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The Times, 1824-04-17T00:00:00

'Ve have received several numbers of a Romaic jour- nal, publishedl at Missolonghi, under the title of the Grecl, Chronicle. The last of the series exten(ds only to the 9th of February, and therefore supplies us with little informnation on the state of Greece whiclh had not pre- viously reached us through other channels. The very ap- pearance, however, of a newspaper in such a quarter, at such a time, and in such a language, is not without its in- terest,-recording, as it does, the noble exploits of a people recovering their inidependence after ages of oppression,- addressed to the des=endants of those whose journal- ists were THUCYDIDnEs and XENOPHoN,-and comnposed in a dialect wlhich, withl some variations in grammar and con- structioR, was spoken by HoisaER and PLATO. The contents of the two last numbers, likewise, are somewhat curious. Tbat of the 6th of February gives us an eloquent address of the Government of the three islands,Hydra, 16pezzia, and Ipsara, to all the Greeks. " WVe know well," say thcse brave men, " that when a Christian is called to fight for his " faith-when a patriot struggles for nis country, every " thing else is regarded as insignificant." They then call to mind, that in the last three years they have sacrificed their property-exposed their lives-and( shed their bloodl for the general freedom, without meeting with adequate support from the rest of the nation. Tliis address is so curious, that we regret our limits will not allow us to give it entire. With some discussions by the editor on a criminal code, and an account of the suddlen illness and rapid recovery of Lord BYRoN, this number concludes. The number of the 9th of February contains an extract from the speech of the American PRESIDENT, received by Galignani's Messenger, where the part wlhich refers to the Greek contest and cause is particularly pointed out to the sympathy and gratitude of the Greek patriots. This paper concludes with an account of the proceedings of a meeting at Cambridge, to receive subscriptions in favour of the Greeks.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-10-08T00:00:00

Sir,-As you appear, in common with myself, and I believe every other individual, to deplore the present mania for building. I venture to submit to you, or to some of your well-informed cor respondents) the following query. It arises out of that system of trickery and fraud which is but too generally and too successfully practised now-a.days. A builder erects a house; and, to ercry appearance, in so doisg conforms strictly to the laws of his professior,. After roofing it In, however, lie ingeniously removes a great portion of his party wall, in order to add to the size and appearance of hisrooms. wish to be informed whether or not he is justified in this ? To me it seems a barefaced evasion of the statute. Also, whether an insurance. office could be made to pay for property destroved tnder such ctr. T. MITCHERIL. r-ancras.piace, (Ctober7. CUMHEWflcCS TO THE EDITOP O?O TIlE TIMES.
London, Wednesday, Decemb...
The Times, 1824-12-15T00:00:00

We havc reeeived the Paris papers-of Sunday. The fol- b miag wre the only paragraplhs worth extracting which they Contain:- " PARTS, DEc. 11. " The folloning are wome fnirther particulars relative to the fire w'hich broke out in thb Tuileries:- ' A dry-rubber going to fetch somio woed in the second story, was nfddenly stifed by smokc, whith had a strong smell of toot. ,The fire came from the lover story. where an cnormous stove bad get fire to a beam close to it. For some days it bad been bur3ing without being pereeived. Every precautiou was immediately taken. The whole of the Garde: ,du Corps on duty, with their Captain, M. Da- rocheret, hastened to the spot, aud pulled away what was necessary between the two storics. 7The firemen were sent for, and completed what the Guards liad happily begun. "By a decree of- the .7th inst., the Royal Tribtnal of Lyons has ordered a peTao4 of the name of Chambellan to be probecuted, as having murdered 5f. Bouchardon in a duel. " A letter from Mladrid af1irn* that Licut.-Gzneral Ordonneau is con..ing to Toulouse with his division. " From the 17ih of this month, corps of French troops returning from Spain will arrive daily at Bayonne. Among thetn are the Ist, 13th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 28th, and 37th Regiments of the Line, the5th Light Infantry, and the tith, 9th, 12th, and 17th Regiments-of Chasseurs. Tle baggage and the sick, ha,ing left Madrid at the be- ginning of last month, arrived a few days lgO." LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEAfEBR 15, 1824.
Drury-Lane Theatre.
The Times, 1824-04-30T00:00:00

