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ANNIVERSARY OP ?MC lUSTEDDVARD 00, OR AND MEMINSTRELS, ETING OF THR WELSH B S te. CATTIOLIC A.SSOCIA7IOII7, WilltNUß/AN MAT 9. JAMES O'CONNELL, Esq. In the Chair. EARL GREY—MR. BROUGHAM. Mr. CONWAY stated, that he had forwarded the petitions agreed to at the late Aggregate Meeting, to Earl Grey and Mr. Brougham. He then proceeded to read the following copy of his letter to %Ir. Brougham. with the answer from that Gentleman, and also a kilo' from Lord Grey 'l'bis concert wan held on Saturday morning, at the Free maaans"Favern. It is interesting at all times to witness the ardent amichment which mankind, in all ages and tin ge all circumstances of separation, feel for the country of their birth. A Welshman's hi•art warms towards it with i s enthusiast" that never fades: be his station in this great 1 " Dublin, May fl, 11124. puropolis of London high or low, the mention of the! " Sta—l am directed by the Catholic Association to transmit to Principality makes his eyes sparkle • hie memory runs 17°, for presentation, a petition, agreed to at the Aggregate proudly and rejoicingly backward to the times of Ca nw AI, I ectinf f of the Catholics of Ireland, held in this city, on the Laura and Owsat Gwritenu ;" a halo of the light of "la commi , ting this petition to you? hands, lam desired to other days" surrounds him, and he considenathe being • ' say, that it would have b een sent long before, had not the A is. nu g-soits; WRIAMMA N as the brightest link in the chain nun learned that you-were on circuit: and feeling, as they do, a of his destiny, he that destiny as bright as it may. natural predilection for the most uncompasmaising and nen genic iuid ad he ro:f: i t n e the Catholics of Ireland have , they did think they The Welsh Bards were among our earliest harmonises , a t z e tiastice to themselves and to the country, ifs, sad the prec•nt was the fourth anniversary which comme- they consigned pe t it ion to the care of any other Member of ranted their unequivocal talents in this delightful branch I Parliament. of the fine arts. Previous to the commencement o: the ; " There are many allegations in the petition which it is likely be controverted ; but the Association are satisfied, that every 1 eancert, an elegant introductory speech was delivered by , m ot a e y di i fficu of it t y he t T pc is car . b p i l e at o ed i l i ti t T e ver a itied iu You sh will appreciate the Loan KEN[ on,.explaining the design of the EIST F. DURO!), and the patriotic purposes of the CY IN NRODORION, under . tary evidence; but they rely opot y i coi r tiion n" fauT ge u " po n n P treun en the auspices of which it was instituted. The concert then 1 trsdicted statements in the public Prints, and on the reconis even of commenced with a glee and chorus, " On the landing of ``the last Assizes. 1 , no l` f O i t i i i the subject of the Irish Church Establishment, they do the Romans in Britain," to the old Welsh air of " Captain u t o o . : im ilate tilat T&a u n r Aman who has paid melees' Morgan:. March." The parts were well sustained. and , attentio n to to Irisl7 the effect was grand and impressive. Next followed the . foremost station—to am . in d so informed , nus so t ne f c 'ru e 7.l y and v i • i nto- y a duct of " Tile Roving Minstrels," by Master Smith and 1 roux, as that of their advocate, the Catholics oflreland will not pre. i Master Parry, which displayed the dilllillSUiShed ROOM,_ mine even to suggest 's topic. t t h h e m p u ray;r of the petition, they eon only express their plishments of both to great advantage ; added to their i to ;:,, c .A t 'i m r . youthful sweetness of tone, their correct and skilful exceu- i. in vain i to expect ' t t i baC r i n b e is ver clun de6`ive measurebe":lB.l6l' It non was not inferior to the moat veteran prot'essore. Miss • months of tranqui ll ity. try can ever enjoy " Carew gave " The Exile if Cambria," a Welsh melody, "It it unnecessary. I hope, for the Catholics of Ireland to rei with all its attractions; she was manifestly nervous, but her Wrote ihe expression of their gratitude to you, Sir ; and it would, pet: laps, t te e u x iihecouling fur the individual, whore name is sub. tones nevertheless sustained all their steidiness: her timi dity, though it took the colour from her cheek, took no- trrm mon with pr a t ir in hit "Iteterms, the admiration which, in countrymen, he feels for yot'r talents, elo thing from the beauty of her voice ; and the exquisite 1 qnenee, and public services. pathos with which she afterwards sang the ballad of " I have the honour to he, Sir, " Home! sweet Homer was followed by loud and reite- " Your most humble and moat obedient servant rated plaudits, and never were plaudits better deserved. " FRED. W. CONWAY. Her duet with Master Parry was enthusiastically ene9reJ. Master Smith, in the duet of " .4s it fell upon a day," from Shakepeare, enraptured the audience: the voice of this youthful vocalist has au extent of compass, united with a smoothness and brilliancy of tone, that make him the de light of every musical circle; the cadence which he intro duced into the closing lines, " That, to hear her so complain. Scarce I could from tears refrain; For her griefs, so lovely shown, Made me think upon my own," displayed a facility in running divisions, which manifested the great professional skill with which his vocal education has been conducted. His " Dried be that tear," that beau tiful ballad of Su rattuan's, was deliciously given. The duet " From the glowing southern regions, by Messrs. Parry and Atkyns, was sung with admirable effect, to the tune of that fine old air--"glnoble race was Shenkin." Mr. ' Atkyns, towards the end of the second part, sang " 'llse Sons of the Sea," to the air of " Llityn On, or the Ash Grose," and the deep, manly, mellow bass of his voice poured forth its fine quality of tone with an effect that was electrifying. Master Lenghurst sang " The Nelson of the Day, and sang it extellently • but in the concluding lines, " Then who can tell but yet I may • Become the Nelson of the day," his shake on the . word then might, we think, have been omitted with advantage. A word at the beginning of a line is always injudiciously chosen for such a purpose, and more obviously if it terminates with a consonant, which is ne cessarily at war with ell flexibility. We should not have noticed this, but that it is probable he may sing the same air at other concerts; . and he sings it so well, that we would wish it free from even the slightest defect.. Miss Melville gave the delightful Scotch ballad, " .4n' ye shall walk in silk attire," with all that fascinating simplicity which is its true character. We are rejoiced to find that this dis tinguished pupil of Roast NI appreciates