The National Register. — London, England, 1820-05-28 00:00:00

i' • :/ , -........ ~ Ili No. 1,244.—V0L. XIII.] PPROYIDENT LIFE 4 COUNTY FIRE OFPICE. esterday a party of nearly SOO Nobility and Gentlemen of the first respectability dined together, at 11w Freema sons' Tavern, to commemorate the erection of the new building an Itegent Street, Pall Miell, for the purposes of the two Institutions. The Right Hon. Lord Braybrooke was le the Chair, supported by Load Nugent, Hon. Wash ington Shirley. Sir It. B. Moaned, Bart. M. P., Sir Wit. Nam Earl We!try, Bart., Sir Henry Ppm, J. T. Barber Bealitnont, Esq., William Bell, Esq., James Carden, Esq. t Colonel Duckett, Robert Fleetwa..od, Esq., Tiros. Harding, Esq., Robert Harris. Esq., E. A. Howard, Esq. Doctor Kitchener, Joseph King, Esq.. William Netbersoles Esq., Colonel Nugent, Charles Poole, Esq Praed. Esq., Colonel Sainwell, Rev. Dr. Sheath, Walter Strick land, Esq., Thomas Wyatt, Esq. At six o'clock the diniug.rotom was thrown open, and his Lordship escorted to the Chair by the Stewards, bearing their wands of once. When the cloth was drawn, Non Nair Dentine was ad mirably sung by Messrs. Tinney, Pyne, Jolly, &c. after which " Tae KING" was given—. (This toast was drank with Arse times three, and all the succeeding ones with three, excepting only " The Manag ing Director" on which occasion the enthusiasm of the Company, carried them beyond the limits prescribed by the Chalr.'l " God Saes the King" followid— ‘, " THE ROYAL FAMILY"—Hai/ Star of BransuriaL " THE NAVY AND Aastr."—Ruk B ri tannia. " Continued Prosperity to the Provident Life Society." Bong.--Lift's a Bumper. • " Continued Prospenty to the County Fire Office." • Gloe.—A Horse bon Fire. Lord Nugent here rose and said, that after the last two toasts, be considered that nothing could be more appropri ate thee that he begged to propose, it was—The Direc tors and Trustees of tbe two Institutions. Colonel Duckett retained thanks. I Bongs Mallet lawrgboraL— The Robin* Petition, Tbe Hun. Washington Shirley proposed "'the Auditors." Beak-sPyne— The Rai Rom. The liable Chairman now rose, nod said, be had to pro- Pow to them a toot, which he was convinced they re quired no observation from him to do justice to—it wns, " Health and Prosperity to the Managing Director.,`—tke deafening applause which) followed this anuouncement, rendered us almost incapable of heisting the first part of the wotby gentleman's acknowledgment. As soon as it had in some degree sub:idcd. Mr. BARMIER BEAUMONT Said, be felt inexpressibly indebted, nut only for the honour done to him, but more especially for the way in winch it had been done From the first formation of each Institution, he had devoted all possible attention to render OEM respectable and pro elective, and lair exertions for their continued 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 tegularly paid, and wheuever other engagements called for the Capital em ployed by the Proprietors, each of thein could withdraw it, not only without trouble, bat with considerable worst. The number of insurers at present exceeded 50,000, and since the formation of the Societies, not a single instance of litigation had taken place, and scarcely a dispute res• pectitig any claim. The confidence of the insured was rivetted by the regularity and extelt of the Returns on Premiums, and that increasing confidence could nut he __better proved than by the fact recorded at the Stamp .'" Office, that the increase of duties on Fire insurance registered by the sixteen Offices in London last year amounted to 1,1336/. 16s. Yd. out of ahick the increase of THE COUsTy only nag 1,4211. tar. VII. chewing that the County had increased more than the united increase of all the other Offices. 'fur Provident Lite Office, he was glad to state, Wian in an equally ptosperons situation ; but as the septennial at ttleuuut would take place very shot tly, it might he hops taper fur hint to say more on that subject. He begged to reiterate his thanks, and to drink—" The ' good health ut all those they loved, and of all those who loved them " Glee.