General Burgoyne's comic opeaof The Lord of the jlranor, al. tnost entirely denuded of Jackson's pleasing music, was last night relwarsed at this theatre; for we cannot call that a performance where nearly the whole of the drawtatir persoei were completely at fault, ntroducing their own dialogue, and marring that of their au- thor. Mr. Braham was the Trncmore of the evvning, and in the Scottish ballad, " Let us haste to Kelvin-grove," and the ill-written song of " He wras fam'd for deeds of arms," from Cherry's opera of The Travellers, conmnanded an encore. He was not so successful in the air of "- Love among the rosec," the simplicitv of which was injured by the superabundance of orna. ment which fic bestowed on it. Ir. Horn's voice is notrich enough to givedue expression to the songs, " AMyAnna's urn," and " When first this humble roof I knew." Miss Stephens, though rather too demure for the livelyvpartofAnatette,weittbroughvthecharacterverypleasantly. Penley's Yoang Contrast was the essence, not of frivolity, but of vulgarity: it possessed not a single. feature of the eccentric man of fashion. Harley's La Nippe was laughable; and Liston's iAoll Flagon inimitable. Towards the end of the second act, a drunken sailor endeavoured to throw himself fromn the two shilling gallery into the pit; aod, to the great terror of the ladies, actuelly got h.s legs over the rail in front. He was, however, with some difficulty secured by the constables in attendance, and forcibly expelled from the gallerg'. DRURY-LANrB THEA TRE.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-05-13T00:00:00

WYith a vievw to discourage further emigrations from Germany to Brazil, a letter has 'een published in the MItnheim Gazedk, dated JIheas. the 25th of Anigust, 1823, describing the distrsmsed state of the Germari colonists in that quarter, and aessrting that " the Swiss celony'at Cante Gallo ia1kea no progrems, notwith. standing the support of the Rnssian Governient and Mr. Von LangWdorff, the Consul-Oeneraj." On Tuesday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as a -town cart, heavily laden with potatoes, drawn by two hot"ea,waa procceding down the deseentofl'-estminster-bridge, the burden be- ing fo rmuch for the slhaftItorse, ,lt suddenly forced the aniinalt fi- wrad with violence in the direcbon of Oliver's coffee-house, at the cDnerof-Bridge-strect: fortunttly, however, the cart and horses came in contact with a ptat tbe cnd dfthe strect, which broke the Sha2fs, threwthelhoriedown, antprecipitated the potatoes in every ,dire6tion. Assistancebeing procured, the animals wqere relieved from therprilossituation, althiughit was supposed the shaft borwe rda bkWled;ld . Notwithstanding an immense crowd of spe- tains ee aMembled.on the spot wthAhe ccddeat occred, not a 5glindisidu?1 recdvedhe i teatinjury. -
Several letters have reac...
The Times, 1824-08-17T00:00:00

Several letters have reached our of fice, complainin,a of the dreadful state of insecurity to which London has been reduced, by the want of water to supply the engines, on recent occasions of fire, in diferent parts of the nhetro- polis. The outcry is, indeed, universal: and if well founded, it is one which cannot obtain a too speedy or anxious notice from those who have in tbeir power the means of adequate redress. WVhen a competition existed between the Water- companies, the public had rcason to be satisfied with the abund&nce in which an element, so essenitial both to com- fort and to safety, was distributed among all the inba- bitant5 of this great town: but now the competition has ceased, and the usual consequence follows; each company having assigned to it a certain portion of London, and being secure from rivalship within its ovn domain, enjoys a complete imonopoly of the market, and inflicts upon those wvbo are rather its vassals than its customers, the ordinary measure of contemptuous inisolenice, and easy impartial oppression. Nor can any reasonable remedy be thought of, but such as may either bring the cause of the evil-the monopoly itself--to an end, or may impose a penalty upon every abuse of it severe enough to coerce the Water.compa- nies into an honest discharge of their duty. In flatton-garden, and more particularly at the great fire in Greville-stregt, our correspondents have been assured by the firemen, that the flarnes might; casily have been extinguished had water been obtainable'byi any humaneffbort. For want of it, only two or three enginas could play out of more than 20 that attended. It is most desirable that the ruinous montopoly which at present flou- rishes and donineeX% g iy should be broken up by the establishmei;jti r companies, formed out of-the sper- I fluousApo.ti'f the country and in all cases we would ooftnWend, that rvhere the supply of water is proved to be dieficient, the Insurance Companies hould: be-iven by Parliament a right of action against those ivhose bisihiess it is to furnish the means of putting out fire, and that the damages should have no other limit than the loss whlich, through their itegligence, may be actually sustained. The sources whence water can at a moderate expense be procured, are, we learn, quite plentiful, and at no distance worth mentioning, on the north side of Lon,lon. But-whe- ther the expense be large or little, the grievance, as it stands, is perfectly intolerable; and to devise some effec- tual means for its removal, onaght to be one of the very foremost objects at the etisuing session of Parliament.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-10-09T00:00:00

