Star. — London, England, 1818-08-15 00:00:00

r . NORWICH UNION INSURANCE. TO THE ntITOR OF THE STAR. SIR —The Norwich Society has late l y been much brought before the Public, and it must have astonished many to observe the enormous expense incurred both In Eng land arid Ireland, by inundating the Newspapers with Adver eisements tending to vilify this concern. That a few individuals who complained of being sufferers by Insurance with.the Society should incur such expense, it was ditfictlit to believe, and still more so, when the publications were continued long after these persons had been called on by the Directors to bring in their claims, and yet none of them saw fit to do FO. At length a clue to this mystery has been discovered, and the surprise of many of your Readers will doubtless cease, when shay have perused the following plain statement. A few days ago a paper was handed to me, said to be the Copy, of a communication made by the Secretary of the Phenix Fire Office, Mr. JENSIS Joust, to its Agents. Although it had internal evidence of being an authentic cial document, I could scarcely believe that it was so, nor were my doubts removed, till I saw a letter from the Secretary him self, admitting it to he " a Copy of a Circular addressed by him to the Agents of the Phcenix Company." Whether Mr. JENEIN Joints intended his letter in the British Observer, of the 15th instant, as an u,rology for this Circular, or ass a justijkotion of it, I know not, but am persuaded that mi. her as one, nor the ether, will it satisfy the Public. It is a long letter, evidently elicited by the pt.blicatien of his Circular; but he slides gently off that subject in his first paragraph, only speaking of it as a Circuses " communicating to the Agents the circumstances which have been published respecting the manage ment of the Norwich Union Society," and urging them to trans mit an account of well authenticated facts that had occurred in their respective Districts, of disappointments experienced by claimants on the Union. Ilad it been true that his Circular was what he has thus del, scribed it, I think an impartial Public would have deemed such an interferehce with the concerns of another Establishment most Indecent, and utterly unworthy the character of a respectable Company ; but the truth is, that it does not communicate a single rice that Wel been published respecting the management of the Norwich Society, whila it does communicate both forts and feelings, some of which, let your Readers judge whether lair. JONES may nr.t be well ashamed of. It communiCaliel sus TACTS- Tnat " the competition of the Norwich Union Office has, for some time, much impelled use exertions of the Phanix Com pany's Agents." That it gives Mr. Jones " much satisfaction at this moment to communicate to his Areas the prospect of being at length rid" of this formidable competitor. That Mr. Jones looks up to the George and Vulture Com mittee as an excellent engine for effecting his purpose, and that be therefore thinks " it is very desirable to assist the object of that Cersunittee." That Mr. Jose , : is " persuaded the zealous exertions of his Agents will he fully employed,to improve the favourable crisis." That Mr. Joxrs will be obliged by their exerting themselves in urging dissatisfied persons:to trautmit their cases, through his Company's Agents, to him. That Mr. JONES call pledge himself to ensure their being handed from him to the .above -mentioned Committee (whose object be deems it so desirable to assist), and who he, of course, chooses to represent as " the proper authority for investigation." That Mr. JONES is unable, after all, to divest himself of some lurking apprehension as to the result of these extensive exertions, and therefore feels the necessity of urging on his Agents " that no time should be lost." That Mr. Jones instructs his Agents that " the Resolutions of Mr. Tuoares Meeting should be copiously circulated, in the expense of which," he adds, " we trust the other Agents will co-operate." I feel assured that what .1 have now mentioned will go far towards stemmirg the torrents of abuse now Rowing on all sides against this Society; and lest,l should be accused of any mis represeetation I have sent for insertion in your Papal a Copy of the Circular; which has suggested the above remarks. I shall already have trespasstd suffieiently on the valuable space in your Columns, and will therefore reserve, for my next letter, a few further observations which have occurred to me. I ern. Sir, yours, &c. A NORWIGII UNION INSURER. AMERICAN INDIANS. LIITZ% FROM SID ALTIANDSDCOCEIGANC, TO TIM OW, AND rums- TRIOUS COWS OF THI CRISS AND OTLICA INDIAN NATiOn. Rear ! 0 ye brave Chiefs of the Creek sod other Indian nations. Tne great King George, our beloved father, has long wished to assuage the sorrows of his warlike Indian children, and to assist them in gaining their rights and possessions from their base and. perfidious oppressors. The trouble our father has had in conquering his enemies be yond the great waters, be has brodght to a glorious conclusion ; and peace is again restored among all the nations of Europe. The desire, therefore, which he has lung felt, of assisting yott, and the assurance which he has given you of his powerful protec tion, he has now chosen as his chiefs by sea and land to carry into effectual execution. Know then, 0 Chiefs and Warriors, that in obedience to the Great Spirit which directs the soul of our Mighty Father, we come with a power which it were vain for all the people of the linked States to oppose. Behold the great waters covered with our-ships, ft sin which will go forth an anny of warriors, as mime rout as the whole Indian nations; Inured to the toils and hard ships of war—accustomed to triumph over all opposition—the constant favourites of victory. The same principle of justice which led our father to wage a war of 20 years in favour et the oppressed nations of Europe, ani mates him now in support of hi. Indian children; and by the efforts of his warriors, he hopes to obtain fur them the reatora lion of those lands of which the people of the bad spirit have lately robbed them. We promised you by our talk of last June, that great fleets and armies were coming to attack our foes; and you will have hinard of our having triumphantly taken their capital city of Washington, as well as many other places—beaten their armies 1a battle, and spread terror over the heart of their country. Come forth then, ye brave chiefs and warriors, as one anti join the British standard—the signal of union between the powerful andoppressed—the symbol of justice, led on by victory. If you want covering to protect yourselves, your Wives, and your children, against the winner's cold, cone- to trn„ and we will clothe you. If you want arms and ammunition to defend your selves against your oppressors,—cume to us, and we provide you. Call around you the whole of your Indian In ethren—and we will sinew them the same takens of our brotherly love. And what think you we ask in return for this bounty of our Great Father, which we his chosen warriors have so much plea sure in offering to you? Nothing more than that you should as sist us manfully in regaining your lost lands—the lands of your forefathers—from the common enemy, the people of the United mates; and that you should hand down those lands to your children hereafter, as we hope we shall now be able to deliver them up to you, their lawful owners: and you may rest assu red, that whenever we have forced our enemies to ask for a peace, our good Father will on no account forget the welfare of his much-loved Indian children. Again then, brave Chiefs, and warriors of the Indian nation, at the mandate of the Great Spirit, we call upon you to c ome Earth arrayed in battle to fight the great fight of justice, and re cover your long-lost freedom. Animate your hearts in this sa cred cause—unite with us as the ~5:5 of one common father— and a great and glorious victory will shortly crown our exertions. Given under our hands and seals on board his Britannic Ma jesty's ship Tonnantawff Appalachicolo, ALEX. COCNRANX, Dee. 5, 1514. JOHN KTANZ. To the nun. Sir ALTTANDER COCNRANZ, K. 11. Vice Admiral of the Red, &c. &c. Etc. Great and illustrious Warring--We have received the letter you sent to us by Colonel Ntcolls. You say well, great Chief: that our breasts are filled with the glorious love of liberty, and, protected by our great and gond father, we will live or die free, of which we have given hard proof, by choosing to abandon our country., rather than live in it as slaves. We thank you for the supplies you have sent, and promised to send: we receive them with unbounded gratitude: but for them we should all have perished. Be pleased to send our love and duty to our good and great father, King George. Ile has shewn that he has not for gst his once happy children, and we bless the Great Spirit for I'ecing• him fro:a his enemies in Kurope. Our long absentee farms hint we liken to the longings of a father far a lost son--our liappinc:s like a father who has found one. Your eons whom you have scut to our fed we hail us brothers on the shores of the "ea; but we hope soon to embrace them in the land of our fore- V fathers. Oar distress has been beyond the power of our tongues o tell you: we were driven from our homes, and our clothes and household utensils taken from us. From that time until we thok your eons by the hand, famine, nakedness, and their ac companying miseries, have been our lot. Our fathers were true awn to your fathers: they told us to be so always. They are dead, but their truth remains with us, and we implore our good father to continue his paternal assistance, for we have fought and bled in his cause. Pray of him, great chief, to keep a port on this coast, for the Spaniards are weak, frail friends E In our distress they turned us into the woods like doss, but since your sons came here we walk like men in their streets. The chief you have sent to us we receive as we ought : we will obey him in all things. We have made him our kind warrior and Commander-in-thief — We will get all the black men we can to join your warriors. We thank you also for your promise of protecting ow Wets on a Re *eral peace taking place. NVe will do our best to unite all our red brethren, and form a strong arm, that will be ready to crush the wicked and rebellious Americans when they shall dare to insult our father and his children. We hope you will always keep a chief here with us, for as long 33 he stays among us, our ways will be shown to us, and we will walk in them. We pray to the Great Spirit for, and give our blessings to your father, and to you, and tell him we will fight bravely under his colours. In the name of our brothers, their (Signed) Joins yd FRANCIS, Warrior of Tuskeege. Pauli Mc. Warrior of Talase. marks. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 18115. TIM FUNDS. PRICE OE STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK : Reduced 761 —Cons. 751 —for Acc. 73+ 3i per Cents. 86-4 per Cent. 960 5 per Cent. Navy 1051 —Bonds 89 91 pre. Omnium n 3 disc.--Eschequer Bills 17 '2O prem. A further depression has taken place in the Funds. Consols left off yesterday at 761, and commenced this morning at 7Ci. The fall is now clearly ascertained to arise from the present situation of this country and America, as all the heavy sales of Stock, for some days back, have been made on account of American houses. Exchequer Bills have become quite a drug in the market. Little, of course, has been done in them, although they are quoted nominally at 20s. premium, which is the price they are issued at by Government. At 12 o'clock, Consols were 75k, before one they had fallen to 75, and a further de pression is fully expected. Her MAJESTY'S health, we are extremely happy to say, continues to improve. On Thursday even ing, at six o'clock, her MAJESTY left Kew Palace, and rode out in her garden-cliair, in the delightful pleasure-grounds attached to the Palace, drawn by her favourite poney, guided by her coachman. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER walked by the side of her beloved mother ; the Princess Auct , sr A followed, leaning on the arm of Sir FRANCIS MILMAN. They were followed by two royal. footmen. Her MAJESTY continued her ride for upwards of an hour; she ap. peared very cheerful, and, we are happy to say, much refreshed. On Thurday morning, the Countess of Ca auiGAN visited her MAJESTY. At the same time, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and the Princess Au - Gum, rode out in an open carriage. The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived this fore noon.—The marriage of Count de Cazz with Made moiselle Sr. AULAIRE, was celebrated with great pomp on Tuesday. The Duke de RICHELIEU and Marshal the Duke of REocia were the witnesses on the part of the bridegroom, and the Marquis de Sr. AULAIRE and Count Louis D'AMaauoEAc on the part of the bride. All the Ministers of State, with the exception of Count CORVETTO, who is confined by indisposition, many of the most distinguished Peers of France, several of the Foreign Ambassadors, and the Duchess of BRUNSWICK-LUNEBOURG, the aunt of Mademoiselle Sr. AULAIRE, were also pre sent at the solemnity. The Sieur JoANNIS, one of the individuals arrested on account of the late conspiracy, and Secretary of, General CANUEL, has undergone a second examina- tion, at the conclusion of which the order for making' his confinement au secret, was taker. off. We are as sured, add the French Journals. that the precognition in this affair advances, and that the other persons in culpated will also be subjected to their