The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL.

The Royal West India mail packet Tay, Capt. C.
M. Chapman, arrived at Southampton this morning,
and landed her mails under charge of Lieut. T. J.
Wilkinson, R.N., admiralty agent; her dates of
sailing are—St. Martha, May 19; Greytown, 27 ;
Jacmel, June 11; Chagres, May 30; Carthagena,
June 1 ; Jamaica, 9; St. Jagede Cuba, 7 ; Demerara,
5 ; Trinidad, 7 ; Barbadoes, 9 ; Antigua, 10; Mar-
tinique, 9 ; Grenada, 7 Porto Rico, 12 ; St. Thomas,
14 ;Ls Guayra, 6; Porto Cabello, 2; Fayal, 26.
The Tay brings also the Pacific mails, of the fol-
lowing dates, from Chapel, received at Panama on
the 22nd May, by the Pacific Company's steam-ship
Peru: Valparaiso (Chili), April 30th; Coquimbo,
May lit; Hussar, 2nd; Copiapo, 2nd; Cobija (Bo-
livia), 4th; Iquique (Peru), sth; Arica, 6th ; Islay
(Peru), 7th; Piece, 9th; Callao, 13th; Pere, 16th;
Guayaquil (Ecuador), 17th; Buenaventura, 20;h;
Panama, 28th.
She brings 1,400,000 dollars from the Pacific, on
merchants' account, 300,000 dollars in Californian
gold, 680 oz. gold dust, 782/. British coin, 401 serons
of cochineal, 1,718 oz. silver, and 2,900 donate'
worth of platina. The condition of Jamaica is de-
scribed in the most gloomy colours. The crop of
sugar this year reaches only 30,000 hogsheads. The
town tradespeople are leaving for the Mosquito shore,
in search of employment. Robberies and other crimes
are increasing. The Jamaica planters have petitioned
the government to enforce treaties with Spain and
Brazil for the suppression of the slave trade.
Oar correspondent at Jamaica writes as follows :-
4, The R.M. packet Teviot arrived hereon the 6th from
the Havana, having on board the English mails (via
Bermuda), just five days over due. The irregularity
of the packets since the adoption of the Bermuda line
has produced the greatest dissatisfaction in the island,
and the newspapers here are teeming with well-
grounded complaints on the subject. It is proposed
to call a meeting for discussion of the matter, which
will doubtless be succeeded by a memorial to the
home government. At St. Jur de Cuba this
measure has already been adopted ; and other
places in the West Indies are expec'ed to fol-
low on the same side. In addition to the
uncertainty of the arrival of these vessels
• most annoying and unjustifiable practice has'.
obtained of subjecting the passengers, both outward
and homewards, to repeated transfers to other
packets, and involving serious delays in the mail
branch of the service. We learn also that on a re-
cent occasion the commander-in-chief felt himself
called upon to interpose his authority, by which a
vexatious delay and transfer was avoided at Ber-
muda, and the Great Western was thereby forwarded
on her home voyage by at least two days. A similar
abuse, it seems, has crept into the mail service in the
China Seas, and Admiral Collier has, in like
manner, taken measures to have the evil remedied.
The Amembly has been prorogued f:om the 3th
to the 19th June._

The accounts of the revolution of Nicaragua seem
to have been exaggerated. Mr. Manning, the vice-
consul. has not been imprisoned, but it appears that
Oen. Munoz is endeavouring to prove that Mr.
Manning instigated the rising against him. An
official account of what took place has been pub-
lished at Leon, which probably is under the
truth, and states that the rising was immedi-
ately
_put down, and public tranquillity restored.
The Legislative Assembly sitting at Nicara-
gua passed about the same time a vote of im-
peachment against the director and minister, and
these functionaries immediately quitted Managua to
Leon. On this was founded the rumour that they
fled from General Munoz. But though General
Munoz has not, u was =Loured, assumed the dicta-
torship, there is great fear of his intentions, and the
country is in a very uneasy state.
Don Francisco Castellon, the minister sent by Ni-
caragua to London to recover possession of this port,
has ban recalled, and is expected here by the June
steamer.
Mr. Christie has received instructions from the home
government to investigate the caste of all the former
grants of lands in this oonnb.y, which were summarily
set aside by Mr. Walker. The Mcmrs. Sh
formerly of Jamaica, were the largest Wet:deli
grants, having, with a third person, received from
the late King &ben a great of shoat one-third of
the whale cosetcy.
The states of Nicaragua, Haltom, and Sea