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Division On Lord Lansdown...
The Times, 1824-05-31T00:00:00

For assimilatlng the state of the EngEsh with that ot- the ilrisl Catholics. MAJORITY-PRESNT. Dukes, Digby Rinnnul Delamere York Ilnanstleld Roehfort. Rolle Richmnond POwis Viscounts Saltoun Beaufort Manvers Sydney Bagot. ,Neweastle Blaucharip S!dmouth ArchbishoPs Montrose. Cntheart Exmouth. Canterbury Marquisses Whitworth Lords York. Winchester Verulann DeClifford BiShgps Hertford Brownnow Dfermer Londono, Salisbury. . St. Germains- Dvnevor Chester. Earls Eldon Kenyon St. Astph Abergavenny FalmouthL Selsey Lineoln' Cardigan Hotre Bolton SN -David!s Shaftesbury Charleville Glfford. Ely. Abingdon Longford Rcdesdale Brlo bMaceleqfleld Mlayo Arden Worcester Plymouth Ennisidllen Gambler SalUsbuty Pomfret Aboyne Prudhoe Exeter laduor Sheffield Colehester Drorunore Talbot Orford Newborowgh Rlaphoe. Strange In the second divislon add-Duke of Rutland, blarquls of HnntleY Earl of Harewood, Lord Bayning. Earls Verulaim and Longford did not vole in the second dlv3sion. PROXIES. Dukes OChchester Grey Walsinghami Clarence O'Ne U Vernon Stowell Cumberland Errol Middleton Douglas (of D) Northumberland Ferrers Thurlovr Harril lIariborough Malmesbury Wodehouse Audley Welltngton Nelson Dnuglas tUreton) Forrester. Dorset. L,n!dale Forbes Arehblshop, Mfarqulsses Stamford Ross (Glasgow) Tuam. eholmondeley Kellte WemyRs U)shops Nortbampten Carrick De la Zeuch Peterborough Ailesbury- Harcourt Gort Hereford. Donegal MouRt Edge.- Manners Durham Exeter cumbe Rlbblesdale Bangor Thonond. Clancarty Oriel Winchester Earls Craven. Loftus (CM. Ely) Carlisle Stradbroke Viscount RIvers Landaff Coventry Hampden. Boston - Oxrord. Howe Lords St. Helen!s Searborough Casleton In the second division add-Dukes of Manebester and Gordon. MIlNORITS.-PRESENT. Dukes Carnarvon Darnley Auckland Somerset Suffolk Cassllis Suffield Leeds Liverpool Limerick Calthorpe ArF.yll. Russlyn Cdurtowv . Cawdor marqulsses Grey Viscounts Lilford Lansdown Harrowby Duncan Ellenborough Camden Minto St. Vincent Lynedoch Downshire. Morley Clifden Bexley Earls Wilton Clinton. De Dumnstanville Westmorland Aberdeen Lords Montford Cowper Lauderdale Dacre Sherborns Pitzwilfani Ormond HowardofEffing-Belhaven Darllugton Charlemont ham Dufferin l)e Lawarr KRngston Ring Carbery. Uardwleke Wi. Uow Orantbam Bishops nchester Caledon Uolland Norwich Grosvenor Gosford Ducie Liebfield. Fortescue Cork PROXIES. Dukes Andlesey. Carlisle. Erskine Brandon Earls Viscouats Yarborough Leinster Bristol Anson Berwick Sussex Mulgrave Granvlae Grenville Grafton Besborough Hereford. Braybrook Beukiughan Derby Lords Glastonbury Bedford Spencer Le Despencer <wydyr Devoushire Jersey Daindas Hutahinson Portljn,d. Donoughnore Crewe Carysfort. MAr ulsses Blesington Maryborough Bshop Staffonr Thanet Foley Richester. In the second dlvlsion add-Earl of Rosebery, Mlarquis of Sligo, Lords Amherst and Somers. DISIOVf'tN ON LORD L,ANDnOlVNS' MIOTION
Dreadful Outrage In Irela...
The Times, 1824-08-03T00:00:00

(Frosm the Liverpool Alerc1zry.) r e havebeen c'aited upon by agentleman, ftom whom we have received information concerning an outrage of so dreadful a descrip- tion, that ve cannot readily give credit to it, especially as the Irish press is ent;rely aslent on the stroject. However, as we are in pos- session of the name and address of ian individual who states that he witnessed the scene desctibed, we shall Uriefly state the circum. stances, in orderthat they may be contradicted iffalse or exaggerated; For obvious reasons, wve omit the namne of the Mlagistrate who is re- ported to bave had tnie principal share in the transaction. The following is an extract from the letter :-" I have anxiously waited for the lsst few week-, in the hope of seeing some account in the public journals respecting an affray which took place at 'Iin;po fair, near Enniskillen, in the county of Fermanagh, Ireland, on tne 18th of June last, between the Ribandmen and Orangemen of that quarter; to quell which the 34thl regiment of Foot were called in, under the authority of Sir J- .-, magistrate of the county of Fermanagl, of whom a few are reported to have been killed; at length the Ribandmen, accornpanied by droves of men, women, and children, took shelter in the Catholic chapel at Timpo, wvhen Sir J- G- gave orders to have the doors broke open, and every soul, in endeavouring to escape, was either shot or stabbed; the Church was then pillaged, and afterwards set on fire! Ijiverpool, 15t July, 1824." DRBADFUL OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.
Court Of King's Bench, We...
The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

- -z--- - - putaing me rmode 'of electing corporate Officers i the borough of Wycombe. By th cha h be elede by the burgesses at large; ba b c ue, stOffierisin beored the charter, and by a by-law madc subsequently, the election hts been conducted by the commnon councOil. or select bod, of' the bur.. resses. Two questions, therefore, arose: first, wvhei,er them can partilacceptl nce of a charter; and econ whether, if thre can be no such acceptance, a by-law can be Trial to lifit anc con trol its provisions- These queations were 'now argued. in the nega tivebhy Mr. SCAPLErTT and lFt the affirrnativebyr Mr' T. iDA The COUu-T took time to consider their judgment.t CO3URT OF COAMNIVON PLEAS, IVEDNESbAY Nov. 17. The Court. sat In badco till one o'clock, but up to 'hat hour no case of any interest came on. At one o'clock, the LowD CHIEP JUSTICE came into court to sit at Ariss Pr*ns. There were only two causes entered. The one vaas settled out of court, avid the other (after the jury -was sworn) Va., re fs.rre d.- atrtejr ws on COURT OF EXCHEQUER, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17. fOItTON- V. PEARSON. This cause w;a argued sorte titne ago, and stood -for judgrnent thi8 day. The plaintifffiled a bill, alleging that-he wts8 entitled to certain iities on two parcels of land, caled Great and Little Park, In the parish of South Wingfield, and praying that an account thereof might be taken. The defendant put In an answer, in which he al- legeA that he paid an annunl sTni of 21. in lieu of tithes oni the land in qUestion. The LonR CftrE? BArtOlN, on Coming into Court; stated,that after having read over all the papers relating to the cause, he wsas of opinioh that the 21. wh,ich the defendatnt annually paid could only be cons=dered as the mod7i. decimandi of Ijittle Park. With respect tn (Great Parl., he dlecreed an account to be taken, and granted thie nTrWmliflr h;a on-? COURT 0- KING'S BENCH. .V-c -- THE Xr9G V. WEST -- A.
Among the Irish documents...
The Times, 1824-05-27T00:00:00

Among the Irish documents published by order of the House of Commons, is a table representing, under one view, the whole judicial operation of the Insurrection Act throughout those eight unfortunate counties where re- course has been had to that unprecedented law as an en- gine for pacifying and reforming the people. The sum of the matter is, that thsere have been 1,707 men imprisoned, 271 convicted; and of the convicted, not more than 75 ac- tually punished-that is, punished in consequence of their conviction; for before trial, all-the 1,436 innocent men, as well as the few, in comparison, who were guilty- underwent the severe punishment of arbitrary seizure by the police, removal from the scene of their daily labours, separation from their destitute families, and imprisonment for diverse periods in the common gaol. WVe ask any humane or considerate being to think for one moment on transac- tions and sufferings liketthose whichare thus officially record- ed. Hereareabove 1,700British subjects carriedoff to prisoi, almost without exception for the crime of being out of doors between sunset and sunrise! Of these, the ;Magistrates living near the spot, ant therefore not wholly free from im- pressions unfavourable to the prisoners as a body, could find grounds for convicting only 271-less than one-sixth of the whole number. But of the convicted parties, the Govern- ment itself, after well deliberating on the merits of each case, could not in conscience condemn to actual punish. ment more than 75. Oat of Fnore than 1,700 persons dragged to prison, and a large majority of them forced by incessant labour to find food for more, perhaps, than three thousand others, desolate women and helpless infants, only 75 werejudged by the LOBD-LIEUTENANT to deserve the visitation of the law. That one offender, therefore, might be brought to justice, 22 guiltless men (for that is the pro- portion) bave suffered the loss of liberty, and their wretched families the last extreme of want: nor is this a single in- stance, but an extensive average throughout an entire pro- vince of Ireland! We say, then, that a law which cannot be executed withoutsoprodigal awaste of libertyand property- without an invasion of the innocent so sweeping and unsparing, must be utterly intolerable to any commu- nity on earth. Tbhis horrible Insuirrection Act must be abolished, or it will exterminate everv other law but itself: for how can peace or pablic order exist where a power is lodged in vulgar hands-the hands of hired constables-open to every abuse that caprice or ven- geance, or party hatred, or systematic indifference to the obligations of mercy, humanity, and temperate policy, would engender ? The Government, we acknowledge, has not abused the act: but what a powerful argument is that for its repeal, when the lenity and temper with which all men acknowledge that it has been administered so far as the LOat-LIEUTENANT is concerned, have proved themselves insufficient to avert the miseries inhlerent in its nature !
London, Friday, October 1...
The Times, 1824-10-01T00:00:00

Ille Frencit papers of Tuesday, which arrived last night, are chiefly filled witlh accounts of the entry of CH ARLES X. Into Paris, and of the splendid procession througli that city to Notre Dame anld his i'alace. WVe have given in another column as much of these statements and (lescriptions, as can be expeeted to excite any intcr(st in the English reader. The Comnitutionncl, in a letter dated from M issolooghi, gives a biographical sketch ol' Prince AMAvRocoaDATos, whose namebhasbecoMe so celebrated in the annals of Greek inde- pendence. lie is stated to be a descendant of the Alinister A A11vloconRDATos, who attended the CongressofCarlowitz, and who received his title of P'rince from the Christian Powers with whomn lie treated in thatassenibly. ALEXAN. DE.R MAVROCORDATOS, wVhIO now supports the cause of Greek freedom, is now only about 31 years of age, anti is described as a man ol' rare taleuts and great acquirernents. When ayouth,he accompanicl his uncle, PrinCeC CARATZA, to the province of Walachia, and was there employed in several posts of trust and danger. When the standard of Greek independence was raised in 1821, he was in Italy, wwhence he hastened to the aid of hiis countrymcn and their cause. DIisemrbarking at Missolonghi, he instantly perceived the advantage of that position Ior the tlefence of' Western Grecee. After defending that place with great credit to hin3self in 1822, he proceeded to Peloponnesus ; but see- ing that he could do nothing there, he returned to Etoliaj and afterwards repaired to Souli to gain over the Souliots to his cause. In this he succeeded. Returning to Etolia, he established the Locdal Government of Western Greece, which led to the formation of a Central Congress representing the Greek nation, of whiclh he was elect- ed President. This assembly adjusted the Govern- menit which at present prevails in Greece, so far as that country can be said to enjoy a Government. After occupying successively the posts of President of Congress and President of the Executive Council, he returned to Etolia, and threw himself into Missolonghi, where he dis- played great talents in defending the place against a Turkish force. After refusing to accept for a second time the Presidency of the Executive Council, and visitinig Hydra to press the sailing of a squadron to the aid of Mis- solonglhi, he returned again to that fortress, whose security at present depends upon his efforts. The following are the prices of Stock at Paris on Tues- day last:-Five per Cents. openedl at lOlf. 2.5c.; closed at lolf. lOc. Bank Stock, 1,925f. Neapolitar. S per Cents., 89 B. Rente d'Rspagne, 19. Exchange on JIondon, one month, 25f. 20c.; three months, B5. Sc. LONDON. PRIDAy, O)CTOIJER 1, 1824.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-10-04T00:00:00

Bexhil, Ore. 1. Sir.-In vaotr's of the 30th ult, I observe a statement of the in. Tucst on the body ot W'alsh, who was found on the sand mear Fifty ewer, Bexhill. ltelfering yourreaders to 1M, one's eviAence,wbich is not before Tne, but is to this efFcct-" That he, Mal w water attempting to board the boat in con3unction with Walsh, ind near enough for WValsh to see him and call him by name ; he TWao_. ney saw and knew Walsb." heri the veclvidence az nearly closet, one of our venerable jurymen observed be did not bear thatAla. loner's evidence went to establish that he heard Walsh cryout " tour- der,' &c.; upon wlhich our worthy Coroner imnmediately recalled lMaloney, and examined him en thUs PaTticular abLd material polat tively gave lis eridence that he 151aloney, AuMot hef him. alib utter one word more tkzn he first asserted. Be, Walsh, not avers answered hint when he asked himt if he shoiula fire inbD ile bo&t- _ Your giving this aL place in your iourmal. with &fR.- tn - I LcUuL as to tne lea=ng poants, will oblige A JURYAN TO THE EDITOR OA YTME TIMES. -a_
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-10-13T00:00:00

Sir,-The humoreus letter of 51r. S. WVesley in your paper of yesterday, would, perhaps, have been rmlore creditable to that gentle. mnan, had it been addressed to the proprietors of " The BiographAi- Cal UOitiolary of W steaus," instead of being inseited in your )ournai, with the evideist desire of injuring the reputation of a work, in the compilation of which no orssibil painrs liave been ofsarekd during the space of IS months-a circumstance well known to many of the most eminent musicians in London. AWith respect to 1r. S. Wesley's aharge, the mistake can be explained in a manner that will at Once prove satiatactory to every liberal inind. Ar. S. XVes- ley, for reatsons best kniown to binmsel f. ref'used, or at least neglected,I a iter several applications, to render to the compilers of the Biogra. pjhical Dictiwia2r any data resnecting Ihis music-al career, beyond what were alrey lhi print: it -as became necessary for the com- piliers to m-akRe isp an article concerning that gentleman, from what they, considertd to be the beat previously publishetl authorities. Somemoutls afterwards, the article being com'pleted ane the work in the press, one of the compilers who was at the time in the coun. ty, was informed, that his mes'sengexs must htave mistaken Mr. Cuarles for Air. Samuel Wesley, the latter baving died about the year 115; in corroboration of which, the informant produced a volumne of the work entitled Public Ckaractes'e, and in which, under thn head " Charles WVesley," are the following wrds "1This eminent musticiat, like Crotrch, Davy, and his own brother the late Mr. S. aVesley." ' Upon this authority the compiler thought it b~Rtreasonable to act. To those, Mr. Editor, who arein the least acquainted with the never.ending vexations and trouble in the col- lection of eoatemporary biography, intleed, to all liberal minds, it is trusted that the above explanation will be nmore than su?fficient to th at te eisolated error adduced by tr. S. Wele is no imnu- on ODthe gene accuracy of the Diczittza;y of A'usiciant. 'o any psrsOmDs who will trouble themselves so far as to receive fatiher evidene ofady the authenticity of the work, the publishers are at all Ve are, Sir, your verv obedient servants. SATNMTMITRV A vnf . Ii, Beu's-ouulings, Sa]isbury.square, Oct. 12, 1824. o We may add, that Ilr. S. Wesleywas somewhat ungrateful towards Messrs. Sainsbury, for the article, tliough inaccuxrate in one particular, contained a very warm, anid certainily, we do net deny, a very just eulogy, of the merits of that excellent musician. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMAfS.
Macadamizing.
The Times, 1824-10-21T00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF 'I'TE TIMES. Slr,-Ads you have favoured the public with the views of '- VIA- Tor" on one side of the question of the above system of road- making, you will not perhaps object to their having mine on1 the other, should you think them worth insertion. Thequestion, as itappears to me, is not-is the new system per- fect . but, whether it is better than the old ? In respect to wear, I will allow it to be much inferior; but the repairs,it mnust be allowed, are effected with little trouble, and no obstruction,compared with the old; which is greatly in its favour, paTticularly when it shall be adopted in narrow streets. Regarding their respective states in wet weather, they are pretty equal; for, however sloppy the new roads may be, you do not in crossing get above a certain heiglht in mud; whereae, in crossing the old one, the least false step or slip-and the stones wear in a manner admirably to assist your slipping-your shoes get covered, andi stockings splasbed, besides the chance of putting yourancles out of joint, or wrenching themn. I alludein both cases towhere crossings are not swept: as totienecessity ofkeeping the newroads constantlv scraped and the consequent increased expense, I am not one to cavil at Improvement becaAse it opens a doDr of employment to the poor. That I consider a point in its favour. Regarding noise, I will venture to say, there is not a sick person where this system is adopted, that does not bless the inventor; nor one where it is not that does not pray ft it. And this alonc, with. out taking into consideration the being able in tie busiest place to continue a conversation without straining your lunge to hoarseness, and not being shook out of your chairs at home, will in my estima- tion outweigh all the advantages (If any) the old way may possess. What VIATOt observes respecting the high curve of the old, is just, and it is a point n fvour of the new that it is much more level, and can be more easily kept so, which, as it lessens the strain. ing, wear and tear of carriages, carts, &c., gives it great advantages. Lastly, in resDect to danger, there is no comparison. The cause of thejanmentable and frequent accidents, with loss of life and limb, which-iappen in what is called greasy walking willbe removed by the gseneral adoption of the new system, and pedestrians (females in particular) be relieved from the danger and fear of slipping in cross- ing the streets. Nor must we forget the mercy shown to horses antl cattle in thc saving of labour, and firmness of footing it afTerds. What I bave sd-ianced needs but five minutes' yassing observa- tion te acimowledge its truth. Your bumble servant. KA1) NV) TU MAUAIADMIZING. %J4Wgcl -a. MACADAM.ZWNG.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-06-21T00:00:00

FOR THBE TIMES. Afr. Grnham presents hiscomplimentsto the editorof The Times, and begs to mention that the accoarnt of his late :erial ascent, given under hus name, is certainly that of a former voyage from Chelten. ham, a s nothing did occur hut wbat has been mentioned in Captain Beaufoy's statement..1, Poland-street, June 19. [It was copied from an eveningpaper.]
Court Of Chancery, Saturd...
The Times, 1824-07-05T00:00:00

LIW REPOR'P. vn tile LouD UTSASeCELLOR coining Illo Court, he prOdnceel a letter, whlich he gaid he liad receive'd from Sir Gregory Page Tur. ner. It appeared to his .taodshliptobe avery proper letter, ant eon- tained a request very natural for one in that gentleman's situation. Ii&vequvsted that siX persons, wbose natneshernebtioned,and some of whom were medical men, should bave access to.him for the -prpose of torming an opinion of the state of his mind, and of ena- bling him) to traverse the verdict of tbe juryl by whichi he had been prunouic. d lunatic. His Lordship asked il any of tbe gentlemen soncerned in the cause were present, but none vere at that moment in court. Betfre, however, hlis lordshilp had done speaking Mr. Treslove entered, and his Lordship having repeated to him the tenour of his client's letter, the learned gentleman remided the Iortl Chancellor that Sir G. P. Turner had presentd a petition, praying that certain persons night be permitted to have access to him fbr the purpose mentione(d in his letter. Illis Lordship then re. quired to have the names of those persons, and, In compliance vith that request, Sir G. P. Turner l;ad written the letter in. his Lord- shl 'S hanld. Th'e lhORD CHANCEI.Lrog rimembered the eftect of the peti- tion, anti he now handed the letter to Mr. Treslove that he might consider it between this day and Monday morning, when, if the cbunsel on both sides would attend him in his privite chamber, lie would explain to them the nature of the regulations which ought to be atlopted with respect to the intcrview of the persons nmen- tioned in the letter withl Sir G. P. Turner. U is lordship thought it very necessary, among other things, that thiose persons should be acquainted with the evidence bef re the jury, anid that they should converse with the medical men who had already plronounced on tIle sainity of Sir G. P. Turner. OLDItASS V. TIJE ATTOIISrEY-GENERAL. In this crse, wlYiclt was argued yesterday, his Lordship required that theaffidavits filed in the cause before the issue was directed sbhould be handed up. to hins itithe coujrse of the day, if possible. The Courteould not satisfy itself by merely referring to the evidence atiduced on the trial, hut must consult all tie sources of informuationi whlich it possessed. From the recollection he had of those affidavits he woshl say. that tite inclination of his opinion at present was in favour of a iiew trial. The Ma.ster had pronounced, upon the evi- dence given in lhis office, agailnst the legitimacy of the plaintiff. The jury ha(l found in favour of it. ,tislordship thought the subject required furtlier investigation. although lie should not decide for a new trial until he had again read the affidavits wbich he required; -The affidavits were tben handed tip to his lIordship. The Court was occupied for the rem7ainder of the sitting with a partly-heaTd an-neal cause. COURT OF CHANCER7 -SATURnAY. J1JLY 8. iN liE SII .G. P. TUIINER. F