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for; but till that period he preferred 'going on in a known w,a*y ; for so long as our revenue. was fluctuating, which from its nature it must always' be; there Must, under Whatever form it appeared, be an, annual excess or. diminution, liable to all the objections urged against the present system, at whatever sum. the Sinking Fund was fixed,. As to the deficien cy in the Consolidated Funds- he still entertained ; the hope he.had expressed, that it might be got over by the progress of the revenue. • At .all events he could not be- persuaded by the. Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Grenfell), that it would, be wiser to leave the public money in the hands of the Bank for its advantage, than to borrow from that Body at a low rate of interest, while - Govern ment received a larger interest for its own fund. The saving to the country in this respect was very considerable, and the public good was eminently consulted by the systein. Th e motion was, put, and agreed to. M t• MStBERLY next moved for an Account'bf th e Charge on the Sinking Fund, from the sth of Joy, 1820, to the, sth of July, 1821, di stinguishing each quarter. In introducing this, he replied to several of the arguments la the preceding discussion, and contended that there was every prospect of the fund be ing worse next year than the present. Mr. BamtimG. could not imagine any good ground for persevering in the present system of. the Sinking Fund. In substance it had been abandoned for years, and yet the Right Hon. Gentleman persisted in adhering to all the forms. These, in his opinion, served only to render the accounts unintellielble, and'they ought therefore to be given up at once, and the real state of the co vow e d to entry in re gar d t o it s reve nu e and finance be a l appear. On time subject of the ar rangetrients with the Bank, however, he coincided with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex- Ihecltier, and diff ere d f rom th e H on . Gentl ema n. t wa s the most economical course that could be pursu e d , and produced a very large saving to the But it was not necessary in any. of these transactions to have the whole accounts in con fission. The statements made - by the Right Hon. 'Gentleman had been to him a very agreeable dis- , appointment. lie rejoiced to hear of the im- Provement s in COmmeece, though he was at a loss to copceive how 'they bad occurred in the midst of all the distress in which the country confessedly was, and particularly while the distresses of agri culture were so severely felt. It WO difficult to . account for their not having communicated their effect s to the state of trade and: commercial terprize. In conclusion, with : these cheering Prospects, he the more insisted on the expediency, of, simplifying the accounts, in - ;order to enable t hem to tneet what remaimied.of difficulty. The CHANCELLOR. of .the EXCIINU ER, in an swer' to one question 'r e lati v e t o the increase of th e revenue, b egge d t o Sa y t h at i t was greater l ast half year than:he liad' . .ever remembered. it; and on this it was thaihe founded his hopes of pro g..ressive improvement. As to the simplification of the national accounts, that might certainly be in alsoe degr ee to b e w i s h e d .: b ut the House ought t o s ue fr b e aware of the great evils that must en- O 'ln tr t 4 " alteration in all the old forams - . Such nteeasiligib mr e would render them perplexed and un- Post - b e n' e t ' and the whole for a century past modelled to. enable them to draw combo modelled, hetWeen any past year and that in v hielm ti 'Y were. He preferred going on in the 'cay whi le ar use and experience had rendered amnia a ppli cable M r p to the general service. 1111 Lies traordina r considered this to be a very ex- Understa n d eY P th roposition. Ile for One, never could • knew no one wh Pesent system o accou n ts, the ili a h° Hon.. ") could. He questiOned• if even merit. Gentleman stood in that predica- Why were they not as-simple as any hrm merchants, as th ose of the Hon. Gentleman below (Mr. Baring) which, however extensive, he would be b ound to say, displayed none of their 'intricacy or perplexity. The Cnixcceeon of the Excima. urn replied, drat he tvas., sure a g reat many G ent l emen un derstood the accounts as th e y were now framed. , frrn i- o li arument. was ' i n favour of old e,stablished in preference to theoretical' innovation, 1 91 'itim it was d em