DlED. On Fridav morning, the 8th inst., at his brother's house, Lud- gate hill. Mfr. Robert Blades, aged 66. On Thursday. the 7th inst., Mrrs. James Recine, ef Bcthual. green, aged 34. On the 6th inst., after a lingering and painful illness of Iive years, Caroline, eldest daughter of G. F. Joseph. Esq., A.R.A., aged 29. On the 5th inst., at Seaton, Thomas BackhIouse, Esq., of West- lodge, Darlingron, in the 75th year of his age. On the 6th inst., at his house at Blackheath, John Mlordmer, Esq., aged 49. On thie 2d inst., at Oxshott in Surrey, Joshua Prole Torrino, Esq., azed 69. On Friday, the 8th inst., at Kilburn Priory. Saralh G=rrard, wi. dow of the late ALr. Robert Garrard, of Panton-street, Haymark-et On the 5th inst., at Brentford, George Burchett, Esq., aged 84. On Friday, the 3th inst., in her 39th year, after an illness of only fourteen days& Elizabeth, wife of J. Neltborpe, Esq., Temple-place, Surrev.
Tapestry Of The Cartoons.
The Times, 1824-11-18T00:00:00

'rhere are nowv exhibitiBg at MrBllock's EgyptianHall, Piccadilly, nine curious pieces of tapestry, being parts of the celebrated 'series for which Raphael's designs, commonly called the Cartoons, were painted by or(ler of Pope Leo X. Two sets of this tapestry were originally fin{shed at Brus- sels, and each consistedI of thirteen historical pieces, illus- trative of thie Acts of the Apostles.' The, set which was deposite1 in the Vatican, and exhibited annually from the Colonnatle to the people on the feast of Corpus (,Uhrisii, was preserved with scrupulous care, until the entrance of the French army into Romne in the year 1798, when it suf*'ered the fate of the other works of art which fell into the same hands, antl became partiaUy sn(d irreparably injured, be- fore the time of restitution arrived. The set now exhibit- ing ba been brought from Spain. It is describe(I as being that which Henry VIII. once possessed at V'hitehall, and Which was sold wvith the other royal effScts, at the sale of Charles the First's property, anitl removed into Spain. It contains two pieces, in addition to tliope we havc inl the (Cartoons at Hampto-n Court,-lnannely, Christ giving fie keys to St. Pet-r, an) the sfoning of St. Stephen. This tapestry is, eonsidleritig all the circumstances of its history, in a goad state ofpreservation, some of the strolnger colours (the blues in particular), in the dye of which a mnetallit composition was used, have become partially tle- eomposed, and the copperas has injured the material; but in other respects the colours are well kept, an( the general e7fect preserved. The unriyalledl meritof Raphael s Car- t(ons was, however, their being moade, by the geuius of t7he artist, the great velicles of formn, an(d cotmorehen(ling everY Vatiety of expreSsion and attittude: in this respect they wvill for everr iemaie an inexhaustible miiodel for the stiudv of artists. The tapestry contains the great ouLlille of these qt4alities, as well, if not better, than it is to be found in Sir Jsmes Thornhill's copies at the Royal Academy ; but the material does not admit, nor cou!d the skill of the mainu- facturer convey in anl equal dlegree, tbe piathos, the varied and contrastedl axpression of tholugt, which abound in the original designs. The tapestry is nevertheless carious, and eonveys a perfect ideaof tie skill and expense once em- ployee on the Contiment in ftnis magniticent manufactuire. The pieces of tapestrv :ri this exhibition are of large size, beting each above I . (eet in heigbt, and 20 in 1ength. TAPESTRY OF THE CARTOONS.
Court Of Common Pleas, We...
The Times, 1824-12-23T00:00:00

