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Old Bailey, Tuesday, Nov....
The Times, 1824-11-03T00:00:00

Court las; evening till midnight. Pe was married ro Joanna Cooner at the same timne and with .1 the accompanyivug arraDge_ ments and ceremonies that ;ulley was married to Cathense Cooper. The witness^s were those who appeared yesterday, an210 their evi- dence was a mere repetition. The Jury found t6e efefndanegi.illy. The CoeiMOSN-SEIIGEANT thenl ordered Jlih Ahillcl, who was convicted of a similar offence last night and committed io Newgate, to be placed at the bar beside the other derendant; which done, betkura addressed them:- Johti luiley and William Enetr, I call on rou both at the i same time, because your offences are alike, and committed at ther same tirne, and under the ;same circumstances. It appear- stbat you. have clandestinely witbdrawn two youne women from their hormes, and by virtue of a false affidavit obtained a liceDce, whereby yoit w.erce nabled to marry them. One of the laties appears to be only 15vears old, and the other scarcely of age. It is porhan ,not dliffi cult to see that vou were in4ueneed bv motives of a pecunia7y DaB ture." 1 he learned Judge then pointed out the distress they had plunged ttme family of the ladies into, and commented on the inpro- priety of their conduct. All that thev could do hereafter to com9en- sare would be to act with tenderness and affecion towards the young ladies whitl whom thev had so connected themselves, and that they threw no impedirment in the wayv of the propere,v which by a late act of Parliament was vested in the hands of the guardians for the exclasive usc of their wives andl offsprine. He would not pas;s :ny *judgment on them, but suspend it. and call them to enter into s-re- ties to appear to receive it wvhen called on, but he hoped that their conduct would not renderit necessary. The saredies reqrured wcald be themselves in 1001. each, and two sureties in Al0l. each. This was the last case in the calendar. OLD B kILEY, TUEFDAY, Nov. 2. FFRJURY.-THE KINGC V' l:NEIV. ,,. , - . . . .. . - . . . .. - -
The Times
The Times, 1824-10-20T00:00:00

TII?ATRI! ROYAL. C0J'EWT-G.ARDRN. THIS EVENING, (6th time at thlitlicatrc). the celebrated opera,calhtd DER FREISCHUTZ* or, The Black Hzantsnan of Bohemia. Wilhelm, Mr. Pearman: Bertha, Miss Paton. To which will be adled, the Opera of CLARI. T/fEA fTRE R0'.AL, IHAY,V,ZRKPET. Tll1S EVENING THiE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Dowton; Mrs. Ford. (Ist tirrie), IMiss Kelly; Alilne Page, Miss Povey. To conclude wivth " FISH OUT OF WATER." ADELPHI THEAETJ?E, Strand. TFIS EVENING will he presented an entirely new romantic ber. ietta spectacle, il three acts, entitled VALMIONDI; or, The Un- hsallowved Sepulchre. To conclude with the favourite bsrlcttn of NO DINNER YET I Doors opeiied at 6 o'clock, and the performance comonesiee Lt a quarter before 7. Half-price at lialf-past 8. AN RK SURREY THRATRE. T'HIg FYENINC5, will be presented an entirelyinew burletta. called THE COOK; or, The WVeddlrig Dinner. After nri)ch, an entirely niew melodralma, called THg KfE?CUBA; or. The Indian Pirate's Vessel. To conclude with the highly popuzlar and favouxrite melodrame, oalled DER FREISCHUTZ; AT, he Derlion-of the Wolf's Glun anid the Seven Charyned Bullets. R,UI'.I I. C'('lflIRl 7TIA'K4TRlE. THliS EVFNING, WAKE NOT TFIE DE.%Dt or, The Spectre Bride. After which, by particular desire, " Tell me, my heart," by Miss Ttnetall. The whole to conclude with (by most partieular desire) the favourite nelodrama of TfiE OLD OAK CHEST; or, The Snmuggleres Son Rnd the Robber's Dauighter. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " HUMfANITAS" does not understand our motivee. We tlo not yejoice at the misery ol the criminal, but we are anxious that jus- tice should be impartially administered. " HUMIANITAS" is a conte,Aptible poltroon, or lie would have puzt his name to a letter so full of ioul abuse as the one lie has hiad the baseness to write in a feigned hand. The account of the death of Mrs. Stockdale is an advertisement.
Dr. Bond.
The Times, 1824-12-11T00:00:00

