The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-18 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC
MAILS.

r, PIUDAT.

The Atrato has arrivod with the West India and
Pacific mails. Her dates are—Jamaisa, March 26;
Demerara, 26 ; Trinidad, 26 ; Colon, 26; St. Thomas,
April 2. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value
of 447,168 dollars in gold, besides 242,643 dollars in
silver. She brings 139 pusencfers, amongst whom
are the Bishop of Antigua an Mr. Stevenson, the
late governor of Belize.
On March 27th, at Port Royal, Jamaica, were
H.M.'s ships Imam, Termagant, Tartar, and Victor.
The Falcon and Arachne sailed on the 24th on a
cruise. March 16th, at Belize was H.M.S. Arab;
she was to leave in a few days for Havana. March
19th at Oreytown were H.M.S. Comma, Archer, In-
trepid, and Pioneer. The Orion at Pearl Rey.
March 27th, at Barbadoes was H.M.S. Eurydice.
At St. Vincent was H.M.S. Brilliant. April 2nd, at
St. Thomas was H.M.S. Basilisk, from Bermuda,
waiting for the mail from England. H.M.S. Indus,
tiag-ship of Admiral Stewart, had arrived at Ber-
muda; and the Boscawen, Admiral Fanshawe, had
sailed for England. Of the Pacific squadron was
the Monarch at Valparaiso, refitting; at Panama
was H.M.S. Eak; H.M.'s ships Tribune and Pearl
had left for China; the Eak was to follow immedi-

itchy.
From Jamaica we learn that a proposition to send
British veesels to the coast of Cuba, for the purpose
of purchasing slaves and converting them into free
labourers under contract for a certain number of
years, has been seriously entertained.
The inhabitants of Kingston complain of the
riotous behaviour of men-of-war's men who infest
their streets.

• Ja~aiaa Railway bad been temporarily
clasp% in ensequess of the necessity of erecting a
new bridge over the Rio Cobre, which is in course
of andrnition. The line has since been partially
reCillag drought in man parts of the Wand has
been penbastire of serious . The Falmouth
Post asp it will have the effect reducing the crops
in the pariah of Trelawny, which were expected
to be abundant, considerably below the estimates.
The inhabitants of Falmouth are consequently
suffeat distress from want of water ; and
soe SiSig Mowing under severe sickness, it is sup-
cZylkes the use of impure water. Sbncilta-
with the drought, and perhaps in compe-
-1 qualm of it, is the existence of a murrain among
ands. Beef, and that of very inferior quality, has
rhea from 6d. to 71d. per lb. in the town of
itiosdani sass
bTs nosy nos pen se a nem of drought
its
e.. ▪ lam Ned go wry mach fear its
siegeefil="Memly7 •Mitstlie amp of sad year. We have
band elms@ arena It hes Us Inn to sat
bus nabiF et mma , *Web dr of bat
year were l rampleatblee . boar topem.* dee stook.
Am jet teem
maxme eta image at emalber. They
lea bmems Maw ell arnbaint up ; fed
tunas inn dm In we sely anslavVitt
we
crop al 111114, weft la Mee beam levy largo, be
blew the band aerspia
.Be Ordure* Isslghipmew gives the following
apistadsns et the Ismairs markets :
Ordee Im bat am babe 404 Sem @army car
pika.t.Wilk.CAGY, AA pm
;wo bar el Wu at 44. to lb. 44. mad b. AL
, Mud N. Ilealtra puNblted ; melee
at to aim Is y. Tobacco—Dgity,
100Ibs., Ha.; Wa
=VP* as Ovule beim at Lathea,
Jambs awl 00.A4 a 0 Am, t pee NEL pers. ;
MI I ea& preo.; 30 dspa, 11 Is rest. pram. ;
r.
The papers are banes of intelligence.
Many sensoneb continuo to be oared on the anti-
slavery spersournt for the suppression of the African
slave teach to Cuba. Captain Readers submarine
telegraph wee under discussion.
In Onanda, the labours of the legislative session
bei twelesileg in two days, during which period
the gamy Mil, initiated by the executive council
was pseud in a house composed of a majority of
executive councillors. One feature of novelty in the
bill consists of the imposition of a land tax.
The agricultural prospects were " bright and pro-
mising. The weather was rather wet for sugar-
making. All over the country the cry is, " too math
for resent purposes." Proprietors were on the
anxious look out for the arrival of the ship Maid-
stone", with the first instalment of 350 coolies, em-
barked at Calcutta.

In the absence of Mr. Eyre, the government of
St. Vincent will be presided over by Mr. Walker
the Colonial Secretary of Barbadoes. The inhabitants
have been congratulated on this appointment
Captain Raasloff's project for submarine tele-
graphic communications with the United States and
England had been submitted to the Assembly of An-
tigua. A bill had been introduced for giving legis-
lative encouragement to medical men to reside in the
rural districts. The Chief Justice and the Grand
ivy bad been discussing the subject of the treatment
of Obesh criminals; the Judge, noticing the fre-
quent recurrence of the offence, seemed to think an
alteration of the present system of punishment ad-
visable.
In Dominica the weather had been exceedingly
wet accompanied by high winds, principally at
night The manufacture had emiently been
much impeded, whilst the yield of • mine matter
was reported considerably leis than it would other-
wigs be.

Sugar miffing was
_proceeding briskly at Marti-
▪ Gai the p ofia the tinkle tbe islaNd lad
nem to SU ant 1k IL per cwt. The ifeimileur
Lad Doting a New prodoetloa at the name alas
sm y
of the rweedea. et a Ida of spirits dedahated
de
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T Ik;dsl lielmin, of ka side, isgilded, weebek Ned
"elps( ad behave in* • shoe. Ti. sediment Is hoe
setimillell to lareler are, le maea Wee. mil
le to be to heirmleeketlibr4
with Iregrithael Idlepememe Ph" le Mal
wpm The hemmeletkm meapher h eight or tea dbye,
ash IMPIN • bligerimme (sleet met.) dwells% ea an:
nee
_et 4le Ares (shoot es saw geed@ MOM h eb-
ed an eati•ak-ei. drool quay sod appeoble
With regard to DIONTO2S, we tabu the follawing
ham the Bora Omens
7110 kr the yew leg, has beta eaboitled le he
Covet et May, yeatersmemy to he hit Whoa the Cur
blest Clot hileasseks
emast dee espeehluse t..hfidol at IIUUWiIt
The ebehmtore se" km" essy, hes mead to mesh It
the elly, sled &sahib ef birth me Weed le iamb wig
trees hip pet It Me ism' lo mese et he aserwy
ttrtoto, swift cs the art sorb het
title endeally tying
out. la &Mee the eplimele Ime esene, sad Slat
sonar/ is =rib free tem
• phis h be bit bare te hhe hie emaidere.
lies the memo he eilegist hr ebeldbilhe irwWr
vitihb edit at pooh b ermallei a ardit immigrant
th=telerobe Or i. wit. :isthe
=.l.l.ldirsitstisk Theetteasa, lsis
Ley es
Imes Nil la the wml=44' issr mitivetel tea is-
Whoa embeheattem eta wally wadi le use but he Sea
Lint halt, raw hieo mama be Mhos het r het
wive bdoelesei awl selliveled hen we abseil hei it
era se limb es dirt poluell be the lh ui ales
le pees le the imam Nobs of the theism
Theater" as lemeteme seethe et ebemlessi shim ether
ha this ahoy, latish he lees& Y. • lige
et mlitheeim ot mow Inas
mild and lobar shell Lee la edieleat
these tab seila be memarted into
tiVieeltes Mb. while end Mai mow
be le he 'Mesita et het cammeilly is Si.
rad wade We` eh many, mei he melds.
ere searglesed Se may et tree embeehies,
aspedsily hem Akin, woe fennel. we ae heiballes
ia GO& a*we we rl tehisely aist Ihme well be se
elliselity whit* asemad thst et the Inset
mai*. le met he whim oldie Imerhiallumwe
416111 MM Thillees.
The ewer *obis. lea hatelde les eamilmil met
eel alb The Falun arse bow eellest wish hem the
se
haw elemist=mt embeelthy awl elf=
Ike hie. whisk prom
ClTllibe hair ams, Om webs grew sod the ewer at
cellledha is msoi the preepset et
▪ shwa dimblebol. The vadat les
the
wet hr swag yr% mod dm is se at
the preesst time deny el Wilier by this
throat the year is mealy die dry seams.

Three hundred and ligliteen am& immigrants
Lan returned to Calcutta in the Bice Jacket from
Dements.

The exports at Demerara during the previous fort-
night amounted to—Sugar, 1,522 Mids. 7 tree.
329 brls. 360 bags ; rum, 752 puns. 259 hhds.
93 brim. ; molasses, 433 puns. 8 blob. 9 brim.
50 molts ; rice, 8,737 bags ; crackers, 164 brls.;
nuts, 100; butter, 20 firkins ; pork, 6 brls. ; coals,
842 toms; merchandise, 835 packages ; 3,61:0 cocoa
nuts.

