The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-23 00:00:00

BRITIBII GUIANA.

lltt Royal t;azetir of Saturday, April 2(4 in itr
rviriew for home maim soya:
S.nee the departure of the last packet. no event of
moeli importance has (marred in the colony.
be (*wallas' Court, after deposing of the esti-
mate Ric the ensuing financial year, which will com-
move laws the 14 of July nest, rested on the 12th
instant from its labour.. 'The Court will re-assemble
on tl lay twat, is committee of ways and means, fur the
porpws• ..t settling the way. and Inn,lno. It is expected that
ial stto lampt• will be mule in the committee to reduce
won, 0.1 thou taxes which are entinni,red to press must
• tly on the great body of our population. It is Ina
Inowever, to predict, at present, what will
it., nsoh of any •uell efforts as may be made.
notii;ll the member of nieutheri is mall, so divided
1, f. iliac, that, perhaps, no two among tb in can be re-
ferral to as holding the same political erred in all Per
Fit
Excellrucy has availed himelf of the recess of the •
tin• climbers to proceed on an excursion to the gnat lolls
of the lawwrara river. On this trip, which, we believe, is
sow thi. fly of insane., and undertaken for the purpose of
enshling his Ewe Geary to make himself *misstated with
tb.. Mate of one of the most thickly-peopled districts in this
walway, amity, the district of the Damara= river. ills
Excellent, was accompanied by Mrs. llarkly, snel a small
Arty of private friends. Ilia Excellency and party left
Georgetown on Momday List, the 21. t Instant, iu the Elite
Miller 'teenier, in which hi. liscellenry proposed to proceed
sa liar as the depth of the .iver would allow. The remainder
of the journey, that is wane thirty ur forty miles from the
to I. perforrna .1 in the only amide in which it
mould he setvinplisbed, is liatteaux anal mall craft ad that
kind, psileted along by 'wham ur native.. The vice regal
5.v.4, is, lin; iltuitsigli:dbejoi.h.opi;cl.,,lntri:ones:joyed are elpptwantted iowre,alther
urn
to the scat of government this evening.
Priori., the departure of his excellency,bis excellency pre-
aided in the hall of the court of jastice ip the Guiana Public
the 12th tat., at a most respretalde and influen-
tial polar or e tem, to consider the inenlin of establishing au
asylum ow the poor orphans of thi. colony, where they may
be brought up in habit of industry and virtue, too as to
qualify them to lamas . in after year., useful members of
meaty. A hat of private rubseriptions, headed by one of
dotal dollars from lois excellency hounds, has lien set un foot ;
and many weeks probably, will not clap..., h,fore an inqi.
toti.m, whirls wid do I to British Guiana, will be
opened. It is hut due to the attontey.general to state here
that 11w orphans or this colony are indebted to him for
haring proposed and originated this asylum.
arc has been another change in our garrison. We
reported. at the sailing ut the last mail, the departure of
the Jul West India Regiment fur Jamaica, We hare now
to announce the departure of the detachment of the 72nd
Iliehlandeis, quartette' tor Walt time in thi. colony, fur
Barbailea, and the arrival, in their room, of a detach-
ment 111 the, 11th. These esehangis were effected by
means of the militarz transport Chatham. The ulti-
mate destination of the olio', it is supposed, will be Canada.
l'hough we have received no African or Coolie immigrants
in the MUM' of the last tortnight—nor, indeed, did we ex-
pect any--we hare received a welcome addition to our popu-
lation, by the arrival here on the 24th instant, of 150
Portuguese by the Return. The weather has been wet,
though we have had intervals of bright sunshine. The rain
ha. nut been unfavourable to vegetation, though, perhaps
there has been more of it in some districts than the planter.
have exactly liked. The colony, we are glad to state, con-
tinues andthy. in spite of the recent alarms we have expe-
rienced at the possible invasion of our coasts by that fell
enemy, cholera, front Jamaica.
TRINIDAD.

