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WINDSOR, Sept. 15.-The we...
The Times, 1824-09-16T00:00:00

WINDSOR, Sept. lS.-Tne weatller being finc this mofnl- ing, the King left the Itoyal Lodge, in his phaeton, and Proceeded to.Virginia Water, whexe. His Maj,esty Vas ex- pected to take an excursion on the water, 'The band of the 2d Lite-guards attended, and playetdon the Long-walk, which was. thronged, by numbers of'- thc neiglibouring nobility, ftho came In their carriages for the. purpose of promenading. Mr. Hunter, the Khig's messenger, was sent ofi'from the Foreign-office, Downing-strect, on Tues.iay evening,.*ith despatches for Sir Charles Stuart, our Ambassador at Paris. Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, transacted bu- siness yesterdav afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Sarah Ro- binson left their residencd in Downing-street, for the seat of the Countess de Grey, at V7resthouse, Silsoe, Bedford- shire, on Tuesday afternoon. - I - Mr. Canning is attended-on his journey to Ireland by Lor(d Howard de Walden, and is expected to take u. his residence at Plhcenix paik. The Right Hon. Se&dtary-has taken MIr. Williams, the King's messengery with him; - ' Great dlssatisfaction appears to be t'elt in Parip.atithe shutting of the theatres, on. aecomt of the Khi2i's illness: To make the ~Parisiani some comrpen'sation for tlis bkVoc among their ordinarxy njoy,xents, we observe& da on Sun-- day they had horse-raees in the Clamp e .t;;Nothxng could be more likely 4to create a serious discontent at Paris than the interfetenee of Goveri4mct witu pilie.hamuse inents, or an order for along and a'strict mourping. I Yesterday a Court of Directors was, held'''t*l' last Inil dia-house. when the following shilps were thus etationed, viz, !-- Secakleby Castle, Captain D. R: Newail, Bengal and China ? Cl;ut* Grant, Captain - , Bftnbay, Loifz,-ir r(sie, Captain' Baker- 13aikCnihanmslkire, Captain Richard Glaoioole, and Warren 7as' itings, Captain Richard Rawes, tbr China direct. The tifne of the ships Atlas and lerefordhire were changed, viz.: to be afloat4;h of January, 1825, sail to Gravesend 18th ditto, stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs on the 23d of February. No case of any interest or importancw occurred yeste day at the Mliddlesee sessions,
Spanish Refugees.
The Times, 1824-11-22T00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMIES. Sir,-I beg you will insert in your paper some observa- .ti6rs su,ggested to me by the l:st display of English gene- rosity in bebalf of two Spanish refufgees,-observations ,in which, I am happy to say, I concur with the most rc- pectable part 6f iiy-Ountryrn-now--in-England.. With tlie warmnest feelings of pleasure and -ratitutde we have seen that the. liberality of the British pubeic, far from. being extinguished, ii rekinkd by tle e increasing misfor- tunes of our :countrymen; and this consideration makes it a duty to. us, atd -a rnost sacred one, to take care that the effects of this liberality be not misapplied. In the indlis- criminate pergecution that has driven, and is-continuallv driving, from Spain, vhatever is virtuous, and en',ightened, it is to be feared-nav, it may evelp be aseertained, that some unworthy people musttake advantge of the circum- stances, enideavouring to conceal their vices and indolence under tbe cloak of patriotism, and seeking abroad from public charity those means of subsistence they would not earn at lwme, and wlhicih, if obtained; they will apply to the vorst purposes. In order to prevent such an evil, or at all events it recirrence, I beg to propose, through your paper, that those who feel inclined to contribute to the re- lieY of Spanish refugees, will do it by delivering the sums they either give or collect to General Milna, -whose character stands so high, both amonigst the Spaniards anid in this country; and who, by his intercourse wvith the whole of us, is or m'ay be made acquaintcd with the most real and extreme (distresses, and vwith the properest objects of British generosity. I know that amongst the last arrivals there are many highly deserving characters rc(luccd to absolute necessity, who cannot be supplied from Gover-nment, and who have never received firom it nor from the English Com- mittee while it existed. In making you these observations, I am aetuated by no other motives than a wishlthat the produce of English bene- volence may be properly and justly distributed-that cheats may be prevented, wvhich would make our character suffer from the faults of private individuals; finallv, that sums honestly given to relieve virtuous misfortune, may be em- ployed according to the intentions of the donor, anil so ap- plied as "1 to bless those that give and those that receive." I remain. Sir. vour most obedient hii,rhlF e-Frv1llt. ANTONIO QUIROGA. 5, Wellesley.street, ChAesca, Nov. 20. SPANI18I REFUGEBS.
Yesterday afternoon, at h...
The Times, 1824-06-16T00:00:00

