"Anti-Slavery Meeting. -- PROVINCI AL FREEMAN Re i. os "| Missions to all, Baptist Missions, 1 | Missions, &e. In the Report, wh | are now considering, Mr. W. Wood | in this wise of a colored man, showing tha | he enjoyed religious opportunities previo to the visit of Mr. W:-- eee andr le Pp 2,a government which has fr l of Nanking on the | proved unexpectedly successful, and which | # During the summer | enjoys the general sympathy of the nation, is year, the rebels advanced | has found no prominent politician in the ard, with varions success, until they | country, not even its most illustrious friend, ae everal very important cities on the Mr. Clay, willing to ask for it the courtesies "az «| Grand Canal and in the Province of Chili, | ordinarily extended to civilized nations. hee __His farm /in which Peking js situated, but were driven| We are not aware that the political sen- : 2 is used as back again by the Imperial forces, who re- timent of the country has recently undergone A The Rev. S. R. Ward delivered an inter- esting Anti-Slavery Lecture at the Castle Tun, Woodford, Essex, on Friday the 21st July ult., Stephen Bourne, Esq., late Sti- pendiary Magistrate in Jamaica and British Guiana, presiding. 'The meeting was numer- ously and respectably attended, and much ATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 1 Ss Nw 854. General Gomez, coloured. nee General Ramon Vido, mulatto. minister of war ind@49, General Pedro Mena, African blood on both father's and mother's side. Travelin g Agents. Rev. Willis Nazrey, Toronto. en Rev. T. H. Thompson, Vienna, C. W. Mr. Alfred Whipper. « William Flamer. He was cet eon course, land cul- way needs thorough ma- rge number of cows are kept rufacturing milk for the city e farm," The cows words, fed with green "during the summer g method is adopted: reen rye 'till the stalks get ever after this, if necessary up short. The rye is v is ready, which forms er is followed by green urpose, 1s sown early 1e spring. Corn sown in 10 to 15 days--follows tinues till frost, when millett n resorted to, and used till the ood of his cows consists of s, roots, oil meal and shorts. 'each cow is 2 quarts of oil ~ shorts, half a bushel of ots, and as much cut corn 1 eat. He says that from perince and observation, he is contributes so much to s the turn'ps, while carrots do h to the quantity, but greatly the. quality. He is quite certain ake is the best milk-yielding food. that in feeding turnips, long-conti- actice has proved, beyond a doubt, ittie dry hay, or any dry food, given cow just before milking, will entirely ry turnip flavor from being com- to the milk. Your Fencz Posrs.--It is men- asa curious fact that a farmer in ut who recently took up a fence e en ted from the way in which they origin- grew, while all those which had been as they grew were rotted off at the efore, seems a rit had been standing fourteen yea Il those posts solid which had be Heads down ther ic against decay. aii Saving Grass Seeds. any farmers neglect to save their own s seeds because it needs attention at a when they are most busy with their nand hay; but if farmers generally would ce it a point to save seed for their own they would find their account in it, both rime cost, and in not being imposed upon ing foul seed from another man's farm ad no int reeds. Orchard Grass. hard Grass is among the first to ripen will be ready to cut from the 20th of to the first of July, according to loca- on and soil. This should be either reaped d and immediately put in compact to stand a couple of weeks. The le may then be mowed and hayed, tak- When he shocks should be moved very care- the barn for storage, as the seed radle cks, eare not to disturb the shocks. Is out easily. ky Blue Grass. Blue Grass comes in seas st method of gathering the se light and chaffy to be threshed and win- wed. At the price for which it sells in ket, even this slow way pays well. Meadow Feseua. dow Feseua (English Blue Grass) is arly in July, and having a tolerable seed, can be cut by the cradle or nd when dry, threshed and winnowed ully to separate the chaff. Foul Meadow Grass. Foul Meadow Grass ripens its seed in the uly. We consider this as the best ss that can be raised for meadow swails irsh lands. It is fine, nutritious, and elds a great burden; and, like a good ured wife--will bear a good deal of ne- + without spoiling. When in head this ss nearly resembles red top, and is often cen for it. The seed is very fine and high price--as much by the bushel er. seed, though much lighter. _.. Timothy Sced. othy Seed ripens in July, and as it is ained in strong heads, is very easily har- ed and got out, either by reaping, crad- , or with such a machine as Wagoner's rer harvester, simply taking off the heads. wish to bespeak the attention of farmers to saving the best seeds of these rasses.