The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-16 00:00:00

No. 17,132. LON DON,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASsURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
,Ith resvet to life as.urances and deferred annuities. The assured
c 3, on ail occasions., the power to borrow, without expense or for-
,7lture of the policy; tWo•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
so the option 01 selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
rests to meet other convenidncies or necessity.
Assur.i.nces for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The Increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
4t the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 35 to 95 per cent. on tile premiums paid on each
policy effected on the profit scale._

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- j 4.. 1. THE FIRE AT NIA.NCHEST R.
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.- - The amount of damage in the first pile destroed
d in Messrs. Cunliffe's property, is estimated to be
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not less than 30,000/. The stateureptpf losses is' as
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. .:,., + ows :—Mr. George Giimshaw; Goston, the loss
is estimated at 5,0001., which is covered by Insurance
in the Manchester Fire Office to the extent of 4,0001.
Mr. Smith's stock is destroyed to the extent of
1,5001., the amount of insurance in the County
Office. Messrs. Clark and Co..sustained damage to
the amount -of 350/., to which amount they are in-
Silted in the I'Vst of England, Mni James Redfern
is insured in the_Ruyal for_lsol., which ..will about
cover his loss. Mr. -J. B. Lee is insured in the
Alliance for 5001., and inthe North British for 2,0001.,
and his loss is estimated at nearly 3,0001. MeSsrs.
Latrey will suffer to the amount of 5001., to which
amount they were insured in the Imperial. . Messrs.
J. Farrar and Brother suffer a loss not covered by
an insurance to the amount of 300/. Mr. Thomas
Haigh, woollen cloth manufacturer, estimates his loss
at nearly 5,0001.; he is insured in the Sun for 2,000/.,
the Guardian for 1,0001., . and the Yorkshire for
1,600/. Mr. Robert H. .Dowson estimates his
damages at 5,000/., which -is eoveredby insurance in
the West of -England. Mr. James Sharp,- woollen
cloth manufacturer, is insured for 1,0001. in the Ith-
perial Office, ,and suffers to about that amount. Mr.
Henry Hewitt estimates his loss at 3,500/., which -is
covered -by insurances of 1,5001. in the Scottish
Union, and - 2,000/. in the Birmingham Offi6e.
Messrs. Porteus and Co., silk manufacturers, §uffer
to the extent of 2,0001., covered by insurance in the
West of England to that amount. The loss of
Messrs. Cunliffe and Brooks, to whom the building
belongs in which Mr. Hewitt's and Messrs. Porteus
rnd Co.ls shops were situated, is estimated at. 1,500/.
for the - building. There are several parties who
suffer to smaller amounts.. The origin of the -fire is
unknown.

PRICE SD.

