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The custom of taking fees...
The Times, 1824-12-10T00:00:00

'1 he custom of taking fees for seeing the monuments in Vestminster Abbey is of very ancdent date. Shirlev alludes to it in his pleasant comedY called The Bird i;t az Cage, when Bonnmfco, a mouintebank, says-. i' - --- I talk- as glib, " Methinks, as he that fartits the moizrncft." In those days, however, the price ofadnmission was but one pcnny to see the whole. [Advcrtisecnt.1- People lift up their hands and eyes with asto- nislhment, when they hear that 20L, invested in a Rial del Alonto Afine Share, has producedloOL or 8001.; do they forget tkat lesg than one-fourth part of that sum, risked on the 16th of this month, must obtain for somebody more than 20,0001. ? All other specula- tions are mere trifles, sompared with the chance of an adventure iR 6UchI a Lottery scheme as the present, in .which the gain is so great, and the risk next tonothing. LAdvertisement.j.-T.i I WATIO IOX BEAR'S GREASE.-.7,?EEs ATMrxrsox respectfully cautions the public against numerousimni tationi of the Bear's Grease imported by him. The pots anrd wrapo pers in some are exactly similar, only his name is omitted; the words being on the counterfeit "Genuine Bear's Grease," insteai of " Atkinson's Bear's Grease ;" and also on- the wranper round, his pot he affixes bis signature. 'l'he article he sells iB sent out in. pots just as imported, only a little perfume to keep it sweat: it i; procured from the animal in its native climnate, that being the stste- recommended by all wrhiers on natural philosophy. The repute it has long held for restoring thet hair is now irdubitably established by numerous recenit instances, and for dressing the hair nrothing can better answer the purpose. It gives strength and elasticity to weak hair, and makes it; however harsh, soft and glossv as sillk.$ Sold.tt ,44 Gerrard-street, and by ih0st pertumers.
Savings Banks.
The Times, 1824-12-02T00:00:00

TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-A. case ofmismaranagem ent on the par: of the i"intionsl Debt.. office, in relation to savitgs banks, hus lately occurred, to which . beg eave to request your attention. By an act of the last session of Parliament, (which act originated with the lNational Debt-office, and is full of obseurity and isaccu- racies), it is providel, that at'er the 20tl of November, 1824, ag per- sons shall be alowcd to make deposits in any one savings bank, with- out subscribinggadeclaration, that tboy arenot entitled o any-depoait in any othier barlc; and if the in(lividual whose deposits arereceived upon the faith of that deelaration, should aftcrwards be found to hiave made a false statemrent, the w hole of his deposits are lietble to t6rfeiture. The object of these provisiors is to limrit the amontult of tIe drpo. sits, in respect of which any one individnal mnay entitle himuselftco the largexate of interest granted by Government; but no considerate person, and no person in the least conversant -with zeneral princi ples of law, could put upon these provisions the coastructiort vwhich was pUt upon them by the Co,mmissioners for tbe National )ebt-namely, that deposits made in more than one savings bank previously to the 20th of Novem2ber, 1S24, and remaining thlere so b sequendlv to that period, wsere foribited ~izpso fleto. A seini-ofiicial notice to that prpnrt, refe7rinig to a ptxrtid extract from the act, was nevertheless inserted in all the Lonndon newcpapers, froau nthority, in thle month of October last, and a memorandaum to the same effect was insertetl in one of' the printed lotms with which the managers of savings banks have beenfurrnishedfor ehirguidance by the National Debt-office. These proceedirgs, as might have been expected, have prodluced considerable alarm among the depositors, nmany of whomr, although extremely deserving pleople, are poor and ignorant. Deposits to a large amount have been withdrawn ; confidence has been shaken; and the progress of these excellent instiutions in some measare rc- tard,d. But what will the public thii'k. Sir, of this official dogmatisn oan a subject upon which manv thousand individuals are interested when the y are informed ibht a circular printed letter issuet last week from the National Debt-offive, stating that the opi- nion of tho lav. officer. of the Crown had been taken, andt that the penalties of the act do not apply to deposits madle previonsly to the 20th of Noveinber, 1824 ? so that, provided an old deposi.or makes n1o new deposits after that period, reqtiring his slbscription to the declaration alreatly inentioned, hei may retain, without any risk to himself, the whole ot'the deposits tv which he mnay then have been entitled in two or mo, e ?savings banks. Any cosmment would be quite unnecessarv. AN OLD ,IMANAGER OF A liONDON SAVINGS BANK. ,Nov. 2M. P. S.-Some of yoar readers may na be aware that szvingr banlv are suzbject to such ordlers a'td regalations, isYuing from the National Debt-effie, as may not be inconsisteot with the legislative -,o- visionS relating to those establishments. SA VIAGS BI.NKS.
House Of Lords, Thursday,...
The Times, 1824-04-16T00:00:00

PA RLIA N 1AfTARY INr TE L JIG E INTCF,'. The LonD CIUA.cELL0R, the Earl of SlT ItY, anld Lord 3IELVILLE sat as cOMnrissionen, and notified thc Royal as- sent to the lrihli burials bill, the barrack departient property bill, and the Dublin oil-gas col;lpany bill; and several private bills. Some bills were bToUPnt fterm the Commons. and read a first time. The Bishop of LI1MERICK adverted to the petition signed by two individuals which was presented soine time ago against the Ca- tholic burials bil. In tlat petitionl it was stated that no inconveni- ence had arisen fromi f'ree .atholic burfals in Ireland, until Dr. t'dagee, th2a Archbishop of Dublin, issued an order to prevent them. The rigt rev. prelate read a long letter whichl he had received from Dr. .lagn, on the subject of this petition, and which contained the argue contradiction to the statement in the petition wlicli had teen given to it by Lord Liverpool at the tiMe it w;iS pre- sented-namely, ttat he (the Archbishop) was at Leamington when thc transactions in question occurr1d, that he had never issued any such order as that imputed to him, and that he knew nothing of the dispute which had taken place on the subject of funerals until he saw it mentioned in the public papers. Some time after, when applied to by Protestant ciergvmen to krow what they should do if a Catholic priest came with a lftneral, and insisted upoti performing the rites of his church, he recommended that the omciating clergyman should be in readiness to perform the service ot the E%tablished Church; and if the Catitolic priest persisted in his purpose, rhould protest against the tnlawf`ulness of the act done by t e other party, but should employ no violence to prevent it. Baving read the letter, the right reverend prelate pronounced a long and warn eulogy on the public and private character of the Archbishop ot Dublin ; and also expressed his conviction of the kindly anur manly feelings o 'the Irish people, both Catholics and Protestants, which was very diflcirent from the bad spirit of those agitatori who wishied to keep upaanimosities in the country. Thelr Lerdships adjourned to Wednesday, the 28th inst. iOUSMi () IA,)Rf. -- .. -
The Paris papers of Sunda...
The Times, 1824-08-18T00:00:00

Th e Paris papers of Sunaay last tontain a letter from Augsburg, from whichl it would appear that the influenck of the Court of Atstria is at present employed in endea. vouring to bring about a reconciliation between Portuga] anid Brazil; for this purpose an extraordinary courier is said to have been recently despatched to London, with fresh instructions to Prince EsrER-AZY ol the subJect of the negotiations. Prince MIETTERNICI,, the Marquis de CARAMAN, and L. de TATISCIIEFF, are expected to return to Vienna between the 20th and 25th of the present montb. It is mentioned by the Quotidienne, as a prevailing report, that G(eneral Dcs EoN, the Comnmander of the French army in Spain, is about to be recalled. The reason assigned for this measure is the supposed necessity of confidling thecom. manid of the troops and the embassy to the Couirt of MNla- drid to the samc person. The Court of Cassation has re- jected the appeal of the Crowvn lawyers against the decision of the inferior Courts in favour of the journal called the Aristarque Francais.
Court Of Common Pleas, We...
The Times, 1824-12-08T00:00:00

2WO'rc the LOUD CHIEP JUTRr.F -W d n f .nn i'us was an action of trover, brought by the asignees of a bank- rupt o the name of Proctor against thie defendant, to recover the value of certain good0which he had converted to his own u4e. The case was of no public importance, and afler a partial hearing was ad- iournerd till tO-raorrow. In the cotthe of it, a clerk of tie bankrupt, calted Thompson -was put into, the witness-box by the plain- tiff's counseaanaI examined, with a view of proving the commis- sion ofan act of bankruptcy by his master. In answer to questions put Ohiun by the defendant's counscl, he swvore irst that he wss,and then thlat he Wu hot, a creflitor of the bankrupt's estate. Being asked to explain .,his Mntyadittjon, he said that he had made a mistake, and ~iatthf had meant to say that he was still a creditor of the bankrupt. ,~er this declaration he was of course deemel an incompetent wit- ness. He 2ftrwtd wva9 a.dmitted asa n evidence, having cohsented to'alease the bankrupt's estate, and to accept an undertaking of one esf the assignees to pay htt all that was due from the bankrupt. Be- lag aked why he had said he was not a creditor oF' the estate, he rep4edI that hc had said so, because he had been told by a clerk of I Dourgal3, the plaintit?'s Attorney, that he would not be admissible as a wmness, if he confessed that the ban!krupt's estate still OWed him money. Tbe LoUD CHIEp JUSTICE, upon hearing this decaration, de- sRied that the Witnegs should not quit the court upon finishing his testimonZ. Just before the adjournment, his Lordship examined r. Ali IougaUis clerk, who positively swore that'he had not given the witness any hint to coiicel the fact of his being a creditor, a de- PositiOn to the accuracy of which Mr. Sergeant PELL, who had heard the 'onveration between them, bore testimony. The LonD CxZEF JUSTICr, at the rising of the Court, gave- the witness Thompson, who appears to be about 20 years of age, a severe reprimnand for the revasicatieon of whith he had been guilty, and told him, that if it Lad not been for his youth, he should certainly have given him a month' s Itnprisonment in the Fleet. V reserve our report of this trial till to-morrow-. COURT OF COMlOo PLRAS VVC.--.-- n-f a STICLATR V. STpVFsQnv-
[Advertisement.]-The new-...
The Times, 1824-06-03T00:00:00

