Star.
London, England, 1822-10-24 00:00:00

4110.

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The Ist (or the King's) Dragoon Guards Was inspected to-day,
at Canterbury,- by Major-General Lord R. E. H. Soaszascr,
K.C.B. Inspecting General of the Cavalry in Great Britain.
A squadion of the Royal Dragoons has received orders to
march to-morrow from Canterbury Barracks, as follows, elm
one troop to Deal, and the other troop to Hythc. They are di-
rected subsequently to detach to Dover, Saudgate, Ringwood,
Romney, Wollner, Dimehurch, and Lydd, in aid of the Riding
Officers of the Revenue.

The 3d Light Dragoons will be inspected by'Lord EDWARD
SODIRRSIM at Chichester, on Satorday next.
Thursday, Major-Gen. Sir Joni EtAgr,•l4.C.B. arrived in
Dublin, from Caher, where he inspected the 10th Hussars, and
continued his route for Ennis, to Inspect the 93d highlanders;
after which he will see the 12th Lancers at Gort, and proceed
thence on his return to head-quarters at Athlone.

Thursday, Major-General Sir Joint LAMIZILT, K.C.B.
in-
spected the 39th Regiment, at Tralee.

Friday, General Ecsaroti reviewed the Zilst Regiment, at
Armagh.
The intended alteration in the change of cantonments of the
6th and 10th Dragoons, is not to take place unless disturbances
recur iis the country stations proposed to be allotted for the
cavalry. _ .

The first division of the 43d Regiment have arrived safe at
Gibraltar.

The 13th Foot are to replace the 17th, and the 20th the 65th,
in India.

The 66th Regiment has arrived at Durham, to check the
Keelinen, who have turned out.
Wednesday sennight the half-yearly inspection of the 65d
Regiment, andst detachment of the 4th Dragoon Guards, quar-
tered in Enniskillen, took place before Major-General E. G.
lioritrow. -The steady and soldierlike appearance of the 63d,
the internal economy of the Regiment, and the excellent state
of discipline of the whole, met the entire approbation of the
General ; and was highly creditable to Lieut.-Colonel BUSKE
and the other Officers.

Tuesday last the troop of Wigan Light Horse Volunteers,
commanded by Captain Kea sines-, were reviewed on the Sands;
near Seaforth-house, by Colonel Farm. They performed the
various evolutions in a manner highly creditatile to themselves,
and which received the warm approbation of the Inspecting
Officer. The troop have a fine military air, and in dress and ap-
pointment are fully equal to any of the line. They left Liverpool
on Wednesday, having performed their annual period of eight
days duty.
The Newcastle Volunteer Cavalry, under the command of
Lieutenant Colonel BRANT/I.INC, M. P. were on Friday inspected
on the Town Flo by Colonel Hoxstas, of the 3d Dragoon
Guards. General Lord ImiXDOCH, accompanied by Lieutenant
Colonel Wit.soN, appeared on the ground, and was an attentive
observer of their movements. His Lordship repeatedly expres-
sed, in very gratifying terms, his astonishment at the steadiness
and apparent efficiency of the corps, and his unqualified admi-
ration of the precision and celerity with which their several evo-
lutions were performed.
Colonel Sir A. CIIRISTiE had his shoulder dislocated, on Sa-
turday last, during the Review on Chatham Lines, in consequence
of his horse

CoMMAND OF THE TROOPS IN IRELAND.

lieutenant-General Lord COMDERMERZ, G.C.B. who has been
recently appointed to succeed the late Lieutenant-General Sir S.
AUCIIIWTY, in the Command of the Troops in Ireland, does n.;l
assume the commend, as COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of the Troops in
that part of the United Kingdom ;—that office being abolished,
on the retirement of Sir DAVID BAIRD, G. CAL and K.C.—but
merely as LIEUTENANT•GENERAL, COMMANDING the roeceS.
The reduction in the l'ay being, therefore, very considerable,
the office of the COMMANDER of the Foacas in Ireland, can con-
sequently be considered, at the present moment, more as an ho-
norary than an advantageous appointment.

