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      IN the Prospectus which tbe NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY has already published their views , it is hoped , have been sufficiently explained as regards tbe promotion of Emigration to Lands and Estates , purchased through its intervention in Canada , &c The Agents oosfidently submit , however , that the pam ^ views , more fully developed , may be made I essentially useful , not only to the unemployed classes in this country , but also to those who are possessed I of some capital , though insufficient in amount to secure , of itself , their permanent welfare and prosperity . It wi'l be admitted that Emigration has heretofore been conducted on a system productive , in the j aggregate , of much individual hardship and distress—and especially to the Emigrant of the poorer class ; for on arriving at bis port of debarkation , be has found himself , generally speaking , with little or no money , and no friends to assist him in procuring work , or even to point out in what part of the Province ' he would be most likely to obtain it , —while he who possessed some little capital has met with similar | difficulties , in making choice of a location . Canada , though all things considered , perhaps the most ' impiiriaat of our colonies , is virtually a terra incognita—simply because there is no one willing , if able , to afford ibe requisite information to thoBe who Beek it , and it is this deficiency which it is the aim and object of the Agents effectually to remedy . There are hundreds in Great Britain anxious to emigrate , but who , from want of sufficient means , are deterred from , or unable to do so . To such the Agents can off ? r facilities heretofore unthought of and unattainable ; for example : —A man having no more than £ 100 , would not better his situation by , emigrating to Canada as an agriculturist—for the purchase of his Land , and the unavoidable preliminary expenditure thereon , the expence of conveyance thither , and his support , however frugal , until his first crops were gathered in , would absorb more than his entire capital , even under the most favourable circumstances ^ Such a capital , on the contrary , would be found not only sufficient on the plan proposed by the Agents , as hereafter explained , but at the same time , immunity from the usual hardships and privations would be secured , and to tbe prudent and industrious a comfortable and permanont oompetentcy in ihfl / ntlire . Bui tbe great body of our emigrating population is composed of persons Having no capital whatever , generally wnhout even the means of paying their passage-money \ o a Colony , however approximate to the mother country . The sufferings which too often befal thtse poor people , are greater than would be generaily bciieved—not on shipboard , for there they are now woll-carcd for , owing to tlie strictness with whicJi Elie wholesome regulations of the "Passengers' Act" are enforced by the Government Emigration Agents here and in Canada . It is on their arrival in the Colony that the struggle really commences , a tru ^ le not confined to the mere labourer , but more or less participated in by tho small capitalist to whom reference was first made . He must search for his Land in a country , to the localities of which , its soil and seasons , he is a ptricoi stranger ; aud when selected , however judiciously , he must live upon his own resources until the seusuiug harvest . He must erect his own log house , clear and fence his land , wasting valuable time , and 5 pending much of bis already too Boanty capital unprofitably , from inexperience in the work be has undenawen . # Tae former , ou landing at his destined port , applies for work , which if unattainable on the spot , he must , seek for elsewhere , or starve . If without funds , he is provided by the Emigration Agent appointed by Government , with a free passage in a 9 team boat to wherever he chooses to go , and then every resource but hid owa labour ceases . It may not be irrclevent to mention , that the money thus expended in Canada in 1842 , waa £ 18 , 161 ; and in 1843 , nearly £ 9 , 000 ; Emigration in the latter year having fallen off 51 per cent , as compared with ihe former : a plain preof of the generally helpless condition of our emigrating brethren , aud that the distress alluded to is tar from being exaggerated . The Agents will now proceed to 9 tate as briefly as possible , those remedial measures which they ar ^ anguine enough to hope may remove in a great deg ree , if not altogether , the evils complained of . It bas be < a observed in the first prospectus' that the Agent in London has for sale upwards of 600 , 000 Aores of Land in different parts of Upper and Lower Canada ; and it is in a great degree owing to the exceedingly low terms on which the Agents are authorised to dispose of some of the best of theae properties , thai they are enabled to offer to tho consideration of the public tho following scheme : — Tnc statement marked A shows , that with no greater capital than £ 77 , a single man , forming one op a party of not less than ten fahilies , or principals , will acquire in fee simple , or Freehold , Lana io ibe extf-nt of J 00 Acres . That for a man and his wife , or two single men , the capital required will be only £ 87 , or £ 43 10 s . each ; with one child , £ 92 5 s ., or £ 30 153 . each ; the amount per bead decreasing as the numb-rs io a family increase . It has been remarked , that with so small a Bum at command as £ 100 , the agriculturist would not better his condition by emigrating ; and it is presumed that the reasons given are a sufficient evidence of tbe fact . The plan now submitted goes , however , to prove that even this small stock of money caa be made not only ample for all useful purposes , but will leave a fund to meet contingencies . Tnt 3 statement marked B shows in like manner the capital required to entitle the Emigrant to 50 Acr > ^ of Land in Freehold , and this scale is intended to apply to itiose who depend upon the assistance oi oh-ts , partially or wholly , to enable them to emigrate . iu this table the Agents bespeak the eepeoial attention of those who support Emigration from benevolent views : Looking at the brightest side of the picture , it has been , to the poor man , merely a transition from labour in one country , to labour in another , with the prospect , if successful , of saving in the course of years , sufficient to procure those advantages which are here offered him on setting foot in Canada . Not only will he be exempt from the prospect of wSnt , provided of course he be prudent and industrious , but he w'U be spared those hardships and privations heretofore inseparable from the change of home and country ; and cecure to himself a state of comfort and independence beyond any expectations he cOiild ever have ventured to indulge in . The public may fairly require some guarantee beyond the mere character of tho AgentB , that tfeey have the power as well as the inclination , faithfully to carry out that which they undertake to perform . Such a guarantee they are prepared to offer , and in a form which they trust will be approved of They propose—Tuai wnen the purchase is made , the money contributed by each family or principal shall be placed in the bands of the Bankers of tbe Agency , in London , in the joint names o ^ tbe Agent in London , and some one appointed by the Settlers , to be applied in the manuer following , viz . : — 1 . To pay the purchase money of the Land eo soon as tho Tvtle Deeds of the same , legally executed in tbe Colony , are delivered over to the Purchasers . 2 . To defray tbe Passage Money of the Settlers in ihe manner usually practised in Emigrant Ship -, and 3 . To repay all other disbursements undertaken by the Agents , so as , but not before , the Settlers shall have arrived on their location , and are therefore in adtual possossion of the settlement prepared for thcia . ' Korih American Land Agency , RICHARD NORMAN , No . 2 , New Broad Street , London . Agent in London . STATEMENT A Table , shewing the amount required to be paid by each Family according to the number of its mombers , to entitle them to a Freehold Fabm of 100 Acres , a Free Passage to Canada ; three Months ' Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; and a participation in all the advantage offered by the Ageucy , which are as folio wa : — L—A Log Honso to be built on each Farm . 2 . —Five Acres of Land to be cleared on eaoh Farm , of which four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and one acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . 3—The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and also 4 . — With one Yoke of Oxen for the general ubo of the Settlement . 5— A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be enganad and paid by the Agents for three months , to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Land and fencing it ; and in the erection of Log Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of the Settlers . tj . —Three Months' Provis / ons to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus securing them against tho possibility of want while their drops are ripening , aad they are eugaged in the work referred to in tbe foregoing paragraph . TT , .. -T , Amount to be Paid . Under Above Number Members of eacb Family . 14 14 in T , . „ . Years . Years . Family . T ^ T i £ T Individual Family . xSo . 1 . ~ £ h IT £ s d A single roan 1 1 77 0 0 77 0 0 No . 2 . A man and wife 2 2 43 10 0 87 0 0 IS o . 3 . A man ., wife , and 1 child 1 2 3 30 15 0 92 5 0 No . 4 . i A man , wife , and 2 ohildmi 2 2 4 24 10 0 98 0 0 No . 5 . A man , wife , and 3 children 3 ; 2 5 20 15 0 103 15 0 No . 6 . A man , wife , and 4 children , 1 child above 14 years 3 3 6 18 17 6 113 5 0 No . 7 . A man , wife , and 5 chilnn-n . 1 child above 14 years 4 3 7 17 0 0 119 0 0 No . 8 . AnKtn , w ? fe , and 6 children , 2 children above 14 yrs 4 4 8 16 2 6 129 0 0 STATEMENT B Table shewing the Amount required to be paid by ealch Family according to tho number of its Members , to entitle them io a Freehold Farm of Fifty Acres ; a Free Passage to Canada ; three Months * Provisions ^? r ihriT arrival at the Settlement , ' and a participation in all the advantages offered by tho Agency , which are aa follows , vz .: — 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . 2 . —Four and a Half Acres of Land to be cleared on each Farm , of which four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and Half an Aero with Potatoes and other vegetables . 3 . —The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and also 4 . —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general use of the Settlement . 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced absistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agents for three mon hs , to work with aud instruct the Emigrants in clearing Laud and fencing it ; and in the erection of Log Houses , of wtich five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of the Settlers . 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus atcuriDg them against the possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and they are engaged in tlir- tveik referred to in the foregoing paragraph . Unde , Above Numbei Amount to be paid . Members of Each Family . 14 14 in ————_—Years , tfears . Family . B »? wb By each Individual- Family . No . 1 . £ s d ~ £ a < T A single Man , 1 1 59 10 0 59 10 0 No . 2 . A Man and Wife 2 2 34 12 6 69 S 0 No . 3 . A Man , Wife ,, and Child 1 2 3 25 0 73 • No . 4 . A Man , Wife , and two Children 2 2 4 29 2 f 80 10 No . 5 . A Mar ,, Wife , and three ChilAren 3 2 5 17 J » 86 5 9 No . 9 , A ' jfrui . Wife , and four Children , one Child above 14 years ... S 3 6 16 0 9 $ 0 I No . 7 . ' A Man , Wife , and five Children , one Child above 14 years ... 4 3 7 14 10 0 101 10 0 No . 8 . : A Man , Wife , and six Children , two Children above 14 yeart 4 4 8 13 17 6 111 0 0 N . B . —A party desiring to have a larger Farm tban above described , can obtain Land in any quantity at the mere cost of such Land , free from any increase in the other items of expenditure .

