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LIBRARY, Rs DCIIOIII lITSZET,Tu BOAT. Nov. 28,1815. AT an EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the General Body of PROTESTANT DISSENTING MI- Nl3 r Eit of the three Denomination's, convened to receive the Repqrt of tht it Deputation, appointed on the 21St UMW to re quest an int.rview with his Majesty's Government on the subject of the Persecution of our 'Protcs,ant Bibthren in hence, Rev. A. REES, 1)D. P.R.S.E.L.S. In the Chair, It was unammously Resolved, I. 'Plat this Meetiog receives with the highest gratification the assurances of his Majesty's Government, to the Deputation frr,n) this hotly; thtt they feel the deepest regret at the dread ful scents lately witnessed in France, and that they are using, and w.ll con blue to use, their best efibrts in their comtniinications with rim French C•lvernment to secure to all classes of French sutsjects, whether otestart or Catholic, the full enjoyment of I the arivantiges which the ConAituttunal Charter provided for thent. That dy. ply rompassionating the ease of our French Protest ant Brethren, who have been despoiled of their goods and de-' pi ived of their house, of prayer, we rectunntend it to our Bee. the in, and our Congregations throughout the United Kingdom, to raise pecublary contributions for the relief of these sufferers tar :nnwknce sake. • S. rhat a Committee of ingniry, Superintendence, and Dhtri bution, consisting of sit Members of each denomination, be ap r.mted to c.lrrespond with our brethren in •he country on the tut- c: of the ft.regoh.g Resolution, and otherwise to carry the sa;L: Resolution into tiff et. 4. 'That the follovrttig C.entlerien constitute the said Com- Init:te:—Oto Rev. R. As,,lA..d, J. Barron, T. Beldism, J Bur. tier, J. Coates. T- Court, F. Cox, S Evans, I Hawkesley, J. Dr. I in:1 1 ..3y, W. New:am, Dr. Rm.., Dr. Itirpon. H. StiLtiltielo., Dr.: With, I, horro•eud, D. T;Ilor, Dr. Waugh, Mr. Wiiks, Dr. W.nte:. S. iliac with tit:: conient of the Trus:cee of the late Dr. Wil liams, the Meetings of the Commi:tee be brid at tie Ltbraiy. ITritos-street, where al, communication* and contribution* wilt ht. r.-eeived by the Rev. Thomas Morgan, the Librarian and Secret Ary to the three denominations. 6. 'rest publicity be given to these and the foregoing Resolu• lion• Alder the threetiou of the Committee. _ _ A. RTES, Chairman. That the Chairman be rerpiested to accept the thanks of the B.nty, .or 111. conduct at this Meeting. 1-10 MAS NIARGAN. Secretary, DUICH Rd/L. HAGUE, DF.CETIREkt 14. WAND CH/VIBE:1i 'IIIIISTATF.S.GENTERAL. The following is the Gcneral Report ot the Cen tral Section, drawn up from the Reports of the seve ral Sections, upon the Project ot a Law sent by his Majesty, relative to the Marriage of his Royal High nes.; the Prince of Orange, and presented yesterda} to the Second Chamber of the States-General: " High and Mighty Lords—The Central Section has the tionnur to acquaint your High Mightinesses of the result of the duliberations of the several Sec tions of the - Chamber in r.:spect to the Project of a Law s: tit to your High Mightinesses with the Ring's Message of the II th instant, the object of which is the desired approbation of the approaching marriage of his Roval Hir,i7ness the Prince of Orange to l'sta dame the Grand Duchess Anna Paulowna, sister tai hip M.i . j.,tsty the Emperor of Russia. gg l'nis Project has met in every one of the Sec titans of i'te Chamber with unanimous and unquali fied approbation. Tie Central Section feels assured that in all the members there prevailed the fullest conviction of the est:end:a and amicable advantagv• which this marriage may be expected to bring to the nation which we represent. This niithin will thus br :wire intimately connected with a people, which, by its courageous perseverance, as well as by powerlul resources, so p,reatly contributed to the deliverance of Europe and the trAnsformation of our country, whose iaterest is perhaps in 110 single point at va. riwntat with ours, and iu-general is iudubiutbly coin cident with it. Ilse proposed connexion between MIT Royal Fa sni:y and the iilustrious House of the Russian Sove. reign, will draw closer the.bonas of reciprocal friend ship And regard which already exist between the two &vet eigns t And the humane and generous sentiments of tliv E'nperot Alsx.inder and his excellent fainily renmvisig all, the apprehensions to which otherwise the uniqn with powersil Princes has frequently given rise, toe present one m4y serve us an admirable