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ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE. THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE,

AGENTS WANTED in London and various
towns of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to take the SALE
of SHARES for effecting the transfer of certain valuable properties
on the Continent. Good references, or security for the Shares In-
trusted, will be required.

Address (pre-paid) to Frederick Quin, General Agent, 25, South.
ampton-street, Strand ; or to Mr. Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane,
Cornhill.

INCO3IE WITHOUT RISK.
THE LONDON GENUINE TEA COMPANY,
Established November 5, 1818, at 23, Ludgate hill, are now
filling up their list of Agents ; and persons desirous of such au- ap-
pointment, by which many have derived considerable income, with-
out risk, during the last twenty-six years, are requested to apply to
the Company, at their Warehouses, 2, Laurence Pountney-hill, Loudon.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-laue, London.

DIRECTORS.

KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman.
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. .
Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq. John M'Cluftle, Esq.
James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Leo, Esq.
Captain F. Brandreth. J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq.

AtTDITORS. -
H. H. Cannan, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq.
MEnws.L Annstit—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and E.
SEcRETART--John Emerson, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.

THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed
of constitution net to dispute any policy, unless they can prove that
it was obtained by fraudulent misreproSentation ; the great aim stud
object having been to render Life Policies COMPLETE SECURI-
TIES and NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their
value to the certainty of the contracts 'upon which they are founded,
and be independent of the liberalityor caprice ofd those who. shall be
in the management Of 'the affairs of the Company when the claims
trise, and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their
deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the
power of objecting to auy policy, unless they undertake to prove that
it was obtained tons thew by fraudulent misrepresentation. The
regulations common to all other Lire Companies, which make the
validity of assurance contracts dependent upon the perfect correct-
qess of the many statements required from a proposer for a Life
Policy, and which bare given rise to almost all the questions which
have been argued in the Courts, and to many extra-judicial com-
promises, are thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing hut fraud, proved
to have been committed against them, can vitiate a policy granted by
this Company.

THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY from whom the assured en the
mutual principle, receive the whole of the mutual accumulations,
and also a guarantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured.
THIS [S TILE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay
the sums i❑ the policies, although the debts for which they were
effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The
Company considering it only just towards the assured that where
premiums have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount
should be paid ; and they undertake to de so without reference to
the state of the accounting between the assured and his debtor.
THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour
of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured,
although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe.
The premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, are
lower than usual upon young lives, where participation la the profits
is not required ; and for short assurances, which, at the option of the
assured, may be continued for life, the rates are as low as a due re-
gard to complete security will permit.

TRIENNIAL ASCENDING SCALE TO ASSURE £lOO,

s. d. 4 s. d.
127 1 9 9
1 9 9 119 6
2 1 0 214 10
311 1 410 9
.. 4 811 617 4

First Second
Three Yrs. Three Yrs.

- .
35 . .
60 ..

Third Fourth Remainder
Three Yrs. Three Trs. of Life.

A s. d.
1 16 11
2 9 3
3 8 8
5 10 5
7 5 9

X s. d. X o. d.
2 4 1 2 11 3
219 8 3 8 9
4 2 6 416 4
610 1 7 9 9
8 14 2 10 2 7

BY THE HALF PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first
seven years' premium is required, the other half being payable at
at the convenience of the assured ; thus allowing a Policy to be
continued for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be
dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured,
seven years hence, when loss of health may prevent him from
effecting a new Assurance, to continue a Policy at a rate of premium
applicable to an age seven years younger. The Half-premium plan
of Assurance, as practised by this Company, thus enables persons
to retain to their own use the one-half of the premiums for the
first seven years, at 5/. per cent. interest. Thus, suppose the or-
dinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 101., the first pay-
ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one-
half of the 101., and interest for the retained half; and, if death
should occur in the first year, the sum of 500/. would be paid less the
51. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first year
of 51.; for the second, of 101. ; and so on till the end of the
seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either
be repaid, er retained at 5/. per cent. interest until death, when the
351. would be subtracted from the 5001. then payab. • by the Company.
TO ASSURE ONE EN DEED POUNDS ON RALF PEEk.IIII SYSTEM.
Age. . s. d. Age. Z. s. d.
15 • - - 016 1 40 - - 111 5
20 - - - 918 0 45 - - 116 6
25 - - 1 11 7 be - - 2 3 9
30 - - - 1 3 6 54 - - 212 5
Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex-
pense, by the Manager and Agents.

Abingdon -
Aberporth -
Airesferd -
Aberystwlth -

Athy - - -
Ashby de la Zouch
Bath - - -
Bury St. Minutia's

Ber Wick -
Brentwood -
Bristol.- -

Brighton -
Broseley -
Bishop's Castle
Bremen -
Bruton - -
Bridgewater -
Belfast - -
Ballinasloe -
Bordeaux -

Brecon -

Cork - -
Chelmsford -
Chichester -
Carlisle -
Canterbury -
Cirencester -

Corwen -
Chatham -
Cambridge -

Chard

Chertsey - -
Church Strettou -
Chuilleigh - -
Carlow - -
Cape Town - -
Dublin - -
Darlington - -
Dorking - -

Deal - -
Devonport -
Dorchester -
Drogheda -
Donegal -
Dewlish -

Dunse
Enniscorthy
Epsom -
Ellesmora -
Exeter -
Edinburgh -
Enniskillen
Emsworth -
Gosport -
Greenwich -
Gloucester -
Gravesend -
Galway -
Guernsey -
Greenock -
Gainsborough

Honitou -
Horsham -
Haverfordwest
Hampstead -
Holyhead -
Hastings -
Havre
Hind= -
Huddersfield
Hull

Hitcher

Halifax

Ipswich -
Isle of Mai -
Kilkenny -
Kidderminster
Kingsbridge
Limerick -

Lewes. - .
Lampeter -
Lincoln -
Leeds - -
Liverpool -
Leith - -

,EX. ROBERTSON, Manager.

