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Drury-Lane Theatre.
The Times, 1824-01-02T00:00:00

.j e i. eggrS coeraG- iprcsiito two actsf .pas b2t iiisht p?rltuetl e}i utol bg*d n foc13egts sre- nresentl %vith lvey litfEe li or-i Agri 'ey 1aipvestrwi. Itisamasingthat this ladylias nut ;econtesstiiedaaswehave done of these mock macuiline t6hsibionw- Tlhere is-sdIU6. thing exquisitely ridiculous in the contrast between the pe- tite figure and delijoite features of . adM ana VestTis, and the athletic frames aid strong-marid fices of the gang vith whose coimnand she Js'-*ioao6iied. The soft tones, also, in which sle swears esetna1&u6Iehily, to this band of na- rauders, have a iatgbableecr;ct, Qir posee to the senti- mnents which she utters, Her -mn ng. -was lti>ight less foicible than we have know n it to -be.- ids the c&ose| of the mnedley, her efforts were compIet*-: hejtroyed by a violent fit of coughing. which she was utiible to smbdlue for some time. The celebrated Barry-frehetly performed this clharacter, without the songs. 9oW,'as 3fr. Elliston has ptine voice, considerable taste,-and iv'.unquestionably pp -ith ease and animation, why doej-fWibt v.eenture on t expeeinment, and give us his' manly t,'ihstead.-of the piping trehble of Madam Vestris? Aligs Stephens was a very fascinating Polly. Stveral' of -her songs-and none twith n~ore artdency than " Cease )?eur funning"- were encored. The delicious melodics of this opera ate perfectly in unison. with the fulnesi ai4 sweetness of her voice. She sings them with the mdit touch- ing delicacy and expression, In no character do her -varied powtrs dr'aw down moe geneIal admir&lon than in that of Pl11y. ,iMr. Terry,-%s;PAichum-, maile the most of the vitty 'points wi th which the part abounds. Mr. Dowrton's Locki was excellent. He looked. like one who ltzd been born with a bunch of, keys in his hands, and ihos? travels had never e xten&d bevond bis birth-place, th'tlaol. Both these gentlemen, howiever, introduced not a 21',r of theif own jests in the quarrel scene. Gay's sterling or6iought -ot to be rmixed up with such alloy. MrY.RW.74ANE THUT-10:
Mendicity Society.
The Times, 1824-01-20T00:00:00

