The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-31 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAILS,

The Royal West India mail packet La Plata,
Capt. Weller, Admiralty agent Lieutenant Brydges,
R.N., arrived at Southampton yesterday with the
West India, Panama, and Mexican mails. Her
dates of sailing are :—Vera Cruz, Oct. 5 ; Havana,
10 ; Greytown, 6 ; Panama, 9 ; Jamaica, 11 ; De,
merara, 10 ; Barbadoes, 12 ; Antigua, 14 ; St.
Vincent, 11; Grenada, 11 ; St. Thomas, 16.
Professor Anstod, the eminent geologist, had
visited the West India Islands for the purpose of
examining their geological formation, with a view
to mining operations. He was struck down with
fever at Havana, and was taken away from there
apparently in a dying state ; he, however, recovered
on his voyage home, and is partially restored to

health. -
The freight onboard the La Plata includes specie
to the amount of 1,000,860 dollars ; of which
479,339 dollars' value is in silver, and 508,346 dol-
lars' value in gold.
Of Jamaica the Kingston Morning Journal says,
in its review of the fortnight :
" Trade has been dull, and agriculturists have
not derived that benefit from the setting in of the
October seasons which tl.ey looked for, in conse-
quence of the rains having extended very little to
the interior and north-side paris)ieA, while the
south side of the island has been visited by heavy
and continuous showers."

In British Guiana the dry season appeared to
have commenced in earnest. The canes exhibit a

healthy and thri'ring appearance, and a few weeks
of dry weather will bring them generally to a state

of maturity.
In Antigua the weather continued most favour•
able to vegetation. . .

From liavannah there is little political news.
The unhealthy season is passing away. The state
of trade is satisfactory, and the crops of all kinds
look well.
Dates from Valparaiso are to Sept. 15. The
government had not yet been able to organise a new
cabinet—all the attemp is made by Sir H. Urmeneta,
to that effect having failed, and resulted in his
resigning the task.
Letters from Islay, of Sept. 22, state that affairs
in the south still continue without change. Castilla,
with nearly 5,000 men, has nut ventured to attack
Arequipa, and all the efforts that have been made
to bring about a pada° termination of the war have
failed. a

An information hail been laid against the Pacific
Steam Navigation Company's steamer Valparaiso,
as having a quantity of 'caetraband of war on board,
destined for Africa.
The Mexican Extraordinary, published in the
city of Mexico, notices as follows, in its issue of
Sept. 26, the conspiracy which has been already
mentioned :
Several arrests were made during yesterday of persons
known to belong to the Santa Annista, or oil central
Government party. During the early part of the day
considerable excitement prevailed in the streets. So
much were some persons affected and convinced that we
were on the brink of a popular tumult that several stores
in the Calle Platoros were closed. Mid-day was the
hour fixed for the outburst of a revolution, which was
variously reported to have had as many varied objects
in view. The only thing that seemed at all settled was
that the present Government was to be torn down.
But mid-day passed, and the merchants who were
alarmed in the morning opened their doors and resumed
business as usual. The day and night have passed, and
we have had no revolution. If rep ,rt be true that a
conspiracy had succeeded in getting together a large
amount of money, and had actually corrupted
a number of officers of the army, the result
speaks volumes in favour of the untiring watchful-
ness of Governor Baz. Rumours of conspiracies come
upon us from all quarters—from Vera Cruz, Orizava,
Jalapa, and other places. Many arrests have been made,
on what is reported to be positive proof of complicity in
plans against, the Government. A rumour has reached
here of the great disaffection in the ever-revolting city of
Puebla. The fact is, rumours of revolts and robberies
comprise the daily budget of news at this moment. It
is a melancholy state of affairs indeed, and we trust and
pray that the collection of wise heads in this city will
devise come ways and means to imitate a better order of
things here.
Three days afterwards the same paper reports,

Among those who have been arrested, we find the
folio wing :—Generals Mariano Sa!as, Manuel Obando,
Domingo Gallosso, Agustin Zirez, Antonio Bonilla (in•
tendente of police in time of Santa Anna), Lieutenant
Manuel Fernandez de Janregni, Colonel .D,nuing,uez,
Francesco Gultia,n, P. Velaz, M. Rodriguez, Falcon (son
of him who pronounced in Temascaltepec). The fore-
going do not comprise all.' There are many more who
are not well known to the world. There was no move-
ment of any kind to mar the festivities on the 27th, and
we were unable to discover any extra precaution of the
government in apprehension of trouble.
The Government has set aside 22 per cant, of the cus-
tom-house receipts to liquidate the claim against it for
the 240,000 dole. stolen from the British consulate last
winter by Cobos.

THE BRAZILIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENINO

The steam-ship Pe ropulis has arrived from the
Brazils with a ship's letter mail, 50 passengers, and
a full cargo, comprising 9,000 bags of coffee and a
quantity of miscellaneous merchandise.
After despatching from Cowes her passengers,
&c., by small boat, the Petropolis proceeded on to
Hamburg.
Her latest dates are :—Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 1;
Bahia, 6th ; Pernambuco, Bth; St. Vincent, 16th ;
Lisbon, 26th.
From Rio we learn, under date Sept. 30, that
that the coffee market was firm ; sales since the
15th, 13,500 bags ' • stock in hand, 100,000 bags ;
freights, dull ; exchange on London, from 27i to 1.
The flour market quiet.
There is no news from St. Vincent.
The Calcutta had not arrived out when the Pe-
tropolis left.
The fever was decreasing.
The stock market was dull. Exchange was
quoted at