The National Register. — London, England, 1820-10-30 00:00:00

S7'. mARr, ISLINGTON. Oa W'ednestlav evening, a most ntinicrons and re spt ctable Alerting of the Inhabitants of tnis Parish teas held at Cationbury Tavern, for the purpose of soling an Address of Cont.i.euil.ition to her Al. , jestv, on the de re:oprittent and exixisurc of the present and il.agiiintir conspiracy against her honour. Tue great room teas rrowded to excess lon., barite the conittieneenient the proceedings, and a considerable portion of the coot pany consisted of elegantly dressed At soen o'clock, JOHN BENTLEY, of HiObury, was unanimously call. d to the Chair. and ioirodoeed the subject to the etitlai.krAiloit of the meet itig by congratulatiug the •inhalritants of Islingttm on their meeting to ciptess their eentimems, on the con duct of a much injured woman.—(Applause.) He would rev: st their attention to one or two remarks, winch be twilight shoot be impressed Oil the miods (u -tile people at large. He then adverted to the conduct of Lord LiVerieCfll and tile Lord Owner:llor, the 'Multi of whom had listened to the di%ustnig dviiils against the Queen, from individuals into whose elimaeters he to. 4 lit in have eneptired before he entertained the charges tor it inutairot. Wliv had he not obi -tined his et itlenee from Lord 'Guilford:Lady Lindsay, Dr. Holland, &e. ito preference to the base tesurnotiv of the Italian Wis. masts? Arid, with respect to the Lord Chancellor, he most have been disgusted surly, with much of the evi , trtice which, in ordinary cases, he (Mr. Bentley) %to-. persuadod would be kicked out of Court. 'foe chati man, after animadveitio; on the mode of cross txmui,i4 • of Lieut. Flinn, by the Solicitor-Ge nera!, sat down antidet the applause of the company. The Rev. Mr. DRAPER, Me to move the first of the ...ries Of resolutions. II? adverted 10 the happiness the Patton felt many y ears ago on the marriage of the Prince of Wales into a Plows:ant Family, and the favourable constquences anticipated Goth that event; but there wets sortie who set a greater value on their own inclina tions than good advice. The condom adopted towards h e r Majesty, aiiiirded ample viols that plots had been lon laid against Ittr honour and happiness. Recent em (Nits had shewn that her entmies had " reckoned without their fins'," when they ima.iitied her Majtist, Was to be brined or 'citified iii;o:111 illti&e:CeiKe in ii•r Own dishonour. The terror they had attempted to strike into the bosom of a flelenceless wentan h.d Catlett on thenhe'ves. Tie attv. gentlestiao theta expaiiaied in for cible lauguae, on the meal's resorted to lot olitainirg the notorious evidence, by which it had becu attempted to prove her Alajesty gaily, and Lon the respectable test- Loony by whieft she laud been exonerxed limn every im propriety, and her perfect innocence established. The Di ill of Pains and Penalties had been introduced because there existed nu law 11 which innocence could be con demned. The enemies of tile Qin-en tell us, s.iid he, that her cause is sinking, hut it is sinking into our hearts too deeply to be ever eradicati.d. The Itey. Gentlenian,_ t:teis moved the first resolution, which was carnal una nimously. 11Ir. l ltioctit stated, that the motion he was about to submit exprtsscd an o i tiniaii that l er M.ijesiy's inno cence was comptewly established. 'fate proofs brought agains her had been heard, and to what do they amount? To pr of condetunation against her encodes. Fur a ?Omit lht past llicy had beet. on their deletite, and tint the Q teen. It is as impossible it should be otherwise, for whet' their case closed, they than-elves were con vioceid of her lajesiy's innocence. Such a collection Of wretches had been gravely brought torward to support a tale of scandal, that if they hail toil setti it realtztd, it would be deemed incredible, and if such events were detailed in a drama, it would be inevitably damned, on the ground that the author went beyond all human probability. Ile then relented to the manner it. which the nation had been demoralised by the circulation of the evidence ftir weeks before her Alai:sly could contra diet ft, and to the circumstance of the Ibriisc of lairds, unit -g the ineomp..tible characters of Grand -I tir.irs, Petty Jurors, Prosecutors, and Judges. Aker many other remai Ls lie expressed his conviciton that the o:ce of Ell.tlaud would be heard, and that her I.ijiisiy's ene mies would not vet:tore to elicounter the hazard of pro nouniiiti.; her 'foe evidence was emielosive, and