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We both regret to see tha...
The Times, 1824-10-12T00:00:00

We both regret to see that the agrictiltural -ntnrest is still suSfering in Holland, and that the Government resorts to lhe mischievous expedient of supporting- it by a prohi- bitory duty upon importation, or by a measure equal to a prohibitol-y (duty. Not only are the existing duties to be paidl by the importers, but a bond is to be taken of them for the payment of suchl further duty as may hereafter be ienposed by the Logislature. Sach a measitre, wc assert, is both impolitic and unjust. Thle.low price of grain is a public blessing, andl any people -who enjoys it will soon so multiply in numzbers, as to increase the dernand, and re- lieve, in the only secure and dlurable way) the grower from the ailiculties conse quent upon a low price. But a Government whieh has recourse to artificial means of raising the price of the first necesary of life to its own sub- jects, sacrifices the many to the few ; and adopts the most effectual mcethod of preventing the native population from ever rising up to the consumption of the lhome-grovn pro- duce. WVe ara sorry to see Hlollanid thus retrograding, while other States arc advancing. We in this country begin to look for a measure of a dlirectly conitrary nature to that adopted by Holland. Not only the nation at large, but latterly even the agriculturists tihemselves, have felt the advantages resulting from the oncee low price of grain. The tleman(d has now mounted up to an equality with the produce ; and the poor-rates arc diminished, or at LIast pauperism lhasniot been increased by the highi price of broadl. '1'he manufactures have cm- ployed the poor. Butchers' meat, also, is sufficicntly dear, an(d the specie in circulatioln is inereasedl. It is but right, therefore, and more especially under the new and more liberal system of commercial laws, that the ports be thrown open. The manufacturers will first feel the advantage, and the agriculturists afterwvards. The latter, inideed, can have no assurance of a permanently remunerating price, so long as they lean for partial support upoi artificial means.
The official accounts of ...
The Times, 1824-10-12T00:00:00

'rh off,ial aecounts of the last quarter's reveniue to the loth inst. have been published. Undoubtedly, with re- ference to the pritnafacie receipts of the year, we cannlot hoast of a very brilliant rssult, when the excess of 1824 over 1IS23 is no mole than 1,1843,0001., while the repay- ment from Au3tria, wvhich enters for an item iinto the re- venne of last year exehliivvly, amnounts to 2,So0,0001. The incon.e of each vear is its fdl!Ows I .23 ..49,216,05-2 1824 .51,400,02 Improvement . . ?XI,184:O4O If tl,is apparent surplus, therefore, be deducted froir. the amount of the Austrian composition for her debt of long standing to this country, vz. 2,500,0001., we shall find a (deitcit of 1,316,0001. upon the last year's net levenue, as compared with that,of thc twelveinoithi ending the 1oth of October, 1823. But it wouldl be uncandi(I to rest our observations there. The customs are the criterion of the foreign commerce of England, antl on them, notwithstanding, the reiluction of sundrl y dluties, ther e has been an actual increase of 318,9201. In the excise, which is the tcst of our home consumption, the decrease of 81,39t1. bears no proportion to the amoUitl of taxes abolished. lhe Stamps affbrd an increase of 417;0001.; the Pust-office an increase of 89,0001." The Assessedl Taxes have fallen off, to the extent of 1,907,0001., in the Year; hut the window and other duties being re(luced one-half, -will fairly account for even a more serious dirni- nution. Upon the whole, if, as we have said before, no very brilliant sr striking addition to the agreeate revemte be perceptible, on the olher hand the reductton falls greatly short of what might have been looked for from the abate- nent of so manv taxes; and therefore, instead of Ministers heing deterred by experience from a further trial of that conciliatory, salutary, and reasonable course, they must feel the strongest encouragement to prosecuite and complete it. |Vee had omitted to notice, that in the receipts of the last quarter must be reckoned the duty on oats imported in consequence of that grain having reached the importation prices; but that no calculatioci can be founded oH the per- manency of such a source of revenue.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-10-26T00:00:00

