The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-27 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, NO.VEr4BEit. 27., 1821...

" The Cause for whia 11,1MPDEN fell in eke Pield, fusd smirsr flied as Me leqfili!"

CAPITAL FLOOR CLOTHS ANDC A RPEIPS, SELLING
UNDER PRIME COST,
AT TIE O$.D ESTABLISHID CARPET AND WEARTIi 100
WAREHOUSE.
No. 118. LONG ACRE, LONDON.

The driving•boats took from two m fifteen hogshead'.
os the nights of Monday and Toisiey, and about forty
hogsheads of fish were hauled on shore on the sand at
Sennen, on Monday evening. Several scans have been
sent to Mullion and Gunwallo, and it is the opinion
of the fishermen that if the weather should prove mode-
rate a quantity offish will,be taken. The wind, which
now blows from the west, is very unfavourable, nor
does the appearance of the weather promise much
success.

THE PROPRIETOR begs to ioforos the Nobility
and his Friends in general that he has now to offer to
their particular notice above FIVE THOUSAND YARDS
of well-seasoned FLOOR CLOTII, of the most'fashionable
patterns. and cut to any dimensions for rooms, hails, pas-
sages. and stairs; and four times that quantity of very Su-
perior Brussels, Venetian, and Kidderminster Carpeting.
and Hearth Rugs and Druggets of every description, which
are bought under very peculiar circumstances, and will be
sold at little more than half pries. Also, a few whole Pieces
of very excellent Floor Cloth for Exportation, 23 yards by
7 yards. at 4s. Sd. per square yard. •
This is the Warehouse for having Hearth Rugs made to
match any particular pattern of Carpeting at a few hours
notice.

LAW IXTELLIGEXCE.

COURT -OF RING'S BENCH, Nov. 26.

201 KING V. MCNABB BLACOW, CLINK.
• (FwrtAer Partiesiare.)
This was on information filed by the Attorney-Gen.
agaiget the defendant, a Lancashire Clergyman, for
a HO on the late Queen.
The trial tune on before Mr. Justice" HOL:IO4D at
the last Anises for the county of Lancaster, when the
libel (which was first preached by the defendant in
the church of St. Mark, Liverpool, and afterwards
printed ander the title of " Substance of a Sermon
preached by the Rev. Richard Blacow, be.") was
read in Court.

The Jury found a verdict of guilty.
Mr. DENMAN now moved for judgment.
Thedefeadant appeared upon the floor of the Court.
Mr. Justice HoLarne read his note of the trial.
The defendant declined patting in affidavits.
Mr. DENMAN said that none would be produced by
the prosecution.
The Loan Cuter JUSTICE asked whether the de-
fendant would say any thing in mitigation.
The defendant had nothing to address to their
Lordships..
pie LORD Otter JUSTICE. then called upon the
Collies) for the prosecution.
Mr. DIN AN declined saying's' single word.
Mr. Beconeitim. apprehended that upon such a sub-
ject very few words from hith would be sufficient.
The Court had heard the libel 'read, but they bad not
heard the defence made by Mr. Blacow at his trial ;
and certaioly, in this country, there never had been
exhibited a scene more disgraceful to the character of
a Clergyman.
Mr. Justice &Mar.—That scene, Mr. Brougham,
is not.repeated here.
Mr:listociatast.—lt is for that very reason, my
Lord, that I wish to inform you. Lordships of it. The
LearnedJu:lge who witnessed the scene cannot, I am
sure, have forgotten it; and his memory will justify
the terms which lam applying to it. Your Lordships
will observe, that the infamous slanders which (arm
the goosed of thotresent proceeding were delivered
by the defendant !COO a pulpit of the Church of Eng-
land; Sat( that they were uttered by hiniin his voca-
don as a Minister of the Gospel. Your Lordships
will further be pleased to consider that this is not
the first time that the defendant has been convicted of
libel.
• Mr. Justice BasT.—You have no affidavit of that
fact. Mr. Brougham ?
Mr. Bnouonaw confessed that he had not. He ap-
prehended, however, that the former sentence was
upon the files of the Court; and, that the Richard
Blacow then convicted was the Richard Blacow now
before the Court, he had an affidavit.
Mr. Justice BEST.—That affidavit should have been
read before the observation was made ; because the
defendant would then have had an opportunity of ob-
serving upon it.
Mr. limn:coax had no objection still to give the
defendant that opportunity.
The LoRD CHtEP JUSTICE said that, in point of re-.
gularity, Mr. Brougham should have read his affidavit
before he commenced his address to the Court. Was
it worth while now to press it ?
Mr. BROUGHAM would not press it. The Court
(the Learned Gentleman continued) knew the nature
of the libel, the character of the person who had pub-
lished it, the occasion upon which it had been pro-
nounced, and the class of persons before whom it had
been uttered. The defendant was one of a number of
persons like him, who bad entered into a conspiracy
for the propagation of slander; and be differed only
from many of those persons as having, with an equal
degree of malignity, a somewhat smaller share of pru-
dence. The defendant (lid not deny the publication
of the libel: he had, through the whole transaction,
courted the notoriety that belonged to it ; and he now
proudly courted the fate which awaited him. Mr.
Brougham concluded by leaving the defendant in the
hands of the Court. Their Lordships knew the par-
ties concerned, and they knew the nature of the slan-
der promulgated ; and further observation from him
(fir. Brougham) becanfe wholly unnecessary.
Their Lordships conferred for a short time; after
which
Mr. Justice BATLEY, in the following terms, pro-
nounced the sentence of the Court :—Richard Blacow,
it is my misfortune that I have to pass upon you, a
Clergyman of the Church. of Englitaid, the sentence
of this Court for a libel printed and published as the
substance of a sermon preached by you in one of the
chapels of this kingdom. I believe it to be very rare
that so sacred a place is perverted to any such pur-
pose ; and persons who do attend at church'unght not
to mix up with their feelings ot devotion observations
' upon the living characters of the day... We have all
of us sufficient faults of our own ;ail we hare no
need to go farther than- to correct nnrselve.4. The
subject up of which 'youilitel proceeded was a., topic
upon which, ndortunaitity,, Ake
_vriai out 'onaninsity
at the tithe; and it was a ,sibleft,c4calated to pro-
voke different feelings in the ntindo of,slitferent per-
sons. The place in .which the .
,libel was mitered adds
greatly to the offeashreneaa of- its• character. Yon
have exercised as very wise•distretron to
`,and
line•of
conduct which yotrhave'vdtilted t5"-day; ,and that
line of coiiduct'il;ttuai tile Court isi-iliisik that yard
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.tioa ali the circumstances of your case, duos order Ana