The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-09 00:00:00

CCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.--The
COMMITTEE for conducting the Re-election of Mr.
BANK ES sit at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street. The
Election is fixed for TUESDAY, the 13th, and the Poll will con-
tinue during the following day. Every facility of conveyance is
provided, to prevent delay, on the several roads leading to Cam-
bridge, and every requisite information may be obtainal at the
Committee.
Committee Room, June 7.

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNI-
VERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

GFNTLEMEN, _
IT has of late been promulgated so generally, that it is
my intention and my duty to retire from the Contest for the
Representation of the University, that I feel it Incumbent upon me
to take this public mode of meeting both these statements ; of as.
suring you, in the first place. that I am determined to-come to the
Poll, on TUESDAY NEXT, and of satisfying you, that if it be
the duty of any Candidate to retire, that duty does not devolve
upon me.
You will recollect that I came forward as a Candidate for the
Representation of the University on the death of Mr. Smyth.
Among the first of those who cannot consent to make further con.
cessions to the Roman Catholics, I was one of the first that inti..
mated an intention to stand. 1 received considerable encourage.
ment ; but at once withdrew my pretensions, in deference to the
superior station and claims of the Speaker; nor could I, from my
necessary absence on public duty in Ireland, resume my canvass on
his subsequent retirement. I gave, however, the most distinct inti-
mation that I should, on the next occasion, solicit your Suffrages ;
and, in conformity with the pledge so given, I now come forward.
I have stated to you, individually, the ground upon which I rest
my claim to your support--that of undeviating attachment to the
Constitution of my Country ; and you cannot fail to be aware that
I have, nearly twenty years, steadily and consistently resisted the
admission of Homan Catholics to Political Power in this Protestant
State. I have had sufficient opportunity of ascertaining that my
principles are not disapproved by you. I have received distinct
promises of support from newly 500 members of the Senate; a
number greater than that ever polled by any successful Candidate,
excepting Mr. Pitt. I have received the most encouraging mut.
antes from many others, who have declined pledging their Votes
until the period of' Election ; and I leave It to you to decide, whe.
ther, with this body of support, it would be becoming in me
to retire.
Every sacrifice of personal interest or distinction I would wil-
lingly make, to Insure the success of the princinles which I have
uniformly maintained ; but I feel that I chould be betraying the
confidence reposed in me, if I were now to abandon a Contest which
gives me so fair a prospect of zealously representing your opinions
In Parliament.
I have the honour to be. Gentlemen,
Your most faithful and obliged humble servant,
HENRY 00131ABURN.
London, June 8, 1828.

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.
A T a verir numerous am highly respectable PUBLIC
-61EET NO of the Frititdi, of Sir R. WILSON, held at
the Qum* Head, St. Margaret's-hill, on Monday, the tith
Instant;

'GEO. WEATHERSTONE. Esq. in the Chair: I
It was moved, eisconded, and resolved unanimously,
That Sir Robert Wilson has, during two successive Parliaments,
discharged his duties as a Representative of the Borough of South-
wark, with fidelity to his engagements and advantage to the general
interests of the Empire.
That we have seen with pain, for the credit of our Borough, and
indignation at the reproach brought uponit, an attempt made to
raise a malignant incendiary cry of " No Popery !" against its
Representatives.
That Sir Robert Wilson having renewed his declaration that he
would continue to advocate and support the cause of Reform, the
vital measure of our pursuits; and that upon all great (mentions
affecting the civil and religious interests of the Empire, he will sup-
port the wishes of the Constituent Body of Southwark, expressed
in public meeting legally convened for the consideration of the mea-
' sure proposed, or resign the trust confided to his charge—we do
unanimously recommend him to our lirouser Electors as a fit and
proper person to represent this Borough, and we pledga ourselves
to give him our t.utfrages.
That as purity of election, both as it affects the Electors and the
Candidates, is the only security for an independent Representation,
we recommend to the Electors td return him to Parliament free of
1 expense ; a:id as the cause in width we are engaged has been Ten.
dertd one that interests all the friends olliberty throughout the Em.
I lire, we do earnestly solicit subscriptions in aid of the inevitable
expenses of the Contest. •
1 That as the ELECTION CftHhiENCES on WETINRS nit Y
I NEXT, weiecopunend the Friends of Sir Robert Wilson to he
early in their attendance at thlf Ha on that Deet,-s,tre.reviet his i
- .0
nomination, and then vote. 1
0. IVEATHERSTONE, Chairman.
It was moved, seewoded. and resolved untanimouely,
That the beat thanks of tide Meeting be given to George IF.-
therstone. Esq. for his able conduct in the Chair.
t'omolittee.roorn, Queen's Head, June 6, 1826.

STATE OF ELIE POLL, SECOND DAY.
Sir Robert Wilson 900
Charles Calvert, Esq. . - . . yat
EJward Polhill, Esq. - G2O

AA, Humble ADDRESS and PETITION (of wriclt
the following Is • copy) from the HOUSE of ASSEMBLY
of .JAMAICA to the KING, was on Tuesday last delivered by
Mr. GEORGE lIIBBERT, the Agent for that Colony, to the
Right Honourable ROBERT PEED., his Majesty's Secretary of
State for the Home Department, who will himself place in his
jesty's hands this Address, which Mr. Hibbert would dutifully and
respectfully have done in person, had a Levee been held about this
season.

