The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-06 00:00:00

was an immense assemblage of empty bottles,
from which the spirit had departed, but certainly.
not entered the hearts of the Dutchmen, for even
their proverbial Dutch courage did not avail
them. How the Dutch came to quit the Park
Ido not know, as I did not sec them decamp,
but my opinion is that they " summoned up a
coward mind, and ran away." The cowardice of
the Dutch is, I fear, unbelievable, excepting by
eye-witnesses. I who saw the wonder, can
hardly imagine it possible:
During all the period of the four days the
Dutch threw occasional bombs, rockets, and
red-hot shot into the city; they destroyed one
or two houses, and excited the hatred and con-
tempt of all classes. These soldiers of Hol-
land, kept themselves out of the way of all
danger, but made a most vigorous attack upon
the dram-bottles, as the untenanted bodies of
the numerous slain I found at ,their quarters
amply evinced. The homely apophthegm says,
that' Thitchmen'require their courage to be ex-
cited ; but nought excited that of the Dutch at
BruSsels. Oxen and wain-ropes may drag them
to the combat, but native courage never : they
resist even the charms of their bottles. " A
plagne of, all cowards 1"
P.S. I have made every inquiry relative to
the charge of rape made against the Dutch, and
I have no reason to' believe it founded on fact.
'An English gentlemen whom they had visited
stated to me that they only ravished a few silver
spoons, &c.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

SLAVE POPULATION.

An Abstract of the latest Returns received from each of
his Majesty's Slave Colonies (including the Mauritius
and its Dependencies, and the Cape of Good Hope) of
the Slave Pepulation, distinguishing the Sexes; spe-
cifying the precise date to which such Returns have
been nude up in each Colony respectively, and the date
also at which they were received into the Registry
Office in this country

.........___,..._________, _ ......_
.Date to which; When
!Rides. Fe" 'Total
the Returns I received 111
males. ' have been ' the Registry.
made up. Office.
--.. ---1 --..--.1
Antigua .., 14,000 15,7731 20,8311 For 182813 April 18'.99
Barbadoes.. 37,691 .14 211 81,1702 19'20; I 9 MarchlB3o
Bahamas... 5,540 5,292. 114841 1 Jan. IFX 2 Aug. 1527
Ilerbice.le
.... 11,284 10,u3.11 mow , 1 Jan. 1928115 Dec. 1898
Eennutlo... 9.908 2,4, 4,008 For 1E027 24 Nov. 1827
Detrierary.., 37,141 32,13261 641,467 II May : 11420.18 M areh 1830
1/oininica,... 7,302 , 8,0301 15,392 For 1820 15 Dec. 1898
Grenada ...1 11,777' 12,5651 24,312 31 I)ec W. 18123 Sept. 1&211
Jamaica :...'.162,72611191,303 :131,119 9EI Julie lB2O 90 Oct. 1897
Montserrat, 2,8671 3,39 bi, 6,•2112 For ..... IR2B, 8 June 1829
Nevis ' 4,5741 4,68. i 9,950 1828,21 Nov. 1894
/lit. Kitt's... 9,11,8' 10,112 19,310 I Jan 1898193 Sept. 1820
Bt. Lucia... 0,280 7,3811 13,601 For lB2BllO Dec.. 800
St Vincent 11,583 12,0961 23,589 31 Dec 114271 6 June 1820
Tobago 5,1160 0,757' '12,723 1 Jun. ....1829i10 Dec. 11429
Trinidad, 13,415 11,017, 24,452 For 1tt.15 16 Jun. Itt.lB
Virgin lA. ft 505 °' 931, 5 436
r -, . 181.,1,15 Nov. 1827
i I
Mauritius., 47,6571 :1),117,1 70,774 111:16118
Feb. 1820
C. O. Ilope 21,210; 14,200; 35,500 111251 I Oct. 1623

THOMAS AMYOT, Registrar,
Colonial negiotry Office, July 8, Ma