The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-06-30 00:00:00

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-the Chart alone, withallt aftY one to iikisk t*-
`character but the Solicitor ; binaries, the Solicitor
applimf the inueieln to. his Lordship, by common
report. •It was said, that Bo clients hied marked
the mem, but the USW was marked before. it was
far the Jury, in aecert g the damages, to con-
sider whether dui paragraph was invented by his
clients? mid that would lead them to his Lordship's
character, which was acknowledged to have been, by
.common rumour, bad before. He wished he could
avoid this subject, bat it was impossible.
Mr. Seijeaut BEST interrupted the Learned
Counsel again, and inuieted that the evidence was in-
n t 11l If it wes to be permitted, Key man
• who came into Court should come prepared to
defend his whole life, and his character would be
liable to hi destroyed by utifeettuded report. Such
a defence wept a greater length to ruin Use c:i•irae-
tar of his elielit, than the libel of which he coin-
•plained.
Mr. Serjeanteocaeradefended the line in which
he was potameling ; he maintained that it was
couoieteut to ban to produce evidence of the ge-
neral rumour, in mitigutieu of the damages.
Mr. Aellrro, twee the same side, contended,
that us the Jury Via to estimate the injury duet
to a character by an act, they should hear evidence
as to the state of that character, previous to the
, act said to affect it. The Counsel fur the Plaintiff
had given evidence in aggravation, those of the
. Defendants should thelefure be heard in mitiga-
tion of the damages.
Mr. reciatant BEST denied that be had examined
evidence in aggravation ; ally questions having that
tendency were asked hay the opposite Counsel.
After so.:ie further conversation, it was agreed
that they should proceed.
Cuartecerra A4tICOED czennined.
Was in the house 'oh Lard and Lady Leicester
the day they were married; lived with them one
year ; was at the house at Westbourue-green, and
that at Gloucester-place ; believed that his Lord-
ship slept but three or four nights with her Lady-
ship ; they continued for some nine in the same
house together ; knew a person of the name of
Neri ; Lord and Lady Leicester went to the coun-
try in August, his Lordship returned immediately,
and her Ladyship remained till Jeituary ; his Lord-
ship did not visit her in the wean time ; knew a
gentleman of the name of also mo of -the
name of Mayfair ; fitting slept in the house ; he
was not there long before Lord and Lady Leices-
ter went to the county) ; Hehag dined atilt, tie le,
mid Neri sometimes; •s hell her mistreat and she i. -
turbid to View:ester-place, his Lardehip lite.: at.
Weatbouroe-green; the Lady Townshend sometimes
visited at the house ; did not remember that any
Nobleman sew Gmitlemen asenciated with Lute
ship ; her Ladyship was much sloar. Srifccal let-
ters were produced to the witness, ••••!e.sh she proved
to he the hand-writing of Lady- L•eceeter ; did not
live with any one since she left her Ladyship; her
-husband was at sea.
Il• Ram)) exassimel.
Is an artist in Cambridge, and knee Lord Chart-
ley and Neti • Neri was his I..ordeaia'S servant ;
had furnished ornaments fur lea Lerdship's room ;
his Lordship lived retired ; he remained two
ia Cambridge ; left it its 1800 ; Nen maid behind
him.
GIORGI SYtru examined.
is an upholsterer; kgew hie Lordship ; knew
Neri, as his Secretary; furnished both hullers ; did
not hear any reports till about a yearend half 'go,
when they were all about town. Neri, lives in
York-street, Raker-street; knew none but Nevi
and Heliug; Neri is a private jgentlennue his hums,
worth about 1001. myear ; had area Lord avid
Lmly Leicester together frequently.
WILLIAM NICINTON examined.
Was master of the Cocoa Not Coffees-house; in
1792, Nen lived with him as coffee-room buy ;
hip mime lie slid was Petrick Nen or Bnurue ;
Waco no berm of hine.
.1 • . Mr. RIDSWAT examined.
Nen haleeel at hid house eighteen months, almut
the:year 1804; bis Lordship called on hint once a
week ; ?ieri peid his own bills ; had a tint floor,
for which he paid a guinea a-week to Mrs. Ridgway.
Mr. Danes examined.
Is an auctioneer ; sold the furesitnce of Glouces-
ter-place and t%'estbourne-green„ by outer of Nevi ;
did not see his Lordship ; sold some furniture' sfor
Neri, distinct from his Lordship's.
Jou% NEWBY tramined.
