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Prerogative Court, Wednes...
The Times, 1824-02-05T00:00:00

In this case, John (ioft- a peace-otncer, Deionging w tme urace in the borough of Southwark, had mnade a will, dated October 28, 1821, ty which he had left the whole of his property to 'l'izabeth S. Dokeer (a woman with whom he cohabited, both in England andin Amsterdam.) It appeared that he had gone to the latter place on account of an arrest with which he was threatened. He had a wife and family, whom he has utterly sxcluded from bis will ; and a great deal of evidence has been obtained, in their behalf, with a view of invalidating the paper set up. Sir JoHiN NICttOLL said, that however inofficious the payer might bein its dispositions, however imnmoral the motives that iIC- tated it, and however repugnant it might be to the feelings of the Court to pronouncefor a testament made under such circumstances; still; if in pointof law and of fact this vas the trueact ofthedeceased at the time it purported to htve been made, and if no act of lis lhad since revoked ir, the Coust was unde- the necessity of pronouncing for it. Upt the whole view of the case, thle Court, hob in point oc law, and upo3jts own conviction, wa2S hound to prOnounce, although reluctanty, forthie paper propoundedl. ItOD5ON, rOstERLY PAPrTLI, AND WAKEFIELD, AGAINST ROCtRE AND OTHERS. - This great, testamentary cause, involving property to a vast 4iviuntCbqttiR-England and in China; was partially opened to-day. 1t- occupy the Court a day or two. 'PREROGATIVE JCOUkT, WEDNESDAY, !EB. 4. DOXSR V. GOFF.
Coroner's Inquest.
The Times, 1824-02-07T00:00:00

vn I burstlav lstt an inquest -as held at the Britennia public hw, it) the flilesoftile Kin,_,s Bench Prison, betbre P. LEPIPRE, Esq., on the body of John Robdav, a ritiddle-aged man, who died suddenly. Dlrs. Cooper, a iod,er in the same house, beinz sworn, deposed, that the deceased had generally enjoyed good health I but on Tues- day eveninz last, about eight o'clock, he besan to cormplain of a pain in hL% ear, in consequence of which he tpplieml to it a small quantity of tobacco; from that remedy, however, he experienced but little re- lief, as about four o'clock the following morning, the deponent, Mrs. CooTer, wvent to render what assistance she could, wvhen she found the eceased extremely convulaed an d specchless, and who shortly after expired. Ar. Evans, surgeon, wan next sivorn, who deposed that between the ho-rs of seven and eight on Tuesday morning he was called in to attend the dece:ased, vshen hc found him in a state of stupor, quite in.&se ble, and evidently labouring under some compression of the brain, either tt e rupture of a blood-vessel or thle foriation of an ab- sce5s, (which had previnusly caused the pain in his ear): he accord. ingly bled the deceased very copiously in the arn and entertained not the smallest doubt but the deceased's death tooi place in conse. quence of an apoplectic fit, proceding from some of the causes be. woremnestlionen. - - Theiury,after a litit he on; eW dict )eq by the visiton ofGods"' C'JRO2VJ?R'S INQ VEST.
The King arrived at Winds...
The Times, 1824-02-16T00:00:00

