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      Hobso * , Nor / hern Star Office ; John Cleavk , 1 , Shoe Lane , Fieet Street , London ; Abel Hztwood , Manchester ; Patok & Love , Glasgow ; and all Booksellers , — HYMNS FOE . WORSHIP ; Withont Sectarianism ; adapted to the Present State of the Church : with a Text of Scripture for Each Hymn . No Chartist Association should be without these Books for the conducting of their Sunday Meetings . They breathe the pare spirit ef genuine , practical Christianity—pnr « Political Truth , without an atom of theological , sectarian dogmatism .

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      TO THE CHABT 18 T 3 OP SCOTLANDBrothers , —An address headed as above appeared in : be Star of , the 59 th April , bearing the signatures of Mesai , Thomas Ancet and We Brown , Chairman and S .-cretary to the Chartists of Glasgow , which address , in ; nr opinion , goes far to destroy the character of the Ctsj-tuts of this place ; nay , if the charges in it be trne , ou-nt to be reprobated by every hones * man . It is tberein Bet forth that the Chartists of ereenock , or rather a frw of them , bav 6 uken advantage of as addrees put fcnh by the Chartists of Glasgow , to the effect ; that they had engaged a company to visit the different loea-I- - . ies for tie purpose of representing the trial of Robert Eaiiuet , and thereby raisin * a fund to pay off the celt doe by the Chartfets of Scotland to Mr George Ross ; fiat these individuals hare done sn without the autboir . y of the Chartists of Greenoek ; that they bare done i kt the ezpreBB purpose of filling their own coffers ; a- - i that none of the proceeds hare been paid into th- Association funds . These are the charges . Now

      h *• stands the case ? Tie facts are these . The Universal Suffrage Association of Greenock , in their anxiety to forward the good eanse , contracted a debt of £ 15 . At a meeting held in December , 1842 , it was resold-i to adopt some means to have this debt paid off ; atcordiEgly it was agreed to c . ve & representation of the above named noble p » r .- wi ' s trial , in the hall of our Mechanic's Iustituti'in , od Tuesday the 3 rd or January , 1 S 43 ; . couiderable debt was contracted for dresses and room , and the proceeds barely covered them ; * o that our own funds , renamed muth as they -were . The Greenock men , at the request of our brethren in the Yale of Leven , I ¦ WtDi oTer and performed the trial for two nights , — j friends

      not to assist our own funds , but to assist the in that locality in nhhig fcncU to build fl fealL At ' the request of our brethren in G ' asgow they performed j it for two nights in Cooke ' a Circas , to crowded houses , j ard « £ 70 was drawn—not for our fnnds , bnt to assist in paying off debt due to Mr . Ross . Having done so Hioch for our friends in other places , the Committee \ rci ' - of opinion that an effort should be made for our . i ¦ fei'es . Accordingly a place was besured in PaiJcy , | and also in Johnstons ; and the trial was given in each ; aiid after defraying all expences t&nd we can assure you tbt charges made by the men performing the piece were Tery small ) £ l 8 s . was paid into the hands of our j treasurer ; 18 s . we expect from Johnstone ; making in aii £ 2 . 6 & .

      Wtfcout comment , brethren , we leave the charges and the facts is your hands , knowing that you will , judge impartially , i Signed in the name of the Committee , : Tstss . Gimpbeix , Treasurer . 31 , High Yennell , Greenock , ' . Sth May , 1813 . :

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      HOUSE OF LORDo-Fkidat , Mat 5 . Ko Vusiness of-importance . Mosdat , Mat 8 . The Earls o ! Clabb ^ dds and IUdsob . presented Be ^ eral petition * for a total repeii of the Corn Laws . Lord K 0 DK 5 and Lord Glen gall presented petitions on the present sjs ;» uj of Poor Laws in Ireland , deprecating the agitation raised sgs : r 5 t It . The Marquis of C 1 aSX . ICAB . db i ^ oved for a Select Committee of inquiry respecting the operation « f the Irish Poor Law Act . The Duke of Wxllisgtos opposed the motion , on the ground tft » E the bill had received mature consideration when introduced , and that there was a bill in the Commons lor amending the Act .

      The Marqnii of ClakkicaBDE withdrew bis motion , on an understanding from tht Duke of Wellington that when tfce bill same op from the Commons , if a motion sfc- u . ^ Li . ?; .. l 3 ? to refer it to a Sslecl Comir . itttse , he would leave "LL ^ ¦ - ' ^ er te the sense ot the House . Adjourned at u ^ clock .

      Tl :.- » at , Mat 9 . The Earl of Bod * -: * caliea attention to the condition of Ireland , corsequtnt on the agitation for the Repeal ot the Ur . ica , which was prodncing great mischief , except in ibe province of Ulster , where the peopl * were still sound and loyal , and read ; to do in 1543 what they had so effectually do ; . e in 17 * 3 . The Duke of Whiibgtos said that the Irish Government were alire to the importance of the matter , and were aided bj the supreme Government in the precautions which they were taking to ensure the public peace in Ireland . The Government were determined to maintain iaviolate the integrity of the empire , and he was . mre inai Parliament would aid them in so doing .

      Lord BBOUGfiAM said that a severance of the Legislative Union would be , iu fact , a disrupcion of the empire , to prevent which this couir . ry would put forth its whole svrensjth , moral and physical , on the first ict marion of its necessity , Tie Marquis of Laxswwkb said that the Government might rely with confidenee npoa the efforts of the Hous * , in maintenance of ihe integrity of the empire . The Marquis of Dgwxshibb said that it was highly requisite that attention should be directed to the present excited state of the people , of Ireland , npon this question . Lord Cakpbeix presented a petition , which again brought the ieotcb Church question onaer discussion j and ihe Marquis of Bheadalbake asked Lord Ab £ bdebx how the Government-intended to deal with the subject 1

      Lord Abkkd&ss said be had before . stated the course which the Government would pursue , but he had no objection to repeat lit . He should be very glad if he could prevent the disruption of the Church of Scotland , which it was said would follow the secession of some of its abkst minister ? . After a short conversation , in which the Duke of Argy ' e , Lord Brougham , and Lord Campbell joined , the petition was laid apon ihe table , and their lordships adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Mat 5 . Mr . Laj ? e Fox . in reply to Mr . Smith O'Brien , said , as he perceived fry the newspapers that Mr . O'Coanell bad declared ba -sonld not attend the discussion of his motion respecting agitatios f ^ r the Repeal of the V . Jon , he "Would not bring it on in bis absence ; tut that he would address him a public letter in order to let kirn know what he meant to da On the motion for going into committee of the whole Houte , on the endowment of additional ministers in populous places , Mr . Hr 3 is asked if it would involve a grant of public money ? Sir B . Peel repUisd that it would not . Tbe House then went into committee , and

