» OeE ara s RNAS CURRIE AY PL ER as Noma Cae Te Be fas ei eromeresees Mr. Everett has denied being the author of the Hulseman letter, and says, he merely consulted with Mr. Webster in regard to it. --John Mitchel is lecturing in the States on " the aA present condition and future prospects of the Irish Nation" adelphia, last week, he took occasion to ridicule Miss Martinau's late letter, in which she states that Mitchel and Meagher are misrepresenting the condition of the Irish people. In his lecture on this subject in Phil- --Mrs. Douglass has been released from prison, in Norfolk, where she had been imprisoned for teaching colored children to read. --War has been declared by the Indiansagainst the Mormons, who in cunsequence, were build- ing a wall around the Utah city, for purposes of defence. Gerrit Smith has recently announced that Dr.Beaumont of, Ohio; has manumitted a fam- ily which: he owned, and which was living in Washington,' D.C. \ The N. Y. State Canals are to be opened for 'pavigation on the Ist of May. The Journal says: " The acres of canal} boats and barges which have wintered in the Atlantic Dock Basin, begin to move about and to prepare for the summer traffic." There were 655 altogether. "Navigation is now fairly opened on Lake ~The New Brunswick papers speak of des- tructive freshets in that province in consequence of heavy rains. Several bridges had been car- ried away, together with mills, fences, &c., and one man had thirteen head of cattle, one horse, and thirteen sheep drowned in his barn by the flood. ---The spring business had commenced in St. John's with considerable activity. "Her Majesty's Government have signified their intention to concede to Newfoundland the same system of civil administration as is en- joyed by the other North American colonies. etBhe Detroit Democrat calls Canada " Little Europe." --The British Government has notified the United States that immediately on the commence- ment of hostilities, they will blockade all the Russian ports on the Pacific. --The people of Portland are agitating the pro- priety of establishing a trans-Atlantic line of steamers from their city in summer as well as in winter. --The Hamilton Spectator is authorized to state that a daily line of steamers will, as usual, ply between Hamilton and Cape Vincent in connec- tion with the Rome, Watertown and Cape Vin- cent Railroad, during the present season. --The British Secretary of State has addressed a circular to the Administrator of the Govern- ment in this Province instructing him to co-oper- ate with the French Government against Russia. '--The Carson League, a spirited temperance paper, recently published at Syracuse, N.Y., and edited by John Thomas, has been suspended for want of support. ligase { (For the Provincial Freeman.) Drak FReeman :-- ; With great pleasure we congratulate you on your reappearance amongst us. A year ago you proposed to enter the great Moral Field, to battle for the cause of Anti-Slavery, Temperance and Kindred Subjects; and be assured that we have been somewhat acquainted with the per- plexing difficulties attending so arduous, though important an undertaking ; which must have re- quired the most invincible energy and persever- ance to successfully overcome. What an inval- uable lesson you thus read to us whose cause you so nobly design to advocate, from which it is to be hoped we may be very greatly profited. I am really pleased--no that is not the right word-- delighted with the size, appearance, price, &c., &c.,of the paper. The price is well adapted to the pockets and purses of the poorest of us, while in other respects it cannot fail to please the most fastidious. I am equally pleased with the motto you hove adepted--Self-reliance is the True Road to Independence--it is so significant of your glorious object, and to us Africo-Americans, it is particularly suggestive, and we of Albion have taken the timely hint. As forming our part, I have long held and advocated the senti- ment that our elevation depends upon our own individual and collective efforts and energies. Every man if he would be elevated, must deter- mine to use every means thatGod and nature have, ar may place within his reach, to elevate himself. Then, and not until then, will they succeed ; it is downright folly to expect it in any other way. Help those who help themselves, is a maxim as old asthe hills. In this country we can help our- selves, enjoying as we do, opportunities and ad- vantages equal to others of similar circumstances. It is to be hoped that we will avail ourselves of these great advantages, and by our enterprise and industry, advance with this rapidly growing country, comparably with other classes. But in order to do this, we must branch off more into the common business of life. All labor is res- pectable, yet we must not be content to be a class ofcommon laborers; we have a fair proportion of these already. What we want, and what we must have, isa fair proportion of other classes _ among us. Some fitted for Sendol Teachers, Lawyers, Doctors, Merchants, &c. We mast educate ourselves and educate our children. Let the young men (and the young women too) form Literary and Debating Societies, and those who have no talent for public speaking, let them learn and practice writing, &c. Don't let us feel, Dear Freemen, because you have come so upportunely to our help, that our work is finished, and, there- fore, settle ourselves down into a state of master- ly inactivity. No,no, I see so much more the necessity for 'ncreased effort and diligence on our part. You only propose doing that for us which we are not in a position todo for ourselves, and now you ask us if we will sustain you in do- ing that for us which we are not capable of do- ing for ourselves. What say you, young men and young women? What say you, fathers and mothers ? shall the Frecman live? We say yes; and in proof of our sincerity, I send 10 subscri. bers who will send 10 more immediately. As for