The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-29 00:00:00

iel Watson, C.B.

THE MURDER OF MR. WEARE.

HER.TFORD, DEC. 28.--The prisoners charged
with the murder of Mr. IVKanE have ceased to be the objects
of universal attention which they were some weeks ago..._.
It is fortunate for the interests of public Justice that that
state of extreme excitement which was recently witness-
ed, is no more. note are, however, even now, many
who visit Hertford for the purpose of learning all that
Magistrates have not been
can be heard of the accused. The precautionary measures
adopted some weeks ago by the
at all relaxed. If the safety of the nation depended on
their being kept secure from public observation, more care
could not lie taken to baffle that curiosity which would seek to
gratify itself by looking on them than is taken at present.
The prisoners attend the chapel on a Sunday, and have uni-
formly conducted themselves in a manner becoming their
unhappy situation. Hunt is a good deal depressed ; Pro-
bert is not so much as he was, and Thurtell is in good
spirits, but does not indulge in any unbecoming levities, lie
seems at his ease, and speaks with confidence and serenity of
the result of the trial. In one of the weekly papers, an essay
was published about a fortnight ago in the shape of a defence
of Thurtell. This was lately taken to him in the prison, and
spoken of as a clever performance. Thurt:ll' looked at, it, but
hid not join in the praises of which it had been made the sub-
ject; he. triumphantly remarked, " if he could not make a
better defence than that, he would offer none."
He lately expressed an opinion respecting the extraordinary
absence of a Reverend Gentleman whose, case has lately attract-.
ed no small share of public attention. To him it seemed pro..
baffle, he mid, that he had been put out of the way-by those
with whom he had unfortunately connected himself, front an
apprehension that some of their secrets, of which he was in
possession, would not be safe in his keeping. To prevent that
disclosure of their iniquitous practices which the Gentleman in
question might have deemed it right to make, there is but too
much reason to fear that he has been sacrificed.'
swailtlrobnegagminfjciise
The witn3ses will be all assembled in Hertford on Monday
next, and lodgings have been taken for them in different parts
oafwthriet town. 'Thomas beal.:.h_omHase Texhpurretselle
situation of his brother. makers
ti dono nf
for undert
lt cite

JAMAICA.

s r HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Nov. 5.
air. BARRETT COS* to address the Iloilo ono
measures proposed to be adopted in the present distressed 0
of the island. He said it was impossible for the Roue;
separate without skewing to their constituents that thelt°,
strongly impressed with the dangers that were every dsIX
rapidly accumulating around their devoted country,
were certain fundamental principles, which had been scl
by the conquerors of the island, and which had hong:
age been protected from invasion, whether the attempt r,
made on the pan of the Crown or of the Parliament. Tf,
principles could not be too familiarly known to the House,,the country : he should, therefore, trouble Gentlemen;
reading a short extract or two from the earliest annals,°' ~
- island. Sir Thomas Modyford, in a report to the Jill,:
1
Council, about the year 1679, says—" My carried
"go
succeeding to the government in the year 1662, carried
.1
with him a proclamation to give thirty acres to all settler',
a promise to them and their children of denization and fieen
as natives of England. lie likewise was empowered 01
Assemblies, and to make laws not repugnant to tent,To
' England, to which the government was assimilated.
,„
King. however, having soon repented of his compliane,eZ
the claims of Ilia Jamaica subjects, and finding hit 11)°,n,
Parliament somewhat unruly, almost immediately 11,/
through different Governors, to encroach on the privile ,„
k,,,,
the Assembly. till the great attempt was made to subvert
authority by the Earl of Carlisle. This part of the bi1,n404
Jamaica was so well known, that it was enough to refer to ite
~..,
he should only add, that the Royal plan was to nil
the ,elfl
in the manner of Ireland under Poyning's Act ; all 1.17 °':,
to originate in the Governor and Council, to be by th
,tl,ei
milled to England for the Royal assent, and then to be,r,e!o7d
and passed, without question or amendment, by the 11°„,i ea
Assembly. If the House at this time successfully Olin 01
but a fifteenth of its present population,
tyrannical schemes of the Crown, and when the island cercnt"_,"„
despair of equal succes in resisting the encroachmen 't'of
Parliament. Up to the preSent time, since the settleTenv
the island, or at least since the settlement of its civduT,,at
inent, our contests with Kings and Ministers had chieTre7ra
found redress in accidental cases,
to our money concerns; and there were abundance i ills
Of
sv,-11
they had ne :7.11
on our journals complaining of depreciated proectlYs of,uille
probably but little attention had been paid by Persons (relterall/
rice in England. Our complaints of this nal"' e' 1011
Jeconiary pro
value of our produce, removed for a tiny the 1
I . rmore serious
sure. But our grievances had now asonle(— ar
ii_ ~, for,
character. Our property had frequently suffered 10,,
,e,3.,,i' Po,
mer times, hut at this instant all that remained 01 "1"
•t ; the lod.
perty, our lives and our honour, were involv,e .11 -, dolga
—lt behoved the House to inquire whence arosa found the
origin alarmed the whole cot ntry and hn,,vi,.„ meal-
of the danger, it was for till: Houlse to' eni°,,lrt of itS,
—But if the House tamely submitted to the infrii)snes and
rights without resistance, it would compromise the t",,,,e4tch-
properties of their constituents anti their own honour. 3•••,,,i ts
ing for the causes of our approachiniz r, • , it had alre'L • al
him (Mr. Barrett) that they took di ..1"-' - inthe 1001°-
use
of his Majesty's Ministers ; and if he Lircould 1-etho °Pr ma ..
with hira °I)
the House, he trusted that the hot Ise would agree then
the proprietof rather addressing his Majesty to remove, ,I,
or such of them as we had reason to think bad assisted tn „Ile,
which, by causing a r"e
..
oppression of these colonies; from his confidence and
than to add another to the many reports and the mans inue:til
addresses already to be found in our journals. In pres"flow- ye
course of proceeding on the House, it might be useful t°ll.•n!
that the .House had not always satisfied itself with oar°, „.1
the King generally on their grievances, nor had they bel.e.,e
to offer advice to his Majesty, nor to define the Went °ltt
Royal authority, and of the two Houses of Parliantent),,,e
memorial transmitted to the King in 1774 had all these ° os
teristics ; and having found none in the journals before o.r
co,
that period so applicable in all its parts to the present circa"
0
stances of the island, he should trespass on the tittle° , It.
I-louse by reading it at length. The House would please
_°,,,,,
mark, that the novel pretensions of Parliament to tax the 7,4
nies had called forth this address, and that in resistiae: t_4
pretensions, the American continent was threatened with c'
war.

