slander' He gives it fresh currency. . His ' color and clerical connection help him. The * ~ their only reason for aiding Vigilance Com- cussion on slavery, his own brother and his and runs away with the sympathies. of a _ wickedness' can furnish; a brother, in- full _ kidnapping no crime !--that would even kid- "nap his own brother before his face !--a body _ whose Doctors of Divinity not.only own and | whose proudest Doctors of Divinity: has just _ boastingly declared, glorying in his shame, » South who is able, and every one holds as , Bibles and missionaries to India and Mada- -gascar--thus . doing what. the. crucifiers of - the Son of:God did not dare to do,.even in -all their desperation of depravity; for though _ they could buy him of the detraying Judas throughout the earth. _here, where that chur Mapes ahs SR RETGTI From the Liberator. Letter from Parker Pillsbury. oo My Dear Friewp Garrison: | a My letters are too far apart to entitle me to the distinction of 'a correspondent ;? and, indeed, were they more numerouts, I fear they} i. not neat were not of a character to make the case" much better. . T have not travelled a great deal of late, and so have not .gathered up» much, in the way of material for letters. There is 'one subject, however, on which I feel a painful necessity to speak ; and that is, upon the eharacter of many who come from our coun- try to Great Britain, in the name of anti- slavery, and, professedly, upon anti-slavery work... And. the first.thing, for.me.to.say..1s, that the anti-slavery cause has no worse foes, none more dangerous, than are many of these, especially when they come, as most of them do, in the 'character 0: ; Scotland, much that passes curreat for anti- slavery is only hatred of Garrisonism, ( anti-slavery is called.) and the giving of con- tributions to these clerical pretenders, to aid fugitives in Canada, Vigilance Committees in New York, and to the 'Chaplin Fund'-- if any body' kaows what that is at the present time. Now, that the two' former of these objects are really worthy, if presented and advocated in good faith, no one will deny. But that so many men, clergymen, colored: and white, or that any men, need come to this country for funds for these objects, is not so clear--probably is not true 'at all. 'That the fugitives in Canada may in' many eases be extremely destitute, is likely. But I saw more 'of poverty and wretchedness, physical, mental and moral, in the single city of Manchester, than can be found among all the fugitives in Canada together. And there, too, I saw most excellent women, working their fingers off, almost, to aid the fugitives, who yet are refusing to help the anti-slavery _ cause at all, because such men as Penning- | ton and others of the pro-slavery American church, have represented that movement as downright infidelity. I have several times had men bring me the words of this Penning- ton and others, sometimes written down, sometimes printed in books, affirming and de- claring this stale slander ; and giving this as fe mittees and Canada fugitives, instead of help-, ing the anti-slavery cause; and it seems to, me time that this state of things should: be "revealed and rebuked. dice At the very time when Dr. Pennington was in the New "York Presbytery, advoca- ting and voting for a resolution to stifle dis- brother's two young sons were being pursued by kidnappers ; were 'seized' by them, and, without trial, were dragged off to slavery ! ! And he still continues in that body. Why should he not? The body is worthy of him; he is worthy -of such.a body. But he comes to Great Britain as an Abo- | litionist. He hears Garrison and-the anti- slavery cause defamed and reviled, by clergy-. 'men and'others. He not only listens in si-. lence, he not only does not rebuke. the ca- lumny, but he even joins, Iam: told in the -pompus D.D. at the end of his name adds weight to his false witness. He prevents:or perverts the gifts that would be cheerfully jaid on the altar of. humanity, by represent- ing things to be anti-slavery which are not, generous people, who really wish well to the cause of the slave. And he goes home to sit, not silently, but: approvingly, in the bosom and brotherhood of one of the most thoroughly pro-slavery bodies this world of communion, with a band and body that hold drive, but actually breed. and sell slaves, -as do farmers colts and calves; a body, one of 'that every Presbytervan. holds slaves on. the many as is possible or profitable' ! !--a body, the members of which are selling the heathen they have made at home, by keeping them in ignorance, by statute law, of the Bible, and every book, and giving the money to send ired of Garrisonism, (as | Zac legates themselves, who continue in it, and brand as infidels those who have gone out of it. Grascow, Sept. 7th, 1954. | ., P'bave spoken. of the condition of the fu gitive in Canada, m contrast with the poor of Manchester ; not that Manchester 1s worse. | than other English or American cities of si- milar size and business; nor yet because there at of aid for the poor fugitives, who, with only their bodies, and even these often sadly mutilated, have fled to Canada to be free. But there is no necessity that so many come to this country for that object. No important results have,ever been reported