ABSTRACT
The militia at Jamaica were augmented to 4526. Lord Carlisle brought out a new code of laws for the island;
among the rest, a bill for settling a perpetual revenue on the
crown : he had instructions to new-model the laws of the island, " after the manner in Ireland, according to Poyning's laws." The assembly were required to adopt the whole code, without amendment or alteration ! They rejected it with indignation. Colonel Long, the chief judge of the island, exerted the powers with which he was invested, so as ultimately to baffle every effort to alter the laws.
