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On The Frequency Of Fires...
The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

TO THE EBIZtOR OF THE TIAIES. Sir,_! trust you will pertuit me to advert to the letter on thig sub'ect, signed E. A., in your paper of thisdyv. Your corresyaiident is pleased to state (sornuwhat confusedly} that be wnadle application to the district surveyor respectfng the mtu- Slto of a fire in Leigh-street, and a similar one ini Orchard-street,- re. questing his interference, which was refused. Leigh-street is not, but Orchard-street is, in my district: he never applied to me. This address of his to You induces me to state a fact withi'n my personal knowledge, perfiaps interesting to- the public. Daring the last seventeen years, In the district of the parish oF St. Alarylebone, there hane been (inel'tdiJg the late fireain Oxford-street, near to Orchard-treet). only siSteen hlouses andl buildings consumed. while thle average number of houses inhabited durirg these seventeenyears may be staete' as above 8,81i0, which demonstrates that barely one house out of 8,31)0 has been consumed snnually on t.'he average. Of' these sixteen fires, only two buiidings, to the hest of my recollection, communicated to one another-natnely, the floor-cloth manufactory, and Lady Huntingdons Chapel, in Riding-house-lane. So far, therefore, the Building Act may be said to huve had itS proper efiect. Referring again to the late fire in Ovford-street, permit nie to ob. sere, that there were no wooden buildings by which the fire wax extendec; but, oat the contrary, it tas altogether confined to the pre- i-eR h- i ti , 1 . t-, 6-- It, -nhP Si-. votir most humlblc servuit. JOHN WHITE, )istrict Surveyor, St. IMarylebnne- ;*ewsvoakl, HRegent's-paak, Nov. 17. 4 He nmeans Oxford.street: It was the bnuCe 2t the C.orner Or Orehard-street. OXV THE FRE QUENCY OF FIRE.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-12-09T00:00:00

I LA(tvertisetcnt. -The eagerness sith which the public emerl k in erery nevw speculation that is offered., shows at once the n1dven- turotis spirit of the age, and the impolicrof shuttingupthe onl authorized channel by which it Can have vent. Lotteries are now at their close, and this harmlgss mode of adventure wl soon bu de- nied to the public ; for hairrless it is In everv sense of the word in such a schetne as the present, where upward& of 20,0001. must be tained on the 16th of thtis month, at the'ri.k of less than 51., orfrom 1,0001. to 2,01 by; the venture of only 'Jt. Cd. ! lAdvettisemnent. -If you purchase a ticket at HAZAreD and Ca'S, they will return 181. far it, it not entitled to ene of the two Tweenty Tihousands which must be drawn (besides 1000 other prizes) next Thunday. The return 1r shares will be in proportion ; so that the risk of a whole ticket it only 41. 191.; for a sixteenth, only 9s. 6d. The schleme contails twvo of' 30,0001., two of 20,ODOL, &c. and no blanks. Timne for return till the 26th of December. .Hazar4 and Co. have sold in the last two months prizes of 20,0031 and 30,000!. at their offices, Roval Exchange-gate, 26, Conhill, aud 324, Ox. ford-street, end ot Regent-street. [Advertisement.1.-1AstTsw. nd Co. sold on the 3d of Novern. ber last and the 5th of October, No. 5,556, a prize of 20,0001. ; No. 91 2,0001.; &c. The new Scheme contains two prizes of 30,0MY., two of 20,0901., &c.; .and judging from Martin and Co.'s past good fortune, it is mosit likely that they will sell one eE the twe 20,0001. prizes which are sure to be drawn next Thursday. the I 6th of December. Twenty thousand pound rmay be grined by the small risk of only 41. 19sa; 1,2601. may be gained by the risk of 9s. 8d.; as everv purchaser at Mlartin and Co.'s offices, 8, Corn- hill, and 120, 6xford-street, in the present scherme, may receive bacd, after the 16th of December, 161. for his ticket. Shares in the same proportion, provided the money Is claimed before the 26th of December, hut not afterwards.
We understand that the Eg...
The Times, 1824-12-11T00:00:00

