x * SoD eotem aa Gace aoa re | ss si iiSNEREIES Ao0j) Vpoetrars INO At thy Peril. FROM DICKENS' " HOUSEHOLD WonrDs." _ " Am I thy brotber's keeper ?" ee Awake from dreams to-day ! ___ Arouse thee, careless. sleeper,. _. . Cast not the thought away, _._. Thou from a golden chalice _». Dost drink the ruby. wine, _ "* "Thine home a stately palace, '. Where wealth and splendor shine. ~~~ Art thou thy brother's keeper 2" _ _ Life's page to thee reads fair, _ But gaze a little deeper, And other tales lie there. With sullen look and stolid; __ Mid wretchednéss and strife, Beneath yon root-tree squalid, How drags thy brother's life 2 _ ® Art thou thy brother's keeper 2" _ Swift as the viewless wind, Speeds on thy mighty Reaper, t _ His harvest sheaves to bind; * His earliest prey find shelter _ These sordid roofs beneath, _ Where vice and misery shelter tn hot-beds ripe for Death, BPs _ " Art thou thy brother's keeper!" ~ . Such homes are but on thine, _ The dim eyes of the weeper ~ Mocked by thy banquet's shine. Say thou, "Such ills nameless, _ They touch not such as we !" Alas! cans't Thou be blameless, That things like This should be? _ * Art thou thy brother's keeper ?" One course the foe doth run, Nor Volga's stream nor Dneiper _ Bars out this ruthless Hun. Who shall the myriads number, This " Scourge of God" may kill ? While sunk in selfish slumber * " Sectirely dream ye still ? Thou art thy brother's keeper, __ This charge thou canst not flee, The path of right grows steeper Daily to him, to thee. A reckoning shall be taken, A reckoning stern and deep, Woe! unto those who waken Then first from careless sleep. X Thou art thy brother's keeper, -*< 'War, pestilence, and dearth, ©. .These besoms ofthe Sweeper -» > Invade the homes of earth, »» (| A blackened path and sterile Conducts them to the doer, And at thy proper peril, ~ Dost thou neglect the poor! § Soci Agricultural, &c. 2 PPSPAA DADDIES BD The " Economical Manure," For some time past there has been used to some extent in England and Scotland, an artificial manure, to which the above title has been given. If testimonials are to be relied upon at all, this manure must be possessed of . very desirable properties. In the month of May last it was analyzed by a competent chemist in Edinburgh, and found to be com- posed maznly of, Ist. protosulphate of iron, or- green vitriol, about 35 per cent ; 2nd. of sulphate of lime, or gypsum, about 16 or 17 per cent; and 3rd, of chloride of sodium and other alkaline salts, about 26 to 34 per cent. | Tn one specimen analyzed the chloride of so- dium amounted to 16.31 and the other alka- line:salts to 10.66, or in all 25.97 per cent, and in another specimen to 17.43 and 16.88 respectively, or in all to 34.37 per cent. . Now, as a manure of such a composition might be easily and cheaply got up by any agriculturist, we subjoin a specimen or two' of the testimonials which have been given of its fertilizing properties. One testifies that on that portion of a field of-barley on which this manure was sown broadcast, mixed with ashes, the growth of the barley was wonder- fully thick' and luxuriant to what it was on the other portion of the field. Another tes- tifies to its having most beneficial effects on his garden crops, and to his cattle being very partial to a part of a field of grass to which it had been applied. " Your manure," says Mr. 'John Davenport of Staffordshire, "improved the wheat very much, and the grass it sweeten- ed, and the cows eat it off very bare all the summer." "Your manure," says one " was sown with clover, and it is most luxu- riant."" It is called the " economical manure," be- cause 4 to 4 cwt., per acre fully equals in ef- _ fect 3 ewt., of the best Peruvian guano, and because the saving in cost is thus at least 50 per cent. It is applied with two or more times its bulk of light earth or peat-mud, or ashes or sawdust, or anything of that kind, broadeast. In this state we presume il was applied to some apple and pear trees, of which it is said to have improved both the foliage and the fruit. We may close by stating that it is sold in Great Britain at about or a little over the price of the best Peruvian guano, that is about £12 per ton--Country Gen- tleman. ~<O-@-Gee Be : ' Wintering Cabbage Plants. _Any method, simple and inexpensive, for preserving autumn sown cabbage plants through the winter, is a valuable considera- tion. 