Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-12-28
LATE ANTIGUA PAPERS.

LATE ANTIGUA PAPERS.
Norfolk Dec. 2S.-By the brig Vo-
liant, Captain upper. we have recei-
we'd from our friendly correspondent,
RoBERr M. HARRIsoN, Esq. American
Consul at. that port, regular files Of
The Weekly Reyister" and Free Press''
from 25th October to I'd inst. inclu-
siye. The following is the only arti.
Gle we find in them like news.
Beacon.
81. Johns (.ant.) Nou. 2s.-Files Of
Colonial newspapers have been recei.
we'd since.our last publication; and We
annex an abstrac' Of the only articles
of intelligence furnishedsby them.
TRINIDAD-Sir RALPH WooD-
ARD issued Proclamation on the Goth
October, directing that from and after
the LIST Of January next all taxes, rates,
duties, and assessments, that shall be
payable to the, Crown, shall be paid
in British money, or i'll Spanish dol
lars, or in such other coin as may
by law pass current in the Island, al
the rate of As. 4d. cash dollar;- that
from and after the SAID LIST day OF Jam
uary the salaries of all Civil and Mill
tary servants Of the Crown shall be
paid and received in like manner;-&
that from the same period all the pub
lie accounts Of the Island shall be kept
in British money, and all demands up
Oil the Island Treasury be delivered TO
British rates of account onlv-A sche-
Gule to this Proclamation reduces the
duties and taxes payable into the Colo
NAL Treasury, 10 the standard OF Bril-
tish money; and in another Proclama-
ton of the same date, His Exceilency
establishes the sterling value OF the
gold, silver, and base silver foreign
coins current in the Island.
A genei al public meeting OF the In
habitants was appointed to bt held in
Port Of Spain Oh the 18th inst. Tor the
purpose OF taking into consideration
the best means OF supporting and en-
couraging MIR. M'QuEEN, the present
editor OF the Glasgow Courier to under
take the establishment OF a Daily Pa.
per in the City Of London.
A considerable number Of gentlemen
"appreciating the prudence, hrmness,
aud independence with which the late
Trinidad Gazette was conducted, under
circumstances extremely critical y
have presented Mr.. LEVER, the Edi-
tor thereof, with SILVER CUP OF the
value OF twenty five gulneas, as to-
ken OF their esteem.
The first number Of weekly Jour-
nal, entitled the Trinidad Guardian,
was published on the 2lst October,
and, we understand, will be aided by
the same able talents which contribu-
ted to render the Trinidad Gazette so
deserye.ly popular in all the Colonies.
The Editor avows in his prospectus
that "the interests Of the West India
Colonies, and of l trinidad in particu-
lar, will constitute the object nearest
and dearest to his heart" 80. We
Can boast" says he, mo government
influence, no official patronage, but we
shall ever keep the goal Of popular IA
vor steadily in our view; and if we ulti-
mately take the lead in attaining it,
we shall have earned, what we value
infinitely beyond the favor Of Ministers
or Governors-the reward which flows
from the honest consciousness oil ha'-
ing faithfully performed our duty, in a
difficult and trying period, to our Eel
Low coLoNILTs."
ST. VlNCENT.-At a meeting Of
the Assembly on the Goth October, a
resolution passed the House, "that the
Committee of Correspondence be di.
rected to write TO the Agent for the
Island, desiring him to use his utmost
diligence in endeavoring to obtain a
reduction Of duty, at least of Is. on Su-
gar, and SIS. on Molasses; as Ministers
had declared that the bounty on the
expectation Of Sugar should be discon.
tinued after the month Of July next"
TOBAGO.-The Assembly, on the
2lst October, adopted series of reso-
lutions declaring that "fhe House had
lost all confidence in His Excellency
Sir Frederick Robinson's government;
and that, consequently, they could not
take into consideration the important
business that was before them" 1t
was further resolved that Committee
of FIVE members should be appointed
to draw up petition to His Majesty,
praying for the removal of His Excel
lency from the government of Tobago
PRINTERS BANK.
We perceive by the New York Even.
ing Post, that the printers Of that city
are about to petition the legislature for