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Westminster Sessions.
The Times, 1824-04-03T00:00:00

On Thursdav, the first day of these sessions, an indictment, pre- ferred In October last againsf a person named Edmnonds, for an aS- sault upon a reporter at Alarborough-street office, of the name of Bourke, and whbic was traversed by the defendant up tothe present time, was called on for trial, ;when git. ALTEY, for the defendant, said, that he hoped, in this carse, the Court would be saved the trouble of investigating it, rs bis client was ready to -plead guilty to the indictment, and make that apology which he had no doubt the prosecutor would deem sufficient, particularly as the proceedings in this case had al- ready put tite defendaant to considerable expense and inconvenience. The defendant had certainly- violated the law when in a state of great irritation for the moment; and his learned friend could not deny but there was some degree of provocation. For the assault he had committed, however, the defendant now, through him (Mr. Alley), expressed his extreme regret. Mlr. ADoLrHus,having consulted with the prosecutor,his client, whom he strongly advised to show a lenient disposition, and accept these terms, told the Court that Mr. Baurke was willing to accede to the conditions proposcd, having no wish to press vindictively against the defendant; and in considteration of the c.sts to whichi the defendant had already been put, 31r. Bour1;e consented to accept the apology made, and not press thr case farther. A verdict of Gruilty was then recorded against the defendant; and the CnAIUMrA-r ordered hint to be bound over to keep the peace, and to be discharged. WESTMINSTER SESSIOVSN
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-05-25T00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, AfAY 25, 1824. The Paris journals of Saturday came to hand since our last; but they donot contain a syllable of news, foreign or domnestic. FREmcru FUN?DS.-PAITIS, May 22.-Five per Cents. opened at 104. 65.; closed at 104. 60. Bank Stock, 2,000.; Neapolitar Five per Cents., 951. 0I1f. 50c.; Rented'Espagne, 19; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 654. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 25.; three ditto, 25. 10-.Cours Antlaent:Lte.
MURDER.-It becomes our pa...
The Times, 1824-10-19T00:00:00

TRDE v-It becomes our painful duty to relate one of the most heartless, cold-blooded murders that ever disgraced the annals of this or any othev country. On Sunday morning last, the bOdy of Mr. Samuel Robinson, late of Ballinagore, in this county, was found covered in a potato-furrow, an the lands of Courants. torwn in the barony of AloycaNhel, in this county, with his head &reaQfully fcctsred, a hair rope round his neck, and his braiis scat. tered underneath him . The deceased had in his possession, ot leav- inz his house on the Friday preceding, sevcral civil bill proceMses, and other law papers, which ha was to proceed on at the ensuing sessions of Moatej on the 12th instant, and at Alullingar, none of vvhich were in his pockets when found murdered. An inquest was held on the body by Francis Battersby, Esg., Coroner, attended by Dr. Kelly, from Monte, and a respectable jury; but such is the pre. sent depraved and alarming state of the country, that nothing could be elicited to lead to the apprehension of the perpetrators of this in. huMan and sanguinary act.- J estmuelat/ JotzrntaL Sunday evening, dulring the absence of his parents) two dogs lacerated the body of an infant, named .James F'arrell, whilst Iving in a cradle, in a house in Fish-lane. The little creature aur- viv the event only a few hours, when death relieved its snfferings. 'The hi,yor, on 3ontlay, held an inqusct on the body-vwrdict ac- coidingy. The do;,s were ordered to be shot.-Dcvon Frcehotder .
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-12-01T00:00:00

