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Court Of Common Pleas, We...
The Times, 1824-07-08T00:00:00

(SittitF.Ts i. P,;" --' 7------ wals was an acuon torecover a sum of money due from the plain. ti6fand two others. The defence set up was, the Statute of Limita- tions; but on the trial it apEred that one of the defcendants had acknowledged the debt withn uix years. 'The questlon now for the pfinohn ofthre aCourt as3, whether this cdmission wzas sufficient to The LORtD CHIZEF JUSTrcE this morning pronounced the judgment of the Court, whiclle that the other defendants were bound by the admission of onc of eem. This opinion, he added, was founded onthe,natureof the Statute of Liumtations, the efect of an ackno'vledgwnent untder that statute being to revive, and not to create a premise to say. The promise. under the circumstances of the case, wa' revivea suflidently to makeall tle partits liable. LADY SALTOUN V. HOUSTON, EXECUTOR. In this case a rule wal obtained veterlay by Air. Sergeant TADDT, tosholw cause whyjudgmentshould not be entered up de btnis tetatoris, et, si non, debonis.proprUiis. Mr. Sergeant D'OYLY was this day. about to show cause against the rule, when the Courtintimiiated that it was unnecesary, dcalleUd on Mr. Sergeant Tadaly to support the rule. It was added, that the Court were taken by surpriseyesterday, or they woulld not hav^ -ranted the rule, as the pactice in these cases was quite plain. Mr. Sergeant TADDY said, he did not mean to dispute the prac. tice, buthe ubmitted that by aU the caes on the point in the books, ane xecutor was never made per3onalir liable for costs, unless he Lbd made a false plea, or bad been goi tr of delay. M31..Juszice GASELEE observe thai if an executor pleadei bene idmtnj vtra,nt,pr1ter, aertain surn- amely lO._and that verdict and _;g ent were given for the plainiff; e (plaintiff) would be qct.ied totecoverso much moneyas rernainrt in. theexecutors lia.ds. The keetring back of that sum eren for a moment-was a delay for which tne exectior world be liable in costs, The other Judges co,icurftd in tlis opinion, and the rule was otder ito be discnarged. Wbis was tle Jut day of term. COURT OF COAIMION PLPAS. Wv-.- 'r-- PELHAM V- AkYNEt AR AT
To-morrow the payment of ...
The Times, 1824-10-08T00:00:00

To-morrow the payment of the amrount due to the dis- sentients from the reduction of the Four per Cents, will be made, we understand, at the Barik, anrd will form, Wi claimed, an increase to the circulating medium of ncaily 6,000,0001. sterling. WVe say if claimed, for it is a very curious fact, that of the amount due to the dissentients from the redluction of the Five per Cents., wlich took place in 1822, a large portion has never been called for, bnt is lying idle at the Bank. The mode by which provision is madle for the Four per Cent. dissentienits has been alreatly mentionced, the Bank having engaged to advance the sum required, and receive repayment at stated periods from the sinking fund, taking iinterest at the rate of three per cent. It is to the expectation of the increase of circulation from thlii source that is to be ascribed the high state of credit of the English funds, which for some time past have been gradlually imlpyoving in valu-. It is also said tobe in the contemplation of Govern- ment, before the termination of the present year, to rcdtuce the amount of Exchequer bills in circulation by about 4,000,0001. From these causes, coimbined illi the pay- ment of theCOctober dividends, and those due on the various foreign loans, now growinig to a very considerable amount, an influx of capital into the market for investment must take place to an extent seldomr known at one period. Its effect on thevalue of Government securities will, however, depend on the confidence felt in the permanence of political tranquillity.
Dangerous State Of The Ro...
The Times, 1824-12-02T00:00:00

TO THE EDIIOR OF THE TIMES Sir,-Travelling last night, from Birmingham, by tIie Tally-ho coach, at a very quick thougb steady rate, we were overturned at Holloway; fortunately, though loaded inside and Dut, nO one waS hurt Upon ascertaining the cause, it appeared ta have arisen from the gas people having only filled with loose earth a hole they had previously made. 'Te road is certainly very wide at that part, but our coach was at least threc or four yards from the bank wlhen the acident occurred, and a3S there was no light, or post, to indicate danger, I apprchend our coachmnan was right in presuniing a public rona ought to be passable from one side to the otber. So many ac- cidents having recently occurred, induces" me to state the facts thinking if you gave thig Ictter publicity in your widely extended circulation, it might he the meunsof making inspectova if public roads morc careful of the lives of His MAajesty's subjects. If, Sir, rou aIre of thiat eopinio, ar.d eo gve it a suace in vaour vaiuable I Jolurall, It WIU oblMie w. 0. 6e2lnt'5-park, November 2. DANGEROUS STATB OF TE ROIADS.
Abandonment Of Seamen.
The Times, 1824-12-13T00:00:00

