The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-30 00:00:00

AIJG. S NORWICH UNION fiVSURANCE COMPANY. Thursday, a very numerous meeting of the Insurers in the Nor wieh Union took place at the George and Vulture, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the ,syetem of venire:einem nailer which dot establishment is con ducted. Alderman Thorp Wlt3 in the .e!rair. The Peron, which was vuluminues, was then read. It stated 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 elutions come to at toe threter meeting. Some of the answers which had been received were read by Mr. Tvrieg. A letter from the Duke of Argyll referred the Committee to -the Board of Directors at Norwich, fur the information they sought to obtain from him. On writing to •the Board, they received an answer. from the Directors, declining to correspond with them.' os ia arty way to recognise their proceedings. The Duke of Somerset, in the same way, -referred the Com rniuee to the Beard of Directors at Norwich. The P•arls of Surrey all Reseheery denied that any of din fheeds of the •Seciety were in their custody, or that they were respeasible for the management of the same -e- Lied Visentnt Barnard stated, that his being one of the Trustees was merely nominal, as he knew nothing or the affairs of the concern. .Lord Althorp declared none of the flinds were in his custody ; he was not re sponsible for their management, nor •in the slightest de gree acquainted with the, affairs -f the concerti. . Other letters were read, but the result Gl' the whole was, that in one case an:acts:el trust to the amount of twenty five thousands pounds was acknowledged. In two in-. stances the answers were erasiee ; in the rest all re spor.sibility for the management of the funds of the institution was disclaimed. The Report then went on to notice the procee dugs which had token place on the part of the Directors, in conseeuence of the first Meeting at the Georg:, and Vulture, and mentioned the formation of a Committee to investigate the claims.. en the Society which had not y't been satisfied. The Comnrittee appointed at the former _Meeting at the Cenrge and Vulture disclaimed all .hostility to the institution, and only wished to rescue it from the dis grnee which had fallen on it, .from the abuses proved to exist, ands which appeared to be tee well borne out by the recent conduct of the Directors themselves. A few letters from the Local Committees, in answer to letters received from the George and Vult'tro Comm:t ee°, were then real, and also tho deed of 1806, under which Directors were to appoint Trustees, and Trns • tees 'Directors reciprocally, eed Mr. Bignold was to matinee Secretary so long as his conilect remained un exceptionable, as it had been till the year 1.'305. By Olds deed, it was prosided. that these persons could only be displaced flout their situations by the tleclsion of a majority of the whole Company. In every place it stated the real. power of the Company to have been .delegated to .Mr., Themes Bignold, and the greatest • disgust had been called firth by the manner in which that power had been exercises in various . parts of the •country. A number of eases. which had bean trans. mated to the Committee were then read For the eerrectness of these. the Committee could not vouch, but submitted them to the meetingus theyhad been receieeel. The Report added, a numerous list of others could be . produced. Seventeen cases were now ie litigetican the names of which were read, and others had been handed tip- to the Secretary, which could not then he submit- , tad to the meeting, The •statenient relative to the funds of the Society, which had been put forth by the Bridie-street Cononittee, was represented to contain nothing -new on the sultject, • as in fact it had been co pied from an Irish Paper of last July. The Noblemen . and Gentlemen who were put forward as Trustees, had been proved to kne.v nothing of the affairs of the con cern, and under all circumstances it -strzmgly enforced the necessity-of continuing the enquiry. After seine debate, the lizeeirt was almost unaninenisle agreed to ) -and the Committee were instructed to continue enquiry. It is stated by one of air conterr,lorsries, on tba faith of private letters front St. Kitts, dated the 20th of July, that the United Statet have at length snletuuly recognized the independence -of the States of South America, and that - Admiral Brion was about to. proceed for New York, to take possession of a fri , ,,,ate which has been lately built Clem, for the purpose of being present . ed as a present to the Admiral. Private letters have been received frun the 'Northern •Expedition, under Capt. :toss, dated the 3th of in lat. 74. The two ships were tarn off a remarkable point of land, - - cd:ed by the Devil's Thumb ; but . the letters state no other particulars than that.all was -well, and that they were at the tnotnent of. impeded their progress by the ice. We understand that the other expedition, under Captain Buchaa, was seen by a whaler on the Stir of July, teat to the ice, in a latitude short of do. We understand the name of the whaler is the Vigilant, of Luadon ; but we have not bclrd uoy further particulars. The building of the new Nilitar: Club TLase, Wa terloo-place, Las cost upwards of 30,t)UU.. 1111 , 1 NATiONAT, tivaswit. 