The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-21 00:00:00

EI224OI2DINARY CNAROES OP lIISAL.

M the Mansion-how yesterday, Mr. Heiser
Blundell, &lariat as of the Lew Club, Lew Isadtution,
Cheneerythne, IPSO 1111/111•111101 to answer the cols-
Mr. Ise. udielter, Altalleablese, " Int
eit of
he (the saM Baer did, ea the 7th day al
Noreaber het, an theith day el kat, and on the
7th ad Idylth days daemon, lea, is the Oityb el London,
erhg end egatheired gebthit a ara 4126Na:try
libel stied enseerwhog lbwg nth hags BA dab et the
names and 7 Viet.. &
Mr. Humphreys sparred bagged of the asensone; and
Mr. Andreae Harms for tin deig, who pleaded not
il
guty.
Mr. Humphreys gad be appeared ep behalf of Mr. heroes
Bekaa Wang gal easier, SINN MIR of Bell, Carded,
end ftyea, AbMe4Yly mil be was sib derk to the
rtaHiagateathrTbeinse, sal the preeent a an-
b aseneteententedtheleeprocadingewhieletookplare
those usglonstes in the math of Neweratter bat. The
act of parliament wain wake the eamene was Ma out
via the 6 and 7 The., sag._9ll.seal weenembreasseedesein
that set, vis, the/4, whisk eseeistint ony gnome shield
libel another with intent stmt wasey,besbeetibehabbte
arrant waathee, the 4th amnia that ray penes palietthig
say ute enddegmataryhbel, lomaing hie hews, shield
be liable a psnellbs, sod the .6th swag Wainany pen=
publighbg • delherolig libel, gent ameba te falw,
shale .fin M NM to possi He (Mr. Humpinge)
should sib far the tmagua a the de dent under all than
meths& Mr. therthell wee, nall reastly, •• solicitor, bet
did not sow prudes, if Me nem wee as the "Law Liat ;"
as/ It wee a retheribrely
itbase be tit eassente the oast
nos Widen of Se may shareas& ea was the ore
with Mr. B", rho as sumo=
eion, far neestassadeine, isfishose end
dab bets of the ass went bah • lengaway. Is
IWO, Mr. BA wee gnu for a pertherion Hated
Beare, • sellebge to the country, who brought is
SWIM wean Mr. Shun for libel, end a verdict
tar 601. was eldelest setrraldr. Blundell. In 1853 Mr.
Blemedell libelled Mr. pee which another
action was brought,oesducted dr' epee
Bali ; and' this
tine a verdiet for 11001. wee eigniesed genet Mr. Blundell,
who, finding himself make to pay the damage& took the
basset of the Inaba* Are. In 1466, Mr. Hheadell wrote
• latter to Mr. Belton which he stated that if Mr. Bell paid
Ids 1,6001, together with 1001. additional to be paid to
the Law Inetlados, or some charitable society, he (Mr.
Blundell) woad not expose Mr. Bell sad his proceedings any

Kr. limns enbnittedi lint • Mier written in 1866 could
:ernseilin with the Ninnies, which era for Miele
Novenhe end Deakins; het, and the prison
month of January.
Mr. Menephreye hod no intention of melting that letter any
pen tithe charge, bathe intended to read it for the purpose
of showlog a motive opon the part of Mr. Blundell—namely,
the extortion of sextry—which would being the detail.
den under the third motion of the set. That letter
shined that Mr. Blundell era determined to have money,
mid from the date of that letter, is 1866, down to too
poet time, Mr. Blundell had ontinued monthly, or shoat
weekly, to write kitten to Mr. Bell, of a non defamatory
obareciter. The more immediate cictunsleacso of the case,
however, arose out of an iitmengetion which took pima be-
fore the *aunty bench of mazionsta• at Kingston-on-Therms,
la November, 1869, when Major Tarry wee witting as chair
men. The investigation related to a pampa named Spout,
who wee eltargod with ending • thrones* lain to It,.
Bell, the complainant, in that letter. Bposi threstemod both
Mr. Bell sad Mr. B,reight, the clerk of minim at the Old
Bailey, that he would murder them, and upon that Amp
the megietrates oommitted his far trial. Immediately upon
the pablitietion of the proceedings in the nowspapen Mr.
Blundell addressed a letter to the magiatream, in which be
mokeed a second totter, which he requested them to hand
to Smog; and at tins mine that* he went • copy of each of
those letters to Mr. Ball. The tree el the two letters wait
ea follow, :

