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bind spies, sad Nhers if ham dearaelen awl cesaisidoes,
awl appear never to have hateired Jai, the Queinee cosielact,
of the ousserismi preemie of rank sell umbleasiobed baser,
by whom she was constantly sisnwumled.
We further submit that the pregame sf regard for the
pebble morals used by them, in excuse for their illegal pro-
crediegs, is fake and hypocritical ; hermits; is order to
produces prejudice against the Quoin, they have not ferns
pled to circulate, as widely as possible, every lewd and inde.
cent story that was fabricated by the persons in their pay,
careless of tlw untruth, improbshilty, and wickedness of
such tale*, and of the infamy of the irsforearra and lie.
cans, they have Offered the Gores the bribe of 50,000 f.
Ily, if she would continue to live abroad, without re-
striction of the pretended adulterous
We also humbly represent that their whole ccoduct, in
the attempt to dethrone sod divorce the Queen, is • gross
rostrage upon the Constitution, Laws, Justice, and character
of the country, awl upon the heat feelings and interests u(
it. inhabitant., and coupled with their former acts, bat too
plainly phew, a disposition, ma their pert. to set at issued
%IWOe wise and amid principles mem which this country
has been free and happy—to keep the country in a stale of
continual agitation and alarm, with plots and conspiracies
—anti 10 rode by the sword.
%Vs: therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty to &f-
-olios these Minkters from your :Majesty's Comicils for ever,
and to loin the authors of the late Maw eussepirsiey against
...If snagnanienoms, virinons, and innoweed Queen, to Con•
eltgn pnytlonesit —(Lord applause.)
Mr. W. ATAXIC KTT Set:witted the motion, and
the above Addres.es were unanimously adopted.
The CHAIRMAN then read the following Ream.
!Wino. Which, having been moved all; seconded,
was onvoinion.ly avert! to :--
" Resolved, That nor worthy rep Wives, Sir nand,
Burdett. Bart. mid John ('am Hohbouse, Esq. lie requeeteil
In 'resent or forward the Adam.. of tins Meeting to his
- Majesty at the earliest opportunity."
Mr. I loßilousE 111-1) tome f.r.va,(l, and was
cc-
ceived asi h thunders of applause. lle a .1.1, it was
one of t!lo complaints which bail hems mild.. against
those 111:,mliers of Perleintent who were In the linhol
of atteir!ilig ',oldie meetings, this, Instead of ti• h-
"ri"g Eyrie"ltilnous in their I.leree in Parliasise tit,
they clitoe to streak their gewiineolv
at Mire to the people. Bin, all itever might have been
the rase le retefore, sorely the partisaii..4 NI tut Arra bad 11.1
;glut or reamis now to consplaos that sorb 3lemlwrs ehositd
c tttttt Tint,r,lte their si otiissenis directly to their coast'.
taro, sieve their had hero refased the unwonted! of ad-
d.essitig ms. Ives to the Movie-trio in the House of
tor ttttt .---(Greof employs W3a one of those
at Ins 1,11 hero determined t•. r 114(' his voice Olt every
I•CC ...ht.. :t,•t prt•r.ll. mi itself agnoist those 114,11alifell whirls
h-1.1 az11314,1, and %hid, ht. feared
("wirier to azit:ite the minds of Ilse whole temple of this
cossiiiiy. and 11r trill therefote hems in attendsnee at
lire
11,M4.1. as ; ,t;v as len o'clock its the manlier, determined not
to I. t slip ley opoortiwity which tottered tofspeaktoitc it reple-
te is-ion a.. I ra probate of the !Wiwi tttt s condom of Mime.
ler:, shier hail brought the country to tlie brink of sum
and disgrace. Mit he Ind been prevented on that ote 'shoo—
t:le poldie wilt knew how : they well knew that 1101 eves
two
1111.11 ft a ha d tea ti ahues d fur the delivery Ida messnge float
the Qat.' ti, t.y those who hail berg, for two years emplosed of
raking tme• thee matter to lice prrjuiltee, with the skiall4 of
whirls 'hey had filled Close creel, hags, ante of which had
been properly stemmed of, lint the tithe.. had row he keew
not whither —ire/tighter rend appinase.`—Of the /louse of
Commons ,o.cen bag he del not know whit had be-tense, hut
be 'opposed those also hol filled and bruneht it thither had
taken tt away mid divided the content.; amongst themselves.
Probably they would deposit them amongst the other valua-
ble and moral *mita in their libraries, nod, he hardly knew