of the-labors-of these men. There surely is no need that they represent such an object as anti-slavery, and thus pocket the gifts of those who really wish to aid the anti-slavery cause, and pervert them to other objects--and above:all, there is no need that they. join' in the senseless lie, and even give it additional force by their clerical and pretended anti- slavery character, that the abolitionists are "of ministerse-Here in other than they pretend, 'and-are only 'seek- ing the overthrow of the Church and the Bi- ble, under a profession of anti-slavery. _ What need there is of this mission at all, perhaps may be.seen.from the testimony of a witness who is himself a fugitive and a min- ister, and is now travelling in the United States. Recently, in Cincinnati, he said that there are now 35,000 fugitive slaves in Canada, mostly ina flourishing condition, owing to the high prices now. paid for labor | on the railways. In one town, he says there are seven hundred, who are rapidly. acquir- ing property inland. In another town, there ready own a tract of 9000 acres. And he further declares, that all the land now owned by fugitives in Canada West amounts to 25, 000 acres. Similar testimonies have come from other sources. But these are not the facts that come to the British people through the men who are so fond of representing and asking aid for these Canada missions. One of these has now gone,and become a minister or missionary, in comfortable conditions, in the 'West Indies. Another, after a very suceessful tour in the way of collecting :mo- neys, is'soon to settle on a plantation also in the West Indies; and I could tell of others alike fortunate. How far such missions as theirs conduce to procuring parishes and plantations, on which to quarter, after a short service in such missivns, is not for me, who do not know, to say. My testimony, however, is, that an the real anti-slavery work, the compensations arz a very different affair; and, besides, the real abolitionist, whose heart and soul are wholly in his work, will not, it seems to me, readily turn aside to other and more seculiar objects. I think no pay, parish or plantation, could seduce him. Living and dying, he will be the slave's, and take his reward in. his work, and after he has gone to his rest. Yours, for such consecration Parker PILusBury. The American Board and its En- dorsers. In' every commercial community, the value of a good endorsement is well under- stood. It has saved many a tottering credit and bolstered up many a rotten character. The best: names on 'Change would, pro- bably, make no objections to having their paper voluntarily endorsed by almost any- body of a tolerable standing. Just as few of us would ¢omplain of our honest neighbour speaking a good word for our honesty and sufficiency. But it is not the best names that care the most about endorsements. They can stand alone. Probably neither Mr. Astor nor Mr. Girard ever thought the value of their notes of hand at all increased by having the name of anybody else on the back ef them. The more anxious, as a a general thing, and a man is to get endor- sers and ouarantees, the more doubtful is his standing. He must have somebody to 'Tean upon, because he eannot stand by him- dala a ei ma ~ This application of the Christian doctrine, "" Bear ye one another's burdens," is by no means confined to the "place where mer- chants most do congregate." It applies equally well 'to other ' Congregations, 'and to the burden of sim'as well as to that of debt. Sinners of all grades are as desirous of finding some persons of a re- spectable standing to help them hold up the pack they are carrying on their shoulders, on their pilgrimmage from the City of De- strugfion, 'as: failing' traders are to get sub- for crucifixion, they did not, dare put the price of him, when it-was returned by. the repenting Judas, into the treasury. of¢ the Lord, ' because it was the price of blood. American 'Presbyterianism has no such seru- ples... Into such a connection goes Dr. Pen- nington in his own country, and coolly sits, speaks and acts, in all matters of church ju- risprudence ; and prays and preaches, bap- tizes and. administers sacraments, and does all other spiritual and worsbip-performing requirements, to the full and complete satis- faction of. his slave-breeding, cradle-robbing and kidnapping brethren of the Presbyterian faith... And this is a man to represent the anti-slavery cause of America in foreign _lands ;--and this the man to brand and blast with false and foul charges of Infidelity, and | even worse impeachments, the only body of | men and women in the world who are ear- nestly and honestly labouring, night and day, throughevil, if not good report, to overthrow a slave system the most dreadful that ever saw the sun; and this, not only to free the slaves, but to rescue the fair name of Chris- tianity from being made the sport, and scoff, the merriment and mockery of all the vile and truth-hating, the. tyrannical and_time- serving minions and emissaries of Satan, Nor is Pennington alone; others have done:similar things ;and many. times I have been pointed. to their testimony, to: show that ' Garrison is an infidel, and that the American Sociely is now reduced to a mere handful of infidels and atheists, contemners of the