The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-12 00:00:00

MEXICO.

A " norther" off Tampico prevented the Clyde
bringing any mail from Mexico to Saint Thomas;
and our Gulf correspondent says :—" During the
seasons of the norths Tampico bar is not passable for
days together, and the authorities there know this,
but will not take advantage of sending a mail oft'
when the weather is fine, that they may keep the
packet to her full time; and the new arrangements
of the mail steamers will not allow them to remain
an hour after their time of departure; and unless
the consul or postmaster take advantage of the
weather England will frequently be without mails
from that place between the months of October and
March."

The news from Jamaica has been anticipated. It
appears, however, that 28 had died from cholera at
Port Royal. This fearful malady had caused great
anxiety amongst the inhabitants.
The ships of war Indefatigable and Bermui have
sent 150 men to the hospital with fever caught at
Grey Town.
GREY TOWN, MOSQUITA, OCT. 3.—Reports are in
circulation that the Nicaraguans were to make an
attempt to recover Grey Town, and as large numbers
of Mexicans were constantly on the passage up the
river en route to and from California, they have
thought to encourage the Nicaraguans. As they are
not allowed to squat or build huts as at Chagres, the
Americans are much annoyed at this. The American
steamers intended to move on Lake Nicaragua have
both grounded in the river, and it is doubtful if they
will reach the lake. Steamers that are intended for
this purpose should not exceed eighty feet long.

The West India papers generally concur in repre-
senting the weather to have been extremely wet, the preva-
lence of rain in some localities occasioning damage to pro.
perty. On the average agricultural pursuits were being fol-
lowed out with success, and the prospects of the next crop
were somewhat encouraging. Sickness was'complained of at
Barbadoes and St. Lucia, as resulting from the state of the
weather, since, notwithstanding the frequency of showers,
the heat continued extremely oppressive. The outbreak of
cholera at Jamaica bad been officially announced, but it was
hoped that by due exertions its ravages would be checked.
In Trinidad attention had been turned to the cultivation of
cotton—an experiment that appeared likely to be attended
with success. Emigration to the gold districts in Yuruary
would;it was apprehended, be impeded by the measures
which had been taken at the instance of the Venezuelan
authorities to compel all parties seeking that district to ren-
der a lull and sufficient account of their characters and pre-
tensions before they would be permitted to pass into it. Busi-
ness was dull in the chief of the West India Islands.

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Ter PoLisza BALL.—Yesterday the Polish Com-
mittee assembled at the Guildhall, for the purpose of making
additional arrangements to carry into effect the ball, which
is fixed for Thursday next, the 14th inst. Mr. Bunning, the
City architect, was, it was stated, occupied in rendering the
Guildhall still more magnificent, as regards the Italian con-
servatories and drawing-rooms, than at previous balls • and
Mr. Carew, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Weeks have, upon the ap-
plication of Lord Dudley Stuart, consented to leave their
exquisite specimens of statuary in the hall until the day
after the entertainment shall• have terminated. The commit-
tee decided that the floor of the Guildhall should be chalked
in so slight and careful a manncr as to obviate any .complaint
from the ladies on account of their dresses.
The most sober flower will often blossom from the
bud that has danced the most lightly in the sunbeam.—
Eliza Cook's Journal.

THE RECENT LOSS OF FOUR, LIVES ON THE RIVER.
Yesterday Mr. C. C. Lewis the coroner for South Essex,
resumed an inquiry at the Bell and Anchor Inn, Plaistow,
respecting the death of William John Luck, aged 25, who
with three others was drowned, by a boat in which they were
coining in collision with the Duke of Cambridge (Cork)
steamer, on the morning of the 17th ult. The evidence ad-
duced was of a very contradictory character, one class of wit-
nesses affirming that the accident would not have happened
if there had been a proper look-out on board the steamer,
while the other side were of opinion that the boat was
managed recklessly, and as if ;the men in her were bent on
destroying themselves. After half-an-hour's consideration
the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against William
John Coe," the pilot who had charge of the Duke of Cambridge
at the time of the accident.
FOLKESTONE, Nov. 11.—On Saturday and Sunday
153 persons crossed the Channel from Boulogne to Folkestone
in the South-Eastern and Continental Company's steam-
ships, and 53 from Folkestone to Boulogne.