Star.
London, England, 1809-04-28 00:00:00

THE KINO V. BEAUMONT.

The Defendant, who is a printer and publisher of
the Paper called the British Guardian, was brought
up to receive the sentence of the Court, for a libel of
which he had been convicted at the sittings after last
Term.

The libel was contained in a letter signed Tiberius
Gracchus, and addressed to the King, in which, af-
ter speaking of the battle of Vimiera, and praising
the valour of the army and the navyi the writer re-
gretted that so much valour should be misapplied,
and attributed the disasters of his Majesty's long
reign to a secret influence behind the Throne. He
insinuated alio, that there might be a limit to the
patience and submission of the people.
Mr. Clareonn, in a short, but impressive speech,
addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment.—
He said the paper was charged as being a scandalous
libel on his Majesty, the Government, and the people,
but the Writer treated his Majesty with great respect,
and spoke of his paternal affection for his people, who
were by the Writer considered as most brave and
loyal. This could hardly therefore be a Libel upon
either the King or the People.. With respect to the
Government, the Writer was ill calculated to excite
disturbance, since while he pointed out errors of Go-
vernment, he attributed them entirely to causes which
were capable of a ready and Constitutional remedy.
The opinion that there was a secret influence behind
the Throne, was one adopted and publicly stated by
the first and greatest public men, and even now, it
was known to be the opinion of some of the greatest
men of the present day, that the Attorney General
himself owed the power which he exercised, of filing
criminal informations, to such influence. If the De-
fendant was to be punished for expressing this senti-
ment, their Lordships would recollect that multi
Boni ielem fecerunt.
Mr. ADOLPHUS also spoke at some length.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL, in aggravation, said
that he considered the addresses of the Counsel for the
Defendant as merely triale how far their ingenuity
could assist their Client in a desperate case—a sort
of perielitatio ingenii. They had left him little to an-
swer, for they had rather defended the crime than en-
deavoured to mitigate the sentence. . He particularly
observed that it must not be understood because others
in other places had uttered libels or printed them,
and had not been prosecuted, they might be repub-
lished with impunity. It might be right, he said, to
state his opinion upon that subject. If in a privileged
place any one uttered that-which elsewhere would be
a libel, the privilege and impunity was confined to
him and to that place. The Printer, who either with
or without his authority, published it in any newspa-
per, would be liable to punishment.
Mr. GARROW also addressed the Court very short-
ly, and stated that it was a libel which must give
pain to every loyal mind,
The COURT ordered the Defendant to be brought
up on the Gth of May.

PERSIA 4141 D FRANCE.

OC T$C TOZATT Of CONLINfOCt IfTWIELN TAN
CO ol 11APICII AND PERSIA, HONED IN JANVAAS 1809.
When French merchants, or other French subjects, wisp
either in the harbours or on the frontiers of Persia, no violence
shall be offered to them by the Governors or Magistrates of the
country, who shall, on the contrary, send them help and assist-
ance in case of need.
If the French Consul-General proposes to Ex his residence ini
Ispahan, crown land shall .be hired for him, that he may build a
house upon it. The same with regard to other French merchants'
who may be likewise inclined : when they wish to remove, the
Authorities of the Country shall take care of their property, and
restore the same to them the moment they claim it.
The French Ambassadors shall be rested with all honours due
to the first of Christian Monarchs; and the Consuls, Envoys, and
French Merchants, shall take precedence above those of all other
nations.
When French merchants export or import merchandise, they
shall pay duty according to a fair valuation of the goods, at the
time being, Ind be allowed to pay the same either its specie or
esmmodity.
No duty shall be levied on servants of French merchants settled
in Persia, either French, Armenians, or Indians, until they
amount to 20; nor shall any duty be enacted on their Dragomans
or interpreters of the country.
Gove:nors shall give assistance to ships that may be wrecked ;
and cause the expence to be paid them accordingly ; but they shall
net, under any pretence, retain any articles belonging to the ship
they may happen to have saved from the sea.
During the space of three years from the date of the Treaty,
Frenchmen shall pay no duty (Custom-house). The same with
respect to Persian merchants in France.
French merchants shall only once pay duty in Persia, for what
ever merchandise they may import or export. The rate is three
per Cent. Persian merchants shall enjoy the same privilege in
France. Goods imported or exported by the way of Bagdad, to
piy duty as at Ispilban.
Consuls shall be permitted to build a church contiguous to their
residence, and to display the French colours on the tops of their
houses—at sea-ports only.
In case a French merchant should experience a reverse of for-
tune without having given security to any body, no other French..
man ;hall be called upon to discharge his debts ; but in the case
of security being given, the same shall be executed.
When agreements are entered into between French, Persian,
and merchants of other countries, respecting partnership and
insurances, such agreement mast be submitted to the Judge of
the country, or to the French Consul, and a Copy of the same to
be lodged with the latter, that it may be resorted to according to

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When a French slave shall fall into the hands of Persian sub-
jects, and not having become a Musselman, signifies to the French
Consul that he demands his protection, no opposition shall be
made to his being given up on paying for his ransom the sum that
he had cost originally.
With respect to the effects and goods belonging to Persian sub-
jects embarked at the Persian ports on board of Turkish ships,
market vessels bound to the Indies or elsewhere, or loaded with
India commodities for the return, if, during their double voyage,
the French vessels should have any difference with the above-
•mentioned countries, and that their vessels should fall int. their
power, and that there should be found on board merchandize,
the whole of their goods and effects shall be restored.
It having been agreed upon between the Agents of the Courts
of France and that of Persia, that the Island of Bareck shall be
given to the former, there to establish aFactory, immediately after
the evacuation of Georgia and all other Persian Provinces by the
Russians.

lithe French merchants happened to be pillaged by robbers,
Governors shall make Inquiries, so as to seize the banditti, and
restore the goods to the owners, who shall have to recumpence
the trouble to that effect. •

When a French merchant fails, the remainder of his property
shall be divided amonsgt his creditors, according to their respec-
tive and individual claims.

BIRTHS.
On the 22d instant, the Lady of Lewis William Buck, Esq. of
a daughter.
On Saturday last, the Countess of Selkirk, of a son and heir.
Mrs. Captain Lauder, Forfarshire Militia, of a daughter.
On Good Friday, at Newportpratt, county Mayo, the Lady of
the Rev. Henry Easley, of a daughter.
On the 4th of February last, at Messina, the Lady of Lieute-
nant-Colonel Bonbon!, Quarter-Master General to the Forces in
the Mediterranean, of a son.

MARRIED.

Rev. Wm. Grogan, Rector of Baltinglass, to Miss Saunders,
daughter of Major Saunders, of Newtown-Saunders, county ef
Wicklow.

At Malverne, the Rev. William Rains, late Fellow of Queen's
College, Oxford, to Miss Parker.