Star. — London, England, 1818-12-19 00:00:00

*WWI& thimit.f.• A enteral Meeting tif *Misers or the tondon it Norwich Union bile and lire Insurance Society, held yesterday' at the City of London Tavern, ' re purpose of reeeivhig final Report of the, , e . s neet Con:minted, of the investigation relatisie . funds, management, ticc. of the Institution. TOOMAS BENStrt, Esti: . Chairman of the Com- Te being sailed to the Chair, observed that thd 11 Approbation with which the Report of this 'nee had been received on a former occasion, g i v en encouragement as p the les difficult task which the present iltas produced , and laid tie is Assembly, and to which he should request, i t and earnest attention. The objec t of thi, was not merely to hear the Report read, :use many special affairs connected with Inquiry ; and whoever had any observations to which were entitled to be heard, he trusted old be patiently attended to, as far as they to the questions before them. He should, in P , lace move that this Report of the Com-1 • be now read, and received by the Members Society presenti Report, containing many clauses and variods' correspondence of great length, was oy FRED. ARNOLD CLARKM, Esq. Secretary. A *lotion " that it should be further received and for the use of Vic Members," was put and :usly. . observed, that there was very little attached to this' Report, save one cir ' :ch concerned most of the Members , those who belonged to, the London This was the Resolution of the Nor communicated at a late hour last the London Members, should hence-, form a part of the Society. This which they at last had come, after ing the question, and returning pert :ous• c ommunications. This was the ;ner in which they had contrived to ettions of the London Committee.— hed Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Littledale, and , upon the Deed of Settlement, whose' set up for.this Resolution. They had' -lett contradict - himself, in the having former Report sanctioning London .cod now his opinion 'was, that by the :lement they were not 'justified in effect , within the Bills of Mortality of Lon- I /estminster ; and, forsooth, that there was degree of doubt whether or not it was tsurances should be taken in Londti.., moreover, very much disgusted by Hogs of the Directors at Norwich, at Meeting, at the way in which they the name of Mr. Thomas Bignold, their continually advertising in his , there was any necessity, in their opi timissal, strong measures might have this opinion had, it 4eems, deceived others, namely, that by the Second. Settlement the Secretary was bound up with in; now they had ascertained, that if a De- cl was illegal, the whole of it was so; , they had no authority to dismiss him 'don Establishment, if that was impro-. tuted. He very much disapproved of t with regard to that Gentleman, whe compelled' to resign or not, by their name about every day in the public Norwich Directors pretended they every thing for the benefit of the Lon iment, and highly praised the exertions Comtnittee, with which they pretended. . Nothing could be more deceitful than their conduct towards the Committee.—' amongst the London Members there td Gentlemen of sufficient talent, credit, lity, to carry into effect the . beneficial' __ the Committee. With respect to the Establishment being now to be carried on' foundation, upon the same principles of -Ince and =anal tisk, • and •this, he 'sell, could be done without any diffi :ping accounts, adjusting claims, Etc. 1 of the Norwich Directors getting.iid, ill be happy to get rid of them"—(Hear, ylau:cs).--He next alluded to the con.s, unsatisfactory manner in which the Ac been rendered to the Committee, and t another Meeting should be called for of establishirg a new London Mutual 7orivany, upon the original foundation of the Norwich Union. He should, propose the transfer to them of the , and London Board of Directors, with saving additional expense ; and that, Ivertizing Insurances, they should have. :e, that none should be admitted Morn 'sons of known character and respectabi rent losses by intentional fires. r, the Counsel, came forward (Mr. Big tying previously attempted in vain to be said he should confine his observations point. He might be understood nut to re 'inlivicial only, as when on a former occa-, the honour' to address the Committee, ing the sentiments of a very large body, :rty was unfot tunately embarked in this concern. He alluded particularly to, of the Directors at Norwich. When le of discord was thrown into a comma igue could tell, or heart anticipate the. 