The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-19 00:00:00

THE WEST INPIA. MAILS.

The Magdalena steam-ship, Capt. G. Abbott,
arrived at Southampton onSaturdayevening, about
9 o'clock, with the usuil mails in charge of
Lieut. Barrett, R.N., Adniralty agtnt, and also
the Gulf mails which were ietained a fortnight since
by the uou-arrival of the Solent from Havanuall.
Tue Magdalena experiencet fine weatherfor the first
10 days, and during the rhnainder of the voyage
thick weather with heavy te.k. Her dates are :
Tampico March 5 , tr. Lucia
Vera Cruz ............ -- 71 Martinique
Havannah ............ l4 . Guadaloupe .. . — 28
Nassau (Bahamas)._,__ 13 I Puminique
Belize (Honduras) .. -- 18 rit.igua... ..
Santa Martha ... 9 Montserrat,
Greytown(Mosquito)— 21 ;actual (Hayti)
Carthagena
Colon ........ ,
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Port of Spain (Trini- rara)
dad)
25 Tobago
29
does)— 29
Granada .... ..... 26 Tortola
St. Vincent's
Mails of the subjoined dates from the west coast
of South America, received at Panama by the steam-
ship Bolivia, have also arrived by the Magdalena :
—Valparaiso, March 1; Coquimbo, 2 ; Copiapo,
3 ; Cobija, 4 ; Iquique, 5 ; Arica, 6 ; Islay, 7 ;
Callao, 11 •
Payta, 14 ; Oulyaquil, 17 ; and from
Panama, 21.

The Magdalena brings 144 passengers, among
whom aarnedDmr.
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General Cowper, Major Pe war, and Capt. Archer,
from Barbadoesi Dr. and Mrs. Nicho'son, from
Antigua ; Dr. Bulnes, ()In Valparaiso ; Col. Tidy,
11 .Capt.N., Chatfield,fro
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J. Good, and Dr. Martin,
Prince Kilkoff, from St.
Thomas s, arc. On freight she has :
Specie on merchants' account from Vera Clue,
78,867 dots.; do. from the Pacific ports of which
405,4192 dots, is in gold; and 308,417 dols. in silver/
713,509 dots.; do. from Carrhag•enai 130,000 dots.;
do. from Havannab, 23,500 dots.; do. from other
parts of the We.t Indies, 9,504 ols.—total value
iu dols., 955,380 ; or say 191,076/. sterling ; also,
jewellery, value 576 dols,, plaea pine, value 13,580
dols., 218 serons of cochineal, 205 serous of indigo,
93 serous of jalap, 188 cases of cLars, 148 bales of
tobacco, 52 casks of coffee, 45 casks of ginger, 44
bags of cocoa, 31 cases of plants, and 132 packages
of sundries.
Advices from Jamaica are to 26th March, but they
are devoid of interest as regards political affairs. In
all quarters the mining interests are very promising.
Business (says the latest Cordova) has teen very
dull during the past fortnight. A heavy failure
in the provision trade tended somewhat to increase
suspicion and retard operations. But little im-
provement has therefore taken place on last quota-
tions. Halifax stuffs have advanced owing to the
advices by last Americae steamer, but other articles
remain at the prices last quoted. Produce is very
quiet, coffee and pimento being offered only
in small quantities. Exchanges on London were
quoted as under :—Jamaica. Back, 9d days. 1 per
cent. prem.; 60 days, 1i per cent. prem.; 30 days,
2 per cent. prem. Colonial hank--90 days, per
cent. prem ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pren. ; 30 days,
11 per cent. prem. Oorurnisseriat Bills.—.- per
cent. prem. Merchants' Bills.—i per cent. (its. to
par.
At Demerara the Court of Policy had met several
times since the departure of the last mail, and been
engaged in the discussion of various new measures,
the most noticeable one being an ordinance which
was passed to amend the law relating to justices of
the peace. Its object is to remove the ambiguity of
the existing law with respect to the jurisdiction of
stipendiary and special justices, and to provide for
the appointment and remuneration of clerks to the
stipendiary magistrates. Several failures had taken
place among the Portuguese dealers, and a feeling
of distrust had arisen among the merchants in con-
sequence. Two vessels had arrived with immigrants
from Calcutta, the Baceplialus with 390 Coolies,
and the White Eagle with 350. Among the Coolies
who arrived by the former were several sepoys, and
ODD woman who had been servant to a lady who was
massacred at Cawnpore. The weather during the
fortnight had been showery, there being two or three
days of heavy rain, succeeded by several days of
genial sunshine. Business was dull, and sales diffi-
cult to make. Two arrivals from the United States
had given a tolerable supply of bread-stuffs, and
prices were fully supported. Pork had advance],
The import of rice was excessive, nearly 30,000 bags

