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ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Humphery Esq., Alderman,
William Banbury, Esq. M.P.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq.
James Mitt, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq.
Rupert Ingletsy, Esq.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Joaffrcson, 9 Finsbury-square.
SERGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
Parsons Assuring in this °dice have the benefit of the Lowest
rates of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured,
and which is„ in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have
ikewiss the security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance
Fund of nearly a Quarter of a Minion —and an Annual Income of
upwards of 60,0001., arising from the- Mane of between 5,000 and
6,000 Policies.

VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 18, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY.

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
At the first Septennial Meeting of this Company, held on the 11th
March last, a BONUS, averaging 23 per cent. on the amount of
premiums paid, was declared on Policies entitled to participate in
Profits.

Four-fifths, or 80 per cent. of the entire Profits of the Company,
will at future divisions be appropriated to all Assurers entitled to
share therein.

Everrraairogegadby.tjaismompany.to,Aaparers., - • -
On POlieles taken t farm the wholetterm of life. one.half of the An-
nualPreraltrine thereon may remain unpaid for live years.
Parties Assured with the Company are allowed to reside in many
of the Colonies without additional charge, and the Premium required
for the East or West Indies, and other extra risks, Is more than
usually moderate.
...

By a plan originating with this Company, great security is offered
to parties Assuring the Lives of others.
Advances continue to be made to Assurers on Assignable Property
or Income, and also on the guarantee of most undoubted personal
sureties.
Detailed Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, by
application at the Office, or by letter addressed to the Actuary.
WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.

THE CITY OF LONDON LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
No. 2, ROYAL EXCIIANGE-BITILDINGS.
This Society is established on the principle of combining all the
known Advantages and Conveniences of the oldest Life Offices, with
the general results of their experience.
Its PREMIUM TABLES are adjusted on the most economical
yet safe scale, and embrace THREE DISTINCT DIVISIONS or
DEPARTMENTS.

Thns,—Policies may be effected on
TILE MUTUAL SYSTEM,
Securing all its advantages, without its risks or liabilities,
AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS.
THE PROPRIETARY SYSTEM,
With the full benefits of its acknowledged SECURITY, SIM-
PLICITY, and ECONOMY. And
TIIE ACCUMULATIVE, or DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED
BY THIS SOCIETY,
Which perfects the principle of Life Assurance, the full amount of
the Deposit—Premiums
BEING AT ALL TIMES AVAILABLE TO THE ASSURED.
♦LSO,
HALF-CREDIT PREMIUMS FOR STIPULATED PERIODS,
A peculiarly advantageous arrangement for
YOUNG LIVES, and for all Persons WITH ADVANCING MEANS
OR INCOMES.
And, Tables expressly calculated FOR NAVAL AND MILITARY
RISKS in all Quarters of the World, on the Most Moderate
Terms
Together with all the usual Divisional Rates, Accommodations, and
Conveniences.

tDIV. F. LEERS, Secretary.

NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF POLICIES IN THE EQUITABLE
ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON.
U NITED THIN GDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
The attention of Holders of Policies in the Equitable Assurance
Company of London, is particularly called to the Half-Credit Scales
of Premium of this Company, by which table the berms to be de-
dared at the next investigation of the Equitable Assurance CoMpany's
affairs, in January, 1850, may be secured at a present annual payment
of one half the rates generally charged by other companies. In the
event of death the sum insured will be paid, after deduction of the
other half of the rates. Should the life insured survive the decla-
ration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the
Company will renounce all claim for the half premiums which may
be due thereon ; or, in the event of the party being at that time
in bad health, the policy can be kept up at the full premium of
the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with
this Company, was found peculiarly advantageous at the last division
of profits in the Equitable Assurance Company in 1840, when it
was largely adopted, and many of the policies then effected are
still in force, and large bonuses have been added to them on the
scale of the following table :
Sum Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy.
£5OOO • —.6 years 10 mouths • • • • • • • .£683 6s. Bd.
5000.....• • • • • 6 years ...... 600 Os. Od.
5000. ......•-5 years
5000.....• .. •• 4 years .. • .
5000 .......... 2 years
5000.... •• • • 1 year
Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on appli
cation to the Resident Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., at the oltlees
8, Waterloo-place, London.

