The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-19 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 17.
The Magdalena, with the West India mails, ar-
rived here this thy. Her datc4 arti—Gre) town,
June 17 ; Jamaica, 27 ; Domerara and Trinidad,
25 ; and St. Thomas July 2. Amongst her cargo i 3
specie to the value of 1,191,179 awls. Sho brings
home nearly 200 passengers.
Her Majesty's ship Tartar was at BArbadoer.
The Lool.ard was to leave Groytown on the 19th
ult. fur Belise, and the Ganges and Alert were at
_ _

Callao on the 12th nit.
The sugar crop in the West Indies is under the
average, except at Ttiniclad and BArbadoes.
Mr. Belly Was to leave Greytown on the 18th ulf.
and to proceed to New York, and to sake with Inns
the concession by the Government of Nicaragua of
the Interocemic Canal. He was t call at Wa-h-
-ington on his way to Europe. It was not known
who was to open the transit.
The United States ship Jarw stown left Grey town
early in June to join the United S ates swiadron off
Cuba. The Colorado, a sister ship to the Merrimac,
was to follow the Jamestown. _ .

The, United States steamer of war Wabash ar-
rived at Jamaica, on the 15th ult. to land same tia-

tives who had been employed to work the American
man-of war Susquehana, a portion of the crew of
which were placed in Jamaica hoipital ill of the
yellow fever a short time since.
The Colonial Standard of Jamaica contains the
following :—" The severe drought which bad been
experienced throughout the island for some months
before the departure of the last mails has bEen ma-
terially relieved by some refreshing rains, which
commenced to fall in this part of the country on
Monday, 14th June, and continued with occ Isional
intermissions until the evening of Thursday the
17th. As far as we have learnt, the rain was very
heavy all along the south aide of the island, and
perticularly so in the eastern parishes. We doubt
whether they were experienced to the same extent
along thenorthern ornoith western districts. A smart
shock of earthquake was felt about 20 minutes to 4
on the morning of the 16th. The undulation ap-
peared to be from north to south. The only cir-
cumstance of excitement that has marked the pro-
gress of the fore night h s been the menac'ng in el
ligence from the United States in reference to the
search7ng of American vessels suspected to be con-
cerned in the prosecution of the slave trade, by our
ctuie-rs on the coast of Cuba. This excitement
was somewhat stimulate-1 by the arrival, early on
the morning of the 22d izist., of H M. steam-frigate
Devast Alen), with despatches for Commodore Kel-
lett, C. 8., fromVice-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart,
K.C.8., directing him straightway to hoist his red
peenant as commodore of the first class, in the De-
vastation, and proceed with her to take command
of the British squadron in the Gulf of Florida. All
manner of reports got afloat on the arrival of the
Devastation—the one most generally believed being
that the steamer Styx had been captured by an
American ship of larger force, and carried into an
American port. We need not say that there was
rr,t the remotest foundation for these rumours.
Tho Styx is known to have gone in search of a largke
repel, named the Venus, fitted out in flavann.s
fortnight,
ofbu
tthweis,eb
efonrtetrhteaisnlasvaentyra ?e. Although no one Jaa.laica
the affair a
Great Britain, it is quite certain that
report of the Kingston mar-
colonies, and especially ofJamaica7
degree."
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ions are lower. P 1 oduce transactions
(se have met •
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the demand being unequal
cAfeu has
out. Th
and the additional expoertexdP;teocin
to supply,
a corresponding advance.
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very small, and is
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sag(
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,liwerilis disinclination
irvnreonareegfevaeolbei
ltesehie. Toedeat7nxliomticpeteowitaelshuirisgintei' hlytnni of
notacflPifylicu'- efrsi
importers
:and: ai.uee'retst cssleerirrabbsnu2lhattes:::
but it meets no ectnrhocisopuaorrfat Pgi
willnnt°,
render its cultivation anything but profeable.
Ex-
chinges on Loden—Colonial and Jamaica Banks :
90 days, 2 per cent. prem. ; 60 days, 1 per cent.
prem. ; 3t) days, 11 per cent. prem. Merchants'
bills on London—l per cent. discount, 90 days."
In Trinidad the inauguration of the statue of the
late Governor, Lord Harris, trok place in the
Council Chamber on the 22nd of June. The present
Governer, the Attorney-General and Chief Justice,
wi,h Mr. Darling and other influential residents,
took p rt in this interes!ing proceeding, and united
in be ;r:ng their testimony to the virtues of his lore-
ship's administration. The Port of sr ai
.a Gazette
says : " Thole!' sea, cely a day had passed preyi-
ousiy withint rain, Tuesday, the 22nd, favoured
the participators in the ceremony with one of the
finest specimens of fine West Indian weather.
This has continued for a day or two since also, and
has been found very acceptable after the deluging,
rains which have been pouring down in some parts
of the country. The rivers have been down in
great force, and le .va occasioned by their rush of
waters several accidents. The roads are feeling the
full effect of this drenching, and are in some dis.
tricts as Wel as they well.can be. We all look for-