The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-15 00:00:00

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

'I he best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of-
fered-1:2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d.,
or £349 1 ls. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any
time, and Two-thirds returned in case of premature death.
The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report to be had at
the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be
forwarded post free.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE OF-
FICE, 1, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON.
The Rates of this Office, founded on the most accurate ob-
servations of the duration of human life, are as moderate as is
censistent with perfect security.
One-fifth of the ascertained profits of the five preceding
years is divided between the policy-holders and shareholders ;
three-fourths to the former, and one-fourth to the latter. The
remaining four-fifths are set apart to enter into the average of
the succeeding years, and thus to provide against unforeseen
contingencies.
The first division of profits took place on the 13th of May,
1840, when a reduction of 60 per Cent. was declared on the
current annual premiums of all those policies entitled to parti-
cipation. The second division of profits was in May, .1841,
when a similar reduction was again declared.
The following table will show the operation of the reduction
made by the Society :

Age
when
Policy
was
issued.

Date ot Sum Original
Policy. Assured. Premium.

Reduced
Annual
Reduction Premium
payable in
1841.

May 1835. £l,OOO £l9 6 8
... ... 1,000 24 8 4
... ... 1,000 31 10 0
1,000 4215 0
1,000 65 11 8

.£ll 12 01 £7 14 8
14 13 9 15 4
18 18 0 12 12 0
25 13 0 17 2 0
39 19 0 26 12 8

This system of reduction in the premiums affords immediate
benefit to the Assured, or enables them to secure a considerable
bonus by effecting a new policy.
Policies are granted in London, and by resident Committees
at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, on India risks, at very ad-
vantageous rates, calculated from extensive data and tables, ex-
clusively in the possession of this Society,to show the true risk
of life dur;ng residence in India, and after retirement from
foreign service. By order of the Board,
DAVID JONES, Actuary.

SPORTSMEN should see DOUDN EY and
SON'S celebrated SHOOTING JACKETS, 10s. 6d.
and 2 Is., and the largest and best Stock of every description
of Sportsmen's Clothing, at 49, Lombard-street. An immense
Stock of Taglionis and Great Coats, fashionably made, 181.
and 21s. -_
Superfine dress coat £2 7 6
Do. frock do., silk facings 2 10 0
Morning dressing gowns 0 15 0
Army cloth blue Spanish cloak, 91
yards round 2 10 0
The new waterproof cloak 1 1 0
Buckskin trousers, I7s. to 1 0 0
Winter waistcoats, 7s. to
• Scarlet hunting coats
Ladies' riding habits, 3/. 3s. to 4 0 0
Suit of best liveries 3 3 0
Boy's camlet cloaks
Doudney and Son, 49, Lombard-street.—Established 1784.

NIT ATER PROOF WINTER
CLOTHING.
After more than three years' extensive and most successful
trial, public attention is again invited to the VENTILATING
WATERPROOF, introduced by W. BERDOE, which ren-
ders every description of Woollen Cloth, &c., thoroughly impe-
netrable to the heaviest rain, without confining perspiration.
A large and superior stock of Beavers, Pilots, Milled Cloths,
Doeskins, &c.. thoroughly waterproof, now ready.
W. B. also invitesCODß spelNGTONcial attentioFßOCK, n to his much approved
A light, warm, and gentlemanly waterproof garment, much in
use among the nobility and upper classes, and recommended by
those who have adopted it, as the most convenient and valuable
protection from the weather ever invented. Made only by
WALTER BERDOE, TAILOR, &c., 69, CORNHILL
(Eight doors from Bishopsgate-street).

THE ASSESSED TAXES.
(FROBI • CORRESPONDENT.)
SIR—You have of course seen the shamefully mean
and evasive article in the Times of this day, headed
" Assessed Taxes." Is not the question relating to their
future collection sadly begged and bedivelled? Sir, from
beginning to end, it is a base untruth and fraud. " The
Collectors of Taxes," forsooth, are the persons suspect-
ed, and whose payments alone are henceforth to be looked
to ; and persons whose distressed circumstances justify
an extension of time, will, as usual, have it ! Is not this
mean, drivelling conduct? And so the late and present
Government are not to blame! Oh, no! The Commis.
sioners of Stamps and Taxes are alone the actors, and the
Collectors the persons only to whom the " screw " is to
be applied. Read the circular of the present Govern-
ment, or the Board of Taxes, whichever you like, and
then say who and what is meant.
[The writer hero quotes the circular, of which we
gave the substance on Saturday.]
Such, Sir, is the letter of the Surveyor to the people,
not to the Collectors ; and after such a letter, the writer
in the Times has the unbounded assurance to say that
" the question, therefore, is not really between the Board
of Taxes at Somerset-house and the public, but between
the former authorities and the Parochial Collectors, and
we (the Times, the people's advocate !) entirely concur
with the Commissioners of Taxes, that some means are
nes.essary to prevent Collectors from making use of the
public mor.ey
" The force of vileness can no further go."
What an opinion the Times must have of the intellect
colfethe
ust people,ilavaenl 1 at aen ixcunitpclalteocrtythi
se
t‘hv raittearr otifeltehoe
fa rt thie-
present Government and the Board of Taxes, and how
just it is t > throw general odium and suspicion upon the
who!e body of Tax Collectors ! Why, these latter will
owe " a Testimonial" to the writer in the Times, and
ought to lose no time in offering it.
Are these the times for the Government, or its agent.
the Board of Taxes, to concoct such a letter and hold
out such threats—after such a year of general suffering,
and an absence of anything like an average amount of
business done—after such a harvest, and such calamities
as fire has brought, and famine threatens? My assessed
taxes amount to more than 1001. per annum, and the
. business done lay me has been exceedingly small this
year ; yet the taxes of Michaelmas have been applied for
within less than a month after they became due, and in
addition to the merciful hopes hold out in the above
letter, the collector has hinted in intelligible terms the
propriety of an immediate payment.- It is said that
already, through sheer fear, many have paid—l have not
as yet ; I say I ought not to be pressed until Christmas.
I will then pay, however inconvenient; but I shall return
my letter and recommend every one to do so, and be
prepared for a distress warrant ; the Session will open
admirably well with a speech from the Throne in which
we shall read " I regret to tell you that many of my
subjects, indeed a large number of them, have refused to
pay, or are incapable of paying, their quotas of taxes,
but I r(joice to say that their goods have been levied
upon, and there is every prospect of the arrears being
obtained with all costs and expenses." "What an admi-
rable illustration this would be of the Times' assertion
• " that the screw is not intended .to be applied to the
people, but only as a means of preventing collectors
from making use of the public money."—[Query, should
not the Times say the people's money ?]

NEW BISHOP'S PALACE.-It is believed that
tit, Albans Abbey will be made the Cathedral of the new
Bee, when the contemplated alterations take place in the
diocese of London ; and that Barrington Hall, at Hat •
field Broad Oak, wil be converted into the new Bishop's
Palace.