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To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-06-26T00:00:00

ozr,-in imperfect account' of the proceedings in this prosecutior, which wvas recently tried at the above colony, fbr an alleged libel on M.r. Charles Blair, collector of tCe customs there, havine appeared in your valuable paper of the 21s! inst., wherein, after shortly ad- verting to the case, it is stated, " That the Court, after deliberating tor a short time, confirmed the sentences appealed from, and con- demned the defendant, Mr. Cooke, in all prior expenses, and fixed the costs of the appeal at 15 rix dollars." As this appears to be the final jmdl-ment given on the case, and is, therefore, evidently calculated to imnpress the minds of the ub. lie, and my particular friends, with the unfounded idea that I haBve actually been found guilty of publishing a libdl,l feel rtyself bound, both in Justice to myself' and my friends, to reguest you to give equal publicity tothe decision ultimately given bY the Court * as will ap. pear in th;e Soutk Afifrican commencrcial AdvertiAer of the 31st of On the 26th of March, the case canie an for a final hearing before the estcourtofjudicaturein the colony, andthejudgmentdf thiat Tourt was 'Tnat aU furthe: investigation of the case should beat an end. That it releases the defendants from further personal aprarance, and wholly acquits them of the chargEs containe1 la .. ..-MS. JCI. LANCELOT COOIt lSeckenham, lKent, June 25. 1821. *:jrne account referred to ws cOPledfrona.n'evening paper- TO THE EBDITOR OF TryE TIMES. CAPE OF GOOD Unpf. THE FISCAL V. COOKE AND OTHK;RS, ON A PROSECUTION POPt L17,F..
Court Of Chancery, Friday...
The Times, 1824-07-10T00:00:00

LA Ir R EPORT. a ox _V , wmc. nas oeen iong aepenafmg m Unaneery, a ectei, whe )i.celt cf lands from the grindfather of the plaintiff, which were to be taLten in tnil nale, uith particuhtr limitations. The defendant and bar ister were in posssssion as cobeiresses of their late father, Henry Barker, a Six Clerk of tlhe Court, who was alteged by the ti intiff'to have deatroyd or secreted a will made by one Edward Oker. in 176;, and to hare usurped and disposed of the estate, cnntmary to the plaintiff"s sightThere were doubts, however thrown upon the legitimacy of the father of the plaintiff, through wbom he claimed, and tupor. the Alster's report thereupon, the Vice-Chan- cellar direted rnu isgue to try thelegitimacy, and anotber to ascertain the nature of the right by which the defendants were in possesmion. The ptesent motion as an appeal froTu the Vice-Chancellor's de- cer, and prayed an alteration of the issues in the alternative. The LoReD CHA!CELLOn. did not feel quitesure upon the ques- tion tnether the jurisdiction coutld proceed in the case of a lost will, a it seas known to do in the case of a lost security. The arnalogies -ere in favrour of the presumption that it could so proceed ; but he beged the coun el on both sides to look into the cases, and let him know whs they met with upon that point. In the mnean time, he was of opinion that the Lisues must be altered materially, and he would do it in his own hand-writing, and in doing it he would take care to have an issue incldded to try whedter or net there wcre any such uill, cr any papers implying an ir:tention to make any such will as tbnt atbich was the constant sabject of reference In the plead- ing:. The conniel might apply to him again on Tuesday morBing. |:"OURT OF CHANCERY, FRIDAYS JULY 9. rA vKF.f V. WUAY.
A very long and deeply in...
The Times, 1824-08-17T00:00:00

A very long and- deeply interesting report, from which 'we have given copious extracts, has been published by the African Institution-one at the same time, to which -we cannot do justice, or indeed to our own feelings, without confessiig that it has given us the heart-ache. The Directors of the Associatioti have passed irn review thc part which each foreign Government has taken in thc pro-' notion or suppression of the brutal and brutalizing slave- trade. It is vain to disguise the melancholy fact, that all the exertions of the British Parliament and Govermeiit, or the generous ardour and proud cxample of this nation, have efFected rothing towards an extinction of the trade, or a real diminution of their wvrongs for the miserable A fri- cans. The Portuguese-tthe Spaniards-but most of all- the French-have crimes to answer for against humanity, which whole ages ofl national penitence and humiliation will not suffice to wipe away. It is apparenit throi4hout these Yoluminous narratives, that the flag of France has covered i ot only the guilt and atrocity of her owvn subjects, butbeen made a common pander to villainy wherever and in whatever form it existed. Our foreign Miniister and Ambassador at the French Court hiave vainly charged the Government of King Louis with open perfidy to its en- gageements, and with spreading the Bourbon colours over the ocean, for no purpose but to give protection and impu nity to the slave-trade. M. DE VI7LELE'S answers are exhi_ bitions of revolting hypoQrisy, or insulting irony ; and the single cure which wouild be efficacioustthe reciprocal esta- blishment of tbe right of search-is withlheld by Franee for the express reasen that it would be an obstruction to the slave-trade. A philanthropic spirit has, indeed, showvn it. self among some brave and enlightened minds in different parts of France. but how long must we wait before that can ripen in7to what has for years prevailed throughout Eng- land-a popular feelingoia behalf of the unfortunate Negro! The prospect is a painful one, and we see not how it is to be amended.
Letters were received yes...
The Times, 1824-09-07T00:00:00

