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f Continued from our Seventh page . ) t *> rn . snrl to re ^ nee the extravagant expences of these e ^ aoHshments . He objected to the expenra of the !>> ri IAentanancy of Ireland , which amounted to Ir-tsreen £ 50 , 000 and £ 60 0 » 3 . " TVhat benefit -was obtained bj this expenditure ? Wrs the office of any T ^ al "use ? For Ms own part , he considered that the maintenanes of the offica "was no advantage lo the chantry . Be thooght , if tha expences of this coantr / vere thorourhly investigated , aod if its resenrces were j-rrx > ezij considered , such onnr-r" - ! T expenditure ¦ w ^ ald not ta incurred ; and he -would repeat , that before the House was called noon to Tote rapplin , they © szht to have the means of ascartalning in what way the r ~~ Tenne of the country wn to be obtained—fhearj . Itwas xocnliarly necessarya * the presenttime , whenlheconntry
•*•« in snch a state of extreme distress , tb&rthey should i"i reckkaaly voSesway the pnblic money . With regard to i ^ oerammatedaBowancsSjhetliought that public cficexs c : zht to receive a snffi-rfent compeantion ior their xer-Ticas , and that when thoBe services "were po lo-ger rrq aired they should liave no further claim upon the e-nntry . He » aa well aware tint redactions could i i be at ones effected in thess estabiishmen i , bat he c -nsidered that more economical plans ought in fntnre t ha adopted . He asked the House to consider the s-jrerincs of the people ; they were bound to do so ; » ..-.-l to think of methods of relieving , instead of ? ° . gra-TiUng , the burdens under which the country groaned . I - ¦ "wanted to know , whether the Government had any i - enrion of relieving tbe people from the burden of t -- Income Tax , or , if not , whether they ha-J any of t revlng the jrr&it body of the community from the
Twssnre of indirect Taxation ? The Hon . Gentleman c ^ cludad by moving his amendment . — " That at the j resent period of extended distress , it is the duty of t » e House to consider the intsanB of lightening the pressure of tiixati'in on the people , l . y redueini ; to the greatest practicable extent the expenses of the military , &- well as of the civil establishment of the country ; t- " J * t therefore it is expedient , that the voting of any supplies should be postponed till the estimates of the v :-t > le trpenditnfc iind the means to meet that expenditure be first furnished to the Hosse . " " ill- Ht ? me seconded the amendment fhe < ja-astian having been put , • Ir . Williams ojested to the expense of the Irish and the Metropolitan police , which were , in fact , well trained military bodies , snpport-d oxl \ ef the taxes ; aad inqnired why the army was maintained on iM present extravaijant looting ?
The Ghascellob op the Exchequer considrred that . reply should be reserved- tii ) the particular c - "amates were under discussion . tlr HCMS considered that with proper reductions in tbe expense of our establishments the income tax n ? ght have been rendered unnecessary . He supported the a-nendmtct-General Johxsox alBa thought that > he amendment ¦ was a reasonable o ~ s . Daring the five nlsbts 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 . Cavtasn Polbill referred the cansB of distress to the g ~ t-at and rapid increase of the population . Machinery "was tha enrse of the country . On a division , Mt . Crawford ' s amendment was supp > rted by 25 and rejected by 62 . The House then went into a cemmittce of supply ; and
Sir &E 5 HT HA 2 B 15 GE brongbt forwsrd the army Estimates . As compared with the previous year there ih to be a redneiion of 5 ~ 4 t > men , wirh a total saving on tbe entire estimates of £ 133 , 000 The reduction in tbe » i . iiber of men was as large as coa ' . d be tffected at this € » rly *> t »^ e in tbe re-establishment of peaceful relations , t-epin ? in view the proper relief of rraiments serving a " -road , and tbe effective discipline of the army . After £ uing through the various items , he concln-ird by proposing the first vote , waicli was for 100 , 846 men foi tbe land service .
Mr . HuiLE considered that if the number of troops in onr -colonies were reduced , we oroM afford to sKolish tbe duties on co * ton and wooL He also censurtri the system a-iopted- t ^ wa'ds the B ^ ers of the colony of the Cape of Crood Hope ; and Te-af £ rmed that our disties « ts aruse from extravazusce , aa well as baa legislation . He "Wisse-I tbe force to bs reduced to what it was in 1835 ; and proposed an asienimzni ihst the rota be reduced by 20 090 men . Lord Akthvb . LEJfXOi considered that if we wished a " better citsa of men to enier the army , we shouid increase the rate of pensions which was at present a EuserabJt ) pittance -f Eixpence a day . Captain Latakd would vote for th > - amendment if I - wsra convmc ^ d that the cr dit an < i dignity of tbe c- ^ iatry could be sustained by tee reduction , of wiiich , I t ~ vvo . ' . he wsa not satisaed . : :. -V 1 LL 1 AH 3 regretb-J that Mr . Hume had not DtjTi-i for 3 larter reduction .
