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THE BRITISH PRESS.

Its attention to the means best calculated to prevent the evils with
which Spain would be threatened if the doctrines proclaimed at
Lisbon were to be 'Unhappily disseminated in title country ; doc-
trines which are desti uctive and subverrive of that order which it is
necessary for us to marl-Jain' so that the sovereignty of the King
mir !flamer be the more firmly established—the only authority from
which we may expect to derive happiness, and not from the innova-
liens which have been formerly iniroduced, and which attempts
will no dould be now made to reproduce.
" Although with this view the Government has already taken all
the measures which it has deemed expedient, and especially such
Its will tend to keep away from Spain 131 the revolutionists issuing
from Portugal, and to stop drone who should have already entered
its territory, nevertheless it is expedient to proceed to the adoption
of such further measures as will contribute to the maintenance and
preservation of public order and tranquillity; for it would not
suffice to refuse admisseon to revolutionists if individuals should
exist among us capable of disturbing that order and tranquillity.
" Therefore, in so grave a matter, no precaution bring super-
fluous, I desire that your Lordship will direct the Court to take
into consideration whatever may appear expedient with respect to
private individuals, and that it may further give the moat precise
orders to the Justices in towns and villages, within its jurisdiction,
carefully to watch over the actions of such individuals as in the
public opinion should be supposed to be partisans of the constitu-
tional systeni, so that they may be prosecuted with all the rigour of
the laws, as disturbers of public order, if they made themselves
obnoxious by seeming to be proud of the events which are now pass-
ing in Lisbon."
Expresses arrive here every day, sent by the Governors of Bads-
jot, Ciudad-Rodrigir, and Zamora. The events of Chaves and Es-
!retool are already known at Madrid, and our Apostolicana are
overcome with joy they assert that in the province of Tras-oe-
Monies a junta has been formed similar to that which, during our
Revolution, had been formed at Scu d'Urgel ; hut, according to
letters from selves, of the :td, the movements in the province of
Tros-ns-Montes are far from bearing the importance our A postoli-
ems would give them. Those letters, which also make known that
the insurgents have gone into Spain, are confirmed as far as they
relate to the trifling importance attached to the revolt at Tras-oa-
31ontes, by the intelligence received by the police, from which it
appears that the nunifur of Porruguese who have entered Spain
only amount; to 532; and even in this number are included several
French, and sortie Austrians, whom the fear of being insulted in
Portugal has induced to join the deserters, and repair to Spain.
The French Ambassador rec.ived on the Scl an extraordinary
messenger from Paris, and immediately after he took post.horae to
join the King. The report has been circulated, since his departure,
that a fresh corps of French troops will come into Spain, and cam-
Wish its cantonments in the provinces beyond the Ebro.
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lasnoNOtratisr 6.
All the Foreign Ambassadors at our Court did not attend the
ceremony of taking the oath to the Constitution. Those of France,
England, Sweden, and the United States of America, only, were
present-.
On the day of this ceremony, the Commission charged with the
framing of the instructions to be given for the nomination of the
Deputies to the Cortes. presented its report to the Princess Regent :
