The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-11-23 00:00:00

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About half.past tire o'clock lest evening a ire
broke nut in the warehouse of Mr. Weyer, hatter.
in St. Jaroes*o-street. .It was 'merest:wird by the
spark of a cawing fallaq ansongst some unfinished
hats. Mr. Glover iinusailistely sent in the Intpr-
roil
fireeOlfire, whose *mole soil several men nn-
shindy attended, and extinguished the fire Wthuut
its- hoeing done any matetial injury. While the
firemen were employed in Mr. Waver's house. e
etroug lunch of fi:e was found to come from Mr..
Boucher the fruiterer's bouseat the opposite corner,
which was shut up; admittance not being obtained.
the Firemen went in at the dining-morn windirte,
and found the bowie without soy inhslataia. 01041
the fatieittlire fa*:, bed-room nearly eci.orntd.
the exertions of the Firemen NA it
was olio extiguished, with very little tl,intsyte:
On Tuesday evening w tire broke out at the chair
mannfectory of Mr. Dewy, in Pew-street. any-
le-honr. which entirely consumed the buildirn; and
die mock. It was cau,e4 by some of the hays em-
ployed in the workshop setting tire to a quantity of
gone :seder near a heap of IMAVIIII2II6

An Evening Print of yesterday states, that the
report of the capture of Lord Cocimaxe by a
French privateer is false; and that his Lordship
and his brother are at present at the head-quarters
of the Margo s anat tits in Portugal,
• We are airry to IllUitOUliCS the stoppage of two
more Currimercisl Hawes in the City on Weilnewlay:
o se of them of the first eminence in the Manchester
Imes the oilier of the most extensive conucelious in
the West India uMI Irish trade.
A late Constable of Birmingham having since
is-en appointed Nororyor of the Bye-Koarls, took
tre-as.oss to observe, that be itnaittised the iMsxi-
str.; •s iucaut to
give him an opportunity to weed
Air scar.
Ott Wednesday last, the Earl of Eculstms,
when in Mosley, generously subscribed fifty gui-
neas to the fund fir the relief of the relstivrs of
the unfortusiate multitude w hr. perished in the basin
of the Canal, and those who are still toodispond in
consequence of the faint accident.
The Gravesend 'Theatre will shortly he opened
by that inslefatigshle Manager of Provincial cele-
britr. Mr. T110117E14 whose Theatrical Corps iv al.
we)a of that respectable east which challenges com-
petition ; and. its point of numbers mid talent, v.
wereiliv 'tan Is unrivalled. The honer, we %leder-
staiM, has let seine time been undergoing a rom•
plese oddities) of ornamental embellishment. at a
very heaty expense to the Proprietor. bath iss the
scenic dr prirtment. as well as before the entrain ;
and the toire-easeerbfe will be found elegantly neat
and tasteful. It is not, however, to this Theatre
exclosively that oar remarks extend, whilst descunt•
Its on the liberal spirit evinced by Mr.Tiorraii,for
we %%vr witnesses! in 1 others, of which he is
sky Proprietor and Manager; the mine praise-wor-
th.; and indefatigable exertion to merit the counte-
nance and carport of his patrons ie particular, last
the public in general. In she peessat instance,
mitler-t ind. all the novelties of the day. both
so pial. Fame, and Pantomime. will be brought
(cross's! in sure ; and amongst the panto-
minnc lass Mill 1)0 included Mathes Gepse, with
entirety new scenery, mrchisalry. tricks, dresses,
an 'term ;inn a-, by prtists of the first talent in
sli • British MetropoLa ; and when the enormous
v:wint• which particularly attaches to the produc-
,, of this species of Theatrical treat is taken into
' lice ai..t. we conlideotty hope and believe, that
breed will be h telsed from the golden

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LitEIJI.

TUE KING v. TR011.4.1 !MIELE' the Prissier, •ad
John muse the Publisher, qf The Dag Aeas•
paper.
Mr. ATTOSEST-OFEENAL stored, that the sea.
tepee of the Court should be p■wed vu the 1/efentl-
outs: they haring eutfere4l judipneat to go by do-
hulk.

