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London, England, 1820-09-21 00:00:00

BER,IVDA.

tOLONIAL PARLIAMENT.

WUsg.Ao,:t 'OF nu EXCELLENCY 'VIE GOVERNOR

11.BSPECTUNG THE SUPPLY BILL+.

Government House, Feb. 28, 1320.

" The Governor and Cornmander.in-Chief has
to regret, that long as the Session has now con-
tinued, no Supply Bill has yet been laid before
him. In- addition to the just demands of public
creditors, there are many urgent calls for public
'expenditure, which are either absolutely requi-
'!•ite, or would be mdst beneficial to the Colony,'
in every point of view. Liberal as the Mother
Country has been, in voting a large sum for the
vO'rnpletion of certain' important fortifications,
yet much remains to 'be dime by the Colony it-
self, which ought to receive early and due atten-
lion- in time
,of peace, in order to place these
Islands in a respectable :state- of 'defence in time
'of war. The public buildings and public roads.
Ills° require constant attention and constant re-
pair, to. prevent a more heavy subsequent ex,
.pence. Much is requisite to be done, even at
the prevent moment. the Governor and Corn-
A-pander-in-Chief has another arid still deeper
regret in ollserving'this late period, that no Bill
providing-for a due proportion of 'Clergy has yet
passed the House. This he•considers absolutely
necessary, not only to the Well;-being, but to the
actual salvation of the C,olooy ; as religion is the
best, indeed the only secure bond of. union in
E-Jciety. Anarchy; confusion, .and atheism, with
ali• its attendant hcrrrorst-together with the
ilestruction.of all orders in society—=must sooner
or later- ensue if 'the :present System is perse-
vered in.

t. W. L."

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1820.
' The House entered into the following Re-
solve :

ResOlved, that Thomas Hall, Daniel R. Tucker, and James
Trimingham, Esquires, he, and they are hereby appoint-
ed a Committee to examine the ficcottnts of the Powder Re-
ceiver during the recess of this House ; and that they be im-
'structed to furnish the Attorney-General, and Benjamin
Dickenson Harvey, Esq., or either of them, with such facts
from the said Accounts, -as they might require for the-pur-
pose of effectually prosecuting the actin they have been re-
quested to-institnte against the Powder. Receiver fur sums of
. sioneY paid by him out of the Powder. Fund without the au-
thority of the three branches'of the Legislature. And that if
those professional Gentlemen decline, or be prevented from
any circumstances from undertakifig such suit against the
Powder Receiver, that the said persons be, and they are
hereby authorized to empley other legal assistance, for the
.purpose ofbringing the same tua judicial decision.

SATURDAYS. MARCH n 5, 18W.
Ordered, that the folluiving message be sent to his Excel-
/ency the Governor
" May it please your Excellency,
" We are directed by the House of Assembly to acquaint
your Excellency, that there is nothing before the House to
-engage its attention."

MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1820.
The following message was received from his Excellency
'the Governor :

" Momit Lottgtotty April
.3d,.1820,

" The Governor and Commander-in-Chief received a mes-
sage from the House of Assembly, dated March 25th, stating
'" that there was nothing before the House to engage its at-
tention." Under this statement, the Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief recommends to the consideration of the
House the appointment of a Committee' as authorised by the
Act entitled An Act for raising a public Revenue fur the
'Support of the tio'vernelept of these his Majesty's Islands;"
in order to audit. during the recess, such -Public Bills as were
left unsettled, or have become due, since the last Committee
were assembled. The 'Governor and' Conitnander-in-Chief
'cannot, however, avoid exrressing hie surprise at the Message
so received ; the 'Quarantine Bill not hating yet. passed the
two Legislative Bodies ; no Supply Bill having appeared; and
nolirovision having been made for the Roads and Public
Buildings; the improvement of the Ferry, and other expen-
ditures ; some of which are absolutely necessary, and others
'Would be of the Most material benefit to the Colony in gene.
and+relative to. which, the Governor and Commander-in.
Chief some months ago expressed his Cd r nest wish, and mos
decided opinion

1, ii"M: LUMLEY."

WEDNESDAY) nth, 12, 1820.

brdeted, That the following message be sent to his Excel-
lency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief :••••
" May it please your Excellency,
‘, We are directed by the House of Assembly to acquaint
your Excellency, in reply to your Excellency's commonicafion
of the sd instant, that when they sent their Message of the
45th March last, it was in compliance with the usual practice,
when on Bill or other matter was pending in the -House.
That the Health Bill to which your Excellency alludes in
your'Message, had then been out of their possession fur
some days; and for any thing they knew to the contrary, bad
completed the stages necessary to give it the sanction of a
Law—hut that, whether this were the Case or not, their Mes-
sage was not intended to, nor indeed could, preclude any fur-
ther cOrnmunication between the two Houses on the subject
matterrif it.
ee We are further directed to acquaint your Excellency,
that the House considers the last Committee appcinted under
the Act entitled, "An Act for raising a Public Revenue for
the• Support of the Government ot these his Majesty'S Islands,"
as continitad in their appointment.
" The House also feel seriously grieved that your Excel-
lency should think proper at this period to reiterate so point-
•ectly to them your remarks on the non-appearance of a Supply
They had abstained from replying to a further Message
of your• Excellency, wherein similar animadversions were
lon id, because, had they replied to it, they must, m justice
• to themselves, hace•adverted to it in a manner uncongenial
with their feelings; and they well foresaw that in doing so
bey could nut otherwise than have been drawn into discus-
sions ill calculated to foster that harmony and good•will at
till 'times desirable, and whifh all, in their estithation, are
eqrially bound to preserve. Continuing still impressed with
this sentiment, they still abstain from further references on
this subject.
" Sortie of the other objects embraced by your Excellency's
Message, have been previously considii cd by the Llonse in
such form as to preclude farther attention to them this Ses-
sion. And the House beg leave gener:illy to assure your
Excellency, that they shall he forward, at any future period,
,to juin with you in every plan for the benefit of the country,
not inconsistent with the local capacities of the Colony, and
not exceeding the means and interest of their Constituents.
" April 1/, 520.”

A Meeting of the Parishioners of St. George's
took place at. the Town Hell yesterday, in pur-
suance to adjournment, when, after a discussion
of some length, the Meeting, unanimously re-
solved, that the Chairman be directed, and ac-
cordingly was directed to forward' copies of the
legal Opinions on the subject of the Military
occupying the Aisles of the Parish Church, to
his Excelency the Governor, and to request
that lie will give his early attention thereto.
The Meeting then adjourned to Thursday fort-
night.

'At the sale of his late MAJESTY'S prime flock
of true Merino sheep on theGth instant, the
highest biddings did not much exceed the prices
for the Southdowns. The cows of the royal
dairy Chiefly consisted of the Durham and Tees-
water breed, which sold at various prices, but
the highest did not exceed 30/.