Sabbath, marriage and the ministry, One of them used to melt his audience by declaring that he owed it all to the prayers of a pious, praying mother, that he himself had not been made a complete infidel, by the seductive wiles and influences of the Garris- onian abolitionists, while he laboured among SUC cu) debe a dati oh . Now, not one of these men, so far as I can learn, ever pretended to be doing anything fér the anti-slavery: cause, by his mission abroad. It was all 'Fugitives in Canada,' or ' Vigilance Committees,' or ' Chaplain Funds,' isha See did not disturb the uilty slumbers of their church at home, or rch Js represmnted as the | only true Christian church of the United States; is so represented by these-very de | cases in which it was, innocent and. even laudible to hold slaves, and how they dis- stantial persons to'help them hold together their crumbling credit.. And "it béhoves 'the one case as the other; lest, peradven- ture, they enable a fradulent® bankrupt to put off the evil day of his crash at the ex- pense of honest tradesmen. In case any is taken in, in' consequence of the faith given to the endorser, it is quite clear that the moral responsibility, to a yet greater ex- tent than the' pecuniary one, will' rest with the' guarantor of the bankrupt's character. And this, in matters of Morals as well as Money. es We have noticed more than once the ac- tion of the American Board of Commission-: ers for its Foreign Missions at its last Anni- versary,and showed how the glorification of that campaign was hardly. justified by its re~- sults. We refer our readers particularly to an editorial in the Standard of the 30th ultimo, for a full account of what the famous Treat Letter, a conformity with the recom- mendations of which has been claimed as such strong Anti-Slavery action, really amounts to. In lookingback at the antece- dents' of the Board, it is, perhaps, no wonder that even so small a favour as this should be thankfully received and put down in large figures on the credit side of its ac- count. When we remember how the ques- tion of the admission of slaveholdimg In- dians to the Mission Churches was put off from year. to year; how the Missionaries had employed, and even owned, Slaves to assist them in tilling that portion of the Vineyard without censure; how. insolently and in the true spirit of Slave-drivers they replied to the suggestions of the Secretary who had been sent to look into the matter; how they found no condemnation of Slavery by Christ, and a recognition and regulator of it by the Apostles; how they avowed that they had admitted Slaveholders to the Cliurches, and would again, and detied. the Board to do anything about it; we may, perhaps, not.be surprised that the Board should accept any concessions with gratitude. When we recollect how the Board, in 1848, virtually endorsed the action of the Mission- heir church at home, or | aries, showing the distinction . between | Slavery and Slaveholding, and pointing out t are 130 families of escaped slaves, who al- | It is not necessarily a' bad thing in itself. those to whom they apply to be as wary in. claimed the idea that slaveholding was in- compatible with Church-membership; and how the Board, the next year, got down on their. marrow-bones to the slaveholding Missisionaries 'and their converts, and apo- logized for their interference with so delicate undiminished confidence in those servants of . Christ;" and how ingeniously they shirked the responsibility by taking the posi- tion that the Missionaries are not amenable to them, but to the Ecclesiastical Bodies with which they are connected, for their things, we think it rather surprising that the Board was not unanimous in its eagerness to co-operate with the Missionaries them- selves in resenting an insulting interference with the affairs of their mission on the part of the. Indian. Nation, 26 6c meni It is certainly not at all strange that the Board should be looking about for good and sufficient endorsers in order to keep up its character "in the eyes of the-world. -- They have done this before, and had claimed, in 1845, Dr. Chalmers and the unanimous As- sembly of the Free Church of Scotland as concurring with their position that slavery does not, in all. cases, "involve individual guilt in such a manner that every person implicated in it can, on Scriptural grounds, be excluded from Christian fellowship!" This year, they have found great comfort in the words of encouragement held. out to them (in ignorance, we are sure, of their history) by the Earl of Shaftesbury, Sir Ed- ward North Buxton, and other English per- sons of distinction and of evangelical ten- dencies. And they 'have manifested their satisfaction by electing them Honorary Members of the Corporation. Nothing can be more natural than this wish of the Board to get the countenance of English Chris. tians of distinction. Nothing can be more consistent with their own whole career of life and conversation. But, we apprehend, nothing could well be more inconsistent than for those to whom this compliment is offered to accept it, in the shape in which it offers itself to them. ; If we do not much misremember the language held by the Earl of Shaftesbury at the meeting of the British and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society, at