The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-08 00:00:00

NEW ASSURANCE OFFICES.

The " Post Magazine" gives the following list of Pro-
jected Assurance Associations, which have been regis-
tered during the year 1831, with the names and ad-
dresses of the promoters:—
Athenaeum, Life—Promoter: Henry Sutton, gentle-
man, 25, Ball-terrace, Old Brompton.
Banker's Insurance—William S. Morthouse, gentle-
man, 3, Tottenham-terrace, Tottenham.
Benefactor, Life and Fire—Edward Rowell, accoun-
tant, Cheetham-hill, Manchester; Joseph Porter, screw
bolt manufacturer, Broughton-street, Salford ; and
Benjamin Greening, wire worker, 75, George-street,
1 Manchester.

Brewers and Distillers, Life, Fire—Sydney Pottin.
ger Harris, gentleman, 6, Portens-row, Paddington.
British and Foreign Ship—William L. Duff, ae.
countunt, 47,perrard-street, Soho.

British and Foreiv,n, Life—George Saunders, gentle-
man, Woolston Hall, Chigweil, Essex; and Charles
Ross, Clerk, Stamp Office, 26, Sydney-street, Fulham-
road.

Commercial, Credit Assurance—A mand M. do Val-
dou€•r, gentleman, Hotel do Bade, Boulevard des IraHeim;
and Augustus Sargood, barrister-at-law, 2, Verulam-
buildings, Chancery-lane.
Counties' Union Lives and Property—A. J. W. Wick-
steed, manufacturing checni. t, Grove Cottage, Chelsea;
and Joseph Turnbull, Bachelor of Arts, 16, York-place,
Kentish• town.

Deposit and General—James Stevens, accountant, 6,
Arthur-street, Old Kent-road.

Eccleiiastical, Home, and Annuity—George Walter,
gentleman, Egerton-road, Blackheath.
Educational, Life—John Hastings, physician, 14,
Albemarle-street; James Robertson, Esq., 80, Gerrard-
street, Soho; William Chubb, gentleman, 8, Stratton-
street, Piccadilly; and Richard Bullen, actuary, 42,
Castle-street, Charing-cross.

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Emigrant and Passengers, Life—John Pins, mine pro-
prietor, 12, South Lambeth-road.
England'a Mutual Fire—John Macgregor, M.P., 1,
Princess-terrace, Hyde•park ; John Carter, wine mer-
chant, 65, South Moulton-street ; and John Gwynne,
iron merchant, Lansdowne Lodge, Notting- bill.
Essex, Mutual, Cattle—Robert Baker, farmer auc-
tioneer, Wrettell, and eleven others.
Equitable Deposit—Joseph Clarke, gentleman, 69,
Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park.
Exchequer, Mutual Life and Railway—Henry Harris
Creed, London and North-Western Railway, Euston
Station; G. Hay Donaldson, merchant, 39, Harwood-
square; and William S. Hinton, coal merchant, Royal
George Wharf, Bankside.

