The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-13 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

Her Majesty's packet Hope, Lieut. Creser anivedi!at Fal-
mcuth on Thu sway morning, from St. Thomas's Feb. 4, Cape
Henri Feb, 9. On fr.•ight 70,000 dollars.—Fissengers :—The
Hon. Captain Harris, of the Racehorse,- invalided, and super-
se led by Captain Fitzgerald, of the Magnificent ; Mr. Ste-
phens, of London ; Mr. FishLurn, stipendiary magistrate, from
Jarnaiva ; Mr. Sangenitti, Member of the Assembly for St.
Catharine's, Jamaica; Mr. Drake •, Philip Miles; Esq., M. P•
for B.istel, and Miss Atkins; also Mr. J. S. Wilkinson, of the
Skipjack, superseded by J. J. Warr,n, of the Cleopatra. The
Hecla,.steamer, brought up the Jamaica mails of the 2d of
Feb. The ship Matilda, of London, from Jamaica for Lon-
don, last Bermu !a, where she had been to repair, was pas,ed
off Sc lly by the Hope, 23 days from the latter island.
We regret exceedingly to observe by our advices from Ja-
maica, that the season had been particularly unhealthy in that
island; which, it would appear, extended even to a prevalence
of the preceding six months. 'the number of deaths amongst
the civilians has been unusually large, whilst the naval and
milit :ry classes have also suffered considerably, particularly
the latter; the 821 regiment is instanced as having lost up-
wa• ds of one tenth of its strength since its arrival n April,
1840. Her Majesty's brig Pilot had at one time 63 cases of
fever on board ; it is with pain we learn that she had lost her
master, surgeon, and five men by that contagion.
Of the productions of the island, little can be done this year,
generaly, owing to the drought of last year, at least not until
August. Present appearances afford a in ospect, moreover,
that the ensuing sugar crops will exceed the average of late
year=, provided some unforeser n event does not transpire to
blight the expectations of the planters. The negro population
are said to exemplify, on most estates, a praiseworthy attention
to their engagements. Singular enough, they appear to enter-
tain so great a dread of the treatment they had to endure, as
bond-servants, by overwork, that instances are tuld us, in eases
of pressing orders for sugar from" o rtain estates, double pay
has been offered them to w,rk at but no inducement
could prevail in overcoming their aversion to work over-hours.
reply was, " We like de money very well, but de work
make de flesh swell." - . .

His Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe had issued invitation
cards for a ball to be given on the 10th of February, in cele-
bration of the birth of the Princess Royal. The llou,e of Cor-
rection at Kingston contained at the clo3e of last year as many
as 200 inmates. The new Judges at Jamaica were to be W.
C. M'llougall and W. Stevenson, Esqrs. ; Mr. Panton would
accept the Vice-Chancellorship.
On the 25th January the Governor of St. Thomas's gave a
splendiA ball to the officers of the Cleopatra and Ringdove,
which was returned by the Cleopatra on the nextday. On the
27th both men of war went to sea. On the 28th the Cleopatra
returned from her cruise, having taken a vessel, on board of
which were 265 slaves, rnd had sent her to Ilavannah for ad-
judication. She was bound to Porto Rico. J. P. Nissen,
Esq., of Saint Thomas's, died on the 27th of January, in the
73d year of his age; the greater part of his life has been spent
on the island, as his " Reminiscences of his 46 years' Resi-
dence" inform us, where his memory will be long cherished
with esteem and respect.
The Linnet packet had arrived at Barbadoes..