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ELGIN SETTLEMENT. rilKiil'; iii-f u|iu:inN or;iO,iM>(i rnlniiiiil |"rMin-< in ('^iMmla. lin^llv I'lp^ilivrs limii llu' I'-utnl Slali's. 'I'lirir iiuiiil">iv arc iiicivxsiiiL,' raimlly liv lli" (.i[i(.T:il idii v\ tli'' l'"ui;itivf Slave l.aw. wliicli -^w^^ tiiciii im i •, .ilij;- |ilac(i till llic.V mm- h <',iii,iila. wliriv iliiy j,'rin.'riilly iiii\'' in ,. ih -litnti' rdHiliiion, slriiijHMl of i'V(<rytliiiig liir 'ifi'. 'rikMuiiisioii of tlic l".lj;in Si'ttlfiiu'iit, li"i:i;j fiiiiiicd.fiir tlii'ii- >(H ial aiul iiioial iiiiinovfiin'iit, w.'is tlii^<: Tin; l!rv. Wiii.iam Kimi luiviug lu'i miu' licit' to a luuiilicr iif Hlavi'H ill Luiiisiiiliii, <cl tliciii lire as sudh as t||, V raiuc iulii liis [insscssi'in, paiil tlicir |iassa^;i', uiiil accimipaiiicl thclii to • 'ariaila, a ijistaiicc of l."iO0 niil's. On In'.- arrival lir loiiinl tlic fiiLjitivi's in laat ilrnrailnl idriilitiiiii ill which slavci'V hud I'll thi'in, ni'isi of llicui withoiil a hnnir and wilhoul a IViciiil, and for whose, oid no man c nvd. An apiiiMJ was made l.p the ( 'hri-I im i Minnninily on their hi'lialf, wliich was responded to hy the frieiuls of the slave, there An Asso.iiitioit was formed, lunler llie |iationa'.;e m| l.oiui MliaN. iheii ( lov erieu ( ieneral, whieli was incorporated l.y Act of I'arliaiiieiit in ISoi), under the lillc ef the lll.yin Assoeiaiion. .Mf. Kinir was chosen iiiiaiiiinously to siiperintciid ill, Setfleuienl. Miulit cell ihousaicl dollars were ^nhsrrihed. and nine Ihous; iid acres of land scurcd from (roverniiieiit. ill tile 'i'owiiship of lv'alei.;h, aiid Coiinty of Kent, Those lands were divide I iiitii farms of lifty acres each, and j,'iveii to eolimui'i sciiicr.s at a iiomiuai price. One of the ohjeels contemplated hy this etioit w.is to show hy |irai li(al e\| eriment that the coloured man, wlioii placed ill favoiirahh' ( iiciinistanccs, could support hinisell hy his own industry, and to refute the clmrgi'. hroutjlit a;,Minst him hy tin) pro-slavery jiarty in the United States, that he would not su])port hims.ll when set free. On these lands upwards of two hundred families are now settled, sui(p(ulim,' themselves hy their own industiy. l-ord Althorp. now Karl Si'K.vciai. <if Kn.Ltlaml, who visited tlie Settlement in I So?, and I'roh'sscu- t lihson of Belfast, and the l.'ev. William .M'i.ure of Londondc iiy, who spent two days, in JSoS, in \isitin^' the Seitli'iiient, speak t'avouraldy of tlnir improveiiienl. 'I'ln' h'ev. Dr. ISuins and i>r. Willis of 'roronto are \ ice- 1 'residents of the Klejn Association, and freipiently visit tiio Settlement. They al.so testify to the success of the experiment, and the industry of the settlers. On these lands a church li.is heen ereited, to siipplv the iduli poj>ulali(Ui with the means of erace , and schools have heeii estahlisheil, lo j;ivi> tl liildren ii ;,'ood tHlucatioii. The.se schools aie now attended hy upwanls of one humlied pupils. The iiuniher would he ;,'reatly increased hy enlar;,nii,i,' the' aeeommodalion, and erect in.u permanent hnildin,i,'s. [DVKK. Ihe l.uiMmns mv all (.fa teinpornry kind, .imi ^vilI rrr|uiro to 1,,. rqi,-,.,! l,v (.iImts ..f a Mior." sMl>stan1inI :ni,| ,-..|i,i,u,Hnt natuir. Ilu- sr|„,ols «ill .viuiiv tl,.- sni....rt of IVionds for s.,.n.- tiiiio to ...nnir, li i> on K-.hHlf nf tl,r .pinliial m.l odiirutmnal part nf il,.. .uUTpris,. that w ,,..«■ aj^-al I" ,v,m ; u- ask i,„llnn. f „ ,1,,.,, twup,,,,,! support AW ask ^,.,. ""'■' '" "'' "-^ '" f' ■••■'■*'«" "'■ ^"^'"' •""I ^"' -'■'"ti^'i l.M,l.l,n,s, t., pla. . Ila. s,|,nols o„ a |..n„an...,t a,„l ..Hi..,',.,,! l,aMs and to ^■ivuW a U■^y fairsarirs tor tho jmrj-o^- ,.f pr,parin}r y,,un,' lu.-n of pi.ty and talents lor |,;i,„v li^rluln. s~, rithrr lu Canad-i till' T'nit>'d States, or Afii.a. ' ' ' Ahvadv tlHi schools |,av,. |,on,o IVnil. A f.„ t.a, i„.rs. t.ann.d at ti,.. s,l,oo!s, have heen s..,,! out to diti^niit parts of the provMUe, where thov are now „>efully e .olow .f Ki.hanI M, -lohn.u,. on,, of ,!„. fu^ituas, is now stndvin. ,n the University ol J-.dinlaiiLrli as iiTUedical ini.-su narv. A frvv Ihousnid pounds will he rr.piired f ■, hj,.,-!. rouhinphd.d. Tho pnnripal eitics in Indand and N, aland have l"■envls,l,_.d.^vhereJM.rsollsofalldenon^,lati.l,s|,av,.s^lupall^-,.,l u ill, the niov.anmt. and have aided with iheir do,. , lions lli.s etlort to improve tl,e soeial and moral e, ndifon of a Ion, n,.,^h.,,,.d and deepiv inniivd ra,e. We. now visit vour eitv yn I.ImII ot tie- .aim. ohie.t. and a>k you (o aid n. in ^ivin^ th. |iiLlet<,tlm Ingit.v, and endowing Imn with the capm il'v to read It. " I . ^ Vonrdouaiionsmayl,esentloAxnKKwXih,.>oN,Ks,,.,Cashierof tie. Hank of S.-otlaiel. < Ha.-ow ; or to Messrs. !!m„, w. Ili:v\.N- .V Co., Bunkers, Lonfloii, to tiie eredii of the liiixtoii lnstitut(.. \V.M. KI^■(;, 1 i),hutati<in iVuin K'Olfr. i;rR\S, \^.\^.] Canad... A'. .B— All .ommunirations reoardin- th.. Schools at Fhixt.a. mav h. addo.»ed to tie. \\.^ AViii mm Kin.; or I;, v. RoHKHT Pa KX,. j). !».. \:\ Huston Ro.ld Kinirs Cross. LolldMU, July, 1800. il .iimI k \"u in>l |.> ilKI'lM. lis III' [l tin- llMVl- lli'ill.s :■ city mrily I.VY, I /r // ./ I f ' ~-» i,.it '» nn'H <T» ". 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