The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-03 00:00:00

cial courier had been dispatched to Washington by
Mr: Clay, the United States Minister at Lima, with
particulars referring to the detention of an Ameri-
can captain at the Chinchas Islands, and of an out-
rage committed upon others by the Commander of
the Peruvian guardship. It appears that the mas-
ter of as ship, loading guano, hal been arrested and
taken on board the guardship` for, shooting a pen-
guin, an offence which is punishable by fine. 'The
other American captains in port immediately
manned their boats and proceeded on 'board the
Peruvian man-of-war, for the purpose, they
affirm, of paying the fine and seeing their
countryman released, and that the fine was
offered and refused. The commander of the
Peruvian, alarmed at seeing so many men on board
refusing to leave without the offender, called out
his marines and drove them overboard into their
boats, several being wounded in the fray. The
Peruvian authorities having refused any explana-
tion or satisfaction the American Minister, the
latter had, therefore, referred the case to his Go-
vernment. Rain had fallen for 24 hours to the
southward.

From Jamaica, whence our dates extend to the
10th ult., there is no news of interest. Our private
letters from this island contain the following :
" Since the sailing of the last mail steamer no-
thing of the least importance has occurred here. A
number of miners arrived in the last packet from
England, and were immediately taken on their
arrival -to their respective mines for which they
were procured ; and persons engaged in mining
operations appear pretty sanguine as to the chances
of success which they are led to expect from the
aspect of the affairs.

......44,Lord.aohn•RusaeWis elalacintavid able speech
in the House of Commons, on the 4th ult., has been
received with general joy and universal satisfaction,
and the inhabitants appear satisfied that the Home
Government are anxious, if possible, to restore
Jamaica to her former condition, and much de-
pends upon the Colonial Legislature as to whether
they will effectually carry out the intentions of the
Imperial Parliament at the approaching session
under the Governor, Sir Henry Barkly.
" Sir Henry Barkly, the new Governor, is daily
looked for, and various are the conjectures as to
when he will be among us, it being rumoured that
he had altered his intention of leaving in the war-
steamer Brisk, and would probably come in La
Plata, which vessel was appointed to take the mails
of the 2d inst.

"We have had abundant rains, and the island
just now is rather healthy, if we cxcept a few cases
of yellow fever among the troops at Newcastle bar-
racks, but few fatal.
" Captain Henderson, the new commodore on
this station, had arrived at Port Royal, and hoisted
his broad pendant on board his ship Imaum, under
a salute from the fort and vessels of war lying in
that harbour.

" The Assembly remains in the same position,
evincing no inclination to transact any business
with the present Governor, who, it is said, has re-
tired into the country at a place called Highgate,
and does not intend to return to Government-
house till the arrival of his successor."

De Cordovas Intelligencer gives the subjoined on
commercial affairs :
" We have no material change to note in the state
either of the import or produce-market. The non-
arrival of Sir Henry Barkly, and the consequently in-
creased delay which must occur in the settlement of our
fiscal and financial affairs, have had the effect of con-
fining business transactions within the narrowest limits
possible, as no one knows whether it would be wise or
safe to sell or to buy at this juncture. At the same time
dealers generally are well supplied with flour and meal,
and evince no desire to increase their stocks ; the last
prices have therefore been barely sustained. Codfish
and herrings are, perhaps, the only articles which are
wanted, and for which, in consequence of their extreme
scarcity, a considerable advance on our last quotations
could be obtained, to realise which, however, the re-
ceipts must be moderate. Fruit and native vegetables
are coming in in abundance, and affect the demand for
all imported breadstuffe, with the exception of rice, to a
considerable extent. Rain has fallen plenteously through-
out the island."

Grenada continued free from the visitation of
any epidemic. The weather was oppressively sul-
try, but abundant rains had fallen. Cultivation
was most luxurious everywhere, and, but for the
want of steady and continuous labour, the planters
(says the St. (71 eorge'seltronicle) would have no thing
to complain of, so far as the productiveness of
estates is concerned. •

St. Lucia had been visited with very heavy rains
during the last week of August, whereby much
damage was done to the cane plantations and
villages. The St. Lucia Palladium had again ap-
peared after a recess of nearly four months.