and it is asserted that the Chambers will tie convoked in the month
of October next, some say the 12th (the birth-day of the King
Dan Pedro, Emperor of Brazil), and others pretend that the day
fixed upon is the 19th.
[Venni the Canslitnlionarl, August 181
Extract of a private letter, dated Lisbon, 2d August:—" An
Equerry of the Princess Regent has just been sent off to Madrid,
hearer of an autograph letter addreasedeby her Royal Ilighnews to
Ilk Majesty King Ferdinand Vii. The Infanta Isabella Maria,
it is suit!, complains bitterly in this letter, that the Spanish military
ieerrnont have taken upon themselves to ciliate, in the moat acan.
claims manner, the principles of national rights, and the rules of
good neighbourhood, in permitting whole regiments, in open rebel-
lion against their legitimate Government, to enter in a warlike
manner. with banners displayed, and preceded with music, the ter-
ritory of a friendly Dower.
" The Spanish Government is. perhaps, a stranger to this viols.l
tion of all public duties; but this, at all events, is a melancholy
proof of that spit it of anarchy which does not cease to prevail in
-pain.
Humanity does. indeed, require that neighbouring States shonld
grant an asylum to the victims of the civil discords who present
themselves, singly aml without armt, to seek a refuge against the
effects of political re-action. We admire the enlightened spirit of
the ag,, which justly condemns the barbarous practice of expatria.
lion liar political causes, which it would be absurd to confound with
ordinary crimes; ; but we conceive it to be the duty of a friendly
power to repulse with force the armed masses which would cross its
frontier and violate its territory. The depot of arms in the houses,
Iron: whence the rebels could take them at will, is but an illusury
measure. and an act of hypocrisy.
" If prudence directs the counsels of the Madrid Cabinet, we
must believe that the Regent's letter will produce effect, and that
severe, clear, and decisive orders. will put a stop to such abuses,
which might otherwise be productive of the most disastrous conse-
quences; :oil we drive from us the thought of being compelled to
use reprisals. The consequences of such an altetnittive might be
easily calculated by those who are acquainted with the situation of
the Peninsula."
Another letter from Lisbon, dated the 2d August, contains the
following p tssage:—
" Publi, rejoicings and a general illumination have been ordered
to he held three days. There was no need of any order, oecause
the joy oldie Portuguse was already complete and universal. They
have manifested it in all manners. Great expense has been made
for the illuminations, which, in fact, are magnificent. Garlands
of verdure, triumphal arches. obelisks ornamented with inscrip-
tion., allegoric figures, and the portraits of the Emperor Dan
Pedro IV. and of the young Queen, as well as the Infanta Regent,
have been put up at different places, and in the principal streets.
The crowd in the streets was so great yesterday and theday before,
that there was hardly any room to circulate. The Regent, however,
was not afraid to mix with it ; she showed herself every where until
midnight, making the hor.es of her coach go at a slow pace, and
snipping frequently. The enthusiasm she excited is indescribable,
and she appeared pleased with the repeated exclamations of rivet,
to which her presence gave occasion. She yesterday published a
proclamation replete with noble sentiments. It is believed that the
rejoicings will not be confined to the three days originally intended,
for triumphal arches are preparing anew. No patrols have been
seen among the crowds in the rejoicings, and yet no disorder has
been heard.
. . .

