FEB. 24,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



L1844. 



Zi)t J^eUtfpapec 



A. 



> Rupert Ingleby, Esq. 

 Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. 

 Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., Sheriff 

 of London and Middlesex. 



"SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1844 



RPUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, 



ttUU Throe-morton- street, Bank. 



£ .rPd bT .pedal A^t of Parliament, 5 & 6 W. IV., c. 76. 

 ^^Thomas y Farncomb. Esq., Alderman, Chairman. 



T William Leaf, Esq., Djpnty- Chairman. 

 William Banbury, Esq. 

 Edward Bates, Ksq. 

 Thomas Camplin, Esq. 



irHon!j''H E umphery, M.P., I Lewis Pocoek, Esq. 

 V.tP l.nrd Mavor of London. I 

 U Ph%ician-Vr. Jeafferson, 2, Finsbury-square 



£jw Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. 

 *%ZiZg Xtarv-Pro'fessor Hall, of King's College, 

 /dvanuges of the Argus Life Assurance Company. 

 AU b Low R*tes of Premiums. 



tw -Virion to the subscribed capital of 300,000/., the Assured 

 J?* tne security of the Company's Income of nearly 6o,OOOf. per 

 i^nura yearly increasing, and accumulating Assurance Fund 

 . .HSl'din Government and other available Securities, of con- 

 lfi™wv larrS Amount than the estimated liabilities of the Com- 

 ni The Rates of Premium are reduced to the lowest scale com- 

 EShi/with the safety of the Assured and the stability of the 

 om nan v thereby in effect, giving to every Policy-holder an im- 

 iSSSe ana certain bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred 

 .nd frcQuently delusive prospect of a periodical division of profits. 

 ■iiuiiiH Annual Premium to assure jtfioo. 



Age. 



2 



30 



40 



50 



60 



For One Year. 



£0 17 8 

 1 1 8 

 15 



1 14 1 

 3 2 4 



For Seven Years. 



1 

 1 

 1 



3 



16 1 

 2 7 

 6 9 



19 10 



17 



Whole Term. 



£\ 

 2 

 2 



4 



6 



11 

 



14 

 

 



10 



7 



10 



n 



10 



One-third of whole-term Premiums may remain unpaid at 5 

 per cent. comp. int. as a debt upon the Policy for life, or may be 

 paid off at any time without notice. 



In Assurances for advances of money as security for debts, or 

 as a provision for & family, when the least present outlay is desir- 

 able, the varied aud comprehensive Tables of the Argus office 

 will be fonnd to be particularly favourable to the Assured. 



A Board of Directors, with the Medical Officers, attend daily, 

 at a quarter before 2 o'clock. 



EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. 

 A Liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. 



AUSTRALASIAN COLONIAL and GENERAL 

 LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COMPANY, 126, 

 Bishopsgate-strcet, Corner of Cornhill. 



Capital j£20o,nno, in 2000 Shares. 



Directors. 

 E. Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. I Gideon Colquhonn, Esq. 



Robert Brooks, Esq. | C. E. Mangles, Esq. 



Henry Buckle, Esq. J Richard Onslow, Esq. 



John Henry Capper, Esq. I William Walker, Esq. 



Bankers. — Union Bank of London. 

 Colo.vial Bavkkrs.— The Bank of Australasia (incorporated by- 

 Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2. Moorgate-street. 

 Physician-.— Patrick Fraser. Esq., M D.,No.62, Guildford-st. 



Sbcretary.— Edward Ryley, Esq. 

 ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at unusually 

 favourable rates, afford ins: every variety of accommodation to 

 the Assured. Participation in Profits, ascend ins: and descending; 

 scales of premium, permission to retain one-third of the pre- 

 mium, which is charged as a debt against the policy, tables for 

 the assurance of a sum payable in the event of death to the exe- 

 cutors of the Assured, or to himself upon the attainment of the 

 aeesof 45, 50, or6o. 



