The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-13 00:00:00

FROM A ST. VINCENT'S PAPER.

KINGSTOCVN, SATUillbSlr. Nov. 6.—On Tues-
day last, the New Colonial Parliament met; _'when
the several Members elkosiinat the late General
Ve7tions to serve as Representatives in the
House of Assembly took the usual Oaths, as pre-
scribed by the Constitution, before his,Excelleny
the Governor and'COuncil ; after which his Ex-
cellency addressed them
" GENTLEMEN,—I.Ni•iII defer my reasons for
calling the present House, of Assembly together
till a Speaker be elected by You, and approved of
byme.
it is my pleasure that you will proceed .to
the choke of a Speaker, •and you will' he so,
obliging to present the, person so•elected for my
approbation."
They then returned to their own House, and
proceeded to the election of a Speaker, when Mr.
Questel seconded by Mr. Cropper, proposed,
Alexander Cruikshank, EscCto fill that' honour-
able and import Lit situation.—The motion passed
unanimously:

Ori a message -being sent from the House of
Commons to the Council Chamber that they had
made choice of their Speaker, the Governor was
pleased to require their attendance, and on thy'
Speaker being-preSenteds, was also pleased to (rive
his full approbation of their choice, -the Speaker
bowed.—His Excellency was then pleased to make
the following sEeech to both branches of the Lei-
gislature
" Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and
Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,

" It is with more than ordinury satisfaction
"that I meet you in your legislative capacity at a
time when the late elections
_aray afford me an op-
portunity of receiving the, most certain informa-
tion of the disposition and.the wishes of the peo-
ple of this colony.
" It is my earnest d6ire to see this colony pros-
per ; and this can only be .Ccomplislied by a firm
and united resolution of the different branches. of
the legislative powers to carry into full effect
every act that may prove beneficial to its wel-
fare, anti I beg to assure you, that no difficulty
or hazard of public or private opinion, will pre-
rent me from exercising that., judgment, that I
feel necessary for the preservation of your- essen-
tial interest.

" I feel with great anxiety and concern the
ninny difficulties you have had to encounter with,
not only from the dispensations of Providence, but
the want of those supplies that you have been in
the habit of receiving, in consequence of the war
with the United States of America, which bas
rendered your immediate wants precarious and
expensive ; the demands of this Colony are great,
but I desire you to giant me such supplies only as
your own security and lasting welfare, and the
exigertcy of your own affair shall be found to re-
quire.
I must call your attention to the necessity of
establishing a place of public worship, and earn-
estly to request you will direct the burial ground
to be inclosed.

" It has been represented to me that the Act
for Establishing a Militia ,will expire in a short
time, I therefore recommend the renewal of this
as well as all other Acts which you may deem be-
neficial to the Colony._
" I-have received complaints from the Town-
wardens of Kingstown, of the prevalence of the
infamous system of forestalling the Provisions in-
tended for the supply of the Kingstown Market ;
I .need not point out to you the illegality of such
prt ;...eedings,' nor the effeet which they may pro-
:duce upon the means of saibsistence for the Inha-
`bitants of this part of the Island, and which can
only be'preyented by such prompt and decisive re-
gulations as you may in your wisdom think it ne-
cessary to adopt.
" Gentlemen, from recent attempts, to destroy
the town by fire, you may deem it necessary to
come to .some regulations respecting It•
uight-
police ; but upon this subject, as well as every
other of your public dutieS., I repose an 'entire
confidence in your zeal and aftctions in pro-
moting the true interest and happiness of this
colony.

-
" Gentlemen, Impressed with the magnittule
of the_sums expended by the Legislature upon the
Covernmeut-house from the original purehaso to
the present period, it affords me serious regret to
be under the necessity of calling your attention
to its. ruinous and decayed situation, by which
have been cOmpelled to remove my family front
thence to a residence which, from that cause, I
'WAS induced to purchase at a very considerable
private expenee, rather than apply to your purSes
when the affairs of the colony were less prosper-
ous than they are now, forva repetition of expen-
diture in -repairs which the radical defects in that
building will continually and i'n9rfeetually require;
it is not, therefore, from any pnotive of personal
accornmodation, that 1 mominend to the wisclOrn
of your respective bodies the necessity of este-
blishipg a residence for my successors,_ when the
prosperity of your atlairs 3114 'enable you to add
to the dignity of ilia INliijety's Representative
the advantage of a ktbstantiat
•Uoyernmcnt,

