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An evening paper of yeste...
The Times, 1824-05-07T00:00:00

An evening paper of yesterday says-" Dr. Bt,c,255, the late Bishop of Chichester, was nearly the last of the Episcopal Bench whose elevation was the result of dis- tinguishcd learning: lie was once the friend of HORNE TooKe." This is a curious paragraph. 'Vas the proof of Dr. BucKvESB's " distiuguished learning" his intimacy with Mr. H. TOOKE ? If not, 'what other testimonies exist of that learning, and did he owe nothing to the Richmond family? But, according to this statement, BUCKNER beitig nearly the last whoselearning raised hira to the Bench,what are the merits which have raised nearly all the rest? Was net PORTRETs raised by his talents, such as they were? And the infinutely greater PALEY Tepelled from the Bench by his independence ? But PALEY would have been a Bishop, and an Archbishop too, if lie bad been a time-server WATSON, though made a poor Bishop, got no farther ad- vanicement: he was not only not a time-server, but a mnan of a turbulent spirit. He was unfit to be a Churchmnan, ex- cept in Papal times, when he might have been made a Car- dinal, and would have been a very fit Ntncio to a refractory Sovereign. 'What made PRETTYMAX a Bishop?-hi, talents, with the other advantages of " time and place" which happen to all mnen: thc timze, PrTT'S arrival at the University; and the plaee, the sante college with the future Minister. The simple old man is now trying to setk out a family for himself. Every, body knows the story of his mother's lawn sleeves, kept.for him out of a favouTite piece in the shop. The shop is true, though the story founded on it may be an iivention, after FHORAcE'S rule-that facts be assumed as the groun.l- work of fiction. Every body has great ancestors,if they thought worth the while to turn back a page or two and look for them. BuoNAIARTF., though a vain nian, was above tIis folly.
Court Of Chancery, Saturd...
The Times, 1824-05-31T00:00:00

LA4W RPORP. ,> of p ' tiiCELLOA mui he would give judgment in the n dayt ms and the case of Murthwaite v. Jenkinson, on IFay peuuon praying for the postponement of certaln JOLRD CUAWCELLOR, in stating the reasons why he could PlY with the prayer of- the petition, took occasion to animad. mlY Ipon the ractice of issuing accommodation bills, and 1313h7regretat tne countenance theyatpresentreceivedfrom The case wrg verr twhen bis lor'dship first went dtTtntnbste in the year 1773; an acceptance being then rno 4fc anacknowledgment by the acceptor of having assets or hic tc a cetace as ran. But that doc. smice depatted fromby te Court of King's Becnr, and the ilcChas been most pernLiious. It was really su;rprising to anthle m*lnn takn the opinions of the firsLt mnen at thie bar re- the ttles, c, ~they were about to advance money on a :e f lnd; ad et heywold en lagesums of mnoney thca ghu a mere piece of paper that was ThIOItsoQy V. BYREE.-COLOMuBrAN EWO S. EPTs applied for a special injunctisn, to restrain the defend. 'arti3ng 7with certain debentures of the Republicof Colombia. rintiff had borrowed from the defendanta sum Of 5 0001- as ty foZ wPhich he lodged Colombian bonds with him Imount of 80,0001. He was now prepared to repay the bu, he was unable to gct up. the debentures, the defendant 2one to tho country. Under these circumstances, he thought ble to make this application. oaDD CHA-2CELLoa.I have no objeGtion'to your taking rto restrain the defendant frem parting with the debentures er lodged with hint; but I cannot alUow them to be called res of tne Republic of Columbia. a?- b5Thxea they can be described in the order as deben- d by av person namedL Josse Manria Caballo. tORI) Clr.AYC5rLLoI. do not see anr objection to that; ng asajudge in one of his Mlajesty's Courus I am not to t tere is a Goverrnent in the world which her as not r- d. Id know that it is acknowledged eclsewhere, but I have t o do with that. L, ~-'OUaiANpclm7~RY. SAflkhV , Alt 90- ;V ___ _ 2T THRE 3tATTE, OP HBINDE.
We have received the Hava...
The Times, 1824-08-07T00:00:00

