The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-31 00:00:00

The passages to the court were crowded at an early hoar
this morning, it having been intimated that sentence would
he passed upon the Rev. Dr. Newman for his libel upon
Dr.

Dr. Newman entered the court shortly before ten o'clock,
accompanied by Mr. Ward,who was some timesincedeptived
of his rank in the Univenity of Orford for a work entitled
"The Ideal of a Christian Church," and who almost imme-
diately afterwards joined the church of Rome. The reverend
embalm, although evidently in an infirm state of health,
entered into cheerful cuovenation with the gentlemen who
crowded around

-IcaTuige;eanse—into court a few minutes alter 10 o'clock,
and, on taking their vests,
Lord Campbell said that as Dr. Newman was in court,
and, as he understood, in a feeble state of health, he might
be accommodated with a convenient seat during the pre-
liminary part of the proceedings.
' Several affidavits were put in and read, that of Dr. New-
man Natl.' that he knew nothing of Dr. Aehilli previous
to they ends lectures, and that therefore his attacks
paulsotisil boa as personal hostility; that Dr. Aehilli
ISMS to Illmeimibes, where Dr. Newman was residing,
•kora masher of pupils under his charge, and at-
tar Chisel of Nome with bitter hostility, which
ONNlNffiii him (the defendant) to defend it, and that he re-
lied apes the• accuracy of the charges previously made
whist Dr. Achill' in the Ilublis Review, and which,
though published long before, had never received any con-
tradiction. It also recited much of the matter given in
evidence by Dr. Newman in justification of the libel, and
which it was supposed would go in mitigation of punish-
ment.

Sir F. Thesiger objected, at this stage, to the repetition of
the evidence, as he would not have any opportunity of
answeriug it.
Lord Campbell thought that in mitigation of the punish-
ment the alidavit was receivable.

—lair F. Tkseiger Bald
ilieU;tierintroduced in the affidavit
came long after the publication of the libel, and could not
therefore form any ground of belief.
The Attorney-General (Sir A. Cockburn) said the affida-
vit would not have been put in but for the attack made
against Dr. Newman by the other side. It was desired to
show what grounds Dr. Newman had for believing the
charges he had made.
Lord Campbell, having consulted with the other judges,
decided in favour of the admissibility of the affidavit.
Other affidavits were put in, same of which were ad-
mitted by the court, and others rejected. Dr. Bablngton's
and Sir Benjamin Brodie's affidavits went to prove that Dr.
Newman was in a bad state of health, and that confinement
in prises would, in all probability, produces state of feeble-
ness of body from which be would not recover.
The Attorney-General, addressing thier lordshipain miti-
gation of punishment, said that Dr. Achilli was the
, and that he assailed, if not Dr. Newman person-
27,117heeds of that church with which Dr. Newman
was connected. lie assailed the clergy of the church of
Bosse from the Pope on him throne to the humblest minister,
sad he accounted for his seeessioa from the church of Rome
on the ground of the profligacy of its priests, and his desire
to expaw it. It was quite natural that this was a cause of
scnadal and offence to those who were attacked, and quits
justified the persons assailed in turning round and testing
the credit du. to the statements of their accuser. The result
of these inquiries were embodied in an article in the Dublin
Ruins, and republished in another paper. With those
papers Dr. Newman had nothing to do. They bad been
=llitirclaillaotwedel'otrhemmoretot bre 12n months, and yet Dr.
ed and
wamstimed. If their lordships should think that the evidence
was hi favour of Dr. Newman, be trusted they would think
it a maple's vindication of the course Dr. Newman had
in bringing the character of Dr. Achilli to the
a the British public.
Mr. IlealsoatWilkins feilewed on the sense side, as dii
alas Xt. Baseswell,. Q.C., Mr. Addison, sod Mr. Bsddeley.
Sir F. Tbsolger, eggrevation of punishment, said he
bad boss ossapelled. is ansequenee of the extraordinary
mom Ids opponeate had take., n address many more oh-
' sisrvalimm I.i e end else be bad eriginaily intended. It
had boss urged by tits Mbar side that Dr. Newman was to
! be relieved treat all guise of law, and that his high per-
, meal character, whisk be (Sir F. Theeiger) would not for a
I meassotimptipt. was to stand in the way of his punish-
' meat Ilea • •Oval. bad never been allowed to any
Sollenamt wise had momnd before that court. The
111111 Mill sawed pressoM to address the courtat Gond-
; demi& bmgth in opposition to the points alleged in
miti-
plies of punishment.
Sir F. Kelly, in following on the same side, said that not
a syllable of regret had been expressed on the part of Dr.
Newsum, but that, on the contrary, his counsel had per-
sisted is reiterating the false charges against him in the
I most offsasive terms.
Dr. Newman Me for the purpose of addressing the
court. bat at the suggestion of Lord Campbell he resumed
his seat.
Mr. ladles Coleridge, as the senior puisne judge, pro-
seeded to state the opinion of the court on the case as it
had been laid before it, and after considering the
whole of the circumstances, tautest:od the rev. defendant
to a fine of 1001., adding that Dr. Newman most be im-
prisoned in the Queen's prison, amongst the first class of
misdemeanants until such fine should be paid.
The fine wu immediately paid to the officer of the court
by the rev. defendant's solicitor.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY. A,

The January omits of this court commenced to-day, at
tea Oink Ware lbe Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the
Itoserlor,, Abitemen file J. Musgrove and Lawrence, the
sissies mil unier-eheriffs, and the usual city authorities.
The OM edition of the calendar contains the mans of
96C81.8"
Retarder, in charging the grand jury, said that,
altbougla die amber of prisoners contained in the calendar
wet about the end average, he was glad to inform them
that. with wry few imeeptions. none of the cases were of
KIWIS OIVIVIVie, IV Mpeanut any dilliculties either
is law se hi. Then was NW charge of murder, the tie-
emestanger eimmesead with which appeared to be involved
is a psi IWO mister!. The evidence went to show that
the unbetimete disammil was a woman in humble condition
of life' awl that the eirshited with the person scented, and
it dm =girt ebeity Were her death she was heard
to utter trim of and that the prisoner must
have be at mole. praise at the time. It was very
isipsdast dot ewe of this kind should be strictly in-
vestigated. if this fact and SOMA others that
=6,M the depositions were made out to their
be theterbt It would be their duty to find a bill
against lbe inner. There was also a charge against a
man ellbsving deserted his bastard child, apparently with
thee** el castiag the burden of its maintenance upon the
pull- A question of law might arise in this case whether,
as me actual injury was done to the child the act of
the Omar ansesated to an indictable offence,
bat as the UMW VAS certainly one of considerable
lateen% and be raesiolered ti would be a very strange state
of tbe law Howell ea eat as this, whereby the child might at
all evade he HAM to serious injury, did not constitute an
ann. awl so it appeared to hist that it at airevents
ametmeedi to ma rusk. be considered the grand jury
weal& Is well to AA the bill, and leave it to the
omit be beide the
dune meesien of law. His leedship then
Y▪
elet to the
iriZerLiazd fraud against Mr.
obsonfai Ma% the imp ameent of
mew that was aMeipei M have boss ailleinei. and the
Wise dosomslonem emmeated with the eon, the inquiry
Wel one el aist deal of interest, yet it did not appear to
either with regard to the law or the
Maleinnessand would of course deal with it as
widi as esikaary ems forgery.
Tie gaimijoiy time retired.

The Hoa. Jane Frances Bickersteth, only daughter
of the late Lord Langdale, succeeds to the famil7 estate in
Herefordshire of the late Earl of Ozford and Mortimer, who
died without issue on the 19th instant.