our part this is only a beginning. | MOSES. Albion, April 20th, 1854. Now York and Brooklyn Correspondence of the Provincial ji Freeman. . Mr, Epiror :-- The past winter has been long and severe, and must have been more'severely felt by many than seen by others--many whose scanty means of subsistence did not allow them to prepare for such ordinary emergencies as long and cold winters. Being rejected access to workshops and all lucra- tive pursuits they are mainly devoted to drudging and menial occupations. And even these, a class still more dependent are rapidly taking from them. Our men enfeebled by these pursuits and unaccustomed to hazard an undertaking, are not much inclined to use the only means of relieving themselves from their deplorable condition ; I ea rma rs mean going into the country and thereby get rid of the excessive rents, as well as the corrupt in- fluences that forbid the raising of a hardy perse- vering class of men, such a class as is required for the work at hand. However I think I am justified in saying the general opinion is that we can only alleviate our condition by emigration. Thousands are looking Canada-ward. But such has been the hostility to the very idea of re- moval anywhere that men are afraid to express their convictions. Leading men say nothing and do nothing. Most of them are comfortably situat- ed with churches or schools, or professions, and care to do nothing. They are truly " contented andhappy." I hope that the Council of your Province will show it- self more active and efficient than the Councils of the States have done. With us nearly ayear has' rolled round and nothing has been done; it cannot be because the case did not require; nor was it be- cause the people were not interested, for I know the interest and anxiety were universal. I don't see why the Canadians threw up the North American League, established some years ago, with the identical object of the National Council, to annex themselves to the latter. My impression always has been that the Council grew out of the idea of the League; and therefore the States should have annexed to Canada and the League have been made contributory to the government, and would ultimately been received as, and considered one of the Institutions of the Pro- vince, which it cannot now, having its origin here, where its chief movements will be watch- ed, and if need be, crushed. But I look for but little or nothing from our present leaders, from the causes I have assigned above. They are but little inclined to disturb the present the order of things. I look fer more to be done for us by you Canadian fugitives and refugees, in the event of the suc- cessful establishment of your paper, than from any other present available means. The desire for society drives us to the cities to find it, and young men and women come annually by thou- sands, whose ruin may be dated from the day of their arrival. Ministers will not admonish mcn to go to the country and take their families be- cause they might thereby lose a member. The missionary labours of some would nct appear so much needed, if crime, degradation and misery 'were not to be seen at every corner, and sought for in cellars, alleys and garrets. Our leading men are afraid to admonish the people to go to the country for fear they say, it would be an evidence of our dissatisfaction and willingness to move, that the Colonizationist would take advantage of and urge us to go to Africa. Besides these there is the bleaching party, quite a respectable class too, who think that we are quite well enough off, and that the result of our proximity to the whites will soon obliterate all lines of distinction. For this purpose they are willing to sacrifice their own manhood and yield up their claims on the basis of these, and sacrifice their daughters, if not voluntarily, by placing them in a position where their chastity is neither appreciated by others nor enabled to protect it themselves. But we must have a new set of men in the field with new mea- sures, For the Provincial Freeman. Mr. Enpiror: I have seen and read several {numbers of your very valuable paper, and I must confess that I am very glad to know that you have embarked in such a noble, and such a praiseworthy enter- prise. I hope you will pardon this seeming boldness in me in sending you this communication ; although I have not seen any intimation in your columns to justify this step on my part, yet I have ventur- ed to address you, with the view of ascertaining whether you will receive communications coming from one of my sex. Belonging as I do, to that class styled the "weaker sex," you will not be surprised when I tell you that I have taken up my pen with a trembling hand and a fearful heart, not knowing whether my communication will be received in a favorable or an unfavorable light: As this is my first communication for the press you may very readily imagine that I feel no small degree of anxiety as respects its fate; however, from your well known intelligence, and your long tried generosity, together with your principles of staunch integrity, I feel satisfied to commit my cause to your hands. There is a beginning point with us all, and I am induced to believe from the very liberal tone of the leading editorials of your excellent paper that you will not regard me in the light of an aspirant, or as one seeking to make innovations, upon the long and time honored customs of society. In- deed, were I ever so well qualified for such an important task, it would seem like presumption in me to make such an attempt; I say presump- tion, because I know of no better term to use in this connection ; for what would be thought of an humble individual like me, and belonging to the opposite sex, and who has been deprived of the advantages of even a common school education to attempt to do that which some of the most giant intellects of the present century have failed to ac- complish? Certainly, my position would not be a very