Leaers were received yesterday from Rio deJaneiro dated thefff_i of June, and wtich bring down the intelligence frm -that place four days later than the previous arrivals. I%f}arm i4as still kept up respecting an armament from E n and had bad the effect of almost wholly paralysing commetrial operations. The EtfPEaRon and h-.141i ifters manifested unceasing activity: t. place the city au4 harbour in the most complete state of defense. An 6rdoer.had been issued toput in requisition eyery flfth slave for the service of the Governmeent, to be employed in the repair of the. fortificationj. This state of thing9shad had the efect of provoking great animosity on the part of the -Braziliabn against the native Port tguese residenit ih Rio tle Jaiieiro, many of whom felt - so insecure on that account, that they were endeavouring to convert, their property into money or bills, in order to retire-to Europe. The General Assembly of Deputies from the Brazilian provinces held their first sitting ai Rio de Janeiro on the 21st of June, but the ERxrIERoi did not attend on that occasion. His pro- ceedings, or rather those of his Ministers; for Don PEDRO himself has credit for hofiest intentions, were watched with some distrust, the source of which it is difficult to collect from the events that transpire publicly. The only circum- stance alleged at all bearing a suspicious tharacter, was his unceasing endeavours to create among the. ranks of the army a strong attachment to his person, which is more easily explained by his fears of the ascendancy of the Ite- publican party, than by any treacherous intercoumse with Portugal, the danger of which was every day becoming greater. A considerable number of the troops had been embarked for Praya Grande, on the opposite side of the bay, where the officers and men were gratified by splendid en- tertainnents, at which the EMpEftoa assisted in person. Wlhatever his secret views may be, it is net difficult to foresee that the f'uturc history ol the heir apparent to the throne of Portugal is pregnant with great events.
Quarter's Revenue.
The Times, 1824-07-07T00:00:00

Abstract of the Net Prodacc of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended 5th of JulY, M23, and bth of July, | 1824, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. An A cconnt of the Income and Charge ulpon the Consolidated Funid, in the Quarters ended the 5th day of JulY, 1823 and 1824, toge- gether with the Arnouuit of the Annual tDtics, &c., to the same periods. INCO31E.-GREAT Blll1TAIN- QUARTER'S RE VENUE.
German Trade.
The Times, 1824-07-21T00:00:00

M\r.-Franeis Muller, .forly, &7 amberofthe.BavP4 riu Assembly,, has published in acmo-nt of the trade S Gersaezy in 1824; iich, if bis Meport be comTect, is m s very distressed stuation. Acpiding to fis statement, the Russian empire, with which the greater part of Poleand is incorporated, hass for some years plast becti cut eff'frorr commercial intercourse with Germany by cnstom hwus regulations and toll; and at tne present.moment a zecond line of tolls is forming on the Polis fottier& Hungary is in like manner closed against Germrny. IThe present situation of Etitopean 'Turkey affords no secitiry, a.nd its trade is ifea inthei.i-ns of thie } nglih and the Wenct&; The Lembardo.Venetlsn tingdom hbs, since i817,- bee- shut against every tbiihg lWihl .iJs n4t Austrinn. The cae tom-hoase laws of the Papal States dae eitriemely severe Tuscany, Parma, and Modena have r& aiiseig equs h1ostile to trade. Since the beginning of the pres6ht 1eas; -Waples and Piedmunt have canried their nrohibitary meag 'ores to such an extent, that even dermau linen is nS longer admnitted Spain and Portugal are no longer favourable markets, for recent events have destroyea private as well as public credit. France has, since l7o, when she removed all inlatnd duties, followed the same- system, and will not depart from it antil her agiculture.e manufactures, and commerce be able to maintain an advan_ tageous competition with all other nations. Switzerland suffers like Germany, and two cripples cannot weU help each other along. In the kingdom of the Netherhlndxs strict prohibitions against the admission of German produce exist. Great Britain rejects every thing, or at least ad- mits only articles which she can manufacture better than the Germans. The commerce of Denmnark and Sweden is unimportant to Gennany, as much of what we could give them they already possess. It bence follows, that German commerce in Europe has everywhere custom-house prc- bibitions to contend with. AU natural relations are dis. turbied by artificial regulations, which can only be evaded by smuggling. Htaving come to this conclusion, the attthor nevertheless deprecates the pursuit of contraband ttade, attended as it constantly is by immoral habits and endlesa cIlimes. GERMAN TRAVE.
SKELETONS IN STONE COFFIN...
The Times, 1824-08-12T00:00:00

