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on have not been received, and yet the
in their love of change, have, it seeictg,
neasure.—Morning Post.

rem
ittF of the House, to be examined, on oath respecting
,mswer
ilitary orders. The general had directed them not to
IE GOVERNOR OP JAMAICA.,
sum-
ail arrived yesterday morning, bringwe the H 414 he refused to appear. His refusal was taken up by
.o the 18th ult. That intelligence is and House but the Duke of Manchester justified the refusal,
deepest importance. From the hour • d
, :.‘d blotted,
0 nei: dissolve the House before it had voted the usual supplies,
uitrveroerovez poubtliilee creditorssembl unnxtaild, He c_ t nted
or there have been a series of contests be. illiself
the ginos,t_ructions fromP the he could receive
rnor and the Board of Council onnifovernment. "his dispute between the
e House of Assembly on the other. A notiveorr'r and the Assembly was brought under the considera-
illy arisen as to the right of the Board of and therveral cabinet councils, at which Lord Eldon assisted,
late bills other than bills of impost, the 'were bournfidntalo daeciesiaorn was ,betheaxtamthiensue,riailleaglieis
Man-
-1
orers
asserting, the House of Assembly de- ester convened Assembly, and announced the recognition
The Board of Council having declared, n'll'lo, Government of the rights of the Assembly ; the general
use of Assembly should distinctly recog' ter,' 44 apology at the bar of the House, and he and his offs-
: the board would do no further business siteawere examined. But this right has been exercised ever
—the house, on the other hand, having oisplittlie Assembly existed, without. interruption and without
1-e don Innumerable to
the Government has
sition tO comply with the demands or te I
\r4i ed itselfan of the. exercise__ of this right, by adopting examina-
of the
ents of the board—it has seemed advis- lciaken on oath before committees
rnor to put a stop to the unfortunate col- qiiore his lordship had received the report of the committee
subject of :en dissolution of the House of Assembly, 4 f 4 this right, a claim was made by the council of
he has made to their the address which 110,,t to originate bills. This claim had been disputed by the
teile', and for more than half a century the Council had not
another part of our paper. 4(1 cal 1 it. It is well known that a Legislative Council in a
irk we have to make upon this address: Fin''Y never moves without the sanction of a Governor. A
cumstances which have called it forth, is thete Wcrd from him would prevent any thing being done on
ters made at the best an unfortunate 134te rt which could produce a schism with the Assembly. 1
sent the Earl of Mulgrave to Jamaica- \,,-liicti ;
,assertion. of this claim was made under circumstances I
kin, nauceci a belief that they were the instruments of the
yet reeking with the blood which, in a •trit'`"?tor ; the Council refused to transact any further business
;gle, had been profusely shed; the fires 14 the Assembly. Lord Mulgrave, instead '-of remaining per-
mitance of the opulent and the hoarding 4i„i, neuter, adopts the conduct of the Council, and abruptly
is had been consumed were scarcely ex. the 4 yes the Assembly before its business was terminated, or
veer the fear of punishment on the one UN:tleaatlesuppliie); raised. He In_is.thus plunged the islandiiintio
lilts
oceasisotneri:
caallerauslsamteednntso,tamndertehlyltaenaef his 1
st for vengeance on the other, societL produce greast'eeexncitne'
excite-
its very foundations. It was rtimoure ith°,t.aniongst the slave population, but to place the coloured
s were about to introduce a revolutionarf t),,laultants in collision with the white. We make no further
nstitutions of the island, and to destroy, ir.isil'4ent- We ask this question—Can the government seri-
-3 introduction, the independence of the tiaiY expect to preserve the island of Jamaica, and at the same
46/ic Ledger.
, p e leave Lord Mulgrave as its Governor ?—Guardian and
re. At this time, for the pacifying of
l for the facilitating of future change, to %.....,
Cabinet entrust the governorship of
me distinguished officerperhaps, capable
ibmission men whom he could not per-
it, able to enforce peace where he could
;ration ; or to some eminent civilian, bir
limits of the privileges of the colonial
lit be fully recognised and fairly ex-
Troof might be listened to with defer
tot with satisfaction ; or, at the least, to
atesman, whose years might command'
vhose experience might convey some
Tisdom. No such thing. The King's
Tamaica is a writer of fashionable novels,
Johns and Lady Marys, a performer of
tiliar of the green room, who answers a•
sture, and a remonstrance with an atti-
ken out, as his stock in trade, carmine
cs and tiaras, Inchbald's British Thea.
rtoire of the Gymnase.
1 we make is, that the discretion with
i's controversy with the House of M-
ed is much what might have been anti'
previous knowledge of his character-
io question more difficult of determina-
ich relates to the authority which the
nt is entitled to exercise over the cola,
id the period at which its exercise ought
kr readers call to mind the cautious, yet
vhich Mr. Canning addressed the House
his point, and then let them admire the
;y with which the author of Matilda
)f the House of Assembly- the doctrine
utional lawyer." Let the dicta of the
be correct, and his principles sound,
1 one which it is most perilous to expose
langerous to scrutinize too narrowly
?Hz. We should not discuss .without
t we cannot decide without risk.

we make is, that the noble novelist
not profited so much as we might have
Ong courtship of his country's muses•
not reckon upon; eloquence we had
id. But tolerable sentences we may
a so accomplished a maker of little oc-
an observe how. the relatives and the
one another through the second para-
thip's discourse, and say whether the
r flirted so abominably with synthesis•
lovernor of Jamaica treats the King's
to his instructions; but surely for his
►ing's English he is personally respon-
'ost.