o nstra b le must be attended by man y inconveniences. Ai r • DARING said, all the " old forms" were tl:i_%e,nted by the Ri g ht H onourable Gentleman n- elf, and h a d b een i ntroduced by him within self, two or three years. Th e A, question was put and agreed to. simre“ 2 : r ' A I‘nERLY then tnoved for accounts of _the of 4 - 'e sB Pi'licahle to the redemption of the Funded 1 821 the United Kingdom, on . the sth Jan. fur ar '!eParati ng I relan d f rom E ng l an d ; as also b e e t ' °ll nts o f t h e total unre d eeme d U n f un d ed th e fan the cha rge on account o f management lo f . d a Icmt ernai , j) Ppimcable to the redemption of time 4 ' v e 'ie f,„ " leht—the charge 'of collecting the re char,' United Kingdom—=the amount of atn(int o f On the Consolidated Fund—time P a l'ers.-..... ;0 11 e Duties on Windows, and Other rderod. 14, Ar FICCISE. iiid . Artoc t P v;GERALD moved that there o'2l4)i;:bl:)e.laid ore the lIouse; copy of au order. di', the "°ard-of txcise, dated the 22d July last, - ••16 subject of Irish Spirits.—Ordered.. Trin QUEEN. baLord C-A sTrAtt - EA GH moved the Order of the 0 y for bringing up the report of the Committee l 11 1 1:1 a , t11a t Part of the KinE,c's Speech, relative to CIE. 111 .9 . , Of a provision for her Majesty. , Sir G• CLERIi. brought up the report, which. was read. I sl A w r ' i 11. Sumxr.it rose to move, that 20,-000/. 'l'll,°,:n'i,Tbe strbstituted for 60,0001. in the report. i , - oil. Gentleman expressed regret for the i'll'Petuosity with' which he had expressed himself butart of his sp l e.ech on the preceling ,evening ; for he could not in the same way express rev:et l i r that which he had advanced, which had led an i:311. Membe r to accuse hi:n of ignorancp of the Ni l ‘• ' L 'Ples of British 'jurisprudence. 116 would tonai,utain that he had a right to form an opinion tille ,case of the Queen, from the evidence i ls ) . : t i ct ,' bad been given in..the House of Lords. ~i- i t . ',"4 all the rest of the evidence aside, that ' l!'eD had •been obtained from Mr. llownam .4-111 e ''rr• .' , lzlCient to satisfy him that the Queen . . was guilty. This opinion be could not alter, and he - did' not think he acted inconsistently; when he thought that it would not be safe for the Pub lic that so large *sum as that proposed by the Noble.LOrd should be placed - at the disposal of he:. Majesty. He should not discharge his dtity, if he were not to Move as an amendment; even though he should not 'find ten-MemberS-inthe House favou'rable to his motion; that the 'words " thirty thousand," should be substituted for " fifty thousand," in the'Report. • Mr. Bll.OlrofIAM Said, the House would see that : he -could not rise for . the purpose of opposing the motion of the Hon. Gentleman ; whether the . House' chose to 'insert• 30,0001., 20,0001., or 10,0001., must be to himself and his Hon and Learned Colleague a matter of perfect indiffer ence. The Queen refused the money entirely. She resolved to take none, and therefore'what, ever sum theHotiSe might think proper to vote was to her Majesty And her Legal Advisers a matter of perfect indifference.. The having expressed regret for the heat into which he had been betrayed, he (Mr. Brongham) was the. last man to say that it ought to be re membered for one Moment. • But he' must put it to the Hon. Gentleman, whether-it was fitting,- that he should take-Up -night after night (and lme was not the only one who had dorre so)'detaChed - portions of theease, the whole Of which had been . laid before the other:ltouse. He'was'now obliged, to say, that if - he heard any more of this—that Member after Member continued -to rise to give: an opiniOn'•on parts of the case = --an opiriion, founded on what they might have heard out of doorsif this course continued - tote pursued, it would be impossible that the matter should rest, there. The -Queen was -guilty or not -guilty—: she was acquitted or not acquitted. If she had , been acquitted,. let her have the benefit of an acquittal—if she - were not acquitted, in God's name,. let those opposed to her Majesty come forward again with charges against her, if they and the public had hot already had enough'of such proceedings.—(Hear, hear, hear Sir TuoimiAs Ltmluttiode said they had no right to try the question of the guilt or innocence,: of tile Queen there, but he had a right to eXpress his opinion on the ease; and looking at the evi dence, he would lay his hand upon his heart and say he-believed her Majesty to be guilty.