which he presided, in 1853, he alluded to the support which Slavery received from the public sentiment of the religious public of America. We cannot lay our hands on his speech at this moment, but we are confident, from our re- collection of it, that he was deeply impressed with the guilt of the professing Christians of America in this behalf. Now, we feel assured that the Earl of Shaftesbury and Sir Edward Buxton did not know when they said the things which incurred the approbation and gratitude of the A. B.C. F. M. that this body was verily the very embodiment of the Pro- Slavery Religious Public Opinion of Ameri- ea--Pro-Slavery Religion incarnated and standing up between the natural sympathies of simple Christians and their brethren in bonds. Yet their whole history proves this to be true. For successive years, at every Anniversary, the most important and ex- citing business was to smother or to post- pone the consideration of its Relations with Slavery, which some impracticable and prag- matical member of Anti-Slavery tendencies would persist in bringing before it. The lead- ing men, without exception, set their faces like flints against. any agitation of the sub- ject. When the could not hinder its being stirred, they have used all the craft and subtlety they were masters of to huddle it out of the way. sin ; that it is not the business of the Mis- sionaries to meddle with it directly; and that the only hope of its Abolition is through 'the influence of the Gospel, conveyed ina spirit of meekness and love!"" Which is, be- ing interpreted, conveyed so as not to disturb the equanimity or self-complacency of the masters, The Keport which embodied these sentiments passed, not without opposition in debate, but without a dissenting voice when it came to a vote. Board which identify it. with the slavehold- ing and pro-slayery -religion of. the United States. Nor yet of the remarkable action of 1846, when the Board, with exemplary consistency, whatever may be thought of their Christian morality, refused to make polygamy a bar to admission to the Mis- sion Churches. It is enough to say that the whole influence of the Board has been thrown into the pro-slavery scale, in every instance previous to this year, if its actiun this year be allowed to savour of any Anti-Slavery Grace. It is true, as we think Mr. Birney proved satisfactorily, that "the American Church is the Bulwark of Ame- rican Slavery," and as the Rev. Albert Barnes affirmed, that there is no power out of the Church that could maintain Slavery, if the Church attacked it in earnest. In other words,,Slavery is maintained by the wicked public senti- ment of the Nation. The sentiment of the embodied Religious Sentiment of the Nation is the most fatal element of this Pub- lic Opinion. The American Board of Com- missioners is the Representative Body, the Quintessence of this pro-slavery piety, which makes long prayers, kneeling on the prostrate bodies of three million slaves, and ready to receive their value into the trea- sury of the Lord. We trust that Lord Shaftesbury and Sir Edward Buxton, and the other distinguished Englishmen who have been invited to cast in their lot among them, will look well into the history of the Board for the last twenty years, will see what they have done and what they have left undone, before they consent to lend their voice and countenance tothe men who have proved themselves, by their sins of omission and commission, to be the most insidious and virulent enemies that the American Slaves, and their friends, have had to encounter in their life-long conflict. Such an act would much more than coun- teract all that they can do at home for the slave, by encouraging the hearts and strengthening the hands of his deadliest enemies here.--Anti-Slavery Standard. Se Slavery and the Tract Society. To the Editor of The N. Y. Tribune: Sir: A stale slander is revived in The Man- chester Examiner (Eng.), and copied into your paper ot yesterday, to the effect that J. J. Gurney's work on the " Habitual Exercise of Love to God" has been " mutilated" by an American Society. Please state the fact that the book was published here during the lile of the author, and as the author prepared it for the press. 1, Does K.. (who. enjoys ample facilities - by The Manchester Examiner ? 'a question, and assured the world of " their |» ture of that Society. to exclude from its 'publications all matter likely to offend or 'faith and conduct; in view of all these | him to do so.-- Editor' Tribune. We cannot recapitulate all the acts of the | for ascertaining the truth),meas to deny that | the work in question was altered as charged 2. Does he deny that it was altered in deference to the slaveholding interest and spirit in the United States ? 3. Does he deny that such alterations was Tract Society ? 4. Does he deny that it isthe regular fea- prompted and required by the American alienate slaveholders? 