Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-01 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIES.

In yesterday's publication we supplied our readers with
a telegraphic summary of the news per the La Plata.
We are now in possession of full details of the same.
The yellow fever had greatly decreased at St. Tho-
mas's, but there was still some cases among the shipping.
Mr, Brooker, fifth officer of the Clyde, had died from its
effects. La Plata has had no sickness throughout the
♦oyage. Just previous to the arrival of the steamer at
St. Thomas's, and during her stay there, Dr. Schuyler,
the medical officer of the ship, administered to the whole
of the crew from 6 to 15 grains of :quinine as a pre-
ventive. _ _

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The_ steamer brings 100 passengers, and on freight
2,222,364 dols. in specie (of which 1,697,777 dols. are in
silver, and 524 587 dols. in gold), platina value 360 dols.,
pearls value 250 dols., and a cargo consisting of 169 serons
of cochineal, 11 serons of jalap, 123 cases of cigars, 138
bales of tobacco, 35 casks of coffee, 111 bales of sarsp a-
rilla, 63 bags of cocoa, 14 bales of wool, 146 bales of bark,
2 cases of tortoiseshell,- 9 bales of india rubber, 11 pack-
ages of straw hats, and 87 packages of sundries.
August 19 La Plata passed the schooner Belle, of Hali-
fax, in lat. 27 36 N.. long. 57 42 W. ; August 2), the
French ship Regulus Nantais, of Marseilles, in lat. 30 40
N. ; long. 54 11 W.
The United States' ship Saratoga sailed from Greytown
for Colon July 30. Her Majesty's ship Tartar had sailed
from Colon for Greytown. rho American steamers
Central America and Grenada sailed from C)lon on the
3.1 of August for New York. Her Majesty's ship Alarm
was at Panama. _ .

The Royal mail steamer Atrato arrived at St. Thomas's
from Southampton, all well, Aug. 16, at 8 a.m., just as La
Plata was:leaving. The Clyde was at St. Thomas's, from
the Windward Islands; the Conway at St. Thomas's,
refitting for the Jamaica route; the D3o at St. Thomas's,
from the Gulf of Mexico ; the Derwent at Barbadoes, from
Trinidad, &c ; the Eagle at Jamaica ; the Solent at St.
Thomas's, from the Jamaica route ; the Thames on the
Spanish Main ; the Trent at St. Thomas's, from the
Spanish Main.
The news from Jamaica affords very little interest, and
extends to the 11th inst. Governor Darling had receired
several addresses from the inhabitants, congratulating him
upon his assumption of the government of the island, to
which he made suitable replies in the usual way. Fever,
as usual at this season of the year, was prevalent, but
there had been no fatal cases. The island was visited
with some refreshing showers, which will, no doubt, con-
tribute to the increase of the ensuing crops, which bid fair
to yield abundantly. Tranquillity prevailed, and trade
altogether presented a rather lively appearance.
De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligences of the 10th inst.
states that great inactivity prevailed in the produce
market, excepting in the articles flour, pork, and fish. Of
the former large sales had been made; 800 barrels were
taken at 455, and a sale of 1,300 barrels to arrive had been
closed at the same price ; but a speculator anxious to close
operations had allowed a parcel of 3.00) barrels to go at
425. In fish a little speculative feeling had been evinced,
and no cargoes having arrived old fish had been less
neglected. Clrnmeal continued dull, and stocks large.
Very little coffee at market ; prices ranged fro:n 463 to
524 per 100'b. Stool of rice was light ; a lot of 300 bags
Patna had been parcelled out at 224 per 1001 b.
Exchanges on London—Government hills 30 days,
per cent. p.tn. Jamaica and Colonial Banks, 9) days,
per cent. p.m. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. p.m.; 30 days, 1 per
rent. p.m. Merchants' Bills, 90 days, per cent Ois•
On New York.-60 days, 11 per cent. p.m , merchants'
bills.

From Demerara the chief item of news is an out_
rageous attack made by a low rabble of women and boys
on Governor and Mrs. Wodehouse, as they were pro-
ceeding from the Public Buildings to embark for England.
A large crowd, composed of the lowest scum of the po.
pulation, had assembled in front of the market, and as
tha Governor and Mrs. Wodehouse, accompanied by the
Bishop of Guiana. Mr. Walker (the Lieutenant-Go-
vernor), the Chief Justice, Hon. W. B. Wolseley, Hon. D•
Macdonald, Hon. Dr. Blair, Sir W. H. Holmes, Mr. A•
F. Gore, Mr. J. Brumell, Mr. E. T. E. Dalton, Mr. W
H. Ware, Mr. R. S. Turton, and several other gentlem"n•
were walking to the Stelling they were assaulted by the
mob wi, h stones, plantain stalks, and other missiles. We
regret to say that Mrs. Wodehouse was struck on the
forehead wi'h a stone; the Bishop received several
blows. the Chief-.Tustic:s was 'wounded in the ear,
and Mr. Wolseley in the face. Several other gentlemen
wera struck with missiles of one kind and another. The
police charged the mob and kept them back, but they
took none into custody ; and, although there were several
detectives among the crowd in plain clothes, they made
no arrests. The conduct of the police is much complained
of by the Demerara journals. Having got safely on
board', his Excellency and lady took their departure, the
guns of the fort saluting the Governor as the steamer
passed. The outrageous conduct of the mob had caused
a universal feeling of indignation throughout the city, and
several public meetings of different bodies had been held,
and resolutions of condemnation passed, with addresses to
his Excellency. The cultivation of cotton In the colony
had commenced in earnest. One gentleman, the proprie-
tor of estates on the east coast, had imported a quantity
of Sea Island cotton seed from Savannah, sufficient for
209 acres ; and other gentlemen has also commenced to
grow cotton. There has been some heavy showers and
thunderstorms during the last fortnight. The growing
canes were thriving under the genial influence of alternate
rain and sunshine. At present comparatively little sugar
was being made,- and freights were consequently scarce.
The exports for the past fortnight had been :—Sugar,
411 hhds 14 trcs 139 bls ; rum, 277 pun 72 hh Is 4 bls ;
foreign sugar, 18 hh Is, 2 trcs ; molisses, 272 pun 18 hhds;
rice, 1,000 bags ; wine, 2 quarter casks ; 1 box arrowroot ;
starch and preserves, 16 cases preserved salmon, 3 bls fish
glue.

