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The Lisbon Gazette of the...
The Times, 1824-04-22T00:00:00

The Lisbon Gazette of the 5th inst. contains a tirade against the Constitution of Brazil. Articles like that wvhich we now refer to, are not of course written with the absurd expectation of either injuring or serving the people of whom they profess to speak. A country which has once flung down the gauntlet to Portugal, and treated her su- premacy with ridicule and scorn-which has felt the tram - mels of its ancient mistress as something no less preposter- ous and disgusting than a giant would consider the leading- strings tied round him by a dwvarf-such a country is not to be preached back, by any effort of ultra-Royal orthodoxy, into the prison-house of colonial dependence, aggravated, in the case of Portugal, by the two-fold plague of priestly and of kingly despotism. A Lisbon Gazette-writer might as rea- sonably supplicate the Moon to change her course, as Brazil to sacrifice her independence. But the Brazilian Constitution is abused, not for the edification of the people amongst whom it has been established, so much as for a comfort to the Portuguese themselves, and a salve to their wounded nationality. To this end, the subjects of Portu- gal are told, that the Constitution has not been granted by the " legitimate authority :" if the writer means by the Cc people" of Brazil, they have almost unianimously approv- ed it. If, on the other hand, it be not valid because the Court of Portugal" has not framed it, unquestionably the period is ratlher a remote one, at which the Brazilians are likely to agree in the Gazette-writer's notion of a " le. "g-itimate constitution." The letters received yesterday from Lisbon are dated the ltli inst., and renew the report so frequently circulated of an intention on the part of the Portuguese Government to send an expeditioii against some part of Brazil. A ru- mour so often spread, and followed by no active demonstra- tions of a corresponding nature, is entitled to little credit. The number of troops now talked of as meant to com- pose tne expedition is 10,000 ; and an order has been giveii, it is said, for calling out the whole of the Portuguese troops, for the purpose of selecting vol-nteers to join the en- terprise. Much activity is also said to prevail in the Portu- guese dock-yards, where the recent dispensation of the Pa- triarch of Lisbon, allowing the artificers to continue their labour on the Sabbath, is declared to be in full force. We believe, howvever, that these rumours are in no degree bet- ter founded than those which have preceded them.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-04-23T00:00:00

:ir,.-Encouragedaby the n not youi puicain of the 14th inst. of my late petition to tbe Hopse of CommCoas on the site of the Established Church in Ireland, I beg you will' permnit me (through ThZe Times) to correct two mistakes into which IVLr. Goul. burn was delusively led, when he objected to the printing of tlte pe. tition. He said-agreeably, no doubt, to the information with which he hail been furnished,_that only two unions had been given to Lord Rebert Tottenham's relative (the Hon. Robert and Charles Maude, his brothers-in-law). Now it is perfectly well known, that he be- stowed besides, upon his cousin, the Rev. Air. Langrishe, thc union of Lackeen, comprising three parishes, one of which is distant from the others upwards oF30 miles. Mr. Goulburn also quoted an ad dress from the clergy to his Lordship after his translation from I;- laloe, to which my name was affixed, approving of his conduct. That his Lordship should venture to put such a document into the hanse of Air. Goulburn, will be considered surprising when I state-the cu. rious manner in which that address was got up. Whilst the clergy were occupied in thcordinary visitation of the succeeding Bishop, a slip of paper and a pencil were carried through the pews by the Rev. AIr. Travers, tutor to Lord Robert's children, with this question to the clergy severaDly-" Have you any objec. tion to put your name to a complimentary address to the late Bishop ?" " Oh no," was the general reply, and my name was taken down with the rest; but no address was shown, nor the pre- cise nature of it explained. Some wbo smelt the trick refused their names-the rest were deluded; and you mayconceive what their astonishment and indignation was, on rending quickly after, in tbe public papers, a fiaming address, containing a special approval of the promOt.Dns made by hir Lordship daring his episcopate. This, Sir, is the shameful proof of my inconsistency. For these facts I pledge my veracity; and I am ready to substantiate the allegations of my petition at the bar of either House of Parliament. I have the honour to be, Sir, yoar very humble servant. JUtJlN HAMILTON, .urate of RoIcrea I Koscrea, (Ireland), April 17, 1824. TO TH!E EDITOR OP 2'IE VmPme.
[Advertisement.]-The Shoo...
The Times, 1824-08-28T00:00:00