AGENTS.
Tyrrell, Wm., Merchant
Roberts, C. IL, Surveyor
Lipscombe, L., solicitor
Davis, W., Postmaster

Crosse, M:, Civil Engineer
Sill, R., Solicitor
Broadley, J., Wine Merchant
Salmon, W., Solicitor

. .
Nicholson, R. T., Publisher
Brown, S., Tea-dealer
Harris, C., Solicitor

Kennett, W., Solicitor
Jones, J. Manufacturer
Griffiths, E., Postmaster
Keutgen, C., Merchant
Mitchell, C. C., Solicitor
Deacon, F., ibolicitor
G. Emerson and Son, Merchants
Boyd, Wm., Brewer
Cutler, F., Merchant

Maybery and Williams,_

Coates and Lefebure, Merchants
Williams, T. W., Auctioneer
Pascoe, T., Draper
Modgson, T. H.., Solicitor
Davey, J., Land Agent
Box, W. 8., Solicitor

, _ , ------
Roberts, John, Land Agent
Whitehead, T., Accountant
Dimmock, J., Printseller

Adney, F., Solicitor

Kempton, -J., Bookseller
Robinson, J., Agent
Prowse, J., Draper
Johnson. W., Merchant
Hart, W., jun., Merchant
Pike, W. and 1., Wine Merchant*
Taylor, W. 1., Druggist
Lanham, Hy., Agent

Brothers, J. Chemist
Tucker, H., Inn., Solicitor
Proud, J., Chemist
Hamilton, J. B. and H., Booksellers
Rankine, W., Merchant
Byles, M Solicitor

„ ,
Wilson, J., Draper
Davis, S., Merchant
Darling, J., Bookseller
Cooley, C. E., Land Agent
Bane, T., Bookseller
Teitch, James, Attorney
Kernaghan, T., Merchant
Stone, It., Surveyor
Wright, A., Grocer
Fisher, T. 8., Draper
Needham, J., Bookseller
Fowls, J., Harmer-street
Costello, J., Wine-merchant
Queripel, E., jun., Solicitor
Erskine, 11., Merchant
Lovell, G. W. Academy

Robertson, C., Banker
Elphick, G. W., Conveyancer
Reynolds, W., Atictioueer
Faxon, F., Plumber
Roberts, R., Banker
Burgess, J., Ironmonger
Dutell, L., Merchant
Harrison, G., Postmaste
Bettye, T. H., Solicitor

Haviiti, T. F., Merchant

Allen, O. L., Grocer

Qarlick, M. P., Solicitor

- Mills, W. P., Surgeon
- Hemsworth, C. W., Douglas
- Prentice, B. M., Banker
Saunders, IL, Solicitor.
- Jellard, P., Solicitor
- Jones, R. L., Merchant

- Grittlih, J., Appraiser
- Parry, T., Chemist
- Dawber, W., Merchant
- Compton, N., Architect
- Davidson, J„ and Elliston, E., Merchants
- Cassels, W.p., Merchant

......_ . _
Loughrea - - - Cowan, J., Agent
Listowel - - - O'Connor, M. M., Merchant
Lostwithiel - - .- Kidd, H. N., Academy
Lynn - - - Edwards, H., Solicitor
Leicester - - • Trull, J., Surgeon
Mahlon - • • Digby, G. W., Solicitor
Manchester - - - Langston, E., Sharebroker
Maidstone - - - Bartlett, S., Silversmith
Monaghan - - - Fleming, J., Surveyor
Mullingar - • - Fitzgerald, J. Brewer
Morpeth - ' - Wilkinson, S., Stationer
Moffatt - • - Reid, r., Solicitor
Midhurst • - - - Wardroper, E., Solicitor
Newmarket - - Simpson, A., Bookseller
Newtown - - - Richards, J., Draper
Norwich - - - Long, E. S. D., Solicitor
Newbury - - - Ryott, R. A., Chemist
Newcastle - Warburton and Co., Sbarebrokers
Newcastle Emlyn - Jones, W., Printer
Northampton - - pywell, H., Solicitor
Newington - - Browne, J. 0., Surveyor
Newport (I. Wight) - Wray and Son, Merchants
Newport
(M°°°"uths.) Long, S. H., Auctioneer
Oswestry - - - price, W , Bookseller
Oakhampton - -
Oxford Townshend, J., Stationer
Pvrlhe -
ll - - Whitby, F., Accountant
- Duplock, G., Bookseller
: Pugh, Hugh, Banker
Penzance ~- - Britten, A. K., Banker
Portmadoe - - _ Lloyd, R., Banker
Ppleymtersolluetlhd -
.... -
Saunders, W., Ship Agent
Paris - - ' - Daly, m., Banker
Poole - - - Aldridge and Crahb, Merchants
Reading • - - Hubbard, W., Accountant
Rochford - - - Green, J., Surgeon
Rochdale - - - Molesworth, J., Solicitor
Sheffield - - - Mitchell, S., Accountant
St. Columb - - - Nankivell, J., Draper
St. Austle - - • Andrew, J., Printer
Southampton - - Hunter, D., Merchant
Stroud - - - KearssY, W. W., Solicitor
Shaftesbury - - Brettell, W., Printer
Sligo - - - - Boyle, J., Merchant
Scarborough - - Merry, W., Academy
Stourbridge - - Crompton, W. M., Solicitc;
Salisbury - - - Fulford, G., Draper
Sherborne - • - Vicary, J., Printer
Somerton - - - Walton, V. 8., Auctioneer
Tewkesbury - - Thomas, J., Solicitor
Thornbury - T. H. Harris, Agent
-
Tunbridge - . - Stenning and Cornell, Solicitors
-
Tunbridge Wells Delves, J., House Agent
Torquay - - - Jacobs, A., Jeweller
Truro - - Braithwaite, F., Solicitor
Totnes - - Williams, W., Currier
Tenby - - - - Walkington, J., Chemist
Taunton - - - Joyce, J., Chemist
Tralee - - - - Benner, A., Solicitor
Teigumouth - - - Beater, J., Collector
Thornbury - - 2 Harris, W. 11., agent
Woolwich - - - caseate, W. G., Banker
Worcester - - - Holden, H., Solicitor
Welshpool - - - Edwards, E., Draper
Wincanton - - - Caines, R., Banker
Westerham - Palmer, C., Academy
Wigton, N.B. - Carson, W., Town Clerk
. Winchester - - - Faithfbll, E. C., Solicitor
Yarmouth Cobb, J., Solicitor
'Farm -
Foggitt, J., Bookseller
i Yeovil - '.4 Croaker, G., Ironmonger
Terk i ; : I Wain, G. li., &Una.

