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Country Banks.
The Times, 1824-03-30T00:00:00

eaan_ngot tite nmerouS aChein tu whkh the present wuremabuh. ance.I cfaital iias given rise, we understand that one will be brought fLrward either before or immnediately after Easter, which, perhaps, in uagnjtit6de-and importance, will exeede; any that has yet been submitted to the public. It is the establishmeat of a joint Stock Banking CoMnpany in London, with 3 millions of capital, to trans- bctthat classofbusiiess which is at presen- done bv the private h ks-rIt of te s that the only exclusive privilegelcoriferred by the arter of the Bnk of nngia.nd consists in preventing banks wit), mrore than stx partrnrs fromi issuing notes, or raising monev upon Oeirbill, atle$ssditea thAln six monthis. The lIondon bannkers, howver, do rtisstienotes, nor to any extent raise money uiTlI their own bills; ltheir profits are principally derived frem holdine deposits, diaconatin, thle bills of others, and acting as a=ents foe the -cntry lmnks; and there is no sniped iment to a public bank do- lnr bttciness, wlth trifling limitations. npon the samne principles. The ob ect, fiowoevir of the proposers of thiis measure, amonT whom I aressonne letnbers of the Legislaire is still rnmre extensiye. The ank or' England derives na benefit irom. preventing banks in the COU"tryehavibgrnore than sjnc parrners; and besides establislilng thik bank, it is intended *o Toake application to Parliament, to ne- ,Otiate an arrangement wvith thle 1&i,nk of England for an alteration of its eharter, in orier that similar crtablishnments mav be formed in the cournts..s the best channel by which the presenit superabun- dance of capital may be bemight to thc assistance of the agn- culturists, wvnose late loFses hiae rendered such essistance parti- cularly desirable. It seenes that the Scotch banks. which are on this 'plrm make adeancns to farmers with great rcadiness, to be repaid at tht most t rant plriods, its the profits of their farmsn or the rctutns dev fro,-a thicir improvements may enable them but that privar-. banlers canno: wvith prudence to anv extenit manke an-ens of this periyianen, ntinre, and1 therefore. let can)ital be ever so pleciTif1,- it can never flow through them in this beneficial dlrection. vwIiro it might now, iii particular, find profitable employment tn a VWe- great extent. As these banks lhave always paid remarkablv well, itis expected that the scheme wiil bea favouriteonein tli rnloney market; but the fullest infirniation respecting them vwill bh foind in a pamphlet *"On lltrking,'( to whicih wmt take ibis opportunity ofdirectiairtheattentio5 of those wlii may wvish for infoirmation on the subject), published by Mr. Thomas Joplin some short tine since. t Jt VV 2 tAm
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-03-01T00:00:00

JjON. .U0r !;Y LORD AI AN E ERs.-A t the hearihg o: J)ank- rut pe tio= s in the IriAh Court of' Chancery, sorric mornin*s since, .dr. Pennefather sought to sustain a coinnissioni ot bankrupiev sa countrBy genteman, who had traled, as iiller. The Lord Ct h;cellor uloked d'! r- Pennefatlher what line of trade his client was *- In the ,;I/b !irinx" my l,ord, replied Mir. Pennefather. *' The D' rejoined thc (Chancellor. " Ifuaf y he had better mind his ;,'S now'. aUn$c h'3 adversary has ot him into Chancery." rhere is now living in the township of Elton, near S=dbah, Cheshire, within one hundred yards fromt each other, .'ee farrnees. whose united ages are 270 years, viz., 92 0, 88; _d what jrt more remarkable, they have all lived 70 yests under the , IA,z hdlot1 ([thc Right Coo. Lord Crewe.)_C/ilxtcr Courant.
London, Tuesday, March 9,...
The Times, 1824-03-09T00:00:00

