swelled the crowd.

We recognised a number of ladies whom we had previously met at a fashionable dinner in St.John's.

Colored ladies presided at the tables, and before them was spread a profusion of rich fancy articles.

Among a small number of books exhibited for sale were several copies of a work entitled "COMMEMORATIVE WREATH," being a collection of poetical pieces relating to the abolition of slavery in the West Indies.
VISIT TO MR.

CRANSTOUN'S.
On the following morning Mr.C.'s gig came for us, and we drove out to his residence.