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The Lord Mayor's Aquatic ...
The Times, 1824-07-29T00:00:00

On Tuesday the Lord Alayor gave a grand entertainment at Richmond to the Duke of Sussex and a lagelarty, In the naviga- tion barge. The Lord Mayorand the L4dy l01ayoress and suitc left the 111ansiai.ihouse at an early lhour and entered his Lordship's bargel accompanieti by mr. and ir;, Hume and ceiveral of the Alldernien and their ladles. WVhen they reached 1{ew, his Royal Higlhncss the Duke of Sussexjoined them. From thence they pro- cecded immedlately to RPichmond, in the navigationbarge,whichwAs fitted out splendidly for the oc6asion. The birge was moored oftr the Duke of Buccleuch's grounds. The dlinner consisted of all the delicacies of the season, and upwards of 100 sat down to it with cx- celrentappetites. I The LORD MAYOR, after the usual prefatory toasts, gave the hcalth of the Duke of Sussex and in doing so expressed the high gratification he felt at his Royal Highness'e condescension in honour- ing the company with his presence. Indeed, it was well knowh that upon ever occasion that precented itself in which his Royal Highness could manifest his attention to and respect for the city of London, he exerted himself to the utmost, and proved his firm de- termination to promote its Interest and welfare. His ROYAL H1GH2;Lss returned thanks. He expressed the very sincere pleasuse he felt, at all times in poving hirnself inter- ested in the pros'eritv of his fellow-citizens, Elc was proud of be- ing a citizen of London, and of meeting the warm reception which was withheld from noiie but those who did not deserve it. He should abstain from the usie of any political sentiment, as the com- pany was one in which a variety of sentiment of a politicai nature existed; but thero was one circumstance to which he could nat but allude, however it might 'be construed Into a deviation from the rule he had determined to observe-he meant the remarkable con- sistency of the present Chief Mlagistrate's conduct, during the whole of his public life-a consistency which it was perfectly well known was not capable of being maintained without extensive private sacri- fices. Ilsi Royal Highness then proposed the healths of the Lora Mayorand Lady Mayoress; and afterwards, the healths of the She- riffs Alderman Wood, the Common Sergeant, &c. There was an board an excellent band, which played during the day. Some delightful songs were sung by Miss Goodall, and the glee singing was between Messrs. Jolley, Hawes, and Terrail. Early in the evening dancng commenced on board, and at 9 o'clock the patty Tetwmned to Kew, having received several salutes in the course of the excursion from both banks of the Thames. A great number of boats, filled with highly respectable persons, accompanied the barge. The Lord Mrtayor and the greater number of the party re- turned to town from Kew in carriages, after having spent a most de- lightful ~ day. I Thte LORD MAYOR's AQUtATIC BNT.rRTAINMBNT
Law Report.
The Times, 1824-08-12T00:00:00

-.. suIaUUn or ULue argument n tnts casetoo up tne greatcr part of the day. The parties are sons of General (;ordon, whio died abroad, leaving four sons wvho were supposed to be illegitimate- Provision was maidc in the will for the eldest, who died before he could comne into possession; but for uo ether of the children. A diistant relation claimied the estates, whiich lay chiefly in North Ame- rica and the I cat Indies,while the Crown claimed then as escheats. The defendant xhowed to the plaintiff a certificate of {he marriage of the parents, dated subsequent to the plaintiffs birth. Convinced of the ract of his own illegitimacy, ?he plaintifff entered into an agreement, which left himt some ad&antages in point of present pos- session, but secured the proper interests of the defendant, as the legitimate lieir in psint f succession. The plaintiff afterwards dis- covered a certifiate ot a private marriage of his parents, whicil vss datect prior to his own birth. Proceedings were instituted at law and Ti equity. whicil, atter years of liigtion. resulted in a verdict which established thc legitimacy of the pflaintiff; and u decree, which annulled the agreement and required the defendant to refund all the money which he had received untder it. The defendant discover- ed another certificate of his parents' marriage, which secnemd to make it clear to the aefendant, that the marriage was after the birth of his eldest brother. Upon thiis he brought a bill of review, which formed the subject of the present ar umuent.-Judgrtelit postponed. LA IV REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY, WEDiESDAY. JULY 11. GORDON V. GORDON.
It has already been menti...
The Times, 1824-08-21T00:00:00

