The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-11 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 10.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Avon, Captain Hast, with the
West India mails, arrived this morning, at eight
o'clock.
On her homeward voyage, the Avon experienced
very heavy head winds from St. Thomas's to Fayal,
and, from the 25th of December to the Ist of Ja-
nuary, heavy north-easterly gales. At the latter port
she was obliged to replenish her coals.
The latest dates brought by the Avon are :—Val-
paraiso, Oct. 29 • Lima, Nov. 3 ; Panama, 25 ;
Chagres, 28th; dirthagena, Dec. 2 • Jamaica, Bth ;
Demerara, 6th ; Trinidad, Bth ; liirbadoes, 10th ;
Grenada, 9th ; Porto Rico, 13th ; S'. Thomas's, 15th ;
La Guayra, 7th ; Fayal, Jan. 3d ; Antigus, Dec.
12th; Jacmel, 10th.
The Avon brings on freight :-199,348 dolls. on
merchant's account, 8,0831. gold coin, 106,377/. gold
dust, 80,000/. bars of silver, 684/. British coin, 600/.
precious stones, 41,650 francs, 17 tierces of coffee, 25
barrels of ginger, 157 bags of pimento, 4 cases of
cigars, 54 serous of indigo.
Stations of her Majesty's ships—Her Majesty's
ships Imaum, Helena, and Vixen, at Jamaica ; the
appho had sailed for Grey Town ; the Trincomalee,
Alarm, Persian, and Bermuda, cruising. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Champion arrived at Panama November
25, with nearly a million dollars for England, but
too late to be sent by the Avon, consequently it
will come by the next ship.
Ships spoken with on return voyage—British
barque Sir Charles Napier, standing westward, Dec.
16, lat. 19 40, lon. 63; British ship Herald, standing
westward, Dec. 17, lat. 31 40, lon. 39 30; the schooner
Wrestler, of Hawick, and Falcon, of Jersey, arrived
at Fayal, Jan. 2; British brig Garland, steering up
Channel, Jan, 8, lat. 47 40, lone. 9 38 ; English
schooner Gem, of Penzanoerfrom Lisbon for London,
Ist, 48, lon. 9 20.

Stations of the Company's steam-ships—The
Thames, Captain Abbott, in the Gulf of Mexico;
the Severn sailed from Porto Rico for Jamaica, Dec.
13; the Medway, at Jamaica, Dec. 8 ; the Conway,
at St. Thomas's, Dec. 15 ; the Eagle on Demerara
route.

The Avon brings twenty-two first-class passengers
and seven distressed British seamen.

By this arrival we have news from Port Philip,
Australis, to the 19th of September. The season just
terminated has been highly favourable to the wool
growers. Emigrants were much in request, and
high wages offered.
The advices by this mail are anticipated by the
intelligence we published yesterday, via New York.
Our advices from Jamaica, brought by the present
mail, extending to the evening of the Bth of Decem-
ber, do not furnish any intelligence of particular
interest. The Legislature was still in session, and
things al }Pared in precisely the same state as at the
date of our previous dispatch. The Assembly had
not parted with the Rum Duty Bill, although a
resolution had been agreed to, to levy duties respec-
tively, so that the revenue would be in no degree
affected, unless the Council should again reject the
Bill, as it was said that they would do, in the event of
the revenue (about 35,0001.) being specifieally appro-
priated. Parties capable of judging declared that the
Assembly would appropriate this revenue principally,
if not solely, to the payment of the clergy, who haNe
for some time past been unprovided for.
On the evening of the 6th of December a proposi-
tion was made by Mr. Carr, a member of the
"Country Party," to stay the progress through the
louse of a Bill to provide a salary for the Governor,
and to leave the payment thereof to the parent Govern-
ment. This was objected to by members of both
parties, on the ground of its being discourteous to Sir
Charles Grey, as the Bill in existence at the
time had but three weeks longer to continue in force,
and at the expiration of that :period the Governor
would have been left without a salary. It was there-
fore resolved to grant the salary until the 31st
of December, 1850, and a committee has been ap-
pointed to prepare a memorial to the Queen, praying
her Majesty to relieve the colony from the charge
from and after that date.

