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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, ➢IAY 28.

LIBEL ON THE QUEEN.
THE KING V. FLINDELL.

This was an information against the proprietor of a Paper
called " The Western Luminary," for a libel upon her Majesty
the Queen. Tlie matter, which was of the most atrocious de-
scription, appeared in the Paper of the 11th July, 1820, and
stood in the following terms :—Speaking of the Queen, the
writer said—" Shall a woman who is as notoriously devoted to
Bacchus as to Venus--shall such a woman as would, if found
on our pavement, be whipped and sent to Bridewell,—be held
up in the light of suffering innocence ?"
The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Burrough, at Exeter:
the Jury found the defendant guilty ; but recommended him
" to the utmost extension of mercy."
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL prayed sentence.
The defendant put in an affidavit, stating that he was 54
years of age, and that he had 12 children.
No affidavits were produced by the prosecution.
The defendant, in mitigation, spoke from a written paper at
tedious length. He was repeatedly interrupted by the Court
for irrelevancy, and (but that great part of his matter was inau-
dible) would probably have been checked more frequently._
As we could understand the defendant, which was but very
hardly, har,eonveneneed• by alleging the motive with which the
libel had been written: it proceeded entirely from his anxiety
for public morality. He justified the expressions which had
been applied to her Majesty by comparing them with the ternis
of the report of the Lords' Committee, and asserted that the
prosecution against him was procured by a faction. He (the de-
fendant) had himself been cruelly libelled. " The Times,"
the " Morning Chronicle," and other London Papers, had
cal-
led him a lime atrocious coward. He wished it to be remem-
bered that he was a base atrocious coward, and that Dr.
Lushington and Mr. Wetherell had called the " Western
Luminary" a paltry, obscure, country paper. The defendant
then alluded to a speech of Dr. Lushington's in the House of
Commons, and made some comment, in which the word " un-
worthy" was all that reached us.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that the defendant was
taking a course which the Court could not permit.
Mr. Justice BEST thought that the defendant had forgotten
that he was pleading in mitigation.
The defendant proceeded—He had been libelled by those
who now set up a prosecution against him ; and the effect of
those libels had been terrible : he had received threatening
letters, his windows had been broken, and he had himself been
mobbed in the street. As a public Journalist, it was his duty
to discuss questions of public importance; and such had been
the question of the Queen. He trembled for the safety of the
Throne and of the Altar ; and his two sons had put themselves
into military training. Here the defendant read at great length
from—" The Western Luminary,"—the object of the refer-
ence we were not so fortunate as to catch, and concluded by an
appeal to the justice and humanity of the Court.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in aggravation; would not offend
the ears of their Lordships by repeating alibel as foul and infa-
mous as ever had issued from the press of any country. The de-
fendant had referred to the report of the Lords' Committee: he
(the Solicitor-General) was not sure that the publication even of
that Report would have been legal ; but the defendant stood
charged, not with the publication of that Report, but with
the publication of charges almost as gross and scanda-
lous as language could convey. The time, too, at which
the libel in question had been put forth, was an aggravation
of its wickedness ; the time chosen had been the time of trial—a
time at which every. indhidual who had either decent feel-
ing or regard for justice would be most careful to refrain from
calumny. The existence of other libels had been dwelt upon,
almost as matter of justification, by the defendant. The At-
torney-General was not bound to prosecute every libeller that
appeared : he selected, for examples, such as appeared most
malignant; and so far at least public opinion had confirmed
the conception of that officer, that, in every prosecution which
he had instituted, conviction had been the consequence. The
Learned Gentleman concluded by stating, that the defendant
had been tried at Exeter, where probably from long residence
his general character was well known ; and the Jury in find-
ing him guilty had recommended him to the utmost extension
or mercy.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY, after a few minutes' consultation with
his brothers, proceeded to pass sentence. The Learned Judge
began by adverting to the gross and infamous character of the
libel. Asperities so violent were calculated to provoke corre-
sponding asperities ; and the effect of the libel might have been
(and according to the defendant's account, to a certain point
had been) to produce a breach of the peace. The defendant
had attempted to justify his conduct by referring to the Re-
port of the Committee of the House of Lords ; but he must
now learn, if he did not before know it, that that inquiry
by no means presupposed guilt. The libel in question,
not content with directly charging the existence of that
vice which, by the report, was made the subject of inquiry,
went on to charge a vice of another description—a vice not even
mentioned in that report. The expressions—" such a woman,
as, if found on our pavement, would be whipped and sent to
Bridewell"—those expressions had been applied to a lady
of the highest rank, whose sex and situation demanded at
least a favourable consideration; who was closely allied to the
King (whose advocate the defendant appeared to consider him-
self), and who was nearly related- to the reigning family of the
country. The defendant had spoken of his bounden duty to
discuss matters of this description. He (the learned Judge)
saw no such bounden duty; he conceived that the defendant
'was in error upon that point. The Learned Judge then refer-
red to the recommendation of the Jury, and sentenced the de-
fendant to eight months' imprisonment in the Gaol of Exeter :
at the expiration of that period to find securities for his :rood
behaviour, himself in 5001., and two other persons in 2501.
each.

