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LAW I XTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, TPICRSDAT. Gee. 19.
LOISHON REINANET SITTINGS ATTEI TRINITY TERM.
LIBEL.
BUCKINGHAM, ESQ. a'. RABIES, ESQ..
'This was an action brought* by the plaintiff, formerly the Pro-
prietor and Editor of the Calcutta agsiost the defendant,
tot a false. foul, and malicious libel. puhliehed of and concerning
:Abe plaintiff, in the form of • letter shimmed to him, and elem.
.ihmed,anlong others.
'slt. PHTKREION opened the pleadings on the part of the plain-
• tiff—The declaration stated, that before the publication of the libel
complained of, the plaintiff was about to publish, in the form of a
boqk, his own Travels in Pairatlot, and. preparatory to the publi.
catten of such book, the plaintiff publicly advertised it in the
Calcutta Joareal I bitt the defendant, intending to injure and pre-
judice the plaintiff in the sale of the said book, published a gross
and sotedalou: libel of and
,concerning the plaintiff'. in the form of
• a copy of a letter. dated " Thebes, June 12, 1111 h." The de-
fendaet tiest pleaded no; piney. Secondly, lie pleaded a special
pies Of )witilleation, dist the whole libel was true; and averred
. metre, in support of eve• y allegation contained in it. Thirdly, he
pleaded generally, that the weele libel was true. In the fourth and
tieh pica, he ooly Justified the libel as to certain parts. To these
teeete ;here was n replication, on the peat of the plaintiff, that they
were no: true; whereupon issue was joined.
. Mr. Beovoneet stated the plaintiff's case.—Gentlemen of the
Jury, ca I am very much afraid that in the conduct of this case I
• shell base occasion to detain his lootiehip and you some consi-
dyable time. I shall not preface my statement with a single obser-
vatian. I 'lnd' state this case plainly to you. I shall explain the
.relative !rhea:ions its which this plaintiff and this defendant stood
towards each other. I shall describe hewn his own mouth, and
Stier lei own hand, the conduct of the defendant towards the
[daintie. whom I have the honour of representing, and I shall then
taco it to rim to make such comments on the conduct of 'dlr.
Berke', and to draw Fuels inferences with respect to the reparation
• which is dng to isle. Buckingham, as your own judgments shall
.auggest. In that manner shall I dismiss this case into your hands,
with an ertire confidence as to the result. .Me. Buckingham has
.probably been known to many of you. He began life as • sea.
tnriag man at an early age, had heen engaged as the Captain of a
merchant vessel for some years. and had been employed in the ape.
'culations of trade connected with his motivation. Ile had resided
Yoe a considerable time in the East. and had become intimately sic-
uuainted with the navigetion of the seas in those parts. He was
s'lso weeleinted with the manners. habits, and language, as well
as woes the commercial dealings of the natives. A commercial
treatyhal,ng been negotiated between one of the Powers in Egypt
end r:e English territories in that parr, it Was deemed highly ex-
pedient that merchants in the Bntisit territories near Bombay
eeeege alto be made parties to this treaty. Mr. Buckingham, whose
evareence and knowledge were well aecertained, was pitched upon as
tie agent to proceed to Member, for the purpose cf procuring the en-
unterier o the part'," interested there in the formation and retie.
c vion of this treaty. He set nut from Egypt in the latter end of the
eear 1815. to go arose eo Bnmbay. and met with the accidents
incident to such journeys by laid and by water. Haying been de-
layed in the course of his expedition, he afterwards arrives' in Syria,
where gill further delays were opposed to his progress. He was
twice taken ill in consequence of the climate. end he Wagoners
turned aside from his course by the disturbances which tank place
en those countries Consequent upon the death of the Bashaw, an
merit which raised disputes as to the succession. equivalent to a re-
verent:in. He was detained at* one place, I think, two months, for
tee want of conveyance down the Gulf ; and in consequence of
the operetta:3(cm that these delays might retard. if not erevent, the
accomplishment of M. o`eiect„ he sent off certain despatches, the
so ewly arrival of which at Bombay was of the utmost importance.
