in oue day ; and that each should be obliged to attend school daily for three hours . Tne principle upon which grants had been usually made for tbe building of schools was , that twothirds of the cost should be raised by private contribution . He would recommend that for the future

      onr-tnird only should be r » quired from private &ourc < ss . The maintenance of me school when built nigh' be defrayed partly from small payments t-j be made by the children themselves for their schooling , and partly by a parochial rate of threepence in the pound . Howou ( i have tht cobool > i manaxi ' d oaoh by seven trustees , who should be , the clergyman , tne two churchwardens , and four persons to be nominated by tbe 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 the master , if the friends of such child should object to his being brought up in conformity win the Church of England . These provisions , he

      trusted , would protect all classes , and afford com . plete security against all attempts at proselytism . Lord Johx Russell felt that the sums heretofore voted for the great purpose of education had been vrry 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 wonld not , without more mature consideration , pronounce an opinion ; but as between the Church and the Dissenters , he regarded the principle of tbem as one which ought not to be opposed by those who had tbe great object of education really ai heart . He illustrated the necessity of interposition upon this subject , by some evidence of the state of spiritual ignorance in the West Riding of

      York-Bhire , 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 , but wickedners , 03 the part of the House to reject it His own objection was only that 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 providmg competent schoolmasters , and retaining tnem by sufficient inducements ; for it happened too often that , from the master ' s deficiency in zeal , or from his inaptitude for his duty , tbe children learned what was taught them in a superficial manner , and

      without any real understanding or feeling of it ; and where a master was well fitted for hia duties , he was tempted to quit them by finding that he could get a better remuneration for his talents elsewhere . Some difficulty occurred in the unwillingness of parents themselves to let their children attend school ; and he wished some means to be considered by which that unwillingness might be removed . He suggested also the expediency of providing some education for the classes above the poorest , so that the small farmers and tradesmen might nat entertain a jealousy of the superior means of education afforded to their workpeople . Lord Sasdon expressed his satisfaction at the prospects which this evening had opened .

      Mr . Ewabt desired to . waive theological differences , for the sake of the great object now in view . Sir C . Bukkell concurred . Mr . Shaw was disappointed that nothing had been said about the extension of tbe educational principle to Ireland . Mr . C . Bulleb reminded ihe House of the vast total of charity funds specifically applicable to education , amounting to about . £ 300 , 000 a year . There was another class of charities , founded for giving small sums to the poor . Such small sums were not only useless , but mischievous ; they were generally expended in drink , and would be much bitttr appl-. ed in education . The amount of the fouudationB tor this purpose was not less than £ 170 , 000 a year .

      Sir R . I > "glis could not approve , in a system of national education , the avowal of an intention to exclude proseiytisnj 1 since it must always be a duty to attempt the propagation of what we curatives believed to be the truth . Still less could he approve the suggestion of diverting any charitable foundations from the purposes of their founders , tin less those purposes could be proved to be immoral . Sir Geobge Gbxt hailed the prospect of improvement which now appeared to present itself through the cordial spirit of all parties . He believed that Lord Covtenham was in communication with the Government on the subject of a legislative measure for rendering certain classes of educational charities more available than at present .

      Sir R . Peel said , that unless conviction were brought home individually to the minds of all men in tie wealthier classes that they themselves had shared the guilt of neglect in this matter , the good effected this evening would bebut imperfeot . With respect to the objection on the subject of proselytism , the question was one of balance between good and evil ; and he was not willing , for the sake of the occasional good of conversion , to let the present enormous evils , moral and religious , continue to press upon n 3 . He would be content to admit some modifications of educational charities , wh ^ re the change of times and circumstances had rendered the original purposes impracticable ; but he could not concur in a proposal for diverting , ejen to so good an object as t ' aa . t of education , a bequest in' eiirfed for s mall do-. r .: ous 0 ; h « poor . He defended the limited scale on which . Government pro-

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      posed to begin their plan . Success in the manufacturing dtstricts , where the experiment was first to be attempted , wonld open the way for it in the rural parts of the kingdom . Mr . Hawes thought the DisBenters would not like a trust of whioh the clergyman of the parish was to be at the head . Mr . Acland was content that tbe comprehensive principle should be adopted in public sohools ; bat he hoped that Government would not discourage the establishment also of such schools as private parties might wish to found for the eduoatiou of children in the principles of the Church of England alone . Mr . Smith O'Bblbh expressed himself but little satisfied . Lord Abhley , in reply , thanked the House for the reception which it had given to his motion , whioh was then unanimously carried , and the House adjourned .

