The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

NORWICH UNION SOCIETY.

EDlTOR,—Knowing that your Paper has
a considerable circulation amongst the Country
Clergy, many of whom are Members of the LIFE
DEPARTMENT of the NORWICH UNION INSURANCE
SOCIETY, and consequently feel deeply interested
in its stability and prosperity, 1 trust that you
will have the goodness to insert the following
brief remarks on the proceedings of a Meeting of
the London Insurers, held yesterday at the City
of London Tavern.

The Meeting,was held for the purpose of receiv-
ing the final Report of the London Committee,
a►►d " on other special affairs."
It perhaps may be considered by some who were
present, that had the' epithet of extraordinary been
added to special,,it would not have been altogether
inapplicable.
The Report of the Committee baying been read,
which, in point of fact,confirmed the statements in
their former Report of the 25th of September
last, which has given the' highest satisfaction to
every Member of the Life Branch of the Society—
a Member of the Committee rose for the special
and extraordinary purpose of attacking the Re-
port itself, and of censuring the Directors !! ! If
he failed in argument he excelled in abuse, of
which he was by no means sparing,—" Satis elo-
quentice sapientice parum." The Gentleman closed
his Philippic by stating the necessity of establish-
ing a New UNION LIFE and FIRE SOCIETY.

I presume, Mr. Editor, that this brave plan
was the real meaning of " other special affairs."
But, Sir, the door of discord being thus once
opened, several Gentlemen availed themselves of
the opportunity to " let slip the dogs of war,-"
" hac fonte derirala clades." Indeed, from the
whole of the subsequent proceedings, it appeared
to an impartial observer, that the Meeting was
assembled for the especial purpose of abusing and
reviling each other.—First the Directors were at-
...
tacked— then the London Committee the
George and Vulture Committee next came in for
their share of abuse—Alderman TrIORPit had the
next quota—and then " last,though not least,"Mr.
131GNoLD, sen., received, to say the truth, his full
proportion of rancorous invective. To be sure,
one Gentleman did very humanely declare him
to be officially defunct, and applied to him that
rare and obsolete quotation, " De mortuis nil nisi
banum." Now, Sir, it did occur to me, that this
adage might, with equal fitness, have been applied
to every person present ; for sure I am, that long
ere the redoubted newly proposed Society can
escape from its leading strings, every man John
of us shall be dead and gone. Another quota-
tion was made by a facetious Gentleman, " Par-
turient Monies, Sfc. ; which does apply, in a pecu-
liar degree, to the aforesaid Society in embryo ;
for depend on it, Sir, let the worthy Proposer of
it labour as lie may, all that he can bring forth
must be an abortion, " not so mudi as a mouse."
The discussion of these " other special" affairs
so entirely engrossed the attention of the Orators,
that they wholly lost sight of, or disregarded the
main object of the Meeting. It was in vain at-
tempted to shew, that the Funds of the Society
were ample, and the validity of the Securities
,un-
questionable ; that the Directors are men of
talents, and perfectly competent to conduct and
contronl an Insursnce Society. All was cla-
mour, uproar, and confusion.
It is indeed possible, .that these same Directors
may entertain opinions not altogether in unison
with the notions of Ultra Modern Reformers.
They, poor country Puts, may perchance enter-
tain a superstitious veneraliod for Old Laws--s.
and especially for that which says," Let very well
alone " To he frank, Mr. Editor, lam a lover
myself of " Sentences of Old ;" and I would ad.
vise every Member of the Norwich Society, ere
they desert :the Old Establishment, in order to
join an Institution " in nubibus," to beware,
lest, by catching at the shadow, they lose the
substance," and should have cause to exclaim,
when all regret would be useless, " Stauo bene,
mai per stare Inegliore sto qui."
London, Dec. 19, 1818. A LIFE INSURER.

The Emily smack, from Bristol to Plymouth,
unfortunately struck on the Rundle Stone, on
the 10th instant, whilst endeavouring to reach
Mount's Bay, in very thick and rainy weather,
which deceived the Captain as to his distance
front lam). On sounding the pump immediately
after the accident, four feet water were found in
the hold, when the Captain, with the view of
saving what he could, endeavoured to run the
vessel ashore, but the attempt failed, and he had
scarcely time with his crew to get' into a boat,
belure she entirely sunk. By the aid of some
Mount's Bay fishermen they were all safely land-
ed at Senner Cove. She went to pieces on Wed-
nesday, and some trilling articles were all that
could possibly be saved, notwithstanding the
most active exertions.

An affray, which was likely to have been attend-
ed with serious consequences-, occurred about 9
o'clock ou Wednesday evening between the 11th
Light Dragoons and 12th Lancers, stationed in
Canterbury. It arose out of some reflections cast
by the 12th on the character of the 11th while on
service in France, and each regiment armed
themselves, and were marched in Divisions,
under the orders of their non-commissioned Ofli•
cers to the scene of action ; and had become re-
gular combatants, when, by the intervention of
the infantry depot, who were called out, the quar-
rel was suppressed with some loss of blood on
both sides. A number of the 12th, forming part
of 250 to he disbanded from that regiment, had
received their discharge on that day.—(Morning
Paper.)

LAW-INTELLIGENCE.

'VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 'ID.

THE BLENH EI M ESTATE.

'THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, AT THE RELATION Qr.
TUB MARQUIS OP .BCANDIPoRto, AND TAR Hov.

