The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-07 00:00:00

CHARGE OP LIBEL AGAINST A CLERGYMAN.

BOW-STREET—THIS DAY.—The Rev. Wade Afar.

'in Matra, who was described in the charge-sheet as a
clergyman of the Church of England, was brought up
on a warrant, before Mr. Jardine, "for having circu-
lated and published a wilful, malicious, and scandalous
libel upon the character of the lady of the Hon. Craven
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P."
Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution.
The defendant was unrepresented by counsel.
The Hon. C. F. Berkeley stated that he resided in
St. James's-place. In Maroh last he received, by post,
an envelope containing a printed circular. It was ad-
dressed to witness at Berkeley-house, Spring-gardens,
the residence of his brother, and was forwarded to wit-
ness at Brook's Club. The printed circular was ad-
dressed, apparently, to the eldest brother of Mr. Craven
Berkeley, and contained the foulest aspersions upon his
character. Mrs. Berkeley was a daughter of the late
General Onslow ; and at the time of her marriage with
witness, she was the widow of the late Mr. Newton.
The envelope containing the libellous circular was sent
from abroad, and had the Boulogne post-stamp upon it.
Mr. Jardine—Do you know the defendant's hand-
writing ?
Witness—Yes, I have seen it ; and lam satisfied that
the address upon the envelope is written by him, although
he has evidently attempted to disguise the writing.
The Defendant—Have you ever seen me write, sir ?
Witness—No, but on a late occasion, when you were
before the magistrates at Winchester, and were required
to give sureties of peace in consequence of what took
place in Ottobourn church, near Cranbury-park, I saw
two letters, which you admitted to be in your hand-
writing, and from my recollection of them I am enabled
to speak confidently on the subject.
The defendant—l can satisfy your worship that the
writing is not mine, by sending for Mr. Clark Smith, of
36, Southampton-street, who knows my writing well.
I did not say that the letters produced at Winchester
were mine. I neither acknowledged nor denied them.
Mr. Jardine said it was a charge which he could not
deal with summarily, and therefore the question of the
handwriting must be determined by a jury.
Mr. Bodkin handed up the envelope and letter for
the private inspection of the magistrate, stating that it
was of such a nature that he felt justified in with-
holding it from the public eye. The Hon. Mr.
Berkeley had been for a long time subject to these
annoyances from the defendant, who married into the
family against their wishes, and, consequently, bad not
been received by them. Mr. Berkeley had no desire to
press with undue severity against the defendant, but as
he had already evaded a former warrant by absenting
himself from the country, he trusted that good and sub-
stantial bail would be required.
The defendant said he had given high sureties in the
former case, and it was a breach of the arrangement to
prOceed with the present charge. He could not get high
sureties

Mr. Jardine committed him to Newgate, fixing the
bail at 2006. (hie own recognizance) and two sureties at
100/. each.

THE EARL OF DERBY.—The Mayor of Liverpool,
Mr. Samuel Holrne,entertained the Earl of Derby and a
distinguished party at a private banquet in the Liver-
pool Town-hall, on last Wednesday evening. The fol.
lowing are the names of some of the guests :—The Earl
of Derby, Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart., the Hon.
Henry Thomas Liddell, M.P., Mr. William Brown,
M.P., Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, M.P., Sir Edward
Cust, Sir John Bent, Admiral Grenfell, and Archdeacon
Brooks,

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS

FRANCE.

The 30,000 men, whom it has already been stated
the French Government have decided to hold in
readiness to send to Constantinople, are to be com-
posed of 10,000 men from the troops in Algeria,
and the rest from the home troops, principally
those who were lately at the camp of Helfaut. The
number which England is to furnish in her turn
will not be, it is said, more than 10,000, who are
to be embarked at several of the Channel ports.
No intelligence has as yet been received in Paris
to confirm the fact of Turkey having made a decla-
ration of war on Russia. Some such step is, how-
ever, considered imminent, and the greatest unea-
siness continues to prevail there. The French
Government appears to look on it as certain that
precautionsry measures must be taken against the
eventualities which may arise in other parts of
Europe, should hostilities break out in Turkey. It
is with this view that a corps of 18,000 men is
being organized in the towns of the south of France
to be embarked at Toulon to reinforce the army of
occupation cf Rome should such a course seem
necessary.

The Moniteur says that the report which has
been current for some days, of an approaching
molification of the Ministry, is entirely without
foundation.

" Some foreign journals," says the Pays, "an-
nounce that General de Goyon, aide-de-camp to
the Emperor, had proceeded to Warsaw, on the
invitation of the Emperor of Russia. This is not
true. It may be remembered that the Emperor of
Austria had designated Field-Marshal Prince Ja-
blonowski and some superior officers of his army to
be present at the military manoeuvres of Satory.
Prince Jablonowski was, besides, charged to com-
pliment his Majesty in ie name of his Sovereign.
It was in return for this proof of courtesy that
General de Goyon was sent to Olmutz to bear to
the Emperor Francis-Joseph the expression of the
sentiments of friendship of the Emperor Napoleon.
That mission having been terminated, General de
Goyon left the Austrian camp to return to Paris."
It has already been stated that more than 800
Poles have inscribed their names at the Turkish
Embassy, and offered their services to the Porte
in the event of a war with Russia. The Presse
now publishes a letter addressed to Reschid Pacha,
by M. Christian Ostrowski, and written in the
name of his fellow-countrymen, repeating this offer
to the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs.
At the meeting of the Directors of the Bank of
France yesterday, it was resolved to raise the rate
of discount of commercial bills, and the interest on
advances of money, to 4 per cent. The increased
late of discount is to take place to-morrow. The
establishment of a branch bank at Nevers was sub-
sequently agreed to.
The Bourse opened with much firmness yester-
day, and the speculators did not appear to be so
panic-stricken as on Wednesday. The Three per
Cents. opened at 72f. 50c., and rose to 73f., but
some heavy sales made at half-past 2 o'clock forced
them down to 72f. 60c., at which they closed for
the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. closed at 99f. me. ; Orleans Railway shares,
1,135 f. ; Rouen, I,ooof. ; Havre, 482 f. 50c. ; Great
Northern, 817 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 890 f. ;
Paris and Lyons, 875 f. ; Lyons to the Mediter-
ranean, 700 f. ; Western of France, 695 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 530 f. ; Great Central, 505 f. ;
Lyons and Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of
Credit Mobilier, 687 f. 50c.