` ePounts have been received from Jamaica, that an insurrec-
4 tong the -slaves in Cuba broke out on the 12th of January. nsive estate, on which the rising took place, was sacked, jhing valuable burnt. The proprietor saved himself overseers and bookkeepers were killed. The militia marchedagainst the insurgents; who, to the number of 2,000, were completely surrounded, when the last intelligence ,valeaedespatche4,pand it was expected they would soon be put down.
The Legislature of Montserrat had decided on the final ter- mination of the Aprenticeship system on the 1st of August. In some of the smaller colonies there appears to be no fear of the Negroes, but a good understanding between the apprentices and their masters. In others, and those much the largest, including Jamaica and Demerara, a very bitter spirit prevails; and some rather alarming disturbances had occurred on estates along the coast of the latter colony.
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