whether he might men he book, he should nut be •t all
surprised if tli, y were one slay discovered Louisa up with
the last edition of 7'ke Ariresleres of a Woman of Pka•
sure.--(.11u,h larghlrrh—gut although they had been pre-
vrufrd 1,, Nlootsless from going tole any discussion ell
subject ill lie House of Conimmie, they had tousid meatus
to esprese their opitsione of tiled treatment of the Queen
in
ewe emphatic wool. A ministerial writer, whom he Ayala
tors hinme, as Ise only Whom eil in hi• viseatiou, hall said,
that he 14. pert the Sire or Pit Members who had es ird
44 .ahmag'2' would Rod themselves deeerted by all the ho•
insurable toot thinkin7, part of the !louse. For Isis own part
he ghoul.' never repent that be led on that neensiuil j • ed
in the cry (if '' Shower' alitionsgh the conersprence should be
Iris &sestet:l by the whole of the House. Rut the writer lie
alluded to Lad made a genet mistatement. 'rite mosiber of
the Members silo cried " Shame !" on that 04.4'24-tall, he wall
m ettlin, and I.e wonla appeal to the worthy Baronet (Sir
(:. Noel; isa that heed, who he belimcd Waft one of them,
was twiner s.'efs than fire or six. Inded, he thought he
should be nearly right, if he said that those who dud not c .11
" Shame !" mill that occasion were only five or sic.—(Ap.
plausr.)-1 his manner to shich it had been contrived that
the delivery oft he (-Incest's Message should be prevent. d, was
scandalous and disgraceful in the esteems.; and that it was
the tomb of a premeditated scheme and trick, was evident
from this, tom the Deputy lilelser entered at U110111..11t
when 'Mr Detraino heinous t speak, and that he was hand.
d
iu by the S-'4 retail of iar Treasury —',Skarme, shains.)—
Was that deceit? Was it !recreating that a little whiffloig
fe Bow should he allowed to come its, and interrupt the bust-
loss of the Ile use al ,tell a in 1111 l rat ? He was aware of the
prerogative of the Crow's. which mithernod lhe King to
in 'wave the rarliams sit when he thought plover ; bat was
'het a fit moment, ar a proper inelliad 4.f refit isinc
h, how. v. r. haul bee,. g toned for the people by 11-at
struggle ; rat had proved Old a great change of ripiniou
hall terse , recto d. Ile renumbered that laird
peach, on his retorts fr Viemsa al the eottelusimi
of the peace, was tree-urea iu. the Hoots of Co
di. the ch. era and aft .t of the Menshers ; hot,
thank God! he hail lived to see, nod to have seen it
beer fiVell hint the most heartfelt satisfac. ion, had lie
dor., the nest moment—he had lived to are that Nohle
Ler I honied out of th it Howse Load applause\--
11 House too, as hail been well tile.erved by the resprctable
part of the press, not of Irk app oidisia--tiot of his
enenti.v-11,.1 a reformist Iloasr 11.1 Commons—not an
asseuildv of Jacobins or a mew tog of Radicals ; but a House
toll of hie Men rIt•AllIst••• 111411 Mlle ri,, de•otr el to the wilt
and pleasure of tern and ht. etllle•giet s, Me compliant took
r Mudded ow that Nlabsten
rapt roll, and 'bey would not fail Iu CX,I, all the means is
thew toiwei to be •,lile. die pers., lc, hinge the t
sit th. noose, soil to at Inlet a b 'lle r red-1.1 al the Weill
mtl'111:: he leastrt the people n nit 1.1 ea-r 1 1 hela-
•••it'i..l In per Vel.l It, Sand ilt 11.11...11 the table of the
I louve would be loaded with v titiona Irons the people
a ~al4,t I lit m aerl ir sum. Jan. e•. loi.flo'foll• Zell asst c
a • i ly.lig :It Hi anat.. hint :II Houser 1 he
•...41- of the eZaeers arid opposer. ..f the Miisiet.y were
s".• .1 " et.e.utt s of the clumsy soil of the constitutions."
tie efoo:.1 pot it to any of rUu,alun moose to say,
v •11,16. tr ra hail not prt,Vtll Ilsermalves the
r. .r.l to ail the estitsitelwil tool venerated Wen-
or cos . 11, roliot ry lad they not brought disgrace
"O.", ? I they not degraded the Peres? Had
Pt,- 5 not the reboot, of the country Mtn slierepiste ?
11.. far his owl, part, islaays wished to speak with respect
..; curry 1. g constituted authority; but he would mi.ic
not man of ilie v tort orate Broils at the upper end of the
11.io.o• of least:, the Noble Pres• in lawn sleeves, had teot
it tot it to loser them in the ryes of the whole toasty!? Rut
is wended that :Ministers weft• trot evident with shut they
hail done - • than

