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^OL- y*J , RICHMOND, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1810 [No. 40.
0C7 Published by Thomas Ritchie, nearly op
jfotite the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia.
CONDllIONS :—Flve dollars a year, to
te paid annually in advance. Those who wish to
be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter
designate it at the time oj subscribing, otherwise
their papers will be discontinued at the expiration
the first rear. <
RICHMOND PRICES CURREN V .
D~C~
TOBACCO, 4 to 7
TLOUR—SUPERFtNBj 8 JO
DO. FINE, 7 00
CORN, PER DARREL, 4 00
WHEAT, 1 42
BACON, PER IB. 0 14
WHISKEY, PER GALLON, 0 67
BAR IRON, PER TON, 110 00
KEMP, PER TON, 2J0 00
M:;RINO SHEEP!-Impnrtel in tho Ship
tVoodrop Sims, Thonus Haynes, Master
—from T.'shoo :
NINETEEN MERINO RAMS.
FIFTY 6WE F. IVES ;
'Warranted of the true Merino breed oF the Ca
bana, called Paulars ; equal, if not superior to u
by other Merino Sheep in Sonin ; heio^ part of
the flocks of the Prince of Peace, Dm Manuel
de Godoy, the breed of which was purchased by
him of the Carthus'jo Friars, in the year 1796. 8c
Temaine<l in h®» possession upwards of fourteen
yearn, without any admixture of blood. Certifi
cates ofpedigree may be seen on application.
If not sold previous to the 2d October next,
they will, on that clay, be exposed to public sale,
on u credit nf two and four months, for a; proved
endorsed pnper.
MOSES MYERS & SON.
Norfolk. Sept. 11 lO
Muitim’ SHtfcr! : : —j ist imported, in
the Schooner Gr^'-hniiM l. C.«pt Birt^r,
fVnm Lisbon,ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR
TEEN. \
MERINO SHEEP, =
Which were shipped by Win Jarvis E*q. U S.
Consul—Tiiey will be landed to morrow, and
imatured at Fairfield, where they may be seen —
•\»r terms of sale, and other particulars, ap ily to
SAMUEL MYEliS;
Sep. 21tf.
ALUAHI.E PROPER VI—FOR SALE —
In pursuance of a decree of the circuit court
=of the U. States, for the Virginia district, pro
roune.edat the Nov. 1899, session of that court,
between Wm Kunkall et Co plaintiffs, against
Thomas M Deane anti others, defendants, and
between Soribia Scrophalt and St.arman, plt’ffs.
and the same defendants :
Will he exposed to sale, at auction, at Ca Ira,
in the county r.f Cumberland, on Monday, tlie
‘37th clay of August next, that valuable AIK A’
C 11.1 NT MILL, usually called tlie Ca Irs. Mills,
Tobacco Ware House, Tavern and other I, .Is of
.Ground at that place. Also, all the LANDS at
or hear Ca Ira, consist!og of 20o0 acres and up
■wards, which belonged to James Deane, Thomas
M. Deane'ard Francis B Deane, or to either of
theftj, on tl:e 20lh day if March, 1801. Terms of
o<*l •, ten per cent on the purchases to he paid in
c.isii4— A credit of one, two and three years for
the residue of the purchase money, to bear inter
est from the day of sale—tha purchaser or pur
chasers giving'bonds, with security, to be ap
pr »vd by t’n undersigned Commisi.ioner3, or
the one that may act, and also executing a deed
oft n*t upon the property So purchased, for se
eming the payment thereof, at the periods afore
said Previou? to the day nt sale, the land will
ho divided intt> convenient lots to suit purchasers
C COPLAND, ,
tV. C. WILLIAMSm rs
jltly 17- . , ■ -- tds
Cp" The * ale of the shove mentioned prop^r
tv, is tr'.Hvo dahly postponed till ‘Wednesday the
of next month, at winch lime it will cer
tainty t tkc place.
<? COPLAND,
, W. WILLIAMS.