Sir,-.-Having read in your journal of yesterday ant aeiomnt ofthe proceedings betbre Sir George Farrant, at Mlarlborough.streer.office, on Saturday last, relative toa compaint of Dr. Patterson against the Steam sVaahing Company, I beg that you will do me the farour to correct some of tbe errors uto which yoDr reporter, inadvertently, no doubt, fe11. It is suated, with an air of ridicule, that I was in attenebisce at 'an early hour, and whilst other business was transacting, kept constantly asking if the Doctor was come ?" &c. I was in attendance at 12 o'clock. the tinte at which I was swn- moned to attend, and not befinre. I did DOt ask a single question re- spectiag the Doctor, nor did I know his person, aLthough he was presert within five minutes after I went in. The only questions whicl I asked were, and those of the door-keeper or some one standa ing nea me, whether the gentdeman upon the bench was Mr. Dyer, and a gen:leman standing near hnm was a magistrate? It was the Doctor himself wlho applied to have the cause brought on imme(iately; and the inquiry was thex made, if any person was in attendance from the Steam U'Wahing Company ? To which 1 re.; plied i,s the affirmative. An observationi was made,that the comarlaint would then be beard before Sir George Farrant in his prnvate office. To that obsei'vatiotm I replied by asking if the office was open to the public for the Coin- pany had nothing to conceaL. I never stated that the action of the steam disebarged all other marks as well as those of the Company; I 'stated, that attthe com- mencement of the businmess, the marks of the Company hz'iBg beeti impressed as soon as the linen wa received, and passed immediateir under the action of the stcam, were discharged; and that some of the linen first sent to the works had no lmr,tks whatever; of course when the Company's mark was discharged, none remained hy vwhich to distinguish one person's linen firom aBbother, and grcmt embarrassment was, in those cases, occasioned in assorting it I alo stated, thlat the Company, feeling and seeing this unexpect- ed effect of theiT process of 9te. ming, had now adopted the plan of permitting the linen, after being marked, to ren ain over mntgh, ts give time for the ir.k to dry and fut, and that when t hus malrked, the steam didrnot discharge it. Fish great resne~ v\.tss..,,eO__ JUNIUTS Siftfif rnipps.bndge, 412 itcham, Nov. 30 ,I?2. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMfES.
By the Alice, RICHARDS, f...
The Times, 1824-07-05T00:00:00

By the Alice, RlCHAnDS, from Jamaica, whence she sailed on the 28th of May. letters have beeen received from Lima, via Panama, dated the Stli of MNarch. Their contents are unfavourable to the cause of Peruvian independence. They confirm the intelligence previously received by the American papers, of a revolt having taken place among the black troops at Callao, antd of their having taken possession of the castle. It appears, by the letters fror. Lima, that tbe Negro regiment of the Rio de la Plata, about six or seven hIindred strong, to whom ten months' arrears of pay were owinig, mutinied in the night betwveeen the 3 1 anmI 4tl of February, imprisoned their officers, ineluding General AL- VARADO, and took possession of the fortress. It further appears, that about the 10th of the same miontlh, in con- junction witlh about 30 Spanish Royalist officers, who were prisoiIcs in the castle) anld who had seduced the Blacks, they gave up the fortiess to t' e Royalsts, strlkin,- the nlieDendent, andi hoisingthbe Spanmsh 14g in its place, On the 18th, Adm iral GUISE arrived 5with }IS SquadrOn Off Callao, and bloclkaded the harbour. These events, es may- naturally be supposed, produced the greatest consternatio6n:. and alarm itnong the Independents in Lima, O -or about. the 16th of February despatches reached {he city from Bo. I.VAR, in ivhich he stated his acceptance of the offiec of Dictator, and appointed General MERINO NsicociHA, a Buenos-Ayrean, to be Governor of Lima. TOBr&E TAGLE, the late President of the Republic, was at that period with. out any office, and would, it was expected, retire to Chile with his family. The consequences of the revolt of the Negro tronps, and of trheir treacherous surrender of the Castle of (Callao to the Royalists, were soon made manifest. On the 27th of February the Patriots, findinig it I impossible to hold Lima anv longer, evacuated the cty, and retired on Patabilca, between Lima and 'Truxillo. On the 29th, a Royalist force, about 1,000 strong, entered the city from Pisco, under the command, as was supposed, of General RODIE. BOLIVARa had his head-quarters at Patabilca; and those of LA SERNA, the Spanish Gieneral, were at Cuzen. This intelligence, unfortunate as it undoubtedly is, can- not, by any means, be considered as fatal to the cause of Peruvian independence. as the whole of the troops at Lima and Callao put together caul not arount to more tlhan 2,000 men. Previous to the occurrence of these events, intel ligence had reached Lima of the taking of Puerto Cabello, on the Spanish Main, an event long known in EnglaHjd; and of the arrival of the British Commnissioners atJamaica; on their way to the different States of Spanish America. This intelflgence had g ven the greatest satisfaction to the friends of American independence. On the 15th of Febrna- I ry, an officer had arrived at Litna, from BOLIVAf'S headz. quarters: he brouight intcliig-nce that a body of troops had arrived at Hurincha, from Guayaouil, heing part of a re- inforcement of 2,000 mr.n fr-om Colornb;a.
A mail from Brazil arrive...
The Times, 1824-08-21T00:00:00

