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Ship News.
The Times, 1824-11-04T00:00:00

Lxv%:nrooL, Nov. 2.-The 'ojnamin Shaw, froui this port, and tbe Janet, ronti thc Clyde, werc lost at lDIirainicli, previoos to fbje 6tll ult. 1,YDD, Nov. 2.-The MarY, from Sunderlanit to Sherehain, was driven upon Roumey Sa ud thl~s moridng, having uiishippcd her ntd- der; she wilii probably proceed this tide. MitsRahIICsrs, Oet. l._The Alfred, from Qticbec to liondon, was abandoned 22d ult, about /;0 miles from Cape Race, having ten feet water in her hold. The master and crew arrived here 29th Iult.-in tlhe Dispatelt. The 51ars, of Bideford, ;H on shorc near Tracaiy, with little expectalion of being got or, T,, Pilgrim, otf Sbiells, has lost her r'dcl in the kay, and is seriously injure4. SHIP NE WS,
SHOCKING SUICIDE.-On Satu...
The Times, 1824-04-05T00:00:00

SHOCKING SUICIDE.-On Saturday night an inquest wvas held at the Admiral Carter public-house, Bartholomewlse, before T. SErELTOi, Esq., upon the body of John Walsh Fairbanks, a young man, about 25 years of age, the son of reputable parents, residing at Walsall, Staffordshire. It appeared the deceased had been a clerk upwards of three years in the employment of Messrs. Atkinson Eldrid, and Son, saddlery ironmongers, Fore-street; that they had latterly missed some of their property, but, from the re- spxtability of the deceased's family, and the high opinion they entertained of his integrity, their suspicions were never, until within these few days, directed towards him. He was on Friday prearing to leave town on the following rnorning, when 'Mr. Mlmrid, about three' o'clock accompanied by an offlicer, ciled at his lodKings, No. 19, BarAholomew-place, where they found him sitting in the parlour; after communicating the object of their visit, he went up stairs as if for his hat, entered his bed room, and (with his own razor) cut his. throat, so as so nearly separate his head rom his body. The jury, on hearing the evidence addaied,.return- ed a verdict of!nairnity. Saturday a reprieve vas received at Lancaster, frorm,Mr. Justice Baylev, at York for Joha Atkinson, nowunder sentence of death J'twforgery, in Liverpool.
London, Saturday, August ...
The Times, 1824-08-07T00:00:00

By a-s express from Paris we received last niglit the Mon iteurr of T'hursday, which contains in its official part the followiing royal ordinances respecting the new arrange- ment of the French Cabinet:- " 1.-Appointing, 1st, I,;eut.-General Baton Damas, now Secre- tary o' WVar, to be AlMinister for Foreign Affairs. i 2. The Marquis Clermont-Tonnerre, now Minister of the iMla. rine, to be il iiister of War. 3. Count Chalrot to bc Minister of Marine. .I 11-Thic Marquis of Lauriston, now Minister of the hlouse. hold, to be Gfrand Veneur of France. ` III.-The jDuke de Doudeauvillc, now Pestmaster-General, to be tlaster of the King's Hiouseloldl. " IV.-T'he Marquis of Lauriston is appointedl Minister Secrv tazy of State. " V.-M. do Martigrpac to be Director of the Enregistrement and the Domains. VI.-I. Tre Mlarquis de Vanulchier to be Postmaster. 2. M11. de Castelbajac to be Direct-r.General of the Customs, in the roorn of .Marquis Vaulchier. i VI;..-Louis, by the grace of God, &c. " Ve have ordaineed and ordain as follows:- ' Art. 1. There shall be formed in the department ef our Mlinis- ter of the Mi'arine and Colonies a Council of Admiralty. "2. T'h Council of Adlmiralty shall be composed of three General Officers of the ill arine, and two superior officers of the Administra- tion of the Marine, or ancient Administrators of the Colonics. " The members of the Council of Admiralty shall be nominated by us, on tbe proposal of our Minister of Mlarine azzd Colonies. " 3. The Council shall meet under the presidency of our Minister of Mlarine, who, in case of hintlrance, shall be replaced by a mnem. ber selected by hitmself. i' 4. The Council of Admiralty shall give its opinion on all mea- sures which relate to the maritime and colonial legislation and the administradion of the colonies-to the organization of our naval furces-to the mode ot victualling-to mnaritime works and build- ings.-(o the direction and emnployment of the naval force in time of peace and war. '- 5. Our Mlinister of the Marine is charged witlh the execution of the present ordinance, which shall be inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws. " Given at our Palace of St. Cloud, the 4th of August, the year (f Giaco 1824, of our reign the 3OLt1. " By the King, " LOUIS. ' The President of the Coonucil of M inisters, J. DE VILLELE. " V1II,-The General Council of the Departments shall meet on the 20th of August for their Session of 1824, which shall continue ]S days. ' The Council of Arrondissements shall resume, on the 14th of September, the second part of the Session, wlhich shall continue five tlays." All thlese ordinances are datedl Auguist 4. Trhe RentCe oti the morniing of Thursday were 100f. /lU NrD O, SA T'URDa. Y, A UG UST 7, 1824.
A foul calumny as ever ap...
The Times, 1824-11-30T00:00:00

A foul calumniy .ap' ev@drp0redii' prlat,.xas publighed against us ytsteid3y hif a. morninig jiuinalJ' of the obscdrer existence'of which, probably, a greatpart4o'the publihe wa be-ignor,ant, lt is entstled the ;rwitis1kPreS,,. rand- wEe tear with, syprtie that apwjfon obodin,kan oISce imder Govern- tnent s: ;pa,rtner in -hce concernj wlimh parmer we may tbdok iL.urdUtyto 'ld up toopublic scotn, if n ]is editors denot restl conitent witb "his lbli&' stupid, but. must iIeeas allow him to be slanderous also. In that jv.- .:nal ve. ,arep accuseda;-(but with a digiee'..Of. caution thditall ay perhaps .ssave tlie libellern; shouild:. e bting tm'into a court of justice to answr' filthfelr-crimej but -so it ii,jthait .we'are 'accused of receiviiig,Molley ' i Uom TLEgOY'S partners for the icesunt' which we published of the unhappyman. We can only give the .lie, as the partners themeelves liave done, to the filt,y scoundrel 'wh is the author of the calumny; and tell him that-lie found the materials for the charge in'his owii 'black'heart. We take monoey as a bribe from STnACEY, MARSn, and Oi,lnGAAmi ! ' WFe want their mioneiy miucll! 'A: oing the various public charac- ters themselves, ftom- whonP' envy, Aiatred and malico have at different times 'chargei ius with taking hnoney, it is surprisin' that none have turned upon us and attemptaed to justify the assertioh from- their own knowledge; Biht the partriers in the late unhappy eoncern in Berners4 street have, on the coiitrary,'publish6ld a declaration, " that they never inserted, nor caursed to be inseHed, any pata- *graph hf a public nerwspapbr, but tiVor to which they had f' .signedttheir.names;" andasuch is the coafusion of ideas in the libeller's heat, that he thinks, this, an equivocai-4Te- claration, because they did. not deny " that they had wrrtten, "or fiurnished inaterials for writing," suelh paragraph] ;4jif we were to be paid f6rtlteir writing, and not for our admtsson of thieir writings into our columns. But whh respect to such men as STRACEY, AnA.hsis, and G4RAuM, *we have no need of their delafation for our'justification. We bo!dly as- sert; that the man who charges us with takiing bribes for the insertion of any paragraphs, or the concealment of the authors of them, is a liar and a scounrdrel, and we dare him to put the staiv tis name to the atrocious falsehood.
A most singular occurance...
The Times, 1824-04-07T00:00:00

A most singular OCcuIri-nce took place last night in the House of Commens. Mr WVODEHOUSE, the member for the county of Norfolk, asked his Rtight Honourable friend near Ilim (the CHANCELLOR of the ExCHEQUER), wile- ther it would not be practicable to remove some of the restrictions complained of in the mode of collecting the salt duty, if that duty should be continued." Your Ir has been said to be a peace-maker ; but in the present in- stance, being the precursor of the infraction of a treatty, we should apprehend that, without great caution, it might lead to war. The total relinquishment of the salt duty was so solemnly promised last year, that the CRt rN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, M1r. WODEROUSeas Right Hon. friend, acenowledged and lamented, in opening the bit(uget fior the present year, that thAa pledge could not be violated: yet eoes Mr. WODEHOUSe now come forward with an iF, upon the subjcctwhich the country had thought so decidedl and settledl. WVe say this is very singular; and ir it does not prove a connivance to relieve the CHsAN-. CELLOR of the EXCHEQuER from his solemn engage- ment, the afEair looks so like a canriTvitice, that. a prudent ma n would have avoidledl the appearance. It is conceived, or hinted, that some other, tax trere oppressive may be relinquished in place of this salt- duty, now producing 360,0001. The sincerity of the in- tention to rdlieve the people will be best seen wrhen we know the tax or taxes, the repeal of which is meantt to be substituted for that of the salt-tax: but in the mea n time, we must point attention to this side-wind way of relieving a party bound by an enigagemenit, from the obligation of fulfilling that engagement.
Denbighshire.
The Times, 1824-04-07T00:00:00

'there Was an extraordinarv influx of business at these assizes, and more than usual at the' criminalside. The new judge (llr. .JERtvS) took a very active part from- the bench,and, which had not hitberto been customary, summed up the evidence in several cases to thejury. The-session is not expectml to terminate before Tuesday. {UltDE RS. There were two charges of murder; one,a case of avoman named Hughes. from near WVrexham, for the murder of her husband by adnimsterin- arsenic to,himn;the other, that of a young man br the murder of his father: The case of Anne Hughes occupied the Court from ten o'lock in the nmrning till five in the evening, and, after a very careful investi- gation, the evidence was not submitted to the jury. Indeed, it did not appear that there were any direct facts to implicate theprisoner, and thie evidence of a chymist, from Chester, Alr. Leet, was most material on her behalf. She was of course acquitted. 'i'he trial of the man, for the murder of his father, came on on Saturlay A full confession of iis guilt, it appears, was macle by the prisoner; but it was ascertained that the constable had induced hbin to confess, by promises that it would be better for him, &c. This circumstance occasioned his acqtittal! . ' It was ascertained that the prisoner's father hsd objected to his marriage with a young woman in the neighbourhood: this excited his wrath. He follow ed bis father to a lonely dingle, called " The Dawn," near Abergely, shot him, and theni cut his throat ! Under such high1y barbarous andI unnatural circumstances, owing to the extreme delicacy and jealousy of our criminal law.s, the prisoner escaped thre punrshment due to his f'rightful crime. He appeared to be about twenty-four years old, of a very hervy east of countenance, arid was litte aected when he was pseed at the bar. We have Do roomu to-day for furthler particulars. DENBIGHSIIIRE.
To The Right Hon. George ...
The Times, 1824-06-01T00:00:00

1- - . " lr,-_our very liberal proposition for We appointinent of a Committee eflnquiryas to til-h1od1ofconducting:busines up stairs, inlduces me to direct your attention to a bill recently reported to your honourable House, entitled the " Equitable Loan BilL." It passed the second reading witlhout comluient4which would not have been-the case, had it been known when that was. to have taken place, as it involved- numerous interests, anid. of no snail importance to the revenc. Repeated itnquiries were:made at thePrivate Bill- of ioe, but no information eiould'be obtained, although those inquiries were made-up to heverymomentofits.being read. Upon the prin- ciple of the bill I Yill not comnment I knowr there has been a public feeling (which is now 8ubsiding). that its professed object wug for- -charitable purposes, but if there should 'brrunately' be any :notice, of the, third reading, if the house should have an opportunity to discuss its menitsj it will appear that equi- ty or charity has litule concern in it-it will be foubd to partake more of usury! and I much doubt whether it is aot an infringcment npon tke Bank Charter. Its enactmentsare to establish a bank with a capital of2,000,0001., for the purpose of advancing loans-at the-interest.of=10 per cent., witht no limitation in amount of the sums to be advanced. Surely, Sir, if itbe necessary to have a committee of-inquiry for thepurposes yon have appointed, this is one of those bills that ought firt-to pass that ordeal. There is a great evil in passing private bills without some public- notice. With many it may -not be an object, but in one like the present, where so many interests are concerned, and especially upoh a biU that pro- fesses to be equitable, it is but common justice that the parties in- terested should bythteir representatives have an opportunttv of a full tuid free discussion. The bill was-engrossed on Fridav, and in dlue course was expecced to be read a third time that e'veniiing nany ho- nourable memberswereinattendance in expectation of itstaking place ; but, for soue. purposes-unexplaineR, it was' not brought down to the house . and as the orders-of the house for private bills do fiot require a notice, the promoters-of this bill out of the house may watch a happy opportunity to bring it down when it better suits Iheir purpose.. Such a systenm reqtires revision. aint I am con- vinced your knowledge of its necessity will soon-cause it to be ef- fected. With every aamiratiOn ef your high talent, and ready dis- position to dispense unive3rsal justice, I a'm, Sir,' yours most re- pectf'ullv, LYCURt;US. MIIay 31, 1824. _ - TO 7HIJE RIGHIT HU, G(ERl-E CNINVG.
Mr. Gourlay.
The Times, 1824-06-22T00:00:00

',Ve have received another letter from this unhappv gentleman. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Prison-Room, Hlouse of romnons June 19, 1824. Sir.-Whatever is thought of my conduct in the lobby of this house, I am sure the public will deenm it arbitrary and cruel for ine notonly to be shut up here, but reported of unsound mind, without due inquiry. I am frank to all men, free of speech, and careless in manner: I am, too, of a county where, if yoa are not *vhat is called daft, you may be disinherited.. Interest, then, as well as nature, may have deceived Parliamentary doctors, and made me seem un- sound; but, Sir, I am not what I thus seem; and let the following certificates go in proof of it :-_ (Signed) it. G. [Here follow the certificates: we give one, because it is so adroitly equivocal.] "I have been intimately acquainted with Robert Gourlay(now con. fined by ordes of the Hiouse of Coommons) since the month of Janu- ary last, and have visited him daily during his present confinement. I never knew any one more regularly cheerful, more determined in principle, or more consistent in conduct. "Jusiel9, 1824. (Signed) " JAMES BARBER, Surgeon." P Room, HIouse of Commons, June 18, 1824. ir,_1 vwrote to you yesterday, and while unnoticed in my present situation, you cannot wonder at my addressing you a second time, to protest against unfair treatment; and again, to beg for a hearing at the bar of thehouse. Had I committed the act for which I am confined, in passion, and withi Niolence, declaring that I wished to insult the louse, as well as one of its members there would even then have been a limit to chastisement; but wLat can be worse, and where is the limit, condemning me, upon mere suspioion, and the opinion of two doctors, after a few loose conversations ? Is this sufficient te set me down as a persort of unsound mind, who must be delivered over to the keeping of friends, or forcibly sent to B.1dILRam ? Festus didnotso much injure Paul when he thoughthim mad, nor did the ingenious Frenchman, who got to Paris by writing " Poison. for tbe Ring" on a parcel of brick-dust, suvfer for it. Sir, could I gain my ends, even by staking life on the venture, I should becon- tented, and my country bene tted-beyotd measure. " Fearecameupon all," and long aFO proclaimed ignorance a coward. Ignorance wouldea iktteason to pull the King by the nose, whbile, in fact, it might bea sacred duty. Suppose his Majesty to fall into a narrow well, from whence he could not be got out but by using his nose as a handle, would it notbajustifiableto pull him by it ? l aln, mnot restiectfullvr yours. &.e ROBERT GOUJRLAY. To Elie Right Hon. the Speaker. MR. COURLAY.
Greece.
The Times, 1824-10-05T00:00:00

(From the Agent of the Greek Commnittee.) Napoli di Rornanit. Aug. 11. In or(der to aflbrd time to the Executive and Legislative Bodies to make their arrangements, I have been absent for a few days at a very dlli ghtful spot withiin S or 9 miles of this. the ga.rden of Tolone, and on mv return last night, thefirst news I heard were, that -he fleet of Miahomet Ali reaclhed Rhodes about a fortnight since. It is supposed that it merely stopped there to obtain water and refresh the troops, after which it xvill either steer towards C:endia or the Morea. As already stated, the most vigorous prepara- tions are mnaking throughout the confederation,and from all I see, it really strikes me that this grand expedition will tend rather to enrich than endanger the Greeks. It is besi(ies of infinite importanice that they should be occupied, and from | the success whicii has attended their last feats, I see no me- tive for alarm as to the future. I told B-, in my las- letter to him sent through your- self, that there were above 15 vessels bearing thle nglish flag in the Egyptian fleet: the accounts on the surjec; are contradictory, some saying there are no English vessels, while Coletti, a member of the Government, assures me there is a list of more than 30, with the names of the captains, in the handls of the Executive! I have asked for a copy, and hope to be able to send it. In consequence of the deplorable state of tbe Ipsariots, wvhj have collected at Napoli di Malvasia to the nimber of 4,X00, of wvhich tbree-tburths arc women and children, I have determined to let thelm have 1001. in the natne of the Greek Committee. I am urging the e.stablishment of a charitable societv at the seat of Government: but I will not rob the Grceks Or their due-the idea originates wi4t1-hcvm- selves. A subscripLion for thie Ipsatiots is also mum taked of, and will no doubt take place ; vet these are theJ,wspnle who are constantly abused, and designated as worse than the Turks. 2 Zante., A.8>ug. 2?.. Lo rd Charles Murray diedi at Gastouni on the 11th inst, and was buried there. GJREECE.
Roman Catholic Burials.
The Times, 1824-11-11T00:00:00

'After the extraordinary demands that have been made upon the credulity of the public by Lhe wonder-working Prince Hohenlohe,and the account of smothering the poor chil(l by a priest in Ireland somne mnonths back, perhaps tbe following relationmay not astonish the world: it is coin- nunicated bya correspondent. It is sufficicitly notorious, that in former ages an absurd custom prevailed in Popish countries of clothing persons whose death seemed at hand, in the apparel or uniform of the variouts religious ortlers-" black, white, and gray"-thereby ensuring a passport to another worldl; to whichj that sturdy Protestant MIilton rethrs in the third book of his Paradise Lost,where, describing the himba of Vanity, lie speaks of some, -" Who, to be sure of Paradise, Dying,p,ut on the weeds of Doiniic; : Or In 'ranciscan think to pass disguised." But perhaps it may not be generally understood, that a practice somewhat similar to thiis still obtains, it is said, uniiversally in Spain; nor is there much probability that this irnportant ceremony will be disconitinued, from the circumstance of its being a most fruitful source of profit to the church, for the following reason. Every good Catho- lic is consigned to his long home, not clad in a shroud as with us, or in the garments which he wore when alive, as in some countries, but clothedl in the discardeil vest- ments of some holy Moiik, which vestments are the perquisites of the Generals of the several orders; and thus these revered persons, ludicrous as it may appear to us, are literally very extensive tlealers in old clothes. The General of the Franciscans, by far the most numerous order in Spain, is said to drive so lucrative a trade in this elegant commodity, that his income is asserted by soxNe to exceed that of the Archbishop of Toledlo, whose revenues were laid at 5O,oool. per annum. The intrinsie value of the worn-out garments of Friars cannlot be great ; but it must be understood that the price of a suit of grave- clothes is in proportion to the wealth or pious libera- lity of the friends of the deceased. In Cadiz, the custom is to place the deadl body in a coffin without a lid, and carry it,uncovcred, to the burial.ground. During its progress thi- ther, it is at intervals lowered by the bearers, and a short halt made, so that it may be viewed by those who are passing at the time: hence a stranger,unacquainted with this mode of sepulture, Raturally concludes that an extensive mor- tality has occurred in the ranks of the eceleriastics, from seeing every corpse thus arrayed. This is one among innu- merable superstitious absurdities that prevail in the oman Catholic church, and a proof of the gross state of mind of its members. ROMAN CATHOLIC BURIAL&.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-04-19T00:00:00

D __TIED. On Tuesdiy, the 13rh inst., at Netherby. Cumberland, Sir James Grabarn, Bart., azed 62. On the 13th inst., Al r. Pcter Sidebothamn, of Upner Norton-street. On the 13th inst., at her father's house, at Ongar, Miss Jane 0n the 15th inst., at Pimlico-house, Hadley, Mliddlesex, after a long illness, Edward Beavan, Esq., aged 70. - On the 15th inst., at Hastings, where hei had gone for the recn4 'rey f his healtb, John Slegg, jun., Esq., of Bernard-street, Russell t square-a young man, the virtues of whose hcart had cndeared hini to his fsmi[v and friends, and whose loss will be long and sincerely deplored.- On Friday morning. the 16th inst., at his house in Montague- Fquare, greatly esteemed and sincerely rogretted, Richard Cra- craft, Esq. On the 17th inst., in Northunmberland-street, Marylebont, in the 76th year o?his age, Harry Hoolev, Esq. The chlief anxiety of this gentlemana's life was to do good to thosc less fortunate friends and ac- quaintances who nceded assistance, and, in (leath, to prove his affec- tion for his numerous relations, amongst whom, principally, he has equeoathe trhe f rulits Qfh. early industry and laulable economy - On the 17th inst., Thomuas Treslove, Esq., of Brompton-rc :, in his 77th yeatr. On the 17th inst., Mrs. Hayward, wife of Samuel 1laywvard, Esq., of St. Thnstan's-hills 1'ower-street. On Saturday the 17th inst.. at Stockwell, in her 58th year, Ann, relict of James Vill Hooper, Isq., late of the Paragon, New Kent- road. On the 17th inst., at 85, Aldgate, of apoplexy, Milrs. Rishmnan, of St. James's, near Chichester, Niussex, in tbe 57th vear of her age. On Fritday. the Ifitli inst., at Camnberwell, of a rapidl decline, Alex- ander, eldest son of John Svriyen. Esq.. ased 17.