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 FAREWELL ADDRESSES 
 
 Of 
 
 THE INHABITANTS OF JAMAICA, 
 
 TO 
 
 THE RIGHT HONORABLE 
 SIR CHARLES THEOPHILUS METCALFE, 
 
 Baronet, &c. &c. 
 
 GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND. 
 
 ' the might, 
 
 t)f the world's good wishes with him gocit ; 
 Blessings and prayers in nobler ^tinue 
 Than sceptred king or laurellea v^..queror knows, 
 Follow this potentate. 
 
 WOBDSWORTH. 
 
 KINGSTON: 
 
 JORDON, & OSBORN, HARBOUR-STRKBT. 
 
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JOBDON, OSBOBN, & CO. PRINTERS, 06, WBLLINQTON>STBtC!T, SrANMH-TOWN. 
 
 Parish of 
 
 City and 
 Parish of 
 
 Parish of 
 
 Clergy . 
 Agents o 
 Presbyti 
 Wesley^ 
 Wesley/ 
 Native ^ 
 
INDEX. 
 
 SH-TOWN. 
 
 COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. 
 
 Parish of St. Catherine 1 
 
 St. John 4 
 
 St. Dorothy. 8 
 
 St. Thomas in the Vale 11 
 
 Clarendon 14 
 
 Vere 16 
 
 St, Mary 19 
 
 St. Ann 22 
 
 Manchester '• 26 
 
 COUNTY OF SURRY. 
 
 City and Parish of Kingston 30 
 
 Parish of Port-Royal 33 
 
 St. Andrew 36 
 
 St. Thomas in the East 34 
 
 St. David 49 
 
 Portland 4G 
 
 St. George 49 
 
 Metcalfe "^1 
 
 COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 
 
 Parish of Westmoreland 56 
 
 Hanover '^^ 
 
 St. James ' <>1 
 
 Trelawny 64 
 
 St. Elizabeth 67 
 
 Clergy ..■.-. ^^ 
 
 Agents of the London Missionary Society 73 
 
 Presbyteri Ai' Missionary Society 74 
 
 Wesleyan Methodists 77 
 
 Wesley AN Association Methodists • 80 
 
 Native Wesleyan Methodists 82 
 
iV INDEX. 
 
 Portland Baptist Society ,. . 84 
 
 Spanish-Town Union Benevolent Society 85 
 
 English and German Jews 87 
 
 Spanish and Portuguese Jews 89 
 
 CoLLEOE of Physicians Q2 
 
 Jamaica Society of Arts and Science • 93 
 
 St. a ndrew's Agricultural Society 90 
 
 St, George's Agricultural and Immigration Society » . 97 
 
 Presbyterian Missionary Society 100 
 
 Native Baptist Missionary Society ]()2 
 
 Roman Catholic Congregation, St- Thomas in the Vale 103 
 
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 welfare 
 
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 100 
 
 102 
 
 103 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 The period for exchanging Rulers is, generally, 
 an exciting one, and considerable anxiety is not 
 unfrequently experienced, upon occasions of the 
 kind, by such as are interested in the country's 
 welfare. 
 
 At the present moment the transfer of autho- 
 rity from known and tried, to new and untried 
 hands, assumes a more than ordinary interL\^t, 
 and is looked to by many with feelings of appre- 
 hension, if not of alarm. 
 
 There is, perhaps, no period in the history of 
 our island, in which such v. general and wide- 
 spread regret has been experienced at the depar- 
 ture of a Governor, as that which has marked 
 the anticipated relinquishment of authority by 
 Sir Charles Metcalfe. 
 
 Previous Rulers have succeeded in winning 
 the affections of portions of the community, and 
 in deserving the gratitude and esteem ol- particu- 
 
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 PRIil'ACK. 
 
 lar classes of the inhabitaiits ; it was rcsei'ved 
 however for the distinguished individual who 
 shortly takes liis leave, perhaps for ever, of a 
 country, over the affairs of wliich lie has presided 
 with so much honor to himself, and benefit to the 
 people, to win golden opinions from men of 
 every class— of every colour — and of every 
 creed and shade of politics. 
 
 To the universal feeling of esteem entertained 
 for Sir Charles Metcalfe, and of deep regret ex- 
 perienced at his retirement from the government 
 of the colony, is to be attributed the publication 
 of the present volume. 
 
 If the Resolutions passed at Public Meetings, 
 and the Addresses which have been poured in 
 upon his Excellency, convey any adequate idea 
 of the feelings of the community, the desire so 
 generally expressed to preserve those Resolu- 
 tions and Addresses as testimonials of a country's 
 love — of a country's gratitude — must be re- 
 garded at once as evidence of the sincerity of 
 those feelings, and of the anxiety which is felt to 
 continue the remembrance of them to the latest 
 posterity. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 VII 
 
 rcsei'ved 
 JuaJ wlio 
 ver, of a 
 I presided 
 jfit to the 
 
 men of 
 of every 
 
 tertained 
 ?gret ex- 
 ernment 
 blication 
 
 leetings, 
 )ured in 
 [ate idea 
 lesire so 
 Resolu- 
 ountry's 
 be re- 
 erity of 
 s felt to 
 le latest 
 
 havoxjarefiilly collected anu collated the Resolii- 
 tioittKand Addresses, and the Answers thereto, 
 and now present the result of their labours (has- 
 tily performed, it is true,) as a memorial which 
 they trust will not be found unsuited to preserve 
 tke recollection of Jamaica's best friend in the 
 memory of an affectionate people, or to serve as 
 a beacon to guide and direct future Governors 
 in that course which cannot fail to entitle them 
 to the like spontaneous and universal acknow- 
 ledgments. 
 
 If 
 With these views and hopes is presented to 
 
 the People of Jamaica their testimonials to the 
 beneficial government of Sir Charles Metcalfe, 
 and his acknowledgments of them ; and it is only 
 to be regretted that the short period allowed for 
 getting up this compilation has prevented its 
 being made more worthy of the interesting occa- 
 sion—of the feelings of the inhabitants of this 
 colony — and of the great and good man, of 
 whose mild and paternal rule, and charitable and 
 benevolent disposition, it is intended to be an 
 humble memento. 
 
 May '2, 1842. 
 
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 FAHEWELI. ADDRESSES 
 
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 INHABITANTS OF JATvIAICA, 
 
 TO TITK HKJIIT II()\()R AHM-: 
 
 SIR C. T. iMETCALFE, Bart. &r. &c. 
 
 COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. 
 
 PAIirSFI OF ST. CATIIEIlIMi:. 
 
 AT a public inectin;^ of tho inhabitaiits of tlie parisli ofSf. 
 C'alherine, coiivenoci on Tliursthiy, llio 17tli Marcii, liy liis 
 Iionor llic Ciistos, by special recjiiesl, ior (he piirposo of prc- 
 parin<i^ an ad(lr(3as to his l!)xcellency the (jovcnior, previous (u 
 liis rciiiupiisiiin^' the g^uvernniout uf this islaud, his llouor 
 was called to the chair. 
 
 Mr. March proposed, and it was unanimously 
 llesolued — That this meeting views the approaching depar- 
 ture of Sir C. T. MelcalCe I'roni the government of this island 
 with deep and uumingled regret. 
 
 Mr. March also proposed, and it was unanimously 
 llesolved — That the wisdom, justice, and benevolence with 
 which his Excellency has administered the government, de- 
 mand our (hanks, and the success that has attended his Kx- 
 cellency's administration has proved him worthy theconftdenco 
 repf>sed in him by our Gracious Sovereign. 
 
 Mr, March also proposetf, and it was unanimously 
 Resolvi'd — Thai the deep and lively interest which Sir 
 Charles T. IMetcalfo has, at all tiaies, ta^cn in the welfare ot' 
 Jamaica, evinced as well by his untiring charity, as by his fair 
 and upright representation of the s(ate of the colony, during* 
 his administration, has entailed an eternal debt of gratitude on 
 its inhabitants. 
 
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 2 ST. CATHERINE. 
 
 Mr. March also proposed, and it was unanimously 
 Resolved — Tint an address, expressing tl»e sentiments of 
 tiiese resolutions, be presented to his Excellency, and that a 
 committee be appointed for the purpose of preparing such au 
 address. 
 
 Ills honor the Custos then appointed Mr. March, the ho- 
 norable E. Panton, the honorable W. D. Turner, and Sir M. 
 II. Nepean, hart. 
 
 Mr. AshfT proposed, and it was unanimously 
 liesolved — That in order to atford all classes an opportunity 
 of recording the admiration and esteem in which they hold 
 their present beloved Governor, whose intended departure 
 they most sincerely deplore, a committee be appointed to com- 
 municate with the other parishe: of the island, for the purpose 
 of devising the most appropriate means of erecting a Statue, 
 or other Memorial, in the public square of this town, to per- 
 petuate to posterity the name of Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, Bart. 
 &c. &c. Jamaica's best friend. 
 
 His honor the Custos appointed Mr. Asher, Mr. March, Mr. 
 Russell, Mr. Sanguinetti, and Dr. Morales a committee for 
 that purpose. 
 
 Dr. Morales proposed, and it was inanimously 
 liesolved— V\y<x\. the Members of this parish be respectfully 
 requested to support, in their places, any grant which may be 
 proposed in the honorable the House of Assembly, to comme- 
 morate, by some permanent testimonial, the administration of 
 his Excellency Sir Charles T. Metcalfe. 
 
 Mr. March, from the committee, presented the address, 
 which being approved of, was adopted. 
 
 Mr. March proposed, and it was unanimously 
 Resolved — Ti. ^ the address, which has passed the meeting, 
 be forwarded by a deputation, consisting of his honor the 
 Custos, Mr. March, tho honorable W. D. Turner, the honor- 
 able E. Panton, Sir M. H. Nepean, and Dr. Brodbelt. 
 
 Mc March moved, and it was unanimously 
 
 Resolved — That the subscription in aid of the Statue or Me- 
 morial to Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, do not exceed £'2, nor be 
 less than 1*. in order that the list may be acoessible to all per- 
 sons. , 
 
 ' AVM. RAMSAY, C«6/o5. 
 
 His honor the Custos being requested to leave the chair, 
 and Sir M. H. Nepean invited thereto, 
 
 It was moved and carried that the thanks of this meeting 
 
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ST. CATHERINE. 
 
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 intiments of 
 and that a 
 :'ing such au 
 
 cli, the ho- 
 and Sir M. 
 
 opportunity 
 h they hold 
 I departure 
 nted to cora- 
 Ihe purpose 
 ig a Statue, 
 »wn, to per- 
 tcaife, Bart. 
 
 March, Mr. 
 niaiittee for 
 
 respectfully 
 hich Diay be 
 , to comme- 
 nistration of 
 
 the address, 
 
 he meeting-, 
 s honor the 
 , the honor- 
 dbeit. 
 
 itne or Me- 
 
 £'2, nor be 
 
 e to nil per- 
 
 , Citstos. 
 e the chair, 
 
 IIS meeting^ 
 
 arc due to his honor the Gustos for his promptitude in calling 
 the meeting, his ready attention to the wishes of the parish- 
 ioQcrs, and his able conduct in the chair. 
 
 M. II. NEPEAN. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir 
 Charles THt:oPHiLus Metcalfe, Baronet. 
 
 Mai/ it please your Excellency ^ 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of 
 the parish of St. Catherine, view the approaching departure 
 of your Excellency from the government of this island with 
 deep and unmingled regret. But while the wisdom, justice, 
 and benevolence with which your Excellency has administered 
 the government, demand our thanks, and will be subject of 
 deep reflection for the future, we ieel that the success which 
 has attended your Excellency's administration, has proved you 
 worthy of the confidence reposed in you by our Gracious Sove- 
 reign at a time of unparallelted diHiculty. 
 
 Your Excellency's reputation, as the liberal and enlightened 
 public functionary in the British Empire in the East, was 
 eminently calculated to advance and ensure the progress and 
 stability of free institutions in the West. 
 
 We apprecicite your Excellency, as well in the character 
 of \\\fj private friend as the public benefactor — for amid the 
 conflict of interests and opinions, your Excellency has esta- 
 blished harmony between the sentiments of the people and 
 the acts ot the government ; all classes of the community have 
 been led to seek, and have found their be.st interests in a con- 
 formity with the views of a presiding authority — proving by 
 its ready activity in works of public good — in unexampled be- 
 nevolence and charity, and by its attention to pursuits of in- 
 dustry and enterprize, its entire devotedness to the happiness 
 of the people, and the prosperity of the colony. 
 
 Your Excellency will at all times be remembered by us with# 
 regard — your health — your fortunes— your welfare in public 
 and in private, will never cease to be objects of solicitude 
 to the inhabitants of this colony, but more particularly of this 
 parish. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Magistrates, Freeholders^ and other Inhabitants of 
 the Parish of St. Catherine. 
 
 I wish, gentlemeDy that it were in my power to express how 
 
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ST. JOHN. 
 
 
 deeply I feel the kindness which you have manifested, not on 
 the present occasion alone, but throughout the period of my 
 residence among you, to an unbounded extent, and in every 
 possible way. Words, however, would convey a feeble notion 
 of the thankfulness with which I shall ever dwell on the re- 
 collection of the friendly conduct that I have experienced in 
 every part of this island. 
 
 I shall part from you wilh great regret. The only cause for 
 iny retirement is that craving for home, which seems to be 
 implanted in the hearts of all, and which nothing but necessity, 
 or a strong sense of duty, can overcome. Having persuaded 
 myself that I may return to England without any dereliction 
 of duty, I have yielded to the desire which I cannot eradicate, 
 and hope to pa^s the remainder of my days in that country, 
 from which I have been separated by ocr.upalion in the pub- 
 lic service for more than forty years. If I could have regard- 
 ed any land but England as my home, I know not where I 
 could have been more happy than in Jamaica, in the disc! arge 
 of duties rendered easy by general support and co-operation, 
 in cordial intercourse with warm and generous hearts, enjoy- 
 ing, in your beautiful mountains, a delightful climate nut to be 
 surpassed in healthfulness. mildness, and equability by any in 
 the world, and contemplating the interesting progress of a 
 happy population, who, in full possession of liberty, indepen- 
 dence, and comfort, are efiiciently protected in all the rights 
 of freedom, by the impartial administration of equitable laws. 
 
 I appreciate, as the highest honor that a man can receive, 
 the esteem of those who are competent to judge his conduct ; 
 and although I am sensible, that in my case your praise must 
 be ascribed to your kindness, I shall not the less cherish with 
 pride, as long as I live, the remembrance uf your affectionate 
 address. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my heartfelt wishes for your welfare and 
 happiness ; and my anxious hope that Jamaica may soon add 
 the return of wealth and prosperity to the other blessings 
 which she now enjoys. 
 
 I 
 
 PARISH OF ST. JOHN. 
 
 At a meeting of the Magistrates, Freeholders, and other 
 Inhabitants of the parish of St. John, held according to public 
 advertisement, at the Court-House, Point-Hill, on Saturday 
 the 2d day of April, 1842, pursuant to a requisition to the 
 Senior Magistrate, for fl;? purpose of addressing His Excel- 
 
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 ST. JOHN'. 5 
 
 lency Sir Charles Iheophilui Metcalfe, previous to his in- 
 tended departure from this island. 
 
 William Collman, Esquire, Senior Magistrate, stated that, 
 in compliance with a requisition he had received, most numer- 
 ously and respectively signed, he had convened this meet- 
 ing. Not having the requisition with him, he would iniorni 
 the meeting that it was for the purpose of addressing our very 
 excellent Governor previous to his departure. He therefore 
 need not say that he fully expected that the utmost unanimity 
 would exist on such a subject. 
 
 Thomas Bowden, Esquire, moved that William Collman, 
 Esquire, do take the chair. 
 
 Dr. Morales laid before the meeting the following resolu- 
 tions, which were seconded by William Queenborough Wright, 
 Esquire, and unanimously agreed to : — 
 
 Resolved, 1st — That the inhabitants of the parish of St. 
 John participate with their fellow-colonists in tlie feelings 
 of deep and unfeigned regret at the approaching departure 
 from this island of our justly beloved and esteemed Governor 
 Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe. 
 
 Resolved, 2d — That in the opinion of this meeting Sir 
 Charles T. Metcalfe has, by his iirmness and wisdom in con- 
 ducting the government of this island, entitled himself to the 
 unbounded confidence of the inhabitants ; i'or while he has", by 
 his mildness and impartiality, allayed those excitements which 
 so generally prevailed among all classes of the community at 
 the period of his arrival, he has, at the same time, by iiis un- 
 ceasing acts of benevolence and charity, endeared himself in 
 the hearts of all, and voluntarily entailed upon tfhe whole peo- 
 ple of Jamaica a debt of everlasting gratitude. 
 
 Resolved, Sd — That this meeting, deeply sensible of the 
 good government of Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, cannot permit 
 him to quit our shores without expressing the feelings enter- 
 tained by the inhabitants of the parish of St. John, in com- 
 mon with the whole island, of attachment to his person, and 
 confidence in his rule, and olfering our best wishes and 
 prayers for his future health and prosperity. 
 
 Resolved, 4lh — That an address be presented to Sir Charles 
 T. Metcalfe, from the inhabitants of this parish, embodying 
 the foregoing resolutions, and that the chairman be requested 
 to sign it on behalf of this meeting. 
 
 Dr. Morales then presented to the meeting an address that 
 he had prepared, which, on being read, was unanimously 
 adopted. 
 
 It was then proposed, and unanimously agreed to. 
 
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 ST. JOHN. 
 
 Resolved, 5th — That the members of this parish, with Wil- 
 liam Q. Wright, E.s(juiie, be a deputation to present the ad- 
 dress to His Kxcelleiicy Sir Charles T. Metcalfe. 
 
 Resolved, ^ih — 'J'liut this lueeting- will most cordially co- 
 operate with the inljubilants uithe parish of St. Catherine in 
 promotinjj" tiie erection of some permanent testimonial, to 
 commeniorute to posterity the wisJom, impartiality, and bene- 
 volence of so wise and amiable a ruler as Sir Charles Theo- 
 phiius Metcalfe, the beneiactor and friend of the island of 
 Jamaica. 
 
 Resolvfi'l, 7lh — That the foliowinaf gentlemen be a com- 
 mittee to communicate with the central comtnittee, in Spanish- 
 Town, to nj'ake all necessu>\y arranji^ements to collect sub_ 
 hcriptions, and otherwise to carry out the views of this meet- 
 ing-, inforwarding- the object couteaiplated, and that live be a 
 quorum : — 
 
 Committee. — William Collmnn, James Gilzean, Thomas 
 Bowden, Adam W. 'J'horburn, Philip O'Reilly, Edmund W. 
 13oiirke, John Aris, W. Q. Wi i;ht, Kevd. James Dawson, 
 James Johnson, John Bowru, L). Smith, Alexander Arm* 
 stron;?, Alexander Thomns, P. B. Thomas, D. M'Pherson, 
 llevd. C. H. Hall, and John 8. Gentle, Esquires. 
 
 Resolved, Sth — That the amount of subscriptions sball not 
 in any case exceed the sum of £'2 sterling, or be less than 
 one shillin*;', in order that all classes who may be desirous of 
 evincing- their feelings may be enabled tu aid iu so laudable 
 an undertaking.' 
 
 g^v WILLIAM COLLMAN, Chairman, 
 
 William Collman, Esquire, havinff been requested to leave 
 the chair, Charles M'Larty Morales, Esquire, M. D. was 
 called thereto, when it was 
 
 Resolved, — That the thanks of this meeting be given to 
 William Colbnan, Esquire, for his readiness in convening this 
 meeting, as well as for his able conduct in the chair. 
 
 C. ML. MORALES. 
 
 TIIE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THE Right Honorable Sir C. T. Mrtcalff, Baro- 
 net, G. C. B. GOVERNOII, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Maj/ it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Freeholders, and others, the Inhabi- 
 tants of the parish of St. John, cannot but participate in the 
 feelings of deep and unfeigned regret so generally evinced by 
 our fellow-colonists at the approaching departure of your 
 Excellency from our island. 
 
 At the 
 
 island of J 
 perty had 1 
 party, whi 
 tra\ ed a d 
 theAlmigl 
 the wisdor 
 to calm d 
 rendered i 
 we should 
 tude — but 
 benefits w 
 manity ha 
 is endear 
 lure, our 1 
 
 We cai 
 ciate J on I 
 maintain < 
 British g 
 must alw£ 
 anxiety ii 
 successful 
 Excellent 
 justifies tl 
 loved Mo 
 
 In cone 
 ever part 
 best wish 
 your heal 
 people of 
 
 To the 1 
 
 I cann 
 
 tionate s( 
 and that 
 gree of { 
 ministrat 
 which I I 
 of ad'ecti 
 will ever 
 Tt wouh 
 endeared 
 
with Wil- 
 eiit the ad- 
 
 rdially co- 
 atheriiie in 
 iinoiiiai. to 
 , and Ueue- 
 rles Tiieo- 
 island of 
 
 be a com- 
 in Spanisli- 
 jllect sill), 
 this meet- 
 kt live be a 
 
 I, Thomas 
 dmund W. 
 s Dawson, 
 ider Arm* 
 I'Pherson, 
 
 s sliall not 
 ? less than 
 desiruus uf 
 »u laudable 
 
 )airman, 
 
 ed to leave 
 IVl. D. was 
 
 J given to 
 ^euing this 
 
 tALES. 
 
 'F, BaRO- 
 
 he Inhabl- 
 ate in the 
 evinced by 
 B ol' your 
 
 ST. JOHN.* 7 
 
 At the period of your Excellency's arrival araonff us, Iho 
 island of Jamaica was in an excited and distracted state, pro-* 
 perty had become almost valueless, and party was arrayed against 
 party, while the whule ol' our social and ()olitical system pour- 
 traced a discontented and unsettled aspect ; but, by the aid of 
 the Almighty Ruler, your Excellency has been enabled, through 
 the wisdom, impartiality, and mildness of your administration, 
 to calm down and allay all irritated feelings, and once more 
 rendered us a peaceful and contented people : For this alone 
 we should owe your Excellency a debt of everlaslinjif grati- 
 tude — but when we rellect further on the innumerable other 
 benefits which your unceasing charity, benevolence, and hu-» 
 manity have spread amongst us, we feel that your Excellency 
 is endeared in the hearts of us all, and that on yonr depar- 
 ture, our benefactor and best friend will have quitted us. 
 
 We cannot refrain from expressing how highly we appre- 
 ciate your Excellency's constant and undeviating exertions to 
 maintain that good understanding and confidence between the 
 British government and the people of this island, and whicli 
 must always be regarded by us as evincing a deep and lively 
 anxiety in the welfare and interests of Jamaica, while the 
 successful result attending those eflbrts eminently entitles yonr 
 Excellency to our most grateful acknowledgments, and lully 
 justifies the confidence reposed in your Excellency by our be- 
 loved Monarch. 
 
 In conclusion we would assure your Excellency, that to what- 
 ever part of the world duty or inclination may direct you, the 
 best wishes and prayers of the inhabitants of this parish fur 
 your health and prosperity, in unison with ihos^ fii^he whole 
 people of Jamaica, will always accompany your Excellency. 
 
 WILLIAM COLLMAN, Chairman, 
 
 HIS exckllency's reply. 
 
 To the Magistrates, Freeholders, and others the Inhabitants 
 of the Parish of St. John. 
 
 I cannot sufTicienlly thank you, gentlemen, for the aOVc- 
 tionate sentiments which you express ; but thank you, I do, 
 and that from llie bottom of mv heart. With whatever de- 
 gree of pleasure I may in other res[)ects look back to my ad- 
 ministration of the government of Jamaica, the kindness 
 which I have experienced from its inhabitants, and the bu*st 
 of ad'ection from all quarters on the occasion of Iny departiir<f, 
 will ever be remembered by me with gratitude and delight. 
 Tt would argue utter heartlessness if a countrv were not 
 endeared to me, which manifests such warm and generous 
 
 fi 
 
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 8 * ST. DOROTHY. 
 
 <'o<;Iin^.s — my lliought ■ will bn alw.iys hers — I shall long- lo 
 learii that prosp'jrity is rpstorod, and that all dunhts of success 
 ill the profitahle ciiltivalion ol" the land have heeii removed. — 
 IVJay the Alinij;hly j;raiit lo you this and every other blessing. 
 Tte nssiired, j;(MitlntMt'M, (jiat I prize beyond measure the honor 
 that yon have conCi'rred on me. 
 
 Ji 
 
 PARISH OF ST. DOROTHY. 
 
 Tiir^ inhiibitaiits of this parish having assembiod at theCourt- 
 House, in tlic Market-Place, on Saturday, the 2()th March, 
 Iho honorable Alexandre Bravo, Senior Magistrate, was called 
 to the chair. 
 
 The Chairman informed the meeting, that he had called them 
 togother in conjpliance with a requisition, numerously and re- 
 spectably signed by il:e Freeholders, Magistrates, Planters, 
 Mechanics, and Labourers of this parish, requiring him to afford 
 the inluibitantsan opportunity of expressing their lu^arifelt gra- 
 titude towards the great Statesman and Philanthropist who was 
 about to quit the shores of .Jamaica — a country in which the 
 uauKi of Sir CluM-les Metcalfe would be handed down to poste- 
 rity, as proverbial for generosity and honesty; who had adminis- 
 tered Ilia govcrnnient in a manner unprecedented in the annals 
 of colonial history ; and' who possessed the perl'ect confidence 
 and alfectionate admiration of all classes of her Majesty's sub- 
 jects in this island. The Chairman said he would not detain 
 the mcetinfi tijlth farther remarks, but would proceed with the 
 order of the day, when the following resolutions were sub- 
 mitted. They were duly seconded, and carried by acclama- 
 tion : — 
 
 Resolved, 1st. — That the inhabitants of St. Dorothy deplore 
 ll»e departure of Sir Charles Metcalfe from the island of Ja- 
 maica as a great public calamity ; they lament the loss of a 
 Governor to whom the island owes an immeasurable debt of 
 gratitude. 
 
 liesolved, f?.d. — That the inhabitants of St. Dorothy look 
 I)ack with admiration at the manner in which Sir Charles 
 Metcalfe has administered the government of this colony, dur- 
 ing (the alas !) too short period i;f his residence amongst us. 
 ^IflResolved. Hd. — That the inhabitants of St. Dorothy are con- 
 vinced that the unbending justice and well tempered mode- 
 lafion, which have been so manifest in all the acts of Sir 
 Charles MetcaKe'sgoverunient, have done more to soften dowa 
 asperities —to reconcile political dilfercnccs, and to promote 
 
 he real i 
 out the w 
 sarguine. 
 
 Itesolv 
 Inment tti 
 Governor 
 Charles 
 unflinchir 
 —the hel 
 Iher to tl 
 
 Eesolv 
 spend qn 
 in Kings 
 and mem 
 ciously p 
 of her n» 
 talents h 
 they hav( 
 
 Resoli 
 likewise 
 in St. Cti 
 in their \ 
 of St. j£ 
 Charles 
 
 Resoli 
 rish of S 
 tatives ii 
 sure that 
 into exei 
 Resoli 
 up an hi 
 and wh1( 
 ing resol 
 of the p: 
 
 Thee 
 an addn 
 
 Resol 
 the sam< 
 norable 
 W. A. ] 
 mas Alv 
 
 Atth 
 
 The( 
 called t 
 
ST. DOROTHY. 
 
 9 
 
 I long- lo 
 <>f snccess 
 Miiovecl. — 
 
 the lionur 
 
 iieCourt- 
 li March, 
 ivas callevi 
 
 lied Ihein 
 y and re- 
 Planters, 
 ) lo ad'urd 
 rife It gra- 
 t who was 
 i'iiich liie 
 1 to poste- 
 I ad minis- 
 he annals 
 onfidcnco 
 sty's snb- 
 ot detain 
 with the 
 ere sub- 
 acclama- 
 
 / deplore 
 id of Ja- 
 loss of a 
 3 debt of 
 
 'll:y look 
 Charles 
 )ny, dur- 
 i;;st us. 
 are con- 
 .1 mode- 
 i of Sir 
 en down 
 promote 
 
 he real interests of tlhe frre^ki cause of emancipation throngh- 
 ont the world, than could have been anticipated by the most 
 
 sar:<>;nine. 
 
 Resolved, 4th. — That while the inhabitants of St. Dorothy 
 lament the loss of a wise and consummate Statesman as their 
 Governor, they are not less grieved at the departure of Sir 
 Charles Metcalfe, as the sincere friend to the colony — the 
 unninching advocate and defender of her rights and privileges 
 —the helper of iLe poor — the guardian of the widow — the fa- 
 ther to the orphan. 
 
 liesolved, 6th. — That the inhabitants of St. Dorothy do re- 
 spond quickly to the call of their enlightened fellow-colonists 
 in Kingston, iH^ are ready to join them in an humble address 
 and memorial to her Majesty, begging that she would be gra- 
 ciously pleased to confer om Sir Charles Metcalfe some mark 
 of her royal favour, on his quitting a government in which his 
 talents have been exercised us etFiciently in her service, as 
 they have been beneficial to her subjects in thi; c }lony. 
 
 Resolved, Gth. — That theinhabitantsofSt. Dorothy respond 
 likewise with alacrity to the call of their fellow parishioners 
 in St. Catherine, and are ready to contribute, by every means 
 in their power, to the erectioi. of a Statue in the public square 
 of St. Jago, to perpetuate the name and the virtues of Sir 
 Charles Metcalfe. 
 
 Resolved, 7th. — By the freeholders and ebctors of the pa- 
 rish of S*.. Dorothy, that it be an instruction to the represen- 
 tatives in the Assembly, to support, on their behalf, any mea- 
 sure that may be proposed during the' next session, to carry 
 into execuf!;>n the wish contained in the foregoing resolution. 
 
 Resolved, St h.—TUnt a committee be appointed to draw 
 up an humble address to his Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe, 
 and which address shall embody the substance of the preceed- 
 ing resolutions, the sentiments, and feelings of the inhabitants 
 of the parish. 
 
 The committee having been appointed, and having prepared 
 an address, which being presented. 
 
 Resolved, 9ih. — Thatthesaid address be adopted, and that 
 the same be presented by a deputation, consisting of the ho- 
 norable Alexandre Bravo, Francis M'Cook, S. B. Hylton, 
 W. A. Bell, Peter Harrison, Ksquires, and by the Rev. Tho- 
 mas Alves, and Rev. William Broadley. 
 
 At the request and on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 ALEX\NDRE BRAVO, Senior Magistrate. 
 
 The Chairman having left the chair, Mr. F. M'Cook was 
 called thereto, and a vote of thanks was passed to the honor- 
 
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 i ir 
 
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 10 ST. DOROTHY. 
 
 ab!e Alexandre Bravo, fur hisccaduct during the proceedings 
 
 FRANCIS M'COOK. 
 
 of the meeting. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THE Right HonoiIaule Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, 
 Baronet, Governor of the Island of Jamaica, 
 &c. &c. 
 
 May it please ynnr Excellency, 
 
 We, the inhabitants of St. Dorothy, approach your Excel- 
 lency with the expression of our deep rogrel^t your Excel- 
 lency's depaiture <rom our country, and on onr Excellency'ii 
 relinquishint; the government of Jamaica, an ovent which 
 must be rnganled as a great public calamity by all who 
 have experienced the effects of the wisdom, justice, and mo- 
 deration with which your Excellency has directed her alfairs, 
 from the first n)oment of your arrival amongst us. Jamaica 
 owes to your Excellency an immeasurable debt of gratitude, 
 Avhicli she can never repay ; but while memory lasts, the name 
 of Sir Charles Metcalfe will be dear to us, and to our chil- 
 dren, who will be taught to venerate it, as synonymous with 
 charity, virtue, and religion. 
 
 \ our Excellency arrived in Jamaica at a time when discord, 
 distrust, and dissatisfaction were I'l'e amongst us. During 
 your residence in the island it has pleased the Almighty God 
 to afllict us with an unprecedented drouj»lit, but the confi- 
 dence inspired by your Excellency's presence— the i nplicit 
 reliance placed in your Excellency's justice, wisdom, and 
 moderation, helped us to bear up against our misfortunes, and 
 to hope for aid from the merciful hand that had thus'aOlicted 
 us, and even under such circi mstances we bear ready testi- 
 mony to the fact, that your Excellency has done more to soften 
 down asperity, to reconcile political ditferences, and to promote 
 the cause of emancipation throughout the world, than could 
 have been anticipated by the most sanguine. 
 
 Ifit were only tiiewiseandgood Governorthatthe inhabitants 
 of Jamaicahad to regretinthedeparture of your Excellency, they 
 might be reconciled ; but, with your Excellency, departs the 
 best, the most sincere friend Jamaica ever possesseti. The 
 legislature will lose its unflinching advocate and defender — 
 the poor their certain aid and succour — the widow, her guar- 
 dian — the orphan his protector. 
 
 We do not address your Excellency in the conventional 
 language of the ruled to the rnler — of inferiors in rank to the 
 
 
 exalted an^ 
 people to t 
 
 We praj 
 tion of our 
 prolonged 
 for having 
 having dri^ 
 wherever i 
 
 At the r 
 parish of S 
 
 The glo 
 dressed n^ 
 departure, 
 of the pow 
 ture of kin 
 ficiency ms 
 generous s 
 Your appr 
 I shall clie 
 during the 
 
 The per 
 flicted, no 
 the faboun 
 agriculturiJ 
 extent, an 
 evils have 
 able to the 
 that these 
 will reston 
 vive and fl 
 hearts. 
 
 For vou 
 my cordial 
 
 PAB 
 
 At a m 
 Inhijibitanl 
 the Court 
 
S'J . THOMAS IN THE VALE. 
 
 a 
 
 oceedings 
 
 :ooK. 
 
 ETCALFR, 
 
 Iamaica, 
 
 ur Excel- 
 ur Excel- 
 cellency'ii 
 !nt which 
 
 all who 
 
 and tno- 
 er allairs, 
 
 Jamaica 
 ;ratilude, 
 the name 
 
 our chil- 
 iiuus with 
 
 n discord. 
 During- 
 ^hty God 
 he confi- 
 ? I iiplicit 
 :lom, and 
 iJiies, and 
 s \jillicled 
 ady testi- 
 to soften 
 ) promote 
 lan could 
 
 liabitan'iS 
 ! no Y, they 
 sparts the 
 .Mi. The 
 Tender — 
 ber guar- 
 
 ventiooal 
 nk to the 
 
 exalted and dignified — we speaiv liie sentiments of a grateful 
 people to ih^ir friend and bencfaL'tor. 
 
 We pray that you may always possess the marked approba- 
 tien of our Sovereign ; that health may attend you, and life be 
 prolonged to enjoy the comlort of an approving conscience 
 for having done great r^ood iki the East and the West, and for 
 having driven evil away by the presence and practice of good, 
 wherever it has |)lea.sed God to send yon. 
 
 At the request and on the behall of the inhabitants of the 
 parish of St. Dorothy, 
 
 ALEXANDRE BRAVO, Senior Magistrate. 
 
 HIS excellency's REPVY. 
 To the Inhahitanis of St. Dorothy. 
 
 The glowing language of affection in which you have ad- 
 drejJsed me, gentlemen, on the occasion of my approaching 
 departure, excites my warmest thankfulness, but deprives me 
 of the power of making any adequate reply. It is in the na- 
 ture of kindness to exalt its object, but my own sense of insuf- 
 ficiency makes me conscious that I owe your praises to the 
 generous spir't which overrates the conduct that it approves. 
 Your approbation and esteem are not the less dear to me, and 
 I shall cherish the recollection of them with a grateful heart, 
 during the remainder of my existence. 
 
 The period of my administration in this island has been af- 
 flicted, not only by unexampled drougl'*, which has paralized 
 the labours of the husbandman, and burned up the sources of 
 agricultural wealth, but also by commercial distress to a vast 
 extent, and by excessive sickness and mortality. All these 
 evils have been borne with patience and resignation, honor- 
 able to the character of the inhabitants of Jamaica. I trust 
 that these afflictions have passed away, that an abundant crop 
 will restore wealth to the landholder, hat commerce will re- 
 vive and flourish, and thu^eneral health will again cheer all 
 hearts. W 
 
 For vourselves, gentlemen, with my hearty thanks, accept 
 my cordial wishes that every blessing may attend you. 
 
 PARISH OF ST. THOMAS IN THE VALE. 
 
 At a meeting of the Magistrates, Freeholders, and^other 
 Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Thomas in the Vale, held at 
 the Court House, on the 26th March, 1842, pursuant to a rc- 
 
 b2 
 
12 
 
 ST. THOM.tS IN THE VALE. 
 
 qaisition to his Honour the Ciistos, for the purpose of address- 
 ing his Excollency Sir Cinarles Theophiltis MetctiU'e, on iiis 
 retirement from administerinj; the go- rnnient of this island, 
 
 Ilis Honor the CusTOS i e Chuir. 
 
 Resolved, ist. That the wise policy nnu jiulicions odminis- 
 tratiun oi'his Excellency Sir Charles ThpopliiliiM AJetculfe. in 
 the {government of this island, is deservin*;; uf the lasting gra- 
 titude of all classes oi' its inhabitants. 
 
 Resolved, 2(1. That in conteniplatinf? the early departure of 
 his Excelle.icy from this island, they do so with feelings of re- 
 gret and dismav, only lessened by the hope that his successor 
 will perceive the happy results of his benign and impartial 
 administration, and be induced thereby to tread in his foot- 
 steps. 
 
 Resolved, 3rf. That a cnmmittee, consisting of the foll(»wing 
 Gentlemen, Peter F. Garrigues, Charles E. Grant, Peter 
 Blackburn, John Munro, and Samuel Rogers, Escpiires, be 
 appointed to prepare an address, embodying the substance 
 of the foregoing resolutions, to be presented to his Excellency. 
 The committee having prepared the address, the same was 
 agreed to, and adopted. 
 
 Resolved, 4th. That the members of the parish, joined with 
 the same committee, be requested to present the address in 
 the most acceptable manner to his Excellency. 
 
 Resolved, 5M. That a committee of the following gentlemen 
 — Peter F. Garrigues, John Munro, Peter Blaikburn, llobert 
 Allen, Charles E. Gfrant, Samuel Hogers, and Richard M. 
 White, Esquires, be appointed to co-operate with the other pa* 
 rishes of the island, fur the purpose of devising the most ap- 
 propriate means of erecting u lasting memorial in Spanish - 
 Town to perpetuate the name of Sir Charles Theophilus Met- 
 calfe to future ages. 
 
