, 1865-07-18
(From tie Barbados West Indian, Jume 27.)
Inter-COIOnia News.

From Grenada and Trinidad we learn
the continuance of rain has very much
interfered with and diminished the sugar
crop. In Trinidad 1t is said that one
halt, Or $4,000 hhds. still remain to be
reaped, of which a portion might be got
IN October, when the fair weather sets in
again. In Grenada about 5000 hhds.
had been reaped, and a considerable por-
ton remains on the ground with little
chance of saving it. The stock has suf-
fered much from the wet and the state
of the roads, and mules are much in de-
mand. So is salt fish and every kind of
meat -
Sattish, the staple food of the majority,
is now a very scarce article, and has not
been abundant for a long while. Good
fresh meat, excepting pork, is also be-
coming scarce, our dependence being en-
tlrely on the animals reared in detail, by
the settlers spread over the country in
small locations, with, now and then, a
tough old OK, that having done years Of
faithful service, has survived the wear
and tear of heavy burdens, muddy roads,
and i'll usage. Nearly all the sheep in
the country are, in small Aocks, only
sufficient for the uses of their owners, so
that without a constant supply Of fish
every household is put to its shifts.
At Trinidad some change has been in
troduced for the facilitating of the bust
ness of the Criminal Courts, by having
Chief Justice Knox to sit in the Supreme
Court, and Justice Bowen in another,
to hear the cases for trial, except for
capital offences in which both Judges sit
Ennofhor TNho GSolnplor oonA;a.I o.
cases, of which S were for capital often
ces. OF the latter W were brought in
guilty and the prisoners (Coolies) con-
demned to death. OF the Others for mi
nor offences 80 in number, not less than
IL were brought in not guilty.
The June Session of the Supreme Cri-
minal Court, commenced on Tuesday the
18th, and was brought to a close on Satur-
day the 9Th instant. There were thirtv-
four cases set down for trial, five of which
were for capital offences. The other
twenty-nine cases were made up of larce-
MES and assaults. Of the minor cases
twelve were brought in not guilty. A
verdict of manslaughter was given in one
of the capital cases one was postponed
TO next session. A verdict of not guilty
was given in a third, and two were brought
in guilty-both of them CooIie laborers,
against whom sentence Of death was re-
corded. The calendar was divided be-
tween the Chief Justice and Mr.. Justice
Bowen, in terms of the Ordinance No. s
of 1865, erecting the Practice-Court into
a Court for the Trial Of Criminal Causes.
The Chief Justice sat in the Supreme
Court and Mr.. Justice Bowen oficiated
in the smaller court, which has been fiji
ted up with a dock for prisoners, Jury
box, &c. The Judges were thus enabled
TO try two cases at one and the sam
time. Mr.. Attorney General conducted
the prosecutions before the Chief Justice,
and Mr.. Solicitor General conducted those
before Mr.. Justice Bowen. The capital
offences were tried before the two Judges
sitting together in the larger court. The
division of the calendar between the two
courts greatly abridged the labors Of
the Judges and enabled them to dispense
with the attendance of the Naparima
Jurors on Friday evening, so as to per-
NIT the latter in roturn IN their homes