Star. — London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

NdTAL INTELLIGIVC.E, ELYMOtITti AND FLVMOUTH-DOCK; SEPT. 21f. 1 A fleet of snerchant ships passed up Channel last even ing, from the Westward, but at too great a dis unce to discern what they were.---Came in the NAIAD , of 38 VIA from Basque Roads, in ten days ; s h e l e ft the PREAIRIOUGUT, of 98 guns, GIBRALTAR, of 0 guns, _and MILFORD, of 74 guns, cruizing off the coast of France ; American ship Benjamin and N anc y, Capt. JAMES FoLzr, frOm Senegal, bound to London, laden with . gam ; she his also on board, two lions, two Leopards, and ene Lynx, toggiber With a number of curious birds..'-Sailed the SWAL- L otr, of 1 g g uns, and the ANN hired armed brig, with fleet to the Eastward ; Ram, of 38 guns, with vic: o gi ers the squadron off Rochefort ; and Bertja inin a/id Mary, Capt. Fotiv, for London. SEPTEMBER IF7. • Anived his Majesty's ships ItAmmons and Amis.- /Fs , front a crutze ; also, a Fleet of Transports, from Li s b on , which place they left on the 17th instant : amo ng the fleet are, the Gegrge, Samuel and Jane, E sper iment, Britannia, Richard, Sbaften, troolgar, Hydra, Fid e lity, Harvey, Btc. in all about 27 sal ANOTHER LET T% ROlitilATE ! Last night arrived st *tit 0f .. 11 0 traasporti, wkicli let Lisbon on the 17 th insta nt, thirty in number, under convoy of his Majesty's ship . EatEttALD, Capt. M.MIAND, accompanied by the,firoz*. There are several wounded officers from Lord WELIIMiGTON'S army arrived in the transports.--The EUIRALD, after having seen the convoy out of da.nger, gave it up to the agent, and proceeded on a criliae, where she will continue for two months, and then toe= from Whence she came, to the Irish station. DEAL, SEPTEMBER 27. Arrived the Ltvuor frigate, with the loss of an an chor and cable ; Rosattro, Bees:or:oA, - and Dittrsr ,.us skops, from Dungeness Roads ; the American sl,ip Village of New Holland, and Catherine brig, of to b ton, from the Westward ; four Vessels, from the Mediterranean; and the Azensa schooner, with a con 71y from the Westward.—Sailed the RoLLA sloop, fur the Nore.—Put baek, the whole of the outward . - tound.—Came down from the River the Hamilton More, Louisa, and Login, and remain with the rest tithe cutward-bound.--Wind S.W. and blows hard. YARMOUTH, SEPTERIPER ST. Yesterday, 3 P. M. sailed for Gottenhurgh, the sloop of war, and CONSTANT gun brig;--the whole of which, about flirty sail, were out of sight at re o'clock, it blowing a stiff breeze at W. N. W. Arrived this morning the WRANGLER gun brig, with .C) sail of ships from Archangel. Also arrived the Auckland packet, Captain Ds.anz, with mails, Mes sengers, and passengers from Gottenburgh. The King' George packet; Captain SAuxpeas, from the above place, passed thir port and made Lowestaf, where lie landed the ma;ls and( passengers. The Captain !ZWINDettS) died stoMeldr-ott hteisallage The Aron Nkholus, JAN, MICKELEN, from Norway, vith deals and iron, and bound to London, is put into this put, having lost her anchors and cables. The arrill FAIR cutter with transports for Flushing, re mains in the Roads with the Roebuck and Chanti clot. Wind S. W. blows strong. GREENOCK, SEPTEMBER ee. A convoy will be appointed to sail from Leith Roads for the Nore, with the Archangel shivs, and any others bound that way, as soon as a ship of war ca pable of taking care of them arrives. Captain Sot, of the Goodwill, arrived at . Glasgow, fu New Brunswick ; spoke the Lilly, of Irvine, bound to Picton, about 300 miles to the eastwittarof the Banks of Newfoundland, all well, after a heavy g 4e; the Master does not remember the date. The William, M'L zit, is arrived at Belfast from ; en her passage home; she was driven ,on C , kick: us Bar, off Cuba, was obliged . to throw all „;11:15 and part of her cargo overboard ; stove her on:ater, and forced to refit at the Havannah. Ca?tain COCHRANE, of the Johns, of Sahcoats, from ....w ilranswick, North America, spoke the brig Re. ,1 Glasgow, Captain SVMERSON, bound to ••, ,undland, nn the 11th September, in lat. .513. long. 27 W. all well, out 14 days. /SR, SEPTEMBER 21. c,•3.t7 n;ght, a strong flood in this river set adrift ad carne,', cloWn the Jessies, of Lame, coal loaded ; Itet the struck on the north wall and carried xxaylkr bowsprt, she then tent down to the end of the where she now lies under water. The Flora, ' 4 I :vim!, was also carried down, but owing to her king on board, they managed to get her into by satinrr, sail on her. A. galliot belonging N't, from her moorings, but we have no! hr...mt ci any material damage being done her. '•:ily and Peggy, of Ayr, on her passage to 1 i Cti'l) in long. 40. in a gale, pitched away :%•!. !!o:••=prit, wilich caused the immediate loss of her Alter curing away the wreck and getting up • r:' she pet lmzk and arrived here on Sunday !WU., SLTTEMBER 23. E43T-INDLI HOUSE. Yeste4ay, a Qtt.rterly General Court was held at the •lndia House, which was respectably attended.