The Sun.
London, England, 1805-02-14 00:00:00

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t7.--Tl.e
and Ifflbarn' and , r:LL, arrived
here this dAr. Oir,the 9 igtv, bad iltren,
gagernent,,:ofr-Desead.a, Ptivaieer of
18 guns, which they beat off.--The William and
liinry had two men mortally s.voutula; •

11)11T,1Trot4 Asstivul,Ly oy JAMAIcA To tilt
144DSTY,,AGItS,rp To oN tHE 12TH DEC. 1804.
• Most-Grarions.
WE,: your Krjestylls Most dutiful and•loyal Sub.
jeers, the , Acscinbly of • Jamaica,' bes leave' to ap.
preach your l'hron6 without assurances of that pro.
• found RespeCt and 'Veneration which your IVlajes.
ty's many eminent Virtues' have impressed on the
minds
.400 your faithful Subjetts.
Ciinseiotrs 'that` it itav--'beerr the delight 'of your.
Majesty, and of the Princes of your: Illustrious
House, to prOieck Abe' Rights, to advance the -In-
terests, and promnte the Prosperity, of everypart
of your exientrive Empire, with perfect confidence
in your Majesty's Paternal Care, we bring before
you the Grievances which at present oppress and'
threaten Ili ruin ,the Loyal Inhabitants of this va.
luable Colony 'before- they are known to the best
of Sovereigns. ' •".
• Encouraged by the Proclamations and Charters of
your Majesty's Royal l'redecessurs,
.our Ancestors
emigrated to this Island, .and, under. the, stintlion
of positive Laws, enacted when civil and political
Liberty wart-well
.understood,-established a Trade
with Africa fur Procuang Labourers. By means of
this Intercourse Plantati sni were opened, and have •
been extended and Cultivated with well-known ad-
vantages to your Majesty's Empire.' But those
`sneculiiiive 'Men who have propagated fanatical
and chimerical ideas of Liberty and Equality in the
Oid World, , who poisoned the Minds urthe Inba,
bitants, and deluged its fairest Provinces :vith
:Wadi], have now attacked the Rights, traduced the
Aeputatibn, and' set at mought the Lives, elate
:peaceable Inhabitants of your Majesty's `West In.
dia Colonies: They affect to promote the liappi.
'nets. of the Natives bcAfrica; but your Majesty's
Wisdom, which soon penetrated the plausible and
delusive guise assumed by' those Theorists in Eu.
rope, will not taii ru discover that the good they
seek in another' Continent is at; best uncertain,'
whilst the means they propose, an Abolition of the
Slave Trade, will he immediate Destruction to the
Property, and put in hazard ihe Lives of your Ma.
jetty's faithful Subjear settled in these Colonies ;.
and we confidently trust, that the same Ftllntleso
which protetted ',hose Subj -Els more imtnediately
blessed-With your Majesty's presence,' from the fa.
tal gifts of Liberty and Equality, will shield your
faithful Colonies from the Dangers no less imminent,
although concealed under pretences equally specious
and popular.
By Laws and RegulatiOns enaeled by your Ma.
jestyla Royal Predecessors, ' ith the advice of their
Parliament, a monopoly of the Navigation and
Trade of the Colonies was secured to the 'mother
CuLntry .; hut, as a Cumpeit'sation, Great Britain,
Lin her justice, gave to the Staples cultivated in
these valuable Dependencies a decided Preference,
or an exclusive., sight ewstipply her Hume Cori.
sump:ion. As our means and piosperity
creased, nuties.'were' levied on our produce im.
. ported, and their augmentoion, as the exigencies
of. the State requiired, was submitted to with cheer.
fulness, 'whilst 'kept „within such bound; as there
was a possibility- .of
,sustaining, Under this sys.
um, your 'Majesty's Colony. of Jarniicia' attained
state of prosperity, and contributed
the Mother 'Country. It is with
latzely to l
that. o f
the deepest regret that we appeal to your Majesty's
j,i,tice its psottet ha from the consequences of the
• n toy deviations lately Made trtini this system, re.
gutdrd'hy your Colonies as a Ctrinpiet the most su.
lento, rn..turcd by experience, a.'.l sanctioned by,:
time whilst its observance on our part has been
rigidly ex4eted, Great Britain hai iOrinyted her-
self from its operati9it : hiss . been
established, limiting the rice of our'principal Sta.'
plc,. Sugar, to what is barely suffici-oit frig its
titration in time of Peaie the PrOfe"Ctin' Duty
which 6itt,ted us; in return for iinirinerie..s re,.
sttictions, the consumption of ,thc tit r:./farket,
has keen redueo until it iii noayail, '4,4 f„r thn!.
avowed pot puse of depriving, tis of this 140itable
Comperisatinn by encouraging 'ate niuditilion of
Sugar in the Settlements of the
patty thd.Duties levied on thi's Commodit y and on
Ruin have beenicatried so far 10 what they
can gup'pGirt, that the Consuniption, rh4teria..,
• I • Ilv
diminis.hed, anti great. part of the exaCtiou rails Pn
the unfortunate Planter, leaving 'WO little no-
thing fur a laboriyusand cxpensiite Cultivation in
an unhealthy Climate. • -
The wisdom, the. justice, this paternal.anliclrude,
of your Majesty, ate the only resntircei lektoyOur
most loyal but
,distressed ,Subjedb in this Island :
we repose on them with con6.lence, and most hum.
sly pray your Majesty's Protetitiii for securing us
the sole means of carrying on our PlanlatiOns by a
supply 'of Libnuters, ti,;, enjoyment of a teapot-
, able Profit horn them, by continuing the reciprocal
rnupotik?ly, establitified by salutary Lavros and an.
eient. sage ; and, finally, that your Majesty will
bc pleased to tilted your Mitlistqs!o bring under
chi review of your Majesty,'s Parliament our Ma
rollout siiitation from the effeds of 'the Present ex-
orbitant 'Duties on our S,,rplea, -in the hope that,
by your Majesty's most gracious interposition,
such
sin alteration may be nude as shall preserve from
utter ruin your faithful People of Jamaica.'

On Sdturday evening, the 26th ult. as Mrs.
Ryan, a young► and opulent widow, of Baffin&
mona, in the County,Limerick, was returning from
Limerick, she wits forcibly carried off by John
Ryan, of Knuckany, farmer, and a large party of
armed men, who brought her that night above 20
111411, to the mountain, back of Mount Bruis, from
whence she was recovered, Monday sennight,
-hy/the Mount Buis Volunteers; but, unfortunately.,
Ryan, tl:e offender, was not in the, house with her,
,having been OM on his guard.