?> ir Hkskt Hakdinc .- - explained that many of the I stringent xs ^ nlatioas complained of , snch as that rtlat- i ing te ^ rioows ' pensions , were not to be attributed to i the SoTeromtnl , npon whom liey were forced by tbe recommendations of the ni > sncs c ^ ounitteea . He denied that there were too many troops in any one of our colonies . . After s- - > m » further discussion , a divison toot place on Mr . Humea amendment , when it was rejected by 106 to 20 . Tbe ntxt vote wss for £ 3 619 327 for the exp-nses of ibe anny . which was agreed to , as were th >; regain- tt-g vdies Th « vviteior the tsxpenses of the vulunteer ' c rps "Bras objected to by Mr . Williams , but wa-3 carried by SS to 2 S i Sir Jamzs GHahaJ ! th « n moved tb . 9 second reading i of tbe registration of Voters Bill , reserving discussion to afutuT ^ sVaee . . !
Tbe other trdt-ra of the * -day were then disposed of , and tbe Eoaas adicumed .
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HOUSE Of COMMONS . —TuesdIt , Feb 28 . ( The SoLicrroa Gets-ebal moved that " The Serge&BSxai-Anns and "William Bellamy b < ilowed to appear and appeal to these actions . " T .. 13 was an acnon of fals , ' imprisonment under tv Speaker ' s svarrant , wlnGh bad beeen issued agai » i t he prei-ent plaintiff for a breach of privilege , ? n ' vring conducted , as attorney , certain actions ; r jght by one Stockdals against Mr . Hansard , the i ^ mier of the Boesp , for alleged libels contained in : ¦¦ re-port wia-ch itr . Ban 5 ! ard had printed by its a .:- < or , ty . T ^ e Sergeant had been served with 3 hahc < " >¦•¦ , Us npon one of the srrts ' s made by him :. - ¦ * .:- jnence of Srockdale ' s acrions . The Atior » -i J : ;_ ral was direct-ed by the House to appear ; h ? did appeaj ;
and the Conn held that the Sr—k-rr ' s warrant ¦ j va 3 in itsdf a sufficient answer . Tht present action Wing for falsa imprisonment under -he same warjaEi . he would propose that , as . Viore , the Hunse Ehocld permi ; the officer to appear and plead . If they were found by the Jury to Vive committed any excess in what they tad dor . t , it was fit that they should 03 responsible ; if th ^ j vr ^ re fonnd to ha \ e cemmitted no escess , ihe ^ arrant would be tieir complete ja = tiScation . Sir T . "Wildb regarded this ; npasal as no less ban a sarreader of the priviii-gc (¦ : ihc House . This Honse was , and on ^ ht 10 Tuai : lxzn iL = elf , the r ^ Ie jud ^ e of its own priviWei ; and ; : L ^ . d de serted it > duty inpermn : ; D £ the Speak r to plead to the
_ action of Sir F . Burdeti . Her ^ f . r-ed to the speeches made in Parliament by Sir K . Peel on Stockdak ' s case , which h » . con > id » rtd a . < 3 horities against the now proposed course of G ^ t . . ment . Let not tb * Honse » ft « tbe rpfohmoa - had passed , depart SSSw "" Piin = ^ ^ tt- ' ^ . T to g el lid of a um ^ S . , ° ' eDlenfte - iflh Hfi ^ e w < "ild sen d tin SW = Oim wf ] aw ' ™* q ° » tion would it not £ ™ K » w ? TIaS aB PTdin "J case , wiihont any SSS ^^* \ 3 Urtifj an exception from what on ^ ht to be a gener ? i rule . Judges themseJves would not b- ; what th * v a . rp if if «» ^ "i - ' 7 * the ^ judicial conduct It was
^ . of ^ SS £ ^ tance that the two B-nses of Parliament sL u d remam co-cwaate ; bin if privilege were pnt k-u i course of trial by the courts of fiw , £ Houte of Lords wopld have the final power , throBuT hi appellate jurisdiction , of upholding its own privi . Jeges , and rerersmg those of the Commons . The proper course for the House now to take would be to appoint a . eommittee who should inquire whether anv ¦ wrong had been done in the execution of its warrant ; and , should any such wrong be found , then to direct ampie compensation ; bni ioi to make in hast * , a precedent destructive to its independence and derogatory to its dignity . '
Sir R . Peel thought it his duty , before the debate proceeded farther , to inform the House of ¦ srhat he had only just learned , that Hub process had not be * n served till Saturday ; thai ihe time for pleading wonld expire on Wednesday , and that ibe noiios of application for ' the ealarYemeni of th&fc time must be given before pine o ' c-o ? k that night .
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Sir Thomas Wildb and the Solicitob-Genbbjo , agreed that no important question wonld be prejudiced by taking out a summons to enlarge the time . Sir R . Pbbl , 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 humble address he presented to her Majesty praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her instant and serious consideration the best means of diffusing the benefits and blessings of a moral and religious education amongst the workinng classes of her people . " After enlarging on the general importance of education , and the great increase of
population during the present century , he drew the attention of the House to the present state of crime and ignorance , and of moral and intellectual degradation in Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , and other populous districts , among the lower classes , especially the younger portion of them . Drunkenness , cursing , promiscuous intercourse of the sexes , were frightfully prevalent among the youth . They knew no religion—no God ; the only knowledge possessed by great numbers of them was that of the exploits of Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard . There was evidence which established the fact that not less than £ 25 , 000 , 000 sterling are annually expended in ardent spirits ; and it 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 prevalent .