—(llear, bear, hear I)—Neither the taunts of her advo cates, nor the clamour of the -people out of doors' shoUld deter him from expressing this opinion.— He should be sorry to go one-step beyond what, might be regarded as moderation, but he could: not -help expressing his sentiments on this ques-: tion, and there, as one of- the Representatives of . the people of England, he would say, that When a grant like that moved by the Noble Lord was. proposed, he had -a right 'to support an amend- anent that went to substitute a smaller sum.— He was disposed to do this-, because lie could not approve of the Way ju. which the money plaCed in those-hands had been.dis-posed of. He was borne out in, saying, that there was no answering for the way in whic..:;:`,;ny so disposed might be used. , It was said that the Courier B.ergara had lately been , living :in the metropolis of France in a manner which would better suit the rank of our highest Nobility, than -a- person of his ignoble character. He wished to knoW where .the fUndS -came from that suyporte,d him in this style Of, Living?--was it froth the House of Commons-? If they were thus to dispose of the money of the people of this country—if :this were submitted ,to, - he knew not What character would be given to the British People. He thought the character -of the country disgraced, and when a vote was proposed which :he -thought-furnished-the means of continuing thatdisgrdce,_ he 'would oppose it as far as he could -by vote, - which should be given for the snialler sum which had been named. Mr. CURWEN, though anxious :for economy, could not object to the large grant which had been proposed, and though her Majesty, in some of her answers, had been betrayed into time use of expressions which he could not approve, yet he considered these ought not to be imputed to her Majesty, but to some of her advisers. He wished to see the Queen restored to the Liturgy, and to all her rights, that the country might no longer be agitated with theSe disenssiOns.- Mr. AVSTEILN complained of the manlier in which the case of the Queen had been brought forward piece Meal, as contrary to every principle of law and justice. _ _ _ Sir T. LETHBRiDG'eicplained. - Mr. M. FiTzGERALn commented on the incon sistency of the course pursued by Ministers in giving a single grant to the Queen, while they avowed - that they had a moral conviction of her guilt. He thought MinisterS ought to'rise and justify their conduct. Mr. 11. SIL)INER, in explanation - said, he wished to- curtail' the alloWance to her Majesty ; as he doubted, in conseqnence of t he.setlitious tendency of her answers to the, addresses, and in conse quence of the message brought 'down from the .Queen yesterdaY, he'could not think it safe to place so largea sum as it was pro'posed to give in her hands. A 1,1% SYItiE3 thought when the office of mode rator became vacant, the lion. Gentleman would do well tobecome a candidate for it. He rose for the purpose of discharging a duty which he felt that he owed to himself and to his Consti tuents, by explaining the reasons which would govern his vote on the creseni occasion. He pro ceeded to argue, that the objectionable expres sions which bad fallen from her Majesty did not deserve the construction which had been put upon them. It-ought rather to be suppoSed that they had escaped without due consideration. lie regretted :the exclusioh of her Majesty's name from - .the Liturgy, and was of opinion that its re storation, which her Majesty had a right to de , . mand, must ultimately take place. The Act of Charles the Second did not, 'in his opinion', autho rize the course which had beem taken - in leaving; it out.' He thought the .Queen otighug be i-ein • stated in all her rights, and did not belieri're . that till this was ,done the public mind would be tranquillized. , Mr. AldernianWpon said, as the lion. Gen tleman opposite seemed to Wish him' to bring down some account of the manner in which. her Majesty paid her bills - he _begged now to ask that Hon . . Gentleman, if he (Mr. H. Sumner) hid any nusatit"fied, claim in his ficial,tetl would-At dowtr fora moment to give iiiiit•titne to H answer, As the: en. Member did .not, appear disposed to.answei- he-should proceed. lie-had called on the Hen. Member as he had dOne; be.; ,cause much had been said on this subject ;last night. They had heard too of the large sums spent by an individnal (who had been Galled an, ignoble charatter) in Paris, and these wire ift some way connected with the accounts which had been meatier-fed. lie would challenge the Hon. Gentleman 'id thew that one shilling had' been transMitted to that. individual. Ile also challenged hitn'te prove . that the style in which that : individual lived -in - Paris was such as had,' been described. This- he 'might easily 'establish, if it 'were the fact - though' he might not be able, so easily to prove _whence he derived the funds* which ,supported such splendour. 