West Indies.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 840, 20 August 1853, Page 4

West Indies.

News bad been received from Jamaica to tbe 11 th April. Several deaths had occurred from yellow' ferer, at Kingston, more particularly amongst the shipping. Her Majesty's ship' Vestal had sent about 30 cases ou shore to the hospital at Port Royal. The ship Gltntanna had sailed for Australia with upwards of 100 passengers, most of whom moved in a respectable sphere of life. Since last advices nothing in particular had been done in regard to mining operations. The explorations /in the country districts were being continued. The Hindoo coolies had begun, to leave the island in good earnest. The weathei was very cool, but extremely dusty, and- rain had fallen in small quantities in the country districts. The Colonial Standard says; — " Although the country is in an unsettled and far from satisfactory state, the sea of politics is rough and boisterous, and the interposition of the Imperial Government is needed to restore order, regularity, tranquillity, and peace." The, fever had made, its appearance at Trinidad, and carried great alarm amongst. the inhabitants of Port-au-Spain. All the other islands were comparatively healthy: „ Demerara, — The weather has been uninterruptedly dry, and high equinoctial winds have kept off the rain, although it , has repeatedly threatened a shower, Tbe earth' is parched, and

the cultivation, it is feared, will suffer much, unless a speedy change takes place. The bleak temperature towards evening and through the night has produced an unfavourable eflect on the health of the coun ry. Influenza is prevalent, and the exterminating scourge is not yet banished from among the shipping.