The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-07 00:00:00

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bycrowd on their way to Bow Street Office. In
kspur Street, several of the mob Ilona bricks, and
there were cries of—" Rescue, rescue hint fr .t' the
blood I,onntls." When artived at Cloying, Cross Mr.
Mills was put into a coach, in order to avoid the mob,
a.ct just opposite the Ilungerford Coffee House, a brick
passed clove by the witness's face, and looki— mum' he
saw the defendant with his arm rd.sett, to,tl a piece of
brick yet in his hand. He was then at the head of Oe
mob, hooting and groaning, but witness rushed at hino
and took hive into custody.
%I Wiens Woo.ton, another patrole, stied, that he
saw the defendant active in the crowd, am, heard hint
groan and call oat. l:e del not see Lim throw any
thing.
Air. Andrews addressed the Jury.
The defendant, in addition to the remarks of his
Counsel, solently protested his iimocence. He was ob.
served several times to shed tears.

The Jury with little hciitation pronounced the de-
.Cu/alit—Not
Saiantous Lust..—Hanby Price, a shabby looking
young man, was indicted for !niblishing it wicket:, sedi-
tious, and inflammatory libel, of ar i cvncerning his
Royal Highness the Dake of York. consisted
in a hand. bill, copies of tvii:c:. were plentifully circula-
ted by the defendant amo•igst the crowds in 11141 atiout
St. Jantes's•square, during the retidence of her Alojesty
there pending her trial. It was I effect
" Why, except fur hire, is the Duke of York Pinned t
Is it fur his military exploits at ths I lekler t is it because
he pocketed inmsol. a year of the public money for
visiting an aged parent, who had been so :iecoliarly kind
to him ? is it because he has voted rue the infamous
till of Pains and PellaLieS against the en 'ea in ell its
stages r'
'fnere were other questions of
.the like nature and
tendency, and the bill cu 'chuffed with " Let the huzza-
era answer these queries nr hold their totiutes."
Mr. Reynolds calleti_Fortmati, the °film., and two
when, who r lived the divest:union of the bills by the
defendant.

The libel was then put in and read.
The defendant read a written defence, and set out by
iota lug that he was totally tanned to public speaking,
and imacqiiainted even wait the forms of Coons of Jos-
lice. Having been a long tune out if' emplayment, he
applied to Mr. Betibow, of the Sir. d, who em-
ployed him to stick up placards. 'lie first was one
quoting a paragraph from a Mor.iiiig Planer respecting
the Queen, in which it was said she • u .0 be sacri-
ficed, "we care not whether as a artyr ur a cri.ni-al;"
a second giving Lord Nelson's .•pin:ait of Italian wit-
nesses, and several others, all upon the subject nd tlie
most inflammatory kind. They all bore use • amuse of
Mr. Beithow as taro primer, i.: consp.citotis characters.
For publishing the last of helore the ••••e now the
subjec: of charge, I.e was apprehri.leil a•id taken oefore
.Ir. M• %shun. the Magistrate, who held hi. to bail,
but never vac...fled 'vim that he wa. doing v...-uog. He
wan stn, unconacitaus tl.at he ivn c •m•o•t.i• g a v.fTence
until he was apprehended. T.se nione of Mr. air•bow
was upon this and all the other hills, lam in o 0 one in-
stance had he (Mr. 13.) lNee•• proszcute• l.—He then read
the libel, and defended the several pass :es, denyiog that
there was any in it calculated to defame the cl,aracuer of
the Duke of York, or that could be called " wicked, se-
Unions, or iiilainmatory." He trusted the Jury would
place themselves as a shield between him and the wily
sophistry and legal ingenuity that had I,een exerted
against hint by the Counsel, who, like the rest of the
profeasion, was employed to make right wrung, and
wrong right. This prosecution, he averred, was insti-
tuted by persons who appeared to be endeavouring, on
every occasion, to drag the weakness and vices of Royalty
before the public, and who were the worst enemies of
Royalty. He contended, that the Bill contained no
libel on the Duke of York, boat merely asked a few sim-
ple questions, which might hate been very fairly replied
to. He would leave his case in the hands of the Jury,
with the fir nest confidence that their verdict would be
Not Guilty.
Mr. lterolds was about to reply, when
The defendant submitted, that the Learned Counsel
had no right again to address the Jury, as he (defentlani)
had called no witness.

The Court d ;ciiled that he had die right or reply. and
Mr. Reynolds addressed the Jury at considerable length.
The Jury retired for a short time, ant; rtLirned a Ver-
dict of—Guilty.
FRIDAY. JANUAKY G.
11DITION.

At the Sitting of the Court this morning, Hambey
Price, who was convicted yesterday of publishing a se-
ditious libel, of and concerning the Duke of York, was
pin to the bar, when
Mr. Reynolds, Counsel for the prosecution, stated,
that there was another indictment against the deleudant,
for the publication of a libel of a siiitilar mischievous
tendency to the former one; but in order to convince
this misguided ULM that his prosecutors were not actu-
ated by the malignant motives which he in his defence
:tad sari' uted to them, he should decline offering any
evidence upon the second inili4tii.ent.
The Chairman then, after a few observations, sen-
tenced the defendant to twelve months inii.risoment in
Scwgate, and at the end of that period I. enter into his
own recognizance of 401. for hi: guod behaviour li, two
years.
Mr. Reynolds, on behalf of Mr. Frederick Accosts
(against whom a bill of indictment was found by the
Grand Jury on Thursday, liir petty larceny) moved to
face the trial postponed until next Sessions, on the
ground that the bill having been so recently found, and
he not being aware that such a mode of proceeding
would be adopted, he had not time sufficient to prepa.e
for his defence.

Mr. Alley. who is retained for the prosecution. said
he should not, under the circumstances. object to bail
being taken for the appearance of Mr. ACCUIII at the
next Sessions.

The trial was postponed accordingly.


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