Star.
London, England, 1808-06-17 00:00:00

LAW lATELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, JUNE 16.
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THE KING V. WHITE.
This cause being called on, Mr. Justice GRosE in-
formed Mr. Clifford, the Counsel for the Defendant,
that he had been applied to for an order to amend the
Record, WMCh he should make though it was not
yet drawn up ; but if the Defendant wished to have
tune to consider whether or not he should withdraw
his plea, it must be granted him, because he might
probably not have come there prepared to meet that
particular charge.
Upon this it was agreed, that the trial should be
fixed for Saturday se nnight, and in the mean time,
on Tuesday, the Defendant was to give the Solicitor
for the Treasury notice whether be would withdraw
his plea or not.---The above is the case of a, libel
against Lord Ellenborough. .
THE KING V. J. HARRICH HART, Mt* H. WNW'S
This was an information tiled by the isttomey es 6.
neral rx !Pio, against the two Defendants, the former
of whom was the printer, and the latter the proprietor
of the Sunday Paper called' the Independent Whig,
for publishipg several libels on the 17th and 24th of
.January last, in that paper, with intent to bring the
.trial by jury, and the adMinistration of justice, into
contempt.
The libels were set out in the record at great length. •
• The ArrolusEv GENERAL stated, that he bad feltit

his duty to institute this prosecution, becitek the - .
publications were aimed at the Administration otitis- treated ; and quoted forcible
"ley expression of some
ttce, and it was not difficA to see what was die eik.ct._ of the Catholic witnesses, who from the habits of their
which such' publications were designed to produce. religion were accustomed to horrible pictures of
It was that- 6f making the public think that the cruelty ; and stated that he was. sent up to the top
laws, were corruptly administered, and by making when he was just dying ; that he actually died there,
animadversions on the conduct of Juries, to induce and that his body was so livid with bruises, that it
as Apprehension, that their conduct would be re- resembled the figure of our Blessed Sa.vuma- when
vieilid in this paper, and in some sort keep them in taken from the cross'. There was also evidence of his
-iheck and subservient to the wishes of the Editor of express malice ; and the only evidence to acquit him
it. Verdicti which pleased the Defendant, would was that of'the medical men. On this verdict, there-
be applauded by those which were xgalnst his in- fore, the Defendant had expressed his astonishment ;
tere.sts, and his Views would be censured. What such and although he used intemperate language, yet the
persons, having overturned the Administration of Jury would not from thence infer that he wished to
Justice and tht Trial by Jury, would substitute in its subvert the Goverament and bring the Trial by Jury
stead, he was at a loss to coojecture, but they had into discredit.
chosen in this instance to attak a Judge, who* cha- After an able reply from the ATTORNEY GENERAL/
ratter he should have thought would have protected The Learned Judge summed up the case, and ad-
hint from all censure, Mr. Justice Le Blanc. The oc. nutted that the question vias, whether the Defendant
casion of 'the libels was, that in November, 1807, one had fairly discussed the merits of the trials, or had
Bennet, a Guinea Captain, was indictedfor the murder been guided by improper and malicious motives ?As
of one Rickman, a boy on beard his ship, whom IA a proof of this he had not stated the evidence, or the
had treated with great and unjustifiable hatthaess and nature of the case, lint had confined himself to intern-
cruelty. Upon his being indicted, the facts of the perste animadversions upon the verdicts of the Julies,
cruelty were proved, but all the medical men who and the conduct of the Jud
were examined as to the manner in which the boy The Jury, afu r retiring abort time, bonght
came by his death, concurred in the opinion, that he verdict—Guilty.