enviable one; so far then, from cherishing a disposition or a desire to operate in a sphere for which I haveneither the talent nor the ability, I am content to operate in the sphere to which my humble circumstances have assigned me, trusting that by so doing I may be successful in accom- plishing a greater amount of good. I have just seen the 4th number of the Freeman which is equal if not a little ahead of its prede- cessors. I read with pleasure and delight, the communication from your New York and Brook- lyn correspondent. Hesays some things of which I highly approve. After speaking of the perfor- mance of certain important duties, immediately connected with our elevation, he says, ' Our pa- pers must be surrounded by the ability of a num- ber of efficient men and women too, each devoted to some specific field of investigation." Now sir, this is precisely my impression; for in this great work we have our share of it to perform. I hope Mr. Editor, that you will not for a moment sup- pose that I regard myself as one of those persons of ability, of whom your correspondent speaks; indeed, I am sure you will not, when you observe that in the foregoing part of this communication I stated what my acquirements are. Hitherto, we have met with stern opposition from almost every quarter--the class of teachers under whom it has been our misfortune to be placed have been just a little better than none at all--but thank heaven a brighter and better day is beginning to dawn--the clouds of ignorance, and mists of error, are disappering before the bright and effulgent light of truth and reason, As a class, we make no unreasonable demands of those who style themselves our superiors ; all we ask is to receive that encouragement to which our merit that yout paper may succeed beyond your most sanguine expectations. be eS Yours, &c.; HENRIETTA W----5. The Provincial Council. The following letter previously sent to th Voice of the Fugitive has been forwarded to us by he author for publication. Lonpon, 18th April, 1854. To the Editor of the Provincial Freeman. Dear Sir :-- Will you give these few remarks a place in your paper. I have reviewed with care and atten- tion the constitution of the Provincial Council, and have came to a firm conclusion that under the disadvantages which it now labors, it cannot do any good among the colored people in Canada. The people do not acknowledge the Council, and itis a matter of course, if they do mot acknow- ledge it they will not acknowledge its doings ; and being convinced that I cannot do any good in that newly organized body, I have came to the conclu- sion to withdraw my name from the same. I am, dear sir, Yours respectfully, A. B. Jones. Summary of News, As stated in our last,war has been formally de- elared by the Allied Powers, against Russia The London J'vmes of the 27th ult., gives an in- teresting account of the ceremonial. The avenues of Westminster Hall, and of the Peers' entrance to the House of Lords, were occupied by a large assemblage, anxious tu see her Majes- ty's Ministers come down to Parliament with the declaration of war against Russia. The House was filled by an unusually large attendance. The space below the bar being crowded with members of the House of Commons and others having the privilege of admittance, The Earl of Aberdeen, (whose rising was fol- lowed by a loud ery of 'Order, order,") advanced to the table and said, a message from the Queen my lords. : The noble Earl having handed her Majesty's Message to the Clerk's assistant, Mr. Lefevre, it was by him taken to the Lord Chancellor. The Lord Chancellor, rising, read the mes- sage, amid breathless silence of the House as follows :-- Vivat Regina :-- Her Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the House of Lords that the negotiations in which her Majesty, in concert with her allies, has for some time past been engaged with his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, have terminated, and that her Majesty feels bound to afford active assistance to her ally, the Sultan, against unpro- voked aggression. Her Majesty has given direction for laying before the House of Lords copies of such papers, in addition to those already communicated to Par- liament, as will afford the fullest information with regard to the subject of their negotiations. It is a consolation to her Majesty to reflect that endeavors have not been wanting on her part to preserve to her subjects the blessings of peace. -- Her Majesty's just expectations have been dis- appointed, and her Majesty relies with cenfidence on the zeal and devotion of the House of Lords, and on the exertions of her brave and loyal sub- jects to support her inher determination to em- ploy the power and resources of the nation for protecting the dominions of the Sultan against the encroachments of Russia. The Earl of Clarendon then moved that her Majesty's most gracious message be taken into consideration,on Friday next. The Earl of Derby and Ear! Grey ;followed; and the discussion upon the great event of the evening closed. In the House of Commons, shortly before five o'clock, there was an unusually large attendance of members, engaged in loud and animated dis- cussion. As Lord John Russell entered, and took his seat on the ministerial bench, the murmur of voices was hushed in a moment, Lord J. Russell, having been called upon by the Speaker, announced that he had to com- municate to the House a message from the crown. This statement was followed by a general ery of " hats off," and the demand was complied with by the great majorityof hon. members. Mr. Hume, and several gentlemen sitting near him, did not uneover, and the call of "hats off" was continued for some moments without pro- ducing the desired effect upon those members, who, however, removed their hats when the Speaker commenced reading the Royal mes- sage. The Speaker requested Lord J. Russel, in his usual form, to bring up the message, and accord- ingly the noble lord piaced the document in the, hands of the right hon. gentleman, who proceed- ed to read to the House amidst the most profound silence. The Royal message was then read, af- ter which. Lord J. Russell rose and said--I beg to move sir, that her Majesty's most gracious message be taken into consideration on Friday next. The motion was agreed to. DECLARATION. Her Majesty the Queen of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland, having been compelled to take up arms in support of an ally, is desirous of rendering the war as little onerous as possible to the Powers with whom she remains at peace. 