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The Times, 1824-01-29T00:00:00

I Advertisem en en4.s N Os by I1r.S3Lkrj O,weslt side ofLeicester-.square, every Thursday evening, punctt,;.. ly at eight. Tis EVENING, JanUary 29,-King Lear; and after, .wards, as a comic reading, the induction of the Taming of the Shrew. Subscriber's trausferrable ticket for seven even rgs one sovereign; s!ngle licket5-i.-; tohc had.as-above; - t flookbctnh s,fOld~ Bond;street . Ridhrdson's, Rovtd Exchange; *here rewec- tsman obtamedgratis; and awliere mav likewise be hadE, SrHce ls. de., tehelnes commemorative of the Eing's A4ccession, recited by Alr. Smart at the Brighton festivals in 1821, 822, and 1823. [AdvertisementLlRess and So-yar, of 119, ishopsgate-streer beg toin?form t tetobili tyndGentytht hbearthey bave ed h.zs turned out to be of an extraordinary legree of fatness, exceeding four inches on the back, and is altogetier a phenomenon. As the fat is othat exceeding rich qualitv, so nutritious tbr the hair, it will not keep ltong withoit being rendered down ; they therefore invite those who 1~rish to have it fromn the animal,to make immediate. applieatwon. LAdvertiseraent. -FarUENxr AnvrcEx to young Liadies uiad Gentlemten.-The lair vwas always universally admuired as ont and tuting the beauty of the human form, which renders it essentially neeessarv for young ladies andl gentlemen to give particular attention to. ther hair, and always keep it in order; as the nairattended to in youth is sure to preserveit to the latest period of life. - This will in. endtably bethe case by using ROWLAY'MS 31ACASSilt OIL, the firstproduction of the age, which eaAdicates the senif easy end, pleasaut, prevents its falling -oflF or turning gray; strengthens the, air so as to produce beautiful flowing curls, and makes the hair smooth and glossy. In fine, this oil renders that inesfimable ornu- ment truly eiegantaard beautiful. LAdvertisement l-RECTIFIED SPERnM OIL, 4s 6d. per gallon. -UPTO.N and Co., oilmen and colour manufamUrers, 6. Qoeen- street, Cheapside, respectfully acquaint the public, that by a process entirety new, they are enabled to seU Sperm Oil iso highly rectified, as to equal in parity spirits of wine. Its flame is equal in brilliancy to the bestgas, with the superior strength and steadiness of au oil lght, without smell orsmoke. So unequivocal is itS excelence, tbat it 'viii burn equalyseell in eereykind of lam. NB.QOtherlamp oils &ron, 2s. 3d. to 3s. 9d. per gallon. Linseed oil turpentie} white lead, &c.,-and refined coal tar brown, 15s. per cask, which quantity will cover 1,000 squarefet. Anticoreosive and other paints, for every description of work. Orders by post or cariers punctually executed.
Seventy Years Ago.
The Times, 1824-02-19T00:00:00

(From a A-es Ylork paper.) The editors have been tavoured by U r. rsaac Levv, with a file of the N.Ne: York Gazette, for thiree years, commenecng with 1750, printed once a week in this city, by James Parker, in Beaver-street. The following are a few extracts from this file:- - St. (George's chapel, in this city, was consecrated the beginiing of July, 1752. The sermon on this occasion was preached bv the Rev. Uenry Batclav. " Durhin the years 1750, 1751, and 1752, the mnail between New ,ork and Boston, durinig the winter season, was carried only once in two weeks; in the summer. once a week. Air. Kean, a tragedian, took his benefit, in Ri-hard the ThLird, on tlie 29th of A pril, 1750, the last time he Derformed. Afrer whiel3 he went into the emplov of MIr. Murray, as'lerk. " John Penn, Esq., grandson of WVilliam Penn, the proprietor of PennsylvaniA, arrived at Newv York, in November, 1752, fromii Lon- don, in the ship Jo-eph, Captain Bryant. On the 1st of Oczober, 1751, the streets of Philadelphia began to be lighted with lamps, and the next night a person was fined 40i: fbr breaking one ofatnem with an apple. In November, in the same year, an act was passed, affixing a penalty for breaking glass lamps sn the city of New York. .ll NElkw YORy, Dec. 1lf, 175.-We hear from Elizabethtown, that an odd sect of people have lately appeared there, who go under the denomination of ' Regulators:' there are near a dozen of them, whn dress themselves in women's clotlhes, and, painting their faces, go in tlae evening to the houses of such as are reported to bave beat tlheir wives, wheit one of them entering in first, seizes the delin- quent, while the rest follow, strip hiin, and flog him with rods most severely, crying eut all the time, i Wo to the men that beat their wives.' It seems that several persons in that borough (and it is said some very deservedly.) have undergone the discipline, to the no small terror of others, who are any way consdiotus of deserving the same punisliment. 'Twfere to be wished, that in order for the more equal ,distribution of justice, there would arise another sect, under the ti- je Of ' Re,glatrixes,' who should dress themselves in men's clothes, a,>d flagellate scolds, termnagar3ts, &c-" SEVENTY YEARS AGO.
London, Saturday, January...
The Times, 1824-01-10T00:00:00

A letter froin Paris, dated ?Wednesday last, states that accounits ha(T been rece:ved of the embarkation of 1,So0 men at Brest-l,ooo for Martinique, and 800 for Guada- loupe'. It is understood that our Amba,sadlor at Paris has re:eived explauationi from thd French Government on the subjct nf this cxpedifion, -who is assureul that it is solely intenrled for those islands, and that it has no relation what- ever to the events passing in S)uth America. The sai-e letter statys, that the Frenclh Admiral, recently returtted to Brest from the West Inudia s,ation, las dleclared that c-:n- plete C anarchy exists in all the Soutlh American States; " but, that aldloagh there are to be found in the diffDrent ' provinces partisiiis of cv.ry politica! sect,froin Royalists to Reepublicane, yet noiie advocate either the sovereignty of ' FEnRDiANDorsubmission taSpain." Ti,s opinion, coming from such a quarter, tv-gether with the speech of the Ame- rican Prtsident, is saidl to have greatly cooled the ardlour of the party in the French Cabitnet disposed to ass.st Spain in regainiing pos -cssion of those provinces. It will be seen by an article fr,.m the Afadrid Gazette, that even in that capital Peru is the only quarter respectin<g which any hopes are ent. rtained. LOYDOAT, SA,fTURD,gr JANUJRY 10, 18-4.
We recommend to notice, a...
The Times, 1824-01-14T00:00:00

WVe recommend to notice, a short letter signed.( " X. Y." on the vexations of the legacy-duty. On the first imposi- tion of this unnatural impost, as few expected to be ha- rassed by its regulations, but littlc opposition was raised. the expeiience, however, of upwards of twenty years, has shown how dleeply it penetrates into all the coniexions of society, and how painfully it affects all the relations of life. It perplexes the dying in his last mbjnents, and the living on his entrance into the business of the worltd. Many of tbe rich (as the late Dr. WyNN, of the Commons, for ex- ample)-elude its provisions by making (donations of their property before their decease, to those whom they wish to possess it; but the little bequests of and to the poor are absolutely converted into plunder, cither directly or indi- rectly, through its means: for it is impossible for people in humbler stations to comply witb all the provisions of the act, exceptby tlhe aid of some minister of the law; so that what the agetts of Somerset-house spare, the ateorney reaps. lWe could reite many painful occurrences of this nature. Alore inquisitorial -than the incom-iax, wherever it can be brought to bear, it not only estimates the gains or pro- ceeds of any business, but values even the implements themselves of a trade or profession, in their transmission from relative to relative, and screws a bonus out of them. A man, with some brothers, who was an artist, dies, and leaves to his only sister, an artist likewise, who had worked and studied with him, the whole of his little professionial stock of busts, drawings, prints, and models. Cruel as the cage is, the legatee, who lives in the same house with her brother, cannot enter upon her bequest, which in truth had practically beeni hers before, till a scientific person has entered and put an estimate upon the trifling, collectionl; the legatee being, as we learn, in this instance, only sconced to the amount of three per cent. We sincere- ly hope for the speedy abolition of tbis odious duty, and shall never cease to reprobate it, so long as it continues.
Retail Brewers.
The Times, 1824-01-24T00:00:00

TO TJIE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. S:r,-We have hitherto declined entering into any discussion -through the medium of the public press, upon the right claimed by brewers to retail beer without ajustice's licence, not from any.doubt which we ever entertained upon tde subject, but because we tbought such discussions only tended to distract the public mind and prej u dice the qtlestion withouit settling the point. But, in or3er to a:tain that desirable object, we thouglit fit to exhibit two infonrations, in which we have so far succeeded as to obtain not only convictions,but nsaffirmanceof one of the convictions-by the quarter sessions, sub- ject to the-opinion of the fjourtof King's Bench: and the brewers against whom these convictions. were obtained, have ever since, as we believe, wiselFabstained from retailing beer; but, as the prac. tice is comtinued by others, we think it proper that their attention should be called to the ruinous consequences that may ensue to them if the Court of King's Bench shall supiport.the convictions, and thev persist in selling by retail-viz., it w i lb6 in the power of any per son to proseciteanyretail brevwerfor as manypnalriesof2'l. as he can provesales bv retail to bave been made by such brewer witbin sixvmontho previnous to laying the information. And suppose only one persoR should purchase two pints of ale or beer every day, with a view to infdrmations after the question. is settled (which may not happen for. tbree lunar months to come), the penalties recoverable wOuld amount to the enorrnous sum of 3,3603. ;. and after the first conviction :the magistrates have no power of mitigation. In gving this cau tion, -e desire xt-may not be.supposed we mean o bold outa threst to thle-retail brewers; *onthe- contrary, our urn. ssiona practice has aavn heen. and-still is,'constaftidy QppoSd to commlon nformers. and itist to guardl the retail brewers aguanst t.em that hits induced us to addiress you on thc,subject. W'e are, Sir,. yonr most ob&Oient servants- 1v. 3. and*& LANGlIA1V1. B-d.(A'a-buildings, ?H-Ibm,?T. U. _t,. RETAIL BREWERS.
HOUSE OF CORRECTION.-The ...
The Times, 1824-01-01T00:00:00

HousL OF CORRECTION.-The election of a Chaplan for the above prison is appointed for the 15th instant. The contest, it is presntied, will be Yery warm, there being no less than 14 can- didates. The Iagistrates of the county are the electors; but it is not generallv known who is the fortunate candidate. The duties required to be performed in the situation are not very heavy, but ibe salary is 3001. oer annum.!' HARWICH, Dcc. 29.-On Wednes(lay, that extraordinary antl majestic animal, the Swedish Elk , which has for some time been at the Three Cups in this town. was sent off to London; he was led off harnessed by thehead withast.olg leather halter, attended by five men, but after going S or 6 Iniles, his tractableness rendered more than three unnecessary. It is said to be for public exhibition at the Egyptian-hall, Piccadily, as the breed is now nearly extinct in Europe, and this is the only one ever imported alive into this country. Although it bas not attained half its growth, it has already reached the height of 19 hands: at the sboulders it is a singularly-made ani- mal, capable of enduring much fatigue, and going at an incredible speed: one bas been driven, in a sledge, fromii the interior to Stock- holm, a distance of 36f! miles, in 30 hours; but the exhausted aninal was obliged to be killed on its arrivaL Three vety beantiful rein- deers, which arrived last week, by the Ermily, Gottenburgh packet, nowvoccupy its quarters, at the Three Cups; two females and a male, they are going to the north, where an attempt is being made with every prospect of success, to naturalize this most useful animal. It appears the favourite food of the rein-deer is the lichor rutgi- feriitus, or m ountain mos6, avhich abounds in many districts in the north of England. A quantity of this curious moss was brought over, to suotain them during the voyage. A fine male and female chedder( fe rattr urogallsj, or cock of the woods, actoropanits them. -Bury Gazette. LITTLE JoHs.-On a loose paper in Mr. Ashmolzes band-writing, in the Museum at Oxford, isthe following anecdote .-" The farnous Little John, Robin flood's compar.iom, I;cs buried in Fethersedge churt2h-yarl, in the Peak-of Dtrbyshire, one aton, at his hes-d, anothr at his feet. and part of his bow hiangs up in thi chamel.-Ann 162."
The Duke of York has with...
The Times, 1824-02-05T00:00:00

The Duke of York has within these few days accepted the cffice of Vice-Ptesident to the Choral Funid. Yesterday the Earl of Harrowby gaye a Cabinet-dinner at his house in Grosvenor.square. Consols declined yesterdlay full one per cent., and are )9feT by two per cent. than thev were a fortnight ago, anid . iS remaiked that the numnber of sales of stock, and of powers of attorney, transmitted from thecountry and from the contin, nt for a s milar purpose, is greater than has been known for a s-ery long period. The offices at the Bank have been crowvded, both yesterday and on the tday prec,ding, by persons attenmling to make transfers, and it wvas with *Iffieulty the clerks were enabledI to get thlough the business of the day. Consols for the account closed yesterday nt 89X. Letters7 date, the '-Itl of December were received1 yes- terday froml lernamnbuco. The int:ornation thcy bring is certainly not indicative of any lurking attachment to Plor- tugal. The Baltia, Brazilian brig of wyar, continued to cruise of the port, and had capmxred the Incomparavil, a vessel from Lisbon. Her orders were to capture every ship coming from Portigal, whether under a neutral or even under a Brazilian flag. I'he new junta had passed a tic- cree ordering every unmarried Portuguese, wvho ha(l not previously taken the oath of adherence to the Brazilian constitution, to quit the country in three days. BRXISTOL, FEB. 3.--Yesterda% afternoon an intaiest wvas held on the body of IV.r. Pierce, a' t c Ferry-lioise, w hen' the Iurv after a most minute investigation, returned a verdict of" Fouiid drowned." The pnrperty found on the deceased consisted of a gold watch, chain, and seals, a gold pencil-case, two 101. anid three I. note-%, with various other memorandums,. NEW CH(aRCIe, KaNN'[XaGTON. Oti Tuesdlay a ineeting of respectahie householders was held in the district oe Kennington, at which the rector and the officers of the parish were preseat. The merting w.-s occasioned by a cictliar, inviting the attendance of the inhabitants, gtating that his Majesty's Commissioners for building Churches lid not feel themselves authorized to apply any portion of the funds placed at their disposal to the pitrclase ot organs or docks, and therefore wvere destitute of the means of' providing anly of the new churches of the parish with an organl or a clock. Under these circumstances the meeting was called to consider whethier any or what steps should be taken, for suoplying the iiew churchi at Kennington with an orvan and a clock, previouq to its consecration. After a discussion on the business- it was agreed that a subscription should be opened for the purpose, avjen 3001. was immediately sub- scribtd by the geotlemen present, tbe -estimated sumn wantedSbeing CO',. - Comhnitbtede were tne~n formed; ot there is no tdottbt but the svho.eiof the suim vn]l bc ioimediate?y obtainc. j '
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-02-05T00:00:00

Si.,-If yon think the following information may-be useful to those who wish to preserve game for a length of time, or in any other respect, worthy of insertion in your valeutble papar, . shall bIe much ohlired by Your giving publicity thereto. On the l;ith or'December last. I received froni Yorkshire, a box containing a pheasant, a large bam and a piece of htung beef; *hligTl through mistake rerneined unopened tili the 2d instant, on whbich day the phieasant wa s roasted, and preed in excellent preservation, being Little er no more tainted than is approved by the lovers of game-a space of near eight wzeeks, from the time it hiad been kiled7 and a proof, I presume, that game keeps best when not exposed to .i. The inside. was in : oerf'ect state of nreservation. A CONSTANT READER. Fenchurch-street, 'eb. 4, MM24. TO THlE EDITOR OF THE TI31ES.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-02-19T00:00:00

Sir,-b'he new' tragedy ot' Alasco, which has been for some time in rehearsal at Covent-garden Thleatre, has, I find, beeit withdrawn by the manager of that establish- ment, under the censure of the Lord Chamberlain's office. As the infliction of such a censure can be called for, or justified, only by, some religious, moral, or political objection to its public appearance on the stage, and as the discre(lit of producing a wvork to which any one of thesc objccionc can be honestly made might, by coijec- ture, attach to some writer whose interests or feelings may suff r by the imputation, I think myself bound thus publicly to avow, that I am the author of the production in ques:ion, and solely responsible for whatever poetical or political (lelinquencies it may be tound to contain, In hitherto withholding my name, and submitting my work entirely t the disposal of Mr. Kemble, I wvas in- fluen"ed only by literarv diffidence; for I shouldl consider mnself dishonoured in,leed, if I had ever written a line, which, in any circumnstances, I should be either ashamed or afraid to avow. Those persons to whom I am known wvill nnt readily be- lieve me eapable of composing a work, whiclh could be justly charge(d as in any respect inimical to the rehgious, moral, or liolitical interests of my country. h'lie immediate pulication of the play in question will enable public at large to decide, whether the unusual severityvwthwhich it has been visited be the rt sult of sound discretion and laudable vigilance iu the official guar- dians of dra-natic purity, or a harsh, unnecessary, and in- judicious exercise of authority, not more injurious to the interests and feelings of tke author, than fatal n its princi- ple to the cllaracter and independence of eramatic literature in this country. I remain, Sir, Youxr most obedient humble servant. AIARTIN ARC,HEJ R1Fr,. IWavenalasn-square, WeCdeleday, Feb. Jff. t-' k THE EDITOR OF THE TlzIMES.
Court Of Common Pleas, We...
The Times, 1824-02-05T00:00:00

TIhis was a motion for a role to discharge the defendant outofcus- tody, on the ground that the sulit had abated by the death of the ori- ginal plaintiff It appeared from the affidavits, that the plaintifflhav- inig commnenced an action against the defendant, had beeLn obliged by him to carry the cause down for trial to the a.siZes, where he ob- tained a vetdict. After the trial the defendant gave the plaintiff no- tice that he intended to apply to the In olvent Debtors' Court for his discharge under the act; but the plaintiff dying in some time after, the present motion was madt or. the grounids above stated. Lord Chief Jlustice OtsrronR said, that it had formnerly been thie practice of the Courts of King's Bencb and Common E'leas to dis- charge prisoners, uniless thie plaintiff followed up his proceedings reg,ularly, although the defendant had giver. notice that he should take the benefit of tlhe Insolvent Act. But that practice vwas altered in both courts by a rule of AMichaelmasTervu, 1. Geo.1 V.,by which rule tie plaintiff was not obliged tet aroceed after receiving such a notice. WitbV csp c to the argument, that in the present case the suit had abated by the death of the plaintnx it was not well founded; for the present piaintifFi had not ulffered the suit to abate, they having sued oait letiterof admninlstration to the original plaintiff's estate, and thereby placed themselves in-hiis situation. As, therefore, lie would not have been bound to incur farther unnecessary expense, neither were they; and upon the whole, his Lordship was of opinion that the r41e which he had before referred to applied to the present case; and that the motion ought therefore to be refused. The other learned Juudges havii3g concurred in this opinion, the mntinn was refused. COURT OF COMMiVlON PLEAS, -flTEDIESDAY, FEB. 4. HOLM!ES V. BIERTOW.
We received last night Ne...
The Times, 1824-01-22T00:00:00

We received last night New York papers to the 24th ultimo. They contain the particulars of the taking of Puerto Cabello by the Colombians. The city was carried by assault on the 8th of No- vember. in so decisive a style, that nearly the whole of the Spanish troops were kIlled or taken prisoners. CALZADA, the commanding General, was among thelatter. Advices from lHavannah of the 3d had brought intelLigence that a report was in circulation tlere, of the surrender of the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa to the Mexicans, but this account is, we conceive, premature. It appears by ilfex.can papers of the 8th of November, received at Pliladelphia, that the new Congrcss assemnbled on the preceding day, and was opened by all address from the President of the Su- preme Executive Department, to which a reply was made by the President of the Congress. Reports were then submitted from the four branches of adlministration, in all of' which the affairs of the country are represented to be in a flourishing condition. Theldomestic intelligence of the United States possesses no inter- est. The report of the administration of the navy had been sub- mitted to Congress, but this document contains little worthy of no- tice, being chiefly eccuDied witli thc arrangement of the United States squadrons in different parts of the world. The ptices of American Stock are quoted as follows :-G per cent. of' 1812, 102t; 6 per cent. of 1815, 108; 3 Per cent., 791._