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Trunk Railway has been organized . All religious sects have been placed on an equality , with regard to the celebration ° f marriage . An " elective senate" is among the « anticipated" improvements . The public mind continues much disturbed by sectarian agitation , arising out of the Gavazzi riot . Shi p-building is making head in New York . During the first half of this year th © ships launched , or on the stocks , numbered sixty-five , of 51 , 083 tons . Screw propellers do not seem popular in ^ America : there are onlv two of that make" among the new steamers .
America is rapidly extending her trade with Europe . Two new steamers are to be employed on the New York and Bremen line , completing a fortnightly communication between the cities . The imports of New York have been increased 73 , 000 , 000 dollars . The exports from the Southern States have been increased from 25 , 000 , 000 dollars to 28 , 000 , 000 dollars . The shipping in the harbour of New York amounted , during the month of June , to 195 , 401 tons . Three American vessels of war have been sent to the coast of Nova Scotia , to look after the interests of the American fishermen . A " National convention of coloured men" has been held at Rochester .
" The manner ( says a public correspondent ) in which the American Exploring Expedition is fitted out , reflects credit even on one of the greatest republics that has existed since the world began . Every new invention in mechanics that can be applied to lessen labour is there . Their magnificent six-oared whale boats can be propelled by a wooden screw that takes to pieces by one of their respective crews , with a fair velocity ; a neat contrivance turns them into a sledge ; , or forms a cradle for dragging them over jagged rocks . The fashion hi which their crews are armed makes one ashamed to look at our ancient fire-arms . Each man has a pair of neat seven-barrelled revolvers , and a rifle of the newest construction that primes itself , so that a man can fire several rounds without taking his eye from the sight-vane . "
Canada isra fine field for Irish labourers , testifies Mr . C . P . Roney , now on a visit in that country . _ " The moment the vessel ' arrives at Quebec ( this is a port to which all emigrants for Canada should come ) , the men are immediately engaged , either for the railroads or for the Government provincial works now in course of construction . The wages for labourers are about 4 s . British per day . They can be most comfortably boarded ( with meat twice a day ) for about Is ., and allowing Is . a day more for other expenses , it leaves a clear 2 s . a day of savings . Then , again , on the Ottawa Biver , one of the great sources of the inexhaustible supply of Canadian timber , ' lumbermen' all earn at least one dollar a day ; and as thev advance in skill and experience , their wages rise
to a dollar and a half to two dollars . Thai ; there should be no fear of the supply of timber becoming exhausted , may be proved by the fact that recent and very accurate surveys made along this magnificent river and its innumerable tributaries ,, by order of the Government , have shown that if double the amount of timber now taken from the district be continued for five hundred years , it would not exhaust it . In the immediate vicinity of this river and its tributaries , throughout their entire extent , is magnificent agriculture land . " He adds , —" Irishmen make better lumberers than the natives of any other country ; for it appears that the good and abundant food that they begin eating , from the moment they arrive hero , expands not only the muscular frame , but also tho intellect . "
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CUBA STILL VIOLATES THE SLAVE-TRADE TREATY . A STORY of a strange ship is told in the New York Herald , by a correspondent from Laguna de Terminos : — " On the 30 th of May last a vessel entered this port with Moxican colours flying , under pretext of seeking freight . She was reported as tho Marianna , of 410 tons burdon , Juan Gutierrez , master , from Cionfuogos , in Cuba , in ballast . Her crew was made up of twenty-six men , all of them Old Castilians , and six officers , represented as being passengers . On tho 2 nd inst ., theao wero dieohargod , and proceeded honco to Havannah , vid Campeachy , with tho exception of one officer and two or three of tho original crow , who remained by hor with tho master , and a fow hands from shore ( Mexicans ) wore sent on board to replace them . The rakish appoarance of the ship , tho length of hor spars , tho quantity of sail she displayed , tho circumstance of her having on board nearly 300 watercasks , with several pieces of artillery below , and
tho rookloss appearance of hor mon and officers . Boon created a suspicion as to her truo character , and it was ascertained to a cortainty that tho vessel had been trading on tho coast of Africa on a slaving voyage , under tho command of a notorious character namod Vmas , who succeeded in successfully landing a cargo of nearly 1300 blacks near to Cionfuogos , in tho island of Cuba . On tho 14 th of May last sho cleared from thoro , with tho con ' nivanco of tho Spanish authorities , under tho Mexican flag , without any other papers of nationality than a certificate from tho Moxican Consul at Havannah , therein stating , that eho sailed with a temporary license under his seal and signature , bound to Laguna do Torrninos , *<> bo nationalized as a Mexican flhip , owned in Mexico by one Don Jobo ltuia , a confidential friond of the Diotator of th « Eopublie . The person now in command of husrepwcnti her iu lmviiur originally boon tho