'To preserve the commerce of neutrals from all unnecessary obstruction, her Majesty is willing, for the present, to waive a part of the belligerent rights appertaining to her by the law of na- tions. It is impossible for her Majesty to forego the exercises of her right of seizing articles contra- band of war, aud of preventing neutrals from bearing the enemy's despatches ; and she must maintain the rightof a telligerent tojprevent neutrals from breaking any effective blockade which may be established with an adequate force against the enemy's forts, harbours, or coasts. But her Majesty will waive the right of seizing enemy's property laden on board a neutral ves- sel, unless it be contraband of war. It is not her Majesty's intention to claim the confiscation of neutral property, not being con- traband of war, found on enemy's ships; and her Majesty further declares, that being anxious to lessen as much as possible the evils of war, and to restrict its operations to the regularly organ- ized forees of the country, it isnot her present in- tention to issue letters of marque for the commis- sioning of privateers, Westiniaster, March 28, 1854. The telegraph reports the arrival of the "Asia" at New York, bringing Liverpool dates to the 8th inst. There has as yet been no hostile en- counter on the Baltic. The Russians are dis- mantling their forces on the island of Aland, The Empress and the Russian Court intend re- moving to Moscow. It is rumored that Austria will make the Rus- sian passage of the Danube the cause of war. In the House of Commons, Lord John Russell con- firmed the statement that Austria was concentrat- ing troops on the frontier of Servia ; which state- ment is supposed to imply that Austria will join the Western powers. Sir Charles Napiers fleet is at Kaoge Bay. The allied fleets entered the Black Sea, to ef fect a movement in conjunction with Omer Pacha | who goes to Varna, when hostilities commence in the Baltic. ' entitles us. The Turks were falling back in good order on But I fear I am making this communication | Krajova; they have been victorious in Bessara- too lengthy, it being as I said before my first for | bia, and have also crossed the Danube between the press, I must therefore conclude with the wish Nicopolis and Rustschuck, The bill to double the income tax has passed the British House of Commons, The French papers state that the hotels of Paris have for some days been filled with British offi- cers. They remain but a short time, but are con- tinually replaced by fresh arriyals. Their desti- nation is the East. Professor Wilson, the celebrated poet and writer, is dead. i Government have resolved to call out the militia in Scotland to the amount of 10,000 men, From Port av Prince.--Capt. Harper of the bark "Charles E. Lex." at this port trom Port au Prince, furnishes the following statement: On the 5th March, a French frigate, brig and steamer anchored off the harbor of Port au Prince under the command of Admiral Duquesne who at 10 o'clock that night demanded an audience with the Emperor, which was, of course refused when a most threatening letter was delivered, threatening that if certain demands there was not accorded within 48 hours, that the French would re.ort to the most severe measures, On the morning of the 7th, at6 o'clock, all the foreign consuls were requested to meet immedi- ately at the house of the Minister of Wear who told them what had taken place, and that if the French Admiral rescrted to the measures that ae letter said he would, the Haytien Government could not be responsible for any damages the citi- zens of their respective countries might sustain but that the Government would never submit to the exerbitant demands of the French, On the night of the 9th, at 9 o'clock, the Em- peror gave his final answer, which was. that ra- ther than submit to the French Admiral's de- mands, the Haytien government should cease to exist. Which declaration seemed to haye a salt- tary effect, for, at 10 o'clock the next morning the French frigate hoisted the Haytien flag and saluted it, which was answered from the forts ou shore. During this critical time his Majesty acted with The forts and fleet were got immediately in ood condition as to guns, ammunition and men "and were severally visited by the Emperor in per- son. The excitement on shore was ¥ ° ery great, among the foreigners as well as the ee 2 natives, ee! The Trouble in Hayti. THE FRENCH VERSION OF THE AFFAIR. [Translated from the Courier des Etats-Unis. ] Kingston, March 28, 1854. We learn from Elayti, that it required but little to provoke a war between France and this great empire. The Emperor Nicholas would have rejoiced in the acquisition of an auxiliary such as his cousin, the Emperor Soulouque, and would, no doubt, have permitted his subjects to wear the decoration of St. Faustin. The following are the facts :-- On the 6th of March, Rear-Admiral Duquesne, Commander-in-Chiet of the Naval Division of the Antilles, entered Port au Prince in the frigate L'Iphigenie, accompanied by the brig Mellagre, and the steamer L'Ardent, Immediate after the arrival of the Admiral a. difference arose, relative to the national debt. But the difficulties, which had at first assumed a warlike character, were soon surmounted, and the sum of $300,000 was paid down by the house of Lloyd & Co. which te- established the