'He 'had' now to state, that the person to -whom he, alluded; was at Paris by , the express desire of her Majesty's Legal AdVisers, to be ready, in case 'he 'should be wanted . as a witness in this countr.--L(Hear, hear,- hear !)=He' spoke.in•the hearing .of her Majesty's'Counsel, who - could set him right if he had stated any. thing intorre.atlk,' Had Mini tei's - dared, or had they chosen.to bring charges 'against her Majesty in, -the lletise of Commons-, they !bight have had the pleasure of seeing the 41-entleman alluded to' (Pergarni) in this country. lle did not complain: of the way in Which the Noble:Lord had brought: the present question forward, but he had now.te ; put to him a very Strong 'qtlystion or two, similar' to those 'whiCh he had just asked.. Ile believed the Noble Lord had read" from a book certain Answers' said to haVe been given by her - Majesty to Addresses presented to her.. In one' of these she was made to say, " I trust the period will ar-! rive when I may promote the happiness of my subjects." This Was 'read as the Queen's ansiver fo the Address of people at Dover. Now he : would ask the Noble Lord if he had ever seenitiu writing s and if he could answer forits being in re-'I 'ality -the answer of her Majesty.—(Hear, and laughter.)—lle would call on the Noble 'Lord,' 1 or any one else,. to say that was really the! answer of her Majesty. 'ln answer to the Ad- . dresa, of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Canterbury, the Queen was made to say, " I am happy to receive the congtatulations of the good people of Canterbury, It `will always aiford me' pleasure ,to make my people. happy." Ile ished to know how it could be proved, that these were ; 'the answers given, by her Majesty. He denied; that they Were her's, and -would forfeit his life if' she• Were proved to have given them. The an swers given to the people of Dover and Canter bury were merely a few words---were verbal. was' true, that at Canterbury something,. like the expresSions given in, :the published ans‘yet - had been used. - Her Majesty had said, " It would afford great pleasure to me to make all the People happy."—(lleat, hear!)-- But in the Dover answer he denied any thing like .a close resernblatice to that which had been given. lie could appeal to,all in the. room for the cor rectness of this assertion. The fact was, no written answer was given at all, for the Queen . had not then been used to gite answers to ad- dresses under such circumstances. Ile, however, denied that she had replied j the;terms de-, scribed, and he challenged the Noble Lord, and the whole - Country, to find any such Words in the, four hundred Answers which had been given by her Majesty. Lord CASTLEREAGII rose, but gave way on per ceiving Lord Low-my:it an his legs.. Lord LOWTIIER rose to 'say a few words, which went to corroborate one of the statements made by the lion. Member 'for Somersetshire (Sir T. Lethbridge). ''He had been at Paris, and while there, the person pointed out to hiM as Pergami was distinguished by ati equipage, and a style of living, fully as splendid as any' then to be found in Paris. '_fle liv'ed in the most .public way, his servants were about every where, and nobody there lived in greater style. Where he got the funds front which suppotted him in this mode of living, and whether he paid for what he had,', were circumstances of which he knew nothiog.l He made no -comment on the way:in which her Majesty might be expected to dispose of the Grant proposed to be made. When it was once voted, he conceived that she had a tight : to do with the money what site pleaSed. Mr. said, it was entirely by his directions, in concert with his Colleague and the rest of her Majesty's Counsel, that Perganti had been bronght to Paris to reside. It was at his suggestion that he was fetched from Italy, where he was residing on his own earth, in case the Bill should be brought froth the Lords to that House, and in case het Majesty's legal Advisers should think it necessary