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London, England, 1824-03-18 00:00:00

5. Aml it i t further ordered. That upon the death or resignation
of the said prat actor and guardian of slaves, or in the event of his
,ichne-; or other hod.ly or mental incapacity, or dung his tempo-
rary al.se.nce front ;ha said Island, it shall he lawful for the Gover-
nor or A ctio:t Governor to nominate and appoint some other fit
p.-rson to act as the deputy for the said protector and
guardian of ,laves, until his Majesty's plea,sire shall be known ; and
the said Deputy Fil:Alt receive sus!' allowance, to he deducted front
and out of the salary of the said protccter and guardian or slaves,.
as the Governor or Acting Governor for the time being of the said
Island diail he pleasAl to appoint. Provided always, th tt no per-
sons shall be appointed, or he cot tpt t,• •t !,a act as <uca .I.,p‘rty as
:I.resaid, who, according to the provi.ions thin order, would be
iucompetent to act :14 the protector and guardian of slaves. Pro-
vided a!so, that the protector and griardi.m of slaves in the said
I-land shall at all timos perform 11., duty in person, and not by de-
puty, except only in C.l-IcS in which the Go•ernor or Acting Gover-
nor of the said Isl nd is hertinbefore authorised to appoint a deputy
fur that purpose.
6. And it is hereby further orde'red, Th it the said protector and
guardian of slaves shall be, and he is hereby declared to be, a Ma-
gistrate in and for the said Island of Trinidad ; anti all such powers
and authorities, of what mature or kind soever, as are now by law
ves's din the Commandants of the several quarters of the iald island, -
for the maintenance of the public peace and good order, ,-11.111 be,
and the same are hereby vested in the said protector ind guatdian
of slaves, to be by hint exercised thloughout each anti evet y quar-
ter of the said 'lsland.

7. And it is hereby farther ordered. That the Commandants of
the several quarters within the said klited slrall he, and they _are
hereby declared to he, assistant protectors and guardians of slaves,
in their seas rol and respective quarters; and the said Commandants
and are hereby required, in their several and respective quar-
ters, be aiding and assisting the protector and guardian of slaves
in the execution of the powers 11-eat:ay committed to him; and for
that purpose to obey and carry into ex...Co:am such lawful instruc-
tions as they may from time to time re:calve from him, about or in
relation to the matters herein mentioned, or any of them.
• 8. And it is hereby furher ordered, Th.t in all actions, suits.
and prosecution; which may at any time aereafter be brought or
• commenced in any Tiibunal or Court of Justice within the sail
Island, wherein any slave may bc chareeil with any offence punish-
able by death or tronlortation, or whereto any question may arise
as to the right of any alleged slave to freedom, or wherein any per-
son may be charged with the murder of any slave, or with any of-
fence against the person of any slave, or wherein any questioa may
arise reopecting, the right of any lave to any such property as he or
she is hereinafter declared competent to acqiiii-e; then, and in every
such case, such notice shall be given to the protecter and guardian
of slaves of every such action, suit, or prosecution, as according to
the law-of the said island would be given to the said slave, if he or
she were of free conditiOn. And the protector and guardian of slaves
shall, ;tad is lotrelly required, to attend 'he total or hearing ; and all
other the proceedings in every such action, suit, or prosecution; as
the protector of suc slave, and on his or her behalf, and to, act
therein in such manner as may be moat conducive to the beertit
and advantage of any such slave.
9. And whereas his alojesty hash been gracious), pleased to in-
timate his intention to make tali:cruel provision for the religious in-
struction of the slaves in the said bland of .Trinidad t and it will be
proper and necessary, so soon as such hi, Majesty's intentions can be
carried into effect, that Sunday markets should he utterly abolished
throughout the said bland ;be it therefore, and it is hereby further •
ordered, that it shall and may be lawful for the Goiernor, or act-
ing Governor for the time (maize of the said bland, and, he is hereby '
required, ill obedience to any in itruction which may for that pur-
pose be issued by his alajesty,Alirotteh one of his principal Secre-
Caries of State, to issue a Proclamation, is his alajesty's name, for
the discontinuance of all markets throughout the said Islam] on
the Sunday; and so soon as such Proclonation shall have been is-
sued, all Sunday markets shall forthwith rear, and be absolutely
uultwful. And in any such Proclameiim the 'said Goverror,.or
acting Goiernor shall and may, and is Itsieby authorized to make,
all such roles and regulations as may be meess.ry fin :the effectual
suppression of such markets, and to impose such penalties as may
be requisite, far giving effect to any such rules and-regulations.
