The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-30 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIES.

The weather at Barbadoes continued fine ; the
harvest promised to be a good one, the canes every-
where were thriving, and the crop of sugar was ex-
pected to reach 50,000 hogsheads. Shipments fur
1864 were 36,108 hogsheads sugar and 16.000
puncheons molasses, against 42,000 hogsheads sugar
cud 15,000 puncheons molasses of the previous year.
Sugar making was expected to commence about the
latter end of February. Cotton growing continued
to occupy cousiderAble attention. The harvest it is
calculated will realise 300,000 dollars return to the
proprietors. Emigration had subsided amongst the
labouring classes. The health of the island con-
tinued good. Exchange on London, per 1001.
sterling buying, 90 days, 480 dollars ; 60 days,
481 dollars ; 30 days, 482 dollars ; selling, 486,
488, and 491 dollars.
At Grenada preparations were making for the
crop. The increase in sugar was expected to reach
from 1,000 to 2,000 hogsheads in excess of last
year. The cotton pick bad commenced, and favour-
able results looked for. Cocoa gathering and dry-
ing was retarded in consequence of showery weather
in the mountains. The state of the public finances
was satisfactory, all debts being paid up to the end
of 1864, with a balance in hand of 4,3681. 4a. 4d.
for the service of the current year. With the excep-
tion of a few American whalers, the harbour was
bare of shipping. Exchange at the Colonial Bank
for selling 90 days drafts, 480 dollars ; 60 days,
4821; and 30 days, 485.
Heavy rains had fallen at Demerara, but the in-
termissions were much longer sod more frequent
than usual at this period of the year. Yellow fever
had subsided. The exports for 1864 amounted to—
Sugar, 60,024 hbds., 5,093 tierces, 14,152 barrels,
50,055 bags ; rum, 23,204 puns., 3,862 hbds.,
2,394 barrels ; molasses, 12,209 casks ; timber,
815,076 cubic feet ; chamois, 21,026 barrels. ; cocoa
nuts. 560,287 ; shingles, 7,632,450; oottor, 259
bales ; from the Ist to the sth January 862 hhds.,
63 tierces, 130 barrels sugar ; =gado, 34 casks ;
rum, 80 puncheons ; molasses, 563 casks. Pro-
duce continua in fair demand for the American
markets. Sugar, 4 to 4.25 dole. ; molasses, 20
to 23 cents ; freights unchanged, 2e. 3d. to Liver-
pool and London. The first coolie vessel for the
season, the Tinsel's*, had arrived with 428 immi-
grants and 7,687 bags of rice.
At Jamaica the weather was much cooler, and
several districts bad been visited with Sae rains.

The Papal Nuncio is Dow in Mexico ; but to our extreme
surprise he Ism declared that he is without instructions, and
has to await them from Rome.
The unnatural situation in which we have continued with
difficulty during seven months admits of no wire delay.
It demands an immediate solution. We ocesequenth
'barge you at ewe to propose suitable nisemarea is order
that judos may be adminietered without consideration of
gelsosal station ; that legitimate interest' created by thew
laws may rest secure • correcting the 0101110011 and lojus
time gonimitted in their 011010 ; to provide for the want
mace of publia worship and protection of other mewed met-
tem placed under the safeguard of religion ; and finally,
that the awasanala may be administered and other few.
Lions of the lamed ministry be exercised throughout the
empire without wet or sharp to the people.
To this end, you will, before anything else, propose to .
the revision of the operations of the mortmain and national-
hation of ecclesiastical property. shaping it on the heels
that legitimate trasactions executed without fraud, and sir
cording to the laws which decreed such amortixatioo, shell
be ratified. Lebow, In Ilse, awarding ta the principle of
free sad mph toleration, keeping in view that the religion
of the stets is the Roma catholic and apostolic.

The nuncio and the archbishop are, it is said,
about leaving the coun'try on account of the last
orders of the Emperor Maximilian in relation to
the church property.

