The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-20 00:00:00

(From the Globe qf Dee. 6.)

The unusually heavy rains which have fallen for three or
four days past, although of essential service to the crops
throughout the island generally, have been very injurious to
some of the estates in the parishes of St. Joseph and St. An-
drew. The rain commended on Thursday morning, and con-
tinued during that night without intermission, accompanied by
heavy thunder and lightning, and on the following day the
ground in the rear of die buildings, on the estate of W. Hall,
Esq., of the parish of St. Andrew, gave way, nearly carried
away the boiling house and mill, and has done considerable
damage otherwise to the property. The road from Bissecks
Hill to Sugar Hill has been rendered nearly impassable, and
some cattle in different parts of the island have either been car-
ried off by the deluge, or killed by the lightning. We much
fear the accounts from the above parishes generally when col-
lected will be rather of an unpleasant nature.

(Pram the same Paper of Der. 2.) •

On Tuesday last the House of Assembly met pursuant to
adjournment, when, in consequence of a motion from Mr.
Hinds, at its last meeting, the Editor of this Paper was cited
before it for some remarks contained on the Globe Paper of the
11th Oct. ; and which the House received with " disgust," and
deemed libellous and scandalous.

( From the St. Christopher Advertiser of Dec 7.)

I The Assembly Elections have been continued since our last,
and Thursday next, we understand, is the day appointed for
the meeting of the House.
Barbadoes Papers have for some time mentioned the fre-
quent recurrence of nocturnal riots and disturbances in the
-town of Bridgetown ; and, by the following Proclamation of
Sir Henry Warde, it will be seen, that another flagitious out-
rage has been very recently committed :

" Whereas, the peace and tranquillity of Bridgetown hare
of late been greatly disturbed by certain evil-disposed persons,
who hare, with lawless audacity, assailed the persons and de-
stroyed the properties of the peaceable inhabitants of Bridge-
town, and have committed acts of violence which tend to de-
stroy the best institutions of society, to bring the administration
of justice into contempt, and to strip it of that reverence which
every good subject is interested in preserving : And whereas,
the said disturbers of the public peace, encouraged by impu-
nity, did, on the night of the 13th instant, pull down and de-
stroy a scale beam and house, belonging to his Majesty, lately
erected on the public wharf for the purpose of weighing sugars :
And whereas, it is highly expedient, for the preservation of
property anti the maintenance of good order, that such mis-
chievous offenders, who- disquiet and disgrace the country,
should be made examples of public justice, and should suffer
punishment adequate to their guilt—
" A Reward of One Hundred Pounds, current money of this
Island, is hereby offered to any person or persona who shall give
evidence against, and prosecute to conviction, at the Court of
Grand Sessions, any offender or offenders who have been guilty
of pulling.down and destroying the House and Scale-beam, or
of aiding and abetting therein.' —(Dated NOV. 18, 1824.)
NOTICE !—The Printer, Editor, and Proprietor of the Do-
minica Chronicle, William F. Stewart, presents his humble
respects to his various Friends and kind • Subscribers, and
begs to apologise for not printing this week's paper, being
confined since Tuesday, the 6th instant, by a Warrant from
the Speaker of the House of Assembly, in the common and
God knows -wretched gaol of ltoseau (which is in such ii"
miserable state as to be totally unfit to contain any human
creature, the roof being absolutely like a sive, the prisoners
are exposed to every.shower of rain and the inclemency of the
weather). NoTerson; is allowed to visit him, and he is pre-
.vented from communicating with his own workmen belonging
to his printing-office, so as to enable him to carry on his busi-
ness. The cause of, his incarceration will be fully laid before
.the public in a short time. Nearly twelve years- has he con-
ducted the Chronicle, and little expected such treatment from
the Representatives of the people, whose interests he has
always studied to promote, through the medium of his Paper.
He is a British subject, and trusts that those laws, which he has
ever respected and admired, will hereafter render him justice.
—As he -.owes nothing but what he can pay, he hopes this total
impediment to carrying on his business will have no ill effect
on his credit. To kis character he is consoled to say—impri-
sonment under present circumstances is no stain !
Common Jail,..Roseau, Nov. 24, 1824.

The following is ,a copy of the Address of the Committee of
the House of Assembly of Jamaica, to his Excellency the Go-
vernor :

" May it please your Grace—We are desired by the
House .to wait on your Grace, to inform you that they have
taken into their consideration your Grace's Message of the-
-tali instant, together with the copy of hia Majesty's
Order in Council fir improving the condition of the slaves
in Trinidad, which accompanied the said Message. The
!louse consider the present season of alarm and agitation,
when the negro mind is peculiarly liable to false impres-
sions, unfavourably fir the adoption of any measure inter-
.fering with long-established institutions, and therefore can-
not but regret that those motives of prudence which influenced
the British Government in delaying to carry the Order in
Council into execution at Demarara, should not have restrained
it from pressing the immediate consideration of this subject on
one of the oldest and most valuable possessions of the British
Crown, under circumstances infinitely more critical than those
which apply to that conquered colony. The House, however,
assure your Grace, that they will, notwithstanding, continue to
bestow their most serious consideration on all subjects connect-
ed with the welfare of the slave population in this island, and
will embrace every favourable opportunity to make such enact-
rants as may be deemed prudent and advisable."