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News in Brief
The Times, 1824-04-23T00:00:00

WINDSOR, April 22.-The weather being fine this morning, the King took his usual ride in his phaeton, in Windsor Great Park. On Wednesday, the Duke of Glocester wvas so much recovered from his indisposition, as to be able to take an airing in his carriage, for tlhefuist time since his confinement. The ing.ust on Lieutenant Humne Johnstone, of the discovery ship Fu y, disclosed no circumstances of any im. portance: it was proved that he had long laboured under a great depression of spirits, bit the cause did not appear. Lieutenant Johnstone was the son of GeDeral Johnstone, of fJpton-hall, North Britain. At the time he committed the suicide he wvas on board the, Weymouth receiving-ship, which is appropriated fer the reception of the officers and men until their respective ships are completed for the voy- age to the North Pole. Previous to committing the rash act, Lieutenant Johnstone had written letters to several of his relations and intimate friends, which he had sealed wvith black wax, thereby intimating the fatal resolution which he had adopted. E Advertisement.j-AuSTRIAX LOAN NEGOTIATED BY Mr. N. ML ROT}hScHILD IN LONDON.-Thehhalf-yearlydi. vidend on -the saidloan, falling due dnSaturday, the I st of May, willbe 'd on that andievery succeeding day (Sun. days excepted , between the iipurs of 10 asd2. It is re- quested ti*t the dividend wariants, with a lit thereof in numericalnr&Tr, mky.b4Ift, ifp6mible; on the 24thinst..,for -tbe purpose of beingea~ined.-New-court, April 1,1824.
French Papers.
The Times, 1824-07-24T00:00:00

a1. ILavezs, Fesidentof tbeCfiahmber of Deplities, paia a visit yes- terday to N. Pozzo di Borgo, whicli lasted an hour. Yestc.day evening, at nine o'clock, Coant Pozzo di Borgo, Baron Vicent, the Austrian Aribamsador, and the Alinister of Prussia, had a csOrifernce with Count de Villele, President of the Council of Dli- s'sters, which lasted two hours and a quartcr. They write frotn Versalles the tblowingl ere arrived to-day the thlird battalion of the 7th regiment of the Ro'yal Guard, returned from Madrid, and the 3d battalion of the &h regiment.2' Count VWele transacted businesm with his Mlajesty. The King We have letters fronm Mladrid of the 14th. M. D'Oubril, the Russian Mlinister, arrived on the 10th: it appears he brings in. structions which will establish harmiony between all the foreign Ambassadors, anti above all, upon the important question in regard to the situation of Spain. Count Ofalia is exiled to Almeria. The very day this was written to us, it was expected that the Alinister of .Var and Alinister of Finance would be displaced. Al. Cardenas de Santa Cruz, Colonel in thc scr,tice of Iiis Catholic AMajesty, ar- rived yesterdlay as courier at Bordeaux: he immediately bad an interview with the Spanish Ambassador, after which he set off im- inediately for Paris. It is saidl he is the bearer of important des- patches ; but the jlfemoriea Berdelais state4, the following day, thatt Colonel Cardenas did not bring any despatches.-Joieryal dt Commerce. Prince Mletternicit is going from Johannisberg to the waters of Ischel, where he is expected on the 24th 01' Julv: it is thought he will not ieturr, to Vienna till August.-Courier Pranqazs. The Archduchess .llaria Louisa embarked on the 1st instant at Naples, on board the ChrWrin.a frigate, for Palermo. Barra4, Fornerly a member of the Directorial Govemment, who has lived in retirement fer several ye?,.s at Chaillot, is dangerously indisposed. The .ilfonitcnsr contains a Royal or(linance, datedl the 18th of .July, at St. Cloud, indemnifying the Duke of Orleans for his griv- inig to the city of Paris hit rights ansl privileges orl the river and canal d'Oureq, which were valued at 60D,000 francs. The indemni- ty is in certain h1ouUs in the Rue St. Honore, adjoining to the Pa- Iais Royale, whichi, with the thtee arcades of the Palais Royale it- Self, are confinrned to the Duke ar,d his heirs for ever: the reversion, in detault of male issue, to be to the CroP.. 1-cstcrday the ling, whio continues at St (loud, gave audience to the Chaucailor . anti received a deputation of the Chariber of Peers. who pPeseLuAd live proiects of law wlhichi the Chlaber hail adopted *un Ci1C precedingw 'tav. 15is :iajesty afterwards rode out. The !tcko dv -c ui states, th.t thle comnmission established at Tou- louse for the isurhsC *f inve,,tiCating the accontits relative to the army in Snain, hald te minate.dl their laholurs, so fu r as relates to tile year lll2$ .and ha.1 pro:,e.lt1t t, hlsyunne to examine the accounts PREBVCfl PAPERS. PARIS. JaTLY 91.
Mr. Hayne And Miss Foote.
The Times, 1824-10-18T00:00:00

