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( Continued from our Seventh page- ) tern , and to reduce the extravagant expences of these establishments . He objected to the expence of the lor ! lieutenancy of Ireland , "which amounted to between £ 50 , 000 End £ 66 , O « 0 . Wh * t benefit-was obtained "by this expenditure 7 Wh the office of any xeal use ? Portia own part , hs-cmridered thsfc the jnainfcenanea of a » office to no advantage to the country . Se thought , if ti » expeeces of this ? oontry 'were thoroughly mvesQgrted , and if its rewurces were proDerly considered , sash imraceBsary expenditure -wonld not be incurred ? and- 'fee wonld repeat , that "before fba House ¦ waa'wSled upon to Tote supplies , they oejrht to ha » B the mean * of ascertaining in what way the wvetHi&of t&ecountiywM tobeKjibtained—( heai ) . Itwu
peculiarly Beeessarysttha pr » eat time , whent&e country wasinsachastate of * xtrsine distress , that tsbey should Botrecklessly votf v = ay the pu ¥ lic money : Witkregard to * aperanimaten = ^ * .-a » ces . he thought that public ( Meets < aghtioiece 5 vc-a-Buffident-oompensat on for their aer--yices , and that trfcen those-serrices -R-ara w ) lo-ger required thEy Bfioald ha-re -bo further claim * pon the eenntry . He was veil snre that redactions conld not be at once effected in "tfcese establishments , but he considered that more economical plans ought- in future -to be adopted . He asked the House to consider the « nfFrtriTig » of -the people ? they -were bound to do so ; and 4 o think of methods of relieving , instead -of asgra--vating , the burdens under which thexountxy groaned , fie wanted to know , whether the Government bad any
intention of relie-ring tfee people from the burden of the Income Tax , or , if not , whether they had any of relieving the great body of the community from the pressure at indirect tsation ? The Hon . < Jentleman concluded by moTing his amendment , —*• That atioe present period of extended distress , it is the duty of the House to consider the means of lightening the pressure of taxation on the people , by reducing to the greatest practicable extant the expenses of the military , as well as of the civil establishments of the country ; thit therefore it is expedient , that the Toting of any supplies should be postponed till the estimaies ef the ¦ whole expenditure and the means to meet that expenditure be first furnished to the House . " Mr . Hume seconded the amendment . The -question having been put ,
Mr , Williams objected to the expense of the Irish and ihs Metropolitan police , which were , is fact , well trained , military bodies , supported out ef the taxes ; and inquired -why the army was maintained on its present extravagant footing ? The Chaxcellob op " IHB Exche ^ oer considered that reply should be reserved till the particular estimates Trere under discussion . Mr . Suus considered that with proper reductions 3 b the expense of our establishments the income-tai might have been rendered unnecessary . Hesupported-ihe amendment . General Johxbok also thought that the amendment "Wa * & seasonable one . Daring the five nights of debate on the state of the country he had not heard one word in explanation of the real cause of the distress , -which ¦ was overtaxation .
Captain PoiHiLi referred the cause of distress to the ^ reat and rapid increase of the population . H&chisery "Was the curse of the country . On a division , Mr . Cra-srford ' s ameEdment was -rapported by 15 , and rejected by 62 . The House then -went into a committee of supply . ; and Sir Hbkby Hardinge brought forward the anny estimates . As compared -with the previous year there is to be a redaction of 5 740 men , -with a total saving-on the entire estimates of £ 123 . 000 . The reduction in the somber of men was as large as could be effected at this early stage in the re-establishment of peaceful relations , keeping in Tiew the proper relief of regiments serving abroad , and the effective discipline of the Army . After going through the various items , he concluded by proposing the first vote , which was far 100 , 946 men for the land service .
Mr- Hume considered tk&t if the number of troops la our colonies were reduced , we could afford- to abolish the duties on cotton and wooL He also censured the lystem adopted towards the Boers of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and ra-effirmed that our distresses arose from extravagance , as -cell as bad legislation . He wished the force to be reduced to what it was in 1 S 35 ; and proposed an amendment-tiat the vote be reduced tj 10 , 060 men . lord Aszhttr lEraox considered that if we -wished a better class of men to enter the army , we should increase tfce rate of pensions which was at present a susenble pittance of sixpence a day . Captain Iuyabd would rote < for the amendment if be were convinced that the credit and dignity of the country eould be sustained by tfee reduction , of which , bowever . he was sot satisfied . Mr . Williams regretted that Mi . Hume bad not moved for a lareeriedunion .
Sir Hbxst Hardixss explained that many of the stringent regulations complained ef , such as that relating te widows * pensions , -were not to be attributed to the SovKrnment , upon whom theywere forced by the recommendations of the finance committees . He denied that there were too many troopt in any one of our colonies . * After some further discussion , a divison tool : place on Mr . Hume ' s amendment , when it was rejected by 166 to 20 . The next Tote -was for £ 3 619 , 327 for the expenses of the army , -which was agreed to , as were the remaining -vetes The -vote for the expense * of the volunteer corps was objected to by Mr . Williams , but was carried by 98 to 28 . Sir Jakes Geahav then moved the second reading of the xegiBtratioa of Tdters Bill , reserving discussion to a future stage .
