LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. "8 [nz ; SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. ] os be - J ne VIENN. CONFERENCES. Tuesday. --_The Russian instruc- -arrived : they came yesterday. It d that they oppose all limitation of the Russian naval force in the Black Sea. 'The Plenipotentiaries met this day at one o'clock for the 10th time. ene hour and a-balf. The discussion» on the ' third point was left open ; there is, as yet, no decided solution. The next day's sitting is not fixed. ~ 'Bhes probabilities. of a peace have diminish- ed, and the pce taken up by Austria is Jess decided. on Jatest letters, eo tlie 14th, all toncur in as sighing: that the Eastern question is not pro- mS ares favourably. _ The representatives of Engla France, and Austria confer daily, - but they have not been able to come to an understanding, and are.not very likely to do If there be little danger of a serious mis- 3 understanding -- between Anstria and the 'estern Powers, it does not admit of a doubt : "that ; a very great difference of opinion at pre- sent prevails on the Black Sea question. The ern Powers and Turkey agree in think- at the only effectual way of putting an o the preponderance of Russia-in the Sea would be to declare it neutral, and t nish all'vessels of war from its waters. astria does not take the same view of things, nd displays great anxiety io save the honor of Russia, or rather to prevent the Emperor Alexander being humiliated in the eyes of his subjects. _ Lord John Russell has resolved to leave Land mon Friday next, the 20th, instant, for y " ML rou y de es will probably leave on the same day. Despatches from Berlin announce that Rus- sia proposes a renewal of the Treaty of 1841, _ and a separate Treaty with Turkey, limiting the ships of war in the Black Sea, each nation to have an equal number, the European Pow- ers ra -anteeing this engagement. tba Affairs in the East. All wee of Peace, we regret to say, are now atan end. The defivite instructions of the E:nperor Alexander have arrived, although their character has not yet transpired . No doubt, however, seems to be entertained, that they wilt: be adverse to Peace; and that in consequence the Congress will break up. It seetns Points One, Two, and Four, might possibly be got over, but the Third is intoler- able totne pride of Empire ; and concession, even tothe very moderate extent of the de- mands of the Ambassadors of the Western Powers, would be deemed a humiliation which is not to be endured. Add to this the fact, that 'he die is cast in the Crimea. The re- ports of this morning are to the effect that sir Jonn Burgoyne, a few days ago, left for Vienna, with a view to confer with Lord John Russell; and, according to the Corres- pondent of the Zumes, it was believed his opinions would be of a disheartening charac- ter. It was then stated, on the 2nd instant, that a wish extensively prevailed among the soldiers for Peace; and such a wish is, of _course, bu: a sorry preparation for the renewal of the campaign, and especially for the despe- rate enterprise of bombarding and assaulting Sebastopol. Seven days after, however, the bombardment actually commencea ; and there is no douut that this circumstance will minis- ier cxcitement sufficient to revive drooping 'spirits and to prepare tie troops for the fearful events which are now impending. The result of the bombardment none can foresee ; but there will be something decisive, either pros- perous or adverse, and anend will be put to the long and wasteful sitting before the walls of that grvat citadel. T here is no probability of any decisive operations i in the country where the various Russian armies are now placed until the result of the bombardment shall have been ascertained. _ The intelligence from Paris this morning is to the effect, that the Emperor will forthwith proceed tothe Crimea. It appears everything in Marseilles is in readiness, and that three hours' notice will be sufficient. 'Phere seems a probability of this event ; in Paris, indeed, itis generally believed, and it begins to be ex- tensively desired, as a step by which new life will be imparted to the French Army in the Hast. If.such. shall be the fact, his previous advent to England, and the extraordinary de- monstratious there made in his favor, will be a circumstance of great importance, and con- stitute the best possible preparation for the Imoerial visit. What is now transpiring in our midst will not be without its effect in Vienna, and also in Berlin. It seems, never- theless, now certain that, after all, Austria will prove but a broken reed. Hopes were entertained concerning her for some time past; but. 'the cautions of Kossuth, and the warning of many others, appear to have been but too, well founded. Her heart was not in the work ; and now she breaks off on the Third Point, considering that the Western Powers, on the part of Turkey, demand too much. This isa serious circumstance, and materially alters the "aspect of affairs. We are just about where we were six months ago, and the cheering hopes lately entertained have passed away. lt was considered, that the stand taken by Austria would operate favourably in t e mat- ter of Peace; it has pot done so. We are 'once more thrown upon our own resources, and have only to look to Providence, who alone can bring deliverance .