The King arrived at Windsor Castle to dinner on Thursday. On Saturday Prince de Polignac gaye a splendid. enter- tainment to his Majesty's Ministers and the Corps Di- plomatique. Sir Humphry'Davy will be here (at Portsmouth) on. Mlonday, to superintend the copperinugof the Royal George yachit, Satnarreng frigate, and Martiul gun-brig, which vessels were taken into Dock this aftemoon. The process, we understand, is siinply nailing a strip of thin lead or tin, or composition metal, under the cdges of each sheet, and that metal being of a different nature from thc copper, produces a species of galvanism, which prevents the salt water from decomposing the copper.-Hnmpshire Telegrayh. In the Parliamentary Report of Friday's proceedings, it was accidentally omitted thalt l1r. Hume gave notice of his inten- tion to move, that newspapers should be sent free of postage to all the colonies. LOBtD ESSKINE'S STATuE.-We are- glad to learn that this subscription proceed,s prosperously, and has received a handsome addition by the liberal iubscription of our friends'in Scotland; and, we trust, wil be equally evinced by the aid of our Irish neighbours. WEST INDsEs.-APrOINsTMvrENT OF TwO BIStors.-We are enabled this week to give some information on this inte)resting subject, which has not yet appeared. It is finaDy arranged that two Bishops are to beappointed to superintend the afairs of the cbure,i in that quarter of the world-one to the Leeward, the other to the Wiindward Islands. A residence is to be appropriated for them, and aeCh is to be allowed 4,0001. per annum, with a retring pension of 1 0001. perannum, after twelve years' residence. Jamaica is to be die head of one see, and Barbadoes aud St. Vincent's the move- able seat of the other. Two most anexelent men are already nomi. nated-the Rev. Mr. Sumner, Prebendary of Worcester, and the Rev. Mr. Coleridge, a gentleman of superior abilities and high character, joint Secretary to the Society or the Promotion of Chris. tian Knowledge, and a near relation to the poet Coleridge._Chater Chronicle. D2tEADFUL MURDER.-A horrible inurder has been committed at the smaU town of Cormeil, i4i the neighbourhood of Paris. Twenty rQbbes entered a farau-house, and massacred the heads of the family &ad-the domestics to the number of 11 persons. By a kind of mirade, k little girl, six years of age, escaped their fi;ry by tadng- refuge in a dog.box, whence she reeognized the voice of the backsmith attached to the farm. Onthefbwlo=in da. the ma gstrates, informed of the crinme, went to the spot. The Wife of the blacksmith said her husband baa been absent. from the dis- tict for several days, but oneofthegepdarmes,on goingaway, asked ene of the 'children of the bl-ckrsmirh where his father: was.? " Papa," replied the boys " i in his cellar counting money with-. tbe gentlemnen." -Searchs v a immedistely-ngde t in the cellar, and the S assasains were nd there bled. Theyabave b6m im prssonedat Versails.Pari Ds,er
A cruel murder has been r...
The Times, 1824-01-02T00:00:00

A cruel murder has een recently committed in the north of Ireland, by a number of men who were engaged in a scheme of river poaching. A person named 1I'NuLTY, keeper in the service of MIr. CASSIDY, of Bundoran, while watching his master's fishery, was slhot dead by a gang of tvelve fellows, armed with muskets, whose practice it has been to assemble at this season for the purpose of intercept. ing thc salmon going up from Lough Melvin to spawn. Two individuals accused of this murder are in custody.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.-...
The Times, 1824-01-14T00:00:00

