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No. 16,235. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING SUN, AUGUST 28, 1844.

PRICE sd.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
g, WATERLOO-PLACOMPANYCE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
_ This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success
7,,,.ieh has attended it since its commencement in 1534, its ANNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001.'
1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of
one-h
all of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per
i'oo;anuoTtish,eontimtheetShue3mw.lteirseureeffdetcotetctili Policies of the Participating Class
,„The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31,
as follows :
sum Time Time Sum added Sum Time Sum added
Assured
Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy.
6 yrs. 10 mths. .1:683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £lOO
5000 6 years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
'illy one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the insur-
ance Is for Life.
Directors,
information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Waterloo-place,
Edward Bor.!, Esq and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8,
Pall-mall, London.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
Ch LIFE
Mansion-house. and 18, Chancery-lane, London.

DIRECTORS.
KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman.
AI BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
ander Anderson, Esq. James ',fartley, Esq.
John?aa
'Linea Bidden,. John Maclean Lee, Esq.
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CaPt ' Esq.
uk E. Braadreth. J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq.

Caanan, Esq. AUDITORS.
Robert E. Alison, Esq.
XI:IO'UL ADvlsEit—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and Z.
SECRETARY—John Emerson, Esq.
gOLICITORS—Mcssrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.

TrITZ
f IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed
11' constitution not to dispute any policy, unless they cats prove that
4,,,:sras obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation ; the great aim and
luilict having been to render Life Policies COMPLETE SECURI-
vo and NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their
le to the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded,
I,,,Ln(lbe independent of the liberality or caprice of these who shall be
—Lae management of the affairs of the Company when the claims
irraa; 0
and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in eir
teas
of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the
"objecting to any policy, unless they undertake to prove that
m obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresentation. The
validti°ll common to all other Life Companies, which make the
Wess t;'; assurance contracts dependent upon the perfect correct-
.,',Dattriy statements required from a proposer
.for a Life
bare b'e:". Which have given rise to almost all the questions which
promises argued in the Courts, and to many extra-jadicial cern-
to ha.9.‘,1,,7 aze thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing but trend, proved
thia "cell committed against them, can vitiate a policy granted by
Company,
Tins
rulthisi , THE ONLY COMPANY from whose the assured on the
and Principle, receive the whole of the mutual accumulations,
TR/also, a guarantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured.
the s„ IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay
etke,"nis in the policies, although the debts for which they were
comieadn shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The
pre,l3, Y considering it only just towards the assured that where
ellougrua,_ have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount
the ,t_"° Paid; and they nndertake to de so without reference to
"I'e of the accounting between the assured and kis debtor.
Of IS ALMOST TIIE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour
editors whole world licies, whereby the debt is secured,
although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe.
low,_e Premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, are
h than usual upon young lives, where participation In the profits
aes required and for short
forassurances, which, at the option of the
lard May be continued life, the rates are as low as a due re-
complete security will permit.

