The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-19 00:00:00

/WEST lIIPTA, MAIL.

Ths Real 114 .44* egg Packet Tay, Captain
inalti
Ch howthioeFeet, tulles, arrived at South-
Ilairgll. . maraato. 604 lies.ltd her mails under
obsege , * •J,. mei S.M. Admiralty agent.
Her dates siding an ; Jamaica, Demerara, Tried-
dad.' and Gonads, the 270 pit; Ilarbadoee, the 291 ;
Martiniguy, the 30th; Antigua and Porto Rico, the
ogled; St..llgo, the 18• h; Alai, the 6th ult. ; and St.
'Thomas, the let of. September. •
The freight ea bard comprises 1,916 dollars from
Jatnatuon, account of eserchains, 10i ounces of gold
cleat, and 415.51. is British con.
H. Bleiehooner Scorpion was at. Bermuda on the
elhe' the meelitt VA Indefatigable at Jamaica, at latest
dates . Ishissen was at Actigue.
Of the movements of the company's steamers we
teem that the Clyde wee at Vera Cruz; Derwent at
Berhedime I Soler; sad Trent on the Spanish Main;
Conway, 'mei, and Lathe at St. Thomas Trent was
twenty-eight hours over time to S.. Thomas
From Jamaica the only circumstance, up the
/menial, which has: transpired, and is likely to
'interest English readers, and specially such of them
as trouple themselves about per affairs, is the
^aisembling of 'spiral gentlemen yesterday, of the
higbeet respectability and masidemble influence, to
ocerilider the propriety of raising a sum of money—
Dry 2,0004—in shares of 25/. each, for the purpose of
trying the experiment of cotton cultivation on a large
male, or by the planting of one hundred gores. The
meeting appeared tmanitnotne in the opin'on that cot-
ton will grow in almost any part of the island, and
yield as largely, if not more so, than it does in
the United States of America. Several samples
of cotton grown from the American seed, as well as
' of native cottbn—that is, the cotton found growing
about the weeny in various places—were produced,
and lettere read, trans all of 'which we infer that the
cultivation of the article is likely to. extend, and be
found profitable. There are two questions which Mr.
Wright and the gentlemen present appeared deter-
mined tete:dye—viz., 1. 'Whether labour in suffi-
cient quantifies can be had for cotton cultivation on a
large male ? ands second, Whether the article can be
produced at such a profit se will tempt capitalists to
invest money in its cultivation. Toe labour question
is a vexed one, and we bardjy care to meddle with it.
We thiok, hoinver, that there are districts and It:ci-
tifies admirably adapted for the cultivation of cotton,
wlere no want of labour would be experienced, and
there are those who speak positively upon the subject.
The proposition to plant 100 acres in cotton, by
subscription, will go far to determine whether labour
can be had for the particular dtecription of cultivation,
and to remove the doubts which have been expressed
by some. We augur well from the tote and temper
of the meeting in &Tour of the proposition, and hope
to be able to report shortly that the sum we have
mentioned Ina been raised, and a property obtained
upon which the experiment will be made. We are
sanguine that this latter will succeed, and that the
cart of cultivating the article, as well Si the price it
wilt bring, ascertained beyond all doubt or cavil.
The hurricane of the 11th of July last has done
considerable damage to some properties, especially in
the Cagan and Nicola Town parishes
The news from British Guiana is not very import-
anL The law for introducing -the eopprr coinage of
Great Britain was working well. Tae ordinance re-
gulating the sale of bread had oleo oeme into force,
and seemed likely to give satisfaction. The game
may be said of the new franchise bill, which, accord-
ing to the Royal Gazette, has even satisfied the n-
asals. The Court of Policy, which baabeen actively en-
gaged on various immigration measures, adjourned on
Saturday la the 13 h September. The Immigration
Bills were, however, first passed. After much divot.
akin it has been resolved to renew Coolie immigration.
It seems determined to reintroduce cotton in De-
merera. and people appear sanguine as to their
general prospects. The governor (Barkley) left
on the evening of the 27th, on an official tour into the
Interior, in the neighbourhood of the Pomeroons,
his object appears to be the eettlement of the boundary
question, which is disputed by the Vemexuelians. A
tribe of Indians, numbering 7,000, claim to be British
rabincts; the Venezuelans any, " You belong tow."
Throughout the West India Island., there has been
an abundanto of rah:, and the crops are looking re-
markably wall. The French islands are still in a very
unsettled state ;at Guadeloupe they are still under
martial law.

In Bt. Kitt's, the bill for transferring the collection
of duties on imports from the Customs to the Treasury
has lately come into operation, and promises to work
well. The officers appointed by government have
all entered upon their new deities with activity and
seal, and there is no doubt of the new system giving
general satisfaction.
At St. Lucia, on the 113th ult. an official announce-
ment had been made to the effeet that the tax ordi-
nance for 1851, passed at the Honourable Board of
Legislative Council, bad received the approval of the
governor-in•chief, as • forerunner to its final confir-
mation by her Majesty.
By a government notice of the 13th, African immi-
gration to the colony was to cease for the remainder
of this year.

COMMERCIAL.
(From De Cordoca's MereastUe hstelliyenrer.)

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Acovar 26.

A rather fair amount of business has been transacted since
the departure of the Crescent City, at somewhat lower prices
than were current at that date. The receipts generally
la avian bean on a rather free scale, holders were forted to
yield la some measure to the demands of the trade.
The steamer from Southampton with the 2nd of August
mails, which, under the asw regulations, wu due here OA
the 23rd, came in one day beyond her time.