Exhibit 23.1


          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-115433 and 333-50371) of our report dated January 20,
2006 on the consolidated balance sheet of Slade's Ferry Bancorp. and
Subsidiary as of December 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements
of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then
ended, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005 of Slade's Ferry Bancorp.


/s/ Wolf & Company, P.C.


Boston, Massachusetts
March 31, 2006