Star. — London, England, 1817-12-20 00:00:00

. r defendact begged to remind the Attorney-Gene-, red ot what be had stated yesterday respecting the Ten Cotoatandusents. and the reverential awe which Ought to be entertained for them. One of these corn nsands was," Thou. shalt not take the name et the LIED thy Goo in vain 1" bin it appeared, and he nided to state it with all aspect possible, that the Learned Gentleman himself had very recently brokeu' tams commandment' several times. On the trial of X7ooler, the :Awing General had tisA the toe lowing exclAmatioes In the situation I hold, God how, vet 7 /lonia, 44 In the name a .hcaren,let him do it." And also, 41 In Gas name, c1.)%t." was sure that the . I.eii ated Gentleman 1. if en intention of breaking the commandments, or tle4rasliag sacred subjects, .and therefoie he was mo rally absolved .from the consequences of the impress vied which such irreverent appeals to the Deity might I .:n4sce.. The defendant absolved him from any in• tr4tion of taking Gun's name in vain ; and he wished t*: , e s ; one construction to be put on his parodies.— tlr. Hone concluded by imploring the Jaty, it they dottght hi:n capable of ser.ding fottb 'the publication lin the intent attributed to him, to find him guilty ; but it, as he anticipated, they disbelie v ed that lie had publdsed w ith such an intention, then he relied 'on a sadict of not guilty. His politics were his crime,' sod if he were guilty, the real libellers were those who institutedthe prosecution against him, for their viThishment should precede his. Why did Mr. Can ning esca l w, if he, William Hone, were guilty The Ministers knew'they had among them those who had gone ." uttwhipped of-jultice. ' The Right Hon. Ge.iige Canning was the man represented in Garay's fa nt, which hefted in his hand, Refolding forth his arms to catch the Mantle falling from Mr. Pitt., who was, like Elijah, mounting in his chariot to the skies. die thankcd th- Jury for their patience ; eves y thing he valued in life was in their hands.--his character, his reputation, his subsistence. He asked from them no mercy, he wanted only justice. If they thought helsublished the Parody with the intent attributed to then I let him be lashed through the world ; if, as his conscience told him, they thought otherwise, thew they would send him home to his family instead ot to the Marshal of the King's Beach. His con science freed- him from the imputation, and their verdict would relieve his anxious mind. . Mr. Home's address lasted from a quarter to eleven o'clock to a quarter past five o'clock. He was about to call evidence to prove that he stopped the circula tion of the Parodies when he found they were consi dered offensive—when The Atreus alt-GrasAhl. rose, and submitted that evidence ot stopping the publication could not be re /rived in a case where the mere fact and intent of that .public ation were to be considered. Lord Etiesieoßonou—" You are right as to the releof evi.'ence. It has nothing to do with the inns on the verdict ot guilty or not guilty. At the same time I'shad take this evidence as a circumstance to fivcon.idered in mitigation of punishment, if the de fitidant should be convicted. This may be a conve• nient way Of taking the evidence for him, as he might be put to the expense of affidavits on a future occasion, if it were now rejected." Mr. Horir—" I merely adduce it to thew how !won I stopped the publication." Lord ELLZ2411101110U011...• 64 That will not do away Abe offence, though it may be a very considerable 011- .tigation of punishment." . The ATTuRvitY GINUAL--" In that light I can Isiverso possible objection twits being received." Deeds:ix Grimiest. deposed, that he was the Men. . .daat's sh .pman at the tune the sale of the Parodies Waif stopped by order of defendant. Witness entered into delendant's service at the beginning of January last, at which time the gale of the Parodies was very considerable. They were, indeed, in the highest sal* :at the time they were stopped. Thus was a great deal ot application for them both by private indivi -duals and by booksellers, after the sale was stopped. :It Was stopped on the il2d of Fehestary. There were 'Wont SOW sold altogether. Ammon GIiaIUIAL-.- 41 We admit that the i;elefeituaist st .pped h.' ovulate on the 4'3d February." :Mr: HOsis.