having been received during the fortnight, while
the retailers were previously well supplied. Very
little doing in exports. Tho colony was remarkably
healthy. A great loss had been sustained by the
sinking of the ferry steamer Lady Smith at her
moorings alongside the wharf on the 10th ult. The
accident was occasioned by the engineer having
neglected to shut a cock which admitted the water
into the boiler. •

Everybody was occupied with drop operations at
Barhadoes. Several fires had.occurred on the dif-
ferent estites from the dryness of the weather.
Notwithstanding the shortness ofrain, sugar making
was more faVourable than during the corresponding
period of last year. Up to the 24th March the quan-
tity of sugar shiply:d was 8,540 hhds., 539 tierce,
1,645 brls' ' against 3 542 hhds 539 tierce,. 1,645
brls. to same date last year. The Mercantile _lntel-
ligencer of the 24th says :
" There is a fair demand for breadstuffs and provi-
sions. The market is moderately supplied, and, with an
improved local consumption, cornmeal had advanced in
value 50c. to 75c. per barrel, similar rates having been
refu-ed for a lot to arrive. Flour is in request for
shipment, and prices are without change, choice brands
of superfine' and Ohio extra' being freely taken
at 7 dollars D.P. Bag bread is commanding mare
attention, but crackers are without inquiry. Both
articles are held at figures above the views of
the trade. Corn is saleable. Good B. E. peas are
wanted. There is little doing in salted meats—late im-
portations have been stored. Lard is doll. Butter of
really good quality would find buyers at full rates. Cod
fish is in ample supply, and scarcely realises quotation.
Large quantities have been received from Newfound-
land acd the French colonies. Alewives and herrings
are in good supply. Salmon and mackerel are wanted.
Sugar, per 100. b., a few barrels of new at market, at 3
and 34 dole.; only a few barrels sold ; prices nominal.
Molasses, ner gallon, 13 c.; quite nominal. Planters
hot, iog. Rum, per gallon, 30 c. in bond.

