The Sun. — London, England, 1811-11-02 00:00:00

- • i . I COURT OF IthiGii BENCH, Ne ..f. .. , tt -; IlTritiis ItFOR2-1.01113 .gLiAtittoßoittpa AND 4 SUCT AL J VIM; • • ;p. Jrd a, , i ti' utlf ofj '...'"".. - - 1 .1'.1)1 ,! ! '• . 2, •'' '•! C ' i : . .; .• • . 'LIBEL :. ~.. :: - • 7 , .. 1 P,l yb01..11 brit K IVO V. a E NIT 'wilt ere: 1 . - • ' .. 11)' . 3 was an - information' filed t:;i , ii : is' Majesty 411)rney'GetiHal against th,'•"Deftindatit, the Printer 111101. Publsli . er of IS. d• P. ire, '"titi'd ." The In' 4 0; , ;... ,, . . . VI dyp t _. _ a. ' 1 , 4 '7'14 ikk:, ; ' , -,'" lot a libel publiihed in t iftt 1' 0 . the gni Beptetribi" IR!'0• .tli • • - , s '? r ~ ...I f Pie:l'l,l!, g , lAvre opened .O:Mr. Richardson. ., ;.' • con 4r,..4lT ottygr , -Gatifili,Ati.h . tittfi,tittli'rlltat he!' ftitt , .' ~ .'" i VP4 it ,iii3,oi9 y tutii4 d rviiiiiiiit e aenVia.lormaiiol:l. 4 .. , . 4/ 41 :'.„" A 4'2. deletubtott, t o r' • w i,A I : li e. torisi,d . ord.,, - „4 ,. ., 7 ttl( • „ kpe. most iisiS,Clii - VOUS iii iti teudvitcy t , ; indeed be ' • . ' '.' ...,,lio ti 'ld' i ,'"g, l ."- ( tel 44 ;P,lf.).t.:''ltt -:„Ille;ltiofril'Oa!" he .14. 1 ,,': . ", ve i"rivifrd . that i titny 1.140 h itOos.veti to the ;wontl 6•Ygt6,,, , Watt, t his ~ ,r4o4,lzinary ob > errotimo, . iL. 4l(i n tAli lt Mu 'lie cireallitentiVvs . 4. Itiilr iV'e 4 .,, - k o ille Imbi cr .• . •:,.., l .+1( o r ill :V bill - a ' k 144 . 1. i , out) ot I tut it ... e., et . I .. Orlifi k ~,; •7' 5 114 e1 1 1 of i lit. • 14,0 j s iy , rime , at Ott n fp -.I .44 fl at• 4 ' i 11 " 1 1'1 I, V :ibiar a, Co'iguilna,•Talatera.o4 , ,lo 1 ~ . 4 •) ,-- It ' , .. kit, Nl;ijesty judgtet iv . expt,Liieile Lo4ir:a, Ir, n ' ill •''•''Pe‘ 1 , , l mark. -of,his layour , tdi9old f-le be- ‘ . ' , •„ I P l l,l be trot) ps, engaged.. n 1 Ototte,;vii;dries; % . ''' l ‘th' ' ' 11i,', v. ,';'r , !,,,'? r, d" was i,,ed.,..fitat,,avAlials s.bould be ;' ,, 7 90, Otticvti engiteed'ottAltipsti oecasioni of a 1!-0, ) ,' . ' 1 : filitri, .:, I\:,,w i: was . „true that, tnetlak could t, tow *C'9 l vtr , d on all the ,Jro.)y it) ;1‘ , .0.1u,):1y, of 111 r ,,'" i c qlond wen 4ere rcitimlY ithicitltil'ishP` l i '' - 1 ' • C,,l' 't wir6 , con fi ned I,, ,the.tmik.:bl Lieutenat),l, tik ii : t : l !', tor each . . roginaent iyarit,ei 6 r."itecl In conw -44i: r! i ). l, k honour thusbestowecl. He ` l 6 6 'i ' 4 '; ll ' l , l , I ct' 4 , and iri ti:at bp inii) o.the Jury wooldC( ) ',"' , th',‘: 6 l. . l4 't Litt' il ' th v 1),.,61,ci i ii0n ,. 04 , his 1,1).1, . , here, 1)-1 . ,, ° . 1 aLl it 6lvidnal ~f tO- '')' , ;it . ))• (,licl or c AO tape 1) 4 4 : T0.. ,, 1ii,..c , ,t of I I,r P.,,'cr about , t,, L t,t t i . t), ttit tfik t "'d;''ir cOlibiclei, l l l o,,, v, ;as e:‘icleatlyltLifl . o:, f ' \4,,,!L0t inialrer; that ;lie ined:tl plrti,,ll.) 4 give . ti, iii,cli n4 , 4 i ;441'init-tid,:d as :1;, ( tilt, -, tuillk 0 1 (Its- 'Of ii", i i ‘ql;co;nt . 0! - ,i io , h , 6 '•svt , 'l4 1 i 6 '". 1.1 "' C/41c (FP', •• ttp h v yilfrra ti k ttt! , e alone elittid, i 9 GIL , rt:A6 l -,, ' ' 'lllift' 'hit t' e limn were pf (mirs , -, not l' '' • : i.. o iii r Inert: treated t:vi:h ettrittfilipt . nit:l ''C, ll ' tilt: 1;O v. ' " ' ' It etomtot . ot .to , ;ti.r i,..‘ ,, • 1 " ".. . . 'Fur +-••••- ~i„t e, : ,,: yi iiist • 0110.1 . ,41 . 1 1 0 . ; ~t ittioti, 7 ,, , Wee i nittchbit e ter d i eitri . %k it', 0y ill= , of"Vt :r !ii,:e 'lll:4i * l4 pi '' , .O rit);'• c(inclt;ion ii,;11.,,, (1, ciy, win ut cutii'• ,t ()tau tr o n ) 111,-; p.. , 1.,6.11 ,:ii ,he P 4-, '4B • 4, Wan A ho d••sirt-. .1 (1,0 plei , . , ,rva , - ii Society, of who I . ,.•ii;tEci,:ft.l thq I , tbt' j t± , It:ttlyt tit - t i, 0.6 , w ail wtih !,) Cii-; !I.ii:iii:,, wittfit thtf:i ttflido3 t(h ,th . ; s'" Ii- 1 - it!. t i ~. - cittest , ed the J9i . y to , ty ; , ~ . . i SCe whether id.l4;y lit . r . lll4 , ,ealitr• P "` . t. t -4 itt i it , ''r l . 