The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-03 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE MAOI)ALENA.
The Royal West India mail packet Magdalena,
Captain W. Vincent, from the West Indies, itc.,
arrived at Southampton last night, and landed her
mails under the charge of Lieutenant I. J. Wilkin-
son, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are : Vera
Cruz' Oct. 5 ; Tampico, 2; Havannah, 10 ; Chagres
and Navy Bay, 9; Carthagena, 11 ; Jamaica, 12;
Demerara, 10; Trinidad, 10; Barbadoes, 12; An-
tigua, 14 ; Martinique, 13; Grenada, 11 ; Porto Rico,
1u; St. Thomas, 17; La Guayra, 10.
The Magdalena brings 75 passengers and 1,058,748
dollars on account of merchants, together with
gold dust to the value of 400,6001., 150 sarong of
cochineal, 38 serous of jalap, and 4001. worth of
pearls.
The French chargé d'affaires had left Guayaquil'
after a succession of insults. Hu has returned to
Europe in the Magdalena, to seek redress from tho
French government.
JAMAICA.

The House of Assamliy;tiintaica was to meet '
for business on the 9th November. The small-pox
and measles had entirely disappeared from Kingston.
The island had been visited with heavy rains and
gales of wind. The Spanish Town Railway was
quite under water, and the road in several places
destroyed.
The Morning Journal, of Oct. 11, says:
A gentleman writes " Below Mount Manaficld, in front
of the grove, the river and the road are all in one. The
rains and the wind have carried away the bridge in front of
Mrs. Depass's dwelling, cutting off all communication with
the house. Such portions of the Botanic-garden-road is
have not been washed away, have become almost impassa-
ble."

The above paragraph, taken from the Daily Adoertioor
of Friday last, a gentleman who has travelled on the road
mentioned by our contemporary, informs us is correct in
@rely particular. The road is said to be almost impassable
iu consequence of the damage done to it by the late rains.
We are further informed that the roof of Mount Ossa, in
St. Andrew's, has been completely blown off by the strong
browse that prevailed during the heavy showers of rain on
Wednesday last. The provision fields on the property have
more or lees suffered, the coffee berries having been all
blown from off the trees; and the out-buildings have also
been much injured.
The screw steamer Tamalapas arrived at Jamaica
on the 11th, and was to leave on the 13th for Tam-
pico.
BRITISH GUIANA.

The Royal Gazette of Oct. 9, in its review for
home readers my.:
Very much to the furtherance of plantation work, slight
showers, general throughout the colony, have gladdened
the heart of the planter, and added new vigour to the
promising spring of young awes for the neat year's crop.
Rain has not, in any case we hays heard of, fallen se
heavily as to retard for a moment the sugar making, in
which estates are everywhere engaged. Complaints have,
in some instances, been made of the inferior quality of the
sugar produced from arrowing•canes; but, generally
speaking, we believe, both as regards quality and quantity,
the present will be the largest crop ever shipped. Trade is
very dull. The supply of important provisions has very
, much increased during the fortnight in articles of universal
consumption. The country daily pours in its load, by the
river or the railroad, of native sentient., but in spite of the
larrsupply, these are not by any means cheap.
bile an abundant crop is admittedly a matter for the
sincere thankfulness of the colonists,and the congratulations
of our friends at home, it by no means follows, as some of
the free-teade papers at home contend, that it is • sign we
want mething more, and that the whole benefit has been
prods's& by the new energy infused into the planter by
the Stor Act of 1848. Labour is scarce, and dear ; and,
while letativig complacently at quantity, it muss be taken
into eenhisendoe that it has been pproduced at enormous
cost. The meson has been ezteacedinsrily propitious; but,
even with this providential mister's, then will be no great
profit accruing to the owners of the beet estates.
The Court of Policy sat ea the Wand eras en the dad
before yesterday. An edasmiessl bill has been
but oo discussion has yet tak piles epos it SONO parishen
business was on both Goads= WA se, nese of which
was of any interest to the beam Out Sing may be
notioed, that this yeses eskendltwr• is the per of the
colony will be monsiiiii IRS 41"1_41111ses-41,0001. odd
sterling,—in a teeniest elielly IMMO inhabitants, where
the smallest portion of soil is sufficient to grow food for the
individual. There must be something radically wrong in
the distribution of this charity. In the political world only
one matter of any interest has disturbed the thrtnight's
quit. It regards the registration. The matter is of se little
importance that it will not bear repetition.