Parliamentary Paper.
The Times, 1824-03-17T00:00:00

i. sv flereas it is necessary that provision should be made for the religious instruction of the slaves in his 2Majesty's island of Trini- dad, and for the improvemnent of their condtition. And irhereas the Procurador Syndic of the Cabildo of the town of Port if Spain,in the said island, hath hitherto perforned the duties of the oflice of protector and guar(lian ot- slaves in the &aid islatd, and it is expe- dient that the said office should be more fullv estWbiohed and that the duties thereof should be more clearly as6ertaimed, and that pro- vision Khould be made for the support thereof. Be it therefore, and it is hereby ordered by the King s Most Excellent Majestv, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, that the Procurador Syndic of the Cabildo of the towvn of Port of Spain atbresaid shall be and he is hereby confirmed in his said office of pro- tector and guar(lian of slaves. And that as such protector of and guardian of slaves he shall receive and be paid, at the time and in thie manner hereinafter mentioned, such salafv as his Majesty shall be pleased to appoint; and that such salary shall commence from and after the 24th day of June, in the present year of our L,ord, 18?24, end that on or before that day, if possible, or if not then, so bOOII afterwvards as conveniently mlay be, the said pro- tector and guardian of slaves shall appear before the Governor, or]| acuing-,guverne,r for the timue being, of the said island, and in hispre cence shall take and subscribe an oath in the following words, that is tosay- ", A. B., do swear that I will, to thie best of ImV knowiedge and ability, faithfully execute and perform the duties ofthe office of protector and guardian of slaves in the island of Trinidad, without fear, favour, or paitiality-So help me God." Provided nevertheless, ahd it is hereby ordered, That nothing herein cosAtained shall extend to Sprevent hls Alajesty from disurdt- ing the office of protector and guardiani of slaves from the office of Procurador Syntlic aforesaid, and from appointing a ilistinct and se- parate officer to act as, and be-the protector and gua-dian of slaves in case his Maicsty shall see 6t so to do. 2. And it is hereby further orderered, That the said protector. and guardiatn of slaves shall establish and keep an office in the town of Port of Spain in the sa'i4 -iland,.egnd shall regularly attend at such otbice on such days, and during such hours of the day, as the Governor or acting Governor of the said colony, by any general or special orders to be by him from tinie to tine issued, 'nay appoint; and shall at such office, and not elsewvhere, keep, de. posit, and preserve the several records, bookis, papers, and writings, hereinafter directed to be kept by him. 3. And it is furtlter ordered, that the said protsctor and guardian- of slaves shall not be the ownier or proprietor of any plantation si- tuate within the said island, or of any slaves or slave employed or wsrked upon any plantation, orin any kitnd of agriculture, and sliall not have an> share or interest inl, or any mortgage or security upon, any such plantation, slaves, or slave; and shall :mn is hereby de- c'ared to be incompectent to act as, or be the manager, overseer, agent, or attorney ol; Ibr, or tupon any plantation or estate within the said islands or to act as the guardian,trustee, or executor of any person or persons, having, or being entitled to, any such plantation, or any slaves or slave; and in case any such pro- tector and guardian of slaves within tie said islind shall have, ac- quire, hold, or possess, either in his owni right, or in rightor his wife, or lin trust for any other persons or person, any plantation situate within the said island,or any slaves or slave employed or worked upon any plantat;on,) or in any kind of agriculture, or ansy share or.jnter- est in, or any mortgage or stecurity upon, any sucn plantation, or ;slaves orslave; orshall act as such manager, overseer, agent, attor- ney, giarsian, trustee, or executor s aforesaid, fie shall thence- torth, de facto, cease to be suci protector and guardiant of slaves as a 'oresaid and forfeit such his salary, and sonie other fit and proper person stall forthwith be appointed to succeed to the said office Provided nevertheless, that all acts which may he done by, or by the order of any such protector and guardian of slaves,afterany such avoidatnce as aforesaid of suchi his office, and before the same shall bv public rtotice in the Gazerte of the said island be declared void, shall be as valid andl efrectual in tlte law as if no such avoid- ance of office had occurred. 4. Atid it is titrther ordered, that the said protector and guardian of slavcs shall be rcsident within thle said island, and shaU not quit dle same without a special licence to be granted for that purpose by tis Alajesty, through one of his principal Secretaries of State or b$ the Governor, or actting.governor Ibr theti,ne being.of the saids. land; and no such licence slll,in any case be zr;nted for any time exc:'eding three months, nor slall any such licence be grantea by any such Goyernor, or acting.governor as aforesaid, unless it shall he inade to appear to him, on the oath of some medical practitioner, I that such absence is necessary for the recovery of the health of the said protector and uardianof slaves. o. And it is further ordered that unon the death or resignation of the said protector and guardian of laves, or ir the event of his sickness, or other bodily ormental incapacity, er dttrin- Ihis temno. racy absence from tie said island, it shall be-lawlul for 'the Governor or acting-govenor to nominate and appoint some other fit and proper person toact asthe deputy for the said protector and guardian of slaves, until his lMajesty's pleas'ure shall be known: and the 'saidt deputy shall receive such altowance, to be'detijcted tromandout of the slary of the said protector and guardian of slaves as the Governor or acting governor for the timne being, of -the said island, stal, be pleased to appoint. iProvXded always that no' persons shall be appointed or be competent to act- as sucih deputv As atoresaid who, according to the provisions of. this oTder, would be inc4mpetent to act as the protector. auid guardian of slaves. . Provhded also, that the protector and guardian of slaves in the said'island shall at all'timer perfbrim'his duty in per- son, and not by deputy, except only in eases ia which the Governor or aeting govemor of the said island is hercihbefore autharized t'i appoint a deputy for that purpose. 