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tion Society ;' w h o have given an annual grant of £ 5 0 and some» times £ 6 0 , besides paying the rent of the Church Mission Society's premises in W i l l o u g h b y B a y , for the use of the superintendent and W i l l o u g h b y B a y school. The Ladies' Antislavery Societies at Chelmsford, Birmingham, W e s t b r o m w i c h , Claphara and Liverpool have also given considerable assistance in money and articles of reward. The regular funds are notwithstanding very inadequate ; and a continual reliance on God is necesfary, not only for the regular supply that it may be kept up, but also for the deficiencies ; and it is a matter of gratitude that we can say hitherto H e h a s helped u s . " Besides the schools under the superintendence of the three re ligious bodies, there are several on particular estates supported by the proprietors or managers. The w a n t of a normal or model school is felt by all in the Island w h o take an interest in the subject of education. The rector of St. Jolin's, previously to his recent visit to England, raised an amount by subscription sufficient to bring out a master and m i s tress to establish such a school for the training of teachers. On his arrival in London, he learned that the trustees of the M i c o institution were about to appoint an agent to carry that object into effect. Their agent subsequently sailed ; but his destination w a s suddenly changed from Antigua to Barbados, to the great disap pointment of the friends of education in the former island.
SECTION IV. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The constitution of the chartered col onies is so generally known, that it would be needless to refer to it but for its important bearing at the present crisis upon the welfare of the enfranchised negroes. The following remarks on Antigua will also illustrate the state of things in the other colonies. The legislative and administrative departments of the local government, comprising about one hundred and sixty important officers of trust, are filled by the governor and forty eight colonists; of w h o m thirty six are landed proprietors, five engaged in mer cantile pursuits, and the remaining seven members of the medical and legal professions. The Council is composed of ten members appointed by the governor. All but one are proprietors. It possesses the same place in the legislature as the H o u s e of Lords. The H o u s e of Assembly consists of twenty five members, of w h o m all but three are proprietors ; they are chosen by twelve divisions of the island, of which ten send t w o members each ; one, one member ; and the t o w n of St John's, four. The Assembly is elected for seven years, and meets for the des patch of business once a month, or oftener, by adjournments. It is thus always in session ; a circumstance w h i c h invests it w i t h a power of imprisonment for an almost indefinite period ; a power