-Gi I should rather the Jury would take .4: front the mouth of the witness.'.' l'f'ilfierti 2116/knerd deposed that he was, the shop. smut Me. Hone, and had immediately succeeded Benjamin Grimstone ; that he was never allowed to ta u Wilk s ' 8 Ca:Ukiah akhoegh several persons ap. plied to e hins . tur it; some of. those applicants having modemd half a crown and more fora copy of it, while one acted' pouod note.—To a question from the '.lt:Poe, witness answered that he entered into the De tendant'S seVvice , about the beginning of April last. Its was cautionetagainst selling any ot these pat odies. ;dud LLLlPthoßuithit—u Then you had them in .cite shop I—Witness...." No, my Lord." Lord Eeeindsortrivon—'s What do you mean by being cautioned I—a cathion would be superfluous it 'the parodies were not there." rye Witness---" Large sums were offered—l could 'have. got one pound for one, and the caution was, lest a stray. on; should be picked up in rummaging the shelves." .Georgr Birder, bookseller , of the Borough of South. Wet k, deposed, that he called at the defendant's house abort April. last, with a view to-purchase, for side again, some copies of Wilkees Pokiest! Catechism, but chi the therms. as well as the detendaut himself, . relused to let him.bave any ; that this refusal served to interrupt a !headship of twenty years standing, w.tich he bad bad with the defendant. iftechise deposed. that be applied. in vain at the defendant's shop, about the beginning of March last. for copies of the Parodies, including Wilier's Ca. Pchuw—that he did not know soy thing about those, Parodseh until he heard of their having been prose ceted, and then, from cutiosity, he became anxious FAS Set them. - The AirOrtirai GinfeltAL rose to reply. He cam. premed by corric-ing a mistake under which Mr. Bone laboured in his statement of what had fallen from him yesterday on the subject ot Toleration. He (the Attorney General) bad not said that he held all closes of Christians in equal 'respect, for that would be inconsiitent with his own particular belie', end the great diversity which prevailed among the diffcresst ;fosses of Christians ea this point; what he sa id was this, that he held them all in resprct and ..-steent—not in equal respect: As to the alotsitai to his, having taken the name of God in vans un a t uo or- .pcs, tilia—afl he hod to illy Wab i this; he knew Oling of the zrenracy of the report; but if Mr. Hone!: could derive' the smallest advantage from his ad.' mission, he was free to say, that he had thus ' much blame to take to himself for making too tree an use of the name of his Maker in attesting the sincerity of the opinions he was then delivering.— This he confessed was wrong, for it would be much better to adopt the Christian maxim of Boyle, the great philosopher, and never to use the name of Gon, except where legitimate occasion called for it, and then with a reverential awe in the mind, while it was so used, - and a corresponding humility by an obei sance of the body. But again, and again, he would say, that one man's improprieties formed no excuse for another. On the subject of the proceeding by information, called in question by the defendant, be had to say, that it was not only part of the common law, but also recognized in the statute law. Com plairtts of the abuses of this mode of proceeding were made before the Revolution. One complaint was, the right to file informations exercised by the King's Coroner, or Master of the Crown Office, as well as the Attorney•Gemeral. The abuses ari sing out of this were brought before Chief Jus tice Goold, in the Court of King's Bench; but his reply was, that the law authorised the practice.— This led to the introduction of an Act of the fourth of William and Mary, enacting, that the King's Co- roner should have no such power, unless by the con sent of the Court, and under certain circumstances; so that the Statute Law authorized and regulated the ea tifeis information, as now practised. The Attorney. General also explained Tway the complaint mace by the defendant of the delay in bringing him to trial, in the same words as those he used on the preceding day. The mode of defence just exhibited to the Court, and the mode of compiling and detailing here the loose publications of other men, afforded a deep lesson. It strewed individuals how