SKEI.EONS TiN STONE COFFINs.-lhe workmnen, em- | p!loyed in cxcavating the interior part of the ancient castle of lI;. tings, on Saturday se'nnigltt discove?cd thece antiquce stone coffins it a chamber or vault. Oncdof theal, revel: f'ect long, has beets openlel by the removal o0 a flat stone, whicll served as its lid.' In contained a1 perflct skeleton, nearly six feet in length, the ribs of which, at the first coup d'eeU, prdsented nl elerated appearance, hut on exposure to the air they became depriesacsd andl its original appearance was lost. The leg, ari. nand thighibones, witith sme of the vertebra), jaws, teeth, &c., were finn and perfect. It could not be ascettained whethler the individuatl in question (who must have been interred many centuries) was nnale or female; but it is reasonable to suppoise tlat none bsit persons; of distinctimo would have been buried within the wallst precine:s of 'tle Castle Another coffinp about fbur feet long, near to tthe oue just (lescribed, evidently cont;uricd the remains *f a child. The third, which measures about seven teet, will not be inspected till the arrivai of the Earl of Chiehester, who is expect- cd shortly to revisit li astings. The labourets are btill actively pro. secuting tiheir researches, anl, .h is believed, are on the eve of gaining access to anotlter apartment, which, Irolll the appearance ot'hEie gate- way,is believed to lhave been t chapel. Hastings (astle fonnerly stood on six acres of ground, anid we understatid the Bail of Chichester is about to enclose thel presetit ruin, and erect a lodge or cottage, in which aperson is to reside for the parpose of pointing out whatever mlay be worthy the notice of the stranger. A silvcr penny of the reign of hlary, dated 1S7, and halfan antique spur, much corrod- ed, have also been dug up in the above ruin2s. PUaoLIc FOOTPrATIMR.-Puring the last week the Graild Jury for the countyof York found a true bill against the occupier of a field of l;ord Grantham's, without Monk-bar, for having diverted a footpath, which has beetn enjoyed by the public beyond the me- ilory of man.-York Herald. Yesterdlay afteriioonl a fire occurred on the premisus of Illr. Stevens boat.builder, of Rotherhithc-wall,occasioned by a pot of pitch boilmg over; but was extinguished in lirtle less ttsn an hour, after umucl damnage to the prensiacs antI destruction of several boats on the stecks. Yesterday at two o'clock a serious accidenit occurred immediately opposite St. George's churchl, in the Borough, to a Mrs. Allen, tilewifeofan offieer oftlhe Baraugh Courtof Requests. She was crossing the street at the moment the bantl preceding the procession of a club of tradesmic was passing and the souild of the instruntients causing a hoise in atn empty town-cart to take fright, Lbs antimal Ilnockced her downi'arad the r.heels passetl ovcr her body. Al r. Olding, tfurgeon, opposite, bad i-er iinietialely conveyed to a b)ed in his lhouse, where sthe continuetl for four hours, cxperiencing -very possible attention, 'ind from whence she ywoa taken home .n a nsuc' injur.d tate,
Government has at length ...
The Times, 1824-08-21T00:00:00

Government has at length accede(d to the wish of thc merchants traling with Colombia and Mexico, by sanc- tioning the appointment of packets to sail regularly to those countries. As the packet previously established for the comnmunication with 13uenos-Ayres included the convey- anice of letters to Chili and Peru, the whole of South Ame- rica and A\exico is now open to the merchants, through the medlium of the Englislh Post-office. Aiinexed is a notice issueel yesterday from the Foreign-office:-- " Foyeign-office, AuLg. 18, 1824. "(entlen,en-In answer to the letters which have becen address- ed to this departasent by the MercharnLs interested in the conimerce with iUexico and Colombia, relative to the establishmenit of a regu- lar packet communication with those couotries, I am directe(d by .Mr. Secretary Canning to acqtuaint yotu, fbr the information of tlhose parties, that his Alajesty's Government have dlctermiined to esta- blish a communication by packets withl Vera Cruz, in Mexico, and with Carthagena and I,a (Guayra in Colombiia, and that his iMiljes. ty's Postmaster-General will take sucli sleps as may be necessary for the carrying the said measure into execution.-I am, gentlemen, ' Your most obedient humblhie servant, (Signed) " FRANCIS CONYNGIIA31. To .cssrs. Barclay, llerrinig, Richartison, and Co."
Births
The Times, 1824-09-14T00:00:00

