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.1 , , - . 9 JANUARY 2, 1850.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU-
RANCE SOCIETY.
26, Cornbill, 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, whilet lying. 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.
itinued prosperity of the Society has enableil the Directors
nual Meeting, held on the 10th of May, MS, to declare a
us, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid
'olicy effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

The con
at the Ani

on e:

Perma- Sum the
4.,4 Annual Polley Bonus In nent Re. Assured
tge. c Pre- taken addition Bonus in ductionofmay bor-
w MIWAU. out In to Sum Cash. Animal rovr on
Assured. Premium. Policy.
£ s. 1. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8
1838 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9
1839 226 6 0 102 15 1 16 2 9 194 8 10
-f £5-4. 1840 178 0 01 82 14 2 12 14 11 145 0 0
60 160071 3 4 1841 174 0 0; 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1
1842 147 4 2 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3
1843 99 18 4. 44 8 4 615 11 296 13 4
1844 62 6 8! 27 13 4 4 4 0 247 4 5

Secured on al
65, by an Ai
27. 12s.

lAnnuity

ENEFITS

.taininz the age of
inual Premium of

Cash. I Policy.

s. d.
17 16 I
26 15 11
13 19 S

C E. d
391 11 0'
1221 0 0,1
115 S

£ s. d.
4G6 0 0
261 0 0
136 6 0

IL PREMIUMS
To secure
on attain- Annuity£lo 10 0
lng the age Cash .. 82 10 0
of 65, the Policy .. 97 8 6
option of

Payable Payable Payable
Annu- is one for Dls-

ally. I sum. parity.
£ s. d. £ s. d.'£ s. d.
0 10 11 10 0 10 0 0 0
0 19 616 7 1 7 3 11
1 17 327 3 11 19 4 10

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 Ss. Age GO, £9 14e. 3d. I Age 70, £l4 2s. 2d.
The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, &c.. may be had at the
Office, or any of its Branches in the Country; or, on application, will
be forwarded post free.

W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary.

EQUITY AND LAW LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
No. 2G, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London,
And Law Society's Rooms, Manchester.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Hon. Lord Monteagie
The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron
The lion. Mr. Justice Coleridge
The Hon. Mr. Justice Erle
Nassau W. Senior, Esq., Master in Chancery
Charles Parton Cooper, Esq., Q.C., LL.D., F.R.S.
George Capron, Esq.
Parties assuring within six months of their last birth-day are al-
lowed a diminution of half a year in the premium charged.
Policies do net become void by the life assured going beyond the
prescribed limits—so far as regards the interest of third parties—pro•
vided they pay the additional premium, so soon as the fact comes to
their knowledge.
" Free Polities" are issued, at a small increased rate of premium,
which remain in force although the life assured may go to any part
of the world.
Policies may be effected on an increasing scale at cm,iderably re-
duced rates for the first five or seven years.
Parties may affect assurances by the payment of a single premium
with the privilege of withdrawing the sum paid.
The tables are especially favourable to young and middle-aged
lives, and the limits allowed to the assured, without extra charge,
are unusually extensive.
Eighty per cent, of the profits are divided among the assured.

FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE.
Established by Oct of Parliament,
31, CORN HILL, LONDON.
capital 100,0001., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid in fall on allotment,
bearing a guaranteed interest ofs per cent. In perpetnity (irrespective
of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital.
Application fer Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the
Offices of tie Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted
on the most liberal terms.
Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially
advantageous for investment of capital.
By order,
AUG. COLLINGIIIDGE, Maiaging Director.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

rHE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.

The First of a Series of Illusti•ated Lectures, by Dr. Bachhoffner,
on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, and
in the Evenings, at Eight. —An entirely new Set of Dissolving
Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, with
a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past Fear, and in the Even-
ings at a. Quarter to Ten.—The Views of Rome, including new
Views of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's. with Dioramic ef-
fects, are shown daily, at One o'clock.—Leeturea on Chemistry, with
brilliant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.—Experiments with the Diver
and Diving-MlL—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma-
chinery. Medels, &e., explained.
Admission, Is .—Schools, Half-price.

CATHOLIC, LA-W, and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
8, New Coventrystreet, Leicester-square.
London. Jan. 1, 1850.
Notice is hereby given that the interest upon the Shares in this
Company, due up to the 31st ult., will ho in the course of payment
at the Office, on, and after the 10th inst., and will be paid upon
application for the same.
By order of the Board.
WILLIAM NORRIS, Secretary.

CANDLES, 41d. and 54. per lb.;
wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; composite, 7%d., 9d., and 9%d. ;
Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, Is. 2d.; fine wax, Is. sd. ;
transparent wax, Is. Sd. and Is. 10d. ; best wax, 2s. Id.; sperm can-
dles, Is 8 I. and Is. 10d. ; metallic, 7d. and id. ; mottled soap 565.
end 60s. per 112 lbs. ; yel ow, 445., 804., and 565. ; Windsor soap,
ls. 4d. per packet ; brown Windsor, Is Li. ; rose, 2s. ; almond,
Is. Gd.; sperm oil, 7s. Gd. per gallon ; solar, Is. 3d. ; errand, 4s, 6d. ;
sealing wax, 4s. Gd. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established
warehouse, 63, St. Martin's•lane, opposite Westminster County
Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-kouse).