-- British Banner. The Sultan s Firman against Slavery. The plowing' is the firman lately addres- sed by the Sultan to Mustapha Pacha, General-in-Chief of the Imperial army of Batoum, interdicting the commerce of slaves inthe Black Sea :-- " Man is the most noble of all the crea- tures formed by the hand of God, who des- tined him to be happy in making him free- born ; but, contrary to that decision, the Circassians indulge in the strange habit of selling their ehildren from each other, in order : to sell them like animals or articles of furniture. These' proceedings, incompatible with the dignity of man, and. contrary to the will of the sovereion Creator, are altogether reprehensible, and" uo condenin them absolute- hy. "Wherefore I have just given orders that, to prevent that state of "things from being continued, counsels and Mirections should be given to the Cireassians, and at the same time proper measures be. adopted to prevent the embarkation of slaves on the coast ; and in order that this decision be kdewn to all the civil and military authorities in these districts, the pre-present firman has been rendered expressly by my imperial divan. Wherefore, a vizir being thus in- formed of what I ifeSire: you will proceed with that zeal and high intelligence which -- Uisthguish you, to m: eee cub WA my sove- reign etl te ike Circassians and all' others concerned, by "publishing it in the most de- tailed manner. You will do all that your pc and experience will suggest to you He an end to that traffic, and to prevent. passage and embarkation of slaves in the mies under your command ; and besides, : urgent to punish all who contravene these orders, and are guilty of selling their | children 'Or relatives, or the children or rela- f others, you will not lose sight of} in fine, | i wi sey ects atten |e 2G 4eG Gi ABTS gs Lim The sitting lasted |~ Beers - tion to do every thing indicated above, and you will show full respect to the noble.cipher with which the present document is adorned. Given in the second decade of the month of Mouharrem, 1271 (beginning of seu 1854."') Fighting with the Austrians in the Principalities, A private latter gives an account of the trouble in Krajood, already announced by telegraph. An Austrian officer, on the 11th March, saw ata window a lady, whose beauty at- tracted him, and he forthwith entered the house and demanded admittance to her apartment. The lady called for assistance to expel the intruder. Her husband came and addressed the Austrian, but too civilly: " What do you want here? I do not know "you. You are not billited in my house, "and the lady you are insulting is my wife." Without a word, the Austrian drew his sword, and stabbed the husband to the heart. Much excitement ensued. Some of the bystanders went to lodge a formal complaint with the Police, --others sent intelligence to the Turkish Commandant at Kalafat, who lost no time in sending to Krajovaa batta- lion of infantry, and a squadron of cavalry and artillery. A erowd proceeded to the Austrian General to demand the arrest of the offender. The General's reply was brief, but to the point:--" Go to the devil! « | won't punish my soldiers, for such a fel- "Jow as you!" This brutal reply roused the indignation of the people. All the stores were ¢ losed, and the citizens assembled in the streets, crying "death to the Austrians! "they are but one against four! We won't "submit to be skughtered like the people 'of Bucharest!" A general riot ensued, and the citizens, armed with sticks, irion bars and axes, at- tacked and put to death every Austrian they met. The Austrians, on their side, turned out and attacked the people, killing forty persons in the first charge. At this june- ture the national gens d'armes, and the Roman soldiers attacked the Austrians, and, after a fierce fight, drove them at the point of the bayonet out of the city, where they yet remain encamped in the fields, Official statements return 247 killed, on both sides. The excitement continues, and the citizens have not reopened their stores. They de- mand justice, and are about to send a depu- tation to Constantinople to seek it from the Sultan, ------ ee <a Turkey THE Wisrst or THEM ALL.-- Speaking of the instructions of the Vienna Conference, the Liverpool Journal says :-- gs Turkey, that power we are defending, is turning up the only sensible party in all the diplomacy. The Turkish note to the Turk- ish envoy at Vienna [obtained surreptitious- ly, of course, and very inconveniently pub- lished] is a master-piece of common sense and discretion; and were there no other evi- dence at hand, would sufficiently indicate the hopelessness of the sham at Vienna. The Turks decline having' their inter- ests chattered away at Vienna by the old 'gentlemen, severally applied by the so-cailed protecting states; and, knowing their rights and their chances, are resolved to fight it out with Russia. Tn this way the only glory won has been by the Turks--and in diplomacy, they are evidencing a capacity utterly bewildering to our servile Palmer- ston and Russell. The 'fact. is, that the Crimea has quite exploded the Franks' pre- tention to superiority; and the notion the Turkish gentleman now has of the English- man is, that he isa wealthy fool. What may support the idea is the suspicion among Englishmen that, on the whole, perhaps the Mahomedan is not altogether wrong. Suyeutar Accipent.