'TH4: COURT. No circular was issued on Friday respecting her Ma jesty's health; but *as the Prince P.'.•gcut rAnains at the Stud House, and visited his Royal Mother thr coir:iderable time on Frid;ty at Kew, and Sir F. Millman is in attendance on her, it is apprehended that her Majesty h still seriouslyill. Yesterday morning the following account wasbrought from Kew :—" Her Majesty has had a good night, and. continues the same." _ _ Tht Duke of York left town yesterday morning for Windsor, to attend the Queen's Council, when the monthly report of his Mlesty's health will be made. Prince Leopold arrived on the 16th at Calai4, from Dover, in the Royal Sovereign yacht, and set out the same evening to pro,teed to germany The Duke of Sussex is expected to install Mr. Coke as Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons, wt Norwich, in the Oztober Sessions week _ _ _ On Saturday their Royal klighnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent visited the General Penitentiary for convicts at Millhank, and were received by W. Mel. lish, Esq. M. I", one of till members of the Committee, an l by the Governor and officers of the establiithraent.r —Their Royal Highnesses, after having minutely in specter( the interior of that excellent institution, and the various works in which this prisoners are employed, proceeded to the chapel, where the prisoners were ex amined by the chaplain in the system of instruction adopted in the Penitentiary.. Their Royal Highnesses expressel themselves highly gratified at the interesting scene, and at the decent demeanour of the prisoners. and the good order.that seemed to prevail throughout the establishment. From thence the Royal party pro ceeded to the Houses of Lords and Commons, enil the. Courts of Law. The new chair for the Speaker at tracted the particular attention of the. Royal party. It is covered with green, end more fit . than the last for the President in the British Senate. The chairin the House of .Peers has also been repaired. The scarlet draperies and matting are all new, and the House was never -seen to more adventage. The Royal Duke and Duchess next inspected the Courts-of King's Bench and Chaneery, where the Crowns and Regalia displayed by the ancient figures over the bench, having limn newly gilt, make a brilliant appearance. It was the intention of their Royal Ilie.hnesses to inspect Westminster Ab bey, but the day being too far advanced for cluee ohspr vation, they did not go there. On Monday, their Royal Highnesses went to view the Mint, the East India Honse, the East India warehouses, and St. Paul's Cathedral, which occupied the attention of the Royal Duke and Duchess from 9 o'clock in the morning till fi in the evening. Major Fitzelarcnce is fast recovering from his late .accident. Thursday last, at .three o'clock, his Imperial High ness the Graad Duke Michael and raite landed from on home his Majesty's sloop of war Driver, at Donagli adee from Portpatriek, after a passage of ttrJ,hours and a quarter. The inhabitants, anxious to testify their respect for so distinguished a personage as the brother of our ill:lstria:3 and magnanimous Ally the Emperor of Russia, : assembled in great numbers to receive him. All the vessels is the harbour were decorated on the °erosion. Oa his Imperial Highness leaving the vessel, a royal salute was fired, which was aoswered by the two cotters that aceompanied.the Driver, and also by the vessels in the harbour. Ile was repeatedly cheered on his approach, and that affection awl good is haour which have ever been the characteristic of be Irish pawl:: was most couspicuonsly.displayed, notwithstand ing a good deal of disappointment was eyperianeed by many highly respectable persous, in contequence of the landing, not having been• effected at that particular. place at which ho was firsttxpected, And where they hat taken their stations to meet hint. .Ataong the many token" of respect paid to his Imperial !Ugliness, we could not:avoid particularly noticing a , flag at the end of the Q,aay, which, in large ehr.racte:s, co:willed the following laoanic ilevicea--•-:" 'our Imperh , l ilia;::- Inew is thrice welcome to the laud of potatoes." This standard was . prepared and ;borne .1:7 Mr. Lemon, a retyeetable inaabitaht of the town, and agent to the ' rackets, to when we cannot refit:A our.meed of praise - for the nat::e humour evinced in :he -motto he 1 3 4 chosen. Two of the King's numAngers were in wait ing, one .ef whom was irrunediatcly dispatched to az • quaint his Excellency the I.hial Lienie:rint.of tha Grand I Nike's safe arrival. .klis Imperial Hig'unetia,.- afw a I short delay at ,Sloane's Haul, pro:evict,. arsyKnpatriVi. Ibylo G nia entretuen of the .neighbourteial , to Mount 1 1 Stewart, the beatitiful and hospitable seat of the Most I Noble the Marquis of Laidenderry, where he partook 1)1 an elegant dianee, . awl in the evening of u superb ball a nd-supper. His Imperial 1-11;:haiao,. it is expected, will honour this town with a visit to-day.—iicf est Nerds I..ettre. • Ali Ikgeot of the Duke of Orleans is, Re present, in town, making cot . biderable p urc hases of . Fng:*/.411 horsei. Among others, he is said to be in treaty ftr a beautiful set of coach properl of l'riuee Leopold. lIOP INTELLIGENCE. Souris WAR st, Avo. 21.