THE TRADESMAN'S AND GENERAL
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE.

AND NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY.

Enrolled and Empowered under the Acts of Parliament of the
10th George IV., and the 4th and sth William IV., commonly

known as Tidd Pratt's Act.

There are multitudes of Life Assurance Companies, but all are
directed to inset the wants of classes superior to those contem-
plated by this office. This establishment is peculiarly adapted to
the great middle class of society. The professional man, the man
of limited income, the tradesman, the working man, all have
hitherto looked in vain for an establishment adapted to their
means, their desires, and their necessities. Societies with high
sounding titles, large nominal capitals, and long lists of noble,
honourable, and right honourable directors, have been established,
or attempted to be so ; but if the veil were withdrawn, it would be
found that the capital was in a great measure ideal, and the direc-
tors gentlemen who never could take an active part in working the
society, and never intended to do so. Bitorever, when those esta-
blishments have real capital and proper responsibility attached to
them, they are found to be merely " Proprietary Companies"
(i. e.) Companies of Shareholders who have to be paid a large per
tentage upon the proceeds before such proceeds can be appropriated
to the benefit of those who advance them.

The working classes have been greatly assisted In sickness and
misfortune by the operation of Benefit Societies; why, therefore,
should not the middle classes apply to that principle to remedy
their own peculiar wants and necessities ? It is true that some
evils have attended ill-regulated Assurance Companies, but the
misery entailed upon the lower class by corrupt and ill.conducted
Benefit Clubs has been infinitely greater. In a large majority of
Benefit:43l)4o'les, the treasurer, or influential person, is a publiean,
at whose house the meetings of the club are continually held. The.
effect of such a state of things is highly prejudicial to the well-
being of a Society formed expressly to provide against the contin-
gencies of accident, sickness, or other misfortune, by inducing a
waste of its means in the purchase of intoxicating liquors ; thus
prejudicing the health and morals of the members, while the very
funds to meet the necessary calls upon its benevolence are dissi-
pated. This Society is formed to embrace, if possible, all the
excellencies of the Life Assurance Establishment and the Benefit
Club.

The Tradesman's Institution has been formed on the principle
of mutual assurance, the only mode by which, it is new generally
acknowledged, the full advantages of life assurance can be realised,
and its legitimate benefits made available to the assured. All the
surplus premiums not required to meet the actual claims of the
Society being returned to the policy.holders, instead of a large
portion being divided among the shareholders, as in Proprietary
Companies.

In reference to Societies founded on this plan, Professor De
Morgan remarks, that the risk at the commencement is not great
in character, and is small in amount; and the quantity of risk
diminishes so much faster than the amount increases, that it may
safely be said, there is nothing in the commercial world which
approaches even remotely to the security of a well-established and
prudently managed Mutual Insurance Office.
When it is considered, that out of the vast population of the
United Kingdom scarcely 150,000 persons have yet availed them-
selves of th e incalculable benefits derivable from life assurance, it is evi.
dent that there is a wide field yet open for the operations of another
society, established on sound working principles, and embodying
advantages of a nature calculated to arouse the attention of the
middle classes to the system, and still further to extend its
blessings.
On these grounds it is that the Tradesman's Life Assurance, and
National Benefit Society, has been brought before the public; and
when its principles and objects are fully understood, and it is made
clear that the plans adopted are not only novel in their application,
but, hold out benefits to a numerous and influential class of the
community, such as cannot be secured from any other existing so.
clety, the Directors feel assured that the Society must necessarily
be extensively supported, and consequently be attended with signal
success.

The Tradesman's Mutual Life Assurance, and National Benefit
Society, in addition to the usual advantages offered by Life Assur.
ance Societies, secures the long-desired desideratum of a liberal
provision in sickness and accident, as well as in old age ; thus
combining all the benefits derivable from Sick Clubs, on an ex.
tended and respectable scale, while at the same time, it carefully
and entirely avoids their universally acknowledged evils.
To the tradesman, professional man, and middle classes gene.
rally, an Institution of this comprehensive nature must obviously
be of the greatest importance, as it places them in a position to
reap advantages far beyond those which have been held out by
Benefit or any other Societies, and to a much greater extent. It
in fact opens to them an entirely new field for the application of
prudence and forethought, not only realising benefits to their fa-
milies, but providing for their own personal comforts, against the
contingent calamities of disease and accident, and against want,
destitution, and distress in old age.
The poorer classes subscribe largely to Sick Clubs for the purpose
of securing a protection against the contingencies of accident and
disease, but the middle classes have no approximating Institution
to which they can resort. There is no Rind In existence to which
the respectable tradesman, the professional man, or others of mo.
derate incomes, mainly dependent en their own personal exertions,
can apply for adequate provision in times of sickness or accident;
nor is there any extensive Association in which they can accumu.
late their savings with security and profit, and at the same time
make them beneficially available in sickness, old age, and death.
This great desideratum is now offered by the Tradesman's Mutual
Life Assurance, and National Benefit society:—By the payment
of moderate premiums, the sum of 11. to 51. per week may be se.
cured in sickness or accident, an annuity for life after a certain
age, and a provision for a family at death—combined advantages of
so important a nature, as to justify the Directors in anticipating
an extraordinary measure of success.

The rates of premiums adopted by this Society are calculated
on a scale somewhat lower than those of many Assurance-offices,
but at the same time they are sufficiently high to afford perfect se_
curity even under the most adverse circumstances. Indeed the
law of mortality is now understood as admitting of so little fiuctua.
tion when applied to a considerable number of persons, especially
those eonstituting the members of a Mutual Assurance Society,
that the general application of that law in framing scales of pay-
ments must necessarily be comparatively easy; and a Society for
Mutual Assurance at given rates of premium, can ascertain the
extent of its ability to meet all its engagements, with nearly the
same arithmetical accuracy as a trader who purchases a commodity
at a certain price and sells it at a certain profit.
Assurers for the whole term of life on the participating scale on
their own lives, or on the lives of others, will alone be considered
members, and the bonuses arising from the surplus funds will be
applied to the reduction of the future premiums, or in addition to
he sums assured.

To each policy, as it becomes a claim, will be added its full pro.
portionate share of the accumulated profits.
DEBTS —For assurances effected by way of security for loans
of money, and in many cases where the least possible present out-
lay is desirable, the premiums of this Society, as detailed in the
Table for Short Terms, will be found peculiarly favourable. In
assuring the lives of debtors, however, for the whole term of their
lives, it is often an important consideration to the creditor, that
not only the amount of debt should be secured, but that some
means should be adopted for the return of the premiums when
the life drops. In many cases the policy is kept on foot by the
creditor, who pays the premiums, and thus entails upon himself a
certain eventual loss, whenever the life fails, without any hope of
remedy. In this Office, however, this contingency is provided
against by tables calculated for the purpose; and creditors who
assure the lives of their debtors for the whole term of life, may not
only secure the debt, but also the return of all the premiums paid,
with a participation in the profits whenever the life fails; and
should the claims be paid off previous to the death of the assured,
and the assurer wish to surrender the policy, two-thirds of all the
premiums paid will be returned.

LOANS.—Two-thirds of the gross amount of the Premiums
paid, will, after the third years' payment, be at any time lent to
the assured, on the deposit of his policy alone, at the rate of 5
per cent. interest, per annum, payable in advance, to be paid off
at the convenience of the borrower, or deducted from the amount
of assurance at death. But non-payment of interest and premiums
will entail the forfeiture of the policy.
PURCHASE OF POLICIES. —" Institutions," says Air.
Watt, " have to apprehend most danger from their rivals adopting
equitable principles in the
,purchase of policies. Hitherto Life
Offices have taken a gross advantage of misfortune; that is, a
party who is under the necessity of surrendering a life policy, is
never allowed from the office a fair consideration for the surrender.
The principle of returning the amount of premiums received, im..
proved with their annual interest, under deduction of the amount
of annual risk and a proportion of the expense of management, has
never hitherto been conceded by Life Offices, as a right the
assured have to expect from an Assurance Company. Various
Offices have been in the habit of making advances to the amount
of the office value of the policy, but this does not meet the principle
nor the equity of the accommodation. We want the concession
of the principle, that a policy-holder may safely be made banker
to the Association to the amount his computed premiums exceed
in amount the risk run by the Office from year to year."
The Directors of this Society now make this concession, and
admit the principle. They give the full value, merely deducting
the proportion of office expenses, for the surrender of any policies
of three years' standing that may be offered to them, thus obviating
the fear of serious loss, in the event of the assured not being able
to keep up the payments.

CREDIT SYSTEM.—In addition to the advantages enumerated
above, the Society will give credit for one half the annual pre.
miums during the first five years, the assured having the option of
then paying up the remaining half.premiums, or of leaving the
amount as a eharge on the policy, to be eventually deducted from
the assurance at death; thus enabling parties to effect assurances
on their lives, and to secure a provision for their families, who
might otherwise be compelled to wait till a remote period, when
declining health would render them altogether Ineligible.
POLICIES after five years standing, on being deposited with
the Directors, may also be kept in force by the annual payment of
half the premium and interest on all arrears, in which case, the
remaining portion of the premiums may be deducted from the sum
assured, when the policy shall become a claim.
DEFERRED ANNUITIES, or PROVISION for OLD AGE.
The arrangements made by this Society with regard to Deferred
Annuities, or Provision for Old Age, and the combined benefits
which they offer, will be found, on reference to the tables, of the
very greatest importance to all classes of society. According to
Tables XI., XII., and XIII., it will be seen that Annuities may
be secured at 50, 55, 60, or 65, with the option of receiving an
equivalent in Cash on arriving at the age stipulated ; that two-
thirds of all Premiums may be borrowed after the Third Annual
Payment ; and that In case of death before the stipulated age,
three-fourths of all money that has been paid will be returned to the
Representatives of the Assured.
A Provision of 1/. per week In Sickness and Accident up to any
age, will be granted out of the moneys contributed by each Mem.
ber, after the Third Annual Premium, excepting always 5 per cent.
paid into the guarantee fund; an Annuity of 25/. after 65 years of
age until death ; and 100/. at death ; or larger amounts in propor-
bony thus combining all the most important advantages to which
Life Assurance is applicable.
ENDOWMENTS.—Sums of Money, or Endowments, may be
secured fc;r Children, at the ages of 14 or 21 ; or by Adults at the
ages of 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, or at death, if that event happen
bebore the age specified. By this plan, parties may themselves
reap the fruits of their savings, and realise a provision for after-
life, at an age when they may wish to retire from active duties,
or may Le incapacitated from continuing their usual avocations ;
or should death occur previous to the age specified, the full amount
will be paid to the representatives.
Assurances may also be effected on Joint Lives or Survivorships.
From the foregoing remarks it will be seen, that the advan-
tages held out by the Tradesman's Life Assurance and National
Benefit Society arc of paramount importance to the MiddliClasses,
and to all such as depend on health mid industry for the mainte-
nance and comfort of their families, as providing a Fund against
Sickness and Accident; a protection for Old Age; and a remedy
against numerous frightful contingencies, for which a moderate un-
certain income affords no adequate provision.
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26; CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a
second Pont's, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

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x £ .. d. X s. d. X a. d. X s. d. £ S. ds
; 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3
60 'lOOO 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4
1839 116 16 01 51 511 7 11 9 247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.

