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Pent -street. Frederick thter of the street, and Craig-forth, late John' Lshe, many, Gell, Esq* tices cf the of his age; Rector c)T. zer o now bc- aan, at the of the late ;he enjoyed Lst moment tired a rint j , her vision to read the t the SU • • -- I;• , 't„r , , _--/ . z NUMBER 9234.1 Navy-Office, March 20, 1822. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COM • MISSIONERS of HIS MAJESTY'S' do hereby give Notice, that on Thursday, the 4th .r.tpril next, at One-o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Per- No .2: as may be willing to Contract for supplying Ilis Ma jesty's Yard at D4tford with BLACK SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, fin. the use of Me Seamen of the Roiled Navy. . . GLOBE INSURANCE, .. . ' N1141:111 and Cointill, London, For FIRE awl LIFE INSURANCE, a n d ANNUITIES. ALL Persons whose Insuranc e s w ith thi s Com pany become due at LADY DAY NEXT, are request ed to take Notice, that RECEIPTS fur the RENEWAL thereof are now ready for delivery at the .Company's Offices, • and in the Hands of their respective Agents in the Country. Insurances due at. Lady Day must be paid on or before the 9th of April next. The Capital of this Company is One Million Sterling, which has been all paid up, and is invested in Real or Government Securities. The GENERAL HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS will be held at the Company's Office, in Corn hill, on Thursday, the . 25th of April next„ at One &Clock precisely. JOHN CHARLES DENHAM, Secretary, Lofidon, March 20, 1822. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. CAPITAL £550,000. Offices, 16, Waterloo-place; Pail-►pall, and 21, Birchin-lane, Cornhill. - TRUSTEES. Hon. Col. Wodehouse, Gurney, Esq. M.P. Lieutenant of the County. Charles Harvey, Esq. M.P. Sir Jaeob Astley, Bart. J. C. Curwen, Esq. M.P. Thomas Wm. Coke, Esq.:M.P. DIRECTORS. President, Jeremiah Ives, Esq. Banker. Vice-President, J. Browne, Esq. Alderman. E. T. Booth, Esq. Alderman. A. Iludson, Esq. banker. T. S. Day, Esq. Alderman. I. S. Patteson, Esq. Alderman Hammond risk, Esq. I.W.Robberds,Esq.Alderman John Harvey. Esq. Alderman. W. Simpson, Esq. Wm. Herring, Esq. Alderman. I Samuel Stone, Esq. Secretary, Samuel Bignold, Esq. LONDON BOARD. _ _ _ Charles Harvey, Esq. M.P. Great George-street, Westminster, Chairman. John Wright, Esq. Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. William Burners, Esq. Queen A nne.street West. Secretary, Mr. R. J. Bunyon. Surveyor, Mr. C. Howell. T HE Parties insured in this Institution are free from all responsibility, and will receive back Three .fifths of the Surplus Premiums at the end of every three or five years. The rates are the same as at other Offices. Statement of Duty paid for the last two years :- 1820 - £44,554 3 9 1821 - - 56,625 9 3 Thug proving, that in the last year the business increased up wards of Ten Millions. Since the commencement of the pre sent year there has been a further increase of upwards of Three LIFE SOCIETY.—CAPITAL £500,000 The rapid progress of this Society (which is entirely distinct from the Fire Office) is evidenced by the amount of its Premi urns, which, at the undermentioned periods, stood as follow : Year ending at March, 1815, - £33,441 511 Year ending at March, 1818, 66,226 8 9 Year ending at June, 1821, - 99,290 16 7 In the last 12 months upwards of 800 Policies were issued for Insurances, exceeding £600;000. London, March 22, 1821. An invidious Advertisement, issued by the Managing Direc tor of the County Fire Office, and headed " Dissolution of the Norwich Union Society, &c." having been inserted in several Newspapers, the Agents of the Norwich Union Office refer their Friends to the facts regarding that Establishment, stated above, as a sufficient reply to the malignant insinuations of its adver saries. N. B. The Directors of the Norwich Union Society, for mu tual Insurance against Loss by Fire, have repaid to the Mem bers, as dividends, sums amounting to nearly XlOO,OOO, a nd upwards of 3,000 Claimants, for Loss by Fire, above £300,000. March 19, 1822. To T. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. HONOURED SIR, IBEG leave to inform you, that ever since the year 1790, I had been afflicted with the Lues Venereal, which, from its obstinately resisting every course of medicine Prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. In tLc spring of last year My disorder had got to such a head, as nearly to put a period to my existence—l had a large ulcer on the crown of my head, one on each arm, and my legs were broke out in a frightful Manner; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven years ; my left had also two large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave We such excruciating pain, particularly when warns in bed, as nearly to deprive me of rest ; is this lamentable State, I Was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson (who received so great a cure b y th em h ere ) , to ta k e your Leake's: Patent Pills, which I began to door the 26th o. May; in the course of a f ortnight I began to receive benent-i—iii little more than a month the ulcers on my head and arms were soundly healed— soon after, the sores on my legs healed also ; leaving, how ever, considerable discolouration in the skin, and pain in the bone of the left, which, by the blessing of God, and a little long er per severance in your invaluable Medicine, subsided; t ile nodes dispersing, the skin regaining its natural and t he nocturnal pains gradually going off.—l thus becme, by Tour liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my f ormer complaints—have recovered my former spirits a nd s trength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state having continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew 1 1 - 0 , I am at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but s you, fur the good of other suffering mortals, to make s my case as public as possible, as I shall on every occa -I,on ; in so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humble servant, ALEX. MMIXEIR Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. • Witnesses to the above Cure:— John uapson, No. 3, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh, John Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. Puepared and sold by the sole Proprietor THOMAS TAY '"Olt, Member of the Royal College of , Surgeons, at his house, No. 9, New Bridge-street, London; where, after a constant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice parti cularly directed to the cure of Venereal Complaints and those incidental to the Parts of Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which men of his profession should always observe in such cases, be flatters himself the advice and assistaria he g r atuitomslv ad m i n i sters to persons taking this Medicine, will e estecraed, by a discerning Public, as an advar.tage seldom a ttainalsle, and void of all ambiguity. Also sold, by his appointment, for the convenience of those living at a distance, at the Toyshop, No. 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, South -bridge, Edinburgh ; Nli. Callwel.'s, Dublin; and of I reland, 9ne person in every considerable town in Great Britain and in boxes ofonly 2s. 9d. each, stamped, and sealed up With full and plaits directions, whereby persons, of either sex mayeure themselves with ease, speed, secrecy, and safety. CONTRACT FOR 81.,4CK SILK HANDKER- • CHIEFS. A Form of the Tender may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noti ce d un l ess th e P ar t y , or an A gen t for • him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by. a Letter ad dressed to the Natty Board, and signed by a responsible Person, engaging to become bound with the Person tender ing, in! the Sum of 4001. for the due performance of the Contract. . ' • \. 4 „, „..,,,,44, ~,...,,,„.,;,:::„.:: -,,,- 4, - ~..- ~,,,,* ,lil ~,:,,, , /7 •,,! • # g' li `, 14_ y / 72 ail) ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET HOUSE N OTrCE is hereby given, that ALL WORKS intended for the ensuing EXHIBITION must be sent in on MONDAY the Bth; or by Six o'Clock on TUESDAY the 9th of April, after which time none can he received.--The Regulations necessary.to be observed. may be obtained at the Royal Academy. H. HOWARD, R.A. Sec. MR. MARTIN'S NEW PICTURE of- the DESTRUCTION of HERCULANEUM and yo M PHIL, with the principal part of his other Paintings and Drawings, is now open for public inspection, at the Egyp tian Hall, Piccadilly.—Admittance, One Shilling. PUBLICATIONS. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW No. LII. WAS PUBLISHED THIS D.Y. BOTANY, with the NEW ARRANGEMENT, by JUSSIEU, This Day - was Published, Illustrated with 15 Plates, price 7s. 6d. in boards, or wit the Plates coloured, 10s - 6d _ _ THE BRITISH BOTANIST, or a Familiar Introduction to the Science of Botany, explaining the Physiology of Vegetation, and the principles both of the ar tificial and natural systems of Linnaeus, and the arrrangement of Jussieu. To which is added, a Synopsis or View of the British Genera : in which the derivation and meaning of the name of each Genus are given : the whole intended chiefly for the use of young - persons. " In this Treatise we have one of the most unexceptionable preliminary guides that has fallen within the range o f o ar cognizance ; for it is perspicuous without prolixity, correct without pedantic formality, and comprehensive without in tricacy or irrelevant digression.—Altogether, therefore, this publication promises to conduct the young ladies and gentle s►►en of our island into the Temple of Flora, without a greater expenditure of trouble or effort than they often bestow on the most frivolous amusements."—(Monthly RevieW for Decem ber, The Author of "Time's Telescope," in the volume for 1822, says, " It is far more comprehensive than other intro ductory books on this subject hitherto - published." Printed F. C. and J. Rivineton, 62, St. Paul's Church-yard, and 3, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall. E t h L C F e sanction EMALE A L b E tio PI f LLS W ID °W ve b r tain W a r Gen tlemen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and valuable Medicine, in removing obstructions, and relieving other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which at an early period of life frequently arise from want of exercise, and general debility of the system. T bey create an appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and nervous head ache, and are eminently useful in windy dis orders, pains in the Stomach; shortness of breath, and palpi tations of the heart. Purchasers are requested to remark, that, as a testimony of authenticity, each Bill of Directions is signed with the name of ~~~~~ In writing Sold wholesale and Retail, in London, by Wright, No. 46, Fleet-street ; Barclay and Sons, Fleet Market ; New bery and Sons, St. Paul's Church Yard ; Sutton and Co. Bow Church Yard ; Sanger, 350, Oxford-street, opposite Bond street; Evans and Son, ,Long Lane, Smithfield ; Johnston, Greek-street, Soho ; Butler and Sons, Cheapside ; Godfrey and Windus, Bighopsgate-street : and by all Country Venders, at 25._9(1 per Box. * * *lt is necessary to inform the public that KEARSLEY'S is the only original and genuine Al edicine, and has been pre pared by them fur more than thirty years. SMUGGLING. Our Readers may perceive the extent Smug gling has been carried to in the County of Cork, by the following Return of Tobacco entered at the Custom House in the City - of Cork, for six years, ending the sth of January, 1822, the ac curacy of which may be depended upQn 1816. Entered Quarter ending sth April - - Entered Quarter ending sth July - . . Entered Quarter ending 10th October - . Entered Quarter ending sth January, 1817 - 123 Hhds. 132 13,5 127 517 llhds. 1817. Entered Quarter ending sth April . 115 Hhds. Entered Quarter ending sth July - - 125 Entered Quarter ending 10th October - - 124 Entered Quarter ending sth January, 1818 - 132 496 Hhds. 1818. Entered Quarter ending sth April - - 108 llhds. Entered Quarter ending sth July - - 97 Entered Quarter ending 10th October - 119 - Entered Quarter ending sth January, 1819 - 102 424 Mu's. 1819. Entered Quarter ending sth April . - 7 i rinds. Entered Quarter ending sth July - - 79 Entered Quarter ending 10th October - - 44 Entered Quarter ending sth January, 1820 - 44 243 Ilhds. 1820. Entered Quarter ending sth April . Entered Quarter ending sth July - Entered Quarter ending 19th October - Entered Quarter ending sth January, 1821 - 39 - 73 - 73 . 60 245 Hllds. 1821. Entered Quarter ending sth April . Entered Quarter ending sth July - Entered Quarter ending 10th October - Entered Quarter ending sth January, 1822 - - 47 , Hhds. - 5:3 - 62 202 Hhds. Seventeen Capital Prizes were drawn on Thursday last (being the third day of drawing), of which NINE were Shared and Sold by Bisn, who also sold 14 in the two first days, making 23 Capitals in the present Lottery. One day of Drawing more will decide ALL the remaining Capitals, of which there are still 22, including Two of £20,000, &c. &c., which must be drawn on Tuesday, 23d April, when the Lottery finishes. —Undrawn Tickets and Shares are on Sale at Bisu's Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross. SUN. beginning of the next, altogether depended upon the moral certainty or uncertainty of immediately carrying it. The Right Hon ourable Gentleman seemed thus to hesitate en- I tirely from a consideration of the influence which the decision of Parliament must in his opinion have upon Ireland in its present unsettled state. —either at once tranquillizing or disturbing that country. His own inclination we understood to be towards postponement, but he was still, to use his own words, " tremulously anxious" on the subject, and should shortly signify the result. --The Miscellaneous Estimates were brought forward by Mr. Arbuthnot. On these, as in all the other estimates, a considerable reduc tion has been effected. Mr. Hume did not make any blunder of importance in the whole evening. He offered but feeble opposition ; and, with the exception of an attack on the Vaccine Establishment, which has conferred such immense benefits on the nation, which at tack brought upon him a severe reproof from one of his political friends, Mr. Ellice, he performed no exploit worthy of notice. In the House of Peers a Bill was passed through, all its stages (the Standing Orders being suspended for that purpose), the object of which is to reduce the number of Lords of the Admiralty necessary to make a Quorum from three to two, in conse quence of the abolition of the two Junior Lords. Viscount Melville assured the House, on this oc casion, that the abolition of those Offices would not only impede the public business, but would be productive of additional expense. The same Bill afterwards passed the Commons. [BRITISH PRESS.] The proceedin gs i n th e houseof Commons last night presented matter of deep and general interest. A point has, been established from which we trust will emanate results as conducive to the