[MPORTANT AND UNPRECEDENTED
SALE AT HOLMES', REGENT-STREET.
Messrs. HOLMES have taken several thousand pounds' worth
of SHAWLS (at an immense sacrifice), in liquidation of a debt due
to their firm by an eminent French manufacturer, the whole having
been expressly produced for the present season. The patterns are of
a most elaborate and recherche description ; and in consequence of
the immense quantity, they are compelled to sell 'them at a sa-
crifice unprecedented.
This vast additional amount of stock have induced Messrs. Holmes
to re-mark (eta great discount:from their original cost) the ►hole of
their extensive and valuable assortment of MANTILLAS and FURS,
with their unrivalled collection of INDIA, ABITIBI!, and FRENCH
SHAWLS, to be included in this Sale, and to facilitate which,
every article is marked in Plain Figures.
FOREIGN and BRITISH SHAWL 1131PORIUM, 171, 173, and
175, REGENT-STREET.

up 0 YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
ft IV LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by
T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R. S.. Professor of Comparative Anatomy at
King's College, daily at Half-past Three. A LECTURE on CHE-
MISTRY In its application to the USEFUL ARTS, by Charles F.
Parlington, Esq., on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at
Nine o'clock. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELEC-
TRIC MACHINE, by Dr. P,achhoffner. The WORKING MODELS
and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Optical Effects
include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS, the °Xi--
HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERIMENTS with the
DIVEIC and DIVING-BELL, &e.,

Admission le. Beileols, half-prise.

TO THE CREDITORS OF STOCKWELL
AND CO.

Notice is hereby given that the CREDITORS who have proved
their debts, under a Commission of Bankrupt which was issued in
the year 1802, against CHARLES STOCKWELL, CHARLES
HEMINGWAY, JAMES HAIGH, SAMUEL STOCKWELL,
JOHN BAKER, and JOHN ROGERSON, formerly carrying on
business together in copartnership, as Dyers, in LEEDS, in the
county of York, or the respective legal representatives of such Cre-
ditors, may receive a further Dividend en their several debts on ap-
plication to Mr. James lloatson, of West Hill, in Halifax, in the said
county, or at the office of Mr. George Edwards, Solicitor, Lord-
street, Halifax. _ .

JAQUES and EDWARDS,
8, Ely-place, London.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that BEN-
J SMIN MORELAND, of 1, Vincent-street, Old Street-road,
lit _the County of Middlesex, Ironfounder, hath, by au Indenture
14.4 ting -date the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-seven, assigned all his personal Estate and Effects
to WILLIAM BECKWITH, the younger, of 27, Winchester-street, in
the City of London, Accountant, as Trustee upon Trust for the benefit of
all the creditors of him, the said Benjamin Moreland, who should exe-
cute the said Indenture within Three Months from the date thereof; and
that the said Indenture was duly executed by the said Benjamin
Moreland and William Beckwith, the younger, en the said nineteenth
day of April, in the presence of, and attested by, Francis Broughton,
the younger, of No. 5, Falcon-square, in the City of London,
Solicitor.

rro ISAAC.—For God's sake return to your
Wife and Friends.
If the amount is not sent to P. you will be posted as a felon.
Think of the consequences.
If you have used any of the money he will forgive you if you re-
turn the balance.

TOUR BROTHER JAMES.

REMALE ALMS-HOUSES.-NATIONAL
GUARDIAN INSTITUTION, for the Benefit of Servants and
he Protection of Employers.

Establisked in 1825.
HONORARY DIRECTORS.
Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart, I Josesh Fry, Esq.
George M. Butt, Esq., Q.C. John Onruey Fry, Esq.
Captain Bertie Catorll.N. John Wilks, ESQ.
Benjamin Hawes, Esq.
TREASURER.—WiIIidm Tooke, Esq., F.R.B.
The Governors of this Institution will, is the month of May, pro-
ceed to the ELECTION of CANDIDATES for FIVE of their
VACANT ALMS-HOUSES, endowed with an annual allowance of
101. Persons to be qualified as candidates must be unmarried, at
least sixty years of age, who shall have been servants in respect-
able families for severalyears, and recommended by three governors.
Any such individuals desirous to become candidates may apply at
the offices, 40, Bedford-row, Holborn, between the hours of Ten and
Four o'clock, where they will receive all needful information.
By order of the Managing Committee,
April 20, 1847. THOMAS BUTT, Secretary.

SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.
THE FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBI-
TION WILL OPEN, at their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East, On
Motiner, April 26, from Nine till Dusk.
Admittance, One Shilling.—Catalogue, Sixpence.
J. W. WRIGUT, Secrotaty.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, April 20.
Their Lordships sat in a Committee for Privileges to-
day. The Peers present were the Earl of Shaftsbury,
the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Redesdale, Lord
Camoys, the Marquis of Huntley, the Earl of Mount
Edgeconibe, Earl Charleville, Lord Rrougham, Lord
Lyndhurst, and Lord Colville.

HII,HARMONIC SOCIETY,
IIAI%.TOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.
PROGRAMME OF THE FOURTH CONCERT,
MONDAY EVENING NEXT.
Nnfonla in F, Beethoven. Duet, the Misses Williams. Beetho-
•en's Concerto in G, pianoforte, Dr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Air,
Miss M. Williams. Overture, " Euryanthe," Weber. Sinfonia in
A; Mendelssohn. Duet, " Come be gay," " Dcr Freychutz." Over-
ture and Selection from the Music in "A Midsummer Night's Dream,"
Mendelssohn.
Conductor, First Part, Mr. Costa ; Second Part, Dr. Mendelssohn
Bartholdy.
Single Tickets, one Guinea; and Double Tickets, It 10s. To be
had of Messrs Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street.

RLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS
Copy of a Letter from Mr. Blake, Klngseliffe, Northampton-

shire :

Chest;rfleld Polka's, and. all the newest
terns TWesd cDaat • • • • 0 18 0
• • B6 Pr°ll-ITIK ditto ••
• •.• • • from 0 6
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0 6 6
att.& sukCopertno,
a superior coat at
1 15 0
from 1 4 0
galla Superfine, a superior coat, 2 2 0
Conar Vents 0 2 0
..... ....... 0 4 6
Cloth, or 0 4 6
p„,s_eed Trousers. ...... • • ........ ........... ....... 0 4 6
Casalmere or Doesain • • • • • • • • • • • •
EC% Tunic and Hussar salts .. .................. • .. 0 1$ 6
our re--Any article purchased, ready made, or made''to mea
ey
reea nOt approved of, will be exchanged, or if
preferred, the
8ia1.,.2"..c.S and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
rurriers, Boot aid Shoemakers, and General O'Atflttere, fbr
rules, 85, a4cl Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Mincorica, and 83,
ea__ and 86 Aidgate, City, London.
pnnu„`"lcal.—E. Moses and Son regret being 0,-;ilged to guard the
like fc'_,_sSainst impostors, bat have lea reed that the untradesman-
b.. k_.+Bohood of being connected with them or it's the same concern,
I.l7enen resorted to in many insteymes
lnilYthnolva no
Id for obvious reasons.
connexion wick any •other'honce in or out of London;
Or 5e...0 ae.who deeire g,t,ulue .ad •vii• call 114 To:
business
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Iliglan %Di= exiiirdmilirttod at this estitsbllshment from sun-

"Kingscliffe, January 21, 1847.
" Sir,—Twelve years ago I became afflicted with Rheumatic (]out.
I procured the best advice possible, but without deriving benefit ; and
the doctors recommended me to go to the Stamford Infirmary, where
I continued twelve weeks, and left it without obtaining any benefit,
and all hope of relief had vanished.
" This hopeless state of things continued until a friend advised rno
to try Blair's Pills. I then lost no time in sending to Mr. biOrtlOck,
of Stamford, for a box, and by the time I had taken that quantity I
got rid of one crutch. I then sent for another boy, which enabled
me to throw away the other, and, thank tiod,i have never since had
such an attack.