The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the Housa adjourned . - ¦ 0
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HOUSE OP LORDS . —Tubsdat Feb . 28 . The Earl of Abshdbes , in answer to a question from Lord Brougham respecting the instrncdons upon which our cruisers acted in their endeavours to suppress the Elave trade upon the African coast , took advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to express his conviction that explanation only was necessary to remove the jealousy with which , in spite of the anxiety of France to put an end to the slave trade , our exertions were still regarded in that conntry . The instructions -which had been issued during the last twenty years were so inconsistent that the responsibility was frequently thrown upon the naval efficers engaged in this service of decidine
xrpon roost intricate and important questions of international law , and they had , as was to be expected , in some eases fallen into serious errors . The Government felt strongly the necessity of fai lushing officers with clear and unequivocal instructions upon as many points of difficulty as conld b » anticipated , and anew and explicit code , founded upon exf sdng treaties and the law of nations , had l > een accordingly prepared ; and as England had nothing to conceal—had none but her ostensible objects to attain—these instructions should be znade public , and would , he trusted , disabuse the candid portion of the French public of the unfounded prejudice they now entertained . —Adjourned .
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HOUSE OP COMMONS—Tuesday , Fbb . 28 . The SoLicrroB-GBKEKAX moved that- "The Sergeant-at-Anns and William Bellamy be allowed to appear and appeal to these actions . " This was an action of falsa imprisonment under the Speaker ' s warrant , ¦ which had beeen issued against the present plaintiff for a breach of privilege , ia having conducted , as attorney , certain actions brought by one Stockdaie against Mr . Hansard , the printer of the House , for alleged libels contained in a report which Mr . Hansard had printed by its authority . The Sergeant had been served with a ' habeas corpus upon
one of the arrests made by him in consequence of Stoekdale's actions . The Attorney- General was directed by the House to appear j he did appear ; and the Court held that the Speaker ^ ¦ warrant ¦ was in itself a snmeient answer . The present action being for false imprisonment under the same warrant , he would propose that , as before , the House should permit tha officer to appear and plead . If they were found bj the Jury to have committed any excess in -what they had done , it was fit that Jhej should be responsible ; if they were found to have committed no excess , the wairanj would be their complete justification .
Sir T . Wilde regarded this proposal as no less haaa surrender of the privileges of the House . This House was , and ought to maintain itself , the sole judge of its own privileges ; and it had deserted its « ntv m permitting the Speaker to plead to the action of Sir P . Bnrdett . He referred to the speeches made in Parliament by Sir B . Peel on . Stoekdale ' s ease , which he considered as authorities against the sow proposed coarse of Government . Let not the House , after the resolution it had passed , depart ™ S ^ l ? Wnpr ? ieiple > merdy *© get rid of a tem-% m £££% ? UTemeD % \ ^ e House would send tfis S " , ^^^ la ^ wh at qu estion would itnot so sena i lius was an ordinary case withont * nt SESf ! # sftfisi
BS ^^ oJ ^^^ ^ rf 4 KeSlSa «» rse of Wai bj & . caaffS&TS Ksfof » ^»^ S \ 3 ^ fe « ffi&islsrs 3 sSs smog had been £ one in the execution of its wa £ Mnt ^ and , should any such trro ^ ie founX thS to direct ampie compensation ; bat , * t tomake , £ haste , ' V precedent destractiTe to its iadependSce And derogatory to its dignity . ' ^^^ ^ ? ' ? - ^ ? 6 Dgh ! *» ** tJ . beforetae debate proceeded further , to inform the House of what he had © aly just learned , that this orocess liadiBB {^ a » . ^ rve < i till Saturday ; that the time for /^ ailinj ? wonld expire on Wednesday , and that * th « f jjotice of application lor the enlargement of . fljaj 4 ^ j * Bust be giyea W 9 XS > mn& o ' clock that vfihf ' r- " ^ . .
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SirTnoHAS Wildb and the Soljcitob-General agreed that no impDrtant qiestion would be prejudiced by taking out a summons to enlarge the time . Sir R . Pebl . in the expectation that the time would be enlarged , proposed to adjourn the debate , which was agreed to . Lord Ashley rose to more that an hsmhle address be presented to her Majesty praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her instant aad Berions consideration the best means of diffusing the benefits aod blessings of a moral and religious education amongst the workin&g classes of her people . " After enlarging on the geceral importance -of education , and the great increase of
population daring 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 , prondscuous intercourse of the sexes , ¦ were frightfully prevalent among the youth TThey knew no religion—no God ; the only knowledge possessed by great numbers of them was that of the exploits of Dick Tnrpin and Jack Sheppard . There was evidence which established the " fact that not less than £ 25 , OeO , {) eO sterling are annually expended in ardent spirits $ and it was proved by medical men that a large proportion—perhaps half—of all the cases of insanity are produced bv the intemperance thus widsly prevalent
He was aware that what he asked would occasion some expense ; but if we would not consent to tax ourselves for ihe prevention of crime , we must be taxed more heavily still for jthe 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 oontinue for twenty years more , without producing a convulsion which must overthrow the whole fabric of society . It was remarkable that the better educated poor were net found among the insurgents in the late disturbances . This country owed a heavy debt to its poor , whose faults were mainly imputable to the neglects of those above them .