TO THE, EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-In the letter in your paper of this day, sianedc A Friend to the Poor," aintc- or query is added, requiring informatbn , uhether the Honorary Solicitor has p~articipated in an item ot 4611. rs. 10d.,^ charged in last year's cash account of thle ilendicity Society for ex- penses incurred fot apprehensions, pososscinRionsi antd costables' wrages ? 1 was in hopes that an unimpestched professional character of five. and.twenty years' standing, would have protected me from the im- putatien the note in question implies, and cannot but feel burprised and mortified, that any person possessing the Intelligence and appa- rent nmeans of infornmation of the writer of the letter alluded to, should have known so little of me as to buppose that I would for one mo. ment have permitted the word "1 honorary" to have been prefixed to my name in connexion with any society, atnd at the same time submit to rcceive any emolumcnt whaiever from its funds. It becomes me now, however, explicitly to declare, that no part whatever of the expenses attending the prosecutions of the Aendicity Society, nor any other item of charge, has) directly or indirectly, been received by me; and that so far from benefitting by my intercourse with the iAlendicitv Society, or any other charitable or scientific in- stitution of which I happeni to be either an officer or a member, I not only bestow my time and attention gratuitously, but am a pecuniary -contributor to all, and have, I tnist, never been found deficient in an endeavour to promote their prosperity and usefulness, either by per- sonal exertion or occasional extra subscriptions, as circumstances of pressure or immediate exigency might require. The ibdiscriminate censure recently cast on the motives which may influence professional or other persons of active habits from taling an interest in promoting plans of benevolence, is more calcu- lated to deter honourable men from taking a prominent part in them, than to defeat the sinister views vain an self-interested indlvi- duals. T am. Sir vnwe mnSt oh-1-f ... -t wirhf. TOOKE. Bedford-row, Jan. 17. K I'ne following Is the apportionnment of the tbree particulars con- stittiting this sum, viz.:- Wages of eight constables..?42 19 a Rewards and fees on apprehenslon of vagrants . . 44 3 6 Prosecutions, being fees and other expenses paid at the several police-offices, anid at sessions, on cenvlctions 13 19 4 Total . . . . ?461 1 10 AfENVDICITY SOCIET]'.
Retail Breweries.
The Times, 1824-01-05T00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TRE TDiES. Sir,-The 5th section of the old act the 35th Geo. III. cap. 113, dilrects that one moiety of the penalty levied should be-paid to the informer, and the otber moiety thereof to the.use of the poor of the parish, township, or place in whicb the offence shaR have been com- Initted. But a recent statute, the 3d Geo. IV. cap. 55, section 10, enacts, that all such penalties and forfeitures, and shares of penal. tics and fbrfeitures, as are any act now in force, or shall be by any futire act (unless itshatl contain express words to the con- trary) limited and made payable to nis Majesty, his beirs, and successors, or to any description of persons other than the in. former or informers who shall sue for the ame, or any party aggrieved, and which shal be recoverabIe in a sipnmary wa before a justiceor justices of the peace2 &c., shaU be accounted for, and paid into the hands of the said receiver,by the justi clerk, constable, officer, or other person orpersons wlho sall levy e same, to be applied by suhreceiver in manner hereii befbre.met. tioned; and by section ... s That such Receiver shall-every three months, ad oftener if re- quired, deliver to the LerdHigh' Treasurer, or tnWComraission of His Mlajesty's Treasury of the United' Kiokdom of Great Bhi. tain and Ireland for the time being, a ful andprftic%dar account of all monies by him received and paid as aforesaid,with vouchers for the same; which accoult sheal be verified upen oath, before some Justice or Baron of one of His Ma)eity's Courts of Record at West- mtinster; and such Receiver, for his care and pains in the execution of such office, shall.and ma' retain to hisown dse ionltof the rnio. nies so received by hin as atoresaid, a sum not exceeding 4001." An attentive perusal of the two last enactments may ifn some mea- sure account for the Honoirable the Commissioners of Excise, and their learnedl advisers the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, blink- imig (as it were) the question with regardto the right of the rng;is- trates to summon and convict persons selling beer or ale by retail. There is not an individual in this country,God help him! but what must know that the Lord High Treasurer has ample calls'up'on ivhat might otherwvise appear a fund ineexbaustible. lhence while b disposing of tleir licences to retail brewers, the Board of L hise Teb plenisbes the Treasury Board, the fines ofthe magistrates for selling beer without a licence comes in as little refreshers; and this is as it should be, Government lose nothing, as the gentlcinen term it, 11the miachinery ivor-ks well," or, more properly-,~expressed, it is in reality " working well the nachinery,o;rFr an J4ngli4hanan w'hois niot in the concern miy he reckened purely a mere automiaton, not stigthe (jovemmnent, the Exirse, 0r the Afagistratecs. 1'a'Sr (waiting1 for a kood and ch eap b dvera'e. m,Sir A WATCHMAN fTTanf' .Iflil LionIon, Ja . 4, suZP4. RETAIL BREWERIES.
House Of Lords, Wednesday...
The Times, 1824-02-26T00:00:00

I . . .. - f .p, , ri.& ersonl rrm Ultelsa HosnDitalDetitdSacUtofhen. claimed army prize money. r On the metion of the Eazl of SHAFTESBURY, the marriage act amendment bill ~vas read a second timhe. GAMIE LAWS. Earl GROSVENOR wished before the house adjourned, to a few words on thze subject of d15 game laws, to which teirb f ships'attention hadalready bet called. Some noble o eirdlord perhss be desirous of heainn evidence to form a ground fobiit billw ich might come before them, and for that purpose froro the appointment of a committee to examine woritnesses. Thero ships must, however, be aware that they had before thenR a repoft d the committee of the House of Commons, which was prited, as?f might be consulted at their pleasure. He undoubtedly thought tht report quite sufficient to justify their lordships in coming to a deter mination on the measure. The evidence taken before the House of Commons7 was extremely full and satisfasctory. If their lord3hb w.vere to travel from one end of the country to the other, they weoua find in every market.town proof of the truth of the allegation mh, report of the House of Commons, that gatne was every where to be purchased. - The sale, in fact, could not be prevented; and ita peared to hum, that if the hill for legalizing it should pass P 4 law,r, it vrould not have the effect of iseninig the quantitv o a as some sup osed, but the contrary;'for if the game w to be brougnt openly into the public markets, the reduction which would take place in the price would diminish the temptation to n illegal mode of procuring it. For the reasons he haql stated, he should not move for the appointment ofa comnmittee. lndeed, h~ thought all further evidence unnecessary.Xe The Earl of DARNLEYr concurred in the proprietv of maki game property, and legalizing its sale; but he could noi agree friend in thinking that their lordships' houseought to tae for granted aU that apoeared on the subject of the game laws i- the report of the House of Commons. As their Lordships had the power of examining on oath, he wished hi5 noble friend to consider whether it would not be advisable to institute an inqtiry in th,' manner, and to see whether tht exatninktion before their lordshist would bear out all that WaS stated in the report of the other hou4, l'his he thought wsuld be mnore satisfctory than leaving the matter as it now stood. He would roaily wish his noble friend to consider whether it would not be better to have evidence at the first, ten at the second hand; andthisv.a. anadvantage hich could only be gained hy moving for a committee.Adjourned. e I HOUSE OF LORDIMS -l
Court Of Chancery, Monday...
The Times, 1824-02-03T00:00:00

