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\~'~ ~i Mill , , • :7 14 Z11 . Et tx(7 ..... 7 ' • :,-;' ,, ,, i UN. • ,i, , 1 , ;) _____ Oaf' ' by the nal are tiA ~.~ i .Y4l. , t ,e 2 a Aviii-t4-7 ~ is nce hat 47 at NUMBER 9911. FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1824. PRICE Sti'ENPENCE. Jr .he alf ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET PLACE. T HE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACA DEMY is now OPEN. MARINE INSURANCE. pany to undertake Marine Insurance, and after evidence had been received by a Committee of the Lower House, the Bill was abandoned. _ _ PARLIAMENT. money. He complained° of -- soroi - statements attacking ttic Irish Society having been published in the:newspapers: - 1111 - .IY. SMITH was in favour of inquiry;. The Petition was ordered to be printed. A Message front.the Lords announced that their Lordships had assented to several Bills. Admission (from Eight o'Clock till Seven), 1 s. Catalogue, is. HENRY HOWARD, LA. Sec. The followin g are copies of the Petitions pre sented by Lo r d s LAUDERDAI:E and GIFFORD to the House of Lords on Wednesday night : That in the year 1810 another application was made to Par liament for the same privilege by certain Merchants of Lon don; and upon that occasion much evidence was given before a Committee of the Lower House, but the Bill was abandoned. That the year 1811 another Bill was, introduced by the same parties,, and the Hight Hon. the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his Majesty's then Attorney and Solicitor- General, delivered their sentiment* in opposition to the Bill, and the same was rejected. That in the year 1813 the same merchants made an applica tion to His Majesty's Most . Honourable Ptivy Council to en able, them to effect the same object, but which did not succeed. That your Petitioners would feel no anxiety in meeting the promoters of the Bill now pending, even upon the evidence given upon the occasion before mentioned ; but your petitioners rely upon a ease very much strengthened by the return of peace, and the present state of insurance business, and of the means of meeting the demands. That the consequence of the Bill, if passed into a law, would be highly injurious to all your Petitioners, and to some ruinous. It would at the same time deprive many clerks of the employ_ ment they now receive from your Pelfti.Mel-s. and would de stroy the system of insurance, of agency. and-of'information, to which your Petitioners have before referred ; and if that system should be dispersed, it would require ages again to collect. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 17. ROYAL ASSENT. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIET Y, Por granting Assurances upon the Lives of All Persons, whe ther in the Army, the Navy, the Church, the Law, or in any other Station of Life. OFFICE, 60, LINCOLN'S-INN.FIELDS. THE BOARD of DIRECTORS do hereby give Notice That a GENERAL MEETING of the i'ROPRIETORS will be held at the Office of the Society, ')n THURSDAY, the 24th day of Juhe instant, at Eleven tbr Twelve o'Clock precisely, pursuant to-the Deed of Settle ment, to receive the Annual Report of the'Directors, to Elect Baia New Directors in the room of those who go out by rota. .kion, and on other Affairs.—The Ballot will commence at a - 44ttarter past Twelve, and close at Three. JAMES ANDERTON, Secretary. To the Right Honourable the LORDS SPIRITUAL and TEN. PORAL, in Parliament assembled. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the LORD CHANCEL LOR, and the Earl of SIMPFESBURY, as his Majesty's Com missioners, brought down the Royal Assent to the follow ing Bills SALMON FISHERIES. Mr. KENNEDY presented the Report'of the Cdtbriiitteeiin Scotch Salmon Fisheries. - - . •• - Mr. DA WSON presented the Report of the Committee on Public Charities:—Ordered to - be printed. • . - . The HUMBLE PETITION Of the UDERSIGNED UNDER WRITERs, individually and separately engaged in the busi ness of Marine Insurance, Sheweth,—That your petitioners have long been engaged in the business of Marine Insurance : they haVe no communion of interest, but are rivals and competitors for the employment offered bymerchants who have adventures to insure. The Exchequer Bills Public Works Bill, the British and Irish Fisheries Bill, the Duchy of Cornwall, the Salt Duties Repeal Bill, the Newfoundland Marriage and Judicature Bills, the Irish Tithes Amendment Bill, the East India Goods Bill, the General Turnpike Bill, the Insolvent Debtors Act Amend ment Bill, the Wheat Warehousing Bill, the Scotch Estates Entail Bill, the Excise Officers Oaths Bill, the Irish Banks Bill, the Weights and Measures Bill;'the Pauper Lunatics Bin: the ,Pour Scotch Peerages Restoration Bills, the Stafford At tainder ReV'ersal Bill, and several Private Bills. COPYRIGHT AND DRAMATIC LICENSES. Sir J. MACKINTOSH before presenting certain petitions which he held in' his hand, gave notice that early in the next Session he should bring before the House the state of the law relating to copyright, and to the power given to the Lord Chamberlain, and his deputy over dramatic wbrks. This power was useless and unnecessary, and not less degrading to men of genius. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then presented thirteen petitions from, different parts of Scotlz , nd, praying ft, the gradual Abolition of Slavery,- . roLurcAL Sir J. MACKlNTOSH , presetited a p‘tition from MI. 1.17,/ lesS, the Editor of a Newspaper in the North. of Ireland, pray. , ing that the House would pass a ldw prohibiting all political processions. The Bon. and Learned Gentleman commented. upon the injurious tendency of these processions, and gave credit to the Orange Lodgaat Dublin for having recommend ed their suppression during^,the present year. He regretted, however, that they did not aboli s h th em for ever.