The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-02 00:00:00

JAMAICA.

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The Avo❑ has brought us our correspondent's dispatch
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from this island, dated Kingston, Aug. 7, 3 P. m.
The commercial news of the island for the past fort-
night, is reviewed as follows by De Cordova's Mercan-
tile Intelligencer:—
" The market, generally speaking, is heavy and un-
settled, both from large supplies and the disinclination
of the trade to operate. £his condition of things is
especially observable in the market for pickled 6)11 and
butter. The quantity of mackerel on hand is greatly in
excess of even the average demand, and it is expected
that if arrivals are at all on a free scale, prices must fall

to at-least 3s. to 4i. per barrel under the present low
rates. The stock of herrings is not so large, but the de-
scription of fish now on hand is not by any means as
good as that of previous shipments. The trade complain
that the No. 1 herrings ' inspected' are unusually small,
and in consequence unsaleable.
" The free receipts of the June butter have, as we
surmised in our last, depressed the market to a consi-
derable degree. The importations since have exceeded
1,500 firkins, and it is not at all probable that anything
over 9d. per lb. will be for some time obtainable.
" The flour market is buoyant, with a light supply.
There is not enough at this moment in stock to meet
one week's average demand. Prices are consequently
looking up, and higher rates than have lately been cur-
rent, are likely to be got, if the receipts be moderate.
" The produce market, so far as sugar is concerned,
has decidedly improved. The anxiety to dispatch the
Ist of August vessels caused considerable business to be
done in sugar, and the supply in Kingston was greatly
diminished in consequence. In addition to this cir-
curestance, the crop has been very nearly all taken
off ; and as there is very little more to come to market,
and as that little will be inadequate to meet the de-
mand for home consumption, there is every probability
that prices will continue to improve. Rum is on the
other hand most unusually dull, and it is difficult to
effect any other than retail sales at our quotation.
" The homeward- bound vessels reported elsewhere as
having sailed from the outports are freighted with 3,001
hhds, 288 tierces, and 137 barrels of sugar, and 2,046
puncheons and 36 hhds. of rain, besides other miscella-
neous cargo. consisting of dyewoods, spars, succades, and
other West India pr. 4;1 tree?'
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The island was quite quiet, and excepting one or two
parishe,, in which sickness prevailed among children,
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The weather
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trcprevailed.
In the • • Intertor, the mountain districts, it was more
sgreeable.

The assizes concluded its sitting in Kingston the day
before the packet left. The calendar, although not
larger than at previous courts, presented a most disgust-
ing amount of crime as far as the nature of the offences
went. The most disgusting and unnatural crimes have
been committed within the walls of the general peni-
tentiary by the prisoners.

The last case tried on the 6th ult., and the previous
day, excited universal interest. It was an indictment
against Mr. James Taylor, member of Assembly for
Port Royal. He was charged with the larceny of
thirteen barrels of cement, which had been placed on his