The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-04 00:00:00

JAMAICA.

Ttt legiiative sesrion was closed on the lst of Fe-
bruary. On that day the governor gave his anent to
the fa:owing bill, :
Tice as Steck and Trade, Certificates lowan! Interest,
Loth et 2100001., I: motto= of Steins Vessels frost all
Tooth:, Dnes. Treater of Parottial Expenditure, To re-
raLitt the lithciver li seal's Security, African Immicra•
um. To amend Militia Law, Is ai4 ot Conveyances of Ma
111111LUI IS, Alterman ia Midis' Cornwall Cow s, Proto e-
on t . Arr. norm, Corporal Punishment in certain
cram Am, n.lsd Criminal Law eArs(m), id aid 91 did
ef !iv Ordtherr. To fecilithte pummeling* before
Jasicr• is lati.eable dtfasem, To facilitate proceedings be-
lies Jortims en Seminary Co
Ha Fze:llrney then addressed both houses at mo-
derate and prorogued the legislature to the
12. h much. With refereLn to the diseensions
be: etc: LIN assent bruches of tLe legislature, he
mid:
Thin yews Iran soffiohl to convince the =net eager advo-
eam dt ',tenement, that lan-•. when ones established,
• r. to r. winded, without es free a consent of all
prie, cud with which they were made; and, at the
same t. a general etnviction ha. bees produced that if
the cltd.r.. ertich have taken place is the social and politi-
ca ot i. en GfJestaista sheuli be still Wendel by the sad
depress,:n *LA Ilse marked their tint introeinetthn, some
rtr:a•met.•...n.l. epos nand and egni edit principles,
of the 'setting public establishments most
m▪
eths .r. CZ .1t av•out. Another 'onion will pub .bly
open kinnoeiLes concurrence of opinion vine
Woe tam-'rant ants, ••• 4 the sorted &CU.'S' of all,
L • .-ditar'. pants may g rkaps scalds
Jima:the I. s:sta:rs to devise methods of renovating and
requite. in sew dented., it, prospects of the may
dNßire sal r.. eve i in,andeili who, without Sedate
i 411.3 of ththr own, save suffered from political muses a
»veto nt • wt...re. I insure von, with the utmost siacerity
ti.;* :•• u.d stf •ri infinitely more gratificstim to be
r. .14 is the accomplishment of that object, than to
t..• re; citation of a statesmea by the most profound
••r saki ;whey which sltnuld be without benefit or
- • •nn•c antergstwhnm my lite is passing e•vsy. And
uStain belief when I say that there is Go
ter( t .6a I hays de connexiGn with Jamaica
not be cheerfully sociamd, if it would be
, •
ta the revival of it/ ' rep city

acga.r.

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‘'s .hrefestnee to the leiisls:tion of the session he

ob,s rs I :
1 rev.y nnet that the rattan ani assembly have no
tom a' :a to &ITN ia passing a bill for evnisoyin4 conviction
t• b •coui ttc limits of the prig ,n malls, and, it
stsizasimy t4vk t.:ss -ssn tbe impetial set which is
m 'isaasia as the West lad:es Prison: Act, I canon!
. .

tut tbe o j•ri i•aas which are call entertained
La rf• it. are feu/gnu unreasonable ant czasoerated. It
rte ) the banilf of a governor very Lame power.

et Ttlir

to 4 ser..ie if there should b: oc-asivn ; but the act was
In Id.. tire in barbaires, sad, for flee ye ere, I had n tt c ere-
I.311!') :.,1'.11313'1:11 CO It in • single inranc.^, though I did
net a:v.ls sorer wi h the gaol commisronsn and the
mule:mei in their Tieing*. to prised discipline, and I see no
nom wr.y, hers, the ordinary and senora' superinten-
dence sod vntr,l of all prsons might not be
reetti is a board. leaving ustoucled the governor's right to
tce impert.il act, if it ehould become necessary. I
gat mry, a:eo. that a hill for appointing an additional officer
to cut::: and audit the aceiii.n's of the rectiver.general
c•u:d r. 4 tr mewl, as the objections to it do not apply Ce
Y.• o•aciple acd mein object of the hill, but only to the
worLidg et it. I hops that is the interval, between
Ltlr..e tad the ct which ordinary circumstances the
'..me me usually called trgether, you will give your con
vlora•-..te to thou. sod several otter legislative Isemarri
w`- . . _ _

Tar.'

