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Drury-Lane Theatre.
The Times, 1824-07-06T00:00:00

Poor Ailm Bland, whose distressed condition has excited somuch sympathy in the minds of her fellovrperformers and of t te public, took a benefit, or rather had her name put up for one, at this theatre last night. It is a curious fact, that the benefit of a reduced actor or actress is almost the only charity which the London people Wvmll go to a playhouse to support. Alost of the "nights" attempted for general benevolcnt purposes fail; while the appeals of direct theatri- cal origin, nine times in ten, are decidedly successfuL Mrs.BDan0's bill last night vwas a very attractive one ; and her receint, indepcndent of preserts, must have been considerable. ;1. liston acted in the Liar ; and his Young Wihfirg is agreed to be beyonid all price. Milathews played Aorboeu in thefarce of Monsieur Yonson with very great applause, and good effect Gattie's performance of the Monsieutris excellent, so far as regawds | his being like a Frenchman ; but Mathews (as an actor) has powers of a higher class. With great eccentricity and humour, and above all, liveliness of limb, throughout the part, he makes a half pathetic touch of the "reduced Gcnerale de Division" effective now and then; and, as a favourite (absolute), he can venture to throw in his own jokes occasionally, some of which are not unhappy. Mir. G. Smith played the Watchtmen; but he does not come up to his tall name- sake in the part. There was a perfect exceilence in the pure inattention with which Mr. (Circus) Smith-whose Chris- tian cognowneri does not occur to us-used to hear the defence of the " disorderly gentlemen" after he had taken them up ; old. ing one in each hand by the collar-2s though, all his life, he never had been used to hold any body in any other way ! and obviouslv having come to the conclusion that, say what the parties mnight, ft would be as well not to disturb his own view of the case by bdiev- ing a single word of it. The perfonnances of the night coacluded with the farce of The 3layor of Garratt, supported by Air. Russell and Sir. Dowton; but there was an immense nass of singing and dancing and recitation betvreen the acts, which detained the audience to a very late hour. Almost all the leading London actors who could be spared from other theatres, and severl of the leading per- formers of the Italian Opera, contributed their aid towards the en- tertainment. The whole-though it lated very long-went offin a way to give generl satisfaction; and the house, we were pleased to see, was crowded in all parts. DRURY-LANE TREATRE.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-07-29T00:00:00

In the cause " Joinson v. Sisk," reported yesterday, in the Court of Commnon Pleas, Mr. TaUon's evidence was, that he kniew Captain Johnson since he (Mr. 'allon) was a boy, and not from" Captai John.son's birth.' Yesterday afternoon, as an old gentleman, apparently about seventy years of age, waa in the act of looking ihrough an aperture in the boards at london-bridge, to view the process of driv- ing iutte piles, a sharp-pointed nail, which appeared to have been pIacei there byv design, pierced his eye. He bas thus been unfortu- ately -deprivedoftheuseofone of hiseyes (independently of any other dangerous consequences whichl arelikely to ensue) through the idle minschievousnessof some iti.disposed person.
The Times
The Times, 1824-10-06T00:00:00

TlA1'flnit 7VO1VAt., COVEiVT-GARDENr. THIS EVENING, MAID MARIAN. King Richard the First, Mr.T.P'.Cooke; FriarMIlchael, Mr. C. Kemble; Lady Mtatilda Fitzwater, Miss Hsnmmerslev. To which willbe added, THIE POACHERS. THERATREr ROYAL, rtAYArAnRKET. THIS EVENING. 'TWOULD PUZZLE a CONJUROR. After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lnckaday, M1r. Liston; Laura, Madame Vestris. To concludewith TFASING MADE EASY. NEW SURREY TIEBATRE. THIS VFENINr will be pleseelted al entirely niew melodrama, called' TIRE IEUBA; or. The Indian Pirates Vessel. After which, a Xas Seid, by Mlss Rountree. To conclude with the highly topularrand faVouetle rnelodranmo, called DER FRFISCHUTZ I or, Dhe clion of the Wolf-s gltn and the Soven Charmed Bllet;. 4?OY.4r, Coi-wt'r rJrTH .4TRrE,. TIIS EVENINO will be presented an entirely new serlo-comnie melodrame, called ALP, THE RF:NEGADE; or The Moslem's Oath. To concliude with (last night but three) GE6RGE 111. THE FA- TIIER OF HIS PEOPLE. Klng George the Third, Mr. Bentough; The Prince of Wales, Mr. Lewis; The Dluke of York, Mir. Ssith, PrInceWilliam Flenry, Duke of Clarence, Mrs. f,eclereq ; The Right Han. Brlnsley Sheridan, Mr. Hill: Right Hdn. Charles James Fox, MIr. Villiers; Jord. Frrkine, br.Wilson'. WIlliaR Wilberforee, Esq., Mr' Crumpton; QuetrfCharlote, Mrs. Westol; Lady Har,ington, Mrs. Deboose; Margaret NLgh4fasos,?.r, Cobha TO CORRESPONDENTS. A facetiowa person who signs himself " A PoxP'SH PRIEST."mfty be assured that we have no Such angry feelings as he ascribes to us in. deed, he probably is aw4re of this, but thought to gain credit by a letter written with mueh appearance of civility. We must disap- point him-we have destroyed his letter. A "COMSTANT READER," on he subject ofanear gaming-house, or " Hcil," mast authenticate his staternent. N' The publication of The Times commenced at 6 o'clock yester- day mornig, and finished at 8.
Coast Of Finland.
The Times, 1824-10-18T00:00:00