To EMIGRANTS to the AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES assured 

 lor the whole life, this Company offers the advantages of permis- 

 sion to proceed to, to reside in, and to return from those colonies 

 wiuiout extra premium, and to pay their premiums there. 



aii questions relating; to Assurance and Annuities, addressed to 

 tne^ becretary, will receive imme diate attention. 



"Y[UTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 



3/, Old Jewry, London.— Established 1834. 



Directors. 



S. Adams Beck, Esq. 

 James Burchell, Esq. 

 John Clayton, Esq. 

 Solomon Cohen, Esq. 

 John Cole, Esq. 



Sir Charles Doug-las, M.P. 

 Capt.SirA.P.Green,R.N.,K C.H 



W. Chapman Harnett, Esq. 

 Jonathan Hayne, Esq. 

 Valentine Knight, Esq. 

 Colonel Robinson. 

 Samuel W. Rowsell. Esq. 

 Folliot Scott Stokes. Esq. 

 James Whiskin, Esq. 



J">iii Clarke E«=n Trustbks. 



Richard Groom Q £ S n I I? li,,ip C " Moore ' Esq * 



T' ES( *- I Henrv Thomas Windsor, Esq. 



Extract from ,hJp ART V Petor Hardv . Esq., F.R.S. 

 neral Win ' ? e E° rt of the Directors of the Society, to a Ge- 

 " *t the end e°fl • Mernber s> holden the 17th January, 1844 : 

 the 3l«t of npn k SU years wl »ch have been completed since 

 three times »,„ ' l9 ?7* therc are in existence in the Society 

 end of the ve»ria y - POhc,es as th<?re wcre in existence at the 

 P°hciesarenp a H *"ui The ca P ital s ,ims assured under these 

 de rived from T , ubIed m amount. The corresponding income 

 cumulated Drr,™ ? p / emiums is also nearly doubled. The ac- 

 mt the end of h Society is four times as great as it was 



six times as m."J[ yC ?i r ' and thc P re sent. divisible surplus isnearlv 

 The DironfrlrJ ' • declared in the division of the rear 1837- 



able 

 the 



*ne Directors .»,,,;► IL m »»«- - «i vision 01 rne year m 



of the Addition l e the p,,h,ic to compare the following: 'I 



8oci ety, uo tn S rh to the Teu ol(,est existing- Policies in t.ic 



n»adebvoth P r«r e - 3 J st of December, 1843. with the additions 

 7 other Societies within the same time :- 



c 





r. 



s 



£ 



1 loot; 

 22000 



3 2000 



4 2noo 



J 15. 



6 500 



71000 



8 2000 ] \\ 

 10J500 43 

 >3 5yo J, 



2* 



4ft 



00 

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<: 



29 





— o 



30 



Cft 



o 



'5 CO 





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3 



Be 



4 

 146 





= -= c c • 



5 2 * I ft 



S >■ a g 



»: > § j 

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-J 2Pa 



• ; «k* 365 



« 6s 52l310 



9l2 6 2 i 



1 8 



40 



12 

 10 (1 

 16 



4 (l 

 4 Q 



18 (1 



4 (1 



65 



J °57478 10 f> 



I 335 241 6 

 3 930 71 6 



24 

 60 



65 



62 

 51 



11 

 31 



s.d.\ £ s. d. 



4 0170 16 



16 426 6 



6 476 2 10'iS 



8 0|452 12 963 



14 370 18 813 



280 

 836 



*. 





 8 

 4 



16 



13 



4 



16 



2 0,558 12 13 50 12 



6 



77 4 



112 



18 224 2 467 



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61 



51 

 45 



47 

 44 



69 

 48 

 42 



56 



60 



80 



39 16 0-281 2 502 10 



13 18 0! 85 4 1 142 2 



fjr^v,— — Pktkk Harry, Actua ry. 



A f EDlPAt A ?E HE ALTHY" LIVES ASSURED? 

