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Ship News.
The Times, 1824-03-31T00:00:00

rhe Gvgnet, of Philadelphia, frorm Maracaybo to New York, was totally lost on the 3d ult. on the Isle of Vache. The Mute Mutter, from Riga to Londonderry, is totally lost on the coast of Norway. CAE?c, .Narch 22.-The Londcon. of South Shields, from New. castle to Guernsey, struck on a rock near the Caskets, on the ever.- ilg of tile 17th instant, and almost immediatelv we.'it down, and up- set the boat with all the crew in it. Only the mnate and a seaman (Janes MNackay) saved. They were picked up by a French fishing boat, and carrie(d to Courseles. BTar.vEA, Nov. 10.-The Dirates have lately been active upon this coast, having attacked several colonial vessels proceeding to and from the eastern ports, and succeeded in capttiring the brig General de Kock, belonging to Messrs. Thornton and Co., of this port, on board of wvhichiMlr. R. Thornton, the owner, hadtaken his passageto Soitrabaa.s The commander and the mate escaped by lumping overbuard, but ,llr. Thornton fell into their hands, toget'her with the brir and valuab,le cargo,estimated together at 50,000 dollars. The pirate prows which attacked were seven in number, and had eachl nearly 10?0 men on board, armedl with guns and swivels, with which they kept up an action of three hours with the brie, whose am- rlunition being expended shewas carried by boarding. The Govem- tment has despatched cruisers in search of them, but with slender hopes of retaking the bris!. NEW Yo nK, Feb. 26.-During a heavy gale of wind 8ome days since, several vessels bound to anrd from this port, were stranded in andl about the mnouth of our harbour; amongst them the Favo. rite, from hence to rceniockt, and the Draper, from hence to Lon- donderry; the former vessel is entirely lost, but tnost of the cargo saved-a large part of it materially damaged. Most of the cargo of the Draper has been lande(d withs little damage, and exertions are making to get the vessel off. ThTiP NEWS.
Letters of the 21st inst....
The Times, 1824-03-31T00:00:00

Letters of the 21st inst. were irceived yesterday frorn Madrid. They are chiefly occupies with the proceedings of the different agents of merchants in London a'd Paris, who have visited that capital for tie purpose of making proposals to the Spanislh Governmest on the subject of a new loan. It has beeni generally ;upposed that all the competitors for this. contract were a,reed on one point- namely, that the acktnowledgment f tae Cons1itutional oat1s, is r sthape or other, was to be an indispensable condition. It appears, however, that individuals lave been found, representing, or professing to represent, houses of thefirst rankin Londotn,unprineipled and impolitic enough to wave this condition,and to make a contract with the Spauish Government,one clause of wvhich is a directbreacb of faith,in the absolute rejection of the Constitutional securities. The individual who has entered itnto this contract is an unsuc- cessful adventurer in the French funds, whiose extettsive speculation, and losses far beyond his power of payment, were much talked of in Paris about two years ago, and who is not likely to have so far retrieved that desperate si- tuation of his affairs, as to have arrived at the means of taking any part, beyond that of agent, in any transaction of such magnitude as a contract for a loan. lie may, therefore, willingly lend himself to a project in vbhich he hadnotbing to lose,and every thing to gain. But vhlen the new stock is brought into tlle markets of London or Paris, the subscribers will of course demand a more effectual guarantee, before they employ their mo- ney in such a loan, and the names of the ireat contractors, who have sanctioned this breaclh of faith through. their agent, will then be revealed. It will then, it is said, be seen, what houses have haA the courage to brave public opinion by avowving themselves the supporters of such a measure. The project must fail, nitwithstandiog the pre- valent mania for loati-contracts of wwhatever kinrl. ['he state of Spanish finance is tao desperate to be re rieved by any but capitalists of the first c;ass of respectability. If the parties hvljo have madle this contract stood high in re- spectability before this imprudent step, they must forfeit that character by making it on saeh conitditions. The sum engaged to be raiut di under this nefarions c.s'ttact for the Spanish Governient, is stated at about2,500,0001. steriing.
Court Of Chancery, Tuesda...
The Times, 1824-03-31T00:00:00

LA W REPORT. 'Ie LORD CHANCELtOR W.IS occupied the whole of this daY hearig arguments in the case of " Murthwaite v. Jenkinson " . ltCitc i5 an appeal forom the ViccChancellor's decision upon die construction of certain clauses in a wilh fAt his Lo3rdship's rising, MIr. Pp BERTOX mentionetd the ease of Sir regory Page 'l'urner. The LonD CIANCELLOU said, he would fix a day fior hearing al1 the lu.natic pctitions- _ COURT OF COA CiRV I7i Af-P. Mt
Marriages
The Times, 1824-03-31T00:00:00

On te ~i~ nstnt,at ARRIELD. On the 30th instant, at St. Andrew's, Holborn, by the Rer. Dr. Butler, of aIarrow, John Eddward Gray, Esq., only son of John Gray, Esq., of Wembley..park, Mtiddlesex, to Susanna Eliza, onlv daulghterof Henry Revell Reynolds, Esq, of Bedford-row. Yesterday norning, at St. Andrew's, fIolborn, by the Rev. Gil- bert Beresfor, rector, Richard Larbert, EEsq., of Gray's-inn, to Jane, youngeat daughter of the late John Cundale, Esq., of Hart- street, Blooinslaury.aquare.
By the death of General M...
The Times, 1824-02-11T00:00:00

By the death of (General MAITLAND, the Governor of the Ionian Islands and of Malta, some important sitiua- tions are become vacant. Of the disputed administration of this person, we are not now speakinig: but, in addition to his military command, we can hardly conceive by what system of clubbing two Civil Governments, the local posi- tions of which are so far remote, aud the genius and lan- guage of the inhabitants so totally distinct, should have been conferred upon the same person; and it is therefore we said " important situations," for it is not to be ima- gined that the two Governments will be again united in the same person. At no period of the Grecian history, have any close relations been known to exist between Malta and the Ionian Islands. First, the niearest points of the two places are almost seven hundred miles asunder; and next, the inhabitants of the Ionian Islands are Greeks; those of Malta, of the Arab cast mingled with Italians. The im- mortal history of TPiuCYPIDES opens with an account of the colonization of Corfu, or Corcyra, from the ancient States of Greece. Malta, as we said above, has never been Greek, or connected with Greece, not even so much as Sicily and the south of Italy, anciently called Magna Grecia. And when Greece fell under the Mussulman yoke, Malta pre- served a noble independence under her warlike knights. As the interests of liberty also require that two such In- congruous States should not again be united under one head, so do the imperial interests of this country require the presence of two important persons in the Mediterranean, during what we hope we may call the breaking up of the Turkish Empire. The affairs of Egypt and Northern Africa will employ theattention of the !faltise Governu. ment, and those of Greece and Asia Minor that,of the' : Government of the Ionian Islands.
Silver And Copper Coins.
The Times, 1824-02-24T00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-Th awing my eye upon an official return froin the Mint of thepresent value of otxr silver and copper coinage inserted in your. ptngr of this day, I am surprised to find the calculation erroneous. The crown piece weighs l&iwts. 4gr. 4.11ths, which at4s. IIid. per aunee, makes 4s- 6d. 0909 ? but it could have been expressed rnore exactly as follows :-the wveight of the piece wiLl bc found to be just ie.Uih psxtss of an ounce, which gives precisely 4s. 6d. I-ith for the worth of that coin. There is a still greater error in computing the copper-priccs. I have not in my recollect50n the exract weight oF the penny pieces of he coinage of 1806 and 107, but those of 1797 vweighed exactly one ounce avoirdupois, which at the given pt-ice of 951. per ton, makes 2 61.112th fag.bings for the resent value of the pely-pieces, and of course the one-hull and the one-t'urth for the halfpence and fan.hings- L you think it worth while to insert this correction, it is at your service. I aTn. Sir. your ohedientservant ?iU31ERATUR. City, Feb. 21,1894. SILVER AND COPPER COINS.
The Privy Council.
The Times, 1824-02-20T00:00:00

'Yeaterda-ih-1tnbigt,leven 4;; bcL},tihe Loirds. of hii Majest WMost H6nouiible Privy Couscil asiebledattlie ,Coutic.officc;, Wlstehtll There were present, the Lord President, Sir Joln Nicholl, Sir HWenrgy RusU%ll, Lord Colclcester; Mr. Sturges Bourne, and Lord Stiwell. The business upon whicla-tWiir Lordlusps, ynet;w vas to hear and deteiniine FrenchAtppdals. Their Lordships were-engaged till near 4 o'cloek, in hearing an appeal fros the ere ench Commissioners' dfision4 in 'vhich 150,000L is at issue, arising from- the hankruptcy*hich took place some years since in the ektensive house of Bo6y4, Benfield, and Kerr, and which was the cause ,f a number of other failures. The same parties recovered 100,0001. some time since uiftlef similar circumstances. 71he King'X 4dvocat4, Mr, Fon- blanque, Mr. Tyndale, anad Mr. Kerr, were heard upon this 3Teat quesuiorz. The pleadings -rcre principally in Frerncn. The decisiGn.was postponed to a future day. Itchts been matter-of surprise to those acquainted with the facts, that judgment han not yet been given in the De- merart ease. The latc President of the Court of Justice in that colony made a solemn complaint, supported bv a great deal of powerftil evidence, against the Governor, Ge- ner-al Murray. The Privy Council felt the weight of the testimony, and gave an assurance that the Goverhor should be forthwith callel upon to ansvwer the complaint. Thlis was eight months ago; yet it a?pears no answer has been received: for the Pnvy Council profess that they cannot determine the question till they have received the answer. What is the cause of this delay? Has tha Governor slighted the commands of the Privy Council? 2W.B Pt2lVy CoUNCIL.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-02-18T00:00:00

Sir,-(f the grievance of the Court of Chancery, there is none to complain of more than the delays and practice of the .M1aster's oflices, and that has been lately very considerably increased by the exchange of one Master and tae death of another, in both of whlich offices there was mnuchl more than that proportion of business, of wshieh the attendance usually given by Masters, and the assistance of the persons employedl in ilheir offic.s, were enabled at any time to get tNr(ugh, with that despatch which is necessary to the interests of the suitors wv;hse concerns are berore them. This evil has, how- ever, been lately very much increased, and is now increasing to a most alarmiinig degree, in consequence of the delay in appointing successors to such iMasters; and the businass of that office to which no successor is yet appointed, is now standling totally stIll, to the ruin of those suitors wvhose cases required every possible despatch - and not onc matter can be procceded with until a tiew Master makes his appearanee there. It therefore becomes indispensable that those wbose dutv it is to supply such deficiency should lost no time in ap )ointing atiother Mlaster. Aware of your readiness to give publi- city to remove evils like these, I shall niake no further apology fer troubling you now; and promise that very shortly L will furnish you with a few remarks on the conduict of these offices, from whichl the suitors of Chawcery extcrience so much delay atid expense ; and I nm Sir. vo-r -.nt ni t,, A CONSTANT READER. Feb. 1I, 1824. TO THE EDITOR OF TlEJE TIMES.
AUCTION MART.-LITERARY IN...
The Times, 1824-02-16T00:00:00

AUCTION MIAP.T.-LITEFtARY INSTITUTION.-.On Satur- day last, a General Aleetig of the Directors and Proprietors of the Auction MIart was held in the Greut Room of their establishment, for the purpose of taking into consideration a report made at a former mneeting, recommending the institution bf a subscription and read- ing-room.- At one o'dlock Alr. Shuttleworth took the chair, and the report was read by the secretary.. It stated that by certuno altera- tions in the lower part of the butldlng a reading-room might be esta- blishee wisth great benefit to the Mart, aud without touching the usual dividend. After somue dtscussion the bubject vvas referred to the Directors and Committee to carry thc neasure nto eect forth. with; Thanks were then voted ro the Ch a and the meeting adjourned. During the sporting season, Lord-a(d.La&y Gwydyr, ac- compaaiec by several English noblemenandgeitlemen, ,syited tleir ancient mansion, erected on the site of the old Roman camp, in the vicinity of CaWlender. Previous to their arrival, the walls of the houses in the village were white-washed, the doers and windows painted green, and those who fournd it inconvenient to execute these isiprovemnents had them done at the expense if his Lordship.' iVhen the paintifng was completed, the town assumed a very gay appearance. When seen from a distance, the white wals afforded a striking contrast with the dark scenery of the surrounding hi11. During their stay, the nobleparty amused themselvesin fisbing in the Teith, orin Loch Katerine, Rndin pursuing th. various ggme wvhiek abound in the hills and glens of that romantic country. he visitof these noblemen brought a number of strangers to Uallend4n. Tii usual vivacity ervaded the lace; and after a stay of about two months, their deprture for V.nranond C*astle was seen with siri. ccre regret by the inhabitants of the village. Along with allowauq3s of coals, the poor of Cnillender ha,ve each a peclt of oatir.ealin.xhe week from-his Lordship, sand thae men got saita of stoat blue clo?ue to keep theenselses warm dairing the nvinter. Pzevioss&to his depar. tu ,Lrd-Giyvrd cornpliment ed all the feu ars in C:ilen dez rith a LconplWtc dres s alsndaomie saartauG gor CAroKkIc
House Of Lords, Wednesday...
The Times, 1824-02-12T00:00:00

PARLIAIENTARY INTTELLIGENCE. AItorfthpealearingotappalt in te mOrr.ing,theLoR) CriANcEr.- lOR returined to th1e woofsach at five o'clock, when a person ftrom the Bank: nlv Enelandi pre.ented thle annuai :acounts of the sumns rec6iv. ed and expeiided by :he *'ommissioners for the RedEuction of the Na. tional DeL:. mzade up to the 5th of January, 1825. : There bCin no pU'7siC business be.;re the house. their lordships itmnetlisceiy atiourned. HOUSE OF LORDS. WEEDNESDAY. FEB. 11.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-02-14T00:00:00

Sii,_Now the question as to abuses in the coal tradc is in 'ta- tion, there are a f. w circanistances which I havenotseen noticedby m?entioning wrhich in your valuable paper, you wiU confer an obligs tion on the public. If IRo to some coal-mercharts and desire to have a room of coals of 5 chaldrons, I have 67, 6, 69, or even 70 sacks, for which I onlv pay ns for a ehaidrons. Bat.there is another description of coal-merchants, of whom, if I order a mom of coals of 5 chaIdrons, Inever get more by any chance tl aa 63 SA cks . If 1 expostulate with these gentlemen, I am told that I have the ingrain; that it is much better to have 63 sacks than a roem - that the coal3 are stolen fromn the barges as they lie in the river, wvich they are occasionally obligea to make Food in order to make up the 63 sacks; and tbat the coals of which the first-mentioned c -al-mer- chants give 67 sscks or more, do not pass through the bushel mea- sure. But it is perfectly clear that a room of coalsnf 5 chaldrons always doci contain more than 63 sacks, of 3 Winchester bushels each, and thatthe coal-merchants who only deliver 63 sacks as a room, and who muay be caUed the "1 gentlemen coal-merchants," never will send the coals in any other way than in exactly 63 sacks, though it is quite impossible that the roorns ef coals can be always exactly alike: and that all persons who kno%r how to go to market for thAr coals, always employ the coal.merchant whom I first described to you, and that such persons a}ways get more coals than those who employ thc 63-sack-gentlemen. And furthermore, Mlr. Editor, I.happen to know instances where gentlemen coal,merchants have declared, that they cannot efford to let-their customers have more than 63 sacks. I am, Sir, )our constant reader. D. S. - l TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-02-09T00:00:00

On the 4th inst., at Grantbain. in Lincolnshire, mrs. Buck, z&ed 33, wife of Alr. Ii. Buck. of tue ialrket-place, sincerely and de- servedily lamented by her numrerous frien9.s and} acquaintsi.e, by whvo-m her society was much beloved, afibrcling to all a bright exam- ple of piety and resignation. On the 5th inst., at St. Peter's-cottage, 3Aancbester, aged 14 months, 3Jargaret Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Conneil, Etsq. On the 6th inst., at his apartrrunets iTn UpPer Charlottcstreet, Fitzroy.equare, after a f8wv days' illness, Captain Robert Gla.R.t*N. in his 49th year. On Friday, the 6th inst., John Heriderson, Esq., of ]3t0raVe place, Pindico, in the ?92d year of his age. On tl.e 7th inst., at the Rectory-house, WVare Re, ts, Mtr. IFm. Flack, in the 7th year of his age, iMostdeeply regred tei 4ihfamni- ly snd friends, having always conducted himself thro1u lfic as a. trtle Chribtian, ar affectionate father, and a sincere fricnd. On the 7th inst., Sophia, the second daughter of the late Mr. Thonmas Evans, of Hatior.garden, in the 10th year of her age. On Saturday last, 1)r. Richard Terry, of Careystreeta .l2neoht't inn-fields, ir. tne 7&i y ear of his age. On Saturda Inst, aged 31, 1ary, the beloved wife aJobn 251yrio Roll. uso., of River-terrace.
BAD SOVEREIGNS.-Yesterday...
The Times, 1824-02-13T00:00:00

BAD SoVrXIEINs.-Yesterday uMorning, at 10 o'clock, a trick was played off upon AIr. Woolridge, poultercr, Everett-itreet, Brunswic square, by those sbarpers who are in the habit of senda ing into circulation base and counterfcit sovereh,ns. A ferale- very alegantly attired enitered Mr. WooLridge's sh9p, and ortlered a,br"e .of fowls to be sent to Laasdawn-jdace, No. 2: the price was agreed upon; 6s. Gd., and the lady' retirea, saying the-servant was to bnring enange fo? a sovereigh *vith hiim. Soon after iUr. lVoolvidge setr big sereant and change for the sovereign, and jIst as be got to.the end of Everettn.treet, the lady met him, exelausun, "Aleroy, yo4 havc been a long time." SShl then took t6e ts. 6d. change, toge- ther with the fowls, gave the servaot'a sovereign, as lie supposedd and then departed; the servant brought boniei the sovereign; antd .r.Woolridige immediately discovered it t bae-cuunterfeit; and hastenedcfltto No. 2, IAtsdowrn place;' to in'quiir for the female;but' DOiso'cb petregn.ved there or could' beat, su;heard:-^o;-:-3he was attirc.as ucountsryady, with p. 4 .-uxpOn bc# 'cO,Uteiiance; a t*bt ,ut . - :-, .: <:'. . ...2': ,>;-
The manner in which the E...
The Times, 1824-02-06T00:00:00

Tlle iimann)er in wvhich the Emperor of AUSTRIA liquii dates his debt due to England, wvill be seen by the conven- tions entered into between Prince AMETTERNICIi and Sir ROBERT GORDON. WVe believe, hlowvcver, that such was tile late Mr. Pi rT's e:gernesi to draw his Iiipeiial Ma- jesty into thc coalition, for which a great portion at least of that tlebt was to supply the nieans, that the mnoney woultl lhave beenadvanced, bad the British Minister beenu asslured that his country would never receive a tartlsing in the way of reavment.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-02-18T00:00:00

F -nv r - J 'r.1 Sir,-The Merning Hcrold of the 12th lsit. inserted, witlout any foundation, that " the youDg ma who was shot by-k young wo- man in the Borough has forgot all former anihnosiy. and ibtends shortly to lead tbe fair sbooter to the altar of Hymen ;"' whidl is YnoUr contradictia.f th2 above in vour Dauer to-morrow will oblige, Sir, your obedienrtservant, - ?. ARNOLD. 300, Boroughl. Ir'eb. lid. TO THE kODITOR OF THE TIM.7VS.
Court Of Exchequer, Wedne...
The Times, 1824-02-19T00:00:00

s -/Aulg openes tnoe pieatungs, The So5IcIToUGEyEnL stRted the ease: it was an informa- tion charging the defendants, as masufacturers and scowerers of cloth, in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, with defrauding the revenue at various times. The defendants, in the course of their trade, are obliged to use a considerable quantity of soap, for which they are allowed a drawback, because soap pays a duty of 3d. or 4d. per pound at the time of its mnasnufacture. The act requires that the person who is allowed the drawback should keep an exact ac- ceunt of all thle soap he purchases, as well as to produce tne in- votces to the officer, ir orler-that the amount of drawback udiglt be allowed ; in defaultof which a penalty of 501. is attached to cach offence. The defendants had besides altered the invoices, stating that larger quantities of. soap hail been purchased than bad actually been, for which anota.er penalty of 501. is imposed; so ttagt tile officer was deceived as to the quantities of soap the defendants lhad used ; and these offences having been committed on various occa- sions, a great number oi penalties were now sought to be recovered. The learned counsel called several witnesses, from whose evi- dence it appeared, that upon the visits of the officers to the defend- ants' premises at different times, they saw the soap-allowasce book, in which were various entries of soap purchased at different times of MIr. Downing of Huddersfield, and on being required, they produped invoices to the full anmount, so as to correspond wirti the soap alUow- ance book. Mr.. Downing and his daughter depo3ed, that all the invoices pro- duced had been altered fromn small quantities to very large ones; the defcndants had purchased of Mr. Downing small quantities, and received invoices for every parcel ; but the figures -elating to the quantities. as weU as the prices, had been materially altered. Mlr. Thomas Burman, a scap.manufacturer of Huddersfield, on being shown an invoice it his name, declared he knew nothing of it whatever. Mr. MILNER said he could not object to the six first counts of the information, proviled the evidence was satisfactory to the mitrds of che Jury; but he put it to the'Jury to say whether two respectable men like the'defendarts would have been guilty of sucl. a fraud, in- deed nearly a forgery, for the sake of gaming a trillipg drawback; Dj whether it was iot mow Probable to 4aYee been th. Apt of the per. t eD tparticu1a asto e.ience laTeetnIllea I tobodefefichandi.vmdsf eberof thedef ndan. '-t.t e Khe1 Weerned Jun6shaning snmrned up 'the evidence; Th,e Julf:iound a verdict 'for the rown,. in penialtics to ~the COURT OF EX(f;p{IrRR. TArpn.r-,,. v- IR Bcfore MT. BIrn,z (ArXn:nw TIIE KING V. SYKES AND ARMITAGE.