From St. Vincent there is little news. All offi-
cial account of the island exports, up to the 20th
of August in the present year, is given as follows :
—Sugar, 6,831 hhds., 318 tierces, 1,850 barrels ;
molasses, 1,460 puncheons, 68 hhds., 122 barrels ;
rum, 556 puncheons, 51 hhds., 1 quarter cask ;
arrowroot, 4,197 barrels, 1,191 half-barrels, 14,525
tins and boxes ; cotton wool, 68 bales ; cocoa, 13
barrels, 15 bags ; cocoa nuts, 23,020. Compared
with the shipments at the corresponding date last
year, there is a deficiency equal to 2,085 hhds. of
sugar.

The Antigua Observer states that appearances in
that island warrant the expectation of a large crop
next year. An express boat had been sent to An-
tigua from Montserrat to beg medical assistance,
yellow fever having broken out there with increased
virulence. The only medical officer in the colony
had fallen a victim to it.

The Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands
sailed from Antigua for Tortola on the Bth ult.
Yellow fever still prevailed at Dominica, but the
troops were all encamped on the heights.
Six fatal cases of fever had occurred at Grenada,
according to our private accounts, but the Grenada
Chronicle states the island to be healthy. There
had been some heavy weather about the islands,
and two schooners went into Barbadoes on the 6th
ult. dismasted. The Danish barque Hermann,
bound to St. Thomas's with coals, met with a se-
vere gale on the 3d of September, in lat. 20, long.
56 W., the barometer falling as low as 27.30, but,
being prepared, she escaped injury. The gale
lasted about 12 hours. In the midst of it she
passed a large ship showing American colours, with
all three of her masts over the side. The English
barque Westminster fell in with a hurricane in
long. 52 W. on the 17th of August.
From Jacmel, Hayti, we have accounts of a hur-
ricane which tore up the trees and did very consi-
derable damage.
On her homeward voyage, in lat. 34.29, long.
48.12, the Thames fell in with the wreck of a ves-
sel of abOut 200 tons, dismasted, decks all gone, and
no spars standing. She had a straight stern,
painted white streak with black ports, no boats or
remains of boats visible, and no cargo to be seen.
The boat sent by the Thames to examine the wreck
could not get very near ou account of the swell and
the night coming on.

At St. Thomas's the weather was much unsettled,
with squalls, heavy rain, and alternate calms, with
intense heat.

In Trinidad we learn that a recommendation of
the Immigration Committee had suggested that the
Chinese labourers should no longer receive wages
during illness, but in lieu thereof be provided with
food, lodging, and medical attendance by their
employers.
The United States frigate Columbia, 50, arrived
at Greytown on the 27th of August, and sailed on
the 31st for Pensacola. Her Majesty's screw troop-
ship Megmra was at Antigua. The Danish sloop-
oi-war Saga was at Santa Cruz on the 14th ult. A
Spanish frigate was lying at Sacraficios on the 4th
of September. Her Majesty's ships Imaum and
Buzzard were at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 9th
ult.

The Royal Mail steam-ship La Plata, with the
outward mails from Southampton of the 2d of Sep-
tember, arrived out at St. Thomas's at 11 a.m. on
the 15th ult., after a passage of 12/ days, all well,
and reported having had, fine weather. The Avon
was at St. Thomas's, and was to proceed to the
Gulf of Mexico; the Clyde mid the Conway, also at
St. Thomas's, the former hound to Jamaica, and
the latter to the windward Islands ; the Dee was
expected from New York about the 7th of October,
having; gone there to have a new bow, and other
improvements ; the Derwent was at Barbadoes, and
the Eagle at Eonduras ; the Esk on her way from
Jamaica to St. Thomas's ; the Medway was at St.
Thomas's, about to leave for the Spanish Main ;
and the Teviot on the same route.

We regret to announce the death of the Rev. W. J. Pal-
mer, M.A., rector of Finmere, Oxfordshire, father of
the honourable and learned gentleman, the member for
Plymouth, which event occurred on Friday last. Mr.
Palmer was one of the oldest clergymen in the diocese
of Oxford, having been instituted to the rectory of Mix-
bury 51 years since, and to the rectory of Finmere, near
Bicester, which he held up to the time of his death, 40
years ago.