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Court Of King's Bench, We...
The Times, 1824-06-15T00:00:00

LA P1REPORT. t .2zwngs at ivzn Frnus, oefOre thC LOOL CRIEr- JUSTJCE a7d Common .Jrim. t Ills was arn action tor (telamarory wordis, imputing to thu plain. ti that he had feloniously committed forgery. The defendaut pleaded the general issue. It aispeared in evidence that the plaintiff wasa rnaltater atBland- ford, Darsetaslire, ard lhat the defendant was in attorney at Port. sea. The plaintiffhavng sued oatacommissien of bas:krupt against a person named Pink, a brewer, of Portsea who was in partnership with a hlr. I'risulx, the messenger entered upon the premises to seize the bankrupt's effects. blr. Priaulx, thc solvent partner, tent for the defendant, his attorney, to consult hini, when some conversation .ensued. The. messenger was asked by the defendant what the. nome of the petitioning creditor was, when thename of the plaintiff was given. Thc defendant then said, .DDo you knoy, what he has been at~" The messenger answered, " No ," upon which the defendant saidl, " he andl Mr. Pink havecoemnitted forgery, in forging Mlr. Pdiaulx's ntame to some bills of exchange, and we mean topunishhsim." The plaintiff'scase rested upon the testimony of .artel], tha messenger, who proved tie words as abovementioned. -Ir. ScARLETT, for the defence, called Air. Priaulx, and a. ir. 136urne to prove that the words uttered by. the defendant wete not to be taUien in the sense imputed. It having been. represented to the defendant, at- tue conversation in question tha;t MAlr Pink, con. trary to the terms of his copartnership with Ihr. PriiulK, had, atthe instance of theplaintifF, clandestinely acceptled billain thename ofthe partnership firm to secure a separatedebt which heowed theplaintift the defentlant (as stated by these witnesses)' had merelr said, "1 If that be the case, ir. Storey has committed'forgiry, and he may be puntished.!' Taking the words, so used, it was contended that the action could not be maintained, inawimuch -as the defendant had merely advanced an opinion upon an hyootheticalstate of facts. The LoitnD CitEr JusTcz was inc.lined- to stop the case, but it being agreed by the, Coansel to withdraiv a juror, the matter ended in that manner.-Jnror withdrawn. I COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WEsTxrMgTzn. J.Tur 1 I _ STOJ(EY V. WILLIAMr 3IINCHIM, GENT.. ONE. &C.
Portland Lights. Trinity-...
The Times, 1824-10-30T00:00:00

=ORTLAI) LTIGUWTS. TRINITY-rIOUSE London, 28th October, 1824. WIHE Works which haute fgr sonme time past been ir t1.Execution bY,Order or rbe Cenrporatlon of Trlnity-12ouse, for the IMrnROVEMIIP of tihe PORTLAND l.GHTS, of v hich nottce Wva. .stsued on the 9thi Septemberlasr, being nearlrWeomnplete, Notice Ish Xereby giveii, Thiat. %st -nd frOul the 15th Nuvember iext, the HIGH LIGHT', formerly a flxed.light, lv(ll lie extibited on thle Revolving Prindiple with Threc Faces, eacf face exhibiting iCs greatest light every two minutes. The LONW LIGHT will-continiue statlonary as before but Its Power and magnittide so consideiably Increased as to render It.q etect more geueral for the lenefit of navigation. By comrmand of the Corporktion. J. RIE3RERT, Secretary. hW MAT -EW?S's celebrated T'RI P to AMEICA T sithaving been Interrupted, In Jutne last, at the period of Its ng hQt attraction, by the neessity of commencing the English Opera seaxon; mnd oiany fainilies ofdistinction then aibsent from Louon, having urged Its repetition; it Ms respectduly announeed, Mr. M. will be founid AT HOME, for a fewv nights In tie dreary month of Novem- bcr, at the THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Tha 2rit nlCht of performance will be on Tuesday next, Nor. 2.
Court Of Chancery, Saturd...
The Times, 1824-12-06T00:00:00