This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terns of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.

F. FERGUSON CANIROLTX, Sec.

THE DISSENTERS' and GENERAL LIFE
F 1 E Asituukticx COMPANY.

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Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 3d Vic. c. 20, 62, Ring
William-street London.-bridge, London ; 21, St. David-attest,
'Edinburgh; 6;King-9tre.,t, Queen-square, Bristol.
Capital, One Milliom.
TIMM; ANS DIRECTORS : .
George Bousfield, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq.
'1 homas Challis, Esq , Ald. ['homes 11. Simpson, Esq.
Peter Ellis, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq.
Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M P.
Richard Hollier, John Wilks, Esq.
Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Edward Wilson Esq.
On the return of the Midsummer Quarter, the Directors beg leave
to remind their Friends rnd the Public that, in the Fire Department
they receive Risks of all descriptions, including Chapels, School--
roams, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Dock, Farming Stock, &c.,
at the same rates as other respectable Companies, and make no charge
on policies transferred from other offices.
In the Life Department they continue to teaneact all business
relating to Life Assurances, Annuities, and Family Endowments,
upon the most liberal terms c,,nsistent with sound principles and
public security.
Loans are also granted on equitable terms to lifelassurers on life
interests or satisfactory personal securities. To all agents and solid-
ter., auctioneers and surveyors, liberal allowances will ee made.
By order o f the Directors,
IHOMAS PRICE, Sec.

TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN.
ROYAL HOTEL, DEWSBURY.
WALKINGTON, late of the Man and Sad-
kJ( dle, begs leave most respectfully to return his grateful ac-
knowledgments to Commercial Gentlemen and the Public generally
for the liberal support he has experienced during the last fifteen years'
residence in the town, and informs them that he has taken possession
of the Royal Hotel, where he hopes to be honoured with a continu-
ance of their past favours, and assures them it will always be his
constant endeavour to accommodate them with every requisite comfort.
N.B. The house is at present undergoing a thorough cleaning and
repair, which will be completed with as much expedition as possible.

DENTAL SURGERY, 32, HAY.MARKET, ST. JAMES'S.
WESSRS. MOSELY, Surgeon-Dentists (by
appointment to his Majesty the King of Hanover), may be
consulted daily, as usual, at 32, Haymarket.
Their TERREOUS ARTIFICIAL TEETH fixed without
Springs or Wires, fastening the adjoinina,Teeth, and warranted to
retain their colour during the life of the patient. Teeth filled with Geld,
however large the cavity, loose Teeth fastened without ligatures,
Children's Teeth regulated, and every operation relating to Dental
Surgery.—Observe, 32, Haymarket, St. James's.

GENTLEMEN'S VELVET HATS
10s. 6d. to Its.
. .

Those who wish to dispose of their money to the best advantage
will save much by visiting TERMING'S ESTABLISHMENTS
CECIL HOUSE, 85, STRAND, and 251, REGENT-STREET, where
will be found the moULextensive and varied Stock is the kingdom,
the prices and qualiffes of which must give universal satisfaction.
Superior Beaver Hats, 145.; better, 16s. 6d. ; the best short nap, 21s;
best livery hat, with lace band If inch wide, 245. Caps of every
descriptieu, from Is. Paris Silk Hats, 6s. 6d. to Bs. 6d.
OBSERVE THE ADDRESSES.

THE ESTABLISHED TEA MARKET, upon
Ludgate-hill, No. 8 ; SIDNEY and HALL .Proprietors.—A
further FALL of TWOPENCE to FOURPENCE per Pound upon
TEAS and COFFE S.

We have this day lowered Coffees 2d. to 4d. per lb., in consequence
of the reduced duties upon Foreign Coffees coming into operation. In
the sale of the finest qualities of Coffees, we have long stood pre-emi-
nent as the largest purchasers in the port of London. We are now
enabled to quote the very choicest quality at a price attainable by all
classes of soelety.
The nobility, families, and large consumers of Teas and Coffees,
are invited to compare the quality and prices of all goods sold at this
Establishment with those of any other house in the metropolis. The
best selected qualities have invariably distinguished Sidney and Hall,
and their present ex ,ensive sale enables them to sell at prices which
can only be equalled by the largest wholesale houses.
As merchants and importers of Teas direct from China, and the
proprietors of several extensive businesses in London and the largest
provincial towns, Sidney and Hall flatter themselves that they pos-
sess facilities for really cheap selling, which few can lay claim to,
and enable them to state mo..t confidently that their establishment
shall maintain Its character, as being one of the first and cheapest in
London.

