The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-16 00:00:00

JAMAICA PAPERS.

Jamaica Papers to the 13th ult. arrived yes-
terday at the Jamaica Coffee-house, which bring
the satisfactory intelligence of the restoration of
the island to tranquillity. The late insurrec-
tion appears to have been wholly confined to
the parish of St. Mary ; for though some meet-
ings of the Negroes took place in other districts,
they led to no result, and the Negroes are repre-
sented generally as sensible of the delusien under
which the insurgents acted, and fully disposed
to order and submission. `'l✓e subjoin the ex-
tracts from these Papers which appear most de-
serving notice :

" KINGSTON, DEC. 22.—ST. acv's.—Eight slaves,
seven of them belonging to Frontier Estate, and one to James
Walker, Esq., have been tried for conspiracy at Port Maria,
and found guilty of being concerned in a rebellious conspiracy,
and have been ordered for execution on Wednesday next.
" DEC. 27.—Wa have obtained extracts from private letters
from different parts of the island, relative to the state of the
slave population, but as it seems to be the opinion of many re-
spectable characters that their publication can have no good
tendency, we for the present shall suppress them.
" It has been stated, we learn, that Smith, the missionary,
was respited by the Governor of Demerara, in consequence of
his having given up documents which proved that he had been
sent out by a party in England for the purpose
.of exciting in-
surrection. We do not vouch for the authenticity of this state-
' merit, but we must confess it would not surprise us.
" DECEMBER 29.—Extract of a letter from St. Mary, dated
Saturday, December 27 :—This parish is now tranquil, and
I have reason to believe will continue so, for the Negroes
are becoming sensible that the notion they entertained of
the King making them free was a delusion—a delusion
which was occasioned by the conduct of Ministry, the in-
flammatory publications in England, republished and com-
mented on in this island. Some regular troops were certainly
expected over here soon after the existence of. the plot was for- •
tunately detected (the particulars of which plot, I hear, has
been indiscreetly given to one of the printers), and their arrival
was eagerly looked for ; but from what I hear, matters were not
so well arranged for their reception among ourselves as might
have been managed. The General proposed sending nO privates
with officers, &c., and as there was no place in the route to quar-
ter them for the night, he wished to effect the march in one day ;
therefore, as all considerate Generals would do, who had the
welfare of his troops and the public good at heart, requested of
the magistracy to provide one simple meal for them on the road ;
and, to enable tnem the better to complete the long journey, to
procure waggons to carry their baggage the remainder of the
march on reaching the carriage. road, both, as appears to me,
very reasonable requests. But it seems they could not be 'com-
plied with. Surely. if expence was the object, the public would
have defrayed it on an occasion of such emergency and danger.
I am told the magistracy generally were not consalted on the
General's application.
" It will be seen by the following extract of a letter, received
from St. George's to a gentleman in this city, dated the 27th of
Dec., that sonic Negroes in that parish, who had engaged in
nightly meetings far improper purposes, have become sensible
of the impropriety of their conduct, and have voluntarily come
forward and confessed their guilt. The letter states that four
more of the Negroes belonging to Balcarres had been taken up
on the evidence of a Negro belonging to Mullett Hall, and
fully committed for attending nocturnal meetings for the pur-
pose or training or drilling • but it was hoped that the restrit
would not be serious to the'Negroes, as they had expressed a
willingness to confess every thin; they were acquainted with.'
" JAN. I.—ln consequence of the information given by the
four Negroes on Balcarres' property, mentioned in Monday's
• paper, thirteen Negroes have been apprehended in that parish
for being concerned in rebellious purposes, and are to be
forthwith tried by Slave Courts.
JANUARY 2.—The letters received by the posts from the
different parts of the island, are, generally speaking, satisfac-
tory as to the state of the slave population ; yet the utmost
vigilance and caution ought nevertheless still to be preserved,
and we hope no relaxation in these will take place for some time.
" On Wednesday evening two Negroes, Henry and Thomas,
belonging to Miss Woodworth, of St. George's, were sent to
this city, under charge of a party of Maroons, and in conse-
quence of the information they gave, a Negro named Chance,
belonging to Dr. Damn, was apprehended, and underwent an
examination yesterday, and was remanded.
" JAY. 3.—The Colombian schooner Guyerena, from Car-
thagena in five days, with dispatches, and two Commissioners
on board, anchored at Port Royal yesterday.
" JAN. s.—The militia guards in this town were discon-
tinued this morning, and it affords us mccli pleas= to say
that the whole has been conducted with the greatest order and
propriety, and highly creditable to the good discipline of the
regiment.—(Sl. Je'o Gazette.)
JAN. 6.—The militia guards in this ci'y were disconti-
nued at ten o'clock yesterday morning ; and it is gratifying to
have to state that the utmost decorum, regularity, and good
discipline, prevailed in the guards throughout the time they
were kept."