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London, England, 1804-05-25 00:00:00

The Witnesses on the part of the Crown.

Mr. Barry, from the Stamp-Office, produced the
Affidavit filed in the office, with the na►ties of Cox
and Baylis, as the Printers, No. 75, Great Queen.
street; R. Bagshaw, the Publisher, Bow,strt.'et,
Covent-Garden; and William Cobbetr, is, Duke..
street, St. Catherine's, Westminster, as the scle
Proprietor of The Weekly Political Register.
Mr. ADAM, for the Defendant, to,ik two objet.

The Witness having &rased to the same effca,
-with regard to the inueodos on Mr. MAItSDEN and
Mr. justice OsuoßN,
Mr. ADAsa rose to address :lie Court and Jury on
behalf ofthe Defendant. Ile said, he hal an anxi.
ous duty to discharge, which pressed the more hear
oily upon him, because he was not in the habit.of
being placed in a similar situation. The anxiety
was not the less, from the ability with which the
Prosecution had been condufled, or from the chit.
haler and situation of the Party, who had been
charged with this heinous offi:nce. The person whom
he at chic rime represented, deserved the protec-
tion of the Laws : he was a good husband, an ex-
cellent father, and a virtuous subject. IA the
cal sphere in which he had nuo/ed, he had'uniformly
endeavoured to maintain the true principles of the
Constitution of England as by Law established. He
had not been an idle and passive supporter, but he
had stood forward, at the risk of his life, to &fetid
the Constitution abroad and at home, and lie was
peculiarly attached to the Monarchical part of
Our mixed Government. Thus circumstanced, he
had entrusted to his Counsel, the defence of him-
self and his family, and it was ;he first time he
had been called upon to defend himself from a
charge of this nature. Entertaining, as the Learned
Counsel did, the proper respea for the public cha.
rafters adverted to in the Information, it became
him to discuss the allegations respecting them with
freedom, at the same time that he would do it with
temper and decorum. This was not an Information
filed for the personal vindication of the individuals,
or for private retribution, hut it was to justify the
Public Agents, in order to exonerate the Govern.
ment from the charges made or implied in this Pub-
lication. The question then for the jury to try was
thi :—What was the intention, or quo anima was this
Publication made ? The inquiry into the intention
was for a long time excluded from the consideration
of the Jur) : but since this jurisdiction was ac-
knowledged by a Declaratory Aa, the Law has
been clearly understood, and it occurs in the 32d
Geo. 111. entitled, " An Aa to remove the Doubts
of the Functions of Juries in cases of Libel."—
This St-Mute enacts, that on every trial for this of-
fence, the jury may give a general verdict upon the
whole matter, and shall not be required by the
Court or Judge to find the Defendant guilty merely
on proof of publication, hut may enter into the
sense, the matter alledged to be libellous, may cur-
realy bear. The Jury is, therefore, now invested
with complete jurisdiction ; and what would become
of our Rights and our Constitution, if it were not re.
stored to them ? An investigation of the condua of
Public Characters was the great and essential privi-
kge of Englishmen; and so important did Mr. HUNIE
regard it, that when he told us the Right arose with
the Revolution, he warned us our Liberties would be
gone when, we should be deprived of it. The 'pro-
duttion appeared posterior to the calamitous events
of the z3d July, 1803 ; and it was under the painful
feeling of those transaaions that these letters
originated, and they were intended to shew the ne-
cessity of an effective Government, to prevent the
revival of those political misfortunes. The Defer,_
dant has acted as a public writer for a period of 12
years, in America and in this Country ; and when
the duties of his station are performed with
talent and integrity, such a person is among the
most important and meritorious charailers of the
State. Mr. COBB r: TT was the son of a farmer, and
the grandson of a day-labourer. He had no educa.
cation hut what his fathtt- could give him during
the winter evenings, and he left the house of his
parents at the early age of eighteen. He had then
to inform himself in the grammar of his native
tongue, which he not only acquired, but attained
the extraordinary talent of composing with spirit
and energy. In the direction of his abilities, he was
guided by no Party, but writes from the native im-
pulse of his own mind. Mr. ADAM, after an elo-
quent exordium, discussed the particular parts of
the letters which had been ivestigated by the AT-
TORNEY GENERAL. He said that the remarks on
Mr. Justice OSBORN were not in his judicial, but
in his political character, which was open to public
inquiry. He said, many of the strictures on Lord

The following fatal accident took place, a few
days ago, at Baitinglass, in the County of Wicklow :
Capt. CORBY, of the Militia, was last September
out rebel-hunting there, and had with him a case of
screw barrelled steel pistols. One of them he lost,
and after some time it was found, but in so rusty a
state, it could not be unscrewed, and the powder so
damp, it could not be discharged ; however, it was
thought every precaution had been taken by pick.
ing the powder out of the touch-hole, and from that
time, it became a standing jest to snap the pistol
at.different persons without effe6t. A few days
since, an Ensign in the Regiment, son of the Com-
mander, and the most intimate friend of Captain
CORBY, presented the pistol at him, when it went
c;if, and lodged the contents in the lungs of the
Captain, who languished till the next day, and died
in great torture, in the 23d year of his age, univer-
sally lAinented.

Last week a ewe belonging to Joseph Bowman,
the parish clerk of Kirkt„)sw.,ld, yea ned a lamb with
two heads, buth perfed, and separated from each fith:.r
by two necks, about three inches from the shoulders.
Its two tore feet, instead of being cloven, have FOur
claws (like a cat) on each foot. This /urns naturce
has excited .the admiration of all who have seen

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Lady whose Lilo ',..:as despaired of, in aceep
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Mrs. Nlatheivs; No. 18, Strand, London, WriteSiwaso"
the Disorders with which a Lady of my acquaintance ,ere,
ffided, previous to takingt he Cordial Balm of Gilead, ft: die
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xacesyseir:e• hcioglitigillirmatioll fatice4
her to Death's door. She .is 'now per fetilYwrehcic°l:cti'lact:
though previously attended by Dr. Pitcairn, and the h
dical Men, without effect."
Mrs. Griffin, of Watcombe, near Blandford ,fortY , _We
f die
glTout °
years of age, was so ill that she could not walk ,d ~ stron.-
house, and tor near three years confined to her bed'''of • 'sPfr
Nervous Affections, TrernOling, Debility, Lowne:?*o a inerc-
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skeleton. A fe N Bottles of the Cordial Balm of 61,14- of W4r""
her.—Mr, Simmuticis, of Blandfurd, and Mr. Shor''
cornbe, have attested this Cure. sat"
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his hand shook so violently, that he could not. vv".croar , •
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Business, fortunately hearing of the wonder'„, a e-
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