The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-21 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

The Morning Light which arrived at Liverpool
on Saturday left Port Philip Heads on the 23d of
December, and not on the 2d, as reported in
Lloyd's List. The latest newspaper by her is of
the 21st.
Since the despatch of the last arrived regular
mail, business at Melbourne has been without any
remarkable feature, unless it be unusually large
sales by auction, arising probably because the
arrival and departure of the English mails (not
arrived in England) interfered with the ordinary
course of business, and left sonic heavy arrears of
sales to be worked off. The prices obtained are
far from indicating a firmer tone, or any tendency
to improvement. The rates accepted are in some
cases slightly lower than the quotations of a week
-previous. 'lke price of gold was unchanged, 755.
to 78s. 6d. being the quotations, and for ingots 735.
9d. The quantity offering during the week vie-
vious had been limited, but the news from the mines
is prosperous. The shipments for the week make
up the quantity shipped for the year 100 tons.
The Morning Light brings about 50 passengers,
and 1,600 bales of wool. Import sales were dull at,
Melbourne. Irish oats, ss. 6d. to ss. Bd. Hen-
nessey's dark brandy, guaranteed Ios. a gallon case;
whiskey, 12s. 6d. ; porter, 7s. a dozen ; champagne,
50s. per dozen ; these sales were at auction. Great
damage was done to shipping by a gale in Hobson's
Bay on the 22d Deceniber. Several boats were
swamped, and the following vessels lying
along the Sandbridge Railway Pier, on the weather
'side, were more or less. damaged by chafing :
Ellen Stuart, William Jackson, Prince Alfred,
Resolute, and Maidstone. The Earl Grey carried
away the jibboom of the steamer Admilla, lifted
some planks off the wharf, and chafed her own
quarter galley. The American barque Onward,
laden with copper ore, drove alongside the Royal
Bride, carrying away the latter's jibboom, &c., and
damaging herself. The Northern Crown, lying
along the Williamson Railway Pier, carried away
the chain that she was fast by, tearing away her
hawse pipe.

WEST INDIA AND SOUTH

PACIFIC MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Magdalena,
Captain Edward Bayton, arrived this morning, at
eight o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual
mails, in charge of Lieut. Lloyd, R.N., Admiralty
agent. ,
On her homeward voyage the Magdalena expe-
rienced strong westerly gales from 54 deg. west
longitude, gradually veering from the north-west
round the compass, with strong gales veering from
south-west to north-west from the Azores home-
wards.
The latest dates brought by the Magdalena are :
—Nassau Feb. 15, Greytown 16, Colon 23, Deme-
rara 25, Carthagena 25, Trinidad 26, Jamaica 26,
Barbadoes 27, Jacmel 28, Antigua 28, St. Kitts 28,
Grenada March 1, Porto Rico 3, and St. Thomas 4.
The Magdalena brings on freight 567,000 dols. on
merchants' account, 7 serous of cochineal, 194 ditto
of indigo, 5 tierces. of coffee, 3 cases of succades,
3 bales of coffee, 16 packages of bees-wax, 3 turtle,
1 case of tortoiseshell, 100 boxes of limes, and a
general cargo, consisting of 64 packages.
The Magdalena brings home four masters of
merchant ships lately wrecked in the West Indies,
viz., Capt. Laing, of the Ithuriel, foundered in the
,Gulf Stream ; Capt. Dobson, of the Cygnet, lost on
the Mosqnito shore ; Captain Rickaby, of the Peru-
vian, on Gillie's Reef, Belize ; and Capt. Harvey,
of the Agnes Taylor, lost on the bar of Demerara.
The crews of those vessels were all saved, and eight
of the.lthuriers had joined the Dee at St. Thomas.
On the night of February 17th the barque
Emily, of and from London, was on the Main Reef
about 25 m. south of Belize, and likely to become a
total wreck, as reported by the captain, who in his
boat proceeding to Belize communicated his intelli-
gence to the Eagle, en route for Jamaica.
On the 18th of February spoke the schooner
Mary Eleanor, in lat. 47.56 N., long. 11.56 W.,
standing to N.E.
At Jamaica, Feb. 27, her Majesty's ship Indus,
bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Houston
Stewart, K.C.8., who arrived from the Westward
Islands on the 23d February; Imaum, Commander
Kellett, C.C. ; Diadem, Capt. Moorsom, C. 8., refit-
ting ; Styx, Commodore Vessey. The Jaseur,
Lieutenant Commander Scott, sailed on the 24th
February, to join the ships off Grey Town.

JAMAICA.
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KINGSTON, FEB. 26.
Last week a deputation from the Haitian Go-
vernment, consistingot,
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whom bore military rank,
the Governor, and delivered an address to his Ex-
telloncy, announcing the re-establishment of the
Haitian Republic, and expressing their acknow-
ledgment on its behalf, for the asylum afforded the
Haitian refugees during their exile ; and whom
they were now commissioned to remove to their
native land, having furnished them with the means
of enabling them to discharge whatever pecuniary
obligations they have incurred in this island..
Two executions for murder have taken place
during the last fortnight. Another murderer has
received a patent of pardon from the Executive, and
the ease of two others is under the consideration of
the Privy Council.
A total eclipse of the moon took place on the
morning of the 17th instant.