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" I am much exposed to cold .
hut, wh'never I feel
attack, I have recourse to the Pills with universal success,
"I recommended the
to a gentlentaid who real hi this
. 'des
neighbourhood, and he b symptoms Of
s derived the most asential lend there-
from, and is now nee
.'er them,
" You may p".olish thiswithout for the benefit of thine 6IIMI4rIy
is od•
" I al:a, ffir, your obedient) hintible
" BLAKE,
'The asset-44titi "Smith and Farrier,"
bifects of LAIR'S and RHUMATIC
PILLS In leitfing every descriptißon of GoutGOUT and RheumatiEsm, have
SecilVe4 to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or
pittent times. They not only give relief in a few hours, but restore
to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of time. They are
equally speedy and certain in Lumbago, Sciatica, Pains in the Mead
or Face, and indeed of every Rhematic or Gouty affection ; in fact,
sucn has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this
medicine, that it has astonished all who have taken it, and there is
scarcely a city, town, or village in the kingdom, but contains many
grateful evidences of its benign influence.
Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint-
ment by all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United
Pd. r,•i• hex.
Ask for BLAIR'S
,GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob-
serve the name and address of "Thomas Front, 229, Strand, Lon-
don," impressed volt. the qtyrenßout Status egiztxX to tip * bo4 of
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No. 17,032. 1,430 N DON, WEDNESDAY

The
er reported.
was argued last term, and the facts of which have been
fully
deceased in the cause was Mrs. Sarah Gibson, who
died in the month of November, 1544, leaving personal
property amounting to about 90,0004 and a freehold es-
tate valued at from 3,0001. to 4,000/. By her will a very
larga benefit was given to Major Waring, who was not a re-
lation of the deceased ; but she became acquainted with him
and other members of his family in consequence of reading in
the newspapers that his father had presided over a Bruns-
wick meeting held in Ireland. It appeared that there had
only been one personal interview between the deceased and
Major Waring, when he spent three days by her invitation
at her house at Weybridge, Surrey. The will was opposed
by Mr. Thomas Waring, the brother of the deceased, and
several of her next of kin, on the ground that Mrs. Gibson
was of unsound mind at the time she executed it in
1834, and had been so for several years prior to that
date. A commission of lunacy was executed in 1841, and
the jury found that she had been insane from September,
1838, not therefore including the period during which the
will was written. A codicil also was propounded, but it
was without date. It must, however, have been written be-
tween 1836 and 1842, but was unexecuted. Probate of this
likewise was opposed. It merely gave a legacy of 5001. to a
godson, who had since died. The Learned Judge examined
with great minuteness the evidence adduced, both oral and
documentary, with the view of showing that the deceased
laboured under insane delusions on a variety of points, more
especially- with reference to parties assuming disguise. It
was, he said, impossible to read that evidence without coming
to the conclusion that the delusions were of a permanent
character. It had been said that they had no bearing on the
testamentary disposition, but in that view he could not co-
incide. One of these delusions was, that Mr. Thomas Waring,
her brother, had become a Roman Catholic, and that might
have influenced the bequest that she had formerly made to
him. Complaints had been made in the course of the argu-
ment that a knowledge of the existence of the will had been
withheld for a considerable period of time from Major War-
ing, but he (the Learned Judge) considered them groundless.
It had also been urged that in the first instance insanity was
not set up. The will had not been duly executed, and no-
thing could be more natural than that in order to avoid ex-
peyse, delay, and littion,' ie.slioold be opposed as invalid,
by'reaion of want oreiecution. But the intention to object
to it on the ground of insanity had been communicated to
the solicitor of Major Waring at an early period of the pro-
ceedings. Several parties had been examined, who deposed,
and he doubted not sincerely, to the deceased always being
in a rational state of mind. Their interviews with her, how-
ever, were unfrequent and of short duration, nor did it appear
that they were aware of any of the delusions under which
she laboured. Several fetters of the deceased had been pro-
duced, which were admirably written, and in which she
had expressed herself at the commencement with great pro-
priety, but towards their close her delusions manifested
themselves. He could not say that this was a rational act
rationally done ; and upon a review of the whole of the cir-
cumstances he felt bound to pronounce against the will and
codicil. Major Waring, however, who had been appointed
an executor under the will, could not do otherwise than pro-
pound it, and as such the costs of all parties must be decreed
out of the estate.