3, -! ,1 to cruatd:aricl'hourisli di.iut) -.tit . tii6 anilyl34 broodly a:1t'5r,, , ,..; t tiA t 1'44 ' a bi'llicil a the det-cni•c,t-of the cLani ry ;LL, "nt tithed f i l.d dl it piieti.by.tbUsb yet y person, I ', 4 l tir.ini tig , t h e k; y„ MO 44 ir GO V yti 9 inen I , we re , 11 1 14 i4 .4 ,. P r ult ct. ;1 , 41 tinvard rtkorom• ~ If' the jutir , At:l 1), 4 th , , li „,nr. irs,3oline3re....pr4;tiiibl6 ouilss - 4.l,'!`t so. h a - I".per, they •vuulditeu that ii uni4lit I tth ' ,, (4 ) 3 '• ,, ltie.: he most, diltrebsing, they wontti tgii t - ."'ls ‘t.,, - vls In elioi h int, iis elfocts Alia— . , t, ,4, it % , , 4 ., ; . IN( ,tt wits. !he obj - ,t vt Oei ptil,-.. f,,, t S .1C k il{:i 0 . ~ here. chuld t,e no ' d übt ; Int 'he wo014:i ,ask. t t ° ll 1 ' tk . .1 ' 4 1 , 1 ,,'' mut) to be 'found in the :limy w.hu ':'.. Iroad ~,,.""'l ' l ' t6 or diiltist, 15i;c:iust: the 9tfic a r at '-"ilk l i '''' h' ' 'carr ied` the honoutttble 6, , 0 c. t . . cgt me ra ' . .: 4 ,:ved ) - r ir"oo which the order in - question be "n‘ble. Jutl iti he 11( t rather c)ltilt that gtwh .iii at Z l , l ' ) tir () ,. cia , llll, li 1101 ) oi.ly to 'tiii coutit . ty:nro, ... 4.l ch ti e h.n..e/.1 of the uorld, the derdi . of , v..aluur Rif goa til it his loreihrqa In, artuti ()tin ed 1 COlntiloll vkl. fi f . d Int to t4u,, t f ' It remained then for fi l e - 0, Ln . k equ tlt ' f ll : hiS ltiOtiVe 'in itibilihilig. 116 P a ir l ---I°' I.e k elt{ r 166 dark and maNgitibt att.empt7t sow (#,ku ditio ° l disatfe6tion in the Atmy• T " ere ‘" s ' e 1 ', lt4 fis.tth i t' t i l thin' in a , iother part of the Paper, -a' 14 : ; k. (11 'l 11,11()11' his Ad iieity's Ministem. He was "' 4 1 U 4(1- -It il ttit the' duet nt the Governw!V `NI „?elt in fr o* , A. - ' ' tlll • ' •d' any tkiih, pre- I ma k/ „ .. , -tiseavtion, . nor tit .; . lt tot " 1 (44 to.' tliseotttiteintile6 or . oiliQoir4l>e,-. S-4 t4se',scionit itartiiiiii(r.,*4k [te Per''' . eta,' ~At t' ' • ‘• •.- ~t; • -.ls ~I.*' 61i i v. Nl, hl .4 say- of iir,AV ) 9 ,5yttre,y1 . 41.4.43 g ' tu t , t . t r letheir wont, ';' Otat ti l iii'cbiicitict was,. ' itt „,, t44. lllt . I:.".t: t d I ntaillots, or !):1; eve'ri ke',t ;01, ' 11 ?:?ir. , “, d `,..- --, "61' 1 ~ • • - as a n , 4 ., 4 1 IviittOnoed by ebirtit)(6;'".:-.9 al 0 'rd not be Ip)9ral -, '''.. 1; 1 ' 41 A n i uc i e ..editig . t , hicil coo , . ~, 4 ~ , „ .) 4 ,t 1, ...i t 4 :.,°(.66 bore tytiiviettibbilic# to f , ret4 ,7 olcus-,,, ,„ . 4 ,, tii i6l4' scatitt aloutl'etticreOtti4'6.klB; - 4,4' 4 'rv 4 . • 41 Lk kiille nt• l't L '' 21 ; 0 1 :11e' i'm per° ,rid .' It• 1 1 ._ 1, 0 1 ~ le . :-.6artie lieept(ierv, whit h'Was'pkttac.&(l by tlie irte4-1,1.!,° ' e' Oht r , Itl 'lie Lopdon CateUe 01 tha .11)4; 14 p' kia g b lal . 0 , for eutifeerint . ; the Luet.lX to the,lol. .144 : ;:k , ' 4 11 , uN :..... Si, 4,4 • kt . i,,,, • L . . ',. '4)o 4 ' l :onf i li - i -- Y Has been g isci t m sly Nplsc4l to.contrit,-!nd, Nv i ,4l. l l,„"iottof thEs britiititt violotiesa)ointgi,b, ( 11 - 4,42rkei;"rtny , ever,thetpa n y.,i n otii&-batties of . 'lo4J:d . tiqtr!,ll".P.;.l,lsu irt.thoseverAltrtimitui4stsittliiiitecaVal.ry ! I lit.litS 4 o l i tie4 'of dktittioishing ihorttriick,OA:l44li,nb r i- ti " i , .1 - ,, ti 04 ' 1 , ctrl. t"l' , ' 1 . 0 iitifna tha t ciA :4 ,4 4 1 Y14 , the ( ,1 " I . 3 1 t.) ° ° oCca• .1141,4 hi ~,. )i ticsr#,ot , tho-artny pre.s.sriv Vn •„, , his ,sk..t}, 4vi 1"Y the 'privilege or .ht4trstlK,tll,o4 ll . l ,__ . 6 . grl 1 , h. N I 1 114 4vinirveti the roccial's'•*hieft itiot p ic , : . ! i,, l st f ut. . ii.,, 4 t 04'. "' 11 "+4%. , 1; I I.v ' Ailattill . l?.* wore bftile la..l'lrei -1 ",:r 3, hu, , , , t iritt t y i' ' at ibbo n tlie Moor Or the ti ; ' k g it' 4 l . ' t ' lli " '' , l. , : i's,sk. rt i ti l ti ) 't‘;'• l, J . 44k, , ,: 4 , 44 .otitt"Pr Ctt"l - 4 :1 0 41 ,-l: 1 ' t '''',N of (.0: the (it i Ot o' :ink' 4if,..*0140 r 1 ° etPt ., , l''''' l :6l. Am tht ; 040' 4 ) b'r . trill tztriii)kim tunc.n t-, ltl Uti i )s t , o 4 i r il it!! . s t i t At tiro. Wu' te %.•ctto'u'r t 6 VhiotSiiipit hitl . es t, % r • .. lit) r ' - . •• . '.,11,n1. ! ~ i ~ (4 ,41 , , .vhiLii the 1, 4 \iti ,► rat ty and ebttervatiotpi n 141): \ ii , . 1 , 11 , 4 ' o l l e t ," r l ..g. t , !(1 Wuxe. - p titlCii.l3(l)' 1.4 1 4 113 40 13 iGt.4k , i ? C° :', '' kk i't.t". l r 'hi .7- ' • . ~ ~ - - ~'. . -'''''' ', , ~': ti it ,4 pi tine w lie'h the,iliiiiigtie,tlntocits i mil Ylitet_, , , t ( *_,';', ',! l A t t t litt,l4„ rl4 l "„; l Prescitt- a ~ s'ou .o,a 'tlarini,44.:Pf.4.*Pft` tv -1 rl 'itt it Nt% it ‘, li • kl "il 4 c•" 11 *C•" • •t ' that 'out * ih r , , , Vo l -4 k3. It ‘ir.i MOS too much to corptCt t 4 fil i k , . 4 4m 0444 i:hittlitt.c.s Is intatny -who:* , ' L 'i t i' ;l- ° ' ''' fFer *t, 1 0 44 1 . "eol to (lit it.i it i Tit . fut I;9ll,4l4icuous sitrian , fi li :,, 7. :. ;... 4 tilk i t o . " , !u•bli,tfir tt ent.e:,fao tft , ' , eyr . u:tist . ?ir' c) ., u , ~ r ti t ryincn; • ' '. :(114 : 1441 1 4 ; 14.114 t t h it i 4 1.11 .4 of iti ' !..Zoran ' c't and — despot despotism' illttilt43 tie , to 14),,W i i"'ll 6, 4 „ 0 . 3 - Pkbent•telvant*, 41touid le . t !.. , ti '' '' l % 6 Ilk rtt:ll.:it).lut4siktih 'ait order. ',(:.. ~. ~,f the [ L't 4, , , Wit,.. I, , !I t. . • t!, tke,cpr4i)Vca tilt 1110 4:,itiCew ._..... i,.. i ,."q,i( ti •1;t 4 ,.i ti i ,lii,i, ir 4 SUltspx to III,: attll):_ftt , i l E''' , l I,` l fy „"`'4l4t e , l , l lurlou - s ditittiictfon matte) . I 1 iheY , 40. at ' . rI. it, ( 4 101 . 44111 _ , , ,•thc tuittem(tatia' tit Cho true s ette .. __ i % ,4,, :ni t , 111 : 1 . 4 ..cu.i their. I:010411434 ',.t i...:ictilf # tc. 4 _4‘'t , , :i a &lath e , 2,` . t. , _?e, 4” the itAmltty alai ti0p . (1!1:9 „.. /I.' i .tr ' , 4 , 1 : ,. . 7-7cttuw4, t;ont4ttte4 all (IL: AMP , / ~t eti:i ", l qll' t vtil c. WIWI and Lail 'nob ta l e ) , wortifintitsed tlrk: ~ .4 t , lie sho /c t . • 5 - , - , A,: Eittti ~ tq ii 4e . e, ! . l,lovernt:44, a air-. IT. ..0.., , 1 , ..' lf .7, l4ll' 4 4l , 46''' 4 l. t t' u tl u te -"•": . Ille•millitary 4' glor v of Frince, s ' cr.' lif,: th II ' 4tn4‘ll 0,49,..16tuti; tlio•-, Oickalica' l3 -A U 1 " 1 - 4 , l e „,,,, . %,,q,i , 11, r , !twe tyd,..„,., ..• • , , , - i . l in) '', ( ". ,iipi , I ( T i .'. , ‘,, Mititsterta, policy a trAnt et tol c,, • 114 It . • WVAilklll.,l 11441 Ceoillitit iloixtitioy t.iiii foto. ~~'Ati~ ;~ +~~ aroik4 are mischievous distinainnS'; 'firi6 pturrnition in his priny' only, receives rew.ird . h and helive arise* that entlin. tttasiii Mitch in so distinguished a inaniit'r'pkvails Sloops the French troops." " 'The spirit of the order just quoted, fends to aver, th4t! tlic superior Officer (A nor nit aliroc 140 irtzrite.t reward - , 14 la's I icive nor the bleAtiti ranks home evidence of :1 , &C. '4:C," • ' Gontleman 'cornmented upim i zissages in the paper, which extended l sonic length," slid` observed, waS It to be endured, th.rt the GoVintnynt, under the pretence of free discus Sion; should, in a•publie' paper, be 'charged with corruption and . itrfarny; •and descrying of . the 'general abhorrence of their conotrY,?"' gunge he was sin* the Juiy wirtild be tokbby, to r 4:orti4lop wits a •gtesslibel.' The bliStAt of !the Other; parts ot the paper was, as he before 'observes], 40 sow ;dissension and disalfetlion among the 'sol-', dicry-to tell them th if their Merits were neglect- . ed by the Government —that their' Si.rvit:es were 'Contemned and di. seised, and that the motives of Goteriuneot were corn pt--tint the ,vtly work' 4- 111*Il s kiiOn I.):•V,oWed 4like oti o;I •.kdrinttsand that.' the rii - Oiy ot — 'enemy the Teo always found , their aervicee-.PiWarded• '\S tfi~ se obset v,:tions uport' the piper, be:would ask iiien of comnion serest:, whether its ten dericy"was'uot of the' nature lie had itiiiitited It; it, di , atfeetion among the army-? It so, they toosi find the defendant • The Certifisaie of the defendani'4, being the prin ter and Otiniiilier, was then put in and proved. •itddressed the . Bench,; stating, harthedolendant . muarit't6 conduct his own defence, • bet that he had leg.il adN'iee, which oil a sittiiirr occasion, in th...