      Sir R Peel proceeded to state the grounds on which he felt it necessary to call the attention <_ f the Houae to the subject Seme progress had been made in order to remedy the admitted evils arising from tbe popnl-ition outrunning the means of public instruction and pastoral care . Bat the existing deficiency vras still great and undeniaWe . How was it to be supplied ? Tea Government had come te the conclusion thifc accruing ecclesiastical revenues should Ict the present be made applicable to the purpose ; and if these saould prove insufficient , that then it Would be their duty to apply to Parliament for additional aid . Great practical benefit bad resulted from tbe labours of the Ecclesiastical Commission appointed in 1834 . during the short period that he was at the head of tbe administration at that

      time . Tbe commission had dirtcied their attention to adjusting tbe ncequal division of tie dioceses and labours of the bishops , aod to the rednttion of the Bombers of cathedral establishment * ; and as Parlia ment bad given effect to their recommendations , there wss now accruing an annnai sum of £ 25 , 000 out of the revenues of the suppressed canonries , which was applicable to the augmentation of small livings aad to making provision for spiritual destitution . The present annual a&ioust appropriated to that purpose by the Commissioners was £ S 2 000 ; but it was calculated that ^ few jetrs there would be a great increase in the ammil amount of tbe revenues which were available to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . He , therefore , proposed to anticipate this accruing

      income , to provide for tbe present spiritual destitution of tfce people ; and he gave the details of a acbeme by which he proposed to effect it . The Govemors of Queen Anne ' s bounty bad at this moment a capital stock standing in their names to the amount of ^ 1 , 200 , 000 , the intereit of ¦ which is applicable to tpecifie purposes . Of this he proposed to borrow > £ 600 , 000 to be secnrerl on the future accruing revenues of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; and this bor > : rowed stock is to be applied , in annual amounts of j 630 , cie . to the immediate augmentation of the means d spiritual rn * troction _ He explained the particulars of the pita for the repayment , by which he calculated , that in 2 S 60 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners will have ' an aimual amount to provide of £ 80000 for which it I

      ,, is expected that they will have by that time ample means , arising from accruing revenues . The borrowed i sum , in anrual amounts of £ 30 , 000 , is intended U be i applied , not to tbe building of churches , but to the endowment of mhrfBtPW , and to be connected with the i aid of local snbEcripUona . Great benefit ha 4 already i resulted from voluntary subscriptions , for " building cfanTTftPi ; and nothing could more eosdnce to tfeepro- motion of these ehnrch building subscriptions , than by providing to the endowment of minister * . Be hoped that is tbete endowments care would be takes to assign each minister a gives district ; though he did not think ! that tbe endowment of the minister should wait on

      the construction of the church . He would rather firrt place a minister in a destitute district , oo&a . dent that the erection of a church would speedily > XoQov tbe socoes * of his labours . Looking te the des *! - . tfbrfe * condition of tbe population , he felt the great ! ' importance of immediate action ; and seeing that he ^ UtfAOt s * k for a grant of public money , he hoped the 7 * i *» y "" M unanimously agree to the prof oaed scheme-VltotfesS tkat he should like to get a grant of public , ^ money \ for the purpose ; but he was anxious fer ' « 8 Sm ** fi y , * &d he was satisfied that by the pr ^ sed ipplje \ tton of ecclesiastical revenues , great encourage ^ ment . 'wotild be given , not only ta the endowmeat of ' . SildRen , bat to ihe bnilding of cbnrebes , the * tatis' 'tfci'OrwMeh exh bittd a w ^ ndeiful incr € a £ ) during

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      late years , in the religious liberality of possessors of property attacked to the establishment He concluded ; with proposing a resolution on which to found a motion ; for leave . o bring in a bill in order to carry out the plan j ot endowment i Si ? K . H . Inglia , Lord Dungannon , Captain Bemal , J Mr . Culquboun , Lord John Russell , Mr . Hume , Mr . ; Pakington , Mr . Gisborne , Mr . Plumptre , Mr . Borth-I wick . Lord Sandon , Mr . Campbell , Mr . Herbert Cortels , Lord John Manners , Mr . Acland , and Mr . Bre-! therton , took place in tbe debate , after which the resolution was agreed to , and the House having resumed with the Speaker in the chair , leave was given to bring in a bill founded on it The remaining business was then gone through , including the introduction of a bill , by Sir James Graham , to regulate the Milbank Penitentiary , and the House adjourned .

      MONDAY , Mat 8 . The Speaker informed the Honse that the securities for the prosecution of the Nottingham petition against the last election were unexceptionable . Numerous petiions were presented ' against the Factories Education Bill . Mr . Roebuck gave notice that at an early opportunity he would call the attention of the Honse to the occupation of Seinde . Iu answir to a question from Mr . French , Lord Eliot said that the reportB as to certain gentlemen having been dismissed from the Commission of the Peace for takbg part in repeal meetings , were without foundation . The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought on the budget , to which we have referred in a separate article . The House adjourned at half-past eleven .

      TUESDAY , May 9 . Amongst the private and preliminary business , there was a strong muster , and a somewhat lively debate on the Northampton and Peterborough Kailway Bill . Lord Jotceltjj pnt a question similar to the one put by his father , the Earl of Roden , ia the House of Lords , respecting the agitation for the repeal of the Union . Sir Robert Pkel quoted from the parliamentary proceedings of 1834 , respecting the neoessity and

      importance of the preservation of the legislative union , and declared that on tbe part of her Majesty he was empowered to re-echo the BentimentB then expressed both by the Sovereign and jointly by the Legislature . The Government were alive to the necessity of preserving the peace of Ireland ; and though reluctant to ask for additional powers , they would not , for a moment , shrink from doing so , if it should prove to be necessary , in order to put down attempts to procure the dismemberment of the empire .