second exa , mination, successively from day to day, till the whole alhir is terminated. French 5 per Cents. Tuesday, 78 fr. 15 c. We received this morning letters from Buenos Ayres, by way of Antwerp, dated the 15th of May, which state that a CommerciA Treaty or Alliance has been concluded between the Americans and the Buenos Ayres Government, in which the trade of the United States is to have the preference over that of every other nation. The Congress frigate, which carried out the three Commissioners to Buenos Apes to arrange Cie above Treaty, has returned to New 'York with two of tile Commissioners on board, one having been left a: Buenos Ayres. We are sorry to learn, that his Royal Highness the PRINCE llactur suffered another attack of the gout yesterday. The answer to inquiries was, that the fit is a slight one ; but we hear that the PRINCE'S intention of returning to Brighton in the beginning of next week, is expected to be relinquished. The attack did not prevent his Royal Highness from giving some audiences yesterday. Yesterday the Portuguese Ambassador bad an au dience of the PIUNCE REGENT at Carlton House; as had also Sir Joins BORLASE WAnnas. The Dukes of You ic and CAMBRIDOE visited the Paisce REGENT yesterday. ARRIVAL OF MADAME BERTRAND AND .FAMILY IN THE THAMES. On the arrival of the General Kidd East India- man at Long Reach, last vteek, a boat was hailed from the shore, in order to take a foreign Lidy, fa mily, and suite, who were on boatd, up to London The wherryman at first readily engaged for the freight; but understanding afterwards from-some of the sea men of the Lsdianian that the passengers he was to convey to town were no other than the celebrated, Madame BEKTRAND, her children, and servants, in-' cluding a cook of flosapanre, who had all been taken on board at St. Helena, he was discreet enough to make some excuse for returning to the shol-e, on reaching which he immediately repaired to the Alien Officer stationed at Gravesend, and gave information of the description of personages who were on board the General Kidd. A dispatch was immediately forwarded to the Se cretary of State, ID receive his Lordship's instruc tions in the mattN., but the return of it was antici pated by the arrival of an order from his Lordship, who had been apprized of Madame BERTRAND'S coming, through another channel, for the detention of the fair exile and her companions. Captain WALsx, the Alien Officer, accordingly proceeded on board the General Kidd, and communi cated to Madame BERTRAND his instructions from the Secretary of State to prevent her landing in England ; and that it would be necessary she should remove with her family and attendants to the FLAMER gun-brig, stationed off Gravesend, where she might remain until she could make arrangements for a pas sage to some other foreign country—Rolland and the Netherlands specially excepted. Madame BERTRAND appeared much affected at the disappointment, and submitted with great reluc tance to the restraitit imposed on her. The whole party were forthwitl , conveyed on board the FLAMER, where they now remain, under strict orders that no body shall have any communication with them from the share. Madame BERTRAND has brought with her orders for considerable sums on the India•house, which have been sent up and duly honoured; but the cook of BONAPARTE, who had converted his principal means into a draft on a banking-house in town, for £6OO, has been grievously disappointed by a return l of no elects ! • It has been intimated, we understand, to Madame BERTRAND, that she may proceed to France if she pleases ; but this she feels cogent reasons fur de- dining. The avowel object of her coming to Europe the education of her children, some of whom are arrived at an age which would make their longer stay at St. Helena, seriously injurious to their future pros pects in life. We some time ago inserted the Correspondence that took place in St. Helena on the removal of Mr.' O'MEARA from attendance on the EI-EMPEROR.