The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS,

La Union dates of the 14th February Lays—" It
is reported here that Carrera has intercepted the
deep itches of Mr. Mathews, British .mister, on
the road to Mr. Partride, United States Minister,
Salvador.

LA UNION, FEL 15.
General Carrcra has reached the Bio Sa Paz, and
will cross on the 16th or 17th, having been rein-
forced with 1,300 more troops, under command of
General Gavais. He will immediately march to-
wards Sa❑+a Anna. It is evident a conlife must
trke place in a day or two.
At Kealego the Nicaraguans have erected tem-
porary forts at the entrance of the harbour.
The English brig Gordon, from Liverpool, arrived
at Colon on the 7th ult., and the English steamer
Aikalon frim Liverpool on the 13th.
The news from the West Indian Islands is un-
important. At Jamaica the elections commenced
o❑ the 9th ult., and were still progressing up to
the 24th, the date of the sailing of the mail. There
had been but very few changes in the representation.
The elections were to terminate on the Bth inst.,
and the Lieut.-Governor had issued his proclama-
tion, summoning the new House to meet for the
dispatch of business on the following Tuesday. The
weather continued dry, and the public health good,
but business still dull.
At Demerara trade was excessively dull, business
throughout the colony being at a stand still. The
market was amply supplied with all kinds of im-
ports. The last year's crop was gathered in, and
the produce arriving at market very limited.
Tonnage was abundant, but freights scarce. The
total exports for the year to date were ;—Sugar,
12,423 hhds., 522 tierces, 3,133 brie., 3,249 bags;
rum, 5,984 puns., 851 blade., 553 brie.; molasses,
789 casks; timber, 47,266; charcoal, 4,704 brls.;
cocoanuts, 64,227; shingles, 1,433,000. The

Colonist, on the cotton question, says :--
"We are glad to perceive that same partial
Efforts are being made to re-introduce the cultiva-
tion of cotton. In times gone by the coastlande of
this colony teemed with the most luxuriant cotton
multivation, but for many years past the cultivation
of that staple has been abandoned, and many fine
estates which formerly bloomed as a garden is noW
overgrown with bush, as desolate and abandoned
as though it had never been cultivated at all. If
these estates were again put into cultivation, cotton
enough, of the finest long and medium staples,
might be produced to meet all the demands of the
English market without imp..)rting a single bale of
Sea ls!and cotton from the Southern States of Ame-
rica Aii thus could be done wiuhin one rear and a
half from the present time, and the manufacturers
0? Et,gland would no longer be dependent upon un-
certain sources for their suppiies of the rani
material."

The weather at Barb,idoes w,:i4 fine and favour-
able to the growth of the auh r cr,,p, the mills were
every where at work, and the yield of the
care it was confidently ant;cipitred li,et the clop
would he an average one. The your:g► eaues were
looking well, and the island healthy.

The Confederate screw steame; Florida Cate
Oreto) u.rrived in the Bay cf Barbadets on the 14!h.
Capt. Maffit, her ni reported leaving'
Mobile on the Isth January, having tun the gaunt-
let of several Federal ships of war stationed off the
harbour to prevent her escfipe. Capt. MAIL also
reported the capturing and burning, a few days
before his arrival at Barbudoes, the ship John Be 11,
1,396 tons, from a Northern port, with a cargo of
tea and silks, estimated to be worth three million of
dollars, from Foochow.

In the Barbadoes market provisions continued
dull, with the exception of butter, which was scarce

and wanted, Trade generally remained about the

same as reported lust mail. Exchange on London—

Bank Bills, 90 days, 487* doll. ; 60 days, 490 dole. ;
30 days, 492* dots. ; private bills, 90 days, 482 i
dole. ; 60 days, 4831 dols. ; 30 days, 4841. dols.

