The daily crescent., 1851-06-11
Late from the West Indies.

The steamship Merlin, Capt. Sampson, arrived at
New York on the lst inst, from Bermuda, whence
she sailed on the 9th ult. She left St. Thomas on
the 2ls, The Bermuda Royal Gazette of the 9th,
and the st. Thomas Tidende to the 2lst have been
received. The Gazette says:
The weather, during the past week, was ex-
ceedingy hot and oppressive. During the night of
Saturday, however, the wind, which had previ-
ously been from the south and west, went to the
north, and blew fresh, accompanied by rain, which
had the effect Of cooling the air and the surface of
the earth. We have had no rain for some weeks
previously.
Nearly all the fine little schooners belonging
to our islands are now on their way 10 the West
Indies, with cargoes of onions and potatoes. We
sincerely wish them speedy passages, profitable
sales and quick return
The potatoes this season are very good, and the
returns have been considerable /; in one or twoi in
stances we have heard ofsxteen fold. The quantity
planted, however, was not all equal to that of last
spring
Lieut.. Governor Darling is going home from ST.
Lncia on leave, it is said with view of obtaining
the government of Trinidad.
The cholera still fingers in Jamaica. 1t has now
appeared al Green Valley, Mountain Valley, and
Retreat in Hanover, places before exempt. At
Mountain Valley the people had refused to bury
The dead
Lieut. General Wood the new commander of the
forces for the Windward Islands, family and suite,
arrived at Barbadoes 9Th inst
A suit for breach of promise of marriage-Feld
Us. Newton-was tried at Barbados on the 5uh
inst, and f500 awarded the fair plaintiff. The
damages were laid at f2000
The number of hogsheads of sugar manufactured
al B,rbadoes up to the l3th, was 10000.
The small pox continues 10 prevail at Barbados,
ID. X. Ross, Esq, the newly appointed Lieuten-
ant-governor of Tobago, had arrived at that Island
The mission OF IL. NJ brig Helena, to Surinam,
to obtain information respecting some persons
stolen from British Island many wears since has
not been successful.
Her ladyship Emma Sophia, the consort of his
excellency, Sir William Colbrooke Governor-in-
chief of the Wndward Islands, died suddenly, at
Barbadoes, on the 18th nt aged forty nine years.
The st. Thomas Iidende gives the following
item from Barbados and Trinidad:
" The agricultural prospects of this colony are
spoken Of in the most favorable manner About
20 900 hhds of sugar had already been made and
it was supposed the entire crop would reach IS 900
hogsheads."
The Mercury states that the epidemic pox, no.
tced on former occasion, instead of being on the
decline, is rather Increasing, amongst all classes of
the community, and vaccination seems to be the
only means OF checking its progress
The committee from the council had reported
torvorably Of Earl -Grey's proposal to Introduce
American immigrants into Trinidad, and recom-
mended--
"That an ordinance be passed, authorizing
bounty to be paid to Immigrant from the United
States OF America, not exceeding f4 % each adult,
wherewith to defIay their passage /; and that pro.
vision be made for legaiizing in this colony con-
tracts o service entered into in the United States
on the same principle was done by the order in
council OF 1913 legaliz;ng such contracts with SIM
iar persons, II made in the British North American
Provinces"