Jamaica Ss.
TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
Tile humble Address and Petition of the Assembly of Jamaica.
We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Assembly of
Jamaica, do most humbly offer to your Majesty the assurance of
our continued attachment to your Majesty's person, Family, and
Government.

It is wiiii sincere regret that we again approach the Throne in
the language of complaint, but our sufferings are increasing, and
there is no other means under !leaven whereby we can expect to
obtain redress.

Under the pressure of distress, and surrounded by difficulties,
we represent to your Majesty, that while other classes of yonr sub-
jects are relieved from taxation, and enactments are passed for the
reduction of duties upon Trade, increasing its activity and extent.
and adding to the power and wealth of the Empire, a fixed resolu-
tion scents to have been adopted by your Majesty's Ministers that
the high \War Duties upon the chief Article of West India Pro-
duction shall he continued without abatement. We submit to your
Majesty's wisdom and impartial judgment, that such a system is
in its principle unfair, and in its consequences fatal.
A coalition has been formed for the destruction of the Colonies,
such a combination as never before existed, composed of materials
the most discordant in themselves, but uniting with tenacity for
one general object. Prejudices have been excited to operate against
us, founded on wicked and wilful misrepresentations; and we lament
to say that they pervade more or less every class of society in the
Parent State.

Before we were attacked by the Agents of Modern Philanthropy,
our Slaves were a contented race of people; obedient to their Mae.
tern, and obtaining from them, in return. protection and support.
Reciprocal kindness had been formed, which would have expanded
by progressive means, to the permanent advantage of all parties;
but mutual confidence has been unhappily removed, to give way to
suspicion, and wicked attempts have alone been made to stir up a
spirit of dissatisfaction amongst a meritorious class of our free po-
pulation. The consequence is, that our endeavours to increase the
comforts of the one, or the Immunities of the other. have been
greatly paralyzed. We are placed in •sit uation which renders every
measure afamelioration dangerous, because whatever we do, even
with the purest motive, is wilfully misconstrued, and converted into
the means of renewed excitement to our prejudice.
It is our misfortune to inhabit a part of your Majesty's dominions
where Slavery has been long established by law, but that ought
not to be allowed to operate to our disadvantage, or to deprive us of
the protection of those laws, which afford to all alike the security of
life and property.
We hold our possessions by indisputable right, founded upon
Brilsh Statutes, and the Colonies were settled on condition that
Slavery should be extended. The British Nation participated in
the advantages of the system when it was in most active operation,
and it is extremely unjust to visit us with all the responsibility at
a time when Slavery is assuming its mildest and least offensive form.
We protest against the measures recommended by your Majesty's
Ministers, in pursuance of the Resolutions of the !louse of Com-
mons, as dangerous to life and property.
The injustice of forced innovation is greatly aggravated, because
the Government, which NO meditated an awful change in our long
established institutions, has provided no fund to compensate the loss
to which property is thereby exposed, and which has been already
greatly deteriorated in value.
Under the new Ryden) contemplated by your Majesty's Minis.
ters, the authority of the Master over his Slave will be abridged,
and the quantity of labour to be performed by the latter will be so
reduced, that it will be impossible to cultivate our properties to ad.
vantage. llence mutual dissatisfaction will arise in the place of
those feelings which formerly subsisted, and we shall have nothing
to anticipate but discord and confusion; terminating, most probably,
in the destruction of this your Majesty's valuable Colony.
Goaded, as we have been, to a state bordering on despair, we
look to your Majesty for protection and relief. Our cause is that
of justice and of truth; and relying on your Majesty's well-known
regard for both, we confidently expect that you will not suffer a
faithful and loyal people to tall a sacrifice to the influence of inte-
rested and designing men, nor to the equally dangerous speculations
at mistaken benevolence.

Passed the Assembly this 2lst day of December, 1823.
DAVID FINLAYSON, Speaker.
At the same time, and under exactly similar circumstances, a
humble Address and Petition to his Majesty, from the Planters,
Merchants, and others, resident in Barbadoes, was delivered into
the hands of Mr. Peel by Mr. 0. Carrington, Agent for that (;cilohy.
ROTTERDAM STEAM PACK ETS.—The Public
are respectfully informed, the
KIND OF THE NETHERLANDS, Capt. Joule SLATER,
QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, Capt. Jolts( PEAnsow,
Depart regularly every IYEDNESDAY and SATURDAY from
off the Custom-house, at Eight o'clock in the Morning, for the
conveyance of Passengers, Carriages, and Luggage, to Rotterdam.
Travellers will be pleased to take notice, that by these Vessels
provisions of the best description are provided for item, which, to-
gether with perquisites to Stewards, and every expense, are in-
eluded in the amount of the fare. . .

In consequence of the increased power given to the Engines of
the Queen of the Netherlands, that Vessel has made the passage
from Rotterdam to London in the short space of 23 hours.
For further particulars. application to be made to
N. W. SYMONDS, Agent, 7, Crescent, Minories.

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The whole together forms a Collection of at least 100,000 volumes,
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