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Private Correspondence.
The Times, 1824-11-09T00:00:00

btisI the same-want of newg. We hear gometiues of the evicua- [tion of Spain by a part of our troops, but tie best informed spersons are convincedlrhat the situation of Spain renders such a project im. possible. Theyknowthat-ii we were toquitM idrids we shouldno sooner have our back- thrbied than tuassacres would commence. and civil warv-would break out with greaterfary than ever. It is-not then probable that the Alinistera would place themselves in such cruel embarrassments. They, no doubt, will choose rather to continue the occupation as long as they can, and thus, at least, gain time. A circumstance has oceurred iti Germany, wvhich excites some sen- sation among political people here. - A young French Professor of Philosophy, AI. Cousin, has been arrested at Dresden by the Police of the Diet, which cmployed Prussian agents to guard him and convey him to Berlin. The pre- text was, that he had written or spoken-it was not known which- against some royal highne8a-it was not known wvhom; and that therefore he was unworthy to enjoy personal liberty or civil rights. It appears, however,. that AL4. qousin rnever eithor wrote or spoke against any of the ninmerous Royal and princely personages with which Gormanyabounds; butthatthecauseofhis arrectwas a denun- ciation of him to the German pilice by Franehet, the Director of ours. Nor even did Franchetallege this atory of a Royallibel. Ifeooly stated tlat M.Cousim was a dangeroas mnan, and deserved to be vaseged. The honest Germans took the thing more s.riously than "was intended, sad conceived tbat if thephiloropher was dangerous, he opght leat to travel about unrestrained-' and that if he was to be watched, he could most easily be watched in a Prussian dungeon. This young man Is stated to bp the most inoffensive of liuman beings, entirely a stranger to political intHigues, and coaipletely absorbed in the philosophical reveries of Kant. He hunts only after ab*actions, and scarcely knows whether such pragmatical politicians as Villele and Corbiere exist in the world. Franchet, who is a Jesqlt, and of course lop. posed to the very name of philosophy, pointed out AI. Cousin as a dangerous man, merely because his reveries were of a philosophical kind,-and tberefore different from his own. Cousin's friends madp a relt noise about his arrest, and com. plained on the subject to the Mlinister of Forcign Affairs. The King even heard of the affuir, and Prussia was about to be rated for her disrespect to the rights of French aubjects, when the nature of the whole afriir came to beiiscorered and explained. The French Government then arirnged ilfe matter as quietly as possible, leav- ing Cousin to settle the mattes With his accuser or calumniator Franchet. ?.PRIVA4B CORBlSPONrngeCE. IlPARTS NnvD.. ..
ROYAL LEFT-HANDED MARRIAG...
The Times, 1824-11-27T00:00:00

ROYAL LFFT-HANDED MARlIAGE.-A letter from Ber- lin, of the 13th inst.,in a Dutchl paper, contains the follow- ing paragraph :-c At* the concert of M. Moseheles, the numerous audience was most agreeably surprised by the appearance of the Princess of Leignitz in the Royal box. We perhaps never saw the public more eager and impatient, for the marriage of His Majesty had remainied a secret till that evening, and of 1,000 persons at the concert, five at most bought the news int the conicert-room. The Princess of Leignitz is by birth a Countess of Harrach. Her pa- rents have lived for these many years in Dresden; her mother was a Baroness Reisky; and a brother of the Princess is in the Austrian army. One of her uncles, Count Charles Von Harrach, lives at Vienna, andl is doctor of physic, to which science he has devoted himself from his youth with greatardour, and wbich he practises for the benefit of the poor with cqual humanity and success. The Princess herself i6 26 years of age, adornei with all the channs of youth, grace, and beauty." 'Fhe above account wp.s sent to the Hamburgh paper by order of the Kting, as appears from the followin3g circular to the public officers and the diplomatic body residing at Berin :-" His NIa- jesty, desiring that the tarriage with her Highness the Princess of I,eignita should be considered merely as a pri- vate matter, bas not thought fit to have it officially pub- lished in the journals of this capital: but his Majesty has been pleased to consent that the annexed article lnight be inserted in the Gazette of Hainburgh."-Berlin, Nov. 11, I824.-(Signed).VWITaTGENsTE IN. Trhere is an apple-tree in thepossession of'LeviStar, Esq., in the parislh of Chcdder, county of Somnerset, the fruit of which is, when cuti, the one half of it ,sweet, the other half acid. Wialliam Lindsey, who was convicted at the last general sessions for Doverot' fiorgir, the acceptance of Cox lad Co. to a draught, with' intent to detraud Lieutenant George Vernion, but |wvhose case was referred to the 6ecretary of State, wvas brouglit up to, the adjourned sessions on Friday l:st for judgmeat, when sentence of death was recorded against him.
Court Of King's Bench, Gu...
The Times, 1824-12-02T00:00:00

