The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-21 00:00:00

Tab WEST IN 01 141

SOUT HAMM ON, AUG 20.—Ine Roy al Mail Com-
pany's stsam-ship Medway, Captain William Symons,
arrived this afternoon at tour o'clock, from the West
Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant
Brown, Admiralty agent. On her homeward voyage
the Medway experienced, oa the 4th, sth, and 6:h
inst., strong adverse v. inds ; subsequently variable
Winds, with very fine weather.
The latest dates brought by the Medway are—
Isiavannah, July 24 ; Coagres, 26 : Carthag,,na, 27 ;
Jhniaies, 29; Demerara, 27; Trinidad, 27; Bar-
badoes, 29 ; Grenada, 28 ; Porto Rico, Aug. 2 ; St.
Thomas, Aug. 3, ten p.m.; Nassau, July 13; An-
tigua, 31 ; Jacmel, 31 ; Santa Martha, 25 ; Grey
Town, 18 ; Belize (Honduras), 19.
The Medway brings on freignt-139,789 dollars,
°la mere han ts' account, 302,066 dollars gold dust and
Ool.d in bars, 511,591 dollars silver in bars, 3141.
nri,ll coin, 532 serous of cochineal, 93 ditto indigo,
5 tierces of coffee, 69 cases of cigars, 137 bales of to-
bacco, 10 cases of buccades, S turtles, 174 bales of
sarsaparilla, 71 packages sundries. Total value of
specie and bullion, 955,016 dollars.

JAMAICA.
Cur advices from Jamaica are to the 29th ult.
Inclusive.
The House of Assembly had been further pro-
Nued by proclamation of his Excellency the
keovernor.
The Surrey assizes had been opened in Kingston
(1 Monday, the 28th of July, Justices Macdougal
and Sir Joshua Rowe, K.C.8., presiding. Robert J.
I‘latplierson the prisoner convicted of forgery at the
last assizes, but who was remanded until certain legal
Judges,
had been argued by counsel before the three
Adgea, was brought up for sentence (the arguments
counsel having been concluded in St. Jago de la
Lcga, and decided against the prisoner). He was
Why by the clerk of the court what he had to say
"3' Bilatence should not be passed upon him. He
repliede that, before God and man, he was not guilty,
evenl4l that the persons who committed the forgery were
the
then in the court laughing at his misfortunes.
.I,"a judge then, after addressing the prisoner and
'4:4aadverting on_ the enormity of the offence, aeri-
need him to fifteen years' transportation ; to be
Confined, in the General Penitentiary and kept to hard
'tour till the sentence be carried into effect.
tharir- Robert Gordon, who had been arrested on a
ege of being the ringleader in the unhappy affair
to tc) ')t. David, which terminated so fatally (causing
t: death of Mr. .M.'Lean, the coroner), was also to
. tried in the same court, along with the other par-
-I%angaged in the riot.
eie.-kne steamer Devastation had arrived to relieve the
h 4,en ; all her officers and men were in excellent
kith
tb • She was lying in Kingston Harbour when
e Packet left, taking in a supply of coals to proceed
turaedietely to sea.
It The cholera, we are sorry to say, was still making
the
island, and in many of those districts, where all
aces of it were supposed to have disappeared, it had
tittln made its appearance, spreading terror and dis-
bt 3' in all directions. The doctors are doing their
st
thterskill. repress the scourge, but it seems to baffle all
rail:itiroughout the island the weather was dry, and
e„, was experienced but seldom. The influenza and
L'd which had been so prevalent in Kingston and
aenvirons bad almost altogether disappeared,
d On the whole the island was healthy, except in
those districts in which cholera prevails.
The Colonial Despatch of the 29th has a strong
efkle against the administration of the Colonial-
/:,e, in which great complaint is made of the West
I question having been shelved in Parliament.
Drou 4h.e period," says the Despatch, " is rapidly sp-
br aenlng when the produce of the West Indies will be
of°,llght into direct and open competition with the sugar
fr,,tab world, however produced. Tne produce extracted
„...uk the unwilling labour of a scanty and capricious
pulation must meet on equal terms in the markets of
LIZ World the sugar produced under the whip by the
th:es of Cuba, Porto Rico, and Brazil. The philan-
41:Viit, who is unwilling to believe emancipation to
Ye been, in a social sense, a failure, loses no oppor-
t
h°'lity of impressing upon the public his conviction that
0i the 7 labour ought in the abstract to be cheaper than that
to slave; and that, therefore, the distress of the
The is due simply to the free-trade measures of 1846.
(le free-trader, on the other hand, tell us that the
admitted distress under which the colonies are at
present labouring owes its origin, not to the legisla-
-1,41 of 1846, but to the emancipation. Non nobis tantas.
t Matters not which is right; the one thing still
d
undoubted, that the sugar colonies are suffering
eeply, and that, unless the cause of distress be re-
:4oved, Jamaica at least must sink under the approach-
-143 competition. The radical difficulty under which this
the
suffers is the want of labouring population, and
Z" whole energies of the country should be directed to-
ill% this all-important point. As to protection—even
tiowe had a protective duty of ten shillings, we could
tgo on without an increase of population. We =-
Aloe,
th, the earnest attention of Jamaica proprietors to
a,24. point. Unless we have a very large importation of
ti`lanable immigrants ng the next two years we tell
ei'sq gentlemen, who are interested in some of the prin-
lihittl Northsido parishes of this island, that they will
ars to abandon their properties. The Colonial-office
Eras `lone its worst to prevent this unfortunate island
trO receiving even its honest share of captured Afri-
It has interposed every artful and pettyfogging
4reetion to the introduction, on private account, or
o,.'tleans from the coast. But the island must not be
(4'l! because of a crotchetty Minister. If a regular siege
e Colonial-office will not answer—and we advise
slldat Indian proprietors to lay siege to it thoroughly
qatematically—let Parliament be appealed to. This
fsZY will aid the movement by petitions and by facts,
Co.' 00e end or it to the other. It is by such means
,Te that there is any hope for Jamaica."
he Kingston Jonrnal of July 24 says—
ten'Mute, unfortunase accident occurred on Monday
w~it;
'°lZ last, between Port Royal and Old Harbour,.
th„eu resulted in the less of four individuals, one of
lei a clergymen of the Established Cnurch. The Rev.
trivekhUsae who had taken his passage in the ship
d 4 fish Tar, for London, left Port Royal early on Mon-
LyY„tiltirning, in a sloop boat named ih • Seeret, manned
lyit;ree psi sons. to: Old Harbour, where the vessel was
tO the heavy state of the weather. and the tact that she
is,b"ter-ballasted. Tne rev. gentleman and the other
IN; we are sorry to state, were precipitated into the
Ntr' and no assistance being at hand, they met with a
p,ile7 , grave. The Rev. Gentleman preached in the
the :4 Church of Port Ro3 al on Sunday morning, and in
ll:ening read the prayers."
Pfsa2 a Jamaica Despatch of July 26, however, ex-
ktia'eS a doubt as to the precise period when the
tae—ent occurred, and consequently whether the
if 4,, gentleman was actually a sufferer. It had not,
Itiir,ing to the Despatch, been quite ascertained
zto-,,mier the bust was swamped on its wry from Port
lice: to the British Tar, or on its return to Port
ikt"l!'• It the latter, of course Mr. Cabusac would
teas among the victims. All' that appeared certain
2t h, that the boat had left Port Royal and never
-4110.

