The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-24

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Our accounts from Grey Town mention that several
merchants bad sailed In the present steamer for Eng
land, the coffee harvest having closed intending to
open commercial relations with London, for the 4
change of their produce for English manufactures
The coffee crop of the present year considered .
small one, but of excellent 0uality The government
OF Costa cA appeared to be energetic in Its desire to
improve the overland communication with the Royal
Mail steamers Grey Town was therefore, likely to
become port OF much greater consequence than at
present road from the Pacific coast the lakes
Of Nicaragua was in progress and would be
peted, and thence transbipments will be easily effect
ed by the large Indian canoes 1t was even contem-
plated TO procure email steamer Of light draught OF
saving in time and expense will draw at least l. 200
tons yearly by this route which would otherwise be
sent round Cape Horn. The British Consul having
now taken up his residence in the town. II presented
more business like appearance, and enjoyed iii tcoud
be considered luxury custom house without
venue, policemen without duties, and governor with
out salary. Emigration from Jamaica had been advo-
Gated and few artihcers were about to proceed to
the colony. The bar at the entrance Of the harbor
having been carried away it found necessary to
appoint to watch the sbiftngs of the ut
the entrance and warn the vessels approaching Two
sons OF Don Rafael Moya formerly Vice-Presdent Of
Costa Rea and one Of the largest proprietors have
gone to England in the Tay, to be educated.
From Nicaragua learn that the accounts of q re-
veuton In that State have been much exaggerated.
Mr. Manning. the British Vice Consul, had not been
Imprisoned but 1t appears that General Munoz endes
vored to prove that Mr. Manning stgsted the rising
against him. An official account of what took place
nau been PubneDeu at Leon. The Legislative Assem-
bly, sitting at Nicaragua passed about the time
an act OF Impeachment against the Director and Minis
ter Don Francisco Casteon, the minister sent by
Nicaragua to ondon to recover possible possession
OF San Juan. has been recalled aud shortly
pected to return home
MIR. Christie, the British agent in Mosquito in con-
formity with instructions from the home government
about to investigate Of former grants Of and
which had been summarlly set aside by the late Mr.
Walker. The States Of Nicarag qua, Honduras and San
Saioodor hare sent agents 10 Guatemala, the incation
y me United States Minister there to confer w him
The Mosquito question.
There IL no intelligence Of Importance from Chill or
Peru The lncopstant had been despatched to San
fiaLcifco for the protection Of British interests The
Calypso was On her way round the Horn, with about
S2toO000 iron the west coast Of Mexico
Our Jamaica correspondence Is to the 9th of June.
and the intelligence Of interest The policy of
the British government, which exposes the sugar
growers to unequal competition with the foreign slave
holder. continued to create the greatest alarm aud
the results ef that policy continued TO manifest them
selves most painfully in the rapid abandonment of
some OF the finest estates in the colony In parts
CT the Island the favorable cultivation
but In many respects the weather remained unsettled
In the towns the heat felt very much 1t is gra-
t5ipg however, TO find that the Inland generally was
healthy.
NJ. Antonio Teulet, aide de-camp to General Santa
Anna The tx Dictator of Mexico, had decumprd from
Jamaica, carrying with him jewels aud mospy to a
Siderable snount the property of the General 1t
also disceNered that the same individual had commit
ted foIgeries In the name Of General Santa Anna
the Colonial Bank and mercantile house at Kingston,
to the amount OF f1,7O0. fast vessel had been de-
sIatcbed 10 Havana, in pursuit Of the delinquent
Trade, We regret to Observe continued distresingly
dull and large number Of the respectable class OF
mec banics reduced 10 actual starvation Such rs
were able TO do no were quitting the island and
ISOLATION had been formed to collect Subscriptions in
order to appoint q deler to proceed to Grey iowa
(Nosquito), to ascertain IL the accounts witch had
reached jamaica OF the probabilities Of work being OBJ
tainea there were true In tn. event Of such being
the Effort will be made by several To leave their
native land in the hope Of procuring the OF sub
sisteDce in that Of a stranger
Nothing can exceed the prostration Of the
noble colony Of Jamaica In Its export Of sugar II has
fallen below Bal bsdoss for learn that the crop this
year will hardly reach 30 600 hogsheads; and as the
May season had failed the prospect for 1850 very
cheerless. Many more estates IL feared, would go
to decay when the last hogshead for 1919 had been
shipped there would be- long interval without pro-
duce, and consequently but little inducoment for capt.