Avt.vst 14 ' 4 11 t«ls
rw w u i w -HljJJSti f vrty C/t V> I . .1
(.•lit reserve upon Hie p:-4in-ses, on the 2dtn
day f Sep', ember (in-it) 345 aciv, of PR I VIE
LA ,\D. xhnui 35 acres of which are now inrui
tiv .tion : ihe residue abound* in good building &
other timbers
Alto, * SAW AND GRIST- MILL, six miles
distance from Richmond Ivilig on *t»«r Westhxm
cre* k, between the Three Chopped and River
ro .ds. The crops now growing supposed to pro
duce 300 harp Is corn, 20.000 -.vvgh* ft ddt r, &-t
fcc —Six HORSES, tw- MULES, »ome CAT
*TLE and HOGS, three WAGGONS, urd plan
Nation TOOLS. Should it be preferred, the land
can he divided into four lots to advantage or sold
“in one entice tract—Cash or young n<»gfo~s will
Iw requiredfor a considerable part of the pur
chase money It is deemed unnecessary to give
• more particular desciiption of the ah nw pro
perty, as those inclined to purchase will nWubt
»r3t view the p> emi r s.
SPOTS WOOD LIPSCOMBK
Sept 11. uls
jf i^Oll SALE, oil Thursday, the first uf Nov.
. Q' next on the premises, in Loudoun countv, the
NTRACT OR LAND, on which the late Judge
Jones resided. ; consisting of about 2000 acres
it lies on Little River, ten miles from Leesburg,
and 35 from Alexandria xnd Caorge-Town ; m
remarkably well watered j has at least 60 acres
■well set with Timothy, and 300 adapted to its cul
ture } has 2 merchant mills in its neighborhood,
the farthest not more than two miles distunt, and
the turnpike from Alexandria, passing through a
corner of it.
Ax the Land was accurately described, in a
Tormer advertisement it is unnecessary to be more
particular m this. It wdl he divided into lots of
different dimensions, to suit those who may he
tnciined to purchase. A credit* of one, two and
three years will be nllowed-the purchaser giving
bond with approved security, and a trust on the
&n>ri(J, to secure the pay merit.
JAMES MONRO?:.
Albemarle. August 31. ids
J'lOARDfNG SCHOOL.—The subscriber,
} most r< HpeClfnl'y informs the public, she
•wiil be re idy to rerjeiv- from 12 to (j Young La
dies, hy the I5'h of next month ; where they may
derive every possible advantage, arising from the
most unwearied attend^ to their health,—mo
rals, and literary acquirements; the latter of
which, shall 'is such, :»s the parents or guardians,
may wish tbem tc have a knowledge of.
Ast*e price, will he proportion d in whit ie
individually required, they should It *rn j it can
o»>ly be made known by pplying t<>—
aLUe pagaun.
Jyi iljrmxbflrg, 9?^tt nber 21. 21^
*+* p, . i. t ^
JUST RECEIVED, a large and elegant assort
ment of FALL GOODS, which will be dis
posed of in wholesale or retail, very low for cash
as follows : *
Superfine Cloths and Kerseymeres
Sec-nd do • do.
Coatings and flannels
Baize ami Twilled Flannels
Cotton and Linen Cambrirlcs
Double milled Kerseymeres
S.nitin and Lustring Ribbons
Dimities all kinds
Seeded and Lcno Moulin. 1st (Unlit#
India 1st and 2d ‘do.
Pl.iin and figured Jaconet Muslins
Tabby Velvets, all colours
Corduroy C'»rdi and Velvets
Point and Rose Blankets
Cotton and worsted Stockings, all colcy?3
Tortoise shell aiul horn Cnmbs
B >mbazeits and Pumbszitie
Carriage Lace and Ink Powder
Cotton and thread Laces assorted
C.lliroes and Chin!?.
