Star.
London, England, 1821-02-10 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCIT, FEBRUARY 9.

G. ling, bookseller, of Birmingham, was sentenced
to twelve months imprisonment in Cold Binh-fields
Prison, for publishing a libel against the Religion and
Government of the Country, contained in The Repub-
lican of R. Carlile. _ _

Mr. SCARLET? and Mr. JARVIS were heard against
a Rule which had been granted to Mr. Pearson, for
a criminal information against persons of the names
of E. Harper, J. Edwards, .I.*Pucknell, and J. Cooper,
•of Shiffnall, Shropshire, for publishing a libel on the
character of Mr. G. Brown, Solicitor, of the same
place, and his Clerks. It appeared that the libel coin-
' plained of was contained in a placard, which pur-
ported to have been issued by the Manager of the
Theatre, ist Sheffield, in which a new Piece was an-
nounced, called "Cognovit;* the character of Latitat
to be sustained by Mr. Gilbert Blunderhead (meaning
Mr. Gilbert Brown), and Goonquill, by Sheepface
(meaning Mr. Brown's chief clerk). The other cha-
racters by Blunderhead's Company. The Learned
Counsel were heard at some length, and Mr. PEAR-
SON replied.—r The COURT ordered the Rule to be dis-
charged, upon payment of costs by the defendants ;
or, if they refused to pay the costs, the Rule to be
I made absolute.

Yesterday se night, a fine boy, just three years
old, while playing near some buildings in the neigh-
bourhood of Cheltenham, fell upon he.ip of quick
lime, which lay like snow upon the ground;. and
before the accident was discovered, the poor infant
was literally burnt to death.

Well-mewling people, but who' are not qualified to form a
right judgment of great events, say the Foreign Powers had
better remain tranquil; the whole is ripe for destruction with-
out them.' It is here that the present edifice must shortly fall
' into ruins, whether the Foreign Powers interfere or not ; but it
is by no means indifferent bow and under what circumstances it
fall. If Naples is left to itself, nothing is more certain than that,
in some form or other, the whole power will fall into the hands
of a small .number of the most furious demagogues who will
choose their instruments, not from the great body of the Carbo-
nari, but from the select body of the Sect ; the king-
dom would, thetefore, be for a time under the dominion of a
troop of banditti. With such prospects, who would not prefer,
however hard and-humiliating the restoration of order by fo-
reign interference might appear to him, the smaller evil to one
incalculably greater ?"

A list of Addresses to be presented to her MAJESTY,
at Brandenburgh House, on Monday next, at twelve
o'clock, by PRYSE PRYSE, Esq. M.P. .1. C. CUR WEN,
Esq. M.P. ROBERT HURST, Esq. M.P. W. P. HOSIN
WOOD, Esq. M.P. J. BIRCH, Esq. M. P. Pam.
Hose, E,q. the Hon. R. K. CRAVEN, and Alderman
WOOD, M.P.—
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Bookbinders—Bakers--Spitalfields--Ross--The Committee
for escorting her Majesty to St. Paul's—North Leach.—Sudbury
—Market Lavington—Odd Fellows, Richmond, Yorkshire—
Inverkeithing—Monmouth—St. George's, Hanover-square—
St. Pancras, Middlesex—Bleadon, Somerset—Harrington—
liorsham—Romney—Medster and Wentworth—St. Andrew,
Holborn, and St. George the Martyr—Nottingham.
List of visitors at ltrandenburgh House:
The Earl of Thanet, Lord and Lady Milton, the Hon. lirs.
Darter, Mrs. Vevers,. Mrs. Denman, Colonel flughea,
Lieutenant-Colnebel Roberti, 111. P. Mr. W. A. Madocks, ALP.
Sir Robert' Wikon, ALP. Mr. Hume, 'M.P. Mr. J. Mar-
tin, M.P. Ltcc. &c.

Yesterday evening a Meeting was convened, ac-
cording to public advertisement, in the Parish Church
of St. Luke, to consider the propriety rf presenting a
Congratulatory Address to her MAJESTY. The Meet-
ing was appointed for five o'clock; but previous to it
being held, the Curate of the Parish, in the absence
of the Rector, sent a note to the Churchwardens,
Messrs. Lists and I.E1; admonishing them not to con-
vene the Meeting, and directing them to deliver up
the keys of the Church on pain of ecclesiastical
libel." The Churchwardens, in defiance of the threat,
directed the Sexton to deliver the keys to them, and
he obeyed their orders. The Church Was opened, at
the hour appointed, and the Senior Churchwarden;
Mr. I.:AS, presided at a full and respectable Meeting.
A Congratulatory Address was then voted to her
MaJatTv, and an Address to his Malaa'rv, praying
him to dismiss his Ministers, and two Petitions to
Parliament praying the restoration of her Maaerry'sl/4
name to the Liturgy. These were agreed to with
utianimity, and the Meeting broke up at nine o'clock.
At a very numerous Vestry Meeting'of the Par:sh
of St. John; Southwark, on Thursday, Res°ltifors
were unanimously adopted, to address her Marestv
on the abandonment of the Bill of Pains and Penalties ;-
and to petition the Commons House of Parliament
for the restoration of her MAJESTY'S name to the Li-
turgy, the dismissal of Ministers, and a liberal esten-
i• s on -of the Elective Franchise.