Fyhts are very low. Sugar Is. 6d. to Is. 9d.,
at 2 . to 3d. Produce is very scarce, and the
supply of tonnage ia overabundant. Several ;meek
have been obliged to go away in ballast. Trade
among the merchants is dull.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer
New Granada, Capt. Strachan, arrived aaluanchaco
on the 14th March from Valparaiso on her way
to Panama, with the semi-monthly mails for Europe.

At Huanchsno were the Peruvian war steamers
Tumbes and Loa, belonging to Vivaneo and the
revolutionist party.

The mails and cargo brought by the New Granada
for Huanchaeo were sent ashore in a boat. The boat
was intercepted by the Peruvian stesmers, and the
mails and cargo put on board the Loa. The captain
of the New Granada at length went on board the Loa
and found that the mail and packages had been opened
by the revolutionists. After a remonstrance, the cap-
tain of the New Granada proeseded on his voyage. He
was followed by the revolutionary steamers, and at
the next port the New Garda WY boarded by
sixty armed revolutionists free tis Peruvian we:-
steamers, and they demanded Nosey, arms, and
ammunition, which they diedarsd ware on board the
New Granada for Castilla's party. The captain of
the mail steamer ref to give up anything, the
revolutionists took bores what they demanded.
They then broke open the treasurer's room, and took
away 32,000 dollen.

We have noeirod, by Imo of Lieut. Payne,
the Adak.* agent of the Atrato, the following
narrative of Ms affair, write= by a gentiman who
was on board the Now Granada:

The Palle Ohm Nearellea Clareeee art New
Cherile mho& M Herrin IS the 141 E a Mark, a
nortrikaa Tdoedee to Perms wildt Ile staireathly
Ira aid rm.= he Ikasp,. Oa. At est the
Meet Mai the Puui err alum rade part et war
Tarsi aid Lae. It web be se well le mare
that tier male Ara yea of as Pawl= squab= dist
lave bard he the arebillsaia er Tiaras par. who
two aberela•a erathrow the aria proara
Pau. Tfr arida et are lea rad kr lira-
dace war bat the paha as IN weasmer, la
boa entkaa era. Oa lb ray heft dr Ma Oda
this bat re baweepled by as Peradia oftemes, owl the
ma sad pampa at are hares lest be La. Mr tha
fur the paean habit Whet. Orr
_Steedra Ohs
comareaur are New east is air dr Lae to
=igethe mem at the e letallia. sad to Ids ems
btadi drit the mat ea airs bat beat opera sad
tsmarbeil abort the Parka Orem Net daft
art might be the ant asp hba, be atonal le hie dip
awl peewit 1111 Wlt ,pan del soos
arm Ilhe New e tere tbe Nye-
visa dreers follosed. aid mad breare, pried the
p•aiM 172 the ail; ea they were Ira et
the art pea. ea be Naval tare la
abs
morlirw3g. et bag Oder the Now Omsk rebored, filw
besoilml by taw at aid bur mated by era Way
tor. vb. peeped ea bead be deem, ariesd
ed aelbar. A mem drawl rya alter, sal
is earrail et the rely poseai lowerat logrrowlT
tolb. Paradat to retie a Ibt sada Feder a the
err air he Maria. abeam as
eau away,
=I eariallba br OureltitrilWeletty. Orate
adapt le Ove got madded to his •
alb to age rifts rebel as proceedings. The 1
arm IMINNINI belpealitt the crab, by
oats, 4111 i to lit OM be wham se rata dearest, •
rad Mary el he veal nub% zed read allow
Orals Sari= as are dna It, mbar le Ore It him.
=iteases air egret wee pir el seer the whoa
to parr sierbearelph. Nsads
Oa abroad the earn It wasq to mien Ms asking
eta twat *Raptor! thet be ha t are alba up the
bed Itatald. Oa Caplan Illbodra reit taw
ben up Vidar ray were aired be leer
aai de bar" eat by Ira Ire the goods they dirt.
lathe I mueslis, lib's Ira deemed ee ahem hart thew
who 'ay is to dr blambles is the etawatte bar, se
etattre ad area Abaft to odir ea moat ha re-
arm Aeddeer pasty the
liclizol=ar them, the ricer%
dr= el .fte tremor room.
Crab ilbetra bra to said, to hie a-
ria A pat, IPSO boawtaal dors, babe brierati
a wady, rt be berm Ira Ara bad rm.
to the vase et AM Mhos wee her lat up sail In
the bar. The Fag beam laird air swan
tab Gib bparete. Ihe shear wr Ara to pneeed
e• arem Oa uMobp et Paha Orate daadra lade
•h
ddea bane be &ash aria rasa the whole
tromerb