A mail from Braz%I arrived yesterday, with letters from Rio de Janeiro of the 18th June, aud from Pernainbuco of the 8th ult. The advices from the capital add nothiing of importance to what was previously known. At Per- nambuco the order of the EMPEROR for raising the blockade arrived on the 29th June, and the squadron set sail, as instructed, without delay for Rio (le Janeiro. This event wvas highly gratifying to the republican party at that place, who were thus left,' unawecd by the presence of the ships of ivar, to pursue their former machinations. The end to whichl they were directed was soon made evident, by a decree put forth by CARVALHO, the Governior, and head of that party, in which he promulgated the form of a Supreme Government for the iorthern provinces of Brazil, to which he invites them to accede. He had also announcedl hostilitics against Paraiba and Alagoes, and or(lered two vessels to be prepared for the blockade of those places. Finally, lie had declared his intention, when his plans were completed, to abolishl the trade in slaves. *Ye have no materials for forming an opinion respecting the means possessed by CARVALHO for supporting by his acts the high tone assuined in his public deeclarations. It ap-I pears probable, however, that he wouldl have a conitest to sustain for the ascendanicy in Pernambuco itself, before he could proceed to develop Ihis ulterior plans with regard to the otlher provinces to the northward.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-09-29T00:00:00

Sir,-Observing in your paper 83rnc timle Eince the examination of a .1r. Georgc Wetenhall orn a chzarge of horse-stealing, it was wIth great surprise I found you ht} omitted to notice his trial ard ac- quoittal iubsequently at the Old Bailey; and I trust that you will, Lith that generOSity which characterises year journawl, notice it forthwith. I am, Sir, your obedrent humble ,trvfIn J. E. Fleet-strect, Sept 28. T}ie present lUng of 1'rance and the p resent Duke of Bo,urbon had a meetinx, and fought in the Boi8 de Boulegne, a few ura before the rnevotion. Thanre Dnuke of Bourbon was the chal- lengr; ha Duhesshavig eonplanedto him at' being inssulted by the Count d'Grtoi^, whoorced offheAr tomask, either throug ii.. ornce of he person, or mere levity at a Court-ball. The Cunt cl'Atoisbehved ithgallntr bot inthe field and to time lady. 7he del oer1 h apoogize to er f r iconduct. TO THE EDITOR OF TJR TIrMES.
Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
The Times, 1824-11-12T00:00:00

Dr. JameS MVathews came up to be heaid on his petiti n. - Alr. CooXE stated that he was instructed by Colonel Slesser, who had lent Dr. Mlathews ?001. to establish him as a physician at Sid- mouith, to apply to the Court to appropriate a portion of his pension and pay to the payrient of his debts. The insolvent, who came into court supported by crutches, on being examined stated, that his half pay as military surgeon Is 1271. 12s. a year. Ills health is greatly impaired by the efflects of a wound which he received in the battle of the Pyrenees, where a spent ball struck him on the hip. He is daily growing worsc,havingbecome, in fact, quite heluless, and he hag no hope of 6ver being able to move about without tfie uli of crutches. For this wound a pension was assigned to him last year of 1001. a-year for three years. His wife is also in a helpless state, ewing to a contraction of one of herlimbs. Hc is consequently exposed to a greater expense for attendance than heotherwise would; and he has been disappointed In hisprofessional hopes by inability to walk without the use of crutches. When he borrowed the 5001. of Colonel Slesser, he expected to be able to practisa with some success at Sidmotith , an4i even last year, those expectations still continuing, he offered to give up 1001. a-year to his creditors; but since then he had become so much worse, that he was unable to practise at all. Hlis pension is to cease in I828e, but if his wound does not grow better, he expects it will be renewed for three years lornger. .lr. POL.LOCX submitted that the ineolvent'r, income was under the circumstances, barely sufficient, without any reduction from It, to support himEelf and his wife. .M1r. Commissioner HARtRs expresssed his great regret at the misfortune whicil prevented Dr. Mathews from attending to his professional purs8its for the present. Independently of what was stated in Court to-day, he had other sources of knowing that no man was more highly received in his profession; and he trusted that in a little tine the doctor would be able to relieve himself from the tem. - porary pressure which was the consequence of circumstances that re- flected no discredit upon his character. Mlr. COOKE here begged to observe, that he had not been instruct. ed by his client to cast the slightest imputation upon the conduct of Dr. Mathews; far from it ; and he wYas sure that his charadter stood as clear this day in Court, as ever it did in the field of battle. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said, th3at In justice to the creditors, he must appropriate 5W,to them out of the half-pay and pension; this sum, however, to beliable to reduction in the event of the pension being discontinued. The Court then ordered Dr. Alathews to be discharzed forthwith. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. TMlTT "AV NYv It
Prussian Bank.
The Times, 1824-12-01T00:00:00