-- Ohio Cul. oes get - From the National Era, Letter from Canton, __ Canton, Cura, June 20, 1854, hile the Nebraska bill and the war in are absorbing the attention of your 's, events on this side of the world may but little interest. The rebellion is, ourse, the main topic here. A short unt of its origin and progress may not Out of place, as an introduction to my r. In 1850, numerous bands of rob- Canton and Kwang-si Provinces er Hung-tai-tsiuen, as Emperor, e of 'Tien-teh, who appointed six and ministers, with the title of _ After several engagements at vari- | aces, Yung-ngan-fu, in Kwang-si fell thew hands, on the 27th August, 1851. e the Emperor had established his court, od money, &. In making their escape from this city, en surrounded by Imperialists, many re- s were killed, and Tien-teh taken cap- 2, sent to Peking, and executed, in June, _ After this, the insurgents proceeded a north-east direction, and about the end ' Juné took Tsiuen-chau-fu, and in July u-chau-hien, in Hunan Province. hey sn attacked the capital of Hanan, but repulsed; and proceeding northward, yk Yok-chau-fu, near the end of 1852. e capture of this important city, situated the junction of the outlet of the great | with the Yang-tsz-kiang, was the com- neement of that series of unparalleled ty \t attended the descent of the erest in keeping their land free son_for | grass. t ed of rass is by stripping the heads by hand; process is rather slow, but no other tvay | bring the seed in good condition, asit is gained possession of the cities ia Chili Pro-. ince, and two or three cities on the horthern portion of the Grand Canal. According to latest reliable accounts, the insurgents had possession of three provin- clal capitals, and of parts of five Povinces on both sides ,the Yang-tsz-kiang. The territory which they control contains about forty millions of inhabitants, and some f the richest soil of the Empire. They have three armies in the field, one in Shan-tung Province, which has met with great reverses, one in Ngan-hwai, and one in Hunan. Hung-siu-tsiuen seems to be the chief, since the death of Tien-teh, and he is styled Tai-pine-wong. This man is a native of Canton Province, and spent several months in 1846 with Rev. I. J. Roberts, an American Baptist Missionary, stationed in this city. From him was ob- tained the knowledge of the Bible, which gave origin to the religious element of the Insurrection. Very different views are entertained here, as elsewhere, as to what is to be hoped for mankind from this feature of this wonder- ful movement. On the one hand, much good is expected to result from the distribution of the Bible among the rebel forces, and from the opposition to idolatry, opium smoking, and other vices. On the other hand, the leaders of the insurrection seem to use Bible truth as a foundation for their own pretend- ed revelations from Heaven, and it is said that neither the cause of humanity nor re- ligion can be advanced by a mixture of error superstition. ment exercises great vigilance. place. clans. ? tion of American interes Canton. b) authorities have been fortifying Victoria enrolling volunteers, &c. where. sea, and frequent accounts are received o their plundering junks and trading boats foreizn nations. the next steamer from Shanghai. : Imperial Government. American people of no ordinary gravity. The first is, have we a sufficient pretext for lending our countenance and sanction to the revolting Dominicans, to the probable preju- dice of our relations with Hayti?- And the other is, are we prepared to abandon the narrow and intolerant policy which we have hitherto observed towards governments cenducted by Africans and their descend- ants? We have little to apprehend, it is true, from the ill-will of the Haytian Empe- ror. Ife might embarrass the commerce which has grown up with his subjects, now eighth in point of importance to us among the nations of the earth; but the loss would fall upon a limited number of merchants, who might not, perhaps, be able to lift the voice of complaint above the big bass drum with which the State always drowns the clamour of individual suffering. One thing, however, is clear: that it is impossible for that island to be occupied by two govern- ments in harmony with each other. The existenée of a divided sovereignty there, has always been the curse of its inhabitants ever since it has been known to civilized man. Columbus found the aboriginal tribes quar- relling with each other; his successors in the East always quarrelled with the French, who colonized the West; and when the Juuropeans were driven out, about half a century ago, the negrves of the two extrem- ities took up the quarrel and have kept it alive ever since, with the exception of the period of the union under Boyer, which, but for European meddlers, would have been permanent. The proclamation of religious toleration to all sects and de- nominations of Christians, by the Hayti- ans, was taken advantage of by designing people to induce a revolt from that union, which, under one pretence or another, has been sustained up to the present time. This disunion is a calamity to both extremities of the island, and we should be sorry to see the United States do anything to perpetuate it. As to the other point, our views are well known. We are not aware of any good reason for refusing to recognize any govern- ment that has an independent existence, whatever may be the complexion or charac- ter of its people, nor for neglecting to avail ourselves of any commercial advantages which may properly be obtained from them by treaty or otherwise. We would as soon negotiate with Hayti, which takes annually, in our own vessels, between two and three millions of dollars worth of our produce, as with Austria, or Italy, or Spain, that take from us no more, if as much. But such has not been the policy of the country. All} black governments have been placed under