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London, England, 1817-12-20 00:00:00

PUBLICATIONS.

LIGNUM'.S ANTISCORBU'IiC DROPA; additional gttesta
, ,tions of their.good Effects.
•
7t/fItS- • FLIZA WHITAKER. Ne.yeastle•
under-Lyme, mut her Niece, were both curd of tha
scorvy•by the use of the Drops,—Witness Ch.trles Chester,
bookseller. Newcastle. • ' .• • • •
• Mrs. Tltuutas, Griodly‘hrook,, near Whitchurch, Salop, af-
ter e7,years affliction with the. scurry, wits c trod ,by taking
hilix four small bottles.—Attested by R. Parker, Lookseller,

Wliitchurclr. • .
Mr. :Ivin Platt), of Nantwich, was cured, in the 78th peat
of his age, of :hirge ulcers and scorbutic eruptions, after his
life hadhcen despaired of by•the faculty. The grandson of
Mr: Platt was also cured of large scorbutic blotches. i• tak-
ing two -bottles of Drops.—Attested by Mr. Thomas Craig
nod Mr. A. Fox, ho-uksrllcr, Nantwicb.
A son of Mr. Thomas. Jones, broker, Hillgate, Stockport,
was cured of a •serionS scrolulous and scorbutic afri-ction,
which rendered him a truly deplorable object.—Attested by
Mr...tostidk Clarke. Ciatjey.-Hall, Cheshire„and Mr.D. Dean,
bookseller,Stoapurt.
These Drops arc sold hi moulded square bottles, at 6s. and
145. (sine )4"s...bottle is. equal to three (is.. ones), WhAesale
usti Retell, by Mr.. M.mehe-ter ; also by J. Evans
and Sot., 44, Long- lam!, West Smithfield ; Co.
Low Churchyard ; liarclay. and Sons, s 5, Fleet- carpet;
Edwards, St. Paul's Clihreli-yard; and. Butler and. Sons,
4, theapside,
And by one or more principal Medicine Venders in every
Market Town in the United Kingdom.: '

CORI'ORATION•OF LONDON.

The disrepute which ;be conduct of individaals

las brought upon the character of this budy has

[ong been a subject of surprise to the nation at
Large-of regret to all who feel for the honour Of
the Capital. .In no other city of the empire, per..

aps of the world, is its Corporation so clearly se-

riarated from th'e essential sources of its real itn
port.nre as in this Metropolis. The Corpora►ion.
of Lo►rdon is not. London in any respoctal►te sense.
Neither 6tiancially nor 'conunercially—neither` in

its money, merchandise, 4.r trade, is this great
City identifiM with its Corporation. Nutting
more coinuton than the surcess of courses at
Gaddll4l, Wifich at the same din» are subjects

exeaation at the Bank ; on the Exchange ; at
Lloyd's ; and in every one of the great tradin'g
establishments -that contribute, each in i;s nseit4.
sure, to the pre-eminence of this seat of empire.
The dothination of the illiterate, (be dissolute and
the exigent, at CoMmon Halls and Councils, is pet.-
mitred by the intelligryt, the moral„ and the
opit-
lent, partly front derision, partly Irons indolence,
abd:partly from a scorn of collision ,ss ith such com-
pk'fitors'..• But this pride is 111 placed: Real wi§-
dom never despises ass enemy, while contempt too
often insnresl,is triumph. As prevention is bet ter
than punishment, it is a twin maxim that the fore-
sight of possible evil is the first sure step towards
averting its occurrence.
No doubt there' are Members in the Common.
Council of London not inferior to
,any persons
whatever', in ability, iii 'discernment, in-the va.
dons virtues which justify the esteem of society
and adorn oils' common mature ; Wm., in it (herd
is not a•man of 'sense or Sul: it who would nut;
spurn as. sareast ic insulting flattery, the allegation
that of such the body was generally composed.—
Ot such composed, however, it generally might