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      * - IHE LAW )! THE LANI >!! THE LAKDl ! i GKAKD MOYEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES . MARCH OF AGRAKIANISM . 2 flEETI 2 fQS OF THE NATIONAL REFORMERS . ( Abridged from the Working Man ' s Advocate" of June SOi . lSthj and 22 nd . ) The first ont-door meeting of " All favourable to the freedom of the Pnblic Lands" was held in Habingfion Sgaare , New York , on the 5 th of June . Tee meeting ¦ was opened by Mr . Manning . As he prec ** ded ¦ with hia address the meeting rapidly inerased in numbers , carmen came up with their carts , omnibus drivers droTe np ¦ with their vehicles , and most of them , as soon as they became satisfied that the meetfag vras not somBbnmbng of party , became attentive listeners till the dose of the meeting . Mr . Manning * poie for about an hoar on these topics , and ai ' the ¦ dose of his rPTTitrfrw , pnt the question ta the meeting ,

      • ' Are yon in favour of making the Pablic Lands free to actual settlers ? '' ¦ which "was responded to by a deaf ening shout of " aye ! " Mr . M ., in the course of Ida address , read from President Jackson ^ Message to -Conireas in 1 S 32 , his -views on the Land question , Bbowing that he tfm of opinion that the lands should eeasb to be a source of revenue , and severely cenEure 4 the conduct of those who call themselves Democrats for Slot carrying trot h \ s proposition . At the . dose of his address he - was received Vith three cheers . The meshing bow having greatly incresird in numbers , a » d those who had listened to the remarks of Mr . Manning , or to the various groups at a distance from the stand , who ¦ were discussing the question " on their own hook , " and ^ o one evincing a disposition to leave the meeting , George H . Evans was called upon and took the stand .

      ili . Evans followed in his usual able and eloqnent JrtyJe . We can only afford room for the following extracts from his speech : —Yon , all of you , aiust see that the present state of things is -wrong ; that there can be no reason in jiature why they who labour most ' Bhonid eujoy the least ; no reason why they -who build ; file houses should be doomed to live in the damp eel- j lara and smoky garrets ; na reason why they who pro- j tect other men ' B property from fire should have no ; property of their own to protect ; no reason why they , who s 3 il the ships should is donbled np in a dirty j forec ^ Ue , and fed like hogs out of a tub ; no reason j Why they who make the shoes and the hats , and the ] ftanimre , and the carpets , should be only allowed to i roe the most inferior sroduets of their labour , -while

      thaEk . " -who toil not , neitb . br do thsy spin" appropriate the mist costly ; no reason why the man who make the piano fortes should laagh at the idea of having one for their own wives and daughters i I say , there is no Te&soa in nature fox all this j and if there is any man in this large assemblage who can trace this unjust una nnrepubliean state of things to anything elae than the monopoly of the Lsnd , let him speak ; let him mount this stand , and he shall be heard . You are all silent ; you t * e tee evii and admit the remedy ; and I therefore invite you to attend our meetings occe a week to ad-• vasce ^ b » people ' s cause , the freeuem of the Lands , and if yuu cannot -do this resolve firmly never aaiSu to vote for any man who will not pledge himself to your C 3 us > e . -Can any Hian show sie wisy , in a conntry whcie