--Ordered to be printed. That the number of persons in London who, like your pe titioners, engage individually in underwriting policies of in surance uptin marine risks, cannot, in their opinion, amount to less than two thousand ; and, in addition to that number, there are many individual Underwriters, carrying on busi. ness on their se rate account,. intlifft , rent parts of the United Kingdom; * `-~ N.D.—The Deed of Settlement now lays at the Office, in be signed by the Proprietors, which they are requested to do pre vious to the above Meeting. POETRY AND FLOWERS. This Day was publigied, By TAYLOR and HESSE'S, 93, Fleet-street, and 13, Wa terloo-place. Pall-mall, FLORA DOMESTICA; or, The Portable Flower Garden; with Directions for the Treatment of Plants in Pots, and Illustrations from the Works of the Poets. In One handsome Volume, Biro. price l is. in boards. ,4 We arc disposed to bestow Our warmest commendations on Works which, like the Flora Domestica, are adapted to excite an interest in the study of Botany.. charm of this volume has, however, in the rich poetical illustrations with which the horticultural and botanical remarks are enlivened. These will please all lovers of Flowers and lovers of Poetry, whether residing in town or country; and the Author has shewn both taste and industry i❑ selecting and arranging them."—(Eclectic Review, October 1823.) • -- That Marine Insurances are effected with individual or private Underwriters in various parts of the metropolis ; but the principle place of resort is to commodious rooms, known by. the name of •' Lloyd's," which forM a part of the buildings of the Royal Exchange, which are supported by annual subscrip tions, as well from - Underwriters, as Merchants and Brokers, who attend there for the purpose of entering into contracts of insurance, and also of obtaining the most accurate 'aceounts of . the sailing and arrival of ships the appointment of convoys in time of war, and such other information as is important to maritime adventures.. That your Petitioners hope to be able to satisfy your. Lord ships that by means of the.said Bill, if passed into a law, - the present system of Free Trade and open Competition would be destroyed, to establish in its room the most dangerous species of Monopoly ; and that the measure sought to be carried is -equally inconsistent with principles Of sound policy and with the just protection to which' your petitioners are entitled, who have entered upon a pursuit of great public benefit, under the sanction of an Act of Parliament ; have devoted many years of their respective lives to acquire the knowledge necessary to carry on their liusiness, and who can never be replaced in the situation.in which they formerly were. Your petitioners there fore rely' confidently and securely upon the humanity and jus tice of your Lordships. Your petitioners intreat that the said Bill may not pass into a law, and that th e y m ay -b e he ar d by th emse l ves, t h e i r Coun sel, .agents, and witnesses, at your Lordships' Bar, against the said Bill. MARINE INSURANCE. " . Counsel were heard at the Bar (Me ssrs. Harrison and Bosan quet) at considerable length against the Marine Insuranc e Bill, on behalf of th e L on d on an d Royal Exchange Insurance CompanieS.—Counsel having been ordered to withdraw, • Lord BEXLEY said that notwithstanding the arguments used by the Learned Gentlemen, he thought it his duty to more the second reading of the Bill. Its object was to. relieve the country from a monopoly under which she had laboured during one hundred and four years, and he put it to their Lordships to compare the trade and navigation of England in 1720 and 1824, and to say whether it was possible that arrangements made at the former period should be sufficient for the wants of tint present. There was no country -in Europe except this, where free competition in insuring was not allowed. It had been urged that the rate of insurance was at present as low as possible ; if this were the case the establishing of a new Com pany would not lower the profits of those which alreadyexisted. But the argument was not valid ; for merchants who mutually insured throughout the country paid a lower insurance than was required by those Companies. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. CASE OF ALLEGErIsOPPRESSION. Sir J. MACKINTOSH rose to present another petition from an individual, complaining of an individual grievance ; or rather of a - series of persecution, extending through all the scenes of that tragiC•drama whiel'lreland had been the stage for the last twenty years. The petitioner. was Mr. Bernard Coyle ; and if the charges in the petition'were true, they called for redress - _; while, if ' false, it was most desirable they• should be rebutted ; they were of a nature too serious for evasion.