The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-02 00:00:00

COLOMBIAN BONDS.

The Loan CHANCELLOR came ;inioCourt athalf-past nine
o'clock this morning (which was half an hour before his Lord-
ship's usual time of sitting), when we understood that the bill
praying for an injunction in the case relating to the Colombian
bonds was dismissed.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAY I.
_LORD GAMBIER V. LEAKS AND °TREAS.

The plaintiff is one of the executors of the late Lord Barham,
and thedefendants are the trustees and creditors, holding in-
cumbrances upon the estate of Sir Gerard Noel. It appeared,
that about 1811 a sum of 41i,8901. had been advanced by the
late Lord Barham to Sir G. Noel, which sum was secured upon
the estates. In 1813, Lord Barham advanced a further sum of
8,000 t., secured in the same manner upon the estate. On the
iith of March, 1813, a trust-deed was executed by Sir G. Noel
on one part, and Lord Barham and others, on the other, reciting
that Sir G. Noel had granted five annuities of 700!. a-year,pay.
able out of the estate. It also set forth the various sums ad-
v;nced by Lord Barham.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR asked whether the mortgage of
Lord Barham was in fee, or for years ?
Mr. iLutw replied, that it was a mortgage in fee. Ile un-
derstood that it was now contended on the other side that by
the deed in question of the 9th of March, 1813, Lord Barham
had abandoned a portion of his mortgage. Ile then read to the
Court that portion of the deed which, it was said, bore this con-
struction. . .

The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought there was no pretence
whatever for such an argument.
Mr. HART said that the trustees had, In the execution of
their office, proceeded to the sale of the estate comprised in the
deed and mortgage.
Mr. WETHERELL, on the other side, expressed himself sa-
tisfied with the decision of the Court upon the point. There
were, he observed, several balances due to Lady Noel. That
lady was now dead, and the property now came to her husband.
The only question was, whether a new bill ought not to be
filed to make him a party to the cause.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR directed an account to be taken
of the monies due and paid to the different parties.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 1.
THE KING versun THU CORONER OF SALOP.

Mr. PEARSON moved for a rule, calling on the Coroner for
the County of Salop, whose name he forbore to mention, to
show cause why a criminal information should not be filed
against him. The circumstances under which he moved were
peculiar; and the charge nearly affected the due administration
of criminal justice. It related to the suppressing and rejecting
evidence in the inquest holden on the body of Mrs. Newton,
who died from violence inflicted by her husband.
The COURT inquired whether the Learned Counsel could
show enough to induce a belief that the Coroner was actuated '
by a corrupt motive ; otherwise they could not interfere.
Mr. Pt:Alt.3ot; replied, that he believed he should succeed in
convincing them that such motive existed. At the Inquest held
before the Coroner, a verdict-was returned that the deceased
".died by bleeding." In consequence of reports which were
Circulated, affecting the husband, he was apprehended, and, on
the evidence adduced before the Magistrates, committed tin
trial. At the last Assizes for Shropshire, he was tried before
Mr. Justice Best, when be was found guilty of murder, and
afterwards executed. It was now charged, that the Coroner
had improperly refuied to admit evidence which was of the
highest moment to the solemn investigation over which he was
called to preside. Ile was informed that a person named Ed-
wards could prove that a dispute had taken place between New-
ton and his wife on the day of her death, and that he then ex.
pressed his intention of beating her; and this evidence here-
fused to receive. Ile himself talked with the witnesses, and
endeavoured to persuade them that the death arose from acci.
dental causes. When the Jury were assembled, he told them
that as it was a very slight case, part of them might go home,
and though they went to see the body, lie endeavoured to pre-
vent a minute examination of its members. The medical men
who saw it found marks of violence on the limbs, and the
ture of vessels which could not have arisen from any natural
cause. Although the Coroner was assured that Edwards could
prove the threatening language, he refused to hear him ; and

the result was a verdict which was subsequently shown to be
highly improper, and which might have prevented investigation
into an atrocious crime.

The Court granted a rule to show'cautle.
SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE..-THE RING V.

