The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-09 00:00:00

THREATENING THE LIFE OF THE KING

Yesterday, in consequence of an order from the Right Hon.
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Sir F. A.
Roe, the Chief Magistrate of Police, issued a warrant for the
apprehension of a man named Michael Lavragan, on the charge
of High Treason, in having sent letters to the King threaten-
ing the life of his Majesty, unless certain claims, which he as-
serted he had upon the Government of the country, were
satisfied. Ellis, the Bow-street officer, was intrusted with the
warrant, and with great difficulty succeeded, at a late hour
last night, in apprehending him. He was taken immediately
before Sir F. Roe, and underwent a long private examination,
none of the particulars of which were suffered to transpire offi-
cially, but we understand that the threats were conveyed in the
most unequivocal language, and that the prisoner, when be-
fore the Magistrate admitted the charge, and so far from
evincing a desire to retract, stated that he should persist in
his endeavours to obtain vengeance whenever an opportunity
offered. The result of the examination was, that he was com-
mitted to prison until today; and this afternoon, by the order
of Lord Melbourne, he will be conveyed to Whitehall, to un-
dergo an examination before the Privy Council. The prisoner
was well watched during the night by the directions of Ellis,
who stated that he had ascertained that he had once made an
attempt upon his own life.—The prisoner is a respectable-look-
ing man, about forty years of age, dressed in black, and has a
military air about him.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have no arrivals this morning from any quarter ; conse.
quently we are without political information from the con.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

WATTS• v. COLUMN.

Mr. KNIGHT applied es parte for a special injunction to
restrain the defendant, who is the proprietor of the Court Jour.
not, from publishing or exposing to sale this day an intended
newspaper, to be called the Naval and Military Gazette and
Weekly Chronicle of the United Service. In support of the ap.
plication several affidavits had been filed ; the one made by the
plaintiff stated, that having considered that a weekly news-
paper relating to military and naval affairs would be very
useful to the public, and therefore likely to command a
great sale, he determined to publish one under the name
of the United Service Gazette and Naval and Military
Chronicle. With a view to secure to himself the exclu-
sive right of publishing such a newspaper, he, on the 26th of
December last, applied to the Stamp office to have the name of
the paper entered, and on the 29th of January delivered the
usual affidavit, and entered into the required securities. The
defendant, on the 4th of the present month, entered at the
Stamp-office the title of a newspaper to be published by him_
self on the same day (9th February) as the paper to be pub-
lished by the plaintiff, calling it the Naval and Military
Gazette, and Weekly Chronicle of the United Service. The
plaintiff insisted that the difference between the names of
the papers was merely colourable, and that the course
pursued by the defendant was calculated to injure him.
Added to this, the advertisements issued by the defendant
were almost word for word the same as those issued
by the plaintiff. The defendant also had not inserted in
the Conrt Journal the advertisement of the publication of the
plaintiff's paper, although his clerk had been paid 265. for that
purpose. The plaintiff had incurred considerable expense in
the preparations for the publication of his Newspaper, which
might be in a great degree rendered useless, if the defendant
was allowed to pursue the course he had adopted.

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The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought there was so much
apparent fraud in the transaction, that the Court was called
upon to interfere.—lnjunction granted.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.)