sin all asf Bowel—(fissefAes.)-404 dot IsSillispoll sr oh.
Ogees hid bees wens 101 b. ham Ass is the Ilesalarbstaletee.
Fee the Maisie, meta N howls, sad aaawevediser letter ia
six or omen days, whereas Ole Mom of Chsainsene woad be
eat of lawn for two smells I. enase.(Lartikke.)...lltan
then, not coolest with having failed Is Shear attempt. Ile
degrade her, seat entree with the loss of Ileeir Danaher is
loss an iiiresoiration before • tribe's' well disposed to roe.
damn her, they were deternsiwed atilt to pursue her with
further persecutions; mid indeed it was impassible to say
how far they elleit•l to carry Hoene. Time Ministerial Ga.
turtle—he did not mean the Tuesday or Saturday nowise's
Gnzelle, but that which was yieblisked every eveisiour—The
('airless, bad said that the Queen was the wife of the King,
and was therefore equally subject to his amberity and coo:
bad, as any other woman was to that of her husband, and
recommended such ereatment to be given her as other hus-
bands would to their wives, by limiting her wane, and re.
straining her from keeping revisits company, by confining her
with'n the limits of any house he theme lit assign for her re.
sidence.—(" Shane, shoes* !")--not she would mot be coo.
Reed ; she wail in no danger of such treatment. She had fleas
and privileges of her own to amen. The people had stessly
rescued her from one act of oppression; sod it would be
their pride, as it was their duty, to continue to support and
maintain her, iii doing whirls his utmost exertions should
not he wanting He had hitherto not hero very friendly to
monarchical instientions; bni this Lady bad dome mare to
reconcile him to Royal Families thin all the Crowned Hes Is
that had ever existed—(Ayrplomse)—and be slionld be sissy.
ready to exert his utmost endeavours, in conjuection with
those of the people, in her support. —(Apploeure.)—lt hail
been contrived to represent her as having two hoisbsarbe—.(A
laregls)—lse meant exclusive of what had been impaled
to her respectiug her Chamberlain; for there were two hus-
bands to whom it was said she was married when she came
to this country. One was the Prince of Wale*, now his
Majesty, and the other was a thing or proem called the
State.—(Largkler.)—But he could not help thinking, she
would moth rather Stilt she had never been married So
either—r Lamohler one hail refused to live with lwr
after a few months, and the other had ascii, or attempted
at least, to me her still more hardly. He hail n., doubt at all
in his own mkil, that her Majesty was as heartily tired of
the conneai ssss as either or both of her hush in.le.—t • Leorgh.
lee nail applasese)—He would nor trespass any Intern their
attention, as he hail to attend a meeting of allottite portion
of Isis constituents in the eveiiing.—(Lord end lemylhened
plaudits
.followed the close of the lion. Grollesson's speech )
Sr, GERARD Noel. then ohortly addressed she
meeting, Apologising for his abreore at the eons-
Inellerttlellt of the day's bosineso. wh Cll had been
oecto,iooril by his attending the Continitier it the
Fse,-soo•ons' 'ravens, for orranging the cavalcade
In escort her Majesty to St. Pours on Maim silay.—(..lp-
piastre, curl cries of " Where ?")—lir Isol.evs 41 it would
form math r the wholowe of the Duke of Wellington
(I.ourf applause.)—Hr hod undertaken the deity of Aide.de.
Camp for the day to Sir Robert Wilson, who was to coin-
niatiii.—(Grent applisse.)—The mei time would see that he
hail out abated in his meal in the rano., and he sever
would.—(App/amse.)—He fully concurred in all that the
this. Ms sniper for Westminster had said contenting them-an-
&duns seeue at the prorogation of the Parliament. He
hoped the people would serer relax in their exeitions meld
they had smelt the Queen folly righted, and the :disasters re.
wadded as they dears veid—(Applouse.)
The thanks of the meeting were Ibee voted to Sir Gerard
Noel, Wart. and John Cant Hublionre, Esq. fur their sup.
pod t ; and to .1. T. Barber Beamout, Esq fur his cooduct in
Ow chair. 'Those gentlemen shortly returned thanks, and
the nutting b oke up.