— After the usual forms, The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Grant) submitted a Resoln• Lion of the COUrt. of Directors, reappointing Mr. Thomas Locke, one of the Cadets on the Madras Es tablishment, who had been dismissed in consequence of hiving corruptly obtained his appointment.—He then moved, That the said Resolution be•confirMed, under the condition that he - baeonsidered as having entered the .service de new. Which motion passed unanimously. n; , tltt a strong gsk from the N.W. cane. ON and eon , !.J..1 to Lhw t - cmez:che.sty until the following 'morning. The r..,n poured down it torrents. 'the freshes in the err en.; ty themselves in the liumber, were greater than jnlrt Ac 7 r bee n known. A sloop going up the Homber, to il:iven front both auditors near Whitton Sandi am! cc.: dzoo„-e in her cargo, from her tarpaulins being "ii . the I•;•.:6hts. The Ann and Jane, of Dover, for Sno t lon her minmast off Robin Hood's Bay, and was COM.* I t ptl: in here on 'Thursday to refit. The following vessels pt• into Scarborough : Hopewell, front this port, having ia r ,ails ; Huf:uurg, front Newcastle, with loss of anchor Lergitte, front Caristiansand, in Norway, bound to with loss of foretopmast and sails. .\ll,,ut three o'clock on Monday morning, the gale carne on at NVltit'oy like a ekp of thur.der, and drove several vessels on shore 'i.e Yorkshire cox; some of which, there is reason to fear, 1....11 be torilly !oat. The brig (lend intent, of Whitby, coal was driven on shore upon the beach, behltxl the West Pier a' \\ it:thy—the p eo pl e were ta k en nut b y t h e lif e- b oat . Th e yes . was got af, and carried into Whitby the day following, her havino been nearly out. The Active, of Whitby, is on slicre rt.tr Sand-end-, and the Farmer's Increase, which had been delivenng coals at Staiths, was forced on shore near the mouth of the Tees. The following vessels having received damage in the zale, have put into Bridlington, via. Success, leaky; Air &Upon, ois of sail ; R aven , l oss o f f ore -topmatt anisails; Albino s lass of • hats and bowprit ; Mary Aun, loss of mainmast. VROM LLOYD'S LW. Ltswar.b ClainMa, Star. 27.--Arrived the Facie, Pilch, from I Mr. lieftatoee, adeerting to the complaints whieli George Town; and the Britannia, Elegising, from Lisbon.— , had been made in Aiormer General Court, asked it' Sailed the Admiral Colpoys, Venables, for Demerara; Ariadne, any Christian ' for Gotteubu rg h ; an d t h e Letitia, Gammon, for Mon- mutton had been received by the Court of tevideo. Directors relative to the protection of the commerce *n the Indian Ma:yap—ln the Ri ver , t h e Admiral Rowley, —, fro . m-: 1 ;• Hayti; and the Mercury, Johns, from Dublin. At Portemingth,l The Cletitizame expressed his obligations to the; the Seven Sisters, Brian, from America; Richmond, Honourable Proprietor for calling attention to the frail Cadiz ; and the Porcupine frigate, —, from the Medi terranean. At Liverpool ,subject. After what h a d parsed at a preceding Court, Watt, Snowden, from Quebec; Florida, Shepberd, from New , the Tiger, Paten, from Barbadoes ; . it became, pe r h a p s , th e d ut y o f th e Ch a i r to take furej Orleans ; and Aurora, Lewes, from Rio Janeiro. At Dartmouth, titer notice of the subject. At that time the Court . l the Libras; Drew, from Pictou. At Cork, the Bourbon, were totally uninfornaed, they possessed no documents. from St. Übe's ; Orestes, Allen, from Virginia; and:rho:flan and ' and only, one side of the ouestion was heard—a mat- Mary, Clarke, from Martinique, with damage. At Dublin, the ter to be re retted, where the characters of public and m Argo, Bell, from Quebec. At Oporto, th e Th ames , Cl ar k e , front London. At Kinsal e , the America, Salm on , f rom Ch ar l es t on . professions f men were concerned. • The subject had At Jamaica, the Creole, Wells, from London ; Fairy, M'lvet', I not been brought under the cognizance' of the Dime from Portsmouth ; and Eliza, Bradshaw, from Cork. At Diitei, tors by eitheeparty ; but the complaints having ori the Friends, Dunlop, from Quebec. At Grimsby, the lutto, ginated in the General Court, it was but fair it should Smith, from Cadiz, with damage. At Buenos Ayres, the Griffin, also. Documents had been received Doled; Mary Ann, Nelson ;And Santa Ant o ni a B e liz arra , Pereira, ear the de fence from Rio Janeiro. At Monte Video, the Ethelred, Denninae , since the question was agitated, the substance of which front London. At New York, the Oak, Thompson, from the Witt as follOws • Clyde; Enterprize,—*--, from Cork ; and Venus, Jenkins, froth " 'Ow Sir Edward Pellew, previous to his knowledge of the Limerick. At Boston, Enterprise, Verret, from Belfast. At St. Memorial against him from the Bengal Merchants to the l.ords . Thoma,'s, the PerStus, Leigh, from the I iavannah. At White- of the Admiralty,' bad stated to the Bengal Government, that he haven, the Carleston, hl'intosis, from St. Luck, bound for Livery had always been of opinion, that the only effectual protection of pool. At Rio Janeiro, the Venus, Starling, from the Coast of the trade was the establish ment of regular convoys : That he had Peru. At St. Croix, the Mary, Pettett, from Madeira. At Ha• early stated this to the Bengal Merchants, And offered to make Brat, tile Lord Sheffield, —, from Liverpool. At Cadiz, the an arrangement for regular convoys; but they preferred, for the Mary, Ferguson, from the Clyde. At Leith, the Queen of Na. sake of an early market, to run as single ships, and for the same pies, Spencer, from New Brunswick. In the Clyde, the Ardent, reason, when undtr convoy broke from their convoy - That, In Ritchie;Jean, Wylie ; and Pilgrim, Chasnplea, front Jamaica; the months of August , September, October, and November lain, Eagle, Baxter, from St. Lucie ; Chance, M'Dougal, from Grenada; when the Bengal Merchants stated that their trade was left wholly Harmony, Patterson and Eleanor, Burnett, from Tortola t Mar- i without defence, and many of his Majesty's ships lylog idle in 1 rpm, from Victialt; and Parmosty, Troop, from the West Madvs Roads, there we-e 15 sail of ships stationed at diffzrent ihdiet. At Brstol, the Hope, Gilbert, from Qiiebec ; and Friends, parts of the-bay for the protection of the trade, besides other ships —, from Newfoundland. In the Humber, the Camilla, Munn, continually int erse ctin g th e bay ; more , on account o f re p a i rs an d from Malta. At Hull, the Brunswick, Brady ; Sheddens, Triton ; necessary services, could not be afforded: That the Bengal Go and Hope, Hunter, from Quebec ; and Diana, Batten, from New vernmew, in their letter to the Court of Directors, express their Brunswick. Ac Curacoa, the Princess Mary, Hutchinson, front entire conviction that every attention has been paid by Sir Ed- London. At Whitehaven, the Wesunortland, Roach; sand Jr ward Pellew to the protection of the Bay of Bengal against the znaica, Richardson, from Jamaica. , enemy's eruizers, consistent with a due attention to the exigencies of the public service : 'Elia the Memorial against the conduct of Edward Pellew by the Bengal Merchants was forwarded to IBombay for signatures, and there unanimously rejected: That the Bontbay Merchants solitited, and invariably received regular convoy for their trade; and the only instance of capture which occurred, was when ships had deserted convoy had the Bengal Merchants accey.ted a similar scheme of protection, their property would be equally secured—a scheme which, however, they had finally adopted." The CHAIRMAN then represented, that the Bombay . consultations of 'that period bad not been received, but lie had seen Resolutions of the Merchants of Bom bay, with an address to Sir Edward Pellew, dated the 19th May, 180 S, with about SO signatures, illus• trating, in the strongest manner, the anxious atten tion of Sir E. Pellew to the security of the trade, and alio the complete success of the measures adopted by " That Sir Edward Pellew first suggested the system of regu- Lir convoys, the inuntallate effect of which was a decrease of 50 par a•nr. on premiums of insurance." The: CliAl It 51 concluded, with producing a letter addressed to him from Mr. Edward Parry, the late Chairman, stating, that he, as well as other Proprie tors, when the subject was introduced in the Genera! Court, was forcibly impressed with an opinion that blame must he imputable somewhere, and had ex presed himself to that effect, but his information of various official documents having been received since he left the Chair, had changed his opinion, and made him regret that only one side of the question had been heard in the General Court ; he therefore requested that the Chairman would take a conve nient a•pportunity of reporting his sentiments to the Proprietors, and at the same time correct a re port in the Newspapers, .of his speech at the Gene. ral Court before-mentioned, wherein he is stated to have asserted, in addition -to some observations on the