lAdverdsement.l-The new-invented HAIR. Bcusir, which en-_ tirely supersedes the use of the smdIl-tooth Comb, removes a tendency to apoplexy, efTectually cures all head-aches depend- ent upon a slow circulation, and may be used to. children withlout producing any uneasiness, although of the hardest description of brush, thereby Tendering the skin firm, and the hair less likely to faUl oIl; by Ross and SoNs, No. 119, Bi- shopsiate-street, perruquiers and perfumers to His M?ajesty and the Royal Family. The above inventiou having been patronized for up- wards of fouryears bv some ofthefirst families inthekingdom, they- takeehia opportunity of making it generally known. As an article of the toilet for cleaning the hair, it will be found unrivaUed, pro- ducing a pleasing sensation to the head. and warrianted to last for several years, as washing will have no elTect upon its durability, nor render it in the least degree softer. N. B. The invention con-_ bining the old and new systems, the proprietors have samed it the " Union Brush;*" and as several imitations have appetred, obsere tbhat the words "Ross and Sons'.invention" are stamped on each brash. __________
James Wetherill, convicte...
The Times, 1824-08-13T00:00:00

Jimes Wetherill, convictet at thie late Lncoln assizes for the murder of M r. Nil. Berridge, at Hri.%4, and senrencedto be executed on Friday last, has received a respite for a flrtnight. It aupears; that he cut his throat in priS,on sinec his cocric:tin, bet is expected to recover from that. The respite has been granted on the report of the surgeons, that if attetnpted to he executed now, h is sufferings would be greatly protracted, as he would be able to inspire atmespheric air by the orifice whichl he has madc in the windi.pipe. Upwards of a fortnight ago, a great shoal of r.ack@rel came on this coast, and have since continued with increaed num- bers, so that this week, in particular, this bay has been litera'lv co- rered with them. The white flihers have cauteht them in great abundance, but have found nothing else on their lines with which to supplv our market, she haddocks, whitinins. and almost everv other kind of fish having in consequence di%appeared.-Atcrdce11 C'hronicle. DiSTRFsstrG FIRE.-On Moinasy afternoon, ahout two o'clock, an alarminsg fire broke out at North Elmhainm. Norfolk, oc- casioned by some flig.ashes being left in a shed. The fire commnu- nicated to an old i:arm-house, beloigint to AIT. Enitlebught. which ha-s been lately occupied in three teneents, and which was soo n cossumed, togetlier with three other dwcllines near, belonging to Mr. Griggs. By this sudden calaniitv seven families. monsiseing of 37 persons, are rendered houseless. No part of the prcmises was in. sured. 'i'he furniture, bed(ling, &c. of the suffierers, were conveye-d to the Hall, where .Mr. Alilies v.ry humnanelv gave thein a good *up. per, and pennitted them to rest thereo-that night. A Venetian7, wlio died not long since, made a provisiol: of torches for his funeral, artifici,ally loaded with crackers, aitici- pating, to a contidential frienzd, the hubbub that would result from the explo0sion, vlhich lid hal calculartel must take tlace in the most iaeonvenient s"ots. Thig posthurnous joke verifieti the most san. guine expectations of its ptojeetor. LAdvertisement.1The moat eminent of'theFacultv have acknow- ledgetd that the greate8t nourisher of the humani hi.r is ROW Lt. D'S 51ACASSARt OtI., which addds such an auxiliary of strengtb to rhie hair as to produce strong and lasting curls, prevents the hair frotn being injured, preserves it to the latest period ot' life, promotes a ltxuriant growtlh on the baldest places, renders hair that is harsh and dry as soft as silk, and adds a beautiful gloss: in fine, itgives the most fascinating and delectable appearance to the hair of laies, gentlemen, and ehildren--producce whiskers, eye-brows, &c. Par- ticular caution is necessary in peerrbasing : each genuine bottle is aigned, in red ink, " A. Rowlantd and Sm," 20, Hatton-garden: All others are counterfeits.
Another Alarming Fire In ...
The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