We ban sews ken the Bann of Panama to
the lII* that the President aad Coven of New
Onside had refund =dryly to negotiate with Mr.
Morn respetng the matters upon which he was
031111EdIalleti to present the demands of the United
!Melee rwerament. All communications are at Fe-
nn see= till an answer in received from the
United

A letter fume Violas, in the Nord of Brumela,
mays "The itneienbeeei eilhilen, which will open on
the 9th May, pnatiwe to le very .leed; it will bet to the
27th. The nowther el NW mewls Ineribei to the 13th
amounts So 11,2110. ob ilml9llmoodosiomos,
the moat etelasetM Pegtewi, Feettes, a leiMixtriZ
take pert in the of opicodtoral todavoisio."

A letter ban Most% in the 44 swingy Gazenf,
or :—*. aconite le ess from Thurso, la Alban*
W Tomah Imp oirogol to sou* Its ON Ilea who Now
miloosomoi to Arab toryttogta the any Novo bow (silty
stools olue2.o.vidium Thoy Moo mini la tale Mathes
oleo sad Ltorturos cotoptlloil tttoot to rooks
Yawn Iwo tam
Moo sob ire wood c:= sediemost TIC

phriorA ia et the states of Notre
fiTianisid b to le bold Warm* of coneme, at
Latrisosureeretbs the rteioa, to to oborey
Y the Wen. The Journals of Pay
SA
Melo Ihatlho Si dike sow sawed to
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UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL _OF THE ARAOO.

The A;sg;,Caited BtatesTiairsiesEne;, arrived
off Cowes yesterday on her way to Havre. She
left New York on the 4th instant, and her news is
therefore two days later than was brought over by
the City of Baltimore, and published on Wednesday.
The New York &wrier owl Enquirer of the 40t
instead has a Were hem its Washington own-
Weikat.e_7llo 8170 t_ _

The Mill imme hoe heir so prepedlha that
ef the Vast e meele4 he es- tilloshe slime
spied Mr, with *fee etirseitig the etweity awl
sewhig le I Minimal thee Lod Mph, bee hid
wow of
views of hie preenesme Mhos the Ikeeseary
of NON sad has seed* es tsphesiles of polky
ell* the rheishin • Irak= pervehts Is taped I
lie We moiler hehelhe have hiss bowie
the Ihmsfrese esil the Mr • seer Castes. It le ite•
heed rat the Milt preersawal entertain se there of
espert await espeeelis. sal meewsplehe se ems-
thee Imbibe le the pielleles of the mike, whether h eco•
est TM Ihmket eppedifesM his awed seise= he
thelhormbeeined 'Miss. Oar hareem is emesics
with Chime Mike ere peed: ocemewki. We hay
operate whh the Ilea le adds point, to the owl OF
wisp•awe eallefessty admilles el the *hie est deerbesta It A set be the _
pipes
d der
=whether that the. But for the eoples
le
ftleilles doer mad %roe ist the llemers wee
wag be semerp. This aptly iseihst la the town et
Kr. Ilwahneefe esselhe Sadstie theikeir he wishes d
the issemesileeks la hie leerstol s,
Wahl patios of the eeephe la the TimMimm te the
MMiep-
hett of the shy for the prelseles Sidi ego s-
hrew

