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Court Of Chancery, Friday...
The Times, 1824-12-18T00:00:00

LA IRRPORT. This case was only worthy of notice for being an example of the extraordinary eagerness for litigation,.which obscures even the sense of self-interest in somne folks. The object of contention is a piece of moor-land, in Lancashire 4 feet by 10, upon which the gable-end of a cottage stands. The Attorney-tGereral claims it as part of the trust of a cbarity to which the contiguous land is appro- priated. There have been original bill and answer-trial at law and argument-new learing in Chaiicery-new trial and new srgu- ment-and the present procecdings arc in another heariy,g in equity- for another new trial; the whole aided and nicely shaded and ob- scured by evidelnce of every kind, written and oral, positive and con- jectural, tlirect and traditional, respecting the wall and the building- the nature of the land, whether virgin earth or manured-added or original-on a slope or on a level, anid so forth. The LouD CHANCELLOR observed upon the taste for law which had prevailed in urging on the case. The rent of the land was 6s., which, taken at 50 years' purchase, would pYa half the fees of this morning. At an inproved rent, computed at 41. a-year, 2001., perhaps thc amount would defray one.tentb of the costS of the suit. His Lordship's stntement was too modestly calculated, if the ru- mour among the professional people he correct, that the entire ex- penses, including suits of law and equity, have already reached the sum of 7.tH.lL ------- qap- vlc>?-'.r 'Dr DIx.--lTonxx'v- II- 11 I - ATTORNUY-GEIrI.AL V. THRELFALL.
A mail arrived on Saturda...
The Times, 1824-04-12T00:00:00

A mail arrived on Saturday from Lisbon, with letters antd papers to the 24th ult. T1hey are chiefly important in announcing a partal change in the iMlinistry at Portugal, wbich is likely to leald to beneficial results. OLIVET7RA, the MNinister ofa tle Interier, andl MAR11o0, the Minister of Justice, h.ave been retnoved from those po.its, and both of- ficeshave been conferrvd on OLIVmIRA LFITE, who before fiqld ihAfice of Desembar-a ler do Paz . The two depozcd ,linistcrS, wbo, however, retire with each a peiision of 1,600 Iilreas, have bccn considlerexl thie promotcrs and authors of most of the arbitrary measures resorte,l to since the re- storntion of tl:e Mfoiiarchiical Government; and it is believed that the:r remuval will I e followLed by a general ameliora- tion of the system, anid that a general amnesty, with cer- tain modifications, waill slhortly be issu-d. A Council of State waasheld af%ew days pre%ious to the dite of the letters, at which it was understood the deliberation turned on the best motle of adjusting the difterencvs with Brazil. No- thitin positive, 1 owever, tralispired oIl the subiect.
Court Of Chancery, Tuesda...
The Times, 1824-04-14T00:00:00

LAWT REPORT. In the course of the morning N1r.PE tBERToNapplied totheLorD CRANCELLOR for an order for an attachment against a gentleman, who had eloped with a Young lady who was a ward of C-ourt. The parties, he said, were then in London ; and it was most important that the order should be served within a few hours. The learned counsel, without statine any of theparticulars, or who were the par- ties. handed the affidavit, up to his LIordshin The LonD CHANCELLOR, having read the documents, promised Mr. Pemberton that the gentleman should attend personaUy on Thursday morning. SEER T. WARD. The argumeat of M1r. CLARKEr in this case, which was an appli- cation for a third trial to decide the question of legitimacy, occupied the Court for the greater part of the day. The case is to be resumed on Thursday. The facts are already before the public. The prin- cipal ground6 on which thepresent application was made were-mis- direction of the Judge who tricd the case last upon the law of mar- riage5 because the verdict was partly against the evideuce; be- cause the learned Judge had not made proper obe*ervations upon part of the evidence; and because he let part o f it go to the jury with- out any observations at all. The Caurt will take bankrupt petitions on Monday, the3d of May. COURT OF CRANCERY. TuTFqn.v- APVVT 1I COMTEMPT OF corTMr
The Memoirs of Lord BYRON...
The Times, 1824-05-19T00:00:00