Yesterday afternoon, at'half-past one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign'-office, Downing-street; which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earls ot uarreawy, Liverpool, lWestinorland, and Bathurst, the CharcelPor of the Exchequer, Mr. Peel,.Mr. Canning, Mr, 1ussicsson, Viscount Sidniouth, &c. The Cabinet broke mpAbout halfpiast three o'clock. e brk On Monday night Prince Leopold gave his second grand wntertainment for, the season at Afsrlborough,-ihouse. A Lisbon mail arrived yesterday with- lItters to the Ist instant. It is stated that the day before the packet sailed, A Coundl was held, at which it was r'esorvc tbat Lisbon xhouIt be made a free port. The terms, .hbowevek,' by *whicea its freedom was to be regulated; ona*bich the great adsntages of the measure to merchants would depend, had 3ist transpired. , Two arritaliwere y6sterday annouRced at Lloyd's; direct 3mrom Cape Coast Castle, viz. the Bor6dino.trahsport at -3'otsmouth; ind the Pitt merchant-vessel, at Bristol. By -tese ship3 a confirmation is received of the melancholy Taut of Sir C. M'Arthy, with the defhat of the ERglish troops by tde Ashantees, and: the ~ atih 'rn'most aot the sffisce and merchants who accorpanied the expedition into abei jtrier. Tielatest.dates-are the 29th. o March, at 'which time we do npt learn that anv.new evcits had oc-. cu=rd. The body of-Sir Cbtarls-MArthy had not beeni -found. Preparations were making at Cape Cdast Castle for 3f attack on the Asbantoes, who were understood to be tollected between Dixcovd and the Dutch settlement. of llmint. ' A Mr. WUiams, Who was-believed to be' the 43nly lgnlish officer who eacapegl after the attack, hid taen rc(uge at LElmima. Letters are expeted.-in town to ay, from which further details rmay be obtained + and' it is supposed that offiicial despatches from.Calonel Chisholm have reachd Government. - Preparations are goinS forward to enable His Majesty 70 protle the Parliamient in per.on. Mr. Wharton's (M.P. for Beverley) name was omitted in the list of the tinorit) aen Ar. Brutghanms motion onPriday *t,for ani4asdes, , WpiF tt 4tti gf T ?mi:th, :the
Post-Offices.
The Times, 1824-07-23T00:00:00

TO THE: EDIT. R OF ThE TIME.S. Sir,-Pecsons not wellacquainted with ,ondon are oltentulrb ata lOss to find our the honsctsappropt-iatcjl ihr recef cinglertsars,wfich have not, in general, any exter,al marks, un'less on very dosc inpection, bv which they citn bedlistinguisbed from the resL As a suff'erer bv tinCOvenience of this mnture, allow nie to suggest a very sitnple re- aulation by which :t may be obviaete This is, to canse to be at- Kox, to each hobose of titis description a smnall projection in iron, re.. presenting an open crov.n for the twopenny post, and a clo*e crown for t he general poit-offir es. (Ireat hliei, theet say, move slowly, thev arc also 'er .ifficult to nwvea2 all, but if the department ot IJiS .lsjest's Poet-office can be iaduced to adapt some simple regu- lation hike'this, it would be a g'reat a,rcontnodation to the public in. general,.:md to nmne m:te thlan Your humble Servant A PDEMSTRIAN'. POST-OFFICES.
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-09-08T00:00:00

