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LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1641.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

allowance for his inability to answer them by letter. He
should hand all their communications to the house of
Messrs. Johnston and Farquhar, who were actively in-
vestigating the innumerable transactions. He consi-
dered it incumbent upon him to impress upon all per-
sons ,who" wanted to: obtain interest upon any money
they might have been enabled to lay by, to be most
cautious to whom they entrusted it, as it was much to
be feared that there were many flashy concerns, not
much more suktant'al, in the metropolis than that the
mischiefs of which were every day so wofully recorded.
He trusted, and had every reason to suppose, that the
exertions of the solicitors would not be without effect.
Mr. Bigg, who was engaged upon the part of many of
the London annuitants, while Messrs. Johnston and
Farquhar were engaged for the Scotch and Irish, had,
Ile understood, taken possession of some property be-
longing to the managers ; and he thought it would be
most prudent in the solicitors for all the claimants to
unite their exertions for the good of all.

MANSION-HOUSE.
TfIE INDEPENDENT WEST MIDDLESEX Assu-
RANCE COMPANY.—Sir Peter Laurie having sent for
Mr. Farquhar, of the house of Johnston and Farquhar,
solicitors, New Broad-street, who are employed against
the Independent West Middlesex Fire and Life As-
surance Company, to communicate with him on the
subject, that gentleman called at the Justice-room, and,
in answer to questions from the Alderman, stated that
where there; sere innumerable and complicated instances
of plunder, as in the " West Middlesex," the operations
of those who were acting for the unfortunate annuitants
were necessarily very tardy. He had ascertained that
the original deed of settlement of the Company had been
buena, and the managers were endeavouring to get hold
of the notarial copy, which had been sent to Scotland,
when they had the impudence to go to trial to esta-
blish their reputation. The notarial copy was, how-
ever, safe in the hands of the officer of the Court of
Session. If they had succeeded, all trace of the Com-
pany would be lost. The names to the deed had been
obtained at the rate of five shillings each, and, since
the breaking up of the establishment, the most unde-
niable proofs had been discovered of the whole of the
enormous fraud.

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POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE

MORNING JOURNALS.

The Morning Advertiser of this day contains a leading
article on the subject of Lord Stanley's Irish Registra-
tion Bill, in the course of which our Contemporary ob-
set yes Had not his Lordship and his followers been
encouraged by seeing the professed friends of Ireland
hesitate to use the advantage of their position to place
the general interests on a more secure basin, Lord Stan-
ley and the Tories would never have dar.el t 3 introduce
their abhorred Bill." The Morning Herald returns to
the subject of the late ti i:1 of Lord Cardigan in the House
of Peers, and observe, with reference to the verdict,
" had the Earl been hied before the fifteen Judge,,-all
sitting together on a special commission, we have no hesi-
tation in saying that they would—that they must—have
come to the same decision 83 did the Peer-composed
Court of the Lord High Steward." The Times
in a trading article suggested by the state of
our foreign political relations, remarks as fol-
lows:—" Nobody can tell what is to be the result of
the present state of our relations with France or with
America ; and this incapacity of judging as to results when
it is so nearly general, and under existing circumstances so
apparently irremediable, must be considered among the
heaviest evils that can afflict a nation, short only of war it-
self." The Morning Post contains a lengthy article on
the subject of the Church, the object of which is to show
that strict Church principles and discipline are making
rapid progress throughout the country. The Morning
Chronicle remarks, with reference to the Earl of Cardigan's
recent trial in the Lords :—" Let us hope that the disgrace
of this trial will not have been incurred in vain, and that a
purer and more rational system of judicial procedure will
one day take the place of the present contemptible system."