"IL N'T A PLUS D'ENPANIL"—The Prince Im-
paid gave ca Friday lad, at the Palace of the Tuileries, •
lite to a utaton of the pupils of the colleges of Paris
and Vareail Twelve pupils were Mated from each col-
lass, selected from among the most hisistikss of do month
does, the ,thadiss of whisk the Primo himself is this year
following ender M. Yonder, his preceptor. The poem
ante= at the Tuileries at cos, 000duoted by the heeds of
the respective colleges. Ono at the pupils &hawed • cow-
plhosiotairy oddest*** kis imperial highness, and two others
recited • dialogue written for the ocomica. In reply to •
toast is honour of the Moos, proposed by ous of tho
guests, his imperial highness replied in • firm sad maps.
Giotto voice, " I drink to any roues .nom ods; the chi ikes
of Framm."
TIM WRACK OP TIEN SINAMIIII COLOMBIAN.
Man impala Orys.3o,
.Ithroar.—llaisra'L•othearthee,
sod
_arapth 'mposi, nosiosil on Bad& from
the British consul at Brest a MamimiP of the cia-
cid =coast ri the loin of the Colombian, whisk be. loon
proosnead to the Preface of the Department. Accontiog to
this report it appears that the Colombian, instead of coming
to anchor, which she might have done, in Stiff Bay,ttowarde
which she wee makiog, stewed for the Pass of Men-Coen, a
vary narrow channel, full of sunken rocks, and extremely
dangerous to vessels, especially at low water. Those being
a turret as Mee-Own. it is =pita= that Captain
Bennett took it as indicating a channel, whereas it
moans to point out a sunken reef ei rocks.
The ocesol states that the people of tshaat say that
had the Coloration only anchored in Stiff Bay all on board
might have been roved, and the ship likewiss. The report
soaks tri very high terms of the cepa= sad crowd the
French pilot boat Mavis Jostles, who at tho risk of their
owe lives sailed up to the steamer and saved three of the
crow—vis., two tonne and one steward, who were ca a
raft. The use saved state that they were oa deck shortly
before t= vessel mak, and that there were vary few people
about, as nearly all were below, sad must have gone dun
with the ship. A day or two before the Colombian encoun-
tered von soon weather, and • tremendous ass swept over
the ship, =drying away two cif the orsw, and all the boats,
four in somber. Had there boss any bests on board, say
the moo, all beads would have boss saved.
Tai WRECK or TER LKLIA.—The Board of
nods 'equity, conducted by Mr. as, legal amassor, and
Captains Harris and Baker, =behalf of the Board of Trade,
came to • close •on Saturday. Only two =tames were
examined, but their widows was not very important. Yr.
Frisbee solicitor for the owners, in reply to a question by
Mr. Hades, why the names of eight paamegme who were
cio bead the vessel had OM boss aster= is the costes=
sheet, stated that they were employes of the ship's brokers,
and that they were going out to Bermuda in their interest.
Mr. Ranks thought this was • viaation of the provisions of
the Machaat Shipping Act. An officer of the Cottoms
who cleared the ship stated that he would not have allowed
the vessel to clear had he known that pasosogers were on
baud without their names being duly snored. Mr. Fat-
alism &silo= to address the court, and sorely stated that
ths,omears greatly deplored the lots of life which had taken
plays, and the loss of the vessel. The court did not pro-