 Resolved, 6th. That the subscription in aid of the same do 
 not exceed ,-£2, nor less than Is. it^rder that the list may be 
 accesible to all persons, and that Lllis S. Roach, Esquire, be 
 appointed Treasurer. 
 
 Resolved, 7th. That his Honor the Custos be requested to 
 sign the resoliitious and address. 
 
 JOHN EW ART, Custos, 
 
 His Honor the Cusfos being requested to leave the chair, 
 Peier F. Garrigues, Esquire, was called thereto. It was 
 moveikand carried, that the thanks of the meeting are due to 
 his Honor the Custos for his conduct in the Chair. 
 
 PETER F. GARRIGUES. 
 
 To THE 1 
 
 Baron 
 
 &c. ike 
 
 May 
 
 We, til 
 
 habitants 
 
 low-colon 
 
 press the 
 
 drawul fn 
 
 land, and 
 
 Excelleii 
 
 batiun of 
 
 ment, wii 
 
 islatad, wl 
 
 anuher i 
 
 side surn 
 
 bited cui 
 
 we are i 
 
 administi 
 
 cminenc 
 
 Asap 
 
 sity of Of 
 
 relireme 
 
 most an?i 
 
 that cou 
 
 nor of il 
 
 to ex pec 
 
 estimabl 
 
 Acce| 
 
 Almighi 
 
 cellency 
 
 sojourn 
 
 Avhich i 
 
 peace." 
 
 To the 
 
 Acce 
 you ha^ 
 dress, 
 depart! 
 
 Asf 
 
ST. THOMAS IN fuE VALE. 
 
 13 
 
 9f address- 
 U'e, on his 
 lilt i»Iuudf 
 
 s adminis- 
 etc'ulle, in 
 isliiig- gra- 
 
 pnrture of 
 ingH of re- 
 successor 
 inipartiul 
 n liiii I'out- 
 
 ? foilttwing' 
 mt, Peter 
 quires, be 
 tiukstunce 
 xcellency. 
 same was 
 
 oined with 
 address in 
 
 genlleinen 
 rn, lluhert 
 iciiard M. 
 i other pa* 
 i most ap- 
 ) Spunish- 
 hilus Met- 
 
 e same do 
 
 ist may be 
 squire, be 
 
 luested to 
 
 Custos, 
 
 the chair, 
 . It was 
 ire due to 
 
 SUES. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THE RlGFIT TTONORAHI.K. SlR^M^RU'S T. Mf-TCALFR, 
 
 Baronbt, Govkrnor of Tiiii Island of Jamaica, 
 
 &c. Ikv. &c. 
 
 Mat/ it please your Exrcllenci/, 
 
 We, the Custos, Maj;i.slialos. Freeholders, nnd other In- 
 habitants ofSt. Thomas in (ho Vale, in coniiiiuii with our lel- 
 low-cohinists, l)t'^- leave to apprciach yxir Exec Honey, to ex- 
 press the unfeigned re^iiet whi-jli is rclt, at Noiir inteuiled uith- 
 drawai from the administration of the ;<-ove: nim'tit'oP^lliis is- 
 land, and your early departure from these hi. ores. To jonr 
 Excellency, who has on lornier occasiiuis, received the a|>|n'o- 
 bation ofyimr Sovereign, and who, Iroiii your li(jnoretl retire 
 nient, was called upon to administer the gov (Moment ol' thi 
 islatod, when her institutions were threatened uitii iinniliilation 
 ana her inhabitants striken with the desolation which i)i\ every 
 side surrounded them, the manile^jtations of regret now exhi- 
 bited can only demonstrate to your J'xcc.'llency how <leej)ly 
 we are impressed with the success which has aitended your 
 administration, while it can add little t'l tl>:tt well merited 
 eminence to which yi>ur former acts have raised you. 
 
 As a people who have already sud'eredso much from the diver- 
 sity ufopinions of our rulers, we cannot conceal that we view the 
 retirement of your Excellency frouj this government with the 
 most anxious lecltngs. In your Excellency we lia\e found all 
 that could be wisiied for, all that could be desired in a G'lAcr' 
 nor of this island, and it would be almost unreasonable for us 
 to expect a successor to your government combining so many 
 estimable qualities. 
 
 Accept, then, this tribute from gniteful hearts; and may the 
 Almighty Ruler of the Universe shower down upon your Ex*- 
 cellency the blessings of health and ha[)piness during your 
 sojourn in this world, at>d that everlasting liapj)iness hereafter 
 which is aloue reserved for those who " do good, and seek 
 peace." 
 
 JOHN EWART, Custos. 
 
 ins EXCELIiRNCY'S REPLY. 
 
 To the Custos, Marjistrates, FreeJiolcl'rs, and other Inhalit- 
 auts of Si 1 honias ill the Vale. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my hearty thanks fur the iionor which 
 you Uix\e conferred on me, by }our kind and allcctionate ad- 
 dress, and (or the regret that you express at my approaching 
 departure. 
 
 As far as may depend on the government, I trast that you 
 
 ^ 
 
14 
 
 CLARENDON. 
 
 liave no rousnn lo entertain any wnxioty ior the future. — 
 Every account received of my successor inspires u confident 
 Iiope tliiit his aihninist *ion will he in every respect satisCuc- 
 tory. Tlio prosperity of.lanniica seems dependent on other 
 ciicunjstances— on a sufficient supply of labour, on economi- 
 cal ciiilivation, an<l on rcuiuneralinj;- [irices. On these points, 
 in coinnion with all who lake an interest in the welfare of 
 this island, 1 cannot av«»id feelinj;- considerable anviety ; but I 
 willhopt. the best. 1 trust that the I'alher of All will protect 
 and bb^ss vou, and reward vour care wUh plenty and increase. 
 I shall ever retain u warm recollection ol your kindness. 
 
 PARISH OF CLARENDON. 
 
 A vr;RV fully alt(!nded meetinfif was held at Chapelton, on 
 Saturday, the 2l\ April, pursuant to requisition, for the pur- 
 pose of addressinj^- his Excellency the Governor previous to 
 liis departure. 
 
 , His Honor the CuSTos in the chair. 
 
 The ehairman stated the purpose for which the meeting was 
 called, and referred in appropriate terms, to the general feel- 
 injof of regret which pervaded the island at the prospect of Sir 
 (/harlcs Metcalfe's retirement — a feeling which arises from the 
 high estimation in which his Excellency is held, and th*^ con- 
 sciousness of the vast benefits the community has derived from 
 liis administration of the government. He was sure the peo- 
 ple of Clarendon felt as strongly on the subject as those of 
 nny parish in the island. If any gentleman had a proposition 
 to make on the subject he was readj to hear it. 
 
 TheRectorthen moved, seconded by Gilbert Shaw, Esquire, 
 that an address be presented to his Excellency Sir Charles 
 Metcalfe, expressive of our admiration of the mode in which 
 liis Excellency's government has been conducted — of our high 
 personal esteem for himself, and our sincere regret at his in- 
 tended departure. 
 
 An address to that effect having been read by the Rector, it 
 was unanimously adopted by the meeting, and a deputation, 
 consisting of the Custos, the Rector, and Gilbert Shaw, Es- 
 quire, was appointed to present the same to his Excellency 
 in the most acceptable manner. 
 
 On the motion of Gilbert Shaw, Esquire, Paul M'Kenzie, 
 Esquir^, and on the motion of the Rev. Dr. Stewart, Robert 
 Jackson, Esquire, were added to the deputation. 
 
 The C'u 
 quire, hav 
 very prop 
 cusious to 
 
 
 To His 
 
 TllKOlM 
 
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 May 
 
 We, th 
 
 classes, a; 
 
 nient Iron 
 
 pression t 
 
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 ^etmgf was 
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 ect of Sir 
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 I th"» con- 
 ived from 
 I the peo- 
 those of 
 'oposition 
 
 Esquire, 
 
 Charles 
 
 in which 
 
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 Lector, it 
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 cellency 
 
 Kenzie, 
 , Robert 
 
 The C'ustos havinj; left the chiur, nml Pan! M'Kcnzin, Rs- 
 quire, having taken it, thanks were vuttnl to his Honor tor hin 
 very proper conduct in the chair, and his readiness on all oc- 
 cusiouH tu forward the views uf his parishioners. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 To IIiM ExcKLLF,N(;v TiiK Ri(;nr Hon. Shi CiiAiif.i.s 
 
 TllKOIMlil.tS MliTCAI.Ili:, BaHONKT, (j.C'.B. Con KKNOll 
 
 OF Jamaica. 
 
 May it please your Excellency , 
 
 We, the Inhabitants <tf the Parish of Clarendon, of all 
 classes, approach vcair Evcellency, on the evo of \oui- relire- 
 uient from the uoverninrnt ot this colony, rather to ni\e ex- 
 pression to our respect and attachment than \o tiiloyi.se your 
 Excellency's administration. 'Ihe languuj;e of praise ixtcomcs 
 unnecessary, when the lact of its being merited is so strongly 
 and so universally attested. 
 
 The deference due to the Representative of our Sovereign 
 — the admiration which must always attend on the dij.play 
 of emij|[iit statesmanlike abilities, and on the exercise of 
 boundless nuiniiicence, must have drawn us together lor the 
 purpose of addressing your Excellency previous to your de- 
 parture. On the present occiision, however, we .ire inlluenced 
 by more deeply seated and more powerful sentiments of per- 
 sonal gratitude and esteem, because we have seen that your 
 Excellency has, on all occasions, used the inlluence of your 
 station and your talents, not only to alliiy agitation, and esta- 
 blish confidence amongst us, and to govern lor the general be- 
 nefit of all, but also, in your ollicial ct)ri'espoii(!i'nce, to rescue 
 the community, of which we form a portion, from unmerited 
 obloquy and reproach. 
 
 The remembrance of your generous benevolence lives in 
 the hearts of the many who have been cheered and benefitted 
 by its exercise, and will live in the edifices you have so 
 largely aided in raising for the worship of God, as long as the 
 sacred interests identified with them shall continue to be 
 valued. 
 
 Our sincere desire is, that in whatever sphere your Excel- 
 lency may hereafter move, it may long continue to be adorned 
 by the display of those exalted virtues which have distin- 
 guished your career amongst us ; and that to a good old age, 
 you may, iii addition to all else which can make life happy, 
 enjoy, unclouded, that invaluable blessing, the consciousaess 
 
■la 
 
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 VERS. 
 
 that to those with whom the business of life required you to 
 associate, you have been a benefactor. 
 
 Signed at the reqne.sl and on belialf of the meeting, 
 
 EDWARD THOMPSON, Custos, 
 
 HIS EXCELLENCY S REPLY. 
 To the Inhahitanis of the Pariah of Clarendon. 
 
 I thank yon, gentlemen, sincerely and warmly for your af- 
 fectionalo address. Tl»e feeling with which I receive such 
 demonstrations of esteem and approbation, is one of deep 
 gratitndefor the ffeneroiis spirit that overrates and extols my 
 humble endeavours to promote the public welfare. That I 
 have done all which seemed to be in my limited power with that 
 view, I cannot attempt to deny ; but if I h id acted otherwise, 
 I should have been guiltv of great dereliction of duty towards 
 our gracious Sovereign, <is well as towards the inlial)itants of 
 this island. If success bus, in some respects, attended those 
 endeavours, it must be attributed, in a great measure, to the 
 peculiar circumst;Wjces existing at the time of my arrival, and 
 still more to the general good feeling and predisposition of the 
 colony, so that mine has been an easy as well as pleasii^ task ; 
 and 1 have been richly rewarded for my share in thoprork of 
 improvement, by witnessing" its continual progress, and by the 
 universal kindness and affection which it has produced. 
 
 There remains a source of great anxiety in the uncertainty 
 which appears to be generally felt as to the future prosperity of 
 the landed interest. I trust that brighter days will come. If 
 I could have seen the means of promoting so desirable a re- 
 sult by any exertions on my part, I should not have thought of 
 cjuitting Jamaica until it had been accomplished. I hope that 
 «)y retirement may be cheered by the glad tidings that wealth 
 and capital have again ditfused their inspiriting influence 
 throughout the country. 
 
 My cordial wishes lor your success, and my grateful sense 
 of the honor I have this day received, will ever attend you. 
 
 PARISH OF VERE. 
 
 The inhabitants of Vere having assembled at the Court- 
 Ilouse, on Saturday, the 2d April, 1842, his honor the Cus- 
 tos was called to the chair, which being taken, his Honor 
 briefly addressed the assembly. Ho stated thaf if was need- 
 less for him to tell them that " the Governor was going 
 
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 away ;" it 
 
 than dee pi 
 
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 brighter p 
 
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 ing, that I 
 
 in complia 
 
 had been i 
 
 inhabitant: 
 
 gratitude 
 
 conlerred 
 
 confidence 
 
 tion of the 
 
 nali:?ed e\ 
 
 the island 
 
 tal proted 
 
 to propose 
 
 proposed 1 
 
 press the 
 
 resolution 
 
 dress to b( 
 
 lowing re^ 
 
 Resolve 
 
 cur in the 
 
 classes of 
 
 ing depar 
 
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 Resolve 
 
 Avith adm 
 
 his mild a 
 
 Jamaica. 
 
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 munity ol 
 
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 have beei 
 
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 cord to p 
 
 in this c<: 
 
 moderati 
 
 tered his 
 
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 ired you to 
 Custos, 
 
 don. 
 
 or your af- 
 
 ceive snch 
 
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 ext-)ls my 
 
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 er with that 
 
 I otherwise, 
 
 II ty towards 
 lahitants of 
 tided those 
 sure, to the 
 arrival, and 
 sition uf the 
 asiii£r task ; 
 
 3. 
 
 
 th4|^ork of 
 and by the 
 need. 
 
 uncertainly 
 rosperity of 
 I come. If 
 irable a re- 
 thought of 
 I hope that 
 that wealth 
 r influence 
 
 leful sense 
 Lend you. 
 
 the Court- 
 >r the Cus- 
 his Honor 
 'was need- 
 was going 
 
 away ;" it was a circumstance too we|ji known, but not more 
 than deeply deplored. It was, indeed, a great misfortune ; 
 for under his parental government, every one hoped for 
 brighter prospects and happier days than Jamaica had for 
 some years past enjoyed. It was his duty to inform the meet- 
 ing, that he had called the inhabitants of the parish together^ 
 in compliance with a requisition, very numerously signed, that 
 had been sent to him, requesting him to do so, to aflbrd the 
 inhabitants of the parish an opportunity of expressing their 
 gratitude to the Governor, for the great benefits that he had 
 conferred on Jamaica; of assuring him of their unbounded 
 confidence in his administmtion, and of their perfect admira- 
 tion of the justice, wisdom, and moderation, which had sig- 
 nalized every act of his government, during the period that 
 the island had been blessed with his fostering care and paren- 
 tal protection. His Honor stated that the usual course was^ 
 to propose resolutions, (which he made no doubt were already 
 proposed by some of the gentlemen present) which should ex- 
 press the sentiments and feelings of the inhabitants, and which 
 resolutions, when agreed to, would form Xha basis of the ad- 
 dress to be presented to his Excellency. Whereupon the fol- 
 lowing resolutions were proposed, duly seconded, and passed : 
 
 Resolved, ^st. That the inhabitants of Vere cordially con- 
 cur in the universal feeling of deep regret which pervades all 
 classes of her Majesty's subjects in this island, at the approach- 
 ing departure of our beloved and noble Governor, Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe. 
 
 Resolved, 2d. That the inhabitants of Vere contemplated 
 with admiration and heartfelt gratitude the happy results of 
 his mild and beneficial administration of the government of 
 Jamaica. 
 
 Resolved, Sd. That when the inhabitants of Vere contrast 
 the present happy, quiet, and peaceable condition of the com- 
 munity of Jamaica, with its unfortunate position at the time 
 his Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe assumed the government, 
 they feel sensibly the extent of the loss the island will sus- 
 tain, when the fostering care of their parental governor shall 
 have been withdrawn. 
 
 Resolvedf 4th. That the happy change, from strife and dis- 
 cord to peace and confidence, which has been brought about 
 in this colony, has been the result of the wisdom, justice, and 
 moderation with which Sir Charles Metcalfe has adminis- 
 tered his gove rnment, and of the exercise of that honest po- 
 licy and sound discretion which characterized his Excellency's 
 public life in'^he East, when, as in the West, his Excellency 
 
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18 
 
 VERE. 
 
 has earned an imperisb^le and lasting fame, immutably fixed 
 in the hearts of a grateral people. 
 
 Resolved, 6th. Tliat the inhabitants, of Vere regret that this 
 parish lias not been honored with a visit from his Excellency 
 the Governor ; yet they fully estimate the favour, as they have 
 participated in the benefits, conferred on the other parishes, 
 from his Excellency's personal inspection and acquaintance 
 Vf'iih the real state of affairs, enabling his Excellency to im- 
 part to the mother country such information as must be strictly 
 relied on. 
 
 Resolved, 6th. That the inhabitants of Vere cordially con- 
 cur with their fellow-colonists in. ^t. Catherine, and will, to 
 their utmost, assist them in erecting a statue or other memo- 
 rial, to perpetuate the name of Sir Charles Metcalfe in Ja- 
 maica. 
 
 Resolved, 7th. That a committee, consisting of Crawford 
 M'Clymont, Edward Simpson, Canute Wilson, and William 
 Jarman, Esqrs. be appointed to prepare an address to his Ex- 
 cellency the Governor, embodying the foregoing resolutions, 
 which committee having been appointed, and having retired, 
 returned shortly, when Mr. M'Clymont presented the address 
 that had been prepared by the committee, which being read 
 and approved of, it was resolved, that the said address be 
 adopted, and be presented to his Excellency the Governor in 
 the most acceptable manner, by a deputation, consisting of his 
 Honor the Custos, the Rector, and Curate of the parish, the 
 members of the parish, Crawford M'Clymont, and Edward 
 Simpson, Esqrs. 
 
 Resolved, Sth. That the above resolutions and the address 
 be signed by his Honor the Custos, on behalf of the meeting. 
 
 ALEXANDRE BRAVO, Custos 
 and Chairman. 
 
 On motion of Edward Bratt, Esq. the Custos was requested 
 to leave the chair, and Crawford M'Clymont, Esq. being 
 called thereto. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be given to his 
 Honor the Custci for calling the same, and for his conduct in 
 the chair. 
 
 CRAWFORD M'CLYMONT. 
 
 I' !]: 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To HIS Excellency THE Bight Honorable Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &c. &c. 
 itfay it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, tiifi JAbabitants of Vere, largely participate in the un- 
 
 limited gr 
 ol society 
 of Jamaic 
 When 
 benelicier 
 tended yo 
 nish disco 
 the motht 
 loss we si 
 from our 
 
 We fei 
 of Divine 
 sess a me 
 standing, 
 meddle •, 
 lency has 
 
 At the 
 parish of 
 
 I beg; 
 kind and 
 honor co 
 entertain 
 this toke 
 that the 
 parish hj 
 bad seasi 
 is at len; 
 and I tr 
 
 At a 
 and othi 
 Court 1 
 April, I 
 fur the 
 Charles 
 vernme 
 
ST. MARY. 
 
 19 
 
 tably fixed 
 
 et that this 
 Excellency 
 s they have 
 !r parishes, 
 -quaintance 
 iiicy to im- 
 be strictly 
 
 rdially con- 
 md will, to 
 ther memo- 
 life in Ja- 
 
 f Crawford 
 id William 
 s to his Ex- 
 resolutions, 
 ing^ retired, 
 the address 
 beinji^ read 
 address be 
 jovernor in 
 isting of his 
 parish, the 
 ud Edward 
 
 the address 
 e meeting-. 
 
 t Custos 
 
 s requested 
 Esq. beinjj 
 
 iven to his 
 conduct in 
 
 MONT. 
 
 ^ Charles 
 
 ;. &c. 
 
 in the un- 
 
 limited grief and sorrow which pervade the hearts of all classes 
 o( society at your Excellency's resignation of the government 
 of Jamaica. 
 
 When we contemplate the happy results of your mild and 
 beneiicient administration, the perfect success that has at- 
 tended your noble, generous, and patelrnal undertaking to ba- 
 nish discord, and to establish good feeling both here and ia 
 the mother country, we feel acutely, and deplore deeply the 
 loss we shall sustain when your Excellency will have departed 
 from ojir shores. 
 
 We fervently pray that it may always be the special care 
 of Divine Providence to watch over you. May you ever pos- 
 sess a measure of that peace of God, which passeth all under- 
 standing, and of that joy with which a stranger cannot inter- 
 meddle ; and may your last days be like those your Excel- 
 lency has procured for Jamaica — *' days of peace." 
 
 At the request, and on the behalf of, the inhabitants of the 
 parish of Vere. 
 
 ALEXANDRE BRAVO. 
 Custos ef Vere, 
 
 HIS excellency's REPLY. 
 
 To the Inhabitants of Vere. 
 
 I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my cordial thanks for your 
 kind and affectionate address. I am deeply sensible of the 
 honor conferred on me by the sentiments that }ou generously 
 entertain. I shall ever cherish with pride the recollection of 
 this token of your approbation and esteem, and I humbly pray 
 that the Almighty may bless you with every blessing. No 
 parish has suffered more than your own from the calamities of 
 bad seasons. The patience with which they have been borne 
 is at length rewarded by the bounteous mercy of Providence, 
 and I trust that this good fortune may be lasting. 
 
 PARISH OF ST. MARY. 
 
 At a meeting of the Magistrates, Vestrymen, Freeholders, 
 and oilier Inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary, held at the 
 Court House, Manning's Town, on Tuesday the 5th day of 
 April, 1842, pursuant to a requisition to his Honor the Custos, 
 fur the purpose of addressing our excellent Governor, Sir 
 Charles T. Metcalfe, Bart, on his retirement from the go-, 
 vernment of this island, it was — 
 
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 ST. MARY. 
 
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 Resolved, 1st — That this meeting has learned with un- 
 feigned regret, that it is the intention of his Excellency Sir 
 Charles Theophilus Metcalfe to relinquish the government of 
 this island. 
 
 2<:/,— That William Heslop, James Geddes, Alex. G. Fyfe, 
 William Litherland, and Patrick Morgan, £squires, be ap- 
 pointed a committee to prepare an address expressive of the 
 sorrow which pervades the parish of St. Mary, at so unex- 
 pected an event; and to assure his Excellency of the love and 
 vefieration of a country which has been the scene of the ex- 
 ercise of his public and private viriues. 
 
 Sd, — That although this parish will cheerfully assist in the 
 erection of the public monuments, which are to embellish the 
 island in honor of so exalted a character, we are, notwith- 
 standing, t-^'sirous that his Excellency, on his retirement, 
 should bear with him to his own domestic circle some tribute, 
 however inadequate, of our lasting gratitude and affection. 
 
 4th, — That Subscription Lists be at once opened for effect- 
 ing the object of the foregoing resolution, and that the other 
 parishes be invited to unite with St. Mary in so brotherly a 
 task. 
 
 6tli, — That to enable all classes to contribute, the subscrip- 
 tions be not more than two guineas, nor less than one shilling. 
 
 Gth, — That this meeting will join in any general address of 
 the inhabitants of this colony, expressive of a sincere hope 
 that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to confer some 
 mark of her royal favor on our beloved Governor, on his re- 
 tiring from the government of this island. 
 
 7th, — That the address just read be adopted, and that his 
 bonor the Gustos, James Geddes, and Alexander G. Fyfe, 
 Esquires, be a deputation to wait on his Excellency with the 
 same. 
 
 ROBT. FAIRWEATHER, Castas. 
 
 His honor the Gustos having left the chair, William Hes- 
 lop, Esquire, was called thereto, when a vote of thanks was 
 passed to his honor, for his dignified conduct in the chair. 
 
 WILLIAM HESLOP. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To HIS Excellency THE Right Honorable Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Mai/ it please you?' Ex-celhncy, 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Vestrymen, Freeholders, and other 
 Inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary, have learned with the 
 
 
 tleepest S( 
 linquish tl: 
 
 Althoug 
 our sense 
 cy, yet be 
 be accepts 
 tive impli( 
 which res 
 wisdom, ui 
 benevolen 
 enjoyed p 
 if wo grie 
 we distrus 
 of your I 
 lose a Go' 
 able quali 
 whose pul 
 patriotism 
 summatioi 
 ness. 
 
 We the 
 of our he£ 
 cellency, 
 quire you 
 jects, by i 
 whether ' 
 
 I 
 
 tirement < 
 ever feel 
 whose nai 
 At the 
 
 To the ik 
 
 I am tl 
 on me by 
 ber it vvil 
 meats o\ 
 such a m 
 the genei 
 joices to 
 fortune t 
 St. Marj 
 not my fi 
 
ST. MARY. 
 
 21 
 
 with un- 
 
 elleucy Sir 
 ernnient of 
 
 ;. G. Fyfe, 
 •es, be ap- 
 sive of the 
 so tinex- 
 e love and 
 of the ex- 
 
 ssist in the 
 hellish the 
 , notwith- 
 etirement, 
 ne tribute, 
 ffection. 
 for effect- 
 t the other 
 jrotherly a 
 
 B subscrip- 
 le shilling-. 
 
 address of 
 cere hope 
 infer some 
 
 on his re- 
 
 id that his 
 
 G. Fvfe. 
 
 y with the 
 
 Custos. 
 
 liam Kes- 
 han ks was 
 chair. 
 
 :SL0P. 
 
 Charles 
 
 c. 
 
 and other 
 I with the 
 
 ileepest sorrow, that it is your Excellency's intention to re- 
 linquish the government of this island. 
 
 Although assembled together for the purpose of expressing 
 our sense of the endless obligations we owe to your Bxcelleu- 
 cy, yet being satisfied that no tribute*, however merited, can 
 be acceptable to your Excellency, whjph conveys a compara- 
 tive implication ; we are content to bear witness to a fame 
 which rests on the broad and intrinsic basis of consummate 
 wisdom, untiring zeal, dauntless integrity, and the most active 
 benevolence. Under the influence of these virtues have we 
 enjoyed peace in political change, and hope in adversity ; and 
 if wo grieve, Sir, that you are about to leave us, it is not that 
 we distrust the future, pregnant as it must be with the fruits 
 of your Excellency's policy, but because we are about to 
 lose a Governor endeared to us by the exercise of those ami- 
 able qualities which command respect and win affection — and 
 whose public mission has been one of such pure and unalloyed 
 patriotism, as to leave us nothing to desire beyond the con- 
 summation of his own labours, for our prosperity and happi- 
 ness. 
 
 We therefore approach your Excellency with the tribute, 
 of our heartfelt gratitude and veneration, assuring your Ex- 
 cellency, that whether our Gracious Sovereign may again re- 
 quire your talents and virtues to cement the love of her sub- 
 jects, by the unsullied exercise of her delegated authority, or 
 whether you may pass the rest of your days in the quiet re- 
 tirement or domestic life, the inhabitants of Saint Mary will 
 ever feel a lively interest in the career and happiness of one 
 whose name will shed a lustre on the annals of their country. 
 
 At the request and on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 R. FAIRWEATHER. 
 
 HIS EXCELLENCY S REPLY. 
 
 To the Magistrates, Vcstrijmen, Freeholders, and other Iif 
 habitants of the Parish of St. Mary. 
 
 I am truly sensible, gentlemen, of the high honor conferred 
 on me by your affectionate address ; and I shall ever remem- 
 ber it with pride and cheering reflection. Much as your senti- 
 ments over-rate my humble pretensions, I cannot receive 
 such a mark of your esteem without being deeply affected by 
 the generous feeling from which it emanates, and which re- 
 joices to exalt the object of its applause. It will be my mis- 
 fortune to quit Jamaica without having visited the pansh of 
 St. Mary. It is in a double sense my misfortune, for it was 
 not my fault. I made the attempt in vain. The roads from 
 
22 
 
 ST. ANN. 
 
 Annotto-lJay to Port- Maria were representetl as impassable 
 from t'io slate of the weather at that period. I tliertforo 
 tried the passage by sea, but that experiment failed by an 
 accident, which prevented my reaching your port. I was 
 aware of your hos[>ilable arrangements for my reception, and 
 regretted much that I fcould nut have the pleasure of meeting 
 you. I then, however, supposed that it was a pleasure only 
 postponed. It has so happened that I have nevor since been 
 able to renew my intention, and St. Mary's will be one of the 
 few parts of the island that I shall not have seen. It is a 
 land of warm hearts, and you shew that in your parish they 
 beat as kindly as elsewhere. God bless you, gentlemen. May 
 revived prosperity shine upon you, and harmony and every 
 other happiness attend you. I shall never cease to think of 
 you with an anxious interest, and a grateful recollection of 
 your friendship. 
 
 m:\ 
 
 PARISH OF ST. ANN. 
 
 At a public meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of Sf. 
 Ann, held at the Court-House, St. Ann's Bay, on Thursday 
 the 3Ist March, 1842, for the purpose of addressing our Go- 
 vernor, Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, Bart. &c. on his retire- 
 ment from the government of this island, 
 
 Samukl W. Rosk, Esquire, in the chair. 
 
 Resolved — That this meeting has heard with deep and an- 
 mingled regret, of the intended departure of our most excel- 
 lent Governor, Sir Chs. Thoophilus Metcalfe, from the go- 
 vernment of this island. 
 
 Resolved — That the justice and humanity with which he has 
 administered the government of this colony, as well as the be- 
 nevolence and charity evinced on every occasion by him, de- 
 mand our highest admiration and esteem. 
 
 Resolved — That the chairman do now appoint a committee 
 to prepare an address, expressive of the above sentiments, to 
 be presented to his Excellency in the most acceptable man- 
 ner. 
 
 The chairman appointed the following gentlemen to such 
 committee :— Hamilton Brown, S. B. Barnett, Esquires ; the 
 Rector; Drs. Anderson and Tucker, Utten T. Todd, Ben- 
 jamin S. Moncrieffe, Judah Moses, and Robert Robinson, 
 Esquires. 
 . The committee above naiqed then retired, and shortly af- 
 
 terward 
 meeting 
 
 Resol 
 and that 
 be requ 
 
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 with tha 
 ing asta 
 Town, t 
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 The 1 
 pose : — 
 Charles 
 
 Resol 
 measure 
 ing for 
 our grat 
 opened 
 uor less 
 
 Signe 
 
 On th 
 requeste 
 being ca 
 
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 and for J 
 
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 the pari 
 gret at 
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 name, e 
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 as Britii 
 nient as 
 
ST. ANN. 
 
 23 
 
 \ im passable 
 I tliertforo 
 failed by an 
 lort. I was 
 cepllon, and 
 B of meetinjj 
 leasuie only 
 r since been 
 >e one of the 
 en. It is a 
 parish they 
 einen. May 
 y and every 
 ; to think uf 
 jcollection of 
 
 porish of Si. 
 
 on Thursday 
 \^ our Go- 
 his retire- 
 
 iir. 
 
 eep and nn- 
 niost excel- 
 rora the go- 
 
 which he has 
 11 as the be- 
 by him, de- 
 
 a committee 
 ntiments, to 
 iptable man- 
 
 nen to such 
 squires ; the 
 Todd, Ben- 
 Robinson, 
 
 1 shortly af- 
 
 terwards returned with an address ; the same was read to the 
 meeting. It was then — 
 
 Ixesolved — That the address o.' the con'mittee be ajjreed to, 
 and that the senior magistrate and the members of the parish 
 be requested to present the same. 
 
 Resolved — That a committee be appointed to co-operate 
 with tha. of St. Catherine and other parishes, towards erect- 
 ing a statue or other memorial in the public square of Spanish- 
 Town, to hand down to posterity the name of our justly be- 
 loved Governor, Sir Charles T. Metcalfe. 
 
 The following gentlemen named a committee for this pur- 
 pose : — Drs. Barnett, Anderson, and Tucker, H. Brown, 
 Charles Stewart, and Robert Robinson, Esquires. 
 
 Resolved — That our members be re(|uested to support any 
 measure that may be brought forward in our legislature, hav- 
 ing for its object the erection of some lasting testimonial of 
 our gratilude and admiration, and that subscription lists be 
 opened for the same purpose — subscriptions not to exceed 40i. 
 uor less than Is. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 SAMUEL W. ROSE, Chairman. 
 
 On the motion of S. B. Barnett, Esquire, the chairman v/as 
 requested to leave the chair, and Hamilton Brown, Esquire, 
 being called thereto, took the same. 
 
 Resolved — That the thanks of this meeting be presented to 
 S. W. Rose, Esquire, for his attention in calling the same, 
 and for his conduct in the chair. 
 
 H. BROWN. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To His Excellency THE Right Honorable Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Bart. Iv.G.C.B. Governor 
 OF Jamaica, &c. &c. 
 
 Mai/ it please your Excellencijy 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Vestrymen, and other Inhabitants of 
 the parish of St. Ann, cannot sudlciently express our deep re- 
 gret at your Excellency's resignation of the government of 
 this island — a calamity which will be keenly felt by all classes, 
 whose affections you have gained by by your able, mild, and 
 impartial administration ; and to whose latest posterity your 
 name, engraven on their hearts, will be handed down as their 
 firm friend, and the uncompromising advocate of their rights 
 as British subjects ! We hailed your Excellency's appoint- 
 ment as an auspicious event in the annals of Jamaica, from 
 
24 
 
 ST. ANN. 
 
 i! 
 
 which the renewal of her prosperity would be dated ; and ex- 
 cepting; casiialtiejj, over which your Excellency had no con- 
 trol, our r">st 8an<:^uine anticipations have been fully re- 
 ulizcd ! On your Excellency's arrival, the bond of union in 
 the several relations of society was broken, and anarchy, in 
 its most appalling form, threatened us on every side. By a 
 wise and liberal policy, your Excellency applied the remedy 
 to those evils — upheld the local authorities — dispensed even- 
 Iianded justice— and soon restored that harmony which had so 
 long been interrupted ! Of your Excellency's benevolence and 
 liberality, your munificent donations for religious, charitable, 
 and other purposes, have afforded ample proofs ! — commensu- 
 rate therefore with our unmingled feelings of regret at your 
 Excellency's approaching departure, is our grateful sense ; 
 and lasting will be the remembrance of your eminent services, 
 which we confidently expect will, be rewarded by a distin- 
 guished mark of the approbation of our gracious Sovereign ; 
 and we cherish the hope that your successors, through future 
 ages, will emulate your Excellency's bright example of wis- 
 dom and beneficence ! Actuated by the lively interest which 
 we feel in your Excellency's personal welfare, we fervently 
 invoke that kind Providence, which, happily for us, directed 
 you to our shores, to guide you in safety to your native land ; 
 and we trust that when you retire from the service of you" 
 country, you will enjoy every blessing to which you are enti- 
 tled by your private as well as public ^virtues ! 
 On behalf of the meeting, 
 
 S. W. ROSE, Chairman. 
 
 HIS EXCELLENCY S REPLY. 
 
 To the Magistrates, Vestry men, and other Inhabitants of the 
 
 Parisfi of St. Ann. 
 
 The regret, gentlemen, which you express at ray approach- 
 ing retirement from the government, and the assurances of 
 esteem and affection which accompany it, are exceedingly 
 gratifying to me, and confer a high honor, the recollection of 
 which I shall ever cherish with pride and thankfulness. 
 
 I came to this island, led by the hope of being instrumental 
 in the reconciliation of one of her most valuable colonies wit 
 the mother-country. That object was accomplished soon af- 
 ter my arrival by the wisdom of the legislature and the good 
 feeling of the community. 
 
 There nevertheless remained other causes of anxiety. — 
 There were internal dissentions and party feelings, which en- 
 gendered strife, and obstructed harmony. The relations also 
 
 between 
 unsatisfac 
 and it is 
 those resp 
 
 The pa 
 been to 
 discourag 
 of fellow 
 ly owing 
 of the isia 
 
 While, 
 of parting 
 our hearts 
 most plea 
 for that w 
 for the de 
 far beyonc 
 
 I sI.;-J 
 Ann in 
 this island 
 the niothe 
 land, whi(] 
 whole wor 
 nor, I con 
 are few th 
 a cause of 
 late yourst 
 the too fre 
 England, 
 joyed by 
 which falh 
 try. 
 
 God grj 
 your healt 
 
 I have I 
 duction, i 
 there is re 
 rival or si 
 wealth to 
 
 Accept, 
 ness, and 
 
ST. ANN. 
 
 25 
 
 ed ; and ex- 
 had no con' 
 en fully re- 
 of union in 
 anarchy, in 
 side. By a 
 the remedy 
 ensed even- 
 jvliich had so 
 'volence and 
 , charitable, 
 -commensu- 
 jret at your 
 iteful sense ; 
 ent services, 
 by a distin- 
 Sovereign ; 
 •ough future 
 iple of wis- 
 lerest which 
 we fervently 
 us, directed 
 lative land ; 
 ice of you^ 
 ou are enti- 
 
 hairman. 
 
 tants of the 
 
 y approach- 
 surances of 
 xceedingly 
 ollection of 
 ness. 
 
 istrumental 
 tlonies wif 
 3d soon af- 
 id the good 
 
 anxiety. — 
 , which en- 
 lations also 
 
 between the landholders and the labouring class were in an 
 unsatisfactory state. Those diflficulties have been removed, 
 and it is not too much to say, as all seem to believe, that in 
 those respects aOuirs are much ameliorated. 
 
 The part that I have performed in this improvement has 
 been to endeavour to do equal justice to all parties, and to 
 discourage whatever had a tendency to impede the restoration 
 of fellow feeling and brotherly love ; but the change is main- 
 ly owing to the wisdom of the legislature, and the good sense 
 of the island. 
 
 While, therefore, the praise bestowed on me in this nour 
 of parting, when all connection between us, except that of 
 our hearts, is about to be severed, cannot be otherwise than 
 most pleasing, it produces the additional feeling of gratitude 
 for that warm and generous kindness which has taken the will 
 for the deed, and appreciates my humble services at a price 
 far beyond their intrinsic merits. 
 
 I sli:'.)i often be reminded, gentlemen, of your parish of St. 
 Ann in moving about England; fur it is the only part of 
 this island that has put me much in mind of the scenery of 
 the mother-country. That the most beautiful part of an is- 
 land, which does not yield in beauty to any perhaps in the 
 whole world, should resemble English scenery, is a high ho- 
 nor, I conceive, to the latter; and, on the other hand, there 
 are few things in which a resemblance to England would be 
 a cause of regret. But there are two. You may congratu- 
 late yourselves on having your delightful climate free from 
 the too frequent chilliness and perpetual uncertainty of that of 
 England. You may also be proud of the great comfort en- 
 joyed by your labouring population, instead of the distress 
 which falls so heavily on the same class in the mother-coun- 
 try. 
 
