The West Indies In 1840

John Josepb, Gurney, a metaber of the Society of Friends, has publishod thirteen letters on the West Indies, addresscd to Hon. Hcnry Clay. They are written n a familiar style, and describe the various incidents of a few montha' rcsidence, in the Tslands. W shall present to our readers a few notes w haye taken. These letters are published i American Intelligencer, a monthly paper re ccntly establiahed at Philadelpliia. SANTA CRUZ. Mr. Gurr.ey landed on this Island, Dcc. 3, 1829. It is under the direction of a Go rernor appointed by the Danish Government, Tlie principie exporís of the Island are eugar and rum. The Distillery is almost on unvarying appendage to the boiling house.- The ram is made from the "scumminca" oflio silgar üquor. Tho populotion is abou 19,000, of which four-fifth3.are claves.- The physical condiüon of the slaves has been improved by the measures adóptcd by tho Government: but ns moral and intellectual beings, tfiey are far inferior to the liberated lahorers of tho British Colonies. Sunv (lay iathegeneral market day,and the pJenlifuluse of rum by all clases rendera it ofíoie of general merriinent and dissipation. This Í3 aleo a Danish Isknd, picturesque and barren. The greater part of the population amounting to about 10.000, reside n the town. The Spanish and Portuguese slavers frequently refit here for their African voyoges, without iuterruption from the Govrnment.TÓRTOLA. This is a British Island. coníaining about 5000 inhabitanls, of whom about 200 are white. Mr. Gurney vvas assured immediate]y on his arnvul, that freedom waa worJungwell. In the j.iil he t'ound one prigoner, and en oxamining the üst orcommitments for pet ty offences, he found the number for (he kst six months of 1837 io be 186: for tlie last si. months of 1839, 75: being a diíference in favor of liberfy of II 1. Mr. Isaacs, who liad charge of 1500 laborere, assured him thal they workeci well, and that he had no complaint to make.6T. cnarsToT'Hi'Us. Tilia Island presenta a beauiiful appcarance to'the eye of the traveller. The population is aboul 50,000. Tho Solichor Gen era) assured liim that thero had been a general and a considerable rige ín real estáte. As an in8tance, he mentioned a particular estáte whicli six yeara ago, with. the elavcs on it, was worth only 200Z. Now, without a slave, it was worth three times that amount. Tho President of the Counci! assured him there was not one individual in the Island that wished the restoration of elavery. The woges in tino Island are from 7d to 9d sterling per day, bosides the usual privi. leges; but the neroes have no diíüculty in carnmg from 2s to 3j sterling per day by job work. One person remarlied to bim," tkey will do an injinily o f workfor wagcs.The imports Jiave vastly increased, particularly of articles of drese. The laborera now consume a large amount of imported goods, and there is a corresponding consumption among them of the belter articles of diet, fovvls, eg-gs, Stc. There were severa! large schools on the island. One conducted by the Moravaian mission contained SOOseliolars. The Lieut. Governor of the Island wróte to Mr, Gurney three months aftpr his visit. "I have jiist received the reporta of the ati- pendiary mogistrates, as to the general state of their respective districts on this island. I am thankful to eay, that they are, without exception, jnost tliee.rmg and salisfatorvj"