Sir J . Graham agreed in the acknowledgment of 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 opinion as to the truck system aad 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 , and the general arrangement of sanatory regulawons in large towns were subjects on which the Government was at this time actually occupied . Be gladly gave his support to the present motion . He feared that Protestant England had more neglected the grand duty of educating the
people than any other nation of Europe . The law had now been victorious ; the soldier and policeman had done their duty ; and the time was come when the pnblic instructors must go forth . The Government had most anxiously considered this necessity ; and he ardently wished that the House , laying aside all religious and political differences , would join in endeavouring to 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 existed a parochial system of National education ; and grants had been made by the Committee of Privy Council to two great normal schools which had been established in Edinburgh and Glasgow , and from which the whole kingdom would by degrees be supplied with instructors , teaching by the simultaneous system . Grants had also been made for schools in England—large grants , indeed , yet
certainly not adequate to ihe need of the case . With respect to the future , he would first propose that parishes should be nnited for the formation of district schools . The children to be there instructed should , in the first place , be orphans and other destitute paupers , or the offspring of poor parents willing te let them be educated there . He would attach to each school a chapel , with a clergyman who should teach the liturgy and Catechism of the Church ; the children of Dissenters , however , being exempted from attendance on those ministrations , and allowed to receive religious instruction from any licensed minister of any denomination- He gave Btveral 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 one day ; and that each should be obliged to attend school daily for three hours . The principle upon which grants had been usually made for the building of schools was , that twothirds of the cost should be raised by private contribution . He would recommend that for the future on « -third only should be required from private sources . The maintenance of tne school when built might be defrayed partly from small payments to be made by the children themselves for their schooling , and partly by a parochial rate of threepence in the
pound . He would have the schools managed each by seven trustees , who should be , the clergyman , the two churchwardens , and four persons to be nominated by the magistrates . The trustees should appoint the master , with the sanction of the Bishop . No child should be required to attend the worship of the Church of England , or the religious instruction imparted by the master , if the friends of such child should object to his being brought up in conformity with the Church of England . These provisions , he trusted , would protect all classes , and afford com . plete security against all attempts at prosely tism .
Lord Johh Russell felt that the sums heretofore voted _ for the great purpose of education had been very inadequate , and , indeed , quite insignificant as compared with the amounts granted for other public services . On the details set forth by Sir James Graham , he would not , without more mature consideration , pronounce an opinion ; but 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 , on 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 the importance of providing competent schoolmasters , and retaining them by sufficient inducements ; for it happened too often that , from the master ' s deficiency in zeal , or from Mb inaptitude for his duty , the 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 his dnties , he was tempted to quit them by finding that he could get a better remuneration for his talents elsewhere . Some difficulty ocenrred 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 net entertain a jealousy of the superior means of education afforded to their workpeople . Lord Sakdoh expressed his satisfaction at the prospects which this evening had opened .
Mr . Ewakt desired to iwaive theological differences , for the sake of the great object now in view . Sir C . Buxrell concurred . Mr . Sha-w was disappointed that DOthing 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 , 0 ( H ) a year . There was another class of charities , founded forgiving Email sums to the poor . Such small sums were not only nseless , but mischievous ; they were generally expended in drink , and would be much better applied in education . The amount of the foundations
for this purpose was not less than £ 170 , 000 a year . Sir R . Inglis rould not approve , in a system of national education , the avowal of an intention to exclude proselytism ; since it muBt always be a dnty to attempt the propagation of what we ourselves believed to be the truth . Still less could he approve the suggestion of diverting any charitable foundations from the purposes of their founders , unless those purposes could be proved to be immoral . Sir Gsobge Gsxt hailed the prospect of improvement which now appeared to present itself through the cordial spirit of all parties . He believed that Lard Cottenham was in communication with the Government on the subject of a legislative measure for tendering 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 classes that they themselves had shared the guilt of negleet in this matter , the good enacted thij evening would be but imperfect . With respect to tbe objection on the subject of proBelytism , the question was one of balance between good and ¦ enl j and he was not willing , for the sake of the occasional good of conversion , to let the present enernous evils , moral and religions , continue to press « pon us . He would be content to admit some modifications of edncational ehariiies , where the change « f times and circumstances had rendered the original purposes fmpracticablej bnt he could not concur in a proposal for diverting , aven to so good an object as that of * education , a beqneBt intended for small donations to the poor . Ha defended the limited gcalo 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 Dissenters would not like a truat of whioh the clergyman of the parish was to be at the head . Mr . Acland was content that the comprehensive principle should be adopted in publio schools ; bat he hoped that Government would not discourage the establishment also of such schools as private parties might wish to found for the educatiou of children in the principles of the Church of England alone . Mr . Smith O'Bkien expressed himself bat little satisfied . Lord Ashley , in reply , thanked the Houbo 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 ' BIGHT REV . DR . BLASE , CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DROMORB . 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 . OConnell to commence the Repeal agitation , and the agitation for the totalj abolition of tithes , and also his motives for having entered into a base compromise of the tithe question with the Whigs . But , my Lord , these two subjects are of such vast importance that I find it difficult to writs about the two , with any degree of clearness in one letter . I shall therefore be obliged to divide these subjects into two letters ; an £ in the 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 the introduction of that impost into Ireland in the reign of Henry the Second , and under auspices to which I 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 be mixes up so many questions together and dovetails them into each other , in such an artful manner , that his wannest admirers and moat Bteady adherents cannot tell with any degree of accuracy to what society they belong , or to what objects they subscribe their names . 1 feel this difficulty now , and , aa an example , by way of illustration , just let me here direct your Lordship ' s attention to the recorded proceedings of the Repeal Association to which you have paid your subscription in advance . Now , my Lord , bear in mind that the present Repeal Association is made up of four distinct classes of members .
