The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-11 00:00:00

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.41 i..aP tla ge
whetheroh aweren:mfoenutt heb
Britishy e °otreryother
h representativeshadrall
race,t ea n't parrs
ed. 66146 boa,
administered by a local governor and colundeite..dn,tteau,ub:otyhi:eelemei__..t
7:1
yi pnut ic
under
piecingue, council.
acttitll i
Imgi Guiana,to limited
rnr windwarde nog asea
onalreadyi. ofd
Barbados i
leeward n te rfeter ei :nrca
neiih' *A:l;n.
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th,:tioQnueeofn. WINDSOR, MONDA •
Albert, accompanied by
lowed to two semi-representative bodies. The t ,„." the Princess Bevil, the
galena left the Castle t i
rPulieesuP:e.eallevleteel•governors or efficers aodmbthuetirnthietleolrioennet:::ll:atttahhoco:kr,eT. e,---7.7 al suite consisted of t
Canning.t. the Lord in
taro Keeper of her Mapes. y
tars Equerries in Waiun ,
ment, has added a new variety to our West India: frors%—,,e
local governments of
molooefndilaßrasorifibsorceaacen; or Antigua nu'arraw„,. '' Seymour; and the Mast, r
The august party quitte 1
o'clock, in several canal r
the Royal Regiment of I
"PowfhvGaegtrorenalmnearcaeydnoabet:srcaltbSellet:.dalKa",ri le: :unnoddmwary
allitio;cottdiimn": oftoththe
drectlirecytl,ythwroituhg The Chancellor of t
balionbled,uanrud emnjusoytsagasafoorbme clorasgisoutvearpnamrtenfrtionnoatilette:C7det The
returned to their -.
op en
sn de. a ndot:f
gcolonies,diabeyiwpe colonies:,a:
;Lotrt
tirsc
colonies
colonies . e
: y7,ozarl
iirt
,tt a :h.,
4, loi 0 I I:::_z_s e
is in some sort a dependen.t.cpydefli,aegmfihaliscao.d...diiodattedheelyri.izt:
Dcvprtitih...7... day, from a visit to the 5
down., at Bowood Poi,
His Excellency •ii
Classified according to their institutions, the West Lath
colonic would,
ow ct
oh ieu nl
ociislt.hge:fel: town for the Continent
satellites colonies,
TOWER WAE '
, ~.
d
climes would be further subdivided into colonies with omen— Yesterday a ward .1.
iseagn.tsautieveetinsantidtudtieheld in Bakers' Hall, li a
or (what is worse) the Coloniai-office. To the clam at ma: an alderman in the ro
CIPAL COLONIES nehorto—First, Colonies with - deceased. At three o', •
legislatures—Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, Balla • .... took the chair, and ~
the usual manner,
KL:ennyte,o;sragn...• ~_.,.. Mr. SIMPSON procce :I,
'eToVe;Ci?dnio:tit'it.che:l:eynil et
modes
o.,l°Dwivr:
egiT4iatrasinho
ai;eiclke"rbs:
6y Orders
orrajant:' have
,roN
:se
ncbv
based,
48es,rnt
ht.
..mei
6.: ":06: gratulated them on bee
during his short ten •
itemeaf proofs of urbanity and .t
alty. He (Mr. Situps, i
The considerations, nevertheless, upon which the two mo was about to perform a
to be kept in view when seeking to appreciate the charedi
and condition of each colony, would lead to conf • • confusion ia
endeavour to present a statistical account of each. '191.1 ward for more than
• have, therefore, preferred to devote one article to cash of fie
: i
islandsa d n! %%tee.:
connected
colonies, ,
geographicala onetoeacrholif
mthietygr:i sadpa
abets
r cm. lamented gentleman
Me bad 1 n
ituwv
never
do a i
jal amongwith‘i ooa themb:t hanreadmo.l ~,i :
supply.