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      O'CONNELL AND THE IRISH CATHOLIC CLERGY . LETTER SECOND . TO THE RIGHT REV . DR . BLAKE , CATHOLIC

      BISHOP OF DROMORE . My LORD , —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 ttie Repeal agitation , and the limitation for the total abolition of tithes , and also his motives for having enfsred 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 d ifficult 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 ; aud in th « present letter apeak of the Tithe agitation exclusively . I am well aware , my Lord , that the people of Ireland were always opposed to the payment of tithes since the introduction of that impost into Ireland in the reign of Henry the Second , and under auspices to which 1 shall net now make any further allusion .

      It is very difficult to deal with any political question with which Mr . O'Connell has had anything to do , because he mixes up so many questions together and dovetails them into each other , in such 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 . I feel thiB difficulty now , and , as an example , by way of illustration , just let me here direot your Lordship's attention to the recorded proceedings of tbe 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 .

      2 nd . —The Volunteers , a-med , I should suppose , aB the inference is clear and conclusive , thit as your Lordship , is an enrolled member of the unarmed Volunteers , the Volunteers must be armed , or why this distinction ? Wny are you , my Lord , enrolled a raemtjr of tbe unarmed "Volunteers unless the othnrs art armed ? There can be no doubt as to the justice of the inference . 3 rd . —The memtsrs who pay one pound a year . 4 th . —The Associat 3 s or Socialists who pay one shilling a year , but wbo are dtnied the right to speuk or vote . Now there in nn " omnibus rebus" for you . You have paid your money in advance , and what are you ? Why all you know , or can know about the matttr ia , that you have paid yonr money , and that you are a member of the ttnurnied volunteers , that is all .

      Now , my Lord , tbe Repeal question , the Tithe question , and the associations founded under the pretence of carrying these questions through Parliament , but for the purpose of getting money , and then changing the natne and character of the associations in order to get more mon « y , w * re so artfully juinbled 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 the Union by becoming a member of tbe '' unarmed volunteers of Ireland of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . " What in the name of all that is wonderful , is the meaning , or what ia the use of this jarton ?

      No doubt , my Lord , but you have read Mr . O'Conr . ell's letters to Lord Duncannon , urging , with all his eloquence , the benefit which the country would derive ; the tranquillity which would ensue on the removal of Mr . Blackburn fmm the office of Attorney-General , and his promotion to the "neutrality of , the BENCH / ' At this period , 1830 , Mr . O'Connell was for tbe total abolition of tithe , as well m for the Repeal of the Union . There was nothing then in tbe way of achieving both those grand objects , except the

      Tory Attorney-General , Blackburne , whom he said would make an excellent Judge , but was a bad Attornpy-Ganeral . Those letters to Lord Duncannun would be amusing enough from their folly and inconsistency , had they not been so exceedingly mischievous ; mis . cbievous , because th * Irish people , unfortunately for their country , confided like your Lordship in tbe ' wisdom , prude :. co , loyalty , ard discretion" of the wily author of them , and were consequently led to oppose a Government which it is well known rea ly intended substantial justicuto Ireland .

      My Lord , the total abolition of tithes in name and nature , "' so as nut to leave a Hue * bthind , " wai strongly and eloquently advocated by Mr . O Counel ! in public speeches and in soul-stirring letters : and upon several occasions be called upon the people by all they valued up ^ n earth , by their hupea of salvation , to bold no intercourse with any man who should pay tbe unholy impost . He implored ihom not to beat or abuse tbe tithe payer ; but if be offered to shake hands with any of them , to answer , " No , I thank you , I can shake my own band ; " 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 erjoined not to beat or abuse him , but the women were told they migbt spit upon him ; the total abolition of tithe agitation nourished ; itinerant agitators were employed in the same manner as Repeal agitators are employed now ; Horse , Fdol , and Artillery were all put into active operation to put down tbe tithe agitation ; but Mr . O'Conntll ' s appeals to the people rendered the whole power and strength if the Government unavailing . Tithe ceuld not be collected ( and many a farmer , who could ill afford it , suffdied tbe seizure and sale of bis property , for tithe in preference to the

      j c 3 ium , the public odium which he abould inevitably 1 encounter were he to pay tithe , in opposition to the ¦ general feeling wbtcb was thus eo successfully excited ; against all those -who bad dared to pay . : Tbe first collision between tbe people and the police and newly armed yeomanry , occurred at Newtonbarry , on the ever memorable 15 th of June , 1831 , at which : place no less than fourteen human beings were shot dead upon the spot , by the police and yeomanry , under the I pretence of protecting the distress from rescue . Here j were fourteen persons shot dead 011 the supposition 1 that they were about to rtseue a few heifers which were I seized upon for £ 2 3 c . 6 d . tithe said to be due to the 1 Rav . Mr . M'Clintock , brother-in-law to Lord Roden . I Here was a minister of tbe gospel shedding blood for