# RENBOW.
Mr. GURNEY moved for the judgment of the Court on this li
defendant, who was found guilty at the last Sittings for 31W. •. 1
hffieddefendant‘vit,published
byexpressingappearedseveral
hi 3 o n
respectable floor r
fur o
dlesex, on an indictment preferred by the Society for the Sup-
pressionof the'
booksellers;the of Vice, for the publication of impure works and
p:niect4.murea s.
he had been convicted ; stating, that the work (Faublas) had
oCourt,frenc offence
and put
dpwuhttrain
t
hhad
e a wife and five children entirely dependent on him for
subsistence.
Mr. GURNEY, in aggravation, put in an affidavit, alleging
that the defendant continued to sell the work, notwithstanding
the prosecution to which he had been subjected.
Mr. COOPER addressed the Court in mitigation of punish.
ment. He trusted they would not increase the punishment of
his client in consequence of any publication but that for which
he was indicted, as for each act he was liable to a distinct pro.
ceeding. He trusted that they would evince such moderation
in their sentence as would show to theunreflecting mind that all
crimes were not equal. While he could not contend that thee
defendant must pass unpunished, he might suggest that th
offence was one requiring. nice discrimination to appreciate, and
respecting which the wise and good might differ. It could
scarcely be asserted that such a publication was calculated to
produce,great evil to society, when works far more indelicate
and inflammatory had passed without censure for ages. In
the 4' Clouds" of Aritophanes, lan,,,,uage was used far coarser
than any which tumid be pointed out in the work now so heavily
censured. The poems of Ovid, the comedies of Terence, which
were not only read, but acted by youth in our great schools,
contained descriptions far more highly coloured, and more ex.
quisitely contrived to fascinate, than any one in this compel'',
tiyely vapid production.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—We do not take our idea of
morality from Athena or Rome.
Mr. COOPER said, that our most classical poets would also
fall under the same censure. Pope log
's Proue to the Wife of
Bath's Tale was more loose in principle, and more luxurious
in league than any passage of the work now indicted. The
noble works of Dryden were chequered with still grosser indicted..
rities. Swift was more broad and unsparing, Pope more dex-
trous and seductive, than the warmest chapters of the work in
uestion. The elegant and graceful Virgil, in the description
qof the blandishments employed by Venus to induce Vulcan to
make armour for eEneas, had, in the judgment of Montaigintcc,
in
far surpassed the most luscious description of Ovid, a sat
tire style ; yet this poet was placed, whole. and entire, in tnte
hands of the British youths. The pictures -which werevear;
tached were really hannless, compared with those which e _
t. _
splendid printshop contained, and exhibited far lesseoJ.on,e.
naked figure than every exhibition of sculpture. lint th ra,,lt.
tans succeeded in their efforts, the drama' would not now e !s!.:
our paintings would be wretched daubs without life or spirit,
and our sculpture confined to the appropriate embellishillettcls re.
a tombstone. There was no companson between the ottuall
~ T,
the defendant and that of those who had endeavoured to
ho 7e,
our religion, and destroy the sources of our comfort amp. U.:
and he trusted the. Court would mark their sense of this 015
tinction in their judgment. ; 1 the other
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, after consulting.w.t.t
alt the
Judges, suggested, that if the defendant would give "I'
._ _id,
copies of the work, he might induce the Court to pos a mid-
copies sentence. - 11 - give up
Mr. COOPER said, the defendant would most rem i t w r far .
all the copies in his. possezion ; but lie could not ens e
those which he had already sold to others. sale Intntel-
Mr. ADOLPHUS observed, that the work was an
shops in various parts of London. ' .
Poffenders like the
Mr. GURNEY begged to observe, that i. men
_,,h,
defendant were permitted to retire with a lenient soest , c_e_4
evil would not be diminished, but increased in ani Wan"
manner.over for a week,
It was arranged that the case should stand __
do
.000
in order that die defendant might try what he could for
in
the suppression of the work.
THE LINO V. CHARLES TRUST.
[Further Particulars.]
', i t 1 anent of the
Mr. SOLICITOR-UENERAL moved for the ,ti b
an infor,,,s..
Court on this defendant, who was found guiltygina7lll for Lon
don tiled by sib n
Gener6l
at
the
'tattle Christian 'ten-
don, of publishing a blawhemous libel onft
Nature, it ap.
.
loon, contained in "
Palmer's
PrinCiPle:d°officiated assnopuisn
peared on the trial, that the defendant 11
_e
_set
andGiitsp,tr:
m a shop situated at the corner of argil"Nt-siic
Iwas insclibetl,wl";`,,
street, and over which the name " Car . c officer bY means of
..r
the work in question was sold to a police
eal the itemal venqa
machine, constructed with a design to coll.c. At the trial, tili
of the publications regarded ifs (tango:: 11
l° soother person who
defendant, attended by his brother ari.i.sakiad,
conduc,ted his
in on the character
usually seen in Court on the trials of ttlect g i
own case, and read a paper violently tett
of the witnesses. ting that be
' behalf, sta
An affidavit was now put Counsel,on his evented fro))
who was pr defence
expected to be defended by
tits moment the to
appearing by indisposition, and that at e
Sentiment of which he was anxiloar
was put into his hands, every
--1 the Christian religion,
a,
to disclaim, he had never impugni-- 7.: melt 1 j he had litdcf I
had read the work for which he was 01---rtea into the '''',3
munication with Mr. Carlile i but had,ente s .
as an ind.iiiitl-
the request of his brother,
and quitted t
inst 9°
' 'front this 0,?,
'tient was found against him. He "84 custody,
and ‘0,21,,
with his parents until he was taken into nected witu
xious to obtain his livelihood by mettns unconnected
of
yank in which he had been unfortunately en lel e„,;tintiort.,,
. Court r" "" rjentito
Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the
ant had not 1 1
punishment. He urged that the defend .1_ 'Sivery 11!
himself with the principles of the work some'hat 1 e w
eeperienc`
more , fon a
and had probably been Influenced by Ito societi tai
Person ,and that more benefit would.
mightrestit
render the,,,
lenient sentence, than from one which wcr of those um
&Want wreckless, and throw him into the po
ottot
whom the Court would desire to save him. 1 that the _ ,
The SOLICITOR.GENERAL, in reply, 'err,
w, los, to cue',
adopted by those who resolved on defying the
_,/s„, 0,0., JODI
ploy men who ceased to aid them as soon EIS "WI
lily °f
cuted, and then to supply their place by, Alters;
the fibers die
d to P-,, oi„
Mr. Justice BAYLEY, after commenting ot
tie fined
the English law in respect of opinions, p10*20e!,1,1 be tioeuf,,thig
sentence of the Court—that the defendant sii ".,-socurity yew;
Imprisoned for six months in Newgate, and &a two
stir
1001. and ' , .
good behaviour for five years, himself in
trig 0
in lii!. each. ~..55is•rw bur
1 fir In i'" „,., ;
The COURT were occupied till a late .10.-- ..e,officw- •
tench on persons convicted of assaults on revettiLr col.
there was no matter of public interest in any of u'''