the ban of the nation; and the Government of Liberia, which was established mainly at i the expense and under the auspices of the and truth, which teaches. men to murder their fellow-beings, and that death on the battle-field is a sure passport to endless bliss. The philanthropist, however, will look upon this and all the commotions which now avi- tate the world, with the earnest hope that the unseen hand of Him who controls the destinies of nations, may cause to result therefrom relielf both to those who are op- pressed by tyrants, and those who are bound down by chains of ignorance and In Canton all is quiet, and the Govern- At several places in the Province, Jocal disturbances, unconnected with the rebellion, have taken Near Whampoa, several villages have been at war with each other, because of some old feud between two families, or Many persons have been killed, and one village of three thousand inhabitants destroyed, the families taking retuge in Whampoa. The American steamer Vancen- nes has come to that place, for the protec- ts there and in It has been rumored that the Russian fleet in the Pacilie were about to attack Hong Kong; in consequence of which, the Russian ships of war may, however, find enough to do else- Pirates are very numerous in the China Sometimes they attack the larger vessels of Mr. McLane has gone to Nanking, and | wa oxpect to. hanwv tha noswlt of hic "xricit by Our Foreign Policy in St. Domingo. There seems to be no longer any room to doubt that the administration have determi- ned to recognize the independance and sovereignty ot the Spyanish end of the island of Hayti, which has been for the last eight or ten years in a state of revolt against the This step will raise to questions for the consideration of the any change favourable to a relaxation of the rule which has hitherto prevailed upon this subject. What, then, is to be done with the proposition, which will undoubtedly be made at the next Congress, for the re- cognition of St. Domingo? It is pretend- ed we know, by those who are most direct- ly interested in securing an American pro- tectorate for the Dominican government, that the revolters and their rulers are most- ly white people; but that is an error too easily exploded to prevail long. We doubt if any unprejudiced witness can be pro- duced who will testify that there are five hundred whites in all Dominica. In the public service there is not a single white man or an individual who would have been recognized as a citizen under the rules laid down by Messrs. Clayton and Webster dur- ing their administrations of the State De- partment. We give to-day the genealogy of the leading members of the government, including the Congrss that is expected to ratify the treaty which Mr. and Mrs. Cazneau are negotiating. It will be seen that they are all blacks or mixed blood. This statement, with the note accompany- ing it, has been furnished us by one who resided many years in St. Domingo, and government. We have no doubt of its substantial accuracy. It is readily suscep- tible of demonstration, we believe, that the general proportion of whites to coloured people in both extremities of the island is about the same. The fact that the Spaniards have less of the prejudice against intermar- riage with blacks than any other European colonists in St. Domingo, has resulted in producing one distinction, which doubtless exists between the population of the Kast and West. The Haytians are a nation of blacks, with a large infusion of mulattoes, the Dominicans are a nation of mulattoes with a large infusion of blacks.. The pro- portion of whites in both are about the same. And how should it be otherwise? When Toussiant took possession of St. Do- /mingo, in 1800, the Spaniards emigrated in large numbers to neighboring islands and to South America. There have been two very extensive emigrations from there since, while there has never been any considerable emigration to the east part of the island, except of Haytians from the west. they have white people in St. Domingo, when did they go or howdid they get there? But this is all a pretence. There are motives for desiring our government to lend its countenance to the Dominican revolters which are not disclosed. Itis necessary for the accomplishment of what is proposed to pretend that the Dominicans are white, and are claiming our protection against the per- secutions of their black neighbors. In due time that pretence will be exploded and the true state of the case exposed. Then what shall we do? Shall we abandon our policy with regard to African governments, or shall we adhere to1t? Shall we recognise the Dominican as a government de facto, 2 { the Dominicans ; or shall we have nothing to do with any of them? These are questions which the people. wha area gsnan to ehoose their representatives In the next Congress. may as well turn over in their minds-- Evening Post. @ Ser Genealogy of the Political Authorities of St. Domingo. Pepro Santana, President of the Re- public. His father was an old resident of Hincke, and was a mulatto and slave of Don Miguel de La Cayo. In 1801 they went to reside in the Province of Seybo. The Minister Miguel Bartedo; mulatto on his father's side. The Minister Aba al Fau and _his brothers are mulattoes; his mother was natural daugher of Mr. Justamente, by a mulatto woman. He had her educated as a legitimate child. General Antonio Duverger, one of the most famous of the Dominican generals, is a mulatto, born at Mirbalais, and of Hay- tlan descent. Messed Marcano, a general of division and member of Congress, is from Marea- rita (South America.) His mistress is now residing in that place. She endeavored to make him return, but was unsuccessful. He is a mulatto. General Moreno, black, now in command of the village of Baya Monte Plata. General Aranjo, black; he commands the peninsula of Samana; his father was a Haytian. Gen. Romejio del Castillio, mulatto, from both lines. He has a child and seven ne- phews in Havana who bear the name of Gus- man. 