THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



^etitfpaper 



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Lieut. -Col. Moody, R.E. 

 John Nelson, Esq. 

 Richard Norman, Esq. 

 Alexander Stewart, Esq. 

 William Whitmore, Esq. 

 William Wilson, Esq. 



Geo. Hankey, Esq.; Thomas 



SATURDAY. AUGUST 31, 1844. 



-irTORI*. LIF E ASSURANCE COMPANY.— 



Tritf/«w.-Sir Jas. Duke, Aid., M.P., Chairman. 

 Benjamin Hawes, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 

 • •„ R-naid Esq. I Charles Baldwin, Esq. 



,e SS Si adv antageslre offered b 7 this Company Thus- 



Krtiefassuring the lives of others may make their policies 

 Jle notwithstanding the life assured may go out of the 

 EStt of Europe, without the necessary permission of the 

 n- rfnr< havinebeen previously obtained. 



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

 ~oi<4m effected for the whole term of life. 

 P >i?S.Hcies of five years* standing, half the amount paid, after 

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



AS ?Hv.nces made to assurers on real or undoubted personal 

 ^ruritv for terms of years, re- payable by instalments. 



aSioh is particularly requested to the detailed prospectuses 

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

 WilUam street, Citv, or by letter, addressed to the Secretary. 

 William-street, ^ j^^ RatrA Y , Actuary and Secretary. 



7 i roWN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 



O 33 Bridge- street, Blackfriars, London. 



Wrrctors -George H. Hooper, Esq., Chairman ; Sir John Kirk- 



" land, Deputy-Chairman. 



John Chapman, Esq. Jameson Hunter, Esq. 



Charles Chippindale, Esq. 



James Culqulioun, Esq. 



B. D. Colvin, Esq. 



Rear Adm. Duudas, C.B., 



MP. 



Thomas Harrison, Esq. 



Auditors.- J. H. Forbes, Esq.? 



Phu*iciuns.--DT. James Johnston, 8, Suffolk -place, Pall Mall 



East • Sir C. F. Forbes, M.D., K.C.H., 23, Argyll-street. 

 Surgeon— Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S., 1, St. Helen's-place. 

 Standing Counsel.— Charles Ellis, Esq. o • 



Solicit or*.— Messrs. Hale, Boys, and Austen. 

 Bankers.— Baik of England. Actuary.— 3. M. Rainbow, Esq. 



THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS OFFICE, among others, are: 

 I. A participation septennially in two-thirds of the profits, 

 which may be applied either in reduction of the Premium, or to 

 augment the sum assured. The following Bonuses have been 

 assigned to all Policies, of at least three years' standing, 

 effected for the whole duration of Life:— First Division, in 1832— 

 From 18*. to 2/. 12*. per cent, per annum on the sums assured, 

 varying with the age, being equivalent, on the average, to 26£ 

 per cent, on the Premiums paid. Second Division in 1839— From 

 upwards of 1/. to upwards of 3/. per cent, per annum on the 

 sums assured, or, on the average, 33 per cent, on the Premiums 

 paid for the preceding seven years. 



2. Premiums may be paid in a limited number of annual sums, 

 instead of by annual payments for the whole of life ; the Policy 

 continuing to participate in Profits after the payment of such 

 Premiums has ceased. 



3. The Assurance or Premium Fund is not subject to any 

 charge for Interest to Proprietors. 



4. Permission to pass to Continental Ports between Brest and 

 tbe Elbe inclusive. 



5. Parties (including Officers of the Army, Navy, East India 



Company, and Merchant Service), may be assured to reside in 



or proceed to all parts of the world, at Premiums calculated on 

 real data. 



6. Claims to be paid within three months. 



7. The Assured may dispose of their Policies to the Company. 



8. No charge but for Policy Stamps. 



The Prospectus, Tables of Rates, &c. to be had at the Office in 

 London, or of the Company's Agents." T. G. Conybrs, Sec. 



r^REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE 



^ SOCIETY. 14, Waterloo Place, London. 

 The Chisholra, Chairmun. W. Morley, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 

 PECULIAR ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO POLICY- 

 HOLDERS IN THIS INSTITUTION. 



An extremely low Rate of Premium, without participation in 

 the Profits, but with the option, at any time within five years, 

 of paying up the difference between the Reduced Rates and the 

 Mutual Assurance Rates; and thus becoming Members of the 

 Society, and entitled to a full participation in the Profits. 



Extract from the Reduced Scale of Rates, for an Assurance of 

 100/., for One Year, Seven Years, and the whole Term of Life. 



AGE 



ANNUAL PREMIUM. 



ONE TEAR. SEVEN YEARS. WHOLE LIFE 





20 

 30 

 40 

 50 



60 



£ s. d. 



1 o 9 



1 2 9 



1 5 (j 



1 15 9 



3 3 5 



£ s. d. 



1 



1 

 1 



2 



3 



1 

 3 



7 



l 



17 



6 



3 



6 

 6 

 



£ s. d. 



1 13 11 



2 2 1 

 2 16 4 

 4 1 11 

 6 8 3 



Full particulars are detailed in the Prospectus. 



A. R. Irvine, Managing Director. 



The bombardment and destruction of Mogadore, the 



great commercial port of the Moorish empire, and the 



subsequent occupation of the island which commands 



the harbour by the squadron of the Prince de Joinville, 



! 8 y far tae most important event which has yet occurred 



in the war between France and Morocco. Unlike the 



demonstration at Tangiers, this affair is remarkable, not 



merely f or the bombardment of the Moorish batteries, 



out for the destruction of the town itself, which appears, 



om the ter ms employed in the despatch, to have been 



completely reduced to ruins. The subsequent seizure of 



eiaiand has given a still more serious aspect to the 



ansaction ; and, if report be true, it has already pro- 



ced an important crisis in the relations between Great 



p ™ am and France. It is stated by the Morning 



autl ° ye8terda ^ ou *nat it announces to be good 



M °? ^' ^ at t ^ ie rece *P fc 0I " the intelligence from 



^ogadore on Tuesday night was immediately followed by 



e despatch of a special courier to Paris as the bearer 



a communication from Lord Aberdeen to M. Guizot. 



»■ Lordship is said to have demanded the immediate 



the C p atl0n ° f the isknd of M °gadore by the forces under 

 event" 006 ^ Joinviile > and to have intimated that, in the 

 m D ° f a refusal to withdraw the French troops, 



with th W ° Uld f0rthwith be taken in conformity 

 he established usage in similar circumstances. 



This report was contradicted by the Standard of last 

 night, and considered questionable by some of the other 

 papers, but at present there are no means of ascertaining its 



truth. The affair of Tahiti is also said to have reached its 

 crisis. The French papers for some days have argued 

 on the belief that the British Cabinet, after having taken 

 the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, had sent an 

 ultimatum to the French Government, demanding the 

 recall of Capt. Bruat and M. D'Atfbigny from Tahiti, 

 and had directed Lord Cowley, in the event of a refusal, 

 to demand his passports. It is now however stated by 

 one of the official journals that, notwithstanding the 

 rumours to the contrary, no specific ultimatum has yet 

 been presented by our Government, but that a great 

 number of verbal and other communications upon the 

 subject have taken place between Lord Cowley and 

 M. Guizot. Lord Cowley, on the part of the British 

 Government, demands the recall of both Capt. Bruat and 

 M. d'Aubigny, and the disavowal of the conduct of these 

 officers to Mr. Pritchard. M. Guizot, it is said, refuses 

 to disavow Capt. Bruat, on the ground that he was 

 quite entitled to remove Mr. Pritchard from the island ; 

 and as regards M. d'Aubigny, he maintains that the 

 unnecessary harshness of his conduct had already been 

 disapproved of by his superior officer, and that this was, 

 In fact, the only offence he had committed. Tbe French 

 Cabinet, therefore, considers that, in recalling M. d'Au- 

 bigny, all the reparation is offered which the case 

 requires. It is added that M. Guizot has intimated 

 his intention to resign rather than make any fur- 

 ther'concession ; and that the whole of his colleagues 

 in the Cabinet have adopted the same resolution. 

 In the meantime the visit of King Louis-Philippe has 

 been postponed until October, and doubts are enter- 

 tained on both sides of the Channel whether it will take 

 place at all. Unusual preparations are making in our 

 dockyards, and reinforcements of troops are under orders 

 to proceed to Gibraltar. In Spain, and other parts of 

 the Continent, the belief is general that the affairs of 

 Morocco will lead to a war between the great Powers ; 

 and in Germany it is even rumoured that an alliance 

 offensive and defensive against France has already been 

 formed between Great Britain and Russia. The Italian 

 insurgents are said to be watching the progress of events 

 with unusual interest, and the Papal and Austrian Go- 

 vernments are adopting measures of precaution to meet 

 contingencies. The visit of the King of Prussia to the 

 Austrian Court is taken as a sign of a more intimate 

 intercourse between the two great powers of Germany, 

 and the present condition of the world proves that a rup- 

 ture between France and England would not only be a war 

 of giants, but would involve Europe in its consequences. 