TO THIE EDITOR OF THE TIMIES. Sir,-You have published a letter frora the Rlev. Dr. Bond, which has in part for its object to show, that the Doctor intended to act towards his servant with lenity ra- thor than harshness. Tho Doctor appears to be under strong delusion. Perhaps, if the following questions were put to him, it might tend to lead him to an usefirl self-examination . |Did he ever hear of a humane man so unnecessarily con- signing a female domestic servant to the eage for a night ? There was no great probability of her escaping from him before the next morning; ana if she should, he knew her fhiends, and where to find her. Did he not know what sort of a place the cage is, and that it is the winter season ? Did it never occur to hinm, that to confine a female used to the comforts enjoyed by domestics in respectable families in such a place, at such a season,'and for the night, would almost to a certainty lay her on a sick bed, and very proba- bly occasion death? If he intended not to be ajudge in his own cause, but to hiave her case investigated at Marvlebone-street, why did lhe not direct thie oonstable to bring her to town for that purpose the next morning? And why, in place of doing that, or taking any other step to briig the case bcfore the magistrates, did he occupy himself in running about after the girl's father? After he had received information of the injury the girl had sustained, and was sustaining, from her improper con- finement, why did he not immediately send directions to the constable to haYe her properly attended to; and as soon as she was in a fit state to be removed, brought up for ex- amination, instead of illegally exacting from her father an undertaking for her appearance whenever the Doetor might be pleased to call for lier ? I think the Doctor will find, that, in the opinion of most people, the fair inference from his eondust is this-that he never intended to take the girl before his brother magis- trates at all, hut by imprisOninlg her a few davs anid nights hl the cjage, without troable or expense to hiniself; summa- rily, to inflict a heavier punishmerut in fact, than after con- viction vvould have been awarded to the offence with which she was charged. It is to be observed, that the gi's father was officially engaged at Hicks's Hall when the Doctor first called at his house-from a man so engaged, probably a ma- gistrate residing in Marylebone, might think he had no great reason to fear any troublesome notice of a little stretch of miuthnritur- Ynrmnt ho;r1-1 rn - INQUISITOR. I Dec. 1f. DR., BOND.
Panoramas.
The Times, 1824-12-30T00:00:00

