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N°.17,768.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSII-
RANCE SOCIETY.
26, Cornhlll, London.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties.
Policies Issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi-
sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary
available resource to himself, if needful, whllel iving. The Assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
st the Annual Meeting, hell on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a
sixth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid
on each Policy effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

NELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, strand, Three Doors East of the
Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam-street. Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers.
Table d'llote at half-past Five precisely (Sundays excepted), Fish
and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers until One o'clock.
The Nell Gwynne Tavern which is situated In the very centre of
the metropolis, is near to the principal Theatres, and the Table
d'Hote has been fixed at an hour that will be found convenient for
Citizens, the Legal Profession, and Gentlemen connected with the
Public Offices and Banking Houses, also Visitors to London who are
frequenters of the Theatres. Private Rooms for the accommodation
of small parties. Good Beds. Wines and Spirits of superior quality.
Barclay and Perkins's Stout; and Salt's celebrated Pale Ales.
JOHN' ARCHER and THOMAS lIOLT, Proprietors.

NEW PLYMOUTH SETTLEMENT.
Just published, in one volume post Bvo., with a Plan and Five Views,
price 6s. cloth,
ACCOUNT of the SETTLEMENT of
NEW PLYMOUTH, In NEW 'ZEALAND, from personal
observation during a residence there of Five Years.
By CHARLES HURSTIIOUSE, Jun.
" 'fhb merit of this book con-ists in the full and impartial account
it gives of the settlement, and the sound advice which accompanies
it."—Spectator.
"The field Mr. Hursthemse surveys is not a very wide one, but his
view of it is complete and exact."—Britannia. •
"To the intending emigrant this work will be found to supply
valuable and noveLinf, rmation."—Weekly News:
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.

Annual
Pre-
mluma.

Policy
taken
out in

1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844

Bonus In
addition Bonns in
to Sum Cash.
Assured.

X s. 4.1 C a d.
276 14 3 128 14 3
251 18 10 115 14 8
226 6 0 102 15 1
178 0 0, 82 14 2
174 0 D; 78 .3 4
147 4 2) 65 15.10
99 IS 4,1 44 8 4
62 6 81
.27 13 4

Perms-
nent Re-
•luction el
Annual
Premium.

X s. d
21 7 2
18 12
16 2 9
12 14 11
12 3 0
10 2 4
6 15 11
4 4 0

Sum the
Assured
may bor-
row on
Policy.

d.
593 6 8
543 17 9
494 8 10
145 0 0
392 11 1
346 2 3
•296 13 4
247 4 5

174 3 4

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to
afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta-
geous than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con-
tribution of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se-
cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or,
at his option, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at his
death ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of
borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all, risk
of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording
an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and
should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two-
thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives.
The following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan-
tages which the judicious application of a small saving cal secure
through this Society.

I. BENErITS

Secured on attaining the age of
65, by an Annual Premium of
21. l2e.

d•
IN Annuity.
-ca •

O. d
20 47 16
30 26 15 10,
40 13 19 9

11. PREMIUMS
To secure
on attain- AritiuityZlO, le
big the Cash .. .82 10 0
of 65, the Policy .. 97 6
option of _

II ii Payable Payable
:..F. Annu- is one
_te.t. ally. gum.
^^

Payable
for Dis-
parity.

£ s. d.'£ s. d. s. d.
20 0 10 11 10 010 0 • 0
30 019 616 7 1 7 311
40 1 17 327 311 19- 410

Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal
terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables,
showing the annual amount of annuity upon every 1001. deposited :
Age 50, £7 Bs. I Age 60, £9 14s. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d.
The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, kc., may be had at the
Office, or any of its Branches in the Country ; or, on application, will
be forwarded post free.