 At home, the topic of the day is the rumoured inten- 

 tion of Her Majesty to visit Ireland, preparatory to an 

 amnesty remitting to Mr. O'Connell and his fellow 

 prisoners the remaining term of their imprisonment. 

 Whether true or not, the mere rumour has created 

 great excitement among all parties. The Conserva- 

 tives profess to disbelieve that Ministers will make the 

 Queen a party to such a proceeding, while the Repeal 

 organs openly declare that an amnesty would neither be 

 received as a favour, nor turn the Irish people from 

 their purpose. The affairs of Morocco, and the possi- 

 bility of a war between this country and France, have 

 raised the hopes of the Repeal party; and it is one of 

 the signs of the times, that several of their journals 

 advert with evident satisfaction to the chances of a 

 French invasion of Ireland. Another mode of obtaining 

 Repeal, which appears to find favour with the Associa- 

 tion, is a proposal to abstain from all exciseable articles, 

 and particularly from those of English growth or manu- 

 facture, as a certain means of affecting the revenue to so 

 serious an extent, that the Government will be com- 

 pelled to accede to their demands. This resolution, 

 however, has not been finally adopted, but Mr. Smith 

 O'Brien has intimated that both Government and the 

 people should contemplate such a determination as a 

 probable contingency. 



m omt Xcfos. 



Court.— The ceremony of churching the Queen took 

 place on Wednesday in the private chapel of the Castle, 

 the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiating. His 

 Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the ceremony. 

 The Queen and Prince afterwards walked on the terrace 

 and in the pleasure-grounds adjacent to the Castle, a 

 garden-chair being taken for Her Majesty's use when 

 required. Her Majesty in the afternoon took an airing 

 in a pony phaeton, Prince Albert driving ; and on Ihurs- 

 day the Queen walked in the pleasure-grounds ot the 

 Castle attended by the Lady in Waiting. Monday being 

 the birthday of Prince Albert, the day was observed at 

 Windsor and in London with the usual honours, in toe 

 evening the eastern terrace of the Castle was illuminated, 

 and a display of fireworks took place at the lodges form- 

 ing the entrance to the Long Walk. In London, the 

 shipping on the river were decked in colours, the bell of 

 the cliches were rung, and the principal public : build 

 I ings were illuminated. On Tuesday the Prince inspected 



the 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, after which 

 the Queen Dowager arrived at the Castle on a visit to 

 Her Majesty. On Thursday Prince Albert, accom- 

 panied by Col. Wvlde and Mr. G. E. Anson, left Windsor 

 for the Isle of W'ight, travelling by the South Western 

 Railway. His Royal Highness was received with the 

 usual honours at Portsmouth by the Lords of the Admi- 

 ralty who are now on a visit of inspection at that port, 

 and after visiting Osborne House, near Cowes, the Prince 

 inspected the Collingwood line-of-battle ship, at Spit- 

 head, and returned to Windsor Castle to dinner. The 

 Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Countess of 

 Dunmore as Lady in Waiting on the Queen. There is 

 now no doubt that the contemplated visit of the King of 

 the French to the Queen has been postponed for about 

 a month, if it be not altogether abandoned. The middle 

 of October, however, is mentioned as the probable period 

 for the arrival of His Majesty in the event of his visiting 

 England. Her Majesty and Prince Albert with a portion 

 of the Royal Family are expected to set out on their 

 marine excursion about the 9th Sept., and proceed to the 

 coast of Hampshire, to embark on board the Royal \acht. 

 The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the 

 Princess Alice will, it is expected, accompany the Queen 

 to the Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, 

 it is said, will shortly afterwards proceed to Scotland in 

 the yacht, leaving the Royal Family at Osborne House, 

 where it is expected they will remain until the return of 

 the Queen and the Prince from the north. It is believed 

 that Her Majesty's marine excursion and series of visits 

 to the Scottish nobility will occupy from three to four 

 weeks. The Duchess of Gloucester has relinquished the 

 Royal residence at Bagshot, and has removed to the 

 house lately occupied by Lord Sidmouth, in Richmond 

 Park, in order to be near her sister. Orders were issued 

 in last night's Gazette, from the Lord Chamberlain's 

 Office, for the Court to go into mourning to-morrow, 

 Sept. 1, for the late Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia, 

 to change the mourning on Thursday the 5th, and go 

 out of mourning on Monday the 9th. 