We have receiveC the Havannab. journals to the end of fJuie. 'l'he only thinig in the shape of inrelligence they contaiXl is, the decree of FRITuINAND agaiust the negotia- tions of' the Constitutiunal Commissioners with the Southl Amierican Governnicitis, which lias been already noticed. This decree, thougl'issuedl at MIadrid in February, appears not to hiave reacied the Hlavaiiiiah till Jane ; on the 4th of' wlhichl imolithi the Goveriior, Doti Fa-Ncisco DbONISrO VIVES, published it by proclamationi. It is in the follow- itg terms:- i Beilig intbrined of the negotiationis wlhicih have been entere(I upon in diffbrent parts of my Americ"n domninions, by divers per- sons styling themselves Commissioners, appointed by the Constittt. tionial Goverinient, for treating with the Dissidientes of the Anie- riemn provinces concerning their pacilicationi, in which negotiations it was atteuwpted to establislh, as a pielimtinary b;tsis, that the Go- vernnselint of Spain was not averse to recogniizing the independ- ence of those countries; I hereby declare null, void, and of no effect, the powers of all and each' of the said Comitiissioners anid Envoys sent to A!merica by the Governmen t caUed Colistitu- tional, and conseequenLly all acts donie or to be done by theni in vir- tue of such powers, contrary to the legitimate zights of the Crown of' Spain, antid my Royal Sovereigilty happily re .establisbted. I fur- titer order, thait the said Coltmiissioners do cease to act, and return forthwith to the Peninsula. \Vheretore, and to the enti that my Royal resolution atforesaidl may be duly fultilled, I co;nmmand all my Viceroys, Captains-Genleral, and Governors of both Americas, to publibh the same witbin their respective jurisdictions, giving at the same time the necessary orders that ttsis decree miiay be cmrried without delay into full and due effect in aUl its parts. *- Done in the Palace, Feb. 26, 1824. " 1, THIE KING." Ferdiniand has cotrferretl on the isaand of Cuba the title of " Ever Faithful."
Fire Insurance Companies.
The Times, 1824-11-23T00:00:00

TO Tlli EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-Few persons are avare of the aniezing profits derived by In- lurance Companies. frqm the apparent small spremiiums paid bv the insnrers: but a'shortcalculatiori will soan place the-matterin na true light, and we shall not only cease to wonder at theincreasing number of these associations, but rather'feel earprised that these enoroue profivt have nor induced the for=ation of many more, or the'diminutiou of the premiumrs. A staweent appeared in te Tizes newepanr a fewv days tsince., from Idr. Whitc, the surveyor of ti,e larylebone dict'rict, in v'hidcb he states, that out of 83,300 houses, of which that istrict coasisfs. only 10 hartses have been consumed in 17 years. Nown taldng this statement for-datA- and there is no res6n0to doubt itscorrectnessE-itfal1nws,that if these- houses werc insured aLt single hardeos, at an averagc valuation Gf 5001. each house, the ennual premniums would amount to4,1501. annl in 17 years, to 70.5501. . tIe returns made to tbe insured during that period would be 8,0001., leaving a balance of 62,5501. in favour -fo the insurimce- companies, from which, of course, istobededucted the expenses of the establishbrent th csemainrAer uill be profit. if inrurances be compared to wagers, the result is, that at the before- named premium, the Insurance Company bet 1001. to 2s. thiat certain property will not be consumed during the year; which is nearly the s3rme as betting that aty one prticular house will net be consumev by fire in a thousand years; but if the above watemnent be correct, the nverage destruction of houses by fire vwould bring the averasee probable timc of the destruction of any partcular housetoncar 8,000 s'ears-n much mn-pr' ,,n-i,,Arr ofim ebehan the world acncordion to accepted chronology) haiemisted. B. P. PfJ?E ThASIANCg COMPNInes.
Court Of Common Pleas, Tu...
The Times, 1824-12-15T00:00:00

(SiUtin,ws al GuaildhalL) Tro causes were tried to-day before Isrd Chief Justice BEST and a common jury; but neither possessed any intercst, except to tIke parties immediately concerned. COURT OF COMMfNION PI.PAS Tt,nv- flr- 1.I
Yesterday was kept as a c...
The Times, 1824-12-22T00:00:00

