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We would take the liberty...
The Times, 1824-06-04T00:00:00

e would tak e te liberty of pointing the attention ef the House of Commons to a letter we publish respecting a portion of the evidence given beforc the Committee on Ar- tisans and Machinery, on the subject of the CoMbinatiou Law?s. The letter certainly does not treat of the generat policy of the question: it confines itself to a part of the supposed facts collected as the fouudation of the new legis. ;lative measures recommended by the Committee; and if the rest of the facts extracted 'oy the Committee from the evidence tendered to it he of a similar kind, which we have' strong reason for believing, it may be readily conceived. what validity conclusions foundedupon such facts will pos- sess. The truth is, wvith respect to the case alluded to ini the letter, and in AMr. TAYLOR'S evidence also, as we be- lieve, that the aggrieved party did not choose to prose- cute upon the Combination Laws;- and for an obvious reason: because he kneNv that by those laws the offenders could only be sentenced to two or three months' impri- senment, and that they had funds sufficient subscribed to? maintain all of thefi in idleness for a miuch longer pe- riod. He therefore went upon the commnon law of the land for conspiracy; and obtaining sentences of two years', of eighteen months', and of nine months' duration (though he himself sued for a remission to the penitent, as soon as they were penitent), yet he by that method ruined their fund, *vhilst he was anxious that their persoms should suffier as little as possible. Howv, then, can asy men in their senses say, that the laws against cormbination, wvhIich were inadequate to put down such a system as this, are too severe ? But what we would chiefly invite the attention of the House to is the sort of evidence on which they are going to make a new law. Tafking Mlr. TAYLOR'S evidence as a specimen, let thern consider on wvhat slight antd even fallacous grouncds important measures may be established, unless the utbiost circumspection and the most mitnute in- vestigation are employed. We were glad to see last night that the Combination Bill didl excite some discussion. *e rearet to thinlk that it had passed throu-h its four previous stages wvithout one wvord of observation; MVe trust, that when. the matter is again brought before the house, (which, wre believe, -will be the case this evening), it wvill be thoroughly examinied. The facts on vhich the bill has beeit foanded should be well sifted, for an abstract principle in matters of this sort is not worth a farthing.
Marriages
The Times, 1824-09-18T00:00:00

On lVednesday, the 15th inst., by special licence, at Rear.Admi- ral Digby's, in Harley-street, by the Bisbop of Bath and Wells, Lord Elienborough, to Jane Elizabeth Digby, on}y daughter of Rear-Adnmiral Digby and Viscountess Andover. On thne 50hof August, iLt Hal1ifax, Nova Scotia, Deputy Assist- ant Cornmissary-ffeneral Charlier, to Eliza, second daughter of Brevet Alji<r Cole, of the 81st Regiment of Feot. O- the 17th inst., at St.George the Alartyr's, Bloomnebury, Henry Hyde, Esq., of Upper Norton-stieet, Po:tland-place, to Aliss Louisa BRvant- ot Oueen-souare.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-12-02T00:00:00

Sir,-Observing the colurlns of your valuable journal often de. voted to expose the cotiduct of piblic bodies, I flatter mvrelf you will insert my case, hoping it wvill meet the eyes of the gentlemcn electeti to preside ovcr the affldrs of the Bank. ard be the means ef influencing thenm torelieverme from tny present unpleasant situation. I am byeneficially entitled to the interest of seieral thousard pounds stock, which ll r. Fauntleroy fraudulently appropriated to himself by forfPing the names of his co-trustees. This criminal breach of trust re were all, of course, totally ignorant of, the dividends of the stock being regularly placed to my credit with the firm of ltarsh an d Co. tfil; the recent discovery of that unhaDpy mao's numarous for- geries. I am suffering great inconvenience froin the circumstance of being zdeprived of ny last half year's dividend, whicth became due the sth of October aItL Why, in the name of right, is tihis with- held ? Surely the Bank of _nglanid is too just and humane to take advsntave of its poweiful means to htarass individuals wYho have legal claims upon it. Al11 who deal in the public funds are interested iU the present question: hence, I trust, you will give publicity to it, and hsope it wii have the effect of saceeera;inSy the replaeing of m- stock, and that of others similarly circumstanced. Let the principle not be fhrro:en. that iusiee delayed ecomes inihr uce. A CONSTAN-T READER. Nov. 25' TO TrIE ZDITOR OP TH, TIJ.%rES.
Prerogative Court, Friday...
The Times, 1824-07-03T00:00:00

