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The most distinguished ci...
The Times, 1824-07-14T00:00:00

The most distinguished citizens of Edinburgh, with Sir WALTER SCOTT and Mr. JrEaYzvat their head, have, at a public meeting, tendered to the memory of Mr. WATT their share of the general homage. It is henourable, no doubt, in Scotland, the cradle of that philosopher, to follow the example set her by England, the country of his adop- tion, in attempting, not to pay, but to acknowledge the debt of all natioas, to one of the greatest inventors of an- cient or modern tirmes. It would have been disgraceful to the King ofENGLAND,had he forgotten whatwas due to hir inestimable subject, who did more for the general welfare than any statesman that everlived; and we are well pleased thatHisMAJESTY's subscription came so early and so freely, to determine for that class of minds who may be unable to form their own judgments, how a man of eminence ought to be revered and honoured by his country,
Iturbide.
The Times, 1824-09-21T00:00:00

TbOlse tZtCe and josurnRb brought by t1ie Forte frigate lJtij; m cica, rhieh wvcre deliveret yesterday, are of the amne dat`s these brought by the exnress witls intelligence of tha death tf Iturbide, and addl little to what was pro- -iously kioiwn oU tlat subject. WVe give the following ex- me:t of lete', rcliefly for the purpose of repelling the c'ha-re4 : 0 treach-ry wieih has rather absurdly beern brou.ght aga-irst tMx dUexican Government by soetn of our coiitemfl- on accountof the snare supposed to have been ald fr tht feeble adyh.nturer. No snare was in fact laid for hiln, but the account of GarzL is ffilly confirmed in the satemetnit of the disguise assumedl hy Iturbide, and of his igprl2ce of iis anival in the Sprisg. Ms AI*rco, July 28. TturhiAde, by hts last alions. hns given additional proofs of his annmss to govere a stae. Instead of employing an unknown, tin- -3i-eaed pre f Cor the purpose of facilitating his passage int) the wun5T ttaaotiMal, be pitched npon as his emisswvy a cetain PoVlish - Cm-1 tnX.id R3e,csky, who was well k;nown as one of his most etkh adbermta, a..d this circusstance imnediately put the Go- (5r, G-erti larza, on his guard. He instantly suspected his ,*=; a'-l haviri received infornation that one of the persons for w*hn Btenky had asked pern;sion to land, kept his face and fiza'rczta=t1y in7fflea, he set off after themn, -with a guard of --a discovered and arrestedS Iturbide." This lToter explains also the motives of the rapi(lity with which the Captain of the Sp,in, - se; sail from the bar of SoSo la Marina, without waiting for tidings of Iturbidle, s-nC- asn orrer '2d bten issuet bfor thc detention of this -vvs-el, 2nd to ser.d un all papern found on board to iMexico fo'r easrnination. the Government being anxious to fitnd out f7om Whom I turbide obtaineR1 that assistance wlsich enabled h:am to embark iu this exieliton. ITURBIDEB
Adelphi Theatre.
The Times, 1824-04-20T00:00:00

-rc no periormances at this theatre yesterder evening cal- Chated to attract the revellers of Easter, and the consequence was that it was almost deserted, whilst every other theatre was crammed to repletion. The clever tricks of legerdernain, the curious experi. merits upon gas, the difcrent performances on the musical glasses, atm the varous optical illusions which Alr. Henry exhibited, de- ervd better rem,,neration than he had the fortune to obtain ]ast nt6ht fora a small and not very select audience. Indeed, we have ot often been more areeably amused than we were during the few hours that Mr. Hienry's entertainment lasted, which, we trust, will in0 fuiture receive from the public that encouragement to which it is en ttled by its merits. ADELYHI THEATRE.
House Of Commons, Friday,...
The Times, 1824-06-26T00:00:00