He was aware that what he asked would occasion some expense ; but if we would not consent to tax ourselves for the prevention of crime , we must be taxed more heavily still for , the puni-hment of it . Tbe 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 oomiuue 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 the late disturbances . This country owed a heavy debt to its poor , whose faults were mainly imputable to the neglects of those above them .
Sir J . Graham agreed in the acknowledgment of 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 tbe truck system and the payment of wages , and would be glad to join in any such further measure for the cure of those evils as could be enacted without a dangerous infringement upon private rights and contracts . The state of the people ' s dwellings , anu the general arrangement of sanatory regulations in large towns were subjects on which the Gurernmest was at ibis time actually occupied . He gladly gave his support to the present motion . He feared that Protestant England had more neglected the grand duty of educating the
people than any other nation of Europe . The law had now been victorious ; the soldier aud policeman had done their duty ; and the time was ccme when ihe public instructors must go forth . The Government had most anxiously considered this necessity ; and he ardently wi ° hed that the House , laying aside all religions and political differences , would join in endeavouring 10 find some neutral ground on which the Church and the Dissenters might amicably meet . He would now state what had been done , and what the 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 tha ^ "hole kingdom would by degrees be supplied with instructors , teaching by the simultaneous .-y .-tem . Grants had also been made for schools in England—large grant 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 . 'or the formation of district schools . The children to be there instructed should , in the first place , be orphans and other destitute paupers , or the offspring of poor parents willing 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 minister 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 tha case of children not dependent on parochial relief , but employed in factories . He would propose tkat no child should be suffered to work more than six hours and a half in one day ; and that each should be obliged to attend school daily for three hours . Tiie principle upon which grants had been usually made for tbe building of schools was , that twothirds of the cost should be Taised by private contribution . He would recommend that for the future
onr-tnird only should be r » quired from private sources . The maintenance of me school when built m ; gh * be defrayed par ^ y 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 . XIo would have tHe coboold managed o&oli by seven trustees , who should be , the clergyman , the 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 snch 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 Joh . i 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 tbe details set forth by Sir James Graham , he would 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 the great object of education really at heart . He illustrated the necessity of interposition upon this subject , by some evidence of the state of spiritual ignorance in the West Riding of
Yorkshire , and expressed his 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 wickedness , pa the part of the House to reject iu His own objection was only that the soale of the provision was not large enough . Any plan for a purpose like this could be effected only by an Executive Government generally supporred . He insisted on he importance of providing competent bchoolmastera , 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 set a better remuneration for bis 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 Sasdos expressed his satisfaction at tbe prospects which this evening had opened .
Mr . Ewast desired to . waive theological differences , for the sake of the great object now in view . Sir C . Bubbell concurred . Mr . Shaw was disappointed that nothing had been said about the extension of the educational principle to Ireland . Mr . C Bulleb reminded the 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 bo much buttr appl-. ed in education . The amount of the fouudations tor this purpose was not less than £ 170 , 000 a year .
Sir R . Ixglis rould not approve , in a system of national education , the avowal of an intention to exclude proselytism ; since it must always be a duty to attempt the propagation of what we ourselves believed to be the trutn . 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 Gbsy hailed the prospect of improvement which now appeared to present itself through the cordial spirit of all parties . He believed that Lord Cottenham 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 the wealthier elates that they themselves had shared tbe guilt of neglect in this matter , the good effected this evening would bebut imperfect . With respect to the objection on the subject of proselytiam , 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 npon n 3 . He would be content to admit some modifications of educational charities , whwre 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 that of education , a bequest in' eiided for small do-. r .: ous 0 rh « 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 , would open the way for it in the rural parts of the kingdom . Mr . Hawes thought the DiaBenterB would not like a irust of whioh the clergyman of the parish was to be at the head . Mr . Aci ^ and was content that the comprehensive principle should be adopted in public sohools ; bat he hoped that Government would not discourage the establishment also of such sohools as private parties might wish to found for the eduoatiou of ohildren in the principles of the Church of England alone . Mr . Smith O'Bbibm expressed himself but little satisfied-Lord Ashley , 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'Counell to commence the Repeal agitation , and the ablation for the total abolition of tithes , and also his motives for having ent- ; red into a base compromise of the tithe question with the Whigs . But , my Lord , these two subjects are of such vast importance that I find it difficult to writs about the two , with any degree of clearness in one letter . I shall therefore be obliged to divide these subjects into : two letters ; aud in tha present letter speak 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 tbe introduction of that impost into Ireland in the reign of Henry the Second , and under auspices to which I shall not 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 bo many questions together and dovetails them Into each other , in such an artful manner , that his warmest admirers and most Bteady adherents rannot 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 direct your Lordship's attention to tbe recorded proceedings of tbe Repeal Association to which yon 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 , thnt 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 memtsr of the unarmed Volunteers unless the othwrs art armed ? There can be no doubt as to the justice of the inference . 3 rd . —The members who pay one pound a year . 4 th . —The Associat 3 s or Socialists who pay one shilling a year , but who are iltnied the right to speuk or vote . Now there is nn " omnibus rebus" for you . You have paid yonr muney in advance , and what are you ? Why all you know , or can know about the matttr is , that you have paid your money , and that you are a member of the unarmed volunteers , that is all .
