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as it was oot"tiousi for the House of Lords to hear
appeal catpes in the first week of the meeting of
Parliament, he would sit in Court every day in
the next week.
His Lordship rose at half-past two o clock.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GOILDIIALV,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19.

B•jvre the LOILDCHIEFJUSTICS and a Special Jury.

THE RING V. JANE CARLILE.
This was a crionioal information filed by the At-
tor.ier.Geueral against the Defendant, for the pub-
lication of a libel in the paper called The Repub-
lican.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the Jury
on the. part of the prosecution. He said his friend,
tie Attorney-General, had thought it incumbent
on him to institute the present prosecution. and
the Jury. after they hail read the libel, would
concur with him, that had lie not so done he would
have been guilty of a gross dereliction of duty.
The work in which the libel was published had
been several times the subject of prosecution for
bellows and blasphemous matter which it contained..
The husband of the Defendant, Richard Carlile,
was at present suffering for his concern iu that pub-
' ligation; but it was hoped that future instances of
severity would be thereby rendered unnecessary.
'But these hopes have proved fallacious.: the hus.
,baud being removed, his wife then took up the
trade. after which his sister, and eventually a jour.
Heyman. a person of low condition, became cost.
sleeted with the work. The Learned Gentleman
regretted that • female should he the object of
prosecutiin; but she could not cotuplaiii, after
continuing to give to the world the mischievous
work in question, after the warnings which bile
had received from former prosecutions.
The libel was contained in a letter dated from
Dorchester gaol, signed " Richard Cathie," and
addressed to the Rev. Was. IVei‘bt, of King-
square, Bristol, and purported to be an answer to
some questions put by that Rev. Gentleman tittlie
writer of the letter. Although the letter bore the
signature of R. Curlile, the Crown had not• the
means of proving it to he his production, and had
therefore proceeded against the seller arid publisher.
Referring to the libel, he would abstain from all
Argument to spew its mischievous and horrid ten-
dency. If the bare perusal did not satisfy the
Jury, nothing that he could say would have that
rft,et. After some argument. the libel proceeds
to speak. of the Cato-street conspiracy—that con-
spiracy which had had the seal of four intelligent
juries set upon it. In speaking of this, the writer's
words were, " I hold the destruction of, tyrants
by a sudden and violent death, or (if you think
I am not explicit enough) by assaseiustion, to be
bighly just. mural, virtuous, legal, and conform-
able to the law of nature, which is or ought to be
the foundation of all law." Thus any one whom
the writer thought fit to say was a tyrant, he openly
contended he was justified in assassinating; but,
thank Gold ! such doctrines were alien to the
"breasts of Englishmen. The writer goes on
to say. " with regard to those persona wNorn
you tall the Cato-street seuspiretors, I entirely
disepprove. I object to them, because I think it
was cowardly and impolitic to enter into association
fur essassination, which bait ever be better done by
any tusin's single arm unincumbered sod unassist.
ed."—The Learned Counsel coacluded by ob.
serving, that the Jury had heard the libel read,
trod he doubted not that they would, without beano-
con, give hint their verdict.
Fichard Samisel Houlditch was then sworn and
examined.—He proved that he bought the paper
put into his hands, No. 8, of Vol. 111, of The Re-
puNican, op the 17111 Juue 1820, of the Deltudant,
personally, at her shop in Fleet-street.
The mimeos was not cross-examined.
The judgment of the Court of King's Bench on
Rcliard Carble was put to evidence.
Mrs. Cerlile, who was not assisted by any Conn-
tie!. sv..s then called on fur her defence. She nut in a
long written paper, which was read by the officer of
the Court. In it the Defendant justified the doc-
trines of the original libel by large quotations Irons
bout sacred and profane history, mud concluded by
Apnrisiiig the Jury that` a verdict of gu Ily in this
case would be a great triumph for the Miiiistets.
:whilst, on the (viler baud, a verdict of acquittal
would be a death-blow to their power.
'fIieSoLteITOII•GENERAL addressed the Jury in
reply. after which his Lordship briefly charged the
Jury, who retired for a quarter of an hour, and ou
thetr return found the Defendant Guilty.

ATTORNEYS AN!) COUNSEL.

I M PORTA NT DECISION.

A decision of considerable importance to the public, •nd
moire especially to the gefith men of the legal profession,
souk place 111 the Lancaster Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday,
lie 11th instant. The question 'wow out of some proceed-
luta which occurred at the Adjourned Sessions fur the relief
of Ioaolv:ut Debtors, held at Lancaster on the Tuesday
p.ecooing L•pon that occasion, alien 11r.• logl.by, an
Aiturn. y, was about to oppose the discharge of a Prisoner.
Mr Yell, • borrister. being then iu attendance, and the
only Cooosel in Court, 111 r. Borchelt, due of she
drigistrates, interfered and obsessed, that it ass the practise
11.1 ail other Comic, whew a Barrister *as in atteodanec,
that herds must be given to him iu preference to an Attor-
ney, in every opposed case, if the party opposing did not
tweed sal person. Tbe klaitibtrates agreed, that if curls
was the gee. rat practice, they could not deviate from the
role an this ruse, and sit order of Court to that effect al.
made accordingly. 31r Ingleby contended at some length
spit's' Dos strange innovation, and declared that ratio,
than submit hi is, he would withdraw ti.a orpoirilto,, iu two
atom' rases: Coomol, Ise said, central, to all precedent,
▪ ag he conceived, highly derogatory to the profersiou,
bad refused to accept betas 0116011 i • fee of two comes.,
cud Mr pledged bini.elf to bring the question before the
Magistrates at the Quarter Sessions.

Aceonabottly, HI toe Qoarter Sessions, ante the motions
respeetstra Ik. loglitrays 1).4 been tope thrutigb, Mr. ligle.
by plied the atteutium of lb. Court to this b,..i•ros. He
HO'S stated the ciscumsta•ers as tbey occurred at Ike Ad.
juu, yrs, Kes.a..rrr, and ttrprrcated lhr twiteruf the NI 4K !al if • I ris
•s a muustrous innovation, VI %thick be could nut submit
without ap*eali•g to that Court.
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The iltnigiorrtes cousulti d tottelhee fur a short line, when
M. Huruby (uhr l h..isuueo deliver. d the deetsiusrof the
Cour( to Scii tuUursag effici :—He had aluaye, be said,
foio.trieeed it to be a nett ut the Coin's 44 Lsw, where
Banisters were la annul tette, that they should have the
raCilleMe ought cal' addressiug the Omit With respect to
tLe lasolwest Debtors' Court, obeu there was only one Ba►.
'oder reseal, it iiru hectare absolutely aec.apary that the
Geuliesoes of the Plotesaioo should be aliewed to plead on