A number of persons were brou,vilt up to receive judgment
for offences against the Revenue Laws, and were sentenced to
various terms of imprisonment.

Ist and 2d Geo. IV. Cap. 22.—aAn Act for altering and amending
the Laws of Excise for securing the Payment of the Duties on
Beer and Ale brewed in Great Britain. [l9th April 1821.]
-Whereas the Laws made for securing the Duties of Excise
upon and in respect of Beer have been found insufficient for the
purposes thereby intended; be it therefore enacted by the King's
most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, andrCommons, in this pre-
sent Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,
that from and after the sth day of July 1821, every Brewer of
Beer for sale shall and is hereby required to enter, or cause to
be entered, in a book or paper to be delivered to him by the
officer of Excise for that purpose, and at all times kePt by such
Brewer in some public and open part of his entered premises
ready for the inspection of the Officers of Excise, the quantity
of Malt which he or she shall intend to use in his or her next
brewing, together with the day when Stich brewing is intended
to be made, and that such entry shall be so made before any
part of such Malt shall be mashed, or any water or other liquor
put thereto, or mixed therewith ; and that every such Brewer
shall at the time of making such entry write, or cause to be
written, in such book or paper, opposite such entry as aforesaid,
the date when such entry was so made as aforesaid ; and that
if any such Brewer shall refuse or neglect to make such' entry
as aforesaid, or shall cancel, obliterate, or alter, or cause, or
suffer, or permit to be cancelled, otgluaa *ed, or altered, any •
such entry, or shall make any is rue miff therein, or shall not
at all times keep such book or paper in some public and open part
of his entered premises, ready for the inspection of the Officers of
Excise, or shall mash, or put to or mix any Malt with water or
other liquor before such entry shall be made as aforesaid, he or
she shall, for every such offence, forfeit and lose the sum of 1:200.
11. And be it further enacted, That no such Brewer as afore-
said shall remove or cause, to be removed his or her Malt which
has been mashed, or any part thereof, from the tun or vessel
in which the same has been mashed, until the proper Officer
shall have gauged and taken an account of the quantity of such
malt, or use, cause, permit, or suffer to be used, any means
whatever to prevent or hinder such Officer or Officers of Excise
from taking an accurate gauge and account thereof; and that if
any person or persons shall remove, or cause, suffer, or permit
Maltto be removed, any part of such as aforesaid before such
officer shall have gauged and taken an account of the same, or
shall use any means as aforesaid, or obstruct, hinder, molest,
or prevent any such officer or officers in or from so doing, or in
execution of any o' the powers and authorities given or granted
to him or them by this Act, every such person or persons shall
severally forfeit and lase for every such offence the sum of two
hundred pounds : pravided always, that no such' brewer or
other person shall,in:,.ur the penalty aforesaid, for removing any
such Malt as aforesaid after all the Worts have been drawn off
from such Malt without any officer having gauged and taken
an account thereof as aforesaid, if such brewer shall at the
time of making such entry as aforesaid have specified in such
book or paper and entry as aforesaid the time for such officer to
attend to'take such gauge and account as aforesaid, and such
officer or officers shall not attend for that purpose within an
hour after the time so specified.
111. And be it further enacted, That it shall and, may be
lawful for any Officer or Officers of Excise to take a sample or
samples, not exceeding one pint at each time, of any wort or
worts at or on theentered premises of any such brewer as aforesaid,
at any time or times after the same shall have been drawn from
the mash tun, as may be necessary for the purpose of ascer-
taining the specific gravity thereof; returning such sample and
samples to such brewer after the specific gravity thereof has
been ascertained, or paying him or her for the same at and
after the rate of the current price of Beer madb fi:com such wort
or worts; and that no such brewer shall ferment or mix, or
cause, permit, or suffer to be fermented or mixed, any wort or
worts with any yeast or other matter or thing for or occasioning
fermentation, until the proper officer or officers has or have
taken such sample and samples as aforesaid ; and that if
any such brewer as aforesaid shall ferment or mix, or cause,
permit, or suffer to be fermented or mixed, any of his or
her wort or woris with any yeast or other matter or thing
for or occasioning fermentation, until such officer or of-
ficers has or have taken such sample and sal/Ties' as afore-
said, he, she, or they, shall forfeit and lase for every such
offence the sum of two hundred pounds: provided always, that
no such brewer as aforesaid shall incur the penalty last afore-
said, for fermenting or mixing any of his or her wort or worts
with yeast, or any other matter or thing occasioning fermenta-
