A large public meeting was held at Bradford on Tuesday
evening, for the purpose of forwarding the claims of the American Negroes to A large public meeting was held at Bradford on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of forwarding the claims of the American Negroes to the rights of emancipation. After many eloquent speeches, a spirited and elegantly-written remonstrance to the people of the United States, deprecating slavery and its concomitant evils, was unanimously adopted.
—Halifax Express. [The philanthropy of the people of Bradford is worthy of praise, but they don't understand the American slave ques- tion.]
This nation has again to thank the bounty of Providence for an abundant crop of grain, being the fourth year of plenty in succession. More corn has been carried from the field to the stack-yard during the present week, in the North of England, than in any week of the year. The weather has been fair and favourable to harvest-work since yes- terday sennight ; though we have had little sunshine, and the samples brought to market will, on that account, be cold and saleable than
after the corn has been weathered in the stacks. The supply, will, how- ever, be a fair average both of grain and straw • and the yield under the flail will, we conjecture, scarcely fall short of? the last year's crop.— Leeds Mercury.
The first stone of the Croydon Railway was laid on Wednesday. On Sunday, after the arrival of the mail at Birmingham, it was dis- covered, on sorting the newspapers, that in a large bundle, containing upwards of 1000 copies of papers, a schedule of contents was enclosed. The parcel was weighed, and a charge as postage made amounting to 275/.
A very fine vein of iron ore has been recently discovered on the Somersetshire side of Bristol.
The Staffordshire Advertiser says, no progress whatever has been made towards the adjustment of the dispute between the manufac-
turers and workmen in the Potteries. The men are still " out" at thirteen manufactories. The manufacturers have resolved firmly to resist what they they consider mischievous and unjust aggressions of the men ; and the " Union" is as resolute in its determination to carry its point.
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