The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

The following interesting letter, bearing date
King,ton, Jamaica, Sept. 11, appeared in a morning
paper yehterday :
the American steamer Illinois arrived here early this
!Doming; shortly after, the Brother Jonathan came in.
While running up the harbour the latter vessel unfortu-
nately CAW' in collision with a watermab's boat, which was
inumbeted and sunk. There were at the time of the acci-
dent taii men in the bout; one sank with it, and was not
again sen, while the other, in endeavouring to escape t
like late, had his left leg broken by. the paddle wheel.
Between the two steamers there are sex hundred and fifty
passengers. A military court-martial had been sitting at
I.lp-Park l'amp —one of the military stations—investigating
charges brought by Lieut.-Colonel Abbott, the commanding
wafter of the Third West India Regiment, against Captain
Mills, leis paymaster. The charges were for breach of
discipline, and endeavouring to bring his commanding
officer into disgrace Ullll contempt, by propagating, or
aiding in the propagation, of the most heinous and un-
founded charges against him. The court-martial, after a
sitting which extended neer two weeks, was brought to •
conclusion • few days since ; but no decision has been pr -
nouuceol. In the interim, the evidence taken has been sent
bone to the proper authorities. The intelligence neeived
in tins city concerning the descent of the filibuster°. on
Cuba. and their subsequent fate, has created some sensa-
tion. A portion of the press of Kingston has spoken out
on the subject, and has taken the same view of the matter
as the .4 hig journals of New York. Popular feeling is in
favour of the Cubans. The Illinois brought some addi-
tional intelligence, to the effect that Lopez, and almost all
of his tnisgueded follower'', had been captured by the Spa-
nish troops, and that Lopes had been garroted—thus un-
timely clewing his existence on this side of the tomb by his
rashness and temerity, as well as being the unfortunate
cause of the lon of much valuable life. The island is, gene-
rally epeakine, healthy now. There are some localities,
however, in the interior of the island, where cholera still
lingers, though its virulence has greatly abated. The wet.
OAT is very cool and salubrious, and frequent showers of
rain have fallen within the last few days. There is no very
oinking dean?... in the commercial intelligence, prices con-
tinuing at very nearly the rame ratio.

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We hare received the Bermuda Herald, Royal
Ga Yr and Bermudian, to the Bth inst. The Gicette
of the 2nd inst. says :
We cmignitulate the good people of St. Georges on the
early completion of the channel leading into their fine har-
bour, a. communicated by Colonel Alexander, WE. to his
Eseellency the Governor, and by his Excellency laid before
the llotot of Auembly. There are, it seems, but two small
shoals, ueer which there are at present 171 feet of water to
be deep tied, when there will be a uniform depth of 18 feet
at low watt r throughout the channel, which is 60 feet wide.
We hove had some very copious and very seasonable showers
of rain during the past week, and a most agreeable change
in the atmosphere. The thermometer, which had ranged
very high during the whole of the month of August,
suddenly fell 11 degrees between noon of Tuesday and
Werleie,day last, and has not exceeded 80 degrees is height
since.