; mon subjection ti one governor-general. We shall Una earliest days, and cons I.
pass in review successively Jamaica, Guiana, Trinidad. th. be looked upon him as I
I Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, and Bahama
. and Honduras. Mies Alderman Lucas ha.
threatened with ins.. a
1 Amid all the diversities, however, which the daroms • Thames, call. d the It -:.
i circumstances of local position and historical deeelopeow of the government, i e
i have superinduced in these colonies, they resemble mot easefully for the 'Wet), o
s other in their most essential features. In all of thee*. Alderman Lucas we c
r capitalist class, with few though increasing et... man of the ward of ' o
. Goes, is of European, the labouring, with very fas, distinguished himself i
- exceptions, of African, race. These classes stood, urea his office. His mice os
very recently, in the relation of masters and duo onerous duty to perfo ns
to each other, and the asperities inevitable betaq pleasure that he (Mr. '
a a dominant and subservient caste, more espeeidh, Finnic, Esq., as a fit a
y in communities among which the peculiarities of our Lows ward in the Court 01
n system had been engrafted on those of the slave gram ma he had heard that a s
in which colour and other external peculiarities were a mil he supposed that their
a sat upon the brows of the serfs to mark them out, haunt him, as there were ••
ir yet altogether subsided. The misunderstandiugs hems scratch. ( Laighter 1
.e arising have been rendered more complicated by the eta. one who had Hs xi
t, meaning but often injudicious interference of the patmour years, whom they w
a advocates of the lately emancipated class, and by that am they could entirely de
I perplexing of all entanglements, theological or (more ps man who had receiv..l
n per speaking) clerical squabbles. These somewhat hire* who, having been ch
patible ingredients of society have, however, their comm. ever since distinguiel ed
1, sympathies, derived from the circumstance of their ask- devotion to the busii 'as
merits and opinions being imbibed from teachers formed out a shadow of heel. a
ir 'under the influence of British laws, British monk • man most worthy the a •
il and religious faith, and British tastes. Lush, with
, Mr. M. CLARK hail
i- respect to their economical coudition, all are labouring node nomination, and he di.
y the consequences of a sudden transition from social relabels had come into the e ar.
re based on personal slavery, to personal relations based sa ticesbip with credit m
at universal personal freedom. months of its ezpirnio
to This last consideration will fall to he more fully dimmed nese over to him. tII
s- after we have passed in review the economical utilities of mon council in 1833, a•
a. each colony—indicating the specialities of the cue of mak, tirraities of the late Al.
in But it was impossible to avoid all reference to it here, lo aim as deputy, transact d
le the circumstance which lends such a pain: ul prac.ic..l inter* Finns had also been
eat to everything that relates to these colonies at the prune Committee, an office
in moment. A few words will snake this clear. in the estimation of
ng The square
in reticles of the British possessions in the Clark) had been 41. y -
th West Indies (including Guiana) is about 63273 name carried en husioe,s,
oh miles. The population was estimated in 1812 in 901,081 would be allowed to
A souls. The population in 1841, as near as can he ascertained Me had thought it
to from the last imperfect census, was about 918,303. In 1841 nousineihin of Mr. F
t the total expoi to from these colonies were valued d questions respecting
x- 6,015,76.51.; their total imports at 5,376,1211., of wide been happy to find th
p- sum 2,591,1241. represented the value of the liritislt alai respectable. Mr. Fin'
his father had been a ..
be Irish produce and manufactures imported from the tini*l eldest broth, r a capta
-a- Kingdom. In 1843 the total value of the exports fr..m them an American lake,
er colonies fell off to 4,973,77214 that of imports to 1,376,5051. '
valour, and so dieting
. I Of this latter sum the portion representing the British sad commander sent ho""
;h Irish produce and manufactures imported is 2.727,1191. To by the family. (Clue
n- the fluctuating and precarious state of the returns trom is. the Indian arm),
Is. dustry and speculation in the West Indies these figures bee Lynch, who tel a
n melancholy testimony. distinguished olli,mr
in --- SOW, *belly imp
I THE LOSS OF THE AVENGER. were provided for
on
ry It is moat probable that the news of the fate of this (Hear, hear.) He m
not proposed Mr. Fi
ad Avenger will be conveyed to Sir Charles Napier by the that by property and
•w Madrid steamer which lett Southamaton for Liabon one Fri- fill the aldermanic di .
