The National Register. — London, England, 1820-05-29 00:00:00

fIJJOg JJ'i atonal( - ,fok tot .~~ "LEA Our thug, Confititution anD 4)4. No. 1,24 —Vox.. XIII.] PROrIDENT LIFE # COUNTY FIRE OFFICE. On Vilify a party of neatly SOO Nobility acid Gentlemen sir the Arm iespectobilhe dined together, nt the Freema sons' Tincrn, to commeniorati the erection of the new Whim= as Ite.:ent Street, Pall Mall, for the purposes of the two Ina nutions Th.. Right HMI. 61141 Bra, brooks was in the Chair, supported by Lind Nageitt, Haw. VI ash. legion shales. Sir It. B. Morland, Bait. M. P., Sir Wil liam Earl W. lby. Bort., Sir Henry no. J. T. Basher Beallopont. }:+4l.. William Bell, F.sq.. James Carden, bq ; Colonel Deck. it, Robert Fleetwood, Esq., Thos. Haidiog, Esq., Robe.i Harris. Esq., E. A. liounid, Esq., Doctor Kitchener. Joseph King, Ell . W ilbam Neth esso k, E s q., Colonel N0. , r1 11 4, Churl , . Poole. Esq , William Prard, Esq., Colonel thiliviell Rev. Dr. Sleatb, Walter Strick land. Esq.. Thomas Wyatt, Esq. At six o'clock the dining-room was throve open, aad hi. Lordship escorted to Die Chair by the Strom dr, beatin,, their wands o. lilt*. When the cloth was drawn, Non Nohis Diaries was ad mirable sung It) Mews. Tinney, Pyne. Jolly, site. after which "Tug KING" was given— (This toast ..as drank with three time. these, and all the succeeding noes with Wes, excepting only " The Manag ing Director" on which occasion the enthusiasm of the Company, carried them beyond the I mite prescribed by the Chair.'( " God %ere the Ring" follow/1— " Tut ROTA!. Star r ett Brtousiek. ss Tim NAVY AND AltatY."—Risk 'sale. " Continued Prosperity to the Provident Life Society." Glee.--Life's a Bumper. " Continued Prosperity to the County Fire Office." Glee.—A Now is on Fire. Lord Nugent are rose and said, that after the last two toasts, he considered that nothing could be more appropri ate than that lie begged to propose, it was—The Direc tories(' Trustees of the two Institutioes. Calomel Duckett returned thanks. I &mg, Master Loogbunt.— The Robins Petition. The Hon. Washington Shirley proposed "The Auditors." tioag—Pyse— The RN Rose. The Noble Chairman now rose, sad said, he had to pro pose to them • toast, which he was cosvinced they re quired an observation from him to do jastice to—it was, " Health and Prosperity to the Managing Director.,*—the deafening applause whistle followed this aaaaa aces:teas, rendered as alusee incapable of hear* the Ant part of the worthy gawk:man , . aches)* ledgestent. As soon as it bad io some degree subsided, Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT said, be felt inexpressibly Indebted, not only for the honour done to hint, bat more especially for the way in which it had been done. From the fi rst formation of each Instigation, he bad devoted all possible attention to render them respectable and pro ductive, and Ids exertions for their cominned welfare would only end with his existence. He was impelled to these exertions by the double feeling of gratitude and a wish for fame, for it was mainly through these institutions that be was enabled to be useful to the public. In his review of the present state of them, he should be brief as possible. The Dividends were always tegoiarly paid, and whenever other engagements called for the Capital em ployed by the Proprietors, each of them could withdraw it, not only w ithout trouble, but with considerable iliac The number of insurers at present 'seceded 30,0414 and since the tin motion of the Societies, not a single instance of litigation had taken place, and scarcely • dispute res. peeling any elaim. The confidence of the leisured was rivetted by the regularity and extent of the Returns on Premiums, and tl at increasing confidence could not lie better pvivcd Dion by the fact recoriltd at the Stamp- Office ; that the increase of ditties on Fire Insurance registered by the sixteen Offices in London last year amounted to 4,895 f. Nis. ltd. out of laid, the increase of THE CoLATY only was :44211. 