 God grant that these advantages may always conduce to 
 your health and happiness. 
 
 I have further to congratulate you on the successful intro- 
 duction, into your parish, of the culture of silk, from which 
 there is reason to hope an avticle will be produced that may 
 rival or surpass the silk of Italy, and be a new source of 
 wealth to this country. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my heartfelt thanks for all your good- 
 ness, and my wishes that every blessing may attend you. 
 
26 
 
 MANCIIESTEH. 
 
 P 
 
 PARISH OF MANCHESTER. 
 
 At a publio meeting lieM at Maiicloville, on tlio 2tl April, 
 1842, according to requisition, hh honor the Gustos in the 
 chair, the following resolutions were cntorcd into: — 
 
 llcsolrcd, That the wise and judicious policy exercised by 
 his Excellency Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalle, in the admi- 
 nistration of the government of this island, has creat'jd in the 
 hearts of the inhabitants an eveilastin^r debt of iiralitudc. 
 
 Resoh'cd, Timt this meeting cannot view the loss the peo- 
 ple of Jamaica are about to sustain, in i!ie relin(|uishment of 
 the government by his I'jxcelloncy Si;- Chi ries T. Metcalfe, 
 ^vitlloat feelings of the deepest regret — a feeling awakened by 
 a sense of the lively interest at all ♦imes evinced by his Excel- 
 lency in the well-doing of the island, and of his able and im- 
 partial administration us their (Jovenior. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the inhabitants of this parish 
 arc due to his i'jxcellency for his unremitting exertions to serve 
 the island, and lor the great bcnelits it has derived from the 
 vuccess attfuJing those exertions ; and that an humble ad- 
 dress, expressive ol the foregoing sentiments, be presented to 
 his Excelleu'iy in the most accejitable nuwiner. 
 
 llcsolfcd. That the following gentleujen be a committee to 
 prepare the address: — Mr. Clanvillo, Mr. Sweetland, Mr. 
 ■^^romlinson, Mr. Roy, the Revd. Mr. Stephens, and Dr. 
 Dempster. 
 
 After a short adjournment tlie conimittee returned with an 
 address, w.iich was read, and unaniiiiously adopted : — 
 
 Resolved, That a comujittee of the fullowing gentlemen be 
 appointed for the purpose of receiving subscriptions in aid of 
 erecting a statue in honor of our beloved Governor, Sir 
 Charles T. Metcal/e, Jamaica's tried and unflinching friend, 
 on such scite as may hereafter be de\ ised : — 'J'homas Wheatle, 
 John R. llollingsworih, Samuel Glanville, William Davy, 
 James j\!'Catty. Henry D'Pass, Robert Roy, Alexr. C. Lo- 
 gan, J. R. 'J'omlinson, John Clark, T. B. Scholey, and George 
 Ni^.hh, Ks(jrs. 
 
 Resolved, That the following clergymen be rcquesled to 
 collect subscriptions in aid of the above : — Rev. Mr. Stephens, 
 llev. AJr. Littlejohn, Rev. Mr. Slatyer, Rev. Mr. Zorne, 
 l?ev. James Paterson, Rev. Mr. Rol>ins, and the Rev. Mr. 
 Coward. 
 
 Resolved, That the subscriptions be not more than £2, nor 
 less than one shilling ; and that Michael Muirhead, Esq. be 
 requested to act as Treasurer. 
 
 Resolved, That his Honor the Custos, and the Kepresenta- 
 
 lives of tl 
 address t 
 
 His hoi 
 villo, Es(| 
 were vott 
 
 To THE 
 OF JaJ 
 
 May 
 
 We, ll 
 
 our partii 
 the cold, 
 <pietto, V 
 excuse u; 
 Avell, the 
 we feel as 
 flinching 
 
 The im 
 cient swa; 
 maica, is i 
 liberality 
 will instil 
 it to his I 
 while Jam 
 
 During 
 rule, civil 
 waving p 
 Majesty's 
 
 We fee 
 maica mt 
 Should pc 
 arise (wh 
 powerful ! 
 rience, wl 
 finally to 
 cessarily i 
 of ever; ( 
 years o." \ 
 hour of d 
 energy, tl 
 
M A NC 11 EST nil. 
 
 27 
 
 lio 2(1 yVpril, 
 Gustos in the 
 I : — 
 
 exercised by 
 
 in tlio uiiini- 
 
 rcijt'jd in ilio 
 
 rulitude. 
 
 loss the pco- 
 
 (juishment of 
 
 r. Metcalfe, 
 
 awakened by 
 
 by his Excel- 
 
 able and im- 
 
 of this parisii 
 tions to serve 
 ved from the 
 humble ad- 
 presented to 
 
 committee to 
 eetland, Mr. 
 us, and Dr. 
 
 rned with an 
 ed : — 
 
 jenllemen be 
 ons in aid of 
 overnor, Sir 
 chiny; friend, 
 las Wheatle, 
 illiam Davy, 
 Jexr. C. Lo- 
 , and George 
 
 rcvjiiesled to 
 
 Ir. .Stephens, 
 
 Mr. Zorne, 
 
 le Rev. Mr. 
 
 lian £2, nor 
 ad, Esq. be 
 
 Representa- 
 
 tives of the Parish, be appointed a deputation to present the 
 address tu his Excellency. 
 
 JOnX MACKESOX, Custos. 
 
 His honor the Custos l<a\in<»- left the chair, Samuel (jllan- 
 ville, Esij. was called thereto, when the thanks of this incctny 
 were voted to his Honor for his able conduct in the chair. 
 
 SAML. GLANVILLK. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To TiiR RiciiT Hon. Sir Ciiarlks TiiF.opriii.i s Mrt- 
 cALi'i;, Rauonet, K.C.B. Govkrnor of the I^^lanii 
 OF Jamaica, &c. &c. 
 
 May it j}Ie(tse your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Inhabitants of the Parish of Manchester, in this, 
 our partinj^ Address, cannot approach your Excellency wiiii 
 the cold, calculating' langirage of mere compliment and eti- 
 (juetto, which such occasions too often call forth. No, Sii, 
 excuse us if we venture to declare that, in bidding- jou fai>- 
 M'ell, the warm blood of affection rallies round our hearts; and 
 we feel as if we were individually parting with a tried and uu- 
 flinching friend, the loss of whom we deem irreparable. 
 
 The impression left by your Excellency's mild and beneli 
 cient sway on the minds of all classes of the inhabitants of J;i 
 maica, is indelible. So many monuments of your goodness and 
 liberality exist, that nothing can obliterate it. The iathcr 
 will instil it in the breast of his son, the son will communicaUi 
 it to his posterity, and it will remain fresh and ineHaceaMo 
 while .Jamaica has a name. 
 
 During your Excellency's independent and statesmanlike 
 rule, civil and religious liberty have unfurled their banners, 
 waving peacefully and protectingly over every class of litr 
 Majesty's subjects, from one shore of Jamaica to the other. 
 
 We ieel. Sir, that there is one point of view in which ,)a* 
 maica must ever regret your departure from her shores. — 
 Should political dissension with the mother-counlry ever a;;ain 
 arise (which Heaven avert), in vain shall we look for lliut 
 powerful and comprehensive mind, aided by so much expe- 
 rience, which enabled you, Sir, to cope with, to batlle, mid 
 finally to crush, the danger which .«uch dissension must Jie-, 
 cessarily invoke. To mean well, and to act well, is the duty 
 of ever; Governor, but few can invoke the experience of f(,rly 
 years o." virtuous, brilliant, and successful diplomacy, in (lie 
 hour of difliculty ; and few indeed can bring to the task the 
 energy, the good will, and the graciousness, which have, from 
 
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28 
 
 MANCHESTER. 
 
 first to last, characterized and adorned yrur Excellency's 
 rule. 
 
 We consider that the statesman who, at the close of a long 
 and useful life, can take a retrospect through the vista of 
 years, and feel, wliilo reflecting on the scenes and actions 
 which memory calls up, that he has ameliorated the condition 
 of mankind, and rendered millions happy, must enjoy a tran- 
 quillity of mind which falls to the lot of few of the human 
 race. That you. Sir, have already experienced these envia- 
 ble feelings, we arc convinced from our acquaintance with 
 your diplomatic career, both in the Eastern and the West- 
 ern worlds. 
 
 That such feelings may prove your consolation in the peace 
 and seclusion of that home to which your Excellency seeks to 
 retire, r vered with honor by the Sovereign you have so long 
 and faithfully served, atid beloved by a people whose affections 
 you have entirely won, is th^ sincerest and earnest prayer of 
 tho inhabitants of the parish of Manchester. 
 
 £y direction and on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 JOHN MACKESON, Gustos, 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 To the Inhabitants of the Parish of Manchester, 
 
 I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my warriiest thanks for 
 your affectionate address. Highly as I appreciate the honor of 
 such a tiken of public esteem and approbation, I value still 
 more the feeling by which it is dictated. I shall bear it in 
 xny memory with gratitude and pride to the end of my life, or 
 at least as long as memory and sense remain. It is a warrant- 
 able pride, T trust, which rejoices in the affection of kind 
 hearts, acquired by an honest discharge of public duty. 
 
 I shall ever think with interest and anxiety on the state and 
 prospects of Jamaica. A change has been produced in the 
 condition of the great mass of the population, at which every 
 one must be glad. From servile bondage, from being the 
 chattels of their fellow-creatures, they have come into the pos- 
 session of perfect liberty, all the rights of free men, and inde- 
 pendence and comfort to a greater extent than is enjoyed by 
 the same classes elsewhere generally, and especially in our 
 own mother-country. The same change has unavoidably been 
 attended with a loss to the proprietors of land, in some in- 
 stances serious, and even ruinous. Whether this kind of pro- 
 perty generally will recover from the shock, and be cultivated 
 with profit, is now the problem that remains to be solved. It 
 is apprehended that the supply of labour from the existing in- 
 
 habitant! 
 being ah 
 for suhsi 
 be in p 
 seems tc 
 Africa t* 
 crease tl 
 ratum at 
 needful, 
 many. F 
 utility as 
 lixte to o 
 that it M 
 the desii 
 That 
 Jamaica 
 shine up 
 piness a 
 some of 
 get youi 
 
MANCHKSTER. 
 
 29 
 
 Excellency's 
 
 Dse of a long 
 the vista of 
 
 and actions 
 he conditiun 
 ;njoy a tran- 
 >f the human 
 these envia- 
 ntance with 
 
 the West- 
 
 in the peace 
 ncy seeks to 
 have so long 
 ise affections 
 3st prayer of 
 
 ^, Custos, 
 
 habitants of the island will continue to diminish, owing to their 
 being able to settle themselves without having recourse to it 
 for subsistence. Whether this ctltict, which is certainly felt to 
 be in progress, will be permanent, or only temporary, still 
 seems to be undetermined. A larger supply of labourers from 
 Africa to fill up the vacancies thus caused, and generally to in- 
 crease the supply of labour in the market, is the great deside- 
 ratum at the present time. It does not come so readily as is 
 needful, and if it do eventually come, may be too late for 
 many. From no other quarter can it be obtained with so much 
 utility as to immediate wants. This subject will always conti- 
 nire to occup} my anxious thoughts, although I am not aware 
 that it will ever be in my power to promote the attainment of 
 the desired object. 
 
 That this cloud of doubt which overhangs the destinies of 
 Jamaica may be dispersed, that the sun of prosperity may 
 shine upon you with genial rays, and that harmony and hap- 
 piness and every other blessing may flourish among you, are 
 some of the most zealous wishes of u heart that will lever for- 
 get your kindness. 
 
 hesier, 
 
 t thanks fur 
 the honor of 
 
 I value still 
 
 II bear it ia 
 if my life, or 
 is a warrant- 
 tion of kind 
 duty. 
 
 he state and 
 luced in the 
 which every 
 1 being the 
 into the pos- 
 a, and inde- 
 J enjoyed by 
 
 iaily in our 
 )idably been 
 
 in some in- 
 kind of pro- 
 le cultivated 
 
 solved. It 
 
 existing in- 
 
 
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COUNTY OF SURRY. 
 
 CITY AND PARISH OF KINGSTON. 
 
 At a public meeting of the inhabitant^; held on Tuesday, 
 the 15th March, at the Court House, for the purpose of fram- 
 ing- an address, expres>«ive of sincere regret at the approach- 
 ing departure from this island of their very worthy and highly 
 respected Governor, Sir Charles Metcalfe, it was , 
 
 Resolved — That this meeting contemplates with deep regret 
 the approaching departure from this island of our worthy and 
 much respectptl Governor, Sir Cliarles Metcalfe. 
 
 Resolved — That at the time his Excellency came amongst 
 us, we were almost overwhelmed with dilliculties, arising 
 pirtlv from the recent change in the social conditi()n of the 
 island, and partly from the misrepresentations made to the 
 Eritish government, which had nearly resulted in the suspen- 
 sion of our ancient constitution ; but that the imparlisd, just, 
 and upright administration of the government of this island 
 by his Excellency, has gone far to relieve us from the difficul- 
 ties under which we then laboured to restore peace and esta- 
 blish c .nfidence and good feeling among all classes of the 
 community. 
 
 Resolved — That an humble address to his Excellency be 
 prepared, expressing the regret of this meeting at the early 
 departure of his Excellency, and their heartfelt thanks for the 
 benefits which Jamaica has derived from his Excellency's ad- 
 ministration, and that such address be presented to his Excel- 
 lency in the most acceptable manner. 
 
 Resolved — That the address now presented and read be 
 adopted and signed by his honor the Mayor on behalf of the 
 meeting. 
 
 Resolved — That his honor the Mayor be requested to ap- 
 point a committee to prepare an humble address and memorial 
 to her Majesty, in which the inhabitants of all the other pa- 
 rishes of this island be invited to join, begging that she would 
 be pleased to confer on Sir Charles T. Metcalfe some mark 
 of her Royal favour on his quitting this government, in which 
 his services have been as efficient in her service as beneficial 
 to her subjects in this colon;y. 
 
 Resolved — That the Venerable Archdeacon Pope, Mr. At- 
 kinson, and Dr. Spalding be a committee to prepare such ad- 
 dress, and when it shall have been completed, that his honor 
 the Ma>or will for>"^ard it through the proper channel. 
 
ON". 
 
 n Tuesday, 
 
 )se of fram- 
 
 B approach- 
 
 and iiighly 
 
 • 
 deep regret 
 
 worthy and 
 
 KINGSTON. 
 
 31 
 
 16 amongst 
 ies, arising" 
 tit)n of the 
 
 ade to the 
 the siispen- 
 arlijj, just, 
 
 this island 
 the dilficul- 
 e and esta- 
 3ses of the 
 
 jellency be 
 at the early 
 inks for the 
 liency's ad- 
 his Excel- 
 
 id read be 
 half of the 
 
 ted to ap- 
 J memorial 
 ! other pa- 
 she would 
 some mark 
 t, in which 
 s beneficial 
 
 B, Mr. At- 
 e such ad- 
 : his honor 
 lel. 
 
 Resolved — That tlie Members of Assembly for this parish, 
 Mr. Mitchel, Mr. Jordon, and Mr. Lawrence, together with 
 John Fowles, Esq. be a deputation to present the address to 
 his Excellency Sir Charles Melcalfe. 
 
 HECTOR MITCHEL, Mmjor. 
 
 His honor tho Mayor having been requested to leave \\\c 
 chair, John Fc.vies, Esquire, was called to it, and a vole of 
 thanks was passed to the Mayor for his conduct in the pro- 
 
 ceedings of the meeting. 
 
 JOHN FOWLES. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THP- TtlGMT HONORABLK SiR ClIARLF.S TfirOPlIILUS 
 
 Metcalfe, Bart. Governor of the Island of Ja- 
 maica, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 3Iai/ it please your Excellency , 
 
 It has been usual for the people of this island to address 
 former Governors on their retireujent, either iVoni respect to 
 their exalted station, or from other motives which have 
 prompted such demonstrations of good feeling to the ruler 
 who was about to leave them, but a feeling very far beyond 
 former motives has now convoked the inhabitants of King- 
 ston, to express to your Excellency cur deep sense of the loss 
 which, in common with all our fellow-colonists in Jamaica, we 
 are shortly to meet with in your withdrawal from the super- 
 intendence of its welfare and interests. 
 
 If, Sir, it be, as we are assured it must be, a gratification 
 to a mind liki yours to obtain the unbidden testimony ol" those 
 who have been the subjects of your quiet i.nd benignant sway, 
 to that wisdom and goodness which have ajarked the progress 
 of your government iiom first to last, accept, Sir, from the in- 
 habitants of Kingston, this demonstration of our unfeigned 
 and all'ectionatc respect to your person and character — our 
 veneration ot your noble minded, generous, benevolent rule — 
 our deep regret for the loss wg are about to sustain. 
 
 We know that in thus expressing our sentiments, tliey are 
 not ours alone — they are the common voice and feeling about 
 to burst forth from one end of the it^land to the other — and it 
 is matter of gratulation to ourselves to be foremost in uttt'r- 
 ing, to so good a friend, the tribute of our praise and our 
 thankfulness, and in giving expression to our sorrow. 
 
 Looking back on the acts of a Governor so much beloved, 
 we cannot but look forward with so ne apjirehension, for it is 
 not in the nature oC things that we can expect always to meet 
 
32 
 
 KINGSTON. 
 
 Ife 
 
 Mil 
 
 Avith such a friend of his people. Slill, Sir, we know that in 
 yonr retirement you will continue to be, as far as you are able, 
 the zealous advocate for Jamaica, her happiness, and prospe- 
 rity. In that retirement, clothed, as we hope it may be, in 
 honors and approbation from our Sovereign, and as we know 
 it will be, in the consciousness of good deeds, you will feel 
 assured at all times of the lusting* gratitude of the inhabitants 
 of Kingston, who can never cease to take a sincere interest 
 in all that relates to you, and whose hearts will ever rejoice 
 in the happiness of Jamaica's best benefaoi or. 
 By direction, and on behalf of the meetino^, 
 
 HECTOR MITCHEL, Mayor. 
 
 No. 430 King's House, March 19, 1842. 
 
 Sir, 
 I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
 the 17th inst. transmitting an address to the Governor from 
 the inhabitants of Kingston, and to forward herewith his Ex- 
 cellency's reply. 
 
 I have the honor to be, Sir, vour obedient servant, 
 
 J. M. HIGGINSON, Sec. 
 
 His honor the Mayor of Kingston, 
 
 &^c. &ic. b;c. 
 
 HIS exciillency's reply. 
 To the Inhabit(Mts of Kingston. 
 
 It is not possible, gentlemen, to reply in adequate lan- 
 guage to your aU'ectionate address. The generous kindness 
 which it evinces, excites feelings that are beyond expression. 
 I beg you to be assured, that I shall ever retain a grateful 
 sense of the honor conferred on me by the sentiments which 
 you entertain — an honor not, in my opinion, to be surpassed by 
 any that can fall to the lot of man. 
 
 The desire to render a public service, by removing the ap- 
 pearance of difference that had unhappily arisen between the 
 mother-country and Jamaica, was the motive which brought 
 mo to this island. That important object has been accom- 
 plished by the loyalty of the colony responding to the wishes 
 of her Majesty's government. If I have been in the most 
 humble degree instrumental in promoting this result, the re- 
 flection that such has been my good fortune, will cheer the 
 remaining days of my life, and smooth my path to the grave. 
 
 Having witnessed the accomplishment of that great object, 
 and of others not less important, which t!ie natural course of 
 events has efTected, the wish to return to England — the coun- 
 
 n 
 
 fry to wh 
 ray rest it 
 our Sever 
 thisgover 
 and it wil 
 her Maje 
 tion of 
 which gre 
 to her Ml 
 gislature, 
 people of 
 
 As tht 
 that regre 
 in parting 
 I have re 
 first mom 
 thankful, 
 warmest 1 
 
 Accept 
 and for th 
 restore to 
 
 I cannt 
 to render 
 cease to h 
 I trust, ei 
 it is not y 
 sure that 
 will devot 
 
 At a r 
 Inhabitan 
 at the Coi 
 day, the ' 
 to his hoi 
 Excellenc 
 retiremen 
 
 The rei 
 having be 
 
 The ho 
 when it >^ 
 
 Resolvi 
 by his £: 
 
 m 
 
PORT- ROYAL. 
 
 33 
 
 now thai in 
 )U are able, 
 ind prospe- 
 niav be, in 
 s we know 
 u will feei 
 inhabitants 
 re interest 
 ver rejoice 
 
 3Iai/or. 
 9. 1842. 
 
 ur letter of 
 ernor from 
 ith his Ex'< 
 
 tit, 
 
 N, Sec. 
 
 quate Ian- 
 s kindness 
 sxpression. 
 a grateful 
 ents which 
 irpassed by 
 
 ng the ap- 
 Jtween the 
 3h brought 
 ?n accom- 
 the wishes 
 
 the most 
 lit, the re- 
 cheer the 
 be grave. 
 ;at object, 
 
 course of 
 'the coun- 
 
 try to which I have always looked as the appointed place of 
 ray rest in this world, induced me to solicit permission from 
 our Sovereign Lady the Queen to retire from the charge of 
 this government. My resignation has been graciously accepted, 
 and it will be gratifying to your friendly hearts to learn that 
 her Majesty has condescended to express her high approba- 
 tion of my administration of the trust confided to me, for 
 which great honor I consider myself as mainly indebted, next 
 to her Majesty's goodness, to the wise proceedings of the le- 
 gislature, and to the excellent conduct of all classes of the 
 people of this island. 
 
 As the time for my departure approaches, I feel deeply 
 that regret at our separation which we must ever experience 
 in parting from those to whom we have become attached. — 
 I have received such incessant kindness in Jamaica, from the 
 lirst moment of my arrival, that I can never be sufficiently 
 thankful, and I shall cherish the remembrance of it with the 
 warmest feelings to the latest hour of my existence. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my fervent wishes for your happiness 
 and for the return of that prosperity which is still wanting to 
 restore to your city its former wealth and splendour. 
 
 I cannot anticipate that it will at any time be in my power 
 to render any service to Jamaica, but my thoughts will not 
 cease to be occupied by anxiety for her welfare. You may, 
 I trust, entertain confident hope for the future, as, although 
 it is not yet known who is to be my successor, you may be 
 sure that her Majesty's Ministers will send a govornor, who 
 will devote himself to the interests of this island. 
 
 PARISH OF PORT-ROYAL. 
 
 At a meeting of ihe Magistrates, Freeholders, and other 
 Inhabitants of the Parish of Port Royal, convened and,held 
 at the Court- House, in the town of Port-Royal, on Wednes- 
 day, the 23d day of March, 1842, pursuant to a requisition 
 to his honor the Ciistus, for the purpose of addressing his 
 Excellency Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, on his intended 
 retirement from the government of this island. 
 
 The requisition and advertisement convening the meeting 
 having been read. 
 
 The hon. Samuel J. Dallas, Custos, was called to the chair^ 
 when it was unanimously 
 
 Resolved, 1st — That the wise and judicious policy exercised 
 by his Excellency Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, in the 
 
 H 
 
 
 1 
 
34 
 
 PORT- ROYAL. 
 
 administration of the a^overnmeut of this island, has created 
 in the hearts of the inhabitants an everlasting debt of grati- 
 tude. 
 
 Resolved, 2d — That this meeting cannot view the loss the 
 people of Jamaica are about to sustain, in the reiinqaishment 
 of the government by his Excellency Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, 
 "without feelings of the deepest regret — feelings awakened by 
 a sense of the lively interest at all times evinced by his Ex- 
 cellency, in the well doing of the island, and of his able and 
 impartial administration as their Governor. 
 
 Resolved, 3c? — That the thanks of the inhabitants of this 
 parish are due to his Excellency, for his unremitting exer- 
 tions to serve the island, and for the great benefits it has de- 
 rived from the success attending those exertions, and that an 
 humble address, expressive of the foregoing sentiments, be 
 presented to his Excellency in the most acceptable manner. 
 
 Resolved, 4th — That the following gentlemen be a commit- 
 tee to prepare such address, namely, Wellwood Hyslop, and 
 James Taylor, Esquires, tho honorable Joseph Gordon, and 
 Jacob Depass, James Williams, Daniel Jacobs, Jacob Mitchel, 
 William Henry Dillon, and Robert James Yeo, Esquires. 
 
 The committee having prepared an Address, and presented 
 the same to the meeting. 
 
 Resolved, 5th — That his honor the Custos be requested to 
 sign such address on behalf of the meeting, and that he, toge- 
 ther with the other members of the parish, and Jacob Depass, 
 Esquire, the Reverend Charles Fyfe, and Daniel Jacobs, 
 Esq. be a committee to present the same to his Excellency. 
 
 Resolved, 6M- -That a committee be appointed to co- ope- 
 rate with the other parishes in the county of Surry, for the 
 purpose of receiving subscriptions towards the erection of a 
 Statue on the Kingston Parade, to perpetuate the remem- 
 brance of our esteemed Governor, Sir Charles Theophilus 
 Metcalfe- 
 
 Resolved, 7th — That the subscription shall not exceed forty 
 shillings, nor be less than one shilling, and that the Magis- 
 trates and Vestrymen, together with the Clergymen of every 
 denomination in the^parish, be such committee, and requested 
 to receive the subscriptions, and pay the same into the hands 
 of his honor the Custos, to be by him deposited in the Plan- 
 ters' Bank 
 
 S. J. DALLAS, Chairman. 
 
 His honor the Custos having left the chair, Wellwood 
 Hyslop, Esquire, was called thereto, when it was 
 
 Resolved, — That the thanks of this meeting be awarded to 
 his honor, for bis able conduct in the chair. 
 
 W. HYSLOP. 
 
 To iiisE; 
 
 THE( 
 
 May 
 
 At no |] 
 feeling of 
 ing depar' 
 island, am 
 Inhabitan 
 in the pre 
 
 When ' 
 at the tim 
 difficultie! 
 our consti 
 tonly assa 
 right and 
 the peopi 
 which th 
 nists ; am 
 their fellc 
 pudiated 
 represent 
 at the los 
 governme 
 Sir, by a 
 all limes, 
 tjharilies, 
 you towa 
 
 We be 
 to be assi 
 tertain t 
 a long at 
 
 To the M 
 
 * 
 
 Accep 
 which ha 
 
 You h 
 arrival i 
 ri"hteou! 
 revolutio 
 ever be ft 
 
has created 
 ebt of grati- 
 
 1 the loss the 
 iinqaishnient 
 T. Metcalfe, 
 Liwakened by 
 by his Ex- 
 his able and 
 
 itants of this 
 titting exer- 
 its it has de- 
 , and that an 
 ntiments, be 
 lie manner, 
 be a commit- 
 Hyslop, and 
 Oordon, and 
 icob Mitchel, 
 Esquires, 
 nd presented 
 
 requested to 
 hat be, toge- 
 acob Depass, 
 iniei Jacobs, 
 Bxcellency. 
 3d to CO- ope< 
 irry, for the 
 erection of a 
 
 the remem- 
 s Theophilus 
 
 exceed forty 
 t the Magis- 
 men of every 
 nd requested 
 ito the hands 
 in the Plan- 
 
 'Chairman. 
 , Well wood 
 
 ) awarded to 
 
 lYSLOP. 
 
 PORT-ROYAL. 
 
 35 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To Fiis ExcrxLKxuY the Right IIonorablk Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Maij it please your Excellency^ 
 
 At no period has there been witnessed a more universal 
 feeling of regret than on the announcement of the approach- 
 ing departure of your Excellency from the government of this 
 island, and never were the Magistrates, Freeholders, and other 
 Inhabitants of the parish of Port*Royal more unanimous than 
 in the present expressian of that feeling. 
 
 When we look back to the peculiar situation of this island 
 at the time your Excellency assumed the government — to the 
 difficulties with which we were then beset — to the fact that 
 our constitution was nearly annihilated — our character wan^ 
 tonly assailed — and then reflect, that to your Excellency's up* 
 right and impartial acts towards those entrusted to your sway, 
 the people of Jamaica are indebted for thos.i, better feelings 
 which the British government now entertains for the colu . 
 nists ; and that the calumnious charges made against them to 
 their fellow-subjects in England have been successfully re- 
 pudiated by your Excellency's fair, manly, and unprejudiced 
 representations of them, we cannot but feel th** deepest regret 
 at the loss the island is about to sustain in the .rrenderof the 
 government by your Excellency. These feelings are increased. 
 Sir, by a knowledge of the lively interest which you have, at 
 all times, taken in the welfare of Jamaica, by your unbounded 
 t:harities, and by the kind and friendly solicitude evinced by 
 you towards all classes of its inhabitants. 
 
 We beg your Excellency to accept our grateful thanks, and 
 to be assured that the inhabitants of this parish will ever en- 
 tertain towards you sentiments of the highest regard. May 
 a long and happy life attend your Excellency. 
 
 S. J. DALLAS, Custos, 
 
 HIS exci'-llency's reply. 
 
 To the Mfigistrales, Freeholders, and other Inhahilanls of the 
 » Parish of Port-Iioyal. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my cordial thanks for the kindness 
 which has led you to honor me with this address. 
 
 You have adverted to the state of affairs existing before my 
 arrival in the island. There had been a great change, a 
 righteous change required by humunity, but attended with a 
 revtdution more universal perhaps than any that the world had 
 ever bdbre seen— a revolution ielt in every family and house 
 
 E*^ 
 
96 
 
 «T. ANDREW. 
 
 in the country. Daring the progress of this change, par' 
 arose, and mutual warmth prevailed. On the one hand sulli- 
 cient allowance was not made for the natural heart burniiigs 
 of those who had not only t^een deprived of their property for 
 an inadequate compensation, but were threatenad with the 
 loss of their means of subsistence; and from a state of absolute 
 power were reduced to one, in some respects, of deplorable 
 helplessness. On the other hand, indignation was felt at un- 
 just vituperation, and strong feelings having been excit mJ, 
 correspondent resolutions and proceedings were adopted by 
 the representative branch of the legislature, which roused into 
 action the olfended supremacy of the Imperial Parliament. 
 Such was the state of tilings when I received charge of the 
 governm':>nt. It was neither my inclin.ition nor my duty to 
 prolong a contest which was injurious both to the Colony and 
 to the Mother Country. — 1 came to restore peace. Aly in- 
 structions enjoined this pleasing task, for reconciliation was 
 the sincere desire of her i\7ajesty's government. For no other 
 object would I have come. Any mission with opposite views 
 I v.'ould not have accepted. The performance of this duty 
 has been to me most easy. It has been performed for me by 
 the wisdom of the legislature and the good sense and good 
 feeling of the whole island. I was met from the beginning 
 with the utmost cordiality; I have had throughout general 
 support and co-operation ; i have every where experienced 
 unbounded kindness. 
 
 To you, gentlemen, as well as to all }our countrymen, my 
 grateful thanks are due. I shall treasure in my memory the 
 jecollection of this day, in which I have received this honora- 
 ble mark of your esteem and friendly feeling. 
 
 t 
 
 PARISH OF ST. ANDREW. 
 
 At a meeting of the Justices, Vestrymen, and other Inha« 
 bitants of the Parish of Saint Andrew, held at the Cnurt- 
 House, Halfway -Tree, on Tuesday, the 22d March, 1842, 
 agreeably to requii>ition made to his honor the Custos', for the 
 purpose of preparing a valedictory address to his Excellency 
 Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, the honorable Joseph Gordon in 
 the chair, it wivs unanimously 
 
 Resolved, \st — That the rf^signation of the government of 
 this island, by our beloved Governor, calls for the loud ex- 
 pression of our deep and heartfelt regret. 
 
 Resolved, 2d — That the thanks of the people of Jamaica 
 
 «ro due 
 >vhich hi 
 country 
 colotiy 
 will amo 
 plished t 
 llesuh 
 the senti 
 ing ente 
 deep reg 
 departur 
 in the m 
 Resol 
 propositi 
 ty, prayi 
 Metcalft 
 Governr 
 a comm') 
 with the 
 viz. : Re 
 able Jol 
 C. Mow 
 Marshal 
 Esquirej 
 Resoli 
 nicate " 
 order to 
 less thar 
 memoria 
 benevole 
 proposet 
 of this ( 
 such coi 
 several 
 Vestryn 
 the Cos 
 Resoi 
 tor, the 
 a deput 
 Charles 
 
 His I 
 
 Esquire 
 having ! 
 
ST. ANDREW. 
 
 .37 
 
 nge, par ' 
 3 liund suili- 
 art buruiiigs 
 property i'or 
 id with tlie 
 ! of absolute 
 (' deplorable 
 s telt at un- 
 en e^citid, 
 
 adopted by 
 I roused into 
 Parliaiiieot. 
 jaroe of the 
 
 my duly to 
 
 Colony and 
 ce. Aiy in- 
 iliatiou was 
 ^^or no other 
 :)osite views 
 of this duty 
 d for me by 
 se and good 
 e beginning 
 out general 
 
 xperienced 
 
 try men, my 
 memory the 
 this honoru- 
 
 other Inha« 
 the Ctiurt- 
 !arch, 1842, 
 tos', for the 
 Excellency 
 Gordon iu 
 
 .ernment of 
 le loud ex- 
 
 of Jamaica 
 
 arc due to the excellent man who sacrificed iho ropoee to 
 which his long and benehcial labours in the service of his 
 country entitled him, in order to reconcile this distracted 
 colony to the parent country, and t«j restore peace and good 
 will amongst its inha))itants, and who so successfully accom- 
 plished this noble task. 
 
 Resolved, Sd — That an Address be prepared, expressive of 
 the sentiments of admiration and attachment which this meet- 
 ing entertains for his Excellency's exalted character, and the 
 deep regret felt by the Inhabitants of this Parish at his early 
 departure, and that the same be presented to his Excellency 
 in the most acceptable manner. 
 
 Resolved, 4th — That this meeting highly approve of the 
 proposition for a general address and memorial to her Majes- 
 ty, praying that she would be pleased to confer on Sir Charles 
 Metcalfe some marks of her Royal favour, on his quitting the 
 Government of this island, and that the fjdlowing gentlemen bo 
 a committee to procure signatures thereto, and to co operate 
 with the Kingston committee in carrying the same into ellect, 
 viz. : Robert Smith, and Edward Jordon, Esquires, the honor- 
 able John Mulhotland, the Baron Ketelhodt, and Edward 
 C. Mowali, James Wiles, Hinton East, John Gordon, Charles 
 Marshall, C. M. Jopp, G. P. JM. Downier, and John R. lirice, 
 Esquires, and Doctor Grav. 
 
 * • • • 1 
 
 Resolved, 5{h — That a committee be appointed io commti- 
 nicale "'ith the several parishes of the county of Surry, in 
 order to receive subscriptions not exceeding ons pound, nor 
 less than one shilling, for the purpose of erecting a lasting 
 memorial of his Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe's "ise and 
 benevolent government, during his residence in tliis island, 
 proposed to be placed on the Parade in Kingston, the capital 
 of this county, and that the following gentlemen be appointed 
 such committee : — the Rector and Curates of the Parish, the 
 several Ministers of the Gospel in it ; the Magistrates and 
 Vestrymen for the same, and J. R. Brice, Esquire, and that 
 the Custos be the chairman of such committee. 
 
 Resolved, Gth — That the Members of the Parish, the Re- 
 tor, the hoD. John Muiholland, and the Baron Ketelhodt, be 
 a deputation to present the address to his Excellency Sit 
 Charles Metcalfe. 
 
 JOSEPH GORDON. 
 
 His honor the Custos having left the chair, Robert Smith, 
 Esquire, was called thereto, when the thanks of the meeting- 
 having been voted to his honor, the meeting separated. 
 
 ROBERT SMITH. 
 
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 ; 
 
 ,)a 
 
 ST. ANDHKVV, 
 
 TUG ADDRESS. 
 
 To Tiuj Right IIoNo!?AULi: Sir Charles T. MriTCALri:, 
 
 BaUONKT, GoVEliNUll OF THE ISLAM) OF JAMAICA, 
 &C. &C. &C. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We. her Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the Majj^is- 
 trates, Vestrymen, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the 
 Parish of St. Andrew, beg leave to approach your Excellen- 
 cy, with the assurance of our deep and heartfelt regret at 
 jour Exellency's approaching relinquishment of the govern- 
 ment of this island, and departure from it. 
 
 We had cherished the fond anticipation that Jamaica would 
 long remain subject to your Excellency's mild and paternal 
 rule, and in time attain to that high state of peaceful prospe- 
 rity of which she is capable. Our sorrow and disappointment 
 may be conceived, now the intelligence has reached us that 
 the period for your Excellency's departure is at hand, and our 
 brightest and most highly valued hopes are about tu be blighted 
 and destroyed. 
 
 We cannot review your Excellency's brief administration 
 of the affairs of this important colony, or contrast its present 
 Avith its late condition, withont being impressed with the ad- 
 vantages which have resulted from your Excellency's exer- 
 tions, and, convinced of our inability to make any adequate 
 expression of them, our thanks are all we have to offer, l^, 
 Jiowever, gratitude can stamp these with value in you Excel - 
 ;lency's estimation, and that value is to be measured by the 
 ieijgth of our gratitude, then are they the richest and most 
 coUly return which the inhabitants of St. Andrew can make 
 to your Excellency for the benefits conferred upon them, in 
 common with the inhabitants of the island at large ; nor will 
 this feeling be lessened or abated by distance, either of time 
 or of space ; and whether in the privacy of domestic life, or amid 
 the tumult of public business, your Excellency will have our 
 anxious prayers for your renovated and continued health, and 
 the enjoyment of every blessing which can render your Excel- 
 lency happy in time, and secure for you a glorious immortality 
 in eternity. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 JOSEPH GORDON, Ciistos. 
 
 HIS excellency's repl\ . 
 
 To the Mayislrales, Vestrymen, Freeholders, and other In- 
 habitants of the Parish St- Andrew. 
 My utmost endeavours, gentlemen, could not express the 
 
 
 feelings 
 ve} s to ] 
 hearts, i 
 ful recol 
 
 I coni 
 consequi 
 If I had 
 the cour 
 ing plac 
 If [ had 
 respects 
 von, I s 
 long as 
 cheerful 
 my beiie 
 stances 
 be influe 
 As far a 
 I see e 
 that has 
 bably wi 
 bleman 
 lents, an 
 who wil 
 in this c 
 and pub 
 of the ( 
 destiny 
 ns I ha^ 
 
 A she 
 place a 
 again in 
 every in 
 of this 
 shall ne 
 ants of I 
 
 God 
 good gi 
 
 PAl 
 
 At a 
 Thomas 
 on Tuc 
 
ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST. 
 