Yestcrday was keDt as a close holyday both at thc Bank and the Stock Exchange. T'he private business transact- ed in the different Government securities was extremely limited, and with little variation on the prices of Monday.. Thn chief bargains were in Consols for the account, at 9$5&, and in Mexican Stock at 69 to 0, but closing nearer to the former price. In the shares-of the foreign miiningassocia. tions there was considerable activity, most of them being in demand, at advanced prices. The Brazilian shares bore a premium of Sos. each. Owing to the tempestuous wea- ther, the regular mail from Paris did not arrive. A vessel, named the Two Sisters, has arrived at Guern- sey froum Rio de Janeiro, whence slhe sailed on the 12th of October. The letters and papers were put on board a ves- gel for Portsmouth; but as they have not reached, town, it is cencluded thislatter ship has been lost. 'T'he arrival has only been made known by the receipt of one letter, which, by some oversight, was not intrusted to the vessel supposed to have been lost, but afterwards sentl by the packet to Portsmoath. This letter contains no news. The packet from England had not arrived on the 12th of October. Advices were received yesterday from Buenos Ayres to the 1st of October, but they furnish no additional informa- tion resrccting the military operations in Upper Peru. Letters from Valparaiso of the 9th of August; received over- land at Buenos-Ayres, repeat the statWeit which' has beenl previously given, of the arrival 9f.tie Asia and AchUlles at Ca laoo; but as the date of 2thie arrival is not given, nor any particulars respecting the -mode in which they were eniabled to lpass the blockading squadron off that port, the fact seems still to rest in some degree of doubt. it is said that the City of London have resolved to asieit their rights of church patronage in Ireland, wrhere, it is. well known, they possess extensive estates, upon which are valuable benefices. It is also reported that the Irish Com- mittee have presented a clergyman, the son of an Alder- man, to a living of upwards of 2,0001. per ahnum. A new mining association has been formed, for the pur- poze of working the silver mine of Tlalpujahua, near Vd. ladolid, in Mexico, about 5S leaguez from the capital. Yesterday a Coiirt. of Directors was held at the Bait India House> when thefollowing Captains rwere aworn in to the ceni. mend of their respective ships, vizCaptain William Hope, Hfere-. fords/dre, lhadree end Chna; and Captaink Tlhomas Baker, Low.. th1er Castle, China dlrecr. - Yesterday Mrs. Young, tlhe mother of Mrs. Fauntleroy; died at her house in Arwidel.street, aged 71.
PERUVIAN LOAN.-The HOLDER...
The Times, 1824-04-14T00:00:00

P BRUVIAN LOAN.-The HOLDERS of the BONDS of the PERUVIAN GOVERNMbENT, which have been issued in exchange ror scrip, are hereby lInformed, that the half years DIVI- EN,de upon the 15thi instant, wrill be paid at Mlesrs. Frys and Chalpm;an's upon that day.-St.Mildred's-court, April 9 1824. S~THS THEA TROE ROYA L, ENG LISI! OPJFRA-FHOUSE,3Stra"-4 At the soUcitation of various Families, and for the accommodation of several Schools,the LECTURE on ASTRONOMY will be delivered by Nir. BARTLEY two niiglhts more, T;lIs EVENING, and To-morreOw. ADELPIP I TJIA.47JiE, STRAND. M. HENRV has the honour to announce, that he ivll repeat THIS EVENING his astonishing and magnificent SPECTACLE of UNCOM- MtON ILLUSIONS, wonderful Metamnorphoses, &c., initerspersed with interesting Illuistratlons in Experimental Chym istry,Phautasmagorla, &c. Parts I aid 11. M. Heilry wrill exhibit his new anid Astonishill Illuslons, amazinig Combinations, Transformnations. &c. Part Il1 Novel and Initeresting Experiments on GaS In the course of the evening, M. Heary wlU attempt several melodies, ptpular airs, &c., on the lusical Glasses. The evening's entertainmeuts will conclude with M. Henry's celebrated Optical Illusionis. Doori open at 6, and cosnlnence at 7. ROYA L APAf }JI TfHEA 7TRE, IWcstnzinster-&Yidge, Will OPEN en Easter Monday, wvith anmost stupenldous rnilitary melo- drama, foundedon thenemorale BA'TLLE OF WATERLOO. The In- fewntry movemnents of the British, Prussian, Hanloverian, anxd French troops wvill be executed by veterans wvho u'ere actmualy eng aged on the glorious lBthofdane, The cavalry evolutions by the first Equestrians In the world, mounted on hlr. Davis's and Moos. Ducrow's uultedStuid of Horses. The entire of l.lons. Dncrow'is Troop of Continental Per- formers, both male anid fem%ale are enaged which combined ith the exertions of the established favourltes of tils theate, will form a complete galaxy of talent. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The long lettcr from the Opera-house, on the subject of Friday's concert, was an advertisement. C:k The publication of '7'hc Times comimenced at 6 o'clock yester. day morning, ad finished at half-past 8.
Catholic Association.
The Times, 1824-07-01T00:00:00

