The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-21 00:00:00

sr Corner of Ironmonger-lane.

COUN'T'Y FIRE OFFICE and PROVIDENT
LrFE OFFICE, Regent-street, and Royal Exchange, Lon-
don; and also at Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, and all the principal
'fawns in Great Britain. Established in 1806. Capitals, a
Million Sterling and upwards. Reduction of Premiums, First
Class, ls. Lid. per Cent. ; Farming Stock, in certain cases, I s.6d.
Per Cent. All Insured share profits equally. Claims have been
Paid immediately, and in full, to 1700 sufferers. Returns of 25/.
4nd 20/. per Cent. have been paid invariably : 52,000/. returned
,
the last twelve years. Bonuses of 181. Sc.Ss. and 26/. 125., per
erit. have been paid on Life Policies.

IMPERIAL 'FIRE INSURANCE COM-
PANV, SUN-COURT, CORNHILL, and No. 5, ST.
JAMEs.s.sTREET.
CORNELIUS BULLER, Esq. Chairman.
JOHN HORSLEY PALMER, Esq. Deputy Chairman.
matmons.

Grant Allan, Esq.
Charles Barclay, EA+
Ineks Barkly, Esq.
Charles Danvers, Esq.
John Henry Deffell, Esq.
Senniel Drewe, EN.
Fry,
RObert Lang, Esq.
niehard Lee, Esq.
bold Lyon, Esq.

Daniel Mildred, Esq.
Sir Charles Price, Bart.
Joseph Reid, Esq.
John Baker Richards, Esq.
John Smith, Esq.
Henry Smith, Esq.
Fleury Sterry,.Esq.
John Henton Trittdn, Eiq.
and
Richard Twining, Esq.

George Brown, Eiq•
Andrew Colvile, Esq.
Jeremiah Olive, Eel'

EX-DIR:

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Michael Bland, Esq.
Gerais] De Visine, EN.
Andrew Luughilan, jun. Esq.

:tyros's.
Sir James Shaw, Bart.
Robert Slade, Esq.
Joseph Timperon, Esq.

ITOR S.
James Pattison, jun. Esq.
and
John Tritton, Esq.

; '914 Company have resolved to make the following reduction
il4 ' Rates of Premium hitherto charged on the three common
alßes of Insurance, except in special calms.
First Class
Second
Third 69. Od. to 4s. 6d.
P. MILNgR, Accountant.

PO Wr ANT MPR OVEMENT.iii PEN
RiVIVES..—The usual manner of manufacturing- lien.
i,""e Blades. has long been-a subject of complaint. • The edge
•p. is
wide too steep and the angle too obtuse; the,consequence
thati„,,,-the edge In cutting it sometimes unmanageable and driven
11077 t. 24. quill nearly acrt4s.. This inconvenience almost ever,'
ylcin In the. habit of makinipena has frevently experienced.
obliviate this'entirily, 'T.. CLARK, of taxeter,'Cliange, has
introduced. a Penknife Blade, manufactured .entirely. on new
1111116* •' the line of the edge being parallel with the side of
it hi
.-ule forms a very acute angle : the instrument, therefore,
i en in inexperienced hands, may be easily governed ; tin ctit
t
JR' but what is intended can take place, and the Pen is formed
p"Hh the greatest nicety and theutmost The blade of
111+ Penknife is beautiful in workmanship, and can be recom-
pendeo with confidence, as superior to any article previously
t
roduced into this branch o Wutlery, Also can be used with
i t:ef,lot,oF.!Fr.t!ijirul•—The blades are made from relined silver

SLEEPING PitE,ACHER.----(From the Onondaga
litoiter of May li.)—There is at present to LC witnessed in the
town of Otisco, in this county, an inetadtv of what Dr. Mitchell
Nils 4, devotional sontnitan," scarcely second,
we are informed, to
the celebrated case of Rachel Baker. Simeon Watson, a hard
labouring, industrious aged man, about thirty, of athletic habits,
,ad sanguine temperament, about a month sinee commenced preach.;
gig in his sleep. The fit (as it is unquestionably 4 disease) coin-
'lance% immediately after lying down m the evening, and eonti-
'has,. until the. usual religious .exercises of meeting are con-
„scuttled. Mr. Watson is a pious, respectable member Of the
Baptist Society, and during the pait winter has been much engaged
in an awakening which has existed in the society. in 'that vicinity.
n after retiring to rest, he apparently falls asleep. In a few
Mastics he is seized with strong spasmodic contractions of the
Muscles
of.the chest and limbs--always groans, and sometimes as if
'great distress;' anti when this paroxysm subsides, commences
?reaching, or rather praying. Our informant terms it preaching,
,ascause in his *amnion: he always terms it so himself, whereas
abse Itaker when in that state, always declined having her exlior-'
cations termed . preaching, assigning the scriptural reason , that
linen ought not to teach. Mr. Watson commences with a prayer
of ordinary length, then names some passage of Scripture as' a
t'lt, from which he discouraes fluently, and quite connectedly,
44 closes with another prayer. He is totally insensible as to
what io passing around, nor can he be awakened until the pa-
,"Yain,lefives him. Some at first were sceptiCal ; but trials were
;Ade stifteient to convince the most incredulous. During the
,fi4tenee. of the paroxysm, his hantlZtire so firmly clinched togs-
titile e to Omni with his Ongers, and cause the blood
omenuu
torilagl der his nails. Miss Baker's hands used to be ull,_
I,e ess.-hy herlde; yet she, like Mr. Watson, used to move her
uOlia pillow as if addressing an audience. In the midst of
aslirtationk, Rachel would pause to answer a question, and
4:4 aurreetly proceed ; but Mr. Watson cannot be diverted from
subbed: ln short, this state of the .human body and mind
14 he
44 ,deemed
.one ofgreat ai,qpian:ty., and interest ; anti one
l se it has never been ful investigated and explained, opens
a pia ,
,Aald for the religious and philosophical inquirer. •