general welfare of the Empire as the mea sure proposed is conciliatory in principle to a numerous and important class of our fellow-sub jects. It will be seen that Mr. Canning gave notice that he would, on the 30th of April, move for leaNe to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the Act of the 30th of Charles 11. as imposes penalties upon Roman Catholic Peers for sitting and voting in the House of Lords. We cannot doubt the success of this measure. There is not, we believe, a man in the Empire who could conscientiously say that the slightest or most distant danger could be apprehended from permitting such men as the Duke of Nor folk, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Fingal, and the other Catholic Peers of the United Kingdom, to sit in the House of Lords. This point, indeed, seemed at all times, and in every discussion upon the claims of the Roman Catholics, to have been conceded even by the most energetic of their opponents ; and when we consider the ease with which a few years since Mr. Croker's Bill for throwing open the army and navy to the Catholics, without any li mitation or condition, was passed through both Houses and received the Royal sanction, we feel the more confident in anticipating a favourable result to Mr. Canning's present project. [THE TIMES. The English public knows pretty well the his tory of the Beacon Scotch newspaper, and all the circumstances connected with that libellous print. Sir Walter Scott, the poet,—Rae, the Lord Ad vocate,—the bond,—the dismay of the people implicated in that criminal obligation,—the flight of Nimmo, are circumstances which will be re called to people's minds by the slightest word. We have now, however, to make known another stage of these transactions, which it is painful to relate, and which we hope will be a warning to those who might otherwise adopt the trade of pri vate libellers. The parties to the bond, it will be recollected, were known : but the contri butors or writers of the libellous matter were kept secret. But Nimrno, it appears, the fu gitive Nimmo, being dissatisfied in his ab sence with the conduct of his quondam allies, returned suddenly to Edinburgh; and, know ing the place where the manuscript articles of the Beacon were preserved, made himself master of them. Mr. Stuart, a gentleman of the utmost respectability, and above others most grossly libelled in the Beacon, learned from a survey of those manuscripts that the chief of the libellous articles against himself were in the hand writing of Sir Alexander Boswell—a son, we apprehend, of the biographer of Dr. Johnson. Sir Alexander sat for some short time in Par liament, and is well known •to the people who frequent Carlton-house : he was one of the last batch of Baronets. In consequence of this dis covery, Boswell was waited on, and satisfaction demanded. He acknowledged his authorship, but in consequence of having certain affairs of a deceased brother to settle, he wished to put off the meeting till May, and proposed Brussels as the place. to this Mr. Stuart, the injured man, demurred, and at last obtained consent to a more early meeting at home. This matter being arranged, Mr. Stuart left Edinburgh on business for a couple of days, but was somewhat surprised on his return to find his house guarded by two Sheriff's officers, by whom he was arrested and taken before a magistrate. Here the other party appears, and both are bound over to keep the peace. Bloodshed thus seemed for the present prevented : but on a subsequent examination of the nature of the recognizance, it was discovered that the obligation to keep the peace extended only to the county of Edin burgh. Mr. Stuart immediately pressed his antagonist to cross the ferry and fight in Fifeshire. The meeting took place in the PRICE SEVE'N'PENCE grounds of Sir R. Fergusson : and Lord Rosslyn, we believe, was second to Mr. Stuart we -do not know who attended Sir A. Boswell to the field ; but it is certain that this latter gentle man fell, and, as it is thought, was mortally, wounded, though we could not learn that he was dead when the news of this unpleasant encounter left Edinburgh.--We placed our moral before our tale ; but we must again express our hope that the issue of this affair will put an end to the practice of private libelling in periodical works, which ought to be consigned exclusively to men or things belonging to the public. We must add also the expression of our hope, that persona connected with the administration of justice will abstain from mingling in party politics. Sir Wm. Rae, one of the bondsmen of the Beacon, is Lord Advocate, and in that character would have to direct the legal proceedings against Mr. Stuart, should such unhappily be rendered necessary by the issue of Sir Alexander Boswell's wound, [MORNING HERALD.] We yesterday gave some hasty extracts from Tuesday's Paris p a p ers , received by express. It only remains to notice what passed in the preceding day in the Chamber of Deputies. The subject was still the Budget. In the course of discussing the