PUBLICATIONS.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. CLXXI., will be published on Wednesday next.

CONTENTS:
I. Natural History of Man.
11. Clergy Relief Bill.
Agriculture—Draining.
IV. Memoirs of Lord Cloncurry and Mr. John O'Connell.
Y. Free Trade.
VI. Venice.
VII. Lord Clarendon and the Orange Institution.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

THE ECLECTIC REVIEW for JANUARY
contains—
I. Protestant Nonconformity.
11. Life and Correspondence of Dr. Southey.
111. Biblical Criticism.
IV. The Punishment of Death—Secret Executions.
V. England and Hungary —the Lights of Free Institutions.
VI. The Irish Establishment and Irish Methodism.
VII. Miall on the British Churches.
VIII. Tho Freehold Land Movement.
Summary of the Events of the Month.
London : Ward and Co., Paternoster-rosy.

Price Is.,

REMARKS on the WATER SUPPLY to
LONDON.

By Sir WILLIAM CLAY, Bart., M.P.,

Chairman of the Grand Junction and Southwark Water Companies.
James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers.

ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET AND
ABATTOIR COMPANY.

Notice is hereby given, that the LA 4T DAY for RECEIVING
APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company is fixed for the 7th
day of January next, when the Committee will proceed to the Al-
lotment.

By order of the Board,
JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary.

Wellington-street North, Strand,

TOUT and PORTER.—JENNER, WICKING,
1,3 and JENNER are now delivering for cash, to Private
Families, there celebrated PORTER at Is. and Imperial STOUT at Is.
4d. per gallon. May be had in casks of 41,4, 9, 18, and 36 gallons.
N.B.—Their Ales are now in very fine condition.
South London Brewery, Southwark Bridge-road.

CONSTITUTION of CALIFORNIA.
Governor Riley has issued his proclamation calling
upon the people to vote for or against the adoption of
the constitution which has been framed by their
delegates assembled in convention. The places for
holding the polls are to be designated by the prefects
in their respective districts. The proclamation closes
thus :
" The people are now called upon to form a go-
vernment for themselves, and to designate such
officers as they desire to make and execute the laws.
That their choice may be wisely made, and that the
government so organized may secure the permanent
welfare and happiness of the people of the new state,
is the sincere and earnest wish of the present execu-
tive, who, if the constitution be ratified, will, with
pleasure, surrender his powers to whomsoever the
people may designate as his successor."
The constitution does not differ essentially from that
of the state of New York, upon which in its most es-
sential particulars it has been evidently modelled.
The following synopsis gives all its provisions of
any importance:—
ARTICLE 1.--• DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
1. All men are by nature free and independent, and
have certain inalienable rights.
2. All political power is inherent in the people :
government is for their benefit, and they have a right
to change it at will.
3. The right of trial by jury shall be secured to
all for ever; but a jury trial may be waived by the
parties in all civil cases.
4. The free exercise of_ re
for ever allowed, and no re
quired for civil privileges.
6. The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended
unless necessary in cases of rebellion or invasion.
6. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor cruel
or unusual punishments be inflicted.
7. All persons shall be bailable except for capital
offences.
8. No person shall be held to answer for a capital
or infamous offence except on presentment by grand
jury, nor be put twice in jeopardy for the same offence,
nor be compelled to be witness against himself.
fl. No law shall be passed to abridge the freedom of
speech or the press. In the trials for libel, if the
matter charged be true, and published with good
motives and justifiable ends, the party shall be ac-
quitted, and the jury shall determine both the law and
the fact.
10. The people shall have the right to meet freely,
instruct their representatives, and petition the Legis-
lature.
11. All general laws shall have a uniform operation.
12. The military shall be subordinate to the civil
power ; no standing army shall be kept in time of
peace, nor in time of war shall appropriation for the
army be made for more than two years.
13. No soldier shall be quartered in any house
without the consent of the owner, or as prescribed by
law.

hgious test shall be re

14. Representation shall be apportioned according
to population.
15. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless
for fraud; and no person shall be
_imprisoned for a
militia fine in time of peace.
16. No bill of attainder, e. post facto law, or law
impairing the obligations of contracts, shall ever be
passed.
17. Foreigners, Lona fide residents of this state,
shall enjoy the same rights in respect to property as
native born citizens.
18. Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude,
unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be
tolerated in this state.
19. The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unrea-
sonable seizures and searches, shall not be violated.
20. Treason against the state shall consist only in
levying war against it, adhering to its enemies, or
giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be
convicted of treason, unless on the evidence of two
witnesses to the same overt act, or confession in open
court.
21. This enumeration of rights shall not be con-
strued to impair or deny others retained by the
people.

