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London, England, 1812-07-18 00:00:00

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Jay 15i 1812.
THE CO URr of DIRECTORS of the UNITED
C0.4.11),12V170f MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, Trad-
ing to the East Indies, do hereby give Notice;

That a GENERAL COURT of the said CompaV rill ite
held at their House izi Leadenhall.street, cue Iredmesday,
the 29th inst. from Nine o'clock in the Morning. mei% Six
in the Evening, for the Election of a Director of thc 4aid
Company, in the room of Robert Williams, Eel. deceased.
TF. R.41118.4Y, Sec.

'nis conduct, and saving himself from the heavy
expence of defending himself, and proving his in-
nocence before a Jury, in which, should he suc-
ceed, yet the consequences might bg ruinous-:,
ant-14 (as in the case in question) a printer be the
accused party, itgives him an opiwrtunity of sav-
ing himself, by giving up the author of the libel,
who is in general the persori every AttOrney-Ge-.
neral would rather rnahe the object of punishment,
than an Unfortunate printer, who often prints and
publishes matter of dangerous-and malevolent ten-
.deney,'of whichhe may be; and often is wholly
ignorant : but if, when such an opportunity is af-
forded him, he refuses- to-disclose the author, and
thereby identifies himself With him in crime, then
. he becornes.a fit and fair -object of punishment,
and the Attorney-General is not only justified in
the eyes of the public, bpt in his niVri conscience,
for proceeding against such a delinquent with"the
utmost severity. But the Morning Virmicle seems
to.wish to mislead the public, and would' hive it'
believed that the notice 'of the Crown Solicitor up- .
on -Mr. FITZPATRICK, to attend at the hbuse of
the Attorney-General, to chew cause why an iris
formation. should not be filed against him, AN-Rs.. a.
mandatory summons that he dare not disobey, and-
-that he must of necessity come before the Attor-
ney-General, and disclose his defence. But let it .
, be observed, that the person so required by notice
to attend and spew cause, is in no manner bound
so to do :, he may, if he thinks fit, refuse the prof-
fered kindness of the Attorney-General (for it is
an act. of kindness and mercy), • and shelter him-
self under the-supposed strength of a party, or rely
upon -the promises of indemnity and protection
be may have received ;—he may determine to offer.
himself as the martyr of a party, and brave the
vengeance of the law. If the person so accused
thinks fit to act upon any of the foregoing rya-
ions,:or any other reason, he. may declineeittend-
ing pursuant to the notice' served upon him,—he
may decline shelving. cause,—he may suffer the'
law to take its course ; but in so doing, he is
guilty of no' new offence ; be incurs no further
punishment; he -therefore. receives no injury by
the notice, but may have a benefit, if he thinks fit,
front attending and excusing or extenuating the
charge intended to be preferred against him.
The Morning Chronicle ." rejoices that my Lord
GREY, in the one house, and Mr. SHERIDAN. hi '
the other, has taken this conduct of Mr. SAURIN
as a matter for Parliamentary interference ;I'.
and as it has been made the subject of animadver-
sion in the public prints, I rejoice equally with the
Morning Chronicle; but for very different reasons;
the first is, that such an interference must ter-
minate highly to the honour of the Learned Gen-
tleman whose conduct is to be made the subject of -
it ; which must thence come fully and fairly be-
fore the public, who will, I have no doubt, as
well as Lord GREY and Mr. SHERIDAN, be con-
vinced.that the mode of proceeding adopted, if not
introduced by Mr% SAURIN, was resorted to for
the most' benevolent purpose ; and, if adhered to
in future, will remove many of the objections
made to the proceeding by information ex officio;,
and the Noble Lord and Mr. S. instead of mak-
ing it a ground of complaint, when they come
fully to understand it, will, I am, satisfied, give it
his approbation, as an amelioration of the law
and practice in filing informations ex gificiet.
have the honour to be,
Your bumble Servant,
*AN hum BARRISTER.

P. S. I have forborne to touch upon the nature
of the publication for which Mr. FirzPATRICE, will
shortly be called to answer before a Jury of his
-countrymen ;. but I hope that the Morning Crzro-.
nide will not hold out,to the public that the pro-
secution of the authpr or the printer of that book
is any violation of the promise of conciliation
held out to .the Catholics of IrelanA if so, I may
'feel' myself talVdupcin to comment upon the co 1%! -
DIENTARIE orkthe penal laws against Catholics.

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SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1812.