The Frencki papers of Saturday have arrived. Their coutents are not very im-portant. We subjoin the princi- pal passages:- -MADRID, FE7n 25. "Several Members of the Cottcil of Castile have been allowed io retite; The King har norninater in their reom lblessrs. Llorent Garrido, Camara, Cano, Olja, GaYinsega, Almazan, Luis de Leon, Share-Valdes, Jil, Perez, Sicana, and Soler. " lessrs. Atrumosa and Castiels, the two first officers in the de- partment of the Minister of State, have also been allowed to retire." [Fro the Eloile, dated Sunday, M5farch 7.1 " PAICIS. MARCH 6. Thesquadronof his Mfajestv the King of the Netherlands, which was in the ports of the Balearic islands,under tbe command of Admi- rnl Risysch,bas sailed to make war with the Algerines, in conforaity w-ith thze treaty of Alcala, because that Regency has sent ships of -war. and a grest number of corsairs, to the coasts of Spain, for the purse o'f eaptu;ing'ali Spanish vessels that they may meet with. I: is known that before the 12th of last month, four Spanish vessels liad been carried.into the porteof Alciers." FRENCH FUNDS, PaRis, March 6.-Five per Cents. Jouiss. 'u $tP-p. 22, -1823, closed )th iMarch at 104. 65.; Jouiss. du 22d Atarch, rM24. opened at 102. 600.; closed at 102. 50.; Bank Stock, )1t9l; Neapolitan Five per Cents., in dicats, 90i; in francs, 96. :th5 Rente d'Espagne, 24; Royal Spahish Loan, 1823, 60&. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 40.; three months, 25. 30.- Cotrs, Autihe.rotzqie. LorNDn,'T. TUESDAY. ilARCH 9, I1
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-03-24T00:00:00

The guards and mail-coachneu *vho arrived in towm verterday, stated the great fail of snow they in gentral experienced in the early part of the morning, which con-inued without intermois- sion from two till their arrival in Lombard-strcet. The waters are also out in many places at Hockley-in-the-Hole, ncar Woburn in Bedfardshire, it was up to the girths of the horses. In several parts of Buckinghamshire it snowed on AMonday the whole day. WVe are requested to state, that Clay Hall, acquitted at the yrecent Lancaster Assizes of setting fire to his house at Liver. po0 , with irtent to defraud certain Insurance-offces, was not pro- secuted at the instance of anv of sucI offices, but on the commit. ment of the local magistrates; and that the namne of a Director of one of the offices vas used pro firmat only. CAPE OF5 (ooyD Hope, Jan. 31.-The Farquharson fell in with the Thalia,fronm Batavia,to the southwatd of Mladagascar. and put on board a qouarter-master and six men, towed her for two days, but was obliged to cut in a gale of wind. IIARlWlCII, AMarch 22.-The Loid Duncan packet, from Cuxha. ven has blrought over the master and creaw of the Portsmouth of Portsmouth. Thev state, that about 16 miles E.S.E. from the North Foreland, on the 4th, being water-logged, worn out by pumping, and expecting to go down, with a signal of distress fLying, they were taken out by the brig flizabetb, of London, and lauded. _
The King will hold, this ...
The Times, 1824-03-10T00:00:00

The Kiiug will hold, this day, a Levee at his Palace, ill Pall-Mail. The Speaker's last Parliamentarv levee for the present session will be on Saturday next, the 13th instant. The Cabinet Ministers will dihe this day with MIr. Secretary Peel. We observe with indignation, that efforts are mnaking to excite a very misplaced feeling on thc subject of the sen- tence passed on Patrick Connolly. Weo highly disap- prove of these attempts; we think the sentence per- fectly just: we never read a case exhibiting such dis- gusting symptoms of a depraved, and brutal claracter. We quite agree with the learned Judge, that such a man is niot fit to continue a member of civilized society. It is cu- rious, but quite consistent, that the man who showed such an atrocious disregard of the feelings of others, should now (as it is stated he does) whine and weep over his owni de. served punishment1. DEATIh Or TE_E &-mi, OF CLAsENnDox.-On Sunday morniing, at 6 o'clock at the Grove, the seat of his Lordship, after a long indisposition, ihomas Villiers, Earl of Clarenidon Baron Syde, aml a Count of the Kingdom of Prussia. He compietedt his 70th year inDecemuber last. His Lordship is succeeded in his titles by his brother, John Charles Villiers, now Earl of Clarendon. The remains of the Marquis of Titchfield are to be inter- red on Saturday next, in the satne vault in Alarylebone church where the lat Duke of Pottland lies. lITe are autlhorized to state, that hir. lVi. IVilWians voted in the minority of 24 on Mr. Hume's motion to prevent the floging of soldiers. Bi ABRTAPLE ELECtTN.-O.State of the poll at 41 oclock on Satuirday .i.Mr. Noian, 106 (111r.Ald.Atkins 26 Alr.Hodgen 72 Satuirdav'afternoon whanthe.s?catmeaway, JIr. Al4e1A*n AtMs bad the iyodty othc rsidenit Voters.
York, Tuesday, March 23.
The Times, 1824-03-26T00:00:00

