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plaint, and had at times been visited with a witting 1
of blood ; and that he verily believed the clamp-
ness and confined air of a prison would endanger his
life. .
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Court
upon the subject of these affidavits, many of which,
he said, the defendant was very ill-adviSed‘,lO pro-
duce. 11;
Mr. MAa.stiorr addressed:the Court in mrigstion
of puni,hment, pressing particularly the above points
in the defendant's affidavits. The defendant add
entirely under the controul of the Committee: what
could he do ?
Lord ELL EN Bononoit."—Why,prefer dutyltoprofit,
and quit an employment which it went against his
conscience (to retain.
The Leirned Counsel urged she motives of psu-
' dence which restrained the defendant, married
as he was, and his wise in a state of pregnancy,
from hastily quitting a situation, from which he
del ed his sole support without ha►ing airy other in

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Lord ELL9NBOROUGH again interrupted the Coon-
srl, while he Wits procceding tattier too tar in
excuipaig the defendant tutu any moral guilt,
ev adverting to the cir6IIIIISt3INO of his lending
his name at the Statnp-odi,:e as t4T Tapun,ibie
Egitor of a Paper containing a libel likt,z, the. pre-
sent. ' .
:The defendant was ordered to he cotnmitted to the
custody of the Marshal of the. IVLrshalsea, and
brought up for judgment on Monday next.

•THE XING- V: FINNERTY.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prayed the jUdgment
of the Court against Mr. Peter Finnerty, for a libel
on
Mr.
Castlereagh.
Mr. FINNERTY having appeared in Court, pre-
sented his Affidavits.'
Mr. Ft-NNERTy.--4 have endovoured to shape
this amtnded affidavit sal as to meet your Lordship's
wishes. PeWaps, however, notwithstanding my
,slare and my ;Arid adherence- to' the precedent on
!deb I have tramed it, some errors may have crept
in, which 1 hope may be imputed ti) my inexperience.
Shall I pOint ont; to Save your Lordship' time, the
placo•to .-whiCh it was read before the Court inter-
.rupted it ?
. Lord ,F,i.,CENuotrotyoti.---No.; I desired you to
bring a• new aitd inoffensive artidavit ; .1 hope you
have tatters my well-Inemit advice.' •
Mr, Fi'lssati, rsr...--1 base to remark on some-
, thing which tell from the Counsel .on -the last cc-
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casi on
naw let the affidavit be read
first.
The affidavit watt here read. ,It detailed, in the
first place, the reasons why the detehdant v.r.4 not
in Court before, when judgment was prayed pg.:lino
; it next ino,7eeded to.tnate why he had suffer-
ed jodgment to g by default'; ho now, huwei'er,
slated his belief of every circumstance with which
he had charged Lord Castlereagh, and at this period
offered the truth in justification.
Lord ELLENBOROVG2i...—I objected to this be-
fore; I warned you to amend it by to-day ;
you have come here,'however, without appear-
' ing to havo profited by onr advice or our indel-
, gence. I, hepe, Sir, you come in the proper spirit
to mitigate a crime of which you have confessed the

commission.
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Mr. FINNERTY.I have, I nope, come here
to-dity with a suitable spirit. I have come here, ,
however, tinder no consciousness of guilt, and I
will avow none. iThat part of the affidavit which
you have now interrupted, you suffered to be pro-
ceeded with on' a former clay. The part to which
the Court objected has been expunged ; I have
expunged above two-,birds of the affidavit, but
hdve suffered that to which no objection was made
t.!.) remain.
Lord Et.LENnotionott.-.—Then hand it' back to
him. We reject it, Si.; you got very indulgent
advice from us, and you have rejected it; you molt
take the Onsequel4ce.
Mr. FIN NERTY .Lord, you made no ob-
jection to this.on a former d.4y, and that misled
me. lam willing, howe,er, to hove it fram-
ed, unexceptionably, by any referee your Lordship

c,ltooseti.
Coint.r.--,-No, Sir, the 'Court will not hear of a
refer. e.
Mr. FlNNaturY....-Will you, then, allow me till
to-morrow t,) have it recist according to yotir Lord-
ship's wishes ?
'rhe COuaT.—NO, we are not to .wait here till
yoticondeseend to ontorm to, the law. You were
before. told by nip th.tt this affidavit was improper,
yet yoir have persisted. If you have any unexcep-
tionable, affidavits which can do you good, we will
heir them,
Mr. FIN NEEITY..---'•All) 1, then, far one error, to
he'exclUded from the ienefit of my 0304 important.
affidavit ? I have shaped it by Draper's case, and
I twaire it may be read.
The CdURT.—Sir, your pertinacity shall not in-
fluence us; There may be a thattiatid distinttions
between Draper's case and this.
Mr. FltiNasTY.--Well, then,, it so, though I
have affidavits here which would a,tonish the coun-
try ; ranee I am excluded from piesenting theM,
it is my misfortune. Here is one unexcep.
tionable.
The alF.davit of David Power, Eq. a volunteer
in the army at. Wolcheieri, was bete- read, stating
the ithininont in which Mr. Finnerty titood
troth Lola Castlereagh's Order.
The affidavit of Dodlor Lii.seornhe was also read,
stating, that he had attended Mr. Finnerty in No-
V#mber last, and that he was then n extreme dan-
ger of derangement and death, Owing to anxiety of
mind; and that he was cot yet.quite recovered.