'We know of none better adapted to the great bulk of people, than the following, practiced to a considerable extent by market gardeners, and in dry, sandy, or upland soil, with good success. Towards the end of October prepare some rich, well dug ground; draw some deep drills 18 inches apart, and plant the cabbage one foot apart in these, on the sunny side of the drills, so that the plant may have all of the benefit of the sun before the severe frost sets in fairly, place some straw or rather light ma- terials cross-ways of the rows, which will effectually keep the sun's rays off during the winter, which is a great point to be attended to. At the approach of spring, remove the covering, and as the plants grow, draw a little of the soil to their stems. pif they stand the winter well, they will be in advance of those planted in the spring. The, strongest of the plants from the sowing made last month, should be selected, while those weaker will do to winter as recom- mended ina previous paper.--Jbed. ge erate § se Time for Curing Buck wheat. : CG se 4 ' It is hard to given a precise rule for the best time to cut buckwheat. The grain continues to ripen successively, and while mostvof the stalks remain green or succulent, these grains will not drop off. It is there- fore best to let the crop remain as long as the amount continues to increase, by successively ripening portions. But as soon as the plant loses its fresh appearance, and the first ripened portions are found to separate easily, no time should be lost in cutting. The rule with some farmers in the north, is to al- low the crop to stand till the first light frost, and then cut as S possible, be the shelling process commences. But when frost Pier come early, it iscut before. As rosts. soon as the stalks are dead or dry, buckwheat quickly as possible, before | threshes with great ease, but not before ; hence the reason that when but partly dried, it is often found so difficult to thresh. At the north. it is usually sown during the early part of summer, sometimes nearly as late as midsummer ; if sown too early, the grain does not set well.--ldid. <3 © &- Ee _ Apparatus for Transplanting Large . Trees. . 'The Glasgow (Scotland) Commonwealth. gives an account of McGlashen's Patent Transplanter, an apparatus that is likely to be of signal service in ornamental planting and other operations connected with rural im- provements, enabling a gentleman to buy an estate, build a mansion house, and embosom it in woods and groves, all in the space of a year or two. 'The operation of transplant- ing is effected by driving into the ground large spades or cutters around the trees ; these are held together by a light framework '| of iron, and extension rods being attached to the upper part of the spades, the tree is lifted out of the earth (by lever or screw power, according to size) with a large adherent ball of earth, so that the roots are not at all dis- turbed; nor is it necessary to dig a trench around the tree. . In this state the tree, with its adherent ball, can be transported to any distance in safety.-- Life Illustrated. . ame: Sop Storing Winter Vegetables. _ Next to growing, the proper preserving of winter vegetables, claims our attention. It is possible that so far as sorts and growth are concerned, the stock may be unexcep- tionable, which, when wanted for the table, they may be, if roots, dried and shrivelled up --if the cabbage tribe, rotton. This is all for the want of proper stormg. A good dry cellar is the best place for storing roots, such as carrots, beets, ruta bagas, parsnips, scor- zonera or oyster plants, and turnips. If stored after the following manner, they will come out as wanted, and plump as when taken out of the ground. =~ ~The tenderer, such as carrots, beets and scorzoners, require taking up as soon as the leaves exhibit a yellow appearance, or before any very sharp frost, while parsnips may re- main longer as the frost does not injure them; in fact, except for use during hard weather, many leave them in the ground all winter. In taking up, care should be taken to get them out with the roots entire, or they are much more liable to rot, while some, as the beet, are materially injured in the cooking if mutilated. The tops should be trimmed off just above the crown, and the roots allowed to become dry before storing. wees One or the Cottecrors.--An exchange tells a good, though rather long-winded story of acertain Yankee collector. The bill to be collected was for one hundred dollars--of which the collector; it being a hard case, was to have half Some weeks after, the creditor was accosted by his Yan- kee agent: "Look o' here, squire," said he, "I had considerable luck with that bill o' yourn. You see, I stuck to him like a dog to a root; but for the first week or so 't want no use-- nota bit. If he was at home, he was 'short;' if he wasn't home, I couldn't get no satisfaction. By-and-bye, says I, after goin' sixteen times, ' 1'll fix you,' says I. So I sat down on the door-step, and sat all day and part of the evening, and I. begun early. next day; but about ten o'clock he 'gin in. Fle paid me my half, and L'gin him up the note |"? >- Ee Tue Two Buizssines.