Wre understand that the Egypitian Tomb will be re- opced in Losdon in the ensuing spring, 3Mrs. Belzoni having hired thac -e.v extensive premises in I,iace..er.squarc, which wereformRerly oczipied by MT. Strohlingl the painter. The tormb uill consist of tlbrcn chambers, the last or which will represent the grand apartment, L-hac the calebrated Arregonite Soros was discovered by Air. Bel. -, ad it is not improbable that this roatchless relic of antiquity will dcocre the chamber itself, as the conditions of its gale to Mr. Sor=e expressly a!lowed of its being re-purchased by Mr. Belzoni or b5s I=itS at the suim osiginally agreed upan in Egypt The chain b1_rs vr prearzing under the direction of Mdr. James Ceourtine, to wham he tar2 of the tomb at Paris was intrusted by Olr. Belzoni, b:m he sEarted Upon his iapless journey to Yez. The niedelt of t umide. &, various drawings of the splendid ruinsin-Uliper Eg-Ft an7d N'ubia, together wtith the remzaining antiquities,. new iri hez p;cscs:iea of lrs. Belzonf, will occupy the enErance.rtom; and vc have n0 doubt, both frogs the interest of the exhibition neard fram lthe symnpathy vhich the fate of that enaterprising eratzir has excited, dhnt the resalt wi fully antswer Mrs. Bel. ,,F 3r =t unguine expectationS. It is, indeed, for the stlppart of mr. BcIzani's agedmotherand numero srelatives at Padtua, that wts. Be2ZCYi is now exerting herself The lover of Egyptian lore wif re.~nice atthe above infonnation, and especially the tunthorof R # fiwroi ihosenotes at the conclua-on of hi5 second volume wea ivc *t'e fsl owin extract:-" There Typhonte detatils of sepul. cwraldecoratinn belong to the tomb of iPsammie, or rather of Yc.o exhibite by Mr. Belzoni; the undoubtedidentity ofthis wambD, end die muldttude and importanco ef its symbols1 render th.eir Sae arsriicus prientian to-the fel1o*er of Egyptian studie3, .in it6ex- :iht3j1 15i,aia withdraw fronm EngLnd.' ae >znafcn Irxs shlowtn frvm the "Phonetic characters" that 11gipDsinuister Necho wr ba tenants of the tomb, but Peto. r rm t C bronclo,
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-05-05T00:00:00

Str-I avor>s .nvselifl thle friend a-ated to by ) lr. Robertso; in hlis 3ette; publish-d in vcur apaer of Mloda' relating to the one *vhici: has appeared in al tihe public prints troM Ir. rluskissoa to MNr. GC;:sto!)e. For the satisfaction of mn private friends, I fleem it neroessary to giv mre firter ion. regards MY conduct in, this matter. Glisoe apecars certainly to hlave sent the ]-tter in ques- tion. or rather a co;- of it, to . lr. Robertson, wit!h the injunction, as I ani infomiet. that no friend if his wa:ls to takie a copy or extraec of the same ; but in L"r'ardin, I this - ine (I Confess confidentially) M1r. Robertson omnited aletogether to give en- thc impr:tant caution enforced be JMr. Glidstono. Seeing nothilnig in the letter but senti- iients which did Mr. Hu,kisson the greates,t credit. I took a cope ef it for the satisfR.Cti(jl and coolfort of' a par-iculr friend of mline i:n Jamnaica, and deepl,- intercst-.d there; but I also made the comnu.u- nication to him confidentially r.n;: I feel assured that itt doin, so viny txotivca and con:duct area quite .IS freefront blame as those ofM:r. Rnbert5osl o.s en, from feelings of frienrt,ip, henmade nme acquainted Miii the contents of .Mr. 1-inekisson's letter. As regards my friend in Jamaica, I am persuaded it tvill be fotted that he has net been a willing instrument in giving poblicity to the letter ia question. } am, Sir, youtr humble servant. ___ J. WATSON. -1. TO THE E'DITOR7 OF 2'!LE TITH FS.
SUICIDE.-On the morning o...
The Times, 1824-07-06T00:00:00

