The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAT.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Dee, Captain \Vm. Allan, arrived
this morning, at eleven o'clock, from the West
Indies, with the usual snails,' in charge of Lieutenant
Hay, Admiralty agent. On her homeward voyage
the-Dee experienced a succession of easterly winds
till the sth of June, when more favourable winds
sprang up. She then exhibited the benefit of the
recent alteration, and performed the distance from
that date till arrival in excellent time.

The latest dates brought by the Dee are—Vera
Cruz Bth May, Tampico 4tb, Chagres 10th, Cartha-
gene 12th, Jamaica 13th, Demerara 12th, Trinidad
12th, Barbadoes 14th, Grenada 13th, Porto Rico
17th, St. Thomas 19th, Antigua 15th, Santa Martha
27th April, Grey Town 3d May.
The Dee brings on freight 703,376 dolls. on mer-
chants' account, 51,000 dolls. for the dividends,
128,584 dolls. gold dust and gold in bars, 2,030 dolls.
pieties, 17,023 dolls. British coin, silver, &c., 137
serons of cochineal, 27 serons of indigo, 18 tierces of
coffee, 61- barrels of coffee, and 75 packages various.
The news from Jamaica is to the 14th of May,
but there is little of interest to the English reader.
The cholera, we regret to say, had re-appeared in
some of the agricultural districts, but not to any very
considerable extent. Business affairs have never,
perhaps, at any period since 1847, been subjected to
so many depressing influences as they are at the pre-
sent time.

A correspondent says—
" The unwise and disproportionate shipments which
have of late been made to this market—the system of
forced business which ensued thereon—the enormous
loss which our population,has sustained by the effects of
cholera, by which upwards of 30,000 consumers were
cut off within a very brief space of time, and the cir-
cumstance that the disease is still lingering in the island,
have all helped to render the business which has been
transacted here during the last five or six months unpro-
fitaale, hazardous, and fluctuating. The weather is
tolerably fine. The May seasons may be said to have
set in. As yet we have had very little rein in town, but
we may confidently expect showers to our heart's con-
tent in a short time. We are afraid, however, that these
will be attended with the amount of sickness that usually
accompanies sudden changes from intense drought to
wet weather."
When the French war steamer Milare left Guade-
loupe on the 17th, they experienced a succession of
shocks of earthquake for the previous twenty. four
hours, and at the time of her departure the shocks
were still continuing. It is feared that much damage
has been sustained. As the Milare sailed after the
Derwent, no further particulars are known. At
Martinique the shocks were felt on the 16th, and at
Montserrat a few hours before she left.
On the 11th of May, died Sir John A. 13 MurrayM‘Gregor, Bart., Governor at Virgin Islands, having
only held the appointment seven weeks, 41.
aged
Theat the time
Her Majesty's brig Helena, being in port
of his funeral, fired minute guns. officers and
part of the crew attended the obsequies. Though
very Sir John held the appointment ave short time, his
value was discerned and appreciated. Sir John died
at the Government-house at Tortola.
Stations of her Majesty's ships—lnflexible, Captain
Dyke, at Havannah ; schooner,
Grey Town, to relieve the Ali Bermuda, en route to
Alban steam-tender; brig
.
Helena, Commander
,DeßCaourosfeyi,Andguilcla ; Pertain,
Commander Bulman
(flag), at Bermuda ; Wellyesley, ditto; Sappho, Ber-
muda; Alarm, ditto; Scorpion,' at St'. Thomas, sur-
veying. The French war steamer Milare arrived at
St. Thomas, from Guadaloupe, on the 18th of May.
Stations. of the Company's steam-ships—The Tay,
Captain Chapman, hourly expected at St. Thomas
when the Dee sailed; Avon, Captain Host, en route
for Chagres, on the 11th May ; Treat, Captain Clark,
at S. Thomas, on the 19th May, waiting for out-
ward mails ; Conway, Captain Woolley, at Havannah ;
Eagle, Captain Wilson, at Barbadoes, on the 14th
May ; Derwent, Captain Onslow, at S. t. Thomas, on
the 19th May, waiting for outward mails.
Ships spoken with on return Voyage.—Juue 1, in
lat. 41 30, long. 31
30, the American ship
Rose
Standish, of Boston.