5. Does he deny that alterations are made without giving the reader fair notice ? - 6. If he does not deny any of these points, what does his caveat amount 'to? Suppose Mr. Gurney were persuaded, or coaxed, or bullied, into his mutilating his own work in the manner asserted, would that circumstance efface the culpability of those who constrained PROVINCIAL FREEMAN, SATURDAY, OCT: 28,1854 DELO nO Ormrw Da Travelling Agents, _ Rev. Willis Nazrey, Toronto. _ Mr. Alfred Whipper. ; ; 'Local Agents ; The folowmg gentlemen.are requested to act as Looe) Agents: ; SS ES : ; _ Rev. Hiram Wilsm, St, Catherines. Mr, J..W. Taylor. asses Thomas Keith< Paris, ©. W. George Miller, Hamilton, ©. W. Josiah Cochrane, " ' Robert Brown, Dundas, C. W. Z. H. Martin, Barrie, C.W. - A. B. Jones, London. Wm. Hamilton, " Haywood Day, Chatham. Rev. H. J. Young, $f " - Cornelius Charity, * ~~ Thos. Jones, Windsor. " Coleman Freeman, Windsor, C. W. George De Baptist, Detroit, U. S. James Haley, se T. W. 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PI IM cl Ile aL Our readers, and the public at large, will bear with us, we irust, if we occasionally remind them that we are as ever desirous of increasing our subscription list; and will also dispose of the remaining Shares in the Press at the small sum of £2, or $8, each, For the past few weeks we were West;-- where we hope to be, as requested, in a few days again,--getting subscriptions, as- sisting at tea-meetings, drc., for the object, 'and also forming, as directed, Branches to the Provincial Union. An. organization was effected at Chatham, and by a combi- in the Town Hall, after but_two days' pre- paration, which reflected great credit on the citizens. Gratifying remarks were made by Miss Simpson and Mr. H. ©. Jackson. At Brantford, to which allusion has been made, : ' |an organization was'made, and a tea-meet- It has virtually proclaimed (see Report pre- 2 sent to Meeting of 1845) that Slavery is no ing held previously, addressed. by Messrs, Wilkinson, Corry, and others,--the citizens taking hold of the matter in a manner worthy of them, and we have the fullest. assurance from the officers and members of the Female Society, that the " Branch" shall be attend- ed to. Immediately after the Brantford meeting, a society was. formed in London, which numbers over. 60. members of both was held in the Hall of the Mechanics' In: stitute. The Londoners had been, prepar- ing for some days, so that their proceedings were on a more elaborate scale than 'those at the other places mentioned.. The pre- sence of the City Band and a well-prepared corps of influential speakers--arrangements impossible in the former meetings, from the brief time to work,--gave interest to the gathering. The speeches of the Revds. Messrs. Dent, Basfield, Steward, and Clarke, dience, the one by Mr. Clark being thought, without disparagement to others, to be par- 'ticularly effective. men of London who got up the tea, were not behind their friends in Brantford and Chatham, in zeal. for the. sue: cess of the paper, and the permanency of the Union, which is regarded by all as the best organization ever attempted ,--as anti- caste, anti-slavery, and thoroughly national in its spirit and design. We are: fully im- pressed with the importance of this Union to British subjects of every class, and though it may work its way slowly, it will, neverthe- less, surely commend itself to the people in the end. Of tea-meetings, too, we would remark, that though open to objections as conducted, when they are got up for.no higher purpose than to " see and be seen," when accompanied with music, good speeches On excellent subjects, and managed by efficient persons, they, form public en- tainments for promoting a good understand- ing among the people. We subjoin a list of contributions: a 7 ee I IS Brantford,...../....° 4 18 Q9==19 75 Chatham, .......08.556 0: O==24 00 '00 % Londons Jgeeu 20 todd ba Oeebh REMARKS. . In the absence of replies to the questions propounded by " Many Inquirers," we would say that a highly interesting correspondence, the Rev, Dr. Burns, of this city, has just reached us, through the "Canadian Free Press," and we shall give place to it, and nation of the ladies, a tea-meeting came off | sexes, and'on the 20th, 'their tea-meeting were earnestly listened to by the large au- | The ladies and gentle-. on the subject of the " Dawn Institute," by also to the remarks of the Editor,in our next. | many teachers employed 2. The salary. \ ' * To all whom it may concern. We are repeatedly questioned respecting have received for this paper; and well-wish- ers at home, thinking that our subscription and contribution list abroad, heave attained funds and long list of names we have pub- lished as collected by Mr. Ward, are dis- posed to work but indifferently here, though entertainin o the best' feelings towards. it. Another and different class, ask us out of sheer curiosity, in season and out of season, the same question,--a third class have set- tled the point, and are acting accordingly. As a matter of policy we should probably be silent 'on this subject; but as a matter of personal convenience, and in order to save some busy-bodies a deal of trouble; we have conciuded to gratify all concerned. We have English exchanges, but we have 'not oné English or other foreign subscriber, | nor has one copper ever been collected abroad or been, sent to America for this paper, to the best of our - knowledge; so that to. the.people of Canada'and the few subscribers we have in the States, is the paper indebted alone for WSKSPHOTG. oh Goes oie To one class of its enemies, this intelli- gence is no doubt eratifying--not