The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-14 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL

SOUTHAMPTON, Ocr. 13.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato,
Captain Woolley, with the West India and Pacific
mails, arrived this afternoon. She brings 80 pas-
sengers, 928,397 dots. in specie, of which 745,873
dots. is silver, and 182,524 dots. gold coin ; pearls,
810/. ; jewellery, 1601. Also the following cargo :
—386 herons cochineal, 35 serous indigo, 92 Gerona
bark, 14 bales wool, 41 bales India rubber, 120
casks coffee, 43 bales sarsaparilla, 14 casks honey,
131 packages pimento, 1 package vanilla, 17 cases
tortoiseshell, 24 cases succades, 17 cases beeswax,
176 bags cocoa, 30 packages silver ore, and 108
packages sundries.

Dates by this arrival are from Honduras, Sept.
14 ; Grey Town, 18th ; Jamaica, 24th ; Colon, 23rd ;
Jacmel, 26th ; Porto Rico, 28th ; Demerara, 24th ;
Tobago, 23rd ; Trinidad, 24th ; Harbadoes, 26th ;
Grenada, 24th ; St Vincent, 25th ; St. Lucia,
26th ; Martinique, 27th ; Guadeloupe, 27th ; Domi-
nique, 27th ; Antigua, 27th ; Montserrat, 27th
Nevis, 28th ; St. Kitts, 28th ; Tortola, 28th ; and
St. Thomas, 29th.
The weather at Barbedoes had been more favour-
able ; the heat, however, continued oppressive.
Showers had been frequent, and the growing crops
looking better. The crops were nearly all finished ;
few estates were converting their remaining Lanes
into rum.

At Trinidad the growing crops were suffering from
excessive moisture, the cane pieces looking thin and
yellow, and all field operations carried on under
most discouraging and trying difficulties. There
was nothing stirring in the political world of Tri-
nidad. The laud tax and wharf extension duties
continued to provoke animated discussions ; beyond
this there is no news worthy of remark. The
amount of produce shipped to date, amounted to,
sugar, 31,813 Wilds. 6,479 tierces 2,191 brim. ;
molasses, 7,520 puns. 418 tierces ; rum, 2,421
puns. ; cocoa, 7,044,792 lbs. ; Goths, 3,246 lbs. ;
cotton 216 bales 44 serous.
AtJamaica the question of cotton cultivation is
still kept before the public, and in many parts of
the country the small settlers had commenced
planting. The Bank of Jamaica held its half-yearly
meeting on the 10th inst. The report exhibited a
sustained loss of 39,381/. 45., consequent upon the
failure of a firm, swallowing up the nett profits of
the half-year, amounting to 4,9761. Ba. 15d., and the
reserved surplus fund of 20,999/. 19s. 10d., leaving
a balance at debit of profit and loss of 14,3041.
16s. lid. Trade is reported at its lowest ebb, with-
out a shadow of speculative feeling in transactions ;
no disposition to take up stocks to any extent pre-
vailed, and business was restricted to almost retail
operations ; prism were with difficulty maintained.

THE CAUCASUS.

The Opinion Nationale has the following :

Among the items of intelligence which reach us from
Russia, there is one which assumes rather a serious aspect
—the deep discontent of Mingrelia splint the Hussies
government. The Princess Dadian, Regent of Mingrelia, is
using all her efforts to introduce into that country, free par
ezrellener, the right of serfdom. The loss of Prince Darts-
final and Y. Ducroicy is regretted, as they actively exerted
themselves in the maintenance of the ancient Miegselian
liberties. In 1858, Mingrelia unanimously rose against the
Regent, and Y. Ducroicy had the greatest difficulty in paci-
fying that country without hostilities being resorted to. The
present serious symptoms appear to presage a general rising,
and keep the army of the Caucasus on the watch. The news
of a fresh insurrection is every day expected.

SMEAR/TAN FAZE HoePFTLL.—Tbe number of
pottiest' treated at the Samaritan Free Hospital for Wcafea
and Children, Edwards-street, Portman•aquare, daring the
week ending Oct. 12, was 747, of which 267 ware lee*
GUM