But, be that as it may, let the best use be made of the intermediate time; and then, if there be a superintending Providence, which governs everything in the moral world, there is every reason to hope for a blessing on this particular work." The last letter was from Robert Boucher Nickolls, dean of Middleham, in Yorkshire.

In this he stated that he was a native of the West Indies, and had travelled on the continent of America.

He then offered some important information to the committee as his mite, towards the abolition of the Slave Trade, and as an encouragement to them to persevere.

He attempted to prove, that the natural increase of the negroes already in the West Indian islands would be fully adequate to the cultivation of them, without any fresh supplies from Africa; and that such natural increase would be secured by humane treatment.

With this view, he instanced the two estates of Mr.MacMahon and of Dr.Mapp, in the island of Barbados.