There was before the House of Asssmbly a Bill
"to promote the education of the people ;" but many
objections had been raised to it, principally on the
ground that the working of the scheme was proposed
by the Bill to be left solely to clergymen of the
Church of England. The country party were likely
to oppose the measure in its present form, because it
was contemplated to meet the expense by a further
tax on land.

A good deal of time had been unprofitably spent in
the House discussing questions of privilege, in which
the island papers declare the public take no interest
whatever.

It is mentioned in the Jamaica Dispatch that an
American company have taken a lease of the Mount
Vernon copper miner, a short distance from Kingston,
and that the same or another American company are
about embarking in the cultivation of cotton in
Jamaica. On the north side of the island small
quantities of paper and soap, of very good descrip•
tionr, have been manufactured by a Mr. Curt.
The weather was rather unsettled and unpleasant
in the towns; at times it was particularly cool, ard
at other times extremely warm, and there had betn
several cases of low delilitating fever, some of
which had terminated fatally. Since our former
advices a severe shock of earthquake had been felt.
In the mountain districts the weather was most
agreeable.

THE MARKETS.
(From Dc Cordonds Mercantile lutelligencer.)
During the fortunate years of Jamaica's history,whtn
the inhabitants were able practically to enjoy tho testi-
val of Chri tines, the transactions of the month imme-
diately preceding the happy anniversary were usually
marked by extreme activity in business and commercial
operations of considerable importance. But ever since
the policy of England has tended to impoverish her own
colonies and to enrich foreign and slave-owning couutties
instead, we can only repeat the lament which we have
been compelled for some years to adopt—" The free
subjects of England in these islands cannot afford to be
!Gerry." The transactions of the past week have conse-
quently been extremely heavy. The people have little
or no money to expend, acd the trade, therefore, have
little occasion to lay in stock for Christmas.
Blef—Family has been sold at 465. to 48s, per half
barrel.

Brandy and Geneva—Remain at our last quotations.
Butter—The stock of Irish is small, and the market
is looking healthy; small quantities have met sale at
lOid. to 10.13. per lb. Ametican have met sale at Bd.
per lb.
Cheese—Double Gloucester may be quoted at ls.
per lb.
Codfish—The cargo from Arichat fetched 14k. per
100 lb. for large fish, 12s. per 1001bs. for ordinary, and
18s. per box. 80 casks of previous arrivals brought
10s. per 1001bs., and for 150 casks of the same de-
scription, 9s. has been offered and refused. The stock
is rather heavy but the demand appears to be improving.
Since writing the above, 500 tierces have arrived in the
Fleta. . .

Coffee—Remains at our last quotations.
Flour-265 barrels Philadelphia have been disposed
of at 335. per barrel, and 325. 6d. has been refused for
600 barrels. The stock is moderate, but the consump-
tion is dull. Baltimore is inquired for, and is held for
365. cash, but there is very little at market.
Freights—Are very dull.
Gold—Columbian doubloons are at 1 to 2 per cent. on
645., and Spanish doubloonslat 1 per cent. on 68s. Both
pieces are advancing in value.
Lard—Has been sold at 54d., but the demand may be
said to be improving.
. _

Lumber—White—pine has been sold at 80s. per M, and
cedar shingles at 16s. Wood hoops are unsaleable.
Meal—The market is bare. The last sale was made
at 20s. per barrel.
Malt—Lane's Cork Stout has been sold at 70s. to 755.
per hhd.
Oil—Cod remains at 2s. 6d. per gallon.
Pimento has been sold at 31d. to 3d. per lb.
Pork—• Mesa has been sold at 68s. to 705., and prime
at 60s. per barrel.
Potatoes—Those at market are bad and unfit for
consumption.
Rum remains at our last quotations.
Sugar remains at our last quotations.
Soap—Sales have been made of Steele's 481bs. at los.,
and of his 56lbs. crown at 14s. 6d. per box.
Salt has been disposed of at ss. 6d. to 63. per sack.
Tobacco—Ninepence has been refused for 50 boxes
Cavendish.