6. And it is hereby further ordered that the said protector and guardian of sLaies ;ball be; and he' is hereby declared to be, a ma- gistrate in and for the said isiland of Trinidad, atndall such powers and authorides, of what nature or kind soever, as are now by law vested in the commandants of the ieveral quarters of the said island. for the maintenance of theb ublic-peace and good order, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in the said protector or- uardiau of slaves, to be by him exercised throughPx;t each and ver;e qurtaer of the said isla'-d. 7; And it is hereby further ordered, that the commanlants of the several- quarters within the said Island sh'll be, and thev are hereby declared to be6,assistant protcctors andguardlars of slaves, in their several and respetive. quaters a and the said 6onimardsanbt shal,, and are hereby required,, in their several and-respective quarters,. to beaiding and assisting the psrotector and guardian.of slaves in the execution of thepowers hereby-committed to him; and-for-that pur- pse to obeyeand-carryinto execution tuch lawful instructons as they may from time to. dime receive fioss him, about or in relation to tlte matters heicin meoidoned, or any of them. ' 8. And it is kereby further ordereth,,-eat it-eU aetions, suihr,~ari prosecutions,.which-ma at any time hereafter.be brought or soa.. menced in asy tribunal or:court, of justice within the said island5 wherein any dlave maybe charged with any offenc, puniahable by, death or transiortation,. or:wherein any quesdton mgy arise wPt peq right of any aleged slave to freedoms or wherein any persorw may. be charged wit6lthe-mnrder.ofatsy slave;'ar with sny bffenceagainstthie person of any-slave, or- wherein any question -may arise rcspe&dtiDZ tht right of any w8ave to any such propertygas hesdf sh- is-htreinafi,sr- dbclared-cwnpeteib to acquire; then and in every. *cr'dase such' notice shalhl be given. to, the protector and guardi4id ' edf' ivery, suc4'ac(iof, suff, brprosecuffoni, as ado $ng to.theljiew uf'thie said' sland 'vwo'uldXp'rovsecu io ave O! snhiere of'fre; coiditior. Aitbeprotactoasldg,d of:shrvesshafl. ,aimsd. hereby requitedj to attenl 'the edal or-hearing, atid\Allbther the pro,; PeeDM%gs mi qvery schiactfo, ait; Qr pro i popfectdp 1.s - suach t.ve,.and on hsis-or herbehalf, and:torsActilterein in suehinansa ner ;ag may be-most. penduciye tethe benefit anpdad artage of :ayt nate 5his'iuttxtioL to. ''nal eFectual proyisiatgor1esle 0"u in.' reonet an.ddecessary,'so m XjjO Tir"'d-ssX tfe w be carrsed into effect, that Sunday ruarkets shouflW e fitte* -i".b hasted tbroughout the sjdislaod. Be it tIefref , and jt it Iseby Ffurther ordered, that it shall antI may be lawful for the Governor, or Iaceeng govtrnor for -the timte being, of the said island, anti he is Ihercby eqtuired, in obedience to any' intxlctiots whiebmnay for.that llwosebe ssud bhisM !,.tlsti~ough.ono of Iisg principal $e. crctaribg of State,-to issue a proclamation,- in-Ws Miajest'Y's name, for .the disc6ntsduni;t~ of Wll rna&'es throlightint tbe said xsr'tud On tlfe bSulday, aid 6soosno A suich proclamation shall bave beeii Wsued,aili 'Sunday mark6ttsItallforthwith ceae,audleeabsohutely unlawful; and in any stadh procliiination,; the'said -Governoror act-ing governor shall and maty, ana is hierebv 4authorlied to vnike ali such mules anid Te- gulations as'may-be niecessary for die effectual suppression of such mnarkets, anid to irmpose such penalties as may be -requisite for giving 't,ffeettoboy sdch rules dnd ~guations. And whereas aLibrtain pro& dlamationi or or~ir~in~le w'on the 16thi day of November, 1823, lissied by the Governor of the said islaind of 'l'rinidad, whereby it war, and is ordered abd declarTed, "1That-from and after the Ist day of Decemnber then next, th6 t-harket holdlen in the town, of' the Port, of Sptis, or he aleof mat,vegtabes,and othier provisions oni Suui. daysandall the maketsto e I oldno the Sabbath day through- out Le islan;'soitl be imitd et thhour of ten O'clock in the foreoon an tha du wanhigsholdbe given by the ringing of abel athal~pat gne 'clck,to all persons to prepare to depat; ad tht frm an ede th hour of ten in the fore. noon, no person or peitannav watsoever shall remain therein, or pub- licly 8how forth or expose for sale any mea t, poultry, vegetables, psrovisions,'fruits, herbs, scares, merchandise, goods, or efllects, on -the Lor-d's day, at~ier the houir of 10 o'cloclk aforesaid, upon pain that every person guilty of a disobedfience or non-conformiance of this o'rder shAll forfeit rlie goods and effects so exposed for sale; or on re- ftusing totquif the place, forfeit thersum oflOs. And itis bythe said brdinanee if6rthar ordered, that if aniy person or persons shall offend in theie premiises, it shall be lawful for the chief of. the police, or Itis assistants4, or the clerk of the market, or any alquacil or colt. stable, and they aire respectively thereby required to seiz.c tile goods exposed for said, ana "ause them- to be taken berare any 1udge Or magistrate, or any- regidor of~ the cabildo, whio uipon view oi such goods so exposed shall order dlir samne to be sotd. forthiwith, and the proceedsthereof to bd applied and dis,posed of as follows: that isto say-one-third to the intormer, and the remainder to suchi pious or chtaritable ptdrposes, and in Pnch mianner. as the magistrate or jus- tice ordering the sale ihall deterinine. And it is bv suchi ordinance further ordlered, thiat in likre maniner, a:ty person refusing to qulit the market-place maybe apprehenided b)y the authoritiesotfores-aid, whoaore authorizedwaid requirtedtis-dem-and thepteniaty therein beforepovded;- and, in default of payment, to comimitj th e offender f ir 20 hor'hui- prisornment.And itis by the said ordin)ance prov-ided,thatnothingtIbert.- in contained shaill extend Ito the prohibitiont of dressing orgseling mieats in innsor victualling-houses, norto the sale of fishi at the fish-house, proyided the same do not lake place during the hours appointed, and stpsifrdivine service.- And it is by, thec said ordinance noticed anstflorth, 'that the limitationi therein befoere declared, respecting the markets to be holden on Sundays, may not afford sufficient time for the sale of thie articles and provisions necessary for the consumption of the inhiabitants ; anti it is thereibore there- hy ordlered, that Tliursday, he also a rnnrkeL~day, on whiich licee persons are invited to attendi, so asi to lesse rtle numyber of per- s;on* resorting to the market oni Sundays, which is especially, retained for the due and reasonable encouragement of the slave population in hiabits of industry; and as it may not occasionally be inconvenient for poreosto permit thecir slaves to bring the ptroduce of their labour t marketorton another day titan Sunday, the day o1 Thiursday in each wethk is thiereby declared tn be a market-day in future. And ir is by tlhe said ordinance furtiter ordered, that when, and so soon as the s;are tnay be lotmd practicable1 themsark-eton Sundays will be fuirther limit. ted tothielhourof'nine in thieforenoDon ofthesaid day." And whereas it is expedlient that the said order or proclamations, of the ilith of No- veinber, 1823, should continue and he in force throughlout rthe said island, in the mnean tinse, and until such proclamation fas aforesaid shiall be issued for the absolute and total abolitioti of Sunday toner- kets. Be it, therefore, andi it is hereb%, ordlered, titat tite saia ordi- nance or proclamnation, at the M tb of November, 1823, shiall be, and the samae is hereby conhirmed. And that thie said ordiiuance shiail be, and continute in force within tbte said islanid, until a proclamna- tion shiall be issued fn manner aforesaid, fur the total abiolition old Sunday markets thierein. 10. Atid itis hereby f'urthier ordered, that if atty, person or pers~ons wititin the said islanii( salali work or employ any slave, at any tiute between the timDe of sunset on any zSaturday, anid sunrise on any Mondy, r stall duingtha perud,cocre.induce, or complel atny slav toperfrm r enagein ay lbour fothe.profit or advantaLge of hs o he ownr, anaer, r eploer,the person or personq so offedingshal incr an becme labletoalrine n6t exceeding fifty, nor ess hanlivedollrs.Provdedneve,rtheless, that nothitin hereriztcontaitied shiall extend, or be construed to extentd, to any work or labour whiich any slave miay, perfortio ott Sunday in the ne- cessary attendance uponi the persot,, or itt the faitilyl) of liis oriher o'wner or employer ,or in the necessary sdunavoidable itreserva- tnon of the cattle or li ve stock upon any plantationi. 