The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-20 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The Teviot, Royal
mail steam-ship, Captain Allan, arrived this evening, with
her usual unexampled punctuality, shortly after seven o'clock,
bringing the fortnightly West India mail. And it is here
worthy of passing remark, that Captain Allan, when he left
this port nearly five months since, on his outward voyage,
engaged to return and dine with a party, at the house of a
friend, this evening at seven o'clock precisely. Although the
engagement was not fulfilled to the letter, the circumstance
goes to show the confidence Captain Allan had in his noble
vessel. She was descried rounding Calshot Castle at half-
past six, and by delaying the friendly meal just one half-
hour Captain Allan was enabled to meet his friends at the
social board. This is far from a solitary instance, and we feel
bound, as an act of justice to the Royal Mail Company, to
notice this extraordinary circumstance in connexion with the
celebrity these matchless steam-ships have now attained for
their good management in every particular.
The latest dates brought by the Teviot are—St. Jago de
Cuba, July 19 ; Demerara, 19 ; Trinidad, 21; Laguayra, 22 ;
Jamaica, 24; Barbadoes, 24; Grenada, 25; St. Thomas, 30;
Fayal, August 13.
Her freight consists of 163 ounces of gold dust, 102 serons
of Havannah tobacco, 29 tierces of coffee, 14 chests of Ha-
vannah cigars, 12 bales of sarsaparilla, 30 barrels of ginger,
and 50 packages of arrow-root, succades, &c. &c.
Her Majesty's ship Electra has left Port Royal for Belise
and the Gulf of Mexico; her Majesty's brig Daring also left
Port Royal for Bluefields and the Gulf of Mexico on the
21st of July. Left at Port Royal her Majesty's ship Imaum,
and schooner Pickle. At Fayal, on the 12t1i of August, her
Majesty's ship North Star, from Australia, for England.
The Severn, Company's steam-ship, sailed from Kingston
on the 16th of July for Chagres, &c. The Eagle was at St.
Thomas's on the 29th July, with the home mails from the
northern islands. She was to be taken on the slip for repairs
on the 31st, and afterwards sail for Porto Rico. The Tweed
arrived at Grenada, with the English mails, on the 25th of
July, and thence sailed for Trinidad. The Medway sailed
from Grenada for Tampico and Mexico on the 25th of July.
The Reindeer left Bardadoes for Demerara on the 24th ult.
The Teviot brings no news of material consequence from
the West India Islands, They were all in a healthy state,
and refreshing rains had fallen generally. In Jamaica the
r .ins had effected a complete renovation, and everything was
favourable for the 'next year's crops. There was, however,
great depression in the money market, consequent, no doubt,
upon the expected admission of slave• grown sugars into
England, the settlement of which question was looked for-
ward to with much anxiety.
In Demerara heavy rains had fallen, as also at Trinidad,
find all the nnrt horn islands_ The seine remark applies to
Barbadoes, St. Vincent, and Antigua.
All was quiet in Hayti, and the Government was sup-
ported with much more confidence.
At Saint Lucia, on the 26th of July, a heavy squall cap-
sized a nogger, with twenty-one hogsheads of sugar on
board, and all bands perished, with the exception of one.
The Teviot reports a sad casualty happening to the
American-built steamer Genie, plying between St. Jago de
Cuba and Batabano, with mails en board. It appears she was
on her passage from St. Jago when two of her boilers sud-
denly burst, and soon afterwards became a total wreck. `:The
commander, engineer, two passengers, and ten of the crew lost
their lives, and eight Inure were very seriously injured. The
mails are also reported as lost or destroyed.
A large American frigate was seen on the 15th of July at
the east end of Jamaica, under all sail, steering for the west.
The Jamaica Dispatch of the 21st ult., announces that his
Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to is-
sue his proclamation, further proroguing the Honourable
House of Assembly to Tuesday, the Ist of September next.
The Teviot spoke the following vessels on her voyage
homeward :—On the 3d of August, in lat. 24 16 N, long. 60
40 W, the brig Hamburgh, No. 64, with emigrants, steering
westward. August 10, in lat. 34 38 N, long. 40 14 W, the
barque Heath, steering E.N.E. ; also, in lat. 34 54 N, long.
39 30 W, the brig William and Lydia.
The brig Lucretia, Perry, from.Hamburgh, had arrived at
Kingston.
The following is the list of passengers brought by the
Teviot

Nethersole, Esq., Rev. Mr. Irish, Lieutenant Neville,
ILA. and Mr. Maunder, from Inchmel ; Mr. Nunes, lady,
and family, Mr. Stubbs, lady, and family, Mr. Dacastro and
family, Mr. Masons, and Mr. Dulmeda, from St. Thomas's;
Hon. Robison, Mr. May, Mr. Howes, Mr. Burke, Mr. and
Miss Smith, and child, and Mr. M'Neigh, from Demerara;
Mr. Strand, lady, four children, and three servants, Mr.
Dunbar, and Mr. Woolley, from Antigua; Mr. Maycock,
lady, brother, child, and servant, Lieutenant Newman, Lieu-
tenant Ifell, Mr. Denny, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Da-
nacott, Mr. Hobson, Rev. Mr. Garland, three children and
servant, Mr. Bailey, Mite Swap, Mr. Lamont, Mr. Rema-
heur, Mr. Berne, Mr. Fontaine, Mr. Rarponing, Mr. Dollace,
Mr. De Ronzi, Mr. M'Farlane, Mr. Cunningham, and Miss
Forbes, from Fayel.