The National Register.
London, England, 1817-06-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL' REGISTFIt.

Ole reverse of what it wirs—blipp446e,' instead of being a 6111.
;;le man, caring faro at .d for %hoes few cart-A, he bad
men s trademan vti,ll:i large family —appose he had been in
di health, tend trytrruh all the attention persons in sorb a
slate demanded —wltal then mould have been his I..ireition in
:his toasted laud ul homiest to a prison, he
-Anse ht dared to caffehs 144 opinions. Thev were told that
he likirty of the preps must have its bounds and limits. If
it must lint those limits, he hoped Englishmen would not
stiffer au Attorney General to prescribe theme. They !OYU.'
nicety ton lunch ill mist it in steels hands--and, if the
orphan were ton wtak to walk alone, they would not, he
was mire, rot rnst the leading-string', to that individnal who
stool di rev! iv, between die Government and the people. The
1./(ferelitiit lien acne on to animadvert On the whole of die
pionies&on iu veni.-11 the alleged libel was contained, con.
tirielmg with energy, that as a public writer, he was
instated in tleseataing on the conduct of pnirlic men - %the.
..he inoinvist they Orraine public men, merge.) their private
in then ;with.. character. 'I he I)efesulatit neat adverted in
the prese.tt law of Intel, whicii, lee observed, was harrowed
the proceedings of Ilse Star Chanilm., and might be
traced ultim itely to the Jaistieian Code. That which etas 111-
"Odell to pat ttOW a the last spark of tleedos in ('onstanti-
nople ;Nadi was our consinercial enterprise) had been im-
ported iiietc—tint it was nut naturalized—and be trusted the
Jot y would look at it with a most suspieions eye; and that,
iy their verdict tins day, they would declare, that no cha-
racter in a pubic sitnatunt, should hereafter he exempted
from infinity, nor front iiii , whim aecusation Wll4
served. In COIICIII6IOII. he 4411 he left his ease in the
:oils of the Jury, as jll.lgei nf the law and illy reel. It was
111:•.1* pliv liege to step between the all'11,1:1' and the accused,
netweeti the oppressor and the o..ierr.tild. The Jury would
inf•rpose the a3;,‘ of ileglish linrsty to pi otect the intioetin
111/111-111ey WOIIIII to 'fyrantly and Oppression " ye shall
pt creed no farther!" He threw himself on the justice of his
entintry, derlarititt that if Ike priarent systeen.Wrire to be
continued, he would rather be ils.vactitii than its %tippet ter.
[ hie speech of the Defeudatit, of winch our limits admit
us to insert a triclinic sketch, lasted for two hours. In the
t'om'e of it, the Curvet iiiieriered several times, in conse-
quence °folic introduction of objectionable matter. Th., tle-
c,mry wisti h shauld chmartetise a Court of Justice was
repeatediy violated by the class(' whom the Vial cellecte 1,
wan applauded difierent.pasaages in the speech—a- line of
einailuet which was strongly it probated by Mr. justice
Aobot.j
The Attorney G, tiers! repiied at great. length. He de-
fended the course of proceeding which Mid -been adopted
with respect to the Defeticliwit, as • strictly legal. the De-
fend:no might rail himself a pi.iilic wt Uri —bat he would not
take the lass of Enulanst-from hint, he otaild look fur it in the
judicial deti-iiiim of the Courts of I.aw.
Mr. Justies: Aaiun charged the.Jary. It was, he observed,
open to sit ry 1111!/.11.1-1, 10 11:,1'11,11/1!.. VI. the Govern-
provided he did so reas.iiiably. fairly, ;tad calinly—bat
if, iustoadof to disrussing measures, a prison chose to litter
and newe testis to Ali, 4.4W1,1111y u
Givicrninent or the individuals elllap0!111g it, he was guilty of
a libel. here Via... a 1/0.111:, 11.11(!re 1.1.45011111/; CPll4e it, and
sander and cal y Organ ; stud it wea for the Jury t I (in-
sider whether the paper In 1.111(.%11011 was, 111 roint of law, A
free, fair. (WWII dist 11%4.144 or whether it ilia not 14., be-
yond treat line .cf aignme.it, which euldit to preserved.
The Learned clodge, after 11111.:111.1g, 011 the principal point,:
rgeil by the Deltrothiiii, oavri veil, that the question was now
a moat iiiiimitaitt one, since, by the set-Mot of, the Jury, it
Was to be tice,ued, iiticitter zneh a i. i, rr as that istfure die
Gant Was to be Ms...initiated M J1;1 inns 1' y. Iles of osier,
was. that it was a scandal lie. inalicion-,..0d siaitmits
The Jury reth,sl, and, afrzt de.ti'aet:ing an hour and Itch, the
Foreman, with some of Ms f.:llaws, arpsiared in the Com re-
mainder of the Jury, from Lie structure of the Court coald not be
been.