13e. Yd. skewing that the County had increased moie titan the united air aof all the other Offices. The Provident Life Office, he was glad to state, was in an equally pi osperens situation ; hut as the septennial settlement *wild take place very slimily , it might be improper for him to say mole on that subject. lie begged to reiterate his thanks, and to drink—" The good health of all those they loved, and of aU those who loved theist." G1ee...4/mo new* we lilts. At this moment two of the officers of the Establishment, clad in time costume of the Fire Office, appeared, beuentg an uniquely superb candelubra, nearly three feet high, formed to hold four lights, and siii metalled by an elegant Bower or fruit basket, of large diniensiuns ; the whole beautifully chased oa dead white, and roils ely formed of solid silver. Having placed it in bout ut Lis Lordship, and retired, 'The Chairman rose and said, he had now a most plea. sant duty to perform. He lied to discharge a debt of gratitude to the woe thy Gentleman who had just addressed them. The Direetois felt how greatly he lied a d the Societies, and though they by no means considered the tetrinsic value of the piece of mm 0114.111141 plate now be fore him, as commensurate to his service., still, alien in the comae of nature he should cease to be, b.s ehildien v could proudly point to it as a token of the thanks at an esitensive and most respectable institutiou, tor the benefit, Lis abilities tied runlet red iii , on it. In &clown Itilgaut this new proof of their kindness, Mr. BARlthlt BIAIJMONT enlarged on the laudable conduct of the Ail tweet Convectors, and p tiposrd—'• 1 lie health id Me. Ait AMAIN aid the Messrs. Bump." Saw, Mr. Tinney.—Tits Wolf. Mr. Atur.o.au 14 All 1.11A14 thee addressed the Chair man. The tuition.) burl done honour to lie usual subjects; they had also dune honour to the Disectuis, Ttustees, Amines, and to his %%wally fisend, the Maim ging Director. He nes about to propose • set ot Geutle- MONDAY, MAY 29. 1820. men to whom they were indebted, for the great comfort and excellent arrangements of the day. The worthy Aides man concluded by giving "THE STEWARDS." The Noble Chairman then gave " Tits CITY or LON DON ;" nn which Mr. Alsle• man W A MINA R rose again and said, that con• netted as he had been for many years with the City of Lon don and indeed as he still was, it was ineumhent upon bins to titter his thanks for this compliment—thou_ h in fact the In• sinus ions they were then eel beating were sot connected with the City, yet the Citizens were always anxious to for ward ever% de..irable hod p„sn. worths undertaking. Song, Mr. Jolly.— Whew She stils sere ?Infield. Cot 4 NM:MIT, in a speech freqm nil. interrupted by his teeliogs proposed " The Memory of the late MARQUED or Bccat NGII who wa. the earliest Patron nf the Pro. vidtsit Lite Office ; which am drank in silence, after which the Sable Uranium, at 10 o'clock, ktt the room, attended av nii hes entrance Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT was instantly called is the Chair, and continued to I, lir d happiness and hilarity around him to avery lateirour. Wr cannot, in justice to Mr. Cuff, close this account without noticing the superior arrangements of the Dinner and the excellence of the Wines, which were of such a quality as no Peer of England could hesitate to place on his own table. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. -..m.-. The following admirable letter has been ad. dressed to the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench : t• MY LoID,—I did not expect that I should again have an opportunity of addressing your Lordship on the subject of the prosecution agaisiit Sir Francis Burdett.— I had hoped that, before the close of the last tern►, your Lordship and you► brethren would have granted a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial. The delay which► has token place proves the correctness of the report, that a difference of opinion has existed among the Judges: and it has been said, that on the question of publication, the Bench was equally divided. As any difference of opinion in the Court luta hitherto been con• sidered as a conclusive ' for granting a rnle to show cause. I am at a loss to conjecture why this has not been done in the prosecution against Sir Francis Burdett. It has, however, beets reported, that the Conrt has at length determined that the ride is to be refused, in consequence of one of the 1 d Judges having brought over the rest to his opinion. Tee improbability of this report is apparent to every one. It can never be believed that any one of your Lordships would take upon himself the office of advocate for the Crown, and labour to per suade the rest of the Court to