be, if the constituent power is licit thrown away.
The iralities of he'ad and heart are not so spar-
ingly strewn among the eitizens'of London in the
resell( maturit y.of education, that Many times
more than three hundred Gentlemen 'may not be
easily selected, -fit to represent in its Conmion
Council the feelings, to redeem and to preset ve
the consequence of this noble City. The oppor,
trinity f,,r such a consummation revolves on Mon-
day next to the elective body of the ‘Verds.of
London; • and upon those Wards will be entailed
the shame of a foolish, or the credit of a whole-
some exercise of their important right, according
as they use that right -upon the approaching oc-
casion. Unless the London Nlrards on Monday
next labour to
_verify the taunt of the peevish phi-
losopher, who 'maintained that -I experience had
no effect upon Mankind,' their choice will at once
vindicate their own judgment and the honour of
their City.: Titus acting, they will -obliterate the
ignominy of the Metropolitan Corporation-of the
British Etepire being bandied, meeting after meet-
ing, between cuffing declaimers—of appearing up-
on the. extremes of contraries almost in the same
breath---this moment throw* oil froth and slaver,
and the next gulping them dowo—liouy upon the
stilts of loyalty and immediately on the edge of
treason—in the same little mouth‘'sycophants and
libeller`s; this time edifying and presently de-
nouncing the same objects—meddling with matters
too big for, their calibre; and neglecting duties
strictly in theirproVince—onsteady, inconsistent.
and undignified—submitting to be drawn tin oug It
the mire by agitators, whose titles to asceodancy
consist only of the brass of their foreheads, and
the clangour of their lungs.
In the frame of its 1)01 the City of London is
an epitome of the State—King, Lords, and Com-
mons. -In twiner ages its Corporation mingled
without awkwardness, in the highest concerns of
the country. The eidieele o{ DeYDEN-, 'in his
matchless poem of Absoloin and Arehitophel, spews
what sway the City possessed nt his day. Ir snore
after constituted a part of that renowned Conven-
tion to which the KING owes his crown and the
People owe their libetties: T 0 restore its im-
portance is the purport of this article. No politi.
edluggest ion is ottcred—no party picferrett.
rouse the pride and stir the reason of the Wards
constitute the sum of my object. A sound dis-
cretion will instruct them in those tlvo kindred
principles—that pove)ty should not be-made the
guardian of property--that igoorance' should inn
be the 'conservator of freedom. It • enlightened
and respectable,Common-Councifmen are chosen,
their politics may be safely trusted.
December 20, 1817. , • - "

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 19.

B LzIS P 11 EMY.

THB KING V. HONE.--SECOND

This morning all the avenues to the Court were
crowded, long before the doors were opened,
and at half-past eight the door of Guildhall, next
Coleman-street, having been unbolted, the crowd
assembled there rushed into the Court, and nearly
filled it, to the great disappointment of those as-
sembled in King street, who, on
,entering, to
their surprise, found every situation-occupied.
The general prevalent notion was, that Hone
ffiriving: been acquitted yesterday, on one of the
iriformations, the Attorney-General would not

proceed against hint on any of the others. It ap-
peared, however, that this was a supposition un-
'founded in fact, and at a quarter after nine, Mr.
Hone entered the Court, with an immense pile ot

'books, regularly tied up. He took-his station at
the end of the Court-table, and having untied
them, he ranged them before him, covering nearly
a fourth of the table.

At twenty minutes 'before ten, Lord Ellenho.:
rough entered the Court, and took his seat on the
bench. The Attorney-General, and other Coun-
sel, for the prosecittion, next entered, and took
their places. . .

ELLENBOROUGH.—Are the Sheriffs in
Court ?

The UNDER SuERIFF.--They are not, myLord.
Lord ELLENBOROCIGH.—Theis let them be im-
mediately sent for.

The Siteritis were then sent for.

LAw, the Clerk of the Court, then an-
.cep{ that the case of the King and Hone was.

to he tried.