JAMAICA MARKETS.
(From Cordova's Mercantile Register.)
The market for cod and pickled fish has been more
thou upoily depressed since our issue of tile 26th 0,3

the imports of those articles having been on a scale oon.
aldcrably in excess of the ordinary consumption. prices
have consequently declined; and there does notesist
any immediate prospect of improvement.
We have no improvements to notice either in the de.
wand for or the value of breadstuffs.
The Customs Tonnage Duty Bill has passed both
branches of the Colonial Legielatnre, and received the
assent of the Governor. The Bill imposes the duty of
2s. 6d. per ton on vessels entering the several ports of
the island until the 10th of October ensuing, when that
rate will be reduced to 23. per ton. The Bill will re-
main in force for seven years.
Exchanges on London—Colonial Bank, 90 days,
per cent. discount; 60 days, par; 30 days, per cent.
prem.; Jamaica Bank, 60 days, per cent. discount;
30 days, par.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, June 6.
DIVIDENDS.
At the ort, Basinghall-street.
S. Davies, Times Wharf, Pimlico, coal merchant, Juno
26, at half-past one—G. Ralston Bow, engineer, June
27, at half-past eleven—F. E. DI Haat, Aldermanbur_y
City, merchant, June 27, at half-past twelve—S. F.
Stephens, Old Broad-street, City, bill broker, June 27,
at eleven—D. Le Boutittier, Northumberland-place,
Commercial-road East, draper, .June 27, at eleven—S.
H. Whittle, Vine-street, Regent's-street tailor, June
28, at eleven—T. A. Curtis, Tokenhousc-yard, City,
merchant, June 28, at eleven—Ll. J. Hogg, Landpert.
Portsea, auctioneer, June 28, at half-past eleven—J.
Perry, Harlow, Essex, grocer, July 1, nt eleven—B. W.
A. Sleigh, Bedford-street, Strand, printer, July 1, at
half-past twelve.

In the Country.
C. Evans. Merthyr Tydvil, Glannorganshire, ironmon-
ger, June 27, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J, Lloyd
and G. Lloyd, Brinningtnn, Chester, builders, June 27,
at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. P. Old&ld, Li-
verpool, commission merchant, June 27, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—G. Blake, Liverpool, soap manufac-
turer, Jane 27, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J.
Suker and 11. Suker, Birkenhead, Chester, carpet and
furniture dealers, Juno 27, at eleven, at the Court, Li-
verpool —S. Marshall, liiegiton.upon-flull. builder,
July 2, at half-past twelve, at the Then-hall, lilngston.
upon-
Hull—W. Wyrill, Bradford, Yorkshire, ironmou..
ger, July 1, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Horafield,
Wheelock, Chester, coal dealer, June 27, at eleven, as
the Court, Liverpool.
PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS,
G. F. Allnaey, Sheffield, hosier, 2s. 9d., on Saturday,
June 7, and on any subsequent Saturday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield.
G. Hutton, Sheffield, grocer, 2s. 6d., on Saturday,
June 7, and on any subsequent Saturday, between
eleven and two, at the office, of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield.
C. Barrow, Beverley, Yorkshire, warehouseman, 9s.
10d., on Tuesday, June 3, or on any subsequent Tues-
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr
Carrick, Hull.
J. S. Manby, Burnley, Lancashire, ironmonger, Is.
4d., on Thursday, June 19, and every following Thurs-
day, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Man-
chester.

T. W. C. Pierce and G. Homan, Manchester, tor..
Thursd
chants, Bd.,
between ten on Thursday, June 19, and every following
ay, and one, at the office of Mr.
Lee, Manchester.
C. Lightfoot, Torquay, Devonshire, livery-stable
keeper, ss. 11d., on any Tuesday after June 10, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hirtzell, Exeter.
J. Bonifas, jun., Dorchester, Dorsetshire, woollen-
draper, 3s. 13id., on any Tuesday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter.

