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London, England, 1824-01-16 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

Yesterday we received German papers, from which the
following are extracts :
AVOSIIVROII J•N 5.

LFrom the Allgrmeine Zeitung.i
CONSTANTINO/I.r, 'Nov. 26.
All accounts from the Morea agree, that even in this campaign
the Greeks have in the end had the advantage every where. The
Divan was seriously engaged in discussing the question, whether
they ought to venture another campaign, or negociate with the
Greeks. There bare been very warm deb/Lift ou this subject, which
have not led to any results.
Court', DEC. 2.

The Pacha of Scutari has been very roughlihandie'ilTiear 3lis-
solonghi, and has retreated with great loss to his own Government.
FROM THE FRONTIERS O. TRANSYLVANIA, DEC. 23.
According to the accounts of travellers, N. Menziatki had not
arrived at Bucharest on the 31st of this month.
PETERSHUROO. DEC. 23.

" We, Alexander the First, Emperor and Autocrat of all the
Rusaiaa, herehy signify to all our luvi..g subjects, that
" Th r M tst II i gh, through whom Princes rule, has now again been
pleased to reveal Iris holy will to the Imperial House of Russia,
through the gracious administration to increase it by a new branch.
By the blessing of the Almighty, who searches the heart, and with
the appmbation of our must beloved Alother, the Empress Maria
Fendorowna, we have resolved to choose her Royal Highness
Princess Charlotte of It'irtember,3, to be the consent of our be-
loved brother the Grand Duke Michael l'aulowitseh, no:ceding to
his own wishes."
This Ukase then states, that her Royal Highness had beta con-
firmed in the Greek religion, by the name of Paulowna.

CONSPIRACY OF SAUQUAIRE-SOULIGNR, 4v.

COURT OF ASSIZE OF PARIS.
SITTIXO or TIM 13TH or J•WIJART.

Among the witnesses we observed the names of the Marquis
de la Fayette, and of Count George Lafayette, his son, of M.
Metilhou, advocate, of Alahuel, a man of letters. Messrs. La.
layette, father and son, do not answer when called upon; oar do
M. Paulin. M. Yeas hamatine.
The Attorney-General observed, that the notices were duly
' served on the absent witnesses ; that, in fact, it had not been pos-
sible to find M. Paulin, who had removed several times, without
leaving an auldruis. This eloquent Magistrate is justly surprised
that citizens called upon to perforni duties, should refuse to fulfil
them, and should thus, by a voluntary fault, prolong the capacity
of a woman, s ho has a right to demand to be immediately tried.
M. de l'roel, in consequence, requires that the trial be deferred
to the next session; that the witnesses be condemned to pay a fine,
at well an all the expenses which the delay stall occasion, and that
in case of a second refusal to appear, they shall be compelled by
the public forte.
M. Ihirs, Counsel for Made. ('hauvet, says--his client has
been ten woe in prison ; that there is nothing to prevent her
being tried. a written deposititws of the witnesses may be read,
who, he is sure, will sat nothing more.
The Attorney-General observes, that this is contrary to the law,
and that all the proceeding before the Jury must be oral.
The Court, attn. deliberating, accedes to the pmpositions of the
Attorney-General ; pots oil the trial to the first session in February,
and condemns Messrs. Lafayette, Paulin, Irieux I.amarine, and
Paquin, to u line of lOU Innen, and the cape Li m.% which the delay
shall occasion. . .

The public officer is enjoined to compcl them by the public
force

The situp theu broke up.

CIIMIGE. OF ASSASSINATION.

The female, Hare Vivier, when brought before the Court and
the Jury, adopted language different from that she used before the
Coen of Instruction. After the reading of the accusation, and re-
, calling of witnesses, her eyes were fixed upon Ilene Larnorlette,
her lover, whom she hail not at first distinguished amidst the crowd
of the spectators. She then burst into wars, and her webs were
heard aloud. This female, who appears to belong to the most de.
graded of her class, has yet left some decency of demeanor. lies
figure is not agreeable, her voice is hoarse, and her utterance
quick. She defended herself with confidence, and her answers did
not want precision or clestness.
When she was questioned about her connection with larnorlette,
she said that she was acquainted with him about eight years ; about
six weeks since, she perceived his intention of abandoning her; she
then asked hint to return her a watch-chain, and some trinkets
which pie had given hint ; she pressed above all things file the con-
tracts which passed between them, which he persisted in rejeeing ;
she endeavoured to dissuade him from a marriage which would not
serve him ; they passed the night usgether, and she never spoke of
dagger or knife, as he had said; when she bought the knife, she
did not ask (or tune sharpened at both sides ; it was then her inten-
tion to stab herseif or to throw herself into the water ; when she
thought her lover was dead, she was determined to die upon
the scaffold : when lgotiorlette did not meet her at the appointed
place, she went to seek him; she found him, and took him
by the arm, and said, " This is the last time that I will
speak to you; come a moment wioh site." lie folios:eel her;
she placed two glasses of wine on the tal:le; lie drank one; sloe
told hint that us he was going to be marriA, ke ought at least
to return her the contract. " Hold," said he, showing her
the ring, which he had in his pocket, " here ie she contract ; is
is not yours; it is mine; I wish to sell it; if I could get six francs
fog it I would have sold it long since; but they would only give me
a hundred sons ; I insist sake it to another goldsmith." These
insulting expressions distracted her ; her first idea wens to stab her-
self; she was n st mistress of her indignation; she grasped the
cursed knife, and gave hint a blow in the breast. As a proof that
she slid not wish to kill hint, in place of plunging the knife in, and
thus destroying hint,' she drew it quickly front the wound, and
would have stabbed herself if Lantorktte had not held her AM.

