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THE NEWSPAPER. 



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SATURDAY, JUXE 22, 1844. 

 -rrtcTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.— 



Y Trustees. 



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

 Benjamin Hawes, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 

 t»»«i»min Barnard. Esq. | Charles Baldwin, Esq. 



B Pecul ar advantages are offered by this Company Thus- 



plrtiM touring: the lives of others may make their policies 

 .2^ notwithstanding the life assured may go out of the 

 v it* of Europe, without the necessary permission of the 

 iwrtors having been previously obtained. 



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

 JJ1 effected for the whole term of life. 



no noliciesof five years' standing, half the amount paid, after 

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



■^Adrincei made to assurers on reat or undoubted personal 

 ■eenrity for terms of years, re-payable by instalments. 



Attention i» particularly requested to the detailed prospectuses 

 of the Company, which may be obtained at the Office, 18, King 

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



William Ratray, Actuary and Secretary. 



PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, Rkgk.vt Strekt, Fkb. 15, 1844. 



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



NOTICE is hereby given, that all Persons who hold 

 _ Policies in this Office may receive the present value of 

 the Bonuses which have been added to their Policies, upon ap- 

 plication at the Head Office, or to the Agents through whom 

 the Policies were issue d. GEORGE BEAUMONT, Actuary. 



LIVES OF MARINERS ASSURED. 



ACHILLES BRITISH and FOREIGN LIFE 

 ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION, No. 46, Moorgate-street. 

 LOANS GRANTED TO POLICY HOLDERS. 

 Every description of Life Assurance may be effected upon a 

 moderate scale of premium, either with or without participation 



n profits. 



Endowments for Children or Widows, and immediate or de- 

 ferred Annuities granted upon fair and equitable terms. 



Loans may be obtained on personal or other security by in- 

 dividuals Assuring their Lives with this Association. 



Risks taken on the Lives of Master Mariners and Passengers 

 by Sea, either for the whole term of life or for the voyage. 



EDWARD GILBERTSON, Secretary. 



Prospectuses and every other information may be obtained 

 by applying at the Offices, No. 46, Moorgate-street, City. 



ROYAL, FARMERS' & GENERAL, FIRE, LIFE, 

 and HAIL-STORM INSURANCE INSTITUTION. 

 Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. Capital, 500,000/. 



OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON. 

 Ho.voraey Directors. 



Duke of Rutland, K.G. 

 Duke of Bedford 



Earl of Stamford and War- 



rington 

 Earl of Stair 

 Earl Howe 



Earl Ducie 

 Viscount Torrington 

 Viscount Campden 

 Lord Rayleigh 

 Lord Feversham 

 Lord Stanley, M.P. 



Earl of Stradbroke 



And 76 other Members of Parliament and Gentlemen. 



HAIL-STORM DEPARTMENT. 



ADVANTAGES OF INSURING IN THIS OFFICE. 



An actually subscribed Capital of 500,000/., secured by 1963 

 inareholders, whose names and addresses are enrolled accord- 

 ing to Act of Parliament. 



Insurances effected in one sum. 



Dirij.on of profits amongst the insured every third year. 



%\Hl s ' whetner total or partial, paid in full, as soon after 

 the occurrence as the valuation can be completed. 



rPi^nlTw^ € J au$e ' so tnat the sufferer will be certain of re- 

 of loss by fir amount of nis loss » to be settled as in the case 



Fmi?nTn~ m ; si *P ence Per acre for Wheat, Barley, and Peas ; 



GiSTE w? at8 ' Bean8 » Turn, P s » and Potatoes: 

 Cent h °tnouses, greenhouses, or private houses, 205. per 



De! cent^Elll Pr ° fits ' after P avin S an annual dividend of 4/. 

 will h* dil?H / 8hareh °lders, and providing fora reserved fund, 



the insured ***** third y ** T between the shareholders and 



be D for1J 1 a e rrti!f 0Spe 5!c Uses m *y be obtained, at the office, or will 



TheTS ,P ° St free ' "P° n application: 



Aeent, «r CoramiS8i on to Solicitors, 

 dom. appointed in all the Principal Towns in the King- 



— — ^__^______ W. Shaw, Managing Director. 



