The National Register. — London, England, 1821-09-23 00:00:00

It was a Sunday evening's discourse. There was a uumt• runs audience. I believe it is the church in which Mr. Blacow usually preaches. I never heard him but then.- 1 took notes.—l have not a note beg' g with the term " cowardly." I recollect the term being nsril. I have a note respecting the Jacobins worshipping file Goddess of Reason. I conceive the expressions used were (as read by you), " they tell down and worshipped the Goddess of Reason—a most respectable and decent sort of being compared with that which the Radicals set up, as the idol of their worship." I have not the words, but I have the substance. I have the very expression—" They have elevated the Goddess of Lust," " an object of all others the most congenial m their taste, the most deserving of their homage, and the moat worthy of their adoration." I I recollect the very words being oacd j bust 1 did not lake them down. I have the word, down—" After compass ing sea and laud with her guil►y paramots. I have the very expressions—" Even polluted the Holy Sepulchre with her presence." and " returning borne hardened iu sin and bronzed with infamy." Mr.lllacow.—My Lord, is it right that the words should be read to the witness in this manner _ . . Mr. Justice Holroyd.—No; you may refresh the wit nestle memory, but no more. (Here a minute examination as to the expression took place ; and after some legal conversation, the first count charging the precise words preached was abandoned.) Witness proceeded.—Without doubt the words applied to the Queen. I have not the least doubt of it. By Mr. Illacow.-1 ant not in the habit of attending St. Mark's church. My motives in attending that evening Mere—that you intended to preach a aerosol', the chief object of which was to animadvert upon the Queen. It was from a curiosity I attended. Ido not recollect any individual that communicated it to me. I believe it was generally talked of. I usually attend the Unitarian cha pel, of which he is minister. Mr. Justice Holroyd objected to the evidence. Mr. James Beinne'l.-1 was at St. Mark's one evening : I don't know the date. I heard Mr. Blacow preach.— [ l'he printed sermon was handed to the witness, and he was directed to look at the whole passage set forth.]—l cannot swear this to be the passage, vertatim et literatim, that I heard ; but I believe this to be sum and substance. Looking over the whole passage!, I certainly did under taut the words to apply to the Queen. By ha' Blacow.-1 am not in the habit of attending at St Mark's. I heard you thrice, with that time. There was a procession, I think, before that day. 1 sow the procession pass d own C o stleistreet. It principally consisted of mecha nics, labourers, and others of the bran. There were at the head twenty or thirty gentlemen whom I knew, send whom would cull respectable. 1 cannot speak to the number. Was it not your impression that they were generally the lower orders; 1 mean the very lowest, the scum and rabble? It certainly was a motley group, a very motley group, and there was not that IKtrtiuu of respectable pc.....sni that I saw at other processions. My Lord, I don't wish to he under stood to adopt the word " scum and rabbit." They were mechanics and persons of that class, and might b.: decent persons Ibr any thing I know. Mr. Broughsea.—No no; we know the words are not youra. Ite-examined.—The procession was vety peaceable and well behaved. Mr. Millar.—l purclie%ed the printed sermon—that printed sermon, at the shop of Evens, Cbegwynn,sad Ball. It was exposed to sale there. Mr. Justice Holroyd.—Do you wish the whole discourse to be read as bearing upon the charge agairit you, and ma terial for your defence ? Mr. Blicow.—Yes that is my desire. Mr. Crosse rose to his task, but it cannot be expected that we should report even the substance of this sermon of 30 pages, without one idea of sober reason, or one sentence of honest language. But two notes insole page * and al tac hed to the subject of titre!, and read in cunt tumor 0000 by Mr. Cross, made such an impression ou ull w►o heard them, th • they never man forget them. (Note to " guilty paramour—" See Juvenal's account, in his Gth Satire of llippiali's Journeying* iii the self-same region of the world, by sea and land, wills her paramour Sergio'. But such parallels it should seem, however oppo site or striking, are not to be adduced, while the advocates of " injured innocence" and " unsullied purity" feel no scruple whatever in holding up to public execration, as the very antitype of Nero himself, one whose forbearance nud generosity of character—vs hose great, noble, and truly mag• nanimous qualities, place him in the very first tank of l'i inces ho have attained and dignified their exalted sit oar • ; and who, ever since the sceptre of power was lodged in his hands, Nth swayed it with so much honour to himself, such