This was an action to recover tbe value of some copper which had been furnished by illem to a ship called thc Asia, of which ibe de- fendant5 t7ere the registered owncrs. The plaintiffs were copper- merdcants residing at Inimehouse, and the (lefendants bankers at Newcastle.umoaTyne. The ship oiginally belonged to a person of the name of Bulmer, who having obtained some pecuniarv advances from the defendanta, placed the register and title-deeds of the vesset in their hands. It was while thesc documents t-ere in the defendants' sscaseion that the copper wvats furnished to the vessel by order ot Bulmner, wYho continued int her eommand, and the bill was in the firs instance delivered to hirn. It was contended on the part of the de fendfants,that the credit had been g~iven to Buher, and not to them The Jury found a verdict for'theidefendants. COURT OF COMMON PLBAS. WrnDNESDAY. DEC. 22. C.rl, V. vv21T -s SD
South America.
The Times, 1824-06-07T00:00:00

The following inforusat a n Saturday posted at Lloyd's Gov-rnneent ~ 0' ofBgoa ai s ono Saitrm daY PosteC afth yds "LIAMA, J.x,;. 23. Several privateers fitted out from Chilee, under licem niaton tbe grned bymthe Kinag of Spain, have s deredaion agetncl sholde cptures oit the coast. Tho,'. captured the British ships Catherine, Captain Bowen; Swal v. The American sqlop oo fwarFranki ichas recaptur vessels proceeding to the island of Chiloe, with. prizemastero board, and has taken theim into the s,termedios. The Captain the pranklin fitted out the Amand schooner, with 200 picked bs to proceed in pursuit of the prSateeras. A letter was addresne Captain Browna, of his LMaj'esty's ship Tartar, "upon the ,subji and be put to sea and returned to port three days I sh " British Consulate, Maracaibo, 1ith Mal "tSir,-I acquaint yoa for the information of the gentlemie? Lloyd's, that it will be advisable for all vessels comingfrom Bngl to this port, to touch at Cura1ao, or Urica, and' to take plt board at either of those islandis. It appeurs, that previoupsit'ot attack, of General.31orales up on this pare, he bad attac'ked soy smal vessels under British coiours, for the purpose f decoyiig pIlots, and succeeded in carrying them off; by which means he better enabled to condluct his attack upon lAlaracaybbo: those pi still remain in the service of Spain; andthe Govemmenitof Cjdlornl fearing a similar attempt, have given orders- that no pilot is to bc soy vessel beyond the bar, until it is clearly ascertained to w nation she bdlon gs. This over-pruident measure somietimes expc vessels to some risk ; and as the. orders hiave been issued by Government of Bogota, it is not within the power of the depa mentat one to do away with themn. The timne necessary to cmme nicate on the subject being considerable, it mnay be-as~well 'that original suggestion should be strictly adhered to. " o h "I som &c. (Signed) ROBT. SUTHERLA?' ToteSecre.tary of Lloyd's. Consul." HAVANNAHI AJPRIL 13. We have eiColornbiart aquadron o'ffthe ort which bas put a to the coastingtrade they have destroyed a great number of nish Droggers. with their cargoes, employed bringing the auga1 market. PANAII,IA, MTARCHa 22. Deprdatonshavebee comittd o th coSt of Peru by at piraes ittd ou atChioe. eveal ngls and Amiericani ves havebee robed,andit s reortd tat theFec ship 7 snaqu has een cpture. TheFrankin 74gun-hiprha glou seach f tem Hi Maesy'sshi Auor isexpctd hre ls SOUTHAifrA I
Deaths
The Times, 1824-09-29T00:00:00

D?iEl). On Thursdav, the 281 inst., at Ounton, Norfolk. the Right Hon. (Geormiana Lady Stffield, wife of the Right Hon. Edward Lord Suffield, and only child of the late Right Hon. George Vena- bles Lord Vcrnon; On Thursday laot, at Elm-grove, near Liverpool. in the 6Wdt year of his age. after a long and severe illness, J. T. Swainson, Esq., F.A.and lS.. former]v Secretary of his Majesty's Customs in Lon- don. decply lamented hv liia family, and regrettedf by his friencds. On Alordky- the 27th inst., John Morgan, Esq., . D., late of Lambeth-tenrece, in the 67th yearof his age, much belovei and re- spcted. On Stiuday last, in the 6Wd year of her age, Jane. the wsife of 5Mr. cseorge Johnston, of llampstead. On theN2th inst., at Pendred, Berks, in her 66th yenr, after a few davs' illneas, Teresa, wilow of the late T. P. illetcalfe, Esq., of Bflrnborough, Yorkthire. On the 16th inst., at Orlean9, aged 24. Sarah, the beloved wife of James IV. Walters, E,q., of Barn.owod-house, Glocc,tershire. i)n the 28thi of August, O.S., at St. Petersburgh. John Simnson.
New Spanish "Breach-Of-Fa...
The Times, 1824-10-20T00:00:00