Much alarm prevails in thc meadlow-platts and lower parts of the to'vn, in consequetice of the prevalence of a fever. We have made sonie inquiries, the resulk of which induces us to believe that the present malady is nothing different to the tvphus fever which generally prevails in some degree at this season of the year. The alarni, however, is so great that many fires are kindled in tihe strcets, in which pitch and tar i- burvt. A friend of our's, in walk. iig on Wednesday night, in a d -ect linc fromnGelding-street to York. street, counted more than 20 of hese fires.-Nottinghtausi Review. JAMES S-STRYET DuE Ai.S POLICE-OFFItCE.-Satorday evening, betwveen eight and nine o'clock, lajor Dawson receivirng in. formation thiat property to the amiount of i,000 . was concealed in a gravel pit off'the Long-lane, near the Royal Hiospital. proceeted to the pince, and found an inmmemse quautitv of raw illutS, together gith a variety of other materials in raw unm3nufictu etl goods, which he secured and caused to be locgetl in the Police-office, Jamezs's-street, where those articles remain for the inspection of the public. A womnan was apprehended on Bow-bridge, with two par- cels of the 8at-ne quality of articles us those found in the Long-lane. PsILCRaaD FItsERlv.-TWO scans were shiot in MeuntCs Bay on Frida last; one took up twelv., and the other twenty ltops- heads of pilciiards; These-are the only scans that bave been shot since the commencement of. tbe presettt season, though the driving boats continue to take fish every-nieht. WV are happy to learns that vast 8boals of fish. have been seen iai the North Channel, and thQugh they havemoz .yet comernto shoal water, So as to esable the ners to elo thermi-we -hope that as they are on the coa-st, we isbl 1 n2ve a motefl'.fhtvfblVrepb6f to give of -the sean fiasher-in- our nitxt.-_-. est. X>9tiff * -- - -' '
News in Brief
The Times, 1824-09-14T00:00:00

A fiehl of five acres at Hewsorth has produced the very great quantity of 351 thraves, or702stooksg wv,icl are estimated to yield at the rate of iupwards of 30 bolls per acre.-YVewcastie CAro. There is at present growing, aboitt 200 yards from Ra- vensworth Cagtle, an oak tree In full foliage, iR the hollow trunk of which nice men took shelter from a shower of rain during tbe Inte mowing iseason. In a severe storm of Athunder andl lightning, at Barton, on thc afternoon of Friday last, twvo horese and a pig, the propcty of a man named lRobinson, were destroyed by the eiectric flidd t A third' horae, Which *as in the saub stable, wva also unlch injureL._ Huill A4dvertiser. Thirteen men were labouring in getting in the harvest in a field belonging to the House of Industry, in the Isle of Wlight, whose uniXd ages made exactly 1,000 years.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-11-22T00:00:00

Sir,-I observe two more appeals on behalf of the late sufferem by fire in your paper of to-dav. and I taLe the liberty of reconendint to the inhabitants of the iarge and populous wards of Farringdon- within and without, to pursue the san.e plan which wirs adopted a. short time since in this vrard (Bread-street) -under a similar calamity. A house was burnt in Distaff-lanc, which was let out in lodgtegs to, several persons, an-d three met with accidents in escaping. A few days atter, some gentlemen having intimated by had-bill their in- tention of callin. round to solicft subsriptions, it was so well re- ceived, that in a fewb hours 1501. was collected, and afterwards distri- buted in propsrtion to each lodger's less, the bouscholder being in. sured. I anL. Sir. vour obedient servant. Ai. E.1 LESSM Frid1-.ftrPPt_ V- 9flt TO Tt 1.TTPOTT OP THZiE TlnrER.
Court Of Chancery, Friday...
The Times, 1824-05-29T00:00:00

44 W REPQRTY IUr. ZUGDEN resumed nls argument tO.Otay in SuppOrt of the motion to discharge the order appointing a receiver, which bad been made at the instance of Mlr. Const, who complained of his exelu. sion from the management of the theatre, and of arrangernents hav-- ing been made respecting the property without his consent, PRACTICE OF THE COURtT. His LonDsuxr intinated to the bar, with respect to the order in which he would hear motions, that those which had been partly heard shoukl be proceeded with in their former order, and the others should be taken according to their dates; except modons for injtmen tions, which could not be delayed, and those which concerned the liberty of the subject, COURT OR CHANCERY. FRTnAV IIAV2VR CONST V. HAIIRRIS.
FERDINAND VII. is, after ...
The Times, 1824-04-20T00:00:00