      Sir Robert Peel spoke with considerable animation , aud he was loudly cheered bj a full and excited House . The Speakeb called on Mr . Villikrs to proceed lyith his motion on the Corn Laws ; which was the signal for the presentation of a great number of petitions on tbe subject . Mr . Villikrs then rose to move " That this HouBe will resolve itself into a committee , for the purpose of considering the dunes affecting the importation ot foreign corn , with a view to their immediate abolition . " Mr . ViLLiKBs Stuabt seconded the motion ,

      Mr . Gladstoks declared the determination of the Government not to leave any doubt as to their intentioss . The proposed Canadian corn bill was not an amendment of the Corn-law ; it was but a part of the measures which had been planned last year , and remained to be completed . It was true that the Corn-law , lite every commercial law , partook of the nature of an experiment , but it also partook of the nature of a contract , and it would be a breach of faith to entertain a proposition for its repeal , before it had received anything like a fair trial . Mr . Christophkb and Mr . Rokbuck took part in ihe debate , which was then adjourned .

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      THE TUG OF WAR . O'CONNELL , THE DUKE , AND THE REPEAL .

      So . ' so . ' Tfce game thickens . The earnestness of faction becomes apparent ; and its seeming greatness waxes bold . Every new circumstance tends to justify the people ' s policy in hurling from the seat of power the half-halting timorous and perfidious Whigs , and in narrowing the field of action and the chance of battle by a concentration of the powers of the enemy . The great advantage of it is that it will bring on the pitched battle . It will " pit" the force of tyranny against the power of an enlightened , peaceful , but determined people . There is a temerity—a sort of manliness of front and bearing—in the Tories

      which shews batter " where to have them . " They are an open foe , and they avow it fairly aDd " come out . " There is no shrinking , nor " blinking the matter" with them . They " take the bull" fairly " by the horua "; and thus bring to issue the question between right and might . Did we fear the issue , or did we think the people unprepared to " bide " it , we might wish the temporisers were again u a : home " . We do not . We think the power of pubhc opinion all-sufficient to check rampant faction in its fiercest onslaught ; and we hear therefore without fear the " rattle" which gives presage of the long deferred attack . The war is now to become general .

      The policy of skirmishing with Chartists only is to be abandoned . They have gathered bo much strength from every new attack that despotism finds out the necessity of "looking sharply round " , and the Tories are abont to take the step which their friends of the late Ministry would have been glad to do bnt dare not . They are about to take strong measures against Mr . O'Co . vnell and the Repeal Agitation in Ireland . In both u Houses" the " note of preparation" has been soanded at the same time . In the

      House of Lords Earl Roden brought the Duke npon his legs by asking what the Government intended with reference to the Repeal Agitation . He reminded him of former pledges from himself and Peel : of their avowed determination to suppress it even at the expenee of a resort to force" and of " dying the scaffold and the plains of Ireland with blood "; and he required the Government to say , positively , whether they were now disposed to carry ont these threats . We give the Duke ' s answer , as we find it in the Timet i—

      " My Lords , the Government of Ireland is sensible of the feelings of excitement which exist in cert&in part * of Ireland on the subject of the Repeal of the Union , and it is also aware of the danger which may be the retult of that excitement —( hear , hear ) . The attention of the Government has , my Lords , been given to the state of excitement that prevails , and to the measures which have been adopted in order to keep it up , and the Government of Ireland and Her Majesty's servants here have adopted measures in order to enable the Irish GeveniHient with certainty to preserve the peace of that country in case any attempt shall be made to disturb it , and to prevent the success of any measures which asy mischievous persons in Ireland may have in contemplation for the purpose of disturbing the peace .

      " There can be no deubt , my Lords , of the determination of the Legislature and of the Government to maintain inviolate tbe union between , tbe two portion ! of the United Kingdom ; and there can be no doubt , also , as to tbe doty of Her Majesty ' s Government to act accordingly— < hear , bear ) . It is tbe determination of Her Majesty's Government to maintain that onion , and to come down to Parliament a&d to call od Parliament U give to Her Majesty ' s Government its support in carrying into execution any measures that Kay be necessary in order to maintain tbe union , and to preserve from disturbance the peace of Her Majesty ' s dominions—( cheers ) . "

      " My Lords , this is the opinion of Her Majesty' Government at the present moment , and upon this opinien , and in full confidence of receiving tbe support of Parliament , Her Majesty ' s Government will invariably act—{ cheers ) . A similar application from Lord Jccbltk , in the House of Commons , brought from Sir Robkbt Psel a still stronger expression of determination to put dowa tho Repeal movement . Sir Robert is reported to have said : — " I have to state , for the information of my Noble Frie . id aid of the Hocse , that her Majesty * Govercmt ; it both in England and Ireland , are fully alive to t * e cvi : g arl > : at- from tfcis agitation ; and I " atsnte hia ; iLat Ibeie . & no influence , no powtr , no authoiity

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      which the law gives to tbe Government which shall not be nked to maintain that union , the repeal of which would not only be the repeal of an act of Parliament , but . a dismemberment of this great empire . —( Reiterated cheers . ) Of this I am confident , that the executive Government loses nothing in moral and legal strength by confiding as long as possible in the ordinary powers which the law and tbe constitution give them . I am unwilling , without urgent necessity , to disparage the ordinary law by asking for increased enactments—( hear , hear ) , but I do not hesitate to say tbat if necessity sh « uld arise her Majesty ' a Gavernment will at once apply to Parliament for those additional and effectual powers which will enable them to avert the mighty evils which must accrue , not only to England but to Ireland , from any attempt to dissolve the existing union . ( Much cheering . ) I here subscribe to and

      repeat the dec ' arittiens made in this place on a former occasion by liorA Althorp , —that , deprecating all war , and especially deprecating civil war , there is nevertheless no alternative which I should not consider preferable to the dismemberment of this great empire . ( Enthusiastic cheering from the ministerial eide . ) But I h » pe , Sir , tbat our forbearance will not bo misconstrued ; I trust we shall only obtain additional strength by deferring our call for new powers until more urgent necessity shall arise , and meanwhile I hope I have given proof that we shall not Ml to ask those powers if it shull be found necessary to deuuind them in older to fnl&l the desire expressed by Parliament in the year 1834 . ( Much applause . ) Sir , I have only further to thank the Noble Lord for the opportunity he has afforded me of making this public declaration on the part of Her Majesty ' s advisers . "

      Here , then , are avowals which leave no doubt as to the course which has been determined on . " War , war to the knife , against Repeal" is to be tbe watchword of the day ; and the struggle against the rising spirit of liberty is to be shifted from the English to the Irish shore . The full phial of oppression , aud the pull measure of iniquity , are now to he served up to Ireland , and she is to be kl coerced" in earnest . Not merely are her green fields and her fertile valleys to be made , as usual , the theatre of rapine recognised by law and the scenes of destitution the result of crime , "—not the crime of the destitute , but of those who made him destitute;—not merely are the wonted and accustomed acts of outrage to be re-perpetrated , and , if possible , perpetuated , but the very tongue of murmur must be silenced , and the badge o { slavery be accompanied by its proper counterpart , " the gag " !