11. And it is further ordered andI declared, that it is sttid shall hienceforth be illegal for atty person or persons within the said islamsd of Trinidlad, to carry any witip, car, or other instrument of the like nature, while superiutending thie labour of any slaves or slave in or upon the fields or cane-pieces uipon any, plantation witititi tite said island, or to use aniy suchi w.hip, cat,'or other instrunleiti for the purpose of itiipelling or coercing any slaves or slave to perform any labourof any khtld or nature whatever, or to carry or exhiibit upost any plantattioni, or elsewhere, any such whip, cat, o'rotlter instrumient of the like natuire as a mark or entiblrii of the authority, of the personi or persona so carrying or exhibitittg the same over atty slaves or slave ; antl in c-ase any person or persons shall carry any wlitip, cat. or oilier instrumient of thte like nature while superiu'tenditig the labour of anyv slave or slaves in or upon anry plantationi or cane-piece wititin itle said island, or shall iise any, such witiip, car, or t,her in- stritmient as aforesaid, for the purpose of imitpelling or coerctng any slave or slaves to Derform an), labouir of aniy kind or nature whatso- ever; or shall carry or exlitbit utpon any, plantation, or elsewhere. any suchi whip, cat, or other instrUment. as aforesaid, as a ttiark or emblemi of their, his, or her aitlitority over any slave or slaves, ithe personi or per,sosms so ofiending, witd each aniti every person whio shall or may direct, authorize, instigate, procure, or b;e aiding, assisting, or abttiugin an suchillegl driittg,or use, or cxAihtit of any uch hip,eat.or oher nstument as aforesaid, shaLll be, nd e denie adudge an taen to be, gstity of a ntiasde- deatour atd beng herof cttycte, sall suffer suich punishment 12. nd i is urthr oreredand eclared, th~t. it is and shall lhenceforthi be illegal for atty petrsons or personi to inflict int any, otme day ulton any maule slave tar any crime or offence, or upoit any, aroindl or tor any reason whiatever, any number of stripes or h.avites exceeding 25 in the whole, or to inflict upon anyv such tttale slave atty punishmiient or correction by the whipping, scouirging, or beating of' his person, uttless the persoit of' suchi slave shall, at thietime of such punishtment or corectol, b fee rot ay lcearistoccasioned by any form'er ishppig, cougig, r batig,or o iflit pon any such~ miale slav an puishentor orrctin b th whppine, scourging, or beatn o hi peron,untl 2 housa th lestlitall have elapsed frot tle iui ofthecomisionof he ffece or,orin respect of, twbich anty sucIi punishment or correcto mybsoinflictcd ; or to ittflict upon ntis such male slave any suc pui ent or correction aafrsi, dnless one person of free cni iostall be preacnt at, andI witness tthie inflictioni of', suchi putnisim ,other than aitd be- sidtes the person by or by the authority of tho te satne Miay be so inflicted; anid in case any per-son or persons shall1 inflict, in any, one day upon any naile slave, any ilulviber of stripes or lashes exceeding 25 in the witole, or shiall whip, scouirge, or beat any sitclt naile slave at ally time when thiere niay be upon his persons aniy lacerution occa- slotted by any former whipping, scour-:tng, or beatinig, or shall in- flict upoii any suchil aia'e -any, suict unishtiient or correction its aforesaid witltin 24 hours next after the conmmissiotn of the of- felice, for or in respect of whiceh the satite tnay be so inflicted, or wiritlout tile presence atid attendance -during the whiole of such pu- tniahinerit otf some personi of free condition othier than atsid besidtes rite Person heaor by, the authority of tvhoni the satne miay be ste iniflicted, "tit eroio persons so offemiditg, and each and evety person -who shaSeA or ,'ttt:y direct, authoerize, hiistigate, procure, or be aiding, a3ssisting, or abeitittg, its any such illegal punishmient of at:sy Male slave , shall be, nod be deemned to he, gui1ty of a misdemeats- our,andbeig teref cttecte, sallsuffer sucit puntishment as telmretafte prvide. Povidd meveriseess, that nothittg hierein continedshal exett, orhe onstsedto extenid, to atty punisit- meatswhic maybe inlictd upn an tale slave, undler or by vir.. tue f ay sntece o ,idgmnt f ay coirtr of comns1etent juris- 13. Atid it is hereby furTther ordesekl, that henceforth- it shahl not be,laterit to correct or punish by flogging or whipping, any, femiale slave witlitin the island of Trin'idad', for any offence conittitted or alT&ged to be committed by any such slave; and if any person or persons wvithin the said island shiall flog, whiip, or correct any fenamae slave, wvithi any wehip, cat, stick, or other such like instrumnent, the person or persons so offending, and endsi aid every, person who shall or anav direct, autitorize, instigae prcr,o e aiding as- sitn,or abjetting sn anv such correetion or punishment as a?or sai, of ay. such feml slve isall be and be deenied, adjudged, and taken to be guilty of a - mi,4demeanour sand beila thereof' convicted, shall suffer such pturdshment as is hereina?tr pro- vi4ed. And whereas, it is necessary that effectual means shoul d be adopted for punishing 'suchb offences as may hereafter be -committed b_y female slaves within the said island ei ther'efor-e and it is bereby ordered, that any femnale slave - who, shall or may c6mmit ens' offence within the said island, which b' the laws Its force dhere sWas heretofore punished by flogguing Ihl for, such her offence be subject and liable to impriisonment, or to be confined in the stocks, or to such other punishmenxt or correc- tion as may. be necessary for the effectual suppressilia of'such offences, anti as may be specially asanctioned in, and by any procla- 4-nation to be itereafter issued by the authority and in the name of His' Majesty, in the said.island, And the Govemnor, or acting go.Vern*or i''the said island, shiall, and is hereby p6uthorized to make and ord6in-sucthrules andreculationsaas may benecesary for prevent- ing any excessin such putiis'hments, or any abuse in themode olin- Bicting the same. Provided that such rules 'a-n& regulatictfi be norinan 'vis ipunafeso hi pesntorder. And provided also tha th sae b fot s'it trnsnirtsi y such Governor or actiti- *~vrnr - aoreai, fr sisMaeat'sappobtion;, and that Il suc rues r rgultios sal cese o b bidin orinforce within the aidislnd,unlss is l4ajelys alowncethro shall be sig- nifetito uchGovrno oractng-ovenorwithin two years next af- ter the date of such roules oand " rgtaons. 14. And it isherebhyft=tex ordeured, that' the re shall be kept up. o6 .every plantation and estate throuighout the saidl islanid, a: book to be cauled Phe P1,to eo' o);u hat i-t shall be the duty of the owner, proprietor, maLnager, or otehr person, baving the dlirection of,- and tie chief authority in,' the said.plantation, to enter and re- 6oTa in ihe baia book, at or ttnmeditely .after the time of the hlni&. '~Ion,of any punishmient whatsoever, on any female slave, or oni any umle slave, who may be ptinithed with any aumber of stripes cx- eceedingl the, ii saeetoftl atl at4t psrticnlaxs of the ,oftence foror In re9pedt of wbie'n such jiuoishmenta;nay be inflict'. vii;- znattbe.tioie atw-h,ah h ciVh'ei6 aiselt bffebnce was ,ontmitted;; .and'at the. tinse iCtwhicu, 4t4 die jlace wlspr6. ~ur. p4- nishmelit'gsi Aite4; and ofths nature, extent, nan p ticijiars of 'the punialment,, Iinai-ib the!at weol nWaeslaveg, of the niumber ot'. Istw~es 4cttialy' 16lqt~d:ted dputht. off4bdUr'tpQghdr *ith the: nadies oO. tlhq persons by.'whom't ana ,y:the, auith6iity. of ivbm,khie putiashi.