      there are hundreds of millions of acres ef fertile tend mmibabited . besides the vaEt tracts lying waste in the hands of speculators ; can any man give me a reason why , in such a country as this , tbree hundred and fifty thousand people , every seventh cne of whom is a panp = ? , or a detected crixninil , while many more doubtless ^ re in secret , equally criminal and peor , should be Congrf ^ cV » d in a space srffident for a few f rms , havLL . ; iiie proSn ^ e of the &jurstry brought , hundreds ¦ o f mLr = to them , and their products carried haEdreua of mte&in return , when much of tbs businees might fee dene quite as well "where the produce is raised , and file expense of transportation both ways saved , while every working man might live on hia own farm or on Ms own lot , frse from rents or mortgages , free from

      pauperism , and , in a great measure , free from crime ? Can any man give me a cause for this , except that British tntaHment , the monopoly of the soil ? If not , then why not arrest this monopoly where it is . by preventing another inch of American soil from being subject to this foreign-born curse ? "Why not' let these ¦ Who isre xlo land go sna establish , in the Ear Wfcat , Btjrablican Statas in which every American citzsn , as Jackson recommended , shall be an independent Jret > holder , an 3 cany cut tbe principle a little further by providing a plan by which tverj citizsn shall be born , lire , and dia a . freeholder ? What have I seen this day * I have seen poor Toaien , with children in tfceir arms , who were endeavouring to get enough t » keep body and soul uwether by selling a few apples ou

      the-EdfcwsAks , driven torn their honest occupaUDn , not at the poiiit of the bayonet , but "by fear of the official udgels cf a set of as degenerate slavei as ever disgraced humanity ; For who bat a degenerate slave Would fesve obeyed the orders of the cowardly wretches Trbo directed this proceeding ? Tell me" there is a Js ^ that authorises Uiis outrage 5 Tbere is bo Ench la' **; there can -be no law ; there msy ba an enactment , that outrages Larcanity ; fcni it is the duty of a magistrate to trample under foot such an enactment , or , if his tender censdecee will not allow him to do that , it is his duty to resign sad l&t a mac take his plsce . 1 was glad to see around these poor women men of all j ^ r ^ ties , even some wiiD thonphtleely vcted the native American ticket , who loudly disapproved of thia act cf tyranny .

      Amocg the various speakers vh . 9 addressed the out- i skirts of the mestjpg , ponriiu- valley cStei volley , as it ¦ were , upon the monopolists who -ware rfetreatic ? from -, the field , were 3 Ie * srs . Gardner , FolkB , Dunn , Maxwell ,, MorgaB ilsta of New Jersey . ) J ^ kins , ( ot Ohio . ) and Others whose tames we could e ^ . xe ^ rr . The meeting was a complete trmmph for the " I ^ rd . freedom principle , aad as sure an indication of-the success of the tpee ^ y adoption of this measure by tha . Working classes as « ould wtJl be fed . j Not the lsast encouraging symptom on fids occasion ; Was the fact thai several Toma , apparently mechanics ' . ' Wives , were present , listen&d attentively to the -whole ! proceedinga , and , rjter tbe speatera had left the stand " , congratulitid them on the prospect , and called for ' 0 od's Messing on eo good a cauEe . The meeting did { Hot acjoum till near ten o ' clock at night }

      SEGO > D OCT-DO 'K MEETrSG . j A second ont-door meeting of working menand ethers i " favourable to the Freedom ofihe PiMic Lands" took I place in Abingdoa Sgaars , on WedEo « ia 7 «• venmii , ' , June 12 th , pursuant to a call public in the Veop ' e ' s \ Bights of that morning . Sorse time before the hum olj meeii ^ g , a l&rze move 3 ble stage ( the donation of a < working man to this noble csuse ) , was placed on the j ground , acd at half-past six o ' clock the American Flag ¦ Waved over the platform . j Mr . Manning nominated Lswis Matquerier , printer , ; lor Cfcairm 3 a of the metthiic ,, and tXe Domination being seconded and carried ¦ uusnlmo * isiy , Eilis Soially , carpen- ter , wsa chosen as Secretary . " ! The Chairroan read tbe call of the meeting , and called ; Epon Mr . Pyne , as the first speaker . - J Trom ilx . Pyne " s . adcresi -sre give the following i extracts z— j

      Another thing to which I would call your attention , fellow working men , is the progress of ma&intry j Which is rapidly supplanting manual labour , many j machines now performing as much labour with xhe ; BuperintendeEce of two er three hands as two or three hundred hands could perform before . And no -one can . set btunda to the progress of machinery in almost I every department of labonr . While machinery thus has | power to glut the market , what 13 to become of the ¦ , labourers who before have just managed to keep their j fcwrin above water , unless they san have the land as a ] Jefuge , which thsy might go and cultivate for them- - ' selves ? I seek not to array the poor against tbe rich , j This is by no means njy object ; foi the rich are not j wholly to blame . Yon may blame yourselves that the I

      rich are enabled to live in idleness , ffflaence , and ; splendour « n the proeeeojs of your toll . 1 wonld thert- i lore urge yon to ure the peaceful and practicable j means in your possession to establish your rights—to j send men to CDDgrefs who wiD pass a law to prevent i further ipicuiation in tha public lands , and reserve ! them for , actual settleis only . The details will be the i work of the rcpretctatives : fcut we propose that the , lands -shall be laid out in 160 acre farms and five acre . lots , so that mechanics and farmers 'misbt g ' o off in \ todies and assist each otiier , and have sjaiket * for each » Other among thciiist-ives -wheir they x , k \ there . It may j i » said , my friends , that ihe publie lands are too far ! off , and that the working mtn could not get to them if i they were free , Ba' . 1 have tssq in the papers ' ; accounts of 1 . 500 people going in s body from some parti of 2 djssonri to Oregon , a distance of about 2 . 000 miles , . -through an ¦ o ninha'tated country , and the public lands

      are not more than half tbax . distaacs from us . I say ! tbey tciS go off in Isige txKiics , and leave mere " steady j employment , and whst is better , hitter wages for those ¦ Who TfiPT "" - * * * On the 17 th of Decsniber , ' 18 S 5 , a great part o ? this city was consumed bj 3 re j j yet in a few months , as if by magic tiie hoc&cs re- ; appeared , and tha streets were aa compact as before ; < and then awsin the Taen who performed all this -work ; were going about again hedging for empluymeE ^ , while the capitalist eujojed all the luxuries of life as if nothiBK cad happened > If ow , I ask yon , if yon can do all this work for others , what is tb « reason yon cannot do it for yomraelves ? It is not the rich mgn ' s fault ilone Uisi you are oppressed . If , I say , you can do these Wfg ^ for others , and still be objects , of contempt and ^ eriaon for your poverty , is it not time that you do something lor yourselves to ensure yon respect ? Mi . Commerford followed , and said : —

