The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-03 00:00:00

ALLEGED LINEL.

At Guildhall, yesterday, Mr. Buchanan applied
to Alderman Hale for summonses
_against the news and
Pally TargrepA, for • libel published in those papers
against Mr. William Bewieke, of Threepwood-hall, Nor-
thumberland. The libel was contained in a report of •
trial which recently took place at the Central Criminal
Court, in whirl Mr. Besneke was the proeeeuter. Mr.
Buchanan raid that there had been au indictment pre-
ferred against Ann Porter for perjury at the Old Bailey
on the t2nd of August, and in the report of the pro
lege of that trial the printer and publisher of the Mors
newspaper hail made lus client say things not only that he
never said, but that nothing like them was said. The
libel was that not only did the examination reported not
take place, but that nothing like it took place.
Mr. Martin (chief clerk) asked whether the libel was
contained is the report.
Mr. Buchanan said it was, and he would read it as set forth
hi the information. He then read the following extract :
—"I am residing at Threepwood Hall, in the county of
Northumberland, gentleman, and say that the following
paragraph appeared in the Timer newspaper of Monday,
the' 4th of August last, in a prosecution at the Central
Criminal Court, London. Second Court, before the Com-
mon Serjeant, wherein Ann Porter was charged and in-
dicted for wilful and corrupt perjury, wherein I was a
witness, and in my craw-examination by Mr. Serjeant
Sleigh I am made by the said report to say that 'White had
sitar been married to Ledge, and she had enabled him to
obtain a reverted of a judgment, and for this he allowed
her an annuity of 404 He bad heard that she gave birth
to a child. She returned to the hall afterwards. He
never made any arrangement for its maintesianeo.
When White married in ltibt he famished her
house, and since then he hail had no communication with
her. She had eland: and taken care of two of hi'
illegitimatechildren. now grown up That such paragraph
is utterly tabs 11114 i untrue, and that I nev.•r made any
such statement in the course of the said pr....cation; and
that it is in fact a libel calculated to citify ma said bring
we into contempt and ridicule. That Framis tioodlake u.
the printer and mililidirr of the -nit Tier, r new.paper, as
will hew:Liter Is! 'moist by the proper ant horiti..4. And I
nut ill .:u thin a ~iiinitions he granted me agaiii,t the
said for the alleged lil.e1.••

ilr. Martin krhiof cleik) u.-kid Mr. Burhaiuuti if he !rid
Wyitorr., Itotrs.

Dlr. 'lto lutu.th ...tid ho had not . he It t I gt.!
. . . . .

,tip,go.t, .1 that the rep•nt iu the tiewspiper
Might 1.• tru,•.

Mi. But Italian said he could pulse.• the -.hurt hail 1
writt'es notts, betaii.e hie client had had the pre,itition
to hare a •hordhund writer preectit. But he (Mr. Bu-
chanan) had only bia a instructed within the la-t hour,
and he had not able to produce Omni hem.
Alderman Hale said that it was a eery impartant
matter, and he thought Mr. Buchanan had better reliew
his application when he had his ease compel, tl.
Mr. Martin mittsl whether his application did not ex.-
tend to another paper.
Mr. Buchanan said it did. Ile applied for a ,imilar
summons against the Doily Thfirriph. for their report was
word for word the sans• as the Tim..
Mr. Martin mid Mr. Buchanan would do well to corn.
pare the notes with the report in the Tim.. before he
came here again, for it might turn out that the Times'
repot Mr was correct.
Mr. Buchanan said he would do so lietOre be renewed
hie application.
The parties then retired.

THE CAB DISPUTE.