It was also moved, seconded, and carried, that, should the deputation receive an answer in the affirmative from Mr. Wakley, they be empowered to call a public meeting to adopt measures to secure the triumphant return of that gentleman free of expense. Mr. T. WAKLEY, jun., on being called upon by the chairman, addressed the meeting at considerable length, and amidst much applause. He stated that he was of opinion that his father's illness, although alarming, was not of a permanent characterthat

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... t had been entirely produced by excessive and long-continued mental labour. (Hear, hear.) He was last seized on Saturday, May 29th, at three o'clock in the morning, on his return from the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) During the previous fortnight he had had not one night's rest, so occupied was he by his various duties. Consequently' it appeared to him, and to his father's other medical attendants, that his illness had been produced by exhaustion of his nervous system. He (Mr. Wakley, jnn.) would go to Harefield, and communicate to his father all that he had seen and heard that night, satisfied that such information would be the greatest consolation he could receive under his sufferings. (Hear, hear.) When a child, seventeen years ago, he (Mr. Wakley, jun.) saw his father on the hustings, surrounded by the same friends that he then saw before him, and cheered on by the same applause with which his father's name was that night received. Although not aware what the answer would be, he, however, could promise the electors of Finsbury that his father would gladly receive the deputation at any time that might be appointed for the purpose. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible for him to express the feelings of himself and his brothers on that occasion. Amidst much anxiety, it was a proud day for ' , them, and would add beyond measure to the happiness of him whom they were proud to call their father. ( Loud cheers.) His constituents only saw him in the great events of life, but his sons saw him every day sacrificing his comforts and the enjoyments of home for the public good. (Vehement cheering.) THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE DEPUTATION AND MR. WAKLEY. On Tuesday last, Mr. Wakley returned to London, for the purpose of receiving the deputation. The interview took place at Brooks's Hotel, Henrietta-street. Several electors, in addition to the seven gentlemen who formed the deputation, were present on the occasion; and Mr. Duncombe, M.P., attended before the business was concluded. Mr. Tidmarsh was appointed to the chair, and Mr. J. G. Winn chosen honorary secretary. The Chairman having explained to Mr. Wakley the object of the visit of the deputation, and having urged him to retain his seat for Finsbury, and having been followed to the same effect by all the other gentlemen present, Mr. Wakley replied by expressing his gratitude for the kind and feeling manner in which they had acted towards him, and for their strong approval of his public conduct; but that he felt so strongly that the state of his health required that he should, for a time at least, discontinue his nocturnal avocations in the House of Commons, that he was compelled, although most reluctantly, to persist in his resolution to resign his seat in Parliament. The deputation having expressed the strongest feelings of regret on hearing this reiteration of Mr. Wakley's decision, immediately prepared and published the following advertisement :— THE Deputation appointed at the public meeting held on Tuesday, the 8th inst., at the Drapers' Arms, Islington, to wait on Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P., to entreat him to withdraw his letter of resignation, and press him again to become a candidate for the representation of this borough in Parliament, are under the painful necessity of reporting to their brother electors, that notwithstanding all the Deputation could urge to the contrary, Mr. Wakley adheres to his resolution to retire for a time from his Parliamentary labours. On being assured by the Deputation, that in the event of a contest his position on the poll would certainly be much higher than at any previous election, Mr. Wakley declared that his decision was founded exclusively on the state of his health, the opinion of his medical advisers, and the anxious feelings and wishes of his familv. JAMES TIDMARSH, Chairman of the Meeting and of the Deputation. hills on the north side of that island. It forms a beautiful tree, which attains some thirty feet in height, and is planted in regular walks, which are named Pimento walks. " The returns," says Mr. Bryan Edwards, "from a pimento walk in a favourable season are prodigious. A single tree has been known to yield 150 lbs. of the raw fruit, or 100 lbs. of the dried spice, there being commonly a loss in weight of onethird in curing; but this, like many other of the minor productions, is exceedingly uncertain, and perhaps a very plenteous crop occurs but once in five years:'* The name of allspice is derived from its flavour, which is considered to be a combination of that of several of the other spices; it differs, however, from them all in its great astringency. The fruit is gathered after it has attained its full size, but while still green; it is usually sun-dried, but sometimes kilndried, on sheets: in drying, the colour of the fruit changes from green to reddish brown; when ripe, the berry becomes black or dark purple in colour, and is glutinous, and consequently in that state unfit for preservation. Pimento is imported principally from Jamaica, in bags or hogsheads. There is a second kind of pimento not ordinarily met with in commerce, which is also a native of the West Indies; it is distinguished from the common pimento by the form of the berries, which are ovate : the properties of the two kinds are nearly identical. Bonastre,t in 1825, published the following analysis of the composition of pimento berries:-* McCulloch, p. 973. t Journ. de Chim. Méd. i. 210.