tion, after the expiration of one hour after such wort or worts
has or have been run or drawn off from the copper in which
the same has or have been boiled with hops, without any sample
being thereof taken as aforesaid, if such brewer shall at the
time of making such• entry as aforesaid have' specified in such
book and paper and entry as aforesaid the time for such officer
or officers to attend to take and diaw such sample and samples
as aforesaid, and such officer and officers shall not attend for
that purpose within an hour after the time so specified.
IV. And be it further enacted, That there shall be delivered
by. the proper Officer of Excise to every such brewer as afore-
said, and to every dealer in beer or ale, a book or books to be
prepared with proper printed forms and titles for the purpose
herein-after mentitmed, and. kept by every such brewer and
dealer in some public and open part of -his or her entered pre-
mises ; and that from • and after the said fiftliday of July, no
beer or ale shall be sold, sent out, or delivered by the brewer
thereof, or by any dealer therein, to any brewer, victualler,
dealer in or retailer of beer or ale, or other person or persons,
without a certificate filled up• and cut out progressively from
the printed forms for such certificates contained in such'
book as aforesaid, to be left therewith, signed by such Brewer
or Dealer selling; sending outa or delivering the same, or
some person on his behalf, certifying the date, quantity, and
quality of such beer or ale; to whom sold, and that the
duty has been duly charged thereon, and at what place,
at what rate, and upon what person such charge was made ;
and that the brewer or dealer selling, sending out, or deliver-
ing any such beer or ale as aforesaid, shall at the same time
make a correspondent entry thereof, containing the same par-
ticulars, in such book as aforesaid; and that such book,
with such entries so made therein as aforesaid, shall at all
times be open and exposed in the entered premises of such
brewer or dealer as aforesaid, to the perusal of any officer
or officers of Excise surveying the said premises, and shall be
delivered, by such brewer or dealer to any officer or officers
of excise upon demand ; and if any such brewer or dealer as
aforesaid, shall at any time sell, send out, or deliver any beer
or ale to any brewer, victualler, dealer in or retailer of beer,
or other person or persons as aforesaid, without delivering
such certificate as aforesaid, or making such entry in such
book as aforesaid, or shall convey away or conceal any such book
or books, or cancel, obliterate, destroy, or tear out any leaf or
leaves therefrom, or entry or entries therein, or shall make
any false entry or entries therein, or shall oppose, molest,
obstruct, or hinder any Officer or Officers of Excise in inspect-
ing any such book, or-any such entry or entries therein as
aforesaid, or shall at any time neglect or refuse, when required,
to give up to any officer or officers such book or books as afore-
said; every such brewer or dealer as aforesaid so offending shall
for every such offence severally forfeit and lose the sum of 2001.
V. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said
fifth day of July, if any Officer or Officers of Excise shall dis-
cover and find any increase in the stock of any brewer, victual-
ler, dealer, or retailer, over and above the quantity of beer or ale
which the Officer found in such brewer, victualler, dealer, or re-
tailer's custody at the time of the last preceding survey upon such
brewer, victualler, dealer, or retailer, and which increase such
brewer, victualler, dealer, or retailer shall not thereupon satis-
factorily account for, as arising from beer duly received with
such certificate as aforesaid, or brewed by himself or herself,
and on which the duty has been duly charged, such increase, or
a quantity of beer or ale equal thereto, shall be deemed and
taken to be beer or ale brewed without payment of duty, and
shall be forfeited and lost; and a quantity equal to the increas-
ed quantity shall and.may be seized and taken by the Officer or
Officers of Excise who shall discover the same, from and out of
such stock; and the person or persons, in whose stock such in-
crease shall be discovered and found, shall for each and every
such offence forfeiaand lose the sum of two hundred pounds.
VI. And be it further enacted, That all fines, penalties, anvil
forfeitures imposed by this Act, shall be sued for, recovered,
levied; or mitigated by such ways, means, or methods, as any
fine, penalty, or forfeiture may be sued for, recovered, levied,
or mitigated by any law or laws of Excise, or by action of debt,
bill, plaint,
orinformation in any of his Majesty's Courts of
,Record at Westminster, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scot-
land respectively ; and that one moiety of every such fine, pe-
nalty, or forfeiture shall be to his Majesty, his heirs and suc-
cessors, and the other moiety to him, her, or them who shall
iscover, inform, or sue for the same.
VII. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be al-
!tered, amended, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed
his Session of Parliament.

