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THE NEWSPAPER. 



TO< 33tf»$papcr 



SATURD AY, DECEMBER 28, 1844. 



NOTICE is hereby given, that the ACHILLES 

 . . LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION has been UNITED 



lyEST OF ENGLAND and SOUTH WALI 



J * LAND DRAINING COMPANY. Capital 250,000/.. in 

 shares of 25/. each. ' " 



[1844 



Provisional Committee (all of whom have taken shares). 



The Right Hon. the Earl of Devon. 



With the GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE 

 SOCIETY ; and the holders of Policies effected with the said 

 Achilles Life Assurance Association are hereby requested to Dav 

 the renewal premiums on such Policies at the Office of the 

 Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society, No. u, Waterloo 

 place. London. E. G ilbkrtsox, Secretary. 



REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE 



SOCIETY, 14, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, Lo.vnov. 

 The Chisholm, Chairman. W. Morley, Esq., Den. Chairman. 

 GREAT ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO POLICY-HOI l)PRS 



BY THIS INSTITUTION. 

 A large and immediate accession of Assurances, by the trans- 

 fer of the Policies of the "Achilles British and Foreign Life 

 Assurance Association." 



PROFITS. 

 The whole of the Profits divided annually among the 

 Members, after payment of five Annual Premiums 



An ample guaranteed Capital, in addition to the Fund con- 

 tinually accumulating from Premiums fully sufficient to afford 

 complete security. 



CREDIT. 



Credit given to Members for half the amount of the first five 

 Annual Premiums, without security. 



Credit allowed to Members for the whole of the first five 

 Annual Premiums, on satisfactory security beintr eiven for 

 their payment. " b 



. T l* Q X { l rS of Policies effected and registered (without charge) 

 at the Office. ° ' 



Claims on Policies not subject to be litigated or disputed, 

 except with the sanction, in each case, of a General Meeting of 

 the Members. ° 



Loans granted upon aoproved Security. 

 An extremely low Rate of Premium, without participation 

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



7ea Ifl °L pa / lP , 8: up the difft * en ce between the Reduced Rates 

 md the Mutua, Assurance Rates; and thus becoming Members 

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



f 100? the Reduced Scale of Rates » for an Assurance 



The Right Hon. Lord Clinton, 



Heanton Satchville 

 I Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart. 



M.P., Killerton 

 Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., M.P., 



Maristowe 



William Porter, Esq., Hembury 

 Fort 



Clifford Shirreff, Esq., Howber- 

 hayne 



Edward Bradley, Esq., Treguff 



Place, Glamorgan 

 Sir John Kennaway, Bart., 





Escott 



The Right Hon. Lord Courte- 



nay.M. P., Powderham Castle 



Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M . P., 



Carclew 

 John Dymond, Esq., Exeter 

 Samuel Trehawke Kekewich, 



Esq., Peamore 

 William Nation, Esq., Exeter 

 Henry Ker Seymer, Esq., Han- 

 ford 



George Pye, Esq., Exeter 

 Thomas Hussey. Esq., Way- 

 brook, Ex minster 



^V ith power to add to their number. 



Provisional Trustees. 

 Montague Baker Bere, Esq., Exeter 

 1 he Rev. John Huyshe.( list Hydon. 



Bankers in London. 



Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and 



Co., Lombard -street 

 Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and 



Co., Lombard- street 



The Devon and Cornwall Bank- 

 ing Company 



Bankers in Exeter. 



Messrs. Hanbnrys and Co., 

 Lombard-street 



London & Westminster Bank, 

 Bloomsbury Branch. 



The City Bank, Exeter 

 The Exeter Bank. 



ANNUAL PREMIUM. 



SEVEN YEARS. 



WHOLE LIFE. 



£. 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. 



CCOTTISH UNION FIRE AND LIFE INSUR- 



*~> ANCE COMPANY, instituted 1824, and Incorporated by 

 Koyal Charter.— The business of this Corporation has been 

 removed to No. 37, Cornhill, opposite Finch-lane, where Insur- 

 ances may be effected against Fire and on Lives on the most 

 liberal terms and conditions. By order of the Board, 



No. 3 7, Cornhill, London. F. G. Smith, Secretary. 



CCOTTISH UNION FIRE AND LIFE INSUR- 



y ANCE COMPANY, No. 37, Cornhill, London.-NOTICE IS 

 HEREBY GIVEN that a Dividend of 5 per Cent, on the Capital 

 Stock of this Corporation will become payable on the 2d of 

 January next, and Proprietors resident in and near London can 

 receive the same at the Office, No. 37, Cornhill, on that or any 

 subsequent day between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. 