41ie Aremoirs of Lord BRO ON, written by hirnself, are, 4ve believe, lost to the world for ever. This posthumous record of the deceased Nobleman hatt been deposited, as our readers may have informed themselves, in the keeping of MHr. Trio2iAs MIOORE, and designed as a legacy for his benefit. This gentleman, with the consent and at the de. sire of Lord BYnoN, had long ago sold the manuscript to Mr. MURRAY, for, we have been told, the large sum of 2,0001. Since the death of Lord BYRON, it occurred to the sensitive and honourable mind of Mr. Mlooae, that, by possibility, although the noble author himself had given full autho. rity for a disclosure of the document, some of his fa- mily might be wounded or shocked by it. He appoint- ed, therefore, a time for meeting a near eonnexion of the noble Lord (not Lady BYRON), and after a deliberate and joint perusal of the work, finding that this Lady ap- prehended from it much pain to the minds of many persons still living, though no sort of imputation oni her brother's memnory, Mr. MOORE, with a spirit and generosity which the better part of mankind will be at no logs to appreciate, placed the manuscript in the lady's hands, andl permitted her to hurn it in his presence! This sacrifice of self-interest to lofty feeling was made the day before yesterday, and the next morniDg tbe 2,0001. was repaitd to Mr. MURRAY 11y Lord BYoRN s self-desti tuted legatee. The last words of that Nobleman, before the delirium which seized his powerful mind within three days of his death, were-" I wish it to be known, that my last "thoughts were giyen to my wife, my child, and my sister."
CHILD MURDER.-Saturday, a...
The Times, 1824-05-31T00:00:00

UHIILD MURDER.-baturday, a great crowd was collect- ed in the Dover-road, Southwark, and the inhabitants ofthat popu- lous district were thrown into a state of extreme excitation, in con- sequence of the body of a child, apparently about three months old, having been found murdered. The body was discovered concealed under a dung-heap, situate on a waste piece of ground not far dis- teant from the Swan public-house Great Dover-street, by somnc chil- dren who were at play. The heA of the infant was beaten to pieces, and the brains were found upon the cloth which enveloped the car- cass. The features of thc face haul evidently been destroyed to pre- vent the body being identified. Thc pirochial officers being inform- e d of the discovery, had the body removed to a neighbouring tavern for on inqueSt to be held thereon. The body was washed, and a me- dical maw was sent for to exanine it, for the purpose of giving his evidence before the coroner and jury. A LA RtI ING CO N FLAGRATION.-,AbOUt one o'clock oii Saturday morning an alarming fire was discovered by the guardians of the night in the lower part of the premises occupied by 3Jr. Young, watchmaker, situate in Old Gravel-lane, in the parish of St. John of *Vapping: the element raged witlh sucI unabated fury as to prevent all possibility of saving the valuable stock, or any aT- tide of farniture, and it was with the greatest exertion and acuvity that Mr. YoUImg and his family (all of whom were in bed) escaped in safety. Fortunately for MIr. YoHng, his stock and house were insured. [Advertisement-1-This day is published, in one volume 4to. with two maps, and ten engravings of scenery, &c., price 21. 2s. in boards, dedicated by permission to His Majesty,-Narrativc ofan Excursion to the Mountains of Piedmont, and-Rcaresea among the Vaudois, or Waldenges, Protestant Inhabtiantsof the Cettian Alps; with maps, plates, and an Appendixc, containing copies of nn- cient mnanuscrpts, and other interesting documents, in illustration of the history and manners of that extraordinary people. By the Rev. WiUiam.tephen fiilly., M. A., rector of North Fsmbridge, Essex. Printed for C>. and J. Rivington, St. Paull's Church-yard, anti ffa- terloo-place, Pall-malD.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-10-20T00:00:00

LotITIr QUABTE.R SESSIONS, OCt. 14.-The trial of Lord Clermont, for the assault on the boys (Alarmion), was heard before- Ha)*ilton, Esq., Assistant-Barrister, and the following magisttates:-Lord Roden, Sir E. Bellew, Rev. G. Finlay, Rev. Mr. Wright, George Foster, Esq., Turner Alacan, Esq., &c. His Lordship pleaded "not guilty." LWo have received a note of the evidence in this case, but too late fbr this day's publication.1 After the evidence had been gone through, and the jury addressed by Mr. Hamilton, they retired for about 20 nminutes, and returned with a verdict of Gaiiliy. TheBench retired twice to consider the sentence, after which his Lordship was addressed by tire Chairman, and sen- tenced to pay a fine of 101. on each of the two indictments.-Dnbli,i Eveninpg Post. A late celebraled comnedian, w*io was frequently involved in pecuniary difficulties once asked a manager of one of the theatres royal, remarkable for his sarcastic replie, what he should take for his berefit. " Tnake (replied the manager), why take the benefit of the lasolvent )Debtors' Act, to be sare."
Sicily.
The Times, 1824-11-10T00:00:00