bocci' iltent ;is believe her innocent, and Clough her oiler this molar try to hide their conviction, it wo ild rankle in their bosoms and torture them take fieni'. Mr. Lt.stotte moved the t Resolution, and described 0: persccutionirtt•r :\ • ' • it:A.l experienced even Leone her first arr . ( in this co u ntry, an d h et comp l ete ac quittal from c eliaraes which were int cstig.ited upon ex parte Lei ' nee. lie read his late Ni a l es ty' s l e tt er , iii t which lie w igtl the Ptiticess Ch•rlotte to relinoit wider her mother 1116vtectioii, and in reined flout that c it k cumstatice his Majes.y's complete Collviccion of her innocence. Mr. Twirsc proposed the l',:so'.ution respect:fig the bill of Pains and Penatiles, Jlld C!Cpreveil his beliti that Lord Liverpool himself, when the sthnuting up lit r Majesty's defence and the ocply were coucluded, would rise and mote the Hill he lead a aco rn( ' time t hi s day sisationths; !Vt . (' this, huweser, Vl . krall hat diliti• gush Lie criminality of its lit st iiV.rodtict:(m. Mr. Itiewran ohsi•reed, tiint th! general principle s of the measure had 61%1 SO fid:y expaii:ited on, that *hale recta nil for him in say. He was n: Opilt,ll, 0141 the Ai iiit..ers pit terr,:tl a !Jill of l'aitta and Peoia!ties to all indictment fi:r hi t pi treason, because they knew tit, enligntelied iiitt•litp-tice cf .iliis country wit ' I never have permitted the execution of the sentence—they knew they could not bring et en the Houle of Lillis 111 vote tor it, and that thr law of the land W.ltllld not slip poet Limo' in it—they knew %it .ii tit •t case they nut , ' have afFirded her Alajesty every facility which hail, in the pros ia proceedings, been dented tier. They most lia- , e gievn her every particular relating to the taste, place, and circumstance, of every distinct charge. They to :451 ha!: furnished her with a list of the witnesses, e • THE NATIONAL REGSTER and would they have ventured to give her Majesty the names of Dumont, Sacchi, Majocci, and Cochi ? Never, and therefore, they could never bring a charge of high treasoo, or even all 1111peathIllelli. Tile Bill of Pains and Penalties, by an tx-posijorto law, created a new clime, for even adulicry was, by the law of the Lind, only a civil injury, and lint a crime. It was paid by Ministers that the State c.died for the pioceeil lig, but toe Stato cnr owed front the people, and oid the people call fur it ?—(Loud cues of No l)—What was the con sequence of it?—The morals of tile country were inju-ed by toe introdumion of lite to illenee to a citFa of persons lio ought clever to have heard of tt. After some further observations, whim' we regret our limit, W1:I not allow us to particularise, Mr. Richter concluded by moving the blut I.l...miltitton, and afterwards read an Adel , ess 10 her Nlajesty, which was received with Lsa. Minons approbation. Thank, were then voted to the Chairman for his exec llout conduct; actl after he had returned his acknowledgments the Mertio: a. I jou rued. %%e are authurisel to state that her Majesty has fixed Monday next at two o'clock to receive the above Address. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT 01' InING'S Ili:NCII. MONDAY. OCT TUE LNG V. DAVISON. The defendant I%as charged with having sold and uttered two blasphemous and profane libels, with the intent of brioging the Chtiatian Relig:on into ridicule and cantentpt. The prnsecution was commenced by the Solicitor for the Suppression of Vice. The defendant was a book seller in Duke-street, Smithfield. The libels complain ed of were contained in a work sold by the defendant, called " The 'tepi)head," the 9th number of the Ist coln•ne, and in a work, published by the defendant, called " Tne Deists' Magazine." The publication of the libel was proved by Thomas F...yley, who was in the employ of the Society for tile Suppression of Vice, add was sent to buy the works iu (location at the shop of the defentlat.t. daciidatit said, that being unable to employ a Solicitor or Counsel in his deience, he hoped the Jury would show him every indulgence which his situation could permit. The defendant contended, that he had a right to write, print, and publish, whatever he thouOt proper in delenceof hie own leh i tion. He charged the piosecotors with being actuated with tl.e same feelings in prosecuting him, as those who, in the days of Henry and Mary, filled the dungeons and lighted up the fires of Smithfield on account of difference of religious opi nion. Tsie defendant was proceediog much in the same strain, but in