--He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. 'Therefore be sure you look to that. And in the next place, look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience ; for health is the second blessing that, we mortals are capable of, a blessing that money cannot buy ; there- fore value it, and be thankful for it--Jsaac Walton. eae Sale of Crown Lands, LO OO Crown LanbDs DEPARTMENT, Quebec, 4th August 1854. Notice is hereby given that the undermentioned lands [set apart for School purposes under the Statute 12 Vict ch 200]. in the Township of Euma, in the county of Perera, U.C. will be open for sale to actual settlers, upon application to Joun Suarman, Esquire at Stratford, on and al- ter the TENTH of NEXT MONTH, on the fol- lowing terms, viz: ' The price to be Ten Shillings per acre, paya- ble in 'T'en equal Annual Instalments, with inter- est : the first snstalment to be paid upon receiving authority to enter upon the land, Actual occu- pation to be immediate and continuous; the land to.be cleared at the rate of two acres annually for 'each hundred acres during the first five years; a dwelling house, at least sixteen feet by eighteen, to be erected; the timber to be reserved until the land has been paid for in full and patented, and to be subject to anv general timber duty thereaf- ter; a License of Occupation, not assignable with- out permission ; the Sale and License of Occupa- 'tion to become null and void in case of neglect or violation of any of the conditions; the Settler to be entitled to obtain a Patent upon complying with all the conditions; not more than two hun- dred acres to be sold to any one person on these terms. _ Ast Con J to 71 ine 100 acres each, 72 [51]. 2d* do' Ito 5 inc 8 to 36 iné about.100 each: 3d do 1 to 5 ine 8 to 36 inc about 100 each. 4th do 1 to 36 ine about 100 acres each. 5th do 1 to 36 ine. do 6th do 1 to 35 ine. do 36, 114. 7th do 1 to 35 ine. do 36, 123; 8th do 1 to 35 ine. do 36, 119. 9th do .1 to 85 inc. do 36, 129. 10th do 1 to 35 ine. do 36, 129. ee AESOP IRS PE The undermentioned CROWN LANDS inthe same Township, subject to the same conditions of actual settlement and term of payment, at 7s 6d 18th Crown Lanps DrerartTMent, Quebec, 27th July, 1854. Notice is hereby given, that the undermention ed land fset apart for School purposes under the Statute 12 Vic ch 200] in the County of Huron' will be open for sale to actual settlers, upon ap- (plication to the Resident Agent, Joun Cuarke, Ksquire, at Goderich, on and-after the thirty-first of next month, on the following terms, viz: The price to.be. Ten Shillings. per acre, paya- ble in'Ten equal Annual Instalments, with inter- , est: the first instalment to be paid upon receiving authority to enterupon the land, Actual oceupa- tion to be immediate and continuous; the land to be cleared at the rate of. two acres annually for each hundred acres during the first five years; a dwelling house, at least sixteen teet by eighteen, to be erected; the timber to be reserved until the land has been paid for in full and patented, and to be subject to any general timber duty thereaf. ter;a License of Occupation, not assignable with-. out permission ; the Sale and License of Occtipa- lion to become null and void in case of neglect or violation of any of the conditions; the Settler to be entitled to obtaiu a Patent upon complying with all the: conditions ; not more than two hun- 'dred acres to be sold to any one person on these f PG OR (PIRSA terms, 4 per acre: 11th Con 1 to 35 ine aboat 100 acres each, 36, 137 12ih do 1 to 35 ine do 36, 140 13th do 1 to 35 ine do 36, 146 {4th do I to 35 inc do 36, 146 15th do 1 to 35 ine do 36, 151 16th do 1 to 35 inc do 36, 150 | 17th do 1.to 35 ine do H30; 157 do 1 to 35 inc from 67 to 80 acres 36, 123 | Shall be held for the time being. "4 TOWNSHIP OF GREY. Ist Con 1to 70inclusivé, 100 acres each. 294 do 1to35 do about do 3d do 1 to35 do do do 4th do 1 to35 do do do 5th do I to 35 do do do 6th do 1to35 do do do 7th do 1 to35 do do do Sth do 1 to 35 do do do 9th do: 1 to 35 do do do 10th do Ito 35 do. .do do 11th dolto 10,16 to3ido do do 12th do 1 to35 do do do 13th do 1l'to35 do do do 14th do 1to 35 do do do TOWNSHIP OF TURNBERRY. -- Concession A 1 to 10 inclusive, 100 acres each, do B I11to 40 do do do C 1 to 33 do about 90 do 34, '76. 