The Press.
London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

Jamaica advices to the 26th of December have
arrived by the Solent. The Assembly stood adjourned
to the 17th of January. Prior to adjournment the
House came to a determination on the question of

responsible govermnent, having decided to introduce
a bill authorising the Governor to appoint two or
three members from the Assembly and one from the
Council, to act as Ministers ; each to get 8001. per
a:mum, and 5001. are to be allowed the Ministry for
the expenses of office. This scheme was stated to
have given very general satisfaction, and would, no
doubt, be acted upon by the Governor immediately
after the recess.

The Treasurer of St. Vincent's came to his death by
a fall down some stairs on the 22nd of December.
He expired almost instantaneously.

The Captain GencralOCJUba has issued a decree
declaring his determination to suppress the slave
t•ade, but authorising, as a substitute, the introduc-
tion into the island of free Indian labourers, Asiatics
0: Spaniards.

Two Naw SCREW STEADIERS OF-THE-LIFE will be
launched before the end of the month, viz., the Al-
giers, 91, from Devonport Dockyard, on the 26th, and
the Hannibal, 91, from Deptford, on the 31st. These
ships are each to have engines of 400-horse power.
Their armaments will be one pivot gun, UM-pounder,
twenty-eight eight-inch guns, and. Ailty-two
powders.

THE PRESS.

Cud mal lases.

ANOTHER DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE took place at
Windsor on Thursday, the pieces consisting of The
Honeymoon, compressed into three acts, and The
Camp at Chobham. Among the distinguished circle
who were invited to witness the play, and who re-
mained as her Majesty's guests at the castle, were
the Duchess of Kent, the French Ambassador and
Countess Walewska, the Duke of Newcastle, Marquis
and Marchioness of Westminster and Lady Agnes
Grosvenor, Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Earl
and Countess Delawarr and Lady Arabella West,
Viscount Canning, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right
Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, the Right Hon.
Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, and Major- General
Wetberall.

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HER MAJESTY AND THE ROYAL FAMILY will, it iS
Stetted, return to Osborne on the second week in
March.

THE OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENTS for the season
have commenced this week with a banquet, which
was given by Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place.
Lady Russell received in the evening a select circle
of the members of the corps diplomatique and
aristocracy at present in town. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer also gave a dinner on Thursday evening.
BOTH the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord John Russell
have issued cards for the customary parliamentary
banquets to be given respectively to the chief Minis-
terial members of Lords and Commons on the 30th
inst. The royal speech will then be read to the as-
sembled supporters of Government.
A PRIVY COUNCIL is to meet in Buckingham
Palace on the 30th, at which the speech from the
throne will be adopted by her Majesty.
VISCOUN'TE SS STRATFORD DF. REDCLIFFE and the Hon.
Misses Canning are expected to return to Grosvenor-
square at the close of the ensuing week. It is stated
to have been the expressed desire of our Minister at
the Court of the Sultan that his family should not
join him at Constantinople at present.
WE regret to announce the severe indisposition
of the Marquis of Londonderry. His lordship, who
has been surrounded by a family party at Wynyard
Park since Christmas, has been suffering for some days
from neuralgia, and the incessant pain has resulted
in a great exhaustion.

THE HON. ROBERT CLIVE, M.P., has slightly ral-
lied during the past few days, but still remains in a
very precarious state.
THE charities of the Duke and Duchess of North-
umberland have this year been more than ordinarily
munificent., on account of the long-continued in•
clemency of the weather, ample supplies of money,
fuel, food, and clothing, having been in course of
distribution during the last few weeks, by their
graces' orders, amongst all the deserving poor on
their extensive estates in Northumberland and the
north riding of Yorkshire.
THE DUKE OF HAMILTON has just purchased the
whole of that portion of the Island of Arran which
belonged to Lord Rossmore, at the price of 51,0001.
The rental of this property only amounted to about
8001. per annum, and has thus been sold at the rate
of sixty four years' purchase. Arran has always been
a favourite spot with the duke, and he now becomes
proprietor of the whole island, with a small exception
belonging to Mr. Fullarton. The Barnacre estate,
late the property of the Duke of Hamilton, has
found a purchaser in Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.,
for the sum of 98,0001.
THE DUCHESS D'AUMALE and her infant son are
going on favourably at Twickenham.
THE COUNT DE CHAMBORD, with his family and
suite, is at present stopping at Prague, on his way to
, Eisenach.