The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-03 00:00:00

WEST IND lii MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 2.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Idagela-
lena, Captain Vincent, with the West India m,;ils
and Mexican mails, arrived this evening at eleven
o'clock.
Her dates of sailing were Vera Cruz, Oct- 5 ;
Havana, 9th; Chagres, 9th; Jamaica, 12th; Derr. e-
rare, 10th ; Trinidad, 10th ; Barbadoes, 12th ;
nada, 11th; Antigua, 14th ; and St. Thomas's 7th.
The cargo of the Magdalena comprised specie and
bullion on merchant's accounts from Tampico,
56,358 dollars; ditto from Vera Cruz, 137,600 ;
specie and bullion on account of Mexican dividends,
28,676; total amount of dollars from the Gulf of
Mexico, 220,635. Specie, bullion, and gold dust
received across the Isthmus from the Pacific ports,
301,977 dollars ; specie and bullion from California,
410,477 dollars ; from Carthagena, Santa Martha,
Chagres, and Greytown, 65,591 dollars ; from Ja•
rnaica, 6,962 dollars; from Havana, 16,805 dollars;
from other parts of West India, 20,949 dollars ; total
value in dollars, 1,045,399 dollars , and a large ge-
neral cargo.
The House of Assembly at Jamaica was to meet
for business on the 9th November. The !,mall-pox
and measles had entirely disappeared from l iingston.
Rain had fallen, and heavy falls bad been exp erienced,
which had done much damage.
Porto Rico had been visited with a violet t storm,
by which more than one hundred lives had be en lost.
Martinique and Guadeloupe had been visitA with
a malignant African fever, which had caried .off the
troops in large numbers. Whole families had been
carried off by it.
The yellow fever was ravaging Barbadoes. Com-
missary-General Neil had been carried off by it, And,
within four days, his wife and four children had
shared the like fate.
The Island of St. Thomas was very sickly. Thirty
of the troops had died within the last three months,
and a very large number of deaths had occur red
amongst the crews of the ships in the harbour.
At Carthagena, on the 9th of October, a sev ere
storm occurred, and the house of the British Con sul
Was struck by lightning.
The Jamaica House of Assembly was to meet on
the 9th of November. The smallpox and mensle
bad entirely disappeared from Kingston.
The screw steamer Tamalapas arrived at Jamaica
011 the 11th, and was to leave on the 13th for
Tampico.
Count Charles de Montholon, Fren ch Chargé
d'Affaires to the State of Ecuador, has arrived by the
Magdalena, with his family and suite, liaving been
forced, by a series of insults, to abandon that State
and seek redress from his own Governmes at.
Accounts from British Guiana state that slight
showers have fallen throughout the c lony. The
Supply of provisions had increased. Labour was
scarce and dear. The Court of Policy sat on the
3d ult., and an educational bill had been introduced.
Iss St. Lucia a favourable change ht scl taken place
in the weather, and the last remnant of this year's
crop had been shipped. Trade was mu,3h depressed.
In Antigua, dry weather had succeeded the storm
of the 22d of September.
Domingo was rather unhealthy.
A fearful gale devastated the Virgi ..ta Islands, St.
Christopher's, Nevis, Antigua, Montser:r at, Domingo,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, and other isl. ands, on the
22d of September. Notice of the effect, of this storm
at St. Thomas's was received by the last steamer,
the Orinoco. A great deal of damage was done to
the shipping and small craft, and on shore many
buildings had been injured.
In Jamaica the produce market was firm. Sugar
was advancing in value, and the prices; of Pimento
and Rum were well supported. Breadri tuffs were in
active demand. Fish an ample supply.
Exchanges on London Jamaica and Colonial
13ank, 90 days, per cent. premium.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTO]g, Nov. 3.

The Peninsular Company's steam hip Madrid,
Capt. Weeks, with the Peninsular mails, arrived this
morning, at seven o'clock. Her dates of sailing were
Gibraltar, Oct. 26th ; Cadiz, 27th ; Lisbon, 29th ;
Oporto, 30th ; Vigo, 31st. She brought a large cargo
of fruit, five packages of specie, and 43 'passengers.
The screw steam ship Melbourne, Captain Cox,
from London to Australia, with cargo and 146 pas-
sengers, put into Lisbon on the 24th to repair
damages, having all her top-masts and jib-boom
carried away ; the wreck getting entangled with
the screw, stopped its action, and it was with diffi-
culty she reached the Tagus. She was repairing.
There is little political news by this arrival.
The Commercial Association of Oporto have, in an
address to the Government, expressed their full ap-
probation of the recent decree relative to the exporta-
tion of Port wine.
Lisbon exchange on London is 54 for bills at 90
days' date.