The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-01 00:00:00

WEST INDIES

FALuouni, Nov. 26.—Her Majesty's packet Petrel,
Lieut. Crook, arrived after post hour, to-night, from the
West Indies. Passengers--from Trinidud, Mr. and Mrs.
La Costa and servant; from Grenada, Sir Charles W.
Wedderburn, Bart., 52d regiment ; from Tortola, Mr.
Stobo : from St. Kitts, Dr. Rollins ; from Cape Hayti,
Mrs. Dailey and Mr. A. Grain, Ist West India regiment.
On freight, £30,000.
We hastily extract the following from our advices, dated
Jamaica, October 22d ; Cape Henri, 24th ; Grenada, llth ;
and September 30th, from Barbadoes :—Emigration from
Barbadoes to Demerara appears to have been checked, and
in fact, most of the negroes have returned back, the un-
healthiness of the climate being the alleged cause ; while to
Trinidad emigration is progressively increasing, upwards of
5,000 negroes have landed on that island from America and
from the adjacent islands, it is estimated within the last 12
months. The pending matter of dispute between the Gover-
nor of Demarara and the House of Assembly remain in
stain quo ; both are anxiously awaiting the decision of the
Colonial office. The crops there were in a prosperous state,
and promised a great return, the universal complaint being
a want of labourers.

The rank and file of the ht West India regiment bad suf-
fered greatly from fever, but, were recovering at Berbice ;
likewise it had been a very unhealthy season, but the rains
having passed, it was hoped that the fever would abate.

The branch sailing paCkets have been discontinued, their
contracts having expired. The government steamers would,
therefore, immediately rcndevous at Barbadoes, from the
Windward and Leeward Islands, to meet the packet from
England, and convey the mails to their several destinations,
as on the original arrangement.

Her majesty's ship Seringapatam, having gone to Antigua
during the hurricane months was not yet returned to Carlisle
Bay, although she had been for some days expected.
The Racehorse, Hon. Capt. Harris, was suddenly de-
spatched to the windward, in search of a, suspicious vessel,
supposed to have committed piracy.
Mr. Pearce, master's assistant of the Linnet packet, who
was left at Grenada in charge of the merchant brig Penelope,
of Greenock, the master of which had died, fell a victim to
yellow fever, a few days after taking the command. Ile was
buried with military honours, and his remains followed to
the grave by the officers of the 52d regiment, the naval offi-
cers in port, and most of the respectable inhabitants of the
island.

Her majesty's steamer Hecla came up with the Jamaica
mails, whence most satisfactory intelligence is obtained.

The mails for the Lyra had been received at Cape Henri,
by her majesty's steamer Kite, from. Jamaica.

LEAPING FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.—On Monday morn-
ing, a sailor, named Alfred Jackson, left Hull by railway, to
visit his friends in Newark. When near to Leeds, on the
North Union line, his hat blew off, and he leaped out of the
carriage after it. The consequence was his almost instant
death. A jury sat on his body in the parish of Woodlesford,
and returned a verdict of " Accidental death, by leaping from
a railway train, while travelling."

HER MAJESTY THE QUEI7.A.DoexWAGER.—Her Majesty
Saturday night with the intelligence express was received on
continues in excellent health. '
the Queen of a princess royal, to theo delightsafe
of
fdetlitlveery royalof
circle. It is understood her Majesty' will go to town in a few
days to visit the Queen, but the precise day'' is not yet named.
s Prince Edward oSaxe
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
and several members of t Wei-
war, on Saturday
mie royal
morning for town. On Thursday his royal highness,accon!-
wpatitrii,e(sl
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household, had a capital day's sport with Mr. eyne l's
hounds. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar is still staying
her Majesty. Lieutenant-General Sir A. F. Barnard,Cwgh
going over
recently appointed clerk marshal of the royal household,' 'ha.;
arrived on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. In
the early part of last week her Majesty, attended by Earl
Howe, Lady Clinton, and other members in the royal suite,
inspected the Uttoxeter union workhouse.. In
the different apartments her Majesty was pleased to express
her approbation at the cleanliness of the establishment, and
the general arrangements for the comfort of its poor inmates,
who, it is needless to observe, were delighted with her Ma-
jesty's affability and eondescension. The parochial autho-
rities in attendance were apprised by Earl Howe it was the
royal pleasure that on Christmas-day there should be a sub-
stantial dinner of good old English fare, with a liberal supply
of ale, given to the poor at her Majesty's expense. Within
the last few days the Queen Dowager has caused the follow-
ing donations to be forwared :—X2O for the Tutbury Infant
School ; £lO for the building of a Sunday School at Wessing-
ton ; and £lO towards the completion of Harlech. Church.—
Morning Herald.

HER MAJESTY AND THE PRINCESS ROYAL

The following bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued

Half-past Nine, a.m

6ht, 1810,

" The Queen has slept well.
" Her Majesty and the infant princess are going on most

satisfactorily