the beauty of the old ballad style of music; for with all our reverence for Italian music and Italian masters, we think that our public concerts would have more to recommend them if our fa vourite national ballads were penritted to indulge our re membrance a lisle oftener: our associations give them more of true feeling, and make them of deeper interest than the majority of those Italian airs, which of late years have taken, we regret to say, an almost exclusive posses sion of the vocal department in this country. If Miss Melville is engaged to perform, as we understand she is, at Rossini'. next concert, we promise oursclveh that, at she will be the only English singer selected, our English ears may have a chance of returning to their allegiance ; if 1 not,—for we have a Wetia feeling about us in this respect,— we shall vote for a British &IT IDDVOD, to keep alive our loyalty to English song. In the sprightly duet of " Tell me, gentle stranger," by Miss Melville and Matter Long burst, the teasing suspenae was managed with an arch ness and animation en both sides, in the following part : lie—Yea, as they strayed —. She—Nu more, no more I'll hear. Her-You're jealous, Ma'am, I tear. She—Not I, not 1. He.—Oh, Be: Oh, Se 2 I can see it very clear. The last line was given with an intermixture of tone and manner that was truly comic. The whole was rap turously encored. Mr. Collyer sang the air of " We'll rove at break of day," in his happiest style ; and Mr. J. Smith, with his constant flow of melody, exerted himself, as he always does, with a spirit that never flags, and a success that never fails. Some Pennihum singing, with an accompaniment of Welsh harps, after the manner of the Ancient Britons,was introduced by some nntives of the Principality, with a sin gular and characteristic effect. Mr. 0. Davies and Miss Barry performed on the harp with great power and force of execution. Mr. Parry's flageolet accompaniment in the air of " AR HYD Y NOS," was a rich treat to the musical amateur ; as was the per formance of Mr. J. Jones, who presided at the piano-forte. The whole was conducted under the superintendence of Mr. Parry, Editor of the " Welsh Melodies," with most excellent regularity. . Between the first and second part of the concert, several medals were presented by Miss :goat:AN, of Tre diger, is the successful candidates who had written on the sub jects proposed by the Society. Among the rest, to LIAM OMEN PUGH, Esq. the Author of " A Welsh and English Grammar and Dictionary," and other works of distinguished reputation ; and to the celebrated sculptor, J. F,l.Axis AN, Esq. R.A. fora design presented to the Society. Mei: o'clock upwards of • hundred Gentlemen sat down' to an excellent dinner, Sir Charles Morgan in the Chair. A number of patriotic and approptiate toasts were drank. The health of Sir. W. W. WYNN was drank with eilthu shim, to which he returned thanks with that honesty of heart which marks his hospitable ehrracter. Lord K ea\ ON, Sir CHARLES MoaoAa, .and several ether Gentlemen of distinction, whose healths,were drank in turn, made neat and well-turned acknowledgments, and expatiates! on the ad vantages of the Cr mu HODORto N , and on the union and good fellowship of No ar H and SO Y T H WA!. I' 6, in promoting the patriotic objects of the Ipstitution, which were to promote the literature of Wales, and to perpetuate to the descendants of the Ancient Britons, the history, the poetry, the music, and the language of their native country. S2veral excellent rlieeettlivenid the conviviality of the company ; the wines were of the best kind, arid contributed their share to the joyoueness and good humour which concluded the evening. " To Henry Brougham, Esq." " London, May, 14, 1824. " Sol-1 have just had the honour of receiving your letter of the 6th into. and the petition, which I was delayed in opening from a difficulty at the Post-office. " I shall lose no time in attending to it, and I hope to be able to write to yea upon the subject again to-niorrow or Monday. " In the meantime 1 beg leave to express the deep sense which I enterain of the confidence reposed in me. " I have the honour to be, " Your obedient and faithful servant, " F. W. Conway, Esq. " H. BROUGHAM." " Hanover-square, May 15, 1824. " Stn—Owing to a delay in the Post-office, occasioned by its having been charged, I did not receive till yesterday the petition. which, by the desire of the Catholic Association, you have done me the honour of transmitting to me. " I have read it with all the attention it deserves, and hope it is unnecessary for me to add, with all the interest I have ever felt in endeavouring to restore to the Catholics of Ireland the full enjoy ment of all the privileges of our free Constitution ; but 1 feel my self bound in fairness to apprise you, that the other objects with which that prayer is contacted in the present petition, appear to me to have been at least unnecessarily introduced—to be calculated rather to injure than assist your cause; and that in presenting it to the House of Lords, I should feel it incumbent on me to declare that they could not have my concurrence. As a short delay in pre senting the petition, on which no measure can be founded during the present session. cannot be material, I have determined to wait for your answer to this communication. •• This, 1 hope, you will let me have as soon as convenient, and if it she'd inform me that the Catholic hndv are still desirous that their petition should remain in my hands, I will lose no time in presenting it, and am prepared in &nag so, to repeat,in the strongest terms, subject to the qualifications I have already mated, my unal terable conviction, that the peace and happiness of Ireland, the general security of the British Empire, eminently depend on the entire and speedy repeal of the disqualifying laws, by which the Catholics feel themselves axgrieved. " I have the honour to remain, " Your obedient humble servant, " F. W. Conway, Esq. " GREY." Mr. CoNWAT then moved, that the letters just read, thould to entered on the minutes, which having been agreed to, Mr. ll.'onway was about to proceed on other business, when a letter arrived front Mr. Brougham, of which the following Is a copy : " horWon. May 17. 