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at .once about 200;000,/, in fi;ies to ti ft
and notinuenless than 100001:more i tees to
GoverWor and others, who pr;;bably r,,,eoilect-
edthe ttxr? "
,1 lino shalt not mniile the ox that
treadeth out tile. :corn, and pe,laps thought:;
that ,while they were devising' lines and irtit rents
for the Crown, they might r',asonairly .reserve a
portion of 'emolument for themselves.
.. This general attack oh the landed property of
the inhabitants of Trinidad awakened their long
dormant spirit of resistance.` :They appointed a
Committee, consisting of twelve Gentlemen, se-
Ven of them residing in the Island, who under.;
took the : task of framing a petition, tor the pur-
pose of ;spewing the alleged injustice and illega-
lity* thiS Prbelamation, and five of them resid
ing in London,., who were requested to support.
the petition. la ,representations to his Majesty's
Ministers, and, Incase of need,. by an appeal
reR
the Privy Council against the decrees of the.Gqv.
vernor giving it effett. The Governor, be it ob-
served, is also 'Judge of the High Court of
diencia r thus uniting the judicial with the execu-
tive powers, in violation'of every established role
Of sound jutispnidence, amtdeeitling upon the le-
gality of his.own Proclamations.
The London CoMmittee couskted of
,JOSEPti
MARRY AT, Esq. M. P. WILLIAM MANNING,
M. P. Jokbi biol.'s, Esq. D. IL RUCKEk, ESCCatia.
WILLIAM LUSHINGTON, jun. Esq., all Of theni
se-
lecterl,a►t having Considerable interests t Island
of Trinidad. These Gentlemen represented to the
Secretary of State for the Colonial
:Department,
their opinions as to the arbitrary and unjust nature
of this Prodernation; and after their statements
had been taken into consideration, were informed.
by order of his Lordship, that both the fines and
quit rents 'claimed for the Crown had been aban-
doned : a fact wholly inconsistent with the .itatem
men: of your Old Correspondent, that tlie Gd.;.
vernor's Administration in Trinidad had been ap-
proVed of in every particular. Not only was
this most important act of his AdniinistratiOn
annulled, but it also came out, that the docket
of fees which he had originally framed, and bent
home for the approbation of his Majesty's Mi:
nisters, was disapproved of, and curtailed in a
manner very much to his disappointment and

mortification.
While these negociatioriS were going bn, the
London Committee were strongly urged by many
of their flientb, connected with the Colony, to
call a General Meting, for the purpose of tli-cress-
ing the, other grievances of which they, and the
inhabitants of Trinidad, had so much reason to
complain.. The, Committee, however, hives(' of
promotiog that " idle and senseless clamour for
the introduction of iii itisa Laws," which is int-
puted to their supporters by your old Cut respon-
dent, thought it advioable to tuf,tte the:n the sot,-
jeet of private representation rather than of public
diseusssion ; and accordingly-framed a 'statement
to Lord BATHURzT, containing the stihstance of
various communications which they had received
respecting the present administration Of Govern-
ment in Trinidad. This, I tiresome, is the me-
morial which 'your Old Correspondent designates
as the production of "...a cabal against the Gover-
nor of Trinidad ;" which he states '' has under-
gone the most serious investigation of the Prince
Regent's Government ; and has great satisfaction
in being able to announce, that such inquiry has
ended in a manner most highly honourable to the
Governor."
I was present, Mr. Editor, at a General Meet-
ing of the Planters and Merchants interested in
Trinidad, held at the City of London Tavern on
the 6th of last. month ; and heard the Report of
• the. Proceedings of the Committee made by the
Chairman, tOlo 16d the Memorial itself, and the
Correspondence respecting it between his Majesty's
Ministers and' the Comthittee. From these doen-
ments,l leartied, that Lord BATHUIIST sent a copy
of. tire Memorial in question to Sir RALPH WOOD..
FoRD, considering hint its the HiiiSt proper pasitti
to enquire into andfeport upon his own conduct ;
that when this exparte evidence arrived, his Lord-
ship laid both the Memorial and the Answer be-
fore his Royal Highness the PatNca REGENT,
‘OlO commanded him to conitimnicate the senti-
ments which he had been pleased to express of
Sir RALPH WOODFORD'S ehntlttct in the Go' em-
ment of Trinidad to Sir RALPH Vlrtibi'oßD him-
self: The Committee submitted to his Lordship
(and probably your readers will think with great
reason) that, as their Memorial sug,;ested, th.d
investigation ought. to have been referred tO im-
partial men, not to the very. man against whom.
the complaints were made, who was thus appoint.,
ed Judge in,his.own cause, and that, at least
.bees
fore any decidon was taken, they ought, nt fairness,
to have-had the satire opporttirrity of examining and
commenting upon Sir RALPH WooDFoßD's answer,
is had been giVen him of examining and
eettSt-
wenting upon their Memorial. These rep., 'sautes.,
tions, however, had no effect ; and flot
lug the large interests they have at stake iii Tri-
nidad. might be thought to give them sOrtife claim
to expect an answer &oar his Lordshiti, respecting
tlre g,.ievances of which they complamed, none
Was vouchsafed ; but they still remain in totril
ignorance as to the 'Sentiments expressed by his
Rbyal Highness the PRINCE REGENi• or, the ecrit
duct of Sir RALPH WoooFonv, with which, he-
vent heless, your Old-Correspondent professes litotes
self to be Se perfectly acqua int ed.
I see much reason to doubt whether hi§-1-tr.tyal
1-ligl►tress has expressed th.., tinqoalified tipproira-
(ion of theS,i'RALPH •VtrOoDVOED
which your Old Correspondent assert§ ;: for I know
ibe Memorial of ther-Conimitted Contains alkg;,-
tions of oppression andexactitin ; and 1 also know,
that the leading facts stated in it stand,. in toy
opinion, uponfori mint ions which Qannot br. shaken ;
I have already given some instances in which his
tads have been superseded and reprehended ; and