...a, —..—.
BELGIAN HOPS. —L arge importationsThe following arr a b
Belgium continue to take place.l place from that country:—
of the article have just taken
P6lstend, has brought 26
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of. hops firvoml,
The steam-ship Triton, sforro from Antwerp, (49 bales,
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end the vessel Flecha, from Ghent,
to order, tohfe
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has brought the large number of 62 hales of this article
consigned
Belgium.
Belgium. hs oe, 8
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simultaneous
are of interest. There were no arrivals of I, ors
of merchandise,
during past week from the United States of America,
but some are expected t ) take place.
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The command;in-chief in the East Indies seems
to be " goingea-begging," if it is true, as it is
currently reported, that the appointment has 'been
declined' by Rear-Admirals Pellew, Bowles, and
Sharpe.
The Herald, 22, Captain Kellett, may be shortly
expected in England to be paid off. The name of
the owner of the Nancy Dawson yacht, which put
back on her voyage of adventure to accompany the
Herald in her search, after the expedition cif. Sir
John Frahklin, and who died on board, is Mr. Robert
Sheddon, formerly a mate in the Royal Navy. His
late ship was the Victory. He was a man of consi-
derable property, and leaves a widow reqding at
Southsea. The yacht is expected at this port. She
was built by Mr. Camper of Gosport, ard has dis-
tinguished herself on several occasions.
The Termagant steam-frigate has had her new
screw fitted, and been taken out of dock to-day.
The Argus, new steam-sloop, wes docked to-day,
to have her cleats knocked off before going to the
Thames to ship her engines.
The Ajax, 60, screw-ship, was taken out of the
steam-basin to-day and hauled alongside the jetty, to
be fitted for the first division of advanced steamers.
The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Hope; is being
repaired with all possible dispatch, and will be 'ready
to sail for Lisbon and Malta carly next week.

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 10.—Commander—Henry Pryce
(1821) to the Wellington, 72, depot ship of ordi-
nary, Sheerness. _

