The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-02 00:00:00

ROYAL-EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
Established by Royal Charter, in the Reign of King George
the First.

December 1820.
•
33ERSONS; whose annual Premiums fall-clue
on the 25th instants arc hereiLy informed, that Receipts
are.now ready to be delivered at the .liompanv's Oilices, over
the. Royal Eichange and in Pall-Mall, as well a, by their re-
spective 'Aonts in the several Counties; and the Parties as-
sured are requested to apply for the Renewal of their Poli-
cies on or before the 9th of January next, as the usual Fif-
teen Days glowed' for -Payment, beyond the date of each.Po-
!icy, will then expire.

SAMUEL FINNING. Jun. Secretary,

N. 13. Attendance is given, daily, at the said Offices, for
the Assurance of Buildings, Goodi, Merchandive, and Ships,
in Harbour, in Dock, or while &lading, 'win Loss or Da-
mage by Fire; and also for the Assurance of, and granting
Annuities on, Lives.

N.B. Fire Policies will be issued free of ExpenCe to the As•
sured, where the Annual Premium arnonuts to 6s. or up.
wards.

ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
LIFE DEPARTM ENT.
ERSONS assured for the whole term of Life,
will ltave an 'addition -made to their Policies every
Seventh Year, on the principle so hemacially practised till
lately at the Equitable Anuranee' Offs-eqv or the itnft4st-
thereat may be applied in reduction of the future payments
of Premium.
Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life, on
a plan peculiar to- this 011iCe, whereby the Premium is pay-
able fur a fixed number of years only.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Policies for 3001., and upwards, will be entitled, under the
system of Assurance practised, by this Office, to participate
in the surplus Premiums every fifth year, provided no claim
has been made for loss.
Proposals fully explanatory of, the principles and rates of
tfie Company may be had at the principal,Offiee in Cheapside,
London, and of the several Agents in the Country.
DESROROUGII, Jun. Secretary.
Cheapside, London, Dec. 40, MO.

TO SOLICITORS, BANKERS, AND OTHERS IN THE

COUNTRY.
Gentlemen who are willing to act as Agents for the Atlas
Assurance Company arc reque4trd to address their application
to the Secretary, at the Office. in Cheapside, accompanied
with a reference to persons in London.

DRI:ADrur. Ac c IDENT.—YeSterd ay morning,
between twelve and one o'clock, the following
dreadful catastrophe took place at the house of
Dr. Uwin, of No. 13, Bedford-row :—Mrs Leese,
an elderly Lady, in consequence of indisposi-
tion, was lately sent up to London .from the
country, and placed in the house of, Dr. Uwin,
where she occupied apartments, together with her
daughter, Miss Leese, in -order that she might
be under the immediate attention of the Doctor.
Yesterday morning whilst Mrs. Leese was lying
sick in bed, and her daughter reading by the
bedside, the female servant, who was in the habit
of attending on the sick Lady, entered the apart-
ment with some medicine, which was intended

for her, and having placed the candle in rather
an awkward situation, the bed-curtains caught
fire, which was. not perceived till the blaze spread
over the apartment. Miss Leese was so much
alarmed, that she immediately rose, and in great
agitation opening the back window, she preci-
pitated herself to the pavement of the area, and
pitching upon her head, fractured her skull in
a dreadful manner. The servant perceiving no
chance of escape from the immense body of
flames which surrounded the door, followed the
example of her mistress by throwing herself
from.the 'same window, which belongs to the se-
cond floor back room apartment ; she broke both
her legs and her back in the fall. By this time
the flames in the apartment were increasing,
which, together with the groansof theunfortunate
females in the yard, attracted the attention of the
persons adjacent to the spot, and assistance was
immediately procured. Mr. Paine, of the Wheat-
sheaf,
Hand-court, and his waiter, were the
first who entered the house, and proceeding up
stairs to the second floor, succeeded in putting
out the flames. We are happy to state that Mrs.
Leese did not meet with any injury save the ex-
cessive fright she underwent, and the effect pro-
duced by the melancholy catastrophe of her
daughter. Mr. Paine, &c. with the promptest
activity proceeded to the assistance of Miss Leese
and the female servant, who were discovered
in the most deplorable condition ; they were im-
mediately
conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, where they now are lying without hope of
recovery. Miss Leese is about 18 or 19 years of
age. Mrs. Leese is, still at the house of Dr.
lJwin, where the -most humane attention is paid
to her in her present, distressing situation. The
circumstance created considerable alarm in the
neighbourhood. Several engines shortly arrived,
but fortunately the fire was previously extin-
guished. Much damage, however, was done.
A melancholy occurrence took place at Caris-
brooke New Village on Tuesday last:--It ap-
pears that two young Gentlemen (sons of a CaP-
tail' in the army) were amusing themselves with'
firing at a trap-door on the roof of a barn, not being
aware that any one was therein, when a ball from
one of their guns entered the, door, and coming'
in contact With a piece of quarter, it rebounded
from the 'direction in' which it was fired, an,„
shocking to relate, entered the head of a man of
the name of James Simmonds, of Carisbrooke,
who was in the barn at the time with another per-
son. • The poor fellow lingerecL a short time,
and then expired.

It is wonderful to what a degree of perfection
mechanism has arrived to, particularly in ,:the
cotton spinning business. At some of the- Cotton
Mills in Man Chester yarn has been spun so fine as
to require 350 hanks to weigh one pound avoir-
dupoise. The perimeter of. the common reel be-
ing one 'yard and a half, 80 threads or revolutions
would measure 120 yards, and one hank' 7 tithes
as much, or 840yards,.multipfied byr3so, givei
29,400 yardi; or 161- miles and a. frietion.