lAdvertisemeut.V2Vbe Shooierl Co'mpanion, by Mr. T, B. 5o0t1ssox, of LAiverpool, just published, is a truly practical work on everv subject connected with the doz and gun; it contains a rich rulndofinformation relative to pointers and setters, and such birds as are the object of thie iportman's paursuit. The training of doss for the gun is wcl detailedl in this volumc, and also the proper treatment of discases to whichl they are liable; the difercent species discriminated, and the reason why onc dog's pewerof scent is superior to another's; tlre tbwling-piece fuDy considered in all its improvements, and the properties of percussion-powrder investigated, and censpared with conmmon powder, the art of shooting ilyilngillustratecd, as well with respect to grouse shooting and moor.game, as partridge, phea_ sant, snipe, woodcock, &c., wild duck, and other wild fowl, &e., &c. Thse gamc laws also famniliarly explained and illustrated by nu. olerous eases, The vohime is furthter illustrated with three exqui- sltc engravings by lrandseer; and the price being only 9s., it stAsnds a fair chance of beinig tihe pocket.companion of every sporting mall in the kingi doln. Puelislicd by Sherwood and Co., Paternoster.row.
The thanks of the city we...
The Times, 1824-09-30T00:00:00

'The thanks of the city were, it will be seen, voted ye.tcrday, witlhout one dlissentient voice, to Mr. WVAI1r{- MAN, thc Lord AMayor; not only for his general acrvices to the city, but above all fbr his punietual, able, and ini. partial adininiistration ofjustice. It is this latter clause that excites our attention and calls tbrth our approbation. Mlinor duties nay admit of a trainsfer or delegation ; but the discharge of the judicial functions, the hiighest that can appertain to the Chief Magistrate of the eity, ought never, but in'a case of extreme neeessity, to be shifted from the principal aiid to lhese, we b tieve, ihe, pr&isa LoRaX MAYOa attended In a manner worthy of their importance, and worthy, also, of the imitation of his successors. There being no ground for cavil in what tho Loa, MAYOR has done, we learn that he is now undergoing the ordeal of abuse for what he has not donci, or thought of doing. It is some praise to him that his acts are untan- gible, and that his calumniators are therefore obliged to in- vent an offeence for him, and then abuse him for their own forgery. The crime imputed is not of a very deep (lye; it is that of striving to get himself re-elected LoRD MAYOR, -a crime which we cannot say lhe never thought of, for it is beyond our power to know the lheart of man ; but of the existene6 of which in his mind we are very sure he could not give tlhe slightest indication in the city without our cognizance, and of which we can assert he has never given -the slightest indication. The whole is, ina truth, a calum- nious fabrication. Mr. WAITHMAN made his acknowledg- ments for the vote of tlhanks In an appropriate speech, ex- pressed wvith great feelin and spirit.
Law Stamps.
The Times, 1824-10-21T00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-The partisans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer have given him infinite credit for his liberality in taking off the duties upon law proceedings. I am far from wishing to deprive him of the cre(lit really due to him, but it is proper that the publie should know what the actual amount of it is. Upon looking at the new Stamp Act, I find that the most odious and oppressive of all the dluties upon law proceedings remain unrepealed-I allu(leto the stamps upoIn vrits issuing from the office of the Cursitor in Chancery; that " great writ-shop of the nation," as I think Blackstone somewhere styles it. The following is a list of the stamps paidl upon passing atlv fine or recovervy however triflinw the nronrtv -nv h- WVhere the fine is passed. in town, as there is no occasioi for a dedimnus, the expense will be 1]. less. I say nothing about the alienation fine, the King's silver, and all the other modes of legal plunder which beset the unfortunate suitor, as he runs the gauwtlet through tle various offices, and who, it should be remembered, has already paid the ad valorem anil other dutiesupon his deedls. The above stamps, however, were certainly among the number which were expceteil to be repealed, as being the most unJust and oppressive of them all. The duties upon warrants of attorney to confess judg- ment also iemain unrepealed, and thus a creditor who wishes to be lenient to his debtor, by postponing payment to a future day, is still obliged to saddle him with the expense of a heavy ad-valorem duty on the amount of the debt. The stamps are taken off all proceedings before the Lord Chancellor in matters of lunacy and bankruptcy-why not in matters relating to patents also ? vhich are usuaUy car- ried on at the expense of ingenious but needly men, and of which the public are ultimately to reap all the advantage. Attested copies of deeds, office-copies of wills, interlo- I cutory judgments, and numerous other proccadings, still remain subjcc.t to stamp.dnties; so that the supposed amount of gratitude due to Mr. Robinsoni is subject to a fearful deductionl, wvhen the whole matter comtes to he in.. vestiefated. I am. Sir vnn,r Ahpilipm.i eorvant I AN ATTORNEY. London, Oct. 19. LAIY SPA MTPS.
The Greeks.
The Times, 1824-11-23T00:00:00

