The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-22 00:00:00

tristtrantr Utites. YORKSHIRE FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE COXPANY DART -i- DEI GENTS ESTABLISHED 1824 renew the same within fifteen da a that itate LATHAM HANMER, Jun. ' 11, Dale-stret. FREDERIC LAPAGE, JOHN ATKINSON, Fenwick Buildings, Fenwick- treet NATHAN LITHERLAND, 18, Exchange BuildiAs. COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, DILLY, ESTABLISHED 1807, Trust 6 His Grace the Duke of Rutland, The Marquis of Northampton. The Right Hon. Lord Northwick Glynne Earle Welby, Esq., M.P. John Gillyatt Booth, F Barber Beaumont, Esc A.S., F.G.S. And Sixty Directors eminently successful it is the only Fire Off AGENTS W. FORSH AV V. CHALONE Thomas Bolton Robert Moscror Thomas Raws George Wooll _ Samuel Fletcher , R. Benson, jun..... H. H. Fishwick.. .. Woodcock and Part ___ Manchester Oldham. Who are also ~an. nts for the PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICI Thomas Tooke, Esq. Governor. William Sampson, Esq. .... Sub-Covernor. Bartholomew Jeffery, Esq... Deputy-Governor, DIRECrOt Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Sir J. Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Geo. Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Chas. John Manning, Esq. William Brown, Esq. The Hon. J. T. L. Melville. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. . Edw. Howley Palmer, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Thomas Poynder, Esq. James Gibson, Esq. Abraham G. Roberts, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. William T. Hibbert, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. Lancelot Holland, Esq. William Solton, Esq. G. G. de H. Larpent, Esq. Robert Thoriey, Esq. John Chr. Lochner, Esq. Octavins Wigram, Esq. All Business relative to the Fire and Life Insurance is transacted for this Corporation, in Liverpool and places ad jacent, at the Offices of Mr. JOHN PARK, No. 33, Tithe barn-street; and of Mr. GEORGE LOCH, top of Water street, of whom printed Proposals and particular information may be bad. The Agents for the county of Lancaster are : Ashton-under-lyne David Tinker, Blackburn James Gillins, Bolton Robert Barlow and Son, Burnley Lord Massey, Bury William Benson, Chorley Timothy Lightoller, Kirkham Richard Hodson, • George Jackson, L 1 GEO. LOCH, J. Williamson, John Ashcroft, William Taylor George S. Buck , J. Haddock, Wigan.... .. James Newsham & Son. The Agents for the County of Chester are : Chester William Worrall, Congleton Daniel Morris, Macclesfield Isaac Heaton, Nantwich Thomas Derriemer, Northwich Sandbach Lancaste LIVERPOO Manchester Oldham.... Preston .... ington Stockport County of Westmoreland Joseph Barrow Parkinson Ken - dal ----- Joseph Garnett, Milnthorpe Dec. 1840. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. P.S. In consequence of the destruction of the Royal Ex change by Fire, the business of the Company, in all its branches, is carried on at their New Premises, No. 21, Lom bard-street, till their Offices in the Royal Exchange are rebuilt. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 18( CAPITAL £1,200,000. DIRECTORS Sir Thomas Turton, Bart. , Chairman. J. D. Hume, Esq., Deputy Chairman. / The Hon. Sir Court ena y B oy l e E manue l Pacifico, N.D. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Wm. George Pre ot, Esq William Laforest, Esq. Joseph Pulley, q. Moses Mocatta, Esq. Joh n P e t er c h , E s James William Ogle, Esq. Donald Mac an, Esq. Actuary—CHARLES ANSEL', E F.R.S. LIFE DEPA.RTME TNt t HE attention of the Publi c h as , i n t e Advertisements and Proposals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of Additions applicable to and expectant on Poli cies of particular dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to submit the following statement of Claims actually paid, showing the Sums respectively assured and the Bonuses thereon, and they request, in order to show the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this Company, that Persons desirous of effecting Assurances on their Own Lives or on the Lives of Others, will compare the statement now submit ted, with the Addition or Bonus of any of the other Offices which may apply to a Policy issued by them since 1816, when the Atlas Company adopted the Bonus System. Statement of Claims paid on Policies effected in London or through an Agent in Great Britain. Name of Life Assured 213 His Majesty William IV. 14 3000 f 1068 4068 35 12 0 2 10 10 69 H.R.H. the Duke of York 7 2000 385 2385 19 5 0 2 15 92 The same. 7 3000 577 3577 19 5 0 2 15 0 3422 The late Duke of Argyll 14 5000 1453 6453 29 1 2 215 ": 3604 The late Earl of Clarendon 12f 2500 1120 3620 44 16 0 3 11 : 687 M. S. (Berks) 21 400 437 837 109 5 0 5 4 1 : 202 SirJ. D. Thomson, GC B 21 500 308 808 61 12 0 218 .1 103 Rev. Job W. Baugh 21 1500 767 2267 51 2728 : 78 Rev. Thomas Crompton 20 ' 500 350 850 70 003 10 1 —V ________ rersons assured for the whole term of life in Grea, Britain or Ireland respectively, will have an ADDITIOI made to their Policies every seventh year, or an equivalent REDUCTION will be made in the future payments of Premium, at the option of the A ssured. The FOURTH SEPTENNIAL VALUATION will be made up to Christmas, 1844. ASSURANCES FOR SHORT PERIOD S may now b e effected in this O ffi ce at considerably reduced Rates of Premium. FIRE DEPARTMENT. In addition to the benefit of the late Reduction in the Rates of Premiums, this Company offers to Assurers the advantage of an allowance for the loss of Rent of Buildings rendered untenantable by Fire. Policies falling due at CHRISTMAS, should be renewed within fifteen days from that period. The Company% Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorised to report on the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance. HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary. 92, Cheapside, London, Dec., 1840. The Agents for the Company at the undermentioned places are as follows, viz.:-- Liverpool Messrs. HORNBY and MARSDEN. Ditto Mr. W. H. M'DOWELL. Appleby, E. Allinson. Macclesfield, R. Turner. Ashton-under-Line,J.S..Shaw Manchester, R. & C. Hervey. Blackburn, R. Wilding. Ormskirk, J. Robinson. Bolton, C. Briggs. Oldham, John Duncroft. Burnley and Todmorden, T. Preston, Wm. Lancaster. E. Ifammerton. Rochdale, James Hartley. Bury, Richard Lomax. St. Helen's, John Ansdell. Chorley, J. Wallwork. Stockport, W. Downall. Clitheroe, W. L. Oddie. Ulverston, W. Postlethwaite. Lancaster, Thomas Albright. Warri ng t on,. T homas Leigh. Leigh, T. Whitehead. Wigan, J. Griffith. A letter from Martinique in the Journal of G ua d a l oupe, states the following e ven t :—" M. de Pichery, merchant, father of a num:lrons family, was met while on a hunting excursion by an enormous serpent, which attacked him and inflicted several severe wounds in his legs. M. Pichery de fended himself with great courage ; but, although timely succour was administered to him, be died four hours after. This unfortunate event caused great consternation at St. Pierre. The serpent was nearly seven feet in length, and when opened there wore found in its belly 162 little ones." SKETCH OF M. TRIERS.—Enter the chamber of deputies when some grand parliamentary tournament is proceeding ; direct your eyes towards the narrow cage which serves as a rostrum, and behold the mannikin shaking in it. His head only is visible, so short is his person. That head is orna mented with a rather ugly and grinning face, but it is lively, animated, expressive, original, and, as it were, suspended to an enormous pair of spectacles. Whilst the honourable gen tlemen still indulge in school-boy chat, examine the capricious contour of those lips, thin, and pinched in Voltaire's fashion, and which perpetually exhibit the slyest, most sarcastic, and most inquisitorial of smiles. Silence is at length restored, and the orator is about to speak—listen or, if your organisation be rather delicate and musical begin by stopping your ears ; you may then gradually open them, for the voice you are about to hear is one of those acute and shrill voices which would make Lablache faint and Ruhini shudder. It is something d ou b tful, amphibious, neither male nor female—something rather of the neuter gender—but, whatever it be, strongly syringed with the accent of Provence. And yet that tiny man, w i t h out good looks, without steadiness, without a voice, is no other than M. Thiers, one o f th e mos t e m inent person ages of our times, and one of the most powerful orators of the chamber. Th a t feeble chest yields notes almost always listened to with favour, and often applauded with frantic enthusiasm : from that fluted larynx issues speech as transparent as crystal, as rap i d as thought, as su b stant i a l an d c l ose as me dit a tion.—French paper. dies falling due An the 25th informed thstr they should '-STREO, PICCA- In consequence of the diminution of incendiary practices on the property of Farmers during the, last few years, the Directors of the County Fire Office feel enabled to reduce the premium for the Insurance of Farming Stock to is. 9d. per cent., without the average clause, and ls. 3d. with the averare clan Re_ It is now Thirty-three years since the County Fire Office was instituted, for the express benefit of country residents, and under the supervision of local Directors,—it has been that has made regular and large returns to the parties insured. These have been constant, and have amounted to £123,000. During the above period, upwards of Forty Insurance Offices have broken up, some with the loss of every thing. Among the extraordinary number which have recently sprung up, many are evidently not intended to last. The closing of the Royal Union Office in Lancaster Place, which took place recently, and the complaints of numerous persons at Bow-street, who bad deposited all they possessed in that Office, and were left destitute, is a warning that ought not to be disregarded. Dale-street, LIVERPOOL Wapping Corner, Do. Blackburn. Bolton. Lancaster. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE o f HOUSES and GOODS from FIRE, 21, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON, (Established by Royal Charter, in the Reign of King George the First,) for Assuring Houses, uildings, Goods, Farming Stock, &c. from Loss or Dam eby Fire ; and also for the Assurance of and granting nnuities on Lives. a t The Insurance Duty of 3s. per Cent. on arming Stock having been Repealed by an Act of the 3d nd 4th William IV., the Company's Agents are authoris to accept New Insurances, and also the renewal of exi ing Policies, on " Agricultural Produce, Farming Stock, d Implements of Husbandry," at a Premium of Two Shillings per Cent. with out the Average Clause. Persons whi3se Annual Premiums fall due on the 25th inst. are hereby informed that Receipts are now ready to be deli vered by the Company's Agents ; and the parties assured are requested to apply for the renewal of their Policies on or before the 9th of January next, as the usual fifteen days al lowed for payment, beyond the date of each Policy, will then expire. „ E/1 8 0 ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, EVE Isr, rPHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETI of the 'PRO PRIETORS of this CHURCH, wi be held in the —, the 4th of Janu ry next, at Nine ruing, to audit the T usurer's Accounts, Vestry, on MoNDAN o'clock ir. tt and on other business THOMAS HARRIS, Secretary Liverpool, Dec. 22, 1840 CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY. REDUCTION OF FARES First Class, 2s. Second Class, and . Third Class. TRAINS TO CHESTER EVERY oni It HOUR. T HE Public are res p ec tf u lly i n f orme d hat on and after TUESDAY, the 15th December, Ste -boats to Monks' Ferry will leave George's Pierhead, Li rpool, at the follow ing Hours : MORNING, at 8, 10, an 12 o'clock. AFTERNOON, at 2,4, 6 o'clock. The Trains will depart every da except Sunday, from Grange-lane Station, Birkenhead. MORNING. 20 minutes past 8 20 minutes past 10. 20 minutes past 12. AFTERNOON. 20 minutes past 2, 20 minutes past 4. 20 minutes past 6. Brook-street Station, Chester. MORNING. EVENING. 15 minutes past 8. 15 minutes past 2 15 minutes past 10. 15 minutes past 4, 15 minutes past 12. 15 minutes past 8 ON SUNDAYS From Grange-lane Station, iiirkenhead MORNING. AFTERNOON. 20 minutes past 9. 1 10 minutes before 5 From Brook-street Station, Chester. AFTERNOON. 6 o'clock. MORNING. 15 minutes past 9. AM the Trains are Mixed Trains, and will stop at Mollington, Sutton, Hooton, and Bebbington Stations. FARES From CHESTER To Mollington Sutton and Hooton Bebbington Birkenhead From SUTTON & HOOTON To Mollington Chester Bebbington Birkenhead From BIRKENHEAD To Bebbington Ist Class. 2d Class. 3d Class. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1 0 .. 0 9 .. 0 6 1 6 .. 1 0 .. 0 9 2 0 .. 1 6 .. 1 0 3 0 .. 2 0 . . 1 0 Hooton - and Sutton Mollington Chester 1 0 .. 0 9 .. 0 6 1 6 .. 1 0 .. 0 9 1 0 .. 0 9 .. 0 6 1 6 .. 1 0 .. 0 9 1 0 .. 0 9 .. 0 6 1 6 .. 1 0 .. 0 9 2 0 .. 1 6 .. 1 0 3 0 .. 2 0 .. 1 0 From BEBBINGTON To Hooton and Sutton 1 0 .. 0 9 .. 0 6 Mollington Chester Birkenhead Children Three Years Old and under Ten, Half Price. Carriages.... Four Wheels 15s. Two Wheels.... 10s. Horses One Horse 6s. T wo H orses .... 10 s . .._ _ DOGS,—SIXPENCE EACH. No Gratuities allowed to be taken by the Servants of the Company on any pretence. Passengers and Parcels will be Booked by the Railway Company to Chester, and by Messrs. JONES and HERBERT, to all places beyond Chester, at the Railway Offices, top of James's street, Liverpool, or at Grange-lane, Birkenhead. COURT CIRCULAR.-FRIDAY The Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, took an airing in a carriage yesterday, for the first time since her Majesty's confinement. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness left Buckingham Palace shortly before two o'clock, and returned to the Palace in the course of half an hour. The Princess Sophia Matilda visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected yesterday one of the magnificent sideboard dishes lately prepared for the Goldsmiths' Company. The subject described is Richard 11. granting the charter of incorporation to the company. The lower part is occupied with festoons of fruit, in high re lief, exquisitely finished. His Royal Highness was pleased to express to Mr. Bridge his admiration of the performance, and afterwards had the piece of plate removed to an adjoin ing apartment for her Majesty's inspection. MONDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Household, attended divine service yesterday morn ing in Buckingham Palace. The Rev. Dr. Short, Deputy- Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, officiated. The service was performed in one of the state rooms. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took a carriage drive in Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon. The Duchess of Kent visited Her Majesty on Saturday. Lord Hill had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, returned to town on Saturday afternoon from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey, at their seat, Middleton-park, Oxford. The Duke of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday afternoon in Grosvenor Chapel. Lieutenant-Colonel Jones was in waiting on his Roy a l Highness. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town on Saturday from a visit to the Duke and Duchest of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET , THURSDAY EVENING.—The bargains in Consols were few and of small amount ; the price has therefore undergone little alteration, closing for the account 88/ to 89 ex. div. Exche quer-hills are as yesterday, ls. discount to premium. Bank Stock, 156 i to 157} ; 3 per Cent. Reduced, 84 to 89 ; and 3i per Cent. Reduced, 97i to . India Bonds are quoted 14s. discount. FRIDAY EVENlNG.—Although business was by no means brisk in Consols, more firmness was perceptible in the price, which opened at 88k to 89, and left off at 89 buyers, ex. div. ; the Reduced Stocks and Exchequer -bills were also firmer ; Three per Cent. Reduced closed at 89 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced, 97i to ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 971 ex. div., for opening ; and Fxchequer bills, par to 2 premium. Bank Stock bears its old price, 1561 to 1571. Following the lead of the English funds, a trifling improve ment took place in the speculative foreign stocks, excepting Dutch, which un the other hand declined, the value from their local market coming lower. Spanish Actives closed 23k to ; Portuguese .5 per Cents., 32k to 231; the 3 per Cents., 21 to 1; Dutch 21 per Cents., 501 to 51; Dutch 5 per Cents., 971 to a ; Colombian, 24 to 1; Mexican, , 28 to 2 ; Brazilian 71 to 72 ; and Danish, 77 to 78. The prices of shares have in some instances improved, while in others a fall has occurred. This is the result of spe culation being directed towards a certain description to the neglect of others. Brighton were last quoted 8 to 74 dis. ; Blackwall, 5 to 44 dis. ; South Western, 52 to 54 per share; North Midland. 25 to 23 dis ; ditto New Shares, 4 to 2 dis. ; Birmingham, 79 to 81 pm. ; Great Western, 224 to 234 pm. ; ditto New Shares, 94 to 104 pm. ; Gosport, 3 to 4 pm. ; South Eastern, 161 to + dis. ; and Eastern Counties, 14 to discount. There was not much business doing to-day in the foreign exchanges, and the rates may be considered the same as last post. SATURDAY EVENING. — ConsoIs were a shade flatter to dap without much busi ness ; t h e fl uctuat i on was between 88 an d 89, and they closed at the latter price. Bank Stock was also lower, being last quoted 156 to 157, but Exchequer bills were marked at ls. to 3s. pm., which is an advance on yesterday's quotation ; 3 per Cents. Reduced closed 89 to ; 34 per Cents. Reduced, 974 ; and New 34 per Cents., 974 to 4, ex. div., for opening. Money is easier, being rated from 4 to . 5 per cent: The price of Spanish and Portuguese Stock was tolerably steady, but Colombian further declined. In the other de scriptions of foreign there is no material alteration, and the bargains were altogether of trifling character. Spanish Ac tives left off 23/, buyers ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 321 to 31; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 21 to ; Colombian, 231 to 241; Dutch 24 per Cents., 501 to 1 ; Dutch 5 per Cents., 974 to 1 ; Mexican, 28 to ; and Brazilian, 71 to 72. Brighton and Great Western Shares have made the greatest advance to-day ; Brighton were last marked 7to 61 discount ; Great Western, 24 to 25 premium; Birmingham, 79 to 81 premium ; Eastern Counties, 144 to 14 discount; Great Western, New, 104 to 11 premium; North Midland, 25 to 23 discount ; and ditto, new shares, 4 to 2 discount. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY EVENING. If business on the Derby was exceedingly dull last evening at Tattersall's, it was more so here this forenoon. For an hour there was nothing but " offers"—say 12 to 1 on the fiele ; 16 to 1 against anything, bar Rosalie ; and 20 to 1 bar two. 25 was offered in sums against Pakemon (although backed last night in one bet—say 5,000 to 175) ; 25 to I was offered against Prince Carodoc : and 30 to 1 against Brother to Tom. The Nob was in every body's mouth; but they were all for taking 500 to 10 ; it would have been laid to 15. Van Amburgh was offered at 40 to 1 ; and the Knlght of the Thistle at 35 to 1 ; but the last-named colt has, during the evening, been supported at 40 to 1, in pounds, repeated. 20 to 1 is offered against Eringo, takers of five points more ; 33 to 1 is offered against Mongolian, takers of 40 t o 1 : 7 t o 1 has been t a k en on Mr. Day's lot this evening; and 6 to 1 offered the field beats two. The Oaks remains a dead letter : the old offer, 7 to 1 on the field ; 12 to 1 agcinst Lampoon. TA S—Tn pmr. The betting was ERSAL confined l2 to . about un ha s lf-a-dozen horses, and, except in one instance, was flat and uninteresting. The Rosalie colt was the exception, 12 to 1 having been taken, to £2OO, and two or three offers made to back him at an advance of a point. Closing prices : THE DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt (t and aft. off. 20 to 1 „ Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation (t) 22 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Ralph 25 to 1 „ Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc 28 to 1 „ Mr. Greville's Paltemon (t) 30 to 1 „ Mr. Buckley's Gilbert, brother to Tom and afterwards offered) 40 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh (takes and afterwards offered) 2000 to 30 ~ Col. Westenra's The Nob (t) 3000 to 30 „ 1000 to 20 agst The Nob, and 4000 to 48 agst Warlock were laid previous to the above bets. RACES FOR THE ENSUING YEAR, We give the dates of the Newmarket Meetings for 1841, of some which depend invariably upon Newmarket, and of others already fixed. March 10. Coventry; 17. Warwick; 25. Pytchley Hunt. April 12. Newmarket Craven; 14. Catterick Bridge ; 28. Newmarket Ist Spring. May 3. Chester; 11. Newmarket 2nd Spring; 18. Gorhambury ; 25. Epsom. June 8. Ascot; 30. Bibury Club. July 1. Stockbridge ; 6. Newmarket July ; 7. Worcester ; 14. Li verpool; 20. Dudley; 27. Goodwood. August 3. The Pottery ; 4. Brighton ; 9. Wolverhampton ; 25. Hereford. September 7. Warwick ; 8. Norwich ; 13. Doncaster ; 22. Liverpool ; 28. Newmarket Ist October. October 11. New market 2nd October ; 25. Newmarket Houghton. THE CASE. The CHESHIRE HO U NDS will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 23, at Three Greyhounds Thursday 24, at Dutton Hall Saturday 26, at Oulton Park At half-past ten o'clock. Mr. LEEcHE's Fox HOUNDS will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at ............................ Churton Thursday 24, at ............................... Carden Saturday 26, at . Tuesday 29, at.. Hampton Heath Shocklach Village Thursday 31, at. Saturday, Jan. 2, at Penl Hall Tuesday 5, at.... ... •'. •......... Sara B r id ge Thursday 7, at .. Saturday 9, at - • • ..Burras Hall At half-past ten o'clock. . ' The UNITED PACK will meet on Tuesday 23, at. Saturday 26, at. Little Stretton Longville Hill At nine o'clock. The AI:BRIGHTON HOUNDS will meet on Tuesday 22, at Middleton House Saturday 26, at . - - At half-put ten o'clock. COURT OF CHANCERY.-THURSDAY His lordship, after minutely remarking on the facts of the case and the arguments of counsel, said he felt called upon, after taking a careful review of all the circumstances, to make the following decree : —H e was o f op i n i on th a t the £6500. Three per Cents., and the £5OO lent on the security of the tolls on turnpike roads, notwithstanding the deed of May, 1835, continued, and was the property of the corpora.. tion of Leeds at the time of the passing of the Municipal Reform Act, and subject to all the trusts and purposes pre scribed by that act, and all subsequent alienations of such stock and funds for other purposes than those prescribed by that act, and the deeds which had been executed were breaches of trust, and must be considered fraudulent and void ; and that the three trustees and the other defendants who were members of the late governing corporate body were liable, and bound to make good any loss which might be sus tained therefrom. He therefore directed the defendants to re-transfer the several sums which, by the deed of May, 1835, they had transferred to trustees. He also directed a reference to the master. to inquire what part of the funds in question had been sold, and in what manner disposed of, with liberty to state special circumstances. He further directed that the costs of the suit be paid by the three trustees and the five defendants members of the old corporation. His lordship then proceeded to hear causes. ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Oxford Herald.) The Council of Huddersfield Collegiate School have ap pointed the Rev. Francis Hessey, B.C.L. Fellow of St. John's College, to the office of Principal. We hear that the rev. gentleman enters upon the duties of the office after the Christmas vacation. The Rev. Edward Penny, of St. John's College, and Curate of Hythe, has been collated to the United Rec tories of St. Andrew and St. Mary Breadmaw, Canterbury ; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Amyand Harris, M.A., late Fellow of All Souls' College, Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, has been presented, by the Earl of Pembroke, to the Rectory of Wilton, Wilts. Mr. Arthur Baynham, 8.A., of Pembroke College, has been elected Second Master of the Free Grammar School at Brewood. Emir Pacha, late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, the cele brated Turkish mathematician, has returned to Constantino ple from Europe, where he has spent more than five years in the acquisition of science ; it is spoken of as being probable that he will be appointed minister of public instruction, or a director of a polytechnic school.—Globe PROMOTIONS The Lord Bishop of Oxford has presented the Rev. J. R. Rushton, 8.D., Curate of Banbury, to the Living of Hook- Norton, in this county, vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Turner, who had been the Incumbent for more than fifty years. Rev. T. Gregg, to the Perpetual Curacy of Hornby Chapel, in the parish of Melling, Lancashire, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Proctor ; patron, P. Dawson, Esq., of Hornby Castle. Rev. Wm. Barlow, M.A., Prebend of Chestcr, to the Rec tory of Northenden, Cheshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Ainger ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chester. Rev. John Holbeche Short, to the Perpetual Curacy of Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire, patron, the Vicar of Ley land. Rev. W. Gibbs, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Peter's Church, Ha'Ewell, parish of Dean, Lancashire ; patrons, the Trustees. J. Wood, to the Perpetual Curacy of All Saints' Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire ; patrons, the Trus tees. Rev. H. Holmes, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Catha rine's, Upper Tranmere, Cheshire ; patron, the Rector of Bebbington. Rev. W. Meyler, to the Perpetual Curacy of Prescot, Lan cashire ; patron, the Vicar of Prescot. Rev. T. Boydell, to the Rectory of Coddington, Cheshire ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chester. Rev. T. Booth, B.A. Curate of Heapy, Yorkshire, to the Curacy of Great Bireham, Norfolk. Rev. John Wilson, M.A. Vicar of Deeping St. James, to the Vicarage of Wigtoft - cum-Quadring, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward Ince ; patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. Rev. Wm. Fitzwilliam Wharton, M.A. of Christ's College Cambridge, to the Rectory of Barningham , Yorkshire ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. J. T. Ward, Vicar of Askam, Westmorland, to ba Chaplain to the Earl of Mexborough. Rev. M. T. Farrer, 8.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, to be one of the Domestic Chaplains of the Earl of Eldon. Rev. Edward Forbes, of Bath, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, void by the death of the Rev. Henry Mawdesley ; patron, Edward Fellowes, Esq. Rev. John Winpenny, to the Perpetual Curacy of Yarm, Yorkshire; patron, the Archbi s h o p o f Y ork. Rev. R. Daly, to the Deanery of St. Patrick's, Ireland. Rev. Cecil Smyly, to the Vicarage of Drtimcar. Rev. Moorbouse James, to the Curacy of St. Thomas's Church, Bedford. Rev. Matthew Wilkinson, M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to the Head Mastership of Ken sington Proprietary School. The BishOp of tonaOriTas licensed the Rev. D. A. Beau. fort, M.A., to be the Assistant Minister of Portman Chapel London. Rev. R. C. Ward, of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Tollerton, Nottinghamshire, vacant, by the death of the Rev. R. Smith. Rev. W. Gresley, M.A., to be an Honorary Canon it Lichfield Cathedral. Rev. James Horrox, to the Vicararage of Dinnington. Yorkshire ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE TOWN MAN SION OF P. HOARE, ESQ., THE BANKER. (From the Standard of Thursday.) Between one and two o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the splendid town mansion of P. Hoare, Esq., the banker, situated in Queen-square -place, Westminster, which has been reduced to a complete mass of ruins. The followingaccount of this calamitous event will be found (as far as information up to eleven o'clock this morning could be obtained) to be cerrect :—About half-past one o'clock, as police constable Wilcox, A 97, was passing the premises in Bird-cage Walk, his attention was drawn to the sudden ap pearance of a large body of fire, which appeared to shoot through the house. He instantly gave the alarm, and the sentries who were on duty conveyed the intelligence to the barracks, when the guards were immediately turned out. The account of the fire spread with great rapidity, and while some of the police and soldiers were dispatched to the vari ous fire stations, others went to the station-house in Gard ner's-lane, and in a short time Superintendent May, of the A, and Lerone, of the B, with about 100 men of the two above-named, and C divisions, hastened to the spot. Within a quarter of an hour after the discovery of the fire several engines arrived ; a plentiful supply of water being obtained, they were speedily got into play, and by dint of great personal was exertions n o e d n t t o h e t h p e a r m t a o n f the firemen wean d re g t h r e e tto s military,ayt h t a h t e fit there whole of thwaluable property and paintings are entirely de stroyed, wait several of the adjoining houses, and the back of St. Peter's episcopal chapel, in Queen-square, are damaged. About ten o'clock this morning, Mr. Hoare, who we under as ante, under stand, f a a s r o a u s t i o t f w to en w t n ;w w a e s n i t n d t o h w e n s , n a n n F d i s r t e a . t o e ffi d , ee th , a h t u h t s t W in o s n u i r ci not cover a third of his loss, which is supposed to exceed £20,000. MODEST.