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Family and Commercial, Life—Henry Owen,' ac-
countant, 2, Upper Baker-street; William Owen, actu-
ary, 10, Gibson-square, Islington; and Rev. Joseph
Turnbull, minister of the gospel, 16, York-place, Kentish-
town.
Goldsmith and Universal, Life—Benjamin Bodman,
solicitor, 59, Finchley-road, St. John's-wood.
Government, Life—John Neville Warren, civil engi-
neer, Fortress-terrace, Kentish-town.
Great Western, Life—Robert Palmer Harding, ac-
tuary and accountant, 2, Thornhill-square, Barnsbury-
park.
Herald, Life—J. C. F. Segismund Day, barrister-at-
law, 3, Marlborough-hill, St. John's-wood; and Edward
[ Scanlan, doctor of medicine, 21, Upper Seymour-street,
Hyde-park.
tlelior" and Foreign, Mutual Life, Thomas Price, gen-
tleman, Eastcott, near Pinner.
shorthand
t.Hope, Slutual Life and Guarantee—George Hamilton,
genHioeZhn;i2derßrunswicke-nterrace,LEicaes_t-sßtriecheta,rWd aHlowdosrotnh:
Kent Mutual writer,e- street Westminster.
29, Great College street, Westminster.
Fire and Life—George Harrison, Esq.,
Harleyford-place, Kennington.
Law Reversionary—Edmond
Crown Office-row.
.—Jarnes Bacon, gentleman, law;o3m6baßrdus'Aells-socie
.t.i re; and Herbert Cox, gentleman, 3,
yiaa—tkE):tannd Williamson, barrister-at-
A_ie. lam Thom
Stratford-place, Camden
-square, a2n3d, County—"Vi tleman, 4,
gentleman, Goodman's-fields;
Thomas Stephens,
William Newton,
man's-fields; Frederick Blogg', brewer,'2s, Alie-street, Good-
place, New-road; and John Wilson
E. Eames, barrister-
toria Villa, St. John's Wood.
Lsndon Monetary, Life—Phillip, law stationer, Vic-
-14, Tonbridge-
at-law, 16, Qseen- square, Bloomsbury;
Pickett, silversmith, 265, Oxford-street. and George
Life Policy and General Investment—Wm, J. Bruce
EN., 4, Hyde Park-place; Frederick W. Caldwell, Esq,
,
St. John's Wood-road; Edward Doubleday, surgeon,,
249, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriar's-road; G. St.
-e
Vincent King, captain RN., 5, Eaton-terrace, Eaton-
square; and Thomas Stevenson, surgeon, 37, Upper.
Grosvenor-street.
Life-at Sea Assnrance—W. 11. Wills, gentleman.
Maritime Passengers—Henry Wheatly Eilam, gentle-
man, 21,Walton-street, Brompten.
Missionary and General Life—Thomas G. Williams,
gentleman, 3, Northampton-place, Hackney-road; T. G.
Williams, jun., gentleman, 7, Cambridge-place, Hack-
ney-road; and Isaac V. Mummery, minister of the
gospel, li, Orchard-street, Wells-street, Hackney.
Marine, Casualty, and Life—George Woollett, gentle-
man, 24, Canterbury-row, Kennington.
Marine Life—John E. Rath hone, Esq.,lo, Par k-strt et,
St. James's; and Luke Williams, Esq., 17, Pelham-
street, Brompton.

National Weekly Life—James Smith, letter-press
printer, 24, Richard-street, Manchester; J. Newton
Smith, commission agent, 24,Richard-street, Manchester;
and Samuel Smith, gentleman, Bank-street, Manchester.
National Provincial Life—John Warden Sprague,
gentleman, 5, Southgate-terrace.
New Equitable—Thomas Wakley, M.P., 1, Bedford-
street, Strand.
New Protector, Life—William Thomas Bennet, house
agent, St. Ann's-place, Limehouse; William Bourne,
Staffordshire warehouseman, 50,:liing-square, Goswell-
street ; John Finch, banker, 6, Pickard-street, City-
road; Francis Ford, iron merchant, 9, Milner-street,
Islington; and Thomas Slater, butcher, 9, High-street,
Kensington.
Oak, Mutual—Thomas Mullinder, actuary, 6, Henry-
street, Mile-end.