Sir,I amr. anxioas to contradict a statement relative to myself in your Miansion-house report of *Vetnesday last, particularly as the case comea before the Lord Alayor for another hearing next Fri- day, and my silence miay be construed into an admission. The young man who stole the property was not in my office for any purpsse of husiness an hour after the first aetection. Believing it to be his first and only offence, I redeemned fromn the pawnbrokers the goods he had stolen, through an anxiety to prevent a young man in the opening of his life from being ihrust out of society: but I verv shortly discovered the further robbery, when I tbund soy iFn- terfcrence would he hopeless. It is important to iemember, that none of the goods werc stolen betwecn the discevery of the firstand second robbery. A perfectstranger in affairs of this kind, I could not be supposed to know exactly in what mode to proceed, especially as the property stolen is neither mmc, nor what I am bound to restore. So far, howrever, from keeping it secret, I informed, a few days aftetwards, Alr. Purse, the pawnbroker, who held tie greatest number of dupli- cates (19), of tbe circumltane, and he took upon himself to act In it, which he nevcr did. Thus, l believe, no blame rests with me. I nm, Sir, YOur very obedient seevAn- JAAIES EDMIESTON. 3ialvador.1louse, Oct. %ii.- TO TlUE EDITOR OF THE TldfES.
Colombia.
The Times, 1824-11-04T00:00:00

In our file of the Gaceta di Bogota, which goes to the 29th of August, we observe several decrees of Congress which are interesting, in as far as that they show the direc- tion wlhichl the administration of public affairs in that country is taking. 'le following are amnong the most im- portant :-All the internal duties under the titles of " A- cabala," " Extracion presunta," "A reria san Lazaro," are repealed, and one single duty of alcabala, or excise, of 3 per cent. is imposed in lieu of them. Another decree provides for the establishment of armed vessels oil the coast, to prevent smugaling. Another ap- portions 300,000 dollars out of the last loan for the repair- ig old and COnlstructing new fortifications. Another abo- lislhes the law by which foreigners were comypelletl to consign their merchandise to a Colombian citizen. Anqthei deelares confiscated to the use of the state all propertyof Spanish sub- jects. CTrheprecedBlgcongress, itwill be recollected, passed a degree of expulsion against all Spaniarls.3 The United States, it appears, has communicated to the Colombian Government its wish to receive the co-operation of the lat- ter for the more effectual abolition of the slave-trade. The subject was befbre the Senate, for the purpose of consider- ing the best means of affording this co-operation. On the subjcct of finance, there is a decree for the establishment of a sink'ng fund, for providing for the annual interest and progrcssive liquidation of the national debt. Another, on the subjectof the tobacce duties, and a list of all bills drawn by the Government on its Mlinister here, in respect of the loan last contractedl. There seems to be, in appear- ance at least, great openness in all the proceedings of the Government in money matters, evcry step they take being pubiislied in the official CGazette. All this is calculated to beget a national spirit. As soon as a ptople begin to watchl the proceediings of their rulers, thev imbibe that feeling by the teinperate exercisc of which the relative positioni of botlh is best preserved. COLOlMBIA.
Court Of Chancery, Saturd...
The Times, 1824-11-22T00:00:00

LAV iRBPORT? Lady Puckeridge. in the reign of Qacen Elizabeth, had devised I under trust, the mcans of this charitv, whichl was devoted to the re- lict of widows and orphans; bu t, bv lapse of time, it was apprehend. ed that corruption and abuse had thwarted the design of the founder, and the Court had directed the Master to inspect the accounts, who thereupon reported that the accounts were fairand accurate, from the first date down to the then present tihe. He was then directedI to amend his report, and declare clearly to what widows and orphans the funds were available-namely, those exclusively of the parish of Hartley, in bvhili tbe egtablishment was placcd, er other widows and orphans living out of' the parish. The Master reported in fa- vour of thelarger number: anl the order of the lMlaster of the Rolls issued in pursutance of that report. The present petition was an appeal fromn the order of the iMlaster of the Rolls. Mr. BR tDG ER took aa objection as to the jurisdiction. The 52d Gceorge II1., under wlhicih the Master of the Rolls had made hin order, emupowered either of the Coourts of Chancery, or the Chiefl Baron, or the Mlaster of the Rolls, to hcar these cases of charitable uses antd trusts, antl to give orslers thereupon in a summary way ; and appeal fromn sun orders was expresaly disallowed, unless brought within two year.s from the fatc lthereof. Thc appellants, by lapse of tIme, were therefore put out of court. Mtr. HORNE w:urmlv objected te this unheard-of objeceion.brought ont of a recent act of Parliamnent, to the long-settled jurisdiction of the t'curt. The LoRD CItANCEL.LOR did not teeollect having heard the ob. jection in any previous case, and must therefore inspect the act and the c;ses again. The power of the several Courts to hear and deter- inine these cases in a summary way coulk uet be doubted; but in his opinion, the suitor would find it his interest to proceed by the ordi- nary way of a bill.-His Lordship then rose, having to attend the King up-on thie Recorder's report. COURT OF CHANCERY. SATflrDAY. Nov. 20. IN THE ItATTER OP THE PUCKERIDGg CHARITY.
Court Of King's Bench, Gu...
The Times, 1824-06-17T00:00:00

