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Suicide.
The Times, 1824-09-14T00:00:00

Yesterday a Coroner's Inquest wAs held before COAnLEs J.EtM METT, Esq., at the Spread Eagle, Kennington-.lne, on view of the body of MIrs. Elizabeth Leggatt, aged 36, a mnoat respectable lady, who cut her throat on the 3d ijst., andl of which wound she died on Friday last, at her house, Guildford.terrdce, Kcnnington-cross. Mrl. Iary Leggatt stated, that she had attended her daughter-in- law for the last seven weeks, who was in a very low desponding way, occasioned from a norvous complaint. Witness about noon on Fri- day se'nnight went down stairs to get deceased some broth, ard on her retutrn she was sitting up in the bed, holding something to her threat, and a quantity of blood was upon theclothes. Witness being dreadfully frigltened, left the room, called for assistance, and s9onreturned again with MIrs. Clayton, when it was discovered that the decease(d had cut her throat with azazor, which was bloody on the mantel-shelf. AMedical aid was imriediately sent for, when Dr "oung promzptly arrived and sewed up the wound. The deceased lingered, after committing the rmsh act, for a week. She had been for two years past in a very low desponding way, and during the greater part of that time was incapable of attending tr her fanlly. James Forbes Young, Al.D., of Paradise-streot, Lambeth, was sent for on Friday, the 3d instant, to attend the deceased, and found her sitting up in the bed. A considerable quantity of blood was on the floor, bed, and bed.clothes. The deccased was holding a cloth to her throat, on removing whlch he discovered an incision in the threat extending backwards, with the windpipe conpletely divided: thte extent was two inches in length, and one in depth; he instantly col. lected the parts together, sewved it up, and dressed the wound. MWit. ness Iad known the deceased lady about ten years; had attended het from February last; sele was tlhan very low.spirited, and in April, after her confinement, there was every symptom of insanity daily increasing ott her. Witness has no doubt her death was occasioned by inflammation on the windpipe, caused by the incision. No furiher evi(dence being adduced the Jury unanimoualy re- turned the following verdict:-" That tIh unfortunate deceased lady carae to her death by cutting her throat while labouring under a state of insanity." The deceased has left a husband and five children to lament her lo5s, the youngest of which, is only fAve rnonths eld. St WCIDE.
London, Wednesday, August...
The Times, 1824-08-04T00:00:00

WVe have received the Paris papers of Sundlay, and the Etoile dated Monday. Thev contain no intelligence of imnortance. The oaly article in the Etoile is a long account of the firstinterview of General GuILLENMNOT, the French Ambassador in Constantinople, with the GRAND VIZIR, which took place on the 27th of June. The procession andl the audience in the hall of the Divan were conducted with the usual Oriental pomp. Complirnentary speeches 'vere exchanged through the medium of interpreters, and the whole ceremony appears to have been in that showy style which the French call grand and imposing. The Mlfoniteur contains, in the official part, the an- nouncement of the delivery of the Duchess of ORLEANS of a Prince, on the 51st of July, at Neuilly. By his MAjESTY'S order, he. will bear the name of ANTOINE- MARIE-PRILIPPE-LOuis, and the title of Duke of MONT- PErsxEn. It also publishes various laws, authorizing certain cities to contract loans. LONDON, WFEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1824-
SURGICAL CASE.-On the 10t...
The Times, 1824-09-10T00:00:00

SVPRG[CAL CArE-(3n the 10th of Septemnber, 1822, we (ihe -r-feitone Gazette) stated the particulars of a case in which a a. nam.ed George ltenjan in Pidgon, aged 10 yVearp, eceived a 'i-adfut fracture of the os froatis from a blow jf tne Winch of a well at Barrning. M'lt. 1bhatnan, of Maidstone, the medical gentle- lr;an wHo attended the boy, at first considered it a h6peless case. as ir.vmrds of two tea-s ontfuls of brain exuded and separated from theiasra As mazy te supposed, highly Inflaniiatory symptoms mtpervened, but by the free use of the lancet, and unceasing atten- sion, those snptotns were kept under. At the end of five weeks the wound had closed, and the boy was sufficient]v recovered to be renroved The boy and his 'mother having Ucen emrployed in hopping bv Mlr. ,Ellis, that gentleman vcrr humanely had a cat s&iUtg to a w'aggon for the b_y's remova, and he was in thzt nianner-conveyed wvith vety little fiatigue to London. No- t.ig further was heard of the boy until yesterday, the 6th of beptembtr' (on which day of the month in 1822 the aKi- dent happened), wrhen his mother took him to Nr. Whatman's, to %hnw him the coMplete success of his skilful and humanze attentions. The frmctuse was on the oe frontiL aboie the right eye. A portion of the skull was pressed into the.brain, and it was found necessarvy to ta2eawaysa considerable portion of the bone, to the length extend- ig laterally to about 2g inches, and in. some parts an inch in width. The pulsation of the braini is ver visible thTou,h the soft covering of the rround, and corresponds stth the pulse of the wrist. At the lower art of the oefrentisnasnrehas formed an additionalcalloas, that protrude. a little ovcr the eyeo . TFhegeneral health of the boy it grod, and his appea.ance is thc samc. iHe is considerably grown sinc time accide:nt, -and the ealy dan;er of fur;hqr inconvenience is ftomn the occurrncne of a blow or other accident, by which the par. mar Vustain violent and sudden pressure or Tap sure. The boy and hizsothcr are come down to get employmeat in fiojpiIlg fo r. Ellis.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-11-08T00:00:00

Sir,-The comm unicat r=-c ' u pied 3nto vOarpapo- l 4th in:., relative to tho author of the balead ou Sir John Moore, was, as far as it affected tbe literary subject in dispute, too weak and cona teiptsible to demald scrious refutation. But the foul and scurdilos laneuag~e in wich it v as couched, Was sush as no gentlemanM cold suffer w pass unnoticed ar.d it requires tue to eaV, as publicly :wit was applied, that the letcersuned " i. Marshall, M.D.,"by whom- soever w ritten, was false and w lideiota in its objet., insolerit in itc lanner, and, in every' rapecr a slly and coarse axperimnenton pub- lic credulity. * am, Sir, your obedient I- M V. I f__5 .. ,,, JOHN SYDNBYrTXAVY ; w - - -, 1,as ui-Le *emple. ' *Ve *DGsert Mr. John Sydney Taylor's lett*r: but he rntx,t cxcutQ us for s8ying, that such a letter a. the present had better iav'e beenI sent p-rivaotey_p Mr. or Dr. Marshalf. Lo\moN OYLP.-ANws b the Governorrs Of dulg iflstitut ion, and not by those of " The icolale Orphar2 So- cietY," the 4ffir vas made to take hnder Prn erdon the child of are of the onUfortunate Poyais erigrmnts alluded to in outr Mansion.bouse re,ort~ fewdays ao. Th contrst drwn bythe ord Ilayor be- * twveen thecondact of thlose who hate sa~enthe chila into their baer and that of anoet other charitable ebaknta,esmofI.hezr der i n f a v o u r o f t h e L n d o n ' O r h a n A s y l m , w h i c h i s e s t aboi b e d at Hackey, nd he oficefohch i inSt. Alary..Axe. in thie ritv- TO THE EDITOR Op THRE 7rfre
The Flanders mail present...
The Times, 1824-12-31T00:00:00

The Flanders mail presents u8 with intelligence of a peculiai nature. It is statetd that the Russians, observing that the.inundation of St. Petersburgh has taken place on the a niv.eiaary of the death of the Empress CATI*ERINE, are filled vwith. hortor at their own impiety, or ratber that of their govarnors, in having quitted the policy of the Rtn- press, and refrainied fronS driving the Turks out of Europe. They consider the destruction of their capital as an infli:- tion of Divine vengeaiice for .suffTring the Infidel Turks to tyrannize over the Christian Greeks; and they are willing wafds by carnal weaponi, If the facts be as atated, t.he moat important conseqiences may spring from them. There is certainly no general remason why the same poliey should prevail with re.pect to the Turkish power in Eu- rope during the reign of ALRXANMBl, As *5a adopte in the ieign of C4tHERIjsN: for exanplei it was in the conl- tenIplation of hENRY IV. of France, at the momrent when wp!.s assassinated, to secure the tranqjuillity of the world by paralyzing the strength of th bSpanish Monarchy: but few statedmen iould pursue the samne system now for trim- ming the balance of power in tilrope. The Spanish and the Turkish Monarchies may be about equally strong at present, and we will add, about equaUv enlightened; yet the Spalanrds do not, like the Tarks, retain in Europe the possession of a state foreign to thwemselves. They occupy their qwn tetritory, and that is all; they do not, -professing a strange faith, and speaking a separate language, hold one of the European and Christian famlnies in bondage. Though there may benoreason, therefore, except to superstitious minds, for imitating the conduct of the Ermpress CATHERSINE with respect to Turkey, there still may be other cAuses for removing the Turkish yoke from the necks of the Greeks; and if siinply- removing the yalce could make the people free on whom it is ime- posed,-if the mind could accept freedom as thebody geceives food, and be sleek and happy with it, we should say to the Russians, " Beptow the boon." But we fear uuch'tbat liberty must ..be won by those very people ;vho seek it, before the capacity to enjoy it like meR shall be attain- ed. The liberty of re-acting upon the Turks is not that liberty which we would giife the Greeks, if we had the power. However, in eace of the dissolation of tlhe Turkish Mo- narchy by extrsneous force, we hope it will 'not be forgot- ten thit Egypt belongs to us. The French took it from the Turks: we wrested it from the French, and restored it to its rightful owners. Those owners, we suppose, are extinct as a substantive power: the posesion in question, therefore, reverts to those who held it last.
A Mr. VERNER, "Grand" "S....
The Times, 1824-06-04T00:00:00

A -Mr. VEnxfs, w Grand" S.," whatever that signiSes, (Secretary, inayhap), of the "Grand" Orange Lodge of' Ireland, has addressed a letter to the several cc Gratds Masters-these people being, one: and 'all, grandees of fhe first Inagnitude-announcing the. determination of the Grand Orange Lodge, that the 12th of July in the present year shall not be celebrated by any Orange processi6n. This forbearance is avowedly designed to be understool :as a sacrifice to the feelings of another Irish party; and as. such, we are not disposea to undervalue it, because it seems obvious, that if any abatement is to be look-ed for in the factious animosities by which Ireland has been torn to pieces, some one party must begin by restraining its ownk 'pssions. Should the Orangemen be the first to Eubtait tD such a discipl'ine,-or,more correctly speaking,to Claitn such an honour-we shall hnaffectedlv congratulate them and the Government; because, consisting as they do, for the most part, of a class of society far superior to their antagonists, their example mnust operate wvith corresponding efficacyjnd because we are not free from the weakness of wishing to see members of our on%n communion wvith justice on their side. The truth, indeed, is, that the leaders of the Orangemera have been themselves alarmed at the results of their owv excesses; and hence the declaration of Mr. BaOWNaLO'V7 that every man's life and property would be unsafe, it party processions were not altogether abandoned.
Cape Of Good Hope.
The Times, 1824-06-29T00:00:00

Extract fron the Agents to lIoyd's at thc Cape of Good llope, &ted April 10th:- *- We endose an extract fromn the Cape Town Gazette of this day's date, notifying that the light.house at the entrance to Table Bavis to be lighted up on the 12;h inst., the benefit of whicil caniot but be felt by the shipping interest :_ - With referenec to the Governmcnt rdvertisement of the 28th efSeptenber, 1821, Notice is hereby given, that the light.-hottse, erected on the projecting point of land, between the Great Mlouillee, or Moulin batteyy, and Three Anchor Bay, under the Lion's Runp, st the cntrance of Table Bay, being n iw completed, the lighting thereof rill commence on Mlonday, the 12th inst. * The following Directions, tinder whicb vessels may enter Table Bay in the night, are again made public, for general in- formation. "C ape of Good Hope, April 9, 1824. By connmand of his Excellency the Governor, (Signedl " C. BIRD, Secretarv." 'DIRECTIONS FOR SA1r.TNq( INTO TABLE BAY, IIY 1UGHtT. " I Ships conming from the soulthivard and westward,with a leading wind, not having made the light,house before night, may steer along the coast to the N. E. until they open the lights of the rising latd, about tbe Lion's-head, when tne two lichts will be their breadth open of each other, and bear abotit E. by N.; they may then hatd in towards them, takbn care, astthev approach, to keep them well openx on the srarbo-ard DOWv; steer to the eastward, until the lights come on with each other, i. e. are in one,$or until they be,r S. W. half S.; they will then be abreast of the north-western extremity of Table-bay, and may haul in S. by E. or S.S.E. according to cir- cmrnstances, for the anchorage; when the lights are shutting in by therising land of the Upper Moulin battery, bearing N. W. byvW., they will be approaching the outer anchorage, where they may safe- 1r anchor for the night, in 7 or 8 fathom.s water, fine sand. Care should be taken not to run into less than bi or 6 fathoms, unless -seln srqainted. Ships coming from the northward and westward.shonld observe the sarne directions, with respect tb passing the lights, &c. Ships wrrking in, with the wind from the southw.ird and eastward after beigr ahreast of tlhe lightc. should not stand to the eastward ?arther thar 21 or 3 miles. or unail they shoal the water to 8 or 7 t fathoms. ' . B. The bearings are all by compass,rariation 27deg. wes- tcily. ;-' J, GOOt}DRIDGB, Mlaster-Attendant. His aj va l Establishment." CAPE OF :;OOD hIOPE.
London, Thursday, July 15...
The Times, 1824-07-15T00:00:00

ve nave received the Pari, papers of Monday. They eontain no news. The following are extracts from the Eioile of Tuesday's date:- (From the Etoik, dated Thursday, July 13.) " ST. CLOUD, JULY 12. Hflis Majesty after mass took an airing at two o'clock towards Zlarly. "The Duke of Angouleme has gone to Rambouillet. "1 TRIESTE, JUNE 23. "A vessel from Corfu has brought private letters of the 14th, which speak of a defeatsaid to have been experienced by the Turks at the ThermopylI- They add, that an entire corps of 10,000 men, under Rchir Pacha, second1 in command of the anMy of the Seras? lier, had been destroyed there: but this news needs confirmation." FRExcr FuwDS, PARtS, July 12.-Five per Cents. opened at 99. 90.; closed at 09. 65.; Bank Stock, 1,900. Neapolitan Five perCents, in ducats, 8A, ini francs, 90. 25.; Rentes d' Espagne, 18. Royal Spanish Loan, 59. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 16.; three months, 25.-CoursAuthentipue. LONDON, THUR.yDA S FV, 1 15, 1824.
English Opera-House.
The Times, 1824-07-26T00:00:00

The opera of Der FreischutaT has already considerably improved since the first evening of its representation. The efflects of subsequent practice are very apparent in thc orchestra and among the subaltern singers. Braham alone does not improve, because "te sang as well as he could (and every one knows how well he can siig) on the first night. We cainot help regrettung that something has not been done in the way of giving a more properly dramatic form to the opera. The story is capable of exciting the most powerful interest, and in the hands of a dramatist of only ordinary skill might be made ver7 striking. As it is, there is nothing to recomment the opera but, the music and the incantation scene. The latter has been in somne e- spects altered and very materially improved. The wild ehase in tfle air tells very well now, and its only fault is that it is not long enough. A white owl has been introduced, which twinkles its eyes in a very solemn and agreeable manner the flre-works have got their parrs perfectly, and the night-birds nnd snakes fly up and down as naturally as twine and packthread can make them. The ghosts are seen through a dim and coloured vaponr, which helps the effect of their appearance, because it shows no more of them thian is necessary: but really we feel obliged to confess that this scene is ome which baffles criticism, because it is mIadle so terrible that one is too much frightened to pass a cool judgment upon it. It is bad enough to mee the ceremonies of raising the Devil, but those of casting the bullets are infinitely worse; and the scene is so managed, that the spectators, being frightened at the first, are gradually and by the time the seventh is completed, terrified out of their wits by the com- plication of horrors which they behold. Hcaven knows what would become of them if the curtain did not fall and the lamps rise very opportunely at this moment. Among other improvements the man- ner of the termination ig not the least. The scene represents a thick wood instead of an open country, as on the first performance. Just as Rodolph is about to make the trial-shot, Caspar gets up into a tree, which, as he expects the demon shortly to arpear, is perhaps wise enough. The bullet, however, guidedl by the unseen power, strikes hilm, and 'he falls from the tree in a very effiective manner. Tite Black Yager then appears, enveloped in blue flames, and seiz- inahgi prey vanishes with it into the earth, while a redvapour,which colours all the trees in the back scene,issues from the chasm. There are several other alterations which have been made very judiciously, and whicl greatly improve this singular dram-a, and give it still stronger claims to the public favour. - ENGLISH OP'ERA-IOUSE.
Whatever may have been th...
The Times, 1824-09-03T00:00:00

WVhatever may have been the real importarce of the late affair at Tarifa, to wlhich, as an opcratioin against the exist- ing systen, we ourselve; continule to attach little or none, it is not altogether unfruitfiul of instruction as to the naturc of that P'ower which now exercises the governmDent of -bhat was the Spanish monarcby. In fact, it is no longer a Spanish Government at all, n)o more than it was a French Government wlhen PaImir V. held only the -round( that he encamped upon, or wlien JosEPH and JOUnDAN were driven pell-netil frotn Vittoria across the Pyrenees. Spain is at this moment, lhowever, a purely Flench province. The whole of the operationi against TIarita was directed anl performed by a French officet, wlhile a Spanish Captain- General looked on, As a general rule, the Spaniards are forbid to approach the Royal residlences of the French-descended FERDINAND: passports under the seal of a Frenlch functionary have the privilege of constituting exceptions to this graciotts and politic rule. Spa.7iards are not to be the exclusive body-guard of the King. Spanish garrisons are turned out of every post of which the Frenchl military desire to possess themselves. It is a French military occupation from top to toe ; and, dis- guise it how they will, Spain is a province of Louts XVI II. as much as either Normnan(ly or Languedoc. Whether this renders France more formidable, is another question; or whether English jealousy ought not rather to be allayed than excited by such a millstone hungabout the neck of an avowed rival. It is like the succession to a bankrupt estate, or like the chaitRing of a live body to a carcass. A pretty end this for an adveuture commenecing with a cordon sanitaire !
The capture of Tarifa fro...
The Times, 1824-08-28T00:00:00

Verv contradictory accounts were rcccivedl y,.sterday from Jampaica, with which it is !lot necessary to perplex our readers. WVe select onily thiat which appears best enti- tled to credit, andl wlichl is containel in a letter from M0o- rant Bay of the 3d ult., stating thba " an express had ar- rivedl at the Kinig's Hlouse, Spanislh Towni, with accounts "that the insurrection of ihe Negroes in Hanover had becii quelled, anid thaL all was once more peaceable aiid quiet." Sir J. KEAN.E was said to be on his return in the Hrussar frigate, with the intenition of visitillng all the principal ports iound the island. A degree of irrita- tioni obviously prevails among the white population of Ja- mnaica, in consequenice of recent proceedings in this coun- try, particularly those relating to the affair of Mr. SNI ITH, the missionary, news of which had just reached them, whIch has given a colouiring of exaggeration to all the statements respecting the conduct of theNegroes, and rein- ders it necessary that th-ey sbouXi&e received vitb caationm
Court Of Con-Delegates, T...
The Times, 1824-11-19T00:00:00

In the cause ot - Briscoe and Brlseoe, ttnere was a snort argii- ment on a point merelv of practice; after which tke asrige__ion iIn the Regi_ rar's book was renewed, and the Court broke up. COURT OF CON-DELEGATES, TiIuRSDAV, Nov. 18.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

Sir.-.-As in a malitude of counsellors there is wiedonm, allow me to add my humble mite to your treasury of knowledge. From your rep,orts ot the various fires etf recent occurrer.ce, their rapid exteasions appears to be attributable, tiOt so much to a scarcmti of water as to the delav in procuring it This tlifncuIty, I submit, might be easily obviated bv reducing the forination of the waterphigs to one princi ple, and furnishing every etgiie with a key or implement, whicl, upou arrival at the scene of necessity, mighlt be finm4eLiately emT ployed in the procurement of' water. Perhaps the meanis thus sug . ttestd, joined withi the hiDt of ioir cerrespondent in thitt day's pa- per. minii operate benefic.iall-v in faiture cases.-I am. Sir, yours, very obedientyv, J. D. ileotfora, iNov. 1, M24. ..'. An old correspondeiiit ffam Reading ha4 sent ilI the earRe sug4estion, whicl he reminds us lie sent several ye=rs ago. The suggestion appears a very good one. TO THE EDITOR 0' THE TliIES.