The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-05 00:00:00

TliE COLONIES.

[From the Jamaica Papers.]
KINGSTON, APIUL 28.—We inserted in our
laSt publication an article from a London Paper,
regarding the Petition of the Honourable House
of Assembly to Hrs. MAJESTY, - which was pre-
sented by Mr. Ilinr3EitT, the Island Agent, at the'
Levee held on the 23d of February. The fol-
lowing observations on the subject are taken
from that Gentleman's letter to the Committee
of Correspondence, received by the Packet :
" Of the measures which we ourselves -would wish to urge
for our relief, the state of the Russian Tariff aipeared to de:-.
mand the most immediate attention. We have seen Lord Cas-
tlereagh and Mr. Robinson on that subject, having previously
got possession of a copy of that Memorial of-the Russian Sugar
Refiners, which they sometime ago presented to their Ministry,
and which avowedly pleads, upon various grounds, more or
less plausible, for a preference of the Sugars of Spain and Por-
tugal. To expose the fallacy of some ohose grounds was not
a difficult matter, and we furnished our Ministers with state-
ments, which they undertOok, without delay, to transmit to Sir
Charles Bagot, at St. Petersburgh, and earnestly to press him
early and vigorously to remonstrate with the Russian Govern-
ment thereon. 'Mr. Robinson has since assured me that the in-
structions are sent out to Sir Charles Bagot, accompanied with
papers communicated by Mr. Ellis and myself, which may fur-
nish our Ambassador with arguments which will counteract the
delusive statement made by the Refiners of Russia. His Ma-
jesty's Ministers Ji l not !care u,c without hope of redra.s.
" On the subject of the perseverance of the Portuguese (and
too probably of the Spaniards also) in the importation of slaves,
on the fatal result of those proceedings to our old Colonies, and
on the necessity there is fora rigorous interposition orour
Go-
vernment to stop the evil, we have really made every repr?ser-
tation which the justice and propriety of our cause so piperi.
ously demand, and we have been received with assurances that
our Government will do all that is in its rower to the desired
effect, but at the same time have had too much reason t') fear
that Ministers want rather the power than the will in this in-
stance to relieve us.

" Respecting othi'r measures for our protection and relief, which
the Petition of the House of Assetubly points out, or which your
instructions from time to time have urged, it is the wish of the
West India body here (and' indeed it has been the course re-
commended by Lord Liverpool) to come forwa:, \I with esery
voucher that can explain and justify our application, and to-
wards this end several important public documents have been
demanded, through the intervention of the Board of Trade,
which I am sorry to say are not yet obtained ; meantime we
are at work in various directions for accounts that will fully ex-
plain the calamitous sitateion of the cultivator of sug,ir in
our old Colonies.

" I much fear that what you urge with so much truth, as to
the protective preference which the old Colonies have a right to
claim over those newly ceded, will be considered as now out of
time, since they have been already admitted to a commerce with
the parent state on exactly the same terms as the old Colonies ;
but this, as well as other grievances which it may be now too
late 'to remedy, must strengthen our claim to whatever measures
of relief are still attainable."

THE COLONIAL CLERGY.
JAMAICA.

Agreeably to a Resolution of the House of
Assembly at the close of last Session, an applica-
tion was made to Lord Bathurst, to procure a
repeal of the Act 59 Geo. 111. cap. 10, respecting
the qualifications of Clergymen designed for
these Colonies, to which the following reply has
been made

