The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-15 00:00:00

BRISTOL ASSIZES, AUGUST 13.

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•--- Before Air. Justice BURROUGH wad a Special Jury.
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''ibis was ad indictment for i libel published by the de-
fendant in the' Drialotifireseri; reflecting on the character
of Sit Alexander Wilson.-
Mi. ADAM .stltted threat, for the prosecution. He said
be felt that it would be utnireesaery for him to attempt to
press upon a Jary gnispOseci d intelligent men the im•
portance etatattir to every inditidnal, particularly to
him who mans in the society of gentlemen. He would
fuNy discharge his dal- try simply stating the nature of
this Indictment, which was preferred by his client against
Mr. Moocher, the editor of a newspaper called the Bristol
Mercury, for, a fool and nicked libel on his character pub-
lished in that' journal. lie should have to state the cir-
coutatances ender which the fitat publication took place,
and then the explanatory part, which professes to be an
apology for the former paragraph, hut which in reality
eoncituied the-most' malicious part of the offence. The
defendant, he bad stated, ware-the editor of the Bristol'
Mercury; pohlithed in that city, and probably known W
most of the Jury. The prosecutor, Sir Alexander Wilsei,
was the bond a clergyman, and hronght up to the medical
ptofession. He had regret( in the Ordnance Department
at a surgeon during the American war, and after having_
s• mpleted his studies, obtained a medical degree. He
:en married and came to reside at Bith,lwhere he became
a member of a volunteer company, called the Chepstow
Volunteers.—lt only remained fot; him to add that the ho-
nour of knighthood was conferred on himin I relend, where
he served by his Grace the late Duke of Richmond. them
Chief Governor of the Country.—The Jury would recollect.
tie Grooms/once of the riots at Moronoeth in the lest
year. The -collie's struck, and exhibiting themselves Its
fornildable numbers, it was thought necessary to call for
military aid to overawe them. The Chepstow Volunteers
being solicited for that service; readily marched to Pony,-
pool, and took up a station in the neighbourhood of *be
rioters. The prosecutor, Sir A. Wilson, who accompanied
the party, had received an injury in his arm fron•the break-
ing of his bridle, and finding it inconvenient to proCeed
no horseback, he asked permission to go in his gig. This
he readily obtained, but slid not in fact avail himself of It.
When they • arrived at the destined point, they found
the colliers- in possession of a high hill, which they de-
fended chiefly by rolling down stones so as to pre-
vent any approach. it was proposed by the prosecu-
t w to turn the position by a body of the Volunteers
dismounted for that purpose. This counsel was not adopt-
ed by the Commanding Officer. It was, however, In a
little time after followed by the Comenstoter of the Scotch
Greys, who succeeded to the Command, and with such 'ac-
cess that order was inituediately restores'. The prosecutor
remained that night at the house of Mr. Arkwright. In
the morning, there being no longer occasion for their ser-
vices, the Chepstow Volonteers returned. But their route
not being comintinicated to the prosecutor, he came back
by a Jiff-rent road, and arrived as soon as his brother vo-
lunteers. It became necea ary to state these minute cir-
cumstances, for they Cirliard the foundation upon which the
defendant built his wanton and libellous attack upon the
character of the prosecutor. The Jury would not fail to
observe one circumstance connected with this libel. The
paper in which it Was published was sent to the prosecutor's
wife and her mother, a lady advanced in years. It did not
appear that it was sent by the defendant ; he only stated
the fact, for the purpose of informing the Jury that it was
in this tray the prosecutor first became acquainted with the
publication. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to
read the libel, an l commented on it as lie proceeded. It ap-
peared in the defen.lnnt's journal of the I lth of May, 1822.
