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London, England, 1811-01-16 00:00:00

IP.ES I I 1)11:8.

.Bntno,HlowN, Nov. v4—The following is the
%k wl•i, h •lislle.mcy the Governor
o the S,ssi3O of Legislature on Tuesday
1,, , e Memners et the Lowtr House
at I;nding th" tt... Cis:lEl*er
Mr. Prt-sideni and
of. the House of Legislative Council,
Sre.lkeroind Cientlernen of tilt; llousa of

" It would have atforded,me pal ticular satis-
MOion to have ben-enabled to aeon:tint you, tl,at
‘ti,ice I, last met you in 'Colette-II Patliament, any
events had occurred in Europe which to tided to al-
lksviar e a mode of w arfare now carrying; on in Spain
:13d upon the • frontiers of Portugal, which, origi-
natittg, with the enemy, is peceharly painful to the
,!e.• MAI ot- humanity:4- ,Co-lly to consign to &ail)
itt44ly, wilhoos of met), fighting in their ()wit co ntry
for tin i existeuce, is, I believe, a new system in
lee Christian v<orld, and .will, l trust, recoil on its
' savage audio. s to the manner they deserve : it hulds
forth 41 precious lesson- to ail notons,'demonstrating
what they.hthe to ex ped from such a people, w hes
ther front t titer. Deo, ed enmity, or, what is WOISC,
their tterfidlotisAfriendship.
t "I I ratconnuelid to your eat ly atteution the state
of the fortitications Snit the sec'.urity of particidar
point 4, by•the,adoption o! ,such measures as, whilst
!tidy tend to save every unnecessary expenditure,
may prove aq.esource for the former object : in these
and in all other measures, conducive to the public
pro,periy, you may re'y an my prompt and cordial
,concerre, ee, coefOrmity to:the. true principles of
the Consutetion, and to the tights and prikileges of.
every brawl) of the 'Aosta ere. •
" Mr. Speaker, andtGentlemen of the 11.-use of
lo the giving a final efleM to all improvements
spectay appertaining to the House of Commons, at
which veur vkisdow shod lead you to conceive our
prosperity to ntlimt, yitu• may confiraw on toy• best
eirrihjos and co...operation ; and 1 stfAll out.
trout !Übe .to woe, to conanunicate with you by.
Irlessage on all such subjects.
" to 4.1
*." Gentlemen oft tie House of Legislative Council,
" Mr Speakei:, and Gentlemen of the House 01
Assernhfy
t,rning our iittention to our internal concett)s,,
Ive.art: called opoti to offer our frrveut and grateful
ackno44ledgruetos to the Supreine Befog for the fa-.
vourable pro,,,ipects no4A, spreacfbefote ns. The ap-1
pearance tit the tou wry is, I ant assured by good
.• judges unusually !tangling ; aid I feel contidenL
your patriot sin will ,lead you to every exertion
tat-
cultt to promote the, external security and the
internal prosperily of thii, populous Colony ; which
possesses.within itself more ,ot the weites of corns'
fort and subsistetide than is to be found iruany Wand
of the same extent in this, or perhaps in :ivy other
part Of the world.
" I have received repeated application's ,frorn the
Debtor 4 in the gaol, praying the interposition of the
•• Legislature in their behalf r they are few in iamber,,
mutate 'stated to be in great poverty; under these
citeumstances, and it having been usu,l under ceca-
. sions like the present to
.iutr4Alnce an Insolvent Bill
,for the relief of such persons; I recommend this
measure to your coesideration."
Alter the Assernliy returned to.their own House,
the Speech was read by the Clerk, and a cimimitive
appointed to prepare an Ache's in answer.--,Mn-
tions of leave mere made for the introdu&ioe of se-
veral Bills ; and We, understand the House ordered,
that the Speaker be provided with
a'Gown and •
Mace, as insignia of Wilco.

1310 Dne.TO N, NOV. 27.—The &Rowing ac.

count 01 the tlist judicial proceedings of the Civil
Authorities of Guildaloispe, under the auspices of
Sir Alexander Gichrane's iexchasive Executive au-
thority, h rendered very-interesting by hi‘ Excellro-
cy's Speech 1.4,1 toe Court, and tlie Address of the
Proeureur-General to the Governor. To the for-
mer we. ore-particularly struck with Sir .Cqehrane's
injanctiotis to the Lawyers, who in every country
may,iiertVe sOille tiiefut caution from the admoni-
fluff; and in the latter wts tisiti a very able rebutter
to the invidious insinuations
.that hatibeen to sly
thrown out against the loyalty of hointi of its inha-

Wants.
We diuterstand that Sir Alexander Cochrane's sa-
lary is set I h d nt 40,000 &bars per annutn.
On the .sth Of this month the LVlernher4 of the
Court of Appeals, atter having attended the Celebra-
tion of the Mass, of the H.ly Ghost, ordered by his
Excellency's Letter (of which a copy is giveu in a
stubs: quest part of this, paper), repaired in a body to
Govcrnment House.
Hl4 Excellency proceeded to lite Court-house,
accompanied by the Members of the Court, of
the Administration, and the Officers of his house-
hold.