1 st—The unarmed Volunteers of which your Lordship is enrolled a member . 2 nd . —The Volunteers , a ^ med , I should suppose , as the inference is clear and conclusive , that as your Lordship is an enrolled member of the unarmed Volunteers , the Volunteers must be armed , or why this distinction ? Why are you , my Lord , enrolled a member of toe unarmed Volunteers unless the others 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 Associates or Socialists who pay one shilling a year , but who are denied the right to speak or vote . Now there is an " omnibus rebus '' for you . You have paid your money in advance , and what are you ? Why all you know , or can know about the matter is , that you have paid yonr 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 founded under the pretence of carrying these questions through Parliament , but for the purpose of getting money , and then changing the name and character of the associations in order to j ? et more money , were so artfully jumbled together that I find as much difficulty in coming at any really tangi . ble or ostensible object of these associations , as your Lordship will find in making it clear to the world how you are a Repealer , or bow , 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 the name of all that is wonderful , is the meaning , or what is the me of this jargon ?
No doubt , my Lord , bnt you have read Mr . O'Connell ' s letter * to Lord Dancmnon , urging , with all bis eloquence , the benefit which the country would derive ; the tranquillity which would ensue on the removal of Mr . Blackburn from the office of Attorney-General , and his promotion to the "neutrality of the bench . " At this period , 1830 , Mr . O'Connell was for the total abolition or tithe , as well as 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 wonld make an excellent Judge , but waa a bad Attorney-General . Those letters to Lord Doncannon would be amusing enough from their folly and Inconsistency , had they not been so exceedingly mischievous ; mischievous , because the Irish people , unfortunately for their country , confided like your Lordship in the ' * wisdom , prudence , loyalty , and discretion" of the wily author of them , and were consequently led to oppese a Government which it is well known really intended substantial joitice to Ireland .
My Lord , the total abolition of tithes in name and nature , " so as not to leave a trace behind , " was strongly and eloquently advocated by Mr . O'Connell in public speeches and in soul-stirring letters : and upon several occasions he called upon the people by all they valued upon earth , by their hopes of salvation , to hold no intercourse with any man who should pay the unholy impost . He implored them not to beat or abuse the tithe payer ; but If he offered to shake hands with any of them , to answer , " No , I thank you , I can shake my own hand ; " and to take care and not " walk on the same side of the road with him coming from wmni ^ if such a wretch as a tithe payer ever went to mass . " The men were especially enjoined not to beat
or abuse him ; but the women were told they might spit upon him ; the total abolition of tithe agitation flourished ; itinerant agitators were employed in the same manner as Repeal agitators are employed now ; Horse , Faot , and Artillery were all put Into active operation to put down the tithe agitation ; but Mr . O'Connell ' s appeals to the people tendered the whole power and strength of the Government unavailing . Tithe csuld not be collected I and many a farmer , who could ill afford it , suffered the seizure and sale of his property , for tithe in preference to the odium , the public odium which fie should inevitably encounter were be to pay tithe , in opposition to the general feeling which was thus so successfully excited against all those who bad dared to pay .
The first collision between the people and the police and newly armed yeomanry , occurred at Newton barry , on the ever memorable 13 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 pretence of protecting the distress from rescue . Here were fourteen persons shot dead on the supposition that they were about to ttazue a few heifers which were seized upon for £ 2 3 s . 6 d . tithe said to be due to the Rsv . Mr . M'Clintock , brother-in-law to Lord Roden . Here was a minister of the gospel shedding blood for money I Here iB a Christian Church by law established t But is Mr . O'Connell in no manner answerable for the
blood which was ! fihed 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 his horror fortha shedding of human blood , thanked his Qod that it was Catholic Sergeant Daly , and a handful of Irish Catholic recruits that shot down English Protestants upon the occasion . I beg pardon it was the piouo O Connell who expressed his satisfaction at Irish Catholics having shot down English Protestants at Newport , in Wales , in 1839 . He in whose " discretion , wisdom , prudence , aud integrity , " your Lordship places the utmost confidence .
The next tithe affiir was at Carrlckshark 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 be expired , " boys , I am gone , but remember Newton-barry . "' Soon after this dying ejaculation , Captain Gibbons and eighteen policemen lay dead upon the ground . This was avenging the Ne wtonbarry slaughter . Here is a Christian Church shedding blood for money ! But remember that your friend Mr . 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 upon him , should he dare to violate the Liberator's mandate . But was there any English : Radical , or Chartist , or Protestant , base enough to thank God that it was English Protestant soldiers that shot down Irish Cathoics upon these occasions ? No , not one . Yet the pious O'Couuell who would not shed one drop of human blood for the whole world , did publicly and repeats 31 y thank his God that Serjeant Daly , a Catholic and a few Irish Catholic recruits did shoot down ; English Protestants at Newport in Wales in
