The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-01-05 00:00:00

genteel appearance, who seemed extremely afteet.
ed with the situation in which he was placed), and
argwed.ea the prebability that Waylen was mistaken
in the Perim Wl'the Defendant, Ilse eirtatily wiss
in the crowd at the time in question„ being in-
volved in it IS he was. itittsittg iteliß any bis./4.ing
...mums*. 'Re could nat. unfurtutietrllii.l.tei the
nature of the charge, cell levy 'eidetic* elfnelle
it, bat he coaid call meet respectahle emuswalre
who would give the Defendant so eiremphiry a ehs-
...meter that it would raise a strong inference in fa-
vour of his innocence of the outrage with which he
war now charged. The Learned Conner' celled
Mr. Stammers, who was not present, end was pro.
ceeding to esasaine another witness, when—
The CHallitElill interposed on the irregularity of
calling witnesses to character in a case a a.sault.
The Learned Counsel admitted that i; was not
strictly regular.
The CHAIIIINAII then summed op the evidence
to the Jury, who, otter-a moment's, convideration,
returned t verdict of Sol Guilty. to the Istisfaction
of a crowded Court. Some applause was mani-
fested wheu the verdict wee pronounced,. but it was
immediately repressed.
usu. ON THE DUKE OF YORE.
Tun £llO V. HAVIICIRT pews.
This was so indictment for publishing a libel on
his Royal Highness the Doke of York, with intent
to defame and inmate want al military skill to him
as Commander-in-Chief of she army.
Thu Defendant addressed the Jury, sod mid he
hoped if there was soy gentleman in the box who
was in any office under the Government or in the
parish, he would withdraw.
Not *toy of the Jury coming under the descrip-
tine ~f persons nlrjectell to by the Defendant
Mr. RsvisoLos proceeded ()II the part of the
prosecution to address to the Jiffy a statement of the
case. The Defendant had published a paper, which
tended to defame and degrade the character of his
Itoy.l Highness the Commander in Chief; and
although the libel was drawn up in the form of
questions, that could not make any ddfrrence in
the nature of the publication. Lt was daring the
time that an important parliamentary inquiry was
going 0/4, that the Defendant, on the 91st Angus..
lass, was seen amongst a multitude of parson. as,
sembled in St. James's-square, distributing Irons or
bag which lie had round his neck a cunsidevalite
quantity of the publication now complained of,
lie was watched, and when he had gut a little way
out of the crowd was laid bold of and taken to
Bow-street. The Learned Counsel here read the
publication in question. It was in the form of a
baud-hill, and headed—

" THE DUKE OP YORK ;"
sod swieurpt oilier questions cootaitied she fullowiar, via.—
" Why, except fur hire, is the Duke of York bummed ?
" Is it fur his military exploits at she Helder ?
" Is it because he pee cummissiuus isi the army at the
reeuaiuseadatiou of Mrs. Clarke?
" Is it because be took 10,000 L a year fur visiting his
sick father ? or, is it bemuse he takes 30,0001. a year of the
patine osprey as Cumnsauder.M.Cliief."
The Learned Counsel concluded with pronounc-
ing ao eloquent ealogium on the character of his
Royal Highness as Cottunander-in-Chief of the
army. and calling upon the Jury by their verdict
to coovirree the Defeudaut that it was no excuse for
him to say, when he had been scattering firebrands,
• that he ought not to be punished, becaufel forsooth,
he did not make triens.
George Durrell, entrained by Mr. BOLLAVD.—
He was in St. James's-square on the 31st Aogost
last. He saw the Defeudaut there; he had • bug
round his neck, and was distributing from it bills
to the surrounding persons. Witness received stye-
ral bills from him. He marked one and gays it to
Fursemair, brimming to Bow-siret t.
Cross-examine/ by the Defendant.—He did not
belong to nor was he emploOri by the Bow-street
officers. He expects to be paid for his trouble.
He did not see any other but the Defendant distri;.
doting bills.
Furzeouto, examined by Mr. Ku OLDS.—
He is an officer belonging to Bow-street. and was
in St. Jaineet-equare on the 31st of August last,
and raw the Defendant with • bag round his neck,
distributing bills. The lest witness &hewed him
some bil!• which he had received from tl e Defend-
ant. He took the Defendant op to Bow-street.
He watched him out of the mob before he took
him. It was a few minutes after Mr. Mills had
been taken up.
Checks Norris sworn.—He corroborated the ac-
count given by the two last energies.
Francis Dighton, Private Secretary to the Duke
of York, proved that his Royal Highness was Com-
mander-in-Chief.
Mr. REY NOLI3I—" That is my case."
The 0, reorient proceeded to reedit very long
written defence, the substance of which less, that
he had beers for some time before employed by Mr.
Benbovo iu placarding about the streets of the Me-
tropolis various placards, the whole of which he
read to the Court. One placard was beaded
" Proposal to murder the Queen," and contained
animadversions on a passage which appeared in
714 e Morning Post ; soother was headed, "
rival of the wretches," and announced the arrival -
at Dover of the Italian witnesses sgainst thal
Questa, and their treatment there:. The rest of
the bills which lie had been employed to post
were of a similar character, rod the Defendant
affirmed that his real offence was the posting those
and for which the present prosecution was in-
stituted against him. He denied that the hill in
(portion was a libel, and went through an examine-
nun of each question separately, to chew that there
was nothiog of a libellous nature in any of them.
He contended also, that if the subject matter of
the bill were punishable, the printer whose name
was to it ought to have been called upon to answer
it. and nut he who was a servant employed and re-
ceiving wage* fur it. In the course of his defence,
the Defewlaut referred tumid gave copious extracts
from the Parliamentary Debates during the in.
piny into the conduct of the Duke of York.
Mr. Rex siotos rose to reply.
The Defeudaut objected, that SO he had called
no witriesser.lbe Learned Counsel was nut entitled
to reply upon him.
The ClIA11111•111 informed him, that in eases
where the King was prosecutor, it bail been de-
cided that the Counsel might ',ply, although so
witnesses bed been called.
Mr. RSYNOLD4I then addressed the Jerry. is
reply to the topics on which the Defendant bad