Pound and package Pins
Ladies’ nnd Gentlemens* short Kid Giorea all
colours >'•
Extra long Kid Gloves for Ladies
Knives and Forks *ssorted
fvic.ket and P-*n Knives *
Table and Tea Spoons w
Linen and Cptton Thread
Ivory Combs
Imported and cotton Bed Tick t
i Blue and gieen Sarruiets
White and brown L.neit 1st quality
Cotton Shirting-j
French imitation Cambricks.
Cambric Muslins
Bandanna mul Pullicat Handkerchiefs
Police Cloths ill colours
Sewing S Ik 1st quality
Writing «nd Letter Paper
Westcoalings and Patterncto
Shirt and J.-i Buttons , -
Cotton Umbrellas •
An use- rtment of ilitary PlumeTi
Epauletts and Silver Cords
Silver and Gold Thread ,
Do. do Spangles
And many other articles too tediou3 to cr.v.rne 1
rate.
The above Goods being particularly selected
for rash, and will be disposed of on* the lowest
terms for cash on town acceptances
L. JOSEPH.
\ Sept. 21. St
Ii .\Kis this opportunity to inform the pnoli'-,
that I have just opened myh >use as •« Hoard
ing H'ltue, & I can accommodate 15 or 20 hoard
| fern, in one of the most agreeable and pleasant
! houses in the city of Williamsburg : I can take
ten or fifteen gentlemen, and several young La
dies. My house is near the college, so ns to make
it a pleasant walk
I also wish to hiresever.nl Carpenters 8c Brick
Laynrs, 3s 1 have three large brick houses to
hnild in WiUiamshuig immediately. 1 will give
liberal wages, and piy the cash every Saturday
night to workmen it required.
?UffN P. Sill EL ns.
Sept. 21. 3w
Nf OTICC —The subscriber has rented, and
removed his Counting Room to the large
new Brick Lumber-House, near Shockoe Ware
House, and lately occupied by Mr. James C. An
thony This liou«e i.a calculated to store up
wards of 500 hogsheads of Tobacco, and several
thousand barrels of flour ; it is situated conveni
cut to the hasio of the canal, and rendered secure
from fire by being covered with tile.
THOMAS GUY.
Richmond, Sep 21. 3m
NOTICE.— The subse.riher has settled in the
Borough of Norfolk, ami resumed the prac
tice of the Law. He practises in the Fed -rnl 8i
Stntecoorts, holden in the Borough of Norfolk ;
and in the Inferior and Superior courts of the
counties of Norfolk, Princess Ann and Nause*
m ind. Hi:, office is but a few steps from the Ex
change Coffee House.
MERIT M. ROBINSON.
Sept 21 4l
LAW I.M'F.LLIGF.KCE.
CouftT of King’s Bench —July 20.
_ Fh Kmg vs. John Gale Jones.
if. f
r 3 »he onening counsel was about to state
the case. Mi G .now said, that Mr Jones,
a3 he understood. Imd no counsel Upon his
a gentleman lastly Called to the bar, a ,vlr.
Jones n st, & s goifie'l that he wasthecoun
sul for ih- dete d tnt
Mr Abbott having stated the pleadings.
The Attorney General r* se. This was
■?aaction on an indic'mrm f.»i certain libel |
Iona public*1 ions, tending to defame the;
riglu honor~«.bie lord Vi-count Castlereagh,
la ely one of his majesty’s principal sec: eta i
rivs *f staff. lt -.v old Uc me province of!
! the jury to c-v rV r jitt* whe her the do I
| fei d n Wiethe, luthor ; and secondly ivhe*
j tht r die publication:; were libellous. Mr,
Jones wa* he managrrpof a' Debating club,
!called tiit B itish Forum ; ef that club Ite
(the attorney genera ) would at present say
no hiug farther than aught be immediately
connected with the pwsent subject..( Previ..
cuisly to the several nights of debate papers
.containing th*a topics to be discusse ’ there.,
j were posted up in the different public pla
ces ; and it was against the sta.emeirs and
I expressions of those papers that a verdict
I was now sought f:om the jury. The fi.s'. to
j which he would direct their attention was
one headed with the W'-'-ds :
“ British Forum, 33, Bedf ord .street, C*Q"
" vent Garden, Monday, January 29,
“1810.