[FwOBi the alg i . Z o, the 2ad uit.i It has been known for some months in the commercial wro*ld. that the President of the Committoe of the Sinking Fund, who has for many years directsd all the financial operations of the state with the greatest ability, had entered into a negotiation with a well-kuown house in London for tlhs establishment of a national bank. That thiattas more than a omere project, appearedifrom an arti isesei th statutes ofr thPomeranian Provijecl, aBank,in wficr rit is espenally stated, that " in case a national bank should be cstablished, the,Po. meranian land-owners should never be obliged to accede toit against Itheir will." Yesterday, however a report was spread, that this esta. blishment, which is highly desirable, not oBly to merchants butto all otherpaons,basreallybeenbroughtabout. ThePruruianNationsl Bank is to consist of 50,000 shares of 1,000 dollars each, or a capital of 50 millions of dollars (about eight millions sterling.) Any per. son can take part in it by paying 500 dollars in money and 500 dollars in state bonds (caUed Stuatsschuldseheine), for which he will receive a shareof 1,000 dollars. The 25 millions of statebondsarc to be withdrawn from Circulation, and deposited in the Bank. The other det%ils, as well 2s the conimoncement of its future operations, will be made known to us by statutes; but it seems certain that it will issueaconsiderableamoant in Bank-notes, not bearing interest. and thusremedythescwtdityofreadymoney, which is moreand imorefelt. Therewillcertainlybenowantof persons ready to take ahares in the new estr,blishment, 4e not only foreign commercial houses, bt4t the Soeiety for Maritime- Commerce, which has very large funds, are likely to subscribe for a great number of sbares. This news has al. ready produced the good eifects of causing the State Bonds, which hear 4 per cent. interest, to rise from 88 1-3d to 92f. This is the more remarkable, as, for this year past, our funds have always fol. lowed the French, riaing or falling as they did. But as the French fqn4s lqve risen very little for some time past, the sad- den rise of our State Ponds can be ascribed only to the hope that the prutsnaiau National Bank will shortly begin its opera. tions. Every merchant is curious to see ini what situation the Marltime Society -ill stand to the National Bank, as that society haslatterly no; confind itself to the sale of salt, but, besidei other commercial business, has cven undertaken to send goods to lVMexico and other parts of America, and has even established factories for this particular purpgoc. Neither are we yet informed whether the Rtoyal banks in which the tribanals are said to place the funds of minors at 2i, per cent., andprivate persons their money at 2 per cent., will be authorized to take apart in the new bank. It is probable that the new bank will cause the rate of discount to be more steady, for it has hitherto been subject to great fluctuations, and especially before the wool ihirs used to rise to the incredible rate of 15 to 18 per cent. P1ZUSSlAZV BfN i., . BERLIN, Noa. 12.
Haymarket Theatre.
The Times, 1824-09-20T00:00:00

*'Ihc cornediv ot TZhe Country Girl was perfornied at this t'leatre on Saturday tiight. for the puirpose of introducing a vottng ladyv" (her " first appearancc upon ary stage") in the character of Peggy. If iast night's perlbrmance was real] v the youngl ladtv's first attempt. as far as concerns case and famliliaritv with stage business, it was onc of the best we have ever witnessed. Putting that fact apart, it d:s- plave, promise, and so:le present f acaltv. The namne of' the dei,,. foote haas nut reached us; b;at shc is y6ung, andi has fair c.apafili- ties of voice and person. Her by-plav was most of' it well iniagined, and, as soon as she obtained self-possession, vnry mvel! exe- cuted ; and her style of pcr!ormancc, gencrallh, thowed imivet, and. here anl there, a touch of whim. Among her beet ,ccnes were the two in which ,he writes tile torced, and attrrwards the real letter to her lover both were lightly and pleasaatly execut- cd. The story, too, to Moody, in which she puts the intrigue upon .11it1ca, was goed; and the f'ew words also tolil well in the lastscene at the window. The male chatacters in the comedy were not etri- nently performed; i tct. leadling actors, fromli sonie cause or other. generalIl get out of' the play. J"Iercoo.,t always goes into bad hands; .Mr. Cooper is one of the best that we have seen. A gen- tleman nf the name of Itolland (a very respectable wine-merchant) was tedious in it for many ver.rs at old Drur;-lane. Farren ought certainlv to have plaved .M1oody, antd Hlarl;y .paricish; al. thougts, in justice to Alr.Vining, tihe mare so, as we are not often so fortunate as to be pleased with him), he acttd the last scene ot' that characrt r (the drunken one) very pleasantly. The worst part of the piece consisted in a most afflicting Bel;vilk, who weighed down poor P'ggy (a heavy drawback upOln a " first appearance") unmercifully. This young lady hovwever nmay dlo very well, ifslhe can keep up to thle style in wbhic shc has comnmencet, and will assiduoudly recol- lect, tm-at even in thc exhibition of rusticithy it is imperative upon an actress to be alwavs gracetul. IM ere simplicity or manner, com- bimied witli elegance ot' carriage, frequently stands ladies of confinet talent its adnmirable steadl; and no degree of mind will ever command success (usaterially) unaccoinpitnied by thosc qualities. IrAYMyliK1FC T TIE.4 TRE.
London, Tuesday, October ...
The Times, 1824-10-05T00:00:00