      What says Ireland to the prospect of- the gifts in store for her ! What Bays Ireland ' s mouthpiece , Mr . O'Connell \ We have seenjthe fiat of Government ; the u declaration of war" from Sir Robbrt and " the Iron Duke" ; lei us see how O'Connell is prepared to meet it . Let us have his own account of his own position , and his own strength . He seems not to be unaware of the nature of the coming conflict , and he appears to contemplate with confidenoe its coming . At a great ** Repeal Demonstration" held a few days ago at Slioo he reviewed his strength in terms which , though somewhat long , we here place before oar readers , that they may fairly view the battle field and the belligerents . O'Connell is reported to have said : —

      ' ¦ It was a majestic sight to see so many thousands of human beings congregated together in the purest highest , and noblest cause that ever yet animated human patriotism . ( Cheers . ) Their country was a province ; she should be a nation . ( Cheering . ) The iron hand of despotism bad been upon her . The starless night of desolation had ruled hex destiny for centuries , but the day was coming , the hoar was approaching , tbe time was at hand when her sous would lift their voiced to heaven , and cruel man would be forced to yield te the necessity of succumbing to the wishes ot a virtuous and a noble nation . ( LoudcheerB . ) What they were looking for was plainly their righttbe right of all human beings to self government

      What they required was , tbat Ireland should have Irishmen , and that Irishmen should have Ireland . They would let the English have England , the Scotch have Scotland , the French , have Franoe , but they should insist on the Irish having Ireland . ( Great cheers . ) For the last seven hundred years Ireland had been governed by anything but by her own sons ; but tbe Irish had at length grown too many ; they had grown too wise , they had grown too temperate , thay had grown too peaceably determined , not to succeed in restoring tbtir country to her national importance . » Cheers . ) * * We must be a nation . ( E thusiastic applause . ) Ireland cannot continue to be a province . ( Renewed chuers . ) The waves of the Atlantic

      may , by possibility , career over her hills and mountains , but nothing save the eternal flood of tLe mighty ocean can quench tbe flame of the majestic boacin tbat lUhts , invigorates , and warms in tbe sacred cause of national independence . ( Great cheering . ) Nothing but the extinction of the nation can ssUingiiish tha demand—nothing but the annihilation of all hat people can retard tbe success of our movement Somebody says that we will not succeed , and tbat I am merely always going about from place to place . But what are tbe elements of success ? Is not agitation the price necessarily paid for liberty , and is not our agitation confessedly within the bounds of peace , law , and tbe constitution ( hear , hear ) ? I am not to bucceed ,

      forsooth ! Answer tbat question ye 200 . 000 men ef Ulster that I addressed at Carrickmacross—answer tbat question ye 120 , 000 men of Meath that I addressed at Kells , you whose shouts still echo in my ears , and mock the assertion—answer that ye 150 , 000 men who met me tbe other day in procession at Limerick , where you conducted yonrselves in decency , and good order , on < t good temper , only equalled by what I have witnessed on this day—answer me that question ye countless thousands tbat I will meet on Sunday next at the Curragh of Kitdare . Answer me tbat ye myriads who will meet me on Sur . day week next at Mullingar . Answer me that question ye more than half a million of persons who will meet me at the latter end of this month at Cork

      ( hear , hear ) . Answer me that question ye fifty thousand men who will meet me in Longford . Answer me that question ye men of Drogheda where I am also going—you who are bound by eyeij tie that memory can conjure op , not to forget the crimes committed against your ancestors during the three days ' slaughter sanctified by that monster Cromwell , who called it a great mercy of God ( hear , hear ) . Answer me that question ye shades of my departed countrymen , who for 700 years had government but no constitutionwho for 700 years suffered the bitter pangs of slavery—you who suffered all the horrors of oppression , where everything was given to the strunper , and where you were left to be hewers of wood and

      drawers of water In the land of your birth—the slaves of a foreign invasion . You shall have it no mote ! ( The entire company here stood up , and continued cheering for several momenta . t No ; the hour is past . The morning star beams on tbe verge of the horizonthe star of light and liberty tbat will soon enlighten oar hemisphere—that invigorates as well as warms—that cheers as well as enlightens every human being in the land . No—Irishmen must have Ireland—( tremendous cheering ) . That is my only proposition ; but how am I te get it ? By organization , organisation , organization ! ( cheers ) . Your cheer , and the ready response with which you replied to the phrase tbat my heart dictated and my tongue but feebly pourtrayed delights me . Thai

      cheering speaks ot your sincerity , but will it alao apeak of your perseverance— ( cries of "it will" ) ! O !;! I have those with me whose conduct teaches the Irish heart . I have with me tha poor man's only friend . I ti-ive in . se who never desert , in sickness or in sorrow , tho iambs of the fold—the chosen and bleeding lambs of the fold , that the Lord has confided to their care . I have th use who , when famine stalks the land—wben pestilence scares , whh 10 , 000 deaths surround—when everybody else flies from the bed of rotten straw on which the dying peasant is extended—when mephltic air fills the chamber of death —I hare those who , at such a moment , forget eveiy consideration that death in its most hideous shapes can harrow forth—( cries of hear , hear , hear ) They

      meet it half way , and expire in the performance of their charity towards man and their duty towards God —( great cheers . ) I have those with me who never forsook the people through 300 years of persecution , and whom the people in thair turn never forsook—( hear , and cheers . ) I have those not only blessing but aiding—and oh ! they ai 4 by their blessing . With their countenance there can be no shrinking back , there can be no retreating . Gentlemen , Ireland has never yet had a fair stand-up fight for her liberties—( hear , and cheers . ) I do aot mean the fight of battle and of death—tbe fight of combat , destruction , and of the sanguinary field , bnt I mean the virtuous , persevering , constant struggle for liberty—( hear , hear . ) I have pledged myself to

