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to five per cent,

: The comma*
have inert

ble if they bad possessed the in
treated in the house. After passi
upon the officers and corn
services, they expt

their regret, that by the pressure of
the times, they had failed in raising the'£2ooo, announced

erect the Tie

;ssary additional buildings, and appeal
henevolenee of the nublie fir aid. . • .

The Rev. T. IsTor.A.INT then proceeded to move the re-
nt of Mr. J. B. Yates, as President of the

Institution ; and in the course of a very beautiful address
paid a high and well-deserved compliment to that gentle-

Man, for

his untiring zeal in superintending and piomot-

'Mr. YATES returned thanks in very feeling terms; and
expressed his great regret that the Institution was unable
to perform_ efficiently the duties which were looked for
from it. Two years had elapsed since the Board had seen
the..necessity, and determined upon the step, f enlarging
the building as soon as funds could be collected for the
purpose. The difficulty of the times, however, •had thus

sistance from the generosity of his fellow-townsmen ; and
especially from those who were engaged in business at the
south end of the town. After urging upon the Committee
the desirableness of appointing another president in his
stead, on the ground that such an office should not appear
to be monopolized by one ine'--* nd st: \V-- -1-
_

and stipulating that
his acceptance of the office should only be for twelve
months, he urged upon them the necessity of using active

exertions to bUild additional rooms to the Hospital. The
men's wards had been full during the whole of the past
year, the average having been 53 inmates ; and although
it might be urged that there had been occasionally two or
three short in the women's ward, that was not an argu-
Idition, as the two wards were in differ-

ment against ti

shmild: be kept

It was impossible that they
_ ed new docks at the south
)rmed • and it would be painful to
of the lamentable nature which

could go on when the prop(

have to turn away c

A vote of thanks having been voted to the late trea-
surer, Mr. John Cropper, Mr. INGRAM moved the ap-
pointment of Mr. Platt, jun. as treasurer for the present
Mr. HAMPTON,,

year, which was seconded by the Rev

who took the opportunity of paying a handsome compli-
ment to Mr. Platt. sen. for the effective services whi,l he
had rendered the institution, at the same time that he
eulogized highly the zeal and energy of his son, to whom

Jan. IS, ISA

IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATION IN BEHALF OF
OUR WEST INDIAN COLONISTS.

On Thursday last a most important meeting of the
West India Association was held in Brook-street, Grosve-
nor-square, at which, besides a large number of the mem-
bers of the Association who were present, several mem-
bers pf the committee of the Anti-Slavery Society, -and
other friends of that body attended. The speakers on be-
half of the colonist entered into a full explanation of the
state of affairs from the period of the Emancipation Act
to the present 'time,• shewing most conclusively that, al-
though they should have no fear of a competition on even
terms, provided' the slave trade could be effectually put
down, it was utterly impossible that they could continue
the cultivation of their estates under existing' circumstan-
ces ; and that the negro population of the !West Indies,
for whose improvement the Anti-Slavery Society had ex-
pressed so much anxiety, and who had' at one period
raised themselves materially in the social scale, must re-
lapse into their semi-barbarism. The cblonial speakers
contrasted the herculean efforts made by the Anti-Slavery
Association in behalf of the Negro in former days, with
their placid quietude in the crisis of his fate; and con-
cluded with an appeal to the committee and friends
of the Askpciation to join them in an effort t ) place both
the planter and the tree labourer in a position to protect
themselves from the effects of competition with the slave
cultivator.

The members of the Anti
rejoiced in the adr

had been impraVed since the A

regretted to notice it

ry Society on theirpart
rlat the Negro character

r;mancipation ; and
Je sombre tone in which the colonists

had expressed themseh

that ti

eir present_ exertions contraste

1 _ill with their it;:

,uey swum only assure their West India friends
that their exertions had been unremittingly employed in
opposing the introduction of slave suzars into Gras&

is well-known supporters of a Government ad-
tocating liberal views. they had nevertheless considered
it to be their duty to oppose such introduction of slave

3ri tain

a==u Lucy nau succeencu upon the first occasion in
defeating the attempt ; but upon the second,- on the
Sugar Bill of 1846, their opposition, although equially
strong, had been less successful. Their memorials were
in print, and in the Anti-Slavery Reporter the colonists
would see that they had always endeavoured to exclude
slave-grown suu'ars from competition with those produced
by free men. Had the so-styled representatives of the
nninniefa -A 4.L -•

wioiiibi,s not aeserteri trieir own interests upon the pass-
ing of the Bill of 1846, the event might have been different,
but it assuredly appeared strange that the colonists should
accuse the anti-slavery body of lukewarmness in their
cause, when 26 out of 28 of their own representatives,going
over from the supposed colonial interests, had voted with.
Lord J. Russell in favour of the introduction of slave su-
gars. The West Indians had, it was said, now repudiated
such representatives, and had called together large meetings
inthe colonies toprotestagainst this unfortunate bill. They
were sorry to hear that the bill had been passed too sud-
denly to allow of the opinion in the colonies being first
consulted, and more so to be informed of its direful results.
It appeared to them, however, that there was much room
for hope, and the Anti-Slavery Society were willing to
continue their sincere and honest opposition to the intro-
duction of slave sugar, and were, in fact, at present deli-
berating upon the subject. They would likewise gladly
see any reduction of duty upori free sugar, an object their
West Indian friends seemed particularly to desire, and
which appeared to them (the colonists) a matter of the
greatest importance. To conclude, they hoped that the
good feeling that had so eminently characterised this meet-
ing would henceforth continue unbroken between the
colonists and themselves, and assured the colonists of
their hearty support, in any way they, as men of principle,
could afford."

A committee was then appointed to draw up a petition
to Government in favour of a reduction of duty upon free