We thank a Correspondent forpointing out tO us all elo- quent passage in a former number Qf the Q.arte; Iy ReBiew,. tvhieh places ini a very stronglight one great peculiarity of the Greek character, ancient and modern-wvmean thir- entlhusiastic love of all that relates to the sea-a pecu- liarity wvhichl miust, to a certahi degree, be ascribed to the insular situation of the Gxrecian territories, baxt which no other islanders have exhibited with such intensity and magnitude, except the English: a point of resetnblance, which alone must create in thle minds of our countrymen a vivid interest in the efforts of their brother seamen. The article is, we believe, from the pen of the learned translator of Aristophanes:- (From the Qltarterly Review, No. 61.1 It is evident that the first two books of the Iliad are address 'd to a feeling which lhas predominated among the Greeks from the earliest periods don'n to the present mo- ment. In the first lines almost of that poem, which, thouggh private taste may sometimes give the preference to other cmpositions, the general judgment must pronounce to bethe most wonderfitl -effort of human intellect, the Greeks appear to us more in the character of sailors than of soldiers. It is alonF the sea-shlore that the Grecian army is drawn up; and it is by the sea-side, and in the solemn act of purifieation by its waters, that the first movements of' that army take place. It is by the side of the far-sountl- ing sea that Clhryses walks in the sadness of his heart, and ad,(resses to Apollo that prayer which brings down the ven- geance of Heaven. It is along the unfruitful sea that the royal heraldsproceeed toexecute that message whichoccasions the reader so much anxiety and suspense; anti it is from the bosom of the ocean's indeftnite space, that Trhetis rises like a mist, to sooth or dispel those sorrows wlhich the sufflrer's own position suggests were not to be removed by the feebler abstractions of mare land. To Grectian ears, the catalogue of shils whieh crowds the secondl hoolk of the Iliad would have been agreeable had it been twvice its length. What the sea was to the old Greeks generally, it became to Athens in after-times more particularly; and she hadl some of the swne reasons for her predilection. She was the freebooter of the olden time, though carrying on her piracy in a more civilized manner. It was the element, besicdes, which ljust suited her character. Calm or convulsed, in sanshine or in storm, it was the mirror in whieh she saw her variable character exhibited, and where she tasted those fierce ex- tremes in which she so much delighted. On the sea she felt her own buoyancy of spirit; on the sea she nursed her spirit of commercial cnterprise; on the sea she combated, with most success, her noblest foe of ancient days; and the sea may yet find her an hour of vengeance, over that more ignoble foe of modern days, who, aftcr five centuries of insult and op- pression, remnains still to her victim as the conqueror of yesterday." TI?E GREEkS.
Court Of Chancery, Monday...
The Times, 1824-12-07T00:00:00

* LAW RJ?PORTZ. lIhe loxRD CEANCELLOR had before given it as his opinion that the plaintiff couTd not succeed in his motion for the znpointment of a manager and receiver, without, in effect, releasing the 11arquis of Ilertford, and the other gentlemen concerned in the bondil, from the obligations of their sureties. MIr. HART now stated that he rras readv to take the cbances of the motion, with the condition only that it snould be taLen without prejudice to the legal liabilities of the sureties. Tihe LoBD CIHAsrCELLOItrepeated a p3S; o'f what he-had urged on the lest hearing, that le could not 7put the property under Ir. E:bers' nanagement, or that of any other person at the suit of lr. Ebers, being also agaist the will of the other parties, without ceec. tuaUly releasmng them from their sureties. MIr. OItRNFE pressed for the costs of the mnotion on behalfof the sureties. The LonD CHANCELLOR theught, that as he had been the slave of the Opera-house so long, the Opera-house might well allow him till to-morrow morning todetermine upon these costs. BLAXEMORE V. GLAMOfGAN'SHIRE CANAL. The rest of the time was taken up in argament upmn a motion to dissolve the injunction, hy which the plaintiff withholds from the Company the power of widening anddeesening altogetfer, andinstead of it, to direct an issue at law, to try wnether the operations of the Comrpany are or are notw*rithin the #7roibitions and provisions of the act of Parliament upon which the injuncdon was first grantcS _Eir- 2her hpar7n.p ftmnrr,t COURT2OF CHANCPREY. Mn%-nhv n- r. OPERA-3O1XRP._Tr v tV- I t
We learn with pleasure th...
The Times, 1824-04-05T00:00:00

