The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-11 00:00:00

JAMAICA.

AT A MEETING OF PLANTERS OF
MERCHANTS, and others interested in the Colony
of Jamaica, convened by public advertisement, relative to the
late proceedings in the House of Commons on the Bill for the
Suspension of the Constitution of Jamaica, and holden at the
Thatched House, St. James's-street, on Friday, the 10th of
May, 1839,
The Right Honourable the Earl of HAREWOOD in the
Chair,
It was unanimously resolved-1. That this Meeting anxious
to protect the rights of the emancipated population of Jamaica,
no less than those of the other classes of the community, ob-
ject to the late Bill, which would have deprived the emanci-
pated population of those elective franchises which, from the
small value of the qualification and the facility of its acquisi-
tion, might be, and are, so completely within their reach.
And they also object to that Bill because (among other things)
it would have inevitably excited the distrust of the emancipated
population towards the other classes of the community, by the
disparagement and degradation to which it would have subjected
those classes, and thus •bstruct the beneficial working and
endanger the successful issue of the great measure of emanci-
pation.

2. That this meeting feel very anxious that the Legislation
of Jamaica should be guided by that spirit which will best
secure the successful issue of the great measure of emancipa-
tion, best maintain the principle that all the people of Jamaica
are free inhabitants of a free country, and equally entitled to
enjoy every benefit of the British Constitution, and thus most
effectually realize the reasonable expectations of the people of
this country.
3. That this meeting declare their confident belief that the
desire to avoid every act of oppression towards the emancipated
population, and to preclude every step which might create a
distinction, to their prejudice is entertained by, and will influ-
ence the Assembly and inhabitants of Jamaica.
4. That this Meeting will cordially and earnestly co-operate
in promoting and encouraging amongst their fellow Colonists
in Jamaica the foregoing principles, and in cultivating amongst
them those feelings of confidence and conciliation which best
maintain the relation between a colony and the parent state,
and can alone ensure the mutual prosperity and happiness of
both countries.

5. That these resolutions be signed by the Chairman, and
be communicated by the Earl of Harewood, Viscount St. Vincent
Sir Edward Hyde East, Mr. Godson, M. P., and Mr. Burge,
to the Prime Minister and her Majesty's Secretary of State for
the Colonies.

6. That the Agent of Jamaica be requested to communicate
these resolutions to his constituents.
7. That these resolutions be transmitted to Liverpool, Bris-
tol, and Glasgow, for the information of the planters, mer-
chants, and others interested in Jamaica, residing at those
places.
8. That these resolutions be published in the Morning and
Evening Newspapers.
(Signed) HAREWOOD, Chairman.
The Earl of Harewood having quitted the Chair, it was
unanimously resolved,
That the best thanks of the meeting are due to their Noble
Chairman for his conduct of the business of the day.
GEORGE SA INTSBURY, Secretary.
The following declaration
We, the undersigned Planters, Merchants, and others, in -
terested in the colony of Jamaica, declare our concurrence in
the foregoing Resolutions," lies for signature at
The West India Club and Committee Room, 60, St. James's-
street ; the Thatched House, St. James's-street ; the Jamaica
Association, St. Martin's-place ; and the Jamaica Coffee-house,
St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill.