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FALMOUTH. DECEMBER 17. Aseinsn THIS 1t093111M. Arrived, the Ottawa, Doons.as, from Quebec. In 28 days ; landed mail anti passengers—Mr. Buchannan, with dispatches foe' the Co office ; Mr. Gowan, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Becket. Mr. Carter and Mr. Roffenstein remain on board. QUEBEC, NOVIDI ism 19. The weather has been variable during the past week, the cold w hich has been experienced in the early part, subsided on Thursday ; since which there has been a continued thaw. The *inter roads arc apin broken up, and travelling must be bad, as the Montreal Post did not arrive until three o'clock. Most of the outitratd bound vessels are ready for sea. MONTREAL, Novingsza 17. The indications of the approach of winter are thickening around us. On Sunday evening a pretty smart frost set in, which did more in two hours to improve the streets, than all that the superintendant tias done for the last twelvemonths. The chill visitant has continued his much-needed influence ever since. Yesterday forenoon It began to snow, and, before dark, the streets were covered to 'the depth of inches. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE• Famoirrii, Dec. 19.—Wind E. to E. S. F..—Arrlsed or the pert, the Ottawa, DOUGLAS, from Quebec; Eliza, BLAU, from America; and Renown, Caste, from London for St. Vincent's Sailed the Swift, BTRNR, for St. Michael's. Psvasourst, Dec. 18.— Wind K—Arrived the Welcome, —...., from St. Petershurgh ; and [Await°, hlaaszsett, from New York far London. His Majesty's ship WINDSOR CASTLI, Captain KING, intends to sail this evening for Lisbon, having embarked troops. I'osrs'souTM, Dec. 19.—Wind E.—Arrived his Majesty's cutter STARLING, from a cruise. Passed by,the Pandora, COLLICOTT, from Arrived the Palmer, from Miramichi. Sailed the Zephyr tramprsrt, for Cork. DIAL. DEC. 19.—Wind N.W.- His Majesty's ship GLOUCLSTIIR passed the Downs last evening. in tow of steam vessels, after tea' criving a (haft of sailors from his Majesty's ship lisstauss. His Maj. sty's ship MZNAI, from the westward, arrived last night, and sailed to the northward this morning. Arrived and remains, the Ocean, Woirrce, from Honduras. GRATIC•IIND, Dec. 19.—Sailed the Sarah Wood, Moose, and Jane, 'fere, for Rat badoes ; Cuba, CLARK, for &. Lucia; and Now Teats, for Constantinople. DUEL. —A duel was fought ye.terdwy morning nn Putney Heath between a Mr. F. and a Captain in tht Army. The Captain received a wound in the sbou'der. TUE LORD CHAISCELLOR.-1 - 11.Loan-HlP'scomolaint remains very much in its former state, the pain being confined to one of his Loansitir's knees and one of his feet ; hut, although he ;s still suffering wry severely, he was not coni.idered worse: MA IttiIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.- Wednesday,the 13th instant, in the county of Derby,..l.llnsv Wtotoe. Esq. eldest son • • „, of Sir I{oalkT 1 1 111.310 T, mat. of s..rwasu „ esaen, to MARIA, eldest daughter of EDWA ND 11ILLZIL Munny, of Shipley Hall, Esq. and, on the same day, the Hon. and Rev. Fkanamc Citizen, son of Lord SCA 1111DALIC, tlt A MOSTA, second daughter the same. A Very numerous party of friends and relatives attended at the cere mony. Among the company were Lord and Lady Scansiw.e, the Hon. Misses Cotton, the Hon. Mrs. Mumov, and Miss IL MuNov, Captain Waal% M.P. the Hon. Mrs. Bs/amour, the Hon. Admiral Cuasos, &c. _ _ _ It appeats that ;letter from Oporto of the 9th was received in town on Monday, by a most respectable Portugut se Gentleman, a Mr. Gonzalvez, in which it is titted, that the minds of the inhabitants of that city were a great deal more tranquil. Their fears as to the advance of the rebels were much abated, as confident hopes were entertained that reinforcements of troops would arrive before any attack could be made. The &Erik states, with respect to the affairs of Greece, that the Marquis of RIBEAUPIERRE had brought to St. Petersburgh the Convention of Akermann, ratified by t!.e SULTAN. It was reported in that capital, that be would immediately set out for Constantinople, as Am- bassador, to press the exectrion of that Convention, and to open negociations relatively to the pacification of Greece according to the arrangement concluded on the 4•h of last Apt il between England and Russia, or rather to add weight to the negociations already commenced by the British Ambassador. " The Protocol of the Conferences held en the 4th of April," says the article (which is taken in part from the Augsburgh Gazette),, " between the Duke of WELLINGTON and Count NEs. SELRODE, is to serve as a basis on both sides, and the result may be expected to be more favourable, as the Perte is placed in a situation which prevents her from refusing any condition proposed. Should she reject them, she would undoubtedly be threatened with a new Ultimatum, which would probably be European." WORCESTER, DEC. 18.