—•• The English squadron on the Tagus has not only repeated ill
the salutes of the Lisbon forts during the ceremony of the oath, but
was also spread mit in all their colours during the whole day,lin the
manner she would have been on the most solemn occasion in Eng-
land.

The garrison took the oath yesterday morning and in the
afternoon was passed in review by the Princess Regent, who ap-
peared before the troops bearing the insignias of a General."

[ From the Paris Papers of Thursday.l
LISBON, Atm. G.
The grand review, on the Ist inst. was commanded by Lieut..
General Palmeirini, having under his orders Staffi.3lajor Antonio
Cordova.
At Chaves. the Marquis of Chaves, the Count d'Amarante. has
Issued a proclamation in favour of 1)on Miguel, but new Com-
mandants were sent some days since to Chaves and to Braga.
At Estremos half of the 17th infantry, atal eighty men of the 2d
cayslry regiments. 'deserted under the orders of the Lieutenant-
Colonel of the 17th. The Colonel and the greater proportion of the
officers remained. The Nth regiment of infantry, a battalion of
chassenrs, and some pieces of cannon, set out on the 3d inst. to re-
store order at Estremos.

The Journals of the South announce that Count d'Amarante has
quitted Madrid to put hint4elt at the head of the Portuguese troops
that have refused to make oath to the constitution. _

A (iceman journal, printed at Paris, relates that the Bishop of
Spire, in Bavaria, who (lied a few days ago, in the 112 d year of hit
age. and left twenty thousand florins to his cathedral, was not hu-
rled, like his predecessors, in a chapel in his chtitch, and the
clergy refused to attend his funeral, because the venerable Pastor

wais"iccused of sorcery. The Civil and Military Authorities, and
the inhabitants of the town, accompanied the remains to the ceme-
tery where they were interred. Since this event (says the same
Journal) the people of Spire are so incensed against the clergy that
they dare not appear in the streets. The Authorities have made a
report upon the adhir to the King of Bavaria.
The live millions arrived at Havre from Hayti, on board the cor.
vette L'llehe, ::re in Spanish gold coin. The Ilaytian Commis-
sinner who accompanies this sum is charged to pay it over to the
Caisse des Bcpots et Consignations.
FaEwcn FUNDS.—PwaIs, AUGUST 18.—Five per Cents.
100 f. 3lk. ; Three per Cents. Golf. 10c. Bank Stock, 2,005 r. Bente'
de Naples, 72f. frOe. Renter d'Espagne, 91. Royal Spanish Loan,
f. Bay tian Loan, 6721.40 e. Exchange en Lo.tdon, one moruh,
251. ace—Colin Atitheutique.

We have received the Brussels Papers to the 19th inst.
'file following are extracts : .

HAGUE, AUG. 12.

The following pattieiders h.ive been communicated to us relative
to the disorders which at preseat prevail in Friesland and Gro-
ningen.

" These disorders are fevers which carry off a great number of
people. Persons who are indisposed in the evening, and whose
illness was not thought by the physicians to be dangerous, have
died in the same night. According to the reports there are at
Groningen from 6 to 7,000 sick, which is nearly a fourth of the
population. The number of the dead is said to be 70. (The
//ogre Gazelle, as has been before mated, gives the number of
deaths from 7th July to 7th August st 270.)
" There have been some doubts respecting the causes of the cis.
order; it Is however ascribed to the water in the wells having been
spoiled by the sea water during the inundations; some persons also
r as a en-operating cause the immoderate use of fresh her.
rungs, which ore sold at about 2d. per 100, and to the abundance of
stia fish, which is perhaps neither very good, fresh, nor of good
quality. We recollect that two plus after the inundation in 1775,
when the sea broke through the dykes of Friesland, malignant
fevers prevailed to that province."
Barest:l.s, A mo. 17.
The accounts which we receive from the Provinces of the King-
dom all agree in speaking of the fineness and abundance of the
harvest ibis year. May good laws and wise regulations enable us
to enjoy the fruits with which nature and the industry of our culti-
vators enrich the country, a species of wealth which, t.hatever may
be said or dose, will always be werlhy of Jre sptcial care mid pro.

section of the Government. A better system of taxation and duffel'
is the indispensable condition called for by our wants, our external
prosperity, and one connexions with`fm.dgn countries.
BRUSSELS. Auo. 18.
Mr. Ward, Secretary to the English Legation at Vienna, set out
yesterday for that capital.
An extraordinary courier of the English Government passed
thine...Jr this city yesterday, coming from London with despatches
fur the Duke of Devonshire at Macaw.
VIENNA, Avo. 7.
Several Cabinet :Ilessengen have lately brought despatches from
Petersburg and Constantinople to the office of the Minister for Po-
, r:i:n Affiars. After having been read by the Archduke Louis,
who acts fur the Emperor in his absence, they were forwarded to
Prince Metternich at Johannisberg.
Important despatches have also been received from Lisbon, as
well for our Court as for the Infant Don Miguel. It is said that
this Prince has had a pretty long interview with the Archduke
Louis, and that his Imperial Hishneas then despatched couriers to
the Emperor and to Prince Metternich.
There is still a report of the approaching marriage of the Portu-
guese Prince with an Anstrirn Archduchess. This, however, is
only a report, nothing official having yet been:published.
',From the Austrian Observer
VIENNA, Auo.B.
According to the latest accounts from the Mores, received in
Corfu. Ibrahim Peelle was in the south part of the Peninsula, em-
ployed, as it seems, in subduing the Mainotes. The Captain of a
vessel, who arrived on the 3d .Ittly.at Prevesa, from the south mutt
of the 3lorea, affirmed that Ibrahim, tatter having met with some
resistance between Armyro and Kitries, had not only entirely suc-
ceeded in his enterprise, but hail even been joined by 4000 Mai-
notes, under the command of one Allegino.
The Straskier, Itedschid Pacha. was said, in accounts from Pre-
vette, to have been at the end of June in Livadia. Several of the
principal leaders of the insurgents in these parts are raid to have
submitted to hi i. in this expedition, and. among others, the brother
ttf Stumari, who fell in die sally from Missolonghi, in the night of
•ltd April.