It has already been mentionied, that some dissensions prevailed at Maranham in the beginning of July. We have seen letters from that place of the 9th of July, by which it appears, that on the 3d, the governing Junta no- tified to the British Consul, iMIr. IIESKE--i1, that a bodly of troops was advancing against the city for the avowed pur- pose of changing the form of the Goverinment. At the same time Mlr. HESKETII had receive(l indlirectly assu- rances from the leaders of the hostile party, that the per- sons and property of British subjects should be strictly re- spected, whichl assurances were officially cenfirmedon the 5th by documents signed by the leaders, or as they style them- selves, " The Junta of the Expeditioniary Commission." On receiving the first intimation from the Government, Mr. HE.SKETH addressed a circular to the English iner- chants at Maranham, leaving it to them to consider wlhe- ther steps should be taken to convei-e a meeting, but we do not find it stated that any meeting didl take place. It is therefore probable, that the assurances of protection which MIr. HEsS ET H had received were deemed satisfactory.
The oppressive constructi...
The Times, 1824-09-09T00:00:00

The oppressive construction put upon the Alien Bill, to wlich allusion was made a good many weeks since in this paper, has not yet been properly amnendedl. It will be re- collected, thatby the last edition of the Alien Act, an Alien rs,fiding seven years or upwatrds in the kingdom, was to be exetnpt from the law-that is, from depoftattol? at will. The clerks, however, of the Home or Alien-ofice, were wiser in their generation than the law itself. They inter- preted the measure in such a way, that a foreign merchant who had lived for tweii ty years in England, and could not swear that he had never beers for 2' hours absent from it in all that period, should not enjoy the benefits of the ex- emption. This was not, ana could not be, the meaning of the Act of Parliament-bad enough in all conscience the men in office painted it (like the Devil sometimes) blacker than it is. Tei HomeSecretarybeing himnselfin town, more- over,when thatanswer tothealienapplicantswastransmitted, withoit reference to him, some proof was thereby furnished that the harsh construction of the act ha(i been ready cut and Iryfortheclerksbytheirsuperiors. On ,thedayonwhich our notice of the grievance appeared, a bint was thrown out by an evening paper that the imatter might be remedied by a second application to the same office, on a proper statement from the parties. A few days only elapsed before the hint was taken by a foreign gentleman, and in the interval Mr- PEEL left town, The answer to interrogatorics now is, that nothing can be done until the Home Secretary's re- turn ; whence it seems clear that the 241 hours' absence is no longer to constitute a bar to the security of the Alien; and if so, we mnust protest ngainst the condluct of the Home Department as mionstrouly inconsiderate andl unfeeling-as most disrespectful, mnoreover, to the country, by leaving the protection of the foreigner and the execution of the law contingent uipon the amusemelnts of a Minister.
Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
The Times, 1824-11-15T00:00:00

Edwtaord gllis was opposed by Mir. hfEATH for Phineas John- son. The insolvent described himselF as porter anrd bailiff to a Al-C. Young, at i'wickenham. This Mlr. Young, he said, was a gentk.- mnan living on his property on I,udgate-hill (a laiughi.) He men- tioned several places in London where he had resided, but swore thxat he never lived in New-court, Fleet-matket, nor possessed any pro. perty in Kent. Upon being pressed he admitted, after a great deal af hesitation, that he had, to oblige hMr. Joel (4eorgc Young, sworn, in justificatfon of bail, that he was a householder il New-court, and posse.sed a freehold at Sundridge, in Kent, worth 7001. He also admitted that lie had accepted several bills for Mfr. Young, only one of which was mnserted in the schedule. The COURT ordered the insolvent's schledule to be dismissed. ir. HrEAT't said he would advise his client to proseciute him for periury, and either have him put in the pillory or transp,orted. Let Iim justify bail in Botany Bay if he pleased. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SATURnIAY, Nov. 13. STAG RATL.
Vice-Chancellor's Court, ...
The Times, 1824-11-26T00:00:00