—The Election for a Coroner is still carried on with unabated zeal on both sides ; in I fact, this day has, up to the present moment, surpassed I either of the preceding ones in numbers voted, which can only be attributed to the quantity brought into tov n yesterday (Sunday). Such has been the confusion at the hustings in consequence of the press of free holders,. that polling on both sides as fast as possible has been the order of the day; and it is impossible, until the close of the day's business, to correctly state which candidate has the best of it. The town and country are all in a bustle; and it is thought that the cornett o ill last as long as there is a freeholder to poll. Yesterday, Mrs. White, of Upper Prince's-street, Stamford. street, Blackfriars-road, the wife of the chief clerk in the Storekeeper's Office, at the Excise Office, received a letter, Worming her that her husband had met with an accident, and requested her to proceed to the Baltic Coffee-house, where he was lying. Not know ing where the Baltic Coffee house was, she took a coach, and in greet haste proceeded to the Excise Office to make inquiries respecting her husband. She was delighted to find him safe at the office, and only sur prised at her visit. She immediately returned home, when she was informed that a man had been there a quarter of an hour after she left, and represented that lie was sent from the Baltic Coffee-house for an entire suit of clothes, the unfortunate Gentleman having met with an accident, in consequence of which he was en t; rely covered with his blood, and could not be removed in his then state. The servant selected her master's best suit of clothes, and the fellow got clear off with them. DECEMBER AND MAY. " Crabbed age and youth cannot live together."—sSeattawas. Said Ntstor to his pretty wife, quite sorrowful, one day, " Why, dearest, will you shed in pearls these lovely eyes away? You ought to be more fortified." " Ah brute, be quiet, do: I know I'm not so fottified, nor fiftyfied, as pant " Oh, men are vile deceivers all, as I have ever beard, You'd die for me. you swore, and I—l took you at your word: I was a tradesman's widow then—a pretty change I've made, To live and die the wife of one, a widower bf trade 1" " Come, come, my dear, these flighty airs declare, in sober truth, You want as much in age, indeed, as I can want in youth : Besides, you said you liked old men, though now at me you buff," " Why, yes," she said, " and so I do—but you're not old enough." 6 ' Come, come, my dear, let's make it up. and have a quiet hive; I'll be the best of men—l mean, I'll he the best alive! Your grieving so will kill me, for it cuts me to the core," 6 ' I thank ye, Sir, for telling me—for now I'll grieve the more!" CORN ETCH ANG E, M ARK- LANE, Due. 20. The magnitude of the supply of Oats (444010 qrs. since Monday) appears to have no effect upon the holdvts of this ankl e , w h o cvi. &fitly have in their rye other purchasers besides the ordinary buyers, and continue demanding the same prices; Wits point of sake we lye hcacely any, and prices of all &miring's of Grain nit* be quoted on Monday. 4IL ROME. Arrivals at Rome within the months of November and Deem ber.i—ilis Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Sue Coburg, tra velling by the title of Count Henneberg; their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Lucca and suite; the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and family ; Ladies Bath, Warwick, and Westmore land ; Sirs—A. Wood. F. Vincent, J. Elliott; Colonels—Grant, Montmorency, and Cockburn ; Major Sitwell, Messrs. Ford, Sea grape, Grant, Lambton, M.P. and family, Andersoos; General Ramsay, Sir F. Adam, Governor of the lonian Islands, &c. &c. Also the Count de Celles, Ambassador Irons the King of the Ne therlands to the Court of Rome, and the Duke de Laval Montmo rency, French Ambassador to the same. • BATH, DzcemßEß 18. The congregation at the Chapel of the Rev. Mr. Jay, who is a very popular man here, and is crowded!) , at tended,was on Sunday evening greatly alarmed. During the Service, and while the Rev. Mr. Palmer, in the ab• sence of Mr. Jay,was in the pulpit, a crackling noise was heard,which excited general consternation ; and as it ap peared like the burning of wood,thete were cries of !Tire! fire!" which were followed by sctiamings and rushes to get out of theChapel.Then it was perceived that the noise was at the clock, and that led to the supposition that the gallery was falling; and such idea by no means diminished the alarm, nor the etorts of the terrified in d;viduals to get out of the Chapel. The confusion could not be checked, and it was not lessened by the circumstance of the Minister getti g out of the pulpit door, and lit, tally jumping down the stairs. It was eventually a'certained that the crackling none, that had sounded like the burning of wood, proceeded from the running down of the clock, its chain having become