American ship Mary , of Boston , lately owned by , and purchased from , an American of the name of Smith . ; but this description of her by no means coincides with this class of vessel . Behold , however , the Mary oi Boston , after all this prevarication and deception , changed , as by magic , into the celebrated ship Lady Suffolk ' , of Baltimore , reported aa having sailed from Bahia Honda , after putting into Mariel on or about the 22 nd of November . Ofthis being a fact there can be no manner of doubt entertained , as her appearance has been compared with , and ascertained by good judges here to exactly Correspond with , the description given of her in your paper before alluded to—viz ., her being a Baltimore built ship of about 520 tons' burden , of a rakish appearance , her hull painted entirely black , with the
fulllength figure of a woman on her bows , painted white , with gilded wings on her shoulders , in her right hand a gilded trumpet of Fame , and in her left a crown or garland , also gilded . After so much , daring prevarication on the part of the Spanish and Mexican authorities , in aiding and abetting the present owners o f the Lady Suffolk in concealing the real name and c haracter of the vessel to enable her to get in safety to a Mexican port , nothing can be more clear o r evident than that there also exists an active co-operation of persons of high authority in Mexico with Spanish merchants in Havannah in promoting : and protecting , as far as possible in
their power , the piratical pursuit of the slave trade in vessels purposely built for it in the "United States . It ; is very likely that the Lady Suffolk will be permitted to sail hence , and to escape out of the gulf without being overhauled or captured , as the old fogy of a British Consul residing at this place does not appear to concern himself much about it , and it is very possible that he will not think of giving timely advice to the British authorities at Cuba to give John Bull ' s ' brazen-bottomed serpents' a chance to keep a vigilant look-out for her . " The connivance of the Cuban authorities is confirmed by the fact that Zuluela , the owner of the Lady Suffolk , has been released , and has proceeded to Spain .
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CRYSTAL PALACE EXTENSION . A peoJect , originating with Mr . Samuel Beale , the deputy-chairman of the Midland Railway Company , and a magistrate for this borough , has been started , with the intent of erecting , in Sutton Coldfield-park , a public edifice , after the plan and for similar purposes as those of the new Crystal Palace at Sydenhamrand , moreover , there appears to be every probability of its success . A very numerous and most influential meeting of magistrates , merchants , and manufacturers of Birmingham , at which the Mayor presided , was held at the public office , on Tuesday , when the proposal of Mr .
Beale was fully discussed and unanimously approved . Sutton-park , by road , is about seven miles from Birmingham , or nearly half way between this town and Licbfield . It is proposed that the Corporation of Sutton , in whom the park is vested , should convey , at a nominal rental , for a period of 999 years , 200 acres of land—the park being a beautiful tract of several thousands , unoccupied and useless except for the grazing of a few cattle—on the condition that the Corporation of Birmingham should erect an ample and magnificent building for tho reception , accommodation , and amusement of the people of Birmingham and the surrounding
districts , and as a repository for the exhibition of specimens of the manufactures and artistic works of the Midland counties—the property to be vested in the Corporation of Birmingham , but the inhabitants of Sutton , who would be largely benefited by the establishment of the institution , to enjoy the same privileges ns those of Birmingham . The leading gentlemen of Sutton had intimated their wish to enter cordially into the proposed scheme , and Mr . Muntz advised that tho men and Corporation of Birmingham should " strike while the iron was hot , " and secure tho great advantages now presented to them . It was calculated that
a rate of id . in the pound would pay tho outlay , and redeem tho building in twenty years ; but the general opinion wns , that tho receipts would be inoro than sufficient to pay the outlay and management within that period , to say nothing of tho excellent moral effect it would , in the meantime , produce upon tho contiguous population . A deputation , consisting of tho Mayor , Mr . P . II . Muntz , Mr . Baldwin , Mr . Bealo , and Mr . H . Smith , was appointed to confer with tlie inhabitants of Sutton , and to put tho matter into such a shape that it might be clearly and definitively placed boforo tho corporations of that town and Birmingham . A railway from Birmingham to Sutton is also included in the project .
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THE GREAT CAB STRIKE . TnB Cabmen have taken a bold revenge . They , have stopped work , and tho whole machinery of London lifo was nt a fltand still or moves clumsily with now moans . On Tuosday , at a meeting of tho cab-propriotora and drivers , their positions woro mutually considered ; and it was ascertained that tho now fnres wero not sufficient to defray tho expenses of keeping and driving cabs . It was , therefore , resolved that the public should have the bcnoflt of n little " wiHO and salutary negloei , " and that Wednesday [ morning should run on cublees London . Tho threat w *» fulfilled .