tno wourt waS occupied during the whole of its sitting in partly hearing this cause. It appeared that the suit was commenced by the phaintilt, wo claimed to be entitled to the tithes of the narishs of tiendon, in the county of lfiddle.jex, to recover from the defendant the amount of tithes due in respect of lands occupied by him in the same parish. Depositions to a vcry voluminous extent werc read in which the title of the plaintifFlwas deduced, and tenaing to prove that the manor of Hendon had formerly belonged to the monastery of St. Peter, Westminster. At the dissolution of religious houses in the reign of Henry VII., it was granted out, with other lands and possessions formerly belonging to the Abbey, to Thomas, then Bishop of Westminster. It was afterwards suriendered to the Crown, and granted out again to a lay proprietor, when the lanids were part- ed, and being severed from the church by an exchange of the manor of Hlendon for another of equal value, had ceased to be entitled to the exemption from tithes, which, as abbey lands, they would have en- Joyed. Various other conveyances were then stated, by means of jw ich the tithes in qnestion had become vested in the present pro. prietors, and proof given that the defendant and his predecessors had paidthem, one of the late holders of the land having, how- erer, objected to the paymnent, and doubted the right of the person demanding to receive themn. Ahe fact of severance wat alleged to beproved by anexchangewhichhad been made of the manor of Elendon for another manor of eqsual value. The defence appeared, so tar as it was opened to the Court. to be, that the lands were of the demesne of the Abbey of Westmin- ster, and therefore exempt from the payment of tithes. The entries in the Doomsday-Book, in which lands of thc manor of Hlendon, to the amoat of20 hides, were stated to belong to the Abbey of Westmwinster, ere read, and a bull of Pope Nicola. by which a certain tax was directed to be levied upon them. Evidence was then genthatthelands in question were part of the manor of Hen,on,and upon this it was contended that the exemp:ion was made ouL The assertion of the aeverance was met by an allega- tion that the manor of Hendon was a manor paramount, and con- tained in itslf several smallermanors, one of which was sometimes called liendon and sometimesFrith: thi latter small nmsnor had been exchanged, and hlaving been mistaken for the larger one, had given rise to the opinion that the whole of the manor had been severed,._l..The Court proposed to bear the case resumed to-morrow. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. TgTTRTAYA. NnV- 25. WILLIAMS V. OOODCHILD.
London, Wednesday, April ...
The Times, 1824-04-14T00:00:00

French papers of Sunday, which arrived last night, con- tain uo news of importance. The Journal des Debats has inserted an article, purporting to be a letter from the MaiJ, giving an account of the state of affairs in lreru ard Co- 'ombia. We have no doubt at all of the pJ68eet honour of the jounalist, and therefore are assured thai the fabrication doesnot fiiWith him; bIu we nevertheleA are Conviem thaf?,lhs letter from Terra rirma is i ' Frnch manufac. ture, and that the facts, or rather reports, on which it is fouended, have passed through the English papers on their way to Parid. le bave sufficient proof that no reliance can be placed on these circuitous communications, in, the fact, that accounts ncarly two months later from the same quarter are either silent on the events to which they refer, or aford contradictory statements. The following are ex- tracts from the Etoile, dated Alonday.- " MIADRID, APRIL 1 "Great changes in our Diplomatic Corps are spoken of as cert;6in. 'The Dake of San Carlos, Ambauador at Paris, is said t. be recalled to MIadrid, w hee he will exercise his fanctions as CouotsI_ lor of State. His successor will be Count Redibagigedo. The o,r of the Marquis of Casa-Irujo is appointetl First Secretary of Legation, as a recompense for the services his father has rendered to the Monarchy. The Second Secretary is Corpas, formL,ly Coasul-General of Spain in Algarve. M. Nivis, now First Secre. tary of Lemation, is named Minister of Spaizz in Hollaajd. Aj Doncel, the Second Secretary, is recalled, to fill the oflice of 3Magri gistrate of tlhe Chancery of Valladolid. Al. Joseph Heredia, brother to our Minister of State, is recalled to Madrid. He was keat to London as agent of liquidation: he is succeeded by Mlr. Orue. " M. Alvarez de Toledo, Colonel in the Spanish service, is gone to Munich ar Charge dAfflires. "1 In my hst I said that we expected here Al. GtiebharL. We new positively know tbat that banker has contracted with our Govern ment for a loan of 200,000,000 of reals (50,000,000 of francs), asd that he iscoraing in persmn to Mladrid, for a second loan, equal to, the first. " Their lMajesties and Royal Highnesses enjoy good health at Aranjuez. " The French UIilitary Hospital is removed tD Toledo, where Ge- neral Boonront now is with his Staff and the Royal Guard: this seema to indicate that the Court will be absenit from Mladrid for some time, thou'gh many persons affirm to the contrary. " TRIESTE, M1acEn 29. "Letters fromn Corfu of the 18th of March give an important pite of news, but which needs confirmation-it is the surrender of Arm, by a particular convention, to the Greek General Bozzaris. it is added, that the Albanian troops had joined writh the insurgents, who immediately advanced towards Joanina, which they hope likewise soonI to bring to a eapitulation. When the Greeks are once masters of these two fortresses, they may consider themselves as finaly esta- blished in Epirua-"-Augsburg Gazete. LONDOT, IWEDEI9SDAY, APRIL 14, 1821.
Deaths
The Times, 1824-07-29T00:00:00