SUICIDE.-On the morning of Friday last, the servant ofa respectable woman naed hsMitchell, who resided at Launcestor finding that her mistress did not come down to breakfast at hertxuuaaL time, went into her room, and found her in a reclining posture near the chimney. On approaching, she found that the unfortunw,_0 man was quite dead, having contrived to strangle herself by tying hr garters round her neck and to a nail in the chimney-pieceabout three feet and a half from the floor. So determined was the deceased on sc1ftJes&racfwon, that she must have continued to press withinear- ly her whole tbrce on the garters round her neck, uatil sne becasa- imcapabWe of resouing herself; had she felt any desire to do so, it bher Last struggles. No cause has been assigned fee this desperate act; the eceased was in cotrtfortable ircumsances. An inquest was held on the body, by who a verdict of' insanity was reumea F West BRn Ion. FATAL ACCIDEm T-.n the morning of Tuesdy weeTc, about half-'ast nine o'clock, the steam-boiler belonging ro the factory of Tbomas DJarellU, sq., Maayor of Wigan, suddenly burst, and with great violence threw down the building which enclosed it. Immeliately over the boiler was a roomn used for sizing the war.ps in which wyere three persons, each of whom whe take u aa almost inanimate: one of them, wbristpher Kenyon, noon, and the other two are ia a hopeless state. A very liberzj.iab. scription has been entered into on behalf of Renvon's widow. whe. has seven fatherless children to support .Aanci,e:ter Gerietn. LAdvertisement.1-TtE UKXON o JAiR B}us. U Thi5 mose useful invention, which entirely supersedes the use e? the smallD tooth Comb, and most effectualry ciesr,ses the hair, as. srell as pt& ducing an agreeable and sralutary sensation to the head, is to b1 eh.. tained of the inventors, Ross and SoKs, No. I'Lq RishoMae street. The disagreeable cflcts occasioned by thesmal-toothcb. which destroys the texture of the skin, and causes an incrensL of dandriff, is entirely obviated by the use of this Brush, which ncr, only cears away the existing scarf, but by strengthedmg the roots; of the hair, renders it less likely to accumulate in future. As sae. ral imitations have appeared, observe that the words " Ross and Sons' invention" are stamped on each, with " Union" on the back, or they ar e spurious itnitatioas, and wilU not bave the desired effect. being generVly of a most inferior description. [Advertisement. I-The first production of the age is Ro1vrA7D^'& MACASSAR OIL, which is now in such universal use, and its inya-. luable properties so highly and justly appreciated, not only by *.e. discernmg population of this our enlghtened country, but byr the, patronage of lloyalty through out the whole of the civilized universe. t restores in redundancy thetresses ravaged from the hea-ofbeautv by fever, anxiety, or accouchement; and ir all cases, from whatsoevir cause arising, where this graceful} ornaoeat fall intocecay, opea as an ticfllleD s,PeCi2?'nCecy ee
CLONMEL, August 21.-Yeste...
The Times, 1824-08-27T00:00:00

