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Court Of Common Pleas, Fr...
The Times, 1824-05-22T00:00:00

rune UOurt sat i, Ba?wo till 12 o'clock, 6ut no case of any interest caine on up to that time. Lord Chief Justice BEST SSt for the remainder of the dlay at Nisi Prirzs. IIEAUVAIS V. BARRTE. This was an action to recover the amOunt of wages dlue to plain. tif, for having lived for i cerUtin time in the service of defendant in capacitL of valet. The wages due were said to be 41., and 101. ad- d itional wvere charged by the servant for a journey to Paris, to search his master out, who had gone.fromn this country without payinghim. It appeared trom the evidence of a brother valet (who gave his evi- dence, halW in French and half in English), that the plaindff was hired by the dlefendant at Brnett's hotel. rhe defendant went out of th country, and didnotpay. He afterwards admitted to witness, at sMadrid, that he owed the money. It appeared, however, that witness ofbred on the part of uplaintifl, to take 401. in cash, in lieu of the whole demand. The Jury gave a verdict for this suM. I COURT OF COMM1-O1ON PLEAS. FRtnm.v_ A'v 21
Death Of The Queen Of The...
The Times, 1824-07-10T00:00:00

i e have this day to recortt the death of Queeni Tameha. nalu, cOnsort of Tanmehaineba tht Second, King of the andwich Islands. She departed this life on Thursdav "ning. at ha1f-past 6 o'clock, anil to the last was quite ensib2e'and composed. The King took bis last farewel ,bout 10 oclock ii the morning, previously to which she nformed himn that she was sensible she was dying, and was uite resigned. Their separation was truly affeting. We learn that the immediate cause of her death was in- mlrmation of the langs. During her illness she was at- ended by Sir H. Halford, Dr. Ley, Dr. Holland, and M1r. ?cregrine. The King, since her denmise, has expressed his tlastacLion at tie attention shie received. T'he following official statemient has been drawn up by he physicialns who attended:- " Tile Queen of the Sandwich Islandsi depr,ted this life about lalf-lt5six this e,;enlng, without much apparent suffering, and in loetession of he r senses to the last moment. The King. in the midst of this deep sorrow, manifests a finn- e"s of mfind which has penetrated every body about bin, with a feel. ing of t-Pect. Though very anxious to express his grief in the rnaancr of his countrv, and to show the marks of deference which *M eoully paid to tihe dead there, he submits, Withi good setse and psatience, to erey snggestion vwhich our habits dictate. . We have every rean to believe, that his Mlajesty's anxiety ani depression have aggrav=ted all the symptoms of his disese, which, bu: fo. this cauise, might ere now have terminated prosper- ously; but wte h;o}e iii a &iy or twvo that he will be better. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD " HENRY HOLI,AND, "HlUGhIS LEY. Thursday evcrning, July 8,1824." The sepulIchral rites observed by thesc i4landers. and WIsich are alluded to in the above report, seemn, according t the &accouits of all travellers, to be inrolved in consi- derable mysterv. Campbell says the badies of the dead are ahlyws tlposeil cr secretly. anld he never could learn where they were iiterred. The Queen, he tells us, preserved the hones of her father camefuilly wrapped up in a piece of cloth. Wvhen she slept in her own hliuse, thev were placed by her side; aar in her abseice, they Wtvre laid on a (eat her- bedl, which she hatl received from the captain of a ship, and 'which was usedi for that purpose only. When Camp- bll aswked the reason of this custom, she replied, " It was bcauseshe loved her father so dearly." MIariner also saw thts2 bones, and on inquiry found that this was not a cus- tom of thelQuten only, buta common practice among these islanders. EA TI! OF TJB QUEN, OP THE SANDWICH E ISLANDS.
Brazil.
The Times, 1824-09-04T00:00:00