1lne plaintilfin this action sought to recover 71. as the price of a dead cow, whlch, as he allegod, he sold to the defendant in the year 1820. It appearod that the cow in question was killed on account of somne injury received in calving.-one of the witnesscs said, " to save her lile." 'The carcass and hide were sent to tha house of M1r. Brookman, who is a maker of polonies and EauSages, in Spitalfields. Mfr. Day, the butcher who dressed thc animal, said that she was worth 71., and at the time of the sale was fit for human food A servant of the plaintiff; named EmmeLt, however, said tbat Mr. Brookman was introdueed to his master to sell any thirz for him "in the casuelty line," and his was "a casualty cow." (Much laughter.) ilr. AsrDntEws, for the defendant, contended that the sow was delivered to his client, not as sold to himself, hat to be sold en commission: ana called-%witness wlo slatea tsat this coi,being wholly unfit for food, was sold to Mr. Specia7 the horse-boiler, for doge'-meat, and with the carcass fetchled only about 11. 15s. The LORD CXKEF JUSTICE left the jury to say, whether the cow was sold to the4 defendant or not: and the Jttry foand a verdict for the plaintifI , damagee 5. COURT OF KING'S BENCEH, GUILDKATLL. JUWE IL TYLEfR V. PROOKUAN.
The Jews.
The Times, 1824-07-09T00:00:00

(From a Frankfort journal.) CAsSELL,June28.-A new regulation for the religious worship and instruction ofthe Jews contains the followingarticles:-"' Tbe Rabbis, or the Elders of the congregation, are bound to superintend the wor. ship in the synagogue, and out of its walls. The Rabbis must al- ways appear in the synago{-tes for tivine service. All private syna- gogues and religious useetings are prohibited. There shall be ex- ceptions of the old and infirm. The Black Board shall be suppressed, wherever it still subsists, as well as all penalties which relate to di- vine woxsliip. The functions relative to divine service, suclh as the right of taking the law out of the ark, the promulgation of the law, &c., shall no longer be sold by auction in the synagogues. The Rabbis and the Elders of the synagogue (the first in their discourses) must endeavour to put ai end to the custom of scesawing during the prayers, and to that of repeating the pravers in too loud a voice. The yowng people must be instructed in this respect, and this prac- tice must be forbidden to the singers, and those who recite the prayers. All prolane tunes during divine service are prohibited. The ceremony of Striking the intpiouas Ifamoin at the testival of Purim is most strictly prohibited. Children below the age of five years are not to be taken to the sytiagoguc. All unsuitable plea- santries, in which the young people sometimes indulge in the svna- gogues, on the eve of some festivals, or on the festivals themselves, as well as the distribution of sweetmeats by the women to each in the synagogue, are sttiritly forliidden. Somwe of the religious cere- nonies must be accomipanied by a Gernman discourse on a Hebrew text, in which the meaning of these solemnities shall be explained. Funeral discourses shall not be pronounced, except at the desire of the family, and for a retribution. On the Sabbath a discourse shall be held in t}erman, in every synagogues after the reading of the pre- scribed passage of the Law, andl of a chapter of the Proplhets." THE JP WR.
Haymarket Theatre.
The Times, 1824-07-21T00:00:00