[ Mlr. Hayne has addressed the foliowing to X Morning Paper] :- Sir,-lt never was my intention to have troubled the public with any circumstances which havc taken place between- Miss Foote and nmyself, had I net felt something wvas due to truth in the contradic- tion of those paragraphs, which made it necessary my attorney should do, in your colunmns of yesterday. There I had hoped the matter would 'have rested until the action Aliis Foote has thlought proper to commence developed every thing; but the notice taken of it in your paper of this morning compels me, reluctantlI to put the pub- lic in possession of facts which, I think, will justV& my conduct, in- tending to leave my powers of contradicting ouch statemests to the proper time and place Delicacy to the lady would almoest silence me, did I not feel and know it is so little attended to by, or headed on her part. But to the point. I was not aware, whea I made a proposal to Miss Foote, that she had ever been under the protection of Colonel Berkeley-her father and mother having always upheld (and I believed) her to be a paragon af virtue; and had not Colonel Berkeley, in the latter end of June last, in the presence of James Xlaxse, Esq. (as the Colonel's friend), and Thomas Best, Esq. (as my friend), owned her having had children by him, the youngest then not a month old, I should have been in ignorance of the facts until too late to retrieve my happiness. If I were to make every other circumstance ublie at tktis moment, I should not only be anticipating the defence I have at the approach- ing trial, but might rather increase the anxiety than " releve the minds of iMis Foote's friends." ly withers are vnwung. Now a word for Af1r. Foote, who, under the Plea of purchasing a paynmastership, borrowed the sum of one thousarnd one hundred and fifty pounds from me. Alay I ask bim (if he is in this country) to what purpose it has been appropriated; being given to understaud that the fear of being called upon to return it has induced him to make a continental tour. The mention of the above facts out " of the many," will, I trust induce the public to suspend their further opinion until the appeal made to the Court of King's Bench is decided. And in thus in. truding upon their notice, I cannot but congratulate mnyself at my escape. lam, Sir, your obedient humble servant, JOSEPH HAYNE. 28, Upper Grosvenor-street, October 15, 1824. tWe have rcceived the following from the Solicitor to Miss Foote] : In answer to Mr. Hayne's letter, published in stome of the mrnom. ing ppers of Saturday, we are desired tostate, that proposals of mar. riage to Miss Foote were made by him, after he was m full posaes. sion of theeirctwnstances so indeheately alluded to, by him, in that letter; and to expreos a hope that the public will not form aby opi. nion of Miss Foote from the language or tenour of Mr. Hayne's letter, but suspend theit judgment until the truth thas been mani. feated in a court of justice. MR. RYArE AND MISS FOOTE.
The Greeks.
The Times, 1824-11-17T00:00:00

(From the A!gematwn Zeitlag of Nnv n) . w - *., w& pjai urira.vouraoie reports have been in circulation, and capthuns fromn Mlitylene affirm that the greater part of tne fleet is (festroyed.j So muchi Leems certain, that at new attempt upon Sa- mnos has Caief, and that hereuipon a c-onsidlemble division of the fleet, being separated by a storm, was pursued by the Greeks, anda at length buthied near Mlitylene. Alt that coulf aave themnselves fled to the Dartdanelles. An Egyptian division waestill enMaed. The accounts of the war by land are equally dismal. The army of the Seraskier Dervitch Pacha, whichi was toconquer the Aorea, and to reinforce which 2 000 Janissarics were sent, was entire. Ity destroyed whenl theiatter arrived. The Jani.sriens imvrediately turnd bck,andlefttherconmadcrIn the lurch.. Several of them have arrived herecnnd increase by the accountthey *cver fthe general alarm. Mlost of the Pachas to whom the Porte haY psvent aoneyfor the expense of the mUiEasry preparations,bave keptft for their oCwenus?e. ODESSA, OCT. 22. According to letters from Conrtantinople of the 17thi had been received there that the division of the E fet wh was separated from the rest (as we have baCon stauai) ad which after the flight of the Capitan Pacha to the n-tat *eaon the 7th ot October had escaped destruction, was overtaken bteGreeks oGrees on the 9th of October, and totally destroyed. Of the great combined armxada nothing remained to combat, and the Greek Archipelago is freed from the barbarian flax. The heroism which the Greekshave displayed in the campaign makes an impression that it isimpsssible to decribe, and nobodly now deceives himself respecting the probable consequences of such great events. IzR gRERKs, ; -C ONSTASANTINOPLaE, OCT. 11.
Surrey Sessions.
The Times, 1824-05-05T00:00:00

