The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-04 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 3.—The royal mail steam-ship
Tay, Captain C. al. Chapman, arrived this morning at
six o'clock from the West Indies, with the usual mails.
The latest dates brought by the Tay are—Chagres,
May 30; Carthagena, June 1; Jamaica, June 9; De-
merara, June 6; Trinidad, June 7; Barbadoes, June
9; Crenada, June 7; St. Thomas, June 14; Fayal,
June 26.
The Tay also brings the Pacific mails, received at
Chargres, from Panama, and brought thithtr by the
Pacific Company's steam ship Peru : Valparaiso,
April 28 ; Copiapo, May 2; Cobia, Atiy 4 ; Iquique,
May 5 ; Aria, May 6 ; Islay, May 7 ; Callao, May 12,
&c., &c. _ _ .

Th, Tay brings on freight specie of the value cr.
270,000/. sterling, and consists in 1,334.325 dollars
in gold and silver, 6504 ounces of gold dust; 1,710 i
ounces of silver; 2,900 dollars in platina; 782/. 12s.
British coin; 1,204 five franc pieces, and a general
cargo, consisting of 401 serons of indigo, 131 bales
of sarsparilla, 1 case of tortoiseshell, 16 barrels of ginger
4 barrels of arrowroot, 1 c.ise of cigars, 6 tierces of coffee,
and 50 packages of sundries.
Out of the above remittance are 300,000 dollars' worth
of gold from California, shipped at Chegres, sorno of
which is in very large lumps; but principally it is in
dust and flakes.
The barque Mary Elizabeth, of Liverpool, bound to
Santa Martha, was reported to have been wrecked on
the m Ining of the 14th of May on Punta Gallinas. The
captain and crew proceeded on to Rio liashe, and but
little of the cargo saved. •
in Jamaica everything was still dull, and the papers
are full of extracts from the London and American jour-
nals. There have been several shocks of earthquakes
felt, but little or no damage had resulted from these
alarming visitations. A tire, causing damage to 3,0001.,
had taken place at Montego Bay. Several meetings
have been held against the slave trade and the manner
in which treaties are carried out, and urging the home
Government to use greater endeavours for suppressing
the frightful traffic in slaves. The meeting was of all
parties in politics, and attend,d by persons of the
highest respectability. The House of Assembly had
been further prurouged to the 19th June.
At Porto Rico they now find the sugar crop will be
under an average one, the canes not yielding so much
juice as was expected.
The West India Islands continue quiet, and the pros-
pect of the forthcoming crop good, that of Barbadoes
expected to be above the usual average.
Hayti still continues in a state of ferment, and people
aro uctuclly starving in this fine climate, where any-
thing will grow. The Hay tiens have claimed a victory,
but it is everywhere fully believed that they suffered a
great defeat. Trade is nearly at a stand-still, and the
meaeures of Government are crippling it further.

(From the Jamaica Dispatch of June 9.)
Nothing can exceed the prostration of this once noble
colony. In its export of sugar it has fallen below Bar-
badoes, for its crop this year will hardly reach 30,000
hogsheads; and as the May seasons have failed us, the
prospect for 1850 is very cheerless. Many more estates
must go to decay, as, when the last hogshead for 1849
has been shipped (which it soon will be), there will be a
long period without produce, and, consequently, but
little induc,ment for capitalists to make advances in
order to uphold a cultivation, of which the return!, both
here and at home, are so questionable. The planting and
mercantile interests are depressed beyond example; and
a striking proof of the distress to which all classes have
been reduced, is afforded by the projected emigration of
a large body of our town tradesmen to the Mosquito
shore in search of remunerative employment, which they
cannot find here. Every one that can seems to abandon
the sinking ship.
Freights.—To London for sugar 31. to 31. 10s.
Exchange on London.—Jamaica Bank, 90 days, per
cent. pm.; Colonial Bank, 90 days, per cent. pm.