We have received Jamaica Papers to the 7th July. The
Hope Packet was to sail from that Island on the 11th ult.
IVe subjoin a few extracts:—

[From the Jamaica Courant.]
By the Packet we learn that the Congress of Bogota had passed
several laws with a view of benefiting public credit and the re-
venue. One takes one-.ixth of the salaries from all persons em-
ployed by Government; and an increase tai laid on persons re-
siding in Colombia.
We learn that after the let of this month all vessels going from
this to Colombia will require to have a certificate with all goods
they may carry over.
There has been a rumour of late, founded no doubt upon Lord
Suffield's motion in the House of Lords, that no public officers are
to be the possessors of slaves. The slaves of the Rector of St.
Anne's, bought solely for domestic purposes, have taken advantage
of the report, and have nearly all left 11.4 service, for imagined
freedom, fully assured that he has not the power to detain them.
It is, however, to be hoped, that the speedy apprehension of these
people will check a rumour, in every point of view so prejudicial.—
/loyal Gazette.
JAMAICA. JULY 4.

The electioi for the parish of St. George took place on Satur-
day, when John Hell and John Jacob Stamp were chosen to serve
in the ensuing assembly.

At a Meeting of the Doncaster Agricultural Society,
which took place lately, the subject of the Corn Laws was
treated in a manner somewhat new among agriculturists.
The speech of Lord MILTON, in favour of an alttration in
the laws, merited particular attention. If agriculturists
still indulge their fears, after all the proofs which have
been given of their futility, it must be left to experience
to convince them of their mistake. The alarm in the
silk trade, from the anticipation of the repeal of the duties
on the importation of French manufactured goods, is
exactly sitni!ar to that which seems already to pervade
the agricultural interest, and, as in the case of that trade,
it will be found that the reality is here much less than their
fears. Oar silk manufacturers now see that there is no
difficulty in rivalling the foreigner either in quality or
cheapness. Let our agriculturists come forward as man-
fey as the silk trade has done, and they will find that the
fertility of the earth is limited only by the degree of skill
and labour employed in its cultivation. People seem to
gine, when we mention this, that we refer solely to the waste
lands. We refer to them partly, but more to the general
modes of cultivation throughout the country. If the
saute diligence were used in improving the fertile tracts
in many parts rf England, which has been found necessary
to render the comparatively barren districts of Scotland
equally productive with these naturally fruitful territories,
there is no doubt that the superior grounds, with proper
care, would yield much snore than they do at present un-
der a negligent and unenterprising mode of cultivation.
The agricultural interest is at present actually afraid of
raising too much grain, for fear of lowering the prices. In
support of our argument, we have only to appeal to the
conviction of every observer, whether lie thinks that the
must active and well-directed exertions are uniformly
made throughout the country, in order to increase the pro-
duce of farms; or whether agnorance and prejudice do not
in many parts of England direct the labours of agricul-
ture more frequently than the sound principles of husband-
' rv, which are known to the philosophical farmer, but are
but partially carried into practice by the greater number of
our farmers? The Report of the Parliamentary Com-
mittee on Emigration is, in every respect, a most important
document, and the facts detailed in it give rise to nume-
rous reflections. It certainly establishes the fact that
emigration would be a means of relief, and it proposes a
method by which the expense of this emigration would be
defrayed; but as the burden would fall, in the first in-
' stance, on the parishes or land-owners, it would only be
a change in the application of the poor-rates, not a dimi-
nution ; for the natural tendency of population to increase
would produce a constant sucension of emigrants, if means
were not taken to prevent that tendency. Of this the
Committee appears to be aware. We cannot help saying,
therefore, that the application of the poor-rates in the way
which we have frequently suggested would be a far more
eligible method of mitigating the sufferings of the poor.

