The Express. — 1846-11-21 (London, England)

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.  Ind kora tend en la elm peed% swam, wry possible means. same paper remarks : The demand for coolies, it will be gleaned from the notice of the agent general of immigration, has as yet only extended to the number of 1,200 for the present season. We hays no mans of knowing what applications may have been made since the date of the notice; butore have reason te_Lbglieve, from the great shook which the planters have ilMved by the weenie k sugar duties, that the demand will by MO lOONOOßippreatit what it would have been under othor and MOO favourable circumstances. Knowing not how soon they May be obliged altogether to abandon cultivation, it is not to be expected that msnagers of estates sherAii incur additional risk and responsibility by br= them people te the country ; for althoughtheir t ander the geriess system of protection afforded us, might hammer* maid the country for the expenses incurred in their isiredstation, it is very possible that the diminished value of ear produce may no longer enable us to apply their ear to advantage. A party, systematically opposed to ration of any kind, are pleased to attribute this candies in the demand to the worthlessness of the coolies themselves; but, although one diseased misanthropist committed suicide, and one or two instances of misunderstanding between the employers and the employed may have occurred during the year, we can safely say, that the coolies, m a whole, have given every satisfaction to three best able to appreciate their services. In consequence of the non-arrival of Sir C. Grey, Bart,the new Governor from Barbadoes, the Jamaica legislature was prorogued to the 10th November, which was felt to be a great evil in the present state of the island. The Barbadoes papers state that Sir Charles would not leave for the seat of his new government before the middle of November.  The hurricane which proved so disastrous at Havannah appears to have been felt but partially at Jamaica. The following is from a colonial paper : " A severe storm visited Montego Bay on the 11th doing fearful damage to the wharfs and small vessels in the harbour, of which latter five were stranded. Only two years had elapsed since a storm of a similar character ravaged this bay ; then, however, the swell of the sea set in from the north ; while on the present occasion the wind was from the south, the waves rising at times in a vertical wall of 10 or 12 feet. Fortunately, amid the destruction of property, although there were many hair-breadth escapes, no loss of life occurred. About the same period, St. James, Trelawny, and other parishes were visited with unusually heavy rains, flooding the roads, rivers, and channels. In the town of Falmouth the inhabitants were thrown into great consternation, in oansequence of the rapid advance made by the sea, which rose to an enormous West,. sod laid olooral of the principal streets from two to two-and-a-half feet under water. While passing through the barracks it knocked down one of the outhouses, and completely destroyed the railings attached to the buildings. Here, also, the swells of the ocean were directly from the north, and the breeze from the south. Annotto Bay was even in a worse predicament from the overflowing of the river which adjoins that place, and which threatened at one time to wash away the whole buildings of the town. So deep was the water in the streets, that a boat drawing five feet was able to proceed through the town ; and thus became the means, with others, of saving both life and property. The damage, however, in addition to the fright, was very considerable ; and the bridge which crosses the Annotto Bay River is a complete wreck. In consequence of. the rivers being swollen in various places, the Portland and Southside posts did not reach Kingston till several days after they were due.