The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

TIIE WEST INDIA MAIL.

A SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNINd•
ti""rrived, the Tamar, with the West India mail,
tiPssengers, $1,500,000 on merchants' account,
500 for the dividends, and $500,000 in gold.
katt• her dates are—Tampico, Aug. 2 ; Havan-
Ab Aug. 21 ; Demerara, Aug. 26 ; Trinidad,
kill:
328 ; Porto Rico, Sept. 1 ; and St. Thomas,
. All the islands were healthy.
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Peti uurricand had occurred at Barbadoes, and 10
aDhselB were lost ; after which the yellow fever dis-
''eared.
MY
at Jamaica was dull. Flour in small
VIY and fair prices.
14:4'.1ehange on London, at 90 days, 1 per cent.
;60 days, ;1i do. 3O days, 2 do.
klirr Majesty's
brig Wolverine had been totally
Oft, °IL the St. Andrew's Islands, off the Mosquito
vThere were no lives lost.
Sgt Eastern Grenada the weather was variable,
4here had been but little sickness.
teit. Trinidad a severe shock of , earthquake was
kt
British Guiana the Court of Policy had re-
-I,et, hoed and again adjourned ; the weather was
11aL and sultry ; the canes were thriving, and
40C14'rs were beginning to get busy. There was
44)14110h sickness in the colony. Business among
pillerchants continued dull.
Jllirolu. the Pacific we have dates from Valparaiso,
AS 30th ; Callao, Aug. 10th.
Sgt Bolivia, the Presidential election had termi-
in favour of General Cordaba, son-in-law of
Ttlilral Belzer.
Poti Dews from Peru and Chili is of little im-
„4„
V. ce•
‘,4, Callao wo have dates from Melbourne
.to
'l4°_,th June, six days later than the last Austra-
ittrvices. The farmers were busily engaged in
in their wheat, which was in excellent
tole; There was no alteration in the price of
44),qust. The market was very dull, and scarcely
S4d been offered for sale.
tates from Victoria, to the 25th June, state
aerious, collision had taken place between
kill'tish at the Maryborough Diggings and the
Nets at Ballarat. The Irish had also been op-
411g the English, Scotch, and American miners.
" Geelong, gold was worth 3/. 18s. per ounce.
TH E AFRICAN MAIL.

h PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.
Mtoe African Royal mail steamer Ethiope, Com-
t'er W. Barnewell, arrived here this morning.
ict, dates are—Bonny, Aug. Ist ; ' Lagos, 4th ;
liit'% 7th; Cape Coast Castle, Bth ; Liberia, 13th;
$ tr
,theaLeone, 18th ; Bathurst, 24th ; Goree, 25th ;
Alliffe, Sept. Ist ; and Madeira, 4th.
ail ~e brings the usual mail, and a cargo of palm
Vtigte, ginger, pepper, arrowroot, and cochineal,
N 4,000 ounces of gold dust, and 15 passengers
Ate,
the latter, Lieut. Clarke, from Cape Coast
Ate, and Lieut. Hoskings, from Sierra Leone.
I4fi is,Pernand.o Po was the Antelope ; at Lagos,
lila udlomel and the Britomart ; and at Accra,
,j, Dolphin.
lilt': lat. 44 36 N., and long. 8 59 W., she passed
kii44.o4.esport No. 181, from the Crimea, homeward
illth,e body of John Degregne, Esq., who fell in
trabush at Sabaggee, was brought to Bathurst
," colonial steamer Dover on the morning of
141. e 48 t h of August, and interred in the cemetery
Iszn
'Ne,;-; further movements had been made by the
ftfi'ked authorities against the rebels up to the time
ite Ethiope's sailing.
stiek. b e roads to the interior from Sierra Leone were
'lti? and a number of gold strangers had arrived
1541,,,1ict the last day or two, which promised active
()li`gercial operations, notwithstanding the unfa-
, or
wet season.
ail te butch steam-ship Amsterdam was about to
'their Old Calabar.
kb,: absence of a Governor on the Gold Coast is
PLe'l3r felt.
qo
t'll‘l4l. Beason has been remarkably sickly, and sena-
t,() ilitary officers are coming home. The natives
liitiffered more than the wites.
"%thr'ra Leone was quiet, and the nut season being
h Ott over freights are dull.
NI eriel O'Connor, Governor of the Gambia, has
* 03', recovered from his wounds ; he is preparing
,'.4bl);ervvhelming force to proceed against the
!,5 r.,',Riees when the rains are over, and the French
iglecting an expedition to attack Cazamanee,
e back of Sabbagee.