George Kenidall, aged 22, and Robert Robnson, aged 20, were indicted for assaulting, and taking from the person of WVilliam Mlint, a silver watch, hlis pocket book, containing four notes for 51. each, and some bills of e-change for 1801. The prisoners had re- course to the old trick of money-dropping to effect the robbery. The prosecutor, a very old and infirm rnan, stated, that as he was returning home oan the 6th of September from York market. he was accosted, about 5 o'clock in the evening, in (an aptly-called place) Thief-lane, bv the prisoners, who told him they had just found apocket.book, he at first suprosed it might havebeenhis own, antl was induced by Kendall to take it out and examine ic in their presence. They then left him to go home; and in a very few seconds some persons came behind him, placed their basds over his eyes, flung him down on a bank, and robbcd him. The prosecutor made some noise, and they ran away; some persons who heard him cry out, came up to his assistance, and one gentleman on horseback pur- sued and took the prisoners, who were running away. Evidence was given of the prisoners beiag secn together,apparently watching for some person, at the place they met the old man ; and Robinson was observed handing apocket-book to Kendall, to drop in the lane. The pocket-book w3s found on Kendall when apprehended.- Verdict-Gailty.-Judgment of deat h recorded. Joshita Butterworth, Thomas Aross, and Edward Braithiwaitc, wbo were found guilty at the last assizes, buit upon whom judgment was not passed, were brought up this day to receive sentence, a point having been saved for the opinion of the Judges, which had arisen under the drcumstances of their conviction. The three prisoners had been indicted together for burglary: the two firstpleaded " guilty," and the last took his trial. Thepleawasrecorded against Mioss and Butterworth, and Braithwaite was not found guilty of the burglary, but was found guilty of stealing in the dwelling-house to the value of 40s. The question had been argued by nine of the Judges, wbe- thcr,where three persons had been indicted together for burglary and two of them pleaded guilty to the charge, and the third is i?ound guilty of stealing, can the offence be said to be ajoint one, to be in- cluded in the same indictment, or subjece to the same punishment ? r. Justice forLnoyn delivered it as their opinion, wzith the eax cepton of two, who he said had corne doubts on thpoint, that judg- ment mightbe passed. Judgment of death was recorded against them. YORK, TUESDAY, SIA1tCH 23. HIGHWAY ROBBE}1Y.
Window Tax.
The Times, 1824-03-04T00:00:00

The petition presented by hlr. houhse from the parish of St- Anne. Westminster, for the repeal of the window.tax, wAs not the one which was printed in Thte Times of yesterday. The petitdork given in that day's paper is the copy of one not yet presented, but which is in circu.lation in the other parishes of 'Veutminster. We subjoin the petition presented vesterday. " To the Honourable the Connmons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of the undermentioned inhabitant house. holders of the patish of St. Anne, Westminster, Showeth, That your petitioners have seen a statement, por.. porting to be an account (laid before your honoura'ole house on the 12th deay of February, 1824) pf the public income aud expenditure ot the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the year ending the 5th day of Januari, 18-24; whereby it appears that a sur- plus had been paid into his Majesty's Exchequer of 8700,0001. an&t upwards. arising, in the opinion ot your petitioners, 'am the firm. wise, and enlightened policy of Your honourable house, a continu- ance of wlhich, your petitioners feel confident, will tend essentially to mnaintain thc prosperity of the united kingdom, and the gIod faith of all hit Alajestv's subjects. ' That by a remission of a portion of the window aad othET taxes, during the last session of Parliament, your petitioners were relieved from a portion of the burdens of taxatioin under which they had !previous]y laboured ; and thev were anxiouslv led to antici- pate a repeal of the whole of the house anid wind6w duties in the present session. " That your petitioners conceive these taxes, even as no-wreduced, :0 be not only grievous and insupportable burdens, but also unjust in titeir operations, inasmuch as by the present scale of taxatiosa the windows of all houses are subject to the same duty, without rr- ference to real situation. " Ttiata cunsiderable portion of the inhabitants of this parish are tradesmen in a small wai of business, upon whom the assessed taxea lrave a most injurious and oppressive effect; as it not unfreqnently hlappens that many hav e been compelledl to dispose of property to their great loss and disadvantage, in order to prevent their goods bein; seized by the collectors for the aymtent thereof. "Ahat y our petitiOnerS humlbly submit, that a repeal of the laws imposing a t:x on wvindours w ould not operate as a total loss to the revetine, as the use and consu:ption of glass would, in consequence of such repeal, be greatly extended, and the amount of the duty on that article increased. " Y'our petitionets, therefore, humbly pray that your honrurable house will take the allegations aforeraid into consideration, and pas& in act for the repeal of all the laivs relat;ve to the ssseased taxes, or Dt such parts thereof as imposed a tax in respect of windows end lights, as to your honourable house shall seem meet. And your petitioners shall ever ptay." WINDOW TAX.
Marriages
The Times, 1824-03-05T00:00:00

