The Sun.
London, England, 1813-06-14 00:00:00

WEST, INDIA INTEI4LIGI3.-ictE

A circa he ietter was, on thi 10th Marcli, sent
by the kayo; of Kingston, JainatieA,
ferent cultodOs throughout the island, regnesting,
them to call meetings, and t(s take the sense of
their respective parishe'; on the propriety of ap-
plying. to Ministers for instructions tO be sent:to
the Admiral on the Jamaica station, to grant ekz
tra convoys whenever a sullic.•ient number.of.ves
sels are ready. The usual convoys ore in -).ray,
June, and Jult.: q convoy in Ottolter, as tvell as
between the 12,tii Jan. dad Ist April, would he
highly beneficial • to the planters of many parts of
the north side; frorn the 25th July to October,
a -very great prropOrtion of the crops of sugar
tat es art token off, and the produce xvouid stiffer
serious waste by laying, even thOugh a convoy
should be granted in January.

7aicut.-6eneral Alorrison, *.‘tb.LGovetnor of Ja-
maica, was expected to depart by the next. fleet
for Europe.. lie bail received the customary Ad-
dresses from the Colonists on • his intention being
known.

A 'lira from the West Indies may be shortly
expected. Ou the .94th April, the men of war
were collecting the.trade at the.dilferent ports of
to
,pnn the convoy which was appointed
to sail from Port Royal Ist May, for the, rendez-
vous.

A privateer, called the Revenge, sailed from
Carthagena on the 2d ult. anchored oil Old •Proyi,
deuce, hoisted English colouts, and the crew
went ashore, and remained with the inhabitants
for a few days, when, after gaining every requi-
site ittformalion, they laid the inhabitants under
contribution, took away all the plate, money, &c.
and 115 negroes hoisted American colours, and
went off. , A few clays afterwards, she returned,
and sent on shore 60 armed men, who compelled
the inhabitants by threats to lay open their stores
anti houses to indiscritninaWpitinder, and they al-
so'seized a schtioner at anchor, loaded her with
cotton, and other spoil, and then proceeded to
Carthattena, where they -arrived in safety on the
lith March. _

In cot equence of the piratical conduct of the
above-mentioned privateer, the Governor of
Porto Bello solicited Capt. Forest, of the Crane
frigate, to take tinder his convoy three schooners,
with troops on hoard, for the purpose of protecting
the inhabitants of St. Andrews from similar acts
of brigandage, with which he complied, and sailed
from Porto Bello with them on the 2Pth April,
and was afterwards to return to that port, to
receive on • board specie—upwards of one mil-
lion of dollars being ready, to be shipped for Ja-
maica.

•• The Honse. of Assembly, Jamaica, met on the
2,7 th of April for the transaction of business.
The House of ASsembly of Antigua' Was, in
April, abruptly dissolved by the ('obtain-general,
in. consequence of a disagreement between the
members, relative to.,,voting the supplies. Mr.
Semper, one, of the members, in an address ,to
his parochial,constituents, states'that the " head
and front of his offending" ‘Vas—voting with the
majority for repairing the chureltHalsO, that the
clergy should be paid. in cash, and not made re-
tailers of strong waters---to 'support the poor--:to
repur.the,forts.andlortificatioutilt ordvrto pre-
serve the island from the' insults .OT American pri-
vateers—to allow the treasurer 13-11. a loss which
he had sustained in the remittance of his Excel-
lency's salary, in consequence of the_Planters 11:Ir.'.
ing paid spurious gold and inutilatid.Silter into
the treasury for that. purpose. '; A.lninority of
the members hereupon met, and agreed to Reso-
lutions, declaring their brethren " unworthy of-
the confidence of the people, and unfit to he the
guardians ,of t.;e public. purse." To counteract
these Resolutions, seven of the members, consti-
tuting a majority of the House, presented a pe-
tition to the Governor, requesting that he would
be _pleased to dissolve .the [louse of Assembly,
and call another, with which request his Excel-
lency appears to have complied, on the ground
of the violent conduct of tan other party.

