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nitrrisn AND sorts ,flasna soc'is1% ) thhe annivemr, ~'ugi‘lfi' the British and. .' Fbreigu Anti-Slavery Society was held, _J}me " ,j i i ‘ 24, at‘Exete'r Hall, the Duke ofSussex prestding. Mr. J,a es G. Birney was present and addressed the meeting at length, in full deouncration of American slavery, of which he undertook to sketch the character—iand a very bad character he gave it. He was followed by Mr. O‘Connell, in a long speech, wherein he gave the two re- publics—the United States and Texas—a nota- ~ble dressing, after his peculiar manner. He did not fail to pay his respects to Mr. Stevenson; this passage of his speech we copy.

The American slave emancipators deserved more than we here, who were well rewarded by the applause ofsuch a day as this ; for those did what they felt to be a solemn duty, in the face ofmany perils; they had to encounter calumni- ators, to defy threats, to endure the flourish of the bowie knife, and not to be deterred by the dangers of suffering under the Lynch law. Glo- ry, then, he would say once more, be to the Arne- rican Anti-Slavery Society. (Great cheering.) The year before last he took leave to make some observations on the American Ambassador, to the effect that he was a slave holder, and a breeder of slaves for sale. To show that he was right, and that he (Mr. O’Connell) was wrong, his excéllency challenged him to fight a duel—— (laughter)-—though if he had shot the ambassa- dor, or the ambassador him, he did not see what solution that would be of the question. (Laugh- ter and cheers.) ~

But he (Mr. O’Connell) did not go and shed his fellow-creature’s blood, for it was forbidden by the law of G01), and he chose to obey it. The matter hadilain by for a while, but he had not forgotten it. He accused the ambassador With being a breeder of slaves for sale, at his resi- , ‘ deuce, Richmond, in Virginia. The ambassa- 9 dor denied it ; he acknowledged he did breed i slaves, but not for sale, though he admitted that

he did sell some of them afterward—(laughter

and cheers); and so he (Mr. O’Connell) let him

ride off upon that distinction. The ambassador

also stated that he believed no breeders of slaves

i existed in the state of Virginia. Now, to confote that gentleman, be (Mr. O’Connell) would refer

to a distinguished American authority, Judge

Jay’s book, published at New York last year.

At page 88 that book stated, ‘ Human flesh is

now the great staple of Virginia.’ In 1832 Tho-

mas Jefferson Randolph declared, in the State

Legislature, that in Virginia men were now pre-

pared for the market like oxen for the shambles.

It seemed, then, that be (Mr. O’Connell) knew more about America than the Ame- rican ambassador—(laughter) Another pas- sage in the book stated that the African slave trader bought and sold strangers, but the Virgi- nia traflicker sold those who had been his com- panions in infancy, tearing himself the children from the mother’s arms. The hon. and learned gentleman then read advertisements from several

Virginia nevvspapers, as copied into the book, in

. which Messrs. Collier, Davis, and other mer- ‘ nts, announced fresh arrivals of slaves, and , ed that'they had always a stock on hand, and g3 ere ever ready to buy or sell. It seemed that ‘ the, two states of Virginia and Maryland sent ‘ 20,000 or 80,000 a-year to the south, where, be- ing employed in the cotton manufacture, up to the middle in water, under a burning sun, a ge- neration was destroyed once in seven years. The .most effective way, he thought, to put an end to this horrid proprietorship, was to excite the con- tempt ofEurope against the American slave traf- fickers—(cheers) Let them call upon the go- vernment here to protect us against the contact- ination of slave-holders here, in the capacity of 3 minister, or in any other capacity. (Cheers) Let them avoid the society of slave-holders, as they would that of pickpockets and robbers. (Cheers) There were Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Clay, and other men in the American Senate, , who put forward claims for the presidentship of that great republic. Let us cause the voice of indignant Europe to be raised against them. Let them tell Mr. Calhoun that he was stained with negroes’ blood, and Mr. Clay that he ought to be drowned in the tears of the mothers of negio children. (Cheers.)——The honorable and learn- ed gentleman then read several passages from the famous American declaration of indepen- dence, and repeatedly asked, with great effect, how could the American, with any regard for ' sacred honour,’ after having perilcd life and property in, the first rescue of their personal li~ berty, still continue to hold their fellow-creatures in infamous slavery?

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MECHANICS.—PERPETUAL MOTION. “ Out of nothing, nothing comes.”

The laws of nature, unlike human lawa, can never be changed nor evaded, and for want of a proper- knowledge of simple and unchangeable laws, many men waste time and 'money in try- ing to produce great effects by insufficient means.

The'mechanical powers, as they are called, do not, and never can create power—they only me- . dify its application.