Nctos of ttje asaccft- 



The excitement which prevailed in political circles 



defeaf f\T atUrday and Sunda y> in consequence of the 

 ( the s ~ lm8ters on the Sugar Duties on Friday night, 



huVcal fCat th6y had 8Ustain ed within a week,) 

 rnmn,, r !f i{ y6t 8ubside J- On Saturday it was currently 

 and th t IT ? ir R * Peel had ^dered his resignation, 

 opened* Ma J e8t y had not only accepted it, but had 



the head°T UniCati0n8 with the Duke of Richmond as 

 fresh st °«, a "^ Cabinet * These rumours acquired 

 convened I r ° mthemeetin g of Conservative Members, 

 limited r °" Monda T at the Carlton, to express un- 

 *ittin« ° f ahdence in Sir R. Peel, and from the long 



Sa turday a a°AT Cabinet CounciIs » which were held on 

 however it J 011 ^" After the sitting on Monday, 



nei ther \ T*- * a that Ministers had d etermined 

 Duties fo r reSlgn ' nor to renew the present Sugar 



House of r n0ther year ' but to cal1 u P oa the 

 Frida r night ° m * ons t0 rescind their vote of 

 Cabinet w er ' the threat of rej »gnation if the 



*« same res! h*"* defeated - ThJ s decision produced 

 Bil, » and accord aS l the 8imilar tbreat on Lord Ashley's 

 Wa " n «gatived r J thC Gover nment proposition which 

 tu *% afnrmJ , i ° Q Friday by a m ajority of 20, was vir- 

 thU re »ult the p n k . Monda 7 b 7 a majority of 22. For 

 e,ev «n free-trad a ' WaS indebted to the support of 

 T °kd for a dim 6 members » who °n other occasions have 

 servative „ leml ' nUtlon of dutie8 > an d to that ot four Con- 



Prid ay, and „ ft Wh ° had VOted a S ainst Ministers on 

 fora *r votes I BU PP° rted the ™ in opposition to their 



• *or the opinion entertained by independ- 



ent members of all parties on this second instance of the 

 House reversing its decisions at the desire of the Minis- 

 try, we must refer to our Parliamentary Report. On 

 Thursday, the Sugar Bill was again brought forward, 

 and after an animated discussion on some of its 

 details, it passed through Committee without modifi- 

 cation, and the Report was received last night, on 

 a division, by a majority of 118. On Wednesday, Mr. 

 Strafford O'Brien brought forward his Bill for abolish- 

 ing the practice of holding Vestries in Churches. After 

 an angry discussion, arising out of the equivocal support 

 given by Government to the measure, the House de- 

 cided in its favour by so small a majority, that the Bill 

 would have probably been lost on a third division, if Mr. 

 O'Brien had not rescued it by obtaining the adjournment 

 of the House. . On the same evening the mayor and alder- 

 men of Dublin appeared at the bar of the House to pre- 

 sent a petition from the Corporation of that city, on the 

 subject of the recent trial and imprisonment of Mr. O'Con- 

 nell and the other traversers. An address on the same 

 subject had been previously presented by the deputation 

 to the Queen upon the throne, and Her Majesty had de- 

 clared in reply, that any errors in the late proceedings 

 would be rectified by the Supreme Court of Appeal, and 

 that she was resolved to respect the decisions of her 

 Courts of Law. In connection with Ireland we may 

 notice the statement of Sir Robert Peel on Thursday 

 night, that Earl de Grey is contemplating a resignation 

 of the Lord- Lieutenancy of Ireland, solely on the 

 ground of ill health, and that an early change will proba- 

 bly take place. 



From France we have news of some importance, con- 

 firming the statement of Lord Aberdeen last week on 

 the improbability of war between France and Morocco. 

 It appears by advices from .| Algiers that the collision 

 between the contending troops, noticed in our last, 

 has convinced the Emperor of the hopelessness of 

 any struggle with the French Army, and that he 

 has consequently recalled his forces. The French 

 Government, however, have sent the Prince de 

 Joinville, with a squadron, to the coast of Morocco, and 

 it is said to be their intention to demand the expulsion 

 of Abd-el-Kader from the Moorish territory, as the 

 condition on which alone they will suspend hostilities. 

 — The Bill on Secondary Instruction, which was for so 

 many weeks under discussion in the Chamber of Peers, 

 has been brought forward in the Deputies this week, the 

 Ministry having determined to carry it into a law during 

 the present session. The first step, however, the selec- 

 tion of the committee on the Bill, has proved a serious 

 check both to the Government and the Church, seven 

 out of the nine members chosen being hostile to the Bill 

 and friends of the University. An angry discussion is 

 consequently looked for, and the Bill will probably be 

 modified in its most important features. 