At the Liverpool Sessions, which commenced on Monday last,
several prisoners were convicted, and sentenced to seven years
transportation. Amcngit them was a female convict, an old
offender, who appears to have been prepared fur her sentence,
for, as soon as it was pronounced, she threw a atone, which she
had secretly brought front Kirkdale, with great violence at the
Magistrates, fortunately without doing any injury. She was itn-
rnediately removed, and will, no doubt, suffer every further pri-
vation the law will allow to punish such atrocisy.
}Livros. CiAßDEN.—Yesterday two Gentlemen of sporting no.
toriety, accompanied by Ward, the pugilist, who tonght the
pitched battle on the preceding day with Abbot, at Moulsey
Hurst, attended before the Sating Magistrate, Mr. Serjeant
SELLON, for the purpose of Ward's making an ffidavit, which
one of the Gentlemen stated, viz. that he held stakes for a large
sum of money depending on the fight of the preceding day,
which Ward, then present, lost. That the Gentleman who
backed Ward, suspecting that he sold the battle, refused to con-
sent to his (the applicants) paying the wager, until Ward made
oath that he fought as well as he could, and that he lost the bat-
tle in consequence of a blow he received on the neck.
The Magistrate addressed the applicants, and informed them
that on their own confession an information might be laid against
them for a breach of the peace, and that they would be liable to
be sent to work at the mill in the House of Correction. He
could not swear such an affidavit, were a man to come volunta-
rily forward to snake oath of a breach of the public peace. He
ordered them to go about their business, and refused to comply
with their request.
Bow-mum—Yesterday the persons who were on Tuesday
detected in a Gaming House in Pall Mall, were again brought
up. Mr. Alley was to have attended for them, but was detained
at another place.
John Clete, foreman to Mr. Green, a printer, proved printing
1000 roulette cards by order of the prisoner Samuel Brown.—
Brown ordered him to make out the bill to Mnk. .

. Mr. 11.9. axes repeated his former arguments, and urged the
Magistrates to hold the defendants to bail far twelve mouths un-
der the old statute, and not to proceed upon the Vagrant Act.
Mr. HALLS refused to do so, and said he should proceed upon
the List named wholesome Statute.
The prisoner Thomas then stepped forward, and said he had
never been in the house before. and that he had been there but
three minutes when the officers came. A person who owed him
money, promised to meet him there, and 'tieing much distressed
he agreed to call, though with much reluctance.
Mr. Hwees—How did you get in?
Thomas said he went through the passage and up stairs without
any interruption. Being asked what he was? he said he was a
seller of coals by commission. lie would not mention the name
of the person he sold for, but would write it down.
Mr. Hates said he thought it was souse such vagabond occu-
pation ! .
Sir RICHARD Rum—Did you ever try your hand at any ether
occupation ? as a Reporter to a Newspaper, for instance ?
Thomas—No, your Worship—l wish I had talent sufficient
for se respectable a profession—l should nor consider that a crime,
your Worship. He went on to say he thought it extremely hard
he should be consigned to a prison for a mere accidental visit.
Sir RICHARD asked if any other of the prisoners had any ac-
count to give of themselves? No one answered.
The officers engaged in the caption all declared that they had no
doubt whatever that the prisoners were engaged in playing at an
unlawful game. .
Mr. Hates—These persons were found at this house under cir-
cumstances, which, in my judgment, are quite st.fficient to war-
rant the officers in the conclusion which they upon their oaths
declare they have formed upon the subject. It is not necessary,
in my opinion, to prove that any person was actually at play. If
it is proved that gaming Was going on, I regard all persons present
as participators in it. There are undoubtedly different degrees of
guilt, which I shall take into consideration In adjudging the
punishment. The hopes of the present, and the prospects of the
rising generation are, in many instan6es, blasted by these ini-
quitous practices, and it Is indeed high time that they were
put a stop to. There is anther circumstance too, which ren- I
ders the thing the more obnoxious—it is an importation from a
foreign country brought here for the debasement and ruin of this.
Under these circumstances I convict all the prisoners of playing
at an unlawful game, and do therefore adjudge them to be
rogues and vagabonds within the full intent and meaning of this
Act of Parlisment. My judgment upon the defendants is, that
Jackson be imprisoned two months in the Ud'use of Correction,
there to be kept to hard harbour; that Monk, Samuel Drawn, De
Degre, and Mare be imprisoned each for six weeks; and the re-
mainder of the defendants for one month each.
Mr. Ileum immediately advised the defendants to appeal to
the Sessions—a course which they determined to adopt, and in
the course of the day they put in bail for their appearance at the
Sessions to prosecute such appeal. They will of cows.* be at
iarp until elf decision at the &Anions.