Now , my Lord , the Repeal question , the Tithe question , and the associations fuundod under the pretence ! of carrying these questions through Parliament , but for the purpose of getting money , and then chaaging ; the natne and character of the associations in order to get moie munny , w * re so artfully jumbled together that I find as much difficulty in cumtng 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 the '' unarmed volunteers of Ireland of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . " What in tbe name of all that is wonderful , is the meaning , or what is the use of this jar ton ?
No doubt , my Lord , but you have rend Mr . O'Connell ' 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 thiB period , 1830 , Mr . O'Connell waa for the total abolition of tithe , as well ps for the Repeal of the Union . There was nothing then in the 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 Attorney-General . Those letters to Lord Uuncannun would be amusing enough from their folly and inconsistency , had they not been so exceedingly mischievous ; mischievous , because tb * Irish people , unfortunately tot their country , confided like your Lordship in the wisdom , prude :. co , loyalty , av . d discretion" of the wily author of them , and were constquently led to oppose a Government which it is well known rea ly intended substantial justice to Ireland .
My Lord , tbe total abolition of tithes in name and nature , " so aa nul to leave a tracu behind , " vrai strongly and eloquently advocated by Mr . O Counel ) in public speeches and in soul-stirring letters : and upon several occasions be called upon tbe people by all they valued up ^ n earth , by their hupes of salvation , to liold no intercourse with any man who should pay the unholy impost . He implored them not to beat or abuse the tithe payer ; but if be offered to shake hands with any of them , to answer , " No , I thank you , I can shake my own hand ; " and to take care and not " walk on the same side of the road with him comiug from mass , if such a wretch as a tithe payer ever went to mass . " The men were especially epjoined not to beat
or abuse him ; but the women were told they might spit upon him ; the total abolition of tithe agitation flourished ; itinerant agitators were employed in the same manner as Repeal agitators are employed now ; Horse , Foot , and Artillery were all put into active operation to put down tbe tithe agitation ; bat Mr . O'Conaell ' 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 , stiffened the seizure and sale of his property , for tithe in preference to the t limn , tha public odium which he should inevitably encounter were he to pay tithe , in opposition to the general feeling which was tbua so successfully excited against all those who bad dared to pay .
The first collision between tbe people and the police and newly armed yeomaDry , occurred at Newtonbarry , on the ever memorable ISth of June , 1831 , at which place no leBs th . iu fourteen human beings were shot dead npon the spot , by the police and yeomanry , under the pretence of protecting the distress from rescue . Here were fourteen persons shot dead on the supposition that they were about to rtseue a few heifers which were seized upon for £ 2 3 c ( id . tithe said to be due to the Rav . Mr . M'Clintock , brother-in-law to Lord Roden . Here was a minister of tbe gospel shedding blood for money ! Here is a Christian Church by law established > But i 8 Mr . O'Connell m no manner answerable for tbe
blood which was ] shed upon that occasion at Newtonbarry ? Bear in mind , my Lord , that he has charged Chartism with the Whig plot and outbreak at Wales in 1839 , and by way of showing bis horror for the shedding of human blood , thanked his God thut it w : is Catholic Sergeant Daly , and a handful of Irish Catholic recruits that shot down English Protestants upon the occasion . I beg pardon it was the pious O Conncll who expressed bis satisfaction at Irish Catholics having shot down English Protestants at Newport , in Wales , in 1839 . He in whose " discretion , wisdom , prudence , and integrity , '' your Lordship places the utmost confidence .
The next tithe affdr was at Catrickshark in the county of Kilkenny , on the 14 th December , 1831 , on which ocaasion one tithe martyr was shot by Captain Gibbons , of the police . This unfortunate victim exclaimed just before he expired , " boys , I am gone , but remember Newton-barry . ' Soon rifter this dying ejaculation , Captain Gibbons and eighteen policemen lay dead upon the ground . This was avenging the Newtonbarry slaughter . Here is a Christian Church shedding blood for money ! But remember that your friend r . lr . 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 6 pit upon him . shouid he dare to violate the Liberator ' s mandate . But waa there any English Radical , or Chartist , or Protestant , base enough to thank God that ii was English Protestant soldiers that shot down Irish Catho ics npim these occasions ? No , not one . Yet the piouB O'Connell who would not shed one drop of huinaa blood for the whole world , did publicly and restate Jly tbank his Gud that Serjeant Dily , a Catholic , and a few Irish Catholic recruitB did shoot down English Protestants at Newport in Wales in 1839 !!