so to another class, the busy-bodies referred to, ar By them, their intention of stopping our "English" supply will be seen to be useless, particularly the Rew gentleman who has "already" sent copies of the paper, and " let- ters," to the parties who have "subscribed so liberally to Mr. Ward for the paper." We have never heard of such persons. -- * Basy Suow in QOnto--At the State Agricultural Fair, held at Springfield, Ohio, recently, one hundred and. twenty-seven babies were offered as candidates for valuable prizes. A tent was appropriated for their use, and: that of those having charge of the innocents.. Ten women and 'six men were appointed judges The babies 'came from almost .everywhere. Several well represented; aud then there were nia and Massachusetts. We would pub- lish the names, says one writer, but for the } serious protests of the parents, who do not desire to let the world know that their babies entered for the prizes and did not get it! The judves, after a long session, award- ed the prizes as follows: First prize, a splendid service of silver plate, including a large salver, to the daughter of William Romner, of Vienna, Clark County, aged 10 months. Second prize, a service of silver plate, to the son.of Wm. McDowell, of Fulton, Ham- ilton Co., Ohio, aged 13 months. Third prize, a plain service: of 'silver, to the daughter of Mr. A. Canon, of Phila- delphia. Letters are said to have been received from Horace Greely, Fanny: Fern' and Lucretia Mott. The latter: objected that coloured childrén were not admitted. (<> Itis remarkable that all the babies who received the! prizes had, according to the report, no mothers.--Zd. Standard. Yes, quite right, to admit black babies ; but that would have been the last of them. At Agricultural Exhibitions and the like, in the States, the contributions of colored per- 'sons seldom get more than a passing notice; and when the prejudice 'extends to fruits and flowers, it is not probable that black babies would be viewed except as subjects for mirth. A case of the kind occurred at a Horticultural Exhibition, a few years since, in Pennsylvania. A. colored man, having some very fine erapes, presented them for competition, and every one said they were the best. there; but. when the time. for awarding premiums came, the judges de- cided to give none for grapes, "asthe sea- son had been so wet," a miserable subter- fuge to avoid giving precedence to a colored man, even in so small a matter. The mean- ness of the thing was apparent, for the un- fayorableness of the season furnished the proper time for testing skill. ia C. Sebastopol. The news received last week 'of the fall of Sebastopol, turns out to be untrue, and The reports of the battle of Alma, however, has been traced to the Paris Bourse, Sebastopol is now completely invested, there is no doubt that before many days official news of its capture will have arrived. ,* Correspondence. wv LADD DLAI PLL I POA LIA OLS The '* Dawn Institute." : To the Editor of the Provincial Freeman : Dear Mapdm.--We hear a great deal about this Institute, which has excited our curiosity so much, that we are impelled, not for mere selfish satisfaction, but by a sense of duty, to present a few interrogations, desiring at the same time that some friend in possession of the necessary information may respond! Will some one be so kind? Who founded the " Dawn Institute? ? the object of that Institute? Is it carry- ing out the desired aim? Who were ap- pointed to conduct, or take charge of it? Did they do justice to a confiding Public, or did they betray their trust? 'To whom does that Institution belong? Whose pos- provements are there upon the premises? Who receives the proceeds of the farm-- the various incomes at present? . To what tit each? Has the Institution been progress- the amount of foreign "aid and comfort"? we' to a great size, from the large amount of | counties, including Hamilton of Ohio, were | babies from Indiana, Louisiana, Pennsylva- are confirmed by later arrivals ; and as |' Where were means procured? What was | session is it nowin? What. is it worth? 'How much land belongs to it? What im- |. purpose are such incomes applied? How 'many students now in attendance? How ing rapidly or has it receded sinceits found- ing? What is to be expected of its pro- gress in the future?, Shall parents point. their laughing' boys and'smiling girls to that | Institution, and. tell them to make the pre- paratory steps, requisite to an entrance; for ; there must your collegiate career be spent, and from . there must you reeeive.your dip- Do the present affairs present any cheering or encouraging features to aspiring youths' 2 5 pyre rar "Many Ineumers lomas ? "SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN." Having a little more blank upon this Sheet, and also having become quite econo-_ mical in many things--we wish to present a few other queries:--What gives persons the best right to emmigrate to, and settle in, -| a country that is already peopled? Can a {nation make, ex post'facto laws: to deprive persons of citizenship, who become subjects accordingte her then established Jaws, with- out dishonoring herself? Does not birth in a country, give' a person equitable citizen- ship in that country in which he. was born ? Then, when the colored people are deprived of a "permanent home in Canada," whats to become of those who were Jorn in Cana- da? 