's which might follow, .or upon whom :hance to fall. He, however, anticipated le of discord .might fall bponloth sides' ton. Whether or not the insurers of the tdon would be affected, he thought they T at the 'result of the change, for nn ld they be, if they had no other reliance narrow mind of Vie Norwich Directors, luct,' he would not stop short of saying,' dishonourable and unjustifiable. Funding been pocketing the money of the London' years,: . then Obtaining opinions of his tends, for whoa . ; helsad every respect, to daer purpose, 'they confess now that this ry tolaw, and sheltering themselves under is of three honourable members of the . their opinion only they were wrong.— as, when Mr. &ariett's first opinion was they ivithhold - the case upon which; his the purpose 14e -street Coin t he funds, corm; Tomas BENSL ' t oe being salle, ta i approbatic ;I nittee had be 1 ken enCOUr2 •,• 3 which the p; t his Assembl) picot and earn 'rig was not to di%uss ma Inquiry ; and in k, which we would be p; e d to the qua first place, me • .be now rea l b, Society prc t i e Report, CC tar/ ow read by Fetal i !lotion " tll tell for the o 'ea unanimcu Xt. BROOK ob lortance attac whicl t, namely, Alishruent. 1 • b Directors, I in, that they, I no longer f . the point toatcdly • evadit to varrot ' ecal manna of the exe; ; •had consult Barristers, t ority they se ,e Mr. Searle •rovd of the :antes; and of Settleme insurances w and Westmi considerable de that Insura said he was, lue proceedi , trent Public 2 introduced I 'or, and by ' r e, when if tl for his chit taken; but . and many of Se:dem i. • concern ; nr if the Deed it followed .r. the Londor s constitute conduct w; be was co his n: i n The • ,N 1 to do eve ,E,;ahlishme 'the London C *operate. result of thei hoped that id be found impectabitil r ion of tit Jan Establir a new fou aal insurar , ised hinisc in keepi instead as, we shall 1 , crd appla • and stns.,: 3 had be, it ell, that as purpose of Corn principle c that view, ~n view to the s 1.• • of adve t, difference, s but petsot to prey en t t Hr. B ARRY , ti d sen. hay • d.). Iles; 6A °‘; aingle poi; t one isu ct a, he had t C,e as speakin hole propert tevous c 26 Conduct c e the apple nv r ity, no tong ni:quences a a f l eight ch Lithe l app e lithe Ties-tic); ray of Londc light rejoice sh" happ o n she d Ilian o c those condu , r to both dist co tie : 6 d bee assurers for • ic learned Frie 1 . e answer aaotl sa an *Os contrary afte the that inions , Inv rclY ' th no fact via . ad. ,, 6441 "; tl iubserittint Opinion Val giden. Th — (Ise Directors acknowledged , the merit of this Com= mittee's Report ; and nosy, they say, they Wave rio /writ at all, forthey care nothing about the London jasurances ; and Which they abandon because they end them a losing trade, and therefore lop them off altogether as an eactescente, but they mean to ac= count to you, Christian-like on ChristmasLday, for the last year's receipts. Alluding to the treatment .Mr. Bignold had received from the Directors at Norwich, he Should merely say—De mortuis nil nisi bonus.. 'Their conduct towards that meritorious and suffering individual was equally unjust and disho nourable: (Mr. Barry was here obliged to give way to the opposition his defence of Mr. Bignold excited.) Mr. Barry obserVed, that Mr. Brooks had defended Mr. 13ignold.r—Mr. MIDDLETON, denied this; when Mr. BnociEs elained. He thought Mr. Bignold to blame, as mu ch as this Committee had imputed blame to him; but the Norwich Directors still mord to blame than him, for the intrigues which they had permitted to him. Mr. BIGROLD again stepped forward, but was told Dr. Lockwood was the next speaker. Dr. LOCKWOOD stated that he came for'watd With an explanation which he conceived was due to the Norwich Directors for having resolved to abandon the London Establishment. He (Dr. Lockwood) was agent for three hundred insurers at Bury St. Ed munds, and that these, together with a large body of insurers 'throughout e country, seeing the Lon don connexion was disadvantageous, had urged the Directors to adhere to the original plan of the So •ciety, which was confined to the country alone, and that it was in consequence of this general requilition, as well as Counsels opinion taken, that this should ;w the future basis of the Concern, and especially shunning ;hose unhappy differences which had sprung from the London Union alone. Under those circum stances, he trusted they would be justified. Mr. BIONOLD, sen. was permitted to say a few words, in which, amidst continual interruptions, he dwelt upon his exertions successfully to e'tablish the Institution, first at' Norwich, then in London. He spoke of the disparagement which had been continually thrown in his way, not only by other Insurance Of fices, whom envy had provoked, but by those very individuals whose names he had introduced into the concern. His own sons had even been led into the conspiracy against him, without one specific charge of misconduct being attempted to be adduced.