—We find the following in the N. 0. Crescent : " The gentleman who left his penknife upon our table is re quested to call and sharpen it." A SON CHARGED WITH THE WILFUL MURDER OF HIS MOTHER. The inqnest on this case, of which we made a brief mention last week, closed on Tuesday. The deceased, Martha West, purchased a stone of flour of a baker named Shortland, re siding at Floore, the day. before Heyford feast, the 17th of October. It was take n t o H ey f or d , b y Shortland ' ,s son, and was by him tipped into a stone jar, which was placed in a recess on the staircase. It does not appear when any portion of the flour was first used, but on the sth of November a pudding was made, of which the deceased and her husband partook. Immediately after, they were both taken ill; they sent for the doctor. but - after several days recovered. On Monday, the 16th November, the eldest son s Isaac West, went to the house to clean a clock ; on that day the mother made another pudding, and after dinner all were taken ill with extreme sickness. On the 18th a grand-daughter of the de ceased, having made and partaken of a small pudding of the same flour, was taken ill, with precisely the same symptoms. The child of a woman named Pinnock, who had eaten part of the remainder, also fell ill. On the 21st, Mrs. West died. On the 22d a woman named Charlotte Townsend came to assist in the management of the house for the widower, and made some broth, which she thickened with flour from the same jar. The old man having eaten of the broth, was again extremely sick. Still no suspicion seems to have attached to the flour ; and on the 25th Charlotte Townsend made some more broth, which she thickened in the same way, and of which nine persons partook, every one of whom suffered precisely as the others had done. Some suspicion was now excited, and Mr. Elston, the surgeon of Badbrook,was called in, who confirmed them. Portions of the flour were analysed, and were found to be strongly impregnated with arsenic. It was now deemed squisite to institute an inquiry into the circumstances, hnd by the direction of Mr. Abbey, the body of Martha West was disinterred on the sth of December. An examination took place, and the presence of arsenic in the stomach was distinctly ascertained. The connexion between the flour and the death of the deceased seemed now to be proved, but the presence of the arsenic in the flour was still unaccounted for. Through the indefatigable exertions of superintendent Young, the following facts were at length elicited :—George West, a son of the deceased, and a keeper of a general shop, in the same village, purchased a pound of arsenic in August last. On Monday week he had 14 ounces left ; the remain der he represented as having been sold. The next day, when the constable made inquiry about the 14 ounces, West at first said the constable had taken it away with him the previous day, and afterwards that it must have been stolen during the night. He had been at Weedon on the Monday night, and on his return he was, he said, taken very poorly, and in put ting up the shutter he had fallen forward, and had broken the window. Through the opening he presumed the drawer containing the arsenic to have been abstracted. On Wednesday superintendent Young found him in bed ill. Young took him into custody, and under the mattress dis covered a bottle of laudanum, which was missing from the shop. At the close of the third day's inquest he was brought to this town, and kept in custody until Tuesday, last, when he was taken to Heyford, and the inquiry was resumed. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Blackwell, one of, the daughters of deceased, That on the Sunday following the' death of Martha West, George was asked to stay and dine at the house. He said he would, and proposed to go and order some flour of a person near Claridge. Mrs. Blackwell then reminded him that there was flour in the house, upon which he begged her not to use that flour, his mother was so set against it that he should never forgive himself if anything happened to them. He told her she had better give it to the pigs. - Ultimately, at the close of the inquiry, which lasted till between 12 and 1, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against George West."—Northampton Mercury. ATTORNEY - GENERAL V. WILSON AND OTHERS - CORPORATION OF LEEDS.-IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. The Lord Chancellor, on taking his seat in court to-day, gave judgment in this case. His lordship said this was an information filed by the Attorney-General, at the instance of the present corporation of Leeds against certain members of the late corporation, who, shortly previous to the passing of the Municipal Roform Bill, came to a resolution disposing of £6500 Three per Cents., and £5OO lent on mortgage of the Wakefield turnpike-roads, in order, as it was alleged in the information, to deprive their successors of having the management of property which belonged to the borough. The property in question, it appeared, had been transferred to three trustees, with directions to give 500 guineas to the Recorder, 120 guineas to the Deputy Recorder, and various sums to different charities in the town, and to increase the stipends of several ministers. The Recorder and Deputy refused to receive the sums voted to them ; and it was also in evidence that £4OOO out of the £7OOO bad not been dis posed of, and was now in the hands of the trustees. The information therefore prayed that the defendants might be ordered to retransfer the whole sum of £7OOO to the present corporation. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE STRANGE, IF TRUE.—Godalming, in Surrey, on Saturday evening was visited by an extraordinary flight of wild fowl. The evening was very dark, when, about seven o'clock, the air was filled with the cries of wild ducks, widgeon, curlews, and everything else, to the surprise of all the men folks, and to the extreme terror of the women and children. The flight seemed to be driving towards the south, and continued to pass till half-past eight or nine o'clock. The number must have been very extraordinary, for overhead and on every side they were heard to the furthest stretch of the ear.—Sun. DEATH OF LORD BRUCE.—His lordship died, after a lengthened illness, on Tuesday se'nnight, at Talaten, Devon, where he had been residing for the benefit of his health. The deceased, George Charles Constantine, Lord Bruce, who was eldest son of the Earl of Elgin, by his first marriage with Miss Nisbet, which marriage was dissolved by act of Parlia ment in 1808, was born the sth of April, 1800, and was bro ther of Lady Mary Christopher, the lady of Mr. R. A. Chi chester, M.P., Lady Matilda Maxwell, and Lady Lucy Grant. The Hon. James Bruce, the noble earl's eldest son by his second marriage, born July 20, 18 16 , is now heir to the fa mily honours.—Times. The liberals have been looking for a candidate to represent the city of Lincoln in Parliament with Sir E. L. Bulwer, but up to the present time without success. Mr. Charles Seely and Mr. S. E. Bristow, of Beesthorpe, Notts, have each been invited to stand, but declined. —Boston Herald. A respectably-dressed woman got out of one of the Mile end omnibusses, near Witechapel Church, London, leaving a fine little child in charge of a gentleman passenger, stating she would return in an instant, but she never returned, and the poor child was taken to the workhouse. It is a fact highly creditable to the inhabitants of the coast of Gower, where the city of Bristol steamer was wrecked, that although every part of the bay was strewed with frag ments, and continued so far for six days and nights, many of the people being poor, and fuel scarce and dear, not the smallest particle was taken. The unusual occurrence of forbidding the bans of marriage took place in Bromyard Church on Sunday week, the father of the young woman protesting against the union on account of the minority of his daughter. The intended bridegroom is a master chimney-sweeper. — Worcester Journal. Six persons are in custody at Bacup, or the charge of hav ing intentionally lighted a fire in a coal-mine, with the view of annoying the men in the next pit, several of whom suffered very materially from the smoke, one of them being entirely suflbcated. It seems that, for some past there have been disputes as to the boundaries and working of the two adjoin ing pins. The Duke of Norfolk has intimated an intention, through his steward, Michael Ellison, Esq., to appropriate fifty acres of ground in the vicinity of Sheffield, and to have it laid out in a park-like way for the use of the inhabitants of that popu lous borough, after the manner of Mr. Strutt's arboretum at Derby. The claim of Irish vessels to pay one penny tonnage for passing the Skerries Lighthouse has been decided in the ne gative, in the case of the Mercury steame r , f rom C or k t o Dublin, whose co m p as s was seized for non-payment on her arrival. A jury of the Queen's Bench has decided against this demand, which imposed £lO,OOO a-yer.r on the shipping. TEN THOUSAND PLEDGES. — It i 4 astonishing, but not more astonishing than true, that Mr. Hargreaves, pawn broker, Barnsley, has at the present time in hi s establish ment upwards o f t en th o usand distinct pledges. This is a great number, considering that the Pop-ulation of the town is not more than from thirteen to fourteen thousand.—Leeds heelligencer. I Lord Brougham has returned to town in excellent health. Following the instructions of his medical advisers, his lord ship has been in the West of England, refraining equally from , excititing society and severe study. His lordship, however, is advised not to abandon in town those habits that were found to be so beneficial in the country.—Sint. A few days since, a letter, which had been posted at Car lisle, arrived at the postoflice in this town, bearing the fol lowing address, verbatim et literatim:—" For Mr. Hugh Bladney, 50 fathoms under the ground at the coal pit care of my brother in law John daly labourer 7 miles beyond ayr on the post road makes drains and for Scotland.--Ayr paper. FAILURES IN SCOTLAND.—We regret to have to announce two other failures in this neigbourhood. The one is an ex tensive shipping house in Greenock ; the other is a Glasgow house, in a different line of business, and has been brought down by a large accommodation paper transactions with a West India house, which we noticed as having failed this day week.—Glasgow Herald. BRANDY AND SALT.—We have been requested to insert the following wonderful cure by the use of this compound : John Beecher, son of Captain Beecher, Catherine-square, Mason-street, Hull, was afflicted with scrofula for seven years ; he had gone on crutches for the last two years, had wounds all over his body, and had been given up as incura ble by several medical men. He did not begin to use the brandy and salt till the 28th of April last (1840). He took one table-spoonful of the remedy in the morning, and ano ther in the afternoon • and rubbed himself also with it. His wounds were so bad that he had recourse to a little sperma ceti ointment to soften the hardened skin, which he washed off before applying the brandy and salt. He was cured in three months, and he is now in good health.—Yorkshire Gazette. SKYLARKS.