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Arctic Expedition.
The Times, 1824-07-27T00:00:00

be rom the West Briton.l VWeha,zbeen favoured with the Sight of a letter recently re- ceived by a naval ofice' in Cornwall, from ali officer toDilecde with the expe4ition whtih lately left this country for th e purpose of pro- ceedlnt by land to explore the shores of the Arctic Sea, from Re- punle Bay, of whicb the following extraet wil, we doubt net, be ac- cepttable to our wmders*- MIla Majesty's discovry sloop Griper, Stromness, July 2. Id24 I catrot leave the Orkney Itsles without writing you. Of the nature and objects of this expedlLon I suppose you are already well infonrned it is therefore unnecessary for tne to enter into details. Every thusg whicb could be thought of for the conmfort and safety of these engageEl in it, has been piovided by Government. Wire have complete fur dresses of raroon skin; bags about six feet long and sufflciently wide for a man to get into and sleep in, lined with the sama material; and pillows whibch are air tight, and mnay be iiflated when necesavry, to repose on. Theme pillo,vs are made of duck of'i the closest texture of which two piecei are glued togeLher by a coln position tnade of fndia.rubber diec.Ied in naphtha, which renders them air.tighb and the pillows are-then formed. Thetm is a stop-cock at one corner through which they are inflated, and when not used, the nir is nllowea to escape. When empty, a pillow can be folded up in a small compass, and c;rried in the pocket. We have also water-proof dresses swimming jacleets, and camp equipage suited to the climate we have to encounter, all prepared in tie same manner. We have also coverings of the same material for two boats which we have In frame; each of these boats, when completed for service, will weigh about 1501b.; thev are designed to carry six persons each, with some necessaries. 'tlhe party consists of 12 persons, and if we finul the sea clear of ice, we are to paddle along the shore. We take two ponies from Stromness, to convey the luggage across the peninsula fromn Repulse Boy to the Arctic Sea; theY are strong, ardy, and handsome little apimanls. We have mrteTiaas to form a cart tor the lunagc on our arrival, and six pasir of wheels, of dif. felent aizes an widths. It is, however, generally thought that Esquimuux dogs will be mos servjceable in conveying our luggage on sledges, than the ponies in a cart; and we have a number of sledges of Yarious sizes,- in case it should be found necessary to use them. The Snap, surveying sloop, accornpanies us as far as the ice near Hadson's Strait, where we take out the wtores, provitsins, &ec., and part comnpany. Tue Snap will then _roceed to Newfound- land, to continue thte suveys of that coast. These particulars will give you some idea of the mntner in which we are to proceed on our arrival at Hndson's Strait. I trust we shall fully succeed in the objet in view; at all events, every thing that courage and perse- veranee can accmlihwilbeel'tte. AThCTIC RXfPEDdtToy.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-10-14T00:00:00

Sir,-In your paper of Saturday last, I observed an article con- ceitug the stamn-dAuty on law proeeedings, importing that such duty would cease from the present time. AlIow me to put one que,tion on this subject, for which, although I have made vwious inquiries, I have not been able to obtain a solution. There are cer- tain stamnps which are made use ot at the public offices of record (as that at the Towcr, the Rolls' Chapel. &c.), for copies of the ancient records, in amount either 4d. or 2s. the sheet, according to the rnatuw of the documents. The question, then, I wish to ask Is, whyether these stamps come under the provision of the act of last sessior, and are intended by virtue thereof to cease fromn the pretsent time ? It appears to beof no small importance to the puhlic at large to know whether these duties are taken off or are to continueuties which, from the length of the copies, occasionally fall so heas) as to deter individuals from prosecuting those claims which require evidence of this nature. For this reason, Sir, I trust you will excuse toy tres- passing so long on your valuable time, and anm vour obedient hum. me 6ervanr, _ F- ,ounuon, tCL. i1. TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-06-09T00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNVESDAY, JUNE 9, 1824. lVe last naight received the Paris paperg of Sundav. They are entirely filled vwnth reports of the discussion in the Chamber of De- puties, on the project of law for extending the duration of the elec. tive branch of the legislature,and contain no polidcalnews whatever. On Saturday, n. de LABOURDON.AYE, the leader of the ultra opposition, spoke against the bill, and was answered in a long bpeech by M. de CORBiEBE, Minister of the Interior.
London, Sessions, Friday,...
The Times, 1824-06-19T00:00:00

