The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-09 00:00:00

JAMAICA:

Our advices from Jamaica are to the 15th. The
cholera, we notice, has again broken out in S. Ca-
tharine's, and there have teen a few fatal cases since
its re-appearance in thit place. Ia Kitigsion it ha;
nearly disappeared, although fears are entertained
that this awful scourge vs ill again make its re-ap-
pearance in that place, in consequence of the great
neglect of the authorities in enforcing the sanitary
regulations.
We observe from the files before us that this fear-
ful epidemic has made its appearance in every part of
the island, and in some districts the greatest misery
prevails; thousands are dying from the want of
common assistance, and there is neither medicines
nor a medical man to be had on any consideration.
The accounts are indeed deplorable, and we believe
the misery to be unparalleled in the annals of the
sufferings of Jameic2. .

The Legislature, which had been adjourned by
his Excellency Sir Charles Grey, had resumed its
duties on the 10th, and had continued all the Bills
which would have expired on the 31st December until
the ht May. Mr. Smith's Bill for the establish-
ment of an Orphan Asylum was read the third time,
and passed.
A vacancy having been occasioned i❑ the Plouse
by the death of Francis M'Cook, Esq., representative
of St. Dorothy, an election took place in that pirish,
and David Brandon, E'q., cf Kingston, wai elected
by a majority of eight. Mr. Brandon's election, we
notice, has been protested against by the unsuccessful
candidate, Peter Harrison, Etq., an the ground that
it was ob'uined by bribery and corruption. It was
therefore ordered by the House that the said petition
be taken into consideration on the 15th January next,
on which day the petitioner, his agent, and counsel,
and David Brandon, his agent, and counsel, do at-
tend at the bar of the House.

A few days prior to the departure of the steamer
the greatest alarm prevailed in Kingbton, in conse-
quence of a report which was circulated that a
Grenadian vessel, with the small-pox on board, had
been allowed to come up to the harbour, without being
boarded by the health officer. On investigation, the
rumour was discovered to be quite unfounded, as the
health officer had not only boarded the vessel in the
stream, but positively declared that she was quite free
from any disease.
Her Majesty's steamer Alban arrived in Kingston
on the 7th December, from Carthagena, but was placed
in quarantine, in conscquence of her having the
measles on board.

We regret to notice the death of Mr. Robert Car-
rie, agent at Kingston for the Royal Mail Steam-
packet Company. Mr. Currie died at St. Thomas,
whither he had proceeded for the benefit of his
health. The Daily Advertiser says that the news
was communicated to her Majesty's steamer
Alban, at Carthagena, by the Royal Mail Company's
ship Tay. The weather was described as being very
warm in Kingston for the close of the year. In some
parts of the south side it was said to be rather favour-
able, and in Westmoreland there were strong breezes
with a few good showers of rain. A correspondent
of the Daily Advertiser says that the plants Lime been
well established, and, all things considered, have
yielded well for the time.
Major Graeme, the Governor of Tobago, died on
the 14th of December of paralysis, after an illness of
a day and a half.
A slight shock of an earthquake was experienced
at St. Thomas on the night of the 19th of December.
Stations of her Majesty's Ships—ller Majesty's
steamer Inflexible, at Greytown ; ditto Alban, at
Jamaica; ship Persian, at ditty; ditto Scorpion at
St. Thomas; ditto Helena, at Antigua. Danish ship-
of-war Mercurius, at St. Thomas.
Ships spoken with on Return Voyage—The Apollo
troop-ship sailed for England from Jamaica on the
6th December, with detachments of Royal Artillery.
The Persian was to sail for Nassau and Belize from
Jamaica, on the 18th Dec., with detachments of
Royal Artillery.
The Tay passed and exchanged colours with the
brig MazPppa, of Liverpool, on the 6th inst., in lat.
49, 1 N.; long. 9, 24 W.
Stations of the Company's Steam Ships—The
Great Western, Captain Wolfe, at St. Thomas, from
the Gulf of Mexico ; the Thames, Captain Abbott,
was passed on 20th December, within three hours'
sail of St. Thomas, whither she was bound ; the
Trent, Captain Clark, Spanish Main route ; the Con-
way, Captain Woolley, Honduras and Havannah
route; the Eagle, Captain Wilson, Barbadoes.

