6B BRITISH SETTLEMENT


 CHAP. IV.

A code of laws formed ly Capt. Buranaby, Pre.
 sent administration of justice. Courts of Hon-
 duras, how held. Humane regulation for pro-
 tecting manumitted slaves. Revenue. Popu-
 lation. Diseases.

A code of laws or regulations was
formed for the English settlers at Hon-
duras by Capt. (afterwards Sir William)
Burnaby, in the year 1779. These yet
retain the name of their founder, and
Burnaby's laws have always been consi-
dered the fundamental or statute law of
the settlement. An examination of this
code will discover that it comprehends
little more than what is adapted to society
in its most contracted state, and which
never could have been intended to em-
brace any thing connected with a more
extensive population and growing in-