The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-18 00:00:00

WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN
MAILS.

The Great Western, Captain Woolley, arrived at
Southampton this morning, with the West India and
Mexican mails, under charge of Lieutenant Ashley
Lasondie, Admiralty agent.
Her dates are :—Santa Martha, Feb. sth ; Tam-
pioo, 7th; Chagres,loth ; Panama, 10th; Demerara,
11th ; Serbia', 11th ; Vera Cruz, 12th ; Ciwthagena,
12th; La Oisayrs, 12th; Puerto Cabello 13th; To-
bago, 14th; Nassau, 14th ; Trinidad, 15th% Grenada,
16th; Carriacon, 16th ; St. Vincent, 16th ; Tortola,
16th; Barbadoe, 17th ; St. Lucia, 19111; Martinique,
18th; Dominica, 18th; Guadaloope, 18th; Antigua,
18th; Montserrat, loth; Nevis, 10th; St. Kitts,
10th; Jamaica, 19th ; Porto Rico, 23rd ; St. Via!
mas, 23th.

Particulars of Specie.—Specie and bullion on mer-
chants' account from Tampico, 601,931 dollars; ditto
front Vera Cm; 438,667; specie and bullion on ac-
count of Mexican dividends, 74,101 ; total amount in
dollars from Gulf of Mexico, 1,114,649; specie (in
gold) from the Pacific ports, 17,289; specie and bul-
lion from California, 296,341; ditto from Cartha-
gena, 40,000; ditto from Jamaica, 12,414; ditto from
other parts of West Indies, 44,680 ; total value
brought by the steamer, of which 1,117,173 are in
silver, and 408,530 in gold, 1,622,7114 dollars.
Among her passengers (sixty-three in number) are
Edward Thornton, Req., secretary of legation to the
Mexican embassy; Lieut. Grant, 16th Iterh.Acand
family, front Jamaica; Capt. Barazier, from C res;
Baron Von Rader, and Dr. Stiell, R.N., from St.
Thomas; Assistant-Comm' -General Williams
and lady, from Trinidad; Mr. Donald/lOn, from St.
Vincent; Lieut. L'Ectrunge, R.A., Lieut. Thompson,
67th Regt., and Capt. Jackson, from Barbadoes.
In Mexico quiet reigned. The revolutionary
movement on the northern frontier had been quelled,
but Carbajal (not " Curavajal," as the papers gene-
rally have it) had been endeavouring to assemble
some followers at Brownsville, on the left bank of
the Rio Bravo. His proceedings, however, were
stifled in the bud by the authorities of Texas.
Much excitement has arisen in Matamoros and its
neighbourhood, by the order issued from the general
government, for again putting in force the ancient
tariff, even with regard to the goods importcd,on the
faith of the reduced tariff of General Araks ; but it
was not believed that the authorities there would be
able to carry into effect so monstrous a measure.
Congress at Mexi^o was in the meantime deliberat-
ing upon the reduction of the tariff, but the intrigues
of those interested in the cotton factories were in full
play, and seemed likely to prevent the prohibitions
being raised, or the duties reduced on cotton goods.
The new law increasing the export duty on "specie"
from 31 to 6 par cent. oame into force on the 4th
February. This ill-advised scheme will undoubtedly
incresse the smuggling of that valuable article of
Mexican produce, and probably diminish its branch
of the revenue. On the 13th January Vera Crux
was visited by a " norther," of almost unexampled
violence and of truly disastrous effect. Out of 22
vessels at anchor under the lee of the Castle of San
Juan d'Ulloa, 14 were driven on shore and totally
lost. Of their stews 13 men lost their lives.
When the Great Western arrived on the 18th d
February, eleven of the unfortunate vessels were
lying, within a circuit of half a mile, in all the stages
of wreck and destruction—totally abandoned and fast
breaking up. Everything was believed to be in-
sured, but goods to a very large amount were
destroyed, and the Mexican government were said
to have lost by the disaster duties to the amount of
200,000 doles—the boadholders their proportion of
the same.
From the "lighterage" of the port lasing in the
hands of a privileged few, merchaotasa amen are
shamefully. delayed in discharging thde car-
goes, havanact= to wait sometimes for
months tarn canes fir obtain-
ing the um of the lighten. A esesespealeat
says :—" The Mexican t may Mese this. te
them immune, loge to Win own meaateens syntoln,
Or, I might la ,:want of wheimmespisee. whereby
there monop• are *dsesd and enettraged. So
rotten • state of Mega imams the disabilities of
this, their only Lapertent ' trading-port,' in the
Allende. ahem% es*s %neared by Nature as to be
ow el the meet seelsorages its the world
firs baba mem& lie time with tweaad Asa
the maim sheik seder tie ImltinastivelY WS`
nilleint athirst the mode above ateadased. &win
a reef eliesis esti& ad is the smthward of it. In
ea amend se andries., wilt me prospect of a vessel
big able is maks mg mid wish set *boa
might
W • marcher, it &said be impeeilvsly Mai
the vessels lying than uhseedi be made mew Imo
ad lave their topgalleetomeste. if am time
mob and hewer yards. ea desk, when
peing% haws sr three tlia. Of themes
leie brigs Set were wreaks& het two bed AM
mate sae lower rude dews when they
This northern Moved Weed in full An
he le hews, viz., hem 10 Imo, me the 12th le 1
pn. ea the lithspray and hem raised made
the almeetsiwinase dm% that the tants.
ef a see ea wars se=
alfretisit pat. oven is broad day. soil the theme
meter west dews is 411.
" To give the underwriters a better Idea still of the
acted tWleare ef this anchorage during the "season
of seetheaf (ban October to March), I may
Ohm that even -the " Royal Mail steps-
with their Ares " banked up," ready
to start at a few' minutes ;mdse, avail re-
maining for the night at this seem% aid dwaYs
Fat tow directly the norther este in with any ism,
eves by day. The Great Walden pet to ma three
this., within two days and a few bean' stay."
A list of twelve of the vessels wrecked at Vera
Crus:--Barlass: Rosins, Ammileas MWilson, Ame-
rican I itiesseee haulms. isesehl hie Forente,
Ibileseek_Delgies. lifts
JohnhOen,
rat Via'{ ..
Its,,
Feweele. .lelteenses: o 8"°,
Amnion Robert Spades, Mamba* Relen Mee,
Assehme ; Primula Campshaaa.
he% Mexican.
The Medway wee delved at Clara, rasing en-
able to lead the mil% en aemant of the high surf,
for nearly Owes days, relleltetpueesed on to Grey
Town.
A shocking murder took *es on board the British
schooner Cyathia, between Meee and Compeschy,
the seater being the victim, and the immense a Mexi-
can, Eras the latter port. TbeersatWesiene pet out
to Bt. Thomas in siztesn days. The Great Weellern
OM home in consequence of some slight derange-
ment of hr machinery. The Medway was gene to
the Oalt _ _ _

