... i At the meetiog of the society held last night, Dr. GlaY, V.P., in the chair, the Secretary read a letter from Mr. L. Frazer, her 3lojesty's Vice-Consul at Whidah, written fronf Clarence, Fernando Po, and addressed to Dlr. Cuming. It contained some noticeof the existence of a ?? antcts animal in the interior, called by the natives Tasp-parl )o l)r whiclh is supposed by them to be a chimpanzee ...

... LIFE ASSURANCE-MODES OF VALUA- TION. To nii EDITOR or Tax MORNING CHRONICLE. SrI.-I have to express my concurrence in the observation of J. A. H. (in his letter to you of the 10th inst.), that we are quite agreed as to the necessity of ensuring the main- tenance of a sufficient reserve, but differ only as to the means of effecting it. J. A. H. now observes that, as respects the bonus, he ...

... aOR ICLR WVINDSOR, JAN. 18. f,*uawing had the honour of dining with her Majesty Tile e Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Loiningen, te, Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to stt Pr'le of Kient, and the Baroness de Speth. tilcler diesty'5 private band attended in the erening, and ?? the following selection ~ierilrr ,, L, Part du Diable' ?? Auber. vertIourO, and March, .Midsum- ?? . Otta ...

... CO UR T OF BANKR UP TCY-YESTERDAY. [REfiors S1/. Coeoaaisis7er EvtAs.] IN RE C. S. VOULES. The bankrupt was a solicitor of Windsor. This was the certificate meeting. 'Mr. Lawrance supported, Mr. Depree opposed for certain creditors, Mr. Linkilater, far the as- signees, did not oppose. The bankrupt, examined, said Ire had been sued by Mr. Duck arid couseslted to ?? him £200, of which sum £1D0 ...

... TBE NA V Y. APPOINTMIENTS. Acting Assistant-Surgeon-Archibald. Stevenson (1852), from ?? flag-ship at Portsmoth, for service in a naval hospital, to the Rodney, 90, at Portsmouth. The Bight Hon. Sir James Graham, Captain Alexander Milne, and the Hon.'William Cowper, Lords of the Ad. sniralty ; and Mr. Bernal Osborne, secretary, transacted business at Somerset-house until a late hour on Tuesday ...

... * OXFORD UNIVERSITY. SECOND DAY. WEDNESDAY.-The polling commenced this morning at ten o'clock; and, although no statement was given., out at eleven o'clock, it was generally understood that Mir. Per- ceval's friends had reduced his minority of yesterday to - five, the numbers being at that hour- Gladstone ?? .. . ?? . .. .. .. 85 Perceval ?? o80 In another hour the friends of Mr. Gladstone had ...

... THE ENGLISH PRZSS AND TEE TzENCH GOVERNMENT. The following official note lately appeared in the Moniteurs While all- governments strive to maintain the most friendly relations between different countries, at a moment when the powers in some sort assoeiate themselves with the sentiments of France by recognizing the rights of her new Emperor, and the services rendered by him to social order, ...

... E The Times, irt allusion to the death in prison of Francisco Madiss, thus speaks of his persecutor,- the I gracev of God' ruler offuseany:- : MWe 4now nuotwith-what feeling3-Leopold, -Graud;Duke' of Tuseany, received the Intelligence that his victim was beyond the control of human laws, but-henceforth the name of maiias is Indissolubly associated With his own. It wag to satisfy his per3onal ...

... TRE 'UNREPRESENTED DEMO. .I: CRACY. SIB,-The right of democraey to representation is .a mitted on nearly all sides, and after a verdict is given the carrying it out as speedily as possible is but an aci o cofemmon justice, the delaying to do so one of grievous w Wrong. The aristocracy, the middle clasass, and the democracy have all their grievances; the former grumble sat not being allowed to ...

... SIR,-Mighty events are brewing for Europe, and France is preparing a fresh drama for the world. The imperial vagabond'now ?? that great country is gradually emncentrating his powers to effect what a few years rince he declared to be the chief aim and ob- ject of his life-avenging the defeat of Waterloo and the subsequent calotivity of Napoleon Bonaparte on the rock of S,. Helena by the English ...

... MRS. AMERCA ANSWERS RS. ENGLAND. The Duchess of SUTHERLAND-it is known- *with- a potent waive of her hand gathered toge- 4her in Stafford-house ladies of birth and gentle- women of station; and, there assembled, the ladies discussed and agreed upon an affectionate and ?? address to their sisters of the United States of America ; a persuasive appeal to their sympathies and affections to ...

... RAVAGES OF -THE YELLOW X: V - . As anneunced by telegrapf an da nat ?? last weesa, the Magdalena arrived at the West India buoy, opposite Netly abbey, just before mid-day on Saturday. Soon af- terwards the custom-house officers west alongside, when Captain Vincent and Dr. Symous, of the Magdalena, bav. ing been put on their oath, declared that the Magdalena left St. Thomas on the 21st of ...