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Coroner's Inquest
The Times, 1824-09-01T00:00:00

On Monday night an inquest was held at Mir. Seagei's, the sign of the Three runs, at Beckenham in Kent, before elr.'CA Thr Asi coroner for that comnty, on view of the body of John Anningram, aged 50. The first witnessdleposed,thaton Saturtlaylast about four o'clock, the deceased wext to the house of .Jrs. Wildman,, a ladv of fortuie, at Eton Farm, near Beckenhain, in whose service he ad recently lived asgardener, and requested her, through the footman, to give him a written character: she sent him an answer that she would not give him a written character, but if he sent any, person to her ftor his character, she would give him an unexceptionable one. The de- ceased then expressed a wish to see her, but that was refused ; he then said, " She shaU see my blood," and left the house in a vio. lent passion. The housemaid to Mfrs. NVildman deposed, that on the same evening, about a quarter to 7 o'clock, the teceased came again to her mistress's house, and requested to see her, wvhich was refused t he appeared very sullen at this refusal; she happened to avert her head from him for a moment, when a child, who was in the hall, shrieked out; she turned round and saw the deceased on his knces with a razor in his hand, and before she could collect sufficient re- solution, he cut his throat three several times * she ran towards him, seized the deadly instrument out of his hand, and threw it away; the deceased died instantly; his head was nearly severed from his body, and the place was deluged in blood, altogether pre- senting a most horrid spectacle. An elderly woman, named Williams, who keeps the lodge leading to the farrm, deposed that about four o'clock on Saturday last she saw the deceased, who told her it was his determination "to do something," if his mistress did not give him a written character ; at this time his appearance was very wild, and she thought he was de. ranged in his mind. 'the Rev. Mr. Fell, minister of Beckenham, deposed that on Saturday he was walkiiig towards the farm, reading a newspaper, when the deceased accosted him with (grinning at the same time) "nlloa, you-your own works and wordls will condemn and damn you." , e then proceeded onwarde at a quick pace. The witness declared he did not know the deceased hefore, and on seeing his body was confident he was the same man. Mf rs.Browne stated,thatshortly after 6 s'clockon Saturday, the de- ceased overtook her, and said, as Mrs. Wrildman wouhl not give him a written character, she should " see his blood ;" at the same time striking his breast, he added, " I have something here." Witness was swon after overtaken by the deceased's wife, who was crying sanl said her husband was net right in his head. The poor wife got ap to the farm just as the melancholy event happened, when she ainted awa !. t he deceased left Mrs. Wildman's service a few weeks Igoi since wvhich lie ha6 been supported by the parish, which had evidcntly affected his mind. He was a mau of very sober habits. The Jury returned A verdict of-In4anty. CORONVER'.s TArY)Trj?vr
Court Of Chancery, Friday...
The Times, 1824-11-13T00:00:00

LAW REPORT. e alf of-7 't Olvr. PHfLTIMXOItE applied, on behalf of the comaittee, fior mission to dafend an action at law on behalf of the lunatic, who is sued by one Abbot on a bill of exchange, drawn by one Tomkiso. The ground of their defetice was "-no colnsideration." The LoRD CHCANCELLOTt was sorry that he could not secure the committee indemaity for thc costs which would make his penit5 sion of rery little valuc. IIc had no doubt of thieproprietyof thedefence proposed; but there had been leave given. to traverse the in xuisition of lunacy. The verdict of another jury might take the hole caue out of the jurisdiction, althouglh no steps had vet been taken towards a traverse. If there should be proceedings, dnd if the jurv should find the petitioner to be of sound miiind, it would not be in his lord ship's power to indemnify the committee for expenses of the nature ef this action. fl was reminded by this of the necessity which there appeared to hiw to bc of an carly application tdthc ilegislature for some provisional enactmlett for thie safe a51ministration of the e of a lunatic, and for giving sufficient security and indemnity to the acts of the committee when placed in this ambiguous and uncertain situation. The rest of the morning, till oneco'clock,was taken up with proceed. ings in banlruptcy, of no public interest, and at that hour the Court rose. COURT OF CEIANCERY. FtUlAnA W- .d IN lLb btiA GREOniv P.AI- -'* -N I
Considerable curiosity, a...
The Times, 1824-04-02T00:00:00