The following is a copy of the proclamation issued at Pernambuco by the President, which we alluded to on the last arrivals:- " PROCLAMIATION. " Inhabitants of the Northern Provinces of Brazil l-Providence, which constantly watches over our felicity, continues to arrange cvery thing for our more reaaily obtaining it. His Imperial and Constitutional Majesty is not satisfied withi despotically and inso- lently dissolving the Sovereign Conbtituent and Legislative Assem- bly of Brazil-vith attaclking in this manner the national sovereignty in the august persons of its representatives-he has endeavoured to divide us, and to instigate the King of Portugal to make an attack on our fire-sides. Now, after involving us in a war which, notwith: standing we are certain of victory, is most unjust and iniquitous- Brazilians, who would imagine it ?-after exposing us to the bayo- nets arid the cannon of the Portuguese, his Imperial and Constitu- tional -Majesty has ordered all his forces to repair to the capital for the sole defence of his owh person, and he has abandoned those who elevated him to the tlirone, and placed the imperial crown on his head. Brazilians ! the Emperor leaves us to ourselves. What, then, remains for us to do? Let us unite for our common safety; let us establish a supreme anld trily Constitational Government, charged with our defence and security. IBrazilians ! let us unite, and we will be invincible. "MlANUEI, DE CARAVALHO PAES D'ANDRADE, "' President. "Pernambuco. Palace of the Government, July 2,1824." 'BRAZIL.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-11-04T00:00:00

c- "--*- *14-1 I s9~ I )nLTs ot thils mgring. it was 'With very con :derable pain that I perused the artialc inwbhich my name wits introduced; and I should feel obliged by rour contradicting the statenent in wvhicli I am reprcsented as having rendered aseistezce to tme untortunate Derson to whom the article alludes. I have never becn backward in deing good to my fellow-creatures, and I hope I nlever shall; but I do not wish mY dceds to be ostentatiou-]v ;ub- .1 - .- - .- , , L~iqhoute, Tuesday, Nov. 2. "IME1fi kLUDUE.*' ud S -: paragrapa aLiuded to was copicd from an evening papli-, an as corrected in The Times ef VelLei-dav1 TO TllE EDITOR OF TIJE TIMJES. U . -
Court Of Common Pleas, We...
The Times, 1824-11-25T00:00:00

( nf fsanco. ) ",'lus casc Cll r. bergeant YEr.T. moved for a ru le to show cau'e wily tne defendant, who is Warden of the Fleet Brison, shoulol not produce to the plaintiffis a Habeas Corpu.,and thecoinmitment under it, and allow them to copv them (at their own expense), for the pur- poses of the action. The case was this ! The plaintiffs ha(l com- menced an action against a person nanmed Floskins, and had him taken in execution under a cn. . floskins was afterwards brought under a IJulieas before Mir. Justice Gaqselec, and by him committed to the Fleet. Fronm that prison he since escaped. The plaintiff brought his action against the Warden for the escape, and it was for the purpose of that action that the present motion was made. The COURLT wished to know whether there were any cases toshow that such an application could be supported ? Mlr. Scrgeant PELT. said he could cite several, but without trotn- bling their Lordships he would only mention one or two. Before he did so, he would state it generally as a principle whichl had been recognized by the Court that the Court, oh application, woulti grant an order to inspect the books of a corporation or parish. Lord Chief .Justice BESr.-Pbe cases you mention do not, I think, apply to the present. The books of a corporation, every member of that corporation has a right to inspect. So likewise has every inhabitant of a parish a right to inspect parochial books and accounts. MIr. Sergeant PELL said he would mention a case whichl he thought would satisfy their Lordships. There was one in Nd Strange, 1242, in which a man brought an action fer illegal proceedings in the Churt of Requests in London, and he applied to this Court for an order, authorizing him to inspect the procced- ings of the infErior Court, for the purOses of the action. The Court granted the applicationon this ground-that every man had a riglt to inspect proceedings in wlhich he himself was personally interested. The princinle for which he now contended was here fully admitted. The earn6d sergeant saiel; that the defendantrefused to deliver up the documents, or allow themi to be copied, Gon the ground that he had no authority so to do, without tlse permission o the Court. Lord ChietJustice BEST here observed, that thle question, as it appeared to him, was-.how far these were public documentr, and as such, how far the plaintiff'had a right to have access to them P Mr. Sergeant PELL a:aS PrOCeeCdig to cite other cases in support of his rnotin, when the Court intimated that they hadalready heard enough to have the case come bef'orethem for argument, and granted a srule to show cause. - _ COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WNFDESDAY, Nov.24. DAVIS AND ANOTTE?t V. BROWW.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-12-14T00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBfER 14, 1824. The French papers of Saturday, which arrived last night, are entirely destitute of political intelligence. FRENCH FENDS.-PARIS, Dec. 11.-Five per Cents. opened at 1092.15. ; closed at 102. 20.; Bank Stock, 1,995.: Neapo- litan 5 per Cents. (Falconet's certificates), 88k.; Rentes d'Espagne, 18.; Royal Spariih Loan, 57i. Exchange on Londoni, one mondi, 2.i; three months, 24. 85.-Cours Authentiqnze.
Vice-Chancellor's Court, ...
The Times, 1824-12-22T00:00:00