—There have been about (250 pockets of new Hops at market ; the samples, ge nerally speaking , are pretty fine and good for first pickings; some few are mouldy, end they are offering them at Pl. but the current prices are from 141. to 161.1165. We are sorry to say we have not a brisk sale fbr them. Yearling Hops ara full 40s. per cwt. lower than they were A - fortnight since. The duty is at 135,0001. MAIDSTONE, ADO. Qt.—Hop-picking bar generally cainnieneed in this neighhourbood, and the report i::, that they come down very well and weigh heavy ; the red mould is iapi Ily spreading in some grounds, which occasions many pkuters to begin picking earlier than they would have dune, but in most places they impra:e. both in quality and size. The number of hands employed is, we believe, beyond all precedent ; some idea of which may be formed, when we state, that Mr. Ellis alone has upwares of x,500 pickers engaged in his plantations. 'lle roaes, during the last week, have been swanning with them, many of . wham have COM?. from the remotest parts of Ea gland for dais purpow. The Hops on the Continent are said to look very bad, And have every appearance of growing but . a 'Luisa quantity. NonTuttst, Suisrx, Ave. 24.-,-Hap-picking ha: commenced, and will become general in this neighbJux. hood in the course of the week. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.—This place, which the Allied Sovereigns have selected as the place of holding the Royal and Imperial Congress, is alarge, handsome, and once strongly tbrtified town of Germany, in the circle of Westphalia, and is included in the new territorial .acquisitions of Prussia. It was formerly a free Impe. rial City, slid the Emperor CharleMaome was so de lighted with the beauty of the place, that e he chose it. for his residence. He is interred in the church of ND-. tre Dame, wher: his sword, his belt, and volume of the Four Evangelists, written in letters of gold, all which were made use of at the Coronation of the perm's, are carefully preserved. Its famous mineral waters draw a great number . of persons to the place every year. In 1668 and 1748, it moat distinguished by two celebrated Treaties of Peace. It is seated - in a valley, nearly tuorrounded by mountains, and its castle stands upon an adjoining hill, from which sixty towns or cities, the sea, and. even England, may be seen in clear day. The city contains thirty parish churches,. and a splendid market place, which was known to the Romans by the name of Aqux-Gronii. It was destroyed by the Huns in 451, lint repaired, •beautified and enlarged by the Emperor Charlemagne, who for a time made it his capital. The last accounts from Algiers state, that the plag:.:e. has so horribly depopulated the place; that the new Dey has commanded that all unmarried men, above 20 years of age, shall be conducted to the public place, 8,33 amply gratified with the hastinado, to give them a de sire for wedlock ! This tvins a prelude to a new ear pire oaf women among the Barbarians. ,A massy piece of plate, sss .much as three men can carry, arrived at Plymouth. last week, which. was or dered by the Captains and Commanders of the several ships and vetsels engaged in- the memorable battle at Algiers. It. has been presented to Lord Exmouth, ar.l will be exhibited at the_next anniversary dinner. It is said the t'ormer arratnzciriant for the Duke arta Duchess of , Kent's return •to the continent has been altered, and that their Itoyal Higlinasses will leare Englaud about the .sixth of tiie enst:ing month. The Integrity transport, which caned f:out Deptfor.l. cat Tuesday morning, with the housolitild of the Duke of Cambridge, is to retsarn immeaiate:y for thrir hold, carriav , es„ htu:sas, &a. It is stated, - that the ill:alba: of 1:: - ..g1j.Slt, Irish, and Scots, in -France, oat:arr. on, the i'uliea looks to amounts to 62,00,every ctla o: wham is registered as to name, .resia,otco, ;tn.. could he arrestel in f.:4 hears: TO. evasulation of the country by the A.:my of ()ccapatimi will be th.: signal for thereturn of a great proportion of this etr',graut pritulation. It is estimated that their eitpaialitnre amounts t0..50,0001..a.day l littlt-alos -papers to the 30th of ~.Tune, hare The Hon. Geortee aVlayttat'tj, Chicfiludge of the Court of Common Incas, and one of his Muje.rty's COunsel i that.islatid, died of an apoplectic lit.on the 30th cf lie mu proceeding Losne, when. he folkoff his horse, and•was s•apposai to have intatiZately caopiretl. A iniblioation has lately erreareti.in (;centan . y, containing a pr6oct ler foreleg. tIVO, grant: Jivisicos of that Eturire ; North s'li Sim:h.—Prussia to I u at . heed Of the runner, and ivastria of the hater.. 'Die house of t.:eporeists, There, harieg .bests cle— stroycil daring tin; lato.trar, the .I's:ince:Re' Ptuss:a. has purchreed thc,grouild, in crier to re'ntiid the Fosse,. which i: in ti.tttre to b.! the o Trial residence .of the, Profes or of mi.thein 'tics in tit' city. n ance, which was attendsxl by all tha Sl' t iloes:ey at two 116 p k a Ci b net Council IV:*E C at ab t in ic et k. () I ':e it l i g isters, with tICS exception of Lord Sid man th ; a very extraordinary circumstance at ;his seamin oft':ie year. Ea.l Bathurst teas sent tine express-from Gloucestershire, as were several of the other Ministcrr, fr0. , 1 outer ports of the co:, •,•r- zsmli j aue d aka . $1:; al:.lua (i 7