"JAMAICA, SS.
" TO THE KING'S Story ExcELzsurT MAJNITY IN
COUNCIL,
of Jamaica, . " Inngt do'
,t Most Gracious Sovereign-11'e your Majesty s • „I,
having tart
" The humble Petition told Memorial of the Assea3bl/
tiful and loyal subjects, the Assembly of.larnalca'
humbly approach the throne to assure your MOesty.„°,;33r
tinned
Tbeantj,oywmeaeknt
aonfdotfterebpieers
mast dutiful regard to your do 41 P *sup and Farrniiht"' eat
attachment to, and reliance on,y our'rfellotv.aublectii, ~Ittirt‘'
into consideration the present critical state of the coloonoiever
'Britain, founded on the most solid and durable bs's' the
7 of
our properties,
small number, of white inhabitlisnts, and its [Peculiar situation
as n ai
thisrights,eo/on colony and
tri:r s'
ec'
its ctrl 's' tr',
it cannon
froth the incutnbrance of more than 200,000 slaves?
sppposed that we now intend, or ever could have intended,
sistance to Great Britain.
riots or other violenstt rae..3:
cures, opposed, or permitted an act of resistance itgait 00w.
law imposed on us by Great Britain, though always truly
Bible of our just rights, and of the pernicious constqf
them" That this colony has never, by
both to the parent and infant state, with which "Iner°cit e4'll"
must be attended; always relying, with the most imPle,ep
fidence, on the justice and paternal tenderness of your 91,1 0/
even to the most distant of your subjects; and dependmine?..„4,
when your Majesty- and your Parliament should have
mica
her considered, and deliberated on, the claims of Great Berlow„.
her colonies, every cause of dissatisfaction would be r tir;its
" That justly alarmed with the approaching herrinontekio
unnatural contest between Great Britain and her ca,, to ie
which the most dreadful calamities to this island, 10.'1'0101;
evitable destruction of the small sugar colonic's, are Inosiee
and excited by these apprehensions, as well as bltrisol the
tion for our fellow-subjects, both in Great Britain resesti'!'r
colonies, we implore your Majesty's favourable beolil
of this our humble petition and memorial, a* welh.lntlts Sled,'
ourselves and our constituents, the good people 0' h.,. Celo,/1.,--t
as on behalf of all other your Majesty's eubject3,t,",:got 1111 e
of America, but especially those who labour at 1),1"-,vols ',
well-meant (however small)
the heavy weight of your Majesty's displeasure, ''',,r tsso;:i
entreat to be admitted as humble staters, that we Int 4,, erroo,
important a crisis, be wanting to contribute our ciO7e.
which may otherwise terminate in the destruction,eo' ,to 62,0 ,
" That, as, we conceive it necessary for this }lrie iial'os
into the different claims of Great Britain andb,Pe-csobes t.
endeavours, to heal thf.d.3.10 j
beg leave to place it in the Royal mind, as tlito'afitia l'a'teri.
principle of the constitution, that the people of ntl".their °lir
right to partake and do partake of Inc legislatioa 01 toile tAbeit I
try; and that no laws can affect them but such ils,:ty§;"),,Teli
assent, given by themselves or their repree'nt•aty% I'll' ,
follows, therefore, that no one part of your ivlaPletlierill,,',o
