The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-26 00:00:00

LAIV INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dec. 23.
THE EIND V. LORD RADELAGEI.
Mr. Jones opened the pleadings in this case, and KAM
it was a prosecution institested by John Adolphus, Esq.
charging the defendant with using • certain defamatory
language, will] intention to provoke the prosecutor to
send him a challenge.
Mr. Scarlett stated the case to the Jury.
Mr. Adolphe's stated, that on the lit al' DeTember
last, he was employed as'Counsel in a prosecution at
Clerkenwell, against the defendant. •Ou the following
morning witness was sitting alone in his ehambeia,
when he heard a knock at the door, and desiring the
person to come in, Lord • Hanelao entered. The wit-
ness reached his Lordship a chair. Ile sat down, and
observed, "You were at me about two hours yesterday:"
Witness said, not quite so long, my Lord. His Lordship
said, " No matter, I came to tell you that on that trial
' you chewed yourself a coward, 11 liar, and a scoundrel."
.Nothing hart passed previous to his Lordship making
this observatioti. He c d, "Four client's case
was founded on falst-hood, perjury, and trick—what any
servants swore was truth, and you knew it." Witness
replied he could not enter into the particulars of the
trial of the precedeog day, hut perhaps it %%.35 not
unknown to his .Lordship that his Solicitors had sent
him (slr. A.) a retainer the day before, which he was
obliged to return. having been retained on 'the other
side. Some further conversation passed, in which Mr.
Aotaid, in his opening the day. before he had endeavoured
to treat him with as much respect as possible. His
Lordship said the contrary was the fact, and there was
not a person near him at the time who did not sly his
conduct was that of a blackguard and a rolfian. Mr. A.
replied, he could oily suppose that his Lordship now
cattle and used the language irequestion to inditee him
to challenge his Lordship to fight a duel ; to which he
replied " certainly." Mr. A. answered, whether he
sh Id be fool enough to risk his life on such an oce
or to file a criminal information. would depend out
the advice of his friends. The latter was the most
likely ct'urse, anal he hoped as they were now entirely
111011 e. his Lordship would not deny his words on any
future occasion he said certainly not, and that yon
may out forget diem I repeat you are a liar, a coward,
and a scoundrel. Air. A. said this was a new course.;
he always lerstood, that when men of honour
required satisfaction, they either bent a letter or a (demi.
His Lordship said he had kAown otherwise, and went
away.

Cross.•ex,tmined by Mr. Broughain...---lii his
reply he rec.allected saying, and e" if his Lordship
chooses to prosecute for writing a ilir2atesiing Irate
he may do MI, he is %cry welcome, awl I shall laugh at
him then, as I 41h now." He alto said, he threw hack
with indignation sod contempt, wherever it might
alight, all the expressions and all she threats which had
been used against his clients. lie would not deny,
though he did nut recollect. having said, that ►hey might
g() into any iCriininal Court, if the castigation of the
day was not sufficient fur overwhentling pride. Hu
recollected having used strong language in reply, in con-
sequence of the aspersions which had been thrown out
by the defendant's Counsel on the character of the prin-
cipal prosecutors, accusing them of perjury, forgery,
and endeavouring to extort money, by threatening
letters; and that he should be prosecuted for all, of
souse of those offences. Ue recollected saying. "I do
my duly in Court, and if any expression has escaped me
ealcsilated to give offence, I am known where so he
found ✓' but that did tint apply to Lord Ilanelagh,
hot was a reply to an obsersaiiun from the Counsel
on the other tide.

The Jury found a verdict of goi!ty agaiuet the
defendant.

On Wednesday evening, .Jr. Nadi!), accompanied
by a 'iron detachment of the 9th Lancers, and
several police officers,set.out with two stage coaches
littry. On their arrival there, they proceeded to
a place where a number of persons were assembled,
7of whom were taken into custody. Three more
were apprehended in the town, and with their
10 prisoners the party returned to Manchester,
about midnight. We do not know whet charge is
all get' against these persons; but we understand
they were committed to Lancaster on Thursday, and
that Fletcher the spy, who gave evidence ►n the
committal of 'Knight, wu the Women against
thew.

DEC 46.

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LANC.4STER, Dee. 22.

The business in the Crown Courts, at tite Spring
Ascircs for Lancashire, Cheshire, and other nor-
thern counties, will be of extraodinary interest and
greut importance. The principal trims at Chester,
of a political cast, are those of W. Pearson, for
shooting at Birch, the police-of ieer of Stockport ;
and Geo. James Bruce and Jacob M'lnnis, for aid-
and abetting in the attempt; Sir Charles %Vol-
scly, for sedition ; Joreph Harrison, called the
parson, for sedition ; (there is another indictment
against the same notorious personage for sedition) ;
the Macclesfield mob orators, for sedition, &c. Har-
rison was libarated on bail on Monday morning
last.

[From the Glasgow Cuurier.3
OUTRAGE AT PAISLIBT......FtW of our readers will
doubt that the Radical system bas for its oilier( the
subversion o all law and order, and the following
statement \VIII in some measure confirm the fact. Ott
Saturday last, a party of ofbceis in Paisley, were sent to
execute a warrant fur apprehending a person accused of
seditious practices, and lor searching his possession fur
palters. \Viten they had completed their march, and
proceeilLd to the st•eet with their prisoner and papers,
they were assailed be a mob, who knocked onenf them
down, and so severriy butt another with stones, which
were unmercifully 'wired upon them, that they were
obliged to abandon their ptistmer, and iu the best way
they could effect their escape. Psiday, one of the nelgis-
teates, with a party of officers, aecompani,d by e ttttt e
infantry and cavalry, proceeded to apprvlseml some of
the fotera, when they were mobbetl+and assailed in the
same manner. 'f ne lathe day another party of officers,
along with the Sheriff-substitute, were grossly insulted
iu arising UMW concealed arms in one of the most public
meets of Paisley, and they found it out safe to catty
them nff without the protection of the militate, and
',arty was accordingly seen fur to eacort the of with
the arms so seized. On this duty lite soldiers teem
hooted and insulted, and one of Hiroo severely struck by
a stone from the mob, in presence of the Sheriff, atitl all
this without any retaliation. These instances of outrage
against the civit power cannot safely be much longer
',ermined; and should the guilty escape from the
• !Intent of the law, as they too freirt,toly do from
want of evidence (another featiare of the Radical system
being intimidation of witnesses)—we say, if such a
system continues, more severe lasts than any now in
p.ogress will become necessity, and bowies:l- awful the
thunalti, military law will be hailed by the well-d.srosed
as preferable to ue.,b governments.