—llea merrily we the. At this moment two of the officers of the Establishment, clad in the leo.' nine ut the Eire Office, a ppeared, bearing au uniquely candelabra, neatly inlee feet formed to limit tour lights, and surinumited by an elegant flower or it lid basks t, of large ihinensions ; the whole beautifully *based WI dead white, and entirely formed of solid silver. Has placed it in hunt ut Ills Lordship, and retired, The Chain man fl/Sr End said, he had now a must pica• mint duly it, pettio in. He had to dist harge a debt tit gratitude au the raw by Gentleinao who had just addressed them. The Directors telt how greatly be had served the Societies, and they by co int ens considered the intrinsic value of the piece in ornamental plate now be fore Win, as co aaaaaa ullslll Mt 11l his sers ices, still, when in the coorse of nature be should C1..4 , t• to be, big chibleen would pruitilty pons. to it as a teken of tile thanks or an extensive and re• l eriaiile lostillittOn i lot the hettefilt• Lis abilities had r owe, tell epos. it. Itt ate w 1.1, or of their kindness, air. B•ENI.It I:LAIL:110Ni cuuuc. n ou the bondable ennoble! of the Ali Inn esilti 01,11. I It.is, and in iil,Obtd--" T he health. .It yi. an A 11.4 NI a, Met. , lll. Song, Mr. Tanney.—The woy: Mt Al(1, 1m..0 IS AIVIIIMAN then addressed the Clair. man. 'file company had done honour to the usual navels; they hod alto done honour to the Doectors, Trusters, Andituis, mid tr. l.j. worthy I, lend, the Mana ging His Le 1.11 , 1 :1/114: a tut of Gentle- f it/i '• r" It 4 14 tft llationali toil Our Ring, Comititution assn itaimS. SUNDAY, MAY 28. 1820. Ilea to whom they wets indebted, for the great comfort nod excellent arrangements of She day. The worthy Alderman concluded by hiving" Tots STEWANDS." The Noble Chairman then rave" Tait CITE or LON DON ;" on which Mr. Aides moo W•trastari rose again and said, that con nected as he had been for many years with the City of Lou dun and indeed as he still was, it gins incumbent upon him to offer his thanks fur this cumplimest—tliouAh in fact the In stitutions they were then cekbrating, mere art connected with the City, yet the Citizens were always &oxtail is for ward every itrsirable and praiseworthy undertaking. Sow, Mr. Jolly.-- When the asite itent eirlfeekd. Colonel NoosisT, in a speech freqwentl) interrupted by his feelings proposed" The Memory et the late Mannerless or Buctit Nun an," who was the earliest Patton of the Pro vident Life Otbee ; which was drank is silence, after which the Noble Chairman, at 10 o'clock, loft the room, attended as on his entrance. Mr. BAasca BEAUMONT was Instantly called to the Chair, nod continued to shed happiness and hilarity around him Io a we' y lute hour. We caeca, in justice to Mr. Cut, close this *cecina i without noticing the superior arrangements of the Dinner and the excellence of the Wines, which were of such a quainty as no Peer of Englund could hesitate to glace on his own tablr. SIR FRANCIS Bußozrr. The following admirable letter has been ad dressed to the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench : " My Lottn,--I did not expect that I should again have an opportunity of addressing your Lordship on the subject pf the prosecution against Sic Francis Burdett.— I had hoped that, before the close of the last term, your Lordship and your brethren would have granted a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial. The delay which has taken place proves the COMCLUCS3 of the report, that a difference of opinion has existed among the Judges; and it has been said, thud on the question of publication, the Bench was equally divided. As coy difference of opinion in the Court boa hitherto been con sidered as • conclusive reason for granting a rule to show CAMS,. I am at a loss to conjecture why thi► has not been done in the prosecution ageinst Sir Francis But dett. It has, however, been reported, that the Court hiss at length determiued that the rule is to be refused, in consequence of one of the learued Judges havig brunglit over the rest to his opinion. Tae iinprobablltly of this report is apparent to every one. It can never be believed that env one of your Lordships would take upon himself the office of advocate fur the Cronu s ■nd labour to per suede the rest of the Court to refuse • rode, to show awe in a criminal