The following is a notice of an alteration in 1'erkalout Light. heuse, or, as in the English charts, ot' Ronskar Light-house. on the north shore of the Gtilf of Finland, which will be furnished with a revolving light on the 6th (18) o0' October. Its mwotions will be as follows, to disti::gish it from the Ihht o' Na.gen, on the souith shlore :on 1. Thep ight will appear for the space of one minute and a hal!f 2. It will be darkened 3.; sec'tndg. 3. The light wvill appear tbr 20 seconds. 4. It will be darkened 35 sccousts. Thus closes one entire revolution, and it rtcoinmcnces with No.l. Notice of' the commletion of' the Fidsanrd Light-houses.-On the 20th of Septemiber (Oct. 2) both lighit.houxts will be lighted their distance fromt one another is 630 fect. The old one to the south- ward is I 10 feet highl from the level of the water * the new one to the notthvward 100 feet. Both lights are stationary, to prevent the posRibility of their being nmistaken lbr that of Dagerort. which is a revolving light. (,ronstadt, Sept. 12 (24,) 1824. C0.4ST OF' PINLAND.
Haymarket Theatre.
The Times, 1824-10-23T00:00:00

A new farce caUed Plide and Seek was produced at this thleatre last night; but for some timc past the manager here has not been fortunate in the selection of his novelties. Hide and Seek, which we take to be a translation, amounts to wbat in France thev call a " Proverb :" it is a dramatic version of thc old fable (in &Esop we believe) of ' Hunting thc hare." A farmer's gardens are troubled by a hare, and he sets traps in vain for the offender: at iengtlh, he asks the assistance of his landlord, who keeps a pack of hounds. t This hare, my lord, is, I believe, a sorcerer !" " Were he a devils Jowler would catch him." Thepetitioneris content. Next morningthe lord appears, equipped with his dogs for the chase. ' Your wine, my f*iend, should be good-is it not :? Your harns have a promising look." " Truly, they are at your Honour's service ;" ard they breakfast,--my Lord, the degs, the servants, and the horses-per- sons of sufficient appetite. After breakfast, the hunt commences: the hounds are laid on; but-adieu to the garden in a monentI MIclons-.cucumbers.-cabbages-all arctrodden u nder foot: frames are broken, glasses shivered; the hare escapes through a hole too smallfor the dogs, and the farmer lain despair ! Anud themoral is,that a iuan's friends may sometimes do him rmore mischief in five miinutes than tise enemies against vhom they defnd him ,would have accomplislhed in as many centurics. This story is edifying; but not the first out of a whole book that one would choose tofound a farce upon. In the Hay- market piece, the dogs are omitted* the Lord is a genteman intro- duced to sing songs; the hare is changed into a fox; the fox is a spark in silk stockings, and with a feather in his cap; and this spark turns out be the " Lard's" page, in love with Flora, the farnier's daughter. Mliss Kelly played this farmer's d;tugh- ter; and the piece was heard throughi, because it is impos- sible to be quite fatigued wlhile slie is on the stage. Listeon had a part (as usual) without a single point from the beginning to the end of it. Nr. Melrose sang soime songs with his ordinary taste; the less we say about the music of them the better; and the hisses at the faU of the curtain were (as audiencec go) pretty loud a id determinee. IMr. Liston, however, camie forward and declared ti at he h2d a cold (which certainlv was the case), and that his cold had prevented him from (1oing justice to the author (which certainly was not the case). Under s; thesc circumstances," he trusted (great applause from all quiarters) that the bouse would permit the piece to have a second reprosentation. HJAYMARKET THEATRlE.
Aerostation.
The Times, 1824-10-28T00:00:00