I Sfrc i7et RECORnDE, anid the AldermtCen MAGNAY, BROWNE, and CROWDER. I n s reverenc genucman, leflo is also a nlagistrate for the cotnty c. }'SSssc. tood indicted for an indecent assault upon a boy of the name of WVaener, in an obscure court iu Tlnames-street, between one and two o'clock in the morning, and on the last meeting of the Court awns c3Ae upon his recoonizanccs, but dlidl not appear. lis recog- niznnces, however. would not become forfeited until the conclusion of the sms-lons, of which this was the adjourned day. On the case baein mentioned, it appeared that the rev. gentleman had, in the iD'em. remroved the cause by certiorami to the Court of King's Bench* and entered into recognizances there, himself in 1,000]., and t-o suretiesin 1OOI. each, thesecarities in the Courtbelow being in 2-l. each. The boyvVagzrer had been kept in eustody to prevent Is h-ing tampercd viith, and it now became a question wvhat should be dor.e with him. Mr. Alderman B3towNrs suguested, that as the boy was not charged with any offence, the Court had no authority to detain him in custoly. It appiaring, however, important thtt lie slhould be forthcoming, the Court questiorned both himii and his mother, who both cxpressed themselves satisfied as to the manner in which he had b-en treated, and consented to his remaining in custody. LOTEOO. SEO;SI0ION,, FRDAvY, JUNE 18. THE REV. 31n. HAYES.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-07-28T00:00:00

DIED. On the lst of June, ? tEdidrburgh. Alexander Wylie, Esq., M.D. On the 16th inst., at Paris, Charles Magniac, Esq., many yearr resident at Canton, in China. On Sunday, the 2th inst., at her father'abouse, Canonbury,aged 26, Mary, the wife of Msr. Villiam Ivison, of Cheapside.
Crown Court.
The Times, 1824-08-04T00:00:00

lionert flurtoa ant illary Burion, his wife, stood indicted tbr stealing, in the dwelling-house of Joseph Cheetham, of louth, vic- tualler, on the 21st of July last, one brown Holland purse, contain- ing 39 sovereigns, three hallf-sovereigns, one guinea, and a quantity of r,l. notes. The wife of thc prosecutor said that hier husband kept a public- house at Louth. 'IThe property in question was kept in a box under the bcl. On this particular day prosecutor and his wife went out, leaving the box quite safe; btt, on their return in the evening, it was found broken open, and voitled of its contents. The fe- male prisoner in the mean time had been secn going out of the house. They were afterwards traced to a shop in the town offering the larger money to change. Subsequently, upon theirapprehension, the purse Was conveyed away to a youniger aister of the female pri- soner, -who hid it in a garden. The husband was not implicated un- til after the robbery, and the indictment did not charge him with beig a receiver of the stolen money. The Jury found the wife guilty-Death; and acquitted the hl)0-nn1 CROWS COTrTT.
Summer Assizes.
The Times, 1824-08-05T00:00:00

LIV iL ;IDE.-B'rorc 1r-. lastive BURROUcG. '1'his wvas an action in case, against tl,ede'endant lor tnaliciouF)v injuring a picture, the property of' the plairtiff' Plea, ' not I." The plaintiff is an attorney, and the defendant a tradesman both residing at Southend. The picture, which was the subject of the action, was an oil painting of a horse, upon which the plaintifr set great value. It appeared that the plaintiff havine, in his charac- ter of attorney suet *the defendant upon a bili of cxchange, a (day was a ppointed for the !atter to mrieet at the office of the former to psy the mtoney. The defendan't depuutd his wife to pay tie money, and ashe went, in comripany with a Milr.. Cobold, t3 the plhintiff`s house for thiat purpose. W-hen she got there. she found the pzindtfF from home. She seemed angry at the ;reach of the plaintiff's appointments and broke out into some passionate expressions. A femnae servant who attended the door, invited hier to sit down in the parlour, and told her that the plaintiff war m the neighbourhood, mentioned where he was, and said that he should be sent tor. Mr. Cobbold then went to look for the plaintiff: In the interval the defendant's wife remained in thze parlour. arid, as 'was alleged, maliciously injured the picture in question, wbich hung up in the room. The principal witness tO support the c.Lse was the plaintiff's female servant, who deposed that whilst Mrs. Stringfellow was in the parlour, she heard her walk about the room, go to a table drawer in which was a knife-steel, and then miake a rumbbhng naise as if a picture was moving on its peg against the wainscot. Before Al rs. Stringfellow came to the house, the witness was quite sure her master'> picure was unhijured; but as soon as Mrs. Stringfellow went awav, shc ob- served thle horse's eyes had been poked out with &ome such instru- titent as a steel, there being two small holes punctured in the can- vass. Mrs. StringieLeow was altogether in the room for about teM minutes. On her cross-examitiation, she admitted that sbe had been a witiess on two firmer occasiotus for her master; once in Lon- don, and another time at the assizes. There was a peep-hole in the wainscot oi the roomn. but she did not look through it. Was quite certain that the picture was cafe betbre AMrs. Stringftllow went into tiie room, atnd that it was injured when slie left. The picture was exhibited in Court, but it was any thinr bu-t A masterpiece. The utmost value set upon it was 6L., but it waS ib- viously worth no such money. No objection was taken t the fortl of the action, but The Jary foutid a verdlict for the defendant. SUl;3MER .4SSIZES. CHELMSFORD, NVEDNESD.AY. AUG. 4. BELLEX V. STRINGFELLOW AND WVIWr
Portuguese Captures In Br...
The Times, 1824-10-20T00:00:00