'I'hey have abandoned their legitimate name of Galico. General Juan Rosa, commandant of Seybo. Mulatto. 2 General Bernadino, chief of a squadron of cavalry of Seybo. Black. He commen- ced his services in the capacity of a servant to Santana. General J. Esteban Aybar, who was sent on a mission to Europe, and who was after- wards minister of war, isa mulatto. His family, on the father's side, endeavoured to prevent the marriage between M. Juan Antonio, his father, with Masico, his mother, on account of colored blood, as in those days they were quite particular upon this point ; but as it was found that Masico held a higher rank than J. Antonio, the marriage was assented to. General Ramon Meya,a mulatto from both lines. is unele, Jose M. Meya, now alive, is sufficient evidence of the fact. General Juan Evangelista Baptista, who is in command at Azua, is descendant of an African on his mother's side; her name is Mainena. Bonaventura Baez, founder of the political existence of the Dominicans, is a descen- dant of African blood in both lines. His mother is dead ; she was a slave to his father. He is now. residing at St. Thomas, and his complexion is that of a dark mulatto. He was formerly President of the Republic. General Pedro Florentine, black. General Santiago Suaro, commandant of the Southern Frontier, is a colored man. has held one of the highest offices under its | it and with it the Haytian and Liberian; or shall we make a discrimination in favor of s General Sarzedo, the political chief of | which the whites who emi the province of Sentiago on the Northern | joyed. : General Contrera, African blood, both lines. His father, named Canito, is alive, and resides there. General Fransica Sanchez, a Sambo; his father is black and his mother a mulattress. General Jacinto Concha and his brothers are all mixed bloods--white on their father's and mulattoes on their mother's side. 'She is well known to be the daughter of Kio Jacinto Lopez, whose parents are almost black, and who resided in the village of Seybo. They are well known by all the inhabitants of that place. General of the Navy, J. Alezandro Acarto, mulatto. His mother was a mulatto and his mother's mother was a negress and a slave of Justo Manti. General Sandeavar, now commandant of the Place of Llanas Ariebo ; mulatto, was born and brought up in that place, where all his relations, who are mulattoes and blacks, reside. General Francisco Sosa, mulatto by both lines. He resides at Los Llanas. His family are composed of mulattoes and blacks. Colonel Nicolas Patricino, de Azua. His father, Jose Patricion, was formerly a slave of Don Miguel de la Atalaya. He is of the same house with Santana. sympathy was excited by the appeals of Mr. Ward. The object of the meeting was to promote the formation of a local Anti-Sla- very Society, to co-operate with the Ladies' Free-labour Association at Walthamstow, thesmembers of which are working single- handed, and would be glad of a little assis- tance from the gentlemen of the immediate neighbourhood. Mr. Ward gave especial prominence to the fact, that those who consume slave-labour . produce are parties thus far to keeping up slavery; and enjoined those who professed anti-slavery sentiments to act consistently, by abstaining, as far as lies in their power, from consuming articles the product of slave- labour. Healso showed how, by develop- ing the resources of our East and West- India Colonies, and by promoting the culti- vation of cotton there, in Africa, Australia, and elsewhere, and thus augmenting the sup- ply of free-labour staples, slave-holders would eventually be thrust out of the markets of the world by the more successful enter- prises of free-labour. Mr. Chamerovizow, Secretary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, also addressed the meeting. He pointed out in what manner the system of slavery Colonel Bruno Betance, mulatto, son of | Marvicento Betance, a slave of the family of Betance, which migrated to Porto Rico in 1801, where they vow reside. The Colonel of Police Pattin, mulatto, from both lines. Colonel Santiago Basora, African slave of Don Jose Basora, which family migrated to Porto Rico in 1822. Colonel Balantin Sanchez, commandant of the town of St. Juan, is of African origin. Colonel T. N. Ravelo, mulatto, African blood on mother's side. Fio Jose Losreyes, who is now living. Banico, black. Colonel Martin de Bargas, of African origin. =, ~Colonel Andres Grera, of African origin. Colonel Serverio Rio, black. lines. Colonel Florentino, black, Colonel Manuel Bautista, black. Platte, is mulatto in both lines. his mother's side. carpenter, Josa Rus, a black man. hospital, is a coloured man. from both lines. Members of the Congress of