The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-25 00:00:00

JAMAICA.

We have received a file of the Jamaica Thnes down to the
date of the sailing of the Severn, but they contain little news
of interest.

The drought continued at Jamaica, and fears are enter-
tained that there will be a considerable deficiency in the
sugar crop this season.
In the House of Assembly a Bill to amend the import
duties had been read a third time and passed. A Bill had
been also introduced, and read a second time, to incorporate
the Royal Agricultural Society of the island. Capt. Duling
moved for a grant of 500/. for the use of the Society. After
considerable discussion the sum was ultimately reduced to
2001., and carried. Another Bill had been presented to make
tenders in silver coin legal to a certain amount. It was read
a second time and committed The amount fixed upon was 40s.
Great efforts have been made to establish on a fair footing
the General Agricultural Society, which is henceforth to
have the title of " Royal" affixed to it, her Majesty the Queen
having signified through his Excellency the Governor her most
gracious wish to honour it with her patronage. Lord Stanley
and others of the English nobility have also joined the Society
and put down their names as life• subscribers. Lord Elgin
has also followed the example. In consequence of the patron-
age of her Majesty many ladies of the island have contributed
to the funds of the Society. The Jamaica Times speaks in the
highest terms of the exertions of Lord Elgin in the matter, and
says the island owes a lasting debt of gratitude to his Lord-
ship, to whom exclusively belongs the honour of having
directed the attention of the planters to what alone can save
them—agricultural improvement.
His Excellency the Governor had given a donation of 2004
to be bestowed in prizes of 100/. each, for the best essays on
" The Manufacture of Sugar." and " On the best mode of
establishing and conducting Industrial Schools adapted to the
wants and circumstances of our agricultural population."
Sir Charles Adam was still at Port Royal with the squadron.
The brig Helena arrived at Port Royal on Feb. 16, with Mr.
Bankhead, the Mexican Plenipotentiary from England on
board, who proceeded on to Mexico in the Inconstant frigate
on the 21st. As the Severn was leaving Port Royal on the
23d, she discovered the ship Abel Gower making for that port
totally dismasted, and in a very disabled state.
Her Majesty's ship Apollo, Commander M'Lean, arrived
at Port Royal on the day previous to the Severn leaving,
from Gibraltar in 30 days, with the 48th Regiment on board.
The barque Conservative, Cousens, from Portsmouth in 39
days, also arrived on the 22d with a general cargo.
her Majesty's brig Ringdove, Commander Sir W. Daniel,
sailed on the 22d for Nassau, N. P.

ST. TnomAs's.—The small-pox had ceased at St. Thomas's,
and clean bills of health were issued. The Severn was, how-
ever, placed in quarantine, notwithstanding she had not been
to any infected port, and all were well on board. This is
certainly the best method of preventing contagion, although
it is somewhat inconvenient.

TRINIDAD.—At Trinidad the Council was engaged in re-
modelling the old Spanish laws of the island, and adapting
them to the exigencies of the country, according to the spirit
of the British Constitution.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess._ of Kent,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite, and the
Household, attended Divine Service yesterday morning
in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. The sermon
was preached by the Bishop of London. Prayers were
read by the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay.
On Saturday her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
visited her Majesty at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on hors&
back on Saturday morning, attended by Sir E. Bowater.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Sa-
turday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the:: Earl of Liver-
pool, the Earl of Aberdeen, Mr. George Edward and the
Hon. Mrs. Anson.

The American Dwarf, " General Tom Thumb," ac-
companied by his guardian, Mr. P. T. Barnum of New-
York, had the honour of attending at the Palace in the
evining, when the General exhibited his clever imitations
of Napoleon, which elicited the approbation of her Ma-
jesty and the Royal circle.
A Cabinet Council was held at five o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by
Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Mr. Glad-
stone, and Sir Henry Hardinge. The Council sat two
hours.

A deputation on the wool duties, from Liverpool,
Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Dewsbury, and the West
Riding of Yorkshire, had an interview with Sir Robert
Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-
street. The deputation was accompanied by Lord San-
don, Sir Howard Douglas, the Hon. J. S. Wortley, Mr.
Charles Wood, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Beckett, Mr.
Stansfield, Mr. Protheroe, and Mr. Aldam.