-000600 any opinion relative to the conduct of the captain,
who perished with the vessel.
AN EXTRAoRDINART OCCURRENCE.—Last market
day, Mr. Richard Bodo, of Fransbam Mill, drove into
Alto. en usual, to attend the market, accompanied by a
friend. Ho was driving • young and spirited horse, and
everything went well until they arrived lasi& the yard of
the Swan Hotel. Mr. Beide's friend alighted, and Mr.
Basle threw the roles OCTO•11 the horse's back. Tb• bores
winced and rattled the bridle sod bit, when he started aQ
with • bound, ran round the yard, and, seeing no exit ex-
' cent by an open door, dashed into the back door of the
hotel, passed through the hell, and out at the frost
door into the street. Of course the wheels of the dog-
cart struck the brickwork o• either side of the
doer-way, the shack snapped off cosabaft, the har-
ness and broschiag gave way, and allowed the horse free
exit through the hotel draw/tog a= shaft with him at full
wed. Mr. Beale sat quietly is the dogcart, and escaped
perfectly unhurt, the bores sod trap parted =moo", sad
the rider came to the pound without the slightest injury.
llappily so one was in the hall or =trams at the time, and
the bores, having passed into the street, was soon secured
and taken back into tho stable yard, and cm examination
&and also usinjurad.-Bwrres and Hands Ram cad Gad-
ford Tines.
FIRE AT TER PINKIE( (ha WORM& —On
Saturday monism shortly baton six citioek, the people
dim the liver at Bankside, Southwark, we shim= by •
ire breaking out in the patent coal-lift belonging to the
Phan= Gas Company. It appears that the mac tad boss
=alas all night is rating coals frost the barges in the
Thames. At 4 o clock in the morning they went home, leaving
what so termed ths " devils " bonding. The @tens WlO4l
which then prevailed, it Is presented, blew some of the bop
sod tale the lift, which was constructed principally of
Minter, and in a few asiostas the whole d the valuable
building, with the machinery, was is • regular bloc, and
standing at the waterside the reflection of the Ire could be
was from • long distance. The powerful steam floating
anginas, with sovond land steamers by Salad sad Masoo,
and • number of brigade manual =Po= quickly attended,
mid coder the direction of Mr. Henderson and Mr. J.
Jenard, the foramen, the brigade wont to work is their
usual intrepid manner, but they were usable to extinguish
the an mail the building sad its hydraulic machinery ware
destroyed.
INTIMIDATING WORKMEN.—At the Shire-hal
Nottingham, oa Saturday lad, four young men, nam
Jobs Bairdsall, &mud Hied, Timms Lbws?, sad Joao!
Bears, wore dodged ba= the' ussishintss loth
hawing amid thsvatoalog loamy In dimard Paws and
Jobs Stapktaa. for the puree= of stimmillag the to leave
the employ d fir. & Butler, lain manufacturer. There he.
been • sir at Mr. Bathes factory during the bat this*
mouths, and both Pepper sad Stapleton bevels= suliferied
to post solowthisis hffinan they wadi sot leave week.
Crowds assembled at the factory piss monies tad night,
sod hods Min bad as be conducted home by tho pollee. On
Tueday night last the crowd arignibiod as usual, sad fol-
lowed them @booties "Bah!" hooting, maths Ma raw.
he. The primmer. were apprehsodad so boas the elate.
lankra The Basch convicted all four defendants, sad
seeteassd them to oat month's hard labour. Nodes af ap-
peal win gips.

