The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-12 00:00:00

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LA:k J?EPORT.

COURT-OF BENCH', Fzir.
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,'CRIMINAL INFOR2,TATI6N.,
ti‘fr. GARnow said, that he was instru&ed to-ap-
ply to the Court for leave to file a Criminal Inforind-
tihn lot,a -Libel. He made this motion on behalf-
of 'Marqt)i-4 W,e,lesley, who; for a considerable time,
having filled+ the distinguished office of Governor
- • of India, retartied to England, expeoling.to receive
'the unanimous approbation Of his Country. He had
net, however, long arrived, when he found persons
.whom it would be a Waste of the time of, the Court
to-name, who made his Lordship the constant sub-
jea of libels, but which he passed by, relying
partly upon the insignificance of their authors, -and
partly upon his own exalted charaaer. Of what-'
ever import the speeches delivered during the con-
teded electiOns might be, Lord Wellesley had al-
ways Jett them unnoticed, thinking that they
w‘ere• delivered in a moment of irritation.. But
there was a period when forbearance ceased to be
a virtue, and when tle honour of an individual
rendered it necessary that the defarnations should
be put an end to. That time was now arrived,
and the Marquis Wellesley came before their Lord-
ships to entreat their interference. The libel coin-
plained of was published in a 'Newspaper, as the re:-
port of a speech delivered at the Middlesex Club,•at
the CroWn and rtnchcir Tavern. It was wholly un-
necessary to state whether such an addreSs was or
- was not made, since the libel, as inserted in.the
Newspaper, Was not only an insult offered to the.
Noble Marquis, but also to the character of the speak-
er, 'as the Learned Counsel was.eOnvinced that it
. could not haVe been uttered by any man of honour or
respe&ability. The moderation shewn by Lord Wel-
lesley had, however, been attended with some bad
consequences, for it had increased the breed of libel-
lers with which the metropolis was already over-fun;
and as this was not the first, neither should it be
the last prosecution to' bring to justice those who
made it their interest to stain the unsullied charaders
of others. In the Newspaper above alluded to,.Mr.
Paull was represented to have returned thanks to the
Freeholders of MiddlesetfOr the honour they had done
him ;• .to , have adverted to - the endeavours he had
made to bring to justice that great delinquent, the
Marquis Wellesley. He said that his motive in
prosecuting the Impeachment was not froM private.
malice, but from ideas of public, justice, in dragging
forward a person who was of the most lavish
Trofusion of-the public money, and of a most wanton
• and atrocious murder, perpetrated upon an indepen-
dent Prince, who was forced from his. Throne into a
dungeon. The passage from that dungeon to the grave
was not long, for he was murdered by the Marquis,
and the bloody robes were sent to the mother of the
%Win), as a proof of the comniission of the crime.
The Learned Counsel thoughf, that the Court would
consider that the Noble Applictint was .fully au-'
thorised in appearing before their Lordships, and
would grant the object sought by the motion, against
the Printer, Publisher, and Proprietors of the Paper
in question.—Rule to spew cause granted.

CRIMINAL I FORMATION.

Sir VIC4RY thillS applied for a Rule to shew
cause wily a Criminal Information should not be
filed aga.ust the Proprietor of a Daily Newspaper,
for the puulicatiOn of .a libel upon all the Porter
13. ewers of the Metropolis. The intention of the
173 agraph was to represent that the porter drank in
this city was compounded chiefly of strong narcotic
poisons,_ exceedingly destruaive of the health of
tug • Although the libel was of a very
general nature, without attaching itself upon pzir-
ticulal-individuels, ret it was in such a form that
t,e would'uot hesiiate in granting (lie infor-
mat:o .viiett they considered that it was capable
of Overthrowing the ‘vhole trade.- It was stated in
the libel, that the ctikfiwzrcilierits composing Lon-
do.: -porter were Opitztn:Soi,enem, -or night-shade j
Dara Stramonium, or thorn-apple; Cynoglossyni,or.
11,,un.i's-tongue ; Codices Indices, .Nex I/Viatica, and
tolpeco ; and the:publication attributed most of the
epoplies in London to the use of this beverage :
further, lest the diaurn of the author should not be
sufficiently- satisfauory, it stated„.that such was the
'oPinionfof the most learned physicians, Sir VICARY
G11;33 added, that his instructions Mien: received
f.ol:i altnost all the principal port-r-brewers of the
rut•t;opolis, who all deposed that their beer was never
brewed with any of the ingredients charged 'in the
bit solely with malt and hops, Tile Learned
Conn e, said he had likewise .to make the same mo-
tion against live other Newspapers.
'The Court desired that one of the affidavits gon-
tai6ing the denial above stated should be read, and
e diTeded that an affidavit should be prepared,
signed by the applicants, in which it should be staed,
not only th_it the porter was bre \yyd without contain-
ing any of-the poisenous ingredietits,,but also,that
it was not sold when compounded with them. ,Crn-
til that was done, a Rule Nisi to she« cause was
granted.

COURT OF CHANCERY, rza.

• MR. LUDLAM. : •
the LORD Ch ANCELLoR this (Lay made a decree
respecting the dsposal. of Mr. Ludiam, who, it will
be remembered, tired, a, pistol at the Proprietor of the
London Tavern, Bisliopsgate-street, and also eluded
the piir4uit of the Officers sent tb..apprehend hint
iindcr•the Lord Mayor's warrant. Lord • Eitsm-te
observed that in the case of LudlaM; ,the. lunatic;
'whose state of Mind had led hiM to commit than}
excesses; lie was called upon as the guardian 4.414
natic-persOns, to order that prope'care should be
taken of him. -Without imputing any blame to the
relations ci Mr. Ludlam, he considered that 'the un-
fortunate Gentletnan-had not been ,treated with the
humanity which his situation demanded, and be

. therefore order 'that Mr. LUdlam should re-
..'"main in the care df Dr. Munro (with whom he is at
present).tmd that no attempt shoUld be -Made to exe-
cute the warrant of the Lord Mayor, or the•order of
any Magistrate, tending to rernme. him from Dr.
Munro's care. His Lordship trusted, that when the
*Magistrates found how the Court Was dispo,,td, they
would be satisfied that it was unnecessary. to disturb
•the hinatic;. also, that me. LudlatWs relations would•
not swish to separate him from Dr. Munro, who was'
the most proper person to take. care of him. -•

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