PALERMAO, OCT. II. The following despatch of the Secretary of State to the Licutenant- General of Sicily has been pub}ished in the Siclian Mfercury:- " Signore,-kFrom your dospatch of the 14th ult., I have learnt that D. GAioaclino Lenzitti and D. Antonino Rossi, appointed to the functions of sunplementary judges in the Chamber of Com- mnerce, have refused to undertake such a charge; the former alleging vague excuses, and the latter batd health. " 1 have not been able to see, without great displeasure, a refractoriness which, in both cases, I know to be founded on no reason, in the face of the positive damage which com- mercial aflBirs suffer front the deficiency of members in the college destined to decide on thtem. Thiis abuse of personts exempting themselves from particutlar offices, probably reck- oned of nio utility to their' private interests, is scandalous in subjects, who ought to obey the supreme will of their King, and to advancc the service of his Majesty in the society of which they 'forn a part. lUecee all those who, from indolenec ox disaffection, refuse the high honour whichl his Majesty confer5 upon them in think. ing them worthy of his confidence, and who wish to enjoy the blessings which the Sovereign aind the laws confer upon the State without submitting on their part to suf*er any of its burdens. ren- der themselves for ever unworthy of any consideration from his 3; a- jesty. " Submit these considerations to thie notice of the above-namned per- mons, and at the same time announce to them that their alleged rea- sons not being sufficient to obtain the desireI exeoiptlon, they must immediately undertake the discharge of the office witlh whichl his MaJesty has been pleased to honour theni, and that they are respon- sible for all the consequences wlichl the service of the King, thle public interest, and the course of conamercial business may suffer, either fr;ont their capricious delay in comnencing their active da- ties, or from their negligence in filling tlhe office which has been con- ferred upon them. " Palermo, Oct. 4. "The Marquis della PAVA RE, To the President of flte Tribunal of Commerce at Palermo." SICILY. COMPULSION TO BE JUDGES.
DEATH OF JOSH HUDSON.-An ...
The Times, 1824-11-26T00:00:00

DEATH OF JOSH HuDsoN.-An account yesterday morning reached town announcing the death of this fighter. Thc event is said to have taken place on Wednesdav norning.-Evening vpapr. The banik of Messrs Oldaker, Tomes, and Cliattaway, at Statford-upon-Avoti, was broken open on the night of Mionday last and robbed of a large numberof otheir local notes of 1., da., anI 101., besdes a considerable amount in sovereigns, Lank of England notea, and notes of other banks. They have published handbillqs, cautioning tie public hgaise taking any of their notes tor the pre- sent, at.nd have ofered arteward of 5001 for the apprehension and An order Ias been received by Mr. Jamee Russell, the Under Sheriff for York, for the execution of MoTris Cantield ,and hlichael White, who were tried and convicted on the 10th of Au- gust last, at our arsizes, ofa bur 1ary, attended withvery aggravating circumst%nces, Oar readers will, recollect that they had broken into the-house of Edward Ellis, the keeper of the Newton toll-bar, on the road from Leeds to WVakefield, on the night of the 8th of AMarch, and severelyr beaten the gate-keeFer and hlis wife, both aged persons: after which they tool away the mnoney that wras found In the till. Their counsel, Wr. Alexander, took a legal objection to. the indtct- m2ent CQAtendinF that the ownership of the property stolen was in Alr. Ward, who leased tile tolls, and not in the prosecutor, and that It ouFht to have been 6o laid. OIr. Daron Mtllock .was of a ontrary opimon; ;but the point v4ag reserved for the considerallon o4f the Jdges, and the prisoners were reprieved to the 30tli of the present .onti. Their case was duly considered, and as the otber audgek agree in Opinion *ith:the learned Baron. they willtaffev the awful tentence of 4t lwon Tuesday next.-1uU Packet.
We fear there is at prese...
The Times, 1824-05-06T00:00:00

