The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-14 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, Accuses It
Orion Mr. Chamber, Q.C., sod • Common YorM
OILLEAN AID IMF w. lITNOLDS
The plaintiffs sought to recover damages from the de.
t.ndsnt, who Is the proprietor of • weekly newspaper called
Reynolds'. Nreo a foe a libel published ia that paper
on the god Aptillas
Thei ilefendeat pleaded rat he had apologized, and he
paid la into courts crepreation for any damage that
might have been austaised by the plaintiffs from the
publication of the libel fa pieties.
Mr. Rookies, Q. 0., and Mr. Joyce were for the plaintiffs,
sad Airier appeared for the defendant.
Mr. Hawkir in opeelog ease, said that the plaintiff
was • your lady well known Ii tbe theatrical world as
Miss Clara St. Cease, sod she bed to complain of a mat
greet sad marred libel that had been published upon her
is the defertede . After her murky with the
pleintiff, Mr. Grelsam, St. Oar did what woe very
commonly dos by ladies in that position, tamely, retinue
to carry on her prolmolosal engagements is her maiden
name ; sad the libel that wee complabsed of claret her,
in the most distinct terse, with bevies bees unfaithful to
her busbaed ; and it was quite unneceseary, he wee sore,
for him to my that this was • charge of the meet errs
ad palatal character that could pribly top made spied
say ram. Be should show them that' there was
not one tittle of true, or shadow of feasdatios
for this Margit tad the defeedast, reed. seemed to have
admitted that fact, and the only question the jury would
ham to raider wee the amount of damages ter whir the
plaistiff war entitled for the griever wrong that had been
done to her. Tbe leeroed resat then proceeded to state
that the libel in question was published on Sunday, the
god of April, but the plaintiff did not hear of it until the
25th, at which time Min St. Came wet about to appear at
the Britanoie Theatre la • starrier/ engagement. The
printiff, Mr. Graham, west to the theatre au the day he
had wreaked, sad the manager thee banded him the
libellous report oomplaised of, which he would Pow
reed to them. It purported to be • report cd preceedisp
that bad taken p on the previous &yrs the Wester-
Mar County Ord, and wee redid "Mir St. Ore is •
sew character,* end to be the mewl el • trial in rich •
ledgimphousekespee aimed Steer red • Mr. Petherideo
to rover the sum of 90i. for board and seetesaries replied
to Mies Julia St. Cease, a lady of some celebrity ie theatri-
cal circles, of whom the deferent had rear enernoured,
sod had married her, and she had retired from the day.
It went on to my that • eerie Greed aa eques-
trian artist, had been admitted tab his house as • rigor,
sad that suspecting an improper 'afire', rated
betwese this peter sad hie wife, he feigned to he
obliged to go to Liverpool on important berm.
and lell hie hoer, but returned at 12 o'clock at bier aid
discovered Deena ie bed with his wife. The report eon-
eluded by elating that corroborative rider r to the
adultery was gives. and the court consequently pee • ver-
dict for the defendant.
Mr. Hawkins went es torzierajtihsat the plaintiff was, of
sours*, greatly shocked et such a statement, for
whir be baser there wee net least foundries. He
made reties at the court where the pretended Sake was
tried. and has not only essiertabsed that no such core se
Stoner and Petheridge had bees teied, but that in point of
feat, the court did not even sit ea the day mentioned, tad
is point of feet there was se store ground for making
each • Imre chap spiest this yore lady than
there would he for sears; any or of the parr of the
jury of Wag bar striated of braglary the night
before. Kr. Green had se altereatim but to apply
to his attorneys. and they wrote a letter to the &harlot,
end the only seplanaties he appeared to give was that he
had received the report tram • reporter who had been ia
the habit of supplying him with reports. sad that he wee
sot erred by err, but be offered to rat as apolorir.
Au apology, or what wee intended to be 1100 b. Ma subse-
quently ruled ; but Wird of this beim placed among
the law ad pollee meats, when everybody would re it,
it was printed in ern type, and rug the acres to cor-
respondent.. The terms of this apology were, however,
not of • nature that would bare been ex
pacited ceder
snob airstreams. aid it merely gave the eseindiatioe
in inverted craw and la the terms stated by the
attorneys, although the defendant certainly expired his
der regret at having published the report in queers.
The solleitoes of the plaintiff were not metalled with this
apology, and they applied to the defender, and be then
corseted to insert soother apology in terms which might
be dictated by the plaintiff's attorneys. This was clearly
not what ought to have bees dor in such • ear, sod it was
the duty of the Merest to have inserted • mini mbar=
spouteseenely, any the terms of which should have bra
dictated by his own fealty, ad the plaintiffs, tbersiove,
felt themselves compelled to bring the present err. The
defendant did not deny that he wee liable, but he had paid
lOC into court as atlicient compensatioe for the injury that
had been Inflicted on the plaistiffs be this meet
sordsions charge ; sad the jury would have to eel by their
verdict whether tide sum was • relater commutation.