11 1 24. " SIR—I have now had an opportunity of perusing and eonsi derlng the petition which the Catholic Association have done me honour to put in my hands: and I am bound in fairness to state, that I cannot agree with some of the opinions expressed in it, and that there are parts of the prayer which I am not prepared to sup port. But I trust it is unnecessary for me to add, that I feel most strongly the necessity of restoring to the Catholics the full benefits of the Constitution. And lam willing to present the petition ge nerally. and to second it upon that ground, signifying, that, in some respect., I direr with the petitioners. " I may regret that they have now so far increased their demands, I am not insensible to the treatment they have expe rienced for so many year., and to its natural eonsequencem t and if, after this candid declaration of my opinion, they think lit to com mand rov services, I shall assist them to the utmost of my power, and according to my judgment. " I am extremely sensible of the honour which they have con ferred upon me, and I beg you. Sir, to accept my thanks for the kind expressions with which you have accompanied their application. " I have the honour to be. " Your obedient humble servant, " H. BROUGHAM. " To F. W. Conway, Esq." Mr. ()Tongs:Lc moved, that the Serretsrr be instructed to write to Lord Grey sod Mr. Brougham, requesting of them to pre sent the pet itinn in its present limn. and if they cannot approve of the whole of its pr‘yer, that they will support as much it as they can. Mr. KIRWAN seconded the mutton, which was carried unani mously. SIR 11. HARDINGE AND MR. BATTIER. We are authorised, says a Sunday Paper, to publish the following correspondence : " U. S. Club, May 22, 1824. " My dear Ilarilinge,—l now address you on the itsbjeCt of the messaarl from Mr. Battier. referred by you to me, and I shall begin by noticing his letter in the Observer of last Sunday (see British Pent of Monday bat]. from which the following is an extract : • But I have no doubt of being enabled to prove that my friend's signature war obtained to a document which he had not Ilioroychly tzatoiyed, relying on Sir II enry Hardinve's being incapable of re cording the pat liCtilarr partially or nut, my: .` In reference to the nbove, I nerd hardly say that the insinua. tints thrown out thus, if proved, would have covered you with infamy. I hare taken some. )13419, an you know, to investigate this r.tter, and to plsce it beyond the contradiction of any man ; al. though no one, acquainted with vim, would consider you capable of doing that which hat been attributed to you, still it must be as. tisfactory to you to see, by the accompanying document., that the refutation is clothed in thl substantial garb of evidence. I also send you herewith niy note of the conferences which took place betwixt Mr. Hunter, the friend of Mr. Battier, and o.self, as well as copier of our correspondence. lily reason for denying that Mr. Battier had any claim upon you, are there detailed, and you may make such are of them an you may think proper, and I trust that the perusal of them will satisfy every man of high honour, anti every friend to good order, that by acting otherwise than I had dose. I should not only have betrayed the best interests of society, but should have greatly compromired the dignity of the profession, of which you are so bright an ornament, had I hesitated a moment in my refusal to suffer you to conic down to the level of a man, who, at the same Insttnt in which he was makings personal appeal of honour to you, was making to the world another in the unmanly form of a Asul and flagrant calumny. " I remain, my dear Haidinge„ very truly yours. CHARLI.B TL'RNER" On the papers of th, late Colonel iiesternb;i4opened in our preience, there wu found an exact copy of the statement which had appeared in the Meriting Chronicle of the 15th inst. relative to the duel which took Owe between Lord Londonderry and Mr. Battier, which copy we Lind was forwarded with a note front Sir Henry flardinge to Lieutenant-Colonel Western, through Mr. Battier. on the Nth inst. ; front which nate it appears that Lieute nant-Colonel Western had previously examined and observed upon this statement. _ _ Their was also found another statement of the same officer (Colonel Western) in his own hand-writing, which was, in sub stance, similar to that which had appeared in the Alarming Chro. aide, and to which Sir Henry Ilantinge had affixed the signature of "H. H.," but in which siatenien• several erasures and altera tions in pencil appear to have been subsequently made by Ideate nant-Cedenel Western. . . . . AOICZIOTE or tilt Ilafts, HARDINGE.—Sir Henry Hardinge, who has been recently involved in the affair of the Marquis of Londonderry and Mr. Battier, is an officer of distinguished bravery, and has lost an arm in the service. den, on the fall of Napoleon, the allies entered Paris, Sir Henry Hardinge was among the British officers who were stationed in the capital. One evening, while conducting acme ladies home from the theatre, he was grossly insulted by a Prussian officer. He did not take any notice of the circumstance, but next day ascertained the name of the officer, and found that be was a subaltern. Ile therefore wrote a challenge to the commanding °item , of the corps, stating the insult, which was rather national than personal, and demanding satisfaction ; adding, that he had whirr"-, !limas an officer of equal rank, but should afterwards call , on every officer in the corps until he descended to the per- aim that bad insulted him. The commanding officer, I struck with astonishment at such seeming temerity, applied to the General of Division, who, equally surprised, re- quested an audience of Sir Henry. and feeling the respect due tp a brave officer, compelled his offending subaltern to m a kq a public apology to Sir Henry before the matiabledi rtippopy.—Literary Chronicle. •••••••• , ..n.•••••••• There was also finuri a memorandum in pencil relative to what took place ou the ground, on a detached piece of payer. (Signed) CHAS. TURNER, Alike-General. T. HUNTER, Lieut. 111th Hussars. B. H. VIVIAN, &C.a. M. FRENCH. Friday Evening, May 21st, 1821. '• 32, tirosvenor-place, 22d May, 1824. "My dear Turner,-1 have received your letter, and the docu. meets to which it refer■, and entirely concur in every step you have taken. I know 1 need not here express my acknowledgments to you ; but I moat state my conviction, after having witnessed Mr. Battier's incapacity to feel and act like a man of honour, that I could sot, without degradation to myself and discredit to the profes sion to which I belong, have extended to him the consideration due to a ientleman. Phis conviction, if it had needed any additional force, would have acquired it from Mr. ltattier's recent attempt to insult me in the street. His statement that he ventured to raise his whip over me is false, and, as you know. is disproved by a gentleman, an eye. witness of what did pass. Ii assured no conduct of his can ever provoke me to alter my determination to consider hint as utterly in:worthy of my notice. " I am, my dear Turner, very faithfully yours, (aligned) "H. HARDINGE." MARLVE IN.VMATE. The substance of a SPIECII delivered in the flame of Comtoome upon a motion fora Select Cemmittee