PRESENTATIONof NEW COLOLTR3:
TO THE 49TH REGIMENT.
The ceremony of presenting a new pair of iolours to the 49th Regiment took place at Winchester / yesterday, •'•
when the colours were consecrated by thei 'Bishop of
Winchester, and presented by Lady Pakenhirn to the
troops. At one o'clock the barrack-yard was occupied
by about 600 of the 49th, and the Ist battalioai of the
Grenadier Guards. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarenc-o-eand- a
distinguished party of the nobility and gentry'.oWe
county were present. The Lord Bishop of Winchester,
accompanied by his son and his chaplain, and ;he dig- ;
nitaries of Winchester Cathedral, arrived soon after one •
o'clock ; and at about two o'clock the interesting cere-
monial began. The day was remarkably fine, and the
concourse of spectators opposite theground was immenee. •
We should suppose 10,000 people were collected. • •
The troops were first formed in line, and then went
through a number of parade evolutions. The bandplayed
the national anthem and a variety of marches.
The ceremonial commenced by a large dais, covered
with crimson cloth, being placed in front of the space
where the Bishop stood.
The old colours were borne by the ensigns, at the head
of the regiment, which marched past Sir H. Pakenhara,
who commanded. They were in a sadly dilapidated
state, from their long service in all parts of the gluhe.
These were taken charge of by the Maj and the en-
signs advanced to the dais.
The Lord Bishop of IVINCHESTER then advanced a
little in front of the line, and thus addressed the troops :
—" Soldiers of the 49th, I have solicited and obtained
permission of your gallant commanding officer to address
you a few moments before I invoke the blessing of Al-
mighty God upon the colours which are never to be sip-
lied by any act of yours, and are not to be abandons's'
but with life itself. And let not any man marvel that I„ a
man of peace, come among you, who are•men of Warefor
I hold that there is not a truer man of peace than' a
Christian soldier. When he conquers it is not for na-
tional aggrandisement, nor the mere raising ofyour names,
but for the insuring of peace in future time. Many
a brave man has bled on the field, or expired on a bed of
agony, that his countrymen might be preserved from the
horrors of war. "With respect to the services of the 49th,
I might go back to a time antecedent to the present
century. We must remember what a debt of gratitude
we owe to your companions in arms for their prowess in
many ei well-fought field. And. "what slid we not owe
also to the naval power for the preservation of our soil
from the insults and the cruelties of our enemy ? I
must bid you look back to the recollection of those days
when you won glory in Holland, Copenhagen, and Que-
bec, and since in Affghanistan and China. I remember
well the stirring phrase used by the great captain of
the age, the Commander-in-Chief of the British army,
the Duke of Wellington, when he asked for the thanks
of Parliament to the army of India—those were stirring
phrases indeed—they were well worth living to hear,
and well worth dying to deserve ; they are for you to
treasure up, and your children yet unborn to hear from
your lips. When you unfold those banners you look
upon them as the memorials of former days, anal in cen-
turies yet to come they will be memorials of your coun-
try's renown, of your country's prosperity, and of your
country's peace. On these grounds I hold that the
Christian soldier is an instrument of good to the nits;
at large, and I bid you God speed in the name of the
Lord, and as a Christian bishop I would bid you remem-
ber Him who is the God of battles, Him by whom na-
tions are led to victory and preserved in peace. Be
men of resolution and men of energy, pacific in your
profession and disinterested in your patriotism, ob-
servant of your duty to your Queen, your country, and
your God."
The Bishop then proceeded to read the prayers in
consecrating the colours.
Lady PAKENHAM then advanced to, and ascended the
dais, and supported by Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser and
Major Cornellan, who held the new colours, her Lady-
ship thus addressed the regiment :—I feel much inte-
rested in the scene before me, and must try to _express
the high importance I attach to the present solemnity.
I consider the colours that I am about to present to the
49th as emblems of the past career of the regiment, as
well as an earnest of their future success—they bear the
names of many battles extending from the Rocky Moun-
tains of North America to the great wall of China ; but
I esteem it as one of the highest privileges of the British
army, that wherever they have been successful hitherto,
that success has been attended by the bright halo of
Christianity spreading abroad, where the darkness of
Paganism had formerly reigned ! May I express a
humble hope that such will be the case in China, and
that the success of the 49th at Amoy may be a pledge
of this happy result I Receive these colours, and bear
them forward as gallantly as you have already done, and
may the Lord God, the God of battles, give you the vic-
tory.—(The company immediately behind the dais ap-
plauded, and the example was followed by those who
could not hear this neatly expressed address.)
General Sir H. PAKENHAM then addressed the troops
as follows :—I am satisfied that all who have joined in
the interesting ceremony just concluded will feel that it
is my first duty to return to the Right Rev. Prelate
who has consecrated the colours our sincere and re-
spectful thanks for the performance of that sacred
right, and fur the eloquent and impressive exhortation
we have had the advantage of hearing, and which
expression of (air feeling I request his Lordship to ac-
cept from nee on behalf of ell those Is ho are here as-
sembled. Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, and 49th Regi-
ment, it has fallen to my lot, as commanding this dis-
trict, to assist in the presentation of colours to several
regiments. On these occasions it is customary to advert
to the opportunities of discharging their duty and of
obtaining dktinction which the course of service has
