The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-28 00:00:00

No 17 396.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY
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FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE.
Tll" LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and
GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE;
23, THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH ;
GREAT BRIDGEWATER-STIIEET, MANCHESTER ;
`MASON'S-BUILDINGS, and MATTHEW-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The Company transact business in every department of Life and
Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans.
LIFE DEPARTME;sIT.
ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq.
At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the
Life Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of
5 per cent. was added to the share, in addition to the payment of the
annual interest.
The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001.
for the whole life, one-half of which may remain for five years by
merely paying the interest annually, at b per cent.; and should the
policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then I.: e
deducted.
Age 20, without profits.. £1 13 0 With profits •. • • £2 1 185 0
. 8 ..
4 9 6

50 •••• • • • • •• .. 4 3 4 • • ..... •• •
For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for
any ages or contingencies not usually advertised information may be
obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary.

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FIRE DAPARTMENT.
The Company insure houses, furniture, stock in trade, farming
stock, and every description of personal property, against loss or
damage by fire.
The Directors beg to remind their friends, whose premiums become
due at Midsummer, that no extra charge is made at this office for
the transfer of policies, and that they will be rated on terms pecu-
liarly favourable to parties insuring.
Insurances may be effected for any period of time ; if for seven
years, the Premium and Duty will only be charged for six.
June, 1848. JOHN BIGG, Secretary.

CORPORATION
(Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720).
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANC E
OF HOUSES AND GOODS FROM FIRE.
OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
Branch, 29, Pall-mall.
Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Premiums
falling due at Midsummer will expire on the 9th July next.
ASSURANCE ON' LIVES,'
'WITH LARGE PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS.
Two-thirds- of the profit on Policies dated since December, 1841,
will be apportioned, . periodically, among those effected for Life ;
without involving the Assured in any risk of Partnership.
GOVERNOR—Thomas Tooke, Esq.
Arta-Govkatioa—William Sampson, Esq.
DErurr-GovEalloa—The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville.
DIRECTORS.

Henry Bainbridge, Esq.
George Pearkes Barclay, Esq.
Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Alexander Colvin, Esq.
Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq.
William T. Hibbert,
Lancelot Holland, Esq.
Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart.

Charles John Manning, Esq.
Henry Nelson, Esq.
Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.
John Henry Pelly, Esq.
Abraham U. Robarts, Esq.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.
William Soltau, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Octavius Wigram, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.

ALEX. GREEN, Secretary.

PUBLICATIONS.

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THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVO-
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July, will contain— . .

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Errors in their Treatment.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.

FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE
1848.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the lion.
Henry George Howard, now Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at the Hague, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Lisbon.

The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Hon.
Hcnry Elliot, now First Paid Attaché to her Majesty's
Legation at St. Petersburgh, to be Secretary to her Ma-
jesty's Legation at the Hague.
Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from Mr.
Belford Wilson, her Majesty's Chard d'Affaires at
Caraccas, a dispatch, dated theEl2th of May last, re-
porting, that the Venezuelan Government had declared
and established a blockade of the port (plaza) of Mara-
caibo and its adjacent coasts, including in this latter
term the whole of the coast bordering the Gulf of Ma-
racaibo, from Cape San Roman, 'on the Peninsula of
Paraguana, to Point Espada, on that'of La Goajua.
DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Col-
lingwnod 6elby, Esq., to be her Majestys Advocate for
the Island of Ceylon.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenaneof Pembrokeshire.
Richard Llewellin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
June 15.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Biontgomeryshire.
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry—The Right
Hon. Viscount Seaham to be Supernumerary Major,
without pay.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire.
73d (and not Ist, as advertized in the Gazette or 22d
Feb. last), or Berwickshire, &c., Regiment of Militia.—
Captain James Pringle to be Major, vice Johnstone,
deceased, Feb. 9.
CROWN-OFFICE, JUifE 26.
Days and places app2414.0:11,440%;
assizes, 1848: .
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
The Right Hon. Thomas Lord Denman, Lord Chief
Justice, and Mr. Justice Pal teson.
Rutlandshire, Saturday, July 15, at Oakham.
Northamptonshire, the same day, at Northampton.
Lincolnshire, Wednesday, July 19, at the Castle of
Lincoln.
City of Lincoln, the same day, at the City of Lincoln.
Nottinghamshire, Saturday, July 22, at Nottingham.
Town of Nottingham, the same day, at the town of
Nottingham.
Derbyshire, Wednesday, July 26, at Derby.
Leicestershire, Saturday, July 29, at the Castle of
Leicester.
Borough of Leicester, the same day, at the Borough of
Leicester.
Warwickshire (Coventry division), Wednesday, Aug.
2, at the City of Coventry.
Warwickshire (Warwick division), Thursday, Aug. 3,

at Warwick. _
CIRCUIT OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES
AND COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER.

The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Chief Justice of
the Court of Common Pleas, and Mr. Justice
Wightman.

NORTH WALES.
Montgomeryshire, Saturday, July 22, at Newtown.
Merionethshire, Wednesday, July 26, at Dolgally.
Carnervonshire, Friday, July 28, at Carnarvon.
Anglesey, Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Beaumaris.
Denbighshire, Saturday, Aug. 5, at Ruthin.
Flintshire, Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Mold.
Cheshire, Saturday, Aug. 12, at Chester.
SOUTH WALES.
Glamorganshire, Thursday, July 13, at Cardiff.
Carmarthenshire, Thursday, July 20, at Carmarthen.
County of the Borough of Carmarthen, the same day, at
the Borough of Carmarthen.
Pembrokeshire, Wednesday, July 26, at Haverfordwest.
Town and County of Haverfordwest, the same day, at
the Town of Haverfordwest.
Cardiganshire, Monday, July 1, at Cardigan.
Brecknockshire, Friday, Aug. 4, at Brecknock.
Radnorshire, Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Presteign.