I-ne Uourt was occupied again to.day in hearing the further argu. ments of counsel in tbin case, whicl is not yet assigned for sen- tence. No other business was taken. TIHURSDAY, JULY 1. PEDDLE V. EVANS. In this case a uestion arose upon the validity of the last will and testament of thelate Mr. Evan Evans, a native of Glamorganshire, who disd at Llandaff, in the county of Glamorgan, at a very ad- vanced age, on the l3th of December, 1821. S.r Jopw NICtIOLL gave sentence in the cause to-day ; but as the facts were not in the slightest degree of a nature to interest public curiosity, it may be sufficient to state, that the deceased made two wills, the one in July, 1811, whereby he gave the bulk of his pro- perty (upwards of 2,0001.) to a god-daughter of his, Mrs. Peddle (the wie of an exciseman, who nmanaged his pecuniary concerns for hin); and the other in September, 11321, whereby he disnosea of his property to a niece of his and her children. It seemed that at the former of these periods, deceased was residing away fromn his whole family, and upon rather bad terms withi most of themn; where- as, at the date of the sceond will, he was residing with this niece, IN rs. Janet Evans, and upon much better terms with his family, armong who , after ant estrangement of several years, he had taken up his abode. On the part of the propounder of the first will, it was endea- voured to be shown that the deceased had been removed from Bristol to Wales against his consent, and that the second will was executed by him while in a state of mental and bodily imbecility 4 but the learned Judge held that the evidence preponderated on both these points in favour ofsuch second wiU,landpronounced foy it accordingly. PREROGATIVE COURT. FRIDAY. JULY 9. RICH V. MUS}HETT.
Court Of Chancery, Tuesda...
The Times, 1824-11-17T00:00:00

LAIV REPORT. Oaeu- &wuu; us tsw case appeared In our numbers of last Week, The =tion was for attacbnmeat for want of gufficient Answer, and the reason given by-the defentlants was,that the defect, could only be supplied by the wife, who could not answer without the direction of the C6ut, and the matter was of so new a character that the Court hesitated to give the order. Mtr. AMstsReY, the solicitor for the lady, said that she was quite ready to answer if the Court should order and empower her so to do: but *be was at present incapable, having been shut up on pretence of lunacy, in t,he common gaol, for three years past, by her husband. The LoRD CHtANCELLOR directed that the time for serving the nuachment aheuld be enlarged to Thursday in the next week, apd that ahe should be direted to put in the supplemental answer. USTBAN5 AND SON, 1N TRE ZMATTIlTES OF TlIE TWO BLACK- BURO;S, BANKRUPTS. The Lonn CHANCELLOR said, that havinglooked into the cases, it-did not appear to him thlat the ktowledge of the separate and joint trading would affect the right to prove uRder both commissions, if hse petitioners really pessessed it at the time of receiving the divi- d_end unuder the joint commission. Upon this last point he would erst tbe counsel, after havig drawn his own minutes and subjected them to the insipection of counsel. JONES V. TUE ALBIOn10 COMPANY. The plaintliff was trustee under a marriage.settlement, in which IordiEnaisrnore undertook to give 9,0001. with his daughter to Itajor Bolders: 6,001: weie to be raised imrnmediatelv, and 3 0001. subse- quently, in wblch the Majer took but a life-intierest 6n the death of the Major, the Albion Company came upon the trustee for 3,0001., the value of an annuity pTeviously granted to them, which would, i. that case, override the claim of the beirs. Accordingly, the Mfaster of the Rolls had ordered the monev'to be paid into court. The pre- sent application as to restrain thte effrcts of that order pending an nph,taLo CHANbfcELLOR said that the trustee, (who acknow- ledged havin.g the money in his pesessien in the form of Exche- quer bills), having no beneficial interest to take, could have no ob- Jectiou te paying it into court. COURT OF CHANCERY, TuSsDAY. Nov. 16. A .YES V. VARLEY AND WIFE.
An Austrian University.
The Times, 1824-12-31T00:00:00