 39 
 
 Jf-rcALrK, 
 Jamaica, 
 
 tlie Majj^is- 
 lants of the 
 Excellen- 
 t regret at 
 he goveru- 
 
 laica would 
 id paternal 
 ^ful prospe- 
 ppoiutmeht 
 led us that 
 nd, and our 
 be blighted 
 
 ninistration 
 its present 
 ^ith the ad- 
 ncv's exer- 
 y adequate 
 offer. U, 
 you Excel - 
 ired by the 
 it and most 
 V can make 
 jn them, in 
 e ; nor will 
 her of time 
 life, or amid 
 ill have our 
 health, and 
 y'our Excel- 
 immortality 
 
 feelings that respond to your affectionate address, which con- 
 ve'.s to me the overflowing sentiments of kind and generouM 
 hearts, and will ever be preserved in ray memory with grate- 
 ful recollection. 
 
 I confidently trust that your apprehe.islons of any injury, in 
 consequence of my departure, will be removed by the result. 
 If I had entertained such tears, no selfish desire to return to 
 the country thai I have always regarded as my home and rest- 
 ing place, would have induced me spontaneously to quit you. 
 If I had supposed that your position or prospects would, in any 
 respects, have been improved by my continued residence among 
 vou, I should have regarded it as a positive duty to rem as 
 long as it might have been in my power, and should have 
 cheerfully devoted myself to so delightful a task. But it is 
 my belief that your prosperity now mainly depends on circum- 
 stances which 1 hope may be favourable, but which can hardly 
 be influenced by the Executive head of the government. — 
 As far as they may be under the influence of that authority, 
 I see every reason to congratulate you on the selection 
 that has been made of your future Governor, which pro- 
 bably was not known when your address w.is framed. A no- 
 bleman has been appointed, of high rank, acknowledged ta- 
 lents, and excellent reputation, in both public and private life, 
 who will be a suitable representative of her Gracious Majesty 
 in this colony, and will no doubt apply his abilities, judgment, 
 and public spirit to the welfare and happiness of every class 
 of the community, over whom it is his honorable and happy 
 destiny to preside, and from whom he will, I am sure, receive, 
 as I have, general suppoiland co-operation. 
 
 A short period, gentlemen, will separate me from you, and 
 place a wide space between us. — Some of you I hope to meet 
 again in England, where I must ever feel as a brother towards 
 every inhabitant of Jamaica, and where, among recollections 
 of this land, which will cheer the remainder of my days, I 
 shall never forget the kindness of the warm-hearted inhabit- 
 ants of St. Andrew's. 
 
 God bless you all, with success and happiness, and every 
 good gift. 
 
 Ciistos, 
 
 id other In- 
 express the 
 
 PARISH OF ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST. 
 
 At a public meeting of the inhabitants of the Parish of St. 
 Thomas in the East, held at the Court-House, Morant-Bay, 
 on Tuesday the 22d March, for the purpose of addressing 
 
40 
 
 ST. THOMAS !N TiIE EAST. 
 
 lis 
 
 our excellent (rovernor. Sir C. T. Metcalfe, Bart. o» his re- 
 tirement ii'om the government of tliis island, 
 
 liis tionor the Custos in the chair. 
 
 Resolved, That we look hack wth dismay on the alarming 
 stale of distr.ictiun to which we we-e reduced at the time of 
 Sir Charles T. Metcalfe's assnminj^- the government of this 
 island, occasioned hy a prolonged sys'.um of misrepresentation 
 and misrule. 
 
 Resolved, That in contemplating the immediate and happy 
 change produced by the wise, paternal, and impartial admi- 
 nistration of his Excellency, thereby restoring peace, confi- 
 dence, and good feeling to all classes of the community, we 
 cannot but fully participate in the general and deep feeling of 
 regret, occasioned by his approaching departure. 
 
 Resulied, That a committee, consisting of Thomas Thom- 
 son, Alexander IJarclay, and George NY right, Esqrs. be ap- 
 pointed to prepare an Address to his Excellency the (Jovernor, 
 embodying the foregoing resolutions, and that the same com- 
 mittee be requested to act in concert with the other parishes, 
 in preparing a memorial from the inhabitants at large to our 
 gracious Sovereign, humbly praying that some adequate mark 
 of Royal favor may be conferred upon her Majesty's most 
 worthy Representative, Sir C. T. Metcalfe, for the acknow- 
 ledged services he has rendered to this valuable appendage to 
 the British crown, at a period of great difiiculty and peril. 
 
 The committee above-named t'uen retired, and shortly after- 
 wards having returned with an Address, which was read to the 
 meeting. 
 
 Resolved, That the Address now read be agreed to, and 
 that his Honor the Custos, and the Members of the Parish, be 
 requested to present the same in the most acceptable manner. 
 
 Resolved, That the above resolutions, and the Address, bo 
 signed by his Honor the Custos, on behalf of the meeting. 
 
 THOMAS M'CORNOCK, Chairman, 
 
 On the motion of Robert Gordon, Esq. the Hon, Thomas 
 M'CornoCk was requested to leave the chair, and Thomas 
 Thomson, Esq. being called thereto, took the same. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be offered to his 
 Honor the Custos, for his attention in calling the same, and 
 for his conduct in the chair. 
 
 THOxMAS THOMSON. 
 
 To THE 
 
 Mai 
 
 We, t 
 bubitanti 
 regret to 
 from the 
 
 Wehj 
 dence, fi 
 acquired 
 same ene 
 be equal 
 
 In tha 
 short as 
 vernmen 
 pected 
 
 You f 
 describei 
 but nug£ 
 given to 
 
 Under 
 tory swa 
 fabric, ai 
 peared. 
 Jamaica 
 pressed \ 
 and who 
 the gen< 
 snpporte 
 governm 
 
 Nevei 
 maica to 
 ■we feel I 
 in partic 
 
 Ourg 
 Excellei 
 health, ! 
 Sovereij 
 happine! 
 faithful! 
 doing g4 
 
ST. THOMAS IN THK EAST. 
 
 41 
 
 t. uti his re- 
 
 he alarming 
 
 the time of 
 
 lent of this 
 
 )resentatioa 
 
 3 and happy 
 nrlial aduii- 
 eace, confi- 
 munity, we 
 p feeling of 
 
 mas Thom- 
 jqrs. be ap- 
 Covernor, 
 same com- 
 er parishes, 
 large to our 
 quale mark 
 esty's most 
 he acknow- 
 )pendage to 
 id peril, 
 lortly after- 
 read to the 
 
 Bed to, and 
 ! Parish, be 
 ble manner. 
 Address, be 
 neeting. 
 
 hairman. 
 
 on. Thomas 
 [id Thomas 
 
 » 
 
 fered to his 
 same, and 
 
 •MSON. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THE Right Honorable Sir Charles Theophilus 
 Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &,c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Clergy, Freeholders, and other In- 
 habitants of the Parish of Saint Thomas in the East, deeply 
 regret to learn that your Excellency is shortly about to retire 
 from the government of this colony. 
 
 We hailed with joy your arrival amongst us, in full confi- 
 dence, from the high character which your Excellency had 
 acquired in another hemisphere, that the application of the 
 same energies, sound judgment, and honesty of purpose, would 
 be equally beneficial to us. 
 
 In that confidence we have not been iisappointed. Too 
 short as has been your Excellency's administration of the go- 
 vernment, it has more than realized all that we could have ex- 
 pected or desired. 
 
 You found the colony in a state of disorder scarcely to he 
 described. Legislation suspended, and the laws rendered all 
 but nugatory by party spirit, and by the opposite construction 
 given to them by a conflicting magistracy. 
 
 Under your Excellency's upright, impartial, and concilia- 
 tory sway, these unhappy differences, endangering the social 
 fabric, and hurrying property to destruction, speedily disap- 
 peared. You offered to the people and to the legislature of 
 Jamaica your confidence. It was joyfully accepted by an op- 
 pressed and suffering community, driven almost to despair, 
 and who owe to your Excellency a heavy debt of gratitude for 
 the generous and magnanimous manner in which you havo 
 supported their rights, and vindicated their character with the 
 government and people of England. 
 
 Never did a colony owe more to a Governor than does Ja- 
 maica to your Excellency. That you are so soon to leave it, 
 we feel to be a calamity to the island at large, and to ourselves 
 in particular. 
 
 Our gratitude, our thanks, and our prayers go with your 
 Excellency ; that, restored by God's blessing to re-established 
 health, you may long live to enjoy the merited favour of your 
 Sovereign, the esteem of the world, and that greatest of earthly 
 happiness, a self-approving mind, in looking back upon a life 
 faithfully devoted to the service of your country, and spent in 
 doing good. 
 
 THOS. M'CORNOCK, Chairman. 
 
 P 
 
*9 
 
 ST. THOMAS IN THK EAST. 
 
 HIS excellency's rki'ly. 
 To the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Thomas in the East. 
 
 I niu most sensible, g;ci)tlenien, of the generuuii kindnt\sii 
 W'liicli lias (lictutec! your allectiuimte address. 
 
 Whelher 1 have, in any dejjrco, merited your praises — or 
 wliether they wre solely to be ascribed to your friendly parti- 
 ality, I cannut be otherwise than highly gratified and delight- 
 ed by such a manifestation of warm feeling. 1 must ever re- 
 gard, as the happiest event of my lile, that I came to Jamaica. 
 One minute before I accepted the totally unexpected oH'er of 
 the government of this island and its dependencies, if the idea 
 of my going t(» the West Indies had suggested itself to any of 
 Jiiy friends, t should have laughed at it as something so utter- 
 ly improbable, as to be next to an impossibility. The oft'er 
 reached me, when 1 was living in retirement, with no other 
 plan before me but that of making my retirement more com- 
 plete. I had no desire for otiiciul employment of any kind. 
 I had no pretentions to any claim on the Ministry. I had no 
 connection with any party in the state. I had no local influ- 
 ence that could place me in Parliament, the only sphere of 
 public duty for which I had any inclination. No individual 
 could have been found more totally unconnected with public 
 men and public life than I was at that time — none more stu- 
 diously retired from general society and intercourse with the 
 gay or busy world. I had returned from India scarcely a year 
 before, after thirty-eight years' uninterrupted absence from 
 home in the service of my country, with the intention and 
 hope of passing the remainder of ray days in England. Ex- 
 cepting as to my own family and friends, and near neighbours 
 in the country, I was, in fact, a recluse. It is due to her 
 Majesty's Ministers of that time, and especially to the Secre- 
 tary of State for the Colonies, one of your former Governors, 
 the Marquis of Normauby, who made the offer to me, and 
 ■whom I had never seen, to remark, that whether their selec- 
 tion was good or bad, their sole motive must have been the 
 advancement of the public service. 
 
 When I received this offer, a moment's consideration satis- 
 fied me that my duty to my country required that I should 
 accept it. Had Jamaica been in a perfectly satisfactory and 
 happy state, 1 should have declined the honor, having, as I 
 have said, no wish for ollicial employment ; but under the cir- 
 cumstances which then existed, there was something of im- 
 portance to be done, and I considered myself, by the ofier 
 made, as called on to do it. 1 did not therefore hesitate. I 
 indcrlook the trust, encournged by the hope of success, hu- 
 
 man natiiri! 
 thought thai 
 that you mi<. 
 the mother 
 conceived t 
 never been 
 should deri 
 my arrival, 
 party spirit 
 ings of the 
 time be we 
 good sense i 
 course that 
 port and co 
 gained beei 
 population 
 feelings, in 
 am sure, w( 
 now, and th 
 the state of 
 higher classi 
 time, and tl 
 proprietors 
 ral body of 
 suffering, w 
 the great m\ 
 degree of pi 
 spect, than 
 country thai 
 that their in 
 prehension s 
 tainty whicl 
 cultivation ( 
 commerce, ! 
 that all feai 
 that your fa 
 the garden 
 most prospe 
 
 Accept, 
 you have co 
 ing recollec 
 farewell ! it 
 ing may. att 
 
(he East. 
 kindness 
 
 aises — or 
 [Ily parti-' 
 delight- 
 ever r«- 
 Janiuicu. 
 d oiler of 
 ' the idea 
 to any of 
 so utter- 
 The Oder 
 no other 
 lore com- 
 my kind. 
 1 had no 
 )cal iuflu- 
 sphere of 
 ndividuul 
 Ih publio 
 more stu- 
 with the 
 ely a year 
 ;nce from 
 ition and 
 nd. Ex- 
 Mgbbours 
 le to her 
 le Secre- 
 overnors, 
 me, and 
 eir selec- 
 been the 
 
 ion satia- 
 I should 
 ;tory and 
 in;j, as I 
 r the cir- 
 ff of im- 
 the oft'er 
 itale. I 
 ;ess, hu- 
 
 KT. THOMAS IN TUT. EAST. 
 
 43 
 
 man nature heitif^ the same in all parts of tlio world. I 
 thought that yon wer«^ wr«)n}»-, hut i also thoujiht it prohahlH 
 that you might ho induced to put yourselves right, and that 
 the mother country and the colony might bo reconciled. I 
 conceived that coming among you as a stranger, who had 
 never been engaged in any strife regarding the colonics, I 
 should derive some facilities from that circumstance. After 
 my arrival, I was at (irst rather appalled by the violence of 
 parly spirit which seemed to prevail. But the lirst proceed- 
 ings of the House of Assembly assured me that all would in 
 time be well. My task since has been an easy one. Tho 
 good sense of the colony has done all. The plain and obvious 
 course that 1 have pursued has been animated by general sup- 
 port and co-operation. Had the advantages which have been 
 gained been accomplished by any injustice or injury to tho 
 population recently emancipated from a state of slavery, my 
 feelings, in retiring from the government, and your own too, I 
 am sure, would have been widely different from what they are 
 now, and the reverse of gratifying. But, whatever may be 
 the state of the island with regard to the prosperity of the 
 liigher classes — whatever may be the depression of the present 
 time, and the fears for the future, cons lering the interests of 
 proprietors of land, and merchants, and traders, and the gene- 
 ral body of the medical faculty, all of which classes are now 
 sufTering, no one can deny ihat the lower orders, especially 
 the great mass of the emancipated labourer.^, enjoy a greater 
 degree of prosperity, independence, and comfort, in every re- 
 spect, than falls to the lot of the labouring class in any other 
 country that we know of. So that I shall depart, assured 
 that their interests are effectually provided for. The chief ap- 
 prehension and anxiety remaining, are produced by the uncer- 
 tainty which seems to attend the continuation of the profitable 
 cultivation of your staple products, on which the interests of 
 commerce, as well as agriculture, greatly depend. God grant 
 that all fears on that ground may be speedily removed, and 
 that your favoured parish, which can justly boast of containing 
 the garden of Jamaica, may always continue to be one of the 
 most prosperous in the island. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my grateful thanks for the honor that 
 you have conferred on me. It will be among the most pleas- 
 ing recollections that will cheer my future life. In saying- 
 farewell ! it is the uppermost wish of my heart that every bless- 
 ing may attend you. 
 
 I' 2 
 
 
44 
 
 ST. DAVID. 
 
 PARISH OF SAINT DAVID. 
 
 At a public meeting of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. 
 David, held on Saturday, the 26th of March, 1842, for the 
 purpose of voting a valedictory address to his Excellency Sir 
 Charles Metcalfe, George Wright, Esq. senior magistrate, 
 Tf^as called to the chair, when it vfua 
 
 Resolved— Tlmt an address be presented to his Excellency 
 the Governor, expressive of the deep sense the meeting Pii- 
 tertains of the biessing^; the Inhabitants of St. David's have 
 enjoyed, in common with their fellow- colonists, under his able, 
 mild, and impartial administration, and of the irreparable loss 
 which the colony must sustain by his resignation of the go- 
 vernment. 
 
 Mr. Leslie then presented an address, which being referred 
 to a committee, composed of Messrs. Leslie, Paterson, Dick, 
 Parker, Turner, and M'Lean, the same was approved of, and 
 reported without amendment. 
 
 It was moved by Mr. Paterson, that the address be agreed 
 to by the meeting, which motion was carried by acclamation. 
 It was then resolved, that the chairman do sign the address, 
 and that a deputation do present the same in the most accept* 
 able manner to Sir Charles Metcalfe. 
 
 GEORGE WRIGHT, Chairman. 
 
 Mr. Wright having left the chair, Mr. Paterson was called 
 thereto, and the thanks of the meeting voted to the chairman 
 for his able and dignified conduct in the chair. 
 
 ROBERT PATERSON. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THE Right Honorable Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, 
 Baronet, Governor of the Island of Jamaica, 
 
 &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency i 
 
 We, the Inhabitants of St. David*s, participating in those 
 feelings of sorrow and regret which the announcement of your 
 Excellency's approaching departure tias excited in the minds 
 of our fellow-colonists, would ofFfir to your Excellency an ex- 
 pression of the deep sense we entertain of the blessings we 
 have enjoyed under your able, mild, and impartial administra* 
 tion, and of the irreparable loss which the colony most sustain 
 by your Excellency's resignation of its government. 
 
 In your Excellency, as the representative of our Gracious 
 Sovereign, we have beheld an example over to be admired 
 and ever to be emulated, of great parts, and still greater 
 
 worth, wl 
 noblest oi 
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 tended y( 
 maica; w 
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 Excellent 
 trepid vii 
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 to which 
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 ties. The 
 mable qu 
 
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 lonial Go 
 tionsof th 
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 will the s 
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 emulate i 
 
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 acceptan( 
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 the senti 
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 service t 
 my desei 
 occasion 
 afford m( 
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 be gratis 
 
Parish of St. 
 
 842. for the 
 celloDcy Sir 
 magistrate. 
 
 Excellency 
 meeting- Pia- 
 )avid's have 
 ider his able, 
 eparable loss 
 of the go- 
 
 jing referred 
 erson, Dick, 
 oved of, and 
 
 ss be agreed 
 acclamation, 
 the address, 
 most accept* 
 
 Chairman, 
 
 n was called 
 he chairman 
 
 ERSON, 
 
 Metcalfe, 
 ' Jamaica, 
 
 ng in those 
 aent of your 
 n the minds 
 ency an ex- 
 lessings we 
 administras 
 lust sustain 
 
 ir Gracious 
 )e admired 
 till greater 
 
 ST. DAVID. 
 
 45 
 
 worth, wholly and sincerely devoted to the attainment of the 
 noblest of objects, the welfare and happiness of those whom 
 you were sent to govern. The signal success which has at- 
 tended your patriotic exertions is attested by the fact, that Ja- 
 maica; which you found alienated and distracted, has, under 
 your auspices, been restored to harmony and repose. 
 
 We would embrace this opportunity of tendering to your 
 Excellency our grateful acknowledgments for the able and in- 
 trepid vindication of our character, as manifested in your pub- 
 lic despatches. We have felt keenly the unmerited aspersions 
 to which we have been subjected, and are the more sensible 
 of your noble, generous, and successful advocacy. 
 
 We would also acknowledge, with feelings of gratitude, 
 your Excellency's active benevolence and unbounded cliari- 
 ties. These have shed a grace and lustre over your other esti- 
 mable qualities. 
 
 In parting with your Excellency, it is consolatory to feel 
 a5«sured, that the benefits of your short administration will 
 prove neither fleeting nor evanescent; for it may be said with 
 truth, that you have laid the foundation of a new system of Co* 
 lonial Government, which, based on the confidence and affec- 
 tions of the people, will cement and perpetuate their connexion 
 with the mother-country ; thus too, though you now leave us, 
 will the spirit of your enlightened policy remain with us, to 
 animate our loyalty and stimulate succeeding Gover^^ors to 
 emulate your bright example. 
 
 We pray God to bless your Excellency, and begging your 
 acceptance of this tribute of our respect and esteem, we bid 
 you an affectionate farewell. 
 
 GEORGE WRIGHT, Chairman, 
 
 HIS excellenc'ys reply. 
 
 To the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. David* 
 
 I thank you, gentlemen, from the bottom of my heart, for 
 the sentiments expressed in your affectionate Address. If I 
 may flatter myself with a belief, from the repeated assurances 
 which I receive of such an opinion, that I have rendered any 
 service to Jamaica, most certainly I am rewarded far beyond 
 my deserts, by the rich return of affection, called forth by the 
 occasion of my departure. There is no other honor that could 
 afford mo so much delight. Nevertheless the pride and plea- 
 sure which I feel are accompanied by pain at the separation 
 from a country in which I have found so much kindness ; and, 
 as the time approaches at which my desire to return home is to 
 be gratified, I often ask myself, why I quit a community with 
 
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46 
 
 PORTLANDr 
 
 m 
 
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 'whom I have enjoyed so much happiness, and a government 
 rendered so free from care by general support and co-opera- 
 tion. If I entertained any fear that evil consequence would 
 result from my retirement, I could not reconcile myself to the 
 step that I have taken, but, on that subject, I do not enter- 
 tain any apprehension. It would, under any circumstances, 
 he presumptuous in me to attach any importance to my stay ; 
 and, from the reputation which my successor has already ac- 
 quired, I fully expect that he will give you greater satisfac- 
 tion, and bring s perior qualifications to the administra- 
 tion of the governmt nt. I see no reason to anticipate any in- 
 terruption of harmony and confidence. I cannot foresee any 
 difference that can possibly arise that may not be satisfactorily 
 settled by mutual consideration. The loyalty of Jamaica is un- 
 questionable, and the desire of her Majesty's Government must 
 always be to promote the welfare of the Colony, and strengthen 
 the ties of affection that bind this island to the mother-coun- 
 try. More and more will the Government at home, I trust, 
 perceive that it is wise to allow distant Colonies to govera 
 themselves, to avoid interference in details, and only to inter- 
 pose the paramount ar.thority of the Empire when great prin- 
 ciples are at stake. 
 
 Farewell, gentlemen, I shall never forget your kindness, 
 I shall cherish with pride the recollection of the honor that 
 you have conferred on me by the sentiments which you enter- 
 tain. I shall ever remember, with gratitude, the happiness that 
 I have enjoyed among you. May health and wealth and every 
 blessing attend you. 
 
 PARISH OF PORTLAND. 
 
 At a public meeting of the Magistrates, Clergy, Vestry- 
 men, Freeholders, and other inhabitants of the parish of Port- 
 land, held on Thursday, the 24th March, at the Court- House, 
 Titchfield, for the purpose of preparing an address to his Ex- 
 cellency Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, on his approaching depar- 
 ture from this island. 
 
 Resolved- — That this meeting have heard with feelings of 
 deep regret of the approaching departure of his lilxcellency 
 the Governor, the right honorable Sir Charles T. Metcalfe. 
 
 Resolved — That this meeting, deeply impressed with the 
 sense of the many benefits the country has derived from his 
 Excellency's just, upright, and impartial administration of the 
 government of this island, an humble address, expressive of 
 
 these sent 
 ucceptabh 
 
 Resolvi 
 signed by 
 
 Resolve 
 rishesin [ 
 sense of t 
 cellency, 
 receive st 
 
 Resolvi 
 Esqrr. an 
 
 /'*" olvi 
 operLiting 
 dress and 
 would be 
 nor some 
 
 That hi 
 and that 
 
 That tl 
 his impar 
 
 To Hi 
 
 May 
 
 We, tl 
 habitants 
 you are a 
 leave to i 
 bation of 
 gratitude 
 behalf of 
 
 Your 1 
 unexamp 
 and even 
 and depr 
 that, unc 
 ments — ^ 
 which hi 
 our cha 
 ceased t( 
 these ad' 
 
government 
 1 co-opera- 
 snce would 
 yself to the 
 • not enter- 
 lumstances, 
 o my stay ; 
 already ac- 
 fer satisfac- 
 administra- 
 ate any in- 
 bresee any 
 itisfactorily 
 laica is un- 
 iment must 
 strengthen 
 ither-coun- 
 le, I trust, 
 to govera 
 Iv to inter- 
 great prin- 
 
 ' kindness, 
 honor that 
 you enter- 
 >piness that 
 \ and every 
 
 y, Vestry- 
 sh of Port- 
 art-House, 
 to his Ex- 
 ling depar- 
 
 feelings of 
 Excellency 
 [etcalfe. 
 1 with the 
 \ from his 
 ition of the 
 pressive of 
 
 PORTLAND. 
 
 47 
 
 these sentiments, be presented to his Excellency, in the most 
 acceptable manner, by his honor the Custos. 
 
 Resolved — That the Address now read be adopted, and 
 signed by his Honor the Custos, on behalf of the meeting. 
 
 Resolved — That this meeting pledges itself to aid other Pa- 
 rishes in procuring some lasting testimonial to perpetuato their 
 sense of the many and great obligations they owe to his Ex- 
 cellency, and recommend that a committee be appointed to 
 receive subscriptions for the purpose. 
 
 Resolved — That A. G. Juhnston and Thomas M'Morine, 
 Esqrr. and the View G. Griiliths be appointed such committee. 
 
 p., ^Ived — That the meeting will feel much pleasure in co- 
 operi^ting with the Inhabitants of Kingston in an humble Ad- 
 dress and Memorial to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty 
 would be graciously pleased to confer on our esteemed Gover- 
 nor some especial mark of her Royal favour. 
 
 JOHN S. CLACHAR, Custos. 
 
 That his Honor the Custos be requested to vacate the chair, 
 and that A. G. Johnston, Esq. do take the same. 
 
 That the thanks of this meeting be given to his Honor for 
 his impartial and dignified conduct in the chair. 
 
 A. G. JOHNSTON. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir 
 Charles T. Metcalfe, &c. &c. 
 
 3Iai/ it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Clergy, Freeholders, and other In- 
 habitants of the Parish of Portland, having understood that 
 you are about to retire from the government of this island, beg 
 leave to assure your Excellency not only of our perfect appro- 
 bation of your wise and just administration, but of our sincere 
 gratitude for your kind and noble and generous exertions in 
 behalf of the people and the interests of Jamaica. 
 
 Your Excellency found us, on your arrival, in a situation of 
 unexampled distres and confusion— distrusted on all hands, 
 and even vilifie*! by many parties who had the power to injure 
 and depress us lurther. We only advert to these facts to shew 
 that, under your Excellency's government and good arrange- 
 ments — we have recovered from tlie distress and confusion 
 which had almost overwhelmed us we have re-established 
 our character — our fellow-subjects in Great-Britain have 
 ceased to vilify us, and no party seeks to oppress us. To 
 these advantages we know that we are indebted to your Ex.- 
 
48 
 
 PORTLAND. 
 
 cellency, and we thank you. It was your generous confidence 
 in the people of Jamaica, and your courageous determination 
 to do i;s justice, your wise conduct, your impartiality, and 
 your s]iever-wearied kindness that have effected a complete, 
 and, thank God! a most favourable revolution in our circum- 
 stances and situation, in our thoughts and hopes. You have 
 done us justice, and the result justifies the policy and the pru- 
 dence, as well as the kindness of your conduct ; you have re- 
 lieved us from much apprehension, from real calamities, 
 and from sorrows. We hardly know how to express our thanks 
 for the many favours beyond the line of duty which ^i : u have 
 conferred on the people who are regretting your appioaching 
 departure. The interest you have taken incur institutions and 
 associations for agricultural improvements, in assisting to pro-* 
 vide churches and chapels, your munificent donations — these 
 are without any parallel in this country ; they are ap()reciated, 
 although our expressions may fall short of our feelings respect- 
 ing them. 
 
 \Ve h^ve still another obligation to return thanks for. Your 
 wise and successful administration will be a guarantee to our 
 parent government, and to your Excellency's successors, that 
 they will do well to pursue a similar line of conduct so credit- 
 able and so gratifying to themselves, so gratefully received 
 and acki^owledged by the people of Jamaica. 
 
 Your Excellency's administration, as a matter of history,, 
 will live in our records, and let us be allowed to add, in our 
 hearts ; and our children's children will learn to think of you 
 asthefiithcr of Jamaica — the wise, the faithful, the impartial, 
 the fortunate Governor, whose successful administration will 
 be the test by which all future administrations will be tried 
 and appreciated. 
 
 We pray for your health and prosperity, and respectfully 
 and gratefully tender our farewell. 
 
 At the request and on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 JOHN S. CLACHAR. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Magistrates, Clergy, Freeholders, and other Inha- 
 bitants of the Parish of Portland. 
 
 I receive, gentlemen, your afTectionate address with heart- 
 felt thankfulness. 
 
 Although I am sensible that the generosity of your hearts 
 appreciates too highly my humble, but honest, endeavours to 
 promote the welfare of Jamaica, I cannot receive such proofs 
 of kindness without being deeply affected by them ; and they 
 
 will be t 
 pride, du 
 But.thi 
 sorrow, if 
 ed her di 
 other reas 
 than whal 
 that the s 
 nue to be 
 ly do I ho 
 and wealt 
 It will gi\ 
 share in 1 
 and bless 
 
 At a Pi 
 
 1842, in t 
 
 'His Hun( 
 
 were ente 
 
 Resolve 
 many ber 
 policy of 1 
 extreme i 
 
 Resolvi 
 parishes i 
 be pleasei 
 beloved ( 
 
 Resolvi 
 tions in a 
 Metcalfe, 
 amo^int n 
 and that 
 bo such c 
 point a n 
 chairman 
 
 Resolvi 
 Custos be 
 cially trai 
 tion. 
 
 His ho 
 
 sack, Es<] 
 
> confidence 
 termination 
 tiality, and 
 I complete, 
 0ur ciroum- 
 You have 
 nd the pru- 
 ou liave re- 
 calamities, 
 sour thanks 
 ch ^ ' u have 
 ippiuaching^ 
 tutions and 
 ting to pro-> 
 ions — these 
 [ppreciated, 
 igs respect- 
 
 s for. Your 
 intee to our 
 essors, that 
 }t so credit- 
 \y received 
 
 • of history, 
 add, in our 
 bink of you 
 e impartial, 
 itration will 
 ill be tried 
 
 respectfully 
 
 CHAR. 
 
 yther Inha- 
 
 with heart- 
 
 your hearts 
 deavours to 
 such proofs 
 I ; and they 
 
 ST. GEORGE, 
 
 49 
 
 will be to me sources of grateful' recollection and ciieering 
 pride, durin«y the remainder of my days. 
 
 But^ these delightful tokens of affection will increase my 
 sorrow, if I do not learn hereafter that Jamaica has surmount- 
 ed her difHcultit'v tnd is prosperous and happy. I sec no 
 other reason to doubt that this result will be accomplished, 
 than what arises from the apprehension entertained by many 
 that the staple products of the island cannot generally conti- 
 nue to be cultivated with a remunerating profit. Most anxious- 
 ly do I hope that these fears may be allayed, and that success 
 and wealth will still reward the management ofthe landholder. 
 It will give me great satisfaction to know that you, gentlemen, 
 share in the general prosperity. May the Almighty protect 
 and bless you. 
 
 PARISH bP ST. GEORGE. 
 
 At a Public Meeting held on Tuesday the 22d day of March, 
 1842, in the Court-House, BufF-Bay, according to requisition, 
 'His Honor the Gustos in the chair, the foiIo\ ug resolution' 
 were entered into : — 
 
 Resolved ^Thai this meeting, deeply impressed with the 
 many benefits derived from the enlightened and impartial 
 policy of the Right Honorable Sir C. T. Metcalfe, view with 
 extreme regret his intended departure from the island. 
 
 Resolved — That this meeting entirely concur with other 
 parishes in expressing a sincere hope, that her Majesty will 
 be pleased to confer some mark of her Royal favour on our 
 beloved Governor on his arrival in England. 
 
 Resolved — That a committee be formed to raise subscrip- 
 tions in aid of erecting a Statue in honor of' Sir Charles T. 
 Metcalfe, on such scite as may hereafter be devised, at an 
 amo^int not exceeding two pounds, nor less than one shilling, 
 and that the Magistrates, Clergy, and Vestry of the parish 
 bo snch committee for the above purpose, with power to ap- 
 point a managing committee, of which the Custos shall be 
 chairman. 
 
 Resolved — That the address prepared by his honor the 
 Custos be signed by him on behalf of the meeting, and offi- 
 cially transmitted to the Governor's Secretary for presenta- 
 tion. 
 
 JOHN R. GROSETT, Custos. 
 
 His honor the Custos having left the chair, William Hos- 
 sack, Esq. was called thereto, when the thanks of this meet- 
 
 G 
 
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50 
 
 •T. GEORGE. 
 
 ing were voted to his honor for his impartial conduct in the 
 chair. 
 
 WM. HOSSACK. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THE Right Honorable Sir Charles TheophilOs 
 Metcalfe, Bart. Governor of Jamaica, &c. &c. 
 
 Mai/ it please your Excellency ^ 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Clergy, and Inhabitants of Saint 
 Geor«»e's, deeply impressed witiithe many benefits, which we, 
 in common wilh all other classes in the island, have experi- 
 enced under }our Excellency's admini»t«'alion, view wilh ex- 
 treme regret your approaching departure. 
 
 When you first landed on our shores we refrained from 
 offering any address, anxiously waiting, in the then distracted 
 fitute of our ailuirs, to see the developement of your views 
 and intended conduct. A short tilne satisfied us of the na^^ 
 ture of your enliiihtened and impartial policy ; and no sooner 
 was our parish honored with your presence, than we offered 
 our address of congratulations, founded on sincerity, and on 
 the experience, as we then declared, of tiie beneficial course 
 of your administration. With no less sincerity do we now 
 express our deep regret at your resignation of the govern- 
 ment of this important and once valuable island. 
 
 We however trust that, whether you continue to devote 
 your talents to the service of our Sovereign, or in the quietude 
 of retirement enjoy the proud reflections of an approving con- 
 science, the blessing, under Divine Providence, of restored 
 health will attend your future life. 
 
 On behalf of the meeting, 
 
 . JOHN ROCK GROSETT, Custo$, 
 
 his excellency s reply. 
 To the Magistrates, Clergy, and Inhabitants of St. George. 
 
 I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my cordial thanks for the 
 honor which you have conferred on me by your kind address. 
 
 The sentiments that you have the goodness to express will 
 ever be remembered by me with the highest gratification. 
 
 With reference to your obliging wishes regarding my health, 
 I have the satisfaction of assuring you, that my general health 
 is unimpaired, and that I have never possessed it in a more 
 perfect degree than during my residence in this island. I do 
 not expect any advantage from the approaciiiog chr^nge ; and 
 
 if t could 
 I should 
 I trust 
 your welt 
 which I cJ 
 entertains 
 tion of y( 
 very serii 
 that the r 
 St. Geor; 
 newed pr 
 
 At a r 
 tial Prop 
 bitants of 
 advertise! 
 day# the 
 being uni 
 the meeti 
 excellent 
 able Sir ' 
 Jamaica 
 from ana 
 prietary 
 by a stra 
 restored 
 while wi 
 of heart, 
 ritable in 
 versal fe 
 of all, at 
 glad to I 
 tions to 
 duced w 
 
 Kesoli 
 the gove 
 Honoral 
 regret a 
 
 2d.—' 
 importar 
 parallell 
 Lad neai 
 
METCALP£. 
 
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 Ittct in th0 
 SSACK. 
 
 lEOPHILtrs 
 
 &c. &c. 
 
 of Saint 
 
 which we, 
 
 ve experi- 
 
 w with ex- 
 
 if t could chose my Iwme, according to iny opiniotk of cliniate» 
 I should never quit Jamaica. 
 
 I trust, gentlemen, that I may hear, in my retirement, of 
 your welfare and improved prospects. The only anxiety with 
 which 1 depart is that which arises from the douht apparently 
 entertained as to the practicability of carryintr on the cultiva- 
 tion of your staple products with protit. This is a doubt of 
 very serious import, anii I can only express my earnest hope 
 that the result may be more cheerful, and that the parish of 
 St. George, as well as the whole island, may rejoice in re- 
 newed prosperity, and every other blessing. 
 
 . i 
 
 ained from 
 1 distracted 
 your views 
 of the na*^ 
 d no sooner 
 we offered 
 ty, and on^ 
 uial course 
 Jo we now 
 he govern- 
 
 ) to devote 
 lie quietude 
 roving con- 
 of restored 
 
 , Custos. 
 
 ?f. George, 
 
 nks for the 
 J address. 
 X press will 
 cation. 
 
 my health, 
 eral health 
 
 in a more 
 md. I do 
 ^^nge; aad 
 
 PARISH OF METCALFE. 
 
 At a nnmeroi|s and highly respectable meeting of iniluen* 
 tial Proprietors, Magistrates, Freeholders, and others, Inha- 
 bitants of the new parish of Metcalfe, assembled, according to 
 advertisement, at the Court House, Annotfo-Bay, on Satur- 
 day# the 26th March, 184*2, James Maxwell, Esq. M. D. 
 being unanimously called to the chair, opened the business of 
 the meeting with a feeling and appropriate eulogium on the 
 excellent, liberal, and enlightened policy of the Right Honor- 
 able Sir Charles Thenphilus Metcalfe, to whom all classes in 
 Jamaica are so deeply indebted for rescuing their country 
 from anarchy and confusion, their local magistracy and pro* 
 prietary body from calumny and. misrepresentatic!i, and who, 
 by a straight-forward, impartial, and effective administration, 
 restored confidence and mutual good feeling among all classes, 
 yfhWe with unbounded benevolence, and the greatest kindness 
 of heart, he liberally assisted and encouraged useful and cha> 
 ritable institutions in every part of the island, and as a uni- 
 versal feeling of the deepest regret nmst pervade the minds 
 of all, at the prospect of losing such a Governor, he would be 
 glad to hear the sentiments of any gentleman who had resolu- 
 tions to propose. The following were then severally intro- 
 duced with appropriate remarks, and unanimously agreed to. 
 
 Resolved, \st. That the intelligence of the resignation of 
 the government of this island, by his Excellency the Right 
 Honorable Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, has caused the deepest 
 regret among all classes of this community. ' 
 
 2d. — That his Excellency assumed the government of this 
 important colony at a crisis of distress and embarrassments un- 
 parallelled in its history, when faction and misrepresentation 
 L>ad nearly disorganized ot:r social structure — when discord 
 
 g2 
 
 
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52 
 
 METCALFE. 
 
 and enniily were fomented by persons not identified with the 
 vital well being of this country — when the local magistracy 
 were held up to scorn, and the distressed and almost ruined 
 proprietary were vilified, his Excellency came amongst us 
 \/ith the olive branch of peace, and by his liberal and en- 
 lightened policy, restored confidence and harmony, gave an 
 impetus to civilization and rational freedom honorable to his 
 administration, and exerted his utmost influence in the adop- 
 tion of such measures as were most likely to rescue the agri- 
 cultural interest from impending ruin. 
 