The Mfarrs-age of Figaro was ;payed last evening at this theatre for the first timfse in the -present season. Althbogh the lapse of nearly half a century has stepped the drama of that powerful in- terest whicb it once poessed, an& successlve translations and altera_ tions have divested it of that stinging satire whilch consigned Beaurnarchais to the prison of St. Larare, it is still entitled, sborn ac it i57, to the first rank sof light comedy. T'he music of Mozart'a opera, some of which is introduced into our modern version of Lea FoUle Jd/raec, belpe it to keep its place in our theatres. For the sake of that music, no less then for the merit of the drama, we wish thast it had fallen into better hands tha were selectea to peTform it at the Haymarket. Misss Paton's Saaaa is not, perhaps, her happiest character: it requires rather more acing than she is able to give it; and althoutgh she executed the songs in a. very agreeable manner, she was deficient in the other and scarcely inferior requisites for the part. Unfavouwable as a com- parison with some otheractresses Might be for Miss Paton, she was I on this occasion, at least, very fortunate in those wiith whon she played. That Shroanraa mrust be bad, indeed, who rould not shine brilliantly besidesuceh a Cozrntrs as Irs. Garrick. Mrs. C. Jones can play Mrs. BcU delightfully; but for Barbarinta, her figure and her years ate equally unsuited. The pzart which' was best filled wlas that of Chzrbbio. Bating hat MTrs. Chatterly is a little too klxowing for the youthful and amoroas page, she was quite excellent. Liston's Figaro, to be better, shltould bemore intellectaal. It is very wel, but no more like the seal FI gro, than it i8 like the 4G.ast in BHen- kt. Air. Wi;inson plcved Antonio, for the imt time; ant by an odd mistake, of which he did not seem to be conscioug, he repsated the Words of the Gardener's part, -while be acted thatof (ofrej M.", wGap. The inferior characters were ill played; and dpoufte whote, the Opem w-as done worse than we ever before rem1nt r> .have seen itatthistheatre. HAYM4 RfET THBATRE.
Marriages
The Times, 1824-08-18T00:00:00

MARRRIED. On the 17th instant, at St- George'e, BloonisLary, by the Rev. the Provost of Eton, the Rev. Richard Baker, Chapiain to the Britislt residents in Hainburgh, and eldest son of Sir Robert Baker of Berners-street, to Frances, daughter of the late John Prescott, of St. Petersburgh. At Madras, on Saterday, the 14th of February, by the Rev_ Thonmas Lewis, Charles (oodall, Esq., to Elizabeth Anne, youngest daughter of F. Spalding, Esq., of Aliddlleton-terrace, Pentonvile. At St. Pancras new church, on W1'ednesday last, Thomas Godwin, HsQ., to Catherine Grace, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Garnett, f,'a- R,VS-I Institution.
The death of Lord BYRON, ...
The Times, 1824-12-14T00:00:00

The death of Lord BYRON, whatever may liave been the 'failts of the man, crcated an almost unprecetdented ex- pression of sorrow and regret in the public mind, both here and abroad. People of all parties, in religion and politics, participated in the feeling. WVe were, perhaps, as slightly affected by the contagious sorrow as any, being no great adnmirers of his eccentricities; and we were tlherefore but the bettcr qualifiecl to observe the intensity and generality of the sentinint in the rest of the world. WVe remarked farther also, that at the period when the interest respecting his LordLship was at its height, people would incessantly turn their thoughts towards his literary enemy, and ex- claim " Now grating this must be to SOUTIIEY ! His death, he must be but too sensible, would occasion no such pub- " lic emotion ! Is his hatred extinguishedl with the life of "him who was the ebject of it? or does it survive the grave? AVc hrar nothing of SourHEY now ! He is silent ! Is "he afraid to let his barking be heard amidst the softer "accents of sorrow ? or dloes he really grieve for one to "whom he may have given some needloss pain, an)d whom "he could not reform?" Mlr. SoUTrHr.Y answers these questious himself, by a letter which we have extracted from an evening paper, bearing his own signature. He waits- we should say dexterously waits-till the public grief lias in somc degree expended itself; and then rushes on the me- mory of his hated antagoniist, with a fury unrestrained by the sense of decency, and uncontrolled by the dread of chastisement. Mr. SOUTHaY has had, he says, " transmitted to him by " a friend, some extracts fromr Medwin's Conversations of "Lord B,,row," an(d in these be has found a false state- mnent against himielf, the nature of whicil will be best .seen by MIr. SouTH EY's letter. We are far from defending :ither the general morals of Lard By Ros, or advocating his particular claim to veracity. Neither can we believe Mr. SouvHEaV. when he says that he was totally indifferent to bis Lordshiip's praise or ccnsure: for if he had not actually been stung to marlness by the latter, could he, vrjen writhig of one but recently snatched away by a premature death, have composed a sentence so brutally coase as the following ?--" Here I dismiss the subject: it irnght have been thought that Lord BYRoN liad obtained "the last degree of disgrace when his head was set up for 'a sign at one of those preparatory schools for the brothel "and the gallows, where obscenity, sedition, and blasphe- " my, are retailed in drams to the vulgar." Is this the lan- gaage of a rational or a decent man ? 'Surely the author, however now iniflamed by hatred, or raving with walignant jcalousy, must,-if he shall ever hereafter come to have one calm moment, when the namne or person of BYRON crosses his nmind,-must, we say, blush that he has so written Tespecting him. _ _-
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-04-17T00:00:00