Tnie WdpeQ es, a Geamin piean contalne the follow1n7 ektfadrdl PRary Statement :_-" In the Uflversity of Vlentsn thereviaa lately a Profbe3dof 0f Philosophy named Reinbold, whh, ith his; public lec- tureo I4nd the horrible -audaciy to accuse Our Elessed'-Saviour of saiciae I The Austtian Government could do no less than remove him 'frbm his Professarship; and in his pluce wits appoibted a All. Dladelettez. On the day on which this Latter was to deliver his first -lecture.4a ciowd of young students, attached to Rembold, a'!Omblcd witlh a dctermmation of preventing the lecture from taking place. Aledelenez did not appear; but in h,s stead came the Ecclesiastic State-Counsellor Porondra, who attempted, but In vain, to read a discourse. Theriotousyouthsdrowned his voiceln continualbises, clamour,.and shouts of Rembold for ever!' For two days this dis- turbance was repeated; on the third, 1I. Porondra succeeded in de- livering his lecture; bat it was only by having -taken the precaution to shut the doors of the lecture-roomn, and to exclude the most dis- orderly of the students. The Austrian Government haq procceded to most rigorous measures against the young rioters ; having scized the ringleaders, and sentenced them to eerve in the army fcr life." The fol,lowing is a more probable account of the transaction,copied from a Vienna paper:.- " I have " VIENNA, DEC. 7, 8. I have lately witnessed an ec7ent which shows to what an extent the errors of youth will go when it meddlles with afftirs whiich belong exclusively to the temralr and spiritual authorities The ProfeKsor of Philosophy of this University, Renibold, has been dismissed for some days, for having expressed his sentiments in an imprudent v.ainner, and his place has been supplied by Madelenez, one of the Jesuitical league. A wreek ago thi8 latter was to have made his first appearance, and a great many came, through curiosity, to hear his address. I found a very mixed audience", and was informed' the students had determined to drowna his address with their noise. He did not make his debut; bht in his place, Porondra, the Counsellor of State, rade his appearance, and was received with vehement hisses, and cries of '"ire Rembold' every time he attempted to epeak. Another lay counsellor tried his luck, but was received ies the same manner. I'he following dav, the same disturbance took dace. At lensgth Porondra pronounlced an opening lecture by dint o;f keeping closed doers, and only adlmittung those who had the right of entryv. The Protestant students of philosophy had taken the prgtUaution of absenting themselves from this riot. 'P. S. The lads suWpected of taking a part in the tumult have been sent into the army, where they wvill remain all their liies." I L. X kJ MIiiR ... -
A Committee of the House ...
The Times, 1824-04-16T00:00:00

A Committee of the House of Commons has been lately appointed to consider the " allowances granited to balkers " by Ss Geo. III. in those places wvhcre an ascize of bread " is sit, and to report their observations thercon to the " House." That the Committee may have " considered" the said allowances, ve are bound to presuinm, because they were appointed for that particular duty; but as for reporting their " observations" on the subject, all the account they gave of themselves isj that " they have examined several witnesses, tvhose evidlence lhcy have directed to be laid "before the Houise." We ourselves, however, having taken the pains to read that evidence, can conscientiously acquit the honourable Gentlemen of any neglect in the mnatter of abservations ; for more puzzlingj inconclusive, or barre:m stuff, we have seldom been condemned to cope wvith, than the testimony of the five or six bakers called up, and who were, as it appears, the only persons called upotn in a ques- tion which lay directly between thc baking-trade and the public. Certain facts, being of general notorietyj the Com- mittee couldl not hep extorting; Xnd in tlbcra may be edin- prised the whole result of thc labours recorded in these 20 quarto pages, which the nation is to pay for having printe(l. It appears, then, that salt is cheaper than it used to be; that candles(thebaker's trade being mostly carriedon atnight)are much cheaper; that the window-tax has been reduced one- half; that the bread consumed by the baker and his family costshim far less than before; butcher's meat,and all expenses of housekeeping, less ; and yet when the bakers, of whom high-priced and low-priced are interrogated bly the com- mittee, have the question put to them whether, with these numerous reductions, some smaU diminution of the baker's profits might net be consistent with justice to hin and to the public, they vociferate, in one full-toned chorus, that the thing would be impossible; for they do not make one farthing of their bustness m6oe thian when taxes and prices were at the highest level. This applies to the country bakers, where there is still an assize. In London there has arisen, it is said, an increased competition since the removal of the assize, and a considerable jumbling of prices. The high bakers (those Avho call thenmselves "re- " spectable") chargingliod. for the same loaf, stated publicly to be of the same fiour,which the low bakers(of course "1 not " respectable !") contrive to sell, and with a sufficient profit, at 8d. The latter persons assure the coimnittee that the high bakers all hang together and drive a bad business, notwith- standing their "1 respectability," from giving long credits, and having consequently a restricted trade. XVe are very glad to hear it;
Births
The Times, 1824-04-26T00:00:00

BIRTHS. On the 21st insL, at Cheltenham, the lady of E. W. Shewell, Esq., of a son. On Thursday last, in Vigo-lane, the lady of Mfiles Alarley, Esq., of a son. On the 15th inst., at IVeston-louse, St. Pancras, the lady of W. B. Diamond, Esq late surgeon of the Hon. Company's ship Warren Hfasti?ges, of her seventh son.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-05-27T00:00:00

