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Birth

At Camperdown Pen, St. Andrew, on the 29^th ult., the wife of P. B. Desnoes, of a daughter.

Died

On 26^th April, at Haber Estate, Mary Alice Farquharson, eldest child of R. H. Robertson, Esq., aged six years and nine months.

The friends and acquaintances of William A. Nethersole, Esq., are requested to attend his remains from his residence, No. 61, Wildman Street, to the place of interment, Half-way Tree, at half past 4 o'clock this evening.

Died

On Sunday morning, the 5^th inst., after a few hours' illness, Eliza, the beloved wife of Mr. Richard Grant, Manager of Amity Hall Estate, Vere, aged 39 years, leaving a disconsolate husband and six young children to mourn their loss.

On the 30^th March last, at New Orleans, whither he had gone for a change, Archibald Thomson, Esq., aged 52 years, of Scotia, Portland, Jamaica. His remains were brought back to this island and interred at Port Antonio on the 3^rd inst., leaving a sorrowing widow, two children and a brother, Simon Thomson, Esq., of Trelawny, and two sisters and numerous relatives and friends in Scotland to mourn their loss.

Died

At his residence in Wildman Street, on the 6^th May 1872, after a long and painful illness, William Austin Nethersole, Esq., aged 70, a merchant of this city ...

Hebrew Benevolent Society

Visiting Committee for the month of May

D. H. Quallo, E. Sanguinetti, and E. Levy, Esqrs.

Sitting Magistrates for the week

Kingston: David Martin, Joseph Francis, Charles Levy, Esqrs.

Port Royal: Theodore DePass, Charles A. Robinson, A. L. Malabre, Esqrs.

Commissions of the Peace have been issued to the following gentlemen: -- Commodore DeHorsey, for the City and Parish of Kingston; John Palache, Esq., M. C. Morgan, Esq., H. P. Boulnois, Esq., for the parish of Manchester.

The Governor has been pleased to grant leave of absence for three months to Robert Russell, Esq., Registrar and Clerk of the Courts and Crown, and to appoint James Allwood, Esq., to act in said Offices during such absence.

Birth

At Falmouth on the 7^th inst., the wife of William Cork, of the Inland Revenue Department, of a son.

Married

On the 20^th April, at St. Faith's Church, by the Rev. H. W. Whitfield, Alexander Reid, of Cornwall Estate, St. Mary, to Mary, third daughter of Francis Gordon, Esq., of Golden River, St. Thomas ye Vale.

Died

At his Pen Residence, at Montgomery's Corner, St. Andrew, on Thursday, the 9^th instant, Mr. John Thomas Farmer, aged 42. The deceased resided at this place for many years, and his steady business habits and general courteous demeanour gained for him the respect and esteem of all his acquaintances, as was abundantly testified at the interment of his remains. ....

Sailors' Home Visiting Committee

Hon. J. C. Melville. J. C. Peynado, Esq.,

It is currently reported that C. H. Jackson, Esq., has been appointed Island Secretary. He will, however, continue to discharge the duties of a District Judge, an office in which he has given unbounded satisfaction to the public, till the arrival of Mr. Carr, one of the newly appointed District Judges. In the meanwhile, it is said, his duties as Island Secretary will be discharged by Mr. W. G. McFarlane, at present Clerk of the Kingston Municipal Board.

Mr. W. G. McFarlane was sworn yesterday and entered into security before His Honor the Chief Justice to act as locum tenens Island Secretary, until Mr. Jackson assumes the office.

Passengers Arrived

In the R. M. C. Steamer Tasmanian from Southampton: -- Mr. R. Kerr and wife; Rev. A Jeffries.

From St. Kitts: -- Mr. H. Peterson; Mr. H. Davis.

From St. Thomas: -- Mr. Sabine; Mr. Jones; Mr. W. Gibson; Mr. J. Cespedes.

From Jacmel: -- Mr. P. Craft; Mr. Escoffery.

Sailors' Home Visiting Committee

T. H. Pearn, Esq., U. S. C. J. R. Brice, Esq.,

Birth

On the 20^th instant, at Paradise Pen, Kingston, the wife of the Hon. Sir John Lucie Smith, C. M. G., Chief Justice of Jamaica, of a daughter.

Bull Park Pen and Lands, in all about 495 aces, situate in the St. David District of St. Thomas, was yesterday offered for sale at auction, in front of the Commercial Exchange, by Mr. David Martin, Auctioneer. The bids did not go over £200 and the sale was withdrawn.

Philip Chamberlaine and C. H. Austin, Esqrs., have been appointed Sub-Inspectors in the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

Mr. J. Lewin has resigned his post as Bailiff of the St. Ann's Bay District Court, and Mr. James Dixon has been appointed thereto.

The Governor has been pleased to appoint Robert Kerr, Esq., to act as Judge of the Mandeville District Court, during the absence of Charles Rampini, Esq.,

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