The annexed document, was received yesterday from Bahia, enclosed in a letter dated the 18th of August. It is a communication from the Minister of Finance at Rio de Janeiro, to the Junta of the province of Bahia, and is worth notice, from the explanation giveni in it of the mo- tives for th! numerous captures of Portuguese vessels made by the Brazilian navy, at a time when similar acts of aggression were wholly abstained from by Portugal, and for the delay of the prize courts at Rio in their condem- nation. It will, however, be far from an lio0nourable pro- ceeding towards Lord COcHRANE and his brave associates, if their interests are sacrificed to an affair of political ex- pediency. " Mariano Jose Pereira, of his Imperial Mlajesty's Council of State, Alinister of Finanec, and President of the Treasury, &c. " I make known to the Junta of Finance, at Balhia, that there having been presented to his illajesty the petition of Pedro Gomez Ferreira, the proprietor of a rope-manufactory in the said city, in which lie prayed the respective authorities to confer upon him pos- session, independently of public sale, and only by valuation, of a warehouseon the quay of the said city, belonging to the property of the Portugucse emigrant, Jose Antonio de Segucira Braga, which property is sequestrated, paying it, at the price Of valuation, into the coffers of the State in the department of the arsenal, in articles of the above-mentioned manufacture, at the requisition of the In- tendant of Illarine; and, taking all the information necessaryonsuch a subject, his Alajesty has been pleased to declare to the said junta, that the sequestration of the estates of the Portuguese is a measure of mere precaution, taken in order to oblige that nation to acknow- ledge our independence, which being acknowledged, the saine estates, with the proper deductions and equitable liqui(lation, may berestored, along with their rcnts, to the proprietors; it being Hecessary to pro- ceed to the sale by auction, not of the estate, but of the rent, if that has not been stipiilated with the proprietor, for in this case it shall not be altered . and if apublic sale of the latter takes place, the peti- tioner may hid along with other bidders, lodging the price in the publictreasury. This is comniunicated to the junta, for its guidance andi execution." Silvester Ferreira Pereira dcrew up this decree on the 28th of June, 1824, in Rio Janeiro. PORTUGUESE CAPTURES IN BRAZIL.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-10-23T00:00:00

Sir,-A paragraplt in 77Te Tzin of to-day states that " the re. turn of iron ore smelted at the works of a worthy Alderman, i9 esti. mated at 5,000 tons weekly, and that he has thereby derived am addition of the inrnmense sum of ,0Ml. to his annual Income from. this ceKse." Every body knows that the wortby Alderman alluded to is Alderrnan Thompson; and any body who knows pay thing about the iron trade also knows thst the story is ahtosethera fabrica3 tioni; and if the worthy Alderman has not (before 3;oa eceive this) contradic,ed the statement, pray obligeme byinsering thi letter. The adlditional profit to the iron Btioet, in consequence of t:C rxi" in price from 71. to 121. per ton (and not from 8!. to 131., as stated In your paper) is full 41. per ton; so that, if the Alderman's mriespro- duce 6,000 tons weekly, the profits would be 20,000' a week, or 1,0400p01. per annum. The following account of the produce of the five largest Erms in England will explain :- 'Wm. Crawshay, Esq., of Cyfiathfar nMineg (supposed to be all hiq own) . . . 23,00 tos rn J. and C. Bailey, of Nanty-Glo KW. IX,0 I d. Guest, Lewis, and Co. of' Lowlair .. . lh,00 do. Thiompson and Co., Penydarvon . . 14,000 do. Hill and Co., Plymouth Forge . . . 12onnD A,, XI iln your one!uent servant, a- IT * ,. m-ysu ru . IUIp-,fl It is ISn, h.s ratberb b?r thanon. thr 'o he conceem of which he sta-ads at the head, but not a half.... Oct. 22, 182C 4. I TO THEt EDITOR_ OF THE TIMES.
The wars which had been w...
The Times, 1824-11-09T00:00:00