His .Excellency having 'taken ponegsion of the
Chair of State, with Ins suite pliteed around on
Ow seats of: the Judges, delivered tits following

Speec :

i‘ Gotlawn of Me Covt of Appeals,.
" His Majesty hating siguiliel hi; Royal will and
vorountud, in the in•iratiouS signed by Rita,
which hive been trarnimitied to pie by one of hi*
Viincipal Secretaries of Stati., 'ilia all the powers
of the Executive Govcrument of this Wand,
whe-
ther civil or military, shall be coocctitrated.in we
rolone ; and that all the Jul horny heretofore .exer-
cised by oiiu or more permits .separaidy, or con-
jointly with the Governor of the t.aidi,bland, shall
be vested in me exclusive V—it is with a satislac-
tion grounded on the high idel I have conceived of a
body, the meuthers'of which justly hold so emi,
rent a.place in the public ()violi), that 1 now pre-
sem for enrohn,nt h a nirsty's Commission, sp...
tainting tnt,
,Governor of this Colony—and it is
flat lvsi agreeable t 0 me to DC the head of this
itinourab e hill not fail to dischittge
the duties of it as often as my ether funtiotte will
permit.

LUNPON ; Printed by It'll A 1,
at t 11C N 014'

" I have plea.eue in. annorincing•to the Juikes
of this Court, that I lave ehtablislied an taur-
'pity of laws in the different dependencies of Guade-
loupe.'
When I lately absented myself .from the Seat
of Geverument to visit the Island of St. Martin, (the
most remote of its dependencies), I found the inha-
bitants of, this interesting pOrtiori of the Colony de-
prived of the advantage which all. the oilier depot ti.,
pus3ess, iu having a Tribunal of the .First
" The distance at which they find t hernsieli es
(being situated far to leeward) from the Ttibunals
ot Quadeloupe, which renders it, almost hupos,sible
for irk in to have their causes tried there except by
appeal, has sheWn to' me the' eiror of this st le of
things : I have theredore tienrioated and constituted,
by virtue of the powers conferred on we by his Ma-
jesty, three Julges, trim whose judgments appeals
way be made to this,Court.
" I had previously made sittnlar arrangements' with
' regard to Mariegalante; and this necessary measure
has been since completely carted into effen. Each
of these departmeots will how rely with confidence
• on your decisions, which I hal e' no doubt will bra
given as expeditiously as the nature of the' suit
admit.
" His Majesty having deigned to recommend it •
to me, in cotisideratien of the distreS,ied iitate'of the
Colony, to
.observe carefully that justice 'should be
admiektered with' tropartatlitv, and that thelaw7
lees should be reduced as much as possible, I
quest your most serious attention to these points,
and I Chink the present.a eery proper opportunity to,
recommend to the Law) erS not 'to lose sight of
them ; eot to to, get, that being connected with .
their Clients b) tiie ta,s of honour,.. their first duty ,
towards them is toeonduel their atfairswit h the wridest •
in ; egriti, and to cbtain for them he-speedtest justice,
All •tV3BlooS and the abuse of exeeptieiis (gene-
rally used for no other purpose than .to prolong the
sell), are beneath the 'hollow able profissertiof the
; ,and"those vkho take delight in practising them;
should bei incapacitated float pleading befOre the
Tribunals.
'' I couglatulate you, Gentleineo, on thegrow-
' Mg prosperity of this Colony, and on toe 1-tett:tilt
hopes w hieh the Planters new have of enjoying
. the Ii uits of their labours after inatiy yeas of priva-
tion. •-• • , ,:•
" 4Ccept, Gentlemen, my best wishes," &c. &c,
The ,President of the Court of Appeals replied to
this Address in an appropriate foamier. The last
ictile:!ce of, his answer happy is Gua-
da'loupe, to have had for coturevors, Chiefs who ale
her preservers; such, atOir Aiex. Cochuote, and Sir
Geo. Beckwith, and to see her happiness in the,
tided, of your Excellency I"
'The. Pioeutenr-General, spoke with dignity and
precision iu support of the Regulations' Made by
Iris 'Excellency, and deliveted the following
Speech :-;•-•
" SIR,