FOREIGN CORN AND HARVEST.
BRUSSELS, Azo.-I.2.—The average price of corn
Oaring the week ending August 7 was—Wheat,
28f. 590, and that of rye 15f. 99e., being a diminu-
tion in wheat of 6f. 74c., and in rye of lf. 9c.
Very littis ;e doing lrt thp wallet, and the
prices continue to fall both on wheat and
rye. We continue to receive complaints daily
of the great want of common lionesty and fair
dealing in regard to the fall in bread. Alt'ough in
many parts of Germany and Flanders the prices are
drnost everywhere on the old level,,yet the price in
the fall of bread has not-been in proportion. This is
naintained by the bakers under the apparen ly plau-
sible plea that they cannot • reduce the
price till
they shall Wave exhausted the stock of corn which
they hid in hand when it became cheaper. It is a
matter of surprise that the Government and respectiye
local authorities do not interferen,nd put a stop to
this abominable fraud—we can call it by no milder
term—upon the poor. They are entitled now-to
have their bread at moderate prices, and they ought
to have it. What can we say to such a declaration
as this from the Hamburgh market, for instance ?
Notwithstanding the immense importations, the price
of rye has again risen, because scarcely anything is
brought to market—all is put into the storehouses.
Is this as it should be ? Is there not an evident de-
sign on the part of the.sellers to keep up the prices
as, long as they can ? for .the same account goes on to
state, although several, vessels have come from Bre-
men freighted with -corn, they all turned back
because they found the prices of corn too low here.
If the price of corn is low, why is bread so dear ?
and why are the people cheated in two ways—first,
for having-to pay high for their bread, and, secondly,
by having that bread made up into loaves which
certainly are far less than the usual size ? In making
these remarks, let us not, however, be supposed to
speak of corn dealers and others engaged in the corn
trade in general.. There is nothing more unfair, or
unmanly, than to attack men as a body, without
giving them the advantage of individual defence; and
we know, as a fact, that immence harrn.htii been done
`!)3, these general accusations, so much so, that per-
sons,judging from the observations incautiously made
m this head in the public journals, have considered
them as infallible, and universally applicable, and
have, not only been most abusive to dealers when
they brought their produce to market, but we verily
believe that many of the riots and incendiarisms have
arisen from the same incautious, though well-mean-
ing, remarks of the newspapers. lie, who in these
days writes for the public, shoulsl- bear in mind that
be is writing for all classes, and not for any particular
class of persons.—Hamburgh Papers, August 10.

CLOSING OF THE TRANSFER-BOOKS.—Notice was
issued on Friday at the Bank of England that the clos-
ing of the Transfer-books for the under-mentioned an
nuities, due on the 10th of October, will be as follows
--Bank Stock, Fiiday, September 10, to Friday, October
15; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities, Friday,
September 10, to Wednesday, October 20 ; Reduced
Three per Ceut. Annuities, Thursday, September 9, to
Wednesday, October 20 ; Long Annuities, Friday, Sep-
tember 10, to Wednesday, October 20 ; Annuities for
terms of years, Friday, September 10, to Wednesday,
October 20.

MARYLERONE VESTRY.—THE BOROUGH ELECTION.
—On Saturday, at the.meeting of this vestry, Mr. C.
Hickman made the following motion, in pursuance of
notice :—" That while this vestry disclaim any desire to
interfere with the free exercise of the elective franchise,
they hereby declare their dett-rminat,on to discharge
prom their service any parochial officer who shall be
:mind engaging himself on any electio:i committee or
otherwise, to the neglect of those duties which, as a
servant of the vestry, he has undertaken to perform."
After a short discussion the motion was put, and was
almost unanimously rejected, there being but two or
three hands in its favour.

