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 the
usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant Brydgeel
R.N., Admiralty agent.
The latest dates brought by the Atrato are :--
Santa Marti* Dec. 5 Grenada
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Greytown — 6 Antigua
Chagres
Havannah
Demerara — 10 Montserrat
Trinidad
Carthagena — 11 St. Thomas's
Jamaica — 11

The Atrato brings on. freight 582,864 dollars on
merchants' account ; 72,000 dollars for dividends
346,913 oz. gold dust and bars ; 1,070 dollars'
value of platina ; 1,9001. British coin, and a large-
general cargo.
Information respecting her Majesty's ships of
war, at the various West,lndia Islands and Nava'
Stations, at the date 6-f the most recent advice
Her ajesty'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 nutter left St. Thpoo,
on the morning of the 17th instant for Bermuoi
and England, and the Medea replaces her at
Thomas.

The Calypso is at Antigua, the Mariner at Bar'
badoes, the Termagant, with the flag of Coriow
dore Henderson, and the Vestal, are at GreytOvalt
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 Honduras@
The Scorpion, surveying schooner, is at 'BO'
muda.

The Argus at Samana, St. Domingo)
schooner Bermuda, at Nassau.
At Port Royal—Boscawen, flag of Admiral Nit
shawe, Colossus, Imaum, and Daring ; and the
-
American steam-frigate Princeton, 10 guns, on he'
way to Greytown.
At Jamaica at subscription towards the Patriotl"
Fund has been sat on foot. A grand military-coo'
cert (assisted by a few amateurs) had been given!:
Kingston, the proceeds, about 1001., to be app b,
to the fund for the relief of widows and orphane
caused by the present war. His excellency, tut,
Governor and Lady Barkly were present. It wen
off with great eclat.

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The island is generally healthy.
At St. Kitts the cholera has diminished considel:
ably, a few isolated cases only being repo00!0
About 1,500 persons have died of its effects in tW
island.
At Grenada the weather was fine, but fever. ellj
other diseases usual at this season of the =ref
existed to a general extent. Trade was very dull'
Vera Cruz was quite healthy, and full of strange,"
on their way to and from the capital. Trade low
dull and declining.
It Antigua the weather was highly favourabl
for the growing crop. From every part of the isle ai
there are accounts of the promising appearance ;
the cane fields, and the prospect, should the Beast,
continue propitious, of a good harvest. During- the
last few days we have had some seasonable shoic,fel
the previous two weeks having been rather dry.- r
regret to state that there is a considerable amouP.
of sickness in the island at present. Fever _of;
severe type is very prevalent, and the mortalitylft
above the average. The disease has been most fa!f;
amongst children ; but it has also pressed heavP.l
on grown persons, many of whom have fallen Ala
tiros to its attacks. Some of the medical men o.lli
that in many instances the malady has presenly;
unmistakeable symptoms of the typhoid type, 4
form of fever which has not unfrequently OW"
itself during the last eighteen months.