Sir PETER LAURIE said that it was very odd that
the Scotch, who generally saw their way pretty clearly
where money was concerned, were, in regard to the
West Middlesex Company, very blind. He had heard
that there were numerous annuitants from that country
on the books, and most of them were, he understood,
poor old men and women, who, captivated with the
promise of the large ptalintage, which in fact ought
rather to have frightened them, put all the hard earn-
ings of their youth into the jaws of the establishment.
Mr. Farquhar said that the clerks of the house in
which he was a partner had frequently visited the house
No. 27, Baker-street, where the villanous transactions
were carried on, and witnessed the most heart-rending
distress. He had seen Mr. Smith, the landlord of the
house, who informed him that Hole, the secratary,had
a lease of the house for 21 years, at 130/. per annum.
The landlord removed all the papers which had not
been previously removed or destroyed by the managers,
to the house of Messrs. Johnston and Farquhar, in
New Broad-street, as Sir Peter Laurie had requested
him to do. The porter who used to attend during the
humbug operations of the Board-room, had mentioned
that about a fortnight before the house was closed two
pipes of wine had been brought into it, bottled off has-
tily, and divided amongst the managers and secretary,
who sent the prey to their respective homes.
Sir PETER LAURIE said that amongst the crowds of
communications which he had received was the folloiv-
ing

OAKS.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

Highfield, near Nantwich, Feb. 11.
Sir,—As you have so laudably exerted yourself in
exposing the swindling transactions of the 'West Mid-
dlesex Fire and Life Assurance Company, I beg to
send you particulars of the following cruel robbery com-
mitted by that Company. An agent was appointed in
Audlem, in this county, who states he received fifteen
out of every hundred pounds he could obtain, that is,
remitting eighty-five, retaining fifteen, a circumstance
you, perhaps, are not aware of. No doubt many agents
had the same premium. John Trickett, of Burton, in
this parish, an honest hard-working man, bad in the
course of forty years saved 1071. Unfortunately he was
advised to purchase into the West Middlesex, from
which he was to receive 25/. per annum for life. The
first dividend is not yet due. He has lost his property,
and is unable to work, and must now go the parish for
relief. There are many cases in this neighbourhood of
equal atrocity.

CHRONICLE.—The intelligence from the East being
looked upon as satisfactory, and the fate of the Fortifica-
tion Bill in the Peers being thought by some parees
doubtful, the funds hare presented a firmer appearance.
We have received a file of Sydney papers, the latevt of
which is of the 9th of October, being only one day later
than those previously received. The LegisLtve Council
were still sitting, but their
.procendings nee e principally
taken up by various Bits before the House of a local
nature. The Governor had expressed an opinion net if
the General Insolvent Bill before the Counc.l at the early
part of the Session bad been passed into a law law, what-
ever monctar; embarrassments bad taken place lately would
have been thrown upon the law; but ,he was glad to say
that he had reason to believe that the depression was pass-
ing away, and he thought the colony would do very well
without an insolvent law, the old law not being at all se-
vere. In the course of two years he found that only
thirty-four persons had been imprisoned a second time,
and two only a third time, and the terms of imprisonment
were very short.

I remain, Sir, yours very obediently,
W. BAKER.
Surrey-place, Kennington-common.
Sir; I beg to introduce myself to your notice,
through the medium of my intimate friend, Miss Page,
whom you so kindly protected in the Spanish Bond at-
fairs. Inclosed is a rough copy of my unfortunate
connexion with the West Middlesex Association, and
if not trespassing too much on your valuable time,
may I beg the favour of your advice under the present
circumstances.

The Kmerican discovery squadron was left at the Fejee
Islands on the 18th of July last, busily employed in making
a full survey of that interesting group of islands. Her
Majesty's surveying ship Sulphur, and tender, arrived at
the Fejces about the lst of June.

POST.—We have authority to state, for the informa-
tion of the Portuguese bondholders, that Mr. Thornton is
still in correspondence with the Lisbon Executive on the
subject of the late financial proposition, and that he can-
not feel himself warranted in recommending them to agree
to the terms of conversion offered until assured that no ad-
vantage can be taken of them under the provisions of the
6th article of the decree. We know that Mr. Thornton
has received a communication from the new Finance Mi-
nister on the matter, in reply to one addressed by him to
M. Ferns, his predecessor, but that, as it is by no means
satisfactory is him, he purposes to address the Minister
again by next packet The wbcle of the correspondence,
when completed, wirtr laid before the public. In the
meantime, even those parties who have given in their con-
ditional adhesion to the scheme will do well to proceed no
further in the business.