MYvirTLIIous CiitcUMsTsWcg-Thefollowing Is afuller account than the one before published:-" Thia city has been kept irm a state of p;Inful exditement'daring the past week, by the sudden and mysterious disapper4nce of - respectable professional gentle. man, ar. Pierce, 'solcitor, p this city, and partner in the highly respectible firm o.f Palner and Plerce, for which nothing that has yet transpir4d has been. capable of 'aJqcQuting. Apprehensions of the most awful an4 distreasing nature ate ente#ainetbv his family and frieids, and lprgerewards have been oftfred f'ort edjscovjpy of the body,.dead or alive. It appears that he dined cn Saturday sen. night with a-friend in Park-street, whom }h left about one o'clock on Sunday morning to return home. Rumour, with he hundred tongues, beas peicnted him in varionsplaces during the next hour butnothiog, ke btelieve, yet Been- discoered on which any re- llaaecaaeplced Un uEshishat wa Zdscoyared in the~ l9oat, whbich exed the .most iiainf^l4 pntictiy lest Wis body ripight also be there eX bizt;altlssh tbe vater was clibausted, there was not the slightest tra af the corpse. - It .has hee4,?safd, but -we can. b~ot vouch for- the authenticity. of the repott, th# twQ $iidtj. *iduala caUed on the mother of Alr. Piere,s and told her sfe need be usder no anxietyfor her son. The singularity of sucha conimuni- catioii being made without leadinig t some farther disclosure, ren- ders tle story highly im'probable. A mn called at the residence of AIr. Lean, banlker, inIBelle-Vue, oi Wednesdaylast, and demand. ed what recompense would be given for the discovery of ilMr. Pierce. Alr. Lean was froma home, but his familyJinstantly se'nt for:.bi,n beforc he arrivid,jhowever, the man became fi'iipatiena and departed, 't is'singular 'that asaistatice was not imnmediatel'i' bltaiined to dc. tain this man> fiorit must be evident that an rone who is in. s ri6ts ofnforrpateion1nd does. niot disclose'it, ls accessory tot tbe ab.. seace, i liteer may c-the cause of'it. MUr.'lJean has -publisheda. hnd.bill, ca}ling-on th!s individual to repeathtsiisit,-hbbt-we trust a-lesson wvilllhave becn taught hby thc recent dreadful events in lert- fordehire, wvhich will- lrevent hopes bring exdted in individuals:that may interfere witht the even course 'o? jnstce. - Wc heard late last nirht (Sunday).that a-cluehaed been sentrtoAJr. Palmer, wb!gh. might lend to..the. discovery of.Mr. Pierce;* bpt on malting fi?thle incuitwy, no 2Uch infoi atioa had bs'n receiveV'_8riito1 Mlerasry;
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-01-13T00:00:00

Sir.-I saw with much concern in the public papers a statemient thata niimber of fewales were present at the Cxc,-utioni of Thurtell, and Iny cncetm is the greater. because I cannot deny the fact; butl hope ou will allow an old inhabitant of lertford, whio is anxious for the honour of hiis town and county, to assure you that the greater number of the females present upon that occasion came down from London tie mnoming of the execution, in gigs, carts, &c., and from their appearance and manner, I should judge them to be common prostitutC Thetew females from Hertford and its neighbourhood who attended, were of the very lowest class, and,generally speaking of tile worst character. This is not a mere assertion, for I have in- quired very particularly into the facts. If you will have the good- ness to notice this subject, you will confer a great favoar upon the inhabitants of Hertford, and particularly the female part of them. i am, &C., w. x. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIIMES. Sir.-WVitliout wishing to pay you a compliment. which fromn an =anysnous wrrespoindent would be of no value, I must in justice to y say, that, rwhile on the one hand you have exerted your pow eul Miuenrc in the promotion of real humanity, so you bave, on the eother, always set your face against the morbid or caniting afecta- tion of it. If I am told that a gaoler goes weeping to a ruthtless niur. derer to beg a lock of hair for a keepsake, I can only say, I do not admire his taste; but whlen I aee it stated in the public papers, tbat a gaoler has a Christmas party in the prison, and that a prisoner, a person committed for murder, and evidently guilty by his own con- fessian, was invited to " sing" for thte entertainment of thc com. pany I thlink it recessary, fortbe sake of publiedecency, that the fact shoued be inquired into, and if False, rontradictcd. [ am sure the star~nt in t?'.c papers-cannot be true; if It were, what a horribTe scene would it offer to the imagination; one murderer singing" for the entertainment of the gaoler and his friends, and the other unilutrcr, not indeed preseut, but placed wvithin hearing, applauding the tger, anti calng for a song in bis turn. The iorror of thc trans ction is increwsed by the recollection, that the last tinie " this in er" bad exercised hiis vocalpmers, before the Christmas party in te gaol, w-as on the night of the murder, and when the mangled bod of the vretched victimii was lying in a pond within a few feet of tse mcme of their unthallowed gaiety. I most carnestly enctreat of yoru, Sir, to notice this subjcct. I have the hoanour to be, Sir, vours. &e. PrU A IfrrT Jan. 1', The statement noticed by our correspondent did not appear in Thc Time:, and we have reason to belheve that in mnany substan. tLil prticulars it is incorrect. An extra allowance ef provision was given to Hunt with thc other prisoners on Christnastday, on wrhich ocasion, at the urgent request of his fellow-prisoners, he sang a aong, but not in the presenc of Alr. *Vion. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TlIMES.
Middlesex Sessions, Satur...
The Times, 1824-01-20T00:00:00