CtLoxNMEi., Augusf21 .-Yestcrday, purutttsit to seatencc Johz Kenne.d,, uncderwent the sentnee of the law. Precisely nt one o'clock he mi3ade his appearance on thie platfbrm, attended by thc Rev. Alr. B&alwirn, whose exertions to bring the unfortunate 'nan to tIo aendeof his aiil state were unrenmitti3g fromii sentence te exeeu- I tion and inrtediately addressed, to the following effect the vzase ! conico`orse assembled to Witiess the melancholy exhibition :-_ I aIs guiltyof the crime for which I ami now about to euffer: I killed the mnan in a fit of drunkenness andi no one else had hand, act, or part in it. Iam heartily sorry for it, and hope that mvexanple willwwtrn you all to avoid bad cotn panv and dn;nkenneaihese vic that buve broughit nic to this untimcly end. I was stupidly drunk whe:n I icoinmitted the murder. and theiefore klope God wRi have mercy on my soul. Mlay he bless you all; and I beg your prayers for rmy s Ould."_ Cio,,rel ljeredd. jAdvcrtiseme3t.]1_1.An3Jsy "ad Co., 8. Ctlrnilill, and LS91, (xtbrd-atreet, rccoummuend an early purchase in the present Lottery, for the sale hitherto surprises the expectation of the most sanguine, aud reniders it probable, that before the drawing begins, it -will be impossible to obtain a whole titket. This can only be accounted for on the grround that this is tile last erant of Paruiamnent, and the public being determined to take a parting chanee; added to which, ftour prizes of 20,0001.* and martny other capitals, all in sterling monwet' and all drawn in onc (lay-, .th of October, with (what sa vary singular) nio blanks, everv number receiving ai. Share. in the same proportion. A greaL variety of nunibers for the above prizes Iare selling at it,rtin ntind to.'s fortunate offices, where the coummands of the public will be gratefiilly acknowledged. [Advertisenent.1I-To Gentlemen whose faces are tender after shaving. A great infelicity v ltich attends the operation of skasiets. is the irritation oi thc skin. RoIvt.tsrn's ;KALy>oa. will be founi4 excellent beyoitd precedent in alimelioratina and allaying that miost uniplevani sensation, It removes unpleasant harsiness of the skin, ocrw,ioned by intense solar heat er cold winds; and thuts to tht treveller, whose avocatiens expose hioi to variousichangea of weather, proves an infallible apecific, a prompt rceource, and, as conducing tos coniifrt, a pleasing ap age nd imvaluable acquisition.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-09-14T00:00:00

-On the 26th u3lt, at Bruton, Somerset, Thomas White, Esq., aged 53, Purser in the Royal Navy, leaving a widow and nine young childIren. On the 31st of August, Benjadin WVebb Anstie. Esq., of De. vizes, after a long Fme' severe illness. On the 7th inst., at Wall Bury, in Essex, in the 45th year of her age, Amelia, the wife of Joseph Grove, Esq., and eldest deughter of the late Lieut.- General Goldie, of Goldie Leigh, near Dumfries. On Sundav, the 12th instant, in his 78th year, Mr. Christopher TM-.. 4._ of Trusin-street, Cheapside.
The Quarter's Revenue.
The Times, 1824-04-07T00:00:00

Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 5th of April, 1b23, anid 5th of April, 1824. showing the Increase or DIecrease on eaph head thereof. TH'E 0,UART'ER'S REVENUP.
Mr. MABERLY'S motion for ...
The Times, 1824-05-10T00:00:00

MIr. MABERLY'S motion for the repeal of the assesed taxes stanids for this evening. WVe have always been of opinion that the alleviation of the burdlens imposed upon articles of indispensable necessity should have preced,ed every financial experiment. Not that we are cnerries to financial experihents, and particularly to those whicii are of a nature to counteract a restrictive policy, but thaL we are great friends to domestic comforts, by vwhich comforts chiefly it is that the English are distinguished from the other European nations. At present it might see,n, that as all the establislhments of the country, civil, naval, and military, are voted for the year., it would be in- consistenlt to refuse the funds by which they are to be sup- parted: yet we have, cre now, known Ministers obllr to reduce estimates once voted, beeause Parliament su'se- quently refused to allow the money; and we should not be sorry to see the lprecedenit copied.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-06-10T00:00:00