Is Chapel Clerk in Cambridge College; knew"
Lord Chortley in Colle,;e; his Lordship had a sere
taut on going there first, who was succetamiliy •
Neri—Neri acted in the capacity rather of a coin-
paniou than a ',mot. Lord Chantey sussen odd •
kind of man ; he frequently locked himself up itel
his morn for a•weirk together; Neri slept in the
roornnext to his Lordship; mutiny Gentlemen lead
only a thin pirtition between them and their ser-
i vants; his Lordship did not mix much in cora-
-1 Noy ; he seldom even dined in the hall ; heard no
reason stated fur his leaviug the Cnivereity ;
beard tuiiiiy disrespectful lltin,cs of Lord Cuattley,
as well as othen, which he did not believe; heard
the students, in fun, call his Lordship, Loly
Chantey ; heard Mom say that he wore his hair
like a *onion, 'and wore shoes like a lady ; theta
were many other gentlemen in the College like
ladies ; never saw any thing bad in his Lordship 'a
conduct; never heard that he was desired to leave
College; knew that he had given three concerts
pre:twos to his departure. at which the Pelle-m*4nd
many Noblemen and Gentlemen attended; knew
that he played music with Neri.
HANNAH BUSIONAT, e realised.
Knew a man of the 'mow of Murray ; he lodged
NE leo house from the year linl to 1803; flit 000
know whet business ha fettoefal ; Lord Clairttof
visited hen 'three tune% and drank tea with lii
'once ; he was between twenty and thirty years old
be seldnin went out until evening ; he was not mesa.
steed; thought that Neri breekKated with him i
once; no one else visited him ; knew that he was
ill once, and that his Lord„ hip to see him ;
that he bid him gel every Ilieg thatwas nes:emery ;.,
never heard. till Murray went away, any thing du-
respectful of him.
The Rev. HENRY POVETIIN a. iwieeu
Knew Lord Chantey ; ems his intro; did' not
know whir he len College; report wes, that he was
ening abro ul ; neves board ea bidet's/eclat of
did not know him since.

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kiew one Friths a prini)e.soldietii fee'ii,titil? ';„
het observed lion .curial i'4 Owl lift, ittg,t4l. d.
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watches. and dressed fu Mehl clothes ; ritti
had a gold watch ; lie confined% su on suspejele
and heard reports of his heir iaaieka..wlM:
Lord Cliiirtley ; did nut know hie Lordship's ;.erid,
son ;. had heard these reports for the lastis three ''
years; sent the watch, by Serjeant Crudet, to the
silversmith's.
Lord Jou N TOWtSMEND trill ere allroi,and e.r-
amised fro* the Beech, lie isthe uncle of Is.nrd
Chartley,aod had had uo correspondence with him
in 1,07, nor since the end of 1803. or Iteginaint of
1804. He believed Lord' Chartley, et timt time. '
had am intercounw with hii father, thraigh he had
with his melts. It was for general reirsosis ire' had
discontinued his acenaiutance, and not from any
private consideration.. To a question from Mr.
Serjeant BEST, his Lordship replied, that there had
preeivady been diseensions in the family.
Mr. Serjeaut BEST then addressed the jury.
He said, iii the where course of hit practice, he had
Dever seen a cause conducted as that of this. day,
nod hoped he should never witness such another ;
because it crude the Coert, instead of x shield to
protect the ionnceut, a weapon for their deotrue-
tion. Never, iu the course of his hr,,did he feel
more pain in the discharge of his duty, blips he
then felt; he had never been so eireuurstainced ; he
was left by his colleague, who was emnpelled to
mitred to other duties, to defer' his client, under
the most extraordinary circumstances, in a case iu
which infinitely more was at stake, than it was in
their power to give, or than what the Plaiutiff could
possibly receive at their hands: Nothing could
exceed the dialeoliCal purpose of those who could
brat write such a libel, and next enter into such a
defence: The arguments which had been used
by his Learned Brother, were of a mart extraordi-
nary nature; such so contending that coeductoft
of newspapers had a right to publish, if they wished
to give the news of the dry, *whatever they might
think fit to call news, without conslderine what
might he the effect. But was this to justify this
moat scandalous and infamous falsehosel ? Then
' they attempted to substantiate it by Customs
against a person they never knew ; and, iu thus
justifyiug their bleeder, brought iii the names of
eight or nine respectable persons; who wee, in
fowl!. to be held up to the world us men guilty
of the wont of crimes But thee it was said,
Oh ! they publish what they pick up in the
you r,re of the day." In that viese„ he waeld not be
hard upon them, were the eircismaishees of a light
or trivial nature ; but should they OM, beiewnehey.,
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dealt out such slander as this, have unlined into
it ? Was it too mulch to say, that th • ileSuldliiie
sent to Doctors'-Conießaii.erbieh- oldies.--
them half air hoar, to inPirip;ltlif
or not, the neglect of whin rim! • eta
character for lik ? Wriisft'iiit- -their duty to' hire
ascertained whether it-was seat to gradate taste Tee:
.caudal, or to satisfy private malice He was jus-
tified in concluding that it Wils a wicked falsebood;'
invented by the Editor, such as they might tp'lit'arli.'
