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

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.

By the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tyri e,
Captain Voller with the mails from the Gulf of
Mexico, West Indies and Pacific, we receive dahes
from avannah, December 10 ; Jamaica, 11th ;
Porto Rico, 18th ; Demerara, 10th ; Trinidad,
10th ; Barbadoes, 12th ; and St. Thomas, 18th..
The Tyne brings 55 passengers, $3,156,81;3 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 01Fane,
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 an the
17th ult.
The La Plata arrived on the 15th ult.

At Demerara business was not so brisk, andl pro-
visions were at double their usual price. The
sugar crop was nearly gathered in. There wris 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-
ment 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 platitations.
The Paxific 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 hall been discovered in
Southern Chili.

All the revolutionary movements in the rep üblic
of Bolivia. had been quelled.
Later news had been received from Australia.
The gold market was without animation, and the
price 763. to 763. 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 vms unanimously resolved to refuse the sanc-
tion of that corporation to the projected dock at the Low
Lights, unlit the completion of the piers at the entrance
of the Tyne.
THE NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH FRANCE.—
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, Bon-
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 pet into the
letter boxes on board the steamers leaving for England,
and vice verses English people can by English postage
stamps prepay letters put into the letter boxes on board
the steamers leaving for France.
METROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.--CAMMER.
WELL PARISH.—The vestry met at the vestry-hall on
Wednesday evening, at half-past six o'clock, and can.
tinned 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. Daw,
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 bye-law 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 tereei_
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 ty,,,
candidates, ultimately reduced by show of hands to two,
and a ballot was taken on those two, when there al).
reared--for Dr. Bristowe, 61 ' • for Mr. WeebsB:taenr,dlosl.l.
The vestry subsequently elected two inspectors of nui-
sances and a messenger, and also their three coieswittees
—on sewers and health, on general purposes,
finale() ; and then adjourned to the 16th inst.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORICS.—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 from Mr. Thwaites, stating that, in conse-
quence of his election to the presidency of the Metropo-
litan Board of Works, he ceased to be the representative:
of the district at that board. It was thereupon moved(
by the Rev. W. A. Soames, vicar of Greenwich, ar.d
seconded by Mr. W. Jones, that Mr. Allred Rhosfes
Bristow be elected to represent the district at the
Central Board of Works, which was unanimously
agreed to, Mr. Bristow a solicitor residing in the
town, and was nominated in oppo-ition to Mr. Tnwaites,
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 he still virtually continued a member,
or, the !;;round that the. ),c; would Lororao
tribunal of appeal on difficult questions, and that, as
president, he wished to keep his mind free from bias,
and to decide such questions to the interest of all partial.