house..
"From the same motives of public considera-
tion, anti with those independent feelin.gs. which
trust have always actuated my conduct in public
and private situations, I submit to your consi-
deration the inadequacy of the Colonial salary
to the
,inereased, and •increasing prices of every
supply,
" Gentlemen—Those .amongst, you who do
not possess the abundant resources of well calti-
7:ated estates and numerous domestic turd other
servants, will readily estimate the amount of ex-
penses incurred Ky persons in private stations
who may •haVesettled in this yr atiy other colony
in the West Indies without the same :.d vantages.
This expenditure must be accumulated in the es:-
tablishTent necessary to the situations of persons
presiding over the colony, the maintenance and
sapport of whoSe rank and dignity, arc objects
intimately connected with the honour and reputa-
tion of the ,comme;iity at large.
'' Gentlemen--Although I have felt it my duty
to state, in plain, positive,. and direct terms, that
*be Colonial Sidary is not, in •point of income,
ire to preserve the dignity of my'Situation;
ish it to be impressed upon your minds,

Ant I e.l not solicit an Increase until the re-
sources of the Colony may enable' you to grant
sucli.aforther sum as will place 1163- Government
in the same situation as that of the neighbour-
ing Island pt Grenada,"
To %Odell the folltAving Answers were re-
turned

TO HIS E7iCELL.ENCY SIR C. BRISBANE, KT. &C. &C.
We beg leave to return our sincere thatAs for
the .good wishes your Excellency has been pleased
to-e*re'ss for thefprosperity of theColonY,which
can only.be promoted by a firm and united reso-
lution of the different branches of the Legislature,
and we are persuaded that you Will exercise that
independant judgment .you so eminently
possess for the preservation of tire essential inte-
rests of the Colony.-
" We have deeply felt the inconyeniencies at-
tendant on the privation of the supplies we have
been in the habit of receiving from the United
States of.Atnerica, but we trust a new spirit of
enterprize will be thereby created in our own Co-
lonies in that quarter of the globr, so as to remedy
tboSe:evils
.; but, in the mean time, we look with
confidence to your, Excellency, that you will in
your wisdom adopt such measures as may facili-
tate introduction of supplies from countries iu
ainity with his Majesty.
" We are aware of the importance of the other
objects recommended by your Excellency—to
-which we assure you we shall feel it our duty to
giveour most serious attention, when they re-
gularly come under our consideration, and will
be ready to co-operate with the other branch of
the Legislature in carryit4P them jute) 'effect.; as
far as the means and resources of the Colony will
admit.

" C6uncil Chamber, St. Vincent, 2d Nor. 1313.

.•
TO HI7S ,EXCELLENCY SIR C. 111;ISBANE, &C.

" We, the Speaker and Members of ,the House
•of Assembly of this Is!aniL, beg leave to f-eturn
our thanks for the Address with which your Ex-
cellency lois been pleased to favour -us, and for
this additional proof of your great attention to the
welfare and prosperity _of the Colony, by 14sort-
ing to the ancient :aci constitutional usage of af-
/ fording our fellow-subjeets an oppOrtunity of haY-
ing recourse to their lc q 1 franchise.
" Yuur .Excellency, may rest assured of the co
operation of this branch of the Legislature, in
giving full eGct to every measure, that may be
deemed beneficial to the interest of till:, Ctilonv.

'' We lament in co►nnion with your Excel-
lency, the heavy calamities which have -befallen
this island, and' the additional .privations under
which we labour, in consequence of the war with
the United States of America ; but you' may be
assured every aid will be afforded which under•ex-.
isting circumstances can be given, and the erec-
tion of a place of public worship will he one of
those measures to which this House will direct
its earliest attention; •
" The forestalling of the public Market, and
the propriety of establishing a night police in
Kingstown, Will 'also occupy its early attention.
" The importance of ,a well established mi-
litia is a matter of such primary consideration
that no time shall be lost in adopting such-re-
gulations as may place it on the most efficient
footing.
" We observe 'with sincere regret the inconveni-
ence to which your Excellency has been subject-
ed by removing; to a residence -in the country,
but you may rely that we shall lose TIO time in
giving the ❑ecessary orders to have the Govern-
ment House suitably repaired, and to afford yOu
every other personal accommodation in our power.
. " The independent feelings which have actu-
ated your public and private
.conduct deserve our
warmest praise, and could the present state of the
colony, correspond with our inclinations, we should
feel' great pleasure in augmenting your Excellen-
cy's establishment, and we hope the period. is not
far distant when .your wishes as %veil as ours,. on
that bead, shall be gratified."