The power most easily measured is that of

, gravity or weight; and is the cheapest of all pow- ers, or first movers, when as in the case of a waterfall nature constantly winds up the weight for us for nothing. \

Suppose then, for instance, we have 1000 pounds of water falling ten feet in ii minute. 'No human contrivance can make the water raise more than its own weight to the height often feet in the same. It cannot raise quite as much, for the friction of the machinery must waste part of the power; but as it may be a small part, let us omit the friction from these calculations.

The effect of the mechanical powers is to en- able us, while the original power remains the

same, and the rate of its motion the same, to exert it greater power With a slower motion, or a lesser river with a quicker motion.--But in. all such

cases, the, power produced, mul

the same product. I Thus 1000 pounds falling ten

machine, which friction, however er or later to stop the motion, unle

friction.

work it, is wasting his time and

American Farmer’s Com.

Mn. GANNETT’s SERMON.—-On

the text of his discourse to his peo

sea; and he shall be for a haven

communities. His reflections we

discourse it has been printed. it the following passage:— “The same facts to which we have

ocean a pathway for his triumphant shi perceive the wisdom ofthe Creator in

great discoveries ofmoderii times inr- so much greater advantage? The no Man, and mankind, can best be trained

belong to the individual and the race merit must be slow, but it is sure

it constant.

and saw only an impassable boundary,

had at once awakened and mortifi found that it was made for his use The rude boat was enlarged, its arch

ed

demands of national honor or of person passed, and the compass was delivered

ful ship rode proudly upon the waters, considered the most wonderful Science

(pursued its inquiries and tions, an

it seemed as it‘navigation

with the winds and waves. When lo

treads the waves with its iron foot asi superiority. Whats history is this 0

capacities and destiny of man? in the present, or looks forward wi faith to the future, give God the glory; has granted to man the power, and ti

several cases ofdeath resulting fro

tions which will enable any one

the heart towards the extremities, return it towards the heart. The

it flows with a uniform stream, ai

the more dangerous.

The vessels of the thigh, leg a more liable to be wounded by var Such, for example, as that of the kerbocker, who was cut with a s

a knife, and clapping the knees to them. I have known a boy to sta

fellow lose his life from the alarm

happened to hold dagger-wise in in the height of some assertion he

ground. When I camel found stretched out upon the floor; his last groan; the floor was The wound was covered wit ofclothes, which I instantly gentleman had the unhapp hole was no bigger than Wh my thumb, and which, had it not compressed, would have healed

whirl iness

When arterial blood is seen

speed With-,which it moves, will be found‘to give

mav be made to raise 10,000 pounds] foot in p miiiute, the samp power beip‘g required in sup)! case; but no man can make it do more, for if 8 did, he would create something out of nothing, which is contrary to the law of nature.

For this reason all attempts to make a mechan- ical perpetual motion have failed and for ever must fail this such a machine would be equivalent to making a Weight raise-another equal to itself to the same height in the same time,.and enough more to overcome the unavoidable friction ofthe

al power is supplied, sufficient to overcome the

Therefore every man who is trying to make a perpetual motion, or any other machine which he expects to do more than the power applied to

which will be certain to end in dissapointment.——

the arrival ofthe steam ship Britannia at Boston, it being Sunday, the Rev. Mr. Gannet took for

ing text, “ Zebulon shall dwell at the haven ofthe

the discourse he dwelt upon the topic of the be- nefits which may be expected to result to the human family front the improvements recently made in the means ofintercourse between distant

propriate. At the request of those who heard this We extract from

contemplated from another point of view, may confirm our sentiments of admiration and gratitude towards the Author ofour being. They show us what man has done, and they intimate to us what he is capable of doing. By his ovvn study and industry he saw converted one ofthe most frightful instruments ofdestiuclion into the minister of his pleasure, and bv its means made the billows ofthe

of man. Itissometimes asked -—Vth were not the

knowledge ofnur race at an earlier period, or at its com- mencement, when it might have begun its career with

gradual and voluntary development of the powers which L

, and, allowing suflicient length to the periods ofcoiiiparison. we may pronounce The history of navigation is an example in point. .At first man looked over the waste of waters,

scorn his wish to escape from the confinement which it imposed. But ere long he had scooped out the trniik of a tree, or prepared it rude boat from its bark, and trusting himself upon the bosom of the mighty element which

no less than the land.