— The following, we are assured; is a literal translation of the Protest made by the Count de BERTRAND on the dismission of that Gentleman : " LorsowooD, Aram tz, MS. Montana tc Goes-Rowena—Doctor 0.1111.4aA made known to me yesterday, that in consequence of an order emanating from you, he was obliged to quit this Island. On this occasion I have the honour to request you to consider that M. O'MEARa was given us by your Government on our demand, and by way of substitute for a French Physician :—that he has our confi dence ;—tbat the Envision has been for seven months affected with a chronical disease in the liver, a disease mortal in thls country, and occasioned by the want of exercise, which he has been unable to take for two years, front the manner in which you have abused, and still abuse your powers ;—that thing; are come to that pus that the patient requires attendance tv..ry day ; that for two years you have been wishing to dismiss M. O'MEARA to substitute dl. BAITti in his place ;—that, notwith standing your reiterated applications, the Estrvitois has con stantly refused to receive this Physician, for whom be has on in sarteibk repugnance. Consider that if you take from him M. O'illuaa, without supplying his place by a French or Italian Physician already known, you oblige this Prince to die dcstit etc of all assistance. He is determined on this point. I lis will be the more painful ; but the sufferings of the body are toia porary ; whereas the opprobrium which such ferocious conduct stamps on the character of your nation will be eterr.al. " I am instructed-Ist. To declare that Doctor O'Afesna is the only Physician on this rock in whom the patient has any con fidence., 2d. To protest against his dismissal with whatever :ire. tczt it may be attempted to be coloured, unless it be the coit•,- quence of a legal decision.—l have the honour to be, Monsit...r le Gouverneur, your very humble and very obedient servaot, (Signed) " CUM BICATILAND. " To Governor Licut-t'olouel Sir Hudson Lowe." Wednesday the Victory steam-boat, from London to Margate, with about 250 passengers, was obliged to take shelter in Whitstable Bay, not being able to make way against a strong North-East wind. We have not heard that any accident happened to her ; but the passengers were all most dreadfully sea-sick, and completely tired of their long voyage, having been all night at sea. She arrived safe at Margate at ten o'clock on Thursday morning. Lord STRANGFORD, the British Envoy in Sweden, has succeeded in obtaining from that Court a Decree, authorising the exportation of Deals and Timber, in British ships, on the payment of the same export du ties as in Swedish vessels. Several thousand tons of shipping will consequently be sent from British ports during the present season, to receive cargoes in those of Sweden. This permission is to last until the end of this year ; but it is almost certain that the advan tages which Sweden will derive from the increased exportation of her produce, will induce his Swedish Majesty to prolong it. (7 RANSIATION.) " We, CHARM JOHN, by the Grace of God, Kiog of Swe den, Norway. &e. do hereby make known, that in amsideration of special reasons and circumstances, we are graciously pleased to permit, to the and of this year, the exportation of /MA t anti Dents, by foreign ships, at the National Export Duty a•ioqi:cted in the Tariff; and in respect to Deals the "exportation it per mitted during the same period, without restriction to the Tian ' tides stated in said Tara But the tonnage duties on fortio ships so employed are to be charged the same as in other in stances on foreigners; according to which an Whom it may coc cern haver° regulate themselretk,-.-Itt witnesa wheratii, we have kereunrosee our hand and Royal fiat " Stockholm, July 15, Isis." DRURY-LANE THEAria. INJUNCTION DISSOLVED. At an early hour, this morning, the Court of Chan , ccry was crowded to an excess, in the expectation of the LORD CHANCELLOR giving his decision in this rnpr. tant case. His Lordship entered the Co ;t at half past nine, and proceeded to state, that lie hid Liken the pipers home with him, and should now state the result of his delibcration,.—tiffs Lordship proceeded to mad the affidavits, and recapitulated tLet various clauses of the Acts of Parliament that had been passed relating to the Theatre, and stated that the conclusion he had come to was—That as th e Sub-Committee appeared to have been appointed, had acted in conformity to the Acts of Parliament, made and provided for that purpose, he could net see it possible how the Injunction cuuld be sustained, which he, therefore, Dissolved. THE ARMY. Three Troops of the 18th, or Ving's Ilutsart, marched into Coventry this week, where, it is said, they are to be stationed for some time. Wednesday, a soldier, belontg r to the 9Gth rez i. ment, was drowned near Blue Ilard, Rochester. He could not swim, and getting out of his clertb, was carried away by the tide. NAVAL INTEL-.IGENCE. PADSTOW, AUGUST 12. The Vine, ESSI:RY, of and for Swansea, fret Ten. reath, was brought in here in distress, haV.ag cr. ried away her fore and main top-masts in a gale eif the Sharp Nose, at five, r. u. PORTSMOUTH, AUG I-ST Wind N.E.