Mr. Graham, the plaintiff, was time examined. He said—
The Mbar plaintiff is my wife. At the time this libel was
Publiabed she had sa t to perform at the
Britannia Theatre. A copy the report was seat to me.
I made inquiries at the Wereirer County Court, sad
ford that no awls ease bed her beard at that arr.
There is not the slightest foundation foe any of the
statersta roads ie the rem. My wife was set really
reformist at the &rasa when the report appeared,
bee she rd as eagageseset for three weeks, tad eke
failed that somber.
Mr. protruded to address the jury for
the def=tl,,d:ind he said that wire they heard the few
rearationa be larded to trouble them with, they would
he of orlon that be we. 'stilled to • verdict. He said
that it wee admitted by the Prior that the de-
fendant we. not actuated by any error feeling, sod
it was cot neoesary far him to rental the jury that toe
editor of a newspaper depended upon those who supplied
him with reports, and the one is question war furnished by
II reporter wbo had been emineeted with the press for ten
years, and in whets be road oonfidenoe, sad had no tern
whatever to doubt the troth of the report in question. With
regard to Miss St. Ore, instead of his having any maroon
or unkind feeling towards her, be had oa many ardor
spoken most favourably of her in the theatrical critiques
that were published in his joureal. He thee called the at.
ration of the jury to the site that the report referred to
persona named Swam sad Prberidge, end tea Mies Julia
St. rase, whirrs the name of the lady am Clam, sad
her husband's name wee Grimm, tad he argued that
there really might have been to doubt writer the
alleged libel referred to the plaintiffs at all. He wee or. LlVE:ter!, Aries& —The GoMmiesiou was opened
however, retreated to weird that it did sot, but he sSaturday by Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Berea Bramwell and
submitted that the defendant had made all the repantiou Mr. Justior, Smith Nom engaged is ',ashlar the Rawboo.
he
could eneld by hteeethil the apology labia elleePtPee. end that tar burr The trials of cavil and areal are will
hesot do more than offer to insert as apology Jo any 041110311109 at Liver pool this (Moray) marelag. Mr. Bar
terms that might be suggested by the plaintiffs' attorneys. Bramwell proadion in the woos' sad mr. Jostles Smith in
With regard to the complaint that the defendant had sot the add wart, Then are only fifty prisoners to to tried,
himself instituted as inquiry whether the report wan false Ind it is understood rat the civil list is also Heir
or true, all he would say was that no time was given him ENTILAOADLIARY Treserfre OF AN OLD MAL
finthe pterpoM cad tha.),.°l2 "tic° .awuk_broug,...ht„bei,ccehe An impala was concluded on Moray Let at Whit:Aar
"" " IU"." that,
on the body of Thomas • labourer working for Mr.
under all the demonstrate, the sum that had been paid idoberd Deochbeld, a ism, I, tut /wish. The dressed
into oourt wee a =Mort compensation the plaintiffs thee described the mime whisk led te her death is a awe,
tor any injury they might have SiIitIODNI through the pals. maws made to the mite* Lew yodaiatoye
lication of the libel is pestles. July 28, was the last day I wee at work for Mr. B. Dear-
Mr. Rereads. the defendant. was then examined an gam, and at night he made me rusk. It was about Bor 9
he proved that be received the report is quentioe from a 0,0/wri, at sighs lielzen, beer, and ydo sot know what else.
re porter aimed Hamilton, sad be inserted it, bruise that Wm Wm. James and where were
it was tr. When it was ecomplainedcomplainedof, be wrote to Mr. them:go; he had wede nee drunk wit we biro a
Homilies. and he called apoo bias. He wrote to him • wheelbarrow and wheeled me law red ew w Reg hate."
wood time but the letter was returned to Mom through He eiteremb, said, "Richard Dwohitsid—Ateeted in, he
She Dead' h'ttas'adine. and be bad not lees any thing of tad the other men saw btu Ide mot know how long I wee
Hamilton sines. is the hole, bet I scrambled to get eat se roe as Leonid.
Crorramised—The copy of the report was seat to the Jim George pulled me out or I should bare bass
Mr about eve o'clock in the evening, and he selected it • &weed . went in over heed sad harm did„
for publication be he thought it would gait the public I remit I was going to the drowsed. They them
marred me up with wet straw, sad I ley there all sight.