^ome Xcfo*. 



Court. — The Queen left Buckingham Palace on 

 Friday morning for Claremont, where Her Majesty was 

 joined, at a later period of the day, by Prince Albert 

 and the King of Saxony, who visited Richmond and 

 Hampton Court on their way. On Saturday the Prince 

 and the King of Saxony proceeded from Claremont to 

 Chiswick, to view the Exhibition of the Horticultural 

 Society, after which they returned to Buckingham Palace. 

 The Queen also left Claremont on Saturday morning, 

 for town. On Sunday Her Majesty and the Prince 

 attended divine service in the Chapel Royal of Bucking- 

 ham Palace. On Monday Her Majesty and Prince 

 Albert took their daily walk in the Palace gardens, and 

 the Prince afterwards rode out on horseback. On 

 Tuesday the Queen and Prince Albert took their usual 

 walk, and in the evening His Royal Highness dined with 

 the Duke of Wellington, at the Waterloo Banquet, at 

 Apsley House. On Wednesday the Queen held a Court 

 for the reception of an Address to the Throne from the 

 Corporation of Dublin, the particulars of which are 

 given in another column. Previous to the reception of 

 the Address, Her Majesty held a Privy Council, which 

 was attended by all the Ministers. On Thursday, Prince 

 Albert left town for Eton College to lay the foundation 

 of a new range of buildings. In the evening the Queen 

 and Prince honoured the Italian Opera with their pre- 

 sence. Thursday being the anniversary of her Majesty's 

 Accession, the day was observed with the usual honours. 

 The Hon. Miss Devereux has succeeded Lady Caroline 

 Cocks, as one of the Maids of Honour in Waiting on 

 Her Majesty. 



The King of Saxony.— On Friday his Majesty, 

 accompanied by Prince Albert, paid a visit to Hampton 

 Court, and inspected the palace and gardens. On Satur- 

 day, his Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Horti- 

 cultural Society by attending their meeting at Chiswick. 

 The Royal party, on their arrival at the gardens, were 

 received byDr.Lindley, and conducted to the conservatory 

 and the marquees containing the flowers and fruits. The 

 King and Prince remained in the gardens until 1 o'clock, 

 and then took their departure for Buckingham palace. 

 In the afternoon his Majesty, attended by his suite, 

 honoured the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell 

 with a visit, and remained nearly an hour, inspecting the 

 plate and jewellery. A deputation from the Royal 



Society, consisting of the Marquess of Northampton^ 

 President ; Dr. Roget and Mr. Christie, Secretaries* 

 Mr. Weld, Assistant Secretary ; and Messrs. MarcUsee* 

 Lee, Graham, and Dollond, afterwards had the honour of 

 waiting upon his Majesty at Buckingham Palace, whet 

 his Majesty, having been elected a Fellow of the Society 

 inscribed his name in the charter book. In the evening 

 the King honoured Sir Robert and Lady Peel with hie 

 company at dinner, at their residence in Whitehall 

 Gardens. The company invited to meet his Majesty 

 partook rather of a literary and scientific meeting, than 

 of a fashionable dinner, and included the Marquess of 

 Northampton, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl and Countess of 

 Wilton, Earl and Countess Delawarr, Bishop of Nor- 

 wich, Sir George Murray, Dr. Buckland, Rev. Sydney 

 Smith, Mr. Hallam, Professor Owen, Mr. Samuel 

 Rogers, Mr. Brown, the botanist, and the King's suite. 

 In the evening Sir R. Peel gave a conversazione, at 

 which several of the nobility and foreign ministers were 

 present, with the following gentlemen distinguished ia 

 literature and science : — Mr. Murchison, Sir I. Brunei, 

 Mr. Brunei, Sir R. Westmacott, Sir ML A. Shee, Sir H. 

 Brodie, Sir J. Herschell, Sir II. Ellis, Mr. W>oa, Mr. 

 Eastlake, Mr. Yarrel, Mr. Cockerell, Professor Faraday, 

 Mr. Forbes, Sir H. Delabeche, Dr. Paris, Professor 

 Whewell, Mr. Hamilton, Sir W. Hooker, Dr. ManteQ, 

 Sir W. Symonds, Mr. Walker, Dr. Lindley, Dr. Ban* 

 bury, Mr. C. Fielding, Mr. E. Landseer, &c On Sen- 

 day morning the King attended divine service et the 

 Roman Catholic chapel in Warwick-street. On Sunday 

 night his Majesty honoured the Times printing-office 

 with a visit. His Majesty arrived in Printing house- 

 square a few minutes before twelve o'clock, attendee 1 

 by Baron GersdofT, his suite, and the Hon. C. A. 

