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ebould hare their verdlct, and that to the full
aintitiit laid in the deelar
Mr. Harrison, ham the Stansp-offi.:e. proved
the names of the Defendants; and Mr. Barlow
read the proceedings in the case of lorit.Audley.
Mr.Aseurr, on the part of the Defendants, took
An objection to the declaration, in eotsequeisee of
some 'um:miracles in the tint..tiott of the case Of
Lord Atulky.
After wine sq.:time:it, Mr. Scrjennt Barr admit-
ted the objection, but conteutled that it applied to
one r

count.
Mr. Malls was then called in and examined.
He said he was Lord Leicester', Solieitor ; had
hoard the paragraph read, and had no doubt but
.hat it applied to Lord' Leicester. On his cross-
es iiiiiiiiition, ha said that he knew hi* Lordship
etenst lour years ; he mini his Ludy resided toge-
. 4er at Glom r.terliknse, and ‘g dower had dified with
.nil there ils the montleof April or May ; he be-
ti they were not living' together now ; refiners-
- i!iat the house in Gleueester-place was sold,
separation, in May. 1408; knew a map
. moue; of Neri. his Lordrhip's Secretary.
; Lettlelup had a house at Paddington, as well
• f. tuarater-p;at v. • Supposed- the pertegraeh wilts
tfri eel against the Earl of Leicester, because hr
A:ls the tide', 5011 of '5 Martinis, and hied a wit
ii tleet time pendteg• in Doctors'-Coutinous. Ills
Loolshp has now on settled place of residence ;
had heard report* respectiug his Lordship. epos
which he was ordered 'to consult counsel ; had
dined but three tames at his Lordship's ; female rea
lathe:is were 11l conattatly,bis wife and sortie of lier,
; they, were living together in the month.
of April. •
• Atte+ her paragraph wee read. Using "That Lord
C. had separated from his lady, was the eon of
di Noble Me.quis, and bed lately succeeded to him
title."
Mr. Serjeant Coexist. (for the Defendant,)
said, that he owe with much concern to offer a de-
fence for h;s diem, in stub a ease. lit the course
of orb it lie hied to say, he would remove many of
flee nomitatta.ta Drought against them by his Learn-
ed Brother ; it was with pain he entered upon the
odious iits:eveitit.; but it was necessary that he
shtaild comply with his duty. His Learned Friend
had imputed maitre to the Editors and Printers of
the papor which eoritained the calamity against
the Earl of Leicester; but thejury had sense enough
to. see that the aspersion did not originate with
ain ; Ins Lordship's 0.111 Solicitor lied temfessed
it; lie admitted tfust rumours elate kind prevailed.
stud prevailed to ituch sal extent, that he was
▪ rnetrd to take the opinion of Cueits.l, and to pro-
seente th'ase oho ahould be detected iu the peopet-
e4tion of ire He had much to complaiu of the con-
duett of his Learned Friend in calling upon him to
sive up the author; his Learned Friend must have
„,„vu diet hit could not give up the author ; his
clients wets ignorant who he wan; they had offered
to make antis of that igoorance; could any man liv-
ing think, that, if they knew him, they would net -
gladly cive him up, that they thernselsee mieht tie
extricated ? No one could ; and therefore it should ;1
not have been stated as a matter of aggravation.
His Learned Friend had stated what appeared in
the piper hereof sue paragraph alluded to. as '
'tn ince also of aggravation ; to him it appeared
• very contrary ; for when his Lordship's
fedicitor called upon them. they were convinced
of their error, and did hill they could to 'do it
nway. His Learned Friend had arid, that if
titre did not afford him dummies to the amount of
e,ouol. he would consider himself and his client
ill-mid.' The jury, he was persuaded, could not
eetee.tain suchen idea fur a motutut; if he thought
thee could, he would sit dime and give himself
on timber trouble in labouring to direct thew.—
flit was an enemy to liceutiousuess, but he *sea
ft!. .ud to liberty ; if we were to have daily prints,
d should not crush them in this manner ; if great
h eiefits teemed from them, great athisrences should
• tuadetoi them ; if they committed lininders and
mistakes they were not he charged with malice ; if.
indeed, they'leht themselves to *lender, it would be
a different case but if they were deceived, if, in
the hurry of publication, they had done any thing
through ignorance, it was not to be imputed to
Clem as a crime nor punished as such. If they
wereobliged to prove the truth of every article they
inserted, no paper could pnasihly be conducted ;
the press was a great benefit; the liberty and hap-
pilules of the coitutry Stood upon it, and it would
all become them ta.ciste.vtura it by restrictious
anesupting,to euppreemon. An attempt had been
mode to.preve that the. Plaiusif had fired happily
with baa ink; bet Sic *item. brought forward for
that pergare was
.the Noble Lord's Solicitor, who
knew, within at ,all ebest the 'natter, who had
dineel'witli them but three times in his life ; do re's
!Attire was called in, uo intimoate friend or sc-
✓isietatioe of the parties, because such rela-
tive or friOnd must hare given a different ac-
e:tient ; he must have contradicted the statement
that they were happy. Never was there, in the his-
tom of matrimony, a more unfortunate tale. Three
sleepless nights ware all this miserable bride tweet
in her hosbead's bed; the was obliged to sat at ta-
ide.with wretched who were a disgrace to human
testate. A wretch of the name of Neri occupied
the.whole time of. her Lord ; while his Lordship
• e;4 hiscompaily were at the house at Padditigtost.
ladyship was at Gloucester-place; and when he
.. • igie name-gates returaed.to Gloat...rater-place she
• Lied to Peddingtose, to spend her time in soli-
• ; not a single witness was called to prove the
I....wary, but the Solicitor, and he was called he-
t ~urea be kites' nothing about the matter. His
Lordiship.had travelled,' accompanied by Mr. Se-
. rotary Neri, altimiogh be was employed in on of-
tie* ; and he would prove, that Mr. Secretary Neri
wets supported by his Lordship ;and that when, for
some reasoner other, he tied married a woman
without s ehilling. his Lordship bed taken a house
foe hits, et the rent of 1501. a-year;
Here Sir. Serjeant flese interposed; he contend.
el their such a hue of evidence was gone into, the
tenst atsialde cilium:ter in society would not be
'wee ; he was not prepared to defend the whole life
•,":f his client, but would meet the point connected
ttli the matter at inset,.
Ur.l`erjestot Cote :r.t observed, that irksome as
ue duty was.to hiape. Vend to others, he insist pt 4.
'% ITO 11/1 thl* statement he was surest to utak... It
s. a.ciirinus circumstance to observe, that a par-
tia cat his Lordship's high birth sttutild case into