—Yesterday (Thursday) prodigious flocks of these birds were to be observed throughout the day flying over the villages of Totteridge and Finchley, in a southerly direction, wending their course, no doubt, to the sea-coa s t s in quest of food and shelter. Skylarks invariably roost on the ground, and are never known to perch or settle on trees, so that when the snow lies deep on the earth, they are una ble to obtain a roosting-place in the fields, which, with the inability of procuring food, compels them to shift their quarters. The migration of these birds has ever been re garded as a sure and infallible prognostic of a Siberian win ter, for they are never known to quit their accustomed stub bles, and seek another latitude, but when instinctively con scious of the absolute necessity of migrating.—Correspondent of the Times. MR. OASTLER.—We are concerned to state that this gen tleman is now an inmate of the Fleet Prison, at the suit of Mr. Thornhill. What Mr. T. can gain by this incarcera tion, we confess ourselves at a loss even to conjecture. noney Mr. Oastler has none, and we think we know his disposition too well to suppose that he will make any appli cation to his friends ; and, indeed, were such an application to be made from any other quarter, we much question if Mr. 0. would lay himself under the obligation of accepting his liberation by such means. We would not wish to say anything reflecting upon Mr. Thornhill ; nevertheless, we do think the imprisoning of Mr. Oastler, at this inclement sea son, to be a harsh, if not an unnecessary proceeding. To assist Mr. Oastler in prison, his Huddersfield friends are now endeavouring to devise the best means in their power, and we trust that every town and village in Yorkshire, as well as in other counties, will follow in their steps.--Leeds Intelligencer. Friday, the 18th instant, completed the fourth century ince the invention of printing, A.D. 1440. Last 'Wednesday the conservatives of Mayo held a meet ing, which was presided over by a catholic magistrate, Peter Bourke, Esq. Captain Wemyss, member for Fife, will be appointed lord lieutenant of the county, in the room of R. Ferguson, Esq., deceased. The Dublin physicians have commenced giving profes sional visits in that city at a fee of 65., and outside Dublin at half-a-guinea. Two countrymen, from the Derbyshire-hills, were looking at a piece of coral ; at last, one of them concluded it must be a petrified cauliflower. Blagrove. Lindley, Hobbs, Miss Birch, and Mrs. Fiddes (late Miss Cawse), have been giving concerts with great suc cess in Scotland. The Observer states that the ensuing year will bring for ward a most prolific crop of propositions to British and other capitalists, for the contract of foreign loans. WORTHY OF IMITATION. - At the audit of the Rev. George Marwood, of Busby Hall, held at Northallerton on Wednesday last, a return of 10 per cent. was made to all the tenantry according to their respective rentals. The Marchioness of Londonderry, who was recently pre sented to the Sultan, is the only foreign lady, with the ex ception of the Countess Woronzow, upon whom the honour was ever conferred. Fifteen men have been committed for the late savage murder on the Glasgow and Edinburgh railway, and ten more in custody. A reward of £lOO has been offered for the apprehension of another. The Glasgow Presbytery have instructed their committee to take the most vigorous measures in the way of petition and remonstrance against the running of the mails on Sun days, and railway Sabbath excursions. DEATH OF THE HON. JAMES STUART.—The above gen tleman, the eldest son of the Earl of Moray, by his second Countess, daughter of Sir Philip Ai ns li e an d t h e H on. Elizabeth Gray, died on Saturday week. He was born January 17, 1804, and was captain in the 85th regiment. A patent preparation, entitled " the concentrated essence of malt and hops," is announced, by which individuals are enabled to produce beer and porter without the process of brewing, only allowing the liquid to pass through the fer menting stage. Mr. M`Donnell, of the Cork Theatre, has seized Bochsa's splendid double action harp, to satisfy the costs of suit is the late record against that eminent music master, for not completing his engapement in Cork.--Limerick Chronicle. It was on Wednesday discovered that, in the course of the previous night, some evil-disposed person had cut and seriously injured many of the young trees in Kensington Gardens, and had, it is believed, made an attempt to fire one of the keepers' cottages. It is generally rumoured in the clubs, that amongst the honours and promotions which her Majesty will be advised to grant after the approaching settlement of the Eastern affairs, Visconnt Palmerston will be raised to the dignity of a Marquis. A Mousa BY Posr.—ln the course of the week, Mr. R. M. Davies, druggist, of King-street, in this town, received a live dormouse through the medium of the post. The animal was, doubtless, much astonished at its transit, but is now " as well as can be expected."—Carmarthen Journal. INCREASE OF SMALL LIVINGS.—We are given to under stand that all the small livings in this and some other adjoin ing parishes, where the population is 2,000 or upwards and the cleryyman's stipend less than £l5O a-year, will shortly be augmented to that sum, out of the funds at the disposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.—Wigan Gazette. THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND THE SULTAN.—The sul tan has, we understand, directed that a splendid brilliant necklace, to be composed entirely of diamonds of the first water, he.immediately prepared as a present to her majesty Queen Victoria. It is intended to be a token of his esteem for our beloved sovereign, who has been his highness's best friend in the hour of need.—Smyrna Observer, Nov. 28. We understand that the determination of the present French cabinet to maintain the " Paia- armee," gives great offence to Great Britain, Austria, and Prussia. Representations of a decided character on this subject are being made, and un less France lowers her tone, the settlement of the Egyptian question will not produce the beneficial effect in Europe that was expected.—Morning Herald of Friday. • " SUPPORTING THE PRESS."—Having dinners through. out the country. •Putting the proprietors of all the papers within thirty miles distance, to the expense of sending re porters, to make speeches out of the materials presented on the occasion. Giving as the last toast on the list—" The Conservative Press, the guardian of our National Liberties," having just before taken care to make the Reporter pay eve n for his admission ticket.—Lincoln Journal. A PRACTITIONER.—We have been credibly informed that our respected fellow-townsman, S. Nevitt Bennett, Esq., surgeon, in the course of a practice of upwards of thirty years, has been the means of introducing to the world between six and seven thousand children ! averaging, as regards the pro portion of sexes, about four per cent. in favour of males ; a number exceeding in amount one-fourth of the population of the whole city.—Chester paper. INTEGRITY.—Friday, the 4th instant, a travellerfor a New. castle house lost his pocketbook, containing £3OO, between Hexham and Alston, and on missing it he returned in the hope that it might be recovered. On the road he met a per son named Baty, and inquired if he had seen the pocketbook. Baty replied in the affirmative, and produced it, with the money safe ; £5 having been offered to him for its restora tion, he inquired if the traveller were a principal in the firm, arid finding that he was not, he refused to accept the offer. — Tyne Herald. LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.—Great complaints are made of the number of light sovereigns now in circulation. Of a parcel of 18,000, lately sent into the bank, 1090 were rejected as short weight, and the loss upon the rejected portion was from to I per cent. It may be stated in general that all the sovereigns issued in the reign of George 111. are light : they are distinguished by having an effigy of St. George and the dragon on the reverse: those of George IV., with the arms of England on the reverse, are generally of weight.— Sheffield Iris. • COUNTY MAYO ELECTION.—The Dublin Evening Mail states that Mr. Charles L. Kirwan has retired from the con test for the representation of the county Mayo. That jour nal says—" Finding that Mr. Charles L. Kirwan would be beaten by a small numerical majority, his committee have advised him, and we think wisely, not to go to the poll upon the present occasion, arrangements having been made that must insure his return, should an election take place, either from casualty or dissolution, within six months from the next registration sessions." COUNTY CARLOW—FREEDOM OF ELECTION—ATTACH ON THE ELECTORS' WIVES IN THE CHAPELS ON SUN DAY LAST.—On Sunday last, while the priest was celebrat ing mass in Tullow, the mob attacked the daughter of Sil vester Eustace, who had voted for Colonel Bruen. They dragged her out of the chapel, tore her clothes, and beat her inhumanly. So great was the apprehension that the mob would murder her, some persons who witnessed the brutal treatment of the female proceeded to the church during divine service, and gave the alarm. John Whelan, Esq., of Rath, proceeded without delay to the chapel, accompanied by Mr. Fitzgibbon, sub-inspector, and a party of police, and rescued the girl from the mob, and protected some of the voters who were threatened with summary vengeance.