1839 !! * It would take up too much space In any newspaper to enumerate all the scenes of bloodshed and murder , and imprisonment , and deaths In prison which followed in the wake of this tithe agitation , of which Mr . O'Connell was the head , the "illustrious" leader and the promoter . And if it be just to charge the folly and indiscretion of a few dupes of Whig espionage , at Newport and other places , to Chartism and ChartiBtJleaders , it is equally just , in fact , fax more just , to charge Mr . O'Connell as the guilty author of all the blood that waa 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 hia guilt , . that he only recommended passive resistance ; but a better plea can be advanced for the Chartiststheir motto being PKiCS , Law , Order . Besides the base Whigs could have no motive in sending spies amongst the Irish to encourage them to violate the law —to resist the payment of tithe ; whereas , on the other hand , an outbreak amongBt the Chartists was everything to the Whigs . It afforded them an opportunity cf letting loose the military upon them , of crushing , as they had hoped , effectually and for ever , those upon whew Bhoulderi they got into power , and wfeo were
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very likely to hurl them out of pawer , as ther did after all , in consequence of their having , when in power , violated every pledge they had given and promise they had made when they were out of power . There ore other grounds , and strong grounds too , for charging Mr . O Connell as tfae guilty author of all the blood that was shed in resisting the payment of tithes , from 1830 till the 24 th of December , 1834 , the day of the murder of the Widow Ryan ' s sou , at Ratbeormack , for tithe due , or supposed to be due , to the Rev . Mr . Ryder . Here Is another of those Parsons who say that they are followers of our blessed Redeemer and the teachers of hia doctrines , shedding blood for meney . A man should never allude to this painful subject without mentioning the fact , in order that it may be held in remembrance . It is this , and it ia true , that while Widow Ryan waa kneeling over the bleeding body of her son , whom she hod juBfe discovered among the dead and dying , Parson Ryder rode to her and
said—«« widow Ryan , will you pay your tithe now ? " ! After all this bloodshed , after tithes were virtually abolished by the people , after Lord Stanley had actually prepared a BUI for the total extinction of tithe , and after Eirl Grey ' s government had been broken up in consequence of as base a breach of confidence on tho part of Mr . O'Connell as ever man was guilty of , and after , in addition , having broken faith upon the tithe question with all the liberal Irish Members , he entered into a base compromise with Lord Melbourne upon the tithe question , and entered into an agreement to suppert Lord Melbourne ' s administration through thick and thin , on the condition that he should have bia full share of the Irish patronage . Principles , great principles , sealed with the blood of martyrs , were bartered for places I places ! places I
Please to bear in mind that I shall enter fully into the subject of places in my letter oil the Repeal agitation . We shall then Bee 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 prefer a civil war to a repeal of the union . Well , Mr . O'Connell came over to Dublin , called a meeting at the Corn Exchange , and made a speech which fills four columns of the Frutmxn \ 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 the tithes , bat would not abolish them . Here wan political knavery for you witk a vengeance ! But the knavery did not end bere . Mr . Wm . Sharman Crawford was the consistent advocate of the total abolition of tithes ; while the advocate of total and unconditional emancipation became suddenly enamoured with the Instalment system . Mr . Crawford would not compromise principle by praying parliament for a less mea *\ iie than the country "was entitled to : the new and absqrd doctrine of taking ten shillings ia the pound as an instalment of a debt from a man who was able to pay forty shillings for every pound he owed , was for the first time introduced to the Irish victims of this
species of ( political chicanery . Mr . Crawford , like a true nobleman , forfeited his seat for Dundalk sooner than forfeit hia fair character . He was then called " Crotchety Crawford . " His landlord and tenant bill was flung to the winds . There waa nothing thought of or spoken of but votes of thanks and gratitude to the " only ministry that ever did justice to Ireland . ' Keep out the Tories and get into the places was the common cry of all the tithe agitators . Every man who sought for , or thought of getting any good for the conntry was hunted down as a Tory . Place-hunters alone were the true patriots of the . day . While these things were going on the Whigs were adjusting the tithes ; the opposition ceased as if by magic ; the members ceased ; there was no more bloodshed—no further outcry against the unholy impost
Now , as Mr . O'Connell had the power not only to stop the tithe agitation , but to turn the Irish constituencies in some places against the representatives who adhered to tbetr pledge for the total abolition of tithes , is it not just , and right , and true , and reasonable to' infer that he could have prevented all the tithe slaughters if it were hia interest to have done so ? And as that inference is sound and just , it therefore follows that be , as the head , the leader , and author and promoter of the opposition , the passive resistance to the payment of tithe , is justly chargeable as the guilty author of all the blood that waa shed during the tithe agitation . It iB astonishing how this man can dare to call Gad to witness that he would not cause the shedding of one drop of human blood for the whole world . Having succeeded , by the most disreputable artifices and misrepresentations , in getting Mr . Crawford
and other honest men out of the House of Commons , the political stage became altogether and exclusively bis own . There were none to oppose him or thwart him in any manner . The Ministry were , if not of his own choice , at least those in whom he could confide , and to whom the country , at his bidding , repeatedly accorded its approbation and gratitude . No one dare even bint a doubt of the integrity and honesty of the Ministry . Should a man speak of the Repeal of the Union be was at once declared to be in the pay of the Tories . Should be epeak of the total abolition of tithes , he waa instantly denounced aa an enemy to the Liberal Government Honest men were thus bunted out of the field of politics ; while Repealers were quietiy surrer dering counties and boroughs to non-Repealers for places . He who would not support the Ministerial plan for " adjusting" the tithes was at once and unequivocally declared to be a Tory .