most perfect harmony between the representatives of France and the Haytien govern- ment. On the 11th, Admiral Duquesne and M. Rey- baud, Consul-General of France, were received in private audience by the Emperor and Empress. M. Duquesne, after having been announced and presented by the Due de Tiburon, Minister ot Foreign Affairs, pronounced the following ad- dress :-- Sire--The clouds that had arisen between the government of your Majesty and that of the Em- peror of the French are happily dissipated. Your Majesty can count on the sincere desire of my sovereign tesee continued the amicable relations that subsist between the two governments, To which his Majesty replied-- [thank you, General, and I take God to wit- ness how much I desire to see friendship reign between us. In the evening the band of the Iphigenie was sent to the Imperial Palace, and executed several pieces of music in presence of their Majesties, the princesses, the ladies of the court, and the grand dignitaries. On the following day the Emperor inspected the troops of the guard, and assisted im- mediately after at a grand mass, atthe end of Which the Abbe Mousa, cwre of Port-au-Prince, sang a Te Deum, and gave the benediction. Wasnineton, April 6th, 185-4. Mr. Douglass:--Among the most pleasant and prompt speakers in the Flouse of Representa- tives is Mr. Chandler of Philadelphia. As a scholar, and as a chaste and beautiful writer, he probably has no superior in that body. Mr.-Chandler and Gerrit Smith have become mutually interested in each other, and are often seen conversing together, In the speech which Mr. Chandler made yesterday on the Ne- braska Bill, are the following lines: I send them to you, that you may know Mr. Chandler's appre- ciation of Mr. Smith. 'A brief experience in this house has taught me that aman who isa professed Abolitionist may, nevertheless, be a hospitable gentleman, a ripe scholar, and a powerful orator, capable of mas- terly efforts, even on subjects not connected with his speciality.--Frederick Douglass's Puper. Cronstadt. The Tribune, in an article on the European war, thus describes Cronstadt, which is probably to be the grand point of attack by the British fleet in the Baltic:-- "Cronstadt has the form of an irregular triangle, Tt is strongly fortified. It has three harbors lying on the South side ofthetown. The outer or military harbor, is entirely fortified by a mole, a rectangle stretching out into the sea, and capable ot holding, besides smaller vessels, thirty-five ships ofthe line. It is so shallow at low water that many of the ships are obliged to anchor in the middle harbor, which is properly intended for the fitting out and of repairing vessels. It has a powder magazine, a manufactury of pitch, tar and so forth. The third west or innermost har- bor admits only merchantmen, for which there is besides an excellent roadstead immediately out- side the port, defended also by the citadel; con- structed on a rock in the middle of the sea of Cronstadt. 'The permanent population is not considerable; during the summer it amounts, government functionaries, strangers and sailors, to 40,000. After the Russians, the English are the most numerous. It is very lively in the warin seasons, but the reverse in cold. Peter the Great founded it in 1710. Such is the place the English fleet must operate against, either by cut- ling off its trade, or measure balls, shells, bomts and infernal ingenuity generally wlth it. Ifthe war continue in good earnest it may take pre- cedence of the Danube even for the surring hor- rorsof which it will be the theatre." Tue Cause or Tem?erance 3n EnGuanp.-- Mr. J. B. Gough, has been spending the past month in the enlightened city of Edinburgh, where he has been received by all classes with unbounded enthusiasm. He has addressed 13 meetings in the city, many of which have been attended by audiences vf 2,000 persons. As the result of his labors the Edinburgh Total Absti- nence Society has added 1,150 members to its roll during the month; the University. Absti- nence Society about 60, and the Free Church Ab- stinence Society has also made large additions to its roll. Perhaps the most interesting meeting was the one held at the requisition of 300 students at- tending the University of Edinburgh. The place of meeting was the Brighton Street Church, the chairman was the far-famed Dr. Guthrie, the minister of St. John's Free Church, and the au- dience numbered, at the lowest calculation 2.000. nearly all young men, and fully one-half of them students of the University and New College The Rev. Dr. Cunningham, Principal of the New College, opened the meeting with prayer. Dr. Guthrie, in a few felicitous remarks introdue- ing the lecturer, and then followed the oration of Mr. Gough. It is described by those who heard itas characterized by all that fervid eloquence and marvellous power of illustration, that enlarg- ed human sympathy, and deep-toned piety, which have gained for him such a wide-spread and ho- norable reputation. A goodly number of these promising young men pressed forward at the close of the eloquent address to enroll their names on the side of total abstinence from all intoxica- ting liquors. great judgment, prudence, and determination. | A CASE FOR SYMPATHY. We noticed the fact on Saturday, [says the Old Countryman,| that the frequent instances of property moving north of Ma- son's and Dixon's line, are leading to sad complaints in the south. Southern papers urge that the south must take some action, as forbearance has ceased to be a virtue. The following paragraph affords "a new case for sympathy ;"' and the commentary on it, from the pen of the Rev. H. W. Bee- cher, will be read with interest: AwnotuER Fucirive----A negro man, be- longing to Mr. Richard Doyle, made his es- escape to the northafew days ago. He had been a corn-measurer for some time. We are called upon to announce almost daily the loss of this species of property.-- Norfolk Beacon, 31st ult. COMMENTARY. 