Second-Master—Daniel Hall (1848) to the Im-
pregnable, 104, flag-ship at Devonport.
The Enterprise, Captain Collinson, C. 8., continued
taking stores on board until nine o'clock A.M., to-dap,
and at a few minutes after that hour left Woolwich,
towed by the Monkey steam-vessel. A considerable
number of the relatives of the officers and others went
on board in the morning to take leave ( f them, and
the moment the moorings of the Enterprise were let
go, and the Monkey steam-vessel took her in tow, the
band of the Royal Dockyard Battalion struck up
" Britannia rules the Wave-e" and efterwerds played
" The Girl I left behind me," and " Auld Lang
Syne," concluding with " God save the Queen,"
when three hearty cheers, and one cheer more, were
given most enthusiastically by the numerous specta-
tors on the wharf and the workmen of the dockyard,
who were allowed half an hour to witness the depar-
ture of the vessel?. At 9.30 Lieutenant Cresswell,
fzmerly mate in Capt,in Sir J. Ross's expedition,
i,aving parted with Mr. Justice Cresswell, and with his
brothers, went off in a boat to the Investigator, Com-
mander M'Clure, and the vassal immediately left her
moorings, towed by the Lightning steam- vessel, Mas-
ter-Commander Petley, the band playing the slime
tunes as previously mentioned ; and the cheering was
as enthusiastically given on the departure t f the In-
vestigator as on that of the Enterprise. The Light-
ning being a powerful -steamer, soon overtook the
Enterprise going down the river, and had to reduce
her speed to allow the latter to keep ahead. The En-
terprise was brought up first at the moorings at
Greenhithe, for Captain Johnson to adjust her com-
passes to-morrow morning. The time of the stay of
the vessels at Greenhithe will not permit the com-
passes of the Investigator to be adjusted, as only one
set can be adjusted during the morning tide, and the
vessels leave their moorings to proceed on their
voyage at the earliest dawn of daylight on Saturday
morning. It is even decided that should to-morrow
prove unfavourable for adjusting the compasses of
the Enterprise, the vessels will leave Greenhithe on
Saturday whether that object be accomplished or not,
Captain Collinson being so anxious to proceed on his
voyage. The intelligence received this morning from
the Herald, Captain Kellett, and the Plover, Com-
mander Moore, when conveyed on board the Enter-
prise by your correspondent previous to .her leaving
her moorings, was hailed as a happy omen of success
to their voyage, and was read to the officers, who
expressed the great satisfaction they experienced on
hearing the pleasing news.
The Lords of the Admiralty having resolved to visit
the Enterprise and Investigator before they left
Greenhithe, the Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring,
Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., Captain Lord John
Hay, C. 8., and the Hon. William Cowper, M.P.,
Lords of the Admiralty ; Captain Sir Baldwin
Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy; Mr. John
Parker, First Secretary to the Admiralty ; and Cap-
tain Eden, Private Secretary to the First Lord, with
Lady Franklin and Lady Fane, arrived at Woolwich
shortly after twelve o'clock, and were received by
Captain Austin, C. 8., and the heads of the various
departments. Their Lordships immediately embarked
in their steam-yacht, the Black Eagle, Master-
Commander S. B. Cook, and proceeded to Green-
hithe, where they arrived at 1.30, P.M. Their Lord-
ships first visited the Enterprise, and were conducted
over the vessel by Captain Crflinson. Their Lord-
ships then visited the Investigator, over which they
were conducted by Commander M'Clure, and shortly
before three o'clock again embarked in the Black
Eagle to return to Woolwich, whence they disem-
barked and returned to town.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTRRDAY.
The slackness of business yesterday will ho gathered
from the subjoined statement of the bets actually laid:—
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
15 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Sir John
20 to 1 agst Mr. Vevers's Vain Hope
33 to 1 agst Mr. Mangan's Farnhntn
The abovo were taken to small stuns.
CHESTER CUP.
500 to 10 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough
3,000 to 45 agst Captsi❑ Harcourt's Ellerdale
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Colgan's H,rn of Chase
DERBY, 1850.
425 to 50 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke
1,000 to 100 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum
650 to 50 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel
1.000 to 60 agst Lard Zetlacal's Voltigeur
725 to 25 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors
THE OAKS.
8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Probity
DERBY, 1851.
5,000 to 25 agst Mr. H. Hill's Ipsus
:300 to 50 agst Beehunter winning the 2.000 Guineas
Stakes, and Flying Dutchman the Emperor's Plate.
1,000 to 20 ugst P,eehuntcr winning the 2,000 Guineas
and St. Leger, and PiobiLy the Oaks.

RAILWAY SRAHE !itA_RKETS.
BRISTOL, JAN. 10.

, .
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firm to-day. The
transactions were as follow : Great Western, Quarters,
11% dis.—Ditto, 171. Shares, 73,4 dis.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10.
STOCK EXCHANGJC—The share market was very firm
to-day, and prices rather better. The transactions were as
follow :—Caledonian, Preference, —Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, '27l4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7' die. -
-Ditto, (West Riding Union), 6% dis.—Lancaster and
Preston, 'I dis.—London and North-Western, 111—Ditto,
New Quarters, :% p.—Ditto, Quarters (C) p.—Man-
cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, S%—Mid-
land, 44—Ditto, Halves, 2234 dis.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 10-
SToCx ExcrtANGE.--There has been a fair business to-day,
at somewhat improving prices. The following are the
transactions :—East Lancashire, !IX—Lancashire and York-
shire, Fifths, 71 dis.—Ditto, 321. (late Extension), 10 7-16
dis.—Pitto, (W. 11. U.), dis.—London and North-
Western, 111—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters
(C), 11 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Preference,
B—North Staffordshire, 9 13-16 n. d.—Caledonian, Prefer-
ence, 8.

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 10.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transactions to-day were—
Midland, New 50i , 213/4 dis.— Shropshire Union, 31/2 dis.-
- South Staffordshire, 31. lle. 3d. die. ex in.
YORK, JAN. 9.
Szocx ExcHArgaE.--The transactions today were as
follow : York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 16% Ditto
(G. N. E. Purchase), 3 47Great Northern, Preference, 10%.