The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-12 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

®The Avon steam-ship, of the Royal Mail Company, Cap-
tain Norton, arrived at Southampton on Monday from Mexico,
the West Indies, &c., with the usual mails. The latest dates
she brings are—From Tampico, Sept. 26, Vera Cruz, Oct. 2,
Havannah, Oct. 11, Honduras, Sept. 20, Chagres, Sept. 25,
Jamaica, Oct. 9, Carthagena, Sept. 28, Demerara, Oct. 5,
Trinidad, Oct. 7, Barbadoes, Oct. 10, Grenada, Oct. 11, St.
Thomas, Oct. 15, Porto Rico, Oct. 13, Jacmel, Oct. 11, St.
Jago de Cuba, Oct. 6, St. Juan de Nicaragua, Sept. 23, and
Bermuda, Sept. '22.
The Avon brings on freight 2,751,193 dollars, being by
far the greatest number ever yet brought by one of these
steamers. Of these, 74,895 are from Vera Cruz, on account
of the Mexican dividends ; and 6,000 from Tampico, which,
considering the state of affairs in that distracted country,
may be considered as a pretty fair remittonce. There are
also on board 505 ounces of gold dust, 147 serous of cochineal,
15 lbs. of platina, and a box of pearls, beside 30 turtle, on
consignment.
Her Majesty's ships Eurydice and Persian were at Sacrifl-
dos (both healthy); as also the American man-of-war Fal-
mouth, of 24 guns; ditto St. Mary's, 22 guns; ditto Sara-
toge, 20 guns; ditto John Adams, 20 guns; ditto Sormes, 10
guns; ditto Porpoise, 12 guns; ditto Union steamer, 16
guns Likewise the Spanish steamer La Patriots, of 20
guns ; and the French man-of-war Griffin, of 18 guns.
Her Majesty's surveying-vessel Thunder, Captain Barnett,
was at Bermuda, but about to sail for Nassau, N.P.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Tweed, Captain Par-
sons, arrived at St. Thomas's on tha 14th of. October, and at
Grenada on the 10th. The Medway, Captain Andrews, left
Havannah for the Gulf on the 10th. 'The Forth, Captain
Chapman sailed from Bermuda, on the 22d October, for
Nassau. The schooner Lee sailed from Havannah for Hon •
duras on the Bth of October.
The Josephine was off Tampico on the 26th of September,
waiting a smooth bar. The Bathurst, in Ireland Dock, Ber-
muda, was to sail for Jamaica the day after the Avon left.
The Susan brig arrived at Vera Cruz on the Ist of October,
spoke the Gem, of Halifax, on the 6th of November, in lat.
47 deg. N., long. 18 W.'
The Avon, according to the Post-office arrangements, was
due on the 7th ; but in consequence of being detained at
Bermuda for the West India mails, she did not leave there
until the 22d : computing, therefore, the average duration of
the passage, she is only a day and a quarter over due at
Southampton. And even this is satisfactorily accounted for
in the very tempestuous weather she has undergone. The
Avon has encountered a succession of gales from the N.E.,
with heavy seas the whole of the passage. Part of her pad-
dle-boxes are washed way, and she bas sustained some
other trifling damages. In the Gulf of Mexico she ex-
perienced two " northers ;" and on the 12th of October,
whilst in the Gulf of Florida, another terriSc gale sprung up,
which lasted 48 hours; and from the 15th to the `2lst, the
Avon had a most boisterous time of it. Captain Norton re-
ports, that taking the who'e voyat,e together, he never saw
such weather, and notwithstanding the noble vessel necessa
rily laboured a great deal, sae rode out the gales admiral))