study and an art, the mast was raised and the sail spread, and the galley and the barge constructed to answer the

science into the maririer's possession; the

production ofhuman nrt. Purl-In:th its calculu-

command ofevery possible means ofsuccesful struggle

sail give place to the ponderous engine, and the vessel which but yesterda ' was borne by its white Wings across the Atlantic is to ay followed by the steamer, which

plishnient! And who is so slow ofbeliefor so languid in hope, that he does not here perceive evidence ofthe Let him who rc'oices th the expectation of

draw from nature both instruction and serv

HOW TO STOP BLEEDING.—-Having noticed I have been induced to offer a few simple direc-

the nature ofthe danger, and how to apply the remedy. Either an artery or a vein may be wounded. The arteries carry the blood from

artery is injured flows in jets, not in a continuous stream, and is of a bright florid hue; from a vein

red colour. Bleeding from an artery is much

in half an hour; the artery of the thigh is often wounded by the falling ofa pair of scissors or of

a penknife so as to open an arterey. A celebra- ted surgeou tells us he has known a fine young

ants and confusion of the surgeon. “ He was a tall stout young man, who was sitting at a table with his companions eating bred’and cheese, taking his glass and telling his tale. He had in his hand a sharp pointed table knife, which he

the table, but the point missed and slanted over the table; he had stabbed himselfin his femoral artery, and with one gush of blood he fell to the the young man he was just uttering deluged with blood. h a confused bundle

at I could close with

allowing time for a deliberate operation.”

wound, let the bystander reflect

blood is passing from the -body into the klltptps. The memb‘" “mg be" ixi°liidfi§§lier§nd ‘ ' t him take a poc e licebsirlibdgely, but with a tightknot. aroundtl‘i‘e limb above the wound; then introduce a she , or the handle of a penknife, Which Will answer perfectly well, and twist it round several times, till the limb is firmly compressed by the hgn l; kercliief and the blood ceases 'to flow. In lee the wounded person might do it himself, on ass the bleeding was very profuse so as to cause is fainting at once. After the bleeding is stoppe the handkerchief may be somewhat relaxed but still continued around the limb until a surgeon can be called to secure the vessel. In case of a wound ofa vein there is much less danger, and moderate compression below the wound Will 'n be blood. . retval’hdn a person is suddenly .attacked With bleeding fron the lungs nothing is so effectual as the use of a nutmeg grated or out With a knife, and administered in a little water or other liquid which may be at hand. I have repeatedly em- ployed it before any other remedy could be pro- cured, and with success—New York Evening

Sentinel.

fipHed bythe

feet a minute

small, is soon- ss an addition-

money in that

the day after A LAitcu FACT AND YET A FACT.—-Tlle differ-

ence of the earth’s distance from the sun, be- tween the apogee aud perigree of the latter, that is when it is farthest off, or nearest to the earth, is 3,200,000 miles. In this country the sun is in apogee, or farthest off, about the lst of July, and in perigree, or nearest the earth, on the last day of December. If, then, on the lst of July, a cannon ball should be discharged from the earth in a right line to the sun, and go at the rate of500 miles per hour, yet the earth, proceed- ing in her accustomed orbit, would be nearer than the cannon ball to the sun, on the last day of December, by 1,000,000 of miles—New York American.

SAND As A MANUnE.—A Committee appointed to award premiums for the best experiments in reclaiming meadow land in Essex county, Mas- sachusetts, make this remarkable observation :—

“ There are meadows within the knowledge ofthe committee, that have produced good crops of English hay without any other dressing than sand ; others have used gravel with equal success. Good crops of corn and potatoes have also been raised without manure, sand or gravel being put in the hill.”

A TniPLE MURDER, ANn Somme—The fol: lowing shocking narrative is published by the Paris Drvit. “ M. C. was formerly at the head of a commercial house of considerable importance; but, having failed in business, became reduced to take a situation as ashopinan. He lived with his Wife, a woman of good family, his daughter, aged 16, and three sons all younger. Mad. C. received assistance from her father, but he resis- ted all her importunities to place her daughter in a boarding school, and give her a superior education—alledgingthat it would be inconsistent to bring the girl up as a lady, while her brothers were obliged to earn their own living as journey- men. M. C. was, in fact, sent out as appren- tice: but her mother, during an absence of M.

ple, the follow-

of ships.” In

re just and ap-

just rid vet-ted, if

ps. Here toowe his Government

liuded within the swer is obvious. fbr perfection by

. This develop-

whicli laughed to

his curiosity, he

itecture became it

al luxury. Ages by the hands of noble and grace- and claimed to be

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bad as they were represented; The