      1 money ! Here is a Christian Church by law established ; , But ia Mr . O'Connell in no manner answerable for the 1 blood which was ] shed upon that occasion at Newtonj barry ? Bear in mind , my Lord , that he has charged j Chartism with the Whig plot and outbreak at Wales in ' 1839 , and by way of showing hia horror for the shedding ; of human blood , thanked his God that it w : ifl Catholic Sergeant Daly , and a hnndful of Irish Catholic recruits that shot down English Protestants upon tbe occasion . I beg pardon it waa the pious O Connctl who expressed ' bis 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 the utmost confidence .

      Tbe next tithe affiir w . is at Carrickshark 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 ekclaimed just before he expired , " boys , I am gone , but remsmb « r Newton-barry . 1 ' Soon nfter this dying ejaculation , Captain Gibbons and eighteen policemen lay dead upon tbe ground . This was avenging the Newtonbarry slaughter . Here is a Christian Church shedding blood for money ! But remember that your friend iilr . O'Connell was at the head of the tithe agitation , that no honest man was to walk or talk , or shake hands

      with the man who would pay tithe , and the women too were to spit npon him . should he dare to violate the Liberator ' s mandate . But waa there any Engli&h Radical , or Chartist , or Protestant , base enough to thank God that ii was English Protestant soldiers that shot down Irish Catho ics upon these occasions ? No , not one . Yet the pioug O'Connell who would not shed one drop of humaB blood for the whole world , did publicly and reptate ) ly tbunk Am God that Serjeant Dily , a Catholic , and a few Irish Catholic recruitB did shoot down English Protestants at Newport in Walea in 1839 !!

      It would take up too much space in any newspaper to enumerate all the 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 , the "illustrious" leader and tbe 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 Chart ism . and Chartistleadera , it is equally just , in fact , far more juat , to charge Mr . O'Connell as ths guilty author of all the blood that waa abed , and all the lives that were sacrificed in prison and otherwise , in consequence of having implicitly

      followed his advice in offering resistance to the payment of tithes . It may be said , in palliation of his guilt , that be only recommended passive resistance ; but a better plea can be advanced for the Chartiststheir motto being Peace , Law , Order , Besides the base Wbigs could have no motive in sending spits amongst the Irish to encourage them to violate the law —to resist the payment of tithe ; whereas , on the other band , an outbreak amongst the Chartists was everything to the Whigs . It afivrded them an opportunity cf letting loose the military upon them , of crushing , as they b&d hop d , efft-ctually and for ever , those upon whose ahouiaera tuey got into power , and who were

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

      said—« Widow Ryan , will you pay youe tithe NOW ? *! After all thiB bloodshed , after tithes were virtually abolished by tbe people , after Lord Stanley had actually prepared a Bill for the total extinction of tithe , and after Earl Grey ' s government had been broken up in consequence of as base a breach of confidence on tne part of Mr . O'Connell as ever man wai guilty of , and after , in addition , haviug broken faith upou 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 abould have hia full share of the Irish patronage . Principles , great principles , sealed with the blood of martyrs , were bartered for places ! places I places !

      Please to bear in mind that I shall enter fully into the subject of places in my letter on tbe Repeal agitation . We shall 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 ;" a ministry , mind , which was solemnly pledged to piefer a civil war to a repeal of tbe union . Well , Mr . O'Connell came over to Dublin , called a meeting at the Corn Exohange , and mado a speech which fills four columns of the Freeman ; and about what do you

