The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-21 00:00:00

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TRINIDAD. •
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29.
( Biforc his Honour the Chief Judge.)
TN THE MATTER OF JUDY nnusti, CLAIMING HER

Vern the appraisers in her valuation ? Lord Bathurst had de-
cided in answer to the inquiries of the Committee of the inha-
bitants, that the moral qualities and attainments of a slave
were to be taken always into consideration, anti this Court had
in its decrees recognized that principle. Nothing could be
more just and beneficial; it would naturally lead the owners of
slaves to take every pains to instruct and improve them, when
assured of remuneration for their trouble. But how would
that principle operate in the present case ? Were the apprai-
sers to consider this woman as depreciated in value on account
of her artful duplicity and unparalleled audacity ? Was she to
learn, and the rest of the slaves in the colony by her example,
that they had only to make themselves utterly worthless to
enable them to procure their freedom for nothing, and that the
shortest road to it was by plunging into immorality and vice?
Vet such must be the result, if the Court listened to the sug-
gestions of the Protector of Slaves; but by refusing freedom
to the dishonest and depraved, the appraisers would be in-
volved in no such dilemma, every step of their proceedings
would be in unison with the preamble of the Bill, with the
wishes of his Majesty's linisters, and tend to the certain
improvement of the condition and morality of the slave po-
pulation.
The Protector and Guardian of Slaves referred to the 29th
and 30th clauses of the Order in Council of the 10th of March,
1824, which he contended was peremptory, and left no discre-
tion to his Honour the Chief Judge.
His Honour the Chief Judge said, that in consequence of the
important objections urged by Mr. Barnley, he should post-
pone giving his sentence until another day.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. _ _ _

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This day his Honour the CHIEF JUDGE delivered the fol-
lowing sentence in the matter of Judy Brush, clainting"her
freedom.—" I have considered the objections urged by Mr.
Burnley to the application of the slave Judy Brush for per-
mission to purchase her freedom, under the provisions of the
29th, 30th, and 31st clauses of the Order in Council of the
10th of March, 1824, and the answers given by the Protector
of Slaves to those objections. The grounds upon which the
petition presented on behalf of this slave has been opposed by
Mr. Burnley, are, that she is a runaway from the estate to
which she is attached, having absented herself therefrom,
without permission, since the first day of May last ; and that
when arrested, and on her way back to the estate, she escaped
from the person who had charge of her, and has ever
since been absent. On the part of the slave, it has
been contended, that I have no authority to entertain
the objections urged ; that in case of refusal by the
party in possession of the slave applying to be manumit-
ted, my authority is limited to calling upon that party and
the Protector to name appraisers, and to the nomination of an
umpire: and that upon return of the appraisement, I am
bound to grant the certificate required by the 31st clause. It
does appear a little extraordinary that in those clauses of the
order which provide for the cases of marriages of slaves, and
of deposits by them of money in the savings' banks, the
slaves requesting permission to be married, or to make de-
posits, are expressly directed, in the first instance, to obtain
the permission of their master to give effect to their wishes ;
and It is only in cases of refusal, that recourse is directed to be
had to the commandant of the quarter, or to the protector of
slaves, who are expressly empowered to inquire into, and de-
termine upon the causes of such refusal ; while in those
clauses providing for manumissions, and upon which the
application of the slave Judy Brush is grounded, no such pro-
vision is contained, as is truly alleged by the Protector of Slaves,
nor is any express authority given to me to reject any applica-
tion made to me for manumission, upon_ any ground whatever.
Although, however, no such authority is expressly given, I
cannot believe that it could have been the intention of the order
to confine my authority within narrower limits than those given
to the other magistrates of the country ; and under this impres-
sion I consider myself justified in entertaining the objections
urged by Mr. Burnley, considering these objections to be fully
established—that this slave has absented herself from the service
of her owner for the period stated by that gentleman, and with-
out any permission or authority whatever. I am of opinion that
the slave Judy Brush cannot, while in a state of disobedience,
claim the protection of those laws whose provisions she has vio-
lated ; and that the application of the Protector of slaves in her
behalf cannot, therefore, be attended to, until she shall have re-
turned to the service of her master, and by due submission to
his authority, expiated the offence which has been so fully
established against her; after which it will be competent for
the Protector of Slaves to make such further application in her
behalf, under the provisions of the Order in Council, as he may
think proper."

IE3RAZILIAN LOAN of R 2,000,000 Ster-
ling, Negociated by Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD in
London, in 1825.—The HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND on
the above LOAN, which becomes Due on SA TURDA V, the
Ist of OCTOBER next, will be paid by Mr. N. M. ROTHS-
CHILD on that and every succeeding Day (Sundays excepted),
between the hours of Ten and Two, at his Counting-house,
No.'2, New-court, St. Swithin's-lane. The Dividend-War-
rants, with a list thereof in numerical order, must be left one
day previous, for examination.

ST. BIATTHEW.—HoIiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East
India and South Sea Houses.

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