-Livery, Law Inetitutlen. Lortdos, 7th Nov., 1869.
" Sir and pet In the Mama of flaturday last I
observe a paragraph rdertng to a charge brought Wore you
in petty seesioak et KiegetarocrTbusee, by James Bell,
an attorney is that town, spina tee William fittrang, for an
alleged threatening later, ha Sprang was (se I gather from
the report) remanded by yen, to amble him to obtain the aid
the
"1 keow nothing vhsteaw of Sprang, whose conduct, if
k be each se lame* Bell charges egateet biro, can, of course,
be ha nowise justified; of Jame 801 l (if he be a partner in
the dim of Bell, Cowden, and Boyce, of Clunatralsee, Lon-
don) I know • great dal, sad Ido not or at all
slander hint when I may that he le a planefWe, well-drateed,
reepeaelly offluaseted, and decently attired scoundrel, and
that I hare ream to believe cud do believe hint to be
capable of any ropery not requiring hardihood in It. pro
=. Knowing Ida, eia nave had too good reams to
rn, 1 wool& not myself for • moment credit his testi.
nosy (if intoorreborated_ ) against Spree& excepting indeed
that part In which he desmibee himself se brio( in bodily

May I request the favour of transmitting the Inolossal
(which I leave open for your previous perusal) to Sprang,
whose address Ido not know P I have by this poet sent
copies of it end of this letter to James Bell. You will, of
MUM, coesider /ourselves at Snarly either to show, or hand
him, the origin.
1 have the honour to be, sir and menUemen, .our very
faithful servant, "B. BLUNDRIL,

" Immediate.
" The Chairman and Meglatratesof Tatty Session,
Kingston-upon-Thames."
The lefty foe Spate (whom be oath Sprang) Is this :
"Library, lA. Institution, London, Nov. 7, 1859.
Efir,—l observe in the Ttimes of Saturday that you are
remanded by the magistrate' to petty sessions at Kiugetoe-
orTheases, to enable you to procure counsel to defend
from • charge brought against you by oos Jeans* Bell, en
attorney fa that town, for seeding him a threatiming
dc.
..lurreourie, if you have done so, you have acted very
wrongly, and your conduct cannot be for one moment just!.
fled. As I, however, well know James Bell, and, in spite
of his plausible manner., decent eppearance,end (as I am
informed) respectable 00131111Ziell., believe bun to be •
thorough scoundrel, +bow unoorroborated testimony I would
not for • esommat oredlt, I write to ray that if you thlak my
evidence of the villa one oeshot of which Bell has been
guilty, not ones or twits bat repeatedly, towards me con
avail you, yea base bat to out your attorney in oommitnica-
Uon with me and you shall have it.
" I leave town to-morrow (Tuesday) fora few days ; bat
your own or year adviser's letters would reach me. I expect
to be beck again ea triday. I have quitted the profess
at all event. for the present, or I would myself act for you-
" The JUNO Bell to whom I refer is tee senior partner in
the firm of Bell, Cowdeil, sod Boyce, formerly of Gray's-
incosonere, then of Raymoad•boUdinge, uftstrarsids at
L-adenbell-street, and now of Cleamatta-Bars, Landmel.
reset. Bell, Cowdell, and Boyce aro in the Lim List
described Tailietosotaty Agents.' I know no lam, and
me • Haag to believe all geed of Cowdell and Boyce.
mention this to prevent the peasibility of mistake or edema
cepaioa, there Max mimes the emothere Si my late prefees
stun several who bear the name of ' sad MI stademia.
I peed this tbrough the chairmen nod maletres, d the
petty session, Kineston-upensThan, se I dolt know year
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we Mr. Sell eacy.— say %yr yom
Y gime of I Mae If Ws
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" To Sareaa." " fee.. L
saaaa-t, MB.

