The Sun. — 1801-05-08 (London, England)

THE KING V. BEEVOR.  The Defendint, the Rev. Augustus. Beaver, was brought into Court to receive its Judgment, for sending- a Challenge to Major Paine, and for miscondutt towards him at• Norwich, the circumstances of which are already sufficiently before the Public.  Mr. IWINTosH, who was the Defendant's Counsel at the trial at Thetford, addressed-the Court on this occasion, and alledged, that he had no particular instruEion from his Client to use any severe language against the Prosecutor, and that what he said was the result of his judgment, exercised. .as well as he was able, upon a full view of all the circumstances of the case; and said, that if .there was any impropriety in his Address to the jury, he hoped his Client would not he made to suffer for it. By the weakness of an Advocate, every Client must suffer, hut it was not just that the Client should suffer for the faults of his Counsel. The Defendant retutAd his thanks to Mr. 11PINTosti for this explanation, and said; that no.. thing could be more handsome. Lord KEIIYON said, that it he wished to return thanks to any body, he ought to do it out of Court. Mr. Justice GROSE, after having eXpatiated on the impropriety of the conduct of the Defendant, he being a Minister of the Gospel, and whose (Ivy it was to preach and set example to others, of that peace which the Holy Gospel inculcated to all, and having lamented the prevalence of this vice of appealing to arms, under a false notion of Honour, to adjust differences,. by which Parties might be led to commit murder, and having taken notice that this was the second instance within a few months in which a Minister, of the Church had come before the Court to receive its judgment for this breach of Morality and of the Peace, pronounced the sentence of the,Court on the Defendant, which was, " That hu do pay to the King a Fine of ten Marks, that he be impriioned in the King's Bench for three weeks—that he do give surety for his good behaviour for three years, himself in fool. and two Sureties in 7.501. each, and that he be further 4116sorted until such Fine be paid, and such Surety b: given,"  itTN .n6st ins;  This was a Rule cal.ing"6n the Dcfenkinf spew Cause why a Criminal fnfdratution thoitld"r3.it be led against him, for alledged miseonthql toWar,is the Commercial Commissioners to who!n he nry!,... his Return upon the Income Bill ; was no* moved by Mr. LITTLEDALEi, that it be c..nlargedt which, after a few.words from Mr. ERS,KIttE Rn..t the ATtOkNET GENERAL, and afterwards,somd observations from the Bench, was enlargedlcdord, •  Mr. CEORGE WILSON moved fat a Mand.aritus to be directed to the Mayor. of Norwich, calling • on him to 'give notice to certain Persons, of their having been eleded by the Freemen of that:eity, as Common Councilmen, under die:te circumstances— Previous to the Eledion of Com Mon CoUneilmen, some of the Candidates had been objeCted to as ineligible, because they bad not taken the Sacrament, within Twelve Months, as prescribed by the Test and Corporation Ads. On the other hand, it was contended that the tree: men had a right to chose Dissenters if they pleased. When the Eiedion was closed, the greatest number of Votes happened to bare been given to two per. sons ,Ivito had not,-. as it appeared. on searching the register of these parishes, 4ken the sacrament within a year, as requited by the Statute ; and therefore' the Mayor did not teturn thorn as being elected, thiy'being,, in his opinions ineli ible ; but, as the-others were in a Minority, he did not return them either, eons,idering, perhaps; that a to rheas the elettion was void ; ‘vhereas it was now contended, that all the Votes which were given for those who were ineligible were thrown away, and that the next to them upo;t the Poll were duly elec. ted ; and this Mandamus was sought in order tir:t they may be tetttrned and sworn intcs tion.for Mandamus gran redo Lord KENYON said that New Trials mast posi. tively come on on Thursday next.