J. Frampton, Cerne Abbas, Dorsetshire, money
scrivener, sid., on any Tuesday, between eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter.
W. Weekes, Inwardleigh, Devonshire, edge-tool
maker, sid., on any Tuesday, between eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter.
N. Taynton, Lincoln's Inn, law stationer, 3d., on Sa-
turday, the 7th inst., and three subsequent Saturdays,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
EL T. Baines, Camden New Town, linendrapar, 4s.
6d., on Saturday, June 7, and three subsequent Satur-
days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Ed-
wards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
C. R. Pottinger, Hardwick-place, Commercial-road,
wine merchant, is. 3d., on Saturday, Juue 7, and three
subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook court, Basinghan.
street.

J. Jardine, Dartford, Kent, linendraper, 8.. 3d., en
Saturday, June 7, and three subsequent Saturdays, be.
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Saunders, Bradford, Wiltshire, woollendraper, id.,
on Saturday, Juno 7, and three subsequent Saturdays,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
W. Keeper, Camberwell, wire rope maker, 24., on
Saturday, June 7, and three subsequent Saturdays,_ be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sam-
brook-court, Basingball-street.
W. Buddle, Irongate-wharf, Paddington, timber mer-
chant, 9d., on Saturday, June 7, and three subsequent
Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basingball-street.
T. Britten, Suffolk-lane, Cannon•street, City, wine
merchant, June 30, at eleven—F. S. A. France, Lam-
beth-walk, Lambeth, clothier, June 30, at two.
In the Country.
J. Johnson, Nevrcastlo-upon-Tyne, banker, Juno 27,
at eleven, at the Court, Newcastic-upon-Tyne—A.
Crossfield, Ty Mawr, Giamorganshire, coal miner and
merchant, July 2, at eleven at the Court, Bristol.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
Margaret Mrikle, Liverpool, pawnbroker—J. Buttrey,
Woolwich, victual!cr and hotel keeper, certificate of the
first class—W. 13iIhy, Essex-place, Grange-road, Dal,
sten, warehouseman, certificate of the first class—J,
Pentoid, Marlborough-place, Old Kent-road, wholesale
grocer, certificate of the second class—ll. Smith, West
Bromwich, Staffordshire, ironfounder and wrought iron
manufacturer, certificate of the first class.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John White, Tavistock, butcher