We learn with pleasure that Government is likely to in- terfere for the relief of the emigrant Spaniards now in this country, by some mode less precarious than the bounty of private individuals, which, however liberally bestowed in the first instance, is now nearly exhaustedl. The sum remain- ing to be distributed by the Committee does not, we under- stand, exceed 2,0001., and from that fund more than lS0 persons are receiving small sums of from ISs. to 20s. weekly; but which stipend, unless new means are devised, must soon cease, and leave them exposed to all the horrors of destitution in a foreign country. As this number includes nearly the whole of the Constitutional Emigrants in London who are Suite without the means of support, the expense of providing for them cannot be among the objections started to any project for that purpose.
London, Tuesday, April 6,...
The Times, 1824-04-06T00:00:00

We yesterday received from Paris, papers and private correspondence of Saturday last. The latter contain an account of the arrival of an extraordinary courier from MIadrid, on his way to England, with despatches for our Government. These despatches are said to be accomrpanied with an autograph letter from FI:DINAND) to his Bri- tannic MAJESTY, on the subject of the recognition of South American independence. The Ministers of his Catholic MAJESTY, havingDfailed in convincing Mr. CAXNING of thl propriety o meeting the Holy Alliance in Congress, to settlk the relations between Spain and the new trans-Atlantis States which formerly acknowledged her dominion, FER- DINANAD himself, conceiving, no doubt, that he had to dea with an English Reabsoluto,appeals from the Minister to thi Sovereign, and tries, as a last resource,his gentle persuasioi on the mind of GEORGE IV., urging him to consent to tlih proposed diplomatic meeting as soon as possible, and tellini him that a refusal to joiu in the solicite(d mediation mus be considered as a formal declaration in favour of the part, opposed to Spain. This " calamity," as the Royal scrib styles Amcrican independence, he hopes still to avert. The views and plans of the French Cabinet re specting the Madrid Embassy are still as unsettled am uncertain as ever. The Marquis de TALARU, thei Ambassador, almost every day kicks against his in. structions, and is every day reprovect for his conduct The constant resource with him, then, is, to send in his re signation, which the Ministry are as unprepared to receiv as they are ready to provoke. His opposition in the Ultr saloons and political coteries of Paris is more dreaded thai his folly or perversity at Madrid, With an efficient mili tary agent, and an accommodating diplomatic substitute iz General BouRNION'T, Ministers might therefore be tempt ed to allow the Madrid mission to remain An i t r footing for serne tine longer, if TALARU would coilsent to continue a cipher in what he calls a "disgusting residence." This, however, he refuses to do, if BouRMfONT remairts in command of the troops; antl General CURIAL, who was proposed as a successor, is equally disagreeable to him. It is therefore said, that M. de CHASTELLUX, the brother of the Duke dc RAUZAN, who is headl secretary of CHATEAU- BRIAND'S office, will receive the military appointment after the expected change. FRENCH FuNDs.-PARIs, April 3.-Five per Cents. openal at 102. 80.; closed at 102. 65. ; Bank Stock, 1,955.; Neapolitan 5 per cents. 96h in ducats; 12. 25. in francs; Rentes d'Espagne, 21i; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 67. Exchange on London, one month, 2c. 40.; throo months 25. 20.-Cors AUth6r7tique. LONDON, TUBSOAg, APRIL 6, 1824.
We understand that of the...
The Times, 1824-04-28T00:00:00

