The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-26 00:00:00

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.fn.t the first time during the present- year on the Lai.
The Royal Gazette says—
" The best feeling appears to animate both section: .1
it; thorn being an evident desire on the part, of the cri-
cials to relieve to the utmost poessible extent the pressure
of the public burdz-as, and nn equeliy evident desire an
the part of the elective section to avoid all unnecessary
discord and dissension with the other branch of the
Court. Already a large number of the items of the
estimate have been .gono through; and while no one
can accuse the members of squandering the revenues ~at
their command, so neither can they be found fault cattle
as yet on the ground of mischievous parsimony. The
general oiAnion set ms to be, tk,;4l, ~I,llQugh corn,• quu,
tlons to which there will be wide differences of opinion,
are likely to arise, the present session will, upon t;•te
whole, pass over smoothly."
The weather during the fornight preceding the de-
parture of the packet bed been showery and f..voul-
able for the planters—not less than 11 048 hogsheads
of sug.:r w-re exporteti between the Ist of J.onary
and the 10. h inst., being 4,552 hogsheads, io exceAs
of the qian:ity exported during Cie corresponding
period of 1851. Toe weather, though fine for agri-
cultural purposes, has been very sickly, and many
have been the victims of fever in its vari.us fatal
forms since the commencement of the year.
ANTIGUA.—The weather continues painfully dry,
and the crops are consequently suffering greatly.
Strong breezes have prevailed of late, and sugar-
making is progressing as favourably as the labour
market will permit. •

JAMAICA MARKETS.
A very general inactivity has been the prevailing fea-
ture of our market during the past fortnight. No ste,
culative inquiry whatever has been manifested, and the
operations of the trade, confined almost exclusively to
the supply of their immediate wants, were restricted and
unimportant. Supplies of imported goods are, for the
most part, on a moderate scale, but holders have failed
to derive any advantage from the circumstance in ti a
present depressed condition of the market.
Sugar and rum share very largely in the prevailing
inactivity. But few purchases are being made for ex-
portation; the current low rates, for the former articles
especially, in the home markets, deterring dealers from
speculating. The deliveries into Kingston have also
been considerably in excess of the trade demand, and
prices have proportionably declined.
Exchanges—On London: Colonial Bank, 90'days. 1-
per cent. prem.; 60 days, 1 per cent. pram; 30 days.
per cent. prem. Jamaica Bank, 90 days, par; 60
.days per cent. prem.; 30 days, 1 per cent. press.

Her Majesty's Ships of War—Her Majesty's Ship
Sappho at Greytown on the 22d March; her MajeAlY's
ship Daphne at Panama on the 19th Marbh; her hki"
jesty's ship Imaum, Rosamond, Alban and Scorpion, et
Port Royal, janiaica, on the 31st March; her Majesty's
ship Alarm at Barbadoes on the Ist April; her Majesty's
ship Persian at Antigua on the 2d April.
Stations of the Company's Steamships—The Thames,
Captain Abbot, down Spanish Main; the Dee, Captain
Wilson, at St. Thoreas'e, April 5; the Medway, Captain
fast, in the Gulf of Mexico; the Eagle, Captain Jelli-
coe, at Bitbodoes, April 1.
Ships spoken with on Return Voyage—Passed at sea
by the Roy al Mail steam-packet Dee, and requested to be
reported, March 28, let. 20 N., lung. 84 W., barque
Amity, all well; 28th. 20 N , 83 W., barque Christina,
of Port Glasgow. both steering to the westward; April
18, 42 13 N., 27 20 W., passed a barque British Tar,
from Jamaica for London; 21st, 46 8 N., 18 22 W.,
passed a barque, name unknown, dismasted and water-
logged, the sea washing c mpletely over her; 23d, 48
N., 8 1 W., p
to the eastward.
assed the Belgian schooner Maria, steering

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