The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-17 00:00:00

RIOT A

ALM()UTH, JAMAICA

Adv'ces from Jamaica have ty en received, and convey
the particulars of an outbreak at Palmouth of the black
a Baptist named
PNVl:uldi't 0,,,.a hlrraatdtier:gi atTill'ilatrhtnv"tt,idt t,• its its origin it is found that
some time since about 100 Africans raptured
It! it ,lever on
the e,iast of Cuba were t.tket to Jamaica, and the, e placet;
with a plaster in the mountains. Ward, with some col ur, e
allies, went and be.l converse with the Afiicans. a, d hay
ittpresat•ti the m with the notion that they were'' free'
men, the', left the plaotltioni on which they were in
g .ged. . Tee philter apphen to the magistracy, who sent.
a constabuiary f ree to bring back the Africans. Warn
and his coloured supporters drove tff the civil officers
and this led to the Ordering out of troops A Colonel
with his 111011 took the field against the aggressors, but
wis goon tepellt d.,nd the Colonel and 14 Men wounded.
I..l:rmat ion of this blistuthance Was then forwarded tr.
Kingston, w her, it created some sensati-n. A tell batta.
-lion of troops, lately a•rised there from behind, w;th other
detachment, followed to meet the insurg,ents, and in this
tccond engag. client nearly 100 of the olacks were killer
anti ktouNd. it. The leaders acre captured. In conse-
qnt.uce of this a number of the B.ptiet preachers had beet,
web red to quit ih.• gland, some of whom, it
is' as said, were connect,. d with the E-tsterti States. A jo-
(llc'at inv(%tiga ion into the matte r bad forthwiti
"I.e"cd, but tint closed at the date of the adviees,
How-
ever, as fir as tho etas nee had gone. it strongly tender.
10 iii•llieiste Ward as the prioetpal actor in the affair. I-1,
char„ ..d Nish etmee m ala the AfrLe,ns and harbouring
them afier tho minand of re
4:tution made by the tiv:;
officers.

their making
upon the minds of qualified
have their names in
lt, - fo -prnacr
parish
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te::lPe ty,:ueoasS
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COUNTY VoTERs.— We eitotan. LOU strongly
befire Moudia,
serted in the list of voters, which must be delivered or
transmitted toimtimtee(ohetreseceiraoilti: tftc:
lification is situate, together with one shilling, on or
or the claim cannot
b:t record( d .a.s valid. To those who have all eady
claimed, it will not be necessary for them to re-claim,
unless they have changed their place of abode or quali-
Liberal intc-uest should
fication, prio, to the 2011101 July. And we would par-
Parliancy
ticularly urge as a t'uty that every uiy). voter in the
the' 20th instant,
strictly examine that his resi-
dence and qualifie.o ion be properly. inset tedy as they' may
on the rn•xt rugt.ter. lave to record thrir votcs.
f otnllll-to :it resp,ct "1
under the Reform Act, vt ill !cup: their vot, s fur the next
eleettes in cit es nod boroughs, entitled
Y"rt utiirss ,hey r IV on or before the '2oth day of July
all the p00,'5,,,t, s (awl wit dow tax,
voters net.t. send in their
a any) payable
their pretni.es oreviously to the
statements of
6'h day of April. CooroY
c aims o c or before the 20th day of July'.
PENNY POSTAGE.--A return has been made to
the noose 01 Commons. encamping comparative
through the Post_offiee since the commencement
of the 1),,„,/, postage, and. t lie number that
ten passing
tocrPase that is still going
the number of letters that have passed
pissed dcr;ng the corresponding months of 1839:
on. For the week ending
rwt.,tt,prdosmiainngd
increase
re"ult is tavourabh., not so much on account of the
i.ocrease which tuck place at first, as the progressive
the 2d of March, 1839, the number of el-Pi geahle let.
tn
outwards,otnl ltrho uignhlBlty4haoes
i1:5;:v...i.inf.8r3n8.1303P;8710itc741 L.fooornrdt oah nel)ictoti alre:
1839, the total number was
ne• t o 22d June.
emnc:irie tha.n, double the amount. For the four weeks
1,649 020, and for the sa ue month, 1840, 3,665,193,
considerably more than double the amount. The num-
ber of letters for the London district, under the old.
kystcut, oaouet be ascerteicutl, 003 li 0 register %AS kept,

but since the Penny Postage commenced it has gra-
dually increased, having he"n for the !Cur we( ks end-
ing Februare 1, 1849, 1.539 574, and tot tlia four
weeks ending June 22, 1.702.:344. Toe total number
of letters delivered in the United Kingdom, for the
week ending the 24th Nqvember,lB39,was 1,585,973. and
for the week ebding the 21st June, 1840, it wa53,221,206,
the number of letters posted in England and Wal,es,
since the establishment of the Penny Postage, has In-
creased 100 per cent. with a small fraction more ;
in Ireland the increase has been barely 100 per cent.,
but in Scotland it has been considerably more. The
numbers in the weeks ending Nov. 24. 1839 and June
21, 1840, have been respectively 153,065 and 352,098.