-ioSPORtT, Oct. 26.-[ left PortSea at ten minutes past three o'cloCk, accompanied by hSr. Gandy, and after a voyage of thirtv- ~ve minutes. ve arrnved at Hcvshott, about two miles from Nlid- harst, where wc effected a safe landing, af'ter striking against a chim- ney, and having a narrow eseape of' being driven against the steeple of eIyshott charchl. This was, however, prevented by the net- wzork be;oming entangled witli an apule-tree in the garden oF A1r. Perry, which enabled n young man.to come to our assistance. lVhile he was clideavouring to secure tle balloon, itle grappling iron caught hold of himx, bult others coning to his:axsistancelie was not much hurt. e first reached the earth juSt at the brow of' a hill, thinking it a safe place to deescnd, being about two miles from the village, where we hopedI to get help; but Lhc grappling irnn failing to hold, in consequence oftic prongs becoming entangled iv:th the rope, we were driven by the 1brce of the wind with considerablc velocity towards Hcyshott. anti came in contact with a poplar tree, wlien thc net-work becoming cntangled, the comn),;ned force of the vrint and gas broke offr the whole ot' the upper part of the tree, weighling not less than 60 pounds, which we carriedl up withi us to an ittnitense height. Wc then) proceeded with great speed, and after striking many trees anti buildings, all of whicl tended to re- tard our progress, we were at last cffectually secured in AMr. PeTrv's garden, by the apploe-tree. (On leaving the earth,'he niercuirv in the barometer stood at 29. and G- lOtba, and at the greatest elevation sub- sided to 23. and 7-10ths, giving dn altitude of about a mile and a ar. Gandy gave the yooung man who came to their assistance a sovereign to repair his clothEs. The inhabitants of' Heysho:t, never having before seen a balloon. vere so much alarmed, that many of'them ran into thetr houseq, and their fears prevented them from rendering Mr. t}reen assistance, otherwise his descent would bave becn rendered more easv. Mr. Green experiencedt the greatest assistance frors, thie coolness and intrepidity of his complnion, who;emained in thc car, but for his aid illr. Green's descent would have betn rendered much more difficult. M lr. 0 andy miighit several times have ensured hid own safety, by leaving the car wben it touchied the earth, but he ren;ained withi Air. Greeti, and rendered him every assistance in his power. On Saturday week AIr. Gandy oflhered to accompan M1 r. Green, although the evind was blowing directly towards tbe cihannel, andi they wouldeertainly have gone ut for Ihe interference . i'Ir. Gcrecn's committee, anti of other individuals pres ent. ir. G}reen, ivith his contpanion, arrived at Portsea in a chaise and four about a quarter.paot nine u'loek, to the great satisfaction of lia (Committee and f'riendls, wits weCre anxiously wvailing his ar- rival, having left Isis balloon at the Swan Inn, (hichcster, from hiCh place he wlill shortly ascend. .42ROSTA TION. MIR. GREEN'S ACUNil' flzTT flc'z m
Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
The Times, 1824-11-10T00:00:00

tieorge Jsradleg, whose case was heard on a former day, was brooght up to receive the judgment of the Court. ilMr. Comamissioncr HARMiS observed, that the 'insolvent, wIho earned his livelihood by playing upon the harp, requiring a eheap instrument for that purpose, went to Allr. Herriot to purchase one at 201. Mr. Hjerriot not having one made at that price, lent him one worth 301., until he shoald have made him another. The insol- vent, howevevr, sold the latter, and never having, paid for it, MUr. Herriot was ebliged to sue lhi for its amount. the Court consi- dered this conduct on the part of the insolvent most fraudulent * and therefore ordered him to be remanded within the walls for eight ca- lendar months. Robert Savage, a Smitlifield salesman, was opposed by Air. Ar- nold, whoswvore that he had been in the habit of employing the in- solvent to sell cattle for him; and having upon three occasions di- rected him to pay ih 501., out of the prodtice of the sale to Mlessrs. HIammersley's bank on behalf of him (AlMr. Arnold), to the account of his landlord, the insolvent told hiim he had done so; whereas it turned out that he had only so paid in one 601., and still owved him the other 1001. The insolvent denied all recollection of havine ever been directed bY Mfr. Arnold to make any paymcnts irto Hammersley'6 bank. 'upon being shown, however, an entry in his own hand-writing, he admitted he had applied dOl. in that way. Another creditor, named Bernard, also opposed the insolvent's discharge, but did not establish a case against him. The CoIuT severely censured. the insolvent's, conduct towards Alr. Arnlold; and ordered him to be remanded, under the 16th sec- tion of the act, for six months within the walls of the Prison. INSOLrENT DEBTORS'(COURT- TrymTnAv Nnv Q
OLD BAILEY, Friday, April...
The Times, 1824-04-10T00:00:00

