Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-02 00:00:00

BEFORE MR. NANSFINLD AND MR. W. MARTA.

Mr. T. J. Ouseley, proprietor of the Liverpool Pro-
testant Herald, appeared at the Police Court upon the
following summons :
"TO MR. THOMAS JOHN °MALEY, 32, EVERTOT VALLAY.
"Yon are required to take notice, that Robertson Glad-
stone having, on the day of the date of thi4, my summcn.,
exhibited to and before me, the undersigned, one of her
Majesty's justices ( f the peace in and fir the said borough,
an information issued against you, so that you, cn or
about the 10th day of October instan', did unlawfully and
maliciou%ly publish, in the parish and borough of Liverpool,
in the county of Lancaster, a certain defamatory libel,
containing divers false, scandalous, and malicious matters
of things of and concerning Robertson Gladstone, EEq.,
then being a member of the Town Council of the said
borough, and also a juoice of the peace of and for the said
borough of Liverpool; I have appo4nted to hear all parties
thereupon, and to adjudge and determine of and concerning
the matter and mat ters of fact in the said information men-
tioned, on the 31st day of October instant, at twelve o'clock
at noon, &C , "

Mr. Robertson Gladstone was in Court, with his solici-
tor, Mr. Lowndes Mr. Oussley was accompanied by
Mr. Bremner, solicitor. At twelve o'clock the Coact was
very much crowded with parties anxious to hear the case
A long delay, however, took place, in consequence, we
understand. of the fee. that Mr Aspinal, who was engaged
on behalf of Mr. Gladstone, was detained in the Court of
Passage. It was two O'clock 'before -any proceedings in
the case took place.
Mr Lowndes said he had to apply for a warrant to hold
the defendant to bail, that he should 'appear at the assizes,
in December, to answer any indictment to be preferred
against him by Mr. Robertson Gladstone, for libet The
libel complained 6f was publi-hedroy the defendant, in his
paper of the 10 b. of October, it was in these words. Mr.
Lowndea then read the article which was as follows:

MB. ROBERTSON GLADST 0 NeS RBI-1(1110N (?) AND
LOY A IVY 1

Some per,p:e cannot exist without a grievance; lne the hyena In
his den, they are cansrant'y moving about, and nttE ring discordant
maw's. Mr.'llobertson Oladttone is one of those grunthlers ; no ono
can satisfy him. At a meeting of the Town Council. on Saturday last,
the moathly meeting, which hould have taken p 1 coon Wednesday
List, was postponed, owi► g to that day being set apart, by the cneen's
Trroc'amation, for a general fast and humiliation. This did not meet
the approval of the ever disc: ntented member for Abeseromby Ward,
who otserved that--

He could not discover, really what t' a Council had to do with
the order for humilia ion and prayer. Of the nece sty for humi-
liation and "pray, r, and the duty which wan incumbent upon wets
of them In respect of those two of jeep, he did not pretend to held
a y question for a moment. Bet, consict ring the t the p steles really
in fault were the East hide Company, who had had eolden oppor-
tunities of -d log good. bat Iced neglected and abused the trust
reposed in them, why other parties were to 'be held responsible in
the sight rf God for the ants of that company, was realty a matter
which he for one could not comprehend. Re did not purpose upon
that occasion going into the snhject. He felt very stronely upon it,
and perhaps upon no point more than Ors d d he enter his pretest
against itthan because a day in the week was 'elected, a d•sy s f
labour, when the poorer classes must of necessity b the sufferers
by the lose of that day's wo k. Why they could not have imitated
their brethren of the R man Catholic Church, and flied Sunday as
a day of hnmiatteion, be could n t comp °tient.
Mr. Gladetone questions the necessity of praying to God to
protect our fellow-countrymen, women, and children, from the
merciless Sepoys, because the East India Company have neglected
their duties. We ask this brutal specimen of humanity., whether the
sold era, their wives, and child; en, are to blame fur the con 'net of
the Government in India ? "Other parties" are not held responsib'e
in the 1-leht of God, for the acts r f the c myetny, but it is our duty, as
Christians, to implore the Chine Mercy upon these who are
Bur-oust led wit's p. ril. Ile objects to a wet k-day being fix,d. upon.
Hal Sunday been select el, then would have been no sacrifice of
selists interests, and but few would have recognised the day more
than the us-al Sabbath. J. s fir imitat'ng the P. pa's Setroye, as
propo el by Mr. G'ad tone, that would only be exhiltirg a disloyal
spirit. Why could not the Pap's,s, as well as the Jews, and all other
sects, obey the Q seen's mend .te ? And what benefit do the poor
Papists desive from hsvmg Sunday set atsart for t' eir
day of .humiliation, w'sen their chief sreerdo`al ru in
well knew that all work would be s'oppel on Wednesday.
We are not surprised at anytteng emanating from Mr.
Gladstone. A man who can jump from Toryism to extreme
Ra"ca'ism may, if It suits him, rush from Christianity to infidelity,
or, if it snits lim, ropery, cf whit; latter creed he now appears to be
the ehamelon. Aceor ling to the theory of Mr. Gladstone, as the Fes
India Company are le fault, we have no right to a'temi t to relieve
I ueknow, but leave nearly one thousand of oar fellow countrymen.
women, and children, to be b .tchered. The pawer of Bs itish troops,
we admit, is great, bat the power of God can avert all evils; there-
fore to him we pray, for his strength is not as the strength of mortal
man. The Town Council of Liveroool is disgraced so long as this
English Sepoy has a place et its ts ble ;9 and we hope the electors of
Alereromby Ward, of all political opinions, will combin' to oust h m
when his throe of offices xpit es. We hsel thought.he had reached the
lowest .'epths, but we are sorry to find there is a lower stel—on• that
smacks strongly es` Wavle:my as well as disloyalty.

Mr. L'wdnes said that was the libel he had to bring
befure the notice of the court, ana he proposed to call
witnesses to prove the publication of it
Mr. B•emner We admit that.

Mr. Robertson Gladstone was then called by Mr.
Lowndes and sworn. He deposed that he was a member
cf the Town Council of the borough of Liverpo6l, and a
magistrate.
Mr. Bremner : Are you correctly 'epresented, sir, in the
Daily. Fist as having repeated the expressions which were
now read by Mr Lowndee ?
Mr. Gladstcne : I hsve not seen the Daily Fost.
Mr. Bremner : Well, I will read it. (Mr. Bremr•er read
the report of Mr. Gladstone's speech from the Daily Post.)
Now, I ask you, sir, if ycu are correctly reported as having
made we f these words ?

Mr. Gladstone : I believe that statement to be substan
tially correct.
Mr. Lowndes said that waq the case.

Mr. Bremner said, the queqtion now was whether the
court would hear any observations at all from him or
whether they thought the case w_s one to ba sent to a
superior coat.

Mansfield : There is no doubt that the passage read
by Mr. Lowndes is calculated to bring any one into
odium and ccntempt, which I apprehend is the essence of
libel. Ido not know that any observations to b 3 made
here could alter the matter.

Mr. Bremner : Y.,u think, therefore, that you will not
take the rasp msit iiity of settling the question here ?
Mr. Mansfield : I do not think there is any question to
settle. lam merely the medium through which the
matter is to be referred to another tribunal.
Mr. Bremner asked what amount of bail would be ac-
cepted.

The magistrates decided on receiving bail from Mr.
Ouseley himself in 5200, and two 6nre ies in XlOO each.
Mr. Bremner tendered Mr. Thomas Ball, of White.
chapel, grocer, and 41r. Richard Holmes, of Seymour-
s reet, who were accepted, and recognisances were Lccori-
ingly entered into.