TIIE 111,41{Klt:TS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

There has been a large arrival of English Wheat and Flour
this week, but not much other Gran ; anti ot Foreign Corn a
considerab'e quant.ty. The Wheat trade in consequence ot the
fine weather, has been very dull since Mondry, and the factors
disposed to take less money for English parcels. Barley.
Beans. and Peas unvaried. Oats were off red at rather less
prices in consequence of the foreign paying duty. The Flour
ii ade as list stated. London Averages :—Wheat 9 594 quarters,
at 755. Bd. Oats-14,775. at 28s. 6d. beans 1,108, at 465.
per quarter.
SMITHFIELD.

A moderate supply, with a good attendance of buyers, and
a !,risk trade. The favourable change in the weather caused
Lamb to be in more demand, and the price 6 have advanced 2d.
to 4d. per stone. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 8(1. ; Mutton; 4s.to ss. ;
Veal, ss. to ss. Bd. ; Lamb, ss. 4d. to 61. 2d ; Pork, 4s 4d.
to ss. 4d. Beasts, 701 ; Sheep and Lambs, 9,300 ; Calves,
398; Pigs; 374. Hay; 3/. Iss. to 5/. 2s. 6d.; Clover, 41. ss.
to 6/. ; Straw, U. ISs. to 2/. 2s.
COLONIAL MARKETS.
Prices were firm for all the leading articles, but there was
only a limited business don, by private treaty, and the 1 abbe
sales were unimportant, with the exception of Coffee, some
large parcels of which were brought forward, and went off at
steady rates.
TEA MARKET.
There was a fair amount of business transacted, and prices
were firm. Company's Congou was 2s. Oil to 2s. Id. cash.
TALLOW MARKET.
Prices were firm for Russian, and there was a fair business
transacted at 525. on the spot, and 02s. tid. to arrive.
METAL MARKET.

The market has become heavy, and prices on the decline,
especially for iron.
SPIRIT MARKET.