Considerable ujo-iikt_y and -a feeling yet more intense than simple curiosit; prevailin' with respect to the ocur- rences which have recently taken place between the Spanish Government ana-certain great"Capitalists of this country?l wve are happy in baving the means of laying before the public some of the pTincipal facts. It is certain that an ofTr was made to FERDINUT,D and his Ministeis, from! persons of undoubted competence to fulfil their engagc- ments, to advance m.oney upon loan; but the indispensable condition was, that the old Spanish bonds, the bonds of the Constitutional Government, should be taken ?p by them; and at the rate, as they proposed, of 33 per cClt. iNow, these bonds being secured upon monastic property, it was required, not only that the Spanishi clergy should allow of that security or pledge, but that also the POPE should sanction the transaction. To this proposition FERDIN 4ND refused his assent,and the negotiation broke off. It was easier to disoolve one negotiation, than to raise money from an- othier. The necessities, however, of the Spanish Government, induced them to listen to any thing; and the English ad- venturer at .Madrid, who has been before spoken of, and ,who had been a bankrupt, offered himself as the aaent of certain jobbers in London, xvho did not feel themnselves boundby the same honourable principle of taking -p the old bonds; and who *would, as the agent professed, ad- vance money to FERDINANDn without imposing upon him that stipulation. The result of this proposition is ullCer- tain. Ini the mean time, the Spanish Government derives a temporaTv support from the bonds which continue to be issued bv M. GUEBHARD at Paris, an(d which are of easy manuracture, as they are only countersigned by the Spanish Ambassador. Nione of these bonds have, we believe, as yet found their way to England ; but to what degree oi credit they are entitled; either here or elsewhere, will ap- pear from this statem'ent.
German papers arrived las...
The Times, 1824-05-27T00:00:00

terman papers atrived last night. We select the fol. lowing' extracts:- (From the Algemnine Zeifutg, 5lay18.) "ODESSA, APEIL 28. "According to accounts fiom.Constantinople of the2Oth instant, Lord Strangford is saia to have gained rather mnore influence at the Porte, because, as they affirm,-he has promised the Tarkish Blinis6 try that all officers in the English service, who were with Lord Byron. or in general amongtheGreeks,shal be recaUedby an order of the,King of England ; and that if they do not obey, they will be deprived of their pay and their commission.' TheDivan, as we hear, has been pleased withtthis determination, and&- belief- was againex- citedthat thenoble Lord, after presentfih hiIs note respecting the evacuation of MIoldavia ind lWallachia, wil at length Attaini the ob. ject of his long and zealous exertioBns. i # ,; "BUCHAREST, MAY 4. -' Tartars from Constantinople bave just brought us thenews that the Divdn has consented to the evacuation of the Principalities. The AustraianConsul immediately sent an express to Vienna with the newss: but as this evacuation has been so often announced, it. is no wqnder that-many people still refuse to believe it, though this time they are probably mistaken."
Prerogative Court, Friday...
The Times, 1824-06-05T00:00:00

the counsel in this cause were occupied all day in reading the evi. denlce wthich i5 very extensive. The caseis one of a testamentary lescription; the property considerable in amount (about 20,0001.); and the will i5 disputed, as far as we could collect from the opening Of the depasitions, on the ground of the testator's insanity at the date of its eKecution. The Court will assign another day before next term for the argument. OLD BAILEY, Frid2ti, June 4. * (Before MIr. Baron HULIOCK.) WiVn. Johnson was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of April, in the parish of St. Clement,Danes, roperty to a considerable amount, the goods of Elizabeth Smitb., widow~. The charge was fully brought home to thepnisoner, and the jury found him Grilty. lester C'onnor, aged 59, wasr indicted for stealing t:o copper saucepans and divers other artiles, the propertv of Benjamin Fair- fields The charge agaiust this aged prisoner was also folly brought home to her, sud the jury foaund her Guilt3'. PREROaATIVE C(O)RT RPRynA'_ Juvr-' 4. AIREY AVE) OlTHERS V. HILL.
It seems probable that th...
The Times, 1824-06-23T00:00:00