gita fiancee agAirst ambitions views which other people or Princes might at some future time allow themselve, to entertairiagaitt , t our prosperity or independence. Commerce. with which the welfare and the existence of sn large a p:trt of the natii.n of the Netherlands is intim itely conneinvd, beholds, in the expectation of manifold and durabie W.:Won% with the Itussian em pire, the height perspective of increasing prosperity and success; and besides those consideiatioiti.drawn from the coni.nuplation of the interest of the which your High Nl;gionierles l'f.yrei .114 Cilmi,iera -160.111 Which, oh tkot account, roast have the first pl a ce, the celitral ccti ni has olio other motives ;or acc-ptieg the proposed ha; come to o ne knowlecfge respecting the virtu:. ar.d distingnished . citialities of the Grand Duchess Anna Yaulowna, gives oq, in the proposed wino., a gtleitailliCV t.,r the Imam happiness of the ynliiig hero Ish,) is the alject of all our love and gra; rnnne. Wt find in it ;Also rinives of the most lively nod rvAl satisfaction ff,r our illustrious King and his au. ; u4. C o lson; and as ihe example of the domestic virtues upon the. thyme has at ail times had the hap. pest influc.ice on the virtues and .happiness of m utat*, and ac. we duly appreciate the distingnisbo ad- 1 vantage w4itli-we ell to this rrspecr, your High r ms .." w ill not be surprised that the Central &glop . has remarked also to the members of the several sec tions, iii one of their motives for approving the pro. jetted law, the well.loulided hope that in this august marriage such an example of prineeiy virtues will be renewed, and thus our present invaluible happiness be "Attended to the r isio 6 generation." SECOND CHAMBER. ammo or Tlt6 15ru A Message from ti. e First Chamber was received, stating, that it approved et the law accepted by this Chamber, ruspecting the marriage of.the Prince of Orange, with the Crand Duchess Anna Pauluwna. • , 41 ," - • of ner • N • of 4 - 4 • • . owl ISRUSSELs, DECEMBER 19. By a new orr.mgcnient, the garrison of Camhray is to consist only of English, Hanoverian, and Da. nish troops. Perrame resnais:s in the occupatic nof the army of the Duke of Wellington, and the can tonments of the troops arc to be distributed in such a manner that they may he collected in considerable fotce.in a awl t . ttme. It is said that the inventory of the sisag:..zines, &c. st Valencunnes was to be finished to day. The Jay before yesterday an Eng iih I.lficilr arrived there with instructions rrl dive to .).e giiing up of the fortress, which is esp,cted to aim place on Elio 1.5* iastaau PIRATICAL STATES OP 3ARE fAr. ....••• LITTER' PROM MONSIEUR THE FOUNT DE VALLAUR, MINISTER Or HIS MAJESTY THR WINO OW SARDINIA, TO SIR SIDNEY SMITH. " Moss:nos Tss ADMIRAL... 4 aril commanded by his Ma jesty the King, my august master, to express to your Excelleacy the satisfaction which your letter, transmitted to him by Mon sieur the Baron de la Caines, affordei his Majesty, and the gee. titude with which he received the congratulations that you were pleased to offer him on the occasion of his return to bis dyad ' ?lions on the Continent. 41 The principles which influence your Excellency in favour of the miserable victim of the Slave Trade, are too conformable to the religion and sentiments which he professes. not to make him desirous to see your enterprises crowned with the succe .1 which they merit, and not to feel most happy if he can himself contribute to the result which you have in view, and in which all hearts susceptible of the feelings of charity and compassion, concur with you in devoutly wishing. " The countless exploits by which Great Britain has rendered herself illustrious, and which will make the cml of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century as brilliant as it is honourable to her, are, In the estimation of the true ttie.ttis of humanity, a title much less glorious to her than that of the Abolthin of t h mt Slave Trade, for which she bas openly reognized one of the most consolatory precepts of the Christian Religion,—that which esteems oilmen as so many brothers. " His Majesty, therefwe, charges his .Plenipotentiaries at Vienna ro enter folly into these same views, w•hesher for the Abo lition of the Aimee Trade or for the seppres‘lon of the piracies of the Barbaric States, and commands me to make known to them your Euellency's propositions, and his Majesty's Intentions thereon. " I congratulate myself, Monsieur, the Admiral, on the op portunity which the execution of my