On the other hand. the Washington correspondent
of the Nay York liferslii, who ppeaes to be the
anther of the rowers above regseusd to. says :
Oa the mind et Mr. R. J. Weiser to.. sem asps
Lead Marko enght a iskirdoir u biz, sad
hie miens here that in Praire wend bobs 11.. axis
to the met of plaskintnissy M Mimosa flat be maid
=:‘ awl leek enagla "M Mel air she the
geensment pest and wield Min be
mostampleele to the hortesde stlneleed. In re-
bat=permed to he penes/ la Mill, his lord-
ill pow Mr. Walker adlikiweed to the
theeef
Plena oiledieleallea MINA whet aired hilt the China
se Anemic views in mire lwormwrg with
the Mit goventant ; and declared id the
&Mk govommat were willing to , make the ptheal-
Ilse thinks set kWh the basis at a
witk China, mil each sho was the d=literrhe
French goverment. This , odd te be a preidanso
of smirked AWN widely be
Arm,
has error been end when. kw, awl ken whams
the British goonsweet alltaleal the espy lasanhei to Loci
Napier is en hatieweing weirs. Elmo eel limy It
wensw—if either of Om ewe mad the pigiw—nere
to
"wash oat"
being nest thet time
in washing on" fist palition ammonia In the
Notes. Mr. Willies anise le Laid Meier were of mein
limited to the grad= d ipmetal imbions am to Ms pity
white all the ciewmorebl rims et the Old World and the
Umbel Slane shad Anne ebb rowel to the Chime
and to meek ether. Lord glegier the sen* aa interview
with Onset Can epee the aslant ti day or two atw-
itter it became remenroil Mr. Welker wee to
be the 00,11111111111. 111 Kansas, his lordship
hullaurivate aware" at lie Pendent, to whom he
hie China kind hey awil with peat aussetnies,
sad mied belisi al the hewn nos that Mr. Walker
coal do massy awe br the sans= of the sari,
awl " the met at " by rim le Chia inn he *saki
to the amenedis of is Undid Males by going to
Ewan The enten esiaM vitt waft eneept
thet the Chios emotion w me of wimoious
sod weld be egrat pest ecooldenisa at ars enlyValat,
it is spew, elm, Met he emembet drily remmind that
Was was warther government blebs these of England,
Foram and the UMW and as that had always dis-
played biendehly and libmity towards this country (he
max* Messes, Seers), whose Interests, that could not be
Imbed WI writ brightener, were deeply involved in this
laic ieyond that he should form the moat liberal
COMININIRIiII aely towards Chios, but all nations;
milbe begbilithis lordship would communicate any
fteeded to make freely and fully to the
C=Mof seats. threat Walker meet inopportunely got
sick Übe rat day, and lb. Walker was appointed Governor
of imam awl Ma acespeed, but does not nave the Atlantic
tttetr for Ms new poet till sbont the middle of Me 7. In
cc of Cheers! Caefs illness, nothing definitive has
be=e: to the Chinese mission.

The New York Herald, upon the same subject,
observes :

It may be 1M111,114 as a point estabrulted, that whatever
course the administration rooolves to ptuvuo, soc=tpailizt:
with the maritime powers °odd under auy
take plans before the rotating of Cooper. The declaration
and makisg of war is "a matter rosewood to Coagyeas by the
coustitutiou ; the Executive as only defend the life and
property of anisette. If these are attacked, Mr. Buchanan
will protect them; eau toad a first elms man with a large
Soot to the Chian mhe ma ; but for anything mon, our European
tries& mum wait tin December.

The same journal asserts that Mr. Buchanan did
materially change the Dallas-Clarendon treaty from
the form it had assumed in the Senate. His object
has been to make it conform as nearly as possible to
the American interpretation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, and at the same time to exclude all pretence
of sovereignty or protectorship on the part of Eng-
land. With this view all ambiguous language has
beam struck. out.

tiouTplan of Governor Walker for the pacification
&Immo ham the concurrence of the President and
abbot, who feel confident that he will succeed in
=fficitlelitja•• g. the difficulties that have hitherto
We have a rumour from St. Louis that 150 filli-
busters are about leaving that city for New Orleans,
to join an expedition being fitted out in the latter
city for the invasion of Costa Rica, thus relieving
Walker by directing the attention of his enemies in
another direction.
A heavy gale on Lake Michigan, on the Ist inst.,
did a great deal of damage among the shipping. A
despatch from Chicago states that six vessels were
wrecked along the shore in that vicinity, and fifteen
lives were reported lost.
A meeting of coloured people was held in Phila-
delphia "to consider the atrocious decision of the
Supreme Court in the Bred Scott case, and other
outages to which the coloured people are sub-
Vm‘t under the constitution of the United States."
arious speeches were made, and a series of resolu-
, tions adopted.
The New York Chamber of Commerce have ap-
pointed a committee of twelve shipowners to in-
quire into the alleged cruelties to seamen on board
American merchant ships, and to adopt measures for
the suppression of the abuse.
Lord Napier has sent to Mr. Cass a letter from
the Earl of Clarendon, conveying a tribute to the
heroism and humanity of the two surfmen, John
Jones and John Parker, who lost their lives in their
efforts to rescue the crew of the British barque
Tame, of Newfoundland.