1. This is a case which shows the want of religious instruction among slaves. Have they read their Bibles? A' copy :f Dr. Spring's " First Things" might be abridged, for circulation South--a plantation edition. The Tract Society, and the Sunday School Union, issue plantation editions of other works--why not this? At any rate, as soon as the Nebraska matter has been set- tled by that sober secund thought of the North which the Journal of Commerce was confident would soon reverse the apparent indignation of the North, ought not the Southern Aid Society to send a missionary to Norfolk and neighbourhood ? 2. Southern families, In their summer residence at the North, delectate us with assurances of the fondness of their slaves. Why, they would scorn liberty if offered to them! 'The abstraction is only fit for white folks. -Are the slaves about Norfolk of a different breed ? 3. Asa remedy for this peripatetic ten- dency of their contented slaves, we would suggest to our noble brothers of the South, disunion. Phat would cure everything. They could then keep their slaves so much better, or get them so much easier.--Jnde- pendent. Wew and Destructive Engines of War. The Paris correspondent of the Cincinnat Gazette gives the following account of new engines of destruction, which will be brought into requisition by the present European war. He says-- "The new invention for the more rapid destruction of human beings, which the war is bringing to light, especially in England, will surpass all expectation. The arsenals of England have for a long time been clos- ed to visisors, even to members of Parlia- ment, while these new and terrible machines were being constructed and experimented upon, and no knowledge of their existence even was permitted until now called forth by actual service. Many years ago the English government had a proposition be- fore them to adopt Wagner's floating gun, and hesitated. A member of Parliament exclaimed: 'He demands but £300 000, and yet you hesitate! Hasten to buy this machine, declare war against France, and you will destroy her marine in a few days' time!' No attention was paid to this apos- trophe atthe time in France, and apparently none in England. But this terrible inven- tion, of which the public has ceased to talk, and which was even ridiculed at the time, has been maturing in concealment in the arsenals of Woolwich, and is now ready to go out on its work of destruction. The Count Lavalette, captain of military marine in France, who knows the construc- tion of this gun, it is said, made endeavours to have it adopted by the minister of marine under Louis Philippe. It is simply a long Congreve gun which glides along on the wa- ter in a straight line till it strixes the vessel at which it is directed, when it thrusts into its sides its iron head, containing two pounds of fulminating powder of mercury. When the fire attains this reservoir, it explodes, blowing a hole in the vessel ten or twelve feet in diameter, which it is impossible for them to close up as they do the round holes made by cannon-balls. In admitting that the Russian fleets shall retire under the inapproachable fortresses of Cronstadt and Sebastopool, they cannot be in safety from this terrible Congreve gun, which carries to almost any distance within reach of the aim, and far beyond the reach of any other gun. It cannot be prevented from passing through the most contracted straits where ships pass. The submarine boats are so perfected at this moment, that they can reach and attach a burner to an enemy's ship, without run- ning the least danger. Experiments are also being made with an asphyxiating ball, which does not kill, but which paralyzes an entire crew for several hours, or until they are made prisoners. They are embarking also a large number of burning explosive balls, which explode invariably when they strike, even in the body of a horse, for they inflame at the moment of explosion, when they may other inflammable material, as easily and as surely as if they were to fall in a stubble- field. 2 'They are furnishing also two small steam- boats of a singular appearance, which will earry only two enormous Paixhan guns,placed on the forepart ofthe vessel. 'The walls of these little vessels have a thickness of six feet made of oak, standing upright, and this cover- ed with a mattress of cotton substance, a foot anda half thick, is impenetrable toa bullet, and this again covered with a sheet- ing of iron and lead. Its prow has the an- cular form of a cuirass, intended to turn bul- lets; the roof or deck 1s covered in the same way, so as to allow the bombs to glide into the sea, without doing damage. "he fire-ship,. very heavy, and a bad sailer, will be towed and let loose at the proper moment, to approach near the enemy's vessels, either when at anchor or lying to, which it will attack fore and aft with bombs thrown between wind and water, and sprink- ling the ship with @shower of Grecian fire. One of these burners, taking by surprise, a fleet of vessels in a calm, could with ease de- stroy the whole fleet, and yet it only requires the labor of ten determined men to operate it. The peace society have agitated the ques- tion in England of how far a nation is justified in employing other and more destructive methods in war than those employed by the enemy. Admiral Napier has replied to these propositions with irony : "If you fear to hurt the enemy, put into your guns balls of cotton, and into your cannon cakes of rice?" The English fleet is largely provided with balloons, intended to carry inflammable ma- terials to seatter over towns, villages, and fleets, when the wind favors such operations, Another invention, still more terrible than apply fire to the ammunition chests and. all the rest, but of which the construction has not yet been made known, except to a very small number of persons, is about to be sent out to destroy the Russians. All these inventions are highly curious and interesting in the history of war, but rather afilicting for humanity. A Victim or THE " Scatprers.'