The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Night.—The Royal mail
steamship Magdalena, Captain Abbott, has arrived
here with the usual West India mails.

The Magdalena brings 198 passengers, among
whom is ex-Governor La Trobe, from Melbourne ;
and on freight specie value $922,172, plata pins
value $80,530, precious stones value $2,800 ; 1,144
serons cochineal, 671 serous jalap, 118 bales sarsa-
parilla, 16 live turtle, and sundry merchandise.
Dates from Jamaica are to the 27th ult.
The business transacted in the import-market
has been of a limited character, owing principally
to the very inadequate stocks of most articles on
hand, and prices consequently have advanced.
The cholera prevailed to a great extent in many
of the agricultural parishes, but most virulently in
the districts of St. Ann and St. Thom as in the
Vale. The latest accounts from the form er parish
speak in discouraging terms of the prospects of the
pimento crop, which,° it is anticipated, will be se:
riously affected by the scarcity of labour occasionad
by the great mortality among the peasantry and
by the circumstance that those of them who have
not succumbed to the pestilence are quitting the
parish in large numbers.
The cholera was still raging at Barbadoes, and
many of the troops had died. It appears that the
streets, wharves, &c., are nearly deserted ; the
Governor has released all prisoners, and no person
is allowed to be imprisoned ; and a report is in
cirulation that he intends disbanding the police
force altogether. In the city burial grounds, on
the 28th of June, 311 bodies were deposited, and
the deaths during the last fortnight amounted to
about 5,000, but it was gradually decreasing ill
the town, but increasing in the country. The
mortality among the whites was very considerable:
A Barbadoes paper says :—" We are satisfied
that, if accurate returns could be procured front
the rural districts, it would be found that some:,
thing like a gross total of 6,500 persons of all
classes, sexes, and ages have fallen victims to this
malady since the 14th of May last, the day °in
which the first case of the disease was officially
announced."

There has been a very destructive fire at St. Jusni
Porto Rico. The fire commenced on the night °f
the 25th, and continued to burn until the 27th'
By a rough calculation the loss of property is OP-
posed to be 200,000 dollars, principally in goods.
Demerara papers state that the colony WaAs
healthy, and the weather beautiful. Great dreg
4-1
of the cholera existed.
It was currently reported at St. Thomas's t"3,
two privateers, under Russian colours, were
in
those seas, and the British war steamer Devast3'
tion left that port on the 16th on a cruise.
Grenada had been visited with refreshing raill
and the crop was nearly over. The late drought
had done serious injury. The present sugar cit.
shows a great falling off, and the quality was in'
rior.

SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCA

Or ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 &III!

Wind S., and very fine.
Arrived.—Ella, A. Clark, Ophelia, and Prince of Virll4,
from '
New Orleans • Orient and Liverpool, from New York
Progress, Ostend; Jose Ignacio, Santander.
Off the Port.—Sarawak, Andrew Foster, and Erniver°ll
from Now York ; Charlotte of Derby, Glasgow, Ohio, an
Kurel.
tor di
Sailed.—Sea King and Margaret, for Quebec ; AA.,„°-„.•
Grinnell, for New Orleans • Antartic, New York l';(1
phorus, Montreal ; Bee, Melbourne ; Margaret, (5.5, 11-
Shamrock, (s.), for Havre.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 11.12 AS'
Wind W.S.W., tide 1 hour's ebb, fine.•
Arrived, 18th.—Albion, from Guernsey ; Familien2
wart ; Edith, Rouen ; Monarch, Jersey ; Palman,
holm ; Cracul, Swartwick ; Venerable, Dantzic ; Gle",l
fin, Callao ; Gemini, Marstrand ; Allegro, Marstro° 0,
Melona, Memel ; Dorothea, Gothland ; Omer, Sundsw!ti
Sailed—Queen of Britain, Kurra.chee ; Lima, ID,utee
Town; Menam, Sydney; City of Boulogne (s), Boul°16"
DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 oat'.
Wind, variable, and fine.
Passed—Agnes, from Oporto from London • AOO.
from London for Malta; Stambul, from Venice for Lon'-"
Anchored—Fancy, from London for Cochin.
Sailed—Her Majesty's steamer Termagant, for Calais'

THE PROPOSED CEMETERY AT KILBURN.—Last e/ePii
ing a public meeting of the inhabitants of Kilburn 51,1
its vicinity was held at the Priory Tavern, Kilburn,
consider the propriety of memorialising the Secrets'o
of State against the proposed site for the Padding t,
Cemetery, aCKilburn, The chair was occupied by 't
Bicknell, and from the remarks of these present 0,1
appeared that the cemetery would be highly destr,ll,f,
tive to the value of the house property in the vini°sl
and that, being too near to the metropolis, it vic)-fot
be contrary to the spirit of the act passed as
the closing of such grounds. The site is also within If
than half a mile of a continuous range of houses, 0,,1
cemetery is already within a short distance. A metn°'
having been adopted, the proceedings terminated. Ito
9.
ACCIDENT TO MR. AUGUSTUS S. LUMLEY, .1) 1J„
GUARDS.—At the Marchioness of Westminster's h,,
ception " at Grosvenor-house, on Friday last, IVlr',o,,t
Lumley met with an accident from the falling of a 5' as
of glass from a skylight, by which the gallant gentle :0j
sustained a severe laceration of his face, and occasi° tad
profuse bleeding. The casualty at the moment crew 0,
quite a consternation amongst the assembled visittll.4
On the arrival of several surgeons, it was satisfact° et!
ascertained that the injuries Mr. Lumley had sustsoire.
were only of a superficial nature. Mr, Lumley sc°/:It
moved to his quarters at Knightsbridge Barracks, -„,ht
we are happy to add, is so far recovered that it is thonsiot
he will be enabled to-day to resume his regime/1
duties. Irer„
ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION tb
terday the usual-quarterly court of the governors °' St,
institution was held at the Thatched House TaverTbeis
James's•st., Admiral Lord Radstock in the chair. 'roll,
were also present Rear Admiral Sir Watkyn D. voier
Captain Richardson, Commander Jay, Paymaster A;sl.sr,
and several other officers. Mr. Skead, the secret tbs
read the report, from which it appeared that during nog
last three months the society disbursed 3631. in gr.t of
to distressed members, &c., and contributed a sti—totol
231. 2s. to the Adult Orphan Institution. The
income for the quarter, including abalance of 5631. of4d the
from the previous one, amounted to 6541. 3s. Id.•
expenditure to 4781. 12s. 6d., leaving in hand
of 1751. 103. 7d. The stock at present invesoli its°
stated to amount to 36,3341. 9s. 9d. The reP°l.o6o°
unanimously agreed to, and some routine b°;,,plv
having been disposed of, the memorials of thsu,:fieft
conts were taken into consideration, and the
is 1
been disposed of, the proceedings lerminAtett
vote of thanks to the chairman.