The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

ALLLIANCE BRITISH and FOREIGN LIFE
and FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
I, Bartholomew-lane, London.
ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
Capital-5,000,0007.
PRESIDENTS.
John Irving, Esq., M.P., Samuel Gurney, Esq., Sir Moses
Montefiore, F.R. S.
DIRECTORS.
John Alexander, Esq. [William Jardine, Esq.
S:r Thomas F. Buxton, Bart. ;Louis Lucas, Esq.
Benjamin Cohen, Esq. !Thomas Masterman, Esq.
William Crawford, Esq. Ilhomas Richarthon, Esq.
Right Hon. George R. Dawson Anthony De Rothschild, Esq.
Charles Gibbes, Esq. Oswald Smith, Esq.
William Howard, Esq. Henry M. Thornton, Esq.
John Irving, Jun., Esq. Melvil Wilson, Esq.
A uniTotts—Sir George Carroll, Samuel Gurney, Jun., Esq.
Andrew Johnston, Esq.
BANKERS—lgessrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co.
Acr RY—Benjamin Gompertz, Esq.. F. IL S.
SECRETARY—Andrew Hamilton, Esq.
'PHYSICIAN—John R. Hume, Curzon-street.
SOLICITOR—John M. Pearce, Esq.
SURVEYOR—Thomas Allason, Esq.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
The Premiums of the Company for the greater duration of
life are lower than those charged by most respectable offices.
Assurances are undertaken abroad as well as at home.
The assured participate in the profits, which are divided at
the expiration of every successive period of five years. The
next division will be declared in April, 1844.
The assured may proceed to any part of Europe without
previously communicating with the Directors, or the payment
of an additional Premium. No entrance money or other fee
is charged.
The large capital, and nearly one thousand Shareholders
composing the Company, render the security it offers to the
public undoubted.

FIRE ASSURANCE.
Fire Assurances are accepted at home at the usual rates.
The Company prosecute both Fire and Life Assurances abroad
on reasonable terms.
The receipts for the Renewal Premiums due at Christmas
are ready for delivery at the office in town, and at the agencies
throughout the country. A. HAMILTON, Secretary.

0L A TE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manu-
facturing Silversmiths, t.o. 14, Cornhill, London (oppo-
site the Bank of England).—The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern
Silver Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following
are the weights recommended, but the articles may be had
lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce :
oz. o. d. £ 8. d.
12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0
12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4
12 ditto Table Forks 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0
11 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4
2 ditto Gravy Spoons 10 at 7 2 ... 3 11 $
1 ditto Soup Ladle... 10 at 7 2 ... 3 11 8
4 ditto Sauce ditto... 10 at 713 .. 3 16 8
4 ditto Salt Spoons(gilt strong) 1 0 0
1 ditto Fish Slice 2 10 0
12 ditto Tea Spoons... 10 at 7 8 ... 3 16 6
1 ditto Pair Sugar Tongs (strong) 0 15 6
N.B. A price current, stamped as a newspaper, illustrated by
drawings, and containing every information relative to the pur-
chase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on application, or
will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a
paid letter.

39, ALBEMARLE—STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly
opposite the York Hotel), and
76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY.
"1 IGI IT AND HEARING.--'TESTIMONIALS.
1,7 " The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' Newly-invented
SPECTACLE LENSES afford astonishing relief to extremely
'mperfeet vision—We give them the decided preference to
every other kind of Leni—the clearness of the transparency
brings every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view
:he most minute particle with perfect accuracy. They are
particularly pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to
the sight, and soften bright and brilliant lights :
James Blundell, Esq., M.D., 1, Great George-street, West-

minster.
George G. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street;
T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F. R. S., Saville-row.
John Ramsbotham, Esq., M.D., Broad-street-buildings.
Anthony White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street.
John Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington-plvT, Kennington
Frederick Leighton, Esq., ALD , 7, Upper Gower-street.
Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street.
W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, lsleworth.
T. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street.
R. 11. Lucas, Esq., rl. D., Exeter.
J. Taylor Gordon, Esq., M.D.
Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath.
C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford.
Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby.
Vm Jeafreson, Esq., Surgeon-oculist,2l, South Audley-street.
S.D. Robinson, Esq., AI.D., Cheltenham.
C. Shillito, Esq., M.D., Brighton.
William Conolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
E. 11. Allnatt, F",sq., M.D. Walli igford.
Thomas Willis, Esq., AI. D., Brig iton
eiriffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Hammersmith.
Jslin Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manches

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ter-square.
Charles Tunally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town.
El. Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Harleyford-place, Ken-
siington.
N. M'Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Pat liament-street.
Samuel ;tanner, Ea. Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square.
W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor
square,
W. English, Esq., Sur ;eon, Denmark-11;11.
A. 13arklemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-st., Bloomsbury.
E. S'.oddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square.
J. H. Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury.
C. Higham, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Edwaru Nason, Esq., Surgeon,Nuneaton, 'Warwickshire.'
In placing the above list of Testimonials before the public,
the Messrs. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their
INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by
which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited,
s not larger than a seven-shilling-piece, and when fixed into
he cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not snore uncomfort-
ahle nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place.
By its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard
with distinctness.

fhese important new inventions are patronized by their Ma-
jesties the King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High-
nesses the Prineesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High-
ness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa,
her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the late Duke of Norfolk, the
Dukes of Devonshire, Argyle, Manchester, and Marlborough,
Lard Hill, &c. Sec.

