The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-04 00:00:00

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For rete.ring it to the state of the island—Messrs.
Garrigues, Watt, Fairweather, Osborn, Jordon, March,
Cullman, Dallas, Barclay, Townshend, Brown, Hilton,
Wright, and Dr. Clacher.

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For refereing it to a Select Committee--
Anderson, M'Cook, Grossett, Leslie, ThompsonFO.s;
ter, Whitelock, Lake, Taylor, Mitchel, and Drs. Ewa'
and Barnett.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF
ASSEMBLY.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25.
The , ngrossed address to his Excellency the G.asveeg..l.'
nor, in ansa er to the speech t the opening i,f til,,
uy
sion, was read and psssed ; after which Messrs.
G it
and Dallas were appointed a Committee to wait
Excellency, to know when he would be pleased to TOLE
the
his 00
the same. On their return, they reported that •°
cellency would be pleased to receive the address
.itee
as it was convenient. The House then proceegell.esd
the Queen's House, when the Speaker delivered t°
following address :
May it please your Excellency, the
" We, her Majesty's faithful and loyal subjec ts
ncy
sce
Assembly of Jamaica beg to offer to your E
our most sincere congratulations on your assuroPti"
the Government of this colony.
ate
regard for our convenience in the time of calling astL.
t
v
We thank your Excellency for your considar
gether, and we unfeignedly assure your Excellency
b it
the present meeting affords to us equal pleasure a9t
does to your Excellency, in the hope we entertain rte
by our united endeavours we may be able to prom
the welfare of the Island. erviee
Such supplies as the emergency of the pahlic s, that
may require it will be our duty to provide, wit", te
due regard to economy, which the present reducaa '.o
of the colony demands.
d
" We thank your Excellency for the frank tinuu...l:
reserved manner in which you have addressee us upon
Ex-
the present position of our affairs. We join your be
cellency in the wish that all past differences tn,..seYndly
consigned to oblivion, and that hereafter a more "golony
understanding may be maintained between the f t has
and the Government. All that we have sougoi ri,
been the continued enjoyment of those rights anfeP„,,,
vileges which are no less dear to us than to our tim
subjects of the Mother Country; and the 110s_ent
j
portant of which is the right of a deliberative eug"lo,
in enacting those laws to which our lives and prop
are to be subject.
" We have never claimed a right to enact
plinaripsirie7
consistent with the general interest of the -- • ial
neither have we complained of the Act of the laget.olo
Parliament, by which the great measure of emancipating
was effected, and to which we ourselves were cons! "..`el,
parties ; but we have complained, and justly coniplaruin,
of a continued and vexatious interference with nu
stile
ternal regulations, degrading to the House, and ho,
to the welfare of the colony ; with the details of
however, we are un villing to trouble your Excells
be
Our proceedings in legislating for the new
relations
tween the landed proprietors and the
labourers, we are aware, will be watched with anxiety'
and perhaps no inconsiderable degree of distrust ; but
we hope without cause, as we can have no wish but to
o.
legislate according to the spirit of the age, securing pro,
tection to property, and equal justice to every class ;
men, as the only basis upon which we can expect
legislation to be successful.
bein carried
" The great experiment which is now g
into effect in this extensive colony is naturally looked to
with intense interest by surrounding nations, as well by
our own country, and we very deeply feel the difficult Visit
and heavy responsibility which rest upon us in framing
such laws as may be best calcutated to give successf d
effect to that measure, by promoting the industry an
eon:fort of the emancipated population, and the hlturlea
cultivation and prosperity of the island, and we 010 c
regret that by a partial and prejudiced course of On"
vernrnent and administration of the laws in the oar
menoemeut of freedom, the difficulties attending it
have been greatly increased, and its success endanfferew
" We cannot but view with the most serious alarm
the losses which property, in many instances, is sustain'
ing, and more especially in the rapid decline which is
taking place in sugar cultivation from a want of near 1
nary labour. Nor are our apprehensions lessened by
consideration of the difficulty of applying to this evil any
direct legislative remedy ; but with a better definition'
and more correct understanding of the rights of master
and servant, landlord and tenant, and a more simple and
ready mode of enforcing those rights between partied' s°
would indulge in the hope, that the cultivation 'of this
gieat staple, upon which the future prosperity and well:-
tare of the labouring population thernselvijs so much
depend, may still be successfully conthwed. Other,
be introduce'
productions of minor importance may
into the Island ; hut the immense amount of capital to
vested in the sugar factory establishments, once destiOYe-'
would be with difficulty repliteed.
' Our best attention shall be directed to such alters'
lions in the laws, and to such measures as the changed-
u' state of society renders necessary, and any doc
meats your Excellency may be pleased to send clown t°
the House shall have nue most mature consideration-
`s We are convinced that in accepting the Gove'n•
meta of an important, but distracted colony, your BP
cellency could have been alone actuated by the
, hO.
nourable conviction of rendering service to your So"'
reign, and to your country by devoting your energies to
promote the welfare and happiness of the island. Is
the prosecution of this laudable and patriotic object Pudr
Excellency may rely with confidence on our firm an
cordial co-operation, and we would encourage the hone
that under your administration all further collision be'
tween this House and h,r Majesty's Government met'
terminate ; that the agitation which has too long .00-
vulsed our community may cease, and that all classes
of society enjoying equal laws, impartially administered,
may live together in harmony, and the peace and pres'
perity of Jamaica be thus established on a fism ar,d per-
nutrient foundation."