— Ile alluded to the important discoveries he had made in maturing successful plans for the prevention of fires, and for the saving of property and lives— (Cries from the crowd—" Give up the securities ydu hold.") The Report in question had said he was de serVing of reward for his great exertions, and that he was a vary honest man ; in other words, his integrity was unquestioned—( Cries 9f " Question Chair! *) Alderman THORP said, he hoped the meeting would excuse from him a few words at this Lite hour. The Report now read was, in his opinion, longer than it ought to have been, since the Directors had thus put the negative upon all they had done for the advance ment of the general interests of the Institution. There was one satisfaction, hoWever, obtained from their labours, that of preventing many persons being Made bankrupts from the non-admission or non-settlement of their claims. He defended the conduct of the George and Vulture Committee, by the mismanage ment which had been elicited thereby, and which he was happy to add, by thnmeasures proposed, would now no longer exist. He alluded to the diffictiltyal obtaining an account of the debts which had not yet been distinctly ascertained; and likewise balances in the hands of agents. He regarded insinuations thrown out against the motives of himself, and Gentlemen of the George and Vulture Committees with that con tempt which they deserved--(Applauser.) Mr. HANSON was next heard at some length, as likewise Mr. CAMPBELL, in reply , to Mr. Barry. Mr. Alderman PATTERSON and Mr. SAMUEL BIG NOLD, jun. assured the Committee and The Meeting, of the most friendly disposition- of the Directors at NOrwich towards the new plan of the London Insti tution, promising their assistance in forwarding to them such Policies as themselves rejected; and giving "up their Engines and Offices in London in fuitherance of this object. After a considerable lapse of desultory observaticins, the several Resolutions were then put and carried. Sunday, the Duchess of RUTLAND was safely de livered of a son, at Belvoir Castle. The Eaa and Countess of TH A NET are arrived at their seat, Hothfield Park, in Kent, from Appleby, Westmorland. Lord and Lady G. H. CAVENDISH, Lady CATIM. INE CAVENDISH and Family, arrived on Thursday at their house in Saville-row, from Paris. EDWARD TAYLOR, Esq. le ft the Clarendon Hotel yesterday, for his seat, Bifrons, near Canterbury. The Dowager Marchioness of DOWNSH IRE and fa mily left town yesterday, for their scat, Roehampton. The Marquis of ANGLESEA arrived yesterday even ing at Uxbridge House, from his seat, Beau Desert, Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess SPENCER left their 'seat at Wimbledon, a few days since, for Althorpe, Nor thamptonshire. Lord Gron2e CAVENDISH 'S new Arcade, leading from Piccadilly to Burlington-Gardens, is now in a considerable state of forwardness. The entrance at each end will be formed by arches of stone, supported by Corinthian columns. The Earl and Countess of DERRY have opened their hospitable mansion at Knowsley Park, Lanca shire, for the reception of their friends during the ho lidays, and are distributing, with their usual muni ficence, food and raiment to the poor around them. The Duke of LEINSTER, the LORD Maxon and S HE RIFF of Dublin held the p lates after a Sermon preached in St. Thomas's Church, in that city, on Sunday last, in aid of the Fund for the support of the Masonic Female Orphan School, and the collec tion amounted to about £220. The ruinous old buildings in middle Scotland yard are pulling down, and the handsome sew range of houses lately erected, are to be continued to the !rink of the River, which is to be thrown open by an elegant iron-rail work. The Hospital in the Regent's Park is nearly finished COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—The new Comedy was repeated last night, and some judicious 'curtail ments having been made, was received throughout with much approbation. • . lottLitasNcr: • • VICE-ClintidELLOß'S COWS?, DEi.,EMBEtt is. Lokb MILMNOTON V. THE *ARV OF UULORAVEr ,The Trustees under a Marriage-settlement for a term of twenty-one yeari, demurred to a bill requir ing them to put their power into etecution in a par.' titular instance. They contended the Court had mil compulsory jurisdiction over them, and they could act upoti their ovln discretiOn. ' The Couttr snide it was most just the Trustees should have a direction to act ; •but the Court had a power, nevertheless, to look over them, and obviate any irregular use of their authsaity. Demurrer overtuled.