querors of this island,
subjects either can, or ever could, legislate Or hs„,sisllll,ore
• " That the settlers of the first colonies, het cif As 01; in
of the elder colonies of North America, as wu.'"it peond
privilege at the time of their emigration.
were a part of the ltlalP-ery fill'"it'e'of
every respect equal to them, and . possessed at °vibe reP,he
England were possessed of; and irrefragablY t° hat, 0 in all eigrs,
of consenting to the laws, which should biod the-1,01 tea rite'
1
solemn engagements,
whatsoever ; and who, emigrating at first in !Pies 004 Pont,
when the might have been oppressed, such 'late Oahe
leges werep. 0.0000 . die P et 1
Achi great
io,es i
constantly guaranteed by tne to ragsat,
and conquerors, to be held and enjoyed by u'e" 'reidn' the
to which they emigrated, and were confirmed Nitwit, an 1110'
faith of which they did actually emigrate sat vie, et.P e (it , ;
therefore the people of En lend had lio rights, r°, to 0'4,1
made public by proclal contiger; rivi,.
'
and distinguished
lege, to give to the emigrants, as these were B,qosl.
their emigration possessed of all such
themselves. ~ OW
rights, lot.
4 of 'ill o,o',
" That the Petrs of England were possegef as sbr lot s,ll
Legislature ; a court of justice, in the dell' Vfletaneeibut the
appeals from the people. ; and, in the firit
Pr'i'g'
.00,
Causes instituted by, the rep-esentaivee at. the. P-.-4eleete %eye
' - - - S tno' 'nil" '
privileges in their own ri',l');',.: resort, for
it does not appear that they ever conselere ~....0 hicyLito rig
ing in such capacities for the colonie,—the r 4r-the
seised b
to this day heard or determined the caosea,_ °:itity to
~. eier i.
appeal, in which it ever was, and is, thew
t the nje,
subjects within the reiihn. • ors till' 00E4
" That, from that has been said, it aPP„„as or,t,sil I
grants could receive nothing front either the J;;lt.rsiviMrt , i
—the former beieg unable to coninninicat, "3 wit 'h thenfere: i
the latter on no mere than an equal fOO9l the 1101..11ei1l • [
but that with the King it was far other ivls.e_ the tecoo.thi to
Waive, as now annexed to and belonein...lll:at hi?Jeiofeteil:
totally independent of the people, whnce'rte tilos- 11 05 /fii ~
or diniiniji it, nor restrain Or invalid Aye, as app. ;,.
which the preros•ative bath a just right t r,
of colunis
01, 00,0 ,
liberally given, for the encouragement
~
._ors t
_„0 i:'
f) roY4' I": but to."1:01(' 1
some colonies it griot,,tl ahrtost a Clue
st. isYa,y, a,y , f ,10 1 , iti _
tient, which they hold and enjol st hie %On, oh t
them did i: graet less than to the first c.„.1
in.„,hon I „tie
.1s
in whose favour it is cLelaretl, by a 19); i;;teetsllo' r
t FE
as the free-het u :,.c.bjetes of Engbintt..t.
of the „on ~
or 1
they shall have the &sine privilegeeet,° ci le of lh ttof
" That, to ust the name or autlreti.tto the 1"7 ;bat c''''
render inettet , d,,stroy bolt ,
rent state, to take. a wayor , , e Ana .1t to ot •
the Crown to die `Boole is ueov
~
...d 00g la
...:00
fidence which the.,,, in t ,ei.
.
,
the most podemu royel gran e
i'.."
pp have evcri,lutt,.itrAa,7oo, gal r'