The two Wigs wen the foundetioa of the charge, but
there men essay other bites which It would be mecomary to
pot before the court. The bat letter of the two already read
was addressed to the osoAtftsratee of Kingston, and Wei
Tam and
opined by timthe Mayer
oel bo headed it to Major
, bomb f mag ;bytesistratas A, w
sa gave that loner to
Mr. Bell, bredgng that that Wooded for Spans amid be
mat beck to Mr. Blame* Oa With Doetember, Mr.
Bits/dell wrote a hitter to the Moms tleaeosry, a copy of
which be mat to Major Terry, Mr. Young odious),
sad Mr. Boll; and in that letter he sailed attention to the
cam of epos& and intimated that If the Home borstary did
not Klisr be (Mr. Blundell) should be nadir the MOW
idly of ploo*r the matter la the heeds of indspankat sear
tors lot paribusset. (The letter was reef. Is a Uttar to
Mr. Young, of the firm of Dcaborough, Yaw% sad Des-
borough, he said he bad latelj boss In showing up
eons of the moat flagrant prof oa the
pert of Mr. Bell, and that skosM Mr. Wank be
hod a oharacter worth steering, or soy shames' at
all, he might, perhaps, wish to inatitats
sad that ho (Mr. Blundell) skald bibs hotter.
(Litter read.) After receiving them letters Mr. I, being
dark to the Kingston megistratas, did not wish to take say
public proessdiagy if ha amid avoid it, and be therefore sow
Mr. Young, the primaser'e solicitor, with the view of getting
that gestlenma to oak Mr. Blundell for an apology. Mr.
Young vet readily saw Mr. Blundell with that intimation,
but 88r. Blodell was turbot, and commenced to libel
Mr. Ball de aovo ; sad en the 7th instant he wrote •
litter to Mr. HAL, in which he said that if that gsatlsman
imagined he had say intaglios of apologistug he wan very
much mistaken, but that if Mr. Bell chars he had no ob-
jection to meet him at Mr. Young's °Mors ; and as Mr. Bell
was himself his informant so to his (Mr. Bell's) awn wrong
doings, to give him aa opportunity of aoknowledglng that its
bad belied and skadtrad himself when he deceived sad
cheated him (Mr. Blundell). Is the sans 'otter he accused
Mr. Bell of having, In conjunction with two other profes-
sional men, since dead (Mr. Berjasnt Allen and Mr.
Berjeant Clark), chested him of upwards of 3,0001;
and that letter, in feet, was as Mellow so could
well be ontosived. On the 11th of Jsagary liimadall
addressed another letter to Major Terry, and then the magi-
strates at Kingston thought Mr. Bell was bound to take
tirodings, and issue the ptmaat complaint. In c,aclaebn,
his (Mr. Humphreys) would nerd • few linos so to the oitialos
which Mr. Binsabil bandy publicly expressed of that pm-
thews whom he bed dais so scandalously libelled. It hod
already bean stated that two actions for libel were brought
monist Mr. Blundell in 1860 and 1563, in both of which Mr.
Bell wog agent fir
published,th intiff. Between those two
makes Mr. Bimodalin which, referring to
thie aemplaiaaat's dim, said he knew nothing of Mr.
Boyce; bat of Mr. Bulbs cold, " I have frequently mat him.
I !mow hint to be a guallostan, and believe him to he a
seftelar."

Mr. J..N Ben send Major Tarry were then examined, and
preyed the restlpt of tha different Wen, which were put is.
Mr. Hamm ohs shatainad keen ace-enemisation. said
be MI es Mann ha admitted Me pi/Moats& et libels by
Mr. Blintdall ; but he denied that them wee any 'Mennen
ups the pastel that gentleman to Wort money; sad be shal-
low/ Ms right at the oomplaimat to pat fa • Wise written
so far he& as 1866 for the purpose of panda; up sush •
elnege. Tb foot was his sliest had a motive for pabbahing
th.Weels„ and he was anxious that ths ease Mould be mat to
anethse coast, when he would Its papered to state the
why ad the ..!refs_' the whet he bad dose.
Mr. AMAMI flab (who sat far the Lad Mayor) said
tie Litter written in 1866 marled bhe se to the attempt to
Wart , and he should thenfore commit the defendant
fa Mal lb. the.. seations of the act referred to by
Mr. flampineys.
The defendant wee committed accordingly upon his ow.
2001. surrender for trial at the next seas ions
tg
o[ the to
Central Criminal Court.