general subject, that the Naval Commander in Chief had been recalled. If he used any words that could warrantor countenance such a statement in the Report, it was matter of additional regret to him, feeling as he did, how 'nude it was due 9public men, that their characters should be subject to no unfounded imputation, but assuredly he could mean no more than that Sir Edward Pellew was in the usual rotation 'of command on the tray home, for no information had been received that he had been recalled, and. he (Mr. Parry) had since learnt that the fact was directly otherviise—that Sir Edward Pellew himself some time before applied for leave to return on ac count of iii health, and that after some delay this permission was given him, on the ground of his own request. Mr. Hertiorr returned his acknowledgments for an explanation which afforded him very great satis faction. The Court then adjourned tine di:. At Union Hall, yesterday, Elizakth Holland, the young woman who had been twice before examined, ,vas brought up a third time. It appears that she has been committing depiedations on the public, for upwards of tour months past, to an extent unequalled . by any of her predecessors in this species of imposi tion. Upwards of twenty fresh charges were brought forward against her by persons who have lost watches, spoons, a . nd vai ions oilier articles of plate, almost all .of which were found at different pawnbrokers. The modes by which she obt i 1 admission a.ir2(.. into hou , ;es, as already •stated, was, when she well knew the family were from home, representing herself to the servants as relation to either the master or mistress. Many of the persons who applied have recovered their pro perty, and several articles, not yet clainied, are in pos. session of Goff, the officer. On account of the num ber of charges brought against her,. she was reman ded for another examination. ' Yesterday Relecca Peach Wil.s fully committed at the Police Office, Queen-square, charged with having tendered in payment to Mary Wains, a counterfeit seven shilling piece. It was stated, a short time ..ince, that persons were taken into custody who were the real fabricators of hundreds 9t forged notes ; two of them John Sly, and 1 a woman named Hanson, have been twice examined at Marlborough-street Office, ar d on Friday they f • were fully committed for trial. They were taken into custody in Shoreditch, and plates for the fabrication iof notes were found in their apartments. As some others who are supposed to be concerned, are not yet i taken, it wouldbe improper to state further particulars. i 7. Hum/ihrits and G. Banket, alias Bishop, were yes terday fully committed, at the above Office, for breaking into the house of Mr. Stockdale, a bookseller, in Piccadilly. The prisoners were observed to open the door, by a gentleman passing, who informed Mr. Stockdale. Oa the alarm being given, the villains attempted to make their escape out of the first floor windows, but were ip mediate) y secured, and conveyed to St. James's watca house. They had taken .up the' c aveig. CLIISD DROPPIIfa • GUlLlMALL—Yesterday, Mrs. nzairth Rowell Pugh, and Thomar Pugh, were brought up on a charge, that they did wantonly and maliciously, on the night of the 24th. August last, expose, leave, and abandon Y female child, in a court which leads from Dyer's buildings to Castle -street, Holborn. The Overseers and Churchwardens of the parish of St. Andrew, llolborn, were the prosecutors. Ann Taylor, NIA) natsed the child, stated, that about 18 months ago, Mrs. Pugh brought her a fe male infent to nurse, which appeared to have been only a few hours born. She told her the parents were persons of consequence, and agreed to pay her 205. a month ; in about eight months afterwards Mri. Pugh complained of the sem being too much, ..and the witness agreed to take 245. a month ; and four months ago reduced it to one guinea, reader than part with the .child, to which she had got attached, I to use the witness's own language, " it was the sweet- est babe she had ever laid her eyes on, and she- loved it aseif it had been her own." The witness burst into tears, indeed she appeared ail'acted througaout, and her feelings would have done honour to the real pas rent ; every person in Court sympathized seia Sunday th I t t n er d .