I remain, your obedient servant, G. G.
West Middlesex and General Annuity Association

&c. &c. &c.

Know all men, &c. &c.
That we, John Wilson, Thomas Knowles,
and William Edward Taylor, three of the Acting Ma-
nagers, &c. &c., are firmly bound to Mrs. Elizabeth
G., of Surrey-place, Kennington-common, in the penal
sum of nine hundred and fifty pounds.
Dated 17th day of December, 1839.
JOHN WILSON.
THOMAS: KNOWLES.
W. E. TAYLOR.
In the presence of
George Williams, solicitor, No. 2, Hart-street,
Bloomsbury.
William Hole, Secretory, 27, Brook-street, Portman-
square.

TIMES..—The English Stock-market was very firm
throughout the day, and the later bargains were at im-
proved prices.
The letters from Manchester state that an unusual de-
mand has sprung up there for a new fabric of the " mousse-.
line-de-laine" species, which i 3 stimulating the manufac-
turers to great exertions, both in extending their power of
production, and making new improvements in the patterns.
Of these, through the facilities the money postage gives,
many specimens are transmitted in the letters, and the pub-
lic, till they have seen them, will hardly credit what really
elegant fabrics are produced, at the price of 14d. a yard,
for a commodity of 27 inches aide. It SCTVC3 as an addi-
tional proof, if any were waned, of the means by which
our manufacturers, if fair play is given to them, contrive
to obtain the command of every market in the world.
Some of the manufacturers have orders for all that they
are able to produce within the next three months. Money
seems to continue in considerable demand in Manchester,
but not so as to create any very serious impediment to the
general activity which is springing up in the trade of the
district.

Whereas the said Elizabeth G., 'has this day paid to
the West Middlesex Company, the sum of four hun-
dred and seventy-five pounds, andthe consideration is an
annuity of sixty pounds, payable quarterly, to com-
mence from the 17th of November instant, and to con-
tinue during her life, &c., the first payment to com-
mence, and be paid, on the 17th day of February, 1838.
Received the day of the above, &c. &c., the full sum
of 475/.

Deputy ALLAN presided.

JOHN WILSON.
THOMAS KNOWLES.
W. E. TAYLOR.
In the pretence of William Hole.
Mr. Farquhar said, that amongst the applicants at
the house in Baker•street, were the following :—A
lady, from the neighbourhood of Chesterfield, who had
sunk 700/. fOr an annuity, and who had in vain written
to the managers. Those letters, together with a great
number of other letters, demanding, some in a menacing,
some in a supplicatory, tone, the amount of money due,
were found amongst the papers of the Company, to
which no attention whatever was paid. A gentleinau,
from a person in Limerick, who had also sunk 700/. in
the Association, represented that the poor man for whom
whom he applied had attempted self-destruction in con-
sequence of the deplorable state of destitution to which
he had been reduced by the robbery committed upon
him. Another gentleman detailed the particulars of a
female who had, by hard labour, and pinching economy,
gathered together 700/., all of which she deposited in
the hands of the Directors, who promised her a
most comfortable independence for her life. From the
moment this poor victim heard of the catastrophe at
Baker-street, she hourly drooped, and at last died of a
broken heart, and with all the terrors of a workhouse
before her. A laundress in the neighbourhood of the
offices of the Association who scraped together, with
the assistance of friends, the sum of 400/., which she
handed over to the managers for the promise of an an-
nuity that would enable her to abate her exertions in
her avocation as old age advanced, was in a state bor-
dering upon madness. An aged and infirm man who
came up to town in an exhausted condition by the rail-
road, told his melancholy story. He had sunk ail ha
had in the world, amounting to 1,0001., in the " West
Middlesex," and he had now no alternative but the
workhouse, except, indeed, what was probable, the
madhouse should be considered the proper place for
him. Such were a few of the instances of misery wit-
nessed at the house, which the landlord declared he
would shut up, as he could not endure such desperate
distress as was every moment exhibited in Baker-street.
Sir PETER LAURIE said he had observed that Mr.
Godson had given notice of some proceedings with re-
spect to a
u thes e
such
regulations to be observed with respect
wouldc
to all associations to which the property of people is
likely to be entrusted, as would throw responsibility upon '
Directors and Managers of character and unexception-
able pecuniary means. Here was. an instance of extra-
ordinary success upon the part of a set of pennyless ad-
venturers, in plundering multitudes of persons of the
profits of labour and years, and a :initial- species of
depredation might be commenced to-morrow.
Mr. Farquhar said that lords and ladies were in-
cluded amongst the dupes of the Association, The
Managers had shown such active resentment when the
Scotch litformcrs' Gazelle attacked them, that many
of the victims not only believed that the gentlemen who
conducted the affairs of the Company were maligned,
but congratulated them upon the legal means adopted
to punish the libeller. The following letter, which was
written by one of the sufferers, who would not credit
any imputation upon the honour of the " Vest Mid-
dlesex," would be read with curiosity :
" New Romney, Oct. 12, IS-10.
"Sir,—l have paid my half-year's premium to your
agent at Dover (Mr. Pierson), who has sent me a re-
ceipt in due form. lam much obliged by your prompt
information relating to the article in the Scotch Paper
to which I requested your attention, and have notfailed
to put both Mr. Hopkins and Mr. kelehlee in posses-
sion of it. I do not know the name of the Paper in which
it appeared, as it was cut out and sent to me, but should
immediately recognise it if the Journal was placed in
my hands. I wish the Office every success in their
prosecution of the Editor, and shall feel obliged if you
kindly inform me of the result.