LAW REPORT. T'he ILORD Cic.kNcELLou devoted thisday, which otherwise would have been kept as a holyday, to the remiainder of the argu- ment in the above petition. Mr. WILI)E was heard in support of the verdict, and against the petition, and adduced various facts from the evidence at N PsiP s, and the examinations in the bankruptcy, to shorr that Mr. Grhnstead had intrusted his money to Mr. Gibbs, with a perfect knowledge of the usurions nature of the transration whiclh had taken placp be- tween them, and that he lhad from time to tine proved his consci- ousness of it in conversation with third parties. The Loyn CilACELLOR rose at a quarter past 2 o'clock. He was sorry tIat Alr. Wilde bad riot the opportunity of being heard to a conclusion, but he could not sit longer, as the gentlemen of Lin- coln's-inn wanted their hail. He had devoted great time and at- ten-ion to this cme, because a part of the complaint in the petition was, that Al r. Grimstead liad not been heard before. He regretted that the petition had fallen in the wav of the business of Term to the disadvantage of other suitors, but)ie felt himself bound to give the fullest consideration to the case. It was unfortunate, too, that it approached so near t) the session of Parliament. He would wil- lingly have sat longer on each lay of hearing, so that it might not occupy so large a numker of days, but he had no Court to bit in, and had not had one for two or three years past. COURT OF CHANCERY. MovD.tY. FED. 2. EXrARTE.OWUfSTEAD. DIREROWARD AtANDGtBgS.I]ADrlTTtPT
Appeals.
The Times, 1824-02-10T00:00:00

TheLorCn e otLORtook hisseaton thewoolsackatlOo'clock "jeSterdav, for the first hearing of appeaLs this Session. There were theC?ishoPOfEXETERa ndLJOrtdSFAFTEBURY present. Below the bar was iiuch crowded, visiters being attracted on account of the celebriitv f the appeals, and of the counsel who appear for the par- ties. The " Queeisberry causes"' were caUed on, and the LoRtD CltsACELLOR intends to proceed with them till he has concluded then,: be wiU attendin the Lords on Wednesday, Friday, and Mon- day, potitively for the purpose of proceeding wath those appeals. The first appeal called on was that of the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir J^. Montgomery v. John Hyslop, son of the late J. Hyslop, tenant at Halsear. MIr. JEPrF EY and Mllr. SutDE appeared for the appellants. 'Ir. SUonw was heard at great length, and will be foDlowed by Mlr, CRANSTOMT and Ilr. iMloNcRrEFF appear for the re- spondent. The ballot for the attendance of three Peers on future mornings (Saturdays excepted) tooc lace yesterday afternoon. APPPA4Lv
London, Friday, January 3...
The Times, 1824-01-30T00:00:00

Liberiy of person, as well as of speech, in Germany, has arrived at unexampled perfcctioni. A M. MUnHARDT, sus- pected of having made public some acts of the Diet-which of c6urse were designed to be of public operation-was or- dered, on the proposal of Austria, to quit his residence at FrankFort. On the day prescribed to hiir, this gentleman (a man of distinguished talent and character) took his de- parture from the city: but at Haiaii, he was arrested by theHessian Government,for his imprudence, as it seems- and the imprudence, it must be owned, was-flagrant and un- pardonable, for Mll. MURRAIiDT ought to have rtcollected that he h,;d been a partisan of the old W'estphalian Government, and that he had written on behalf of tht: purchasers of West- phaliaii domains. He was bound, moreover, to recoUect, or, whetlher informed of the fact or not, to know, that he was suspected by the Hessian Cotirt of an intimacy with one INI. Kmi.CIi, who a!so, it was his duty to divine, was su.spected by the GRAND DUKE and his Ministers of ntot holding them in proper veneration. Above all thiugs, it was a most disloyal negligence in I. MURHARDT to forget, that under a legitimate Government it is lawful to punish every man on suspicion. LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1It4.
On Wednesday morning, (21...
The Times, 1824-01-30T00:00:00

