The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-25 00:00:00

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Charles Grey, had arrived from Barbadoes on the
20th December, and been sworn into office on the,
following 'day.- " A' Jamaica paper thus notices his,
excellency's inauguration:—
" A few minutes after 12 o'clock, Sir C. E. Grey. with
his honour the chief justice on his right Land, and his
lordship the bishop of Jamaica on the left, entered
the new court-house and seated himself on the bench.
Ills excellency was habited in a splendid suit of blue,
mounted with silver trappMga, the same as worn by
English lord4leutenants of counties. The oaths were
administered by Mr. Stewart, the island secretary, in'
responded to with a fins clear Hisextelleamr appeared
in excellent itol'!"..iii!spiriis. Re 1.-ii'rebut. Rood-looking
personage, about the age of 60. A salvo of 18 guns clow,d
the proceedings. His excellency :retired to the Quetes-
house and held a levee. • I
Sir Charles has appointed Captain Darling as his
private secretary. There was a rumour of a dissolu-
tion of the House of Assembly, not because of recent
proceedings, but in consequence of the arrival of a
new governor. The house stands adjourned to the
18th of February, having been engaged to the latest
moment in measures of retrenchment. The salaries
of nearly all the public functionaries are to be
reduced. A. 11. Dowerwell, Esq., has been appointed
do putt' marshal for the district of Westmoreland and,
St. Elizabeth, in the room of P. C. Norton, Esq.
Demerara papers announce the arrival of 2801
Coolies, by the Haahemy, from Madras. The con-
duct of these inoffensive people continued unexcep-
tionable. An effort was being made by some nu-
Meters of the established church to convert them
to Christianity ; and, as a first step, several books of
the New Testament, translated into the Eastern dia-
lects, have been lately sent to the colony, and thi
immigration agent-general has given notice t
copies can be obtained on application at his office.
In public matters there had been little to notice.
Some alight stir had been made to get rid of the in-
come tax, but the public generally had not partici-
pated in the movement ; and, no doubt, the imp*
will be continued. Although there was no deBBsieni7
of revenue, vet the colony has so many obligationkil
various kinds, espec those conaequentan in s&
ration, to provide against, that it would be rather
difficult to spare any large item of the cus-
tomary ways and means without occasioning sans,
embarrassment. An ordinance had been paned, en-
larging the powers conferred on the commissioners
for raising the loan of five hundred thousand pounds.
The object of this ordinance was chiefly to enable
the commissioners to negotiate the loan by issuing
the hoods at the discount which must be allowed to
all purchasers of scrip; but the rate of interest on
the fall sums mentioned in the bonds was in no case
to exceed five per cent. A hundred thousand pounds
will be required for the service of the next twelve-
month, and the lowest figure for which the bonds will
be payable will be a thousand pounds. The Royal
Gazette says :
" The resource.of the colony are excellent, the public reedit
has never been broken with the public creditor, and the
fact that this is a crown colony, and, therefore, more or less
under the control of the home government, as regards this
loan, a. well as every other public transaction into which it
may enter, materially enhances to capitalists iu Great Britain
the security for whatever money they may advance on the
strength of tlie bond.. For our own part. we are firmly per-
suaded that a couple of years will not pawl over before the
bonds, though issued at a discount, will bear a considerable
premium."
Her Majesty's war-steamer Hermes arrived at
Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, on the Bth December, having
on board Col. Reid, the new governor, family, and
suite. Sir Charles Grey took his departure for Jamaica
in the Hermes, on the 12th December. Col. Reid
had issued a proclamation continuing all public offi-
cials, subject to his authority, in their respective
offices, until his pleasure be known.

.1 15f 1 ICA.—Sro te.—Costio brown Is rery plentiful, anti may be
generally obtained at from It.. 6d. to 211 s. per Int) 1b.., but the mar-
ket la badly supplied with the better sorts, width are worth. and would
realise from 22e. to 255. per 100 lbs. Theaccount• from the manufse-
luring districts report favourably of the prospects of the LAO crop;
and it la expected that there will be a larger " taken off than
there has been for some yrsr• peat. 11 is Impossible. bowman., to
honor 1 an opinion a+ to the man/V'e quantity which at ill actually be
resanfaeturc d In some pariehey it I. rumoured that the almost hope-
k.+ competition which he hag before him, will induce the planter
rolher to pertntt the canes to perish in the orth, than yet fueber to
risk Ids limited ISICILIIR, in attempts to overcome the by
which he is surrounded. Engliah double refined may be quote.' at
90.. per 10011 m. for man loaves.
lio r is Wog this. 311. MY. Y. per pas.