• ,ANior IgTELLidEikk. -

. COURT ), IMO'S Mien, Obiol3llll. 83.

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Tar 'ITEM V. SAMUEL WADDINGTOI4.
This was a criminal information filed against the
defendant by the ATTORNIFT-GINICRAL, for publi.li-
ing a prophans and.blasphemout libel against the
Christian Religion.
As.soon as the cause was called on and the.dury
were about to be swore, the defendant, who conducted
his own defence, objected that the cause ought to be
tried by a Petty,Jury, according to law.
• The LORD CUM/ JUSTICE told him there was no
such law.

The defendant, who came provided with a large
box, filled with books and papers, begged leave to
read to his Lordship a passage from Blackstone, which
he accordingly proceeded to do.
The LORD CHIEH JUSTICE told him the cause must
be tried by the Special jury ; and if he thought pro-
per, he might hereafter move for a new trial.
The Jury were then sworn.
' The SOLICITOR-GENERAL (with whom was Mr.
GURNEY and Mr. LITTLEDALE), stated, that the de-
fendant was charged in the information with publish.
ing a blasphemous libel, reflecting on the Christian
Religion, and the Sacred Writings. in a work called
Palmer's Principles of Nature." The passages must,
in the Course of the prosecution, be read. He would
not therefore insult the ears of the Jury by repeating
or by commenting on them now at any length. He
conceived that he should best discharge his duty by
doing no more than was positively necessary. He
would merely state that this was a blasphemous libel
on the 46 Old and New `Testaments," and on the cha-
racter of our SAVIOUR, expressed in terms so coarse
as to excite disgust even in the minds of those per-
sons (for such there were) who were irreligious. This
libel had before been the subject of prosecution in that
Court, and several attempts had been made to pre-
vent the circulation of it. Carlile had been found
guilty for publishing it, and successive informations
were afterwards filed against those persons who suc-
ceeded him in Fleet-street, and at last it was hoped
an end was put to it, as the whole of the stock of
Carlile was seized in execution. Some time after,
the defendant established a shop at No. 200 k, in the
Strand, for the sale of pamphlets. The Learned
Counsel then detailed the facts, which he sliduld
prove in evidence, in order to fix the defendant with
the publication ; and it would then be fur the defend-
ant to say what answer he could give to them.
John Purton was then called, and examined by
Mr. GURNEY.—I am an officer of the police at Bow-
street. I know a shop in the Strand, No. 201 ; it is
one shop divided into two; it is a shop for the sale of
pamphlets. In the month of April and May last the
name of S. Waddington was over the door in large
letters. I have seen the defendant in that shop fre-
quently. There were several written placards in the
shop window. I made copies of two of them—{The
notice to defendant to produce the original placards
was here given. The defendant declined producing
them, and the copies were then read. The first was,
" Paine's Age of Reason and Palmer's Principles of
Nature are now selling behind the curtain, price ss.
No .connexion with Waddington, the fanatic.' The
other paper was, gi To the Forces of the Essex and
Bridge-street Gang. S. Waddington having seen them
roaming about his shop, like roaring lions seeking
whom they may devour, gives them notice, that S.
Waddington sells nothing seditious or blasphemous,
but he has strong suspicion that somebody under the
roof does:"J—l observed the shop for four or five
days, and the placards were always there. I made
copies on the 2d of May, and I observed them on the
4th of May, the day Waddington was apprehended,
still in the window. As I was watching the shop, 1

