The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.
The Parana, with the West India and Pacific
made, has arrived. She brings 133 passengers,
$900,000 in specie, $23,000 value in precious
stones, and the usual cargo.
The dates of the Parana are—Jamaica, April
27th ; Trinidad, 30th ; Demerara, 26th ; Bar-
badoes, 28th ; and St. Thomas, May Ist.
The West India Islands are reported healthy.
Sir H. and Lady Barkly were to have returned to
England by this packet, but the necessity of first
obtaining the consent of the home government to a
judicial bill detained him in Jamaica. On the Sun-
day previous to the departure of the packet, Kingston
and its neighbourhood were visited by a very heavy
fall of rain, by which the streets of Kingston were
converted into formidable rivers, and agreat deal of

damage was done to numerous walls and buildings.
In some places heavy brick walls were precipitated

into the streets for distances of 50 or 60 feet. Se

veral small houses in the suburbs and along the
gallies were carried away.
The market was quiet. Brandy was held at 18s.
to 19s. per gallon for Martell's and other approved
brands. Sales of k offee have been made at 435. to

445. for selected qualities. S Ales of Lancashire hams
have been made at 12d. ; American, 7d. to 9d. The
stock of lard is greatly in excess, while the demand
is limited, and now held. at 7d. to 8,1. per lb. Rice
commands 17 s. per 1001bs. for fair quality East
India ; stock accumulating. Rum might be ftirly
quoted at 3s. to 3s. 4d. for common to good bi
Soap not saleable at last quotations. Sales of supr
have been made at 16s. to 19s. 6d. per 1001bs.,
according to quality. Exchange on London-9O

days, per cent. prem.
In Trinidad, where, as in Demerara, the want of
rain was much felt, it was thought that the middle
of May will find very few canes uncut. There are
same doubts as to the probable amount of the total
crop, though the quantity shipped is nearly double
the average amount at the middle of April, and
there is plenty of shipping in the gulf loading fast.
The result of the harvest sill b 3 over the average

of the yearly crops of late years, but under the
quantity that was expected.
The Demerara Royal Gazette thus reports on
affairs in British Guiana :
The annual session of the Combined Court was opened
on the 11th inst. with the usual formalities.

The revenue of the colony for the past year amounted
to 924,426 dols., which amount exceeded the estimate
of ways and means by 58,026 dole. The expenditure of
the Near, exclusive of immigration, amounted to 931,754
dols., falling short of the estimate by 15,734 dols. The
estimate for the next year amounts to 1,142,620 dols.,
being an increase on the estimate of last year of 195,132
dole. This is owing chiefly to the large amounts in-
cluded under the bead, "Provision for the expenses
connected with the riots in February ;" to the establish•
merit of the Auxiliary Police Force, and the increased
expenses of the gaols and penal settlement.
Her Majesty's Government propose to sumnder to
the colony the control and payment of its Peet-office
establishment.
The Militia Bill has at length passed. It carne into
operation on April 16.
The lion. John Lucie Smith bas been appointed At-
torney-General until her Majesty's pleasure be known,
in the room of the Hon. R. R. Craig, deceased. The
Hon. Alex. Cameron has been elected a member of the
Court of Policy, in the room of the Hon. J. E. Roney,
who has been appointed Acting Chief• Justice of St. Vin-
cent by the Governor of Barbadoes. We are informed
that Mr. Roney has gone to St. Vincent, to undertake
the duties of his new office. F. W. Whitney, Esq., has
been unanimously re-elected a financial representative
for the city of Georgetown.
The session of the Supreme Criminal Court com-
menced on Tuesday, the 15th inst. The principal trial
will be that of John Sayers Orr, better known at home
and in America as "The Angel Gabriel." There are three
indictments against this worthy ; one for holding an un-
lawful assembly, a second for libel, and a third fur ex-
citing to riot. He is to be defended by Mr. Gilbert, who
has received a retaining fee of $6OO for the purpose. The
money was subscribed by the friends of Orr.
Her Majesty's brig of war Mariner, Captain Ingram,
arrived in the river on the 15th inst., and came to anchor
.off the Public Buildings.
The following are the exports for the past fortnight :-
1,594 hhds., 112 trcs., 48 brie. , 100 bags, and 380 eacks
sugar ; 1,149 puns., 19 hhds., add 8 brls. rum 2 puns.
and 2 hhds. molasses ; 330 logs (14,944 feet) timber 52
casks greenheart bark ; 20 pieces crabwood ; 60,000
W,illaba shingles ; 22 trcs. 118 brie. charcoal ; 3 cords
fire vood ; 3,580 cocoa nuts.
We have had several heavy showers during the past
fortnight, but the weather upon the whole continues too
dry for the crops, which require au abundance of water.
The Eurydice was at Grey Town, the Arachne and
Mariner at Demerara, the Vestal at Antigua, the
Medea and Buzzard at St. Thomas ; the Imaum,
Malacca, Termagant, and Hermes at Jamaica ; the
Boscawen and Powerful left Havana for Bermuda
with the admiral ; the Pembroke and Cornwallis
were at Bermuda.
PANAMA.

An American sloWOf war had arrived off Pa-
nama, having been called to the coast by the report
of the late loss of life. It was not known what
elurse the American Government would pursue.
The Panama Star has the following, written by an
Englishman, on the late outrage :
On the morning after the conflict the writer of this
went down. Tiie scene was awful. Toe streets approach-
ing the station, among the negro huts were strewed with
cut-open trunks and heavy coils of ropes from the stores;
' the doors and tables of the ticket-office were smeared
with blood, or blackened and torn up by closely discharg
ed muskets, the ball leaving a track across the boards
ere it buried itself, after having traversed the body of the
unfortunate who lay dead on the floor. lathe large room
there lay 12 boxes, each containing a dead man. The
last was just being nailed up as I entered, and he could
not be distinguished from blood. Where the heads of
those poor fellows rested there were the pillows with a
pool of blood and brains in the centre, The agonies un-