Star.
London, England, 1824-12-17 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE EQUITABLE SOCETr.

Yesferday, a numerous General Court of
of the Equitable Assurance S.)c;ety was held a.. t!;e
Society's house, in idge—t reet. s.
By eleven o'clock, the Rectuuncut of LON Dr.N, a, pies'.
dent of the Board of Direct°, s, took thy! Cha;,., T,e
Minutes of, the last General Court we! e :e.:d And (fin.
firmed ; and the objects of the present Meeting were
briefly stated by the Chait man.
Mr. SWEET then rose, and stated the motion rf %hich
he had given notice at the pr .-ceding Cobuerta,daynidsawbil:cloh
was to the following effect:—
" That it be referred to the Court of Directors. t 6
consider and report—whether it would
cease effecting Assurances upon the rowing rf ez.
isting Deed of Settlement, Regulations, Bye Lto
Premiums?—and u hetler it woad be advitaLle Inf. ,ni
a new Deed and new Regulations, to be sigLeJ
served by new Members, having due regard to the inie.
rest of the present Members?—and whether a!:), ,ni
what measures would he advisable to be adopte,?,
to benefit the present Members, either by a der I.trc
additional profit, or by reduction of their premium.,
by more frequeat rests and additions, or otherwiit;
having regard to the price o 1 the Fublic Funds in %Oath
the moneys of the Society are ijwested, when the :Ili'.
Lions are made, and when rty,ible ?—and that tie U.
rectors do state in their Report the grounds upon uh;c:t
the same shall be founded, together with any other cir.
cumstances which might be deemed expedient by t!.e
Directors to be made knoun to the members."

Alt. BROWN seconded the motion, t% hich wai thea
put, and only one hand was held up against it.
The other motion which stood in the paper for
cussion was as follows :

" That the policy No. 23,179, dated 29th January,
1807, assigned to Benjamin Shaw, of Bur t,ur Crescer-,
on the life of Samuel Sampson; and the policy, N
27,117, .dated 3d .14nuary, 1812, absigned to William
Holbern, of Cloak-lane—be continued, on the :aid
assignees paying the premiums usually paid on sue)
policies, and giving satisfactory eviJence if having used
due diligence in offering to pay the additior:al p-e.
mium ; and of amine' Sampson being alive and in
good health since his arrival in the United States, a;lii
upon payment of the additional premium."
Mr. SLADE said he considered that the parties had
established a fair, an honourable, and an equitable claim
to relief. He should therefore cheerfully leave thecae
in the hands of the Court, which he was sure would Lli)
the claimants entire justice—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. BUSIINAN seconded tha motion.

Mr. YOYNDER said, he confessed he thought the pre.
sent cases stood strong on the ground of equity ; but one
of the parties (Mr. Shasi), in his letter tai the U,th
September, had been so ill-advised as to insist on a le'B.t;
right to have his policy continued. He (Mt
thought there was not a shadow of legal tight in the
case, and he therefore called upon Mr. Slade to waive
the legal tight, and to test upon the equity of the caw.
Mr. ADAMS said, he perfectly agreed with t!e Hon.
Member who had just sat down, that there was no legal
'right whatever on the part of the claimants, but the
Society should not depreciate policies hf relwing to do
l• that equity which it was everywhere exrecled they
would do, and which entered into the mind of the v.ur-
' chaser whenever the policies were brought to m.uket.
Mr. FRANIPTOI4 said, the utmost he considered these
parties entitled to, was the value of the policy at the
time that Mr. Sampson left this country. He con-
cluded with an amendment to this effect. _ _

Mr. WOLLASTON thought this Colin an unfit place
for discussing such questions; and he would therefore
move as an amendment, that the whole matter should
be referred to the Ditectnz s, with fo:1 airhoi it y to them
to do therein.as they should think, up,m examination,
the justice of the case required.
The original Mover and Seconder agreeing, this
amendment was cars ied ; but it is again (by the forms
of the Society) to come under the consideration of two
future Courts, which it was agreed should be holden on
Thursday, the 30th instant, and Thursday, the fith of
January next ; at the fotmer of which Meetings
Sweets motion is also to be submitted to final eonsi-
deration.—The Meeting then adjourned.

ASSIZ4 IN! LLLIGENcE.

MAIDSTONE, DECEMBER 15.

George Shrubsole was indicted for stealing, at Smeeth,
on the 13th May last, twent)-nine sheep, the property
of Mr. Edward Hughes, a gentleman Punter.—Gni/Ey.
The prosecutor recommended him to mercy, on account of bis
wife and children, and as a man who he had known for m.ny years
as a parishioner.
Mr. Justice BURROUCII said, it was a case in which the taw must
take its course.

Henry Baker was indicted for stealing, at Maidstoeo,
on the Bth instant, in the dwelling-house of his Majesty,
money, jewellery, and wearing apparel, to the amou::t
of about 801. the property of William Henry Warrin:.i-
ton, Esq. A second count laid the dwelling to be th.tt
of Francis Davenport.
The prosecutor was a Cornet in the 11th Light Dra-
goons, and resided in the barracks at Maidstone, tl:e
prisoner was a private in the same regiment, and %s
Mr. Warrington's servant. On the day mentioced
the indictment, the prisoner had been attending t::e
prosecutor in, the Officer's Mess at the Barracks, ur.i
made an excuse to the Mess-master to quit the tf.orn
eatlier than trAtal. When the prosecutor returned to
his mom, at eight in the evening, he discovered that his
writing-desk had been broken open,
.and Bank of Eng-
land notes to the amount of 654 taken atom it ; and
from other parts of the chamber, two gold ti.rgs, three
gold pins, seven sovereigns, four half sovereigns, a coat
and waistcoat, two shirts, and other ai titles of wetithl;:
apparel. The prisoner being missing, suspicion ;ell
upon him. Communication was made of the roblrery
at Marlborough .street, and Plank, the officer, was se:it
in search of the prisoner. In consequence of a cute
which he had obtained, he traced the prisoner to the
Angel and Crown, in NVood-street, Cheapside, whet el;,:
passed by the name of Williams. The prisoner
bring in the house at the time, he waited his arrival.
an I on being .she...vit into his room, he taxed him -.v:th
the tebbery. The prisoner immediately contested t'.e
fact. Upon his person were found his master's coat
and waistcoat, and one of the shirts. A great poi ti
of the stolen money was also found in his pockets. II
had one of the rings on his finger, and he wore (sire t,t
the pins in his breast. It appeared he hadrbeen figuri-g
away at the tavern fora day or two as a Gentleman. Ile
gave information whereby notes to the amount of 40.1.
were restored. One note for 101. he said he had lost
The wearing apparel and other articles found upon tlie
prisoner were stow produced and identified.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence.—lle
found Guilty, and sentence of death was recorded.

e,