a tone scarcely audible, when Judge Best rose, and with some warmth, declared that he could not sit there and suffer that scandalous course of defence. lie should be sorry that any thing • which the defendant ha , ' said, should mike him ester ci,e that authority wish which he was vested, but he thought it necessary to inform him, that he had not only the Lower of punishing hint by removal front the Court, by committal, hut fining him as often as he went beyond the bounds of &vestry. The defendant omie same observation in reply, which we did not fully collect, but we understood him to say, that ne must proceed in his own line of defence. Judge For that contempt. I time you tml." Tile defendant then proceeded so read the whole of the libel, and to lie contended that he km as much right to .sblisn a Deistical Magazine as others had to publish Methodist, Unitarian, or Church Ma gazines. The defendant continued to read the publication •, a-d concluded Isis defence by ass :weal to the liberality of Ilse Jury. l'ise Learned Judge summed up at considerable length, amid COMIlle mud with considerable warmed upon the publications iu question, which he gave it as his sciennutss opinion, were most scandalous and scurrilous Tile Jttry found the defendant—Clitilty, Alf. Glinitey nutted that lie• should lie coiiiMitle(l. . ... . • Dura::g ha, c',e fru N. the clefelid.int was hard by the incli,te the sec era. rum: of -101 eat h making cc 'lilt tint G, t title Ili OA. nnarhor.uy ef, o hit h we tio.u:n lite legality of, 1411161, it it exi,:a, the d is self evident. THE KING V. JANE CAIILILE. :rids defendant nay titan ehar t ted with having sold anti uttered certain .. , .tlit!tnis and blab) eintattb Gurney condoett..:l Cie pros.cution. One of the 'aiheis was cooLtitted in N. 9, of the Republican, and 'lll winch ilie I it debit:l4m ;tad just, been round guilty. Tate otiter Itha I was emit ained in a bOO% culful Alenunra of 'Donnas Paine, by Siterwita. in whieli there were soma' eXtrJeli made from the kg of Reason, for the purpose elucidating' the rtdat,tutts opiniuna taf the Liter; The pa d:cation was proved Ly F. Klycr, an agent of the Societe fur the Suppression of Vice. Mr. Hal, in de fence of the defendant, admit th e li b.•lfous nature of the writ ks in question, but saizi that they were first pub:isheci by Mr. Carlisle, helOre his im prison:tient, without teen been prosecuted or notice,' rifler that event lie defendant carelni!y twiny 'Unit Iron her situp ilia she thuo.tlit would be offensive with the imrotio,t of supporting I.er Ilunily by the track: as a regular bookseller. Tne two loshlicaiiinis non she hail sold tinder the that they were sive, front their not baring tr:en noticed. lie thoity.ist it accessary to 111k/till ides Jury that the deit.ndiakt W 29 a firm believer in ttie Clinsiilll Ile then itiereil into an aide ..td a Tionat.ntati%e. Itpetell uC lopore 111211 lrit/ hours in tir d ith, in whirl) lie eiiiinniced that Christianity was lint to Le served tw proseeutiohs 01' this stature. lie cited the opinions of Tillotson, Laroluvr, Lowth, and others, to prove that attacks on the Christian ltdigion, like those conirdaiiies: of, were rather listisficial um•* • to it than otherwise. He called upon the Jury to follow the example of forbearance set them by the f oun d er of their rcligiou, and to let the oi•thions advanced sink tinder the weight of their own infamy, aml not faintish propagators of them with weapons, or exalt them its mart% rs by consigning them to raingeons. At the conclusion of Mr. Hill's address there w as some applause given to the Court, but which was itnme. d iately repressed. The Jury. after a short consultation; found the &fen. dant guilty. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. E. Thomas, curp.mt,:r's London Wall, merchant, from Oa. gs to Nov. 11. BANKRUPTS. E. Hanxwell, Dewsbury, York. spirit merchant. Solicitors, Afessrs. Fisher and Sudlow, Thavies Inn. W. Jones, Newport, Monmouthshire, tanner. Sol. Mr. Tho mas. Fen Court, Fenchureh Street. W. Ulph„ Norwich, boinbas-in manufacturer. Soh. Mews. Tilbury and Langdale, Falcon Street, Altlcrogate Street. C. Waldron, Liverpool, merchant. Bois. Alm , rs. Blackstock and Ilunee, Temple. T. B. Harris, Hinckley, Leicestershire, hosier. Sola. i<tasrs Hall and Willett, Bedford Row. J. Braman, Mossley. Lancashire, wool stapler. Sol. Mr. Battye, Chancery Lane. O. Palmer, Mosterten, Dm-sets:tire, miller. St.ls. Messrs. Alt:under aid llolme, New Inn. J. Murdock, I'. Brown, and W. NPOirr, Nottingham, drapers. Sols. Meb rs. Paterson and Pelle, Old Broad Street. W. J. Porter. Charing Cross, slopseller. Sul. Mr. Towns. bend, Staple Inn. J. Munn, Leeds, common brewer. Sol. Mr. Battye, Chancery Lane. MIDDLESE.Y SESSIONS. KING V. MILLS.