It seems, probable that the High Officers- of the Crown will he-relieved from the contribution of 10 pier cent. u,pon 'tleir 'salaries, which wvas levied d-liring tile wvar aud at a period -of much public distress. Without entering into the nerits of this proposition, we ramst veinture to- correct. a mistake into which several gentlemein have fallen. . They ,assert. .the -inisters of the rwn lo bebut ill paid for their ,services; always, in their imagination,- limiting thlat pay to the bare salazies of' tbeTIinisters tliemselves. Now tl'is ;would be a correct inode of reasoning', if wihenl Ministers had -taken: tlheir own. salaries out of the public funds, they threw down all the other: patronage of the Crown as na- ,tiqnal prizes- to be assigned. wvithout favour- or- partiality, to the niost able andindustrious men, of the countryt But .the fact is, ,that after Mlinisters. have thus takeai each 'his om pay -from :the public- stock, they all dip very deeply into the residue for tlleir relatives-their sons, their daughters, anl1 daughters' husbands-their- lbrotherq, eousizi's, rzmphaws, and niece;s; nor do t)iey often give .any thing even to their dependejits tillafter. ll 'themr, kindred is seved; and- if-they ever -do -give. any tig vf 'importancto an unrelatddepciident theet not_wuy all Lil .s wnch as-n miagew,poitio 1tm os goni young womani. ofthir -; their fami6 soth- 7 . d " . . -
Court Of King's Bench, Mo...
The Times, 1824-07-13T00:00:00

,AW REpoRT. JU,1U/'.T ziZ tyestmnfl,ter afte- Triiti.y Terma, beftne the Lo-t CHIEFP JUSTICE anda Cornnwn Jury. DOE, DEM. HOLCROFT, V. MEUX AND CO. This was an aIction to recover the possession of the public-house the Northuimberlaned Arms, in Great Rsssell.strcet, Covent-garden, on thekround that the defendants failed to repair the premisem. Evidence was given that the ground-rent was 171. a year, the rent 701. a year; that the house was very mueh out of repair, and some of the windows broken. There were eighteen years of tlic lease to exalire. Missrt. MARTI VAT and CHItTTY conducted the plaintiff's case. M1r. SCAItLETT (with wlh0tn `Was M1r. BRouGHyAM) addressed( the jury. Actions of this kindl ought to be discouraged in the ex- trene. If even a glass winedow was brokcn this acton could be brought; but dlid the jury supp,se that t&c de'fendants, who were very opulent, and hela a lease of I8 years of a housc which re- turned 701. a-year, woald neglect to Tepair it ? Bttt there was a shortanswer to the action. The plaintiffseeved the defendants writh notice to repair within three months; this notice was dated the Oth of Augtist, 1823, and it precluded the plaintift from hAinging his action of eJectment until the threce months should expire, but he brought the action on the 27th of October, 1823. HIe submitted, therefore, that the plaintiff nmust be nonsuited. Tbere was also a Teccipt of rent during the currency of theithree months. It was at last agreed to take a verdict for the plaintifF, subject to a case, whether a special notice, or the receipt of rent after action brought, was a dispensation from the covenant,to repair. MT. BIt OUG5A-M suggested that the period of three montha in the notice wals an important part of the ease. In the case deci(led by Lord E11enborough, there waa no definite period in the notice. The LORD CICIEF JUSTIsCE..-..Undoubtedly it i9 material, and thc terms of the notice should be set fonth in -bh ease. Vecrdict for the plaintiff, subjeetto a case. I COUPT OF KIN ENT -HTMcnAv. ,riv 19.
London, Saturday, July 31...
The Times, 1824-07-31T00:00:00

