The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-18 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MMLS.

By the Sir F. Drake steamer, arrived yesterday at i
Plymouth, from Falmouth, we learn that as she was
leaving at s ..'elck that m wniatt she tw the West
India mail paehat-ship Clyde eaterin4 Ca at harbour,
apparently short of fuel.
In consequence of the mail hating put into Fal-
mouth, instead of coming on to Southampton, as
usual, we have as yet received (by post) only a scanty
supply of j ournals, and thew apparen t ly not of the latest
date. Those from Jamaica, are of March 15 (anti-
cipated by the advices received ri New York).
There were still cases of cholera reported.
The Cinentry UnioN says:

A■ reaards the country, we are pleased to notice its ex-
emption, and, with the exception of No. 11, the district
conuraittees hare not forwarded to ua any fresh reports ; this
fact, with other favourablo circumstances, authorises us to
"appose that it is rapidly leaving the late infected districts.
We subjoin the only report come to baud :
hcpcet of No. 11 Dedttet, moth Wtwerrt Lliviatuq kw the week end-
ing March S.
Deaths. oevairsig. Reetwerloe.
March So L—Stlteent
'Uwe-hill
Cad t-h,dl
Slo.y-lt .1. . 0
IMyue•hilt

Total title week
Itath• bewleht :coward

Tnt.lame stn ;late
The eft 69 victims to the cholera epidemic in district
No. II all di, di without medical aid, the I ntin: ahoence of
which tad already on .andry "erasion. Is•, n represented
to the St. Jana. s' Loral Board of health in former weekly
report•. Though the lash!. nee w... raging in this district
at a time when it had altogether suhnid•+t in Montego
Bay, and though the nearer Nlithitt of the late infected
ioralith • wax within three, sad the more distant was within
Des. n mikes of the aloe town ; comm. wing at the Bogue
and terminating at unity 11111, vet wen• the unhappy
suffers rs town rho!, ra .till permitted to die without medical
aid. '1•lo- rammitt e arain urgcu'ly request the St. James'
Loral !loan' of Health to came the lime which has long
been 'yin,/ at the rae.••eouree house to be thrown over the
Erases .i. the cholera et orotery.
The town and neighbourhood of Montego Hay had
been vi•ittd by a distinct shock of earthquake, fol-
bw•ed in a few tainides by another 'tar shock,
though comiderahly fointer than the find. A hollow
rambling sound preceded the shucks, the undulations
of whit•h scented to travel from east to west. The
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air was hultry. and all WWI Min. 641%1: the wand of
%aims alaratrd at the Strang:. incident.
A. regard. (Litt., the Guiana pipers as yet to
Land ImiLe alot been anticipated by those revisited
from New York, which, however, gave no di tail.

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At the meeting of the Comb;ned Court on March
Pt, the Aaiun lug oultltt...s, in reply to the governoeu
*will on or• K the umion, %AS rued by Mr.
Brood, scatior member of the Financial College :