Revision, 1854 Domingo Pichardo and his relations. grandmothers. Santingo. a daughter. each other. the world. Benigno Roxas. their fathers were born. Antonia Cambrez, coloured. Felez Mercenario, a mulatto on father's side. Teleforo Ojio, a mulatto by both father's and mother's side. His family are in Mara- caldo, mulatto butchers, living in a quarter ealled El] Empedrado. Felipe Perdemo and Mateo his brother, mulattoes born in the district of Santa Bar- bara; children of Senor Perdomo and a mulatto lady of the family of Las Lunas. TT. B. Dobelas, a mulatto by both lines. His mother, a coloured woman, was called Mamiere F. M. Castro, avias Del Monte, a mu- latto. T. Espayar, a mulatto, a descendant of the Espayars of Guarieo Olabo. Tejera, a mulatto; his paternal uncle, who was called Senor Raffel. a shoemaker by trade, lived in the Calle de las Plaleras T. R. Bernal, a mulatto; son or nephew of Tio Melchior Bernal, who was partly a physican. This latter had a brother, a very dark man. From these Bernals came ail those who now figure in St. Domnigo as Cabrals and Bernals-- all of them mulattoes. Nots--To prove clearly that the people of the eastern part of Hayti are mulattoes and negroes, nothing is required but to re- call to mind the events of its history, begin- ning with the year 1795, when St. Domingo was ceded to France. At this epoch all the gentry emigrated to Porte Rico and Cuba. All their families embarked in the ships of war which were sent by the King of Spain, and were anchored in the Bay of Ocoa until the last person who wished to embark was received. Again,in 1801, others who had remained embarked. In 1821, . when the under Don Jo%@ Nunez do Cazeres, all the: chiefs and their familes emigrated, and with them many Catalans, being all that were left of the white Europeans. In 1822. when the President Jean Pierro Boyer, took possession, Don Jose Nunez and his family departed, and every white Creole followed and settled on the' Main. It is not to be doubted that on the four occasions, on which the emigration of the whites from St. Domingo took place, the number must have been considerable. What is very certain, and evident to any impartial person, is, that all those who figure now in that country, figured also until the year This could not have been the case, had not been negroes and mullattoes, since then the whites, not being citizens of Hayti, could not obtain offices of any kind, for which reason the negroes and mulatoes of St. Do- mingo, as well as of the other towns, were placed in all the ciyil and military posts, taking the pre-eminence and prerogatives grated had en- She is daughter of Colonel Juan Contrera, commandant of Colonel Ariseto, African blood in both Colonel Pepe Gomes, of the family of| Gomes of St. Doningo, is 2 mulatto from Colonel Torivio Mayon, director of the Colonel Eusevia Pereira, commandant of, the Place of St. Christopher, is a mulatto All} mulattoes, decendants of Africa by their The first Pichardo a white roan, in the last century, was curate of | He became the father of a son | by one of his servants, a negro woman. | Senor Seresera, Auditor of the Court of St. Domingo, had by one of his negro women | i Both gave the children a," 2. good education and then married them to Hence came the Pichardos of Santiago, who have made so much noise in From Stantiago, a mu- latto of the same descent with the Pichardos and Seresera, for all these gentlemen derive their appellation from the house in which this part of the Island became independent | +reacted-om the peopte vf thic-country, as, to wit, in the case of the law relating to colour- ed seamen, and indicated the course which the American church has observed in abstain- ing from taking action against slaveholders. He also referred to the various instrumen- talities that might be employed, to break down the system, amongst which, he stated that the religious bodies in this country might become the most powerful, by remon- strating with their American co-religionists who either uphold -slave-holding or do not speak against it, and by refusing to receive such into church-fellowship. 'This course, he observed, would awaken a sentiment in the American churches against Slavery, which it was to be regretted does not exist. Manchester Anti-Slavery Conference. An Anti-Slavery Conference was held in the Atheneum, Manchester, on Tuesday the 1st August ult., in commemoration of West- Colonel Telefora who resides at Port au | India Emancipation, having been convened by the Anti-Slavery and India-Reform | League. The object of the Conference, as set forth in the Circular, was, "not merely to cele- Colonel Juan Rus, black, son of a master brate the overthrow of the foul system of -bondage that once disgraced the British colonies, and to remonstrate the improved and improving condition of the emancipated negro; but also to consider the present aspect of the Slavery question in those civil- ized countries in which the colored race are still held in subjection ; and to decide as to _ | the best instrumentalities that can be employ- 'ed by the British anti-slavery party for the abolition of Slavery andthe slave-trade. * s Among the subjects that will be considered by the Conference, and upon which suitable Resolutions will be proposed, x are the following :-- |" 1. The result of West-India Emancipa- tion. The present politieal and retigtous aspects of the Slavery Question in the United States, with especial reference to the Nebraska Bill, the contemplated seizure of Cuba, and other territory, and the more recent action of the Fu- gitive Slave-law. "3. The charges preferred against the American A bolitionists. | "4, The movemeut for the dissolution of the Union, and other instrumentalities for the overthrow of Slavery, which are employed in Ainerica. ee | | | Pursuant to notice, the members of the ' Conference assembled in the Atheneum at ten inthe morning. The proceedings com- | menced at half-past ten. Abraham Watkin, asq., J. P., was apointed President ; Pro- fessor Scott, President of Airedole College, | Vice-President ; the Rev. W. Parker, and fr. 