Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-11-09

! :. - o"Lct-c 10 tue ZISt
October inclusive. There is nothing Of
importance h these papers. The Bri-
'ish Orief IN Couneii, closing the Cola
NAL ports agsinst American commerce
after December next, is officially nub.
iished in the Royal Gazette of the aist
nit. "The affects of the order On This
colony, as regards the expectation Of
Salt, must be very serious, and cause a
great reduction of our Revenue. when
1t IS considered what large proposition
oi u arises from the safe of thm article.
Were American vessels allowed to coma
IN ballast, aud take away Salt, as was
permitted Formerly when they we're not
allowed 10 trade othera ise to these ISL
ands, itwould be some mitigation of the
bad effects 10 be apprehended, as things
now appear, and we conceive that an
application TO have the order in Council
thus far relaxed, would al least not be-
considered By Government ss too great
boon to a colony which, alone, j. to
suffer by the continuance OF the strict
letter oi the order as il now stands,
The people Of The British West India
Colonies APPEAR to be getting iissatisfi-
ell with the mother country. The same
arbitrary measures are pursued towards
them that caused the separation Of the
United States from British dominion.
The following article speaks loudly ON
the subject.-Ba Bali at
81. Georges, Grenada, Sept. H.
Both Houses OF our Legislature met on
Monday last, and, rs we anticipated,
the attention Of the Lower Houses was
called to matters Of very important ma
ture. Bctoreit were laid, ny his Majes-
tvs Solicitor General, in the shape Of
eight distinct Bills, those measures.
which the British Government intend to
introduce, by new and unprecedented
mode Of legislation. These bills were
rejected by a very considerable major
Itv. A Committee had been already
appointed to bring in a Bill for the revi-
sal 81 our Consolidated Slave Act. ac..
cordins to the suggestions contained in
Lord Bathurst's Dispatch, dated a0th
October, 1925, and we understood those
members, who voted against the intro
duetion Of the new bills, to dissent. for
two reasons, the first. that as there was
already measure Of the same nature
before the House, the introduction Of
these Bills were superfuols and unne-
cessary; The second, that they consid-
cred the manner in which those Bills
were introduced asunpreceedented and
unconstitutional. Most Of the proposed
measures are such, that, were they re-.
quired by the existing slate Of our laws,
| and had been introduced in regular
manner, would, we are confident, have
met the appreciation of our Legislators,
but, on the principle by which it is at
tempted Ia lcgisIate for us, By Mandates
from the Colonial office sent out under
the threats which have been made uss
OF by his Majesty's Government, we do
not wonder that onr Representatives de-
clined to sanction measures, which
would have turned our Legislative As
semblies into mere Offices Of Resistra-
ton for the British Orders In Council.
We understand that similar fate has
attended the introduction of like set
vi bills In the House Of Assembly In St
Vincent; and we trust, that every Lee
gisIative body In these Colonies, which
vet enjoy the privileges granted by the
Royal Charters. win Join with one ac-
cord, in repelling The mode by which the
Mother. Country is attempting to de-
prive US Of those Charters.--Ifit is the :
determination Of the British Government
10 deprive US OF our constitutional fran
chiss. let it do So, on its own RESPONSE
bility, and by its own und'sgHsed Act,
butte US not ourselves succupb to be
made the instruments OF our own de-
basement. We trust, that the time i
not distant when the eyes RI the British
Nation will be opened to itstrue interest
in regard to these Colonies; and the ia
tai result y hich must ensue, 1T contin-
ues its present policy towards ns
The Boston Palladium says, of the
persons on board the ship Globe, OF Nam
tucket, In which ship was bloody mu-
.iny1 one third were massacred by the
mutineers-one third were destroyed by
sayages-an Of the residue Eve retur-
ned IN the Globe, and the other two, Cy-
rus nj. Hussey, Of Nantucket, and Wm-
Law. OF Connecticut, were Carried to
Valparaiso, Com the Mulgrave Islands,
in the L. $. sch. Dolphin; "they have
grown up to be fine young men, and
we're very much liked by the officers"
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