W. 8. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary.

ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY,
92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.
Established 1808.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN OUTER HANSON, Esq., Chairman.
WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Sir William Baynes, Bart. Moses Mocatta, Esq.
Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. James William Ogle, Esq.
Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. Emanuel Pacifico, M.D.
Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq.
Samuel Eustace Magan, Esq.
AUDITORS—Francis BlighHookey, Esq., and Arthur Augustus

Hatch, Esq.
IcruiaY—Charles Angell, Esq., F.R.S.
SOLICITOR—Thomas Browning, Esq.
Suavavoa—•Thomas Hopper, Esq.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RETURNS.—Policies for 30E. and upwards which may have been
n force for one year prior to the data to which the Account is
made up, will be periodically entitled to participate in the return of
Surplus Premium.
Distillerie., Sugar Houses ; and Mercantile Property, in the Docks ;
in Private or Public Warehouses; also Shipping in Harbour; assured
for the Year, or for any shorter period on advantageous terms.
Farming Stock is now exempt from Duty, and may be assured
without the average clause.
Oa Assurances for Seven Years by ono payment, a deduction of
one-seventh part of the Premium and Duty will be made.
RENEWALS.—PoIicies due on Midsummer-day should be renewed
within fifteen days thereafter. •
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
The attention of the public has, in the advertisements and pro-
posals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of
Additions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular
dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to submit the following
statement of Claims actually paid, showing the: sums retpectivwly
assured and the Bonuses thereon, and tney request, in order to
exemplify the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this
Company, that persons desirous of effecting Assurances on their own
lives or on the lives of others, will compare the statement now sub-
mitted, with the addition or bonus of any of the other offices which
may apply to a Policy issued by them since 1816, when the Atlas
Company adopted the Bonus System.

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Persons assured for the whole term of Life for 1001. and up'vrards,
in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, will be entitled at the end
of every fifth year (instead of every seventh year as heretofore) to
participate in the Surplus Premiums, either by Addition to their Po-
licies, or an equivalent Reduction will be made in the future pay-
ments of Premium, at the option of the Assured.
Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life by a limited
number of yearly payments.
ASSURANCES for SHORT PERIODS may new be effected in this
Office at considerably reduced rates of Premium.
The NEXT VALUATION will be made at Christmas, 1849, and
Policies effected before that date will participate in proportion to the
time they may then have been in force.
The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in
London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorised
to report on the appearance ef Lives proposed for Assurance
HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary.
92, Cheapside, June, 1849.

SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ;
United with the
PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847.
Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1848.
Amalgamated pursuant to Re, elution dated February 5, 1849.
Offices:
31, CORNIIILL, LONDON'.
with Powers of Extension reserved to the
CAPITAL / Proprietors under the 16th Clause of the 14100,000
Deed of Settlement).
In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paid ; affording the security
of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting.

DISVEN9meBur6 FEATURES.

ISLAY TONTINE LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Provisionally Registered.

Capital, 600,000/., in 12,000 Shares, at 501. each.
DIRECTORS.
John Bain, Esq., of Morriston, Glasgow.
Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq., banker, Provost of Port Glasgow
Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Bedlay
Robert C. Cumming, Esq., of Barrernman, Dumbartonshire

Henry Dunlop, Esq., of Cralgton, Glasgow
Archibald Falconer, Esq., of Glen Park, Port Glasgow
James Hay, Esq., merchant. Leith,_ Director of the Royal Bank of

Scotland
APlnbald Aortic, Esq., accountant, Edinburgh, ditto
Eagle Henderson, Esq.; Director of the National Bank of Scotland
William Imile, Esq., Dean of Guild, Perth _
John Burn Murdock, Esq., of Gartencaber, Edinburgh
David Murray, Esq., Provost of Paisley.

B{.4.RlNE.—Limited risks in and alien vessels of the first class at
Lloyds
FlRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with
the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu-
tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that statute.
LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole
profits being divided among the Assured., without the"entailment
of any risk. The operation of this department also extending to
RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre-

minms ; and
GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of
trust and confidence on the Annual Payment of a stipulated rate
per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct
therefrom.
Forms of Application for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the
United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be
obtained from the Head Wilco as above.
AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director.
London, June 9, 1849.

T" CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, Um(lon.
MMES.
The Right Rev. Nicholas 'Wiseman, D.D., 33E, Golden-square.
The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex.
The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cosset Hall, Norfolk.
Sir Henry Paston Bedingfield, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.S., Director of the Hon. the East India

Company.
Thomas Barnwell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's-Park,
Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath.
James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.
DIZECTORS.

The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman.
Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark--Deputy
Chairman Chairman and Managing Director. b
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India
Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank.
Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark.
Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.
Henry Clark Duppa, Ese., Malmain-hall, Stoke, near Rochester.
George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey.
James Marshall, Esq., 21, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.
ACTCARY —William Henry Archer, Esq.
SECRETAsT—WiIIium Norris, Esq. •
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every Information
promptly
forwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office,
8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London.

Mr. Ellis Roberts, who won the prize harp at the
Eisteddfod, has received his appointment as harpist to
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The intima-
tion was communicated in a letter, dated at Balmoral,
from Colonel Anson to the Hon. G. Rice Trevor, M.P.,
viz.:--"" Mr. Anson presents his compliments to Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Trevor, and has much pleasure in in-
forming him that her Majesty the Queen has graciously
Appointed Mr. Ellis Roberts harpist to his Royal High-
.ness the Prince of Wales." We trust the next appoint-
ment we shall have to announce will be that of Welsh
tutor to his Royal Highness.---North Wales Chronicle.
A COFFIN-MAKER'S BlLL.—James Meara, coffin-
maker for the Nenagh union workhouse, on Thursday
sent in a bill to the Nenagh board of guardians for 1,130
coffins furnished by him from the 25th of last March to
the 25th of July!—just four months.—Liverpool
Standard.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
Incorporated Pursuant to Act co'
LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also AnnUit es,
immediate and deferred.
The payment of fixed same to thf, Assured at any specified age, or
to their Representatives in case of death before that age. •
Credit given for half the premiums for-the first five ylarS.
Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and
Loans granted, repayable by instalments.
ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage* certain sum
on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the wkole of the
sum paid for the same at a given period.
RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of
10s. for every 1001.
Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual
Commission allowed on the introduction of business.
Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society,
and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents
in the Country. _ • •
F. M1%410'5031 CIMISQUI, 'Dimmer.

It is astonishing with what facility our feelings
accommodate themselves to our, situations, and catch
their tone from surrounding objects,--.Eliza Cook's
Journal,