'Will they be seperated as the " child- ren of the south," from their grey-haired mothers and fathers, or will they become "exiles upon their native soil," and have to leave Canada too? What then gives right to citizenship?. Does brightness of com- plexion give a better right than birth, and is all law, both human and divine, subser- vient to caste? © Will the Commercial Adver- tiser, Chatham Planet, or other advocates of Mr. Larwill, answer us, in accordance with equity ? 2654 - Many In@urrErs, Provincial. LDP LLLLPQ_FJ_ILOLLPLLLLIILOLL--mom--m--™"9 Appointments by the Governor General. PROVINCE OF CANADA. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Quebec, 19th Oct., 1854. -- His ExceLtitency Tue Governor GEn- RAL has been pleased to-appoint the follow- ing Gentlemen to compose a Provincial Com- mittee, to take the necessary steps to ensure a fitting representation of the industry and resources of this Province at the WORLD'S EXHIBITION, to be held in PARIS, in the year 1855,--with power to appoint an Executive Committee and Local Commit- tees throughout the Province, viz: The Hon. Sir Allan Napier MacNab, Knight, "Augustin Norbert Morin, Etienne Paschal 'Tache, Lewis Thomas Drummond, Jean Chabot, John Ross, Pierre J. O. Chauvean, William Cayley, 9 John Alexander Macdonald, Robert Spence, Francis Hincks, William' B. Robinson, Wilham H. Merritt, Malcolm Cameron, John H. Cameron, John Young, John Wilson, Samuel Crane, 'Thomas McKey, James Ferrier, ' Charles Wilson, Narcisse F. Belleau, 'Dunbar Ross, Esquire, M. P. P., Henry Smith, Junr., Esquire, M. P. P., Joseph E. Turcotte, Esquire, M. P..P., Joseph C, Morrison, Esquire, M. P. P., Joseph Cauchon, Esquire, M. P. Francois, Lemieux, Esquire, M. P. P. Thomas Fortier, Esquire, M. P. P., Joseph C. Tache, Esquire, M. P. P. George 'E. Cartier, Esquire, .M. John Egan, Esquire, M. P. P., Antoine Polette, Esquire, M. P. William Patrick, Esquire, M. P. George Crawford, Esquire, M. P..P., | John Langton, Esquire, M. P. P., Alexander 'T. Galt, Esquire, M. P. P., Charles Alleyn, Esquire, M. P. P., William Rhodes, Esquire, M. P. P.,. William L. Felton, Esquire, M,.P. P.,. Antoine A. Dorion, Esquire, M. P..P.,. George Brown, Esquire, M. P.,P., . (79 se} od P P. P Pe Pye RP. P. 22 x James: M: Ferres, Esquire, M. P..P.,. Charles J. Laberge, Esquire, M: PB. P., Thomas E. Campbell, Esquire, C, B. of De. Hilaire, oy tae Sir Cusack P. Roney, Knight, ...., Wolfred Nelson, Hugh Allan, Jacques Viger, Augustin Norbert Dumas, Wil- jiam EK. Logan, William Evans, Alexan- - der M. Delisle, Jean L. Beaudry, William Bristow, Damase Masson, William H. . Peet, Alfred, Pinsonneault, Henry Bul- mer, J, HE. Coderre, and T. S. Hunt, of Montreal, Esquires. . = Charles Panet, Joseph Legare, Henry John Noad, James Gillespie, James Gibb, Fran- cois Xavier Garneau, Joseph Edmond De _ Blois, Edouard Glackemeyer, George Desbarats, I. E. Thibodeau, Laurent Tetu, Louis Bilodeau, William, A. Hol- _ well; Lewis Sleeper, Isaac R..Eckart, and J. B. Primeau, of Quebec, Esquires. E. 8. DeRottermund, of St. Cesaire, Esq., Pierre B, Dumoulin, of Three Rivers, Esq., Robert Nugent Watts, of Drummondville, | Esquire, No bis Thomas C. Street, of Niagara Falls, Esq., Walter H. Dickson, of Niagara, Esq.,.. Daniel Stuart, ttichard Juson, William Distin, William Distin, and---- _, Questin, of Hamilton, Esquires, .. Joho Gartshore, and James Coleman, of - Dundas, Esquires, Ota John Waddell, of Chatham, Esquire, Absalom Shade, of Galt, Esquire, John Prince, of Park Farm, Sandwich, Esq., of Toronto Gore, Me Edward W. Thompson, _. Esquire, . land, of Toronto, Esquires, oo. Benjamin F. Davy, of Belleville, squire,» William Matthie, of Brockville, Esquire, William S. Macdonald, of Gananoque Esq., Henry Ruttan, of Cobourg, Esquire, Elias P. Smith, of Port Hope, Esquire, Archibald. J. McDonnell, and Andrew . Dickson, of Kingston, Esquires, of Bayfield, E; quire, and Chauncey Craigie, Edward Cartwright, Thomas | George Buckland and Frederick . Cumber- : Sir J. Franklin Starved to Death, " " Terrer rrom Dr. Raz. i t i 2 -Monrtreat, Oct. 21st, 1854, The Herald of this morning has the fol- -lowing :--*'In our extra of yesterday eve- ning we informed the public that a rumor 'was current that the remains of Sir John Franklin and his crew, and their ships had been discovered, we immediately dispatched a special messenger to the Hudson Bay Com- parr at Lachine, and through the indness of the Governor, Sir George Simp- son, are enabled' to Jay before our readers the following outline of a dispatch received _ | by him yesterday, from Dr. Rae, who has , been absent on the coast since the 1st of the month of June, 1853, and returned to York Factory. on..the. 28th of August last, from whence he forwarded letters by express to Sir George Simpson, via Red River settle- ment. After briefly noticing the result of his'own: expedition and. the~difficulties«with which they had to contend, he proceeded to state that from the Esquimaux he had ob- tained certain information of the fate of Sir John' Franklin's party, who had 'been staryed to death after the loss of their ships which -- were crushed in the ice,.and while. makin their way south to the great Fish River, near the outlet of which a party of whites died, leaving accounts of their sufférings in the mutilated corpses of some who had eyi- dently furnished food to their unfortunate ~ companions. This information, although not derived from the Esquimaux who had com- municated with the whites and had. found their remains, came from another band who had obtained the details from:them. 