unfastened. Extract of a letter dated Sr. Thomas's, 15th Nov.:— " I arrived here yesterday. I left Laguayra four day• after the mail Is. , at, and had a pa .sage of eight days. Before my departure, a Secretary of BoLIVAIt had ar- rived at Caraccas, and it is generally understood :hat the Liberator was satisfied with the measures of PA IZ Every thing was quiet at Lagua)ta; the new tariff of import and expori has been sanctioned by PAEZ, and will be adoptril. The vales. which were put out of cir• celati.m at the beginning of PA EZ'S political movements, are now again, as before, to be received by the Customs." Si: Joust PERRINO and Co. have paid 25 per Cent. to their creditors. They promi•e a second dividend of 2.5 per Cent. in January, and there is every reasen to expect that the whole of their d-bts will be paid off in less than one twelvemonth. Their debts at present amount to from 160,000/. to 170.0001. for the payment of which they are posfe,sed of ample assets in landed and other property, but which cannot readily be made available. The consent of all the creditors, except of same large bodies, who will doubtless concur, has been obtained to the arrangements into which they have en tered. Their liabilities to the public before the run upon them began, amounted to 700,0001. and it now appeals that their stoppage was occasioned solely by the impracticability of converting their securities into cash, xcept by making immense sacrifices, which they did not consider justifiable. W INCUESTIR, Dec. 18..-There is more sickness in this neighbourhood at present among all classes than has been known for many months. At Otterbouine, it is said, there has been a whole family nearly annihilated by eating unwholesome hogs' flesh. At Amphield there is a dreadful fever raging ; and almost in every street there is some one suffering from the effects of our uncertain climate. COVENT-GARDEN. —The Marriage of Figaro was played at this Theatre last night. Madame VESTRIS played the bride of Figaro with all her peculiar arch ness, point, and spirit ; sang her songs with her usual sweetness, variety, and rapidity of modulation ; and was rewarded by the frequent and warm plaudits of the audience. The Figaro of the night was Mr. PiNSON, a' very successful representative of the inventive, lively, and bustling barber. Mrs. CHATTIRLEY'S Young Page was very amusing; and Mr. JONES'S Count had all the life with which his most mercurial spirit could animate the dramatic dulness of the character. The Opera was preceded by the School for bcandal, in which Messrs KIMBLE, WARDE, JONES, and BLANCHARD, displayed their well known talents. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Monday on view of the body of Edward Stilwell, who was killed in a Seal by William Anscomb, on Ranmore Common, in the parish of Great Bookham, between eleven and twelve on Saturday night. They had fought but a very short time, when Stilwell received a blow from his opponent, which in a few seconds deprived him of life. The Jury,l after spending five hours in the examination of witnesses, and in the investigation of such facts as could be col lected, returned a verdxt of " Manslaughter against William Anscomb," who was consequently conveyed immediately to Kingston to take his trial, as the Surrey Mazes are now holding in that town. This is the anniversary of the death of Ethelbald the Second, 860 ; Richard Cour de Lion being taken pri soner by Leopold, Duke of Austria, 1192; and extent of one hundred yards of the north end of the Isle of Portland sinking into the sea,_ by which considerable' damage was done, 1735 ; and of the 13og of Castleguard, in the county of Louth, Ireland, moving in a body from its original situation to the distance of many miles, crossing the high-road to Doon, covering every thing in its way, at least twenty feet, and thro*ing down se veral bridges and buildings, 1793. Sunday, the body of Mr. Newman, the Stockbroker, was found in a lifeless state in a field near Hampstead, with a pistol, the fatal instrument, in his hand. This person had recourse to an expedient to rover his losses, which having failed, he lost all self-possession. The witnesses examined all proved that his mind had, during the preceding day, been in a most disordered state ; during which he destroyed himself. We understand that another forgery to the amount of 1,5001. committed by the same unfortunate indivi dual who has placed himself beyond the reach of the law, and who was implicated in the transaction noticed on Monday, was discovered yesterday morning. Mat.ancrtoLt OCCURHSNOL—Yesterday a:ternoon, an Inquisition was held before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. the Coroner for Middlesex, at the Mitre at Islington, upon view of the body of Mr. Thomas Moore,a person of considerable respectability, who was found drowned in the New River, on Saturday morning last. The de ceased was the son of Mr. soore, the