PARISH UP ST. PAUL,

COVENT-GARDEN.

Ye,terdsy ev.'ning ■ meeting of the Parishioners
to •k place, to consider of a Petition to the King to
dismiss his Alitimers, and of an Address of Con.
gratulation in the Quern on her late triumph;

Lard WILLIAM RUSSELL is the Chair.

flis Lordship observed. that he had hitherto al).
'babied !'rout attending on public meetings from
which Arldre!.se• had been voted to the Queen; but
he su rotiiely concurred in the objects of this meet-
Mg, that he hid felt it to he Ins duty to attend.
lle particularly approved the Petition to dismiss
Ministers, who had degraded the monarchy. inun-
dated the Inud with filth and obscenity, and under-
mined that floe fabric of morality which had been
lota up by the Bible and School Associations. Ilia
Lordship lamented that he could Hit continue with
them. The meeting was to have been held at twelve
o'clock in the day, and the hour hail been altered
to six in the evening, without his knowledge. He
had made arrangements according to the first-
mentioned Moe, which made it necessary fur him
to &mot almost immediately.
Mr. NORTH/IC/USE addressed the meeting in sup-
port of the obj.cts for which it had been assembled.
In the course of his speech, the Noble Ch iirman
quilted his post, as be had before notified that he
should do. .

On the motion of Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. Hob-
house IV A* V. t.a to the Chair.
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slr. NORTIIIIOUSE rrounted Ilia address. Mb.
*nig. a spercli abounding with spinicil remarks.
witty slid apt quotations. enforced his syloisient
for the dismissal of Miiii.teitt, he concluded by
prupcsing, that u Petition be preinitt,d to the
Kiting fur the dismissal of Alinistera, and
that no further proceedings should be iu•tituted
against the Queen.
Mr. CLARKE srcondeil the motion.

It.oohition wits earritd 111)4 ll 11l

111 r. PHILLIrA an gl.lJrrs4 uh Cones-
ttalat,mi to ilir Q.seets (.51 the 5.51455.41 viewry which
her ‘lajeve Iris I.tely mi•hieertl orrr
Jvotwis 5.e..5.(1,41 the mutton, which was
Carried w 5515 :welt ossall.m...

NOSTlttiola reoil the Addres. let the Kong,
which weal adopted. anti a Resolution agreed to In
requeoiiog the Duke of Betilorol to preariat it to his
Majesty.
Jr.A Etir.t.sem.t. tent the Address to the Queen,
whirrs was also agreed so ; ua was the motion fur
cloo.itig it to be lorearooteil to lirrAloojesty by Lord
Wets. itte•eitli, the two Reureolotatives of Weal-
' mew, and as many issras:oluntrs as may choose to
at tem!.
Tinshki ware voted to Lord Wilhoos Roma,.
Mr. Pllll.l.lrs moved the Thittkat of Ilse meeting
to John Cam Hsolihnn-e. IL-q. for Ins--rl'he re-
mainder of the Nenteloce war lust w the loud burst
of applause which followed the nieutiou of the
wane.]
Air. floottoust rose to return thanks, and ainolo-
isesl ',inch Is felt it un-- urn to

'Ma'am delevelriwbitAlo 10000.111414-41111. ivir• ma! .04
he wastimg Arens thri s sled' le are the perigees
remise forward. was she ellessestmow opera MI MI
lord davertisel hail awed. ew tbpp able
le admit that she pee& errs really is emnsest. His Lome
Wes jedrowa Ws* h.'. bees wrest rifle larger seet-
hes. hes ormairefy be was right so Is the insosetasent si these
smaller ewe. These Ad. bad sled dews sg..e of she hoods
of the pahlrae• hot ykeeping up dis lied with she other,
the public WWI prod that they were, ing restrained, two
much fur blisisters en the late eventful weesiee. The pub.
he voice hail sewed she Qwee from demnsesion. This was
gessifegs from she admegerim of Lord Liverposd, she speeches
of Lord Elleaterreuth sod the blarysis of Stafford. After
Ibis it would be idle so defy or aliapuie the 'Met of
whet hid been called popular elatener. He did out
lbw shot se ewe* evralegree se shot which bail eased
113 Peers to programer* the (twee guilty, soy other atom-
bly world have produced 23 so pretwomore the caeastest
felon godly. Varies§ peewee had attempted se osslysis of
the wisjiwity in the House of lAMB • he had witnessed a very
reularliable one to-day. A Gewilensa bad taken the trouble
toexonsine. which he reeessamededthe people so doneste-