LONADON., SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1824. WVe last night received the Paris papers of WVednesday, from which we have given extracts in anotlher column. The Journal des Debats gives the substance of a letter dated from the capital of Colombia, on the sth of January, con- tradictory of soine absurd statUments whichl it had pub. lished three days before, oi the autthority of a letter pur- porting to be written from that place on the 24 of the same month. IH alluding to these statements in our paper of Wednesdlay, we expressed, in explicit terms, our disbelief of their truth, and therefore see no reason to recur to them. FRENCU FUSDS, PARIs, April 14.-Five per Cents., 101. iO.; ditto for the end of the month, 102. 60. ; Neapolitan, 96. ; Spanish 17. At threeo'clock, the Five per Cents. were 101. 65,and Neapolitan,954.
King's Theatre.
The Times, 1824-05-03T00:00:00

We bave to congratulaitie boeWisW frefined singing on the re- covery of DIad. Ronzi di Begnis, and her return to her station at this theatre. She appeared on Saturday in Rossini's opera, It Turco in Italia, in the character or Donn2a FioriWa, the coquettish Neapo- litan lady, wlho prefers-as long as decorum will aUow-.an amorous Turkish prince, her admirer, to an antiquated Italian gentleman, bei husband. Her reception was most flattering, and her whole per- formnance merited the frequent plaudits which it excited. The part of .V'clin2, il Tinrco, was filled by Signor Remorini, well known in all parts of [taly as a bass singer of the first rank. Formany years he wasagreat favouriteat lMilan, Naples, Rome, &c., and has been per- forming at Lisbon, which city he has just left. His voice is un- commonily powerful, but rather hard; its range is not extensive, and it is defective in the means of expressing that tenlerness of pas- sion which becomes a well-bred lover, even though he bea AIussul- man. On the other hand, he has plenty of flexibilitv, and executes his passages with ease and neatness. His action is that of an expc- rienced performer: in stature he is about the middle size, but of his features we could discern nothing, mufsed up as they were in moustaches and a beard worthy of a Prince of the high Ottoman empire. Signor Dc B3egnis, as G-cronio, was as excellent as ever. For the rest, much is not to be said; though, Signor Rosichi, who personated the poet, must be mentioned. XV-e are sorry that the or hns exposed himself to the dangers of our climte, and-in all the civility of diplomatic language-recommend him to return speedily to his balmy and more genial native air. KINVG'S TrBATRE.
Coroner's Inquest.
The Times, 1824-05-31T00:00:00

An inquisition was taken at the Ncrth Country Cat Tavern, in High-street, Wapping, before John Wright Unwin, Esq., on the body of Nathaniei Twaits, clerk to Mlr. Lloyd, wharfinger. IAr. Lloyd being sworn, deposed that the deceased had been clerk to him for many years, and that he had ever placed implicit confi- nidence in him; that on the morning of WVednesday last, about 10 o'clock, he saw the deceased standing upon a craft lying near to his wharf; and in a few minutes after an alarm was given bv a Mr. Barrel, who was also near the soot, that the deceased had fallen overboard. Mlr. Barrel told the *vitness that he saw the deceased in the act of shoving a craft on to the ways, and from the hitcher slip- ping, be fell into the river,and before any assistance could he rendered the deceased was drawn under the craft from which he had fallen. The witness gave directions instantly for drags to be used, and in about three hours after the body was picked up; it was then, at the suggestion of a person standing by, deposited in some heated dung for a considerable time. Twvo mredical gentlemen attended, who in- stantly pronounced the vital spark had fled. The witness passed the highest encomiunas on the conduct of the deceased, and said it was his intention to have settled him in business with an amiable young female, to whom he was to have been married in about three weeks, and who, he regretted to state, was inconsolable at the sad catashrophe. The Coroner observed to the jury, that in his opinion there could be no doubt but the unfortunate event had been quite accidental and thejury, without hesitation, returned a verdict accordingly. CORONER'S INQUEsT.