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The President reminded her that she had given quite a differeat i • • LAW IN?
account of the transaction.l
The accused persisted in her statement. t; —.•
Isamorlette was the first witness called. He cave unwilling e,-. ' 1,-CHANCELLOR'S
dente against his mistress.-ItoseVivier asserted that she lm ird ha'
too much too kill him, and that she w ished to be the only rime.' • LOTTER
The appearance of the woman Charon', the lawful wife of L. JEERED 1
morlette, had a visible effect on the spirits of the accused. Tb.'
witness having said that she was not acquainted with the prima,- . KNIGHT moved, that
before her marriage-
Rose exclaimed-" Not know me, wretch! you are the cause 2
, all my calamity."
During the entire discussion, and until the departure et the • satisfied with having the
is,
dience, the prisoner kept her eyes fixed upon her old lover. don was granted upon a
'the -*dyne:de-General refuted the defence set up by the ': put in his answer.
He stated, with great force of reasoning, that the facts did tit ce-Cussreettoa-The
o
' leave the least doubt that the murder of lAmialeue was an as 4 ' ed. The money is no
atrocious revenge long meditated by the prisoner. '.lf")::Pnii:e:ll:Preeadsoffs:tig2fi:.ijie:Ainytpl.d.iposiPriz4; debed:
of the Accountant-bent
1.-
The following questions were then put to the Jury:-." Is lan g ore, by your opposition
' Vivier guilty of having committed voluntarily, and with preaai, I
1
tatinn, a homicide upon the pern of Rni Rene Laorlette ? Kilda t Psott istmte said, in I
attempt, proved by external acts, and followrd by the caso rnm . K enet, - of your client. tither
NIGHT said, he had •
went of its execution, failed only by fortuitous circumstances, eg ' suer for ten days, if he ve
those independent of the will of Rose Vivier ?" the defendant', wife a pa'
The Jury, after a consultation of two hours, pronounced in raw. E-CHANCELLOR-()n t
diet in these words :-" Yes, the accused is guil of having, on, ere &present trom the ht
I mined the crime voluntarily, but without premeditation; she ha. over for ten days, until tl
' committed it with the last circumstance referred to in the questior•
I This answer excited the astmislintent of the Court, which dpi BURT OF KING'S BI
not think it sufficiently clear.
The Advocate-General-I think that the Jury ought to retina at Westminster after .
(their chamber, to give a (nom positive explanation of the charm, CHIEF JUSTICS
of the, attempt at voluntary homicide. The Jury itadoubtds
wished to say, that the attempt took place with all the clarion lAL FOR LIBEL-I.
which, in the eye of the law, constitute the crime, but it 034.11.4 ' . JI'D
• positively expressed THE Kt
! M. La Tenade maintained, on the contrary, that the Joss to eases of libel have occurre
resolved in the affirmative the third question of the attempt, mesa ' 'on and curiosity than th
ing its interruption; and the other ciicunicances being Medal% - ing's Bench yesterday. '
favour of the prisoner, site (night to be acquitted. The declarant II an early hour the Court
•i of the Jury was in favour of the accused; it should not be Mensyd, "t es were crowded, and •
1 Ile therefore densanded that it should be maintained ; and he pra, , - to and front the Court
tested against anything that may be done to the prejudice dais iof elegant appearance set
. ; claratinn which was irrevocable. This was a prosecutton instil
i The JlHlgt.* retired to the Council Chamber, and gave Nu, against John Hnnt, of t
I lowing opinion :-" That the prisoner manifested her its .1 '''''• for the pubficatioo of
by extsrnal acts ; that she commetteed the execution ; be ' r '-"P,, Vision of Judgment" I
failed through circumstances fortuitous, and independent dbe r,..„: on be libellous, were sP
t will ; and the Jury taught to pronounce upon the last aloes r." "pa . l will Sad them as they g
, • Court therefore sent them tack to their deliberations. '(i• i,p were mimeo a few
' I The President informed the Jury that if they negatived thega ft' Miffs, Matthew L ' meditation. the prisoner would be &opined. t'W ' and Chutes Coostable, I
M. La -Tettade insisted upon the hest declaration of the Java 4 ' ' . . Anotruce prayed a
' The President said that every thing which occurred should hen 1 ,'' -' to names: jam
scribed in the peaces -s es verbal. , Thomas Jones, Thon
•
t 1 The Jury, after a short ieliberation, affirmed all the chums Item Trough, and 'Wilber
rof the attempt. ~. . . Pars Isom opened the
• In consequence, Rose Vivier has been condemned to hard Wee( ' indictment, wit as follc
L for life, and to be branded with the letters S. P. She heard at g- "Maks" go wit•l-The J
' sentence without emotion, and when the gendarmes were Nen ,"
.., oath present, that John 1
r her away, she sill sought if her ryes could discover Lamodette, sat •'' • rer-wiaare` inthe want
t 1 he had gone away after the c'e:ng of the debates.
I The Court will occupy itself to-morrow with the trial of Mahn 1,,, •• of wicked and maliciou
sly contriving and intent
II Chaucer, accused of conspiring and holding cornmuniestioe e* ! '
! i the enemies of the Stare. The Varquis de la Fayette is tromp
the witnesses that are summoned.
wwwwwwwusw .:,GmatiEdrgeiblernthdiociersTtilhreruioemth;erottathys,eiliwttl;
, . and intending to causi
' IRELAND. ay was a bad King, m
--senue-- ts, and that his death era
lllCaosa.-Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, one of tin ~ me who attended his be
the minds and destroy tl
mounted police arrived in great haste at the Head Polio the now King and other
I I Office, bearing a letter from Itathan
, ''nation that on that morning (Monday) a man mai entengst all the subjects
Fitzgerald was found murdered on the lands of Dunmany, - , , in the year of our I
I between Rathangan and Kildare, his throat cut in a bornlie o, at the parish afo
• manner. A man, of whoin the following is a &script* and
pdat anarms, falsely, 'deb
d publish, and au
;is supposed to be the murdt•rer :-A tall, able, well-hob* - *pies' bak, to wit,
' man, wanting a joint or two of the fingers of the rigit , a certain false, scan
i hand, a small lump or mark over the tight eye, blast -, of and concerning his sat
1 heavy whiskers, full countenance, dark complexion, set • ing his reign, death,
. and
- things, the following fa
good teeth; his dress, a blue body coat, long cord troustn; . matter, of and co
said he was lately discharged from some regiment, sal and concerning his reign,
stated himself to be I'roin the county of Tipperary. It I a the first year of frerto
t supposed he came to Dublin immediately atter the miuder. ..
•
I Nu reason his been as yet assigned for the horrible
I deed.-DublinFreentan'i Journal II 'l'uesday. I
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.4 mental nor external sun
Wednesday sennight a meeting took place at Emlytot • lawn, a worse King" 0
near liallyinote, betwet-n John Thompson, Esq. and Wet Majesty' " never left a •
••
Sherlock, Esq., of Mount Irwin. It was agreed that dr late Majesty) died, bi
esty's) `• subjects still bet
parties should fire by signal ; however, Mr. Sherlock's pir blind. He ' (meaning It
, tol burned printing, and we have heard that the geode- ..- "..n meaning his said late al
man's side was grazed by his adversary's ball. The friend ' earth ; His (meaning his
of both parties interfered, and happily terminated the Inc some pomp: there was profus,
great dearth of aught but teat.
siness.-Coek Memory. shed by collusion, thereby 81
' ' se--s-rfereseaese • Majesty was a bad King
SNIPPING MTE LLIGENCI. , dtheaethhz
those°, and
otlatetndhiled
CUSTOM -HOUSE, JAN. 14.1101
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.... .1 , disgrace and scandal of tl
No ship reported this day. ' '' s said late 31ajesty ;to tl
J•NUARY 14. • said Lord the now King,
CLEARING OUTWARDS. -ethers its the like rue Are
The Auguste, for Havre ; Anne, for Cape Coast Castle: Csak • Lod the now King. his c
Huntly, and Thomas l'outts, for India; and Tuscan, Cue tit • Mere the above charges arc
southern whale fishery. find the Jurors aforesaid, u
JANUARY 13. . that the said John Hunt
CLEARED 0111" WARDS Fl. . . wickedly and maliciously
The Eliza, for Rom:edam. . 'um, defame, disgrace, and
—.....__ ter, of his said late Maj
FROM LLOYD'S LIST. • • the now King, and other
ving and intending to cam
Possa•smouTn, JAN. Id.-Arrived the Neils Theodore, ;Vika sjesty had been, during his
from Gottenburgh. • a person of mean and at
DEAL, JAN. 14.-Came down from the River and rumbas th . yto disturb and disqui
Ann, George, for Pernambuco. • happiness of our said Lot
Liven POOL, JAN. 13.-- Arrived the Glide, Pearce, from Ds . • nts, and to bring ti
ginia, sailed December 17 ; Rose, :Smith. rom St. Amin's.% , with avid amongst a
New Brunswick, sailed December 14 ; Wakefield, Vfaluthelf. . and year aforesaid, at the
from St. John's, New Brunswick, sailed December 8; Marton , • , with force and arms, fah
IVilliamson, from Charente; and the Alexamlee, Smith, ass f fully, did print and maths!
Datazic. • publishtsl in a certain oi
PORT GLASQOW, Jaw. 10-Arrived the Clyde, M'Phallai • ted book called The Lib,
from Demerara ; and Spartan, Shannon, from Nassau. r false, scandalous, malt
fir Ent:ate, JAN. 11l -Arrived tit:: Two Brothers, Lords; ',„ timing his said late Majes
front Rio .Janeiro, in 43 des. s. Soiled the Brothers, for Dias; i; . • in the form of part of
Henry and Isabella, Boylei, fur Dont:rata ; and Eliza, Shirai' . '•'• -ban'
by a being therein e
Tarragona. - •• • ( amongst other thine
alefamatory matter rallowi
Doves,ngeDeu 10.6.1aserb.,1w1.1th-oTuhtediulnag.ouie,ta,byKusanaliitozfL
ohfatshebetezengoll
, any and his said reign (
men on the blockade service, aM proceeded on her voyage. _ , late Majesty) •• came to h
MARGATE, JAN. 14.-The Levant Star, Owen, and the Uen sceptre young, he" (agai
Intent, Shepherd, have both been got off, and rought is de yes it' (meaning his said
morning's tide. The Fortitude's anchor and chain, advised yls ieb lie" (meaning his said
terday, have been despatched by a smack after ber to tor* • Mg this realm) " arid le
I mouth. " (meaning his said late al,
1 GRAVESEND, JAN. 14.-The fog contioues, consequently ta• minion tind he" (meanie,
are no arrivals or railings. - - •;" (meaning the helm a
I Grasavrast, Dee. M.-Part of Lord Cochrane's sellsrha . alma his" (meaning his i
'from Rio Janeiro, was expected at Moots Video the beginning a gold, the beggar's vice, wl
October, to blockade that port. . •." (thereby then and th
_ s bbd been, during his sail
The Vreede. De Voort, from London to Antwerp. was saw" • - • person of mean and 1
to the westward of Ostend harbour on the 13th inst. and scandal of the
The Love, Wills, from Newfoundland, was stranded orßilha .is said late Majesty; to tl
the Ith instant, out expected to be got off. said Lord the now King,
1 The Margaret, Young, ortircenock, from Quebec for Lltts contempt of our said Lin
pool, was driven on shore in Rolla Bay (Prince Edward's lelsal"
,evil example of all otht
She was abandoned by the crew, and was to bi sold by audio% • -at the peace of our sae
The Creole, (ioodwich, from Havre far Havaanah sad lwr • . dignity.-And the Jura
I Orleans, was lost on the Ist of December la the Old Chantal- '• • further present, that t
I vessel and cargo entirely lost. .• aforesaid. and wickedl
I The Duchess of IWford, Hawkins, from Jamaica for Loc-'s. Ilea intending to injure, detiam,
Iwu lost the 29th November, on the Pomo Bravo heat the flt • tatour
our
rand.itihararecr
trh of li
i warmth); the crew saved; and, if the weather be muslesste. s•
' ram was expected to he saved. : and aim contriving and
0823;flieltp3,:iiitern:andaeixneerp:Liestei'dclimerangk:sliF!irr,:tygs(Zesnwstadhthenet wi:ilivt°uldberinityB td Scantu.•,'"
..., hto.bartieshwisbasTialrenn igd;rtho'itaisE:br::foorparpe:at!littlit:
1 weather, and ice which was forming about des vessel. tin ha '3 orb and disquiet the minds
rival the frost set in so strong as to leave no prospect but than ; Of our said Lord the now
I
were
winteringready then; andsixtwvie% s.e•esisselcas Inoadieedur wtiitteh
ddaeals,y
artfeumwolitia_: .
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r tWoitwhiatdaamtertsionsit
apliritt
three of than got to Cronstailt, the remaining three were km 'sear aforesaid, at the
ashore, and it was feared would rot be got off without danisfa. . id, with force and a
VESSELS SPOKES WITH :-PrINTCIIOII. from Vincent& fee toe; • sly, and unlawfully, did
pool, on the klth instant, off Cape ('fear: Doris, front Lineal* re to be printed and
pot
1 frobymtlute
vlielrride,,,i anfora...redrinaitdaLdi.veerapouthle,
' Cori' ng other things, a certain
I
Ellen, fiteu Clyde for Trinidad. elf Barthey, the loth install.
.. „ deantfamotnts
esafaTbt.urjers:ti•ttliobibli(erit‘l,witi,o.(fnala,itnnootdmesille,ivii
the Ruse, arrived at Liverpool; Dublin, Donald, from Ihddll",: , and concerning his reign
tia'n ?At/de, f°rornmnarchi the Csesesli
New York, on the '7th instant; Cumbezand., from Whitehat et '' li therein, supposed to b
Jamaica, i.e! l'uaker, on the 115th instant, by the tl'akefteld. t; the Prince of Air, coati
rived at Liverpool ; Alexander, —, from Cadix to Londwit, tonowang scandalous. rube
ww,ereite.
the Mb instant, bjy the Margaret, arrived at Limerick: •-•••• .. stilling his said tate alajest
from London en auntie*, by the Mary, Parnell, winch arrived I. iS to say-" "Cis true, he
Lisbon en the '=7th ult. front Rio Janiero.
. '.------Lord Chancellor g
CHANCELLOR tin Lvok.— I revor,
___l /be consumed. From out
. tl•o: nag lsaenrod
second
dn lcolinantrlesnt
lice a raj
wife
ti
with the of
Itiweoiliwiedv,"hilsitued•ivrerfis licyttlYsl htogapti:Therfor fmoransuyinYeeargyears: am,
sitric''''6lrbdi uerld:Wal,„a:edthw.ereiwitnitnhtihineatieerseesirlil:iiinimnintnidlnieill(
MUNI in the bonds of friendship. • "'eV! hoes, so that they
h •
Pat its I. a: ATII E IL—A currevondent OU
all sorts of curried leather ore full lid. per lb. lower, Whirl .. _ . Butte history was eve
ot, walestv s. will be with nab
can Ix• preyed by referen;c to a Leadenhall Prier Curie
tohfethSece rrsdt: wl'lllena'ntarri".l be.
I and arc sold by the currier to the shoemaker at sii:h o fe. . rarer an enemy to the debt
I duetion in price ,• but sole or li'de leather is dearer, 3 - `lnd that his reign was to
consequence of the considerable rise of raw bides ; iber! ••• 4,,
is: "! b ej. geeu t°r
s t
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sui
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le e. a
up
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fore boots and shoes cannot be sold cheaper. Hidef!a" •I: dour
reruifd
Lord
t.LII aj !.
not cut to injure them, as the foreigner intimates, fo.I'llt: in contempt of our isair/W..,
an offence is liable to fine by au inspector, every hide '''' , it example of all othet
remitted, the public would soon find benefit, part _
ing examined and marked. If the whole of the duty
icu woe' •
7.the pace of our
.6,1 u
• the poor man, whose shore are so heavy. The Elcisc_irrs ad'es,tbe above charges are •
strictions on the manufacture of leather ars nearly eggs
. .. • -.4, me said John Hunt,
twice the aniount of the tax."
. .
•
clioddmo.-__