JAMAICA MARKETS.
(From Cordova's Mercantile lnielligencer.)
GENERAL REMARKS.—Our market wears a slightly '
improved appearacce, consequent on the almost total
cessation of cholera in the city, and dealers seem to come
forward rather more freely than has been the case for
the last six or eight weeks. Business i 5, however, con-
fined for the most part to Kingston, there being little
trade with the outpurts, in consequence of the prevalence
of cholera in the rural districts. All the accounts float
the interior represent the disease as spreading with a
degree of violence equally fa•al tl human life and the
prospects of the cowing crops ; very little probability
exists of the estates' people bring induced to work,
I,aeic-stricken as they are by the prevalence of the
epidemic.
THURSDAY, Two P 3L—Nothing has been seen, up to
this moment, of the Royal Mail Steamer, with the mails
from England, due here since the 81:1 instant.
EXCHANGES —O❑ London—Jamaica Bank, 90 days,
1 per cent. prem.; 60 days, per cent. prem.; 30 days,
2 per cent. prem. Colonial Bank-90 days, 1 pct. cent.
prem.; 60 days, ctr cent. prem. On New York—
Merchants' bills, 60 days, 2i to 3 per cent. prem.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, JAN. 8.
The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took their accustomed airings.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot.
ing this morning, accompanied by his Royal High-
miss the Duke of Cambridge, Lord John Russell,
and the Right Hon. C. Shaw Lefevre, and attended
by Lord Waterpark, Lieut.-Colonel Hun. C. B.
Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel F. 11. Seymour.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
included his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson
Gower, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Rev. Lord
Wriothesley Russell, and the Right Hon. the Speaker
and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at-
tendance during dinner. The Queen's private band
afterwards attended in the Castle.

Lord Waterpark has relieved Lord Camoys in his
duty as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Mr. R.
Ormsby Gore has relieved Lieut.-General Sir Edward
Bowater, in his duty as Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended
during dinner in the Castle yesterday evening, and
performed the following selection :
Overture, "Joseph" Mehul.
Valse, "La COI beille Fleur" Barret.
Selection, "La Figlia del Regi-
mento" Donizetti.
Quadrille, "Ernani" Jullien.
Glee, "Blow gentle gales" Sir H. Bishop.
March, " Jellalic" Carl Baron Prandau.
Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in at.
tendance, and played the following pieces :
Overture, " Stradella" . Flotow.
Melange, "Robert le Diable" Meyerbeer.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at-
tended by Baroness de Speth, arrived at Clarence
House, St. James's, at half-past eleven o'clock yes-
terday morning, from her residence, Frogmore. Her
Riyal Highness paid a visit to her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and
in the afternoon left town on her return to Frogmore.

THE LOBSTERS. A FABLE.
(From Punch.)
As a young Lobster roamed about,
Itself and mother both being out.
Their eyes at the same moment fell
On a boiled Lobster's scarlet shell.
" Look," said the youngster, " is it true
That a e might wear so bright a hue?
No coral, if I trait mine eye,
Can with its startling brilliance vie;
While you and I must be content
A dingy aspect to present."
"Proud heedless fool," the parent cried;
"Know'st thou the penalty of pride?
The tawdry finery you wish
Has ruined that unhappy fih:
The hue so much by yuu c!irtda
By his destruction was acquire .
So be contented with your. lot,
Nor seek to change by going to poo

FATAL POA AFFRAY.—On Friday last,
about noon, three men named George Darley, William Chew,
and J. M. Renon, were observed by the gamekeeper of
Sir Thomas D. Legard„, Bart., to be engaged in poaching on
an estate at Gantoll W old, near Scarborough. The game-
keeper, havinF procured the assistance of six other men,
wetit in pursuit, and came up with the poachers upon land
in the lord.lip of Foxhole. Chew, who geld a gun in his
band, presented it at the keeper, desiring him to stand off or
be would firs. The other, however, not daunted, seized hold
of the weapon and endeavoured to wrest it from the poacher,
an attempt in which be was seconded by his assistants.
Darley then came forward with a large and extremely sharp
knife, ar.d while he caught hold of the muzzle of the gun
with his left hand, attempted to cut the men's hands so as
to force them to relinquish their grasp. lie was, however,
pinionel from behind by another of the keeper's assistants,
and just at this moment the gun went off, lodging its con-
tents in the lower part of Darley's body. The unhappy man
instantly fell back mortally wounded, exclaiming, "D--
thee, thou halt done for me now !" lie expired in a few
minutes afterwards, before any medical or ether assistance
could be procured. On Monday last an inquest was held on
the body of the deceased, before Mr. E. D. Conyers, coroner
of the district, when the facts above detailed were deposed
to by the different witnesses. Neither the keeper nor the
other men engaged in the affray could account tor the gun
going off, but expressed their belief that the trigger was not
intentionally pulled by any one. The ju y hereupon returned
a verdict of " Homicide by misadventure." Deceased WAS a
labouring man, young, and unmarried. -