The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-15 00:00:00

LIBEL.

Al)kili
Mr...TALielottn *tared titat t 1 ‘‘;(ts rtrk action b I roug it by
the, plointa to- recnveb..treint the defendant , ccoop,„oatit.„ in
' dates es for injury. attstained by b 4,1 in c.-914,;(113enee of a libel
published by the defilatatit in 79ie Obieritt, n Sunday Neivi,
paper. There was aLso a count charging the defenthrnt 'with
uttering the slanderous wards conrained-in.tbe libel.
coo_14: 111 r. sre statiddat cube for the The jury
were aware that the l'AlitoiS of ptiblk Journals often conferred
tante tipen tialo,onti as often deprived others of their fame,
:mit that ia.some cases they ore not content. with *king 4.war,
that which tity had the power of ciontcrring, they stinictinws too
to mat, The.frstirtstoneetir this kind on reeorti OC4Urrea
:tWt4 by 'their pitragropi they
in the reign of Queen.Annem,*,'llq a..-Newqaper gaiter
assumed wine Isonc Ilicxerstatr, prophesied that an.l
''eccontriigintlernan., named tartfidkii, 'would die en oeiittiti,
hour of h ectirtin dart lola oh the, tnorriing of Alto day Mr..
13iekerstoff, in topport of the truth of his pro/4mq'. I,nlf-Vit%a
paragraph that I r. Paruittge died on
t hour VroPnesieu
could tuir
and a long account of the partieuhtro of hie we tontstehtt- woo
wi
appended to the paragraph ; and the consequence tease that
hOe of .51r. Partridge why beset tk undertakers,

Will you swear that the paragraph which you furnished to
The Observer was copied word for word into the Paper of the
17th of October?..—As I have not the.tnanttscript I can't' take
• upon myself to swear that some slight alteration might not have
been MO; but in substance this paragraph is the same as
that which I Burnished.
Re-examined by Mr. SCARLETT—The case in which da-
mages Were recovered was the case of " Lewis v. Clement;"
but I have never in my life written a report of an Inquest upon
man, woman, or child, upon 'which an action for libel was
brought.
George t t.irinor, corroborated, the testimony of' the last witness,
and added that he abstained from writing a similar paragraph,
because he intended to keep to himself the proceedings on the
inqnest. •
rs. Kitty (lannon—l carry, on the baking business in the
Barrow-road. The plaintiff has transacted business for me in
purchasing anti selling this and Canal Shares, but I have never
lost any thing by
Alr. :SCAR LEVI' proposed to have the libel put in and read in
evidence, but Mr. Gurney objected to it on the grottnd that there
was no evidence to support the averment in the deciaratiott that
i; was the paragraph furnished by Edmonds.
Mr. Scan LETI: having been heard against the objection,
His LOftwart, was of opinion that the objection was valid,
as Edmonds could not prove that the paravaph couespotalcil
word for word with his manuseript.i The plaintiff muscgo upon
the Court for slanderous words.'
Mr. Guitars 1 for the defendant'contended that although tt
verdict must pass for the_plahndr, this was not ap a for henry
damages, as the object of the plaintiff' in bringing this action,
namely, that the paragraph was utterly false, had been' imam.
t The fact was. that the defendant had unfortunately
tus
p . et .
~peatc4.o,ie of the current slanders of -the nei,,hbourbood in
;be pre4;nco of a Reporter, who gaveit publicity in a Nels.
the aln
)1' tat 1111 d sustaied no injury by the slander,
ha,V„4trd that the Jury would notn
visit an act of indiscretion on
aid .p.ot of the defendant with the penalty attached to guilt.
bottpt,itti, summed up,, and the Jury having consulted
ibgctlier' for a fcw mimiteS, found a verdict for the plaintiff—
Jjanittgest 201,
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT,. DEC. 14.

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'l' f 12.1 ,111) X.. AfiOtall VS 49/411 PAGX T .
q.' 11 i 1 ,titolB occupied a consideable length of time, and excited
gnat interest, 0 aiiijg to did distinguished names which were
"'Used lily with it IT re..u.,on of the representations mule by the
insolvent. ,; •
. .
~11r. Atiolpntis Bolin Paget *as opposed by Mr. iiRATIi for
111esiii.t.'ll'alnes and Son, member:lot' theabore Society, and for
a crttittor ofibo...ntraiceflilluit.-, Another creditor of the name
of Xtrrrar, arid AlS.o3m. imptouit wippi! in the cause, :appeared
.11ti: niAtietomineneed by
ineperson., •
elkaininittk the insolvent; when
he dimititi thiit, be had an by, word or writitgde•ieritmd him-
nor had he represented that
self int ''‘ The lion. A. j. Paget;"
ticlept cash at the banking-house of :gems. Ditunmorld and

To a question of Mr. PuLt.otlx, the insolvent said he was e
natural bon of Sir Edward Pagot. ►
The matter of the affidavit before. alluded to became a sub.
ject of prolbt•inquiry, the result of which watt that the insolvent
had disposed of it considerable quantity of furniture to
Mathews, of Croydon, the mother of Mrs. Bell, upon which
subject the affidavit was quite silent. •
Mr. n if raised, a further objection to the petition. being
entertained. He (Mr. H.) was:Sole that the Cool 'maul() coin,,
ride with hint. An insolvent who petitioned that Court ought
in justice as well as by virtue of his oath, to give an account of
every particle of property which remained .under his controul
when tw went to Jolson
The Court desired to knew of Mr. Pollock whether he had
any reply to Make to the suggestion of the Learned ColltViel
(Mr. Heath). . The Court did out think the first objections very
mAtariul but now they appearedinsuperable. •
Mr. Put.t.ock had nothing to urge agnirist the proposition.
He'could not alter the facts before the Court.'

The insolvent then attempted to excuse himself, by stating
that at the •,ime he signed the affidavit be was Surrounded by
upwards of thirty persons.
The COURT obtiervr•d that it was his duty to have made him-.
Nell. acquainted with its. cOntents; .but whether he signed it
wilfully or from inadvertence, he was rendered by the Act cm"
pletely er Curia, and the Court had no alternative but to dis_
miss a petition founded on such alinstrument.
Tire petition was accordingly dThmissed,, and the insolvent,
who is a person of 'genteel appearance, nos remanded to hia
former'eustody.

An official notice appeared in the Gazette of
last evening, dated " Admiralty Office, Dec. 11,
that information lies been received at this Office
that the brig Two Friends, of Gibraltar, a ro ac E
MACIAREVICK, master, was wrecked at Bona-
vista on the 2ath of September."

perpetrated.
Tilt LATE MURDER NEAR KEND AL. —Our
aretazdiersuntwiiolrlpr,eicnollvetsttt
r:htshnntie,kaingfewnlviretelekrs
nwiaos.yesterday
evening.Taunton, the How-street Officer, who has been engaged
in investigating the business, pessed through this town, We
understand that he had apprehended a person named Mayes,
watchmaker, against whom some auspicious circumstances ap-
peared; but as no sufficient evidence could be obtained to
warrant his commitment, he was discharged on Thursday.—
(illancheirrr Guardian, Saturday.)
READING, 'DEC. 12..--011 Friday
, overtirw,
about half-past six o'clock, nmeteor, of extremely brilliant up.
leatancc, was observed in a south-west direction, and which
asted for nearly half a minute,