Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-15 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Royal Mail steam
packet La Plata arrived at five o'clock this morning,
from West Indies. She brings 92 passengers,
$522,000 in specie, and 370 packages of cargo.
The mail steamer Atrato left St. Thomas on the
31st ult. Lieutenant Scott, and the officers and
crew of the late gunboat Jasseur, have come home
in her.

At Jamaica produce scarce. No Pimento. Very
little sugar and coffee offering. Fair sugar 20s to
20s 6d per 100 lbs ; withdrawn at 16s, and some sold
at 19s. Freights very low.
The Kingstown Morning Journal, of March 26,
says :
To our previous packet summary there was a postcript,
giving .a brief account of the re-animation of the late out-
break in Westmoreland, and the departure of troops for the
scene of outrage. We have now to add, that his Excellency
the governor, and his honour the Attorney-General accom-
panied the troops, 'and on the spot the Governor appointed
a new Custos in the place of the former one, who from
advanced age and failing health, was incapacitated
for the ordinary discharge of his responsible duties,
and consequently on an occasion such as that under con-
sideration was altogether unfit for his place, and to let him
continue vested with the authority of the chief magistracy
would be to trifle with the public good, if not absolutely
to endanger life and property. The Hon. Mr. Vickers,
the gentleman upon whom the honour has been conferred,
and to whom the governor administered the oath in person,
has been generally declared the " right man in the, right
place." Several gentleinen have been included in the com-
mission of the peace,- who both from their education,
interest, and standing in the parish, we think are calculated
to lead to a better state of things in Westmoreland We
are happy to add, that when the troops arrived on the scene
of outrage, peace and order had been completely restored.
The Governor issued a proclamation offering a reward of
£lOO for information that may lead to the detection of the
ringleaders in the unfortunate affair. On the return of his
Excellency to Spanish Town ho appointed a special commis-
sion to inquire into the outbreak, consisting of the Hon. B.
Edwards, Chief Justice, the three assistant judges, the Hon.
W. I. Wilkinson, the Hon. J. F. Cargill, the Hon. F.
Roper (acting),.* and Stipendiary Justices Laidlaw and
Chamberlain. The commission will commence their sitting
early in the succeeding month, when the Attorney-General
will prosecute in person, and tho Clerk of the Supreme
Court, an able attorney, will act as clerk to the commission.
We regret exceedingly to state that there have been
several fires in the parish of Vere, which are strongly sus-
pected to be the work of incendiaries.
Her Majesty's ship Indus, with the flag of Sir Houston
Stewart, left Port Royal on Thursday last.
The public health has somewhat improved since our last.
At Barbadoes sugar crop about the average.
From Trinidad shipments of cocoa above the
average.
At St. Vincent sugar-making progressing satisfac-
torily.
Everything reported quiet at Hayti.
THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
The advices by Atrato report that tranquillity has
been restored at Valparaiso ' • business dull. Every-
thing quiet at Coquimbo. Business in a bad state.
at Peru. $2,000,000 specie were to be shipped frel-ca
Mexico for England about the middle of April.
The following is a summary of the news `given by
a local paper :
On the 28th of February theie was an ou':break in Val-
paraiso ; about 200 men attacked the In
i.,Rndente's palace,
and tried to set fire to it, but they were attacked by the
governnient troops, and after about tAvo hours' street fight-
ing, they were driven to the This put a stop to all
business.
When we left the place wp •
stationed at different r,oin ts:
beginning to open the store;,,the streets had to stoil., fr'equently,
the streets were full of soldiers
aqnuiet, and the peop.le were
to himloy the sentries. da
uad persona
n s e r walkingquestions
lopnugt
in Coquimbo everything was quiet. Don Pedro Leon
040 was 14 leagues distaut from Coquimbo with 4 fors

of 1,200 men. The government have in Coquimbo about
1,000 soldiers to meet the rebels, but they seem to think
there will be no battle, and they have sent emissaries to
Gallo telling, him of the state of the country, and offering
terms. _ _

All the south is now in the hands of the government.
Talca was the last place, and the rebels delivered it without
fighting.
The Araucaniano, headed by some of the rebels, have
broken the frontiers, and driven off over 2,000 head of
cattle and committed other damages. .
Caldera, Copiapo, and Huaco are the only places in the
hands of the rebels. , Caldera is blockaded by the Chili brig
Ancud, no vessels being allowed to enter.
The general opinion is that in a month more the country
will be as quiet as ever. All the respectable people, whether
" oppositions" or not, have turned their backs on the rebels,
on account of the infamous manner in which they have
behaved.

In Peru everthing is quiet. Business in a very bad
state ; exchange on England, 42d. ; 90 days', nominal.

THE LOSS OF THE JASEUR.

ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW.

The West India steamer La Plata which arrived at
Southampton yesterday morning, has on board, we are glad
to state, the officers and crew of the unfortunate gunboat
Jaseur. The Jaseur was wrecked on the night of Feb. 26.
She had left Kingston, Jamaica, only the day before, and
was on her way to Central America (Greytown). Right in
her track lay the shoal of Baxo Nuevo, to avoid which a
course was shaped far to windward. But a powerful cur-
rent interfered, and on it the vessel was wrecked. Aware of
their vicinity a sharp look-out was kept, and breakers were
reported to leeward. It was a dark night, the wind
blowing fresh from the eastward, and the vessel was
under sail alone—no steam up. An attempt was in-
stantly made to tack off ; the vessel came up head to
wind, a • heavy sea struck her, which sent her
back, and she filled very shortly afterwards. Two out
of three boats were swamped. One alone got clear of
the wreck, but the crew of this managed to right the others.
In the meantime the masts were cut away, and a raft formed
from the stumps. Daylight revealed to those on board a
precarious position. No land was visible—nothing but
rollers near and the sea beyond. But the sight of the
boats approaching cheered them. Some preserved meats
were saved, and the. wreck was abandoned, full of
water and breaking up. Some fifty souls now found
themselves packed between two boats, a dingy, and a
raft, while the sea was high and the breeze freshening.
They were surrounded by sharks ; their fresh water was
turned salt, and only four oars between them all, together
with the dingy's sails. A hard struggle was maintained
to keep afloat. Discipline remained perfect from the
first moment of danger, and the sailors behaved as
British sailors have always done in the hour of trial. Two
men unfortunately were drowned by the swamping
of the dingy ; another turned delirious and jumped
overboard., Seeing that the whole party were only drifting
down to be wrecked on other shoals, it was determined on
the third day, for the general safety, to separate, abandon-
ing the raft. ' The crowded boats were thus still further
filled, but the weather fortunately improved. The com-
mander, with twenty. men in one boat, •and the second
master, with the remainder, towing the dingy, soon, how-
ever, lost sight of each other. On the 7th of March, after
nine days' privation in a tropical sun, existing on
preserved meat-juice (a spoonful daily, _ unable
to swallow the meat)—both parties struggling—
with two oars only—each reached a place of safety. The
Island of Jamaica was past—the second .master's boat was
picked up 300 miles from the wreck, off Cape Cruz (Cuba).
by a trading schooner, and taken safely back to Jamaica on
the 16th of March. The commander fetched some sixty
miles to the westward, and landed at Port Santa Cruz, and
was conveyed also back to Jamaica on March 25, by a
Spanish steamer sent round from Havannah. Much joy
was felt at their appearance at Jamaica, as serious doubts
had risen as to their safety, a month having elapsed without
any tidinas.

THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 15 1859