glory to his country, rind such intsiiinahle advantage to those who have the happiness to live under his mild auspi cious rule of governance. (Note to" Mock Majesty astride upon an ass") " Eider Jet 'oaten] on an ms, "'Then ou the singe act columbine ; " Attend with Bergami at miss, " Theo to St. P.mrs—oh I Caroline I !! Mr. Cross got through the printed sermon in about an how's time. Illacow next rend a sermon in manuscript, which occupied about two house nod a half. We mkt - only a few FlN . ..amens. The Jai y having heard the se hide of that dts course, he would now proceed to Slate his 1111 l tis es, and then lie would conclude se Oh sonic rellectioi.s. Ile entered on the subject a iih great reluctance, ow big to an event so awful and sudden as the (4Heree, death, Thai event ought to have hushed all angry feelings. [lee e the defendant apprated to weep.] But Mr. Brougham NIL, the first to disturb her ashes. Alas, I On that party death made no impressing. The malignant feelings which were brood ing in this hearts vegetated in their breasts, even beneath the rypiess. The hydra of fact ' had resin d its terrific head on the day of her funeral. That disclosed the Llllll4. laileled malignity and atrocity of the designs they had enter tained. lier COUNSI lal re deieriniiii dto c , irs y then vindic tive feelings beyond the tomb. Ifer nmettle was ins their (wads, and they were endeavouring to raise Iniploots on her Omni). This was a postliu 1111 l us chits t of their malice.-- ti/VOUred as she hail lwen by the late King, and o utuw. d 4 " s hehad been from the first years she was in this cuuntn, be . had felt grea t in teres t i n h er. li e f e l t for WI pet kip, II 1111 greater sincerity than her vaunted pi of, ssion..l Own- Plow. But when the haul, filthy, and abominable C11.111;12 , itmiiiist her were es.talnistied— Mr. Brougliain.—l should tint wish :ressaiily to in t. dere, and I have stayed lung lit:foie 1 nth led any inter ruption: but surely thus is maul to Ire t. rd. Ms. Justice llolony ll. Nu t:vadcuce would be admitted THE NATIONAL ItE6ISTER of what you asset', if you could produce it : and we mull not, therefore, hear asset.ions resoi fed to. Mr. Blacow.—When the foul And filthy— Mr. Brogegliame—lle is just repeating the very terms. Mr. Ju>tice tiolrovil.—No, sir, you must nut use such language. lam sot ty to interrupt you on your defence, bat I cannot in law hear such assertions. Mr. Blacow lead on.—No ingenuity could pervert the evidence of her own witnesses; and then he felt indigna tion and disgust in place of pity and respect. Then there was a mock procession In the place he lived its. fhe howling tempest desolated the land. Then, and not till then, it was that he took up his pen. Every man who had a spark of loyalty, a groin of religion, a particle of affec tion for his country, was bound to arrest the progress of the desolating storm. He was satisfied that it was his dimly to bring all the energies of the pulpit to bear upon it. Party politics were far beneath their notice, but there were Christian politics which had a strict claim to their attention. (Here the defendant quoted the several pas sages of Scripture that are usually applied to politics.)— It they would lend an ear to the faction which brought hint there, to the advocates who bail the audacity to threaten the Peers— Mr. Justice liolroyd.—That is quite irregular. Mr. Blacow.—lt was so reported in the newspapers. Mr. Brougham.—lf it was, it was most falsely reported ; but it never was so reported. Mr. Blacow.—lt was not contradicted ; and it was on the lips of every Radical. Mr. Justice ft olroyd.—You must not express your opi nion here upon matters before the Peers. Mr. Blacow.—What would be your feelings In this comparatively humble Court, if similar expressions were addressed to you?—(Here lie entered into observations on the situation of the Queen, and said the Queen had been allowed to come into this Court in very indulgent circum stances, and without an affidavit.) Mr. Justice Ifolroyd.—She did not stand on the same footing as other subjects. Mr. Blacow.-111 talk to you by and by. (The rev. gentleman next talked of what lie celled Mr. Denmen's filthy (;reek.) Mr. Justice Holroyd.—You have nothing to do with► persons who arc not titl e. Mr. Illacow.—As public men Mr. Justice Huiroyd.—You are not to be suffered to go on because you calculated upon it. Mr. Blacow next spoke of " such reptiles as Wood and Waithruan, who hail talent wily to weigh a ding or mea sure a yard of tape, regt'lar traders in guile 111111 deeell• (loll." Mr. Justice Itolroycl.—lf you go on so, I must stop you.. Mr. Bloeow.—Tben I count), go ou. Mr. Justice liolroyd.—No blonde's are to be repeated here. Mr. Blacow.—As public men? Mr. Justice Holroyd.—Not on another transaction. Mr. Bracow.