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Court Of Common Pleas, Fr...
The Times, 1824-05-15T00:00:00

The Court sat in Banco till half-past i2, but no business of any publie interest occurred. Lord Chief Justice BEST sat for the remainder of the day at NMji Prius. CONSTRUCTION OF TtiE COURT. In the course of the day, great inconvenience was felt by the Bar, by the sudden gusts of cold air which occaonally came through the venutilators in the windows. Complaints on this subject being made to the Court, their Lordship; adroitted the evil, and observed that they also soffered much froai it. Chief Justice BEST added-" I really cannot conceive how these Courts are constructed. They do not seem made for use, and are only fit to look at." Soon afterwards, some of the Jury complained much of the draughts of air which came with great force to their box, and by whicn they were much annoyed. Chief Justice BEST said, the court was altogether unfit for its object. Those who sat in it were either annoyed by a suffocating heat if the ventilators were closed, or still more annoyed by gusts of cold air if they were allowed to remain open. He had written to Colonel Stephenson (of the Board of WForks) on the subject, and he begged that the bar might meet hium at the rising of the Court, in order to point out the isconvenieceS which they felt, which he would lay before Colonlel Stephenson v, hen he arrived. COURT OF CMOAMrtO PT.NAR P,,,v ml.v 1A
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-05-24T00:00:00

On Saturday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, in Downing-street, which was attend- ed by the Earl of Liverpool,'the Earl of Weestmorland, the Duke of Wellington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Peel, MIr. Canning, Earl Bathurst, Mr. Huskisson, Vis- counit Sidmouth, &c. The Cabinet continued in delibeta- tion till about S o'clock. On Saturday a Committee of the Lords of the Council assembled at the Council-offlce, Whitehall, to hear appeals from the island of Jersey. lYe understand that General Iturbide, before leaving this country fbr America, had prepared for publication a statement of the causes which led to his attainment of su- preme power in Mexics, anc4 of the eveiits which preceded, accompanied, and followecl his abdication. This work has been translatedl into English, and will appear in a week or ten days. It is remarkable that letters have been received in town from Mexico, dated the 8th of Marcb, in which the expec- tationa is distinctly expressed that the ex-Emperor Iturbide meditated, returning to that country, and the existing Go- vernment declared to be perfectly aware of his movemejits. Intelligence had then just arrived -of his leaving Lghorn for England, which yas well known to he preparatory -to his present undertaking. A vigilant look-out had b~enl di- rected. to bekept at all the ppTtr;in-order to ecxure tl o bis lauding. - '; *- --
The King And The Late Que...
The Times, 1824-07-12T00:00:00

On Saturday morraing the remains of the Queea of the Sandwiclh t'lands gafter h4ving been embalmbdlby Air. fii'Gr*or) were laid 6ut accoeding to the Englih'eustom; and plal in a leaden coffin, whith has been closely soldered. Theridaiveattendants, 'after performlng the funeral ser ices of the Sandwich people, proceeded to lagy the Queel in state, accordi4g to the mannet of tbeir island, which is tol tb]bwg:- The: corp;,e is covered witb'a teos pditl. of black (in the prs sent instance it is itfn), yef vrhichb Is p4e the cloik worm ythlie Queen on stAte Nccasinis; itis nu tured.of feathen of acrim. son aid gold colour. At the head of th 'joffin are.placed twalar*e plumes offeathers, knowri In tlic 8an'dWvich slifits by the densmi.. nation of kaw nzanis, and used by the atitsidants.of queos og chief lalies, fdr the purpbse of fa~ninj awray 1iesArinsects. On the lid of thd rofi-n ix also placod hler tippe't, nana sone large zing&-or crorrnlets made of feathers, which are callq4 by the interpretw ti rnnto, andnare woin by the Sandwfch"chiefi. an'kings, i .tbhe sgavc fashi .n as the cidn*s or corbnets Qf European kldng or nobles.- On each side of the colfit' are placed' ihe cloakas of some of. the 'Sandwich chiefs ; ind bouquets and wax.igh4s are placd in rarious parr4 of the room. The King is a little betteT, ind expresses him'self perfectly satis- fied with the plhysician who' attended' the Qaeen throughout hdr illness. Hesays, that as it hisPleased God ioiAe heraway, it wds dut of the'powerof humn'an la7 to preven t it. We understand the Qucen ' remains.are to be conveyed with all pnssible despatch to the Sandwich Islandsr; but the King.has rodt yet determined any thin'g'fnirtheru*iantli&this consort'szemainsshalI be-en.ombedin their ye r. ' THE KING ArD 'TIR ;1ATE QBTuy.g OP THE SAiVDW-ICH ISLd4J)S.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-09-28T00:00:00