Frederick Scot, aged 18. was indieted ror robbing Blizabett Kisgj of a bundle, on-the King's highvway. It appeated that irs, King was going thirdugh Desan.street, Westminster, at about- half- past six o'clock on the evening of the:l4th of February,.when a per- son, who was standing by a gateway, su'ddenl jumped out, pulled her down by the arm, and took away the bunle. 'lThe evidence not having satisfactorily proved that the -prisoner was ibe person. who committed the robbery, the jury found him-iNot Gutily. The same prisoner was then tried for another highway robbery upon the person of Mtliss AT. A. Rawktes. o the proseeutrii was walking up Mlarsham-street at about 6o c0oe1 on the evening of the 6th of February, having a reticule on her arnm; withl a purse contain- ing 30S. and a pocket handkerchief in it, when a person snatched the reticule, aud pulling it twice with violence, tbe chain, which was of steel, broke, aud the prisoner ran ofFwith it. Verdict-Gttilty. Before the Co'mmozr SERGEANT and a Lonidon Jury. am)es W7illiam-s was indicted for a highway robbery committed on the person of Alary XWood. The prosecutrix was taking home a bun4le of linen to a gentleman forwhom she washed wlhen, as shc waspassingthrough Hart-court, Goswellstreet-road, the prisoner snatched the bundie Srom her, and ran oft She was greatl alarmed, and cried out "Stop thief!" Tbe prisoner was stopp running with the bundle in his hand. Several witnesses gave him a good character. The Jtiry found him Guilty, but rezowmended him to mercy on account of his character. The Grand .Jury having disposed of all the business before them, the Cosr3X0N-SERGEAstT discharged them. OLD BAILEY, Friday, 4PWil .9....
Letters were received yes...
The Times, 1824-05-12T00:00:00

Letters were received yesterdav froin Rio de Janeiro, dated the 4&th of March, which enable us to state the nuin- ber of French ships of war in that harbour at the end of February, respcetiv-g wlhichl s) snuclh attention has been recently excit,'l in the political world. In the whole, there were six vessels of war, and one armed trans- 'ort: the names of thc ship;s of war are as fGllows-the .hI,'icienne and .lst, ea frigates; the Prudence, Dili- genre, and ELsperainra corvettes; and the Ineonstsnt brig: that of the arme; transport is not given. It is meii- iioned thWtt several mare slhips of wvar were expected; but on iiltbrinatizcn of that nature it is ;mpossibie to place mucil relianec. Every stateimtent respecting them, however, appears to have readily obtained belief in Rio, after the notion wa, once cnteitained by the sner- chants thiat tdc Frenc!t were intriguing Lo overthrow the indepenrlcnice of Brazil. It miw be presumted the ships at Rio would soon he increaswd by the arrival of the Jean Part, a ship) of the line, as the Frertch papers hiave spoken oif that vessel as alreadly there; hut -with respect to any otbers th-rc is no autlhority but conjecture. It is said, that fon the l t,h of February, a messge wvas sent by the EMrPE- .oa to the Commodore of the French vessels of war lying in the port of Rio de Janw ro, to inquire the reason wliy so many of them lIad reccntlv arrived; andl that his reply was, that thev inerel ealled there to take in provisions. It -wa; undertootl that the three corvettes were immediately to proceel to Litns. As far as these accounts from Rio go, they fe:nd, we thiik-, to lessen tite apprehensions fe!t lhere. an(l tto confirm, in sabstance, the assurances given botn by the Frentch Mini4terc and ottr own Government. I t will rcquirc, however, furtiher evicience, before the sus- picio:.s ilat have been txcitedl are wholly reimoved. His M.jestv's s'a;pi (Canhr;Adge and Spqrtiate remainct at Rio.
Among the foreign bills o...
The Times, 1824-06-16T00:00:00

