The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-24 00:00:00

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Avon,
commanded by Lieutenant Philip Hest, R.N., ar-
rived this evening at nine o'clock with the usual
mails in charge cf Lieutenant Lyster, R.N.; Admi-
ralty agent.
During the homeward voyage of the Aron she ex-
perienced head winds until the 21st instant.
The latest dates brought by the Avon are :—Ha-
vannah, Aug. 23 ; Chagres, 25 ; certhagena, 26 ;
Jamaica, 29; Demerara, 26; Trinidad, 26;
does, 28; Grenada, 27; Porto Rico, Sept. 3 ; St.
Taomas, 4 ; La Guayra, Aug. 1,5 ; , Antigua, 31;
Jacmel3l; Grey Town, 20 ' • Valparai;o, July 26 ;
Aug.A
Lime, 9 ; Panama, 21 ; San Francisco, 2. ,
The following is a list of the passengers, and from
whence :
Messrs. Lowecky, Alexander Harcb, Reran', Conom,
Searle,
,Ricketts, &hut*, Flamage, Kersabio, 'tan,
Anossemens, Yearz llernandtz and son, Dustel, and
Mrs. Mazara, from Chagres ; Mr. Urisarri, lady, sou,
and servant, and Dr. Carabal, and Mr. Perez, from Car-
thagens,; Messrs. Taylor, Campbell, Chilling worth, and
Gould, from Trinidad ; Ensign Clarke, cf the 76th Re-
giment, from Barbadoes; Mr. Stewart, lady, and infant,
from St. Vincent; Messrs. Lawn, Simonet, and Chat din,
from Guadaloupe; Mr. Jeffarson, from Antigua; Messrs.
Diniell and Mills, from Nevis ; Mr. Roger, from; St.
Kitt's ; Messrs. Felice, Biguera, Sivers, and Fourcade
and family, and Mrs. Temple, from Honduras; Mesrs.
A. R. Scott, Tobit, Lieutenant Blanckley, and eight in-
valided seamen, from Jamaica; M. Fontenot and family
and M. De la Crnz, from Porto Rico; Lieutenant Veitch,
from St. Thomas's; and T. Castle and P. Chillard, dis-
tressed British seamen.
The Avon has experienced head winds during the
voyage. She brings 75 passengers, among whom is
General Lalas, from Havannah, and the following
valuable freight :—Specie from the South Pacific
ports, value 770,991 dolls.; ditto from California and
Panama, 666,986 dolls. • and from other parts of the
West Indies, 49,446 dolls.; the value being 1,487,472,
or say 295,5002. sterling. Of this 859,967 dolls. is
in silver, and 627,423 dolls. in gold. The freight list
also comprises precious stones value 2,000 dolls.,
2,024 serons cochineal, 51 cases cigars, 102 bales
tobacco, 66 bales sarsaparilla, 19 cases succades, 2
cases tortoiseshell, 60 bales indiarubber, and GO pack-
ages
sundies.
The accounts received by this steamer mention
that the crops in most of the windward islands may
be said to be finished, and in all have been better than
those of last year. The weather on the whole has
been favourable, for although on the 17th and 18th of
August a severe gale of wind was experienced, yet it
did not amount to A hurricane, and generally did little
or no damage. It is preniature to speak of 1852: at
present appearances are good, but so much depends on
the weather that may intervene between this and the
beginning of the year that a difference of 50 per cent.may
arise in the amount of the yield. From Antigua we learn
that the highways throughout the island had sus-
tained considerable injury during the hurricane, and
additional resources would be required from the Le-
gislature for their repair. To the fortunate circum-
stance of the wind having blown off the shore was
ascribed the preservation of the whole of- the vessels
loading for Europe. Two island droughers and a
brigantine were driven on shore ; the barque Lanca-
shire Witch, from Liverpool, bound to Porto Rico,
was lost during the gale on the north side of the
island of Barbuda, and went to pieces in ten minutes ;
the master, five men, and a boy were drowned.
In St. Kitts considerable damage bad been done to
house property by the hurricane. At sea the damage
was much greater. The St. _Kitts Advertiser says
the sloop Eliza F. Cook, with a cargo on board, from
St. Thomas, the sloop Henrietta, with a cargo of sugar
from Montserrat, and the cutter Harriet, all be-
• longing to the island, were driven to sea from their
anchorage in this roadstead, and well-grounded ap-
prehensions are entertained for their safety. These
vessels were all without crews. The sloop Prince of
Wales, of Dominica, was also driven out, and went
ashore to Point Town, where she became a total
wreck. One man was lost in attempting to swim ashore ;
three others, who remained on board the vessel,
reached the shore in safety after she struck. The
schooner Petrel, Captain Wattley, of this port, was
driven out of one of the bays to leeward and has not
since been heard of. The cutter Margaretta, belong-
ing to Messrs. John W. Gould and Co., was driven
on shore at the lower end of the bay. She has since
been got off, fortunately without sustaining any seri-
ous damage. A large boat, the property of Mr. S.
A. -Wade, was driven on shore near the Margaretta,
and lost her anchor and mast. The barque Glaphyra,
of London, and the brig Emma Graham, of Liver-
pool, rode out the gale in safety. The brigantine
Belle, of Yarmouth, United States, Captain Poole,
from Antigua, bound to St. Martin's for a load of salt,
was driven on shore at the eastern part of the island
at four A.M., and shortly became a total wreck. Tae
captain was unfortunately lost in attempting to leave
the vessel. The wife of the captain and the crew,
consisting of five men, were saved.
From Montserrat we learn that the sloop Rachel
James, from Dominica, laden with coffee and cocoa,
bound to Antigua, ran on ashore. Crew and cargo saved;
the latter a little damaged. The brig Xarifa, Rey-
nolds master, from Liverpool, taking in produce, rode
out the gale with two anchors, pitching and rolling
very heavily during the gale. The sloop Regulator,
of Antigua, put to sea during the gale and has not
since been heard of. A vessel was passtal stranded at
Itosseau, in Dominica, by the schooner Fortitude,
from Berbadoes, bound to Antigua.
In St. Lucia the effect of the hurricane was fright.
ful, and the sea rose to a tremendous height, threaten-
ing to engulf the city of Castries, a great part of
which was submerged. The damage, however, on
shore was not extensive, although several of the shore
craft were destroyed, yet the shipping weathered the
storm with only slight injury. A shock of earth-
quake had been felt in the island. The heat of the
weather was intense.
At Martinique several accidents befell the ship-
ping in port. The British brig Chedibucto was
stranded.
In Dominica the schooner Cherub went on shore,
but will probably be got off again.
The eruption of the volcanic mountains in Mar-
tinique still continued. The town of Preeheur wets
entirely deserted, and all the surrounding plantations
were covered with •aahes.
Barbadoes and Trinidad escaped the hurricane.
Oar Trinidad advices mention that the weather
had been rainy, so much so as to have retarded vege-
tation in certain localities, but generally the young
canes were promising. The greater part of the
Trinidad coolies were in the city of Port of Spain,
claiming either their passage back to the East Indies
or a further bounty of fifty dollars, on condition of
fulfilling five years of additional agricultural ser-
vitude in the colony. The working of the postal
arrangements had commenced during a grand jubilee
celebrated by the Catholic population by command of
the Pope. A large monumental cross, 30 feet high,
erected for the occasion, was struck by lightning and
shattered to pieces. This accident had greatly aroused
the superstitious feelings of the population. The
crop was over throughout the island, and the amount
of produce shipped to date was—sugar, 27,439 hbds.,
3,393 tierces, 7,538 barrels, and 10,342 puncheons;
cocoa, 4,342,3921b3.; coffee, 61,8611b5. The market
was well supplied with all sorts of American provi-
sions. Pork and lard were much wanted, and there
was a great scarcity of white and pitch timber.
In Barbadoes the influenza had prevailed to such
an extent that the House of Assembly had been unable