      Imagine ? just to substitute the word " adjusted '' for " abolished . " Tithes were then to be adjusted not abolished . No ; no I the Melbourne administration would adjust tbe tithes , but would not abolish them . Here was political knavery for you witk a vengeance 1 But the knavery did not end here . Mr . Wm . Snarman Crawford waa the consistent advocate of the total abolition of tithes ; while tbe advocate of total and unconditional emancipation became suddenly enamoured with tbe 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 taking ten shillings in the pound as an instalment of a debt from a man wbe was able to pay forty sqUHukh for every pound be 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 . Hu 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 Irelund . ' Keep out the Tories aud get into the places waa tbe common cry of all the tttbe agitators . Every ni ; in who sought for , or thought of getting any good for the conntry was bunted down as a Tory . Place hunters alone were Uie true patriots of the day . While the&e things were going on the Wh'gs wore 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 , aa Mr . O Gonnell had the power not only to stop the tithe agitation , but to turn the Irish constituencies in some place ' s against tbe representatives who adhered to their pledge for tbe total abolition of tithes , is it not ju « t , and right , and true , and reasonable to infer that he could have prevented all the tithe slaughters if it were bis Interest to bavo done so ? And as tbat inference ia sound an-. t just , it therefore foilowa that he , as the bead , the leader , and author and promoter of the opposition , tbe passive resistance to the payment of tithe , ia justly chargeable aa the guilty author of all the blood that was abed during tbe tithe agitation . It ia astonishing how this man can dare to call God to witness that he would not cause the shedding of one drop of human blood f j . - the whole world . Having succeeded , by the most disreputable artifices and misrepresentations , in getting Mr . Crawfcrd

      and other honest hi en out of the House of Commons , the political stage 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 owu choice , nt least those iu whom he could confide , and to whom tbe country , at hid bidding , repeatedly accorded its approbation and gratitude . No one dare even hint a doubt of the integrity and honesty of tbe Ministry . Should a man speak of the Repeal of tht > Union ho was at once declared to be in the pay of the Tories . Should he speak of the total abolition of tithes , be w . is instantly denounced as an enemy to the Liberal Government Honest men were thus hunted out of the field of politics ; while Repealers weib quietly surrentienng counties and boroughs to non-K » penlers for places . Ho wbi would not support the Ministerial plan for " adjusting ' the tithns was at onco and unequivocally declared to be a Tory .

      Wfell , my Lord , the p ' . aces having betn disposed of , the ministerial plan for the adjustment of tithus , was : it length produced , and the excuse for its enormity , fur iu deceitfulness , was , tbat tbe Tories forsooth would not let this excellent mini&try bring forward a better

      measure . Now , my Lord , you know as well as I do tbat the Church , aa established by Act of Parliament , but not by the Acts of Apostles , in this kingdom , Dever before the passing of this Whig boon , got 50 per cent , of the nominal amount of tithes , while the Whig act secures to that establishment , permanently secures to iV 75 per cent , of the nominal amount of tithes , and besides makes tbe Irish landlords tithe-proctors , and gives the most unconstitutional facilities to those clerical plunderers of the poor for the recovery of the , unholy and anti-Christian impost , and converts tithe into a rent charge , and empowers tbe 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 afler the tithe-rent charge becomes due , and gives precedence to the Irish rent-charge over ail other kind of debts , rent , mortgages , bsnna , judgments , even bank-Tuptcy itself j all , all , can be turned out , ousted , to make way fortUe debt due to the ministers of the established Church ; aud this is the adjustment of the tithe question for opposition to which Mr . Sbarman Crawford forfeited his seat for Dandalk , and for which the people shed their blood , and died in prison . But this is not all ; the act professes to take twenty-flvu percent , off the tithe , and your friend Mr . O'Connell , in whose " wisdom , prudence , energy and integrity you confide , " has repeatedly boasted that he succeeded in getting twenty-five per cent off the tithes . But how

      stands the fact f The true state of the case is this Thu Parson gets seventy-flve per cent secured to him as a first charge upon every estate in Ireland , while tbe landlords , who are well known not to be very favourable to the tenantry , are 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 this Act , to pay not more than half the nominal amount of tithe , is now obliged to pay tbe whole amount , und from tbe payment of which there is no mode of escaping , aa the law empowers the landlord to eject for non-payment of tithes as well as for non-payment of rent And this is what

      tke country has obtained after all the blood that was sbed . after a \ l the tithe martyrs whe died in prison , in consequence of having followed the advice of him in whose integrity , wisdom , prudence , and discretion , you , my Lord , have the utmost confidence . There never was a people so deceived , so completely betrayed , as thejjlrish have been ; yet they aro still confiding , still trusting him who betrayed them : and why do they trust him 1 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 m . vi possessed of every virtue , as a man who would sacrifice life itself to principle and consistency . Oh ! this is too bad !