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d subsided in the town of Kingston, FINE ARTS.
intry parishes it was spreading fear-
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TEE SOCIETY OF FEMALE AETIErS.
7htShewalipnbltiltiomto-da• di
tyhje, isaciailaldecidedlr. willby
theoP6bneesdt opened'
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harehniddes an instalment of 31. per 'to
rues •nantionesi. dull. Ooffee realieedi
mottling to quality. Rum sold at we remember to have seen since the first ,
:of 18 in bond for export. 13:igar, 15s. attempt of some five or six years ago. We '
Ifin to 19e. in um, and 21°e• '4l 21n• observe that this year the Society is said to be
lights dull. Fachanp on London at reorgaatissa,
and the list of lady patronesses,
Igo* 94 diya 1 per mak, 00 days I}
tx, la 2 ~,,,.. amt. ra,..h. 4. iis shs
by
and honorary members, is Increased
Bank, , ardays it ri.7. „at., sag by several influential 1111111011 ; so that we may
congratulate those who have lung taken an intend ' i
rraeat. prem. . ,
Inimenspromoftst"priting the study of of
dapaintiag.
in
aloes anmokreonourausurtei i 1 '
Caption
- pgation
which
the
seeiey
of
Female
Artist.
has
sow takes. There hen beten; and always will be in ' l!
ith the Queen of Spatulor the aboli-
yin the island. , , "% undertakings of this particular aim, the difficulty ..' 1 l
, •—• ' Ili •• : of uadiag the ladies with theMeelves. it a I'
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naturally lean to thewaciatioa tmd eoinparis= i a
OE en' 416110/19101111i WIXIC°• their Ithisrwitis tat -at-tbs. ' 412• Y •
exam:ger sex ; •
•!. 44..111•.., i, I • . ' think it no robbery to Ms IVO' witsil us (
mr Maidalliall badissiell Ilisafellowing mie. must maks, it somelimes. haPPePalbit . .
: ..;.r: ;I. ; ..1 1 1., , . . .io..is) • but they forget tkat this disposition
- • 48.7111110 Atto . :This higher .• . ,
,
Mar • . •,;" • ' vita* leaves tin majority al their fellows a I .i 1 1
A se,e slim m swot ti '. ' mm law, little lower tban they deserve to be. If certain
dopt a means which, while sottsfiloi the Jos; artists who could be named would not disdain
r the country, should reertablish seams in the to be seen at the elegaiii little reunion in Pall-mall,
quitlity in the couseisses et all the Wahl- , simply because they have the entrk to the grand
Kph.. Fer this purpose, whew we wen at court iunemblage in Trafalgar-square, they would
paid segotiations with the lisiy Father, as be doing an act of grace towards their fel- i 1
al the catholic church. low female artists ; and this without the
seek is sow is Mexico j but to our extreme slightest loss of caste that we can per-
declared that he is without instructions, and cave. One lady distinguiahed iu the Academy
rem from Rome. exhibitions, Mrs. R. M. Ward, has, we are glad to
B 1 situation in which we have continued with see, had the good taste to send two pictures this
g mem months admits of DO sore daisy. year. It is to be hoped this example of good feel-
, immediate solution. We comiwprestly WS and consideration—we Were going to say, esprit 1
nee to propose suitable rowers is order de corps--will be followed. We may venture to m-
ain sdniniskseed without consideration of mark, for the sake of thosewho riper. to Academic
a ; that legitimate interest' created by these honours, that the sex so notoriously jealous of one
secure ; correcting the excesses rad injus. another in art are not yery likely to per-
dis their 1111020 j to provide for the mien. mit the chance of being beaten by a woman ;tf it
3 worship and protection of other mend seat- were not so, they would long ago have supplied the -
fee the safeguard of religke ; mat amity, place of Angelica Kauffman. The Academy will per-
mute may be administered and other fano• hope be ready to open their school to ladies,but tbe ad- , I
mg =WM, he exercised threegheet the &illusion to the rank even of Associate isquite another
t costs sharp to the people. thing. However, whether this oonetimmatioil mime
you will, bd.,. anything site, propose to us to peas or not, the Satiety of Female Artists ought,
the operations of the mortmain and national- as it deserves indeed, to be the rallying point for
waaticia poverty. ehapi e 6 it on the basis all ;in this way it will become a very honourable : 1
1 traiactione executed without fraud, sad tar institution, and one of essential service aud benefit 1 .-1. :1
1._...1. .1........ mi •Ineh amartizatiosi. shall to the coon an.