" Y our presence in this Temple of Justice is a new
'pledge of the happiness which your Administration
is orepat log for us: it this day dove public homage
to a principle ever revered by /good Kings—that the
Laws are, wore than Armies, the support of Em-
pires; that force, without justice, is bus ephemeral;
and that on their union ithme, depend the peace and
happiness of nations. ,
" Too long tormented by political events, this
colony begins already 'tu feel the good effects of in-
ternal franc, rility. When it became a possession of
his Britannic. Majesty, you kindly promised that
agriculture should, dells e the full .advaniege of its
labours ond'stOrbed, thereby to fertilize ,anew this
long.oiegletted land ; that the laborious artisan
should enjoy all his time, to reap the benefits of
industry, and tiro the coto se of justice should be
no longer interrupted :—we, with loyalty and can-
dour, have taken the. oath of allegiance and sub-
mission; our trbooals are again thrown open, a&l
strengthen in every breast the love of duty. Since
this pernid piofound tranquility pervades the, island,
and among us all there is nut one, who !Cris not
touched with the convietiou, that we shall find a
guarantee for our ploperties—safely for our per-
soos—,arid for our families repose. That true policy
never strays, when illumined by the torch of
justice, while those who are entrusted with' the
precious deposit of the laws continue reciprocally
united by that sentiment of public good which
ever sways the noble Mind,.inspiring courage to
surmount the greatest difficulties, and giving har-
mony to every act which regulates the people wllom
they govern.
". May your Excellency be convinced of the sen-
timent which animate 2 us all ! Could you but read
our hearts, you would there see the realsatisfattion
we enjoy at the choice which his Majesty bag been
pleased to make of your Excellency to govern Gua-
dalotipa ; that we entertain the highest opinion of
your Civic and Military virtues,. and that we expect
.our happiness from you.
" You would there learn, also, how deeply we
have bten, and still remain, 4fflieted at these fatal
'prejudices suggested to you against a considerable
number of peaceable inhabitants, both of our towns
ail in the country. New comers, strangers to our
happiness, though seeing, in every direCtion the
most evident proofs of our submission to the lass,
have, neverthelesS, dared to alarm yoiir Excellency
about the fidelity of the inhabitants of Guadaloupe

but the breal of the misery they ,wished to bav

caused, has only served to draw floods of tears'
f►om the mothers, the wives, and the chiLtreni

of those' menaced with banishment ; whilst pub--
he tranquility has not been the less maintained.
" Your justice is our guarantee that those alone
t•ball he punished who shill have distut bed the pub.,.
lie older; Brave men are -always generous and
good ; the extent of their knowledge and perfec,
t ion in. the .at t of governing, serve but to strengthen
and confirm their love Of jusi ice.
" Thus, Sir, under yew' Government, bur wounds
Shall be healed ; our public and private Calamities
shall givt way to that freedom which ioduwy pro-
cures, and Whom promotes; and, under any change
Of circumstances, we shall 'ever cherish wlth
heartfelt gtautude, the retnembranix of the sum

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No. i 12, Strand. where ihivirtiaements, Order: fi

who , occupied himself luccssautly kr our %yell-
kat."

His Excellency afterwards ordered the Court
to be opened for the transa.etioit of `its judicial
business.

He paid close Attention to the pleadings in, the .
first suit, the ()Cie& of m hich was to decide the fate
of a will made by a Frenchman in the' island of
Antigua. Mr. Goyneau, and. Mr. Bouis, pleaded
tkii cause with equal skill, although Mr. Goyneau
..i-icreeded., The validity of the. will was establish-
ed , and the auditory perceived, with a lively grati-
tude, the part hiS Excellency took in the sentence,
which was not pronounced until it lead been ma-.,
tardy discussed by the Members of the Court, with
his Excellency at their head.
The President havin6r deltvered the sentence,
adjourned the Court, all-the Members of which.
. were eager to accompany the representative of the
King. . •
At one o'clock, the ceremony' of the'day was
cclebrated by a salute from the vessels in the: bar-
bour.
. .

Copy of the Letter from his Etcellency Admi.
till Cochrane, to .the President..of the, Court of
Appeals :

Sir—l haye learned with regret,, that ill: cos,
tom of op.r.o;og the Se,iion of Ow, Co9,i of A p a s
With ceremony i.f ihe Cxth u e worship, tend-
ing to coil.d9witthe,infltie.nce,offthe Divine. Being
kni tilt; niiiids and, widerstJudings Of the Judges,
in the deliegte tiA of deciding ou the lives ttnd
fp:guiles' of hidiviou.,lS, has been fol. a long tittle
negle6ied. •

It Si my ,wish, that this ,praEtiee shall be re-
newed, int! that the Mass of the kinlv Ghost shah
be eelebr.ifett in the opening of eery Se+sion of she
Court of Appealii; in the. same maims as below
she Revolution.

(Signed) " ALEX. COCHRANE."

OLD BAILEY.