.cm•om'rett ho brought Icrivird with rest ad
maestri whiel4, I would specially 'owe your
• to the prov:alias nn-de by the imperial parliament
*.e.t the sale of aneasthered estates is Ireland, by the
tire r: • .1.11 &12 Viet. e. 4i, sad 12 &13 Viet. c. 77.
Merniug Amnon! of the 7th February
restrk•, in relation t. the Mate of Parties during the
wait n:

se.ssen just terminated was narrandented for dun-
Ln. Livia, tor tinned Ivy 001117 five smooths, as well as for
toe vm.iett party feeling which manifested itself during the
greater porton of that period. It was the first in which
oresni-ed parses appeared in our &wieldy, and will be re-
memLered as rue in which, for a considerable period, every.
ttiee appeared to he sacrificed to party. And whet was re-
/118.1.11,44. the coloand mete.. re to a man were banded toge-
ther toying only two whites with them) in opposition
to lent appeared sin unwise end unjustifiable pro-
enure on the pert of the majonty. Bo clearly
eyed il..tiactly was the lice drawn between the
5" P. that, but for the two eznptiou men-
t. iced. a stranger would have been led to con.
ease that complealen, end not 'pinion, was the cause of
Clauses.. Nothing, however, would have been more in.
wrier than such a torclueion, inasmuch is complexional
s..tiecti•ns exercised no influence upon either party. Ind( ei
l" %elude to the circumstance to prevent any such being
drawn, from the fact which was patent to all, and the
remarks "nisch were made fowarda the very close of the
"...ion. respecting the admission of black men into tl.e
a•sfenbl- ; and partitulerly as some of the nnespondette
American journals allude In every pointed wanner to the
;mned members of our house. As might be 'spatted, and
as is generally the ease where there is much party feeling,
there is little work. Toe time was spent, it is very
eoseible it was not wafted, in disen.sions which,
coder ordinary circumstances, would have been devoted t 5
Ludlow. if the American Huns of Representatives could
514Ld dig weeks, or thereabout', is determining whether it
5t00.4 Lan a pro or anti-olairery Speaker, in consequence
el the anuses that Speaker would exercise in the appoint-
latit W tortoni committees, there is nothing, it may be
afresh surprising in the majority of the Jamaica Assembly
'Pniiinfr somewhere about 4 months in en ineffectual
mono* et Monies of the salaries of public officers, secured
Y'rfaultst laws--a matter. se they have declared, of vital
unl"o*.e.te—entl withholding the necessary supplies for
urqua ,•4 the government of the island. However we
may deseppme of the coarse pursued by the ma-
',ivy, et. ready we may he to condemn the attempt
vas rade, we mu.t admit that seldom has more
d'tmanatiori been manifested by any party of men than
Ly it. The efforts were made, MAW in so far as per-
'nuance meld entitle to suttees, they deserved it. We
arehowevir, fa the sake of the country, and the
credit et lie legislature, thee the attempt did not succeed,
"want, as it is difiicult to determine what might have
1,",1 Lb. result if it had. That a very severe shalt would
have 04411 given to the public cloak, and a mist den-
-0 "if` naseee set to the commusity, no one can doubt.
of pecuniary saving which might be effected
'444 tnentertmlence the moral injury to result from such a
the •• leaf eusseempleted, and brought forward under
lki-eitive appellation " retrenchment."
BRITISH GUIANA.
IL" session of the emplaned Court for 1849 wan
teed cn the 4th of frobroary by tho governor, who
611,,fed the following address on the occasion:
li.noaratil• Centimes of the Court of (leetlemen
eseaatui Itepressatative& —The primary object ot my
r." beteg accomplished by the pa•sing of the Tan
"mt. I have le announce the closing of the session of
"-* Lemnieed Court for 1819. The consideration of the
:160% to be taken for peccarieg a portion the peuliamentary
17t; ',""I the impertaiat collateral issues thence arising, will
14.
" 'Mond IMO men appropriately reserved for an
relay 41`411"mr7 as was held under somewhat
eireinostaze's mIMI and again in 11416. It only
heren to thank yon for the at attention which
71.4 hiit""ta4 W the awe" of the colony. 1