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
• ADJOURNMENT DAY. „ or.
PALMER'S PRINCIPLES OF NATIIIIE,-1° 1 Wl'
The defendant refAnc we
WasJocosnEvricHtediVoAfTpsuobNa.4lingtosbp.nug
the
si
of and concerning the Holy Scriptures, and
into hatred and contempt. lie
113 t t
,E,Liv't-- ~,ei.
The defendant, after verdict, swore to an aoi.-ii so jai" 0
Inr!l acted as the shopman of Carlile ; he hat: ligioul n
whatever in the business ; and should he be got" 016 •
money orproperty
The C
it
with.
UAIRMAN then proc ,ed.tl to pass sentence Ilre4 41'1
defendant, which wasc" That he- should besilartitoellu oft.t:lt.
in the House of 'orrection, p.ntl at the c P" 1.401 "I
_time.to tind sureties for his good behaviour for "a ' 0 1
self in 100/. and two in 50/. each." custo4r.
The defendant exclaimed as he left the Court in -
_,,..-
glory in It." -"-.-
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:BIRTHS. Gates,
of
•On the 30th ult•, at Brixton, the lady of Thonl3s
of a daughter.
On'Tuesday, the 29th ult I of Capt.'''. l'' 8111°11
the 11. C. S. Hythe, Of a son! le
wife
1 e
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t, lil•A''
Yestertlay, at Chelsea,llblyAthßertßieEvD. T• homas Slojeibore„fil'enl
..Rector of Bla
mes, Emily, eldest daughter of ~i V'
Sir John Can XC B L ' ' 1 Sclite ber'
00/6
flinchelsea Lodge, ilan•ts; ” t°
"sr
es
Liett.tcn.lll):loo,teett.
On the on
--e --th ult., at Sam ford Arundel,
Rivers Luke, of the Royal PArtillery, to Mari Arl,7,soer'of
of Lovell Todd, Esq., of Weres Cot, in the e°uPtl 't
Siti:lef.
esterday, at 11Iarylebone John Owen Berber 'f the rip,
Dolforgan, Aiontgomeryshire 'to Harriet, dangl/ter °ill t'll'.
C. Johnson, of Soutlistoke,
B(;nlerset, and Prebentlyst. joire,
_ yesterday, the Rev. Robert Itoberts. D.o.lolnipterloie
uodege, Cambridge, Rector of Barnwell, Nell a-s 1%0
to Sarah Anne, eldest daut,htet of the late Clntr''
Wheelwright, Esq., of London.
, Obeid
ED.
Onet., be,
land -place,
the 29th ultra., at his house in Ort?ti',7l/6.
..,
-place, Lieut.-General Pere Warner HusseY, 0' 006
10 t 0
On the Ist inst.. at Pentonville, aged 44, A43r
of the lam John CUIIIIIIIIIg Esq. ' I, 03 ArP
On the 30th ult. at 1'; tlingl o-lodge, 185-e tot.
wife of the Rev. W. C. Brand aged 21. ,aker, Sev
On the 30th ult., Mr. Samuel St' nith, cOav"—
til4'
street.
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