proprietor of the Green Gates Tavern, in the City-road, and a clerk in one of the departments of Somerset House. The deceased was a most accomplished young man, greatly excelling in most of the elegant acquirements of the day. He was thirty-four years of age. Mr. William Boackes, a surgeon of Bath, and several other witnesses, were examined, who had been in company with the deceased the night before,whose evidence went distinctly to prove that his death was wholly accidental, and the Jury re turned a verdict accordingly. BRITISH ROCK AND PATENT SALT COMPANY. A Meeting of the Shareholders in the above Associ ation •was held yesterday, for the purpose of receiving the Rep"rt of the Committee appointed to inquire into certain charges brought by Mr. Forqival, the p4tentee of the Salt Works, against the Directors.—Mr. EAST• Hon in the Chair. A letter having been read from Mr. Furnival, de tailing the grounds of complaint he had against the Directors, and stating that, unless the Company was conducted on an improved principle, he should with draw from the concern; the fteport of the Committee was read. It was of great length, and included many letters from Mr. Furnival and others. Mr. Furnival was of opinion, that if the concern was conducted with. out reference to individual interest, it would be a highly flourishing Company, as the expenditure was extremely limited, The Report was read, and after a slight opposition ordered to be printed. A Resolution was also agreed to approving of the conduct of the Directors; and another thanking the Committee. The meeting then adjourned. EAST INDIA HOUSE. --.411, •-- Yesterday a special General Curt of the East India Company, was held by adjournment, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Papers received from India, and yesterday laid before the General Court, re specting the operations against Bhurtpo e. and Resolu tions of Thanks adopted by the Court of Directors. SIR EDWARD PAGET. Colonel STA SHOPE inquired of the Chairmen what was the reason why the mime of Sir Edward Paget was omitted in the re;olotion of thanks to the different Offi cers of the trmy in India, which we.e passed at the last Nfee:ing ? Tr.e CHAIRMAN said the resolutions o i ly applied to such Officers as were engaged in the proceedings against Ava, and to which he was nit a party. Mr. Hums said, that Sit A. Campbell in his dispatches stated, that Sir E. Tiger had taken a prominent part in the war. The CHAIRMAN said, the Court did not intend to propose a vote of thanks to Sir E. Paget. In doing so, they did not disapprove o' any part of his conduct, but they felt there was no special ground on which they could propose it. LORD AMHERST. The first was a ResoltrtionWinks to the Governor General in Council, for the zeal and ability he had dis played in the capture of Bhurrpore, &c. Mr. Hums and Dr. GT' opposed the motion of thanks to Lord Amherst, and eulogised the conduct of Sir David Auchter lony, who was opposed to his I.ordship'm proceedings. Dr. Gitcp aut proposed a vote of censure on Lord Amherst, Which motion was seconded by Mr. Hums. General THORNTON said he considered that Sir D. Auchterlony had been hasty in his proceedings. He admired the forbearance of Lord Amherst, and his promptitude in resorting to force when hostilities could no longer be avoided. Mr. MILLS, one of the Directors, said, he was sur prised at the abuse which was so lavishly heaped on Lord Amherst. The only blame that could be attached to his conduct was, that he had succeeded in doing more than was expected. Where disgrace had been antici pated, ♦ictory had followed. Certain Gentlemen had thought proper to pursue him with a malignity for which he (Mr. M) was totally unable to account. His conduct had mainly contributed to establish the stabi lity of our Empire in the East, and had already been acknowledged by a Resolution of Thanks in that Court, which was carried by a triumphant majority—(Hear). After a few observations by Sir C. Fowles, Colonel STANHOPE, Captain MAXWELL, Sir J, Samna., and Sir J. Mamma, the amendment of Dr. GILCHRIST was put and negatived, and the original resolution carried by a considerable majority. Thanks were afterwards voted to the Officers and soldiers en gaged in the capture of Bhurtpore. Three monastic institutions are suppressed at Ham burgh, and their enormous revenues confiscated to the State. The importation Of Spanish wool into Bristol during the present year, has been little more than half of what was received in the course of 1825. It is understood that as soon as the annual drawing for the Militia is completed, it is intended to embody about one-half of these battalions, and send them to Ire land, in order to relieve the Regiments of the Line, which will be required for the Peninsula. The Irish Militia will also, most probably, be called out, to re• lieve the troops of the line in garrison in England. ORKNEY AND SHETLAND SOClETT.