~ *jn'entsssO iftfliOte;l '-sad of'thtspersons or person of irbe'conaitioit pfeseis i~id!346 g tintb ibfilitn f ee? suich punishmnent,- 6eJtP t5t. or,manager~f n planardaoit9 estate wtiile shahoegertovtprt ? mae' r,thqtlaeaulo rtrrt~ ~ ~ iegectresjnn 0l.ikenx tlle. sadPlnAtc i~eg~r4nook ~y:~ntr whicha6cording to tfhe -Orvitbs' this r~en oia~i' dugh~ ~d'iemadeliherein,. oct-bbl- atn ~sa I such en'y t~~d~Ys eb~t~ate 'h itligCriOii of 'etch ~ant~.VOryV1tii5ttiD, t.'hisheapnsygfi,the iso ~offes~~sliaC~dbtOmO -sb~ec-nd liable to a~ penalty ~ n~l ~eaouor prsos shll ilfolv fr iiiidoeat Aim,'~~at such Planitationi RlecrAflok,oir lshall ivilfelly or fratudulentl burill; Idestroy, cancel, or obliterate the name or anty pnsrts or-ai the rof- the'petsotiior persons so o0endi fig shall bq antd bt deemed licen to be -guilty of a thiscernehsddi,adi eighro cnitd -61shall aiulTh sudi punlehessent a~ii&lferiatrrode W. Anti tit islrerlby furthbr ordered- hteeyonr -mp. 'retor, or tiantager- Ok Other pr rson,- having tecifatoiywtlngih and ve pian~lAomor estate withinthasiisndsal,oth firt onay itchshall ha ppen nextatrte5hd~ fArl the ~4h day f Jun,-the 29th dat' (sf Sepseinber 'and' th 5t a ef eceberin achyeasi, repair'td the cbfMIADan.easfdrth. iee lag of he quater inwhich suchb plantatio oret Ina b stae I and-thn and tere prouce before hi a rce*n exatct-tran- script of every entry wliceh during theqatro' ya ttpo ceIng niii~ have benmadlein the Patto eodBo,o i or her plan tatlon or estate ; and shallI also -take end sbeier ah to be annexed to the said transcript in the followingwrstati to say),) I1, A. B., thie owner, or manager (as the case may be) ot-(he lanitatian called , in thie quarter , in the island- of Trnidail do miake oathi and say, that the paper writing hereunto Annexed conitains a true and exact copy of every entry, which.since the daty of l1ast, biath been maiide in thiePlan tation Record B3ook of the before~rmentionbd plantation. And I dlo fuitther sWft that the Said Plantation Record Book hath been pun&tlally anti accuratel,y kept, since the said day of in the manlier b law required, and that no fraudulent erasure of false. entry hattt been miade therein by me, or by any person by mvprocuretneatit or 'with my knowledIge or consent. So help me God.' - Anrd Yin case any -such owner or manager-, as uforesaid, shall not, since the time of' nlakink his last preceding return to the coninrAln6. dant of the quarter, have inflitced, or caused to be inflicted, any pu. nishiment upon any female slave, on his plantation or estate, Or any punishment on any male slave, exceeding thiree lashes, theni, and'i'n every such case, in lieu of the oath aforesaid, such owner or mana, ger shall, at the several times, aforesaid, take and subscribe before. the commandant of' the quarter in which such planatation mnay be, situate, an oath, in the following words, (that is to Bay,) " 1, A. B., do swear, that since the day of now last past, no punishment hath been inflicted by me, or by my order, or withi myf knowledge, upon any female slave belonging or attachied to the plantation called situate in the q%arter.of' whereoo I amr manager. And that ro punishment bath since the ratid day of been inflicted upon any maleslave, be- longing or attachied to the said plantation, emcee4iin- three lashes. And I furthier swear that no entry of' any suchi pentshments bath sinice the said dav of been made in the- Plantation RecordWhok, of thestoddplalntation. So help me God." 17. Provide,! always, and it is further ordered, That thie com-. msandant of eacll;-4isd every quarter, within the said island, shtall, 14 days at thie least befo-rd the time of making the returns, transmit LO the owner, or managef of every plantation situate within his quarter, a tgrinted blank fo~rlit Of the before-mentioned affidavits together wit 2 notice of the time ancd place at which he will at. enai for- the puirpose-of receiving the ileturns,'atiro adiindnitering the Oath.s aforesaid ; anid the said commaindanit shall, and is liecby required to uttend, from day to day, for three tucces;iive days, andl io more, for the purposes aforrsaid ; anid in case it shall be mande sd-appear to suchi comnma2tdant, by the certificate of any medical practit0~ne", that an v person or prisons liable to nmake such return is or are, b reISon of sickness, inc-apable of' attending for that purpose, at th;e tiune anid place so to be appointed as aforesaid, then, and in every such case, the said commandant shall, anid he is hereby required to, a tter,d the person) or Personaso AD a~aintd at his, heir, Or thleir Plnre or places of abode, tor the lpurpose of receivinLt the said re- tun, and taking such affidavits its aforesaid. 18. Anid it is hiereby, ordered, that if any person or personi; shall refusae or neglect to make any return, or to take and subscribe the oaths required by, this present order, the person or persons so offend- ing sitiall incuir, atid become liable to the payment of' a fine not ex- reedinge loot. nor less than 101., st,erling Biritish money; to 'ae re- covered and applied tn manner after reienti.ned- lit. Anld it is hereby further ordered, that the commandantt-of each and every quarter tIn the said island shall and he is lhereby~ requtited to .trttatnsit to the protector and auiardlan of stavesi of the said tiLiand, at his of9iec In the t owtn of PortoC- ~pahrn, the wvhole of the returnsteso to lie miade to hiint a4s aforesaid, tok5'ther wvith the ortginal afibdavits thtereunto aninexed, within 14 days tisexi tAfter such quarterly retuLrnn shall be complete. Anid ito ease any suicn conmmandaut shall hi-mseti he themower or ,naniiagcr of aniy p lanaiorf, he sLhalt oeheAih the said returns, deliver to the said protector anld guardian of Slaves a transcript of the entries In his own plantation book for the"Jast lire- ceeing quarter' of a year, togistherwitit ass affidavitto lbe bybim s5t'OrI lieor.e the chief judge, or somne onie of tile alealdes In ordinary Of she said island, its the manner and form liereinbefore described, -irlld.e suchl and the like penatty as Is hereinliefore nmentioned In the ease of' Other persons refusing-or neglectinig to make their returns or to take thte beforeiunntnuned oaths. 20. And it is. hrebyf,,rtherordered,tliat thes,aidprotectorofsla"'es sliall record alid enrol in books, to be by 1110)i kept for that purpose. thet whole of the retttrns so to be made to him, and shall keep and %breserve in his oftise the originals of the said returns and affidavits;, and for the better and more convenifrnt keeping of the said records. it is, furth,er orderedl; that the said protector aud guardian of siaver shall ecep a distinct book for each quarter of the saLid island, and shall therein transcribe eacti oi the said ret-urns in alphabetical order, at- cordling to the natme by which each plstton is described in every such returti, and shall also maLke and keep full and exact Inidexes of vitch books. 21. And it is her-by order-ed, thtat upon the proserCitidn ofrany per. sits, being the owner, prpitr,o aaer of an? plantation, for inlflictinig or cauisinig or proscurinig to l,e iinficted oni any slaVe or'slaves; any puniishmlent Itereby declared' illegal if theslave so a, ged to have brelt Illegally punished shall be proSueed in ('pen eourt, *nnd if the marks or traces of recent flogging or lacerationl shlal Rppe on the person of sucht slave, tnd if such ida,'e shall in open court declatre suchl traces to be the consequenices of any such unlawful puni:shmhenti~ utcOr- rection, and beinig duly examnined by the said court shalt maske a var- tic-ilar, consistenit, anid probable statement of all the c-ireulmstam'C5s attendant on s,ncl unlawful punishinent, then, and in every such ceas$, althoug;h Such slave should niot be a comipetent wtitne-s wvithiin the srn,visioris of thjis present order, theo,wner, proprietor, manager, or o,ther person havinig the charge o1 such slave, shall be bound toprv either that thte putiisltmenit of' which the marks or traces iuay5 De0s apparent, iseaw not inliciteJ by him,. or by his procuresnetit, or with hu, knowledge or consent, or that such punishment was a lawvful pu- nishmnent