. -
rally, sod Nand that of Ili Perri, who &Vowed the saajsreity,
o less than 81 had been created, Of had here advanced •
step in the Peerage, since 1704. They wood, theref.ee, rot
on the gumshoe of the Queensgent, bat In seaport ashot
eyeless (ruin which they had sprang, and by which their owe
existrece moat be upheld—the Pitt systems, which had hive
very properly said by its admirers to have grown with their
growth and streegtheeed with their strength—s disease
under which they were all here, end the eonsequearss of
which would infest their posterity. He remarked on the
ludicrous eircionstsece of wee Peer, the very Ism erentime.le
the House, having his name coupled with that of a Royal
Duke, and these two standing by themselves is five of the
seven protests of the House of Lords against the 'theorises-
meat of the Bill. Whence cause these lights of knowledge,
which Anse on the minds of these two personages, while
they entirely fsikdto enlighten Earls Liverpool, Herewith,'
sod Lord Eldon, the mole supporters of the Bill? Lel them
protest as notch as they pleated. Their protest would
aot equal its strength that of the rople, which had com-
pelled the shendunasent of the Bill. Ministers appeared to
race against time, as if they expected to tire the people, who
were certainly fatigued with their administration of public
affair.. He pointed out some of the protetneet callosities
which they had brought oa the country—the coeirsetisig
600,000,0001. of debt—the creation of 2,000,000 of paupers,
and the establishment of a larger standing army in pence
than that with which Marlborough humbled France—the ex-
penditure of 80,0001. • year chiefly in the spy *yeti re to betray
those from whom the money was takes —the late calamity
which they bad brought shout, by instituting proccediogs
against the Queen—mid ISO of ell, he was sorry to infoem
them, that very day a verdict had beer confirmed against
his oe Colleague which had bees obtained ore groatmle
that would have bore scooted in any other Court. The
Baronet would receive the intelligreee with the same gene.
rows with which be expressed the hearing that a verdict
had beet. given against him 4 I hope it will tend to the
public good and benefit " He promised not to he deterred
front .peaking his mind with respect to those Minister%
whom he detested from the bottom of his seal, sod his
frame insist want some of the elements of as English-
man, if he did nut detest them who mere 'Mal every
effort to drive the people to desperaties. lie ream-
'Bendel the people to observe the laws, and Mill stood
in stubborn opposition to thews. If in the eveat a straggle
should lake place, the blood be it. the heads of the prime
agitators He thought it would he a great good to get Mi-
nisters dismissed; but, as had been most ably observed by
Mr. Cobbett, he could nut wish Earl Grey and his Noble Col-
leagues so much evil as the successioe I. their aliens. He
argued with the some writer, that if the Opposition
Peers were to undertake ogles with the /Selig, of rte
formation, they would ha deserted by their own poetises's.
He would never wish to see • cheese of administrative,
without a reform of messures to precede it. He agreed
with the declarative of Me. Pitt, la 1784, "That es holiest
man could be • Minister under the peseta system." The
machine must be changed ; a milt-wheel would be turned to
the ease porpoise and effect by • blind hark Yr a racer. 11111
noseivided his speech by reformist/ them his thanks far the
honour they had done him, sad promising out to relax in
the duties which they had called him to execute.—(tord
applause.)
A cry of " Thriven" sticeeried. When it had smell.
tined some little time, and Mr. Hobbes's. had quitted the
Chair, the business of the meeting being at ea cod,
Mr. THELWALL stepped forward sad addressed the meet-
, log, after which it dispersed.