AGAR -ELLIS AND OTHSII3, V. .HIS GRACH THR

DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH•

This morning the, VJCB-CHANCFLLOR gave
lodgment in this case, which we fully repotted in
Saturday's 'Paper. The Court recapitulated and
Tadunented on the material facts at •the case.—
!he ,Act of the sth of Puce) Anne, the
estates
.and the honours were inseparably
jgin-
ett, and- were to devolve to the heirs of the
tirstiDuke hi Marlborough, whether' male or fe-
male-. The present• Duke claimed as the heir
Male of the-Countess of Sunderland, the second
ilaughter rif.rthe first Duke i and the Court con-
ceived:he was a tenant in. -tail, and not barely a
tenant fur I and, by the .common law, had
the sans e di;:,ltts as a tenant in fee-simple,, exevitt-
fhg.cidy that he 'had not the power, by fine or
iitcovere,•to h.tr or to alter the soectiselon. The
kt.olicy.sd ,th-e lacy of illg.land was in: general ad-
ydt:j:e to restr.cints 'won 1 'operty, and the Dike
‘'‘ as Ow absolute owner of :he thither on the estate,
eni *he priocildeS of the iconntionlaw, with ,t‘hich
th.r.Cestut lead no righr to intedirte. It had freest
voutended by the Counsel-for the plaintiffs, that
dtuhrber of preceden's existed that warranted the
interference of the Court, and if th,i't were the
rve,. whatever naght be his ind,ividnal opinion, it
would then be t:oo'late for hiurto cicciate ftonr.the
coudSe that • had been adopted by Courts of
Atrity: 'Butt lie was of opinion, that the cases
tbal liadd been cited As.precedents did not apply.
i Court of 1-4;quity had:oo.. right to deprive a
ti teaott tail, as was the case .at the Duke of
Marlborough, of the rights vested in Lint by'the
ennimon law. With respect to the argmnentsllkat
lead 'urged, that the present Duke, or any
tottire Duke of Marlborough, might upon the
same principle that' the present Duke cut down
the timber in the park, demolisfi Blenheit» itself,
1w should observe, that as the Legislature had in
that respect placed confidence in, the heirs of that.
11,,bie family, it was not for a Court: of its,quiry to
take that confidence away. He should, there-
fore, allow !he .dettnirrer, and dismiss the hill.—
injunction set aside.

MUliprift Or Mu, TAyL.II.---Tke men who
'were examined privately before Mr. 13IRNIE, at
Bow-street, on Friday morning, 01) suspicion of
beingtoncerned in the horrid deed, upon re-exa-
mination in the evening, were discharged. On
the 54mg night that the murder was committed,
tlic houses of two gentlemen, Messrs. Carpenter
and NVatkins, in the immediate vicinity 'of tire
tragic scene, were -attempted to be robbed by two
Incn. These men were seen coming over Mr.'
Carpenter's wall by a watchman ; but iris efforts
to take them were fruitless. One of their per-
sons, he says, be is sure he can identify. After
this, it is St1111)2(1, the Same two II)Cli went to,
IV!. Watkins's, and were only prevented front
obtaining an entrance by the screams of the fa-
who were alarmed by their approach. One.
of them was seen on the top of an omit-house near
the botindinies orthe mansion, and hastily escaped
on finding himself discovered. On Saturday,
Wainwtight and Edwards, officers of Hatton Gar-
den, accompanied by the watchman to whom we
have alluded, Arent to search the houses occupied
by. persyns of suspicious character in the ineigh-
botabood of Edmontim, Tottenham, and Enfield,
but we've unable to make any discovery. It has been
ascertained too, that between one and two o'clock
in the morning, atter the murder, two men, either
really. intoxicated, or assuming that appearance,
got into a hackney-coach in the City-road, and
were, by their own order, driven to the Borough.
They were men of shabby appearance, and not
such as would he likely, on an ordinary occasion,
to make use of suci) a vehicle. Much surprise has
been created in the minds of Mr. Taylor's family
and friends that no discovery has yet been made
of the person whom the deceased declared he was
to have' met at the Jolly Butchers. He did not
himself state who that pets.on was, nor .has any
one conic forward, to acknowledge the appoint-
ment. A reward of 50 guineas has been offered
for Tile apprehension of the offenders by the rela-
tives.of the deceased. Description of the de-
ceased's watch :—A silver box cover hunting
watch ; maker's name, Joseph Mears, 1814 ; to
which was attached a. gold curb chain ; a small
gold seal, without any engraving; and another
larger, with white carnelian stone; the engraving
a, tower, and a ship sailing.

When an assemblage of _talent and experience
is concentrated in one line of practice, a success
must s►ttetii) their application, not to be found
elsewhere. This has been evinced in the Esta-
blishment of the Medical Board at Charlotte-
House, Blaikfriars-rad, and at Woodstock--
}louse, Woodstock-street, Oxford-street, where
cures ate every day performed in cases which
liave_hafiled the skill of eminent professors, and
excited their astonishment.

The Medical Board have particularly attended
to those consequences of a certain disease, which
entails the roost disiressiog debilities, and
un-
hingrs the constitution of both sexes. They also
remove the effects of tiriqe symptoms arising trout
jaiveltife indiscretion, froniirregular living, and,
, from a tong residence in warm climates—of this
derkeription they beg particularly et! notice (disti-
llate eruptions in the skin, sore throat, Mains in
the bead and licirbs, frequently mistaken for then-
matism,.strictures, fistulas, scrophula, &C.
Messrs. COOPER and CO' after forty years' prac-
tice in various Hospitals, are consulted at Wood-
cock,street, Oxford-street, daily, tror4"eiglit till
eight ;. and at the Medical Board, Charlotte-
House, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road,
preCisely from twelve until" eight 01 the evening.
Mechanics, and persons of moderate income,
baveadvice gratis, if they attend at certain hours,
aratnely, Tuesday, Thursday, anti Sunday morn-
ings, until one o'clock, and every evening from
aix to eight.
*** A side door,, autl private rooms for females.