By order of the Board, 

 No. 37, C ornhill. Dec. 1844. F. G. Smith, Secretary. 



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T„oi„i n , Consulting Draining Ensineer. 



Josiaii Parkes. Esq.. C.E., Consulting Engineer to the Royal 



Agricultural Society of England. 



Solicitor.— R.T. Head, Exeter. 



Secretary.— Thomas May, Mount Radford, Exeter. 



The object of this Company is to afford increased facilities for 



«5rt. D !* lnm B of Land « °y executing the necessary operations 

 wirn the most suitable materials in such manner as shall be 

 acemed the most scientific, economical, and effectual; the cost 

 incurred thereby to be adequately secured on the propcrtv 

 oramed or otherwise, and to be repaid, with interest, by 

 instalments. 7 



The profits resulting from scientific Draining are admitted by 

 every Agriculturist. ' 



Tiles (the material for Draining most frequently used) can be 

 made by machines at less than one-half the cost for which they 

 are now selling within the probable sphere of the Company's 

 operations ; from this source it is estimated that a large profit 

 will result to the shareholders, combined with equivalent ad- 

 vantages to the Agricultural Interest. 



Deposit, l/. per share, and the Calls not to exceed 2/. 10*. per 

 share, nor be made until after two months' notice. 



*»* Above 200 letters have been received from landowners, 

 many of them holding large properties in the district, approving 

 the objects of the Company, and containing ample assurances 

 tnat it will be fully employed as soon as it is prepared to com- 

 mence operations. 



Applications for Shares or Prospectuses to be addressed to 

 Messrs. Mullens and Marshall, 3. Lombard- street, London ; or 

 to Messrs. Downes. Gamlen, and Scott, Solicitors, 7, lurnival's 

 Inn, London ; Messrs. Cook and Mansford, Solicitors, Bath ; 

 Richard Anstice, Esq., Bridgewater; Edward Bradley, Esq., 

 Treguff Place, Glamorganshire; Hy. Phelps Goode, Esq., 

 bcotchwell, Pembrokeshire; George Goode, Esq., Croft, Car- 

 marthenshire ; George Smith, Esq., Cranford Court, Manches- 

 ter ; Messrs. Neilson and Co., Liverpool ; or to Mr. R. T. Head, 

 Solicitor, Exeter. 



FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 

 To the Provisional Committee of the West of England and 



South Wales Land Draining Company. 

 I request that you will allot me Shares of 25/. each in 



tne Capital Stock of the West of England and South Wales 

 Land Draining Company, and I hereby undertake to pay a 

 Deposit of One Pound per Share on the Shares allotted to me, 

 and to execute the Deed of Settlement when required. 

 Dated the day of 184 



(Name) __^__ 



ing no subjects of uneasiness, while on foreign afiYri 

 thej are prepared with the fullest answers. 



