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not been snspe6led of partiality for 

 the popular branch of the constitu- 

 tion ; yet he observes, " If the two 

 houses of parliament, or either of 

 them, had aro'.vcdly a right to ani- 

 madvert on the king, or each other, 

 or the king had a right to animad- 

 vert on either of the houses, that 

 branch of the legislature so subjeft 

 to animadversion would instantly 

 cease to be part of the supreme 

 power, the balance of the constitu- 

 tion would be overturned, and that 

 branch or branches in which this 

 jurisdiction resided would be com- 

 pletely sovereign. The supposition 

 of law therefore is, that neither the 

 king, or either house of parliament 

 collectively taken, is capable of do- 

 ing any wrong." He adds, that such 

 cases being out of the reach of express 

 legal provision, " if ever they un- 

 fortunately happen, the prudence of 

 the times must provide new remedies 

 upon new emergencies." It is the 

 painful duty of the committee, in 

 obedience to the orders of the house, 

 to suggest the proper remedy in the 

 new emergency arising out of this 

 speech : following the precedents 

 established by the wisdom of our 

 ancestors, and uniformly aV^ted 

 upon by the house of assembly, 

 the committee recommend to the 

 bouse to come to the following re- 

 solutions : — 



Hesohed, That the loyalty and 

 patriotism of his majesty's subjects, 

 the inhabitants of this island, have 

 ever been most conspicuous, and 

 that their representatives could at 

 no time be justly charged with re- 

 fusing the supplies necessary for the 

 support of government and tlie de- 

 fence of the country, from motives 

 of disaftcftion. 



Resolved, That, in the session of 

 1803, this house granted for the 



service of the following year 31 10 101. 

 That a large proportion of Ihe mo- 

 ney voted was for the expence of 

 the army and barrack departments, 

 which were fully provided for to the 

 extent for which the i'aith of this 

 country is pledged. 



Resolved, That nothing but an 

 anxious desire to aid and support 

 the government, to the utmost of 

 our ability, could have induced the 

 house to vote so large a supply in 

 the distressed situation to which our 

 constituents were reduced. 



Resolved, That the assumption 

 of any branch of the legislature, of 

 a right to animadvert in any man- 

 ner upon this house, in the exer- 

 cise of its rightful powers as a com- 

 ponent part of the same legislature, 

 and more especially in matters of 

 supply, is unconstitutional, and, if 

 submitted to, would destroy the 

 independence of this house, and 

 the legislative constitution of the 

 island. 



ExlraSl of a Letter from Lord Cam- 

 ilen^ datedJthJune^ 1804, to the 

 Lieut, -Governor of Jamaica, tind 

 communicated hij him to the House 

 of jhfsembly on the \Sfh of Oe- 

 cember, 1804, relative to Preach, 

 crs in the Island. 



Sir, 



I herewith transmit io you an 

 order of his majesty in council, dated 

 the 23rd of April last, disallowing 

 an a6t passed by the legislature of 

 the island of Jamaica in December 

 1802, intitlcd, " An a6l to prevent 

 preaching by persons not duly qua- 

 lified by law,"' and a further order 

 of his majesty in council of tho 

 same date, to which is annexed tlio 

 draft of a bill upon the sam^ sub. 



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