The National Register. — London, England, 1818-07-26 00:00:00

.11TIS ; ,;oatvicli UNION FIRC AND ASNUITY OFFICE. A meeting took place on Thursday morning, at the 1 George and Vulture Tavere, of private gentlemen, numufteturere, and others, holding policies, or -other wise concerned in the above establielenent, to take into consideration the epirit cud meaner of some of its late ranee liao ° s in regard to those persons who bed claims urn it. About filly gentlemen were present Mr. Alderman Thorp was in the chair. Some curious facts were adduced on this occasion, which, if their correct -mess may be &Teed el on, will direct a cTaeitterebie de gree of public oiium towards the conductors of the Nee wich Union. Sescrul persons present stated the treat anent to which they had been exposed, and the difficul stiee they had encountered befora they were able to ob tain satisfaction of their demands It was said to have been the practice, at least in London, to-oppose every obstacle to claiteants, to t.lfer suins.fir short of what 'Was rotas' duct, and on a day being fixed fir final pay ment, still to eekle, by every paeeible means, the firil settlement. ledividuals of great te•spectaiiility have 7-frequently had their veracity impeached by them with out enuse; have andergo7te -cress-examination:4, and .even been subjected to the imputation of fraud and die .honesty, without the smallest ground what ver. The London agent is said to have told-one of the gentlemen .present, that the comp nny.have a fund of eO,OOOl. fer defraying the expense of litigations. -Few of the noble men and gentlemen whose names appeared in their 1 policies awl Weenier letters, had any concern in. the 'company, and in some tee/ instate:es the sanction of • their names had been obtained in a surreptitious man ' ner. As a proof of the importance and necessity oi . in ouiry into the concerns of this company, it was stated that they are liable, on poliviee of insurance a=; Wiest fire, to the tunettat of 40,030,0901.; and wernre,pou -eible upon lite annuities to the extent of 2,400,0001. yearly. A series of resolutions, expressing the sense .cnteri:aincd by the meeting of the conduct of the Nor wich Union, and its dtterannation - to proceed, fbr the public benefit, to a strict inveatigation of all the circumstance.; connected with it. were real and passed unanimously. A committee was appointed,with pawer to add to its number., to conduct the business A geatleman named Lovell, the agent to the Nor. wich Union ter the town of Birmingham, was present in the room during the whole of the proceedings, at the desire, as we understood, of the Directors of the Norwich Union. Mr. Lovell expressed his conviction of their general wish to render justice to the public, Out did not (der any contradiction of the facts related in the inectin a ie. The cases adduced to-show the menner in which the :business of this insurance company had been conducted were numerous ; we give, as a specimen, that of . Stubbs, a linendraper, in Fleet-market, related by Mr. Bothwell, ono of the creditors. Stabbs was insured with the Norwich Union fir 3,1;001. anti suffered a total loss by fire. On - applies. :ton for the payment of the sum insured, on which his, solvency depended, he exuaienced much difficulty in establishing his claims and in coming to a proper un derstanding with the office. The aftitir was taken up by his creditors, who made enquiry at other insurance .ofaces, when they learned that the obstacles and delays of the Union office were considered unusual, and very different &am the liberal spirit generally acted upon; they had an interview on the sebject with the London :lent, who treated them very cevalierly. After some time an off',.7r was made -to Stubbs of 1,7001., little more then half his claim. This was of :course rejected. After a further delay the offer wac increased to :3,2001., but this was also refused. An erbitration was then agreed-on, and after infinite tro u 'de, caused chiefly by the London agent, whoshenanded :.n the first instance, that the arbitrator should not be a lewyer, end afterwards insisted on the contrary, Stubbs obtained an award for something pore than 2,9001. A day was then fixed on tier the payment, but on ap plication the London agent was not to be -found, having, as it appeared, set out for Norwich. • Stubbs was-ad vised to follow him, and did to, arriving at Norvich :on after the London agent, whom he traced to the a:ell, in which ha