Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-07-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ENGLAND.


ed the following authenticated account OF
the ministerial plan for the emancipation
lof the Negroes in the West Indies, which
we hasten to lay before our readers:
|. That every slave, upon the passing of
TINS act, should be at liberty to claim, be-
fore the protector of the slaves, custos of
the parish, or such other officer as shall be
named by his Majesty for that purpose, to
be registered as an apprentice should
be
LIST. That the power of corporeal punish
ment should be altogether taken from the
master, and transferred to the magistrate.
%. That in consideration Of food and cloth
ing, and such allowances as are now made
by law to the slave, the laborer should work
for his master three fourths of his time,
leaving it to be settled by contract whether
tor three fourths of the week for each day.
Sd. That the laborer should have tight
10 claim employment of his master for the
remaining one fourth of his time, according
to fixed scale of wages.
4Ih. That during such one fourth Of bis
time, the laborer should be at liberty to en-
|ploy himself elsewhere.
5th. That the master should fix price
upon the laborer at the time of his appTen,
'tioeship.
9th. That the wages TO be paid by the
master should bear such proportion tothe
price fixed by him, that for the whole ofhis
spare time, if given to the master, the ne
gro should receive one twelfth of his pice
and in proportion for each Lesser
term.
9TH. That every negro, on becoming an
apprentice, shall be entitled TO money pay
ment weekly, in lieu of food and clothing.
should he prefer it, the amouut TO be fixed
by magistrate with reference TO the actual
cost of the legal provision.
9Th. That every apprerticed laboler be
bound 10 ray portion, 70 be fixed. of his
wages, half yearly, TO an officer to be ap
pointed by his Majesty.
9th. That in default OF such payment
the master be liable, and, in rerurn, way
out paymssaas equivalent ,aa%peasae adi halfyear.
10th. That every apprenticed negro, on
payment of the price affixed by his master,
or such portion Of it as may from time to
time remain due, be absolutely free.
nth. That every such apprentice may
borrow the sum so required, and bud him
self. by contract before magistrate, Tor
limited period, as an apPrenticed laborer to
the lender.
iii. That loan to the amount Of l5,OOO,-
OOOk sterling be granted TO the proprietors
of West Indian estates and slaves, on such
security as may be approved by commission
ers appointed by the Lords Commissioners
Of his Majesty's Treasury.
w. That such loan be distributed among
the different colonies, in aratio compounded
Of the number of slaves, and the amount OF
exports.
V. That the half yearly payments here
inbefore authorized to be made by the APP
prenticed negroes be taken in liquidation OF
so much of the debt contracted by the plan
ter 10 the public.
vi. That all children who at the time OF
the passing of this act shall be under the
age of six years be free, and be maintained
by their respective parents.
VII. That in failure of such maintanence
they be deemed apprentices TO the master
of the parents without receiving wagcs0
the males till the age of "a, the females to
the age of 90, at which periods respectively
they and their children, if any, shall be alb
soluteIy free.
VIII. That this act shall not prevent his
Majesty from asserting 10 such acts as may
be passed by the Colonial Legislatures fol-
the promotion of industry or the prevention
of vagrancy, applicable TO all classes of the
community.
TX. That upon the recommendation Of
the local Legislatures, of the revenues oil
this country, to grant such aid as may be
deemed necessary for the due support Of
the administration of justice, of an efficient
police establishment, and Of general sys-
lem of religious and moral education.
LONDON, Saturday, May llth.-The min,
isterial plan for the emancipation Of the Ne,
groes is now before the public, and what is
lit? What does it etfect?--Let us first see
what was wanted.
The universal demand Of the countryand
the decision of parliament had determined
the total abolition of slavery in the British
dominions. The mode of carrying into eff
feet that decision was the province Of the
executive government. What was wanted
then, was, that the plan of emancipation
should promote the welfare of the negroes