Joseph Vyse and William Je,erson were indicfed for coispirilng togetlier falsely to charge Thomas Greenfield, a stage..oachinan, with baving carried a greater number of passengers on his coach than he was by liw allowed to do. It was proved, that on the 0th of October the defendants laid an information against the prosecutor at Bow-street, and swore, that on the 26th of September they sawv I1 persons on the outside of his cach, beitng one beyond the number to which he was linited by act of Parlianent. The blazistrate, afterbearing the witnesses wvhich tie coachman produced, dismissed the informatiori. Seral perong who were on the coach at the time specifled by the informers, now appeared in court, and deposed that there were only.ten passengers on the coachi. The Juty returned a verdict of gaiilty; and the COURT sentenced the prisoners to be imprisoned for six months. MONDAY. Ives, the nim who was convicted last week of falseiy charging a gentleman named Squires wvith an attempt to commit an abomina- ble offence, was this day sentenced by the Court to be imprisoned for one year in the touse of Correction, and to be kept to hard labour. All the trials having been gone through, the sessions were ad. journed to Thursday week. I Af!DDLLESX sPk.Tj oArV. Saturdav. Jan. 11.
Paris Theatres.
The Times, 1824-01-26T00:00:00

In the Almantac des Spectacer, and other publications devoted to the stage, appear at this time the numbers and names of all the new pieces played at tbhedifferent theatres of Paris during tbe year that has just elapsed, the names of their authors, ani4 n account of the success which attended each. If the quality of l0 new accts- sion of scenic wealth corresponded with its abundanc the dramatic literature of all the rest of Europe and of the world would be obliged to hide its " dimninished head." From Alalta to the Pole, from Mloscow to Lisbon, nay, it may be addetd in all the four quarters of the globe (to the exclusion of the depart- -ment-of the Seine),, there A-bas not.Nipeared half tlhe number of new pieces which have been 'exhibited to the admairation of the inhabitanbs of this s.ingle city. It appears, for example, on a re- capitulation, that the Paris stage has this year received 217 new pieces, of which 8 are tragedies, 22 comedies, 122 vaudevilles, 19 melodrames, 14 comic operas, and 4, grand operas: the rest are ballets and pieces of various kinds. If oar readers have any de- sire to k;now the names of the rival establishments which have been thus prolific in new entertainments, and the proportion in which each has contributed its share, the following enumeration may be satis- factory:-The Grand Opera, or the Royal Academy of Mlusic, has given five pieces; theTheatre Francais, 9; the Opera Comique, 14; the Odeon, 16 ;the Italian Opera, 3; the Vaudeville, 30; the Gym- nase Dramatique, 36; the Variet6s, 25; the Gaiete, 13; Porte St. MlIartin, 18; the Ambigu-Comique, 22: the Cirque Olym- pique, 6; and the Panorama Dramatique, 15. But what num- ber of active playwrights have been engaged to invent, dis- guise, " transpose or transprose," this immense mass of dramatic lore ? The list exhibits no less than 140 authors of dialogue or songs, 15 comnpoitors, and 5 choregraphcs or inventors of ballets. The most fertile genius in this list would appear to be a Al. Car- mouche, who is down for 13 vaudevilles, perhaps (to use a vulgar pun) indicatdng by the baker's dozen that he makes his brcad by the stage. The class of dramatic authors, though, perhaps, not the most necessary, will not be thought the least useful at Paris, when it is stated that their united productions e-xtertain nightly about 20,000 people. PARIS TREATRES.
Marriages
The Times, 1824-01-29T00:00:00