Among the aftractionsfor the holydav folks, alwayz so providently supplied in the nctropolis, the panorazic exhibitions generally hold a popular placr-they always afford amusement, and mostly convey instruction,Fithoutputting the vititer to any previousordeal of tctudy, toenablehim tocomprehenathe passing scene; a aixp;mny catalogue givesthehittory.andtbepano7mievienffheillustzation. If all whorun tnay read, all who have eyes have the powe. of receiving the palpable impressions which exhibitions of this kind are calulated to convey; and throunh the compendiousmediun of refresbing the meroery, we are reminded by the Panoramas in Spring Gardens, among other events less political in their tendency, tihat the British Navy tti- unmphed at Trafalgr, and the British policy in the overthww of Napoleon Buonaparte. In what is called the Pcrisfrey)ic Panorama. there are twelve view-s, opening with the Batfk of Trafidgar, followed by the deatfk of Nelson, on the' qparter deck of the Victory, and concluaing wide the surrender of Wqnrapsrte, and hiJS desah at St. Ulena. To Con- rect the.e two very important, but distinct points of modem history, neither the ixind nor the eye is tired with unravelling an intermediate thread, as is the case in most of our best novels and plays; but without any of this perplexing and raystifying interlude, the spec- tator is brought at once from the death of Nesorn, to the fall of Buonaparte, with only the intermediate accompanimnent of a svm- phony supplied by a band of masik up stairs, which plavs a dead narch, Or bzatde air, juEt ss uCiUtances calL for the visitenS' syrn- pathy. There is noting in the pAinting of these views which takes them out of the general character ofe these compositions; they arc all painted for popular-efifect, amid mast, ftontbe nanture of such in. tention, sacrifice all pteni to minute execuon. But there is'a bustle,- a variety, and a sort of nttraction even to adults as well as the younger folks, which imparts int.erest to this exhiboition. The hattie of Tsafmlgax 'uact always be a nrurceof the rLelest emodtIecu and the views in St. HIelena rnast cwaTs have an hiswricl interest from their assodation with Buonaparte a last scene. If the views here be correct, the island contained spots very capableof being com- fortable resIdences, ars well as romantic ones, and the principl views given are extremely interesting. PANORAMAS.
Astley's Amphitheatre.
The Times, 1824-04-20T00:00:00

inc cncci cutertaninens preuuz uuug AZI jIII:.aJuscens Df thir theatre, is a " new grand nlulitary," andso fos*h, "1 Spec- tacle," entitled. The Battle of tatcr!'oo. The a2thor is said to be i MIr. Amherst, and he is deacribedaathe author .several popMU!r pieces: nor can we wonder at his populatity; fob, coniidering tbe exploits concerning which he treats, his text is of + surptising and delightful brevitv. " Actions speak looder thanr wQrds," and a plain story is soon told. Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington severally array their forces, and in half adozers sentr:nceiinspirit the staff to a due heroic senseof the quarrel: the rest isklore by vollqs of musketry, minigledl with red and blue fires. A little 'mummerr betwixt Mefolly Maloy, " a cha,acter well known tos the 92d.regi- ment," and the soup-eating Frenth, allows thA armAes to advance from the affair of Lignv to the fight of Qastre-Bras.*iadfrom, thence, onward to the field of Waterloo. All the rest- is dobic tb tbe Ii.>;' The brave successor of the unfortunato-House of Brxenswicksblows us to our faces the very manner of hit death. -The '42d regiment boach and de~plov in a field of barlev. Tliete is 4! the adeath of Saw, the ;ife. Guardsman-the field .of' battle b mwoon.light_ Beonapatte meoralizing and taking: snu. ft'f - witS ergth.'tellinB Flemish peasant-an anmmunitio.wtaggorie orp fre, Atvgether with a most wastetal and inconvenient explosionot gurpowder; be, tbre which last, we should propose that a eu. qui pent Rag should be put out, that th1e asbhxstics- mght have i better chance to avoid sufFocation. It is celtto:describe thc total, except by saying that the newspsperabf thatbcn6rnentous pe. riod are here dramatized with episodes pickedip from miltary con- versation. The scenery is unusually grod antI the 4sruringof the forces leaves the Artillery-ground in smirablys behbd. But upon this last point, no wonder; for the play.bill inticntc' that the troops were represented by " picked Watedoo-men .''intito tlus we would add that the horses of the cavalry behiivedite as wel as if teev hba been in the fight with theif ridere. Te peculiar at- tractiun in the line of horsemaanship is the perfoimancj m Mr. Du- crow, which certainly outruns imagination. tlis-firsteDtrcould be compared to nothing but the swiftness of the widiid hiseeued as litde to need the saiddle to sunport his-feet. He is-the tnost expert gaceful, and surprising jerformer- yet i henog The whole of the entertainmenls vwentoffwith thnndp? ofa1plau5e, from a house overflowing, b-ut not actually brUhiaa*l ASTLVEY'S A -MPTHTg-- -
Ship News.
The Times, 1824-08-25T00:00:00