The list of Special Jurors was thetrcalled over,
and only six merchants answered.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL then•prayed a Tales.
John Austen:shoemaker_. of Aldgate, was dial-
' lenged by the Crown, at which Mr. Hone ap-
peared much surprised.
• The list of Common Jurors was then called
over, and six Talesmen were sworn in.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case to- the
Jury. Ile stated that the defendant was charged
in thie hist count of the information with an im-
pious and profane libel, being a parody on the
pa of the Common Prayer called the Litany,
and the second count of the indictment charged
the libel as a seditious one. To the nature of the,
libel, as described i,i the first count, however, he
would pat ticularly direct their attention ; bee fuse
he would broadly and flatly assert, that soy marl
who scoffed at, who ridiculed, who made parodies
of the Prayer of the Established Church,
was guilty of blasphemous and impious libels.—
If ever there was a prayer constructed by
any human creature for the purpose of 'offer-,
ing to his Deity, if ever there was. a supplication
offered to the Redeemer for the forgiveness of the
sins of men, which was sublime and solemn, that
which was ridiculed in the present instance was
one. It was utterly impossible that any man could
parodise that sacred form of prayer, without, hav-
ing imilous and profane ideas in his own mind,
and inculcating those ideas to the weak minds of
inners. •It was not possible for any person to read
that publication without honor and disgust, mil, ss
that person was one to whose mind were raised
the impious and hlaspnemons principles which it
was the nature of the libel in question to inculcate.
. Here the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in au impressive
mantier, read that beautiful reiteration of the name
of the Redeemer in the Supplication, and then ad-
verted to the incitation in the libel.
he Was so doing, the. -proCeedings were
diStllLbcd, as they were yesterday,' by the indeeent
laii4hter of the mob below the bar.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.---" Where are the She-
riff, I—l desired their attendance, and ahey shall

act cod.—
The UNDER SHERIFF.—" My Lord, 1 have seta
for but they iive a great distance frOm this,
and they have not yet arrived."
Lord ELLENBORIWGI-I.—" Very well."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then pr6ceeded.
Alrotdd any- one say now, that that dangerous
pablicatiOn did not raise seoffiing among the

scoffers ? He would ask the question tromwhat
had passed that moment, and. he would say that
there never• was, there never could he a St longer
practical elucidation of the dangerous tendet►cy
of a libel, than the indecency which had just dis-
turbed the Court--an English court of Justice.
If we were not to be governed by law, if the
social bonds of society were to burst asunder by
the indecent conduct of the rabble, the. Court
might as well discontinue its proceedi►►gs ; but
if that conduct were supposed to have the effect
of intimidating him in the execution of his
public functions, it was a most mistaken no-
tion. Whilst be had the honour of filling the
situation he did, nothing should deter him
From executing his public duty, and he
would not swerve in tl►e least from the course
he was taking. If he had not brought the de-
fendant this day to answer for this publication, be
should have conceived he was neglecting his duty
towards his country and his God. He suppOsed
that the defence to-day would be as it was yes-
terday, that the publication in question was not a
libel, because many other blasphemous libels had
not been proceeded against, and that all the libels
‘voi,hl be raked from those old books on the table,
►which he %visited had remained on the shelves
whence they had been taken, and rotted. But
that would not be the sort of defence that would
answer any put pose ; for it was' not because many
persons had published ether blasphemous libels,
that therefore the defendant was less criminal in
publishing his. OF the publication of the libel in.
question, by the defendant, there would be little
doubt, and it would be for the Jury, as religious
men, as Christians, as men who loved their coun-
try, and revered their God, to say whether the
publication was or was not a libel.
Here Mr. Sheriff Desanges entered the Court,
and Lord ELLENISOROUGH addressed hint thus,:—
" I have sent for you and your colleague, Sir, as
there is an absolute necessity- for your presence.
There was a most unseemly disturbance in the
Court yesterday, I understand, and there has been
another to-day. You are the persons who-are re-
sponsible, -and shall be ouprmsible ;• And There.;

fore you will be good enough to use your utmost
activity in apprehending. any persons wl,o dare to
interrupt the course of the proceedings."
Mr. Sheriff Desanges assured the Court, that no
endeavour should be wantiug on his part to put a
stop to a conduct so disgraceful and so indecent.