We, the untiewiirn. II elective members of the Court of
Tolley and financial representatives of the inhabitants, now
sort in constant ti court, beg leave to return thieuks to your I
weevil, my for the speeele delivered on the opening of the
and to expre.a our gratification at the fasourahle
Mete .11 the revenue for the past year, as announced by '
your . set
As present rate of taxation se-ms to be heavier than
the to izeiscies 01 the colony now require, we will &sow our
earn. -t attenrom to the items most loudly railing for reclue-
tidos anti relief awl while doing en. the suggestions of your
axis IL Ins on this aultiect will meet due tumid. ration.
We snail he• pr. par, d at the proper time U. give t tt,et to
UK loan onlinaneast tamtiontil by your excellency. Be-
lievivar that the 1/14 of the staple commodi.
ties has been mainly raised by the immigrants introduced
Into the colony, and that the prosperity or ruin of the coun-
try is dependent UlOn4l the introduction or non-introduction
of labourers, we eanwstly hope that her liajesty's govern-
mot will aid us in procuring extensive immigration from
the rout of Afrie I, and in overcoming the objections of the
East India Company to the ordinances passed by the
Bon. the Court of Policy regulating Coolie immigration.
We shall consider with that to times attention which they
Merit, the several bill. and other important subjects alluded
to in your excellency's .pet eh, anti our hest exertions shall
be directed to enowite the general welfare of the commu-
nity.—A. D. % • (ion Net,ther, itithard Haynes, Samuel
Bean, Geo. Booker, Win. Brawl, W. 4.l.Donogliuc, John
Daly, Hist. It. Craig, 1:. Hicks.
Sir. Gilbert read an aildrevs, as follows.embralying
his own % iews, which he requested might he placed
on the minutes:
Financial-hall. Man h 10. 1/111.—I cannot admit that any
excess cat the revenue accruing during the year islo, above
the expenditure properly belonging to that year, is matter
gw cou;panelatium, inasmuch as 1 cousider the expenditure
*shave been greatly beyond what the 14.441,U1V14 of the colony
warrant. When the expeuditurc shall have been rednes.l
within proper limits, and when the revenue arising from
a proportionately reduced ,ystem of taxation, fairly adjusted
fur the puriene of covering that expenditure, stall lie found
to have exceeded it, I may then consider the exeiss as an
hulication of general improvt tient in the condition of the
inbabitants of tlw colony But even then I would instantly
make socle further reductions in taxation as would equalise
revenue and expenditure; for a surplus mvenue is at the
best but a proof of over-taxation, either from design
or ;dation, anti its accumulation is infallibly accom-
panied by extrur.tg knee. I fully approve of vi much as
Ism been adopted in your cxeclkucy's speech, of a more
exton.in 'rhinme fur the reduction of taxation. suggested
by various persons and in various ways daring the last
year; but while 1 ninety in your Excellency's views in this
tripe et. .14 tar as they go, a plan far more comprehensive
In it, economy, and lewd of a large reduction of expen-
diture. will alone satisfy Inc. lam thoroughly sensible of
the importanee, iu the present state of this colony, of immi-
gration, and I will do es erything in T 11•011 to promote it.
But, ns regards Coolie immigration, it is only with the
stipulation that the pros ision, of ordnance No. 21 of lfin.),
be fully carried out, or that the return passage be alto-
gathei lett out of the question, that I will vote tiny item
toward- its renewal. To the other mutters referred to in
your excelleney'a speech, I shall give due attention as they
severally come before the Combines! Court for dew ussion.
T. Tow:MALL Gimitmr, I.lt.

The Caonist of March 14 says :
In the sitting of the Combined Court to-day the governor
laid before the court a report front the Cmumissioners of
Xductition, and it was ordered to be printed for general in-
formation. This document recommends that schools fur
secular education be established, and that the religious in-
struction of the pupils, according to the persuasion of their
parents, shall he confined to the tteryty. The commissions
think that 600 dollars will be sufficient for the object* con-
templated be them. The salary of insisetor of schools will
nut he soted until the court shall have disposed of the re-
port. The usual grants for schools were voted, with the
.weptions of the items for the rural parishes and the 'los
man eatholie schools in Georgetown and New Amsterdam,
which .:and over tor future consideration.
At a public meeting of merchants and other in-
habitant* of the colony, held on the Mil of March,
in °corgi-town, fur the purpose of considering the
present state of the taxation and expenditure ei
liritiAh Guiana, with a view to effect a tuatrrhtk
modification of the same, and more especially a re-
duction of the oppressive rates of import duties, the
following resolutions were passed:
That this meeting, being of opinion that an important
reduction in the general eapenditure and taxation of the
eplony is urgently impaired, cepressee it. satisfaction that
guar the date of the reequisition sent to his honour the high
sheriff to convene this 'meeting, his etc.:Henry the governor
hot acknowledged, in his opening address to the Com-
bined Court, that the public finances will admit of
a material modification in the general taxation.--
" That it is the opinion of this 'netting that the cost of
being in this colony has 'wen artificially raised so high by
the earsseisc duties levied upon the import of articles
aectssary to the subsistence and comfort of its inhabitants,
as to be detrimental to their best interests. This meeting
winald, therefore, respectively impress upon the Combined
COlift the n, nssity of signing es cry practicable relattion
of the tariff by exercising the utmost pomade retrenchment
is the public expenditure."—•• That a committee be ap- y
point. I t wait on the elective membt rs of the Combined
Court 'sip a copy of the fors-going resolutions, together
with the whinges of this meeting, signed by the chairman, '
sad to direct their serious attention to the pntteiples in-
volved therein, and to request them to support in the pre- I
@rat session such modification of the tariff and retrench- y
stunt In the public expenditure, as this meeting deems
essential to the well.twing of all classes of the community.
And that the committee do consist of the fillowing gentle-
me* .—Charlcs Conyers, Esq., proposed by Mr. Winter,
and, on the motion of Mr. C. Simpson, the movers and
seconders of the several resolutions, namely, his Worship
the Mayor, K. Hick, S. A. liarrey, D. Macdonald, Y.
Winter, and S. Barber, Esqrs.'•
With the exception of three or four eases of small
vox, of a mild character, the colonycontinued
showery weather continued, to the great
sotfs-
faction of those planters who had a good stand of

young canes.
At the town council of Georgetown, on March 2,
Mr. lii•Pherson was elected mayor for the ensuing
yam•
Journals from Bridgetown (Barbadoes) of March
49, and from St. Lucia of March 14, contain no news
of importance.

Times! ca.'s AT DEVONSHIRE Ho:Om—The ems-
tsar theatrical performances appointed to take place at
Devonshire House at the end of this month, have, with the
consent of She Queen, been postponed till the 16th of next
month, in deference to the feeling' of Mr. Charles Dickens,
whose infant daughter died on Monday lest. It is stated
that the anthems of thew, pevfoesteeees will pay lire
'shwa individually for their oats; sod that the saw of
the Mk* of Devoid** hoe the lid of pelateale.

Abe Court.

WINDSOR, TRPRSD\T.

The Queen and l'rinee Albert walked this morn-
inT in the .lopta.
the royal ramiiy took walking and pony es, reise in the
slope i and Wiuds•ir Park.
l'rince Albert rode out on horseback this morning,
attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince
Albert, and partook of luncheon with the Queen and
Prince.

Pssstos; Witex.—On Monday and Tuesday in this week
the customary bounties were is•ucd to the and and metito-
rhms poor at the Alraonry in Whitehall, under the direction
of the Lord-]kith Almoner and the Suh-Almoner. The
rer,pients included numerous cases of blindness and other
infirmities.

Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood
left town yexterday morning fur their seat, llickleton Hall,
near Doncaster.

SECOND EDITION.

FROM THIS 217GHT'S GAZETTE.

BU4'KINGnAM-PALIOE, APRIL 14.--The Quc'n IVLS
this day pleaaed to confer tlte honour of Koi;hthood upon
Game alara:ll Turner, Esq., a Vim-Chancellor.
IIUCKINGII.tM.P.%LACE, Arum 14.—The Queen was
this day pleural to confer the honour of linirzlathwal upon
I'age Wood, Esq., M.P., her .Majoty's Solicitor.
General. .

FOREIGN-OPFICF., APRIL. IR.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Ryan as Consul at Mont-
real for his Majesty the King of Denmark.
Crows-OFFICY„ APRIL 16.—Members returned to
serve in this pussent Parliament.—Borough of Enniskillen :
James Whiteside, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel at
Law, in the mom of the lion. Henry Arthur Vole, who has
accepted the office of Siewanl of her Majesty's Chitern
hun-
dreds.—Burghs of kith, Portobello, and Musselburgh :
Jones Moneri iff, her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, in
the room of Andrew Rutherford, Esq., who has accepted
the idle,. of one of the Judges o her Majesty's Court of
SeAsion in Scotland.