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The Cosmorama.
The Times, 1824-05-24T00:00:00

This very ingenious exhibition has increased its claims to the pubEc patronagc, by a change of the views. Thlose which it con- tains at prcsent are not only executed with greatcr skill than some of thnse formerly cxhibited,but they are also of a much moreintereating character.Thatwhich is perhaps the most likelv to command univer- sal attention,is aview of Rome from Mount Janiculum. It seems to havc been taken princpally from Piranesi's admirable etching.s, and is upon .such a scale, as to show with grat distincetnss all the re- markable places and buildings of the eternal ity. The ruins may be clearly traced in the several quarters, and tle general effecteon- fsms the truth of Poor Lord Byron's apostrophe-.. '- Thy very weeds; are beautiful,_ t( C O O O O a Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin grac'd " With an immaculatechann wh-ch cannot bedefac'd." lBetter painted, and only second in interest to the viewof Rome, are thosse of Ruins at Taormina, with Etna in the distance, and of the Temples of Jtno,and of Concord, at Agrigentum, in Sicily. An- other of the scenes represents the splendid nave of the church of San PdOTo, fuora deile mnurc, near Rome, wvhich was burned nearly two years ago,when the porphyry pillars and the cedar roof for which it was sO Zustly celebrated were wholly destroyed. The other views on thisSide of the gallery are the po;t of Carthagena, the town of Philadelphia, and the valley of Scbechen, in the Canton of Uri,witb the villagc of Bruglen, the birth-place of William Tell. Tn the opposite gallery there is a well-painted view of the island of PhiAor, showing ruins of the Ternple of Osiris ; and there is elso a view of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem; ;another of a ruined Temple at Palmyra; a view of the town of Cerines, in tlic island of Cyprus, and of sonic ancient sarcophagi, neAr Sidon, in Palestine: but that whielh is the most curious, and at this moment highly intereing, is a view of an excavation near the Tower of t7ora, in HXindotan. It is a ons6 suheeinrancasi gallery supported by massy pillars cut out of the hard rock. The end of this gal- lery LS shut up duri2g forur months of the year by a cascade whicli fslis from the top of thle rock, and forms at once a liquid veil and a barricr. When the hhcat of the summer has dried up the river which makes this cascade, a beautifal prospect of the valley anti lawn of Elora is sees from the opening. The last view represents the Peak of Tenerifie, at sunset. The rich colour of the clouds is beautifully and effectively contrasted with the dazzling snow-top of the Peak. There is, perbahas no exbibition in London which presents more legitimate claims tnan this to the encouragement of the public. Tlie exfuahon, as well as the selection of the scenes,are highlv creditable. Tetreat meritof the collection is that itrecals to thenem'ory scenes es have been in some measure forgotten, and describes those which the greater part of the inhabitants of the nmetropolis can never hopeto see, with a fidelity and an approach to reality far superior to written descreptions,or to ordinary drawings_and engravings. TIlE COSMORAMA.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-10-18T00:00:00

[Adverti6em"nttl-Ross and SONS, 119, Bishop gate-street,whD have sold for the lst 30 years pure and unadulterated BEA05'a GREASE. obtained from the animal properly treated and fatted (br which the coat, the criterion of the qualit' of the fat, is increased to, nearly doeuble its usual thickness, as well as being more agreeable for use),are induced to offer it to the public as the best specefic hitherto discovered for promoting the growth and thicknecs of the human hair. In ordter to distinguiish the genuine from the clammy and unwholesome made-up trash which is frequently sold as bear's grease, it may be necessary to mendon, that the fat of the hear, tvhe- ther wilg or came, is of the purest white, inclining to an oil, and in. moderate or warm weather disse,lves instantly on being touched by the hiand. [Advertisement.1-BEAR's GREA5E.-The superior qualities of Bear's Greaae fbr renovating the hair seems to be now admitted as an undoubted fact, and it only requires the purchaser to be rarticular in procuring the genuine article to ensure the desired success. - ATiNqsoiz, perfumer, 44, Gerrard-street. Soho-square, respectfuny informs the public, that he regularly imports the genuine Bear's Grease, and it is sent out in pots without any admixture whatever, except a litle perfume to keep it sweet. Sold by the importer, tnd by most of the respectable perfumers and hairdressers in town and coun- trv. N.B. Atkinson's Bear's Grease is ir pots, price 2s. Sd and4s. The pot has the words '- Atkinson's Bear's Grease" engraved ont the top, and it is enclosed in a wrapper with hit signature adl ad- dress.
The following improbable ...
The Times, 1824-10-22T00:00:00