“ Mr. Finncrty and Lord Castlereagh.
“ Question——Whether is lord Castle
reagh’s order, for the seizure of Mr. Fmner
ty, on the expedition to VValcheren, to be
considered as the result of a wise and salu
tary Caution, for the discipline and order ol
; his majesty’s forces, or a flagrant violation ofj
j the privileges of a British subject, and a cow j
j ardly attark on the character of an innocent
individual f"
1 his referred to a preceding libel in the
■ Morning Chronicle, of the 23d January, 1810.
j written by Mr. Finnertj That person tvas
| ptrwecufed Tor the libel, and had withdrawn
J his plea and confessed judgment in the cause
Ik appeared that when the expedition wn«
p ing to Walcheren, information was re
ceived by government that Mr. Finnefly
was about going with jt, This ^as thought
inex|Htdient, and orders were sent down to
stop him. The orders arrived too for
Mr. Finuerty had sailed and reached Wal
cheren. On lord Castlereagh’s going to
Deal, he heard of the order for iht first
time, and then sent a repetition of the order
to lord Chatham, to have Mr. Finnerty -sent
home. He was however suffered to remain
fora cons-durable time.in the isiand. In '.he
publication in the Morning Chronicle, he im
puted hi» arrest to lord Castlereughk as the
sole work ot tliatnoble person, on the two
motives,ot hiding the details of the expedi
tion from the public, and wishing to disgrace
and stain an innocent individual. He was,
to;use his own words, convinced that lord
Cchileie*tgh hated him, and lie was thank,
lid tor it, because nothing but a most extra
ordinary rank of virtue could be a balance
against the good opinion of such a man as
lord Casllercugh. He farther imputed this
hatred to the injuries which his lordship was
conscious of having done to him, as printer
of ih® paper called. The Press in Ireland.
And to what was this hatred originally ow.
ing? To the exposure Mr. Finnerty had
made of the conduct of the government in
Ireland in'the matter of Orr, who was re
commended to mercy by the jury nnd the
judge, lord Yelvertnn, and yet put to
i death, or in other words, murdered, by the
councils of lord Castlereagh and the other
i members of the government. The fact was,
hat Orr was executed for attempting to se
duce, or actually seducing, twosoldiers from
their allegiance, and administering the Uni
ted Irishman’s oath to them.
** fiimiuawtni ui innocence, iv:r. i
Fmnerty alledgcd that he was thrown into!
prison, saddled with hath to the amount of j
*0001. before he could get out again ; and all j
this done by his ancient enemy lord Casde
reagh* \et it would surprize the jury to [
hear that the condemnation of Orr took place !
when his lordship did not hold the office of
secretary of state in Ireland ; lord Pelham j
was secretary at the tune, and the case of .
Orr was not determined on till after the most j
serious and solemn deliberations in the pri- :
vy council. Let then the jury see the power
which Mr. Gale Jones and his mock tribu
nal assume ; they actually put lord Castle I
reagh upon his trial, to answer every vague
and wanton charge that may be brought
up from any period, and peremptorily order
him to appear before them.,- [Here the at,
torney general read somt extracts from the
placard on the gentle Lord Castlereagh to
! attend, if he dare, to face independent En
glishmen. plead his cause, or submit to infa_ 1
my.} Gentlemen, said the attorney general,
the indictment for his trial is found in the
page* of the Miuning Chronicle. .The irial
is held at Misi Prius at the British Forum,
and with Mr Gale Jones on the bench and
a jury composed of every man who is satis
fied togive a shilling for his seat, h.rd Caa
tlereagh is summoned by the bill slicker, to
take his trial for high crimes and nusdemea
nors. - ’
The next placard announced a continua..
tion of the debate, and among other insolent
statements, asserted to the public that the
conduct winch lord Castlereagh was proved
to have used in tl\e case of Orr, was only Re
serving of universalabhurtonce; thu- triai k
ing him as the destroyer ol an innocent man
— a murderer !