--During the cere- mony of crowning Alexander IL' of Russia, and while the oaths of fidelity were being taken, the Great Bell of the Kremlin, which was. being tolled on the occasion, fell, and crushed nearly 100 persons to death. The circumstance was regarded as fearfnlly ominous. STRIKE oF THE CouLimers at Wiean.-- Two or three weeks ago, the members of the Wigan Coal Proprietors' Association met together, and resolved to reduce the wages of the colliers in their employment to the extent of 10 per cent., and also to work their mines eight days a fortnight in- stead of twelve days. Asthe men are paid once in two weeks, a fortnight's notice was given them of the contemplated reduction of wages and the lessening of the hours of labor ; and that notice bas now expired at nearly all the pits in the district. The whole body of the coal miners are in an unsettled state, and the men in the employment of the Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Company, most of those employed by the Moss Hall Coal Company, and all who worked in the Pigeon Pit, belong- and the Hosier House Pit, belonging to Mr. Thomas Gidlow, have struck work. The total number of persons, colliers and drawers, who are thus thrown intoa state of idleness, will probably be nearly 1,500. ----Manchester Lxaminer. United States. OOP LLLQLQLOOODOOmO--mm----n----"™=--, The Black Siddons." Mrs. Webb, the lady we have before spo- ken of as making her debut in dramatic read- ings, read to a large and highly intelligent audience, on Thursday evening of last week, under the above non de plume. Among those present we noticed many of the histrionic profession, and some of the best teachers and critics of elocution in America. If she is not thoroughly criticised, it will not be for the want of the presence of those who are abundantly able to preform that task. Fler appearance is extremely graceful and prepossessing, and being of a color that. will vary but little from that of a native Mexican girl, the disagreeable prejudice of mere com- plexion can, of course, proceed but a very little way before being checked by the fact that the Anglo- -Saxon predominates and has, true to its aggressive character, obliterated the African feature and hue to such a degree | that we see before us little more than a deep brunette, so that the name black Siddons is a misnomer in the case except, for those whose moral vision is so oblique as to see no Shades in the racé against which the north- ern portion of this country seems to have an unconquerable prejudice. But the evident 'auditors to forget the tinge of prescribed blood. "Her first performance was that of reading the well-known and _ soul-stirring piece, "The Manize" "We consider the sit- 'ting position which she retained during this 3 seems : ie Ae ME 8 ined inns © Es 2 ing to the Karl of Crawford and Balcarres, talent of Mrs. Webb will compel her |,of others) to lose Lucy Strong, and certainly piece, as well as the commencement of the Hungarian leader, was killed a few days exercises with it, act aeertna te to require more" than anything read during the evening, a standing position, and much more passion than was shown in its reading. It is a piece which requires action to a de- eree that would exhaust a delicate woman like Mrs. Webb, beyond the power of follow- ing it by half a dozen other pieces requiring energy and action. It would have been a very fine reading for a drawing room, but was too tame for a public audience. We do not mean by this that it was far beyond the reading of most performers, even - on the stage, for it excels the majority. The next piece was Act 3rd, Scene Ist, of the School for Scandal. It is in the reat dramatic reading that Mrs. Webb excels. While we have never heard the scene be- tween Sir Peter and Lady Teazle, better read on the stage or off, we have often heard it rendered much worse. We have a disinct recollection of hearing Miss Kimberly read it in an eastern city ; and. must, so far as we are capable of judging, give the 'preference to Mrs. Webb. We much mistake if a Bos- ton audience will not generally do the same. Her Romeo and Juliet was well read, but did not equal the scenes from School for Scandal. It might, however, be set down as a creditable performance, even for the best trained and best educated reader of our times. The scene from Fazio was most admira- bly read, and elicited much applause. 'The last Piece of part first, was, " Irish Ececen- tricities." Chis was no more than fairly done: she did not seem to appreciate the true Irish character or brogue sufficiently to give it the comical effect of which it was susceptible. Her second part was read standing, and commenced with another scene from " School for Scandal," which was admirably done, not often excelled by actors or readers. The same remark will apply to the scene from " Twelfth Night." In fact, she ex- celled in all the dramatic pieces proper. The scene from the" Fire Worshippers," of Lalla Rookh did not strike as so well done as most of the others, although it would be but Justice to say that some of our best critics pronounce it most excellently rendered. It seemed to us to Jack passion and action. The general correctness