FERDINAND VII. is, after all, not quite the being we took him for. In the selection of rewards, at least, lie contrives to show some wit as well as discrimination. iMATAFrLO- RIDA, the Regent, the Restorer of the MIonarchy, is sent off Ambassador to Tutnis. The Eloile now states it as matter of notoriety, that General BOURMONT is forthwith to be recalled( from Spain. If this removal be of a nature to in- flict pain on any party, it ought not to bc on those who console tlhemselves by foresecing troubles anm ill blood be- tween the French and Spanish Legitimates from their in- auspicious connexion. BOURMIONT is considered an officer of superior talent, antd a discreet and moderate politician_ an intriguer or a fanatic will but poor]y supply his place. Nothing short of the most eminent sagacity can nowv en- able a foreign commanler to steer any other course in Spain, buit such as shall render the motley system of mis- government-draggedl by FERDINAND and the priesthood to one side, by the disappointed military of the Serviles to a second, by the indignant and desperate Constitutionalists to a third, and to a iourth by the partisans of the French house of Bourbon-a prey to the most irretrievable re- verses. The dignity of Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Occupation, accordingly, does not appear a very tempting object to the militarynambition of some French officers. The Etoile says that General RIVAUD DE LA RAFFINIERE has refused it, and that the Viscount DIJEON is to be BOUR- MON'T'Ssuccessor. The Viscount is not likely to enjoy a sinecure post.
To The Editor Of The Time...
The Times, 1824-04-21T00:00:00

Sir,-As I cnnsider it tihe uty of every individual to expose for the public good any bad practice coming tinder observation, I beg to make known the tfllowing facts :-I attended a few days since at a church within this metropolis to witness the solemnization of a mar- riage about to take place there between two friends of mine, and af- tcrthe ceremony at the altar was perfonned, we adjourned to the vestry-om, for the purposcof registesing their .narriagwe. Judge of myvsrprise, Sir, when I heard the parties required by the Minister to sign their naxmles to the printed forin of the register of their mar- riage, before lie had properly filled it tip with their nan,es and de- scriptions, which they did ; and upon my being requetted to sign nmine as a wvitniess to such marriage, ! declined itoingso, andl express- ed my astonilshment to the Mlinister that such should be the prac- tice. He informed me it was quite coninion (which, upon inquiry, I find to be the case), and that it is done so for the sake of accuracy anc despatch; and he, notwithstanding my objection. actually ob- tained the signatuire of another person as a witness in mv stead. It must be obvious to every one, that the first reason assiicned for this practice is bad ; for it iscthe dlutv, and, I presume, the practice of persons witnessing the register of a marriage, to see that such re- gister is correct before tbey sign their namnes as witnesses thereto. l ith respect to the second, it is a mere excuse, and iutterly at va- riance with truth ; for the Alinister filled up a certificate (which otught to bc a true copy of the register), wvithout heing asked for it, and which, in fact, the parties did not require. The love of gain can betbe onlv motive fbr this practice. I shall be obliged bv some of voiir reRders informing Me, through the medium of your valuable jouimal, if marriages thus solemnized are strictly legal; or wvhether registers of marriages made in this manner would be received in a Court of Justice as evidence of such marriasess? In thr i,oP neFthi -ti... h A I remain yvour verv ohedirnt Aetvn,t R. S. Ibs, Upper Seymour-street, _'ortman-sqLuare. April Ml. TO TH1E EDITOR OF THIE 7TMES.
London, Wednesday, June 2...
The Times, 1824-06-02T00:00:00

The French papers of Sunday, which arrived last night, are chiefly filled ritl an account of the procccdings in the Chambers on the previous day. In the Chamber of Peers the discussion on the con- version of the rentces still continues. On Saturday Count AUGUSTE DE TALLEYRAN-D and Count SEGu R were heard against the mi- nisterial project; Viscount BOXALD, Count CIEABROL, and the 31inister of Mariae, in favour of it; and the Duke de BRiSSAC ciporz it. The debate was then adjourned to M1onday. In the ChaTr- ber of Depuries a short discussion arose on the same subject, in con- seqvence of the presentation of a petition from a Demoiselle 3M1ouJON-, praying that thesmall ansuitants might be exempted from Thursdy, e. s;arsi crab e number UF tthe members of the extreae ngbt and ieft sides having inscribed their names to oppose it. 7~ YAnnv% iv,r7ArjS1AY. JUNE 2, 1I2N.
Court Of Common Pleas, Tu...
The Times, 1824-11-17T00:00:00

