The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-26 00:00:00

LATEST FOREIGN EXCIIANGES.

MADRID, DEC. 20.—Three per Cents., 38 ; after
Boise, 38. Four per Cents., —. Five per Cents.,
16 15-16 ; after Bolsa, 17. Coupons, 81 ; after Bolsa,
84. Passives, 5 9-16 ; after Bolsa, 5 9-16. Bunk of
St. Ferdinand, 99 c. Exchange on London, 50.30.
VIENNA, DEC. 24.—Five per Cent. Nletalliques
94 ; Four-and-a-Bait per Cent. ditto, 64. Bank
Shares, 12.96.

MONUMENT TO WEBER.—The committee for the
erection of a monument to the memory of the celebrated
Carl Maria von Weber, notsvithstandinz that tho necessary
funds are wanting, has been so bold, egnfiding in the pa-
triotism of the Germans, as to order the execution of the
statue of the great musician by the hand of Professor
Iteitschel, which will afterwards be cast in bronze. Will
England not join is the subscription I—England, to which
country Weber devoted his never forgotten " Oberon !"
Art.Jourtsal.

WEST INDIA MM
Yesterday (as stated in last evening's 'orate) the
Avon arrived at Southampton with the 11 cat India
and Pacific mails.
JAMAICA.
From this island we have accounts t the 29th
ult , from which it appears that the air& i was still
raging there. The Cornwall Clironirle that at
Sudbury village, on the grand interior I V 1 to Fal-
mouth, including Kirk l'atrick I.,tate, and
Orange to the north of the Montego 11.,river, the
disease has become prevalent, and several i,hs have
occurred in those districts. Since the 1:: of Sep.
tember, 66 deaths have taken place in town;
17 of these were from that date to the :; October,
and from the Ist of November to yestexi ihe 21th,
49 new mounds have been raised in cholera
graveyard; thus showing an average 0: vo
within the last twenty-four days. It i ~.timated
that four or five times the number of the ;,at have
died have been successfully treated, in !ding tho
cases which have appeared in an incipi, • stago of
the complaint, and to which immediat, r..Nentivo
remedies were applied. The disease luis
tested itself virulently at Montego Bay, in Xestinore-
I land, and Trelawney.
The small-pox was still very bad in tl
district of Trelawney. The; weather, Iv:
assumed a mild and serene appearance
regarded as an augury of returning he:.

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In the House of Assembly on tho 2(41
sentcd a draught of a proposed bill fur
a responsible government in Jamaica. '.
his of the bill states that much inconve,li,
hitherto arisen in carrying on the pabli.
the colony, from the difficulty of main,
necessary communication between the rep
and the other branches of the legislature
crouching on the privileges of those bed:
as considerable disorder in the finanei
ments of the colony from the system of
money grants without consideration as t.
of raising the necessary revenue, it pra.
Majesty would bo graciously pleased
part of her instructions to the present r .
governors which relates to the compositi
of the council, and to create an executi,
council distinct from the body which nom
double capacity of an executive council a
cond branch of the legislature. The bill :-
sanctioned by the Queen, to provide that
Council shall be appointed by the gore':
consist of a secretary of finance, secreta,
a secretary of public works, a secret
health and education, and a barrister .
standing at the English bar, to be charg'
duties of attorney-general and of legal zc!
executive or privy council; the salaries
t aries to be 1,0001. per annum, of the attoi
.5001., and the clerk 5001. The bill was it
a first time, the second rending fixed
fortnight, ordered to be printed for the
hers, and to be inserted in the several ne
this island for two weeks.
The Jamaica Ikapatch has the follow:
upon the question of responsible goverm
Our opinions on the subject of responsibi.
fur Jamaica have repeatedly byes placed beibe
and as yet we see no cause whatever for reeedii
There must be a vast alteration in the de, t.
adore any such change in our constitution, .11
be otherwise practicable, could ever be cart
safety in this Wand. To establish responsibl
with constituencies formed they are at pr.
tuated by the venal principles which are
amongst the lower class of our electors, woo,.
:brow the whole executive authority of tie
the hands of the lowest class of our population
thing be done to alter our constitution in tint
must have a totally new system of franciii,
have intelligence enfranchised.
The Morning .Tottrnat, on the other hand, in sen-
sible opposition to the one-sided spirit px•rrading the
article from which the thregoing is extracted, ant's:

