The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-19 00:00:00

only. Suppose he has located himself on 10 acres on the
line of the reel, 00 mile. front ota terminus on the lake, .or
00 nodes from it... connexion with other roads lading to
Intarkets and suppoote he has put in and produced, from 19
:sere., 200 bushels of wheat: the Total would take it tho Flo
miler to markt t within a few hours, at u 1.0.4 of not I r
3 d 01.., which would give a pain over the settler a Mood
the road of 72 doll, on the first crop from 10 avrel4, or al,
actual enhancement on the value of hill entire lllacre; 4
I dol. 80e. per acre.
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Such arc the facts which the experience in Ih^ ticttbnymt
of new rountries has, for all time, been verifying ; and ran
it then he considered ni extravagant to loa.ieve that %%Ml a
great highway through such a country, with its rioap
means of transportation and rapid comusunieatimt,
concentrate settlement, and build up too
cities, from our cud of it to the other, and tunu•h all
lout 111CiU14 to reimburse its cud ?

Now this same immense tract of the very best lands nn
the gloli,•, as it is remote from, and without it:trig:o,i,,
stream:, or any natural means of transport to mark-t., i.
without value, and entirely useless to the nation,
to mankind at large. And if it eon be Imo,
source of means for the construction of the
proposed, it would be a creation of capital, the prof,
of MAR'S labour upon the now useless wildentess.
would it end here, for the sure fouudation will then-I,k
been laid, and the means brought nibs existence fin the is r•
rtual augmentation of capital from motes labour. Amer;..,
to nut alone interested in this work iw in its grand results.
It is a work in tin- vast benefits of which the whole hunt oi
family would participate, and no part of that great faini;v
would share more directly and largely, or have a deep. r
interest in it, than England. Look at the surplus ponida.
tint' which is yearly leaving England, Inland, MO 5et1431.1,1,
for America; where, when they arrive, they often roman
in the large cities, poor and destitute, their labour in no way
producing a return to aid in the support of those still re-
maining at home, or to make any exchanges for the dif-
ferent products of your various branches of industry. Ilut
the building of the proposed road could not tail to augment
the agricultural population of America very rapidly, to
attract immigrants to their proper vocation, and to stimulate
the demand for the manufactures of Europe. This popula-
tion, moreover, being beyond the Iwo, fit of, and naturally
opposed to, a prohibitory or protectiv, policy for the benefit
of minor interests would the enactment of
such laws as woulsoon
tend most directly to control and secure,
by. competition, the markets of the world. 'their posit' ,
with their immense territory, would Weal to force such a
policy upon them.
On the line of the proposed road, with some eteeptions,
for 2,000 miles in extent, mid with the entire Mississippi
basin, is surplus vacant earth, alter sustainintr
necessary amount of popul for its tillage, to produce rood
suffieient for the present entire human family. item is no vs,
aggeration. I have not only examined the lauds, but alwo the
whole subject fully. These lands are at a very low, slinirst no
price; they require but a small amount of labour to prodnee
a crop; and the proposed rood will bring that crop to market
so as to leave a handsome return to the traducer, and still
supply England with food cheaper than from any other
sooree. And where else Call England or Europe look to get
ally benefit from the 141 of her east-oft surplus peso.
ple, and an increased demand for her mechanical products?
Here is already a population of 24,000.030, increasing in a
• ratio without a parallel in history. This 2 lffithl,ooo Can-
sum.., in what they eat, drink, unit wear, au amount
equal to that of any other :11,000,000 of souls of
any other part of the globe ; here, then, is the market,
and here demand can and will be incrcawsl, and the a hole
' human rani') must centre in this great Mississippi basin,
' with the commerce between Europe and Asia Ilassilla over
real receiving its main support from it which cannot fail to
bring the entire world together in a free exchange of its
dit-
ferent commodities.
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It appears to me that this is now the great ,ullect for the
xtatesmen and the philanthropists of both Fatima. and
America to look upon and examine. We find, in Europe
and in Asia, a xiirphis of population which IN unable, from
their labour, to 111,11111 CC the necessary comforts Or life, and
who burden the more fortunate around them. The philan-
thropist and statesman should study to place these destitute
beings in a position where the objects of thu it erratiun emald
Ibe aernmpli•hed that of supplying their own wants from
their labour, besides exchanging with and sustainitig each
other.

We find this state of existence not among the ...M.:, or
the barbarians, but with the highest state of cis ilization oof
bath Europe and Asia, and we always find it to exist here
land is so dear that the many cannot own or even occupy it.
While, at the same time, we hook over the face of the earth
and behold there are hundreds of million Of acres of wilder-
ness sufficient to give homes and plenty to mwe than
double the present population of the entire globe, it
is seen, too, that Pmvidenee has arranged and divide d
this unmampicil earth as tout's wants ~V.lll to re-
quire, and 141 his ways are tending. W.•
oto-
servo on the American continent, with a climate an I
soil suited to produce the utmost alnindance, th • surplus of
Europe gathering, and certain to gather for some hundreds
of years to come; and, on the other side of the globe, and
within the tropics, we tind that the different islands of the
different oceans would athwil aot mom for the surplas
millions of China now in small minthers making their way
to them. Thus wi• perecive that nature has provided earth
for the surpluses of high Europe and Asia, directly between
the two, and bringing each nearer to the other, and forming
one grand et ntre on the Ameriran continent. All this is
plain Ixfore us, but relief is slow in its progress, and
misery seems even to increase. Why in it so ?
is, that the want consists in the absence uf the TIMM, of a
rapid and easy communication, and cheap transportation,
which nature has failed to supply (by rivers or other navi-
gable waters) between the parts WIWI,: the misery now
exists and this wilderness earth.