      three milliens of Reptalcrs , aud I cannot afford to take any less—( cries of " you shall have them . ") But tbe question has been asked , " when you get three millions of Repealers bow much farther advanced will you be than you now are ? " Oh , leave that to me—( loud langbter and cheers ) Will I not tell them that the history of the world is to be began again , tbat they may bum all their books , and ? ay tbat they know nothing of tbe history of man , if the three milliens of determined and crimelees men are to be refused auy reasonable request that they may pleue to solicit—( hear , hoar . ) But I will not stand there ? Give me my three million of Repealers , and I will immediately take tbe next step . I will not have a convention in Dublin , for that is

      against the law . There is a statute againBt boldlag any convention in Ireland , and I am a great respecter of your statutes—( hear , hear , and laughter . ) But the statute does not cover the entire of the ground . It caver * a small penal portion , and I would not treart on that at all but with the moat perfect good humour as well a ? good temper . I may say that though there maybe breakers ahead , there is an old pik > t at tbe helm—( enthusiastic cheers for some moments ) . I do pledge myself to you—and 1 would not dare to do tbat if I were not certain of the effect , ; ind that without the slightest p « H of tho A . Ujfi ey Gten « al—of the Chief Juslicr-, or of an Chance jurj—that without the slightest danger of any legal objection to the plan , I

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      will have , say three hundred gentlemen ot rank , fortune , and station , assembling together spontaneously in Dublin ; and would it not be a good week ' s work to bring in any suggestions that these three hundred gentlemen , wbo would of course happen to be in Dublin by mere matter of chance—( laughter )—would have to offer on the framing of a bill ? They say that if a man was throwing on a table the twenty-four letters of the alphabet for a certain space of time , he would at length be able to make out the entire of Pope ' s Homer—( laughter ) . In the same manner I will throw tbe twenty-four letters on the table , and " spontinuity" is

      the word that I will be looking for , until I have the spontaneous assemblage of three hundred gentlemen in Dublin , to take into consideration suggestions on the form of a bill to Repeal the Legislative Union—( loud cheers ) . That will be Bill No . 1 . No . 2 will be suggestions for the heads of a bill for the restoration of the ancient Parliament of Ireland—( cheers ) . They would have to consider suggestions { for the heads of bills for the conciliation of all parties , and for making a proper application of Ecclesiastical revenues , having of course a due consideration for vested interests . They would also consider suggestions for a bill on the fixity

      of tenure , in which tbe landlords' rights would be fully protected , while they would be compelled to perform their duties towards their tenantry —( hear ) . Don't you think that would be a good week ' s work to have them in for—( cUeevB and laughter ) * We would have all these bills prepared in perfect technical accuracy , and ready to be submitted to the next Parliament that we would find willing to take them into consideration—( cheers ) . In doing this , we would violate no law—we would infringe on no part of the constitution . The English Parliament , once before , put away their King , and appointed another—the glorious William—in hia place . That was against the letter of the law ; but will any of those who now oppose us , say that it was

      agaiDat the spirit of the constitution ? It woald be time for her sacred Majesty to witness her Irish subjects , and what a cheer there will be for her when she lands —( cheers ) . Is not it to be continued as long as she remains in Ireland—( cries of "yes ")? Ab no , while she sleeps there will not be a single shout to disturb it The day is coming on , it is arriving fast , when she will have the gratification of opening her Parliament in Dablin , and going down in state , with the Repeal wardens lining the streets on both sides—for that shall be a duty confided to them alone , and which no other man shall be allowed to interfere in , because it is they who shall have achieved the victory "—( bear , hear , hear ) .

      Such , then , is the position of the belligerents ; the two hosts—of misrule and liberty—encamped againBt each other . What should be the conduct of the people—the English people , while the struggle pends ? Should they stand tamely by and see Ireland immolated without coming to the rescue i Should they aid the tyrants and send "fightingmen " to dye her fields with blood , and "thank God ! ' twas our boys did it" ? O ! No ; No ; No ! This is not their measure of repayment . At least , it shall not be so far as we have influence with them . That

      we have differed with Mr . O CoNNELLnot only upon detail questions , but upon matters of general policy is a fact too well known to require repetition . We have expressed our opinion of his policy unreservedly , and have not a single word to retract . That we have doubted hia sincerity , even upon the question of repeal , we admit . That his conduct has , upon many occasions , been'false and treacherous to the Chartists , is undeniable . That he has not strengthened the party by which he hoped to effect his purpose ten years ago , is matter of history . But all these things weigh not a feather in the scale

      against the necessity for upholding popular liberty against factious domination and coercive tyranny . And let the people be assured the oause is not less their own because Ireland is to be the scene of contest . All the great principles to which our souls are wedded are not less at stake in this attack upon the R ' . peal agitation of our Irish brethren , than in the more direot processes in which the virtue of tho English Chartists has alone , and almest without Irish aid , worsted a tyrant Government in many successive actions . We know that it is so ; and that overy nail fastened ia the coffin of Irish independence is a

      dagger piercing the heart of English liberty ; a rivet , making more fast our manacles . Hence would we be ashamed , at such a time , to nourish differences or to withhold the band of succour from a nation bravely struggling against tyrant power . Wheresoever the flag of liberty contends with tyranny , there do we uplift our weapon for it , ne matter by whom it may be oarried . Sinking all other matters in the publio weal , we are now prepared to say even to O'Connell , " If you have now learned the secret that an enlightened publio expect , from their professing friends , something more than mere empty sound *

      and the honour of paying for it ; if you suppose the time has come for realising , or for honestly trying to realise , your country ' s hopes ; and if you are disposed therefore to put forth your strength in earnest and to fight the battle fairly , we are ready to forget the paet and put forth all our energies to save you from the violence with which tho Tories threaten you ; and with which , when the Whigs threatened us , you promised to aid them in its perpetration . We will not voluuteer as part of 500 , 000 fighting men to trample upon you ; nor will wo rejoice if an English Sergeant shall be

      foremost in the slaughter—for rely upon it there will be slaughter before the English executors of a mixed oligarohy will give up their claim to that position which they won by brute force and treachery . Bnt fear not for the issue of the struggle . 'Tis not the first time the Tories have talked big nor will it be the first time of their being worsted . Before the passing of ' Reform' or' Catholic Emancipation' the Iron Duke and Sir Robert were aB confident as now . But England and Ireland carried ' Reform' and * Emancipation' in their teeth as they shall yet carry tho Charter and Repeal . "

