The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-29 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.

The Royal West India mail packet Alnico, 1...1
Wolley (Admiralty agent, Lieutenant Poole, R.N.), from
the West Indies, arrived at Sonthamptee yesterday.
Her dates of sailing are—Cis/gra, Jame 8 ; Carthagens,
June 10; Jamaica, Jane 10; Demerara, Jane 9; Melded,
June 9 ; Barbadoes, June 11; Antigua, June 14; Mar-
tinique, June 13; Grenada, Jane 13; 84. Thomas, Jane 16;
La Ousyn, June 9.
The Atrato beings 104 first class passenger, among whom
are Lieutenant Richardson, Captain Clark, Has. C. Biddy,
Has. Mr. and Mrs. Le Cm and family, Memel Dike sod
servant, Count Simon, Mr. and two Weis Rethechad,
Wis. Le Bun, Mr. and Mrs. Jsadon and family, Mr. mod
Ibb Kelewsey and family, Mn. Bridps and family, Um
Oismi D'Aresy, Mr. and Mrs. Row sad family. DV.
Tweaditele, R.N., Don Joss Alvarado, Margais de Owse.
malt, Mr. and Mrs. Joeckeen Mr. and Mrs. L,,L
Ib. and Mrs. Levi and family, and Mrs. Fres* owl
gladly, Rey. T. Ridley, Rev. J. Lowe, Mr. Lig, Mt.
List,Miss Jensetian, Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Whet Mr. Fyfe,
Mr. Oar:away, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Hugo, 86th Ent, ar.
Dm freight on board includes 638,361 dole. ; gold dust,
SKID dole.; silver, 222,698 dole.; pietist& and plata
phis; 19,139 dols.
The Amato brings no news or mans from Mexico.
Imam continues healthy, the island has been visited
by very heavy rains, which has done great injury to',
We sugar crops in some districts.
Porto Rico has been visited by the yellow fever, 12 perl,
cent. of the troops have been attacked ; also the mend'
general in command, with his family, were suffering bona
the fever when the packet left.
The weather at St. Thomas's has been unusually hot and
sultry, and the yellow fever spreading very much amongst
the shipping ; there are three merchant vowels in the har-
bour that have lost all their crews by fever. The Royal
Mail Steam Packet, Wye, has been visited with fever ; the
Ist, 2nd, and 4th Karen have been attacked but are re-
covering ; the chief engineer is in a very precarious state,
and Mr. Bidwell, purser, had died after a short illness. The
chief engineer of the Eagle is dead; this is the woad chief
engineer that has died from the Eagle in a very short time.
A Warless@ is expected at the West Indies.
The wed squadron &maned for the attack of Petro.
psalmist lad, It nearly completed its concentra-
tion at the Bniwssk Islande, and would consist of fifteen
Bonita sad Nom* ships, including four steamers. The
English end local admirals are both young men for their
rank, and sue resorbed to be quite up to their work—in
fact, made of difbreat materiels to those of the com-
manders la the last attack, who, by the account of the
officers engaged in the expedition, were neither more nor
less than a ample of old women. It appears from letters
recently resolved from same Russian °Scan in Petropeol.
°saki, that the plus WU on the poiat of surrendering when
the allied ssorina retired. The frigate Aurora, by the
latest eseestate, was In that port; but it is expected she
would have taken an early opportunity of retiring to the for-
tified river of Anwar, where the Russians are reported to
have assembled a body of some 7,000 men for its i:efesee.
It is probable, however, that the allied squadrons will, after
destroying Petropaulorski, next direct their attention to
Bilks, another accessible point.
In Peru affairs continued quiet, with a good prospect of
a very improved state of affairs under the administration ad
General Castilla's government. The city of Lints had bees
2htedeawmitihthgae,
the important
a railway4,i destined
cf Tama tsonunowi more then
ts the part
felt completed.
Her Majesty's steam sloop Samoa was at Santa Martha
em May 28, and expected to go from theses to Grey Tows.
Movements of her Majesty's ships—June 10: lier Mb,
pandas ships Termagant, with Commodore Hendersosk
t, Daring, and Arab, at anchor at Port Royal ;F
Crib, left royal mail steam packets Wye, Clyde, and
Nagle, at St. Thomes's ; Conway, in the Gulf of left
Teviot, Spanish Main ; Prince, Belize; Dee left IL
Thome on June 9 for England.
June 20, exchanged colours with American barque, Dr.
Franklin, lat. 32.2 N., lon. 49.43 W. • Jane 26, exchanged
colours with the English barque Coiirier, from Ceylon to
London, lat. 47.63 N , lon. 16.29 W.