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THE NEWSPAPER. 



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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1844. 



^TATIOViL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE 



N s-OCIEtV, Arthur-street West, London Bridge. (Es- 



1 ZZa in \M7 ) Directors. 



Htf*" 1 m 183/ ^L.w^ -Rohert Currey, Esq. 



Thomas Bax, Esq. 



Joseph Cooper, Esq. 

 Russell Jeffrey, Esq. 

 William R. Spicer, Esq. 

 Joseph Sterry, jun., Esq. 

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A POCKET DIARY containing detailed particulars, may be 

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f!844. 



piANO-FORTES.— LUFFand Co.'s Boudoir or 



-»- Piccolo only ^25, including use of case, is the best and 

 cheapest Piano-forte for the country Cottage, being only 3 feet 

 inches high, with curtain front and back ; it is powerful in 

 tone, is warranted to keep well in tune, and prepared for extreme 

 climates L. and Co's Patent Cottage Cabinet and Semi-Grand 

 is equally cheap.— Luff and Co., Manufacturers. 103, Great 

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



BONUSES DECLARED, 529,306/. \ys. Jd. 



"VTOTICE is hereby given, that all Persons who hold 



.LN Policies in this Office, bearing date prior to the year 1834, 

 may receive the present value of the Bonuses which have been 

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

 to the Aleuts through whom the Policies were issued. 



GEORGE BEAUMONT, Actuary. 



NEW PROSPECTUS. 



ALBION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Insti- 

 tuted in 1805, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Bonus every 

 Three Years. Eighty per cent., or four- fifths of the profits re- 

 turned on policies effected on and after this day. 



The New Prospectus, containing a full detail of the highly 

 advantageous terms on which Life Insurances are now granted 

 by this Company, may be obtained at the Company's Office. 

 1st May, 1844. Edwin Charlton, Sec. 



I CTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.— 



Trustees. 

 Sir Jas. Duke, Aid., M.P., Chairman. 

 Benjamin Hawes, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 

 Benjamin Barnard, Esq. | Charles Baldwin, Esq. 



Peculiar advantages are offered by this Company. Thus— 

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 secure, notwithstanding the life assured may go out of the 

 limits of Europe, without the necessary permission of the 

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Credit of half the premiums for the first five years allowed on 

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On policies of five years' standing, half the amount paid, after 

 the first year's premium, may be borrowed thereon by the 

 Assured. 



Advances made to assurers on real or undoubted personal 

 security, for terms of years, re-payable by instalments. 



Attention is particularly requested to the detailed prospectuses 

 or the Company, which may be obtained at the Office, 18 Kin?. 

 William- street, City, or by letter, addressed to the Secretary. 

 William Ratray. Actuary and Secr etary. 



(CORPORATION of the LONDON ASSURANCE : 



V I1M , Established A.D. 1720. 



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COVEwfMENT^Uft . MAY - — " 



NaaS^ss? ?brence - loan «- 



BOARD OF N TRA R ryp A ? OMALIES » Newbury Case. 



*KPORTs OF ha 11 i^ s P ector -Generars Report. 



kXM York and North 'f^AY MEETINGS, - Grand Junction- 



AI «ALGAM ATIOvs Ml * ,an d-Strasbourg and Bale. 



v,^w, and c h a r t " Greenwich and Croydon- Paris, Ver- 



A t» Railways 



Weston -Carl ituT ? lackDurn and Preston-Bolton and 

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***** O F ShUL^ P GAL PROCEEDINGS. 



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 Kendall's Narrative of the 

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Agathonia 



Demba, or the Fugitive Slave, 



by W. Mackay 

 Mrs. Mathews* Anecdotes of 



Actors 

 Stocqueler'sIIandbook of India 

 Maunder's Treasury of History 

 Poems by a Little Girl 



Speeches of the Right Hon. 



J. P. Curran 

 Horace Walpole's Letters to 



Sir Horace Mann ; last series 

 Arthur O'Leary. 



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Dr. Hincke's Catalogue of the 

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Thermal Comfort, or Popular 

 Hints for Preservation from 

 Colds, by Sir George Le- 

 fevre. M.D. 



Opere Complete di Manzoni 



A Word or Two on Port Wine. 



ORIGINAL PAPERS.— Poetry: The Flowers of May ; by 



Frances Brown. 