THE WEST INDIA. MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.—The Royal mail steam-
packet Thames, Lieut. Philip Hast, I N., commander, and
Lieutenant I. J. Wilkinson, Admiralty-agent, arrived at
Southampton this morning, at half-past eleven o'clock,
bringing mails of the following dates :
March
San Jage de Cuba 22
Jamaica
Jacmel 27
Puerto Rico 3O
Demerara 2O

March
Martinique 27
Dominique
Guadaloupe 27
Antigua .. 2B
Montserrat

Tobago 22 Nevis
Trinidad
Barbadoes
Grenada
St. Vincent . .
St. Lucia 26 Fayal
She brought also about fifty passengers, and the fol-
lowing freight :-
111 tierces of coffee
6,1 tierces of coffee
10 barrels of coffee
1 half-barrel of coffee
300 ounces of gold-dust
The passengers were as follows :
Count Walsh Freeman, daughter, and servant ; Mr. and
Mrs. Cater, Mrs. Laycroft and two children ; Mrs. Nicholson,
Mr. and Mrs. Hendrick, Mrs., Miss, and Mr. Cases, Mr. John
Leake, Mr. Parke, Mr. King, Miss Galasgow, Master Franklin,
Lieutenant Hume, 38th Regiment, from Jamaica; Mr. and
Mrs. Beresford and four children and niece, from St. Vincent;
Mr. H. Brand, Mr. Rattray and son, Mrs. and Miss Herbert,
from Demerara • Mr. Alston, Mrs. Brown, Mr. J. Brown,
Mr. G. Brown, Hunter, Mrs. Fraser, two children, and
servant, from Trinidad; Lieut.-Colonel Doyle, 3d West India
Regiment, and servant, from Grenada; Mrs. Rattray, from
Dominica; Colonel Farlet, from Goudaloupe ; Senor and
Senora Anugo, from St. Thomas ; Mr. Abraham Sieberg,
from Fayal to England.
The Thames spoke the following vessels:—

751. value of British coin
769 ounces of silver
107 bales of sarsaparilla
50 packages.

The Matthew Pearce, April 1, going into St. Thomas's;
the Robert Kerr, April 5, in lat. 25 deg. 30 min. N., long.
56 W. ; the Marion, April 5, in lat. 25 deg. 50 min. N., long.
55 W., bound to Baltimore ; the John Line, April 16, in lat.
45 deg. N., long. 15 deg. 50 min. W., from Trinidad, bound
to London, all well, 34 days out ; the Peruvian, April 17, in
lat. 47 deg. N., long. 10 deg. 40 min. W.
The Thames experienced generally favourable
weather.
She gives the following report of her Majesty's and
the Company's ships when leaving the West Indies:—
The Clyde left Jamaica for the Spanish Main the
19th of March.
The I)ee left Grenada for Jamaica the 26th of March.
The Tay left Jamaica for St. Thomas and Bermuda
the 11th of March.
The Eagle loft St. Thomas for Porto Rico the 31st
of March.
The Thames left at Port Royal the Vindictive, 50,
Vice-Admiral Sir F. W. Austen, K.C.B.' Captain
M. Seymour; the Imaum, 72, Commodore Cr. R. Lam-
bert; the Endymion, 44, Captain G. W. Courtney; the
Thunderer, 6, surveying, Captain Edward Barnett; the
Electra, Commander Sir W. Wiseman.
The Alarm, 26, Captain Grenville G. Loch, left Port
Royal the 24th of March for Vera Cruz; also previously
sailed her Majesty's steamer Vesuvius, Comthander
G. Austen, for the Gulf of Mexico, to relieve the
Hermes steamer, Commander W. Carr, the latter ves-
sel's term of service having expired, being four years in

