The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-04 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNIWG.
By the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tyne,
Captain Voller with the mails from the Gulf of
Mexico, West Indies, and Pacific, we receive dates
from Havannah, December 10 ; Jamaica, 11th ;
Porto Rico, 18th ; Demerara, 10th ; Trinidad,
10th ; Barbadoes, 12th ; and St. Thomas, 18th.
The Tyne brings 55 passengers, $3,156,813 in
specie, and the usual cargo.
Cholera had appeared at Porto Rico, and yellow
fever at Martinique.
From Trinidad we learn that an unusually good
crop of sugar was expected.
At Antigua her Majesty's ship Medea, which
conveys the Admiral's letters to Bermuda from St.
Thomas, was detained some days, in consequence
of meeting the United States sloop-of-war Cyane,
which refused to salute the British flag, alleging
that an American subject (a slave) had there been
taken out of an American vessel.

The Medea left Bermuda for St. Thomas on the
17th ult.

The La Plata arrived on the 15th ult.
At Demerara business was not so brisk, and pro-
visions were at double their usual price. The
sugar crop was nearly gathered in. There was but
little shipping in the port, and freights ruled high.
At Grenada the Legislative business had been
interrupted in consequence of a wished-for adjourn,-
went on the Money Bill not being granted by his
Excellency. It was expected the dispute would
lead to a dissolution. The weather was favourable
to the plantations.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's
steamer New Granada had arrived at Panama
with $lBO,OOO in treasure, and dates from Val-
paraiso, Nov. 15 ; Callao, 25 ; Payta, 29.
A large quantity of gold had been discovered in
Southern Chili.

All the revolutionary movements in the republic
of Bolivia had been quelled.
Later news had been received from Australia.
The gold market was without animation, and the
price 7th. to 765. 3d. The produce of the week
was large.

NORTH SHIELDS AND TYNEMOUTH DOCK.—At a
meeting of the Town Council of South Shields, on Wed-
nesday, it was unanimously resolved to refuse the sane.
tion of that corporation to the projected dock at the Low
Lights, until the completion of the piers at the entrance
of the Tyne.
THE NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH PRANCE.—
HAVRE, Jan. I.—ln the postal convention between
France and England, just concluded, an important ar-
rangement is sanctioned. Metal letter receiving-boxes
are placed on board the steamers leaving Calais, Bou-
logne, and Havre for England, into which parties can
post letters to the last moment of sailing ; but these
letters could not until now be prepaid, because the Eng•
lish post-offices were not allowed to recognise French or
English postage stamps on such letters, and similarly
the French post-offices were not allowed to recognise
English or French postage stamps on letters posted at
the English ports in the letter boxes. If persons put
French or English postage stamps on the letters, such
stamps were wasted, for the letters were considered as
unpaid. This is now altered. The French people can
by French postage stamps prepay letters pat into the
letter boxes on board the steamers leaving for England,
and vice versa English people can by Eaglish postage
stamps prepay letters put into the letter boxes on board
the steamers leaving for France.
METROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.—CAMBEEt.
WELL PARISH.—The vestry met at the vestry-ball on
Wednesday evening, at half-past six o'clock, and con-
tinued in close business until past ten o'clock in electing
officers. A bye-law, in addition to those previously
agreed to, was submitted to the vestry by Mr. Days,
and carried. It was, "That the common seal of the
vestry be placed in the custody of the clerk, and be not
affixed to any document whatever, except at a meeting
of the vestry, duly convened agreeably to Act of Parlia-
ment and the bye-laws, and in the presence of a legal
quorum, and that the same be a byelaw of the vestry."
Mr. Marsden was elected clerk to the vestry almost
unanimously. A contest for the office of surveyor arose
between Mr. Charles Bailey, Mr. Plum, the clerk of the
board of guardians, and Mr. Reynolds, late one of the
sub-surveyors of the metropolitan sewers, which termi-
nated by ballot thus :—for Mr. Reynolds, 54 ; for Mr.
Plum, 21 ; for Mr. Bailey, 17. The office of medical
officer of health was warmly contested by four or five
candidates, ultimately reduced by show of hands to two,
and a ballot was taken on those two, when there ap-
peared—for Dr. Bristoove, 61 • for Mr. Webster, 15.
The vestry subsequently elected two inspectors of nui-
sances and a messenger, and also their three committees
—on sewers and health, on general purposes and on
&wipe ; and then adjourned to the 16th inst.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.— A Meeting of the
district board of Greenwich was held on Wednesday
evening, Mr. B. Carter in the chair, at Which a letter
was read front Mr. Thwaites, stating that, in conse-
quence of his election to the presidency of the Metropo-
litan Board of Works, ho ceased to be the representative
of the district at that board. It was thereupon moved
by the Rev. W. A. Soames, vicar of Greenwich, and
seconded by Mr. W. Jones, that Mr. Alfred Rhodes
Bristow be elected to represent the district at the
Central Board of Works which
was unanimously
agreed to- Mr. Bristow is a solicitor residing in the
town, and was nominated in opposition to Mr. Thwaites,
when that gentleman was returned by a majority
of two, the numbers being 28 and 26. Mr. Thwaites,
who was present during the proceedings, returned thanks
for the honour conferred on him in electing him to the
central board, and expressed a wish that a committee of
conference might be formed from the district boards to
act with the central board, and expressed his intention
of not taking part in the proceedings of the district
board, of which be still virtually continued a member,
on the ground that the central board would become a
tribunal of appeal on difficult questions, and that, as
president, he wished to keep his mind free from bias,
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