•,'L'ase ot Mr. Redhead Yorke, „ had' been granted. Lord Lc.t.Ei:BOttuU(u relllerrttirell that caseiaer-i ,.. well ; the perinissi , n of that , f r eathed on lira' occasion, W;18 not to be I.,ke as *a precedent tr. re. I-re howrver had no objealoo,. tier did his Lordihip'kno:v that any person had, vk hen that as- Ni , itirtee'Mate'd to' points of law, oft 'whiCh he would hear the Learned Geri , iernan. White hOPed not be precluded' ifierririnakitrg his (le:fence; • ; Lord'Et.i.itt4sattOtioll rc plierJ, 'certainly rot : he only desn r•,:o hat the assistance alight be as to any. leg A I 61eC110i14. • • Air. .1.4(41',.. jun. !loin took in ObjeCtioo to the evidvrice,' aStheattisfavit of tbe delerid:int's being • printer arid pcit;lislieri"did Out' offitaid prOdf of: its having (Jo ee`ertornitty With the sth mec. critic :38th of the 'King) been sworn before the CorftroisSioriers •of Starry", sortie . persdn'authorised by them spe for that purpose. • . smile discussion on this point, Mr. fa 11 . ,: distributor Of' Stamps fOr the county of l)orset, proied thht 'he - duty atithorised; in 803,• rtttr ColoinissilinerS' of StampS, to fake oflid,4 its,, tAtt that' lie had since lost his - aultiorit - y: • He swore the defetrdAnt had represenreil hitnselbas the printer, &c. 't Ilidefierident ailiJavit V.' as 1 , made on the 23d of t s t o. • ; Mr. Lirty,i , :3, intl. still contended, that the evi dence wits incompleb-, trot the ellief-Ji.ktir.! over ruled. ' A her' some 'further discuss'isin, the objee ,tieo, blykt:rt ing that I defrnd t , Lry o .Sion under his hand vet tied on o4tli, strewed that on tho'day stated.by the Wittie li. lie was the t rift ter, and it Was.t.brhaTi to,shew th it he ceased to be so befor e she itith September. 1810. ' • Whiltakor noder went a cross , : examination by f , e deft:it : data : resoallog . his 'authority, and stated lie hid made dill'gent search for it,, but could not Mal it. The alleged Libel having been, read , by the proper ,Oilieer, • , . The defendant then proceeded :to .make his de fence. lie read it from a : very lotig paper b00k. , -4 . • if commenced with alluding' to the impusoutnent of Gilbert Wakefield , in the same prison from, which,he had jOst• been tiberared,•rifier, an imprison. POI as three ystata.'• 'TM* Gentleinan had starred a long irn-orisrinment, for . httvirt4 ekilibited an !.,xtr. berapt fancy, and lived nfter lte•emerged from pri son lust lost& enotagtt to ,ate Itse.sweets of - lqterti fora ineMent, anti *then, died ! To the Delendaltr . it would be wor';.e thant)cal.ll to . to9sigit hinria,galetto • prison ; and. he tritstf4 when he ithotild hw6.'aiated . his case, he should not meet -vvlth that otintahhieWl , , throtagh the iriterference of- a E3rirish Jury. •Tie chare,e'opO3 which was arraigned, fin observed , ;was thitt ot:excitior,,,,iis4,oi6,l among t he liege mew'. "the I I tot mann .. I n CWOO_Ol l Ol , tit aintront of „it s Qt. :felite,.'h& trusted theJory`:tybold disuoSs trout thetr l., , Orejudiee (it tnlydid exist), tm 8-eciont 01 hat had passetVand ha'' tits' to re fute the allegations which the tecord contained oil the pre , sent occasioh. ,lie was new otiarg6l win() publiOlng the Paper in 'ottestion, with criminal intent ; that he denied, atlitNetnild rest' iiiii'defence on the broad : and clear tra4l4 trUtli. -.- The defendant then Went on to-stale, that the record was etroneous,, for it charged. '. : the as 'hating been m'atte parish of St- Mary,le-flow, ;in the , pailsl2 • when nit tact 'Was. made in' the pai'ish•l of Christ church,' in the, Ward'-of Farringdon. — On this account he claimed (fit same privieee'al; loi'wed by lii to per sons Charged with itiurd ' er or burglary, 'lamely an : acquittal 'on. aectiont Otittio, r 7, w arily in the record. — But shookl . that nut be al : - lowed hitn,.be did,not kite v wily tlttr lai,v Was to be hnperative' on Iftri 'any more 00 ,abets. 'The ' ..COnothetion of .the 'Lacid said; that it was the in qottstiintes thc If the tuli:S ui ov :perm it : tea,. would /thew tiott. the' qtWstion WaS ni4 written . - by hii,Tl Ina • 4y another liAtott--that it was LtlSert.e4 VilthOtlt,11:11 IttiowleOgr. t br COnsent ; for that at the Corte : he was is bor.: cheater Gaol, a 'distance of 120. miles frotn iionilon and therefore he could, not i)e A I:C.IS J he would solemnly assure the 3rify,.that he had neVer, seen the article, tor .it was written Ciat , 2: an aid ,hour ot pobltbation,:thit the thstaoce. tvo.‘iri not al-. low tuitso . to see •or revise it, OttierWiSe lie 5110131 d halve rejected it. The first Alive he Saw.. it Was id the Paper.. whioir reached hal on the INtoottrAy,:; ttie • day abet the Paper was: printed. fie car:atrial:ld bf • h av ing bon depr i veii of tae mean s of cortetting to)-:• „,' errors, or of prevelitiOg. the appor'ince.of ally oLs-' , htixioug.tiffitlesriti hiti,P.Ter, by being hurtiedaway from his avocatiorte.to a , dit,tait gaol, therefor e that the rigoious prosecutiOn of the law, was the occas d ion had Sere o f its gptiegy JAZ iti t •r . .0— e'give op the wt it j r of the aticle, hut that offer had b e en rejectod,e. Mid he, had r reiused.to.accede-to.,the )• preposition a the Attorney -General to allow judg ment tO sa mast bite dei-adlt r! for rek I bisfince be - tie , Pii - fo („11 crrip - rrrtntiatiort of ttie Jury, rather than their -censure; as he knew no's; tit itg.oft hefErper_nOtil,after it was published._ He, tr mot 3 he shotna nut he suffered to perish for . 'the 'fault of another . ; the apt was that of his agent, and not 14s °Wm, It would be therfote . for the Jury to say, whether he, an innoCent matt, .should suffer. .Soppose an agent , were, to poiolish in his absence - what. might be deemed Hicli lfieasoti, Nouid they s'2lld trim, thederendant, to the .so 4 tlo4itl He wished to knOw if so where ibeJjoe of responsibility,was to end, It .was not his Mien tion tq screen the defend author of tbe'Paper. The dend-, lAtitofigving some length 'diseossell the Subje:dt of ThOlibel:referred - -to Fox's Att, as l lthe,ticantendedi: Fa) war to Jorats• 'lo' judge ot,the whole of thF cape,. both as to the law and fact,', He ontned the Cale or Mr, John r .ev es, whom the Jury pronounced, not guilty of the libel imputed to'firim, hecauseit - wavnotisirtreZ wit , ti• - trinainal intention. So kc jia the:present .case4oatid be hoped drat as the Jury on that occasion gegnitiad the author Of :t-llbel, they would extend their Mercy to him, as it. could not be said that tie had any manifest criminal inten , firm; but -having. seen t be article 'fiefore it was Pub lished. ..He next tibtiCed the cases of Miller, Al*. ntoo„..P.wen, and of .-ari.stionymoos ease in (lie Li George 11. whet) a woman,wasinciteted for publish ing' S'sedilious libel it‘ was proved that she was ill Ow bed:at - 4 ,01e time; .and lived' at a' &Stance.' This citeurnstance so operated with- the theft AttOttreY- Gvher.il; I hat , he consented to witlidrai.v a juror. He, aglin trusted, that the ititricaclt , s of the law would tint operate to his ditta,tv.in.tage, hut that the vesdiett .et the Jury would be that of-truth and nierei. .Tbe defenJant having concluded, upon consults . : 'Oropose to call witnesses,' Lord Ellenbiir`ough hiving observed, that lie wotild have 'lll'v :benefit of arlidavitvits - to the faCts he had stated, should the Jory be of opinion he was guilty. Upon some qtiestion from the Je r