The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-04 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

Tier Majesty's packet Magnet, Lieut. Griffith, arrived
at Falmouth on Monday morning, having left Barbadoes
Sept, 4, ht, Latela 6, Martinique 7, Dominica and Guada-
loupe 9, Antigua 11, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts 12,
Tortola 13, arriving on the same day at St. Thomas,
where she received the La Guayra and Leeward Island
mails, ex the Tartarus steamer ; and thoSe from Jamaica
to Sept. 20, brought up by the steamer Fla Mer. On
freight 9,0001.
,Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Subercasaux
and servant, Mr. Jules Deville, Mr. Baralt, and Captain
Roche, of the 47th Regiment.
lier Majesty's packet Seagull had arrived at St.
Thomas, and expected to leave with the next West India
mails on Oct. 7.

The French Government has issued an ordinance
which appears in an official advertisement in the Bar-
badoes papers. The following are the chief contents :
" The port of Port Louis, situated in Grand-terra
(Guadaloupe) is open to the importation-of foreign mer-
chandise enumerated in the tables A B C, attached to
the ordinance of the Bth September, 1839, under the con-
ditions
and restrictions set forth by the same ordinance,
and by that of the sth February, 1826, as regards the
importation of the same merchandise in the other parts of
the French Antilles already open to foreign commerce."
The failure of Messrs. William Jenkins and Co., of
London, we are sorry to learn, has had a very injurious
effect on several of the West India merchants, an.'..l other
individuals who had extensive and confidential dealings
with the unfortunate house in question.
The House of Assembly at Jamaica had been pro-
rogued by proclamation from August 31 to October 5.
We extract the following Irons our advises and from
the Jamaica Papers ;
CARTHAGENA.—By the arrival of the Jane Ann, at
Kingston, on Thursday last, we have intelligence from
Carthagena to the 7th ult. Carmona still continued to
blockade the town, and prevented the vessel landing her
cargo. The Pickle and steamer Hydra were both there ;
but remained passive. 'The Attorney-General, it is under-
stood, has given his opinion that the blockade ought not to
be recognised, and that all commanders of her Majesty's
ships would be perfectly justified in protecting vessels
carrying provisions under the tritish flag., but in the ab-
sence of positive orders from the Commodore, they are
afraid of the responsibility. In the meantime, what little
trade there is between the countries suffers. The sloop
Mermaid, another vessel with provisions from th,:a.port,
had also been warned off the coast by CarmOna's fleet,
and had sailed two days before thq :lane Ann, but has
not yet arrived.

"-Several deaths 'nave taken place in the town from
Carmona's shot. • The Government Admiral, Tenon,
was still absent ; nobody seems to know where. Rio la
liache, however, is reported to have declared for
.the
Government party ! What effect this will have um,
will show. Upon these matters a correspondent, undo
date of the 7th ult., thus writes:—

" We are still besieged; last night the cannon on the
walls poured forth a tremendous shower of grape, &c., as
there was an attack on San Felipe. The Popa, too, has
not been idle : several houses have eyelet holes in them
from cannon-balls; all the world here are sleeping and even
living below, as they sometimes cannonade in the daytime.
Pepe Pazos' lady (Candelaria Eckart) wus killed by a
cannon shot on the 29th ult. The ball went through
three partitions before it reached her. There have been
two or three other deaths, but of a more lingering cha-
racter, caused by splinters, &c. What has become of
Admiral Tonon ? We haVe no intelligence of him since
the 19th ult., when he came from Baru, and had a little
skirmish with Padilla.

" I suppose you will have heard that Rio la Hache
has pronounced in favour of the Government of Bogota,
and they say that Herran was at Cucutta in July last,
on his way hither, via Maracaibo. For this reason some
say that Tonon has gone there to bring his troops—
veremos "