was out mistake's, I njoict• to find, in the anticipations which
1 expressed in my opining edit:, es, either as to your political
moderation, or as to your determination to support me In
plating the colonial revenue one.. more upon its proper foot-
ins. I now dreier.• the s salon closed.—linswr BAnKLY.
The other public movements of the for Light are
sufficiently apparent from the following abridgment
of the Alai Gazette's "Review for Home Headers :"
Oa Friday, the let of Fehruiry, a diseutishin of some
importance to 1 oblate of shares in tit. Dam Railway
Company took place to the °our!. The rciult. so far as we
can nod. ritand r, is, as regards the rallies, company, that
all which had been previously done in the Combined Court
relative to the prat bled Mau ce of C. 0,0001. to the company
was wahine on Friday. I. is sssy probable however, that it
will soon be reo.one ; so that the shareholders may comfort
themselves. The atmosphere of our 1. relative bathes is re.,
instkab!y uh,ct !creakiest changes of the wind, and sharp
squalls from u-exp.cted points of the compass; yet, upon
the whole, the beets' there is something hie the sea.
bre, se in tae tr pies.—pretty steady from one particular
quarter.
On the 31st of January a public mutilate wee held in this
city for the pr,inoti n (die:mike thin, Peter Row, Seq., in
the chair. The prourine t characteristic of the meeting was
the pas.ing of a retolutioo canine on the C,mbined Court to
apprvpri te the "largest powible emoubt " et the expected
parliamentary Inca of 210,0001. to ionnistation purposes.
We !waive it is the 'moils! wish of the community that the
largest share of the leas should bs applied to these purposes,
though certainly not what many perms maht c snider the
" largest possible ansonnt," 219.9991. 19s.
With re p. et to the loan awl!, an oppertuni•y will be
sffordA to the Comhiced Court on Thursday zest, the 7th
cfcon,emple•ing the lieledtties as win. as t-a pleasures
incidental to tbs. possession of the neon. y. By a pr.viesnatioa
Limed the day be:ore stet 'di), his Excel sissy the o.min:icor
has convened a sped -1 meeting of the Combined Court for
Thursday, " for the purpose of taking into eonsidera-
Mom the measures meets cry for obtaining" the loan,
as well as " other sped el matters of iniportarice." It is pro-
bable from what tr inspire t in tb • Citobined Court on k'ri-
day that the qu .vion respce'icg the advance of 50.0001. to
the railway cassin.y will constitute one of thew, special
Betters."