. .
. The trade of the Wrest India 'islands has been
greatly .annoyed by seven- privatetnis which had
been fitted Out at Carthagena, atut'were in part
owned by the people of that island. The craws
consisted of AmericanS, Frenchmen, and Spa-
niards. They had done much injury to the coast-.
ing trade of the British islandS, and had made
descents on several plantations at Jamaica, Bar-
badocs, &c. from whence they eurried off cattle,
slaves, and whatever else of value they could
seize.

The people of Turk's island, Who lived by taking
salt from the ponds, and disposing of it. to Ame-
rican vessels, have been yedueed to great distress,,
by the war with the United States. Letters from,
Bermuda even state, • that several families had
been starved to death ; and others had beet) com-
pelled to part with their clothing and beds to
procure subsistence. At the latest date snb-
scriptions were raising at Bern uda to freight a
vessel with supplies for the surviving inhabitants.
The St. Viacent Papers of April state, on the
subject of the volcano, that the ridge which sepa-
rated the 'old from the new crater is Areariu;, m fast
.. ) ,
away ;so ,that in a short time 'it expected
the two craters will be united, Jointing the largest
aperture for the escape. of volcanic fire in the
world.

Mr. Lockheed, who was appointed by Lord
Pedructston to succeed the late Dr, Anderson in
the direction of the Botanic Garden at St. Vin-
cent, has been pretnatuyely obliged to dtlist trom
his useful labours, in ebnsequence of the pi.•cu-
niary distress of the colony from the edectt,
the late volcano. It is probithle, however, thlt
the recent Purliamentacy Guant of '25,000/, will
enable biut to resume tht duties of his appoint-
ment,

Tbe•Spanish armed ship La Reyna de, los .411v-
las arrived at Pfthalll4 in March I.ot with al: witrds
of one million of dollars Irma :san
nia, the greatest part of which it was expected
would be shipped for Jamaica.
A lamentable circumstance took place at AO-
sheal Pen, near Moraut Bay, Jamaica, on the
12th April. Mr. Joseph OW Proprietor
of the aforesaid placis.. had a fete neighbours with
him, among whom Wni Mr. •/01,,P11 Irvine, with
whom Mr. Phillips had some dispute, during
which the " lie direct',' was given., and.at length
they tante to blows.. Mr. Irving ran out of the

hone, and Phillips tollowed ohn ; tint i/efoie ti
parts, could reacli them, he bad rmi Irving iln'oo:;
the 6iuly f: ,ovOrd, and he inifnediatcl7
out " am r :111(1
Nvits he':,l on the body the follokving cloy;
the returiled verllet iraftt/ iTrukri,
at7ainit Joseph hillips, for whose apr'eltensic
time C,.,i.oner hasbfh.':eri ti resta.rd of 100/.---;Thi
lips is a Jiw.

Speck, is ‘'ery scirrci‘, in the West India island.
and many advertisers in the colonial papers; xl'll
are compelled to make remittances ti) this eoin
try, offer for it a premium of from 8 to per ecti
Persons who tire adjusting their previon
ly to quitting the islands, discount of 1
and 12 per cent; an the payment of debtt dice
them..

'lle wharf and stores,. of Messrs, Macdonald fir
Quest, at Old. Harbour, Jamaica, were tlestroYt
by fire onthe 21st April. The calamity Was ot
casioned by sonic negroes going into the sun
with tt lire-stick, for the purpose of pilfering run
which unluckily took fire.
The Vice-Governor of Granadalately sent awa
three foreigners from that island at a moment
notice, for insulting. the feelings of the loyal Span
ands there, by making use of " disloyal and tra
torotts expressions, and wishing sucesss to the (It
natural and rebellious attempts of the Republica%
on the Main, to throw off the allegiance whit
they owe to the mother country."
• Petion, in consequence of several Ilaytial
baring entered on board foreign armed vessel
has issued a decree, prohibitting all his sultiee
from going into such service, under the penal'
of ,three years imprisonment ; and every liaytia
master ut a vessel, taking off skull descriptic
Of persons, inalies himself liable tia twelve 'pono
imprisonment,. and confiscation of his vessel au
cargo.

The fire Ivhich destroyed the town of Castries
in the island of St. Lucia, was occasioned by cart
lessness, and broke out in the part called the (
ronages. The particulars are not 3tnted in the et
lonial papers which have reached us ; but .the lb!
is said to have been inmiense.