The following moriean in the way of Holy Ally-ism, is from a German journal: as if any citizen of a free state w-ould set his or hef foot in an Austrian province for plea- sure I This probibitiojiofiourladieg and one English1nvos bleman, from subjecting themselves to the police of Auwtria, ,wotld deserve to be ranked witlh a British act of Parlia- nuenit, laying a tax on omigration frorri Grosvenor-square to Port Jackson:- '4 RANIKFORT, Jutsi 1& The journal caUed HCspe, as publishes two ordirances lstuedl from Vienna. "1.-Vigilance respecting several suspicious individuals. The magistrates of circles and districts must havelearned from the news- papers, that the police of Paris has ordered two English ladi6s, who have become suspicious on account of their connexions with the Liberals, viz. Lady Oxford and Alrs. Ilutcliison, and also the widow of Count Bourke, the Danish Ambassador, who died in France, to quit Paris and France. As ihe auspicious political character of these foreigners, wlhich caused their being sent away from France, shows it not to be advisable to allow these individuals to enter the Imperial dominions, in the same man- ner, the notoriously very bad sentiments of Lord: Holland, who is well known as an enthusiastic adherent of Radicalism, and even in the English Parliament openly utters the most insolent abuse of the Allied Mlonarchs, and the well-known ultra-liberal tendency of the British authoress, Lady iMlorgan, who, in the ac- count of ler travels on the European Continent, and especially in Italy, has allowed herself thc most shameless calumnies of the Austrian Government, arc sufficient reasons to order, that these foreigners also, if they should happen to arrive at any part.of the Imperial frontiers, be refused admittance, withoat any regard to their passports ; or if they should already have entered the Imperial dominions, that they be hindered from prosecuting their journey, and sent over the frontiers by the shortest road. Acco.ding to the5e directions, the .N!agistrates, guided by the ordinance of the Higlh Police of the 14th of June, 1823, are to be at- tentive to the five foreigners herein-mentioned; and in case they should appear, to precerd towards them in the manner hereprescribed, and reportihe same to me. " ._This iY an order not to suher any persons who appear suspi- cious to enter the Austrian zlominions, and to send away any foreign- era who may have already ent6red, thie moment their conduct gives ground for suspicion. March 8, 1824.' "A notice has been issued from the Minister of the Interior at Carlsruhe, absolutely prohibiting emigration to rorazil." LbADON.. SwiUlDAY. JULY 31, 1824.
Court Of Chancery, Thursd...
The Times, 1824-08-13T00:00:00

LA.: .R21onP. A~t th~ ~mtse, hich ~n~!I aued y~isterdiy-, te defendaht, pre-ffered piporh, to the Couart which, fie 3aid would ptove the pez- jury of ail th-e witnesses on the other side. lie Wished his Lord- zhLp to teceive them, not oaly to evideice-the f-cl. vwith r 'iw Am t the decree, but also for the purposf! of laying them befo?e the A ttormey- General with tltrections to prosecute the pastics. The LOUtD CHiANCSLLOR said thatdhe was ready to reCe-ive and read ovez aniy pa.sers which shonid he ha-ndedi to him vith the con- sent offhe ptsrteie in the cause, but he would nqt readl ary of them WIet *fth A view to directing a prosecution. If they contaiined such stogproofs of perjury, the defendant might Iay them~ before the Atorev-General himqeRf. COtt OFc CWA> T.,w Air.Atxa,. 12. . - - GORrnoG v. -NM*
Coroner's Inquest.
The Times, 1824-06-09T00:00:00

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the sign of the Bank public-hoase, Kingstreet, Drury-lane, before T10fMAS STIRLING Esq., coroner for MNiddlesex, en the body of Elizabeth Fortli, aged Forty. It vas reported aboat the neighbourhood that the deceased had come to her dealh by unfair means, and the case excited nuch interest. Bridget Binely being sworn, deposed, that she was frequently employed by the deceased to wash,and had been acquainted with her for some time. On Monday morning last the husband of the de- ceased called on witness,and requested her attendance at his residenee, No. 25, Cing.street, Drury-laae, as his wife was taken very ill, and desired to see her. Sbe instantly proceeded to the house, where she found the deceased in bed, excessivelv ill, and she complained of burning in the inside. On questioning the deceased, she informed her that she had taken some pearlash in mivtakc for salts, and like- wise some mixture whichher husband wa in the habit of taking to cure the gouL She died at four o'clock in witness's arms, being two hours after her arrival. William Ford, husband to the deceased, deposed, that the deceas- ed was in the continual habit of getting intoxicated, and woald fre- quently return home in the most senseless condition. W*imess, in consequence of being afflicted with the gout, provided himself with some mea dow saffron, which he mixed with some rum, of which he used frequently to take a couple of spoensfull, and the deceased was occasionally in the habit of drinking small quantities. He kept it in a cupboard. to which the deceasedbad free access. On Sunday last the deceased informed him that she had draRk a cup full of the stuaf, which had made her verygill; witness told her " that she had poi- souied herself, and was a dead woman," advising her to prepare for death as quickly as she possibly could. Sise went to bed and at her request he went to Alr. Jones, a doctor, who sent the deceased an emetic, whichl, with considerable persuasion, she drank. Witness understood that she had taken pearlash in mistake for salts. Mrs. B. Lee, the landlady of the hgnse in which the deceased lodged, deposed that the deseased was frequently intoxicated, aad on Sunday last she called witness to her roomn, and told her that she had taken pearlash instead of salts, and she was so very ill that she was desirous of having medical advice. W;Vitness rendered her every assistance, but she died 50021 after. The deceased's husband was a sober industrious man and a good husband. The Coroner said, there was no doubt but the deceased had taken themeadow saffronnd rum byamistake, while libouring under in- toxicatiorm. The Jury beingof the same opinion,returnedave-diet accordingly. COROVER'S INQUEST.
A singular circumstance o...
The Times, 1824-06-16T00:00:00