—a ay In continuation of her evidence, she said, oa evening, the 2,ali of August, Mrs. Pugh, accomp t itled by a Lady and Gentleman, came to her house ; the child was undressed, but her clean clothe, were on a chair airing. Mrs. Pugh said to the witness " Have I caught you at last 1" who replied, "she had not caught much, as the child's clothes were ready, and it would not take a minute to dress her." Mrs. Pugh desired her to Make haste and . do it, as she was come to take the child away. On the witness remonstrating, and expressing her regret, she looked at the strange lady, to implore her interference. Mrs. Pugh imme diately said, that was not the mother; but putting her hand on the gentleman, said, this is one who has more interest in the welfare of the child than I have, and he will have her away ; this made the witness suppose he was the father, and she begged of him to be kind to the child. He told her there was no dim ger of that, and kissed it several times. They took it away with them, and left the witness in tears. The Beadle of the parish proved the child's being found at ten o'clock, on Thursday, the 2.1-th of August. Mary Taylor, the sister of the first witness, stated, that she was servant to a lady in Holborn, and hav ing heard there was a child found, and that it 'wet; taken to the work=house, and the description given answerirg that of her sister's child, for they always called her so, she went to the work-house, and found - her surmise to be right ; she informed her sister, with made known to the officers of the parish the circum stance she had that day stated. The prisoners wereexantined separately ; Mrs. Pugh .was the first ; she stated the mother of the child rasa young lady of respectability ; the father she knew nothing of, never having seen him ; hut the lady and gentleman who were with her on the night the child was taken away, were not the parents ; the lady's name was Daily, and the gentleman's Rut-. ledge : he was clerk to a cornfactor, and they both lived in Lawrence-lane. She then admitted what . bad been stated by Ann Taylor ; and adds& that , she had received letters from the child's Mother, de- • slying. that it Might be taken from the nurse asst pat into the work-house; she prodaced several letters, which she stated to be from the mealier, to that effect. The worthy Alderinan (Seawall - ) objected to tial letters being read; he said, he was applied to for a private examination in this case ; but that was what he would never submit to ; still there was some delicacy due to the family and connections of this young lady, who, he was informed, from a source he could not, doubt, were truly respectable ; and another consideraa tion was, that her father and the child's grandfather was on his death-bed, and could not survive many hours, and it was but hunianity to save him this heart rending pang in his last moments ; particularly so, es _ the disclosure of the Lome, at present, could not be nefit the case. Mrs. Pugh then continued, and stated, that the other prisoner was her father-in-law ; her husband was dead f' on the Sunday night she took the child from Ann Taylor, she left it with another nurse until. the Thursday evening following, when she again re moved it, for the purpose of having it put in a work-house, the other prisoner having Undertaken to get it into one, for which she paid him £10; they took a coach to Holborn, where s< e delivered the child to her father-in-law, and went home ; he after wards told her he had left the child in St. Andrew's watch-house. . • T. Pugh, of. 84, Great Guildford-street, ftppa rcntly upwards of 80 years of age, was next brought up (Mrs. P. having, been ordered to withdraw). Ile at first denied knowing Mrs. Etii.abeth Howl Pugh, but on being brought before him, he said she waslis daughter in law, but that he did not know her by her ..- Chnstian name.; After a considerable deal of shuf fling, he confessed, that he had received nine or ten pounds from Mrs. Pugh to'get the child into the Lon.. don Work-house ; that they took it in a coach to Holborn, on the night before mentioned, between nine and ten, with an intent to expose ii; that beheld the child while . Mrs. P. got out of the coach ; and that she carried it to this court, where they waited some time for an opportunity to drop it; and 'that, when the found the coast clear, site dropped the child, and ran off, and he followed. He said he never would have thought of exposing the child, if Mrs. Pugh had not asked him, if he did not think there was such a thing as dropping the child ? Being brought face to face, Mrs, P. denied almost all the evidence of her father. She said she never went into the coach with him, but, waited for him in Holborn, while he went with the child. The old man persisted in his former statement ; and Alderman SCHOLEY ordered them both to be committed for trial. Mrs. Pugh stated, that the child was born in White. street, Little Mooraelds ; and, that about six hours after it was born, she took it to Ann Taylor. That poor woman was so affected with that part of the evi dence where the exposing of the child *as mentioned, that she fainted away, and was Carried out of Court. . Hat one .aitel /alt 'ors all ii completely verified in the presenf State Lottery ; for if the purchaser of four Tickets of the same number should be lucky enongh to hit one 020,000, he will take four. The public, however, seem determined that thy shall buy them quickly or, not , ail ; for,' by the presen t demand, 'there will not . than bps more on e Ticket of any num- . her left in a sliest time. • ,t I ! . 