A third placard was then published, pro
claiming to the public that, on the preceding
Monday, Lord Castlereagh was f- und guilty
01 a gross anil malicious attack on the free
doni of a British subject in the detention of
Mr. Fmnorty, and animadverting on the ma
lignant effort* of those who tore down the
placards, and disturbed their meeting at the
Fomin,
I hdsa papers were posted up wherever
they might meet the public eye ; the name
and character of lord Castiereagh were de
famed, and it rested with the jury to pro
nounce whether the defendant was not guil
ty of >he libel, as it rested with the court to '
pronounce the • punishment to which that
guilt might subject him. The defendant had
intimated to the solicitor for the pnsecution
an intention uf cal ing lord Ca.-tleredgh ; he i
(the attorney gene'al) could no>. coni.oive i
tor what purpose that was intended, but his
lordship was in watting, and ready to attend
the call.
ivir jones. counsel tor the defendant, sub- |
mi ted tliat nothing but the letter ot Mr. Fin- ;
oerty alluded to oughtto have been setforth !
in <lie indictment.
Lord Ellcnborough snid, this objection was
premature. It could nut be urged at JViH
Print. If it was an objection at all, it Was
on the record.
Mr. Leonard, from the privy council,
proved, that on the 26th ot January, 1*09,’
and previous thereto. Lord Castlereugli
hod been one of the principal secretaries of
Pt fit 8
John Dean, printer, stated, that he had
been employed iu th# line of his business by
Mi . Gale Jones, for nearly twelve mon hs. ►
Mr. Jones sent to the witness ihe copy, from •
which he was to print., The three hand
bills in que.« ion being Shewn to him, and
also the manuscripts frorti . whehtie they
were printed, he stated that they were
|»t it\*’ d by the witness for the defendant, that
the manuscript of each was in the defen
duties bntyi writing, all except the words
•• British 1 orutti/* and the date, which were
allowed to stand frttvntbe former advertise
mc/nt, subject to the necessary alterations.
There were prttiteil of lb« first and last of
tiles,* placards 400. and of the inlet mediate
one 500. . w ,.
I he publication of Mr. KinrertyT*i letter h
the C/hronicle of the 23d of January L.jf, vras
proved.
John Jones, a bill-sticker, proved that he
had stuck up. and otherwise distributed the
placards for the British Forum, and that he
was paid for his labor by the present defen
dant.
The attorney general having closed his
Mr. J mes addressed the j my on the part
of the defendant. That the jury might not
entertain any idea that he felt a particular
nfl'ection or w-is otherwise interested in any
uncommon degree for the defendant, he
thought it but proper to stare, that he did
I not stand to ward? the defendant in the rela
liM 'ii of a brotifer or of any other near coo_
flection. The defendant belonged to Mid
(
dlesex he (the learned counsel) was a native
ot‘ Carmarthenshire, in Wales.——The de
fendant, however, he knew tube n man of
virtue and eveVv man of that description he
should always be proud to reckon as his bro
ther. It was nnl) last night that the deftn
darn had came to him, and requested him
to undertake his defence to day lie Cel*,
extremely embarrassed how to proceed —>—
The defendant he knew to he a man of ex
traordinary abilities in the public line in
which he acted, mid he k-iew him also to be
adorned with every. domestic and private
virtue, though not possessed of Fortitude fc"
nough to withstand the attacks oFti«c design
ing It was, theiefcre, witti exi'»me rente'
tance that with his slender abifi ies and
still more slender practice, lie undertook, the
defence of such a man. Wtitn 'he defen
dan* called on the learned counsel.lie inform
cd him that he had been advised to withdraw
h;s plea. The learned counsel asked thede
feodantif he felt conscious of guilt. Ho told
him he did not, and the learned counsel ad
vised hint, that-with such a feeling it would
be improper in him to plead guil y. If there
was any error in this, he hoped it might he
attributed, as it jnsfly might, to him, and
not his client The British Forum was n
place where subjects were to be discussed,
not one where error or improper conduct
was attributed to any man without a fair
discussion, how far it might he attributed
with justice. L"rd Caatb.reagh, therefore,
in having his rtriduct subjected to e;:a nina
tion or discussion at the British Forum, was
nin more exposed to censure *hati he might
have been entitled to praise and approbation.