Mr. H OrNE moved forP speciaI,WunctiXo igainst the above de- fendant, upon an afflidavit stating dth e 0oMringcrcumstqnce. -.The detendant had been employed by th&HoxticdtWirASodety6f'Lon- don to make a voyag ofArthe outhcfa eoast -o , a4 and to the Brazeils, for tbhe pUKple of cofecting crtain obc'. of natural his. tory irt order 'toumin1e nnd'llnsf4te the colieon-anlieddy made by tLat Eebdey. Pravious to hln yparture, the d6ftdant, eed with this 0ociety, for a certain peculllary compennation, that all the motes And observattons svhich'might-be made by.hiniiis'h1sjournl during the voyage, as t(clIes.eUthe pcimeds-ohenmIgbebe to collect, ohoald be the poperty o'the Hocutural &eiety, cad should bedeliveredovei tothent bythOefiendntoUhiareSur^.A paper of instruction6deliver &tothedefcndnt previousto departure, in which iliese terms werepex;ified, wvr, refrl-toin.proof of the a!- legations. The affidavit went on to,kharge 1that the defendant had, however, in violation of his agreem4it, mnaeuse of smeof te spe- timcns collected by him in vatioui wsav. Somn partof them, he hadl sold, and others he had give'way' He hkn also publshed some part of the information he hdvcollected, and which. mi puru- ance of lis agreement, was in fget the property of ltheHorti. cultural Society, no less than th- specimens of natural history, in the shape of an article in-/ the October number of the Rdinbhurgi Phliosopldcal Journai aThe seciety. felt themselves obliged to vindicate their right ia what they .onsider,id thedi. abaohte propertj, atd for which they had paid, and thcy hb there. fore ordered the present it to beommenced. The prayer vas, that the defendant shaould sbe rest daed from publ?shins o c'omu nicating t'r publication any part oft'he ijformttiot col1eled by hino: or containedt ins-lIe-notee-or ohsesantiona of hio journail during his voyagc: ?md aalo th2t he should Wbaertmined from dleposlagIn2ny manner ofthe'vatiouirpeclmnns't cit he hzd obtaitied during the same voyage. The injunction iras immediatelygranted4 no peraon appearing on the other side. VICE-CHANCEELLR'S CO iT. TUEmnAY: DP. 2L THE HOHlTICUltTUfAL SacF.eA np viwTinii v nnir
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-04-16T00:00:00