'Ve reeeieed the French papers of Saturday last night, All those' devoted either to the Royalist or Constitutional Opposition bave tried their newly recovereel liberty in cri- ticising the measure wMhich de,priveO them of it; but they have not yet'attained that asperity of remark, or that bold- ness of reproof, in which they had indulged before the esta- blishment of the Censorship. 'l'he Moniteur eontainis a Royal decree appointing the Duke de BORDEAUx (oloenel- General of the Stviss Guards. When it is recollected that this military character is only three years of age, his rapid prornotion affrdls ovidence of surprising merit. It mnght have bren expected that he should have got out of the nursery before lie was; called upon to wear a uniform, or to command a corps; but it vould appear that his precocity of talent, or his i'stinct of generalship, has precluded all necessity of atfending to common rules, or following com- rnoti discipline. 1Ve almost feel disposed to pity the Field- Marshals and old Generals who hiave been appoi4ited Aides- de-carmp to his Royal Highness. They must lay their accouot with hard service in following the movements and executing the orders of such an active military Chief. The House of BounnoN may now reck-on itself secure under the protection of a guart so commanded. Had the Swiss been so cbonmanded on the fatal lotli of August, would not the result have been clifflrent? FRENCH FUNDS.-PAR IS, Oct. 2.-Five per Cents. opened at 101. G0.; cosed at 101. 60.; Bank Stock, 1940.; Rente d'Espagne, I8A.; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, ML7; Excbange on London, one montlh, 28t3 15c.; three dltto, 25f.-Conrs Aothenltiqe. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOJIER 5, 1824.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-10-25T00:00:00

LAdvertiseenLI-pijDING and Co., No. I, Cornhil, are happy to announce, that on Wednesday, the 3d Of Novetzber, there will be anopther Drawing, with an entire new schteme replet& with valuable Prizes, inlcludling two Of 30,0MI1 sterling, which wi llsl be dxa,wrb on thlat day., and the rate of every number decided in the mame din.. ple inegd wlhich gave suchi universal s&tisfection On the 5th of October. Evert persont who boys a ticket now hts the certainty of receiving hack at lea!5t 31. of thle purchase money, shoruld he not be- so foflu1 naite as1 to grala onLe of the numerous capitals, whiich moist be gained by sooehody. Two of the capitals at the la-t trawing, Nos. 5, and 13,250, were sold by Pidding and Co., and they hope an amaple portion are now destinod to be distributecd at their offices, No. 13, South Bridge, Bdinburh, and the Lucky Corner, No, 1, CornhilL [AdvertsemenLl-The most eminent of the facnitv have acknor . ledged that tbe first productioR of the age is RowL-&D' SA CAa. SASt OIL, now in such miiversal use, and its invaluable propertieg so highlh and justly apprciated, not only by the discernintg pegula- tion of this our enlightened country, 6ut by the patronage of royalty thlroughout the whole of the civilized universe- It rwteres in re dundaincy the tresses ravaged from the head of beauty by evcr, amnocty, or accouchetent; and in aLl eases, from wbatsoever cause ariing, where this graceful ornlament falls itsto decay, eratesas an infaliible specific. Psrticular cautiont is necessarv im purchasing to nskforRowands Mceaer il,andto OMsesv Kthes'g,t A. Rowvland and Son, 28, HattOon.nlucn. t? Sg tbe 629atttre%