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London, England, 1828-12-11 00:00:00

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tin consequeneeof the lateness of the hour at which our
'port from Lloyds arrived yesterday, try an oversight of
Reader it was sent, to, Press without correction. The
lewing ie a correct Report. je '
ie.At-12. o'clock, yesterday, a:Oteeentl Meeting of
re, Subseeihers was held at lloyd'se-for the purpose
transacting some ordinary business, and also for
N7Sking.a special proposition.
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iL.'!'l2he Lome MAYOR, in takingene chair, stated
ii7fly the nature of the business which it was in-
'ended to submit to the meeting. The. ordinary rou-
tile referred merely to the ' filling (by ballot) the'
cancies, occasioned in their committee bee the three
tenhers who. had to 'go out by rotation ; and the
iPecial proposition was the payment by the house of
,1111111 expended in the prosecution and punishment
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' some foreigners, who had been detected in con-
Allir. mg to commit a great fraud upon 'the under-
,writers
.The names of these persons were Viana
!1•114 Mureles, who had effected insurances .to the
I reount (we think hie Lord-hip said) of 12,000/.
interested
a vessel called the Diana. The underwriters
more immediately in the result had ex-
Pended from 8,0001. to 9,defending
6001. ;n therrie
4,,,1vee
.from the parties, and probing this conspiracy.
The claim at present eubmitted to the house was
ably'fo'r 9001., or- something less, which was thel
expense incurred in thecriminalpeosecution that had I
been out of these - ' '
. e, transsiottons. His Lordship
thought it right to • mention that the committee
*ere, by one of the bye-laws, competent to pay the
'l.tPenses without further delay, as they were evi-
eel
illy incurred fur the general benefit ; but they
Preferred making this' appeal to the subscribers ge-
eerally, from the full Confidence they had in the
Justice and integrity of their decision. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. PRATT, jilt), then came forward. They
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led already heard, from the great notoriety which
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_aeries, 10' ~°, f Viana and Mureles, that a great expense had been
36 . lueurred, and nearly six years' delay caused in-bring-
',rife the matter to issue. The insurance upon the
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malt.
eajetiff4ll; to the Brazils. Like all frauds of a similar kind, the
allegetV le d foreigners. engaged in perpetrating them had con-
elisortgjele 'need to have their business done through houses of
e, at cherot, tat respectability in this country ; but soon utter
the Poe the vessel had sailed, some suspicious circumstances
ng inks a. tame,o7 eto light, which led to further inquiries in Por-
tugal, which strengthened 'them so far, as.to induce
ter ,o 000
id eloll leg the gentlemen concerned in
_the risks to take special
:he rel' 00',.
proceedings against Viana and Mureles; iiitheir own
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oeat : conrta in Portugal. • The proceedings in the Portu-
)f pioli of a ;:eneie courts at first' ent on with a great, appear
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a Owl:sti ' tlnce.of equity.; the offenders were in .the first de-
mid pro,,do F„iteion pronounced guilty, and actually imprisoned;
the poo'tVe unt in the sequel a new judge was appointed, who
the sbein ele 'Was:probably not so fastidious as the first; and who,
Id 6(04 tie tI doubt, came to a perfect understanding with the
On t°, Or. Pities implicated, who were at length dischaiied,
, wite4ol 4.11(1 an attempe nntde to punish the witnesses who.
r. ill'Peeel bad previously inculpated them. In this, stage .of
that better if) .the proceedings it became advisable to endeavour to,
arty le iit 4° .bring the parties within the jurisdiction of the Bri-
eeid 011ie rle,_tish Courte, where it was needlee.s to inform the
from teel . meeting (its ell the reports of the trials had been
of p
~ tai published) that the whole conspiracy. was demon-
y bef°l._ A strated, the politico ennulled, and Miireles sentenced
~ „el 00 to one year's imprisonment. in the Hasse of Correc-
ive Oil e risen i Viana having absconded to avoid a similar
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jag juyi;e .punighment. It Wes right to add, that the present
the pt
,Claim would not' much exceed 7004, as the London
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__..‘, , *Assurance Company, who were involved in the
aro loir".„. . 'risks, and who had throughout paid their proportion
H, the ref .
~. of the expenses incurred most: onourably, would also
rojog V.' '. pi), their quota of the criminal prosecution. He
~ then conCluded by :proposing a resolution for 'the
0 t •payrpot of 7001. and Odd, for the -business already
Mentioned. - • .
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.' Mr. JOSHUA HART said, what he principally rose
for was this—to have a peefect and 'explicit declara-
tion on the present occasion that the proceedings
against Vitale and Murelee were not instituted be
cause these persons had been fereignere; but that at
Lloyd's they would idways be found equally ready,
to punish British delinquents upon the detection of
similar frauds: (Hear.)
' Mr. J. Cr. SLEAP then celled the attention of the
meeting to two recent meetings which were held
bet Saturday and yesterday 'in the old committee-

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room, respecting three or four particular policies :
he was very anxious, seeing one of the principal
parties present who had taken a part in the inquiry
alluded-to, to know if the state of the investigation
was of such a nature and in such a state of prepara-
tion as to be fit for present disclosure ?
Mr. R. DEWAR stated, that the policies referred
to in the business of the two particular, meetings al-
luded to by Mr. Sleap, were those connected with
the transactions of Messrs. Hoskin and Rtisgell, and'
upon which, as well as the general course of business
effected by these brokers, he pronounced the most
unqualified reprobation. He said, that these parties
had admitted they had been guilty of " irregulari-
ties,"- and Mr. Hoskin had offered to retire, leaving
Mr. Russell, for the sake of his family, in the per-
mission still to transact business at Lloyd's--an in-
dulgence which Mr. Dewar hoped would not be ex-
tended to persons found in such a predicament.
Some further conversation, in which Mr. David
Carruthers took a part, followed respecting the con-
dect of those brokers, and .a special resolution was
prepared, and (apparently) by unanimous consent,
When it was intimated by the Chairman, and one or
two other gentlemen, that as the papers connected
with:the policies alluded to had been only laid before
the -committee half an hour before this meeting had
assembled, it would be premature to proceed further
at the present moment, while at the same time the
fullest thanks were due to Mr. Dewar for his conduct
in the investigation. • .

The. resolution for paying the money for the pro-
secution of Mureles was then unanimously agreed
to; as well as a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor
for his conduct in the chair. The -meeting. then
broke up.