to coneider the Act of A Cieo. I. and of the mans of effecting. Mashes ISIU1•110E11, oleo observations, lea By the late JOgreu Manatee, Esq. Generally speaking, we are no advocate for incor porated commercial companies of any kind. If they be- I gin, as sometimes they do, in the spirit of enterprise, they are pretty sure to end in a system of monopoly. In great public undertakings, which require a larger capi tal than private individuals can afford to embark, or which, . if they could raise, they could prudently put to the risk, an incoporation of merchants may be useful, but in the pre sent very advanced state of commercial opulence, we doubt much whether any branch of commerce which individual fortunes cannot meet, is worth the cultivating ; and of this we are quite sure, that in sound policy joint-stock compa nies ought not, at this time of day, to be encouraged by Government, since, under whatever plausible pretences they may come forward, their only operation will be to en- , rich themselves at the expense of the pridie. or at the ex pense, at least, of that part of it who are Ins excluded from all competition. Of all the purposes for which any body of merchants could he incorporated, the least called for is that of effect ing Marine lusarranses ; it is utterly impossible to put it tinder better management than it alidy is under ; it is impossible to place it in hands more conversant with its di rect.on in all its details ; the insurers can obtain no higher security in their transactions • the confidence of the pub lic in the present body of Underwriters i e complete. With all the good, then, that can be had, mean be hoped for, on what ground of convenience or utility cant new Company, high in character and opulence as they limy be, crave to be established ? is there any new hinge discovered upon which the profit of monopoly is to turn? Is there any new sort of integrity or circumspection which is now to conic into the market fee the first time, and which can be turned to better account than the old-fashioned habits of honesty and fair-dealing which have governed the great hody of Underwriters at Lloyd's, to the present day ? The late,—it is with a feeling of deep and sincere concern that we are thus obliged to say the late,—JosErn $ , Esq. an authority that on this subject may well be trusted—an au thority, we will venture to say, from which no disinterested persons would feel inclined to appeal,—has, in the very ar gumentative speech which is here published, canvassed the pretensions of this projected new company in all their bearings, and he has done it with that strong sense and sourd ability which marked all his parliamentary discus sions. Adverting to the promise of additional security held out by the projectors, his observations are forcible and conclusive. Another argument urged in favour of establishing this new com pany as, that greater security is offered to the public by them, than can be given by indivitival underwriters. It is not necessary for me to undertake to disprove particular instances that may be brought forward of the insolvency of underwriters, or to contend that they are immaculate as a body, either in property or character ; but this I will assert, that a man who suffers by the insolvency of underwriters at Lloyd's, suffers, generally speaking, strange as it may appear, with his own concurrence. A broker will tell his merchant, that he cannot complete his insurance with good men, unless he will give a higher premium. The answer frequently is, you must not give more, for such a house has effected the same risk at the same premium ; therefore, get the best names you can : and thus the merchant frequently sets the advantage to be gained by ti:e reduction of premium. against the risk to be run from the want of solidity in the underwrites. No merchant who offers a fair premium, and whose business is transacted by brokers of re. 'portability, is ever under the necessity of taking a doubtful name tio his policy ; and I maintain that Lloyd's offers better security to the assured than can be given by any chartered company. I sty so, fur this plain reason, that every man at Lloyd's is responsible for his engagements to the last shilling of his fortune, while the members of an incorporated company are responsible only for the amount of the capital originally invested ; and the capital of the underwriters at Lloyd's infinitely exceeds that of any chartered company whatever. For instance, the capital of this new com pany is intended to be five millions, of which only one million, I understand, is to be actually advanced. In point of fact, then, the one million so advanced, is the whole extent of the security of. tired to the public; for though die original subscribers to this un. dertaking are men of fortune, and able to pay the other four mil how in case of need, yet the y , front various motives, may be in duced to sell out, and may se ll to men of straw, mere speculators, who would not be able to pay the other four millions. But giving them the whole advantage of this argument, and taking their capt eel at Ave minium', that sum bears no proportion to the aggregate capital of the underwriters at Lloyd's; for I could name fifty out of the LAO subscribers to that house, who would pay down these fire , millions at any time, without the smallest inconvenience, leaving' the capital of the other 1430 subscribers wholly untouched. Events have occurred within these few years, that would have more than swallowed up the capital of this,emeeprise,asetimis have actualy occasioned the failure of a single ftellisidual at Lloyd's ; for every prudent underwree • regularly classes all his risks, and proportions the amount he hazards on those of each particular description to his means of payment in case of lows a precaution which could not possibly be observed in the vast man of business that would be undertaken by . this new company. The events to which I allude, are the detention and subsequent condemnation of the Dutch ships, in consequence of the hostilities that took place between this coun try in Holland, in the Tear 1794; the capture sod condemnation of American vessels by }ranee and Spain. in the year 1797, on the plea of their navigating without the role d'equipage required by treaty ; and the seizure of all the British ships in the ports of Hue sia, by the Emperor Paul, in the year 17W:. Had this intended new Company been established previous to either of those periods, comprehending within itself, se the proprietors therowlves declare it does, 9-Ititlis of the commercial interest of this metropolis, and of course doing 11-10ths of the business, and sustaining IhlOths of the losses, it must hare been totally ruined. But the proprietors, sheltered under that limited responsibility