1.411 I 1;41 , i fl 6 THE JUEILEIL Mr. Lowsnes submitted to the consideration of the Court, the propriety of the Company's manifest ing, in a becoming manner, their participation in the joy felt by all denominations of his Majesty's subjects °rube approaching Anniversary of his Majesty's Ac cession to the Throne of these Kingdoms, on which occasion his Majesty commenced the 50th year of his reign. The& Company ought to have been the fitst public body in the country, and not the last, to evince its gratitude for the blessiggs it had enjoyed under the present long, and to ii propitious reign.— The-City of London, and - many other pet& bodies, had already met, and resolved to celebtatelhe 25th of October nest as a day.of •' • ...if such a res. oitnoity of gratitude wits due t City of Leo.. don or from any other corporation, it was doubly due from the East-India Company. both for favours re ceived and to be expected. The Corporation of the City of London held their privileges in fee simple— 1 the East-India Company were only tenants at will, ! as to the privileges which they enjoyed. Other ten ants met to celebrate the arrival of their Lord at the age of twenty-one years—should the East-India Com pany then be backward in celebrating the 50th Anni versary of the reign of a Sovereign who had such calls on their gratitude as his present Majesty possessed. The present Meeting, be confessed, was very thinly attended, but as, probably, there might not be sup posed to be sufficient time before the 25th of Octo ber to call a special Court for the purpose of -consi dering the best mode of celebrating the day, he should now move—That the 25th of October, being the day on which his Majesty commences the 50th year of reign, be observed as a day of rekicing by that Com pany. ;—and he hoped that some Gentleman would be kind enough to second his motion. The CHAIRUAN perfectly concurred with the Ha noutable Proprietor in every sentiment of loyalty and affection to the Sovereign which be had uttered; but he begged leave to observe, the subject had not pass ed without due consideration from the Directors, who had been of opinion, that the best mode of forward ing the object in view would be to concur with other Corporate &dies in a general testimonial of respect and loyalty—any new distinct measure might, there fore, tend to,countemet the grand object iti contem p'ation. Mr. LAYTON' Professed himself perfectly satisfied with the ideas of the Executive Body. No Gentleman seconded the motion. Mr. Lownnnsi however, at some interval, :.gain alluding to the same subject, asked, whether, in this instance, things had not been inntrted ? The minor I was always supposed to be included in the major— but here they had seen the minor embrace the major. The East India Company, which possessed a revenue of Sixteen millions, and embraced a country contain ing a population of fifty millions, was not to lead, but was to be led in the stream, by the minor Corpo rations of this city and country. He for one, how ever, should cheerfully join ill the stream on the pre sent occasion. He should allow the lesser Compa nies to set the example at present, reserving to lum self, however, as a testimony of gratitude and respect to his Majesty, to move. for the celebration of his Accesion to the Throne, at the completion of his 50th year. The CHAIRMAN again - declared his hearty concur rence in the loyal sentiments of the Honourable Pro prietor, which at their proper season he would have an opportunity of enforcing on the minds of the Court. PATRIOTIC FUND. A Proprietor asked, if it was the intention of the Directors, in imitation of other great public bodies, at present to renew their subscription to the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's ? The CHAIRMAN answered, that, from the state of the Company's funds, it was not the intention of the Directors to propose any such gift at the' expence of the Company : if, however, the proposal should come kern the Proprietors themselve s , the Executive body irimild t he was convinced, be happy to meet it, f