'f he Foreman, as we ttnierstoqi, stated, that a part of the Jury
wished to return a candltionsl ver lict. _

Mr. Ju:•tlee Abbot ...aid. he world receive any verdict from the
whole of the .Jttry, but he could not reeeivt any Icing ofiesed by a
part of them.
Tile usual queztion wag then put—whether tie Jury found the
10efivadant guilty or not guilty ? To which the Ferernan answered
Guilty—and the senile: was recorded.
At a late hour in toe alay, Mr. Cl•itty said, he was instructed to
state to his L.ordship, that the verdict was not legal—three of the
Jury having dis,,,ental nom it utile time. One of them. he understood,
wished to proiunt to his Lorciihip on behalf of himself and two of his
fellow:, a parr relating to the verdict, when they came into Court,
but he had not an opportunity of delivering it.
Mr..lu,tic-: Abbot said. t nu objection was made at the time.—
The eprrstion was icit, and the answer of Guilty was given, in a ton,
that must have been a-d throughout the Court. Nu paper had been
ter.d,red to him—and in answer to a question from the Foreman, he
had stated. that he could only raeive a verdict float the whole of the.
could receive no communication from a part of tiler:.
'i he IR:fold:nu said, us an Englialtinan, 'he maid prstea against
the verdict, DA ille!.;31. But four •f the July appeared in Court—and,
if a tedstake had been made. his cause ought hat to be prejudicAl
by it.
tr. Justice Ahhot said, his cau:e sustain no prejudice; but
that oas not a place ti,r discussing the qtyy,,tioa.

111 E KING V. T. J.WOOL EN.

+This was aninfornTation tiled by his :11ajerty's Attorney-Gcneral
agaiml Defendant,for a libel contained in a publication The
Illtuk Dwarf: The ir.fonnation charged the above Defendant with
endeavouring, by the said libel, to bring into hatred :mil contempt
the Cor.stitution of Einglat.d.—.the Host-es of 10-ii and Commons—
and the rigl.ts of petitioning t!it said thereby seeking to
excite tlisafritent and disatiettiotrin the minds of his Nlajesty's sub-
The Defendant, in a sp?ech of great lenlth, argued in justifinatlon
of what tie had written, and the Jury acturned a venlirt of—Not
Guilty.
Tire Spectators received the verdict with acelaraat;ons. Sir Francis
Burtly.t, w:io listened art.-ntively to the twa triale. was :mull/ chvered
On L.:Wing Mr. Ilarun Gitriow and Mr. Camiing were in
Court timing a considerable I are of the Guy.
At cevm o.c.:(Pck r. IVt.ciler was taken hark to the King's Boncli
Plilm in.& carriage, secumpanitd by tl.e l'ipstuff of the C urt and
several l'eace rm. Tal crowd followed the carriage into Clicap•
side, cutting the w: ole of the way.

Mr. 0 aghtreil, cf Si;atittleet,Wkent, had last wed;
a polyanthus grtnving in hid garden, upcn one stalk of
which there were at that time one hundred and ninety-
five blossoms.

The eight convicts from the Ely Special Arsizes,
owing f their extreme geod conduct, I..ave been
liber-
ater?, even bAbre toe eapiraticn of the t‘t.,elve months
for which they were sent to Sheerness; and Govern-
ment, we underttani, very liberally allowed each run-
viet sufficient numey to bear his t,:rc ises to his native
place. Theyx:acht.:l Ely un

.TIJNP. 4.

THE KINCIS EIRVH-DAY.

Wednesday his Majesty completed his 79th year,
which was celebratei with the usual demonstrations of
rejoicing, except a t7ola Court, fee. which has been
dis-
continued since hi.: indisposition.
The morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells,
which continued the greater part of the Mir. The flags
from thv church steeples were displayed. Grenadier
Guards in their white gaiters, with the birth-day co.
lours, marched from Knightsbridge Barracks to the
King's. the Queen's, and all the other guards for relief.
At one o'c1o:•k the Park and Tower guns fired a
double Royal Salate.
The Firemen in new clothes belonging to the dif.
ferent Insurmco Offices paraded the streets; preceded
by bands of music.
The day was observed as. a holiday at all the public
offices and other establishments.

Mr. Fidler, the builder of the mail caches, gave a
grand dinner to the princird mail contractors, at his
house in 3tillbank-row, attached to the manufactory ;
Mr. Hasker, the inspeetnr of mails, in the chair. All
the mail coaches were new or new Varnished and de-
corated, which had a very handsome and unifium ap-
pear.mee. The hammer cloths were all new, of scarlet,
ornamented with geld lace. The harness of the horses
were mostly new and seine of the here were orna-
mented with light blue ribbands. The horses are sup-
posed to be the finest eolleeti,na ever assenibled together,
and which attracted a great number of gentlemen to
view diem.

Barrels of beer were distriburel at the gates of Si.
James's Palace and the Adwitalty,has usual.
.1-;onte•of the public others, the oi:era House, the
Theatres, and the Houses of the royal tradesmen wer:,
illuminated.

The Queen received the congratulations in n private
manner from a number of personages, at Windsor
Palace.