scrupulously they should refrain from even the use of levity on the most trifling occasions, and in the ardour of youth, lest, in the decline of old age, these publications should not only be held up to -their eyes, but pleaded by liter offenders as a precedent for their licentioarness. Ai to the-setting to secular music particular Sacred Hymns, it, were well to refrain from such a practice. though he was not prepared to impugn it, as he saw nothing in the airs that ware substituted which was likely to impair the effect of the Hymns. He, how. ever, had no hesitation to say, that if the airs substi tuted were not harmless, if they for instance, were calculated to raise impure and improper notions, and as such were applied to the Psalms of David, then the act would be that of. bringing the Psalms into con. tempt and Adicule, and therefore a libel. He could not help thinking that the defendant was the pro. perest object of, all.those concerned in the sale of those Parodies for punishment. He had first sent them into the world—he may be said to have written them.--Mr. Hose .... 44 I am not the writer of them." —The Artosraz Gainuut.—The defsndaot most be virtually considered as the writer of them, for be first gave them currency—without his aid they would never have been heard of. In vain would be declaim upon the purity of his intentions : a man's intentions could oily be gathered from his acts. It would not do, after he bad scattered arrows and firebrands in society to ssy, “ 0, my motives wampum. my inten tions were innocent." If the doctrine of the &few dant be trues and if be were once able to establish k in a Court of Justice, then indeed there'would an end of law, and an inundation of impious and blasplie., moan publications must be the inevitable consequence. The Attorney-General here referred to the pubikes. nob, and commented upon it in detail, energise es the baneful tendency of such a work going abeam!. He begged to say, that whatever verdict they gave, to die latest moment of his life he shoulethiuk be had acted rightly in assisting to bring forward this prosecutioo. Had be not done so,. be should have been unworthy of the situation he Wed as Law Of. fiver of the Crown, and also as an Officer engaged fns the protection of the public interests. He stood them for the sake of preserving the proper reverence which. must be du to the sacred service of the Church at Englaad. He concluded in the following manner : 8 4 . Gendemen, take this hook (the book of Cow. es. Prayer) in one band, and the Parody in the otitis', l and say upon your oaths, if you can , whether the . `latter is not calculated to bring the former into con tempt ? I have done my duty, I leave you to do yours."' Lord Euersoitovon then proceeded to charge die Jury. They would recollect the evidence they had heard on the part' of the defendant, that he had stop. ped the circulation of this work on the 27th of r.. bruary 1 but when he told them this, it was no mat ter of consideration on the question of " guilty or not guilty." Every man might endeavour to do away his offense by a sort of reparation s he had, however, had the painful duty of sitting, when the crime of forgery was brought before him, in cases where the money had been sent back; but so little had this been attended to, that the severest penalties of the law had been enforced. The fact which the defendant bad proved could only have effect in mid. 1 gation of punishment. The information chars that this VMS . an impious and protanelibel : it wa s a libel on one of the most beautiful compositions that ever came from the hands of men ; it was a pat' nt the ritual even before the Protestant form of worship was established ; and to bring this into ridicule, to try to write down the Litany, was Impious and profane.... It was said that there was no such intention, but t he law considered that every man intends that which he has done. The smallness of the price for which these works were sold only accelerated the sale, and in. creased the danger. One o ff ence could not be jot& fied by another : on the contrary, it was an aggrava. nun to say. that persons had done so before, and thence to add to the number of offenders. Amongst all the parodies which the defendant had reed, be could not find any that here any proportion tb the euormity of the present. The Litany