The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-02 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY, MAT 1.

Tin ronvskOVl'll CAR. •
Mr. Arroarter-OsmattaL said that the petition is this
.taste, which his Lordship desired to stand in his paper
fur Tuesday last.•merely prayed that the Master's report,
approving of the hoes►hold establishment of the Noble
Earl, might he confirmed.
His LORDSHIP said that there was a petition of Lady
Post:mouth, praying the advancement of money for her
support. :le would, therefore, fnr the present make
no order on the petition, but desire that it should stand
o'ol.
ttr. IitALD said that her Ladyship was in want of sub-
sistence.
Mr. Arroaner•OrtanAL remarked that his Learned
Friend, Mr. Heald, was misinformed, for money bad
been advanced for the ntaiatenance of her Ladyship.

♦AN V. CARR.
This wee the petition of the pi sintlff, Mrs. Van, pray-
ing that the &le:idea, an eminent solicitor, should
be committed to the eustody of the warden of the Fleet
prison for a contempt of Court, in baying commenced
an action against the plaintiff, for the recovery of the
ansannt of a Bill of costs to violation of an order of the
Court directing it to he taxed.
On the part of the defendant it was urged that the order
was considered as referring only to bills of cost which had
ndt been taxed before, and that it therefore did not include
that bill which the proceedings complained of were lo-
stitnted, es it had been taxed already.
The Loan CRANCILLOIL deferred pronouncing his de,
vision until Saturday; hut intimated that a petition
praying fur the defendant's commitment in the first in-
stance was a measure more rigorons than the circuits.
stances of the case required.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 1.

Till KING V. BIENBOW.
Thin defendant was convicted at the last Sittings in
Middlesec, before the Lord Chief Justice, of publishing
an indecent and obscene libel, in a work called Chevalier
Paddies. The prosecution was conducted at the instance
of the Society for the Suppression of Vice.
_Mr. OURNILY now prayed judgment.
An affidavit was put in on b.haif of the defendant,
attain g, defendant's contrition for th • offence of which
he bad been coneleted„ and that before be had published
the &Pelted libel, it had been published by several re.
gettable booksellers.
In a geravat•on of punishment, the prosecutors nut in
an affidavit, that since the defendant bad been indicted,
hr had continued the publication.
Mr. 41. Corset*, in an ingenious address to the Court
in mitleation of punishment, commented at considerable
length upon the character of the libel, which he contended
was more improper than some of the works of thee
best writers of ancient and modern times, such as, Aris•
tophanes, l'atullos, Pltny,Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Dryden,
Po Wand Swift.
. The Cour: said, it was a great object of these prose•
cntions to withdraw from public observation these often-
sire publica•ions. With a view to etre the defendant ein
opportunity of seeing what he could do towards getting
in such copies as had been sold by him, •the case might
stand over until to-morrow week, and it was adjourned
accordingly.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
Oa the motion of Mr. PIARSOX, a rule to show cane
was grstred why a cantina' information should not he
.filed sglinst the Coroner of Salop, for (as alleged) cot-
mptly suppressing and rejecting evidence, upon an in-
quisition. touching the deaih of a Mrs. Newton, whose
husband was convicted the last Asdzes fur Salop, and
executed for the wilful murder of his wife.

MI DULESEX SESSIONS.
A NOCRNMENT DAT.
THE ZINO V. JOSEPH WATSON.
• The defendant stood indicted for publishing a profane
libel of and concerning the Holy Scriptures, in a work
celled " Palmer's Principles of Nature.'
. Mr. HOLLAND stated the Mae for the prosecution, and
celled evidence to prove the sale of' the work by the
defendant.
The defendant delivered a speech of considerable
length, insiniaining that he should be able to shew the
-Joey that the work be was prosecute,' fur publishing
was true. He proceeded to read and comment upon
some parts of the Bible.
• 'Clammiest -•" You may read the Bible, but not make
any comment upon it, it is both immoral, irreligi-
vas, and illegal ; let the case be what it may, I shall stop
non."
• Defendeat -" You see the situation I am placed in ; I
:em charged with publishing against Christianity.—
•Rilmtr, in the course of his writings, makes plumes
'from the Bible."
Then read it from the book—no de-
Cent man can sit here and hear it."
• The defendant asserted that there was a conspiracy by
R set of persons to prevent free discussion ; he published
book for the purpose, and was there no person
among all the priests, &c. who could answer the ques-
tions? He published the book, he said, for the purpose
• ,of enlightening the people of England. The book, be
Amid, was originally written by a good man, a member
:of the Scottish Church, who bring driven out of this
. wintry, foOnd refuge in America. The book then
. passed through the United States, and was never found
to be blasphemous; he said his persecutors hat but one
le g to stand, npon —that was prejudice; he trusted the
',Miry would break that, and send them to Beddow Hos-
pital for a cure.
The Cnatast as summed op to the Jury, who merely
f •
Arced round to the boa, and pronounced a verdict of
1. The defendant tbeo swore an affidavit, that he merely
tided as the sboprnan of Carlile; he had no interest
%dates* in the business ; and should he be hoed be had
*so Money or property to pay it with.
•. z: Ttre'Criaterast proceeded to pass sentence upon the
' rdefeadant, which was, That he should be imprisoned one
%year in the House, of Correction, and at the expiration
qf that time find sureties for his good behaviour for t o
' yiari, binisell in BM and two sureties io 501. each.
jistOnif Unites Vast--41eis Fair used to be held on
..*:tbe brat of May; and. twii.folloning days: but, pursuant
;to the Magistrates' order, it is now suppressed, as well as
.the Fairs held in Tethill-fields, Barnes, &c. On Wed-
s, pestle, and yesterday morning very large placards were
posted along the several roads leading to Brook. Omen,
eanouncine the suppression of the Pair, and the deter-
.. initiation of .the Magistrates to adopt the most rigorous
".sseamires against all weeps attempting to held a Fair
. et Retook Green, or io its vicinity. As attempting.
was Cie
./lest
..instance where the Magistrates' orders to suppress Fairs
. 7;:waS to he cernipd.lDlO effect, and as there had been some
very ter mg sy4iptuois of a determination to overawe the
.:741ficiati auttiorNes. if possible, Mr. Hasson, the M
'acme of Haulutermeitii,
.sided hy.tbe Police Miatistraits
:At( the mettopolis, made ample preparations to enforce
the order. Oa Wednesday.* good osainvextra tali-tables
Were sworn i 9 from emeogat the iiihal4its of Hainan-
':.-asnitit, Fulbaay anti Kensington; aerfiresterday morning
...i:theat were ranged, with panics of police officers, on and
41.4 lit;ot Brook Green. to peeves% the asseaabliog of the Fait
..eoika, the Treason, of wtalts, eras measures of persons
along the road rasing hoses, ice. to be thrown at. Se.,
viral attetripte weir made bat on the otesoditrances of.
She officers and eonstabl;e, the parties detained; and
. *arias the day all was kept quiet. For the evening es,.
wa forces Were provided, as various "Balls," ire: were
announced.