The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-06 00:00:00

ROLLS COURT. Alosrar, JVLT S.

The Court was occupied in hearing short causes
Dr no interest eacept to the parties concerned.
His Honour the Ma!tea of the not.ts .ill sit
at nine o'clock on Saturday usnruing, to hear
causes and petitions by consent.

StiElttFFS` MINT, BEDFORD-10w

monspAir, )I;Lir 3.

Wore is Special Agcy.
LIBEL.
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Mr. CistreT opened the pleadings in this case.
It was an action to recover compensation in damaged
for a libel published in a periodical work. entitled
The Literary /direst, which charged the Plaintiff
with gross and immoral conduct while resident at
Rome. The damages were laid at 5,0001. The
Defendant had suffered judgment to go by default.
Mr. BROUGHAM addressed the Jury on the Nome
of the libel which hid been shortly opened by his
Learned Oriendt The Defendant having sulkiest
judgment so go by defanit, it only remailied with
them to assess the damages. The circumstances
which gave tire to the libel were these :—tlr. Hoye*
was • Catholic Clergyman of great respectability
among the members of hi. owls Church. mud was
Elm held in high 'aloud by persons of opposite
sects. He was a native of Wexford, and was edit-
hated at Rome. where he received ordination. In
consequence of the troubles which affected that
part of the world, lie returned to his own country,
and was appointed to the spiritual charge of a con-
gregation. to whom, as well as to every other person
who had ass opportunity of knowing him, Ise gave
the highest satisfaction. It would be recollected.
that ers consequent* of the Pure'a Itescript at
On Mooseigneur (bigmouth by his ,Bret.
lieu, *Mt to the Irish Cailsolits, perusittime
them to accept the Peru in ca.e that power
should be required by the Briti.h Crown as a (-midi-
tiorial security for the removal of their civil dia.
abilities. 'this permission excited a considerable
degree of dissatisfact email the great body of
the Catholics of Ireland, while with others it aa.
eonsidered as extremely desirable, The Manila
was finally cho•en.by the opponent* of the measure,
as their delegate, to go to Rome rind remonstrate
with the Pope on the impoliey of the concession ;
tend in allsision to his Coliduct while engaged
this mission, the present libel was published. The
irtiblication took place in the 91st Number of The
Literary Jetttitsf, and was entitled,' An authentic
actobist of the proceedings of the friar Richard
Hayeiti the Irish Catholic Delegate at Itunse."—
The article Commenced by adverting the circum-
stances under which Mr. Hayes had gone to Its nice
and then proceeded to give what it stated to be an
account. from the most authentic source. of din
manner in which Mr. Hayes had conducted bim.e hl.
It stated that he had perarriudly Insulted the Pope.
and charged him with having sold himself, as far as
regarded Ireland, to the English Government I that
he was seldom seen lit hi. secular dress. and fre-
quented coffee-houses, and houses of public prosti-
tution; that he resisted the orders of the Covers/-
meta, and had introduced abandoned women into
the Convent of Sti hider ; that he locked hue.
self up in the Cohveut, having improperly ob.
mined possession of the keys. and was at length re-
moved only by • stratagem of the police, who
obtained admission by a wort door ; curl that Ise
was at length removed by force from the Pontifical
territory, under au escort of earbiiirera, who con-
veyed him to Tuscany, where they set him at liberty.
and from whence, through Florence, be bad re-
turned to Ireland.
This obi of the libel, than which,
- of nag
titre easy thing
altogether as
malice of his
well be.