CITY, SATURDAY EVENINO.

Various rumours were afloat at the opening of the Mo-
ney ::Jarket this morning, amongst the most prominent of
which, one was, that Government were in possession of in-
telligence of an unwelcome nature from the North of
England : another, that Mr. CANNING was to proceed im-
mediately to Paris, on the subject of a Spanish Consti-
tution : and a third reiterated the alarming falling off in
the Quarter's Revenue. In point of fact, however, u the
private letters from the country were wholly silent on the
subject of any particular occurrence in the manufacturing
districts, it is fair to infer that nothing of the nature in-
sinuated had taken place ; and the most prominent report
having thus failed in confirmation, the others may be sup-
posed to be " weak inventions of the enemy." With the
exception of one transaction—that of an eminent broker
having purchased 200,0001. Stock for the October Account,
at per cent. continuation, there was very little doing, and
a very thin attendance. 'l' he transaction just alluded to
would tend to show an opinion that Consols will rise ; but
there was nothing in the character of the market to-day
that could justify such a presumption ; and it did not ap-
pear that the example of the individual in question was
generally, or, indeed, at all, followed. At the close of the
market, Consols bore a qinitati (((( of 7s. I, both Gm Mo-
ney and the Account. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds
show each an advance of since ye•,terday. In the Fo-
reign Market, the only business done was in South Ame-
rican Bonds. Mexican have varied from 43il to 418, at
which price they closed. The business in Colombian was
of a very limited nature. which finally left off at 3t.
A Leeward Island Mail arrived this morning, hut did
not bring any news from the Republics. The supporters
of the Colombian Market assert that Mr. Coes on KN.:: re-
! turn is occasioned by ill health alone ; the contrary, how-
ever, is the fact. That Mr. COCKBURN is in bad health is
most true ; but his not proceeding further than Carthagena,
arose wholly from the general state of affairs in Venezuela—
as well from the disaffection of Pa c 7. to the Supreme Go-
vernment, as other causes, which induced bin, to suppose
that his servicea were not likely to be required at present.
The express from Paris gives a fell in French Rentea
and 'f hree per Cents.; the former to 100 f. 1,0 c., the latter
to 60f. 1.5 e., which produced a consequent depression
here, par being the last quotation fur the Reines this
afternoon.

In Shares, Brazilian only shoo, any buginess, and they
have declined full V. per share since yesterday.

Dr. Nisemichael has arrived in town from a vi.it to the
Duke of York. His Royal Highness bore the journey from
London extremely well, and took his usual daily airings
from the Psvilicii.

S:r Herbert Taylor, Military Secretary to the Duke of
York, left town on Saturday afternoon for the King's Pa-
vilion, Brighton, on a visit to the Royal Duke.
The Duke of Gloucester attended divine service yester-
day at St. George's Church, Ilanover-square.
Mr. Secretary Canning left town yesterday afternoon,
for Brighton.
Mr. Secretary Peel held a conanhation on Sattuday with
Mr. Secretary Canning and Mr. Huskisson, at the Foreign
Office. After the consultation Mr. Peel sent off Mr. New-
man, the King's Messenger, with despatches for the Earl
of Liverpool, at Langothlin, North Wales, where his Lord-
s!..ip has gone on a tour of some weeks.
The Countess of Eldon is recovering from her late in-
diposition.