— Saunders' News Letter. NEW CODE OF SIGNALS ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--The whole of the engine drivers, stokers, guards, conductors, and other persons employed on the railway, throughout the line, were assembled at the engine -house of the Paddington station last week, when a new code of sig nals, prepared by Mr. Brunel, the engineer-in -chief to the company, were fully explained to them by that gentleman, and several of the signals were put into practical operation. A special train was sent from the Paddinton to the Faringdon road station, to convey the engineers, stokers, guards, &c., at that end of the line to town. On its return, the train reached Paddington in exactly one hour and a half, the dis tance being 63 miles. By the adoption of the new code, dis tinct and immediate information will be given to the engine driver, and others, of the least obstruction along the line. THE GANNAL PROCESS. — On Tuesday a very remarkable exhibition was entered upon and concluded at the Anatomic School, in Little Windmill-street, Golden-square, in the presence of a full assembly of gentlemen, chiefly connected with the medical profession, for the purpose of testing the utility of the invention of M. Gannal, for the preservation of animal substances from decay, of whieh extraordinary notice has been taken in the scientific world, both in Paris and here, in our metropolis. The process is simply the injection into the subject of the operation of a fluid, the discovery and correct preparation of which has been the result of many years' study on the part of the French chemist. Its great practical purpose is to supersede the ordinary process of embalming, to hinder the quick progress of corporeal cor ruption after death, and to secure for the anatomical stu dent relief from the deleterious odour to which his table is ordinarily but too much subjected. The Academy of Medi cine in Paris have given, through the reports of a commis sion, their full testimony to the success of M. Gannal in his invention, and the Royal Institute of that city has also con firmed his claim to that merit, by awarding to him the great prize founded by Baron Montzon, for the discovery of the best means of rendering any art or profession less insalubri ous. Mr. George Smith, of John-street, Oxford-street, has, it appears, taken means to extend to England the advan tages of this process, and, by arrangements with M. Gannal, has become its sole patentee in this country. To test the powers of the fluid in question in the strongest way, a sub ject was injected with it two years ago, and at this anatomic theatre, where it has been since then carefully retained. At this meeting it was subjected to the scrutiny and stricture of the professional men at our side of the channel. Mr. Gre gory Smith performed the part of demonstrator on the occa sion, and removed, with considerable trouble, the swathings in which the body was enfolded almost as elaborately as a mummy. We will not enter into any minute description of the examination which followed. Suffice it to say that the result of conservation had been to a great extent attained, and that the olfactory nerves had but little cause to recognise the sad remains of mortality. We can feel little doubt that the philanthropic purpose of this invention will be accom plished, and that it will be found of the most unequivocal importance to those whose study it is to preserve the living from disease. This is its great recommendation. Anything beyond the vanity of the tomb is perfectly idle.—Morning Herald. PORTSMOUTH.—The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Beaufoy, has left the Nore for Sunderland, to collect men desirous of joining the naval service. She will also ♦isit the other northern ports on the same errand. The Impregnable, 104, Captain Thomas Forrest, C. 8., will go out of harbour into Plymouth Sound next week. She has for the most part a fine able-bodied crew. The Belleisle, 78, Captain Nicho las, is to be ready for sea by the Ist of January. The troop ships, Apollo and Athol, are in the harbour refitting. Re port sends the former on a trip to Ceylon, and the latter to the Mediterranean. The St. Vincent, 120, has been un docked, preparatory to being commissioned for home service. It is expected that she will be flag ship at this port, and that the Queen, 110, will be sent to the Mediterranean. The Vengeance, 84, is being rigged in the basin with all despatch, and will be commissioned about the sth of January. No orders have yet been received for the frigates Vindictive, Madagascar, and Warspite to hoist the pendant. The Phoenix, steam-frigate, Is ordered to be prepared as soon as possible to return to the Mediterranean. The Rapid, a new 10-gun brig, is fitting out here to be attached as a tender to the Royal George yacht, in lieu of the Pantaloon, 10, found found to require repairs. The Gloucester and Eagle 50- gun ships, at Chatham, reported as commissioned, have not yet hoisted the pendant. The Alfred, 50, at Sheerness, is quite ready, awaiting orders for commission. The Indus, 84, Captain Sir J. Stirling, will quit the basin in a few days, to go into the harbour to receive her crew. She will be ready for sea in about one month from the present time. The Snake, 16, Scout, 16, and Harlequin, 18, are bringing forward for commission in the river. The Woolveriue, 16, Commander Tucker, and Dee steam frigate. Commander Sherer, are shortly expected home to be paid off, the former from Sierra Leone, and the latter from Jamaica.—Brighton Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY BLOCKS OF MARBLE.—The Menlough Quarries, near Galway, so long and so justly celebrated for the very superior quality of black marble which they contain, have just produced several of the finest and largest blocks on record. It appears that his grace the Duke of Hamilton, regardless of the expense, determined upon employing the Galway black marble for the principal staircase and the land ings of his magnificent palace now building near Glasgow. For this purpose he instructed his agents to procure a quan tity of the best and largest-sized blocks that could be found. After considerable trouble and expense the proprietors of the above quarries succeeded in raising several fine blocks of ex traordinary size and weight, the largest of which, when first moved from its natural bed measured sixteen feet by twenty_ two feet ; the others varying in size and weight from five to thirteen tons. Owing to the want of proper machinery, and to the extreme lowness of the water in the river, it was found necessary to reduce the largest block considerably be. fore it could be shipped with safety. Upon its being landed at Wood Quay, it was placed on a powerful truck built ex pressly for the purpose, and even then 150 men were re quired to convey it down to the new docks. These immense blocks are in the first instance, to be shipped to the Marble Working Company, Esher -street, Millbank, London, where they are to be sawed, polished, and elaborately worked up by means of the unique and wonderful machinery belonging to that establishment, and from thence they are to be removed to Glasgow, to be forwarded to their final destination, Hamil ton Palace. Now that it is ascertained that blocks of such ex traordinary size and beauty can be procured, there is but little doubt that this descriprion of black marble will come into more general demand, and be introduced for a variety of use ful as well as ornamental purposes, for which it is evidently so admirably adapted. ADMIRAL W ALKER. — Baldwin Wake Walker, Esq., cap tain in the British and admiral in the Turkish service, served on board the Menai, Captain Moresby, till about the year 1820, when he was promoted to the rank of a lieutenant. He afterwards served as senior lieutenant of the "'Etna, bomb, at the taking of Mora Castle and Patras, in 1838. Subse quently he was first lieutenant of the Barham, under Captain Pigott, and acquired a considerable reputation in that situa tion, which is, next to the captain, the most important—and, in many cases, the most important on hoard. On the first lieutenant, unless the captain be himself an extremely active and clever person, the discipline of the ship chiefly depends; and the officer who can adequately fill that post is fit for the highest command. In 1834, Mr. Walker was promoted to the rank of commander, and was subsequ en tly a ppointed to the Vanguard, commanded at first by Captain Bouverie, and afterwards by Sir Thomas Fellows. In 1838, Captain Walker was raised to the rank of a post-captain, and entered the Turkish navy for the purpose of disciplining the Turkish fleet. In his new capacity he served on board the ship of the Capudan Pasha, when the Turkish fleet was cruizing with the English squadron in that year • but he left that ship be fore the Capud an P as h a traitorously delivered up the Turkish squadron to Mehemet Ali. Captain Walker has the repu tation of being what is called a smart officer ; but he has also the sterling merit of being a good seaman. In person he is tall, stout, and handsome—is married, and has a family. His wife has joined him at Constantinople. The gallant officer is related to the ancient Northamptonshire family of Wake, If Courte,m, and thence derived his Christian names. The ate capture of Acre has raised him to the highest rank of laval merit, and secured for him promotion and the title of )asha, in the service of the sultan, where he may achieve his own greatness, and promote the interests of his native coun try.—London paper. It is rumoured that Lord Barham will be created Earl of Guisborough on the christening of the Princess Royal. Captain Wemyss will have the Lieutenancy of Fife, vacant by the death of Robert Ferguson, Esq., of Raith. M. dela Bourdonnais, the celebrated chess-player, has just died in London. He had been for some time ailing. We learn that it is the intention of government to increase our naval force in the Mediterranean to 25 sail of the line. — •Brighton Gazette. On Tuesday evening Mrs. Hughes, the lady of Captain Hughes, of Naas, county Kildare, whilst sitting at dinner, suddenly dropped from the chair, and, without speaking a word, she breathed her last. Mrs. Hughes was sister to Captain Carter, of Carlow, and was 74 years of age the day of her death. On Monday last an inquest was held at Cheltenham on the body of Jeremiah Daly, a labourer, who met his death by swallowing a teaspoon, which he had put in his mouth for the purpose of making himself sick, when, being seized with a violent retching, it actually drew the spoon from his hand, and forced it down his stomach. Verdict—Accidental Death. Mrs. Benson, (wife of Lieutenant Benson, late of the 57th Regiment,) who resides at Chatham, was a candidate for the honour of nursing the Royal Princess. She proceeded to town on. the 20th ult., but unfortunately arrived two hours too late, a nurse having been already engaged. His Royal Highness Prince Albert on Wednesday week wrote to Mrs. Benson a very kind note, and enclosed a hundred pounds for her trouble and disappointment. As the Marquis of Douro was returning on Friday after noon from a day's shooting with Lord Wodehouse, at Kim berley, his chaise was unfortunately overturned near the Colney gate, on the Hingham-road, by coming in contact with the donkey cart of a man named Copeman of Little Melton, who was intoxicated, and apparently asleep in the cart. The noble lord was thrown with great violence on the ground, and received a severe cut on the nose, but was ena bled to pursue his route to Norwich.