The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-07 00:00:00

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served that the readiness. with which the unfortunate Advo-
cate, who had, he understood, lost by .the depredation com-
mitted upon his house in Pernambuco, property amounting to
upwards 01600014 was relieved, and-'the tone in which that
relief was administered, were highly honourable to.thz Brazi-
lian Ambassador. His Lordship expressed his wish that- the
two gentlemen 'of the bar, who had felt and very intelligibly
announced that feeling, for the - Brazilian Advocate, would let
him (the Lord. Mayor) know to what charity he should, send
their contribution, or whether he' should traosinit , it to them-
selves. He -should, if the disposal were left to himself, feel
very desirous to hand over the .two pounds to a poor•'Widow,
who resided in
.the neighbourhood of Barbican, who had, as
was stated in the Newspapers some time ago, six children to
support, and who had been once liiing in great cOrnfort and
„respectability. His Lordship had taken care to investigate the
merits of the case alluded to, waiclr.it may recollected men-
tioned... the distress of one of her daughters, at l:av int; the, pain.
ful intelligence to communicate that there' Wit4'no.morzi. work
for any of the family.

- SINGULAR APPLICATION. '.
Bow-STREET.---A Mr. !Nowlin preseuteil . ; at this
agile yesterday, and addressing himself to Sir RiCHAIII) Bra-
N/E, said. he applied for some proceeding against Sir Nattiniel
Conant, for a libel seriously affecting his (31r. cha-
racter.

Sir R. BIRWIE—The application is a little singular, Sir, be-
cause Sir Nathaniel Conant has been; dead to my knowledge for
some years.
" Mr. Mowlin—l maybe mistaken as to the person, but I
mean a gentleman whp now sits as a Magistrate at Marlborough-
street.

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Sir R. BIRXIE-01 you mean Mr: Conant, Well, Sir, I
will hear youte 'application : but I tell you in the Outset, that
libel .is a matter with which I wish -to have as little to do as
possible. .
Mr. Mowlin then produced a copy,of the Morning
Newspaper of Saturday last, and pointed out to Sir .R;Birnie,'s
-attention an article of Marlborough-street Police intelligence,
headed " Magisterial Imputations," and stated that in the
course of the matter there reported., Mr. Conant had chosen, as
Sir RiChard would perceive, to give utterance to foul and 'scan-
dalous and unfounded libels upon his (applicant's) character.
This was the ground of his application ; and he wished for a
Warrant, or some other procebding, against Alr.Conant.
Sir R. BIRNIE—Reully, Sir, I cannot understand why an
appeal should be made to a Magistrate in a case of this kind.
The higher Courts are open to you._ You can proceed either by
action or indictment, and that is your proper course if you have
. been injured. • . •

Mr. Mowlin-said he was aware that the Courts were open to
him,- but he wished to institute a proceeding of a more summlry
and a 'cheaper kind. .71n action was an extremely expensive
process. _ _

a Sir R. BIRNIE Not Sir, if your cause be a just one. My
advice to you is the same that I give to every other person ;
apply, if you-have had any wrong done you, to the regular and
proper tribunals for redress. The authority of a Magistrate to
interfere in cases of private libel at all, is, I think, somewhat
doubtfdl, and of this I. am certain, that the less he does inter.
fere the better. I would much rather, Sir, that you adopt the
usual course., and bring your action. Mr. Mowlin departed
with this answer.