— The petitioner stated that about thirty years ago he introduced the muslin manufacture into Ireland, and on_ that account he (Sir J. M.) considered him a public benefactor. In 1795 he was sent to prison, charged with being a reputed Papist, and with having distributed balls amongst the Papists, for the pur pose of shooting the Protestants and the Magistrates. After some confinement he was released, and it was fair to con clude that he was innocent, for he was never put upon his trial. Then followed the dreadful scenes of the rebellion 1798 ; and through. those times of suspicion and violence, so exemplary was the conduct of Mr. Coyle, that he was never molested in his home. ln 1803, he was in Kilmainham Jail, and there he stated that a series of cruelties and persecutions were carried on againSt him •by Dr. Trevor, the Superintend ant of the jail, such as, if true, could scarcely be equalled by the scenes which took place in the prisons of France in the time of Robespierre. At last he was released through the in tervention of one who was always prompt in relieving the un fbrtunate and oppressed—he meant Lord Hastings. In 1808, his case was brought before Parliament by Mr. Sheridan, and a Commission was appointed io inquire into the alleged cruelties committed in the gaol of Kilmainham. But it was to be lamented that the proceedings of that Committee. instead of being open to the scrutiny of the public, were made secret; and it was stated in the-petition that they only exa mined turnkeys and persons connected with the gaols,..4rho were charged with participating In the crimes complained .of. The lion. and Learned Gentleman admitted it to be tot - Nate to take any steps upon the Petition at this period of the' Ses sion, but he thought it right to put the louse in possession of ,so serious a matter. THE GRAVEL AND STONE, LUMBAGO. &c. HICKMAN'S PILLS are allowed to be the most successful Preparation for effectually rentoring and preventing the future recurrence of those Disorders which arise from an imperfect action of the Urinary Organs, as Gravel and Stone, Lumbago, Pains in the Bact and Loins, Suppression of Urine, Ste. Composed of the most innocent ingredients, this truly valuable Medicine relieves the suffer ing patient from the excruciating tortures of those diseases without any violence or injury to the Constitution, and re quires no confinement or restraint of diet during its use. It Is one of the oldest Public Medicines extant ; and its pecu liar virtues and efficacy have uniformly maintained the highest reputation. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. 9d. and 11 s. by Butler's, Chemists, 4, Cheapside, St. Paul's, 220, Regent-Street (near the Argyle Rooms), London; Waterloo place, Edinburgh ; Sackrille- Street, Dublin ; and by the Principal Meglicine \Tenders throughout the United Kingdom. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. (SIGNED BY SEVER AL HUNDRED NDERWRITERS.) NEW CHURCHES. The Earl of LIVERPOOL did not think it necessary, in moving the second reading of the New. Churches Bill, to ad dress their Lordships at any length. They were aware by the Reports which had been laid on their table, of what had been accomplished under the former grant. The wants of the country were however. such, that the assistance of Parliament was still necessary ; •for applications were received from mans• parishes where there was not room in the existing Church for more than one third of the congregation. It was pro posed to apply the new grant in exactly the same manner and under the same regulations as the last. By one of these re gulations it was permitted to those Congregations which had subscribed two-thirds of the sum necessary to build a Church, to appoint the Minister under the sanction of the diocese.— This rule had been acted upon at some extent in the populous diocese of Chester, and much benefit had been derived from its, operation. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed tomorrow. To the Right Honourable the Loans SPIRITUAL and TEM PORAL:, in Parliament assembled. The 11113tBLE PETITION Of EDWARD HODGES, WIL LIAM YOUNG, DAVID MELVILLE, ROBERT Moonr., and the several other Per Sons whose Names are subscribed, Humbly Sheweth,.--That your Petitioners arc Insurance Brokers in London, and Merchants also residing in London, interested in effecting Marine Insurances. 'That the experience of your petitioners has afforded them the most unequivocal means of judging of the great value of free, open, and individual competition, in the business of Marine Insurance. • STRICTURES CURED .BY AN INTERNAL , MEDICINE. That your petitioners state confidently, that competition exists among the private Underrritcrs of London to as great an extent as it can be carried, without endangering the value of. the indemnity for which premiums are paid. That full and ample means exist of making Insurances with the - private Underwriters, to the extent of any property required to be insured ; and the great number of rivals enraged in this branch of commerce, secure the merchants from the demand of unreasonable premiums. That your petitioners learn with the deepest concern that a Bill has .passed the other House of Parliament, for repealing ‘. 6 so much of an Act of the sixth year of King George I 11.4 restrains any other corporations than those in the Act named, and any societies or partnerships, from effecting Marine As surance, and lending mopey on .bottom , ;y." That-it will be easy to prove that such a measure is not re quired for the greater protection of commerce; and that, on the contrary, it is fraught with consequences of the most injuri ous character. This Day was published, • By Callow and Wilson, Princes-street, Soho, and Sold by all Booksellers, The Third Edition, enlarged, price 4s. PRACTICAL 0 BSER VATIONS on ST RI C. TURE, and other DISEASES of the URETHRA, describing an effectual Mode of Cure by an Internal Medi cine, and proving the application of instruments unneces sary, and generally productive of injury. Illustrated by cases; and on the Origin, Symptoms, and Treatment of Dis ease in the Rectum. By WILLIAM RENOtJ, Me.:abcr of the Royal College of Surgeons. London. From the difficulty of the Chemical Process in the Compo sition of the Remedy (the effects of which are described in the cases contained in the Work), it cannot be dispensed by of in the usual prescription, course of business. For the accommodation of the Faculty and of persons residing abroad or lit the country. the Medicine is sold in by Mr. Gifford, Chemist, 104, Strand. packets of ,C 1 is. each, The Bankrupt Laws Amendment fill was read a third time ar,tl passed. EQUITABLE LOAN COMPANY. Earl ROSSI.VN presented a petition from the Inhabitants of Saffron Hill and the adjacent parts, in favour of the Equi table Loan Company Bill.