The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-17 00:00:00

S IEIE4 ItY FAIR.

Thee prices ut Irma at Sitrewahnry Fair ow Wednesday,
appeared arertt4ll4y the great emporia! ttttt s which have UP.
cent'y taken place. Fll.l. fierce!, sold Janet see. h. us per
• ; Oiarsm Gum 27a to musk attire very few pritsse
4,48%40es went 441f...ti11er higher at the cwittneurrineitt ; teeny
parka rcinaltee.l unsold y..alettlay gre.uitiot. Lao the ball 0,6
cl. aced by evening. Louth% wool Is. 10.1. to .a.. td, per lb.
Three *ere malty beast• hronglol f.4r .aale, chiefly lean and
half-fatied, but which were without ticklers : an me few fat
beasts mold and tip.; fat sleep felclbed 7.1. per Of
butter and cheese an unusually kale supply MA, fur sale :
thr former set:rt.:ooz lid. per lb.; prone- di mrs oaf Ilse hilts
f. irked ids. to his. parcel., as dull lids. to 17,5. a otle a very
brisk sale : biscuit 10J. per lb.

IRE LA AD.

DUBLIN. AUGENT 11.
CITY OF CORK ASSIZES.

WHITE V. o'DEISEOLL.

Th.,. trial cinnt, uu un Friday, the 7th, before
Baron Sm ITH .I.sll a revretable Jurv.
It wann on action I ght by the Plaintiff, Wm.
Preotin White, a,:faiiinit the Proprietor or the Cork
Southern leeporter, far ni, Alegeil libel, ttttt :tined
111 HIS inlvertn.ement, I,atis in the 'mine 01. Weil.
Th(mipson, and insltli,he,l in that Paper nq the IA
of February List. hin tlaat;e4e. Were lai.l et One
Thou,inti PuundA, and the Dviradaat pleaded the
Gruirral 1,40 e.

lit his Address to the Joey, Moon SMITH said,
that the action sv.IIA founded on an ad velt,prairett,
out sin asionyinona advertiseuielit, but tire that
ascertainsd al once the author, beginning ash his
name and ending with Ina address inserted in the
common course and routine in it poblie Paper, whieli
had uniformly, fir a number of years, been elm-
ducted by the soli great correctiteas, Hod
which had frequently contained pai.graphs compli-
mentary to the Plaintiff ; a circumstance which ne-
gatived the idea of malice or personal The
pre* pinto was too, th it the rontents were unknown
to the Defendant, who won 111 he likely to rend the
paragraphs but not advertisements, to which his
Paiier gave nilinission.
The action arose out of a publication which,
though libellous, was barely so, and barely tians-
greased the limits set by law. It was brought
against the publisher, and not ageing the author.
And this was not a mutter of iiccessity, bolt of
choice. For the Editor had at once offered to give
sup the author and the. manuscript ; thus nil ni,ly
directing the Plaintiff to the right quintet., but
furnishing him with evidence to support hit arson,
namely, the limid.writing of the author. It is said
that to vindicate his character is the object of the
Plaintiff. Surely this would he best vindicated in
an action against one who would have the means of
joatifying, if truth and law enabled hint to do so ;
slid who in failiog to do so, would chew that he was a
calumniator. But here the Plaintiff rejected this
surrender, and the reason which he assigned was, that
the author was no mark for damages or costs. This
might be true; but what became of those generous
canna 111 l s which his Counsel were instructed to in-
dulge in. The Plaintiff here seemed to recollect
his pocket and forget his reputation.
Out time whole, the Learned Judge said he felt
himself obliged to direct the Jury to find for the
Plaintiff, but they would probably be disposed to
console themselves, under the neceasity of follow-
ing those direction*, by awarding damagvs of very
small amount.
The Jury found a verdict fur the Plaintiff—GJ.
damages and lid. costs.