'T. W. Chesson, Secretaries. The following gentlemen, among many others, | were present: George Thompson, Esq.; | Parker Pillsbury, Esq., Boston, Massachu- |setts; Mr. Wm. Wells Brown; the Revs. S. R. Ward, Canada; Wm. Guest, Leeds; |T. P. Ham, Bristol; S. A. Steinthal, Bridgewater ; W. H. Bonner, Birkenhead ; J. G. Rogers, Ashton-under-Lyne; John Curwen, Plaistow; Francis Bishop, Liver- pool; G. B. Bubier, Salford ; W. R. Thor- burn, Bury ; J. H. Huttony B.A., Manches- ter; Dr. Beard, Raynor, Wesleyan Minister; H. Christopherson, Bowdon ; F. Howarth, Bury; W. Whitlegge, Manchester; Dr. | M?Kerrow, Manchester; Henry King, Esq., | Rochdale; Jobn Kingsley, Esq.; Mr. North, (a fugitive slave from South Carolina; and Mr. W. P. Powell, a colored gentleman of Liverpool, &c. &e. &c. After a short introductory speech of the Chairman, letters were read from the follow- ing friends of the cause who were unable, for various reasons, to attend the sittings of the Conference: The Earl of Carlisle ; the Bishop of Oxford; Miss Harriet Martineau ; Dr. Nichol, Glasgow; James Haughton, Jésq., Dublin; James Bell, Esq., M.P.; Edward Baines, Esq., Leeds; Rev. Dr. Campbell ; Rev. Dr. Urwick; P. R. Arrow. smith, Esq.; Mayor of Bolton; Dr. Dick, Dundee; Wilson Armistead, Esq.; J.8. Buckingham, Esq.; and John Cropper, Esq. Liverpool. The following letter was also submitted from L. A. Chamerovzow, on behalf of the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society :-- "27, New Broad Street, 28th July, 1854 "To the Secretaries of the Anti-Slavery and India- Reform League-- " Gentlemen ,--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular, informing me that an Anti- Slavery Conference is to be held in Manchester on the Ist August, and inviting me, and any other friend of the cause, to attend. "Tn reply, I beg, on behalf of the committee, to convey to you an expression of their sympathy with the objects of the Conference, and of their cordial wishes for its success ; but Iam to inform you, that, owing to my approaching departure on a continental anti-slavery mission, and to some other cause, it will not be convenient to send a deputation to Manchester on the present occasion. I have the henour to be, gentlemen, yours very obediently, : British co-operation with American Abolitionists." "LL. A. Cuamerovzow, Secretary." (33 Abraham McKinney. Local Agents. The following gentlemen are requested to act as Local Agents: Rev. Hiram Wilson, St. Catherines. Mr. J. W. Taylor, CS Thomas Keith. Paris, C. W. George Miller, Hamilton, C. W. * Josiah Cochrane, ' Ge Robert Brown, Dundas, C. W. 7. H. Martin, Barrie, C. W. A. B. Jones, London, Wm. Hamilton, " Haywood Day, Chatham. Rev. H. J. Young, Ge "© Cornelius Charity, Thos. Jones, Windsor. Coleman Freeman, Windsor, C. W. George De Baptist, Detroit, U. S. James Haley, Eee T. W. Stringer, Buxton. George Shreve, cs George Carey, Dresden. A. R. Green, Cincinnati. Wm. Webb, Pittsburg. John M. Brown, West Chester, Pa. Mrs. L. Patterson, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Mr. Thos. W. Brown, Harrisburg, " Wm. Still, Philadelphia. J.N. Still, Brooklyn. J.J. Cary. Niagara Falls, C. W- Moses Burton, Buffalo. Levi Foster, Amherstburgh, C. W. John Hatfield & ee C. H. Coles, Brockville, C. W. ce & * > Printed for the Proprietors, at their Office, 5, City Buildings, King Street East. The Mission to the Colored People Again. After the most thorough examination of the objects and aims of "the Colonial Church and School "ociety," as set forth in its SevenreentH ANNUAL Report,-- the branch of the Colonial Church and School Society to be especially assigned to the work of evangelizing the " Colored Settlers," and the further and still more special work, if possible, in connection with the same, of training up preachers and teachers among the Colored people, to car- ry civilization to Africa, as declared in a public meeting, in this city, by those appointed to the work, we are prepared to give an " opinion," for the benefit, enter- tainment and satisfaction of many of our readers, and probably the dissatisfaction of here and there a " sore head," who cannot bear that anything should be said, or an idea entertained, different from what is " created" for their " use," by those too, whose presence, complexion, and authorita- live manner inspire the utmost fear in the timid souls. With the objects of the Church and School Society, in the general, we are well pleased--at least it should, in our hum- ble judgement, have the same hold on the general consideration, as any other mission- ary organization, apart from its sectarian character, and in the