Sovereign's commands af fords me, of offering to you the assurance of the very distin guished consideratton with which I have the honour to be, " Monsieur the Admiral, Ste. " Turin, Oct. 1, 1814, " The Count de VALLAIIIe WESI:INDILS KINGSTON, OCTOBER ec. Thursday, in the honourable House of Assembly, after reading seseral Bills for the third time, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the State of the Island, when the Report from the Committee appointed to consider of the Bill to be introduced into the British Parliament relative to the unlawful importation of Slaves into this Island, was read ; upon which Mr. SHAND rose and moved, that as that Rill had not been perused by all the Members of the House, the Clerk shiaild then read it ; which, occupying the Huse ;till almost dark, it was proposed that Mr. Speaker should resume the Chair, and the Committee to report some progress, which was agreed to, and the House adjourned. Yesterday afternoon the House again resolved it self into a Committee on the Stare of the Island, when the Report underwent a very long and interesting discussion : and we were fortunate enough to obtain .t copy of that part of it which passed the House at s late hour last night, which is preliminary to the Resolutions: it is as follows : • " Mr. SPEAKED.—Your Committee appointed to take ; T oo erinsider.oLn the copy of a Bill which ap pears to have been introduced into the House of Commons of Great Britain, and printed by its order, entitled, A Bill for effectually preventing the tin. lawful Importation of Slaves, and the holding Flee Persons in Slavery in British Colonies;' the informa tion which has been transmitted by the A oent on the subject of the said Bill ; and to repot t their opinion of the measures which might to be adopted by the House to prevent the said Bit being passed into a law : —Have given their best attention to the matter referred to them, anal are of opinion, that a more 70. learn investigation slight to be instittited than the present Committee have powers to make, by the cal. mination of eviticnce, under full powers from the House; they thereto,: beg leave to recommend the app:iintment of a larger Committee, to i n quire into the proceedings which have taken place in Great Bri tain, to induce the Imperial Parliament to entertain the question of enacting a law to compel the registra tion of the Slaves within this Island, under grievous pains,' penalties, and forfeitures, and to report the €lE:et ol such a law if enacted, on the Constitutional rights and property of thv inhabitants, and the mea sures which they think best adapted for preventing so great a calamity. is To inquire into the . allegation and facts assumed by the preamble and enactments of a Bill said to be printed by order of the House of Commons, entitled • A Bill for effectually preventing the unlawful Im portation of Slaves, &e. in the British Colonies,' and to examine evidences to ascertain whether there be any foundation for the iaid allegations, as far as re gards Jamaica, or any probability that a clandestine importation of Slaves shall in future be attempted. T. investigate the pres nt condition of the Slaves, compared with their state in former times, and to re port whether any improvements or amelioration in their situation can be accomplished by legal enact ments, with safety to the community, and due regard to the sacred rights of ptioperty, To refute the calumnies which have been circu lated, with the weight detived from the name of the African Institution, in respect to the 'wanton oppres sion said •to be exercised over the 'said population, and the misrepresentations of the condition of 'the free persons of colour, as far as the Committee shall think such calumnies and misrepresentations likely to influence the Members of Parliament in their proceedings on the measures contemplated by the Bill. “ As some time must elapse before the examination can be completed of all the witnesses who may be thought necessary for establishing the facts which must form the basis of a Report. refuting the calum nies and •misrepresentations that appear to have been industriously circulated, to influence the proceedings or Members; and as it should •seem that the Bill above mentioned is to be taken up early in the next Session of Parliament. the 'Committee beg leave to recommend, that the House should, without delay, take into consideration 'the constitutional question arising out of the said Bill as' printed, which pro. poses to exercise the most extensive and oppressive powers