LAY INTELLIGENCE.

:FeCIIANCEI.I.OIO4 (1)1)1171, TnuasuAr, .411.16.

LOTTERY TICKET.
a►:ae.n v. LAWLESS.
'twice moved, thnt a certain aum of money, bring the
nerth pan of a 20,110111. prise, be Itvid into Court. There MAN an
inctioo already m anoel,
b which Mr. Jenkinson pa-
wl from paying it to the deyfeodant.
It. P/1/1.1.1M4011 g oppiond the motion. Ilia client was per.
satisfml with having the money where it was at twrient. Au
tithe was granted upon an ex-parte sweatiest, and he had
yet put his answer.
virt: 1. Lon—The interest of your client is equally
red. The money is now unproductive t if placed in the
f the Areoutitaiit.lieneral, it would produce something
by your oppooition, you are sinigghng against the
of your client. When will you put in your answer?
tile. Ptiu.t.r stone said, in shout ten days.
Jr.! Kit inner saal, he had no Oe ItNI to the postponement of
e natter for ten days, if he were allowed to amend his bill, and
to the defendant's wife • parry.
VICE-CHANCELLOR—I ht the Host view, the ticket appears as
were a present tenor the husband to the wife. let the matter
' over for ton days, until the answer be put in.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, THURSDAY, Jaw. Ili.

01 Wetiminster gyler Michaelmas Tema. &Araks LORD
CHILI J wit Ks sod Special Jacks.

:lAL FOR LIBEL.—LORD BYRON'S VISION OF
JI'INiM ENT.
Tug LINO V. NV NT.
Few cases of libel have occurred, exciting ape-ter degree of public
tendon and cannily than that of Mr. Ilunt, wl.irh came on in
King's !tench yesterday. The Interest it mated was so intense
an early hour the ('ourt was tilled in all parts; the several
les were crowded, and a little after ten o'clock, ingress or
to and from the Court was quite impracticable. Several
of elegant appearance were present.
tis was a prom-cistern instituted by the Constitutional Astoria.
against John Dont, of 22, Itoitil-aireet, I lewd Ityron's pub-
for the publication of a number of the Liberal, enntaisting
hsitw ofJudgment." F:xtracis from the Poet), which were
to be libellous., were spread on the face of the word. Our
will and them as they occur in the . meet of Counsel.
lury were sworn a few minutes before ten o'clock :
t Honeys, Matthew Lloyd, Robert Conk, Richard Horse-
' Charles Cosetable,
II I. rii I'o prayed a tales, and the following flentlemen
to their names: James Chambers, Johii I ronson, William
Thomas Jones, Thomas Iteattice, George Edward Dalton,
illiam Trough, and William Elliot.
Mr. Pail Isom opened the pleadings.
The miliciment, was as follow*: -
Middlesex Si' wit.!.-The Jurors of our Lord the King, upon
nth present, that John Iluut, late of the parish of SL (lone,
r-spare, in the county of Middlesex, bookseller, being a
of wicked and malicious disposition, and wickedly and ma-
contriving and intending to injure, defame, disgrace., and ;
memory. reputation and character of his late Majesty,
Anrge the Third, the Father of our Sovereign laird the now
and of divers others, the I teacentlants lit. said late Ma-
i, members tit the Royal Family of this realm ; and also con.
ing and intending to cause it to be believed that hie said late
ijedy was a bail King, guilty of !Mtn& and • protector of
ants, and that his death was unlamented and tinregretted even
these who attended his burial, and thereby to disturb and di.-
et the niinda atoll destroy the comfort and happiness of our said
the now King aril other the said Descendants, and to hying
into public scandal, infamy, disgrace, and contempt, with
inongst all the subjects of this realm, on the second day of
miter, in the year of our laird one thousand eight hundred end
ty-tern, at the pariah aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, with
and arms, falsely, wickedly, maliciously. and 'inlay/hilly,
int and publish, and cause to be printed and published, in a
printed book, to wit, in a certain printed book called The
', • certain false, scandalous, malicious, and dcfanistory
and concerning his said late Majesty, and also of and con-
his reign, death, and burial; containing therein, gat
tinge, the following &lac, standalone, 111•1160 UP, and de-
matter, of and cower • g his said late Majesty, and ulso
.end concerning his reign death, anti burial: (that is to toy)
• In the hot year of freedom's second dawn, died George the
Third;" (meaning his said late blejevoy) " although no tyrant,
oft alto Oneanisig his said late Majesty) "shielded tyrants, till,
each sense withdrawn, left hint" (meaning his said late Majesty)
" our mental 110 e external sun: a better fanner ne'er brusli'd dew
(runt lawn, a worse King " (meaning • worse King than his sad
late Majesty' " never left a realm undone. lie" (meaning his
said late Majesty ) `• died, hut left his" (meaning his said late
Majesty's) " silb.jects still behind, one half as maul and Collier no
lase blind. Ile' (meaning his said late Majesty) "die.% his"
legsain meaning his said late Majesty's " death made no great stir
ea earth; Ills" (meaning his said late Majesty's) "burial made
rase pump: there was monition of velvet, gilding, brass, and no
great dearth of aught but trios, save these," (meaning those tears
shed by militant), therehr the, stud there meaning that his said'.
late Alajesty was • bad king , guilty of misrule, a protector of
~ and that his death was unlamented and toregretted even
• who attended the burial ot his said late 3lajesty): To the
rare and scandal of the memory, reputation, and character
..id late Jls,joety ; to the great disquietude and disgrace of
said bard the now King, and his laws, to the evil example of
others In the like elm Wending, and against the peace o 7 our
id Lord the now King. hie crown, anti dignity.
Lillie the above charges are repeated, in the usual legal way.]
And the Jurors stionsaid, upon their oath aforesaid, further pre-
vent, that the said John Ilunt, so being such a person as aforesaid,
Val wickedly and maliciously further contriving and intendit g to
mime, defame, disgrace, and vilify the nienurry, reputation, and I
character, of his maul late Majesty, so being the father of our raid
lord the now King, and other the said lkscendants; and also con-
tnring and intending to cause it to be believed that his said late
Majesty had been, during his reign, guilty of internle, and that he
was • person of ut.ut col avaricious mind and disposition, and
thereby to disturb and disquiet the iii i i ids and dastniy the comfort
A happiness of our said laird the now King, and other the said
slants, and to bring them into public scandal, hatred and
! with and amongst all the subjects of this realm, on the
N year aforesaid, at the parish aforesaid, in the county afore-
said, with tome and arms, falsely, wickedly, maliciously, and un-
lawfully, did 'dint and publish, anti emote mid procure to be printed
and published in a certain other printed hook ; to wit, a certain
printed honk called The Liberal, among other things a certain
Vihar se, scandahms, malicious, and defamatory libel, of and
tg his said bite Majesty, and of and concerning his said
the form of part of a speech therein, supposed to be
by a being therein called the Prince of Air, containing
amongst other things) the Sent, scandalous, malicious.