The importation of Tea is, this season, of unusually good quality;
the quantity Is also considerably larger than for many previous years,
and the anticipation of still larger shipments has had the effect of
lowering prices almost to a level with the lowest period in the history
of the tea market. Sidney and Hall have therefore much satisfaction
in announcing a revised scale of prices, and, confident of superior
value, they invite comparison, as tke most convincing proof of
cheapness and confidence.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.
Prepare, prepare, your Sunimer wear,
For Whitsuntide is advancing!
And HYAM'S Clothes beyond compare,
Are all of them entrancing!
His fashions matchless are, and gay,
Well worthy this effUsion,
Well suited for this Holiday,
And in a great proftudon !
One visit will repay you well,
And prove to demonstration
That he does most of 111 excel,
In this, or other Nation.
At the present festive season of Whitsuntide, when al lare In full
enjoyment of festivity, happiness, and pleasure, one of the most ne-
cessary qualifications for really making that event complete, is a due
regard to clothing, and it is a fact, which the events of every day
confirm, that there is no house in London, without exception, but
what will at once give way to L. HYA NI, 36, Gracechurch-street,
London, and anxious, in every sense of the word, to maintain that
proud position in which the public have honourably placed him, he
has now, for the Whitsuntide Holidays. arranged such a magnificent
display of Clothing, as puts all past efforts out of the question.
Gentlemen of high renown,
There their utmost wishes crown.
Ladies too it does behove,
To call—their Habits to improve.
Parents, bring your children too,
Hussars and Tunics there to view,
Rich and young, old and poor,
Patronise his splendid store.
L. HYAIII has great pleasure in announcing that, having made
all kis Spring purchases complete, the Public are respectfully soli.
cited to inspect his Stock, which is the most extensive in London,
and 40 per cent. below any other House.
A book, containing a list of prices, can be had on application, or
sent post-free to any part of the United Kingdom.
BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS.
tB-
Birmingham, 23 New-street. Bristol
Manchester, 26, Market-etroet.Union-strect.
,
42, Winestreet.
Liverpool, 63 and 65, Lord- Leeds, 9, riggate.
street. Glasgow, 126, Argyle-street.
Observe the Name and Address-4.. ILYA Pantechnetheca.36,
iliracechurch-street, City.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The SEVENTH CONCERT will take place THIS EVENING,
June 24, when will be performed Haydn's Symphony in B flat
(No. 9); Mozart's in C (No. 1) ; Beethoven's Overture to Egmont,
and Sebastian Bach's Overture and Suite. Solo Performers : Piano-
forte, Dr. Mendlessohn Bartholdy ; Violin, Mr. Blagrove ; Violon-
cello, Signor Platte. Vocalists: Madame A. Thillon, Miss M. B.
Hawes, and M. Do Revial. Leader, Mr. Loader. Conductor, Dr.
Mendelssohn ftartholdy
Single Tickets, 1/. Is. ; and Double Tickets, I/. 10s. ; to be had of
Messrs. Cramer and Co., 201, Regent-street.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN..
MUSIC MALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE.
THIS EVENING, jIINE 24, at Eight o'clock,
Mr. WILSON will give (for the last time. this season)
ANITHF.R NICHT Wl' BURNS.
Being a Sequel to " A Nicht wi' Burns,'' in which he will recite
the Poem of " Tam o' Shanter."
PROGRAMME.
PART L—liere awa, there awa, Wandering Willie-0 Whistle and
I'll come to ye, my Lad—Mary Morison—Last May a brew Wooer
cam down the lang glen-0 this Is no my ain Lassie—Green grow
the Rashes 0.
PART IL—There was a Lass, and she was fair—My Tocher's the
Jewel-0 Poortith cauld—The Battle o' Sherra-muir—Wilt thou be
my dearie ?—Husbaud, husband, cease your strife—Here around the
Ingle blazing.

Pianoforte, Mfr. LAND.
Front Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Seats, 25.; Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, 11. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music•
shops, and at the Music-hall.

31r: 'Wilson will give his Entertainment on Wednesdays, at Two
o'clock, in the Hanover-square Rooms.

•
MR. LOVER'S IRISH MORNING.
Under Distingnished Patronage.
3Yl'. LOVER begs to announce that he will give a MORNING EN-
TERTAINMENT (being his first and only morning this season,
in consequence of his provincial engagements), at the HANOVER-
SQUARE ROOMS, on FRIDAY NEXT, June 28, to commence at
Two o'clock, when he will have the honour of presenting his ILLL-S-
-LUSTRTIONS of NATIONAL CHARACTER, ANECDOTE, and
MELODY, in a selected Entertainment, which will (by desire) com-
prise the favourite Anecdotes and Music of both his Evening Enter-
tainments and several New Songs.
Mr. Lover will be assisted by Miss Cubitt and Miss Rollo Dickson.
Tickets, 2s. 6d. ; Reserved Seats, 4s. ; to be had of the principal
Music-sellers.

MIDSUMMER HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
LONGIIOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE exhibits the human face
with its varied expressions, on a gigantic scale, curiously contrasted
with the living man. The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE magnifies ef-
fectively a succession of WORKS of the FINE ARTS ; also casts of
ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS, taken by Miss Wilson from the WALLS
of the TOWER of LONDON, cut by Lord Guilford Dudley and other
State Prisoners. The DAILY POPULAR LECTURES abound in in-
teresting experiments. ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA-
CHINE. DIVING BELL and DIVER. NEW DISSOLVING
VIEWS, &c. &c. The Music is conducted by T. Wallis, Mus. Dec.
_ .

PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause HILL and
others against SANDERS and others, the creditors of THOMAS
WOOD the elder, late of Nottingham, confectioner, (who died In the
month of October, 1834), are forthwith to come in and prove their
Debts before Sir GIFFIN WitsoN, one of the Masters of the said
Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane,
London; or, in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit
of the said Decree.
JOHNSON, SON, and WEATHERALL, Inner Temple, London.

IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING
—A considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of
Furnishing Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON
WORKS, 38, Baker-street, Portman-square, where may be in-
spected the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in
the Kingdom, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German silver
wares, drawing-room stoves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental
iron work, garden implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails,
best Sheffield plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays,
ornamental wirework, flower stands, table cutlery, &c. Every article
being marked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, will Hilly
convince purchase Is at this establishment of the great advantage re-
sulting from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant every article
of the very best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per cent.—
THORPE, FALLOWS, and Co., 58, Baker-street, Portman-square.
—A liberal allowance to merchants and captains.

On the 29th Inst. will be published,
THE DUBLIN REVIEW. No. XXXII.
CONTENTS.
I. Works of Gerald Griffin.
2. Veneration of the Saints in the Early Church.
3. Scriptural Difficulties of Geology.
4. The Irish State Prosecution.
b. Neale's Tour to the Ancient Churches of England.
6. French Religious Liberty—The Jesuits.
7. China.
S. Irish Language and Literature—Archbishop M'llale.
9. Minor Rites and Offices. Part 11.
London : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street.