of legislation within this - Island, and to inflict penalties and levy flues, fees, and gratuities, not connected with Co:nmercial regulations, on the in hibitants. This question is not necessarily connected with the facti to be established by cviicnce, arid it appears Material that thi Irnperiil Varliament, ail the Mini-. of Ibis Rt!yal Highness the hince Regent should, through eur Agent, be apprized of the aen• timents of the House on this most Important subject, before the discussions on the said Bill under its con- aideration. " The Committee have drawn up and annexed to this Report certain Resolutions, declaratory of what they consider to be the constitutional and unalien able rights of the inhabitants of Jamaica, and with great deference submit the same to the judgment of the House." On the above being agreed to, on motion, the Chair was resumed, and sonic progress reperted, when the House adjourned. oc:roma 28.—0 n Saturday we published the Re port of a Committee of the Honourable Hou se of Assembly, appointed to consider the effects of a Bill lately introduced into the House of Commons ; the same Committee tat again on Tuesday, and, toge ther with the Report, recommended to the House to come to the following Resolutions, to which the House unanimously agreed : " 'Resolved, 1. That the free British subjects who conquered and settled in Jamaica, or have since re moved to and established themselves in this island. are bound by the like allegiance as every other stib ject of the realm, and carried with them, have en joyed, and ought of right to enjoy, all liberties and immunities of free and natural born subjects, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been born and remained within the realm, modified and adapted to their peculiar situation as colonists : and pattieularly have enjoyed, and ought of right to. enjoy, so long as their Knights and Burgesses are not called to sit in Perliameat, a distinct and entire civil government, of the like powers, pre-eminence, and jurisdictions, within the said island, as are established in the Bri tish government, in respect of the British subjects within the realm, which government, according to the constitution of Jamaica. is composed of les Ma jesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lord of Jamaica, the Council appointed by his Ma jesty, and the Representatives of the People, freely elected and met in general assembly. " 2. That the most important of the rights, privi leges, immunities, and franchises, which are inherent in British subjects as their birth-right, and have by; them been brought to this island, is to consent to' those laws by which they are to be governed by the exercise of the right to send their Representatives to the said'General Assembly, who, with his 14 ijesty, and the Council, can, and of right ought to do, all such acts and matters of legislation, respecting the internal government of the island, as the Imperial Parliament can du within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. " 3. That it is the peculiar privilege of the free British subjects settled in Jamaica, by their Repre sentatives met in General Assembly, to give and grant all aids and subsidies to his Majesty ; and to impose all rates, duties, taxes, fees, hues, or penal. ties whatever; and that laying and levyine any taxesa fees, fines, or penalties, other than such ditties of customs as are mere regulations of trade,* on the in habitants, by any tither authority than the leegisie ture of this Island, composed as Aforesaid, is attage. titer uncoustituticnal, and a violation of their dearest rights. " 4.. That the inhabitants of this Islenti have nn had the liberty and privilege of electing And sending iely Knights and Burgesses or others, to represent them in die High Court of Parliament, and exPlei:. the condition of their country, and &tight not to see bounden by la es, or toeched and grieved by lehst dies, f-es, or penalties, enacted, granted, and im reed, without their menu other than such ttiall:4l rk::01,40011S, in respect of commerce, as are nectssary for Ow common weal of the empire. " .1 That the Inhabitants of this Island have al ways acknowledged the power and authority of Par. Lament to make all laws necessary for the general lament of the Empire, or affecting the whole sub ject: thereof, for regulating our external relations, navigatian, trade, and commerce, and hive not been disposed ceptiously to raise difficulties about the exact limits between this constitutional jurisdiction and the right of internal " 6. That this Committee doe} further, with grief, acknowledge that the British Pnaliainent has, in fact, hut not of right, made divers lass s, by which the in. habitants of this island are grieved and touched, by being deprived of the bent& of cross-examining the evidence exhibited by British Creditors in our Courts, and by an extension of the powers of the Court of Admiralty, unknown in the mother countty, and un necessary here; by which the inhabitants are deprived of their property, without the intervention of a jury. " 7. That it has been the received opinion that many of these laws originated from causes which existptl in the Colonies that formerly were subject to Cleat Bri tain in Ruth America; but it was hoped that laws so subversive of constitutional principles would not be further drawn into precedent, and especially that it would never be proposed to offer greater violence to the Constitutional rights of this Colony. whose loy alty and attachment to the mother country have ever been unimpeachable. " 8. That we have seen with surprise and concern the draft of a Bill said to have been printed by order of the Commons House of Parliament, entitled," A Bill for effectually preventing the unlawful importa tion of Slaves. and the holding free persons in slavery, in the British Colonies," which assumes a right of le gislation within the island upon a subject of mere mu. nicipal regulation and internal police, exercises a powei over the estates and property of the inhabi tants, imposes the most grievous penalties and tor feiteres, to be inflicted at the will of a single officer, without trial by jury, and levies fees and greteitiesto the use of the said officer and others, oi i i i, :l t ie ts„ i: e l y ila L t i i i i e . tants, not given or consented to by their terr tives in G`eneral Assembly ,• by will it 4,, penalties, forfeitures, and assessments, B leu. lilo Trade thle by the British constitutional right of internal legislation is iris ingeJ, but the pledge, in respect of taxation, given t o t h e Colonies by the Statute of ‘Gei violeted. ' • • . 0 , 9. lawsilattliareiirnen a fort.ath abolishing lo t he sl a ve is iiiurl.i 1 1 1 . c. c. 2, is I p tboze i rw o et i nis re moac r .r t i t inu o li t yo . e a oscefe g nidh r tit e kim:i a :l t , spviintAitoothpdr.aganthtoionoHiraiceou::: torsi hdtellfin:p.otkedn.agttstee, attempts have ever been made t his I sl and a t t o io e n v a o ci f e t titi lle t facts , and tbat t a te i s li ta ia b e h u st a b! in test aa itit oi ceit il t a h s e b t e i s s i t c i a ri r c e l le ia d g o a i b l ur this loade d and that all the hllertions mad e i n the preamble, or assumed by the enamour of the Bill, as printed, of an illegal commerce in African or other Slaves, having been carried on in Jamaica,-one utterly unfounded." The Coemittee on the Registry Bin Was anlarprd by the addition of s;s Members, to proceed in the vestigation, for which the House was pledged tome: inte by the last resolution. The House, after agreeing to the above Resolo• tions, came also to a Resolution—directing the Corn. mittee of Correspodence to transmit a copy o f th e Report and Resolutions to the Agent, instreeting him to lay them before his Majesty's Ministers soon as possible, and by all constitutional 'ilea; 3 ' in his power, to resist the passing of the Re4istry Liii Forty-one passengers arrived in the La Pepa Carthagena. By this vessel we are informed that the siege of Carthagena is entirely raised, and vessel: have free egress and ingress without molettatinn. • 13y the Midge we learn, that part of Morillo's et peilition had arrived at Santa Martli., from 011 (;.... thagena, and in such a state that it is wit likel) they will soon return to the blockade of : h at o h. e. In fact, it appears that Mor;llies principal hope of success depended on the treason of ; an d now that the latter has been t'.:.lected and placed is confinement, he must have l.ttle hop:: 01 rechaci.- ? Carthagere, h s army being in such a deplitraLle contfrior, whereas his opponent - are raining feu' spirlts, are, since the ra:cing the blockade, fresh and abandatt supplies. By a rtss•,:igia . arrived on Tucs!ay firm Curac%. in the Fortola: , .:s, we I: Alle reCeiVeti a citcurn,tite tial detail of the actual situation of Veneeevla, is e e riaiely nee thing thin being lavoerd i l e cause of the M in Milliner of the Virgin Mary.