NlAivy-orF'CE, DEC. 9. Sir,-I am commnded by the Conmmissiouers of the Navy, to transmit a circular letter of this date, which they have caused to be sent to Hi llalesty'eConsuls and Vice-Consuis commrunicating to them the sentence awarded by the Lord Chief uudtice of the Court. of King's Bench, at WVestmlntter on Lowther Christonherson, mnaster of the brig Tr4fa?zgr,.Df 1oIacyport, in Cumberz)nd, for forcing and leaving four of hts crew on shore in the Bay of Chaleur^ and I am to request that you will rnake this sentence and zonvietidot known to the rasters of British vessels, that they may be deterred from the commission of' the like offence. I am, Sir, your humble servant, G. SMITH. Mr. Bennett. Lloyd's. NA:vY-orFPicES DEC. 9. "Sir,-In reference to our eircular letter of the l6th of May. 1823, stating that' 30hn Ferrler, master of the Endeavour, of Arbroath, ksdt upon represrnsatsiu from His ilajesty's Consul it Genoa, been tniea for wnUilfu leaving behind him two of his crew, whom he took oat with him, tey being in a condition to return, and being con- victed thereo' was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, pur- suant to the Atutes of the 11th and 12th of UVillian IIL., cap. 7, and 58th of Geo, I_L, cap.38. We have now to acquaint you, that Lowther Christopherson, roaster o. the brig Tafa7gar,of blaryport, In Cumberland, wa, at the sittings after Easter term last, before the Lsrd Chief Justice of tbe Court of Ring's Bench, at WVest. niinster, coDvicted of the-offence of forcing and leaving four of his crew on shore, in the Bay of (Jhaleur, in North Americs, and that he was, on the 27th of last mouth, adjudged by the said Court to be imprioned for three mnonth2s (being thespecific punishment provided by the aforesaid acts) in the King's Bench prison; and we have to desire that you will make the conviction and sentence of Lowther Christopherson publicly known in your Consulate, in order that other mastere of British vessels may be deterred from the commis- sion of the like offence." IE?S?rz?2?
House Of Lords, Wednesday...
The Times, 1824-04-15T00:00:00

PA RLIAMAA'T-IARl' IVNTELIElN-CE. Air. 15UOGCDEN alnl otheTRs from the C(ommons. brought up thie inn-keepers' allowance bill, the insolvent lebtors' aniendsnent bill, the Irish county treasurers' bill, anl several private bills, which were read a first time. Thze Irish proctors' costs bill was read a second time.-AAjourned. IIOUSE OF LORDS. WEDNESDAY. ARRIl. 14.
PREROGATIVE COURT, Tuesda...
The Times, 1824-06-09T00:00:00

TRo-day was one of the several sittings of this Court after term, for the despatch of business. A testamentary cause of- no public interest occupiedthegreaterpsrtcof theday. As soon as the Judge had taken his seat, Dr. LsEErose.-Beforo the cause which was to be heard was called, he begged leave to say, that he waspot aware on the occa- sion of the Court's last sitting, that it intended to sit also to-day; or he should then, perhaps, have made the observations which, under erlmisson, ne now begged to offer. Hle bad always understood that It had been an ancient practicein this profession for the Court not tO sit-during the Whitsun holydays. The reason of this practice he took to bc, that after the fatigues of the Easter Term, some relaxa- tion was necessary to the counsel, especially seeing how soon Trinity Term followed. But he conceived that-this usage had more espe- cially applied to the early patt of Whitsun week, upon which two or three days it Was naturally tob presumed that many gentlemen of that bar might feel disposed to indulge in private and religious me. ditatioD. Under these circumstances he begged leave humbly to enter his protest against what he consiaered an innovation upon an old and salutary custom. Sir Jouw INICHOLL.-Do any-either of the counsel or the proctors-in this particular case entertain any conscientious objec- tions of this kind ? Dr. DODSONr, tbr himself, acknowledged that he did not feel any scruples of this nature. Dr. LEE begged to remind the Court, that the custom which had been violated was of some antiquity; and he the rather made this protest, because it seemed to be infringed, to the great inconvenience of counsel, and for the mere accommodation of private individuals. Sir Jo H NICHOLL..-You are not obliged, Sir, to attend to-day, if it be incounenient to you to do so. Dr. LEE.- I am perfectly aware of that, Sir ; but as one of the bar, I beg to,reReat my protest against these sittings during the WVhitcl- WhAlvi-v PREROGATIVg COURT, Tuesday, .YanX 8 SITTIVGS ON HOLYDAYg.
WVe have received letters...
The Times, 1824-10-26T00:00:00