" Downing-street, 16th Feb. 1821.
"SlR—Lord Bathurst has had under his consideration the
Resolution of the House of Assembly of Jamaica of the 18th
of December last, in consequence of which you considered it
Yotir duty to urge upon his Lordship the repeal of the Act 59
George 111. cap. 60. His Lordship conceives that that Reso-
lution has been founded on an erroneous impression as to the
state of the law with respect to ordination in this country, and'
that he cannot better satisfy the Honse as to the propriety of the
enactments, than by stating the only objects which it contem-
plates, and which are certainly very much at variance with that
imputed to the Act, viz. that of sending to Jamaica persons not
canonically qualified for the situation which they are to fill. I
am therefore directed to acquaint you, that, previous to the
passing of the Act in question, it was not in the power of any
Bishop legally to admit any person to Holy Orders, unless
such person had a Cure of Souls in this country, to which he
was to be appointed immediately on his ordination. The cone.
quence of which was, that as very few individuals, who had
previously provided 'themselves with a Cure of Souls in this
country to obtain ordination, would go out to the West In-
dies, those who were ordained for foreign service were irre-
gularly ordained; these rules which were observed with re-
spect to ordination at home were almost uniformly dis-
pensed with ; and as each Bishop followed his own system,
beat laxity grew .out of such anomalous proceedings. The
object of the Act, therefore, was simply to,,slace a Cure
of Souls in the Colonies upon the same footing with a
Cure of Souls in this Country, and thus to enable the Arch-
bishops and Bishop of London to ordain a /iroperly quali-
fied candidate, although he had no certainty of preferment in
this country, and this power was given exclusively to the Arch-
bishops and Bishop of London, in order to prevent the foreign
possessions being overcharged with the number of Clergymen
who might otherwip be ordained. The sul.,sequent restrieti-ie
clauses in the Act were introduced, in order to ensure that per-
sons ordained for Colonial service should not afterwards remain
in this country, and officiate here as Clergymen, net having had,
at the time of their ordination, the title which the Canon re_
quired, to enable them to be edneitted to Holy Orders in the
United Kingdom.

" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient humble Servant,
" G. Hibbert, Esq. ".lIENRY GOULBURN."

POLICE CHANGEs.-Yesterday the Shadwell
Office was, by order of the Government, shurup,
to prepare the transferring of the establishment
to High-street, Mary lebone, where very exten-
sive premises have been fitted up on an entirely
new plan, and which are to be opened for the
discharge of public business in a few days. The
Shadwell Magistrates, Messrs. Griffiths, Hoskins
and Hardwick, are toltOside there, with the ex-
n of Mr. Hardwick., who is to succeed Mr.
Rawlinson, of Lambeth-street, the latter being
appointed in the room of the former at the Mary-
lebone Office, where Mr. Griffiths is to hold the
same situation as he did at `,Thadwel!, that of Re-
sident Magistrate.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 4.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

The• Earls of Gost••ottt and KINGiTON present-
ed, Petitions.•froin Christ Church, in the County
of Suirey ; and from the City of Bath, in favour
of the diii for preventing Cruelty to animals.
'The Earl 'of LAUDERDALE objected that the
Petitions were directed against cruelty to ani-
mals, whilst the Bill to which they refet red was
only intended to prevent cruelty to horses. lie
(lisapKovetl of legislative measures to enforce the
practice•-Qf humanity, more particularly as the
existing, laws were sufficient for the purpose.—
The Petitions were then read, and laid on the

Petitions to the same purpose were then pre-
sented from the Inhabitants of the Precincts of
Brideu ell, from the Merchants of London, the
Parish of St. Ann's, Blackfriars, from Clapham,
and from Northampton.—Laid on the table.

H USBANDRY HORSES.

The Husbandry Horses Duty Repeal Bill hay-
ing been read a second time,

The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, that he should.
pec,tpone his opposition to the Bill until its third
yeadifig, as by that time the Papers relative to
the iltvenue might be laid before the House.
The Mohair Duties Bill was read a third time
and parsed.
Mr.:I3ItO6DEN, Mr. WROTTESLEY, and others,
brought up the following Bills from the Com-
mons Lottery Bill, the Irish Stamp Duties
Bill, the Exchequer Bills for Public Works Bill,
the Customs Officers Relief Bill, the Bankruptcy
Court Bill, and the AppropriatiOn Bill.—Read
first time.
The Duke of Clarence's Provision Bill was
read a second time. The Customs Duties Bill,
the Hop Exportation Drawback, the Isle of Man
Trade, the Captured Slaves, and the Irish Silk
Bounties Bills, went respectively through Com-
mittees, and were reported.—Adjourned.