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING. PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—If there was any mistake in the arrange-
ments of the Canadian union, it was in the choice of the
capital. The uniform experience of federal unions proves
the necessity of selecting a seat of government as free as
possible from local perturbations and interests. Ac-
clrdingly, the sagacious founders of the great American
commonwealth did not aim at making Boston, or New
York. or Philadelphia the rival of republican Rome, but
planted their federal legislature in a separate district,
far away from the existing haunts of commerce and
wealth: Whatever difficulties there were to be sur-
mounted in this instance, there were also in the choice
of a capital for the common government of our British
and French populations on the St. Lawrence. Montreal
was recommended by its geographical position, but by
nothing else. Its populace had long been notorious as
the roughest and most turbulent in the New World. It
was already the scene of party strife, and while the
French population continued numerous enough
to keep up • national jealousies, the British
increased in far greater ratio. The result
now showa ' that a Canadian Parlianietit will
always hive to fight for' its independence, and a
Canadian Governor-General will always haVe to fight
for his dignity' against the Montreal mob. A few hun-
dred men of the lowest class, swollen by outcasts from
the neighbouring union, and instigated more or less
openly by a disappointed faction in the colony itself, will
be sufficient to keep both the Legislature and the Execu-
tive in continual trouble. This is the real account of the
Canadian disturbances. 'angina a fifth-rate seaport in
this country' suddenly exalted into a seat of government,
and the resort of political agitators. Ithagine a provincial
town in the 'enjoyment of a perpetually contested elec-
tion, with Whigs and Tories ever bidding against one
another. There you have MOntreal at once, excepting
that Montreal, over and above All the sources of mischief
in a British town, contains a population almost equally
divided -between its ,English, its Irish, and its French
ingredients. This is more than enough to ac•
ceunt for all that has taken place and is still taking
place In that city. The majority of the Parlia-
ment is one way, the majority of the mob another ;
so, without for a moment disputing the fact that the
whole colonial population is fairly represented in Parlia-
ment, the local mob attempt to intimidate and virtually
depose,'not merely the representative of the Sovereign,
but even the representatives of the people. The attempt
is intelligible, and need excite no surprise; but it is also
most outrageous and most impudent, and must be put
down. France tolerates that Paris—an ancient, a popu-
lous, and a most splendid metropolis, that for many
centuries has set the fashion to the provinces—should
continue to exercise that immemorial privilege; but the
mob of Montreal has about as little pretension to over-
rule the two millions of Canada, as the mob of Sunder-
land, ot Limerick, or Dundee has to govern the twenty-
seven millions of these isles. At this distance, and with
necessarily imperfect information, it is not easy to see
why the. last disturbances should not have been antici-
pated. by judicious arrangements of the soldiery and
police. All that can be said is that such things have
happened in this country, and will probably happen
again. On the 15th ult. several of the leaders in the
former outbreak were arrested, in some instances after a
little opposition. One might naturally suppose that ex-
traordinary precaution would be taken at such a junc-
ture. However, it appears a mob was suffered to as-
semble, to attack Mr. Lafontaine's residence, break down
the.gate, and advance within 20 feet of the house with
the evident intention of burning it to the ground, Mr.
Lafontaine and his friends gavo the scoundrels the re-
ception they deserved. One fellow paid the penalty of
his meditated crime on the spot, and the rest took warn-
ing by his fate. It is, however, a matter of regret that a
great officer of the State should have been placed under
the cruel necessity. of defending his own life and pro-
perty spinet a, gang of ruffians. when soldiery, police, and
the hangman were so much fitter for the office. Subse-
quently it would seem that more effectual measures were
adopted. The principal offenders have been arrested;
among them the man who officiated as " Oliver Crom-
well". at the destruction of the Parliament-house. The
malcontents have since proved both their temper
and their weakness . by having recourse to
secret, . incendiarism. A splendid hotel and
some .other large buildings have bees sacri-
ficed to the loyalty or the amusement of the Mon
treal Tories; avid the British name has been glorified by
proceedings borrowed from Captains " Rock" and
" Swing," and Mistress "Rebecca." Meanwhile we have
great pleasure in observing that the Governor-General
is warmly supported both by his Sovereign and by the
really loyal part of the Canadian people. The Gazette
announces his elevation to the English peerage. As the
champion of constitutional principles against the usur-
pations of faction and the ascendancy of race, Lord
Elgin well deserves this honour at the hands of a con-
stitutional Government. We will not believe the alleged
disagreetnent between the military and ithe government,
or .the alleged hesitation of the Ministers. They must
persevere. Theirs is the cause of responsible govern-
ment. The eyes of England and the world are upon
them. Their Sovereign beckons them onward in their
struggle.- It is a question of principle.- The event is in
the hands of Omnipotence. It may be His will that
Canada, having attained its maturity, should soon be-
come independent, or embrace the fortunes of the neigh-