Observe the Messrs. Solomons state that they have no con-
nection with persons of the same name in Ireland and Scotland,
and that they do not employ any Travellers or Agents ; the
genuine article are only to be had in London, at their Esta-
hlAments, :39 Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York
Hotel, and 76 King William-street, Bank.

COLLIS' LADIES' BREAST OINTMENT.
This Ointment is now confidently recommended to the
public as an infallible remedy for all
_diseases of the Breast,
occasioned by Cold, or the Milk coring in the Breast. It is
a certain cure for Whitlows, Abcess, Scalds, Burns, Bad Legs,
and all cutaneous diseases; and in consequence of the now
great demand for the Ointment, the Proprietor is induced to
lay it before the public—not as a cure for " all the ills that
flesh is heir to," but in cases as above mentioned it is with the
greatest confidence recommended to the public.
Sold wholesale and retail by R. Johnston, 6S Cornhip,
London, in pots 2s. 9d. each, duty included ; and most Medi.
tine Vendor: in the country.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Dec. 10, 1842." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-Creneral:—
Weekly
Average
1838-9.40-1

CAUSES OF DEATH. Total.

Four Four
Epidemic, Endemic, & Conta Autumns !Years
gious Diseases 130 190 190
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 130 140 149
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
I);seases of the Hea-t and 8100d-vessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and oilier
Organs of Digestion ............
52 59 61
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ........
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, oce 9 15 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 9 6 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c......... 0 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat .
MI Age, or Natural Decay
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern-

pe,a„ce ...... ............... 19 24 25
Causes not specified ............... 3 8 7
Deaths from all causes . ........................ 815
Average Weekly Deaths 912 912
Population Average Deaths
en ti- Weekly in
rrierated Deaths the
1611. 1838-9-40-1. Week
r.--.....---,
Four 1 Four
Ye .rs.jAututnns.

DISTRICTS.

West—Kensington, St. George
(Hanover-square),Westmin-
ster, St. Martin in the Fields,

St. James
North—St. Mary-le•bone, St.
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 161 156
Central—Saint Odes and Saint
George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon_
don, West London, City of
London ............ • • ........ —.373,806 18S 185 151
East—Shoreditch,Whitechape
Bethnal Green, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,495' 206 207 202
South—St Saviour, St. Olave,

St. George( Southwark ), Ber-
mondsey, Newington, Lam-
beth, Camberwell, Rother-
lithe, Greenwich .... •••438,060 221 228 203

Total 1,870,727 912 912 615
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don St. Leonard
with and without the walls,
.the City and Liberties 01
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
dFiunlghtaomn:
rewiringloStiti,Litke (Chelsea), Pad-
din (Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell; Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, u
HSat.mAmlaerrysm(
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. ; and in June 1841, was
Hammersmith
1,570,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years v
208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.
TEMPERATURE IN THE NVEz,_
a ENDING
Dec. 3. 1 Dec. 10.
56° 55°
40 36
48 43
14. 1842.

Highest .....................

Lowest
Daily Mean .........
General Register Office, Dec.

If reference be made to the most celebrated living
members of the British peerage, it will be seen that
the active political life which the majority of them
have led, has not had the effect so erroneously attri-
buted to this kind of mental excitement. The truth
The Duke of Wellington, 71;
will be demonstrated by the following
Earl Grey, 76; Earl
Lord Bexley, 74 ; Lord Abin-
ger,statement :
llarrowby, 78; Earl Abergavenny,, 86; Earl Carlisle,
61 ; Lord Plunket, 76 ;
67 ; Earl Harewood, 73 ; Earl lladdington, 60 ;
'Manners, 84 ; Lord Dun-
fermline,Loor dd7l3ry n,Lyndhurst,foorrd(i ,
B 7 3r6oB;u;gLhlo,aroli
Anglesey, 72; Lord Wellesley,. 80 ; Viscount Sid-
mouth, 83 ; Viscount Melville, 69.
64; Lord Carbery, 7,5;
There is now to be seen at low water, in the
Marquis of
present channel of the Lure, opposite Nantbucks, the
hull of a Dutch brig, which was wrecked in a violent
storm on this coast upwards of sixty years ago.
Rumour states her cargo to consist principally of
iron, and it is said that efforts will be shortly made
for its recovery. One or two v:its of inspection
have already been made, and some of her timbers
brought away, which, on being sawn through, appear
to be as sound as when her keel was first laid.—
Lancaster Guardian.