 ~ A opp,c e L ;, ?n VALlD ' and GENERAL LIFE 



t lfh Ve ry acca'raf»i Ial1 * L «">ndon.— This Office is provided 



f"**ed Uveson F y ' C " nst - ucte «l Tables, by which it can A.snre 

 ?. D Unsound Live* III e Terms ' Increased Am mitiesgi anted 



£?*• MciQberanf?L amoun . t ™Vto* with the particular 

 K-tes. Jers °t Consumptive Families Assured at Equitable 



&. G. P. Neison, Actuary. 



XT ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE f the 13th Light Dragoons, as successor to his brother, the 



J-^ SOCIETY, Arthur-street West, Loxdon Bridge. (Es- 

 tablished in 183".) Directors. 



Chairman.— Robert Currey, Esq. 



Edward Baker, Esq. 

 Jasper Capper, Esq. 

 Thomas Dakeyne, Esq. 

 Giles Redmayne, Esq. 

 James Spicer, Esq. 

 Henry Sterry, Esq. 



Thomas Bax, Esq. 

 Joseph Cooper, Esq. 

 Russell Jeffrey, Esq. 

 William R. Spicer, Esq. 

 Joseph Sterry. jun., Esq. 

 Robert Wilcoxon, Esq. 



Bankers. 

 Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. 

 ADVANTAGES. 

 A BONUS of two-thirds of the Profits allotted to the Assured. 

 LOWER RATES OF PREMIUM charged for Assurances 



without profits. 



PREMIUMS payable Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly. 



ASSURANCES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION maybe effected. 

 Among; others, the important one, originated by this Society, of 

 securing- a sum to the Assured himself on his attaining any given 

 age, or to his family in the event of his earlier death. 



A POCKET DIARY containing detailed particulars, may be 

 had on application at the Office, or of the Society's agents. 



J e.n kin Jones, Actuary and Secretary. 



PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50 Regent Street, Fkb. 15, 1844. 



BONUSES DECLARED, 529,306/. 17s. 7<l- 



'VfOTICE is hereby given, that ail Persons who hold 



-LN Policies in this Office, bearing date prior to the year 1S3 4, 

 may receive the present value of the Bonuses wnic.i have been 

 added to their Policies, upon application at the Head Office, or 

 to the Agents through whom the Policies were issued. 



GEORGE BEAUMONT, Act 



u a ry 



Nctos ofJ|e 5Etcrtt. 



The long-protracted debate on the state of Ireland, 

 which commenced on Tuesday the 13:h, has continued 

 without intermission during every night of the past week. 

 The speech of Lord Stanley on Friday night called forth 

 a reply on Monday from Mr. John O'Connell, who, as 

 one of the traversers in the recent trials, abstained from 

 comment on the judicial questions connected with them, 

 but dwelt at some length on the policy of Government and 

 on the general grievances of Ireland. Mr. Macaulay fol- 

 lowed on the same side in a speech remarkable for its 

 historical research, and Sir W. Follett occupied the re- 

 mainder of the sitting by a vindication of the Government 

 in the management of the trials. On Tuesday night, the 

 most important speech was that of Sir Thomas Wilde, who 

 addressed himself to the technical and legal questions 

 connected with the trials and to the manner in which 

 they were conducted by the law-officers of the Crown. On 

 Wednesday the Irish Attorney-General replied to the 

 charges brought against him by SirT. Wilde, and occupied 

 the entire sitting by a minute account of the prosecutions, 

 vindicating the Government from the imputations thrown 

 upon it in the case of the Jury List, and apologising for 

 the indiscretion into which he had personally fallen in 

 sending a challenge to Mr. Fitzgibbon. On Thursday 

 Mr. Sheil replied to the speech of the Irish Attorney - 

 General, entering in detail into the numerous questions at 

 issue, and giving his version of the State Trials from their 

 commencement to their close. Last night the legal points 

 adverted to by Mr. Sheil were answered by Sir F. Pollock, 

 after which Mr. O'Connell and Sir R. Peel spoke at great 

 length. Lord John Russell replied, and at half-past 

 three the house divided, when there were for Lord John 

 Russell's motion 224, against it 325. _ Majority for 



Ministers 101. 



