The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

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WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN
MAILS.

SOUTIRAIVIPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.—The Royal
Mail steamer Trent, Captidn W. Clarke, with the
usual Weet India and Mexican mails, arrived here at
midnight. This steemer—the first arrival from the
Spanish Main and Gulf of Mexico under the new
arrangements—is made due by the Post-office autho-
rities precisely at the moment she dropped her anchor.
in Southampton Water.
The Trent brings dates—froin Vera Cruz, Sep-
tember 6; Tampico, September 4; Chagres, Sep-
tember 10; Kingston, Jamaica, September 13; De-i
rierara, September 11 ; Barbadoes, September 13
St. Thomas, September 17. She brings on freight
specie value 271,432 dolls., of Which 30,067 dolls. is
for account of the committee of Mexican bondholders.
Toe height 114 also comprises '235 serous cochineal:
and a general cargo.
Private, letters from the city of Mexico mention
that the Congress wag in extra session, and the plane
of the Government for removing prohibitions, and for
a general reduction of the taretf, were being dis-;
cussed, but they met with great opposition from the
inanutacturers. The overthrow of the present Ade
.
neieietration ;s considered to be by no means impro4
Congress in sc cret session was said to have
votad 2,500,000 dollars of the American indemnity
mone.,-, for the payment of arrears of interest on the
foreign debt, the interest in future to be reduced to
3 per cent. per annum.
This packet brings later news from California than
has been received via New York. The Panama papers
state that a dreadful outbreak had taken place iu the
Sacramento City between a body of people known as
the " squatters" ard the 1' real estate owners." From
some feeling of jealousy and dislike which has existed
between those parties for some. time, they have at
length risen in open warfare to decide their enmity,
asd the consequence has been most fatal. Large num-
ber,: on both sides hare been butchered, among them
were Mejor Bigelow and the City Assessor. In a
supplement published by the Star, it is stated that as
the steamer Caroline was gettidg under weigh from
San Francisco a dispatch was received on board from
the Pacific News-office, stating that an express had
just arrived bringing the intelligence that Sacramento
City had been reduced to ashes, and the squatters
were receiving reinforcements of men from the mines.
The stoppage of Mr. Barton Lee, of Sacramento
City, with liabilities to the amount of 1,100,000 dolls.,
is mentioned in the Californian papers.
Two more steamers had arrived at Panama from
San Francisco with gold dust valued at 1,400,000
dollars.
Our advises from Jamaica mention that that island
continued to be visited by very heavy rains. In the
parish of St. Ann's two lives had been lost by light-
ning. Governor Grey had refused to pay the lawful
assessment on his income, and the parish vestry re-
fined to remit it. A severe shock of an earthquake
had bei,,n felt in Westmoreland, but no damage was
done.
In D,onerare, the weather during the fortnight
had been hot and dry, and favourable to the planters.
There is no political news of importance from this
colony. Governor Barkly had paid a visit to the
northern district of the country on the frontier of
Venezuela.
Oar Trinidad letter states that cultivation on the
sugar estates vi is in full vigour, and the prospects
of next year's crops were encouraging. The weather
was very propitious. Two vessels bad arrived with
captured Africans. A great many of the inhabitants
of Trinidad were preparing to leave the island in
October to prosecute their search fur gold in the
Upate district of Venezuela.
In St. Lucia fine showers had fallen. The same
intelligence is also received from Antigua and many
of the other seiell'islands.