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"Take the spade of Perseverance,

Dig the field of Progress wide;

Every bar to true instruction

Carry out and cast aside."

anniversary of West India emancipation was celebrated here on Monday last. But little notice of the intended meeting had been given, yet the capacious lecture-room of St. Martin's Hall was filled at an early hour with a most respectable audience, who appeared to have assembled for the sake of the cause.

Our old and well-tried friend, Geo. Thompson, Esq., was unanimously called to preside, and he opened the proceedings with one of his characteristic speeches. The meeting was then addressed by the Rev. Wm. Douglass, a colored clergyman of Philadelphia, in a most eloquent and feeling manner. Mr. Douglass is a man of fine native talent.

Francis W Kellogg, of the United States, was the next speaker. Mr. Kellogg is an advocate of temperance, of sonic note, I believe, in his own country, and has been lecturing with considerable success in Great