which is the great object of their present application to Parliament, would still have conti nued nien of opulence; their carriages would still have rolled along the streets, and have splashed with mire the udlortunate indivi duals, who had been mined by their insolvency as a Company. When these disasters happened, some Underwriters certainly failed ; but the number was comparatively small ; the blasts that would have torn up this I:oilman/ by the roots, scarcely brought down a leaf from the tree at Lloyd a. ifhether, therefore, we consider the amount of the capital employed at Lloyd's, or the subdivision of risks attended to by the individual Underwriters there, it is obvious that the public enmity, so far from being augmented, would be diminished, by 9-lathes of the insurance business being trans ferred to this great chartered Company. This statement is conclusive, because the facts are un answerable. The whole of the speech, together with the documents annexed .to it, deserve to be read with the greatest cares and examined with the greatest attention. The following remarks are manifestly the result of a mind well-informed and every way suited to the discussion of the subject. The effect of establishing a company possessing such vast in fluence within itself, must be, that this great Leviathan will swal low up se the small fry; that it will deprive the insurance brokers and underwriters of those avocations to which they have devoted their time, in which they have embarked their fortunes, and by which they have maintained themselves and their families. But it is contended, that these consequences will not enemy: that this New Marine Insurance Company will, on the contrary, encourage the insurance trade, by the increased facility and advantage it will af ford ; and that thus more new business will be brought to Lloyd's titan will be taken away. They who so argue, if they believe what they say, must be weak indeed. The principle of this Company is not competition, but combination; it even precludes all poufs bility of competition ; for the proprietors tell you, that they pas sea nine-tenths of the commercial interest of the city of London, and that they wish to form themselves into a company, for the pur pose of effecting their own insurances. Who that can wrest them out of their hands? Besides, if this Cuumeny be incorporated, on what grounds can incorporation', be refused to any other set of men? Every out-port will have its Marine Insurance f'ompanv ; and if the merchants of this metropolis, who are not interested in this establishment, have sufficient business among them to form a se cond compary, a second company will he established here, and thus the %hole business of undawriting by Individuals will be alto gether annihilated. The following is a manly and deserved tribute to that high tone of English feeling, which, in a crisis which truly called for it, distinguished the body of individuals ad verted to. tireat as I consider the evil of this intended establishment to be in itself, I consider it as greater still, when I reflect on the ruin that it will inevitably bring on a numerous class of meritorious in dividuals, who, I may say, hare more than ordinary claims to pub he consideration. The subscribers to Lloyd's, in promoting their own interests, have at the same time promoted those of their coun try; they have increased her revenue, and raised her commercial character as well as her prosperity. With a liberality not always found in public Ladies, they freely and gratuitously communicate that intelligence to others, which they daily procure at a heavy ex pense to themselves. By a standing regulation of the house, ac cess is given to their books in the non-subscribers' mom to every individual whose interest, or whose anxiety for his absen t friends, may bring him there. The editors of the public, papers constantly resort there also, and all the information the public receive respect ing shippi g concerns, comes front Lloyd's. The subscribers to Lloyd's have, at all times, been ready to set an -*sample to their countrymen of public spirit and liberality. Their hands and beans have ever been open to relieve the distress of those who have suf fered, and to reward the valour of those who have distinguished themselves in the cause of their country. More particularly at the commencement of the present war, at a period of great and generel public alarm, when teary man expected to be obliged to contend for British libertynn British ground. they stood nobly forward ; by a well-tinted sod !iplrhed effort, they infused energy and confidence into the public mind, and gave an impulse to patriotism, which was felt, and most beneficially felt, to the very remotest corner of the British dominions. The following observations are so important in them select, and so deeply inter:sting in their reChlt, that, pressed as we are for space, we cannot withhold them from the reader. Not merely the interest, but the moral character of the nation, st stake teptin the issue of this measore. 'f he great eta of these incorporated companies was the year 1721). when the spirit of ad venture in speculations of this sort inflamed the minds of the pen pie to such i degree, that all sober itidurf'y and patient application were despised, and every man was intent upon making his fortune in a moment. by engaging in some of these undertakinca. Not merchants alone, but many of the most ancient and noble families l in this kingdom, as we read in the history of those times, were to tally ruined by this epidemical madness. I shall not repent the his- I tory of the South Sea Company, and twenty other companies, which rose like bubbles, and like bubbles burst, to the great min ' lument of the first projectors, and the ruin of the infatuated public, who purchased Shares in them at a most enormous advance. More to my purpose is the history of the marine insurance companies, which were eateblialied at that very perind. I find, in reading the records of those days, that in July. 1729, a very few months after the London Assurance Company received its charter, and before any considerable profits could possibly hare been realized, the stuck, on which only ten per cent. was paid, rase to 120, and even to 166--sixteen times the capital. That in the month of October, in the sante year. a hurricane, which destroyed part of the home ward-bound Jamaica fleet, reduced their stork to 60 per cent.; and that other losses happening soon afterwafds, it fell before the end of the year to 15, and even 12 per cent. The historian adds, that for years afterwards, nothity more was heard of this company, except in the perpetual complaints of the proprietors, that they were cheated by the direanni ; and yet, Sir, this company, like the in tended New