BIRT}ZS. On the 31st of May ' at Buenos Ayres, the lady of Thomast Fair, Esq., of a daughter. On Tue-Nday, the 7tb inst.. at Chorley. the lady of the Rev. RI I1. Mlaster, of a daughter. On the 10th instant, at his residence in Alontague-place, the lady of Herman Hendriks, Esq., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Clarenbowl-house, Isle of Thanet, the seat of her father, John P. Baldry, Esq., the lady ef Mr. G. C. Redmar, of a daaughter.
Election Of Bridge-Master...
The Times, 1824-09-22T00:00:00

I esterday the greatest activity vas displayed in the contest. During the forenoon \ir. Hai worth advanced rapidly; but on the ciose of the poll, at three o'clock, Sir Peter Laurie dexlared the nunmbers to be as follows:~- Alr. Gillinan, 1,087 A tIr. IIeinworth, 61i5 1 Mr. Aloline. 5l. . Ir. GtjLLMAr S retumetllr thlanlks, and(i Said that if his friends came firwvar,l as spiritcd.y to-morrowv (this day), his retitri wovold be se. tMr. HAtlSWORTir returned thanks tO those friends who, had that d3Y come forward in hi, heialf. Notwithstantding the disparity of the numbers announced, he was still confident of success. If those whose names were set down in the hook which he held in his hand, w.ho had pledzedl thernselves to comc forward in liiS support, were trae to their pledze, tec should still be succcssful. He urged that this. was hlis second application, and relied( on the dignity and gene- rosity of the electors. -Mr. 31OLtNt'. pointed to the melancholv number nttache(l to lhis name 'on he p.oll-board, anld sFaid, thtat with the majority above bim he did not thi-nk it ttecssary to continue the contest anv longer. He tanked his friends for all thesy had done for him, ind expressed his hoprs t .at on another occasion he shotil(d be more successfil. lr. .\IOO RE, the Chanrman of illr. Q1ilman's Committee, ad dr rssed the l,.very, and. 5.i,l, that although his friend's success was almast cert;iti, yvt, ii order to save the othler candidate as well as ir. Gilln.an-unnecessarY cxpcnse, it was desirable that the friends of the latctrgcntlem:tn slhould( come tip to the poll 2s earlY as possible. ELECTION OF BIRIDGE-HASTER.-SsComiD DAY.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-11-05T00:00:00

DJIEDJ. At Batavia, on the Ist of June last,,J. E. 'Whiteman, Esq., of the firm of 'I'hompson, Vhitemnan, and Uo., aged 29. On thc 25th ult., at the house of her daughter. MIls Petrie, in Wilmot-strect, Brunswick-square, Mrs. Jackson, widow of the late William Jackson, Esq. On the 21st ult., at Sainte Adresse, in Normandy, aged 70, Robert Charles Dallas, Esq., formerly of the island of JrMaica, and the author of the .Uistorg of the Maroon War, Percoael, A#.. brey, &c. O)n the 20th of July last, at St. Elizabeth's, in the island of Ja- maica, M1rs. Mlaria T. Stewart, wife of the Rev. Thormas Stewart., curate of that parish, and late of St. John's College, Carnbridge. This utifortunate yoasng lady, only in her 21st year, was on the eve of enmbarking to rewm to her native country and friends, when the yellow fever, slpposed tO have been introduced by the troops staton- al in that part of the island for the suppresaioi ofthenegro insurrec_ tion, praved fatal to her after a very short illnese. On the 2d inst., at Bronnpton, nf apoplexy, Edward Davies, Esq., formerly of His ilajestt's First Reiziment L;fe Guards. aeed - iiC
Marriages
The Times, 1824-12-08T00:00:00

AtAltRIED. On the 2d inst., at Norton, by the Rev. Christopher Anstey, MSarshall Robinson, of the hUiddle Temple, Esq., barrister at law, to Mary Frances, eldest dauglter of Hery Stapylton, of Norton, in the county of Darham, Es%. On the 2d inst., Dr. Dane, of Ely-place, Holbem, to Alrsm Hol.- lowa, ot Ed ward sqare, Kensington , at the parias church1 by the Rev. Sept. Simpson. On the 4th inst., in tbe island of Jersty by the Very Rev. the Dean, Henry 12. Psice, Esq.. of Neath bbey, Glamorgansbire, to Ju.ia Harriet, second daughter of .eorge Struve, Esq. M. D., of St. Helier. On Illonday, the 6th inst., at the parish church, Leeds, Air. I. H. KIbinton, of WVater-lane, London, to Lydin, fifth daughter of Air. Hallevell. of Leeds.
We have received Bombay p...
The Times, 1824-06-17T00:00:00

