240 TiMEHRI. 



his mother, a little cunning old woman of the Indian 

 breed." 



Here is a curiosity in advertising, from the Chronicle 

 of August 30th, 1824, which obviously was never intended 

 lobe serious : — 



TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. 



The woman Betsy-Ann, a good washer of linen and 

 domestic. Her morals, I lament to say, are not so pure 

 as I would wish, but should any of the Saints who may 

 be employed secretly in this colony, under their patrons 

 WiLBERFORCE or BuXTON, sincerely wish, or think by 

 their hypocritical cant, they can convert or improve her, 

 and though I doubt the pra6licability, as well as most of 

 what that class of men profess, yet I will willingly, in 

 order to put an end to contention, give twenty-five per 

 cent off Lhe original cost of said Woman, to promote or 

 better her state, if that's their scheme ; and I make no 

 doubt many real proprietors of property in the West 

 Indies will do the same. And, until I have WiLBER- 

 FORCE. Buxton, Brougham, Cropper, SirjAS. McIn- 

 TOSH, with all those who compose the mighty phalanx, 

 against us, come forward, and are ready to contribute 

 twenty-five per cent of all their property to complete their 

 pretended views, I shall, in my humble opinion, hold them 

 as apostates in their professions towards God and Man. 



Wm. Hedges. 



30th August, 1824. 



We sometimes read in novels of poor women making 

 personal application to their Sovereign for redress of 

 grievances ; here is an instance in conne6lion with Deme- 

 rara which has quite an old-time flavour. Down to 1824, 

 free coloured women had to pay head-taxes, but qien 