      Look , my Lord , at the principles upon which the * ' National Political Union" was founded in 1832 . They » re to be ture . 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 inimedivtu object to disavow them . Those propositions were drawn up by the " illustrious bead of the Repeal Association , ' Daniel O'CounelL himself , who was then , as he is now , " Chairman of the Commit 3 e . " Consider for . 1 moment

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

      " Corn Exchange , Dublin , 1 st Sep ., 1832 . «« OBJECTS OF THE POLITICAL UNION OF IRELAND . 1 st . — " To prepare an address to the Throne to dismiss 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 aa not to leave a trace behind . 3 rd . — " To prepare a petition for the immediate repeal Of the Legislative Uuion , the int fBoienoy of which fca * been fully proved by an experience of thirty-two years .

      4 th . — " To petition the House of Commons to exhi bit art ' cles of Impeachment against the Marquis 0 Anglesey , boviit ) tu , ij buiuioj , aud AUutuojf Uducu

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      Blackburne , for their mis-government of Ireland , by arrogating to themselves tbe power of the Legislature , and giving the force of law to un-constitutional proclamations j their revival of Orange bigotry , rheir share in the several matters which have caused the shedding of so muohj 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 Legislature . 5 th . — " To appoint in each parish ia Ireland a permanent committee ef nine or more persons for the above purposes , to ] procure signatures to tbe address , and petitions , and to have them ready for presentation on the first day of tbe first session of a Reformed Parliament . ;

      6 tb . — " The next great duty of tbe 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 whiuh must be incurred in the attaining of our great oVjccts , and in particular , to indemnify persons wbo may be unjustly persecuted for patriotic exertions In favour of Irish liberty . \ 7 tn . — " 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 , and tbat the amount be forwarded to f the Secretary of the Political Union of Ireland monthly , to be by him lodged in tbe Hibernian Bank , and allocated to tbe purposes before mentioned , under the direction of tbe Finance Committee .

      8 th . — " That Daniel O'Connell , M . P ., John Power aad 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 . " DanielO'Connell , Chairman . " Now , my Lord , would not any man ' imagine at the time ; when these propositions were adopted , and recommended for general adaption to the Irish people , that Mr . O'Connell was serious in

      this threat at impeachment , serious in bis promise t « have tithes ] abolished , not " adjusted , " serious in bis determination to repeal the union " immediately ?" But , no , my Lord , there was nothine honest or serious about it . The whole scheme about the repeal of tbe union and the total abolition of tithes was got up and agitated in tbe first instance with no other view , with no other motive than ' that of annoying and thwarting I arl Grey and the Marquis of Anglesey , because tbey bad tbe temerity to ) promote Mr . Solicitor General Doherty to the Bench j without consulting the illustrious bead 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 Droghtda , in December , 1830 , toasted in a tumbler of Boyne Water the Chartered toast of tbe Orangemen , ' * The glorious , pious , and j immortal memory of tbe great and good King William , who saved us from Popery , slavery , brass-money , and wooden shoes ; and may those wbo refuse to drink it ba rammed and crammed into the great gun at Athlone , and tbeir damned souls blown round the citadel like a blue-bottle round a sugar bogshead . " And , at a breakfast at Mr . Sheriff Seott's , tie proposed' the same toast . And after this folly and absurdity , and after having exposed himself to tbe 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 tbem from becoming victims of his hollow' and shallow professions of conciliation , he bad thff hardihood to accuse the Marquis of Anglesey of having revived Oiange 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 be does so that tiiey are essentially different , that ! Chartism aims at political changes ; insists upon the unalienanle right to tbe franchise of every male inhabitant of this empire of Bane mind , of the

      full age of twenty-one years , and nonconvicted of felonious offence ; tbat the Parliaments shall be annual ; that the votes shall bo taken by ballot ; tbat the empire shall be divided into equal electoral districts , each district to return an equal number of representatives ; that the property qualification shall be abolished , in order tnat pious men like Maurice O Connell , and Morgan O'Connell , and John O'Connell may sit in Parliament without qualifying out of property which every body knows is not theirs . This is Chartism , 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 nixt letter , I shall state a few of the substantial reasons which influenced Mr . OConrfell to put the Repeal in abeyance . In the mean time , I am , i My Lord . With the greatest respect for your exalted station , as well as for your personal character , Your Lordship's Most obedient servant , Patrick O Higgi ns . Dublin , Feb . 6 , 1843 .

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      CHAKTISM IN IRELAND . To ihe 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 the diocese of Achonry have determined upon not paying to their clergy the dues of Christmas and Easter , ' because they foolishly supposed tbe priests were the cause of introducing the Poor Laws into that part of thejeountry . " Having the honour of being one of tbe clergymen of tbat diocese , I beg leave to inform you that the delusion has not extended to more than five parishes in the diocese . Even in thoss parishes ths great bulk of the people , andtheir leaders in iniquity , have since repented tbeir error , ! and bave come publicly forward with their usual offerings , and expressed the greatest sorrow for their folly .