ewiteasep. to thirst Oslo 41040411 w Coe 'apiece's
1k• senses erNstriaa. lie was arikephotoor
that Uwe was evident* to This* • gaming pretannoto.
tion that the libel was publi.hed in LeieeMenshires
Net the Court had been told by the two Inst Gets.
tkansso who had soWromoil them. that they could
um presume in mimosa! cam*: hot that he most
deny. if there were any evidence to raise n pee.
sainption. There could he no diff• resere in the
rides of evidence; it must be the rule of common
seem. for the a‘taieuneent of truth, and must be the
Mime m dal; end ell other OblAill•iegi. lie ertuoldi
Inks epos himself to rest, llmt there boil acere•-le
hero a case in which Courts have nut meted uproot
preeumptiree. This principle was acted owns
throoglinue the whale of the criminal Ina, in the
highest crime kuown to our law, that of high tree-
sane she criminal intent was oressosed. Upon the
fact of killing (which might he a perfectly iiinoceot
action). murder and malice were presumed. In the
caws of burglary or highway rolehrey, and one is
found shortly after in posaessouti of the goods stolen.
from that ',oases...ion the hoirglsry or robbery was
presented. to the case of !Owl she intension was
presumed, f the effects which the libel was calcu-
lated to produce. It appeared to him that Courts
must either act upon those presumptions, or guilt
mast go unpitoislird. Hr would admit, that in goes-
tioos where i, presumption was raised to prove the
great body of ilelinquesicy, the presumption ought
to he very strong ; but in a vii-re case of venter,
ism touching the guilt at pH, he should place it
opens the same footing us the most Sri. jai question
ever raised its 'Westminster Hall. Ile could nut
bet think, if the presumption hied not led them to
the truth at the trial, that presumoliois would then
have received some contradiction. It was r an far the
Deleurlaut to do so : he lined nothing to die but to
call Mr. Bo kerstaff, to say that the letter had not
pewee front the hand of Sir Francis Burdett in
Leiceatershire. They had
there was, therefore, a 'Kra 1111 l !Moll skirt Ile parted
with the paper in Leicestershire, and that at the
time he parted with it it was open. lie ('.llr.
Justice Best) slated to the Jury. that whether
opened or closed it was a publication. .11r. Phil-
bp% in his book upon the Law of Eviden-iv, lit
piige 151, give the definition of the civilians of
presumptive evidence. It was sod to be the weigh-
hog of probabilities. and elec.diug by common sense
which way the balance trollies. Now what were
the probabilities in -this case ? The probability
ass, that it was written ill Leicestershire. because it
wss dated Kirby l'ark. ltarrived in London on
the 25th August, need moat therefore have left Lei-
cestershire on the 13,1 or 24111 of that month. It
was found in Middlesex in the hands of Bicker-
stair. Finding it in the handle of another person,
he must presume that it quitted the hand of Sir
Francis Busdrit iu Leicestershire, ;end WAG convey-
ed tither by post or by a private hand. By the
evidence, it appeared it came to the hands of Brooks
as it left the howls of Sir Francis Burdett. Had
he sent it as a Member of Plainsmen', it would most
probably have been addressed to Mr. Brooks, and
he would ask if it were probable that it should
come by the post unsealed ? A good deal had been
said about errs ption, but if a paper was found
in • given state, it uiust be presumed to have been
always in that state, unless silents to the contrary.
Had it been sent sealed to Biekerataff, a different
note would have berm sent. The only err' g on
the envelope was. " forward this to Brooks."
Would this be the way in which Sir Francis Bur-
dett would write to a gentlent4ii ? NO; the pro.
bability was, that the writing was s mesnoraudurn
made by Bickerstall, in Leicestershire. to indicate
to himself titut that was the paper which he was to
deliver to Brooks. If those presumptions had inis-
led the Judge told Jury. how easy was it fur the De-
fendaut to have set them right by calling Bicker-
staff. Upon these grouvida, lie wait of opinion, not
only that he ought to have left it as lee did to the
Jury, but that the Jury could find uu other ver-
dict. It was said that it was the duty of the Crown
to have called Bickersteff; hoe how could they
know that such is person as Bickerstaff was in ex-
istence ? He ink the rule to be., that he who knew
of the evidence, ought to produce it. But sup-
posing that it had been *ea by post, he IMr. Jus-
tice Best) would still insist that was • publication,
and there WAS no ground for a new trial on that ac-
count, as the Defendant, at the saute 11111 e that he
instructed oi• Counsel to argue the point, might
have required a special verdict to have Inca' routed.
It was supposed that publication meant a 111.111fra•
taliou of the contents, but he denied that that was
the legal sense of the word. People heard of arbi-
trators publishing their award, or • person pub-
lishing his will ; bit; neither of them implied a read-
ill of the contents. In the case of libel, the mo-
ment the libeller does the list Het, that was a posh-
tetanus. He bad shot the arrow, and whether it hit the
mark or nut, he hid done all he could that it might. There
was an end of the locus peitilentia—the sired was done. He
would pappo.e the case of • man sending a newspaper in as
emvelope, sud it was carried by a boy into anuther county
sod there publiabeil, would it nut be contrary to common
arose to suppose the boy was the publisher? Or, be would
suppose • man to write • libel in • letter, and addresses it to
a man to be publidied in Paris or St. I'etersburgh, that
pension could never be called upon to answer fur it, but be
would contend that the sending it was a sufficient publics.
lion. He had referred tosbe case of the King against Watson
at the trial to shew that allot letter was closed when it left she
hairdo( the Defendant it was still • publication. If that case
were not held to be as authority eu far, it would f illow
that Lord Eilenborougis had been inc..in 1111 l no with bists•elf,
which ha would never allow to be the ram, fur in the cave
of she Kisg a. William., reported in 2d Canspeell, page
506, •hicis was • ease of aeuding • challenge, loss Lordship
held that the post-mark lass a 'efficient proof of publishing
is Middlesex, and though am was II case of sending he
affirmed I here was no difference baweeu aradiag sod
pobtoshierg,•ad sin Lord Enewhorough said, sad he used the
very word, sad says, " ibis is • sufficient pubbratinn."
There was in truth no substantial difference between a libel
to provoke a ehallesige or breach of the peace and a !tessera
howl which is likely to produce a breach of the pease. He,
as • Joke, mode not have referred to she civil law foe any
asiberity; bet as it had bees referred is, he mast say, ame-
ba thatelbt the civil law bore him oat in his argument. The
Loomed Judge referred to Cicero, ehr festkusr, and t• writers