It appears from a return supplied to the House of Com- mont, that the quantitv of tobacco seized by the Customs and Pre- ventive Service, from January 5 1823, to Januarr 5, 1824, amoants to 572,887 pounds, about one-half the qundtity seized the year pre_ ceding. Froin an account just printed by order of the House of Ctommons, it appears that the foreign tonnage imported into the. port of London, amounted, in 1814, to 269,834 tons; ia 1815, to '27; 375 tons; in 18262, to 106,099 tons; and in 1823, to 161,70i tons. The celebrated Professor of' Mathematics at Cambridge, Niclolas Saunderson, though quite blind, was so fascinated with the chase, that he continue to hunt until a very advanced periord of his life. His horse was accustomed to follow that of his rervant - the delight of Saunderson was extreme when he heard the cry o Lhe hounds and the huntsmen, and he used to express his raptures with ill the eagerness of those who possessed their sight, Tjhere is at Tabreez an European lady residing with her husband, a native of Persia, to whom she was married during him residence in England, whither he had been sent for his education by Abbas Alirza. He is a gunsmith, an excellent workman, atnd in otlher respects a Man of considerable merit. He treats his wife with great kindness. A New York paper notifies the extraordinary circum- stance of English newspapers having been received there of as recent a date, within one day, as those from New Orleans-the Emerald having perforned the passage trom Liverpool in the short space of 16 davslf. A liay at the west end of the townbas carried hertprudery so far, tbat she has separated the writings of the ?na/e and fenale au. thors im-her 1-brary. DAaING RoBBERY.-OU Friday the lhouse of George Cruikshank, Esq., the celebrated artist, No. 25, Mlyddelton-terrace, PentOnville, wasB brokn open. The bhrglara entered by forcing the back.kitchen windosw; and after tisding the box of the housemaid of her savings, amounting to five pounds, and her clothes, proceedetl to the di1ing-room from whence they canried offthe'sidcboard of plate, with a valuable Aookah. [Advertisement.1-The Birds of Aristophaneg, translated-into En lIsh verse, witi notes, by the Rev. H. F. CArV, A.M4,-.Price gs.tid., is just published by Taylor and Hlemsey, 93' Fleetitrieet, and 13, Wateraoo.place, PAll-malL Of whom may behad,-;VThe Vision; or, Hell Purgatory, and Paradise ot Dante Alighieri," translated by the zRev. H. F. Ctry, A.AI. the second edition,i-ith a Lifeof Dante, Notes, and an Index, S vols;8yo, price 1.-16s. '; hIr, Carts TRanrlation-the best we te" i i ab s y vol _ Q^T"rki 07 in f uy,
West India Company.
The Times, 1824-04-30T00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-One of the morning papers of this day has souse notable ob- servations on the subject of the proposed WVest India Company, which is described as a Hydra-headed monster, that is to eat up all its own sugar, as vell as the whole of the importations into this country and this by a process which bafile- aU calculation, by an unprecedented profit to itself, "and attheexpenseof 10 millionsand a alf annually to the people of England !" Can any thing be nore preposterous than the idea that a company,with four millions of ca- pital, to be invested in a WVest India agency business for the sale of colonial produce, should commence its operations by purrha4iug 100,000 tons of sugar at 30L a ton, and baring got possession of this quantity and established a monopoly, showid raise the price at its owvn pleasure the very next day," and thus gain 10 millions and a half for the benefit of the proprietors ?" But this, it appears, is amongst the lcast of the powers of the Company, who, not content with maintainlinc slavery in the lirest Indies, "will aspire to reduce the people of England to a state of de- pendence on itself!" As Tom Thnmb says, " I ask not kingdoms-I can conquer those: ' I ask not money-monev I've enough." And then wehave a mOst awful appeal to the people of England, who are caUed upon to "look to thenis,:l-they have not adav, not an hour to lose." They are to " beware lest the Comnany be the ready instruments of any Mllinister wht nmy entertain purposes opposed to the riFhts and liberties of the subject." Now what "the rightsand liberties of the subject' can have to do with a set of respectable mer- chants, who propose the investment of British capital in objects of commercial rrofit, I cannot divine- still less how we are to be alarmed "in contemplating the power which such a Company may exercise over the press, and even over Parliament itself." If it were not evident that the writer's alarm at the e.tablishmet of this Company proceeds entirely from tbe conviction that its ten- dency will be to give a standard of Yalue to colonial property, and to confirm the security of the West Indies, on whilcb so much of the wealth antl political power.ofthis country depend, I should bave been at a loss to Know for what possible object the article had been written. But as this is so apparent, I ani rather disposed to wonder that he has uot discovered even greater dangers to the safety of the State in the fopnation of this Company. I am inclined to say, with the Physician mn the farce_" Doctor, you mistake the case: the dis- tenper iS not in the diophormane, as you vainly imagine; it was the rlet tnetelluc thou gnhIvoerhy muncoh approve of all that you did, let use tel you youdid not d half cnoeh."I I 2m, Sir,.yours, &c. MIERLIN. tipri Wu, I t24. WVEST IVDI- CtoAfPAYy.
Advices have been receive...
The Times, 1824-07-05T00:00:00