al- day last. Capt. -Napier, the unfortunate commander, wee attainmentaand lit
of a step-son of Sir Charles. A son, and as only one, alderman of the Ci
te- of the gallant admiral, a fine promising youth, was some they wanted was a • •
m, time since killed in Paris in a boyish frolic. Lieut. business, and quick
S. Marryat, another of those supposed to have perished is purposes he consider,
the Avenger, was on beard the Sphynx when she wee gave the best augury
ch wrecked at the back of the Isle of Wight. This in an coin.
py were three or four military offici rs at Gibraltar who Cs= the greats st .
on were about to proceed to Malta in the Avenger, and, If Mr. BARKLEY. w
course, would base had a free passage in her. As soon, how- thirty years' stare lin•
iri- ever, as the Pacha Arrived at the former place, this arrange from the chair, i i a
is- ment was frustrated, In cause the rules of the service forbids not willing to de;,em
ne, free passage being given to officers when berths can be ob that the late A•sle
leir Mined in a passenger steamer. The gentlemen in questica 'irritation to ( hri is
his were much annoyed at heing oblir d to go to Mal:a in tin invariably given .t o
ur- Packs, and scarcely corcealed their displea-ure dung The Lunn blot.
ad- the voyage. They are no doubt now thankful for the question was the no,
illy fortune's escape. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's of their late aide in
the steamers often go in sight of the Sorelle rocks on their mats Mr. BARKLEY wo
arty from Gibraltar to Malta. It is not, therefore, so supra* which he put nu, of
as as some have imagined to find the Avenger wrecked on that intention to surpo
led spot. Some of the Sorelle rocks have an appearance eat know whether, 1, it
red unlike the Needle rocks off the Isle of Wight. They IN oflice a tenure e, t
ert, about half an hour's run in a steamer from the idaad of present, Mr. Finnis
un- Galt ta. whether ho wou d.
,eve The next despatches from Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Ns times to Christ's 4.•
the pier will be accompanied by the latest muster books of ales lion within the ward
by Avenger, when it will be ascertained who was on board whes by pecuniary em.
ego. she was wrecked. The Avenger was fitted out at Port et* for the duties, h. w
and and the greater part of her crew and all the dctac u went °figs* being called en i i
this Marine Artillery joinel her there. The wives and rilaticeste Mr. FINNIS said
pact calve their allotments at this Dockyard, but of cosine as him for fourteen
See, stoppages will be made until the surviving officers (Lint that in the coe.m•
.-1 Roche, and MeLarkham, the Bunn,-r), with tne stexanseas pledge himself t.. •
-To boy, have been tried by cou.t-martial, and the circumstmasi retained the sum"
al." attending the wreck inquired into according to the custonof in telling his frit ad
the service, and then the vessel's name will be eneed frog the ward should ha
the list of the navy. It is reported she had several superne by a pledge pre. !ii.
r..S. meraries on board, taking a passage from the Tagus is where, should -t
)pert ships in the Mediterranean. Captain Nipicr wily (Hear.) On the
ta in left Portsmouth on the 30th of November, in the poverty or old a, e,
, but Oberon st amer, to take the command of the Avenger, sad ' isad called him t.
and by their advice. 0
the superseded Captain Daces, who joined the St. Vincent as
flag captain, in place of Captain Milne. It is stated distils office, which he '••
aple) was not on board more than 24 hours before putting to sea aggrandisement.
es as Mr. Haile, the paymaster and purser, joined her on omens 1., his whole objec•
t the lion from the Scourge, oily on the 6th of December, Id 2; duties of his off(. •.
aides days before she was lost. F torn all accounts that hive use The LORD MA .
inha• spired, the steering course of the Avenger was correct, sal ried unacimously ;
,ther a good look out kept, as she was in c raptly of the Paola Quested Fiords,
I by from the 17th to the 20th, four days. On the evening at the ward.
a in. that day they parted company; and it is to be feared, host Mr. liKsis 1..
conferred, and i o.
r ii thecios est4teefedolsathile, wanindd
haenrdstesevaa
,i( tpli)e, Athvaetngwerar Isettilit. under conferred,
pops-ok down at the most critical and dangerous part of the voyage .ensuingiintyclalrie.
lAt.
