The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-04 00:00:00

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas the several communications which have been address-
ed by the free people or colour in this island, to the Right Hon.
the Earl of Bathurst, K.G., His Majesty's principal Secretary of
State for the Department of the Colonies ;—aud afterwards to His
Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry into the Administration of
Justice in the West Indies ;—and also the communications which
have been received by his Lordship from the Governor ;—and
those which were addressed to the Commissioners by the Attor-
ney-General of Trinidad ;—together with various Spanish and
British ordinances, all having reference to the rights and privileges
claimed by that portion of His Majesty's subjects, have been
brought under His Majesty's consideration.
And whereas his Majesty's Commissioners have repotted their
opinion to be, that according to the Royal Cedula issued by the
King -of Spain on the 24th of November, 1788, the free people
of colour, who, as planters and heads of families, established them-
selves in the island and obtained assignments of land under the
authority of that Cedula, and resided fiveyears in that island, and
bound -themselves to an entire residence therein, and likewise the
descendants of these, are entitled to all the privileges of naturaliza-
tion, and in consequence are eligible to all public employments,
and to posts in the militia—his Majesty has been pleased to de-
clare his meet gracious approval and confirmation of the said opi-
nion, and to signify his Royal pleasure, that the said; righti and
privileges be enjoyed by those individuals and their descendants,
awl the same is hereby declared accordingly.
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And whereas his Majesty's free colOtired subjects who may
have obtained. grants of land otherwise than under the authority
of. die Royal Cedula of the 24th of November, 1783, are entirely
excluded according to the legal construction of that Cednla, from
:the benefits conferred by it; and as such exclusion is not in ac-
cordance with his Majesty's gracious intention towards
them, it is his Majesty's pleasure, that the same rights and pri-
vileges which are derived by those, to whom, or to whose progeni-
tors, assignments of land have been made under the Cedula,
shall be equally enjoyed by all free persons of colour, being gran-.
tees of land, br descendants of grantees, provided that either
.they or, their. parents, Separately, shall Kaye completed a twenty-.
one yeirs' tcrwvf xvslilome in Trinidad, or that the number of
years which their parents eollectively with the number .of
years which they themselves shall have resided shall amount to
twenty-one years .or more. .."
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the Island, at
Government-House, in the town of Port of Spain, this bth
day of January, in the year of our Lord 1826, and in the
sixth year of his Majesty's reign.
By his Excellency's commatuti,;.,
PREDERICK HAAIMET, Acting Sec.

AMERICAN. S•iA.Tisrics.—There about 10,000
physicians in the United States, and upwards of 6,000 lawyerti.
There are about 9,000 places of worship, and about 5,000 cler-
gymen. 1,000 newspapers are published. There are more than
100 steam-boats, comprising upwards of 14,000 tons, navigating
the Mississippi. There are 5,000 post-offices, 80,000 miles of
post-roads, and 12,000 miles of turnpike-roads. There are :3,000

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SCOTCH ENTAILS.—It appears, that previously to
the Act of 1625, only twenty7four entails had been
executed in all Scotland. The gradual progress since
may be exhibited by dividing the time which has
elapsed since 1685, into periods of twenty years, and
stating the number of deeds which have been recorded
during these respective periods
Entails.
From 1685 to 1705 '79 From 1765 to 1785 272
From 1705 to 1'725 125 From 1785 to 1805 860
From 1725 to 1745 158 From 1805 to 1825 479
From 1745 to 1765 188 Scotsman, Sat. April 29.
SAILORS AND GLASS BOTTLE.—The reckless
character of our seamen has been shown in a multitude of in-
.stanoes ; but the following surpasses All we ever heard of the ex-
traor Unary thoughtlessness, or the daring defiance of all cense-
quences, which are equally characteristic of this class of men :
During the war, a sailor who was troubled with a cough, applied
is a druggist in this town for an antidote, when he was furnish-
ed with a half-pint bottle of common. cough-mixture. The next
morning the same individual, and-two very tall and fine young
men,* his messmates, called at the shop, and asked for a similar
mixture, in the same sized bottle, with which, After a few in-
quiries, they were accordingly furnished, and desired to observe,
the label—" a spoonful at a time when the cough is troublesome."
Disregarding this advice,
.the two young men consulted together,
and agreed to drink it off at once, "half-and-half," which was
no sooner said than done, in spite of the admonitions of the man
of business. When this had been accomplisherl,. and nothing was
left but the empty bottle, they applied for another dose, but be-,
ing refused, the following questions were put :—" All paid for I
believe ?"---" Yes." " Bottle and all?"--" Yee." "Then Jack,
what shall we do with the bottle?"—" Eat it," says Jack ; to the
great alarm of "the druggister ;" the first mentioned instantly
proceeded to demolish the bottle, cracking it with his teeth, and
swallowing the pieces with as much sang froid as if, feeding on
beaf-steak. When about half the bottle had disappeared, he
handed the.renusinder to his companion, as "his share," who im-
mediately commenced an attack with his jaws, and awallowed'all
but the base, which he found too lard for his grinders. - It is
needless to say, that the consternation of the worthy tradesman
tvas extreme he used every means of-persuasion, and even tried
force to prevent the catastrophe of the 'hottle,, but in vain; with
the before-mentioned exceptions the whole was entirely con-
sumed, the mouth* of the sailors at the same time stream-
ing withuseato
blood,. to which they .seesned as:. indifferent as to the
prevent, the gratifieatim of., their -.unna-
tural appetitea.' --fieveral years afterwards, a tall, thin, ma-
elated figure, entered the chop, and ' calling, to mind. the. above
circumstance, related that his conspanion Iliad perished in an hos-
pitel—the glass never having been ejected. frosts :his constitution;
and that he, himself, lingered out his exiiitenee in it continual state
of agony, which made life a burthen almost insupportable. From
that time he has never been heard of; audit is natural to suppose
that he also perished the victim of his thoughtless folly.—Glas.
VOlO Courier,