traveller . Even the highest aristocracy did not escape the common fate . Unless met by their " own carriage , " they were compelled to trudge it on foot for long distances , and several instances of ladies of high degree in a state of comparative exhaustion were observed by the writer . At none of the railways was the inconvenience greater felt than at the London and North-Western . Train after train brought an accumulation of luggage , and each hour added to the harassing of impatient passengers from all parts of the country . Fortunately ,
The first to feel the inconvenience was the traveller by early trains , into and out of London , who found himself three or four miles from everywhere , with a leather trunk , a hat-box , a carpet-bag , fishing-rod , umbrella , and waterproof coat to carry . As the day progressed , the desire for cabs became more urgent ; people found themselves at a full stop without knowing why . There was no " going to my ^ banker ' s , " or " call in the City , " or " take a cab to the railway . " The railways suffered the greatest possible inconvenience . At every station piles of luggage waiting conveyance , and mobs of jeering bystanders advising the calling of a cab that would not come , confronted the impatient
the day was fine , and the appliances of a railway are so multifarious that they can be expanded to meet almost every possible emergency . Cabs being altogether wanting , the railway authorities , by going a step lower in the scale , were enabled in some measure to meet the contingency . Spring vans for the accommodation of the heavier luggage , light carts , and even wheel-barrows for the immediate urgency of single passengers , were pressed into service , and by the active employment of the energies of all the officials , the difficulties were considerably diminished .
The case of the cabmen is simple . They complain especially of the abolition of back fares . Under the new act a cab can be hired at two o ' clock in the morning from Waterloo Station to Dulwich-road ; and while the cabman has to travel the whole distance back again , receiving only the single fare of half-a-crown- —the chances of another passenger on the return route are very slight . Or a cabman may be taken five miles from home , discharged , again taken another five miles in the same direction , and have to return home ten miles—thus travelling twenty miles during the day and receive but five shillings . The fares demanded by the united cab-owners are Is . for the first mile ; over one mile and under two miles , Is . 6 d . j two miles and under three , 2 s ., and so on . They also propose " amendments" to the new act . For distances beyond
four miles from tho General Post-office , Is . instead of 6 d . per mile to be paid . Two-pence per package to be allowed for all luggage carried outside . A power of appeal from the decisions of the police-courts . This the cabmen declare very necessary ; recent measurements by the police having been found very incorrect . The cab-owners seem firm . They say , in fine , " If the public can do without us we can do without the public . Our horses and cabs will fetch money in any part of the country , and if gentlemen wish to start cab companies we will drive for them . " On Thursday , at a general meeting , a deputation from the cab-proprietors were nominated to wait on Mr . Fitzroy . Upon the return of the deputation ,
Mr . Rider , who had acted as its spokesman , reported to tho meeting that tho deputation had had an interview with Mr . Fitzroy , at tho House of Commons , in company with Sir B ,. Mayno , Sir J . Sholloy , and another member of Parliament , whoso name ho did * not know ; but ho was going to inform tho meeting that their hopes , if highly raised , would bo disappointed . Tho first thing which Mr . Fitzroy did was to express his regret at the stop which thoyhad taken , as , however much ho might have been inclined to do for them on Monday , ho was not , through their subsequent conduct , in so good a position to do it now . They then went into tho consideration of tho conditions contained in
tho memorial . Tho first was tho demand of Is . for a luring under two miles . Mr . Fitzroy Baid ho could not accede to it . It was unreasonable to ask it , and quite impossible to do anything of tho sort . ( Oh , oh . ) Tho noxt condition was tho payment of 1 * . for every milo beyond tho fourth , and Mr . Fitzroy said that ho would that night propose n clause , fixing tho faro at In . for every milo beyond the fourth —Charing-crosfl to be the central point . ( Cheers , and " That will do . " ) In fact , upon looking into it , the cIuuho was found to ngreo exactly with thoir proposition . That wub tho first thing Mr . Fitzroy could give thorn ; and tho next was tho 0 d . which they roquircd for every passenger beyond two , and which Mr . Fitzroy was also willing 1 to grant , whothor thoy carried three , four , or five
passengers . ( Cheers . ) Tho next point was tho luggage Mr . Fitzroy admitted tho roasonabloss of thoir request , and stated bo to Sir It . Mayno , but decided that no such alteration could bo made . Thoy noxt camo to the timo clause , which Mr . Fitzroy insiHtod was in thoir favour , but ho ( tho speaker ) objected , that tho scorning advantages whioh it conforrod upon them woro moro than counterbalanced by the disagreeable feeling which it raised in tho minds of patisongers . Thoy then paused to th * appeal , with which Mr . Fitzroy said ho could do nothing , as tho clausoH wero to bo introduced into tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer ' . ) bill . ( Oh , oh . ) Mr . Fituroy also admitted that the request with regard to the Hansom cabs was a reasonable one , but , for tho same reason M to the preceding 1
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JtrtY 30 , 1853 . ] T H E L E A D E R . ? 29
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Leader (1850-1860), July 30, 1853, page 729, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1997/page/9/
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