It would take up too much space in any newspaper to enumerate all the Bcenes 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 Chartisin . and Chartist ;! eaders , it is equally just , in fact , far more just , to charge Mr . O'Connell as ths guilty author of all the blood that was shed , and all the lives that were sacrificed in prison and otherwise , in consequence of having implicitly
followed 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 Whigs 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 had hop d , effs-ctuaHy aud for ever , those upon whose shoulders they got into power , and who wore
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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 had given and promise they had mada when they 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 ( bat was 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 is another of those Parsons who say that they are followers of oar blessed Redeemer and the teachers of his doctrines , shedding blood for meney . 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 son , whom she had just discovered among the dead and dying , Parson Ryder rode to her and
said" Widow Ryan , will you pay your tithe NOW ? " ! After all thiB bloodshed , after tithes were virtually abolished by the people , after Lord Stanley had actually prepared a Bill for the total extinction of tithe , and after Earl Grey ' s government had been broken up in consequence of as base a breach of confidence on tn « part of Mr . O'Connell as ever man wai guilty of , and after , in addition , haviug broken faith upon the tithe question with all the liberal Irish Members , he entered into a base compromise with Lord Melbourne upon the tithe question , and entered into an agreement to suppert Lord Melbourne ' s administration through tbick and 'thin , on tbe condition that he should have bis full share of the Irish patronage . Principles , great principles , sealed with the blood of martyra , were bartered for places ! places 1 places . '
Please to bear in mind that I shall enter fully into tbe subject of places in my letter on the 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 the union . Well , Mr . O'Connell came oVer to Dublin , called a meeting at the Corn Exchange , 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 1 the Melbourne administration would adjust the tithes , but would not abolish them . Here was political knavery for you witk a vengeance 1 But tbe knavery did not end here . Mr . Win . Snarman Crawford waa the consistent advocate of the total abolition of tithes ; wbile the 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 takiog ten shillings in the pound as an instalment of a debt from a man who was able to pay forty shillings 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 his seat for Dundalk sooner than forfeit his fiir character . He waa then cabed " Crotchety Crawford . " His landlord and tenant bill was flung to the winds . There was nothing thought of or spoken of but votes of thanks and gratitude to the " only ministry that ever did justice to Ireland . ' Keep out the Tories and get into tbe places waa tbe common cry of all the tithe 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 th «? &e things were going on tbe Wbigs were adjusting the tithes ; the opposition ceased as if by magic ; the members ceasal ; there was no more blo « dshed—no further outcry against the unholy impost .
Now , as Mr . O Connell had the power not only to stop the tithe agitation , but to turn the Irish constituencies in some place ' s against tbe representatives who adhered to their pledge for the 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 his Interest to have done so ? And as tbat inference is sound ant just , it therefore follows that he , as the head , the leader , and author and promoter of the opposition , tbe passive resistance to the payment of tithe , is justly chargeable as the guilty author of all the blood that was shed during the tithe agitation . It is astonishing how this man can dare to call God to witness tbat he would not cause tbe shedding of one drop of human blood f j . - the whole worl'l . HaviDg succeeded , by the most disreputable artifices and misrepresentations , in getting Mr . Crawfcrd
and other honest mtn 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 in whom be could confide , and to whom tbe country , at hu bidding , repeatedly accorded its approbation and gratitude . No one dare even hint a doubt of the integrity and honesty of the Ministry . Should a man speak of tbe Repeal of tht Union bo was at once declared to be in the pay of the Tories . Should he speak of the total abolition of tithes , he was instantly denounced as an enemy to the Liberal Government Honest men were thus hunted out of the field of politics ; while Repealers were quietly surrentieung counties anil boroughs to non K » pia \ ers for places . Hti wtn would not support tha Minister ! il plan for " adjusting ' the tithes was at once 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 : < t length produced , and the excuse for its enormity , fur its deceitfulness , was , that the Tories forsooth would not lot this excellent ininiatry bring forward a better
measure . Now , my Lord , you know as well as I do that the Church , as established by Act of Parliament , but not by the Acts of Apostles , in this kingdom , never before the passing of this Whig boon , got 50 per cent , of the nominal amount of tithes , while the Whig act secures to tbat establishment , permanently secures to ii . 75 per cent , of tbe nominal amount of tithes , and besides makes the 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 tbe parson to enter upon the premises of the
landlord should he neglect to pay lot twenty-one days af ve * the tithe-rent charge becomes due , and gives precudence to the Irish rent-charge over all other kind of debts , rent , mortgages , bands , judgments , even bankruptcy itself ; all , ail , can be turned out , ousted , to make way for tbe debt due to the ministers of the estab ' lished Church ; and this is the adjustment of the tithe question for opposition to which Mr . Sharinan Crawford forfeited his seat for Dandalk , and for whioh the people shed their blood , and died in prison . But this is not all ; tbe act professes to take twenty-five percent , off the tithe , and your friend Mr . O'Connell , in whose " wisdom , prudence , energy and integrity you confide , " has repeatedly boasted that he succeeded in getting twenty-five per cent off the tithes . But how