- -
yy matter of and contenting his said late
and his said reign (that is to say): •• (meaning his
'me ltl4)enY i " came to his" (meaning his said late Majesty's)
aeepne ‘..41,g, he" (again meaning his said late Majesty)
"kern ll" lnu atiing his said sceptre)" old. Look to the state iii
Which tic" lincaiiiiiftins said late Majesty) " found his realm,"
limning this realm) " aiol left it;" (meaning this realm) 66 and
his" (meaning his said late Ilajessty's) " annals to behold : how
a minion lint he" (meaning his said late Majesty) "gave the
'" (meaning the helm or government of this realm) " how
quo his" (meaning his said late Majesty's) " heart a (hint
the beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm the meanest
(thereby then and there meaning that his said late Ma-
hal been, chant% Ins said reign, tin ilty of misrule, and that
Mrs a person of mean and avaricious disposition : To the great
ittrare and scandal of to
memory, reputation and character,
I'4 said late Majesty ; to the great disquietude and disgrace of
read Lint the now King, and other the said Descendants;
annempt of our said Lord the now King and his laws ; to
nil example of all others in the like case oftsding ; and
pat the peace of nit, sail Lord the now King, his crown
Intuit,— And the dinars aforesaid, upon their oath afore-
limiter present, that the said John Hunt, so being such
aforesaid. I` id wickedly and maliciously further eantrishtir
minting to move, detame, disgrace, and vilify the memoq,
Minn, and character of Inn ALIO lam Majesty, so being the
uf our said Lord the now king, and other the said descend.
: and abut nnitriving and intending to rase it to be believed
• his said late Majesty was, during his reign, an enemy td liberties it his people and of other nations, and that his said
:u was remarkable tor great national calstnities, and thereby to
orb and disquiet the minds and destroy the eaunfan said happi-
I of NU maid Lord the now King, and other the said descendants,
to bring them into public vandal, infamy, disgrace, and con-
1, with n d amongst 311 the subjects of this realm, on the day
‘ear aforesaid, at the ponds aforesaid, in the county
11, with force and antoi, falsely and wickedly, ma.
and unlawfully, did print and publish, and cause and
to he printed and published, in a certain tithes printed
to wit, a certain printed hook, called Is T.lr Liberal,"
lief things, a certain other false, scandalous, malicious,
-natorr linel, of and concerning his said late Majesty, and
and cincerning his reign and history, in the firm and part a
therein, minim-Li to be spoken by the said Being therein
: Prince of Air, containing therein, amongst other things,
/Mg scandalous, malicious, and defamatory matter, of and
me his said tate Majesty, and of and concerning his reign ;
to my—" 'Tis true, he (meaning his said late Majesty) was
. num tied to last ( I (meaning the said Prince of Air), have the
"hen sate); but as stool, In let hint (meaning his late Ma-
-14 consumed. 'tom out the past ages, since mankind have
`nibs nil, of monarchs, from the bloody rolls amassed of sin
14tion, front the Conn' school, take the wont pupil, and
a reign more (meaning more than his said late Majesty's)
nril with the slain. Ile (meaning his said late Majesty)
'Mot with freedom and the tree nations, ma men ; home sub-
'4.l"",cll hies, so that they uttered the word ' Liberty.' found
..the Tided (meaning liis natal late Majesty) their heat oppo-
', *hoar history ass ever stained as hie (meaning his said
ue,stv's • be with national and Individual woes 1'• (thereby
M4II there mem- iiig that his said late Majesty wan, during hi*
'NV% an enemy to the liberties of his people and of other nn.
:'!!`'l that his reign wan remarkable for great national entami.
c great disgrace and scandal of the me 11111 l v, reputation,
'traner of hi. late Mau aity, to the great disquietude and dis.
'4"ur said Lord the now King. and other the said descend.
`,,lni,""nl.Pt of our said Lord the now King and his law*: to
--potniple of all others in the like case °Knitting, and
Kerr align said Laid the now King, his crows and
the
.a,1% -one charges ere repented.'
James upon their moth eterelaki. furthe7
pre-
the odd Juhn Hum, so king such person as aftworkid,