In the Grenada Legislative Assembly strong op-
position had been offered to the progress of a mea-
sure for constituting a salaried " Executive Com-
mittee" every enecessive division being decided by
the casting vote of the chairman, and at length a
motion was agreed to to report progress and ask
leave to sit again, after which the house adjourned
till the 13th of July next. His Excellency, Mr.
Kortright, bad asked for leave of absence, and would
shortly leave for Europe. Planters were availing
themselves of the fine weather to push manufac-
turing operations, and with a very few exceptions
the sugar crop would be a large increa, e over that
of last year. Two vessels had been despatched
with cargoes of produce, and others were loaded
ready to follow. The health of the island continued
good.
At Trinidad the weather was unusually wet for
the season. Sugar-making was, nevertheless, being
vigorously prosecuted, and a good deal was finding
its way on shipped, although the average was small,
owing, probably , to two causes—the crop was be-
gun late and prices were not on a scale to induce
the planters to be in any hnrry to ship, three dol-
lars per cwt. being the quotation. •
A disturbance of a most serious character took
place at Antigua on the 22d. of March, and the
cause appears to have been a quarrel between
Thomas Barnard, a native of Barbuda and Henry
Jarvis, a native of that island, arising, it is said,
from a preference shown by certain masters of ves-
sels to employ the former person with his party of
Barbuda peop'e to load vessels. • Whatever the cause
of quarrel, however, it appears that Barnard and
Jarvis had an encounter, in which the latter re-
ceived injury by, it is alleged, a concealed imple-
ment in the bands of the former, who, it is said,
boasted of his victory in a style which aroused a
nfeoetlingefthn aistilo,neraol antagonismofthe affray
a,mbountgotnhee friendsvery Baor-f
Jarvis,
only
and impelled them to wreak vengeance on
Bar-
buda man, woman, and child tbat could be found,
and in the course of the first day several f the
latter peoplewere severely handled. On Tuesday,
at an early hour of the day, a large troop assembled
in front of Barnard's house and romaine t there
during the day, the police endeavouring to disperse
them without effect. In the afternoon of the same
day the mob became more mischievous and pro-
ceeded to storm Barnard's house, when the exhor-
tations of the Superintendent of Police and Mr.
Justice Loring seemed to have the effect of mode-
rating them a little, and several of the rioters re-
tired. Later in the evening the crowd assembled in
considerable force, and about half-past 10 a body of
about 300 assembled in front of Barnard's house,
and divided into two parties, and made an indis-
criminate attack on the premises of every poor per-
son who was supposed to have given shelter to a
Barbudian, breaking down fences forcing entry into
houses, destroying furniture, and placing the occu-
pants ingreat alarm. The Superintendent of Police
then armed half-a-dozen men of the small force at
his disp sal ; the men were ordered to load, and
charging the mob cleared the spot for a short time,
after which they again assembled and attacked the
demolished, special
and
police with stones ; they again charged the mob,
when four of them were wounded with the bayonet,
and at 12 o'clock at night the Superintendeut and
Mr. Justice Loring Again repaired to the scene of
riot, when, on attempting to read the Riot Act.
the latter gentleman was assailed by a shower
of stones, twice knocked down, and with some dif-
ficulty managed to escape; on the next day, Thurs-
day, the evident symptoms of weakness on the part
of the authorities seemed to have its full effect in
emboldening the rioters to more audacious mea-
sures, and it being known to them that Barnard
had taken refuge in the police office, the resolve
seems to have been arrived at to force the station
and take him away ; they then paraded the streets
in lirge numbers and demolished several houses.
At this stage of the proceedings special constables
were sworn in. In the evening the mob assembled
in front of the police building, declaring their de-
termination to storm it. With the force at hand it
with
was apparently impossible to clear the spot without
resorting- to extreme measures. Accordingly the po-
lice were kept inside the building with loaded arms,
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some of the police struck. The police thin charged
the mob, which resulted in their killing five and
wounding more than that number. At 9 p.m. mes-
senger was despatched by the police magistrate to
the Governor, who was residing at Clarenc,ehouse,
12 miles from St. John's, and at 1 a.m. his Excel-
lency arrived on horseback at the police-station.
About 4 in the morning the mob assembled and
attacked the police station. They then forced a
temporary entrance into the building, when the
police and constables charged resolutely, and fired
two or three volleys, killing three persons and
wounding a few more. After this martial law
was proclaimed, two field-pieces were loaded and
placed in position to sweep the approaches to the
station, and mounted patrols (by this time 11
o'clock), had, according to summons, begun to ar-
rive from all quarters ; during the night stations
were taken up in all quarters, and four parties of
mounted police patrolled the streets, bringing in
several prisoners. The city was perfectly quiet at
latest date. On Sunday morning the Frenchsteamer
Cocy e, with2oo men, arrived at St. John's harbour
from Guadeloupe, but on Monday morning, w hen
the report left Antigua, it had not been coaaidered
necessary to disembark the troops. As soon as the
news reached St. Thomas's, her Majesty's consul
sent a despatch to Captain Dunlop, of the Tartar
frigate, which was then at Santa Cruz, and this flue
ship sailed immediately fur Antigua. The number
of casualties reported to the latest date was—
killed, 8 • severely wounded, 13.
General Santa Anna, ex-President of Mexico,
with his suite, arrived at St. Thomas's in the mail
steamer Clyde on the 17th ult. from Carthagena,
and was to have left on the 19th for Havannah in
the mail steamer Dee, but the non-arrival of the
Solent from the Gulf at the moment of the Dee's
departure seems to have changed his intentions, as
h.- still remained in the isleed at last accounes.
The n we from the Pacific is anticipated via the
United States.