The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-02-11 00:00:00

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LAW INLELLIG!NOE.
. COURT OF CIiANCE.cY, Mom,AI, FL' 10. '
The MASTILA of the Itott.r s.it )•ester.iay, arl
heir J a low CAWS, but they were nut of any public
interest.

et): Rl' OF KING'S BENCH, WLSTI4INSILII—£II. 10.
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Tin KING f. EDW•III3 nousnaouitsa, esq.
The Defendant in this lase was brought in cus-
tody to receive the judgment of the Court, coo-
t/idled upon three several indidments, for publishing
various scandalous libels against some of the 01-
leers of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
Blue. as r -ported at length in former papers.
Mt. Jus::ce Geose pronounced the sentence of
the Coal t rtear'y in the following terms :
" You, Edward Goulibourne, have been pro-
secuted upon three indidments, charging yru with
rublisting linel• on different persoLs; these indid-
ments mitrh have been contained in one; but each
of ti-, Pi osecutors Las thought proper to prosecute
for hims:lf; aad upon all these, you have been found
GIJON. This is one of the many inconveniences
which mast ever attend on your writing such ma-
levAent libels as those complained of, against gen-
tlemen, who. from your peculiar situation and con-
nection with them, might have supposed that you
would have courted their friendship and esteem.
• From the perusal of the libel, to what can we attri-
bute its a tgiii, but deep-rnrsted malice ? You have
termed Mrs. Bird, " the Pupil of Satan," and " a
shameful Haridan.” You have vilified Capt Bird,
, - imputing to him the buying of unsound horses,
and sell ..g them again to unwary and ignorant
young men, under a warranty. He is also ridi-
. titled for his provincial dialect, and both are styled
.: • 4. wide-wasting pests. and a demoniac pair." Yon
represent •Lierrowsaat-Colonel Dorien as affeding a
mathematical knowledge, to which he had no pre-
tensions ; his manlier of dress and mode of dancing
are both ridieulesi ; and, in this libel, he is said to
• be " too old to learn, too obstinate to mend." In
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- the libel against Captain Abney, he is termed " a
, aumscull, and a rude unpolished bear." With re-
sped to the tendency of the libel, we can have no
- ((masts but, there are affidavits on your part, in mi-
tigation of punishment, which cannot fail to call the
• . attention of the Court. You, being a young man
' ne the time of writing these libels, had too little
- %night to discover how many enemies the publica-
tion might create—how few friends your satire could
' repute to you—and how many difficulties in which
• • st mast necessarily involve you. The indidmeots
costal each a picture of a mind full of black in-
viter**, malice, as we should have thought, men,
semeals less boys, could not have shown. The lady
bad net injured you by selling you unsound horses,
• at encouraging you at the memaable, by praising
year libellons publications against ethers. Taking,
timisfore, paw alitiaviu into OUT consideration, for
want of say is eootradidion, we are to labs chess
to he tsee, and looking at your years, we cannot
swig Waking, that the Prosecutors have been
numb to blame. Times we are so psi& delin-
quency, we amts at the Mee time, wain the un-
warrantable coeds& of those who in led re en
by flittering your peednitions, to commit this cl-
imes against the laws of the realm, and then bring-
ing you before the Cant, and rendering you amen-
able to its judgment. Attending, therefore. to
every part rd this case.qui to the condo* of same
of those who prosecute you, we do order and ad.
judge.
that under the tadiflment, at the suit of
Captain and Mrs. Bird, you paysa fine to the King
of .501.; for the libel against Lieutenant-Colonel
Darien, a further fine of 101.; and for that against
Captain Abney, a further sum of 101. ; and that
you be committed until such sums be paid."
The Defendant immediately paid these several
Sues ; and was, accordingly, discharged.
tag KING a,. ANN KOUSLIII•14.
The 3oLietroa-G prayed the judgment
of the Court against this Defendant, who was one of
the persons convicted as having been concerned in
the riot at the Knaresborough eleftion, the particu-
'
lars of which we have laid before our readers in for-
int" papers. At the time the others were convia-
I* she could not be brought up, being 'pregnant ;
sod although she appeared to have taken an aanro
pert, yet as there was some variance in the evideo*
mains her, he did not wish to press too hard ell
bar, and therefore left it to the judgment of desk
Lordships, observing, that when women interfered
is nth cases, they were not likely to make mums
baiter.
Lord ELLtKOONOL on was unwilling that imp".~
nity should be held out wht re women and chit**
took a part in a riot ; of this, his Lordship observed,
there was a melancholy and sireadfuil instance in the
year 1780.
Mr. Justice Lawarece, in prosouncing thejudg-
'went of the Court, observed on the nature and ob-
• ink*/ that riot, and the mischievous consequences
. • ht have ensued from it ; and he wished it
redly understood, that women should nut
with impunity in such disturbances. The
was then senteoced to one month's im-
prbisament in the Castle of York, in addition to her
past confinement.
Mr. GA &ROW moved the Court for a Writ of
Habeas prays, to bring up the body of a lady, in
order to restore her to her husband. No names were
mentioned ; but the Learned Counsel stated, that
the parties were married without the approbation of
the lady's father, and, afterwarels,. Irons some rea-
sons not necessary to state, they were separated,
and the lady was again taken under her father's pro-
tedium, who had lately brought her to town. She
had expressed a wish to return to her husband, and
an interview had been aneioudy soup-ht for oil both
sides, which the f ...her opp_ssed ; and, consequently.
the husband was obliged to apply to the Court Olt
*his Writ, to restore his wire to hum. Ile wished it
to be direded to the faG ,or the persons with
whom it wa. supposed the lady titers resided.
Ruie grant-J.
At nine o'cloch, this morning, Lord El. L LNBO-
pull Gl4 sat at Vann l'r,hs, wl.en a great number of
causes, of nu public moment, were disposed of,,