'No doubt is left of the truth of the report, as the natives had in. their possession various articles of European manufacture which had been in the possession of the whites ; among these are silver spoons, forks, &c., on one of which is engraved " Sir John Franklin, K.C, B." while others have crests on them which identify the owners 'as having' belonged to the ill-fated expedition. Drawings of some of them have been sent down. 'This fearful tragedy must have occurred as long ago as the spring of 1850. ---- Great Western Raiway.---The Re- port of the Directors at the meeting last Friday, Sept. 27th, present the following facts:--There are now 240 miles open to traffic. The Railway may be said to be en- tirely open throughout to traffic since 27th {January only, and the gross receipts from that date to July 31st amounted to £150, 105. 11s. 8d. currency, which, "less: working expenses, £67,310 7s. 8d.,-leaving' a nett revenue of £82,795 4s applicable to pay- ment of interest on bonds and. debentures, and also to a dividend of "3 per cent: upon the shares for the before'metitioned 6 months. The traffic on this line is rapidly increasing both for local and through business, as far as passengers are concerned. The through goods traflic from the State of New York to the State of Michigan, can hardly. expe- rience much alteration until the winter pre- vents the navigation of Lake Erie.' 'The gradual augmentation of traffic is shown by recent returns. or the week ending-- / Sept. 8, £4931 or £20°10s © J) lal 25ds & 99-7439 50-183 24) 29, S804] , 35 12s - Exelusive of 'an extra' trafic during the last mentioned week, owing to the Agricul- tural Exhibition 'at London, C.:W., which amounted to £3,320 or £13 8s per mile per week, and for the current week not yet ex- pired the-receipts for passengers and freight- will exceed £10,000:--Reform Banner. per mile per week, eal " nee CAV TRY C egeteerse 0 A Maniac at Large... -- A Tits On Wednesday evening, a strange look- ing personage was found wandering ,on the Guclph road near the first toll gate, and brought into the village; an able-bodied man, apparently about 52 years of age, with no clothing but.a shirt, trousers, and boots. He could give no account of himself--did not even know his own name... . He was ina famishing condition, and devoured whatever food was given him. Although quite peace- _| able in-his demeanour while here, there were marks,on his wrists, and ankles where, he, had been bound' with ropes. | He was kept all night, and allowed to wander away on Thursday: morning.» It-seems: evident the man had escaped from confinement, and al- though he appeared quite, harmless, may be subject to intervals of a condition in which he becomes dangerous to himself and others. We much question the propriety of permit; ting such a person to goat large. He ought to have been sent to the county gaol and advertised. Fergus: Breeholder. Important Ducrston.--A' ease of some interest to:the travelling public. 'was tried at Brantford, before. Chief Justice Robinson, We copy from a local payers 9 | Dr. Bowie; vs.°'The Buffalo, Brantford, and Goderich Railway. This was an ac- tion brought'by the Plaintiff against the com- pany as. Common. Carriers, forthe loss,of Goods... The defence set tp was, tha tie goods had arrived at' the\place-of destination, and, were then. consumed by fire, and : that therefore the company was. not liable for them as Common: Carriers. 'The learned Judge in charging the Jury, said that the Plaintiff had sueceeded. in proving his, case, so as to entitle him to recover, and that De- fendants were' 'guilty of negligence' in 'not. giving the Plaintiff notice "after the arrival of the goods, whieh was; part of their duty as common carriers. ~ Verdict for Plaintiff, £69.38. damages." -- North AnieScaip Z Ry are Suir Her Masesty.--This' steamer, built b Mr. Denney of Dumbarton, on: the Clyde, for Captain Thomas Dick, has, now been out between eighty. and 'ninety: days; on: her voyage to Quebec, and we grieve to 'say that there are no hopes of her safety. . She. was built for the Niagara and Toronto: route, nearly 200, feet.long and. between.,300 and 400 tons burthen. She was of iron, of the '| Strongest construction, and of' that: model which is considered to combine the greatest 'Speed with safety. . Het, builder. went in her as far as Cork, and desenbes her as having behaved well during the passage. She had a crew of twenty on board; picked men/ and "Mr. Denny will not believe that the greatest storm which ever blew caused her to founders he thinks that she must have-been destroyed 'by fire. © She had coal for't8 days consump- -- tion on board, which would have brought her | to Newfoundland, if not to Quebec, Weare happy to find that the enterprising, owner: was fully insured and suffers no loss, save 0 H. Peck, of Prescott, Esquire. on the route.--( thpeerries" ate vessel, Which agy.tes" ed 1 aia sc