[MORNING: POST.] •
,The Birth of the immortal WILLIAM PITT was
yesterday commemorated with great splendour at
the City of Lcindon Tavern. ,The attendance
was ,highly respectable,, and the whole of the
proceedings weae of the most loyal and gratify-
ing character. The Lord Chancellor made a
very able speech.in support of the principles of
Mr. Pitt, in the.fOurse of. which he.-explained the
views of that great and illustrious Statesman with
respect to the' Catholic;. Question :and Parlia-
mentary reform. The, latter at this moment will
be fOund very interesting, as his Lordship quoted
the lanivage held by Mr. Pitt the last time they
conversed on that subject, when-the Right Hon.
Gentleman expressed himself as follows:--"" We
have a Constitution which has enabled me to save
the Country, in the manner in which I have saved
it, from enemies abroad, and from those who, aim-
ing- at a revolution, have made it their business to
disseminate revolutionary principles at home ;
and knowing this, I must say, that whatever my
opinions were formerly, I now feel that such a
Constitution ought not to be rashly sacrificed."

[THE TIMES.]
Some alarm is partly felt, and partly endea-
voured to be created, respecting the bill now be-
fore Parliament for mitigating the punishment of
forgery. It is thought—the forgery of Bank of
England notes still remaining a capital offence,
while the punishment for forgeries on private
bankers is to be reduced—that the forgeries on
the latter will in consequence be multiplied. We
ourselves viewed the measure under considera-
tion more as the part of a system for the general
mitigation of our criminal law than as a detached
act,and are not quite sure, in a country so jealous
of commercial security as England, whether for-
gery should have been one of the earliest subjects
for the experiment. It may, however, be ob-
served, that the only requisite for committing a
forgery upon a private bank is not the cer-
tainty of a minor punishment. The practicabi-
lity of forgery depends upon many other cir-
cumstances, not one of which is either supplied
or rendered more attainable by the proposed
Act. The person who commits the forgery must
know something of the party whose hand he imi
tates, as well as of the house where his cash is
kept ; and it does not appear to us that the new '
Act has any tendency to increase mutual ac-
quaintances of this kind. The Legislature was
a long time in weaving up the law of forgery' to
its present state; and it might probably be un-
ravelled in the same way. The forgery of Bank
of England bills was rendered capital by 8 and
9 of William 111. Then came bills of credit
issued from the Exchequer, South Sea bonds,
lottery tickets, army or navy debentures, East
India bonds, &c.; and the 4th George 11. made
the forgery of a marriage register or license ca-
pital. All these and many others are the provi-
sions of so many separate Acts ; and the severity,
in many cases, cannot be justified, or even pal-
liated, by the ordinary excuse that " we are a
commercial people."

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]

The Poor:- Relief Amendment -Bill of Mr.
Scarlett went through a Committee last night,
and this day sennight was fixed for taking the
Report into consideration, when it is understood
the principle of the Bill will be discussed; Mr.
Scarlett assured the Committee, that he Was con-
vinced, froin the information which reached him
from all quarters, the general opinion of the
Country was favourable to the measure. From
this, and what he said the other evening, we
should presume he meant to endeavour to carry
the measure this Session. The Country will be
very much indebted to him, and no part of our
population more than the labouring classes, who
have suffered so severely from the operation of
the Poor Laws. Into the question of right of the
labouring classes to the provision afforded by the
existing laws, we deem it unnecessary to enter;
for a right which has the effect of depriving them
of their liberty and placing them at the mercy of
their employers, ought not surely to be contend-
ed for. If it could be sliewn that the alteration
of the existing law will be attended with inju-
rious consequences to the classes in question, we
should be among the first to set our faces against
it. But conceiving, as we do, the existing law to
be the great obstacle to the amelioration of their
condition, we wish every success to Mr. Scarlett.