The following improbable occurrence is said positively, in au evening paper, to have happened a few (lays since in the neigh- bourhood of Woodford, and( excited very considerable sensation there:-Elizabeth Cale, an interesting voung woman, about 19 years of age, wvhc lived in the service of Porrest, sq., a gen- tleIan residing at M'oodfotd, in corsequence of getting her fctr% wet, caught a severe coll, which brought on a fever. She was contned to her bed several lays, when to All appearaice she died. The next day she was placed in a coffin, and the intelligence of her supposed dleath conveyed to her mother. From her good cDnduct while in the service of Alr. Forrest. that gentleman had resolved to defray the expenses of the funeral, which it was arranged should take place on Sunday last, a week atter her supposed death. On that aay her mother and severalrother relatives caine to pay the last tribute of respect to her memory, and, previous to the coffin being screwed down, went to take a last, " long, lingering look," when one of them observed she had not undergone the chanige usual on such oc- esions, and that her face appeared rather flushed. A surgeon was sea t for, wil9 ordered her to be placed in a warm bath, aud applied the remedies usually resorted to to recover persons apparently drown- ed, and which were happily crowned with complete success, as the young woman in a few hotrs was able to speak, and is now in a fair way of recovory. Though the main body of swallows took their departure from our slhores three weeks ago, a few. here and there, may stUIl be seen lingering round copses near the const That the annual mi- gration rf these bird selicited attention in the earliest times is evi- dent trom the manner in which it is noticed by the prophet Jere- miah. From that migration, also, Cicero has drawn the following ..imile:-" As swallows are present with us in summiier, but are gonein wistser,so false friends attend usin the sunshine of prosperity, bat in the winter of affliction they all flee away." So great a la- vourite was the swaUow among the Greeks, that her first appear. an.e made a holyday for thc Greek boys, and a song hbs been pre- svcrsd by which the yooap mcndicants..--like Eton scholars at their illontem-used to levy conttibudions on the good-nature of their fel- low-citizens. It is remarkable that most countrics bavea similarpro. verb Telating to the swallow's accidental appearancebefore its usual time. The E'rench have tr7ze Hir ndelle neft ps Z Pr-intern ; the Getmans, Eine Shcval be,m'ackt keine Pr-n/ding; th- Dutch, ten wteakw m7naakt geetlt Zomer * the Swedes, Rit Sv,I g gori Fot- mzar; t1e Italians. Uia Rontdinenonie aPriinvere; wictmaybe all literally translated by the English proverb, " One swallow doth nut'nrake a sumnmer." The story is well known of a thin brass plate fixed on a swallow with this inscription, " Prithee, swallow, whither goest thou in winter ?" The bird retdrned next spring, with the'answer subjoined, " To Anthony of Athiens; why doest thou in. quire ?"-Boston Gazeic,.
Haymarket Theatre.
The Times, 1824-10-25T00:00:00

A gentleman of the name of Hlamblin, formerly of Drau-2a Theatre, and who has lately been acting in Dublin, -npear onane turday night at the Haymarket in the character of Hactmt. ir. Hamblin obtained some credit by performing this same charact while he was at Drury-lane Theatre, upon a pressing occsionrthe sudden iUness, we believe, of A2r. Kean; and if lie vill witlu a nomient's delay, get rid of a most absurd stv).e ef ttesmace and r riage, which probably tsrikes him as pecaliaily digr,ified, but which in tact, is perfectly ridiculous,althotgh he mav not succeed in thc firt walk of tragedy, 1. e will be extremelv useful in the second. The rt ous deportment which w e just mention was most conspiLPus5 in the first part of the play on Saturday night, when it prepared the hoase in fact for swtch a failare as Ar. Hamiblin's perfora ee by no eans amounted to. tpon the wbole, he lhas faculties for the stage, and a good deal of his Hemkt wa& respectable; in imitation of M1r. Charles Kemble generall , but not servilely. AU the *cene in the fourth act with the Queen was fairly gone through, excepting the point which some iniudicious persons ver) leudIs applauded-the familiar-" Is it the Eing ' afser stabbing PoIotiut through the curtain: this questioln, whatever might be the expression which Air. Hamblin meant to give to it, bore uDon nothing so much as the giive and take understanding with which a housebreaker might ad- dress the inaid-servan't who had jus' admitted him to her master's house in the exercise of his profession. In the last scene, too, .Mr. -latnblin played with sonie ehffct, although he was most utifairly borne down bv a Lacrtes. who, to the utter de- struction of Aiss Kel y's admirable performance of hc- li;, kept the house in a roar in everv scepte in which he was engaged. The objection to Mr. Harnblin s success in parts of'lead. ing tragedy is his want, as far as we can judge from one Derform- ance, of the higher qualities which business of that calibre demands. His voice is not of the best possible order: his action inclined to be stiff and pantomtmtic; he evidently vwants the power of expressing vi:orous passion; and his acting generally-this is the nmost maie. rial fact-seems to be rather well prepared than free and intellectual. Dowtoti's Grave-digger is an effort of geniua ! The dialogue with Handal, anid the digging in the vaults, were good, but the cool walking up to the gate, when the bell began tollir2, to look out for tihe body, and the assistirg afterwards in taking off the pall, lower. itig the coffin, &c. ito tne gravel-one mnight swear TUr. Do.- ton served an apprenticeship at the Tabernacle in Torten- kant-court-road ! Air. Williams's Polonizsi was lauzbable, and at the same time sensible. He is a meritorioas actor, and very likely to get forward. All the oLher parts in theplay, except lilrs. Glover's, were acted detestably. lfA YFMAN RKA' T}HRA TRE.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-11-30T00:00:00