of emphasis, could not be questioned. Her French piece was oo done, and, her " Negro Eccen- tricities" were so near perfection that our mind was carried back to our native State, where we had heard and seen the genuine "darkies" of the South act naturally, that which Mrs. Webb had acquired by practice and study. We could fairly see the char- acters represented by her. As a whole, taking into account the op- portunities she must have had, the obstacles she has encountered, we must pronounce this one of the most remarkably debuts of the Quaker City. We venture to say that none of the best readers that have been known to the American public, made a better impres- sion than Mrs. Webb, and won more honor at the ouset ; had more reason to hope for a name that shall stand high among this class of Artists, notwithstanding the prejudice, op- position, envy and jealousy she will have to encounter. We understand she will read in some of the principle cities of New England. We bespeak for her that hearing which her talents deserve, and that will be the largest success.-- Woman's Advocate. Marriage of Lucy Stone under Protest. T. W. Higginson sends to the Worcester Spy the following : It was my privilege to celebrate May-Day by officiating at a wedding, in a farm-house among the hills of West Brookfield. The bridegroom was a man of tried worth, a lead- er in the Western Anti-Slavery movement ; and the bride was one whose fair fame is known throughout the nation--one whose rare intellectual qualities are excelled by the private beauty of her heart and life. IT never perform the marriage ceremony without a renewed sense of the iniquity of our present system of laws, in respect to mar- riage ;--a system by which 'man and wife are one, and that one is the husband.' It was with my hearty concurrence, therefore, that the following protest was read and signed, as a part of the nuptial ceremony, and I send it to vou, that others may be induced to do like- wise. © PROTEST. While we acknowledge our mutual affec- tion, by publicly assuming the sacred rela- tionship of husband and wife, yet in justice to ourselves and a great principle, we deem it a duty to declare that this act on our part im- plies no sanction of, nor promise of voluntary obedience to, such of the present laws of mar- | riage, as refuse to recognise the wife as an independent rational] being, while they confer upon the busband an injurious and unnatural superiority, investing him with legal powers which no honorable man would exercise, and which no man should possess. 'We protest especially against the laws oe give to the husband-- . The custody of his wife's person. 2 The exclusive control and guardianship of their children. 3. The sole ownership of her personal, and use of her real estate, unless previously set- tled upon her, or placed in the hands of trus- tees, as in ihe case of minors, lunatics and idiots. 4. The absolute right to the product of her industry. 5, Also against laws which give to the widower so much larger and more permanent an interest in the property of his deceased wife, than they give to the widow in that of her deceased husband. 6. Finally, against the whole system by which ' the legal existence of the wife is sus- pended during marriage, so that in most States she neither has a legal part in the choice of her residence, nor can she make a will, nor sue or be sued in her own name, nor inherit property. We believe that personal independence and equal human rights can never be forfeited, except for crime ; that marriage should be an equal and permanent partnership, and so re- cognized by law ; that until it is so recogni- zed, married partners should provide against the radical injustice of present laws, by every means in their power. We believe that where domestic difficulties arise, no appeal should be made tv legal tri- bunals under existing laws, but that al] diffi- culties should be submitted to the equitable adjustment of arbitrators mutually chosen. - Thus reverencing law, we enter our protest against rules and customs which are unworthy of, ,the name, since they violate justice, the essence of Law. (Signed,) HENRY B. BLACKWELL, LUCY STONE. We are very sorry (as will be a host no less glad to gain Lucy Buackweuv. Our most fervent benediction upon the heads of the parties thus united ! . A fables of Kossuth, the sate ato Tue Next pa a Herald pub- lishes a statement respecting the political. complexion of the next Congress, of which the following are the raalerial points:-- Twenty-one States have held their congres- sional elections. In the last House the administration had a majority of fitty-one among the members from those States. By the late elections this majority has vanished, and in its stead appears an opposition major- ity of ninety-eight,showing a loss to the ad- ministration of ene hundred and forty-nine. Seventy-four members are still to be elected, all from the South, except one or two to fill vacancies. All of these will go with the ad- ministration on the Nebraska question, but the opposition will still be in the majority. It follows that Northern men can have things theirown way in the next House--if they will, But probably ue won' t.--Ibid. SHocxine Arratr.