      As the speaker before me said , we have gained nothing from the two great parties , and now we have a third party that makes war upon apple-women , and would stop the rall-ro * d ran , ao that a poor man , after contnement lor xx fays , eotCul not gei » little taste . country air on tha seventh . 1 Osrs is so humbug party , bttt one In which every poor man is interested ; and our measure is sot new . In Egjpt under Sesostzis , in Qreece , aha in Some , this matter must have been ^ agitated , though history does not give us thepMticniars ; for we ^ nd that in Uiose countries , at different periods , tbe people bad tieir right to land . Tbe aristocracy of Rome set their face against a measure of this kind intbetimeof tbe Graecbii ; and the aristocracy bere ^ no » atter of which party , wB" do the « me ; bntitlsinthepower of the working men , by { bemadsof tbe ' BallDt , to Becare to tbeizposleiit ? ft *

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      treasures lhat Labour has paid for . In England the j aristocracy are endeavouring to grasp the . last acre of copjmon land , by the passing of Enclosnre Bills . The aristocracy here are also passing Enclosure Bills . They say the lands are wanted for revenue , and if you will permit them , they will find abundant necessity for this revenue . Not only our own , but the British aristocracy , have got a finger in the pie ; and the British fujidmnptTS are no doubt calculating thai when they get licked oat of their unrighteous possessions , as God send they soon will be , by a Revolution , they can secure ienitory here , and be TOUB landlords and TODB . taskmasters . And we have man among us— men base enough to take the last ekim from the poor woman ' s pot , who would aid them in their designB ! This measure is the

      most truly American proposition Bince the revolutionary ¦; war . It will make meu freemen in substance as well &s in name ; and it yielatea no man's rights . Now , the question 1 b—whether you will jein the Association formed ts carry it out ? f _ A man just come up— " Is this a political meeting ? " 3 No ; but we mean to make it so . Mr . Commerford then discussed the Tariff and I Free Trade doctrines , avowing hiB preference for the I latter , "but showing how little either would do for the i people while they are shut out from tbe land . He then showed the horrible slavery of the factory Bystem , by which men , women , and children are shut np twelve or fourteen hours a dsy , when the God of Nature j provided abundance of means by -which they might

      get & imng in one-third of the time , subject to no man ' s wliL instead of profiting by machinery , a * they would do if they had the land , they are now worse off than before machinery was invented . If the lands are made free , men will go in bodies of two or three hundred at & time , and the Societies wI 21 establish funds to assist them , knowing that all will be benefitted by the emigration . * * * "We may not be able sufficiently to arsnse attention to this subject , folly to effect our obj&ct , before the Presidential election ; but we shall be able , without doubt , to make it of sufficient interest , before another election , to ensure the return i of a President and representatives , who will restore to the people the patbimok r of their fathers—( great ' applause ) . ;

      Mr . Manning followed and continned io address the ! the meeting till some time after dark . This meeting ' has effected great good . The cause is onward . The land will be oars .

      th 1 ed out-dooh m 2 ktisg . Greai asd Enthusiastic Gathering of ihe Wobki . vg Men im the Eleventh Ward . —On Monday evening . June 17 th , a meeting took place at Union Market-square , in the Eleventh Ward , of working men , and " all favourable to the freedom of Public Lmds , " which was one of the largest and most enthusiastic yet held in tbe cause . Soon after the hour of meeting arrived , Henry Bseny , cordwsiner , was called to the chair , and Ellis Smally , carpenter , was chosen secretary . The Chairman then ( the crowd rapidly gathering ia the aeon-while ) britfly explained vhe objects of the meeting , which appeared an entirely new subject to the working men in this section of the city . He tbea called upon Mi . Commerford te address Use assemblage .

      Mr . Commerford commented by reading General Jackson ' s opinion in favour of enahlirvs every American CitZisn to become an indtpei .-dent fittholder on the Public Lands , and of ceasing to hold them as a source of revenue , as given in his nieE > 3 < b in 1832 . > Ir . C . then went on to show why tbe lands h * u originally been made a source of revenue , that is to pay the expects of the revolutionary war . That object twing accomplished and the expends vf the lost war also ; having been paid out of the lands , be contended there was no longer any reason or prettcce for making them !

      a source of revenna He then showed ho-w many millions had Bince been received from these lands in the hands of speculators , which ontht to be reserved for the whole American People . Mr . C tben spoke of the immense Wealth of the English nation in contrast with the unparalleled poverty and oppression of the mass of tbe people , a condition of things to which we are rapidly approaching . He believeri tkat whsn the people come to fully consider this sulj- ct , they will act as one man to effect the only measure that can make this country a trne Republic .

      Mr . Manning then mounted thB platform . He had been -working about eleven hours , had nov had time to gtt his supper , and was Bomewhat fatigued ; but he could not hold back on this occasion . This day sixtynine years ago , on the 17 th June , 1775 , tbe first skirmish took place that led about a year after , to the Declaration of Independence , the Pledge to wbicfa the true-hearted patriots of that day sffixsd their names . About a year ago , a few of us commenced a skirmish iu favour of this cause , and we have signed a Piedge that we will never again vote for men who will nut assure us that thsy will do all they can to seenre the freedom of the lands . This , he thought , was by far the most important measure that has ceme before the Cvnutry since the war . He then described the present condition of the working clsases , and said that both partisa were to blame for thia state of things ; and the remedy now is for all to unite ano enable every man to be a l&nohclderasd sit under r . is own vine . He then reverted

      to ths condition of thirgs in Eug . and , speke of th-j Pcterloo Massacre of men , women , and children , and cautioned the working men , if tbty wonld avert a similar fate from their children , to break dj « n the Lund Monopoly . Mr . M . then arzued the que = ton at length on the ground of natural right , bnt our limits will not allow any further notice of his remarks . Mr . Gnwatd , teacbeT , spokt at 8 on > e length in Bnpport o ! the object of tbe meeting ; and concluded by singing an original song . ¦• Mr . Devyr , printer , was then called on , and came on the stand reluctantly , as be -was labeuring under a a severe indisposition- He , however , adireased tbe infesting , lor near na hour , appearing to scqaire vtw entrgy as he proceeded with his subject . The ni' -st profound attention was paid to his remarks , and the truth * he uttered respecting tbe evils of a landed aristocracy appeared to sink deep into the minds of every -working man present .