Y Mesterday AIfr. Henr, itnt was indicted for an amsault Lnoon 2Ur. Hailet, a chytnist. Two of his servantg were tried for 'the same offence. The prosecutor, who residles upsn premises contiguous to Mr. Hunt's. in Broadwall, stated that Mr. IIunt had actedl in the most obnoxious manner to hiin. One day, while witness wvas it, his houvse, he heard a row fro:n oatside, and upon going ottt ob- served 31r. Hunt abusing hiq cer-:ant and shovelling mudt andi stones tpon the premises. l'trness bad ordercd his servant to clear away some rubbish, and thte defendant took untbrage at it, and1 orderedl the rubbish to bc shovelled ba3ek; but the rubbish was thrown upon witness's servant, and witness irmmTediately e't- Itostultted with M1r. Hunt, rs!lo abandoned all ceremony. used the most abusive languasue towards the unofi'ending 'Ir. Hallet, and not content with that vengeance, shovelled wuid and stones and cinders upon him and his servant. WiV;iels escaped anv severe personal injury, but his servant suffered flr.t, the raxe of Mr. Hunt in no slight deg-ree. Upon his crMs--e-tamination by Mr. flunt, the witneis adniitted that this case wpsi dismissed by the magistrates of Union-hall. Hit, tateitnOnt was confirmed by the evidence of his servant. Mr. Hunt, in his defence, stated, that fie biad, instead of acting with any 'hostility towards the co nplainant, treated him vith kiind- ness and forbearance, and that on the occasion allided to, Mr. H.Mllet ha(l in reality been the agzressor, antid an aggressor, too, without being retaliated upon. After several observati3ns upon the conduct of the complainant, Mr. Flunt called- Mr. Chu--e, Pearson, t\te st1icitor, who stated,. that he had called ttpon Mr. H un: on the day of the aileved assaul'. and wit-essed the difFlrcnce htttween the pruseLcuor anti the defe" daert. There were some angr-y wond upon both ttes, bttt Mr. iiallet twas evidentlr as severe as .MIr. Hunt, and ercouraged h.s nn;r ta shlovel snm0e rutebisih upon ithe rnadt close tol Mr. !-lunt's iirennises, Mr. IHunt halving very ytrefully Mac-d,l,nized that vact of ttic road. Mr. Hiunt's ttren and 3Mr. Hunt e hioself tirousiht pro r to ,itovel bac' the rubhici, and in the stloveitng one party sufoereil as nucIt as t:ie other. wo;ichi was in ftrtt nothing at Lil. T!;e prosecutor's party, however' seemed to be he augressors. Other witrcse, stated te the same eafcct, and the Chairnsan was about to surn up tl:e evidence, when The Jury requested hatl he would not takC that trouble, as they were convenecl upon the subiect. :Mr. 'luant wsas then imrne-iatel aeejuiIe. I .% ar ?p el SURREI' SPS IOGNS.
Vauxhall-Gardens.
The Times, 1824-06-01T00:00:00

Last night these gardensopenMqor theseason with more than the usual attractions, or at least many of the old ones so varied and im- proved as to have the air and effect of novelty. The illumination7 were upon a very extensive scale, and so arnanged as to produce un- common biilliancy of effect. Where Mount Vesnviws was last sea- son, ive haVe now the Cave of Fi?nzl: the Stcufia sea-view is very good, and the scenery in general throughodt the artist's departmeat of the gardens very creditable. The Chinese ballet is capitally got np - the French mechanical theatre is attractive; and the coanoo- canos (tseveral of vwhich are new) are as good as usual. The fire. works are very magnificent; and a Mr. Blackmore, who is desig- nated as the sztaprisi74g yczste,~ AsIn z, made his ascent on the ope to a triaumphal arch at e top of the Aloorish tower with great intrepidity, in the midst of vollies of rockets, flames of blue lights, and the doube din of freworks and cheers. The vocal and instru- mental performers are numerous and well relectede: Miss Tunstall, 31iss Witham, and Aliss larnmersley, are the ladies; MUr. Pyne, Atr. Gjoulden, BIr. Nelson, Mlaster Longhurst, and Mr. Alallinson are the other principal singers. Some of the songs were encored, and the glec of *' Here's a raUath to aolgood lasses" was very well received. The gardens were well attended, notwitlstanding the lowering appeararnce of the atcosphere late in the evening, and th.e ,hole of the arrangementS upon a scale which entitles the proprie- tors to the patronage of the public. IUany of the walks and the sa- loon are enlarged; new-gaUeries have been constructed near the theatre andfireworks; andashell-roof,rather toolow for the orchestra and fat the mechanical action of a sounding part, has been placed over theorchestra ; but this defect (if such the musical folks find it to be) is so susceptible of remedy, that it is hardly vworth remark. Vauxhall-gardens furnish an old, and in many respects, unique source of amusement; every body is accustomed to know and to en- joy the lounge, and itis hardly necessary tossaymore than that every thing is done by the proprietors to maintain the reputation of this long-estabslished place of pnblic resost._ VA UXHALL-CARDB1S.
High Court Of Admiralty, ...
The Times, 1824-07-07T00:00:00

