... West Indies. Extract of a letter received by last mail, dated “Georgetown, Demerara, 19th December, 1847 These are dreadful times for the merchants at home, but I almost fear worse crisis still is awaiting the poor plantfrs. Ruin seems to be staring them ...

... WEST INDIES. The mail steamer Avon arrived Southampton on Wednesday morning. There is not much news by this arrival. The colonies were reported to be still in very unsatisfactory state. Kain had fallen, and the crops looked well. Freights were dull. ...

... West Indies, A communication from Southampton announces the arrival of the West India steam-ship Tweed, Captain Parsons. Her dates are:—Jamaica, October; St. Jago, 20th; St. Thomas, 29th; Fayal, 13th Nov. The hurricane of the 11th Oct. was felt at Porto ...

... the west indies Lord Stanley gave notice that on Monday next be would call the attention the house to the state of the West India colonies. NATIONAL DEFENCES The Earl of Hardwicke asked whether it was the intention of the Government to bring forward the ...

... WEST INDIES Information which has transpired since the arrival of last mail (briefly noticed in our last), show’s that affairs aro still in a very unsatisfactory state the Colonies. The nature of the Ministerial measures for the encouragement of the West ...

... West Indies. By advices from Dominica to the 23d June, we learn that the insurrection had been quieted, and the operation of martial law suspended. The Government had issued proclamation and amnesty to all, with the exception of the ringleaders, ninety ...

... West Indies. Southampton, Jan. 20.— The Royal West Indian mail-packet, Medway. Captain Parsons, arrived at her moorings this morning, at half, past ten o’clock, and landed her mails at a quarter past eleven o’clock, which, through the kindness of the ...

... West Indies. The West India Mail has arrived, bringing dates from Dernerara to the 19th, and from Jamaica to the 24th July. The news from Jamaica is of the same character as formerly. Rain had fallen, but not enough to redeem the crop. the other colonies ...

... WEST INDIES The Thames stramer has arrived from the West Indies with the usual mails, the dates from Jamaica being to the 23d of March. We regret to find, that the intelligence she has brought is by no means of a satisfactory character. The accounts ...

... WEST INDIES. . The contents of the Jamaica papers are of considerable interest. ly The House of Assembly was prorogued on the 28th of April, to the 2Dth of Mar. Some warm disculssions had taken place rela i l tive to the presentation of an address to ...

... West Indies. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company’s ship Tweed, arrived at Southampton on Sunday, with 73 passengers, having made an excellent voyage of nineteen days from St. Thomas. She does not bring any news of importance. Her dates are Demerara, the ...

... West Indies. Much alarm was created in the city on Monday on the arrival of the West India mails, with the intelligence that smart shock of earthquake had been felt at Barbadoes, and the other islands, which, however, soon subsided, when it was ascertained ...