The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-18 00:00:00

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BAxxxas—i3 ani of London.
AcruAar—Thomas Walker, Esq., 8.A., F.S.S., F. LA.
MANAGER AND SECRETARY—Edmund Clench, Esq.
The Directors have the pleasure to announce that, all ne-
cessary preliminaries having been completed, the OFFICE
will OPEN for BUSINESS on MONDAY next, the 22d inst.
Insurers in this Association have the security of a large
paid-up capital, a proprietary of more than one thousand
shareholders, and an income from business already acquired
exceeding 35,0001. per annum.

Prospectuses, with tables and terms of business, may be
had at the chief and local daces, or of the agents throughout
the country.—By order.
EDMUND CLENCH, Manager and Secretary.
Threadneedle-street, Sept. 16, 185 g.

AN IMPROVING LANDLORD.—James C. Harter, Eqq.,
of Broughton Hall, Lancashire, purchased in 1852 an
estate of some 1,500 acres, lying for about three miles
along the verge of the Shannon, and contiguous to the
bridge of Banagher. The estate of Esker was at this
time in a deplorable condition. Like other properties in
the county of Galway, it had been under the manage-
ment of the courts, and little or no inulgence could be
extended, who were for the most part living in poverty
and ignorance. Mr. Harter paid for the estate the
sum of 8,0001., and he bas since expended in im-
provements about 4,C00/. more. On taking possession
Mr. Harter directed that no one should be evicted,
though the property was cut up into small tenements,
several detached and irregular holdings belonging to one
tenant. The farms were all re-modelled, and encourage-
ment in the shape of substan'.ial aid given to every
tenant to improve his residence and offices. As a pre-
liminary improvement draining was extensively set on
foot, and a number of leading erodes were at once cut
at Mr. Harter's expense, forming outlets for the super-
abundant moisture, without which the drainage could
not have been effected. New toads bave been made,
opening up the estate, and giving value to the land which
it was impossible formerly to reach. Every cottage and
farmhouse' is neatly whitewashed, and the old Irish
habit of collecting a manure heap or a cesspool at the
entrance to each hrs been entirely discontinued. Par-
ties who saw this property 20 years ago would scarcely
recognise it now, so great a change has been effected in
four short years. Ths swamps and morasses have been
converted into excellent land, and the callows have been
so much improved as
,to be worth treole their former
value. One field formerly let for 251. a-year now brings
701.—Ballinasloe Star.

ABDUCTION BXTEIAORDINARY.—The abduction of a
wife by her own husband •is related in the Berkshire
Chronicle. Some months ago Mrs. Cherry, wife of the
rector of Burghfield (about four miles from Reading),
left her husband's house, domestic differences having led
to this separation. Mr. Cherry made repeated efforts to
induce her to return to his house, but in vain. On Sun-
day evening, in St. Gilee's Church, the rev. gentleman
attended divine service, sitting a few yards from the
pew which the lady and her friends usually occupy. At
its conclusion he proceeded to the pew door, and on Mrs.
Cherry's egress he took hold of her, and compelled her
to accompany him into the vestry. The vicar (Mr. Grain-
ger) and other gentlemen hastened thither, and Mr.
Cherry made an excited appeal to his brother clergyman,
as a friend, to use his influence to promote a reunion.
This was declined, and the lady retired alone into the
vicarage, her husband, after some hesitation, retir-
ing to go home. So matters stood until Monday morn-
ing last. About 9 o'clock Mr. Cherry proceeded with
his solicitor (Mr. F. M. Slocombe), Superintendent
Peck of the borough police, and two constables in plain
clothes, into Southampton. street. The professional gen-
tleman and the superintendent went up the steps, and
knocked at the door. They were admitted, and the door
was closed. Presently one of them reopened it, and sig-
nalled to Mr. Cherry, who rushed into the house, fol-
lowed closely by his girdener. All this could not be
done in so populous a thoroughfare without attracting
some spectators. They heard a great bustle and confusion
in the house, and loud screaming. The gardener came
to the door and beckoned to the coachman, who in-
stantly drove up to the outer gate. In the midst of the
screaming the lady was seen to emerge into the passage,
without bonnet or shawl ; on one side of her was the
gardener, on the other Superintendent Peck, and behind
Mr. Cherry, assisting, and thus conveyed her, not with-
out considerable force, owing to her resistance, down
the steps. At this point the lady cried out in a distracted
manner, "Is there no one to save mu ?" but she was
hurried through the frcnit garden into the carriage. Mr.
Cherry followed her in, Mr. Peck mounted on the box,
the coachman drove up the hill towards Whitley, and
they proceeded to Burghfield Rectory,