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Lord Londonderry And Mr. ...
The Times, 1824-05-15T00:00:00

TO T}IE EDITOR. Thomson's Hotel, Cavendish-aquare, M_=ay 13, 18_ aSir,-1Enclosed is Lieutenant..Colonel NVestern's Sh6rt acco,no of alate occurrence, together wvith contradictions of somne erroneous re- ports now prevalent. Colonel Western would himself have waited UPOn You, but is unfortunatelvy confined to his bed by a violent in. flarmmatilon on Iiis chiest a-id stomnach. t am. Sir, von,, nhdi-nt i Bcrvant, WITTT.TA'M hYA'r TVD LIEUTEMANT..COLONEL WESTERN'9 AUTHENTIC ACCOUiNT OF THE DUEL rETWEEN LOltD LONDONDERRY AND Hit. BATTIER, WITHr A CON'TRADICTION OF FALSE REPORTS. " A mecting took place on Thursday, the 6th instant, between the Marquis of Londonderry and Mr. Battier, in consequence of a message sent by the latter. The Dlarquis was attended by Sir H. Hardinge, Al. P., and i)lr. Battier by Lieutenant-Colonel Western. " It was determined by the seconds that the parties should fire together, on the word being giveni ; in consequence of which agree- ment the Marquis fired, but without effect, and at the sate instant AIMr. Battier's pistol missed fire. The seconds then interfered, and after some convtrsation between them (the seconds), the affair ter- ininated. It is nec.ssary to contradict same false reports whichi have arisen out ofthis affir, and have found their way into the pub- lic prints. Some of the journala have stated that Lord Londonderry, after having fired, and on a conversation ensuing between the seconds, exclaimed, that he ' c-amne to fight, and not to make expla- nations.' Lord Londonderry never used such or similatewords. " It has also been reported that Lord Londonderry, or Sir H. flardinge on his part, denied the whole, or a greater part, of what Mr. Battier had published in his statements. The onlv denial made by Sir 11. liardinge, on the part of his Lordship, being as to the fact of liis Lordship's having seen a certain official letter,written by command of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, censuring the conduct of the officers of the 10th Hussars towards Mlr. Battier. " Another erroneous report states that iMr. Battier was unnro- vided withl pistols-the fact was otherwise; Colonel Western (Mr. Battier's friend) having brought his own pistols with him. (Signed) " C. Ill. T. WirESTERN Quarter before two o'clock p. in.. May 12, 1824. " I showed and read the above statement to Sir H1. Hardinge, in his room at the Ordrancc-sfficc, and he admitted its accuracy. (Signed) " C. A. T. VESTWERN. :' (A ruecopy) WIL LIAM BATTIER." LORD LONDONDERRY AND MR. BATTIER.
THE LATE MR. HARRIS AND S...
The Times, 1824-06-10T00:00:00

THE LATE MR. HARRIS ANID SOrIRA STOcKs.-An al- tercation has for several days past existed between the committee of the unfortunate Harris and the parochial officers of Bedditigron, as to which party was liable to pay the expenses incurred there. bv the lamentable affair. It appears that after the coroner's jury had returned their verdict, they sat down to a dinner, for whiich was charged 5s. per head. The committee have refused to defray this expcnse, on the grounds of its being not only an exorbi- tant, but an illegal charge. accor(ling to the law relative to co, roners' inquests, hich only awards 4d. to each juryman. The com- mittee havc also rejected paying the expenses incurred at AIr. George's, the Pleugh, by Sophia Stocks, and contend that thewhole ainountshould fallupon theparish,as in allothereases ofaccident. The parish officers however, are of a differentopinion,and are determdis- ed to enferce the paymentof the bill from the committee, and have refused to give up the watch and pencil-case belonging to MIr. Rich- mond, the clerk at Bow-stree, and also the duplicateof Ilr. arris's watch, whicht was pledged for 61. lOs. at a pawnbroker's in Prinees'- street, Soho, and was found in his pocket. Sophis Stocks still re- mnains at the Plough; she is fast recovering, and il r. Weaver, thie surgeon, in Blackmore-street, Clare-market, awd Mr. Wallace of Croydon, have given It as their joint opinion that she cain bereaioved with safety.
MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.-On Sat...
The Times, 1824-09-13T00:00:00

MARY LEBONBE-OFF!C e.-Otl Saturday, NIr. Green, the father of the bov so sererely horsewhipped by Rowland Unwin, ELq.. attended at thim office, pursunnt to the request of 1{ r. Hoskins, withi vhom hIe liedu an interview iR the private roon. It is under- stood, that the Mtagristrate told him his intention in sending for hhic wes to 6iad himi orer to prosecute; but on mature coDsideration, he should declinc so doing, and should leave him open either to prose- cute orcompromise the airair, as his own prudence and discretion might suggest. A lelter was received at the office in the course of Frid'iv from Mr. Unwin, to whichi an answer was returned by the worthiy Magistrate, to who'm it was addressed. lUr. Unwin is re- norted te have expiessed his willingness to smake a compensation to the lad tor the injurY wi:ich he has sustaiaetL. rAdVertiSeSment.1-Wef. TAYLER, Tailor and Breeches-r.akcr, 72. W i:np?ole-strees Cavendish-square, begs respectfull) to infonn gentlemer,e, that by employing him they wil; find a saving of one-third in the eepense of dress. Any centlemren doubting thisstatement are solicited to snake a trial to allow I. Tayler t.he opportunity of proving what he has above stated. 1,etters addressed will be forth- with at tended to. Please to observe, 72, is a private-house, one door trom Queen Ann-strect. LAdVCrt;Sement.1-PIDDING Gnd CO.'s office, No. 1, Cornhill, still proves the focus of attraction, .he public are inmpellcd there by the never.ta.be.forgouen instances oi extraordinary luck-one gen- tleman ef Lsadenhall.atreet obtained fthe capitals there within 25 months, two of them different 20,0003. ! another gende.nan pur- chased two shares of Z0,0001. in two succeeding Lotteries, ( Lte Isst share sold by Pidding and Co. in one and the first in the fleXt) lie had also two other capitals there, a l,00t11.and a S001.: tbese and irany similar occurrences, thoagh sounding like tales of romance, are absolatelv facts. There are now four of 20,0001., with 34 other capitalr, all to be decided 5th of October, an6 Pidding and Co. hope an anspie dictribution of them will signalize the Xlew office they hare opened a413, South.bridge, Edinburgh. which will always have pert of every nutnber shared at the lucky corner. No. 1, Cornhill.
Professor Sedgewick, of T...
The Times, 1824-09-30T00:00:00

Professor Sedgewitk, of 'I'rinity College, Cambridge, visited Wlhitehaven last week, on a geological survey. CUIttOuS ANI NOVEL IVAGER.-On I'ttesday afterinoon, ilter a party of genteemen had dined together at a tavern iA the otyand, n wager was offere l by one of the conmspany that he would open two dozen of' oysters qui, ker than any person present coul(d te. vour then); and that by the tnic. he had openedl thc twenty-four, 8ix woulti reniain unconsumned. This bet was imntiediately accepted by a Ca ptain B3. and the wvhole party aidjourincd to a neighbouring shell-fisf. repository to decide the wager. .lr. Bowen, the person Ato offered tihe wager, at'ter selecting twenty-four from the mnan's stock, requested he would fivour him with all the ovster knives he had in hi possession, w'hichi, amlounting to four, hre put three into lila pocket, and commenced operatioirs with the relnaining one; but after openin, the oysters. inistea(d of separating thenis from the shell, he left that feat to he perttrmnet by Captain B., wlho. not withstand ing the aid of' hit teeth with tbe addlitional assistanco of his thumb and inger, was not able to effect the dlevouring of more than elevea before 1r. Bowen had opened the whole of the "I Natives"-tIbus losing the wager, which was for dinnmr and wine for a party of twelve friends ef each, to take place on Alichaelmas-day. Thegyh the viancls were not specified, yet w liave no do .bt thut accor ing to custombthere wee agoose at table.
A certain portion of the ...
The Times, 1824-12-04T00:00:00

A certain portion of the press has long indulged its own malignant dispasitiens, and t(e corrupt taste of readers who felt wvith or followed it, by showering torrents of per- sonal abuse utpon the late LORD MAYOR of Londup. The honourable feclings ol better men, and especially of him. who ias the object of such undeserve(I hidignities, may now receive a generou; gratification from the inanner in which he was yestcrtday indleznuifiedl for all tlhat he lhad dbne as well as suffered. 'I'he Boartd of Aldermen had already tlhanked l\r. IVAIrl1 MAN for his magisterialser- vices by a unanimous vote. The Common Council vester- day imitated the example of the Aldermen; and not merely does the cordial anti animate(l language in which thley have recordled the bncrits of an honest, able, and consistent fellow-citizen, preseiit a strong claim to public attention, but also thc unanimous concurrence of an assembly which contained no small number of Aldermani WAITll1tuAN'S political opponents; anid above all, the individual Cestitnonv of the most zealous and active, of those oppo'nents, to the services on which they were called to decile. Mr. SherilBtowvNE, Mr. JA,,%rEs, and-niot the least worth re- narking-Mr. SAM5UEL DIXON, caine forwart with their candid and lionourable declarations in favour of the late Lord iMayor. One passage of the resolutions put it on re- cord, that his discharge of the high and ardluous duties of the office had "never becn surpassed ;" and ithe whole con- cluded with apanegyric cn the resolute consistency and rnan- lness of Alr. WArITHMAN'S conduct for a " third part of '' a century." It is good that such inciteimients should be held out to the active members of a free community. It is just to administer such rebukes to ihe baseness which has busied itself in slandering and persecuting a man whose sole ctime is the bold independence ef his character. The wortlly Alderman may now retire, with the consciousness, as the Lord Chief Baron tpld him, of havingleft bebind hifn an example whiclh hi cliiltlren may be proud to follow.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-11-17T00:00:00

Sir.-Wbatever thle authority of YVOsse correspondent may be, I leg lceave utterly to contradict the asSertiorn that would reflect on mny undetstanding the dishonour of ever having held Unitarian doctrines, whkih, indeed 1 cannot buit considler as entirely suboversive of the whiole fabric of'our most holy faith. I have furthe-, to inform ou, that I ani a regualarly ordainoed Clergyman of the Churc-h of Ing,. land, ofmayyasstni; r iismprdtoadthto promote tecueo rt,adadeetmto fteatr n groundso cnnca rhooy ROBERT 'VAYL(OP A.B. 1 "b doun s LOllege Cambnridge. a, -runuet-syeet. TO THE BDDITOROF T=lE TIMES.
War In India.
The Times, 1824-11-19T00:00:00

The fotlowing is an .extractf a letter from an officer eli- gaged in active operations 8pagnst the Burmese: it is datea Rangoan, May St :- "In the'aftairof Rinmoo, the'Burmese ifodghtwel, and lest aaout 70 or80 killed, for no quarter was given, nor do I think it will be given during the war o either side; for if youi save a Bilma!i' life, it ls ten to one but he retarns the favour by taking yourffl. From all appeararwaes, this*will be a bloody and protractet warfare. WVe u,e about to senad an expedition against Syriani and the ancient city of Pegu in a few days. Itis aboutl0 miles up the river, and-we shall have bush.fighting aUtte way. We arenowbusy-in fitting fire-booms, and arranging forthe boats to go up the river. I do not think we shall be ready for the ex,pedition up the Irraw&ddy river tQ Prome in leas than a month. The Captain of the Laine will then Isoist his pentlant on board of the steam-boat. Sir A. Campbell, with the majorpart of t' forces, will join hitn; and only a sufficient garnson wil be left to protect Rangoon. If we reach Preme, all will be well; but it is an extremely dhifficult undertaking to transpart in open boats a force of 6,000 or 7,000 men up a rapid river, within a stone's throw of the beach, and a determined enemy annoying us the whole way. It must,however,be done; and if they do not come to terms, we must go up to Ummerapoora. The mede of annoyance on the part of the enemy is by fire-ral'ts and war-boats; and as the rainy season is now coming on, they will have the advantage of the dark nights. With theet they oblige us to keep a sharp look-out. They alse sink large boats to the gunwales, and turn them sdrift upon us. The force with which they come down, aided by the current, is very great. One nearly came on board of us the other night ; it caught a rope, and the rope cut off a boy'e leg as clean as if it had been am- putated. We are going to bend 12 of the Aiadras vessels for 3,000 men, and for provisions." WAR IN INDIA. -' I.
London, Wednesday, Decemb...
The Times, 1824-12-01T00:00:00

The Paris papers of Sunday, wbich arrived last night, contain no political news, with the exception of tlhc follow- ing passage from the Eloile:- "CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 25. There is now no more doubt with respect to the fatc of the Capitan Pacha: his disgrace is certain. Iti. given out, for illness; but he is e2premsly forbidden to come to the capital. The son of the Viceroy of Egypt, as we have already said, is his successor. The Porte preserve entire silence respecting the operations of its new Admiral. M. Mi:dacky bas not yet presented his credentials. Achmet Aga, corumaading the Tuikish troops inMloldavia, has had aMioldavian officer beheaded: this event has causedl a great sensation 2mong the Christian legations. It is sait that the evacuation of Moldavia is at length effected. " It is certain thdt the Porte has received the most disastrous news from its armies in Thessaly. "IARIS, Nov 28. "The Universel Gazette says, that D1. Cousin, who has been Im. plicated only by the depositions of two sudents, will be shortly set at liberty. Count Berstorff is still in the country. 31. Consin has been treatcd with thegreatest attention, and even permitted to ride out in a carriage in Berlin." LONDOA, WEDNESDA4J. DECEM'vIBER 1, ISf24.
We regret to find, from t...
The Times, 1824-07-09T00:00:00

We regret to find, from the Demnerara intelligence, that the persecuting spirit to which Mr. S.MITH fell a victim has not been appeased by his sufferings, or death, or by the long course of slanderous and vindictive malice which has since assailed his memory. The Rev. Mr. AUSTIN has been pursued with equal virulence-this, too, although T teacher Gf the establishad communion, Minister of the Episcopalian Church, and Chaplain of the garrisos, from which two latter finctions the reverend gentleman has been suspended by the Govermor, at the express instigatioit of the " free inhabitauts" of Demerara. So far as we have 1,pte,d, res conduct of Mr. AUSTIN, it merited Government; and as little does such a punishment, so in- flicted, accord with the general feelings or temper of so- ciety here at home. It is not, therefore, mere vio- lence that we have to animadvert upon in the lVrhites of Demerara and their Governor, but that short- sighted folly by which needless violence is in most cases accompanied: for let the colonists beware of straining the cord too tight; or pushing their late victory over poor SMITH to an excess which may rouse once more the sus- pended ainger of their countrymen in England. Mtinisters have, within the last six months, contrived to sooth the intenmperance of parties on the subject of lVest India sla- very; but they may not succeed so well a second time.
THE COURIER AND THE ETOIL...
The Times, 1824-11-15T00:00:00

THE COURtEr. AND THE ETOILE.-The English Courier reproaches us with a crinmc for having givern the trial of a person named Wten for kissing a.young girl. We will not take the trou. ble of correcting thc error it there be one, in the English paper from whicb we translated it; aI cxplanation would be superfluous with a man who, like the editor ot the Coturier, does not even comprehend the most familiar expressions of our lanaguse. Is not this the leanixed aXtc lto wbo, xtot l~ong ago, was Voottd by his contempo- raries for saying that the heart of Louis XVIil. wa2 enClosed in a vase of' vermilion, which he had translated for ve,rneii (silver-gilt)? Thislcarned Englishman reproachesus also witb notknowing thecu,s torns of his country. No doubt hc is perfectly acquainted with ours; for some time since he represented the French as treating of public affairs over their evening bottle (toetd en -iavont LZtr bou&ilfle dz soir). The editor of the Courier must be told that the customs of London taverns are not those of good society in Paris,"-Etoi!e. James Kent, a bncklayer, has been committed to Berks county g30l, for stealing 601b. of lead pipe fronm Union Chapel, Ncwbury, where lie wasemployed. It is8tingular, that the night the thefL was committed, one of the preachers, who had attended thleopeningof the chapel the day beibre, dreamed that someperson was stealing the pump; he got up, aad bnding it gone9 immediate search was made, aud such a clue obtained, that the prisoner was dletectced the uexct mnorning in the act of selliug it !
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

Sir,-Having felE much interested awd aftfited on reading the let:er yvo had the kinduess to insert from Mtr. Smiith, wvho states hie h.s lost every thing by the late fire in Fleet-street, it has occurred to me that as hits business iR thaL ot a tailor, the public viasy assist hitv without a charitable subscription. Let books be opened under the direction of a comnmittee to receive orders. One or two guineas to be paidl on giving the order, end the reneainder on deliverr of the goods : I\lr. Smith to wait unon the parties to ineasute, &c. in the order in which their names are en- tered. This will form a fund at once, that will e-nable hinm to proceed wtuh his busine#s, und I feel confident the publicwill take an intcrest in Ro <iistressing a mase, introduced bv the individual himself (on bethalf of a large tamilv) withss nuuch candour aunl proprie'.y. I sm Sir- vonr most nhedient cervanL A CfONSTANT READER. Wtmiister, INov. 16. TO THE ED! TOB OF ITE YIM1fES.
London, Wednesday, Novemb...
The Times, 1824-11-24T00:00:00

By tlhe FrencAl papers of Sun(lay, which arrived last night, we learin that the French Chaimbdrs are convoked for the 22d of next monith. As tLe timie of meeting is thus only three days beforq Chiristrnas, no business will, of course, be done tile r trhm li6oovitys, antd the Ministers will be able to employ all the interval in examininig the dlispo- sition of&,their forner adlherenits, or scttling the liattre of their future mcasures. This early coinsocation of the Le- gislature shows either tlieconfidence of M. Dit VILLr.r E in its support, or a desire to aser taiii Its temper before he advances further in his present line of policy. That he may find that temper against .him, there is some reason to apprehemid, from the declarations of some of the members who were forinerly:his. friendts.' The respectable comtner- cial deputy of Roune (M1I. DUYRILGIRF DE HAUVIANNE), who supported thc mnasure of the Spanish war on thc ground that Frenlch initerferenc2e would( establish order in Spain, lias published a pamphlet, stiongly cenisuring the manner in 'wiichi the sutccesses of that war had been em- ployed to increase anardey in Spain, and to continue bur- dens on France. T hlie following:are extracts:- (Froni the Moieiteurof Sanday, rnov. 21,) "OitU3NANCB OF TUB KING. Chariks, !y thc grace of God King of Franceand Navarrc.: to al! to Flionv these prcsent shall come, greeting. "'On the reportof our linisterSecretary of Statc of elic Deprt- ment of thc.Jntciior wet Jiage ordained and ordain as follows:- Art.l . The Chanibe of P.cdrs nnd the Cluamib'dr of the Dcpu., ties of thc departments arc cvnvokcd for Wednesday, the 22d of December next. - : "'2. Thiese prescnts shall be inserted in thie butletin of the lavw: " '53.0Our Minister Secriury of State for the Department of the- Interior is ciarged with the cxecutioi of the present ordinance. G; Given at our talAce of the Tuileris, the 20dh of Novembei, the year of our Lord 18324, ind 'tle first or our reign. :S. By the King, " CHARLES. "' The Alinister Secreltry of State for thi' Department of thevJnterior," CORBIBRE.' (FrSm tbe El ofie, dated 'Mo1nday, NoV. 21.) -. ''"BAYONNE, Nov. 16.'. '- Tbe 2 Swiss !eg~inien; wlich is -now lher4uu hu.0 rrceie4; by tileragli, "rde I. 1a :jtivjtlvaiif sse day. after tDu' nonrow aid; with the ifit S9VS Reginiend, *hich ig 2iaw at madaid, will form the garruon of that capital. A3 soon as the 2d Swwi Re. Riment has nrrived nt lBurgos, which wil be on dile 29iti and.30th of thl monthl, tlie French garrison wrill Commence its March to return to France. Cadlz and the other places retainin6gth-number of-troops- that have been assilgned them, the number of French who wiU leave the Peolnsula is estimated at 14,0B0 mnen. There is, therefoTe, now no loubt of the return of n part of the French army." .oinDON,v WEDNESDA41Y, NOVEMEBR 24, 1824.
Court Of King's Bench, We...
The Times, 1824-05-17T00:00:00

LAW RBPORT. The Court were occupied in bearing argu-ments of eases in the Crown paper of no piublic interest, till one o'clock, when they rose, in order'that the Judges might rneet their learned brothers to dis- cUss points of criminal law reserved on the circuits. COURT Oh' COMMON PLEAS, SATURDAY, MIIAY 15. No case of any interest came on here to-day. The Court rose soon after 12 o'clotrk. - GCOURT (P KINGS 1NNCFT Wrrm,,tQ + f.i C