The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-02 00:00:00

BRITISH GUIANA.

The Royal Gazette, a Demerara paper, in its review
for home readers, thus epitomises the news:
Our columns by this picket contain the slid record of
mortality among some of those whose names have been as
" household words " for years in the colony, each a
labourer in his own peculiar sphere for the common inte-
rest of the people. John Croat, for nearly halt a century a
member of the legislature, died, far from friends and home,
sit the foreign island of Bt. 'jimmies. The Venerable Arch-
, deacon Lugar sunk, in Barbadoes, Into that sleep which
knows no waking in this world again. Dr. Clifton, distin-
guished by his active benevolence, is also dead. In polities
there has been nothing whatever stirrieg. The little busi-
ness transacted by the legislature has been purely of a local
nature, involving no special principle, and certainly not of
interest to the reader out of the colony.
In the hope that it may attract the attention of the medi-
cal faculty and or the botanist in the mother country, we
direct the notice of the reader to an article in the paper of
the 7th relatise to the discovery in Angostura of an anti-
dote to the yellow fever. It consists in the pounded and
macerated leave, of the Bettis na—called with us Vervain—
s small shrub growing abundantly on every estate in the
colony. It has been long known and used among the creoic
population as a febrifuge, and an unfailing specific in cases
of dysentery. It is now asserted that it has not only pro-
phylactic properties, buhthat it is a positive cure for yellow
fever even in its worst stage—black vomit.
The weather has been throughout the fortnight exceed•
ingly favourable to the plantations. There is now nothing
lacking on the score of heat and moisture. The rains have
not been what is here called heavy they have rather been
on the whole what in the northern part of Britain are
called" Scotch mists ;" but,accompanied as they have been
with an increased temperature, they must have been abun-
dantly fertilising. Business continues dell. Imports
scarcely keep pace with coneumptioo. Plantains are scarce
and dear, and the yam, the cassava, and the potato have
apparently disappeared from among us.
JAMAICA.

Our correspondent says:
" Things still continue ►n the same unsettled state.
The House of Assembly meet daily, and then pro-
rogue, refusing to transact any business. The mer-
chants are reaping a harvest. No taxes or rent to
pay; perfect free trade. Copper ore still continues
to be found in great abundance, and of a rich qua-
lity. The yellow fever still rages among the ship-
ping. Commodore McQuhae died on the 9th inst.,
only two days' illness. The Medway
.h .2 suffered
severely; six officers and nine mon in six weeks. At
present we have only a few mild cases on board. In
St. Domingo smallpox as well as fever is raging.
The season has been unusually wet all over the West
Indies, and the heat intense. The Conway was taken
off the Chagres and Savannah route, and sent tc
Honduras, the Esk being incapable of performing
the service."
MEXICO.

The intelligence from Mexico is not of particular
interest. Mr. Alaman, the Mexican Minister for
Foreign Affairs, had died after a short illness, and it
was believed that General Santa Anna's ministry
would be greatly embarrassed to replace him, as
he was the leader of the most powerful party
in the country.
At Vera Cruez tranquillity was restored, and busi-
ness was going on as usual. Two of the ringleaders
in .he outbreak of the 17th of May had been shot,
and all the inhabitants disarmed.
Vera Cruz was extremely unhealthy. The vomito
was committing frightful ravages among the troops
and such foreigners as had not passed the ordeal.
It was believed that a large money conducts
would reach Vera Cram in time for the July packet.