—Yesterday a General Annual Meeting of this Society was held at the White Hart Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, The usual annual business was transacted, and the officers of the Society for the ensuing year were appointed. The objects of this Society are similar to those of the St. Andrew's Society—the support of such destitute natives of the Orkney and Shetland Islands, in Londtin, as by the law, are deprived of right to parochial relief. MR. ELLISTON'S BANKRUPTCY.—The creditors to this estate met yesterday s at the Court of Commission ers, Basinghall-street, for the choice of assignees, and for the further proof of debts, &c. The Solicitors an nounced the names of Messrs. Pew and Brooks as the assignees, to which there was no opposition, and they were accordingly appointed. The former proved debts to the amount of between 3,0004 and 4,0001. incurred no doubt in the additions to Drury-lane Theatre s under , the superintendence of Mr. Pew. The second assignee is, we believe, connected with the book trade. The out standing debts are said to be very considerable, and the assets comparatively small. Mr. Elliston was present, but took no part in the business. To a person who regretted to Dr. Samuel Janson that he had not been a Clergyman, because he consi dered the life of a Clergyman an easy and comfortable one, the Doctor made this reply : • 48 fhe life of a conscientious Clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a Clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. No, Sir, Ido not envy a Clergyman's life as an easy life; nor do I envy the Clergyman who makes it an easy life." JEM WARD'S BENEFIT'. Jem Ward took iisbebeita; the Tennis Court yesterday, and the Court was thronged to excess. The Sparring, upon the whole, was satisfactory, and drew down lets of approbation. Among the colnpetitors for fame, were Murphy and Latham; Young Stockman and Saunders; Jack the Painter and Raines; Jem Burns and Tom Cannon ; Ned O'Neat and Tont Gaynor ; Whiteheaded Bob and Reuben Martin ; Reedie 'and Dodd, from Deptford (an excellent display); and Jem Ward and Tom Oliver. Jem, of coarse, did not do his best ; bet he chewed that all his mus cular powers were in full activity. Crawley was not present. In the course of the play, Jem Barns challenged Tom Cannon to fight far 2100 aside .an invitation which, Cannon said, he should certainly accept ; and a meeting is to take place on the subject. After the Sparring, there was' an excellent dinner at the Castle Tavern, in Holborn, given in celebration of making the final de posit for the " Great Fight;" as that between Ward and Crawley • is now called. ~~prF LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF RING'S BENCH, Dsc. 10. LEWIS IP WOOD AND LEE. This was an action against the defendants, Sheriff's Officers, for a trespass, in breakinz and entering the dwelling house of the plaintiff, and taking therein her goods and furniture. The defendants pleaded Not Guilty ; secondly, that a writ was issued in the Palace Court against the mother of the plaintiff, at the suit of one Edward Castelle, and, in order to execute a distress warrant, they, as the Of ficers to whom it was directed, entered the house, the door being open, and took the goods The plaintiff ( Miss Lewis), in her replication, denied that the door was open. It was proved, on the part of the plaintiff, that she took the house in question, viz. No. 1, York -street, Grosvenor-square, of the landlord, a Mr. Jackson, and that there was no pretence for saying it belonged to the mother. It appealed that the plaintiff, who is a young woman obtaining support by her ti erary talent, had procured 'everal sums of money by writing hovels. She was the author-ss of a woi k called Ambition, and another called Olinda. With money -o acquire), she purchased the goods of her mother. wbi rece;ved the same Irons Mr. Costelle. The mother, having been sued for the amount. took the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors Act. She had previously resided with her daughter, and at the time the defendants committed the trespass, the house was shut up. The defendants finding it impos sible to dictrain in the ordinary way, resorted to stra tagem. They employed a chimney sweeper to go to the house of a neighbour, and state that another boy had got confined in a chimney, so that it was necessary to go through the neighbour's house to extricate him._ T, e person finding a boy in that situation, consented to let him go up to the roof. The chimney sweeper then made his way over the houses to the top of No. 1, and finding the trap door open, went in ; he then opened the street door, and let in ihe defendants, who distrained the goods of the plaintiff. A number of witnesses were called, to prove that the property belorird to the plaintiff. On the pats of the defendants, it teas contended that tie goods were the property of the plaintiff's mother, and that the Officers were ju • tified in making the distress. The Loma CHIEF Jusries left the Jury to say, fist, whether the defendants got into the house by breaking and entering ? It they did, his Lordship said, the plain tiff was entitled to damages for the injury. The Jury had also to consider, whether the transfer of the goods was only a colourable transaction to keep the property? The Jury retired at two o'clock, and returned at six o'clock, with a verdict for the plaintiff. For the trespass, damages 40s.