Marine Insurance Company, was first set on foot, by honourable men, Gorda and Members of Parliament. Even our prudent neighbours, the Dutch, were infected by the same mania; and with precisely the same result. A marine insurancecompany was established in 1720. at Rotterdam, and their miens or abates soon rose to 1066 per cent. The shares of one established at the same thin at Gouda. rose in a few months to the almost incredible premium of 3000 per cent. on the capital advanced ; and before the' end of the mane year fell again to their original value. Another set up at Delft, experieneed the same TtVerllllll wittily the same apace of time ; and we read, that the avarice and gambling spirit of the proprietors, in every one of these companies, was ultimately punished by the entire loss of all their capital. The present scheme takes a more daring flight than any of Its predecessors; it embraces a larger interest. professes to act on a wider scale, and is therefore more calculated than any plan ever hitherto projected; to Mimic the ignorant and entrap the unwary. EAST INDIA SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Windsor, Haviside, from China, has arrived off Portland—sailed from Macao the 19th January s; from the Straits of Sunda the 30th January ; and frotn St. Helena the 9.3 th March. Passenger—Charles Magniac,. E.g. from China. The Warren Hastings, Rawcs, from China, was spoken 1 1 in the Straits of Sunda, all well, on the 30th January. The Duke of Lancaster, Davies, from Bengal and Ma dras, arrived at St. Helena the 960 March, and was to sail for Liverpool the next day. The llythe, Wilson ; and the Warren Hastings, Rawes, had not arrived at St. Helena when the Windsor sailed. The Vansittart, ;,;.1 the Buckinghamshire, Glasspoole, were the only ships left at China, and it was I expected they would be despatched in all January. NAVAL INTELLIGRNCE. The Seringapatam is to be commissioned at Portsmouth Imme diately. The following officers are appointed to her:—Captain C. Sotheby Lieutenants L. Davies and W. Dickson (b). The Dartmouth has been put into commission at Plymouth, and ; Captain the ROM J. A. Maude, Lieutenants J. F. Forster, D. 0. Stewart, and W. Molyneux, are appointed to her; Mr. W. Blair to be purser. The Snap surveying vessel proceeds immediately from Deptford to Plymouth, from whence she will soon after sail for Newfound land, to resume the survey of those coasts. The Primrose, at Plymouth, has received her sailing orders to proceed to the West Indict,. When the Niemen left Halifax on the 30th of last month, the Atholl, Argus. and Clinker, were in that harbour. The Salisbury, Mend, and Rifleman, were at Bermuda on the 20th of April. TIM Niemen is gone into Portsmouth harbour to be paid off. The Sappho hip been recommissioned at Plymouth ; Lieutenant J. F. Navell is appointed to her. Lieutenant F. Phillips has been appointed to the Ramillies, as supernumerary Lieutenant, in the room of Lieutenant Willis, who was unfortunately drowned. Mr. W. Johnston, Midshipman, has been promoted, and ap pointed to the Satellite, in the room of Lieutenant Dram, invalided. Mr. D. D. Saumarex is appointed Lieutenant of the Argus, at Halifax., vice lanes. invalided ; and Mr. J.D. Driffield to the ot terel, in the room of Lieutenant Duncan. ..... _ - Kir. R. Gore, Alidahipmait. of the William and Mary Dublin yacht, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. SHIPPING IN7'ELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 22. ENTRRED INWARDS. Desire, Orton. (Barry, broker), from Bilhoa. Minerva, Morley (Rockland). from Charente. Thomas, Bell (Gooch). from St. Vincent's. Earl of Claneartv, Heath (Hall). from Rotterdam. Woodpark, Franklin (Pugh), from St. Lucia. George, Leach (Hooper ‘, from Berhice. Whim, Heard (Marshall), from Demerara. Apollo, Conis (Geddes), from Berbice. Three Sisters, Frost (Symonds), from Rotterdam. Scotia, Wylie (Dillon), from Lanzarotte. Earl Talbot, Humes (Bolton), from Bourdeaux. Friendship, tpink (Norman), from Lisbon. Robert and Mary, Fox (Coe), from Ostend. George and Ellen, Allison (Bentley), from Charente. Reward, Anderson (Thomson), from Jamaica. Janet, Wilson (Drinkald), from St. Vincent's. Adeona, Redderson (Blake), from Christiana. Emanuel, Ambiomsen (Windle), from Christiana. Ettcharis, Halvorsen (Phillips), from Christiana. Europa, Throne (IVindle), from Porsground. Foodlien. Mylander (Mullen), from Dram. Greve Wethe Jarlsberg, Bache (Blake), from Christiana. Lucy Ann, Davis (Sunley). from Virginia. Regende Jacob, Wilcken (Bremer), from Memel. Speculation, Heflin (Rule), from 3lemel. Commerce, Peddersen (Rieke), from Christiana. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.—Arrived the Hebe, Kayhortt, from Newcastle for Miramichi, with considerable datrage--has been as far West as long. 30. 28. Sailed the Pomona, Lam. for Prince Edward's Island. The Mantle, of Newcastle, was spoken with, in a sinking state, and tour of the crew taken out. The Union, of London, dismasted, and in a sinking state; the crew taken out by the Thetis, of Burlington. The Ruby, Hall, with loss of main mast, on the 13th May, in lat. 40. long. 10. 30. by the Haw, ar. rived at Plymouth. The master reports that in lat. 44. 30. long. 32. 28. be saw six vessels in distress. _ _ ..' ... P;;;1115 ?WET 11. MAY 21.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Blanche, from Chatham ; Triumph, Green, from the Downs for Bombay ; I Lady Raines, from ditto for Madras and Bengal; Zephyr transport, wt,th troops, from Jersey ; Zephyr, flarrersmith, from liondunts ; Glatton, Lamm, from ditto. in a leaky state. but intends proceed. in SEa S k a"e :la hi r s 361.8jentOseshdoip w l n 1liac m he, ti f i o e r I P i l i y ver mouth. sailed, the Jane, --, for Naples; and Westbrook, Hall, for Jamaica. Ar. rived the John. Elbeck, from Jamaica. The Ann, Nixon, from Jamaica, is off Dover. Sailed the Ruby, Hall, for the River; and Rambler, Anderson. for Whitby. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.—Arrired the Charles, Jackman, from Newfoundland; Leander, Fisher, from New Orleans; and Faith, —, front Charente. The Francis William, or Prince William, of North Shields, was seen, dismuted and abandoned, on the 2d inst. in lat. 4fh long. 31.; and the Sarah, front Liverpool to Newfoundland, dismasted, and returning to t first port. The following were spoken with, all well, viz. Rmerald. of North Shields; 3liddleton ; Kitty ; and Manchester, of Whitby. lilt "rano, MAY 20.