On Saturday (26th) the Catholic Association met at their rooms, Capel.street. J13ErS O'COYetqELL, Esq., was caUed to the Chair. M1r. CONWAY stated that he had written to Lord Holand, and enclosed the petition to him, whichit vas resolved should beinirust- ed to his lordship for presentation in the House of Lorls. He had received an answer from his lordship, which he should hand to the secretary. Those letters wrere rken read. The following is a copy of the reply of Lord Holandd:- i'Hollanld Hoase, June 17. '" Gentlemen,-l had the honour to receive your letter and peti- tion this morning; I beg you to accept my best thanks for the ve2y flattering reasons yon have assigned for intrusdng the petition to m", care, and if I have neglected to cosply with your request that I should present it to the House of Lords, I entreat you not to ascribe that neglect to any want of a due sense of the obliging manner ia which you sinoified your wishes to me on tbe subjcct. " -mv motives in eithholding the petition are my persuasion that it woufd not be received by the . ouse, and my apprehension that a rejec.ion of it would have a te-ndency to defeat. ratherthan promrte, the objects vou had in view in co;veying it to Parliamcut. The p;t mr tition is uncuestionablyirregular, especially as hi the body - f; you deprecate the only proceeding which the House could, with an- propriety, institute on a complaint, founded on a report of what hsdl passed i; debate in the House. Ainv report of a debate, tTue or false, is a breach of p-ivilegc, and the house could not well allow it to be brought before tbem, nmuch less make it the ground of anty proceed- ing, without noticing and punishing it as such. On thehoter hand, the circulation -f calumnies, however base or unfounded, against either individuals or classe% of His Majesty's subjects, is punishable by other tribunals, anrd doesnot comee within the original jarisdiction - of the Upper House of Parliament. It is dear, therefore, that the House would dither proceal against the printer of The Timer, for nourporting to give a repart of the debatis, or would reject the peti. eion. The first of thcse proceedings would be directly contrary to the wishes you express in the petition and the last would give some publici-y ar,d currencr to a story w I can assure you has made no sensation-here, without afrding you any addit-onal 6opportunity of investigating the truth, or exposin; the falsehood of the state. mueat of which Your coplain " I have the honour to be, gentlemlen, '" Your obliged and obedient humnble .serv.nt, MIr. O'Gox3ItA then read a letter which had deen addrebsett by- MIr. Braughamn to Mr.Conway; and a letter frorn Ar.Hume relative to the petition on the subject of tithes, which bad been in;rusted to that gentleman ; but their contents were not impatitnt. CATiWoTH IC A.VSOCI_TJOJN:
Malta.
The Times, 1824-08-05T00:00:00

- var traute witi vicily Ias received anotner blow by a proclara- tion just issued, altering the consumption dutiea on grain as fol- lows:- On Egyptian wheat, when worth 35 to 40sc. per salm lsce. per saim 30 to 35.c. 2sc. 25 to 30Vc. 3Sc. 20 to 25sc. 4sc. 13 to 20sc. osc. under lbsc. (sc. " All other descriptions of wheat are subject to 2sc. ocr saltn more, and every kind lsc. per salm more, when imported by a foreigo Hlag. * Thus the consunnption duty on Sicilian wheat is at present 9sc. per saln, and the same on the prodace of the Black Sea: our ope. rations with that quarter are consequently entirely destroy,d. hlie duty on barley, oats, Indian corni, &c., is 1-4th less thain on Egyy- tian wheat. " This measure has shaken the poularitv of our new Governor. It has been very hastily deter:nned upon, with a view to assist the landed proprietors, who have been loudly complaining. The Go- vernmrent have in deposit more than 30,000 salma of Egyptiani wheat, whlic they will thus be enabled to sell. We sincerely hope that sonle modification in the scale may be obtained as otherwise our commerce in grain must be etitirely restricted to EgypL Several Si- ciliaa boats, with grain, have already gone back with their cargoes ; and the few operations undertaken tor the Black Sea have aU taken other directions." MALTA. EXTlhACT O9 A LETTER DATED MtALTA, J.'TE 28.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-04-05T00:00:00

DIED. On the 7th of January last, at Fraudon-Cinicinnati, in the state of Ohio, North America, Francis Donaldson, Esq., formerly of Ser.. gean' Inn, Fleet-street, and a member of the Honourable Society of the M~iddle Temple. On Sunday, the 21st ult.s. at Wvadenhoc-house, Northampton- shire2 Frances, the wife of the Rev. S. Hodson, and relict of the late WVilliam Fenwickc, of tywell, in the couinty of Northumberland, Esq. On Friday, the 2d inst., AMrs. Il1ury'Waik-er, of Ac ton-place, KineSlRnd-road, in the 80th year of her age. On the 3d inst., in Glocester-plRce, Anne, wife ef Joseph Tasker, Esq., of Fitzwalters, Essex, in her 25th year. On the 3A luist., at his house in Grafton-street, William 51dm- ner, Esq.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-06-15T00:00:00