; - uuL 'ncr m illS morming at itS usual timile. It was occupiedl during the first hour in attending to oppositiolns made to notices sf bail. Ooe of the aflidavits contained several asseverations, oot of fact, butof opinion, respecting the solveney of one pf thc persons of. iering to bccome bail; as, fbr instance, that he'believed tlfe bail to be a wortiless feUow; that he would not trust hin sixty farthiligs, much lefs aixty pounds; antl sinijiia. *The Couitr observed, that they were bound to anibnadvcrt upon this practice of oppesing ball upon mere declarations of' opinioni tley were not evidence, and ought not to be presente(i to the Court: if the opposition was to be of use, it must be tounded upon ftets, and not upan surmises, whicil niilitE often be malicious, and sometimes false. Tltev trusted that they shiould not have to notice this matter again. 'Plie Court was occupied till two o'clock In hearing speclal argu. ments of no public iminortanee. I UUKwr O)FX CO;;jMON Pll'EAAS, TUESDAY. NOv. 1C
Joint-Stock Companies.
The Times, 1824-05-27T00:00:00

" That in future, with the exception of biUs for making or improv. ing any turnpike-road, navigation, aqueduct, cut, or canal, railway, or iron road, tunnel or aechway, bridge, ferry, dock, pier, port, or harbour, and of bills forlighting, paving, or watching any one town, parisb, or district, all bills brought into this house, enacting and de. claring that certain persons shall form a body politic at,d cor- -porate, who shaU only be bound to the extent of their respective sbares; or granting to the same the privilege of a perpetual suc- cession, and a cornmon seal, or the right of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, at law or in equitv, or of prosecuting any person who shatl commitany felony, misdenianour or othier offence; or any biU conveying to any number of Persons who are not bound conjointly and severally to the extent of their re- spective for-u.tes, one or mixore of the aforesaid privileges, such bill, after being read a first time, shaU be referred to a select committee; and that no such bill shall be read a second time till the committee to which it is referred have reported that it has to them 'been proved in a satisfactory manner that four-fifths of the capital intended to form the jeint stock of such company is deposited in the Bank of England, or vested in exchequer-bills, or in the public fands, in the name of trustees, to be transferred to such company -when they are by law constituted a body politic and corporate, or have by law acquired any of the aforesaid privileges. " That in future, when any fill shall be brought into this house, granting and enacting in favour of any body politic and corporate, previously constituted such by royal charter, and who are not bound conjointly and severally to the extent of their respective fortunes, further privileges, such bill, after being read a first time, shall be referred to a select committee; and that no such bill shall be read a second time till the committee to which it is referred have re- ported that it has to them been proved in z satisfactory manner, that four-ftfths of the capital intended to form the joint stock of sueh company has been paid up by tbh individual proprietors, and is now iD the _ctual possession of those who under the royal charter have the dire_tion and management of such comparey." JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. LOnD LAUDERDALE S RgSOLUTIONS. AS A,%ftlrnl
Mr. Baring And M. Sartori...
The Times, 1824-06-03T00:00:00

It is rather curious tat =hese tw-o gentlemen should have so misunderstood -each other on a topic about which they have both tliought so much'; and still more curious that they should have chosen to entertain the public with their misunderstanding. We gave the other day an account of their proceedtings and correspondence, so far as they had' then apneared; and we left Mr. Baring in possession of the field of battle, with every apparent right to raise the trophy. M. Sartoris has since returned to the charge, and has endea- voured to show that his antagonist, to secitre success, had changed the ground of dispute. He denies that he made any communication to the Commission of the Chamuber of Peers as sich, or that he had commiunicated at all in the name of the three united contractors, declaring that he enly spoke to an isolated member of that commission, and gave onily the isolated name of Mr. Baring as his authority. Such an explanation certainly renders the formner statement of M. Sartoris more probable, and removes in a great part the objecticns which we raised acainst its correctness, especially -when coupled with the aclditional-fact, that the two bankers had discussed the plan-had modified some parts and altered others-and that eachi took a copy of it; the one proposing to carry it to the Minister, and the other to the Member of the Peers' Comnmission, with whom hbe was in communication. MIr. Baring, we think, must reply to the rejoinder, which, if correct, goes far to exonerate M. Sartoris in the steps which he took, and shows at least a mistake or misapprehension on the part of Mr. Baring, for which probably an imperfect command of thelanguage used in Parisian conversaton may account. MR. BARRIX AAD Al. SAR2ORIS.