is Ji&spifigoll. Wee. WI r. Ilse libel. the &Winn
to lbw iffidieumuno of Apse the limped, so that is ormil4
bats Mill hare • won agentratad libel. rtwe w.. 444
the swim as she ease ef. the Kiog ageissl4 Newer. lien
Defendant there persdutud roadriefts Io olisooli"i St.'" not
the King's troops :who were libetled. we le ollbee suede In
negative the libel; bet an far fr.uu preelattbat, he demon-
strated that it related lo the troop, meting under lb
asthrwity. Nothing that passed at Maaeleinaet, i. given re
prruif, eriedl bare jrasificl the writer of thus triter, The
third ground for to:. 5/131 was, that he 100 k u ear hem.
sell to lay d tan the law to the Jury in a way this he wia
not warranted 111 /111144 The stat•te of lien S. cop, Gil,
comanitolr called the lits•l Is., Jul not SR ,Ite live qw.'sloin
of libel a tiestion of feet, fur that would hare laeir iw
create an suion•ly his sad or rewiring one, with wine the
profemeil 014. et of the Art. It war still a quest m.. w lete,
and all that the. Atostutr did was In prevent it bets( I.ft to
the Jury is the steer :w way it fornsterly was The Leguill.
tine said, p.m must trace die Initial 10 the Jury, 4,1•1 ue had
done m. floe 1...*ri....1 I. Pad the ti. Wt. AIM".
SSA COelieftlielt 111111 1.0 was POILIIInsi be the 304... t.• .0 xi., let
opinion if it was a Idiel ow not, •14 he had
nee manner as the /outgo did in other es I- •.
The fourth point nipped was that hid 4-c 1... •
tial and unjust. Ile was soiry that it lead le, IA •
sot on hos own element, hut nn arcnuut of the ts• -
Items% who nis4e it, for whom he felt wince pain 11e..t
far any thing which bvl paosed regarding h taoelf. Bet
siothiug which had imposed hid at all impaired the high r--
spirt which he felt fur Sisal Griotl min. til* ilw manner US
which the .dijerilou was urged he hod euniplui..r.l, but he
attributed that to heat of the. inorneue, soil uo penuti
had ever snore need sit allowance sou that arcuusit than
person theu addressing them. for fre Trendy in the rostra, ..f
his life he kid male übservatio.ns, which had afterwards
tamed hies the greatest regret. Ile had certain!y called the
attention of the Jury to the different pouts of the bowel
and observed upon them ; but he newer thought, and corujd
wl
110111 persuade hints, It, that thus• observations were
just. It had been raid, that he shoutil hare suggested some.
thug on favieurrif the Defendant. In gustier to the 140...
Simnel be whist say, that W. eientitlei at the iris', mot
his witiumr of carryisig eit his defence, were sorb ar could
not but prepois,cou she Judge in his favour. 14,. mot
ever Upriser knew how to vivrciee she ssini..si fired
of discussing, *liken, for a inure. at trespa•siiig on the
respect due to the Bench. lie shouhl ilieeetnre have 1,..,,
happy ef he timid have suggested any hang fssourahl. to his
cause; hut nothing did occur to him, and when true euum-
dere the 111/411 rank, the spktraboi fois tune, the esti-a.me at.
itainmenta, and great ii.flutiore or the Di (rodent, it would
be a difficult task for a .11w1 ;e to fin.l any thing to to II tlie
Jury is his Ileum. lie had t.. 1.1 the Jory that the quelatirer
was, if the writiag was au address to she p.adois• fur 1.. the
Puller Celllloll and .11Serrirot, Of the readiv, wiih au latent to
rause an alteration of public meatier.{ IO the proper plate.
If they thought that it was the former, tiny would hod the
Defradant gushy; if the latter, they would acquit km.
The fluent of the liberty of the press, in his opinion, was,
that a Ulna may illitrltte his fellow•saiiietts, but mast not
infinite, for the moment ritupeeatiosi begins, their is an
end a di ion, except in that place where ibe re-
tina vitaperatiag is called *Too to answer fur it —a coma
.r Justice. If it were nut •niter those re-traiiits, the
peer would he made the instrument of private wrung
and public disorder. That was the gniund on which he
had insole hos statement to the Joey, and if he +ere is er-
ror, if it were not law, he should be glad to be net
He thought be mica no apology fur the time which he ha I
neenpied, since it was nut only necessary for a Judge to oe-
lorer his opiiiion, best to Ow. that it was well-fouseed. He
had been actuated by no motive but • desire to discharge
his duty, is criminal matters, wish rename • and at the
same Woe, as every Magistrate, front the highest to the
lowest in this coustry, was bound, to odunloister justice I.
mercy.