By a " cotton circular" of the 4th ult. from New Or-
leans, addressed to a leading house from Liverpool, it ap-
pears that the reports from the Ist of October to the 31st
of December, 1840, were 108,766 bales to Great Britain,
46,274 bales to France, and 58,560 bales coastwise, mak-
ing a total of 213,600 bales against 220,546 bales during
the same period in 1839, made up of the following quan-
tities : —95,111 bales tl Great Britain, 91,312 bales to
France, and 34,123 bales coastwise. The receipts from
the Ist of October to the 31st of December, 1840, were
288,406 bales from Louisiana and Mississippi, 16,651
ba'es from Alabama and Tennessee, and 4,309 bales from
other ports, making a total of 309,366 bales. In the same
pet iod in 1839 there were 296 189 bales from Louisiana
and Mis!-isiippi, 27,931 bales from Alabama and Tennes-
F.C2, and 6.147 bales from ether ports, making a total of
330,267 bales.

SUN.—We have to notice an improvement in the
Funds to-day, the purchases both on bona fide and
speculative account having increased. Consols ad-
vanced to 881 and 88,i for Money, and to 884 and 88i
for Account, the Market closing firmly. Exchequer
Bills realised sr. to 7s. premium, and
.India Bonds
were done at 15s. discount. Bank Stock was steady at
164. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cent. An-
nuities were at 97i to 93e.
The Foreign Funds were a shade better, but they
did not participate in the buoyancy of the English Se-
curities. Spanish Active Bonds were 23i to 24 ; Por-
tuguese New Five per Cents. 31i ; Mexican, 271- ;
Colombian, 22i to 224 ; Buenos Ayres, 25 ; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50i to 504.
There was a disinclination to operate in Shares, and
the only bargains were in Brighton Railway, at 6i ;
Croydon, at 1 ; North Midland, at 261 ; and Bristol
and Exeter, at 331 to 321 discount. Anti-Dry-rot Re-
gistered Shares were 161- discount.
There was to-day again a slight pressure for money
in the discount market.

The Belgian Government has reason to congratulate
itself upon having obtained the remainder of its loan.
Letters of the 12th inst. from Hamburgh bring the
exchange on London for three months' bills still at 13 3,
and the price of gold at 424.
The advices by the Dutch mail of Wednesday report
a dull market for stocks at Amsterdam.