At tvo o7dcck ite SrP-fEA teok the chair, and shortly after Sir Tbomus Tyrvhitt (the Usher of the Black Rod) camae to o=mmand tle tterndarne of, the Commons in the House of Lords. The S-pmEn=curdifigly vent, ccompanied byalU theiembersViesent, =d hi5 retun took his seat at thc table, and read a copv of the ..gessj h~ for which see the proceedings of thre ERouse of Lords), ttfler whileh the members senaTated. : ROnus Op CONI?1ONS. FrIIDAY. Juv{ 26.
Consistory Court Of Roche...
The Times, 1824-07-01T00:00:00

againstza lady Orn uLeorn t Of mnDarria promoted by hMr. Nokes aanst a ldy wtWhm was u.wie at Grctna.preeii, in Octo_ on the 25th of -Jut,I; 1 . L .tihe7ltisig Mai', oii .a'. green, had viven Air. Nokes ansdMrs. RosUett'iI-lAoTdot-he fvitiS utsal certificates, :" that the partes 1iii lieen m.arried aecordit;t'e thentes and cerennie of the church of England ar.ndagrobply to those of'Scotland." Dr. SWAasx,rthe judge, objected, that theidentity,of Mr. Ndkes: was by no means proved upon the evidence that wis ddduced- td sustain it. And as to the certificate, there was. notlilhg about it. to show, either thiat MIr. Laing was a regular- minister of the Kirk of Scotland, or empowered to celebrate such a inarriage; oi' the ftuchm that such a marriage was at the tiine and place men- tioned really celebrated. The counsel for MIr. NokesconteRded that the proof of identity was suffitient to satisfy the object of the law, *vhicb would not too narrowly inquire into the proof of the marriage sought' to be set aside, more particularly as the fotiner of these two- miatnages (for it seemed thlt AI\lrs. Hadon was married to Mr. Milward under the designation of AMrs. Wirard. widow) was proved 13ydnd diispute. If, howvever, the Court should be of opinion that the pleraline was de- fective in itS present state, they trusted that the Courr woutld rescind the cencluMion of the caiuse, to allow the party an opportunity of amending his plean Theativerse counsel objected to this praver. The Court wouldl coubtless be surnri4ed and pleased to learn 'rom so ademirable an su- thority as Mlr. David L,.ini, that the marriage ceremonies and laws of the Kirk of Srotland antf those of the Church of England were so extremely similar as his certificate set them forth to be. .The learned counsel then arguied at length upon the absolute defect of proof of identity as to iMIr. iVokes throughout the whole transaction, and as to Mrs. Nokes. in several parts of it; and finally-they prayed that Mirs. Nokes might be diAmiissed from all further obserrance of justice in the cause. The JuDoE said he should-lalte time to deliberate in this case. JCONSISTORY COURT OF ROCf4rVqP.z T-.. 14 mUKES AGAINST MXLWABD, _EC HADON, XALSEL. - - I ~ CALLED NoXEs.
Mr. CANNING made a shrewd...
The Times, 1824-07-08T00:00:00

Mr. CANNING made a shrewd enough guess at the na- ture and properties of the Irish Catholic " Association,'" when he hinted hisopinion that it miglht be safely left to Iitelf, since? for bringing it to that state out of which it ought never to haye rlsen, its own members were means more convenient thitu any that the machinery of an act of Parliament couldihave providedl. The 1tight Honouirable Gentleman knew very well what mischief A set of coxcombs are apt to indict upoi4 any party to wbich they profess to attach themselves. 'he ~vain turbulence of the Milesian Magnates has accordingly taken its full effect, just at the moment when the close of the rival Parliatnent at West.. minster had left the O'CoNNsLs, O'GoRmAS,, saAd the rest of them, little more to be afrajd qf, Rut instead of canter- ing quietly over the course, these wiseacres began crossing and jostling 'with each other. Some flippancy of O'CoN- NELiS compelled the Secretary, their most efficient officer, to write thera a " dignified" letter, and to resign. Then there were sundry vile debts to be paid which had been incurred for the sake of the Catholics, and which one or two rigmarole fellows pretended were entitled to an appro- priation out of the " rent," or poll-tax, hourly gathering in from every hovel in Munster. But O'CONNEL did not rellsh this " working for a dead horse," as the proverb goes: he would have no " trumped up" debts. On which an unlucky editor of a newspaper, or some such insignifi7 cant personage, printed a letter of the Counsellor's own in- diting, and dated several years before, attesting the fairness of the very debts which were now sneered at as so many fabrications. This was rather sharp upon the orator, who, in revenge, declared his contempt for the public press, antd threatened to withdraw his pa- tronage from it; at the same time confessing that his cia- racter was left in such a dirty state, as to make its purgation resemble pretty closely a similar miracle performed of old, upon the Angean Stable. 33e that as it may, the Chiefs of the Popish Democracy are all by the ears; and long may they contiIue so, for it is the only chance which the cause of our respectable Catholic fellow-snbjects haa of prosper- ing before the end of the present genleration.
German Papers.
The Times, 1824-07-26T00:00:00