On Sunday, the 28th inkt., at her house in Tonbridge-place, New. road, MIrs. Lvdia Blackborow, in ber 81st year. On the 24th inst., at N'o. 11, Mrindgor-terrace, City-road, Alatilda, the infant daughter of Air. J. R. floughton. On the 19th inst., after a protracted illness, which be bore with exetnplnry Patience, and without one mumour to the Divine will, Alr. Wm. Mitchell, of High-straet, WVapping, aged G3. On the 28th inst., at Winchmore-hill, Mlr. Thomas Browne, in the 22d1 year of his age, second son of G. H. Browne, Esq., of the same place.
Court Of Common Pleas, Gu...
The Times, 1824-12-02T00:00:00

The Court sat this morning at ten o'clock; but rose in a few minutes, there being only two causes entered tbr trial, of which one was withdrawn, and the other undefrnded. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, WEDNESDAY, DEc. 1. (bittings after Term.) THE KING V. PRltCZ. This was an infarmation filed aainst the defendant by the At. torney-Uenreal, to recover penalties for having rooms and utesisils for carrying on the procesg of aieaLing, which were Hot entered at the Excise. It appearel from thc evidence, tbat the lefendant carrie6ion the business of a maltster, in an old farm-house, at a place called Sliel- zich-court, near the citv of Hereford. He had entered at the Ex- cise-ofEce as the places in which he caTried use his business, one malt-house, two steeping tubs, one working floor, two kilns, and one store-room. 'rhe Excise officers having obserfUd about thepre- miscs n muach greater quantity of grain than the defendant with his apparently limited mesas of msianupacture bad any occasioa for, en- tcrtatned a? SUspiCiOnI that he was engaged in some fraudulent trans- actions. They accordingly' searched the premises, and in addition to the entered or licensed reomus, they discovered a Izncealed sCt of rooms, furnished& vwith aU the necessary apparatus for malting, and a large quantity of grain, in the diffcrent stages of the manufacture. This evidence having bccn given, rnr. JERvIs said he was in- structed on the part of the defendant to submit to a conviction. T'he jury accordingly returned a veedit ofguilty.-Penalty 1,00. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (AWILDHAL-L. Drr. 1.
Colombian Naval Victory.
The Times, 1824-06-17T00:00:00