THE CONSPIRACY IN BELGIUM.
We have received some Belgian papers, which contain
further particulars respecting the alleged conspiracy.
It appears that the Ministry had received information
some days ago that an attempt would be made to intro-
duce arms and ammunition into Brussels, and on Friday
a seizure of this of this description was effected. Several
domiciliary visits were paid,: and amongst them one to
the house of a Captain de Crehon, the Commandant of
the Compagnie des blesses de Septembre, in the rue W.A.r.
gent. The Captain. was absent, but his room was opened
by a locksmith, by order of the police, but %yin) had in-,
structions, it is said, to take possession of a sum of money
which was in it. In the meantain Captain de Crehen was
arrested, but whilst the police were conveying him
to the Ministry of the Interior, he made his escape, and
took refuge in a house in the rue des Parissienst„but
finding himself surrounded, he surrendered, and was,..tallien
to. the Petits-Carmes, where he underwent several:Wcri,
rogatories. On the same day the police discovered, in;
one of the faubourgs, two pieces of cannon, and a qiitin7
tity of gunpowder, and also the house in which the cast-
ing of balls had been carried on. Several Other arrests
were made on Friday, and in the course of the night 200
pounds of gunpowder were seized in the house of the ex-
General Vandersmissen at Etterbeck. On Saturday a
sqeuvaenrtailtychoefsatsr
on
fs ,bianicllst,gt;l two portable howitzers and,
etches,l
and iron instruments
for throwing amongst cavalry to wound the horses, were
seized. It was said that most of these chests had been
received from Paris.
• The Brussels Observatetir, after stating the facts of the
arrests, says:—" At the time of the fetes of SepteMber
report was spread that a political movementwas to break
out and disturb the rejoicings. The. conspiratorawere,
it was said, divided as to the object of their efforts. Some
wished for a republic, others for a restoration. The only
—treme. lo-
thing upon which they were agreed was the overthrow
of the throne of King Leopold. Once conquerors of the
Government, they were to decide among themselves to
whom the fruit of this common triumph should be ad-
judged,-to a republic one and indivisible, or to the
of Holland. All this was stupid in the 0-•
day the same version is circulated
move-
ment, which was intended. •
as it is reported, shortly to
break out." The King of the Belgians is stated by this
il-one-
eThing
the
paper to be at his seat of Ardennes, and was to go this
week to St. Wort, where his Majesty has recently
bought Raw Ind, and where he intended to shoot for
several days, " There is no longer any mention," it
adds, 4, of another visit of the King to Paris."
Theßrusselspapers of Sunday contain the following:
" BRUSSELS, OCT. 31.
" We were in error in stating that the two brothers of
General Vamlersmissen had been arrested. One mer-
chant had only been taken. Madame, Vandersmisscit
and her son have been arrested. General Lecharlier has
also been arrested. He had just arrived from Loge. -
"The number of persons already in. Custody is 14..
We learn that arrests have been made at Lipg.e.,,
A letter from Brussels in the Peliiiksys
The
Government has Tue4ved numerous revelations, inform-
ing it that it movement' was to be made
.simultaneously
' iltiihent and Brussels • • but this sensPlPss conspiracy has
been defeated by the discovery of its chiefs._ Couriers
Were sent to the King at Ardennes with the first news of
the affair. He will no doubt immediately return to
Brussels, where he is anxiously expected. It is feared
that some ramifications of the plot have extended to the

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army, although in general it is *ell 'disposed and loyal.
The first effect produced by the mews was general hila-
rity ; for every one believed it. to be a ,jelte, .though a
very bad one. But we were obliged to give credence to
the proofs adduced."
The Quotidienne has a Brussels letter stating that
when M. de Crehen had an audience on Saturday of
General Buzen, Minister of War, he abused him, and at
leligth proceeded to acts of perSonal violence, against that
officer.

The Globe of Brussels says that the following persons
have been arrested in that capital, in addition to those
already mentioned :—M. Van Laethem formerly aide-
de-Camp to General Lecharlier; in the army. of Portugal ;
M. Van Swae, son of the late biirgoniaSter of Jette. It
adds, " among the persons implicated in this conspiracy,
there are t, es seen by the side of the Orangeists men
who played first parts in the -days of September, and
malcontents of all parties. AS' to the nature of the plot
• nothing is yet said, and the 'strange pile mele of the names
that figure in it scarcely allows of-an opinion being
formed upon it."
The Patriote Beige of Brussels supplies us with the
following further particulars relating to the conspi-
racy :—" Searches were made this morning (Saturday)
in two printing offices, for the purpose of arresting men
accused of plotting against the state. An old officer of
the Belgian Parisian Legion, who is at the head of a
printing office, was arrested yesterday. The number of
persons already in custody is fourteen. We learn that
arrests have been made at Liege. The troops were on
Friday evening confined to their barracks. The quarter
of Notre Dame aux Nieges was set` in commotion by
seeing the orderlies summoning the officers who are in
lodgings in the neighbourhood er the, barrack of the An-
nuneiades. Colonel Capiaumont is called from Antwerp,
with his regiment of chasseurs-partisans. He will reach
Vilvorde at six this evening. A regiment of lancers is
expected from Mechlin, and also a battery of artillery.
There was evidently a great stir this morning in the
offices of the Minister of War, whence estafettes were
.sent out in all directions. At the Messagerics -of M.
Van Gendt 3,8001b5. weight of ammunition were seized.
They were addressed to Captain Parent."