hadaaken a piece to return to Lon d ea, and they both cane heel: by the SUMO , !chicle, Stubbs being an outside and the agent an iesile pas senger. Stubbs, it wears, bud a very intelligent legal friend, whoedvised all his actions ; and the .arrest of the agent was recommended, which was effected with some difficulty, and then, and not till then, the money was paid. Stubbs was literally saved from bankruptcy by the vigilance of his friends. Mr. Sothwell, in con cludila; his account, observed that the principles on Which the Norwich lini3n conducted its business tip -peered to him higely reprehensible, nail a proper subject of puolic notice. As the Scots Greys passed through Gatehouse (North Britain) last week, on t way to Irekrul, each sol dier w..vt t:esenteti with ,t g•%ss of whiskey, as a small !nark It: tie veneration and piaci' hi which these gal lant heraes of Waterloo are held by the inhabitants of .that Burgh. THE NATIONAT, REGISVER. THE COUNT, OR THE CONVICT. The remarhable trials for imposture and mystcrinue vitlaioly which have lately so singularly ste:oetlecloach other in France, and fixed the general usteirtion of Europe SJCM only to have stimulated ingenious auda city to become not , ariutis at the risk ofjudiehicondem nation. The eleeision of the Pond of Paris, on the 90th i . .:etant, has rutted another item to the register Of " Calebritted Causes." l'be examinations in the affair of Count Poutis de St. Helene being coneludeil, his • Counsel ( M. Dupin) madq a most ingenious defence to prove the identity of hi: client's claim .to distinguished' birth. lie traced his adventurous life, and state] that he was covered with glorious wounds; that 11.!.had gained the honourable approbation of his commanders iu military.career, of which he .possessed nutnerow certificates, particularly one from the Duke of Dalma tias who gave him the cominand of a battuli:m, observ ing, that 4‘ ha knew no.crie more capable of command ing, or polsosse.l of more intellig.2r.;•a." In his perora-• tion, M. Dupin entreated them to banish prejudice front their minds, nod seriously considcr whether circumstances did not substantiate List client's title, and to reflect that so many estimable qualities as had been proved, could naver L, cherished in the mind of a con-. denoted convict. Linfl The King's Co;insel. in his reply, forcitly exposA the Etikey of Coll'oar(rs pretensions, and the evi.!ence in support -of then. He stated, that no family ualned Fonds, Count de St. Helene, ever existed in France : and further, tha: the Minister of .Insti , 2e had applied to the Spanish Gov:.rninetr, and hal received ET answer, that no French Officer of the name of Pont-is had ever served in the Spanish armies The archives of the order of Alcantant had been examined ; bat the name mild not be found, notwithstanding Coignard assumed that decoration. After a deliberation of three-quartets of an hour, the Court declared the prisoner to be nicotined us the condemned Coignard, who hod escap.sl from his con finement, and decreed that ho should be placed at the disposal of. the Attorney General to complete the judg nient passed upan him, of fourteen years bard labour. The latest accounts . from St. Helena continue to mention the.circumstaace of the sailor making his way to the residence of Buenuparte. it was also reported on the island, that, in consequence of represen latlons from Napoleon, or from other circumstances, he wculd shortly -quit Longwooti, and reside at Mr. Leech's farm, which had -been, or was about to be, purchased fir his future residence. The, latter is situated to the westward of the only lantling place on the island, about three or four miles in the interior. The only access to it is a winding way up the ladder-hill, at the top of which is a strong battery. The accounts state, that it was considered by every person not only the must plea, sant residence on the island, but that all chance of es-, cape was rendered impossible, as any person approach. ing could be seen ut a great distance ; and as there was only one .path, a few sentinels would .be sufficient for the purpose of guarding it. The fortifications on Lad representod to be of the mast commanding description,*large cannon looking nearly perpendicular down both on the narrow pass and also towards the sea. Some of them are 32 and 41 , pounders ; they are swung in chains, and could on the instant be levelled at any object, however much below the range of the • guns. By