DUEL.—Yesterday a hostile meeting took place
between Colonel Patterson, of the East India service,
and Robert Mark Marsden, Esq., of Park Lodge, Re-
gent's Park. The parties met in a field at the back of
the Eyre Arms Tavern, at daybreak, and exchanged shots
without effect. The seconds then interfered and en-
deavoured to reconcile the gentlemen, but, not suc-
ceeding, the parties were again placel on the ground.
At the second fire the ball from Mr. Marsden's pistol took
effect on the right wrist of the gallant ColoLel, which
was severely shattered. The affair then terminated. The
misunderstanding arose from a political dispute between
the parties, the Colonel having asserted at a dinner party,
in the presence of Mr. M., that the supporters of Mr.
O'Connell were "political scoundrels," and Mr. M., who
a warm advocate of the O'Connell principles, applying
the term to himself, called upon the gallant Colonel to
apologise, which being refused, the affair was settled in
the above manner.—Montthig Post.
AWFUL FlItE.--A dreadful fire recently broke
out at the mill of Mr, M'Clelland near Derby. Of seven
persons who were dreadfully burned, two have since died.
The damage done to the property is not considerable. At
one time, when all hope of getting the lire under was
past, a simultaneous To sh was made to the door, which
unfortuLately had, contr. try to custom, been locked ; but
owing to the excitement; consequent on their situation,
now that they were liter: ally roasting alive, joined tl the
sense of suffocation exp erienced, it was some time before
any of them could lay Aria hand on the key ; but, this
done, a poor fellow, ir, Isis maddened eagerness to get it
turned, pulled it out ()Y ..the lock, and, it
falling from his
protracted their su fferinge, and made their situa-
tion still move perilo ts.!
. But, as God would have it (a few
seconds or, at mo at, a few minutes more, and all would
have been over vvith thea ), the key was found, the door
unlocked, and as. many as could rushed out, and some of
them had to recent to dra g out the remaind..:r ci the suf-
ferers, who, Itavinr, been; overpowered by the flames end
smoke, had tallen'down.

" I am, Sir, yours, very obediently,
11. B. WALKER.
"I felt it, my duty to the dice, as well as to mysel f
and neighbours, to inform them of the impression-pro-
duced here by the article in question.

Sir P. LAURIE requested that his correspondents on
the subject of the " West Middlesex," would make al-

PRICE sd.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY,

The betting yesterday afternoon was confined to a
select number, and prored excessively dull and uninterest-
ing. The only fluctuation cf any moment was in Came-
lion, who reached 20 to 1, which was taken to 1001.
The same sum was laid out in two bets, on Vringo,
at 18 to 1, and as much, in one bet, on the Rosalie
colt at 16 to 1. at which figure three or four were willing,
to invest ; the offers at the close did not in any instance ex-
ceed 15 to 1. Coronation was mentioned early in the after-
noon, when 18 to 1 would have been takea ; nothing was
heard of him afterwards, but we do not think that more than
17 to 1 would hays been laid. The Knight of the Whistle
was not so good a favourite as on Monday, and in a bet to a
pony agst Palmmon an addition was made to the odds last
quoted. Wahab was backed for fifty, and Ermengardis
for one hundred pounds at the prices attached to their
names, and two or three others were backed for petty
amounts. Closing prices :

TILE DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—take 10 to 1
17 to 1 agst Coronation—take 18 to 1
IS to 1 agst lin'ght of the Whistle—take 20 to 1
18 to 1 agst Eringo—taken
20 to 1 agst Cameleon—taken
22 to 1 agst Palamon—taken
25 to 1 agst Ralph—taken, afterwards offered
25 to 1 agst Marshal Soult—.taken, afterwards offd.
30 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington—taken, aftcrw. offd
30 to 1 agst Wahab—taken
50 to 1 asst The Nob—take 1000 to 15
50 to 1 agt.t Ermergardis—taken
50 to 1 agst Bolgrade—tke 1000 to 15
50 to I agst c01t......d0 do
60 to 10 ay.
1300 to 10 agst tarriCtion and Wahab—taken

7 to I agst Kedge—take 8 to I
9 to 1 apt Lampoon—taken.

HAMBURGH AND DUTCH MAIL.