--Laid on the table. Lord SUFFIELD presented a similar petition from the Tailors of London and Westminster. His Lordship stated that it was signed by abeut 801) names, anti occupied ten yards and a quarter of parchment —Laid on the table. TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. Lord HOLLAND held a Petition, for which he claimed the attention of the House, on account of the importance of its prayer, the respectable character of the individuals from whom it came, and the propriety and eloquence of their lan guage. It was from the three Denominations of Protestant Dissenters, and prayed for the repeal of the Test and Corpora. tion Acts. He entirely concurred in the prayer of the Yeti. timers, and should consider it th e pr id e o f hi s lif e if h e cou ld contribute in any ways towards the accomplishment of the ob ject which they had in view. He did not however feel it his duty at the present advanced period of the Session to give no tice of any measure on the subject—The Petition was then read and laid on the table. Sir ROBERT WILLIAMS, Sir J. GRAHAM, and others, from the COmmons, brought up several Private Bills, which were read a first time. • Mr. GOULBURN said, that - only having been three years in oflice 7 it could not be'expected that be could give an answ e r upon facts, the latest of which occurred in 1806. Ile trusted however, that the House would not suffer his silence to be made injurious to the character of any one concerned. Mr. J. SMITH thought the charges contained in the petition so dreadfully cruel as to be alMost incredible. He thought the petition ought to be read: Mr. Secretary PEEL said that he, like his Right Honour able Friend, could not be expected to give an answer to such a Petition as the present. But from all he knew of Dr. Trevor, from meeting him in his official duty, he believed him to be quite incapable of the crimes charged against him. A fort night's notice would have enabled the parties to make their de fence. But as that notice had not been given, he hoped the Hop. Gentleman would not cause the dispersion of such charges throughout the country, when the individual charged could not have an opportunity of defending himself. Mr. J. SMITH explained. C. HUTCHINSON hoped that the Right Hon. Gen. , tleman opposite would promise to take the case into his consi deration before they met again. The Hon. Member spoke very warmly upon the treatment of the Catholics before there-bellion, and stated, that from what occurred then, he belieVed there might be truth in the charges contained in the Petition. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH said, he should not press for printing the Petition, as ho wished inquiry to be made before he would have any opinion formed on the ease. Indeed; he thought it better to withdraw the Petition altogether, though he did not retract a single observation he had made. The Petition, after a few words from Mr. BROWNLOW, Was then withdrawn. • , LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALL STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.—Ready SLAVE TRADE ACTS. On the motion of EarrBATIIURST, the Slave Trade Acts Consolidation Bill went through a Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Lord CALTflbiti'fl was understood to — move that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Cruelty to Ani mals' Amendment Bill, with the intention of 'proposing some amendments to it in the Committee. Money Only. IHE Society of . Cabinet-Makers respectfully inform the Public that they still continue the above Establishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Familes, by offering them Manufactured Articles ,in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than any House can do in London by twenty-five per cent., there being no other profit required on the. Goods but the bare house expences ; at the same time will be sufficiently satisfied with having constant Employment for themselves and families. This Society was Established in June, 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to 66 ; in June, 1819, five more were added to the Society; in June, 1820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of this Establishment is 191. The Society and their Families beg leave to return their sincere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda tions, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of ,their' Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. Full size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom 31. 15s. -Full size tent Bedstead 11.65.-Bordered hair Mattress to ,fit 11. ls.-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 31.3x.-Feather Bed 21. 10s.-Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size 31. 108.- Six japanned Chairs of any description in oil 11. 