Negroes to assist; and that the case mentioned was a perfect
fabrication. He also distinctly avers, that the
disinterested and humane agent of the society, Mr. Joseph
Phillips, is 'a man of the most worthless and abandoned
character.' In opposition to this statement, we learn the
good character of Mr. Phillips from those who have long been
acquainted with his laudable exertions in the cause of
humanity, and from the Editor of the Weekly Register of
Antigua, who speaks, on his own knowledge, of more than
twenty years back; confidently appealing at the same time to
the inhabitants of the colony in which he resides for the
truth of his averments, and producing a testimonial to Mr.
Phillips's good character signed by two members of the
Antigua House of Assembly, and by Mr. Wyke, the collector of
his Majesty's customs, and by Antigua merchants, as
follows--'that they have been acquainted with him the last
four years and upwards, and he has always conducted himself
in an upright becoming manner--his character we know to be
unimpeached, and his morals unexceptionable.'

(Signed) "Thomas Saunderson John D. Taylor
John A. Wood George Wyke
Samuel L. Darrel Giles S. Musson
Robert Grant."

"St. John's, Antigua, June 28, 1825."

In addition to the above testimonies, Mr. Phillips has brought over to
England with him others of a more recent date, from some of the most
respectable persons in Antigua--sufficient to cover with confusion all his