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ENNIO II III IR I IL IRI IS II STONE & TURNBULL, CHATHAM CLOTHING HALL DIB GOODS, Grocery Hstablishment, KING STREET, CHATHAM, C. W. September6th, 1855. - 20t- Clothes Made, Repaired, & Cleaned. Ww. L. HUMBURT OULD respectfully announce to the Citi- zens of Windsor, and surrounding coun- try, that he is prepared to MAKE, REPAIR, or CLEAN CLOTHING, at the shortest notice, and in the most satisfactory manner. Having had ample experience in his line of business in lhe Cities of Charleston, S.C., and Boston, Mass.,| STANDS, &c., &c., can be had on the most heflatters himself that, by diligence and strict} reasonable terms. GEORGE KERR, MARDWARS MERCHANT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL VBALER IN Heavy and Shelf Hardware, CUTLERY, §c., §c., Pratt's Block, Chatham, Co w.. November 22, 1855. 30-ly ANDREW HENDERSON, Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, No. 32, Yoneg Srreet, Toronto. References--Thomas Clarkson, Esq., President ot the Board of Trade; John Robertsun, Esquire, Messrs. A. 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JONES, DEALER EN es Groceries and Crockery Ware, No. 314, DUNDAS STREET, LONDON, GC. W. CAYLEY & CAMERON, Barristers, Fe, §e., Ofice--Chturcn Srrekt, next door to the Court House TORONTO, WILLIAM CAYLEY, MATTHEW CROOKS CAMERON. VANKOUGHNET & BROTHER, Barristers, Attorneys, §¢., Offce--Cuurch SURE, Over " The Ciy Bank" Agency. two dvoreSouth of St. Andrew's Church, TORONTO, NOTICE. ERSONS afilicted with the FEVER and AGUE or the CHILL FEVER, can be speedily cured by applying toJOHN ELAT! ON, Shoemaker, Bronte, 'Township of Trafalgar, Halton County, Canada West. Price ten shil. Capes JOHN HATTON. Bronte, July 17th, 1856. 14-tf. MRS. S. WILKINS, BOARDING HOUSR, No. 168, PINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA. November 1855. 3u WEY SOW IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, SOUTH SIDE OF DUNDAS STREET, OPPOSITE THE MARKET] And lately erected by Messrs. Moore 4» Rolph, ORD Ost a PPHE SUBSCRIBER would inform his old and numerous Customers and Friends, that he has again Opened Wwueimesss, With a Large and entire New Stock of DRY GOODS & GROCERIES! He thanks them for past favors, and hopes to receive of them and the Public at large, a LIBERAL SHARE OF PATRONAGE. The Subscriber feduicrined to Sell as Low as possible. A. B. JONES. London, Jan. 7, 1856. 36 NEW CABINET SHOP, ON COLBORNE STREET, Adjoining Charteris § Bazter's Saw Mill. LL kinds of FURNITURE, such as BED- STEADS, TABLES, CUPBOARDS, BOO } Stere PUBL 0 And 10 C.n M NO! \ Re J Ut where al had at : on hand, faction w Detroi AD S N Aven ored Vis Co WwW: In their | ble, and Detroi Mortime i.e Offic malls BaLTIMo dD. S., Tho A.M.M. DI fessors Balti Dr. FRE recommend also of refe TORONTO, that I can gi that he has GoVERNM Db. French, ped teeth foy to myself th Cc. Rev. Dr. J Dr. Scett, D Dr. J. Rich Rev. H J. G well. Office h at 4 DON OUT OY Mr. I. please inse ing, in yq send. MEETING At an ar citizens of sense of th Col. Prined Ceuneil on amble aad chairman and after s unanimous] Wherea amember of Province, tt cellency th tothe com Wilkinson missed frot the rendith man, to t States) tot tive tu the d lnce That, "T "repaylng W theft and, kindness th¢ "In his opt rate, and n phere end a vised that a ed inthe M place." L tion and pre CHARLES H. RAMSEY, attention to business, he will be able to please. Windsor, C. W., Sept. 9, 1854. 20 Chatham, C. W'Feb. 13th 1856. 50-yr cxn only be of mankind <a CPE ce eee 1 DEPENDENCE." Tenis: Ve DOLLAR AND A HALF. RDAY, JULY 4, 1857 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. 'NUMBER 44 iereas, the said Colonel Prince man in this Proviace to speak gingly of the colored people; in 8, duirng the rebellion of 1838, as in command of the troops in n part of this Province, he walk- arm with colored men, and when s in danger for having (as he very executed without judge or jury, or border ruffians whom he fell captured, it was colored men who his person and household, not one vas ever a rebel, or traitur.-- yhereas, this said Culunel Prince lection to the distinguished posi- : now holds, to the votes of colo- nd much of his earthly gains, nas nulated from aluciative practice amony his colored clients,-- pereas, it has pleased Almighty lighten the understanding of Brii- hen to give that boon to the colu- which few other countries have bely: 'Tu be free as svon as his s British suil, and ultimately en- lights and privileges of a subject. it ill becomes a petty cotunial at this provress of emigbtment to government--to colonize her cit- barren island on lake Huron. have fought, bled, and died, to Peautitul country fiom the grasp tous slavehoiding and daspotic Wjouing us, to starve them out, iy in keeptag wich the black heart of the American Colonization So ch receieves its impulses from stained gold of the South. And we know, "Sonthern gold" is rork of corruption and bribery {this Province in high places, this new scheme of colonization, ) and kidnapping, to deter colu- m enilgrating to this Province. Resolved, That the charges Coionel Prince, the self styled English gentleman," against the racter of the blacks (as reported Colonistof the 10th inst.), are and faiseia the extreme, and 'gu.ting and despotic languige ug those charges, whether in- bribes uf sonthern gold, or a tuo it did so "taint tue atmosphere, slutive Council, as to cause seve. 0 withdraw from the Council psoived, That, we the col: red loronto, do cast back into the onel Prince, the foul inputations his speech, asa base slander of br ascitizens, ealculated to foster against us cndto degrade us. olved, That we will resist by 11.Our power, any invasion of S citizens ; and will hold up to and contempt, all such panders n prejudice against color. lved, 'That we recommend to hents of Colunel Prince, that t him to resign his seat in the Council immediately, as being it to represent them, and as ex- usillanimous ess toward the cul- without a parallel in the legis- edirgs of this province, not ex- resolutions of the notorious Ived, That itis the opinion of that the colored people through ovince should unite in the ex- h most decided detestation of aud Larwill, who have shown as mere despotic demagoyurs, he bitterest enemies of the col- nd should set the seal of con- pon all so disposed to act. olved, 'That we will ever hold x which gives us protection of and property ; and we pledve > Her Most Gracious Majesty pria, to be ever ready ata mo- ing to defend the country of our all hazards. Ilved, That we tender our sin - to Mr. Garret, for the prompt k in laying before His dxcel- paper as worthy of the confidence and pat- ronage of colored people; and therefore, do earnestly urge that they patronize them as much as possible. Carried. Resolved, That Messrs. Warren, Baker, and Abbot, be appointed committee of pub- lication. The meting then adjourned. J. M. TINSLEY, President. A. R: ABBOTT, Secretary. COL. PRINCI: AND THE COLORED PEOPLE. Subjoined will be fouod a letter from the Hon, Col. Prince, in reply to certain reso- lutions of the Indignat\ion Meeting held in this city a few days since, which apperared in our issue of Wednesday. Colonel Prince's powers of objurgation are so well known, that the wholesale manuer in which he 'pitches into" his assailants will surprise nobody. We feel bound however to say, that in this city and veighbuurhood, the Coloured People have earned for themselves general- ly, areasonable amount of respect anu regard --respect for the patient energy with which they have to push their way in Ite, without repining unnecessarily at the difficulties and prejudices they have to surmount; and re- gard tor the good nature and grateful cour- tesy with wiich they repay fair or kind treatinent. We have never flattered the Coloured People in the slightest degree. We always opposed the Elvin Settlement, as calculated to do more harm than good to the retugee slaves, by building up a per- manent wail of separation between them and their white neighbours; and what is worse, by affording no sufficient cheek upon those depraved habits and tastes, which are the natural consequences of their having been reared in demoralization, brutality and iy norance of the duties and advantages of free- dom, While we weuld treat coloured men as rational and responsible beings, we would by no means exonerate them from the cun- sequences of misconduct or insubordination to the laws; although, at the same time, it should not be forgotten, that to whom lt- tle has been given, from hin litule should be expected With respect to Col. Prince's opinions aud statements, our reiderscan juuge of them as well as ourselves; "and will kuow whether they should be accepted in full cum grano salis.-- Colonist. To the Editor 6f the Colonist. Dear Sir,--Your valuable paper of yes- terday has afforded me a rich treat and not a little fun in the report of an indignatiou meeting of "the coloured citizens" of T'o- ronto, held for the purpuse of censuring me. Perhaps I ougit not to notice the proceed- ings--perhaps it would be more beceming in me to aliow them to pass at once into the oblivion which awaits them; but as it is the fashion in this country not unfrequently to as- sume that to be true which appears in print against an individual, unless he flatly denies the accususation, | shall, atleast, for once, condscend to notice these absurd p: oceedings Taey deal in generalities, and so shall 1. Oi the coloured citizens of 'Toronto I know little or nothing ; no doubt, some are respect- abie enought in their way, and perform the | inferior duties belonging to their station tol- | erably well. Here, tuey are kept in or- der--in their proper places--but their "proceedings" are evidence of their natural cunceit, their vanity, and their ignorance: ey} vassed them, and hence, I suppose they sup- ported,as a body, my opponent. They touk compassion upon "A MONUMENT OF INJURED INNOCENCE," andthey sustainedthe themonu- ment for a while, upon the pedestal their iufluence erected. But the monument fell, and the fall proved tbat such influence was merely ephemeral,.and it sank«into insigniti- cant nothingness, as it should, and I hope ever will do; or God help this noble land. Poor Blackies! Be not so bold or so con- ceited, or su insolent hereafter. I do beseech you. Then how rich I have become among my "coloured clients!" assert, without