were chaste ; and though they did steal horses though they were often dmnkards, liars,.an though frequently revengeful and selfishrhe was sure the extent of their Amorafdelinquencyhad been greatly exaggerated—Brighton Gazette, IMMORALITY 1N LONDON.-—But few peopl‘. can conceive of the immense amount of vice of various descriptions. and '0‘. 33": “Pf! 0" h“. man degradation which exist it e British Ell)! pire, A sermon preached in London a few years since, in aid of the London City Mission, by the». Rev. John Harris, presents us With some start- lino statistical facts—and shows the importance ’ of Well-directed efi'orts to root out, or at least did’ minish to some extent, the scenes Office Ind in-- " famv which abound in that city. Of its million « andla halfof inhabitants, it is believed th from ' 500,000 to 800,000 live in utter disregard of all}? religious ceremonies or duties. this class 10 is computed from facts collected With great care,‘ that there are 12,000 children always training: in crime, graduating in vice, to'reinforce and} perpetuate the great system of iniquity; 3000."? persons are receivers of stolen property, specular tors and dealers in human depravity, 4000 are: annually committed for criminal offenses; 10,» 000 are addicted to gambling ; above 20,000 tov street beggary—and 30,000 are living by theft. and fraud. And, adds Mr. Harris, that this-' dreadful energy of evil may not flag from art-— haustion, it is supplied and fed with £3,000,000 sterling worth of spirituous liquors annually—t 15,000 are habitual gin drinkers—23,000 pet'- sons are annually found helplessly drunk in the streets. The number of persons of both sexes, who have abandoned themselves to systematic debauchery and profiigacy, is not less than I50,— 000—80,000 females receive the wages of pros- titution—of whom 8,000 die every year ! Gams ing houses, dens of infamy and public houses, ' gin palaces, and beer shops, abound throughout the city. A fearful picture is presented to the imagination in the following extract from the powerful discourse.

‘ Where are the colors dark enough, and the imagination sufficiently daring, to pourtray the guilty reality? There must be seen groups of demons in human shape, teaching crime pro- fessionally; initiating the young in the science / of guilt; and encouraging their- first steps to- ~ wards destruction. There must be trains of wretched females, leading thousands of guilty victims to chains—and leading them through a .. fearful array of all the spectres of disease, re- ,‘l morse, and misery ready to dart on them. There must be theatres—with a numerous priesthood pandering to impurity—and offering up the youth of both sexes at the shrine of sensuality. There must be splendid porticos, the entrance to which must be inscribed—Hells; and on the breast of each of those enterings must be writ- ten, iii letters of fire, Hell. There must be a busy Sunday press worked by the great enemy himself, in the guise of an angel oflight; and despatched myriads of Winged messengers in all directions, on errands of evil. There must be infidel demagogues ‘ mounting the heavens,’ and gaping crowds admiring the skill that blind- '

C. senth; her; home on Saturday last, loaded her with caresses, and then sent her back again to her business. In the evening the mother retired with her three sons, to their chamber, put them to bed, and, after fastening the door, and Writing several letters, lighted several braziers ofcharcoal, and placing herselfat the foot ofthe bed, in which her sons were all asleep, patiently awaited for death to come upon them all. On Sunday, M. C. returned, and not finding his wife and children stirring, but their chamber closed, had it broken open, and found their corpses. Mad. C. was still at the foot of the bed, with her hands clasped as if in prayer; but the boys, from the position of their arms, and their clenched hands, had evi- dently suffered great agonies. Two of them had left their bed, and dragged themselves toward their mother.~ Among ilie letters, was one by Mme. C. to her father, entreating him to continue the education of her daughter, as by’ the death of herself, and her three sons, he was relieved from a heavier burthen. Yesterday afternoon, the Rue du Petit Carreau, in which this unfortun- ate family resided, was crowded with people, to view the mournful procession ofthe three hearses, hung with white, in which were the coffins of the three boys, followed by a fourth, with black drapery, bearing the remains of their infatuated mother to the cemetery.” ,

THE GYPSIES or ENGLAND.— A meeting was held at the Old Ship on Thursday last, for the purpose of making a collection in favour of the above “ interesting people.” It seems that a so- ciety has been formed for the purpose ofattempt- ing the conversion of the Gypsies, towards the funds of which any money collected on this occa- sion was to be appropriated. In ilie course of his speech, Mr. Crabb informed the meeting that in England the origin of the Gypsies was enveloped in darkess, but that it was known that they appeared in Switzerland in 1418, in Italy in 1422, and in France in I427, from which country, however, they had almost entirely fled during the reign ofNapoleon, who ordered them all to be taken into the army. Mr. Crabb denied their origin, and traced them from the Suddhas in Hindostan, both in their physical configuration and dialect, and related as an instance of the lat- ter that Lord Teignmouth once said in Hindoos- tapes to, a young gipsy girl, “you are/ a great thief.” The girl replied without any hesitation, “ No, Sir, I am not a thief, but I live by fortune- tel-ling.” Another circumstance in which there exrsted a resemblance was their fondness for dogs, cats, and all kinds of carrion as food; “ for,” as they said, “’tis better to eat that which God kills than what we kill ourselves.” He had same right to speak of them, having had them livmg on his fields for fourteen years; and he could say that they were very wrongfully charged ‘Wlill being poachers. They were not. really so