American Watchman And Delaware Advertiser

FROM BERMUDA.

Accounts from Bermuda are received at the Commercial Reading & News Room as late as the 14th inst: at which time the markets were not as flattering as they had been. The great influx of American produce had reduced the articles of Flour to 8 a bbl. and it was dull at that; Corn to 80 cts. a bushel; and Bread, Rice, Peas and Lumber, were proportionably low.

Vessels arriving at Bermuda, especially at St Georges, about the time above mentioned, were much annoyed by a British 18 gun brig, called the Argus, which was stationed at St G. and which suffered not a vessel to enter without detaining and overhauling her and her cargo, and putting a prize crew on board to prevent the revenue laws from being infringed. Among the American vessels thus detained were the schrs Henry, of Thomastown; Industry, Bradford, from Elizabeth City, (N C.); and Ephraim, Briggs, from Norfolk. The Industry entered her cargo and ship's stores at the Custom House, but the latter, (her bacon, pork and beef,) weighing only an hundred and forty pounds, was considered by H B. M. naval officers as too great a quantity, and she was detained by them on suspicion of intending to smuggle the surplus. Another vessel was detained for having only two bbls lampblack on board—another for having 8 or 10 pounds domestic (American rye) coffee, 20 lbs sugar, and about half a dozen pounds W. I. coffee—all of which articles had been entered upon their manifests and handed in at the Custom House.

The schr. Ephraim had gone round from St G. to Hamilton, where she was discharging at the date above mentioned, her prize crew having gone round and still remaining on board of her. The schr. William & Mary, M'Grath, from East River, was at Hamilton discharging; having arrived there direct from Virginia, had escaped the Argus eyes of the brig at St. Georges. The schooner of and from Tappahannock, Henry Young, of Norfolk, navigator, was at St. Georges discharging; she also escaped detention, having got in before the brig in question arrived there. The schr. Golden Age, of and for Plymouth, (N.C.) would sail in a few days, as a navigator was about engaging to take her on, her captain having died. The brig Nautilus, Blair, of and from Norfolk, sailed about the 10th inst to touch at Turks Island for salt.

The standing Governor Lumley was in no higher repute than formerly; and since the arrival of the Argus brig at St. Georges, (whither the Governor had also removed from Hamilton from the interest he had taken to aid her in her operations,) perhaps not as much so. Disaffection among the inhabitants was daily augmenting, and presenting itself in a shape which is to be found only in those countries where the seeds of revolution have been sown. Placards were posted up in the most public places carricaturing Sir William and his adherents (officers,) and mock honors only were paid to him.

The following is a literal copy of a placard received at the Commercial Reading Room, which was taken down from the market place at St. Georges, and forwarded by a friend. In recording it here it is done from no other motive than to shew to what a degrading dilenima a Governor may bring himself into "who forgets right":—"The subscriber proposes that the merchants enter into a general subscription for the purpose of purchasing Silk Stockings for the Naval Officers, as no vessel in the harbor will be safe while the Governor and Parson continue to give Balls.—L P. I.'—Herald."