AIARRIED. On the 21st ult., at St. Pancras new church, James Painter, Esq., surgeon, Howland-street. to Louisa, daughter of the late Samuel Drewry, Esq. On Thursday. the 4thsinst.. W illiam Bulmer, of Watling-street, eldest son of P. J. Bulmer, Esq,-Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Afary, onlv daughter of the late Mr. Robert Johnson, of Barnard-castle. Yesterday, at St. Pancas new ahurch, by the Rev. Edward Grose Smith, M.A., Frederick Lock, Esq., ot' Arundel-street, youngest son of Rear-Admiral Lock, to, Mary Fielder, only daughter of Ed- I ward Grose Sinith, Esq.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-03-20T00:00:00

Sir,-You have for so long a period embraced with avidity every opportunity of being useful, that I stop not to apologize for now troubling y ou. About twelve months ago I bought a rockingbhorse for my son, then neaxlv five Years ol4, and of most active babits; he used it very much, and has, in consequence, recently been oblig- ed to undergo an operation for iydrocek rwhich, I havc no doubt, w ould have become a confirmed c"ase of -ernia but for the strength of his constitution, and the early application I rade to my surgeon. Your givingpublicity to this fact may prevent the recurrence of such a csse.-I am resnertfinllv~ .ci 'rm"r n]A J. T. MIlarch 20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE Tfl.j
Deaths
The Times, 1824-03-10T00:00:00

DIED. On ihe loth of Dec., 18-23, on board the Pcrcy, Captain Sayers, on her nasaasc to St. Vinecnt's,whither he was proceeding for the benefit of his hecalthi, Mr. Williarn George Rattetibury, &~ed 21, eldest son oF Mr. Wl'illiami Rattenbury, ship-builder, Fore anct Aft Dock, Fast-lane, Berrnondsev, deeply lanmentedI 3y hii afflicted familv, and muchi recrette4 by. all that know him. Religion, piety, anid r-signation to theA ill of God could not be more truly exemplified than irn himn. On Tucsday. the 9th instant, much lamented and respected by hiso numgerous famnily ind friendls. Mr. Thomias Hall, of No. 69, Bihopsgate-4trvet. without, l inendraper. On the 7th of' Mlarchi, Harriet Rebecerz" youngest daughter of Gyeorge .l R,Eq., of Dartmiouth-row, Blacliheatn, aired 19.
Attention will be powerfu...
The Times, 1824-03-09T00:00:00

Attention will be powerfulty sLtracted to the proceedings of persons interested in the silk trade against ihe petty finance scheme of the present y'ar. a petition, signed by no less than 23,000 per!o'nf of that body, who are averse even to the abrupt rewiisaion of the duty upon imported raw silk, but most averse to,the intr6 duction of-the French manufactured article. lThe situition of the CIANCELLOR of the Exonacuiza is at .pre"eUt,A singular,we should say anauiprecedented one, for a Finance iMinister. He oflErs a remission of taxation to; certain class of individuals-at least he proposes a measure by which the revenue is to be diminished-and yet they wltota he pretends to relieve, they for whose sakes he is content to suslain a loss, crowd ground to beg he would withhold his proffered boon, which,saythey,w il only involve themin ruin: and in the mean time all the rest of His Majesty's subj6cus, who are really panting for relief, and who umig4; be reliev- ed with the utmost eace ant) promptitude, are ihiMy, 4e glected and overlooked: their hufrdens are not to be touched, And this is not the case in one instanee only, but in two: the wol-dealers being. as averse to tie expmiriaot to be made upod dtr initerests, as the silk-mxnufactureqs to that by wbich their existeUce is to be put to the hazard. Notwithistanding the debate of last night, we scarcely think, that the C&aNCELLO'S Of the Eicaqtu,R -will persevere in his new propositimon Whv has he pot gone oin unburdening us of our heavy taeO AcknowleOdWg, as he does, that we need furtber relief, and profess, ing his readiness to' administer it, he could have found no difficulty in his course, had he not created Qqe hinseslf by offering a confused, puny, insufficient meaure, vheta solid, substantial, and intelligible ones were within reach. He is like a man who attempts to finesse with a.sinall OMd, when he has a sure winner in his hanid. e i4ould have played off the window-tax at. once, and the gamie w#o,i have been his own. This trieky fantastie mode of proceed- ing looks mnonstrously like playing booty with the enemy, and wishing to deceive his friends, the people,
London, Wednesday, March ...
The Times, 1824-03-10T00:00:00