wvithlin the meaning of this order, aind wvas inflicted in the presence of Otte Such wvitness of free cendicioni as is requlired by this present order; -And In default of suchl or oo such owvner, proprietor, nianager, or other persoss as aforesaid shall lbe ctiwficted and indadued ntbe giily of the offence imputed to him, and it is further ordered titeeysuch )~roseeution as aforesaid shtall be Conducted by the protector end guardia,n of slaves, aiid thaL.t It shall lott hec lawful for him to discontinue any such prosecuti,on oexest b virtlue of an order in wrltitIn, to beAfr that purpose Issued undferhi ltndun' seal~bythe governor or aetisig gorernor fortise time bieing of the said 1s,1,nd. 22. And it is fort her ordered, that aLny personts being in a a t~ie-o slavery, who mnay be desirous to intermiarry, shall, at their ele.,ctlonr, apye the t the proteetor and guardian ofaslaves, or to thles: ni..andat Of the quatrter iny which the woniran may reside, for a nl~Cr- riage liecietee and was a authority to himi to grant thie samie shall pro- duce thecollent in writing ot their owner or owners, manatger or ma- ntagers, to tule celebr-atlon thereof; but in case the owner or manager of bot h or either of thiesaid slav-es shall refuse to consent to any Such Mtarriage. or to give stich written permissioni for the celebration thereof as aforesaid, then and in every utia ease the said protector and guardIan of sl1aves, or commiandant, asi the case may be. shall thereupon issue a susnmons, under lils htand anid seal, requiring itle osruier or mnattager of such slaves, or the persons or nersoss tunder whose direction such slaves may be, to appear before bins, by thesIves or their agentsr, at sonici convenilent time aild prace t:o be rfor that purpose appointed, such tinme beir.g not more thasi f.tirteeti days distant from the timne sehen suchi application as aforesaid shall be receiv-ed by snelt prote-etor and gmiaxd.iats of' slaves orcor'imiandtitt, asaforesaid. AndIf such owhteror manager, or othter person 'is afore",ald being duly cited, shall fail to aPper before the satid protcetor of'slaves or commni.-ldant, or appearirngr, shall fail to lay before hin) good and sufficienit proof that sauct5 proposed marriage would he injurious to, the vrell.belng Of thLe said slaves, thten and iii every such case the said protector and. guatrdian of Slaves or eomnuiassdtant shall, w%ithout fee or rewvard, issue a licence ander his baIrd wlid seal, thereby authorizing any clergymian of the Estabilslied Churchi of England and Ireland, or 2any minlister of the kir'k of Scotland, or any priest or curate profe5sinc the Rontalli Cathiolie religioll, or any, public teacher of religion within the said Island, carrying on there no other profession, busineSs, Or uccupation of profit. to solemnize tht inarriatge of the said slaves. anrd it shall anld may tbe lawful for any, such clergyman,rmbiister, priest, curate, or religious twiacher, upon receiving any such licence, to en- lessi;ize anty such niarrhtge as aforesaid. atid the same, wvhen so so,- let-attized, Shall to all liiterits and purposes be bindinlg, valid, and. effectual In the lawe; and aniy perron by sehbom any suOhhl marriage may be so solemnized, by virtue of any such licence, shalt wvitbhin 1.4 d'sys itcxt aLfter the ioletutnizatlon thiereof, under a penialty of inot more than 201. and not less than 61. Sterling, transmit to the said pro- tector of slavesi a certificate of the soslemnization of sucht marrIage and the said protector aild guardlianof slaves shall register in a book. to be bry him kept for that purpose, every marriage wvhicht may be su solemnizted, wvitht the date thereof, atid the inaeme, descriptlons,-and pae's ef abode of the parties contracting, and of the person so- 1cm inizing every such miarriage. Provided mieverthelezas, that othiong herein conita,ined shall e-atend or be construed to extend to render amiy, marriage betweein personsr ini a state of slavery valid or effectual sehih wvould be illegal or vo!d If such persons ss'ere of free condition. 23. And It is further ordered, that it ehiall hot be latwful In the exe- ctition of atty judgmlent, senitence, de-cree, or order of any tribunial. of alty court of justice within the said island, to seize or sell isa satisfaction thereof any Slave leaving a husband or 'wife, or !h cl;ild under the.- ge of sixteen years, or a reputed husband or wyife, or chlld uinder the age aforesai'd, who maty be the propertY mif the saine persuns or personi, uiless such husband, and v,'fe, and child, or reputed htnsband, wrife, or child, shalt be sold toge- ttiter, arMd in one toid the sante lot, and to the sam cDersons or person. Astd If in the execuatiolt of any such jutd-ment, sentence, decree, or order, any slav. or slaves shall bee sold segarate or apaLrt from anUy such husband, or wrife, or child, Dr reputed husbaund, or wIfe, or child as aLforesaid, theii andi in every suich case such sale and executiton. shall be, and the same ig hereby declared to be absolutely null in the law to all its rents and purposes whatsoever. 24. Azid Whereas, by the usage of the said Island of Trinidad per- sons in astateof slavery have hitherto been reputed comipetent-As i;h. law, and have in ifact been permaitted to acquire, hold, atd. enloy Froert, fee romthe gentrol or interference-of their owiscra. -AnKi t i exedintthat the said laudable custom sol.h eonzd and established by last, and that provision shouild. be madls for - enabling such slaves to invest guch zheir propert3nonsood-sedtmty, Be it therefore, and it Is hereby ordered and declared,' ht no, PerSosi in the Island of Tzinidad behtig in 'a iitate of slavery !? lali1be, or be - deenmed, or taken-to be, by reason or on account-erf StlVh ip eCon.- dition, Incompetent to purchatse, acquire, possess;'hold or~eWioy -a.ielt- ater, or dis,pose of property; but eVery'Such slave zhxil'sa,lbfis hereby - declared to be competent to purchbSe, eiequix'el possie"s hold, enjoy, alienate, and dispose of ltands sItuate in the said -island, -or- -money. cattle, irassleinents or utensils of husbandry- or household frlnmirAi - or other effects of such or the~ slIcenature;otf-w.hat valAe or'itm.tnutt soever, and to bring, maintai5n, prosecute,sdnd dfn- any Smelt -or,- acttolt, ifts ny court of'justlee, bcor .in respect of anyasuch property,- assfully and amply to all ilitenta and purposes -as the or sht'were-oI free condlition. 26M. And it ishere!by urther order'ed-tliat savings Ofanlolk ihsa:b& established within the saidd Islnd, for rhe better preserv'ing thero- perty of arty sucti slaves, and that intlarest, at and aftar therto(-1 percnt.rr nn.shall be saloWed uipothaontt!erytlio- moneyw ichm be- deposited. in wny shavnsbne,wihi- terest shallbes. arjgetpon thefseneal rynti f h adiln.. 4nd ay slaLve makingaisy depr tof moyinayscha5nbac- deaththe motitOf iiacotrhbtlontb te-satideavinsabnahl e- ,naoOko.biepfOrth5tllrPOC 't rsw avigsbanks,,whexremscht . - depoit ayhaIlSte, nd.updnhuddeat Oftheslave.m3akhsg. asob..~- decaraion th sant haltbedeeed,and talen t6fbw the-lest: %Uil ,sndtesamet oaucs slve;in he hset6bfurr-otbar latit-,wilt-Axid, in ease kny such slayhall niarrI aRter nayse maaaenY3ucn oeeiae. ration, such mwILsTV 3 shall be, and b'edeezed.andake' bo h,a revo.- cation in the law-of such deeltration, and it ia is:rthser ioTde5edj thatt in ease any stves or slave lh rhld Old island- sthall' dietintestate. and:. withbost having made'ali such deblhkatola las '---e"-:d-rgh ,Ir rewain unrevoked 'at th time of his death, thean, wdd 6:everyaseu case, the prorpert. f saeh slaveshall g4, and bedhaposedof;to and in favour of such persons-or person as byvsrtue of the-slCVetae iaets-of pr.