At the Lambeth Police-Court yesterday, Thomas
Nugent was charged with libel against Mr. Willies Who-
m eohoolmaster, betides, Essex.
Mr. Tindal Ad dams mewed for the complaisant, and
stated that in the norm of July, 1868, the weirdest attend
into the smite of Mr. Wiseman as tote, sled wee
slier tie mil Norm le Deign of the nine men=
his period of esthete theta were velem reuses of ommbeint
maim Mite pled* of whisk we W dinginetments
I with the pwrieteml hie beenegsweemened ef them be-
fore • bedof moirm ies es Witham Ise so Gaged meinit,
• eseplalst wale wen ermineiL When Andra the
detmdelet hesieltheneeeednag MN& yawn inery, bee lir.
Winne* onsiineet his mined to nothing nese *so the
86 iambs wag be ids inthilerment, sod the Genesquees
wee that the biter had to send for a policemen to remove
him ken his promisee. In the December following the
elentodent commented en edits against Mr. Wiegman for
621., the moms of babas* to be due to him, but in
the Febrievy inswing it me Arminian, sod in the en-
gem of IBA Mr. Weems& brought en mini ennui him
for Moder, bat es the advice of Mr. Bell, his attorney, die-
sentimel it, knowing that if he got damages he should not
be .bin to pt • penny Ikon the defendant. Nothing more was
herd of the tinniest for some time, but at length
Mr. Aisne elionvend that be had written to the College
ci Peoespecan sod mho to the parents and friends of the boy,
et his school, end la int engine system of annoyance which
tethered II hepetetive upon him, Mr. Wiseman, in vindica-
tion of his ormecter, se well se the character of large este-
bliermenee whin he bed condaceed for upwards of 20 men,
Menai She slightest stigma or even the breath of °Gansu'',
to adept the preemie proceedings.
TM horse II•11 bore reed the libels, which oonsieted in
a eerie el Was, the let being es follows:
" 7. Vliotheilintreet, Welwortb.
" Wiemmen—l booby inform you that I wrote to the Col-
lege of Preceptors, reclaiming them to invite you to mist ms
berm the ninth to answer to my oompialet I might have
simian yus, bun they declined to innefere, and returned my
letter ; Iheoapea I have resolved to send • copy of that letter
lo se "my glebe boys' perente es I can find. 1 kom sired*
plated me copy to the uncle of Moder Leech, at Celthester.
Now V, se yes sey, every lamest man is anxious to wove*
himself to be hmen end you consider yourself one of these
hornet me, of corm you cm have no objection to meet me
before the creence. This is so telling matter, for in the said
letter I use these words : I mother WilleMeil quite unit
fur Ws position es a schooksmeter. He ie • most abominable
lying scoundrel, an impostor end cheat, &c.' Are you
willing to meet me before the conned, or any other meeting,
to Mar your °bygone? You Meth either de sty. at nos me
bent* • British jury. T. MIOZNT."
" To the Council of the College .1 Preceptors.
" 7, El mben-street, Walworth, Doc. 16, 1859.
" Gentimen—Tbeeibligetita every men ie under to ex, on
Ie non Warm me to es', thee from whet I know of
William Whom's, of lelvidon, I ermine him quite milt
for hie pains ea seheelemeeter. I mm smarm to prove to
you that he is a most abominable lying scoundrel, an im-
poster sad cheat, anything but a pathogen Only give me
• hearing, and I will prove to you that his conduct
is highly connoted to make liars sod blackguards
of his pupils. I had rather not go into detail here, but
think it may be moomery to call your attentive to
the following two extracts from the Essex newspapers to
prove the test The following is part of Wieeman's
meths (mated) et the examination at Helvedon, Christmas,
1866, mod the mermen were end —. Mr.
Wiseman said • greet deal of suspicion used to be attuned
(and justly so) to many examinstions of this kind. The boys
were examined for the occasion, and there we a kind of
understanding between the master and the meson appointed
to examine. This war not the principle upon which he
(Mr. Wiaemsn) scud, The Royal College of Precepters, of
which he was • member, we Instituted for the purpose of
redeeming the character of the private schoolmaster, whose
position in society bed hitherto been a very inferior one.
And am every honest man woe anxious to prove himself to be
Moat, he invited the college to send their ezeminere, trentles
me to whom he wee a perfect stranger, to his school, and