It was not any tiling in the conduct of lord
v>nstiereagn, wnirti in the language oF the
advertisement, was said to hav« occasioned
** astonishment and alarm it was the
statement of Mr. Finnerty. which wasr’ear
ly meant to have excited these feelings. It
was said that this debate at the B itish Fo
rum wis something like a trial of lord Cos.
tltre igh. To this he could hot agree ; it
was, indeed, a trial ot *ki.l in argument aiid
a* sucji schiols, he could shew, it necessary,
that some of the first men of the age hail re
ceived the rudiments ot that education which
had conducted them to their future gieatncss
It there had b« en an attorney general ap
pointed to prosecute and a per**n also mm
ed to conduct die defence that mignt lie s • id
to be a trial, but here there was no such
thing. It was also complained that the peo
pie were here said to hrfve been nuttaged
and insulted. Lord Castlercagh, it rn ob
served was not the most fortunate man in
the world as to public opinion. If the deleit
dant had been obliged to sell seats in his F
rum at one shilling a piece, a practice which
the attorney general seemed rib' to hink
striedy honorable.-some report asto the q
bi g; ot stats* of a different description, h id
unfortunately got afloat not highly creditable
fo lot'll (Jastltt’eagh ”1 hat the public might,
in this sense,he said to have than* feelings
outraged and insulted. lie presumed to think,
could not be suppo-ed earning the matter
too far. At the time the defendants issued
the placards it. question, he was suffering as
a prisonei within the four walls of his small
room in Newgate. Lord t asilereagh had
rosigiied his soat as a cabinet minister, and
the unfortunate defendant had been obliged
to resign his command as h*ul ot the de
bates at the British Forum Would it not.
therefore, in such circumstances, have been
more magnanimous in lord Castlercagh ro
have overlooked the present attack, 5c not to
have offered the kick of an outraged ass a
gainst toe head ot an expiring l.on? The
rwo parties, Mr Fimeriy and lord Carle
i eagh, seemed to have old quarrels to adjust.
Why did the> not go to their own country to
settle them? or, wuy did they not go, not as
enemies, but as friends, to Watcherrn
where like Don Quix >te and Sancho Pancho,
they would, instead of windmills, have had
to encounter plague, pestilence, and famine.
1 h» nature of libels had been very different -
ly conceived at diff. rein times, and in m inv
instances the darkness of the libel, 5c the d ffi
cult) ot discovering the author, was estt ein
ed to be the aggi avail'd part of the uffence._
Here* however there w ta nothing dark or
difficult to find out. As to the British Fo
rum, <110 rutornev general had not treated it
with unbecoming severity, and therefore he
should sav nothing about it* I admire dc
bating clubs, gentlemen, for constitutional
knowledge. 1 remember one day, when I
was ai rwiei, in me norm ot Uernriany, study
ing law there, that Professor Olivarius took
it into his head to ask me, what I thought it
was that made England so free, wniieall o
ther countries were slaves as it were. 1 an
Swereq—the free press. “No,” says he.
“ you’re wrong; it is not your press, for that
is chained up and beat down liv stamp duties,
and other Hungs of the kind ; hut it is your
parliament, or still more, your debating so
cieties ; it is the privilege that every one has
to make a debating society, a li’rle par
liament in his own house, and talk of the af„
fairs of the nation in any kind of way he
pleases ”
“ Gentlemen, if my virtuous friend had
not been delivered up by the coward I \
shrinking of Mr. Finnerty and he others, ho
would not have, been here to d iy ; but 'he*
begun the business, and when i ev got him
in, left him in. 1 have nothing to do with
'he two wild Irish ; if they love fightingaf.
ter the manner of their country, let them
Hght it out any where they please. I don’t
Hunk they should have brnngnt tneir quar.
yds over here among us. or lugged poor Mr.