AVe have receive(d letters from MIauritius, (fated the ,)6thl of June, the contents of wvhich possess considerable interest and importanec. Commodore INouRsg *vas at that islans, but was on the point of sailing for Bonmbetoc to incet RADAM, thC King of Madagascar, who ha(d left Ova, hlis capital, on the 9th of June, for that place, in company with Mr. HASTIE, the Goverinment agent ; the chiefs of Bombetoc having fully submitted to RAD)A3 S autho- rity. The progress of events in this loIig-neglected part of the world is gradiially opening proxpects of the most gra- tifying nature. Captaini Ovvi,, who comman(ds the sur- veying squadron in the Mozambique channel, had arrived at Mlauritius, having on board. his ship a chieftain from Mfombass, an islanid situate(d on the ceast of Africa, be- tween the 3d and tili degree of south latilutle, depute(d to offer that island, and the island of Pemba, in full sove- reignty to the Englisl. It appears that a few mnen have been stationedl by Cominodore OWEiN on Mombass, until orders can be received from England. This position is ani extremely favourable one for opposing a further check to the foreign slave-trade, as well as for the extelisioii of British commerce. It would, howvever, be highly imnpolitic i and unjust to take possession of it without the consent of our ally the Iniaun of MIuscat, of whose dominions they at presetit form a part. This Prince, it will he recolfected, was the first amnong the native Powers to enter into a treaty for the suppressioni of the slave-tradle with lhe British Governinent, which was con. cluded about? four years ago through the medium of Sir Ro- BERT FAnQ1IIA R, tilhen Governior ofMauritius The Imaum behaved on this occasion in thle inost magnanitnous and disinterested manner, cnterinig fully into tlhc enlightened views by whichi the treaty was dictated, and not requiring, like soine more civiliza(l Powers, to be bribed into an ob- servance of the laws of hunmanity. He even sacrificed on the occasion a very large revenue whicil he and his prede- cessors had been accustomed, time immemorial, to derive from this source. All the occurrences that have taken place in this part of the world tend imore and inore to the con- viction, that so long as t ae other European Powvers do not cordially co-operate with England in the abolition of the slave-trade, that scourgc can only be completely rooted out by going to the fountain oftthe evil, anid, by engaging the native Powvers on our side, destroyinig the markets for this infamous traffic. T'he strict observance of the treaty hitherto by the Imaum of NMuseat, wvho even allows his own ves- sels, if carrying slaves, to be captuired, shows that this has been effectually done on the eastern coa3t of Africa. There is little doubt thal the same system m2ay be pursued with equal effiect elsewhere; and experience proves that it may be done at one hundredth part of the expenses that have been) and continue. to be incurred by the present futile means employed for tlle accomplishment of that great object.
The last letters from Mad...
The Times, 1824-04-10T00:00:00

The last letters friom Madrid .and Cadiz state that the Spanish Government is about to rermove the prohibition that has hitherto existed on the importation of cottons and other goads into Spain, and that the duties ont imports -generally are to undergo a material diminution. It is well known that from the prevalence of smuggling in Spain, bothon the coasts and on the frontiers of France and Portu- gal, very little monev in the shape of duties finds its way into the Spanish treasury; and the object of the Govern- ment, therefore, is to redufce the commercial tariff to a rate so low, that the importer may no longer have any motive for evailing payinent by resorting to contraband agents. If some of the old Spanish prejudices respecting prohibitions are thus made to giye way, it will be among the most re- markaable proofs of the straits the Court is reduced to by the want cdf money.
London, Friday, July 23, ...
The Times, 1824-07-23T00:00:00