afforded to each regiment. From the lengthened pea;ce
that Europe has now enjoyed, I have been obliged occa-
sionally to revert to times long past, t.) prove that our
regiments only wanted opportunity to evince their zeal
fur the honour of their country. This occasion is, how-
ever, different. This is the first time I have had the
honour of addressing the officers and men who in their
own persons have, by their gallantry in action and steady
endurance of the most trying difficulties, added conspi-
cuously to the glories of the British army. The corps
stands, in one view, under particular circumstances.
The brillient services rendered by the regiment in the
late war at Egmont-op-Zee under his Royal Highness
the Duke of York, at Copenhagen under the immortal
Nelson, and at Queenstown, and in other hard con-
flicts in North America, under my much-loved friend
the gallant Sir Isaac Brock, memorials of which are
blazoned on the colours, and for which latter services
the regiment obtained the honour of being designated
Princess Charlotte of Wales's Regiment—these have
been so eclipsed by the late exploits of the corps in.
China, that were it not grateful to every soldier to re-
flect upon and recount such feats, we might be tempted
to pass them over, when considering the inappre-
ciable service of forcing the hitherto impassable gates of
the mysterious empire of China. As long as civilization
lasts the results of the glorious services performed by the
49th Regiment and the other gallant corps associated
with them under the command of Sir Hugh Gough will
be felt throughout Christendom, and the entrance then
opened into the Celestial Empire will never again be
permanently closed. This day two years the regiment
highly signalized itself by the assault and capture of the
important fortress and city of Amoy, when the Chinese
dragon was lowered before the red cross of Britain.
The mighty consequences of these victories are yet to be
developed ; but the proud emblazonment of the dragon
in the colours will always bear record of the noble part
taken by the 49th in this most important war. Since the
return of the regiment from long foreign service, it has
evinced the most patient and praiseworthy assiduity in
completing its reorganization, and I have observed, with
the greatest satisfaction, the kind and encouraging as-
sistance the corps has received from the battalion of her
Maijesty's Guards quartered here, and I have the gratifi-
cation of returning my thanks to Colonel Clive and the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Ist
battalion of the Grenadier Guards, as well as to Lieute-
nant-Colonel Adams, the officers, non-commissioned
officers, and men of the 49th Regiment, for the high state
of discipline to which the corps has arrived. I now wish
you all honour and prosperity, and when your colours
are unfurled before an enemy, may the Almighty nerve
and
your hearts and strengthen your arms as heretof,re, Lucl
carry you forward to honour and to victory.— (Cheering
followed the energetic address of the gallant General.)
Colonel ADAMS, of the 49th, then advanced to tae Lord
Bishop, and thus addressed him :—My Lord,—lt shall
be my duty to instil into the minds of the soldiers of this
regiment the reverence that at all times is to be paid to
those banners that you, my Lord, have this day conse-
crated; and in the name of the corps I thank you for the
honour you have conferred upon it, by the part you have
taken in the interesting ceremonies of the day.
Turning to Lady Pakenham, Colonel ADAMS addressed
her Ladyship :—To you, the 49th Regiment feel the
deepest gratitude for having this morning presented us
with what all soldiers hold in the greatest veneration—
the colours of their regiment. Most carefully shall they
be guarded, and we will endeavour, should our Queen re-
quire our services, to add to those honourable badges
with which those colours are adorned. Many now there
are in our ranks who assisted to gain one of those
honourable records of good and faithful service ; this day
two .years we were under the fire of the enemy, and
though, perhaps. during their servitude they may never
again be required to fight in their country's cause, still
they will leave, as their gallant predecessors have done,
embers that only require to be gently breathed upon, to
brighten up into a flame that will inspire all ranks with
that enthusiasm for deeds of gallantry that has ever
marked the British soldier.
The Gallant COLONEL then addressed Sir Hercules
Pakenham :—Your kind and considerate remarks xe-
specting this corps call forth from me on the part of the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, our warmest
thanks. You have brought to our recollections the en-
gagements in which this regiment has signalized itself
from its formation to the peace concluded at Nankin, in
July, 1842 • and as there is in our records honourable
mention made of some individuals, I think it will not be
out of place if I remind those around me • of one or talive
instances of most undaunted gallantry, as it keeps all
a spirit of emulation in every rank of a regiment re-
counting valiant deeds of those who once
officers r
served in the
corps - and I am persuaded, should either
men of this regiment have an opportunity of displaying
theireourage,- that they
gallant deeds' of the valiantwsiplline'lltsdewahvoourto outstrip the
have gone before
them. The first I shall bring to your n
who, when otice is Sergeant
Frazer, of the regiment at Stony_ Creek,
vo-
lunteers were sent by Captain PlundeTleath. to capture
some guns that were playing upon the regiment whilst
forming, stepped out and with about 25 men, the first
he could collect,: accompanied their colonel, rushed up
to the guns, and took them. Sergeant Frazer stabbed
seven Americans, and captured a general officer, for
which gallant conduct he was promoted to the adjutantcy
of the New Brunswick Fencibles. Another, Lieutenant
Fitzgibbon, with about 45 men, and a small band of In-
dian warriors,captured through stratagem and great daring
23 officers, and 285 rank and file,2 field-pieces, and a stand
ofeolours ;
_both of these two gentlemen are now residing
in Canada, and are colonels Of militia,' ThereAtre.now