The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-21 00:00:00

except strong easterly winds from Jamaica to St. Thomas,
and as far north as latitude 31 deg., thence to Fayal
moderate south-west winclp.

The emancipation anniversary celebrations seem to
have passed off with unusual dulness.

We have our usual files of West India papers, but,
with the exception of congratulations on the improved
state of the weather and prospects of the crops, they
contain no news of importance. We gather from the
Jamaica Dispatch that for many years the island had
not been visited with so long and uninterrupted a series
of favourable weather as had been experienced since the
latter end of June, and never had the growth of cane
been so remarkable. The indications of a continuance
of this seasonable weather were still apparent; indeed,
in some parts of the island the fall of rain still con-
tinued, and the next year's crop was expected to be pro-
prtionably increased.

TRADE BET WEEN GIBRALTAR

AND SPAIN.

The following memorial to Lord Clarendon, the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, has been agreed upon at
the meeting Gf the board of the Manchester Commercial
Association, and has been, or is about to be, forwarded
to, his Lord

" To the Right lion. the Earl of Clareudon, Presiden
of the Board of Trade.

"The Memorial of the Directors —W
the Manchester
Commercial Association,
"Respectfully showeth—
" That your memorialists beg leave to direct your
Lordship's attention to the injurious position in which
the merchants of Gibraltir are placed by the peculiar
policy adopted towards them by the Spanish Government.
"'That by a decree of his late Mijesty Ferdinaed
goods of Walsh manufacture lawfully admitted into that
country, such as linens, woollens, &c., and British colo-
nial produce, were, if shipped from Gibraltar, burdened
with a very heavy extra duty, and Spanish vessels bring-
ing goods from Gibraltar, or even touching at that port,
lost their national character for the vo) age, forfeiting all
the privileges to which they would have otherwise been
entith d.

" That the pressure of this enactment was so severely
felt by the parties above referred to, that it was found
necessary to have recourse to the protection of the British
Government, and in the year 1837, after repeated remon-
strances made to the Spanish Government, and by the
able intervention and unremitting exertions of your
Lordship (at that time British Ambassador at the Court
of Spain), which services continue to be most gratefully
remembered, the obnoxious measure in question was
withdrawn, and the beneficial result became speedily
apparent in the restored prosperity,of Gibraltar, and the
increased vitality of its trade.
" That in the year 1841, the Spanish Government
having framed a new tariff; the former spirit of hostility
was unfortunately
_revived, which has again had the
effect of almost annihilating all legitimate mercantile in-
tercourse between Gibraltar and Spain.
" May it therefore please your Lordship to adopt such
measures as in your -wisdom may appear most calculated
to restore the merchants of Gibraltar, in their dealing
with Spain, to the same position in which, they were
placed in the year 1837, through your Lordship's ener.
getic and able intervention.—And your," &e.—idanches-
ter Guardian.