WlV fear there is at present too strong a disposition in the public mind to discredit the late melancholy accounts from the African coast, merely on the supposed impossibility that, six weeks after the catastrophe of Sir C. M'CARTHY, it should have been unknown at Sierra Leone. But on con- sulting individuals acquainted with the navigation of those seas, wefind that the comr munications to that place from Cape Coast are frequently much longer on the passage, owing to the force of the winds and carrents, which set uniformly during the whole year in the contrary direction. On re- curring to some accounts, of the same date as those first published, but more circumstantial in details, we find it stated, that Major CHISHOLM, who command- ed one of the corps into which Sir C. M'CARTHY di. -vided his force, had all the English soldiers with him, and that he had returned to Fort Accra: so that no risk re- mained of a surprise of that place by the Ashantees. Sir CHARLES M'CARTHY had witli him all the merchlants, who had entered as volunteers, and a few officers; the rest of his corps was composed of the natives of Cape Coast Castle. AMajor CHISHOLM is said to have been only 15 miles from Sir C. M'CARTHY when the attack was made upon him, but did not hear of the disaster in sufficient time to afford as- sistance. Anotlher corps of uatives was expected to be de- tached from Foa t Accra in a few days against the Ashan- tees. These of the native troops who survived the disaster under Sir C. M'CARTHY, reported that they had seen the bodies of the unfortunate merchants who perished, as left in a state oftmutilation by the Ashantees. These facts are derived from the letter of a passenger by the .giizaheth, Captain BUHNEY, from Cape Coast to Barbadoes. When we recollect how many persons, betwveen whom there could 'be no collusion, nor any conceivable motive for uniting in the fabricationi of intelligence of this nature, told the same story, we fear the hopes of its proving untrue must rest on very slender found7ation. tr WVe are assured that no letter has been received at Lloyd's from Sierra Leone, as stated by us on Tuesday, nor has any intelligence whatever of the disastrous events in Africa been posted there, except our second edition of Saturday. The Brilannia, which arrived at Cork on the 27th llt., from Sierra Leone, sailed from thence on the 12th of March.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-05-14T00:00:00

f.ArD ON. PRF)AY.AIAY 14, 182. The J'ario papers of T'etday arrived last night. They contain no ncws of inmportance; for we can scarcely regard as news. a re- vival, with additior.g, in the Journal de, DWebts, of the aTair bepccWn VALDES and SANTA CxtUZ, in Peru. Another version of it appears in the Etoike,. modelled after the last Mladrid fashion, and evidently distorted to answer the purposes of stock-jobbing. We need not occupy our columns with tie details. The journals of Tuesdiay are chiefly filled with discussions in the Chamber of De- puties nn the stamp duties, and the resignation tax. FRFLEmCH Fuyns._PARts, Alay 1 I.-Five per Cents. opened at 104. 10.; closed at 14.2.: Bank Stock. 1.985., Neapolitan, S percents, in tluats,962. in francs, 101. 90., Spanish Rentes, 174.; Roy,l Spanish Loan, 1823, 65. Exchange on London, one month, 26 20.; t. ..Coer:Authentqe.
London, Wednesday, Septem...
The Times, 1824-09-01T00:00:00

We have receivedl the Palis journals of Sunday, and thc ltoile dated Monday. According to the latter, Louts XVIII., notwithstan(ling his state of indisposition, con- tinues to give audience to Foreign Ambassadoirs and pez. sops of distinction. The .Jwr1rnal des Deldati.f contains an account of overtures made by the Austrian MNinister to the Gernanic Diet on the 16th of August, and the rcsohi- tious adopted by that body. Notwithstanding all that has been done by the Sovereignis who have taken upon themi- selves the task of maintaining the peace of the world, Austria is by no means satisfied with the state of things in Germany. It is tdeclared that the monarchical principle is not yet duly extended, nor the press sufficiently restralin. ed; and the Court of Austria still expresses as much (dread of revolution as it did in the most flourishing period of Ja- cobinisrn. The Austrian Minister complains to the Diet- 1I,of the false interpretations given to the 13th article of the Federal Act; 2, the erroneous ideas forncd of the powers of the Diet ; 3, the atate of the Germ an Universitics ; and 4, the aba7ses ofthe press. In consequence of this repre- sentation, the Diet resolved-1, That in all the States of the Confederation in which constitutions exist, care should be taken that in the exercise of the rights granted by those constitutions to assemblies, the monarchial principle be maintained in all its integrity, and that the evils which may arise from chle publicity of the debates, and the printing of the proceedings of such assemblies, shouldl be guarded against by regulations; 2, that a committee of five mem- bers of the Diet shouldI be chosen to examine anti report on the law of the 20th of September, 1819, which is in the mean time maintained; 3, that the provisional law on the subject of the press, which would expire on the 20th of Eeptember in this year, should be maintained in vigour antil a definitive measure on the subject be adopted. The accounts in the Paris journals relative to the Greeks cor- respond with those given in another part of our paper fromn the Allgemeine Zeihung. L ONDOY. WEDNiRVX,On1, SEPTEMBFR 1, I124.
Every letter that comes f...
The Times, 1824-08-10T00:00:00