make their awards acceding to what they found to be the
theinmente of the pupils. The company present had la-
mmed the searching character of the emanation ; end
them gentlemen, if there hod bees • • screw loose,' would
have exposed it, and delighted in doing so. (Hear, hear.)
What their report might be be did not know—end be might
odd that he did not are—(laughter)—for he wee me of
those who did his duty and looked fearlessly at the mum
peewee. (Applause.) He knew this, however, that they
were perfectly independent men, and would as on give so
adverse opinion es • favourable one, provided it we. de-
serving. &0., &a"
Here follows at moms length an extract from the sperm of
one of the examiners at Helvedon, in Midsummer last, eulo-
gistic of the high chancier and position of Mr. Winsome,
and giving the names of several gentlemen who had been
educated wider his are, and many of whom were at present
holding high and distinguished positions. After wk the
defendant, In alluding to the certificates given by the ye-
wizen says For my pert, I would not give 2d. e dorm
for them, wither would I entreat Wiseman with the morel
sod heart training of my boye—eo, not if Wiseman gave res
1001. a year for it. How do I know that be would be better
heated than poor young was ? I do not like settirme
schoolmasters. There bos bees too much drunkenness, too
much adultery, too mach cruelty, end too much owlet fever
at Solved= to please ne." The letter coseledis—" You
are at liberty to let Winona we this. I keep a copy, which
I intend to reed at a public meting.—l em, gentlemen, your
obedient sermar,—Tmomse Ntr01111'."
After the reeding of !unbar docomente,
Mr. Wideman miscalled Into the witness-box, and on being
sworn, and he was proprietor of Kelvedoa halal. which
scboloefic totablishthent he bed conducted for marl= years,
and had under his Margin present 140 beside.. Le July,
1868, he engaged the defeedget as one of hie niters, end he
had not been long In his establishment when he had cease
to lied fent with him on his mode of terming the boys, sad
more particularly with his repeated Menem cenesdslate of
the pupils. lo tact, so unpoptiter did he berme with the boys
as for a short time to get them Into a state of perfect com-
motion., end he wee therefore obliged to give him mho to
leave, sad ultimately got rid of him with some difficulty,
hewing been obliged to have • policeman to remove him frost
the premien. Before giving him notice to leave, however,
be (Mr. Wiseman) bad taken much trouble to explain to the
thfrodeet how he might become popular anionget the boys;
hot so extraordinary wits his tamper that he Gould sot eat
upon his recommendation. Os receiving the deindent's
letter, doted, " ElicithethYrest, Wongetb," be (Mr.
Then) se ours procredsd to Colchester, where ,be sew
Mr. Leech, who was uncle end guardisa to
, no of the boys in big school, end that gentlwasa gam him
the letter be pendund. That letter, se wall es the various
documents read by the kented counsel, end ell ef them of •
libeling character, were in the hendwritfog of the defendant.
Tho witness was subjected to a bug and rembfieg _ones-
enntiestion by the defendant, but the WM totally idled be
therms • partials of jestilkstace, bet, on the cookery,

strongly aggravated Me 061101. The defendant also pt.
anted in patting in some dominants which wave additionally
libellous, and examined ewe witnesses, whom evidence did
not aseiat him in the leash

In roily to tieecies age,-the defendant said be had not gone
behind the beak of the complainant, bat soled openly by
wetting to him, end elseing whet he hid deism
Mr. Nodes—Yak but yea should ham node some in-
quiries bike* yen yreaudgebel these fearful libels. Here is
• gentiunsa whs keys s Msgs. led, as it ammo, a most
raped** =hod foe the eimeglen of youth--a gentleman
to whom awraeter is al the list emesquenc•—..d you, with-
out the eficseew at pelmet, dory him with brim a list end
a person unfit for hit pukka i and state that droakennese
and adultery ere permitted in bis respectable establishment,
and all this without tie slightest epousde. Oa Obi °harm
I shall commit yea to take yaw trial at the Old Bailey, but
shall not object to atisspt of god bill for your appessonoe
there. _ . _

36. Wiseman was thea bound over is the usual way to
prosecute, sad the rimer wan tally committed for trial.