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observed the manner in which the business was con-
ducted. There was a spout connected with the floor
above, and I have seen the customers putting money
into the bag, and the bag was then drawn up. I saw
,the person in the first floor drawing it up. After the
bag was drawn up, a book came down the spout
from the first floor. Sometimes the defendant and
one or two youths were in the shop, serving in the
ordinary way. There was a trumpet to communi-
cate with the first floor. Against the back of the
shop there were titles of several books, with a hook
attached. There was also a rope and a ring, and by
putting the ring on the hook it was drawn up to the
room above, and it indicated to the person above the
book which was wanted. Palmer's Principles of Na-
ture, and Paine's Age of Reason, were among the
titles of the books. Great numbers were attracted
round the shop window. The other half of the shop
was occupied by Poole, a tobacconist, and there were
separate entrances to the street. On the 4th May, I,
in company with Smith and Duke, went to Mr.
Poole's; from the stairs we could look through the
keyhole into the first floor, occupied by Waddington.
The spout was directly opposite that keyhole. Duke
was stationed on the stairs. We were there for seve-
ral days. In consequence of information we received,
Smith and I came out of Poole's front door and went
into the street; and Smith went into the defendant's
'Shop, and I looked through the shop-windtr, and
saw Smith receive a book, which came down the
spout. Smith ss)as there six or seven minutes. The
defendant was not\there at first, but in two or three
minutes he came into the shop, from a door which
led to the staircase on which we had been standing.
There is only one staircase for the whole of the house.
Poole and Waddington had both access to the stair-
case. I went with Smith to Bow-street and obtained
a warrant ; I came back to the house and apprehended
the defendant in the shop, I had purchased several
' little things of Waddington, in the shop, on the even-
ing previous to this.
Cross-examined by the defendant.—l believe it
was your Letter to the Editor of no Traveller that
I purchased. lam sure that, at one time, 1 bought
that work of a bcy in the shop. I do recollect that I
purchased some work of you. You told me to take
tt, and took the money.
Defendant.—l shalibe able to contradict that.

The cross-examination proceeded—l was at Guild-
hall : I had a summons to appear at the Mansion-
house, and did appear to it:
The defendant here proceeded to examine the wit-
DM as to what took place there. . .1
Mr. GURNEY objected to this as irrelevant.
The defendant, with great vehemence, iusisted OH,
his right to pursue that course. _

shaistierit tinsis alleasPiej la W._
'plain to him; hilt the defendant continuitik his Anil
mated obseriatirlits. his Lcid at last deiltid Lk%
to attend, if he had the fapacii)(e' • . •
Waddington.—l believe I hive k a cttf
for this Court. " s
The witness'phiceeded.:4 selsh6d to 117magrt, but I did.n,Ot.; die Lord Major refesti k;
andl did 4itit pitkeed ill any other Way. •. . . •
The defendant stilt pressing For sbin! ipartiewirs
the examination had before,tite Lord Mayoia— •
The Ojai. his-rick again explained to him, Mai
'being taken in writing, he must obtain the deptisiz
Lion itself.
The witaets went dined onto or twice at the
Sun, in Devettut-court, with &Ili& .
At the desire of the defendant all the other witnesiteli
for the prosecution were ordered to withdraw.
Witness continued.—l do not know whether *4
read it or not. I did not read that pamphlet, nor did
any person read it to me. I never was in your room
on the first floor after you quitted it. I saw you go
into that room. I never purchased anything of you;
to my knowledge, that was libellous or blasphemous?
I asked you at Carlile's shop for The Republican, and
had it; you took the money. You never refused ml
any book to my knowledge.
The CHIEF JUSTICE suggested to the Counsel for
the prosecution a doubt, from the defendant's con=
duct, whether he was perfectly sane.
Mr. GURNEY assured his Lordship there Was no
suspicion of the kind.
The witness went on.—On one occasion I did tell
you I would be a friend to you. I did not strike you
in your own place, and say I would find you a log.
ing. I remember you called me a number of names.
The copy of the notice is Duke's writing, not mine.