In the second sitting of the DIet O Ithe 6th of this month, no op. pOSitiOn was rmade to the proposal of the Presiding Canton to con. tinue for 12 months the resolutions adopted 1ast year relative to the abuses of the press and the snrveillance of foreigners; on the con- trary, great praise was bestowed on the desirable results which they had been found to produce, and they were accordingly confirmned unanimously. The Mtinister fbr Bsslc regretted that his Govern. ment was nut able to furnishi information respecting the university of that city, which might have corrected erroneous satemenra, and prevented a measure of the Prussian Aiovernment directed against that university. The concordat respecting the effects of a change of religion upon civil rights, led the Minister of Berne to declare that the legislation of his canton on this subject was stiU inoomplete- that its chief object was the prevention of mixed communities, or the naintenance of purely Pretesmant or purely Catholic communities- tbat the zealous and active spirit of proselytism of a class of Catholic piests in the neighbourh ood, who chiefly exerted themselves to se- uce minors and children, required measures o' protection, and must prevent Berne from acceding to the concordat. The Ministers of Friburg and Solcure replied, that they did not believe that any thing passed in their cantons which could give just ground for complaint. Certain French papers cannot refrain riom vilifying and calum- niating Switzerland. The daily proofs that both the Government and the people well -knew the situation in which the interests of Burope has placed them, their sincere desire to promote every ineao sure that can ensure the preservation of peace and order, an4 their aversion to every thing at varianee with-these prindples, cannot check the idle declamations of these people, who hold nothing sacred bul what accords with their own opinions, and think every thing per- mitted that can promote their own base ends. It were to be wished that these self-constituted defenders of legitimacy would learn the differencebbetween right and wrong, before theyassumaaartfo which their bad intentions and sentiments wholly disqualify them. VIENNA JtULY 10. Tne Archduke Palatine and his consort, accompanied by 'he hereditary PrLince and Princess of t;me E ildburghausenZ set out on the th for Of en, after taking leave of the E;mperor aad Ji;mpress. His Royal Highness Prince Gustavus, so of Oueen Frederica, on arriving herc from Italy, lmnmediatc; went to Baden; aad, we hear, has paid a visit td the Emperor. Thbe mnarriage of his Imrperial Hlighness theArchdukle Francs CtEharles will take placein the course of the autumtn. Prince Metternich; after takng the waters Mjbcbe4 whe he is ddio~rnqort1h Eoper6i ind Empr. to9t.jy$j h , to,'Xf3BM,ktz W4mO &DMw 2Pintea anIbMSS8O" t i erg-F~~~~Joanaibrg-iva GERMAN PAPERS. S.WTzRRT,A7VTn T--T i
A meeting was held at the...
The Times, 1824-09-29T00:00:00

A rmeeting was held at the city of Cork on the 9th inst., for the purpose of receiving the Hon. MIr. NOEL and Cap- taini GoRDOoN, members of the London 13ible Society, with certaii propositions for extending the objects of that insti- tution to Ireland. 'These delegates or missionaries were but seirvily treated, andl the ptoject faile.l. The chief speak:- ers aaainst thcr, were Mivr. OC'ONRNTr. anil Mlr.Sifisi., who were both somewhat abuasive. Mr. 0C'lo.NNI, in his tur- bulent way, adinitted-vcry justly, we are sure-l]at the knowledge of the word of Go]) could only lea(l to the extir- pation of Popery. Ile treated, therefore, the project of dis- seminating tlte Biblc as an attempt to convert the Irish from " the religion of their fatier.'." How often we hear that phrase repeated, "' The religion of *heir fathers ! The re- ligioit of their tathers !" Surely, if the Irish have anv merit in adhlering to the religion of their fathers, they wou]l hlave had vet more in adhering to that of their grand- fathers-to the idolatrous rites which prece ded the intro- tluction of Christianity. Mr. Stter. appears to have been a rea(ler of CAY0l1 LE, obsequiously adopting his argument,. that the Bible was a work calciulated to instil itnpurc io7eas antl a sanguinary practice. It will be recollected, that the P'agans in the carlier age of the Church enideavoured to destroy the iblie.
We insert another letter ...
The Times, 1824-11-15T00:00:00

