The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-19 00:00:00

GUIANA.

The followirg abstract of the fortnight's news is
abridgrd from the Royal Gassa 'a " Rector for
Rome Readers :"
Mine- the departure of the last packet on the 3:b ins,. the
question ut immigration in general, and of (wile immigra-
tion in particular. has attracted the chief par, ot public
attention. Three biro on this subject Iwo introdece Iby
the Attorney. U serat into the Court at Policy at its metnicg
on the Stli, These were, firstly. a bill to r. pilots and en-
courage impair/Tattoo, that is to say. upon immigration trans-
rally ; seeuedly, a bill to provide for the suh•istenre and the
morel and religious instreetion of Duels raptured Aquae* as
the Hight Hon. the Secretary of B:ate for the C010149=4
honour us with ; and thirdly, a bill for the encouregemeat
of Chinese immigration. These hills passed their tint and
second resuiogs on that thy. However, upou the next
meeting of the court, which comurrel upon •he I Ith, it ap-
peared di sirehle to the legislature still farther to subdivide
the legislation on the rather perplexing 'flint et of intestgrim
tion ; and the result was, that while the second and third bills,
those respecting Africans and coolies, were allowed to remain
uneffeeted, it was sgreed that the tint, the general hill,
should be wi hdrown, referred back to the Attorney .oeneral
assisted by the committee of the elective section of the court
appointed some time ago to consult and co-operate with that
honourable and learned gentleman in the preparation a
these important measures, and divided into three distinct
bills, the tint to relate to the dutiis of the Immigration
Agent Gent ral ; the second to coolie immigumion, and the
third to Portuguese ditto.
On the 11th instant, the College of Electon sent up to the
Court of P they, in compliance with the proclamation of hie
excelleocy the 0-veruor, two names, those of Mr. Urisige
I Booker, • large landed proprietor and a leadiig merchant
of this celocy, and of Mr. James Stuart, on• of the tonna
members of the legislature, to supply the vanney in that
court, occasioned by the resignation of the lion. William
13tanch Pollard, temporarily spoointed to till the °dice of
Financial ACCOUntalli of British Onions. The choice ot the
court tell on Mr. lidoker, who is accordingly the new
member.
The railway 'company are rapidly proncdiog with the
works on their line. On the 7th of next month a fresh me-
deo will he opened from Button to plantation Norrtreil,
which is four or rare estates further on. The section from
Bet gentle, to Buxton was optill nedoot on the 14thlong Marc
toh
last. At this rate the eompaty w be very
mashing the terminus at Manama.
A new sort of an arrival has taken plate here an Ameriern
steamer, the General Zachary Taylor, bound from New York
to California by way of Caps Horn. Herb ing aat of cote
Br her voyage his led to our being honoured with this ',to,.
Bike. coming here, where we have no doubt she will get ss
mach fuel as she wants, she called in at C. yens. ma
Seriaam, at neither of which places she could obtain cosh.
The weather has been rather dry during the locolehn
and, from the one or two thunderstorms we have had. an
early cheese of mason may be augured. N.-thiog Cad
ha mon auspicious to the planters than such weather as the

present.
Cowan Imistoattiots.—A petition on this enblt CI, 01'
meronaly &al reepettahly eigsed, has beta got up wattle the
last few dem sad will be preeented, we umientathl, to the
Court of Pulley ow Monday next, tile 22nd instant. Ills
Myer of the petition, we are informed. embraces
tiro two ob-
jects; the , that an end be pot to any further twinehe °0
immigratices; end the 'mond, that a statement be pund
for general information of the oust of those Coolies sites 4
Imported, and of the number now in the coleoy.