ARTICLE SIT OF SUFFRAGE.
1. Every white male citizen of the United States,
and every white male citizen of Mexico, who shall
have elected to become a citizen of the United States,
under the treaty of peace exchanged and ratified at
Queretaro, on the 30th day of May, 1848, of the
age of twenty-one years, who shall have been
a resident of the state six months next preceding
the election, and the county or district in which he
claims his vote thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at
all elections which are now, or hereafter may be au-
thorised by law; provided, that nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed to prevent the Legislature,
by a two-thirds concurrent vote, from admitting to
the right of suffrage Indians, or the descendants of
Indians, in such special cases as such a proportion of
the legislative body may deem just and proper.
2. Electors are privileged from arrest—and are not
obliged to perform militia duty on election days.

ARTICLE 111.
The powers of the Government are divided into
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial—and they are to
be kept separate.

ARTICLU IV.--LEGISLATURE.
The legislative power is to be vested in a Senate
and Assembly.
The session shall commence on the first Monday in
January.
Members of Assembly are to be chosen annually
on the first Monday in November.
Senators are to be chosen for two years. Their
number is not to be less than one-third, nor more than
one-half, that of the Assembly. A majority of each
house constitutes a quorum. Neither shall adjourn
for more than three days without consent of the other.
The Governor may vets any bill, but it may be made
a law nevertheless, by a two-thirds vote. No divorce
shall be granted, or lottery established, by the
Legislature.

Every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace
object, and that shall be expressed in the
r e fe
,rheen ce ee
nt
so u
s i t
sshtailtll title.
i
tbiutlte oneandolt o law shall be revised or amended by
be taken in 1852, 1855, and every
ten years thereafter. The number of members of
Assembly shall not be under 24, nor over 36, until
the population is 100,000; and after that it shall not
be under 30 nor over 80.
u
31. Corporations may be formed under general
laws, but
bnuitc siphaalll
pnuortphoeses. created All
general laws
by special Acat,ndexcept
fur
spe-
cial Acts passed pursuant to this section, may be
altered from time to time, or repealed.
32. Dues from corporations shall be secured by
such individual liability of the corporators, and other
means, as may be prescribed by law.
33. The term corporations, as used in this article,
shall be construed to include all associations and
joint-stock companies having any of the powers or
privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals
or partnerships. And all corporations shall have the
right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued, in all
courts, in like cases, as natural persons.
34. The Legislature shall have no power to pass
any Act granting any charter for banking purposes ;
but associations may be formed, under general laws,
for the deposit of gold and silver; but no such associ-
ation shall make, issue, or put in circulation, any bill,
cheque, ticket, certificate, promissory note, or other
paper, or the paper of any bank, to circulate as money.
35. The Legislature of this state shall prohibit, by
law, any person or persons, association, company, or
corporation, from exercising the privileges of banking,
or create paper to circulate as money.
36. Each stockholder of a corporation, or joint-
stock association, shall be individually and personally
liable for his proportion of all its debts and liabilities.
37. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to pro-
vide for the organization of cities and incorporated
villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, as-
sessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and
loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assess-
ments and in contracting debts by such municipal
corporations.

County judges, clerks, sheriffs, and all other officers
are to be elected by the people.
The justices of the Supreme Court and iistrict
judges shall be ineligible to any other office, during
the term of which they shall have been elected.
Tribunals for conciliation may be established, but
they have no power to render judgment obligatory,
except with consent of parties.
Article VII. provides organizing the militia.
ARTICLE VIII.-STATE DEBTS.
The Legislature shall not in any manner create
any debt or debts, liability or liabilities, which shall
singly or in the aggregate, with any previous debts or
liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand
dollars, except in case of war, to repel invasion or
suppress insurrection, unless the same shall be autho-
rised by some law for some single object or work, to
be distinctly specified therein, which law shall provide
ways and means, exclusive of loans, for the payment
of the interest of such debt or liability, as it falls due,
and also pay and discharge the principal of such debt
or liability within twenty years from the time of the
contracting thereof, and shall be irreparable until the
principal and interest thereon shall be paid and dis-
charged; but no such law shall take effect until, at a
general election, it shall have been submitted to the
people, and shall have received a majority of all the
votes cast for and against it at such election • and all
money raised by authority of such law shall be ap-
plied only to the specific object therein stated, or
to the payment of the debt thereby created ; and
such law shall be published in at,least one newsvo-
.

throughout the state, for three Months nextire:
ceding the election at which it is submitted to the
people.

ARTICLE IX.-EDUCATION.

Pro►ision is to be made for electing a Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, to: hold office three
years ; and a perpetual fund is created from all lands
that may be granted by theoUnited,States, the 100,000
granted in 1841, all estates of persons dying without
heirs or wills, &c., for the support of common schools.
A school is to be kept in each district three months
in each year.
Funds shall be provided for the support of a uni-
versity.

late fee may be paid in either money or stamps.
Newspapers must be put in before 5 P.M. at the
receiving houses, at the branch offices before 5 30 p.m.,
and at the General Post-office before 6 P.M., or until
730 PM. with a fee of id. each. The electric tele-
graph is laid down to nearly all the above towns.