From France we have accounts of the occupation of 

 Otaheite by the French Rear-Admiral, who has deposed 

 Queen Pomare, and taken possession of Otaheite in the 

 name of King Louis-Phillippe, on the pretence of some'in- 

 fraction of the treaty by which France agreed to afford 

 protection to that island. The news of this proceeding 

 has been welcomed in Paris by the Opposition Papers as a 

 grand stroke of policy, while the Ministerial Journals take 

 no official notice of the circumstance. It will be seen, 

 however, by our Parliamentary report, that Lord Aberdeen 

 and Sir R. Peel regard the intelligence with regret, and 

 that the English Cabinet have reason to believe that the 

 transaction has taken place without the previous sanction 

 instruction of the French Government. 



% omc Wcids. 



Court. — Her Majesty and Prince Albert remain at 

 Windsor Castle in strict seclusion. During the week 

 they have taken daily exercise on foot or in a pony- 

 carriage, and have visited the Duchess of Kent at Frog- 

 more. On Wednesday, being Ash Wednesday, Her 

 Majesty, the Prince, the Duchess of Kent, and part of the 

 household suite attended divine service in the private 

 chapel of the Castle. Prince Albert has been engaged j 

 several hours during the last week in selecting and ar- 

 ranging in the private and State apartments between two 

 and three hundred Crown pictures, which have been 

 brought from the late Mr. Seguier's stores at Hampton 

 Court, from Cumberland Lodge, and the Star Chamber. 

 His Royal Highness having selected four portraits of the 

 House of Brunswick, they are now placed in the Queen's 

 drawing-room, and it is expected that the State apart- 

 ments will not be opened to the public until the Prince 

 has completed his selection. 



Parliamentary Movement*.. — C«pt. Pe^l Dawson, 

 nephew of Sir R. Peel, the conservative candidate for the 



tepresentation of Londonderry, has retired in consequence 

 of the determination of Sir R. Bateson, Bart., of Cas- 

 truse, to bring forward his second son, Lieut. Bateson,of issued, had escaped the search of the ponce. 



late member, who died of malignant fever at Jerusalem, 

 on Christmas-eve. 



The Duke of Wellington. — A. paragraph appeared in 

 the Sun newspaper a few nights since, stating that the 

 Duke of Wellington on his arrival at Apsley House on 

 Wednesday, was observed to fall down upon the neck of his 

 horse, that two gentlemen passing ran to his assistance 

 and he was conveyed in their arms into Apsley House in 

 a state of total unconsciousness. The paragraph was 

 copied into the Times of the next day, and called forth 

 the following characteristic note from the Duke himself: 

 —-"London, Feb. 1G, 1844.— Field-Marshal the Duke of 

 Wellington \ resents his compliments to the editor of the 

 Times newspaper. It will save the Duke some trouble 

 if the editor will be so kind as to announce that there is 

 not one word of truth in a paragraph of the Times news- 

 paper of this lG:h inst., headed ' The Duke of Wellington/ 

 The Duke has not been in better health for the last 20 

 years than at present He was not on horseback on 

 Wednesday. He went and returned from the Horse 

 Guards on foot through the street, followed by his groom 

 with his horse, which was not mounted on that day." 



The Times adds the following note i — •* The paragraph 



was copied from an evening paper, aud is manifestly one 

 of those vile fabrications by which the press is occasion- 

 ally duped. We cannot, however, in this case regret the 

 error, as it baa elicited from the illustrious Duke so gra- 

 tifying an assurance upon a point which must be one of 

 interest to all." 



Joteip. 



