, 1872-10-09
THE WEST INDIAN IN LONDON.

place at Bristol on the 10th instant, at
which Mr.. Chambers made q heightened
exposition of his political views, but a pro-
per notice of his address must be deferred
till the next number.
The news by telegraph from New York
of another dreadful hurricane in the West
India Islands has. given rise to much UNI
e~asiness, and further intelligence is anx-
iously awaited. The morning papers of
the 14th made it rather a sensational item
of news, but it is earnestly to be hoped
that the account is exaggerated. Domi-
MICA is said to have suffered severely, as
we'll as the French Islands.
The failure Of Messrs. Lamb, Nash &
Co., a w%ell-known house in the West In
dia trade, has attracted attention. 1t APP
pears that some Of the partners are resi-
dent in the West Indies, and a question
arose whether the petition could properly
be presented by the London partners,
without the signatures OF the members OF
the firm abroad. It was argued that they
were entitled to do so under a general
power of attorney which they possessed,
and that all the circumstances were known
to the partners abroad, and they concur
red in the proposed action; but their con-
currence not having been formally express
ed, the difficulty arose, although it has not
been considered sufficiently important to
stay proceedings The point however, is
one Of general interest, and although it
may not often arise, it would be we'll to
establish a precedent by a decision of the
Court. 1t is understood that one of the
partners referred to as resident abroad is
Mr.. Lamb, Her Majesty's Consul at st.
Thomas.
Another extensive failure has been caus-
ed by the downward tendency Of prices in
the sugar market. Messrs. Macarthur,
Mclean & Co of Greenock, %shipowners
and sugar brokers, have suspended pay
ment, The liabilities are supposed to be
about 100 ,OOOL.
The new Cunard line of steamers be-
tween the Clyde and Barbados, Trinidad
and Demerara, will commence to run on
Saturday, October 5.
A word of regret at the death of Mr..
Brathwaite, editor of the Creole newspa-
per, may not be out of place here. AL
though many of his opinions, and often his
manner Of expressing them, were open to
objection, his ability and honesty in his edi-
torial career were such as to command re-
spect even from those who most strongly
differed from his views.
The Kate KcA0ck sailed from Calcutta
with coolies on August 4th for Demerara.
The number she carries is 1856. It is I'M
derstood that the arrangements of the Tri-
nidad Agency at Madras are in q state of
forwardness, and intelligence will soon be
received of the despatch Of ships.
Mr.. r. H. Whitfield, late of Demerara,
has done his best to relieve our dulIness
during the present season Of sea. serpents
and enormous gooseberries by ga second
letter to the colonists thereof" When
the first letter appeared it was suggested
in these columns that probably the inha-
bitants of Demerara might not attach the
same Importance to the deliverances of
Mr.. Whitfield as that gentleman himself
very naturally does. He seems to be in
earnest in persevering with the discussion
of his theme, but it is difficult to see the
precise object he has in view. That
he thinks the constitution of British
Guiana and the political condition of the
colony generally capable of improvement,
is tolerably apparent, but it is impossible
to gather from his disjointed criticisms and
~platitudes about " subject races" any de-