The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-20 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX.

LONDON.
Thursday June 13!Friday June 14
The Court will sit at ten o'clock in the forenoon on each
of the days in Term; and at half-past nine precisely on each
of the days after Term.

The causes in the list for each of the above sitting days in Term,
if not disposed of on those days, will be tried by adjournment on
the days following each of such sitting days.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

(RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.)
The Lady Raffle% from Bombay, has arrived of Ports-
mouth, sailed 27th January, Cape 29th March, St. He-
lena 31st.

The Mandarin, Allen, from Batavia, has arrived off
Cowes, sailed 6th February.
The Theodoric, from the Mauritius, has arrived off
Scilly Island, sailed 31st Jan., St. Helena March.
The John Palmer, from the South Seas, has arrived in
the Downs.

The Sarah, from the South Seas, has arrived in the
Downs.

SINGAPORE.
ARRIVAL.—The SA way, from Manilla, 3d Jan.
SWAN RIVER.

ARRIVALS.-The Sir F. M'Naghten, 27th Jan., and
the Cygnet, Mills, from London.

BOMBAY.

ARRIVALS.—The Albion, from the Mauritius, 12th of
Jan. ; the Caledonia, from China, Ilth ; the Upto❑
Castle, from London and Point de G ille, 17th ; the
Prince George, from London, 17th ; the Hon. Company's
ship Clive, from Bushire, 18th,

DEk'ARTURES.—The Hon. Company's ship Amherst,
sth of Jan., and the Discovery, 9.h, for the Persian Gulf;
the Harriett, for Goa, 9th ; the Hon. Company's steamer
Hugh Lindsay, for the lied Sea, 10th ; the William the
Pourth, for Calcutta, lbth ; the Drongan, for Madras,
23d ; the Hon. Company's ship Elphinstone, for the
Mauritius and Cape, 26th.

MEETING OF THE WEST 6iDIA PLAN
TERS, MERCHANTS, AND OTHERS.

(Concluded from The Sun of Saturday.)
Sir ALEIANDER GRANT rose to propose that a petition,
,o originate with the hankers, merchants; dud ochfrs in-
terested in the preservation of the British West India colo-
❑ies, resident in the city of London, expressive of the
alarm and dismay entertained by them tothirdS the mea-
sure introduced by the Right Hon. Secretary of State for
th• Colonies, and their full confidence in the paternal
feelings with which his. Majesty ever extends his gracious
prkiection to all his subjects, should be presented to the
King, praying his Majesty to withhold his Royal Ass: nt
from any measure submitted to Parliament by his Minis-
ters with a view ►if a itetiletttent of the tiitestion which the
Orineiple of adequate compensation to the West India pro-
prieters was not clearly and definitely introduced and
recominended..—(Hear, hear.)
Mr: BARRET+ seconded the motion. As belongitlif to
.tarnaica he begged to advert to the effect, in his recollec-
tion, of his Majesty's visit to that island, when only Prince
William. He was sorry that his Majesty's name had
since beets greatly abused, in consequence of which a great
part of the island had been involved in misery, the slaves
having been told that his Majesty had made them free.
Mr. Barrett then proceeded to refer to the speeches of his
Majesty, when Duke of Clarence. on the subject 9f the
slave trade; when his Majesty stated, from his oft kno*-
ledge, that the negro slave was by no means an obj,ct
of commiseration ; that the masters of slaves were
kind and huihane, and that it wail a mistake to suppose
chat the slaves required the interference of the British
Parliament, or any other body of persons in their behalf.
If ever a country had been improved it was the Island of
Jamaica. If the Duke of Clarence maintained then that
the planters had been calumniated, what would his Ma-
jesty's opinion be if he were to visit Jamaica now ? He
(Mr. Barrett) maintained that the two Houses of Parlia-
ment had no right to interfere between his Majesty and
his colonies, or to pass laws for the cnloniee. During the
two hundred years that the 'West India colonies had re-
mained attached to the Crown of England no attempt
had been made to interfere with the internal regulations.
He hoped that William the Fourth would not resign the
rights which he derived from his ancestors, and would not
give up to the Houses of Parliament a power which they
could not exercise. Their proceedings had already thrown
everything in the West India colonies into confusion; and
he would ask how they should be able to legislate for nearly
a million of the subjects of the Crown i❑ these islands ?
There was more, he contended, to be considered in this
question tha❑ the rights of property. It involved, in
tact, the question whether these colonies should or should
not remain attached to the British Crown.
The motion was then put from the chair, and unani-
mously adopted, the Noble Chairman undertaking, in
pursuance of the general wish of the meeting, to present
the petition in person to his Majesty.
Mr. BARRE'TT moved that a petition, containing a si-
milar prayer to that just agreed to for presentment to the
King, should be transmitted, through the hands of the
Duke of Wellington, to the House of Lords, and by Sir
Richard Vyvyan to the House of Commons.
Mr. BURGE having seconded the resolution, it was
unanimously agreed to, and the secretary was requested to
write to the Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Vyvyan, ap-
prising them of the wishes of the meeting.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting
separated.