.. U 1 'etdues(tay morning, (21st:ins'.),.at a few minutes past one o'clock, the inhabitants of Dronfield were alarmed by a suddeR explosion, wlhich proved, to have ajisen fro ithe lboiler of a tteam.engine,of-aboutnipe-horse power, belonging to Messrs. Edw' Lulcas aind Son, having becn blown up fronm a bed of brick-wofk, oxn which it was fixed, by the force of ignited powder. iljr, Lucas. jun., accompatiied by his brother, proceeded to Sheffield immediate- ly, travelling with such speed'as to arriv.e before twd o'clbi-k, antd coimunaicated a few particulars of this very. atrocious circumstabce to the constablesand-severai of tOf .watchbmen. In consequence Ot. .some suspicion s B.eujarnin tS'resck; Wm.'C1nrli, ahd Jbs-Eph Bsk. ahaw, all o. Sleffieldv grinders; .ye're Saken tpLjetier.a the-entrarcs -on the road towvards tue town. They sare detained' for aaon., this day. Messrs. Lucas let off' par't of the power of their engine to lUr.]Beet and others im Shefield, for thiepurpose of grinding cutl%eTy &c.-S1n ffcld Irir.
On Monday Mr. Monroe, the...
The Times, 1824-01-23T00:00:00

On Monday Mr. Monioe, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, with despatches from th6eRigiifo-n7obrableSiTrlCharles-Bagot, our Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, from whiclh place he made his journey in less than three weeks. OnrWedne5cdayh Ir. Secretary Cannitig transacted busi. ness at the Foreign-o ice. On Tues,lay aboard of the Lords of the Treasury was held at the Treasury-office, 1hitelaill, GENERAL RotTaex.-Various false reports had been spread in Switpierland, the native land of Rotten, the late Governor of ljarectotia, fespecting either the conduct of that brave man when in the Spanish service, oe the mode of his reception and treatment in the territory througlh ethiclh, or the 6anton in whichli he inteiids to resitle. A Swviss paper &ontrAdicts these retorts in the followiingarticle :-" It has been said that the General liad 6en conducted like a lpri- soner through Savov, that he hatl broutght homne with him I a considerablc fortunie, and that lie hid behaved withl great crielty towards the monks when he commanded in Spain. tlhe vety accutate information of which we are in posses- sion, enables us to rerXite these reports, aud to assure our readers that General Rotten experienced no molestation in his wav from. Genoa to Sion; that he was every where treated with the regard due to his rank and merits in the Sardinian states; that he reached his native country with a trifling sum; and that, from a feeling of delicacy, be did lnot even demand the arrears of his pay, wvhich amounted to 30,000 francs of French money. It is equallv false that he was guilty of the cruelties ascribed to him, such as or- dering monks to be put in sacks and thrown if to the-sea. So far was he from manifesting a spirit of this kind, that hiis conduct was generally indulgent; that he did much good to the poor; that he never evinced any severity, excent when urged by duty, and acting w ithin the limits of law." The opulent see of Lichfield and Coventry has jilst be- come vacant, bylthe death of the Right Reverend Father in God, James, Earl Cornwallis. Bishop of Lichlield, D.C.L., &c. His ord.ship was translated to this bishopric so long ago as the year 1781. The Amejican Theatres have given benefits in aid of the subscriptions for the Greeks. Public meetimrgs have been held for the same purpose, and subscriptions havc been opened in the schools and colleges of several of the States. The contribution from the students of Yale Co'deoe in Connecticut, amnonted to 50l dollars. It is said that the men Jones, on whom Sir Astley Cooper performed the operation on Friday last, of taking oftF the thigh-bone at the hipjoint, is ina rapid state of recovery, and that the greatest hopes existof his beingftinally restored to health, the wvontd granulating very fast, and the adhesions of the upper parts being~pcrfcc. Gireat numbers of pierions have applied to sec him, bu~t jne of course are adlmitted, quiet being a|solutely requisite
Court Of Common Pleas, Sa...
The Times, 1824-02-02T00:00:00

Ille t,ourt sat in banco till past 1- o'clock. Uurng thlat tilm nothing ot importance occurred. Lord Chief Justice GIFFonD sat afterwards at Nisi P'izis Th ere were two causes tried-one undefended, and the other possessing no interest, saYe to the parties inmmediately concerned. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SAT E7RDAY, JAN. 31.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-02-23T00:00:00