A little before one o'clock this nDorning, a fire broke out in a large wa*l se, belonging to Messrs. Rolinson andf Co., wholesale sta- .ioner', In Dowgate.-cock. The warehouse was quite full of paper and parchment, and ftron a strong south wind blowing at tke time, it burnt with dreadful fury, and in a short time the devouring element coMmunicated to a l,rge Ronian.cerment warehouse occupied by Ill r. Howard. By the great exertions of the firemen, Mr. Howard's premises sustained comparatively lictle injury > but fronm lhe na- ture of the property in Alessrs. Rolinson's premises, they were soen reduced to a heap of ruins. The large flakes of fire issuisg from where it first commenced communicated to a sugar warehou1se, in Cousin.lane, belonging to Messrs. Travers and Co., West India mercnants, of Alincing.lane- and the cranes and loop-holes beingor wvooden construction, the whole of the front otf this large building was soon in a blaze, but the flremen aRd others, at the risk of their lives, got within it, and by their assiduity preserved part of the pro. perty. Some sm all buildings adJoining Messrs. Travers' warehouse were, however, destroved. It ought to be stated that, as on formter ocrasions, some of the fire-engines were on the spot nearly 3alf au hour before any adc- quate supply of water could be obtained, and at no time wag the supply p entiful. The County, Sun and Globe engines were the * rst on the ground. Mr. Cooe, the City Miarshal, with a number of costableswere promipt nt their posts, end vrere of great assistance in keeping ofl'the crowd, and enabling the firemen to perform their arduous duties.R Our reporter heaLtd, but cannot vouch for the fact, that a freman lost his lif,h by over zeal in sa~ving MIr. Howard's ASflWE'? 4ALARifMrvc 'FIRE IY TnE C1iTY
SHIPWRECK OF THE BRIG JES...
The Times, 1824-07-13T00:00:00

S}IIPWIRECE OF THE BEiG J-SSIE, AN1> DREADFUL FATE OF THE CRENv.-It has never been our lot to reccrd a more melancholy catastroplhe than the loss of tkis vessel, on her home. ward passage to tbis port from the river S Lawrence. Theinteli.f' genre is brought by theMaa, Ford, rcrivedhere fbrm Pic-Pi ut,on Tuesdsy lass The Jessie, f fine new vessel of 310 tons burden commanded by tCa?ptai AI'Alpine, a rentleman distin. guushe3 far hi8 gen,eral talents, and *.rticulnrl Ar his tkill as a ieamnsan sndanal arhitect, sailed from Three Rivers, in Princ Edward's island, on the 22d nf December last, a period of the year somewhat later than usual for an European voyage. Nothing was kniown of the va;el anid crew for severaltuonths, and it vva s6 ge. aerally wupposed that she would-never again b berd of, tjat we anderatanda settlement was in coutemplation by the uedewriters with the parties interested. It chanced, howeve tihen on tbe 191th of lay last, the master of the m4il.boat from liuce Edward's 12snl:d to Pictou, discovered part of the wreck of a wessel stranded Dn the Isle of St. Paul's, a barren rock about halfa mile in drceum. ference, 200 miles trom Cape Breton, and 00 to 400. fom Three- Kivers lt was soon discovered to be the semesins f the JesRe, but no living creature wasto be seen nearher. Onladin fnthe b&ataa round a weather-beaten tempOrary but, ani within it tihe awful ofthepassengers anti crew of the Jets4, 2m in number, 11 deado Fztm the remnants of baxrrls, and other appesrances, it was evident that on being wrecked oni this dreary'inhospitalbe spot they had succeeded in erecting the hut with suclh materials as Qaz been w'taed or shore from the wre-k, and-lfid saved soime portir0 Df the provisions; but tbat, aRter the most drtedfil sufft r'rna from cold, owing to inadequate shelter, andvwaRt of food and fan: they had perished under the united rigaurd ol ufmine, and thestormg of an almost polar %winter. WVhat their suferinsgs must bave -beer; or bow long tie stoutest-2inong thint 'were deomed t6- bebold 7the pallid bodies of their comnpanions while the fiager of death pressed upon theirown thereisnownotanguecaniell. Thererwaxamongst themn, besides t'he lasoented eosDmsnder of the btig St. -Donald I'Kaay. the ownerof the versel,and Mlr.-Forbes, af-litramicht paner of Mr. prinkwater, ofthiesiown. The-naanea of the ot?er officers and crew of the buig we have-not been -uble tp ascertain. 0.1 rheintelhgence of the catastropbe reae gPnince Edwartes Island, a small vessel was despatched to brin: ihebodiits- for intetment at that lse;.butowingatohedIsnge in tie atophse, p thrc ir,4e tand to be iD s8ch 81state OE decay, that it l n neetry to peTrorm the last smd dsxti5a of humnvity-on phe spot were they persbed._ Aver,po Mereul,% . . .
There are those who will ...
The Times, 1824-09-24T00:00:00