We understand that of the new financial measures con- templated by Ministers, that of reducing the interest on Exchequer bills from 2d. to 14d. per diemn on every 1 ool. will be the earliest carried into execution, and is ex- pected to take placc within the present year. In con- nexion with this measure there is another under consi- deration, which will form the first attempt to lowei the interest of the fixed Government securities by the present in circulation. At the period of lowering the in. terest on Exchequer Bills, it is. intended to lessen the amount of those securities, by fundinig a portion of then; in a stock bearing interest at 2% per cent. Ini consequencE of the rapid decline in the value of money, and the cor- responding advance in every species of Governmenit se- curity, it is expected that this conversion may be affected at about 901. for every lool. stock of the neu description. Its ivhole amount as produced from the conversion of Exchequer Bills will not be large ; but Government will be enabled, by the price it is found to ob- tain in the list of securities, to determine bow so.n the great and important experiment may be ventured or1, of reducing the interest of the 3 per cents. which now tepre- sent the great mass of debt. The payment of the disien- tients to the reduction of the 4 per cents., who hold about 7,000,0ooI. of that stock, wvil create no difficulty, as the Sinking Fund is expected to be disposable for that pur- pose bcfore the day of paymLnt, by the rise of Consols above par. _ ._
House Of Lords, Friday, M...
The Times, 1824-05-08T00:00:00

PARLIAMEATARY INTELLCENBCE. Lord CARBERY presenteda pedtion from Thomas Allen, the agent of Francis Stephen Dillon, one of the claimants of the Ros- common peeragg, praying that the consideration of the claims to the said peeragc might be postponed, as the petitioner's client, being a prisoner fer debt in Dublin, had not yet been able to procure certain documents necessary to lis case. Lord RED ESDA presented a counter-petition from another claimant, of the natne of Dillon, stating that he had been in at- tendance for 40 days with his witnesses, and praying that the consi- deration of the case mizht not be unnecessarily postponed. After some conversation, it was agreed to Postpone thie further pro. ceedings on the claim until the 13th of the present montl. Lord CARB3RY presented a petition from the clergv and other inhabitants of the diocess of Cork ind Ross, which complained that a school had been removed from Ross to Cork, and that the salary allowed to the school had been taken away bv the board of educa- tion, and prayed that the sanme might be restored. Lord RAVENSWVORTrI presented a petition from a parish in tbe county of Durham, praying for the abolition of slavery. On the motion for the second reading of the united general gas bill, the LORD-CHANCELLOR stated some objections to the word- ing of several clauses, and hinted that themeasure requi:ed more con- sideration than it appeared to have received elsewhere. He reminded their lordships that no redress could be obtained from the company except in their corporate capacity. He observed that one dause pro- vided that their capital should: iot succeed L,000,000l., but how much that capital was to be, wh'ether 1001. or 100,0001., wasno where stated. After a sbort conversation'lreiteen .the LoiRD CHA-N-CELLOR, Lord REDESDALE, and the.Eail of SIIAFTESBURY, the second reading vas postponed till Monday. The exchequer bills works bill, the rum dluties bill, and the sugar bounties bill were comnmitted. The Mtarquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from the town of Brixham, in Devonshire, near Torbay, praying for the en- actment of a law to facilitate the recovery of simaU debts.-Adjourn. ed to AnndAav- HOTTSE, (TF T,OP1flZ T A f e
Dreadful Accident.
The Times, 1824-09-04T00:00:00

[The following is Air. Galloway's account of a dreadfal accident wvhich happened yesterday at his eingine manuthctory, West.street.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-To prevent any misrepresentation of a serious accident that occutreti this afternoon, about six o'clock, in a new building erecting, adjoining to my manufactorv, I will thiank vou to comnmunicate the following statemnent to the p-ublic :-It appears, that one of the timn- her braces which tied the south and nortn walls together above the firxt floor, preparatory to the fixing of the roof, was, by the thotlnht- lesr, conduct of onc of the men employedl oni the building, either broken or displaoed, in consequenice of whicih a portion of the wvalls fell inwards, and carried down five of the girders, which, in their fall, have (lone considerable damage in thc shape of property, but which I consider of little importance compared with the loss of the lives of twoof th Cworkmen, and also the woundlisgofsix others, who were, by che active exertions of the workmen in the manufactory, promptly extricated from their perilous situations, and immediately conveyed to 'it. Bartholomnew's Hospital, where, I am bappy tn ae- knowledging, the sufferers received the most hlum-nL t I am, t;r, yours re8pecttully, Al,EX. GALLOWAY'. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.