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London, England, 1816-07-19 00:00:00

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1;‘)1 'fill. JAMAICA GA'ZE'lvfE, Play 18.

I I'll.lllEli. PROOF OF Tit IT, ILLITIETtALITY AND PRE-
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THE
.itincE OF THE BRITISH PRESS TOWARDS
wtsT INDIA COLONISTS.
it was only •this week that we met with the
London Paper, Tilt SUN, of January 23, giving
the following intelligence:mailer the head of
4, JAMAICA:
I( We lately noticed the charges laid against
the Chief Justice of Jamaiets, the Hon. John
Lewis. That Gentleman has presented nfetition,
to the Assembly, stating, that he had first learnt
'rout a public Newspaper that charges oimiscon-
hifi part, in his administration of public
jus:ice, were, on tlte 9th of November instant,
:iiieged against him by an Hon. Member in his
place, and a Committee of the House appointed
to inquire and ri port whether there are sufficient
grounds to proceed upon the said charges ; and
that be is naturally anxious to learn the precise
nature of the offences of which he is accused,
witlimit which he sebittits it must he impossible
for,him to make adequate preparations for his de-
fence ageiest such accusation, should the House
ocelot it right to entertain any such proceediogs
'and praying that the Howie would be pleased to
Order him an authentic copy of such charges, aml
'afford him sufficient notice and opportunity to de-
fend himself.—Ordered to lie on the table,.
The 13111 which has been brought into the
140119 C of Assembly, to explain and amend •the
American Goods Duty Act, has 'passed, and wits
sent over to the Council ; it is intended to re-
move the ten per cent. on transit goods, as also
on horses, mules, cattle, and bullion.
" importantliusiness.—A Petition ofArebihald
Congreve, praying payment of the annual grant
for inking core of the clock in the Assembly-Room,
was presented mid referred to a Cominittee on
the State of the island !1"
Now, we are well assured that there is not one
of our readers who cannot be aware of this Edi-
tor's malevolent !mentions in distinguishing as
he has clone the last paragrapb, which he had se-
lecied from the short whittles of the 'Aisenibly,
published in the Royal Gazette during' its Session,
that it Was with 116 other view than' to cast a' slur
upOn the proceedings of our Legislature, then en-
geged in a most momentous inqoiry upon the state
and condition of the Slave Population of this
island, for the purpose of laying before the' Bridal
Parlininelit and Public tie result of a' calm and
imPartial investigation, 'dictated by a 'spirit -of
truth and justice. Every one insist see that he has
endeavoured to turn into ridicule a Petition For a
grant of money being referred to the Committee
on the State of the Island, wholte'knew at that
time hart als6 the Registry Bill under their consi-
derat hot. We bare not 1)11 !Witte thou once in
our life withiu the House of Commons, and that
at a very early age, yet we should think our time
had ht.en ill employed, were we to betray so initch
ignetame of what mast undoubtedly be their Par-
lie Mentary usage in cases of a simiiaramanre, as
this Editor of a Paper; published in the heart of
London itself, would appear to wish to iMpreirs
its with a belief of its beii:g his case. `We shall,
however take compassion upon him, and inform
hint, that if a Petition, praying' for ti grant of
money, 1w presented to our House of Assembly,
with an iieconnt annexed; it is referred to a Com-
mittee of Acconnts for an examination into the
nature atoll correctness of the chariiei, anti that,
if they approve of them, it is then referred to a
Committee of the' whole 'denominated
" on the State of the Island ;" but that, if it
cornea before the Honie withopt at account, anti
qtly a mere specification in the body of the. Peti-
tioit of. the sum due, and previously allowed in
'fortrer years„ it is referred at once tO the latter
Committee, who report their opinion of it to the
House, by whom the payment is finally sanctiontd,
it cannot certainly be expected of the Editors
of Papers in London, that they should enter so
Minutely into the proceedings of the. House of
Commons, as well as those of the Lords, as to
inert all the routine of business that is recorded
upon their Journals, nor would it' afford matter
of interest to the nation at.large to publish what
can easily be obtained by •the individual concern-
ed by teearts of epistolary correspondence, yet,
in, the community in which' we live, where we
arc personally acquainted with a great part of its
itiemhera, and know by name and character a cons
siderable proportion of the remainder, we feel sa-
tisfection in giving the earliest,information of the
most minute transactions of our Assembly,while
sitting. We 'shall only add that it would be
thought by us as little interesting to the genera-
lity of their readers, were such publications to
appear in the London Papers, as it would certainly
excite the ridicule of our's, were we to omit tak-
ing notice of the political affairs of Europe, and
to substitute in their stead the chit-chat, scandal,
tied fashionable arranementi for each week of
wet and Winner parties, routs, &c. with which the
Morning Papers are filled, anti which form- the
Amusement of ninny a lounger at a breabfast-table
in London, dining the chilling frosts and snowy
blasts of winter. •

A Pamphlet from the pen of Mr. Stephen was.
puhli.lied in London on the 23i of March, and a
copy of it hai reached thiS island. We have, how.
ever, not seen it ourselves, but we have been in-
formed of its purport by a Gentleman who has.
read it. It is the first of a series of letters,, in
defence of, his Bill fp! the: Registration of Slaves
addressed to Mr. Wilberforce, in reply to Mr.
Marryatt's excellent observatiOns on its evil tend-
ency and nnjust _enactments. It is written; we
are told, complctelY in the style orone who
is conscious of having a bad cause to fletend,
and he would now have us to believe 'it was
never. his intention to calumniate the West India
Body generally ; and, to induce our acquies-
cence with bin.), he says he knows that there
are many good men amongst the Planters-, and
enters into a long eulogy on a Gentleman of To-
bago. The publication of the lepoit of our Asa
Ac is said to have broughi this letter ,to a
sudden conclusinn,, and to ityp,a,rrested his pen.
We cannot quote his words litertiliY; bitt n4-e an.
ilerstanci be describes it as a large folio Pamphlet,
of 101 pages, and confesses its arrival was well-
ga itantent, as a display