Jones in tor a share. Hot I am from Cser..
fnarthen, 5c (fbtacqua'itvrd with any of those
jwop'.e.^. ,1 entreat,,Gentlemen, you will ac*
quit my client, if it .was only io set my
mind at ease. I will think, as long as llive,
that if you condemn hiin, it was Ho ugh ni>
want of exe-ting my«elt in lii.s defenc .
Hut what did Mr. Finnerty do? II want,
ed to go on Lord Castleieagh's expedition
Mr. Finnerty went nut as tiistnrJographer n
the expedition, which lord Ciistlere igli d d
nrtt like, and so they quarrelled about it, and
Mr. Jones was dragged some how or ofliei
into the dispn though he had nothing in!
life to do with it ; he tberef ■«.? threw him .
self on the good sense of the jury ”
No v itnenses were Called on the part of
the. defence.
I-'Ufd Kllenbornegh-Ge-itlemen of the!
jury ! This is an indictment against the de-j
fondant, John Gale Juries, and it charge* tnat
be fore the time of «lie printing a c. r* on li
b*d, lord Castleretigh had been one* >f t!r4
principal secretaries of state ofhjs majesty j
and, G‘. mlen.en, there is another allcg it ton,
that there bad been on the 231 of January,
a scandalous and seditions libel in the fornfr
-if a lettei cu’cerning lord CaSdereagh, pub -
1 shed in a. certain newspaper calle d The
Morning Chr nicle. That allegation in
volves, first u! all, the fact, and next the
Cdnsltucticn; first, the fact, that there w is
sued a letter published in toe paper. That
htii been pcoven b‘ the printer of the paper,
who produces a paper, which he states to
have been published on that day. containing
a le'ter signed P. Finnerty. Then has that
letter the quality annexed to it—It is al
I 'edged to be a scandalous and malicious li—
| bel. 1 hat certainly is a material allega^on*
} 1 he whole scope of that which has been
| tend in detail to \ou from The Morning
, C itoniclc, docs ii^f ute to lord Castlereagh
j the* purpose of pcsecuting and oppressing
this man ; summing it up hi the last para
■ graph, that lie had made use of his minis*e
rial power to gratify prtjud’Ce, to invite the
prosecution of his person, and tuftx an inri,
putatinn upon his Character, and the whole
oi the sta cment which is contained in the
1c.ter, goes touiairrain that, which in the
summing up of the libel is stated to be the
m ‘live for lord Cos lereagh's conduct.—
t.n ntlr nen, there certainly can be nothing
move libellous, than to impute to a man in a
high pubiic , flice gross buse of Hi* pub
[ 11tunc-ions, to degrade £c njure an indivi.
dual. 1 he cjues i n tiicrrt re, upon thits
, part hf the case Ik mg whether this letter
[ has properly app. el m .t the deset iption o£
a scandalm.*- and m diciou* l. *el ; the ties*
j cription is maintained b*. dvertiog to he
terms of the letter itself. Hut tna* is mere —
lv a prel miiiart, s ep, for it is no* the pub*,
licotiou ot .Ins libel for which the defendant
is indicted ; but he lvis adverted to it itt
■he three libels for which immediately ho
is question*d. and it is to these papers anc£
'ne con*en s ot hem, ;hat ' our attention is
to be particutat ly drawn, inasmuch as it is
*•* nirni omv {reierence bhihj;
made mi other matters mer ely for cxplana
tio',) fiat lie stand-. b f »re you iod-iy.