 Murray. His Majesty was conducted over the whole es- 

 tablishment, and manifested great interest in the opera- 

 tions of the compositors and the construction of the 

 machines. His questions displayed great intelligence, 

 and an anxious desire to become acquainted with the 

 several processes by which the " matter" is prepared for 

 the press, and ultimately printed off. Having remained 

 for nearly three-quarters of an hour, his Majesty took hie 

 departure, expressing, as he was about to leave, his 

 pleasure and satisfaction at all he had witnessed. His 

 Majesty seemed much pleased when informed that the in- 

 ventor of the Times printing machine, which particularly 

 attracted his attention, was a native ot his own dominion*, 

 and that one similar in principle, although less elaborate 

 and of inferior power, had been erected by that person at 

 Leipzic. On Monday his Majesty visited Woolwich, to 

 inspect the Royal Arsenal, where he was received by all 

 the officers attached to that establishment. After visiting 

 the foundry, the laboratory department, the model room*, 

 the steam machinery and storehouses, his Majesty pro- 

 ceeded to the garrison, and visited the Mess-room. Hie 

 Majesty having visited the royal repository grounds an*" 

 Rotunda, and the various descriptions of arms and 

 models of dockyards and fortifications, and other object* 

 of interest, proceeded to Greenwich Hospital, where he 

 was conducted over the whole of the establishment by 

 Admiral Sir R. Stopford, governor of the hospital, 

 and by the heads of the various departments. The 

 King then proceeded to Chelsea Hospital, and after in- 

 specting that institution and the Military Asylum, Hie 

 Majesty returned to Buckingham Palace, and accom- 

 panied the Queen to the Italian Opera in the evening. 

 On Tuesday morning His Majesty surprised the porters 

 at St. Paul's by an early visit, and ascended the Cathe- 

 dral at 5 a.m., to have a panoramic view of London 

 before the fires are lighted. The morning, however, was 

 not favourable, being too cloudy to give effect to the view- 

 From St. Paul's His Majesty went to Smithfield, thence 

 to Billingsgate, and afterwards to Covent-garden-market. 

 His Majesty was on foot, and was attended by the gentle- 

 men of his suite. His Majesty after breakfast inspected 

 Pentonville Prison. His Majesty was received by the 

 Duke of Richmond and Major Jebb, two of the Com- 

 missioners for the government of the Prison, by the 

 governor, chaplain, and the officers of the prison, and 

 after minutely inspecting the whole establishment, was 

 pleased to express his approbation. The King next pail 

 a visit of inspection to the General Post-office, and after- 

 wards honoured the Lord Mayor with his company at the 

 Mansion-house. After his arrival His Majesty proceeded 

 to the Central Criminal Court, where a criminal trial 

 was proceeding. His Majesty took his seat on the bench, 

 and remained until the trial had concluded, a period 

 exceeding an hour and a half. The King then returned 

 to the Mansion-house, accompanied by the Lord Mayor 

 and Sheriffs, where a dejeuner was served to the King 

 and a select party. After the dejuner His Majesty 

 attended by the Lord Mayor and the civic authorities, 

 went on foot to witness the inauguration of the statne of 

 the Duke of Wellington. His Majesty also inspected 

 the Royal Exchange, and then returned to the Mansion- 

 house. After remaining some time, the King, accom- 

 panied by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, drove te 

 the Temple, where his Majesty and suite were received 

 by the Solicitor-General, who conducted the King over 

 the Temple Church. After visiting that edifice, nis 

 Majesty visited the halls of the Middle and Inner 

 Temples. His Majesty then took l»-ave of the Lord 

 Mayor and Sheriffs, and drove to the Gallery of ?"«<** 

 in Water Colours, in Pall-mall East, where his * Mt £*J* 

 and suite alighted, and viewed the exhibition. * b **~Jl 

 then proceeded to the British Institution, in F *""™' 

 and, after inspecting the collection of pictures, ret m 



to Buckingham Palace. On ***"**£ *^ U *fi* 

 visited the National Gallery and the Esb.bU on jfjk 



conducted by the 



Royal Academy, where he was 



