READ AT THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY HELD ON THE 80th DAY OF APRIL, 1825.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY,

By Ellerton & Henderson, Gough Square,

AND SOLD BY J. HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY; AND

J. & A. ARCH, CORNHILL.

1825.

P.R.
2.D.

Soc. 2475

d. 44

ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.

PATRON AND PRESIDENT.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE,

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF BRISTOL.

THE RIGHT HON. EARL NUGENT.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD SUFFIELD.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD CALTHORPE.

SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH, M. P.

THOMAS BABINGTON, ESQ.

HENRY BROUGHAM, ESQ. M.P.

THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, ESQ. M. P.

JAMES BROWNE, ESQ. M. P.

THOMAS CLARKSON, ESQ.

HON. G. A. ELLIS, M. P.

WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ. M. P.

GEORGE HARRISON, ESQ.

STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, LL.D., M. P.

W. T. MONEY, ESQ. M. P.
RICHARD PHILLIPS, ESQ.
T. S. RICE, ESQ. M. P.

C. RUMBOLD, ESQ. M. P.

WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ. M. P.

JAMES STEPHEN, ESQ.

DANIEL SYKES, ESQ. M. P.

SAMUEL CHARLES WHITBREAD, ESQ. M. P.

W. W. WHITMORE, ESQ. M. P.

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, ESQ.

TREASURER.

SAMUEL HOARE, JUN., ESQ.

WILLIAM ALLEN, ESQ.

REV. R. ASPLAND.

COMMITTEE.

T. G. BABINGTON, ESQ.
G. G. BABINGTON, ESQ.
PETER BEDFORD, ESQ.
ROBERT BENSON, ESQ.
REV. JABEZ BUNTING.
EDWARD CARROL, ESQ.
THOMAS CHRISTY, ESQ.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, ESQ.
JAMES CROPPER, ESQ.
JOSEPH DIMSDALE, ESQ.
JOHN ELIOT, ESQ.
W. EMPSON, ESQ.
T. F. FORSTER, ESQ.
EDWARD FORSTER, ESQ.
B. M. FORSTER, ESQ.
ROBERT FORSTER, ESQ.
W. A. GARRATT, ESQ.
SAMUEL GURNEY, ESQ.

W. S. HATHAWAY, ESQ.
LUKE HOWARD, ESQ.
EDMUND JANSON, ESQ.
ZACHARY MACAULAY, ESQ.

T. B. MACAULAY, ESQ.

HENRY NEWMAN, ESQ.

HON. B. NOEL.

REV. M. M. PRESTON.

GEORGE STACEY, ESQ.

WM. FOSTER REYNOLDS, ESQ.

ROBERT SIMPSON, ESQ.

EDWARD STRUTT, ESQ

THOMAS STURGE, JUN., ESQ.
HENRY THORNTON, ESQ.
REV. HENRY VENN. -
HENRY WAYMOUTH, ESQ.
WM. WILBERFORCE, JUN., ESQ.
REV. WILLIAM WILSON.
JOSEPH WILSON, ESQ.

SECRETARY.

RICHARD MATTHEWS, ESQ.

Subscriptions are received by the Treasurer, by the Members of the Committee, and by the Secretary, 18 Aldermanbury (to whom all communications may be addressed); by Messrs. HATCHARD, 187 Piccadilly, and Messrs. ARCH, Cornhill, Booksellers to the Society; and by the following Bankers:-Messrs. HOARE and Co., 62 Lombard Street; Messrs. HOARE, Fleet Street; Sir P. POLE and Co., Bartholomew Lane; and Messrs. DRUMMOND, Charing Cross.

At a general Meeting of the SoCIETY, held at the

Freemasons' Hall, on Saturday the 30th of April, 1825;

PRESENT:

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER,

THE PATRON AND PRESIDENT,
In the Chair;

Earls Grosvenor, Nugent, and Euston; Viscount Milton; Lord Calthorpe; Hon. F. Calthorpe, M. P.; Hon. A. Calthorpe, M. P.; Hon. Captain Dundas; Hon. J. Shore; Hon. B. Noel; Sir T. Baring, Bart. M. P.; Sir J. Sebright, Bart. M. P.; Sir Thomas Esmonde; H. Brougham, Esq. M. P.; T. F. Buxton, Esq. M. P.; John Bennet, Esq. M. P.; James Cropper, Esq.; P. Corbett, Esq. M. P.; T. Denman, Esq. M. P.; W. Evans, Esq. M. P.; John Gurney, Esq.; S. Lushington, Esq. LL.D., M. P.; H. Maxwell, Esq. M. P.; Richard Martin, Esq. M. P.; D. O'Connell, Esq.; Pryse Pryse, Esq. M. P.; Spencer Percival, Esq.; T. S. Rice, Esq. M. P.; W. Smith, Esq. M. P.; James Stephen, Esq.; D. Sykes, Esq. M. P.; W. W. Whitmore, Esq. M. P.; W. W. C. Wilson, Esq. M. P.; W. Wilberforce, Jun. Esq.; &c.; with a most numerous attendance of the Subscribers and Friends of the Society.

The REPORT of the Committee having been read, it was moved by Lord Calthorpe, and seconded by Viscount Milton, and unanimously

Resolved,

That the Report, which has now been read, be received, and that it be printed and circulated under the revision of the Committee; and that the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the Committee for their past services, and that they be requested to continue the same.