JAMAICA MARKE rs.
h, (From Cordova's Mercantile Register.)
-4i--Immediaiely after our last is..ue the value of
Itrtiele rose to 30a. for new parcels, which advance
tt:l3Le ll supported ued4r a very light stuck and rather
Po4l:4land from the trade. The operations have been
tql to the disposal of lots of 50 to barrels,loo
entirely
at
the hands
The stock of old flour is almost
hands of the trade.
tibehea d
al--New is held for 189., but this rate and the
of C,.,natice of eld at market restrict the end
Old" barrels is the only transaction that hmaa. A sale
has reached us.
:!214 at 10s. to 12s. per barrel. The stock of new
8
tteei --With the exception of low Madras, which is
'‘n neglected-is in rather improved inquiry, owing
41::5 scarcity of breadstuffs. We quote Bengali at
20
tit_er),„al;d Patna at 16s. per 1001bs. Of Caro
have changed hands at 18s.
htt • •
,Itse °r---New Irish is being offered at 103., but
has
ate are supplied, and refuse to operate. Halifax _
411illtria'ald at from 63. to Gil per lb. 100 firkins of
Ilte; qualities were placed at the former rate. There
, Etr-,,„%nY America on hand.
~'"--There is not any of Wattson's pilot at market,d
mg s'4 its absence several lots of various brands (inclu -
d' ) which had been some time here, but not
e or ,
lie°4ral favour, were taken at 14s. to 15s. per barrel.
?Perations in crackers have transpired. Wattson's
ISILIII_rnPIe supply.
atte,jaerel-linder a rather free demand, importers'
Ilao4 have been nearly cleared of the new catch, No. 3
t 21s. per barrel. Prices are tending upwards.
.11141 bspr;Lngs -The stock of good No. 1 is exceedingly low,
't 14`,'`Cell are advancing. All the late sales were effected
Ale • to 153, per barrel, according to quality.
tilor:iw's are inactive with an ample stock. We value
p011",158. to 17s. per barrel.
me:Th`-'inod is neglected. It may be quoted at 29. 3d.
tleeitta,,hl,---We have no improvement either in price or
„'n to report The market is overstocked.
uN,'evei may be quoted at is. 3d.to 7s. 6d. per ease, in
Corti
htide, --"A parcel of 360 bags American were sold,
4ee; rather peculiar circumstances, at 7s. Holders
is 13%,14111 sok arid obtain 7s. 6d. per bag. The market
ot Savandle.
htit r4,Tbe stock has been reduced to some extent,
Arlen s letiyufE,:iently large to check any advance of
quest, quote the article as being in very limited re-
Atie,t 14 3s. i. to 3s. 4d, per gallon, duty paid. Fifty
tale:Gris have been taken for exportation at is. 6d. per
gm,
Wiljetrr is becoming scarce, e.pec,ally the lower grade,,
':lr „ Ste in better demand than the higher. We range
cua4l,lotatiens at 17s. to 20s. for dark to fair.
--There is not any on offer.
hew Z"to-The old crop is all away, and none of the
1448 Yet been brought to market.
G'iro"d is worth 345. to 365. per ton.
littppii3r is worth sd. to 63. per lb. The market is well
Fr .-
e`lghtsonnap is now abundant. Freights will
iyuaTiParatively scarce after the Ist of August.
malt--Bulk porter is plentiful and dull, but bottled
port especially ia becoming scarce. We quote
er R
ale together at 7s. to 7s. Gd. per dozen.