Every letter that comes from Spain bears testimony tk -'_.. C.'e.L v.. tt[-id h- n their " delivcrers." The servile Royalists, IIow dispersec in gangs over the ceuntry, and drawnx from the dregs oi mankind, commit atrocious cruelties with a perfect coni- tempt of law, and defiance of public or private retribution By accounts from Valencia of the 20tl ult. we learn that il waswith theutinostdiffliculty they were prevented from form- ing a regular plan there for the murder of all those of their countrymen whom the amnesty professed to set free. Two of these liberated Constitutionalists were rnet on the 17tl on the walk at Valencia, by eight ultra-Royalist support- ers of legitimacy and religion. Thle released prisoners en- deavoured to avoid their persecutors ; but after being grossly insulted, they were attacked with drawin swords- one butchered on the spot, the other desperately wounded, and informed by the Captain-General, to whom he fled for safety, that he (the man in authority) was sorry the figitive had not been kille(d at the same time with his companion. An English gentleman (a copy of whose letter is now before us) and two of his friend(s, knowni to be C(onstitutionalists, while peaceably conversing, were cut at by a Rovalist drummer in the street. One gentleman re- ceived a stroke of the sabre-luckily, from the flat of it. Outrages the most unprovoked and varied are wreaked upon men of the first fortune and character in Spain. People of that class, therefore, leave the country by whole ship-loadls. So that, if the present, system should remain unaltered, FERDINAND anti the priests will lhave nio subjects left but the rabble, wvhom they nmust feed or be devoured by them. Such a state of things, however, cannot last, it may be said: not for ever, undoubtedly,-long enough, neverthe- less, to extinguish all the available and convertible materials in the Peninsula: so that if it can not subdue the despera- tion which rushes headlong into change, it will at least ren4er hopeless all praspect of remedy from revolution. This, beit remembgred, is the immediate consequence of a militarv expedition, solemnly undertaken, for the sake of law, and order, antd internal hlarmony in Spain.
Mr. Hamer.
The Times, 1824-09-23T00:00:00

I ItI ItJstice to our Reporter wc ptblish tle following answer, which hehas sent, to the paragraphi ta-rnished by Mr. Ilamer: we have b'cc' fturnished with various particulars respecting Mtr. Hamer ; but .OT tIle present, (smIst, shall witthhohl tlhem :1- With reference:w paragraph put fbrth by Mr. Samuel Ban- f{ird la:aicr,contradic:ing in ito very measured terrmt, that part of our report of Mr. Fa;ntleroy's case ptiblished oni Mlonday, in which Ii namne is mentioned, wve must s,y, that Mr. Hamer's zeal in stepping torward, in refutation of any supposed or real attack upon his reputation, is higihly laudable ; but realiv we never meant in that statement to make afv imputation against Air. Hanier, we merely mentioned wvhat M'lr. Fauntleroy had said, anti the credit of the thing, with which wve have nothing to (lo for the most part- nor dld we even pledge ourselves t'or it_.rests entirely between Air. lamer and Alr. Fanntleroy. WVhat sve mentioned 'was, that Mr. Fauntleroy expressed himself, that Mr. Blamer's inquiring for him at the prison, and applying fir an order at this office to visit hi.), was one of the only two annoyances to which he had been subjected sinre his committal. M1'c nowv upon strict inquiry give the words of i\lr. Fauntleroy :_ " I understand a person nmmeil Hamer applied fir at orcler to see rue, and I have been troubletl by his calling on ame here, and sendinig me a message that he wanted to see me on par- ftular busines5; but I declined seeing himn, because I know nothing of the man, fuirther than his having lodged a sum of money some short time ago in c-ur house, which he chiefly drew out again, and afterwards asked mne to discount some bills; but as he can have no possible business with me individually, I sent a reply to him when he called here, referring him to my partners." There is one part of this statement, and one only, for which we vouch, because we both saw and heard Mlr. Hanmer on the occasion- r.amelr, that lie ciine to Marlborough-street office, and rep4resenting bimieff as a particular friendl of IM r. Faunitleroy's (althottgh he says is hii paragraph that ha never spoke to thiat gentleman but once in his life), applied for an orler to visit hirn in the prison, which he did not get. On the 'vhole, we cannot help thiniking that Mr. Hr.- mer hts been, on this occasion, unnecessarily tenacious ; an;d we certainly feel no disposition to ?ive him further materials for expla- nrLion; but, as we before said, we are fully aware that Mllr. Hainer did make the application at this office ; and we are equally aware that Mr. Ularke, of Y'orkshire, accompanied by his solicitor. made an a!plication at this uffice niot long agn. we believe, at onte of the periods tOat Mr. Laiiecr resid(ed in Surrey." AIR. ME R.