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... Mr. Chamberlain's long-promised statement with regard to the West Indies has been made at last, and the House of Commons has passed a Supplementary Vote of £41,500 for Sundry Colonial Services, including certain Grants in Aid. This sum, according ...
... The continued depreciation in the price of sugar, which has reduced the value of property ia the West Indies, has nowhere been so felt as in Barbados. In that island from time immemorial sugar cultivation has held an undisputed sway as the sole object ...
... BIRTHS. A'Cotjrt. — On the 7th ult., at St. Kitts, West Indies, the wife of I the Hon. Arthur Holmes a'Court, of a daughter. Bull.— On the 27th ult., at Thornlands, Redhill, the wife of ■ Henry Bull, of a son. Helme. — On the 28th ult., at Pakyns, Hu ...
... Thb New Mail Contracts for Brazils and the West Indies.— The Lords of the Treasury have just sanctioned the contract with the Royal West India Matt Packet Company for the conveyance of the Brazilian mails, and a new maU route scheme for the West India ...
... We regret to find, by the latest intelligence from the West Indies, that the slave trade is more than usually rife in Cuba. We do not mean that the importation of negroes into that island is carried on to the same extent as it was ten years ago. Thanks ...
... Possessions in the East and West Indies.— cm the j Ist November next, and thenceforward, newspapers, book : packets, acd patterns or samples of merchandise, may be forwarded to the Netherland possessions in the East and West Indies, at the following British ...
... Through the West Indies, by Mrs. Granville Layard, affords a good idea of the different islands and towns visited. The author does not give minute or de- taik-d descriptions, or statistics of the commerce, but a sk ...
... BIRTHS. A'Cocbt.— On the £3d September, at Antigua, West Indies, the wife of the Hon. A. W. H. A' Court, of a sou. Ashwin.— On the 30th uit., at Bretforton, Manor, Evesham, tho wife of W. li. Ashwin, of a daughter. Bellamy.— On the 24th ult., at Belmont ...
... BIRTHS. Allom.— On the 4th ult , at Tobago, West Indies, the wife of Albert James Allom, Esq., Colonial Secretary, of a daughter. Bateman.— On the 1st inst., at Fern Tower, Perthshire, the wife of John Frederic Bateman, E. q., of a son. Boulger.— On the ...
... Rupture.— J. A. Sherman, well known, and universally addressed throughout the United States, the West Indies and other countries for tlie past 40 years as Dr. Sherman, though not a physician but a specialist in the treatment of rupture, offers his services ...
... The West Indies.— Liverpool, Thursday.— The West India and Pacific Steam-ship Company's screw- steamer Chilian, Captain Saville, which sailed from Colon on the 7th, and Kingston (Jamaica) on the 15th arrived in the Mersey this morning. Her news is poitant ...
... local Legislatures of the West Indies must be prepared to reducetheirtariffs in return for the admission of their sugar on favourable terms by the American Govern- ment into the ports of the United States. Butthe West Indies cannot grant any exclusive ...