The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIES.

By the mail 'brought from Jamaica to New York
by the Crescent City, and thence forwarded by the
Hibernia to Liverpool, we have received advices from
Kingston to the 20th of September, being several
days later than the intelligence brought by the
Medway.
A correspondent informs us that business was pro-
ceeding very slowly in the House of Assembly. The
Retrenchment Bill bad, however, been read a first
time, and the discussion on its second reading was to
take place the day after the Crescent City left. Cop-
pensation was to be given to the judges for the re-
duction in their salaries. The Chief Justice was to

receive 5,0001. compensation, and to have in future
2,000/. per annum; the two Assistant Judges were
each to receive 3,0001., and a salary of 1,2001. per
annum. The correspondent supposes that the new
Bill would be more favourably received by the
Council than that of last session. The committee
upon the Import Bill had only just commenced its
labours.

Mr. liislop, lately a revising barrister, and as such
disqualified, it is asserted, from sitting in the Assem-
bly, had taken the oaths and his seat for the district
of St. Thomas-in-the. East, on which occasion a most
disgraceful scene took place.
The weather had been oppressively hot, though
much rain bad fallen, accompanied by a great
deal of thunder and lightning. A good deal of
sickness, and especially dysentery, prevailed in the
island.

The following review of the Jamaica markets is
extracted from the supplement to De Cordova's Mer-
cantile Intelligencer, dated Sept. 19 :
Alewives—There are not any at market.
Beef—Family has been taken at 465. to 48s. per half
barrel.

Brandy remains at our last quotations.
Bread-50 barrels of New Orleans pilot and navy
bread have been sold in equal quantities, at 17s. and 1.5 g.
Wattson's sells as wanted, at 19& for pilot bread, and
21s. for crackers.

Butter—Small sales of new Irish have been effected
at 9d., and of old at 7d. per lb. The article is ex-
tremely dull, and cannot be moved in other than small
quantities.
Cheese—Double Gloucester has realised Is, per lb.
There is not any at market.
Codfish—The stock is still large, and there is little
consumption. Last sales were made at 9s. 6J. per 1001 b.
in casks, and 12s. to 13s. per box. The latest cargo is
held for 10s. per 1001 b. is casks, but there are not any
buyers.
Coffee—There have not been any transactions, there
not being any at market.
Flour-800 barrels Philadelphia' have changed hands
at 355. per barrel. The market is bare.
Hams —There have not been any transactions.
Herrings—There are not any prime at market.
Lard—There is not any at market. A sale of 75
firkins, arrived coastwise, has been made at Bd. per lb.
Lumber is dull. White pine, afloat, has rea►is:d 80s.
per 1,000 feet.
Mackerel—Last sales were made at 15s. 81 to 16s.
6d. per barrel for No. 3. The market is crowded with
inferior, whlch are being sold at very low prices.
Malt is very unsuleable—Barcluy, Perkins, and Co.'s
bulk is worth 80s., and Lane's Cork 755. per hhd.
London bottled ale and porter have been sold at 7s. 6d.
per dozen.

Meal has been take❑ at 15s. per barrel.
')il— Cod is scarce, and realists 23.61 per gallon.

Pimento is looking up. 31. per lb. has. been paid.
Pork—Prime moves at 56,., and mess at 66i. to 635.
per barrel.
Rice—Sales of East India have been made at 123. 91.
per 100 b. fur yellow, and 14s. per 100:b. fur white.
There is not any demand fur Carolina.
Rum has been taken at 2s. 31. per gallon for proof 21.
Salmon—There is not any at tn.rliet.
Soap—ln the fear of legislative disagreements which
might afft!ct the tariff, hol ters have thought it prudent
to reduce their immense stocks. 2.000 boxes of Steele's
4Slb. have ben parted with at 9s. cash, and 1,200
boxes of 601 b. crown have been cleared at 1.55. 150
boxes of Moylau's 601 b. have also been taken at ios.
per box.
Sugar may be said to be slightly advancing in value.

THE WHALE LATELY CAUGHT
IN THE THAMES.
The whale which was caught in the Thames on
Monday week, is likely to be the cause of litigation.
On Saturday last, the Lord Mayor, attended by the
City Solicitor, proceeded to Grays, where the whale
lies under Meeson's lime-wharf, for the purpose of
officially asserting his claim to the fish as conservator
of the river, and giving it up to the service of the
captors upon condition that they would not convey it
to London or Gravesend for exhibition, nor allow it to
become a nuisance anywhere. Ilis Lordship found,
upon approaching the place in which the whale lay,
that it was very necessary to insist upon the last
condition, for the stench proceeding from the enor-
mous mass had already become intolerable. The
moment his Lordship announced his intention to
give up the prize to those who had had the trouble
to enmesh and kill the whale, there started up a
number of claimants, at the head of whom was
Captain Curbat, of the Rebecca and Elizabeth collier,
who, upon seeing the fish moving its enormous bulk
through the river, ordered his men into the boat, and
pursued and succeeded, with the assistance of some
watermen who were near the spot, in getting a rope
round it, and completely overpowering it. The Lords
of the Admiralty made no demand of the whale as a
droit of the Admiralty, having received a serious
lesson upon the subject in the year 1809, when they
were put to a great expense in defending their
claim to a whale which was caught in the river
within the limits of the Lord Mayor's jurisdiction, and
which was demanded by Sir Charles Flower, the
then Lord Mayor, as conservator of the Thames and
Medway, and entitled to all royal fish caught within
the City's limits. But although there is no disposi-
tion upon the part of the Lords of the Admiralty to
dispute the City's claim, the captors regard each other
with no slight animosity, the sum of 1501. havingbeen
offered for the body, which contains a vast quantity
of oil. They were all advised to refer their claims
to the arbitration of Captain Rowland, the principal
harbour-master, a gentleman in every respect quali-
fied to arbitrate in such a case, and several of them
expressed their willingness to abide by the harbour-
master's decision. It is, however, supposed that there
are some dissentients to the proposition, and that it is
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termination of the proceedings.
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as a pilot named Barnes was coming up the river in his
sailing-boat,he observed,westward of the town of Leigh,
a whale 76 feet 6 inches in length, drove it into shoal
water, and threw it on the sand, where he dispatched
it with a piece of sharp iron and a swivel. In this
enterprise he was assisted by three others, who helped
him to convey the whale to Gravesend, where he
agreed to sell it to some watermen for 601. Immedi-
ately afterwards an exhibition of the fish at ls. 6d.
per• head took place, and a description of it was pub-
lished. The show was however interrupted on the
following Wednesday by the unwelcome appearance
of the water-bailiff, who walked in to learn who had
taken possession of the fish and claimed it, as he un-
derstood it had been found and caught within the
Lord Mayor's jurisdiction. Barnes said he was very
sorry he had not known that the whale belonged to
his Lordship, as he had sold it and divided the pro-
ceeds with those who had assisted him in the labour.
The fish was seized under those circumstances and
brought in a barge to Paul's-wharf, but it was not
long there when Mr. Crickett, the marshal of the
Admiralty, and his deputy appeared, and in the pre-
sence of the Lord .mayor and the water-bailiff
claimed the whale as a droit of the Admiralty.
Proceedings to establish the right to the property of
the whale were then commenced, and were carried on
until the expenses reached an enormous height, and
then concluded in a compromise.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

7 DAT —Morning, 45 min. after 1 I Evening, a min. after 2
To_ 23 min. after 2 I Evening, 40 min. after 2