Comma THEATRE.—The tale of the Death Fetch has
made its appearance at this theatre in a dramatic shape ;
and though a story which appeals to the higher powers of
the imagination is not perhaps the best adapted for illus-
tration by scenic representation, the manner in which this
piece has been produced not only does great credit to the
dramatic adapter, Mr. H. Milner, and to the manager, but
actually realizes and heightens all the leading features of
the story. The incidents of the piece are so judiciously
compressed together, that the excitement never for a mo-
ment flags or diminishes. The acting was very highly cre-
ditable to the establishment. It is not paying Rowbothain
a very high compliment to say that lie infinitely excelled
Mr. Archer. With Miss Kelly it is hazardous to institute
a comparison; but we may say of Miss Watson, that she
left nothing to be desired. The scenic contrivances were
very admirably managed. The rapturous applause which
attended the performance induces us to augur that it will
be a decided favourite.
Arossuno it, Avo. 11.—We yesterday communicated,
says the Munich Ga::ette, the account of the fate of the
conspirators in Russia, stating that, besides the principals,
who were hanged, others were condemned to labour in the
mines, some for life, others for different periods. Great
criminals are, in general, sent to the silver mines at Nert-
sehinsk, on the frontiers of China. Even the journey to
this place, which is 200 62rman (WO English) miles from
St. Petersburgh, may be called a capital punishment, as the
criminals most go the whole way on foot, fastened together
by a long chain, so that great numbers sink under their
hardships on the road. Those who are let down into tl:e
mines for life (this is the fate reserved for Prince Trubetzkoi,
among others) are considered as already dead ; the prayers
fur the dead are said for them, and earth is thrown upon
their bodies as on a corpse that is to be interred. But even
of those who are condemned for some years only to this
most unwholesome abode, and the hard labour of mining,
hardly one ever returns to the surface of the. earth. This
dreadful place of punishment soon destroys the strongest
constitutions ; and even if they escape with life, their fate
is like that of the individuals condemned on the 24th July,
so that they can never again leave Siberia, and Nertschinsk
a situated in that part of Russia.
A Mail from La Guayra has arrived, bringing Caracas
Papers to the 29th June. The Columbiana of the preced-
ing day contains an extremely long article, chiefly on the
propriety of establishing a federal system in Colombia.
The following arc some of the concluding observations:—
" In carrying this measure into effect, however, various con.
siderations pre-ent themselves—such as the face of the country, Its
population, and revenues. We believe that no one, after the fatal
experience of 1810, contemplates the minute scale of federation
then incautiously adopted. As a general outline, we would suggest
that the Republic should be divided, according to its ancient limits,
into three grand sections, with a Sectional Legislature in each; that
is to say, one in the ancient Captain-Generalship of Venezuela, a
second in that of New Grenada, and a third in Quito. Circum-
stances might admit, however, of a somewhat more minute divi-
sion, such as Legislatures in Guayaquil and Carthagena ; the ca-
pital of etch Legislature should of course be as cents. 1 as possible,
and the duties of their Sectional Legislatures would be limited to
the protection and advancement of their respective sections, not
including, however, the appropriation of their revenues, anti the
amount of their armies., two points essentially the province of the
General Congress, as a check to conquest and to the mutual ambi.
tion and encroachments of the sections. These Legislatures would
be well and ably conducted by men with very moderate talents,
provided they go to the task with good principles, animated by a
desire for the advancement and happiness of their country. It is
imagined by some persons, that great difficulties will present them-
selves in this particular. AVe see none, however, inasmuch as no
abstruse questions of foreign or national policy tan come before
them. The state of their roar'.:, their agriculture, commerce, po-
pulation, and education, are the most important topics to be dis-
cussed ; and though, in the outset, they may, through inexperience.
handle even these matters roughly, they will be in the right path,
and acquire fresh vigour as they advance. The General Congress
should be established in the centre of the Republic, and would cc-
cesaarily demand, in its members, greater talents and acquirements
than are needed in the subordinate Legislatures. Tbeir number
should, however, be the fewest possible, and those well paid for
their labour and for their banishment from their families and inte-
rests. We confess we cannot see the difficulty or the inexpediency
of this change. It seems to us that the will of the people (we
speak of them collectively, and not as belonging to this or that de-
partment) should be the will of those who preside over theta; nor
can we admit a pretension on the part of the latter, apart from the
sanction it derives from the former. In short, we behold a federal
form of government matured in Mexico and Guatiniala, and ad-
vancing to maturity in Buenos Ayres and Chili ; whilst in Colom-
bia, Peru, and Boltvia, alone, do we behold the contrary.•"