- LAW RBPORT. nir John Haring!on, as it appeared, had bid for an estate, sold byl oggaft anA Phillips, which was knocked down to hlm aLt J,G001.Ele rnade the usual deposit, and as it would seem, disco. vering som -defects citherin the estate, or the mode of conducting the bargains, the ful1filmne,t of' the contract is still deiayed, shi4e proccedings upon that question depcr,d in Cheancery. In 1822, Sir Johna fild a bill for discovery of interest ebtained by the auctioneers upon his deposit of 2,0001. since 1813, when it w,as paid doun; T the bill decnurwer were put in, and this part of the cause was fully Tlhe LORD CnANCELLOn WaS of opiufion, that the auctioneers 'rere bound to showr the interest teceivedJ, in onder to aid tlie plaiatiff fa bringing his actioa at law for the recovery of the money and tlte 2tfltcsL 11N Tl{E MATTER OF Y1hE GLAaIORGANSUTRE CANAL. llr~ HOINyE gave notice of a motion to dissolve the injunction, Whleh is to be argued on Moenday. COURT OF C1AlNCDRY SATUnnAV. r Xf- A IIARINn.IAnN v- rr .
Oxalic Acid Taken For Sal...
The Times, 1824-04-14T00:00:00

Un iltonday an inquisition was taken before C. J. Jemmett, Esq. at the Crown and Cushion public-house, Bermondsey, on tbe body of MIr. John Bell, late a clerk in the enmployment of IMessrs. Bar. ber, wharfingers, of Tooley.street, vho died on Thutsday last, in consequence of taking oxaiic acid, in mistake for Epson sats. Mr. homs, f Pae's.wak, Brmodse, in wbose house f.'be deceased lodged for the last 14 years, deposed that on the niS'jt of the 8th Instant the deceased came home about half past 10 o'csock; he asked witness's wife for some hot water, which he xaid he wanted forthepurpose of disslving a dose of salts he ishedato take, and which he had purchased that dav. The water was iven to him, and he retired to his bed-roem, adjoining witnrss's. Soon after wimess's wife heard the deceased groaning, and on en- tering his room he appeared to be in dreadful agony writhing about the bed. Witness said, "M1y, God, Bell, what vei O beea taking?" Deccased renlied, "Oh ! I shall die: wbat nave they given me ?" Witnessimmediately went fbr a surgeon, but the de- ceased was quite dead on his return. Robert Craker, a hairdresser in that neighbourhood, deposed, that he had been acquainted with the deceased for the last 14 years. On the evening of the 8th inst. the deceased came to his shop, sat down, and got shaved. He then complained of having a very vio- lent stitch, or c:amp, in his side, and.said that he had taken rhu- barb, but derived no benefit, or alleviation of his pain, from it; that he was then going home early, for the purpose of taking a dose of salts, which he said he had got in his piocket. The deceased then went away. One of the Jurymen asked witnesg, if he perceived any alteration in the deceased's manner or behaviour on that night. USitness re^ plied, that he did not, although the deceased appeared to be labour. ing untder very severe boeiiy pain; yet his mental faculties were not in the slighltest degree affected. kr. Castle, the surgeon, deposed to his hsving examined the boo'y of the deceased, which presented the usual appearance of persca s who died in consequence of taking any active mineral poison. In the room he (witness) observed a tumbler, that deposited a sedi- mert, which, on examination, he found was oxalic acid. A smalL pert on of that active poison also adhered to a piece of paper which was on the drawers. WVitness added, that the deceased must have taken nearly an ounce of the poieon. The Jury here inquired, if the constable, or any of the witnessest. had ascertained at what shop the unfortunate deceased bad re- ceived poison instead of salts. V. Painter, the constable, said that every inquiry had been set on foot by them to ascertain that fact, but they were unsuccessful. Tile Jury reprobated the conduct of apothecaries, through whose negligence, in not properly distinguishing between salts and poison, so many fatal accidents had happened. A verdict of " Deceaset, in consequence of taking oxalic acid in mistake for Epsom salts," was then tecorded. OXA4LIC ciD C'A TAKIN FOR SALTS.
London, Monday, November ...
The Times, 1824-11-15T00:00:00