Prince of Wales.
Provincial, Life and Fire—Thomas Edgeworth, soli-
citor, Wrexham; John R. Pugh, solicitor, Wrexham;
Thomas Painter, stationer, King-street, Wrexham;
and Anthony Dillon, bank manager, Hope-street;
Wrexham.
Palatine, Life and Fire—Wm. H. Brockett, merchant,
2, St. James's-street, Gateshead ; W. J. M. Sange, mer-
chant, Elwick Cottage, Newcastle; and J. Heron Laing,
merchant, 2, John's-place, Gateshead.
Queen's, Life—Robert Young Ellis,actuary to savings
bank, Stratford, Esssx ; and David Hughes, solicitor, 10,
Canonbury-place, Islington.
Reciprocal—George R. H. Dennison, gentleman, 36,
Great Comm-street; and James Murray, surveyor, En-
field, Middlesex.
Reunion, Anglo-European—Augustus C. Gadesden,
gentleman, 19, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Sceptre, Life, Fire, and Hailstorm—James H. James,
actuary, 9, Euston-place, Euston-square; and Robert
Steers, gentleman, 2, Champion-place, Cold Harbour-
lane.
St. George—George Morgan, architect, Church End
Cottage, Willesden; and Robert T. C. Yates, gentleman,
19, Cecil-street, Strand.
Times Life and Property—Louis de Massaid, gentle-
man, 22, Maida-hill West,
University, Annuity, and Endowment—Rev. G. Ro-
berts, clerk, 15, Great James-street, Bedford •row ;
Wil-
Pattison, Esquire, Surbiton, Surrey; Udny Pass-
more, Esquire, 7, Springfield-terrace, Camberwell;
Angus M'Kenzie, American merchant, Llw!shana.hent;
James Lee, Esquire, 62, Cannon-street, City; Richard
Chambers, M.D., physician, 65, Harley-street; Francis
Hutchinson, surgeon, Bridge-street, Blackfriars; Sydney
C. Child, gentleman, 2, South Lambeth-place; Nehemiah
S. Price, accountant, 15, Wimpole-street, Chelsea.
Waterloo, Life, Casualty, and Sick—William Beres-
ford, special pleader, Northfieet, Kent; Edward Baylis,
actuary, Gravesend, Kent; and Edwin Paul, solicitor,
1, Size-lane.

LAYING OUT BROMPTOIV GROVES.
The hand of the destroyer will soon spread havoc
among the groves of Brompton-park: the verdant and
yet sequestered lawns within the bosom of the town, for
the most part unconscious of them, will give place to
York and Irish flagging. I pray them, as far as may be,
to spare the trees, and to go softly over the stones. To
the circumstance of family settlements it is alone duo
that compacted dwellings have not already covered the
whole spice between the Glass Palace and the Brompton-
road. The soil being dry, the air light, the neighbour-
hood unsullied by any deformity (save the Knights-
bridge) Barracks, the character of the suburb around
being good and much sought after, assure the proprietors
of the fact, that it only requires a little liberality of
space, with great caution in the adoption of designs, to
make this the most fashionable and eligible neighbour-
hood about the metropolis, as well as the most profitable
to the owners. The Brompton-road is worse than mean
—at present it is miserable. From the church gate
(and that should be withdrawn 6 or 8 feet), full 20 feet
ought to be added to the public road, throughout the
whole distance to Mr. Freke's buildings. The sacrifice
of that strip would confer ten per cent. on the whole
estate; and as there cannot be less than 150 acres in the
great lease now about to be allotted, liberality in this
regard would pay a hundredfold. There is also a plot
of singularly well-placed ground next the church at
Brompton, which intervenes, and ought to give up a por-
tion to the road: without this, the widening of the
residue might assimilate to the Strand, where, between
Clement's Danes; and the beautiful church of St. Mary-le-
' Strand, the wretched stack of houses between the
Strand and Old Clothes-row defiles the main artery. As
to the character of architecture to be adopted on so large
an extent, it ought to be varied and good. Give each
house a space for at least free circulation of air, and, if
possible, a large saloon detached, with occasional stables;
but, above all, let the grand causeways be spacious, and
lead to sonzethiny —the Park at one end, gardens like
Hyde-park Gardens fronting the Hyde—and the same
towards the other outer bounds. Let the trees (if any
there be) stand; plant limes and other smooth-leafed
species in all openings for verdure, for it also promotes
ventilation, not to speak of ornament.—Correspondent of
the Builder.

THE SEVEN WONDERS OF A MARRIED
MAN.

1. Not going to sleep after dinner!
2. Never going anywhere in the evening, excepting
" to the Club!"
3. Always being good-tempered over the loss of a
button, and never wreaking his vengeance on the coals
if the dinner isn't ready exactly to a minute!
4. Never finding fault with his " dear little wifey," if
she happens to be his partner at whist!
5. Not " wondering" regularly every week, " how the
money goes!"
6. Resigning himself cheerfully, when asked to ac-
company his wife on " a little shopping!"
7. Insisting upon the servants sitting up, sooner than
take the latch-key with him!