--A poor, half clad, Irish girl, stood shivering at the Depot last evening, awaitnig the cars for Char- Jotte to take her to the Toronto steamer. So freezing was the blast, that the tears almost congealed upon her cheeks as she briefly recited the tale of her suffering since she leit her home in the Green Isle.--Eleven weeks she occupied the steerage of a ship in crossing the ocean; but a stormy passage against wind and wave was nothing to the hardships reser- ved for her on landing in the commercial metropolis of America. Alone, friendless and unprotected, she fell.into the clutcheszof those merciless wretches, the " scalpers," who dig- nify themselves with the appellation of pas- senger agents." They robbed her of what little means she had, and gave her passage tickets to Rochester, and left her to get food and lodging on her way here as best she might® She had a sister rosiding at Toronto, to meet whom she has braved all danger so far, and is doubtless ere this, at her destination, as she left in the steamer last night. 'This is only one, and one of the most aggravated, of the ten thousand instances that occur yearly, in which the unfortunate emigrant is plundered by the hounds that scent them on the ocean, and strike their trail as soon as they set foot upon our shores. Thus far legislative action has done little towards protecting the emigrant against fraud, and nothing short of a total abolition of the whole passenger agency busi- ness will ever eflect the desired object. The only security to the traveler is to pay on board the conveyance he takes,and this will be found the cheapest in the end.--Rock. Un. New Discovery or Artivician Liear.-- Another remarkable discovery now occupies the attention of the scientifie world in Paris.-- The gentleman who made this discovery, says the Paris correspondent of the London Globe, exhibited his light two evenings to a pri- vate party :-- Into a glass which had been prepared to resist the action of heat he poured water to the extent of about two-thirds of the capacityof the vessel. He thea added a small quantity of powder, and stirred up the mixture. He then added afew drops of liquid, and in a few seconds 'combustion took place. The flame, which was perfectly white, and 5 or 6 inches in height, illuminated the room, and contimed so for four hours. The author of thisdisco- very stated that the cost of the mixture was less than one sou, but that he considered the thing as yet in its infancy, and that, with a little time every objection that can be made to this new light for practical use would be removed. Fugitive Slaves in Canada A degree of attention has of late been directed to the condition of the Fugitive Slaves resident in Canada, but comparatively little information concerning them has reached the public. The presence in this country of the Rev. Samuel Anti-Slavery Society of Canada to make the case of these Refugees more generally known, has caused a number of Gentlemen to form a Com- mittee, for the purpose of raising a fund to afford them temporary relief, on their arrival in Canada, from the scene of their bondage. The entire number of Fugitives in Canada may be estimated at from thirty thousand to thirty-five thousand, of whom from three to five thousand have annually escaped since the passing of the Fugitive Slave Law. On their arrival at Toronto, and other places along the Canadian frontier, that is, along a boundary of some seven hundred miles, they are usually destitute of every thing, having generally fled stealthily, and with- out making mach preparation for flight. They undergo numerous privations on their painful and wearisome journey, being in constant peril by the way, not only through the Slave States, but through the Northern, or nominally free. At any point, if overtaken, or discovered, or even suspected, they may be dragged before the Courts, and, upon a most summary process, sent back to endure a bondage of which the ordinary rigours are always increased in the case of Fugitives, to Operate as a warning to others. Hence, during their flight, they are in a constant state of sus- pense, fear, and excitement; and when they reach the Canadian frontier, usually fall inte a condi- tion of bodily and mental prostration, which renders them incapable of immediate efforts, and makes them objects of compassionate interest. Being strangers, destitute of the commonest necessaries, and in some instances, suffering from temporary illness and over fatigue, they require a helping hand. The Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, and a Ladies' Society at Toronto, pro- vide these Refugees with food, clothing, tools, or whatever they require, until they procure em- ployment and can support themselves. This necessarily entails avery considerable expendi- ture, which these Societies are not in a position to meet to the extent to which their aid is needed. It is not only an interesting fact, but one which should be emphatically dwelt upon, that the Re- fugee Fugitives require only temporary assistance. Labour of every kind is in great demand. and the Society being kept duly informed of the parties who are in want of labourers, they sel- dom fail to procure employment on advantageous erms. Jn no instance wi-hin the last year and a half has the Society been called upon to extend re- lief for more than six days, except in cases of sick- ness. The fund sought to be raised is therefore not. intended to be set aside to maintain able- bodied men in idleness for an indefinite period, but to enable the Canadian Society to respond to the large claims made upon it, to supply the more immediate and pressing demands of the Fugitives on their arrival, and until they have sufficiently recovered from fatigue to avail themselves of the advantages of abundant employment and food, good wages, cheap land, equal liberty, and im- partial laws, and the privileges