details of its operations among the various classes im these pro- vinces, we see much ta commend in the catholic spirit displayed. The labors of Mr. W. Wood, at Nanticoke, spoken of on page 23, of the Report, prove that--The good Missionary shows that no " branch," colored, for the purpose of benefiting the colored people, is needed. We give, here, two ex- tracts from the page referred to, in econ- firmation of our position :-- ESGAPED SLAVE. "Tn this shantie I also found a once poor slave lately arrived from. the Southern States: in making his escape, he had suffered incredible hardships, crossing into Canada during the se- verity of winter, with but scanty clothing. his feet and hands were badly frozen. '*Called on Walker, a coloured man, with whom I had a very refreshing and edifying con- versation. I found him deeply experienced in Divine things, he explained his view of Christian perfection, which was simply a completeness in Christ, who was made unto him, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; that, being in Christ, there was tu him no con- demnation; that the righteousness of Christ covered him, and His blood washed his heart clean, so that he was pertect in Christ, which perfection admitted of progress: as to the sancti- fying process within, he still felt his need of a continual washing in the fountain opened for sin and uneleanncess. I-asked him to pray with me, and for me, which he did most earnestly and fervently, and with a flow of language ana sentiment such as | have seldom heard." INFIDELITY. "A stranger called on me. Sorry to find that he was an infidel, and did not believe that our Saviour was really crucified or died, but only in appearance ; so also with John the Baptist, did not believe, that his head was literally cut off, but rather that John's head was raised to honor: and thus he turned the whole of Scripture from its simplicity into a figurative mystery." We repeat, again, a Mission of the Colo- nial Church and School Society, of the Church of England, we cannot conscienti- ously have any objection to, that we would not have against a Baptist, Methodist, or Presbyterian mission, and yet, against this " branch" mission, we entirely object.-- First, because the assumptions upon which itis founded are wrong, and not as are the facts though made by persons who, as their names and lives give assurance, are of the most disinterested benevolence. The " ad- dress," to be found on page 20 of the Re- port, and which we here give in full, though dictated evidently by a spirit of philan- thropy, does znjustice to the white citizens of these provinces generally, by charging them. with a prejudice equal to Yankees of New York and Boston--does injustice to the colored people, by consigning them to a pit that, if true, the instrumentalities as well as instruments detailed by them for the work of " raising them out," will not, can not, in the nature of the case effect it. It is further a contradiction to the well- known fact, that apart from such special efforts, colored people have religicus oppor- | was to that of one surrounded with luxur of degradation, without exception, so deep, | COLORED POPULATION, a "Called to see a color:d man, living in qa shantie, and was surprised to find him an expe- rienced Christian, with an extensive acquain- tance with revealed truth, and the Scriptures. generally, and possessing an enlarged and culti- vated mind. We conversed for some time upon Divine things, during which he related to me his. experience : how he was first seriously impressed and how the good work advanced, watil he ob- | tained a comfortable and happy assurance of the salvation of his soul; and now, he said his prac. "tiee"always was to make a reckoning with him self every night, and not to sleep until he could say, all was right. Afier prayer, I departed, fee ing how far superior the situation of this man void of his high and heavenly prospects." ~ : a It defers to the opinions of Southern planters, as to the effect on the Ame- rican mind made by the great address of the women of Great Britain against slavery, and as to the efforts to be used for those they would gladly again - make their slaves; and proposes a mode of operations from such deceptive, though specious dictation, calculated to draw lines of distinction completely between the white and colored population :-- 4 ouy FREE COLORED POPULATION IN CANADA. March, 1852, It was urged, in some instances, on the pro- moters of the Address to the Women of the United -- States for the Abolition of Slavery, that their movement had not a practical character, and that -- it was deficient in real effort and self-denial, Fe The present appeal is open to no such reply. -- We take the liberty to lay before you the stateof the people of color in Her Majesty's Canadian -- possessions, and entreat you to co-operate in an immediate and extensive plan to raise their moral and social condition. Their number, we believe, may be estimated -- at about 25,000, consisting almost entirely of fu- gitive slaves, and increasing at the rate of, at. least, 2,000 every year. They are in the lowest state of ignorance of religion, and even of secular knowledge ; and, according to accounts that have been received, utterly neglected by all around them; and, though permitted to live in freedom, to a great extent, it is to be feared, are as much. the