      The people must look out now for the exercise of a stronger arm of power than they have seen exercised for a longi time ; and while they come , if need be , to the aid of Ireland with all the chivalry and bold determination of the English character , they must look well to the measuring of their footsteps , that they give no advantage to the common enemy . Tbe fight must be a moral and a peaceful one . It must be conducted fairly aud by legal means . Government threaten to apply to Parliament for ndfp-powera ; let us use the powers that we have ; lot us use them wisely and net exceed them ; let us look carefully to every step ; let us eschew all

      rash and hasty movements ; let us have neither secresy nor known violation of the law ; let us kick out the skulking braggarts from our camp ; let us array ourselves—English , and Scotch , and Irishmen—under ona Common banner , with the flag of freedom and the Charter waving over us : with the Charter , and never before it , will Repeal come ; and the sacred tree of Liberty shall take root at once in Britain and in Ireland , and it shall flourish under the fostering genius of democracy , until its blessed fruits , social justice and individual enjoyment , causing the flush of happiness to mantle on each face , shall pleasingly but quietly proclaim our triumph .

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      That statement is , tbat they * have failed ! The deficiency is net made up ! The Expenditure , for the yearfending April 5 th , 1843 , ie , in round number , £ 51 , 160 , 000 . Thelncome is £ 48 , 740 , 000 The excess of Expenditure over Income , is £ 2 , 420 , 000 ! The amount of Income-tax received up to April 5 th , 1843 , and ' included in the above account of ' Income , " is £ 2 , 456 , 000 . So that , had itnot been for the Income-tax , the excess of Expenditure over Income would have been just upon £ 5 , 000 , 060 I

      Here then is a test of " Free Trade . " The Tariff , being the largest step towards complete Free Trade ever taken in this country , was to bring about such a state of " Prosperity , " as to place all classes of the community in a comparatively happy position . One proof of that altered and happy position , was to be found in an increased Revenue . Where is that proof ! Where- is the increase t Where is the bettered condition ?

      The Tariff has pulled down the prices of all descriptions of produce . It has had that effect , most certainly . Farming produce is " cheap . " Wheat is " lour ; " almost as low as the most rigid Corn Law Repealer could desire . Milk is low ; butter is low ; and cheese is low . A neighbour of eurs , in the Wholesale Provision Line , declares that for £ 50 this year he bought more cheese than he paid £ 70 for last year 1 Woollen cloths are depreciated in price ; and Wages of all sorts are depreciated also !! " Free Trade , " then , has had its effect . It has " cheapened " all things : all things except taxes , and tax eaters .

      Taxes it has not lessened ! Nor has it lessened the salaries of the Officers of State , or the dividends of the " National Creditor , " or the pensions of the " Pretty Ladies , " or the allowances of the Dead Weight people ! Free-Trade has cheapened" provisions : but to whom 1 To the labourer 1 No . His wages are reduced ! and reduced , too , more than the amount of the difference between the " dear" and the " cheap" price of food . To the Tradesmen , or the professional ? He has his Income-tax to pay ! and if the Tariff saves him that amount , it does all that Peel promised him . Besides , a reduction of prices involves a reduction of profits . Generally speaking ,

      a certain per centage is the rate of profit in all oases . Reduce the gross amount , and there is a less gross amount of profit . To make-up an income from profits , under such circumstances , requires an increased amount of business . Does the Revenue show an increased amount of business \ If so , why is there a falling off \ Why ia there a deficiency \ To whom , then , is provisions " cheapened . " To ihe tax-eater ! To all who have fixed incomes ! To all whose money-means have not been decreased ! These have benefitted , and benefitted largely too , by the Free-trade-produced Iownees of prices of produce .

      And , in the nature of things , this must be so . Every reduction of prices of produce must entail additional Buffering and additional burdens , upon all who live by labour and by profits : while every such reduction must add to the means of the pensioner , the place-man , the salaried officer , and every one whose amount of income \ s jived . Would not a Repeal of the Corn Laws , to do again what Peel ' s Bill of 1826 did in the great , and what Peel ' s Tariff of 1842 did in the less , be a blessing ? Who ( eels inclined , after the woeful experience we have had , to try , ^ J

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      Dear Sir , —We have been informed by some of tbe leading Whigs of Nottingham , that you was so mean as to accept of £ 28 . for lecturing , and otherwise assisting at Mr . J . Sturge's contest with Mr . J . Walter , senior , and likewise that you went to Mr . John Rogers , ons of the rich Whig leaders , ( at the late contest between Mr . Gisborne and Mr . John Walter , junior , ) and demanded of that gentleman £ 19 . for your services , and Mr . Rogers told you he had no funds for such purposes ,. And farther , we have been informed tbat at Mr . Sturge ' s contest you applied for , and received £ 5 . tor a gentleman who was very ao'ive in tbat election , and only paid over

      to him £ 3 , and pockelted the other £ 2 . Dear Sir , these reports , With a variety of others of a similar character , are very industriously circulated ; therefore we think it our duty to inform you of the reports that you may have an opportunity of setting yourself right , as we have too much confidence ia you to believe anything to your injury . We therefore leave it to yourself , assured that you can put ft stopper upon these reports , as for ourselves we are prepared to vindicate your character by publishing your answer in any of our town papers , or in any other way you think best . You Can publish this communication in the Star if you please , and we can give you names if you desire it .

      We are , Dear Sir , Yours with all sincerity , John Eaglet , James Woodhouse , Thomas Wright . P . S—The Whigs do ' nt like purity of election , neither do they lik <» to have a Six-point man forced upon them . No , Sir , they can ' t bear it , and that is the secret of all their lyiug and calumny . My Friends , —I have much pleasure in publishing your letter just as it is . I never got one farthing from Siurge or any other man for any service . I never heard of Rodgers till your letter announced

      that there was suoh a person . I would be more likely to give him alms than ask him for charity . Do not mind what those ruffians say . Why does not Sturge ' s Secretary publish his account of the expenses , as I asked him ? Sturge owes me anew hat , and the price of a warm plaster . Tell them that Cobdcn , Villiers , Thompson , and the Leaguers travel , eat , and drink at the expense of the poor slaves whom they force to subscribe : that I travel , eat , and drink at my own expense , and not at yours or theirs . Your faithful , unpaid friend , Feargcs O'Connor . Leeds , Wednesday .