NARRIED. On Tuesday. last, at St. Aichael's, Wood-street, by the Rev. Dr. Busfeild, MIr. William Thomas, of W'ood-street, Cheapside, to Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson, widow of the late Alr. Samuel Jackson, ot the same place. On tbe 25th of November last, at Trinidad, Paymaster James Mack , 1st West lndia Regimenaet, to nCatherine Jane Molre, relict of the iatc Dr. Jobn ill oore, s'.ugeon of the 8th (or King's) regiment, and daughter of Captain Maclauchian, of the Royal Engiuees. On thc6th inst., Captain Polhi]l, efthe Ist or King's Dragoom Guards, to Yrances Illargaes etDeakin, of B agtborpe-house, neak Nottingham. ,
We do most cordially reco...
The Times, 1824-01-17T00:00:00

We do most cordially recommend to iniversal notice and attentiou, a Tetter in this day's journal, written and signed by "A Friend to tbe Poor." The subject is of the utmost importance to the best interests of humanity and the tenderest feelings Qf the heart-namely, the appre- hended abuse of Charitable Institutions, exemplified in one, even upon the face of its accounts. Our able correspondent may have forgotten that we once attacked "-the manage- cc miene' of this sfotable society: other objects drew away oiur rnttontir e tt had vcru tht lirtle we said had a proper effect, the shameful disclosure which is this day made by our correspondent, derived from the report of thc Society itself, would bave been spared. Five hundred pounds are paid over to the Honorary Secretary, for acting as Assistant MN-Ianager ! being at the rate of three hundred pounds a year ! Was there ever a more flagrant deception than this offered to human gullibility ? IVe hope our correspondent will continLe his useful commu- nications.
BANK NOTE ROBBERY-In the ...
The Times, 1824-02-23T00:00:00

BA4NI NOTE RoBBztEy -In the Year IS21, NVile the Ciahier of the bankin-bous! or Megsre. Jonec, loyd, an.1 Co., in ILothbury. veas cotinlinat some noteC one eveotniW, a mnat) enrereI and snatched a bundle containinT P tnk of E n.14and no.ea to the a,nount of between 4,01)01. and 5,0001. The ;!a',hicr wa.e so cnn- pletntv stunned at the robbery, that he did not even c:d. fo: awsist- ance until the thief had rushed into the street, and made hih cscape, thrnouvh Tokenhouse-vard, where it was suspected a houlse wvas openi forbhis rcception. A ftw dlvs; afte- the robbery, a watehmaker in . - uI _-U.'.,, or man. for a stout silver natch A: l "l Izore w -s~ -, g bvthe str;mge to the watchmaICe:, wbo soen aftsrwaxut, asCer=ainel that it teas one of those which had been stolen from the bahoini^house Ahout tw<.lvc months after- wvards, the watchmaker received a visit fronii the sam person, who proAlnecd the watch, anid wi,h,d that it should be either changedoc repaired. The watchmaker, instead of contrivin, to get t'te fellow into hispower with address, staved at him and dartedro r t tio e counter to scize upon his persoa, t ut the thief was ton active, anti casilVecsnped, nutwithstaaedin? the cry of ; stop thief," which pur- sued hinn for senie time. The watch was, however, lert in the Nvatchmakez's hands. All inquiry stter him vac useless for a len-th of tim-, but the stolen notIs bca' by sloe deerees to retur1 to the house, and it was conjectured that the thief was living cautiouslr unon the profi:s of lis enterprise. At last a stolen 501. note was pasi. edGat Gravesend, and the person who h.ad uttred it wasappreeliute. He behaved very idioueintly, and dented that lie knew any thing about the robberv, The watch-m-naker, however, the moment he sasv him, said, " '1'hat is the verr nran who gave mc the stoless 101. note for the watch." Tiue clerlk of AIessrs. Jones, Iloyd, and Co., also identmiftti im as the per.scon who snatched the bundle of notes, nd lie will of codrsanswer tor the offeqco at the Old Bailey.- Suntday Paper.
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The Times, 1824-02-20T00:00:00

