The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-31 00:00:00

, - AVG. St NORIVICII UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. Thtirsday, a very numerous meeting of the Insurers. in the Norwich Union took plum at the George and Vulture, for the purpeee of receiving the Report of tTie Committee appointed to inquire into the system of management under which that eetablihnecut is con ducted. Alderman Thorp was in the chair. The Report, which was voluminous, was then read. It etated the Committee to have written to the Duke of Argyll and the other Noblemen and Gentlemen to whom they had been requested to communicate the Re aplutions come to at the thriller meeting. Some of the answers which lull bcett received were read by Mr. Facie.* A letter from the Duke of Argyll refereed the Committee to the Board of Directors at Norwich, for the information they sought to obtain Erten him. Oa writing to the Beard, they received an answer ftom the Directors, declining to correspond with them, 1$ in any way to recog nise their proceedings. The 'Mice of Setnerset, in th e same way, referred the Com mittee to the Beard of Directors at Norwich. The Earls of Surrey an .l' J:lAL!rry denied that any of the fonds of the S >clety were in their custody, or that they were responsible fr the management of the same erd Viscount Barnard stated, that his being one of the Trustees was tnereiy nominal, as he knew nothing of the afEtirs of the concerti.. Lod Aithorp declared none of the funds were in 11;s custody ; he wet not re sponsible.for their tnanarinent, nor it, the erughteet (le e grew ucquninted with the affairs of the concern. Other letters were read, bat the result of the whole w.u; that in one case an actual trast to the toneunt of twenty. five thousands pounds was neknewledged. In two in . itimeee the answer: were • evasive ; -in the rest all re sponsibility for the tuerewnnent of the foals of the institution wee disclaimed. The Report then avant en to netiee the proeee.iinge which hal token plere on the part of the DireetOrs, in cause fence of the firet Meeting at the George an Vulture, and mentioned the fin-undue of a Cluenittee to invesigate the claim:* on the Society which hadeut yet been satisfied. The' Committee appointed at the former Meeting at the George and Vulture .diselaitned all hostility' to the Institution, and only wished to rescue itefrom the dis grace which lied fallen on it, Irene the abases proved to exist, and Which appeared to he too well hnrie out by the recent conduct e! the Directors themselves. A few letters front the Leeal Committees, in answer to letter received from the George wet Vulture Cemalit tee, were then read, and alto.the deed of 1806, miler which Directors were to appuint trustees, and Trus tees Directors reciprocally, and Mr. Diploid was to continue See:reary an long as his conduct remained un exceptionable, as it had been till the year 1805. By tliie duel, it was provided that these persons could only be displaced froth their situations by the decision of a majority of the whole Company. In every place it geted the real power of the Company to have been delegated to. Mr. Thomas Bignold, and the greatest . 'crT,ust had been-called forth • by the manner iu Which that power had been exercised in various partaker the country. A number of eases which had been trans mitten to the Committee were then read 'For 'the correctness of these the Genmittee coulloot vouch, but submitted then: to the: Mectingas they had been received. The Report added, a num erotic list of others could be produced Seventeen cases were now in litigation, the menes of which were read, :tad others had been handed ‘l2 to the Seeretare, which could not then be submit • Led to the meeting. The statement relative to the • funds of the Seeley, which bed beer; put Borth by the Bridge - street Committee, was represented to coutaite nothing new on the subject, as in fact it had been co pied from an Melt Paper of last July. The Noblemen , aial Gentlemen who were put forward