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London, England, 1822-10-22 00:00:00

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tlemen.heing swan ; he,refei rid to the retold before
his Lordship to she* that this indictment hAd bead
called on for trial at a flamer day, when three SW
cial Jurors attended and we'd not üßje'cted to bf •
either party ; but on proceeding tie pray a tales, the
tales weie challenged, and in consequence the COurt
appointed another day for the trial. That day'had
now arrived, and he contended, that the three SpeJ
cial Jurors formerly in attendance ought now to be
taken, and the Jury to lie made-up of the tales. In:,
stead of which the Coroner had summi dad an entirely
new Specisil Jury..
The Cuter Junket over-ruled this objection, and
the Officer proceeded to call over the list of Commod
Jurors, in the usual way, to make up the Jury.
Mi. SCARLETT said, he had here to make an objet
lion. Those individuals v. Teo had now been sailed had
been specially summoned by the:Coroner; whereas, by
Statute, the tales should be taken from impartial indi4
viduals, indifferent by-standers, persons supposed td
be disinterested in the cause under consideration.
Mr. GURNEY, in reply to the objection, contended;
that the Coroner had -in this case pursued the correct
course. The Sheriff's Panel had been objected to;
arid a rule of Court had been directed to the Coroner;
commanding him to cause twelve good and lawful
men to attend as Jurors. The Coroner had Obeyed
the rule, end•caused twelve men to attend. How'
was the Coroner to do this, except by summoning
them to attend ? His Learned Friend, if his objection
could be sustained at all, should have objected to the
rule of Court. As to his Learned Friend's interprez
tation of impartial men--,men indifferent tp the
cause, being only to be found amongst the kr;
standers—he mast differ from him entirely; he cons
tended, that in the surrounding spectators the Co-
roner could only have found the partisans of one
party or the other.
The CHIEF JUSTICE overruled the objettibn. The
Coroner was ordered to select and summon a Jury
entirely independent of the Sheriff; how could he
have insured such a return had he left it to chance
The Coroner had adopted 4he only mode by which
he could insure such a Jury as, by the rule of Court;
he was ordered to summon.
'ft • Mr. TYNDALL then opened the pleadings. re
defendant was indicted for the publication. of a false,
scandalous, and malicious libel, intended to bring
into contempt the King, the Constitution, and Laws
of the Kingdom..
Mr. GURNEY proceeded to address the Jury, anti
state the nature of the libel ; which,• he submitted, if
ever a publication did deserve the name and descrip.
tion given to it by his Learned Friend; the present,
publication deserved it. The work was called a Poliz.
tical Dictionary, and professed to he an explanation
of certain words in the English language ; and was
intended to vilify and libel the Government, the ltes
ligion, the Church, the Law, and everything Valuable
to society ; and to bring everything sacred into con‘
tempt. He would read a sew passage,: to the Jury frail
the work itself, and leave the Jury to judge of thews
For instance, he would t,e the ward Low : —•-.14 Com-
mon Law. Just what a Jadge pleases, namely, MI
flue Mr. Davison three times during the time he was
making his defence; and fining Mr. Cletnent heavily
for publishing Thistlewood's trial."—Now at the troll
this person published this sentence, he knew very.
well he was publishing what was not true ; he knew
very well that the Common Law was not just what
a Judge pleased. He knew very' well that Mr. Cie'
went was not fined for publishing Thistlewood's trial;
but that he was fined for publishing part of a trial;
after an order had been made by the Court, that all
the witnesses should be kept out of Court, that those
which still remained unexamined might not know
what those examined had deposed, and thereby U 1
forward the ends of justice. Mt. Clement chose to
publish the order of the Court restraining the partial,
publication, and, in the same Paper, in defiance of
that order, to publish a part of the trial ; and the
Court, in vindieation of it: own power, and in fur.;
therance of justice, felt itseif called on to punish sucH
a contempt of an order issued for the wisest purJ
poses. The next, passage he would cite was, that
wider the head " Constitution in Church and State—
'Religion without Piety—Law without Reason—,
'Aristocracy without Talent—King without Power
Representatives without Constituents, and People
without Subsistence." Such was the definition which
this work gave of our Constitution in Church and
State.—The King's Speech was represented to be." A
set or ungrammatical expressions, strung together by
Ministers to suit their own purpose, for which they
made the ring's name a cover, and for which the
people•paid a million a year. The time would pro-
bably soon arrive when this ceremony, at the open:
ing and closing of Parliament would be dispensed
with; but if the country thereby saved f:1,000,000
per annum, it would not signify!' The meeting of
Parliament was described to be a meeting of nearly
1000 persons, whose object was not to benefit the
people, but to protect Ministers and adopt measures
for their own advantage. Parliament was described
•in similar terms; St: Stephen's Chapel as a house of
ill-fame, where brawlers and persons of suspiscious
characters assembled nightly to quarrel. The Learned
Counsel, after citing other passages, proceeded to
prove the publication. •
Horatio Orton purchased the Work in question at
the defendant's shop in the Strand.
,Crosseexamined—lt is a stationer's shop; went and
asked for the work; had seen it before and read part
pf it; was desired to purcha-e it by the Committee;
did not recollect from whom he received the order
Mr. Murray is Solicitor to the Society, one of the
Committee, and Honorary Member, Witness is in
the employ of the Society I has a yearly
not paid by the job; was paid some money
his salary is 8a a year ; before he had
anent he assisted his brother in his cot
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by Mr. e Sharp
chased t•
Wink not asked what was his object in
was shed if he had not been seen in
Witness replied be might have been seen
side; disi.not buy the book with a view
he did an know what tlf intention of the

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