The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-27 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer La Plata,
Captain Weller, with the West India and Pacific
mails, has arrived with dates from Vera Cruz to the
Ist June ; Tampico, 29th May ; Havannah, 6th
June; Colon, 7th; Tobago, 7th; Jamaica, 9th ;
Jacmel, 10th ; Porto Rico, 12th ; Demerara, Bth ;
Trinidad, Bth; Barbadoes, 10th ; Grenada, Bth ; St.
Vincent, 9th ; St. Lucia, 10th ; Martinique, Guada-
loupe, Dominique, Antigua, and Montserrat, 11th ;
Nevis, 12th ; St. Kitt's, 12th ; Tortola, 12th ; and
St. Thomas, 13th inst.
Her Majesty's ships Imaum and Cuba were at
Jamaica, Cossack and Jasper at Bermuda, Gladiator
at Greytown, Kingston at Carthagena ; the Racer
and Valorous were at Vera Cruz.
St. Thomas was suffering from severe drought.
The merchant shipping in the harbour was suffer-
ing much, and when the steamer left water was
selling at 2d. per galhin in the streets.
The Barbadoes House of Assembly met on the
sth, and adjourned for a week; there was no busi-
ness of importance transacted. The weather con-
tinued very dry till a few days before the mail
left, when the drought seemed to be breaking up ;
very little of the old crop remained to be reaped.
The shipments to date amount to—Sugar : 28,948
hogsheads, 2,239 tierces, 6,564 barrels. Molasses :
7,544 puncheons, 358 hcgsheads, 635 barrels. Rum:
234 puncheons, 334 hogsheads. In the market Irish
butter was much needed. Mess pork dull. Ex-
change on London.—Bank bills, at 30 days, 490
dols. ; 60 days, 4871 dols. ; 90 days, 485 dols. Pri-
vate bills, at 90 days, 480 dols. Bank bills on New
York, 10 days, 1 per cent. prem. ; 30 days, at par.
The intelligence from Jamaica is not of general
importance. Freights not plentiful. Exchange
on London :—Jamaica Bank, 90 days, par ; 60 days,
1 pent. premium ; 30 days, 1 per cent. premium.
Colonial Bank, rates for cash, 1 per cent., extra if
payable in discounts ; 90 days, par ; 60 days, 1 per
cent. premium ; 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. Com-
missariat bills, 30 days, 15s. per eent. prem. Mei,
chants' bills, 10 days, 1 per cent. discount.
At Demerara the weather continued showery,
and favourable for the planters' operations ; there
is every prospect the crop will be a heavy one.
At Trinidad, the weather had been favourable.

From the Pacific and Central America dates are
from Valparaiso to the 18th, and Callao 29th May ;
Paita, Ist June.

From Peru there is no news of importance.
The news from Chili is very scant. In politics
everythings was quiet. Accounts had also been
received that the Fuegean Indians had seized the
schooner Allen Gardiner in Woolya Beagle Passage,
and had murdered a missionary, Captain Fell, and
five of the crew.

At Valparaiso business during the fortnight end-
ing May 17 had been active, and the arrivals of
assorted cargoes numerous. Exchange on London,
90 days, 430. per dollar; Paris, 60 to 90 days, 4
dols. 55c. ; United States, 50days, 12 to 13 percent.
pram. Freights—to England, £3; France, 80f;
United States, 14 dols. to 15 dols.

THIS DAPS MARKETS.

CORN EXCIIANGE.

Nearly the whole of the supply of English wheat on offer
in to-day's market was composed of Monday's unsold
samples. The. attendance of millers was only moderate ;
nevertheless rather more disposition was shown to pur-
chase, but at is to 2s per qr. beneath last week's currency.
In foreign wheat, the show of which was tolerably good,
very little was passing on former terms. Floating cargoes,
however, were firm in price.

There was a moderate sale for barley at full currencies.
Malt changed hands slowly a: late quotations.
The transactions in oats were to a full average extent, at
Monday's fall in value.

Both beans and peas were steady in price, but all kinds
of flour were a dull inquiry.

ARRIVALS THIS WEETC.
Wiled. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
570 810 I 14,10
Irish
Foreign. ...... 5,750 290 18,310 3,650 sacks.
brls.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
There is about an average business doing in our market
at full quotations. Duty, £170,000.

WIIITECIIAPE L.

The trade ,o;enerally is less active, as follows:—Beef,
from 38 6d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s Od to 15s 2d; lamb, 4s 8d
to 5s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 58 Od per Sibs'
by the carcase.