The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-07 00:00:00

DISEASE IN JAMAICA.

We have received letters from Jamaica, dated
the 19th of September, which, we regret to state, describe the
visitation, last season, of that destructiVe disease—the fever, of
that country—as being more fatal, both among the troops and
the crews of the ships, than it was in several preceding seasons.
The following are extracts :
" PonT ROYAL, SEPT. 19.—The yellow fever has scarcely
ceased to rage during the year. The squadron has suffered
much, particularly the Lively and Pylades ; and the troops, in
consequence of their losses (particularly in Spanish Town) are
to change their quarters. During the last eight months, one
regiment out of five (in numbers) have fallen victims to this
destructive calamity.—The officers have fallen out of all pro-
portion. The 77th regiment, on being embarked from Stony Hill
Barracks, for the north side of the island, had only one offi-
cer able to accompany them. Colonel Thornhill, Governor
of Fort Charles (Port Royal), died on the 2d instant, making
the third victim who held that appointment in ten months ;
he had been only five weeks and three days on the'
Island. The Isis, Serapis, Lively, Primrose, Pylades, Ferret,
Beaver, and Union and Speedwell 'schooners, are refitting. The
Scylla, Captain G. Russell, is lying at Carthagena, very sickly,
having lost Mr. Quin, Surgeon, and five men, and has forty-
five men on her sick list. Medical assistance was obliged to
be obtained from Carthagena. A number of officers of the
squadron have been obliged to be invalided and return home.
Among them are Captain T. Forrest, C. B. of the flag-ship
.(Isis) ; Captain Onslow, of the Beaver; and Mr. Kimber,
Purser of the Ferret. Mr. A. Small, Surgeon of the Ferret,
died at Port Royal Hospital, yesterday. The vacancies in the
squadron have been filled up as follow :—Messrs. Hall, Henry
Brecdon, Barrow, Brecdon (2d), Macdonal, Bolton, and Dowse
(Admiralty Mates), all of the Isis, are promoted to Lieute-
nants. Captain T. Leith, of the Pylades, is promoted to the
Isis, vice Forrest invalided ; Lieutenant Whist, of the Dart-
mouth, to the rank of Commander, and to command the Beaver,
vice Onslow, invalided ; Captain Jackson, late of the Serapis,
to the Pylades; Captain Vernon to the Primrose; Captain de
Crespigny to the Britomart : Lieutenant Bond, of the Lively,
to command the Serapis, vice Jackson ; Lieutenant Charles
Elliott (late of the Hussar) to command the . Renegade ; Mr.
A. Gilchrist, Assistant, to be Surgeon of the Ferret, vice Small,
deceased; Mr. T. C. Keys (Clerk) to be purser of • the Ferret,
vice Kimber. The Rattlesnake, Captain Patton, sailed on the
3d instant, for the Havannah ; the Bellette, Captain C. Croker,
with the English mails for Vera Cruz ; the Primrose, Captain
Jackson, acting, for Barbadoes, with orders for Captain Law-
rence, of the Eden, to come to Port Royal, to convey Commis-
sioner Charles Ross, C.B. and family to. Malta. The Commis-
sioner of the Royal Dock-yard and the Captains of the squadron,
have presented Dr. A. Lang, Surgeon of the Naval Hospital,
with a piece of plate, value one hundred. guineas, as a token of
their esteem, and the high sense they entertain of his profes-
sional character. Captain Forrest has taken home with him two
rare and valuable antiques, which were presented to him by the
Governor of Sacrificios (near Vera Cruz)—of two figures of hu-
man appearance, in height about ten inches, of most beautiful
delicately white transparent marble. They were dug out of an
ancient fort or fortification, where, it is belieyed, they were
buried in the 16th century, when the Spaniards, under Cortez,
landed in Mexico. Captain Forrest has also an earthen pan,
of a circular form, about 12 inches high, which was dug up by
the Indians ; and an arm chair of singular workmanship, said
to have belonged to Montezuma."—(Hampshire Telegraph.)

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