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the Government , iir consequence 6 f the ^ solutions of the Homg of Commons ia % ||§ last session of Parliament with respj § $ ? to the amelioration of the condition o | A ; v % ? .. Negroes . inoii ^ t the papers Wt ^ << $ rcula rs issued for the consideration Qf ^ tjje Colouial legislatures , recomriouts jbehalf
nieatj S ^ i ^ v ^ regulations cjn of lh ^ ^|^ But the most important docnnied ^; l |^|| itted tf > Parliament was an Order of Q | S | jpfU , for improving the condition of ^^| i ^ Truikl ad . This island has no kgis ^ y ^^| k § sembly , and therefore thg Goveruiae ^ g ^^ fesolved to begin the expeiioaeht of ai ^|^|^ iqn here ; intending to issue a" ^^ e order for the aide
isiaud of St . Ltiefe | m ^ f ^ cpiiforinable to the French law , arid alS ^^^ vds an r for Tobago , Demerara an §; 1 $$ eljiee ; under the expectation that if * the& $ measures succeed , they wilr he voluntarily adopted by the assemblies of the other colonies . Trinidad , to which alone the Order in
Council at present applies , contains only 22 , 000 Slavey out of 700 , 000 ,, which the Colonies together comprise . The friends of humanity may lament the narrow ope * ration of this merfciful decree , but they must rejoice in this wise and effectual
commencement of a philanthrophic reform . The Order appoints an officer , to be called The Guardian Protector of Slaves . Compulsory labour on the Skbbath is prohibited , and Sunday markets are to be utterly abolished . The whip-is to be wholly laid aside in the case of female Slaves , and to be used only under regulations
with regard to the males . In Slave-sales the husband and wife are not to be separated , nor both from their children , if under seven years of age . Encouragements are held out to Slave-marriages , and facilities afforded for the purchase of their freedom by the Slaves themselves : such Slaves as shall obtain a certificate
ot their competency from some religious teacher , are to be admitted evidence in criiriinal cases not affecting the life of a White : and , finally , measures are proposed for the security and transfer and bequest of Negro-property . His Majesty ' s Ministers have thus far redeemed the
pledge which they gave to the country , and , having done thus much , they cannot help doing more and , indeed , we firmly believe that they intend to do all that * they deem practicable and safe on behalf of the long and dee ply-injured Negro-race .
A measure of more dubious policy is also resolved on by the Government , namely , an Ecclesiastical Establishment for the West-India Islands . This is to consist of two bishops , one for Jamaica , and the other for the Leeward Islands , having his seat alternately at Barbadoes and St . Vmcent ' s ; one archdeacon for Jamaica , and two for the Leeward Islands :
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and a certain number of cleigyiiren for such vacant parishes as are applying far residents , under whom , and subject to whose controul , are to be schoolmasters for the Slaves . During the continuance of the present Governors of the islands , the presentation to livings is to remain
in their hands , subject to the approbation of the bishops ; but on the expiration of their governorships , the bisliops are to have the entire patronage . The expense of this establishment is to be provided for , at present , but of the interest of tlie Half Million voted for New Churehes , and
hereafter out of that branch of the Grown Revenues , known by the name of the Four Per Cent . Duties ; so that the Planters are exempted from any immediate charge on this account . It is stated that the bishops are to have each an allowance of , £ 4000 per annum , with a
retiring pension , after twelve years' residence , of £ 1000 per annum . JVIr . Stunner ., Prebendary of Worcester , is nominated to one see ; and Mr . Coleridge , ( a near relation to the Poet , ) Joint Secretary tp the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , is nominated to the other .
The Missionary Smith , at Demerara , was released by the hand of death oh the 6 tli February , after a confinement of more than six months in a Colonial goal . He fell , after three days' suffering , under an illness which his long imprisonment m such a climate aggravated . His Majesty ' s pardon , was , therefore , unavailing , and
probably never reached the ear of the suffering , and , we believe , innocent Missionary , The Directors of the Missionary Society have published a string of sensible and spirited resolutions upon this subject ; In one of which they pledge themselves to take measures for obtaining the reversal of Smith's sentence : this
determination is , we suppose , rendered abortive by the termination of the life of this unfortunate victim of colonial prejudice , jealousy and terror .
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Intelligence . —LUe tary » \ 187
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LITERARY , Mr . Solomon Bennett has just issued the prospectus pf a Work , to be entitled , The Temple of JEzekiel 9 or an Illustration of the 40 , 41 , 42 , &c , Chapters of Eze-Iciel , to be published in a quarto volume , and illustrated with a Ground Plan , and a BirdVEye View of the Temple .
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In the press , The History and Antiquities of Wales , containing Memoirs on the Civil and Military History , Laws , Druids , Triads and Kalendar of the Ancient Britons * or Welsh ; on the History of Christianity in Britain ; Antiquities and Monumental Inscriptions ; and on ihepre-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1824, page 187, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2522/page/59/
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