'sad wickedly and mabelowely furthet enntriving and intending ell .1
injure. detente, dimmer, and vilify the nietnory, reputation, and
character of his said late Mainty. so being the father of our said ;
Lord the now King, and other the said descendant., and also con-
triving
and intending to cause it to be believed, that his said late
Majesty was a person of bad and vicious character, and thereby to
disturb and disquiet the minds and destroy the comfort and leeppi.
ness of our mid Lord the now King amt other the said descend.
ants, and to bring them into public scandal, infamy, disgrace, and
contempt, with all the subjects of this realm, on the day end year
aforesaid, at the parish :aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, with
fewer and arms, falsely, wickedly, enaliciouate, and unlawfully,
did print and publish, and cause and procure to be printed and
published, in a certain other pricted book, to wit, a certain printed
hook called The Lihreo4„ among other thine% a certain other false,
scandalous, malkinua, Dad defamatory libel, of and concerning his
said late Majesty in the ferns of part of a speech therein, supposed
to be spoken by the said briar, therein called the Prince of Air, con-
taining therein, animal ether thing's, the following false, %colds-
lous, malicious, and defamatory matter, of aid concerning his said
late Majesty; that is to say, " Ile (meaning his said late Ma-
jesty) leaves heirs an many thrones to all his (meaning. his said late
Myelin's) vices, with oat what begot conipaesion for I (meaning
bits said late Miejesty), his (meaning his said late Majesty's) tame
virtues. Drones who sleep, or despots who have DOW forgot a
lemon which shall be retaught them, wake upon the throne of
earth ; but let then, quake;" thereby then and there meaning,
that his said late Majesty was a person of bad and vicious character,
to the great disgrace and scandal of the memory, reputation, and •
character of his late illajeaty.-iil the great disquietude and die-
grace of our said Lord the now King and other the said descend-
ant*, in contempt of our said hotel the now King and his laws—to
the evil exaitiple of all others in the like case offetidirg, and against
the pear. of our said Lewd the King, his crown and dignity.
Mr. Ano s. riles stated the case on behalf of the prosecution.
Ile commeneml by obaerviiig, that the la• of F.ngland not only
shielded the fame and good character of the living front calumny,
but also protected the memory of the elm& This protection of
the geoid tame of the dead secured the peace of the living, and en-
abled them to pass through the world, and discharge their duties
with coehilent-e. The present libel was SetilftlillOlDl, disloyal, fake,
and Mil ' Something may be said as to the responsibility of
the defendant ; nothing mold be said in defence of the libel. It
might he attempted, and he anticipated that an attempt would be
made, to cemure the prosecutors; but such attempt would only be
made by those who mire more ready to impute blame to others,
than anxious to vindicate their 1/WIN itniOeeDOL It might be said,
• that if the libel natty affected the Royal Family. the Attorney-
tieneral was the proper venom 111 undertake and Net the pre.
sent prosecution. Rut there were malty ease in which the Attor-
ney-1i mend might not think it expedient to prosecute; but where
individuals of public spirit, feeling with a becoming sense of loyal
duty the insult °tiered to their Sovereign, may interpose, from a
tjust indignation at fake :said KIM asperaiistut thrown out to disturb
his happiness, his subjei ts hail a right to imeitute such a proseru-
time as the prese..t. It was nut a nist:er of great importance by
whom it was instituted. It was more important far to coesider if
the defindent had not a fair trial; sod nu well-grounded objection
could b: taken to the present mode of promeution, unless it were
contended, that by such a 111011 e the defelidant was MOM likely to
sustain it...Jo:Mee than by any other. lln the contrary, the present
process of trial held oust great advantages to the defendant. The
bill had been regularly 1011011 by a (hand Jury, end the case came
before the Court and the Jury this day, unsuatalned by the mallet.
rity, the power, or the ability of the Attorney-lieneral. It 'rid
been entrusted to vii humble an individual As himself, to whom
there was omens' an adeiwate of great learning and great talents.
Again, the defendant has the advantage of not haystig the right of
reply rest with the prosecuting Counsel. Did any of the law
officers of the Crown undertake this proacuti )))) . he would have
the right of reply, without any evidence being called on the other
side; hut in this case, as no witnesses would probably be called,
the eminent Counsel who was entrusted with the defence would
have the right of addressing them last. It would appear, then, in
truth, that the ilrfrnitaht hail no just ground to complain of this
mode of trel; and he was the more anxious to impreu die obser-
vations he had offered to them on that topic more strongly on their
minds, as he was ulnae It •as one that would be pressed upon
• their attention, awl represented to them in a different point of view
' from that it, which he had sulimitted it to their cotisideration. If
the Learned Counsel (Mr. Searlett) could oflia. a satisfactory ex.
planation, which would ahow that they who hail instructed him
were mistaken, that his view of this subject was an erroneous one—
' if it could be proved that the present 'publication was not disloyal,
0 false, and impious, none would rejoice nitre than hc, or retire
1 with greater satisfaction, at finding that it was not sought to as-
, parse the character of his late Nlajesty. It was known to the Jury,
i that Oconee 111. died in IS_'B, after a reign of sixty years, a short
time after the coma 11111 l lawn of a glorious war. Is a long time
previous to his sheath. the hand of Heaven hail lain heavily upon
elm. Ile enjoyed a long and happy reign, surrounded by the love
and 'alteration of leis people, and the end of the fiftieth year of
his reign was celebrated by public rejoicings. Towards the chime
of his life he was afflicted with many art ere Mohan infirmities-- h•
was afflicted by the hand of Providence with the deprivation of his
malerstandinc- lie was old 111111 blind. Tudor such atflicions did
the late Monarch unhappily labour, until death closed his earthly
statferitiga; and sue 111 sere the afflictions which the libeller selected
for heartless ridicule mil base rot dement. In the case of an indivi-
dual, would not a man who had cherished enmity towards another,
rich say Rapidity tor his misfortu ler% ? In ageeerous envoi', calamities
such as these would excite no ventiment but compassion. On the
mind of this libeller, however, they excited no sympathy, awakened
no pity ; they were the selected points on which he enlarged, and
rowed to vent his malice. For a long time it was thought lit to
make personal attacks upon his present Motrity. To those who
wasdisposed to as and to away hlUt. hie
supplied a subject oa which they anxiously dwelt.t scion ast
personal stairs beanie unincumlwred, and that no ground of
attack existed, 'elections on his patent were resorted to, for
the purpose of annoying him. In pursuance of this plan, the
Anent publication, entitled. The Liberal, or Verse and Prose
from (hr .Susili, appeared in the beginning of 1822. The word
Liberal was a special sound, which in its generally accepted sense
was cakulated to tom iliste favour. About ltd years ago, the word
Liberal was used to espr‘ss a coutrartersolverse to religion; &person
louse in MI moral habits, and unrestrained in his conduct. Such
was the meaning which now-a-days, with a slight variation, should
attach to the word, end the priticiiiko which such a person might
be supposed to enternli were those which the undertakers of the
pees: et put beation wire anxiety to transmit from the South, and in-
culcate on the inhatitants of the frigid North. It was not the pro-
duction of men who resided in this country. and who were amen.
aisle to the lane, but of persons who were abroad, whom distance,
made valiant, and indlfetenre to sharoser toads brave--ef men
who not only vilified the living, but sought eyes to ransack the
grave, and prey upon the dead. In the first number of the /Aerie/ ,
there was a poem called the Vision t; (Jedetesent. In dila poem the
author presume" to lay the scene in Heaven, soil with a degree a
levity and wanionnese--a depth of impiety, that would disgrace •
pat-house, sheered an utter dlsreganl of that reverence which was
due to the Supreme Beiag, and a total neglect of the awe which his
idea should create. Whim he (Mr. Adolphus) began his addends
he was admonished in a whisper not to go beyond the charge in the
indictinent t but if he found that the libel had had another charac-
ter besidesthat ascribed le it in that document, and one that he could
only regard with horror, he did not know why he should not advert to
it. If, beyond the 'Mischief with which it steed charged, it
another mischief iore baneful still, he thought that, altfZri!
might rot be i rth in the indictment. yet that it ready
listed
listed the evil ' O uted to it. n the death ado King, his Majesty
is represented the gaol. A council is held to scan his life and
action,, at wit/ 1 Satan is in attendance. Such was the impiety of
the plot of !hie poem. As Englishmen we love freedom of opinion.
We have our differences en points of policy and matters of religion;
but every honest and wedl-conatituted mind must revolt at the hor-
rible impiety of such a production as this. Whatever may be our
diflefelleeS, no man wishes to see religion itself debased by Auteuil,
or jest, or made the subject of an ill-pointed tale. He did not ex.
pest to see in any English welter, or from any person who had ever
..rd of elvienanity, such a compoaltiao, where that final judg-
ment, to which we all look, seehlls mode a topic of ridicule. He
was not prepared to see such a coarse familiarity &reamed, where
the mighty none of Milton mooched with awe and fear, in which
the seer selected was the very floor of heaven, and in which the
author's prelligate muse afforded a striking example that
"Fools rush in where angels firer to tread."
The poem opens with the following starml..-
•• Saint Pew sat by the eeteciel gate.
Ilia keys were mon, and the lock eat dull,
So little irmible hail been giveu of late;
Nut that the plats by may means was feell.
Rut since the Dallis era, • ssghty-eight,'
The devil's had *e'en a isetfger, pell. - '
Af.d • a pull altogether,' as they say
At sea -which drew most souls another way."