VALPARAISO, March 22.-Arrived this morning, from Lima, the Franklin, American man of war; saileel frTor Callao on the 4th insg; reports the capture of the Britisli brig Bruce, in the port of Qutilea, by the Spanish privateer Quintanella; also the capture of another British brig, name unknown, the same recaptured by the Peruvian man of war CongTess, and sent down to Lma. The Congress had yroceeded to Quilca. in search of the privateer. The French prize Vigie had been anied, and was cruising under the Spanish flag; she was captured by the Congress, and fitted out to seek the Quintanella. His Iljesty's ship Fly will sail ta-morrow for Coquimboald Quilea, to renain some time on the Coast Istermedios. Callao is blockaded by Admiral Guise, who declares his intention to levy 25 per cent. on earoes that he may allow to enter. CARTAGENTA DE COLUINtBIA, J%ne I1.-TIe Spanish merelant selhooners, N. S. de Reglo, and Constitucion, also a schooner of war name unknown) have been captured and brought iut here, the ormer on the 23d ult., and thc two letter yesterday. NASSAU, NEw PaOVIDVNCE, July9.-The Courier Balizc, from Jacmcl for Havre, put into this port 14th tilt. in distress, hav- ing been on shore on Heneaa; a small part of the cargo lost. The Clhace, from Cliarleston for flavannah, is wrecked on Abaeo; cargo lost, ctew saved. The hull of the Joseplh, of New York,has been strwnded near Milemory Rocl:; most of the cargo saved. NEV Yoonx, Julv 31.-Thc schooner Franklin, from Boston for SouthI America, has been wrecked on the Blue Caicos. sHIp NEWS.
Court Of Chancery, Wednes...
The Times, 1824-11-25T00:00:00

AIV W RU POR T. 'lrl. IiIONTAOU intormed the Court that three several commis- sions of bankruptcy had. issuetl against the parties-one agr.inst ffcnrv Fauntleroy, a second againsti the other parties, a third against the whole firm. He wished to have the permission of thc Court to set dlowtt the last of them for hedring on Friday morning.-Leavc granted. TILAK TSORY V. GLA3TORGANsHMnE CAN.T.. An orler hadi been obtained by the plaintiff to restrain the Com- pany from widening anti deepening the canal, which they, had pro. cecded to do, notwithstAnding, hy elevating the banks; alleging, iri their affidavits, that they hati not addetd to the depth or breadth of the water. ilir. HEEALTD now moved for their coinmitment, for contempt in breaking thc order. The case was opened at some lengthx, but the LORD CHANCEr.. Loit was obliged to postpone the hearing, because of having to at- tend the adjourned consideration of the Recorder's report elsewhere. COURT OF ChIANCERY. WrnvrqnAY. Nov. 24. MAflRSli STtACEY. GRAIrAM. ANVD FAUNTXTrROY.
Covent-Garden Theatre.
The Times, 1824-05-28T00:00:00