Sir,- Y9 or report in yesterday's paper respecting the pawnbroker, Sr. 1 aylis, reftusing to give up a coat pledged for 10i., induces me to inforn5 you, that by the act of Parliam:ent, all pledgen of MOs. or upwards, If unredeemed, mist be put up to public auction, and the patwnbroker is comnpelled, under a penalty, to sltow the accounts of wltat the articles sold for, and to pay the overplos to thte owner: therefore he had no right (if his shopman's story be true) to sell the pledge privately, and the poor woman has her remedy by siimmons before a magistrate. If you think thii worth insertine. I h.nP it wii slerve tic in(lvlu:ai. Yours, .. T. B. TO TIIE EDITOR 6or TTE TIMES.
Bankruptcy Of Messrs. Mar...
The Times, 1824-10-06T00:00:00

The seconi meeting of Creditors under these gentlemen's commission took place yesterday at Guildhall, at ten o'clock in the morning. Messrs. Mlasterman and Co., the bankers, proved a claim of 20,3121. A Mr. Ward proved for a debt of 6,9051. The Secretary of the Stratford Club wished to prove a debt, but a power of attornev from the club was held ne- cessary. ?1,300 was claimed by one persona for India Bonds, purchased by the house of Marsh and Co., and sold again without licence. A Mr. Sherwood applied to the Commissioners for advice as to a bill of cxchange received by the house (on his account) two days after the bankruptcy: he was told that he was entitled to the whole. Two lists of assignees wvere proposed-one of three names, and one of five. In the end, the election fell upon Mlessrs. Bolland, Hlare, and Knight. A great variety of debts were proved, but it would be dif- ficult to state the gross amount with certainty. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. MARSH, S21RACRY, AND GRAHAM.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-11-23T00:00:00

DIED. On Wednesday morning, the 17thl inst., at No. 50, South Aud. leY-street, Grosvenor-sqqarc, Mr. John Lightfoot, wine and brandy- nerchant, formerly ot WVhitechapel, in his 63d year, after a severe iilncss, whiich he bore with gre.at resignution. The deep affliction of his relatives and friends is mulch mitigated by the consideratiot that his sufferings were evidently sanctitied to the promotion of his eternal welfare. 0s the 21s; inst., at Charlwood-park, near Crawley, after a shor illness, J. C. Woodbridge, eldest son of J. VWoodbridge. Esq. On the 21st inst.. at his houtc in Nottinghamntplace, 'avid Ni- cols, Esq., in the 7Uth vear of hiis age. On Saturday, the 20th inst., at E.her, in Sarrey, aged 47. Lucy. widowv of the latc ltrV. Wt'izgetr, of Drury-lane.
The enmity against the En...
The Times, 1824-05-04T00:00:00

The enmity agaiiinst1tielsh manufacturers at Cha- renton, a populous village contiguous to Paris, does not decline; gor, if we were to speak our sentiments freely, do we wislh that it should dlecline. Whlenever an Englishman- particularly from the middle rank of life-seeks a home in anoiher country, we are neither surprised nor sorry that that home should prove less comfortable than the one which he has quitted in his native land. But, notwithstanding our (lislike of the cmigration of British mecianics, we much doubt whetlher the practice is injurious-nay, whether it is not at prn'ent beneficial to the mother-country of these artists. Rivalry is always useful up to the point at which one party begins to succumnb; and the rivalry of British manufacturers upon Frenchl soil is not greatly to be feared at home. Let the French endeavour to com- pete it with us in the production of those articles in which we have hitherto excelled; we shall beat them still, and the competition will but serve to render us more perfect. PoxraEy relied greatly upon the two legions wlichl he had stolen from CAESAR. and the defection of LABIENUS, (CASAK's Lieutenaut; but the man who had formed the legions, and ilnstructed the Lieutenant, was not to be overcome by his own instruments in the hand o! another. Ve are for free trade, wherever the necessary clemaratds of revenue will allow. If our own manufacturers can prodluce in France articles which we cannot equal in England, then let us admit the products of their skill, that we may copy the works of our own nupils: but if-which is more likely-they shall only in- crease in the French a taste for the compact sym- metry and high finish of British articles, we shall profit by the emigration. It is not UponI the subject of commerce, but upon that of national feeling, that we are speaking. Let commerce be free and unfettered as the wind. We are not therefore bound to esteem those wlo carry the arts of their country to a tbreign land; but we fear them nos.
The question of recognizi...
The Times, 1824-05-17T00:00:00

The question of recognizing as iudependent, the latt; Spanish possessions in the Americas, or at least sucl; parts of them as are no longer torn by civil conflict, as.; sumes a shape which every day force6 itself more upo:. the attention of Ministers. We do not mean that th - policy of the measure taken with reference to Foreigm,i Courts has undergone any recent alteration, for from th(g outset that policy appeared to us to he unquestionable; bu, as respects the interests of British commerce, a decided course becomes the immediate duty of this Government. 1' is impossible not to feel the htrdshipsimposed upon out merchants,and thc sisk incurred by them,so long as the re4i lations between His Miajesty and the new Republics shalt retain their present undefined and precarious character but should any change of relation take place of a nature S disappoint the hopes and mortify tbe pretensions of tbos States to an aclnowledgmentof their absolute inepeudenc4 to What arevulsion may not the commerce now carried on by British subjects be exposed! The funds of the new States, and the speculations entered into by our merchants engaged in traffic to their harbours, have, by a succession of unfavourable rumours, been kept for weeks past in con- stant fretfulness and sancert;dntv. No person can assure hirmelf to what extent the policy of Great Britain may be influenced by the direct or circuitous machina- tions of other Courts, until the final step be taken by tr. CANNIN'G, and the recognition of these new sove- reignties place(i beyond the most distant chance of recall. Not tbe most solemn convention with these States, for the encouragement of our trade, or the security of our mer- ehants, can be talid, until after their independence shall have been formally recognized. lVhence, then, this un- natural delay? Does Great Britain strive to press any point of national interest with the oldSpanishGovernment in Europe, halding out threats that if this boon (and we can imagine such a one) be not granted, she u ill acknowledge the rights of the colonies? Why then we may pretty conii- dently guess, that the systematic Spanish policy will be doggedly to withhold the coneession; feeling that, if it were once irrevocablv made, Spain would have no longer any tie upon the hopes or apprehensions of this country. Here, therefore, as in the great majority of cases, it is best for a State to do what in all cases an honest individual will do- Vi2, take the downright straight-forward course, and trust to Providence for contingencies.
We understand from good a...
The Times, 1824-05-25T00:00:00

WVe understand from good authority, that Commission- ers have been named by the Portugu&te Government for entering on a negotiation for an amicable adjustment of the differences with Brazil, and that the conferences on that subject will be held in London. Messrs. }3LANT and GA- 3mERo, the Commissioners nominated to act on the part of Brazil, are already here, and also one member of the Portu- guese Commission; the next packet is expected to bring over his coadjutors, when the discussions may forthwvith commnence. The appointment of Commissioners by the Court of Lisbon is understood to have taken place at a Ca- binet Council, held on the Sth instant, and it is said that a communication of the result was made by the last packet. MIGU EL, the second son of the King of PORTUGAL, is be- lieved to be friendly to the accommodation by treaty with Brazil, because he expects that one consequence will be, that of securing for him the succession to the .crown of Portugal. There is not, it is said, any mediation to be exercised, either by England or any other Power, in the discussions about to take place between the Portuguese and Brazilian Commissioners, but the conferences are to pro- ceed on certain bases already laid down bv both Govern- ments.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-08-23T00:00:00

