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London, England, 1818-07-28 00:00:00

NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
OFFlCE&—(Estahlished 1797).
AT a SPECIAL MEETING of the BOARD of
DIRECTORS, held the 25th day of July, 1818, the
measures pursued, by the persons concerned in procuring the
Meeting reported in the Newspapers to have been held at the
George and Vulture Tavern, London, were maturvii consi-
dered, andir was unanimously resolved— ;

Fins, That these measures are not such as would have been
pursued by persons desirous only of having their lair claims
considered and adjusted, the tendency of them being to cast
general obloquy upon the Society, and to disparage it in the eyes
of the Public thraughout the Kingdom.
Second, That this Board has always entertained and attended
to all proper applications made to it by claimants respecting
losses, and by the Members generally, respecting the principles
and concerns of the Society, and will continue so to do.
Third, That this Board looks back with unfeigned satisfaction
on the repeated testimonies which hare been borne by COmmit-
tees in various parts of •he Kingdom, and by the Members at
large—to the promptitude, impartiality, and justice of its deci-
sions, and calls upon the numerous Connuittees, and on the
Members generally, to declare their sentiment,. on these points.
Fourth, That valuable assistance having b....di rendered to the
Directors by the Committees established throtzhout the King-
dom for the investigation and adjustment of claims, this Board
strongly reitOMMOMIS to the London Members the appointment
of a Local*Committee, which may accord in numbers and re-
spectability with the extent of the Society's concerns in the Mu-
Impair. By Older of the Board of Directors,
SA:kit:EL 1110N01.1),
Secretary fur the Country Department.

NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE.
AT a numerous and highly respectable MEETING
of the MEMBERS of this SOCIETY holding Policies
to the amount of more than £500,000, held at the York Ilotel,
on Monday, the 26th instant. pursuant to the requisition of the
Secretary, Mr. Thomas Bignold.
....,..•. • a., ....

'l'HOll.►s BEN-81,EY, Esq. In the ('hair.
'The following Resolution* were proposed, and unanimously
adoptetl

it. That a Cummittee be elected for the special purpose of
Investigating the late cbargea made against the Norwich Union
Fire and !Ai,: Office, at a meeting of Claimants at the George
and Vulture Tavern, on the 23c10f July, and that they report to
a General Meetinz of the Subscribers the result of this Lives-
tigation:_
. _ _

‘2d. That thl follmving Gentlemen do form the Committee,
and that five of their be a quorum.:
CllllTlrrornsa 31aGfay, Esq. Alderman, College-hill.
Inoaias Boissi.ce, Esq. 80lt-court, Eleetiltreet-
Cu.saeas IllsOutaivoN, Esq. Blackheath.
(iLonott Ilmiroan, Esq. Bedford-row.
• S. N. B A Esq. Cornhiil.
• &slit:lL 13106061&? Esq. Lamb's Conduit-street.
F A. Ceases., Esq. Battersea-rife.
Joins J.L.sfoons, Esq. Kensington.
JkstEs !hammy, Esq. Gower-street.
Ffas.cis Kamst.r, Esq. I'hiliiot-lane.
Jails 31tooterms, F.eq. Skinnenetteet.
Ti, mAs Witsou, Esq. Charlotte-row, I%fasision-llous..
Juits Waismr, Esq. Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
(Signed) TIMMAS BENSLEY, Chairman.
The Thanks of the Meeting were proposed, and unanimously
passed, to the Chairman, for his kindness in taking the Chair,
mut his impartiality in conducting the business of the day.

THE EVENING STAR,

LONDON.

NEXT TUESDAY LOTTERY DRAWS.—TWO OF
£30,000, TWO of .£2,000, 2,000 SOVEREIGNS, CLARET,
EpRT, MADEIRA, GOLD.—Only 6,000 Tickets.

TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1818.
tin: FUNDS.
PRICE OF STOCKS Tlllb DAY AT TWELVE (*Loot :
Reduced 77 }l—Cons. 7611—for Opg. 76; 77
Si per Cams. 117 per Cent. 96ii
. Navy 105}t--Lndia Bonds 93 95 prem.
Ontniuna 1i die.—Exchequer Billy 19 21 pr.

The Public are waiting with a more • than ordinary
degree of anxiety the result of the extraordinary step
which the United States have taken, in the forcible
occupation of the Spanish Fioridas.
We hasc said, that it is an act for which they awe
an explanation to the world: we would say =re—
it is an act which the world cannot, without an utter
sacrifice of those general principles Which bind nations
together, suffer to pass, without an explaniition as
Inaint as satisfactory.
If the United States desire to maintain the relations
of a civilized people with, the rest of the civilized
'meld, they must yield homage to those principles
of right and justice in which the essence of all civi-
litation consists; and cannot, assuredly, be• allowed
to make it a matter of option, whether they shall act
as they please, or only act as they ought.
Next to Spain herself, there is no State which has a
more immediate interest in demanding such an expla-
nation than Great Britain. The annexation of the Flo-
ridas to the United States will effect an alteration in
their relative strength to other Powers, which can be
felt by none so nearly or so permanently as this coun-
try. The free navigation of the Gulf Stream is a
facility essential to the trade and prosperity of our
West-India Colonies, and that is a navigation which,
if not entirely at the mercy, must always be greatly
et the command of whatever power is in possession
of the sea-line of the Floridan.

In the hands of Spain, a distant and declining
rower, the possession of this sea line has never been
to us a matter of any serious annoyance, but sup-
posing it to be transferred to the United States, their
aspiring character as a naval Power, the strong spirit
of rivalry they have manifested towards this country,
mad the ►uperior ease with which, in consequence of
their immediate vicinage, they can turn the capabili—
ties of the Ploridas to the greatest account against us,
are all circumstances which must eOnguish any

hope of its remaining as harmless in their hands as it
has been in those of Spain. Nor is it merely on ac-
count of its sea line that the possession of the Floridas
by the United States will be of consequence to them,
and corresponding injury to us. The interior is
rich in an article, of which Georgia and Carolina
have now become nearly exhausted, and which the
United States are in• essential want of for their
growing navy. We allude to the article of live oak,
which grows here in great perfection and abundance,
:red which being of extraordinary size and almost in-
(Astruptible, is superior to every other sops of wood
ship-building. The frames of the seventy-fours