The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-30 00:00:00

appeared fm the detendaate is
• rule for • criminal infaM r. Awrtos relit
tuation, which had been obtained
on the 11th fut., by his learned friend Sir F Theniger oa
the put of** Coast de Themar, the prime lankiermar, of Por-
tugal, against Mr. Crampton and Me. Loos, who were
Intuitively the registered proprietor and publkher of the
Morning Post sawspapar, for • libel. Wises the rale was
moved the libel our brought fully before the mart, sad
it would not be sufficient to say that it charged
the Cosset de Thome, with corruption, sad It also
essibdeed as insinuation ranting on the Coast de Mostar
in eassestios with her majesty the Queen et Portugal. The
rule hod been obtained as the allidaat of the Count de
Thema?, sad he (Mr. Antrim) Wm bowed to say that it
explicitly and in detail dueled the imputation in ;main.
He had the affidavits of the gentlemen for wises he ap.
pawed • sad he thought it right, in jostles to them, to bring
the subMessee of those atiliants before the court previously
to his statist the worse which, with his (Kr. Atkerna's)
satire usearnsee, they had thought it proper to adopt.
The first affidsvit was that of Mr. Crunnka, which stated
that he resided is Lancashire, and was the registered the ifoneiseg Post; bet that he had
MiPtiltle progektor, by purchase sine N Timber last (the
libel in epodes \snag appeared on the 17th of September)
that he heed Soar B rhos, and was only caseedually in Lon-
don, ameba the sassagentent of the papa to a M. Michels,
a forage menener, who down to Noves.ber last weeentitled
to a pnensgeks Is the paper. When the libel appeared he
(Mr. Crumples) we at Fort Williams is Beodaad, and Mr.
Maack, the of the paper war absent without' ilk
knowledge, in That the libel was la the form of a
letter to the Marshy Pas!, and that he nom saw the letter
signed " Fabritheri'ar the artie's previously to its iseartios is
the paper, nor wee his anention called to I[l rums time Air.
wards. and he was neva email te d with regard to ilr hawks,
ear did be she Gnus for its insertion, but, cc the seatran
ills' Wins_ applied to on the subj ct perusal kit should
have gins dkresidena that it chuu,cl not be inserted, as he
was sat u&7 measquanted with the facts, but meet &drew
that the Sismaing Pent should never contain stuck* on pri-
vate eharoster, but be notteetud solely as a private journal,
end that he had had no appliestion teem the Count de
Theater es the subject previously to the appliegnion fur the
rule. The affidavit of Mr. L .ng stated that he woe only the
publisher of the paper, and did sot interfere with, and was
sot cognisant of the Insertion of the article. He (Mr.
' Atherton) would verdure to say that it could badly
be desiod that, so far as say personal partic
polka is the imputati •ns on the Count de Too-
-1 mar was 'concerned, these bentlesen hid siscondel in
exasipating tbeasseives,but be our bound to admit that, not-
withstanding, a legal responsibility attached to them, sad
I made them liable for the /anum of the article, whin,
however, unwillingly se far as nu: were assureed, had
found its way into the paper, sad that ke was la no condition
to show cane against the rule, hut that it mast be made
tabooing. He hoped, however, that ulterior penuestinp
would not be found neecerury by the Coast de Thossar,
though what coarse he should pantie, It wee set few him
( Mr. Atherton) to signet. But, is ad idea to what he
said, he was booed, is accordance with his ieetnietion,w Inch
tut with his entire concurrence, to express the amens regret
cf the defendanu, that, although yin* itOngty as far as they
were concerned, the ankle bad found its way Into a news-
paper with which they were counseled.
Sir F. Ttiesiger said, that the object of the Cairn de
Theism was to ban an opportunity of denying epos oath
the chases which had bias made against him la the article
in questin, as he felt bow street wee the inflaence of public
opinion, as expressed in the public prate of this &minify, in
his own lead, and that he was hound to challenge those who '
bad theocrat. proves to publish those calumnies to ease into
an English court of bunks aal prove them if they could.
Hiked felt kw the personal sharp agairit him of in sm-
eary and corrupt motives 'a his public duties than
that whisk was contained is the insinuation agelast
the character of his 'aversive. He (Sir frederick The-
sign) wee bound to ay that, so far as domestic
Purity and propriety were ens-mined, the ehareeter of the
Queen of Portugal was far above reproach This wee the
feeling whit% tadeenced the Coast de Thomas- in Geeing
before the Nun. Hie chisel was now 'amend by char-
1. seine his unser; who bad been unable to meet his ;
and ha (Sir F. Thesiger) must adroit the tbe part'. s for-
welly before the court had morally exculpated thiamine
from any participation in the guilt of this protesting ; and
he felt that it would not be becoming on the part of the
Coast de Thous/ to prey the matter to extremity against
Ouse parties• but he did feel that, for the complete vindica-
tion of the Cent de Theater in the public mind of Portugal,
and to show the sonnet the court of the position to which he
stood, it was necessary that the rale should be made absolute
against the defendants,and the outs paid by them. He would
ray, on the pan of the Count de Thema, that it he acted on his
(Sir F. Tinnier's) with*, his end !Attie( been obtained and
his character vindteneol in the eyes of every dispassionate
pereon, he would not think It neareeary to proceed furtive
against the defendants, who were legally liable, bat sot
morally responsible for the article. With regard to ulterior
worn, he would venture to say that thee would not be
instituted, as the Count de Thant would doubtle s act
upon his advice.
Mr. Jostles Coleridge—Then it Ii unt4instood that the
rale is made absolute, with costs, bet that so farthm pro-
...dines will be taken.
Si, F. Thesiger—Certainly.
Hale absolute, with oats.