1st Con 11 to 60 inclusive, 100 acres each 2d do 1, 290; 2,254; 3, 217; 4,180; 5, 147, 6, 106; 7,59; 8, 36; 3d Con 1 to 8 inc about 100 acres each, 9, 95 4th Con 1 to 9 ine about 100 acres each, 10, 160 11, 122; 12, 85; 13, 49; 14, 13. 5th Con 1 to 14 ine about 100 acres each 6th Con 1 to 14 ine do 15, 182; 16, 139; 17, 103; 18, 67; 19,33. 7th Con 1 to 19 iue about 100 acres each, 20, 95; 8th Con | to 20 ine do 21, 158; 22, 122; 23, 86; 24, 65 9th Con I to 25 ine about 100 acres each 10th Con1 to 25 ine do 26, 178; 27, 143; 28, 107; 29, '71; 30, 35 11th Con 1 to 30 inc about 100 acres each 12th Con 1 to 30 ine do 31, 199; 32, 163; 33, 128; 34, 92; 35, 48 TOWNSHIP OF HOWICK. 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CONSTITUTION OF THE (Provimelian WUroni@emae Arricue I, We, the undersigned, associate for the purpose of carrying out the following Pledge :-- BELIEVING in the necessity of measures to further pro- mote Literature, General Intelligence, Active Benevolence, the Principles of Universal Freedom, and a British Union, not based on complexional considerations, and in the im- perative duty now resting npon us to thwart the plans now maturing to array one class of Her Maiesty's subjects against another, and increasing'class on the grounds of the complexional characteristics and origin of the latter, we pledge ourselves to do all in our power in our associated capacity, as members of this Union, and in our private capacity. as Citizens,--Ist: To promote a healthy harmony and to diffuse a loyal spirit among those of Her Majesty's subjects with whom we may associate or come in contact. 2nd. 'To encourage and support a Press, or those Presses, in Canada, which will stand on the watch-tower to notify the citizens of this country against the unjust imputations, reflections and designs of many inthe United States and this country, who would carve ouf®a policy for emigrants, formerly bond, and free, different from white emigrants who may and do settle herein, by counselling the former to be a " good peasantry" for the latter, as their highest ambi- tion; or to aggregate themselves into exclusive communities or to look upon the West Indies as the home for the mass, in preference to the free soil of Canada ; thereby promul- gating the dangerous doctrine that God's children of diffe- rent complexions, cannot live together under the British Lion in British America, unless those of darker hue, become " hewers of wood and drawers of water' to those of white complexion. 38rd. To do all in our power to re- move the stain of Slavery from the face of the earth, and 'particularly, as subjects of Great Britain, to check its pro- gress in America by all legitimate means; and 5th. To en- courage the rising generation in literary, scientific, and mechanical efforts. 6th. As a nucleus of operations, to support the " Povincial Freeman," as our organ, so long as itmay be found to advocate sound principles, and 'to use our ability to promote objests in connexion with it, to further honest endeavours in this direction, Art. Il.--For the better Success of the above measures, the Parent Society shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, Recording and Corresponding Secretaries, Treasurer, and a Committee as extensive as the number of signa- tures to the Pledge. Arr. IIf:--The annual fee of each male mem- ber shall be 2s. 6d. cur'y. ) _ Arv. TV.--The Female Members shall organ- ize a Committee with a Moderator, Secretary and Treasurer; and the annual contribution tor each member, shall be 1s. 3d. Arv. V.--The object of the Ladies' Committee shall be to prepare articles for an Annual Fair, to be held in Toronto, Hamilton, London, Chatham, and other large cities and towns, at which auxiliaries may be formed; also, to devise other measures for promoting the spectfie object ; namely, the support of the people's organ, the Provincial Freenvan. ' _ Agr. VI.--Auxiliary Societies may be formed in each town, city, or village, in which parties may be found to take as their basis the Constitu- tion of this Society, provided that they, at their option, make such local arrangements as the peculiarities of the case require. Arr. VIL--The officers of the Society shall be elected annually, and at each annual. meeting, one or more persons shall be empowered to assist |in forming auxiliaries, and in whatever way the interests of the Society may demand, Arr. VIII.--The Ladies' Committee shall /meet every Monday evening, for the purpose of | making up articles, useful and elegant; and to them shall be entrusted the details of their plans. Arr. IX.