nneans of a telegraph at the house of Mr. Leech, communications could be had in a few seconds with the Governor's house, or with any part of the island. On its being made known by signal that s vessel is about to sail from tire island, the officer ou duty makes himself sure that Buonaparte is at hisatesi device, or, to speak in the language of the island, ".he sights him." The signal is then made fur the vessel to depart, and if she does not instantly heave her an chor, the batteries conun'ence firing, and continue Sill the Vessel has cleared the bay. • Upwards of fifty beautiful Roman urns horse been accidentally discovered within the last few days, in a (lel l belonging to 'the Marquis Cornwallis, near Eye, in Suffoik. From the great length af time they have been deposited in the carth„sthe , workmen experience much difficulty in getting them mu entire. It is strongly reported that Mr. Cubbert is arrived in Jt is said he sailed at the sang: thee with leis fatally, iu another vessel, in order to mold observation at landing, as he intends making tire necessary ar rangements with the persons to whom he is indebted before his arrival is - publicly announced. The eapences of the several Candidates for the coun mot Wexiitrd are estimated at 8001 a day. According to this estimate, the contest will cost each of them not , less than 12,0001. • The heat for tome (Lys has been so exee3sise, we seem to have exchanged climates with Italy and the West Inales--the one at itreFent &Ingot with rains, a.id the other surprised with a 3:1A4 the icebergs. Letters .have been received from Preston, . which state that one of the moat extensive manufactories of that town had been attempted to be set on fire by an i uncendiary. The fire had been -,ot tact before I ,, ,, Teitt damage was done. • :441 .Ki1...111 ICE. A letter f•mn Copenhagen connonn!eates the following di .tails upon the breaking up of the ice oa the coast of Green- " Pour hundred and fifty square wiles of ice have rerently detached itself from the eastern coast of Greenland :Ind the neizlihouring regions of the Pole. It was this crass which. dor:ng -100 yeas*, had rendered t h at province sit first difficult of acres*, and afterwards inaccessible, A , its 4!Vell to cause its evistence to be doubted. Since Min the reports of the whalms hive invariably referred to some eh:sages, inure to less considerable, in the aCISS of the Ntortli Pole ; hit at this present so much ice has detached itself, anitsnch ex tensive eanals are open &sand it what rrusKiva, that they.eae penetrate, without obstruction. as :fir a. the Sail degree. " Ai the seaA of the North abound with tt►ese &allo t ,nacres, which nee driven to more temperate elk/oes. packet from Holifax fell in with nue of these island, in it mos o scuttlscris latitude than the of Lund- o; it appeal...l about lia:( a mile in cireuitircieu-e, and it ttleva:iou the water was estimated at 200 feet. This breakin; op n 1 the Polar ices coincides %%WI the continual troyeits tr us s sooth.ea.t,eccompotiled with heats, raius, storms, and a .I' , y oleetrie4l.tate of the 4' noo - phere ; circomateurea which , d or- Mg three years, have canard us to experience in ileum:ilk lin winters and cold humid smumars. On the 25th of May tiler,. fell at Copenhagen ay ca.liow err of hail, to each of which sec. Feedeil a dead calm. " Alany mariners are apprehensive flint the Lee will fix it. self 011 the eastern coasts of America ; but whilst the north east winds prevail, these floating masses will di•appe.it in the southern ocean. Some of the floating island* cutiveyed fereste anti trunks of trees. We notice this bet fact princi pally for the satisfaction of geologists, who attribute to plevuv• moos of this sort the blocks of feveicn granite founfl in the en.:ln of the Jura mountain•, and conveyed at the epacis when our highest munntaine were coverrd•witb water." We have pleasure in giving publicity to te ful lowing letter:— TO TilE EDITOR OF TILE NATIONAL REGISTER. Evening Lodge. near Newmarket, July 2lst. ISiP. Stn.