The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-10 00:00:00

BARBADOES.

To His Excellency Sir HENRY' AVARDE, Knight, Commander
of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, His
Majesty's Captain General and Governor in Chief of this
Island, Chancellor, Ordinary and Vice Admiral of the same.
The humble ADDRESS of the FREE COLOURED IXIIARI-

TANTS of said Island.

May it please your Excellency—
We, His Majesty's most faithful and dutiful Subjects, the
undersigned Free Coloured Inhabitants of the Island of
Barbadoes, for ourselves, and in behalf of the Free Coloured
Community at large, beg leave most respectfully to ap-
proach your Excellency with assurances of our unaltered and
unalterable attachment to this the land of our nativity, and
to the Institutions ant: form of Government under which
we have hitherto had the happiness to live, and of our readiness
to assist in opposing to the best of our ability any innovations
in the present form of the society which may appear likely to
be protluctive of consequences injurious to the well-being of the
Colony.
We view with feelings of mingled concern and regret the
alarming crisis which appears to be approaching, and which
threatens to involve in the greatest difficulty and confusion, not
only this Island, but the whole of the West Indies, produced,
as we humbly conceive, by the ill-directed but too successful
efforts of a few mistaken individuals, who, in their exuberant
zeal to effect a theoretical reform in institutions and customs of
which they have obtained but a very superficial and imperfect
knowledge, would run the risk of involving in practical and
lamentable ruin the property, and even the lives, of thousands
of their fellow-subjects.
In the contemplation of a prospect so distressing, we con-
ceive it to be,a'duty incumbent on us, as faithful and dutiful
subjects, as well as for the purpose of more firmly establishing
that character for loyalty and submission to the Constituted
Authorities of the Island, which it has always bcen our anxious
desire to evince, as to prevent any misconstructions, which might
be put upon our silence at this most important period, to come
forward and declare our determination to assist, to the utmost
of our power, in the maintenance of subordination and good
order.
We hail, however, with peculiar pleasure the efforts which
are now making in every part of the country to impare."-bigious
instruction to the slaves; which we humbly conceive'flP.Je the
best means of counteracting the mischievous influence of de-
signing persons, by teaching them to he contented and happy
in their present highly improved condition.
We are furthermore induced to take this opportunity of ad-
dressing your Excellency, in consequence.of a report having ob-
tained very general circulation throughout the Colony, that it was
the intention of the Free Coloured Inhabitants to take advantage
of the present distressed and agitated state of the country, to
obtain from the Legislature certain rights and privileges of
which they are at present deprived. Principles so ungenerous,
so dishonourable to all who have the real interests of their coun-

try at heart, we beg leave most unequivocally to disclaim ; and,
to assure your Excellency that Such report, by whomsoever cir-
culated, is entirely void of foundation. Far from us be the
unworthy design of taking advantage of the distresses of our
country, to forward our individual interests, or of distracting
the attention of your Excellency at the present period, by a
statement of our grievances. That we do labour under certain
legal disabilities, the period for the entire removal of which we
hope is not far distant, candour compels us to acknowledge ;
but we take this opportunity of stating most distinctly, that
their removal, except produced by the general conviction of their
injustice and inexpediency, we should hardly be inclined to
desire, as we are well aware that any other cause would only
have the effect of increasing those unfortunate prejudices, which
we are concerned to state, even at the present time, are in active
operation against us amongst the White population ; for whom,
as a body, we nevertheless entertain sentiments of the utmost
esteem and respect, and whose friendship and good-will we are
anxious, by every laudable means in our power, to conciliate
and preserve.
Fully relying upon the wisdom and justice of your Excel-
lency, as soon as the present agitation has subsided, to take (air
situation into your most serious consideration ; and hoping that
your measures and counsels may be attended with success, and
have the effect of restoring tranquility and prosperity to the
Colony, we beg leave, with sentiments of the most complete
deference and respect to your Excellency, to subscribe ourselves
Your Excellency's most obedient and most humble servants.
(Signed by John Belgrave and 19 others.)

humple servants. 'Signed by Samuel F. Collymore and $72
other persons. Dated December 17, 1823.
Resolved 1. That this House views with the greatest indig-
nation the conduct of those free negroes and mulattoes who
signed the Address to his Excellency the Governor (and who,
to further their object, imputed to him the most unworthy mo-
tives in the discharge of his official duty), disseminating doc-
trines injurious in the extreme to the best interests of the colony,
and in direct opposition to the loyal and dutiful Address which
has been presented to the three branches of the Legislature by
Mr. Belgrave and ethers, in which Address was exhibited the
grateful appreciation of the protection enjoyed by the Free
Coloured Body.
2. That this House, in contemplating the sentiments express-
ed in the counter Address presented to his Excellency, cannot
view thorn without the most immediate and perfect conviction
that they emanated from dangerous and designing persons,
amongst the most prominent of whom were, Renn Phillips
Collymore, Samuel Francis Collymore, Wm. Bevin Jordan,
John E. Shafe, John Archer Chase, Free Mullatoes ; John
Durant, sen. and James Payne Welch, Free Negroes, whose
motives are but too evident, and who, this House doubts not,
have thus presumptuously intruded themselves on the notice of
the public, with the hope and intention of involving the Colony
in anarchy and confusion.
3. That this House, in the most positive and unequivocal
manner, denies that the Free Coloured Inhabitants of this
island are entitled to any rights and privileges except those
granted to them by the Colonial Legislature, the continuance
of which must depend entirely on their good conduct.
4. That this House will always be regulated in the extension
of further privileges by a just discrimination of those whose
fidelity and obedience may render them worthy the confidence
of the Legislature.
5. That this House, with a most pleasurable feeling, repeats
its approbation of the conduct of those individuals whose in.
tensions were happily guaranteed by the selection of Mr. Bel-
grave, sen. as a leader, a person whose fidelity and attachment
to the local interests of the community so justly entitle him to
the favourable consideration of this House.
6. That these Resolutions be immediately published in all
the public papers of the Island, accompanied by the Counter
Address to his Excellency time Governor, with the signatures
thereto affixed. Certified by
JOHN MAYERS, Clerk of the General Assembly.
ADVISILTISE3IENT FROM THE BARBADIAN lon WEDNES-
DAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1824.
Whereas, at the last meeting of the Honourable the House of
Assembly, it was stated by his Honour the Speaker, that tile Free
Coloured Inhabitants of this Island, who do not publicly come
forward and declare their concurrence in the sentiments con-
tained in the loyal and dutiful Address presented to that Hon-
ourable. Body by Mr. Belgrave and a deputation of Coloured
Gentlemen, and also that they did not sign, and did not approve
of the Address (said to be signed by three hundred and seventy-
three), presented to his Excellency the Governor, in opposition
to the former, will be considered as approving of the latter Ad-
dress. And as we should feel it a degradation from that char-
acter for loyalty and submission to the Constituted Authorities,
which it has been our anxious endeavour to maintain, that such
a misconstruction should be placed upon our conduct with re-
gard to the first mentioned Address, we take this opportunity of
publicly declaring our entire approbation and concurrence in
the sentiments therein contained, and that we should have felt
most happy and willing to have signed the same, had the short
time allowed for its preparation admitted of our being called
upon.—Signed by EDWARD Januar( (St. Andrew) and 19
others.

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The above Address is left open at the Colonial School for the
signature, of such persons as may entertain the same sentiments.

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