--A monthly meeting of members, both male and female shall be assembled for the purpose of promoting the literary objects specfied, by recitations of original pieces, reading, debates, & Twice inthe year, at the semi-annual and annual meetings, parties shall be solicited to ad- dress the Society. Arr. X.--This Constitution can be altered at the Annual Meeting, by a vote ofa majority of members present and the addition of the votes from peach auxiliary society, through delegates from the same, provided, that at whatever place the: } Annual lair may be held, the Annual Meeting. / ' with other labour. ' PLAN OF THE AMERICAN IN- DUSTRIAL SCHOOL. ee The undersigned, the Committee on Manual Labour School, appointed by the National Coun--- cil of the Colored People, in offering a plan for, the organization of the School, beg leave to state: Ist. That the location of the school, which is to be within one hundred miles of the town of Erie, Pennsylvania, will be selected as soon as three thousand dollars are paid in; the school building and work shop will be commenced as soon as ten thousand dollars are paid in; and the school commenced as soon as fifteen thousand dollars are paid in; and that in no ease willa contract be made beyond the sum of money ac- tually paid in. The site of the school will be at least two hundred acres of land, one hundred and fifty of which shall for ever be used as a farm for agricultural instruction. 2nd. In accordance with a vote of the Roches- ter Convention, the teachers are to be selected for, and pupils admitted into the school without ref- erence to sex or complexion. 3rd. Special provision will be made to make this, from the beginning, an industrial school for females as well as males; a prominent principle of conduct willbe to aid in providing tor the female sex, methods and means of enjoying an independent and honorable livelihood. Freperick Doueuass, ) Joun D. Peck, | Committee Amos G. Beman, on Manwal Joun Jones, f Labour School. J.D. Bonner, J. McCune Smirx, J 1. The title shall be " THe American INDUS- TRIAL SCHOOL." 2. The foundation fund shall be thirty thou- sand dollars. 3. Twenty thousand dollars shall be in stock of 2000 shares, atten dollars per share. 4, Ten thousand dollars shall be in donations to be solicited from the friends of the cause. 5. The shares shall be payable, ten per cent. at the time of subscribing, and ten per cent, every first day of July, October, January and April thereafter, until the whole is paid. 6. The School shall be organized and con- ducted entirely by a board of fifteen trustees. 7. Six of these Trustees shall be the Commit- tee on Manuel Labour School, appointed by the National Council of the People of Color; and nine of the trustees shall be elected by the Stock- holders when three thousand dollars shall have been paid in by them, (the stockholders,) and an- nually thereafter. Each share of Stock shall count as one vote at all such elections. And stockholders may vote by proxy, on affidavit made and acknowledged before a Commissioner of Deeds. a. For every branch of Literature taught, there shall be one branch of handicraft also taught in the School, ' b. Each pupil shall occupy one half his time when at School, in work at some handicraft, or on the farm. c. The handicrafts shall be such that their pro- ducts will be articles saleable for cash, or money's worth, ata market within easy access from the School. 8. In organizing the school, the following regulations shall be strictly enforced: The agent appointed by the Committee, F'red- erick Douglass, Esq., shall be empowered to receive donations and take subscriptions for stock, giving a receipt for the latter, signed by himself and Rev. Amos G. Beman, the Secretary of the Committee. As soon as, and as often as the Agent aforesaid shal] receive two hundred and fifty dollars, either in subscriptions or donations, he shall pay the same over to the Treasurer, John Jones, Esq., ot Chicago, who shall deposit the same forthwith in the Bank of America, Chicago, Illinois: the Treasurer aforesaid, as soon as he shall receive one thousand dollars, and for every thousand dollars thereafter, shall give bonds with two sureties to the President and Secretary of the National Council of Colored People, for double the amounts aforesaid.. For his services, the Agents shall receive five per cent, on all stock instalments paid in by him, and ten per cent, on all donations above two hundred dollars paid in by or through him. 10. The members of the Commitee on Manual Labor School shal! also be empowered to receive donations for the same; and they shall transmit all said donations to the Treasurer, by draft, within ten days after receiving thesame. They shall also be entitled to five per cent, on all such donations paid in by him. 11. The Treasurer shall publish at least once a fortnight a list of all the donations and subscrip- tions of stock received by him; and:shall trans- mit to each donor or stockholder, a copy of the paper, (Fredrick Douglass' Paper or Aliened American,) which shall contain acknewledgment of their gift or subscription. 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 Ringold Ward, who has been delegated by the 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 much 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 into 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 a very 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 terms. In no instance within 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 io 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 wpon it, to supply the more immediate and pressing demands of the Fugitives on their arrival, and until they have svificiently 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 um- provement and elevation.of these negro refugees, because of the influence, direct and reflex, which would thereby be brought to bear upon American Slavery.. The black settlers of Canada are nearly all of them fugitives from slavery.: Their.im- provement would be a triumphant rebuke to those who once held them as chattles, and to those who hold that the. slave requires to be prepared for freedom; for they would exhibit the spectacle of a people just escaped from the galling yoke com- peting as free men, successfully and honourably Canada some of the prejudices against colour, i - 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 prejudice 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 to live and to advance under the same government and upon terms of political and social equality with the Anglo-Saxon raise, or any other of the one great humrn family. At a large and respectable meeting held in Free- mason's Hall the Right Hon. the Earl of Shat- tesbury 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 temporary aid immediately upon their arrival in that Colony.--it was proposed by the Rev. C. B Grispie, of St. Paul's East Smithfield, and secconded by the Rev, THomas James, Secretary to the Colonial Missionary Society, and adopted: " That having heard the statement of the Rev. Samurt Rincorp Warp, respecting the destitu- tion of the Fugitive Slaves on thier arrival in Canada afterfaffecting their escape from the United States; and, teeling 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 itself to promote it; and that for carrying out of the same the following Gentlemen be the Officers a PRESIDENT, THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY. TREASURER. GEORGE WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Esq. HON. SECRETARIES. REV. JAMES SHERMAN, AND SAMUEL HORMAN-FISHER, Esa. COMMITTEE. "APSLEY PELLATT, ESQ., M.P., G. F. WHITE, ESQ., REV. T. JAMES, REV. J. C. GALLAWAY, A. M., JAMES SPICER, BINNEY, ROBERT FORSTER, ESQ., E, N. FOWLER, ESQ., JOSEPH SOUL, ESQ.. L. A. CHAMEROVZOW, ESQ., W. JONES, ESQ., J. TALBOT TYLER, ESQ. It was moved by the Rev. J. Wemberley, Rec- tor of Dorrington, seconded by the Rev. George Wilkins, and adopted :- "That the best thanks of this Meeting be pre- sented to the Earl of Shaftesbury, for his kinéness in presiding on the present occasion." The following contributions have been already received :-- George, Esther, Samuel and Thomas £ s. Sturge, - - ~ =o Samuel Sturge, Esq., and Friends = - Miss Portal, - - - - 20 Miss Sophia Portal - Bigs His Grace the Duke of Sutherland Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland His Grace the Duke of Argyle - The Most Noble the Marchioness of Kildare - - - - 5 The Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury 10 The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby 10 The Right Hon. the Earl Waldegrave 2 The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P. 10 Sir Edward North Buxton, Bart. 10 The Viscount Ebrington, M.P. I The Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P. 2 -The Lord Mayor of London, M. P. 5 The Lord Calthorpe -_ - : 10 Dowager Lady Gray - - - 2 Lady Acland - - - - - 5 Lady Macdonald - 2 ge Ter 25 James Spicer, Esq., - oes = nO) S. Ewing, Esq., , - - - 10 James Cunliffe, Esq., - - 10 10 10 James Cunliffe, Esq. - - James Spicer, Esq. - - Samuel Morley, Esq: Samuel Mor- ley, Esq., George Hitchcock, Esq: J.T. Barry, Esq : Joseph Starge, Esq; R. C. L. Bevan, Esq: J. G, - Barclay, Esq: W. Baxter, Esq.: John Cropper, Esq: Edw. Crop- per, Esq., Geo. Hitchcock, Esq : ee - Seoecrcroococomcogcoooococo foams em) (erxo) eam) (cu)ijema) (>) Soeoeocooceocoscoococoocso cocooooo® ' Joseph Sturge, Esq: each - - 10 0 0 Ladies' Emancipation Soc'y, Edinburgh 5 0 0 . Ditto ditto Dundee © 10 0 0 G. F. White, Esq.,and Family --- Haid. 0 Charles Buxton, Esq: Mr. Alderman Messrs. J. & D. Campbell; E. Viney, Esq: S. M. Peto, Esq. M.P.: each - - - SNS 107 £0 Rev JamesSherman; H. Spicer, Esq W.R. Spicer, Esq; S. Horman- Fisher, Esq; Ernest Bunsen, Esq R. Forster, Esq; Mr. J. Fitzge- rald; Messrs Clarke, Beeton & Co; J. Cheetham, Esq, MP; Mrs. Casterton ; C Nisbet, Esq; 'T. Waterman, Esq; D. Beeman, Kisq; Joseph Tritton, Esq; Ed- ward Edwards, Esq; Jacob Post, Esq; W. Flanders, 'Esq; Wil- liam Edwards, Esq; Miss Jane Grant; J. Brown, Esq; R. N. Fowler, Esq; F W.Cobb, Esq ; Joseph Cooper, Esq; W. Janson, Esq; Sir E. Armitage; J. T. Barry, Esq, Provost Beverage, Clarke, Beeton, & Co.; The Misses Baxter; John Fitzgerald, Iisq; 8. Fletcher, Esq; J. T. Fos- ter, Esq: James Dunn, Esq: J. Cheetham, Esq, MP: 8. Harmon- Fisher, Esq: Miss Hulme: J. Nisbet, Esq: C. Makins, Esq: Philip Sewell, Esq: Messrs Geo. Smith and Sons; Mrs. Wright, Liverpool, her Lady scholars: James Sidebottom, Esq; each - 5 Mollison; J. Dunlop, Esq; E. Baxter, Esq; Miss Copley, each William Crossfield, Esq, - J. Kershaw, Esq., M. P. - J. Young, Esq., - - < Rev Thomas Binney ; A. Pellatt, Esq, MP; J. Gray, Esq; Rice Hop- kins, Esq; .James Dawson, Esq; W. Churchill, Esq; Rev Tho- mas James; Messrs McIntosh & Gordon ; Sir James Anderson, C. Anderson, Esq; J.D. Bryce, Esq; W. Bickham, Esq; John Cassell, Esq; Alexander Hastie, Esq, M. P.; G. Hall, Esq; Two Friends, per Mr. T. Tyle; W. R. Paton, Esq; F. Rayner, Esq; Apsley Pellatt, Esq, MP; Messrs McIntosh and Gordon; Messrs. A. and J. McKeand; John Me- Duall, Esq.; Mrs. Thompson, Messrs J. and S. Sheldon; W. Woodward, Esq ; Messrs. S. and. J. Watts, each - - : Sundry small sums. S - e C. L. Braithwaite, Esq. - - G. Putley, Esq. --- - - = J. B. Lillingten, Esq.;. G. 'T.; Dr. Proudfoot; T. G.; W. C. Shaw, jun., Esq.; Mr. W. Purvis; T. G. Stapleton, Esq.; -- Wilcocks, Esq., each - - - - J. T. Tyler, Esq.; Mr.S. Berry ; Mrs. W. Cook; Mr. Smithers; Rev. J. Hamilton, D.'D.; Sir George Goodman, M.P.; Sir James K, Shuttleworth; E. Ball, Esq. M.P.; C. Hindley, Esq., M.P.; J. Talbot Tyler, Esq., (2nd donation),; Rev. W. Brock; Mr. Hunter; Mr. E. Hall; W. Cook, Esq., M.D.; Rey. George Smith; A. Living- ston, Esq. ; Rev. George Clayton ; Mr, Geldart; Z. Arniitage, Esq. : Wilson Armistead, Esq.; Hugh Browne, Esq.; E. Lewis, Esq. ; G. Beaumont, Esq.; Anonymous ; J. Bain, Esq.; Mrs. Faulkener; Mr, Thomas Burley; J. Wigham, Esq.; Mr. Bignole; KE. Ball, Esq., M.P.; Mr. Crofton; A Friend; W. Duncan, Esq.; H, Christian, Eisq.; Samuel Brooks, Esq.; The Misses Bridge; J. Sturge, Esq. ; Francis Fynlayson, Esq.; Isaac Hudson, jun., Esq. C. Hindley, Esg., M. P.;' J. Goodwin, Esq.; -- Johnson, Esq.; A Friend, per "Mr, Sawyes; Mr. Inglis; HL; Dr. Roberton ; Mr. Russell; Mr, Smithers; J. Playfair, Esq. W. Nickson, Esq.; R. A. Macfie, Esq.; Rev. -- McCullen; J. B. Tod, Oo ee) M S ww We -- nw oo aco OS bond eet eet OD Oe aoceo ? I'urther, as there exist in| Ksq.; J. Unitt, Esq; W. Schole- field, Esq; H. Sheldon, Esq.; _ Messrs. D. and J. Smith; Miss 'Taylor ; Frederick Tuckett, Esq.; W.. Turher,. Esq. each . -.. ~ Small Sums, -' at es eS 1. 6 017 ee and Committee, with power to add to their number ESQ., REV. GEORGE SMITH, REV. THOS. 0. Gt Mr. Thomas Alexander; Mr. Jack- son; Mr. Johnsen; Mrs. Cross- field ; Messrs Fletcher and 'Tubbs, Mr. B. Wilson; Mrs. Delwyn; Mrs Spittae, aca 'y = = = Collection at Islington -_ - Collection at Freemasons' Hall - 12 0 Collection at Brighton wo ee ee AGEL Collection at Cavendish Chapel, eee 010 { 714 'ate - - = & 1h Collection at Lewes, - a ga 2 ee: 3G of Sandwich, - 6 0 G ws Seaford, - =~ 0 s Kimbolton, - 3 3 44 as Manchester, - - 14 18 43 ve Pendleton, ~ 19 op 0 x Hull, - - = Op xe! ie Birmingham, - tas 2 6 . Ashton-under-Lyne, - 4 4 0 Birkenhead, - eee = Liverpool, - - 2613 0 & Glasgow, - - 10 0 0 a Ditto, - - = 13° 0:.6 Be Ditto, - - 216 4 if Free Church, Rutherglen, 14 12 10 sf Upper Clapton, = 21 0b: 02 Stroud, - - 3 3 03 i Dalkeith, - e028 6 Ryae, - ee ee BG! o Rev: I/B. Brown's, ~ = *2--9 277 és Edinburgh, | - 13° 00 : Dunferlime,. - = 119 Dundee, - - Sh kek 7 g Montrose, - - 5 6 63 ui Kendal, -- - - 17 0 43 s Stowmarket, - - 816 9 " Dr. Roxburgh's Church, i 50 0.0 Glasgow, - "Advertisements. Great Western Railway, FROM WINDSOR TO NIAGARA FALLS. ALTERATION OF TRAINS. N and after MONDAY, the 11th Sept., 1854, Trains will run as follows: GOING EAST. Mail Train. Leaves London nm aes say a.m eparture - - : ce geal } duiyais 4 OOS "Hamilton at ~ ie rae 10.0008 Arrives at Suspension Bridge,N.F. 1,00 p.m. Day Express, : Leaves Windsor at ~-, 37 - 745am ** London at - - = 150. 