• from Gibraltar to Malta, and that she could not clear the after which the..
storyM rocks. wardmote term: •
' A " Caßtain of the Navy" writes hopefully is a morning
Li rt
end-NATAL AC( ' i
in the relatives and friends of the unfortunate officer' and crew of
paper. He &mere. a that at "this moment, when the
ItAl ..
An inquest w
rein. thefe
,i Avengert
may
affordar in
theirsnch faaraniii se.iug.osmu
es relativepeconnsesolati,,n
toto
knowe ir
~
that if any part of them should have reached the island of College lloiqu . ,
is Be-. - for Middlesex, a
Osleta, on the paddle-box and other bunts, which is only
cationwho wen. ere a
mill be about fourteen miles from the scene of this sad disaster (and
way on Thum iy
. facts of their having done this I hope and believe that there is a
Birmingham 1. u
or this great probability), there is but little fear of their suffering
seeded to view th
an be from the want of food and water, as of the latter there is as
Charlotte G •
abundance, and of the former they will find a quantity of
The witness st .te
goats on the island ; added to which, about 33 yews
:went, her care in the
b have since, when cruising near it, I put a quantity of rabbits,
at half- art th ee
Le eho, some hares, tome fowls, and, I think, a small male and
on Thureday, h.
female pig, also ; and I have been informed by my different
ore or ral other w in .1.
Two other" I. -id
them brother officers that when they have occasionally landed ea
excep. Gains since that period,
to pe_ and saw part of the produce of the hares and fowls, but the! • witness. The d
. observed that :le
almost were very wild ; of the rabbits, however, tiny brought off
happened : i.
event, large quantities.
Thus, I trust, we shall soon learn that
reached broken. He 1
we find very maty of the crew of the ill-fated Avenger have ..
they found an abundance of rabbits. .
He could talk i
men under wi.
;aed00,,,,..e.0ni has
from the
ea ngdomsth aatntdhtehyehaanvie.hfound p
wounded.
Mr. Parke. .
' - the post ',tort
safety on those shores."" , . 1
fortunatetropeess
causeon e
adnayy 0
ep
ourrov prove usefult,T.e isehaatuol dna
jolly
utuni
of thevisited the dece
e Cola , . internal injures
tat are EMIGRATION PROM LIVERPOOL—WC (LktPees • of the ribs were
mediate Mail) are indebtedoto Lieut. Hodder, R N., the goveramat a hremorrhage a
legisla- emigration agent, for the subjoined interesting statistics- :: fracture of the
maces', Premising that the ordinary emigration from Liverpool to :.' were disjoint. il,
laancedamthpelere'wuPithPliteer
nee on all parts of the world used to be about 40,000 souls per , last dorsal ver
annum, it will be seen that even this large exp dilation 088 fractures at the
tountry been, in 1847, augmented almost /mold(' !" Return, • which were a' •
be sr- showing the emigration from the port of Liverpool daring sive
cavity et.'
: Bar- the year 1847: the of
_--.-.---... .
The deceased -
:via fin Jsn.l April 1 July 1 ow. 1
mat (in to to :to to T i
ee& dent. In fat,
CAP- Um fl. Jane 30. fleet. 31. Dee.7l. aces could n.t
British - --- -----'___,.., • to the hothi• it
s,
—a3: United States ...... ..... lOU 93791 20711 BIOS log . Sala remaie
, -a3, South America ........ 1111 9 30 111 YON all of wii.
- ,' N. An. Colonies, sb.:
in c.a. 545523362_23362_4557 $177 OW, whose ribs
ided
limited New Brunswick...« 77 1135 270 s 498 the lunge, and
On the Nova Scotia
d-office Newfoundland_ ....
_ ID so 43 111
_ 444 _ .do so.
~. Pr. Edward's Island 414 John Hick ,e
r Mr. Cubits. a
S
;Trimet°.lo
AtrWeta,t tor. : U 49 45 fils 1133
paned. It .• •
Western Coast
, would Cape of Good liapa 4 10
it have Australia, Ma. : 7 • hodsman, t ,
a West rail' — 4 i
10 the wall fell.
slithered .e.rtern
ia HeslPlC°oll-4 I On u being .n
iera'"i, Other Porto , -...— the seaffobl. •
vie old Total animauon dorm Isia
onus are Ditto 1846
end of the ~,
and the ---
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