The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-30 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER Jo, Its4o.

"IMMEDIATE BEIV.-,.FITS OFFERED TO THE
PUBLIC.
LIFE ANNUITY RATES
CALCULATED ON EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES! 1!

FOR EXAMPLE. •
For every 100 i, deposited, this Association will grant the An-
nuity placed opposite the Age of the Party depositing.
From Wt. and upwards, in proportion.

osoto 55 to 60 to 65 to 70 to

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E 8 tor ntad £9 101.£10 It) £l5 10 rlO 0 r 25 ,
Per Po Per Pet l'er Per Per Per Per
Cent. tent Cent. le Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent.
INDEPENDENT WEST MIDDLESEX
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
Opposite the Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square, London.
• South St. Danid's-street, Edinburgh ;
Ingram-street, Glasgow;
And Sack/Me-street, Dublin.
Empowered under the several Acts of Parliament of 14th Geo.
11!. c. 48; 22x1 Geo. 111. ; 53•1 Geo. 111. c. 141; 3d Geo.
IV. c. 92; and Ist Vic. e. 10.
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE RATES
Reduced 30 per Cent. per Annum Lower than any other Office
LIFE ASSURANCE RATES.

Age *LO to tn to 30 to 35 to 38 to 40 to 45 to 50

premium.Z s. (I.£ s. d. I.E s. d.l.£ s. d.l.£ s. d..£ s. d.
11 11 011 15 01 2 0 01 2 6 01 2 10 01 2 15 01.1 5 0

This Company make no charges for intermediate ages undor
1..,0 years.
FIRE INSURANCE RATES.
Common Insurance. s. d.
Private Houses and Shops (net hazardous)... 1 0 per Cent.
Hazardous
Double Hazardous... ...
Farming Stock
G. E. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

THE AGRICULTURAL AND GENE-
RAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
29, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, .11LACKFRIARS,
LONDON.
Western Branch, 26, Suffolk-place, Pall Mall East.
ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THIS COMPANY.
PROTECTIVE SECURITIES FOIL THE BENEFIT OF THE ASSURED,
NOT PRESENTED BY ANY OTHER INSTITUTION.
The most economical rates of premium consistent with
safety.
An Increasing Table for securing Loans on Debts, requiring
a less immediate payment for the whole term of Life than
usually demanded.
Premiums payable annually, half-yearly, or monthly.
Age admitted in the policy.
Poli&es granted from 101. to 5,0001.
Claims payable in one months after proof of death ; and 101.
;Tr rent. immediately after satisfactory proof thereof, whenever
desired.
Policies effected in Ireland or Scotland rec3verable in the
courts of those countries.
Endowments and Annuities, immediate and deferred, on ad-
vantageous terms.
A Board of Management in attendance daily.
Medical men remunerated for their reports.
C. F. KIRKMAN, Resident Manager,
A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents.
Applications for the Office of Agent to the Institutiqn in the
different towns of the kingdom ate invited, addressed to the
Resident Manager, at the house of the Company.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS-
SURANCE COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office,
London.
DIRECTORS.
ROWLAND MITCHELL, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN W. BUCKLE, Esq., Deputy Chairman
John Dixon, Esq. ; George Lyall, Esq.
William D. Dowson, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Robert Mitford, Esq.
Ralph Fenwick, ,Esq. Jaynes Morris, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. John Shore, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.

AUDITORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Tkornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June,
Itl2e, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in-
sured, en an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus
of nearly similar amount was declared in June, 1836. At each
period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged
rather more than 28 per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums
paid thereon during the preceding seven years.
FILE DEPARTMENT.—Notice is hereby given, that Assu-
rances which expire at Michaelmas Day must be renewed with-
in fifteen days at this office, er with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St.
James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's
agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void.
GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OF HOUSES AND GOODS FROM FIRE,
No. 21, LOMBARD-STREET,
(Established by Royal Charter in the Reign of King George
the First),
For Assuring Houses, Buildings, Goods, Farming Stock, &a.,
from Loss or Damage by Fire; and also for the Assurance of
and Granting Annuities on Lives.
Sir JOHN WM. LUBBOCK, Bart., Governor.
THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., Sub-governor.
BARTHOLOMEW JEFFERY, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS
John Christopher Lochner, Esq.
Charles John Manning, F.sq.
The Hon. J. '1 L. Melville.
Henry Nelson, t.sq.
Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.
Thomas Poynder, Esq.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
William Sampson, Esq.
Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.