      Mt . Manning again took tb 3 stand , a ^ d , at tbe conclusion of his remarks , offered the following resolution to be signed and forwarded by the Chairman and Sscrotary of this meeting ;—Resolved , " That we protest againBt the bill now before Congress , to sell the Mineral Lands of the United States to speculators , and that we assert the right ¦ whenever we shall get the power , to abrogate euch sale if effected . " The resolution was put by the Chairman ., and carried unanimously with tremendous applause .

      Mr . Manning then said that before adjournment ( it was now some time after dark ) he should , like to know the opinion of the meeting distinctly en tbe Land question . Those in favour ot making the lands free will say ay a ** A tremendous and nniversal Bhnut of AYE was the Tesponse . " Contrary , noT * Not one . Three cheers fer the working men of the Eleventh Ward were then proposed acd given , with the greatest enthusiasm . The Chairman announced that the next meeting wou > d be held at the corner of E . ist Broadway and Grand-Btreet , and then the meeting adjourned . No one who was present at this meeting , and who has watched tbe progress of thiB movement from its incsption , could have left this meeting with the least lingering doubt on his mind of ita speedy progress and ultimate triumph .

      Wt £ EA N S J are compelled for this week to pass over the rcportB of the regular meetings of tha nation il Reform Association to make way for the following ietter which we quote from " The People s Eights '' of June 22 ad-Slavebt . — " The poor negro mnst work for others , or be flagged : the poor white man must work for others , or be starved . The poor negro is subjected to a single miBter : the white man is snbjecred to many masters—to a master class . The poor negro leads the lite of a farm-horse : the poor white man , like a horse kept at a livery stable , is worked by every body and cared for by nobody . The poor nesjro has a master both in sickness and in health : tha poor white man ie a slave only b-j long as he is able to toil , and a pauper when he can toil no more . " —F O Connor .

      TO FEARGCS 6 CON SOB . Sib—Permit me to addresB you concerning an important error into which you seem to have fallen ; namely , that of supposing that the negro slaves of the southern states are more enslaved—more oppressedthan are the labouring poor in other parts of Christendom , and that tbe principles of natural justice ara more grossly violated in their case than in that of the great body of white " operatives . ' 1 can readily conceive " » by this error so often finds access to minds both honest and aeate - Th « *** rb irians

      of Africa stb not a sentimental raca They have little of the pride or delicacy of the Caiscassian . Their minds are obtuse . They are consequently best governed , best driven , and best stripped of their toil , by plain , blunt , direct force . To employ finesse -with them , to seek to cheat them , to s » ek to hide their chains , or to decorate their bonds with ruffles , would be a - work of supererogation . They are therefore only called slaves . The lull extent of their slavery is known to all . The mind can grasp all their wroDgs without effort , and a : a single view .

      The white slave—the operative—is a different being , and requires different treatment . If allowed to see his chains—if allewed to believe that they are chainschains of man ' s imposing—be is sure to break them . The utmost refinement of iniquity is requisite to keep him in subjection . Hia soul must be blinded with lies in early childhood . Hypocrisy mnet cover as many of his wrongs with her broad cloak as she can , and impute the xesidnB to Providence . Instead of simple chains , he wears a net that hampers every fibre of his body and every faculty of his soul—a net of no one man ' s making , hat the product of tbe ingenuity and villainy of ages . Instead of bearing a single wrong , be is crashed by > boundless system of Iniquity . The world beholds him perish wader bis wrongs , y » t knows not dearly what they are , ox concludes from the infinity of their extent and their complication * that they most be the work of Infinite Power . " ¦¦

      _ _ . _ _ These oonaideratipna trifl abqw why it la that negro alavery appears worst Yet I " doubt if jon can find a working population of equal numbers in any part ot Great Britain who enjoy a larger per ceniagt of MrA wealth created by their toil , ot who wear bapyer faces or lighter hearts than do our nnsophi 8 r . cated negro slaves . You are shocked at the doctrine , when stated by an iadiTidual ia plain woro > that man can b ^ o ld property

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      in man . You are shocked to Bee one man lay bis hand en another , and say to him— " You are mine for life !" I do not blame this feeling . I share it myseif . Yet yon should bear in mind that this doctrine ia no more a violation of truth than is every other lie—no more a violation of justice than any other wrong . It is less odious , when addressed by au individual farmer to a flat-nosed barbarian , than when addressed by a whole gang of aristocrats—by a " Christian Government "— te

      indiscriminate millions of their own race and kin . The doctrine I admit is a bad one , and it sounds bad ¦ w hen Biated in words ; yet your aristocrats—your governing class—set forth a far more omel one by their acts . They practically declare to each man , woman , and child among the millions of tbe poor—" You are our property bo long aa you can minister to our pride , and wealth , and pleasure ; you are your own when your strength shall become exhausted , and you can toii no more . "

      'Tis a gTOEB error to suppose that I must claim a man ' s body as my property in order to hold him as my slave . There are a thsusand other false claims that would answer the same pnrpose . Give me the ownership of a single nerve , and my mastery is as com i'lete as it would be if I owned tbe whole carcase . Give me the air a man must breathe , the water he must drink , or THE land from which he must draw his subsistence , and you give me the -whole man . He must obey me , and serve me , or die . The planters of tbe south claim the negro for the

      same reason that the aristocracy of your conn try claim its soil—not because either negroes or supetfiuons dirt < are of any value in themselves , bnt because their possession is A MEANS of obtaining labour and service without rendering labour or service in return . You » cannot deny tbat both aim at , and both accomplish , ' the same end . How , then , can you reckon tbe means bo 1 nr&ch more atrocious than the other ? Are nut both ' > claims equally blasphemous and absurd ? Did not God j make the earth for all ? Do not all writers on natural i law admit this ? And has any one yel been able to i