      The only cause that can be alleged for this popular outbreak in those parishes is , their determined , bostlity to the Poor Laws , and their own unsuspecting simplicity in permitting themselves to be imposed upon by a ruffian Chartist , residing in Billaghaderreen , whose infamy in propagating his wicked principles in that neighbourhood was 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 ia very singular that this individual , who is a common clowniab-looking fellow , the son of a poor peasant , should be in the receipt of above forty or fifty letters a day . i

      I am credibly informed he receives letters from the Chartist Societies in the several Post-offices of Ballagbaderren , Boyle , Frenchpark , Swinford , Castlebar , Kiltemaugh , and Cistlerea . 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 the evil consequences of the torch and dagger Bystem which at present disgraces England , the birth-place of those wicked principles . ; Hoping this hasty letter will set the press aud the public right on the subject , I have tbe honour to remain , Your very obedient bumble servant , John Cogulan , C . C . Ballymote , 20 th January .

      TO THE BEV . JOHN COGHLAX Dublin , Feb . 20 th , 1843 . Rev Sir ,-In a letter of yours to the Sligo Champion . dated 2 OtbJJanuary , I regret to observe a good deal of uncharitableness , and were you not a Catholic priest , I shouU add , a manifest disposition to act the part of informer to ; the present Tory Government . It reminds me forcibly of 1798 . You say , ! and I am sorry you say it , " that a csmmon clownish-looking fellow , the son of a poor peasant , receives above forty or fifty letters a day , " and you call 1

      " upon the ; proper authorities to look after him , if taey wish the ecu 1 try to escape the evil cons- quonces of the torch aud dagger system . '' You also say that " simple people permit themselves to be imposed upon by this ruffian Chartist , whose infamy in propagating his wicked principles in Ballaghadeiren , was justly opposed by tha Catholic clergy in that district . " Is this language becoming a Christian minister ? I beg leave to inform youj Rev . Sir , tbat there is no infamy in propagating Chartist principles ; but there is infamy in opposing them .

      As you do not Beem to know what Chartism is , permit me . Rev . Sir , to tell you , in tba language of O Connell , •¦ That he who ia u « t a Chartiat is eitber a fcnaye who prufita 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 .

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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 and Beans , very little alteration from last week . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOB THB WEBK ENDING FEB . 28 j 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pea * Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Ore . Qrs . Qr « . 3121 1690 549 — 250 70 £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . 2 7 ? 1 8 115 0 18 5 000 1 10 1 1 9 9 ^ Leeds Cloth Mahkkts . —The market , on Tuesday laoi , is ueoiarea to have been worse than any of \ u predecessors , aud there have been some very bad ones lately . But , indeed , it is useless to talk about mwko . D—ihoiu ia uu liUolUfcoo uoiii * tet &U .

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      HVDDERSFTELD CLOTH MARKET , Feb . 28 -Or ™ market this day is not considered an imMovernfT upon the last , nor worse , it is still bad , n 0 £ S sales at a remunerating price can b <* effected , £ t weT ° theem P loyed bec ° me 3 worse * verj Skipton Cattle Market , Feb . 27 . —Our surmW I ' lr ^ P *? DOt ^ ^ £ eSft the demand . Prices were a shade higher . Beef 4 ^ d , 10 5 £ d ; Mutton , 4 d . to aid . per lb . -S twin Lambs were shewn , and " sold for £ 1 10 ? Rochdale Flannel Market , Mondaf , Feb 27 — i here has been a very gloomy market here to-dav business for some weeks past has been growmV worse , and the very few flannels tbat have beef sold bave been disposed of at reduced prices Wool at present , is a drug ; and the dealers who hava effected any sales , have been obliged to submit to a small reduction in price .

      State of Trade . —There was not quite so much activity in the yarn market yesterday as for sonm days previously ; the business done was limited though without sensible change in prices For * goods , and especially for wide cloths , suitable to tha East India and China markets , there was a verv good demand ; and , in some ca ^ es , a slight advance was obtained upon the rates of last week . —Man Chester Guardian of Wednesday . York Corn Market , Feb . 25 .-The attendance ot farmers is good , and a fair quantity of Oats are offering , but not much Wheat or Barley —Wheat cannot be purchased for less money than on the last market day . Barley being very scarce , is the turn dearer , and Oats and Beans dull sale .

