... WEST INDIES. Despatches have been received the Colonial Office from the islands of Trinidad, Dominica, Bar- Imdoes, Vincent, Grenada, and Tobago. The accounts from these islands state that a struggle for wages between the labourers and the planters was ...

... WEST INDIES. Opening the Legislative Assembly Jamaica.—By the arrival the steam-ship, Thames, we learn that the House Assembly was opened by Lord Elgin the ultimo, in speech in which congratulated the colony upon its improved condition. Insebrection Favour ...

... WEST INDIES, The lirilish Guiana Gazette, of October 9, gome important proclamation;! of Colonel Light, the governor, with reference to the agricultural labourers jn that colony. Premiums arc offered for the procuration of labourers inured to tropical ...

... WEST INDIES. The West India mail, which arrived on Friday, brings news from Jamaica the 7th ultimo. Considerable dulness and depression in every department continued to prevail iu that island, as well as all the others. The papers complain sad but strong ...

... WEST INDIES. State the Islands. —The mail which arrived on Monday week brought very favourable accounts of the crops but in some of the islands, and in parts of Jamaica particularly, the extreme heat of the season is complained of. Coolie immigration ...

... WEST INDIES. The Monthly Mail.—The Thames, steamer, arrived at Southampton on Tuesday week, with the usual monthly mail. The intelligence from the English colonics is generally favourable. Considerable sums continued to bo voted by the colonial or collected ...

... WEST INDIES. Thf. Monthly Mail.—The Severn, royal mail Steamer, which arrive-l af Southampton the 2d, l>riugs very little news. The from Jamaica are iißfavoiirahle. Sujar cultivation almost at a stand-still in many parishes. Dry weather has prewailed ...

... WEST INDIES. Tiik Bi-Monthly Mail.—By the arrival of the West India mail steamer, we have received news from Jamaica the 7th ultimo. Great quantities of rain had fallen at Jamaica, which had been useful to the sugar plantations, the crop being expected ...

... WEST INDIES. Jamaica.—The Jamaica Legislature was adjourned ou the 31st of December with a speech from Lord Elgin. Thirty-three bills were passed, among which were two for the extension of the Kingston railroad to d Harbour, and for the formation of central ...

... WEST INDIES. Monthly Mail. —The usual monthly mail bring* intelligence from Jamaica to the 23d of February, new governor. Sir Charles Grey, had auccecded in gaining much favour iu public opinion. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at llalberstadt ...

... WEST INDIES. By the arrival the Tweed steamer, with the overdue West India mails, have a great mass of papers from various places. The dates from Jamaica arc the Ist July, from Barhadoes the 11th June, and from the 15th. They not report much alteration ...

... WEST INDIES. Al arming Earthquake. —Since the account given our last, the has arrived with further intelligence. give extracts from narrative Mr. Clark, surgeon the Ac I iron : St. stoph eit’s.— landing at the town of Basterre, found that the earthquake ...