to call hint as a. witness. This he asserted - he knew of his own knoWledge. In Consequence of directions.which he (Mr. B.) had gifeli, that individual (Pergarni)i was brought to Paris, and if while there he spent a considerable sum, he was not the only witness for the Bill Or against it whO 'bad lived at a considerable expence. • Lord CASTLEfiEAGH had not intended to give the 116uSe information that was other than cor rect. When the lion. Alderman challenged him to spew that the answers he had read were those of the Queen by proposing them in writing-, he knew very, well that he ( Lord Castlereagh) . was' not in the service or in the confidence of hei Ma jesty, and he migbt therefore most gallantly challenge him as . he had done, as he mast be aware that it was the last challenge that he could possibly accept.—(llear.)--:-The answers parti cularly alluded to by "the Hon, Gentleman ap peared to him laughable. in their character. Tiu were expresSiOns in theM of a character- much mere serious than these idle rhodornmitades._ if the book published" . were incorrect, he thought the Honourable Alderman . would have been Much better employed- in correcting the pres than in challengiuv him. This-hook having been boldly published, he had Concluded-that they were correctly given. lie Would read from it, one Witfth he thought needed more NMSiOn than those which had been alluded to: ' pOing this, he should ren der the worthy . Alder Man e, fori as he un derstood, a new edition Was about_ to come oat, that these most precions doctiments; political, Moral, and'reliiious, tniglit not be lost, if it - yliaS not properly printed. tliz3 13- or r A !deft - Min .Would have an opportunity of . COrteting . it. The 2 :an= saver wits:one gitea to the ileciple of Waridg%icittli October.l3, • Mr. Alderman .WooD wish6d to vidiSt pitge It appeared ? Lord GAsir.e.EAGi said, in page 73,, but hO did tiot know whether they had got ltOld of the's7tme edition. The answer ran thnst" Though no Queen has been more easy dt access to her people; on their part, there has , been ,m 3 minution of love ai:d respect. The ag - e'of igno rance is passed away, when it was thought indis pensable that subjects shouldd - be distant and Oh,. si i ..qUions. A - Sovereign tney dispense with: the ceremonial formerly required, (there it would be seed the Queen considered herself to be a Sove reign), - and could not keep " aloOf front them without forfeiting their regard." Those which the Honourable Alderman had, .noticed he .(LOrd Castlereagh) regarded as trilling and contempti ble, What he - objeCted to was the whole sys: tem of - politics and morals to he found in theSe: documents, which, circulated as they were; if they were 'believed, seemed to .him more calcu- , lated to produce fatal consequences to the cuun-: try than any publiCation of the Satrie size that he had ever ma with. . . Mr. GIPPS contended, that on that, side of - the House Members had as good a right to expreS''s their conviction of the guilt of the Queen as they' had on the other to speak of the prosecution "as, having been carried on by bribery, and cemented: by perjuy; The Worthy Alderman vindicated • the Queen's answers in such a manner:as to lead to the belief that doing- so_he wasdefe,nding his: own bantling. He referred to a record. -a vote of thanks from that House, thanking Queen Anne for ordering the Electress Sophia (the next in succession) to be .prayed for: This proved that it was optional with the Sovereign 'to regu late the name, in the Liturgy, as had it not been so there would have,been pia thanking the Queen for, what she had done. Mr. DENMAN called the attention of the House.. to.the.treatment which The - queen had exile-1 rienced, from the Government from the moment] of her landing down to the' present- time. He considered into develOPe a system of persecution; which (as had been said by :the Member for" fork),- was unparalleled in the history of the; world. That the House of Lords had come to a vote against the Queen he admitted, but that I they had convicted her he denied. It would be seen, from .looking to the close of : the proceed ings, that no ,conviction had taken .place., and the held had been given up,.because -Ministers knew that it could not he' brought to bear in the House of Commons. He contended that the Queen had a right to the full benefit of an acquittal, what ever the motives Might be which caused the Bill to he abandoned. Had it come down to that House, ,he wished