The National Register.
London, England, 1823-01-26 00:00:00

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11. Smith, Tooting, Surrey, victualler. -liable's., Mr.
Floated. East Picea, Lambeth.
J. Williams. ?inner; Hall. Old Broad Strost..merchants.
• Sols. Medal. SWII;11 Co. •OA Jewry.
J. Chalk. Illschf.iar• arch maker. Sob. Messes.
Young MY' CO. St. blil.lreMsl:mrt. 'Poultry.
W. and T. liclmy. Heck irke. No .n ttingitoshire, hemp deal-
ers. Sol. Mr. Ilwks, Grey'. Inn Seu..te.
R. Stinson. krlley. Womeeterehite, grocer. Sob. Ninon.
• Collett and Co. Chancery lane.
S. sarkocll, Whistones. Worcestershire. hop merchant. Sole.
Messrs. Car:lale an.: Co.- Gray's Inn.
J. t hike, brimol, grocer. Sols. Aleuts. Vizard and Co. Lin-
. can's lon Fields.
J. Wiigig Northamptonshire, horse dealer. Sol.
Mr. Jeye.., Chancery Lane.
.1 Srghni. Pdffolk, fa MCI. SAG. Messrs.
Dark: and Co. Chanc.ry 1.. no.
OIVIrtl*NoS.
Feb. 46, H. Clerke anal' F. Gotalty. Liverpool. merchants--
• 14, T. Edmunds. C..141C SO I ::.1. C. &igen-hire, vim:v-44. R.
LPlntoe44t. Fuca tlntecr—t 1, W. Nicholson,
Kingst..n u stet 11101, wrochent.
CERTIFICATE.: to '.c -ranted Feb.
J. tover.asslithr=H: Crockett. sea. limldenham. Bucks.
grocer—J. Hedington; Jun: York. gore —T. Cireethanr, ACk
„port, burecun..G.:French, Whiteemycl Road, provision ...,eat
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.L4W INTELLIGENCE.

COVRT OF ICING'S BENCH.
MONDAY, JAN. SO.
Lreib--eesnmee's eatocreLes OF NATITRE.
TIIE 'LINO T. TIIIORIOOS.
The Solicitor Central elated, that this was a prosecution for
a blasphemees libel, against 'the defendant, one of Carlile's
shoran. The loaned gentleman .eeferred to the machinery
.by which these publioatiens were covertly sold, is for ease of
Waddington. Rse. the publication by the defendant took place
:Ina similar way. He costonded if eves the defeadant was not
the secret agent, yet if acti tg.ia concert with the secret agent,
es the screen or sisopatao, he was torten, guilty.
Willlaut Sinith, a Bow-street officer. went to a shop, No. G,
Water-lane, Fleet-street, on the 30th of August last—Burton
and Duke went with him. %.`1 itness went down on the right
bend side, Berton and Duke ea the left. The other two officers
went to the public-koose nearly opposite the shop—saw the
defendant, Tunbridge, at the door, looking up Fleet street.—
The witness looked in, and saw as yon enter the dour that
'there is a partition, and you turn into the door to get into the
shop, but as to die hank room, or part of the shop where wit-
ness received the publication, witness spoke to the del-cadent
for a eopy of .• The Black Dwarf," which be received from
him, price Gd. Winees then ached fur " Palmer's Principles
of Nature." Defendant said he did not sell it, but pointing to
• dial with the names of books and prices affixed, he said—
Yon can get it there." There was a spout from the .door
above. The defendant went from behind the cornier, and
couple-, mid turtling round to the left behinsl the partition, went
into the passa,e behind the partition. Witness saw upon the
list before the defendant went out of the shop, the node of
Palmer's Principles of Nature," the number and the price.—
The dial was against a partition as yen enter .the shop. He
.ohen went to the hand, and moved the number seat the book—
the book then came down. Witness turned rend to • boy,
wise said It won't stood there." Witness saw the affixed
vices, au.l put the money in, and thee the book came dews
the spout throng!' the partition from a back room, net
through the ceiling. Witness pet into the spool two half-
crowns, which was the price of the book. It was " Palmer's
Principles of Nature." W hone then went out of the shop,
up the lane too ards .Fleet-stnet—lie looked back, and saw
the d. readmit Tunbridge at the door, looking the way witness
was going. The produced is the book which witness marked
before he parted with it. The name of•Carlile was •oe the
door.
Cross-esamined by the defendant—lles belonged to Bow-
street three or four years ; was before a calico drawer; has
been in the post.uffice, and then went who the velvet fancy
trade.
Defendant—You say you purchased it of me, and I told you
where you would get it?
Wharfs anewered in the affirmative. Asked for the pamphlet
shoat the Dialog.. of Clo„her and the moldier, and also a bunk
publialied by Cohlovtt ; purchased it for Piston, wise belong.'
to the Bow-street office ; will swear that the mark ow the
book it his hand writing ;,percheeed the book because he
knew there was a comietion snit before; will not swear that
the defeadant sold it him, but that he told him where to get it;
does ant know the defendant would have sold it if he bad known
him to be a police-ulcer; has read !! Palnier's Principles."
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ne,entleat—Did it induce you to feel contempt for the Holy

• Scriptures
Wateemv—li certainly did.
On beiiig. esCa d to espledn, witness aaid be felt a contempt
for the book.—(A laugh.)
On a further eiplanatioa whites* said it produoed no erect
on him whatever.
Defendant—Did it cause you to break the public peace ?
1N o.
Vie I nid Chief Justice observed, that it was not ecceveery
er usorl to read the whole of the information ; the attention of
the July would be dii ected to the substance, as it wcu'd mvuny
unnecessary time to reed the whole. The lira count in plie
into.rnation was here read, se.ling forth that defendant Wag
• wicked and evil disposed perste, published the libel in
question.
The Defendant then "rose and addressed Om Ju• y. He
arid the author of the work, for which he was prosecuted. was
one of the greatest pliilosopliess of the age in which he lived ;
he had Inhumed incesvn;ly to soot oat the pond' of soi.c-sii.
tuition, and sow the set I:4 of pliopophic *Wm and divine
truth thiongb the e)e .it science and nature. He would show
that to yipped thja doctrine of libel the law had been pe• vc,t;sl
by Judges and Julies. Mete was nu sientlx.d of orifoisnity
in theolregierl opinions among men :as well mi,ht you rssi-ein
tile tides ui• the turbulence of the ocesu ; as well nodit you
eosiige or alter the seasons. as to stein pubqc opinion and public
discussion un those milijecte. He tenni to defend every see-
tesee, and to show that not one of them was at variance with
the priuciplea of the cei.aViihed laws of Cie land. if the Ja-y
were no: aatiafiisl that there was no di.ect evidence of bin having
published this book, he most proceed with a very long defence.
Ile mast pat !t to the Jury to say whether
the Own liorenen
were ...ee f.ont every book of this description. He you'd
prove that be was free from every thing that could I • r the
col.oir of malice. He would defend the publication po I this
ground, that " Palmer's Prioeiplcs" wits a book free frees ev ry

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