LAdvertisement.1-ATKXINSON's Concentrated ESSENCxc or LAVENDERL Prepared six times the strength of the best Lavenader water, this preparatiota of Lavender is entirely freed from the un- pleasant enpyreuna of the spirit so objectionable in the conm.ou Lavender vwater. It imparts the genuine perfume ot the Lavender bouquet, but much more powerful than the simple flower, and is particularly recommended for sick or crowded rooms. The sickly admixture of musk, ambergris, &c., is also avoided, it beitg sinmply the finest Lavender flowers distilled to a powerful essence. Sold by James Atkinson, perfumer, 44, Gerrard-street, Soho- square, and most perfumers. .[Advertisement.]-The most imnortant composition far nourish. ing the hair, prerentini its falling off, or turning grey, is Rosv. LAS'D'S MACASSAR OIL: the origal snd genuine, a vegetable production to the latest period of life promotes a luxuriant growth on the baidest places-adds strength to the roottproduces strong curls, which damp weather or exercise cannot afcrdrs hair that is harsh and dry as soft as siLk, glossy, elegant, and bati- fal. It is it.valuable in the numserv as a due attention to hildren's hair is of the greatest importance. It eradicate the scurf easy anld pleasant, an) makes the hair firm at the roots, ancd fixes a stamina for a beautiful head of hair. This oil has been for many yrem universa.lv admired and acknowledged superior to all others, and by its inestimable virtues is daily honoured with the sznction of Rovaltv. the nobilitv. rentrv. and the nublic at larn- LAdvertisement.1-CtuRE or RunTt.xEPixDs's PATI:T TittYSSES, withouit Metallic Springs, 209, PVleet_sreet.-GA VAY and Co. beg to inform the public, that the folierlng is from C_ Everest. of Farniugbam. Rent, dated$eptember S, 1823:-" I have to state for your satisfaction, that the trug s I had from rou about two vears ago has perfectly cured'mne: and although fiubject to the most laborious exercise, have for some time left it ofF: much good are- sulted from wearing it at nigbt. I have further to add, the one Tny father had answers very well, and there is no doubt of his being cured." Gawan and Co. have aucceeded in cases of the moat diffi. cult kind, where persons have been aftlictedfim 20 to 30 years aend they have letters equally gratifying from surgeont; and other gentle. men, proving they can aleelp, ride, and even hunt, without incon. venience. N. B. The security of the truas enables Gawan and Co. to offer a fair-trial, and will return the money if it does niotsuccdui.
Haymarket Theatre.
The Times, 1824-10-02T00:00:00

A new interlude, in one act, callel Bi,-ds ritimiot Feather&, was produced last niglht at the Haynmarket Theatre. It would scarcely be worth while to go into criticism about a piece v.which was decidedly negatived, and has no chance, ve should suppose, of being played agair. ; but it is certainly difficult to conceive upoNn what sort of even ordinary judgmenit such at performance could have been paused urpon-fAr less put irto rehearsal. The point of the piece hes in the very stale tancy of a voung niso being brought up to the age of eighteen without ever seeing a woman ; and, o:ten as this incident has been dealt with, it was perhapR never so ill worked upon as in the present instanec. The boy (IMrs. T. Hill) does at length see a girl; and his father tells Iim that it is a bird-whence thie joke of the title " Birds without feathers." Then an old woman is sent to this lad, instead o1 A\ladanic Vescris, in order that he may be disgusted, and hate the sex tbr cver * and ill rs. Jones is selected to accomnplish this teat, for which, of all the people in the wtrlt, bhe is obviouslv the rttost unfit. This dull story is tolti in dialogue, evidently WiLtten by a person wh;o cannot write at all. Aladatiie Vestris wants to knowv - vwhat a husband is ?" Mirs. T. trill has a strange new sensation and wishes to know " if it is a sin ?" And all this sort of stufl;, which has no lotiger any noveltv or interest about it, rcquires to be managed not only by a delicate. but (for the stage) by an axperiencerl hand. Tthere are sonie songs sung in the course of this little matter * but the miusic is worse, if possi- ble, than the dramatic part ef it. Upon the whole, it is such a ftilure as a nmanager should make a point of hizarrling as seldom as I possible. Thc aullor is a gentltnan of,rcspectability and this is said to be his first atteiitpt: we should be doing himi great iDjustice if weenicouraged him to ul;;ke a srcond. HA YfARZE r THEA TRE.
There seems to be as much...
The Times, 1824-11-09T00:00:00

Thiere seems to be as much doubt at present witli respect to the continuance of the French troops in Spain, as there originally was on the subject of their entrance. Contra- dictory assertions appear every day. " They will be with "t drawn :" " They .will remain." At this moment the latter rumour prevails. The public will see a letter from a Paris Correspondent, in this opinion, which no doubt is the more probable: and we hear niothing more of the substitution, of Don CARLOs. for FStDINAND. Our Correspondent, how- eyer, says, that should the French troops retire, " t he civil `' wVar will break oitt with more fury than ever." What fury, we ask, was there in the civil war before the. arrival of the French? Never conistitution was clianged, or attempted to be changed, with so little bloodshed, from a grinding despotism mingled with a horrible superstition to *iberty andclib-rati tMe civil war should breakout * %viih fnry on ae retre I 9 Frencb, it will be their visit that will have imparte . t its malignity. But svhat a *p4sple the Spaniards muat be, who aufler a hanadful of foreigners to retain possession of their country, year at1'r year, antl allow the invaderg, the full option of re- ibainin- or retiring when they plea;e, like maskers from a,ball-room.
To The Governors And Dire...
The Times, 1824-11-24T00:00:00