This was a libel published in The Day news.
paper, no the gth of April lust; givitig en account
of the disturbances that took place ins Sir Francis
Burdett being conveyed to the Tower : stating,
ie that the Hiut Act being read, was the signal fur
the horse Guards to snake a charge on the pop.
lace, which they did in a most litigator' manner;
that the shriek, of the • °cent fewsles were most
dreadful; that they wentonly shed the blond of
their fellow-subjects; and that the libidcs of their
swords were stained with innocent tripod."
Mr. Matteture put in an affidavit for the De-
fendant Hervey, which set forth, that he was Prins
ter of the paper, and held some shire its s Proprte-
tor of The Deny newspaper—tbat it was conaucted
by C'otistutttee fifteen, who were chosen by the
Proprietors at large. who were a great many in
number. (Inc order of the Committee use, that
the paper should be published a' six o'clock reels
snoroing; aml that he and the other Defendant
would he liable to lose their situations if that order
was not obeyed. The person who wits employed to
get the int, llitene., on the 7th and Bth of April, was
one that had been long employed on newspaper., and
he (lb • Deponent) could mot have supplied that he
would have given aut incorrect account ; besidsa, he
did net come to write the publication complained
of until one o'clock on the morning of the gth,
and did not finials it until three, which pr.-rented
time Deponent how reading it, it bring write on
swell slips of piper to facilitate the paper'. going
to press, by its being distributed amongst a isuus
her of Compositors. On the next Jay, when the
Deponent saw the article, be felt sorry fur its be.
ing published, and expressed terry coutriiion in
his power; that lie (the Deponent) was a married
Imo, and had eight children. the eldest of which
was only 13 year, ease, awl that their whole sup-
port depended upon his daily labour; and that he
nail Leen always a loyal subject.
Mr. Hamm put ist an affidavit of the Defendant
John Fisher. which was to the rime effect as that
of the other Defendaiit, except that lie was not a
Proprietor of The Day, hut was a Proprietor of a
weekly piper. The Aaiun's! Register; and that lie
did not iitiort the article complained of ; that lie
had hero always a loyal subject. and was a Mem-
ber or e Vuluiiteer corps; awl bad been else one in
Scotland heroer hr come to London, and had lately
entered into the married state.
There .4:4 also aafG.lavit of Mr. Collier, the D.-
fewilmit'i Solicitor, which stated that he It.d offered
to give up the Author of the Libel.
Mr. A unswev.Gctestest. then address, d the
Court nearly as follows :--.• I call upon your Lord.
slips to pars judginetit on the IMeitilsints, fir
pub:Wiwi • most atrocious label. The last of ids.
sit which has been read atatea, that the author was
ofreted to he given ult. With deference to the
Court 1 whit it to be unarteoort, that, in my old.
giving up the author ought not to go its este.
uuatiou ii the offence. The Defendants. as print.
1:1 sud paldisher of this libel, have done all the mi..
chief that they could; and it was only through fear
of this prosecution that th-y chewed any contrition,
and let judgment go b 7 &knit. It has been ace
knowled by the prtnter in his affidavit. that he is a
isroprietor of this very paper. Illy Lords, as you
have been told, it consists of a great number of
proprietors, not less than 1300, is it nut reasonable
to suppose that one out of this vast number could
attend nightly, and see that such an outrageous libel
should not be sent forth to the world. 1 was sur-
prised so hearing their affidavits, that they swear
they expressed their contrition on smug the publi.
cation : they ought to have reflected before the
awertioa. I defy them to she. rue in any pubis.
cation two days subsequent. that they expressord
their contrition, our would they ever have done it.
if this prosecution had not been commenced. limit
Lordships, I 41004 out. will recollect the situating)
of the metropolis at the time this libel was pub.
Imbed. which it pretended to give an aceonot of,
I will ask, who are those that hive been libelled
The soldiery of the country. which is one of its
area:eat dependencies. That it is a pitisiful duty to
the army to be opposed to their countrymen. and
when lint in that situation they act with the
greatest forbeertince. as they did in tins instance ;
they'did not fire until they lied been several times
assailed with stones. Then, ohm it is known how
the soldiery acted, will it be permitted to be said
that they rejoiced in the murder of their innocent
fellow •subjects ? Whitt can be expected from the
army if they are thus libelled? I call upon your
Lordship,, in pissing judrnent on these Defend.
ants for this atrocious libel (first, as it regards the
public, and next as it regards the so!diery ), to pas.
arch a sentence as will deter the D teedents and
others from similar publications. With these Te-
merity, which I have thought it my duty to make
to your Lordships, leave the Defendants to your
! mercy.

Mr. MARRIOTT, Counsel for the Defendant Her-
vey—" My Lords. I em only Counsel for one of
these fendants ; Mr. Header is employed hr the
other bat their eases being so similer. I will, with
your Lordships' permission, address you es to both.
The Defendants neve► could hove intended to have
pulitslied a libel. They depended upon the :wino.
who has been fur years employed on that and other
Newspapers in the SAM situation, without his
ports iwitug been ever railed ►n question. much less
as libels ; they also have proved • it. by letting
judgment go splint them by default. I will tint
contend before your I.lrthltips that they arc not le-
gally culpable. but that they have not been inten-
tionally so. The Printer is the inert machitienf the
Proprietors; and he swears positively that lie did
not read it. or bail au /ippon:roily of reading it.
You, Lordships have been told. that offering $
give up the Author ought not to be taken is miti-
gation of punishment. 1 am ready in admit the
principle. The Publisher. who is a Proprietor of
another Paper. swears. although he used the same
type, tkat au rewttiwz the said article, he was sr

strerit with it Si hfllql ti !OA, ilg it, to did ties
palsitsh it to Isis N'esekly Payer. Printer, it
smears, gagga oat only wisrviggargona or whit he had
Pritited, tint lf helm' aoshrri !unerring' it, gt

Of hi. pnwer. Ile 444 II Mlle and ciKht children
support ny his personal Ishour. Under Iltetr con.
siderstions, I trust your Lordstaps wdl I<at, to the
►ide of merry sod *hawser app.-an liivoinal,te in
ti.e Calm of the Delanitiossi that)on will bile theta
the full beoreil of it.