'Hamilton at - - - 3.00pm Arrives atSuspension Bridge, N. F. 4.45 ' . Night Express, Leaves Windsor at +) Se = 26.00 pan, "« London at - ee SoBe "Hamilton at - - - 205 a.m. Arrives at Suspension Bridge (N. F.) 3.50 a.m. A Passenger Car will be attached to Freight trains leaving Windsor at 2.30 P. M., London for Hamiiton at 4.00 P.M., and Hamilton for Suspension Bridge at 4.00 P. M. GOING WEST. Day Express. Leaves Suspension Bridge (N. F.) 10.30 a.m. ". Hamilton at " - - 12.20 p.m « London at - - = 3.30 2 Arrives at Windsor - - = ao Mail Train, Leaves Suspensicn Bridge (N.F.) 2.00 " «Gate Departure a ee Abe aa Arrival - - = 550.6 «Hamilton at - - = Met Arrives at London - - = oo Night Kxpress, Leaves Suspension Bridge (N. F.) at 11.00 p.m. "sElamilton. at, => - - 1.00 p.m. " London at .- - =f 4p) Arrives at Windsor - - Be tS) eee A Passenger Car will be attached to the Freight Train, leaving the Suspension Bridge, (N. Falls) for Hamilton, at 7.00 a:m.; Hamilton for London at 8.00 a.m., and London for Windsor at 7.05 a. m. Passengers to and from Galt will change cars at Fairchild's Creek. ; The above Trains run in direct connection with Trains on the New York Central, N. Falls, Canandaigua, Elmira, New York and Erie and Michigan Central Railroad. Through Tickets 'may be obtained at Hamilton, Windsor, or De- troit, for New York. Passenger Cars will be attached to these Freight Trains as above, stopping at the inter- mediate Stations for the convenience of the public, and every endeavour will be used to run them to the times above stated, but it is impossible to insure the Time being always accurately ad- hered to, © C.J. BRYDGES. Managing Director. Great Western Railway Office, Hamilton, Sept. 6, 1854. 21 1854.] Spring Arrangement. [1854. _--e Quickest and Cheapest Route z FOR NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND OTHER ATLANTIC CITIES, Burrato, RocHESTER, ALBANY, ' AND THE WESTERN STATES, CARRYING THE MAILS. - The Steamer ' PEERLESS," commencing on the 25th inst., leaves at 73, a.m., from Yonge Street Wharf, for NIAGARA, QUEENSTON, and LEWISTON, connecting with the under- mentioned Lines, as noted: At Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge with the New York Central Railroad, passing through Rochester and Albany, and arriving at New York at 9 o'clock next morning. : At the Falls, with the Buffalo R. R., arriving in Buffalo at 3 o'clock. At Buffalo, with the Steamers guing west, also with the Railroads running west. Through Tickets to the above places can be procured at the Office of the New York Central R.R. R. ARNOLD, Agent, a few doors East of the American Hotel, or of the Purser on board the Boat. J.B. GORDON, Accent, Toronto § Niagara Steamers. Toronto, March, 1854. THE CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL, $200,000. HUGH C. BAKER, Esgq., President. JOHN YOUNG, Esq., Vice-President. SSURANCES may be effected in this Company on single or joint lives, or on the contingency of one life surviving another ; for the whole term of life, or for-a limited poriod; by a single payment, or a limited number of pay- ments; or annual payments only ceasing at death; to secure a sum at any given age, or at death, should death oceur before the attainment of that age. Endowments for children, imme- diate or deferred annuities, and generally any transaction codtingent on the value and duration of life, may be effected in this Company. Among the advantages offered by this, the only Life Assurance Company ever established in British North America, may be enumerated mo- derate rates and small expenditures ; local manage- ment and speedy settlement of claams ; liberal condt- tions, especially in reference to lapsed policies, Prospectuses, forms of proposal, and full in- formation as to the prosperous condition of the Company, mav be had from SAMUEL S. MACDONELL, 2 Agent. D. Cuarues A. Coscrain, for Sandwich and Windsor, Medical Referee. Information Wanted, HE Subscriber, with his wife, Mrs. Emaline Hall, desires to hear from her brother, WILLIAM BUCK, from near Clarksville, 'Tennessee. 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