The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-01 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 31.
The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato,
Captain Woolley, arrived this morning at 11.30,
from the West Indies, with 105 passengers, and tho
usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant Brydges,
RN., Admiralty agent.
The late o; dates brougl
Ssulta Martha' Dec. 5
Youpico
Vera Cruz
Groytown — 6

t by the Atrato are :
Grenada
Barbadoes
Jacinel (Hayti) 13
Antigua

CL agrcs

Havannah
Demerara
Trinidad

St. Rites
Nevis
Montserrat
Porto Rico
St. Thomas's

Carthagena

Jam aic-A .• .

The Atrato brings on freight 582,864 dollars on
merchants' account ; 72,000 dollars for dividends ;
316,913 oz. gold dust and bars ; 1,070 dollars'
value of platina ; 1,9001. British coin, and a large
general cargo.
Information respectinc, her Majesty's ships of
war, at the various West India Islands and Naval
Stations, at the date of the most recent advice :--
Her Majesty's steamer Devastation sailed from
St. Thomas for Port Royal on the 7th inst., after
having recovered the whole of the guns (13 in
number) thrown overboard from the Harrier on
the Auegada Shoal.
Her Majesty's steamer Harrier left St. Thonag
on the morning of the 17th instant for Bermuda
and England, and the Medea replaces her at St•
Thomas.

The Calypso is at Antigua, the Mariner at Bar-
badoes, the Termagant, with the flag of Comoro'
dore Henderson, and the Vestal, are at Crreytovroo
expecting to be joined very soon by the rest of the
West India squadron and the Admiral.
The Arab, from Honduras, is hourly expected
at Port Royal, as also the Powerful and Eurydice
from England.

The -Wolverine relieved the Arab at Hondurag.
The Scorpion, surveying schooner, is at Bel-
muda.
The Argus at Samana, St. Domingo, and
schooner Bermuda, at Nassau.
At Port Royal—Boscawen, flag of Admiral Fan'
shawo, Colossus, Imaum, and Daring ; and the
American steam-frigate Princeton, 10 guns, on het
way to Greytown.
At Jamaica at subscription towards the Patriotic'.
Fund has been set on foot. A grand military on,
cert (assisted by a few amateurs) had been given!:
Kingston, the proceeds, about 1001., to be applied',
to the fund for the relief of widows and orpht
caused by the present war. His excellency tut,,
Governor and Lady Barkly were present. It Wen
off with great eclat. •

The island is generally healthy.
At St. Kitts the cholera has diminished consider
ably, a few isolated cases only being reportsc•
About 1,500 persons have died of its effects in
island.
At Grenada the weather was fin., but fever stl,cl
other diseases usual at this season of the yep
existed to a general extent. Trade was very din"
Vera Cruz was quite healthy, and full of strange_.
on their way to and from the capital. Trade WiP
dull and declining.
At Antigua the weather was highly favourabl
for the growing crop. From every part of the islo
there are accounts of the promising appearance ().
the cane fields, and the prospect, should the seas%
continue propitious, of a good harvest. During the
last few days we have had some seasonable showe4
the previous two weeks having been rather dry. "t
regret to state that there is a considerable amours*
of sickness in the island at present. Fever 0
severe type is very prevalent, and the mortality 5.
above the average. The disease has been most fiITZ.
amongst children ; but it has also pressed hear'l
on grown persons, many of whom have fallen VI"
tiros to its attacks. Sortie of the medical men elyA
that in many instances the malady has present'.
unmistakeable symptoms of the typhoid typer f,
form of fever which has not unfrequently 0110117
itself during the last eighteen months.