      Manchester Corn Market . —Saturday Feb 25 To change in the state of our trade can be noted during the week , the saleB of Flour having bsen to a very limited extent only , and the value of middling descriptions was barely supported . Choice qualities of English whites , however , from their scarcitv commanded late rates , and at 38 * . to 38 j . 6 i t » r sack , a clearance was effected . The trade in Oata or Oatmeal was of a very inanimate character and but little in either article

      passing . With a prey * , lence of contrary winds , the imports via Liverpool or Runcom are light , and the supplies elsewhere continue moderate in amount . Few purchasers of Wheat appeared at our market this morning and no alteration can be noted in prices . Secondarv and middling descriptions of Flour were freelv offered at a reduction of 6 d . to Is . per sack but superfine qualities found buyers at the previous currency . The business done in Oats or Oatmeal waa merely for present use , and late rates with difficulty realized .

      Liverpool Corn Market . Monday , Feb , 27 — Tne steamers have brought in a few lots of Flour and Oatmeal from Ireland , but beyond these the week ' a arrivals to our Corn market have ( owing to easterly winds ) been trifling . During the same period the rade has ruled dull ; the demand for Wheat has scarcely extended beyond the immediate neighbourhood , and the millers and dealers thus located have bought only what their necessities required . Holders however , have shown little disposition to p \ v * tow

      and wo do not quote our present prices more than 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 . The market ha 3 been very bare of Oats , and fine mealing are worth 2 i . Sd . 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 it 3 previous value . In Beans and Peas little passing , without change of price .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Fib . 27 . —We have had a larger supply of Cattle at market , to-day than of late , with prices a shade lower . Beef 5 d . to S | d ., Mutton 5 d . to GJ . perlb . Number of Cattle 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 , particularly Wheat . — Wheat sold from 5 j to 63 Oats 2 s to 3 s . Barley 3 * to 3 s 6 d . Beans 33 9 dto ii per bushel .

      London Corn Exchange , Monday , FtB . 27 .-Fresh up to-day , there was rather an increased receipt of Wheat , from Essex ; but an unusallj small quantity from Kent , Suffolk and other part , coastwise and by laud carriage and samp ' e . The finest descriptions were taken off , at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se ' nnight ; the middling and inferior sorts on rather easier terms . The supply of foreign Wheat was comparatively small , and the torms lower . Nothing doing in corn under lock . Barley at stationary prices . The best season made Malt was quite as dear ; we have not the slightest variation to notice in the value of Oats . Both old and new Beans were Is . per quarter beneath late rates . Peas are again dull , but not lower .

      London Smithfield Market , Moxday , Feb . 27 . — Without exception this was the dullest market for air descriptions of stock , whether fat or lean , almost ever recollected . For Beef the salesmen submitted to an abatement of from 2 d . to 4 d . per 8 ! bs ., 011 the prices noted on this day se ' nnight . A large portion of tke bullock supply left the market unsold . For Sheep the demand was in-a very stagnant state—the butchers purchasing with extreme oauiiou—at an abatement on last week ' s figures of

      from 2 d . to 4 d . per 8 lbs . We had a fair supply of Calves in the market , which were taken at a declinfl of quite 4 d . per 81 bs . The Pork trade was much depressed , on lower rates of currency , say of 2 d . pel 81 bs . We regret to observe that much of the stock was suffering soverely from the effscts of the prevailmg epidemic , and that great losses have been sustained on the roads , during the transmission of botfl Beasts and Sheep hither . Still , however , the general quality of the supply was ceriainly good .

      Borough and Sfitalfields . —For potatoes Ihe demand is inactive at the annexed rates : —Yo « Reds , 5 5 * to 60 s ; Scotch ditto , 50 s to 56 s ; Derons , 50 : 1 to 55 s ; Kent , Essex , and Suffolk Whites , 40 s to 45 s ; Wisbeach . 40 s to 45 s ; Jersey and Guernsey Blues . 45 s to 53 s ; Yorksnire Prinoe R 9 gent 8 , 4 o 3 to 50 s ; Ditto Shaws , 40 s to 48 s . Wool Markets . —Since our last , prices hare declined quite Id per lb upon the previous auctions . Scarcely any imports have taken place . Borough Hop Market . — We have a very noderate supply of hops on sale in our markets , yet we demand continues slow , and prices are wiJn dimoo « i supported .

      Tallow . —There is still a great depressionm Chia market , holders being anxious to realize ; andso long as this feeling exists , so long must prices continue to decline . In the middle of the past week tnere was a degree of firmness , which eo « n disappearea . P . Y . C . on the spot is to be had this morning ai our quotation . New Y . C . for August to December , separate months , at 43 s , and for the lastttwM months 42 * . Town Tallow 44 s , nett cash . Kougn fat , 2 s . 6 jdper 81 bs .