and all the forms of Prayer were . in our Statute.books, as much s the law of inheritance, which gives to a son the estate of his father. Lord Hale, venerable as well for the sanctity of his characar as for the profundity I d his learning, h id declared, as the Atturney-Gesieraf had told them, that Christianity w le part of the coal. non law of the land. It this publication were nut to ridicule reiigion, let them take it with them and see what other purpose ii could ;nurser. To raise a laugh —(a laugh at whom 1 if it *ere not at religion.' t'be lest pessege.in the work seemed to be the woist ; f u r these, instead of the solemn and impressive words, -: . . LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1817. PRICK OP liTOCKS THIS DAY AT TWII.VE O'CLOCK s RedasectSlli — Cons , 1681— For °Pain& gsti 4pi Cos. Sill OP-5 per Cam. Havy falls Kook SS fr.—Subelast Sills IS 114 F. Mr. Home's Trial yesterday, like that on the pre ceding day, terminated with a verdict of Not Gerilll." The Trial of. the third Information has also been proceeded in to-day: It is for the publication of, 44 The Sinecuriste Creed," which is alleged to be a Parody oa the Creed of St. Athanatins. Lord Ea ossLatotrois presides, and Mr. Hos' is again bib own advocate. At one o'clock oar Reporter left him speaking. There is every appearance that hit de. fence of to-day will be fully as long as either of his preceding defences, which.do not seem to have in the least exhausted his powers. either of elocution or of argument. The.grounds of this, his third defence, are, of course, nearly the same as those which bave operated his acquittal on the two previous trials.— The crowd in Court, and in the avenues to it, is ex cessive, but a good deal more orderly than yesterday. Atter the conclmion of this Trial, there are four other Informations oa the Roll to try against Caa u►Le, for publications alleged to be also of prophet), and seditious tendency, aad the re-trial of Woo Lea for the libels imputed to him, will bring up the rear of this phalanx of prosecotimis.- The Paris Papery of the 15th, 16th, and 17th, ar , rived this morning. The continuation of the debates on the Project of Law respecting the Liberty of the Pens, and the &signior 1817, which was presented on Monday, occupy nearly the whole of their columns. Want of toots obliges us w defer giving the substance of them till our Gt Zl.—The Loan for ISIS is to be 16.000,000 of rents.—Nu foreign intelligence of any importarste.—Fin per Cents. 16th Dec. 63f. 75c. We regret to state that a confirmation has been re ceived of the ravages of the late hurricane in the Wes; Indies. In bt. Ann's, Marin, and Vauchsu, (Martinique) nothing remains but the soil, the Ne. roes, and the cattle.--Many lives were lost. At 'ninny, same island,.every vessel on shore. Thirty. three French and AtnericAn vessels driven out to sea, not since heard ot, one overset, and a French frigate on shore, having lost above 100 men. The gale did not mead further North than Goa &loupe, nor Southward than Grenada, which suf fered very little. Upwards of forty vessels were driven out of Si. Pierre. St. Lucia, whetelhe Go vernor's house and the barracks wercoverthrown ; is dreadfully devastrited. This m roing we *yodeled lonelier' Papers ,to .the' llth ult.• The House ut Assembly wet opened on' the 28th of Octob:ri b r a Spied) 4otti go The Papers before us contain no sews from sish Main. Oa the 22d of October, the of Orange encountered a severe gale, her on her beam ends, mad washed or, head of ms►les, mad otherwise damaged and cargo. She was then in lat. 17. long. was the day after the hurricane—wV .reached Jamaica. His Majesty's ship LA PIQUE, of 3$ for Trinidad, de Cuba. and the Havel 4th of November, to demand, at the lat restitution of specie taken from his Makr Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet held at the Foreign Office, which sat All the State prisoners conned in Chell have been lately liberated by an order ' CIETARY Of STATE. This morning, at ten o'clock, the last . ing of State Lottery commenced, and soon hour No. 2141 was drawn a 420,000 Prize, al by Bug, in Nine Shares, making the Second shared by Dm in the present Lottery ; on Monday to announce having Sold on , At half-past ten this morning the 410, per Cent. Consols Prize was drawn and Sc by HAUB% 13urtuz, and