In this case, which has been so freqttently before our readers, Lord STOWaLL declined to pronounce a sentence of restitution, with costs and damages, against Lieutenant Hagan, (the captor of the Spanish ship and slaves condemned wrengfully in the Vice-Ad- miralty Court ofSierra Leone), until further application had been made to Government to know whether they would sustain Lieut.- Hagan's responsibility. His Lordship added, that the Governinent having adopted the capture and having had for so many years the beneit of thelabourof the slaves were uider an obligation to bear the Lieutenant harmless, and this &uet would do its utmost, undoubt- edly, to protect that officer. HlIGH COURT OF ADZIIRALTY. TUZSDAY. JULY 6. SAN tJYAN NEPONEUCEN-O.
The Emperor of CONSTANTIN...
The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

she EGmperor of CoNS,TANTINoPLE, it will have been scen by our readers, has published an edict, restraining the Jreedom of Turkish women in respect to dress and public appearance. The Ottoman statesmen are said to attribute the gradual decline of the empire whichl they have to go- vern, to the prevailing corruptness of morals. They are right. Vice will invarial;ly sink a nation into inbecility, and render it an easy prey to its adversaries, be they fo- reign or domestic. All the states proressing Islamism, together with the religion itself, were establishedI by the sword; and if the martial virtues fail, the establishments also, civil and religious, wlhich had been consolidate(d by the exercise of those virtues, must fall asunder. It would hardly, indeed, have been sufficient for the Mahomnettns to ha-e continued stationary in virtue, in order to uphold their position in the worl(d: for the doctrines of Chris- tianity have been purified, and its practice improved, by a free access to the sacred records on whiclh it is founded, since the progress of Mahoinetanism upon earth, and the foundation of states professing that faith. It cannot, indeed, excite wonder, that a reli- gion allowing only of one God, should prevail against another religion, the professors of which were seen paying the outward marks of adoration, at least, to stocks and stones-to images, relicks, and pictures ; and who not only had one God, but one Goddess also, whom, in their prayersr andliturgies, they blasphernously styled the "Queen of Hea.I y ven." But the excesses even of Popery have been pruned, by the uprising of a more rational and scriptural faith; though we believe the God(dess, the Queen of Heaven, is stIll retained in her forms of worship: and if any miracles are now worked by her pretended saints, or their statues, the operation is generally performed at a distance from the scrutinizing eye ofProtestantism, and to convince those who have no need of aeouversion-the Papists themselves. For our own parts, we do not like to see or hear of " the " Cross as opposed to the Crescent," in the war between the Greeks and Turks. They are alike superstitious badges, and have nothing to do with true religion, which is spiritual. The Saviour of the world undoubtedly suffered death upon a cross, and he so suffered tbr the sins of man; but de those facts instil any virtue or merit into the in- strument of his tortures, or into the resemblance of that instrument, or into similar instruments, wherever they are seen, or of whatever materials they are composed ? Had he sufered death by decapitation, should we have bowed the head to a hatchet every time we saw one, and instead of crossing ourselves, tossed down the right arm as if the weapon fell ? However, let the Turkish Government but purify the morals of its subjects, which may be best done by the in- troduction of a pure faith, and it will find that it has im- parted to the state one of the surest principles of duration. It would seem hard to punish the husbands for the ex- cesses of their wives; but in Mahlometan countries the wo- men are more under control.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-12-28T00:00:00