Lord ELLENBOROUGu:—" 'Yon will understand
me ; my oily motive in admonishing you, as to
your duty, is, that you may attend to it."
The defendant here commenced his defence.=
He preceded it by remarking, that lie conceived
every man his enemy who interrupted the pro-
ceedings of the Court by any thing so indecent as
laughter. He then commented the same line of
argument which he took yesterday, contending,
that unless the Jury found -that his intention was
to create impiety and irreligion in the minds of
different persons, it was no libel. He then com-
menced reading a parody, •
Lord •ELLENBOROUGI4.—" It would be well
to tell vo,f, that if yon are about to read irreli-
gious parodies made by others, I shall not receive
them. The commission of a crime by many in-
dividuals,.does not lessen the guilt .of any one
indi‘idoal. It is my decided purpose not to re-
ceive.them, as it would be illegal, and ther'efore
you may -use your own discretion whether you
chuse any longer to dilate on that which I declare
judicially ought not to be admitted."
The Defendant.—" I would ask your Lordship
whether you mean to send me from this place to
a prison ; If you do, you may prevent me from
addressing the Jury; but if you do not, let toe
make my defence.".
LOIIIELLENBOROUGH.—" YOU may state what
you are now stating, if you think fit ; but that
shall not be received as evidence which from its
nature and dcsrription cannot be legal evidence."
The ljefttidant•—" I state seriously that I do
not know what your Lordship means."

Lord Et LEN BoaouGH.—" I have stated enough
to be inte;iigible."

The Defentlant.—" NoCto me."

ELLIiNEOROUGH.--- Welt I cannot help
it.—Go on. You %%ill use your own discretion,
whether you choose to dilate."
Here the defendant remarked, that he did not
know what was meant by receiving what he was
about to read as evidence. He only intended to
read a simple parody which was in the Edinburgh
Magazine, and which was stated to. be a transla-
tion of a Chaldean manuscript. He then com-
menced reading it: It was a relation of the facts
-of a literary dispute between Mr. Blackwood, of
Edinburgh, and another bookseller, and was
written in imitation of the style of the Scriptures.
Here the noise again proceeded from the crowd
in such a manner as'to disturb the proceedings:,
Lord ELLENBOROUGLI.--7" I (10 really wish that,
people would have a little decency ; and I hope
that the racers who, ought to be there, if they are
not there, will go there, and do,their duty, arid
bring any person here whom they shall find dis-
turbing us, and he may rely he shall'meet the re-
ward lie so justly merits."

. _
Mr. Sheriff DEsANGEs.—" I shall mark the first
person 1 see acting improperly, kind bring him
before the Court. Officers. do your duty."'

Here the defendant resumed his defence. He
contended strongly that his intention was not such
as alleged in the informations; and by way of
illustrating his argument, he asserted that if a
man went into a room, and taking up a gun which
he was not aware was loaded, acct jocosely level-
ling it -at another,,,fired and killed the person, that
man could not be tried, because his intention was
not to kill a fellow-creature.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH^" I really am sorry to
interrupt you, but upon my word 1 feel it neces-
sary, and do it for your own sake. You are not
stating what is correct. That man you speak of
would be wteloh, he would be wilily of man-
slaugh t er, and he would be tried."

The Delendant—" I thank you, my Lord, for
correcting me. Well, then, Gentlemen, if he was
guilty of an.offence, it is under a late Act of Par-
liament."

Lord ELLENgo.RotIGtI—" Now, you are wrong
again. I interrupt you really for your own sake
that you may pay a little more attention to your
defence. You arc not stating what is true. It
is,not by any new Act of Parliament that the man
%void(' be a felon; it always was so."
The Defendant proceeded,'contending on the
substance of Mr. Dodiwell's Bill, and. Mr. Fox's
Libel Bill, that the -Jury were his Judges, and
telling them that Lord Ellenhorough did not sit
there to try him, as they were the only persons
entrusted with his case. He next adverted to the
question of the law of libel, and the, object of
Mr. Fox's Declaratory, Bill, which, for the first
time, lie said, settled the law ota the subject.