HAMBURGII, FEB. W.—According to the accounts
received to-day by telegraph horn Cuxhaven, the num-
ber of ships collected there in consequence of the ice
in the Elbe amounts to 79.

TILE VES, FEB. 2. His Majesty the King of Prussia,
our most Gracious Sovereign, has been pleased to give
a new proof of his paternal regard for the goml of his
subjects, by entirely remitting the whole of the duty en
wine !or the year 1840.

HANOVER, FEB. 7.—Nothing certain has transpired
concerning the Convocation of the Estates. It is be-
lieved that the Session will be very short, and that no-
thing will be brought forward besides the Budget.
BERLIN, Jun 4.—lt is reported to-day that the
proposal of tho Roman Court has been acceded to by
our Government, and if the Popo ratifies the Conven-
tion, of which there can be no doubt, the whole affair
will he terminated in the happiest manner. This in-
formation comes from a person in office, who is well ac-
quainted with the matter.
THE HAGUE, FEB. 14.—The Count de St. Marian,
Sardinian Minister at our Conti-, has just been re-
called by his Government, and appointed to fill the
post at Naples.
THE HAGUE, FEB. IG.—Our papers contain long
accounts of the state of the Rhine and other rivers.
The ice had in genei.al broken up ; on the whole it was
hoped that all would go cff well,• but in some places
apprehensions were caused by the rising, and the stop-
pages occasioned by the ice.—Dutch Papers, Feb. 17.
DUTCH I'UNDS.—AMSTERDANS, FEB. 16
Atones. Illus.
lethal Hest, `2.% per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Ainort tis,ndic, 4% per cent Sr, b 7
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 704, 71
Commercial Company, 4% per cent 159% ICO4
Ditto (1835 and 1537) 5 per cent.
Loan 1537, 5 per cent. 94% JD%
Exchange on London, (Inc month lO 02
Two months ...... 11 92%
Dutch Papers, Feb. 17.
HAMBURG BORBLNHALLE, FEB. 12.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 1605
Anglo-Russian Loan 106% 1003
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Se‘ios lO3
Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. ad and 4th
Series
Ditto in Certilicates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 48%
Ditto 5 per Cent
Polish Bonds Bonds
New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 1374 73),',
Norwegian Loan, 1634, 4 per Cs!nt
Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lB%
r.xcHANGEs ON LONDON.

1-I,o4Burtn, FEB. 12.-13 4%.—Two months, 13 3
PETERSBURGLI, FEB. 2.—Two months, 31t pence.
STOCKHOLM, FEB. 2.—Semity-6ve days, 11, 37,
VIENNA, FEB 4.—Three months, 9. 46,
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BLumN, FEB. 10.
Bills, Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 411 per cent. 103% 163!1,
Prussian English Loan, ISM, 4 per cent 100%
lizehange on London, three months 6 17% 617
—Prussian Stale Gazdie, Feb. 11.

NEW ELECTION OF A COMMON
COUNCILMAN FOR COLEMAN.STREET
WARD.

Yesterday a wardtnote ;as held in the ward of Cole-
man-street, for the election of a Common Councilman,
the election of Mr. Cousins having been declared by
the Court of Aldermen null and void.

Mr. CARTER proposed Mr. Cousins again to the
ward, and Mr. Roberts seconded the nomination, de-
claring at the same time that whatever ground might
have existed for believing that the honourable candidate
was ineligible on the former occasion, there was now no
doubt whatever of his eligibility, and a person better
qualified could not be found.
Mr. PHILLIPs proposed Mr. Bracher as a candidate
of high respectability, who had been for 28 years a re-
sident of the ward, and had filled all the (Ace? with
great credit to himself.
Mr. LECREN seconded the nomination.

Mr. PERKINS said it had been reported that Mr.
Cousins was not qualified. There was not the slightest
foundation for that report, for his name was on the
rate•books, together with that of his partner, for nine
years, as having paid scot, and it could not be said
that he had not borne lot, for his partner had acted as
constable, and that was tantamount to service by himself.
Upon a shoo: of hands, the majority was declared to
be in favour of Mr. Bracher, whereupon a poll was de•
manded for Mr. Cousins.