:ondemned the unconciliatory policy VP*
lent for many years towards our Colonies,
of that policy nave been mitigated by the
reet conduct of those who have been sent
:hus, iu the extensive island of Jamaica,
iys been in maintaining the constitutional
of its House of Assembly, we have seen a
stering for twenty years its Government,
y his- just respect for the privileges of the
reconciliating any occasional differences
inches_, not only to carry with him their
y of the measures which he has required
An, but to preserve the peace and. trol-
l. Once only, and that shortly after his
did he interpose in opposition to the just
nibly, and it is singular that it should have
bject which has been selected by the pre
iaica as a pretext for quarrelling with the
ptly dissolving that body, at a time and
which evince such a degree of folly and
; dreadful to think the destinies of a great
rusted to him. The Duke of Manchester
Sir John Keane and Lord Belmore, andi
erved the same discreet and conciliatory*

Mulgrave, known only to the public as it
iter, was selected for the government of
when the island was agitated and convulsed
the most appalling character. He met
first time, with a speech unexampled in
unnecessary introduction of topics which
for an answer from the Assembly, assert-
tation‘in its internal government, and the
maintaining those rights, in cousequencd
;aining, under the Reorm Bill, any indi-
the House of Commons. .To this answer
a reply, which we believe even his INlajes-
aued. It was a lecture on the supremacy
se would suppose he had laboured to make
as and expressions which should be most
most likely to irritate that body of men to
essed. The House, with great moderation
sed a resolution declaratory of their rights
:islature of the colony, and, to avoid prO-
tbstaihed from sending it to the governor.
nee of the Assembly had counteracted the
rnor. A pretext was to be found for cre-
the Assembly. Lord Mulgrave moots no
—whether the Assembly had a right to dc-
ees the power of examining witnesses on
had kept his meditations to himself, he
.earnt enough of. the history of the colony
elf of the existence of the right which he
io. Although there was no subject which
ding on this proposition, and still less for
lations the subject of a communication to
ously sends a message to that body, dent,"
ssembiy, still determined to bear with this
ate and foolish conduct, condescended to
committee fora report, and the committee
into the origin and history of its exercise.;
unless indeed he was determined, at all
.11 the Assembly, would have brought to
instance to which we have alluded in the
s administration, which would have taught
the exercise of that right had been‘recog-
s Government. It was this—Major Gene'
in .1808, the commander of the forces.
of the garrison were summoned before a.

ronEzaN XNTELLIGENCE.

„ustiria FRANCE.
. The Duchess de Berri has been reported sick, nay, dead; but
are assured that she is now convalescent. The ministers of
, Spain, Naples, &c. are labouring for her release.
'",gtaad, on this question, practises her non-intervention.
tf,'' naval force of eight ships of the line and frigates is to be
'ed out with great expedition at Toulon, destined, it is
1:.” under-
,(l, for the Levant.
ae Diligente sloop of war has sailed from Toulon on a very
'Oat mission to Alexandria.

HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
I AGun, JAN, 27.—Yesterday our Government sent off
leis Patches to London by a special messenger. It is said that
answer of the Government to the explanation demanded by
,_agland and France respecting. the navigation of the Scheldt
`:llcedes this much—that the river shall be provisionally free
all nations, with the exception of France and England.. Of
ro.m, it seems, there is no mention made in the answer.
Vurther said that the existence of this exception with respect
F rench and English vessels is dependent on the removal of
iee,c.lubargo on our ships, and the liberation of our troops now
as prisoners. Aloreover, it is understood England
31, coup counter-propositions will be made on the part ofg
France, but that, on the contrary, the former conditions
:Blsted upon by those Powers with respect to the citadel of Ant-
jell, are now again proposed in reference to the free naviga-
Q°4 of the Scheldt; and that the opening of the Scheidt is cte-
ptipd as a preliminary to any further negotiation.
i•ve• 28.—Some persons affirm that our Government has
n orders to open the Scheldt for Austrian. Russian, and
rtissian ships, and has declared its readiness to do the same
v
tile French and English vessels as soon their Governments
14tc orders for removing the embargo upon Dutch ships.—
eit Papers. Jan. 30.