- liasent for the distrlibitlon of intestates' gstatesi v6Uld-'ccordlngZto the lawv ofngl5ana ble, entitle4 to any inchs ProPerw. - - .-; : , . t. , -26..And IV Is hereby ftrtler ordered, thsthe-saing banks;- throughout t)e'smideiVhn4 shall bh tindey acid ;sUbjct tr-tho con. trol and Snspectidn of cheproteccor6fUlares aadtbaethsveZors - acting goernorrfor the tSlmn'beiin, for theiaid islndC,'s albrnd-sl.a hereby anthorized to, appoint sueh'proper -d .mfeceasaly oDalers8-; and to Make suc`th`r5 md.h4 r'egattonssnnaSbabtsettpteifor managi v-thebnshi6ss'oT the ata balnl, anaYorqnssOnmsg brderk*d'_ punctuality theteir., .sd'fdr pr6eftnting- anvy shasplcatfloisnuf, the monib! therehi'to be deposited,:ps-oVided t5ip slat rtS ardltregTet- -latione be dot reptgi n?.n-uthis-uire*sentord&1, s anthtattbe-aanse'h,e- forthwith transnq~tted for His Maextf'Eapp O*1wtbrongftrO!~e'ot. prnccpajs ~-.yftstrdhtdPiderdoTSthate- dep viO"t'tt''-kn.'. at-Any Oasicne Vr bJwtAlnd iLir6L.e&V e US iydfb said say gibXnW ,': fT6ts any SlO e,~ t' htat-nDt5 ?i)dolIare'' in tbq lyhOft, nnl"s. WqfskV at ldif TVSM7 to subh',rto aIpear blfor asi 1id4 IFrOtlisL Oetdit any ne lspe~sf'ti~y' ti~Ie~I. t smklt ze ..~ht -ayone t peer;-PV -th 20 dI3M'IA.: -td ol Alpy- eb' k - dr i5be i-t stpom~appUq%f?4,5 t tjurposi -~id2hl1tRI15m snonsn~~rnifu5 "Ou. IWe.~ W 4g4 " M shlltilt aparbfo,th si poeco itlaw oa1bAr*2 hb.r-ing, 5slfAll to leY before him good and sufficient cause why sulbch eposIt lh' t obe rnade. then and, in every such, base th said protector an~ghtla ofslaves sball Issuie ani order uuider his hand and seal, reqirig te musgr of theusvings bunk to receive, -the amoulnt of stili,apoilt, andi t-e Sain,'haUl be reveeved'by himr.acciirdlugIy-. 23. -And Itis bereby fuirther ordered, that ndduty, tax, or Impest i-if any niatuire or Ikind whatsoever,-and that, no fee ofofflee-shstU be ~hcr-irfter p-aid. orlpayable wivtin the sald Island, upon, for, or oW'ae- con,tA t rmseaptCof~ mh inarlino any slave; or the ernrol~ IieIst or regisatratlon of any debd ofixt4uumIsssion, saving and except- in;- a ree nt texeeedissg2os, sterilng British mioney. which- Shall by the said Proteclor anid guardaian of slaves be paid to thle registrar of de.edsot1 he said-islanld, for enrolling and regis,tering ever,y sich-deed oIf m uisl.,and-which fee %haUl be repaid to 3-chi protector and 3--ardian Of sl'n'ei onu-of the public revenute of the said colony. Adud if any Person within the saie island shall hereater takek, demand, Or recei,ee,any suxch tax, dItty, imnpost, or fee of ofince, save as aforesaid, thle person sa i,frefdLi5- shaLl incur and become liable to the paymnent of a duie not exceedJmiy- pounds, and not less than poands sterling British money, - 23. AndIt is hereiiyfurtbLarordered,th-at In e.eany slave,witliln the said isla'nd shallbhedesirous togurchasethefreedom ofhlmself-orof his iw iserwife, or husband,ur ehi:d, br brother, or slater, or, repuited Wife, or blisband, or chilld, or brother, orsister, it slhalland nmay belawf.il to end for any, such slave so' to puirchase the freedomn of himnself, or of any suchl other pemson as Uoreiaid. Band If the owvoer or proprietor of any-such slave shall ba unwvilling to effect his orher manuimission, or shall,by resson otanymrortsage.settlement lease,or other ehargeupou or interet In such slve lilyvested lIn an'y other person -or persons, to unable to execuite aivalid and effectual manumission of any ditch o'.r if thle ower or proprictor or any other per-onihaLving anIn- terest In any suchsilave, shall be a mninor, iir a mnrried wolilals or Idiot, or lnnatic.,or ifthte real and tIlls owner of any suelh iVeave?sau 3esi,,sent fronxtbte sd island, or shall notb kiaoo, or ifany suitor acrion sha-ll he depeid Ing in shiy coxurt of' 1ustlee its the said Island, wherein~ the title to the said slave, or ther?ght. to his services shall or lacy be ni controves~y. or If the owrner of any such slave shall demand ais the priec of his or her freedom a greater suim of money than mlty be 'the fair and list valuie thereof, then, and -iii each and every of thle ciea 'irad. the chief judge of the said Is'land, on application to himn for tint purpose mnade by the protector and guard an of sla'ves, slhall issuea sammons unde-r 1is hand and seal, requxiring the owner ~or nieanager of sock slare, or the Peronis or personx under whose di- r'ection suich slave mnay he, to appear before himn, by thiemselves or their sagentB. at some convenient time and p lace to be for that pur- 0(~Capplnrd, ad etic shal aso e published by the sai,d pro. tecrr no guadianof saves in he pbli gazette or the said Island, on treesevraldav, o th tie ad pace appointed for the purpose afoesmd. odin uchn 'ic al pesos having or claiming to have ~snm- itl o inrlrstin.or o te lav p upsed to bemsnanumtted, uhhrinther on rght ors te gardans attornies, trustees, or cacurrsof nyoter eron shltberequie to attend and prefer i.And it is hereby forthmer ordered, that at the time appointed for nns- Inhmstna F.re-omd, the chief'juldge of the saia island, In the ~r-:ecn of the sP7otector and guanrdian of slaves, anid also lin the pre. scmOf the ""neor or ranamger of the slaves or slave proPose,d to be :raallOitle, or(uipon i-ro,f being made to hun, uponoath ofthe due s:erv,i-ef 7,-' ubli.,stl,,nofrsuch notice as aforesaid then,If necessairy.l Inth' s,cnce of su'ch owrner or maniager, shall proceed to hear In a ;r'.~ ay, what may be alleged by the said protector and gust- f'-ilY of-ltaves. and by the owne~r or mianager, or other persons claim.- ki ny intere4t in the 'Iave Proposed to lie mianUmitted; and int zRS6 lePartliti,ir aniy-of thera shall tefuse to etfect-any such nalnurAission, nZ if It "hall npurs.- to the -aid chief'Judge that a v-alid a7la effectuial Tlutimmission of any such slave cannot legally be tf~:trsd by prlV&te cniumret. or If -It shall he mande to appear to the saa clitef judge, that the on-net or proprietor of anyv such slave, or t.litt any person havin- azny ehargeulnon or interest in him or her, is a miinor or a nsarriea A-oam. n, r Idiot. or lunatie, or that tihe realand true owvner of any suck salas, or that anly per%os havsug any charge upon, or interest in him, or hier, is at-sent from the said island, or is unknown, or cannot b-, found,I or that anv sutit or action ist devesiding in Bany court of justice In the said ishla.d wherein the title to the said slave or the rfcist to his services Is in controversy, or if It shall appear to th _adcif Judge, that aniy difference of opinion exists betwveen the protector alid guardian of slavesi of the said island, atld the owvner or Proprietor-of any stich slave respecting hi, or her price or value, thea. and In every such ease, the said chilef judge shall requtire the roteetor of slaves1, nd the owner, mianazer, or persois having the Srcinof ano, sucah"slave, each to. nomninate an appraiser of his or her valuie: and tile said chief judge shall himself nominate an um- pire betwreen sutch appraisers_. And the said appraisers being first dulv sworn before the Baild judge, to maRke a fair and impartial ap- praiscme-ut, shlln, wlithin - daysa next after such thieir appointmuent, rnalce ajoint valuation of t-he slar-eproposed to be nmanumiitted, alid shail certify su,,h thteir valuatiois to thie chief jIbilge ilnder their hands wid seala. And in ewse s,'o-h joint certificate shall not be delivered to the laid chief juidge within the said term of 7 day's. then tile said unipire. being dul a worn in manner aforesaid, shlltl, within the s;cecr 7 dars, certify his valuation, under his. hand and seal to the said hsjde and the valuation to he made In manner aForesatld, ulhrb he said joint appraisers, or in thteir default, by thle saLid .smPir.,,shall be bindling and conclusive, and shall be entered and enrolled