The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-29 00:00:00

LA IV INTELLIGENCE.

COURT or KING'S BENCH, MONDAY, Nov. 25.
THE KING V. W. FLEET.
The Defendant, who is the printer of the Brighton Herald, was
called on to receive the judgment of the Court, for a libel published
in that paper, on the character of Miss Elizabeth Somerset, daughter
of Lord Charles Somerset, by insinuating that she had committed a
faux pas. He was sentenced to pay a fine of 1001. and to be impri-
soned in the gaol of Horsham for three calendar months.
THE KING V. ROUSE, KIRBY, AND LAWRENCE.
The Defendants in this case, who are the printers and publishers of '
periodical work, published at Canterbury, under the title of the
" Whim," were called on to receive the judgment of the Court, for
a libel published by them in March, 1811, on Charles Pout, Esq.
Mayor of Canterbury, the object of which was to hold him up to ridt-
cule. The defendants were sentenced each to pay a fine to the
King of 1001. and be imprisoned in the gaol of Maidstone fer six
weeks.
wrDNESDAN, NOV. 25.
Two men of the names of Brown and Jameson, were brought up
to receive jugdment, being convicted at the last Assizes for the
.county of Lancaster, for buying and selling guineas for more than
their current value; they were severally sentenced to six months'
imprisonment in the Castle of Lancaster.
James Reynoll, convicted at the last assizes hell for the County of
Gloucester, of provoking a Mr. Cragg to fight a duel, was sentenced
to pay a fine of 501. and to be imprisoned three months in the King's
Bench prison.
John Hornbrook, a surgeon of considerable practice at Tavistock,
convicted at the last Assizes for the County of Devon, of writing a
libellous letter to a Mr. Carpenter, a Magistrate of that County, was
sentenced to be imprisoned six weeks in the county prison.
Charles Peter Whitaker and William Schmidt, alias Andrew Wil-
son, who were found guilty at the Sittings at Guildhall, of a conspi-
racy to defraud Mr. Gibson, one of their copartners in trade, were
both sentenced to be imprisoned eighteen months in Newgate, and
within the first month of that imprisonment to stand in and upon the
pillory, at the Royal Exchange.
John Agg, for a libel, published in a periodical publication, called
" Town Talk," reflecting on the character of Thomas Best, Esq.
(the Gentleman who had the duel with the late Lord Camelfbrd,) and
of which libel the said John Agg was found guilty, was also brought
up for judgment, and sentenced by the Court to. be imprisoned nine
months, to pay a fine of 501. and to find security to keep the peace for
two years, himself in 1001. and two sureties in 501. each.

TIIE KING V. BELL. 1
The Solicitor-General on a former day had obtained a Rule, calling
bUpon two persons of the name of John Bell, jun. and another, to
thew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against
them for provoking another of the name of Parsons, to tight a duel
With the said Bell. It also appeared, that in furtherance of the pro-
vocation complained of, the said John Bell posted the complainant
as a coward in several coMe-houses, in the neighbourhood of the
'Change.
Mr. Scarlet this day showed cause against the Rule, as did Mr.
B r ugham, and another Counsel, at consiil rable length.
The Solicitor-General was ab ut to reply, when Lord Ellenho-
rough intarrupted him by observing—" I thiok, Mr. Solicitor-Gene-
sal, we need not trouble you. It !ugh time we should put an end
sra this spurious chivalry of the cQunter and the counting-house ; it
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