The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-14 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1335 .. 1337 50
Northern
New ditto _ . 910 .. 912 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 1036 25 .. 1037 50
Geneva 357 50 .. 360
Southern 685 .. 687 50
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Low bard

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 13.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Seine, Capt.
Revett, with the West India and Pacific mails,
arrived here this afternoon. She brings in all 60
passengers ; specie value £96,446, of which £32,780
is gold bullion, £2,868 gold coin, £43,886 silver
bullion, £8,102 silver coin; pearls, £1,600 and
platina, £7,210. Her cargo comprises 73 serons
cochineal, 99 serons indigo, 127 serous bark, 1,476
bags cocoa, 3 bales tobacco, 148 casks coffee, 32 live
turtle, two cases shells, 95 bales Indiarubber, 226
bags silver ore, and 174 packages sundries.
Her Majesty's ship Donegal, 99 guns, sailed from
Jamaica for Bermuda on the 23d, and the troop•
ship Himalaya for Portsmouth, on the same date.
The French and English fleet left Jamaica for
Vera Cruz on Dec, 23.

Her Majesty's ship Cadmus arrived at St. Thomas
from Martinique on the 26th. She sailed for Ear-
badoes on the 29th.

The United States war steamer Quaker City,
from New York, via Bermuda, arrived at St.
Thomas on the 27th, with orders for the recall of
the Commander of the United States sloop Iro
quois.

The Barbadoes House of Assembly met on the
I 17th. No business of importance transpired. The
old canes continued to improve, and the prospects of
the crop very enouraging. The reaping was ex-
pected to commence early in January. There has
been no additions to the shipments of produce since
the last mail. The prices of breadstuffs had ad-
vanced ; stocks of all kinds were light. Exchange
on London : Bank bills,'at 30 days, 4921 dols. ; 60
days, 490 dols. ; 90 days, 4872 dols. Private bills,
90 days, 482-; dols. Bank bills on New work, at 10
days, 5 per cent.; 30 days, 4 per cent. prem. Ame-
rican gold 3 per cent. prem.
The preparations at Trinidad for the public
reception of Prince Alfred were being pushed for-
ward with vigour. The weather was less favour
able to the planters. The health of the island ex-
hibited but little evidence of improvement. The
daily mortality continued excessive. The Council
of Government met on the 19th. The business
transacted is totally devoid of interest. The first
arrival of coolies from Calcutta took? place at Trini-
dad on the 19th in the Tyburnia ; she was 109 days
on the passage. Dysentery made fearful ravages in
the early part of the voyage. The commercial intel-
ligence from the island is unimportant.
The Demerara Court of Policy met on the 16th
and 17th ult. His excellency laid over a despatch
from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle relative to
the importation of liberated Africans. The ship
Gitana, the first of the immigrant fleet for the
season, had arrived with 396 coolies.
Great anxiety was felt in the colony as to the
result of the outrage on the Trent, and the course
decided upon by the British Government. The
weather continued wet and showery, and trade
exceedingly dull. Imports had not been excessive,
and breadstuffs had improved a shade in price.
Produce was plentiful, the demand for the United
prices
States had subsided, and declined in conse-
quence. The exports during the fortnight were—
Sugar : 2,816 hhds, 152 tres, 1,158 brls, 88 bags.
um : 959 puns, 123 hhds, 55 brls. Molasses B