France. — The leading news in the French papers is 

 an announcement from Havre, stating that the Elizabeth, 

 whaler, which lias arrived in ninety days from Otaheite, 

 brings intelligence that the French, on pretence of some 

 infraction of the treaty, by which it agreed to afford pro- 

 tection to that island, had deposed Queen Pomare, and 

 that the French Rear-Admiral Dupetit Thouarshad taken 

 possession of Otaheite in the name of the King of the 

 French, and hoisted the national flag in token of sove- 

 reignty. The ministerial Journal des Dthals publishes a 

 long narrative of the occurrences which have led to the 

 downfall of Queen Pomare, derived from a person on 

 board one of the frigates which have effected the conquest. 

 This- letter states that the Admiral, on the 5th November, 

 twice waited on Pomare, gave her a respite of four hours, 

 but the delay yielded no concession. At a quarter past 

 twelve the Society Islands were French, the English 

 Consul lowered his flag an hour alter, and the Que^n, who- 

 had^concealed herself at his house the day before, sought 

 an asylum on board the Dublin frigate. A subsequent 

 letter says that if the English had attempted to prevent 

 the French Admiral from taking possession of the Society 

 Islands, they would have been occupied by force. The 

 ex-Queen is stated to have first retired to the English 

 Consul's house, and Mr. Pritchard's conduct is subjected 

 to the severest animadversion. The Paris papers ill 

 general approve of the step taken by Admiral Thouars, 

 and consider the whole affair as a grand stroke of policy. 

 The only two papers which appear to have any doubt on 

 the matter are the National and the Steele, the former of 

 which hopes that good faith has been observed by the 

 protectors towards the protected, and the latter fears that 

 the affair will bring the Government iato collision witii 

 England. — The desultory discussion on the Game Bill,. 

 which had occupied ten sittings of the Chamber of Depu- 

 ties, ended on Monday. In this Bill, which has already 

 passed the Peers, various material changes have been 

 made, some of which have been resisted, and others acqui- 

 esced in by the Cabinet. The most remarkable alteration 

 was effected on Monday. The last^ article of the Bill 

 exempted from its provisions the Crown property, though 

 the penalties enacted by it were to be enforced against 

 trespassers on the Royal domains. Against this privilege 

 the Opposition declared, and the article was rejected by a 

 considerable majority. Upon this hostile decision being 

 come to. Ministers are stated to have retired from the 

 hall, leading away a large number of their voters, and the 

 consequence was that the ballot on the whole Bill could 

 not take place. The Opposition prints indulge in specu- 

 lations as to the course which the Ministry will pursue 

 after a check which must be so offensive to the Court, • 

 but it may be inferred from the language of the ministerial 

 papers that they will nevertheless persist in passing the 

 Bill. The Chambers, owing to the Mardigras festivities, • 

 adjourned to Wednesday, when the ballot was to take 

 place. — Queen Maria Chris r-na arrived on Saturday at 

 Chalons, where she slept. She embarked next day for 

 Lyons on her way to Spain, receiving Royal houours 

 throughout her journey. — The re-election of the Legitimist 

 deputies who resigned appears to create considerable 

 interest. The election will take place in a fortnight. The 

 Government has used all its influence at Marseilles to 

 prevent the return of M. Berryer ; and M. Pascal, a rich 

 and influential banker at Marseilles, was announced as 

 the Government candidate. It appears however that 

 upon feeling the ground, M. Pascal thought it not prudent 

 to offer himself, and M. B^rrver will therefore be re- 

 elected without opposition. The only Legitimist election* 

 which are doubtful are those of M. de Larcey and 

 M. Blin de Bourdon. 



Spain. — Accounts from'Madrid of the 13th inst. state 

 that General Roncali had rtfoeed to shoot the thirty in- 

 surgents taken prisoners at Alcoy, and would, it was 

 believed, be superseded in his command by General Cor- 

 dova for his disobedience. Additional arrests hid taken 

 place, but the Count de las Ne*ee and several officers of 



the National Guards, against wuom warrants had been 

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