commission.
The Vindictive is to leave Port Royal for Bermuda
about the 3d of April; the Endymion, for Barbadoes ;
the Electra, for Nassau ; and the Thunderer for the
Campeachy-bank, surveying. The brig Persian at Bar-
badoes March 24; the schooner Viper at Tobago; and
the Pickle at Bermuda.
The late colonial measures of her Majesty's Govern-
ment appear to have given general satisfaction through-
out the West Indies, and the prevailing opinion is that
they may now avoid the ruin which has so long
threatened the British colonists; they hail the admission
of sugar for use in the breweries and distilleries, and
that of rum to use in Ireland and Scotland as highly
beneficial. The season for taking off the crops had far
advanced, and the crops throughout the British West
Indies will be larger than they have been since the
emancipation; the whole may be estimated at 150,000
tons, and there will be a great want of shipping to bring
it to the market. General attention appeared to be
directed to the necessity of sugar factories in all our
colonies, which, if carried to any extent, it is supposed
that the crops of sugar will be greatly increased.
The Hayden republic enjoyed profound tranquillity.
The election of President Soulogne appeared to have
given general satisfaction, particularly as he had retained
the popular and able Ministry selected by his predeces-
sor. The Haytian Chambers met on the 11th of March,
and concurred in the determination expressed by the
Government to use their utmost exertions to fulfil their
engagements to France.
The Thames has brought to England from Fayal the
crew of the ship Charles, of Stornaway, from Moulmein,
abandoned as waterlogged on the 19th of March, taken
on board the English barque Auricula, from Val-
paraiso to Swansea, and landed at Fayal.
By the arrival of the Thames we have our usual files
of papers, and have selected a few articles of general
interest.
In Jamaica the House of Assembly had decided in
favour of the Income-tax Bill. There were 16 votes for
it, and the same number against it; the Speaker gave his
casting vote in its favour, and it was ordered to be com-
mitted accordingly.
Subscriptions had been entered into and sermons
preached in almost every one of the islands in aid of the
destitute in Ireland and Scotland, and large sums voted

for their relief. 3,800 dollars were subscribed in Trini-
dad, and 500 dollars by the Governor, to be sent home
by the Thames ; and a larger amount is promised by
the next ship.
A public meeting of the inhabitants of St. Lucia had
taken place, and unanimous resolutions passed in favour
of a representative form of Government, and a standing
committee formed to forward a petition to the Queen,
and press for this project.
The Trinidad Standard says, we have this month
(March) been favoured with most propitious weather
• for agricultural purposes. The sugar and cocoa planters
have been well employed, and the crops have proved thus
far encouraging.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)
Unless Specifically stated to the contrary, long or duty-paid
prices ace always given, and are to be considered as whole-
sale prices.
Our market h 35 been very quiet in consequence of the
paucity of arrivals, And the disinclination of the trade to
come forward whilst rizteg rule as high as they do at present.
The operations, therefore? have been very limited, whilst
stocks are generally only average. We aro looking for fur-
ther supplies, the more anxiously as the quantity of our
native ground provisions is evidently decreasing. Should
the supplies which it is presumed must be now on their way
hither be larger than the demand for consumption prices
must inevitably fall; at least some very great reductions
must be made to induce the trade to operate with any de-
gree of freedom.
Flour—This article has further advanced, but operations
are difficult, and but few parcels have changed hands. 350
brit'. Baltimore (the last` thence) have been taken at 415.,
end 234 brls. Philadelhia at 425. er brl. Some unim-
pon:vit re-sales on speculation p
have been made at the latter
fitnme :lek figure. -o—ls dull at the asking rate, 285., notwithstand-
is light. The transactions have been con-
ing that the "
of from 30 to 100 brls. at our quotation.
fined to re-sales ve of anything of consequence to report.
ltice—We ha
Some parcels of East India have been moved at from 21s.
to 225. per 100 lb. for ordinary sorts, and 235. to 245. for
Bengal and Madras.
Bread—Two or threee days .after our last issue, small par-
-1 sdi of 6 log a gales Rid 1011) Pl 5 ed at 24e. per barrel i
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the remainder, we are told, closed at 225. A large quantity
of Watson's Crackers and Pilot (some 700 barrels) have come
in, but it is still unsold. _ .