-The Eolivarand Bojacca, 'Col6mbiiusn els oarj,t'riv? jt Pensacola oi tlfe 18h of April, with their prize, {he 8pn;s csf.-. vctte Ccri. - By the iiount of the action in tne- Pens - oI;*;, appears tbht the-a agementlaxted about50 ifiitei when I 'e struck to the BMw var, being completely cut wit. Scarce a rope standing, and having sncral dangerous shots-in her hulTl;-Thie'Ce,, f mounted 36 Iong.Pariian i8.ponnders'tnd ro' chasers, andbs4i 'complement of 326 men:. the Bolivar carried 22 32 mp,ilxd' carro.. :niides, and one leng l2-pcmder, with 156 mnen: the BOYce', Cei. ' tain Brown, ha. 20 32-pound cirronides, and two abort 2.Lpound. gunnades, and: 140 men The Cere had 30 men klleda 1nd 60 wountled, 30 of wlem have since died of their wounds. TheBolirvar had none killed, and only four wounded, among whom veTreCom. modore Beluche and Lieutenant Bootb. commanding-marine4 both vyery slightly. The Boyacca had none killed, and but one wounded. -No merchant-ve sels, as wiaS first reportqd, were captoredby the'A.C lokbiasUL Vhen the three vessels entered the harbour of Pensacola, the Commodore siluted the fort with 21 guns, which was retumedwith. an equal number. The prize and the two Colombian shipa were to remainat Pensacola until repaired, and the Commodore was to .pro. ceed to NewOrleans for his family. The Spanishofficer taken were well treated, and appeared quite at ease. A letter from-one of the Colomblan offEcers states, that the day before the action they fell in arith the Colonbian schooner Alderne, Chase, which had in the night fallen in with, aaii had an engagement with, the CentelLz, tak. ing her to be an enemy. In the ergagement Captain Bopner re. ceived a muslket bail throulgh hi.s body, but was expected to recover COLOMBIUY NA4VAL VICTORY.
Letters were received yes...
The Times, 1824-07-15T00:00:00

Letters were reccived yesterday from Carthagena, dated the 22d of May. General SOURLETTE had arrived there to take upon himself the office of Intendant of the Depart- ment of the Magdalena. The report, therefore, of his having been appointed on a mission to this country is un- true. Letters from the PaESIDENT himself had been re- ceived at Carthagena, dated subsequently to the treachery of the troops in Callao, in which, with his characteristic ardour, he still augurs favourably of his ultimata pros)ects in Peru.. He had witten for fresh suipplies of troops, axrms, and amnmunition, to furnish which great exertions -were making at Carthagena, and a frigate so freighted w. as to sail immediately for Chagres. The communications from Bogota, the capital of Colombia, to the coast, were like; Iy to be reudered more xpeditiQus, it having been discov.ered Bbr2e . .A that the river Meta, which falls into the Apure, was n&- vigable to within a. few miles of that city. Coramercial prospects were improving, at Carthagena, in consequence of the known solicitude of the Government at Bogota to protect and favour the merchants, particularly those of Great Britain.
Meeting At Exeter.
The Times, 1824-12-15T00:00:00

A meeting was e alled at Exexter on Friday, to consider of the means of relfeving the sufibrers by the late storms. It was attended verr nuinerously by county and city gentlemen. The NAYOR was caUed to the chair. The ILORtD BISHOP rose to move a resolution, which he Raid was nearly, though not entirely, in conformity with the requisition. Of the duty of affording relief to the suffeiers by the recent calaenity, there could be no contrariety of opinion, though some slight diffeir- ence might exist as to the limits of their bounty. Their natural boun- dary certainly appeared to be tbat pointedl out in the requisition, "within the port or Exeter," (viz., from Seaton to Teiznmoutb)- but his rdstip hoped that loower would be given to tbe committee to extend relief in extraordinary cases to any places within twetuty miles of the coast-numerous individuals havlng suffered severely inland by the overflow of rivers. His Lordship moved a resolution accordingly, and communicated to the meeting that he had been re- uuetcd by Lord Viscount Exmouth to express his regret that the ill state of his health preven ted his attendance. E. P. Lyo2;, Esq., seconded the motion. J. BUtL.LERn, Esq., wishel to make the sphere of their benevo. lence co-extensive with the county itself, as by narrowing their ob- ject, they might probably throw somre checkfon the liberality of other parts of the county. Hew ould suggest the propriey of recomtmend- ing parochial collections, if it met the approval of the Right Reve- rend Diocesan. The Bassoi expressed hIi ready compliance, but said be could not encourage them officially by circular, as thir would be an en. croachmerit on His Aajesty's prerogative. Lord ROLLE could not withhold the tribute of his thbnkst to the meeting, on behalf of bis poor neighbsoars, forthe effbrts now making to relieve their sufferings and restore their comforts. Lord CLI'FORD said, he thought their efforts ought to embrace a wider field; and after some judicious observations in support of his opinion, his Lord-ship moved, as an amnendment, that they should extend as far (but be exclusive of) Plymoutl. M1r. BULLER seconded the amendmient. Sir TnOMfAS ACLAND said, the rmeeting would readily suppose that the words ' co-extensive with .the country" would meet with his cordial support, and he was. persuaded that the subscription would be far, more productive, if the amendment were adopted. The resolution was then extended to embrace the whole county. at which alteration Mr. Buller, lord Clifford, the Bishop, Lord Rolle, and M1r. Lyen expressed their.gratification. A committee was tbien appointed Tbanks were then moved to the Bishop, Mlr. Lyon, and the Mlayor, and a subecription immnediately commenced.-Exeter Ga- zette. jifRErIWrr AT EXETER.
Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
The Times, 1824-12-16T00:00:00