estimates of expenditure for various public buildings, the following state ment was made relative to that splendid reposi tory of literature, which is opened to all the world in Paris, without qualification or ques tion—the Royal Library. " The increase of the Royal Library, in volumes, from 1791 to 182, has been about 300,000; and in portfolios, filled with engravings, the accumulation has been from 2,700 in 1783, to 5,700 at the present hour. The annual acquisitions are estimated by M. l3ourienne at 6,000 volumes in French, and half that num ber in foreign literature." The next subject was the new Church of St. Genevieve, which drew some curious observations from M. de Girardin, relative to Rousseau—the history of this Church —its consecration and desecration, from a Church to a Pantheon—and from a Pantheon back to a Church. In 1791 it was destined for the recep tion of the great men of France then living—and to be yet born—with a reservation that the Con stituent Assembly might confer the honour of reposing there on the remains of some great exceptions to the general character of the age before the Revolution. The first son of the Re volution whose mortal relics obtained the virgin h9nours of the Pantheon was Mirabeau—and the two associates adopted from he preceding age were Voltaire and Rousseau. It appears that upon the recent occupation of this Church by the Missionaries the ashes of the two philosophers of Ferney and Geneva, reposing under the same roof in St. Genevieve, with a tranquillity and con cord very different from what they mutually ob served in their lives, were disturbed in the tomb, and either scattered to the winds—or bid, no one knew where. Now M. de Girardin declared that he could not note the estimate, until the Minister of the Interior " told France and Europe" what he had done with Rousseau and Voltaire. He particularly claimed satisfac tion respecting the remains of Rousseau. The Mi nisters and the right side answered only with a loud laugh—which was returned wi,th a burst of indignation from the left. M. de Girardin claim ed a particular interest in the matter as the son of the gentleman of that name, who was the friend and pupil of Rousseau—who built a monument to him on his estate of Ermenonville, which Rousseau ultimately chose for his tomb, and from which his relics were removed to the Pantheon. SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1822. THE LONDON JOURNALS. EXTRACTS MOM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS March 30, 1822. [NEW TIMES.] It will be seen by our Parliamentary Report, that Mr. Canning has given notice that be will, on the 30th of April, move for leave to bring in a Bill for, repealing so much of the Act of the 30th of Charles 11. as goes to exclude Catholic Peers from their seats in the 'House of Lords. It is certainly not a little extraordinary that a law, founded as the Act of Charles was, in a de lusion so gross in itself, so completely detected, and so universally reprobated, should have been suffered so long to hold its place among the sta tutes of a great and a just nation. That Act originated in the sanguinary impostures of the infamous Titus Oates, to whose diabolical perjuries so many itmacent lives were sacrificed. " Witnesses," says the Historian, " of such a character as not to deserve credit in the most trifling cause, or upon the most immaterial facts, gave evidence so incredible, or, to speak more properly, so impossible, that it ought not to have been believed if it had come from the mouth of Cato; and upon such evidence, from such wit nesses, were innocent men condemned and exe cuted." In such a ferment of the public mind, were passed two laws, the Attainder of the inno cent and aged Viscount Stafford, and the general disherison of all the Catholic Peers from a right which they had exercised even in the brightest era of the Reformation, wider Ed ward VI. and Elizabeth, of sitting and voting in the Upper House of Parliament. The reversal of both these Acts is surely a matter of plain and simple justice. No honest man will ,pretend to say that either of them would have passed, but for the false witness of Titus Oates, and his perjured associates, and the blind cre dulity of the nation, worked tip to fury by some unprincipled individuals of higher rank. And yet to this day, the posterity of the murdered nobleman are kept out of their hereditary dig nities; and the whole body of Catholic Peers are excluded from the Legislature, because the mob of 1678 shouted as franticly for Titus Oates, as the mob of 1819 did for Hunt, or that of 1820 for Queen Caroline. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Vagrant Laws Amendment Bill, the se cond reading of which - was moved last night by Mr. Clietwynd, is only emendatory, it would seem, in so far as it brings together all the pro visions of former Acts. We have not ourselves had time to examine this Bill, but we have been told by a friend, in whose discernment and judg ment we repose the utmost confidence, that as it now stands, it would, if passed into a law, be productive of great injury to individuals and the community at large, and that it is altogether such a measure as ought not to be tolerated in a com mercial country like this. Mr. Canning sounded Mr. Plunkett, with a view to learn whether he had determined to bring forward the Ca tholic Question in the present Session ? The answers of the latter gentleman are rather curious. —" The Roman Catholics of Ireland," he said, " had themselves the good taste to perceive that whether the disturbances were, philosophi cally speaking, a reason for passing a measure of relief, yet it would be most unwise to propose such a measure, without a moral certainty of its being successful." The present leaning of his opinion was, that now was not the moment to press the measure. We are to understand then that when the measure is brought forward, there will be a moral certainty of its passing. Mr. Canning gave notice, that on the 30th April next, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the 30th Chas. 11. as de barred Catholic Peers from sitting and voting in the House of Lords. This exertion on the part of Mr. Canning will probably close for the pre sent his Parliamentary career. [MORNING POST.] In the House of Commons, last night, Mr. Canning gave notice of a very important motion, which he fixed for the 30th of April, and to which he particularly called the attention of his Majesty's Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. Plunkett. The Right Hon. Gentleman prefaced his notice by reminding the House, that when the Catholic question was last year under dis cussion, he expressed his determination, in case the Bill should ultimately fail, to propose a par tial measure for the relief of Catholic Peers. He now. intended to redeem that pledge, and with out wishing to interfere with the general question entrusted to Mr. Plunkett (with whose views he was unacquainted,) should, on the above day, move the repeal of that part of the 30th Chas. H. which prevented Catholic Peers from sitting and voting in the House of Lords. Mr. Canning further stated, that up to that mo ment the Noble Personages most interested knew nothing whatever of his instituting this measure. So pointed a reference to Mr. Plun ket necessarily drew from that Right Hon. Gentleman a few observations explanatory of the course he was now pursuing with respect to the petition entrusted to him by the Irish Catholics. After expresshig his hearty concurrence in the measure proposed by Mr. Canning, and his una bated sincerity and zeal in support of Emancipa tion, his present conduct respecting which was solely guided with a view to its certain success, he declared his incapacity to say positively as yet what course he should finally adopt. Whe ther he should bring the subject forward during this Session, or postpone it till the TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I really cannot any longer suppress my indignation at the Norwich Union Office !—lt is not to be endured that that abominable Institution should go on engrossing the greatest part of all the new business in Fire Insurance !—and I must call upon my fellow share-holders in the County Office to resist such usurpation ! Would you believe, Mr. Editor, that this vile Norwich Union, which my friend the Managing Director has so often proved to be not merely a " bubble," but a bursten bubble, a Society absolutely defunct and NON-EXISTING, has had the insolence to increase in business this last year MORE THAN ALL THE OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS FOR FIRE INSURANCE THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM PUT TOGETHER ! ! ! Is this, I say, Mr. Editor, is this to be borne ?—lt was bad enough that this detestable Society should be successful whilst it was alive, but to be thus presumptuously active when dead is insufferable ! I know not what to do !—I would attack the Conductors of this "bubble" controversiallx if I durst; but I have observed the woeful mishaps of my friend Mr. Beaumont, in his repent ed assaults on this animated corpse of an Office--this polypus which increases the faster for being cvi to pieces.—Advise n e then, Mr. Editor, as a friend to " REGULAR" and " WELI - SECURED ESTABLISHMENTS," how I may crush this abom nable nuisance—and believe me, Your's, &c. A SHAREHOLDER IN THE COUNTY OFFICE. P.S.—Suppose I hash up all the old charges which have been made for the last ten years It is true that they have been re-. peatedly refuted— but what can I do better ? At Thetford Assizes, Benjamin Neale and William Hardiment were tried for the mui der of Mr. Robert Baker, of Wells, in October 1817. Mr. Baker had gone from Wells to collect mo nies at various houses in the country within six miles of Wells, and was robbed and mur dered about three or four o'clock in the after noon, on his return borne. The Jury fmind Ilardiment guilty, and acquitted Neale. After receiving sentence, Hardiment protested his in nocence, and prayed the Court to respite him from Saturday (this day) to IVlBnday, which was granted.