The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-12

The FRENCH CoLoNIEs.-We have advices from
Martinique to the 23d ult. The town of st. Pierre
has been again the. scene of tumultuous assem-
blages and riotous proceedings, in which the late
emancipated people were the principal actors
On the night of the 10th the town was besleged
by numerous band Of rufians, running to and
fro, uttering the most fearful menances against the
more peaceable citizens, under the L,bete, Egd-
lite, Fratenrte, that nothing less than reenact-
ment of the carnage of the 22d of May last, was
every moment expected. Such extremity was,
however, arrested by the intervention of the au-
| thonties.
Numbers were arrested, and amongst the imple-
ments OF war found IN the possession Of the nsur-
| gents, were ropes twisted into slipplng-nooses,
inten ded to be used after the fashion of the lasso
in capturing and strangling their victims. The
Courier de IA Martinique In reference to the DIS
turbances, says, we shave not been able to gather
anything possible as to the immediate cause of the
rising. nor have we any indication of Its object"
From the same paper, we take the following !,
"We fear that the worst is yet to come and that
until the white class, emigrating in great num-
bers shall have almost entirely left the political
to their long brethren the darker hue
peradventurs until a second Hayti be raised in Mar.
tiniquethe true bearing Of these unhappy proceed
ings will not have been correctly understood. Unless
France should In good time learn to herself by
the establishment Of sound constitutional govern.
ment in place Of the cut throat system prevailing
there, there will be little hope for her colonies'
The election of delegates, to represent the colo
MES IN the National Assembly, had terminated at
Martinique, IN the nomination OF Messrs Bisseue,
P,appy, and SchGlcher The two first being
Issue OF this election has given offence to many,
and the victorious party are charged with using
corrupt means to influence the ignorant people.
The colony stands at present IN rather critical
md Xva he sol kolo.
long to hear of repetition of the scene OF the 22d
of May.
AT Cayenne, the candidates elected for the Ma
tonal Assembly were M: Vidal de Lingendes,
OF the Court, of first instance, of Martinique.
Tranquility reigned in Cayenne on the LIST ult
The blacks were calmly waiting the abolition of
slavery, which was fixed for the 10th OF August.
awaiting their judgment, which was soon to take
place.
BRITISH WEST INDEs.-FIles of the St. LUCIA
Palladium, published at Castnes, to the 10Th ult.,
have been received at this office Judge Reddie,
parsonage who, it appears, made himself obnox-
lous to the people of the colony, was removed by
the home government The event difused almost
universal joy.
| smart shock of an earthquake was felt on the
night of the 18th, between s and O'clock.
Amateur theatrical performers were attracting
much attentlOn-the performers being the officers
| OF the regiments stationed at Castries
| Barbados papers are to the 10th. They con-
tain no local intelligence of importance. In the
| West Indian, we find strongly worded declara-
| ton OF the inhabitants OF Demerara, in support
of the late proceedings of the elective section OF
| the combined court, with reference TO the civil
| list AS the declaration embraces many facts, in
regard to the civil and judicial expenses of the
colony, we subjoln portion of it,
We acknowledge in an especial manner, the pro-
prety Of the two amendments moved by the financial
representative VIM Dawson; the first, for the reduce
ton Of the salary of the officer administering the GO
vernment, from $4,000 sering to f3,500 sterling
annum and the other for q reduction of the civil list
from f39072 lis. 4d. to f26072 IT'S 4d sterling. We
entirely concur in the sentiments with which intro
duced those amendments and which, in the present
desire to conserve the general interests
We congratulate the colony on the irmness dis
played by the elective section of the combined court
which, at its late session. undeterred by the angry and
pndgnihed despatch No. of 18th June lS4S, of the
honorable the Secretary Of State for the Colonies
trenchments as the circumstances Of the colony
quired.
We will not permit this opportunity to pass without
expressing our surprise and indignation that mem.
Der Of her msestys governments exercising direct
far stopped from his high position to attempt by
adobahg . threatening and recriminatory tone, to
terests and repudate in the strongest terms the
insinuaton contained in that despatch that the colo
NAL members of the combined court had assumed an
nent with the view Of obging parliament to sanction
measures which the planters believe to be calculated
to relieve them from their existing dicultiesn And
while thank those members of the imperial parl-
ment who have ably exposed the injustice of her
majesty government towards us, we cannot refrain
from expressing want of confidence in colonial
minister who unwarrantaby describes as rash and
impatient proceedings" course carefully and deli
beraely pursued the part of the coonists and
which the poverty of the colony, induced alone by
acts of her majesty's government, compelled us to
adopt
Should the colonial secretary persist in his deter
mination to exact from the colony the present extra
VACANT civil list, regardless alike of the other items on
the estimate, and the total inability Of the colony to
sord II, we prepared to lay statement of DO
sition before parliament and claim from 1t protection
against, at least, coercive and oppressive mandates
from the colonial office.
CHnI.-Coples of the Neighbor and of the Dfer-
e'n1o, published at alparaiso, to the 18th of june
came to hand. The Ns,ghbor, an excellent paper,
published IN English, is filled with the affairs of
Europe, and with long accounts of the Mexican
war.
The railroad project has been brought before the
Chamber, in session at Valparaiso, and II was
thought, In the present commerce. state of Eu-
rope there was slight to hope the enterprise
could now be carried through. The Chamber re-
ceived the bill on its first reading by vote of
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