The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC
MAILS.

The royal West India mail packet La Plata, Cap-
tain Weller, Admiralty agent, Limit. Charlatan,
R.N., arrived at Southampton yesterday, with the
West India mails. Her dates of sailing Werlf : Orey-
town, May 10th ; Panama, 23rd ; Honduras, 17th ;
Carthagena, 26th; Jamaica, 27th; Demerara, 26th;
Trinidad, 25th; Barbadoes, 27th; Antigua, 29th.
The La Plata brought 229 pawengen The freight
comprises specie to the amount of 1;059,731
wasting of 441,277 dole. value in silver, 600,005
dole. value in gold, and 16,422 dole. value in plains.
There were also on board pearls of 2,000 dole. value.
The following are the movements of her Majesty's
ships :—Jamaica, May 25th. Sailed: Baailiak, bear-
lag the Sag of Rear-Admiral the lion. Sir H.
Stewart, for Bermuda; also Intrepid, for England.
May 27th. At Port Royal there were the Imaum,
Tartar, Victor, and Perseverance. The Orion and
Cossack, and the Pioneer at Greytown.
May 30th. At St. hen de Porto Rico was the
Spanish steam frigate Francisco de Amin. The
Spanish squadron far Mexico was expected drily.
The La Plata btinge news of the continuum* of
the yellow fever is the West India, When JIB
rosiLwas chiefly mega the ship*, at St.
and Martinique; the ether peas— aftheWeet
ladies appear to be bee blot M. All the moons
helooging to the Parer, the bat homeward mail
etsamer, who were streak with yellow fever, and
left behind at St. Thome, are dead. Dr. Manfred
and Kr. Turner, the Moth engineer, died of vellow
beer an bead the Trott. Sao aft, the Li Plata
lett St. Thomas, yellow levee mode its appearance
among the crew_ and nearly 40 persons were laid
down with it. veryE endeavour was made to step
Its ravages and mitigate its severity. The utmost
rare was taken in ventilating the ship, eleansing it
with disinfecting substances, and won and en-
soling the sick. In addition to the surgeon et the
In Plata, Dr. Hamilton, a , mimed
most valuable assistance. A Jemetu i=a
who was also a passenger, attended oast
lely as the sick, to cheer them with vetigiem
bon. Out of the whole number attain& ;only six
died on the passage, viz., John Rickman, human;
&mud Palmer; Hy. Wm. lupe, moistaat non
keeper; Mr. Nash, fifth engineer, Wm. Gregory,
asistorAtAnas, and Richard Fawkes, (matter
aster.

Anernist the by the La Plata was a
am at soak sad wealth in Hayti, with all his
tunny; elm the French Canal at Hayti. The
latter ha been the priasipal cause of the Emperor
Baeloagne alloying Ha "pane to visit Europe. For-
merly scarcely any IMO was allowed to do so, sow
almost every rant 'panty* to Er ems at the
nobility or gentry at Hayti. ma la Plats brings
I.)=. of a dietinhaom at the northern aide of
The crews of the mareaatioes= la the
harbour wen sworn in as Her
Yeasetes ship Brilliant weeZialexproted thorn
At Bunting the weather had considerably ho-
=tter mop operatiose, and the staple prone-
were long nonstarters& sad brought to the
eine:lapin with all possible deopatch.
had been &,oared with the best of
rather for edger making, and the canes wen
Midila fait quantity of very sweet juice. Than
ibeele nen heavy showers, of a partial she-
reeter, sulkiest to help the sprouting cases, bat not
crop operations.
In Demme a pftwe wee in preporatica to par-
Bement on the se at immigration. The mob.
Ines adopted reprement that itni=ble of
11=aelMrer meld be stand eempians that
the introdoetion at !showers is hampered by 111111110811
and arbitrary restrictions; and prep
.that eney
facility may be afforded to the imp
artabon into the
colony of immigrants from India, China, Africa, and
any other country whence they can be procured.
The cholera has broken out again with great via
limos in Essequibo, Wakenaam Wand.