Amuong the foreign bills of exchange negotiated yester_i day on. thange,- were several on the riW'Ambricarl States, particularly the Republic of Colombia. The tate demanid was 3s. Sd. the'dollar, andl the price-givenrwa, we are.win* formed, 3s. 6d.' Considering the increahiig commerce with thosecountries, it is surprising tbat such traniactionja-which naturally tend to facilitate the-intercourse with them, ate not more generaL Nothing -indeed, is-tnore wanted among merchants than a goed and efficient 'airageemeit fit.ex. changes all over the S6uth Aierl&6afcontlnent. T'rhrough this-deficiency, merchants.a1d,-f.apitkWist are driven to the clumnsy'expedient of remittmg specie from Americt to En,g- land;,and-from<England:tv Amnerica, as-iheirixea i transactions 'ma'y require. - Vessels .laden:.4th' dollars yre now- censtattly' iassi%g. each. other on .the Attantic.1all which voyages, with the attendant risk; expense.o'f frei,ght and loss of time, might he.spared, bythe-general establish- ment of' a good-system of banking and exchanges'in 'the new -States. Exchequer biUls, it the reduced rate of interest of l4d' per diein, are now in regulai circulation -in the market! They bear a premium of 25s. per cent. . I COLOMBIA....-By an offlcial return publisthed in .the.o4 Iomibiano Caraccas neivspiperof the 17th of MThrch, lit ayp pears'that thc total aipount of the exports from the-port og laGuayra iduriDg the.year 1S23, was l,648,358 dollirs, the chief articles of export being cocoa, coffee, indigo, and hides; Lady Byron,-we are informed, has, imn'ch; to her credit,! given up her jointur of 2,0001. per annumn so tbhe prsent, Lord B3yron..-.e:wct-sgCli Croniclc. - . .: . - MOst iMNT-TO iWl.-WATT..-.A public meeting-.will be he1ddt the Fieeina oquft ',avertn, otEriday nlext, to'consider tliepro. prietr erectn a: monumett to the-la'te. Jimes' Watt, as a tribdte 'ot .natieii&l .gFatig1e,to him, whb, by. his 'eniti and scienct -has multilihed the reSources of his coantry, and Improved the condition of all mankind.. The. ;arl of Liverpool- wilkprestde/ - ;.; DtnrrX A CDN. uni-last,- the .body of
Faux Pas.
The Times, 1824-09-04T00:00:00

On Thnirsday we inserted a letter addreased to the editor of GIaiig. (neaV Messenge btSY WV, li. WVelesley, Es. ; the same p2per, oi the Ist intatars, received Yesterday, contains the followingletterfrom the lady who was alludedl to in the original accouxnt " TO TEE EDITOR, &C. "Sir,-? have seen a paragraph in your Mfesvenger of the 25th instant, which I presumd alludes to myself. I beg the anonymous wie,wh-oever he may be!, to desist froini his false assertions ;and should he repeat thiem, I shall be under the necessity of soliciting the deposition of my father, ColoRsI P:terson, of somie of his own servants and soldiersL servants of the Coidstream Guards, to prove before a magistrate that the h fat-many" which subsisted between Captain Bligh and myself before our soon at LNaples, was noet ofwn uninterrupted a nature as he has so confidently asserted. "1 HEarArs BLIGrS. P. S. I was on my way to England when I received your Meres. seo,ger, whrich determined me to return andl myself to delivcr into Yvtor hands this, which I beg you will insert in vour next paper. it is with reluctance I am driven to this statement, but the peniecu. tions I have met with from Captain Bligh have driven me to it, who, if his conduct be so unexceptionable, will, I do not doubt, not fear to face a British Coutt of Justice, instead of protecting himself by foreign Mlinisters, Consuls, and the Neapolitan police, in procurirg evidence for the ruin of his wife, and which he fears to produce be- fore ajttry of his country. " Aug. 30, 1824. " i. R." The article wlhich appeared on the 2.5th of August in the Meus- scnffer, on the above subject, we were requested to insert as an all swer to one copied fronn the English papers, and which was gin en in our paper of the 2fith of July. The present ltter we have also been induced to publislt at the pressing solicitation af another of the parties concerned; but we must positively decline any further com- maunication on the subject, 3s we think the columns of a public paper not the fittest place for such discussions.-Edllor of Mlf essrtenger. FAdUX P.49.