-- We learn foi the Dixon Telegraph that on Sunday last, six -Jrishmen came to this place from Paolo sta- tion, on a hand car, purchased a keg of whiskey, and soon became very drunk. Nearly all day they were running the car o> Tae left for Paolo a few minutes before the down train at Freeport was due. About three miles from Dixon they met the train ina curve in the road--the locomotive being nearly upon them before it was discovered. Three of the men were sober enough to spring from the car and save themselves, the others were not. The car was shivered to splinters, one of the men killed instantly, another sutviving but a short time, and the third was very seriously injured.-- Chicago Democratic Press. AMERICAN Tract Socrzety.---The church at Farmington, Ct., (Rev Dr. Porter, pas- tor,) has adopted the following resolution among others, viz :-- «That the refusal of the American Tract Society to treat slavery as it does intemper- ance, gambling, and other gross immorrali- ties, or even as it does dancing, sleeping in church, and similar faults, it is grossly incon- sistent, and if persisted in, will justly forfeit the confidence and support of the Christian community.-- Exchange. _ We have, by way of St. Thomas, an ac- count of an alleged attempt at Revolution i in St. Domingo,-- Wesleyan. WOTICE, The Commtitee appointed to make inquiries relating to the Dawn Institute, are requested to meet at the house of Mr. T. Smallwood, York Street, on. Monday evening next, at half-past Seven o'clock. By order of the Chairman. PROVINCIAL FREEMAN. i maaan Nomen SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1855. DLP POOP Travelling Agents. Michigan--Rev. Elijah Burket. Indianopolis--Rev. William Douglass. These two gentlemen are at present our onLY Travelling Agents in the Western States. Loekl Agents. The following gentlemen are requested to act 'as Local Agents: . CANADA WEST. Brampton--Jesse Burke. 5 Rev. Hiram Wilson. St. Catharines J. W. Taylor. Paris--Thomas Keith. : George Miller. 2 le } Tora Cochrane. Viewna-- Moses Thompson, Dundas--Robert Brown. Lefroy---Z. HW. Martin. A. B. Jones. Leh } William Hamilton. Rey. H. J. Young. Jobn Lott. Cornelius Charity. Wardsor } Thomas Jones. Coleman Freeman. Brockwille--C. H. Coles. Amherstburgh } ae i ayer 7 Niagara Falls--Mrs. L. Patterson. Dresden--Dennis Hill. T. W. Stringer. George Shreve. Chatham Buxton } UNITED STATES. Mrs. C. M. Barnett. George W. Parker. Detroit, Michigan } eee wept ee Harrisburgh, Pa.--Thomas Brown. Pitisburgh, «Rev. William Webb. West Chester, Rev. John M. Brown. Logansport, Indiana } ifs Philadelphia, " William Still. Buffalo, N. Y.--Moses Burton. Brooklyn, " J. N. Still. Princeton, Ja.--John O. Butler. A.R.G Cincinnatti, Ohio i olin ¥. Gaines Cleaveland--R. H. Johnson. eR ED Printed for the Proprietors, at their Office, Adelaide Street, two doors East of Yonge Street, Toronto. PREPAID IOP LP PPI III III fc" Mr. Isaac D. Suan is authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and to give Receipts for the same; he will also act as Canvasser for Toronto and vicinty. ice Dr. Jesse Burxe is authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and to give Receipts for the same. ice Mr. Moses Viney 1s authorized to act as Agent for this paper in the State of New York. The letter of Mr. J. C. Brown, as will be seen, counsels the Committee to ask very many questions, though not any that are not pertinent and necessary, when proposed, as in this ease, only that the much needed light may be given, upon an Institution very evi- dently the fugitives'? property of right, (as the vote of Mr. Henson, given at the Drummondsville Convention clearly shows, and which we here insert). Resolved.--That the Dawn Institution belongs to the People of Colour in Canada generally. Vote taken, and stood as follows:-- Yeas, Messrs. Cannon, Smallwood, Ramsay, Freeman, Dunlop, Warren, J. Henson, J. 8S. Henson, Elmsley, Farris, Watson, Liles, Stringer, Coun- ter, Taylor, Russell--=16. Nay--none. Although objection may be made to the desultory and somewhat disconnected man- ner of the letter, still it is invaluable, as laying bare: the ugliness of a system that does more to retard the fugitives of Canada fin their' growth, than any other evil beset- ting them. The begging for fugitives abroad or at home, further than to meet the ordi- ape 4 in a coal pit not far from oa %e cay "hs g nary necessities of their share of the poor, jn common with otaer poor emigrants, &., back and forth over the road, ead finally . | have converted it io their own uses? is humbug, by whomsoever encouraged! ! Not only are we led to this irresistible con- clusion, while considering the suggestions made by Mr. Brown, but, the great desire expressed by the parties to be benefitted, to have the begging stopped, and to understand how their property and other means beg- ged for them have been or are being appro- priated, serves to strengthen the conclusion, that were the people benefitted by other se their own exertions, they would know ; they would not have to ascertain what oe or the other one who knows so much more, has been doing. The works of their " benefactors" would be as plain as day, and not as they now are, so complex that a lawyer could not unravel them. The fact is, Fugitives will have to agree to let all parties, whether self-appointed or other al- moners, of funds and possessions of theirs, take the