and rights which are common to other classes of Canadians. Canada being the nearest of the British Colonies to the United States, (the stronghold of Slavery) it is of no small importance to encourage the 1m- provement and elevationjof these negro refugees, because of the infiuence, direct and reflex, which Slavery. The black settlers of Canada are nearly all of them fugitives from slavery. Vheir im- provement would be a triumphant rebuke tu those who once held them as chaitles, and to those who hold that the slave requires to be prepared for freedom; for they would exhibit the spectacie of a people just escaped from the galling yoke com- peting as free men, successfully and hunourably with other labour. Further, as there exist. in Canada seme of the prejudices against colour, and as the progressive inprovement of the coloured population is gradually undermining and destroy- ing this feeling, their improvement affords a prac- tical demonstration, not only of the equal capacity of the negro for self-advancement where he has.a proper incentive to labour, but of the unreason- ableness of the prejadice against him Lastly, his social elevation by his own industry and enter- prise, is even now trimuphantly proving the fitness of the slave for freedom, the righteous- ness and the practicability of immediate emanci- pation, (in so far as the slaves themselves are concerned ) and the perfect capability of the negro tolive and to advance under the same guvernment and upo? terms of political and social equality with the Anglo-Saxoa raise, or any, other of the oe great humrn lamily. Ata large and respectable meeting held in Free- mason's Hall the Right Hon. the Earl of Shat- tes bury in the Chair,--after an Address from Rev. S. R. Warp, showing the condition of the Fugi- tive Slaves in Canada and stating their need of temaporary aid immediately upon thew arrival ip that Colony.--it was proposed by the Rev. C. B Gripaie, of St. Paul's East Smithfield, and secconded by the Rev, THomas James, Secrevary to the Colonial Missionary Society, and adopted: " That baving heard the statement of the Rev. Samuet Rincotp Warp, respecting the destitu- lion of the Fugitive Slaves en thier arrival in Canada after affecting their escape from the United States; and, feeling that under such circumstances they have aclaim on our sympathy, and need temporary assistance, this Meeting cordially ap- proves of the object of the mission, and pledges iteelf to promote it; and that for carrying out ot the Samé the following Gentlemen werthe@tieers Ringold Ward, who has been delegated by the- would thereby be brought to bear upon American. ot Commitiee, with power to add to. taeir nume a Be ne : be RS * v ae RIGHT ean -BARL OF & 5) v Resa is Bcieh, hae & 4 '- A ; SHAPTESBURY: TREASURER. 4 __BON, SECRETARIES, _ eee REV. JAWES SHERMAN, AND SAMUML BORMAN-PISHER, Bsa. o _ _¢ MMITIBR, pe APSLEY PELLAIT, ksQ@.. M. P, @ WHITE, ESQ, REY. T. JAMES, RE C. GALLAWAY, A. M., JAMES SBICI fsQ@., REV. GEORGE SMITH, REV. TH BINNEY, ROBERT FORSTER, RSQ N. FOWLER, ESQ@., JOSEPH SOUL, E L. A. CHAMEROVZOW, ESQ, W. JON ESQ., J. TALBOT TYLER, ESQ, It was moved by the Rey. J. Wemberley, Rear tor of Dorrington, seconded by the Rey. George Wilkins, and adopted :--- = '" That the best thanks of this Meeting be pee- sented to the Earl of Shaftesbury, for bis kodapee in presiding on the present occasion." -- go The following contributions have been already reeeived :-- a ey &e His Graee the Duke of Sutherland 10 Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland 10 His Grace the Duke of Argyle + 10 The Most Noble the Marchioness of Kildare - - - - The Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury The Right Hon. the Karl of Harrowby The Right Hon. the Earl Waldegrave @ The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. M.-P, Sir Edward North Buxton, Bart. The Viscount Ebrington, M.P. Ma The Lord R. Grosvenor; M.P.- The Lor! Mavor of London, M. P. The Lord Calthorpe - - ee Dowager Lady Gray: = se ae Lady Acland - - - oan 3 ? ve a ES, w a eecccccorsooceces| > 'Sey e e en "4 oye Wise + ooece Lady Macdonald + 6M eA og aa Rev. James Shermag cs a Rev. Thomas Binney 4 4 Mr. S. Berry : - aed Mrs. W. Cock eee. \ i CUTE ee ee eel Miss Copley ' - H. Spicer, sq. 4.3 - W.R. Spicer, Esq. - 4 8. Horman-Fisher. sq. *) Ernest Bunsen, Esq. - - R. Forster, Esq. : int * Collection at Islington - G. F. White, Esq.,and Family - _ : 5 e Reccece~ J_&. Tyler, Wisq- - Mr. Fe Bitgceralid' <7 oe fa James Spicer, Lisq. ee * me! samuel Morley, Keg. < Ly Reese George Hitchcock, ksq. * -1 Ji cRaBamny, SG. se ee Joseph Starge, lisq. - ay Messrs. Clarke, Becton & Co. + Mr. Smithers - ee Samuel Sturge, Keq., and Friends - James Cunliffe, Esq. - - Miss Sophia Portal +» - Collection at Freemasons' Hall JaCheetham, Esgi-M. Big. os C, Hindley. Esq.. M.-P. " - A. Pellatt, Esq.. M.P. - 8) E. Ball, Esq., M. P, - SH es Sir George Goodman, M.P. - Sir James K. Shuttleworth sy J. Talbot Tyler, Esq., (@nddonation) -- Rev. W. Brcek - - * eG Rev. J. Hamilton, D.D. - cee Mr. Hunter - - " ee: W. Cook, Esq., M.D. Mr. E. Hall - tS are: Rev. George Smith - * - : Collection at Brighton =< ee , Mrs, Casterton - - ea us J. Nisbet, Esq. - + ay all C. Gray, Ex. the ene T.G. Stapleton, Esq. a eS Mr. W. Purvis - - Se T. Waterman. Exq. Sel Ne D. Beeman, Esq. + - - . Rice Hopkins, Eeq. ee is res Joseph 'Pritton, Esq. - aS Edward Edwards, Esq. se Fare Jacob Post, Esq... - ° A; as James Dawson, Esq. - er W. Flanders, Esq. - a a William Edwards, Esq. : - W. Churchill, Esq. - + tea te | Rev. Themas James - - - R. C..L. Bevan, Esq. - o Mrs. Faulkener - + . - Miss Jane Grant © - - SORT ES J. Brown, Esq. : - sea E. Viney, Esq. * - - ee R..N. Fowler, Esq. ss eS) EB, W. Cobb. Esq. : - oie Joseph Cooper, Esq. + + al W. Janson, Esq. - - j Messrs. Mcintosh & Gordom + - Mr. Geldart -- - - - Cae e Collection at Cavendish Chapel, Rams- gate - - - - ~ G. 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