Ai Jemmies, the weather was very favourable for
takl
ieg of the sugar crops, but n many parts of the
of
the megrim were striking hr higher wises,
awl watiovery irregularly. The mace ads
good, and are coming in seep
cnresersatly !gated. that many of the plant-
ing attomays bad mealved insane-Jona hem Reg-
lad to eleadm the saltivation of several el the bast
estates, mine they OM grow and manufacture sopa
111. per helphsed, arid ram 61. per puncheon, whisk
Ins, by a Waite and searching inquiry a few yeses
sap heimiS emeasittes of the Rouse of Assembly,
bum sham le he valsriy impossible. Moreover the
were et the have sines the cholera ineressed
enelcarth, to the distress of the unfortunate
11111141111. ef the British government loan
elf MANZ ha malgration has been appropriated to
the Impartatire Otis Coolies.
P! Britbh (laime we learn that the Court of
May met on the Mk Feb., pursuant to adjourn-
ment. One or two items of routine business
having been disposed d, the Registrars' and Mar-
shal," Ogees Fees Bill was reed a second time, and
the standing rules having been sumessively suspended,
it wee committed, read the third time, and passed. A
bill " to make provision for keeping in repair the
line of public roads and bridges passing through
any part of the lands of any plantation in which any
tows or is built. and for other purposes,"
was isArtml end and rend the first time. 'fhe court
thee adjoined am lie.
The scum imp of lost 117shezrted from the
odor/ eammated to 43.034 ; the quantity
shipped team the beginning o the present year to
date emenuteto 7,361.

In Trinidad the state of the weather wee fir from
satisfactory; heavy rains were falling in the agri-
districts, and the roads were nearly impassable. It
was supposed there would be • decrease of 5,000 or
6,000 hogsheads from the kit crop.
The Trinidad Booed of Legislative Council met on
the 2nd of February, when the colonial secretary an-
' named that a vessel (the True Briton) arrived on