lion's share of the funds as well as to have not only the guardianship of but the entire possession and profits of the lands, and content themselves with inquiry, and protest. We wish to be understood as not including Buxton or the Elgin Settlement, where the people occupy their own land, and earn their funds, and where their worthy adviser, Mr. King, begs no man for clothes, aid or money to buy lands. The following reply of the Hon. Sir Allan Macnab to the inquiry of Mr. Larwill, as to the intention of Government respecting Colored Militia, will be read with satisfac- tion; showing, as it does, that the highest authority in the country is not actuated by any narrow policy towards colored subjects. Sir Allan's reply to the " tinker," vindicates British Statesmen from the imputation of disregard of the rights of colored men. With regard to whether at present color- ed persons held Her Majesty's Commissions in this Province, there were none; but there were, doubtless, among such persons men who would discharge their duties willingly and creditably to themselves and the country. And with regard to the last question, wheth- er it was the intention of the government to make any distinction of color or race, he would say most pointedly, that it was not the intention of the Government to do sv. A HISTORY OF ALL NATIONS, FROM THE 'EARLIEST PERIODS TO THE PRESENT TIME? OR IN WHICH TERE HISTORY OF EVERY NATION, ANCIENT AND MODERN, IS SEPARATELY GIVEN. Illustrated by 70 Stylographic Maps and 700 Emgravings: By S. G. GOODRICH, AUTHOR OF ' PICTORIAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD, 'PAREEY'S CABINET LIBRARY,' ' PARLEY'S TALES,' &C. Complete in one imperial octavo volume, of more than twelve hundred pages of double column letter-press ; and upwards of seven hundred elegant illustrations. This work, so far as we can gather from a hurried glance at its contents, is in every sense what its litle claims, a general history, containing, with a minuteness of detail un- equalled, a vast amount of information on every conceivable subject, incidentally or directly bearing upon that department of literature. But independently of any thing that might be said of it, on a hasty examina- tion of its pages, the many capital critiques of it by competent judges, some of which are added, and the great reputation of its au- thor, should ensure it a general reading. To our people, the book recommends itself as obviating much of the outlay which would be incurred were many of them who would have information of the kind it contains to purchase in separate works on the different subjects treated of in it. The following is a notice of it from the Boston Post: '* Of the excellence and'character of the compi- lation we have heretofore spoken, and can, there- fore, do little more at present than to repeat our- selves Not only the philosophy of history, but geology, geography, and astronomy, are discussed, at reasonable length, in the introductory chapters. Then comes a very interesting essay on physical and political geography, followed by a paper on the antediluvian and patriarchal ages. 'To this succeeds the history of Asia and Africa, from the earliest period to the present time. Then suc- ceeds, in order, the history of Europe and pines ca- In every respect this "* Universal History" i to be commended as a useful compilation. For students, as well as jor the general reader, it must prove highly attractive. The illustrations an- swer every purpose, and really dlustrate the text. Although called a "history," and thereby ranked by some people with many a drowsy volume, we can assure our readers that they will scarcely find a more readable book, than this under notice. The compiler is neither dull nor tedious. He does his work briefly and clearly, and, in addition to the historical facts, gives many curious anecdotes and statements regarding the manners, customs, social life, religion, govern- ment, costume, sports, amusements and employ- ments, of the different nations of the earth. We advise people to look at the publication. It is just the thing for the general reader, being neither deep, nor verbose, nor stupid. Itit a compilation made with taste and skill, as well as with patience and labor." Correspoudence. DAAAARANAARAARDAARAAADADAAARAARAAAALAAAAAAADABARAAY For the Provincial Freeman. DAWN INSTITUTE. ee) To the Members of the Investigating Com- mittee. GenTLeMEN,--As you have been ap- pointed to get at the true state of the Dawn Institute, allow me to make some remarks and to propose some questions to you, which if asked by you and answered, will serve you as a key to the information you want. How Jong shall they ask and not get an answer, or are the Trustees of the Dawn Institution dumb or deaf? The Press has asked in vain what has become of the money that was laid out for the Fugitives in Canada? Second- ly, whose hands is that property got into now? if they are carrying out the Manual Labor School or not, or if a few individuals' Ask the Rev. John Roaf, of Toronto, if he and 'George Johnson did not pay. the Gebts to Josiah Henson' and Peter B. Smith, which they said they owed some six years ago? the colored people in 'the United States, 'be T| surprised a at 'the abhorrence | in 1 whieh it ce PROVINCIAL FREEMAN AN ) WEEKLY ADVERTISER. refused to pay the