Henry Bainbridge, Esq.
George Pearkes Barclay, Esq.
Wm. Brown, Esq.
Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq.
John Ede, Esq.
James Gibson, Esq.
It v ersd ale 0. in. G ren fell, Esq.
William Fellow Hibbert, F.sq. William Soltau, Esq.
Lancelot Holland, Esq. Robert Thorley, Esq.
G. G. de Hochepied Larpent, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq.
Persons whose Annual Premiums fall duo on the 29th inst
are hereby informed that Receipts are now ready to be delivered
at the Company's Offices, 21, Lombard-street, and in Pall-
Mall, ag well as by their respective Agents in the several coun-
ties ; and the parties assured are requested to apply for the re-
newal •f their policies on or before the 14th of October next, as
the usual fifteen days allowed for payment, beyond the date of
each policy, will then expire.
ALEXANDER GREEN, Secretary.
September, 1840.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE LIFE ASSU-
RANCE, LOAN, PENSION, and ENDOWMENT
COMPANY,
No. 5, WHITEHALL, and 64, CORNHILL,
Di RECTORS.
?RESIDENTS.
Sir GEORGE THOS. STAUNTON, Bart., M.P., F.R. S. ,
F.S.A., F.L S.
Tice-Admiral Sir PATRICK CAMPBELL,

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VICE-tRESIIIENT.
JOHN RALPH ORMSBY GORE, Esq., M.P.,
George Bicknell, Esq., Arthur Helps, Esq.
Col. H. D. Campbell (resident) Richard Laneslow, Esq.
Charles Forbes, Esq. James Mackillop, Esq.
John Fraser, Esq. .105 h Phillimore, Esq. D. C.L.
John Hamilton, Esq. William Wilkimton, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Coutts and Co.
Sommons—Messrs. Ogle anti Younghusband.
AGENTS—J. Barber, Esq., 64, Cornhill ; Messrs. Shep-
herd and Grant, W. S., Edinburgh ; A. Betham, Esq., Castle,
Dublin ; Messrs. .Mackillop, Calcutta ; Messrs. Arbuthnot,
Madras; Messrs. Forbes, Bombay.
This Company founds its claim to the particular favour and
support of the Public, itpon the new and peculiar advantages it
offers, and the adequa. e security afforded by the weight and
respectability of the Directors aid Proprietors. The Premiums
may be paid quarterly, half-yearly, annually, for a stipulated
number of years, or on an ascending or descending scale.
When the assurance is fcr life, one-half of the premium may
remain unpaid for seven years ; thus a person aged 20, to assure
1001., instead of 11. 145., would only pay—

First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh
Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. Year.
- --- - -- -
s. d. s. d. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ p. d. £ s. d.
17 10 IS 9 19 6 1 0 5 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 2 11

Remainder of life, 1/. 14s. The arrears of unpaid half pre-
miums may at any time be paid off, or continue at intere►t a
debt against the policy. Assurances granted, payable at 50,
55., GO, 65, 70, or at death, before attaining those ages.
Policies granted ascending yearly until 60, when the pre-
miura continues fixed:— .

Age to. I 21. I 22. 1 23. 1 24. 1 25

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.£ F. d. I s. d. I t
1 Cll 2118.d.1 .£ s. d. I. (1. .4: N. d.
Premium 11 1 011 1 411 1 1 3 0

A special rate to cover the risks of all climates and warfare.
Pensions are granted, saited to all classes.
Thus, age 20, by a small annual payment of 1/. 65., or 6d.
per week, would, at the age of 65, have the option of a pension
of 241. 2s. 61., or 2001. cash, or a policy of 236/. Ss., which
may be increased at the same ratio to any amount; two-thirds
of the premiams paid advanced on loan, or returned to their
representatives, should the party die before attaining that age.
The rates of premium for Ind►a and other parts, as also pro-
spectuses, and every information, may be obtained at the office,
where persons desirous of becoming agents are requested to apply.
H. D. CAMPBELL, Resident Director.

QOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.
Lj To be CONTRACTED FOR? the DREDGING of
PART of the RIVER ITCHEN, amounting toabout 200,000
cubic yards, which will require to be &dated by or before the
31st of August, 1611. A Steam-dredger of 25-horse power is
rrovided, as well as a. portion of, the.Bargeo,necossary for the
work ; but the Contractors will 'be espocted to provige addi-
tional dredging power and barges.
Plans and specifications of the work may be seen at the Smith-
ampton Dock Offices, in London and Southampton; as also at
the Office of the Engineer, Mr. Giles 11, Beaufort-buildings,
St rand.

The work is to be contracted for in opt sum, and sealed ten-
ders must be delivered on or before Wednesday. tho 14th Octo-
ber next, addressed to the Secretary of the Southampton Dock
Company, No. 19, Bishopsgate.within, London; where parties
tendering will be required to appear in perstmon Thursday, the
15th October, at Two u'Clock precisely.
GEO. SAINTSBURY, Secretary.
Southampton Dock Office, London, Sept. 24, 1840.

DRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-
STREET.
• OPEN EVERY EVENING WITH
PROMENADE CONCERTS,
On an extensive scale.
Leader,cMr. WILLY, Conductor, Mr. TUTTON,
Supported by upwards of Sixty first-rate Instrumentalists.
PROGRAMME FOR 'NIS EVENING AND TO-MORROW.
Overtures—Jubilee, Abnensehety, Fidelio, L'Eclair.
Quadrilles—Vendetta, Torquato Tasso, Polichinelie, and La
Double Echelle.
Waltzes—Victoria, Brandhofen. Rcssenblatter, and Errenne-
rung au Pesth.
A Solo on the Violin by Mr. Willy.
Admission—Promenade, Is. Boxes, tls.
Private Boxes, I!. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the
Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.

EDWARD LITTON, ESQ.. M.P.
THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGA-
."... 7.INE, for OCTOBER, price 2s. 6d., contains-
1. Banking and Currency. 2. The Old Story. 3. The
Quare Gander. 4. The Rival Tanists, Chap. 111. 5. Meri-
Tars Poems. 6. Chalmers, Wardlaw, and Itl`Neile, on
Church Establishments. 7. A Legend of Ulster, in 1641,
Chaps. V., VI., VII. 8. Our Portrait Gallery, No. XII.,
Edward Litton, Esq., with an Etching. 9. Griselda, a
Drama: 10. C,barles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, Chapters
XXXV. to XLI. 11. The Homeric Digamma. 12. Criti-
cal Notices.
Dublin : William Curry, jun., and Ca. ; Samuel Holds-
worth, London ; Fraser and Crawford, Edinburgh. A New
Edition of the Number for January, with Portrait and Memoir
of Lord Roden, is now ready.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL. •

Yesterday an elderly man, named Freeman, was
• placcdatthe bar, oua, charge of attempting to commit
suicide.
Police constable 119 stated thikt- Eibittst 12 o'elock
. last night he observed the prisoner take off his hat, and
place it, with an umbrella, on one of the seats on Lon-
don Bridge. The witness, suspecting his intention, ran
towards him, bUt before he' reached the spot he had
mounted the parapet. and was in the act of precipitat-
ing himself into the river just as witness seized hold of
his coat. The prisoner struggled violently to get away,
but after much exertion he was pulled down, and
brought to the station-house.
The prisoner, with tears in his eyes, said that he
resided at N 0.22, George-street, Blackfrisrs-road, and
bud a wife and five children, who were in a state of
actual starvation, not having tasted food for two days.
The contemplation of their misery drove him to distrac-
tion, and he made the criminal attempt with which he
wai charged. However, he would promise, if he were
released, to return to his wife and family.
The wol thy Alderman who presided ordered the
constable to make inquiries into the prisoner's state-
ment, and presented him with a sovereign to relieve his
immediate distress.--He was discharged.