—The Dunlop towed in the brig Thomp. son. Newton, front South Shields, which, on 28th April, in a gale of wind to the North, Inst both masts and all her sails, the bul warks on the starboard side, and part on the larboard ; rudder da maged ; fell in with the Dunlop Bth inst. Ships spoken whlt- 1 ' 23d April, 1 1 --mhy, of Greenock, from St. Domingo; Britsn.iia, Horton., or Shi.lds; 24th April, Urania, of Shields, both bound to Minuni. hi; 30th April, Globe, of London, blowing a gale of wind. con") hot understand from wl:ere, or whither bound ; May 2d, Grace, from Bristol for Quebec.; 4 , .h. ship Julius Carom from Liverpool to New York, which ship suppled them with two spare yards fir jury masts; 15th inst. spoke the ship Science, from Li verpool for Charleston. The subscription for Mr. Bowdielia widow already amounts to soul. BLOOM FIELD THE . POET — The salt Of the effete Of !Bloomfield, the poet, is fixed for Friday next, at Shefford. Surely it is a reproach to the country that the family of such a man are driven to the necessity of parting with those things which must be endeared to them by a thou sand tender associations, for the sake of prccuring the means of temporary sustenance.—liontingdoo Gazelle. FINISH OF THE LOTTERY AND CONTINC•TIOM OF DUD'S I.FCE.--SAtunity was the Last Day of Drawing. when No. 11,61 H was entitled to 20,11001., being the largest Capital in the Lottery. and sold in Shares by Risk, being the Third Twenty Thousand Pound Prize sold by him In this Lottery. The Shares of this last 20,101 W. Prize were distributed as follows: One quarter to Northampton One Sixteenth to Plymouth One Eighth to Neurasile-upon- One Sixteenth to Margate Tyne One Sixteenth to Maidstone One Sixteenth to Liverpool One Sixteenth to Ludlow One Sixteenth to Berwick One Sixteenth in London I.AV INTELLIGTATIZ. -......_ COMM OP CHANCERY, R. ii 11 1111 - --Ir 13 111-. IT, -AY --_ TEN Or Lownew O. DIM( AID PIROSOKI. This was an application for an injunction by Mr. Put Luirour, on the part of the Sheriffs of London, to restrain dm defindaltio from proceeding in a suit at law. It appeared that the defending Prosser had obtained a writ of *el facia. upon the goads ea per. Ann of the name of Greasy. and was about to remove them under this writ, executed by the Sheriff's officer, when the other defend. ant Dean laid claim to the goods, and stated that thel were property, haring lent them only to Greaty's 'rife. The so: were, however m , rooed by the Sheri ff 's offietr, and Mr. required the delivery of them up to him. An agreement was old. mately entered into, by which Mr. Dean was to have the sinn of th e goo ds u p on payment of the sum of edl. Both Cre's fendahis had no* instituted proceedings at law against the Sheriffs and it was now prayed that the 'mount of the goods sold Might b 6 paid into the hands of the Accountant-General to abide the dire& 'ions of the Court, and that the proceedings at law might in the mean time be restrained by injunction. The Loan CHA ICE L LON thought this application was one of an uncommon and dangerous nature, and he recollected no prow. dent Mt suit a lumina. Mr. 1'1111.1.114011E said, that the Vie--Chancellor had mad* an order under nesrly similar circumstances; but he confessed ha had been unable t o find any other precedent tnr the application. The Losti Cnalictxt.on observed, that the Sheriff dwarf seized goods at his own peril, and If he were to be relieved front thin responsibility by the intervention of the Coutt, theft walla be no safety for the goods of any man ; even those of Mr. Inglliateme himself might be seized without impunity, and there maid be ato redress. His bordship then asked if any Learned 'Conned collected a precedent for such an extraordinary motion as tbs present ? Mr. Hoak,: believed that the motion woo a completely nogg one. If the Sheriff' had acted rightly he would not them mules the protection of the Court, and if *tangly, be certainly was not entitled to it. •-• The LORD UHANCELLott immediately refused the applicable _ COVTINT-GARDEN THEATRE. costal' v. elsirate. • Mr. WEALD moved, on the part of the Trustees, that Mt. Ma. bertson, the receiver, wow hull been appointed by hie Lowelair, should be directed to apply a portion of the profits of the Theelie Ito the payment of the current expenses. • Mr. SNAIDWE I. I. wished to move to dillehate the receiver. Mr. HeaLD was, however, directed to proceed, and receiver hettetweded to observe, that the having been appointed by Cohn. such appointment would be a useless ceremony, 001111111 he ewe allowed to act in the management of the affairs of the theme. OOP of the provisions of the deed of 1812 was, that the receipt, ilesedi be applied to the discharge of the debts of the meant, and the object of the motion was to put that neemasty provision bite MM. don. The trustees were anxious to do nothing which would Mt deemed objectionable; anti it was for the Interest of ea that the torrent expenses should be paid, otherwise the Tames mast are clotted. Atter much discussion at the bar, the Coul? proDobased Ms order : " That the receiver have authority to apply the recall* to is current expenses of the Theatre ; that a meeting of the be held ; and that, at that meeting, the proprietors shourPr‘oraistiorlials and resolve in what manner the receiver should dispose order». celpts of the Thorn, and how the Theatre should in fume he managed, with liberty to any gentleman among the propriotaws to state what might have passed at that meeting, shewing whine !scions should be g iven to the receiver, and hos far the assidai had acted consisten tly or inconsistently with the provisions et leo deed of 1812." Mr. SHADWELT, afterwards moved, on the part of Mr. 1611114 for the discharge of the receiver. He wu followed on the same side by Mr. Stobtx; sad ea.. mutely further hearing wu postponed until Tuesday. COURT OF SINCFS BENCH, SATuaDAT, MAT It The Court was occupied the greatest portion of di. day OD dad Crowh paper. The only cue worth mentioning was THE [DIG v. LORD awasoaoias4. This was an inquisition to determine whether certain tall sews she* on the coast of Lincolnshire were derelict by the silk sad can. sequently vested in the Crown by virtue of the King's prealgetive. The inquisition was found for the defendant, and being traversed by the Crown, the principal issue raised was, whether the marsh land in question had been formed by the gradual and impenteptibie deposit of alluvial matter, by the flux and reflux of the sen. This issue was found In favour of the defendant at the last Sommer sizes for Lincolnshire, and a motion having been made in Miami mu Term fora new trial, the Court then directed the question lobo discussed in the form of a special ease. From the statetnent of the case it appeared that the defendant was Lord of the Mew of Northonto, on thecoaat of Lincolnshire. For a aeries of jests LA past, there had been a gradual recession of the sea at the retest about three quarters of an inch per diem, leaving about human hundred acres of land, which, by the accretion of silth sad seil, from the bed