In the Office of registry In the said island. .31. And It is hiereby further o.rdered, ChiaIr upon paymeInit to the trenssiTer of the said Island of tiieaRppraisetlvalue of anY such slave as aforesaId, af.ter deducting ther-efromn the e.,Xpense of the appraisement 10 be allired4 l.y the said ehiefJudgee the said treasurer shall grant to the prote-tor of slaves a receipt for the moniel so to he received by him. And suich receipt salsal be duly enrolled In the office of registry -in the said isIland, to~E.ther wiith ii declaration under the hand and seai of the said chief Jtidge, that the proceedings required by lawv for the m4nunmiss!on of the slave b% or en, behalf of Wvhom such imoney arhs plaid, had been duly. had be ore him, and thereupon suchl slave and s-epossWatseve.! , aen, and reputed to be, free to all Intents 32, And It is fuirther ordlered, that the nioney to arise from thie nsalualissiiss of any slave by virtue of the proceedings before men- rionulr. shall and mnay be lad oult and Invested uimiier the authority of thechlcfjudge, oil the application of any person orl persons interested ,therein In the purch,%se of any other slave or slaves; or if no such asplilc-t.on shall be imade, thien suich mnoney shall remain In the hands .sf the cublic treasurer Of thie said lslit,nd. stt-interest at and after the rare of.51. per centutm per ausmum. suich interest to be borne by, and defayed ouit of the revetiues of the said colony, and the slave or slaves so to be purchasecd wirtr the said moniey as aforesaid ; or, In ca," of no suorb purchase being made then the said money in thte band~s ofthie saitdpublic treasu'rer, and the interest fro)mtime to tinle necruing duie thiereiponi. 'iatbe -he property of the persons wvho 'were the proprietors of s';ch masiuuoitted slave or slaves, and shall he 'held, upon, under, and, aNlhicet to all Suchl and the saiune uses, trUstS, 1linitstion-. eondltilr,s. momrtgages, claims, asud demanids of wvhat rnature or kitid soe%vSr as s511lm slave or sl1aves wvas or ivere hield uipon, under, ormiubject lnto, at such thie time of his, her, or their mianu- mnission; and tbe said treasurer shall hold the said money, aTid the Interest accrning thereupon, subject to such order as- the chiiefjudge ofthe said zolony may, noon a munimary application of any persoii tnerested therein, see lit to mnake, and suclh principatl money and Ineet !sh%l by- the said tremaurer he paid, applied, and disposed of in su-srsuanre ofand obedience to any- stich order. =3 And It Is hereby further ordered, that before the Ianuitmissiols e!asiy slave by, vrtl,e of aTiv Private contract for that puirpose, betrween such sanve and his owner, nlotice of such Intended mnannu- mis_,i,un shall, hy the owner of suchi slave, be given in wrilting to ulte protector said guiardian of slaves, wiho on biehalf iif the said s!?ivs. shimll he ound to ascertain that such ownerbnasigood tight said! tMile in the law, and is egtent to effect stich miantunlsison; and thie said protector an'd genanr an. (if slatves shalt also), without fee or rewssd, prePare the Proper dee-i of maLnumissloii. and the same shall- iii ,11 casies be -executed in the presencee of the said protector anid auardian of slaves, Or ofRsObme proper witness, to he by him appointed for ihat parlse, and be'tig so executed, s11ia1 by such protector and roarlhan of a.ac o , ernrolled Ins the Office of registry in the saide 5slan, wihin ne emleoar nouthnextafter the date atnil exeutioti e'lee,JfAnd n e9e ay suh ded sall not be left for enriiiint at therai oficeof~glsry ithn te sidperiod of one cailendar monith, 'Y, sad potetorof lavs sallincr ad be liable to the paynient of afiie iot~e~e.j~g pouid, nr ess than pounds sterling: 3-5 An i isherbyordred tlatincase asmy such deed of mianu- sukalo 55afresid ~hai e eecuedvoluntarily and without aniy vealuable ecoiszdcrattu psIng to the no-iier or other person effectiliig ~ichn man clsln th sl rave or slave so to be msanumnitted shall, be- fore the actual excution of any such deed, appear before the said pro-, tectorzrnd garian ofslaves, or before the cormmandantO,f the quiar- t er In which such slave may happen to be resident; and If It shall anpear to the said proteetor and giuardian of slaves, or to such com- man-tant,as the ease may-be, that theSlanve about to beso gratuitouisly manumnitted, is uinder the age of six years, or ahor,e the age of dO y-nsrs, or is labonuring under any habi tual disease or infirmnity- of mind or hM the on-neror other person abouit to effect such mnaiiumnissoioi shill., at tile time oi the execution of the deed of manumAission, exe- cuite and eeliver tinder his haiid and 3eal a bond to H-is Majesty In the P.enal susm of COOL with aL condition thereunder wvritten for the de- fearance thereof, if thje said slave shall he properly- fed, clothed, and inaiuit-tlned tlntil the age of 14 years in the case of infants, or during th,eterm ofhis or her natutra,llife, in the casecofadults of the age of So yer, ordabonring tinder any- such sickness, disease, or infirmilty as aLforemaid; nd no such manumisson shall be valid and effectuial in the lawr, or shall be received for enrolment at the ofrice of registry. u,ntil such hootl as aforesaid he duly executed and registered, and detonslted at the said ofihee, 35. -i,nd it Is hereby fuirther ordered, that every clergyman of the Fstable,lhed Church of England, and ev-ery miinister of the kiIrk of --cotlad. and ove-ry priest or moisiister professing the Romnan Catholic rel4gious In the said island, and every other person being a Public teaciherof-aelicon writhiln the said island, shlah, and Is hereby autho- rizeil to transmIt or deliver uinder his hand to the comandaiidlt of the qusarter Iwhichbil he may lie resident, certificates setting forth time n-isnes or name and pllaces or place of abodle of any- slaves or slave, who, in the judlgmenit anid belief of the party-so certifying. may be suffciently instructed In the principleA of religlon to understand the nature anTd obligirtinn of mix oath. And the comnmandanits of the several quarters in the said Island shall, and are hereby required to, transusit such certilleates as aforesaid to) the protector and guardian of plaves, who shall, and Is hereby required to, register the same- in a book to, he kept by him for that puirpose, tlhereini statingc the date of a,very- such certiftcate, 'and the siasne and place of abode of the person by whom thte samie may be granted, and of every slave menitioned and Incllided therein; provided, nevertheless, that no priest,mxiniia ter orpubic eacer if eliion no bengsclergy-cons, of thie Church of Eglad. o a iniser sf te krk o Sctland, shall be conipeteilt to gantany uchcerIficte s aoresid,unlss HSis Mlajesty's princi- palSecetay- f Sale haingthedeprtmntof the colonies, or the goveuli or ctig goernr fo th tie being of the said IslYand of Trindad,shal hae grnte to uchpriest, minister, or public teaher a icece n witi~ t ac asaninstructor of slaves In the saidIslnd;and nles sc% lcene salibe In force-, and have been first regsered at the office ofthe saidprotector of slaves. 