The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-07-21 00:00:00


Imp., erbutrati, letAlutt ease, the lords held them-
aelbesampistiss%le to the public for accurate report-
ers in, sib their prOceedings, As did also the Courts
Itirirr7.irt .Wartasipster Hall ;*. but the Judges of
441400 Seed knew of no such authority.—
ys..l4r. Justice Lawrence ?" The Courts of
Lair cannot' be too open, and every man who hes
accelse, 1181 s. a kin to publish ; and if persons are
inbred, she reporter is amenable to the laws of hit
country," If this injunction were granted, Mr.
Minty might bring an action against every news.
pipiir for daring to publish Lord Melville's trial.
64d those publications had bests a more serious in-
ks!), to his pamphlet than the publication in goes-
tuna; for thousands, who were not inquisitive, had
beet satisfied with the abstraas of the trial. The
present CAW was such as should be decided in a
Cowl of. Law. The House of Lords could not give
the proplty to Mr. Gurney, which never was vested
is them.
The LORD CIAMICILLOR observed, that from thr
very seeisfadory manner :the Learned Gentled tees
bad espreseed himself, his Lordship felt the impree.
F aims of his arguments so strong, that he thought
blamer to decide the case now, than deliberate
farther open it, least these impressions should be
weakened or removed. Notwithstanding the high
reaped in which his Lordship held that august
body constituting the High Court of Parliament,
he should have been very unwilling to grant an in-
kjuaaion in this case, until he heard the arguments
of thii day; and but for the case of Bathurst v.
reankly. which was impossible to distinguish from
the present ease. he should have hesitated to do so.
He considered, that in the• decision he should this
ILday make, he was following.the steps of Lord 21-
. don. his predecessor. in the case of Bruce r. Pak%
in therapist of the Duchess of Kingston's impel*
mem. He had been direaed by the Honer"(
ir Ill* to aim an accurate reporter to lay the 044
Ia the public. arid his choice fell on Mr. Gur-
r • ram in obedience to their Lordships' commands.
vgas Ill' their Lordships were supported by many
ofa similar nature ; in the cases of the Earls of
seatel and Oxford in 1717, the Chancellor was
ordered to appoint the publication. On the trial
of Lord Macclesfield in 1720 times was a si-
feller order. la 176, Lord Lovatt, gad others;
alio the Duchess of Kington ; a body Afro
Hmfings. In all these cases the same order• was ,
made ; and in pursuance of these various precedents. ,I
be felt he ought to grant the injunaioe. His Lard..
ship farther observed, that no man valued ties.
berty niche press more than himself, nor was tie
any man more its Stralllollll advocate; but be Aid
not think the granting the pessaat injunaion was any
. thing like an infringement of its privileges, for the
liberty of the press was not at all affated by it. in-
asmuch as any person might become a publisher.
His Lordship was well aware, that the Courts of
Law were apes, and any case had a right to publish
t_he promecringe, as king as they did it correctly. Etas tier modal of men in public situations was
liable to animadversion ; but, if incorrect. the
artier was amenable to the laws. What, there-
hire, he fined w direA authority from so great a
hedge as Lead Bathurst, who had been a common
lawyer. and was Chief Justice of the Common flees
for away years, Ware be presided in a Court of
!laity. who was assisted by all the great men of
the day. who mired their 'pinkies upon the subject.
his Lordship theight himself safe in granting the
eat us as idea of literary property, but
Mamas.
_Weft a ems 111114bgy to the case of the King's
Itfarrie. At she-same time he repeated, that he
sloweired every MN who could Ind his way into
II COON of Justice, had a right to publish the pro-
ithellita. On all these grounds he granted an is-
jeedlise to the hearing of the CUM.
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OBSOLETE IDEAS.
TO Till apnea or THE HMIS!! PRESS

I claim withhold my trodmony of approbation
se the ealwas amber of Made 1f... ; Whether
she is amid, widow. or wife. she has an improved
mind, • goad maderstanding, and a good heart,
and wield idols any station; her book is calculated
wimps, eight asisiseents. correa false ideas, and
Wallas die pima morality. It should not be
murices to a soul circulation. but published for
best& Asa cotespeatioei. it would steed
ens of silkiest ; and the *ea it has in view
damps epee it as Waimea value. The influence
.ef dash mineers ea the seised assuage is en-
beeriaL What the lair au patronise. seconnsgod.
111 ale l wassaraser will be seiversally adopted ; with
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with... Every ataitupt, digesters, to bias them in
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des, esegags, awl feeblest, is truly Wadable. But
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