'this is the age, and WOW 14 the time, for the full develop-
ment of man's ge aa iaa. in the ',instruction of kurh means of
cheap transport and rapid emu, tttttt leation as will give homes
to the millions at present destitute, and make them pro-
ducers and distributors. No one can doubt that the Creator
has given ample space of earth for all his creatures ; and
we must fulfil more effectually than we have yet done the
command that we should go forth, subdue, and occupy it.

STORM SICILV.—The qffirial .Tmernal
gives some further acconnts of the violent 1401111 which
raged in that island on the 12th and I:Ith ult. Its ravattes
were not limited to l'alermo, but Messina,Cefulu, Mistretta,
Termini, and many other places wen• visited with the saute
phenomenon. Cliffs and rocks have fallen down in many
places, and caused inundation. by stopping the COU FM'
rivers already swollen by unceasing to rr entsof rain ; Moe,.
have been swept away with their inmat•s, who
perished in the Hood ; gardens, vineyards, olive
are now transformed into deserts. At Munte•nia;tgi..r oh.-
third of the houses lie buried under un an l sense miss

earth detached front the adjoining mountain; but the
iu-
habit:uts had fortunately foreseen the impending dam!. r.
and taken to timely flight. Another landslip has oecnrrol
at Se'Maui, and overwhelmed the mineral bath, there : it
has not yet Item ascertained whether any lives have loon
lust on the occasion. The road from Celalu to Messina is
quite blocked up with fragments; while fishing boat, and
other small craft have been wrecked by hundreds all along
the covet.

Fl. TF.KNAI. RAG-PICKF.W4.—The rag-gatherera
(r/oijiininiers) of Paris having resolved, in 'nation of
workmen of different trades, to form themselves into :1
Fraternal Association," delegates (10 in number) assem-
bled on Thursday evening in a public house bearing the
sign of the " Drapcau," in the rue Moutfetard. Each dele-
gate on entering paid 10 centime. to cover the expenses
of the meeting, and during the deliberations wine at :01
centimes the quart was consumed. Six of the worthy fra-
ternity who knew how to read offered themselves fur the
presidency, and four who possessed the art of writing
aspired to the rosscretarphip of the meeting. President and
secretary having been duly elected, the tanner took his seat
in the chair, which consisted of an empty wine-cask. The
rag-gatherers, he said, were distinguished by their probity
and delicate sense of honour; and he added that with the
exception' of a few unworthy men, they made a rule of de-
positing anything of value they may Bud in the hands
of the commissary of police of the district. lie dwelt
on the necessity of forming a society of mutual as-
sistance ; and made a pathetic exhortation to his fellows to
display concord and gaol feeling. The hon. gentleman
was loudly applauded. The secretary then read the sta-
tutes which it was proposed to adopt. Out: of its articles
was that every heap of rubbish 'mind in the streets should
be fraternally divided amongst every rag-gatherer of the
quarter, and that no one, on tiny pretext, should be per-
mitted to grope in the portion of another. Another article
fixed the payment to be made by each member at 25 cen-
times a month, nod the allowance each was to receive in
case of sickness or iuubility to work at 30 centimes a day.
The statutes were adopted. It was unanimously resolved
that the oldest rag-gatherer of Paris, a man of 80, called
the Emperor, should enjoy all the advantages of the as-o-
elation without making amp payment; and moreover that
he should be allowed to attend all meetings and banquets
without paying. A treasurer was then nominated, and he
produced the funds of the association: they were deposited
in an earthen put, and it was stated that after all expenses
should have been paid, 21f. 75c. would remain in hotel.
Several toasts were drunk to the increasing prosperity of
the Parisian rag-gathering, and the meeting broke up.

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SCSDAY TUADING INEVENTION 1111.1e—The bill
to prevent unnecessary trading in the metropolis, as just
amended by the select ecommittee of the House of Com-
mons, provides that if any person shall on Sunday, within
the metropolitan police district, sell, or expose for sale,
' any goods, chattels, or other things. nr if any dealer in
meat, fish, poultry, game or wild fowl, shall on Sunday,
after 9 o'clock in the morning, deliver such articles of 1.01 I•
sumption at the rtsiiknee of the purchaser, he shall, on
conviction, be tined 20s. The providims of the proposed
act are not to apply to apothecaries, chemists or druggists,
selling medicines, drugs, or other articles for medicinal
purposes, nor to persons selling milk or cream before 10
o'clock am. and 1 o'clock p. 111., nor to persons between the
same hours selling fruit, pastry, cooked victuals, writing
materials, or any beverage not being wine, spirits, beer, or
other fermented or distilled liquors, other than beer at or
under lid. per quart, or ginger beer, or any newspaper or
other periodical, nor to any one selling tobacco atter 1
o'clock in the afternoon, nor to any person selling fuel,
food, or fodder before ten in the morning, nor to any one

in hfsdwelling place selling to any lodger, or to any per-
son in and on board of any steam vessel or other vessel, any
provisions, liquors or refreshments. These provisions are
not to extend to pt:blicans and licensed victuallers. Goods
hawked or exposed for sale may be seized by the polite.