—PRETENDED RIOT The indictment rrekrred by the Solicitor of the Treasury against Mr. Mills, for a riot in St. James's. square, came on to be tried on Nliwilay. The 'ase on the part of the Crown was opened by Mr. NVal ford ; and Mr. A rabin addressed the Jury, and briefly stated that he should be able to prove that the defendant hail, on the 3 1st of August, made his appearance In front Ville Quc , ..ii's house in St. James's Square, and there con ducted himself in a riotous and tumultuous manner, so that the magistrates had thought it field to order hint to be taken into cus;oJy, he had excited the public to dis turbance, which created a serious riot, in which many of the constAies were seriously hurt. The Learned Counsel proceetkd to call Vickery, the police-ollicer, who swore, that he had been ordered by ►he Magistrates to station himself at St. James's-square, previously to the 30th of August, and that on that day lie had observed Mr. Mills haranguing the persons assembled in front Of the Queen's house, and that Mr. M. recommended that an Address should he presented to the King, syhich he read to the persons assembled— saying, that on the following day he would attend and prepare the means for signing the Address; that accord ingly Mr. Mills attended on the following day in an open lanaan, and was beginning to address the asseninly, when Mr. Bennett and Mr. Alleyn, two tual,istraies, directed witness to take him into custody ; he then made his wow through the crowd, and carried off Mr. Mills on his back ; and Mr. Mills addressed the pmple, saying, " Will you let ate go, or will you let me be taken away? In consequence of which, he was attacked by fide, five, or sit hundred people, who assailed the witness and the other 13ow•street officers with stones and brick -bats. Upon Vickery's cross-exatnination, he persisted in saying that Mr. Mills did address the people, and excite them to rescue him ; irr consequence of which, Mr. Mills took down in writing the very words which Vick ery swore he had used: William %% r otten, the constable, swore, that he had emleaioured to stop the carriage in which Mr. Mills W. 15, ineffectually, and that Mr. Mills had said to him, if he knew who he was, he would take him into custody ; upon which the Chairman inquired what was the name of the witness? arul linnitiz it was the person mcntiowd iu the indictment, he asked the witness what Mr. Al ub did to him? to which the witness replied, " he dui nothing to me." Tee‘Chaiiman (Mr. Const) said," front this evidence it is clear that yon tentrucied Mr. instead of that gentleman oh:erecting you ; surely this part of the case must he git en tip." Four other Low-street Officers were then ex import, who proved nothing material. Mr. Mills, in his defence, went at very considerable length inio ihe history of the tra n saction, and said he stood there to defend his principles and his conduct, and he would fearlessly assert and maintain, that he was only exesCillug the H ir st which every journeyman, in C• it himself, and every subject of the realm passessed,of poitionitig the Throne at any and all times, when they clime: touuso. Mr. M then related the pait lie had t..liva publicly relative to the prosecution against the i,latt ; that he had g iv en t o Nit flume, on the ot July last, a petition to be presented to the S"' kr . k and that he had substipientfy gi‘cil petition to the Diike tot Leinster to present to the lloose of beds, and which had bent presented by the Noble Doke. lie then read the petition, which he preseme..l to the consitl e r a t. on o f t h e melt i ng i n St. Jilialt:a $ :iquare. said Mr. 'MM., is Il,c hi ad and front of nor 011, tice. Ile !tem emicluded his address by an aititualva appeal to the Jtuv to tliscdiar i 4e their theirs. Ile then procttided to call his witioesstts, who satisfaett &only ',loved th..t :NI:. Mills conducted hi otself Vartlioglia out in tile 1110al peaceable manner, :Ma that lint I single word was uttered by Itim after fits arrest, exteig iii ear mantling to see the warrant. IVlttli (.Ir. Mills had called lite. aline:Ars, Court and Jury expressed astir full conviction that tile merge could not lie sispecireil. Mr. Arabin sant a few words, expressive of hts stir prize at the issue, when the Jury instantly repute:Ll A %Mkt a IS or GUILTY. 9 340