—Sailed his lqaiebty ship llossc7l, ra a cruise: the Columbine, WILSON, for I.cntioa ; Riga, FORSTER, for Riga. DEAL, AUGUST 14 Wind lsi.W.—Came down from the Jrr 7 la t evening, and sailed. the Tontir.e. Turtisc, f ,. -7 ladzichio ; also sailei, the Symmetry„ IA r. fi , r Ge noa, 8:c.; Cambrian, PROWNIUGG, fn. the ('ape of .c.cw.id Hope; Rose, II ENDRRSON, for ;:mbis Ricer; Hope, PERRY, for Chester:—the three latter passed through the Doivns this afternoon. th e It t , ya l Sovereign yacht, for Dover ltoads. SIIMEWNES3. AUGUST 14 . The brig Ceres, —, from London to Pernamburs, has put into Otis port aith the loss of her niaiu-topma:. HULL, AUGUST 13. Arrived the Ajax, 'Srivmsos, from Greenland, with ten fish ; also the Jack; Tar, --, from whence she sailed the 15th of June: on the 18th was brougla to by the Geneal Arisrnendi, Capt. DELUCH F., Ull9 asked a few questions, and then ordered her to make sail ; on the 29d was brought to by the Generals Santa Martha, of Buenos Ayres, who convoyed her from off Cape Maze to the west end of Heneaga, at he said there were a great many small schooners on the coast plundering merchant vessels. CORK, AUGUST S. Sailed the Tyne, BELL, and the Earl St. vincett, SIMPSON, for New South Wales, with convicts. GRAVESBND, AUGUST 14. Arrived the William, Berifigtoo, from Gottenburfis; Sceptre, Ord, from Archangel ; Hoop, Smith, from GA r.:(1 ; Friendship, Viiser, front Worcum; Ceres, Woks, from (iihralt-r ; Clete. rab, Bae, from Christiana; and two or three. more.—Sailer! the Intrinsic, Taylor, for Boordeaus ; for 11 1 -"- neur ; iforbadoes packet, Baktoo, fur eitto; tad thu FeticitT, Timothy, for Vigo. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, AUGUST 14. Senn smaact. Iswalans--TheVrow MtuTaretha, Rotterdam • Hoop, Smith, and Lady Frantts, Ostend; and four skips containing corn.—O; ...% Lord Suffield, Brown, from FurtWilliam ; Vrow S the June, !Myth, Prince of Sar.e-cobollry, Ladd, Ladd, from Rotterdam; GnotiWi.h, Schokers, hannea, Wyk, from Aux,terelam ; Harriet, Skeller.w Ross, for Dmr.rara • Criterion, !Ivey, for New Beasley, for llarbadoer ; Cato, Bennet, for EN Fountain, 31ills, fur ()poem. :.au:—The ' . ! 17 • . The Article in the Treaty of r ;naians, is as follows : " The United States of America en.,-are tnediktely after ►he ratification of the prese't tie with all the tribes t:r catiou.s of I mai be at w•ar at time of st-cu stir restore to such trilvcs ur 111ti.)116 r:- rights, and privile;r:e, which awe in entitkil to in I till, pr..eious to that such tribes or nations sh.li apt., against the United Staey , of inwrieo,lll upon the ratification •.f the prisent tribes or nati.ms, ' NrC% , An attempt has beta male t poraries to chew' that no scut this Article. as can bind the Br terfere at all in behalf of the A • the cruel Fersec,utian of their n The obligation is however n. -t. We stipulated a sestc,z ot* :71-7 " to all their' pcssessions, rights, an.l isr lionafile restoration. Has th.at iestrra:i faithfully accomplished? I icr. these ments been restored—so m uc h ns i n ,lew Would the spirit of the treaty of pe plied with, if the Americans had one hand, and re-robbed with the given back on one day, and taken hack en t succeeding ? But, in point of fact. was there n"l stitution at all—was there any hat, n. cf . the solemn article contained in the Treaty cr, of these unfortunate Allies of the Ihit:sh :natal' We publish this day another corresporience -- • namely, that between Sir A. CoettitaNt . and the lc. dians, bearing date in December, Isll., the Tar month in which the peace with America was sieued; and illustrative, therefere, in the most esplicit'raarr tier of the principles on which we iraNrtisr,ed j*-1 credulous and confiding people to join our itara!ard against the enemy with whom we ware at the sire time al war and in nevciation. A field of wheat of forty !tzres, the prePertr, cf Mr. Comma, of Nerds \..v.-.on, in Vie:sem':4 as last week reaped and stackr.l in one may efroct tl'is one hundred atd eichty-four individe it were employed. sot 'his morning, as the scream of Mr. ik.CAVN, • . m own, his horse took fright at a c.: • c: fi r t. • t.,r rider, whose Atli wis trsztuivd: wi.2 oisa :e :lie Sun, at Loegtuon, v•ithout au hopes of re _,. ur=. [rave been e% ell ICStorLi v ; . SI k, , IG et er ti t. nn t le S: 'hl ct usi ill os. e e cc cc at ti, SI di TC A A a 'de ri e thi • i, s t h th by in thi I .lc 1:11 11, IC 't L I„ • • t c • F • ti • PF d ' H of th ;6 qs • ni