 Sd. — That the thanks of this meeting, as well as of every 
 inhabitant of this compact, fertile, and hitherto neglected dis- 
 trict, are eminently due to his Excellency Sir Charles T. 
 Metcalfe, for ha'ving so patriotically espoused their cause, in 
 promptly assenting to the act of the legislature constituting 
 ihe country around Annotto-Bay a new and distinct parish, 
 in accordance with the universal and expressed wishes of the 
 resident Proprietors, Freeholders, and mass*of the labouring 
 population. This meeting recognises in his Excelleney the 
 friend and patron of their desired parish, and rejoices to have 
 the name of Metcalfe so intimately incorporated with tjieir 
 local institutions, as to be a household word to be handed 
 down to posterity, and hereafter to be referred to as a parti- 
 cular instance of the wisdom and liberality of Sir Charles T. 
 Metcalfe. 
 
 4th. — That we, the inhabitants of the new parish of Met- 
 calfe, a community who have individually struggled to secure 
 a competency, whose all is bound up in the welfare of our 
 adopted country, and who, in common with the other inhabit- 
 ants of Jamaica, have been taught to appreciate the blessings 
 of good government by painful experience of the reverse, 
 cannot, in hacknied language of a farewell address, express 
 the feelings with which we are oppressed at the prospect of 
 losing such a Governor as Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, convinced 
 that he is — 
 
 " The Star that our darkness divided ; 
 
 " The Harp that gave melody e'en to the blast ; 
 
 " The Dove that brought peace when the waters subsided ; 
 
 " The Violet of Hope, when the winter is pass'd." 
 
 6th. — That James Maxwell, Edward Bond, the Rev. Rich- 
 ard Forbes, George Scotland, and W. F. Whitehouse, Esqrs. 
 ♦ be a committee to prepare an Address to his Excellency, 
 embodying these Resolutions. 
 
 The meeting adjourned fat a short time, to allow the com- 
 mittee to prepare the address, which being done, on re-assem- 
 bling, it was 
 
 Resolve 
 be adopte 
 ing, and 
 George S 
 to his Ex( 
 
 Resolve 
 address tl 
 colony, to 
 jesty may 
 mark of h 
 of this rol 
 
 Resolve 
 hand in 1 
 .statue or 
 ediy ende 
 
 On moi 
 requested 
 
 Resolvt 
 to Dr. M 
 ing. 
 
 To HIS I 
 Theoi 
 
 TheI 
 
 newly-co 
 treme rej 
 tion to re 
 
 The as 
 at a per» 
 cent chai 
 ing ran 
 required 
 person ol 
 and tran( 
 
 With 
 ate mea 
 knowledj 
 spection, 
 tice. 
 
 Theii 
 civil and 
 from unt 
 
d willi the 
 magistracy 
 lost ruined 
 unongsl us 
 al and en- 
 , gave an 
 ble to his 
 1 the adop- 
 e the agri- 
 
 is of every 
 lected dis- 
 Charles T. 
 r cause, in 
 onstituting 
 net parish, 
 ihes of the 
 e labouring 
 ellenev the 
 
 » 
 
 ces to have 
 
 with tjieir 
 
 be handed 
 
 as a parti - 
 
 Charles T. 
 
 sh of Met- 
 d to secure 
 fare of our 
 herinhabit- 
 iie blessings 
 lie reverse, 
 ss, express 
 prospect of 
 y convinced 
 
 sided ; 
 
 Rev. Rich- 
 »iise, Esqrs. 
 Excellency, 
 
 w the com- 
 n re-assem- 
 
 METCALFE. 
 
 ij3 
 
 Resolved, 6th. — That the address now presented and read 
 be adopted and signed by the chairman on behalf of the meet- 
 ing, and that Edward Trneman Guy, Hinton S[)alding, and 
 George Scotland, Esqrs. be a deputation to present the same 
 to his Excellency Sir C. T. Metcalfe. 
 
 Resolved, 7th. — That this meeting will join in any general 
 address that may be contemplated by the inhaibitants of this 
 colony, to be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Ma- 
 jesty may be pleased to confer on Sir C. T. Metcalfe some 
 mark of her Royal favour, on his retiring from the government 
 of this rolony. 
 
 Resolved, Sth. — That the inhabitants of Metcalfe will go 
 hand in hand with their fellow-colonists in perpetuating, by a 
 statue or othtrwise, the name of a Governor, who has deserv- 
 edly endeared himself to all classes in this colony. 
 
 JAMES MAXWELL. 
 
 On motion of the Rev. Richard Forbes, Mr. Scotland was 
 requested to take the chair, when it was 
 
 Resolved, nem. con. — That the thanks of the meeting are due 
 to Dr, Maxwell, for his having presided so ably at this meet- 
 
 ing. 
 
 GEO. SCOTLAND. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To HIS Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 The Proprietors, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the 
 newly-constituted parish of Metcalfe, have heard with ex- 
 treme regret and concern, that it is your Excellency's inten- 
 tion to retire from the government of this island. 
 
 The assumption of the governmentof this important colony, 
 at a period of extraordinary excitement, arising from the re- 
 cent change effected in our social condition, when party feel- 
 ing ran high, and faction menaced the peace of the island, 
 required such eminent qualities as are happily united in the 
 person of your Excellency, to allay discord, and restore order 
 and tranquillity. 
 
 With a mind unbiassed, your Excellency adopted immedi- 
 ate measures to acquire an accurate and comprehensive 
 knowledge of the actual state of the colony from personal in- 
 spection, and based your administration upon truth and jus- 
 tice. 
 
 The improvement in our judicial system — the protection of 
 civil and religious liberty — the rescue of the local magistracy 
 from unmerited obloquy — the vindication of the character of 
 
64 
 
 METCALFE. 
 
 1^^ 
 
 V I 
 
 the proprietary and inhabitants generally from the wanton ca- 
 luinny and slander of enemies — the harmonious feelinjf main- 
 tained with the legislature, and the uniform (:i^'.-,i-e evinced to 
 promote the best interests of the colony, are remarkable in- 
 stances of your Excellency's judicious polic^ and wisdom, 
 'which excite our admiration, and demand our sincere thanks 
 and gratitudet 
 
 Your Excellency's administration has ben characterised by 
 a manly, npright, and impartial course, w*. II calculated to in- 
 spire us with confidence and hope, and to dispel the gloom 
 which darkens our commercial and agricultural prospects. We 
 therefore view vour Excellency's departure from this island, at 
 this crisis of Colonial aflfairs, as a public loss not soon to be 
 forgotten, nor easily to be repaired, but we hav€bsome conso- 
 lation in thinking, that as your Excellency is actuated by a 
 sincere desire for the welfare of Jamaica, your influence will 
 still be beneficially used to promote the prosperity of a colony 
 in which your government has been so pre-eminently suc- 
 cessful. 
 
 The inhabitants of Metcalfe have peculiar reasons to regret 
 your Excellency's departure. Your visit to this quarter, where 
 you encountered so many inconveniences, gave you the oppor- 
 tunity of bearing testimony to the neglected and helpless state 
 of the district; and the frank manner in which you acknow- 
 ledged their humble address, emboldened them to apply to the 
 Legislature for redress of grievances, and which has led to the 
 formation of an independent parish. 
 
 We take this opportunity of cordially thanking your Excel- 
 lency for having so readily assented to the bill constituting the 
 new parish, and look forward with hope to its final organiza- 
 tion through your favorable representation. We recognize in 
 jour Excellency the friend and patron of our desired parish, 
 and rejoice to have the name of Metcalfe so intimately incor- 
 porated with our local institutions, as to become a*liousehold 
 word to be handed down to posterity. 
 
 When your Excellency shall have retired from this island, 
 where your benevolence, and charity, and universal philanthro- 
 py have been so conspicuously displnyed, you will carry with 
 you the blessings of the young and the old of every denomina- 
 tion and creed, and our prayers and heart's wishes will be, 
 that whether in the calm of domestic enjoyment, or in the ac- 
 tive engagements of public life, you may enjoy a full measure 
 of healthand happiness, the continued confidence of yourSove-t 
 reign, and the smiles of an approving conscience. 
 
 JAMES MAXWELL, Chairman. 
 
 To the / 
 
 The sei 
 my admii 
 lonv, and 
 casion of 
 thankfulv 
 
 Such a 
 munity w 
 my name 
 confirmee 
 an envial 
 
 I cann 
 which wo 
 land on ^ 
 with foni 
 bill propcj 
 if I had I 
 I should 
 refuse m 
 branches 
 much coi 
 sions. I 
 that thos 
 were sati 
 ling to ta 
 effect. ' 
 without s 
 stance lo 
 of St. M 
 pense of 
 This has 
 the new 
 claims oi 
 It is an 
 every ins 
 fore gave 
 regret at 
 terests o 
 
 Accef 
 and pros 
 attend y 
 I prize, 
 fer on m 
 
METCALFE. 
 
 55 
 
 wanton ca- 
 clinr!^ main- 
 ( evinced to 
 larkabie in- 
 id wisdom, 
 uere thanks 
 
 icterised by 
 iated to in- 
 
 Ihe gloom 
 jpecls. We 
 lis island, at 
 
 soon to be 
 some conso- 
 tuated by a 
 (luence will 
 
 of a colony 
 nently sue- 
 
 • 
 
 ns to regret 
 irter, where 
 the oppor- 
 elpless state 
 ou acknow- 
 apply to the 
 IS led to the 
 
 your Excel- 
 itituting the 
 x\ orgariiza- 
 •ecognize in 
 lired parish, 
 ateiy incor- 
 a*liousehold 
 
 this island, 
 philanthro- 
 I carry with 
 f denomina- 
 ihes will be, 
 T in the ac- 
 full measure 
 yourSove-* 
 
 'kairman. 
 
 HIS EXCELIiENCY'S REPLY. 
 
 _ • 
 
 To the Proprie'ors, Freeholders, and other luhabitants of 
 the newly constituted Parish of Metcalfe. 
 
 The sentiments which you entertain, gentlemen, regarding 
 my administration of the Government of this important Co- 
 lony, and the aflectionate regret which )ou express on the oc- 
 casion of my approaching departure, command my heartfelt 
 thankfulness. 
 
 Such an honor comes with peculiar force to me from a com- 
 munity which has spontaneously chosen to bo idetitiiied with 
 my name, and which, if the constitution of your parish be 
 confirmed by Royal assent, will gild that humble name with 
 an enviable imhiortality. 
 
 I cannot be insensible to the exalted character of an honor 
 which would connect my memory for ever with a portion of a 
 land on which, while I live, my thoughts will always dwell 
 with fond aflection and gratitude; but, in consenting to the 
 bill proposing the formation of your parish, I should be ashamed 
 if I had been, in any degree, influenced by that consideration. 
 I should always require very strong grounds to induce nie to 
 refuse my consent to any bill sent up to me by the two 
 branches of the legislature, and especially to a mcasure^so 
 much considered as this hud b'jen during two separate Ses- 
 sions. I had an additional motjve to consent, from the fact, 
 that those who pressed the accomplishment of the measure 
 were satisfied of the benefit which wouldi result, and were wil- 
 ling to take on themselves the expense of carrying the act into 
 effect. There are few advantages in this uncertain world 
 without some drawback, and it cannot bi denied, that in this in- 
 stance loss is inflicted on the remaining ;)urtions of the parishes 
 of St. Mary and St. George, by tlir nving on them the ex- 
 pense of their respective parishes with diminished resources. 
 This has Appeared to me to be an indisputable objection to 
 the new arrangement, but not one sufficient to overcome the 
 claims of those desiring the separation for their own benefit. 
 It is an objection which, if deemed insuperable, would, in 
 every instance, prevent the formation of a new parish. I there- 
 fore gave my assent to the bill, not however without earnest 
 regret at the manner in whicli it unavoidably affected the in- 
 terests of the parishes of St. George and St. Mary. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my cordial wishes for the confirmation 
 and prosperity of your new parish. May every other blessing 
 attend you collectively and individually ; and be assured, that 
 I prize, as among the highest of honors, that which you con- 
 fer on me by the sentiments which you entertain. 
 
r • 
 
 COUNTY OF CORNWAtL. 
 
 PARISH OF WESTMORELAND. 
 
 At a meeting- of the Inhabitants of the I'arish of West- 
 moreland, convened at the Court-IIoiise, Savanna-la-Mar, on 
 Saturday, the 2d April, 1842, by his honor the Custcs, in con- 
 formity with a requisition most numerously and respectably 
 signed, 
 
 Resolved, That the relinquishment of tho government of 
 tiiis island by his Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe, has caused 
 the greatest possible grief to the inhabitants of this parish. 
 
 That tiiey cannot be too much alive to the extraordinary 
 worth of an individual who, in so short a time, has been able 
 to reconcile dissensions of a nature fearful to the well being- 
 of the country, and who has been so successful in establishing- 
 peace, harmony, and good will among all classes. 
 
 That no individual could have been selected by the govern- 
 ment of the mother-country with greater consideration to the 
 necessities of the times. 
 
 That in conjunction with his character for wisdom, integrity, 
 and impartiality as a governor, his amenity of manner, his be- 
 nevolence of disposition, and unbounded charity — gifts so 
 rarely found in one man, will leave an indelible impression of 
 Iiis worth on the minds of every inliabitant of Jamaica. 
 
 That a committee be appointed to frame an address to his 
 Excellency, expressive of our grateful feelings towards him. 
 
 That his Honor the Custos be requested to sign these Re- 
 solutions and Address on behalf of the meeting, and present 
 the same to his Excellency in the most agreeable manner. 
 
 It was also Resolved, That the inhabitants of this parish 
 will most cordially join in subscribing towards the erection of 
 a Statue in testimony of the worth of his Excellency Sir Charles 
 Metcalfe, at the same time not pledging themselves to its 
 being erected in any particular locality. 
 
 The Custos having left the Chair, and H. A. Whitelocke 
 being called thereto, it was • 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the Meeting be given to his 
 Honor the Custos, for his impartial conduct in the chair. 
 
 H. A. WHITELOCKE. 
 
 To IIIS K 
 Tiii'oi' 
 
 NO II <)1 
 
 Mai) 
 
 .\V\>, til 
 
 Inliultilan 
 
 very detq; 
 
 'vt the go\ 
 
 A\ hen, 
 
 t'lituicy ; 
 lV«Jin the 
 shrunk IV 
 ainoi);^- lb 
 
 MlUSt Villi 
 
 To brii 
 iiitfly rei 
 the powe 
 
 \\S II 1. 
 and bv til 
 with that 
 \our l'].\t 
 the fouiu 
 
 Aud a! 
 filo uud i 
 llie buIimI 
 ihal youi 
 
 We ad 
 your pat.i 
 that rewi 
 and <^\al 
 
 ACC0() 
 
 aftecfiun 
 
 your gcu) 
 
 tu all pi).> 
 
 Bv lie 
 
 To llip ( 
 
 I rece 
 alTectiun 
 part wit 
 
WESTMORELAND. 
 
 57 
 
 li of West- 
 la- Mar, on 
 slijs, in con- 
 respectably 
 
 eiument of 
 , has caused 
 is parish. 
 
 traordinary 
 IS boon able 
 well beinu' 
 establishing- 
 
 the govern- 
 atiou to the 
 
 n, integrity, 
 iner, his be- 
 ty — gifts so 
 npressioQ of 
 aica. 
 
 dress to his 
 yards him. 
 1 these Re- 
 and present 
 manner, 
 this parish 
 erection of 
 Sir Charles 
 3lves to its 
 
 VVhitelocke 
 
 iven to his 
 chair. 
 
 .OCKE. 
 
 THE AUl)l{i:SS. 
 
 To ins Ex(n:Li.FNCYi'm': IIhjmt ITonouahlkSir CMAiif,i.:s 
 TnF,()i'MiF,us Mktcaii'i:, IJ.vrtoNKr, itc. &c. &c. Govkr. 
 NOR OK TiiK Island ok Jamaica. 
 
 Mill! it ple:tse your Excellency, 
 
 • We, the Custos, Clorg , Magistrates, Vestrymen, and others, 
 luhabilauls oltlie Parisl ol' WostinoreKuit!, cannot ct)nceal ibo 
 very vlct'p regret wiii<;li >, e feel at your F.Yeeliency's r«.*sitj; nation 
 "t tliH j^DvertuiuMjtof lliis i.slaiul, ami early ileparturo froiri it. 
 
 A\ lien, by our must giucious iMajosly's cuinmaml, your E\- 
 ellency >vssumed this government, our island was distracted 
 rum the ell'octs ol" iuternal and external rlisscu 'ion, and had 
 diiuidi iVum the distiu^^uislxul position it once licilij of being 
 amou;^' tiio I i ight( st juwiils in the Crown of EugiauJ, to an al- 
 most valueless Colony. 
 
 To bring about an bealtliy order of things, repose was abso- 
 lately required and earnestly desired, bat it also reijuired 
 t!)e powers of no ordinary mlud to ed'tict tbi. desirable end. 
 
 IJy a happy combination of sound wisuom and di:;cralion, 
 .uid by the exorcise of the most kintlly feelings, commingled 
 with that impartial justice which characterized a g(»o(l n»an, 
 u»ur Excellency, under Divine Providence, has however luiil 
 the fooudalion f«r its accompli.slitnont. 
 
 At:il al(.liouL;li the prospects of the island, botii in a mercan- 
 tile and agricultural consideration, are still glociUy, we bavo 
 the satisfaction of feeling assured every thing has been done 
 Ibat good internal government could attain. 
 
 We address you then, Sir, as a grateful people, sensible of 
 your [)at(Mnal care for us, and full of hope that you may receive 
 tliut reward frrMuour Sovereign to which your zealous services 
 and esaltetl virtues entitle you. 
 
 Accept then, Su', this humble tribute of our respect and 
 aftection, aivl bo assured that while we shall ever pray for 
 your good, the niemury of you will be treasured in our hearts 
 to all posterity, as bavii\g been the best friea I ofJamaica. 
 
 By desire, and on behalf of the inhabitants of Westmoreland. 
 
 THOS. M'NEEL, Chairman. 
 
 HIS excellency's PwF.PLY. 
 
 To Uip C'tsfos, CIcrffy, Mayl/it rat's, Vrstn/men, and olhers, 
 Inhahifanls of Ike Parish of W't'stniorcland. 
 
 I receive, gentlemen, the honor conferred on me by your 
 affectionate address with heartfelt thankfulness. I cannot 
 part without deep regret from those who think of me so kiodiy. 
 
 H 
 
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 58 
 
 HANOVER. 
 
 You justly dwell on the blessing of repose, although you 
 over-rate the part that I have had' in producing that state. 
 The island itself desired repose, and when the heat of the by- 
 gone struggle had subsided, easily obtained that result. — God 
 grant that it may be perpetual. 
 
 Repose is promoted by the absence of all violence ; and 
 mutual forbearance, when parties are not well pleased, is es<- 
 sential for its continuance. Animosity begets animosity, and 
 discord let loose, runs wild. Much strife would be prevent- 
 ed, if we taught ourselves to forbear from giving way to 
 our feelings, when disposed hastily to find fault with others. 
 Simple and common place as these truths are, we are all too 
 apt to forget and negldct them, and thence often arises that 
 general disturbance of good feeling, which is the forerunner of 
 great evils. May peace, and harmony, and brotherly love, and 
 every other blessing, be with you. I trust that the prospects 
 of commerce and agriculture will brighten, and that return- 
 ing wealth may cheer and invigorate the land — This is the 
 only subject on which I feel any anxiety in quitting Jamaica. 
 In every other respect I trust her welfare is secure. Be as- 
 sured, gentlemen, that I shall ever retain a grateful sense of 
 your kindness in the sentiments which you entertain towards 
 me, and that they will be to me a source of pride and satis- 
 faction all the days of my life. 
 
 PARISH OF HANOVER. 
 
 At a public meeting of the Magistrates, Freeholders, and 
 other Inhabitants of this parish, convened by requisition to his 
 Honor the Gustos, at the Court-House, Lucea, on Tuesday, 
 the 22d of March, 
 
 The Hon. Thos. Barker Allwood was called to the Chair. 
 
 Jt was Resolved, That in view of the approaching departure 
 of his Excellency the Ilighi Hon. Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, 
 Baronet, from the government of this island, an humble ad- 
 dress be presented from this parish, expressive of our deep 
 regret at an event which will deprive us of his impartial rule, 
 and of our admiration and respect for his person and govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Resolved, That his honor the Custos and the senior Repre- 
 sentative of the parish, be appointed a deputation to present 
 the same in the most acceptable manner. 
 
 The followii.g gentlemen were then appointed a committee 
 
 to preps 
 Mr. Chi 
 and Mr 
 
 After 
 address, 
 
 It wa 
 
 to CO'Op 
 
 subscrip 
 memory 
 
 liesol 
 Metropc 
 twenty s 
 Hey war 
 
 It wa 
 powered 
 obtainin. 
 the Cou 
 imitated 
 
 The 
 called tl 
 Honor 1 
 
 To HIS 
 
 Mt 
 
 We a 
 regret. 
 
 In CO 
 shores < 
 with tht 
 the gui< 
 him as \ 
 perish a 
 
 Thes 
 monial 
 but the 
 have 
 rigid ir 
 your pc 
 ' You 
 tranqui 
 
though you 
 that state, 
 t of the by- 
 sult. — God 
 
 f?nce ; and 
 ised, is es^ 
 nosity, and 
 )e prevent- 
 ng way to 
 rith others. 
 
 are all too 
 arises that 
 rerunner of 
 ly love, and 
 e prospects 
 hat return- 
 This is the 
 g Jamaica, 
 re. Be as- 
 ful sense of 
 ain towards 
 
 and satis- 
 
 HANOVER. 
 
 59 
 
 lolders, and 
 sition to his 
 >n Tuesday, 
 
 ;o the Chair. 
 
 g departure 
 '. Metcalfe, 
 humble ad- 
 f our deep 
 partial rule, 
 and govern- 
 
 nior Repre- 
 1 to present 
 
 t committee 
 
 to prepare the address, viz. : — Mr. Chamberlaine, Mr. Grant, 
 Mr. Chambers, Mr. Lyon, Mr. John Campbell, Mr. Brave, 
 and Mr. Barham. 
 
 After a short adjournment, the committee returned with aa 
 address, which was read, and unanimously adopted. 
 
 It was Resolved, That the same committee be requested 
 to co'operate with the Metropolitan Committee in collecting- 
 subscriptions for the purpose of erecting a Statue in honor and 
 memory of " Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, Jamaica's best friend." 
 
 Resolved, That in pursuance of the recommendation of the 
 Metropolitan Cummlttee, the subscriptions be not more than 
 twenty shillings, nor less than one shilling, and. that Joshua 
 Hey ward, Esq. be requested to act as Treasurer. 
 
 It ivas further Resolved, That the committee be also em- 
 powered to make up a further collection for the purpose of 
 obtaining a likeness of his Excellency, with which to adorn 
 the Court-House, and in the hope that his virtues may be 
 imitated, and his justice emulated. 
 
 T. B. ALLWOOD, Ciistos Rotulorum, 
 and Chairman. 
 The Custos having left the Chair, and Mr. Chambers 
 called thereto, the thanks of the meeting were voted to his 
 Honor for his impartial conduct in the chair. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To HIS Excellency the Right Hon. Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Bart. &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We approach you on this occasion with feelings of profound 
 regret. 
 
 In contemplating the departure of your Excellency from the 
 shores of Jamaica, the inhabitants of this parish sympathize 
 with the island at large at an event which will deprive us of 
 the guidance and protection of one whom, whether we regard 
 him as a Ruler, a Benefactor, or a Man, has established im- 
 perishable claims to our admiration and gratitude. 
 
 These, your Excellency, are not the mere formal or cere- 
 monial courtesies which spring trom the requirements of duty, 
 but the sincere effusions from the hearts of those whom you 
 have heavily, but benevolently, made your debtors, by the 
 rigid impartiality of your decisions — the consummate skill of 
 your policy — and the matchless wisdom of your administration. 
 
 Your's, Sir, will be the gratifying reminiscences of having 
 tranquillized and united a community torn, diiitiacted, and 
 
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 60 
 
 HANOVER. 
 
 uneasy — of htwing' reconciled the jarring and conflicting inter- 
 ests of party, at a time whva our country was undergoing un 
 experiment the most stupendous and henevulent that the world 
 has yet witnessed. 
 
 The earnest prayer of the inhabitants of Hanover is, that 
 through the favor of our beloved Sovereign, you will abun- 
 dantly receive those earthly rewards to which you are emi- 
 nently entitled by your long and meritorious services to your 
 country — that you n)ay enjoy a prolonged and hn| life ia 
 this world — and finally, that when removed from thus sphcte, 
 you may be crowned with the eiernal favor of*' Him through 
 whom ail Kipgs reign, and Princes decree justice.' 
 
 On behalf of the inhabitants of the Parish of Hanover. 
 
 THOS. B. ALL\yOOD, 
 
 Custos Rutvlorniv, and Chairman of 
 Public Mcelbig. 
 
 fllS EXCELLENCY S RTPLY. 
 
 To the Ma^siratcs, Freeholders, nndother InJiaht ianls of the 
 
 Parish of Hanover. 
 
 The affectionate regret which you express, gentlemen, on 
 the occasion of my approaching departure, and the sentiments 
 of" approbation and esteem by wliich it is accompanied, hxy 
 me under an obligation to your kindness, of which 1 shall 
 ever be sensible. The greatest services would be anifily 
 compensated by such a return. The humble endeavours 
 which it bus been in my povrer to make, are rewarded far 
 heyond their merits by such cordial applause. I shall cherish 
 the recollecli'in of ihe honor that }ou have conferred on me in 
 a grateful memory, and remember your friendly feeling as lon^ 
 as I live. When I visited your parish, and experienced your 
 iinspitnlity soon after my arrival in titis island, I adverted to 
 the following words ]mt by Addison into t!ie mouth of Cato, 
 as conveying a resolution v>'hich we might all imitate: 
 
 ■- ■— " lis not ill mortals to command success, but we'll do nioro, 
 
 Scmpronius, w'll descrvo it." 
 
 We all endeavoured to deserve it, and, if I may roly on Ihe 
 general impression, it has been obtained as fully as could have 
 been expected. Ood grant that its results may be pcrnui- 
 nent, af:d that you may always experience the advantages oi 
 universal harmony, and evci'y other blessing. 
 
 * 
 
 A pu 
 the Coui 
 the 2tst 
 sition, si 
 inhabita 
 liv the 1 
 the niee 
 
 Genti 
 and num 
 afforded' 
 parture ( 
 Theo])hil 
 high seu! 
 vernmeiil 
 in succos 
 draw a c 
 au iavidi 
 uncalled 
 from Ills 
 well ac(|i 
 a considc 
 nefit to t 
 rif>d oi i\ 
 
 When 
 the cup 
 hope of 
 Angel 
 Charles 
 knowled 
 which Vt 
 safety- 
 have Ix 
 well kiK 
 shall til 
 which li 
 you cipi; 
 senior i 
 ticcep(;i! 
 
 Mr, 
 prelim I 
 usual 
 drawin 
 lowing 
 
 Tlef 
 regret, 
 C.'T. 
 a caiad 
 
ST. JAMES; 
 
 (U 
 
 ;ting ill tel- 
 le r^o in g- ijii 
 it the world 
 
 ver is, that 
 I will ubun- 
 ou are emi- 
 ices to your 
 f V life ia 
 tlii.'i s|jhf-'e, 
 im tluongh 
 
 lovor. 
 
 WOOD, 
 
 ludrman of 
 
 lanls of the 
 
 )llemeij, on 
 ! sentiments 
 panietl, lay 
 inch I shail 
 
 I be amply 
 eiitleavoiirs 
 
 nvarded lar 
 hall cherish 
 red on me in 
 i-'ling- as long- 
 ieijced your 
 adverted to 
 !th of Catu, 
 ate: 
 
 II do more, 
 
 r rely on I he 
 
 s could have 
 
 be periua- 
 
 vaiiUigcs oi 
 
 PARtSH O U SAINT J A M F.S. 
 
 A public meeting was held in the Bi»ll floosri, adjoining- 
 the Conrt-ilouse, in the town of Montego-Bay, on Monday, 
 the "Ist March, 18-llJ, for the purpose, agreeably to a requi- 
 sition, signed by upwards of seventy of the ino.st respectable 
 ? inhabitants of this parish. At 11 i\ M. the chair was taken 
 by the lion. (.«. M. Lawson, sen. who proceeded to address 
 the meeting to the lollowing cft'cct: — 
 
 Gentlk^ien — Vv'e have met here agrocahly to the most rcspeclable 
 and numerour<ly signed requisition which 1 have ever seen, to be 
 afTorded'an opportuahy of expreF:-ing our deep regret at the near de- 
 parture of our worthy and lughly esteemed Governor, Sir Cliarlcs 
 Theopliilus Metcalfe, from the ishind, and to make known to him our 
 high sense of the inestimable bcneiits we have derived from his go- 
 vernment. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I have seen fourteen governors 
 in succession j;re;;iding over tiie desliider- of Jamaica, and were I to 
 draw a conii)arison between ibose and bis Excelleitcy, 1 should shcv,- 
 an invidiousness to liiem which it would bo as unnecessary as it is 
 uncalled for to introduce here. The bcivelits wliich we have received 
 from his governmciit i-peak for theujselves, and I believe w'e are all 
 well acrpiaiuted VNilh them. After rulii<g over a portion of the East for 
 a considerable lime, with iucakulahle credit to himself and great be- 
 nefit to that part of tlie empir.,, he was selected to come here at a pe- 
 riod of trial and extreme diiiieulty. 
 
 When the cruel hand of mi-iforturfe had eompelled us to drink of 
 the cup of misery to the very dregs, and vvlien scarcely a ray of the 
 hope of ameiidment could be scs^n on oui imri/on, the guardian 
 Angel of Jamaica (h^iar, liear,) secnie i as it were to beckon Sir 
 Charles Metcalle to our shores, v/liose cool prudence and intimate 
 knowledge of governing, enabled him to drav/ us from that brink to 
 which we wire tbst ap])ronching, and to tiiron- around us a shield of 
 safely. We hail him as the protector of Jamaica. What the benefits 
 have been, which we have derived from his government, are too 
 well known to all of you to require any enumeraiion from me. 1 
 shall therefore merely beg you to allow mc to preseiit an address, 
 which has been handed to me on the subject of his de})ariiue, and ii' 
 you approve of it, I should next propose to have it presented by our 
 seidor llepreseutative, as the most ])roi)er mode of making the address 
 acce})table to liis E.vccllency, and creditable to ourselves. 
 
 Mr, Mandersoa next rose, and .said that he thoujrht, as a 
 prelifuinary, certain reiiolulions ought to be adopted — it was 
 usual, he believed, to a{)[)oint a eo.-nniiltee for the pur})ose of 
 drawing up the Address. Me would therefore submit the fol-» 
 lowing to tl.c approval of tlse meeting — 
 
 Riisolved — That this meeting contemplates witii extreme 
 regret, the intended departure of our excellent («overnor, Sii' 
 C. T. Metcalfe, from this ('ob>ny, and consider such departure 
 a culaniitv to tht,* country. 
 
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 62 
 
 ST. JAMES. 
 
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 , Resolved — That the disordered condition of the country at 
 the time of Sir Charles Metcalfe's assuming the government 
 of it, wds such as must inevitably have led to results de- 
 structive to its best interests ; which, through Divine interpo- 
 sition, and the judicious, temperate, and firm conduct of our 
 Ruler, have been arrested. 
 
 Resolved — That a committee be appointed to prepare an 
 address to his Excellency, expressive of our conviction of the 
 foregoing facts, our entire satisfaction of his government, and 
 regret at his intended departure. 
 
 iV!r. Reaburn said he believed that several gentlemen pre- 
 sent had prepared addresses, and that it would be proper for 
 the committee to make a selection of the best. 
 
 A committee was then appointed, consisting of John Man- 
 derson, George Gordon, Dr. Lawson, jun. Lawrence Hislop, 
 Thomas Reaburn, and Alexander Holmes, Esqrs. vfho soon 
 returned with the address, which was unanimously adopted by 
 the meeting. 
 
 The. address having been read by Dr. Lawson, jun. 
 
 It ivas Resolved — That the address just read be agreed to, 
 and that the senior Magistate be required to sign it on behalf 
 of the inhabitants, and to forward it in a manner most agree- 
 able to his Excellency. 
 
 The Honorable G. M. Lliwson having left the chair, Law- 
 rence Hislop, Esq. one of the Representatives in Assembly 
 for St. James, was called to supply his place, and a vote -of 
 thanks, expressive of the proper and dignified manner in 
 which the honorable chairman had presided at the meeting, 
 was unanimously accorded to that gentleman. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THE Right Honorable Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, 
 Baronet, Governor op the Island of Jamaica, 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants 
 of the parish of St. James, presume respectfully to address 
 your Excellency on the occasion of your intended departure 
 from this island. 
 
 When we revert to the discord and confusion that exten- 
 sively prevailed at the time of your arrival, and contrast them 
 with the harmony and peace in which you are about to leave 
 us — when we contemplate the invariable equitable and hu- 
 mane principles of your government, and your personal iden- 
 tification with the interests of the island, we have the assur- 
 
 ance thai 
 tion of Pi 
 impartial, 
 friendshi| 
 preferrinj 
 the chara 
 cated its 
 
 We ca 
 the hearti 
 which yoi 
 to every i 
 ed charity 
 ficial'incG 
 whilst dis 
 personalis 
 self treas 
 
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 signation 
 would ha 
 that the I 
 ed health 
 hearts wh 
 bid that v 
 ance wit 
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 noble exi 
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 affection 
 ever be 
 ings. 
 
ST. JAMES. 
 
 63 
 
 country at 
 overnment 
 results de- 
 ne interpo- 
 iduct of our 
 
 prepare an 
 ction ol the 
 nment, and 
 
 tlemen pre- 
 e proper for 
 
 John Man- 
 nce Hislop, 
 s. v^ho soon 
 r adopted by 
 
 jun. 
 
 B agreed to, 
 it on behalf 
 most agree- 
 
 Dhair, Law- 
 in Assembly 
 nd a vote -of 
 I manner in 
 the meeting^, 
 
 Metcalfk, 
 !• Jamaica, 
 
 Inhabitants 
 V to address 
 d departure 
 
 I that exten- 
 ontrast them 
 out to leave 
 ble and hu- 
 ^rsonal iden- 
 e the assur- 
 
 ance that your appointment here veas the benevolent ordina- 
 tion of Providence, to aid us when we most required a wise, 
 impartial, and upright ruler, who could convert opposition into 
 friendship by conciliatory kindness — govern with mildness, 
 preferring always to lead rather than to drive— and vindicate 
 the character of the inhabitants of the island, while he advo- 
 cated its just claims with the parent state. 
 
 We cannot permit you to depart without tendering to you 
 the heartfelt homage of that respect, gratitude, and affection, 
 which your public munificence, iwespective of sect or party, 
 to every institution beneficial to the island, and your unbound- 
 ed charity, so loudly demand, and which we are aware your of- 
 ficial* income must have been inadequate to supply. But, Sir, 
 whilst dispensing benefits upon all around you, you have been 
 personally provident indeed, for you have " laid up for your- 
 self treasure in Heaven." 
 
 To have been informed of your Exc3l!ency's intended re- 
 signation of this government under ordinary circumstances, 
 would have filled our minds with regret; but when we learn 
 that the loss we are about to sustain is attributable to impair- 
 ed health, we but faintly express the painful emotions of our 
 hearts when we testify our deep sorrow at the cause. God for- 
 bid that we should then be so selfish as to desire your continu- 
 ance with us. No — we indulge th ^ fervent hope that the 
 change to a more favorable climate will, under Divine Mercy, 
 conduce to your entire recovery, and you — the uncompromis- 
 ing Friend and Pacificator of Jamaica — leave behind you a 
 noble example for all your successors, whilst you carry with 
 yoii the blessings of the inhabitants of this parish, and indeed 
 of the whole island, who cordially unite in the ardent wish 
 that you may long enjoy the happy feelings of a self-approv- 
 ing conscience, arising from reflections upon those character- 
 istic virtues which you have so eminently discovered to us— 
 rendering you in public a distinguished, faithful, and valued 
 servant of your Sovereign, and, in private, the generous and 
 never-failing supporter of the distressed. 
 
 G. M. LAWSON, Senior Magistrate. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Magistrates, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the 
 
 Parish of Saint James. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my cordial thanks for your kind and 
 affectionale address. The sentiments which you express will 
 ever be treasured in my memory with the most grateful feel* 
 ings. 
 
64 
 
 TRELAWNY. 
 
 I am* bappy to ho able to assure you lluU I am not driven 
 from Jumuioa by ill-health. 1 have enjoyed Ihe most perlect 
 general health during my residence in this island, which, fa- 
 tal v;s the lowlands too uUxiw prove to the European consti- 
 tution before it becomes, acclimated, pos.ses.-,os in its moun- 
 tains and highlands a Climate nut, i believe, to he surpassed 
 in their heallhrulncv, and pleasantness hv any in the world. 
 For my own part Vieither in the liighlands nor^n the lowlands 
 have I exporj^nced one moment's intcrrn|)t!on of general 
 health, and I sindl exclian*,^' the climate of Jamaica lor that 
 oi England with ^i;rout rogrt't, and without tijc slightest expec- 
 tation td' any bent'lit from that cause. 
 
 Ihat 1 r,iay always hear, gentlemen, of your health and Ifap- 
 pniess • that agricultural and comn)ercial prosperity may re- 
 vivej that harmony and brotherly htve may unite all hearts; 
 «^»'u that every other blessing may attend you, will ever be 
 umong mv warmest wishes. 
 
 PARISri OF TRELAWNY. 
 
 At a Public Meeting, hold at the Court'JJouse, Falmouth, 
 on AJonday, the *2Lst day of March, l^i'l, 
 George Maiirktt, Enquire, Senior Magistrate, in the Chair, 
 
 It was imanimoiisly resolved, on the motion of the Rev. 
 Rector of Trelawny, seconded by John .Tump, Esquire. 
 
 That this meeting has heard, with feeliags of the most painful 
 regret, of the expected departure of Sir Charles Metcalfe from 
 this island, and of his in' eatiori to relinquish the government 
 thereof. 
 
 It was ijiUo resolved, on the motion of James Dunstone, 
 Esquire, Meujber of Assembly, and seconded by Joseph 
 Rridge, Esquire. 
 
 Tliat an hunihle address to his Excellency be prepared, eontain- 
 jng an expression oi'our universal sorrow upon tlie occasion of 
 his departure from Jamaica, and also of tlic grateful and 
 afTjciionate renien;] trance with Avliich liis memory will ever be 
 cherisiied by the inhabitants of Trelawny. 
 