tahts to make advances in order to uphold cult-
walton, the returns from which questionable
We have adyices from la BADGES to the 9Th of June
The island perfectly healthy, and the weather
enable with occai opal showers but not heavy
a. materially 10 affect the sugar akng. The crop
would exec 30 coo hhds and there only remai ned
about 900 hhds to 5000 hhds to be manufactured
The House of Assembly had commenced business with
strong conservative majority which comprised the
whole wealth and nearly the whole talent OF that
body The colonial import duties had been re-enacted
but the export tariff omitted In consequences of
large portion Of the Fre'eDt sugar crop having been
already exported The landhold-rs to submit TO
tax Of 21c an acre on land Tor every acre above i've
held Joss esson under the local militia rbs
sborpg population we're quiet contented aud indus
trious. he next year crop expected to be par
ticslarly good. The bark Amigos and the ship Can
dictate nearly loaded for London aud would ail
ina few days The Susan and the Eliza were also
londirg for Bristol the Indian Queen aud the Helen
for Lverpsol the Line aud Cola for Belfast, aud the
Ann johnson for Dublin
We are Informed from Antigua that few showers
bad fallen In different parts ~ the island which had
eighty benefited the soil The drought had hosever
l.,n such long continuance that the color Of
the vegetation hardly appeared revived aud rain
Was sadly needed In every part Of the Island
In irinioad. the crop season was fast drawing too
close and the rainy steadily making ts APP
proseh and neither sugar making nor cattng could bo
calculated upon later thap the middle II June Not
wlthstaudng the neglected OF the cultivation ~
many estates owing To the reluctance of some propri
etors and positive disability Of Others 60 lay QUIT
cettary Gums In wedding the cane duriDg the rainy
the crop Ind generally turned out fair
end. had the dry weather lasted another month
would have nearly reached 10000 bids About $4,000
suppofed to have already been got In, and the
quantity fhrped was considerably In advance VI last
" and equal to any previous year IL supposed
that the prices of sugars which rule In the home
markets should remain hrm. until the prrs crop
had been disposed 81 cultivation now partially me-
elected many estates would be closely attend
ed TO and The crop OF 1850 be likely to equal any Fri
niosd has yet produced
Our Nirdwsrd Island files occupied with specula-
tobs relative to the iosths epde Introduced in
Go 81. Nuc.ns by III. lately imported Africans Prom
all accounts the disease seemed Co be equally dreaded
With The tmsnpox or even more So since u was found
To rrst vaccination At the latest accounts, about
400 reported as existing sna the attacks
were ON the Icr,se the proportion of mortality b-ing
great Bufiners had experienced Considerable inter
rupIion In consequence OF the prevailing sickness
The mot stringent quarantine regulations being
enforced In the neighbufiDg Islands aud all letters aud
Newspaper from St Vincent well fumigstsd before
our sdvices from Demersra extend TO the 5th Of
June and We learn that the Combined Court still
NAMED adjourned no steps having been taken heal
the differences existing between the Governor aud that
body arising out 81 refu al 81 the majority Of the
Court to proceed with the financial business Of the
colony. The Dnetara Royal Garrett states that this
unfortunate posture II affairs has produced profound
impression throughout the community; and 10 put
end TO the attitude Of resistance assumed by the
official section OF the Court tsv ards Her Msesys GO
public meetings TO be held Ia different parts
Of The country we're being rapidly organized With q
view a strongly prOnouncUg opinions In favor OF the
government ana respectfully soliciting the crown
either to grant to the colonits House q Assembly aud
n Legislative Council In the event Of that being
uuHdv able under existing circumstances 60
the adminstraiiun Of af.ifs IN her royal hands
aud o. abr gate the present constitution ~ tue colony
being under which u ~ Improbable for the
best int.ntoncd and moot judcious rulers carry
the business 81 the public The gsssfs thinks that
such application to the orosn IL present prcna-
tune snJ prefers to rely upon the nrmnes OF Ea Grey
aud Governor Earkly for extricating British Guiana
IA m its embarrassing position
letter bad ban rrcsived In Demerara from senior J.