I lie public.it,inns in qu~s mn are tliree in
number; the <jtr stion is. whether they are
ot a libellou.-, iia'uie,-and whether that des
c iption which is applied to them by this in
dictment is justly applicable 'o them. I
will »ead them, and comment upon th^m as
I read them. I he first b. gins thus: “Ought
nn lord Cutleteagh’s conduct towards Mr*
Finoerty during the la e expedition at Wal^
cheren to be approved as a salutary mea
i 'V, e °[ precaution, to preserve order anti
i discipline among his m-tjestv’s forces, or re —
p obatetl as a fi..gr.tn> infringement upon the
liberty ot a British subject, and a cowardly*
act of oppression against ati innocent ind'14
vitiual ?”
Now, Gentlemen, is it to be borne in a
country where people ha' 9 an estimation of
character, that it shall ie allowed tn any
titan to jiut in this alternative mode of ques^
tion for the discussion of all mankind, whe
th*r a man lips b*en guilty of a base act of
oppression, whether lie has not lieen guilty
o.‘ an enormous crime, and to have that mat^
ter made the subject of debate by all per
sons who may chuse to pay one shilling te>
come within the precincts of the place of
.tssemoly where this is the appo:ntcd mat
er of debate * Is it noc calumnious to •
any individual to have his name held out to
the public as that ot a person respecting
whom it may fairly be doubted whether ho
lias not been guilty of a cowardly act of op*
pression ? Put it to your own breasts, gen—
tleinen. ami make it your own case ; suppose
a man to pick up an a tecdote of your pri
vate conduct——--any thing respecting your
conduct in social life. & that-he should p.ib
lish it as a question whether in a particular
cirsumsiaiict ol life, you had been gudty of
a base disregard of your duty to wife, to
chilcl, to friend, or any other person, anil
should make tha*. a matter ot discussion for
aU the assembled careless people who might
chose to resort together for the purpose i-i —
httt* of holding nr of hearing that discussion ;
oan any thing be. considered as more calum
nious, more destructive to the peace of mind
ot the individual to held out, m< re mischiev
ous to the public, or more irritating to the
feelings of the individual so held up ? Ta
['" 5 only in limine the first paragraph, P
fiel mvsclf. in the solemn discharge of mv
important lone:;ions bound by the < ath of of
fice 1 have taken, and by niv duty to the
public, to state to you tha> I consider this at#
an highly Calumnious publication
I lien, gentlemen, 't g' Cs on to say, “ The
statement of Mr. Finperty’s treatment ny
lord Castlerengh, is it appeared in the M>rn
ing ( hrouiclr, t Tuesday the 2.M inst. has
been trad with he most lively emotions anil
has excited universal astonishment and a..
Irtrm -alluding all along to 'he publica**
tion ot Mr Finnerty to the M ruing Chroni
cle which has been read to von.-• Mr.
Finnerty has appealed to the good sense*
liberality, and justice of the British na*
'ion. to give their decided opinion on the
subject. So far as the British Forum can
lend its aid towards collecting and proclaim*
, ing that opinion, neither his appeal, nor
th it of any other persecuted or defenceless
individual, »l» *11 ever be made in vain”—
Is not tins an alleg.i ion, th;U this person to
whom the< are lending thtir aid, is a per*
seen ed and dete ce ess individual, an 1 by
whom persecuted i the whole scope and con
text ah* WJ clearly tha» it means to impute
;hat per-r. u ion to lord Castleriagh f——.
Then h goes on-“ It 'he gentle lord Cas
tle: eagh can muster sufficient confidence to
venture into a public assembly of free and
independent Englishmen”—that is an impu
tation it) say th .t h" is a person who cannot
venMire into a public assembly of fret- anil
in ependent F.nglishmen—"he may rest ;u»
siocd, that he shall have fur play,” Now
see liow this word of promise to the ear i»
k» jit, •• There is nnthi<>g for which the ma
nagers of this institution more ardently long,
'ban an opporuinitv of meeting his lordship
and his adherents face to face, and hearing
them vindicate their ch ira'ter and c< ndm t
before an outraged and insulted conn ry."
Gentlemen, is I hot a fair trial, to tell his
laordship thxfc thext ii »n ar4