The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-24 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL.

The royal West India mail packet Thames, Captain
George Abbott, arrived at
thenp, yesterday,
and landed her mails under charge of Lieutenant
Thomas Cull, R.N.
The dates received by. the Thames axe :—ers
Cruz, March 17th • Tampico, 1 sth ; Havanna, 28th ;
Honduras, 13th; 'Jamaica, 23rd; Demerara, 20th;
Trinidad, gird: Barbadoes, 27th; Antigua, 29th;
Martinique, 28th ; Grenada, 24th; Porto Rico, 24th;
St. Thomas, 30th ; Bermuda, April 7.
There were forty-two ptissengers on board the
Thames. Its freight consists of 84,473 dollars;
3701. 3s. 4d. British coin, 1 box pearls, 100 bags of
coffee, 121 packages arrowroot, 40 bales tobacco, 58
cases cigars, 36 packages of sundries, and 14 live

turtle.
The Thames encountered boisterous weather en tbs
homeward voyage.
The news from Mexico is anticipated by later
dates riri New York.
From Nicaragua news reached Jamaica, on the fist
of March, that the flag of truce sent to Granada hid
returned with " an apology for the insult offered to
the Nlosquitian flag, and the prisoners whose libera-
tion was demanded.' For the rights of this tunny hall
war, in which Great Britain has unconsciously beta
engaged, we must probably wait till Lord Palmer.
ston produces the papers he ban promised, with any
supplementary documents since received.
A vessel arrived at Jamaica, from Aux Cara
brought intelligence of an outbreak inch tat town re
the Bth of March. The people from he adjoining,
couery joined in demanding that the commindant
Aux Cayes should be deposed, and (kn. 'l.llemachs
appointed his successor. The commandant made his
escape, and here the matter rested. From the
punity experienced by the actors in the affair was
it
conjtured that the president was at the bottom of
the mec
ovement, to get rid of an officer who did not
suit him.
JAMAICA.—The Chamber of Commerce met on
the 22nd March, and passed a series of resolutions, of which
the following are the most important :
That it is the opinion of this Chamber tZia, with a erate sae.
canal duty of 10ee per cat. for od of mode
siase produce, aided during that inters:al y liberal irrinurstaa
Africa, the vigorous suppression of the slave trade being enforced...
energy and enterprise of our planters, assisted by capital, which tem
Memo would agaui place at their command. sohld Place Jam'ic....!
a position to enter tato unfettered competition with whet saa-+
producing countries-for this Chamber feels coneincol that, ea 2f.
rly equal terms, the British Jamaica planters fear no comps write
That feeling assured that the abandonment of toga eaawl___,„.
throughout this colony must now become general, midi ?a a far:
quence, the pecuniary affairs of its inhabitant+ be tam. intOWMT
ihtion of fearful emharrrsiment, accompanied by aide-pmea_4:
scoop, thia Chamber deems itnt,
ends at once to lay • nicafar'':,
fore the governor, and recommends to the different Pariaa.,.7-0,
course for adoption, requerting his emellency tort ai,enr.,loiaa ray
paters with the least possible delay, that the appalling
dition of the island may be considered.
piThy o;
anthdls
cuaigbernot,
therefin a siorettia, tiaoarontgolycono,,tinw77_L°
the eastrim to curtail their estimates of coatemplated
the ensuing year to the lowest possible limits, ah‘Otar a
the gate in
tirely e paochial institutions. •
Thatth it isr an admitted manila snseart all civili ed mop. 0
whenever vades indiridual rights for the Pub4a
indmnity is invariably- awarded therefore, the Briitin
thee sake of cheap sugar, destroys her colonies bowsa,,,
righteous crusade against her own subjects, who la m
ica-r,
capital upon the faith and guarantee of their counti),,
British subjects, will lay their claim for full
claim and
whic a the jusdmh the inap7
for the den m^ of the .r property-a
British ;anti, s anted' re; '3C W 1.:),7116e.