From the extracts which we publish, it is apparent that the Burmese war has not proceeded with the characteristic rapidity and good fortune of' most of our Indiani contests. T,here have neither been decisive results, nor active move- ments; nor, so far as we: can learn, have there yet been made any really formidable preparations, to repel the Bur- mese fror our frontier. On various parts of that north- east fro,,h ,.';ey have lodged themselves with impunity; theykL'E,ken into the British territory, and carried their incursicns to the neighbo;.rhood of Dacca, distanit from Calcutta but 170 rniles, destroying the valuable crops of indigo, and ravaging the country, one of the richest in the peninsula of Indostan. It is even said, that had this new onemy been as enterprisinig as they were powerfal, or as well informed of our weakness as a little more diligence would have made themn, they might have pushe(d their way to Calcutta undisturbed. This is a state of affairs not paral- leled in India (luring the last thirty or forty years. ''lie most intelligenit British merchants view the Burmese war andl its collateral prospects with extreme despondenicy nlot so much, we apprehend, from any supposition of the Biritish strength being weakened, or our national resources impaired, as from a pretty general distrust of thle ability and energy of those who have bcen delegated by the Go- vernment at home to wield them. lf India is to be preserved, it InIUst be committed to theablest hands that cani be found ready to undertake its political adminis- tration. WVho is Lord ADisE RST ? An ex-Ambassator to Clhina ; who ran away from the Celestial Empire, after a bootless errand, shaking his ears. Lord A3111EBST is a well-mannered person, a Lord of the Bedchainber-a Gold Stick, w.ve believe they call it, or somne such fraction of Court finery. Lord Anl11E!tsr is nmore tlhan this. he is amiable anl well-inteRtioned, but why was he sent to India? unless to show how much easier it is to play "Gold Stick" than Governor-General; especially at a time when such- unpleasant business is cut out for England on the eastern freontier of heriempire, and when so nmany grave suspicions are circulated with regard to the west. h'l'ere are names connecte(d withl India whici Wouldt inspire more coufidence than that of any holyday noblemaln, if placed at the head of the Supreme Council of Calcutta. But at all events the Burmese war ought to be successfully and speedily terni- nated, or there is niio _latin at dangers miay befall us. I L4')NOOV, AM-ONTD4Y. YNOVBEMBzER? 15, 1824.
It gives us some satisfac...
The Times, 1824-04-23T00:00:00

It gives us some satisfaction to see, that instead of the ubbiles and irmpostures lately presented to the public in the guise of schemes for making money, the genius of specu- lation begins at length to aspire after objects which. can- not be fairly disapproved; aRd to call into its service the weight and authority of names which are uniiversally re- spected. We have long wished that our West India colo. nies sbould be looked at as affording somewhat more than a theme for controversy and a source of irritation between parties who are each, we verily believe, disposed to serve that general interest, with regard to which they have ne. vc-theless cmbraced such opposite and inconsistent theories. It is long since we predicted, that if means could be disco- vered for ameliorating the condition of the West India Planters themselves, such a change would be necessarily followed by an accession of comfort, intelligence, rnorality, and eventual freedom to the Negroes. Distressed masters seldom fail to visit, in some shape or other, their.own Mis- fortunes on their slaves. Starving and over-working are the sure symptoms of au embarrassed property: . flogging is resorted to as the natural expedient for stimulatitg the la-. bous of te veak, and for stifiing the murirurs of the #retched. Thus m k&iprocaea1setween the oppressor tud the oppressed; and in such a state of calamity, it is itleasta doubtful undertaking to attempt the cure, without striving to mitigate the predisposing causes. A Joint Stock Company is in the act of forming itself for the investment Df a capital of no less than feur millions sterling, in what we may briefly describe as a plan for infusing new vigour and activity into the whole West India interest. Some persons of unquestioned reputation for affluence, honour, and saga- city, appear to have engaged in this great enterprise. Twenty-four Directors, of whom 12 are to be West India merchants, and 12 general merchants, ivill manage its affairs. No monopoly is looked for-no interference with private rights or establishments. Money, when vanted, is to be lent on the security of West India estates or consign- ments, ar4an immoderate profit is not desired. There are to be 40,0*shares, each of 1001.; and the institution has already, it is said, received the sanction of Government. Mr. MANNING, the Bank Director, is at the head of the under- taking. Onie consideration connected with this plan affords us nosmallpleasure-wemean the inference tobeclearly drawn in favour of the transient and remediable nature of the existing distress of the lVest Indies; for if that distress were likely to be permanent-if it were in its constitution hopeless, can we imagine that a body. of capitalists (thc most enlightened,;perhaps, in the British empire) would think of deriving a definite profit from the application of their funds to its removal ? Let us trust, therefore, that the execution of this mneasure may be worthy of its con- ception and design-that it may be effectual to the purpose which it professes to accomplish, of at once relieving the master and the slave.
Hay-Market Theatre.
The Times, 1824-06-18T00:00:00

k-new farce (with a stranze titlc) was produced at this theatrelast night, called A Year in a our ; or. Tlte Cock ofMc teWalk7. The Haymarket has not been fortunate hitherto in its selection of novel. ties this seson: their firstneht's piece was a failure, and the present is not much better. The Year in an Hoer occupies two short acts, which havelittle reasonable connexion with each other; and, indeed, part of the joke intended is, that twelve months aTe :lupposed to elapse between them. In the first act, Mr. Liston, who is an ugly gentleman in a country village, gets a wife, and becomes Cockofthe vwalk, inconsequence of all the otber male inhahitants being taken away. In the second act we find him married and pos. sessed ef a child, to which he carries sugar.pluins ; and farther, he becomes jealous of his wife, out of circumstances almost as probable as those which led to his obtaining her. Air. Liston is the only person who has any thing in the piece approaching toa claracter; and his opportunity is Imitted, pretty nearly, to the right of uttering common. place dialoguewith the best face that he can nuster. The fiarce,on the whole is decidedly one of the silliest affairs that we have seen; an d haif thc audience leftshehousebeforejitsconClusion. HA2Y,AfRKRT THEATR T .
Russia.
The Times, 1824-10-02T00:00:00