Besides the Paris papers of Tuesday, whichl have arrived in thle usuial course, wve have received the Etoile dated Wednesday. The latter giyes an artiele from Madrid, which, while purporting to correct what the newssman of FtRDINAND'S Court styles " the absurd fables spread by " the English journals respecting South America," is itself an example of the greatest absurdity, and of an absurdity apparenitly more the result of a wislh to misrepresent and confound facts, than of misunderstanding or ignorance of the events which have occurred. The defeat of SANTA Cnuz is introduced as something new, and mixed up with renewed reports of the defeat of BOLIVAR by CAN- TERAC, and the total expulsion of the Colombian Chief from the territory of Peru. The battle between CAN- TERAC anid BoLIvsR is statedl to have been fouglit at Urgil ; but of the date at wlich it took place no hint is given. The only period mentioned is the montlh of October-the date of the operations of General L.4 PAz agaiinst SANTA CRuz, wbhicI are singularly enough cited by the Madrid Gazette as evidence of the defeat of BOLIVAR, and as having prepared that important event. Our readers will, however, recollect that intelligence from Peru to the month of March has been received in this country. If any accounts of a later date had reach- ed MTadrid, that date would not have been withheld. The date of the fabrication in the Madrid Gazette is the 13th of this month. The Journal des Debats attempts to ac- count for the depression of the French funds, by attribut- ing the continued fall to tile want of sufficient money to carry on the numerous transactions of the market. The FrankJbrt Gazette of the 17th has published the following contradiction of the article which we inserted yesterday froim the Etoile, relative to Count MJUNSTER'S negotialion at Johannisberg:-' We are authorized to declare, that the "article dated Mentz, July 13, in our number of the 15th of July, contains only false and fictitious statements." The M1oniteur of Tuesday, the 20tlh, contains, in the offi- cial part, a very long report from the iMlinister of War made to the KINC, oni the subject of the principal improve- ments in the mainufacture of gunpowder. FtNECIE FuNDs, Paris, July 20.-Five per Cents. opened at 98.; closed at 98. 10. ; Bank Stock, 1,850.; Neapolifan 5 per Cents., 83g.; Rente d'Espagnc, 18i.; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 541. Exchange on London, one month, 25. s.; three months, 24. 90.-Cours 4uthentique. LONDON. FRIDA Y, JUL Y 23, 1824.
CURIOUS DISCOVERY-Last we...
The Times, 1824-08-20T00:00:00

CUToUS PhISCOVERY.-Last week, as somne workmen, in tle employ of John Day, Esq., wcre digging the foundation of a farrn -house near biggleswade, they sudrhenly xtruck upon something hard, which, upon investigation, proved to bea helmet of most ecx- quihite workmanslhip. After the earth had been partially cleared away, they discovered some human bones; this induced them to nnake further searce, and shortly after they turned up a ponderous mnets1lic substance of an oval forn, like a shield; a fer inches lower they found more human bonr-.; and before night, when the whole was cleared away, they distinctly made out the skeleton of a man-and lhorme, the man appeared to have been clotiled in a coU1- plete suit of armnour, which was nearly perfect, thougih sonc- what disjointa.. He appeared to have been of gigantic stature- the sword, wlich was very ponderous, Jay at the feet of the borse. On the following morning, whilst pursing their occupation, thc workmen discovered some other skeletons of men arul horses, all Mtanding in an erect position, clothed in armour, and nearly as per- fect as die firs; which was dishovered. Mfr. Day, with great libers ity, is proceeding in a further search, as from the positiothof the skeletons already found, and the marshy nature of the ground, little doubtis entertained but many more will be tound, and that it must have been a whele body of horse which unfortunately fell intosome snare of an enemy, and werethua swallowed up. People are flocking from all thc neighbourhood toview the relics. [AdvereiSesunDt.1-LAST M\osEr..'s or LO1RD BYON.~-The ix,ar,r;erof&ltnday-next, A>uSt 22, vwill contain Dr. Bruno's An&wer to the-atemeuitln the Westmitster Rceriew, respeeting the last ilIn~ncati'datlfOLord Bgron; allegedIto lefirriis?e4-by Mr. etcher, h1is L,ordship's conflileni servanLt. P"ubished by Jobn }Hunt, Exa,n iZ7tCr.o;Ce 88, Tavistoek.street, Covent-garden.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-06-28T00:00:00

A report having been industriously circulated that Madame Ronsi de Begnis had retused to sing in the part of uiettj in the opera of Romeo e Giulietta, in consequence of which the indisposition which obliged her to postpone the representation of the opera of L4 Donna del Logo, which was to have taken place for her own benefit, was called in doubt by uninformed persons, Madanie Ronzi de Begnis considers 'nerself called upon to state, that being a little bet- ter on the Saturday previcus to Aladame Pasta's benetit on the .Monday following, she not only offered herself to take the par alluded to, that evening (though a very short time,intervened), bu% even on any future evening-371 Golden-square, June 27. TO THE EDITOR OF THE T1IMfES.
Marriages
The Times, 1824-07-01T00:00:00

