The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-27 00:00:00

TILE KING V. ADY.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that in this case
a rule had been obtained by Sir James Scarlett,
calling upon Mr. Charles Ady to show cause why
a criminal information should not be filed against him
fur circulating a certain placard reflecting on the
character of Mr. Pane, one of the Members for the
county of Oxford. The rule had been obtained on
affidavits, stating that prior to the publication of the
placards in question, some very gross imputations
had been cast upon Mr. Pane, in certain anonymous
letters which had been sent to him, and also in a
paragraph in one of the newspapers. Neither the
anonymous letters nor the paragraph in the news-
papers had been traced to the knowledge of Mr.
Ady, but it was supposed that he was the writer of
them, from the circumstance that some of the ex-
pressions which they contained coincided with the
language of the placard. Mr. Ady denied in the
most positive terms that he had any knowledge of
the letters or the paragraph. Ile did not deny,
however, that he gave directions for the printing of
the placards, nor did 'he (the Learned Counsel)
mean to deny that the expressions which the pla-
cards contained, though extremely: obscure, were of
a libellous character. Mr. Ady'a only desire tie
present :was to hive it distinctly understood, that at
the time he gave instructions for printing. the pla-
cards, he had not the least, suspicion 'that he was
making himself the instrument of reflecting in any
way on the character and conduct of Mr. Pane. He
swore, that until the newspaper containing the
paragraph alluded to was put into •his' hands since
the rule was moved, for,..he had 'never seen the
paragraph, and had no knowledge :whatever of it.
He expressed his regret In the strongest, terms that
he should have been betrayed into, a went of cau-
tion, and. given publicity to statements which had
caused pain to the feelings of Mr. Pane and the
other persons mentioned ln the affidavit.
WlLLtnsts, on the same side, said that
Mr. Ady had been on terms of friendship with the
individual who furnished him with the manuscript
for
ern at
r years. He had no reason whatever to sup-
at the manuscript contained any erroneous
catement. He now expressed deep • regret for
!laving inadvertently been the cause of giving pain
to any of the parties. lie had been betrayed by his
friend whom, from what be had known of .him, he
believed to have been incapable of a dishonourable
ieti
he whloitdd
ehadmade promise to that individual
that not disclose his name : And that was
the reason, and the only reason, why he now felt
utPll'at the defendant, per-
t h est
ihr ej,c, osu(l,tAl
rintoutTgTi vseaiidt,
vowed to excuse himself by saying
ceieirig that the rule must
,be absolute, had ended.
that he had been
deceived by an old and intimate friend. He would
not, however, be let off so:cheaply.
Lord TENTERDEN-.--The rule must be made ab-
solute.

We believe it is certain that Mr. CHARLES
wyNN hai been named Secretary at War; and that Lord
SANDO)4 is to be the Secretary of the lodia Board. It is
sinderstood that the Plan of Reform contemplated by Mi-
eitteta will prove of a far more extensive nature than
many prow hare eurutiee4,..Afereirte Chronicle,