Co. Royal Er number was 4241. It will be iecollec BURNS, and Co. also sold the last MO, Prize ever drawn, and five Prizes within the last Twelve Monti's. The Yationel lostellipsger, the American Paper, to the 15th of November inclusive, contradicts the report of a fresh insurrection having broken out at Pei nambuco, and announces the presentation to the PRESIDENT of a Prussian Resident. The Court of Berlin had not before seat a Minister to represent it at the seat of the American Government. •Our Minister, Mr. Benin.. had just returned !a Washington, from a friendly risk to the late Pres., dent, Mr. MADISON. We have just received intelligence that a Russian ship is totally lost off Roscoff. and that perished. This is the ship that L from tLe be ship Prince , which threw overboard 100 ged the vend ng• 71- This rhich had act guns, sailed annals, on tte atter place, the sty's ship TAT. et . Council w as till past thee,. helmsford gaol r from the t day of Draw_ soon after that me, and share econd £2O, and be hope le or two Inor r 40.000 Th Sold in shares :ischange--th e ctefil HAZARD, V),000 Money i of &OAP, serican ofEciel We have just received intelligence that a large Russian ship is totally lost off Roscoe, and that 17:J persons perished. This is the ship that was mistake for the. Indian transport. Scum. Daceraass 16.—Arrived yesterday ti Partridge, FLorisou, from London lt.r the Cape with loss of fore.yard, and most repair. Also arrive the Martha. THoMAs, from London for Lim e ri c k • with loss of fore-tops:eller& LtvitarooL, Dtts.lB.—Tbe Lilly, *Butte, frii. Lisbon, was totally lost on the Isle of Bass, the 9t; instant. and two of the clkw, and one passenger drowned; about 100 hags ofcotton saved. The Gar land. Foams, of Dartmouth, was totally lostat Fat. the 28th ult.—crew saved. "FALMoUTU, DOCRldint 17..-. Wind from N.W. i, W.S.W.—Arrived tie Sandwich packet, with a M from Jamaica—she sailed the 10th of November, . from Crooked Island the 21st of IC 'ember. Sail- the Fort , William, for Madras and Bengal. • ToaaAv, Drcmcnan 18.1-arrived the Surat C. tle, WALKS'S, Isom London for the Ent Indi having lost her sails in the gale, of last night. Sail his Majesty's ship Tama. All the ships Su the Be, ride in safety. . • Psaysautrra, DlCltatill . 18.--A • the Ho. Monica., from Quebec tor Lon the 21) . • of November—the day after ure.4o. mast, bowsprit, all her boats. . 'other • :nage. Captain Minims reperus,'hit' on .the Ist November the Camilla, of Loudon, and the Neptur• were lost at Quebec.—Also 4 rtived the Itchier. HAOUS, ;KM London foe Rio Lath 0. , -.sile . lett F -- mouth on the 9th inst. and since then .Jki-.has cape 'fined tremendous weather, and *dipped a sea whi stove her larboard bulwarks —she saw a ship yestE day with her foremast gone. , PoItTSMOUIIis DSC. 19.—.Wina W....-Arreved t , - Two Brothers, WWII Olaf, from litalsis,. whence she sailed the Bth September. to comp i with the American ship P,.tawnier, toe Hollasi - d. • Patterson, Paiute; bad sailed for Aniboloa, si . .• Dutch troops—lett at Batavia the American fri New Leda, :Padduas Ariadue.. Heive.eus, eerie • ranee. Rousseau, Sophia, Othello. and Jane, . Americans.. The Bothell ships Murky, Bees • and Shipley, blonitusia, were thartesed, and tuad for Holland; and the Barton, Ell 401, LirOii.. , berg, Mary Ann, Ocean, and et.n.tantet acre w ing for freight, but to coffee to be got.. 0 the 1 October spoke the American ship Clarissa, i rum A sterdarn, off the Isle of France, to which place was 'sound. Dent., Dscaunen 19.—Wind W.-. -Arrived t Prevoyante storeship. mini Portsmouth, ais.l salt- for Sheerness; and the Borodino transport, from I. Cape, and sailed for the River. Came down tic the River the Moira, for Madras and betigal ; Co merce, for Antigua ; Vends, for Bouroema ; 10 pomene. for Bombay; Fortitude, for Jamaica; 1) iii i i 'lca. Royal Charlotte, and Canes, for the IV Indies. The Mercator, for St. Thomas's, And t ot the Russian men of war, lost anchors ai,d cab: in the Doens-yesterday. RASOGIATIS, thellaillitle 19.—.Arrivei several s for shelter - , among diem are the following, viz. E cabal*. for Rio Janeiro; Sao Joseph, for roltic Jason* fur Genoa ; Alin, for Leghurii ; Licsoices I Gin attar; j..e.fde. for Lith..ti ; LICCIIif I us, lot I 30:. deaui ; the too iattrp with 10.) IJI sails. COST; iM HODNE. Dsconses 15.