The Prince ok Prussia.— Prince William of Prussia 

 attended by his suite, after devoting nearly three hours 

 on Thursday morning to an inspection of the attractions 

 of.Chatsworth, left the Chesterf.eld station for York. 

 The York race meeting being held on that day, His 

 Royal Highness was invited to visit the course, and hav- 

 ing acceded to the request, took his seat in General 

 Brotherton's carriage. He was attended by a troop of 

 cavalry, and dashed off at a rapid speed towards Knaves- 

 mire. Unfortunately the race for the great stake of the 

 day had been run about ten minutes before his arrival, 

 and only one race remained, the Queen's 100 guineas, 

 which was walked over by Alice Hawthorn. On the 

 return of the Royal party from Knavesmire they pro- 

 ceeded to the cathedral, on leaving which they returned to 

 their hotel, and having partaken of refreshment, left York 

 about half-past six for Darlington, by a special train, 

 accomplishing the distance (43 miles) in an hour and 

 thirteen minutes. His Royal Highness reached New- 

 castle shortly before midnight, and immediately pro- 

 ceeded northward to Edinburgh, where he arrived about 

 noon on Friday. The Prince immediately visited the 

 Castle, Holy rood Palace, the Calton Hill, and ascended 

 to the top of Nelson's Monument. He next visited 

 the tartan warehouse of Messrs. Paterson and Romanes, 

 where he made extensive purchases. The Prince then 

 proceeded to Glasgow, and on Saturday visited the Cathe- 

 dral and the Royal Exchange, and took his departure 

 by the mail for Carlisle, where he passed the night. 

 On Sunday he proceeded to Lancaster, and having taken 

 a view of the castle, and other objects of interest in that 

 city, left by railway for Parkside, and thence to Liver- 

 pool. On Monday His Royal Highness visited the 

 Brunswick Dock, Custom-house, the Royal Mail steam- 

 ship Britannia, steamed along the line of docks, visited 

 the Waterloo and Prince's Docks, the Fish-market, 

 Assize Courts, and the Town-hall. In the evening His 

 Royal Highness left by railway for Warwick, where he 

 inspected the castle, and then proceeded by Hampden to 

 Drayton Manor, on a visit to Sir R. Peel. On Tuesday 

 the Prince took his departure for Apethorpe, the seat of 

 the Earl of Westmorland, visiting Belvoir Castle on his 

 way. On Wednesday His Royal Highness visited Fo- 

 theringay Castle, the scene of the execution of Mary 

 Queen of Scots, and Burleigh House, the seat of the 

 Marquis of Exeter, returning to Apethorpe to dinner. 

 On Thursday the Prince proceeded by the London and 

 Birmingham Railway to Badminton, the seat of the 

 Duke of Beaufort. On leaving Badminton His Royal 

 Highness is expected to proceed to Windsor, on a visit 

 to Her Majesty, and is expected to remain at the Castle 

 till the following Thursday or Friday. 



Death of Lord Keanc. — His Lordship's death took 

 place on Monday last, at the family seat in Hampshire, 

 from the effects of dropsy, with which his Lordship has 

 been for some time afflicted. John Keane, Baron Keane 

 of Ghuznee, in Afghanistan, and of Cappaquin, county 

 of Waterford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a 

 Lieut.-General in the Army, was born in 1781, and mar- 

 ried first on the 10th August, 180G, the second daughter 

 of the late Lieut-General Sir John Smith, by whom he 

 had several children; the eldest son, the Hon. Major 

 Edward Arthur Wellington Ktane, Captain » the 3d tn 

 Foot, and Aide-de-camp to the late Lord while m com- 

 mand of the army of the Indue, succeeding to the i title. 

 His Lordship, who was the second son ot the : late wr 

 John Keane, Bart., of Belmont, Waterford , J" ™£ 

 to the peerage as a reward for aistingaished mil Jar, ser 

 vices in Afghanistan, and especially at the storming ot 

 the fortress of Ghuznee. 