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LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, ANSI ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
" He who in pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or youthfulcharras,
A hero lives, and justly can
Exclaim, in me behold a man !"
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or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d.,
ELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
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Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical
Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and
Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for
their perfect Restoration.
By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of

Apothecary's Hall, London,&C.
The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the ill—
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through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such,
among others, this Essay addresses itself ; and by its perusal many
questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even
to the most confidential friend."—StaQbrd Gazette.

.;"fhe design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title,
and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are
sufibring from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield
Journal.

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street; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114 Chancery-
lane; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers.
At home every day till Three, and from Five till Eight.

HOUSES OF ILL FAME IN WESTMINSTER.—In the
House of Lords, on Friday evening, during the dis-
cussion on the Bishop of Exeter's Suppression of Brothels
Bill, the Bishop of Gloucester stated he had been assured
that the whole of the houses of ill fame in the Almonry,
Westminster, had been pulled down, and that he " had
the satisfaction of learning that the whole of the pro-
perty in question was entirely and completely be-
yond the control of the Dean and Chapter.' In reply
to these statements, a correspondent of the Patriot, and
parishioner of Westminster, says—" There is not one
word of truth in all this. Every one of the twenty-four
brothels at this very moment ; 'tis true, four of them
are closed, but the other twenty are fully and actively
employed, as they have been, to my certain know-
ledge, for the last forty years ; and, I believe, for a very
much longer period than that. I have just returned
from a personal inspection of these Almonry brothels,
it being eight o'clock on Saturday evening, the 15th of
June, 1844, and have counted twenty of them occupied
in a way public decency forbids my further describing."
The " Parishioner" states that, during the forty years
in which, to his personal knowledge, these houses have
been devoted to their horrid purposes, the leases of most
of them have been renewed over and over again ; that,
as the application for renewal is made every fourteen
years, his Lordship and his colleagues, or their prede-
cessors or representatives, could not have inspected any
of the houses in order to settle the renewal fines, without
seeing the immoral purposes to which the whole were
devoted; that these houses are not held in the Dean and
Chapter's general lease, as his Lordship intimates, but
are or were held by different parties, and the leases of
the different parcels fell in for renewal at different pe-
riods; and that the clergy or their representatives could
not inspect a portion of them without becoming ac-
quainted with 11w vile character of the whole.—Noncon-
formist,

HISTORY OF ENGLISH MIS..
SIONARIES IN OTAHEITE.

(From Le Constitutionnel.)
The first disembarkment of missionaries at Otaheite
took place in 1797. Until 1809 their apostolical la-
bours were unfruitful ; but at that period their reign
commenced. They obtained from the savage King autho-
rity to establish auxiliary societies of the missions. This
was the first impost established to their profit. Each
member of the Societies consented to pay a certain number
of hogs and a certain quantity of cocoa-nut oil, potatoes,
&e. There were few inhabitants who thought themselves
exwmpt from making this pious offering. Commencing in
1818, it soon it soon became a regular impost, which, in-
creasing every year, became very burdensome. In
1822 the contribution from Otaheite alone, amounted 0)
9,226 bamboos of oil (of 4lbs. each), 24 hogs, 267 packets
of arrowroot (of .51bs. each), and 191 bales of cotton.
The other islands contributed a proportionate amount.
The missionaries became more powerful, as Pomace 11.
towards the close of his life had become a con-
firmed drunkard. The portion of his time which
was not • devoted to his bottle, was employed in
reading, and in translating the Bible into the Ota-
heitean language. He died on the 7th of Sep-
tember, 1841. He left two children—Pomare 111., four
years old, and Aimata, a daughter, about twelve years
of age. Pomare 111. died on the 21st of April, 1824,
and his sister Aimata ascended the throne under the
name of Pomare-Wahine I. This is the reigning
Queen. During the minority of these two children,
who were brought up under their guardians, the
missionaries regulated at the institutions of the
country. In the year preceding the death of Pomare
they got him to issue the following edict which was at
once the civil and criminal code of the country. It com-
mences with a paraphrase of the commandments of God,
and it would be superfluous to say that the missionaries
did not neglect their own interests. This curious docu-
ment shows that the whole island was in their hands :

1. You shall put no one to death. No one may slay
any of his children, male or female, under the pretext of
sacrifices;* in short, you shall commit no murder. All
guilty of such crimes shall suffer death.
_ _

2...Y0u shall not blaspheme. All persons guilty of
iiolatry, of whatever kind, in their adorations, or of re-
suming, in whatever manner, their idolatrous and wicked
customs, shall undergo the pains of death.
3. You shall not steal. All persons guilty of theft, or
of concealing the articles stolen, shall suffer the pains of
law, which consist of fourfold restitution, with hard
labour, as the judge and jury shall deem meet.
4. You shall do no evil to another. All private pro-
perty shall be regarded as sacred. No one shall violate
the property of his neighbours without punishment ac-
cording to law. All stray hogs bearing a mark shall
belong to their respective owners. Those unmarked
shall become the property of the principal chief, or of the
taasuly of the missionaries.

5. You -shall not attempt to disturb good order. Every
person guilty of sedition, of endeavouring to disturb the
peace of the islands, or of treason against the Govern-
ment, shall be punished according to the English laws,
the missionaries being consulted thereupon, since they
alone can judge in a suitable manner.
6. No married person shall have more than one wife.
Marriages shall be made according to law, by the prin-
cipal missionaries or their assistants. * * *
7 and 8. You shall observe the Sabbath. The Sabbath
shall be kept holy to the Lord. No work shall be done
of any kind. Every one shall be enjoined to attend
public worship. Whoever shall make their servants do
any work on the Sabbath day shall be held guilty of
infringing the law, and be punished accordingly.
9. If any one shall be guilty of quarrelling with, or
beating, or injuring his companions, young or old, male
or female, the agressor shall be punished with hard
labour. * * *

12. Every woman, married or single, who shall
secretly go on board any vessel, or be known to have
correspondence with any European, shall be subject to
the punishment of the stocks, or to hard labour.

li. Every one found guilty of maintaining a falsehood
shall be punished with hard labour.