as Trustees, had been proved to know nothing of the affairs of the cen ter:a, and under all eircumstanees'it strongly enforced the necessity of continuing the eopiry. After sonic debate, the Report was almost unanimously agreed to, aril the. Committee were instructed to cent:nue their enquiry. ft is stated by • one of oe.r contemportries, on thc faith of private letters from St. Kitts, date;: thz 30th of Jnly, that the United States have at longth 'recognised the independence of the States cf South America, and that Attiatird Brion wits about to proceed for - New York, to tttlig pos.cession of u frigate which has been lately built there, for the purpose of being present ed as a present to the 4,lkuir.d. Prince letters have been received fr:nn the Northern Expedition, tinier C:tilt. oss, clued, the Bth of July, in :at. 74. The two shire - yore then :t remarkable p °fiend, *led by the .11evil's TO:trob.; but toe letters -mate no other par.ienlars than that r.ll was and that they were at the inoinent o writir a , ilipcded in their prik.rress by the ice. \Ve unaerstanil that the other expedition, uwier t airtain Buchan, WZ9 s .en by a whaler on the Bth of July. tiihz. to the ice, LI a ittitude sh,,rt of sit We unites: nod the namt of the whaler is the Vigilant. of Loaden but we hare not beard any tin-loiter rirtieulars. The buiitlin.: o' . the new " 1,, h Home, W.t -terlon.pia,e, etas cost tlp.varti. of 10,3031. ' 'MT: NATIONAL REGISTER. THE COURT. --s No circular was issued on Friday respecting her Ma jesty's ; but as the Prince Regent remains ut the Stud House, and visited his Royal Mother for a considerable time on Friday at Kam, add Sir F. Millman is in attendance on her, it is apprehended that her Majesty i 3 still seriously ill. Yesterday morning the following account was brought from Kew :—" Her Majesty has had a good night, and continues the Sallie." Tht Duke or York left town yesterday morning for Whylsor, 4o attend the Queen's Council, when the m•mthly report of his M ijeAy's health will be made. Prince Leopold a:rived on the 6th at Calais, from Dover, in the Royal Soverei,,, , n yacht, nad set out the saute evenhig to proceed to Germany The Duke of St:7,s.x i 4 expected to install Mr. Coke as Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons, at Norwich, iii the. October Se ions week On Satunlay their Royal Highnesses the Dake anti Duchess of Kent visited the General Penitentiary tin convicts at lkiillbank, anti were received by W. Mel lish, Esq. M. P., one of the members of the Cortruittee, and by the Gavcrnor and oMeers ur the establishment. .---Their Royal Highnesses, utter having minutely in spected the interior of that eecellent institution, ne the various works in which the prisoners are employed, proceeded to the chapel, where the prisonees were ex amined by the Chaplain in the - system of instruction adapted in the Penitentiary. Their itoyal Highnesses ,expressed themselves highly gratified at the interesting. scene, and at the docent demeanour of the prisoners, and the goo! order that seemed to prevailehrouglioat the.estaPishment. From thence the Rtiyal party pro ceedel to the Houees of Lords and Cannons, and the Courts. of Law. The new chair for the Speaker at traeted the particular attention of the Royal-party. It is covered' with green, and more fit than the last for the P. esilent in the British Senate. The chair in the House of Peers - has •alee .been repaire :rhe scarlet draperies and matting are itllnew, and the House was never seen to inure udeantage. The Royal Duke and Duchess next inspected the Courts of King's Bench and Chancery, where the Crowns au.t Regalia displayed by the ancient figures over the beach, having been newly gilt, make a brilliant appearance. It was the intention of their Royal Highnesses .to inspect Westminster Ab bey, but the day being too far advanced for close obser- , eation, they did not go there. On Monday, their 'Royal Highnesses went .to view the Mint, the East India House, the East India warehouser, and