refuse a rule, to show cause in a criminal case, and that too a political one, in which it is most important that the fountains of justice should at least appear to be pure. lam therefore con vinced that these stories are calumnies invented by some person, who desires to degrade the Court in the eatima. Lion of the public. Whatis so monstrous as to suppose that a rule to show cause eau ►e refused in a ease where ' the questions have been so dif f icult, that, after consider. ing them for • whole Teton, the Court has been nimble to come to a deei•ion? If a question be so doubtful as to require guest consideration tree on the Bench, it surely merits lull discassiun at the Bar: and in a criminal case, involving us this does the most iniportant tights of En. glishuien, I cannot doubt but that his Majesty', Attorney- i ' General will be railed upon to answer the arguments ad anted tin the part of the defendant. If, after this delay, which can only be ascribed to the difficulty of the case, the Court were to 'Ouse a rule to show cause, sea con. ! duet would, I fear, deprive the people of all confidence in the administration of justice; your Lordships might be suspected of standing in the eh:nailer of advocates for the prosecution. instead of in the dignified character of impartial dispensers of justice. My Lord, recollect ing that in ClAes relative to property, even where the amount is small, a stile to show came why a new trial should not be had is never refused, if any of the Judges entertain a doubt, 1 have tiosupicion that the Contt will refuse the saute privilege in this case, which so mute. rially concerns the ❑betty of one of his Majesty's sub jects. I eel convinced that sour Lordship will not only grant a lute to show cause, but make that ride absolute. In the funnel letter which I had the honour to address to your Lordship, I showed to your Lordship, (tom autho rities' never before questioned, that the Court can pass tin judgment, unless it be of opinion that the verdict is fully suppoited by the evidence; that it world be against law tither to alter she catty of the verdict upon the re. cord, or to pass judgment, as if the verdict were special, and tidy found the defendant guilty of part of the charge —that to alter the entry of the •erdlct would be to as. some the powers of inters; and to pass judgment as it such alteration had been made, but without formally making it, would he to targets, the same powers, and also that of Ittgislatoos, as the Court would be deciding what was crime without giving the accused the power of appeal; and such conduct would be covert and clan destine, and ciinstquently the snore dangerous and uncon stitutional. These can. thei elm e, be nu judgment which does nett imply that the Court 'outsiders the whole charge salamrlorily made out iu evidence. 'Heave also shown that eve., crime must be tried its the county whet. it was c eeeee nuns-41; thus yuuhcatiun consiiisitea the crime of li bel; and that a person can only be toted for a libel in thee county wheat she publicattuis took place; that ptsbitt A lton means making known, cud therefore the mine (a libel is co 111111 l tted in that county where the writing is made known : that, in the case under discussion, there was nut the &lightest evidence that the letter was made [Pszcz 91d. known in Leicestershire; and although evidence was given of a publication in Middlesex, Wet fact could not be legally found by a Leicestershire Jury. If I awe cor rect in these positions, and I challenge the Attorney- General cud all his associates to refute them, the Gorr is bound to giant a new trial. It has been stated that the verdict may be considered as finding the defendant guilty of causing, in Leicestershire, the publication else where, and for that offence the Court may pees judo meat. In my former letter I staled, that I knew no dif ference between causing to be published, and publish ing, except that in the 6rst instance ihe person publishes through the agency of another, and that in the latter the person publishes himself. It causing to be published were a substantive of once, the Court cannot, as the re cord now stands, pass judgment for it. In my former letter I emitted to state a case which decides that a per so; must be indicted where the offence takes place, and not where the prison was at the time he caused the of fence. The case to