The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-26 00:00:00

[BRITISH PRESS I.i

It will be seen in our Law Report that in the
case of the King v. Mary Anne Carlile the Jury
remait,ed locked up-all Tuesday, until a quarter
after eleven o'clock last morning, when not being
able to agree in a verdict, they were discharged
by consent of Counsel on both sides: The pro-
secution has thus fallen to the ground, but it is
that sort of drawn battle which, under all the cir-
cumstances, muit be considered a victory on the
part of the Defendant, and a defeat on the part
of the self-styled Association, the prosecutor in
the cause. This result must put an end to the
meritorious labours of this worthy Society. It
would he a waste of time to entertain their pro-
secutions, and a waste of money to contribute
longer to their support. The establishment of
emissaries and informers should be immediately
broken tip, and the nobility and gentry who have
so largely subscribed to its support, may partially
repair their error by desiring that the funds re-
maining, in the hands of the Society Should be
applied to some charitable use. This triumph
of public opinion over petty tyranny and oppres-
sion must afford pride and pleasure to every
thinking friend of constitutional liberty.

[THE TIMES.] •
We have this day to ,record as singular an
occurrence as has ever taken place in a Court of
Justice since we have been acquainted with their
proceedings, namely, the dismissal of a British
Jury by consent of the Counsel on both sides, in
consequence of their not being able to agree
upon their verdict, after having been shut up for
more than IS hours. The person tried was one
of those wretched creatures of the Carlile family,
a young woman, whom, perhaps, a better educa-
tion, and more happy connexions, might have
rendered an useful rather than an injurious mem-
ber of society. We quit her, however, with sen-
timents of pity, and recur to the judicial process
of which she was the object. This defendant was
prosecuted by the Constitutional or Mock Consti-
tutional (or by whatever other name it is desig-
nated) Society ; of which the head-quarters
are established in Bridge-street, hard by
our office ; and if any thing could more strongly
than another evince the feeling which is engen-
dered. in the British ptiblic, ordinarily so jolly,
if we may use the term, and open hearted, it is
this appalling fact, that the members of an Eng-
lish Jury would rather die of hunger, like Count
Ugolino and his sons in prison, than surrender
their opinions on a prosecution instituted by this
Society. Why do not Ministers speak the word
to their wretched adherents, and dissolve this
wicked" combination ? We must observe, that
there never has been any difficulty in any other
case of obtaining verdicts against these Carlileg,
except in this instance, in which they are .prose-
cuted by the Bridge-street Combination, and
that upon a question political only. Far be it
from us to say, that the reality of the crime de-
pended upon the character of the prosecutors;
but we have a right to assert, and we know that
we are sustained by universal practice in the as-
sertion, that a Jury must view with suspicion a
prosecution instituted by a gang, of which the
leading members themselves are under prosecu-'
tion : for, be it observed, that we are bringing
no vague or indefinite charges against the Bridge-
street junto. A true bill is actually found against
several of the most active of them for illegal pro-
.cceding,—not of an irrelative kind, but for ille-
gal proceedings connected with prosecutions of
this nature : and though there is no reason why
a man, for example, indicted for horse-stealing
should not prosecute another for arson ; yet it
surely is such a specimen of impudence as one
never heard of, for one charged with adultery,
and before he has wiped off the accusation by
trial, to prosecute another for keeping a disor-
derly house. The truth is, that up to the mo-
ment when Mary,Anne Carlile was brought to
trial, she and. her prosecutors stood in precisely'
the same predicament, both having had true bills
found against them by a Grand Jury. Was this
decent, we ask ? Cannot England and its laws
supply more pure defenders than men of such a
character, and in such a situation ?

An invention has been made by a young man
belonging to Mauchline—Mr. ANDREW SMITH,
of the Water of Ayr Stone Manufactory. This
is an instrument for copying drawings, &c.,
called by the learned who have seen it an apo-
graph. It is so constructed, that drawings of
any kind may be copied by it upon paper, cop-
per, or any other substance capable of receiving
an impression, upon a scale either extended, re-
duced, or the same as the original. The arts,
we understand, furnish no instance of an instru-
ment resembling this, either in its appearance or
operation, save what is called the pantograph,
and even from this machine it differs materially.
The beam in the former is suspended vertically
from an universal joint, whereas the beam of the
latter is supported on an horizontal plane. There
is, also a counterpoise added to the apograph.
above the centre of motion, which relieves the,
hand almost entirely of the weight it ,would
otherwise have to sustain. when the beam is out
of the vertical pOsition.—(Ayr Advertiser.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

'COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 25.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROSECUTION.
THE BING V. MARY ANNE CARLILE.

The Jury in this important case remained all
night in seclusion, without any food or any re-
freshment. About half-past 11 o'clock this
morning a message was sent to the Jury-room, to
ascertain whether there was any prospect of their
speedily finding a verdict, but the answer being
that there was as little prospect of their agreeing
as at the first moment of retiring, a sort of ne-
gociation took place upon the subject, as to what
ought to be done. Mr. Gurney appeared to be
in conference with aGentleman, whom we under-
stootl to be Mr. Longueville Clarke, (son of one
of the King's Chaplains, and Auditor of the Royal
Naval Asylum), one of the Members of the
Constitutional Association. Mr. Clarke being a
barrister, Mr. Gurney said he could only take
his instructions from the attorney for the prose-
cution. Mr. Murray, the Honorary Secretary of
the Association, not being present, Mr. Clarke
said he would send for him, and he left the Court
for that purpose. In the interval Mr. Gurney
spoke with Mr. Cooper, the defendant's Counsel,
and, as we understand, asked his concurrence in
a proposition that the Jury should be discharged
without giving a verdict. _ _

Mr. COOPER _took the first opportunity of ad-
dressing Mr. Justice Flolroyd, the presiding Judge,
and said—lf your Lordship is at leisure, I wish
to state, that in consequence of an intimation
which has been communicated to your Lordship,
that the Jury impaneled to try Mary Ann Car-
lile yesterday, have been shut up for nearly 24
hours, are still in deliberation, and are not likely
to'agree, I am quite ready, thinking it would be
cruelty to keep them longer confined, to consent
that the Jury should be discharged without return-
ing a verdict.

Mr. GURNEY immediately rose—My Lord, as
Counsel for the prosecution, I take upon myself
(thinking it is due to. the. Jury so to do) to con-
sent that they should be discharged without giv-
ing a verdict. I take upon myself the respon-
sibility of it. Mr. Justice lIOLROYD then de-
sired the Jury to be called in.—The Gentlemen
of the Jury immediately appeared in Court. In
their passage from the retiring room to the Court,
the Jury were loudly cheered by the numerous
spectators who filled the avenues, anxiously wait-
ing the result of the trial. Their names being
called over,

Mr. Justice HoLRoYD addressed them and
said—Gentlemen of the Jury, by the consent of
the Learned Counsel for the defendant, and like-
wise of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution,
1 am extremely happy in being able to relieve
you from your present unpleasant situation. By
their consent you are discharged without giving
your verdict.—The Jury were accordingly dis-
charged.

OLD BAILEY.