The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-15 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIAN MAIL,

We yesterday announced !the arrival at Southampton
on Sunday, of the Royal West Indian Mail Packet Atrato,
Japtain Woolley, with the West Indian and Pacific mails.
Her dates are—Panama, March 25 ; Jamaica, March 27 ;
Demerara, March 25 ; Trinidad, March 25 ; Barbadoes,
March 29; St. Thomas, March 31 ; Mountserrat, March
29. The Atrato brings 86 passengers, among whom
are M. Corvaia, Venezuelan Minister of France and:Hol-
land, Lieutenant Swinburne, R.N.' of her Majesty's ship
Daring, Lieutenant Murphy, and Dr. and Mrs. Thomp-
son, of the Ist West Indian Regiment ; the Rev. G. and
Mrs. Milisom, &c. _ _ .

The freight on board consists of specie to the amount
of 645,088 dollars, which are on account of merchants.
The specie consists of 211,848 dollars value in silver, and
433,240 dollars value in gold. The cargo consists f 198
serons of cochineal, 5 serons of indigo, 423 bales of bark,
27 cases of plants, 6 bales of tobacco, 11 casks of bees'-
wax, 1 bale of sarsaparilla, 1 case of tortoiseshell, 11
cases of succades, and 45 packages of sundries. The
Atrato during the greater portion of the voyage experi-
enced fine weather.
Our advices from Jamaica are to the' 26th ult. There
is but little intelligence to communicate. The island is
generally healthy, and business brisk. Mining intelli-
gence is favourable. Exchange on London is quoted at 90
days 1 per cent prem. ; 60 days, 1 per cent ; 30 days, 11
per cent.
Intelligence (to be found in another column) had been
received of the destruction of the American steamer
Osprey, by fire, near the Palisadoes, on the 25th ult.
From Demerara our intelligence is to the 25th ult. The
court of policy met on the 24th, and was chiefly occupied
by the discussion of a bill to amend the militia ordinance
recently passed. The weather continued dry, and the
estates were suffering in consequence. Agricultural
operations were almost universally suspended.
At Grenada sugar making continued, but many of the
canes did not exhibit a good yield. The shortness of labour
was a good deal felt in the field, native Creole labour
becoming more scarce every year.
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News had arrived in Port of Spain of the partial de-
struction of the town of Maturin by fire. A very large
quantity of property was destroyed.
At Barbadoes crop operations were proceeding satisfac-
torily. The West India islands generally were healthy,
but rain was wanted everywhere.

The following information respecting her Majesty's
ships of war in the West Indies has been received by the
Atrato. At Greytown the Hermes ; the Eurydice was
cruising off Mosquito. At Barbadoes the Marinor and
the Vestal. At St. Thomas's the Medea. At Jamaica
the Imaum, the Arachne, and the Daring. On the
Havannah station the Powerful, the Arab, the Espiegle,
and the Buzzard. The Termagant and the Argus were
expected at Havannah, and the Boscawen was en route to
Bermuda.

The French steamer Le Grondeur and the"schooner La
Jouvenielle were at Guadaloupe, and the French frigate
Iphigenie, with the Admiral's flag, at Martinique.

The allies are to have six months to withdraw from
the Crimea,

It was known at Nicolaieff on the 25th ult., that the
Czar had instituted a chamber of commerce in that city.
This measure was regarded as sufficiently denoting the
future character of Nicolaieff. Next month a grand agri-
cultural exhibition was to be held.

KONIGSBERG, April 11.—A rescript from the Emperor
Alexander, received at St. Petersburg, confirms during
his whole reign, by the faith of his imperial word, the
rights, customs, possessions, and privileges of the nobles
of Livonia, Esthonia, and Courland.
MADRID, April 11.—The Gazette gives intelligence from
Valentia of the 10th. The city continued tranquil and
in the same state as on the preceding day. General
Zarala had arrived the previous evening at Albacita.
Troops from various parts were marching in Valentia.
WHAT Is THE lslimE ?—Ths strange name of the new
Cunard steam-propeller, which arrived at this port on
Thursday, is a subj et of no little curiosity. The news-
boys were greatly puzzled. Some cried the arrival of the
"Aymoo," some the " Hemew,"and others, not observing
a mispr nt, lustily bawled the arrival of the " Amen." The
name was generally spelled wrong; it should be Emu,
And, by the way, if not remarkably poetical, it is very
appropriate. The Emu is a species of the Cassowary, a large
bird, whose wings are unfit for flight; and the ship Emu is
a large propeller, depending upon steam, whose sails are the
secondary power.—Boston Paper,