The wars which had beca waged in Ireland between the State and the factious which successively disturbed it, beilg extinct, or for the moment suspended, the party- leaders are; falling foul one of anotler. Sir ABRAHAM BRlADLEY tiNG has sworn informnationst against Mr. K LiY? publisher of the Irish Times, for a libel?; whichi libel con-) sists of somethinig more tlai insingaations, according to the Orange Barenets own accunt, 'against the fidelity with which he and certain others of his brethren had adminis- tered the funds of their respective lodges. Mr. O'CoNsrELL objected to the informations being received by thte Magis-; trate, on the ground that Sir A. t. was. not entitled to pro- secute, for any charge made againrt his conduct as menmber .f an illegal association. It does, indeed, appear to us, that the fit subject of prosecution would be the charge of being an Orangeman at all-not that of beiig a treacherous or knavish Orangeman. Suppose, for instance, a paragraph. to be published, asserting that " A, B, and C, three notorious "highwaymen, had a desperate quarrel," and that " A was "kicked out oF the gang for purloining some of the conjoint ")plunder," would it not be highly amnusing, if the expelled party were to put out of sight the reproach of being a public highwayman, and prosacute for the imputation of cheat- ing his brother thievee? MWr. GAsDaR, howerer, although he declared the Orange Society mischievois and illegal, 7eceived Sir BRADLSY'S infortnations. We protest against being suspected of a wivsh to raink Sir BRADLiiy KiNG witlh vulgar felons, but have mnerely illustrated the peint of law which was raised by the .atholio sarri.ter.
Court Of King's Bench, We...
The Times, 1824-12-06T00:00:00

JL ,,, was an actiom tor money had and received to the plaintiff's use. The plaintiff was the deputy clerk ot' the parish of Alaryle. bone, under Mr. Tyler, who received the appointmnent of clerk fom the Duke of Portland, as a reward for lang and faithful ser- vices, and himself resided at Windsor. The defendant was sexton, 2das such ought to have paid the fees, deducting his salary, to the laintiff, by vrhom they were usually paid into Mlr. Tyler's banker's. she defenilant, as was allezed, had omitted to pay these fees, and in oonsequence the plaintiff was dismissed for not making good his owrn payments, and now sought to recover the amount of the fees v tche he should hbave received from the sexton. The IJOkD CHIEF JUSTICE WaS of opinion, that Mlr. Parkin ,could not support the action, as the fees belonge3 not to him, but -to Mlr. Tyler, and there was no privity between him and the de- fendant. The plaintiff was ascordiugly nonsuited, before any statement of thedefendlant's case wasmade. Theothercauses were entirely destitute of interert. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WESTXMINSTER, DEC. 4. The LoRD CHIEp JUSTICE .at this day at Nis! PTrine. 'Thc cause of3rzirP i. Smith ocoupied the whole of the day, but was of no public interest except to the parties coacerned in it. The plead- ings were of a most volauminous nature. In the course ef the trial a buestion rose upon them, and as the junior counsel, wlho had drawn them for the plaintiff, had left the Court to attend to another cause in which he vas engaged in the Court of King's Bench, much time was lost before that exact part of the declaration could be found, which was dlpendetd upon as letting in certain evidence tendered by the plaintiff. The LORD C}IBF JUSTICE tookoccasion toremark upon the necessity of the counsel remaining in Court, who had been engaged in preparing such voluminous proceedings as the present * and aid that he was much inclined to make somearrangement to procure their presence, in order to prevent the time of the public being un. flecossx:ily wasted in d;sture. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. wXrwrxryr- Yl- A rARXTN V. CIIAfM]WRT.Afl?.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-08-16T00:00:00