By the French papers which arrived last night, we have the cornmnencement of the operations of the departinental Dr great colleges in Paris. These collges are composed of the fourth part of the electors, who pay the highest rate of direct taxes, above 300 francs, and who thus, by their wealth, acquire a right to a double vote-one for their dis- trict (arrondissement),andanother for their department. The qualification for the latter in Paris, on the present occasion, allounts to 1,297 francs. The college is divided into five sections, which return four menmbers, anid the total nmun- ber of electors on the list is only 2,0.59 ; or about 500 voters for one representative. The nministerial candidates are Messrs. OLLIVIgR, BarETO, BUTEX, and BONNET-the first the banker, and the last the barrister ; the two others " unknown to fame." Their constitutional antagonists are Mescrc. MANUEL, LAFITTE, TERNAUX, and DELES- SERT, wvho were all in the last Chamber, and with whose names most readers are familiar. The first day's operations are always limited to the confirma. tion of the bureau appointed by the Crown, or the no- mination of a new one; and according as the electors evince their opinions and their strength, by confirming or over- thrtwiilrg tius appoiutult, theW wini'terial oi oppositior bias is shown. Judgilig by this test, we calt #Uticipak thz return f only one constitutional candlidate out ofi the fout wvhich compose the deputation of the great coilege of Paris, as osly one of the bureaux has been changed. The Paris papers of Sat-drday contain no other intelligence of thc slightest interest, if we except the follor the Etoile ing Paragraphs from "The wife of General Mina arrived at Havre four days ago, on board a vessel from Lisbon: she is accompanied bY her father. They will proceed directly to London by the packet-boat, without going to Calais, as they at first intended. " Tle first nuwbers of the Greek Gazette, printed at Missolon. ghi, have been received at Corfu: they are read with extreme av-idi ty It is announecd, that a French journal will shortly be printed in the same town. Europe will at length obtdin information of what is paSsing, from other organs than those of the Turks. "LI ord Byron isi still at Missolonghi, where-the' rights of citizen- ship vere coenferred on him in full Senate. His new poem, TAr 7ri- ,nnpA of HelJa, has been translated inte Greek." LOIN'DON, WEDNESDAY, jMAIR CII 10,1824.
A Meeting of the Ward of ...
The Times, 1824-03-12T00:00:00

A Meeting of tfie oWa fFarrFingdon-without was held yesterday, for the purpose of considering about peti- tions for the reTeal of the assessed taxes. It is, to be sure, not a little extraoidinary that a Mlinister, when he under- takes the duty of abolishing taxes, should lose sight of the order ia which they are naturally imposed. The course, as we take it, in the first imposition of taxes is, to begin with luxuries, and to delay as long as possible any burden upon the necessaries of life. If, for instance, in a new so- ciety, the question were whether silk robes or glass windows should bear the first v;sits of the tax-gatherer, no humane or reasonable man would hesitate to give precedence to the silk. A ladv may enjoy innumerable comforts notwith- standing the high price of satin ; but light and air are in- dispensable to the poor ; and to the lowest degree of poverty these gifts of Heaven are the most precious. WVhat, then, would be the obvious method witlh a considerate Milinister in removing the public imposts? 'Vould it not be to re- lease the necessaries of life before its luxuries, thus observ- ing the inverse order in which the exactions on both were established ?
Births
The Times, 1824-03-18T00:00:00

0!1 Tucsday last, in Cunber1d stree, the lady of Charles Franks, Esq.* af a daughter. On the 17th inst.. at his house at Camnden.town, the lady of Oliver Anderdon, E6g., af a son and heir. At his house in Hill-street, on Sunday, the 14th inst., the lady of H. Mcltcaife, Esq.. of a daughter, still.boan.