Edwin Abrahams, Southampton, colourman
John Brooks, jun., Norwich, whitesmith
George Moss, Covoney, Cambridgeshire, grocer
William Rees, Swansea, grocer.
Joseph Swannell, Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire, butcher.
Edward Goodrick, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire.
John Snowdon, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, ropeausker.
Thomas Pullon, York, hatter.
David Misell, Manchester, picture dealer.
Evan Crookell, Hulme, Lancashire, packer.
Mary Jackson, Bridlington, Yorkshire.
Henry Porter, Brandon, Suffolk. coal dealer.
John Cossey, Ufford, Suffolk, miller.
Henry Howard, Stoke-upon-Trent, bookkeeper.
Joseph Wild, Ashton-under-Lyne, warehouseman.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
11. M. Steinthal, J. Schlesinger,
intha
Man-
chester, general commission merchants—ll.
hi
',rid corn-
and J. Schlesinger, Bradford, Yorkshire, g
and M. Samson,ste
G. F. Sutton
Nicholas-lane, City, commission agents
—G.
merchants—V. F. Ensom and J. Kirkham,
chandlers—
and G. Hanson, Kingston-upon-hull, ship
C. Poyster and C. Keller,
and W. -
care P. P. Couch, N.
Sbef o 'e-lane City, eating
housekeepers—T.
howling,
E .G. Roberts, Liverpool, commission
St. Stephßen°'7,vSalaish, Cornwall,_. limeburners
—A. Hardy and•
erch . Bickley and H. Bickley, Stoke-upon-
Trent,m ant
Staffordshire,merchants—W. drapers—T. Dowhurst and a
Crockwell, Manchester,
and
F. Rose, k
and J. L. Wight, Pudding-lane, City, fruit brokers
J. Crippin, Runcorn, Cheshire, ironfounders—T. R.
Thompson Parliament-street,
and G. Douglas,i
civil engineersd—erC.insCtoorl,lin' yarn G.
age T.
s ___Ve, R
—J. Schofield and B. Schofield, Littleborough, Lancia-
shire, fustian manufacturers—S. A. Goddard. I3irming-
ham, and W. Baker, J. Cutler, and IL V. Wart, Old
Monkland, Lancashire, tube manufacturers (so far as
regards S. A, Goddard)—A. Robinson, C. F. Palmer,
and IT. Palmer, Birmingham, chemists and druggists--
W. Smith and J. A. Smith, Liverpool and Manchester,
merchants—W. Greig and G. Greig, Whitehart-court,
Lombard-street, City, and the Cape of Good Hope, mer-
chants—J. Denis and L. de Massiac, Lime-street, City,
wine merchants—J. Chanter and R. M. Sunley, Corn-
hill, City, and Salmon-lane, Limehouse, manufacturers
of compositions for coating ships' bottoms—J. Harman
and J. Rea, Kingston-upon-Hull, ironfounders —S.
Walker and W. Jones, Liverpool, joiners—H. W. Fen.
wick, J. M. Bates, M.D. and A. Kinnear, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, solicitors (so far as regards IL W. FenVaek)
mark J.
Kerby and G. P. Hiscocks, Opera colonnade,
_y-
et, boot and shoemakers—T. Fitton, A Bair-
stow, and H. Barker, Manchester, machine and tool-
makers.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Ross, Caliper-Angus, Perthshire, innkeeper, to
meet within the Defiance Hotel, Coupar-Angus, Juno
12 and July 3, at twelve.
M. Somerville, Fathead, Fifeshire, engraver, to meat
within Philip's Temperance Hotel, liirkaldy, Juno 13
and July 4, at two.
W. Wallace, son., Glasgow, manufacturer, to meet
within the Global:fete), Glasgow, June 14 and
at July 12,
two.

, aged 'l3
WESTAIINSTER-BRIDGE.---- r 1 110
fSaturdayWaterloo,
Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the Hero SUICIDE AT
Lambeth, on the body of G. Powell
Emma Read, of Castle-lane, Pimlico, deposed , a confectioner.
, that on Thurs-
day week she and a young man, with another female, were
returning from the Surrey Theatre, and whilst
crossing West-
rninster-bridge she saw the deceased l
into the water. In falling she heard his apover the parapet
head strike one of
the buttresses. His hat fell on the foot
written " Take this to 25, Sloane-street, pavement ;in it was
named Mansfield, proved find Chelsea." A lad,
in the River
Thames on Tuesday last, and ainSfithge gettingbod it ashore.
Eliza Clark, of 29, Morpeth-street, inl:green. identified
the body as being that of her brother.lna " IY it , or- sear t TIM
months be had been out of employment, and had been durhig
that period living with are different members of his fathily.
Thursday week he wont out with a parcel to book at the
Eastern Counties Railway, but he bad not done so, and no
one knew what had become of the parcel. She was of
opinion that he either lost it or had been robbed, and that
event had driven him to desperation.--Verdict, " Temporary
insanity."
PRUSSIAN Nem—Prince Adalberit, chief of the
Prussian marine, has had a report drawn up, setting forth
the requisites for giving Prussia a naval force somewhat pro-
portionate to its military power. The estimate of what will
be necessary amounts to twelve frigates of sixty guns, twelve
steam corvettes of ten guns, fifteen signal steamers of six
guns, five schooners of four guns,. six transport ships, and
ts• The cost is estimated forty-four gun-boa • . at rather mere
than two millions sterling. Two millions sterling will also
be necessary for building men-of-war havens, docks, and
magazines, and for stores. The proposal is made to finish
the work in the course of the next ten years. The annual
cost .of keeping such a navy is estimated at 300,00 A..
,Portsmouth Zino and Varal Goofs: .