Russian Cons.ulate, 29, Gveat Winehester-street, Sept. 1824. Certain Brtish subjects, proc edingto Russia, have met with ob- stacles on arriving at the frontiers, or other parts of the emplre, in consequence of their having neglected to conform to the regulations prescribed for the admisstina of foreigners into Russia. With a view to guanl British travellers from the inconveniencies to which the non-observance of those regulations may expose them, the Russian Consulate in London did some time back, by publ.c advsrtisement, specify the conditions upon which alone foreigners culu d be admitted into the empire. Ne rertlieles, as fresh instances of similar neglect on the part of certain British travellers htave since occurred, it has been 1udge4 expedient, and particulasly for the interests of those individuals whno purose going to Russia, (o inform them anew, that tbev are previously to provide themselves with a passport from the Russian agents, whether diplomatic or commercia1, or to obtain thc z4-ra of either to the asapleit which they may have obtained from their own (Government. This regulation a(mnsitting of no exception whatever, those per- eons who neglect the observance of it in future will subject them- selves. unavoidably, to be refused admission into the Russian terri- tories. A. DE DUBATCUBEISKY. RU(tSSIVA.
Jamaica papers to the 28t...
The Times, 1824-06-01T00:00:00

Jamaica paperg to the 28th of MAarch arrived yesterday. A nest of pirates has been diseovered by the British ships of war on the Jamaica station in the Isle of Pines. 'Two or three small vessels had been found in the river Santa Fe; and in the attempt to capture them the English force was so small that it was unsuccessfll, and Lieutenant LAYTON, MIrt STROb , and four seamen, are said to ha-re fallen a sa- crifice. A party of loo men bad been detached up the river in boats, to capture and destroy the baxntUtti. The force agoat for thas expeilition, in'b;ats and'schoonets,edn- sisted of between 300 and 400 men. A letter from Jamaica of the 2.5th mnentions that salutes had been interchanged tor the first time between the English Admiral and the commander of a Colombian frigate. A detachment of Co- lomnblan troop had sailed from Carthagena to co-operate with the army in 1'eru. They were to be lam led at Porto Bello, and marched acrdss the isthmus to Panama. The letters received in Jamaica from Ctrthagena speak favour- ably of the commercial prospects at that place, which ware tapidly imnproving.
The Buenos Ayres papers, ...
The Times, 1824-08-27T00:00:00

The Buenos Aijres papers, which supplied the above in- telligence, contain also some interesting statements re- specting the two Spanish parties in Peru. It is said that there is no chance of any permanent agreement between tie Liberals and the Serviles. A very extraordinary plan is attributed to the foriner ; and wvith a view to its execu- tion, Gcneral LA SERNA is alleged to be negotiating for the purclhase of ships of war in forcign countries. The Spanish Constitutional Conlsul at Rio de Janeiro, it scems, einploys hirnself in collecting there, and forwarditig to Peru, all the unfortunate Spanish exiles who reach Brazil. InMiarch last, he despatched to Peru a number of these adventur- ers, preceded by Senor PA2nDO, one of the Miinisters under the Cortes, who, it is supposed, is to actas assessor to General LA SERNA. It is also sai(d that Senor PA ND0 carries with) him a representation from the Deputies of the Spanish Cortes, soliciting of LA SERNA\ an asyluTn for themselves an(1 the Constitution, and( proposing a plan for so overaw- ing FERDINAND from Peru, as to check him in his iifatu- ated career in the Peninsula. WVhatever may be thouglht of the reality ef this project, the Editor of the Buenos Ayres paper is of opinion that the intrigues wlich are going on will prove favourable to the cause of in- d(ependneice. Though LA SERNA should( refuse to be embarrassedl with such a plot, he will be glad to receive the Constitutionalists, that he may have their as- aistance in promoting his own views; while, on the other hand, OLANETA, knowing them to be his irreconcileable enemies. must wish to expel them. For these reasons it is Concluded, tlhat at all events the two parties cannot fail to come to blows. The aceounts from Brazil have occasionally alltded to the unpopularity of the Emperor Pan o. It appears from theBuenos Ayres journals, that very considerable discontent prevailed at Rio de Janeiro: they contain papers addressedl to the army and the people, whichl were circulated at the very time the last Constitutional plan was published. These papers breathe nothingbbut hostility to Don PEDRO, who is charged with maintaining a secret understanding with the IPort-Lguese Government. He is styled a perjured tyrant, and the people are called upon to expel him, and save their country from slavery.
Shoreham, in Sussex, is n...
The Times, 1824-10-08T00:00:00