he the heaviest damages, and irthey did
. w0t.,.. aid
were attacked in a similar manner to-ohoerow---dield
out to be monsters—they could not c0mp1eie.....A..1
deposition had been talked of, 'thcleiritory. of Dee
fends:its ignorance of the larther;-nobeivath fial
been produced, mid no roestiebbie)gb tiet er4 hit ,y
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been given. They might 44111 e prfiddvtdl slivers .
and.sheern the hand-writimilf the ophld pessiii
boo who wrote it, by which itiosightiwelbOeu traded.;
but nothing bud been @belie to prow that ht 44-
not faheicated by the Editor,' ilit'hY jottiei,... S.44`et ..
channels. His client had been ettackeir. On the .
most tender points, capon the surpiointi ,of Sohn.,
and would it' be 'too much for hers also to attack
them upon suspicion ? IVar it not fair to suppose
(after their apology had been irevel4rd), when
two additional libels had been publidied en the 3.3 d
and ifith, that some secret cause oplatuted, and that
they expected to receive some flank of England
paper to stop Tuture.ritteeks ? ; Xen did Not tell
lies fir nothing. Good objeele were never attained
by such means ; they's 'weretlte worst of motives;
and he might jiistly.sry.
Who keels iny One odds trait ;
Bat be who robeywe si wee good nagorw
makes ore poor indeed. •
And God knew this to be the truth. They had
used their papers •ar highwayman did their pistol.,
to make what they ceukh by them. As to the
liberty of the press, uo man was a-warmer Mead
to it then himself; het this was not the lihertrif
the press. If the press, were to.. he used for did
purpose of gratifying private malignity, he woad
prefer living in a country where there smoirrOm
papers, than •in one where the people larrepaie to
such attacks,' If there had been any truth is the
atrocious charge, why did .they nut prove that the
articles had been exhibited at ))odors'-Comnicias ?
But his Learned Bothers-declined it, seeise; he
was unprepared; ire had offered to prepare him,
told hen the proper Miter was in Court, from,,
Doctor's-Commie'', wire rebid sgive every inform..
stints on the subject ; still he amild net meet him,
because he wan unprepared. The Learned Ser•
jeant then begged. to impress deeply upon the
minds of the Jury, that if his Learned Brother,
who had had Live times hie experieuce. would not
meet one single points because he was unprepared,
bow could ha he expected to answer for twenty
such t Unprepared as he had been, linw was be
to answer the evidence produced ? He f..-.I not berm
apprised that a person was to be brought from Caw-
bridv ; that a Colonel in the Guards was to be
produced ; or that her Ladyship's waiting-maid.
was to he brought forward. He did know that
a Noble Relative of the Plaintiff war to attend, but
could never have believed he would have been pro-
duced for such parpo.e. lamely to .hew that us,-
happy differences existed in the family. He then
went over the whole of the evidence, from which
he contended nothing should be drawn utifavonra;
•hte to his client, as there gas nothing in it Uremia-
;tillable with the knout of his Lecthhip ; portico.
lady, when it was takes into goneighgetion tbet be
,lied misay,pecutierittes; that be eras a
leetag use; sad thet there war -m, an
ilosay, Aid, 4iede'retileserit , , aotl.w'hiek
110•41 reihiced . the NOS,
Veers a clieliciestial ear
'his person. Bra*. if
Mai -. a preres's tore
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..Agservanit protheses!, proved Ott !on
As Itsthe Witness for the Platen:lf, a loon
Isle chassierer oas trot in the profeasionv ao
ditet'ipeesed how opposite the two mod
'f4fliPg !outlier,' ; that voltam woe a..:
watt h for the sintbpr of these al.oiniaadds
and, it he.fuuud the poorer. to coalmen
!ion. 146 treatment Alert be tumour
1,/efetidants bad persneel,the course of al
and had mimed at atabbing lino. whew al
to-resist. Had they pisioied o dilforei
sbeil as the Leerued Sorjeant would hair
mended, and had alert.' to make every i
in'their power. through their Paper. 1
Means, 1:1 acknowledgment, of that hi
have frees. Ino.ur than toy damages ; ,Irot
were (milt ohjects fur pity, and he there'
the Jury woo:of give damages to the fu
laid in the ileclarution. With these rem
kit the character of his Lordship to .:1I
_and trusted their verdict would prove.
