The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-19 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ORINOCO.

The Royal West India Mail Packet Orinoco,
Captain Wilson, from the West Indies, &c., ar-
rived at Southampton yesterday, and landed her
mails under the charge of Lieut. E. P. Fuge, R.N.
Admiralty agent.
The dates of sailing are as follows :—Vera Cruz,
Tampico, Havannah, none ; Colon or Navy__ Bay,
August 23 ; Honduras, 19 ; Carthagena, 20 ; Ja-
maica, 28 ; Demerara, 25 ; Trinidad,2s ;Barbadoes)
27 ; Antigua, 28 ; Martinique, 28 , Grenada, 28 ;
Porto Rico, 31 ; St. Thomas, Sept. 1 ; La Guayra,
August 25 ; Tortola, Bermuda, Fayal, 30 ; St. Vin-
cent, 26. •
The Orinoco brings 51 first-class and 10 second-
class passengers, among whom are Lieut. Mar-
shall, 36th Regt., invalided, Surgeon Robertson,
Mr. and Mrs. Millett and child, Mr. and Mrs. Ris-
tarick, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. Heatley,
and four childrens Mr. Marham, Mr. de Costa,
Senor Olivera, Mr. Wheeler, Senor Banos, Mr.
Brown, Senor Gonzales, Mr. Stone, Senor Grisar,
Mr. Harris, Miss Duelly and two children, Mr.
Jefferies, Mrs. Ann George.
The freight on board consists of 1,024,844 doll.,
from the Spanish Main, on account of merchants,
182 bales of merchandise, 717 serous of cochineal,
6 casks copper ore, 5 cases of tortoiseshell, 1,8341.
worth of pearlsand precious stones, 5 cases beeswax,
117 serons indigo, 1 case cigars, 22 bales sarsaparilla,
3 boxes succadees, 11 barrels ginger, 12 live turtle,
172 serous quina, 60 packages sundries, &c.
The Clyde, due at St. Thomas on the 15th inst.,
was expected to bring a freight of 4,000,000 doll.
from Vera Cruz, which the Thames would bring to
England.
The Pacific Royal mail steamer Quito, Captain
Wood, R.N., commander, was wrecked on the 12th
of August, about 17 miles to the northward of the
Bay of Wasko, on her way to Valparaiso. The
mails and part of her freight were saved ; the re-
mainder sank in the vessel, which has become ,a
total wreck. She ran on shore during the night,
the land not having been seen until it was too late.
One passenger drowned. Commander Wood was
one of the officers who had been employed in sur-
veying that coast.
The yellow fever still rages in
,Jamaica, Porto
Rico, Demerara, and some of the other islands. It
appears to have left St. Thomas, and found its
way to some of the islands that have hitherto
escaped. At Montserrat it had broken out, carry-
ing off Captain and Mrs. Booth, the Governor, the
only medical man in the island, and several others.
At Trinidad it was also raging. The ships gene-
rally are healthy, a few cases occurring occasion-
ally. The purser of the Derwent died on the 20th
ult. Her Majesty's steamer Buzzard arrived at
Port Royal, from the Caymano, on the 20th of
August, and sent 25 men and officers to hospital
with fever, caught from exposure while on shore
at the Cayman°.
We have received the following communication
respecting the affairs of Honduras :
The mails just arrived by the Orinoco also in-
clude one from Honduras, of which Belize is the
chief town, and, indeed, the only one that can be
called so. Great surprise continues to be expressed
that some one of the Home Governments of the
day have not seriouslyturned their attention to the
finally settling this (to England) valuable tract of
country. From its immense mahogany trade, and
the great facility it affords for spreading our manu-
factures, &c., into all the states at Central Ame-
rica, the inhabitants for many reasons very much
wish the question settled, and for the territory now
so loosely held to be, by a new treaty with Spain,
declared to the world a British colony. The United
States, about 6 months back, struck their consular
flag at Belize, on purpose to prove they did not
acknowledge Honduras as a British possession.
Surely Spain, in the present state of things, could
easily be induced to give up in legal form to Eng-
land this territory, which by her permission Eng-
land has held for upwards of a century.
The lingering war of surprise and massacre still
goes on between the Indians and Mexico. Com-
missioners have just arrived here from the latter
state to solicit the friendly mediation of our super-
intendent of Honduras with the Indians, for peace
and a boundary line, lie having much influence
over the Indians.

