The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-06 00:00:00

THE WET INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The Royal Mail
steam-ship Thames, Captain Abbott, arrived of this port this
evening in the midst of a heavy storm of wind, rain, and fog,
which rendered all communication with her exceedingly diffi-
cult and dangerous. She brings the usual West India and
Gulf of Mexico mails, in charge of Lieutenant Ray, R.N.
The Thames was detained two days at St. Thomas,
waiting for the Great Western with the Mexican mails. Her
latest dates are as follow :—Greytown, Mosquito, Jan. 2 ;
Chagres, 10 ; Certbagena, 11 ; Santa Martha, Dec. 26 ;
Vera Cruz, Jan. 7 ; Tampico, 5 ; San Juan, Porto Rico, 18 ;
Kingston, Jamaica, 14; Berbice, 10; Georgetown, Demerara,
11 ; Port of Spain, Trinidad . 11 ; Tobago, 10 ; Grenada, 12 ;
Curacoa, 12; Kingston, St. Vincent's, 12 ; Bridgetown, Bar-
badoes, 13; Castries, St. Lucia, 14; Martinique, 14; Gua-
deloupe, 15; Dominica, 14; St. John's, Antigua, 15; Mont-
serrat, 15 ; Nevis, 15 ; St. Kitt's, 15 ; and St. Thomas, 19.
The Thames brings on freight specie value 1,400,000 dollars,
of which 500,000 dollars are in silver, and 900,000 dollars in
gold, the latter principally from California.
The remittances for account of the Mexican Bondholders
are 84.000 dolls. The freight list also comprises 414 serons
of cochineal, 16 serons of indigo, 118 serons of jalap, 47 bales
of sarsaparilla, 14 packages of cocoa, four packages for the
Great Exhibition, and 55 packages of sundries. There are
67 passengers.
Our accounts from Jamaica by this steamer extend to the
14th ult. one day later than th, to received by the Pacific,
via Liverpool. Kingston and Port Royal were compara-
tively free f►om cholera, but the epidemic continued to rage
in the country districts. A few cases are also reported in
Spanish Town.
Our advices from British Guiana mention that the weather
during the fortnight has been seasonable. The planters had
been complaining of want of sufficient rain for the young
canes, but subsequent showers had caused vegetation to as-
sume a healthy aspect. There is little political news from
the colony; the Court of Policy, having been in non-session,
would meet on the 13th of January. The holidays passed
off quietly. Governor Barkly had visited the Essequibo
and Massaroony rivers. The new boards of health in George-
town and New Amsterdam were busily engaged in organiz-
ing measures for the improvement of the sanitary condition
of the colony. District commissioners had been appointed.
Landed property was still depressed in value, and planta-
tions which are brought to the hammer in Guiana, do not at
present fetch half as many dollars as they would pounds
sterling a few years ago. Cumming's Lodge, an abandoned
cougar estate on the east coast of Demerara, had been sold
for 16,500 dolls., and Nootens Zuyall was also disposed of
for only 3,500 dolls. These estates, formerly of considerable
value, were sold by order of the owners, well-known and in-
finer tial firms in England.
We are sorry to report the prevalence of a dreadful
epidemic in French Guiana. Our accounts thence are to
the 31st of December. The Government was manifestly
alarmed, and the official organ of the colony is filled with
with various orders and proclamations, promulgating mea-
sures of various kinds to stay the speed of the disease, not
only in Cayenne, but in the rural districts. Thirty thousand
francs had been voted for the relief of the indigent sick, and
medical officers had been appointed by the Government to
attend the sick, especially in the Leeward districts.
Our Trinidad letters of the 11th ult. state that Mr. Barn-
ley, senior and unofficial member of the Legislative Council,
died on the 28th of December. The weather was generally
good, slight showers having fallen. Several estates had
commenced the crop, which was expected to be a good one,
and others were hastening their preparations.
An unusual briskness in the business of the island was ob-
served, caused by an advance in the price of cocoa, but other-
wise commerce preserved its dull and ordinary appearance.
The Antigua and St. Vincent papers contain no news of
importance. The Windward and Leeward Islands generally
were healthy, and the weather fine. The crops were ex-
pected to be good. The Papal agitation was developing it-
self in the British West India Islands.

REVIEW OF MARKETS.
(From Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)
The market is inactive, as it usually is at this period of
the year, and large stocks, especially of fish and flour, are
accumulating. The trade for the most part are well supplied,
and evince no disposition to purchase on speculation. Prices
are, therefore, greatly in favour of buyers and will remain so,
we expect, until the supplies in second hands are sold out.
Brandy—Prices are well supported and the demand con-
tinues good. 10 hogsheads Martell's have been placed at 9s.
for dark and 10s. for pale per gallon. 10s. we learn has
been refused for a parcel of dark and pale together, in quar-
ter casks.
Butter—The market is greatly depressed and prices rule
low. Irish is very dull at 10d., only small parcels moving
thereat, and Halifax and Canadian sell at aid. to lid. per lb.
accordingly to quality ; American is worth 7d. to lid. We
have just heard that 9id, has been accepted for 100 firkins
Irish.
Candles may be quoted at 7d. to 7t% d.
Cheese • There is a large stock and very little inquiry.
English is moved in small quantities at 91/2d. to 10d. Ame-
rican is taken at 7d. per lb.
Coffee is worth 28s. to 325. per 1001bs. according to
quality.
Corn—Two hundred bags American have changed hands
at 6s. 6d. per bag of two bushels. South American remains
at our last quotations.
Freights continue as last reported.
Gold—Columbian doubloons command 3 per cent., and
American gold 2% to 3 par cent. premium.
Ginger—There is nothing reported of this article.

LORD ARUNDEL AND LORD J. RUSSELL.
11, Carlton. terrace, Wednesday, Feb. 5.
My Lord,—lt was not until this afternoon, after reading
the speech delivered by Lord Lansdowne in the House of
Lords yesterday, and after referring again to your Lordship's
speech in the other House, that the conviction forced itself
upon my mind that your Lordship did actually believe the
recent appointment of a Catholic hierarchy in this country
to be an assumption of temporal power on the part of the
Pope. It really had not occurred to me previously that you,
or any of her Majesty's Ministers, did or could view the ap-
pointment of the hierarchy in that light. I beg, therefore,
most distinctly to assure your Lordship, in the strongest lan-
guage that I can command, that such is not the fact. The
language made use of in various documents which have been
alluded to does apply exclusively to spiritual jurisdiction;
and the looser phraseology of newspapers, which have also
been referred to, either bears the same exclusive meaning, or
is incorrect.

The appointment of the hierarchy does not make the
smallest uifference in our temporal pobitiork as subjects of her
Majesty. This I distinctly and unhesitatingly affirm. I
therefore hope that, whatever may be said by others, no Mi-
nister of.the Crown will on any occasion again attempt to
stigmatize with disloyalty any portion of her Majesty's Ca.
tholic subjects for accepting, as 1 hold it to be their bounden
duty to do, the purely spiritual organization given to them
by the head of their Church.
I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your humble servant,
ARUNDEL AND SURREY.
To the Lord John Russell, &c.