dona; ioad was opposed by hlr. IIEATH fOr Josiah Piggot. The ineolvent, in the course of his examination, took a pocket-book fro>n hispocket, and reterre4 tosome papers in it. Mr. Mcath desired that the pocket-book might bc handed to him. and on inspecting its contents,hle found a letter in it,writen by a stationer to the insolvent, and stating that he had sent him two receipt stamps as directed by his wife. Not having accounted for the proceeds of certain fixtures, the insolvent was examined as to the usc he h.ad made of these two stamps; but his answers were so unsatisfactory,that the Court order- ed his petition to be dismissed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. WVEDnEnAYv nw,. 1i.n
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-12-31T00:00:00

:1r,-.a your police-report of ihis-nmoning, there is a statemertt which, if not contradicted, will (as a public character) fie highly in- jurious. to me. 1 beg leave to sav, I am not.honoared lwith the acquaintzance of either AIre. Beck, 7Ir. Leo, Ilr. AMeyer, er Air. Philip,s; and instead of taking tca with the latter gentleunen as de. scribed, I was attending a rcbearsal at the theatre, which c3mni menced'at five o'clock in the evening, and terminiated ut two in the marnink. Your insertion of the above, in,,your bighly vaitnble paper, -ill oblige. Sir, vours reanectfillv. noyaU t.oDrg Ilmeatre, licc. SU. He kH. HOWBOTHABI TO THE EDITOR OF THE TiMfES.
Coroner's Inquest.
The Times, 1824-06-22T00:00:00

IOxroRD, June 19.-Yesterdav an inquisition ws taken by W. Macey, Esq., coroner, at South-lawn Lodge, in the Forestof Wych. wood, in this county, on the body of James Millin, assistant keeper to Lord Chutchill, the Ranger of the Forest, who was found shot, andi in a dying state, on Tuesday eveRing last, between 9 and 10 Wciock, in a copse called Hensgrove. lIr. Young, a farmer of the neighbourhood, deposed, that at the time above mentioned, be hear(i the report of a gun, and that immediately afterwatds a person calle4 for assistance. He hastened to the spot, and found the decease4, 2ying on thc ground, and bleeding profusely from a wound is the lcft thigb. Ile immediately went to Astall for assistance. Wben he returned, he fotsnd illin in the same situation, withi his brother- and two other persons bv him. He then appeared sensible, calkd for water, and said that be had been shot by poachers, although be did not see them. Joseph Alillin, the brother of the deceased, ford Churchill's keeper, deposed, that on the same evening he was going his rounds when he heard the report of a gou, which appeared to come fronm Hensgrove-copse. in going, towards the spot he met with Henrv Pittaway and W. James, % ho were going the samne way, in conse, quen-c li having heard the report of the gun. They assked Joseph illillin if he had shot? he said he had not, but some one else had. Tbey said they heard a shot, and the cry of murder, and from the voice the' thought it was James Alillin. They proceeded onwards, and found thedeceased as beforedescribed. They car. ried him to Soutb-house Lodee, the residence of Joseph his bra.. ther, where lie expired about 11 the same evening. Since the deadb of James, his brother JvsepB, th' deonent, ex- amined the spot where the deceased had been shot, and'plainly dis_ covered the place whence the gun had been dlischarged, by the markh of powder on the leaves ard branches of the trees, about ten yazds, froro thie place where the deceased fell. In a direct line was folind a leaden bollet, which had ploughed up the ground, and was found in, the presence of deponent, buried therein. James coulA give nq account of the person or persons who shot him. llr. Batte surgeon, of WFitney, proved that the wound 'rws f&one a gun-shot in the inner part of tho left thigh, whichl divided the femoral arterv, anid praduced hemorrhage, which caused his death. Verdict_" Wgilfitl marderagaiost someperson or persons unkoown.'" Two persons suspected oftteinurder weretaken up and examined ,ut, no evidence being adduced against them, they were discharged. It is conjecttired, that James was shot by mfstakc, as he had been -uphl a short title in the service of Lord C hurchill, and that the enurdecers imagined it was his brother, who has been very active in the detec- tion of poachers. The deceased lies left a wife and one cihild. ana was a remarkably sober and steady man. CORO,VER'.V I.ArQUEBS.