Winchester, June 10, 1824. Sir,--Observing a letter in your paper of this inorning mentioning that a dispute has arisen respecting a Nova Scotia Baronetage, I beg leave to state, for the in- formation of the public and the Herald's College, that I .was employed professionally some years ago, to inspect the manlscripts at the Vatican, and during:my research J fell upon some papers relating to an Abbate Pretirmano, who had been desirous of proving himself a descendant of an old family; whereas it was known that his father came to Rome as a pedler, ftom Englandl, and- was called "Prety- man," but supposed not to be his real name,and only meant as a joke from his excessive ugline-s: lie was never called otherwise than the Abbate Squintifogo. In conisequence of' a thousand sequins left him by Cardinal Tomolini, he as-. sslmec that name afterwards. He was a great mathemati- cian,and was said to be the inventor of that musical instru- inent called the liar, so spelt in the tiime of Henry VIII.: he was full of ambition, and repeatedly wished to be sent to England as Pope's Nuncio, in which he failed, but obtained a bishoprick. lie was intrustd with the edu- cation of the son of a Florentine nobleman of the Pitti fa- mily, a young man of great promise, and who, having at- tained the age of 22 years, was placed at the head of the Governmenit of the Venetian States; they were so cap. tivated bv his oratory, that by the advice of evil coun- sellors, mnany of them weak and designing mcn, he involved his COulitry in longt and expensive wars; and though his influence With his Sovereign was great, it never arrived at that height which could induce the monarch to promote this High Priest to the See of Canterbury, which was his great object; for the sturdy Harry, in a moment of anger, exclaimed, " By mv Crown,never shall that cloistg _ ed tutorbc mny archbisiop! I will have one of noble bluod !" and so he had. He attended the young Florentine States- man on his deatlh-bed, and it appears in part of the manu- script that he clandestinely got possession of/some Yaluable books belonging to this young man, and also. th}t lie pub- lisbed his life, having in the samc work taken the unwar- rantable libertyof inserting the private correspondence be- twveen his pupil and his sovereign, the Grand Duke of Florence; nor did he behave more hoinourably towards the publisher whom he emnploved-one Mollini, of Florence. The initials of the Pitti family were in most of the books which the Abbate possessed. An epigram upon this Prelate is extant-at Florence, which was written on the walls of the Pitti Palace, in the year 1573, as follows "Nonni nai veduto, uno sibello Prettiniano. Uno Perruquo 5i grande. un occhio si Squintano." I am your obedient humble servant. J (;ROSSLET. late Rouge Dragon. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
An interesting pamphlet h...
The Times, 1824-10-15T00:00:00

An interestinig pamphlet has bcen publisied by Mr. CoopER, who ha(l for some time appeared before the worl(d as a zealous ant animated friend to the cause of Negro emancipation-and as the supporter of a controversy which degenerated by degrees illto a very angry one, with Mr. HIBaEaT, a slave proprietor, possessing large estates in Jamaica. Mtr. CooP'ER charges MIr. HIBBa nT, and many of hiis West Itdia fiiends, with lhavinig eviaced a total change of feeling, and, indeed, a most vindictive and per- secuting spirit towards him, in consequence of a report wvhichl he, Mr. COOPER, published concerning certain facts and practices which camne under his observation, while re- sitleniton the estate of MJr. IILBBReR1 ill .Jamaica, and whiclh the latter genitleman had originally permnitted-nay, encouraged-Mr. CoorEa, to submnit to public notice. WVe cannot here go through tfle book, of whichi a part, by no means the lcast interesting, comnes froin the pen ofi Mrs. COOPER, wife to the before-namcd gentleman. '[his lady dlefends, in a spirited and earnest letter, her husband's character and( lher own, both of whiclh seCIII to have beeni reflected upon hy thic opposite party ; and( shle suecce(ls, 11n- (loUbteilly, in fixing uponi somc of the whitc understrappers on Mr. IiirBBl r's estate, charges wlich go far to weakeni the effect of any evidence brouglht forward on no better au- thority tha tlieirs, respecting thic condutct of Mr. and Mrs. COOrER, on1 the treatmclnt and coii(lition of the Negroes. WVe refer the reader to the work itsclf for details wlich are not a little curious; relnarking only, that the authlor and authoress appear, on the face of it, to lhave experieniced usage well nieriLinig the title of harslh antl unjust.