The National Register.
London, England, 1812-12-13 00:00:00

TIFF, NATIONAL REGISTER.

THE GAr-Loribtßio.

(FROM TUE SATIRICT.I

ROkt LO CO TES •llt t d
or of ex Lines A rea e Miss E. Soswv.tt. to write
or him, to prelent to Miss :1.11.N ET LONG. which he passed for bib
;We, he had them painted found with MOSS RusE.sups, he
carried and lered them at the divine Shrine himself.
TI ILAN, could he but view thy hettvinly face,
In vivid colours he'd each beauty trace ;
LUCRFAIA'S chums were great, but thine surpass
Nature's first model, e'en that Grecian° lw.s.
Lachanting fair one ! save, oh ! quickly save,
yi.tlf dying Inver from an EA 11 I V grave.
Lady, ah ! too bewitching lady 1 now beware
Of artful men, that fain would thee ensnare,
Nut tor thy meit, but thy t.'..)rtrvNE's sake—
Give ate your hand, yonr Cash let rennts take.
• Sic in the original.

THE TELLERS OF THE EXCHEWER.

781

made to the expenditure of the country,. has probably in•
cteased them to near 30,0004 per annum. For the reason
before stared, no alteration can be made during the lives of
the two Noble Lords. This consideied, it must be subject
of great gratification to all but The Mor►►ing Chronicle, to
contemplate their liberal and most exemplary conduct.--
ecure in the possession of all the emoluments of those
lucrative offices, holding them by the Royal grant, and in no
danger whatever of being molested in the full enjoyment of
them, they have generously given, in aid of the country, a
very considerable portion of what was unquestionably their
right. They have given, as I think I have shewn, little less
than 10,000/. per annum to the public. Voluntary contri-
butions, like these, are not often to be expected in aid of the
State; but such an inatance of munificence, is in itself a
subject of cheering reflection ; and it is not too much to
hope, when such an example is set by men so high in, the
State, as the Marquis of BUCKING IIAM and Lord CAMDEN,
that it will have son►c followers, if fairly published to the
world. I am, Sir,

Your obedient, bumble servant.
IA Lli PLAY.

December 1. 181 g.

LAIV INTELLIGENCE.

COURT or KING'S BENCH, TUESDAY, Dac.

/DE ICING V. JOHN AND LF.IOII. OWNT.

This tintl for a Libel •n the Pliuce Regent, which was put ofr far

want of attendance on the p.irt of Special Jurors, dont* the 6initigs
after the Term before last, took place on Wednesday, when the fol•
lowini: 'Gentlemen composed the Jury—
', John Mont, E.q. Samuel Shatwood, John Lewis Blaabourn.
Esq. John. Wilmot, Esq. Daniel Garret, Esq. Joseph Gay, Esq"
Thomas Sultan, Esq. Joseph Brown, Esq. Alexander Cribbin.s, Este'
John Routh, Esq. Samuel Jones, El. Joseph Watson, Esq.
Air. lticits ',so,/ stated the Libel to have been published
Examiner (the defendat is paper), of Sunday, March 22, 181 t. It
was then read as follows :
" What person, unacquainted with the true state of the ease, would
imagine, iu readine• these astounding eulogies, chat this Glory of £lz
People eras the stil.ject of miltions of shrugs and reproaches ! That this
Protretor of the Arts had named a wretched tbreiener his histories',
painter, ili'disparorement or in ignorance of the merits of his OWIII
entulttyltlell! That this Maecenas of the age patronised tof a single
deserving writer ! Tlmt this &Lather of Eloquence could not say a free
decent extempore wads—if we are tojtuAge at least from what he said
to his regiment on its embarkation to Portugal ! That this Conquenar of
llearts was the disappoinier of hopes ! That this Exciter of Desi•e
(Dray° Messieurs of The Post !), this Adonis in hardiness, was a empon-
lent gentleman of fifty ! lu short, that this deliga Jirl, bcc.fut, wise,
uleuAurabk, honourable, virtuous, true, and immortal Prin..' c-E, was a
violator of his word, a lihertine over head and cars in debt end dis-
grace, a despiser of domestic tics, the companion Of gamblers and
nemileps, a mall who had just closed half * century without one single
claim on the gratitude of his country, or the respect of posterity !"
To this information the. defendants land pleaded—l Not Guilty,
Sir W. ti All now, Solicitor-General, commented on the nature of

the Libel. If such languire were applied to any private individual,
would it not tend to reduce hint in the estinintion of all his acquaint-
ances, to the lowest scale ot• degradation-? What then most be its
effect on a taan situated like the Prince Regent, at the head of the
G IL: could not believe that the mode of defence. which he
!rid Iu nnintioned at other pl.ices, should he adopted. and lie

hoped that he s:rould have no eccas'ort to address the Court again.
He cr.lled upon the Jury to do justrec between the public and this
defend;ints; and they would he handed sown to future ages as men
who tied the cottrar.e to du their .4.ity.
The pool of the publication beitig adduced, and that the defendants
were Proprietor and Editor havitir been übstatilinted
flicocon A M add res•ed the Jnry in behalf of the defenclaufs,
after having caused some knitter extracts, from the article which con-
tained the littel, to'be read. lie contended that it had been written,
apt with a vk:w t- deerade the Prince Regent, but to expose the lolly
f a pit ce of ado:. tor} • erses which him appeared in he illorniNg
Post, the extrawavatit praises of which were enough to sink taa
tau., r. Lt cuumenting dil;w,ting flattery, Mr. Hunt, with