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UN ins PROPHECIES.
No. X. , 7., z.•
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TILE SWOND TEI7SI7NT. •
f IL Of dr milt that ameiteil from the, Gni
cues, burnifT with fee, berme, cad iera the 4* #"3Mt4.7tJ -
" Toe third !tart of the tea beanie Una e ma de iA
part elk creature, eul:kk peeve L the sea, mei had h+,
sCAI; equ 1 the third pars of tlsf thit.c toss eleetreseet"
That the third part of the area-politie,:the,contnta-
uicy of napons, was imbued with blood bcf thoteeleil
•wars of which I gave a brief outline in my last; hits'
been sufficiently evinced in the detail. Weakened
xrid parklyzed.by these bloody feuds, the miseries of
Roman people were aggravated from the period'
which I have brought down theihistory, by the un-
ceasing and increasing incursions of the barbarians,
who fmm time to time effected settlements in diffk-
.rent provinces, and at length wrested the civil power
rrom the hands of the natives even in the heart of the
empire. Those who were possessed of political life,
being thus deprived of their power, are said to hate
died r and the third part of the ships, that is. as has
before been shewn, the regular political intercommir-
nication among the different and distant parts of the
Empire, was destroyed. This will appear abundant!,
intelligible from the following detail;
After the death of CONSTANTINE (An. 537), his
three sons, CONSTANTINE IL CONSTANTIM and Coe.
srAws, agreeably to his will, wirifealuted Emperors.
The two brothers of the late Emperor, with their
" his, were ordered by the new sovereigns to be pt%ii
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to death, lest their ambitious views should eatie
troubles in the Empire ! All fell victims to this bow
barons order, except two' of the youths, (letzta),
and JULIAN, the latter of WhoM rose afteriraidt to
the Imperial dignity. Two of the Emperors, as
might be expected, soon disagreed about the extent of
their respective territories. CONSTANTINE, to whom
Britain, Gaul and Spain, were allotted, wished to ob-
tain a part of Italy; war folloWed, he was defeated

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and slain (An. 540), and Cows!.Am remained tole
maser of the west till the year 350, when he was as:
sassinated by orders of MAGraturrus, on* of his com-
manders, who revolted and assumed the purple. A
war followed between Coustairrws and "Mamal4-
flip:.
!he latter. who was an object of. hatred in
kale, took refuge in Gaul, was defeated in Dan-
phial by the Emperor's Generals, and perceiving that
his soldiers were resolved to delivsilim up, destroyed
himself. • .
Freed from this enemy, Comma rtes, under praw
tenet of destroying the late usurper's party, estai.
Wished a system of-. up/or/nye and proscription, that
beelime more intoleiable; and struck more terror than
even tte invasions of the Franks, Alumina and other
barbarians. lie assumed the titles Neuter of the World
and ,anal—a pride which was accompanied with!
all the refinements of tyranny. Dreams were made
capital grimes, and virtuous men were obliged to con-
ceal themselves. His General, Srtvesus, who had 11
protected Gaul against the Barbarians, accused by ca-
lumny and dreading every thing from an ungrateful,
perfidious Court, caused himself to be proclaimed
Emperor. Uasnacus, who had equally sir,nalised
himself in the East, and who had been treated with
. similar ingratitude by the Court, was sent against
him. SYLVANIIS was slain ; and his troops inunedi-.
ately dispersed :—but the Emperor chose rather to
lose that province than send reinforcements to the
General, whose merit gave umbrage. Gaul was
thus. abandoned as a prey to the Franks, Alemainebi
and Saxons, who ravaged the country, after destroy-
ing 4.5 towns on the banks of the Rhine. Pannonia

and Upper Mccsia were laid waste by the Quadi and
Sarmatians, and the East was afflicted with dreadful
incursions of the Persians, while CoNstuvrrus, inat,

tentive to every thing but the squabbles of theologists,
spent his time in assembling councils, persecuting the
defenders of consubstantiality, and fomenting, under
pretence of settling, disputes between the Catholics
and Arians.
Surrounded with difficulties, produced by his own
perverse stupidity, he at length bestowed the dignity
of Cgsar on JULIAN, his own cousin-german, and bro-
. ther of GALL s, who was made Governor of Gaut,
where he behaved with singular prudence' and politi-
cal address. He quickly drove out the invaders, and
even pursued them to the other side of the Rhine,.
He soon became the object of the Emperor's envy.—
The flower of his army was ordered to Constantino..
ple, and Gaul was again on the point of being lost ;
but the soldiers, when he gave them orders to march,
refused to obey, proclaimed him Emperor, and forced
him to accept the diadem—to which he had perhaps
'fats real reluctance than he affected. JVLIAN was
foNnate CoNsTaxrlys died in Cilicia, on his way
to oppose him, and he obtained peaceful possession of
the throne in the year 361.
-4, He was an enemy to Christianity, but it may be
asserted with truth, that to real Christianity he did
much less injury than his foolish predecessqr, or even
COIatANTINE, the idol of bigotry. He is charged
encouraging
i l at s sch ist;
tati cit
ught di the s d
djjbn
shonour upon the, Gospel by
would not,
lijpe )14 'pious predecessors, allow them• tO pet;secute
lime- other. Even his enemies allow that he "
ted to appear moderate in religions matters, unwilling
I L. • Nicsluirn.