New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-25
JAMAICA.
From Ovr owr corre,ponden,

Snce ,te DATE of my last letter the important intel
Ggence has been officially communicated BY Governor
Bankley to the Chamber OF Commerce III TINS Ciiy,
that the British Government has accepted the act for
better government If this Isand and that the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury have been recon-
meuded 10 introduce bill into the House OF Commons
TO guarantee the promised loan oil GoUUOOO. III
acceutiup the bill the Government has pointed out
what tley consider to he defects; hut they express
m opinion that these defects will be remedied by the
cperatiou of the constitutions and they leave
10 the discretion of the Legislature OF the lsand ether
10 amend what is considered defective or TO leu the
&c, remain a. il is Consequently ON the arrival OF
the packet with official intelligence that the loan o'
has been passed, the Governor Will summon the hog
ieature and hold a short session iOr the PuiPoSo '"
afordino the House Of Assembly and the Couhcn d"
opportuDity of considering the recommendation OF Ihe
Gnverument relative 10 the alleged deects III the
Constitution Act. In whatever form IL may De agreed
10 by the three branches of the Legislature IL VIII De
proclaimed AZ the law of the land, without any urher
,eCercnce IN the British Government. On the other
hand should the loan not be agreed to by the Imperial
psrsment the act will foil to the ground as 1t con
teins clause rendering IT. coming into operation con-
fpoent On the Teceiva OF the loan. The editor OF
~ Moyuiug Journal however, 10 Judge by his lead
me article OF this morning is pretty sangne That the
loan will be obtained . =,
I, was fopdly hoped that the notification 0f the
aecertance of the Constitution Act and the introduce
fi,n of tie loan bill into the House OF Commons, the
certainty of a speedy redemption OF the island notes
would cause them to circulate at par But me mar
mics who have been preylng on the distressed people
arc elfshy attached to their own interests 10 per
mil such thing and the notes are still beng bought
mn at from 3 to "a per cent. his state Of thlnSs
presses very severely persons who, IKE myself are
r. the receipt Of moderate salaries. have frequently
esperepced the greatest difficulty in obtaining nineteen
l,inps sterling for five dollar note, even though
have offered to purchase FIVE or xix slngs worth OF
moods In any other part OF the world than Jamaica
ach a ~ steinatic plan OF swlndng would nave ed 10
nome violent outbreak; but the SarageS OF tins c0un-
tOh nar yxrn . fli-
bic rather than disturb the public peace
Some stir has taken place relative 10 the constant
stream of emigration that is flowing from this place to
Nav Bay of laborers to work on the Panama kaii-
NAV Complaints have been made oi the manner IN
which passengers have been crowded IN the small
c,at that are almost daily leaving here with hundreds
OF the laborng population for the isthmus. lhese
complaints have furnished an Ostcnsible reason Tor the
Governor 10 Issue his proclamation by wMch tne
Passengers Act of 1852 is brought into force IN TINS
island According to the provisions OF this act vessels
will not be permitted III future to leave any port III
this island with passengers for any other port out o'
the island the average passage 10 when IL ABOVE nee
days unless certain arrangements are made by when
mficient sleeping and promenade room rs allowed Tor
zach passenger Among other provisions, the act says
tlat no than one passenger snail ne Hlo"eu 10
each tuns burden of the vessel The real reason ior
fle Invocation of this act is the injury whlch IL Is a.
leqed that the planting interest Will slhef rom the
Withdrawal of so much labor from the island. Long
did the planters and those IN their interest coela'9
on the means by which the labOrers might he deprived
~ free apeucy and prevented from carrying their labor
10 tie dearest market. At last they Int upon the nope
FIJI scheme OF calling into operation the Ehghsh ras
eengcrs Act, which, as II had never Dceh pioCi'iinS"
In Jamaica was not i'll force here II Is Sa9 'nat nc
br;liapt idea first entered the head OF Mr. Ewar the
ntGeperal of Emigration and that at the s,igges-
fion of this gentleman Sir Henry barhe!-sood' cas-!
man-issued his yice-regal mandate Wmch Is III ,u-
f,re IN prevept the labOrerS of Jamaica from leaving
tber country for their Cor their country 81 good
The manner in which il is thought the act VIII operate
is that by curtailing the number OF passengers IN
vessel and thus rendering the trade less ucraiNe'
fhe masters and owners OF the vessels VIII aoai,
don tbe trade in disguise and the people Will
remain per force from the want oi convey
ance But the sapient gentlemen VINO ma
pine such thing will soon find themselves rather ms
taken in their estimate of the stun OF which the SKIP
ners engaged in the trade is composed. The transport
OF passengers from this 10 Navy Bay may not be so
quickly effected under the new regulations as DeSe'
But that it will be effected we have palpaoe PROOF De
fore us in the number OF vessels that are sun loaue
for Navy Bay with their living cargoes
Now | am far from blaming the Governor LOT
bringing into force law, by which greater Secur"! !"
tbe lives of passengers will be obtained but must
condemn the spirit in which the law has been brought
into operation and the shortsighted policy, when
would retard gigantic undertaking that must oeneht
fhe whole Commercial W ord and III which beneht jam
aica must largely participate merely IRONS seihsh de
sire ~ prop up the mseraby rotten planting interest II
tbe planters desire to keep the aboers in the Island let
Them render worth their to remain by adequate
wages and hind treatment. Let them adopt more
concatory policy than they have hitherto pursued;
beless naughty and over bearing and more gentle
manly in language and demeanOr towards their de.
pendants than they are as body Let them parcel
nj their gigantic estates into lots OF from ten TO
hundred acres and lease them out TO such as Will con
sent to hold them, and carry on the manufacture OF
sugar if they still persist in continuing IT, on the cen
,ral factory system. The small farmers that VIII be
gathered around each mandatory might plant the
canes and sell them when ripe to the manufacturer
Who would convert them into sugar; and thus We
would obtain fine yeOmanry, while all the advan-
,sges of division of labor would be secured to the
island To act thus would be the national way OF stay
inc the nomadic habits which otherwise the Jamaica
Negro-foreign though they to his naure-is iikey
TO acquire But to endeavor to force HIM TO remain III
the island by vexaous restriction, and by abuse Is rs
stupid as it is opposed to every principle oil liberty
The cholera still remains in the island, though It's
yirulencc seems to be nearly spent Ii has almost en-
trey disappeared from the parish of SAINT Ann where
among its last victims, il carried of DR.. Bailey, pop
Mar ply stefan of the place, and the Hon. Charles
Stewart Custos Rotulorum Of the parish. Ii is tray
q cling westward and has reached the town of Fal-
month The weather continues oppressively sutry
in places not exposed to the genial Influences of the
seabreeze There have been slight showers of
min and while write there is every indication of
= coming shower. =