—it was said that the Queen had been ready to make an affidavit, as it was said, that she would not receive the money. Let them not believe it, as com ing from Mr. Brougham. He hail been guilty of a mural ilegiadatiou, which he hoped would never again be seen at the bar. But the good and great old Chancellor nobly replied to him " Fiat justitia rust ci, luni :" he was like a venerable oak iu its native soil. Mr. Brougham hail endeavoured to intimidate by his hit tats when lie could not cajole by his sophistry. That was the practice of this ferocious school. lie burrowed the word lions Mr. Creevey, of Whig-radical notoeiety—for Liverpool had the honour of giving that statesman birth. (The rev. de fendant agMei plunged into the vortex of the French revolution, and the comparison of the ferocious monster Nero.) They crept into Parliament after all, through the crannies of rotten boroughs. Mr. Brougham and Sir F. Burdett, and others of that pestilent faction, were mem bers of the Concentric Club, that horde of ferocious per sons. He (Mr. Blacow) lied not defamed the Queen; and he was prosecuted, not for defaming the Queen, but for the many editions of his sermon against the Whigs and Radicals. (The rev. defendant next entered into a long history of his efforts to deprive an Atheist of parish offices, and of his failure, through the conduct of " the well. known colleague of a radical Counsel fur the Queen, and Member for Nottingham.") Mr. Justice liolroyd.—No, Sir. Mr. Blacow.—As public characters? Mr. Justice liolroyd.—As a man of education, conduct ing your own defence, and professing zeal ter to authority, I am surprised you can go on so. Mr. Blacow again reverted to Nero, and the comparison to him, alluded to blasphemies against Ministeis, sod said the Queen's answers. to use a well-known expression of Mr. Scarlett's smelt of blood. Why was this prosecution brought ugainst 16111 utter the Queen's decease? Why was lie selected ? (ile next landed the Judges of the land, and lamented the asidanutia sustains even upon them, and concluded this ',art by exclaiming . —" Pettish the arm that would not be raised at such a crisis—silent for ever be the tongue that would not speak." Ha detained nut the Queen. It was impossible, it lie had the eloquence of sir Ila route Lees, in behind, or ot that man of straw, JOllll Bull against which lie intiterstood Sit John Cupcly set his lac e. (The interruptions acre incessant here and unavailing.) Mr. Muni/ham explained, that I louse had quoted paro dies, nut to show that others hail not been prosecuted, but to show that lie was nut godly of pi idiom or biasplie• mous parudy, inasmuch as odic. as liable to that chaige had been written by perawis ut tividembted piety, and ur• naments of the chinch. • Mr. Blarow.—lr racks, torture , , even the gibbet were• his reward, he would nut abate one word pit wl.a: lie had said. The image of the " Pedestal of Shame" he bun rowed from a letter in a London paper—nut the leading journal: nu, it was nut from l'h. 'limes, Ilse must talsc, most pestilential, most licentious, must inflammatory pa per that ever disgraced any counity; slur 110111 Juba fu', the lays of• whs.,: honest tooth dispelled the mists ill de lusion which anarchy had Mr. Justice quite irregular. Mr. Itlaeow.—lint the letter he alluded to was in the (gluier, which !prided itself on ilecusoil, and gentlemanly language, and which admits ut nothing low on scandalous. It is quite• online Ili,' you alone are 'I Is ( - It'd. Bills are found by the Giaild July against utlitis, and it is nen Ln u ,s a . Mi. Itlacuw.—ltehno God he Solemnly secure he was nut guilty of Ili( chat ge.— l Its the dig -ot to Nhow that be had slut defamed her lase Alaj..ty, he used spiels Its on• ill g 0,41414 cm. aobsce till), tv. Ifs slots indignation ut t h e. Judge.) 'l he I wmvsl ( LUIII/011 was a viperous bt ad, a nest of pestilential Radicals, and moun tebank dealers in disloyetiy. Mr. Brougham.—There is not a syllable of troth in that. When be concluded his fervid language, Mr. Justice llohoyd, gave his opinion that it was a libel. The epi thets were most abusive and derogatory. Could he be ignorant that he was traducing and villifying the thieeti ? —By a particular statute they were to judge whether the delei.dant was guilty. As a Clergyman of the Chards of England, holding himself out as very loyal and very desirous of the preservation of the state—he gave his opinion of the Queen's guilt, and left not the people to their own ri tlections, and thus he disturbed the peace. —But it was for them to judge whether it was a libel or not. They were to lay out of their mind. all other con siderations, and totally their own opinion, respecting the question of the Wren's h oist or innocence. The only ques tion wrs, whether the publication tended to degrade she Queen,to traduce her, end was published with intent to vilify der, and to break the pence. I n his opinion it was a libel. The Jury retired for a qua...er of en hour, Ptid found verdict of