The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-17 00:00:00

felt by his Hon. Friend at having allowed such a matter to
have slept so long; and more so at his inability to produce
from his mass of newspaper reading, anything of more
consequence than the moderate paragraph of the Speddor.
But of this paragraph, with wonderful wisdom and astute-
ness, he made more than any other man could make or would
venture to attempt. The writer called on the people "to
make ready for the election," and the words make ready
were put in italics; to which the Learned Counsel had fur-
nished the inuendo of "present, fire !" A few lines further
on occurred the words "we are still unmindful of
what is best for the present, and with a slight poetical
license his Learned Friend supplied another word, and
" present muskets" appeared to the startled sight. His
Learned Friend was a gentleman of great talent,
of great weight, and of great influence in that
Court, and he (Mr. Hill) had to contend with these
and with the eloquence of his Learned Friend. The
paragraph would he read by the jury, however, as it
was written ; and they would at the same time remember
that it was addressed—not to the ignorant, but to the
wealthy and the intelligent part of the community—not

that he would have it inferred that intelligence was neces-
sarily allied to wealth. The writer of the article bad
come forward most honourably and avowed the produc-
tion ; and it was due to him to say, that nearly all
his life had been devoted to writing for the press,
and no jury had ever found him guilty of libel. With
the editor avowed to the prosecutor, he knew not why
the other two gentlemen should have been included
i❑ the information, although connected with the
publication of the paper ; for if the aim was
simply to satisfy public justice, the writer of the
supposed libel was sufficient to answer that purpose. It
had been held that day that the time in which the para.
Er ;ph appeared was an a'zgravation of the offence; but the
jury would remember the state of the country then, and give
ample allowance for the excitement under which every
writer was performing his duty ; and remember that
strength of expression and latitude of argument were not
confined to any paper or to either party. The country
was then agitated by the most important—the most
glorious struggle, in which it had ever been engaged.
And the very object which the writer had in view was to
promote the carrying of that important measure, so that
horror and bloodshed might be avoided. The learned
counsel, in his capacity of advocate, bad libelled the cha
ranters of the defendants; and had to his (Mr. Hill's)
conception assumed the tone of one who was re-
tained as counsel for the whole body of nobilit7,
and the bench of Bishops to boot. The infor-
mation did not complain that the Duke of
Beaufort had been called a horoughmonger, but the
Learned Counsel (Sir-James Searlett) had attempted t
make out a case as if that were proved. The Learned
Counsel then vent on to show that the paragraph could
not be applied to the present Duke of Beaufort, but to his
predecessor, who died thirty years since, and after com-
menting fully on the address of the Counsel for the prose-
cution, concluded a well delivered and argumentative ad-
dress, by saying that he left the cause of his clients with
safe:y in the hands of a British jury.
Alter the summing up of the evidence by the Learned
Judge, which was finished at a quarter before one o'clock,
the jut), retired, and at ten minutes before two, brought
in a verdict of—Not Guilty.

COMM N PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)