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      The Books of the latk Executive . — We have received from some person , who calls himself Arthur O'Neill , the following notice , with a reguest for Us insertion : —

      " TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN . " I beg to inform all who are interested in the matter , and wbo are not aware of the fact , tbat Mr . John Campbell , ere his departure for America , placed in my possession the books of the National Charter Association , together with a large number of Cards of Merabtrahip , the which I was to retain until the sum of £ 16 15 s . 9 . ] < 1 . due to him by-the Association , as salary for services performed , be duly paid and satisfied ; " These instructions I am determined to abide by , without reference to the opinions of any ; and am prepared to enter into any arrangement consistent with them , as wall as to produce Mr . Campbell ' s authority for representing bis interests in this affair .

      "Abthub O'Neill . " 180 , High Holborn . JLondon , " " May 9 , 1843 . " We have another letter on the same subject from Mr . Thomas Copeland , Waterloo Town , who says that , on ihe Saturday after u honest" John ' s departure , he went to the shop 180 , High Holborn , and there found Mr . O'Brien , who informed him that the Association books had been placed in his £ § nds , with similar instructions to those spoken W fM' this Arthur O'Neill . To which of Ihe two merefore , or whether to either of them , the honour of being Mr . Campbell ' s accomplice fairly appertains , we do not pretend to say . James Smith , Somer ' s Town . — We cannot furnish the information he requests . James Branton , Manchbster . — We have many communications on the subject , and shall give a succinct view of them all—Mr . Branton ' s among the rest .

      John Smart , Aberdeen , must take a like answer . Glasgow and Greenock . —We regret much that private and local differences should exist among Chartists—still more that they should be made publio . Each parly has now had its " say" on the Emmet-trial matter , and we must have no more of it . Mr . Hill being last weik absent in London , the communication from Greenock was very properly omitted till he should have seen it . William Silvester . —Our space is full . Thomas Coop . — We cannot insert his letter . It is a mostfoul—because unexplained and mysteriousattack upon an individual who would have a right to demand Us meaning , and so lead us into a private squabble .

      W . R . P . writes to correct a mtsstatement in our week before last ' s report of Leeds Cloth Market . He says the c ' oth-dressers are not fully occupied . J . Dell , Reading . — We do not remember to have fern the report of the meeting to which he alludes ,

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      Sheffield . —All communications to the Chartuttof Figtreelane must be addressed to Mr . John Green , sub-Secretary , 11 , Vineyard , HartshecuL All Communications for Wm . Dixonfor the future must be addressed No . 2 , Cross-street-east , Bank Top , Manchester .

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      Carruth , Kilmarnock . —They are posted wi $ h tha first that leave tbe office ; tbe delay ia owing to the alterations in tbe post sometime ago , and they can . not be posted so as to arrive earlier . Burns , Dundee—The parcel was sent sometime ago by packet , via Hull . Wm . Jones , Greenock . —Send them to this office . The Executive Committee of the Miners' Society—4 // communications to this body must bs post-paid and addressed to the General Secretary John Hall , care of James Sinclair , News-agent * 25 , High-bridge , Newcastle-upon-Tvne . '

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      FOR THE NATIONAL DEPENCE FUND . £ 8 . d . From the Chartist of Plymouth loo „ S . J . ; a coDstant reader , near Wakefield 0 1 o ^ Woodbridge , per James M'Ken ... 0 3 5 „ John Cook , Buckingham , per Wm . Jones O 3 o „ tbe Chartists of Ashton , per T . Coop 0 6 10 „ Richard Milford , Treforest 0 10 0 „ the Chartists of Pont-y-ly-Prydh ... 0 10 0 „ a loyal pensioner , per J . K . W ., Boston ( too late for alteration last week ) 0 0 6 J T . Helbrook 0 e > 6 _ J . Goedridge ... 0 0 8 „ John Jones , mason 0 0 2

      „ M . Saunders 0 0 6 _ a young democrat 014 „ four friends , per Mr . Brook , Leeds ... 0 3 0 _ the Chartists of Hucknall-nnder-Hutbwayte , per John Alfrey ... ... 0 3 0 ^ tbe Bristol United Chartist—proceeds of a lottery for Plates and Frames , presented by Clarke and Jacobs ... loo „ C . C . and friends , per C C , ' Bristol ... 0 10 0 „ T . Taylor , Bristol ... 0 2 § _ J . Doherty , ditto ... 0 1 s „ Nantwicb . per Thomas Dunning ... 0 5 0 Received by Feargua O'Connor from Manchester , „ i 15 0 FOR THOMAS COOPER . From a few friends at Clayton West ... 0 10 0

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      LEEDS . —Ilkley Bath Chabitt . —The annual meeting of the friends and supporters of this charity was held at the Court-house , on Tuesday last , at noon . Mr . John Heaton , of this place , was called to the chair . The accounts were audited and passed ' the balance in the hands of the treasurer being stated to be about £ 60 . A resolution , lamenting the death of the late ^ bogpra ^ jBeeretary , Mr . Geo » Fenton , was adoptedT iuaiSe ' ' Rev . John Snowden , of Ilkley , was requested to accept of the vacant office , a request with which he complied . There were only very few of the subscribers present .

      Committal . —On Tuesday last , a young woman , who gave her name Jane Smith , and said she came from Wakefield , was committed for trial at the next borough sessions , on a chaige of having stolen several volumes of books , including Doddridge ' s Family Expositor , Ainsworth ' s Latin Dictionary , &c , from the premises of Dr . Chadwick , in Park * row . It could not be found out how the property had been stolen ; it was not missed until after it had been found in possession of tbe prisoner , who said it had been given to her to sell .

      Assault and Alleged Robbert . —On Saturday last , two men named Christopher Petler and Robt . D&vins , were charged at the Court-House , with having committed an aggravated assault on a waterman who , with a companion , had come ashore for a spree . The two sailors had accompanied two girls to a house of ill-fame , and then , according to the statement of one of them , they drank gin till they were " made up , " and about three o ' clock in the morning , after one of the girls had obtained possession of three sovereigns , the two prisoners came into the house , of which Davins said he was the master , and violently assaulted the two sailors in turning them into the street . Davins was fined £ 0 or two months imprisonment ; Petler was discharged .