St. Paul's Cathedral, which' occupied the attention of the Royal Duke and Duchess from 9 o'eleck-in the morning tilt 6 in the evening. Mzjor•Fitzclarcnce is fast recovering from his late accident. • Thursday last, at three o'clock, his imperial High ness the Grand Duke Michael and suite landed from • on board his Majesty's sloop of war Driver, at Don:lg,', adft front Portpatrick, after a'pasuge of two hours and a quarter. The inhabitants, anxious to testify their respect for so distinguished a'personage as the brother of our illustrious and magnanimous Ally the kmperor of Russia, assembled in great numbers to receive him. All the vessels •in the harbour were decorated on the occasion. Ou Iris'lmperial •Ilighrusts leavingt he vessel, a royal salute was fired, which was answered by the two cutters that accompanied the Driver, and•also by .the vessela in the harbour. Hewas repeatedly 'cheered . on his approc.ch, and that affection:and rad humour which have eve: - been the characteristic. of 'the Irish people was must conspicuously displayed, notwithstand ing a good deal of disappointment was experienced - by • many highly respectable parsers, in oonsequence of the landing not having been effected ut that particular , place at which he was first evectede and where they had taken their stations to meet hire. Among% the many tokens - of respect paid tv h:s Imperial •fighness, we could not avoid particularly noticing n flag at the end of the Quay,. which, in large eharTn.ers, contained the following ivicar ie device :—" YOnr finperial High ness is thrice ‘veleoine to the land c,f potitoes." This standard was prepared and Larne "Zr. Lemon, a respectable inhabitat.t of the town, r.r. O. agent ••tto the packets, to whom we cannot rctuse meedlif praise for the native humour crineed in the motto he had chosen. Two of the. King** messengers were in wait ing, one of ushom was, imtnediately dispatehe..! to se quaint his Excellency the Ln.l./..i.etnenant of the Grand 'Doke's safe arrived. His liiipc tired Highness . , Ay: a short delay at Sloane's Hotel, prooccded, aecompamed by, some Gentlemen of the' neighbon:luted, to Aount Stewart, the Leantiful and hOspitaLtie seat of the Moat Nolik the Mareuis of I_lnditruierrv, where he partook o f Il n cle 4 ant dinnyr, :t.ol in the evening of a superb ball au.: supper. His :lyerial Highness, it is expects,i, will honour this to spa With a visit to-slay. ~3rl~arl cr. ngent of tlio llai k e of Orly Ins is, at present, in Wen, making consiaerabie ini-:•n vet ok• horses. Among orb .rs. 14. a ~p.i t o v. 6:1 in treaty I'r a brou*Val set o' roach bolr , es, the pro i "er.v of i'rivim Leivnld. • 4V`r°l . HOP INITLLIGENCE. SOUTIIIIPARK, Al.lO. 24.—There have been about 250 pockets of new Hops at market ; the samples, ge nerally speaking, are pretty (Inc and good for first pickings ; some few are mouldy, and they arc offering. them at 121. but the current prices are from 141. t 3 1611165. We are sorry to say. we have not a brisk sale for them. Yearling Hops are full Os. per cwt. lower than they were a fortnigiit since. The duty is at 135,0001. Mares Tole, Auo. 21.—Hop-plAin , T commenced iu this n , .:igliliourhoucl, and the repirt is, that ;hey come down very w::11 and weigh heavy ; the red mould is rapidly spreading in some groan:l, whicu occasions many planters to begin picking earlier than they would have dune, but in most places they improve both in quality and size. The numb ?r of - ban•is employed is, we believe, beyond all precedent ; some idea of which may be funned, when we state, that Mr. Ellis alone has upwards of 3,;70`) pickers etigaed in Lis plantatiou.s. the ms's,• during the last week, have been swarming with them, - many of whom have conie from the 'remotest parts of England for this purpose. The Hops on the Continent are said to look very bad, and have every appearance of growing but a small quantity. NORTHIAW, • Auo. 2L—Hop-picking has commenced, and will become general in this neigrlbunt. hood in the course of the week. • Aix-ee-Citereeez.