65.-Best do. Wash-hand-stand 165.-Ditto, Dressing Table 165.-Hearth `Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot mahogany Pembroke Table 11. 18s.-Three-foot ditto on lars and claws 31. 155.-Mahogany Dressing Table 11.-Ditto Bidett, best 11.4x.-Ditto Bedsteps 11.8x.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s. -Ditto ditto 21. 28 -Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British Plate 155.-Ditto ditto Is. Bs.-Ditto ditto 11. 18s.-Ditto Swing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto 55.-Ditto ditto Bs.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. 6d. -Ditto ditto N.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany Tray 14s. _Japanned Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta ble Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 145.-Music Chairs any pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered with horse hair, brass nailed 61.65.-8 ditto ditto 61. los.-8 ditto ditto 71. 78.-8 Trafalgar ditto 91. 95.-Mahogany Sofa to match 71. 10s.-Ditto Couch 71. IN.-Ditto ditto 81.10x.-Ditto, with Bedstead 71. 10s.-Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on turned legs, banded in rose-wood 81.15x.-Set of Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 125.- Ditto, the best that can be made-to order or pattern 161. 10s. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved back, 171.-. Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of Dining Tables, of the last pattern, 4 foot by 1 0 foot 61 11 . - Ditto.-4 foot 2by 11 foot 6, 151-Ditto 4 foot 6by 12 foot 6 , 16116 x.-If Spanish, an advance of 31:10s.-Straw Palliasse 11. ls.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31.15.-Bamboo Bed stead and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 10s. -Five-foot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with French draperies, lined all through, complete, 151. 10s.- Five-foot ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a superior make, 181. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele gant drapery 201-Drawing-room Curtains, of the best 310- rine and Chintz, fitted for window, 61 6d-Ditto ditto 71. 7s. -.Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- Drawing-room rose-wood -Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs Ditto, inlaid with buhl. 201-Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 181. 18s.-Ditto 11. Is.-Drawing-room Sofa 61 65.-Ditto, 71. i s . --Ditto 81. Bs.-Horse-hair Cushions, each ss. 6 d-Covered ditto 41. W. THURNELL, Agent. COUNTRY DEALERS SUPPLIED. Goods packed free of expence, except the materials, and sent to all parts of Great Britain, and to the East and est In :dies..-Captains fitted out, and merchants supplied with Ca binet Goods for Exportation. Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and. Rouses two or four days. That out of the subscription is defrayed the expense of col. lecting and methodizing such information, of supporting the necessary establishment, and of rewarding persons who have meritoriously exerted themselves in any transanction connected with commercial navigation ; and your petitioners may also be allowed to add, without violating any sentiment of delicacy, that the same fund has not unfrequen,tly been applied to stimu late the brave defenders of their country, both in the navy and army of Angland, and to relieve the individual distresses of the relatives of those who have fallen in war. That your petitioners, and the other Underwriters resorting to Lloyd's, have established Agents in nearly all the principal ports in the civilized world ; their number at present amounting to about three hundred and fifty, from whom information is re. ceived equally important in detecting fraud, and in giving fa cility to me rc h ants to establish their claims for losses sustained. Such agency has been created by slow degrees, during a very long period, and is now believed to be of immense importance to the best interests of commerce. • That the progressive advance toward perfection of the systern of Insurance, includingthe arrangements before mentioned, has induced many additional persons to engage therein, and greatly increased the number of private Underwriters ; in. so much, that the premiums received are in very few instances more than one half the rate usually paid prior to the year 1792. That competition among private Underwriters is carried to such an extent, that the aggregate of premiums would inevi. tably fall short of the amount of claims for losses, if any part of the protection afforded by the present system should be with drawn; it will, therefore,_ appear obvious to your Lordships that the mai n t enance of the system is essential to the interest of persons having property to insure, as well as to the safety of the Underwrit ers ; a nd it is equ a lly clear that such system can only be maintained by leaving the private Underwriters in pos session of the means by which it' is supported. That the protection afforded to the public by the re sponsibility of so great a number of private Under writers, is very considerable, and has been found fully adequate to the purposes of commerce ; and the losses sustained by the failure of Underwriters will be found not to be equal to those which have arisen in any other branch of com merce; and your petitioners would have no difficulty in spew ing that extraordinary losses by failure have generally been occasioned by the excess of competition beyond reasonable li mits, so that the premiums fell greatly short of the amount of