The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-07 00:00:00

BRITISH 61.3.1 NA

From Demerara we learn that during the last
fortnight the weather in the colony had been dull
and wet. The only important event that had occurred
tuns the bringing forward of a motion by an unoffi-
cial member of the Court of Policy on the subject of
reform :
Whereas on the Sth October last, a memorial was pre-
sented to this court from certaiu inhabitants, praying the
court "to abstain altogether from legislation in connecti.m
with the subject of constitutional r..form, until the c 'art
shall he prepared to adopt, as the main principle and obi, it
of such legislation, the substitution for the existing I,xis-
lative institutions of this colony of an elective council an 4
house of assemb:y, bawd on a Fplent of full, free,
direct popular representation ;" and this COWL ill ttrm
resolve to abstain, as prayed, from any legislation on its
subject, until sutilivient time had been afforded t.. the
memorialists for explaining, in detail, and communicating ti
this court their plans and views with regard to the tar-
rying out the wished for thong, in the franehis •
and the constitution. And whereas up to tic,
present moment (a period of seven months Itising is
the meantime elapstol), the said memorialists 1c,5i.,4
neglected and refused to favour this cone: with such c'
And whereas the Secretary of State, in it late
dated IGth April, Mil, has transmitted to this court, :in.!
the same time has expressed his appres al of cert,lin

tions in reference to ibis questiori, that were
meeting of proprietors and merchants beneficially el I
deeply interested in the welfare of this colony. held ,d
London Tavern on the 4th April, Mil, anti whic4 r' lo-
tions nerve, in the main points, with the changes and
tions suggested by his Excellancy in his address to t!,:
on the 15th ticpiember last: Resolved—That this
now prepared, and willing to adopt, and to legi•lat • upon,
the basis of the saki resolutions now on tie t.0.1e, an-I
request his Excellency to instruct tat. Attorney General to
inttoduce the necessary ordinances accordingly.
This motion was carried, without the consent, how-

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ever, of the majority of the elective members. VIIO
declined voting upon it one way or the other. In the
Court of Policy to-day His Excellency the Governor
promised to send forward the moti ut of the honour-
able member to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Alter the pas,ing of the resolution on the Gth the
court adjourned until the loth, then to inert merely
for the purpose of enabling. Messrs. Ross, Haynes,
and Quayle to put on the minutes of the court their
reasons fur declining to vote. Accordingly, on that
day, on the meeting of the. court, Mr. Rose
handed in, to be placed on the minutes, the follow-
ing document :

We cannot assent to the resolution before the court, and
therefore decline to vote:—tint, because the prenu:i•:••
states, what is inconsktent with the fact, that on the s•li
October loathe court did invite c;rtain incium iali.ds on t! •
subject of cou•titutional refocus to to this co'

tllllCinsand views with regard to the carrying out ti
wishes for changes in the franchi,e and the constitution
whereasnosuchinvitationthustocounnunicateeveremanat,

from this court. Bicond, lxcau+c in the Necond paragraph.
• • • •

.
the preamble this pretended in% itat in, WhielllEN Wlexistenco,
is assumed as a fact, and it prow ed% on this baseless fabric
to state, " And whereas up to the present moment (a period
of seven months having in the man time elapsed) the said
memorialists having neglected and refused to favour this
court with such details," we hereby mujihatically declare
our disapprobation of the paragraph here quoted, as ha, it
upon fiction, as embodying an objectionable, unites& reed,
and insulting reflection on a large number of our fellow
colonists, and as tonding to lower the estimation of this
court with the community at large, by the ase of langua4,,
and the introduction of An unnece-sary and ofn.n.iv, taunt,
derogatory to the character and dignity of the legislature.
(Signed) PETER no,E,
RICUAll1)
GEOILUE QUAYLL.
Court-house, 6th June, Mil.

The Rval Gazette speaks disapprovingly of the
motion, observing " how utterly absurd and ina-i-
-plieable would be the legislative institutions of Ct-
nada, &c., transplanted to British Guiana, Nvlt. to
there arc only a few hundreds of Europeans livimt is
the midst of thousands and tens of thousands of half-
civilised people."
The vacancy occasioned in one of the scats fir
Essequebo by the retirement of Mr. Daly, promotO
to the office of Administrator-General for Demenua
and Essequebo, has been filled up by the uttoppu,d
return of Mr. Philip Hughes, of plantation Anita
Regina.
A testimonial, valued at 1.50 guineas, had bect
presented by the principal colonists to Deputy-Com-
missary Cowan on his departure from lb:nu:ram
The estate called Adventure, on the cast coast of
Essequibo, had been sold at an execution sale for It
than 4901. sterling.

The Cu/osist says :—" The weather hm lately been,
we believe, all that the planters desire, and IA lien
agriculturists do not grumble about the tneteiric
economy of the atmosphere,. we may feel perfeolv
satisfied that the season not unfavourable further
operations."