—Bury Post. We have heard recently some touching instances of the benevolence of Queen Adelaide, as manifested towards per sons resident in this town, which at once prove the good ness of her heart, and show that her Majesty has not for gotten a place rendered dear to her by past associations. It would, we are sure, be far from acceptable to this royal and excellent lady, were we to specify further the cause to which we allude : they will be registered, with a multitude of simi lar acts, " where moth and rust do not corrupt" the record of good and virtuous deeds.—Brighton Gazette. Amongst the officers who served on board the Charlotte, Sir Robert Stopford's flag-ship, at the late siege of Acre, was one of the sons of Sir Robert Peel. The gallant youth, who ranks as " mid," is understood during the whole of his short service to have forwarded to his distinguished father a faithful diary of all the events which have fallen under his notice, and his narrative of the affair at Acre is said to be peculiarly interesting. THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCHESTER 1/(R. CLARKE most respectfully announces to the Pub lic, that having made arrangements with the Proprie tors for the tenancy of the above Establishment, the Theatre will re-open, under HIS SOLE MANAGEMENT, on SATURDAY next, December 26th, on Nvhith Evening the two most attractive and celebrated Perfornlirs of the day, MISS ELLEN TREE AND MR. CHARLES KEAY, who are engaged for a few nights, will su ain the characters of Pauline Deschappelles and Claude Matte, in Sir E. L. Bulwer's popular Drama of THE LADY OF LYONS, being the first time in which Mr. Charles Kean and Miss Ellen Tree have performed together in Manchester.—To conclude with the Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Mr. Charles Kean and Miss Ellen Tree will perform every night next week at the Manchester Theatre. Doors to be opened at half-past Six, and the Performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office will be opened 'on Saturday next, and will continue open daily, when Places in the Lower Boxes may be taken from Eleven until Three. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET Last Five Nights of Mr. ELTON. Last Four Nights of the CHIARINI FAMILY. Mrs. RAYMOND, in one of her most popular characters. Mr. RAYMOND, in a new Irish Character. THIS present MONDAY EVENIN the 21st, an TO-MORROW, the 22d i ns t an t, th Performances wil. commence with a new Drama, called THE DELUSIO OR, MADNESS AND NITY. Sir Bernard Harleigh The CHIARINI FAMILY will display some of the newest and most pleasing effects on the ROPE. To which will be added the laughable Interlude, called LONDON LARKS ; OR, THE HAPPY AFRICAN ! Murtoch Delany Mr. Raymond. The CHIARINI INFANT CHILDREN will appear in a new petite Ballet, called THE PAS SAVOYARD. To conclude with a new, popular, and highly -successful Romantic Drama, called THE SILVER CRESCENT; OR, THE OATH OF VENGEANCE! Jacinths.. Mrs. Raymond TO-MORROW EVENING, the 23d instant, a variety of Entertainments for the BENEFIT of Mr. ELTON, and last night but two of his appearance. THURSDAY next, the 24th, various Novelties for the BENEFIT of the CHIARINI FAMILY, their last night in England. FRIDAY, no Performance. On SATURDAY, the 26th instant, THREE NEW DRAMAS; on which occasion Mr. TILBURY and Mr and Mrs. HIGGIE will make their first appearance, and las night of Mr. ELTON. On MONDAY, the 28th instant, Mrs. WAYLETT w make her first appearance, being engaged for a limit, period. - Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box office, from Eleven to Three. Boxes, 3s. •, Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price, Half past Eight, Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Perform ance to commence at Seven precisely. Private Boxes, to contain Seven, to be had on application at the Theatre, price £1 is. A limited number of Season Tickets on Sale, at Box-office. Stage Manager, Mr. C. F. MARSHALL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, LIVERPOOL. THIS Fashionable Place of Amusement is NOW OPEN 1 for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Several rare and splendid Specimens have lately been added to the Collection, among which are the Great African Os 'ch, and a Pair of y very rare and singular A n i ma l s , th e W at B u ff alo, t h e on l y Specimens ever brought t o Li verpoo l . T e Barbary Lioness has lately produced a fine Male Cub, which is now to be seen in perfect health in the Gardens. The Animals are fed daily, at Three o'clock in the afternoon. Admission, ls. each. THE THREE CARACCI, FOUNDERS OF THE BO LOGNESE SCHOOL. THE celebrated•PAlNTlNGS of SUBJECTS from rRE LIGIOUS HISTORY, by A nn ib a l, st i no, an d Lu dovico Caracci, are NOW ON VIEW at the UNION GALLERY, Slater-street, o u t o f Bold-s eet, from Nine o'clock till Four, by Day-li g ht. Admitta ce, One Shilling; Children, Sixpence. In the Evening, from Five o'clock till Ten, brilliantly Illuminated with Gas. Admittance, Six pence. JOHN BENTLEY, Keeper. THE CARACeI NOTICE. AIR. BENTLEY being - desirous that the c ebrated Pic tures of Scriptural Subjects, by these reat Masters, should be seen by all classes, with a view of diffusing a taste for the Fine Arts, has fixed the Terms fo e Evening Exhi bition of these Pictures at SIXPENCE, that rate to com mence at Five o'clock. The , Union Room is brilliantly lighted by Gas whenever the daylight begins to decline. Slater-street Union Gallery. Just Published, Price 45., A POLL BO ,6 K FOR THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTIfriN ; Skewing the Dupli ca t e Qualifications f the VOTERS, and the WARDS in which they polled. The Lists have been examined with the Polling Papers in the possession of the Mayor. This publication, which has been compiled with the utmost care, will be found of great utility as A BOOK OF REFERENCE, and will be found of service to the several War Committees in carrying on the Canvass for the ensu zng year Printed and sold by LACE and ADDISON, Vonde qffice ; and sold also by other Booksellers. TO CORRESPONDENTS In the letter which accompanied the communion plate pre sented to St. Saviour's Church, Miss Simmons was made to say "new Jerusalem" instead of " our Jerusalem." We have perused the letter of Dr. IMllolesworth with much regret, because we have hitherto considered him to be a man who would never lend himself to circulate such state- ments as are contained in his letter. If the Pastoral Aid Society issue any reply to his pamphlet, we shall publish them together, though we see not the necessity for inter ference, since the letter of Dr. Molesworth carries on the face of it the most complete answer to every objection• We can well afford to pass by the doctor's " lesson" to the STANDARD. It is an honour to be censured in com pany with the Bishop of Chester. Ely tibtrpool at tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1840, We have received our files of the Jamaica Royal Gazette and Standard to the 31st of October, inclu sive. The House of Assembly had met on the 27th of October, when his Excellency the Governor deli vered a speech of considerable length and of great in terest. In commencing his address he alluded to the late diabolical attempt upon the life of our beloved Queen. He then proceeded to dilate on those topics which more immediately concerned the prosperity of the colony, expressing a hope that the House of As sembly would enter upon their discussion in the same spirit and with the same zeal and devotion that had marked their previous deliberations. He said that he was happy in believing that their labours on the occa sion would be lighter than they have hitherto been, al though they would still have questions Qf great impor tance to consider. Sir Charles Metcalfe then proceeded to animadvert upon the opposition with which some of the acts passed during the last session of the House of Assembly had met with, and especially on the attacks made upon those acts in public meetings held in England. They had been accused of designing to restore slavery and co ercion in Jamaica, by means of unjust and oppressive laws. From such a charge it might be supposed that some monstrous and unprecedented laws had been en acted, calculated to produce that astounding effect. So far, however, from that being the case, the laws so passed, are, in some instances, transcripts of enact ments recently framed, and now in operation in the United Kingdom ; in others, mitigations of laws previ ously existing in Jamaica; and, where particular parts did not correspond with either of those descriptions, they in no wise warranted the accusation hazarded, of could possibly produce the effects alleged to be designed, He added that "no man, comparing these laws with those of the mother country, on the same subjects, could conscientiously retain that misapprehension." The Governor's language on this subject is so explicit that we wish we could quote the whole.of his admira ble speech. The following extract, however, will serve to show how completely he contradicts the statements so confidently put forth by the mischievous anti-slavery agitators : " if these laws were really of the character ascribed to them by our impugners, it would behove those of our fellow countrymen in the United Kingdom, who have joined in the onset, to consider the beam in their eye before they attempt to pull out the mote in their brother's eye—for these laws are in most part their own : and if we have erred in deeming them just and good, we have been led astray by the example of the mother country. Whether they are necessary, bene ficial, or perfect ; whether they might not be improved, or dispensed with ; whether we have been wrong in supposing that English laws are the best models for those of a free country, are fair questions for temperate and impartial dis cussions ; but to say that we are seeking to destroy liber ty, and restore slavery, by adopting the laws of the chosen land of freedom, and mitigating those previously in force here, is an accusation at once unjust and absurd. Whatever motives may have given birth to the imputation, I trust that the prejudice and delusion by which it has been too readily adopted, will yield to the force of truth, and to your perse verance in a wise and patriotic course." This mild and dignified rebuke to Mr. Knibb and his coadjutors, we trust, will have its desired effect. The people of England