The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-03 00:00:00

WEST INDIA

By the arrival of Her Majesty's packet Seagull, with a mail
from the West Indies, papers have been received at the North
and South American Coffee House, from Trinadad of the 18th,
Demerara 19th, Barbadoes, 22(1, and Jamaica, the 27th January.
The Jamaica papers do not contain any particular news.
The House of Assembly had been prorogued by his Excellency
the Governor, and the Stamp Act is lost.
The Jamaica papers of the 27th January contains the fol-
lowing :—Her Majesty's brigantine Charybdis has just arrived
here from Carthagena, which Place she left on the lath of
January. Peace had been proclaimed, and all British subjects
who had been detained as prisoners set at. liberty. '1 he Fede-
ralists evacuated the Lapopa on the I bth January, after burning
all they could, and have returned, as supposed, back to Baran-
quilla. Carthagena was in a state of quietness.
DEMERA KA, JAN. 22.—We are happy to announce the re-
turn of the labourers to work (at wages which the planting
body can afford) on various plan:ations, and we need hardly
suggest, that as other labourers have the good sense to come
into the reduced rate which must prevail ovi r the whole co-
lony, it is no vain-glorious victory over the peasantry that vie
shall have accomplished, but. the means of barely preserving
our own existence, and as. such should the change be mode-
rately viewed.

MURDER AT NOTTINGHAVI.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
NOTTINGHAM, MARCH 2.—A murder has been committed
here which causes great excitement. It appears that an old
man, of the name of Robinson, a coal dealer, living at Fries-
land, two miles from Nottinghain, had been constantly in the
habit of attending Nottingham market, and often was in a state
of intoxication before the day was over. On Saturday
fort-
night he, as usual, got intoxicated, and while in that state
was deco)ed to a very low house near the market, and there a
plan was formed to rob him ; and laudanum was fetched, and
large quantities poured down his throat till be was in a state
of stupor, and then he was robbed, and put out into the cold
wet street. Some persons passing placed him in a stable,
from whence he was removed in the morning, and died very
,hortly afterwards.
A Coroner's Jury sat upon the body, and, after three ad-
journments, returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder against Ben-
jamin Kurd, and his wife, and the girl who fetched the lau-
danum, all being involved in the crime."
On hearing of the man's death, they had, hoWever, packed
up all their goods, and left the town; and in spite of the vigi-
lance of the police to stop them, they have not yet been heard of.

MANSLAUGHTER.—Yesterday afternoon a length-
ened investigation was entered into before Mr. Wakley, M.P.,
at the Salmon and Compasses, Penton-street, .Pentonville, on
view of the body of Mr. Richard Simmonds, aged 44, fish-
mrtnger, late of No. 93, Chapel-street;, in the same neighbour-
hoot!, who died in vonsequence of injuries inflicted on him by
a young man named Fiederick Jones (now in custod, ), of
highly respectable connections, residing with his parents at
No. 4, York-terrace, Barnsbury-park, Islington. The case
was noticed under the head of " Law and Police " on Tuesday.
Ihe Jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Frede-
rick Jones," who was forthwith committed on the Coroner's
warrant to Newgate.
Captain Blanchard, of the American ship Rowland,
arrived at Havre-de-Grace on the 24th of February, from
•-avannah, reports, that on the 14th of February, in lat. 46 15,
re S. v
g.2‘,,,
554 Z his vessel, while scudding in a heavy gale from
was struck by lightning, which set the ship on fire
between decks. '1 he greatest alarm prevailed on board, and to
extinguish the flames was deemed next to an impossibility.
However, the attempt was made by the crew, who commenced
by throwing part of her cargo (cotton) overboard, and cutting
holes through her decks, and pouring down a large quantity co
water. By their united exertions, from four tilt eight o'clock
in the morning, they succeeded in extinguishing the fire, but
not before considerable damage had been done to the Rowland
and her cat go.
SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER.--A correspondent
some idea can be Thrmed of the severity of the weather on
the Derbyshire hills, when I tell you that a few days ago a grouse
was found crouched among the trees at the kitchen door ofalliend'.
house
4idnVerAirtiaStere' so exhausted that it was taken ailve."—Stcitrord-
s i