The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

PUBLICATIONS.

A new Edition, on Dickinson and Co.'s Paper,
Edward Mozon, 44, Dover-street.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

COUNTY FIRE OFFICE
PROVIDENTAND LIFE OFFICE,
50, REGENT-STREET.
Established 1807.
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS.
HisCracetheDukeofttutland,K.G. Sir Frederick A. Roe, Bart.
I'he Marquis of Northampton Sir Henry Pynn
The Right Hon. Lord Northwick Alexander Henderson, M. D.
he lion. Colonel Parker Andrew Maclean, Esq.
Sir John Osborn, Bart. George Pryme, Esq.
sir It. Duckworth King, Bart. Frederick squire. Esq.
Glynne Earle Welby, Esq. M.P. &c. kc. &c.
The advantages offered to the publie by the above Offices
are such as result from a course of uninterrupted prosperity,
the fruits of a prudent and economical management for a pe-
riod of thirty-five years.
At the present time so many establishments exist, vieing
with each other in the profession of benefits to the public,
which numerous failures, and consequent ruin to many in-
dustrious families have proved to be fallacious, that the Di-
rectors think they will best discharge their duty to the Proprie-
tors and to the Public by a simple statement of the advantages
which have been realised by these Offices.
The COUNTY FIRE OFFICE has nut only settled all
claims with promptitude and liberality, but has, from its first
establishment, made large Returns to the Insured.—These
amount at the present time to 125,0001.
The PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE has at each septen-
nia
l period divided the whole of the profits, subject to a deduc-
tion of about a twentieth part only, among the insured. The
benefits actually secured to lives insured in this Office, may be
judged of by the following Table.

No. of Bonuses in Benusos in B ,nus in Total of Sum
Policy. Age. 1613 & MO. 1827 k 1r34. 1841. Bonuses. Insured,
---...
lil
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d.
.e.
...
d.
Je.
a.
d.....—...—... 7
je•
101 37 221 11 X. s. d.
x 2 887 11 10 604 0 41213 3 4 2500
430 38 90 311 159 3 0 248 6 4 451713 9 1000
435 33 237 2 1 506 19 6 744 19 6 1519 1 1 3006
4/2 41 106 15 9 197 16 2 299 15 11 604 710 1000
515 31 72 13 1 134 13 7 WI 1 1 411 7 14 1000
962 39 167 6 6 323 6 6 4644 710 974 410 2000
JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Dire:ion..

UNION ASSURANCE OFFICE.
Instituted A.D 1714.
FIRE—LIFE—ANNUITIES.—BON US of the YEAR 1841.
The Public are hereby informed that a BONUS has been
this day declared of a Moiety of the whole Profits of the LIFE
DEPARTMENT, payable upon, and with the sum insured by,
Policies effected for the whole term of Life, on and prior to
December 31, 1840, and in force on the 30th of June, 1841
(by the profit system), in Great Britain, Ireland, and Ger-
many respectively.
The Bonus on each Policy may be known by application al
the Company's Offices, Cornh,ll and Baker-street, London ;
College-green, Dublin , and Esplanade, Hamburgh ;or of any
of the Agents.
Besides this large appropriation, and in addition to the former
divisions, a reserve has been made out of the surplus
profits of
an amount which, with the moiety aforesaid, is equal to two-
thirds of the whole profits of the Life Department. This re-
serve be to accumulate towards the next septennial divi-
sion of profits in the year 1848, and in which all new insurers,
as aforesaid, will be included.
Life Insurance for the whole term of life, as well as for one
and seven years, can also be effected at considerably reduced
premiums, to which profits do not attach ; and the premiums
will be received half-yearly, or quarterly, if more convenient
than yearly.
The Union Society was instituted for Fire Insurance in the
reign of Queen Anne, and extended to Insurance on Lives,
possessing large invested funds, accumulated during the long
period of more than a century than a quarter, and with powers
granted by au especial Act of Parliament in the reign of King
George 111.
Fire Insurance upon all description of property. including
the rents of houses. By Order of the Board,
Feb. 18, 1842. THOMAS LEWIS, Sec.