* Materin, Guyriz, and all the Savannas of Camara and Barcelona, are in the entire possession of the ir dppendents, and it is presumed on good grounds, then the island of Nlargatitta has likewise dinolved tte unnatural connection. In the of Veneznela, General Utdanits, the !wad of an army, from New Grenada, has po t . sensed himself of the provinces of Merida, Trutt'llo and Basirvas, alter a most brilliant career, terminat ing ii a decisive action fought at Las Piedras, in wine battle the Spanish General Calgatla was killed. z'r spirit of diiconterit prevails in Cora, Maracaybo, even Rio de la Hache. Ati American vessel, with 1300 barrels of flower left CiliAV.4 nine days ago for Carthagena. Through the same channel we are made acquainter with an insurrection in Quito, the natural result o t h e battle knight in l'apayan, and success of the In dependent 1t:w..;, , ; yt riant, at Lama, whose capita. was known W lie t'neattned, and must by this tint havr fallen. AJd to the above the news by the Diana, fron New Orleaus 7 -we know it certainly relates to the ex pedition of the patriot General Alvarez •Je Toted; why wai the peighbowllqod of Vent Cut two thousand Am?, icans ariJ six thousand stand c! :guts, and munition , : of war, estimated at 200,00'. ti 5. We have at length intelligence direct fromGener, Atvya at Mexico. This brave Mexican, whose ran, flaigl . 4u4 cour tile were equally remarkable during U:, intraston t after having experienced some cimtririety la t nded ;t last on the Mexic.,n soil, where he was n ceived with the acclamations of the people, and h ealumniat rs arrested by order of Government. Ti Siapr...meCutigress of the Republic has entrusted hi: with an important mission, and be will shortly rrpi to the Mirth. The:ipaniards lately landed in Mexico 2500 nr . of the famous c xpedi;ian to the Spanish Maw. Ti:. Government ul . Fernando wished to employ this r.a. forcemeat to free the communication between Oct) and other points. l'he insurgent General drrt them into the interior, and killed .ix hundred in on. action—a column of two hundred mer, with ex: arms ind baggage, joined the Independent *ta-i.1.:7.: the rest fell back on Xalapa, where they arrived, rt duced almost to nothing. General Attars has Sent us a copy of the M, , vcr. Constitution, of which we will give an analysis in :I future number. Dr. Robinsln, who accompanied General AnaT' to Mexico, and WAS 00 his ...Ay with non to anent; the Mexican Congress, watts on the lath July, tram iittatusco (Eve or sis 'capes front the city of Mexico, •• We have just received the agreeable news that to , Patriots have completely beaten a division or the Royalists in the province of Puebla." • An appellation bestowed ea lertbnand VII. in s LonL! Parer. • THE LATE DREADFUL STORM. KtNosroN, OZTOSIEIt `26.—We are truly concern:: to state, that the account:: received during this acetl from the different quarters of the country, of the et tem of the storm, are distressing beyond aay tau t' we could have conceived ; rivers which have beta I: existence for ages past having been completely drive: from their natural channels, and numeious bwldir in their vicinity, of great magnitude, destroyed. — From the Port Royal and St. David's Mount•ii"' We learn that prodigious havock has been coalmine , among the different coffee properties there. NJra. !leis of valuable works and houses entirely destroye.. and others seriously damaged. Among the plantations which have suffered severe.) in the former parish, are PleasAnt-Hill, Clifton, source, Robertstield, Green-Vale, Hope xell, C Shade, flerwick, and several others; and in the 14 ter, Chesterfield, Mount.Tiviot, 8;0ak..1..0.4V Mount• Sinai, River-Head, Sun-Vale, Rldnor, :V' bey-Green, Somerset, Windsor-Forest, Eccleston, others. We lament to state, too, that on some Il c perties many negroes have lost their lives, and particularly regret to mention that Mr. Jobn Collectin g C onsta bl e o f S t . D avi d's, with part et family and negroes , an d Mr. 'Cil(trnell Pound-keepe r o f t h e same parish, were carried A and drowned by th e i m pet u o s ity or Yaltalis rb the bodies of both t h ese Gentlemen have been I va ' , and ititeir:d. Scarcely A tictroe.house in the abo % • mountains, or in those of Andrew AEA St. Cat flue, is let s tan di ng . The it me budge. MOlll4 a : the Botanic Garda t, is destroyed...llli not .1 ve't': of it to b e seen . Equaliy a:e'aui. + toly acconats AA " beef' received Iwo' the prisiles or St. Cuomo 41' 1 ' East, PortLicid. ot• George, Aged St. MiAry• I t g m.. us Pieibuie, lios•eve , r, to add, Mat parishes I ron St. Aon's downy/Ards. And th ose le eWgrdp have not sidfered in the same gree as th ese wt h ave mentioned.