The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-19 00:00:00

WEST INDIEs.

Her Majesty's packet Swift, Lieut. Welsh, arrived at Fal-
mouth on Thursday evening, from the West Indies. Her sail-
ing dates were as follow :—From Barbet-10es April 29, St. Lucia
and Martinique 30th, Dominique May Ist, Guadeloupe 2d,
Antigua and Montserrat 3d, Nevis and St. Kitt's 4th, Tor-
tola sth, St. Thomas's 15th, Porto Rico 15th, Cape Henri
19th. On freight 6,0001. in gold dust. All hopes of the
safety of the President steam-ship may now be said to have
vanished, as this packet furnishes nothing respecting her.
The Express, Lieut. Herrick, left Cape Henri, for England,
a week before the Swift ; tt e latter had ten passengers, one
of whom, Mr. Gibson, and also his child, died at sea. The
passengers and crew suffered much on the voyage from dysen-
tery. The close sailing of the Swift after the Express caused
the mails from the islands to be unusually small by the packet
arrived.
The news by this packet is not of importance for novelty or
general interest. The Colonial House of Assembly at Ja-
maica had been prorogued by proclamation by his Excellency
the Governor, from May 18 to June 22. The brig Rob Roy,
from Aberdeen, had arrived at Kingston, and safely landed
ninety-two immigrants; and the Etheldred, from London, with
150 Europeans.
At ageneral meeting of the Shareholders of the Mount Vernon
Mining Company at Jamaica, it was resolved that 300 shares
should be thrown open to the public beyond those already sub-
scribed, the price of which to be fixed at 121. 10s. We regret
to observe that the greater part of Spot Valley estates' cane-
pieces have been destroyed by fire, which even extended to the
adjoining property of Cornwall. A crop of 80 hogsheads ex-
pected on Spot Valley has accordingly been reduced to little
more than ten. A great many cases of fever had occurred,
and its victims were numerous, particularly amongst the mili-
tary ; several officers had also been attacked fatally.
FALMOUTH, THURSDAY, MIDNIGHT.—Her Majesty's packet
Express has just come in from the West Indies. Her dates
are on the average one week subsequent to those of the Swift;
NEW GRENADA.—The affairs in this unfortunate country are
represented as being in a most deplorable and gloomy state.
The Government troops, 500 strong, under Colonel Mutas,
marched into Cucuta, without meeting with any opposition, the
inhabitants having deserted the town. Gen. Herren was on his
march to the north with 1,500 troops, destined, it is supposed,
for Mompos, where revolutionary General Carmona has under
him 2,400 well-disciplined men. Mompos is a small town
on the river Magalens, about six days' march from Carthagena,
and he has no doubt selected that post to prevent the Govern-
ment troops from descending the river on the latter place.
General Mareno, the Commander of Carthagena, has stationed
a number of gun• boats on the river to sustain him. In this re-
public everything is tranquil ; but should the revolutionists un-
fortunately succeed in New Granada, fears are entertained that
it will affect the peace of Venezuela.
The mails for Mexico were embarked this morning by the
Alert packet, Lieut. Jennings, and those for the West Indies by
the Tyrian, Lieut. Crocker ; they left port at noon.