At the Lewes market last week, Messrs. Wigneys'
51. notes were offered at Is. each.
Five or sac workmen, after drinking on Sunday at
a wine-shop in the Rue de Charonne until they became
riotous, called for more liquor in tones which induced
a well-conducted journeyman cabinet-maker to make
a sign to the master of the house not to give
them any. This being perceived by the drinkers,
they became enraged, and raised a quarrel, in which
one of them stabbed the wine-dealer in the shoulder
with a knife, and the others, seizing the journeyman by
the arm, twisted it with such force, that the bone was
broken in a frightful manner. The guard was sent for,
but before it could arrive the workmen all made their
escape except one, on whom was found the knife with
which the host was wounded. This man was committed
to prison, and the journeyman carried to the hospital in
a lamentable condition. The wound of the wine-dealer
is not serious.

An attempt to escape from the prison of Blois was
made on the night of the 18th by five men, whose cells
were adjoining. They contrived to get into the
corridor by sawing through the lower part of
their doors, and tried in the same manner to cut
through a thick door at the end of the corridor,
but its strength resisted all their efforts. They then
heaped together close to it all the combustible matter
they could find, such as their wooden shoes, the straw of
their beds, and the pieces of the broken doors, and set
the heap on fire. The smoke not having sufficient issue
soon became intolerable, and they were forced to call for
help. When the keepers entered four of the men were
senseless, and the other scarcely able to move. Three
of them recovered, but the fourth, named Diguet, con-
demned to hard labour for life at the hulks, was beyond
human aid.

The Journal des Pyrewes of the 12th inst. has the
following :—" The Barcelona Journals, on the faith of some
French Papers, which consider it exceedingly patriotic to ac-
cuse their own Government and undertake the defence of a
foreign Power, declare that bands are being organised on our
frontiers, iA order to pass into the Peninsula, and renew the
events of September. We declare that our frontier is per-
fectly quiet, and that all the assertions of those Papers, whe-
ther French or Spanish, are totally unfounded. It is true
that some refuqees arrive here, but they are for the most part
furnished with passports en reple. After appearing before their
Consul to take the prescribed oath, they enter peaceably into
their country. The French authorities exercise the strictest
surveillance,' and all persons who are found without papers
are sent back to the depots which they had clandestinely
qaitted. "

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TO MAGISTRATES, MAGISTRATES' CLERKS,
ATTORNIES, AND OTHERS.
This day is published, Vols. 1 and 2,1/. 18s., Second
Edition of
A lICIII3OLD'S JUSTICE of the PEACE and
PARISH OFFICER, with the practice of Country
Attoinies in Criminal Cases, comprising all the necessary
Forms of Commitments, Convictions, Orders, &c.
. N.B. Vol. 3, title " Poor," is deferred until the alterations
in the law shall have been made.
London : Shaw and Sons, Fetter-lane.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Eq., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. I Jehn Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. I Joseph Thompson, Esq.

AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Piofessor Graves,A.BLF.R.S.
ACTUARY— W. S. B. WeolhoUse, Esq., F.111.A. S.
PHYSIC' A N—J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S.
Suitorort—E. S. Symes, Esq.
Soracxxons—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewons, and Ommanney,
6, Basinghall-street.
Mum:RS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
ADVANTAGES—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi-
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any
other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
rates.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of-
fered—£2 12s. per annum ( Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d.
or £349 11s. cash, er policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any
time, and T wo.thirds returned in case of premature death.
The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report, to be had at
the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be for-
warded post free.

DISSENTERS' AND GENERAL LIFE AND
FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
(Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 Vie. c. 20. )
62, KING WILLIAM-STREET,
..LONDON-BRIDGE,
LONDON;
15. GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH;
6, KING-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL;
And 153, QUEEN-STREET, GLASGOW.
Capital, One Million.
TRUSTEES (WITH A SEAT AT THE BOARD)
Thomas Challis, Esq. I Thomas Piper, Esq.
Thomas Wilson, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
William T. Beeby, Esq. Richard Hollier, Esq.
George 13ousfield, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P.
Sir John Easthope, Bart., Thomas B. Simpson, Esq.
M.P. Hon. C. P. Villiers,,
M.P.
Peter Ellis, Esq. John Wilks, Esq.
Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq.
As many Fire Policies are now renewable, the Directors beg
leave to remind their Friends and the Public, that in the Fire
Department they receive Risks of all descriptions, including
Chapels, School-rooms, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Docks,
Farming Stock, &c., at the same reduced rates as other re•
spectable Companies, and make no charge on Policies trans-
ferred from other Offices. In the Life Department they con-
tinue to transact all business relating to Life Assurances, An-
nuities, and Family Endowments, upon the most liberal terms,
consistent with sound principles and public security.
The usual liberal allowance made to Solicitors, Surveyors,
and other Agents.
By order of the Board,
THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. ,