At home, the affairs of the Church are the absorbing 

 topic of the day. The pastoral letter issued by the 

 Bishop of Exeter, commanding the strict observance of 

 the Rubric, and the use of the surplice in preaching, has 

 excited an agitation never before known in that large 

 and important diocese. The bishop's subsequent publi- 

 cations on the subject, have exhibited an uncompromis- 

 ing spirit, little likely to reconcile the people to the pro- 

 posed innovations, and his assertion of absolute authority 

 has increased the spirit of hostility to an extent which 

 his lordship had evidently not anticipated. The laity in 

 various parts of Devon and Cornwall have held meet- 

 ings on the subject, and adopted the most stringent re- 

 solutions, condemning the bishop's letter, declaring their 

 determination to resist his orders, and even suggesting 

 their intention to attend divine service in unconsecrated 

 buildings, if his directions be enforced. In many in- 

 stances the parishioners have adopted petitions to the 

 Queen, praying for Her Majesty's interference as the 

 Head of the Church, to avert a crisis which ther believe 

 will lead to still greater divisions. The bishop, how- 

 ever, has yielded to the feelings of the people in re- 

 gard to the surplice, and has this week issued a letter 

 to his clergy, withdrawing his order in respect to its 

 u*e in preaching, adhering, however, to the enforcement 

 of the rubrics. The agitation does not seem likely to be 

 appeased by anything short of a full concession of the 

 points at issue, and it remains to be seen whether hit 

 lordship will still persist in requiring the use of forms 

 which the laity are determined to oppose. As a contrast 

 to these proceedings in the diocese of Exeter, we give 

 long extracts from a charge delivered last week by the 

 Bishop of Worcester, the brother of Lord Cottenham,the 

 late Lord Chancellor. In this document Bishop Pepys 

 advises his clergy to continue the practices which have 

 so long prevailed in the Church, and "shows that there if 

 no authority for any of the recent innovations. His 

 lordship adduces various facts to prove that the surplice 

 is not the proper dress to be worn in the pulpit — that the 

 rubric is inconsistent with itself in regard to the prayer 

 for the Church-Militant, and that the weekly offertory 

 was superseded by the enactment of poor-rates. Hi* 

 lordship adds, that in all cases where the offertory is 

 adopted, the consent of the congregation is essential, 

 and that the money so collected can only be legally 

 applied for the relief of the parish poor. 



(Residence) 



Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 5 & 6 Will. IV. c. 76. 

 Thomas Farncomb, Es-q. Alderman, Chairman. 

 William Leaf, Esq. Deputy Chairman. 

 Richard E. Arden, Esq. J. Humphery, E6q. Aid. M.P. 



William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. 



Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq. Aid. 



Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq. 



James Clift, Esq. [ Lewis Pocock, Esq. 



Physician— Dr. Jeaffreson, 2, Finsbury- square. 

 Surgeon— W. Coulson, Esq. 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. 

 Consulting Actuary— Professor Hall, of King's College. 

 Advantages of the Argus Life Assurance Company. 



Low Rates of Premiums. 



In addition to the subscribed Capital of 300,000/. the assured 



nave the serurity of the Company's Income of nearly 6o,000/. 



per annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance 



*und invested in Government and other available Securities, of 



considerably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the 

 company. 



•mkk? Rates of Premium are reduced to the lowest scale com- 

 patible with the safety of the Assured and the stability of the 

 im mP w ny ' thcrebv . >n effect, giving to every policy-holder an 

 an Tf ate and certain bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred 

 aou frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division of profits. 



Annual Premium to Assure 100/. 



Zttk. 



•Age. 

 20 



30 

 40 

 50 



60 



For One Year. 

 jffO 17 8 



1 1 8 



1 5 



1 14 1 



3 2 4 



For Seven Years. 

 Jt'0 19 1 

 1 2 7 



1 6 9 



1 19 10 



Whole Term. 

 £\ 11 10 



2 7 



2 14 10 

 4 11 

 6 10 



n - * ■- 3 17 u u ■« 



une-third ol whole-term Premiums may remain unpaid at 5 



C «*!! « omp - int - as a debt "P° n the Policy for life, or may 

 »e paid oft at any time without notice. 



as a !^ ances for advances of money, as security for debts, or 

 de.sirah? VIS ' 0ft ior a nimily, when the least present outlay is 

 Office M', tne v aried and comprehensive* Tables of the Argus 



A T? h be fourul to be particularly favourable to the assured. 



a isoard of Directors, with the Medical Officers, attend daily, 

 « a quarter before 2 o'clock. 



Edward Bates, Resident Director. 

 ALiberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. 



J^IFE ASSURANCE.— The following are specimens 



LASrA°xT the lovv R ates of Premium charged by the AUSTRA- 

 Awn aW' OLONIal a * d GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE 

 7* D ANNUITY COMPANY. 



T^^-J__J20 [_ 30 I 40 I 50 f 60 



todVii ,U J° 3 ' 2/ ° 712/ 15 3 I 4/ 1 8 I 6/. 

 hands f u e Premiums one-third mav remain unpaid, in 

 awn,. !? the assu ^'i. at interest to be deducted from the s 

 ■wured. when they bee » me claims. 



oflifp SOns ass,lred to the amount of ^"500 for the whole term 



C»ni£i part,CIpate in the Profits of the Company.— Subscribed 

 capital ^200,000. 



Offir* F i»K ms of Pr °P° sa, » and other particulars, apply at the 

 *-e, 120, Bishopsgate Street, comer of Cornhill, City. 



3 9 

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NdBB of the 



The opening of the French Chambers, which took 

 place on Thursday with a speech from the throne, is the 

 leading event of our political news. The speech is said 

 to be from the pen of M. Guizot, and it will be read with 

 general satisfaction, as an additional proof of the sta- 

 bility of his Cabinet and of the continuance of peace. 

