The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-31 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 30.—8 y the Royal Mail
Company's steam-ship La Plata, Captain George
Weller, with the West India, Mexican,and Pacific
mails, in charge of Lieut. Striven, N., Admi-
ralty agent, we have dates from
Vera Cruz Oct. 5, Trinidad
Tampico Sept. 30 Barbadoes — 13
Havannah Oct. 10 Grenada — 11
.. .

Santa Martha Sept. 26 ' St. Vincent's — 14
Greytown .
Carthagena — 10'1 Antigua _ ..
Colon — 111 Montserrat
Jamaica — 12 1 ' Nevis —
Jacmel — 13' St. Kitt's
Porto Rico .. 15 St. Thomas's — 16

Demerara
La Plata brings 36 passengers, among whom are
Governor Macintosh, Baron Danmier, Lieutenants
Davies, O'Shaughnessey, Governor Power, and
Fisher, General Belsier, &c. ; and on freight
$866,615 in specie, precious stones, &c., value—
say, 174,0001. sterling—viz., on account of the
Mexican dividends, $16,034 ; from the Gulf of
,Mexico, in gold and gold-dust, $334,581 ; silver,
$381,355 ; specie, &c., $40,000 ; platina, $91,285 ;
precious stones, $3,300 ' • and.. cargo consisting of
•136 serous of cochineal, 9 serous of jalap, 101 cases
of cigars, 45 bales of tobacco, 2 casks of coffee, 29
bales of sarsaparilla, 12 cases of tortoiseshell, 4 cases
of succades, 535 bales of bark, 11 bales of merchan-
dise, 17 plants, and 50 packages of sundries.
There is very little news of interest by this ar-
rival.

At Jamaica everything continued dull as far as
regarded trade. The Legislature was to meet on
the 16th inst. The news of the fall of Sebastopol
had bees received at Jamaica, and had caused an
immense excitement. Our correspondent, writing
on the 12th inst., says—
" The city was beautifully illuminated last night, and
the display of flags on the occasion exceeded anything
of the kind ever known in Jamaica. The enthusiasm of
the people is unbounded on account of the fall of Sebas-
topol. The news has been received with universal satis-
faction here, and we have had a display of magnificent
rockets every night since. This feeling appears to per-
vade the people throughout the island. Beyond this
matters continue much the same as when the last packet
left. A salute of 42 guns was fired at Port Royal as soon
as the packet arrived with the intelligence."

The Jamaica papers state that the city was par-
tially illuminated for several days in succession,
and the people exhibited every sign of exultation.
A patriotic song has been composed for the occa-
sion, and was being chanted about the streets. The
island was healthy. The reports from the mining
districts are very satisfactory. In breadstuffs there
was a considerable decline, which could only be
checked by a suspension of importations. Sugars
were not in sufficient •supply to satisfy the demand,
and had rapidly risen to 20s. and 235., and were
likely to maintain those rates. Pimento was dull.
For corn there was no demand whatever. The
flour-market had declined, and sales of Phila-
delphia and Baltimore brands had been made at
465., and New Orleans at 455. per barrel. Ex-
changes on London were quoted, for bills at 00
days, at 1 per cent. premium; 60 days, 1i premium;
30 days, 2 premium.
The following vessels were in Kingston harbour :
—Barks—The Eweretta, Jane, Wanderer, and
Hebe. Brigs The Express, Commodore, and
Elizabeth. Brigantines—The Eureka, Telegraph,
and Timothy Crosby. Schooners—The Heudrina,
Margaret Musson, and Endeavour.
Her Majesty's ships Imaum, Arab, Termagant,
and Buzzard were at Jamaica.

From Greytown we learn that Colonel Kinney
had resigned the government. Her Majesty's
ship Eurydice left Greytown cn the 3d inst. for
Bluefields.

At Demerara the Court of Policy met on the Ist
inst., and discussed the various clauses of the New
Harbour Regulation Bill, which was afterwards
ordered to be published for general information.
The Court was then adjourned sine die, in conse-
quence of the absence, through indisposition, of
the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General.
The following are the stations of the Royal Mail
Company's intercolonial steam-ships :—The Clyde,
Derwent, and Solent, at St. Thomas's ; the Wye,
at Trinidad ; the Prince, at Honduras ;'the Teviot,
at the Spanish Main. The Atrato had arrived out
at St. Thomas's, and was waiting the arrival of the
next mails for England.