16 APRIL 1842, Page 12

Papers from Mauritius announce the death of Sir Lionel Smith,

the Governor, on the 2d January, after a short illness, in the 64th year of his age.

The Earl of Elgin, Governor of Jamaica, the Countess, and Com- modore Byng, recently appoinled to the command in the West Indies, embarked at Southampton.yesterday afternoon, in the West India mail- steamer Medina.