The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-17 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIAN MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.
The Royd. Mail Company's steamer Atrato,
Captain Woolley, has arrived with the West India
and Pacific mails.

Her dates are—Honduras, March 17 ; Greytown,
19th ; Carthagena, 28th ; Colon, 26th ; Jamaica,
26th ; Demerarai 25th ; Tobago, 25th ; Trinidad,
25th ; Barbados, 27th ; Grenada, 26th ; St. Vin-
cent, 26th ; Antigua, 29th ; Bermuda, 22d ; St.
Thomas, April 2.

She brings 110 passengers (including the Bishop
of Antigua-and family, his Excellency W. Steven-
son, &c.); specie, value 689,801 doll. ; pearls,
value 1,0001. sterling ; plata ping and plata bruta,
value 7,8001. sterling ; and a cargo consisting of
976 serous of indigo, 357 serous of bark' 120 bags
of cocoa and cochineal, coffee, sarsaparilla, &c.
April 16th, passed the brio- Thomp-on, of Work-
ington, standing to the N. W. ; off the Lizard,
passed a man-of-war steamer, going to the west-
ward.

Exchanges at Jamaica on the 26th :—On Londore'
90 days, per cent. prem. ;60 days, 1 per cent.
prem. ; 30 days, 4 per cent. prem. ; private bills
at par. On New York, merchants' bills one per
cent. prem. Coffee not procurable under 40s. for
ordinary quality per 100 lb. Sales in flour at 28s.
Rice very dull, and stock much in excess of demand.
Nothing of importance at Jamaica since last mail.
The cholera had . ceased its ravages, and clean
bills of health were issued to vessels sailing from
George Town. It lingered in some of the country
districts, especially on the east coast. Produce
was very scarce, and. trade among the merchants
dull. Freights very low.
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The island. of Jamaica was healthy. Rain was
very much needed. The mining intelligence was
favourable. Exchange as last quoted.
At Demerara business was dull. Produce very
scarce. Sugar was in brisk demand. The cholera
had almost disappeared. The Court of Policy had
sat twice since the last arrival.
Private advices respecting the pending difficul-
ties between the United States and New Grenada
state that the President and Congress of New
Grenada have refused entirely t o negotiate with
Mr. Morse respecting the matters upon which he
has been commissioned to present the demands of
the United States Government. All further com-
munication was suspended until an answer had
been received from the United States Government.
The South Pacific mail bas arrived at Panama
with advices from Callao to March 10.
The Chili advices are devoid of interest. The
crops in the south promise to be short.
Bolivia is quiet, but revolutionary movements
are apprehended.
The steamer New Grenada, from Valparaiso to
Panama, was boarded by an officer of a Peruvian
war steamer in arms against President Castilla. He
had four boats with armed men, and demanded of
the captain of the New Grenada arms and money,
which he said belonged to General Castilla. The
captain refused, and the Peruvian officer ordered
his men (60 in all) on deck, and directed them to
cut down any who resisted. They then tore open
the hatches and the specie room, and took away
all the treasure. The captain of the Neir Grenada
has entered a protest before the cohsul at Payta.
From Barbadoes we learn that the financial con-
dition and prospects of the country were most satis-
factory. Agricultural prospects promising, weather
good ; the young canes healthy and vigorous.
Labour abundant, and sugar being manufactured
at an average cost of 1/. per hogshead. The am-
usual state of the weather at St. Lucia had over-
thrown all the calculations of the agriculturists.
The quantity of rain had been detrimental to the
young canes.
From Nicaragua there are rumours of the death
of ex-President Rivas of Nicaragua by assassina-
tion.
News from San Francisco is to the sth of March,
but it contains nothing of interest.

THE LATE CRIMEAN WAR.

The promise which the Emperor of Russia made
in September of last year, says a letter just re-
ceived from Berlin, that the inhabitants of Bessa-
rabia and New Russia should be indemnified for the
losses the war had caused them, has, at length, been
put in the way of fulfilment. A special commission
is to be nominated, to sit in Odessa and examine
the claims for compensation sent in ; the Governor-
General Strogonoff, who is now on a journey con-
nected with- this business, has already received
500,000 rs., for the purpose of meeting the most
urgent claims ; and the Minister of the Interior
has been empowered to open a general subscription
to this end throughout the empire. These two
provinces are further to receive from the State a dis-
pensatiaon from all taxes and duties for two years, as
well as a remission of arrears. The Taurin Penin-
sula, as having suffered still more, is to be treated
still more liberally, and bs liberated from all inr
posts—Sebastoppl for 10, Kertcb, Eupatoria,
and Balaklava for five years to come. Out of
the 80 vessels which the Russians sunk in the
harbour of Sebastopol 16 have already been
raised ; Chersonese steamer of 200 horse power,
four transports, one brig, two schooners,
two tenders, and six smaller craft. The Cherso-
nese is being repaired in Nicolaieff. The four
transports are already in full activity on the Black
Sea, inaddition to six sailing transports, and a few:
steamers from 60 to 100-horse power. The nave'
force there lately received an addition of five screw
schooners, which are to be employed in cruising
along the eastern coast of the Black Sea, and cos'
veying materiel of war.