to have asked if those who were now so ready to pronoiince on her Majesty's guilt from what they had heard elseskhere, could have pretended to have called themselves un biassed Judges. The Members of that House had a right to form an opinion on the. case. Let them form that opinion on the case, and act on it, but - still they had no: right to go into the parti culars of what had been done elsewhere, and bring parts of it 'forwai d, 'as had been done that night. He had no more thought of having to rise for the purpose which he had now risen for, than he had the - tight to have to defend a 'case that had been dead and buried a hundred years. He cOmplained of the opinions forthed en rumours, and the- miserable and contemptible reports of the style in which a particular individual was living.. A Noble. Lord had condescended to sup ply some particulars on the subject, but he thought that Noble Lord, instead of employing himself to observe the motions Of that individual, would have done better to have given more of his at lentiOn to the study'of the principles of English Justice. He protested against the course which had been pursued against her Majesty, defended. the Message sent doWn by the Queen 'as being perfectly consistent with her conduct at the very coin nenc6neut of the proceedings, and contend ed for her right to be restored to the Liturgy.— lie thought it impossible for any persons to be lieve in their hearts that the Queen .entertained any scheme for overturning the State. There vas more appearance Of such a design on the part of those: who had framed the Address, which, un der . the sanctimi. of Lord Sidmouth, had appeared in the Gaze‘te. Mr. Wir..moT said, he must continue to believe that the imnisSion Of the Queen's name from the Liturgy, was perfectly according - to law'; and that the insertion of it was a more.matter of grace and favour. He thought it his duty to vote for such an allowanCe to the Queen, however, as be. fitted her station ; atid at the same ththe her se paration froni .his Majesty. He should, there fore, object to the amendment of the. Hon. Mem ber for Surrey. Sir. T. AcntrAND particularly agreed with this vote, becau.e it came to no conclusion as toter Majesty's kuilt or innocence. If it had not been fir her Majesty's self-denial and generosity, Fhe Would have had, when Princess of Wales, as much as she was now about-to have voted for her separate maintenance. rotttiEs would vote for the original surn; and say, wall an Ilimourable and Learned Geri. tlernan in another place, " Co in peace, and sin no more." Mr. BROUGHAM said, that this - was, (he would not say on the part - of the Honourable Member) a most false pervee . sion of the moaning of his Ihi nourable and Learned mend. Sir. F...Ow.utNNEY . supported the Motion, as was .tindentood. ; • • Sir 41.-BvArt.E explained something he had said • on a preceding day. Ile should have been in clined to move a greater slim for tire Queen, but for the state of the country. The•example of the Queen in . paying her bills was one worthy of imi tation. He should support-`the' motion of the Nab:le Lord. ;f lie all ry was elearecl3 but no division took place, and-tile original motion 10r50,000%. wal carried. Sir It. P.irt - rtELi - i.moved, (dr a return Of certaid articles,. itriportpd into front. Ireland, a : ii z c versa,Witiihi the las,t . ye:a-ri which motion the fion — oit'r,able; Baronet' fdllorfed Vv ; t t.henotice of a niotion for the .app . o;I taiei:t of a Con-vaiittge to consider tli;sA.,thject j to facitifate the Coininerclal Interconrie hettreen the twit Countries. . . T (.; he n_tNcti..t:dn. of the' E... , f: ctik:4l.7l.:ii„said, that he had objection tO the riiutiony and it waSac cordin , rly agreed to. , Mr. USLIINGTON kid on tne table certain , Fay pers relative-to the sloop George.