 The address having been then read, at the request of the 
 meeting, by William Holder, Esquire, it was also resolved, 
 on the motion of James Murray, Esquire, seconded by Ellis 
 Fra\, Esfpjire. 
 
 That the ar.ldress now presented and read be adopted, and signed 
 by his honor the chairman on behalf of the meeting, and that 
 the same be then forvrarded for presentation to his Excellency 
 
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TRELAWNY. 
 
 65 
 
 not driven 
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 Falmoiitii, 
 
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 the Rev. 
 
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 ., and signed 
 ug-, a,ud tnat 
 s Excelleacv 
 
 It was also resolved, on ni'^tion of John Davis, Esquire, R. 
 N. seconded by Henry Swell, Esquire. 
 
 That this meetings, contemplating with the g^reatest admiration 
 the public sentiments and course of policy always adopted by 
 his Excellency in the government of Jamaica, is desirous of 
 preserving all such despatches and public documents of his 
 Excellency as have been orinted under authority of the Imperial 
 Parliament, and that tne same be forthwith collected and 
 bound together, and also be preserved as part of the public 
 muniments of this parish. 
 
 It % as also resolved, on motion of John R. Kitchen, Esquire, 
 seconded by Doctor Stevens, 
 
 That the several resolutions passed at this meeting be printed 
 and published in the Cornwall Courier and Falmouth Post. 
 
 GEORGE MARKET, Chairman. 
 
 The Senior Magistrate having vacated the chair, and the 
 same having been taken by the honorable Henry Roberts, it 
 was umiuiniflusly resolved. 
 
 That the thanks of this meeting be given to his honor the Chair- 
 man, for the readiness and urbanity with which he has oc- 
 cupied the chair. 
 
 HENRY ROBERTS. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To HIS Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Mai/ ii please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Magistrates, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants 
 of the Parish of Trelawny, approach your Excellency to ex- 
 press our sincere and unmitigated sorrow at your Excellency's 
 intended departure from the island. 
 
 On no former occasion has the secession of any Governor 
 from this colony excited the same feeling of universal regret 
 as that with which your Excellency's retirement is now re- 
 garded. 
 
 The difficulties which surrounded your Excellency's assump- 
 tion of the government of this island were such as could only 
 have been overcome by the just, impartial, and benignant rule 
 which has characterized your Excellency's administration ; 
 and its success is manifest in the allayment of the contentions 
 which existed throughout the island, and the existence, in 
 their place, of peace and good will among all classes,- while 
 your public policy must demand the deepest gratitude of phi* 
 lanthropic minds, as having proved the possibility of apeace^ 
 
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 TRELAWNY. 
 
 ful and happy termination to the benevolent change in the so< 
 cial condition of these colonies, scarcely equalled in history, 
 &nd which, until the arrival of your Excellency, threatened to 
 prove a signal failure in this island. 
 
 We feel also the highest admiration for the unbounded mu- 
 nificence displayed by your Excellency whenever objects of cha- 
 rity, religion, or public utility presented the field forits bestowal; 
 and it must be a gratification to your Excellency that long 
 after your much lamented departure from these shores, the re- 
 collection of your Excellenry will be cherished by the widow, 
 the orphan, or the rf'pient ol the blessings of education in 
 the establishments ft i f : supported from the influence of 
 the high example of be )Vo.e ,ce afforded by your Excellency. 
 
 In the painl'ul contemplatici' f your Excellency's speedy 
 separation from us, it is now only left to us to convey our fer- 
 vent wishes for your Excellency's safe arrival in Great-Bri- 
 tain, when we sincerely trust that the favor of her Majesty 
 may distinguish you to new dignities, which we believe can 
 seldom have been better merited ; and that, under the favor 
 of the Almighty, you may long live in restored health to en- 
 joy them with the peace and consolation afforded by the re- 
 trospect of a life distinguished by a devotion to every good 
 purpose. 
 
 » On behalf of the meeting, 
 
 GEO. MARKET, Chairman, 
 
 His excellency's reply. • 
 
 To the Magistrates, Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of 
 the Parish of Trelawny, 
 
 With the most grateful sense of the kindness manifested in 
 the farewell address which I have received from you, I am ne- 
 vertheless, gentlemen, unable to express my thankfulness in 
 adequate terms. I can only assure you that I shall remember 
 with pride and pleasure, all the days of my life, the cordial feel- 
 ings that you evince, and the honor which they confer on me. 
 
 You have adverted to the successful result of the great 
 change that has taken place in the social relations of the in- 
 habitants of this island. That change was necessary for the 
 cause of humanity. But it was a revolution that convulsed 
 every family, and in one way or another affected every indi- 
 vidual in the colony. 
 
 That it was attended with anxi°'^es and heart-burnings, 
 cannot be wondered at. That these have subsided is, I con- 
 ceive, chiefly owing to the natural course of events, which has 
 taught all parties to understand their true interests, and to 
 
 the pre\ 
 
 ledge. 
 
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 in follov 
 
 jectiou t 
 
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 member 
 
 causes, 
 
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 tence an 
 
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 of subsi.s 
 
 difficulty 
 
 vation, u 
 
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 hope, tei 
 
 removed. 
 
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 in the ex 
 
 freedom 
 
 benefits, 
 
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 prosperit 
 
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 island, wi 
 and I tru 
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 welfare a 
 
 
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 other inh 
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 lency Sir 
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ST. ELIZABETH. 
 
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 e in the so- 
 in history, 
 reatened to 
 
 )unded mu- 
 jects of cha- 
 ts bestowal; 
 that long 
 )res, the re- 
 
 the widow, 
 ducation in 
 
 nfluence of 
 Excellency, 
 cy's speedy 
 vey our fer- 
 
 Great-Bri- 
 her Majesty 
 believe can 
 er the favor 
 lealth to en- 
 
 by the re- 
 * every good 
 
 Chairman, 
 
 habitants of 
 
 manifested in 
 ou, I am ne- 
 ankfulness in 
 ill remember 
 cordial feel- 
 nfer on me. 
 of the great 
 ns of the in- 
 ssary for the 
 at convulsed 
 J every iudi- 
 
 irt-burnings, 
 3d is, I coa- 
 ts, which has 
 rests, and to 
 
 the prevailing good sense which has readily imbibed that know- 
 ledge. Jamaica affords an example which all the foreign co- 
 lonies, 9nd all nations in which slavery exists, would act wisely 
 in following ; for although it will doubtless be urged as an ob- 
 jection to that course that the rate of wages is such as to make 
 it difficult to work some estates with prolit, it ought to be re- 
 membered that the rate of wages is regulated by distinct 
 causes, which operate alike in all countries. As surely as a 
 superabundance of labourers in England makes wages low, 
 and employment scarce, and leads to inadecpiacy of subsis- 
 tence and great distress, not less certainly will an insufficient 
 supply of labourers in other countries, or their having means 
 of subsistence independent of labour, produce high wages, 
 difficulty in procuring labour, and increased expence in culti- 
 vation, until these can be obviated by greater economy or im- 
 proved management; but the loss, however trying, is, we may 
 hope, temporary, and only produced by causes which may be 
 removed. It would be monstrous to urge a state of things 
 which indicates the exceeding comfort of the labouring class, 
 and the entire success of emancipation, with regard to their 
 welfare, as a reason in favour of holding our fellow-creatures 
 in the chains of slavery. I trust that foreign nations will see, 
 in the example of the British colonies, that the blessing of 
 freedom may be granted without danger, and with manifold 
 benefits, and I hope that Jamaica will afford further encou- 
 ragement to this blissful result, by an abundant renewal of 
 prosperity and wealth. 
 
 That these blessings may attend this beautiful and fertile 
 island, will ever be one of the most anxious wishes of my heart ; 
 and I trust that the parish of Trelawny will have its full share 
 of benefit. Accept, gentlemen, my warmest wishes for your 
 welfare and happiness. 
 
 PARISH OF SAINT ELIZABETH. 
 
 At a general meeting of the Magistrates, Vestrymen, and 
 other inhabitants of the parish of Saint Elizabeth, held at 
 Black River, on Friday the 8th day of April, 1842, convened 
 by requisition to prepare a valedictory address to his Excel- 
 lency Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, &c. &c. the Honorable Duacau 
 Robertson, Custos, in the chair. 
 
 Resolved — That in consideration of the great and benefirial 
 good promoted to the island by the upright and impartial con- 
 duct of our esteemed and excellent Governor, Sir Charles 
 
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68 
 
 ST. ELIZABETH. 
 
 
 Theopliilns Metcalfe, that he is well deserving of the thanks 
 of the community of this parish, and that a valedictory address 
 embodying these our sentiments, be immediately prepared and 
 presented to his Excellency before his intended departure 
 from the island. 
 
 Resolved — That the address presented by Raynes W. 
 Smith, Esq. be adopted. 
 
 Resolved—Tliai the following gentlemen, Charles Miller 
 Farcjuharson, Arthur Fitzjohn Foster, and Edward Claver 
 Smith, Esqrs. be appointed a deputation to wait upon his Ex- 
 cellency, and present the address. 
 
 Resolved — On the motion of James Miller, Esq. and se- 
 conded by Bernard Martin Senior, Esq. that the thanks of the 
 meeting be voted to his honor the Gustos, for his conduct in 
 the chair. 
 
 DN. ROBERTSON, Castas and 
 Chairman. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To His Excellency the Right Hon. Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 Wc, the Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Elizabeth, deep- 
 ly sensible of the benefits derived from your Excellency's ad- 
 ministration of the government of this island, and participating 
 in the common grief evinced at the departure of your Excel- 
 lency from its shores, desire to record (inadequate as language 
 is to convey the feelings of the heart), our sincere regret. 
 
 We acknowledged, with your Excellency, as prophetic of 
 progressive improvement in our social relations, '• That Ja- 
 maica did indeed require repose," and we have felt the influ- 
 ences of the spirit of your Excellency's government, as deep ri- 
 vers in their fertilizing courses, that present but a calm cur- 
 rent to the eye, in the faithful appreciation of present difficul- 
 ties, in the reconciliation of wounded feelings, in the vindica- 
 tion of the calumniated, and in the re-establishment of the 
 foundations of the prosperity of our once distracted colony. 
 
 But we do not. Sir, from these acts alone repine at your 
 Excellency's departure. Will not the institutions of our island, 
 bereft of the support and protection of their Patron, lament his 
 absence 9 Can the poor and needy, the widow and the or- 
 phan, and he that had none to help him fail to feel the want 
 of their benefactor and their friend .' And is it possible for us, 
 ■with the review of your Excellency's extensive charities and 
 beaevolence of heart and hand, to refrain from this imperfect 
 
 tribute of 
 upon this 
 plation of 
 tirement. 
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 the rerain 
 over your 
 lection of 
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ST. ELIZABETH. 
 
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 the thanks 
 Dry address 
 epured uiid 
 departure 
 
 l.aynes W. 
 
 ries Miller 
 ird Claver 
 )on his Ex- 
 
 q. and so- 
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 conduct in 
 
 tstos and 
 
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 ;. &c. 
 
 heth, deep- 
 llency's ad- 
 iirticipating; 
 our Kxcel- 
 ts language 
 •egret, 
 •rophetic of 
 " That Ja- 
 il the intlu- 
 as deep ri- 
 ii calm cur- 
 int difiicul- 
 he vindica- 
 lent of the 
 1 colony, 
 ne at your 
 our island, 
 lament his 
 nd the or- 
 !l the want 
 ibie for us, 
 larities and 
 s imperfect 
 
 tribute of our sorrow and regret ? We will not dwell longer 
 upon this theme, but turn with other feelings to the contem- 
 plation of the happiness that awaits your Excellency in your re- 
 tirement. We pray the Giver of all good, that lie will bo 
 pleased to cause that cheerful consolation which is derived from 
 the reminiscences of a well-spent life, to shed peculiar grace 
 over your declining years, and be assured, Sir, that the recol- 
 lection of your many virtues will go down among us to be had i a 
 
 everlastinij: remembrance. 
 
 DN. ROBERTSON, Custos. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 To the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Elizabeth. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, my heartfelt thanks for the kindness 
 which has led to your affectionate address. In sa}ing farewell 
 to you, I say it for the last time to Jamaica. I have now re- 
 ceived addresses from every parish in the island, all conveying 
 the same generous sentiments, in similar glowing language. — 
 This is an accumulation of honor which may juslily some de- 
 gree of pride, and most assuredly will be cherished in my re- 
 membrance with unfading gratitude. I came among yon a per- 
 fect stranger, whose humble name, probably at that time, had 
 never reached your ears. I was received with open arms and 
 willing hearts. It was my pleasing duty to execute the will 
 of our gracious Sovereign, and the instructions of her Majes- 
 ty's Ministers, by healing the wounds caused by a previous 
 struggle. It was done for me by the loyalty and good feeling 
 of the whole island. If ever I be permitted to approach the 
 Royal presence, and render an account of my stewardship, I 
 shall be able to assure our Sovereign Lady, that she has not, 
 in all her immense dominions, more loyal subjects than in her 
 beautiful island of Jamaica ; and I tru.st that my immediate 
 successor, and all future Governors, will have it in their pow- 
 er to aflbrd the same assurance. 1 have found that good will 
 is responded to by cordiality, that honest intentions receive 
 zealous support, and that aid and co-operation are readily 
 forthcoming for useful purposes. The colony has ungrudgingly 
 devoted large sums for the better administration of justice, and 
 the amelioration of prisons, and its liberality for beneHcial ob- 
 jects has hardly been limited by its means. 
 
 Laws have been passed suited to the altered condition of 
 the social relations of the island, and it may be truly said that 
 subject to such improvements as the statutes of every country 
 more or less require, and of which the expediency is elicited 
 by time, the people of this island, recently in a slate of slavery, 
 
70 
 
 ST. ELIZA HETH. 
 
 enjoy tlio full benefit of eqiiitohle luws,' and all the rights and 
 privileges of free horn Britons. It is a groat satisfaction to 
 nie that 1 leave that vast portion of the population in a condi- 
 tion of comfort and advantage unknown to the labouring 
 classes in other countries; and it is an additional pleasure 
 to believe that Ihey are worthy of their j^ood fortune. 
 
 I trust that the report of the Commissioners appointed to 
 ascertain what laws of this island it would be expciuieni lo re- 
 peal, amend, and consolidate, will meet with duo considera- 
 tion during" the next session of the Legislature. 
 
 In a few days I shall most probably deliver over my charge 
 to the hands of my successor. An excellent re[)utation, al- 
 ready established, warrants a conlident hope that Jamaica will 
 be happy under the administration of the Earl of Elgin, and I 
 trust that the joyful intelligence of this result, and of every 
 other good, will gladden nie in the retirement to which I am 
 proceeding, and in which the most anxious wishes for your 
 welfare and prosperity, and ever\ blessing to this dear land 
 will ever be among my most cherished thoughts. If strong 
 feelings could leave a physical impression, Jamaica would bo 
 found engraven on my heart after it had ceased to beat, and 
 as long as memory lasts I shall not forget the encouraging cor- 
 diality with which I was received, or the generous affection 
 which sheds lustre on my departure. God bless you all. 
 
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 THE ADDRESS OF THE CLERGY. 
 
 To Ills EXCFLLUNCY TIIK HlCHT IIONOUA HLK Sill Cll AS. 
 
 T. Mktcai.fi:, G.C.B. &c. &c. 
 3Iay it please your ICxcellencij, 
 
 Wo, the Bishop, Archdeacon, Rectors, and others of the 
 Clergy ot Jamaica, cannot permit your Excellency to leave 
 our shores without olfering the testimony of our heartfelt re- 
 spect and gratitude. 
 
 Those distinguished talents, disciplined and matured in 
 public atfairs, which your Excellency brought to the govern- 
 ment of this island, with wisdom and integrity, which have 
 marked every successive step of your administration — and that 
 discriminating and unbiassed judgment, which has enabled 
 you to discern clearly the real condition of our people, have 
 been witnessed by us with admiration in their benign exercise. 
 AVhile in the happy results which have crowned your laboiirs, 
 ■we are left a memorable proof that in civil government, ai in 
 ordinary life, the profoundest policy is that which is guided 
 by undeviating candour, sincerity, and rectitude, by the sim- 
 plicity of that *' wisdom which is from above." 
 
 But, in tracing to its souice the distinguished success which 
 has attended your Excellency's administration, we are parti- 
 cularly led to regard it in a still higher view, as animated by 
 that Christian benevolence which has not been more conspicu- 
 ous in your munificent support of all our religious and chari- 
 table institutions, and of every undertaking" calculated to pro- 
 mote public prosperity and happiness, than in your unaflected 
 humanity, kindness, and condescension in private life. 
 
 It 13, we verily believe, to the expansive and cheering^ in- 
 fluence of this principle, dominant in your government of our 
 island, and in all your transactions and intercourse with its 
 inhabitants of every rank, di.'used far and wide, and from 
 heart to heart, by the mysterious power of sympathy and ex- 
 ample, that, under Divii Providence, so much of our pre- 
 sent peace and happiness js to be ascribed. 
 
 Your Excellency is about to retire for the second time from 
 the arduous labonrsand duties — from the cares and distractions 
 of a life long devoted to the service of your country in distant 
 climes, to the repose and endearments of your native land. 
 May Almighty God of His mercy grant you health and length 
 of days to enjoy the rewards reserved for you there in the favour 
 of your Sovereign and the affection of a grateful people; may 
 the Gift of the Holy Spirit shed a cloudless serenity over your 
 
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72 
 
 THE CLERGY. 
 
 declining^ years ; and may your latter eud be peace, through 
 Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
 
 C. JAMAICA. 
 
 EDWD. POPE. 
 
 HIS EXCELLENCY S REPLY. 
 
 To THE HlGIIT ReVERKND THE LoRD BlSHOP, THE Ve* 
 N',RAB'.E THK ARCHDEACON, A?JD THE REVEREND THE 
 liECTOrtS AND OTHERS OF THE ClERGV OF JAMAICA. 
 
 My Lord, and Reverend Gentlemen, 
 
 I know not how I can attempt to describe my sense of 
 the honor that you have generously expressed. I shall ever 
 remember it with pride, but I am utterly at a loss for words 
 to make a suitable acknowledgmeut. 
 
 Your own duties exceed immensely in value those of all 
 others of your fellow-creatures. It would be presumptuous in 
 me to say more than that they are worthily performed. 
 
 Your sacred calling; places in your hands, not only the care 
 of your flocks generally, but especially the introduction into the 
 bosom of the Church, and the moral and religious instruction 
 of the lately benightedchildrenof Africa, who compose, perhaps, 
 nine-tenths of the inhabitants of this island. No one can be 
 insensible of the importance of this charge — which, while other 
 things relate solely to their temporal interest in this transito/y 
 world, not only tends to the most elfectual accomplishment of 
 that object, but guides them to the Throne of Mercy, and the 
 salvation of their immortal souls in the immeasurable range 
 of eternity. 
 
 May the Almighty bless your righteous labours, and cause 
 them to be more and more instrumental, as they already have 
 been, in the spread of education, the promotion of virtue, and 
 the advancement of true religion. 
 
 Allow nie to congratulate vou on the event of tJ is dav, to- 
 wards which we have all assisted in laying the foundation of 
 an additional Chapel for Christian Worship in this; town. I 
 trust that it will become a structure devoted to the glory of 
 God, and productive of the extension of Ch list's Holy Church. 
 
 I connot refrain from offering my thanks to you for the sup- 
 port which you have given in the administration of the govern- 
 ment of this island, by your charitable and Christian endea^ 
 vours to promote harmony and brotherly love among all classes. 
 
 The reward to which you look is not of this world, nor in 
 the praise of men, but from above; and the God of Peace, 
 whose Holj Spirit lea^is you, will remember all who do His 
 ,Will, 
 
 t enti 
 end rev< 
 welfare, 
 liave iiiii 
 
 ADDR 
 
 To HIS 
 
 Theo 
 Ma 
 
 We, 1 
 sionary i 
 with a r 
 cellency 
 ture froi 
 
 We ( 
 high abi 
 displaye 
 nient of 
 at whicli 
 speedily 
 have be( 
 estly pn 
 
 In pa 
 Excellei 
 disp'aye 
 charitab 
 share of 
 
 May 
 to confe 
 lency a 
 your fut 
 peace, 
 
 Signe 
 
 To the 
 I tha 
 
;:e, through 
 POPE. 
 
 LONDON MISStONAnV SOCIETY. 
 
 73 
 
 t entreat you to accept the as'^arunce of my deep respect 
 end reverence, my humble but cordial wishes fur your personal 
 welfare, and my heartfelt gratitude for the kiudness that you 
 iiave uittuifested. 
 
 , THE Ve* 
 REND THE 
 lAICA. 
 
 ly sense of 
 [ shall ever 
 s for words 
 
 hose of all 
 mptiious in 
 lied. 
 
 ly the care 
 ion into the 
 instruction 
 se, perhaps, 
 one can be 
 while other 
 s transitoiy 
 )lishment of 
 cy, and the 
 able range 
 
 , and cause 
 ready have 
 virtue, and 
 
 is dav, to- 
 undation of 
 k town. I 
 he glory of 
 oly Church, 
 for the sup- 
 ihe govern- 
 ian endea^ 
 fall classes, 
 orld, nor in 
 i of Peace, 
 tvho do His 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE AGENTS OF THE LONDON 
 MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
 To HIS Excellency THE Right Honorable Sir Charles 
 Thbophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, G.C.B. &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency t 
 
 We, the Missionaries and Catechists of the London Mis- 
 sionary Society in Jamaica, beg to approach your Excellency 
 with a respectful expression of our sincere regret at your Ex- 
 cellency's resignation of the government of, and early depar- 
 ture from, the colony. 
 
 We discharge an agreeable duty in acknowledging the 
 high ability, firmness, and impartial justice, which have beea 
 displayed by your Excellency :n administering the govern- 
 ment of this colony. Peculiar difficulties marked the period 
 at which your Excellency took the government, but they were 
 speedily and easily overcome, and a season of quiet and security 
 have been since enjoyed throughout the island, which we earuM 
 estly pray may continue. 
 
 In particular, we desire to express our thankfulness to your 
 Excellency for the great liberality which your Excellency has 
 displayed towards all the ]V*issionary and other religious and 
 charitable institutions of the island, and especially for the 
 share of it which our own body has received. 
 
 May the Supreme Ruler, who has enabled your Excellency 
 to confer such great benefits on.laniaica, grant to your tlxcel- 
 lency a prosperous voyage to your native land, and crown all 
 your future days, wherever they shall be spent, with health, 
 peace, and happiness. We bid your Excellency " farewell." 
 
 Signed on behalf of the body, 
 
 ROBERT .JTONES, Chairman, 
 JOHN VINE, Secretary, 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Missionaries and Catechists of the London Missionary 
 
 Society in Jamaica. 
 I thank you, gentlemen, most sincerely for the kindaesf 
 
 K 
 
74 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY SOCIEtV. 
 
 which has conferred on me the honor of your oblioing adclres'^j 
 and for the approving sentiuieuts and good wishes which it 
 conveys. 
 
 In lh'> trfrling contributions which it has been in my power 
 to make to the religious and charitable institutions of the 
 island, it has always been a source of serious regret to me, 
 that they have been so utterly inadequate to the important 
 purposes which they have been designed to promote, and that 
 the habits of the world consume the greater portion of every 
 man's means in expenditure of far inferior utility on objects 
 comparatively trivial and contemptible. 
 
 I hold it to be the bounden duty of every one, on whom the 
 bounty of the Almighty has graciously bestowed abundance, to 
 give freely and cordially, each according to his means, for the 
 benefit of those in less fortunate circumstances, who tread the 
 thorny paths of life, and need assistance. No purpose can be 
 conceived having stronger demands on our best exertions than 
 that in which the pious Ministers of Christianity in this island 
 unceasingly labour — the intellectual, moral, and religiou: in- 
 struction of the great mass of its inhabitants, who vrere for- 
 merly in the chains of mental as well as bodily bondage. For 
 the share, gentlemen, which the Reverend Pastors of your 
 Society have taken in this holy work, you are entitled to the 
 gratitude of mankind. I humbly hope that the God of All 
 will bless your endeavours, and produce suitable fruits in the 
 practice, by your congregations, of that virtuous conduct, which 
 is the only road to true happiness, either ia this world or that 
 to come. 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN MISSION- 
 ARY SOCIETY. 
 
 To TfiE Right Honorable Sir Chak ,es Theophilus 
 Mktcalke, Bart. Governor of the Island of Ja- 
 maica, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 We, the Members of the Jamaica Missionary Presbytery, 
 in the Parish of St. Mary, in conjunction uith our respective 
 i.ongregatious, beg leave to approach your Excellency for the 
 purpose of expressing our deep regret at your Excellency's 
 departure from our island. 
 
 We deem it a duly which we owe to your Bxcellency, and 
 we consider it a privilege to ourselves, to approach your Ex- 
 
 cellency 
 righteuu 
 tion. 
 
 Hriefi 
 us has be 
 followed, 
 threaten' 
 Jias givei 
 cy's gov 
 fraught \ 
 tlu! bless 
 great pr( 
 
 Undei 
 lency, th 
 progress 
 assuredly 
 and none 
 
 By yoi 
 which fe( 
 poor will 
 a benefa 
 
 The n 
 much th; 
 administ 
 lory, 
 the head 
 pray for 
 Excel lei 
 our inter 
 not thus 
 to the ca 
 Throne, 
 ol the oc 
 that pros 
 through 
 your SOI 
 trials in 
 ance wl] 
 fadeth n 
 
 Signe 
 
 \ 
 
Y. 
 
 PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
 75 
 
 es which it 
 
 1 my power 
 ons of the 
 
 gret to me, 
 important 
 
 te, and that 
 
 on of every 
 on ohjects 
 
 n whom the 
 undance, to 
 aos, for the 
 lo tread the 
 pose can be 
 ertions than 
 1 this island 
 religiou: in- 
 lo vrere for- 
 idage. For 
 ors of your 
 titled to the 
 God of All 
 fruits in the 
 iduct, which 
 'orld or that 
 
 rliSSION- 
 
 HEOPHILUS 
 .ND OF Ja- 
 
 Presbytery, 
 r respective 
 ;ncy for the 
 Excellency's 
 
 Jiency, and 
 ;h your Ex- 
 
 cellency, to make known the high sense we entertain of the 
 righleuusuess and benignity of your Excellency's administra- 
 tion. 
 
 lirief although the term of ycur Excellency's sojourn among 
 us has been, yet, by the course which your Excellency has 
 fallowed, many existing evils have been cured, and niany 
 threatened evils averted. And by the enlightened policy w Inch 
 has given a high and an indelible character to your Excellen- 
 Cj's government, metisures have been adopt(.'d which wero 
 fraught wirh a large amount of present good, and which, by 
 tht! blessing of God, will secure to the emancipated colony 
 great prosperity in years lo come. 
 
 Under the benign and liberal government of your Excel- 
 lency, the cause of education has niade rapid and extensive 
 progress ; and with reference to religious privilege, we can 
 assuredly say that we have sat under our vine and our Hg-tree, 
 and none have made us afraid. "^ 
 
 By your Excellency's departure we lose a friend — a heart 
 which feels for us, and a hand which liberally aids us. The 
 poor will lose a generous supporter, and the destitute stranger 
 a benefactor and shield. 
 
 The name of your Excellency will be ever associated with 
 much that is iniportant and valuable in the colony, and your 
 administration will form a bright spot in the page of its his- 
 tory. As the Representative of our beloved Sovereign, and 
 the head of our colonial government, we have not ceased to 
 pray for your Excellency. And although, in a little, your 
 Excellency will no longer stand to us in the same relation, yet 
 our interest in all that is connected with your Excellency shall 
 not thus pass away. We desire to commend your Excellency 
 to the care of a {jracious God. We will not forget you at His 
 Throne, when exposed on your way homewards, to the perils 
 of the ocean. It is our last, and it will be our constant wish 
 that prosperity may ever attend you — that the blood of Jesus, 
 through the mighty working of the Spirit of God, may fill 
 your soul with peace — may sanctify all your afflictions and 
 trials in this vale of tears, and may secure to you that import- 
 ance which is incorruptible, and the crown of glory, whicii 
 ^adeth not away. 
 
 Signed in name of the absent Members of Presbytery, 
 
 JOHN SIMPSON, Minister. 
 WM. JAME.SON, Minister. 
 
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 PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
 HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY. 
 
 2o the Members of the Jamaica Missionary Preshyiery, in 
 (ho Parish oj AV. Mary, in conjunction with their re.''peG" 
 tive congregations. 
 
 X thank you, gentlemen, most cordially fnr the goodness 
 "which has induced you to come from the parish of St. Mary 
 on this deputation, to do uie honor hy the preseututiou of your 
 afl'ectionate address. 
 
 Your praises, although T am conscious that they far exceed 
 my humble deserts, are sweet and soothing, as the offspring 
 ol kind hearts that are disposed to put a high appreciation ou 
 good intentions. 
 
 For your prayers I shall ever be grateful. The prayers of 
 the pious are heard at the Throne of Mercy, and plead fur 
 the sinner, in whose behalf they ascend. 
 
 1 have observed, with great satisfaction, during my residence 
 in Jamaica, the readiness of the mass of the people to embrace 
 the benefits of education — their eagerness for religious in- 
 struction, and their general attendance at the worship of the 
 Almighty. For these coiispicuous virtues in their character, 
 which are blessings to themselves and the whole community, 
 we are indebted, in the greatest degree, to the Ministers of 
 [Religion, who have devoted themselves to the interest of their 
 flocks. While the imperial and local legislatures concurred 
 in the righteous measure of releasing the people from bondage, 
 the Ministers of *he Gospel were strenuously employed in 
 emancipating their minds from the chains of ignorance, and 
 their souls from the powers of darkness. '^*'hence arose a con- 
 nection between the pastors and their cO',;i'',ations, the roost 
 interesting and delightful that can be conc^.. ved. The furaicr, 
 imitating the Divine Shepherd of the whole Christian flock, 
 brought the wandering sheep into His fold. Their followers, 
 sensible of the benefits conferred, looked up to their benefac- 
 tors with reverence and attachment. These ties were cement- 
 ed hy taking a powerful interest in all their affairs— by aid in 
 the hour of distress— by the balm of consolation poured on the 
 bed of sickness— by condolence and sympathy with the afflict- 
 ed — and by administering the means uf grace and the hope of 
 gl( ry. Thus, many of the Ministers of Religion in this island 
 Lave acquired a hold on the hearts of their congregation, not 
 surpassed in any part of the world. It is a power gained by 
 devi'ion to their sacred duties. May it be always exercised 
 for the general good, and i /<- the spread of that neighbuuriy 
 love and Ci i^tian charity, which we iiave the highc.^i autho- 
 rity for believiog i^, aejit to the luve ol God, the best of bu- 
 man virt'-'^s* 
 
 K' 
 
 Such, 
 
 t5!]-'t tov 
 
 g«*tgatio 
 over the 
 holy un 
 beyond 
 man. 
 
 ADDI 
 
 To THE 
 CALF 
 OF J A 
 
 Mai 
 
 As a ' 
 body of 
 have sou 
 understa 
 the admi 
 
 In thii 
 bionaries 
 sions allc 
 to Divini 
 ment th 
 the peop 
 the too s 
 
 Not e 
 we rend I 
 you, but 
 sures of 
 been hai 
 the disii 
 upon the 
 pear. I 
 appeal e( 
 the perf< 
 your dis 
 virtue a 
 adorned 
 more tlis 
 to all be 
 spective 
 to a mar 
 lator, bt 
 
ibyieri/, in 
 leir rsTpao- 
 
 3 g^oodness 
 ■ St. Mary 
 ion uf yuur 
 
 far exceed 
 e offspring 
 ecialiou oq 
 
 ! prayers of 
 d plead fur 
 
 y residence 
 to em brace 
 'ligiuus in- 
 ship of the 
 
 • character, 
 community, 
 Ministers of 
 est of their 
 
 concurred 
 n bondage, 
 n ployed in 
 ranee, and 
 irose a con- 
 is, the roost 
 ?he former, 
 stian flock, 
 r followers, 
 ir benefac- 
 >re cement- 
 — by aid in 
 jred on the 
 
 the bfilict- 
 (he hope of 
 
 this island 
 gat ion. not 
 
 • gained by 
 s exercised 
 leiglibouriy 
 Lc.^i. uulhoo 
 best of hu« 
 
 
 
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 •rT:?r,i;YAN METHODT TS. 
 
 
 77 
 
 •>ucb. H 
 
 everend Gentlemen. I am Der'?'iaded 
 
 . is von 
 
 r con- 
 
 duot towards your flocks — such the atlathmeit of your con- 
 jr«*t gations towards you — such the eikercije of your influence 
 over them. May the Father of All bless and sanctify the 
 holy union, and grant you, here and hertafter, the fruits 
 beyond price of the faithful discharge of duty to God and 
 
 man. 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS. 
 
 To THE Right Hon. Sir Charles Theophilus Met- 
 calfe, Baronef, K.C.B. Governor of the Island 
 OF Jamaica, &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 As a deputation from, and representatives of, the whole 
 body of Wesleyan Missionaries in the island of Jamaica, we 
 have sought this opportunity of waiting upon your Excellency, 
 understanding that your Excellency is ubout to retire from 
 the adininistrution of the government of this iniportant colony. 
 
 In thus approaching your Excellency, the Wesleyan Mis- 
 bionaries aspire to an indulgence— sometimes on such occa- 
 sions allowed —that of expressing their imperishable gratitude 
 to Divine Providence, and to your Excellency, as the instru- 
 ment thereof, for the manifold benefits conferred on them, 
 the people of their charge, and the island at large, during 
 the too short period of your Excellency's administration. 
 
 Not even to your exalted rank, separately considered, could 
 ■we render the heartfelt homage with which we now approach 
 you, but the profound wisdom which has marked all the mea- 
 sures of your government, and by which jarring interests have 
 been harmonized, and conflicting parties reconciled, so that 
 the disunion which prevailed on your Excellency's entering 
 upon the duties of your high oflice, did nearly at once disap- 
 pear. But the even-handed and impartial justice which has 
 fippeaied in all your adjudications in matters of jurisprudence ; 
 the perfect freedom from prejudice, which has distinguished 
 your distribution of honors and offices ; and, above all, the 
 virtue and regard for the interests of religion, which have 
 adorned your private life, and which has led to a munificence, 
 more than princely, in the aid rendered by your Excellency 
 to all benevolent, ef^h»,,*tional, and religions institutions, irre- 
 spective of party <.> * i.jotifns, have exalted your Excellency 
 to a marked pre-ei»i nenc^-;, not only as a statesman and legis- 
 lator, but as the patro£^ ■:>{ all that is good« 
 
78 
 
 WESLEYAX METHODISTS. 
 
 But while we admire the impartial liberality, which has [ecj 
 yo?ir Excellency to atlbrd ready and great assistance to all who 
 promised in any way to promote the interests of the colony, 
 we regard it as imperative on us, more particularly to ackiiow^- 
 ledge with lively. gralitnde, the many favors which the Wes- 
 Jeyan body in this island have received of your Kxcellency. 
 The extent of your getjerous support of their various institu- 
 tions has been equalled only by the noble sponianeity of your 
 Excellency's very numerous gifts. 
 
 While our regard for the interests of religion and educa- 
 tion, and of the island at large, constrains us to consider your 
 departure as a great and painful calamity, we feel that it would 
 be ungenerous to wish to deprive you of that retirement, 
 which, after a life so actively and usefully employed in the 
 service of our country, must, to a mind disciplined like your 
 Excellency's, be so desirable. 
 
 In conclusion, we beg to assure your Excellency, that while 
 th(^ prospect of your departure possesses us with feelings pain- 
 fully akin to those of the bereaved, we find consolation in the 
 belief, that wherever \onr Excellency may fix the place of 
 your retirement, there the blessing of the Greatest and the 
 iJest of Beings will abide. Nor shall we fail to present our 
 fervent supplications to the Author of all Good, that your va- 
 luable health and life, hitherto preserved 'midst the many dan- 
 gers of unhealthy ciijnates, may long be continued, and that 
 His choicest blessings, temporal, spiritual, and eternal, may, 
 in life, and for ever, be your Excellency's portion. 
 We have the honor to remain, &c. &c. 
 
 JOHN EDMONDSON, 
 JAMES EDNEY. 
 WM. RITCHIE. 
 HENRY BLEBY. 
 S. SIMMONS. 
 ROBERT INGLIS, 
 
 HIS FX^-'MiLLENCY's REPLY. 
 
 To the Westei-an Missionay ies of Jamaica. 
 
 I beg you. Reverend Gentlemen, to accept my heartfelt 
 thanks for the kind and affectionate sentiments which you 
 have expressfd. The approbation of a body so justly respect-i 
 ed and revored, and so capable of estimating with accuracy 
 the conditio J of tlie inhabitants of this country, will ever be to 
 me a source of high satisfaction. I cannot forget that, at aa 
 early period of my administration, you encouraged my endea- 
 vours to promote tUe welfare of all classes ; atjd I am proud, 
 
 t trust 
 favorabi 
 result, 
 among t 
 Tiiert 
 of the I 
 wealth i 
 of God, 
 those wl 
 into the 
 nnprote( 
 virtue, i 
 name he 
 ten, was 
 
 Carry 
 seeking 
 whom th 
 following 
 journeyii 
 perils by 
 derness, 
 watching 
 cold and 
 life, dra> 
 by his fo 
 those of 
 p"«-ts of 1 
 i:<arUi. 
 
 For til 
 Jamaica, 
 terest in 
 low, rich 
 them. ] 
 be lastin; 
 them int 
 and thei 
 them in 
 parental 
 of religit 
 
W£SL£YAN MtTilODtSf^. 
 
 10 
 
 licli has feci 
 3 to all who 
 the colony, 
 t«) ackin>w* 
 li the Wes- 
 Kxcellency. 
 oiis institu- 
 iti/ of your 
 
 and educa- 
 nsider your 
 bat it wouici 
 retirement, 
 oyed in the 
 id like your 
 
 , that wbile 
 elings pain- 
 atiun in the 
 the place of 
 3st and the 
 present our 
 latyour va- 
 niany dan- 
 d, and that 
 irnal, may, 
 
 VDSON. 
 
 LlY. 
 
 iY. 
 LIS, 
 
 a. 
 
 y heartfelt 
 which you 
 ly respect-^ 
 h accuracy 
 ever be to 
 hat, at aa 
 my endea- 
 am proud, 
 
 t trust with no unbecoming- pride, to find at its close that yoxtf 
 favorable judgment has been conHrnied by their progress and 
 result. The applause of such men I must ever regard as 
 amonii^ the richest gifts that this world can bestow. 
 
