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London, England, 1824-06-10 00:00:00

THE-GOVICRNOICS

I regret extremely that 1 have not the power to express m 7
feelings on perusing your Address to me in Council, the trutn
and sincerity of which I any firmly convinced every Member of
this Board feels equally with myself so highly creditable to you
as good, sensible, and loyal subjects.

A counterpart Address was also presented to the Hon. C.
Moe, Speaker of the Hon. House of Assembly, to which hewas
pleased to make the following reply :
Mr. Belgrave—ln consequence of a slight debate which took
place on my presenting to the House the envelope just handed
in by you and the respectable Body which accompanied you to
the bar, said to contain an Address from the Free Coloured and
Black people of•the Island, expressive of their sentiments and
feelings at this important crisis, I was induced to say that I
would almost venture to pledge myself that there would not be
found in that Address any matter which could give rise to an
unpleasant discussion. I was prompted in making this decla-
ration not only from individual observation and knowledge, but
also from the long and firmly established respectability of the
character from whose hands I received it. It affords me high
gratification, from the nature of that Address and the manner
in which it has been received by the House, to feel a further
conviction that my judgment was correctly formed. And I
have now, in obedience to the desire of the House, to comply
with a very pleasing duty in conveying to you that the loyal and
respectful Address of the Free Coloured and Black people is
received with approbation, and is fully appreciated.
In addition to the foregoing, the following is copied from
The Globe (Barhadoes) Paper of December 13, 1323 :
A report having been industriously circulated among the
Free People of Colour by some evil-disposed persons, that the
Governor did not approve of the Address which was presented
to him in Council by a deputation, consisting of sonic of the
most respectable members of that body of the people, we have
authority to state, that such a report is equally false and
groundless, as the Governor must ever highly approve of every
act which recommends proper subordination and obedience to
existing laws ; and that a contrary line of conduct (which can-
not fail to injure any and every cause it professes to promote)
will bring down on such evil-disposed persons his Excellency's
most prompt and serious displeasure.
Government House, Dec. 15,1823.

Franz the Barbadian of Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1824.)
By order of the Honourable /louse of Assembly, the follow-
ing extracts are published from the Journals of the 3d and 18th
of February, 1824:.

BARBADOES.
To his Excellency Sir Henry Warde, Knight Commander of
the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, is Ma-
jesty's Captain General ai-d Governor in Chief of this Island,
Chancellor, Ordinary, and Vice Admiral of the same :
The humble Address of the undersigned Free Coloured Inha-
bitants of the Island above said :
May it please your Excellency,
We, his Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the undesigned
Free Coloured Inhabitants of this Island, beg leave, with
sentiments of the utmost respect, to approach your Excellency,
with a sincere hope that oar Motives for so doing will plead an
excuse for the intrusion.

We beg leave to say it is a circumstance of peculiar pleasure
to us, that on a retrospection into our general conduct, our duti-
fbl and loyal attachment to his Majesty has sever been sur-
passed, nor have we ever been conscious of cherishing a senti-
ment injurious to the well being of the Constitution. The ap-
probation of our conduct (which we have made it our 'study to
deserve) -we humbly conceive would have exempted us from
entering into any political question, unconnected with our
situation, that might tend to involve us in unpleasant discus-
sion, and which impels our objecting to certain passages in
those addresses presented to your Excellency and the other
branches of the Legislature on the 21st of- October last, in-the
behalf and as the united sentiments of our body, which, pre-
vious to their presentation, were known only to a few persons.
In taking the liberty of stating our sentiments to your Ex-
cellency, we shall avoid encrossing much of your valuable time
by a recapitulation of the several passages in those Addresses to
which we allude. We beg leave to say to your Excellency,
there are certain parts of our Colonial Code which exempt us
from Pawrtiieci,
iiiiating with our white brethren in certain privileges,
as British subjects. we humbly conceive we have
a claim • anti that it is our intention, in a less agitated state of
the Colony, to pray for a removal of such parts, which by the
several enactments of the Legislature materially affect us.
We further beg leave to state to your Excellency, politically
situated as we are, it is our ardent wish to pursue that peaceable
demeanor and strict neutrality which has ever been the charac
teristic of the Free Coloured inhabitß b d ants of ar a oes ; nor do
we conceive an exposition of our sentiments on any political
question by any means necessary. But should it be requisite
to remove any unfavourable impression which might arise, or
may have arisen from our neutrality, we beg leave to say we
will endeavour to prove to your. Excellency, as well as the
other branches of the Legislature, our unshaken attachment to
His Majesty's Government, and the interests of our country,
and that we are worthy of that kind consideration which we
shall solicit at a future period. •
• Being wish due deferencc,your Excellency's most obedient

PARLIAMEN I'ARY PROCEEDINGS.

MOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mercurii, 9° die Junii, 1824.
Mr. SPEAKER reported the Royal Assent—to Leather and
Paper Duties (Ireland) Bill, Distillery (Scotland) Bill,
Hides and Skins Bill, Charities Inquiry Bill, Erskine of
illarr's Bill,—llanimersmith, Lary, and Teignmouth Bridges
Bills, Bideford, and Porthdinllaen Reads Bills, and to Ab-
botside (York) Inclosure Bill.
MESSAGE FROM TIIE LORDS—That they have agreed to
Camden Town Road Bill, Cheltenham Waterworks Bill,
Leeds Improvement Bill, and Thames and Medway Canal
Bill, without amendment.
ESTATES—EccIes Vicarage, Jellicorse's, and Smyth's—Bills
read a second time, add committed. Proctor's, and E'srl of
Galloway's—Bills read a first time.
Co st pax Ili s—Royal Irish Mining, and Patriotic Assurance—
Bills reported, to be ingrossed. British Gas Light—Peti-
tion from Halifax, against, to lie on the table.
R0A133-111antilord and Poole—Bill reported, to be ingrossed,
Shepley Lane /lead—Y..lll read a second time, and committed
Ewer. os u —Generglyn (Cardigan)
I 31 P no v E MEN T —Paid ington
CI 1.:)N nos—rnames Naviga-
tion, and Coal Exchange Debts
TnaNs p o ATI() st- or OFFENDERRS
SALT th:TrEs itEi'EAL
Ducal- ConmwaLt.
FISHERIES
HASLEBOBOUGH WALK INCLOSURE
EXCHEQUER BILLS (Public Works)
EQUITABLE LOAN SOCIETY—DubIin-
TUNNEL —Tliunies
GAs LlGHT—Londonderry (Petition of
Inhabitants, against, to lie on the table),
j ORPHANS' FUND DEBT BILL —MOtiol

Bills read a 3d time,
and passed.

Bills reported, to be
' ingrossed.

ri made, and Question
ird time ;"—Ayes 30,

put, " That the Dill be now read a th
Noes 35.
DIidTILLICRY Laws—Petition from Clackmannan, for a free
intercourse in home-made Spirits throughout the-United
Kingdom, to lie on the table.
No nlES—Petition from Orkney and Zetland, for repeal of
the Duties on Licences to act as Notaries Public, to lie on
the table.
WINDOW TAX—Petition from Nockholt, Kent, for the repeal

thereof; to lie on the table.
METROPOLIS PAVlNG—Address for aßeturn of expense o
Lighting, Watching, and Paving the Metropolis, for the las'
seven years, ending Eager 11124.
GENERAL TURNPIKE ACT AMEND-
MENT
SATING BANKS
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
EAST INDIA TRADE
NEWFOUNDLAND AIARRIAGES
PUBLIC CREDIT (Ireland)
PO-LlGE—Dublin—Bill to be read a 3d time on Monday,
ENTAILED EsTAT Es (Scotland) I Bills read a2d time
MAGISTRATES INDEMNITY (Ireland) 5 and committed.
BEAR-BEATING—BiII to prevent Bear-baiting and other cruel
practices," read a first time, to be read a second time on

Bills to be read a 3d
time this day.

Monday.
I•:As•r INDIA POSSESSIONS—BiII " for transferring to the
East India Company certain Possessions newly acquired in
the East Indies," read a first time, to be read a second time
this day, and to be printed.
ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICES-Bill read a first time, to be
read a second time this day, and to be printed.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY.
1. Lord Archibald Hamilton—Motion for extension of Small

Debts Act in Scotland.
2. Mr. Bright—Resolutions relative to the Standing Orders on

Private Bills.
3. Mr. Hume—Resolutions respecting Imprisonment ; and for

Returns relating to Impressment of Seamen.
4. Mr: Brownlow—To "-refer Petition concerning Roman Ca-
tholic Association to the Committee on the state of Ireland.
5. Sir John Newport--To refer the Petitions against the Orange
Association to the Committee on the Disturbed Districts in
Ireland, and to direct the said Committee to inquire, and
to report how far the Act of last Session against Secret So-
cieties has been found effectual.
6. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill to amend Grand Jury Presentment
Act 158 Geo. 3].
7. Mr. Hutchinson—To present Petition from Cork, regard.
ing the Claims of the Roman Catholics of Ireland.

ORDERS OF VIE BAY FOR THIS, DAY.
1. Butter Trade (Ireland) Bill—Committee.
2. NeW-street (Mary-le-bone) Bill—Third Reading.
3. Marine Insurance Bill—Report.
4. Mauritius Trade—Report thereupon.
5. New Churches Bill-Third Reading.
6. Newfoundland Judicaturc.Bill—Third Reading.
7. General Turnpike Act Amendment Bill—Third Reading.
8. Magistrates Indemnity (Ireland) Bill—Committee.
9. Land Tax Redemption Bill—Report.
10. Lancaster County Courts Bill—Committee.
11. Superannuation Fund Bill—Committee.
12. Cutlery Trade Regulation Bill—Second Reading.
13. Entailed Estates (Scotland) BiliCornmittee.
14. Tenants Relief (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of
Report.
•
15. Saving Banks Bill—Third Reading.
16. Examination of Witnesses Bill—Report.•
I?. Warehousing (Ireland) Bill--..Futther• Consideration of
Report.
18. Grand Jury Presentments Bill—Third Reading.
19. East India Trade Bill—Third Reading.
20. Newfoundland Marriages Bill—nird Reading.
21. Public Credit (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading.
22. East India Possessions Bill—Second Reading.
23. Ecclesiastical Benefices Bill—Second Reading.

It has been rumoured in the Diplomatic circles

,hat Count PALMELLA is coming to this country as

Ambassador from Portugal ; but we can assure

our Readers that the report is totally unfound-
ed. The Count L.. VILLA REAL, will continue
to represent his Most Faithful MAJESTY at our

Court ; and if, from the happy settlement of the

recent alarming movement at Lisbon, the

Portuguese Government should feel that the

internal tranquillity of the Monarchy is so
securely established that the presence of Count
PALMELLA can be dispensed with, he will

be sent as Ambassador to Paris. The departure

of Count PALMELLA on an embassy will be the

surest pledge that the tranquillity of Portugal

is completely re-established.