—There,.were four distinct de murrers to this bill, and all werk included in the de cision of the first. THE ATTORNEVGENEEAL v. AZ DUKE°, stAnusao'. This important question came on for argument this day. Our Readers will recollect, that an injunc tion was obtained, on a former occasion, to restrain the present Duke of Marlborough from cutting down certain trees, &c. at the instance of the Marquis of Blandford, on the estate at Blenheim, and to which the Martinis of Blandford, as the eldest son of the late Duke of Marlborough, is, on the death of the present Duke, entitled. Mr. Harisort read over the allegations in the bill, which, after stating the terms of the prayer in re spect of the injunction, proceeded :—ln the reign of Queen Anne, a grant of the manor and lands of Woodstock, since called Blenheim, was made to the then Duke of Marlborough, for the eminent services he had rendered the State, in consequence of an ad dress froM the Crown to the Parliament. The p;o -petty having been given to the Duke and his heirs for ever, his Duchess, in the event of surviving his Grace, was to take his property, and at her death it was to go to the male heirs ; but failing that, it was to go the female heirs. The Duke had a power of granting leases of the property, except Blenheim ; and the like power was also vested in his successors respectively; but no other leases-avere to be made, save those executed by the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, and which were specified in an Act of Parliament passed in the reign of Henry VIII. Her Majesty was also empowered to raise a sum of five thousand pounds for erecting It mansion-house on the said estate of Blenheim, out of the lands in which the Crown had an interest, by a vote of the House of Commons, which was accordingly done. The pre 'sent Marqnis of Blandford being the eldest son of the late Mike of Marlborough, is, on the decease of his Grace, entitled to the said• estate. The bill al leged, that the Duke of Marluorough, being in pos sessiont had cut down certain trees in the plantations and grounds; and also that he had cut down certain young trees, which were wholly unfit to be felled, Rot having arrived at i proper growth: that he had also contracted with a person for the sale of the said timber and trees, and had marked out a considerable number of others for the purpose of being felled, whereby the interest of the plaintiff, the Martinis of Blandford, would be greatly depreciated, and a fraud under the patent had been committed. To this bill a general demurrer' had been filed by the Duke of Marlborough, which alleged, that he could not make any further discovery by whi,h the *plaintiff could be benefited. Mr. Bata., for the Noble defendant, maintained, that the intention of the grant was to vest the estate in fee simple in the Duke and his successors, for which reason there was no reversion vested in the Crown; therefore the King's Attorney-General was. improperly introduced as a party in the present suit. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, he conceived that the Duke remained reversionary in fee; because the 2d of Queen Anne could never deprive him of the fee he had obtained by tho. first Act. Mr. BELL said, that was exactly the case, and it confirmed his argument; because the 2.1 of Queen Anne limited the estates that were to go with the granting, at the same time, to the Duke and his sttccessors certain privileges, hut preventing them from alienation. In common law, all persons except guardians, who were not tenants for life, had full power to cut down trees. In the case of Vane and Lord Bernard, in 1716, which was for an injunction 'to restrain the defendant from pulling down a man sion-house, the Court held it to be contrary to the meaning of the donor, and restrained him accord ingly. In the case of Abrams and Budd, which was for felling trees, Lord Chancellor NOttingham thought he could not restrain the defendant; but that if