 There is nothing- more sublime on earth than the spectacle 
 of the pious Missionary abandoning the pursuits of worldly 
 wealth and honors, and devoting himseli entirely to the Gilory 
 ot God, and the welfare of his fellow creatures, especially of 
 those who are most in need of his aid : Penatrating fearlessly 
 into the most remote and inhospitable regions, unarmed and 
 nnprotected, save by the panoply of his own innocence and 
 virtue, under the watchful eye of the Father of All, in whose 
 name he goes forth, realizing literally what, wiitu it was writ- 
 ten, was but a Poet's dream. 
 
 " Integer vitae scelerisque purus 
 Non eget Mauri jaculis iieque area 
 Nee veuenatis gravida sagittis 
 
 Fusee Pharetra 
 Sive per Syrtes iter aestuosas 
 Sive facturus per inhospitalem 
 Caucasum, seu quae loca fabulosus 
 Lambit llydaspes." 
 
 Carrying the Cross of Jesus over the habitable Globe, and 
 seeking with indefatigable labour the eternal salvation of those 
 whom the knowledge of the Gospel had not before reached, 
 following in the footsteps of his predecessor, St. Paui, " iti 
 journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, iu 
 perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, iu perils of the wil- 
 derness, in perils in the sea, in weariness and paiufulness, iu 
 watchings often, in hunger, and thirst, in fastings often, iu 
 cold and nakedness." Such is the picture of the Missionary's 
 life, drawn by the Great Apostle himself, and faithfully copied 
 by his followers of the present day, and by none more than by 
 those of the Wesleyan Body, whose extensive missions in all 
 p'"-ts of the world spread the Gospel far and wide over the 
 iiarlli. 
 
 For the inestimable services which you have rendered to 
 Jamaica, I must ever retain the utmost gratitude ; for my in- 
 terest in the welfare of those who inhabit this island, high and 
 low, rich and poor, will not cease with my residence among 
 them. I am bound to them by ties of attachment, which will 
 be lasting. You, gentlemen, have brought a large portion of 
 them into the Church of Christ. \ou improve their minds 
 and their morals by education and instruction. You visit 
 them in their homes ; administer to their wanS ; exercise a 
 parental influence on their conduct ; guide them in the paths 
 of religion ; and teach them the way to salvation. AH other 
 
BO 
 
 WESLEYAN ASSOClAtlON METHODISTS^ 
 
 benefits sink into nothing before those of sach great price.-~« 
 And to these may be added, that you inculcate harmony and 
 brotherly love among; all classes, and have imbued your flocks 
 with the Christian spirit which animates yourselves; so that, 
 from all men, vv^hatever their differences of opinion may be in 
 other respects, I have invariably heard your praises sounded 
 with one universal occord. 
 
 Accept, gentlemen, the assurance of my cordial respect ; of 
 tny thankfulness for the honor which your kindness has con- 
 ferred on me ; of my earnest wishes for your personal health 
 end welfare ; and of my reverence for your sacred labours.— 
 May the Almighty bless and reward you> and prosper your 
 righteous work. 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE WESLEY AN ASSOCIATION 
 
 METHODISTS. 
 
 To HIS Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Charles 
 Theoi'hilus Metcalfe, Baronet* &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Ma}/ it please your Excellency,, 
 
 We, the Ministers, Stewards, and Delegates of the Wes- 
 leyan Association in this island, in our annual assembly 
 met, beg to approach your E^ccellency, on the eve of your 
 departure, with the assurance of our deep regret at the 
 los.s which the country is about to sustain by your relinquish<» 
 ment of its government. 
 
 When we reflect that it is to your Excellency's wise and 
 prudent administiation of the affairs of this important colony 
 we are to attribute its restoration to a state of peace and har- 
 mony, and the termination of a dispute between the popular 
 branch of the legislature and the home government, which had 
 long torn and distracted it, we feel grateful to Divine Pro- 
 vidence for having directed your footsteps hither, like the 
 kind Samaritan, to pour oil into our wounds, and to your Ex- 
 cellency for the good which, under the direction, and by the 
 aid of that Providence, you have been enabled tO accomplish 
 during your short sojourn amongst us. 
 
 But if we are thankful for these benefits, how mnch more 
 grateful ought we to be, as a section of the Christian Church, 
 for your Excellency's suppoit and assistance of men of all de<« 
 nominations in the education and religious instruction of the 
 people ; and for the proof thus afforded of your desire to con- 
 fer the greatest possible benefit upoa the largest possible naoit 
 
pat price.— 
 armuny and 
 your ducks 
 es ; so that, 
 iR may be in 
 ises sounded 
 
 I respect ; of 
 ess has con- 
 sonal health 
 1 labours.— 
 rosper your 
 
 WESLEYAN ASSOCIATION METHODISTS. 
 
 81 
 
 :IATI0N 
 
 R Charles 
 tc. &c* 
 
 f the Wes- 
 al assembly 
 eve of your 
 tiret at the 
 relinquish' 
 
 ^'s wise and 
 
 •tant colony 
 
 tee and har- 
 
 the popular 
 
 :, which had 
 
 Divine Pro- 
 
 ?r, like the 
 
 to your Ex- 
 
 and by the 
 
 accomplish 
 
 much more 
 ian Church, 
 m of all dei 
 ction of the 
 sire to con- 
 ssible namt 
 
 ber of those who have been committed to your Excellency's 
 care. For this disposition we tender your Excellency our own, 
 and our people's best and warmest acknowledgments. 
 
 We bejjf to assure your Excellency, that we could have de- 
 sired your continuance among us to promote, as you have 
 hitherto done, and to witness, as we are assured you would do 
 with feelings of pleasure and delight, the increased and in- 
 creasing information and intelligence of the mass of the peo- 
 ple, and the acquaintance by them with that deep and heartfelt 
 religion and those social and moral virtues which are calculat- 
 ed to make them both good men and good citizens, did we not 
 learn that your Excellency was anxious to obtain repose from 
 the labour and anxiety of long protracted official duties. 
 
 In parting with your Excellency, under these circumstances, 
 we very inadequately express the feelings of our hearts when 
 we say that to whatever portion of the globe your inclination 
 may lead you, your Excellency will carry with you our anxioUvS 
 wishes for your continued prosperity, and our fervent prayers 
 that you may enjoy in this world health and happiness, and 
 in that which is to come, " the rest which remaineth to the 
 people of God." ^ 
 
 Signed by order, and on behalf of the annual assembly, 
 
 THOMAS PENNOCK, Chairman. 
 MATHEW BAXTER, Secretary. 
 EDWARD JORDON, Treasurer. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Ministers t Stewards, and Delegates of the Wesley an 
 
 Association Societies. 
 
 I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my hearty thanks for the 
 honor conferred on me by your kind address, and the affec- 
 tionate sentiments which you entertain. 
 
 I trust that I shall have the satisfaction of hearing, in my 
 retirement, of the increasing intelligence of the mass of the 
 people of this island, and their devotion to social, moral, and 
 religious duties. Their progress hitherto, under tlfe guidance 
 of the Ministers of the Gospel, has been highly creditable to 
 themselves and their instructors ; and encourages the hope 
 of their becoming as perfect in the characters of good men 
 and good citizens, as frail human beings can be expected to 
 be. Their regular attendance at Divine Worship, and their 
 generally orderly and proper conduct, are striking to every 
 observer. Their present lot is a happy one — they enjoy 
 all the rights of freedom, an abundant supply of food, and 
 every other comfort at command, in a climate at all seasons 
 
 L 
 
ti^ 
 
 NATIVE WESLEYAN HflTHODISTS. 
 
 tomperute, and in a country exceedingly fertile and produc- 
 tive. The acquisition of independence, and even of wealth, 
 is in their power ; but it is on their religious and moral instruc- 
 tion that their happiness will chiefly depend, and as this is 
 mainly in the hands of their Ministers, it is to those reverend 
 and pious servants of the Lord, that, under the mercy ot the 
 Almighty, the island will owe, in a great measure, the ines- 
 timable benefits to be derived from an industrious, educated, 
 and virtuous population. God grant that such may be the re- 
 sult. 
 
 Permit me now, gentlemen, to say farewell. May the 
 Great Giver of all Good bless you with every blessing. 
 
 In cc 
 
 for you I 
 society, 
 cessanll 
 He will 
 ritual as 
 to renu 
 iimphan 
 shall nr 
 in Hoav 
 glory, s 
 Grace f 
 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE NATIVE WESLEYAN ME- 
 THODISTS. 
 
 Mai/ it please your Excellency, 
 
 We beg leave, most respectfully, to approach your Excel- 
 lency, through our Superinterillant Minister, on behalf of the 
 whole body of the Native Wesleyan Methodists Society, on 
 the occasion of your Excellency's anticipated departure from 
 this our i^iiand, and to assure your Excellency, that it is with 
 the deepest feelings of regret we view your Excellency's re- 
 linquishing the government, and earlv departure from us, who 
 liave ever looked up to your Excellency for that fostering 
 protection which we have always received at your hands, as 
 a section of the Christian Church, during the short period of 
 your Excellency's administration. 
 
 But, alas I yourJExcellency has woven an interesting cord 
 around our hearts, with which it had just been bound up in 
 affection towards your Excellency, when it is decreed to be 
 cut asunder by separation. Yet we shall with the lame, the 
 blind, the orphan, and the widow, ever truly remember with 
 gratitude your Excellency's humanity and benevolence. 
 
 We co-operate in sentimen.s with the addresses already 
 presented to your Excellency, but we could not allow your 
 Excellency to retire from the government without expressing 
 the heartfelt homage of that respect, gratitude, and love, 
 which we, as a body, bear to your Excellency for that even- 
 handed and impartial justice which has distinguished your Ex- 
 cellency in all your adjudications, and thut unprecedented 
 freedom from prejudice, which will ever grace you Excellen- 
 cy's administration in the annals of Jamaica, and will be handed 
 down to generations yet unborn. 
 
 To the i 
 
 I thai 
 tionate i 
 
 You 
 may atU 
 
 The , 
 content!! 
 All gooc 
 all his c 
 his grac( 
 It is inc 
 form ou 
 contrite 
 and brof 
 vine Me 
 you coni 
 that all ( 
 true joy 
 the men 
 I shall € 
 tinually 
 enjoyme 
 those of 
 eternity, 
 
ind protliic- 
 I of wealth, 
 oral insti'uc- 
 as this is 
 )se reverend 
 lercy o( tho 
 re, the Ines- 
 i, educated, 
 y be the re- 
 
 May the 
 
 Ssing-. 
 
 NATIVE WESLEYAN METHODISTS. 
 
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 fAN ME- 
 
 ^'our Excel - 
 ehalf of the 
 Society, on 
 a r lure from 
 at it is with 
 ^Ilency's re- 
 om us, who 
 it fostering^ 
 tr hands, as 
 rt period of 
 
 resting cord 
 sound up in 
 ?reed to be 
 3 lame, the 
 ember with 
 3nce. 
 ses already 
 
 allow your 
 expressing- 
 
 and love, 
 that even- 
 id your Ex- 
 recedented 
 I Excellen- 
 I be handed 
 
 In conclusion, we beg your Excellency to accept our thanks 
 for your liberal donation and annual subscription in aid of our 
 society, which we shall never cease to remember, and shall in- 
 cessantly present our prayers to the Majesty of Heaven, that 
 He will pour upon you the continuation of His blessings, spi- 
 ritual as well as temporal; and that waen it shall please Him 
 to remove you from the Church militant to the Church tri- 
 umphant, that He will bestow upon you a crown of glory which 
 shall nfver fade ; and that you may dwell amongst that society 
 in Heaven, who cease not day and night to ascribe honor, and 
 glory, and power to Him who sitteth upon the Throne of 
 Grace for ever. 
 
 On behalf of the Society, 
 
 JAS. F. MELLAD. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Society of Native Wesleyan Methodists of the Island 
 
 of Jamiaca. 
 
 ■ I thank you, gentlemen, sincerely for your kind and affec- 
 tionate address. 
 
 You will ever have my cordial wishes that every blessing 
 may attend you. 
 
 The greatest of blessings in this transitory life, which are 
 contentment and the love of God, you may yourselves obtain. 
 All good is from the Almightv, and to him the gratitude of 
 all his creatures is due. Without him we are nothing. By 
 his grace and favor we may obtain a crown of immortal glory. 
 It is incumbent on us all, high and low, rich and poor, to per- 
 form our duty in our respective spheres, with humble and 
 contrite hearts, and to regard our fellow-creatures with charity 
 and brotherly love, so that we may become partakers of Di- 
 vine Mercy. These and other truths of equal importance 
 you continually learn from your ministers, who can tell you, 
 that all ePi'thly things aro fleeting and vain, and that the only 
 true joy is what penitent sinners experience in Heaven by 
 the mercy of God and ihe atonement of the Bless 1 Saviour. 
 I shall ever romembe^ your kindness, and hope to hear con- 
 tinually of your welfare. May the Almighty grant to you the 
 enjoyment of all the benefits that this world can bestow, and 
 those of inestimable price, which are reserved for the good in 
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 PORTLAND NATIVE BAP'J^ST SOCIETY. 
 
 ADDRESS OP THE PORTLAND BAPTIST SOCIETY. 
 
 To His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir 
 Charles T. Metcalfe, &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency ^ 
 
 We, the Pastor, Deacons, and Members of the Baptist 
 Church, or Congregation of Protestant Dissenters in the Pa- 
 rish of Portland, have the honor to address yoar Excellency 
 previous to your departure from this island. 
 
 We have the honor to express to your Excellency our con- 
 tinued feeling of steady loyalty and affection to our beloved 
 Queen, and all the Members of the Royal Family, and our un* 
 -wavering attachment to the British constitution and govern- 
 ment. 
 
 We have the painful duty to express our sincere regret at 
 your Excellency's intention to retire from the administration 
 of the government of this island ; and deeply do we deplore 
 that severity of indisposition, ^hich compels your Excellency 
 to adopt such a lamentable alternative. Our prayers have not 
 ceased to be presented at the Throne of Gra«e on your Ex- 
 cellency's behalf, and sincerely do we sympathize with your 
 Excellency in your affliction. May the Almighty Governor of 
 the Universe hear our supplications, as He did those of King 
 Hezekiah, and be pleased graciously to prolong your days ou 
 earth ! 
 
 During your Excellency's administration, all classes of the 
 community have had to deplore the recent commercial dis- 
 tresses of the colony, and the ravages of the late prevailing 
 epidemic ; but it is universally acknowledged, that the public 
 adversities have been greatly alleviated by your Excellency's 
 benevolence and paternal solicitude, nor can we reflect upon 
 your Excellency's unbounded charity, but with feelings of de- 
 -vout thankfulness to Almighty God, for placing you amongst 
 us, and with sentiments of gratitude for those obligations un< 
 der which your Excellency's beneficence has placed us. 
 
 Permit us, therefore, in congratulating your Excellency at 
 the close of an administration, which has been attended with 
 beneficial results, and crowned with so much success, to ex- 
 press our most fervent desire that your Excellency may soon 
 be restored to your wonted health, and that the blessings of 
 Almighty God may abundantly rest upon you wheresoever 
 His good Providence may place you. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the Baptist Church, Port- Antonio. 
 
 THOMAS E. WARD. Pastor, 
 
ETY. 
 
 r SOCIETY. 
 
 RABLE Sir 
 
 of the Baptist 
 ters in tlie Pa- 
 »ur flxceliency 
 
 llency our con- 
 .0 oar beloved 
 iy, and our un- 
 n and govern- 
 
 jcere regret at 
 administration 
 do we deplore 
 )ur Excellency 
 ayers have not 
 !e on your Er- 
 ihize with your 
 ty Governor of 
 those of King 
 g your days ou 
 
 1 classes of the 
 
 )nimercial dis- 
 
 late prevailing 
 
 hat the public 
 
 r Excellency's 
 
 e reflect upon 
 
 eelings of de- 
 
 g you amongst 
 
 bligations un* 
 
 ced us. 
 
 Excellency at 
 
 attended with 
 
 access, to ex- 
 
 ^>ncy may soon 
 
 blessings of 
 
 wheresoever 
 
 Antonio. 
 D, Pastor, 
 
 SPANISH-TOWN UNION BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 85 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Pastor, Deacons, and Members of the Baptist Church 
 in the Parish of Portland. 
 
 I thank you, gentlemen, sincerely for your kind address, and 
 for the good wishes and friendly sentiments that you express. 
 
 I am happy to assure you that ill health has had no share in 
 causing my intended departure from Jamaica. By the bless- 
 ing of the Almighty I have enjoyed excellent general health 
 continually during my residence in this island ; and among the 
 regrets with which I shall go away, will be that of leaving so 
 delightful a climate as the mountains of Jamaica afford. 
 
 Accept my best wishes for your welfare and happiness here 
 and hereafter. 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE SPANISH-TOWN UNION 
 BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 
 
 To THE Right Honorable Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, 
 Baronet, Governor op the Island of Jamaica, 
 &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Members of the Spanish-Town Union Benevolent 
 Society, beg leave to approach your Excellency with feelings 
 of prolV'und respect, and to ofl'er our unfeigned regret at your 
 departure from this island. 
 
 The mild and pacific manner in which your Excellency has 
 administered the government of this colony, the faithful dis- 
 charge of the important duties therewith connected, your un* 
 exampled liberality, and the benevolence by which you so 
 eminently distinguished your readiness to relieve the wants of 
 the distressed, and to support every object which is designed 
 to benefit mankind, has not failed to engage the affections of 
 our hearts, and excite in us lively emotions of gratitude and 
 esteem towards your Excellency, as our benefactor and friend. 
 
 Your Excellency's kindness, in condescending to become 
 the Patron aiyl chief support of the Spanish-Tuwn Union Be- 
 nevolent Society, indicates that the ruling principle of your 
 heart is — " charity and good will to all men ;' also a noble imi- 
 tation of our Divine Master — " who went about doing good ;" 
 and when we reflect that your Excellency came forward un- 
 hesitatingly, by munificent subscriptions, to strengthen our 
 feeble efforts — to assist the poor and destitute, deeply must 
 
t 
 
 i ■ 
 
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 86 SPANISH-TOWN UNION BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, 
 
 we deplore your Excellency's departure from this island, for, 
 by that event, the poor will sustain an irreparable loss. 
 
 We commend your Excellency into the hands of that Being, 
 wUh whom are the " issues ol life and death," humbly implor- 
 ing his Divine favor in your behalf — beseeching him, of his in- 
 finite mercy, to give the" winds and waves charge concerning 
 you," that you may reach in safety the land of your nativity — 
 that many days of peace and mercy may y3t be added to your 
 life, and that at the " time of the restitution of all things,'* 
 when, as an hireling, you shall have accomplished your days 
 upon earth, you may inherit " u crown of glory which (adeth 
 not away." 
 
 May the Lord bless you, and keep you — may he cause his 
 face to shine upon you, both now and evermore. 
 
 WILLIAM PAUL, President of the Spanish- 
 Town Union Benevolent Society. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Members of the Spanish- Town Union Benevolent 
 
 Society, 
 
 I thank you, gentlemen, very sincerely for the kind and 
 aflectionate address with which you have honored me. 
 
 I cannot refrain, on this occasion, from expressing my admi- 
 ration of the character of your valuable institution, by which 
 the poor and destitute of your community are upheld and obe- 
 rished in the hour of need, and by which the extreme evils of 
 misfortune, which may fall to the lot of any, are averted or 
 assuaged, with the consolation of having laid a claim to alle- 
 viation in distress, by previous contributions to the aid of 
 others. 
 
 God bless you, gentlemen, and grant that your benevolent 
 Society may always find the support due to its exemplary me- 
 rits. 
 
 # 
 
SOCIETY, 
 
 liis island, for, 
 )!e luss. 
 
 s of that Being, 
 humbly iniplor- 
 ; him, of his in- 
 rge concerning 
 your nativity — 
 ) added tu your 
 of all things," 
 ished your days 
 y which fadeth 
 
 ly lie cause hia 
 
 the Spanish- 
 ieiy. 
 
 n, Benevolent 
 
 r the kind and 
 
 ed me. 
 
 ssing my admi- 
 tion, by which 
 >held and obe- 
 
 Ktreme evils of 
 
 are averted or 
 claim to alle- 
 to the aid of 
 
 our benevolent 
 xemplary me- 
 
 ENGLISH AND GERMAN JEWS. 
 
 At a public meeting of the members of the above instittr- 
 tion, hoUlen at their Vestry Room, on Monday, the 2lst March, 
 1842, in order to join in the general expression of deep regret 
 at the intended departure from this island of our estimable 
 Governor, Sir Charles Metcalfe, and to prepare an address to 
 his Excellency on the occasion. 
 
 Resolved, That the intelligence of the intended departure 
 from our shores, ofour much and deservedly esteemed Governor. 
 Sir Charles Metcalfe, has excited feelings of unfeigned regret 
 in the minds of all classes of the inhabitants of this island. — 
 The meeting therefore feels itself imperatively called on to 
 unite in the general manifestation of sincere sorrow at the ir- 
 reparable loss about to be sustained. 
 
 Resolved, That the liberal, enlightened, and conciliatory 
 policy which has marked the adminil^tration of our esliniable 
 Governor — his cordial and ready support of every measure 
 whose object was beneficial — his princely charities, his unos- 
 tentatious but munificent aid, granted to, as soon as asked bv, 
 all classes of religionists, have endeared him to every inhabit- 
 ant of this colony, and merit the tribute of our sincere and 
 grateful acknowledgment. And whilst the memory of his 
 great and good example will ever be cherished in our hearts, 
 the record of his actions will be inscribed on the fairest pages 
 of our history, an imperishable monument of his worth and 
 virtue. 
 
 Resolved, That an humble address, expressive of the fore- 
 going sentiments, be prepared and presented in the most ac- 
 ceptable manner fo his pjxcellency, as a just, but feeble testi- 
 monial of the high asase entertained by this meeting, for the 
 manifold important services rendered during his sh5rt sojourn 
 here, and that Philip Lawrence, Samuel Jacobs, and Louis 
 Lewis, Esqrs. together with the Rev. M. N. Nathan, be ap- 
 pointed a deputation for such purpose. 
 
 PHILIP LAWRENCE, Chairman, 
 
 Mr. Lawrence having been requested to leave the chair, 
 Henry Levison, Esq. was called thereto, when the thanks of 
 tliis meeting were recorded for his conduct on the occasion. 
 
 HENRY LEVISON. 
 
I. 
 
 88 
 
 ENGLISH AND GEllMAN JEWS. 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To TiiK RioiiT Honorable Sir Charles Tiikophilus 
 Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &,c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency , 
 
 We, the members of the congregation of English and Ger- 
 man Jews of the City and Parish of Kingston, beg leave most 
 respectfully to approach your Excellency, and in common with 
 all classes, to express our deep sorrow at the severe loss the 
 island is about to sustain in the departure of your Excellency 
 from these shores. 
 
 Identified as are our interests with the welfare of the co- 
 lony, our ieelings are still more warmly enlisted in whatever 
 concerns it, since we enjoy here equally with all our fellow- 
 subjects, privileges and immunities denied us in otbf^r parts 
 of her Majesty's dominions. We, therefore, stand not aloof, 
 but join in the general regret which pervades the minds of all, 
 particularly when the advantages arising from the enlighten- 
 ment, generosity, and kindness which have distinguished 
 your administration, are considered. 
 
 We should, however, have been wanting in gratitude to 
 your Excellency, had we, on the present occasion, failed to ex- 
 press our sentiments, separately, as a religious body, for the 
 nob!e and disinterested conduct you have maintained, and for 
 the charity of heart and hand you have evinced in all cases, 
 and to all sects ; nor can we ever forget the kind feeling you 
 displayed, not only towards our brethren here, but also on be- 
 half of the sufferers at Rhodes and Damascus. The sympa- 
 thy manifested towards the poor and afflicted — the assistance 
 amply afforded to the wants of others, and the support and pa- 
 tronage extended to works of public utility, cannot fail to meet 
 that recon^ense, which the great judge of our actions awards 
 to the benevolent, to secure the peace of an approving con- 
 science, and indelibly to engrave your memory on the hearts 
 of a grateftVI posterity. 
 
 In the departure of your Excellency, we shall deplore the 
 loss of a tried friend, who watched over the best interests of 
 the people, with the unceasing solicitude of paternal considera- 
 tion, whose wisdom ensured the just administration of the 
 laws, and whose urbanity of manner secured the love and 
 esteem of ail. 
 
 In tendering to your Excellency these our unfeigned sen- 
 timents, we offer our fervent prayers to the Throne of Grace, 
 for your prosperous passage home — for a long and uninterrupted 
 
TlIliOPHILUS 
 
 c. 
 
 jlisli and Gcr- 
 )eg leave most 
 ) cummon witii 
 levere loss the 
 ur Excellency 
 
 are of the co- 
 1 in whatever 
 all our fel low- 
 in otbnr parts 
 and not aloof, 
 e minds of all, 
 the enlighten- 
 distinguished 
 
 1 gratitude to 
 1, failed to eK- 
 I body, for the 
 ained, and for 
 
 in all cases, 
 
 id feeling you 
 
 >ut also on be- 
 
 The sympa- 
 
 the assistance 
 
 pport and pa- 
 
 ot fail to meet 
 ictions awards 
 
 )proving con- 
 on the hearts 
 
 11 deplore the 
 st interests of 
 nal considera- 
 ration of the 
 the love and 
 
 nfeigned sen- 
 one of Grace, 
 uninterrupted 
 
 SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE JEWS. 
 
 8d 
 
 enjoyment of health, and for the possession 3f every happi- 
 ness, which a bountiful Creator can bestow. 
 By direction and on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 P. LAWRENCE, Chair?nam 
 
 His feXCELLENCY'S REPLY. 
 
 To the Members of the Confjregalion of English and German 
 Jews of the City and Parish of Kingston. 
 
 I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my warmest thanks for tho 
 sentiments that you have expressed on the occasion of my 
 approaching departure. 
 
 To be deemed worthy of such kindness, I must ever prieo 
 US one of the highest honors that can be received. 
 
 You have justly alluded to the fact, that you enjoy in Ja- 
 maica, equally with all your fellow subjects, privileges and 
 i.nmunities denied to you in other parts of the l^ritish domi- 
 hions. The fact is honorable to this island, and the reverse 
 is discreditable to the mother-codillry. I trust that the time 
 is near when the Legi.>iature of the United Kingdom will 
 fbllnw the example of that of Jamaica, and grant equal rights 
 to all tho loyal subjects of our gracious Queen without dis- 
 tinction. We hav0 here proof, froni experience, that this 
 can be dene, not only without injury, but with manifest bene- 
 fit, and I hope to see the day when it will be admitted by the 
 Imperial Parliament, that all who contribute to the support of 
 the State are entitled to the Enjoyment of cfqual rights, and 
 that the surest mode of promoting the stability of an empire 
 is to unite all hearts in common interests and brotherly love. 
 
 My best wishes will ever attend you, gentlemen, with a 
 tordial desire for your prosperity and happiness^ 
 
 SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE JfeWS. 
 
 At a public meeting of the Wardens, Elders» and Mem- 
 bers of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation of 
 Kingston; held on Tuesday the 22d March, for the purpose 
 of preparing an humble address to our highly respected Go- 
 vernor, Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, on his approaching depar- 
 ture from the government of this island, 
 
 Moses Sarpaty, Esq. was called td the chair. 
 
 It was unanimously Resolved, That this meeting feels the 
 
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90 
 
 SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE JEWS. 
 
 deepest regret ut the approaching departure of our highly en^ 
 teemed Governor, Sir C "les T. Metcalfe, from our shorts. 
 
 Resolved — That, in connnon with the rest of our fellow-ci- 
 tizens, we .deem it indispensably our duty to ofler a tribute of 
 our respect and veneration for a Ruler, the memory of whose 
 acts will be for ever cherished by the inhabitants of Jamaica. 
 
 Resolved — That an address, expressive of our feelings on 
 this occasion, be presented to his Excellency, and that M. 
 Delgado, J. R. De Cordova, D. J. Alberga, and M. Q. 
 flenriques, Esqrs. be a committee to prepare the same. 
 
 Resolve d~-n\eit the following Gentlemen, viz. — M. Del- 
 gado, M. Sarfaty, and M. Q. Uenriques, Esqrs. do present 
 the addre.ss to his E^icellency in the most acceptable manner. 
 
 Resolved — That these Resolutions be published. 
 
 M. SARFATY. 
 
 M. Sarfaty having left the chair, Moses Delgado, Esq. was 
 called thereto, when it was Resolved, that the thanks of this 
 meeting be recorded to M. Sarfaty, Esq. for bis conduct on 
 this uccasioo. 
 
 M. DELGADO. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 To THE Right Honorable Sir Charles Theophilus 
 Metcalfe, Bart. Governor of Jamaica, 8rc. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Wardens, Elders, and other Members of the Spa- 
 nish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation of Kingston, beg 
 to approach your Excellency, to express our sincere regret 
 at the intended departure of your Excellency from Jamaica. 
 
 It has been a signal ble.ssing to our island in having a Go- 
 vernor, whose character would have reflected honor upon any 
 condition of fortune ; but who was placed by Providence in 
 that elevated rank, which allowed bis virtues to shine with 
 extensive lustre, and to diflfuse their auspicious influence over 
 a whole island. 
 
 Our gratitude and esteem can be inscribed to none more 
 suitably than '.o one who, in a high and responsible station, 
 has ever supported the cause of religion, by his liberal tolera- 
 tion of all sects, who has advanced the interest of virtue by his 
 distinguished example, and who, by a happy union of the 
 amiable with the estimable qualities, has commanded the lovo 
 and respect of the inhabitants generally tL oughout the island. 
 
 Your Excellency's administration, short as thu period has 
 been, has successfully reached the attainment of every object, 
 
oar highly en^ 
 tn our sliorbs. 
 our fellow-ci- 
 er a tribute o^ 
 nory of whose 
 8 of Jamaica, 
 ur feelings on 
 , and that M. 
 i, and M. Q. 
 lie same. 
 viz. — M. Del- 
 rs. do present 
 >table manner, 
 ed. 
 
 ARFATY. 
 
 ;ado, Esq. was 
 
 thanks of this 
 
 lis conduct on 
 
 ELGADO. 
 
 Theophilus 
 
 lA, &C. &C. 
 
 rs of the Spa- 
 Kingston, beg 
 sincere regret 
 rom Jamaica. 
 
 having a Go- 
 
 lonorupon any 
 
 Providence iu 
 
 to shine with 
 
 influence over 
 
 to none more 
 nsible station, 
 
 liberal tolera- 
 )f virtue by his 
 
 union of the 
 inded the lovo 
 out the island, 
 thu period has 
 f every object, 
 
 SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE JEWS. 
 
 91 
 
 calculated to inspire the love and veneration, affection and 
 gratitude, of every individual, who can estimate true worth. 
 Your Excellency has restored to Jamaica that peace and har- 
 mony, which at present so happily prevail. 
 
 Although it is our duty to bow with submission, and to be re- 
 conciled to such changes and appointments as may be ordain- 
 ed by the will of Providence, yet we cannot but regret the 
 dispensation which deprives us of one so universally esteemed, 
 and of a Governor whose administration has been so eminent- 
 ly distinguished lor its liberality, justice, and wisdom. 
 
 We fervently pray the Supreme Architect of the Universe 
 may continue to shower down his blessings on you, and that 
 your Excellency's valuable life may be spared for many years. 
 On behalf of the Meeting, 
 
 M. SARFATY, Chairman. 
 
 HIS excellency's rrply. 
 
 To the Warder: H, Elf^ers, and other Members of the Congre- 
 gation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews. 
 
 I value most highly, gentlemen, the honor that you have 
 conferred on me by your affectionate address, and I beg you 
 to accept my cordial thanks for the kind feelings that have dic- 
 tated so distinguished a mark of your esteem. 
 
 My best wishes for your welfare and happiness will ever be 
 with you, and I trust that J shall hereafter have the pleasure 
 of learning that the gloom of late years has passed away, and 
 that you have shared vith all classes in the revived prosperity 
 of this fertile island, whict the bounty of the Almighty has 
 blessed with ca{ abilities, that industry and enterprise can 
 scarcely fail to convert into sources of agricultural and com- 
 mercal wealth.. 
 
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ADDRESS OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS 
 AND SURGEONS OF JAMAICA. 
 
 To THR Right Honorable Sir Charles Theophilus Met- 
 CALFZ, Baronet, Governor of the Islanp op Jamaica, 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency » 
 
 We, the President, Censors, and Fellows of the College 
 of Physiciuns and Surgeons of Jamaica, assembled at a quar- 
 terly «;eneral meeting, beg leave to approach your Excellen- 
 cy to express our sense of the immensity of the debt which Jar 
 nmica must ever owe to your Exceliency as her Governor, 
 and our high uppreciatioM of your worth us a man. At u time 
 wh^n the voice of gratitude, proceeding from the overflowing 
 hearts of a people made happy by your wise and bencflcent 
 government, is resounding throughout the island — at a time 
 when a whulo people are endeavouring, by every means whicl^ 
 ^varm and right feelings can sugges^t. to give expression to the 
 magnitude and sincerity of their atfection and respect, and 
 more than ail, when every individual is regarding, in the de- 
 parture of your Excellency, the loss of a generous friend, we 
 need not trespass on your Excellency with the feeble tribute 
 of our praise. 
 
 But we should be nnmindful of our duty to yonr Excellenoy, 
 at the present moment, if we should fail to acknowledge, that 
 under, and by the benign influence uf, your government, the 
 legislature of this island, freed from the difliculties and dis- 
 tractions which rendered all attempts at legislation almost 
 useless, n^ere enabled to give that consideration to the medical 
 profession which we so long and earnestly asked for, and to 
 pass an act conferring upcm us several privileges, which must 
 contribute t<i the advancement and improvement of our profes- 
 sion, as well as to the public good. 
 
 In bidding your Excellency farewell, we shall pray for your 
 safe arrival in England, and that all the happiness and peace 
 -which belong to retirement, after a useful and well spent life, 
 may there await you. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the President, Censors, and Fellows of the College of 
 Physici tns and Surgeons of Jamaica. 
 
 I shall always bear, gentlemen, in grateful recollection» 
 ^ sense o( the Li^h honor cooler^^d oa me by your kind ^^-^ 
 fjress, 
 
YSICIANS 
 
 piiiLus Met- 
 op Jamaica, 
 
 the College 
 id at a quur- 
 ur Excellfii- 
 bt which Jar 
 T Governor, 
 n. At a time 
 i overflowing 
 id beneficent 
 d — at a time 
 means whict^ 
 ression to the 
 
 respect, and 
 ig, in the de- 
 us friend, we 
 feeble tribute 
 
 Excellency, 
 >wledge, that 
 ernmeut, the 
 ties and dis- 
 ation almobt 
 o (he medical 
 for, and to 
 which must 
 of our profes- 
 
 pray for your 
 B8S and peace 
 ell spent life. 
 
 JAMAICA SOClIiTY. 
 
 93 
 
 e College of 
 
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 recollection f 
 four kind ^^-^ 
 
 I trust that the estuolishment ofyour institution will promote 
 the advancement of medical skill and science, already existing 
 in an eminent degree in this island, and tend to secure the 
 health and preserve the lives of its inhabitants. 
 
 Enviable is the ability which your noble profession possesses 
 of alleviating the pains incident to mortal life, and oi warding 
 otr, as long us nature will permit, the shafts of death, which, 
 though it must at last come to all, is often deprived of a prema- 
 ture triumph by the skill which you wield fur the benefit of 
 mankind. Much to be revered is that wonderful power, the 
 fruit of deep study and sound judgment, which can restore 
 health to a sickly body, and sanity to a diseased mind ; the in- 
 fant to its doating mother ; the wife to her despairing hus- 
 band ; and happiness to an ufllicted family, in the place of 
 threatened desolation. Pure and holy must be your joy when 
 such are the results ol the services to which your lives are de- 
 voted. 
 
 Among those things which I have seen cause to regret in 
 Jamaica, is the unfavorable cunsequence, on numbers of your 
 profession, of the righteous change which has taken place in the 
 social relations of the inhabitants of the island. Although so 
 great a good must be hailed with universal joy, notwithstand- 
 ing partial evils, it is lamentable, however unavoidable, that 
 an effect should be produced which must be injurious, not only 
 to the medical profession, but to all the inbabitants, and most 
 of all to the poorer classes. It is to be hoped that means may 
 be devised, by which the ble.ssings of medical advice may be 
 restored to the community in all parts of the country from 
 which it has been driven by want of adequate remuneration. — 
 The subject will, no doubt, engage your zealous attention. 
 
 That public benefit may ensue from your collective proceed- 
 ings, that happiness may shine on your private lives, that you 
 may continue to be, as you are, a blessing ever at hand to all 
 others, and that you may be bletsed yourselves, and reward- 
 ed by the Almighty for the good you do, will be among the 
 earnest wishes that I shall always cherish in my reminiscences 
 of this kind laud. 
 
 THE JAMAICA SOCIETY, 
 
 At a special meeting of the Jamaica Society— Present — 
 President. — E. N. Bancroft, M. D. 
 Vice-Presidents.-^ijeox^e AtkinsoD, £$0. and Jamei) 
 M'Fa/den, M. P, 
 
 
 'i 
 
fj\ 
 
 JAMAICA SOCIETY. 
 
 Julin Ferguson, M. 1).; William Arnold, M. D. ; J. 
 Duu^litroy, Ks(i. ; Alexniiclcr Cumpbell, M. D. ; John Ne- 
 tlier^ole, Esq.; E. C. Lewis. Ei>(|.; li. L. Porter, M. R. C. 
 S. ; aniJ Charles Cuinphell, M. D. 
 
 Secretari/. — Walter Kiiajfjjs, Esq. 
 
 The requisition to the President, and his answer, having 
 been read, Doctor liancrol't, in a short address, explained the 
 purpose for which the meeting had been called. 
 
 The following rusolutiuus were then laid before the socio- 
 ty:- 
 
 Ist. Proposed by George Atkinson, Esq. seconded by John 
 Nethersoie, Esq. 
 
 That this society has learned, with sincere regret, the inten- 
 tion of his Excellency Sir C. T. Metcalfe to retire from the 
 government of this island. 
 
 2d. Proposed by Dr. Porter, seconded by Dr. Arnold. 
 