In order that the Jury might hare a better idea of the levity and
Impiety of the general tenor of the production, he would punit out
the iti,b;einiiing manner in which the Iteeuriliag Angel was intro-
duced. It an+ stated in the Poem that his wings were plucked to
make pen., that he had six cherubim* appointed to be his clerks,
and admen to officiate at under clerks, but still that the task of re-
cording was in smear. It then Foes tit to state that a general noise
and rustling is heard, and, on inquiry being made. the answer is,
that George the Third is dead. This is the account then given of
bins—

" In the tirst year of freedom's second dawn
Ititsl I iCOTKV the ; sill gh no tyrant, one
Who shielded tyrants, till each ,e se withdrawn
Left him nor mental nor external sun :
A better farmer neer lirusli'd dew from lawn,
A worse King never left a realm undone !
lle died - but left his subjects still behind,
I hie half as mad---andember no less blind.
" Ile died !-- his death made no great stir on earth
Ilis burial made sonic 1.011111; there was profusion
11f velvet, guiding, break and no great dearth
If aught but tears--save those shed by collusion
For 'ht... thill4^l Ills, be bought at their true worth :
01' elegy there was the dust infusion--
Bought alai; and the torches, cloaks, and banners,
Ileralds. and relics of old tiothic
" rattled a sepulchral meloArnnic. of all
The fools who tlttek'd to swell or pee the show,
\I ho cared about the corpse ? The funeral
)lady the *twat- ion, and the black the woe.
There thmbb'il not there • thought which pierced the pall;
And when the gorgeous coffin was laid low,
It seeni'd the meeker), of hell to told
The rottenness of eighty years in gold.
" This was a handsome hoard__ at least for heaven s
And yet they had even that enough to do,
do many court nits' cars were daily driven.
So many kingdoms tilted up auto ;

Each day tos slew its thousands six or given,
Till at the crowning carnage, Waterloo,
They threw their pens dawn in divine disgust.—
'l'lie page was SO besmeared with blood and duat
This by the wsy; 'tie not mine to record
What angels shrink from : even the very devU
On this occasion his own work abhorr'd,
So surfeited with the infernal revel ;
Though he himself had sharpen'd every sword,
It almost quenched his innate thirst of evil.
( Here Satan's sole good work deserves insertion-
-1.i., that he has both generals in reversion.)
" • Let's skip a few short years of hollow peace,
Which peopled earth no better, hell as wont,
And heaven ,one—they form the tyrant's lease
With nothing but new names subscribed uposs 'I;
•Twill one day finish : meantime they increase,
• With seven heads and ten horns,' and all in lions,
Like St. John's foretold beast • hut ours are born

Lew formidable In the head than M.rn."
This was the way, after a reign of re years, that this poet treated
his subject. 'l'he Monarch was reproached for the calamities with
which he was afflicted by [leaven; he was pointed out for the re.
preach of men, for misfortunes inflicted by the hand of Pnr:idence;
and the strain was throughout tone of pretended sorrow and real de-
rision. Satan, as he had already stated, wit in attendance at the
Council, and to him is entrusted the bringing of the accusation
agairst his Majesty be is thus introduciA as his accuser
lle came to his sceptre young ; he leaves it old:
Look to the state in which he found his realm,
And left it ; and his annals too behold,
(low to a minion first he gave the twins
llow grew upon his heart a thirst for gold,
The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm
The nievnest hearts; and for the rest, but glands,
Thine eye along America and France !
" 'Tin true he was a tool from first to last t
( I have the workmen safe); but as a tool
So let him be consumed ! From out the past
Of ages, since mankind have known the rule
Of Monarchs—from the bloody rolls unsaid
gain and slaughter—from the Crows' school,
Take the worst pupil ; and produce a reign
More drench'd with gore, more tun:We'd with the slain !
1.

Ile ever wired with freedom and the free:
Nations as men, home subjects, foreign foes,
So they that tweed the word • Liberty
Found George the Third shrfrerdlintponeill. Whom
History was ever atem'd as his wW be
With national and Individual WON ?

• ••-•.— -- •
I 'Tint his hou.shold abstinence: I glint
His neutral virtues, which most It!nautili want."

