The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-30 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

We regret to s:ate that the next. West India packet, the
Lyra, Lieutenant. Morgan acting commander, has arrived M
Falmouth, with the following sailing dates, but brings no intel.
ligence from thence of any kin! in relation to the President
steam-ship. The Tyrian packet, however, may now be hourly
expected, as she arrived at St. Thomas's on March 22 ; and
should not anything be heard in the meantime of the ill-fated
steamer from Bermuda, or elsewhere direct, she may possibly
be more likely to be heard of by this following packet than by
any other means. The Lyra reports that some vessels had'put
into the islands in distress, dismasted in the Gulf Stream.
She sailed from 13arbadoes March 8, St. Lucie and 'Marti-
nique 9th, Dominique and Guadaloupe 10th, Antigua and
Montserrat 11th, Nevis and St. Kitt's 12th, Tortola 13th,
and St. Thomas's 24th, having been detained for the
arrival of the Venezuela, hired steam-packet, from the Lee-
ward, and for the Hecla from the Windward, with return
mails; loft Port au Prince March 23th, and Cape Henri 29th
Her advices from Jamaica ate only to the 22d. Passengers—
Messrs. 11. Anderson, Joseph Morgan, and Browne, 11. N. ;
on freight, about 600/. in gold. A correspondent gives us the
following scrip :—" At Martinique, the French frigate Astrea
and two brigs of war are at anchor ; at Gnadatoupe, a French
brig of war. The French Admiral has visited the islands,
and the greatest anxiety prevails respecting a war with Eng-
land." NVe are informed that fever had been prevalent at
St. Thomas's, and several deaths had taken place. At many
of the islands the want of water was seriously felt, and fiom the
dryness of the season the crops were not looking well. The
Hingdove anchored at St. Thomas's on March 21, but on
hearing of a suspicious-looking vessel having been seen off
the island, left the same day in chase. It will afford some
satisfaction to learn that from the attention paid to the health
of the crew of this vessel, only one death has taken place on
board from the period of her leaving England, a space of four
years. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at St. Thomas's
on 24th March, which had created much alarm, but happily no
•her ill consequence was known to have happened therefrom.
The Maltese immigrants, who had been landed at Grenada,
and were in a sad state there, are on their way back, via New
York.

The Jamaica Colonial Ugislative Assembly had been pro-
rogued from March 9th to April 13th, by proclamation. the
immigrants arrived by the Robert Kerr, from Limerick, had
been nearly all engaged. Active measures were being taken
to promote the erection of a light-house on Morant Point, on
the plan of Mr. Gordon, of London. Her Majesty had been
pleased to disapprove the finding and sentence of the Court-
martial on Lieut. Findlay, by which he was ordered to be dis-
missed from her Majesty s service.
Our Correspondent from Montego Bay writes :—" The
only news of this week is comprised in the pleasing fact, that
the late severe cause of dry we/tiler has at last ceased, cal
the neighbourhood of the town has at last been refreshed li-it'll
delightful showers for the last two days. This ears have but
little effect upon the present crop, which, I much fear,
will prove in the aggregate even less than the last, but must
operate beneficially on the young plants and general prospeers
of the next. This parish has suffered much from drought
also has Westmoreland ; but in Hanover their hopes of the
present crop are more gratifying."
From the northern part we learn that the weather continstas
on this side of the country unpropitious. The properties in
Liguanea are literally burnt up. Very little water in any
of the ponds ; the stock, in consequence, suffering, and
prospect of next year's crop very far from being cheerful or
encouraging.
The Jamaica Despatch of March 22, says :—" Thank
God ! the Winnows of Heaven' are again opened, and the
rains hare descended to nurture the parched earth !
" On Friday night, and on Saturday, this city end its neigh-
bourhood were favoured with deliciously refreshing showers.
We hope our friends in St. Elizabeth and the other parishes
have been similarly blessed.
" In St. Elizabeth the sufferings of the poorer classes have
been dreadful. he rich, too, have suffered. A proprietor,
in the Santa Cruz mountains, writing to his friend, last post,
ys3 lam obliged to lock up my pumps, and give out two
or three pailiful of water a-day. We are on short allowance,
and I may manage to hold out for a week or ten days longer.
If we have not rain by that time, God knows what we shall
do !' 13v this tine, we hope short allowance' is no ;longer
necessary, and that man, the beast of the earth, and the bird
of the air, have alike cause for gratitude to an all-wise Provi-
dence for his beneficence !"
FIRE AT BLENHEIM ESTATE, HANOVER.—We 'are in-
debted to an esteemed Correspondent for the following infor-
mation :

" On Monday night last, at twelve o'clock an alarm of fire
was given at the works on Blenheim estate, and it was found
to proceed from the Stoke hole-shed—in a moment, it pro-
ceeded to the shingles of the boiling-house; within a short
period this large building was completely consumed—the
labourers of the estate as well as those of Houghton Tosser,
together with persons from Lance's Bay, were exceedingly in-
defatigable in their exertions to extinguish the fire, and suc-
ceeded in saviig the curing-house, which was attached to the
boiling-house ; the curing-house had in it at the time forty-
three hogsheads of sugar. The conduct of the labourers de-
serves the greatest praise. The cause of this conflagration
was purely accidental, fire having been left in the stoke hole,
communicated with the shed." _