Case. and that too t, 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 seise person, alto desires to degrade the Court in the cotton lion of the public. What is so monstrous as to suppose that a rule to show cause can be refused is a ease where the questions have been so difficult, that, after consider int4 them fur a whole Tetra, the Cr.tr, nos been linable to come to a dt.ei,ioll? If a question be so doubtful as to require great consideration even on the Bench, it surely ma its lull discussion at the Bart and in a criminal case, involving as this dues the most important of En glishinete I cannot doubt but that his Majesty's Attie tiny- General will be called upon to answer the arguments ad oueed on the part of the defendant. If, after this delay, which can only be ascribed to the difficulty of the case, the Court were to refuse a rule to show cause, such con duct would, I fear, deprive the people of all confidence in the adirinistiation of justice ; your Lordships might be bat:peeled of standing in the character of advocates fur the prosecution, instead of iii tho di j olifod chat acter of impartial dispensers of justice. My Lord, recollect ing that in cases relative to property, even where the amount is small, a rule to show cause why a new Phil should not be had is never refused, II any of the Judges entertain a doubt, 1 have no supicion that the Court will refuse the same privilege in this case, which so mate. richly concerns the Fibrily of one of his Majesty's sub jects. lam convinced that your Lordship will not only , graut a rule to show cause, but make that rule absultite. la thin former letter which I had the honors to address to your Lordship, I showed to your Lordship, from deltic.. rities never before questioned. that the Court eau pass no judgment, miles+ it be of upiniou that the verdict is fully &auto' ted by the evi‘lence; that it would be against law either to alter the entry of the vervect upon the re. cord, or to pass judgment, as if the verdict were special* and testy foetid the defendant guilty of part ofeho charge —that to alter the ern!y of the verdict would the to as. stone the powers of Jurors; and to pas. judgment as if 111101 alteration had been made, but without furinally ranking it, would be to exercise the same pesters. and also that of Li gislators, as the Collet would he deciding a:sal was curate without giving the accused the p..wee of appeal t dual 111101 ealidati would he covert and clan d,.tiue, and Culla, quruU3 t he more dangerous and iiiiron- Minn tonal. 'these can, Illesefore, he no judgmeut which dues nun n' that tile Court onsideis the whole charge satt.factouly made out in evidence. I base also shown that evet3 clime 11111,1 be tiled in the county where it was tied; abet publication constitutes the cities! cf b eet ; aaid that u f ies,wo can only be tiled for a libel in the comity is hete the pii.tlication took place; thot publica tion meal's waking haus% it, and therefore the crime of libel is commit it. that coni.ty where the writing is made knou t ,: ti...t, in tho case seder discussion, there was not the slighted evolkuce that the letter was Made i 101 l L7Z., tittr. [PracE 94d. known in Leicestershire; and although evidence war. given of a publication in aliddleaex, that fact could not be legally found by a Leicestershire Jury. If lam cot reel in these positions, and I challenge the Attorney- General and all his associates to refute them, the Court 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 Use . where, and for that offence the Court may pass kicks, Ins my former letter I stated, that I knew no dif ference between cansiog to be published, and publish ing, except that in the first instance the person publishes thorough the agency of another, and that an the latter the person publishes himself. It causing to be published were a substantive offence, the Court cannot, as die re cord now stands, pass judgment for it. In my ferentr letter I omitted to state a case which decides that a per son Twist be indicted where the offence takes place, and not where the person was at the time lie caused the of fence. The case to which I ittluile is Coombe's case, I. Leach's Crown Cases, page 900, in which it was decided " That if a loaded musket be fired front the land, at a distance of 200 yards from the sea, and a nun is malt, timely killed iii the water 100 yard* from the shore. the offender shall be tried by the Adtulralty jurisdiction, for the offence is committed where the death happens, and not at the place front whence the death proceeds." It bas been asserted, that the questioner MUSS is merely a technical objection, and of no importance to the pub lic. The fallacy of this opinion is evident. Hy laying the yams at a distance, the Attorney-General might rule any .ndividual of moderate fortune; if lie is at liberty to choose the place where to try his information, he may select a county, the gentlemen lit winch are particularly inimical to the opittioes stated in any alleged libel. It i: of the ntruust importance to the liberty of the sabject that every crliiie should be tried in the neighbourhood where it is alleged to have been committed—where evi dence may be easily cud cheaply obtained—and the de fendant would not have consulted the public interest, bad be not insisted upon this objection as strenuously as possible. Besides, your Lordship is aware that a conviction or acquittal of a crime in one county, eanupt be pleaded to an iudictment for the same olittoce in a different county. i remain, your Lordship's mot obedient Servant, A 11A11,111191 . 149. _ _z- FUNDING OF EXCHNINEN PILLS AND LOAN. . =sin On Friday, about half.past twelve o'ciosk r . Mr. Base, from the Bank of England, elide ty 011021 communication from Quveniment, stating, that Exchequer Bills would be fundon to she &mounter seven millions, and-that the Chancellor of chequer would probably require a Loa amount of from five to seven millions. - The following is the substance et the oosismod.; cation that was made. • " .rite Earl of Liverpool aid the Chtecenee al* Ex. chequer propos, to open a bush at 1100:19ank of liaglaodois Wednesday the 31st msteet, and the Ist mud rid of Juno, for receiving the aubsetip t awe uf pesos. deolnaill of teeing I:Nein-quer But,, not exceeding 'eves mifflool. It le pro posed that 99 five per rent, stock (the divikod to cow mence Item the sth of July, 1810) wield be gives for every 1001. principal Exchequer Bills subscribe.; that 20 per cent of the amount suheeribed should be deposited at the tone of subscribing; 20 per cent, 28th July; 90 per tent. 29th September; 20 per rent. 11th of November and 20 per cent. 26th January, MI. " The Subseribeis anuld be allowed to pay Exchequer Bills in advance, stud to teceive the inteseat we the amount of the Exchequer Bala for the first instalment. from the date of the Bills up to the 91st may, and upon time amount for each subsequent instalment from the date of the Exche quer Bills up to the day alieu the instalments would have become due. Subscribers to have the option of paying money in lieu of Exchequer Bills, upon paying also a pre. maim of 20s. for every 1001. In 'money. Sken+crinees pay. lag money in advance, to be allowed interest at the rate of Vei per diem, front the day of payment to the duy .ben the instalment iii respect of which the payment made would have become due. " Scrip receipts to be issued by the Bank in the same manlier as fur a Loan. " Earl Liverpont end the Chancellor of the Exchequer reserve to themselves the poorer of =Ali% any I.oal. fur the bervico of the year, to the amount of Ire uailtinm, ',tut to illereage such L41:1111 by such u SUM as the whole ornowttntay fall abort of seven milliliter. They also riserteto them- niers the power of taking a Loan of twelve atiqiuua true Ike Siiikicii; Fund." A letter from un officer in the sth regitn.nt r‘f foot, dated Antigua, tYith March, says—" I am happy to say the troops throughout the West I. di.l Islands are now enjoying good health. We (the sth regiment) have lost but seven men within the last twelve months. His Majesty King George IV was proclaimed here on the t.'d instant, It is ge. nerally understood that Lord Combernscrc gocs t- Englund in June next, and will not return hither. ' An 'mimic specimen of cutlery has recently been finished at Shefiield, which contains .00tt blades and di crent instzurnents. It :s valued at 100 guineas. P`re .l g" - IC-716---g