The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-25 00:00:00

1851.

is net sGfe where an unarmr:d and umiiaciplined people
stands in presence of an armed and disciplined class,
it is therefore requisite that every male over fifteen
years of age should be afforded the opportunity of miii-
tary training.

PRESS.
"Absolute freedom of thought and expression being one
of the primary cud the most eacred riglits of man, all
restrictions on printing and publishing are unjust, and
iniquitcus; this Convention., therefore, declares its de-
cided hostility to the taxes on knowledge, and recom-
mends the total abolition of
" The duty on paper;
" The duty on advertisements;
,4 The penny stamp tax on newspapers;
" And the import duty on foreign books and publi-
cations.
" Addresses, each embodying one of the preceding
measures of reform, to be circulated, together with an
exposition of the Charter, and its necessity for enabling
such reform to be obtained.
G. W. M. Reynolds
John Gray North Lancashire.
Thornton Hunt Hampshire and Edinburgh.
Alfred Hunniball
George Shell Surrey.
John Shaw . Tower Hamlets.

- - - James Finlen City and Finsbury.
Abraham Robinson
Thomas Martin Wheeler
Feargus O'Connor, M.P Manchester.
George Joseph Mantle Ditto.
George Julian Harney Worcestershire&Gloucester
Thomas Savage Bristol.
Ernest Jones
Rev. Alexander Duncanson Paisley district.
William Felkin Nottinghamshire.
James Capewell.
John James Bezer Sheffield district.
William Benfold
Alexander Yates
John Barker Northamptonshire.
George Wray Leicestershire.
Daniel William Ruffy
Walter Pringle
Thomas Hirst Huddersfield ditto.
James Graham Dundee ditto.
John Moss
James Watson
Daniel Thompson ...~
Daniel Paul . Glasgow ditto.
" JOHN ARNOTT, Secretary.
i " Convention•room, :2, St. Martin's-lane."

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 25.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Thames,
Captain Abbott, arrived this morning, at one o'clock,
from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge
of Lieutenant Strover, Admiralty agent.
On her homeward voyage the Thames experienced
very heavy weather on the Spanish Main, delaying
her arrival at St. Thomas's nearly two days. From
St. Thomas's the weather has been fine, but with
prevailing north-east winds and a continued heavy
head sea.
The latest dates brought by the Thames are—Ha-
vannah, March 26 ; Chagres, 27th ; Carthagene,
29th ; Jamaica, 31st ; Demerara, 28th ; Trinidad,
28th ; Barbadoes, 31st; Grenada, 29th; Porto Rico,
31st; St. Thomas's, April 6 ; Nassau, March, 26 ;
Antigua, April 1 ; Jacmel, March 31 ; Santa Martha,
15th and 27th ; Grey Town, 23d.
The following is the list of passengers by this
arrival :

Mr. and Mrs. Rammen, Mr. and Mrs. Moss, Mrs. Bar-
ton and child, Miss Borgia, Mr. Lisson, Mr. Sambaiti,
Mr. Christmas, Mr. Keywood, Mr. Horn and child, and
Mr. and Mrs. Balbaster and family, from Chagres ;
Mr. Brown, Demerara ; Mr. Maingot, Trinidad ; Mr.
Boree, Martinique; Mr. Bellot and Colonel Faber, Do-
minica; Mr. Sigond. Guadaloupe; Lieutenaut Afzelius,
St. Kitts; Lieutenant and Mrs. Carter and sister, Colonel
Bohlen and family, Mr. and Mrs. M.Coy and family, Mr.
Anima, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Orr, and Mr. Ross, Havannah;
Mr. Paike, Mr. Fingi, Mrs. E. Davis, Mrs. D. Davis,
and Mr. Ritchie, Jamaica ; Mrs. Lacke, Jacmel ; Mr.
Cupric, Porto Rico; Mr. Pretho and family, Mr. Alre-
feld and sevant, Mr. Michellana y Rojas, and Captain
John Ross, St. Thomas's ; Mr. Channel', Mr. Rowlatt,
and four invalids, Royal mail Steam Packet Company ;
one invalid, ex Alarm; six distressed British subjects-
-82 in all. _

The Thames brings on freight 934,053 dollars on
merchants' account ; 209,993 dollars in gold dust and
bars; 1,925 dollars platina ; 1,8031. ls. Bd. British
coin ; 122 serons of cochineal ; 990 ditto of indigo;
29 packages arrowroot; 8 packages succades ; 25
bales cascarilla ; 197 cases of cigars, containing about
15,000 each ; 95 bales of tobacco ; 2 packages for
Exhibition ; 3 packages wax ; 8 bales of sarsaparilla ;
and 87 packages sundries.