have been sadly gulled and deceived by these itinerant grievance -mongers, and it is well that the truth should be made known respecting the actual proceedings of our colonial legislatures. The Governor proceeds to remark that all who are pleasing remarks :-- " I receive gratifying reports of the general conduct of the emancipated population, shewing—that they continue to be worthy of the praise graciously bestowed on them in her Ma jesty's speech to the imperial parliament. Churches, chapels and schools, raised with the aid of grants from the mother country and the island, or from the funds of charities and societies, and in some cases at the expence of individuals, or by local subscription to which, in many instances, the labour ing class contribute, are in the course of erection, in addition to many which already exist, and more are continually re quired to meet the demand for education and religious in struction. Several savings' banks are in operation, of which the labouring population laudably avail themselves ; and it may be expected, and is to be desired, that more of these valuable institutions will be established. " I am happy to add, that a good understanding between labourers and employers appears to be gaining ground, and that the former are represented as becoming convinced that their own welfare is linked with the prosperity of their land lords. When the real union of interests between these par ties shall be fully comprehended by both, the happiest results may be expected." Sir Charles Metcalfe then deprecates the practice of regulating the rent of houses and grounds, with re ference to labour—that is, of diminishing the demand for rent, as labour is or is not performed; and states that labour is obtained with greater facility where the rent question is separately settled. He recommends the substitution of job-work for day-labour, and a re gular money payment, free from deductions, on ac count of distinct transactions. We trust that the planters will recognise the wisdom of adopting these regulations, which, we feel convinced, are calculated to do away with much of the bickering and disputes which have hitherto prevailed. The subject of immigration next engages the atten— tion of the Governor. On this topic his remarks are as following : " In consequence of the combined insufficiency, and un certainty of labour, owing to the scantiness of our popula tion, and to the desire which men naturally entertain when they possess the means to follow their own inclination 4 in pursuit of their livelihood, the minds of all who feel an inter est in the general prosperity of the colony are turned with anxiety towards Immigration, as the only perceptible mode of alleviating the existing defect. I have availed myself of the powers granted to me by the immigration act, and, with a view to give effect to the intentions of the Legislature, have nominated a commissioner, who has proceeded to America, and thence to Great Britain, and an Agent-General in the Island. The appointment of Deputy-Agents at the several ports I have delayed until they may appear to be required. The attention of the government and of the public in the mother country has been attracted to this important subject, and there is some prospect of the immigration of liberated Africans and other free persons from the coast cif Africa. Whether we shall derive benefit from the plans now on foot `or the promotion of emigration to the West Indies, must lepend on the advantages that we can offer, compared with hose of other colonies and countries, to induce emigrants to ,ettle here. " With respect to one important point, our beautiful sland presents in its highlands a delightful and healthy cli- mate for Europeans and inhabitants of all countries, and in the lowlands, one salubrious and agreeable to Africans, and the natives of tropical regions. In other respects, with so great a demand for labour, and such abundance of unculti- voted land, we ou g ht t o b e a bl e to compote with o th er Co lonies. It is manifest that immigration on a large scale is ne cessary, not only for the developement of our still latent re- sources—but even for the successful cultivation of the pre sent staples. How far we can obtain that desirable momen tum, is doubtful ; and in pursuit of it, whatever may be the result, we ought not to neglect any means within our reach of promoting the comfort, content, cheerful industry, and at-. tachment of the peasantry of the Island." The Governor next alludes to the " signs of enter , - prise and spirit of improvement" which were visible in the island, and especially to the agricultural societies acquainted with the state of Jamaica must know that there is no more fear of a return of slavery in the island, than there is of its establishment in England— that the emancipated population of Jamaica are as free, as independent in their conduct, as well conditioned, as much in the enjoyment of abundance, and as strongly sensible of the blessings of liberty, as any that he knew of in. any country. 'We should say, indeed, that the free labourers of Jamica were far more comforta ble, in every possible respect, than nine tenths of the labouring and operative classes in Great Britain. The Governor strongly repudiates the idea that coercion is resorted to in order to cause the Negroes to labour. On this subject he offers the following sen sible remarks : `• Every one who reflects must be aware, that in a land where the demand for labour is pressing, and the supply in adequate--where the people have, in most parts, means of support, which precludes the necessity of continuous labour — where the desire to live at ease may, to a considerable extent, be gratified—and where uncultivated and fertile land is abun dant and procurable at little cost, positive coercion is, in the nature of things impossible ; and that the virtual coercion which, in all countries, is imposed by the necessities of the labouring man, is likely to be less here than any part of the United Kingdom. To those advantages may be added, that all disqualifications and distinctions of•colour have ceased— that men of all colours have equal rights in the law, and an equal footing in society ; and that every man's position is settled by the same circumstances which regulate that point in other free countries where no difference of colour exists— that civil and religious liberty is universally enjoyed in as great a degree as in the mother country, and that we have a press as free as any in the world. Such is the present con dition of this colony, in those respects, and it may be asserted without fear of denial, that the former slaves of Jamaica are now as secure in all social rights as free born Britons. Let it be our study, gentlemen, to confirm, and if possible im- prove, this happy state." The Governor next compliments the House of Assembly, by saying that he was sure " they would not advocate the continuance of any laws in their pre sent state, of which the provisions could be amelio rated." He did not see any reason why their laws should yield in civility or liberality to those of any other land. The discontinuance of the use of the treadmill and corporal punishment for adult criminals, was a proof of the disposition that prevailed to avoid seve rity. "If there be laws," he added, "of any country milder than those of this island, I will venture to say for you that you will gladly adopt the mildest laws that have ever been devised." Our readers should bear in mind that this language is applied by a Whig appointed Governor to the so-called " tyrannical and oppressive" planters of Jamaica. Can such language be used of our own immaculate, reformed, and liberty. loving House of Commons ? Let the incarceration of the sheriffs of Middlesex furnish the answer. The plain truth is, that Joseph Hume, and the rest of the political economists, are far greater tyrants than .any that can be found in our colonial legislatures. Witness the difficulty experienced by Lord Ashley and other philanthropists in their efforts to curtail the hours of • labour of the pining juvenile slaves in our factories. The heartless opposition which Lord Ashley has met with from the idolators of Mammon in the House of Commons, affords a most disreputable contrast to the alacrity which the Jamaica House of Assembly has evinced to provide for the comfort and happiness, temporal and spiritual, of the labouring population of that colony. Factory owners in this country, aye, and self-styled philanthropists in the British Parliament, have yet much to learn from the maligned, traduced, and persecuted planters of our West India Colonies. The former land of slavery has now become an ex ample of humanity to England itself. But to proceed. The Governor next recommends the revision of several acts and the repeal of others, most of which have been taken from the English code . Among these laws were the Pound Law, the Hawker's and Pedlar's Act, the Act to Prevent Cruelty to Ani mals, the law relating to Escape from Gaol, the Prisons' I Bill, and the establishment of Courts of Reconciliaton. With respect to the latter, he remarks, that he had re ceived cordial co-operation from all the parochial au thorities, and that the scheme had hitherto appeared to operate with good effect. It enabled the labouring population, by the decision of juries selected entirely from their own class, and, therefore, peculiarly well acquainted with their habits and feelings, to settle their disputes and collisions of interests, without having re course to expensive litigation. The same system has been found to answer remarkably well in Norway and Barbadoes. Those Courts of Reconciliation have a tendency to elevate the character of the labouring com munity, by accustoming them to the discharge of im portant duties, as judges in the affairs of their fellow creatures, whence it may be.hoped that they will become qualified for the performance of the functions of any office in the community to which they may raise them selves by industry and virtue. The Governor adds that "the juries evince aptitude and discernment in the discharge of their duties, and seem duly to appreciate the motives and objects of the jurisdiction entrusted to them." This testimony to the good conduct and su perior intelligence of the labourers is highly satisfactory. Respecting the general conduct of the labouring po pulation, the Governor makes the following highly • a of th fu t ur ad