The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1867.

LATEST INTELLIGENU.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

WEST INDIAN, MEXICAN, PACIFIC, AND
AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, March 1.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tasma-
nian, with the above mails, has arrived here with
81 passeners, V 3,364,275 in specie, 2,905 pack-
ages of cargo, chiefly of cigars, tobacco, cocoa,
and cochineal.
She left. St. Thomas on the 15th inst., and expe-
rienced head winds and heavy sea for the first seven
days, since favourable weather.
On the 27th she passed the Hamburg brig Eliza-
beth Nicholson, homeward bound.
Her Majesty's ship Simoom was to leave Jamaica
for England on the 10th January.
The French troop ship Gironde went ashore at
Bare Buck Key, 20 miles from Port Royal, on the
29th February, and it was expected she would be-
come a total wreck.
The mail steamer Matura, from New Zealand,
arrived at Panama on the sth ult., with 23 passen-
gers and gold dust value £38,761 sterling for Eng-
land.

The passengers and crew of the Tasmanian are all
healthy, and the ship has been admitted to pratique.
The weather at Jamaica was favourable for sugar
making, and most of the estates had, commenced
operations. In some districts the prospects were
good and the weather dry.
The coffee crop is smaller than was anticipated.
A few cases of yellow fever had occurred amongst
the shipping ; otherwise, the island was healthy.
Coffee, 425. to 56s ; sugar, 11s. to 20s. Exchange
on London, lf per cent.
Sir Peter Grant had returned from Honduras
to Jamaica. His visit to Belize appears to have had
no effect upon the question in dispute between the
colonists and the Indians. On the day his Excel-
lency left, Colonel Harley with 400 men was to
march against the marauders. The colony remained
in a very unsettled state.
The weather at Demerara was fine and dry. The
sugar crop was an average one. Freights were im-
proving, being quoted 21 to 24.
At Barbadoes sugar making was progressing with
prospects of a good return. The weather was fine
and dry, and the island healthy.
The weather at Antigua was still unfavourable,
and the sugar crop has fallen far short of last
year.

At Grenada the weather was improving, and the
prospects of the crops were moderately good. The
island was healthy.
The cholera has disappeared at St. Thomas.
The quarantine regulations were enforced at all
the islands, on vessels arriving at St Thomas.
At Chile the secret policy of the Government was
still maintained, but it was generally believed that
the conclusion of peace had been resolved upon.
Business was good. Large shipments of copper and
wheat had affected freights, which had advanced.
For copper produce to Liverpool and Swansea they
were quoted 575. to 60s. Exchange on London,
45d. to 46d. ; on Paris, 740.
The news from Bolivia was unsatisfactory, many
respectabis citizens haring been imprisoned for poli-
tical offences.
In Peru the Government were affording every
facility for the encouragement of immigration. A
decree has been issued for establishing an agency in
Liverpool, the chief object of which is the charter-
ing of vessels with guano on Government account.
The Government expedition for exploring the
Amazon found it navigable for 1,300 miles.
The bank of La Providence was expected to re-

suine operations.
The contract for a railroad from Ica to Jisia had
been annulled, the contractor forfeiting $lO,OOO.
The Chinchas Islands were healthy, Eighty
vessels of large tonnage were loading.