The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-18 00:00:00

JAMAICA.

The Falmouth Post alludes to the btate of tho
weather an follows :

We are sand to learn that the seasons have set in in the
agricultural districts of this parish, and teat hopes are en-
tertained that the next crop will he aloindaut. We trust
that it will also be remun, wive. In Falineuth, se Mrs
bad several showers of rain, especially on Sunday laid, from
morning until evening. The heat, however, is still detail.
fully oppressive, and we fear that it will continue so until
neat month, when we may expect the usual annual change
of the weather.
The Trelawny states that :
On Thursday night, the 9th instant, we had a fall of nia
in this town of 1,800 gallons to the arc, light
showers the succeeding days. amouuting to about:tou
These rains were pretty general, end, we are informed, have
been more continuous in the country than in tows.
DEMERARA.
The Royal Gazette, of Sept. 26, in its review for
home readers, gives the following summary of the
occurrences of the previous fortnight :
For the last fourteen nays the weatner has been, without
an bour's intermission, thy, accompanied with intense
heat; the great authority in reamers of this sort—the
"oldest inhabitant"—remembering nothing like it. Ithas
also been accompanied, as tinge unusual heats always are,
with an influenza epidemic ; colds, cough, end fever, bays
been extensively prevalent ; and from this eau,e probably
it is, on the principle that two 61/011111`5 cannot coexist M
the same locality, we hear scarcely anything now of yellow
I fever. Plantations are beginning to anifer for want or rant.
So lung as there is sufficient water in the navigable cartels of
estates to enable canes to be brought to the mill, nth
weather as we have had is the very best for all the processes
of manufacture. But young cane., of which hir.ce quaa.
tities have been planted, and the spring from the wool', of
the cane that has been cut, require moisture for their
healthy growth. The weather has, however, a settled dry
appe.rance.
Business in the city is represented es exces..ively dulL
Provisions are scarce and dear. The settlem et of the fish-
eries question will in all probability bring lola supply of the
inclisperuiabie article, salt fish, which has been so high In
price us to be almost thrown out of the market as an article
of retail. Trade will improve as the year grows older, and
as estates get their crops gathered in.
There is no political news. Ilia Earellenc, the Governor
returned to the city from Berbice on the 14th, after en ex-
tended tour through that county, and meetings of the Court
of Policy were held on the 16th, and again yesterday. The
business transacted was of local interest only. A desultory
conversation took place on both occasions on the subject of
Chinese immigration, and a resolution has been adopted,
fixing the rate of bounty at 80 dolt. Plenty of people are
prepared to came from the out posts of Chins, it would
appear ; the difficulty will be to get ships to Wring them.
Some other obstruction may possibly have been not the way,
which the presence of an accredited agent of the colony
will remove ; but although Chint se immigration has now
been some time open to us, the bounty offered has not
hitherto tempted shipownen to engage in the trade.
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