stands the fact ? The true state of the case is this Thu ParBon gets seventy-five per cent Becured to him as a first charge upon every estate in Ireland , while the landlords , who ure well known not to be very favourable to tbe 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 the whole amount , und from tbe payment of which there is no mode of escaping , as the law empowers the landlord to eject for Don-payment of tithes as well as for non-payment of rent And this is what
tke country has obtained after all the blood that waa shed , after all 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 tb eg Irish have been ; yet they are still confiding , still trusting him who betrayed them : and why do ihey 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 . Th 6 y » 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 immediate object to disavow them . Those propositions were drawn up by the " illustrious head of the Repeal Association , ' Daniel O'Counell himself , who was then , as he is now , " Chairman of the Commitae . " Consider for a moment
tbe folly , the wickedness of calling upon ; i nation to subscribe from a farthing a week to a pound a year to such ridiculous fudge , and the consummate impudence , the brazen-faced effrontery of having addressed lithographed circulars to all the Catholic clergy of Ireland , signed " Edward Dwyer , secretary , " commanding them to adopt these propositions in their respective parishes on pain of being , as the Circular stated , " marked ai men who betrayed their country . " Just look at the ridiculous propositions whieh tha Catholic clergy were thus called upon to Bupport : —
« ' Corn Excharjge , 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 toUl abolition of tithes , so as not to leave a trace behind . 3 rd . — " To prepare a petition for the immediate repeal Of the Legislative ; Uuion , the ini fBoienoy of which fca * been fully proved by an experience of thirty-two years . 4 th . — " To petition the House of Commons to exhibit articles of Impeachment against the Marquis of Angtattey , beuftiuuj iauuuej , aud AUutuoj Ue-tiul
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Blackburne , for their mis-government of Ireland , by arrogating to themselves the power of the Legislature , and giving the force of law to un-constitutional proclamations ; their revival of Orange bigotry , rheir share in the several matters which have caused the shedding of so much i 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 . 6 th . — " To appoint In each parish in Ireland a permanent committee ef nine or more persons for the above purposes , to j procure signatures to the 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 neeassary and legal expenses whiijh must be incurred in ) the attaining of oar great objects , and in particular , to indemnify persons who may be unjustly persecuted for patriotic exertions In favour of Irish liberty . \ 7 tb . — " That such collections be termed the National Rent' for procuring , by legal and constitutienal 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 tbe 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 the Finance Committee .
8 th . — "That Daniel O Connell , M . P ., John Power and David Lynch , Esquires , be appointed Treasurers to tbe 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 adoption to the Irish people , that Mr . O'Connell was serious in
this threat at impeachment , serious in bis promise t « bave tithes ] abolished , not " adjusted , " serious in his determination to repeal the union " immediately ?" But , no , my Lord , there was nothing honest or serious about it . The whole scheme about the repeal of tbe union and the total abolition of tithes was got up and agitated in the first instance with no other view , with no other motive than ' that of annoying and thwarting t arl Grey and the Marquis of Anglesey , because they had tbe temerity to I promote Mr . Solicitor General Doherty to the Bench { without consulting the illustrious bead of the Repeal Association .
With what grace this man accuses tbe Marquis of Anglesey of having revived Orange bigotry in Ireland He who at ( the great Reform dinner in Droghcda , in December , 1830 , toasted in a tumbler of Boyne Water the Chartered toast of the Orangemen , " The glorious , pious , and immortal memory of the great and good King William , who saved us from Popery , slavery , brass-money , and wooden shoes ; and may those who refuse to drink it ba rammed and crammed into the great gun at Athlone , and their damned souls blown round tbe citadel like a blue-bottle ronnd a sugar hogshead . " And , at a breakfast at Mr . Sheriff Seott's , he proposed ; the same toast . And after this folly and absurdity , and afcer having exposed himself to the ridicule of every sensible , of every honest man in the
kingdom ; after having forced the government to reembody and arm the Orange Yeomanry , if it were for no other reason than that of preventing them from becoming victims of his hollow' and shallow professions of conciliation , be had tha 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 he does so that ti ' . ey oxt essentially different , that' Chartism aims at political changes ; insists upon the unalienable right to the franchise of every male inhabitant of this empire of sane mind , of the
full age of twenty-one years , and nonconvicted of felonious offence ; that the Parliaments shall be annual ; that the votes shall bo taken by ballot ; that 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 OCoDneH , and John O'Connell may sit in Parliament without qualifying out of property which every body knows is not theira . This is Caartism , my Lord , " Torch anji dasrger 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 ntxt letter , 1 shall state a few of tbe substantial reasons which influenced Mr . O Connell to put the Repeal in abeyance . In the mean time , I am , : My Lord , With the greatest respect for your exalted station , as well as for your personal character , Your Lordship's Most obedient servant , Pathick O Higgi ns . Dublin , Feb . 6 . 1843 .