Well , my Lord , the places having been disposed of , the ministerial plan for the adjustment of tithes , was at length produced , and the excuse for its enormity , for its deceltfulnesa , was , that the Tories forsooth would not let this excellent ministry bring forward a better measure . Now , my Lord , you know as well aa I do that tha Church , as established by Act of Parliament , but not by the Acts of Apostles , in this kingdom , never before the passing of this Whig boon , got 60 per cent , of the nominal amount of tithes , while the Whig act secures to that establishment , permanently secures to ii , 75 per cent , of the nominal amount of tithes , and beaides makes the Irish landlords tithe-proctors , and gives the moat 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 the landlords of Ireland to
distrain for tithe in the same manner as for rent ; empowers the pareon fp enter upon the premises of the landlord should he m gleet to pay fur twenty-one days after the tithe-rent charge becomes due , and gives precedence to the Irish rent-charge over all other kind of debts , rent , mortgages , bwnda , judgments , even bankruptcy itself ; all , all , con be turned out , ousted , to make way for the debt due to the ministers of the established Church ; and this is the adjustment of the tithe question for opposition to which Mr . Sharman Crawford forfeited bis seat for Dundalk , and for which the people shed their blood , and died in prison . But this is not all ; the act professes to take twenty-five percent , off the tithe , and your friend Mr . O'Connell , in whose " wisdom , prudence , energy and integrity you confide , " has repeatedly boasted that he succeeded in getting twenty-five per cent off the tithes . But how stands the fact 1 The true Btate of the cose iB this
The Parson gets seventy-five per cent secured to him as a first charge upon every estate in Ireland , while the landlords , who are well known not to be very favourable to the tenantry , 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 , and from the payment of which there ia no mode of escaping , as the law empowers the landlord to eject for non-payment of tithes as well aa for non-payment of rent And this is what the country has obtained after all the blood that was
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 tueiltish have been ; yet they are still confiding , still trusting him who betrayed them ; and why do they trust him ? Because you , my Lord , from either not knowing him , or from a mistaken notion of charity , screen hia political crimes from the people , and hold him up aa a man 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 bly the " illustrious bead of the Repeal Association , " Daniel O'Connell himself , who was then , as he is now , " Chairman of the Commitoe . " Consider for a moment
the folly , the wickedness of calling upon a nation to subscribe from a farthing a week to a pound a year to such ridiculous fudge , and the consummate impudence , 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 as men who betrayed their country . " Just look at the ridiculous propositions which the Catholic clergy were thus called upon to , support : —
f «• Corn Exchange , Dublin , 1 st Sep ., 1832 . " OBJECTS OF THE POLITICAL UNION OF IRELAND . 1 st . — " To prepare on address to the Throne to digmiss the Marquis of Angeldty , Mr . Secretary Stanley , and Mr . Attorney-General Blackburne . 2 dd . — " To prepare a short and emphatic petition to Parliament for the total abolition of tithes , so as not to leave a trace behind . 3 rd . — "To prepare a petition for the immediate repeal Of the Legislative Union , the imfficiency of which has 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 Anglesey , Secretary Stanley , and Attorney General
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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 , their share in the several ' matters which have caused the shedding of so much blood in Ireland ; thei / dispersing public meetings raetj 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 in Ireland a permanent committee of nine or more persons for the above purposes , to procure signatures to the address and petitions , and to have them ready for presentation on the first day of the first session of a Reformed Parliament . '
6 th . — " The next great duty of the committee is to receive donations ; but ia particular to collect subscriptions of a farthing a week from each individual to defray the necessary and legal expenses which must b # incurred in the attaining of our great objects , and in particular , to ! Indemnify persons who may be unjustly persecuted for patriotic exertions in favour of Irish liberty . ] 7 th . — " That such collections be termed the ' National Rent' for procuring , by legal and constitutional means ; exclusively , the extinction of tithes by Act of Parliament , and the restoration of the legislative Independence of Ireland , and that the amount be forwarded to the Secretary of the Political Union of Ireland monthly , to be by him lodged in the Hibernian Bank , and allocated to the purposes before mentioned , under the direction of the Finance Committee .
8 th . — " That Daniel O'ConneH , M . P ., John Power and David Lynch , Esquires , be appointed Treasurers to the National Rent . 9 th . — " That each person subscribing one pound , shall he enrolled a member of the National Political Union . " 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 his promise te have tithes abolished , not " adjusted , " serious in his determination to repeal the union " immediately ?" But , no , my | Lord , there was nothing honest or serious about it . The whole scheme about the repeal of tke union and the total abolition of tithes was got up and agitated in the first instance with no other view , witk no other motive than that of annoying and thwarting i arl Grey and the Marquis of Anglesey , because they had the temerity to promote Mr . Solicitor- General Doherty to the Bench 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 Drogheda , 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 be rammed and crammed into the great gun at Atntone , and their damned souls blown round the citadel like a blue-bottle round a sugar hogshead . " And , at a breakfast afc Mr . Sheriff Seott ' s , be proposed the same toast And after this folly and absurdity , and after having exposed himself to the ridicule of every sensible , of every honest man In the
kingdom ; after having forced the government to reembody and arm the Orange Yeomanry , if it were for no other reason than that of preventing them from becoming victims of his hollow and shallow professions of conciliation , he bad the hardihood to accuse the Marquis of Anglesey of having revived Orange bigotry in Ireland . And he has the unblushing effrontery to attribute the crimes of Whig spies to Chartism , and to mix it up with Socialism , well knowing when he does so that they are essentially different , that Chartism aims at political changes ; insists upon the npalienable right to the franchise of every male inhabitant of this empire of sane mind , of the
fall age ofi twenty-one years , and nonconvicted of felonious offence ; that the Parliaments shall be annual ; that the votes shall be taken by ballot ; that the empire shall be divided into equal electoral districts , each district to return an equal number of representatives ; that the property qualification shall be abolished , in order that pious men like Maurice O'Connell , and Morgan OConnell , and John O'Connell may sit in Parliament without qualifying out of property which every body knows is not theirs . This is Caartisra , 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 noct letter , 1 shall state a few of the 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 , aa well as for your personal character , Your Lordship's Most obedient servant . PATBICK OHIGGINS . Dublin , Feb . 6 , 1843 .
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CHARTISM IN IRELAND . To the Editor of the Sligo Champion . Sir , —My attention was arrested by a paragraph in the lost number of your journal , stating that " the people of the diocese of Acbonry have determined upon not paying to their clergy the dues of Christmas and Easter , because they foolishly supposed the priests were the cause of introducing the Poor Laws into that part of the country . " Having the honour of being one of the clergymen of that diocese ,: I beg leave to inform you that the delusion has not extended to more than five parishes in the diocese . Even in those parishes tha great bulk of the people , and their leaders in iniquity , have since repented their error , and have come publicly forward with their usual offerings , and expressed the greatest sorrow for their folly .