An Antigua paper of April 3, mentions a tepec
that the Dillgun, 74, and a frigate, had lately bee
driven ashore in Lynn Haven Bay.
General Itainsay is appointed Governor of S'
Croix.

The 98th Regiment has left Bernintla for IL
lifax. •

Dol)Jose a Spaniard, from the Havat
nnh, 'obt-alued -leave from the corporation of Xing
von, Jamaica, to exhibit in that city,, in Marc
last, artificial fire-works, and to launch air-ba]
loons.

-Michael }leers, and' another private of the 6t
battalinn of the 60th Regiment, shot themseiv4
in n fit of despondency at Fort George, Jamaica
in
Theatricals are. much encouraged in the We
In;lin. islands ; but. we apprehend the auditoria
cannot ne very numerous in some of them, tit
the profits of those embarked in the specttlatio
very:considerable. The folloWing are the prig
of admission at Antigua and Barbadoes : Box'
l fig. (sterl ) each person—pit 13S', .6(l.—tro;
gallery I.2s.—back ditto 9s.—children in the box(
hall-pricarNo .white person. -Omitted in the gn
lery."
While .the Garland frigate, Captain Davies, WI
lying in Port Royal, Jamaica, an application
made to the Commander for a seaman who lw
gained cOnsiderable applause it marine theatrical.
The request waspolitely acceded to, and Op ins
svas, permitted to leave the ship.
A serpent, of a species supposed by Bryan Ed
wards, in his History of Barb:tildes, to have bee
extinct for more than a hundred years, was latel
found do the island : it was twelve feet long an
two in girth, and had killed several head of cattle
by enfolding its body round their thfoat, and so
focating them : it_ displayed , extraordinary sags
city in eluding search, never chasing a' hidin
place wliich had not'several openings remote Eras
each other,. and from whence it usually escaped.
its powers of mobility were incredible, distancin
the rviftest dogs, and clearing at a bound a spa
of foorteen.feet., Many of the negroes, troth th
sagacity, BWilttleSS, and courage displayed by th
animal, considered it as animated by an evil spirit
and begun to regard it with veneration : it wo
killed in the act of bringing forth its young, eigh
miles from the spot
.where it was first seen, an
where it had suffocated a heifer.

CORN EXCHANGE, JUNE 14.—The, quantity t
Wheat to-day was considerable, there havin
been many foreign arrivals, in consequence c
which it has declined in price from 2s. to 3s. pt
quarter; since this day week the market wa
well st'pplied with Oats, hut the demand be
rag large and a great many eager buyers, the
have aduanced 23. per quarter ; Barley keeps it
price ; Malt is much the same as last week
Beans 2s. clearer; in other kinds of grain they
is no alteration : Flour remains stationary.

English Wheat 54c. 645. 70s.
Fine ditto - 1170. 1245. 1044.
Fari•ign do. 10Si. 119 s. 1365.
nye
Barley - iSs. 535.

Small Tick BC41:1S. 884.
Feed Oats - - 2.2, QQ
Fineditto - - 475. 64
Poland ditto - 3Sq., 4!
Fine ditto - -

Malt
l i►►c'dittu - - _
IVilitcPie (boil.) 19.2%.. 1141,
Grey 663. 675. 735.
Tick Dcaps - - 89.3. Sss.

70s. SOA.
90i.

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Potatue ditto - -
nape Slt•eil 401. 441. Per LT
nu,: Flour - 1.051.
*cowls

• SMITITFIELD MAlth.E'r, airNs ht.
Ti day's .Uarket bad a pretty good supply',
prime Beasts, and the show of cattle in nciwi
snecii was middlin; Pork is cheaper; Beet
Altitton, and Lamb, tire ;tearer; Veil!' Styptill
\Alta Ilay and Straw obtained itt

SMITHFIELD HAY-MAUKET.

11,4 y, aL to 51. 5%. Straw, il. AU-4'll 2L Clove, 51.
61. 54.

Last week, the driver of it }rester coach w;
fined before the Magistrates at..tioncatter in tht
penalties of 101. each, with costs, kr ovialuatlit
and carryin g more passengers tha is tqresst
in the license. allowed the coacii.