The , SPAIN.
e Madrid correspondent of the Morning Herald asserts
emtively, that as far as the mission of Sir Stratford Can-
tulic,(4 was intended to assist the cause of the Pedroites in Por-
u ',41, it has entirely failed. The Spanish Ministry say, that as
114 Y have recognized Don Miguel as King of Portugal, they will
tic',it, loterfere in any way now to dethrone him. Moreover, they
dal'e, what must be perfectly true, that they have enough to
tr: home without .mixing themselves up with the affairs and
, elects of other nations. In other respects, Sir Stratford
41,4111a°' is likely to be more successful. In retu,rn for the
kpOrt''which England may give the present Spanish. govern-
),,,“( in strengthening the Queen's party, and recognizing the
14`11.11.g Princess as successor to the throne, it is said that Fora-
IhQ('l4l advantages of great
.importance. may be obtained.
kctll,e have been some slight disturbances in the interior,. pro-
e'' by the Carlists; but the capital remained quiet.
tzxtract of a letter of the 18th instant from Madrid:—" The
14 e+ekrs of the Royalist Volunteers of Aigatocin; Velez Rubio,
'.,_"e kingdom of Granada; of Torox; in the province of
-'4ga; and those of Estremadura, have sent to the Queen
h resses of adherence to the system which she has established.
t(i
e Minister of the Interior daily receives applications for leave
irpublish political and literary journals. The press has an
.1449frtPat part to act in Spain, as it will contribute towards
limp4'ing the system of the government, and diffusing sound
Y11441'4 ideas, to which the Spanish people have been strangers
‘,,,11it0. The insurrection of the Royalist Volunteers of I• oledo,
Coiltell was considered as an isolated Carlist attempt, was, on the
scale raq. the result of a conspiracy organized on an extensive
ine• Among the prisoners taken is a Colonel Espagne, who,
„41:11cler to save his life, promised to make important revelations
sione subject. His declarations have been such as to give occa-
-4 m 'or the arrest of persons of the highest ecclesiastical rank.
Otteat number of persons have been compromised at Seville.
titpse day when some groups at Madrid uttered cries of ' Viva
4, Rey Carlos v.r the town of St. lago, in Galicia, presented
11,,,11,8 of rebellion. An inflammatory proclamation, proceed-
.lT 'rota the Episcopal . Palace, was posted up in the streets.
tier,Royalist V olunteers, commanded by a captain surnamed
riis‘;apon, took up arms, and if the troops of the line had not
tsit upon,
gret energy 'the insurrection would have !Tread
' Pl'll Theirexamination, .
)eo, y. ease is under in common with the
qzBPirators of Madrid and Toledo. Fifty more of the Body
;4,:4,_"ds have just been discharged. A woman, named Ronkali,
kii'ed for her intrigues, has been exiled from Madrid. Coun-
ye of Ministers are very frequent. Sir Stratford Canning had
Al,,,,terday a long conference with his Majesty, at which the
'Luster of Foreign Affairs was present."

PORTUGAL.
t,rouro, JAN. 12.—The Chronica Constitucional of this date
it,ill,tains in the official part decrees of the Duke of Braganza
the following tenour :-
1. /
ti consequence of the representations of Marquis Pal-
kirs7, relieves him from the office of Minister of Foreign Af-
.2444d 3. In like manner discharges Senor Jose Xavier
(la Silveira, Minister of Finance, and Senor Luiz da
Nlouzinho de Albuquerque, Minister of the Interior.
At).ai appoints the Marquis de Louie to be Minister of Foreign
„.
the').--filAPPoints Senhor Candido Jose Xavier to be Minister of
tenor.
'll these decrees, dated the 12th, are signed Don Pedro, and
oiontersigned by Bernardo de la •Nogueita, Minister of Marine,
jrgertod interim with the functions of Minister of the Interior.
N. 8. Take from M. Freire, Minister of War, and from
of ficlPleira, Minister of the Marine, the functions of Minister
the f 0
Affairs and the Interior, which they held ad interim.
y. aincts
etis:_an extract of aletter received from Lisbon
"'"uTee Tarvp
lit LISBCVS •l9 —:Lord Hervey has _returned to Madrid,
JAN.
Great °no here is aware of the object of his coming to Lisbon.
Preparations are making at the batteries, and a new
that.lB Planning at I'alhares, on the other side of the river,
loughs to have seventy pieces of artillery, if so many can be
soen-' to mount it. The. whole will very probably be wanted
to as the late firing at the French brig of war, the insult
at LeAtlog at Oporto, and the opposition of the authorities
au bon
.to the free entry of French vessels, may lead to
yeAte el hostile visit. `A 'French brig of war crossed the bar
Whil„rliaj but was not allowed to come above Passo d'Arcos,
h w;" vessels have free ingress and egress. This,
'PL--ver, proceeds rather from fear of the large ships in the
shills than any- hive borne to the English. His 'Majesty's'
eeevitt, St. Vincent (120) was sent off in haste on Monday. last for
t° receive,. as it is said, Sir S. Canning, who is to pro--
hut thither from Madrid, on his way to Oporto and Lisbon ;.
" this there- is some doubt. At the Foreign Office of
itiolgtotiet there are certainly advices from Madrid of his intend-
•art' hitherTelles*Jordaoarrived here from the.
•itlY, it is said in. disgrace.—Exchange on England, 48 ;,
4gio, 26."

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