There are those who will recollect to this day, thte part ,which we took in the attack upon the Danish fleet at Co- xT-nhagen; how we applauded that act, as a wondrous (is- ply of British energy and courage, and hov we maintained the propriety of the enterprise, upon the acknowledged principles of the law of nations. A tarly, but irrefraga- ble proof that our opinionis were right, and the conduct of our Gov,crment just and politic, appears in the Me- moirs of FouctiE. We are aware that some doubts lia'ee been excited as to the authenticity of the work. The doubt, howvrer, our readerg slould be informed, is,whether all that Fouc)iE wrote has been published; and in that doubt we have nio slight reasons for participating: but every sensible *nan must perceive fromn internal evidence, .hat vhatever is published is by the hand of the reputed author. We have no reason for flattering the public that the ensuing part of the work will not be subjected to the same censorship. In the following manner, then, FouciiE writes of the eszteprise to which we allude:- *4 About this time it was that we learnrd the success of *'-the attack upon Copenlhagen by tlhe English, whicli was the first derangement of the secret stipulations of Tilyit, ' ,/ virtue of which the DanishflZeet was to be placed at the "rdisposal of France! Since the death of PAUJLI., I never 55W6a NAPOLEON giVe himself up to such vielent trans- *''ports of passion. That which astounded him most in " that vigorous stroke (vigoureux coup de main) was the "promptitude with which the English Ministry took their "resolution. He began to suspect some new treachery in " the 'Cabinet, and gave' me orders to ascertain if it had "nothinrg to do with the ill-will created by a late re- Cc moval,--thatof TALLEYBANID from the office of Foreign Seeretary. The publication of such a document as the preceding is unilucky for those who have uwritten histories, in which that action is comprised, desc-fbing it as "base, unprovoked, cruel," and we know not what. As to other sapiences, who oaly made speeches on the occasion, present effect was probably all they aimed -at : we humbly act upon more durable principles. The justice of the Copenhagen expedi- tion is now, we presume, finally settled.
An ex-Sheriff on the othe...
The Times, 1824-04-22T00:00:00

An e'x-Sheriff on the other side of the Tweed seemr disposed to encircle his name with as honourable a notorie- ty as the but too-celebrated ex-Sheriff on the banks of the Thames. WVe have long been aware of the degree of poli. tical animosity which unhappily inflames the Government andOpposition- parties in Scotland--an animosity heightened by the sense of public wrongs oit the one side, and the insa- tiable avidity of public plunder on the other: yet there are rules of war which even savages respect; but savages are not generally politicians. A person named Wilson, it will be recollected, was executed for high treason in Scot- land, some time in the year 1820. Of this person, Lord ABCHIBALD HAMILTON has been charged, by the northern ex-Sheriff, in a letter which appeared in an evening paper of Saturday last, with having been the friend. Proofs of the friendship, it was insinuated, were con- tained in certain letters found by the ex-Sheriff, du- ring his shrievalty, in Wilson's house. The best reply to this base insinuation is that adopted by Lord ARCH- IsALD--namely, the publication of the letters themselyes; and what degree of intimacy or friendship they establish will be clear to our readers, .when we inform them that one of the letters informs Wilson, that Lord ARCHIBALD will, as requested, present a petition from the town of Strat- haven, uuder an assurance that " the language of the peti- "tion is respectful to the House, and the character of the petitioners loyal and peaceable ;" and the other, from the same to the same, states that his Lordship will also present a petitionagainst the Corn Billl! We never knew anAdmi- nistration that would wish its opponenti.to be tradueed iii so outrageous a degree hs this. The ex-Sheriff will, there- fore, probably find that. he has offTendel those whom he would make his frien'Is, more than his enemy, by his excess of zeal.