The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-16 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAILS.

The royal snail steamer La Plata, Captain Weller,
arrived at tionth•unpton on Saturday, with the West
India and Pacific mails. Her dates are Oreytown,
July 20; Panama, ft; Jamaica, 971 Demerara, 26;
Trinidad, 23 ; St. Thomas, August 1. Amongst her
cargo was specie in silver worth 327,690 dollars, and
is gold worth 320,238 dollars. The La Plata
brought 131 pamengers.
Au English and a French eqnadron were at La
Gears, to demand an apology from the Venezuelan
government for some insult which bad been offered
to English and French subjects.
The royal mail steamer Clyde is at length healthy,
but the Thames and Medway have sickness on board,
one having Chagres fever and the other yellow fever.
The commander of one of them was ill prom fever.

The Governor of Jamaica has been acting very
promptly in provi4iing fur immigration. Since the
silliest of the last packet he has summoned the
board of immigration correspondence on two different
occasion., and made very valuable suggestions as to
the best means of disposing of the finds available
for the purpose. 20,0001. are to be appropriated to
the introduction of East Indian immigrants, and •
further sum of 20,0001. foe the introduction of
Chinese labourers; the sum remaining out of the
immigration loan to be appropriated to the intro
duetion of Africans and other labourers in as equal
a proportion of the sexes as possible. The second
meeting of the board was held on the 19th of July,
when his excellency communicated the inetructions
which he had received from the Secretary of State
for the Colonies relative to the appointment of an
agent in India for immigration on behalf of this
colony. It was immediately agreed that, in *mord.
awe with the provisions granted by the Secretory
of State, his Excellency the Governor do appoint
such agent.
The weather is exceedingly dry and warm in
Jamaica, add the state of the public health not as
gratifying as we have reported on the last two or
three occasions—there being a great prevalence of
infinenza.

A meeting was held at Kingston on the 23rd of
July, which resolved on the adoption of a memorial
to both Hooves of Parliament, praying that the
British squadron may not be withdrawn from the
most of Cuba, and that Spain be compelled to fulfil
the treaties which she entered into with Great
Britain for the suppression of the slave trade.
The following is from the Coloxial Standard of
the 26th :

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