ry with respect to 'the' knowledge which . the delendant had of the Paper pretiouri' to the publication,. he proposed to ,call his soty,to show that he had -iio knowledge 'of it ,until it waaprinied. . - Mr. John White was called. into the 80i1.,, He that he had been the amanuensis to . his fa ,:tlierzilurtng.the three years of Ilk bnprisonment in' I,) , ,irchester Gaol—that helegularly took the letter's and'oYpers to and hoot the Post-c)ffice—tbat t he itiaPet e o hlainihi; the at ticio irl queMion reached .Nrntiesitriin tite• - •M"sind.ly• - after --publiCatiOn, about one, o'clock,. and that ha had no knowledge lof the • attic previous to that day. `Thel deferidak 'was about to examine his sbn , ,'' ‘'vtri(ftit , .tlit) Justice deemed irrelevant, and ther4nre.stoppeAl hint. • ".:. • • The defendant exclaimed, `.` I complain of ittjus , •••• • • • hb9ett' fed, 'Y9q . ,113v6 no right to e o noll tio of iiijo-gice.'• - litiVe'ialoWW you ; emeryjatatnte,e-on.,isiet.t with my• Only'to - the public and.to your situation. You itte not to continti your. self, in reicaatining the wittiessi , s, . contrary to 111 ( e. ritles-preSciibeil by laity and I tOnit • Shew, not 'Oily to'etery person. , in this Coon', ; th 4 h t i: e, at least order is pret, , Jved., Any ,questions. that relevant; the `belle.,, m-'y o ver." The witnei , s was by. the Ai.rOtt... kie'sumitted se.is a4ent in town; was. in the pr ie Of siiVising with his (zither d that no at icle tictd silbsdiittOltlY fippetired hi the paper, divliy e rov. jug otithe'articlo,ln question -; that - since his t.oh , is atiival in town, his brother had h,!eotne proprietor of the paper., , • • • Oti his re•examitiation, he said that the article in question , veas one of the. latest written for the paper, t o k ie : r the .:heart 4‘ Londortp which' of cou rse, implies that it Was. WTittetl on the,eve of publica lion. replied; in the course ti-which tie shirt that the defendant had aitenipted to-impose . on hint -term s its the pi ice of non pros. ,wlticti be could not, consistently with his duty, :ie..: cede to, With respett to the htw having imposed 4iriiiitiactiment, and taken 'the defendant away trout,. ‘iva4llVOCtitrioo,.it mustbe recolletied that his offences -et it.- • It was unjust; therefor, to charge the Liw.with what he had brought on linns, telt' 2- As to the article,. there Waii:no..proof additeed that 'the defendant - did not know of it before•publi °Mew; ertin after , it Was' ptiblislied,'"hatflie shown al k y,pontroston by 'opening-a tosipprovaf of it in zniy stilopez , inetit p a per to the.present ; ;perked ? • If he , , w Was sorry; h e outo have,apoliet.l an,antido e -intractii.itely to the poirioArto iiidostriotisly ,Il,r had not done, so; but:setfered'it rtilay'rankling iu 11)ebrtaSiS 01 Elie soldiery, to the grew injury pet , the sett Lottlshipxould tell ;thee t ..farmthrit the '-dkendant eras liable to . answer for tilt p,44catinnt anti therefore thtiy: ohishinif tree.` ckt against 114/1. - ELL.194 . 11,01i01.1611, in rite iddr-eS3tto the Jury, 'ObSeivetl, 'that the injorniatioil upon which the pin iecution:prdeeeded chat,i,ed the tierendiutt iti printer and publish e r of the LINA, to,.which it Wai tieet'Sill'y to dr:lW 11!(.11" ;II lelit1(111, the ,0,:101,14illit tiAing contended that iii'' 4)1 the puhlicaion \vas mot toonitlit liorrib'to him. Ilia Lord hip that the adidavit which h.id been given in-evidence ft'Otp tl 4 le Stamp Office etas Shrikielit 10 !thew that 'tlie'rletelulaht was (14 . 