risk incurred ; and having been refused by experienced Under writers, such risks have been offered to individuals of less in formation, who have confided in the brokers or merchants by whom the premiums were proposed, and have encountered ruin as the consequence. That claims for losses upon private Underwriters are settled with the utmost liberality ; and your petitioners are prepared to prove that, in this respect also; very great advantage is de rived to the public by insuring with private Underwriters. That the system which your petitioners have but imper fectly described, has grown out of the provisions of an Act of Parliament, passed in the sixth year of the reign of his Ma jesty, King George the Frist, which restrained all corporations, bodies politic, companies, societies, and partnerships, from en gaging in the insurance of ships and goods at sea, or going to sea, and from lending money on bottomry, except the two cor porations therein-mentioned. That your petitioners have constantly regarded the Act be fore referred to as a solemn legislative pledge, that the busi ness of Marine Insurance should be confined to private Under. _ writers, except so far as the two corporations then authorized ; and that no other joint interest should exist, either during the continuance of those corporations, or at any time afterwards.— in other words, the stud Act, after providing for the formation of two companies, established, in effect, a system of open, in dividual competition, which was rendered more perfect by the negative enactment, that no other companies of the like nature should ever be established. _ That a Bill has been recently introduced into your Lord ships' House " for repealing so much of the Act of the 6th of George the First, as restrains any other .corporations than those in . the Act named, and any societies or partnerships, from ef. fecting Marine Insurance." That such measure is not required either for the purpose of reducing the rate of premium, or of furnishing additional ca pital for the protection of commerce; on the contrary, your pe titioners have shewn, and are prepared to prove, that any in crease of competition • that should further reduce the rate of premium, would operate to.the ultimate disadvantage of com merce, by rendering the contract of indemnity insecure, or by causing a reaction so soon as the terms of insurance were found ruinous to the Underwriters :—and your petitioners are also pre pared to prove that full and ample means exist for the insurance of every fair risk where the parties are willing to give a just premium. _ That the said measure does not originate in any public .in convenience to he removed, but in the private views of a com pany or partnership recently formed, under the name of the Affiance Britisli and Foreign Life and Fire Insurance CoMpany ;" and although introduced in the form of a public Bill, your petitioners hope to be allowed to prove at your Lord. ships' Bar, that it is in substance and reality as much a private measure as if it had been introduced upon the petition of the partners in the Alliance Company, who are its real promoters. That no evidence has been adduced in the progress of the Bill through the Lower House of Parliament, to prove the ex pediency of the measure; but your petitioners have been sub jected to great disadvantage from the form of proceeding adopted, and they beg to state the following for the informa tion of your Lordships. They have not had the opportunity of contesting the propriety of the measure upon the absence of any case on the part of theiromoters of the Bill ; they have been subject to the prejudice produced by the statement of facts in the progress ot the Bill, which your petitioners have not been permitted to contradict or explain, although some of your pe titioner prayed here to be heard by their witnesses at the liar of the Lower House against the said Bill ;*and afterwards by another petition prayed leave to be: heard by their witnesses before a Committee of that House against the clauses.of the said Bill,. and in consequence of the form of the Bill, Mem bers of Parliament directly interested in the said Alliance Company were entitled to vote _upon the question, although your p e titioners were advised, that if the said Company had openly petitioned for the object which they . seek to obtain by the said Bill, and had obtained leave to introduce a Bill for the avowed purpose of enabling them to undertake Marine Insurance, it would not have been competent to Members. of Parliament directly interested therein, to vote upon a division respecting the same. That an attempt was in the year 1806 to obtain from Par liament permission for the Globe Fire and Life Insurance Cow- That while the said Bill, if passed into a law, would operate to the total ruin of many persons whose subsistence depends upon their employment as agents or brokers, to get insurances effected, and greatly to the injury of merchants having occasion to make insurances, it has not the slightest recommendation, either in particular expedienc e or general pOliey. That the pretext on the part of the most active friends of the measure, has been, that the principle of the Act of his late 51kiesty King George 1., was inconsistent with the principles of free trade and open comp et i t i on w hi c h f orm th e p resen t policy of the country; but it will no t esca p e your Lordships' penetration, that if the measure is really to depend upon that volley, it will be found utterly destitute of foundation, because its promoters have not the courage to propose