'ou. gentlemen, can easily account for this, because you will ra-
tionally supeene that a native could make proerms through a dis.
eruct where a 'stranger dared not show his fare. These circumstances
delayed Mr. Bteckingheisee arrival at Bombay for above a year,
and chew-, threw bins in the way of Mr. Bankes, the defendant,
wan was then travelling in those putts for his amusement and in-
struction. Mr. Buckingham made acqttainetnee with him at a
consent in Jerusalem, and there that tamilimity occurred which
might be naturally exporter! ir. a country where they were the only
tore Englishmen. They joined in excursions to the interesting te-
tt/sin* 401. antiquity round the neighbourhood, both sacred and pro-
tons; and among other excutsloos, they made a visit to a part of the
nentre which hail been but seldom visited by foreigners.—
ae country east of the river Jordan, which is now called the
Haman, was in ancient times called Decapolis. fermi the circurn-
etanne of ten cities being built there. (lie of these, the meet in-
tuiting:hes, caned Dgcrash, and that also they ;sited teeether.
Zaleyear was Misr prorogued, ream an accident Mr. Buckingham
bete* actual tour occupied -even days. They parted
some few weeks subsemieney in another nut,
a third time. During their separation, how-
mime a subsisted bets-ten them, which will be pro-
duced in evi estop, and which will show the very high esteem in
heed, Mr. 'Biala held Mr. Buckingham. lie repeatedly re-
gretted their sipasion. wished for their speedy meeting, and ex-
messed hope" t Mr. Buckingham would use every exertion in
hit power to sherbet their absence Irons each other in these travele,
litre the Leased Counsel read several extracts from lettere,
eyincingthevort of feeling thus described ate letter familiarly
%Aire off with " Enter old Cliaboen and the Toed Fates, .441 adieu ri
Mr Buckingham, in his vieit •to Dgcrash with Mr Benket, stayed
*efficiently long to satisfy himself es to the value of the antiquities
to beheld, bat not sufficiently long was his stay, not sufficiently
fli:Wgie was hie examination. to enable him to du the subject justice.
flolirohine hack upon the scenes that had presented theinsely
),ivojelte found it absolutely necessary to visit diem
tn, moire-hie detailed observation,. correct, aid to give
/et eagultios to the public. Ile accortlingly soon
Delimit a second time. He then made renele notes c
tines whith occurred to him : he corrected snoopy of
yertieft he and Mr. Minket had made together of the
lle corrected the bearings of different Wilding', which
'afore inset...m/00v describe I ; and lie laid down the
legerash upon a plan in which the relative bearings of ....
were Accor.o.4y depicted. When Mr. Bankce subsequently
the libel in eueetion, lie probably forgot that he had seen the
orseeley Mr:Buckingham—made upon his second visit to le'
I snag show you, however, ender his own hard, that '
licence to those very notes, and therefore he can have
tee preent libel. His 'reference to these notes is on
pigs in which Dgcrash is described by Mr. Bo:kingdom
geared visit. Mr. Boeidasham then pursued his tour '
pieta of this sweat immerging muntry. He extended
over various ancient dihrictscand, having finally arrived S.
he .rowed the result of his observations to several fries.
doomed the subject so losseesting that they rromainetelid
lame 04day anis; is doe weal so rateable • solute
tedivlteveli thinittrt At last It• made up Ills mind t
Tintesie is PalestW and .accordingly he advt.,
(Amin F=, of wflidt he was a proprietor, that•
eriMlPbe as soots as possible. It appears,
tile ilk. Weiss dds adiertisement. A suminary 1144
keel slie Wei iMIA diapers which the book would ,
titles it did to -htppen that there were
jot if was stated- that Mr. Buckingham had
earth, and was to give his ems observations upon
raise of that city. Ile. slid prinnined to furnish an
alt hr had observed In that pert of the world, during
oirwpial tau weeks. itionsW die whole tour occur
godat of time, there woo, burever, included in it _
la width he visited .Dgerella with Mr. Henke.; and although
MOW/ mos strafe that me: issiikworhon had subsequently. 'lilted
Ntysrsswiss alone—altberagb he had wen his separate notes in wri.
Igor ai
eer ssvili.l:4lisaliielr.
hee o jun* paralle
aroused l—girs
Id den publish an secountof
. Than anybody should have
to. ' spin giesed hallowed by his '
torimova. log ihiskes, Gentlemen, gets Ine.
meifAnly tan diM inheibliatee) because Mr. Buckingham
Vairrifilatdir aP4imd Wvilkotils privileged bud— though
I 1 10.00.1 lit had (*gotten, however, that
Mg bed goiettecite a sesniti this--he had
kel& • nil Vv. Vaddieliasesehtieristiens on hi
but nsteged ba had not-Ilkie Ifer piing there _
he allia r' in, • Mini the tea
sneak aid astio•r` , In_ilie
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