LAW INTELLI4ENM

-COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 3.
IN THE IdATTEROE SIR G. P. TURNER.

Mr. HRALD stated that there were five petitions in this catt
which were most pressing, for reasons the particulars of which it
was not then necessary to mention. Every effort of the commit-
tee for the comfort and welfare of the lunatic was rendered abor-
tive by the interference of a person who bad applied for a traverse
of the inquisition. The Learned Counsel, therefore, urged his
Lordship to name a day for disposing of those petitions.
Mr. SHADWILL said that the lunatic was kept in a constant
state of irritation by the interference of the party alluded to by
Mr. Heald.

The LORD CHANCELLOR fixed Saturday next for the hearing
of these petitions.
His LCUIDSHIP rose at one o'clock, to attend the Recorder's re-
port.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY S.
THE KING V. WM. HENRY ELLIS.

The prisoner in this case was brought before the Court on a
writ of error. He bad been convicted of petit larceny (robbing
his mistress), at the last Sessions for the city of Exeter, and sen-
tenced to fourteen years' transportation, under the authority of
the 3d Geo. IV. c. 38, sec. 2. The error assigned was, that the
Session had, by sentencing the prisoner to be transported for four-
teen years, exceeded their authority.
Mr, CHITTY, in support of the writ of error, contended, that
the Court of Sessions had no power to transport such offenders
for any term exceeding seven years. The benefit of clergy hav-
ing been taken away from the offence of which the prisoner had
been convicted, he was consequently not comprehended in the class
of offenders to which the provisions of the Act of the 3d Geo. IV.
c. 38, were intended to apply ; and as the sentence could not be
amended by the same Court that hail tried the prisoner, he was
entitled to have the sentence cancelled, and be discharged.
Mr. PARKE, in support of the sentence, stated the object of the
3d Geo. IV., c. 38, was to impose a severer sentence on servants
robbing their masters, in cases where the law had not already im-
posed the severest penalties. The sentence, he maintained, was
authorized by the 2d section, which directed that every such of-
fender, at the discretion of the Court, may be adjudged to be
transported for 14 years, or imprisoned for any term not exceed-
ing three years. By 4th Geo. I. c. 11. the transportation for
seven years of offenders convicted of any larceny, either grand or
petit, was imposed in the very terms of the act under which this
sentence had been pronounced; but the object of the late act was
to increase that punishment, and applied only to offences of the
degree of grand larceny. The sentence, he contended, might be
partly good and partly bad, and cited the case of the " King v. Col-
Ens," Ist Wilson, 342, where the Court held part of the sentence
to be bad, but confirmed the rest. So in this instance the Crown
might confirm the transportation for the first seven years, and
remit the other.

Mr. CHITTY having been heard in reply,
The COURT directed the prisoner to be remanded in the same
custody till Friday next.
The Court was occupied the remainder of the day with peti-
tions for new trials entirely destitute of interest.
This day (Thursday) being. Ascension Day, the Court will
not sit.