Mr. ItesnEa then addressed the•Cou►t in fa-
vour of the Defendant Fi►her, ind My
Lords. if the author of tila libel was before yno,
should feel tenacious ua saving any thing in ht% de-
fence; but my Client viands in a different situa•tioo

he was in bed when the anther retueled to cute the
account hr mita oisiiged to potsliah at isix o'clock,
and it he did not, he wntild hire Oren in ilangerel
losing his ►ituation. and he could not take the et..
res.ary time to rrud the lihel i•owp;ained lar; bi it
lie sNewed every csintntion ui hia iioner, bail
been toured Icy his •.ut puhltabing it in h:a our

Paler ; find tFM, in mt• ninnion,"ntnot bo •umi
length in extenuation. Ile has ben obvay. n 'tty;
man, and oneriturinualy *O, kit he liar been to i.e

• voluatrer."

hli. J,.oTtt:s BA11.1V"D d h. ever do so:
thing toprote to the puhlic hot eotitsttiou r

Mr. Iti:Anru—.6 N;). my L.'4 ; I wish 11,44
Imo I can only argue rrnui is earned
affidavit. mud purr Lordships hying airrall?.iii rap.
ofe.ion, 1 can only crave your wercior Cot dr
Cl:cnt."

Lord El.'s NtrieotlGH—s, Lot the D •P.ndadta
be enniln:tted in MS Iblej..ty'r Goo) of ti •wgefe.
awl I,i 0tt.4111 Up for jtartgiur at the I et (1.3 of Ter:lL.'
Wra taeoday

rat: SING t'. DANir.r. LurtA.r., Printer and Pulo•
fisher of the Showmen ewspeper.

Mr. Autonomy-Dinette!. snowed, tlust the
Court should par judgment on the Llefendaut, for
republishing the same Isbel in Thrt Mattawan news-
paper, on the evening of the same day, the 9th of
The Defendant pat in an affidavit, setting forth
that this article complained of was Mit invented by
him, or any person eannneeted sub ; it had
been
hasdvertently copied out of The I)ay newspa-
per; that he (the I)elenri ins) hei been In 4ny 'were
of with ail at lima, and that I e had hems
lately cuppe.l for a liver complaint user the left
third rib. and that his pliyoic,iiis w.le of opinion
that if he eat to be imprisoned. it a uti!d be fatal to

Mr. ut Mr Lords, the
remarks I have *treaty Made are applirsible t' the
presttn Defendant, for which reto.ini 1 will not in-
fringe on your Liodaiiinsi time. Interrt with this
retwirk—thit, in my opinion. • remit' beim; die
mere copyist of petit • libel. etiould not go
the least in extenuation ; for ho man, ou reading
rush a toaliciouti pii4liciitittn. but mu.t know it was
a libel. The Defendant, its Ito it; h.t..
disk he is man infirm rate...health ; it is for your
Lerilthip• to judge from his appearoi ce awl coun-
tenance of the fact: if it is the CAP P he olizat to
hire con.iticreci it at the time he puillis.atil Omit
be is now here to *nagger for."

Oa the Defendant being asked tis tt-e Court if
he had any Cottage!, he eitserere,l in 11-e newitive.
Ilk wee Ads informed, if he aay thing to say,
that was hi• time.

11S. LIA/4 &Inv." Lt is not city intention. to or, up,
wench of your Lordships' tune—lt is iinnossibl. for
the Proprietor of a newspmier to reed eveny smelts
that it inserted. it is piloted in such haste."
Lord Ett.iteacianund.;.i.., Then St might nit to
he done in mien haste—you do it for y air *on
lucre. end can'econiptatu that you as r made liable
fur the ceinsequeacer."
Mr. Lovett.--" My Lord, articles ire often
printed before I em out of bed io the niorniog."
Lord re.t.samolouslise--41 If yuu have not in-
dustry sufficient to attend to your lowness. you
ought to employ a proper person.—Have you got
any thing further to say ? for a Court of Justice
cannot lister' to the argument you have aildiir.d."
Mr. Lovett. declined sayin: soy thing further.
Lord ELLINIORMIGS-..." Let the peteielant be
committed to the custody of the Marshal of the
Mirslialsee. and to be brought up to "receive the
sentence of the Court on the last day of Twit."
(Weiluwdiay nest.)

Tlllt EVIG •.111,31A11 EVAN ARIA PATRI( I ItTANA

Mr. Arrouste-Ounrunt. moved. 'tint the De.
females should be brought up for the ju:!z•tnaut
of the Court.
It allorkited that the Prisoners were ocr, nt
tits last Lsucstster Amazes, miler Cur .tet ut the bat
of Cho. I. Iperuee air. 111 MM GRAII.III, (or attempt.
intt to persuade tbree pr.rrtcr bcitmgn.g to dm
47th regiment of foot to sirocrt.
The Court adjudivii them to he imprisoned in
the Castle of Lancaster two volesidier and
tn 111410.1 for o m hour in the pillet7 on a ink. Let-dey,
in the marker-plaem at Liverpool.

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