14. Every one guilty of defaming the character of the
missionaries, without special cause, or of endeavouring
to prove that it is contrary to law to aid the missionaries
with person and property, shall be held guilty of violating
the law. Half the forfeitures and penalties shall accrue
to the Treasury of the Missionaries.
13. Every one who may hear the names or character
of the missionaries calumniated by a native, or a stranger,
and who shall not give information thereof to the public
assembly, shall be punished with hard labour.
16. If any one adopts a new doctrine, or broaches a
doctrine other than the true Apostolic religion taught
by the missionaries, he shall be deemed guilty of heresy,
and punished according to the decision of the mis-
sionaries, no other being competent judges, and this case
not being provided for by the civil code.
17. If any one pay attention to writings or transla-
tions of resident foreigners, not belonging to the Mis-
sionary Society—if he conceal, or cause to be concealed.
such writings, without bringing them to the missionaries
the moment they come to his knowledge these writings
shall be publicly burnt if they are not the Word of God,
and the culprits shall be punished according to law and
the decision of the missionaries.

18. Should any person carry on board a vessel any
merchandise without the permission of the principal judges
(the missionaries also being consulted), such merchan-
dise shall be forfeited, or an equivalent amercement over
and above a penalty to be inflicted. * * * •
21. The principal chief and the judge advocates con-
stitute the superior judges. The inferior judges and the
jurymen must be composed of men of good character,
all baptised and belonging to the Church. From the
decision of the inferior judges an appeal may be made
by any party accused to the chief judge, or the mission-
aries, but from their decision there is no appeal.
22. No person shall be held worthy of confidence, or
of holding a post under Government, or of having a
vote, if not a contributor to the Missionary Society ;
but in this matter there is no constraint, each being
free to act according to his conscience. *

25. Every person marking (tatooing), or causing to
be marked, any cart of his body, shall be compelled to
make a part of the highway, to the extent of fifty
fathoms, or to perform some other labour, for the first
offence, and for the second shall be subject to a double
task, and so forth, (Nies qweties.
26. All lascivious games, songs, or diversions, are
strictly forbidden. No woman shall appear in the house
of God having her head adorned with flowers. The
guilty shall be punished with hard labour.
27. All parents, or heads of families, neglecting to
have family worship, morning or evening, shall be pu-
nished by law, as also shall those who conceal such of-
fences.

28. All persons who shall make known, and regularly
prove to the chiefs, the missionaries, or the public con-
ference, the unlawful practices of sinners, shall be con-
sidered eligible to a higher rank in the Church and State.
29. All incorrigible vagabonds, not reclaimed by hard
labour nor the stocks, shall be publicly whipped at the
discretion of the King, the judges, and the principal
men of the island.

The establishment of the French protectorate has
brought with it the abolition of the penalties este
blished for difference of faith, absence from divine ser-
vice, and other infractions of religious discipline ; but it
has not taken from the missionaries the internal ad-
ministration of the country. The missionaries, or what
comes to the same thing, the English agents, remain
empowered to decide all questions of internal sedition
according :to the English laws ; they remain judges in
the last resort ; they remain arbiters of the commerce
of the inhabitants with the shipping. If these provisions
should be modified or suppressed, the Queen still has
the right of causing them to be revived by the advice of
the missionaries.',We have seen in the preceding law that
the missionaries have imported into Otaheite the institu-
tion of a jury. They have also imported nearly all the
English institutions, comprising that of hanging.
For a long time, there was a sort of' national repre-
sentation calld to deliberate at Matawai, under an im-
mense shed. In imitation of the English House of
Commons, the Chamber of Otahetian representatives
had :for its principal object the discussion of financia
questions. It was by it that, in 1823, were voted the
annual contributions for the missionaries. The apostles
of Otaheite, however, have occasionally encountered de-
cided opposition to their projects on the part of certain
chiefs. It is even said that more than once the reverend
ministers, brought up in England to vocations quite
alien to the exercise of the apostleship, have seen them-
selves disconcerted in these assemblies by the natural
eloquence of the native tribunes. These assemblies have
fallen into disuse : they frequently thwarted the designs
of the mission.
We shall only further observe that the sketch of
civilisation effected by the English missionaries has a
fair side that must be respected ; but it has also an in-
terested side which has caused all the embarrassments
of the protectorate, and which will doubtless perpetuate
them. But there would be no embarrassment if France
were sovereign ; the agents of the Government would
protect the missionaries with so much the more tole-
rance, as they would be relieved from all suspicion of
their intrigues; whilst the latter, on their side, would
abstain from the profitless disturbance of a country de-
finitively withdrawn from their dominion. The protec-
torate can produce nothing but confusion; the sove-
reignty, on the contrary, is the final close of all conflicts.

* This prohibition is addressed to the Society of areels, who
have affiliations in the greater part of the South Sea Islands.
One of their principal injunctions is to slay all the children
resulting from intercourse with the associates. This bar-
barous custom has contributed not a little to the depopulation
of Otaheite.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The Court of
Examiners admitted thefollow•ing gentlemen members of the
Royal College of Surgeons on Friday evening last :—John
Thomas Perinton, Bristol; Peter Alfred Jackson, Leaming-
ton ; Henry Deane, Leyton, Essex ; Edmund Deane, York
Edward Tegart, Bryanstone-street, London ; William Gib-
son, John Higgs, Miller Lewis, Bandon, county Cork; John
Hughes, Ruthin, North Wales; George Lamb Shine, Ban-
don, county Cork,