Shoreham, in ~ussex, is now become quite a port of' im- portance; the trade is increosed to an astonishing degree: indeed. since the last twelve years, the receipt of duties is quadrupIcd.. Ezvening paper. I4Advertisemet. Several complaints having been made rcq)ct_- ing the impositono M hich are daily practsecd, by shopkeepers vend- ing their spurious articles for the origisal, the Nubility and Gentry are requested to observe that this shameftt nracticc is now geteraslly adopted with respect to the ner invented lATii Bxuzr matde by Ross nsnd SoNs, 119, Bishopsgate.street, London. io obviate tliis as far as practicable, they have starmped on each " Ross and Sons' invention," with the word '- Uion" on the back; and as the peculiar ef'ect prodxiucet by theis invention depu(nd as m uch on the quaiity of the material used as on the atrangement, the purchasers are requested not to be satisfied with buying an union hair-brush, but to see that their namesare stanped on it. 'o accommodate the- public, they have appointed agents at the underrmentioned places, of whom the genuine article mnay be obtained :-Kendall and Son, Bir- mingham; Hughes aRd Co., Bristol; Daweon, Livarpool, Parsons, York; Johnson, Manchester; Robinson,Wolverbampton; IWalk-er Glasgow ; Vibert, Penzance LAdvertisement.1-Ross and SONs, 119, Bisbopsgate-stteet,who have 3old for the last 30 years pure and unadulterated BAnI's GREASE, obtained from the animal properly treated and fatted (by which the coat, the criterion of the quality of the fat, is increased to nearly deuble its usual thickness, as well as being more agreeable for use), are induced to offer it to the public as the beat specific hitherto discovered for prornoting the growth and thickneas of the hatnan hair. In order to distinguish the genuine from the clammy and unwholesome made.up zraA w hich is frequently sold as bear's grease, it may be necessary to mention, that the fat of the bear, whe- ther wiltl or tame, is of the purest white, inclining to an oil, Znd in moderate or warm weather disrelves instaxtly on boing toachv4 ba the hand.
Court Of Common Pleas, Mo...
The Times, 1824-11-23T00:00:00

st-rttnu,s zn Banco. This was an action to recover 7L 10s., the value of 15 fat turkies, the property of the plaintif. Kh casewas tried on Thursdaylast at the sittings in London, and on that occasion the plaintiff' vas non- suited, on the ground that the declaration was f;r goods sold and de- livered, but the proof wert onlv to goods to be sold on commission. 31ir. Sergeant VAU GHAN- now moved for a rule to showcauSe wihy that nonsuit should not beget aside, and a new trial granted. The learned Sergeant was about to state the grounds of his mo- tion, when The LORD Cni Er JUSTICE ebserved, that before the case was tried, application -as made to him on behalfof the plaintiff; for leave to amend his dedaration. He was disposed to Jo so, when it was intimated on the part ofthe defendant, that if the plaintiff amended his declaration, he (the defew!ant) would file a demurrer. On this his Lordship sgave leave to plaintiff to amend, with the under- standing that he was to withdraw his record,end that the defendant was afterwards to rest on his demurrer, and not enter a new plea. The parties, however, after this, consulted r,ith their counsel, arid agreed to co to trial on the dedaration and pleas as thev stood. The plain- tiffl s nonsuited. Under these circurnstances, he (the Lord Chief J.s1 e) did not see how the Court could. assist the parties, as the matters now stood. It they had any appetite for further legal pro- ceedinge, let them commence again vwith fresh pleas. Alr. Sergeant VAUGOA, said his client had a greater alppetite for the turkey.-Motion refused. COURT OF COMM A2 ON PLEAS, NoXDl.Y, NoV. 22. KELBURNE V. UPJOIIN'.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-06-10T00:00:00

ROYAL VISIT To NORTHU31BERLAND HousE.-rheir Rloyal Highnesse- the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Glocester, the Princess Sophia, kvith the Duchesses of Kenit and Clarence, paid a morning visit on TLlesday to theDake and Duchess of Northumberland, andl expressed their highest admiration at the magnificent Works of art, and the grandeur of this nioble edifice.