Rum was in fair demand, ani prices firmer. Brandy dull,
and prices on the declitill.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY. 7' 1./7111. VS O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Incesnet.—Tne demised
'or cotton to-day has bento a hir 0xt....t ; sales 5,000
bags at fi, mer prices: I 000 on liceuintion.
LIVERPOOL HARE Lt T —Co %ter MO Birkenhead
New Snares, 15; Glasgow and Edinburgh 191; Glasgow
and Paisley, ; Great ‘Arestein half. shares, 48k ; S .uth
Western, 59; Al..,cheATer and Birmingham, ; N e•th
111.iland, 941; ditto El me, 37,1 ; S putt) E oucin,
Market much firmer, and shares geeerally in demand ; a
,lee (led change for the b -tter has taken pl. c in North
Mielaties which are in rt qu at the cksing tiu nations
A rriv 4IS this it orninc— A J mail. by the. Lapwing,
,aiicti from St. Thonia.'? Jun. 6, Cape H. girl June 12; atso
a tenth and 0 .tchii ma •l.
By th.. J trosic i mail. we have rcceiv .d J rinaic r papers
to the 10th June. The packet arrived yesterdey afternoon
in 38 days Flom London, bring ing dates to the ht of May.
Ttie following are rettrscts ;
" A r. p, ri leached S 1 apish town yesterday that certain
huildi' gs teemed on a fait of King's 11111 platitaiion, in
the palish of St. John, had been destroyed by arson ; a
dot ci nicet cf ;Alice was dispatched for the purpose to
avisr.hetsel tl e parties; they it turned at ebout ten o'clock
this moritirg, t, avirtg m cherge seventeen persons supposed
to b.. et Ind! ;.liy cove, int d its the efrair.
" TIIE WEATHER—STATE OF CULTIVATION —There
is a general drought throughout the whole i-land The
valleys ard. plains are latterly parrhee, not exeeptin the
-o railed aster ;whim's of St. M.sry and St. George
The cane and cs fr e piec.s generally speaking. are cli.-ti
in the p rish. s where the system of free labour had
somewhat settled down "
The north side papers are principally filed with remarks
on time lase riot at Falmouth. of whica we give the parti-
culars in another part of the pap- r.
With the cicuptien of the 'lot, the islanders are quiet
and peaceable. The labourers. too, seem. general.)
speaking, to be on uettar terms eiih their s mei.) ers, anti
the latter are taking courage. and making iiteparatimis for
she next y ea.'s crop. In many polishes large quantities of
plant, hate teen set
CENTRAL. A MERICA,—Lii Haut Nicolly artived at
Belize on the 18 h of April, from his n.ission to
mita, which city he left on the 10th. While there he was
presented by her Majesty's Consul to the President of the
States, who received him with distineuished politeness.
We have ivery reason to'believe that, with the excl)-
, tion of a certain c'ique in San Salvador, rise British name,
generally speaking, stands well in Central America.
We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yestet-
day's date.
BOURNS OF AII,TERDAM. JULY 14.—The market is calm
in respect to the National Funds, and the prices without
variation. In Spanict the market has b-en active in sales,
and although the BJurse of Autwerp was weak the prices
are well sustained. Spanish
TIIE FUNDS.
This is pay day for the settlement of the Consol Ac-
count of yesterday, and we have no doubt the various
checks given for the balances will be duly honoured.
We have received the Hamburgh mail of the date of
the 14th July. with papers of same date, bringing the
Exchauge on London 13 151, same as per the last mail ;
Gold 427, two marks lower; Metal. 1071; Bank Ac-
tions, 1,835 The above papers do not contain any poli-
tical news of consequence.
Cr nsols for Money, 9Q ; for the August Account,
27, 924 ff ; Exchequer B I s, 30 32 prem. ; India Bonds, 2
4 pri m. ; Bank Stock, 173 174; India Stock. 253 254
In the Foreign Market the chief business doing i in
Spanish Active ; at present. 28k ; Deferred 131 ; Pas
sive, 6i 7 ; Portuguese, 351 ; Three per Cents . 231
; Colombian, 274 28 ; Mexican, e 1 ; Brarlian. 80 81 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531 ; Five per
Cents., 102 1031.
SriARE a.— LniolOn and Brighton 7 61 dis. ; Great West.
ern, 39.140.1 prem. ; Blackwall, 2% ; Birming.
9.5 97 prem. ; Southatnnton, 59 60 per Share ;
C-oyeloo, 12.1 per share ; Greenwich. 81 91 per sh ire ;
Manchester and B rmingham, 10 8 dis.
OF STOCKS Tlll-; DAY AT ONE O'CLOC..
1-lank Stock
:3 per Cent. It ed...
3 per Cents. Con.
:1% per Cent. ... 1(10% 011 Annuities ...
Ditto 11(11 ... 1004% New Ditto
New 3% per Cent. ...... 99i a 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ...... 5001. 32 30 pm.
Jan. 5, 1860... 131 13-16 Ditto Sinai!
(let. 10, 1859.
Jan. 5, leo. ...... 14 Ditto Advertised ... —fpm.
Jan. 5, 1880. • Bank Stock for Acct... -.-
April 5, 1880. India Stock for Acct... 254
Jan. 5, 1870.
- °REIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AI ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds
Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account
Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds
Brazilian Bonds ... BO% Dim. New Bonds
Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3'per Cent ...
Ditto Account — Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds — Prussian Bonds ..... ...
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds Ditto Account
Ditto Account.
Columbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds
Ditto Acc0unt......... Ditto Account
Danish. Bonds — Passive
Ditto Account Deter rod ... l3i%
Greek Bonds
Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 per cent...
Ditto Aeeotint — 3 per cent.. —f. —e
Mexican Bonds,s per cent Exchange... —f. —e.
Ditto Account .. Dutch. 2% per cent ... 53i1
Ditto. 6 per Cent...... Ditto Accoun
Dit,o Account - Ditto, 5 per cent
Neapolitan
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
s. d. s. d. ag. s. d.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties
Great Western
Date New
London and Brighton
London and South Western 3Bk
Manchester and Birmingham ... 7,0
Ditto Extension 7 ..... 4
South Eastern and Dover 23 -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Commercial of London lOO lOO le
London and Westminster
HALF-PAST ONE.
We have received Demerara papers to the 26th a'
May, from which are given an extract of the speech of his
Excellency the Governor, with which the Combined
Court was adjourned c n Monday last sine die.
He states that the decision to which the majority of the
Court came on Saturday last, and which, after an interval
of forty eight hours, has been this morning deliberetelr
confirmed by their signatures, amount to an express detkr-
mmatton on their part not to pr .coed with the estimate
except on terms to which it is impossible he can ace, de. and
therefore imposes en him the duty of terminating ths
Session; consequently, on the Ist of July next, the ci. rgy.
!he police, the public ho. eitals, will be uriprovided fies
nor will any increase for the subsistence of prisoners in the
gaols, either in town or el.ew here. have been provided
iv the Combined Court. Public werks now in progress
ill be delayed. and Nib hrelten with the public cr. dine-.
From the Jamr.ica Despatch of the 29'h of May, we ex-
tract the fol at ing ;
In Trelaen y we La.lieve of all the parishes in
the island will there b. made any thing I'ktr a suear crop ;
&A we are w.'il ;stewed b) practical men of great eat e-
rience that the crops 'generally show a deficiency rev.ar
.compared vtith last year of not less thin irosn tw lee to
fifteen thousand hogsheads of sugar, and a corresponding
deficiecey of other produce "
Cursors arc a shatte Inver than in the early part or the
morning, and msy be quoted at 92 ter tile 27,h otl
August, next, Aceoteit ; M sney, 91i ; Exchequer
two shillings low r. 32 30 prem. ; brute l 3 .nds also
lower, 3 2 erem. ; Bank Stock, 1734.
In the Foreien Ma ket v. ry It tt • fining ; Spanish
Active, 281 ; P. rtuguese, me.hirg don. ; Br.z liar, 80s ;
Mexican, 33; Deco Twe-ond-e. Ha f, e3i
SHARES.—Not much doing in Stares. winch at; lower ;
London and Brighton. 28 ; London at d S:iuth Weeeern
59k; South Easter -1"14 .v n 1 • •^ n Cuunti,7s .15/: