PROPOSED SHIP CANAL.-Noti...
The Times, 1824-12-14T00:00:00

PROPOSED SHlnf CANAL.-Notiee is hereby given, thataGENF.RAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS to this im- Iorh'mt undertakinE ivill be held at the l,ondon Coffeehouse, Ludgate- nill.'on Thursday. the 16thi Sinstant, ait 12 o'eloek, at notnil, to receive aid consWder Mir. Telf,ord's report. The chair will l,e taken at I o'clock preci%cly. By order of the ConiuAttee. The Committee take this opportunity to ioiform the sul,scAibers, thbt the proper s,otices of an npplication to) parliament liave been in- serted under their direction Io the Gazette and the neces,s4ry country newspapers: aind the plans and books of referenee have also been de- ous ted with the respectire clerks of the peace of the coionties of Somer"et, Devon, and Dorset, in compliance ni'th the standing orders of the louse of Commonm. KING and LURIN, 5, Gray'l-Inn.square. J NU'DAION~in ERMNY.-APPEAL to the .]L BENF.VOLENT.The devfast:ations lately caused by the overflolr of the rivers ee Germany. anid pawrticularl In the Grand Duchy of aten, the Hessian Provrinces on1 thle Rhide, ravarlat, and WVurtem- berg, have compelled nearly 50,000 poor sufferers to appeal for re- lief in their almost indescriba13le distress to the charitable British Through whole distj-iets the waters have swept off cvery desprlp- tlon of property, and 11 tlieir little farmikg stock. At this perlid of the year the severity of the weather, mtich more intense there thius fit Enicland, Rdds to their misery: and a more pitiable case was hardly ever laid before tbat nation whose benevolence has never hitherto be^n esdlcti upon 1in vinil. By far thie greater ptart of these unfortunate people have numerous fnmUlles. and are at thismornent In want of every necessary of life. In rminki; their melancholy situation knowil to Great Barialin, Mr. N. M. Rothrehild entertains a firm hope, that these numerous suf. farers will not be the first from whom the proverblal heuevolence of the nRatIon wilL be withheld. Subscriptions already advertidcd, ?1,754 17s. 6d. At 31r. N. bl. Rothschild's. MMessrs. . S. Salomons P.R. - - -?20 0 O and Sons - - -?2 0 0 Ald. Geo. Brdges - 5 0O P. A. T. - - . . 2 00 J_W. Drasch, esq. - I 0 0 F. C. and Children - 2 0 0 J.andG. V. - - - 2 00' Books for subscrtiptlons are open a.t Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith's: Messrs. Haster-man. Peters, Mfildred, Masterman, and Co.'s; 2tnd at Mr. N. ld. Rothschild's. MI[PERIAL BRAZILIAN MIING ASSOCIA- TION.-llowford-bnildings, Dec. 13. 1824.-Mr. EDWARD OX- I; FORD Informs the SHARF.HOLDERS in the IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCIATION, that to sueh of them am may be dissatisiaed with holding their Shares, he will RETURN thc PRENIUM, and Is authorised by the Directors to state, that at the same time the deposits thereon will be repaid. Thoso per- sons so wishing to retire from the Associatlon are requested to send the bankers' receluts to Mir. Oxeuford on Saturday. the 18th instant, when they Nwill receive an acknowledgment for the same, upon the production of which on Tuesday, the 21st instant checks will be Siren them for the repajment of the premiums and deposits. TRgATRE ROYAL., DRURY--,ANT 1'HIS EVENING, DER FREISCHUTZ. Adolph, Mr. T. Cooke; Casp.r Mr. Horn; Linda, Nliss Graddon: Rlose, Miss Povev. To which wlU be added (4th time) an operatic farce, In 2 aets, called %IT UNCLE OABRIBI THRXTRR RoYAL, Cr)VEB.T.,A,n jEN. THIS EVENING, A WOMAN NEVET VEXT. Foster, btr. Young; Stephen Foster. SIr. C. temnble, AgiLes Welsted, Siass Chester To which will be added, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. AOELPIr TlEdATRE, Strand. THIS EVENING wvill be presented a newextr,avaganbaburletta, Sn three acts. entitld THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR. Prlnelpal characters by Messrs. Wrench, J. Reeve, Wlklnson. Power, Lee, &c. To conclude wfth an entirely new farcical burletts, called MO?RE BLUNDERS THAN O0:E; or The Irish Valet. Doors open ait t, and essmmence at a quarter before 7. Half-price at half-past S. (1' The publication of Th/e Times commenced at 5 o'clock yestcr. day morninz. and finished a. 8.