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      prove that any power less than tbe God of nature can set the laws of nature aside ? Whenever the existence of social evils in this country is adduced as an argument against popular government , I would ask you to remember , that it is little more than half a century since our revolution was consummated and our present form of government established : that your aristocracy bad previously implanted here every publie wrong and imposition that they hart ever legalized at home : that of these wrongs , negro slavery , though the grossest in appearance , was far from being the worst : in reality : that , until recently , owing to the abundance of land and employment among us , our people took but little note of evils that were to a great

      extent latent : that the aristocrats of Europe , stimulated by the instinct of self-preservation , and knowing that the overthrow of their ayateu of public robbery and imposture in this country , would involve ita overthrow everywhere , have employed their fleets and armies , their priests and literati , their politicians and intriguers , their presses and their purees—in short , all their tools and powers , to obstruct our advancement , to decry our principles , to corrupt our legislation , to foster debts , banks , chartered monopolies , and all auoh fortresses of corruption , and thus to prevent us from exploding the lies and iniquities whence they derive their wealth . You should remember that the very

      ¦ Abolition Excitement wbicb you seem bo ready to encourage , wan to a great extent got up by their agents and missionaries , in order to distract our reformers and break up our confederacy . You should also consider that tbe only measure that ceuld establish true liberty and social equality , either here or elsewhere , namely , —tbe preventing of any and every man from engrossing an undue portion of tbe soil for purposes of speculation—is a measure that cannot be shaped in baste , and should not be adopted without tbe fullest scrutiny and deliberation . It could not have feeen proposed with success twenty years ago , and would not succeed now were it not that the progress of machinery ia bo fast diminishing the profits of hand-labour

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      aa to render the explosion of the great lie of feudalism , and escape from the burdens founded upon it , absolutely necessary to our existence . * Allow me here , in conclusion , to make a request , which an honest opponent of all slavery , as I know you to be , will grant with pleasure . Same two years ago , the " World ' s Convention , " which was composed mainly of your aristocracy , and presided over by Prince Albert , publicly opened tbe Bible of natural law , and publicly endorsed one of its precepts . They proclaimed the great truth—that no man can justly own or claim a greater number of human bodies than his soul require $ , and is able to animate . Here they stopped ; but they did not—they never can—close the Sacred Volume they then opened in the jwarld ' s presence . Now I find on the same page ot this Bible , and in continuation of the same test then put forkh , anather precept by the same , author , aad io tbe words following : — " And NO Ma » CAN JUSTLY OWN OR CLAIM A GREATER AMOUNT OP

      LAND THAN HIS WANTS REQUIRE AND HIS HANDS Can cultivate . " I therefore ask you , as a trusty leader of tbe British Daraocraoy , to lay both parts of thia grand aenteuee before the British people—to print the whole text in connexion , so that when " Prince Albert" and his associates shout thejfrsl clause , as they are in tbe habit of doing , they may infallibly remind their hearers of the second clause also . I ask you to enlighten the British ' public in regard to the whole system of slavery ; and , as an faumbte offering to the work on my part , I send you the enclosed pamphlet , * which I trust you will reprint , with this letter prefixed by way of preface to the ; English reader . With Bincere respect foryouTself , Bnd warm regard for the great cause in which you ate embarked , I ara , tec , A Member of the N . Y . Society for the Abolition of all Slavery .

      The Northern ? tar . —The Northern Star of the 1 st instant , just receivod , contains the proceedings of the National Reform Meeting of tbe 11 th April , in full , with a long article , exposing , in a very able manner , the state of parties iu this country . Proceedings of our subsequent meetings , and further comments , are promised in the inext paper . —People ' s Bights , June 22 nd . ¦

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      [• " The Slavery of Poverty , " a Pamphlet which has reached us , and which wa shall certainly reprint . EJ . N . S 1 '

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      \ ITALY . More Murder . —The Suabian Mercury , on the authority of a letter ; from Trieste , states that the whole of the insurgents captur d in Calabria have been shot . Nothing ! is said of the sons of Admiral Bzmdeira . ¦ A letter from Bologna , of the 4 th , states that the military commission sitting there has paused sentence on the third batch of prisoners implicated in the political events of 1843 . The sentences had been

      forwarded under seal to Rome , and the exequatur was daily expected . These prisoners consist of forty persona , some of the higher ranks of society . It is said that none j are to be condemned to death but those who havo effected their escape to foreign countries , and are condemned par contumace- Official accounts bad been received by the Cardinal Legato of the seizure of the Italian emigrants , who left Corfu for Calabria . It is said that their intention was to disembark in Sicily , but being pursued by an armed ship , they were under the necessity of lanaint' at Pizzo . j

      UNITED STATES . By the arrival of the Rochester at Liverpool on Thursday ; evening ; the Garriok on Friday evening , audj the Acadia on Saturday , we have been put in possession of the following intelligence : — ; Congress— " The Senate confirmed the nomination of Mr , Cushing as Commissioner to China , aad of Dr . Clemsen , son-in-law to Mr . John C . Calhouh , as Charge to Belgium . The executive withdrew the name of Mr . Walworth for the vaoancy occasioned by the death ot' Judge Thompson , aud substituted that of J . C . Spencer . "

      No bills of any consequence were passed at the closing of the Congressional sitting . The Finance Committee of tho Senate had been discharged from the further consi deration of the subjects referred to it , and the chairman stated , with reference to the omission of any provision for the debt due on the 1 st of Jauuary next , as ( proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury , that thp debt last year was 25 , 385 , 000 dollars . It was nowi 2 , 295 , 000 dollars less . # On tho 1 st of January next , the debt would be reduced to fifteen and one-third millions ; according to every reasonable probability , there would be no diminution in tho revenue from any cause . Congress adjourned on the 17 th , at three o ' clock on Sunday morning , f

      Marriage of President . —President Tyler was married on the 27 th uk ., to Julia , daughter of tho late Colonel Gardiiisr of Now York , who was kiljbd by the recent explosion on board the Princeton . The lady is accomplished , beautiful , and about twenty-two or twenty-four years of age . The President is fifty five years of age . The Presidency . —There has been but little stirring in tho political world , since the adjournment of Congress . The two great parties , Whigs and Democrats , are holding m « etint ; s all over the country , in furtherance of their respective views , in the coining Presidential election , j It has betm supposed for some days past , that Mr . Tyler would withdraw his nam ^ as a competitor for the next Presidency ; but the Madnonian states that u puoh intention isfeutertained . 1 '

      The Rhode Island Tyrants . —Governor Dorr has been sentenced ! to imprisonment and hard labour for life , for High Treason against that State . We find the following comments in the New York Weekly Sun : — | l It is rumoured that the Supreme Court of Rhode Island has sentenced Gov . Dorr to confinement in tho State Prison for life . It . will be said by many that he who sets on foot a revolution must stand the hazard of the die ; in this case however it was apparent that nothing like revolution was contemplated . Gov . Dorr buiieved that he was

      acting under the provisions of the new Constitution by aud with the consent of a majority of the people . Rhode Island was altogether at that period , in a state of cou ( u 3 ion between tbe movements to get rid of the old charter and the formation of a now government , and Gov . Dorr [ believed that his course was legal and constitutional . We have no idea , under the ciroumstanoes of his case , that the sentence will be carried into effect . ; It is a political case and cannot be divested of a [ party character . Hence the imprisonment may Dot and we hope will not endure beyond the period of those mutations . "