I )vER-T F-ltF% ~ venmiemen,-tt is tle custonx of almost every Fireandireinsur- ance Company in tim United lKingdom, except that under your m,: nagementr, to reduce the premium on fire insurances after the party has been insured a certain number of years, and give a benus on the amount of the sum insured on lives. I have for niany years intured both my property ant my life at your offlice but not a sixpence, irker in the reduction of iremiluw or bonus, Lvc I received. I am well awarc of having rio remedy as far as regards iife insurance; for if toy annual premium is not duly paid, I ihall lose the many pay- ments already made; but with respect to the fire insurance, unles I see it notified by advertisement, or when I have the order to pay the premium duo at Clhristmai, that it is your intentian to make some rcduction or bonus, I shall cancel my-insurance, and give it to some rival company. I trust this hint will lead to a liberal conduct in, the life lepartment, and that the example of the "IEquitable" vii be followed, by allowing a bonus to tbc assured. London, Nov. 2?. ___ AN OLD INSITRE- TO THE GOVERSORS AND DIRECTOXIi OF T;IE ROSAL EX- CHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATImT.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-04-19T00:00:00

[Advertisament.1-HAZAnD and Co. have sold three prizes of 20,0001. in the present Lottery, ard all three in shares. One at -leastof the three 20,0001. vo' in the wheel must be dra-,.n To. morrow, and may be obtained for the trifling risk of a51. Ig. onlv. the cost of a ticket being 251. l9s.; and for cvery ticket thar is not drawn a capital prize the holder may have 20L returned oni or before .he 29th of April. The risk of a sixteenth is only 9s.: other shares n proportion. Full particulars gratis at Hazard and Co.'s old established oflices, Royal Excl:ange-gate, 26, Cornlill; and 324, Oxford.strcet. [Advertiseaent. l-It sbouiN be impressed on the minds of all who value fortune and independence, that one of the three 20,0001. Prizes To-morrow is sure to be lhad for the trifling risk of .51. 19s. only the cotbeing 2.1. l9s.; andevery ticketthatdoes not obtain one of the three20,0001., or l3 capital prizes, may hare 201. returned on or beforeehe 29thofApril Sucha chance was iever offered before; and iS Certain to cause as great a scarcitv of whole tickets before To- morrow, as was so latelv experienced; there being only 593 re. maining this 19th of April. The risk of one sixteenth is only 9s., and shares in proportion. J. and .J. SIvEwRIaHT, contractor.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-05-07T00:00:00

Portuguese Cousui-ate Office, London, May 6, 182 . Sir,-In compHiance with the insct-olom whieh I hate received, I request that you wi)l publish, for the information of the publicbhis Mlost Faithful 31aiestvs a -ipr, - 3 hf 0h- 10th nf 3fn.rLh last. F. T. SAMIPAVO. Conwl,Genml, "% LITSR(N. IllAt-et 11). ' orderm are issued from the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Afiitrs, that all the Portuguese diplomatic agenits at foreiahj (Courtm, do, each in the court in whieh he resides, cause to be pubs liShed, that 'hi F'tliful laj'est 'never will retognite, tnor consider himself bound to* fulfil4 any contract or engagement entered into br the present Governient de facto of Rio de Jr.a-. neiYo for obttnining a loan; and that eVerv other agreement of - sitmilar nature, whatever be the guarantee or hypothec on which it is secured, shall ever be regarded, by hi, Alajesty-the Kingof Portu- galns null and of no val;)e. Thesaid agents ie iaso ordered 'to matte pnblic, that Bra2il vool, gold dust; and-Braziidiamoonds are articles belonzing exclutively to thtC Crownz;, arid '+hich may be re- claimed on the part of his Faithful tMajesty in eiery instance in whichthe have not been sold for feh account and by thb order of his Government. Consequently, every conti7te; f6r a loan on the hypothec of such articles, whieh, inaismucb as they form objects of Roval commerce, caynot bi.t be regardea at property of his Most Faithful Majesty,.must be deemed itlegal. -_Lison Gaett1e. PO TH.. EDITOR OP TfIE TI.ltS.