rAdvertimert4iwoxD nt9C VCS ATHJzA[D' ! Feb. 19, both the 2000.pies, .N(184,69a aud 10,693, (ilrai WI 1)11 dav,weresold in shares bY AzAD and Co., at tltir oldestibliihei ofalces, Royal Excbange-gate;. 2 Corohil-; and 324, Oxf0tdF. street. Second day of drawing St. atrick's-day,.s Marchl I7whjen tle two first prizes will hzve 2'0,0001 each. The wheel 5otrah; ie of 20,000). and many other capitals. [Advertisernent.1-To TflE PVULm-J1Ithough,u we:l,bve not the pleasure of saying that the two first pizesof 20,0(]. draps yesterday, were sold at our offices, yet we congratulate' the public. upon the distribution of threegrand prizes, is they liaje bofl)tq shared and sold by Messrs. azard and Co. The nmberi w 3,693 and 10,693. The scheme is. so ajrngbd that ob ofths. r, maining five prizes of 20,0001., tro will be Urawu in he:&'StlVa minutes, on the second day of drawip March 7,when.nre tjutwt shall bave the pleasure of announcin tLat we have sold oneot ilQtl of them. A few numbers are yet on sale, and may be hai `y an earlv application at either of our of ices, 37, Cbtnhi;i 11 olb - and 38, Haymarket.lJ. and J. SivE;wni4GHT, contractom LAdvertiseinent.-Ross and So,,,-s, 'o. 119, Bishopgt,tieet beg to inforn t'.!e nobility and genrr?, that ^having nop re'nderted down the irodigious quantity of fat obtained from the benr they bave just kill , it is ready for immediate deliveryin pot fiom os. ne- guinea each, warranted genuine. For nouTishing the hair, not in can be more excellent, as it is esteemed the riche grse that caRl be obtained from any animal or vegetable substanc [Advertiseruent.|-AaxiNsoX's CONcENTRATED ESS,eCE; or LAVENDER, prepared six times fihe strength of the best IA,, vender 'W1ater. It is entirely frce from that tep-YreisMa of the. spirit so objectiona'41e in most lavenders; its perfume is more lavely and permanent, and it goes Six limes as far- in short, for the handkerchief, the chamber, the ball-room, &x., it imparts tir 'ge- nuine, reviving, and salubrious perflume of that esteern fibwer stron.ly concentrated. Price 3s. 6d.; half pints, 5s. 6d.~ and pint-,, 10s. 6d. ;and as a pint. goe as far as six piuts of lavidper iater;~st is consequently four times a.scheap. Sold by Jaule-Atki6ison, er~ ftsnaer, 44, (;errard-street,_Soho-.square, and miost. perfanaere.
London, Thursday, January...
The Times, 1824-01-01T00:00:00

I Aie .tofne ano(i otier l aris papers continue to hold out pzospects of anl amtrcstv from thegentle FERDIXAND to his w wicked subjects. 'This boon, by whatever quahfications to i be clogged or neutralized, has not yet, itappears, beeni tho- roughly resolved on, because of the expediency of calling up examples from the auspicious era of CHArLES V., who effaced cvery vestige of ancient Spanish liberty, and from the generous politics of PaHimr V., who laid the foun(dation of that eniighteiidtl and instructive Government which Spain has now enjoyed un(ler five Princis of the BOUR- I liON race. Wi'heli the amnesty dloes come, it will prove, we dare say, a curiosity ; and wlhv it should not come, is, after a'l, surprising. Let certain great men only do with their resentments wvhat they had no difficulty in doing with their oaths, andi the amnesty is settled. The Jour- nal des Debats has a letter from SLock-holm, dated the 9th of December, which contains his Swedishl Majesty's an- swer to an ad(dress of the Diet, recommending that publi- city be given to the proceedings of inferior 'T'ribunals and (Chambers of Police. The KING, in his answer, states his iconviction of the adl an tages of publicity; but for several reasons, and chicfly because he wishts it to be seen how far the plait of a new form of proceedings, presented by the Committee of LegislatioN, may embrace publicity, he, for the present, rejects the proposal of the Diet. X ,().VLDO.V, 7'HUIRSDIl , JAiArl,AY 1, 1824.