: -Sir. 4r. Adolphus is reported to havesaid, that it-isnoliltac. lice of barristers to return fees, under any circnimstances.- Mr. Alley states the contrarv, and appzars to be supported by-. manyg of his brother barrjsters * and, in I onfirmation that this practice is not unusual, r know -that the.present Lord Chancellor, svhcn at-thc Chancery bar, frequently retumed fees,, not only in matters vhere he could not attend, but also irinothrs where he bad given his est exertions for parties whose applications for relief were unsuccessful, awnd vere in.poor circumstances. . The writer -of this, 'when in his clerkslhip, havingattended the-court upon a-motion, -whicli was saip.; ported by.Sir John Scott, and proved unsuccessful, was called aside toreceivethe-brief, withanotewtittentherein to desire the coun- sel's clerk to return-a -fee of. ;five giineas which was innedia.ely r*turned; ar.t about the sanmeperiod, Air. Erskine, Air. Gariow4. Mr. Gibbi,- Mr. liningav, and several other gentlemen at the King's Benclh, happening to h6ld briefs in three cau'ses, ini which';istakes had occurredrsespecting retainers, reurned Ull their fees, which amounted to aboat 200L . Ther are now some leading gentlenmen, who were then holding-briefsas juniors, who folloved the course of their leaders and:altlsouzb Mr. Adolphus :may not consider such practice convenien t, yet his friendls must coisider.that it - wouldl ap- pear more geatlemanlyr, if' he adopted the more liberal mractice.. Yontrs, &c. AN ATTORNEY Ilvrs iDZrO1k OF NIE :T IES.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-09-22T00:00:00

~'.-s~rsagin Your valuable journ;d of vesterday, a state.. voent cnpied fromn " 7he M4irror," Of a nuwieric-al blunder asserted to have been committed by tthe snan that engraved the coffin.plate of itbe late Itight H*onourable R. B. Sheridlan, we take uponi ourselves snost unetquivoeally to contradict the paragraph in question, whih,li on the face of it, bears the stamp of the groqsest fai".ehpod, as, thle age of that gentleman was 65, and not 5,nor 505, which is said to have been really en ed. Supposing th engraver hiad been so shamefully, ignoranlt aa nrot to 'fvow ibw to exPress 55, and that we who coniducted the fuxneral ar.. rangmeni wer eqallyso, s itposible that, undergoing, as it did ih inpetio ofallth nole ndtalented individuals who at.. tened he uneal,suc a larng rrr couldI have been suiTered to passunntice ? rustng o yor wnted liberality to insert this lc:tr, e rmainyou mot obdiet srvante. ('HANDLER a3d BEDFORD. v r LetE-mraKet, 2Vpt. 21. TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. - _ t . .
Deaths
The Times, 1824-10-05T00:00:00

DIED. On the 2d inst., after a long and paiaful illness, Rebeckah, the wife of John W'arreS, Esq., of Conmpton-terrace, islington, in ther tilst year of her age. On Sunday morning, the 3d inst., at Drinkston, in Suffblk, ageE 67, the Rev. Henry Patteson, rector of Drink5ton ad: Wortbai in. that cointy. On the 22d ult., at Harrowgate, after an illness of fousr days, bla. jor Henry .Sishop, ist Provisional Battalion Militia, is?e of thec 64t0i regiment of Foot, deeply regretted by his friends and ntarerous acquaintance. At his fathet'x house, on Saturday last, in the 2Sth year a bis age, Alfred, secoud son of Joseph Toulmin, Esq.. surgeon, Hadeney-
[Advertisement.]-FRENCH L...
The Times, 1824-10-26T00:00:00