And whereas a certain Proclamation or °ram:once' was, on the
pith day of Noveiober, 18a3, issued by the Governor '6l the said
Islarul of Trinidad, whereby it was and is ordered mid declared,
" That from and after the Mat day of December then next, the
market holden ill the town of the Port of :pain, for the sale of
meat, vegetables, and other provisions en Stuidays, add all other •
markets to.be holden on the Sabbath-ill. throughout the Island,
should he limited to the hour of ten o'cOick iii the forenoon, and
that doe warning should be given by the ringing of a bell at half-
past nine o'clock, to .dl persons to prepare to depart; and that
from and alter the hour of toil!) the forenoon, no person or per-
sons whatsoever shall remain therein, or pUblicly chew forth, or
"expose for sale, ally meat, poultry, vegetables, provisions, fruits,
herbs, wares, merchandise, goods, or effects, on the Lotto's Day,
alter the hour of ten o'clock aforesaid, upon pain that every person
guilty of a disobedience, or non-conformance to this order, shall
Cot fait the goods or effects so exposed for sale, or on refusing to -
quit the place, forfeit the sum of tell shillings. And it is be the
said 14(10mm:ice further ordered, that if art, person or persons
shall offend in these premiaes, it shall I e ful Cur the Chief of
the Police, or his assistants, or the clink sit the market, or any al-
quacil or constable, and they arc reseectively thereby required to
seize the goods exposed for sale, and teats them to be taken before
any Judge or Magistrate, or any lleeidor of the Cabildo, who
upon view of such goods so exposed shall older the same to be sold
forthwith, and the proceeds thereof to be applied and disposed of
as follows, that is to say—one-third to ilia informer, and the re-
mainder to such pious or tharitable purposes, and in such wanner
as the Magistrate or Justice ordering the sale shall determine.—
And it is by such Ordonnance further ordered, hat, in like manner,
any person rtfusina to quit the •Market-place may be apprehended
by the authorities aforesaid, who are am horised and required to
demand the penalty therein befere,provided; and, in default of pay-
ment, to commit the offender to twenty hour,' inapt isonment. And
it is by the said Ordoanatice provided, that no.hing therein con-
tainea shall extend to the prohibition of dressing or selling meats in
inns or victuallingshousaa, nor r.r the sale of fi h at the fish-house,
provided the same do aot rake i lace during the k airs appointed and
set :Taft for Divine Service. And it is by the said Ordonnance no-
ticed and set forth, that the limitation therein before declared, re-
speciltig the markets to be bidden ew Sundays, may rot afford suffi-
cient time lot the sale of the articles and proVit.:olli necessary for the
consumption of the Whams; and it is therefore thereby ordered,
that 'Thor day be alai a market-slay, nn %ea:eh free persons are in-
vited to at tend, so as to lessen the siesnaer ra. ;moms resorting to
the Markt t tan Sunday , which is tee:easily r,t-ined for the due and
reasonable encouragement iif the' sr.vt ii,,in:beion in hr hits of in-
dustry ; and as it niay not ocersionally be it co-.ae iota for propaia-
ono to permit their laces to Whig the roame of their labour to
market on another day than Sunday, the' day of Thursday in each
week is thereby declared to be a flijl ket-day in future. And it is
by the said Ordonnance :tattier w der: d, that she it, and so soon as
tlie same may be round ptacticable, the markat on Sundays will
be further limited to the hour 191 tine in the tirreuimit of the said
slay." And wheriata it is expediso• 'that the total order or Procla-
oration of the lath Novembe r,1:31.:3, *should cirotinue :anal* in force
allot truth such Procla-
tuilierotitiognhamittatt,bira:%s..,:iidd
shall lei issued our flu al!sei!ytr and total
aboli-
tiou Of Sunday-niarkers, ba it therefore, JO it:is hereby ordered,
• that the said' Ordontiana or Proclamation ot ihe I ,th or Nevem-
' too-, 1825,' shalt' he, and the sane is hereby cehtftrined. And that the
It be isaetsl in Manner aforesaid, for the
aand continue in twee within the said island,
sut:nidttaill°raabdiEci
Ito And reby turthelsoolered,Thit if any perooft or rcrions
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absyel:nisocas
thi,nao.' • •
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