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nEtIGOLD ORLIN MANUFACTORY,
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THE E:

find, on the one aide, an absence t
ditos+
on
-
somertion from the members of the ffild
the other, of a disposition to cavil the bliam
holders, which might, as has abbe been dens be-
fore, have been provoked by an opposite system of
tactics. leek party met on the common ground of
their joint interest, and although much difference
of opinion was naturally evoked, there was little, if
any, of that antagonism certain to result from •
conflict of dictatorial assumption with unsatisfied
impatience. It is hardly too much to say that
this meeting has effectually reversed the tacit prin-
ciple that directors are entitled to do as they
please, and that shareholders have no business to
ask questions. Here the whole truth was fairly
put forward and fairly discussed. The Board
claimed the confidence of their constituency, sad
showed their best right to it by bestowing equal
confidence in the proprietors. The rise in the
shares after the result of the meeting was known
is a sufficient evidence respecting the public ap-
preciation of the open course pursued. That the
bank is one that stands in high estimation is evi-
denced by the large amount of deposits, dto., vie.,
6,048,0761.
The City Bank holds deposits of 4,946,2091.
The only feature in their meeting was that they
have also suffered by the commercial pressure, bat
in no degree equal to the Alliance, as a dividend
was declared equal to 12 per cent. per annum. An
interesting discussion took plan upon the expe-
diency of appointing public and independent audi-
tors, • system which the late revelations concerning
the Unity Beak show to be eminently desirable.
The Bank of London is one of the most pro-
mising of the minor banks. The capital, from
being 300,0001., has been latterly raised to nearly
400,0001., while the profits have been sufficient to
declare a dividend equal to 20 per cent. per
annum. A sum of 30,0001. was also added to the
reserve, which with the addition of premiums re-
ceived on new shares, now stands at a total of
296,6701.
The Consolidated Bank is one of those that
have been formed upon the beak of a private bee-
einem. The deposits and acceptances amount to
4,070,0731., and the profit was sufficient to enable
a division at the rate of 17i per cent. per annum,
besides making a fair addition to the reserve fund.
The Imperial Bank is the last to which we will
refer. The deposits in this CYO amount to
1,199,6071., and the profits admitted of a dividend
of 10 per cent. per annum, besides carrying for-
ward a large balance. There was little to state
at the meeting beyond the steady extension of the
business.

One important Back, the London and County,
has yet to hold its meeting, besides which there
are several other more or leas local institutions,
the East London, Albion, &c., which might be
added to the catalogue. For the present purpose,
however, it is sufficient to take only the companies
already mentioned.
As an evidence of the extension of the joint-
stock principle, it say be mentioned that a few
year ago the London banks were only seven in
number, while now they have about doubled. A
companion of the deposits at that time with the
present will show still more remarkable results.
Taking, however, the present month contrasted
with a year ago, the figures stand thus :
MONTE, AC., OF THE LOXDON JOINT.ETOCE Banc&
1864. 1665.
Loadee and Westminster Beak R 15,629,094 £
18,649,215
Cams Bank
16,472,278 18,807,393
Leedom Joint stock Beak 14,056,731 20,252,996
Alliance Bank
City Bask 3,535,975 4,946,209
Bask of Leaden 4,179,194 4,314,967
Cosmedidated Bask 4.006,558 4,070,073
Imperial Bask

0814011.,462 4.18,288.536

A nominal increase is thus shown of over
17,000,0001. iu one you. The above items in-
clude the acceptances of the various beaks on
foreign, colonial, or other accounts, but aa these
vary acxrding as trade is active or the contrary,
there is reason to believe that they have contri-
buted to the augmentation in at moat a very mo-
derate degree. The fact that the contraction of
commerce consequent upon the pralines of the
past year has increased the amount of individual
balances is entitled to consideration. But even
with these allowances there can be no doubt that
the comparison shows the capital of the country to
be steadily accumulating.
It has been often argued that a high rate of
interest is beneficial to this country from the
larger proportion of capital it possesses compared
with other nations. This at best is but a half
truth, since bankers as well as others fully recog-
nise the principle that high interest means bad
security. In the present half-year the losses have
not been distributed over the several banks, but
have fallen almost exclusively upon one or two.
Still it is to be remarked that in no case were the
Isharebolders congratulated upon the late preva-
lence of dear money, but rather upon the circum-
stance that the tide had begun to turn. This is
only an illustration of a truth that has been often
asserted in these columns, and by its opponents
I as frequently ignored.