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CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—DANIN.
BURGLARY.—A peculiarly daring and coolly executed
burglary was perpetrated yesterday (Sunday) morning,
rianesaNttleig,
ship
Inn
Richmond,
on the premises occupied by Mr. George Walter, Blue
Posts, Snoe-lane. About four o'clock, A.M., the police-
wan found the front door of the house open, and at
once alarmed the inmates by ringing the bell. An in-
spection of the place was immeeiately entered on, and it
was discovered that one, or more probably, two persons,
itha.d broken in and robbed the house. Frum appearances
is concluded that one of the burglars had secreted him-
self, on the previous night, on the roof of a long room at
the back of Mr. Walter s house. Thence he must have
broken through the skylight into the parlour, made his
way into the passage, and forced the lock of the passage
door with a "jemmy," and then got into the bar par-
lour, having first, it is supposed, admitted a com-
panion. There possession was taken of some silver
spoons, and various other articles found about the
room. In the bar, the parties, with remarkable
coolness and deliberation regaled themselves with lemon-
ade, brandy, and other good things that usually abound
therein. They likewise took away with them some
31bs. of cigars and a large number of farthings—fortu-
nately the only money left in the tills. It is a curious
circumstance, however, that they overlooked a consider-
able sum of money placed the previous night in a wooden
bowl, and over which some papers had been carelessly
laid. This bowl was close to where the spoons had beea
deposited. The value of the things carried off is about
10/. The police are on the alert to discover the culprits;
:le:acted :nidltii:dv'l behindrnatch
hv‘i' will
but no clue has, at present, been obtained. No doubt
seems to be entertained that the ofienders must have
been well acquainted with the house ; and this robbery
should serve as a caution to licensed victuallers in
ueneral to examine their premises the last thing, at
night. If such a course had been adopted in this ii?-
stance, the man corcealed on the roof must have been in
111 probability discovered. Such premes peculiarly
so,
much exposed, but on Saturday nights
A DISGUSTING Amu-N.—At
inspector
from the increased bustle then usual.
Mr. Beard, the i of the
Sessions, on Saturday,
18411 Richmond
inhabitantso
snidx
iP.bceneeotnuot
thecloyhadf
a t Ilr
Richmond,
. thnat
attention
o locality,
a lod:eib;teh:oe(:)tehptuihebehli moral de -
V division, stationed
ljevtpihriaccatto the respectable
Richmond. The following is a copy of the notice, which
23;nd
yeasjhanraaal pvtedriebsehnnteit e don:
nboeotxmubhtticeelsnriltsoieee avnlef;:ii.kleynienst i e .
gMoennrd.tlaWesm-neSAnmuhigtaluls'sst:natched a
~vukernerienpy:,a.coen
AB
Monday,
a r 1( —N ,
bite each rat dead
man for 10/. to
B. There will be
aldellitsAt.to'nctayt-cohneth ream"; n " theith pit, and
nn
,_laensd, r 5,...
with his mouth, against
plenty of spare rats or the I.
~they magfstrates, consulted withs-
logs." Sir Thomas
oght, having, with the
Smith, their clerks,
'he landlord of the New Ship
Reeve, ilc.e.a`ure of other gents'
directed the inspector to wait upon
jeopardise his 1. am
Chapman a phmt
ma n
thatand
se would
celting proceedine.; to take place abjrt'hp,serhmoittistien.g such re-
i~ proceeding; PfoorsTs. -;eorrisrcticLE(.:—Malls will be made up
...ritom:irt.
io forwarded will be at the rare ort).°lBts'
Leave, cu be conveyed by her
Niajesty's sloop n gtehoonhaailil.oleototeore: .
tad so on; no postage wil be charged on newspapers.
All letters, &c,, intended to be forwarded by this vessel
must be specially addressed, .` By her Majesty's ship
,lritoroart." The Britomart is expected to sail on the
17th instant; letters in time nu Monday (this day). The
Jupiter will take out the Peninsular mails of the 17th
instant. The Trent., for the West India mails of ditto;
the Caledonia, for the American mails of the 18th inst.
The next mails for the Mediterranean, Ceylon, India,
and China, yid Southampton, will be dispatched ou the
morning of the 20th instant; and those for the same
i not for
thetlie
h
destinations, vid Marseilles, on the evening of the 24th
inst. The Indus will take out the mails of the 20th on
their arrival at Southampton.
e" .nnnsa rk a
Thursday,
Onb
e
foaottthrace qeutioeotkvpilelalaege of Wysall, a somewhat
remarkableinstant,
FOOT RACE EXTRAORDINAE:r.
distance run, nor for the speed of the runners, but for
the fact that each of them has been running
a race with
5t
old Time for more than ninety years,
ex-
seeded his great climacteric
twenty-eight, one having
the other '
thirty-three years. The di • stance was forty yards. The
competitors were Wotton Bryans, sen., aged ninety-six,
and Mr. John Hogg, aged ninety-one, winning
nettled,
y-one, the latter
by just a yard; which so or ratherfmettled, his
rival, that he challenged him to jump or a guinea.
When this match is t . o come off, or whether the chal- •
lenge was accepted, we have not learnt.--Nottingham
Journal. •

The capital employed in the coal trade of Nor-
thumberland and Durham is estimated at,nearly ten mil.
lions sterling.