The only cause that can be alleged for this popular outbreak in j those parishes ia , their determined bostiity 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 hia impious revenge have , for the most part , deserted his rebellious standard , and have adhered to their cherished pastors . It is very singular that this individual , who is a common clownish-looking fellow , the son of a poor peasant , should be in the receipt of above forty or fifty letters a day . i
I am credibly informed be receives letters from the Chartist Societies in the several Post-offices of Ballaghaderren , Boyle , Frenchpork , Swinford , Castlebar , Kiltemaugh , and Cistlerea . Surely a person of bis humble rank of life , receiving so many letters , and changing his Post-office so frequently , should be looked after I by the 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 and the public right on the subject , I have the honour to remain , Your very obedient humble servant , ; John Coghlan , C . C . Bollymote , 20 th January .
Market Intelligence.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Feb . 2 ft . —The supplies of I Grain to this day ' s market are rather larger than last week . Wheat has been dull sale , and lB . per quarter lower . Barley , OatB aud Beans , very little alteration from last week . THB AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THE WEEK i ENDING FEB . 28 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qrs . iQrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qxs . 3121 11690 549 — 250 70 £ b . d . £ b . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ B . d . £ s . d . 2 7 | 1 [ 8 11 ) 0 18 5 0 0 0 1 10 1 1 9 9 | Leeds Cloth Markets . —The market , on Tuesday last , is declared to have been worse than any of its predecessors , aud there have been some very bad ones lately . But , indeed , it is useless to talk about markets—there is no business doing at all .
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HUDDERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET , Feb . 28 O ™ . market this day is not considered an itaprovemS ? upon the last , nor worse , it is # till bad , n 0 S sales at a remunerating price can hi effect ^ JJ- ^ T the condition of the employed bSfiffwS&TKj week . every Skipton Cattle Market , Feb . 27 . —Our mtmi . ° l * i 8 tock t ° i » y w *» not large , but it waf « 2 f i the demand . Prices were a shade higher : W 4 £ d , to 5 £ d . ; Mutton , 4 d . to 5 £ d . pw lb-TW tma Lambs were shewn , and sold for £ l ift ? each . 1 WH » Rochdale Flannel Market , Monday , Feu 97 -There has been a very gloomy market here to-dav business for some weeks past has been groS worse , and the very few flannels that have K « sold have been disposed of at reduced prices Wh «? at present , is a drug ; and the dealers who ham effected any sales , have been obliged to submit to * small reduction in price . *
State of Trade . —There was not quite 80 mnch activity in the yarn market yesterday as for Mm * days previously ; the business done was limited though without sensible change in prices JW goods , and especially for wide cloths , suitable to th « East India and China markets , there was a verr good demand ; and , in some cases , a slight advanw was obtained upon the rates of last week — Afanl Chester Guardian of Wednesday . ' " * York Corn Market , Feb . 25 . —The attendant 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 thn turn dearer , andf 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 sales of Flour having been to * very limited extent only , and the value of middling descriptions waa barely supported . Choice qualities of English whites , however , from tbeir scarcitv commanded late rates , and at 38 a . to 38 s . 6 d ¦ sack , a clearance was effected . The trade in Oak or Oatmeal was of a very inanimate character and but little passing in either article . With a preya . leuce of centrary winds , the imports via Liverpool or Runcorn are light , and the supplies elsewhere conti .
nue moderate in amount . Xew purchasers of Wheat appeared at our market this morning and no alteration can be noted in prices . Sscondarv and middling descriptions of Flour were freelv offered at ** reduction of 6 d . to Is . per sack bat superfine qualities found buyers at the previous ' onrrency . The business done in Oats or Oatmeal was merely for present use , and late rates with diffioultv realized . * Liverpool Corn Market . Monday " , Feb 27 — The steamers have brought in a few lots of Flour and Oatmeal from Ireland , but beyond these the week ' s arrivals to our Cora 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 give way and we do not quote our present prices more tban Id ! per bushel below the rates of last week . At a reduction of 6 d . per sack and barrel there has been » moderate sale for Flour . The market has beea rerj bare of Oats , and fine mealing are worth 2 s . 5 d . oer 451 bs .- A few parcels of Oatmeal have ohaaeed hands at 21 s . per load for best marks . Barley haa oontinued scarce , and has maintained its previous value . In Beans and Peas little passing , without change of price .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Fkb . 27 . —We him had a larger supply of Cattle at market to-day than of late , with prices a shade lower . Beef 5 d . to 5 | d ., Mutton 5 d . to 6 d . per lb . 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 s to 6 s Oats 2 s to 3 s . Barley 33 to 3 s 6 d . Beans 3 s Si to 4 s per bushel .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , Feb . 27 . — Fresh up to-day , there was rather an increased receipt of Wheat , from Essex ; but an unnsally small quantity from Kent , Suffolk and other parts , coastwise and by land oarriage andsamp ' e . Tfaa finest descriptions were taken off , at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se ' nnighb ; the middling and inferior sorts on rather easier terms . The supply of foreign Wheat was comparatively small , aud the terms lower . Nothing doing in corn uuder lock . Barley at stationary prices . The beat season made Malt was quite as dear ; we hare not the slightest variation to notice in the value of Oats . Both old and new Beans were la . per qnarter beneath late rates . Peas are again dull , bnt not lower .