 That the sincere thanks ot' the members are due, and are 
 hereby respectfully oflered, to his Excellency Sir C T. Met- 
 calfe, the honored patron of this society, for the lively interest 
 he has shewn in its welfare, and for the great liberality with 
 which he has been pleased to forward its views. 
 
 3t/. Proposed by G. Atkinson, Esq. seconded by Dr. Por- 
 ter. 
 
 That a committee be appointed to draw up an address ex- 
 pressive of the feelings of the society, to be presented to his. 
 Excellency. 
 
 Dr. Bancroft then proceeded to appoint the following gen- 
 tlemen a committee : — 
 
 George Atkinson, Esq. ; James McFayden, M.D . ; Johtt 
 Ferguson, M.D. ; William Arnold, M.D. ; and J. Daughtrey, 
 Esq. 
 
 The committee having retired, presented a copy of the pro- 
 posed address for approval to the society. 
 
 Proposed by Dr. Porter, seconded by Dr. Arnold. 
 
 That the address, as framed by the committee, be adopted, 
 and that the President be requested to sign the same on be- 
 half of the society. 
 
 Proped by Dr. Ferguson, s( conded by Dr. Campbell. 
 
 That the President be requested to forward the address to 
 Captain HigginsoD, for presentation to his Excellency. 
 
 AVALTER KNAGGS, Sec. 
 
JAMAICA SOriRTV. 
 
 D5 
 
 M. D. ; J. 
 
 . ; John Ne- 
 ar, M. 11. C. 
 
 swer, having 
 )X plained the 
 
 »re Ihe sucie- 
 
 adcd by John 
 
 et, the inten- 
 tire from the 
 
 Arnold, 
 due, and are 
 r C T. Met- 
 ively interest 
 berality with 
 
 by Dr. Por- 
 
 1 address ex- 
 sented to his. 
 
 >llowing gen- 
 ii. D . ; John 
 . Daughtrey, 
 
 )y of the pro- 
 
 nold. 
 be adopted, 
 same on be- 
 
 mpbell. 
 
 le address to 
 
 lency. 
 
 JGS, Sec. 
 
 THE ADDRESS. 
 
 ^O TKR RlOKT IIoNORADLR SlR CiIARLREI TiIF.OPMIUS Mr.T- 
 
 cAupK, Baronet, Governor ok the Ihland of Jamaica, 
 &l'. &t. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the President, and Members of the Jamaica Society for 
 the Encouragement of Agriculture and other Art.s and 
 Sciences, of which your Excellency has been pleased to be the 
 patron, beg to express our deep rejjret at your retiring from 
 this government. 
 
 Among the numerous and great benefits which your pater- 
 nal rule has conferred on Juiuaica, we trust that one of the 
 most enduring will be derived from the very general institu- 
 tion of societies for promoting agriculture, and awarding 
 prizes to the laborers for pursuits hitherto little noticed, or 
 unknown to them. To these institutions, mainly attributahb; 
 to your fostering care and encouragement, we must look as 
 the source of that feeling which will couvince the laborer 
 that the cultivation of the soil and agricultural pursuits are 
 not the mark of slavery, but the object of regard to the well 
 informed and enlightened free man of every class in society. 
 
 We hope that your Excellency may enjoy the retirement 
 you now seek, honored by the Sovereign, as you will assuredly 
 be attended by the sincere affection and fervent good wishes 
 of this whole community. 
 
 On behalf of the Jamaica Society, 
 
 E. N. BANCROFT, President. 
 
 HIS EXCELLENCY 8 REPLY. 
 
 To the President and Members of the Jamaica Society for 
 the encouragement of Agriculture and other Arts and Sci- 
 ences. 
 
 I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my cordial thanks for your 
 kindness. 
 
 Permit me also to thank you, on the part of Jamaica, for 
 the services which you render by the zealous prosecution of 
 your iiitere.sting and valuable pursuits, in wbich the cause of 
 agriculture and of the arts and sciences is essentially promoted 
 with infallible and lasting advantage to the island ; and men 
 are also drawn together in the delightful ties of harmony and 
 brotherly love, by a common interest in the same engaging 
 objects. 
 
 I trust that the formation, wbich has taken place, ofagri- 
 cultaral societies throughout the country, has produced, and 
 
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 ST. ANDREW S AGRICIIlTURAL SOCIETV. 
 
 yv\\\ produce every where, the same encourag^ing and beueficiai 
 effects, 
 
 Mv best wishes Tor the success of your noble institution will 
 ever attend you, and if, in my future retirement at home, I can 
 in anyway, as a private individual^ assist in tlir; advancement 
 lof your undertaking, I hope that you will command my ser- 
 vices, with the assurance that the affection and the gratitude 
 which I sh(tl| ever feel towards Jamaica, will make ttie anx- 
 ious to do every thing in my power to promote her welfare. 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE ST. ANDREW'S AGRICUL- 
 
 !:VRAL SOCIETY. 
 
 To His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Charles 
 TiiEopHiLus Metcalfe, Baronet, Governor of the Island 
 OF Jamaica, &c. &e. &c. 
 
 Ma]/ it please your Excellency i 
 
 We, the President, Vice Presidents, and Members of the 
 Agricultural Association of Saint Andrew's, beg leave to ex- 
 press our deep regret a' the resignation^ by your Excellency, 
 of the government of this islands 
 
 Among the many munificent acts which have distinguished 
 your residence in this community, we would gratefully ac- 
 knowledge the encouragement and liberal aid you have afford- 
 t>i to this and other Societies devoted to the advancement of 
 agriculture. It is on the success of this branch of industry^ 
 that the future prosperity of this island must, in a great mea- 
 sure, dtpend ; and should this and simila. associations be of 
 any service in forwarding this desirable object, we must 
 asi^ihe it in no small degree to the fostering and liberal pa- 
 tronage which has been extended to them by your Excellency. 
 
 It only remains for us to assure you of tha sincere wishes 
 ^hich, with the whole of this community, we cnteirtain fur 
 your future happiness and welfare. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 JOSEPH GORDON, President, 
 
 HIS EXCELLENCY 8 REPLY. 
 
 m "- 
 
 To the President, Vice- Presidents, and other Members of the 
 , Agricultural Association of the Parish of St. Andrew; 
 
 Were I to give way to my feelings, gentlemen, on the re- 
 ceipt of your friendly communication, I could hardly avoid a 
 repetitioQ of the sentiments which I have already conveyed to 
 
etV. 
 
 and beueficiai 
 
 nstitution will 
 it home, I can 
 
 advancement 
 mand my ser- 
 
 tbe gratitude 
 nake the anx- 
 aer welfare. 
 
 AGRICUL- 
 
 Sir Charles 
 OF THE Island 
 
 tleiribers of the 
 ?g leave to ex- 
 ir Excellency, 
 
 diistingaished 
 gratefully ac- 
 ou have atford- 
 dvahcement of 
 of industry^ 
 u a great mea^ 
 ociations be of 
 ect, we mitst 
 md liberal pa- 
 ur Excellency, 
 sincere wishes 
 Q entertain fur 
 
 President i 
 
 Members of the 
 at. Andrewi 
 
 nen, on the re- 
 bardly avoid a 
 dy conveyed to 
 
 ST. GEORGE S AGUICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
 
 07 
 
 you in reply to the former affectionate address from your pa- 
 rish. I content myself therefore with begging you to accept 
 my sincere thanks fur this further testimony of your exceeding 
 kindness. 
 
 I trust that the formation of your own, and similar associa- 
 tions, will be productive of great jod to Jamaica— that they 
 will promote industry and enterprize — introduce improved 
 methods of agriculture, and habits of economy and manage- 
 ment ; by which the difficulty arising from an insufficient popu- 
 lation, or inadequate labor, may be met and surmounted ; draw 
 forth the latent resources with which there is reason to hope 
 this fertile island abounds, and essentially contribute to the 
 restoration of prosperity and wealth. 
 
 One of the most obvious measures tending to diminution of 
 expense in cultivation, and one of the first and readiestathand, 
 is the general use of the plough, already, I am happy to think, 
 to a considerable extent adopted. Every friend to Jamaica 
 must say '* Speed the Plough." 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESI- 
 DENT. AND MEMBERS OF THE ST. GEORGE'S 
 AGRICULTURAL AND IMMIGRATION SOCI- 
 ETY. 
 
 To HIS Excellency the Right Hon. Sir C. T. Met- 
 calfe, Bart^ Governor op Jamaica, and Patron op 
 the St. George's Agricultural and Immigration 
 Society. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the President, Vice-President, and Members of the 
 St. George's Agricultural and Immigration Society, impressed 
 with gratitude for the honor you conferred on us in becoming 
 our patron, greatly lament your approaching departure, espe- 
 cially at a time when our agricultural condition is so deeply 
 depressed, that we can scarcely expect to regain any degree 
 of prosperity by our own exertions, unless aided and fostered 
 by a protecting government, and an enlightened and liberal 
 mind, capable and willing to judge of our helpless condition. 
 
 In this new era, we are obliged to import silver for the pay- 
 ment of labour, before we can produce exportable products. 
 Of this we should not complain, if our money could command 
 profitable labour. But alas I such is not the case ; an inade- 
 quate and desulto..7 labour is all we obtain from our diminished 
 
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98 
 
 ST. GEORGE S AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
 
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 and exhansting finance. In this dilemma we tooked forward 
 with anxiety to the introduction of active labourers, as the na- 
 tural and obvious remedy for that deficiency of labour, which 
 reduces our fertile fields to waste, prevents the resources of 
 this island, so important from its commercial, political, and. 
 geo<;raphical situation, from being manifested, drains our 
 pockets, endangers our revenue, and threatens to rvnider abor- 
 tive the observation of a former respected Governor, the EarJ 
 of Belmore, who said " this fine island can never develope the 
 abundance of its resources while slavery continues." We, in 
 these days of freedom, seek to develope those resources, and 
 to maintain our agricultural staples, but without hands our 
 efforts will remain paralized. 
 
 Under your Excellency's patronage and government, we^ 
 however, cherished a confiding hope that proper immigration 
 would be promoted, and our difficulties diminished. How 
 greatly then must we not deplore your departure ! 
 
 As our patron, friend, and benefactor, we b-^g your ExceK 
 lency to accept our warmest wishes for your future welfare^^ 
 
 At the request, and on behalf of the meeting, 
 
 J. R. GROSETT, President, 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the President, Vice President, and Members of the Saint 
 George's Agricultural and Immigration Society. 
 
 I thank you, gentlemen, cordially, for the kind sentiments 
 which you entertain towards hie. 1 shall eveiv remember with 
 pleasure my connection with your society, the formation of 
 which was calculated to render, and is, I trust, rendering, 
 and will continue to render, great benefit. 
 
 1 sympathize in the feelings which you express, arising from 
 the want of certain and continuous labour. It is manifest that 
 in many parts of the island this disheartening evil weighs 
 heavily on the agricultural proprietor, and the more so, be- 
 cause the only perceptible remedy may be slow in comings 
 and cannot be thoroughly realized with the requisite speed. — > 
 European immigration has been tried, and as a general or im- 
 mediate relief, has proved a 'ailnre. The mode has not been 
 discovered without sacrifices on the part of their employers, 
 which few can afford to encounter, of reconciling Europeans 
 generally to a residence in those parts of the island beat suited 
 to the European constitution. They become dissatisfied, and, 
 flock to the towns in the lowlands, where many die. I hope 
 that the day may come when they may be located in numerous 
 villages ia prefer positions ia the interior, where, I ain sure^ 
 
•Y. 
 
 ed forward 
 , as the na- 
 our, which 
 esources of 
 litical, and 
 drains our 
 vMider abor- 
 )r, the EarJ 
 evelope the 
 ." We, in 
 )urces, and 
 t hands our 
 
 •nment, we^ 
 mmigratioa 
 hed. How 
 
 pur Excel-. 
 3 welfare.. 
 
 ^resident,. 
 
 yf the Sain^ 
 ciety. 
 
 sentiments 
 lember witU 
 brmation of 
 
 rendering,. 
 
 arisipg from 
 nanifest that 
 evil weighs 
 lore so, be- 
 in coming,^ 
 ite speed.— 
 ineral or im- 
 las not beea 
 • employers, 
 ; Europeans 
 1 best suited 
 atisfied, and, 
 ie. I hope 
 in numerous 
 , I am surej, 
 
 ^t. OEORGE^S AGRICULTUhAL SOCIETY. 
 
 99 
 
 Ibey would add much to their own comfort and happiness, and 
 to the welfare and prosperity of Jamaica, but it is ditiicult to 
 anticipate whence the means will be derived for a plan which 
 will necessarily, in the first instance, be expensive. 
 
 Endeavors have been made to procure laborers from Sierra 
 Leone, the Bahama Islands, and the continent of America, 
 with partial and hitherto inadequate success; but I trust that 
 the object will be persevered in, and ultimately accomplished. 
 There is abundance of space in Jamaica for any number of 
 new labourers that can be obtained within the bounds of pro- 
 bability, without the slightest injury to those who at present 
 ■compose the labouring cla^s in this island. A great increase 
 is obviously necessary to supply the places of those who with- 
 draw, and to procure a sufficient number, bound by their wants 
 or their habits, to labour continuously for their employers ; 
 without which it is impossible that the latter can cultivate 
 their estates on the present system without frequent disappoint- 
 ments, and consequent heavy losses. It is most true, that 
 owing to this general want, the resources of Jamaica cannot 
 at present be developed. The same want is happily not uni- 
 versal, for there are some localities in which all the labour re- 
 quired is said to be sufliciently supplied, and such would be 
 every where the natural effect of an abundant population. 
 
 As this is not likely to be produced by any contrivance, 
 otherwise than gradually, it behoves the possessors of land to 
 consider whiether any means can be devised that may enable 
 them to dispense with any portion of the labour at present re- 
 (Juisite, and thus to render the existing supply practically 
 more sufficient. The general Use of the plough, and the in- 
 creased employment of machinery, offer some resources in this 
 respect. Another mode of proceeding, which has been sug- 
 gested and elsewhere put in practice with declared success, 
 is to alter the connection with the labourer, and convert him 
 into a tenant, or at least give him an interest in the produce, 
 by making him the producer and a sharer in the profit. The 
 manifest effects of such an arrangement would be to reduce 
 the great outlay of money wages, which is now a continual 
 burthen on the landowner, to cause the produce to be reared 
 at the cost and trouble of the tenant or cultivator, to receive, 
 free of expence in advaqce, a due portion, as belonging to the 
 owner of the soil, and to entice a greater degree of active and 
 siealous labor on the part of the cultivator, he sharing the 
 advantage of it. Whether in other respects, or on the whole, 
 this plan ^ould be beneficial to the proprietor, and preferable 
 to the present system of labor and money wages, it is for him 
 
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 PRESBYTERIANS OF ST. JAMES, &C. 
 
 to consider and determine, as he must be the best judge in 
 what regards his own interests. 
 
 The only fear that I see reason to entertain in quitting Ja- 
 maica, is with regard to the difficulty of cultivating the land 
 with adequate profit, and I shall look anxiously to the result. 
 God grant that it may be such as will benefit all parties ; for 
 the labourer, as well as the proprietor, is interested in the 
 successful cultivation of the land, and the prosperity of its 
 owners. 
 
 m 
 
 [The following Addresses were sent in after a pause in the presentation 
 and printing of the foregoing ones, and have therefore occasioned some 
 interruption in the order in which they would have been placed.] 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS 
 OF ST. JAMES AND TUELAWNY. 
 
 To His Excellency the Right Hon. Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 May it jjlease your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Undersigned, Presbyterian Ministers, on behalf 
 of ourselves and our brethren, and of the Churches under our 
 care, in the parishes of Saint James and Trelawny, beg leave 
 to approach your Excellency, on occasion ot the lamented de- 
 parture of your Excellency from this country. 
 
 When we remember the distractions which prevailed in this 
 island, at the period of your arrival, and the calm which im- 
 mediately succeeded ; when we contemplated the wisdom and 
 mildness, and firmness which have characterized your adminis- 
 tration of the government of this colony, and the benefits which 
 have flowed from it to all classes of its inhabitants, whereby 
 every person has enjoyed the utmost attainable measure of 
 peace and security, we feel grateful to Heaven for having sent 
 ns, even for a short time, a Ruler who has indeed proved 
 himself the ** Minister of God to us for good, a terror not to 
 good works, but to the evil." Under your Excellency's be- 
 nign go\ernment, freedom has been consolidated, agriculture 
 has revived, education has been extended, and the various 
 branches of the Christian Church in the island have been 
 equally encouraged. 
 
 While we deplore your Excellency's removal ifrom amon^, 
 us, we canaot doubt but the good you have done will !ong con- 
 
est judge in 
 
 quitting Ja- 
 ^ the land 
 
 ,0 the result, 
 parties ; for 
 
 rested in the 
 
 perity of its 
 
 e presentation 
 ccasioned some 
 n placed.] 
 
 INISTERS 
 fY. 
 
 Charles 
 k.c. &c. 
 
 rs, on behalf 
 les under our 
 ly, beg leave 
 lamented de- 
 vailed in this 
 ni which im- 
 3 wisdom and 
 your adminis- 
 )enefits which 
 nts, whereby 
 5 measure of 
 ir having sent 
 ideed proved 
 , terror not to 
 cellency's be- 
 J, agriculture 
 1 the various 
 d have been 
 
 * 
 
 1 from amon^ 
 will ?ong con- 
 
 PRESBYTERIANS OF ST. JAMES, &C. 
 
 101 
 
 tinue. Your name, and the memory of your equal and gen- 
 tle sway, will exercise the most happy influence for years lo 
 come. 
 
 Our best wishes for your welfare and happiness will follow 
 your Excellency on your retirement from the arduous public 
 duties of your elevated station, and our prayers will ascend to 
 the Throne of Grace, ** that your soul may prosper and be in 
 health ;" and that you may enjoy every spiritual blessing for 
 time and for eternity, through the ** one mediator belwecn 
 God and Man — Christ Jesus." 
 
 H.M. WAD DELL. 
 
 PETER ANDERSON. 
 
 ROBERT THORBURN. 
 
 JAMES DENNISTON. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Presbyterian Ministers of the Parishes of St. Javiea 
 
 and Trelawny. 
 
 I begyou, Reverend Gentlemen, to accept my heartfelt thanks 
 for the affectionate address which you have had the kindness 
 to present to me, on behalf of yourselves and your brethren, 
 and of the Churches under your care, on the occasion of my 
 retirement from the government of Jamaica. This testi- 
 mony of your esteem will ever be dear to me, and will be 
 treasured among those tokens of public approbation which I 
 shall always prize as the sweetest rewards of the honest dis- 
 charge of public duty. 
 
 I am now in hourly expectation of the arrival of my suc- 
 cessor, and the pressure of business attending the expected 
 immediate transfer of the government to his hands, prevents 
 my attempting to express to you, at any length, the sense which 
 1 entertain of the services which you and your Reverend bre- 
 thren have rendered to the cause of religion, and the welfare 
 of this island by your pastoral care of the flocks entrusted by 
 the Lord to your keeping. Those sacred labours I highly 
 appreciate, and I humbly pray that they may continue to be 
 successful to the fulfilment of your hearts desire, and the 
 Glory ot the Almighty. 
 
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 10^ Native baptist missionary society. 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE JAMAICA NATIVE BAPTIi?'t 
 MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF KINGSTON, AND 
 OTHER PARISHES. 
 
 To HIS Excellency the Right Honoradle Sir Charles 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, &c, &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency , 
 
 We, the Pastor, and Members of the Native Baptist So- 
 ciety, beg leave to approach your Excellency with feelings of 
 profound respect, and to oifer our unfeigned regret at your 
 tieparture from this island. 
 
 The mild and pacific manner in which your Excellency has 
 administered the governiitent of this island, the faithful dis- 
 charge of the important duties therewith connected, your un- 
 exampled liberality, and the benevolence by which you so 
 eminently distinguished your readiness to relieve the wants of 
 the distressed, and to support every object which is designed 
 to benefit mankind, has not failed to engage the a^'eclions 
 of our hearts, and to excite in us lively emotions of grati- 
 tude and esteem towards your £xc-?llencyj as our benefactor 
 -and friend. 
 
 Your Excellency's kindness in condescending to become the 
 Patron and chief supporter of the Jamaica Native Baptist 
 Missionary Society, indicates that the ruling principle of your 
 heart is charity and good will to men — also a noble imitation 
 of our Divine Master, who went about doing good. And 
 when we reflect that your Excellency came forward unhesi- 
 tatingly, by munificent subscriptions, to strengthen our feeble 
 efforts — to assist the poor and destitute — deeply must we de- 
 plore your Excellency's departure from this island^ for by that 
 event the poor will sustain an irreparable loss. 
 
 We commend your Excellency into the hands of that Beings 
 with whom are the issues of life and death, humbly imploring 
 His Divine favour in your behalf, beseeching Him of His in- 
 finite mercy to give His Angels charge concerning you — that 
 you may reach in safety the land of your nativity* That many 
 years of peace and mercy may yet be added to your life, and 
 that, at the time of restitution of all things, when as an hire- 
 ling, you shall have accomplished your days upon earth, yoa 
 may inherit a crown of glory which facieth not away. 
 
 May the Lord bless and keep you — may He cause His face 
 to shine upon you bo?.h now and evermore* 
 On behalf of the Society, 
 
 WILLIAM KILLICK, Chairman. 
 
PY. 
 
 ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGREGATION. 
 
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 BAPTIU't 
 ON, AND 
 
 R Charles 
 :c. &c. 
 
 Baptist. So- 
 1 feelings of 
 jret at your 
 
 3elIencY has 
 fuittit'ul dis- 
 ed, your un- 
 liicli you so 
 the wants of 
 is designed 
 le afli^eclions 
 ns of grati- 
 r benefactor 
 
 ) become the 
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 HIS EXCELLENCY S REPLY. 
 
 To the Pastor and Members of the Native Baptist Society. 
 
 I thank you, gentlemen, very cordially for your kind address^ 
 J ahall ever regard your welfare wilh a warm interest, and I 
 hope, when at a distance, to hear that you continue to prosper, 
 and that your community ever follows the right course of 
 duty towards Gjd, and love to your fellow creatures; re- 
 membering that this life is one of preparation for another and 
 a better world, where the good and the penitent will be re- 
 warded through the incomparable mercy of the Almighty, and 
 those that persevere in evil punished accoiding to their de- 
 serts. This prospect, awful and terrible on the one hand, and 
 sublime and blissful on the other, ought to make every one 
 contented with his lot here, seeing that it is as nothing com- 
 pared with his destiny hereafter, which may be either ever- 
 lasting happiness, oreternal misery, as he conducts himself dur-> 
 ing this transitory time of trial. God 41 ant that you may make 
 election for yourselves of the way to sahation, by performing 
 your appointed parts in life in''uslriously, honestly, charitably, 
 morally, and religiously, and enjoy every benefit that this 
 world can alTurd^ c a prelude to the inestimable blessings of 
 eternity. 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGRE- 
 GATH)N AT THE ABOVE ROCKS, ST. THOMAS 
 IN THE VALE. 
 
 To THE Right Honorable Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, 
 Baronet, Governor of the Island of Jamaica, 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Pastor, and Members of the Roman Catholic Con- 
 gregation, at the Above Rocks district, in the parish of St. 
 Thomas in the Vale, respectfully beg leave to approach your 
 Excellency for the purpose of expressing our deej: regret at 
 your Excellency's departure from our shores. 
 
 When we recall to our memory the distracted state of this 
 colony at the time when your Excellency was appointed by 
 our gracious Sovereign to undertake its government, and loo|c 
 at the peaceable and orderly condition of all classes of its 
 inhabitants, we sincerely and gratefully acknowledge that so 
 wonderful a change has been the effect of your Excellency's 
 
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 ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGREOAl'ION. 
 
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 wise government, and particularly of that spirit of coocil. .ioa 
 which so much distinguishes your Excellency. 
 
 Since every good gift comes from God, and it is He who, in 
 His mercy, send^ lo 'js wise rulers, we deem it our duty to 
 render Him our warmest thanks for the many benefits which, 
 as inhabitants of Jamaica, we have derived from your Excel- 
 lency's administration of this island ; and though the time of 
 your Excellency's stay amongst us has been abort, we merely 
 hope that it will be productive of etfects of a longer duration, 
 and will become the dawn of long days of renewed prosperity. 
 
 We will never forget that it was during your Excellency's 
 government, and in great part by your generosity, that we 
 were enabled to erect a place of worship to the glory of God ; 
 and it siiall be our constant duty to offer there to Almighty 
 God orr prayers that He may vouchsafe to pour upon your 
 Excellency his choicest blessings, boih in this and the next 
 life. 
 
 On behalf of the Congregation, 
 
 J. E. DUPERON, R. C. P. 
 
 HIS EXCELLENCY S REPLY. 
 
 To the Pastor and Members of the Roman Catholic Conffve^ 
 gation at the Above Rocks District^ in the Parish of St, 
 Thomas in the Vale. 
 
 I thank you very cordially, gentlemen, for your kind ad(!re:»s» 
 and for the obliging sentiments which you express on the re- 
 casion of my departure from Jamaica, and with reference to 
 my administration of the government of this important portion 
 of the British Empire. If T have deserved your good opi-> 
 nioDS, the reward is sweet ; if, as I fear, you overrate my 
 humble pretensions, sweet still is the generous feeling by which 
 you are actuated ; .sd I shall cherish the remembrance of it 
 with lasting gratlBcation. 
 
 I trust that I shall continually hear of your prosperity and 
 welfare, and that the Almighty giver of all good will grant 
 you every blessing. 
 
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 tCACHERS OF THE MICO SCHOOL^ 
 
 105 
 
 Address of the tevchers of the mico 
 
 CM VRITY SCUOOLiS IN JAMAICA. 
 
 To HIS Excellency THK Right Honorable Sir Ci/arles 
 Thkopjiilus Metcalfe, Baronet, K.C.B^ &c. &c. 
 
 Mat/ it please your Excellency t 
 
 We, the teaube.s at present and lately in the service of the 
 J^Iico Charity in this island^ are desirous of conveying to your 
 Excellency the expression of our sincere feeling of deep re- 
 iipect and aClectiunute regard on the occasion of your Excel- 
 lency's departure. 
 
 Connected as we are with an institution which has, with the 
 liberal assistance of her Majesty's governmenti diduscd most 
 extensively the blessings of :> Bible education amongst the 
 labouring population of this and the other British colonies in 
 the West Indiss, we could not but feel sincere gratification 
 on witnessing the deep interest manifested on all occasions by 
 your Excellency, in the advancement of the religious and 
 moral improvement of the community ; and, with gratitude, 
 acknowledge the valuable assistance alforded by your Excel- 
 lency to the various institutioiis devoted to the accomplish^ 
 Kent of this very important object. 
 
 The moral training of the rising generation, as well as the 
 extension of Christian ordinances amongst the adult popula- 
 tion is, in the estimation of all Christian philanthropists, at any 
 period of a nation's progression, a question of mciuentous im- 
 portance. But in the pres'^*^! state of these communities, un- 
 precedented as it is in the history of the world, it is most as- 
 suredly of incalculable importance, whether we consider the 
 past circumstances, the present condition, or the future des- 
 tinies of the bulk of the population. In giving your valuable 
 support and encourugement, therefore, to such a cause, your 
 Excellency has performed the part of a paternal and benevo- 
 lent Ruler, and greatly oromoted the best interests of tho 
 whole community. May future generations, under the bless- 
 ing of Divine Providence, reap every advantage thereby — 
 that peace and happiness — truth and justice — religion and 
 piety, may be established and perpetuated amongst us, as the 
 happy consequence of the present united prayers and zealous 
 labours of your Excellency, and the good men with whom 
 your Excellency has so generously and efi'ectively co-operated. 
 
 Though the humble individuals who now address your Ex- 
 cellency, have studiously avoided all connection with political 
 or polemical parties, and have exclusively confined themselves 
 to the unobtrusive duties of their vocation, they have not been 
 inattentive observers of recent events, and of the rapid pro-- 
 
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 TkACHERS OF THE MICO SCHOOL. 
 
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 gress of social improvement around them. It is, tIicrerore» 
 with heartl'elt pleasure, they feel themselves impelled tu juin 
 in the grateful tribute of '^" the people of Jamaica, and to bear 
 their humble testimony the happy effects which have 
 
 resulted from your Excellt.. 's wise, benevolent, liberal, and 
 Christian administration jf the government of this country. 
 
 Most earnestly will they pray for your Excellency's future 
 happinesn. Whether you should seek that repose which your 
 Excellency's lengthened end important labours entitle you to, 
 or your own physical comfort may require, or whether you 
 shall again respond to the fond wishes of a thankful people, or 
 the gracious command of an applauding Sovereign — in pri- 
 vate retirement, or in public and active service, may your Ex- 
 cellency fully onjoy that sweet peace of mind which passeth 
 alt understanding, and live long in the quiet and comfortabid 
 assurance of a hope beyond the grave. « 
 
 Signed on behalf of the Teachers of the Mico Charity, 
 
 JOHN M'SWIISEY, Svperintendant, 
 
 HIS excellency's REPLY. 
 
 To the Teachers of the Mico Charity Schools in Jamaica. 
 
 I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my cordial thanks for the 
 kind sentiments expressed in your affectionate address. 
 
 When I reflect on the immense importance of education, 
 no where more conspicuous than in this island, and on the 
 services which you, gentlemen, have rendered to Jamaica, as 
 agents of the Mice Charity, in affording that inestimable be- 
 nefit to numerous bodies of the ofl'spring of the population, I 
 feel tha'c you have a claim to public thanks, which I should in 
 Tain attempt to express in adequate terms. 
 
 The necessity which the government at home is under of 
 gradually diminishing its grant in aid of the funds of the Mico 
 Charity, is much to be lamented. A hope remains that the 
 sense entertained by the people of the advantage of education, 
 'will induce those, who were hitherto dependent on your Es- 
 tablishments to obtain instruction, either at their own cost, 
 or by having recourse to the other religious and charitable in- 
 stitutions which exist in the island, for the same noble pur- 
 pose. 
 
 God grant tbat this hope may be realized, and that you, 
 gentlemen, who have devoted your lives to the benefit of your 
 fellow-creatures, may be rewarded with such rewards as this 
 world can bestow, of which the purest and least precarious is 
 the conciousness of usefulness, and with those more precious 
 blessings which well-spent lives, through the great mercy of 
 the Almighty, will ensure in eternity. 
 
AFRICAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 
 
 107 
 
 s, tl)ereror0» 
 iWeA tu join 
 , and lo bear 
 
 whicli have 
 
 liberal, and 
 lis country. 
 
 ncy's future 
 e which your 
 ntitle you to, 
 
 whether yoa 
 ful people, or 
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 Charity, 
 intendant. 
 
 in Jamaica. 
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 of education, 
 , and on the 
 ) Jamaica, as 
 estimable be- 
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 lains that the 
 of education, 
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 leir own cost^ 
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 3wards as this 
 precarious is 
 note precious 
 'eat mercy of 
 
 ADDRESS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AFRI- 
 CAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 
 
 To His EXCKLLKNCY THE RiGHT HONORABLE SlR 
 (/I1AKLL8 T. MkTCALPE, Stc. &.O. 
 
 May it please your Excellency, 
 
 We, the Members of the newly-formed African Benevolent 
 Society, havings for its object to assist the Wesleyan Society 
 in sending Missionaries to proclaim the glad tidings of Salva- 
 tion to the benighted Sons of Africa, beg to approach your 
 jSxcellency with feelings of deep and sincere regret at your re- 
 signation of the government of, and departure from, this 
 island. 
 
 The wounds inflicted on Jamaica by the storms of discord 
 and strife, raging at the period of your JCxcellency's arrival 
 in this island, have been healed by your Excellency's acting 
 the part of the good Samaritan, in binding up the wounds — by 
 pouring in the oil of consolation, and a season of peace and 
 security has ever been enjoyed throughout the island. Tho 
 people of this island have to lament the loss of their benefac- 
 tor, and to llieir benefactor, they owe a debt of gratitude which 
 they will never be able to liquidate. The evangelization of 
 Africa, Sir, is a subject every Christian man ought warmly to 
 embark in ; and it is our prayer that the time may arrive, when 
 Africa shall rise from her present degraded state to equal in 
 magniUceuce and Christian glory, the first empire that has 
 ever been known to exist in our world. ' May the Almighty 
 God, disposer of all good gifts, guide over the billows of the 
 ocean the ship appointed to convey your Excellency to your 
 native shore in health, and may the many rich and abundant 
 blessings which He never ceases ta bestow on all good men, 
 rest on the head of your Excellency the remaining' days that 
 may be allotted for your sojourn hereon earth. And although 
 we part never to meet again in this world, it is certain we will 
 meet in another, and hope it may be at the throne of our 
 Common Lord, there ta receive a crown of glory which fadeth 
 mot away. 
 
 Signed on hebalf of the meeting. 
 
 ROGER GOUGH. 
 JAMES GILCHRIST. 
 
 HIS excellency's reply. 
 
 To the Members of the African Benevolent Society. 
 
 I thank you. Gentlemen, cordially, for your kind and atfeo^ 
 tionate address on the ocoasion of my departure from Jamaica^ 
 
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 ROMAN CATHOLICS OF KINORTON. 
 
 and T hfp^ you to accept my sincere wish that every good mny 
 altemi y«»u. 
 
 Thu ptirpnHe for which your Society in formpd, is one tlint 
 must iitU't'tvst every Christian heart. God );rut)t that it iiiuy 
 l)t) acuotiipiished, and tiiat AlVica may receive aud i'lijuy the 
 blessing's td'civilization, and of that pure reii^iiin which carrier 
 uiMi it peace aisd <>;ood will, and charity nnd hrothuily luvo ta 
 idl Mien, so that hloody sauritices and devastatin;j^ wars, und 
 slavery and all its horrors, may cease in that iiitherto devoted 
 land, and the mercy of the Almighty shiue npun happy reulniSi^ 
 uud u free and virtuous people. 
 
 
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 ADDRESS OF THE VfCAR APOSTOLIC, THEJ 
 CLEIIGY, AND MfLMBERS OF I UK ROMAN CA- 
 THOLIC CHURCH IN KINGSTON. 
 
 To TiiK Right Hoxoraule Sir Charles T. Mf.tcalfe» 
 
 BARONirr, GuVEUNOU OF '\'IIE I^L^NP OP JJAMAI^^Ai 
 
 &c. &c. 
 
 Maj/ it please your Excellency-, 
 
 We, the Vicar Apost(dic, the Ciersry, and Members of the 
 Roman Catholic Church in Kiri«;'ston, be^ leave to approach 
 your Excellency to express our sense of regret at your Excel-. 
 Jency's departure from this island. 
 
 It has been with the greatest pleasure we have beheld the 
 unanimity of all classes of the inhabitants of Jamaica, in pay- 
 ing- to your £?ccellency that tribute of praise and gratitude 
 to which the wisdom of your government and the eflusions of 
 your liberality have entitled your Excellency; and if we are 
 amongst the last who have presented to your Excellency the 
 expression of thttir grateful feelings, we dare say we do not 
 yield to any one in this community, in the persuasion that the 
 iiame of Metcalfe will always be dear to the inhabitants of this 
 i.sland, as it cannot be separated from the remembrance of the 
 luippy results of your Excellency's sojourn amongst us. 
 
 As we cannot pay the debt of gratitude which we owe to. 
 your Excellency, weshull deem it our duty to address to Him, 
 who is rich in mercy, our daily prayers that He may deign to 
 supply, by His best spiritual as well as temporal gifts, our own 
 inefiiciency. 
 
 In behalf of the Clergy and Members of the Roman Catho- 
 lic Church. 
 
 BENITTO FERNANDEZ, Vic. Ap. 
 
 beg. 
 
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 HIS r:\CKLM?NCY's kkjma. 
 
 To the Vicar Apostolic, the Clvtujy, ami Mi'mbers of the Ro- 
 mail Cathoiic Church in Kitif/ston, 
 
 1 thank ymi cordially, Reverend Sirs and (Jeutlemen, fur 
 the un'eclionale uddrosH with whicli nou havt; honored me on 
 the ocuasion of my departure iriMii Jamaica, und tor the kind 
 sentiments therein expressed, I shall ever cherish, with •• rule- 
 ful reelini;s, tlio recollection of your j;o(»dness. 
 
 May the Father of AH grant to ymi health and happiness, 
 and iilcii yuu with eveiy blesiin;;;. 
 
 Lie. THEi 
 JMAN CA- 
 
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 P Jamaica,. 
 
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 ADDRESS OFTKR ROMAN CATHOLTCS OF THE 
 COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. 
 
 To THE Right Monohahlf. Sir Chabli-s Thkophills 
 
 MliTCALKK, liARONET, &C. &C. &C, 
 
 3faj/ it please your Exceileiicij, 
 
 We, the Olficialinjj Clero;^yman. Trustees, and Committee 
 for the establishment of a Roman Cathoiic Church in Spanish- 
 Town, for the County of Middlesex, in the name and on be- 
 half of the Catholics id' said (Jonnty, beg to approach your Ex- 
 cellency with the tribute of our wannest sentiments of respect 
 and esteem, and our deep regret at the near arrival of the 
 period when your Excellency wrtl resign the goverumeut of 
 this island. 
 
 The bounty so generously bestowed by your Excellency on 
 the religious, charitable, and educational establishments of 
 this Country, has been not only liberal, but unprecedented, and 
 demands the lasting gratitude of all. While for your very 
 liandsome donation, and liberal annual subscription to our In- 
 fant Catholic establishment at the seat of government, we 
 beg, in the name and on behalf of the Catholics of Middlesex. - 
 to ofl'er your Excellency our most grateful acknowledgments; 
 and in bidding your Excellency farewell, we beg yoa to bo 
 assured, that our best wishes will ever attend you, and wo 
 shall be glad to learn that your long tried and faithful services 
 Jjave heeu duly appreciated by our most gracious Sovereign. 
 
 J. E. DUPEYRON. 
 ALEX. GRANT, Treasurer. 
 
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 ROMAN CATHOLICS OF MIBULESEX* 
 
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 HIS EXCELLENCY 8 REPLY. 
 
 To the Roman Catholics of the County of Middlesex-.. 
 
 I thank you, gentlemen, cord iull\, for } our addre?^ 
 ceive it at tlie niument v/t^jn tbe arrival ot luy successor is au- 
 QouDced, and have only tiiua to add my fervent wishes, that» 
 iu common with the other Inhabitants of Jamaica, you may 
 enjoy peace and prosjperity, healthi and. happiness*, aacl. ev.er^ 
 other biessing;^ 
 
 
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