t ADVFETIfiRMENT. I rzitran account appeared1 in your paper of the 1Utit instL wtich you very properly call an "' extraordinary charge of assault," r.rA which, unales exEplained, is calculati to do rne unmerited injury. The gentleman assaulted ix; there stated to be M' i\r. Weathope. re- cendJv come from Ireland," end is represeted as poitsseaAg som claimn to respectability-hia residence being, at the Sw=n-..ithtwo.. Necks. On iqui ring at the Swan-w i dh_wo cNekrl, I was informed that no AMr. Westhope was known there ; and I shal3 be enebled tG show, that the person pa ring under thiis name has made use of r. false name for purposes which, in proper time and place, wil be full,r resealed. Now, Sir, it mnay be naterial to me, snrl equally st to the public, to make this respectable Irisb gcntleean, so recentlr rri d ived ngland, to appear in his propeT coiours, I have ouly to requect that tbe pubisc vrill uspend their opinionuporL the oceazrence until the su bj ect shall hae undergone egal discursion, for which I an2 fi' prepared. Numeroetsinquirieaafeera Airt. Wfeatropp, frum ireland havc ben mnade, sinca tublicity vas given. to this trans=ctir; anti his appearasnce wii much grarify masy anxious and unsatis6ed cre. ditors. To one obsenration of the Lord Mayor I need scarcely make any reply. lIis Lordship stated, *' that becau.e the customer was dila. wry, I had no rbeht to be irritated." No respectable tradesman, however desirous to avoid a fraud, would suffer the circurngtanee of a dilatory mode of dealing to irritate him to an assault, unles- under the infRncIce of ifns2nit7, vwich is not m- malady. I depend upon the pwrompt insertion oa' this paper, that I mar not he s,,h i er , zn {lnntr~eA ,'o,nk,.tmnr, n Tm n.ilr. vnr mast obedient hutmble servarat. JE1Q,!.1AU EVAhS. Yish-street.hill, Aug. 13. TO T111 EDITOR OF THE TIME.V. EXTRAORD1X7APIY C1IARGE OF ASSAULT.
Lord Chamberlain's Office...
The Times, 1824-05-18T00:00:00

___-- -- - [ADVERTISEMENT.1 Niotice is hereby given, that the King wUiU hold a Drawijg-room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday next, the 20th instant, at two o'clock, to celebrate Hi Afajesty's birth.day. N. B. The Knights of the several Orders wil1 wear their collars. JADVERTISEM2tXT. LORD CHAAIBERLAIN'S OFFI.:, MAY 17, 1324. REGULATIOXS TO BtE OBSERVED AT THE COURT OF ST. JAMEs's.-The ladies who propote to attend the Drawing-room, to be held on Thursday next, the 20th instant, are requested to bring with them two cards, with their names thereon written, one to be left with the King's Page in attendance in the Presence Chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord in Waiting, who will an- nounce the name to His Majesty and thnse ladies who are to be pre- sented, are hereby informed it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the narne of the lady who is to prcsent them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's office on Wednesday morning next, the 19th instant, before 12 o'clock, in order-that they may be submitted for the Bne's approbatfon; it being his AMajesty's com- mand, that no presentations at the Drawing.room shall hereafter be made by the Lord in Waiting, but by the Lady whose name, with that of the lady lo be presented, shall appear On the card to be deli- vered, as before directed, corresponding with the names sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's office Tolady can be receivibyHis Aa- jesty at the Drawing.room, but in conformity to the above regula- tions. The state apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to Court ut n l 1,I 11IJ I ; H.t11 WUYA XC - -- - -
Irish Church.
The Times, 1824-05-19T00:00:00

An Abstract, showing the number of Parishes, Unions, Denefices, Resident and non- eiident Incumbents, &c., in the Provinces of Armagl, Cashel, and Dxblin.-( Vide Parliamentary Paper, No. P3, of IM.O.) IRISH CHfURCH.
By the Bee, Captain M'BRI...
The Times, 1824-06-07T00:00:00

By the Bee, Captain MI'BRIDE, arrived at Liverpool, letters have been received from Pernambuco dated the 17th of ApriL On the 7th, a junta was held, when it was determined not to receive the President appointed by the ENiPEROR, and that Al. CARVALHO should remain in office. Captain TAYLOR, of the I7nperial frigate, had consequently officially declared the port in a state of blockade. The local Government continued their hostile proceedings against the European Portuguese, and unless further assurances of the EstrERoR's sincerity were received from Rio, it was doabtful whether tbey would be allowed to remain. Cap- tain WILLIS, of the Brazen, applied to Captain TAYLOR for delay in the operation of the blockade, for vessels now load- ing in the harbour, which he granted till the 21st. Several vessels fronmLiyerpool and other places had arrived off the port, but were prevetited from entedrig by the frigates, and were of course forced to proceed to Bahia, Macio, aud othes ports. After the 21st the blockade was to be strictly enforced, both against outward and inward bound ships.