In the course of the cross-examination, the de.:
fendant turned and addressed the Jury, expressing
his opinion, that as Sodom and Gomorrah would have
been saved by one righteous person, so if •there was
one righteous person on the Jury he should be spared.
The Cour. JUSTICE again expressed his doubts of
the defendant's. sanity. .
The witness -proceeded.--.I never said I. had no
baud .in this.pro.secution ' • (never asked you to drink
with me.; I did ati.to.shake bands with you, as I
owed. you no animosity ; buti did •net, to my know-
ledge, say. I would find yon a!lodginp,,
, Re-examined Mr. Guitmt.--The placard wan
written by Duke, copied from the pencil-writing
which I took down. . -

William Smith, examined by the Somorroa-GE-
NERAi..-1 am .an officer of. Bow-street, and went
with Duke and the last witness to Mr. Poole's on the
4th of May. Duke was on the staircase; and in the
afternoon I, Murton, and Mr. Poole. being in the back ,
parlour, Poole's chiughter came down into the name
In consequence of what she said, I and. Purton went
out of the house, and Duke went up stajrs. I went
into the shop ; the defendant was not there at the
time. There were titles of books against the wall
with hooks attached : there was a rope with a ring
hanging from the first floor. I attached to the ring
the title of Palmer's Pripciples of Nature, and through
the speaking-trumpet 1 asked, ,g Have you got that?'
I sent up the money in a bag ; the bag was drawn
up, and in a short time after the defendant came in.
I had not got the book when he came in ; he came
from within, and offered me a chair to sit down.—
Shortly after a book came down the spout and fell
on the floor, and I took it up and went out of the
shop and rejoined Parton. I shewed it to Purton,
and mat ked it before it went out of my hand.
Cross•examined by the defendant.—l asked no
questions of you re.pecring the book ; I have asked
you for books, and never asked you for any that you
did not serve me with.

The defendant again desired to have the particu—
lars of an examination at Bow-street, and was again
informed by the Chief Justice, that that which was
in writing he could not examine to.
The defendant wished to see the Statute for that,
or to know whether he must take his Lordship's opi-
nion for law?

C II 1 EF JUSTICE.—. On this subject it must be so taken.
The witness went on.— A t Bow-street I pointed
out passages to the Magistrate, The book wasopened;
I do not recollect v, twitter you desired it to be shut.
The defendant.—" Nor, ,ni ricordo again !"
The witness continual.—l had the money from
Purton to purcha,e the book. •
After some other unimportant questions, the cross-
examination finished.

Itobett Duke examined by Mr. GURNEY.—This
witness corroborated the testimony of the two former
witnesses so far as the message received from Poole's
daughter. lie then went on the stairs and peeped
into the loom on the first floor, and saw a little boy
and the defendant. There was a candle burning near
a hole in the floor. Witness heard Smith's voice from
the shop say-4, have you got that ?" He staid till
he saw the defendant. come out of the room. When
he came out witness went about six steps higher.—
Defendant went down stairs, and witness heard the
money chinking in his hand. Shortly after witness
went down through Poole's shop into the .street, and
went to Bow-street with Purton and Smith.
Cross-examined by defendant.—l believe there were
two rooms on that floor, one leading into the other.
John Ewers Poole examined by Mr. LITTLEDALE.
—I am a.tobacconist, at 2QI, Strand ; I occupied the
shop, parlour, the whole of the second floor, attics,
and the kitchen. When I went to the premises one
Clarke had part of the shop, the first floor, the third
floor, and one of the attics. Clarke was a bookseller;
he left about Lady•day, and Waddington succeeded
him, and occupied the. same part of the premises
which Clarke had clone. I saw the defendant every
day till he went to prison on the 4th May.
Cross-examined by defendant—The officers came
for the express purpose of taking you ; there were
other persons selling books there besides •
Defendant—Have you seen Gentlemen
Witness —I have seen persons go up
from their appearance, I should doubt i
Gentlemen I
Defendant. —Well, you have seen men
Lord," "Gentlemen," ate but nicknames,
ship on the Bench is but. a man.
Witness.—l have seen men.
Jane Poole, the 4aughter of last witness,
hy.the SoLICITOR-GEN aam,.—She confirm
deuce Of, the officers ; she saw the defene
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