Captain Polhill, M.P., had an interview with Lord
Stanley, cm Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
meeting on Saturday afternoon, at the office in White-
hall-place. The Commissioners present were the
Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Chester, f:he Bishop.
of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, and the Dean or
Westminster.

Mr. Sheppard, M. P., transacted bushless at the
Home office on Friday.
Captain Brooke had an interview Nvi4:h Lord Stanley
on Saturday at the Colonial-office.

The Duke of Buccleuch left town► on Saturday for
Thames Ditton.

Mr. Sheppard, M.P., had. an interview with Sir R.
Peel on Friday.
Lord Stanley had ae dinner ptcrty on Saturday, at his
residence in St. James's-square.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev.
Dr. Wesley preached the sermon. The Marquises of
Salisbury, Normanby, and Winchester, Lords Delaware
and Ebrington, attended the daily service in the Chapel
Royal. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of
Peterborough, prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wes-
ley, the lessens were read by the Rev. Mr. Barham.
The Rev. Dr.Sleath officiated at the Communion service.

Ma. C. H. ADAMS'S ORRERY ,--Mr, Adams con-
tinues to deliver his popular astronomical lecture at the
English Opera House, to attentive and intelligent audiences_
His clear and succinct explanations of the earth, its attendant
planet, the moon, her influence on the tides, and the theory
of those eclipses common to herself and the, sun, are syste-
matically given, and the illustrations afforded by means of a
tellurian, mechanical transparent apparatus; and a magnifi-
cent vertical Orrery, impart additional attraction, and fine ef-
fect to the whole. A more appropriate intellectual amusement
for the Thursdays and Fridays of Lent and Passion-week could
not be conceived, and the patronag% he obtains evinces the
popularity of his sterling entertai;iment.
Tan SEES or Sr. AS.P.ril AND BANGOR.—Rather
than take away a Bishop from Wales, give her another. We
do not want a temporal 3P_ eer for the purpose of a chief pastor
amongst the mountal:ns of Wales; we want a laborious,
hard-working mar.,, like the Bishop of Toronto, who is not
afraid of storms, oc rain, and wind, and snow. We do not
',Ye furnished with a burning chariot and five
thousand atA2
fear. This way is proper for the Bishop whom
twiiiatleolluState 'and Constitution of England have been pleased to
number. Faith the Princes of the land; but for a Bishop to re-
side the midst of his rural diocese, and to be engaged in
da'Ay works of necessary performance, we want a plain,
'Autrible, able, and indefatigable man, with an income suited
to his situation.—Church and State Gazette.—[We seldom
concur with this High-Church Periodical, but the remarks in
this paragraph deserve great praise. To this system must
the English Church come at last.—En. Sun.]
The Society of British Artists opened to private
view, on Saturday, their twenty-first annual exhibition, pre-
paratory to throwing it open to the public at, large to-day.
There was a considerable number of persons of rank
and consequence present; and the day being fine, the several
works on view were seen to the greatest advantage. The
number of pictures exhibited this season in the rooms of the
Society of British Artists is seven brAndred and forty-six ;
the number of marble figures, model s, and other works in
the department of sculpture, is twanc,y-eight, which make in
' all seven hundred and seventy-fotm -productions of the pencil,
the chisel, and the modelling stick„ as the amount of the en-
tire collection.
Mnxico.—We learn that, .by warrant from the
Right Hon. the Lords Commissions rs of her Majesty's Trea-
sury, it is ordered, that all articles, the produce of, and from,.
Vera Cruz, when sold for the first tin ie, and by and for the ac-.
count of the original importer, wi thin twelve months frons
the time of importation, be exempt from payment of auction-
duty ; and also that any sums whit h may have been levied
as auction-duty on goods importo, 1 from Vera Cruz, and
sold by auction as aforesaid, sines the ratification of the
treaty of friendship and commerce between this kingdom
and the republic of Mexico, be rettt rued to the parties who
may claim the same on their -giving satisfactory proof of
' their title thereto.—Liverpool itlbiov