The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-05 00:00:00

GRAY'S INN HALL.

This being the day appointed for giving Judgment in the
case of the Attorney-General v. Shore, which was heard be-
fore Lord Lyndhurst when Chancellor, and Mr. Justice Pat-
teson, and Mr. Baron Alderson, their Lordships arrived at
Gray's Inn Hall shortly before 11 o'clock, and having taken
their seats proceeded to give Judgment. Our readers will re-
collect that the case related to the late Lady Hewley's Charity,
and has excited a good deal of sensation in the religious world.
Their Lordships affirmed the Judgment of the Vice-Chancel-
lor, thereby establishing that Unitarians were not entitled to
participate in the Charity ; and ordering the present trustees
to be removed.

EXCHEQUER COURT.-THIS DAY.

Till ATTORNEY-GENERAL C. CLEAVE.
This was an information filed by the Attorney-General
against the defendant, who is the well-known proprietor and
publisher of the Tiredly Police Gazette, for publishing that
paper without a stamp.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated the case to the Jury. He
said the information was laid in order to protect the proprietors
of newspapers, who paid the duty according to the provisions
of the law, and also to protect the public revenue. He would
not say a word with respect to the policy of the law in question,
but so long as it remained on the Statute-book it was the duty of
every one to obey it, and of the Law-officers of the Crown to
put it in force. The Paper was published with the de-
fendant's name. Several numbers would be put in the
hands of the Jury, and they would have no difficulty in
finding that it was a newspaper, and ought to have been
stamped. Two clerks in the office of Solicitor of Stamps
proved purchasing several numbers of " The Weekly Police
Gazette" at the defendant's house, No. 1, Shoe-lane, and Mr.
Lescumbe, of the same office, had searched the Records in the
Stamp-office, and he found no affidavit of Mr. John Cleave
as proprietor of the Police Gazette, as required by law. That
being the case for the Crown.
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Mr. Cleave desired to know upon which, and' how many
papers the Solicitor-General went for penalties.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he went for a penalty of
100/. and 201. upon each of five papers of different dates
which he had put in. In all amounting to 600/.
Mr. CLEAVE then addressed the Jury for nearly two hours.
He contended that his paper was not a newspaper within the
meaning of the Act of Parliament. Not one of the jury—no
merchant or stock-broker, would be content with it in place of
anewspaper—it was got up for the poorer classes, who could
not afford to purchase a stamped paper, ana surely the Jury
would not deprive those of such an amusement, who by their
labour supported them in their own stations.
The Jury, after his Lordship summed up, immediately re-
turned a verdict for the Crown—Penalties, 600/.

[We are sorry that the length of the Parliamentary Debates
prevents us from giving such a full report of the defendant's
speech as we wished.]

SPIRIT OF TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Tory prophecies have now met with the most ample
reply that they could have received from any quarter—they
have received the lie, not for last night only, but for the
whole Session, and that, too, in spite of all the trickery and false-
hood which they employed to gain a majority. The Tories
were beaten—thoroughly beaten, in spite of all their devices,
and all their false reports, and all their attempts at imposi-
tion. The majority upon the division in the Commons was
41, in a House composed of 527 Members ; but that majority
would have been much greater, had not his Majesty's Minis-
ters been induced to believe, rom the representations of the
Tories, that they would not move an amendment, or that if
they did so, the amendment should, after a certain portion of
discussion, be withdrawn. How they have held to their pro-
mises will be seen from the debate ; and how they will in
future flourish, may readily be guessed. Instead of 41 of a
majority, there will, upon the next division, be an addition of
at least twenty, who, confiding in the pledges of the Tory
leaders, did not deem it necessary to come to town, or having
come to it, did not think it necessary to attend. Now tb3t
they know that they have been deceived, we trust that no
friend to Reform will be absent upon any division.--Morn. NT'