Report of the Committee of the African Institution

PATRON AND PRESIDENT.

His Royal Highness the DUKE of GLOUCESTER.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury,
The Marquis of Lansdowne.

Earl Selkirk.

Earl Spencer.

Earl Grosvenor.

Earl Grey.

Earl Moira.

Viscount Milton.

Viscount Valentia.

The Lord Bishop of Durham.

The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.
The Lord Bishop of St. David's.
Right Honourable Lord Holland.
Right Honourable Lord Grenville,
Right Honourable Lord Erskine.
Right Honourable Lord Gambier.
Right Honourable Lord Teignmouth,
Right Honourable Spencer Perceval.
Right Honourable George Canning.
Right Honourable Nicholas Vansittart,
William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P,

TREASURER.

Henry Thornton, Esq. M.P.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe.
Right Hon. Lord Headley.
Right Hon. J. C. Villiers.
Right Hon. N. Vansittart.
Sir Thos. Bernard, Bart.
Sir G. Warrender, Bart. M.P.
Sir Samuel Romilly, M.P.
Sir Sydney Smith.
William Allen, Esq.
T. Babington, Esq. M.P.
Robert Barclay, Esq.
Charles Barclay, Esq.
E. W. Bootle, Esq. M.P.
Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Clarkson, Esq.
Colonel Dalton.
John Egerton, Esq. M. P.
Thomas F. Forster, Esq.
Chs. Grant, Esq. M.P.

Geo. Harrison, Esq.
Thos. Harrison, Esq.
William Huskisson, Esq. M.P.
Matthew Martin, Esq.
J. B. S. Morritt, Esq.
Zachary Macaulay, Esq.
C. N. Noel, Esq. M.P.
Charles Pieschell, Esq.
W. M. Pitt, Esq. M.P.
John De Ponthieu, Esq.
Granville Sharp, Esq.
John Simeon, Esq. M. P.
William Smith, Esq. M. P.
James Stephen, Esq. M.P.
S. Thornton, Esq. M. P.
John Thornton, Esq.
James Towers, Esq.
James Rice Williams, Esq.

AUDITORS.

David Barclay, Esq.
Joseph Bunnell, Esq.

W. A. Garratt, Esq.

Secretary, pro temp. Z. Macaulay, Esq.

Collector, Mr. Robert Stokes.

A Subscription of Sixty Guineas or upwards at one time constitutes a hereditary Governor.-Of Thirty Guineas at one time, a Governor for Life.-Of three Guineas Annually, an Annual Governor.-Of Ten Guineas at one time, a Member for Life.-Of One Guinea Annually, an Annual Member.

The Board of Directors is chosen from among the Gover

nors.

**Subscriptions are received by the following Bankers, viz. Messrs. Down, Thornton, Free, and Down, No. 1, Bartholomew-lane; Messrs. Hoare, Barnett, and Co., No. 62, Lombard-street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Georgestreet, Mansion House; Messrs. Hoares, 37, Fleet-street; Messrs. Drummonds, Charing Crosss; Messrs. Ransom, Morland, and Co., Pall Mall; by the Treasurer, Henry Thornton, Esq.; by the Secretary, or by the Collector, 26, Birchinlane; to whom, or to the Secretary, Communications relative to the Institution may be addressed.

N. B. The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Reports of the. Institution, containing a full exposition of its design, a copy of the Laws and Regulations adopted for its government, and a full account of its proceedings, may be obtained from Mr. Stokes, as above, or from J. Hatchard, 190, Piccadilly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

REPORT

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APPENDIX, viz.

T. An Act for rendering more effectual the Acts abolishing

the Slave Trade.....

45-52

U. Case of the King, v. Edward Huggins, Sen. Esq. of the
island of Nevis, for cruelty to his Slaves

53-86

V. Memorial of John Wise, a free Negro of St Vincent to the

Directors of the African Institution...

Jd. 87-93