DIED. At Oswestry, oh Alonday, the 19th inst., in her 88th year, Alie6, relict of John Croxon, Esq.: she passed a well-repulated life in the fear of God, devoted to the happiness and prosperity of her family, aud died with pious resignation. On Alonday last, universally and sinecery lamented, at his seat, North Cove, Suffolk, in the 68th year of hits age John Farr Esq one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, and a DepFrty-reuts. nant for the eounty. On the 27th inst., aged 62, Anne Louisa Eleanor, the wife of Frederic William Foster, Esq., of Bedford, aud late of Fairfield, in the county of Lancaster. In tle 25th year of his age, on board his AMajesty's shi' Spartiate, at Rio Janetio, on the 23d of April last, Lieutenant John Jervis Sawyer, eldest son of Vice-Admiral Sir R[erben Sawyer, K.C.B. Yesterday, at his house, in Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury, in his 77th year, Robert Collett, Esq., late ef Cheapside. At Brixton, on Tuesday ]a8t, in the 35th year of his age, after a long illness, berne with great fortitude and resignation, Mr. David Smith, late of the firm of T. B. Smith and Sons. On the 28th.of July, highlyrespected1 by those who werehonoured witb his friendship. at the advanced age of 88 William Bond, Esq., late principal clerk to the Commlissioners o? Sewers at Guild. hall, in which ofce he had acted with the stricte3t integrity upwards of 6u years. On bl1onday, the 26th inst., suddenly, James Bell, Esq., of Hatson.gart3en.
The "Monument."
The Times, 1824-08-10T00:00:00

[From the Frceenan's Journal. 1 At a nlae meeting of the English Cattholic Association, tle follow- ing correspondence was read:- " TO THE RIGHT HON. THEE LORD MAYOR. "ly Lerd.-Although I have not the honour of being person- ally known to Y'our Lordship, I trust you will excuse my addressing this letter. kour Lordship is aware of the inscription on the Mo- nunient near the Tower, imputing the iire in London in 1666 to the Roman Catholics. Your Lordship is equallv aware that this impu- tation is a ealumny, and allowed to be sucl by all ranks and descrip- tisn. of persons. For the origir.al framers of it some excuse m-ay be found in the angrv spiiit of their times, when the very wildest charges against the Roman Catholics were brought and believed. But now, when the charge has long ceased to be credited, and a wish for universal peace - among all religious communions prevails every whiere, and incresses daily, must not all good men desire that an in- scrip ion so contrary to truth, and so grievous to the feelings of thnse whom it concerns, should disappear? Will ic not be an act of jus- tice, of wisdorm, and conciliation, to direct the inscription to be erased ? Will it not follow, with singular propriety, the acts of le- gislative justice which we are now witnessingz in the reversal of the attainder of Viscount S!afford? M)y Lord, with the greatest respect, I have the honour to be, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, "Lincoln's-inn, May 18. "CHARLES BUTLER" INsCn1PTION ADOVE REFERIlED TO. T'is Monument is erected int memory of the hurningof this Protestant city, by the Popish taclion, in A. D. 1666, for the de- struction of the Protestant religion and of old religious liberty, and for the ititroduction of popery and slavery. But the furyof the Papists is not yet satisfiel." (This infamous inscription was erased in the reign of James II, and inscribed again in that ot' ing William.) T}IE LORD IMAYOR'S ANSWER. " Sir,.-Having been wvholly engaged in osficial duties, I have not been ablc to replv to your letter earlier. You must be aware, that as a presiding oficer of the Corporation, I couldi not be the proposer of anyquetion, nor could I take any part in debate. Agreeing withyu mn opmnion as to the iscription upon the lonument, yet I thtinrk such a propositien as you suggest would meet with opposition at the present momlent itt the Commson Council; atd as prejudices are wearng tast away, it might not be wise to bring on a discussion on the subject; which, however, I submit to your consideration. ' I atm, Sir, u.ost respectfullv, your obedient seTvant, " ROBERT VAITHIAIAN. "Malnsionouse, Jtne 19, 1824." HRz "AIOZ R "Ns T'*"
Deaths
The Times, 1824-08-13T00:00:00