Sir,-ln con2Squence of the mny misconceptions that Ire abro , with respect to the share which I have had in the dest ctiorn of Lord Byro,'s Afemoirs, I think it riglht to stat6 ~e leading facts of that transaction to the public. Wit .4t entering *n'to the respective claims of Mr. Mur- ray anca yseif to the property in these Memoirs, (a ques- tion wh , now that they are destroyed, can be but of little mo oent to any one), it is sufficient to say that, be- lieving thl mnanuscript still to be mine, I placed it at the disposal oi Lord Byron's sister, Mrs. Leigh, with the sole reservatiOl O0 a protest against its total destruction-at least without previous perusal and consultation among the par- ties. Themajority of the persons present disagreed with this opiniol, and it was the only point upon which there did e.xist aiy diffierencesbeteeD us. The manuscript was accordinglytorn and burned be ore our eyes; and I immne- diately pait to Mr. Mifrray, in the presence of the gentle- meni assenilled, 2,000. guineas, wvith interest, &c., being the amoun' of w;hat I owed him upon the security of my bond, and 'or whiclh I now stand indebted to my publish- ers, Messrm Longman and Go. Since then the family of L%rd Byron have, in a manner highly horpurable to themselves, proposed an arrangement, by wvhich the sum thus paid to Afr. MIurray might be re- imbursed'me; but, from feelings and considerations which it is unne!essary here to explaiu, I have respectfully, but peremptoilv. declined their offer. I ain. Sir. vour's. &c. THOMAS MOORE I- May 26: 1824. -y T TESE BDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Hamburgh And Dutch Papers...
The Times, 1824-07-10T00:00:00

The departure of his Majesty the Emperor will probably take place at the beginning of August. On the 10th of Mlarch a ukase was issued tothe followingeffct:- No public functionary in the Russian service shall, without spe- cial perisission of his superior, compose writings in any lantiuage ,whatever, v hirh, though dispensed from the censorship, treat of the dorestic or foreign affairs of this em p ire." The French corvette the Seine, belonging to the squadron now in the roads of Cronstadt, will sail in three or four days, and take the French Ambassador, the \larquis de St. Simon, back to Co. penhagen. The new journal announced under the title of Russia under Alkx- ander the First, which the Councillor of State, Al. Von Engelbard, intended to publisb, will not appear. FRO:I TIIE PRUSSIAN DUCPHY OF SAXONY, JuNE 23. Onie of the most important events in the aftairs of the evangelic churches of thc kingdom, and in the historyof the Protestantreligion in general, is undoubtedly the new common prayer-book, which origi- nated with his Alajesty himself. The King has lately caused a new edition of this prayer-book to be published, in which some passages are altered fromn the former edition, it is also rendered more com- plete by the addition of a greater number of verses from the Bible, and prayers which may be used alternately with the fonnulary in the Liturgy. The king has also had an extract made from the Lituigy, for those clergymen in town or country, who have topTeach un a Sunday in several churches, or who have no choirs to sing, that it may be used at least when they are straitened for fimne. The limitation of Divine service to an hour is explained, to include cvily the reading of the Liturgy, the hymns sung by the congregatkon betscen that and the sermon, and the sermon jjfi~fjru&not the bymn or psalm before the Liturgy; and e nwtuon, witi, rsspt. - Wtt1. i,. ..,1,o o .t enn. Zrrea'c,ion, if decidedly expressed, are to be complied witb: it fol- low , of course, that when the sacrament is administered after the Ser mon. the limitation of the time has no reference to that ceremony. Tbe Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs has notified these changes and explanations of the New Common Prayer Book to the Consis- tory of the Duchy of Saxony, and at the same time acquainted it aith his lajesty's pleasure respecting the introduction of the new Prayer Book. HANOVER, JUNE 30. His Royal lighness the Duke of Cambridge returned on the 28th to 3lontbrillant, from his tour in the Duchies of Luneburg and Bremren, where be has reviewed several regiments. BRUSSELS, JULY 3. The Prince of Orange nrrived here this morning. The Princess has set out for Germrny under the title of Countess of Flanders. HAMlEBURGlH AND PUTCH PAPERS. ST. PETERSBURGH. JUN E ]9.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-10-14T00:00:00