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CHARTISM IN IRELAND . To the Editor 0 / the Sligo Champion . SIR , —> Jy attention was arrested by a paragraph in tbe 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 , beoause they foolishly supposed the 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 those parishes tbs great bulk of the people , and their leaders in iniquity , bave since repented their 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 B Ulaghaderreen , 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 tbe most part , deserted his rebellious standard , and have adhered to their cherished pastors . It is very singular tbat this individual , who is a common clownish-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 be receives letters from the Chartist Societies in the several Post-ofiices of Ballagh aderren , Boyle , Frencbpark , Swinford , Casilebar , 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 system 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 the honour to remain , Your very obedient bumble servant , John Cogiilan , C . C . Ballymote , 20 th January .
TO THE BEV . JOHN COGHLAN . Dublin , Feb . 20 th , 1843 . Rev . Sir . — Inaletter of yours to the Sligo Champion . dated 2 OtbJ . January , I regret to observe a good deal of uncharitableness , and were you not a Catholic priest , I should add , a manifest disposition to act tbe 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
" upon the ; proper authorities to Jook after him , if they wish the ecu 1 try to escape the evil cons- quonces of the torch and dagger system . '' You also say that " simple people permit themselves to be imposed upon by this ruffian Chkrtist , whose infamy in propagating his wicked principles in Ballaghaderren , was juBtly opposed by the 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 seem to know what Chartism is , permit me , Rev . Sir , to tell you , in tha language of O Connell , " That he who is n # t a Chartist is eitber a knave who prufits by tbe 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 THE WEBK ENDING FEB . 28 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peaa Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qrs . 3121 1690 549 — 250 70 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d , £ a . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . 2 7 5 1 8 113 0 18 5 0 0 0 1 10 1 1 9 9 | Leeds Cloth Markets . —The market , on Tuesday laoD , is ueoiareo 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 UiMkow—ihoiu la uv lltUaiiltooo duitt ft tel &U .
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HUDDERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET , Feb . 28 -O ™ market this day is not considered an imnrovfl rnf ! upon the last , nor worse , it i 8 still tad ^ JS * sales at a remunerating price can b <* effected JS the condition of tbe employed becomes worse ^ week . eery Skipton Cattle Market , Feb . 27 . —Our snnnW tJfV ^ 'P nOt lkrse ' ^ ^ eSft the demand . Prices were a shade higher . fiLf 4 £ d , 10 5 £ d ; Mutton , 4 d . to 5 Ad . per lb-SK twin Lamba were shewn , and sold for £ 1 ] T each . lur - Rochdale Flannel Market , Monday , Feb 27 — lhere has been a very gloomy market here to- ' dav business for some weeks past has been erowinJ worse , and the very few flannels that have beef sold have been disposed of at reduced prices Wall at present , is a drug ; and the dealers who hav « effeoted any sales , have been obliged to submit to a small reduction in price . a State of Trade . —There was not quite so mncr , activity m the yarn market yesterday as for Z » days previously ; the business done was limit ^ i
mougn without sensible change in prices p 0- ' goods , and especially for wide cloths , suitable to tb « East India and China markets , there was a verv good demand ; and , in some ca ^ es , a slight advanw was obtained upon the rates of last week —Man Chester Guardian of Wednesday . ' York Corn Market , Feb . 25 . —The attendance of farmers is good , and a fair quantity of Oats ar « offering , but not much Wheat or Barley . —Wheat cannot be purchased for less money than on tha last market day . Barley being very ' scarce is tlin turn dearer , and Oats aud Beana dull sale , '
Manchester Corn Market . —Saturday Feb 25 To change in the state of our trade can be notwf during the week , the sales of Flour having bsen to a very limited extent only , and the value of middling descriptions was barely supported . Choice qualiti « i of English whites , however , from their scare tv commanded late rates , and at 381 . to 38 ,- . 6 M p / j sack , a clearance was effected . The trade in Oata or Oatmeal was of a very inanimate character and but little passing in either article . With a p ' revalence of windsthe rts
contrary , impovia Liverpool 01 Runcorn are light , aud the supplies elsewhere cootinue moderate in amount . Few purchasers of Wheat appeared at our market this morniiig 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 was merely for present use , and late rates with difficult realized . "'
Liverpool Corn Market . Monday , Feb 27 — The steamers have brought in a few lots of Floor and Oatmeal from Ireland , but beyond these the week ' s 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 hai scarcely extended beyond the immediate neighbourhood , and the mil ' ers and dealers thus located have bought only what their necessities required . Holders however , have shown little disposition tosivewav
and we 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 , Tho market ba 3 been very bare of Oats , and fiae mealing are worth 2 a . Sd . per 451 bs . A f » w parcels of Oatmeal have changed hands at 21 s . per load for best marks . Barley has con tinned scarce , and has maintained its 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 5 | 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 6 old from 5 i to ft Oats 2 s to 33 . Barley 3 j to 3 i 6 d . Beans 33 3 d to 4 a per bushel .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , Fkb . 27 .-Fresh up to-day , there was rather aa increased receipt of Wheat , from Essex ; but an unusallj small quantity from Kent , Suffolk and other partr , 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 , aud the tones lower . Nothing doing in corn under lock . Barley at stationary prices . Tie bast 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 . perqnarter beneath late rates . Peas are again dull , but not lower .