to meet.
We have accounts from British Guiana to the 27th
lt. The Court of Policy had held several sittings,
and the Government plan relative to the constitution I
had been brought forward. Several Bills of much
importance to the colony had been passed. The
plan for a change of institutions in the colony, as
brought forward in the Court of Policy, was gene-
rally read with satisfaction. The French steamer
of war Le Tartare had arrived in the Demerara
river, bringing a part of the crew of the shipwrecked
barque Choice, 130 days from Seringapatam, bound
to Demerara, which vessel had been abandoned by
the crew in two boats, one of which was picked up by
the French steamer, having parted company with the
other one during the night. It is supposed that the
longboat, containing the captain and others of the
crew, must have perished, as the boat saved had been
at sea twelve days.
The weather in Demerara bad been showery, and
the influenza was very prevalent ; the business of
many estates being thrown back in consequence,
labourers and employers being alike affected. Busi-
ness has been very dull.
Grenada had shipped up to the Bth ult., 7,532
hhds. of sugar, and there were about 500 more to
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be shipped, which will make the total 8,030 hhds.,
beingdm tierces, aamsn,asiilnasct
exports. Sr. Vincent's has shipped 8,085 hogsheads,
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JAMAICA MARKETS.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)
Our market has been more than umaliy quiet during
the past fortnight, and in the absence of any speculative
feeling, the operations have been confined almost entirely
to retail sales.

Flour—Notwithstanding the absence of arrivals, and
the insignificance of the stock at market, prices have
not improved since our issue of the 12th inst., nor has
the inquiry become at all more active. New Baltimore
has been moved at 325. to 345. per brl. Old Flour of
mixed brands is being offered at 20s. to 263.
Meal—New may be quoted at 161. per brl. The
stock is ample.
Onions—A, lot from Bermuda was taken at auction at
20i.• to 240. per 10011 n.