MARRIED. On Tuesday last, at Edgbaston, by the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL. D., Mr. Joseph Parkes, solicitor, Birmingham, to Elizabeth Rayner, eldest daughter of Jozeph Priestley, 'sq. On the 29th ult.. at St. Luke's, Chelsea, G. Vi. Turner. Evq., of Speldhurst, Kent, to Francs Otway, yoarngest daughter of the late Captain Rains, IL N. O1n the 9Lth ult., at lilhdersham, Cambridgeshire, Septirnus Burton, of York-terrace. Regent's-park. Esq., to Charlotte, youngest daughter of T. C. Al iddleton, of Hildersham-hall, Esq. On Tuesday, 29th ult.. at SC. James's Church, by the Rev. Dr. Aladdy, Mr. James Taylor, of Bakewell, to Jane, aaughter of the late Mr. Joseplh Hunt, Piccadilly. F On the 30th ult., T. Porter, Esq., of Bishopsgate.street, to Catbe- Tsne, *hird d-aughter of the late John Ridley, Esq., of Lincolnhill, I Nnrt)ntmber1and.
We have seen letters from...
The Times, 1824-12-29T00:00:00

'We have seen letters from Buenos Ayres, which present an interesting picture of that Republic. It is proaounced, by well-informed residents, to have all the appearance of a firmly settled Government. The Congress of the twelve United States were to be assembled before the middle of this month, to determine on the constitution of the Govern- menit, whether it was to be a federative union or a single state. The great extent of the country seemed, to the writers wbose opinions we have read, to make the former plan the more desirable. Buenos Ayres is described to be the most agreeable residence in South America, and inhabited by the most enlightened population. The Dictator of Paraguay is complained of as a friend to the non-intercolurse sys- tem with his neighbours: and, but for that evil, (a temporary one no doubt), Buenos Ayres, it is said, would be a market almost uinlimited for British manufac- tures-the probable consumption of Paraguay being guessed at about a million sterling per annum. The British trade to Buenos Ayres is now estimated annually at one million and a half sterling: 15,000 pipes of wine and spirits ate supplied from France and Spain; an(d from the North Aterican United States are imported 80,000 barrels of flour: sugar, cocoa, coffee, &c., come from Jtrazil; from China, sun- dries. The general improvement of Buenos Ayres vithin 10 years is described to be almost incredible,--persons re- turning after that period do not know the place again. From s0 to 100 square-rigged vessels, averaging200 tons burden,are usually within the harbotur of Buenos Avres, thirty of which are English. Expenses there are greater than in London, and the allowance of our Consul-General, 2,0001. per an- num, is not thought by any means an excessive income- not more than covers the natural expenditure of the offlce. Nothing but an increase of people is wanted to render the La Plata one of the most delightful countries on earth.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-05-03T00:00:00

Tcledo, APlil 9, 1S24. Sir,-I have before me Thte Timtes to the date of the 2d of April, in whlich r navc read the reflections you have published On an indi- vidual residing in M1ladrid. Your correspondent is mtore interested than well informed: ii any of those allusions are meant fosr me. he knows as little of nsv history and afFairs as lie knous of what is pass- inz in Madrid. I have made propositions for a loan to the Spanish Governrnent. but of ia very Piilhtrent nature front those yozu write ahout. I offered his Catholic Majesty a suns of momey, anrd I desired lor the basis of mily treaty wvith thc Government a liquidation of all debts of every description due to foreigners, convincetl Spain can never re-establish her finances till she has taken that step. I have emploved evern mleans I could to convince, not onlv his Majesty, but his MIinisters, of the absolute necessity of ascertaining the amount of the whole of their debt, and inimiediatcly enterinz into tjse-liquidation of it, ac- cording to their mzeans. I represented strongly the degrce of credit to which France and Naples-both c %untrics that had suffered from revolutions-had attained since thiose uniortunate events. Ipointed out how easily by good faithi anti an economiiicaiadministration Spain would in a few years retrieve hier credit and finances; and although his Majesty mi.ht be obliged to cail oil his subjects for a present sacrifice, it was evitlent Spain would beultimately the gainer in every ptnnt. None of the caluiiinious epithets li yout colutmns can apply to tie. I trubt yotu have a sulficient sense of -i to ins i our oflentxervant, P. GROVE. TO TIHE EDITOR OF THE TI.lrES.