GUILTY. The Reverend convict wos gone before the verdict was returned. HORSE RACING.....EDOE V. PILLING. Mr. Parke stated this to be an action for the recovery of 2001. the penalty incurred by law for entering and tanning a horse for a less sum than 501. at a place called Bagslate Common, near Rochdale, where for some time past horse races of this description had been carried on, much to the annoyance of the neighbourhood. The sta tute of the 13th Geo. IL. imposed a penalty of 2001. on persons engaged in these unlawful diversions. The Act recited, that horse races for small plates tended to the encouragement of idleness, and were calculated to die. courage the breed of strong, active, and vigorous horses; it therefore inflicted the penalty upon persons entering or muffing any horse, mare, or gelding, for a less stake than 501. ; and a subsequent clause enabled a common informer to sue for the penalty. Timothy Leach, of Witwoi tit, said he knew Bagslate Com m on, in tile parish of Rochdale. He was at the races last year. Knew the defendant Pilling; he had a horse Wiled Jerey. Air application was made to him (the witness) by James niggle for his mare. His mare ion, but Jet, won. Pilling was at the race; the money was put down on both sides—five onunds each. Cross-examined by Mr. Justice .lolroyd —He did not know whether the horse Jery was a gelding; he was not ce. ; he rather thought lie was, but was not cer tain; he had not sufficient acquaintance with the horse to know whether he was a gelding or a stallion. Mr. Justice Holropl.—Mr. Park, you must prove that fact: you lutist prove whether he was a gelding or not. Mr. Park.-1 cannot du it by this witness, and I have no other. Justice liolroyd.—Then you must be nonsuited. You come for a penalty, 3 ittl you ought to be armed at all points.—Plaintift nonsuited. This cause was undefended, and the unexpected result was the subject of a good deal of mirth in Court, at the expetice of atm disappointed informer. CIIRIST S 110SPIT4L. Friday being St. Matthew's Day, according to annual cusiont, the Right Hon. .hc Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Sir James Shaw, Bart. and Alderman Sir Richard Carr Glynis, Bart. Alderman Christopher Smith, Thomas Thornton, Esq. James Palmer, L•sq. and the rest of the Governors and Treasurers of the several Royal Hospitals attended Divine Service at Christ Churcii, Newgate. street. There was a most excellent Sermon preached by the Reverend R. Lynam, NI. A. and which had a most im pressive effect on the congregation, which were numer ous and respectable. Se. rice being ended, the Lord Mayor, Governors, &C. repaired to the Great Hall in Christ's Hospital, which was crowded with ladies and gentlemen to hear Orations. The first, in Latin, was delivered by Master Joshua Welsh, the senior scholar, who, although or'y lerstood by the um.e learned part of the auditory, failed not to make a deep impression upon 1"s heirers, by his manly delive.y.— The English Orat'on was spoken by Naaster Joseph Yakes Cookson, the second scholar, which Irons bent; understood, spoke more loudly to the feelings of all pr. sent. After the orations were concluded, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and the whole of the company, rewarded the young orators by oecuniary marks o, the' , approbation. Alter which the isenlles of all the hospitals appeared, td laid down their staves, and asked the Ci,y Plarshal it he knew of any complaint against them/ and being answered iii the negative, they were severally called over to take possession of their staves again. his Lordship and the company were enterlined with cake and wine, and afterwards broke wt. The Governors and Treasu rers of Bridewell, Ikth ern, and St.Thinr.as's, went to their respective llospitlls, where dinners were provided for Mein. Wednesday, a inAll underwent the sentence of the law in Gloucester, by bring flogvil :4 a cart's tail through the principal sweets of that city fur the crime of child stealing, to an extent probably that newer before was practised in this country, hiving stolen no less than five children, three of them of one fancily; the oldest of them was only four years. All incalculable concourse of people were collected to see the punishment inflicted. The women were particularly outrageous in their exe crations against him; they called out to the cxecutiolier that he did not flog him sollicir mly severe, and at the conclusion of the flags elation, and on his being untied from the cart, it was with great difficulty he was kept from the women executing their veugeance upon him on his way ti: use prison. It is understood that the cr u el and unfeeling wretch said that lie had been employed to steal the children, but reiti..ed w tell die seal, more than seven lett iu length, %vas stern in doe river at 1.11111•41ek t un IVc7(lite(lry bl: • 11111611l, i:11 Lily ( twat 01 thy Itiouse ut 141(1:191I).