0 pobilihtr of the: pipet cos , 14frning - ilio ch`,4 : .:!e of libel; anti therefore that Ali, .coopied with Ihe'lrstioriony ektrzieted boil) the exam,nation of his s4n,.abitottlionlysttpplied tidy supposed defect of pr,,Of o n hot head. It too otter! happtnek that when detendants clio,e to c o /I( mA, „thtfli.own 'defences, they cot'lacia w hich the in-. geisuity : of other Counsellot a have tmoc ''-contoquelifty by so . doing, they utcalne, os it WO re, 301tliar:09'40 tile` pro4ectitl , Jr) thcm, , InAuttilion hart been nithered to, the aworld hyt the'derem.larit', term, a's the spit had s tater!, never took ht.:054)0'10 CtintrTiVia . Or' '''outiteraCt its malignant effects. by..a,.disavowal or disclaimer of :it, `f le w 29 elvar upon this i.oint, that it any thin tifTlibelluni tendency publiirhe'l by the agent o tra newspaper, the pfinier mid publisher of, that -were "timerlitble to the justice of his, country, 13,,t 'admitting' all that the defendant had ut i 4id to rifO . A , ,littice to the fullest i.:,,U;nt, still that dt4lence nut go lb a deuial of' the publication; and pi : Olishers - kvere'to go frets bex.muse.they cPusi tO Say tbiy. iiv,re-net . the wirter'it of any libels, in what bi tuition would the public - stand ? In that case, any lino of a wicked - and malignant disposition might cunt Ills press, compost a libel, set his press to work,. shut tai's 'eyes, and then say, ce 1 am not r sponstble, because I died printed." see this libel printe" .11e -few, wi h respeCt to the,circulation ard pub'. lication of ;libels, had ileac::. 'been dis.,Uted'; tlinogb the, d , .1; ndant had cited several case V, 'tier!' • 'hod - 'n6 analogy or bearing upon this cast., for the 'Mere ipse c; 4 ntlii..inan at the bar, how ever high i_tea Might rook, uas not to tak n , The unquestitinante Nu / 'of :the land, made tor the protection of every thing sacred, . in- Society', was, that the' prittter and nub of any paper liable for the I.ontents of any mischievous Writings evr!tiltied in that paper, era that ,witlidrawing r • or bei_t_t_g w:ithdrawn., either in. case of in9NTI, a'6'y other. 'c, use froaa, the iiintnetliate &int foul ,ot man managing .a Machine ()(ithe. kind. alltided .to web bound to. meet hat nothing obnoxious, etas inserted in it. If the defendant itad, been withdrawirtrotti the cunductr'a the-paper, 'the punitinownit he wait undergoing should have operated against the ctirif iiiiitionslir repernioti of the trine Which sent hitn 10 prison. ile was bounci to 3hew, •if he proved„.of,,,the.,art icle pow, under .. cons! , hat it was contrary to his general Prinviplesii,orid co se 4, quentlyi should hue inserted a coniracitefion of it, sti being foreign to his general wtshe's. 141% log clone so, it „must ~be,taken that he consented to to appearance. With respect to the forms ol law in slated 'Ppd . ') by the defendant, his Lutdship not bound' by the suggestion of any Onlearired man. it was enough to Allege that the offence 'Wei cominit led within the city,„,of London, to tiling the deleutian't Withiwthaypurtiew of I he. iftw. So much ler thti abirAi+4 l ,,it - isAA.4pithe. ,, intentioit of the rubllsher, that roust :be xollecled"(rom the ,thing, published.—lt itt maiiiiubtlilled a libel by his agent, he did "intend all that %vast:lone. If it'•cva9- 'Manifestly to injure tho public repose,. the crinto,, ,ay that the intent was not so, was tootrkliing like the ex cuse of tie:, Cebler of Mt-ssina, who wentabout in the night shootilig every'inan he tni.t, and being asked why hefclidpewalleged . that , .lie 'yenta by is doing to beutfd and:Op i good f tp society. Witl,trorecelpetd6e d u Ito o t ati he acquittal' ornr,lieeves;t that acquittal i fair groaiitlE i Sii‘fwas sa'isfaCtoty to his Lordship'S Jhattairiintent and 'nietitiing of the author of the suppoled .1;1)4. WaS,4ot Houses of Parliament, but to %hews metaphorically .that the Constitution wßold` Still Odin though de prived of part of 'the 'tree. It was, if be might so :oxpressAtims4 . ll, ‘, l tpetaplior,.irun for Mr. .itetiVes did out ,he was : rookin , twat) tb,riibel the• Parliament.. So,much (c t r.the,pirgliinittorlObsetvi. tiorui, and he would now,-nutioe,the contents of the did „opt, in lkis 414;4540°n to t be. Jury, in, into