—This place, which the Allied Sovereigns have, selected ad the place of holdin g the Royel and Imperial Congress, is u large, handsome, sal once strongly fortified *Qum of Germany, in the circle of Westphalie, and. Is incitafied -the new territorial acquisitions of Prtec.da.. It war furoteely a free impe rial City, a . ttl the Emperor CharleanUgne was so de lighted with the batty 0( the place, that he chose it for his resident•e. He is interred in the church of No- • tre Demo, where his sword, his belt, earlimitates,. of the Four Evangelists, written in lefair'S ofeeold, all • which were inede use of at the Conmation of tleq Em perors, are carefully prestrved. • it:: et/Oils - Mineral waters draw - a great number of - preemie to the piece every year. In logB and: 17-14,. ieweettlietinguished by two celebrated Treaties 4Po:tee. It is seated in a valley, natarlyeuereended by • mountains, and its castle stands teptetetre iabotains LIB, from which sixty towLs er. cities, -the scm, dud even Engrand. may tae seen ino clear day. The City contains thirty parish churchtA, and a splendid market place, which was known to Ile Romans by the !tante of ilqux-Grams. It was destroyed by the Huns in 451, but repuired, beautified eel enlarged by the Emperor Charlemagne, who flip a time made it his rapi•tate The last accounts from Algiers state, that the plaeee has so horribly depapulatel the place, that th e new Dey has omnanded- that all unmarried men, above tZt years diem shall be, conducted to th e p u bli c plac e , lied amply gratified with the bastinado, to give them a de- • sire for wedlock ! ih s scents a prelude to a new em pire of women among the Barbarians. • A massy piece of plate, as much as three:men can carry, arrived at Plymouth lust week, which was or dered by:the Captains and Commanders r,f the several ships and vessels engaged in the memorable battle at Algiers. It has been presented to Lord Exmouth, and will be exhibited at the next anniversary dinner. It is said the former arrangement for the • Duke and Duchess of Kent •returit to the continent baleen - altered, and that their Royal Iligheesses will leave England alenit the sixth of the eesuieg month. Tho - .lntegrity tram/we, which sailed eirom7 Deptfonl en- Tuesthty mduning, with the lxnasehold of the f)nlie of • Csinbrirt:!, is to rennet immediately for - their heete. - :hold, carriages, horses, See. It is steed, that the number of Friglish, Irish ; and - Sents, in France, cet.pcntits en the Police books to anmeat to 6‘.l,ono,everrette of whom is registered as to native residence, Ste. and could be arrested- in :11 hours. The evacuatian of the country by,the Army of OvenpaiLA wilree the signal for the return of ta great proeorti..a of'this evnlgint pcptilattote • it - is estimated that the:: etxpenditetre ainuouts to 50,0061 a day ! Barlr.k.l.ampupers to thu•Strah of June hare arrived. The lion. George Meynard, •Chief Judge of the Cu.:: of Common fleas, and one ot'l:!:; ‘llipsty's that island, died of an apoplectic tit on the SOth of Ma;.. He was proceeding home, • when he fell oft' his horse, • and.wm supposed to have immediately expired. A publicatiou lees lately appeared in German-, coataieing a pet/het feteiiireting two rrand divisions c. that Eteptme North, and :Stath—K:•essie-ee b eet heal of the .forater, and Aur trite ef eke latter. The h oe r o i' Cope:l:i.e.:4, at .11mi, hav:v been stroved titling the late war, the Rriaec Recal of has ptirclweed the grown!, in•neler to re to the acea se , which it in tature to lYs (%4e4Li rdtidetw, o f the Preform oCiattebereatiee in that city, , le-w ee sday at two Yeleeka Cubinet Counc7i arts ireid at t he Foreign •Ottic‘i. which WAX • IlttClltloNt in., all 'Cabioci Ministers, with the eetteptiott of Lird Side m"u" ; a very extraordinary circumstance at tit.'s seaian GI the yea:'. Earl Bathurst was sent far express tt: r ft Gleueesteiehiere as were several of the other Vitt:sten o. her recres of tbo ett•: - .`e, eeetisi eee l t h.d t ittina etc= Fit t, ceezlie