 The transactions in Algeria and Morocco, the marriage 

 of the Due d'Aumale, and the loan lately contracted 

 under circumstances which afford a sufficient proof of 

 the financial prosperity of the country, all supply grati- 

 fying topics, on the domestic policy of the Ministry. 

 But the portion of the speech which will excite the 

 liveliest interest in this country is that which adverts to 

 the amicable relations with our own Government, and to 

 the recent visit of His Majesty to these shores. The 

 speech states that the discussions in which the two 

 countries were lately engaged might have given rise to 

 apprehensions, but a mutual spirit of goodwill and 

 equity has maintained that happy accord between 

 France and England which guarantees the repose of 

 the world. The speech dwells with evident satis- 

 faction on the King's visit to this country, and regards 

 the manifestation of English feeling on that occasion 

 as complimentary both to France and to himself. It 

 states, that His Majesty's visit was in order to testify to 

 our Queen the value which His Majesty sets upon the, 

 intimacy which unites them, and on the reciprocal friend- 

 ship of which the Queen has given so many marks ; and 

 the reception given to the King by the people at large, 

 is gracefully acknowledged as a fresh pledge for the long 

 duration of that peace which secures to France, among 

 other blessings, the quiet enjoyment of her constitutional 

 liberties. No mention is made of the right of search, or 

 of the dotation of the Due de Nemours, and it may there- 

 fore be concluded that no progress has been made on 

 either point. In regard to the prospects of the session, 

 M. Guizot is said to have declared that he has no ap- 

 prehensions, the home policy of the Government afford- 



p?ome Nefos. 



Court.— Her Majesty and Prince Albrr*. with the 

 infant Royal Family, continue at Windsor Castle. Her 

 Majesty and the Prince have taken their usual walks in 

 the grounds of the Castle, and the Prince has shot almost 

 daily in the royal preserves. On Tuesday the Queen 

 and her suite went to the small lake in Frogmore grounds, 

 when the Prince and the gentlemen of the household 

 enjoyed the exercise of skating. On Christmas-day 

 Her Majesty and His Royal Highness attended Divine 

 service in the private chapel of the Castle. Her Majesty 

 and Prince Albert, according to present arrangements, 

 will next week honour the Duke and Duchess of Buck- 

 ingham with a visit nt Stowe. The Court is expected to 

 leave Windsor on Tuesday for Stowe, where the most 

 extensive preparations are in progress for their reception. 

 It has been arranged for the Court to proceed to the 

 Wolverton station, on the Birmingham railway, when 

 Her Majesty will be received by the Bucks Yeomanry 

 and Hussars, under the command of the Marquess of 

 Chandos, which will form the escort thence to the resi- 

 dence of the Duke. Her Majesty will likewise be met 

 at the Wolverton station by the whole of his Grace's 

 tenantry on horseback, by whom Her Majesty will also 

 be escorted to Stowe. The visit of the Queen and Prince 

 to the Duke of Wellington at Strsthfieldsaye will take 

 place, it is expected, about the middle of the ensuing 

 month. The Lord Chamberlain has appointed the Hon. 

 M. S. West to be one of the Gentlemen Ushers Quar- 

 terly Waiters in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room 

 of the Hon. H. Legge, deceased. 



Knighthood. — The Queen has been pleased to direct 

 letters patent to be passed tinder the Great Seal, granting 

 the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Ireland unto Chevalier Robert Schom- 

 burgh, recently at the head of the expedition for ex- 

 ploring the boundaries of the colony of British Guiana. 

 Pensions. — Our readers will be gratified to learn that 

 a pension from the funds of the Civil List has been con- 

 ferred upon Mr. Thomas Hood, the author of " The 

 Song of the Labourer," which appeared in a lite Num- 

 ber of this Paper, and of numerous works which have 

 rendered his name popular in all parts of the empire. 



Importation of Wheat. — A Parliamentary return, 

 which was procured in September last, on the motion of 

 Mr. Darby, the member for East Sussex, has been 

 published, showing the quantity of Wheat imported from 

 the United States into Canada, from the 11th Oct., 

 1843, to the 31st July, 1844: also the quantity of 

 Wheat and Wheat flour imported from Canada into 

 Great Britain and Ireland, distinguishing the quantity 

 into each, during the same period. It appears that the 

 quantity of Wheat imported into Canada from the 