MARC ATE, OCT. 11.-Mr. Crofts, the landlord of the King's Head Inn, wvho was robbed l2st week of 1,60 sovereigns is returned from France, the person whom he suspected and went in chase of, proving not to be the depredator. [Advcrtisenjentl-LoRD BYRON..-Wc are requested to state that Captain Medwin's Journal t?f the Conver:atiow efLosd B;rms durintg his residence at Pisa, 'si' be publisbed in a few days by Mr. Colburn, New Burlington-street. It will be found to detail the principal occurrences of his yrivate life is opiaions on society, man. ners, iiterature, and literary mlen, svitb many curious and original anecdotes. [Advertisement.1-The Ticket No. 5,556, drawn a pdrze of 20,0501. on Tuesday, the 5th of October, was sold bv AItAitTy and Co.. 8, Cornhill, uind 120, Oxford-street, who expea to sell one of the iwo prizes of 30,0001. in the schemne to be drawn the 3d of Nlo- vember. This scheme ison the same aporoved plan as the last, only with the difference_that on the last the highest prizes were 20,00L, in the present scheme they are 30,0001. LAdvertisemenLl.-Ross and SoNs, 119, Bishopsgate-street.who have sold for the last 30 years pure and unadulterated BEAR'S GREASE, obtained from the animal properly treated and fatted (by which the coat, the criterion of the quality of the fat, is increased to n2arly deuible its usual tbickness, as well as being more agreeable for use), are induced to offer it to the public as the best specific hitherto discovered for premoting the growth and thickness of the hxuman hair. In order to distinguish the genuine fromn the clammy and unwholesome made.up :rash w.hich is frequently sold as bear's. grease, it niay be necessary to mention, that the fat of thebear, whe- ther wild or tame, is of tho purest white, inclining to an oil, and ini moderate or warm weather dissolves instaRtly on being touched by the hand.
Ship News.
The Times, 1824-10-18T00:00:00

The Ceres, from Dantsic to London, put into Pillau the s,th ult., leaky, and must unload. The Otur, from London, in ballast, which arrived on the 28th ult. in the Seegal, before Pillau, is stranded, and full of water; all attempts to pump the water from the hold fkiled. Crew saved. DUBLIN, Oct. 13.-On the 11th inlt, a sloop from Liverpool to Belfast went to pieces near Wicklow; three of the crew drowned. The Margaret, from Liverpool to Linicklkns, is on shore near Wicklow, but expected to betgot oft The Hepe, from Yongbal for Liverpool, is on shore on WicklowBar, and much damaged. Hur.L, Oct. 14.-Thefollowing vessels haveput into this port - Bradford, with loss of masts, bowsprit, &c.; Aolus with loss of foremast and bowsprit; Triad, windlasa broken ana writh loss of anchors, &c.; John, with loss of anchors and cable; the above four bound from London to Shields; SallyI with loss of anchor and cable; Fairfield, windlass broken; Phillippine, with loas of thrce anchors; the three latter have, put buck ftomr the H{awke. the brig Spring has lost her bowspritin HullRoads. The LordWellington, from Dantsic to London, is on shore near Theddlethorpe; cargo and stores expected to be saved. The sloop John and MIary, of Wis. beach, for Leeds, is on shorc at North Somerotes, with little damage; vessel and cargo expected to be saved. The huU of the illarquis Wellington has dritted on the Lisroonslire coast, about eight miles fromn Grimsby. AIAUFUTIUs, Jan. 27-The Mary Ann from the Ca of Good Hope to this place, is totaUy wreckeM off simbler aleand. Crew saved. No Tr T SHIELDS, Oct. 13-.The Hector, from Archalngel for liondon, was driven on shore on the Herd Sandl this mo-t4ug. Crew saved by the lite.boat. Wind N.E. blowing stron SCIARBOROUGH, Oct. 14.iThe vessel at ancort north of this port, dismasted, has been towed up, and brought into the harbour, and proves to be the Unity, of this port, Hick, frorn Rye for San- derland. The vessel lost, with all the crew Ol Cayton Sand, was the Anna Maria, from Htmunuw, ith oats. Wl body of the master has washed up. PLYMOUTvJ, Oct. 14.-The William and Jane. fromu Liverpool to New York, put in bere this day, rlek and must discharge. STOCJKTON, Oct. 14.-The Vestal,frM Ax1claiigd fhy London, is Rut in, with damuage. Nioj tD, Oclt. 14.-The inWaterlibas of Newcastle, has WELLs, Oct. 15.-The Hoffaung, fromz Husum to HUU, is on shore off ranster. Vessel and cargo hlikely to esaved. wasy lost on the e- a Cablypso, frisDaato London SHIP _NE WS.