14 APRIL 1832, Page 2

Letters from the Windward islandSixeceiv_ecl on Thursday, de- scribe the

population, slaves and freemen, in a very dissatisfied state. The slaves refuse to work, unless the Orders in Council are adopted ; and the masters refuse to supply the Government autho- rities and military with provisions, unless the Orders in Council are given up. This spirit of opposition to the Mother Country, which, but for the patience and indulgence of the latter, must be speedily destructive to these her wayward children—for if the troops were to abandon them, what would become of them ?—has been most strongly shown at Antigua and St. Kitts; but it seems to pervade more or less all the i,slands.