WVe insert anothler letter from the Rev. Mfr. EVANSONZ, in support of thc scheme for circulating Bibles in the Irish language arneng the peasantry of Ireland ; not, we persist in declaring, from the slightest change having becn wrouglit in the substance of our own opinion, but fromn the import- anice that we attaclh to every experiment conniected with the interests of true religion, as well as from Justice to the revereiid gentleman. Since it might seem ungracious to reiterate our absolute dissent from a statemeent which we are unable to question without some appearance of personal disparagemenit to- wardls those whom we are desirous to treat with courtesy, we will give our reverend friend, for the skke of argument, his ten thousanld "' literate" Afilesians; anid for every one ot his ten thousand, we do affirm, without fear of contra- diction from any candid person who kniows the soutlh of Ireland, that there are one hunlldred wlho call read the Bible in the English tongie. WVe pledgc ourselves to this from an acquaintance, not of yesterday, witli the poor tlrough- out the south and central parts of Ireland. WVc know, from Auttlority in(disputable, that anl immense proportiou of the rucde, awkward, " broguenieering" clowns of Munster can read the English language, and write it too-a proportion of not less than ten for onie of the peasantry of Englanrl who can rcad or write their own language, and, as we have before said, of one hundred to one of those Irish who can read their niative tougue, eveln assuming their numbers to be as calculatet by our reverenid corresponident. In what language, then, ought it to be the object of a religious soeiety to print and circulate their Bibles-for the 10,000 realers or the millioni ? Is it to be supposedi that the smaller body will be precluded from reading the sacred book, I nless it be in Irishl? Is it so mueh as hinte(d by our cerrcspondent, or his associates, that they who can r6ad the Irish clharaeter, ate ot the nttmber of those who cannot read English ? Is such a thing dreanmedl of by aily rational being ? If niot, there is an enda of the dispute; for be it renemnbered, ouir mglin positioni was, that all those who are qualificl to r eatd the Irish, are able to read English still better. As fbr the notion that by teaching to rea(l Erse those Irishmien wlho have already learncd to readl English, you interest tlhcir feelinigs in favour of the study which you recointiend, it really appears, to our conception, an effemi- nate view of a grave subject,-a tandUing andtl lullaby course ot religious education, uniworthy to be niamed among thie mnore powerlul engines for actinig cxtensively uponl the hum3an anin(l. I-lere we beg leave to drop the question finally. 'Thl e Ilev. Gentleman may, if he pleases, claim the victoly in thle controversy ; but he inust allow us to say, that we still hold to our first-expressed opinion.
Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
The Times, 1824-05-04T00:00:00

Gustaviovs Edward Bceker.s, a native of Russia, wKas posed by lr. COOrE, for ileesrs. Reeves and Son; and by MJr. Wm. Strut. ton in person. It appeared that the insolvent's brothers were mer- chants, residingat Mloscow, and that hehad as their agent purchased L'oods here from illesrss. Reeves,and consigned them to his brothers. He received from them, during his residence here, a considerable property bequeathed to him in his mother's will, to which they were executwrs, an4 a sum cf 30,000 rubles (1,4001.) over; but he de- nied being, or even having represented himself to be, a partner with his brothers at AMoscow. It not being proved that he had ever made a representation to that effect, although Mr. Reeves under- stood him to be a member of the Aloscow firm when he sold him the goods, the Court were of opinion that no case was established against him by Mlessrs. Reeves; and Mtir. Strutton, who opposed on the ground of a vexatious defence to an action for 181. l8s., net being prepared to produce the proceedings in evidence, the insolvent was eclared to be entitled to his discharge. Jol/ar fhlggins was opposed by fOr. PoLL.ocK for a creditor namned Hill, whose attorney stated that the insolvent took vexatious defence to anaction on a bill of exchange for 201., and ran his client to 811I. costs. The insolvent produced a witness who stated he had offered, at the attorney's office, to pay all the costs then incurred, and give a good bill for the debt, which olfer the plaintiff aeceded to, when the at- torney interfered, and broke of the negotiation. The insolvent then proceeded with the defence, in order to gain time. The COURT declared,that although thev by no ineans viewed the insolvent's conduct in a very aggravated light, yet they were bountl by the clause of the act not to suffer it to pass wholly unnoticed ; and therefore ordered him to be remanded for four months within the walls.0reaa orfumotswhi Johrn Sudweeks, formerly a gamekeeper, was opposed on behalf of a Alr. Mayne ; and it appearing that shortly before his imprison- inent he was in the possession of con.siderable property, for which he was now unable satisfactorilv to account, he was remanded for six calendar months within the walls. INSOLVENP DEBTORS' COURT To)n.-v Afv !
The Late Wm. Lansley, Bea...
The Times, 1824-06-09T00:00:00