the fear of contradiction, that I have been the lriend--the steady triend of our Westeru "Darkies" for more than twenty years; and amidst difficulties and troubies innumerable, (for they area litigious race), I have been their adviser, and I never made twenty pounds out of them in that long period! Lhe fact is that the poor creatures had never the ability to pay a lawyer's fee. It has been my misfortune, and the mis- fortune of my family to live ainong those Blacks. [aud they have lived upon us.] for twentp-four years. I have employed tiun- dreds of them, and, with the excaption © of one [named Richard Hunter], not one has ever done for us a weeks honest Lobour. I have taken them into my service, have fed and clothed them, year after year on their arrival from the States, and in return I have generaily found them rogues and thieves, and a gracelvss, wortbless,jthriftless, lying set of vagabonds. 'Phat js my very plain and simple description of the Darkies asa body, and it would be indorsed by alt the Western white men with very few ex- ceptions. I have had scores of their George Wash- ingtons, Thomas Jeffersons, James Ma itsons, as well as their Disahs, and Gleniras, and La- Vinias, in my s*rviee, and I understand them thoroughly, and I include the whole bateb (old Richard Hunter excepted) in the cate- yory above described. 'To conclude, you "Gentlemen of colour,'"? East and West, and expecially you "coloured citizens of Toronto," I thank you for having given me: an opportunity to publish my opmion of your race. Call another indignation meet- ing, and there make greater foo!s of your seives than you did at the last, and then "to supper with what appetite you may." Believe me to remain, Mr. Icditor, Yours very faithtu'ly, Joun Prince Toronto, 26th June, 1857. P. S.--I think it proper to allude to. the case ot Messrs. Wilkinson and Woode- bridge, of whom the Darkies' resolutions taake mention, and who were so improperly and so unjustly dismissed form the commis= sion of the peace. Those two magistrates did their duty-- they acted npon a statute which has never beed repealed, and they were dismissed for not having acted upon a statue which did not tuch the otfence charged-- Horse Stealing! However, there is some consolation in reflecting that the blaek rascal whom they caused to be arrested was tried and convicted of the crime charged' and wilt luxuriate for six years vet to come in the State Prison of Obio. It 1s believed (and I believe it too) that the "monument" had much to do in infiuencing the Executive against those woit y magistr ites. J.P. OUR COLORED NEIGHBOURS. | We refuse, positively, the communication made on the subject. The evlored people 0 luronto are an examp'e, in point of ine and in them the cloven foot appears, and} dustry, sobriety, an' morality, to their white evinces what they wouid do, if they could. ] believe that in this city as in some others of our Province, they are looked up- on as necessary evils, and only submitted to because white servants are so scarce. But I now deal with these fellows asa body, and I pronounce them to be, as such the GREAT- EST CURSE ever inflicted upon the two magnificeut western counties which [have | the honour to represent in the Legilative Council of tiiis Province! and few men have had the experience of them that J have. Among the many ESTIMABLE qualities they possess, a systematic habit of LYING tis no minent; and the 'coloured citi- id seem to partake of that qual- inent degree, because in their lution they roundly assert that ebellion "f walked arm in arm men"--that "I owe my elec- otes of colored men"---and that mulated much earthly gains," among "coloured clieuts."? Alb | ies! from beginning to end. | one company of blacks did. continvent battaidon, but they, y worst of soldiers, and weve} speaking, unsuceptible of line, and were conspicuous for | a stupid sentry shot the son oldest Colonels, under 'a mis- hat he was thereby doing bis | certainly never did myselt the neigh sours. Out of 5346 persons committed to Tora to Jail last year, 5258 were white mes ank women!!! Qutof 1057 ladies su com nitte i, only 8 were colored! We judve peop'e by their conduct, not by their color -- Toronto Times. Qe WHAT ENGLAND [8S WORTH. lame The philosopher and mathe naticisn Herepath, bas just made an estimate of in. gland's material wealth as an estaje. | Here" it is, amost business ike document, tt 'to be put into the bands ef any lawyer ar land: agent in the kingdon»:-- Value of evktivated soil £1, 709,000,009 Railways 300,000 90.» Mines i 120,000.00 Canals, docks, &c 200,000.02 Dwellings, factories, &+ 550,000 ,Ul '¥ , Agriealtural implements,dse --230,000,00 i Horses, eattle, sheep and other five stork Manufactured goods * 200,000) 9 Mereantile shipping ADV) Foreign merchandize pid for 49,200,00 F Fisherms--foreion, domestic + 5,099, 9 F Gold and silver, de 60, OOO OL # Waste lands, public buildings Churches, chapels, hospitals prisons, arsenals, forts, redli- 242.000) 1 | tary stores, duek yards and alking arm in arm" wite any Then, as to my ebection Kew cS voted forme. IL never cay 1, i} f d gentlemen of that distingu- j ips Ais Catay se + hips: of way TIVACHEC QO £,447. 000.000 --- een