THE BL'ENOS AYREAN BONDB.—Yesterday, a
meeting of the bondholders WAS held at the London Tavern,
Mr. David Robertson, chairman of the bondholders, presi-
ding. About twenty gentlemen were present. Mr. Robert-
sou remarked that, though only a small body, they were
entitled to consideration; and, if they did nut obtain their
rightful claims so soon as more noisy people, they would,
in the end, not less effectually succeed in their object. lie
considen.4l that the bondholders had, in great measure,
themselves to blame fur not having moved with more energy
in the matter; but he could assure them that, since the ap-
pointment of himself and Mr. Tinker as a sub-committee to
attend to their interests, no opportunity had been lost of
enforcing their just demands. Ile considered that the pre-
sent juncture was a very favourable one for moving in the
matter, soul he did not doubt that they would succeed in
obtaining what they clainted—nathdly, their 6 per tent.,
and the I arrows of interest doe to dirm. At all events,
he was nyelwi lobo their admen eel, so long as they
were rewired Melt insisting' lea thai and he was en-
couraged in peeming the mese" le Mimosa eat for him-
self bthe hot Meth. lei geelesled egist the first
miserable oar of OM, the atiOnlina ad wird* led to
the handsome teem ultimately proposed au=
Mr. Robertson thee hid before the meeting a
of Buenos Ayres for 11.30, which showed adamant to
favour of that year over the previous one, arising from amp
From the Leeward lolanda there is little mentation of revenue and diminished expenditure, et
now'
.529,40 V. Ith. 91. The revenue in hard dollars (excludth
The Grenada Rye l'reas says : I of the paper currency) was a million sterling, whereas the
Public feeling in our little community has been sorely interest of the bondholders (now the only debt) would ris-
depressed by the announcement that his honour the press- quire only 60,090/., and, including the arrears,onlyloo,oooL
dent administering the government of Grenada had ap- a year, or one-tenth of the total income ; whereas the ka
pointed a Mr. Adam Reid to the °Mee of colonial revenue tercet of the English debt swallowed up nearly one-half the
officer, suh-controller of navigation laws. and sub-treasurer revenue. A number of resolutions were then passed,
of the port and island of Carriacou, vacant by the death of in accordance with the views of the committeeof bond-
Mr. James Thom,—and that, too, we buy o heard in direct holders. Some discussion arose as to whether the bond-
contravention of the wishes of the governor-in-chief, holders should accept, as an instalment of interest,
Sir W. M. eulebroolo. Mr. Reid is he profession a sum of money in the hands of MOMS. Bariwg,
a sugar-planter. and up to the moment of his appoint- and a resolution moved by Mr. Wheeler, settoadod
meat was manager of a fine sugar plantation in one of the by Mr. Richmond, was adopted to the following effect :
most dourishing districts in this Wand, and in receipt of a That this meeting while it deeply regrets that their full
most liberal salary. He is farther possemed of lands and dividend has not been paid them, have learned that
tenements. and citherwies well to du ; be has pawed the there is a small rum is the hands of Messrs. Baring, via.,
meridian of life, and counts nearly three-score years, and, 16,4681. 19s. 10d. waiting till it should reach the sum re-
withal, in blissful ignorance of the duties appertaining to a aired for a full half- dividead, 29,310/., and as
revenue Aker ; yet, in tbe Lace of this unacquaintance with are beesdholden who have been seri-
public matter. his Honour the Presideat has thought proper gni paelb
Tall
by the delay
to appoint him to the above stated in aso-roomegalso oldie Tall dividend which they had
been led to expert ; sod as the meeting is satisfied that such
At Berbedoes, the arguments in the nutter of
Lawrence Hardman, of I.ivmmol, patentee of the d.age thair rifts
a distribution of And' ova in no wa interfere with or
just tights in the
principle of apOying centrife ions to the caring of maims"; et Wit nriese. Wag mom Morro Barings
Nagar, and .11'ilham Drumm, of Barbados', had been to de so if they Wok reps." Thisbe wort then Toted to
tto a close, but •judfpnent had not been given. the &airman, and the meeting broke up.
tooug 19th April Lady (.olebrooke, wife of tisr 12111 ROYAL LA :toms—We believe it is now
Cdebeake, governor of Barbedoes, died. The weather 1 imidoi lo sod this "gram" to ohs Cape Good Hari. is
bad hose Sue, with light showers ;iu all. toktsbly ' lake recent Asked= of men of the Ceps
=mg. however, • *lugedes whether tie
isk owe wither. lkh Immee" will sot, baba sseharkaties fee the missy,
L itsVileist the weather was dry, and the lodes" a *ego as nip* As war eimemenis and for
sob gigeogbeat the island were eery adios. IX
I the knee the cadge, as the Were weeps is
sure of *a present over last yeals crop wal b. !eandieleil mere sardosallis in Haar waders mks the
waritheable. knee would be. It is ualtentood that this subject fo /tow
under modematisa by the military authorities. Tim 125kPalma Gam Bt. and MArtiakla• are wirhaaal femme Mesas' is ?Maga' in 1.38, tad are at peewit
Palma Is Delikr

The resolutions relating to the project of public
instruction were adopted on the 19th April, at the
meeting of the legislative council.
The Poet .!/' Spain lia.:eltt• publishes proposals for
the formation of a joint stock company, to establish
steam communication between the colonies of Tri-
nidad, Grenada, and St. Vincent. and the Spanish
Main. The capital required is 5,000/.
The Go:, etc says:—"The affair appears 'CST
feasible oil paper, aid we recommend these proposals
to the serious consideration of all parties interested
In our trade with the Spanish Main, seeing that such
a measure, could it be carried into successful opera-
tion, would increase that trade tenfold. The capital
required is surely trifling to what might be cheer-
fully devoted to so desirable an object.
'lhe crop was going on fairly. A ship land ar-
rived with 176 coolie labourers.