Lord ELLENBVROUGII.—" The law was the
Same as it' now is, long before ever that. Bill ek-
isted."

Mr. HONE resumed, and in allusion to the ob-
servations which had fallen from his Lordship,
remarked that it was difficult. to imagine how a
Bill which had been devised by a man of such
eminent Legislative capacity 'as Mr. Fox, and
which had only been carried into a'law after
many and long discussions, in which the wisest
and greatest men of their time-liad.participated,
could be, after all., superfluous and unnecessary.
The defendant subsequently adverted with some
warmth on the circumstance of his having been
refused copies of the informations.
Lord 14:4LLEsaortouGH.—'‘ You complain of
that as a hardship in your particular case, which,
if it be so, you only share in common with all
his Majesty's subjects."
Mr. IIoNP, —" Well, my Lord, for myself,
and for all it Majesty's subjects, I do protest
that it is a most grie‘oll6 and intolerable hardship,
that any man should be calk.ul to plead to his
guilt or innocence of a charge of which he is not
allowed to have a copy."

The defendant then entered into the nature of
the present information
_against- and com-
plained that the late Attorney-General on first
moving it, had stated it to be an. informAtion
against him for blasphemy—that the assertion
had been reiterated by Lord Sidmouth night after
night in the [louse of Lords—that all the Jour-
nals in :the interest of Government had concurred
in assisting to.hold him forth to the world as a
blasphemer and a wretch---whereas tl►e fact` was,
as he now found on examining the record, that it
wit. apt an inforatat low fur: blasphemy, but for ir-

religion and proreneness,witich were offences of
very different die. While on this point, he could
not help farther, and more particularly, requesting
the attention of his Lordship and tl►e Jury, to an
attempt made by two Journals, devoted to the in-
terest of Ministry, to prejudice the minds of the
JHry.
.Lord ELLENBOROUG/-I.—" It is impossible that
the contents of Newspapers can be admitted as
relevant matter here. What have the Jury or Ito
do

Mr. HONE.—" It is not you, my Lord, but I
who am now on my trial."
A loud shout of applause from the crowd-as-
sembled in the Hall followed this ixpression of
the defendant, and occasioned a great sensation
in the Court.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH called upon the Officers
immediately to arrest. and bring before him any
person or persons whom tliey could recognize as
concerned in this gross insult to the dignity of
the Court—but the Officers reported, that with•
every attention to their duty, they had not been
able to fix on any particular offender.
At length quiet being restored, he resumed Lis
further speaking in the same strain until he
closed,