said debts, because the Committee did not audit up their book ac- counts, as Mr. Roaf stated, to that Com mittee, that he would pay no debts contract- ed by them, not one dollar; for they should be responsible for their own debts. Ask Josiah Henson if the debts were not. paid to him and Peter B. Smith by the Trustees ? or who sent him to. England, there to repre- sent himself to the good people on that Island, and that the Trustees at Dawn had sent him out as their good, faithful, and tried servant, (Josiah Henson,) to beg money to pay a debt when he well knew that it was already paid off? Ask him if he will deny this. Ask Mr. Roaf for what reason he turned off the Free Mission Baptist, when, at the same time himself and the Trustees acknowledged that they had faithfully done their duty to the pupils, as Teachers and Ministers, and told them to go on, good and faithful ser- vants, 'I bid you God speed in your work of charity? The scenes have all changed. One Mr. John Scoble came over from Eng- land that evening ; truthful were the words that Dr. Burns wrote, that these were the sunny days of Dawn, under the care of the Mission. Please to ask Mr* Roaf if he did not hold informal meetings, one at his house in the country, and the other next morning in the 'basement story of his church? I was one of the Trustees, and happened to be sent from Chatham to the North American Conven- tion held in Toronto, or I would have known nothing about the plans that were concocted, Please to know of Peter B. Smith, did he sign over his trust to Mr. Scoble in the Dawn Institution, and whether the said Scoble was to carry out the spirit and letter of the Declaration of Trust, which he joint- ly agreed with other 'Trustees to carry out ? It would be well for you to know of Mr. George Johnson, whether he signed his trust to Mr. Scoble in the basement story of Mr. Roaf's church, or was he induced to sign away on the highway ? Mr. Frederick Stover, one of the Trus- tees, had signed away his trust in the said Instittion, by a written document, given to the remaining Trustees some eight years ago. Ask Mr. Henson if he was not sent by some one to induce Mr. Stover to sign away a right he had no control over, to Mr. John Scoble? and ask Mr. Henson, why he should make himself so interested, as he never was a Trustee? All the figure he acted upon the stage of Dawn was that of a beggar for it, Ask him if he knows who took forcible pos- session 'lg the Dawn, and if so whether, when doing so, any locks were forcibly broken, and. if so, who by? Ask himif Mr. John Scoble is | not walking in there and enjoying the pro- perty given to the Fugitives? You will do well to ask the Rev. Hiram Wilson, who was first resident of Dawn, if he signed over to Mr. John Scoble a deed of one bundred acres of land, belonging to the Fugitives, for which he and his wife had signed one jointly before, to all of the Trustees? if so, who of the Trustees authorised him to doso 2. The Rey. Mr. Roaf promised George Johnson and myself, if we would sign over to John Scoble our trust in the Institution, he would see the Free Mission Baptists satisfied for all the expenses during their removal there ; 'if so, good; if not, they will prove a great obstacle in our way in trying to raise up Dawn !" as they are our true friends through America, in particular would they be when sending out agents, for we might find them as Noah did the raven. | A word, Gentlemen, as to Dawn at present. Instead of carrying out the Manual Labor School, agreeable to promise, Mr Scoble has got the Institution, with hired men cutting a grove, which the Trustees had reserved for a Methodist Camp Ground and Students Pleasure Grounds. He is having some hundred cords of weod cut; I am in hopes he will not turn out as Henson did, get all the Fugitives fine walnut logs. Where are the Trustees that ever knew of the income of one dollar? Call upon the colored people of the Province to rally, as one man, to select two or three of your most intelligent men in the different districts to meet at the School house at Dawn, the day before the last Wednesday in August, 1855, to appoint six Trustees, and augment their number up to' twelve ; this is in accordance with the Declaration of Trust. We read that many who are not thought of come to wear crowns. Education is the greatest blessing to man, strive to encourage it then by promoting its Institutions; if you raise up your children without education, at least one-half will go down to the tomb of oblivion, or bring shame and disgrace upon you. Educate your children, and they will prove a blessing to their country, an honor to themselves, and a to youre and it will be a consolation in death. ARK oH Brown. Chatham, C. ae aor 12, 1855. For the Provincial Freeman. No. IV. ; Toronto, May 4, 1855. Dear Mapam,--No. [II was a continua- tion of my examination of the Tory and Conservative party. I now propose to examine the Reform party, in the same way, and so conclude with a general comparison of the two; and the one which is found the firmest encourager and supporter of British Institutions should receive the undivided support of the colored people ; on the other support to Republican Tnstitutions, to the. exclusion of Monarchical or British, should: receive their undivided opposition. Can any one who has