The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-28 00:00:00

JAMAICA.

From this colony the p,,litical (ie. the local pen-
tad) news is nil. Of the weather end the visits of
gold diggers who touch in passing, the Dor:telt
speaks as follows:
Ws may lay claim to respectable seasons to be repotted
by this day's mail, and, on the whole, the country is pros
porous. There has beon very severe weather iu Blue
Mountain Valley and Bt. Thomas in the Bast. The
weather on the 12th inot‘rit was bleak end pinching,
such as our friends at home would sceicely bel,eye sal
they felt it even. The same thing occurred about
the same time last year. The tines in the favoured
parish,. look very we 11. and promise an abundant bar
vest. The own., of 0 lien, grove and his noble companion
have both been affected by the fever of the country, tout hey.
shaken it off ; and although they are now perfectly tare,
report says they are 01 the wing for the lees green h• lis to
the Beni in 131eff ik. It was a pity they took up their. quar.
ten at such a place as 0 olden-grove, being new comers.
Wealthy end splendid, and abounding in the luxuries co
the isle, yet a wind Moss hut in the mountains would hone
been a more ceitain guarantee for health. The et• enters
from Amerisis and .rons Europe contittui to flock in.
Tne gold-diggers, prepared for the return of a ring, are
returning to the di.gings by hundreds, and every packet
brings from a million to one and a ha!' million of &Atari
They will resume work with renovated energy, and good
luck to On m.

The " owner of Golden-grove and his noble corn-
pinion," are Mr. Arcedeckne and the Earl of Dur-
ham, who, following the example of the H tn. Mr.
Stanley, is resolved t r Noe the col my with his own
eyes. The Colonial Standard contains a further 0)-
tice of the movements of the earl and his companion,
and gives a broad bin.. to ab•ecte: p:oprietors, which
they would be a ise to attend to :
Our travellers, who proceed this morning ( Feb. 22), to
the Havannah in the strum• r, will prAithly r. vii this city
by the same versei's return, end will proceed hence en a
'rip to Mexico, and from th.ne t through the U..i•ed State,
to Canada, on a visit to th- Earl of Durham'. sister. the
Coum'e•s of Elgin It may n.t M amiss here to mention a
circumstance highly cr ditahle to the charscter of the youth-
ful proprietor of Golden grove Wale. B f .re 1 sting the
property, Mr. Arcedeckne deposi•ed in the hands of Mr
Forbes, his Wortley, t e sum of one hundred rounds, to be
di ttt ihuted in clothing sod coin among the old end infirm
p. oplei who were formerly slaves on his e►tate. Sum han act
deserves to be recorded, in justice to Mr. Arctdeckne, but it
is of the more settle because it Of Hs a striking example of
the benefits which a periodical visit from the absent propel'•
tors of large estates in the colonies would confer.

Ti judge by the tone of the newspapers, the good
f ats of Jamisva are not mu.-.. 4 enamoured with the
prospect of self-evirnment, and still less with the
prospect of having to pay for they own defence and
clergy. The offered patronage and a4voc ley of the
Col•mial Reform Association is rather coolly r e,ived;
with less of enthusiastic gratitude than the Associa-
tion probably ex pi cted.