Butter-:lralisceidfor 12d. to 124 d. per 1b.., but the latter
figure is difficult to be obtained, owing to the interference of
American and British American sorts, which are plentiful,
and taken, the former at Bd. to 80., the latter at Bd. to Sid.
Inferior American rules very low.
Lard—We quote Irish at 81,0., and re,port sales of 63 kegs
of Philadelphia at Bd., and 125 kegs of New Orleans (part of
the 500 kegs noticed in our last) at '7O. The stock of all
descriptions, but particularly of Irish, is light.
Candles—Have come in rather freely of late, and prices
have slightly declined ; 300 boxes Cook's assorted sizes
have realised 84d. per4lb.
Codfish—ls exceedingly and unaccountably dull, whilst
the stock is very heavy. Small parcels are taken at 13s. 6d.
in casks, but the trade will not operate to any extent at this
rate.

Mackerel—No. 8, in lots of 50 barrels and upwards, are
readily taken at 24s per barrel. The stock is moderate.
Herrings—No. 1, with roes, command 245. per barrel. The
stock is moderate and demand active.
Alewives—Remains at 245. for No. 1.
Salmon is plentiful and dull. No. 1 only, in barrels, moves
off at 525.

Soap—We report re-sales of 400 boxes of Steele's feather,
411 b., at 12s. 6d.; 800 boxes of same, 561 b., at 13s. ; and 200
boxes of double crown, at 17s. Higher rates are now de-
manded for Steele's late supplies, but no sales have as yet
been effected.

Pork—The transactions in this article have been confined
to 200 barrels of prime New Orleans, at 725. per barrel;
100 barrels of mess, at 80s.; and 31 barrels of clear, at 88s.
Hams—American have been moved at from 4d. to 6d.
per pound, but for the better sorts, 7d. to 7d. has been
realised. English is worth Bd. to lOid.
Beef—We report some small parcels as having moved at
528., and 70 half barrels and 35 quarter ditto, Alberger's, at
495. per half-barrel. American, which are very plentiful,
rule at frcm sd. to 7d., according to quality. Prime English
are scarce, and command 101 d. per pound.
Cheese—The stock is very heavy. Some parcels infe-
rior.

Corn—Maybe quoted at sa. per babel. ' We haTa not
heard of any operations of moment.
Malt—Lane's Cork stout has declined to 955. per hhd.
Lumber—A cargo of white pine has been moved at 120 s.
per K., and for another of pitch pine the same figure has
been accepted. Another cargo pitch pine, in consequence
of the extreme inactivity of the market for the article, has
been landed on the shippers' account. 5,000 R. 0. staves
have changed hands at 91., and a small lot of Cypress shingles
(Norfolk) is being parcelled out at 40s. per M. W. 0. stares
and heading are exceedingly scarce.
Oil—About 100 barrels of cod have changed hands, in
lots, at 2s. 6d., and 50 casks at 2s. 4d. per gallon. Oil in
barrels will always command a better price than when it is
put up in casks. The size of the package interferes in a
great measure with its sale.
Brandy—Martell's has been taken at Bs. 3d. per gallon, in
bond.
Rum—We report a sale of 20 puncheons at ss. for proof
21, inclusive of Is. 6d. duty, but for some previous parcels
3d. per gallon under was accepted.

EXPORTS.
Sugar—The market is very unsettled. Prices range from
235. to 265. per 1001 b.

EXCLIASGES ON LONDON.
Planter's Bank, 90 days', % per cent. dis. ; ditto, 60
days', par; ditto, 30 days; % per cent premium.
Jamaica Bank, 60 days', par; ditto, 30 days' % per cent.
premium.
Colonial Bank, 60 days', par; ditto, 30 days', % per cent.
premium.
Specie.—Calonial doubloons, 31,! to 4s. per cent. premium;
silver dollars, % to 1 per cent. premium on 4s. 2d.
The directors cf the Jamaica Bank have made their re •
port upon the transactions of the half-year ending the 31st
of December last. The report is very satisfactory to the
shareholders. The balance of net profit on the half-year
amounts to 4,3261. 17s. 9d., out of which the directors pro-
pose to declare a dividend of ss. per share, being at the
rate of 6 per cent. per annum, carrying the balance of
1,3261. 17s. 9d. to the surplus fund, which will then amount
to 9,6461. 19a. 4d.