In a strain of corresponding ludierouthese the poem proceeded to
describe King lieorge the Third, alter some dispute, slinking into
Heaven by stealth; where he is seen, according to the conclusion
of the poem, " practising the hundredth Psalm." This was the
publication on which they (the Jury) were called on to pronounce
their verdict. 01 the publication by the defendant, there could be
nu doubt ; and with nipect to his motives, it was not material. It
was not necessary to prove that the defendant was actuated by per-
sonal malice toward tleurge the Third, at penional hostility to-
ward tleorge the Fourth. If die Poem had the effect of making
their enemies rejoice, and their friends mourn, it was not the less
culpable, whatever might be the motive either with which It was
written or published. lie had adverted to the (engin of this pub-
lication. It was entitled " Verse and Prose foam the South," and
it would seen there WO some author behind, who was not known,
and could nut be reached. It was no slight aggravation of the de-
fendant's offence, that he put forth that which had been sent
front a distance, and the real authors of which were safe. If there
is an author whose talents might have raised him to a high rank in
literature, and who might have taken his place among the tint
spirits of the age, connected with this publication ; if there is such
• person, he was truly sorry to see him degraded to a level with the
basest reptiles. lie was truly sorry to see a high anti glorious name
so debased ; to see great talents, that might have been better em-
ployed, so occupied. He deplored the degradation of intellect, and
the humiliation of genius, and that a fame which should be pure
anti high should be alloyed by so much baseness, scurrility, levity,
and malice, as charactensed the present publication. He hoped,
however, that the author would redeem the disgrace which such a
Publication must bung upon his name, by. voW-directed efforts in
future, and that he would yet have to mow is their better cm-
ployment. Such an abuse of them as the present work gave evi-
dence of, was to be attributed only to indiscretion, or to the effects
of bad habits of life. ratan was the character, in whose mouth the
accusations against (ferret the Third was put ; and it might be
said, that as Satan is the father of all lies, the feet of the charges,
preereding from such a sourer, imported that there was no malice
in the breast of the midair against the late King. This might be
said, and it would be perfectly true, If the tome of the poem
throughout corroborated such a view of the car. But in point of
fact this was only a most • flimsy diNruise, and d3did only conceal
the malice beneath. It might should said that the characters of
Kings Wiens to history ; but it is not to be said that the she.
racier of either dead or living Monarchs is to be left at the
mercy of any daring libeller. If an historian should write the
reign of Omega 111, and shewed brief charges against hint,
lethim prove those ells:gee, and he will net be called a libeller.
If he sustained the propositions he advanced, then indeed)ortt
some excuse be offered for him. If, like some Roman n
Heorge lii. bad been as undutiful son, a faithless husband, lost is
effeminate pleasures—if the dames of penecution had raged pan.
his sovereignty--if he had been verned by Isenniter—if le it,
power had been arbilyagy inn cogushis peon it wam
directly insiousted) he was ruled by avarice, " sM bode Tit."
—if this could be said of him, let bin ant with Odle vbeee
names cannot be regarded without loathing. If it could be ;roved
that "a worse King edger left 'realm undone,"—lf the calumnies
advsnedl against him could be substantiated, than then*"
mat-
ter for the defendant's vindication. If he could fail; be Wolfe"'
to the worst of Suntan Emperors, who witnessed unconcerned the
devastation of his capital and his people fille.l with feeree—ifs
cast-
ing an eye along the line of English history, be could be accused.
like one Monarch, of having pretended the dignity of his crown in
abject vassalage to the see a Rolue--if wee eructed to effemi-
nate pleasures like another, then might his memory have been
visited with mime portion of the censure width is so unsparingly
heaped upon it in this poem. Hut if the reverse of that picture be
true—dile be found through a long reign the ocalous supporter of
religion, according to his coronation oath—if be has passed
through life without a single stain upon his mond 'banner—if he
began his course as • dutiful son--it die whole OMNI of his life
was marked by religion, by abstinence, by genseceity--if there was
no mend stain upon his character—if an which Otis publicatioo
said of him was utterly libellous, they would protect his memory
trent calumny and false aspersion. It was true that some domestic
good qualities were ascribed to him to temper tbesillre of severity
with which his falsely imputed vices had been en of—some
" beggar's virtues" which more belonged to as rite than to
king. These too, were only ascribed to him in order to heighten
the effect, by contrasting his great deficiencies withal, trifling me-
rits for which he got credit, and maned only to aggravate the bunt-
ing calutuny with which his name wasbonded. This was the
view that he entertained, and he hoped they would not sutler
any artful address to divest them of that cool judgthent with which
they ought to regard It. Though be should be glad to have a new
light thrown upon the subject, in his mind he could tint conceive
the possibility of its admitting any other construction than that he
had plated so it ; and with this impression he submitted it to their
serious consideration. The libel had been published some time,
and it might be said that the subject was now stale, and that there
was no neensity to revive it; but, continued the Learned Counsel,
the delay had been unavoidable, and not any fault on either side.
'they who were acquainted with proceedings In Courts of Justice,
would easily allow for the interval that occurred between the pub-
lication and the present prosecution. It was unavoidable, not in-
tentional. It may be said that whatever feelings this publication
had minted had now passed away. To this ha replied, it war not
vengeance, but example, that was sought. If such an argument
were to be attendcd to, it would extend i 11111 l unity to the offences of
all persons who h. red not been punished ininkthately on the com-
mission of offence; it would, in short, be an enonuragentent ,
for crime. He left now to the Jury the ease of a libel upon an old
nom, whodescended to the grave lamented by all classes;—upon
• King, who justly obtaitied the tide of lathy of his people ; the
case of • libel affecting British fame and feeling on the I point
of venerating the memory of their fathers. Forgetting fur • mo-
ment that Heorgell I. was ever King, yet in that Interest which they
themselves had in upholding the ',actuary of their ancestors, and
that theirsterity would have in twahremniv their, good name,'
Chet oho act •• the mho elf the deektobe raked up and
Insulted. These ne en 'serrations which he felt it his duty to
*tabula. They. he was pure, would 410 their duty on their oaths;
he was satisfied that he had faithfully, though feebly, discharged
his ditty.
John Person examined by Mr. Parrtasow--I know the
house, No. 22, Old llond-sireet. I went there on the 'A De-
cember 11t.'2. A bookseller's business was carried on in the shop.
I saw there the defendant, J. Hunt. I purchased two hooks at
the time, one of them was the titerul. I purchased it f the
defendant, and paid him for it. There were many other persons in
the shop.
Mr. St ARLETT requested to see the book which witness held in''
his hand.

Cross-examined by Mr. Sesai.r.vr-1 am an Miser belonging
to Row-street. I have [Teti for lire years. I purchased one by
order of Mr. Mamie, Solicitor to the Treasury. I gave it to Mi.
Stafford.

By the CotT wr—l did not see Mr. Motile upon the subject.

('rota-examination.—Mr. Stafford directed me to purchase the
copy now produccif. Mr. Murray paid me. Mr. Murray ix, I be.
here, a Mlllcihlr. I s.iw him at his own house In nedforc.row.

By the Cot, II T.- —M r. Murray paid me fur lon of time, as he
usually does for similar purchases. Ido not know who Mr. Mur-
roy is, but I understand he is an attorney. I have got seven!
books of this kind; I believe he gets them for the sake of prosecu-
tion. Ido not know ohether he pays the expense of such prorserti-
r;qns. I have heard, but ant not sure, that he is attorney for the
t , .stitutional .%ssociation Mr. Sharpe has ocrasioragy paid me.
I are never seen Mr. Murray aml Mr. Sharpe together, except
in the case or a prosecution. The prosecutions at which I saw them
were carries! on for the publication of books which I purchased.
I may have seen them together on some other occasion, Mot do not
remember to have done so.

In reply to a question from Counsel, inquiring what was the
description of books he usually purchased rue Mr. Ilurtay, witness
replied that they were pamphlets. I never sisw Mr. Murray at
liridge-rtreet. I cannot tell if the proserutiunsia which I saw Mr.
Murray and Mr. Sharpe together were conducted by the Constitu-
tional Association. I did not purchase for Mr. Murray Southey's
Vision of Jsulgmott. I have read of the I.iberel which
the IL in,g, but did not road that part which rears MVou's

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Or. KNIGHT I
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diameter, of his pal
lord the now King.
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man a perwii Id ue.o
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disgrace with and s
day and year aforess
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against the peace
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person aforesaid, to
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