A newv comedy, in three acts was prodaced at Covent-.garden Theatre last night, under the titie (not very recherche) of Charles .hc Second, or Xe MAerrz Monarcl. It is founded upon an anec- dote (dramatized originaly in the French, in a piece which dlIle. Mlars acts delizhtfully)of the King's having gone withRochester,for some joke or iAtrigle, to a public.house in WVapping. He is left here by his companion (who first picks bis pocket) to paythebili. Being without money, he offers his watcli And is immdliately charged with having stolen it. In the end, he escapes. but the watch is known, and brought to him at the Dalace; and the denoioemnent natural un- der sueb circumstances takes place. Alr. Dibdin used this story some years back at the Circus, in a burletta (if we recollect niht) called Waggeries in .Wapping. The chief value of last night's piece lies im the excellent actingr which has been bestmwed upon it. A1r. Kemble played Charles the Second. and is decidedlv iraprov. ing in his comedy. He acted the part with as much arclness and humour as Elliston could given to it in his best day. He lookh ad- mirably in the dress of the King, and stilU better in the disguise of the sailor; and his adlaresses to the girl in the tavern Sete,-with the, business of his annoyance at missing his PSrse,-his being shut up wlile constables are sent for tQ selize -him,-his scald- ing Mr. Duruset with the tea.kettle,_and eventually coaxing the landlord's niece to let him escape,;-the whole of this is given in a style of free, unaffiecteda genuine comedy. Faweett does the landlord of the tavern, =1d succeeds as weU as I5r. Kemble. Jones's part ( Lord Rochester) is a wretched one; but he makes as much of it as anyman could do. Themeritofthepiece(as adramna)I lies hi about three or four situations, farcical entirelv, but not defi- cient in comic effect. It ought by no means to have exceeded i-vo acts; and would be mended very considerably, if the first of the three were oniitted. A sort of serious interest is added to the broad plotupon the King, by the lady, whom the masqueaders go tovisit, turning out to be the niece of Rochester. Mliss Tree plays this part cleverly; and is united to a Court page, who has been making love to her in the disguise of a snusic-master, There are a coaple of songs and a duet in the piece, which do it good] rather than mis- chief. The dialogue_(what a caricattare of the only exceUlence of the Coutrt of Charles I !)_ is some of the worst we ever heard. lInt the aching throughout, pgrtlciclanly of Ur. Kemble and Mr. Fawcett, is so good, that ii' the affair were reducetd in lengtl, it might, for a time, proVe a successfull trife. COVENT..GARDEV ?TaEATRB.
A Deserter Pardoned.
The Times, 1824-06-23T00:00:00

(From the Jamaica Courant of April 30.) At an early hour yesterday morning, private Francis Campbell, of the 5Oth Tegimentv who had been tried by a General Court-martial, held at Kimgston-barracks on the 17th inst., and found guilty of de- sertion, and sentenced to be shot, was taken from the gaol of this city in a cart, under the escort of a sergeant's guard. At the en- trance of Up-Park camp, the escort was joined by the band of thie regiment, which played the Dead AMarchi in Saul, with the drums muffled. In this most impressive and melancholyr manner, the pri- soner was conducted in front of the corps, which had been previous- ly formed into a square. He wase afterwards placed on the right flank, where the coffin to receive his body had been prepared; nhe immediately knelt on the coffin, and prayed for some tlme with gfeat tervour and resignation. He was attended in this devotional act by thc Rev. 1. M1ann. Atler a brief lapse of time, the fatal firing narty was drawn out, the sentence of the Court-martial was read by Lieu- tenant and Adjutant Crofton, and the last preparation made to carry into effect the dreadful award. At this mement of anxious dread and commiseration, a melanclholy silence prevailed-no whisper was heard, and the bosomt of the spectators lheaved alone with the noise- less sigh of pity, terror and hope. At this period of suspense, Col. Harrison, the commandig officer, advanecd, and with much tig- nity and berevolence, roms.municated to the prisoner that his Excel- lency the Commander-in-Chief had bean pleased to extend his mercy towards him. The unforturate being, thus unexpectedly relieved from a violent deaths, received the grateful infoirmation with over. powered feelings. He was forced to be assisted from his kneeling posture by the help of his brother soldiers. There were many spectators assembled to witness tnis militarv execution, who visibly participated in the pleasure which the officers and privates of the regi.ment cxperienced from this sudden and happy reprieve. A DESERTER PARDONED.
The report of Mrs. Edwin'...
The Times, 1824-07-06T00:00:00