In our number of the 24. h will be found the report of
a enesmittee of the Combined Court app-iinted to report
to th.t hotly on the .sperlivney of renewing immigration
from )(misfire, and on what terms.
04 the 3ls. toe half- y-arly meeting of the British Guiana
Ban % took plAce in the b.nk parlour. The report of the di-
T,C4.11 CT the last .in months was r.ad and approved of.
Notwilsetanding the dope...stun of the times, the aff.irs of
the bank are in apr options way. The lir t profits f r the wiz
smiths en,*init the 31st Dee. last sure 30.848 dolt 79: Ut
this suns 20,346 dole. were apyli. d t. toe payment of a
dividend for the half year sr the rite of 4 per cent. per
annum, and the balance, 10,502 dols. 79:. carried forward to
the surplus and enstingeney lu .de. We wish the colony
would take a lessm from bsnit, and, Mowed of always
loMing for Laos to •tf.cs great puhlie purr lies, that is,
always locking to 'other persons for help, would think of
uvirg ma:ee, and of ereating surplus and stmzing.ney
funds. The pri fits of the British Goi. na Beek are moderste
enough, and it is not may years spies tim shareholders de-
Simons.. on er. sting such iun is; yct they already amount
to 139,71a5 dole. 69: , or ebrut Z,0,0001. sterling.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
J AVAIV%.—KINOIION. 14 7.
(Prom he tb.d.g.es Menus/air isr..lligese.e.)
Ns eha g.' of any ni anew ha. tottlat ft to the state of our
' markets since our lad repsrt. Receipt. hare generally trim mode-
rate, but Irate bus not improved in enstsrquenee, and operatittse are
still eurtlned to pa: Mara for immediate conouniption.
The Hume of Aseenilvly h a Just closed a fain .us and pi' iriceil
ressksn. Arnow the lost alto which rmeivol ilia . sent of the gi.
rernor was nee which will relieve all steam weasels arriving is our
poets of the payment of anima due,
Hrge.—anterisan toady is in good purply, and is worth 12s. to 4 Gs
per half bared.
Ilas to—erachen me scarce, but pilot is abundant and dull at our
List quotations.
erra.—American le dull at 7d. Irish hay been ?old at iota. to
lON. The demand f. very mature.
CANDI./ —Are generally inactive with a heavy flat. G's aml I2's,
lb. favourite sines, are taken at and usher corm at 6'd. per lb.
('use's.—Enalt.h sots at lod. Ole hundred bones American hare
changed h .ltde at fol. I Sc lb.
Cts V.V.—N.li* fairly At 3.A. to 41a. per InOlbs.
GING I a.—There is sat any yet at market.
Go.—.4issericsa is worth 2i to 3 per cent.; Colurohian Doubloons
I per cent. en lb dole.; and Spanish 11 per cent. us IT dull.
11%166—Three hundred Westphalia have changed hands at lid.
per lb. We bays not anything to report of other alviscripaun..
Lean.—The very heavy amply at market presents any nee In the
price of this article. small sale. °sly arc effected at pr.c s ranging
from 4d. to 31d. per lb.
11.6crwom —is waltz 360. to 40p. ter ton.
?UM-I.lllml varied in priessianee our
last.

l'lmaseo readily at 1.1. prr h. It it, genera II) held for 41.1.
Pt %/4-3C bass H. E. have been moeed at Fn

IbaK V-
scanew tlerrrtilie:t,hni no improvement ha.
occurred m prges. Mesa is worth 61.4., and prune 3a.to 5 b. ptv
harreL
Itur..—The mart since our last have brn 2,100 toga Coring% at
9.. hl., 11., hip floe white at Ma. r 1., in b ,ml, and 210 ham whit,.
Bengal at Its. ILd., duty pia. We h4ve not anything to report of

Rts.-11411.111 ■re whin la. per gallon, prnof 21, foe consumption,
but s Ilea cannot efff eted Iru ly at tlist rate. We bare rime
learned, that kw a lot of P. puncheons, .1. I Id. Las ben acxpled.
Per lisnon denswden 61. parcel. f..e esportatiou.
tal/IP.—We quote Ifierte'e Islb•. at la•. to 1, a. Gd , Silo.. Feather at
lla dd. to 12t., Wea crows at 134., acid 26Iba at lie. 6d. Irish i.
usesleable.
6t oat I. impeoyinef, and rashes at poi. to :OA. net :6011/4..

Ton teem—%'e have not been told dam optr;tionv in tblo article.
Tb• hied price of m noitc ur.J, c...invequent on the inere...ed dude*,
inaterial4 .ditetY con•uwp:ion.
Excit smite Lim...v.—Jamaica and Colonial hanks: 9) day.,
1 per ant. prem.; 60 dpi, 11 per cent. Kern.; days, 2 per cent.
prem.