The National Register.
London, England, 1823-01-27 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
MIISDAY, JAN. 20.

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11. Smith, Tooting, Surrey, victualler. Solicitor, Mr.
Plai.ted. last Place, Lambeth. •
J. Witlinms, Pinner.' Hall. Old Broad Street, merchants.
Sole. Views. Swain and Co. Old Jewry.
J. atalk. Blaeckfriats Road, coach maker Sole. Messrs.
Voting awl Co. St. NI Weed's Court. Poultry.
W. cad T. Kel.ey. Hackdyke. Nottinghamshire, hemp deal-
ers. Sol. Mr. Hicks. Gray's Inn Squarg,
It. Stinson. Ilud'.ey. Woicesterslitre, grocer. Sols. Messrs.
Collett and Co. Chancery Lane.
S. Brecknell, Whiatimel, Woreestershira, hop merchant. Sols.
Messrs. Carclale and Co. Gray's Inn.
J. Child. Bristol, grocer. Suls. Mesas. Visaed and Co. Lin-
coln's Inn Fmlds.
.1. Wright. Star. wick. Northamptonshire, horse dealer. So!.
111 r. .Pete,. ClV4.:icery Lone.
J. Salim,. Meitingham. sura, fa mer. Sols. Messrs.
C arke and Cu Chancery Lane.
YHVH/ENDS.
Feb. 96. H. Clarke and F. Guntlry, Liverpool, merchants—
W. T. Edmunds, Castle Bugged, Cimligamhire. Pinner- if. R.
Ball. Bridge Hotel, Lambeth, linen draper-1 t, W. Nicholson,
• Kingston noon Hull, merchant.
CERTIFICATES ro be meted Feb. 11.
J. 11 ill. lkover. rwldler—H. Crockett, sen. Haddenham, Bucks,
grocer—J. Halington, jun. York, grocer—T. Cheethatn. Stock-
. port, surgeum—G. French, Whiiechapel Road, provision agent.

I.IDEL—PALMER'S PRINCIPLES or NATURE.
THE KING O. 111NRRIDRE.
The Solicitor Central elated, that this was a prosecution for
a blaspliepous libel, against the defendant, one of Carlile's
litsripiain. The learned gentleman referred to the machinery
by which these publications were covertly sold, in the case of
Wethlin.rion, Ste. the publication by the defendant took place
in a similar way. He contended if even the defendant was Net
the secret agent, yet if acting in concert with the secret a 1 .t.
as the servant or slic;Paan, lie was equally guilty.
Welli-on smith, a Butv•street °dicer, went to a shop, No. b,
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Water-lane, Fleet-street, on the 3Jth of August last---Barton
and Duke went with him. W irises* went deem on the right
hand side, Barton and Duke on the left. The ether two officers
wcnt lo the public-house nearly opposite the shop —saw the
defendant, Tuittiridge, at the door, looking up Fleet etreet.—
The witness looked in, and saw as you enter the door that
there is a partition, and you torn into the door to get into the
shop, but as to the hack room, or part of the shop where wit-
ness remised the publication, witness spoke to the defendant
for • copy of The Black Dwarf," which lie received from
bins, price Gd. Witness then raked for " Palmer'. Principles
of Nature." Defendant slid lie did not sell it, hat pointing to
e dial with the names of books and prices affixed, lie said-
-•• You can get it there." There was a spout from the door
alcove. The defendant went from behind the counter, and
.counter, and turning round to the left behind the partition, went
into the passe e behind the partition. Witness saw upon the
list before the defendant went out or the shop, the name of
Palmer's Principles of Nature," the number and the price.—
The dial was against a partition as you enter the shop. He
then went to the hand, and prayed the number next the hook—
the book then came down. Witness turned round to a boy,
who said "It won't stsmill there." Witness saw the stfined
priors, and put the money in, and thee Ilia book. came down
the spout throng's the partition from a back room, nut
thrptieh the ceiling. Witness put into the spout two half-
crowns, which was the price of the book. It was Palmer's
Principles oioNature." Witness then went out of the shop,
• .„ up the ine towards Flee(-street—he looked back, and saw
the d leutlant Tunbridge at the door, looking the way witness
us* going. the produced is the hook which witness marked
before tic parted with it. The name of Carlile was on the
door.
Cross-examined by the defendant—Has belonged to Bow-
etreet three or four years ; was before a calico drawer, has
been in the post•ollice, and then went into the velvet fancy
trade.
Defendant—You say you purchased it of me, and I told yor
where you would get it ?
Witness answered in the affirmative. Asked for the p•mptilet
'about the Bishop of Clo_her and the soldier, and also a book
published by Colibett ; purchased it for Pui ton, who belongs
to the Bow-street ollioe ; will swear that the mark 'on the
book is his hand writing ; purchased the book 'because lie
knew there was a conviction on it before ; will not swear that
the de:en-Ant sold it him, but that lie told hint where to get it;
does nut know the defendant would have sold it if be bail known
him to he a police-ullicer, ; Into read " Palmer's Principles."
luaus 21.
Defendant—Did it induce you to feel contempt for the Holy
Scriptures
ithess—lt certainly did.
On being asked to explain, witness said he felt a contempt
for the book.—(A laugh.)
On a further explanation witness said it produced no effect
on him whatever.
Defendant—Did it cause you to break the public peace 1
Witness—Nn.
Tile Lord Chief Justice observed, that it was not necessary
or usual to read the whole of the information ; the attention of
the Jury would be directed to the substioice, as it would occupy
unnecessary time to read the whole. The brat count in tale
information was here read, setting forth that defendant being
• wicked and evil disposed person, published the libel in
question.
The Defendant then rose and addressed the Jury. He
said the author of the work, for which he was prosecuted, was
one of the greatest philosophers of the este in which be lived
lie had laboured incessantly to rust out the growth of supersti-
stition, and sow the seeds of philosophic wisiltion and divine
truth thieve, the eye of science and nature. Ile would show
that to siopport this doctrine of libel the law hail been perverted
by Jadgea and Juris a. There was no standard of uniformity
in theological opinions among men : as woll stiLlit you restrain
the tides or the turbulence of the ocean; as well might you
• change or alter the aeasunv, as to stem public opinion and public
discussion on these subjects. lie meant to defend every sen-
tence, and he show that not one of thou was at •ariatiee with
the principles of the ostahlislied laws of the land. If the Jury
were not **tidied that there ass no direct ev *Aimee of his having
published this book, lie must proceed with • very long defence.
He mast pat it to the Jury to *ay whether their own libraries
. were .(Re from every book of this description. lie would
pravillitt he was free, from every thing that could bear the
ortlestilh.f intake. *old defend the publication upon this
geouso, that " Pal " :Ales" was a book free from ev.ry
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