which I allude is Coombe's case, 1. Leach's Crown Cases, page SON in which it was decided "That if a loaded musket be. fircd from the land, ate distance of 200 yards from the sea, and a man is mali ciously killed in the water 100 yards from the shore, the offender shall be tried by the Admiralty jurisdiction, fe► the offence is committed where the death happens, and not at the place from whence the death proceeds." It has been asserted, that the question of genes is merely a technical objection, and of no importance to the pats ' lic. The fallacy of this opinion is evident. By laying the venue at a distance, the Attorney-General might ruin any individual of moderate fortune; if he is at liberty to choose the place where to try his information, he may select a comity, the gentlemen of which are particularly inimical to the opinions stated in any alleged libel. It is of the utmost ineportance to the liberty of the subject that every crime should be tried in the neighbourhood where it is alleged to have been committed--where evi dence may be easily and cheaply obtained—and the de. fondant would not have consulted the public interest, bad be not insisted upon this objection as strenuously as possible. Besides, yottr Lordship is aware that a conviction or acquittal of a crime in one comity, cannot be pleaded to an indictment for the same offence in a different county. I remain, your Lordship's most obedient Servant, A BARRISTER. FUNDING OF EXCHLQUER BILLS AND LOAN. On Friday, about half-put twelve o'clock, Mr. Hase, from the Bark of England, made an official communication from Government, stating, that Exchequer Bills would be funded to the amount of seven millions, and that the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer would probably require a Loan to the amount of from five to seven millions. The following is the substance of the eomn.uni. cation that was made. " The Earl of Liverpool and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer propose to open a book at the Bonk of England on Wednesdny the 31st instant, and the Ist and 2d of June, fur receiving the subscriptions of persons desirous of funding Exchequer Bill., not exceeding seven millions. It is pro.. posed that 99 ve per cent, stock (the dividend to cow. mence from the Mk of July, 1820) should be given for every 1001. principal Exchequer Bills subscribed; that 20 per cent of the amount subscribed should be deposited at the time of subscribing; 20 per cent, 28th July; per cent. 18111 September; 20 per cent. 24th of Novembe?; and 20 per cent. 26th January, IFNI. " The Subscribers would he. attuned to pay Exchequer Bills iu advance, and to receive the interest on the amount of the Exchequer Bills fur the first instalment, from the date of the Bills up to the 31st May, and upon the amount for each subsequent instalment from the date of the Exche quer Bills up to the day a heti the instalments would have become due. Subscribers to have the option of paying unitary its lieu of Exchequer Bills, upon paying also a pee. mum of 20s. for every 1001. in money. Subscribers pay. log money in advance, to be allowed interest at the rate of Yd per ditto, from the day of payment to the day when the instalment in scilicet of which the payment made would have become due. " Scrip receipts to be issued by the Bank in the raze manner a fora Lou.m " Earl Liverpool rod the Chancellor of the Ezchegurr reserve to themselves the power of cask* any Loan fur the service• of the year, to the amount of five millions, and to increase such Loan by such a sum as the %whole Amount may fall short of seven millions. They also reserve to them. selves the power of taking a Loan of twelve millions from the Sinking Fund." A letter from an officer in the sth regiment of foot, dated Antigua, 26th March, says—" I am happy to say the troops throughout the West India Islands are now enjoying good health. We (the sth regiment) have lost but seven men within the last twelve months. His Majesty King George 1V was proclaimed here on the tt.t.)d instuat, It is ge. nerally understood that Lord Combcrmere gees t. England in June next, and will not return hither." An unique specimen of cutlery has recently bete finished at Sheffield, which contains 100 to blades and diScrent instruments. It is valued at 100 guineas. s ! 4 ‘'N A v .. ••,-. • I , i• ' , , , r 4. k' i .;Pna• :%; i ......." -14; • •