—l deem it no more than an act of duty, to state. for formation of -the public at large, that having lately 'widow' a :vat by fire. I have experienced the intait honoura hlc treatment frOto [he Nor.vich Union Society, of which I ato a member. •My lots &imitated to 634 i. and of this stun. I was dependent en the bont.r of theoltice for 4101. which the Diregtors, satLftd with the equ':;y of thecase, did not hesitate to pry me. On a fin mer occasion, I la,,t with the Ile liberality ; and when such pain; era taken to cast di.;- ceetlit upon the Society, the conduct I. have experienced from it, d.wro.nds this public acknowledgment., I cannot refrain further from making am oh•er..ation an Chic principles of the Norwith Union. In t!ds Society. where all arc mutual insurers. and the direcv.rs have no ioterest beyond that of the members at large, there is toe strongest grouod for the equitable 11,Jjkuitrricnt of elitism and no temptation to a cone oy conduct. Th, ra canno , .. I think, be a plainer prof; that a spill& of equity and laic:alit) , has pervaded t! - e decisions of the Directors of this Society, than the fact that only three actions have been triad against it, although it has been established 'above tw.any one yews; and was issued nearly 100,000 policies , . I am, Sir, your's, etc. E. An impost was lately held at ris!iertea Anger. on the bogy of 'T. Row, 18 years oi . age, who was found drowned in the river, near Fasnerion enarelt. lie had written a letter to his mother, which was t*.rand in his hat by the side of the water ; and cf with:11(1 1 v following, is a copy:—July to :—" My dear Mother-1 wrote these few lines for you to read, for I shall now do the thing which I tztlke.d of doing two years alo—Let me die the death of the R ; let my last end b _ like his!—So no more Korn year dying 4111, T. Rose." . It was peeved by his father, and also his master, Hutt h:• was from his infamy weak in intellect, and had attempted self.dt. stsnelien some years sine.—V die;--.Urownel zw; Ling tat sound mind et the hoe. , The military prison in the Savoy is about to be ra. moved, and a new one erected for the reception of de serters, &c. in the BiAlcagc-walk. Until the buildinl. is completed, one of the sloops of Avar from Deptford or Woolwich is to be moored in the Thames off White hall stairs, for the safe custody of the prism:37s. Sir W. Co►grcve will accompaay the Grand Uoi.e Michael, in his tour through England, Scotland, and Ireland. It is expected that his Highness will tw, .ab sent about three months. FRAUD PREVENTED. To counteract the many attempts that are ;Wily made to impose on the ur.wary a spurious composhiellinstetal ta: the Genuine blacking prepared by Day and ,thcistue ;name to adtrita /xi...ld:lasi in which their address 97, HIGH HOLBORN, s placed socentScuously, that they^ trust nn attention terthis, and the difference of thetype, which is unlike all lettcr-przse, wilt ensile purehtvers nt 013= to iletnt the impusition. The Real Jarau 81, K !NG, made by DAY and MARTIN. 97; High Holborn. will in fwure Le sold in liotees at tid. ls. Auld Is.6d. each, and a cw.v of the Labt.l lift with all Votlers DAY AND fi t , HIGH .HOLBORN. • A . ll O l.l. AND and SON, re.:spec ifidiy caution - the Prlllie ognin:,t CounterfiAt 5114a5..ar Oil, injurious to the Hair ;—to gum tliaGeniline, it is necc:saryto a... , for 1;::1i LAND's NIACAS:;..ka OIL. Signed on tilt in 140, Ink, ." Ret:7l..txn sad Sox, with it Tr.at!...: on the er:lased. This Oil i, the OR I. GI N and GEN t. NE. ands warranted to afford the greate s t nottri.htucta to the Human Hair, removes the scurf, harshness ar.,l drynets—..Prevetits its ba.tg in:: zed . he Illness, Change et Climate, Accottrliemerit; &e. Yr:News to !tailing c or turning &trey— strengthens ti.? rt ;its, andniali...-s the hair grow on Ildel Knee.— makes the Hai 50... t. r ay, art glom, art! provnts cul is damp wei01icr...... 4 5‘.!ne , ,.. NVldekets. &c. Its superior and tnei , sirtt..c !taye:::•in , •; -.'ir augiist patienage.of their Itswnl llighnest... the Iti..!niNs! York r the (tuk,e of Susszx, his I t:,c I'i - opt:ze of Ituesia„ by their special authority. Ce..—:Ca.Cd. and One Galatea. per bottle. Also, Rfrxt.ANp's Essr.xcn OF ITRF.. • .. By merely railing the ittir with tins preparation , it immethattly pasta-elm perf.:;,i (dawn in P o: G REY HAIR, EY B-11 ;lOW S., WHI sK Eft& kc.u,a:. ttac?hcnauttntßttn wN 4C imithtiog the recta N...cit.:l re:our. • IV.,•l:ing makes t!„‘ • i)ye m a re d uraL k. or Genth•nien may dye Gteig Hair wait leas:: u,dSrarecy. Price 45.-76. bd. anti low. bd. Sold wholesale, retail, and far extiortition, by the Proprietor!. ROWLAWD and SON, corncrof flirty iticet, d.c tee: turning en V:: right in Hatton Garden, Ilolborn, Loudon: aril, appoititnievt, by all Perfumers and Methane Venders .ti.yrnghout Europe. Ask for Bowland'i , Dye, which is tignv.t cm the label tfac the