The following is from our Correspondent at St. Thomas's :
"A brig or brigantine arrived at St. Thomas's, ma the
‘2lst January, 1841, under jury-masts, and carrying the
Danish flag ; the name on her stern is Active. According to
common report. she was found at sea, with no person on board,
somewhere near Madeira, about the 6th of December, 1840,
by the Danish Ship Johanna Maria, Captain Christmas, from
Copenhagen, bound for Madeira, Saint Thomas's, and St.
Croix. Captain Christmas put a few hands on board of her,
and sent her to Saint Thomas's, where she arrived as stated
above. The collector of customs and other authorities took
charge of 'the vessel and cargo ; the latter consisted
of dry goods, tin, iron, and other articles, which
have been landed and stored, a considerable part of the cargo
in a damaged state. It is said that the vessel was
from Liverpool, and bound for Lisbon, but no partieul,,w
as to her have been published, nor was her arrival men-
tioned in the St. Thomas's papers. The law or practice fn
St. Thomas's is said to be such that Captain Christmas and
his crew will receive half the proceeds of the entire cargo, and
of the vessel, in the name of salvage. The legal and other
expenses attending the vessel and cargo at St. Thomas's will be
heavy, of course, so that the net :proceeds may not amount to
a large sum. Captain Christmas no doubt acted .as he thought
right, but it is to be regretted that he did nut send her at once
to Madeira, to which place she was hound. Capt. Christmas
arrived at St. Thomas's from Madeira on the 31, and brought
in his own ship a quantity of goods that he took from on board
the Active. Report says that he landed or sold about 5,000
dollars of the cargo of the Active at Madeira, and that lie was
fined in t 2,500 dollars by the authorities of that island."
Trade at Jamaica was very dull, and a general panic pre-
vailed, owing, it was said, to the state of the Maine, no treri::
being done. Exchange 97 for 1001. The three banks are re-
filing discount.

SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARI-
NERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The anniversary mectir;:z
of this society was held on Wednesday at the London
Tavern, 13ishopsgatc-street, Admiral Sir George 6:ra:-
burn in the chair. There were many gallant ntliecrs pre-
sent. A preliminary address having Lem delivered by the
chairman, Edward West. Esq., the secretary, read ti.;;
report. It stated that the number of subscribers brld
greatly increased, the fishermen enrolled es contributor=
amounting to 1,972. During the past year 126 widows,
436 children, and •187 aged parents of fishermen and ma-
riner?, had obtained relief, which, with the number cf mer
assisted after :shipwreck. made a total of 1,t,61 persona
participating. in the benefits of the institution. The num.
ber of auxiliary societies, at present, amounted to 401.
From the balance-sheet it appeared that the subscrip-
tions and dona'ions ?mounted to 1,893/. Is. bd.; the re.
mittances from the branch associations to 2,002/. 17s. 3d.,
which, with the a,idition of the interest on stock, and
other items, made the receipts .1,9581. Bs. 10d. The dis.
bursements loft a balance in favour of the society of
4:)3/. 4s. 3d. Reso!utions were moved by Sir George
Westphall, Major OliphaiA, Captain Sw ceney, Captain
Redmayne, and Sir James Adolphus, after which the offi-
cers for the year were appointed, and thanks voted to the
chairman. The meeting then broke up.

MR. 'WARD'S NEW NOVEL, " DE CLIFFORD,
OR, THE CONSTANT Mars."-Agaia do we hail
with
great
pleasure a work from Mr. Plumer Ward; full of all the
vigour of his earlier writings, rich in all the raciness of
humour, and in every passage displaying his knowledge
of human nature, and his insight into character, comes
~ De Clifford"—fit follower, or, rather, fit companion,
for his " Tremaine" and his "De Vere." In a world in
which there arc never Wanting heads ready to fit on caps.
when manufactured like those of Mr. Ward in this novel—
t is, however,
onthe on one novel—
we have no doubt many of the characters will be appro
themselves,priated either r by
they.
.different prominent public persons to
friends.vill be helped to them by their
I
of Alr.cNaVnarmdake 'sgtrhe
great gifts
to be able,while
and despicable writhe under his satire, on the other, to
embody in his personifications, real or imaginary, of the
e hand he
great and good, all those qualities and attributes which
tend so beautifully to adorn his pages and delight his
readers. “De Clifford" is a first-rata production.-John
Bull.
LIFE AND LITERARY REMAINS OF L. E. L.
—The mysterious death of the accomplished and ill-fated
L. E. L., we are glad to learn, has undergone a most
searching inquiry, the result of n Bich her literary executor,
Liman Blanchard, Esq., is about to lay before the public
in his forthcoming " Life and Literary Remains of
L. E. L. ;" and it is rumoured that the revelations there
to be met with are such as must once more excite general
attention to those strange circumstances attending lacy de-
cease, which, when imperfect intelligence of them reached
this country, created such painful anxiety in the minds of
her numerous friends and admirers. It is scarcely possible
to imagine anything likely to create so deep a sensation as
the terrible fate which overtook this amiable and gifted
creature, and whilst Mr. 13lanchard's Memoir will fami-
liarize the reader with her "sad, eventful history," the
various productions from her pen appended to it, now pub-
fished for the first time, among which is a tragedy, said to
be of singular interest, will, we have no doubt, still further
increase the public admiration of her genius, and the gene.
ral regret that her splendid career should h vebeen "
abruptly and cruelly terminated.
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ROME, APRIL 13.—Monsignor G. Batassi,
Bishop of Bagnorca, Internuncio, and papal delegate in New
Grenada, is recalled to go to another delitination and Mon-
signor Savo, Canon of St. Peter, is appointed his successor.
Among the numerous strangers who lately arrived here, we
remarked the Marquis of Londonderry, who however set out
for Florence before Easter, and Lord Pronghorn, who went on
to Naples, where one of his near lelations is 'aid to be taken ill.