The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-23 00:00:00

WEST INDIA. MAIL.

ceTniti,UwilaiDth the usualAYMoß
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India mails, has arrived. Her dates are--Tampico,
October 14; Honduras, 13; -Vera Cruz, 16 ; Done-
SOUTHAMPTON,' n
rara, 18 ; Trinidad, 21 ; Jamaica, 23 ; Grenada, 24 ;
Havannah and Barbadoes, 28 ; St. Thomas, Nov. 1 ;
Bermuda,
8. She brings forty-eight passengers,
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The}Vest
G.
648,426 dollars (5,000 of which are reported for
Mexican dividends), 704 oz. of gold, 4471. worth of
British coin, 173 serons of cochineal, eighty-seven
cases of cigars, twenty-four bales of tobacco. She
experienced very roughp weather on her passage home.
(From Cordova 's Mercantile intelligencer.)
JAMAICA.—Since our last, the trifling improvement
has subsided, and the markets are duller than before.
Sugar has receded materially, owing to the large
supply, and the unfavourable news by the packet, and
cannot be quoted higher than 13s. to 17s. per 100 lbs.
Freights : None offering in Kingston ; 3/. per ton
has been given for sugar at the north side. Ex-
change on London : Colonial Bank, 90 days, 1 per
cent. prem. ; 60 days, 1i per cent. prem.; Jamaica
Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent. preen.; 60 days, 1 per
cent. prem.
The English brig Eliza, of Liverpool, bad been
lost. Crew saved.

SPORTING IN T.EILLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL AUTUMN STEEPLECHASES.
WEDNESDAT.

A Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft,
and 50 added. Two miles. (11 Subs.)
Lord Strathmore's Chatham, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b (Frisby) 1
Captain Lane's Midnight (late The Thease), 4 yrs... 2
The following also started, but were not placed:—
Jack, list 41b—Premier, lOst lllb—Mignionette, lOst
51b—Linnaeus, lOst 31b—Farnham, lOst 31b, and Bruce,
9st 51b.
6to 4 agst Chatham, and 4to 1 agst Midnight. Won
easily.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, h ft, and 100
added; the second to save his stake. Four miles.
(46 Subs.; 21 of whom paid 5 so vs. each.)
Mr. J. Henderson's The Doctor, aged, list 21b ... 1
Mr. J. Storey's The Victim, 6 yrs, llst 21b„, 2
Mr. Harrison's Venom, 4 yrs, lOst 3
Mr. Nichol's Justice to England, lOst 51b „ 4
The following also ran:—Proceed, 12st 21b—Peter
Simple, list 51b—Alfred, lOst 51b—Equinox, lOst 41b,
Sparta, lOst 71b, and Velocity, Sst 10Ib.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Proceed, 4to 1 agst Alfred, Bto
1 agst Doctor, 10 to 1 agst Victim, 12 to 1 agst Venom.
The Doctor made strong running all the way, and won
easily. Proceed, Alfred, and Velocity, took the fence
out of the course, and went no further.

SECESSION OF THE HON. AND Ray. BAPTIST W.
NOEL.—From the inquiries we have made, we believe
that the rumour which has reached us respecting Mr.
Noel's intention to secede from the Establishment is
well founded. We are informed that he has announced
his resolution, in a letter to his chapel-wardens, but
states that be shall continue to officiate at St. John's
Chapel for a short time longer. The public will no
doubt soon receive an authentication of the statement
from Mr. Noel himself, together with his reasons for
taking so important a step. We have since been in-
formed, on trustworthy authority, that the above rumour
is strictly correct, and that in a few days Mr. Noel will
probably make a public statement of his reasons for se-
ceding from the Church, but that he will not resign his
pastorship until Midsummer next. We understand that
the Church and State question is the only cause assigned
for the step.—Nonconformist.
PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES.—Yesterday, at
one o'clock, the pulling for the vacant vestry• clerk ship
of this parish recommended, and was kept up with vigour
until four o'clock, when the books were tinally closed and
the state of the poll made up and declared. The day's
poll showed a majority in favour of Mr. Score, but the
gross poll stood as follows:—lsaacson 666„Score 625,
Murrough 89, Bisgood 34. The total number of voters
has been 723, a larger number than was ever polled upon
a similar occasion out of an assessment of 1,500, and in
the course of three days' election upwards of 8001. has
been paid for rates.