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The condition of the electoral body at the ,resent mo-
ment, and the state of the election laws arc to e.,, theref
conclusive evidences of the necessity for respo,dile govern-
ment, and that condition can only be improve., and those
laws are most certain to ha made what they ou.;rlit to be, by
the edtablishinent of such a government. Ii the public
desire that its business should be properly at.eutled to,
sad such evils as those wo have alluded to pi, vented for
' the future, it must consent to the appointment of pro.
per men to look after and attend to that bedhass. And
having observed that to the want of such men is attribut-
able the present state of affairs in respect to the election
laws and the electoral body, we may rums, k, 'hat the ev.l
has not taken its rise so much out of the low s•ate of the
qualification as the utter absence of all attemp» to rem tly
what is wrung in the laws, aud to ensui,,, their en-
forcement. Their spirit and intention, awl the cry
letter of them, have openly and syst.maati-
been traded and violated, and no attemi t has been
made to punish the wrongdoers. Impunity aria insisted
these to go the utmost lengths, and we say it with sh.due
and regret, that they have been encouraged :aid even paid
by those who ought to have acted differently, to violate the
! laws of the land and to set them at defiance. When mea-
lb.rs el the Assembly procure themselves to be roamed by
bribery and corruption, and by perjury on the part of many
who voted fur them, how can we expect that the fic-
tion lawr will ever be made what they te.vzht to b.,
or that the electoral body should be °tits rvrioe than
corrupt, degraded, and demoralised. The evil hiss
deep. It can only be eradicated by bold, kilts!,
and united hands. It is not the qualification which has
brought it into existence or perpetuated it, but the %Mit ot
active, zealous, and, above all, conscientious men, vino,
perceiving the exiateero of wrong, will apply themselves to
put it down ; and, whilst carefully guarding the rights of
the poorest and humblest man in the community, will
boldly and fearlessly carry out the intentions ut the legisla-
ture, and enforce the laws for the punishment 0f wrong of
every description. •
The island requires, as the first step towards the improve-
ment of its condition, and the reform of its institution,
union rind co-operation amongst the best info-tiled an.l the
most influential of the members of the Assembly. Tl.i. ran
only be accomplished (with the hope of contittopu) by the
formation of an executive council, and the employment of
those who will give their whole time and attention
• to the business of the country. The amendment
of the laws which fix the qualification of ,I,c-
, tors and regulate elections, though perhaps more an-
xiously desired, is not more necessary than oth. r reforms or
, ' improvements which will have to be made. Aud we may
I remark that the condition of those laws, and of the con,ti-
• tuency, is the consequence of the absence or non-exit,-nee
of parties whose duty it should have been to at and to th.m,
and their operation, and the unwise economy shiedu the
te,sembly is so notorious for practising in sonic particular
r cases.

BRITISH GUIANA.
The Colonial of Dee. Hi, says:
Of topics interesting to our home readers, there is a gnat
dearth. The most pleasing piece of news that w., can auto
to those interested in the colony is that, for the last fort-
night the weather, thou3lt somewhat variable, has Luxe on
the whole much more favourable than we hail any rl.tht to
expect at this season of the year, and a great deal of pro-
duce has been made.

TRINIDAD.
We learn that a disposition to emigrate to Vene-
zuela was growing up. lteferring to this topic, the
Port qt. Spain Gazette says:
The number of emigrants is increasicg cLily, and there
is every probability of a large number leaviru Our shore!.
While the government are expending the pliblie fuads
is
the importation of immigrants, and giving them money to
come over, the people of Trinidad are pret,“riag l•-vo.
these shores to seek a home in the hospitable LILA or
Venezuela.
A smart shock of an earthquake was mem. need
at Port of Spain on the 25th ult. local paper
thus describes the visitation :
The rumbling noise was heard for a f,
then came the abrupt and tremulous moti
The houses shook considerably. It must I
three seconds ; the direction was north-em
Many persons were roused from their beds,
visit their respective friends, but no acrid(
tioning has happened. We have not yet
1 country districts, and we await with anxiety
fearful of some alarming occident in our si,t,
'file weather, which during the carli
vember, had been so favourable that se,
had set their mills about, principally
of getting plants from the canes cut
tiicture of sugar, has again set in very •N.
new moon, and the attempt to proceed
making has been generally given up.
ance of the canes for the coming ere!
raising, and there is every probability u
I 1852, it labour can be got to reap it II
I large as that of 1851.

LEEWARD ISLANDS.
The St. Lucia Palladium states that
of that island are at war with the tre
mcnt, and had presented a petition pea!
lieved from the obligation of exposim
at the Audit-office their invoices of in
The petition has been brought up at a
Legislative Council, and referred to a
Our su,2ar crop (says the Palladium) has t
1850 hy 1,286 hhds., and only falls short of
of 1817 (the last planted ere these colonies heca:
to the madness of the sui-discut freetiaders)
6,500 hhds. have been shipped this year,
that, under the continuously low range of the

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