in the farm oft letter to the Editor. It set out with stating
that amongst the invrtaiit results to which the affair of
the colliers in Monmouthshire wont' give birth, the most
curious would hc, the publication of an Epic poem, com-
memorating the services of a reilniiireil Knight, with discur-
sive noes upon the history of Kinghthood in general, and
in
.particular on the " recreant conduct" which emblsz med
the shields of the spurious Knights, such as the Knight of
St. Patrick's, wherein would he set forth the nature of the
diligence Isetneen a Knight soldier and asoldiery Knight;
and further mould he clearly laid down the reason why
every hero might !mealiest Alexander. but that every Alex-
ander might nut he called a hero." The libel went on to
state that the pultlicatio'n 'resold be ornamented by an em-
blematical signgtte, ahowihg a 11.111,08 the banks of the Wye
with a weighing, machioe. (I r wis,nlecessary for him here
to state that. the protemitor's residence was on the batiks
of .the Wye.) 1p lane p;ci& of the machine would be'plieed,
the. Knight's yarmir—tis :We opposi,e one his toodesty4
crowd assembled' round were to admire the ;die balinca of
the-scales. tiOWeier...tishtitined,the' libel, a hind wool
be seen miffing thearilionn aidd- icemen-molts of a Yeo-
manry man to the scale which held theKnight'e tiliade?ty
by which means the o.pposi.e scale will his Variltir stolid
kick the beam. Stich weiss-II; terms orthe first libel, and
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\ 1 lake the prosecutor, woold kelstratly justified in rasing by that.
so •gtose an insiintation widest his roerage. Abuses of the power or Inc prese wv.,...,........,„
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Ft •wbatd,beitoticur ; but there aberrations should not put reasonable per. order of the Magistrate was instantiy obeyeo.
K E.ADY Tell ectfull calls the attention of those
-sons out of humaur pith the I gitimate exercise of it. The Woositte STaerr.—lfesterday this office was crowded, D
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.(I presumption in•isim to take np the tiler of she. Jury by'ati y
übservati•-ns fortke purpose Of. lihJWlrio that sneh!was the 'Learned Sergeant made some further remarks on the nature with bakers anxious to be present at the examination of
aim ami „mkt of this parag," Nepth„ would is be. n, and character of this proceeding, and exhorted the Jury Errol number of informations preferred by the informer Ogfes *O4 alg'°ullll
afilicted, to his peculiar -and effectual method, of
he will not presume to pledge infallibility Areria
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cessary for hiss to recall tOtheir minds the import of the to take into their consideration, agreeably to the powers Johnson, against bakers for selling bread in their. shops in every description of ease, yet u far as hasten aid, asiht• 14'am
word ri recreaut," es aseerreinid bit one of the gralett reposed in them by' he Libel Act,the"wholeof the naltter," aithont weighing it in the presence of the purchaser, and dby medical and surgical experience can be appied. he
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masters of time English lauguage. *The prosecutor entree. aod fiod the veedict accordingly. also for selling bread under the desemisation of quarters promises a speedy and perm t restoration., —Dr. E. is
consulted daily at No. 103. Dent-street, Soho, by patients of timeh
you'd, for wine time, but without effect, aob sin soon( Mr. Justice BURROVOH, without hesitation, gave it as and balfinartern loaves, contrary to the piorisiosoof -the both sexes. C
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explanation from the Editor'. ilitehirrova alone in refer. 'his °pit:von, t .eat the publication in question was a libeL tete Bread Act. which inflicts a peaky not ezersdierrell return of second post. Ye.
euoe to the libel, until the Mit ollAtigdst.when there at. The,Jury retired tor about three quarters of an hour. sod shillings for the first mentioned offence, and nut *Readier ....awarrowes ihersii
pawed .io the game print so isefiele to she attire of which 'metered their verdict in these taws —Chilly (V' pubtithimg ten posed*. sor less than forty shillings. for the last mew i •
London i Printed and Published at the Office, No. firt, Strand, Perkeyea
be would tare to call the striewoottentioosolthe Jury. tm _Child. -- • 4 ilooal offence. The Act also requires that the complaint
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