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      On Tuesday last , at onr parish Church , Mr . r Hainsworth , saddler , to Miss Ann Ackroyd , botn of Woodhouse . _ , On Monday , the 27 th ult ., at the Lower Independent chapel , Heckmoudwike , by the Rev . * £ Martin , Mr . Samuel Caadwick , butcher , to *«" Mary Sowdin , dress maker , both of Littletown . Same day , at the Parish Church , Bradford , wr . William Waterhouse , to Miss Clapham , daughter 01 Mr . John Clapham , all of Clayton Heights , near Bradford . , „„_„ * Same day , Mr . Thos . Ackroyd , to Miss Mar «" Jowott , daughter of Mr . Edward Jotveit , all ot l »«

      Dolphin Inn , near Bradford . . v ^ Hia On Friday , the 24 th ult ., at Pockhngton , by tne Rev . J . F . Ellis , Charles Donson , Esq ., to Dorotnji only daughter of Wm . Nash , Esq ., York . ua Thursday , the 23 ih ult ., at the Parish Chorctt , Wakefield , by the Rev . J . P . Simpson , Mr . Inomw Renton , of Bradford , woolstapler , to Eli » 6 e" »» widow of the late Mr . A . Limbert , surgeon , 01 * " ° former place . . .. r > . Same day . at the Old Church , Oldbam . by the KWMr . Lowe , Mr . James K . Homer , of AshtoB-uflW Lyne , corn and flour factor , to Mary , eUesfrdaugnie of George Bernard , E-q ., High Constable of W b !) On ThurSday . the 23 rd nit , at Skipton , Grateo , Mr . William Throup , only son of Mr . bam ! . 1 ™ ° *' of Low Bradley , to Ann , second daughter 01 " John Chester , farmer , of S ;; agill , near Sbp-on .

      DEATHS . On Monday last , aged 63 , Mr . William Brashaff , ^ On ^ Friday , the 24-. h uh ., at Liverpool , jafter J lingering illness , a * ed 48 , Anne , the wifeot JjJ ; Smith , Efq ., late lecturer on education , and now oi » of the proprietors of the Liverpool Mercury .

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      O'CONNOR , E . « q . of , < Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , *«¦ *« £ ing Offices . Nos . 12 and iS . Markrt-street . BnflPPand Published by the 8 aid Joshca Hobso > , ( for tbe said Feakgus O'Connor , ) rthb Dw « - ling-boase , No . 5 . Market-street , Bnggate ; » internal Communication listing between the m No . 5 , Market-atreet , and the said V « l W « J 13 Market **** . Biiggate , thus constitutingl j » whole of the said Printing and Publishing Ofica one Premises . ^ . Communications mus t be addressed Post-paid , Mr . Hobson , northern Star Office , Leea * iSatuitoy , March , i , 18 * 3-3

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday Jeb . 28 . The Earl of A b ^ hdeex , in answer to a question from Lord Bron ^ hain respecting the instructions noon " » hieh our cruisers acted in their endeavours to snppie = 3 the slave trade upon the African coast , took advantage of ihe opportunity thus afforded to express his conviction that explanation only was necessary to remove the jealousy with whielu in spite of the anxiety of France to put an end -to the slave trade , onr px ? rtion 3 were still regarded in that country . The infractions -which had heen issned dnrin * the last ivrenty yeara were so inconsistent thai the respoa-ftv . lisy was frequently thrown upon

      the naval officers engaged in this service of deciding npoii most intricate and important questions of international law , and they had , S 3 was to be PTpeetetL , in some c ^ ses fallen into serion 3 errors . Tae Government felt strongly theneftss = i y of furnishing cffiseis wi « ii « leaT and unequivocal instructions npon as many ¦ points of difficulty as could 1 >» anticipated , snd a new and explicit code , founded upon existing treaties and the law of nations , bad been accordingly prepared ; and as England had nothing to conceal—had none but her ostensible objects u > a tajn—the « e instructions should be made pnbiic , and would , he trusted , di .-aHu ^ e the candid portion of the French public of the n--founded prejudice thev now entertained . —Adjonrn ^ d .

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      MARRIAGES .

      Hammersmithcon** Leeds ^Printed For The Proprietor Feabflus

      HammersmithCon ** Leeds ^ Printed for the Proprietor FEABflUS

  • 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-ncseproduct792/page/8/