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To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-10-30T00:00:00

Sir,-The observation rnade byor corresnondent " F.," in yovr paper of yesterday, on the prcsent Lottery, though perfectly Just. tapPears neverthelessi to be in so far erroneous, as that the distribut- ing of 23,0001. less ,n pTiZ!S r.rMUnts only to a kind of negtive chcating. At all events, he kas overlooked the most remarkabe fes- ture in the present as well as in the preceding lottery, and which feature arto30nting to a positive cheating, you will allow rte te say a few words on the subject. The circumstance that in those two rpe- cions lotteries there is no blank at all, but that the fortunate bolder of a ticket is to be blcssed with a return of SL, would natirally sue- gest thc question whv, on the puirchase of' a tiefet, ;uch 51. are rst itrmnediately deductid, or rather, why they are to be paid at all ? But the honest devisers of these lotterv schemes know what they are absut. There is first always s9nie interest to be got on mnoDeov kept in their cuttody for even a short time: but t,at is not the priuci "l object, their great profit lies in the serarate shillings they by this means draw front the Pockets of those that can least spare them; for it is a well known fact, that skates are al]ways soId hvbher in pro_ portton than whole tickets. To ntake the matter perfectly clear, leL, us isuppose (for the sake of round numbers) the price of a whole ticket to be only 201. In that case, a half woulti most likelv' bt so-l for 101. 4,., a quarter ;I. 8s., an eighth 21. 16s., and a stxteenth lI IOs. Now tAte 51. that are returned after the dravring, make ac- tually the fourth part of the purchase price; astid conseqtently takinR tltat fourth part from the cost of a sixteenth, or from 11. I0s., it would be 7s. 0J. which the silly purchaser pays for form's sake. But when, after the drawinre that profoims Rloney is paid back to him, hereceives it on2y on 5!., which makes 6s. 3d. ; and thus he is, without being aware ofit,impudenrly robbed of Is. 3d. To make now some calcUlLtion as to the amount tO Which thisar,bberv extends, let its suppose, that uf the 20.000 tiCckem, 5,000 are soldr in whole tickets, which, by the by, appears rather a large allowancr-sinca it is hardlv intisanable that 'uy well.informnI person, in his senses, will squander his mnney on sach lotteriesand that the remaining 1,000 tickets are sold in sixteenihs. This wvuld make 240,000 shares,on e2ch of whichl. Mhi.is thu% dexterousI got: making ait4e. ther;a sum of not less than 15'GOOI.,extorted fron the poorer clxaes of the people, who do not nwderisstaid calculating. and should Fne there- fore the more protected against such tricks. And all thlis h. (ene un- der the eves of Government, snd unrder tie name of a State_Lot. tery ' I :n. S,r. vour hunnhts 411. I.lngWUn, VCL. L-. IU24 _ TO THE EDITOR OF Tjf TIMES.
London, Monday, June 7, 1...
The Times, 1824-06-07T00:00:00

We select the following extracts from New vYork papers to the 9th ult., which arrived yesterday:- " NEW YORE, DIAY 5. " An arrival at Philade1phia, in 33 days from Rio Janeiro, has brouglt intelligence that the Emperor of Brazil had declared that country free and independent. The Empite is hereafter to be go. verned by an berediatry, constitutional, and repxesentative monar- chy. The title of the Supreme Executive to be " Don Pelro the Ist, Actual Emperor and Perpetual Defender of BraziL." The Ro. m2an Cathocxrdigwon to be the prev&iUng one, though oiher reli. vof8 ate to be.to!ested. vwithout any external formof churcbes. In clebratfng.this event, Don Pedro, with his family, iam ded the tlieatre, ivhih ttnfortunately took fire, and wi greatdlifficultv .nade his escpe with the rest of the audience; .- "IiAY 6. "Accounts from MIartuuique say, that the coloured people of that island were shipping away with as much despatch as pos- sible. No distinction was made amongst them. Whetherhigh or Iow, rich or poor-wh:ther guilty or innocent-whether implicated or not in the late premeditated insurrection, the sentence of banishment was the same. The hue of the skin-was quite suffi. cient, and a-passport was politely harded to every one whose name and residence wvere known, as well as to those who-wve only known abroad in the publc streets and highways. A considerable num- ber of these people had arrived at Trinidad, where they. met with an unmolested refuge." LONDON. MONDAY, JUNE 7. 1824.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-09-22T00:00:00

tin vrnrlay afternoon, as Air' D. Scrace, solicitor, of St. James's-parede, in this city (3atth. wax returning from the vio- lage of Faulkland, when about two miles from th e, it is conjectured, tripped anJd threwo in'le fr oMn tilat p]ace, his 11orse, it cn cured trppedandthrw him, and 1lUr. Scrace was dragged a considerable distance in the stirrups' and severely kicked by the animaL Between four and five o'clock hie was found by at farer lying in the road. who, with the aslistance of another person, led lqim back to a private lhouse at Fauilkland, where surgical aid was 1inmediately precured. Elopes were at first entertaina that the se- riousinjuries he had received would not terminate fatally but about 12 o'clock the name evening he became delirious, and con. tinued in a state of insensibility until ten O'clcck on Saturtlay morn. iag, when he expired.-Bath Journal. f.AdvertisernentiJ-AMEF4.AGZAE RoYAL, TowErt oir Lo IDON.-The Nobillity and Gentry are most respectfully informed,1 that in corsequexce of the intenxe anxiety rmanif'exted by, many to -witness the feeding of the unrivalled Collection of Serpents in th!1% exhibition, the great Boa Constrictor Serpent will he fed totiorrw (Thursday), at two o'cloek precisely. Agmittance 18.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-10-29T00:00:00

bAdvertisemenfLcatlre s begs to ltfC,rta the Medical Pathology, aaLIt Surgerye of hi' Lectures on Anatomy, Physiology, Pathlogy andSurgry~are received by the, Royal ('~Jallg oX Sot geon4.UY 1Advcrtiieient.]1The most important specific f4r nourishing the Ihar, preventing its tailing ofl, or turting grayr i9 ROWLAND'S Al ACASSAR OIL. TbitRWLAD' the rootssS L Theoina and genuine,a egetable production protiiotts a luxuriant groA, tI on tile balclest Plrcesdadds rtrerngth t tbie rot-produces strong curls wehich rdamp veather or exercise cannoat affect-senders air dtat ig harsh and drv as soft as sill- glosy, dclecantt and beautifil to the latest period of life. It is inva. uable in the nursery, as a due atteotiot to children's hair is of the greatest importance. It etadicates the scurf easy and pleasant, malkeg the hair firm Pt the roots, and fixes the stamnina for a beautiful head of har. This oil has been for nian y years universaUv admired and zcknowledged guperior to al others, ai,d by its incstiniable virtues is daily hionoured with the sanctioD 01 Royalty, the nobility, gentry, and the public at large. [Advertigeltent.-TotrERSr Toxic PILLS. a rnild apexient RtoinaCIiri, witiout a 1-.article of' mercury or multinicny, are recom- mended ftr indigestion, pains in the stomnach, nausca, head-c=he, giddiness, and other concomitant symptoms of a weak or d state of the digestive organs. They are designed to renovate; e tone and energy of the stomach; to correct tarpidity of t*he bl:,wel by acting as a gentle and efficient laxative, but not as a direct Dur_a- tive; and thus to promote digestion %ithout distremingor t;enn the constitution. The ToNIC PILLS mav be had of respectabl vendersof'public t-,ediciaes in 1,ondon, Dublin, diinbrzg,Glaa. gow, and niost pincipal towns. Each packet is signed "JehrX Towers" on the label, and sealed with the Royal arms.
Court Circular
The Times, 1824-11-25T00:00:00

.. -? KING'S COURT. Yesterday2toneo'ciock, H. iillestl y held aCourt, at his Palace, ii Pall-mall, whicl was attene'ed by the Lord Chancellor, the First Lerd of the Treasury.tho Secretaryof State for teheHome Deparirment,1he. Secretary of Suite for Foreigtn Affairs, the Chancellor oft the Duchy of Lacnhster, the President of the- Beartl of Trade, the Chancellor of the Exchequer1 the Lord Steward of the Houschold, the Mlester ot the Horse, the rreasurer of the Household, the Lord Chief JtU- tice of the Court of lVing's Bench, the Recorder of s-ondon, Lord Glenlyon (in waiting), Sir Hilgrove Turner (Groom En waiting), the Right Honourable Stratford Canning, Sir Charles B.got, Sir Charles Stuart; also Judge Palmzer. His Mlajesty gave audiences to M1r. Secretary Peel and Mr. Se- cretary Canning. The Right Ifonourable Stratford Camning was presented to the King by 51r. Secrctary Canning, and kissed hands unor his being apponted Ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburgh. The Right hionourable Sir Charles Bagot was presented by Mlr. Secretary C(an - ning, and kissed hands upon his being appointed Ambassador to thle King of the Netherlands. The Right Ildonourable Sir Cliarles Stuart was formally introduced by Mr. Secretary Canning, and had the honour of an audience of his Mlajestv upon his retUTn from his embassy at Paris. The aboie Right Honourable gentlemeni had also audiencei.:of thie King. 51r. Chadl was presented to the King, upon lhis being appointed to a special mission to Dresden. Ralph P.lmer, Fsq., was p resented by lr. Wvynif. upoln his being appointed one of the Judges at 51adras, upon wT4lits-ion he received the order of kniglhthood. Sir Augustus WVest, L.D., Kiniglit Cominander of the Tower and Sword, received the honour of knighthood. Afterwards the Recorder of London wss admitted intolthe pre- sence of the King in Council, and made lhis report of the convicto capitally convicted at Justice-hall, in the Old Bailey, at the last Old Bailey session, with the exception, of thte case of HarrLi. Mr. Secretary Peel presented to thc King in Council several pe- titions relative to the case of Hleniry Fauntleroy. The Recorder's report occupied upwards of an hour and a half. His N1a),esty also gave audiences to the Lord Chancellor and ilir. M'ynil.-rhe Court broke tip a little before 6 o'clock.
Marriages
The Times, 1824-12-30T00:00:00

IIARRIED. On the 24th inst., at St. Mary's, Newington, John Cutler, Esq., of the Ordnance Department, T'ower, to Louisa, daughter of The- inns Freatkr Esq., ot Blackheath. On the 18th inst., at Loughton, by the Rev. S. Rogers, F. Field, Esq., of Addle.street, Aldernnanbury, to Catherine 5torgan, niece of thelate James Birt, Esq., et Loughton, Essex. On the 28th inst., at Christ Church, Surrey, John George Maud, Esq, of Stamford-street, to hannah, secend daughter ef Mr. Jaomb Bailey, W'oodstreet, Cheapside. On the 29th inst., at Greenwich, Lewis Crombie,Eaq. of .Aryl street, to Ilarriett, daughter of Thomas Lester, Esq., o'L C6rort's hill, Greenwich. On the 21st inst., at Spots-house, by the Rev. A. Graham. W1.: Copland, Esq., to Elizabeth, second daughter of Robert Hay, Esq., of Spots, Dunbar. N. B.
Southwark Sessions.
The Times, 1824-04-02T00:00:00

Yesterday the Southwark QuarrSessions were beld at the Town-halL Mr. ALAknn sat for the Recorder, who is stiU too mnuch indisposed to attend to busiesa. It ma net bc amDiss to state, that the very general report of the death of the Recorder has been the source of great annoyance to that gentlemar ; for, perhaps, his knocker has never been so frequently assailed as by friends anxiour to condole with his family upon his lamented deoease, and to.know whetberhe"wentoffireily.'? Even at.the hour ofhblf-qast 11 atnight, the kindest inquiries were made,andthe warmest joy expressed atthe result of thbse inquiries... The Alagistrates on the bencb were AAl- dernmen J. J. SMITM and WOOD. Hfenry Wakl., who.has for a length of timc stood charged with having robbed the Cranbrook waggon of rotes, belonging to the CranbrookBank, to the amount of nearly 4,M, was put to the bar, and arraigned. iMr. BOLLAND, who appeared. as counsel for the prosecation, stated, that upon an exaamnation of the: evidenpcg the prosecutors found that it was ineflident to prove the comisi5son. of the robbery completelyagainst the prisoner-. Itimerely excited a strong.suspicion tbat the prisoner had-been in some wayorother concecrned witd those who bad committed the robbery. The prisoncr was cquUited.. The DEPUTY RECORDER, in discharging. the prisoner, gave hima strong admonition to be-carefiil in future in what company he should be seen. . Sarah'Pkdge and AnneSmith. each iged 17, were tried forsteal- inga piece.of ribandim the shop of hlr. Fiint, of the Borough. The shopman stated that the prisoners entered the slop under pretence Vt F.!OV. -t --. . . . I .. __ .- _-___- __-_ __ :_ question. Pledge said she was merely looking at the ribanid, and, that she let it faU in a- fright, as the shopman presented a pistol at her, and threatened to shoot her. The shopman admitted that he had presented a pistol, but he said it was witbout a lock or, charge, and that he used it to. prevent the escape of the prisoner. A female stood forward to give the prisoners excelent characters- they were virtuous, honest, and proper. Mr. AHAmrx.-" Don't you know that Pledge has already been under-restraint?" Witness.-" Oh yes, I have heard so." Mr. ARtAnIN.-" Then you conceal at least half the_r tb." The two prisoners were found luilty. Alr. ARABINr said, they were both old.offenders, and perhaps the best tbing that could be done for them would be to send. them out of the country; the Court,- however, would try the effect of a miti- gated punishment once more. H5e then sentenced each, of them to be imprisoned for siX mon ths to hard laboar qt 1rixton. .. The prisoners, who lied beard with composure that part of the Judge's observations which related to transportation, upon hearing him mention the tread-mill, sreteamd aloud. Pledgesaid, 'For God's sake send me out of the country at once ; for I am sure I Bhall not live six months in that place." SOUTLfW.ARK SRSSIOTS..
THE HOLDERS of SCRIP RECE...
The Times, 1824-05-13T00:00:00

N are hereby acquainted, that the e15th Instant. may bemade. on or 1 SECRET. -- I t uej a comic ourietta, called THE ROYAL CAB UFic; THhATRE. THl_S EVENING wEl be p aesented an entirely new interestl3g ecriroe melodrame, called STRozZI: or, The Free Traders of PIedmont. After whieh la new, splerndid, efnie, musisatl burletta, caled IlECITZENOF AItS; r,Tile Prince's Stratagem, To conclude wrIth (for the 3d time in this tJseatre) an Imitative sketeh called DAGGERWOOD, JUlN.; or, Thl Son of the Great Sylvester: n whIch Mr.J. Reeve w l stain cdifferent personationg. Cr? Thc publication of T Te commenced at 9 o'clock yetcr. day morning, ant finished at 12.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-06-03T00:00:00

WINDsoR, June 2.-His Majesty took his accustomned ride this morning in the Park, and called at the Royal Lqdge. Yesterday afternoon theRussian Ambissador and his lady arrived at the Castle ou a visit to the King, and had the honour of dining with His Majesty. - This morning, soon after breaktast, his Excellency and the Countess let the Castle for London. Yesterday atternoon, at four o'clock, a Cabinet Council assembled at the Foreign-office Downing-street, which was attended by the greatest part of the Cabinct Ministers TJhe Cabinet sat in deliberation for nearly an hour. The Cabinet Ministers dined with Viscount Melville yesterday, at his residlence at the Admiralty. - We understand that petitions to Parliament will be pre- paredimmediately for an acknowledgment of the independ. ence of the So uth American States, not only in London, buit in Leeds, Liverpool, 'anchester, and the principal commercial and manufacturing t6wns of thre kin-dom. Erratumn.-Among the petitioRs respecting qir. Smith's case, presented on Tnesdav night b Sir Thotnba Acland, was one said to be from Kinobride: it Suld have been from Kidder. min?;Her.
London, Thursday, June 10...
The Times, 1824-06-10T00:00:00

The intelligence from Paris yesterday was of more than usual interest. The reJection of the plan for the reduction of the rentes, wvhich gave such general satisfaotion iif that capital on Thursday last, has ended, strange to say, not in the removal of the Miinister who was its author and suipporter, but in that of another lvho had opposed it. M. DE VILLELE, who sustained the defeat in the Chamber of Peers, has triumphed in the Cabinet of the King; and his rival, CKATEjUBRIAND, who succeeded in his underhand encouragement of legislative opposition, has been turned out, to enjoy his victory with his opposition friends. Pri- vate letters state, that M. DE VILLELE ascribes the failure of his measure to the treachery of his colleague; and as the KING alnd AMoNsiEuR were as anxious as the Miiister to carry through a financial operation, from which the civil list would probably have derived advantage, this double- dealing could not escape with impunity. In the first instance, the Minister of Finance has acted wvith his uisual superiori ty, and has probably gained a permanent advantage. It is irnpocsible, however, as yet to foresee the result. CtRA- TE AUBRIAND retires with all the popularity of having pre- vented the spoliation of the small stockholders, and wvill be at the head of a party by tvhom he is warmly supported, and whom he can powerfuUy aid by his pen; while M. de VILLELE retains office anid the disgrace of defeat. There will, therefore, no doubt, be a severe struggle between these individuals and their friends. lVe lhave as yet little more information on this subject than what is supplied by the Mfoniteur, in which the following decree appeared on Monday:- ORDINANCE OF THE KING. Louis, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, &c. IWe have ordered, and order as follows:- The Count de Villele, President of our Council of Ministers, and M1inister of State of the Department of Finance, is charged ad interimn with the Portfolio of Foreign Afairs, in the place of Viscount Chateaubriand. The President of our Council of Ministers is charged with the exe- cution of this ordinance. Given at the Chateau of the Tuileries, 6th June. LOUIS. The President of the Council of Mlinisters, VILLELE. We order as follows:- Tha,$ieur Marquis de Moustier, Member of the Chamber of De- puties, our Ninister in Swisserland, is named, ad inzterim, Director of the Political business of the Ministry of Foreign affairs, in the place of the Duke de Rauzan. LONDON, THIURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1824.
The Hertford Fete.
The Times, 1824-08-03T00:00:00

[From an cveninj paper.I Wte7 have scldom had to recordan entertainment like this. The noble Milarquis was determined that his taste and munificence should not bc called in quiestion, and thereforc he gave a ball acud supper on Friday last to the ladies, in a style of more tkoan OTiCntal inagfi- ficence. The suite of five. roonms-thc proportions are prodivious-were more brilliantly illuminated than before, and their matchless furni- ture, in the style of Louis XIV., being reflected by the infinity of mirrors, produced an cffect quite magical. The viaitants began to arrive at 10 o'clock; a promrnade till a quarter past 11. Dancing commenced half an hour after with a quadrille (a new one, played by 16 French performers), led off by the Ladies Clement and Char- teris, Lords Chesterfield and Cholnondeley. The coup d'ril was heightened by a perspective view in the rear of the music gallery, of the tapestry saloon, a kind of fanciful bou- doir, upon a iamgepcale, the walls of which were hung with a scrip- tural subject, Ou7rSSaviour healing thc Sick, personified by groups of figures as large as life, admirably executed. Indeed. it is ferv probable tnat this may be, what it is saidl to be, the chef d'cevrc of the early Gobelin school. The supper hour was two, but it was half-past when the banquet commenced in the dining-room, beneath the ball-room, now opened for the first time. It was a magnificent sDectacle, to see the display of glittering plate, aitded by a plateaux of singular grandeur, bear- ing the finest flowers and the whole lighted up by branchesof gold and frosted silver. '1'he most delicious wines, French, Spanish, Ita- lian, and Hungarian. Fruits of this year's growth, from the south Of Frauce. In short, eVery thing was provided in profusion. At four o'clock the dancing recommenced, and at six the music ceased. Among the company present were-the Dutch Ambassardor and Lady, the Portuguese Miniater anti suite, the Neapolitan and Sar. dinian .M inisters, tl6e Princes Gortcl,akoft'aud Leinengen, the Duke ot Dorset, Duchess of Wellington, MIarquis and AIJarchioness of Londonderry, Matchipness of Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Elert- ford, Marchioness of Westmneath; Earl, Countess, and the Ladies Bathurist; Earl of WVestmorland, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Earl oF Shaftesbury Lo)rd I'almerston, Mlr. Secretary Canning, Mrs. Canning, and Mliss Canning, Countess of Clarendon and Lady Elizabeth Villiers, Lady Ramnsden, Earl of Chesterfield, Counteis of Warwick and the Ladies Grevilic, iM1rs. Boehlm, Dowager Mlar- cliioness of Lansdown, Mlrs. Goutts, and Admiral Sir Richarti and Lady Strachan. Prince Pausl Esterhazy, the Duke of WVelling:on, Count'and Countess Lieven, and several other leading personages, were unavoid- ably absent on a visit to the King. TIlF IIERTFOIeD FETE.
TRAFFIC IN SLAVES.-The fo...
The Times, 1824-08-17T00:00:00

TRAFFIC IN SLAVES.-The following extract of a re- cent letter from Guaelaloupe, of the authenticity of which we are assured, furnishea&proof of the cnormous cruelties still exercised towards the wretched Africans. Ships of war are conctautly cruising. against the slave-dcalers, bHt they regard it as nothing, and can always manage to arrive at port ; in(teed it may, almost be said that the cruisers protect themi:-" I he schooner La Louise, Captaint Armand, arrived at L'Anse a la Barque, Guada- loupe, early in the month of April, 1824., with a cargo of 200 negroes, the remainder of a purchase of 275, which ablc brought out with her. The vessel not being found to be sufficiently capacious to contain so large a number, the .sutrplus were thlrown alive into the sea by tlte Captain. Nature still shudders at this atrocity. The principal owners are Messrs. de Raniie and Co.; and proprietors of the cargo, Messrs.-INMoser,Hart, and Co.,Pedemonte, all of them rmerchants at La Poinue a.Petre. It is said that Captain Armand left at the Galenis the ship kahine, Captain Aver- nay, belonging to the port of Bordeaux, armed at La Pointe a Petre by Messrs. Svgend and Son; the brig l'Aaowwrst, Captain Allain, armed at La Pointe a Petre bv lress.s Verginis and Lemoyne, Dourneau, Durlos, Lamoisse, and Darnste, and Bartel and Colloniau; and the schooner La Daphne, Captain Marestin; ,Messrs. Dourneau and Durlos, owners: she also was armed at La Pointe a Petre. Htnce it appears that the force established for the suppression of crime has tended to the encouragement of it." SURREvYT THEAu ,E.-A new piece was produced at this Theatre last night, entitled.The Bsriig1 Bridge, or, Thle Spectre of the Lake. It is (as may bc coliected from the name) of the true inelodramaticcass; and, it we were pernitted to understand die story as it proceeded, it ittld-be far from uninteresting: but we are scrupulou61y kept in the dar&la 'ring a considerableportion--o its progressuntil at length we arc in formedtbataChinese Mandarin has requitetl the hospitality and friendship of a Tartar Chief, by murdering his wife, after aitempting her innocence, and consigtning the husband to perpetual slavery, in which he continues for 15 years, during which the:aspirit of the murdered chieftainhess, which has taken up its abode in the bosom of a lakc,in front of the Mlandarin's palace, tak& ever op orttunity of hauntinig hercruel destroyer. The Tartar having at length effected his eecape, makes his way into the Siantlarin's al'aIe; and there, after escapinc, by the aid of the spectre, from several attempts to assassinate him, he recognizes Iiis son, lone supposed to have been drowvned,and witnesses the guilty Alantdasrtm faLl by the hand lie bad employed to despatch himself. The principal merit of tepicsc consists ilt thebeauty of its scenery,