London Smithfield Market , Mo . vday . Feb ^ J . — Without exception this was the ddkst market for all 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 the bullock supply left the market unsold . For Sheep the demand was in a veiy stagnant state—the butchers purchasing with extreme oaui ion—at an abatement on last week ' s figures of
from 2 d . to 4 d . per 81 bs . We had a fair supply of C&lves in the market , which were taken at a declino of quite 4 d . per 8 lbs . The Pork trade was much depressed , on lower rates ef currency , say of 2 d . per Slbs . We regret to observe that much of the stock was suffering severely from the effects of the prevailing epidemic , and that great losses have been sustained on the roads , during the transmission of both Beasts and Sheep hither . Still , however , the general quality of the supply was certainly good .
Bokough and Spitalfields . —For potatoes the demand is inactive at the annexed rates : —York Reds , 55 i to 60 s ; Scotch ditto , 58 s to 56 s ; Derons , 50 s 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 Prince Regents , 4 o 3 to 50 s ; Ditto Shaws , 40 s to 48 s . Wool Markets . —Since our last , prices have declined quite Id per lb upon the previous auctions . Scarcely any imports have taken place . Borough Hop Market . —Wo have a very moderate supply of hop 3 on sale in oar markets , yet we demand continues slow , and prices are witn oimcony supported .
Tallow . —There is still a great depression in this 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 f > ot > n dis appeared . P . Y . C . on the spot is to be had this morning at our quotation . New Y . C . for August to December , separate months , at * 43 s , and for ; he lasttnrea months 42 * . Town Tallow 44 s , nett cash . Kongo fat . 2 s . 6 Adper 81 bs .
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On Tuesday last , at onr parish Church , Mr . * Hainsworth , saddler , to Miss Ann Ackroyd , botn of Woodhouse . _ , On Monday , the 27 th ult ., at the Lower Independent chapel , Heckmoudwike , by the Kev . air . Martin , Mr . Samuel Cnadwick , butcher , to Min Mary Sowdin , dress maker , both of Littletown . Same day , at the Parish Church , Bradford , frir . William Waterhouse , to Miss Clapham , daughter 01 Mr . John Clapham , all of Clayton Heights , near Bradford . .. *
Same day , Mr . Thos . Ackroyd , to Miss M »« m | J Jowotc , daughter of Mr . Edward Jotveit , ail ot uio Dolphin Inn , near Bradford . , ... On Friday , the 24 th ult ., at Pocklmgton , by tM Rev . J . F . iillis , Charles Donson , Esq ., to Dorottty , only daughter of Wm . Nash , Esq ., York . ua Thursday , the 23 ih ult ., at the Parish Charcti , Wakefield , by the Rev . J . P . Simpson , Mr . Tnomw Renton , of Bradford , woolstapler , to Eli » o « « widow of the late Mr . A . Limbert , surgeon , or mo former place . . .. p » Same day . at the Old Church , Oldbam . by the KWMr . Lowe , Mr . James R . Homer , of Ashton-under Lyne , corn and flour factor , to Mary , eWestdangnw of George Bernard , E-q ., H-gh Constable of »» ! Thursday . the 23 rd nit , at Skipton , Crave " , Mr . William Throup , only son of Mr bam ! . l * f »{'' of Low Bradley , to Ann , second daughter 01 •»" John Chester , farm . r , of Saagill , near SkipoOn . DEATHS . On Monday last , aged 63 , Mr . William Brashaff , Of On Ie Friday , the 24-. h uh ., at Liverpool , after a lingering illness , aged 48 , Anne , the wj feot Jjjn Smith , Erq ., late lecturer on education , and now one of the proprietors of the Liverpool Mercury .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday Jem . 28 . The Earl of As-jidees , in answer to a question from Lord Bron ^ haru respecting the instructions nuon " » hieh our cruisers acted in their endeavours to suppiess the slave trade upon the A'rican coast , took advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to express his conviction that explanation only was necessary to remove ihe jealousy with whieh . in ppite of the anxiety of France to put an end to the slave trade , onr pxerrions -were still regarded in that country . The instructions which had been issned dnrin ? the last tiventy yeare were bo inconsistent that the respod-ib ' -liry was frequently thrown upon
tha naval officers engaged in this service of deciding npon most intricate and important questions of international law , and they bad , a 3 was to be pxpeeted , in some czses fallen into 8 erion 3 errors . TaB Government felt strongly the ne ^ S 3 = i y of furnishing cfBsers -wi * h -desr and unequivocal instructions upon as many points of difficulty as eould k * anticipated , and a new and explicit code , founded upon « x : S ! ing treaties and the law of nations , bad been accordingly prepared ; and as England had nothing to conceal—had none bnt her ostensible objects to a tajn—the = e instructions should bp made pnVjjc , and wonld , he trusted , di ? aka-se the candid portion of the French public of the n-- ? ounded prejudice ihey now entertained . —Adjonrn » -d .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1202/page/8/
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