He then produced four witnesses to prove that
he had sold none of the writs in question after he
had notification they were considered libellous.
.The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in speech of great
ability, then replied upon the defendant. He ad-
verted to the topics used by the defendant, and
stated that many, most of theta, had no bearing
upon the question at issue. Much of his reason-
ing, which went- to the propriety of the mode of
prosecution by information, had nothing at all
to do with the question. They were not there
to discuss the propriety of existing laWs. They
were hound by. the law as it stood, and had no-
thing to do with the policy of it. The right of
legislation existed elsewhere. Juries and Courts
were to decide upon the law as it stood ; •in this
view of the case a great deal of what had been
urged by the defendant had not the slightest hear-
ing upon the question. He then' again repeated
what was the question, namely, Whether the de-
fendant had published the Paper in question, and
whether it was .a libel,---That it was a libel he
contended could not .at all be doubted, while it
was admitted that the Religion of the country
was part of the Law of the Land; or while it'
was confessed that it was unlawful by ridicule and'
levity to bring into disregard and contempt the
established form of public Worship. With
.regard
to the •argument used by the defendant, that it was
not his intent to bring into- contempt the religion
of the country, he laid it down as. a clear
principle of law, that a man was supposed to in-
tend all the necessary consequences of•his actions,
and, if the necessary consequence as to degi•ade
the established form of worship, it was no excuse
to•say that be had- also another motive. Granted
that he had an ulterior motive to attack those
who differed from him in Political sentiment ; if
he chose to pursue that motive by means which
necessarily tend to disgrace and ridicule the reli-
gion of the country, the law implied that he meant
also to bring discredit upon the religious establish-
ment of the country. With respect to the parodies
which had been published by others, it was no ex-
cuse that be should do an illegal act because many
others had also done it. One crime was no justi-
fication of another ; and therefore, admitting it
often had been done before, and that it had been
done with impunity, it was not the less a crime in
the defendant that it had before passed without
criminal animadversion. The Learned Gentleman
pressed these topics with great force and eloquence,
and concluded by entreating the Jury that they
would give their verdict according to law and the
established rules of justice.
The LORI) CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up the
case with his usual impressive dignity,of manner.
He explained the law in a manner the most clear
and satisfactory ; and earnestly recommended the
Jury, to consider the impottance' of this case, and
of their decision, to the cause of religion,. and to
the vital interests of the country. His Lordship
concluded with a declaration .that, according to
his conscience, and upon his oath of Office, he be-
lieved the publication, which the defendant ac-
knowledged, was a most impious and profane
libel. .

The Jnry retired, and after deliberating for an
hour and three, iquarters, returned a verdict of—
Not Guilty.
The moment the verdict was heard, the loudest
acclamations of applause from the mob filled the
Court,

After the verdict was made known, notice was
given for the attendance to-morrow of the Special
Jury summoned for the third information filed
against Mr. Hone, for' the publication of " The
Sinecurist's Creed," which is alleged to be a paro-
dy upon the Creed of St. Athanasins.

DUFFES.7—A Caution'. to Country People and
Strangers.A gang of •fellows., --.-known by the,
name of Duffers and Sharpers, meet every morn-
ing at obscure pubic-houses' in vicinity of the
Strand, one in particular near, Exeter 'Change,
where they arrange their daily depredations upon
the unwary. These .plunderers 'are frequently ob-
served lurking about' the entrance of Waterloo
Bridge, in the Strand, and are dressed, some as
horse-dealers, .countrymen, and' reduced trades-
men ; in general they wear boots; and flourish a
swich in their hand ; (hey are of all ages, and
accost people with seeming politeness, inviting
them to walk with, them to a near public-house
to inspect some smuggled silks, cambrics, &c.
On Monday.evening lait the Port of Milford,
audits neighbourhood, was
,visited with a very
severe storm of lasil, thunder, and lightning; the
lightning was particularly vivid and strong but
we are happy to say,that no damage was sustain-
ed by the shipping in the•harbour (which at pre-
sent are very numerous), nor have we heard of
any accident occasioned by it in the neighbour-
hood....

This morning, at ten o'clock, the last Day of
Drawing of toe State .Lottery commenced, and
soon after that hour No.-2241 was drawn a
20,0001. Prize,. and shared by Bum in nine
Shares; making the Second 20,0001. shared by
ii►stl in the present Lottery, and he hopes oi
Monday to announce having sold one or t►c..
more.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.'
A'REAL FRIEND To ORDER, AN OLD BARRISTER, and Co
nios HALL, Worcester, are unavoidably deferred till golli
day.
We have many other Articles on hand, which we shall inset
"
as sown as convenience will admit ; but, considering t
importance of the subject relati:ig to CERTIFICATED C°'.
vEvascEus, we shall give that the precedence to all laic'
nor matters,

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THE SUN.

SOLENT QUIS DICER!: k'ALSUM AUDSAT

LONDON,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1817•

We received this tnorning three days' Paris
Papers to Wednesday last iuclusive. We gig`
flow them an Abstract of the Budget, but %vs°
of room compels us to be very brief in Of
Extracts :