the abolition of the two chartered companies, but, on the contrary, seek to ti description, companies, in undate commerce by inviting c ana l compan i es, gas compan i es , corporations of every characte r an societies, and partnerships of all classes, to invade a branch of commerce which not only can be, but for more than a century has been, beneficially carried on by individuals ; and if such a scheme could succeed, a state of actual free trade would be sup planted by one of exclusion and monopoly. That your petitioners respectfully, but solemnly, protest against a measure that would deliver them over to a collection of companies, who might be rivals for a time, but would have the power of combining whenever they should find it desirable. That it would be trifling with the misfortunes of y our peti tioners to assert that the private Underwriters would still exist, and might be resorted to by those who should prefer effecting Insurances with them : it is obvious to the experience of your petitioners, that the private Underwriters could'always success fully compete with the Marine Insurance Companies now ex isting, but that the large proportion of Insurance business which would-for a considerable time be engrossed by the new companies during their career of rivalry?, anti the low premiums at which business would be undertaken during that period, as well.as the adventurous spirit of those companies, rendering them bold in the proportion in which they were ignorant or un principled, would deprive the private Underwriters of the pos sibility of continuing their business, because they could not be expected deliberately to defraud the Merchant by undertaking contracts which they could not fulfil, nor would they blindly encounter ruin by accepting premiums lower than the reduced rate established by the rival companies, which would be neces sary in order to furnish a motive to individuals to prefer the private Underwriters. That the experiment created by the proposed law would be seriously injurious to commerce in any even t, as t h e s y s t em o f the• Underwriters, which is now supported at great annual ex pence, and is further maintained by daily and hourly attention, and extensive correspondence; would sink by the weight - of-the establishment, and would be lost to the nation and to the world, and could not be revived except by slow degrees ; and during the progress of that revival, the public would have to pay such high. rate of premium as the absence of the system would render necessary. • That your petitioners do not discover in the Bill in question any provision compelling corporations, bodies politic, com panies, and societies, who .may enter upon the business of Marine Insurance in pursuance of the proposed law, to provide any additional capital to meet the new engagements into which they are to enter, or to afford evidence in any shape that they are in fact in possession of any capital ; and therefore the autho rity to undertake marine risks may be injurious as well to those who sh a ll ma k e i nsurances w ith such corpo rat i ons, b o di es poli tic, comp an i es , and societies, as also to those individuals who shall previously have contracted with them-in respect of the ob jects of.their original establishment. That your petitioners contemplate the permission to trading partne-rships to engage in the dangerous adventure of Marine Insurance as highly objectionable , as well to merchants whose property is to be insured, as to the general credit of such part nerships. That many of your petitioners endeavoured to obtain permis sion to establish by evidence in the other House of Parlianient h the injuri ous nature of the pro posed law, b ut the course of pro pceuebdliineginasdtocapdtetolfbayptrhievaptreomßioltras deprived t h e pet i t i oners o f that opportn n i ty, of the Bill i n mak i ng it a and it h as passed through its several stages without any evidence to establish the expediency thereof. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that the said Bill may not pas s i nto a Law , b u t that yo ur P etitioners may b e, heard by the mse l ves, ' t h e i r cou nsel, ag ents, and witnesses, at your Lordship s ' Bar, or before a Committee-of Peers, or in such manner as your Lordships may be pleased to order. And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. [SLOWED BY SEVERAL iIUNDRE D PERSONS.] Earl ROSSLYN opposed the Bill altogether, and moved, in amendment, that it be committed this day three months. Lord SUFFIELD defended the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that if their Lordships looked at this morning's Papers, they would find that it was proposed to establish a Society for protecting persons prose cuted under such laws as the present Bill, if it should receive the sanction of Parliament. . The question was then put, and the Amendment agreed to. The Masters and Workmen Bill went through a Committee, and was reported. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented various Petitions from Insurance Brokers in London and Underwriters engaged in insuring, against the Marine Insurance Company Bill.— Laid on the table. _ _ Mr. Swiwßum; presented four Quarterly Accounts from the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge.—Laid on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House was summoned to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to various Bills. Mr. EASTOR presented certain Returns from Mr. Jones, Martial of the King's Bench. The Southwark Bridge Bill was read a third time and passed. PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. Mr. NV. SMITH rose to present a petition of so much con. sequence to the parties petitioning, that he trusted he might be allowed the indulgence of the House for a short time. It came from the Protestant Dissenters in and about the metropolis, and was signed by ten thousand names. Yet it was not for them alone, but for the whole body of Protestant Dissenters, except. ing Baptists, in this kingdom. They , complained that their difference from the discipline of the Church subjected them to certain civil disabilities, which they prayed to have removed. They stated that the main objection in that House to the prayer of the Catholics was not applicable to their case ; namely, that they did not acknowledge the authority spiritual or tem poral in a foreign Potentate. He should, however, rather place the question upon the broad ground that difference in religious opinion should not make any difference in civil qualifications. It was not his intention to found any motion upon the petition, but strongly recommended it to the attention of the House. - Mr. ROBERTSON objected to the prayer of the petition. After a few words from Mr. W. SNITII, the petition was ordered to be printed. _ _ HILL presented a Petition from the De an an d In habitants of Derry, in vindication of the instructions given by them to their Representative to apply to Parliament for an Act providing a fund for the repairs of the C a th e d ra l o f D err y. They were then not aware of the existence of any fund having such an object, and the course th ey a d opted was t h ere f or e p er f e ctly justifiable. The i Petitioners p ra y e d th a t the ques tion might be inquired: Into, and disposed of in the next Session. _ • _ . Mr. Alderman WOOD observed, that the Right Hon. Baronet had Already had access to every information upon the subject befbre the Committee up stairs. The inhabitants of Londonderry had attacked the Irish Society of. London, and accused them almost o 1 robbery. But if they looked to . th records of the: ociety, it would be found, that the first segues-. trator, who was a Bishop of Derry, had embezzled their CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. Sir F. BURDETT presented a petition from several Gen tlemen, belonging to the Catholic . Association of Dublin, com plaining that they had been grossly misrepresented, not as they would say in that House, but through • those channels which very accurately stated what had passed in that Houk,— They stated .that no portion of the people of this country had exhibited a warmer sentiment of loyalty than the Catholics of Ireland, and they complained that they had been unjustly charged with disloyalty by those who churned a monopoly of power and profit as well as of loyalty. They alluded to the Orange Association, composed of men who were bound - . by secret ties, and one of whose Champions defied the House at its very bar. The petitioners complained that such meri'had the face to complain of those who proceeded for a legitimate purpose, in the open face of day, by legal and constitutional means. It was not fit, nor was it his intention, to go into that very important question relative to the state of Ireland . ; as would be brought under the notice of the House at a score convenient period. He should therefore at present merely move that the Petition be brought up.—lt was accordingly read, ordered to lie on the table, and, after a few words from Mr. GRAT TAN, ordered to be printed. •. SCOTCH BURGHS. • Lord A. HAMILTON moved for several Returns relative to the Scotch Burghs.—Ordered. Mr. J. SMITH presented a Petition from an individual, complaining that he had been deprived of a legal office in•jre land, and praying for redress. —Ordered to lie on the table, after a few words from'Mr. C. II u ICIIINSON. • SCOTCH JUDICATUIIE. . 'The LORD ADVOCATE presente d a Petition fiont the Faculty of Advocates, against the Scotch Judicature Bill. • Mr. A BERCROM,BY said the Petition was not unanimously agreed to. Many eminent persons at the Scottish bar dissented from it. ' The LORD ADVOCATE said the majority was 90 against 37 of the Advocates, After a few words from Mr. ABERCROMBY, Lord .131N xraro, table.and . Sir C. Fcarin s; the Petition was o r d ere d to lie on the Sir GuoRGE CI,ERN. presented a similar Petition Nni Edinburgh.' Th e Petitioners did not complain of the prov i .. sions of the fill ; they only prayed that a Bill which w ou ld affect them, and which they had not seen, would not be pass e d until . they should have had an opportunity of seeing and ex arnining it. . • • Mr. HUME said, the prayer of the petitioners was perfectly reasonable ; but as many Members approved of the Bill, and t e he t House oadt il)o ru er s sn h e n o a i n t. should T r y: ohter particulars sit t w a s ; 1 . In, daey. absolutes longer e t b s s a i r was contemplated at present Tberewas . absolute necessity for t hought it import ant th at i t s h ou ld pass this Ses s i on, he did not from Mr. e presented .by ai r . W . DUNDA:§..— • see theT ‘ Hh v contemplated 3' ; ti , after a . fe**Oids ti fi ti v on m w t as a o n rd d e 3 r i e r d . t s o ec li r e eta on ry th p e E t z ab t l . e Ordered to lie on the table. Mr.,LENNARD preaenteda Petitio n f rom t h e Cathol i cs of . . ~ . Similar petitions were Monaghan, praying for Emanripation.--Ordered to lie on the table, after a few words from Mr. S. RICE.... D ERRY CATHEDRAL.II.Ir. tiOULBURN present e d a P et i t i on from t h e D e an and Chapter of Deny, justifyi ng their conduct respecting the re