We have received Bombay papers to the end of January. By accounts from Madras of the 3d, it appears that, the disturbances there, in consequence of the scarcity of rice, had been completely quieted by the effective measures of the Government. Lady Amherst, the wife of the Governor- General, lhad met xvith an accidlent at Calcutta, having been thrown from her horse, and received several severe bruises. No seriousconsequeenceswere apprehended.romthe accident. The Act of Parliament had arrived at Bombay, by which the establishment of a Supreme Court at that Presidency is authorized. An 84-gun ship, the Asia, was launched at Bombay on the 11 th of January, being the sevenith -line-of. battle snip built in the East India Company's dock-yard at Bombay, and the largest ship of that class built in India. WVe perceive, by the NVew York papers, that a line of packets is established to sail regularly between New York and London on the first day of every month, on the same scale and with the sas regularity us in the com4unication with Liverpool.
We understand a very extr...
The Times, 1824-10-19T00:00:00

WI e understar.l a very extraorlinary discoverv has beezn made by T. Northmore, Esq., during somte geological itivestigatio,r in the neighbourhood of Torquay. In the celebrated caveri of Kent's 101e, he has found under the st-lagmitic incrustation burieo in the mould, several teeth of tle hyena, wild boar, wolf and va,' rious bones of other aniinals not yet identified. A letter'hs be,M written on the subject to the Rev. MIr. Buckland, professor of il neralogy and geofogy, in the university of Oxford; and we hope at somne tuture period, to be able to gratify our antiquarian and gmO logical readers vith a furthier detail of this interesting discover These fossil remnains are now in the posscssioa of Mr. Northnaor, -Brsf;'z Eas Rfer Xewg. Two gentlemen, travellers, who had indulged rather freely inl "a cheerful glass" after dinner, were on Fri?.ay last pro. ceeding in theirgigs from Helston to Penzance. The comparade ability of their horses and the skill of the drivers becoming a to- of discussion, a chaUenge to race, in imitation of the stage-..o,,e drivers, of whose exploits we daily read in the police reports of tL, metropolis, was given and acepted. The blooGs started fU spetr and the contest was maintained with great spirit, utitl one ofr knights of the vhip, in attempting to pass his competitor, got tb wheels of their vehicles entangled, when one was capsized. The wvas broken almost to pieces, but the driver was fortunatel gig into a mud-pool, from which he emerged half suffocated an, , daubed from head to heels, but without any fractufe or serit tusion.- IVest Briton. ilonday week, as two gentlemen in a single-horse ch*e were passing along Enfield-wash, the water was ou1t to such all ten-t as tor upset the carriage, which, falling upon one of the get",L, n cn, very nearly drowned hirn. They weTe both taken to the P,,,] and pat to becd. This part of the high road is verv ofren i mpaSNbl owing to floods, and the stages are obliged to go round by Rn,d town. The lives of passengers ure much enda=gered for wantit4d bridge, which we hear is in contemplation by the county.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-12-15T00:00:00

WVe have deep regret in recording the death of Thomas Bennett, Esq., by the accidental explosion of his own fowling piece on Thursday 'morning last, in the vicinitv of Templeinore. He went out that morning to fowl, arccompaniedby a young boy: about two imileg from homes after crossing a drain, he desired the boy to hand himtbe guei with the muzzle foremostr it went off, when itr oOtents, COnlsitiOg of duck-shot;: entered at one side of MIr. Ben. nete's nave1, antd loged between the skin and flesh of his back. A blond.vesse? was ruptured inwartly by the shot,and he bled to death boy stver2 o'lozk in the rcuing.. It vwas melancholy to hear him, notwithstanding the mest dreatdful agony, call for his wiife(who was thenat uillemaulcona visit with her brother), and bidding farewell to all around hiim._Liwzrek Chgronilee. RmuysTxc JNsGNu1-T.-AleX. Hardlie, snuff-box inaker, at*Dalgonbr,.Dumfries, has made a wooden leg and foot, with ancle and tce-joints, guided by springs, not likely to faiL It has been ex. amined llyseveralentlemttcren, end pronornced to be a very neat, suitable arnd 4seful1 substitute. lt draws on like a boot, anu is al. most as castly,retainedin litsplace. .