The gold ships announced by the present mail
to be on their way from Australia are the Result,
with 41,846 ounces, the Accrington, with 31,000 ounces,
and the Nelson, with 12,354 ounces, all on the sth of Janu-
ary ; the Calliance, with 17,900 ounces on the 6th of Janu-
ary, and the Suffolk with 18,732 ounces on the 20th of
January, making a total of £500,000. The whole of these,
with the exception of the Suffolk, may be considered nearly
due, The first wool ship which was to sail from Otago,
New Zealand, for London, on the 26th of January, was
also to take £86,600 in gold, and the Bombay, from Syd-
ney, will bring 133,000 sovereigns.
The Sultan has paid two visits to the Interna
tional Exhibition now. open at Constantinople.
Arms of every kind and size, from rifled cannon to sword-
bayonets and revolvers—military saddlery, tools, jewellery,
silks, untanned skins, woollen fabrics, unginned cotton,
carpets, " fine arts," gold and silver plate—and a thousand
other varieties of raw and manufactured produce meet the
eye, It has been finally settled that on Wednesdays and,
Saturdays the building shall be open exclusively to Turkish
ladies.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 17.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship La Plata,
Capt. Weller, with the übove mails, arrived this
morning. She brings 88 passengers; specie,
1,708,535 dols.; and 2,390 packages general cargo
on freight.
in: La Plata brings dates from Jamaica to the
26th; Bari-m(loes, 26; Trinidad, 24; Grenada, `'2s;
Demerara, 24; and St. Thumat,, the 2d inst. She
experieueed strong head winds throughout her pas"
sage.

The British residents at Valparaiso have sent by
! the present trn;it a first instalment of three thousand
dvilars lil Std of the unfortunate sufferers by the
cotton famine in Lancashire.
The Pacific Navigation Company's steamer Peru,
from the Pacific coast, arrived at Panama on the
21:0 .February, with dates from Valparaiso to the
2d ; Coquimbo, 3; Caidero, 4 ; Aries, 7 ; ehlochas,
10 ; C,tiao, 13 ; Paits, 16 ; Guayaquil, 17.
Business in Chile continued quiet, the imports had
been unimportant, and the demand for stocks in the
ports did not come in so freely as to create any stir ;
cotton goods wen; scarce, and at famine prices.
The harvest was expected to turn out satisfac-
tory, and prices low; last year's wheat had fallen to
2 dolt'. the lanega, and 3 dots, was the highest
offer for the new season's wheat.

The Customs returns for the port of Valparaiso,
for the year ending 1862, showed an excess 01
240,000 dols, over the receipts of 1861.

It has been proposed to construct telegraphic
communicmion from Valparaiso to Panama, the
scheme had been agitated in Santiago with some
prospect of success.

Railways in Chile were rapidly progressing—it
was expected that trains would shortly be running
uninterruptedly between Valparaiso and Santiago.
Niining prospects were considered favourable.

Valparaiso Exchange on London, 441 to 45 pence
per dollar ; Paris, 4.65 to 4.70 ; Hamburg, 40 to
411. Bar silver per mare, fine, 10 dole. 31te. ; bar
copper per ggl. 1001bs., 16 dole. 50c.; nitrate per
do., 1 dol. 80c., nominal.

On the 30th January the Peruvian Congress
arose, having terminated a session marked for many
wise and useful enactments. At the close of the
message delivered by the President, Mr. Santellan,
Congress was convoked in session extraordinary for
the sth February, to receive the ministerial budges
and to vote supplies.

The navigation of the Amazon was becoming
more complicated.
No British vessels had arrived at Callao since the
last mail.

Order and satisfaction prevailed throughout the
Republic.

Intelligence from Guatemala to the 6th February
says war has already commenced. Carrera left this
city on the 4th for the purpose of invading Salva-
dor. His intention is to march directly for the
capital. -Carrera has already 5,000 men at his com-
mand.

Salvador intelligence to the 10th February says
the misunderstanding which has existed between
Carrera and Barrios is coming to a crisis. Carrern
left Guatemala on the sth with the avowed inten-
tion of invading Salvador with 5,000 men. Gene
Barrios has not beQn idle. In a few days 6,000
men, mostly armed, came in from tl.e different de-
partments. The bulk of the Salvadoreali forces Rill
be at Cojutepuque, a position by nature almost im-
pregnab;e.