he went to pull down houses the Court would interpose. The Learned Counsel stated other cases to the same effect, and concluded, that the fee was vested in the eat Duke and his successors, -under the first of Queen Anne, and whoever was in possession entail, had the right to cut down timber and dispose of it. The Vice-Cuatteet LOR said, they must so argue; for the meaning of the deed of gift was—that Ken heist was to remain in the same state as it was when, possessed by the first Duke of Marlborough. Mr. item. then said, they must contend that the Noble defendant had not the right of making any improvement on the premises. It was well known, that a change had taken place in the fashion of car riages since the days of Queen Anne, and according to the present argument, his Grace could not enlarge a coach-road, so as to admit a modern carriage. Messrs. WRAY and HANSON spoke on the same side. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Counsel for the plain tiffs, said, the present was a question of great impor tance, not only to the parties, but to the Public at large; for it was, Whether the Duke Of Marlborough or any of his successors had the right and power of pulling down a splendid monument of British grati tude for the unparalleled victories of his ancestor? The demurrer must admit, for the purpose of the ar gument, that the defendant had cut down trees, and. r he e had a right to contend that the trees were planted l in the time of Queen Anne. The VICE-CHANCELLOR here interrupted thee Lea rned Solicitor, saying, that the usual time for the Court's rising had arrived, and that he should hear the remainder of the case to-morrow. Proceedings deferred. • COURT OF KING'S .BENCH, DEC. is. STAIGHT V. GEE AND CARVER. This was an action of assault and false imprison ment. It appeared in evidence, on the part of the plaintiff, that he, its company with a ft lend named Annesley, on the sth of October, had stopped at the house of the defendant Gee, who keeps the Cock, at flacks*, whtlit • his Iroise was shoeing. lie had io bitt softie chops to refresh himself , Being unsuccessful in cuing change, he tended pound note to the defendant for that purpose ; but the latter suipea.ting . thigenuinene.c of the note, plaintiff prodiiied another, and the defendatit, swing . that limb were bad, refused to deliver them ba,CkW.- Tht) plaintiff, in Order to get redress; *went to find a tontable, but was called back, and was himself taken into custody: In the mean time the notes were sent to a perion named Fish. an Inspector of the Bank of England, who happened to be at Hackney, and he said that the notes were good, and attested . them with his initials ; but notwithstanding this„ the.; defendants, one of thorn, named Garver, was a con-, stable, • caused the plaintiff to be stripped to the skin for the purpose of searching him, and they then marched him to Worship-steeit Police Wee, hand caged, and kept him in custody until nine at night. Under these circumstances the present action war brought. • , • The Plaintiff's case was proved by Annesley, • companion, Mr. Fish, the inspector, and his wife, and, two other persons named Broadhurst. Mr. SCARLETT, for the defendant Gee, stated,.that" his client had given no orders whatever to rake the plaintiff into custody, but that a soldier, who hap- . pened to be in his house, having ran out and told a • constable, named Merry,' of what had passed, the latter, on his own authority, took the plaintiff in charge, although Gee had dissuaded him from so doing. It was supposed that Mrs. Fish bad not shewn the notes to her husband, the inspector. The constable, Merry, having taken the pi:linear into cus tody, summoned Gee to attend him toWorship-street, but so tittle cause of complaint did the plaintiff think be had against Gee, that after he had been discharg ed be went back and drank at hii house. • Mr. GURNEY, OR the part of the defendant Garver, the constable, contended that the action was not brought in the proper yews, for an action against a constable for any thing done in the execution of his office, must be brought in the county where the cause of action arose. He, therefore, submitted to the Learned Judge, that the action was not well laid, having been brought in London, whereas the injury complained of arose in Middlesex. Several witnesses were called in support of the defence set up for Gee, but their evidence did not materially vary the case on the part of the plaintiff. The CLUES JUSTICE, in his charge to the Jury, distinguished