The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-22 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL.

The royal West India mail packet Clyde, Came-,
Moss, arrived at Southampton lad night, and lauded'-
her mails under the charge of Lieut. Scriven, its
Admiralty agent. Her dates are: Vera Cruz, Aprii
15; Tampico, 13; Haeannah, 27; Honduras, 10.
Jamaica, 21; St. Jag° de Cubs, 18; Demerara, pi:
Trinidad, 20; Barbados, 28; Antigue, 30; me,
tinique, 29; Grenada, 22 ; Porto Rico, 28 ; Ls Cagy.
22; St. Thomas, May 1; Bermuda, 8. Among tr,.o
cargo are 415,770 dollars from Vera Craz and 'fam.
pica, of which 70,033 are on account of dividend;
gold, 5,708 dole.
At Jamaica, from whence it will be seen, we have
by the Cambria, dates nine days later than those
brought by the Clyde, the aspect of affairs we,
improving. Owing to an increased demand for cofke,
several estates that had been thrown out of cultivation
were to be reworked. An improved method, of
most important character, for the manufse.ure of
sugar, had been discovered. Crops were very pm.
wising; that of sugar estimated at 40,000 hhde. The
island remains healthy, but the heat was very great.
Business was languid and inactive.
Commodore Bennett, of her Majesty's ship Imsure,
had been mulcted in 51. and costs, for a libel, at tte
suit of Captain Brown, of the sloop Elizabeth.
The Jamaica markets are quoted under the liter
dates brought by the Cambria.
The accounts from British Guiana allude to the
commencement of a series of meetings on the subject
of colonial reform. Petitions are to be sent to the
Queen, praying for the establishment of an cloctive
Council and House of Assembly in lieu of the existine
political institution. The combined courts had
brought the financial business of the edony to a clo,s,
and the estimates had been duly voted. 'roe cwt
likewise passed a resolution for suppressing the she.
rtfiship of the colony, but retaining the office of KC
pnisne judge. This me Intion is directly antagonistic
to the express recommendation on the subject frun
Earl Grey. The weather had been very wet du- rag
the fortnight, but improved a little just before the
packet sailed. The excessive moisture of the weather
had been seriously detrimental to the Trope. 'Pc
proposal to introduce money oreers HIM the \Vest
Indies had been refused by the postmaster-general.
Barbados dates are to the 28th alt. Several atdi.
tional fires had taken place in various parts of the
island. The long drought was broken on the Po h
of April by heavy rains, bat the weather had aga'a
become dry, and vegetation was Checked. The gc-
vernor-general was on a tour through some of the
smaller island..

The letters from Trinidad to the 20th of Apr
lude to the marriage of his excellency to the ria,:J! • r
of the Venerable Archdeacon Cummins. Gila! •• -
eities were in proa•css to celebrate the marra.r..
Public meetings had taken plive. The authorities
decided on employing convicts on pubic weals.
few sbo•.cers h.d fallen in the i-laud, and the cr.?
was advancing, but the clues we•e not P 3 produ,-:re
as last pear, and there will probably be a deficiency of
3,000 or 6,000 hhels.

A publ:c meeting to promote colonial ream her
been held at Port of Spin, ai.d petitions to tke home
government were adopted. praying for a constitie:
similar to that proposed and approved of for thi.
of Good I lope. Business dull.
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Antigua papers notice the decease of the Hov.
Horsforth. Several incendiary fires on sugar
had taken place, and a reward of 500 doll•irs t:
been t ffreed for the apprehension of the offend...
Drought still continued to exercise a prejudici-1 tett:
on the prospects of the island.
St. Vincent w •s suff•riug severely front dr•-•c,}.,
and the crop will fall short of the quantity pr.
last par.
We have correep-ndence from Havantah t,
27th ult. The cholera was diminishinc, and "e
cues yielded more readily to medical treatmec•.
The authorities had made every exertion to proisr.i.
the spread of the pestilence by precantionaty ce • -
sures, and had in addition provided suitable ace r.:-
modation in various districts of the city for the
ception of acd attendance on persons attacked 7
the malady. It had not penetrated the interim.
the island. Owing to un'avourable weather, it w;
expected there would be a considerable redu:tion •-
the yield of the sugar-crop fr,,m the quantity cr-
ginally calculated upon. The prices of sugar hat
been firmly maintained, with higher rates on we
descriptions. Coffee quite nominal. In freights, tree
sel were abundant, and rated lower than reporte'
Exchange on London, II per cent.; Pati9, 2 to 3
count ; New York and Boston, par.
Her Majesty's brig Helen, Commander de Caurey.
touched rocks near Bermuda, on her voyage from
Havannah, on the 26th of April. The guns ar.d •i •
having been taken out, t-ho was salt ly go,. into
George, atter receiving assistance from the navy
of that place.
The intelligence from Mexico brought by this ven.Ll
has been anticipated.