lVe (the S7,Jwld [ercuzry) mentioned in our last, that this un. fortunate individual, who was so dreadfallr mangled by his own bear, had been carried to the lafirmary under circumstances which left little hope of his recovery. After lingering in a miserable state under great pain, he expired on Tuesday last. The following is an account of the evidence taken en view of the body on Wednesday, before A. A. Hardy,E,o., Coner George Elam, of hheflield, sworn._I knov the deceased I have known him upwards of five years. I was with him on Thursday last. The deceased was a bear-ward. About ten o'clock in the evening on that daT, I accompanied the deceased to his hoase in the park. Ve took bis bear out of the stabe into a field, to let him roll and clean himself. We had nst been in the field more than ten mi- nutes, when the bear attacked the keeper. Dcreased did not beat or abuse the bear in my presence. The bear was loosely muzzled; his moith was three parts extended. The deceased had neither a dog nor weapon. After the bear had rolled himself on (he grass, and played for some time, deceased began to play with him. The bear Iai(t bis head on deceased's thigh, and appeared in good temper, and perfectly quiet. Deceased got up and cracked his fingers at the bear and he followed him, and appeared very friendly with him. 'l3he bear atternpted to run away, and the deceased fol- lowed him, and laid hold of the rope, which wan fastened to his nose,/'nd tried to stop him. The bear struck the deceased over the hanq;.ith his left paw; and firding hilmself f.astened, he reared up, nnin.jt both his feet round deceased's body, and pressed him dewn, anll-id himself upon him. I was not more than three yards frorn hir.'zat the time. The bear laid hold of decea.sed's left arm with hi8 tecth, and appeared to be tearing him in pieces. I attempted every means in my power to get the bear off the man, buit I was not able to do so; for the moment I attempted, the bear endeavoured to get hold of me. I went for assistance, and brought a dog belonging to thd geceased. I was not more than ten mitutes absent, and on my return I founa the deceased in the same situation in which I left him. The dog, on hearing the master'e voice, ran to bim, and the be-arleft deceased. His right arm was very much lacerated; the left side and thigh were also very much bruised. The bear was shot on the rame night- The deceased was taken to the Infirmary in a deplorable atate, wbere he languished until Tuesdav last, and ex- pired. Verdiott_' Died in con5equence ot the lacerations, bruises, and wounds, received from rhe bear."' THE LATE WJf. LANSLEY, BEAR-WXARA
Law Report.
The Times, 1824-08-02T00:00:00

iUr- htAltT said,-that he had great satisfaction in informing the Court, that the defendant had consented to give up his present c aim as heir.at.law, and tbat the suit was amicably put an end to by ar- rangeMe1flt between the parties. The LonDn CHsANcELoLR expressed his great satisfaction at this intelligence. The case, indeed, was very like one of which he had heard, 'where a father and son having been found hung up together, tbe qrestion was which of thenda was hanged first. in taking leave oft?his vscase, he could not but. express his regret at not having done that whch upon ell future occasions he was resul7ed to do, in dis- putes about rcal property arising ont of lunacy) nannely, let the party admittteij by all sides to be heir-at-law into possession, and leave the ohrs to fight it out amnong themseives. The eto h a GORDoN v. GOnDON. res ofthedaywas exhausted in the argumnent on this peti- , igin the nature of a bill of review of proceedings wvhich saeoccped the Court for mar y years, the ground of the present proceeding being the discovery of a cert~ficate of his parentt's mar- riage by tbe defendant, earliertehan either of those which at present alipear on the record. The particulars of the ease have been too oRten beebre the pr blic to require repetition. JI,AW APPORT. CO?JItT OF CEIANCERY., SATU DAY. JULY at. nVIPn ar -.-BT