the cases of the two defendants. With. respect to Garver, his Lordship thought that he Was • within the Statute 21 James I. c. 12. though he acted without a warrant. It appeared that he had acted Upon a suspicion, and under the orders cf another constable, and therefore by virtue of his office of constable he was entitled to avail himself of the ob jection taken on his behalf. His Lordship then sum med up the evidence applicable to the case of the other defendant, and left it to the Jury to say, whe ther in their judgment the injury complained of by the pla i ntiff was satisfactorily made out? if they were of opinion that it was, they would give such reasonable damages as the case, under allies circum stances, would warrant. • The July found a verdict for the Plaintiff against Gee alone—Damages I:50. The other defendant had a verdict on the point of law. The health of the LCRD CHANCELLOR is imprcwed considerably. His. Lordship was yesterday able to walk, but he will not take his seat in Court until after the Christmas Holidays. • . We are happy to learn, that the Provisional Com mittee for the Encouragement of Industry, and the Reduction of Poor's Rates, have been very successful in their enquiries after information on these sukiects, and that they are still•contisming to receive commu nications of the greatest interest from every-quArter. A Gho:t, which for some nights had been walkiiig the bye-ways' about Manchester, to the great terror of many women and children, on Wednesday night happened to fall in with some of the Police of t hat place, 'who, very indecorously, arrested it! On the following day, by way of experiment upon the feel ings of Ghosts, the prisoner was favoured wi h a good flogging, when (strange to tell) it bellowed out, ji.st like flesh and blood!—and (more singular still) pre tended to be an Irishman! which many were incline; to doubt, being of the standard height of ghostl beings—uprards of six le-et. high!! • Several men and carts were employed yesterday i St. James's Park, carrying ice from the Canal to this Prtnice REGENT'S ice•house, at Carlton-House. ' 'l Confectioners were also busily employed yesterda in laying-in. their dog-day luxury, most of the ict houses having been complexly emptied during the late reniarkably hot summer. It is a singular fact, that on most of the waste lands in the south and western parts of England, thi furies have this year flowered. twice ! the first time in July, and again within the last 10 or 12 days. Mr. PERCY has now in his garden, at Battle. bridge, Windsor-Leans, in flower, and in pod, - marl:ably fine, and also some stems standing, whi were gathered in the course of the season, and a, now again in flower and• pad. There are -also a few peas in flower. Wednesday evening, Mr. BERNARD. STEERS, of Mary's-hill, Borough, crossing the Queen's Head gateway, in the Borough, was surrounded by a gang of thieves, who .pushed him about for some time; and at length one of the villains came in his front, and, giving him a violt:nt blow which knocked' him down, snatched his gold watch from his pocket. The Ease: Foi-hounds meet on :Monday' at Seven.Farin Thursday, at Green Dragon ; and Saturday,at Nark's ilalL The Hatfield Hounds meet on Monday nt Dosbiwell; Thuti day, at Bramingham ; and Saturday, at %erne!. The Sunderland Harriet. meet every day at *Kennel. BOXING. Turner, the Pugilist, met his friends at his benefit, in a 'clout room, on Thursday evening, which was attended by most respectable party, admirers of his boain: talent. He made no reply to Makin's accepting his challenge, and stating that his money was ready,,which has cached meek surprise in the Sport ing Circles. • FIR..--A destructive fire broke out this moi quarter before one, in the Sugar-house of Messrs. MARTIN and Co.- the sonar of - Shorter-scree. Cable-street, Wellclose.iquare, which totally c , sumed the whole of their extensive premises, ti ther with part of the adjoining house of Mr. Mitta.ol a machine-maker. 'he front •next Cable-street in about• four o'clock with i tremendous crash, - fortunately no person was hurt. The fire is suppo6eyf to have originated from one of the flues of the bone.? An immense quantity pf sugar has beets lost. • I t" • I! L ei • . • ' • • 11 • • • k 11 . • k* . • r . . L. - . • • • • • 1 , 1.; A s, Dr • ht• at he .st ,e- -ei in the ji• he lay ce- the Lste the me tle f re- Lich . Lite few 1 a . Si. Lead ang !no; ont, him air.. 7 • , spa- . by a Wade it Ms ! 4 ' i. ng a r d *M. t eon- ,Loll, ; fell , kri.t Do6e s l, • •