Star.
London, England, 1819-11-13 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 12.
VENDERS OF ALLEGED SEDITION.
At two o'clock, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and Mr.l
Justice HOLROYD left the Court to go into the Ex-
chequer to assist the other Judges in pricking for
Sheriffs to serve the ensuing year. Mr. Justice BAY-
LEY, and Mr. Justice BEST, remained behind to go
through the Bar, when
Mr. LITTLEDALE rose, and said that there were
certain persons attending, to plead to Informations
filed against them by the Attorney-General.
-Accordingly Charles Harris, James Sainsbury,
Thomas Whitehead, jGhn Cahuac, Thomas Golding,
William Wattin, Jobbins, and •—•:— Dolby,
stood up, when -
Mr. DEALTRY, of-the Crown•office, proceeded to
arraign them upon four several Informations filed by
the Attorney• General, founded upon alleged libel-
lous matter contained in two numbers of " The Re.
publican," and two numbers of ~ Sherwin's Political
Register," the tendency of which, as chaiged in the
Informations, was to bring the Prince Regent into
contempt, to excite disaffection amongst the King's
subjects, and to vilify the House of Commons, &c.
The alleged libels related to the late transactions at
Manchester, and were contained in letters addressed
'to the Prince Regent upon that subject. A person
named Robert Shorter was also included in one of
the Informations ; but as he did not appear, an ex-
cuse was made for him by one of his co-defendants,
to the effect, that he could not attend to-day, but .
would appear on Monday. The Informations did
not charge each of the defendants With publishing nil
the papers alluded to. The dates of the alleged
libels were the 16th of August, '2lst of August, 2d
September, and 7th September.
The defendants were told; at the coneltision of
each Information, that they were not bound to plead
now, but might imparle until the next Term, and
they chose accordingly to postpone their pleas until
Hilary Term.
Mr. DOLBY, one of the defendants, a man of re-,
spectable appearance, interposed during the recital
of the fourth Information, which related to the al-
leged libel published in Sherwin's Register, on the
21st of August, and desired to know the name of
the printer of the paper, protesting that he had no
consciousness of the offence impu.ted to. him.
Mr. Justice BAYLST•4 should be glad to give you
every information in my power.
Mr. DOLDY—I am sure your Lordship would.—
My only wish is, that it should not go forth that
any of us are the printers of these papers. That is
my wish in desiring to know the name of the erinter.
I have only to say, for myself, and I think I may
say for the other persons present, that we never heard
of these libels. For aught I know,' I may be the
printer, but I wish to have the fact ascertained.
Mr. Dummy—The charge against you is for
publishing, and not for printing.
Mr: Justice BAYLEY—An • act of selling would
make it an act of publishing.
Mr. LITTLEDALE—I certainly have not a copy of
the publication here.
Mr. DEALTRY..4 believe the name of Carlilc is to
it as printer?
Mr. DoLBY—I don't know whether it is or not.--
May I be permitted to have a copy of the Information?
This latter request was also made by several
other defendants.'
Mr. DEALTRY—You Will be furnished with copies,
but you must pay for them.
Mr. Justice BavLitsr—There is no fund out of
which the expense of such copies can be defrayed by
the Court, and the Court has no power to make any
order46pon the subject.
Mrs DoLBY again expressed a wish to know the
name of the printer of the supposed libel.
Mr. LITTLEDALE--4 have no printed copies.
Mr:Justice BEST—That won't be material for you
at present, as you will have until the 23d cf Jan;:ary
to plead, if you wish to imparle, and in the mean
time you can inform yourself upon the subject.
Mr..SAINSBURY said he wished very much to have
copies of the Informations, which were very long.
- Mr. Justice BAYLEY— You are in the same situa-
tion in this respect as all other defendants stand.—
There is no fund in this Court for delivering out co-
pies of Informations at its expense.
Mr. SAINSEURY--What is the expense of pro-
curing copies?
Mr. DEaurai—That depends upon the length.—
There is a certain rate per folio charged.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY—You all wish to imparle un-
til the next Term?
The defendants severally claimed this privilege,
and they left the Court.

NOVEMBEIt 13.
The Court sat at ten o'clock this morning, when
Mr. Mtu.s, an architect (v.-ho is the Gentleman with
the foraging cap, whom some of the Newspapers had
converted into Meagher, the Manchester. Trumpeter)
moved for a new trial in the cause of Idaythope, the
Mayor of Bristol, against himself, tried at the last
Bristol Assizes. The action was for 1:25, charged by
the Mayor, as his expenses, in attending as a witness
In a former trial. Mr. MILLS obtained a rule to shew

Nrsi eATIIIILE was in Court, to shew rause against
the Rule obtained against her• on a preceding day.
The Court was much crowded, in expectation that
I gismolitmus would be moved against the Manchester