A singular circumstance occurred at the Surrey Sessions yesterday. Ar. OG'CLLAGHA&, the Irish gentleman who was sentenced on Monday to a month's imprisonment for rnaltreating a Divine of the same country, whom he con- ceived to have insulted some ladies under his (O'CAL- LAGRAfN'S) protection, was given to understand that if he !refuLted the county allowance, he would be permitted to purchase his own provisions; in consequence of which he diR refuse the couttiyallowance, and then found, to his sur- prise, that instead of his own provisions, he must be con- tent with bTead and water. 'It is probable that by this latter regimen he might avoid the gout; but still, temper_ aLnce on compulsion is at least as painful as " a reason on rnpulsion:' MIr. O'CALLAGRAN, therefore, stated his. grievance to the Magistrates assembled in sessions.. They declared that they could not interfere, having given- iap all power to the Visiting rMagistrates. It is more' than probable that these latter personages will grant the complainant the relief he prays for-of enjoy- "" .a beef-steak snd a glass of port at his own expense: hut we cannot help noticing tbe absurdity of the general lody of 'Magistrates thus. depriying, or affecting to deprive, themselves of;one of the most iniportant duties of their of_. fic Itwasby a similar couise' that the.lIertfordshire Jus. tices got themselves.into so unpleasant ascrape dunn Thurtedl's imprisonment. They delegated, or &anciea they delegated, all their power to a part of their body Maxued ' the Visiting Magistiates, and these latter entered into an agreement not to go near 'the prison while Thur- tell was there. The duty,. therefore, of visiting was as. =nmed wholly by one-; and he so conducted himnself in the xUiscltarge of it,as to bring down a, mandainus frotn the Court of King's Btnch upon the wvhole body. This desQrves particular attention from those Magistrates who fancy they cast at pleuure disseizQ themselves of -any part of (duties, and by ar. act of delegation shift offF al responsibility from their own shoulders; for to whom was the manndimus ad- 4resed ? Not to hixu wose 'roceedings had rendered it eeessarynot to the Visiting Mlagistrates only, but to the Whole Wy.
Court Of Exchequer, Frida...
The Times, 1824-07-10T00:00:00

( Revenue S'ittings after TerM.) l his was an information filed by the Attorney-(ieneral to recover from the defendant certain penalties for impjorting plate glass without payment of duty. The circulmlsanc 8 of tne case, as proved by the evidence for the prosecuition, were as followa '- In the month of November, 1823, the defendant, who was a dealer in glass, made an entry at the Custom-house of slate pencils to the ivalu of 321., importel in a ship called the Londonl, froilm Ham~ burgh. The revenue-officers thouglht proper to examine the casks in which thie pencils were stated to be deposited, and there they found concealed a quantity of crown glass, the value of' vhich, independently of the duty, amounted to 3601. The defendant had insured the pencils for 2601. Henry Clengenfeldt, a native of Germatny was called on the Datt i of the defendant. He deposed that the osits cobtaitting the glass were iniported solely on his account. Alr. Philli;lirs was to deriveno lxofit from the transaction, and merely made the entry at the Cus. toni-house at the request of his correspondent in Germany, who was the witness's friend. I Thc jury, after retiring for a quarter of an hour, expressed by their foreman a desire to returni a verdict for the Crown for 1601. if they might do go. TgivetiwEa BAROmg said, that it was the prevince of the jury to Igive what damages they pleased, but he thought they had better be guidedl b the evidence. The Jury then gave a verdict for the Crown for 1601. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FRIDAY, JULY 9. 'IrHh KING V. lLarr;,.