Star.
London, England, 1827-02-01 00:00:00

JAAMICA.

We have received :Istr=Papers to the 24th Dec
The Session of the lioiise of Assembly closed on the
2`2,1. The billowing, speech was delivered on the cleat.
sion by hi, Grace the Goveroor:
Gentlemen of the COthlcil, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of
the Assembly, •
" I have passed all such Bids as have been presented to me, with
the exception of one, to whack, as It imposes an unusually heavy,
burthen en absentees, I mutt det, consistently with my instructions
give my assent ; and I am happy to be able to grant you a recess.

" 1 trust that the laborious attention which you have bestowed
au the cevisiun of the Slave Laws, the mildness and moderation
wilds the now Act betrays throughout, thahsneficial alterations it
produces in the condition of the slave in many particulars, more
especially those which regard the mode of trial, and the admisdon
of their ovidencein Courts of Justice, will be highly satisfactory to
his 4ajesty's Governmetit.
41 do now, in his Majesty's Dame, prorogue this deneral As-
sembly to the 23t1 Jan. and It is herby prorogued accordingly."
. The House of Asserntly, previous to the prorogation,
resolved that die double duties Ipvieri on foods on im-
post (on the one part bj the orders from England, and
on the other part by the local authorities) should be re-
turned to the merchants.
CNnsiderable irritation appears is have prevailed in
the House of Assembly on account of the levying of
these duties after the 9th ult. when thp tonnage law,
providing salaries for, the custom-house officers, was
passed; and, after some discussion, it was resolved,l
that " the House should do no bungles* till they were
satisfied that the officers of the customs were prohibited
from levying any duties, whether on goods arriving
after the 9.h December, or on those which entereolafter
that day; and for the payment of the dillies oa which,
Wads have been given-to the collector of the custors."
la answer to this resolution of the House, *Mail seas
communicated in a rather strong message .to the'
Governor, be says, " I hue ordered the Customs'Offi-
cera to cease the collecting of the duties after the'
paying of the law ; this I have done at the risk of
prijat responsibility ; more I cannot do." The most
smpottant debate, however, in which the House of
Assembly was engaged during the Session, was that
of Thursday; the 14th of December, upon the Amend-
ments of the Council to the Slave Bill. Thirty-one
out of fifty-four, consisting principally of verbal
amendments, were agreed to. Ooe of the amendments,
which was agreed to, will not be relished by the
Missionaries. It disallciws all preaching by Sectarians
before sunrise and atter sunset. It may be remarked,
That it is chiefly before sunrise and alter sunset, that
the slaves have teisure to attend to instruction. The
itstriction does not, hoverer, extend to. the established
Clergy. A clause for compelling overseers of work-
houses to keep lists of whippings and causes, was nega-
tived by 30 to 10.. The Costar:l of the 14th says, that
it is " requested to state, by a respectable freeholder of
the parish of Port Royal, that it is the intention of the
freeholders and inhabitants to call a Meeting, to return
their warmest ,thanks to Messrs. Hyslop and Clarke,
two of the Members for that parish, who voted in the
minority on the Slave Evidence Bill."
The Minority here alluded to was averse from the
admission of slave evidence in any case ; the contrary
was carried on thefith December, by 27 to 14. The
Debate, which seems to have attracted an extraordinary
degree of attention, was of great length. It occupies
no less than 23 columns of the Kingston Chronicle. .

TRINIDAD.

PORT OF SPAIk, Decimals 2.

At seven o'clock this morning, the detachment of his
Majesty's 9th Regiment of Foot, under the command of
Major Taylor,rnarched, to the tune of Home, sweelHome,
from Orange Grove Barracks to the King's Wharf, where
they embarked. As the boats lett the wharf, the men
Owe three hearty cheers, and the band played Rule Uri-
Weida, until they arrived at the transport.
Nov. 29.—M ond ay last, the transport ship Waterloo,
Lieutenant Ward, R.N. Agent,liasing on board a de-
tachment of the 86th Regiment of Foot, anchored in the
Gulf. The troops completed their landing this morn-
ing and• marched to Orange Grove Barracks. Two
Companies of the same Regiment are daily expected, as
the transport in which they embarked sailed from Cork
the same day as the Waterloo.
Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the Ist West'
India Regiment commenced their march from Orange
Grove Barracks to St. Joseph; and at the same time,
the detachment of the 9th; stationed at St. Joseph, and
which is now relieved by the 86th, left S•. Joseph for
Orange Grove, where they are to remain until they
embar k for England, which, it is undi rstood, will be on
Saturday neat. The regret which the departure of the
9th will cause to the numerous friends of the Officers,
whose agreeable manners and gentlemanly deportment,
while stationed in this island, endeared them to all who
knew them, will only be lessened by the reflection, that
these Gentle Men are now a b out to revisit their native
country, after an absence•of upwards of eight yeay.-=
The Commander in Chief on the station, in communi
eating the orders for alicseturn of the Jet ichment of the
9th, bestowed the higtie.a encomiums t-n the exert', lac y
Cooduct and *mom. of Major Taylor, the •Officer

nit arrival of the Columbine, free trader, at Ports.
nfooth, has put' us.in possession of Bombay Papers to
the Sd of Sept. These contain extracts from those of
Bengal to nearly the middle of the previous month.
The Calcutta John Bull, of the. 12th of August, men-
tions, that a retied was in circialatian tharthe Bureerese
bad objected to paying the second instalment, and that;
in conniquenee, Sir Archibald Canspbellhad.refused to
permit the Burmese flag to be hoisted at.Rangoors..—
The report, however, rested on very slender authority.
The accounts fram Upper India are satisfactory.-. 4
Native Papers mention, thrit Rajah Runjeet Singh, the.
Sikh Chief, had ordered two hotels and other psesents
to be sent to Sir Charles Metcalfe, our .Political Agent
at Delhi. A letter from Doorjun Sal (tbe late Pauper
at Bburtpore) had also been forwarded to Sir Charles,
representing that he was in extreme poverty, and that
he was obliged to send his son to Delhi, mask support,
we presume, from the Conspany's Government. A
letter had. also been received from Madhoo Singh, of
Deeg (brother to Doorjun. Sal) who. after giving an
account of -his difficulties, alio stated, that if he was
ordered, he wanulttgive upon nther-Ilipnnses, and keep
only oar hotle and a servant, fortewas in ntiltray cart-
netted with his brother. nor with Governnseut. Sir
Charles Metcalfe sonsoled him, and said there was no
necessity for decreaaing his establishment; and, turther,
that the British Power was not inclined to interfere with
the Governmenoof the Bburtpore Provinces.
An English Officer, Ensign. Charles Wright. of the
Sd Regiment of Native Infantry, had been murdered
within the Oude territory, while proceeding to join his
regiment at Lucknor.
At Bombay a strong sensation had been mime* by
the refusal of Sir 4. West, and the other Judges of the
Supreme Courtthere,, to register the-Ordinance, pre-
inn* by the Local Govatimeattfer regulating therms
•artiairkresideney. **l '
Robberies had beetsei. ;sapling '
of the Island of Bombay, pa fljlit the native
town, and among the house* of Narape'ans in the Parell
and Mazagon Roads. In the loaner, se mach alarm
had been excieed. that Sepoys were hired by even the
middling class of natives, to guard their property and
to protect their families. The police has. it is said.
.asctrtained the numbers of the robbers to be very greet,
and to consist of all castes and classes.

One of the warehouses at the powdesmanufactory at
Bombay had been blown op, when seven people were
killed by the explosion. The loss in materittls and
buildings was estimated at 70,000 rupees.

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