- At Barbadoes the` House of Assembly hag met once
during the fortnight, but no business of any moment was
transacted. The crop prospects were good, and the
weather excellent, The provision crop was likely to
yield in abundance. The island continued healthy.
From the other islands there is no news of any im-
portance.
Pacific advices have been anticipated.

RESCUE OF SEVIN CERN PER ION; FlOn DEO WNING.
PILL (Betsroe), Aeg. 25,—Yesterday, at about one pen.,
one of our pilots' ships, then' at anchor off Clevedon,
descried a beat, and a numbsr of people in her, driving
towards the S )uth-west Patch Sand, the wind blowing
strong from SSW, and they immediately hove up their
anchor and male towards them, and wire jest in time to
save them being driven on the sands, where no human aid
would have been of any avail. Throwing them a rope
they succeeded in towing them off, and brought them to
Purtohead, which place they left in the most foolish manner,
under the fdlowing circumstances:—Three females and
14 men and boys, who had come from Bristol to Portshead,
with some other escurt.ionis s, got into a b ,at about 16
feet long, and rode towards the Ceann4 during the fore-
noon, when it was flee, the tide then bEirg a strong ebb
which carried them out of sight of the landing-place, and
the wind freshening from tha south drove them about ten
miles towards the above patch, when the beat became
nnmanageble, and fright overcame the party, in which
state they were providentially rescued.
THE RIGHT TO HOLD A FAIR.—(la Saturday, at Lam-
beth police-court, Mr. Milian "Wale, the proprietor of
Mauer House Tavern, adj ,doing the Surrey Gardens, was
again examined upon the charge of allowing a fair to be
held on a certain piece of ground occupied by him, without
lawful authority. The particulars of this case have already
appeared in our columns. It was proved by the police
that there was a regular fair lel Ic n the premises. There
was a shooting gallery, two swings, four stalls, three
wheels of fortune, a platform for dancing dogs and other
performances, rope dancing, Sze. After hearing the
evidence, Mr. Elliot was of opinion that there was not the
slightest pretence for calling the place a fair, or for
summoning the defendant for such an offence. If the de-
fendant had permitted gambling he might be charged with
that offence. A gentleman who described himself as an
inhabitant of the neighbourhood, compleined of the gardens
as a complete nuisance. Mr. Eliot said if that were so,
the law pointed out a means of checking it. As far as
the present summons went it must he discharged. Another
charge was made against Mr. WAe for obstructing the
police in the execution of their duty in having closed the
door of his house, and prevented them from obtaining an
exit after inspecting the premises. On this charge the
defendant was fined 20s.

THE PENRILYN SLATE QUARRIES.-A tonrist corres-
pondent of the Shrewsbury Journal. thus describes one of
the wonders of Carnarvonstire:—l took a sharp wr.lk to

the Menai Suspension bridge, and raturned somewhat •
heated to Bangor in time for the coach to the Penrhyn
Slate o,nerrie;, one of the " lions" of Bangor, which we
reached after a slow but pretty ride, passing through the
neat and romantic town of Bethesda. Having joined a
small party, we procured a gui3e, and proceeded to view •
the wonders of the place. a brief ,description of which may
not be uninteresting. Tne great quarry is a semicircle,
about one mile round, an 1 900 feet deep. The number of
men employed ranges from 900 to 1,000, who perform their
work by means of " blasting," which takes place every
hour oc a signal from a bugle. The effect is tremen boys;
as blast after blast is fired the report is echoed a hundred
times by the surrounding racks. ,The state thus loosened
is split up for various purposes, from paving flags to the
smallest roiling slate, the thin slates being all called
" ladies'' of some sort. ; thus, the largest size are called
" Q teens," the next " Princesses," and so on through some
eight or ten sizes. Having remunerated the guide;and
purchased some specimens of slate beautifully worked up
by the men, we reluctantly took oar leave of the far-famed
slate quarries. The amount of slate these quarries yield
may be estimated from the following :—During the summer
months eleven loaded trains are despatched each day from
the quarries by the tramway, each train consisting of 40
waggons, each waggon containiu; two tons and a half.
In the winter months the trains are only despatched seven
times a day. This would yield the enormous amount of
nearly 300,000 tons annually.