The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-20 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 19, Six O'CLOCK, P,M.—The Royal
Mail steam-packet Teviot, Commander James Fuller Buxton,
arrived this afternoon at three o'clock, in 19 days from St.
Thomas's, and six from Fayal, with 25 passengers and no
cargo. The small number of passengers she has brought,
and the want of any cargo, is to be ascribed to the circum-
stance of her Majesty's steam-vessel Hermes bringing the
mails from Jamaica, not having accommodation for either.
Heri latest dates are—Jamaica, 23d January; Trinidad,
22d January; Demerara, 21st January; Barbadoes, 26th
January; Grenada, 27th January; St. Thomas's, 31A
January; La Guavra, 21st January; Fayal, 13th February.
The Royal Mail Company's ships were as follows
at St. Thomas's on the 31st January; Reindeer, at Barba-
does on the 26th January; Tweed, at Grenada, en route to
Jamaica, 27th January; Tay, at Grenada, en route to Trini-
dad, 27th January; Thames, on Spanish Maine route, 23d
January; Medway, in the Gulph ; Severn, sailed from Ja-
maica for England, 16th January; Larne, at Grenada, en
route for La Guayra, 27th January.
DIEN or WAR.—Her Majesty's steam-sloop Hermes, Com-
mander Carr, arrived at St. Thomas's with the mails from
Jamaica, on the 30th January, and was to sail on her return
on the 2d February. The Salamander, Captain Hamand,
arrived at Antigua, disabled, in January, where she would
wait the disposal of the Commander in Chief. The Vesuvius
was also at Antigua in Janusry.

VESSEL SPOKI.:N wrrit.-011 the 10th February, in lat. 34
30 N., long. 38 30 W., passed an English ship; she signalised
from Canton to Cork, requesting to be reported. The number
shown at first was the first distinguishing pennant over 4,251.
Afterwards she hoisted the second distinguishing flag over
109, signifying "Affiance." Wind at the time from the
eastward, and apparently had been set in from that quarter
for several days.

(from the Jamaica Times of Jan. 23.)
The state of the colony, generally, still continues un
usually depressed ; and little or no confidence exists between
either the banks or the merchants, and the agricultural
interest. Instead of nearly doubling our last year's crop of
sugar, as many were led to expect, considering the extraor-
dinary favourableness of the season, we shall do well if we
succeed in increasing it by even 10,000 or 12,000 Ude. This,
with the concurrent increase which is expected in nearly
every other sugar producing country, must necessarily re-
duce the price very considerably unless the resolution is at
once passed, admitting our sugar and molasses into the
breweries and distilleries. This concession granted, and the
duty on tea reduced, thereby increasing the consumption, and
by a necessary consequence the demand for sugar; and we
may yet hope to obtain a remunerating price for our produce.
If 6overnment, on the other hand, refuses to open up these
additional channels of consumption, the enormous supply
which must flow in, as well from the free as the slave states,
will inevitably have the effect of reducing prices much be-
low what we can afford to receive; and thus consummate the
ruin of the remaining sugar producers in these colonies. With
a suitable command of labour both as to quantity and quality
we have little fear of yet being able to drive the slave-holder
out of the market; but to attain this end two things are es-
sential, first, that we should have additional labourers from
the coast of Africa; secondly, that the slave-trade should po-
sitively cease. It is in the power of Great Britain to effect
both of these objects. If she do not, she can never hope to see
free labour prosper in her own colonies, or become the choice
of any other Government.
(From Decord•ea's Mercantile Intelligencer of Jan. 23.)
There has not been any change in our markets since our
last worthy of particular notice. The active demand for con-
sumption has decreased the stocks of most articles, without
advancing prices. The arrivals during the past fortnight have
been rather heavy—especially of the articles of flour and
codfish, which have undergone a decline, in consequence of
the abundant supply. There does not appear to be much
speculative demand.

A collection of remarkably fine Italian sculpture
is to be sold by auction,
on Wednesday and
specimens Thursday next,
e the t ,
at the Mart. It embraces numberless rare
sculptor's art, copied from all the most renowned models in
the various galleries, which, as objects of decoration, cannot
febaaeilalcututoliafputelledfiastgeoutrletge, most' fastidious.e
The freehold estates minarbTleetxahzszaswahnicichvasheasvarebwell
adornan tdh et hmansions of our nobility.
e
g sometimeran tw, ii
e m
fornortherni -
eeny
e
girne atth e
inducementsm ore
Mr. Robins, seem to offer strong temptations auction,
Len' b
part of America. The climate, soil, and water communica-
tion,the employment of capital in this almost new country, whilst
nt,h present stehnots
the various estates to be sold are in immediate proximity to
several large and thriving towns. The distance, also, from
the point of landing is trifling, which to the emigrant is fre-
tnhdaesnet
edlufannrc
aegdvrieignaattei ouror columns for sale by e
fre-
quently a serious loss and evil, but which is happily here not
to be encountered.
ALARMING OCCURRENCE.—The Coburg (Canada)
Star has a letter from Grafton Steam Mills, Grafton Harbour,
Jan. 9, which states that a most singular phenomenon oc-
curred at that place on the afternoon of the Bth, about three
o'clock. The lake was calm and the wind in the north,
when suddenly the lake receded from the shore in one im-
mense wave, upwards of 350 feet, leaving the beach per-
fectly dry for that distance ; it seemed to gather itself into a
vast cone, and immediately returned in one unbroken wave,
four feet higher than it usually is, burying the wharf com-
pletely, and overflowing the usual boundaries upwards of a
hundred yards, sweeping everything before it, accompanied
by a dreadful noise. This happened eight or nine different
times, gradually decreasing in violence until the lake re-
sumed its usual appearance.—American paper.
DEATH OF MR. CHARLES HOOTON.—We regret to
announce the death (at his father's house in Nottingham) of
Mr. Charles Hooton, the author of " Bilberry Thurland,"
" Colin Clink," and of several valuable papers on Texas in
various magazines. Ever since his return from Texas Mr.
Charles Hooton has suffered from ague, the consequence of
the swamp fever, which he caught in the country, and to
allay his sufferings, he has been in the habit of taking large
doses of opium and morphia. On Monday evening he, by
mistake, took an over-dose of morphia, which terminated his
existence, in the 36th year of his age.
Major-General T. Cunningham, late Colonel of
the corps of Royal Engineers, died on the 17th intant, at
his residence in the metropolis. H e entered the service
4 in 1.801.