Jamaica Papers.
-ine urectan cutter, 10, Lieut. Cawley, sailed from Fort-Royal en Sunday morring for Carthagena, having on board despatches from Vice-Admiral Sir Lawrence W.HaLsted, B.C.B., for the Vice- President of Colombia. Vice-Admiral Sir Lawrence W. falsted, K.C.B., has addressea the following comuninicatfon to his Honour the Mayor:- (coPr.) "Sir.4 I Isis, Port-Reyal Harbour, Jamaica, Way 4. t" Sir.- beg you will be pleased to make known, for the informa- tion of those intertated therein, that the result 0 the demand made on the authoritiesnf Porto-Rico, for reparation in the case of tbesloop Eliza, of this island, piratically plundered by the Poribna priva- teer, is, that judgment (an oflicialcopy of which is in my posses- sion= has been given against the offenders, to the full amount of the claims made by the British ruerchants; but although every effort has been made to that effect, the poverty of the parties is such, that there is little or no proxpect of obtaining payment at Porto-Rico. The matter, therefore, now remains to be finaly setiled.by the Go- vernmenrs of Great Britain and Spain, to the former of which this result will be duly made known. " if an gentlenmen interestedl in this affair will caU upon me, I s.hav be gra to receive, and give him any infornation in rnv power. "I bave the boaour tobe, Sir, your mostobedienthumbleservants (Signed) " L. W. HALSTED, " Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. " Tothe Hon. the Mayor of Kingston" JAMAICA PAPERS. K INGSTON. MAY 8.