DIE;D. On the 7th ins, at Somersown, aged 15, Miss Anna laria Davids, c ghterZf the Late Captain Albert Wv. Davids, Royal Ar- tillcry after a protractd illness of many m :nths a most aItection, ate and dlutiful child to her mother, whose Boss to her is irreparable: in expressing this, her father-in-law fally participates On the 6th inst., Mr. AlortiiTer Corner, of William-strect, Hamp- Atead.roaU. On thdllth inst., drowned Ihile bwthing in the river Itea, Laton, in the 13th year of his age, Edwvard, soir of Wolfenden Kenny, hsq., of Devonshire-street, Queen-square. On, the 6th inst., at Uhelseas, Ars Chollet, widow oT Samuel Chol- let, &4s4., late Commi-sat -Generatin ti'e West Indies.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-10-19T00:00:00

Slr,-X'ou would confer a beinenthe public by exposing the practices of a set of swindlers who, under the pretext of disposing by auction of ' plendid articles of furniture, t he genuine pronerty ef a gentleman, taken under an execution"-.for thus the style of their plausible advertisements run-Pnd by means of cham bidders, chouse the unwary into the purchase of the worst trash at most ex- travagant prices. A fricnd of mine, a few days since, at one of these sales, held at a house in Leigh-street, Burton-crescent, taken by these thieves for the purpose, had thc misfortune to be tricked by them out of a con. siderable sum of money, In return for which he received articles of furniture not worth a twentieth part of the purchase-money. To thie disgrace of their professios, auctionecrs are in the habit of lending themsel7es to these practices; at least I judge so, from the circumstance that at two of these sales attended by me, the same person acted in the capacity of auctioneer, though in the advertise- ments of the sales different auctioneers were named. These impostors are now laying their snares in Joln-atreet, Adelphi, at No. 21, where the writer has himself been once caught, and would therefore warn others from a similar fate. I remain. Sir- v-n,r n hont - EXPOrSITOR. London, Oct. 14. TO T/hE EDITOR OP THE TIAES.
There will be found in an...
The Times, 1824-11-16T00:00:00

There will be foand in another column, a decree of the Government antl Legislature of the UJnited States of ,Mexico abolishing the slave-trade. It may cerf2inly appear a work of little merit in this rieing republic to extinguish by law a traffic which, in fact, has fbr some time ceased to exist, anid vhich must seem rnore dangerous to its political insti- tutions thbai usePul to its commercial prosperity. Besides, leaving humanity orjustice out of the question, it must, at the first sight, appearan al}bfurd andI ridiculous incongruity in a nlew comnlolwealtl,; boasting of its recent emancipation feom] a foreign yoke, 'and pirod4p i of the fresh glories of its independence, to see its shivs f)eighted withecaptives, and its feast of hbcerty ;servLtt,by 'daves. Bat what a strong addiioala 'n .tind does- thjis coidtict 'of 'Mexico, and the litra, systeii- pusue4 ,ty- tOle, other provinces ,vhicih vc izly1u opean coloniest 'oitd to. the frieadls of huiranity and of Africa to callfor a recog- flition of the, independence of the new Southi American States! We allrernembea the stand which the Governments. of Spafi and Portugal made in favonr of the African slave- trade at a time that wc were f9ghting their battles against BUONAPARTE, anti at the Congresses of Paris, Vienna, and Aix-la-Chapelle, after we had secured thein the victory, ald coiiferred iipon them the power of continuiing their infa- mous practices. Thd pretenee which they offered on. all t1ese occasions wvas, tliat their colonies cbiild not exist under a system of free labour, and thatAinericamust remain uncul- tivated iitheslave-marketofAmericawas closead. HencethMir higglinig for a fewv more mnonths of delay, or a few. more degrees of latitude for continuing or 'extendinig the traffic which they had altimately stipulated to reliniquish. But, no sooner have these colonies declared their independence,! than they f{id that they can exist and prosper without an importation of slaves as well as witholit foreign yoke. Co- lumbia lias not oily aolisihed the slave-trade, but has taken imeans to abolishi slavery. In Buenos-Ayres slavery can searcely be sai(l to exist, andtl all the new States are fol- lowing the example. It therefore gives us pleasiure to pub- lisli this Mexican dlectee on various grounds, but on nolne more than that of its affording a new argument in favour of recognizing the independence 6f States whicil use thieir| nCew rights anil privileges witih so much humainity and wisdiom.