 „ „ Continuation of Dr. Wolff's 



Journal. 

 „ „ William Beckforo, Esq. 



FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.— Letter from Cairo, giving 

 an account of the Doseh Fete, by Joseph Boncnii.— Letter 

 from Rome, giving an Account of the English Academy. 



"OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP."— Portrait of Bellini-Government 

 and the Art-Unions— The Etching Club-Kensington Gar- 

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 Carpenter on Application of Microscope to Geological 

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FINE ARTS.— Royal Academy— Sale of Mr. Segeuir's Pictures 



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BEE-HIVES.— GEORGE NEIGHBOUR & SON 

 beg to inform their Apiarian friends that they have pre- 

 pared for the season a large supply of "Nutt's Patent Bee-hives" 

 (for the sale of which they are the only authorised agents), in 

 which are embodied all the recent improvements. Their selec- 

 tion now comprehends most verietics in general use at the pre- 

 sent time, including the " Single Box Hive/' the " Ladies' Ob- 

 servatory Hive," the M Improved Cottage Hive/' with glasses, 

 &c, from either of which the produce may be taken at any time 

 of the gathering season, without destroying the Bees. 



G. N. & Son have also Glass Hives, and other articles con- 

 nected with Bee management, a catalogue of which, with draw- 

 ings, may be obtained. Letters of inquiry must have postage 

 stamps inclosed. — Apiarian Depot and Honey Warehouse, 127, 

 High Holborn, London. 



NUTT ON BEES, Fifth Edition, now Published. 





DRESS AND FROCK COATS. 



DRESS COATS, Superfine Cloth, 27s. ; extra 

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 Silk Facings, 30s. to 4us. , extra quality, Silk Velvet Collar, and 

 Silk facings, 48s. ; Saxony ditto, 55s. ; Children's Silk Tunic and 

 Hussar Suits, 30s. ; Waistcoats, new patterns, 5s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. ; 

 Trousers, 6s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. ; excellent Doeskin* 12s. to 16s. ; 

 Summer Coats, 6s. 6rf. to 10s. 6d. ; Chesterfield Over Coats, with 

 Silk Collars and Cuffs, 15*. to 21s. The much approved new 

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 Imperial Saxony Suit, warranted to retain its colour, 4/. 4s., at 

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EXTRACT FROM OLD MOORE'S ALMANACK 

 for MAY, 1844.— "Care of Health.— The human frame 

 often suffers greatly during this season, the hurtful influence of 

 which is assisted by the premature adoption of the dress of 

 summer. Those on whom the blight of consumption has fallen, 

 frequently sink under it about this period, though the disease 

 had commenced its ravages many weeks or months anterior to 

 its fatal close. All unnecessary exposure on the part of such 

 delicate persons to the morning and evening chills, should be 

 carefully avoided. Also the full and plethoric will be benefited 

 by the use of cooling medicines as Parr's Life Pills, and very 

 temperate diet; as a tendency of blood to the head is not 

 uncommon among such, giving rise to apoplexy and other fatal 

 diseases of the brain. Young and stout persons even require 

 some cooling purgative, as Parr's Life Pills, which will lessen 

 the heat of the skin, and perfectly cleanse the system."— Parr's 

 Life Pills are sold by ail respectable Medicine Vendors. See 

 the words Parr's Life Pills, in White Letters on a Red Ground, 

 on the Government Stamp.— Sold in boxes at 1/. l$d., 2s. 9d. f 

 and family packets lis. each.— T. Roberts and Co, 9, Crane- 

 court, Fleet-street. 



BERDOE'S SUPERIOR LIGHT WATERPROOF 

 FROCKS for the present season.— An extensive variety of 

 the above, in NEW and greatlj improved materials (in lieu of 

 the unsightly rubbish made by Slopsellers), now ready; 

 guaranteed to exclude any rain whatever, and confidently re- 

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 of every description upon the lowest terms possible, consistent 

 with true economy and ultimate satisfaction.— W. Berdoe, 

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Nctos of «jc tttccft. 