To which his Excellency was pleased to make the for
' lowing reply :
"‘ Mr. Speaker arid Gentlemen of the House °I
Assembly,
" I thank you most sincerely for your kind congrattv
lations, and for your assurance of firm and cordial 0;
operation with a view to the prosperity, welfare, 0"
happiness of the island.
" I derive the greatest satisfaction from the
tions expressed in your address, and I trust, and Cow
fidently hope, that our mutual endeavours may sugcesr
fully promote the great purposes to which our aar,ous
desires are directed,"

" To his Excellency the Right HOP Sir Charles
Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Hon. Order of the Bat' Member of her
Majesty's Most Honotaable
iptain-
General and Governor• -
n-Chief of this her INlaiLsty
Island of
34makta d Territories thereon
depen.hug la uneri an other the v Admiral
ca, Chancellor and ice-
Of the same."
"-tiriVY4 Council,a C
THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE
COUNCIL.
the it please your Excel leave to
lenc, ff,•r to
We, th Council of Jamaica, beg l. b
your Excellency our thanks for the Speech with
w
you have bir,n pleased to open the present Session. . the
We sincerely trust that the several branches of
Legislature will be enabled, by their united endeavtian, ur9,
to perform those duties which the state of the is a
calls for.
" We are sensible of your Excellency's consideration
in consulting our convenience, by postponing your desire
to convene the Legislature to the present time. pr
" We participitate in the anxiety expressed by 3;0 le
Excellency, that those differences to which you al'u'io
may be consigned to oblivion ; and most earnestly' do
we hope that the Constitution of this island may rennEll I
unimpaired.
" We thank your Excellency for the assurance
there is no desire on the part of her Majesty's G"cln;
merit, or the Imperial Parliament, to interfere witten,
legislation. We feel every confidence, that in the auiar
nistration of this Government, your Excellency
hh
guided by the laws and constitution of Jaineka, a 5"
in:reat your Excellency to believe, that t'
.nere does 11-t
exist on our part the slightest wish or intention to lei
late against the general policy estab'ii;hed by our it e,
reign and the Imperial Parliament, for the gov crow,"
of the whole empire, of which this ;gland forms a Part.
" We feel with your Excellency,
; c that the losseS
which the landed proprietors have unhappily' suStaii?,e
are in a great measure beyond a remedy by Legislal`
enithtment, but we are sanguine in the expectation, that,„
the adoption of the measures so wisely pointed out 703.'
your Excellency, aria more especially that of the reform
and improvement of the judicial anti magisterial t
,01.
oats, will in time attain those happy results you font`
plate, plate, and bring upon this island the blessings of. t._
Almighty, and secure the peace and happiness of all it°
people."
To which his Excellency made the following 7cPIY
" Gentlemen of the Council—l think you heartl
for this cordial arldrcss. Ir. joice to find that our
c
sen-
timents are so much in unison, and I earnestl.
that we shall be able to render our labours serviceicDfe
to the island."

The Emir, ABD-EL-KADER. has declared war
against the French in Africa. The official de"
spatchcs announcing this most important event,
addressed by Marshal VALLEE to the French Go-
vernment, will be found in another part of The Sun'
extracted from the Moniteur Parisien, of Sunda,'
night, and republished by all the French Jour-
nals of Monday. Hostilities commenced on the
17th ult., and continued till the 24th, the date
of the Marshal's latest despatch. Success almost

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