The National Register. — London, England, 1818-12-20 00:00:00

ftr.i L4014k . /7 1 17 • •ani ; ; .., ‘l. • ...V. 906.'". , `i ce 1 4, t. elyt• • • 567.-VOL. ISITION. [TICAL ON THE COHN BILL. WE learn that subscriptions continue to be sclicitel to the petitions for raising the importation price of grain. We w.trn those who are concerned in this anti national and 'Amnion proctieiing, to de.iist. Govern niCat, it is said, will not lend them its support : bat they expect to carry the measure by Ptitrise ; and *ace it-is that no meetings have been called by them, but that they enlist partisans secretly. They cannot, we should in candour hope, conceive the full wickedness of their conduct, or the public injury which is likely to resaltfrom it, if they should be successful ; our firm persuasion is, that not only would they oppress the na iion,ll!but likewise injure themselves ; for if bread is raised to a price not easy attainable here, the conse quence will inevitably be, that men of large families and small incomes will go where it is cheaper : emigra tion to the continents both of Europe and America will increase, and the consumers will be diminished at home. Be it observed also, that the temptation to emigrate will be the stronger, because as bread rises in price here, (e4ept indeed in the case of an universal scarcity), its relative value will be likely to be less abroad, on uc- count of the export to this country being prohibited, or the price at which it is allowed raised to an exorbi tantly high amoimt. The first pressure of the injury of raising the im portation price of corn would of course be felt by the manufacturer. He must in the same proportion raise the wages of his journeymen, to enable them to buy bread; the manufactured articles must then be sold dearer ; and the foreign dealers would in consequence so longer come hue to make purchases in the same lumbers; and if the landholder supposes that such a state of things will not ultimately and by re-action affect him as tic.! primary cause of it, he is grossly mis taken. He will first lose many of tho native consumers by emigration ; and ho will secondly drive away. the liatign consumers, who invariably flock in great num bers to those countries where manufitetures flourish, and commerce is most free. In a few words, it appears 'that we have those among us who, if they hail their i 1 1 , would not suffer us to derive the alvantages which we might otherwise at) from b in i ,;• at pvtle.— They are making war upon us in Buonaparte's very • method, by endeavouring to cxelude us from the con tinent. h ey are prohibiting, su fir as they are able, the use of our many 'teture-i throughout the states of Europe. Some of us indeed may, as we have above stated, seek A refuge on the other side of the Channel, in the way of emigration ; but that liberal intercourse which nature and Providence intended to subsist among men of (litre:vitt languages, Cm the cammon advantage, and from which %to, by our superior spirit and enter rri:; have it; ways derived more than an rital share ol gond, they would actually intercept. PARLTAMI NT.tItV A N Erin) re. Sir Robert Walpole wanted to carry a question in the douse of Commons, to which he knew the.e would be great opposition, and. Well disiiLe.l Ity s.,:ne of his own dependants. As he WAS pits:iing throniugli the (.our': of Requests, be ruct a member ut the e i:ttr,trt piety, whose avarice he ima gined wouia out reject a large bribe. Lie took hint aide and said, 6' Such a question cones to this day ; give me yotir vote, and 11.'re is a bank bill fir which he pot into lii.. hands, The member mate him this answer :—" Sir Robert you have lately served steate city partiettha tisientls aid whet Inv wife was last at t mat, the ting was very graci.ms to lien, which most have happened at your tasiance. I s amid tivere• re think tit..self very to:grateful (putting the bank lath into Ms pocket) it' I were to refuse the favour you it c now pleased to ask me." Among the rumoured changes in Admids:raiion, it is soil that tibe .wittrtptis eh Buckingham to iii succeed Loa Pdavilie as First Lord of the Admiral' J. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 00, 1818. umoy ivsuitANcE SOCIETY. On Fiiday a meeting of dor Lon‘lon insurers in this , / gociety Wis held at the Cite or London Tavern, Bish 'olnotte• gt curt, to reCe:V.htivid take i . n•o c •n.itleration the final Report of the Londou Committee, and for to liv their tins, Report before the meeting. He trusted the meeting would hear it with patience, and aiso wridld g ve their attention to every gentleman who should offer his sentiments upun it, whatever they mizlit h , . The motion was then read by the Secretary. it was divided into three parts. The first related to the ar ranvonents which had been made respecting the re. meitting claims upon the Society; tl•e second, to th • sta eof the funds; and the third, to the constitutions of the S y; and the alterations which the . Conniniftee suggested to be made in them. On the subject of the constitutions of the Society, and the alterations which, mi.zht be made, and which had he n suggested, the report gave a long correspondelice between the Lon don Committee, and the Norwich B .aril of Directors, and also of the commu ioations of the former with a deputation lro:n the Norwich Board, l'rom those it itapertreil that the Boa] ol of Dir ct ors at Nor% fully appr ove d o f the 4.otHiu,t of the general nieetioig which had resolved that \lr Biguold, •;eii. should be ills, charged iron) his situation ; and it was added, that he should he requested to deliver up his books. and all documents belonging to the Society, It then noticed a proje..t which the London Committee had drawn tip, of having the principal management of the Society con ducted in London. .But the rn est important part of it was teat which felated to the determination of the Bated of tfliectors at Norwich to separate the Lon don branch of the Society from the patent stuck. 'Chi , , it was alleged, was done in consequence of the answers to some queries which had been submitted for the opi• Mon of counsel. From these optuiolos the report Aated, the Norwich Directors hail conk• to the deter mination of not considering the London iwurers any leoger as menth,rs of the Society, further than the time to which their present unexpired policies ex. tended ; and it added, that notice had been served on nil those moose policies were to erdite at Cliiistmas, that they would not be renewed ; but, at the same time, that the London insurers should, for the time they load beloorged to the Society, rec:ove an aliquot pert of the profits as well as the country members. The Report further stated, that the sum insured in the lire department this year, above the amount of last year, was five millions; and that the losses in the fire and life department were much below what could b • expected. Mr. A! t-rraan Pattison, of Norwich, moved, that the Report be received, and printed for the use of the neenher. The question being seconded, was about to he put, when— Mr. Hroo addrus:ted the merlin:. Hi' said, he ( - wi ld not 34 1 ee to Cit. whole of the Report, though there were tome parts of it which he did concur. l'he only important fart of it wav that w!tiell concern. e.I the 4...undan insurer* ; and on th.at virt he should ay, th it the Directors at Nor aka hau eel acted us la could have wi,betl. They thou4itt to shake off Ihe London insurets ; and this they did upon the opinions of tttree learned gentlemen of the law. ifo, however, tor one, it d nut think tic Film. a u a from the Nur t. kit tentletron "mild be a :treat la,s, for he trusted ta-re woall he laurel genee.) ea in Loatioa fully adv. to the eaana,,onient ot a ~..palate concern, (hear), and tha, lie trusted. amid take place. He blunted the Directors for making such Irtattient r h rence to the name o! one individual ; fin', if the Dirrii•ir, thought proper to dismiNa lam, there the matter shunoi end, anti hlt weir biloUlll nut brolo.;(u forward oat every oce,:sion, as it to cover the et rurs of u;h. rs. Ile a.lutled to the name of IN: !, !.. tio late Sc. eretaty Its cutaelastoit • the gehthitoo looted tit tar I/enteral) , of anonier imeetitl2 . , tor tit, pet ..; fishing a Society in I.otitloat upau a *atooar pi maple to that a t tht• Norwich Union. Mr. (WIT) I:1 AN Wig terra% coltdommql th e of the Nurwich Dire. tol3, who, he oboervt•J, had u, t `: Piuci: 9,1,d. _ .. , i..a...t, fr.ri 1 ',.. -, .r. :4.7• .. • • .. ... , • • r . It .4 ~1 it , aitottat \_ . . . r out. Istucts ebnititutunta tutus. other affair.% T 13 , 11%141. E q. wrts railed to tip. Chair ; on taking Nhich h.