4Psw' Japes, his reply.b wwnSisinsd that the lean" At 4 o'clock the nest musing I vast home, and have
counsel foe the defendant had endeavoured to insinuate I hew ever sieve. I too very wall boats they rued
that the libel did not apply to the plaintiffs, but it he
Min this WIT. lam needy 70 year. old." Oa the pert
bad dared to male that the sotusl posed of defence, he I of Mr. Dereridieid widows was given to thaw that the
should have bees able to show most conclusively that the i barrow bed been overturned by asadsat. Tbon=sttat
lady who was charged with brief committed adultery by mew°, the Las.oddod, "what such ha
this report was Miss B. Car, and that it could sot bare imin the jury ow name to satisfy
bdrainani,thissos" peers. It sh;witso,lawak. hat(' Graham ae ea_ hie's. themselves, hot they wish to =preen is the droner
—s'ree""" ""' men their opinion that the eireanateasen which
wifialet he ma it to the jury whether then could be say- oeeumanner as the ...has at the add Wound Drab.
thing by arability more painful than for • shame of adal- oatoe night—iethe raw 11th day at July, when
try to be made against a respectable young lady, error igeweweestoo sod samara tsar pute, were Of WWI
oatof praetor's' that were repreaeoted to lave tare plea* d,,a.aid abarmaw. are &Newby a the
in • court of justice, and under the series of an oath. 0.7e-erT and "archaic. of the hay, tad=
He oraidered that tie libel in question wee one of the the gr teat discredit es the egg
most serious character, and he called upon the jesy to give
- .. The fellowir," ease the Ruch Advertiser, " loss best
such an amount of damages as would be likely to prover yorwerdod w hewing boar who'd by the , bat it
the esearrenee of tech a parodies is future I wee sot entered onthe tutee coif the pnereay by the Mr. T. Chambers, In summing up, said then was no coroner the jury madam. abe conduct the Rev.,
doubt that Use "Ps" qwwW" was asawdekeed, false is Ald Trer, for his want of Olurien Ia having
every particle and that sotoeiy was there as truth is mewed to wry lb, dogwood, or"Roo snow the grove to be
anythieg eerier ha it relating to the plaintiffs, bat prepared until his fee was first paid, isetwitheleadiag tin
Sba awast did .°b °Yea sit as that day. aadi c'ares. ;deemed stele et demeeposities of the bedy, wbieb Derr
there was neer care for trial. So far as the libel, Itself, wowed rte speedy iwei.wans geww pesiww.
be
therefor,
ersf°m'ailya went, it
wwid i
te t war
defattlienwit t4t:u sty iustifialitbat, when tas.b hatt
I [ldeleatellegent-] ifogagowAT's OngTxxliT AITD
It was
PlLlA—Ostrind taleadtke—adese the &Weever, of thew
reared each a capon hen a mew whom be bed mewl" arm res. rep Le, were proseenose te
to be known is the habit of supplying him with bal. be ewers the Inalawne waned Waded
litre, the very eireamstudielit of the report and to goariwiPd= tt was NlONlftilllin to err e, sad
dr Ur the bed his pre ward the simpler S was laciapets to mire. Zolle-
r • paYk soon of Perm sad that all the uppeard tore way • Pills exert the met wirier ref mi
were represented to lave bbeengiven roe oar, were, of Ord' or gda 'lib" gametal the from fresh elNell2l
ewer arid Ire Me Apar is Mel=writ
owns.ealonleted h throw the drama* off hie awed. the mat mirtom Ammo, eatids ere M
Thie wee a eirenmeloses ter their aosalieratiou, sad they proom amp. Boa sod pas mem the bum Dhow
wield also beer is miad reit the defender had mode so and parer, Leeteed cd permitileg it to tan re asst pew
sprig; that it we admitted by Ihe tramp rat he rd and wrier stateso LW t. ureasiehimour whir dual/
sot red mallirkly. The plodatlff wee dee* donate eleeladula

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—MANvEzersa, Ava. 12.
(Wars Mr. Bares Bramwell and a Special Jury.)
OUT e. TSB " LIIIMPOOL 11111109111T.*
This was an motion by the Bev. James Kelly, far Ado
orateined in oconatmes be the /avower Mercury indite
dmftar eircurostanoss to thom desuribed m the adias Kay
e. Sherlock.
The plaintiff eisednoted his own sass.
The jury found for the pleased—dam _
Kelly v. the Liverpool Courier was sail proceeded yids,,
bat the jury toned for the cletondsat.
Thom two caw ocaspied Barra Bramwell the whole
the day.

firthbeg._

OXFORD OIRCIIIT.--GLouclism, Atraver 12.
Crowe ClOURT.—(Before Mr. Suede* Ryles.)
cation ot MAW AGM= • SKY. whom.
Kr. Sawyer stated to the court that Mr. Woolliest*. a
Leedom .elicitor, wog the pastor of the Bev. SW W.
Lionel Dane before the magistrates at [Wood. in a Amp
of psOary arislog out el the LL eat Egmont will eves.
The Steed inagistraiss, however. ohm hearing the ovidwnee
refused to eommit, thinking the matter was one et mistalos.
The peorestor thee *eased into lemegnissaoss to prow
eat* Sir Local Dared at them easier. but shim this Imbed
made fordo', Moonrise, and badmen's to the oneelosime that
the magistrates ware Tight, sad that the NM was we of
mietake ; he therefore wished te withdraw from the pro.
swaths. Notice hew lowa email to Si rL. Dwell.

SIB cenositrissi
A true bill having h.. 11 hand sst Jobs TIM. Maas,
shamed with ths nada d Wm. Lyn. a tits eltritsehlam
studios, the trial was fixed for Monday (this day), at hiss
chiesk.