The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-06 00:00:00

AIRS. AFGIBBON.

The following article has appeared in The
Liverpool. Courier, and we insert it because it
relates to Mrs. M'Ginao:'4, the daughter of the
late Mr. WILLIAItt WOODFALL, a gentleman
whose memory never can be mentioned with-
out respect. Mrs. M‘GiartoN is not only de-
servedly admired as an Actress, 'but highly
esteemed for her conduct in private life, and pos-
sessed also of literary talents which have been
evinced in several moral and interesting produc-
tions of considerable merit.

THE KING- IN THE PROSECUTION OF MRS. M‘GIBUON

V. T. B. JOHNSON.

INDICTMENT FOR A LIBEL.

This case stood for trial at the late Sessions for this Borough,
(Liverpool) but was compromised : the following are amongst
the terms of settlement agreed upon by the parties, viz. .
" That the defendant shall.publish, in the next investigator,
a paragraph to the following purpose, and which the prosecu-
trim may, if she think fit, procure the publication of in any
newspaper or papers to be fixed upon by herself : the purport
of the' paragraph to be, that he is satisfied she did not write
to any person at Manchester, or elsewhere, the letter mention-
ed in the Investigator of the 20th of July last, (the eighth num,
ber of the second volume,) respecting Mr. Vandenhoff and the
disturbance at the Liverpool Theatre, or any letter of that na-
ture, or to that effect : but that the letter wrote was on private
business ; and the subject of the disturbance was only inci-
dentally, named, and in a very opposite.manner from that cm-
communicated to 'the defendant.

" That the defendant was misinformed with respect to the
prosecutrix having, on the night that Brutus was 'performed,
and in which she acted as Queen, in place of speaking what the
author had written, used words which had appeared on a cer-
tain caricature; and that the defendant is satisfied she did not
use such words, but those of the author.
" That the prosecutrix did not alter the text of Shakspeare
or any other author as mentioned in the same number of the
.Lavestalitars—atul that lite defendant, in. there glieging ahehad
done so, was imposed upon by false information.
" That the prosecutrix was not a party in any conspiracy
against Mr. Vandenhoff.
(Signed)" JAs. MURRAY, Attorney for Mrs. M‘Gibbon.
"JOHN WiLLIAms, Attorney for Mr. Johnson.
" Oct. 19, 1822."

The defendant accordingly published, in the Investigator of
last Saturday, the foregoing statement, with various comments,
from which the folloWing extracts are taken :
" As I had every reason to believe that I had been grossly
deceived, in regard to the matter in question, these proposals
appeared to me reasonable and fair, and with which I could not
-for a moment, hesitate to comply."
" By referring to the proposals before given, it will be seen,
that all Mrs. M'Gibbon required was a fair and candid disa-
vowal, in the next Investigator, to be published through other
channels, if she thought proper."
" I consider it an imperious duty to myself, and to Mrs.
M'Gibbon in particular, to state, in the face of the world, that
I firmly believe that I ye been most scandalously deceived
by false information, and have thus been led into one of those
errors which it is almost impossible for human foresight to
guard against; thus circumstanced, I could not act other-
wise than make this plain, candid, and, 1 hope, manly avowal,
with which I have no doubt Mrs. M'Gibbon will be perfectly
satisfied, and which she is at liberty to use in any way she may
think proper."
" Some persons may, perhaps, accuse me of an excess of
hostility towards the Theatre, (which, however, I deny altoge-
ther ;) let such persons, then, recollectf that of the abilities of
Mrs. M'Gibbon 1 always professed myself a very warns ad-
mirer ; let them examine the pages of the Investigator, and they
will find that she has almost uniformly been spoken of in the
very highest terms of praise."
" I rejoice, most sincerely at the turn which the business has
taken, and, with the most unfeigned pleasure, embrocfe the pre-
sent opportunity of rectifying the mischievous error, by placing
the matter correctly betbre the public."