• tos..rred, that dm; Committee which had h'.ll glor e oczalitikitfbrito fttSeepwilloolastutp. tion of fiv-ir former ileport, in Septl'inber bat, had +lnce then continn'ett tbeir lalu urs, and were now ready mar. taken their money of, and made their profit by, the London m•ltt4rs, and then shook them off. Mr. Millleto'h contended, that if the N , l?w:ch rectors were to blanie, r it was in nothing mote than in so long having tolerated Mr. Ili:49011i, grit. Mr. Lockwood, who stated himself to be one of Vic. certain individuals who were opposed to him, and who had induced his own sons to act against him, flattering them with the promises of being his successors hi ofTwe,! was governed by a desire of gathering the grape front another man's vine. (Mr. Bi.:nold was proceeding, Ln t the opinion (if the Meeting being expressed in very strong terms against him, he was obliged to sit down.) Mr. Alderman Thorp spoke in favour of the report ; though he said it was not altogether sush as couid be 'wished, yet it was such as the nature of the eireum. stances under which it was drawn up would admit of. The most hi:pertain part he conceived, and indeed the only part hi which the Meating were principally in. terested, was that which concerned the London insur ers ; and if the report had been confined to that, it might have been sufficient. On the whole, he hoped it would be reecived and agreed to. Mr. Bignold, sen. said, that Mr. Thorp was n rector of another insurance company. Alderman Thorp said it was true he was ; and though that company shared snore thousands, he could say that he r.ever had brought a single insturer to it. In fact, he was engaged too much in other atiiiirs, as was well known: but the insinuation which was meant to be conveyed by the mention of the circuuLaan;:e, he treat ed with contempt. Mr. F. Ketnhle defended the conduct and motives of the Committee, which he maintained were must ho nourable. The Committee had acted in the discharge of an important trust which had been committed to theta ; and in doing that they had looked thrwarti to the only reward which they ut first anticipated—the conscious ness of having perfinmed their duty. A ier a few words from Mr. Broughton, the question was then put, and carried unanimously. After this, the Chairman, to whom a written paper had been handed from the centre of the room, called the attention of tiie meeting to its content.:. They were—What were those Isogon insurers to do (who were now no longer looked upon as members of the society) who had policies of insurance d or 6 years of whirls were unexpired i• Air. S. Bigeold, jun. answered that they .had to apply to the directors as before ; that they were to he considered as members of the society, so far as security from loss and snare of profits were concerned, until their but that, if ►rebmr:t that time policies were ',spired: . is , . they should think fit to wiluiraw them, they would receive their whole premium, deducting, only the snot tbr that part of their term which had expired. was to be considered as applying to all pith:jet:, whether their expired term was 3 months, 6 months, a year, fn. years. [This answer, which was considtred tatisfie• tory by tile greater part of the meeting, ilrew upon ML. Bignohl a number of other questiens, some relating to the state of :Its funds, and some to otl.cr matter's ; but they came in such quick succession, and tile inisw, 1.4 to many of thetn, particularly those which related to 114 balances in the hands of agents, were of s.) general 4 nature, that we do oat visa to 111::4111 ally report them. One answer alone ne eseept ; tiss, to 4 question whether the separation of the Lond.,n insure, from those in Serwiolt applied to the life us welt as to the tire department—the reply was, to t;.e lire depart. meot only. .1 motion was then proposed by Mr. Brook, " Th:tt the present Chair 01111 be WitlcSted to CULL of otbhin IIMU rem in toe N'trwico Union kite and Insurance bo,icty, into other ho., to amsicer t.ld pr4 q VI Ultion Fire lAte %Pt, the pri mutual ititcremt ittul mute.il .4:14i t. I at tit:: Ctty of Iwutuutt the ::0111 he:taut." Tnis t ureied in tf,c affirmative. Thai than to the .411. A tun 14.4.;%. .Sooiety.'s agents at Bury St. Edmunds. defended condact of the Norwieh:l)irectors, anti sniff that from, itis own experiencc he Intow the conatrr nit,mbe4.B "tete dissatisfied at the admirsion.of Luit.loa.imotigni. l'fitnided 'his Cowie ct 'and motivea • in the management of the Society's affairs, and insisted that he had always acted with a view to the hest inter. • ests of the society. He added, that the (-millet - of SAWN. , .ttleiple u ; 44 invoiii 11 udnesA)) ' 3r. • N t . 4.01 4, 110 0 " tanks Vr o s l ' 4.4.1u5 i ; , • • •-•