... antE SAc 3itotol MAreuI SATURtDAY, Mtl 5. WHY IS THE NATION. TAXED? IHEMe is a question of some moment, if men would but learn to consider it rightly. Why is the nation taxed? It is a question which comes home to all oui pockets: we all know and feel louw the nation is taxed, but few have taken the trouble, caltly and deliberately, to ask themselves-- why ? The surface politician will answer, ...

... [MEEINU: Ai'IbALbtthGIaAk TO PirtIOi FOR Tit ; AIOL1TOX OF LFFES.- ' ?? On Sund~ay lest tile inhabitan~ts of IBalbri~ggn, anid tie coontia uOU0 dtrc s, aemedto petitiou fur the rhtal abolition of c the, ad t adpt practical arid decided measures t eiv themeselses fronm the presonre -of that grievance. The meetingI was held inl the Apen air, as no building ih the town.wotild he wai- I a Zi~ty ...

... . ChIOLERA. By wbatever at.-e th1,e, diease eixisting pt fti the Ittt eighit or ten days o ggbt p 7r3e bi des; nated, it is unhappily true that it has consigned ° unexpectedly early grave the heads of SeVeral fartt in the city, and a great umnrber of other b-lpleja , 1; [,S metancholv effects have, however, beer, principallyc( tdI he enscerably pool-, whom it dia not please Divine urovideut ...

... PARTY SPIRIT-THE WHIG. IN our last'number we felt ourselves under the necessity of exposing the firebrand'violence of our contemporary, the Northern7 Whi,, ose Iabits of. exaggeration are prover_ bially so furious, that even those *who agree with him in principle are. often compelled to regret ~tbe dangerous na. ;tUre of his advocacy. Our contempoirry-hais -returned a :brief, hesitating, and ...

... 'WI X , M 5WO SATURDAY;, MAY 5. TO-MORROW Morning a SERMON Will be preached by the Rev. Eow. HAIVmINS, D. D; Provost | of Oriel College, in the Parish Church of All Saints' , in thfii city ; after which a collection will be made, to assist in defraying the expenses incurred in the purI chase and erection of the Organ. On this occasionfidl a Cathedral Service will be performed, in which the ia ...

... EMIOILIT I ,S There have been recestly a var:lety oft' para-erapht stating tbe number of emlnrantswb,, are le6ving Great rltialt and Irelniid for the Unitr d States, CaiadsAastrallar and Vlio DlemoayistLauid (By the way they might to dali this Isladd Tasmania, for Tastnan was the real discoverer, and the appella'ltoisebides sivould .bre rmore pronounceable anrd euphonious,,) Thte erigratiun ...

... THE RuYJLf ?? k ISIT' TOjENIUIj AND Is'fiJrJ% ?? The roadit to tie above ?? It lwr ?? thronged at atf Cli ;y boar by ,ted~t -rritn, arid vehilet l alilescr ipti.s.f a rli ?? ?? ?? trie ramil awre fitled with s.pcrttot ,, In cotltsa iuelct o1 their A-je.iteSa intentioll t. visitr thet I)ock-yrds. ae. Tne .1 tilll Wacre a 8sieirs i aaoeut, the clowiu wtere hlack wid ht;SVy, hbettket in ,, ra il ...

... 1. I - Vari I ft' ?z : f Trade at o1 i ~ed for -twist has withint Ithe last week beoe lnud.tecontinental m'airkets being almost oversokdada erof~ the cholera par.' daialy Closing Am~eirice intercourse. - Hatting is occa- 8sionally brisk, but ofter fa;aewhand-loom weaversI ,are employed in manufcurntnwpatr s, t atrifling -advance, and the hppraho pighsifsdmore life into the silk trade. Smiths ...

... TO the Editor of the Bristol .Mercury. Ssi,-''llis Bill appears to tue altogether unsuilted to the present situation pf the parties for whose benefit it is intended. Tile suf- ferers, as the one party, have already expended nearly a thousand pounds in obtaining special original writs, to enable them to bring their actions against the city, under the Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV.; they have also ...

... THE BELFAST -EWS-LETTER. 'rTIT RT A-sr .- A XY I II X *, t LzICE , ?? I1. ALLEGED' COALITION AGAINST FRANCE. THE Constitatiunaed of Tuesday last published an article, -which, from its extraordinary nature, excited in Paris, and afterwards in London, what is called a ' sensation in the political circles, notwithstanding the absorbing interest of :Chlera iin tlhe one city, and of the Reform ...

... T'fB G'HOLER.I. CENITRAL BOARD OF HEALTH, Council Oftice, Whitehall, May 5. DAILY REPORT OP CHOLERA CASES IN LONDON, mi&Y 4. Places. Bethnal ?? gnuth,' ark ?? St. Luke's ?? ?? I ?? St. ?? St. Andrew, HIolborn .. St. George's-in-the East St. Martin in the Fields.. Bermoynndmey ?? Westnfluster ?? . O O O IC) O . 0 O O 1 7 0 0 O 7 0 1} 0 1) 0 1 1I 0 0 ° .l 0 0 1 2 0 0l ° ° ) ° 0 75 0 2Y 105 118 0 ...

... 'TIIB CHOLERJ. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH, Council-Office, Whitehall, MGay 3. DAtLY REPORT OP CHIOLERA CASES IN LONDON, MA.Y 2. Places. A cc Bethnal Green ?? 15 0 2 3 10 75 48 Southwark ?? 2 0 2 0 859 42U St. Luke's . ?? 0l 1 t 0 28 20 Mary-la-bonne(no report): 4 0 0 0 4 104 39 St. Giles's (no report).,. . 3 0 0 0 3 111 62 St. Andrew, tlborn ?? 0 ° ° ° ° St. George's-in-the East 1 3 0 0 0 3 63 34 ...