London Smithfield Market , Monday , Fea . 27 . —Without exception this was the dullest 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 id . per 81 bs ., on tho prices noted on this day Btfanight . A large portion of the bullock supply left the market ' unsold . For Sheep the demand wag in a very stagnant state—the butchers purchasing with extremacaution—at an abatement on last week ' s figures of
from 2 d . to 4 d . per 81 bs . We had a fair supply sf Calves in the market , which were taken at a declin » of quite 4 d . per 81 bs . The Pork trade was mucb depressed , on lower rates ef currency , say of 2 d . per 81 bs . 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 Beast 3 and Sheep hither . Still , however , the general quality of the supply was certainly good .
Boroogh and Spitalfields . —For potatoes the demand is inactive at the annexed rates : —York Reds , 55 s to 60 s ; Scotch ditto , 5 fts to 56 a ; Deyons , 50 a to 553 ; Kent , Essex , and Suffolk Whites , 40 a to 45 s ; Wisbeach , 40 s to 453 ; Jersey and Guernsey Blues , 453 to 53 s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 4 os to 50 s ; Ditto Shaws , 40 s to 483 . Wool Markets . —Since our last , prices have declined quite Id per lb upon the previous auction ? . Scarcely any imports have taken place . Borough Hop Market . —We havea very moderate supply of hopa on sale in . our markets , yet we demand continues slow , and prices are with diftcuKj supported .
Tallow . —There is still a great depression in this market , holders being anxious to realize ; andsalong as this feeling exists , so long must prices continue to decline . In the middle of the past week there was a degree of firmness , which » oon disappeared . P . Y . C . on the spot is to be had this roornmgtt oar quotation . New Y . C . for August to Decemder , separate months , at 43 s , and for the MW * months 42 s . Town Tallow 443 , nett cash . RflBgn fat , 2 s . 6 £ d per 81 bs .
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On Tuesday last , at our parish Church , Mr . r Hainsworth , saddler , to Miss Ann Ackroyd , bottt of Woodhouse . T . ^ _ On Monday , the 27 * ulr ,, at the Lower Independent chapel , Heckmondwike , by the Rev . Mr . Martin , Mr . Samuel Chadwick , butcher , to W& Mary Sowdin , dress maker , fcoth of Littletown . Same d * v . at the Parish Church , Bradford , Mr .
William Waterhouse , to Miss Clapham , daughter w Mr . John Clapham , all of Clayton Heights , near Bradford . ... ., narti Same day , Mr . Tfaos . Ackroyd , to Miss Margaret Jowett , daughter of Mr . Edward Jowett , all of W * Dolphin Inn , near Bradford . v « a « On Friday , the 24 th nit ., at Pocklington , by the Rev . J . F . Ellis , Charles Donson , Esq ., to Doratnji only daughter of Wm . Nash , Esq ., York . On Thursday , the 23 th ult ., at the Parish ChuWft , Wakefield , by the Rev . J . P . Simpson , Mr . Thomas Renton , of Bradford , woolstapler , to Btojjwj widow of the late Mr . A . Limbert , surgeon , or me
former place . . . t .. p Same day , at the Old Church , Oldham , by the Ben Mr . Lowe , Mr . James R . Horner . of Ashwn-ondet Lyne , corn and flour factor , to Mary , d *«* "ffiE * of George Bernard , Esq ., High Constable of that b 0 O n * Thursday . the 23 rd ult , ai ; Skipton , Graven , Mr . William Thronp , only son of Mr . ^ rJTSb of Low Bradley , to Ann , second daughter of «* John Chester , farmer , of Snagill , near Skipton .
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DEATHS . On Monday last , aged 63 , Mr . William Brashavr , ° On le Friday , the 24 th ult ., at LiwpwL tfer * lingering illness , aged 48 , Anne , the *****<* Smith , Esq ., late lecturer on education , and n « «" of the proprietors of the Liverpool Mercury .
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O'C O N N O R . Es ^ Hammersmith , Owg Middlesex , by JOSHUA BOBSOS ^ Wj ^ J ing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Bn «^» Sa PubliHhed by the said * »»\ ™»* < f 0 , the said Feabgus O'Connor , ) athb D » ling-house . Wo . 5 , Mtrket-street , Bnggata ; « internal Communication existing between the «» So . 5 . ****** »* * ° - » *» » £ II , Market-street . Briggate , thus « - «*»« *; whole of- the said Printing and Pablisbu * OfiUe one Premises . AH Communications must be addressed . FD * P * fc » Mr . H 0 B 60 N , Northern Star Office , Leed * ( Saturday , March * , 18 « I- )
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TO THE REV . JOHN COGHLAN . , Dublin , Feb . 20 th , 1843 . Rev . Sir , —In a letter of yours to the Sligo Champion , dated 20 th January , I regret to observe a good deal of uncharitableness , and were you not a Catholic priest , I should add , I 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 cemmon clownish-looking fellow , the son of a poor peasant , receives above forty or fifty letters a day , " and you call
" upon the proper authorities to look after him , if they wish the country to escape the evil const quencea of the torch and dagger system . " You also say that " simple people permit themselves to be imposed upon by this ruffian Chartist , whaae infamy in propagating his wicked principles in Ballaghaderren , was justly opposed by the Catholic clergy in that district" Is this language becoming a Christian minister ? I beg leave to inform you , | Rev . Sir , that there is no infamy in propagating Chartist principles ; but there is infamy in opposing them .
As you do not seem to know what Chartism is , permit me , Rev . Sir , to tell yon , in the language of OConnell , " That he who is net a Chartist is either a knave who profits by the evils of misrule or a fool upon whom foots 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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