--1 URA& 1)1. ihe ' Marshal Dleckpr, D. from St. Mattes; the Watson, Watson, tram •I. tra,%; tJe.• • Harrison ; liithia:ry, nava ; mut Cas;zr, Harper. If Q..03 Nonliumaeriand, hite.h..katu, Crum nip.; Lt.- , ox t ail -o.ere • Laming, front Rater :am; and the tot sterlou, Irons Lisboa. (...111TWAIDS — . ll be Eclipse, sect, for Sniyins matt CO,:•:.1:: smile; Musa, Barry, fur Antwerp ; Hope, Conine, for D..::,1' Juane Chan, Plokkor, fur Anuterclan ; Mercury, V. e Cl', Genoa and imentrn; Malay, Ent , nor Yucatan era Lay Honduran; and Man, Hipped, Sro ;twain Ayres. Friday the •soissiscr sP cli Lircei s aich T:42 gave a clear Benefit to aslist she Funds of the Vi . Lent Dispensary. The pe• 1.4 niancrs IA the ev - ing wets, Lie Merchant of Venice. and The Bin. Miss Sylmar Ilagiatiett Use casardCLeta of Pto iiJ, • !Grace Gaylests, Auld its ho h parts was 41,,eive greeted with great applause. The ire dons , 4 Ccnductors of the Dispenaat y. nod their I'm's , ' Colonel Fosiatisa, of Ciiiums.iiiil, in suppor in Chitt tab tare justly entitled .0 the highest eiscAll 0 COM. Mitttni I, DEClLViiiait ip. Alpo et Market. blasts fold, traces It Itesuctale !+1 its 63 to 50S 1' . Underlaid ! .5 not. 93. to 4..: , . ---.--v- ' LulieON s boutsd and rutsi:shed t. 5- Laval. XIN 1 , I'l' l . fists, Terni le-ter. 411 May the grzze of our Lotto Jesus Cams; end the' love of Goo, arid the fellowship if 'lbw Hass GHOST bewith you all evermore t" it said, " May the grace of our Lord George, and the love of Lewis XVIII. and the fellowship of the Pope be with you ever more." The defendant had adverted to many griev ances that did not exist. The right of filing infor mations salfficio was expressly saved to the Attorney- General by she statute of William. And as togrant ing copies of the information, in What instance bad such copies ever been granted to any subject of the realm I Did the defendant wish a partichlar law foe , himself ? He said he was ignorant of the charge to which be had to plead. What I Did he not publish this work ; and how could he not know what the charge contained ? Then what other grievance bad the de fendant to complain oft Was at that be was dis charged upon his own recognisance?—lt was now for them to consider whether the defendant was icailty. Different persons, it was said, had pub lished sirei:sr things. As to going up to the time of Martin Luther, Boyce, and so on, the habits of those times were totally different ; the first scenic perform ances were Mysteries or representations of incidents in sacred writ. Luther himself was not very.temperate when be was engaged is controversy. There were many things in the parodies which bad been read that must be considered as profane and impious ; but this of the defendant transcended them all in magnitude. He would deliver them his solemn opi nion, as he was required by Act of Parliantentlo do; and under the authority oh that Act, and still more in obedience to his eonscience and his GOD, he pro flounced this to be a must impious and profane libel. Believing and hoping ch.it they (the July) were Christians, he bad not any doubt but that they would be of toe same opinion.--( His Lordship, who appeared much oppressed wild indisposition during the latter part ut uie trial, dehvered his charge in so faint a tone, that it was scarcely au dible beyond the Bench.) The Jury then, at a quarter past six, retired. At li eight they retu rned, and their *antes haying been called overobe Foreman, in a steady voice, pronoun ced a verdict 0f...-Noe Guiej e , The Court was exceedingly crowded; and as soon DI the decision was beard, loud and reiterated shouts of applause ensued. His Lordship called upon toe Sheriffs to preserve order, but the expression 01 teel ing was so universal, that all interposition was im possible. The crowd then kit the Court, and mix.' mg with the multitude in use Hall, and in the pas. sages, communicated their feelings with their news,' and the shouts were repeated.—Bes ore his Lortiship left the Court, he asked the Attorney•Generat what, case he would take nest ? The ArroatarGabeau6 replied, that he would take that which stood neap leozder. The carriages of Lord ELLatioommus sad toe AronNET-Grissom. were lohowed down CheAp oaf by a crowd Dot very eerensonioss io the espessioo of their feelings. THE EVENING STAR.