(From a Correapouident.) We collect from a letter dated Paris, Oct. 16, some curious parti. culars respecting the last new project for raising money for Spain. The contriver of this notable 8cheme is said to be the well-known -A. Achille de Jouffroy, who, by his visits to Verona and Aladrid, and by contriving ta jumble kimself up with Guebbard's loan, has amassed a-fortune of 1,200,000 francs, which is still, however, a sum too contracted for his ambition, and he feels, accordingly, a laudable anxiety to add to its amount. His plan, if the trifling diffliculty of its being impracticable could bc got over, is extremely well contrived for that purpose, as the commissions alonc resulting from the con- tract, to be divided of coursc among the contractors, would fall very little short of Aolf a m-iliot sterling. The total of the loan was to be 408,000,000 reals vellon effective, or near 5,000,000 sterling. The lenders, who were to be dealt with very indulgently in point of time, were to be allowed 26 months to pay up the instalments. The bonds were to bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent., and wvere to be issued to the " contractors" at 61, the Government of Spain reserving the right of redemption at par at the end of 25 years, but not sooner. All that the " contractors" were able to obtain in the market for these bonds, above the price for which they were delivered from the Royal Treasury at Madrid, was to be their own profit. Commission to be 5 per cent. on the nominal capital, and in addition a large per centage on the payments of dividends, and on the sum appointed for a sinking-fund. A large amount was to remain in the hands of the " contractors," sufflicient for the purchases of the sinking-fund and the payment of the dividends for two years. Interest to be pay- able at Paris half-yearly, and at a fixed rate of exchange, in order to secure the holders from any loss by its variations. In short, there wanted only one condition-tlie honotirable fulfilment of former contracts-to make this the most eligible contract in the world. Urifortunatclv for his Catholic Mlajesty, and for the " con- tractors," that condition, with the London capitalists, proves to be a sinie quli non. , ErW SPANISH " BREACH-OF-FAITH" LOAN.
London, Thursday, October...
The Times, 1824-10-28T00:00:00

The Judges, it will be seen, have delayedl judgment on the Liemiurrers whicih have been argued the two last days in the Court of Khig's Bench, in tile cnse of' " Dtuncani v. Thwa;tes and others." This case, it is well known, in- volves the legality of repa,ting police proceculinigs, an(i in- (dced, all othier initiatory proccdliugs in civil or criminial cases. It is erroneous to call tihe publication of thesc pro- ceedings the publication of c .r-Isirt evidence; for so far as the case is gone into, the evidenice on bothi sides is publish- edl. WVe have, however, arguie( thiese points so often be- fore, that we havc little new to say on the subject: yet is that little strong. It is impossible to prevent the publicationi of the proceedings in qtuestion. 'I'hey must continti, or a revolution wvill he effeted in the administration of justice, of which, we believe, tlic Judges can have but a very in- perfect idea. Let them reflect for a moinent what our police-offices wvould become, if no notioe were taken of the preceedings there In how helpless and solitary a state wotdtli every inijuretl person find( him- self, if he had all the bur(leni throwvn upont him- self individually of making his casC kiownIl to tile public, so as to get tagethter evidetlce, to state the course st' procecdittgs whiell hc imeanit to atlopt to occa- sion the prodluction of aricles lost, anid of intplenilelts used in the perpetration of the wron'g. All this, att(l 2nuch more than we can sutn tip, is now perforiteti gra- tuitously by the jourinals, for the inljured mati, thirouighi the publication of the police reporls. If we werc to say that there is no evil mixe-d Ipl) with thc goo(d in tltese cases, we shouldl say that which is not tiuc of any lit,. man institution whatever: but we do assert, thiat tilc good is in so mnucil greater a proportion, tltat thtc prac- tice must continiue, wlhatever mnay be the decision of the Judges. No J.ry would or conldl find the cotttlttctor of a journal guilty of publishing a truc rcport of tihc procestd- ings in any Court. f'lhc above-moined eniitettt persons would, therefore, do wvell to accoinniodate thicir abstract reasonings to the cxpedieticy anI( sutbtantial justice of thc case. LOArDO,N, THURSD.A IF OCTOBRR 28, 1824.