bouring federation; but even in that case it will at leas;
be our consolation and glory that our last act was to
teach it self-government.
CHRONICLE.—The Canadian intelligence which it
was our disagreeable task to present to our readers yes-
terday, and additional particulars of which will be found
in our columns this morning, affords a gloomy and omi-
nous picture of popular discontent and official imbeci-
lity. There does not, indeed, appear ground for believ-
ing that any- large portion of the population of Montreal
are :directly implicated in the shameful disorders refer.
red to; and we should doubtless do our Canadian fellow•
subjects a gross injustice iLwe imagined for a moment
that street rioting, ferocious and cowardly mob-assaults
on individuals, and insults _to Ministers of . State, could
have the approval and sympathies pf any section of their
community, except the habitually ill-disposed and laW-
less class to whom one pretext for mischief is as good as
another. But, however few and despicable may be the
actors in these scenes, all experience tells us that the un-
checked perpetration, of such outrages argues a pro-
found alienation of public opinion and feeling from
the depositaries of the governing • power. Excesses
like those which have once more disgraced
the seat•of Government in Canada—and it is a
highly significant circumstance that, as a correspon-
dent elsewhere remarks, they have occurred nowhere
else than at the " seat of Government "—take place only
when the bulk of the community are so deeply dissa-
tisfied .with their rulers, that the latter shrink from
even attempting to organize popular resistance to mob
violence. Contemptible, therefore, both morally and
numericilly, as may be the' authors of these Montreal
disturbances, we must protest against, the pleasant dela
sion that there- is no cradnous political significance in a
state of things which shows an utter debility and pros-
tration of all legitimate authority. We need not now repeat
details which have already appeared in our columns,
especially as the reader will elsewhere find a lucid and
connected narrative of the whole affair in the letter
signed " A Colonist"—a communication which we pub-
lish for the sake of its vividly descriptive account of the
actual condition of things at Montreal, although dis-
senting from many of the writer's views on questions
of general policy. A very brief recapitulation of the
leading facts may here suffice. It seems that, after nearly
four months of apparent torpor and paralysis,the Canadian
Government have taken courage, and have begun a On
of secret scrutiny into the conduct of certain parties sup-
posed to have been concerned in the outrage of the 25th
April—a mode of proceeding which strikes us as a very
ill-judged substitute for regular and public proeeeditigs
before the usual tribunals. Having succeeded, as they
imagined, in getting-up a case 'against some of the indi-
viduals alluded to, they eleternained On arresting thero;
sad, gratuitously. assuming -the inveterate disaffection
and turbulence of the Montreal public, they previouhly
filled the city with an offensive display of military tind
armed police—quite needlessly, it would appear, since it
is distinctly stated that the persons accused were of such
a class and character that forcible resistance on tlieir
part was the last thing to be looked for. As regariels,
indeed, the armed and mounted police, the exhibition
was very much worse than needless and offensive;
for, after provoking several collisions with the
populace, • this force was, we are told, " sent
across the river at the dictation of the mob"—a most
,
ignominious and damaging concession to a power w 'eh
ought never to be braved by halves. During the i ri-
tation and excitement produced by these measures of
i or
alternate violence and poltroonery, a mob of some t
three hundred persons—mostly, it is said, mere bey
started off (on the night of the 15th ult.) for Mr. Lafon-
taine's residence, broke open the outer gates, and en-
tered his garden. Mr. Lafontaine, however—with a zeal
of self-preservation which it would have been well if !he
and his superior had always exhibited in their official: as
well as in theirpersonal capacity—had taken the pf.e-
caution of garrisoning his dwelling with a well-ar ed
I
forge, consisting of his personal or political friends, nd
(it is said) some disguised policemen. Immediately
,on
the rioters coming in front of the building—without a
word of notice or warning to them to retreat—sh is
were fired from the house, and one lad fell mort ly
wounded, with ten slugs in his body- The full ulter or
consequences of this disastrous occurrence we h ve
yet to learn. The funeral of the slain youth tdok
place on the 18th, amidst much painful and nis-
chieious excitement ; the inquest was still proceed4ig
on the morning of the 20th, the latest day to which
our accounts reach. In noticing the rumour that
Mr. Lafontaine had at first refused to give eviderice
before the jury, and only made his appearance n
the issue of a warrant for his arrest, we must plainly s y
that we reserve, until the receipt of further informati n,
our belief in so astounding a display of lawless and bad
feeling. Nor shall we at present attempt to prejudge
the question of the Minister's legal or moral culpability
in the affair that led to the calamitous and fatal result
which forms the subject of that investigation. Certainly,
there is nothing on the face of the transaction, so far as
the facts are yet'known, that would decisively warrant a
verdict of 'justifiable homicide"—since, on the one hand
we are not informed that the violence displayed by the
rioters was of that kind and degree which would alobe
warrant-anlnstant resort to the last extremity in self-
defence, and, on the other, all the accounts agree self-
defence,
negativing the assumption that the aseitilants had been