The New York herald., 1851-08-07

Advices from Jamaica, by the Empire City
--yntcrcstipg Letter from Henry Clay, on
Free Negro i.sI'Or-a Comct-rac Cholera,
Sc, sc.
The ErnIire City brings advices from Kingston,
Jamaica. 90 the 10Th ut. We havc received the
JanQ;ca Despatch, MosNimg Journal, and De Cor.
ao,ra's Advertiser, to that date.
The news Is Of no importance. The shipping
Intelligence will be found under the proper head.
The Empire City made Port Royal late at night,
aDd put out 70 ses, but entered port early in the
morning II would be great convenience to
merchants f these splendid steamers would cau of,
and land the mails at Kingston, on thoig way t.
Chegres.
The market for aour and meal was improving,
bul the bark Edward, frcm Baltimore, had arrived,
with 900 barrels of -four, and 200 barrels of meal
Her Maiosty's steamer Devastation sailed on the
18th ult., for Port su Prince, to protect British
interests, as n rdmpus was expected thorc.
Tho Mail Company's steamer Conway sailed on
the 10Th ult., for st. Thomas.
Toe Court Of Assizos, for the term, was opened
at Kingston, ia, on tho 18th ult. What with 40
many country people in the city to sttond the
court. and the arrival Of the Umpire City with
40 many Calforrans, Kingston Is rather lively
Mr. MePherscn. who was tvied, last court, for
forgery, and found guilty, was br,ugh. up on the
2Sth for sentence, which was fifteen years trans
pcrtsticn, and, in the meantime, to bo kept in tho
general rcnten.isry at bard labor There were
scne points Of law arguei, but ovctruled.
The cholera was slill lingering about the island,
but none IN Kingston.
The weather was very warm. Tho strong soa
breeze al day makes tho city dusty and disa-
grsssbio:
s.or hv oeutieu,ap .f tbis c;Iv Fri
dag night between the ps Of the horns Of Taurus
rather ttvscn Aries and Taurus Its size appeared to
fndistincuy elongated. About o'clock, II az
anglo Of shout forfynve degrees with the borson sai II
set Cue ~eet at about eleven
VAST OF LADobEES IN JAMAICA-IIshRg CLAY :
LETTER.
rfrom the Kingston Despatch July l2.
The scarcity Of labor. which is expericnccd
throughout The island ut the present moincnt, rem
dcrs Il necessary that some means should be at once
adopted 10 increase cur labcrng population. or 1t
il beyond all question that many of the best sugar
estates in the island must shortly be abandoned
There are not many in the towns who know tho cx-
tent 90 which the want of labor IL felt In most Oftbe
agricultural paris IL is n melancholy fact, how
ever, which official returns will shortly pr ,yc that
the present years crop, which should have exceeded
in quantity that of any other year since tho aboi-
ton of the apprenticeship, will actually fall short
OF the crop of Ba ahadoesan island whose rea Is icss
than that OF the single parish Of St. Thomas in the
east, but whose REDUNDANT population enables Y to
apply every acre 20 rcmuncrativs cultivation The
tcsc,tine evil Of jamaica Is the extent cs her
age, aia The dispropoftonatc number of hoe popu-
isiion. IN Barbaaoes whore population !, redun.
dsnt, and every acre Of land Is applied To- profite.
bic cultivation, population presses the means o
Enbsistesce, ard the people industrious from ne
ccssity. in Jamaica the reverse Of this obtains
Hero tSe acres redundant whilst tho population
v scsDty anl iDdcpondcnt. The results are obyi
eus. ltni badoes increases hnr predictions, whilt
Jamaica yeiToEradcs: and Barbadocs not only IN
Isases her exports, bat Mt the same time dccrosse
tbe oost a hcs manufacture. The consequences il
that va arc odd that IN Baf badoes there are seo
estates on which the "suger IL all profit" II use,
TO be 20 Ia tho days of eavory IN Jamaica. q wa
/ said then, hht tao ium crop paid the exTsns,s Q
/ the year, sAa that all The sugar was preis- This
: boWevcr, is now sadly reversed in Jamaica. j
many Psrisheg-aad we instance partisulsIly IA
rarisLts CT 81 Mary, Metcslf, aud -. George-
such is the want of labor, that NUMEROUS estate
! tho rrcCcnt yosrs outrageous taxes must, ever
perny Ct them. be paid out Of capital, whilst ono
tbird part II the crop viii have 6oeu lost fsr wau
| of the labor 10 take IL cd.
! The question then sriscs, how Jamaica can a.
for herself, since Earl Grey has resolved that Oh
government. at any retc shsll not act fer her w
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