A.lvices have been receivt(d fro:n Tririeldd to the 221 of May. The Governor, Sir AR. WOODFORD, had refused to receive the deputation to present the petition of the " per- " sons styling themselves thefree inhabitants of the colony," praying him to stay the promulgatian of tlLe Order in Coun_ cil. The meeting hail, he said, been convened without his sanction,and consequently he could not receive the petition in any other manner ;han through his Secretary. The Go- vernor, on the petition beinsg brought before hlm, through the medium of his Secretary, declared that he could not; comply with the r-quest of the colonists, and that the Ord,lr in Council must be carried into effect.
Trade With The Netherland...
The Times, 1824-08-18T00:00:00

"'William, by the Grace of God, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orxage-Nassau,. Grand Duke of Luxem- burg, &c. &c. ", On the report of our Ministers, &ec. In order to give effect to a provisional agreement entered into at London, during the negotiations now pending there, for concluding a treaty of commerce founded on mutual interests, aud until the said treaty shall have been concluded; we de- cree, &c. " Art. 1. All goods, which aftei the 14th inst shall be imported from the United Kingdom of Great Britain bh ships under English colours, shall provisionally be consider- ed and treated in respect of duties, as if the importation had been made by a Netherland ship. " This provisional arrangement shall not be considered as definitive, until the above-mentioned treaty of commerce shall be concluded. - Art. 2. This equalization does not extend to such goods, of which the importation under the Netherland flag is specially favoured by the general law, or by the tariff of duties inwards or outwards. " Given at the Hague, Aug. 11, is24." TRADE WITH THE NETHERLANDS. DECREE.
English Opera-House.
The Times, 1824-11-03T00:00:00

Thte summer theatres seem to be Taking their revenge for thie con- ramacious extension of season at the winter houses last year-the Haymarket is bringing torward new plays and new people in No- vember; and Mr. Mathews recommenced with his Arnerican Tr1ip last night at the English Opera-hoa se. It is not the least striking feature of Alr. Mathews'i entertainments generally, that they arc dramas exceDently acted from the begirizing to the cnd. Upon the merits of his performance-(for the thing passes " imitation")-we have already spoken frequently. He played with great spirit last night, though labouring something under cold, and was loudly cheerel by a numerous audience. J?NGLISVf OPERA-HOUSE.
The Fire In Fleet-Sreet.
The Times, 1824-11-16T00:00:00

The followinrg arc some additional particulars respecting this dreadful ire:- illr Band was apprised of his loss on Sanday night, and instantly returned to town, and on *londay morning was seen on the rains 2ssisting the firemen of the West of England Company, with which he is partially insured, to remove ary thing of value found a;mongst the smoking rubbish. A number of labourers are employed dig- ging and clearing away the ruins. Several pleceo of Irish liaens, and other parts of the stock, the iron chest, cash-box, and some of the account-books. all in a half consumed state, were found. Dar- ing the night the fronts of the houses of Alessrs. Pitmran ana Co., and Mk. iMarriott, suddenly fell inwards as far as the first floor, vith a heavy crash, fortunately doing no isclhief. The front of Mr. Alarriott's bouse haa lately been beautified, and wres re- marked tbr the chasteness of its architectnae. Such was the terrific appearance ot the standing walls. an immense stack of chimneys remiaining in a drooping and tottering position, that to venture to search for any of the propertv of the suF.erers was judged to be hiighlly dlangerous, and the attempt for the pro- sent is abandoned. The confusion caused by the calamity has corm- pletelv put a stagnation to busincess in the vicinity of the spot, and the street yesterday was nearly impassable from the immense crowds assembled. Divine service %vas not performed on Sunday, and the chu;ch presented a singular appearance, fronm the piles of properly deposited therein. Some graves wereopened on Saturday for tbe in- termsent of persons on Sunday. whicb ccre-onwy was of course de- ferredt for the vresent. The situation of Mr. Srith, the tailor, who has lost all he possessed, and is not insured, is truly lame:ntable: hie had been there only six months, and had enibarked aUl hlis property in the business; besides which, he has a large fanmily totally depen- dent on him for support. The ruins vi,ewed froi Fleet-street yester- day presented a scer,e of extraordinary desolation: immense clouds of smoke still continne to darken the air; the carriages passing to and frem the city through this great thoroughfare experience considerable difiulty and delay in tiheir pr eeas. It is now ascertained, that had there been an immediate supply ef water, the flames vrould have been confined to Mr. Bond's house. This circamstance has excited very great observation in the neighbourhood. TIHE FIRE I.V FLRET-SREET.