lAdvoriSement 1.-FR]R'-n I,A?&G UAG !.-A French Gammar has just appeared, which will be found emainently u*efiul to pers,ons wiho may wisb to acrquire a thorough knowledge of the Fetuch lan. IuaeC ina shorttimC. Itis the preductionof Mr.TJr . D1oUVrLLI, 'rofessor 'f the Frenchi Lauguage. 'Z-eausbor!s ur_ ebjee,rag-, di6tinruished fiom other gramroarians, has been to pronwote the ac- quiremrent of facility in speakin- French. The exercises .rwadami_ ramty adapted to the purpose: tiiey torm a collecion of expretsiors _nd seniments nmost-uced in familiar disceurs-e Imereniearks on pronunciation, and the explanation of idioms, are peculiarl1servic. able. Tbere arc also models of notes, letters of conplitients and busizese, and several choice Ipieces of poetry. Tbe work conchsdea with a very comprchensivc vocabulary, and a considerable numnber of well-selected sentences. Exerciscs of grammnatical aaalvsis iu French are also given. and the imodern orthorraphy is adoptetl throughout. The work is published I)y Booscy and Sons,. Bread. utreet; Martin Bomsmnge, Great Alarlborough-streca; arn theAuthhr, 2, Lawrenee.lane, Chea 'ide. LAdvcrtiseamen.1-D3EARt'S GILtA Sz.-The superior qualities of Bear's Grease for tenovating the hair seems to be now adutiatcsz an undoubted fact, andi it only requires tile purchaaser to be partcufar in procuring the t!genuine artitle to ensure the desircedsucce J. AT N I NSON, perfunmer, 44, GerrtrI-strrect, Soho-!quare, respetsfiUr informs the public, that he ieg-uiarly imports the genuine Bearl' Grease, and it is sent out in rats %vithoot any adraixture whatever, except a little perfumie to keep it sweet. Sold by tfleimporter, and by most of thc respectable perfurners and hairdremer in tO17 ali CO' try. N. Atkinson's Bear's ( i The pot has thc words " Atkinson's Berar's Grease" eng.raved on the top, and iS is enclosed in a wvrapper with his signature anid addws.
French Papers.
The Times, 1824-04-03T00:00:00

Lflfom tbe,Jofzoml. de.s nflf I ". '---' .ue iWvitiwing trom: larseilles, dated the 26th As 500n as the Frrqich Government learned that Algiers hsd declared war against Spain,. the Hermnionte frigate and the TorCce lo,op, were- sent from Toulon with despatches for our Consul at Aloers. Franne offered: her mediation, to arrange the differences winchi had aricn, and declared that sie. would not suffer the Alge- rine ships tointertupt Spanish comnmerce, so longas his Catholic iMla- . t ydeemed mhe presence of French troops necessary to hisaccurity. i he affair. WaS provisionally arninged, and the Hernzionle had already landed the Spaniatds who had been made prisoners by the Algerines at the port of Carthagena." llr. browvn, the Ambassador of thc United States, arrived in Paris yesterlay, with his lad. The house of Guebhard-has made arrangements withi twenty. three houses3o Paris, who have divided amongst themselves the Spanish Isan, which, in conseqtuence of this operation, rose yesters day f'rom 60 to 70. ol. Ravez has beeniectea President of the Charnber of Deputies. A Comuiisiary yesterday went to the house of the flukc de Cam- laeeres, to seize certain papers belonging to Government. The ne- phew of the late Duke expressed his willingness to giveup the Go- vernm ent papers, bnt insisted upon retainiing thecorreswondence, as essential to the justificatory memoirs of his uncle. The affair has been referred to the Civil 'I Tribunal. FarENcIt FuNsD3s, PAnts, M 1arch 1.-_Five per Cents.,t102 80 Loan of l8t3, l6i: B.nk Stock., 1090: Neapolitan b per Cents.i in ducats, 98.3w.; in ut Irt 102. Rented'Espagne,21; Royal Spaui4i Loan of l9~g, fi^ Eachanee on L>ondo:, one month, 2640; three months, 2b 2~.-Coti,s' At htenttioe. :FRENCH PAPs.RR -- - S, 'ANIARCH !?q. IV. 1?,: --- ---- a -, y4p?? . -
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-04-13T00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1824. The French papers of Saturday, whiCh arrived last night contain nothing worth extracting. FRENCH FuNnm.-Five per Cent, opened at 1o0. 90.; closed 101. 95.; Loan of 1823, 161. ; Bank Stock, 1,895. Neapolitan 5 per Cent. 953.; Spanish Rentes, 16. Ex- change on LonAdon, one month, 25. 25.; three months, 25S 10.-Cours Authentique.