13 MAY 1865, Page 2

The Duke of Argyll is to preside at a meeting

of the British Freedmen's Aid Association at the Westminster Palace Hotel on Wednesday afternoon next, at four o'clock, when Dr. H. M. Storrs, of Cincinnati, will give a condensed account of the present condi- tion of the freedmen and the efforts now making in America for their future welfare. It is hoped that a considerable sum in aid of their operations will be raised at the meeting, which is to have no party colour ; Southerners no less than Northerners, provided they sympathize With its object, will be welcome.