The contest is expected to be a very sharp one.

THE BRITISH LEGION.—The last remnant of
this gallant force, numbering one hundred and fifty, ar-
rived here on 'Wednesday from Santander, from which they
sailed about three weeks since. Note, ithatandiug their
severe service for the last few years, and the rough wea-
ther they experienced during their voyage, they appeared
for the most part a tolerable corps of young men, in good
condition, comfortably clad. Many of them arc natives of
Dublin, Cork, and Limerick, where they proceeded on
Thursday. They were accompanied from Santander by
two Lieutenants and a physician, and betrayed no symp-
toms of regret in abandoning the perilous feats of arms, in
which they bore so active a part during the recent civil war
in Spain, for whatever way of life fortune may lead them
to henceforward. We understand that their demands on
the Spanish Government have been liquidated, partly in
gold, and partly by acknowledgments under the band of
Espartero. lVaterford Chronicle.
OTAHEITE SUGAR-CANE.—At the same
meeting, a communication was brought forward from Mr.
Dearman, Secretary to the Dacca Branch Society, stating
that there is a new crop cf twelve beegahs, of eighty
cubits square, in sugar-cane, and rather more than three
beegahs remaining of rattoons, only part in Otaheite,
which Mr. Dcarmaa regrets, as ho has found that all the
canes from the former year's stores have degenerated, with
the exception of the Otaheitc, which has, so far from fall-
ing off, produced finer canes than those of the present sea-
son's planting. Under these circumstances Mr. Dearman
considers that the Otaheite cane, on the Dacca high lands,
if properly attended to, would yield crops for several suc-
cessive years. The other kinds, such as the Munnypore,
the Singapor,-, the Batavian, and two indigenous kinds, ap-
pear to be mere annuals. Mr. Dearman feels sure that
the many thousand beegahs of high waste land lying near
Decca, and beyond the reach of inundation offer a mine
of wealth to any one having the means and disposition to
engage in the cult:vation of the Otaheite cane.—East
Indian Telegraph.
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The sixty-
seventh anniversary festival of this excellent Society was
celebrated on Wednesday evening at the Freemasons' Hall,
Great Queen-street. The company was larger than we
have seen it fer,same years past, upwards of 300 gentle-
men bring present. The usefulness of this Society
tsio
apparent, that it is evidently rising
mation. The activity di;played by its agents
in public es ti.
the preservation of life during the late frost is univer-
sally allowed to have been most remarkable. The nume-
roush
instances in the Annual Report in which their exer-
tions have been accompanied by complete success, arc
eminently preisewerthy. Henry Nemble, Esq., M. P.,
was in the chair, supported by Benjamin Hare?, E sq.,
M. P., Mr. Antrobus, bl. P , Mr. C. Lushington, M.P.,
the Hon. Mr. Baron Gurney, the Bishop of Nor ,vie
&c. On the removal of the cloth, her Majesty's health
was drunk with the usual honours. The Chairman, in
proposing the toast, alluded happily to the recent firmness
calmness., and intrepidity displaced by her Mitesty on a
recent instance of apprehended danger to her illuEtriatis
consort, by the breaking of the ice in the Pa'ace-gardenF.
The company responded to the sentiment with hearty ac-
clamations. The health of Prince Albert and the Prin_
ceis Royal followed, amidst loud and repeated applause.
The usual loyal toa.ts followed. Honorary medallions
were then awarded to various indiNiduals, seventeen in
number, who had distinguished tbemselvei by more thou
ordinary intrey,idity in the preservation of human life, when
in danger of death by drowning. Mr. Benjamin Hares,
Sen., then read the report of the subscription. Amongst
the names announced were those
Duke of Northumberland, 100 •of her Majesty . the
guinea's; Benjamin Bond
Cabbell, Esq., 10 guineas ; Mr. Antrobus 10 guineas ;
in all arnnti
the Chairman, 20 guineas, &c. ;
wards of 7001. The e eu' n-g
to up-
wards did not separate until a
late hour.