DIED. On the 10th inst., Edvward W. Sheplheard, E;q., ia the 68th year of liis age. On the 25th inst., B. P. v. Lelyveld, Esq., of NJo. 19, Cudogaz- place. On the 7th uIlt.. Mr. Wnm. Yeatcs, at HRenaden, nearrlare, Hertz. On Christmas-day, uneas, youngest soa of .8neas Barkly, Esq., of Highburvygrome. On the 23d inst., at WVatford, Herts, John Barlow, Eeq., after an illnetss of nearly four years. On the 23d inst., at Worthing, Amelia, the youngest lalagbter of Mr. Arcntleacon Goddard. On the 26th inst., after a linsering illness& Elen, wife of Mrl. John Nichols, builder, of Ebury-street, Chelsea, in the 39th yewr of her age, much regretted by her ffiends. In September last, at Venice, Mr. Johi Daff Masturdo, late of Old London-street, mserchant. On W'ednesday, the 15th inst., at his resldence in Wbitechupel_ road, Mr. Charles Rix, in the S3d year of his age, after long an6 painful iUness, deeply regretted by his vumerotts family and fiien_..
Summer Assizes.
The Times, 1824-08-18T00:00:00

* - olr nme CIly closed this day Oai the Crown side, Garret* Harling was indicted (in company with twoother persons) for steatling a considerable quantity of born. basins. There was no interest whatever in the details of the trial, but a point oF law arose, uron which judgment eventually was respited- John Lane was called to prove an admissiott by Harling of thie robbery in question, anti also to show that pat of the goods which were stolen had been trantferred to reCeivers l but Lane hiniself, it appeared, had been indicted as an accomplice in the same transace tion atfer the fact and he stood f&rther in the predicament of havy i g been found guilty ef a previous larceny, fbr which he was sen- tenced to a term of imprisonment not yet fully expired. Under these ciratetatances the counsel for Harling objected to Lane's evidence lie being, ii fact, not a freeman, but already suf- fering under the penalty of the law. The counsel for the p.-osecution Agreed to withdraw himn; but they then proceeded to put his wife into the bom. Lane's wife. hoevever, in her turn, waa now denied to be a com- petent witness; for it was said, that if she was ekamined, sate, in fact, proved her husband an accomplice in the present robbery. The prosecutor replied that she did not sWnd irn that situation her husband had aIlready admitted his guilt, and she was calleA onlv to confirm Ins general testimony. The counsel for the prisoner insisted that nevertheless her evi- deuce wasR inadmissible; and Alr. Justice 6.tSELEE gaia, tlat ha doubted very much whiether it could be received. Lape himself wits then again called, a note being taken of the ob. jections to his competency.; and his wife, being afterwards exa- mined, confirmed what lie stated. rhe trial was proceeded in., and Harling, in conclusion, was found guilty. Air. Justice GASELEE, however, respited sentence until the opinion of the twelve Judges was known as to tbe admissib-lity of Lane as a witness. His own present %iew was against the reception of evidence; but thete was a peculiarity in the forn of Lane's sen- tence which would have to be considered. SUMMElfR ASSIZES. _. NORWICH. Mmnv. A if,
Dutch Papers.
The Times, 1824-10-12T00:00:00

iO conseqtuenee-of the application of tile Staten-General to thie in ti?take into consitleration the distressed state of agriculture, iim ajcslty, by al order of the 2d of this month, deerees, that, awaitihg-the tegulatiotlh to be pmpl-Med to the Staies-.eneral. for the lichitatton of the imolportation of foreign grain, all importers of wheat, aye, barley, and oats, ground or unground, shall, from this tinie, be- sIdes paving the import duties, gire securitr for the tavTient of oruch IiOior d.ties as may be fixeL by the law respecting impor- Uatlb, in the same manner as if n the irr,Oytati,.n hasd talen plac- eifler the enarner.t of the Inw-.viz, 1f. 4i0. per cent. on wheat, 1Sf'. ~nrlf, 7f. 50. (Sn barlev, and 4f, irP., besides theC per cetrtagt fur the Syndieawt. 'This merisure is' haD#ved th4t, as the stare of agri. culture requires imnredl;atl~ relief, 'thepropoSetl rg.toi;myo be redee fruitless, at leass for, a timie, by rnextraordinsary trot poriaatoou. a xrodnr n t'ORFUT SEPr. 0,. A proclamatioll hias been issuedI her,' by the Lord IHighi Comimis. sionier of the lolarif. Islands, declaring thtat all ships and cargoes be. longinig to Greeks slhall be detairtedi ana capturedrl and this in coa'st' itKeuce of the, refusal1 of the Greek Provi.rlonaI Gorernnment to with. draw ltad-'Jriratio by which all ,uro eijt sis, freighted for thic sirtce f te Tuks r Eyptins,areto b tratel a enemies. to ~seqnn~~ f ths ntice twoEn~hsh rigates that hiappened to b in urro5 siilel imediaely oi' ltecopost of ithe Alorea, atii( are to e joine off Zare by te Admirl'ssip. DfUTCHF PAPERS. IIA.&GU. OCTrOmn r.