      The Tjxan Question . —The New York Commercial Advercizer has it that Santa Anna would not listei . to any overture for the acquisition of Texas by the United States , but repeated his former declaration that tbe annexation would be regarded by Mexico as a declaration of war . Such , moreover , was the tono of the Mexican papers without exception . The officers of the Poiasett reported at Mobile that 14 . 000 troops had assembled and were quartered at Vera Cruz , and that largo quantities of military stores were arriving there . An English brig with ammunition , &c . ihad just arriyed from Tobasco . The Moxican authorities were loud in their denunciations of vengeance against the United States .

      Congress will not again convene until the first week in December , unless called together sooner by the President . It has been rumoured that Mr . Tyler contemplates an ( extra session shortly after the members have mingled with their constituents , believing , as it is said ho does , that the people will change their opinions , fand consequently the action of their representatives , \ ou the question of Texan annexation , and especially in the south and southwest . The Native Americans . —The Catholic citiz-ns of Philadelphia had prepared an address in reply to th 4 * presentment of the grand jury , relating to the late serious riots , alleging that they had been grossly misrepresented by that body . It was feared another outbreak would take place on the 4 th of July . The Mormons . —The correspondent of the Chronicle , dating his letter June 30 th , writes as follows : —

      ' I regret to record a state of things at Nauvoo , tho Mormon city , which cannot prove other than painfully interesting to many English families , who have friends and relatives among the deluded disciples of the notorious Joe Smith . For several months past a bad feeling has existed between the Mormons and the surrounding inhabitants of Illinois , and this has been kept jdaugerously alire by a journal called the Warsaw Signal . About a month since , a journal was also started in Nauvoo by several Beceding Mormons , aided by other persons , called the Expositor , in which a number of crimes and a most vicious life were imputed to Smith and his fellowleaders . Stung by these attacks , Smith ( as it is said ) and his adherents , destroyed by violence , the

      press , types , &c . of the Expositor , and thus stoppe'd the paper ; and about the same time a leading Mormon , against whom a warrant had been issued , was retained by Smith , and not delivered uptojustioe Soon atterwards he iwas taken , and released by Smith , in virtue of a writ of habeas corpus . As soon as these events were ; known , the Warsaw Signal published an article stating that " war and exterminations against the Mormons , are inevitable , " calling them " infernal devils , " and recommending etery man to make his comment * with powder and ball . " Meetings have been held at Warsaw , and in other parts of Hancock county , IUinoia , at which the moBt funoua resolutions of war afiainBt the Mormons

      were passed . The people around armed themselves , denounced what waBioalled Smiiibfattaok on the liberty of the preasi and also what was called ( wnethor justly or not we haye no iaeana of ascertaining ) tbe crimes of the Mormons ; and , at the latest dates , they were preparing to attack Kauvoo , under colour of enforcing the law . There is no disguising the fact , that the news of a bloody battle , or per adventure of a masssaoTe , as 5 j Missouri , is feared , unless such a tragedy be prevented by the timely interference of the Governor , of IlliuoiB with a strong force . Whether all the charges against the Mormons aryj trae , or whethev some , or most of them , are gotten , as mere pretep . ' oes to work evil designB—

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      as the ferocity of the Warsaw Signal would seem partially to indicate , we cannot tell , seeing thai Nauvoo is about 2 , 000 miles ( by the rivers ) from this part of the union . The general opinion here is founded on private letters that there is evil on both sides . Certainly , if the Mormons have been guilty of eeripua crimes , and resist the laws , a force under constituted authorities should be sent to apprehend the accused . To leave them to be attacked by illegal multitudes of armed men would be a fata too horrible for contemplation , and I sincerely hope it may be averted . Yet it should be remembered that the execution of the law is necessarily weak is the far west , where population is scarce . Sincerely do I hope that the ominous circumstances I have described , even if the fearful excitement should pass

      harmlessly away , will deter any more emigrants from England from coming out and enrolling themselves among tbe miserable dupes of that wouldbe modern Mahomet , Joe Smith ! Hundreds of Mormons were leaving Nauvroo at our latest dates . The War against the Mormons . —Our files of Illinois papers come down to the 17 th June . On the 16 th there was a muster of volunteers ; they turned out one hundred and fifty men , armed and equipped for the war . Great excitement is said to prevail in the vicinify of Warsaw , which seems to be on the increase every day . Tbe 19 < . h was the day set for a general rendezvous of the forces who are to aid in arresting of Joe Smith , and unless the Executive interferes in the matter , we are afraid it will not end without bloodahed .- ^ iVW YorAr Sun .

      . Repeal . —A great repeal meeting was held at New York , on the 25 th June , at which it is stated 12 , 000 persons were present . The object of the meeting was to collect money to pay the fine upon O'Connoll , and 1 , 000 dollars were reported to have been received , when the meeting adjourned to the following evening . General News . —It is reported that S . Anna had convened a new Congres * in Mexico , for June 1 st . A French fleet has been spoken in the Gulf , on its way , as was believed , to Vera Cruz . At Shelbyville , Texas , the people hung a murderer by Lynch law . About the same time , in Jefferson Co ., Mississippi , two slaves were hung by Lynch law for having murdered their master , Mr William Boydi There had been an explosion of fire-damp at Blackheath coal-pit , near Richmond , by which four EneJish miners and four negroes were killed ^—The

      steamer Cleveland exploded near Pittsburg , killing tbree persons . Four fishing smacks were lost off Charlettpn , with all hands on board , in a heavy squall . —Mr . G . Lyon , jeweller , of Charleston , was robbed and murdered at his residence ; large rewards for the apprehension of the murderers are offered by the city authorities . —Mr . E . Hasler , a native of England , destroyed himself at New York . There had been two duels last week in New Orleans ; ia which Mr . J . Prootor , merchant , and another citizen , were mortally wounded . Mr Miles Evans , lata of England , was killed in an affray , at Duncannon , Pensylvania ; and at Olney , Illinois , Mr . Hiram M'Cully was killed in a similar manner . —A . man , named Leprue , was burnt to death in New York . Later . —Philadeiphia , June 30 th—Our foreign American advices inform us positively , that Maxico will not submit to the annexation of Texas to the