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in his seotimeittc.
Lord Chief Jostler MAlksrltLD then
ed.the Jury. He said, it wei ,ufTseient
the Plaintiff to a verdict, dett scritidai
ptwrrd in the ini.,..er, and it was Imo el
they 4154 nut know the unthor.—.l ma
more excusable for a libel, th au iron
1133111.1/1101111 (illlgtf, who had not repar
There had been moil arguments toe.
sides, and the matter for their cow
utider all the circumstances, woe the
of the dam.iges. Out stir had said ill
could be given up, and the other
could not; thut was a point which sho
with them it. their debberatiotar. The
,the press heal nothing to do wi !t the pre
--No one could concepts the Isiwity of
to extend to en .unrestrained puwar of
public or pnvete individual,, although ti
too moth of late used for ,uch purposes,
liberty of the prep.; seemed to he south
stood, he would state, that formsriy sh-
officer called a licenser. I/ is.w deny it a
open works going to the pfe34. la defter.
tech.,. officer had ocensionally,hree apve
• discontinued. it iler the Itevolutiost, the
ficenser was totally abolidied, and alms
bad since been written upon the 'subj.-et
cev,estd priliom;.—The true liberty of the
Rioted Is. printing and publialsing %ilia
please; without restraint; but to s,e tut
amswerobie for what you so print or 1
His Lordship then read the two libels,
they were torts as called for rompeosav
ilillgtwstitivii that' articles had been
in cW,-,„Erclesiastleal Cosset, similar to tl
Nicol STninst I..nrd Audjey, where they
pdpr fo to a criminal presses-oboe, we, ri
04 „Sir: to that part of the libel, charusnil
"wit being accessory to a rape on his wile
heant nothing. The declaration stated,
/Pliintiff 13 perfivtly free from tire choir
',that his character is injured, and to
lfirgraded in soCiety. That the libels i
.Jialmat..shastr eased be oo doubt. The
:aats lied plaided tint guilty, which .
ntio Sine out, unless by a justisicanon.
'attempt on thin point, might, perhaps.,
level* the damages ; as in the defence it
)44pda they could not nips., Plaintiff'.
rhimeosonit was before notorious ; rod t
1, paystitiatition to consider, whetiver the
lb thlttil,Cpect. ass such as 11/1/11111 verify
‘catios?-1,1-lis Lordship then atilt over the
,pertiooludycommentiug upon tile extent
...f.sfewreewts to the Plaintiff's periodic
if extended,' or made more wetaleo
f)efendisaits. would, in proportion, affect
diet. He concluded by recosuitientl.ng t
take the whole case into their seriosis eon
and grove such damages as would meet i
of the case.
The Jury retired for more than an It
they returned their verdict for the Plait
magm 1,0001. and 40 shillings costs.
During the whole trial, winch lasted fi
the morning till the in the afternoon,
was crowded to excess.
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CNIURT OF ICINGS BENCH-4VErrli i a seri
Sigiegs at Nisi Pries, before lard Chi.
Et sgosentotiow.
There were two Special Jury causes app
this des: The first, the King.. his Grace
of Gordon ; the Jury was called over mid
the indictment being put off to next 'I
the other case, Cite Jury did nut attend,
necessarily post pow.
PERJURY.

TUC 10110 C. yes. roams.
On the motion of Mr. etkveaow, the tr
indictment was put off until nexi Tern., a
of the indisposition of a Witness that ea*
for the defence of the prosecuted.
ASSAULT.
STYLES a. Shan dnid Wire.
This was an action to recover elama,4
assault. The Plaintiff was a Heedboro
the Defendant what is denominated a Cri
Defendants, on the 25th of February, wei
Brown Bear tnibilio-:iouse. Upper East fe
and assaulted the landlord, who sent for
tiff in his official situation ; on his rot
room, he was assaulted by both Defend
Ironer, out of the honse ; not satisied,
tinned their ill treatment in the street.
Cher OtVirr came to the assistance of the
when they secured the husband, gwd carri
the watch-house. There were several
exe.sained in defence, each of ;whom coi
the miter, although they all attempted
the Plaintiff was the ityfgriroanr, but with:
The Jury gave a verdict for the Plea
naages SUI.
424 D BAILEY, June ill.
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No* Lord's father to mod garden. on the eve-tong of the red *I M.Y.
ii aervoitt to 'be always oboes was accosted by the Primmer. who contwvs
p. It it were wished to know hie pocket of his watch. —The Jury ft
itrarr. .it bad, the way to abegia• Guilty.
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