LAW REPOR T. -&-tie LOUID tUES'F .JUSTICE sat at Nisi Prius to-day in the new Court of King's Bench for the city of' London. It is very spa- cious and handsome, and, irn general, well adapted to the purposes for which it is designed. At present there is an echo, which ren- ders it difficut to hear, except on the side of the Court to which the voice is immediately addressed; but this will probably lessen, arcd may be in a great measure reraedied, by covering the upper parn of the walls with tapestry or ma:ting. The Judges' seat, which is placed beneath a very tasteful canopy, 5hould be a little more raised above his officers, and a greater elevation should be given to the seats for thejury, as at present the co:nsel who address them seem to aim their eloquence rather at the wall opposite than the entleLnen be. low their level. We ate afraid that, in winter, when the public are not tempted by causes of popular interest to avail themselves ol4:.e large accommodation provided for them, the cold will be severely t'ek, from the great height of the building, and the number of doors opening iuto it; bat it itl liong since the piofession has breathed so pUre an atmosphere. To-day there was no cause tried of the least interest. One cece, Shaw v. Broom," on the openiu.i, gaye expectation of the anpear- ance of AMr. Clifford, the conveyancer, whmo was convicted at West- minster on Tuesday, as a witness to substantiate a defcnce on a bill to which he was a party; but the cause was referred. Several other cases were te:erred; maray more were struck out or withdrawn, be. cause parties were not ready; ard the wholekaper of the day, in- cluding more than thirty causes, was exhauste betere half.past one, when the Court rose. The adjourmrment-day is fixed tbr the 3d of January. In the mnean time the LoRD CHItEF J us-Sicr will sit at Westminster, wvhere there is a great entry of causes. Miss Foote's action, there- fore, which stands in the MUiddlesex cause-list. will probably be tried before Christmas. " Cox v. Kean" still holds its place in the Loon. don causeunauer. COURT OF KLNG'S BENCHI GUILDHALL. DMEC: 1.
A desperate encounter too...
The Times, 1824-12-09T00:00:00

A desprate encounter toonk place ab osI tvo o'!clock in the morning of Thursday last, between the keepO of the Dul:e of Norfolk, and a party of poachera, in a plantatiodut Ters'ield and North.Lopharn, belosgiag to his Gracem It witbe remembered, that so lately as Monday re'nnight, Georee Mayo4 the gmtek er or woodreeve, prosecuted two men to conviction f* an oiDfnce same kind, who are now expiating their delinqdncv in the mill at SwaOltz'n Hoase of Correction. On Thisy morningthe' moon shone very bright, when Maves, assisted btvo other :wio of the names of Wtiliams and Blornfirld, - thQ e n- They soon discovered a party ofpoachsrs con4i a n - vuhC neighbourhood of the name of James GuI, and e h n omno near; the poachers, who werc armed With guns, ae on the ke two of thea- miissed Gtill lcvelledhis icce attbQie advised hinm not to te ir .t be was determineot to ae5ewho Alaycs ilooped dvowF, so that the chirghtl d6 der, lodgingafew shots inthe flesh; be now fired ln rn * the conr. tents of his piece lodgke in the fleshy n2}tof the high feWldisabled, and was sn matt o so to a rn traVy and have for the present ecd ner put Intoacert, and -conveyed to Ds, phruhtied ~ n o'l cunthe mowning, ror the bieneit o fhmedic advea ete secuity bewas cardiedto the HalfMooninn wer acr beuarseut dangerous sl4te, Qn F'rid last 31sndr,tnex iato befoie George Lee, Esq; and te Revi. grl r yes, theollmilgdxyt.-gd iegldthe bhehsno tofnstaetl , 8tate,. and is therefoenhcs yfto re i md. cal gentlemni shalldcd sthporitofj ben rmoedr with eafety.-B?irt remotve. A melancholy and fatal octurren(,e took jice last week, in a Privatte asylurn for lunatica, lituate to the w*~f this city. One Of the unfortunate inubates bad exhibited sYmptonj of becoming vist. ragoous, in thle presence of two oftlhe kreepcrs, eu0f whom 1lA the room for the Purpove of adopting precauuonzi m'urei while the other, a person of 22 years of age, Meaadwt ~ ain,i h expecatio ofhiog ble wecamulnd him till his*,sistant'orerurn; thermania-, however, in a moment orf fy, sznkis pinajged befoe hs vcti, giain asif othng f the kid had happened. ~urici id asson pocre, ad atmedical ge~taemra resrnn. ad ithth por Denth whlenigt,who, eigcdr,~e
As the value of Spanish C...
The Times, 1824-05-12T00:00:00

As the value of Snanish Constitutional Bonds has re- cently mrnprovc-.', it n'ay be interesting to state the cause, as far as it cn:i lie a;.ertained. Letters have been received from Pari-, wilich al anou,nce that tile Spanish Government, despairing o? ocing able to raise mnoiey by any other mode, i:ave at. ieigtl mai'de proposals to some English capitalists of the first rank, ta rle!otiate a loan in which the bonds of the C3rtes shou:d b: n.ade recceivable at the rate of 25 per Cent. Jhis propo;ition has, hotvcver, been very properly decline!: hUt ti;e pars of MI. CUEBIIARD ill Paris have, it seems, onl icaring the circumstance, rcsolvvd on attenpting that whig-h the Ba-lisih capilalists lhave reft'ued, and. they are now said to b takiing active measures for forming a jist of subscrib.r- tfr the purpose. This seenle to us a very slender ground of .b a 7lcc: for it does not strike us as possi- ble, lthrou6i such nmeaos, obViously founded in iijustice, to create confi'lenec throughout Europe in Spanish credit, evenl ttiouil prcater names were assuciated in the undertaking. 'rhoe c-r Fceuice of 'nope is, that F:RT'INAND at length Ibegins to ,;.1 q ;iiffintlties, and that by beginning with bmnall l,imessious, le may at lengtlh arrive at ani act of ~justice. ____
Deaths
The Times, 1824-11-15T00:00:00

DIED. It is our painful duty to record the lamented death of the Hcn. T_ hlarris, second son of Bord ll.rris, who died at M.angalore on the 17th of M ay, after an illness of only two days If from its coru- mencement to its close wve trace the public character of Mfr. ilarris, we shall find it distinguished by every virtue that could dignify and ennoble it Zeal, that never could be wearied in the discharge of the various and often arduoas duties of his station-fidelity, that stoo unmoved against the rudest blast-candour and sincerity, over whicle wor-ldly views had no control, wvhich no private interest could agtate or warp_and unceasing exertions to promote the welfare of every class throughoat his extensive district (where tbe fatherless and the widowv seemed pecrsarly to claim the tenderness of his benevolent heart), were some of the leading features in the public life of that amniable individal. In the more rttired walk of domestic life, bis inestimable worth and endearing qualtes, as a husband, a father, and a friend, will ever be remiembered with deep and faithful rcgret, wvhile at the same time " We sorrow not as others who havc noho." For verily, verily, I say unto you."-Johr v. 24. On Friday, the 5th inst., Rice Fellowve, Esq., atJhis house at On Saturday. the 6th inst., ir London, Catherine PuiscUlla Coolce, second daughter of the late Sir George Cooke, Bart., of Wheatlv, Yorkshire. On the 13th inst., at Hendon, Aliss Rebecca Lockier. On the 12th inst., at his residence in the Hackncyv.oud. after onlv a few days' illness, Mlr. William Conrati Korff, in the 6th year of his age, inIversally respected by his family aad a numerous circle- of friends. On the 13th inst., in the tenth yeaw of hex age, Anne. second daughter of James Western, Esq., of Great Jasnes-street, Bed- ford-row. On the lath isst., at Bath, at an aavanced aee, Sarah, vieow ot Henrv 'Vaymnouth, Esq., formerly of Parker's-well, near ]Exeter.
Court Of Chancery, Wednes...
The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

LAW RAPORT. i'rom tite protracted lite of the relict of the celebrated David Gar. rick, some o0 the provisions of his will. executory unon the termina. tion of her life-estate, remain unfulfilled. Hugh Bailey, Esq., ax executor of Peter Garrrek, took upon him the adniinistratlon of 160001I., to be diviged among the children of this testator: one- feutrth was due to Mrs. Paine,whose creditorst gave the trustce notiCe of her having assigned the greater part of her interest to them. Upon this followed two several motions to restrain the transfer of Ilrs. Paine's share of the Property. The case havingt repeatedly engagetl te attention of the Court, the only question which remained was the costs of each application, which was finally argued. The LoRb CHAYCELLOR did not very clearly see how Afr. Bailey could he called upon to pay the coqta, without more apparent proof of his taisconduct in executing the duties of his trist. EX PARTE ABnOTTS, BAaSfRUPTS, WINE-ITEnCH{ANTS. Mr. IVIO-TTAGU argued for the petitioners, whose certificate was opposed by the house of Langham,creditor to the amnount of 72,0001. The LoaRs ITANCELLOR, tR commenting upon tile case, observed, that the law, as it now stood bv the provisions of a late act of Parliament, allowed a sound discretion to the Lord Chan- cellor to enterLain the prayer of a single creditor in opposition to the certifieate. The state of the law, together with thc general practice as itstood befor-e, formed a subject of very just complaint. At that time, if creditors to a certain amount signed, the Chancellor m ust issue the certifictte. And this grievance he had himself o.ten felt, at a time when, from the altering natulre of trade, there were many more bankruptcies than at present, that in cases of the most profli. gate tud corrupt hankruptcies, those creditors who mrade the greatest outcry were found, ninety-nine times otut ol a hundred, to sign first. IHis Lordship appeared to think that the present case was one pecu. liarln fit for the exercise of this new discretion which was intrusted to him. These bankrupts had shown Rasets,nine months before the comsnsiion, which they valued at 1.17,0001. Their certificate was signed by creditors whose claim anmounted to 9,0001.. and it was op. posed by one cred:tor whose claim was 72,0001. Undoubtedly hie could not allow himself, by granting the certificate, to effect the en- tire cancellation of so considerable a deht, while yet those enormous zsseLs, which were said to be in existence 9 months before, remnained msnaccounted for. He-would therefore require the petitioners to make known to the Court what had become of those assets, and he would allow them to make any other affidavits which might contribute to the perfect information of the Court as to the reasons why they put this or that particular value upon the several items In that list, witether houses, trading stock, or otker property. COURT OF CHANCERY. WEDrnrSnAi. Nnv. 17. GAItRICK V. SOD. CAMSDE'.
Dutch Papers.
The Times, 1824-04-17T00:00:00

kils Maljesty has just issued an ordinance relative to the herring. fishery on the coast of Scotland, to the following effect:_ Being informed that some Netherland fishermen allow them. selves to exercise the great or pickle.herring fishery amoDg the banks and rocks on the coast of Scotland; Considering that the catching of herrings (for pickling) in the lxbove places is one of the evil practices which have been considered from ancient times as injuirious to the reputation of the herrings caught and cured by the fishermen of this kingdom; *I'hat for these reasons, the taking of herrin s for pickling (pckectahring) among the banks and rocks of Scotlandis strictly for- bidden by article 35 of the law of the 12th of Mllarchi, 1818; * That, besides, the board for the great fisherv is of opinion that the salt-herring fishery, for the interest of this branch of the na- tional industry, ought to be carried on at a considerable distance froim the Scotch coast " That it is consequently necessary to fix this distance in a posi- tive manner " Seeing article 7 of the abovementioned law of Dfarch 12,1818, - On the report of our AMinister for Public Instruction, the Na. tional Industry, and Colonies, &c., by the advice of the Council of State, we have resolveli- " Art. 1. No Netherlands fisherman shall be allowed to carry on the great or pickle-herring fishery at a less distance from the coast of Scotland than two leaguas (20 leagues to a degree) ; nor oh any pretence whatsoever (except in cases of urgent necessity, as pro- vided for by article 22 of the said laws) even to approach within a smaUler tiistance of the said coabt, while engaged in the pickle-her. ring fishery. "2. T'his prohibition does not extend- "( a) To the gre!at fishery off Shetland and the island of Fairhill. db) To what is called the .deepwater pickle-herring fishery car. led on in the autumn, more to the south, on the coast ef England, n the banks off Yarmouth; and, lastly, othe fresh-herring fishery. ese fisheries may be canrred en as. hithetto has been the cus. toin; the fishermen rce at the sametimne most strictly enjoined not to act the offal into the sra nearer to the coast than the places where h e hemrngs are caught. All violations of this ordinance shaU be pnihished according to he law of the 6th of March, 1818. Given at the tague, April 4,1824, the 11th year of our reign. (Signed) ' WILLIAjI." DUTCII PAPERS. ROTT'RDAIt A-, in
Royal Coburg Theatre.
The Times, 1824-04-20T00:00:00

I _- ..CLKCe was also openea last night, and with a degree of lend6ur iB its decorations and appointments which really evinces a very enterprsingpirit on the part of the proprietors, and de- mans, we think, a proportionable share of public patronage. We have no room to particularize the alterations and improvemnents that bave been etected " before the curtain" since last season and can only state,that tbey are extremely splendid and tasteful- and that the eneral effect, on entering the theatre,is gratifyingand imposing. The perforinances commcnced with a melo-drama caUled the geirdt Wo- 1t1l af The Islaodi; the plot being founded, as it appeared to us, on AMr. Gadt's L-te nevel called *' The Spze K'ife." As rmelo. dramas are an exempt jurisdiction, it would be irregular to allege against this production any defects on the score of imnprobable Situations, hair-breadth escapes, and stupendous catastrophes: hut it has the merit of exciting strong interest, and of sustaining it- and this may be easily supposed of any piece which turns upon the forune and the fate of James I. of Scotland. The author hsb shouw some judgment in the colour which he has imparted to some of the historical facts, and in his suppression of others. The Spac Wife found a most able and spirited re- presentative in Illrs. Stanley; and the scenery was extremelv well painted. The holyday audience were in entire good humour, but we thought them rather unreasonable in insisting, by a most deaftping encore, upon the repetition of one or two little in. cidene'asuch as the death of the King (who was not killed, bythe'dy, without a good deal of previous hard work), and (still more hard-heartedly) upon the second perfornance of a surpnsing evolution, exhibited by one of the dramnatis persoan, called " a Highland-fling." 'he latter exerdon, and a tremendous one it seemed, was really repeated. The concluding piece was a wlodrame, first exhibited four or five years ago, called the jVorth Pok. It is only necessary to state of this, that the irst scene is a vision, in which Captailn Steadfast, reposing en a couch in the cabin of a King's ship, in the North Seas, Imagines a splendid pageant, all which is represented to the life. Britannia on her ocean-car, surrounded by Neptune, Amphitrite, Sleep, " Dream," sea-horses, the genii of fire aid air, summer and winter; &c., &c., are good enough to invite him to persevere. and to -promise him success. All this is well enough: but we were a little overpovwered at seeing one of these genii, (a very odd genius he was) in a red mantle, a black stock, and a stiffened cellar. To be sure, dreamns are remarkable for their inconsistencies; and so far this !might add to the natural" effect of the scene. The theatre, we should add, was illaminated with extraordinary brilliancy. , ROYAI, COBURG THEATRE.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-04-20T00:00:00

Sir-In your paper of this day, I felt surprised at reading a most crael and unfounded paragraph relative to the unfortunate John Hisl W,ragstaff, nowe under sentence of death for forgery, which I must entreat you will do me the kindness to contradict. I can most so- lemnlv affirm, that he never was possessed of the sumy, of 15,0001., which it states he received on coming of age: it is entirely false. In regard to his having married a lady possessed of a handsome fortune, ad that he had spent it, so far fromo that being the fact, I do affirm. that his wife's fortune wvas settled upon herself and her child ; and that he never had nor wished to have any power over it. In justice to a beloved and greatly injared brother, I cannot forbear correcting this base report, no part of which has the least foundation in truth. No douibt, itr. Editor, it was copied into The TinCs from other papers, as it was observed in some previously to yours: but I must beg you will not allow a day to pass without inserting this contradic. tion, and doing justice to the feelings of a distressed family. I remain. Sir. his unfortunate siStPr. HA TPPTJTP.T WaV aQr A or 10, Coppice-mow, Cior'kenwvell,_April19, 1i824. TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE TIt[ES.
We beg to call the attent...
The Times, 1824-06-25T00:00:00

I.w.We beg to e,ailt'iie We ttciition of our.readers to -the dis-. cussion wblich*t, plac&last :nightin the IT6use of Corn-. mnions on tlie ei!ton ofMLI'. O'CALLAGi AN. It will beCob-: served,that the-yery inagistratc(LordE AsT-oa) *vho passed- the sentcnhe, ha'd no iiihtcn.ion nor any cgnceptiou that stih a punishmnent as -has been inflictod Wbuld ba the conse- qtuence of that setitehc. 'It seerms,. theu% that by some e,- traordin4ry- -power, unrecognized and undefined bj any universal:sfatute (wihich alone in>gcneral matters canr prd perly be called la)v3 a junto-of local- Magistrates mav;. at theit own arbitrarywill or. discretion; punish- an individual in away whieli INisJudges never intended; which they did not eveh-knovi'existed' nad,ihieh, indeed, -noi-beiDg legally and speeificallydescribed,sattached to theparticularoffince, cannothiave any ltg'al'existence. tf ?dr.Pzztfindsin thisease, as in the-instancegofthe Yorlshire magistrates; who, in' his opinion, illegally inflicted punishment.on untried prisoners, thatajroceeding hssbeen sufered to grow into regular prac- tice till it is too powerful ev.n f6r ,tbe control of the Courts of Law,.he will doaibtless lagain think it necessary to hive recourse tv - cdec1a'ra ililIl, ich .niay define and nlimit -he power of -Magistrates within the bounds consistent with- the gereral spirit of- the Constitution. In the mean timne, as the season for an immediate enactment has passed away, he will probably think that-it is no-improper exer- -elseof his discretion-, to remit - the sentence of a man who -is-confessedly paniished beyond wbhathis Judges intended. ThenPllusioii to the case of 1Mr. PEEL'S brother, we are snre cannot be without its weight. with a mind of right Prrlnciplee. v