      United States , and that the Mexicans are united to a man in opposition to it . An extra session of the Mexioan Congress is to be convened . —A revolt had broken out in Rio Grande , and the Intendant of Cansargo had been killed . —Preparations had been , made at Tobasco to capture Santemanat , who bad sailed with an expedition from New Orleaps to revolutionize that province . —Several skirmishes had . taken place between small parties of Mexicans and Texans on the frontier , in which no quarter had been given on either side , Several frontier Texan families bad been killed by the Indians . —Cuba has been visited with refreshing rains . The late president of Hayti , Herald and several friends , have « ailed for Jamaica , ou board her Britannic Majesty ' s

      corvette Spartan . —There is still much trouble in the island , especially at and near Aux Cayes . —A few days since the Rev . George Mortimer , rector of Thoruhill , Canada , was accidentally thrown out of his carriage and killed on the spot . —Mr . Ford , of St . Louis , shot Mr . L « w , an auctioneer , a few days since , on account of Low having seduced his daughter , under a promise of marriage , and then hating refused to marry her . —At Teledo , on the 22 nd , a canal boat sunk , and three passengers wexe drowned . —A sailboat was capsized near Providence , on Monday , and two persons were drown « d . —At Lockport , on Saturday , while Mr . Alvan Stewart was addressing a meeting on a

      bridge , it gave way , aud four persons were killed and several others much injured . —On Friday week , Mr . M'Intyre , late of Ireland , was killed by Mr . Sherrill , in a quarrel . —At Boston , last week , a man named Robert Dale , was charged with the murder of his wife . —Oa Monday , Mr . Daniel Carman waa killed in a street fight in Now York . —Colonel F Fillebrown , of Win hrop , and Mr . John Woodside , of Smyrna , Delaware , have committed suicide . —A very rich gold m'ne has been discovered in Orange county , N . C . —Two Mexican war steamers , built in England , havo arrived at New York for repairs . — The crops in all parts of the Union promise an abundant harvest .

      Tftoro bas been a dreadful flood on the Missouri , many lives lost , and a vast amount of property destroyed . Several houses and warehouses in the best part of Boston wore destroyed by fire on Tuesday night ; damage , 100 , 000 dollars . The steamer Macedonia , from New Orleans to St . Louis , and filled with Euglish passengers , bound for Nauvood ) , caught fire aboTe Natchez on the 17 th , aud was totally destroyed . No lives were lose , but all the bag ^ atie was consumed . ^ Perhaps , after all , it may have been a fortunate circumstance for tho English , passengers , if they were thu 3 prevented from goiog to that" Paradise for fools , " Nauvoo . A few days since , a German , named Adam Fi , wag murdered by bis father-in-law Heltz , another German , near Winchester , Indiana .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Horrible Scene at an Execution . —On tbe 8 th instant Pierre Lescure , who was accused of tbe murder of his father , but not brought to trial for want of sufficient evidence , and who has since been condemned to death for making away with his uncle , was executed at Riom ( Puy-de-Dome ) . The circumstances attending tho execution were most horrifying . Being a man of herculean strength , he was bound in prison with an unsual weight of chains . It required at least half an hour for the smiths to unrivet them . Le = cure was much weakened by his confinement , and assistance was offered to him in walking to the scaffold , but he declined it and went forward , and even ascended the ladder with a firm

      step . Fearing resistance tbe executioners of St . Flour aud Moulins were called in to aid the executioner of Riom . When Leecnre appeared on tbe platform , his tall and athletic person towered above them and the priest who attended him . Unfortunately he was not bound with sufficient force to the swing-board , which also was too short for his length , so that his neck went beyond the groove , and the axe , when loosened , fell oa the wood of the frame , and only wounded its intended victim . Upon this the executiener from St . Flour got astride on the head of Lescure , but the convict struggled from the grasp , and , breaking his bands , rose again , with his shoulders and breast covered with his blood , hia iace flu ^ hud , and his eyes haggard , uttering cries that struck terror to the heart of every spectator .

      The priest approached the wretched man , and , presenting to him the image of Christ on the cross , succeeded by his exhortations in prevailing on him to aj ; ain submit io be bound . Again the axe fell , and again missed its mark , only enlarging the first wound . Lescure ' s cries became still more astounding . The people shouted with indignation , and pressing round the scaffold , were on the point of overcoming the gendarmerie in attendance , while the priest , whose surpl ce was covered with blood , embraced and did all in his power to console and culm tho multilated man . The three executioners were fora time completely paralysed ; but . ac last cne of them mustered resolution enough to fix the devoted head in a proper position , and the axe , already itrcamiug with blood , fell a third time , and completed US task . —Galignani .

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      The Iron Trade . —Tho quarterly meetings of the ironmasters were held during the past week as usual ; there was less previous anxiety as to the result either with respect to demand or prices than is usually the case . During the last quarter the trade haa been ia a healthy state , the demand steady , and the prices for all descriptions of iron fair and remunerating . It was , however , expected that there might have been a downward tendency , the masters being less flush of orders than at the beginning of the quarter and sotao forced sales having been ' made ia Liverpool and London at rate 3 rather below the market price ; notwithstanding these circumstances , and although Rome slight indications of a fall were given at Wolverhampton on Wednesday , at the meetingin

      this town on Thursday , which is justly considered the most important , former quotations were fully maintained , and several considerable contracts for Staffordshire bars were entered into at £ 7 . per ton prompt , and other descriptions in proportion ; for forged pigs some efforts were made for an advance . The number of railway bills passed dnrin g toe present session—the steady demand for manuiaeturng purposes arising from tbe improved state of trade in general—together with the increasing application of iron aa a material to purposes for wbioh it bad not previously been used—all eoncar to strengthen the conviction that the present fair : price will iein * iQ

      Steady during tho cuires * quarter . It mainly depends on the iron masters themselves to preserve the trade ia its present satisfactory state ; bnt if , on the one hand , by a hasty attempt to force np prices , , the demand is suddenly checked j or on the other , by * rapid increase of works , or the bringing into operation too many of those which have been suspenaea , the market be overstocked and ruinous compe tition created , the prerant prospects of the trade may oe effectually marved . Of tbe latter of these evils there are at pre 9 p ; flt too many indications ¦; and it is to w hoped thj »; by timely caution the consequences BW be aYejfod . —Birmingham Gazette .

      Noeth American Land Agency.

      NOETH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY .

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      ¦ - . . 6 TBENOUTHERNSTAR . Jtnr 20 , 1844 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 20, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1272/page/6/