— For seising the goods, M. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, GLILDHALL, DEC. 19. WELD V. NOSTRA AND ANOTHER. • This was an action on a policy of insurance, brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, who are the Di rectors of the Star Life Insurance Office, to recover 3,0001. the amount of a policy of insurance wh;ch had been effected in August, 1890, in that office, on the life of Lady Ilunlock. The defendants pleaded, first, the general issue ; and secondly, that a misrepresentation had been made on the part of the plaintiff with regard to the age of Lady Hunlock, the assured. Mr. Sergeant WILDK stated the case. The plaintiff formerly carried on business in the City, but having accumulated some property, he had now retired, and was not no* engaged in any mercantile transactions.- 1 He thought proper, however, to employ Messrs. How ard and Gibbs, the well known money agents, to nego tiate annuities for him. These Gentlemen effected an aunuity on the life of Lady Hunlock to the amount of 9,0001. It became necessary to insure the life of this Lady, and a policy was granted by the Pelican Office for the amount, of the plaintiff's interest: This policy, as he should chew, was however transferred from this respectable office, to the Star. This was most unfor tunate for the plaintiff, for had that never taken place, he would now have been in possession of his money, and would not have been compelled to have recourse to legal proceedings in order to recover it. It would here be proper to inform the Jury, that the Star Company had been created by Howard and Gibbs for their own advantage, and with a view of effecting policies on those annuities which hid been neglected by those individuals. This Company was conducted, and its business transacted, in the house of the persons who had given it birth-- Messrs. Howard and Gibbs. These Gentlemen had thought proper, without any authority from the plain tiff, but solely on their ottot responsibility, to transfer the policy in question from the respectable office in which it bad been effected, to the office of this Com pany of their own raising. The Learoei Sergeant then called the attention of the Jury to the rates ot assurance, which mere adopted by each of the offices, and adverted to a sum of 941. which, when the transfer was made, they had returned to the Star, which they still re tained, and for which they had given no acknowledg ment. He understood that the defence to the present action would be, that there was a statement in exist ence relative to the age of Lady Hunlock, which they said had been misrepresented, she being more advanced in life than had been stated ; if that were the case, it had arisen out of a mistake on the part of the plaintiff, and was not a wilful error ; but even admitting that error to exist, had not the Star, by retaining the 941. more than repaid itself ? The transfer which had been men tioned to k place on the 10th of May, 1820, and no mention was made about it until the November follow ing, when a negotiation was commenced to redeem the annuity. Upon this the plaintiff sent his son to the office to make the necessary arrangements. It was then, for the first time, that the Company started an objection, and told the son that they understood Lady Hunlock was 69, instead of 63 years of age, and they called on the plaintiff to pay up the additional premium which would be required on her mole advanced age. from the crate of the policy being effected: The plaintiff would have had no objection to have pa'd the additional pre mium from the time of his commencement with the Star ; but they insisted on a payment in full from the time the policy was effected in the Pe:icatt. This ap peared to him most unreasonable, and he refused to comply. Negotiations on the subject were, however, persevered in until the death of Lady Hunlock, which effectually stopped thtm. The detenoants, however, now refused to pay a single farthing. This was a statement of the whole facts of the case; he should call witnesses who would prove its truth, and he trusted he should entitle himse.f to the verdict of the Jury. The policy, dated on the 10th of August, 1820, was then put in and read by the associate. It contained a con dition, by which it appeared that if any ca .e of mitre presentation should occur with regard to the age of the person assured, whether it were wilful or otherwise, the policy should become void.'