The fallowing letter of instructions from Earl Bathurst
to Colonel Young, who is gone out to the colony of Deme-
rara as the Protector and Guardian of Slaves, will be read
with interest. It evinces, throughout, the most marked
anxiety to have it inculcated, that the obligations of the
slave to the owner, so far from being, in any degree,
weakened by the system of amelioration, which is sought
to be introduced, ought, on the contrary, to be strengthened,
in consideration of the protection granted to their just
rights : . . .

Downing-street, 12th Ap:11, 1826.
Sir,—Previouttly to your taking possession of the very arduous
and important situation to which you have been nppointed as pro-
tector of slaves, it is necessary that I should convey to you some
special instructions for the regulation of your conduct iu the exer-
cise of its various duties.

It will be your particular duty, as protector of slaves, to watch
over the faithful execution of all such provisions or regulations with
respect to the treatment of alaves as are at present in force in Dente-
rare, or as many at any future time be established there by any law-
ful authority.
YOU will, if necessary, apply to the Local Government for any
facilities which may give you a more complete opportunity of re-
ceiving and considering complaints which may be preferred by the
slaves against their owners, or any other persons exercising a dele.
gated authority over them ; and you will not fail to make a report to
the Lieutenant-Guertnor, which will be transmitted to me, on the
subject of any pi acticAt impedimenta which may be found in the
execution of any part of your duty.
You will not deem it necessary in all eases to wait to receive com-
plaints from the slaves themselves; but it. you shall hear of any
unwarrantable treatment to which any slave or any gang of slaves
are exposed, you will repair to the estate, and there institute a dili-
gent inquiry into the conduct of those persona who may be respon-
sible upon the occasion.

rou'will not, however, forget, in the execution of your office,
that it is also your duty to secure all the legal rights of the pro.
prictor, as well as of the slave, as far as Oil, are involved in any
transaction with you as protector.
You Inuit exercise a constant discretion in impressing upon the
minds of the slaves in the roost forcible manner, that the measures
which have been provided fur their protection are in no degree to
interfere with the unremitting practice of industry and obcdiecce,
to which, under prescribed regulations, their owners are by law en-
titled ; but, on the cbntrary, that those duties are the more strictly
to be observes! by them in proportion as the law and regulation in-
terpose, to prevent any improper exercise of the authority of the
muster.

Von must explain to them, that although they may always ex-
pect to find in you a vigilant friend and protector in all cases where
melt protection can be properly required, they will at the same
time find you entirely determined to discountenance any frivolous
and unfounded complaints which may be preferred by them against
their masters. _ .

Von will not fail to make it your early and peculiar study to tia
on the minds of the slaves, by such arguments and explanations as
are suited to their state of inthrmation and comprehension, the
principles which are contained in this letter, and whcili pervade all
that course of legislation which his 'Majesty's Government Inter
established and recnnimended in pursuance of the resolutions of
both (Louses of Parliament. I have, &c.

(Signed) BATHURST.
Lieut.•Cul. Young, Protectoral Slaves."

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