The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

CRINIINAL INFORMATION.
THIS SING V. MRS CARLILE.
Mr. Gurnee —me I ord. 1 WWI to more, with the
lease of the Conn, That the rule which I obtained a few
days back against Mrs. Cable, ShOUitl 11C made absolute.
Mts. Cathie n I wrautaally in attendance, said i 4 ill •
SilthiliUn Windt nought render it extreutely inconvenient
to. her to attend mu any luture day; she is very tar ad-
%aimed in ine,rinniey.
The, Lint Chicf-Justice.—Mrs.Carlile is here to show
CdOsC.

Abs. Cathie now rose, and presented herself to the
notice of their Lordsiups.
The Lurd-Chiei.Jusuce—Do you wish to. show cause"
now against the rule which bas been obtained against
you, lot I apprise you that our nine is %cry short, or do
you wish to do.so oil any future day? The 1 ours is
desirous of consulting your personal convenience as far
as can be done consistently with their ether duties.
Alts. Catgut expressed a wish in :IA under tune, that
she nogl.t I c !owl' Dow.
Mr. AIM., late tit Bristol, who had attended as the
rersimal triend of Mrs. Carlele, observed that that lady
did not distinctly understood the line of conduct she
was In pursue. She hod ilultat paper in her hand which
she pro!Litify wished to have read.
lit.• Lord-Chief-Justice.—Let her speak so the officer.
Mts. I. whir handed several sneers of paper, folded in
lie form o a bnel, to Mr. Dealtry, the Clerk of the
Crow n-011ice.

The Lun.-Citief-Justice.—Do you-wish to have that
pap,. r ?
Mrs. Gulden° Ided assent, and the Chief Justice said,
t at she MOIL sit down. while the paper was rutting.
Mr.llealtry then read the paper, which co 1111 l renced.
as at it hat b en ;mended that she should read it herself,
being wiitten in the first p,► . It stated, that
rule had been put 11110 her hands by Richard Cathie.
her husband, calling 'you her to show cause why art
inf.4inatiott sh”uld not be exhibited against her lier
name, however, was not mentioned specifically ; and
'tier lure she thought the role, in point of legal strict-
ness, ought 114. t to be blade absolute.
The Lord Chin'. Justice to Mr. Gurney.—liave you
an allidat it of service?
Mr. Gunn y—Yes, my Lord, of personal service upon
the dtlendatit.

The Court intimated that this service was sufficient.
In the paper which contaitied this objection, there
was a memorandum, directing Mre..Carlite, if this ob-
jection should not avadl, to turn over, and on the second
sad et further arguments were stated, as grounds to the
Court tOr refusing to wake the rule absolute. The first
was, that the trial which her husband had published
was a lair and iiiii.artial account .of the proceedings
which had taken place upon his trial, and that intretore
she was peetectly joatified iu seudi..g it !oral to the world
Iu support .of thi- propostion she cited the ease of
" Come v. Walter,' in-which it was held that the pub-
lication of a fair report of what occuaed in a court of
Justice was perfectly legal. Hit husband's ohject in
reading Paine's " Age ui lie/isms nit his trial was to
show that he had no immoral inn. mho) ; and that in
pointot fact he had not comntited any ()Hence against
the laws of his country. The cases of the " King and
Williams," and of the "Xing and Daniel Isaac Eaton"
had been published, and to these no exceptions had
been taken. She had always entertained for ber hus—
band the highest respect, and had every confidence that
he would not direct her to do that which had an i-nnio-
ral tendency. She had upon this, as upon every other
occasion, acted under his direction, and was unconscious
of having infringed any law which had for its object the
well-being of society. Upon these grounds she ventured
humbly to suoinit to the Court, that the tide obtained
against her ought to be discharged.
Mr. Justice Best.--What isthelitle of the publication?
Mr. Gurney.—" Proceedings upon the Mock Trial of
Richard ,Carlile.
'f he Lord Chief Justice.---And the publication con-
tains the same flatter whist) formed the subject of the
indictment t
Mr.,Guroey.—lt does my Lord. The first three num-
bers contaiiied the whole of the first part of " The Age
of Reason." The defendant was indicted for selling thsi
for half a guinea ; and ,now, from the plan that has
been resorted to, the whole may be purchased for is. 6d.•
Each of toe Judges delivered his opinion separately,
and coneurt.,tl unanimously that the rule must be made
absolute—Justice nest twilit:fling at the same time that
as the prosecution orig:nated solely on the part of Go-
vernment, from a wish to prevent the general circula-
tion of works so abliorreut to the feelings of eves/ pod
member of societe, be had no doubt on a proper appli-
cation being made accompanied by an assurance that
the sale should no: be persisted in, the prosecution would
Le immeclia ely dropped. Rid:: made absolute. Mrs.
Carlde (hell left the Court, art tided by her friends.

Mr. C. Scott snd Mr. G. K Hinsdale, two of the
gentlemen whose nantes are subscribed to the York.
shire Counter Declaration, have, in a letter to the
Editor of" the York Herald", declared their entire
ignorance even of the existence of that document
until made known to them through the medium of
that paper, and desire that their names be omitted
iu future. This circumstance may prove the extra-
ordinary zeal, but not the candour of those furiously
loyal Gentlemen, who seek to recommend them-
selves by misrepresenting the state of the public
mind in Yorkshire

Olen,
At the boom of Robert SHIM. eta. Layton, Fratates Martens Laura
bberburae, daughter of the IM J. "Ammo ae, of bengal.
At tiatlegas, Lt afar e. the C9I“ Eacbaage, aged 24.
At Lab& barust, T. liareemei. of l'utdadd plant. aged U.
)Ir. Mary acatottlyt. of liteteltsgete street. aged Wt.
At Sera bill, Waudatrartft, (arcdtae, pile of t. Vesta, eel. aged M.
O. Fr akfl tag esi. ae Prieto.