even a superficial knowledge | of |i the action of American Republicanism. upon 2 ane nt faction; nay, I answer, not until every d hand, that party which is found giving its | breeding, enslavibg, buying, ae ping colored men, women and childre ay excluding them as much as possible from all social happiness, is one of its characteristics Does any one imagine that those who have escaped from that infernal system will < | submit to be brought again under its baneful jn. fluences for the gratification ofa a disco a of blood shall have run out of their Veins jt defence of British principles. But to the Reform party, which I have proposed. ne examine next. The word Reform, when ap. plied to modern political Reform, is: be ble of a good. deal. of demagoguism a subtilty ; by it, the subversion of British, and the substitution of American Republican Institutions are sought in this. Provinee, by those who call themselves Reformers ; 'they : generally unite with the old Reform party, (which is composed of many sincere consti. tutional Reformers, who, I doubt not, are ag jects,)--a union by which they hope to ace complish their nefarious designs of annexa. tion. Hence, they are always found fayor. ing any and every scheme which has the remotest chance ofieading to its accomplish. ment, and on the other hand, opposing every thing that tends to strengthen British Insti- tutions ; they are great admirers of Amerj- can Republican Institutions, African Slavery. not excepted; for it is a remarkable fact that in scarcely any, if any at all, of their declamations against tyranny and despotism, : anything is said against the oppression of the African race in the United States or elsewhere ; though, indeed, in this 'matter, they are no more one-sided than others, for the African race in America seem to have been given over to oppression by the _com- mon consent of Statesmen in both hemis- pheres. American Statesmen make laws te oppress colored people, and British States- men wink at them, when being executed on colored British subjects, simply. because they : are colored; even his Lordship, 'Viseount, Palmerston, sal a question of the rights of Her Majesty's colored subjects (which was based on treaties made for the protection of British subjects) came before him, relinquish- ed his usual valor, and hesitated, equivoeated, and left the poor fellows, with one or two | exceptions perhaps, to their fate. What a contrast ; in France where they don't make so great pretentions to free and libera prin- ciples as in Britain, the Minister stood upin the Assembly and declared to the world that the French Government would protect colored French subjects anywhere and everywhere. There is safety in being a subject where Statesmen like them rule; but the meanness of some British Statesmen may defeat the ends of justice, but they can- not effect the soundness of the British con- stitution andlaws. Therefore it behoyes the colored people to place themselves in a posi- tion to maintain them, which can only be done by an alliance with the party that is most sound in British principles. Even in that party, though the alliance should be strictly adhered to, yet the prune and sieve should be used by the colored people, by casting their united vote against any in it who might come forward for their suffrage the least tainted with American Republicanism, $0 as to keep it as truly British as possible. Now then, after having for some time digressed, I proceed to examine the Reform party more minutely, one faction of that party baving tried the virtue of physical force, but being defeated, has resolved to try milder, but more insidious means, it operates like an under current ; it loses no opportunity to, bring. British Institutions into disrepute and disuse, by an unfavorable comparison with the Yan- kees. On the other hand, it encourages Re- publicanism by the introduction of Yankee notions in various ways, for instance, books containing reading matter and portraits re- presenting Monarchical and British Institu- tions in an unfavorable light, so as to poison and prejudice the minds of the credulous and young, who are coming on the political stage against England, and so effect an easy tran- sition from Monarchy to Republicanism ; that faction is also a great supporter of Free Trade, because it looks upon that as one f the great helps to carry out its design; its hope has been strengthened by the opinion, of one of the ablest Statesmen in England (the one who, I believe, loves political power more than he loves honor, and who would say anything that would tend to the advance ment of his political agerandizement,) who gave it to the effect that if a majority of the people of this Province wished a separation from the Mother Country, she would have no objection ; hence, it behoves the colored people to not help to make that majority, 1 enable it to declare itself a Republic, & to hitch itself to the neighboring Republic. ar A DescrenpantT or THE AFRICAN Race. ; From our Philadelphia <a sNonVagicnis oss wey € ah} A amity of Ten Slaves: 'Ransomed: "PHILADELPHIA, April: 27th, 1855. Re he The freedom of the " ten North Carolia Slaves," have at last. been secured! Though direct and incidental references has, on n several ictonibents made concern- i 3 loyal as any of Her Majesty's loving sub.