victims of popular prejudice as their brethren in Boston or New York. - = Yet all experience in the West Indies, and in the southern States of America, proves them to be a docile, affectionate, and reclaimable race. They are our brethren in the sight of God, and our brethren too as living under the same Govern- ment. The obligation to make great exertions in their behalf surely is manifest, and we cannot believe, that there are any to whom we appeal who will not joyfully and fruitfully acknowledge © the responsibility. Ae 4 It is proposed to form a branch of the " Colo- | nial Church and School Society," to be specially -- assigned to the work of evangelizing the colored -- settlers. The undertaking will require the estab- lishment of three Schools, with a Master and a Mistress for each, and two European Clerical Agents, who shall itinerate as Missionaries -- among the people, and preach to them the "word Of ite ee Funds to the extent of £1,500 or £2,000 in the first year, and from 1,000 to 1,500 in subsequent years, will be adequate to the purpose. It is a small demand for so great a result. A movement such as this is the necessary and becoming consequence of the movement in favor of negro emancipation. No one will deny that it -- is a Christian duty; and tew who have any know- ledge of the history and general position of sla- very will question the benefits to arise out of it. We have been credibly informed, on the author--- ity of persons conversant with the views and feel- ings of the southern planters, that the spectacle of a large body of the negro race, elevat-d in soctz and relizivus vunditiou, aud watking like Chris - tian men in the light of the Gospel, would do _ more to tranquilize their fears, and effect a general, ifnot an universal, manumission, than -- any plan yet devised in England or America. We invite, and earnestly entreat, your co- operation, in full faith that the blessing of God -- will rest on a work begun in such a spirit and for such an end. es SHAFTESBURY. CarRuisLg. Epwarp Buxton | Arruur KINNAIRD. JAMAICA. Your Committee have for some time been -- urged to commence missions in this important but impoverished Island, and have before them applications for aid to establish Schools _ in the Blue Mountain and Pemberton Valleys, on the northern and Soutnern coast, and to the support of a much-needed mission, by -- contributing a small grant towards the main- tenance of a Clergyman, in th- vicinity of the _ capital, -< cy et eee The Rev. F. H. Almon conveys his appeal -- to your Committee in a letter, of which the -- following is an extract: ee "Tam induced to ask the aid of your Society -- in behalf of a mission, established by the Bishop -- of Jamaica in the western district of Kingston, where spiritual] destitution painfully prevails. "The western part of the town and the sub--- urban villages, contain a population of sage thousands. There is no Church or resident Clergyman in the district, no free-school for the -- children, and habits of profligacy, idleness, and -- irreligion lamentably abound. To prove that I - am drawing a faithful picture of the sad condition -- in which immortal souls are living without God, and dying without hope, I adduce the tollowing © extract from the letter of the Rev. Dr. Stewart, Rector of Kingston :--'Knowing as I do the spir- _ itual destitution and moral degradation, of a large portion of the lower class of the inhabitants, who never enter any place of Divine Worship, and to whom, from the limited staff of the clergy reg- _ ular and efficient religious instruction cannot be administered, Iam ready to remove any difficulty, that may be in the way of your commencing -- your Mission under certain conditions,' &c." Mr. Almon, adoptin Society, continues,-- oe g the language of the -- "T cordially believe, that religious error can -- best be met by a distinct declaration of the total. corruption of our nature, justification by grace through faith alone, and the necessity of a vital change of heart in all who show by their conver- __ sation in the world, that they have not passed from death unto life." = The Rev. W. Stearn, a faithful and zealous Clergyman at Fonthill, in the Blue Mountain Valley, has received from the Committee the -- promise 9f a Schoolmaster. ene His statements exhibit the spiritual con- dition of the great mass of the poor of th island as being most degraded, and they con- _ tain so many urgent entreaties for aid, that -- the Committee felt it to be an imper duty to render assistance in a case of so dis- tressing anature. It is hoped also, that a Corresponding Committee will, ere Jong, be formed, and the peculiar destitution of Ja- maica will draw forth liberal contributions from some at least who. were once interested in its wealth and former prosperity. He says,-- "Es "Unless something is done for us by the British Government, the civil and religio But He who rules above has the hearts of al men in His hand, and all events are under control. "So little money can now be collected fro the people, that many Dissenters have cl their schools and chapels, or placed them in im- proper hands ; and Clergymen of the Church of England, I hear, have serious thoughts of leaving too, some on the plea of sickness, and others 0B N « * tunities, to the extent at least that the whites account of the fearful state of the country. Cae