of the sea, in process of time, became nimbi: fee pa...lmage, and was at length claimed by the Crown, by virtue of the King's prerogative; while, on the other band, it was toasted by the defendant that it went to him as Lord of the adjoining dos twine lands. The question was, whether the land could be COO. sidered derilict, and therefore vesting in the Crown, sad not in due subject. Mr. Gout.' unit. foe th e. Crown. contended, that isomer* • all land under theses was vested in the King, by virtue of has pros reguive, it followed, as a necessary consequence, that when the sae lett any portion of it, his title remained the same. lie admitted. as was laid down by Lord Hale, in his treatise dejave earth, p. 14, 28, and MI, that there were three cases in which the right of the subject ',Add prevail against that of the Crown, namely, fires soil was deposited by mere alluvion ; second, where by the inroads of the to the subject lost land in one place, but regained it in another ; and third, where the accretion was so slow, gradual. and imperceptible, as to be beneath the notice of the law. In the two latter cases, however, he insisted that custom only would uphold the right of the subject against the prerogative of the Save. reign, and such custom must be pleaded. Here the defendant did not rest his claim on custom, but merely insisted that the accretion was so gradual, imperceptible, and entail, as gave him a right to the lard at common law. Such a claim, he contended, could not be supported on that ground, because, in the nature of ch., there. liction by the sea must be gradual and imperceptible; and if such an argtinent could prevail, it would go at once to destroy the King's right to derelict land in all cases. There wan Do hardship in the chum now set up by the Crown, because the Crown, havaur a right to all land under the sea, the recession of the see amid a• destroy that pre-existing right. Where then was the Medd* is claiming that which could belong to nobody but the Crows y The reliction here was not so gradual as to be imperceptible, for, ac cording to the testimony of the witnesses examined, there had been a visible recession of the sea, and accretion of soil fee a series of years, at the rate of three quarters of an inch per day. Resting upon the bawd principle, that the Crown, being Lord of the soil under the sea, and referring to the authority of Lord Hale, vita had collected the opioions of the best writers and autheritios upon this subject, he contended that this must be considered daes liet land, and consequently not capable of being divested oat of the Crown. 3f r C. M. PHILLIP!, for the defendant, did not deny the Ling's right to la r d lett soddeuly derelict by the sea; but he inaboad the Jury, having found this accretion to be an impercepdblittlapasit of silth and soil, by the flux and reflux of the sea, it belonged to the defendant at common law. For this he cited Load Hale. C'allis er Sewers. Dyer 326, and several other authorities. if the Crown had a reit to this land so left derelict, why was it not claimed before 'r The answer was, that the secretion was so slow anl i t p•rceptible as to be undeserving of notice. Was it 'Nobt ent then with justice, that now, alter a lapse of a great way roam when by gradual increase it had become of that the Crown should wrest from the subject that which =ma vested in the latter by the rules of common law ? Mr. Don Lut! n w, in reply, re-urged his previous agutnent. The Court took time to consider its judgment. MANDAMUS. Ilfr.Scarthrry moved for a rule to shew Mlle why a writ of mandamus should not be directed to the Rev. J Thomas Horton, Vicar of Ormskirk in Lancashire, cocamag him to cause to be published in the parish church, a certahi notice an nouncing an intended meeting of • select rimy ia the mid church. to consider of certain antis connected with t h e INITIPKI of the parish at large. From the affidavits on which this maims was grounded, it appeared that fn sa time immemorial the priebbienere were in the habit of meeting in the church in asiact vuatiess, and otherwise, to consider of their aftaim This prudes bad, for a tone, been suspended ; but, upon • recent onwiden, the church warden applied to the vicar, the curate, aced the chnit, to inquire • notice to be given in the church. pursuant to the tines of the 11th Oro. I 11. c. 12., intimating that much a meeting be held on 1 the Friday following. This application was iseed, and the churchwarden, as the congregation were depsrung, sand the notice himself. On the Friday, however, when the 'swedes was to be held, the church, and even the church-yard pis, were found locked, and the curate, in whose hands the keys were depodtad, refused to deliver then:, and although it was natal to perform divine service on that day, he stated that be bad meshed the orders of the vicar not to open the church at all. After this the mar commenced hostile proceedings against the churchwarden in the Ecclesiastical Court, in which he was charged with escitiog trod,. in the church. In consequence of this proceeding, the church warden caused formal notice to be served on Mr.liortono 4i the Ifith of this month, requiring him to publish • notice in the church that a meeting of the churchwardens and parishiement would take place on the ..ntth. He had not thought tit to comply with this notice, and hence the necessity for this motion. !twits the inimensa. rial usage to hold such meetings in the church, and the customs'y manner was to give notice of the circumstance after • particular part ut the service.—Rule to thew cause greeted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-Sim:it DAY. Saliva in Doom DAVIS V. THE RARE . • The plaintiiiin thin case was the brother in that uninvorve diridtud, who, by a foigrry upon the Bank, drew out almon all hi% brother's piroperty. The forgery was committed in the month of October, 1819. and was not discovered till some month. ofterwardn. The plaintiff had no notice of the forgery until_ after his brwher IPAA taken into custody for another forgery on Mew,. Drummond, which was early in the month of the succeeding April. From thin One Sixteenth to Edinburgh I One Eighth in Legion. I time to the foll Owing September, the plaintiff took no 'tens what. The Holders of the fortunate Shares may receive their Money on ever, when he executed a power of eseeppoy. authorising.: nis broker demand. The places where the other Two 341,0011 e Prises have to transfer all his stock in the Bank. Nrken this row..r was pro. been sold by Binh in this Lottery, having been so recently &dyer- seined to the Bank, the broker was inferined that all the *lock lad deal, it would be superfluous to weskit theta in this adratuttentent• bass already transferred nearly twelve months before. The plata.