After two nights' debate, Lord Ashley's motion for 

 the introduction of a ten hours clause into the Factories 

 Bill was negatived on Monday by an unexpected majo- 

 rity of 138, although the House had recognised the prin- 

 ciple by two previous decisions in which the clause wag 

 affirmed, in opposition to Ministers, by majorities of 9 

 and 3. In the division on Monday, the effect of the 

 announcement that the Cabinet, if defeated on this 

 point, would retire from office, was distinctly visible ; 

 "4 members who had previously supported Lord Ashley 

 were altogether absent from the House, and 14 other 

 Members who had supported him in March now sup- 

 ported Ministers, in direct opposition to their former 

 votes. On Tuesday, Mr. S. Crawford's motion for leave 

 to bring in a Bill to extend the Parliamentary suffrage, 

 was negatived by a majority of CO, and on the same day 

 Mr. Watson's motion for a select committee to inquire 

 into the propriety of continuing the compensation 

 awarded to the six clerks in Chancery whose offices are 

 abolished, was negatived by a majority of 16. On 

 Thursday Sir C. Napier brought forward a motion on 

 the state of the navy, with reference to the expediency 

 of establishing a retired list for a fixed number of offi- 

 cers above GO years of age, and of allowing them to stll 

 their commissions. The motion was opposed by Govern- 

 ment on the ground that its adoption would entail a 

 great expense on the country for a mere experiment, 

 and on a division it was negatived by a majority of 43. 



In Fiance the Secondary Instruction Bill, which is 

 regarded by both parties as a trial of strength between 

 the Church and the Universities, is still under discussion 

 in the Chamber of Peers, and the Bill for regulating 

 Prison Discipline is still before the Deputies. The long- 

 expected measure for the gradual abolition of slavery in 

 the French colonies has been introduced this week, and 

 it is believed that all these measures will ultimately be 

 carried in the forms proposed by Government. — In 

 Spain, a decree has been published abolishing the state 

 of siege which has so long oppressed the kingdom, and 

 another decree dissolving the Cortes and convoking a 

 new Assembly in November next is expected to appear 

 shortly. The new Cabinet has secured the neutrality of 

 the late Ministers by appointing them to lucrative 

 situations, among which the late Premier has ob- 

 tained the post of Ambassador to Portugal, one of the 

 best paid of the Spanish Embassies. — From Portugal we 

 have the details of the capitulation of Almeida, and 

 the consequent cessation of the military revolt. — 

 Accounts from Germany mention the occurrence of 

 alarming riots at Munich, inconsequence of a rise in the 

 price of beer. The people destroyed several brewhouses, 

 and the troops at first showed a disposition to support 

 the movement, but ultimately they were induced to obey 

 their officers and fire upon the people. Many persons 

 were killed, and the consequences might have been still 

 more serious if the King had not given way by ordering 

 a reduction in the price of beer. — The news from Italy 

 is still alarming : the people in all parts of the Peninsula 

 are in a state bordering on insurrection, and the prevail- 

 ing discontent is likely to be still further increased by the 

 execution of six political prisoners, condemned by the 

 Military Commission at Bologna. Fresh arrests have 

 taken place in the Papal States and Naples, and alarm 

 and uneasiness pervade all classes of society.— From the 

 United States we have the important announcement that 

 President Tyler and Mr. Calhoun, the new Secretary of 

 State, have introduced in the Senate a Bill for the im- 

 mediate annexation of Texas. This measure, which would 

 doubtless lead to a rupture with Mexico, and probably 

 with some of the European powers, is avowedly brought 

 forward for electioneering purposes. It is, however, 

 strongly opposed by Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren, who 

 are also candidates for the Presidency, and it is gene- 

 rally believed that the Senate will reject it by a large 

 majority. ____ __^_ 



Court.— The Queen held a Court at Buckingham 

 Palace on Saturday, at which the Marquis de Viluma, the 

 new Spanish minister, had an audience. On the previous 

 day Prince Albert presided at a meeting of the Fine 

 Arts Commission, and paid a visit to the London Li- 

 brary. On Sunday the Queen attended divine service in 

 the private chapel of the Palace. On Monday Prince Albert 

 visited the Artillery Ground, Finsbury, and on ^""""^ 

 the Queen and Prince, accompanied by the ^ r 

 Wales and the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace 

 for Claremont, and returned to town on Y^ sa " y * „ 



is stated that Norris Castle has bee «P B ™V n % b .l!J^ 

 Maiestv for 27,000/., and that both Norns and O.borne 