---Adjotirned at o'Ctock' LAW IN TELLIG EN CM COURT OF KING'S BENCH, F. i. Tlft HI YG Ve. S 11,:. F. lititt m ,... . . , • 1. he ..A - rTo!INEy-GvstRAL pra*ed the judg:. meat of-the Coda upcin the defendant for a libel. of which_be stood convicted: . Mr. SCARIATT said, it vas his intetftion to move an arrest of judgment; bit befOre he did so, he would, suggest to .the . Attorney-General, in consequence of the _difference of opinion upon the 'lion. Ilto:6net'i case on the tench, the . pt=o-: priety and justice of acceding to Alis for having the case removed, either by the present Court, or byanother Tribunal, who would eithei over-rule or confirin the judgment of that CourL The character ui:'d henour of the Hon. - Baronet, was deeply concerned it the case, find as one .of the,Judges thought a new ttial ought to be grant:. ed, he would leaVe it ttrthe Attiirney-Gent.ral. td say whether justice was not n:utt done by having- the factS as disclosed on the trial made into a special case s and the judg - ,inent of the Court taken upod it, The grotind of his motion for arrest of judgment was au insufficiency or want of averinents o'n the face of thee-record but he should not go into that, if the King's Officer acceded to his proposition. • The, ATTORNEY-GENERAL was surprised at such aproposition being made at this period. ought to have been made to hire in Private. He could,uot accede to the suggestion of his Learned Friend. After the length of time .this case haa taken.up, and the long,arguments that had been - heard upon it, when the. defendant was called up for judgment, hiS oounsel threw out, a-sngs gestion to their Lordships - , and not to him in private. lie was satisfied on the jtidgetent of the court, and had no doubt 'but it was correctly •I -- te felt it a duty which.he owed to.tiie Public to call at their Lordship'.handb for judges mot upon the defendant._ _ Mr. SCARLETT replied shortly to. the observiv. • • tions of the Attorney-General ; and said; tnatite one of the Judges had declared that the defend. ant .ought to - have a new trial•trials it would have beep . wise in the Attorney-General to spare . that Judge the pain of passing judgment. — Mr. Scarlet . t then went at large into the grounds fdr au arrest of judgment, chiefly resting upoß this point, viz. That .theie was an insuffici ency on the record td prove-that the defendant wrote the libel of and concerning the dovern ment, as charged in the information. On his sitting down, the Loan Cnirr it . .;TICg% said the Court would consider, and defer giving judgment until Saturday next (to-morrow). IN THE mArrrrt OF MR. HENRY HUNT. Mr. SCARLETT said, that the rule granted to Mr: Hunt against the Sheriff' of Ilchester had been moved by Mr. Chitty to be discharged-with out costs, during his (Mr. Scarlett's) absence. He (Mr. S.) eautd not consent for the rule to be discharged but with costs. Mr. CHITTY could not consent to have the rule discharged with costs ; and it was ordered to stand over for argument on a, future day. TIKE KING V. JANE CAIILILE. The ATTORNEY-GEptERAt. prayed the jud.g. ! 'ent of the Court on this defendant, conVieteti at the last Guildhall Sittings, of intbliShing a se ditious. libel. The defendant was not in Cotiri at the time-the motion 1,7; - ts . Made, and when she afterwards appeared, the Court was engaged with other business, and ultimately the chae went ott to a future day. THE WING GEORGE E7li4`lT)3. This defendant applied to the Court to permit the case in which he stands for judgment, for publishing an alleged iibel, to remain over until the other case, in which he is a, joint defettdant with Major Cartwright and other Gentlemen, should have been disposed O. The CounT s finding that no resistance was made on the.part of the Counsel for the Crown s ordered the case to stand over, at all events for three or four days, THE. XING al. JOItN TA LER, This defendant , was convicted at the late Sit• tings in Westminster, of publishing a blasphe mous libel s contained in the first and tecontl parts of klin's Age of _Reason, the.prOsecatioa being conducted by the Society for .the •Suppres tion of Vice. _ - Mr. GunNEY now prayed ihe judgment of the Court against the defendant, and, aftir athsl4.vits were read in mitigation and, aggraration -of punishment, the defeudant was: ordered tote committed to the custody of the Marshal of _the Marshalsea of this Court, anti, to be brought up again on Wednesday next, to receive sentence. - • The Judges met yesterday morning, and chose their respective Spring Circuits as follows,: — Norfolk—Lord Chief Justice Abbott, said fir. Baron Grahaiti . 1%141444—L0rd thief Justice Daltaa, and Mr. Justice fiichr ardson. H. 11 1 1,--I.nia thief Baron, and Mr. ,aren ' N a rtheru—.4..Mr:Jugtice Bayley, and 'Ale. Ju.tiee'B'est. Oxford---Mr. Justice nrrt Ihirct),c;al'rcw., ' Wcsteru—Mr. J'asticc T3ciruJd, 71tiA •:,rrough. FinE.—TtreFaay 4 f(;,j6e - fc t t fire brolie - ant in the of Messrs, rill se. Helen's ; it communi4ii-teti I)aCtiVig-ro - otti adjoining, which added to t :nye ...ffie t : 8f th't flames, from tife'quatikil:rof aliottl:n.s- • flammable nature. 'loth plave3''lv ereit