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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 02, 1821
Page
3
Debates in parliament center on Queen's demand to have her name restored in the Liturgy and the constitutional implications. Speakers condemn attacks on her Majesty, defend British justice, and question the Lords and Commons handling of the matter.
The House debated granting the Queen an annual income of 50,000 pounds with politics over charity and royal prerogative. Sir Thomas D Acland supported the measure as neutral on guilt, while Mr Forbes and Mr Brougham argued over interpretation of expressions used by colleagues. The resolution was read a second time and agreed to without division. Adjourned at ten o'clock.
Proceedings before the King s Bench discuss discharging a rule with costs in a prison ill treatment case and arresting judgment in the Burdett libel matter. Mr Scarlett urges reviewing the judgment via special verdict while the Attorney General resists and calls for sentence in the libel charge.
The defense argued that the libel words require extrinsic matter to prove culpability and cited Ball v. Ball and Rex v. Borne among authorities. The court postponed judgment awaiting further consideration with a Saturday deadline, while the Crown’s motion on Jane Carlile’s seditious libel conviction awaits.
In Warwick Assizes the defendants found guilty of conspiring to mock Parliament by backing a Legislatorial Attorney for Birmingham. The trial judge faced criticism for not delaying the session. Arguments centered on the Crown Master’s juror selection and summons validity as grounds against a new trial. The court adjourned opinions to Monday.
Reports from Kingston on December 15 1820 describe the Duke of Manchester's severe skull fracture after a curicle accident. Medical bulletins over several days note improving, then steady progress, with doctors in attendance and official communications from W Bullock and others.
From Jamaica Royal Gazette dated December 16 we learn of a South Seas report arriving in Kingston. The land force of about 4800 men led by General San Martin sailed from Valparaiso on August 21 to attack Lima. A ten-ship squadron under Lord Cochrane accompanied the land force, touching at Coquimbo and taking troops, reaching Pisco by September 8.
Reports detail uprisings and armistice events as Independence movements gain ground. San Martin’s forces mobilize while Lima and Guayaquil declare for the Independents. Panama and Quito show shifts toward self rule, with Cochrane’s Lima action noted.
A letter to the editor challenges the phrase death by own action used after Sir George Campbell’s death. The writer and editor discuss whether the term implies insanity, noting evidence that battlefield memory and recent events may have affected his mind. The piece defends the memory of a respected officer and clarifies the newspaper’s usage.
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