__ _ -__ -- - DIED. On Thursday last, at Isleworth, Mlr. William John Speed, of Trinity-collegc, Camnbtidge. On tlle l7th ult., at LMiria,'Portugal, Richard Shortuey, Esq., late of london, sincerely lamented by his numerous friends. On the 15th inst., at Worthing, at the house of Dr. Cholmeley, her brotber-ijt-lav, Harriett Ifavard, secbnd daughter of the late Wm. tlavard, of South Ijambeth, Esq., after a severe and protracted illness. On the 20th inst., sufddenly, at a friend's house, where he had been spenling the evening, M1 . Isaac Milner, of Tooley-afte t, woollen- draper, aged 50. On Thursday, the 19th inst.. aot Pishobur, in the county of Hert- ford, the seat of her mother Mrs. Illilles, Ses a few ho#rs of most severe sufering. Rose, wife of Rowland Alston, Esq., ard daughter of the late Jeremiah MUiles. Esa.
Lent Assizes.
The Times, 1824-03-31T00:00:00

(Before the Hon. Afr. Judfice 8EST.) CIVJL SIDE_TIIE K1I2S V. COLLINGEOURnY AND OTHERS. This was an indictmcnt against the defendants, Collingbourne, Atkins, and lluniphreys, for a riot and assault at IVandsworth, on the 30th June last. The presecutor was a baker, named WVoodward, residing at M andsworth; and the (lefendant Collingbourne was head con- stable of the same place; the other defendanits were inhabitants of the same town. On the3dth of June, there had been a wedding be- tweeni two people in low life, in Mlr. WVoodward's neighbourhood, and in the evening they were serenaded bv some of the to%nspeople by what is called " rough music," wvhich was played with tin-ket- tiles and rarrow-bones and cleavers. A crowd was collected, and no inconsiderable noise produced. In the wantonness of the occa- sion, some of the mob attacked the proscecutor's house, and beat the door with brick-bats and stones. The prosecutor came out and seized the defendants. Atkins and Humphreys also were very active in the riot, and ha(l rattled stones in the prosecutor's face. A constable was sent for, and these persons were carried prisoners into the prosecutor's house, but afterwards liberated bv the consta- ble, on their promise to appear next morning before the Mlagis- trates. During these proceedings, it was alleged that the defend. ant Collingbourne, between whom and the prosecutor there had been a coolness, made his appea-ance and fomented the riot, and abused the prosecUtor in the most ofensive terms Alutual recrimi- nations foliowed, but in the result the mob dispersed, and quietness was restored. On the nart of the defendants, witnesses were called to prove, that from first to last iMlr. Collingbourne conducted himself with great propriety, and had endeavoured toallay, instead of encourage,the riot. The cvidence for Collingbourne completely outwcighing that agairnst him, Air. Gurney said he should withdraw the case a.ainst hirn. In the result, Collingbourne was acquitted, and the other defen- dants convicted, and discharged upon tbeir own recognizances to be ofiood behaviour in future. The assizes are expected to last till the end of the week. LE~VT ASSIZES& KINGSTON. SL'RREV. TtTEsnA&- AflncIu Rn.
Monument To Lord Erskine.
The Times, 1824-02-27T00:00:00

The followinig are the gindvoi hull sh411bb,h on mitee nvie te ubUc to- contibute to the, r5%au ,--vbteUt to be elected in this metropolis to the mnemory Of Log, rskn lp - They state.-... That thtere ae th Teig*iIb. ma Otb impiroper to suggest :-la the firs.t, plaeetA_orEtkin,e *M8 not merely a profeesional man. His powers, nodoutbt, were.P. pri'ei-ffauyexerte4 in the wvalk of the law: but he acted inSituadone'which made hii professional splendour perceptible, and valuable to, tbir -world At Aa-e t*e has a claim,the,reore, or) the rutihude, hot of his frrerhre alone, but of the kingdom in peneratL <n the gecnd Olacie,.the idam of this being a part)y meuurv it expreesly dim.arnd: It Is a tribut# to genius-, hionestly and publicly ernployed. AlR M!etal li2en, there- fore, whatever may be their separatepilitfcel opinions, wll ttnite In preserving the mnemory of hint who5e eloquenre raliad tie. ChArActer of British justice in every quarter of the Klobi. In the third olace, England was the chief scene of his emlnenee,ntl it iv He ht it shwtakd possess whatever gtructure shall record his -merita: hult he was a Scotclnman by birth. 11ls counttym~en will therefore recollect, that in ass-isting to rear his monutaent, tbey ate erTpentating the glory of their native land." MernUMZY1'1X O LOAD 2k 'Pii.