On the 16th instant, at daylight in the morning,
a native of Nassau was hung in front of the court-
house, for deliberately shooting a Spaniard, from
motives of jealousy.
H.M. steamer Buzzard had previously arrived,
but sailed again immediately after the execution,
at which very few spectators were present.
Mahogany shipments are now very brisk.
The Royal Gw:ette in its review for home readers
thus epitomises Demerara news :

The weather is excessively hot, and has been dry
for eight or ten days ; but planters don't complain.
Sugar-making is nowgeneralthroughout th• colony,
and canes begin again to give a better yield.
Fever and influenza are prevalent, but neither of
a fatal type :—yellow fever is confined to the hos
pital and shipping ; in the latter case due to a cer-
tain extent to the want of sanitary precautions on
the part of the shipmasters.
We have had no arrival of emigrants, although
several vessels are due both from India and China ;
but in the period between the last and this mail
two hundred and eleven Coolies, who had served
their apprenticeship, departed from among us by
the ship Sandford. They carried with theml,ooo/.
sterling in money, besides ornaments in gold and
silver, prohably worth something more, the result
of five years' industry. The Coolies, generally so
peaceable, broke into riot the other day at the
village of Mahaica, situated on the east coast.
Some imaginary interference with their religious
ceremonies at an annual festival is supposed to •
have occasioned this rare description of disturbance ;
hut thirteen or fourteen of the ringleaders have
been committed for trial, and this example will no
doubt have the beneficial effect of checking for the
future all disposition to infractions of the law.
Efforts are being made by the members of the
Legislature and others, to induce the Portuguese
Government to modify the restrictions which at
present oppose themselves to immigration from
Madeira. The failure of the vintage has reduced
30,000 of the inhabitants of that fair island to
poverty and destitution, yet under the existing law
the authorities are compelled, it is said, to allow
them to starve and die, rather than assist in
getting them to this colony or some of the neigh-
bouring islands, where their labour is in great de-
mand. We could take, without inconvenience,
the whole surplus population, and they are a sort
of people held here in high estimation for their in-
dustry.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(Front .De Coed ova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Aug. 26.
We have little or no change to report as having
occurred in the state of this market, since our issue of
the 10th inst. The business of the fortnight was of the
usual nature,
pnoarttaurne,cea.ndsunmarked by any speculative features
to meet the existingupplies generally are quite sufficient
demand.
13uTTER.--'--About 900 firkins of new Irish have been
received, of
130. per lb. A. which some 600 have changed hands at
vance of Iw.
were taken previou3: kegs American,
Fifty
lot of 300 firkins is held for an ad-
the receipt of the above, when
butter of every d s to of choice quality,
description was exceedingly scarce,: at
120. per lb.
operation
BEEF.—Only retail
vate sale. At auction
Ytids.tetrdaY 100 half barrels,
s are occurring by pri-
Smith's, were sold at 445.
BRANDY.—No important op°er4as.B. the package.
S with all
and the market continues very lartwr have transpired,
descriptions. We quote Martelf se Y
dark and pale at I ls. 6d. to 12s. per gallon,
Hennesscy's
BREAD.-- Some parcels of recent greco-nT;t f
York, have bccii placed at 17s. and 19s, per New
York
€pectively, for pilot and crackers. Verley a."3.rel, re-
i'd Robi.
eon's home-made commands the same prices.
COENDIEAL.—One lot or 430 barrels from New
and another of 200 front Baltimore, have changed hand's
at 15s. and 15-. 6d. The market is very
heavily stocked and holders find much difficulty in
effecting sales.
CANDLES.—TaIIow of prime quality are very scarce,
and wanted. Of inferior, a parcel of, Cook's, mostly 7's
and 14's, was moved at 6d. ; another of Armstrong's,
B's, was taken at Ss. 6d. per box ; and some large opera-
tions in Douredoure's (soft) are reported at Bs. per box.
COFFEE.—There is not any yet at market.
FLOUR.—The sales have been 800 barrels from New
York, at 265. 6d. ; 200 Georgetown, hard, at 21s. 6d.
and 700 Howard-street, at 27s- ; all from importers
hands. Speculators still hold for a large advance.
FREIGFITS.—A vessel has been taken up for London
at 3s. 9d. per cwt. for sugar, and sd. per gallon for
rum. Another, not first class, has been offered "at 3s.
for sugar, but without success.
HAMS are in very ample supply. We quote American
at 7d. to 71d., and Westphalia and Lancashire at 100.
per lb. ,

Louwoop is plentiful, and in no demand, in conse-
quence of the scarcity of tonnage.
LARD may be quoted at 3d. per lb., and rather in-
active.

MALT.—PaIe and strong ales are in good inquiry, and
small Supply.
Rum.—Proof 18 would command 3r.j. (id, readily for
Dome consumption. Some holders have realised at
3s. 9d., but they now speak of a further advance.. -1...
ExcrlANGEs.—On London-,Colonial and Jamaica
Banks
prem. : 90 day
and 30 s, 1 per cent.- prem. ; 69 clayclays,ptr
cent. ; days, 2 per cent. prem.,

POSTAGE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. "It is
stated," says the " that very shortly the post.avo
on letters between France and England is to he reduced
to 250,, being. 4, diminution of 55c. on:the present rate."