Mr. Justice Router'', said, be was of opisioa that the
rule for • new trial ought not to be made absolute. The
proofs were direct sad positive, that Sir French Burdett wee
not only the author, but had also published the writing its
question. The contents of the letter sheen dit was written
with intent that it should speedily be published endorsed
upon ; so that here were proofs nut only re' writing
and publishing, but of writing with intent so he pub-
liaised; and, in his opiaiam, the writing with intent to
publish was triable as a misolenieenor. So far the ease
of the King against Sere might be borne out, hot
the ease was perfectly distinguishable from that. That the
crime of writing was • misdemeanor, mod weight he polished
as such, appeared from this, that iodic-meats for libels al-
ways charged the writing and composing as part of the
cries.. The charge against the Defendant was as .(care of
different parte, consisting of composing, writing, cud puhi
limiting; sled it he were poled to have done nay past
in Lercester.hire, be might be found guilty pro Maio.
The Jury might inquire what was done is any other
meaty, so far as it traded to prove the Deleadaut gusher
in their county. Such was the cosetant practice in miser
of high treason ; but it had beets urged that if the
Defeadant was found guilty of composing sad westing. that
was not sofficieatly alleged is the sodoctionit. The Learned
Judge here recited • count of the itattimatimit, in whirls, se .
cording to his opinion, the allegation was sullekatly dis-
tinct. In eases of conspiracies sod neisanees, the Joey
did not inquire only to what took place in their oleo
county, hut extended their inquisition Imo other couetirie,
aid judgments were given on the aggregate offence.
It was urged alas that a new trial ought to be hail, be-
cause the Learied hider had told the Jury they might
presume that the publication was in leieestershim, the let-
ter bring delivered opt n. la his opiairto the Learned lodge
need wit have gone so far is femme of the Defendant, said
be 'bought the verdict ought to have bees the amt, whe-
ther the libel was published in that or nay ether reenter.
There was, in his (minim, seffiewat 'millrace to be ti A to it •
Jury of • publication Is* Leiceetembiee. le the case ut Sir
Menameh Lop. s, for bribing a voter, the room was laid
in Devonaltire,ehere Sir Menameh does was, sod it was in
proof that the Defendant there had said, " He has bees whit
me, and I have him Isere," pointing to the palm of bas hand.
The voter lived is Cornwall, and it was egged that there wee
nut evidence snMeieet to chew that the offence was estannest-
ted is Devonshire. The Jury peerumed the °testa. to have
been committed there, from the weeds," he has been with
me." As it was in the Defeadaat's power to slow that it
was not committed in Devonshire, the Judge thought that
was prison Pori. presumptive evideore to be left to Sb.
Jury. le the present ease the writing was proved to hare
been published is Tits Antrim rags* on the Stroh A 111113114
and whether it came sealed or unseelod, and by what tam-
•eesuce, were not matters is the knowledge of the
Prosecutors. Bet the Defeedaat might have rallied
Hickermaif, and in default of each evidence to rebut,
the Jury were warranted in fitedieg that it was pub-
lished is Leicestershire in that state. Uttering, be coal-
cetved, was to law the sense of peislialeisg, sad in imbri-
meats fur publishing libels, the feet sidi.liverilig to the put-
chamr was proved, and it was never inquired whether the
purchaser hail read the libel • Hills the rusty. la the ewe
of the Idols purchased from Carla', there was no imp'', awif
the libel had been reed in the city of Loadoo. ••
patine, by which a man hetes all power Os., , .
uttering, aril whet, the libel, became heroin, it eery
a jurisdiction to try it in the meaty where so published.
As toiler point of rejectors of evileate, be tiought• there
was nothing is it. The letter was of itself • seditimaa hbet,
With respect to the Learned Jeaigr's di/regions to the Jury,
as to whether the wither was a libel or out, it was his duty
by the steatite to declare it, noel be rapresely told the Joey
they might adopt it or sot. A• to the ohjectioa to the
senouting up, he could not think that the obommartitiastif We
',mimed Judge were too severe. Upon the *huh, he wawa