      Caution to Surveyors . —On Friday , Mr . James Greenwell , surveyor of the highways of Potternewton , appeared before Messrs . Goodman and Pawson , at the Court-House , Leeds , in answer to a summons charging him with leaving a drain open and unprotected , and thereby causing damage to a hackney coach . It appeared that on Tuesday night , about half-past nine o ' clock , Mr . Lofthouse , solicitor , was proceeding home to Chapel Allerton , from Leeds ,

      aud owing to a drain being open in Chapel Alhttonlane , near Mr . Buckton ' s house , the hackney coach was overthrown , and Mr . Lofthouse and the driver had a very narrow escape from being seriously injured . The drain in question , which was under the care of the defendant , was undergoing some alteration , and was left unprotected and nnwatched ; and the bench fined the defendant £ 3 , and ordered him to pay 25 s . for the damage dona to the coach .

      An Impostob . —On Tuesday last , a good looking young woman , who called herself Mary Ann Robinson , alias Simpson , alias Sandiford , was brought up at the Court House , en a charge ot having obtained money and a variety of articles of wearing apparel , from several persons residing at Annley , and in different parts of the country , under the following circumstances . On Tuesday week , she went te the nouse of Mr . Wm . Akeroyd , clothier , Armley Moor Side , and inquired for some person sapposed to live in the neighbourhood , and after some conversation , she asked leave to stay all night , wh ^ ch was granted . On the following morning , she obtained permission of Mrs . Akeroyd to let her

      daughter , a girl between ten and eleven years old , accompany her to Morley , where she said she was going to the house of her aunt , to get some clothes , and she would return in the evening , oat instead of fulfilling her promise , neither she not the child was heard of till Friday morniDg , when the child was restored to her parents , having been found deserted near Dewsbnry . It se « ma that after she had gone from Armley , on Wednesday , she ascertained from the girl that she had a grandmother and other relatives residing at Dewsbury , and to them she quickly found her way , along with the girl , and , under some false representations , she } was not only allowed to remain tul Friday morning , but she obtained some six or seven shillings in monev and some wearing apparel , she

      left Dewsbury with the girl she had taken witn her , saying that they were both going back w Armley Moor Side ; but soon after she got out 01 the town , she contrived to leave the girl . She caliea herself Sarah Ann Simpson , and she represen ted herself as the sister , and as the cousin of Mr . Jeremiah Simpson , Armley , draper , by which she succeeded in obtaining both goods and money . " need scarcely add , that she is no relation to Mr . Simpson , but that she is in fact a base impostor . A description of her person and dress was forwarflea by the orders of Mr . John Gott , of Leeds , who tooB a lively interest in the matter , to the various towns in the immediate district , and on Monday morn " * she was apprehended by the cou 3 table of BatJey . « appeared that she had on a shawl and bonnet wflico she had falsely obtained at Dswsbary . She was sent for three months to the House of Correction .

      Daring Highway RoBBERT .-On S aturday evening last , Mr . Edward Woolley , shopkeeper , of Mtu Shay , Beeston , left hia home a little before nme o ' clock , to proceed to Holbeck , for the PpW" ?" paying a contribution to amoney club , of w « ' ^ 1 e ^* member : and whilst passing along some fields leaoing from the Peacock Inn to Wortley , he was me * by a young man who bade him good night . ««• Woolley returned tbe salute , and after passing on for a short distance , happening to turn he a ** " " young man coming behind him , with a pistol w hand . He stopped , and the man then said , * °£ money , " and Mr . W . saw that he bad a dagger « his other hand . Mr . Woolley then gave up ms money , amounting to five shillings ; but tne' f rV not believing but what he had more about j ^ ' " j

      then finding that Mr . W . had no more , he rewraw him a sixpence and left him . On Thursday ; » young man nttned John Brown Appleyard , resiau * in Holbeck , was brought up at the Court House on suspicion of being the party concerned in the aw robbery . The prosecutor could not , however , sjw »» with certainty as to his identity , although i « "J little doubt that he was the man . A charge was uu » preferred against him of having on Saturday « " # previousto tbe robbery taking place assaulted ft J <^»< woman on the highway , and near to the p ¦ * where the robbery was committed . Ha acKnow lfldtrArf this , and was fined £ 3 and costs ! © r »

      default of payment committed to Wakefield for f *» months . Two other cases of highway robwrj occurred in the same fields in which Mr . W-oolleJ «•" robbed on Saturday evening last , one of the P ***"" being severely injared . Appleyard is / . heref ore of " tained in Leeds until such time as he is w » appear , to see whether he can identify him . Dangerous Conduct . —On Tuesday , » female , *** is deaf and dumb , named Ann Edmondson , w brought up at the Court-Hou < , e , on a charge ot nsT ing threatened to take the Jife of a man who uvw neighbour to her , with a tsleaver . It-appeanpfi » w she had manifested great violence on several reoe occasions , she was ordered to undergo a mea" **

      examination . Free Market ToLLS .-These Tolls were W JJ thc 3 Market l > , amtttee , by public bidding , « » Court House , on Thursday . Mr . ' ^^ Lt he the highest bidder , but it was understood ifl » acted for the « Bower party . " The sum at wB « J tho Tolls were Jet was £ 2 , 110-tne Council . WP * J the rates .

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      The Northern Star. Saturday, May 13, 1843.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAY 13 , 1843 .

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      THE BUDGET . « ' PROSPERITY" AND A FALLING REVENUE . " FREE TRADE" AND A "DEFICIENCY . " On Monday night last , " The Budget" of the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer was opened . It had been looked forward to with no inconsiderable share of interest , many being curious to know what had been the effect of the " Free-Trade Tariff" of last year upon the Revenue , and iwhat was to be the amount of the New Income Tax .

      Sir Robkut Peel when he entered npon office , found a deficient revenue . He found the expenditure exceeding the income very materially ; and the defioienoj made up by the issuing of Exchequer Bills , which , in process of time came to be added to the permanent Debt . He pronounced this to be a most unsatisfactory state of the Nation ' s finances ; and devised a scheme to raise the " needful , " bo that the deficiency mi <> ht no longer exist . One part of his scheme was to take a great leap towards complete Free Trade ; and the other the imposition of a tax upon property , and upon income arising from profession .

      On Monday last , the official statement was given , which enables us to judge of the efficiency or soundness of Sir R . iKh . L ' 3 mea ^ un-R , roiifiuing our attention solely to their avowed objecty the supplying of the deficeucy in the revenue ,

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      4 " THE NORTHERN STAB .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 13, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct933/page/4/