atnidge,,their province, as insisted upon by the t . '.r,.it they could say, tip , :it eXStuiti. ing the "papt.irc that it might not h a ve the effect creating disall'ection Among the soldiery, and of li- ViAlinin6tration, then they inns' Acquit' the defendant, tiis' Lotdship was yet to learn by what . laW'an inferior Magistrate •was to h. celve pro• ariii the Chief Itilaegistracy, be sub eel to It; bels. Where watt tll4 . chch;ii or, policy cat such a. Theri: wits' tio anal, int....ro ardently de. voted to the free dist:th'sh . .l3 011+l11 , 11C S9bi 3 OS; but b c :s t i uatto n hot held if he did pot Atate,what the le v W,is on the here' the an d ,colitnerittid upon it. - 1)4 not ti tiohiter,, he oh seri eel, f, el pride and gl u t) , atter . li;:tv,og avtvitie of his country, in toe mirk dittin(i:tiun coPlerred opon his it:KU - nem P .r, id he nut toil piao and glory in the • eleviltion'of hip Conitnander And did not all the army parlicipat,t in the glory and • distinction of that Cointriander ? \Vas it not 50 when Par lioniont voted tt t eir thanks fpr any portico. tar serv.iee, when the Writer of panel t.itkett ,of the tirooPing cinergies; and wl:itel.l tC,ovirces of the cmiotio" He littped that there WAS ,110 ut,e bilge 11141.9 yr were clrot , .p tug. It was true th it j our resources were in SOOle u . e1.14. 'aurii:,ittipoVeriithe , by the nature And long eoutinu , ance of the contest, but to : say tl ; iatithe energies of Englishmen wercidieopltig, wa not to be .04„trtie.— There was soliieteot energy in tbe, iottptry-4 still enoogh ot p.ittiotistr aridii,.;e of the land in lie di e s' ii s existence, in induu., eety Omni/tit sojijca iu fight fyr hay hoow, Snob expreatatitta and asiertions %veCe Add w ere,, coupled With, the abuse, of GoVararnent, is libel, lit wutlld not lest that opinion opotiiiiii own 41}.t1 WitY.i ,;4,:ttimchigreatet thaliiihie,' that of;niyLord r Chlt4 the onie of J" the (.Itlell v. TOLlct.el," whci 'diMitire& that acittl of tlttli ci s cue was a crime against the'Stattiand cuilld it be said that tisetitiler of thvvyvtiilt wade a ilis,iodiu t n'btAWeed 010 soldier , and his officer ? When suchAiti tniantto was comeyer.!, a was more ife uu 'ne:rvsq the and ot the sultill.er than yttty thint ekt% zo the stnts4irlies of lluomiparte 'could nor - esfo,,loy tkilii4llvX3olo'e.elii;l4Alailyi,th:)Ll by .the ciretAnioti of sticli reports, IVil4 at a lots' to tnth eel yr exprosion Pt, ea hisersted 'ern!, g t, : s . 7r a , „ eqpitl ,„; ; Did it retain to the time in emitter, Nelson -shrine 50 etilbS.COly Vktorigui, ul wh;.o I;tisste gilded the hinrei /-1-J'ha..l. heard latti,ly the 'noise of the ttint), Witt:o tltt cioured ih p r i ntit i l it o d ‘‘,':t, it to h.-e:ti!lto'od, Li , It 4 co:41)P° 11 * soh . lllt,itltl made, ? ;, other'e fretiithei ti. man us, his I.ordship could not '1 ht; tics* 0111 'jai. s:-tit day syete ce i ;i:ll v;Sui . fett Solol,l t'd .; • itgailigi die Cabinet as , . „ VVlStfttl6 coul d atty such , that whole, ii;itter leol,:itxftott, , . 144 $ thoiught.iCtival‘ tor ;any Millie that ' the tendency ;Of the u titer wits riot. ions; and the Jery would Brae a • iThedory retireti artil -retniitied cut till 'near ( - I‘;‘t tUrned a Verdicia Gir44l4l' the defendant hoticq; been . tt...t,eestfinly a - t3setit the lime the libel tv4s pt t bbiAil,i , :lt,.'lerirrrici.ielitled:o hi • merry.- They hoikev,tilli i ittfbrnaed that the*. must :bring its a' o't • (,;,Aly i,t : f,,,;0t Guilty yin Initisilitience Wfr tee; tat ed," ond, artei,a Shen. itontstiltattOtt; dict of , • . about twelve o'clock, it nro brui(4 Out n utniccupied new building FitglibutlA grove, Isliogton, belongitl,l to Mt. Hopkinton, roat.:ll.l tuaker, in Long.acre, in high it etititcly ccilikunio,ll 1II:(; enr. t'(; 4,, 1 ! 4 rAiy - ko e l t ,l 6o .l-I,t the e, w , P , 441,ie, 3 I ,t‘k a r ‘ '°. ' 1 1,4,4 11 ,W Ira q) 14„ it t i„ Itra a