3.Adit Is fuither ordered, that no person shall hencefortlh be re- .ictd s wins,o osdered as inconlpetent tii gve evidencei any cor fcli rcrnh justice in the said I1iasid, by reasonl of hi,ir hier being in a state of slsvery-, if the person or persons 1rodue. Ing or tenderinglitm or her asa witness shall produce atnd exhibit t,s tlie couirt a certificate nutder the hiandI of the said Protector and goar- diaii of slaves, that suchb proposed witness Is registered In the before mnentione,d book,; and thie Baid protector of slay-es shall, and he Is hereby- requtIred to grant, withilout fee or rewvard, to any peceon maX-- Inc applicatioin for the sanie. a certificate of-the fact, wvhether any rotch piroposed wvitnets is9 or Is not registered in the said hook; pro- vided. neverthlseess, that no personl-being in a state of slavery shalIl be admritted to give evidence tn any, civil stut or action) fii which his or her owner is directly conicernsed, or in any case wvhere any whIte person may be charged ivith,or prosecuted for asny off'ence punishable withdea-th; provided also, ,that nothingbherein contained sball extesid or he construed to) extend to render any slave a competent wvitness in any casse in wicblh s-urii siaVe wvould be Incompetent togive evidence if he or she were of-free condition. 37. And itis her0hy further ordered, that the salary of the protector ;and guardian of %laves shall by hilm be taken and received in lieu and in foill satisfaction o all fees, er nsites of offie, advantages and emoluments 'whatsoever; and t1rartlf the said protector audguardlan of'slaves shall take orreceive directly or indirectly any fee, perquisite foffce adVantaKeorenmolument, other thasi besides his said salary fqr,or in' re-spect ofr any set, imatter, or thling donie or Performed by him In tht execution of suc'h his office, lie slhalt iincur and become liable to thepayment of a fine equal to twvice the amount of vhat he- may -As receive, and shall moreover become diequalUfled froml holdimig such hist office. 3d. xnd it ist hereby fuirther ordered, that the said protector and guardia,n of slaves,shallon the first Mlonday next after lhe-2Stb day of Deceniber, and ohithe first Monday i-extafter time24th day-of June In each year. deliver to the governIor or aeting governor for the time beinig of thie 'aid Island at report In wvriting, exhibiting an account of the marnner in uvhidi the duties of inch his office have beent perfrmeddurug -he hlf ear extpreceding the date of such his epot, nd speialy satig te number of' the actions, suit, ad auscuthns n wichhe ay have acted as the pro- tectr ~ ab slve o slves wih te dates and effects of all tibe procedigs heren, nd he prueias of all the returns which by irte o ths rde ma hae benmade to him by the com- niadaits f te sverl qartrs itin the said Islandt and the nameof he ersna,ifan-, gaist homlie mnaybaveinstltutedaShy ersmntnai-prosecntions, underind by virtue of this order, together tfi a rtatemcnt of the names of a3l slaves who may have been certified to him as bein_ competent to give evidencein any court ofjustice,together -sith the number el licences which may by him have been granted for the marriage of any-slaves, ivlth the number of marriages appearing to have been solemnnized in pursuance thereof, together Arith the amount of the sums of moneY deposited In any say-hugs hanks In the said island, together with a statemient of the names of all the slaves manumitted under theatthdrity sf thispresentorder; and thegover- nor acting governor for the tlme being of the-said eolony, shall thereupon aduuinister to the said protector of slaves an oath that such report contains a true -and accusrate statement of the several matters and thhs therein referred to: and wvhen and so soon as the said protector of slaves shall have made such his hall-yeas Iy report, and shall I n manner aforesaid have been swo0rn t,> the truth thereof, tben, and not before. the sald governorur acting governor shall Issue to the said protector and guardian of slaves Pa rarrant upon the treasurer of the said Island for the anmotunt of his salary for the half year next preceing the date Of such report, and the sald governor shall, and ie Is hereby re'lulred, by the first eonvenient opportunity,to transmiit such report as 7fiiresad tO his a3testy's Principal Seuretary of State having the department of the coinles. q9. And It Is fdrther ordered, that If the protector and guardian of slaves or any comnlandan- of an quarter in the said Liland, or any other Person. shall wilfully,and raudelitly make, or cause or procure to be niade any erasure or hliterliiieatlon in any of the bonks, records, or returns fnere5nhefore required to be made, or shlall wilfully falsify j any such books, records, or returns, or shal ivilfusly make, or cause or procure to be male, any false entry In any such book, record, or return, or shall wilfully and traudently burn, esacel, or obliterate the same or elther of them, or any part thereof. thic person or persons so offecnding shall be, said be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be gailtyh(f a nmisdenitanfltsr and being thereof convIcted, sball sufrtr such pu- nishmnest as Is hereinafter directed. 40. And It is further ordered, that any of the people ralled Quakers who may busident in the saldisland, beigreiuire-d to t5ke any of the oaths prescribed by -this present order, mtay. and-ithey' aiMe hereby- authorizedto mnle their, his, or her solemn afi3rmatlon In lieu of socil oath>; and thlat anY person taking tWny ,oath, or bl6 Qaakcr, mairng lils.solemn affrniatlontrnder or in Purutanceof this order, Whlo habll be covicted of swvearlng or affrmning falsely, sball InCur and suffcrsuh OP3unlshment as bytf* law ofthesaid island may be Inficted on any persons guilty of wllful and corrupt perjury. * 41. And It Is hereby further ordered, that any person who m sbe convicted of anty act curerby declarel to be .,lsdetneanour sbl sr of free condlitton, be and become1'lable to adflnC not exceedl'G001 n not less than 501. sterling English money, or to imprlsonment for any timenot exceedlngslxmanthc nor less tban otheIndnth, *tiith to finea:ndimprisonment, atthediscretior'of the:court by hich any suchyersrnmay be convicted; and In c.em any person shal be so convicted of any crueltv to any slave, the said court sbaal and is her- by authorized at thelr seretion to declare the righ3l and interest of the person so convicted Insand to liny sach slave to-be absolutely for- felted to His Majesty; and all such offences- as aforesaid- shall be heard, triad, and !inqu?red of-by and before the court for crimlnaL prosecutions in the said island,-.and all such pecuniary. ones as store- said, ind all other pecuniary fines imposed-by this order, shll. bc re- covered in the said court, and shall be pald and payable in equal moie- ties, one half- to His Mdajesty, and the rema?nIug half to any person or persons who may commence anysut or prosecution for the same. 42.. And be it further ordered, that if any person shaU be t%vice con- victedbeforeanytribunal in the said islaud of inMetingupon anr slave any cruel or-unlawfuipunishment, the peroonsoconvcted shaU in addition to the nenalties hcrelnbefore mentioned, be declared by the court before wblch such second conviction may.take place, abso- lutely ircapable in the lav, to be tho nwner or proprietor, or to act as the manager,overseer, or superintendent of any slaves or slive vithin the saIdisland; andaUand every theslaves or slave, of whicb, atthe time of stuch seeond conviction, any such person nay beteIwe or proprietor sbhaU tbenceforth becomne, and be absolutely forfeited to and vested'in His Majesty's, his heirs, and successors. - 43. And it is further ordered, that the governor or acting gover- nor of the sald island shall wvthin one montb next after this present order shaU be received by him, make known the same by proclama- tion throughoutthesad Island; and that thesaid Order shallbein forcein one calendar month next atter th1 date of suehproclanation, and not before. And the Right Hionourable HenrTyEarlBatlhurst,one of Hise alaesty' incipal Secretaries of State, having the department of the colones, Is to give thL necessary dircctions herein. PA RLIAMENTARY PAPER. SLAVE POPUIJATION IN THE N'EST I'l-NIES AND SOUVrl AMERICA. I)?:AU(IHT OF AN' OR1)FL IN' COU*ZCII. FOP Il'VROVINO TUIE COh'DITION OF TlUE SLAVES IN 'TRIIIDAD.