CONTENTS. p. 3 No. I.-Petitions against the Globe Insurance Bill No. II.-Report in 1720 from the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to enquire into Subscriptions for Fisheries, Insur- No. III.-Parliamentary Proceedings, in 1720, on the two Sea Insurance Charters No. IV.-Report in 1761, of the Attorney and Soli- No. VI.-Abstract of the Irish Act to promote Trade and Manufactures, by regulating ERRATA. P. 12. to 1. 22 add the word " it." P. 17. Note the end, for " No. 1." read " No. 2." P. 52. 1. 19. for "Projects" read “ Project." P. 59. the 3d Note wanting here is at the bottom of the next page. Q sát nó rombol, being ont ave B : THE Bill introduced into Parliament, in the last Sessions, to incorporate the Globe Insurance Company, was opposed (as might reasonably have been expected) by the two Insurance Corporations, on the Ground that it was a direct Infringement of chartered Rights, purchased by them for a valuable Consideration, of which they had long been in the undisturbed Possession;, and by the unchartered Offices, as, not only, unjust, but as unnecessary, and impolitic. Objections to the Measure were sought for not only in Principle, but in Precedent; and it was contended by its Adversaries that the general Argument of Inconveniency was strengthened by the uniform Practice and Opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown, who had, on various Applications to them, unequivocally expressed their Disapprobation of Insurance, Charters. It must readily be admitted by the Advocates for the Bill that it is not enough for them to shew that the Arguments selected against it are feeble, and the Objections ill founded; the Course of existing Law B |