Tlic report of Mrs. Edwiin's havinig qulittcd the stage, is, we understand, withoUt foundation. The young lady who has tmade so promising a debut at the Englishi Opera, is the daughter of lAlrs. llervev, an officer's wi. dow, whose husband, we believe, was killed in the Peninsular war, and left her and lher family in straitened ci.cumstances. Her daughter, at a very early age, manifefted a predilection for the stage, and Mlrs. fiervey proposed to put her under Mr. Phlillips's care; but he disapproved ot the plan, and she was placed in other hands. About a twelvensoothl siuce she played two singing characters on the Dublin boards, and was considered to have evinced much capa. bility for the stage, and to havc sufficient voice; but her singing was greatly deficient in syllabic articulation and style. Her mno- ther then renewed her entreaties to Mr. Phillips to takc ber As his pupil, who, upon hearing that her forner master despaired of miak ing any thing of her, instautly consented to receive her, and accord. ingly she was aricled to hilni at tihe commencetment of last winter.; since vhen hiseftorts have becn ditceted towaTrds forming hervoice, and giving her the pronunlciationi otf words by his own lsystem, of which he has given an exposition in his lectures on the vocal art de- livered in America and Dublin. In his own lperformance, AIr Philips has always miade thc pronuniciation and accent of his words. his first objects, and lie has endeavoured to imparttlieiracquirenment to his pupils. Ss far, in his task with AUiss.1lervey. he h.s been successful. She is now just turnedi of 16; anti it ler icssiveL improvement be in proportion to that of the last six mom., sbhc i likely to do him no snmall credit. B-rratym.-Iii the article headed-" Spanish l\a'tazines, . in our plaper ofSaturday, insteadofthe year 177I, read
Insolvent Debtors' Court,...
The Times, 1824-07-14T00:00:00

XUcWT(L U.,awara 01- uer. an otncer in tnn army, caine up wo be heard upon his petition. He was not opposed ; but the Court ob. serving, upon looking at his schedule, that lie attributed his insolvency to robbery, examined him at some length- respecting it. It appeared from the insolventes statenient, that he resided at BeDingham, in Kent, with his wife and family. He was induced some time ago to come to town for the purpose ofhavinga wound ex- amined bySirJ.M'Gregorand SirxA.Cooper;and upon hisreturn home he was stopped near the lines at Chatham, by three men,who robbed him of 65 sovereigns out of 71, which had been in his waistcoat pocket. The escape of the remaining six was owing to tiir having passed through a hole in the pocket into the lining of the waistcoat. IJpon reaching home, he found that his house had been plundered during his absence by one of his creditors who, accompanied by se. veral persons, entered it without any legal authority whatever, frightened his family threw his wife into fits, and carried off a valu- able quantity of jeweils and otherproperty, (amonystwhichwas astar of the Legion ofRHonour,)amountiag altwgether invalue to upwards of 1,3001. He immediately communicated the circumstance to the Diagistrates of the neighboutrhood, and even wrote to .Mr. Secre- tary Peel on the sabject, but he was informed tbat, under the cir- cumstances, his servant having opened the door to admit them, he cauld not convict the parties of a felony and ought therefore to sro- ceed against them by civil action for the trespass-s course w Tich it was his determination to pursue. The COURT obsered, tlsat it was a strange story, and it was rather odd that none of his creditors appeared to inquire into it. If they were thus indifferent to their own interests, they nmust take t7ne consequences. The Court was bouid to give credit to the insolvent's statement since nobody came forward tocontradictit: they thierefore tteclared him entitled to the benefit of the act, aad ordered him to be discharged forthwith. F,drea,d Jesni,, gs was brought up to be discharged. Mr. Spencer, the keeper of the 1New Debtors' Prison, informed the Court that the detaining creditor at whose suit the petitioner had been confined for a considerable time, had sent his discharge to the prison, on the eve of his application to the Coart for relief; but the insslvent was still in confinement, the gate-fees not having been paid. The COURT said that the discharge was evidently sent writh a view to harass the insolvent; but that view was defeated by his haring remained in custody. They ordered bim to be discharged forthwith. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, TuESDAY, JULY 13.