The Sun.
London, England, 1834-02-10 00:00:00

whether the learned gentleman had any right to use 10 ,
' 1
language. llo'
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL did not in any one 0...ev4
observations, mean anything personal to his
.d
friend ; if they bore such a construction, he
ni,
at once retract them, but he must once more lament th,b,
saw any member of the bar placed in such a situation as 0
'cOd
by their zeal carried off in the advocacy of a cause wilt
their cooler moments they would abhor
—in a cause which':
so unworthy of the advocacy of such an honourable OL.
He would not in the course of his address attempt to traceT.
history of Mr. Picas. He would confine himself to the P.
sular question before them ; and if they looked at his coatoi;,
in the transaction, they would find that healad covered or
self with dishonour and disgrace. He not bring ~,I,
action for the purpose of clearing his character—even his !If
ous advocate said it was for money it was instituted, for lei.;l
0
as he had yet gone, he had met with nothing but
disapP;,,
ment. Now he (the Solicitor-General) did think it one :11%,;
most discreditable things a man could do, to try end
~.AtV
his character into money; and a man who could be 0.
young Mr. Picas (and he was most sorry to
of it deserved the scorn and execration of his fell°W !,.e/s!
were so many of them—it was most lamentable) had beetae
into the box, and he said he had heard his father say ther.edeoce,
eighty-four actions for this same libel, but now the evi,vdi
was that there were not near so many. Therefore Mr. x;oj
was not to be believed even against himself. honourut,_ A
in mind of a story he heard when he had the V:,,,
the same circuit as his Lordship. A man was tried before o'e
A. M'Donald for pocket-picking, which he acknowledge'.,4
Jury, however, some how or other found him 6, Not GO
_, 0
and the Judge ordered him to be gone, for his character vila'..g,
bad that the Jury would not believe his word even against 1007.„
So it was in the present case, every honest and honourableolo;
should address Mr. D. in the same way. It turned out ~,,e
that only six actions had been brought in place of S4----ura
of these had been tried, and the three persons had been fora
from their families and thrown into prison because they_n
not satisfy Mr. Dicas's greedy maw with costs. 5° 4,
would be with many more if the Jury were to
hear that
io:
turn
a verdict that day for the plaintiff; More svuunlj,
dragged from their homes and possibly their families se
_,
the workhouse. He would fearlessly ask whether it bad '',gl
been before heard of that a newsvender was to be liable for); I,
the contents of all the newspapers which passed throne' foi
hands ? What had he to do with the contents ? it was pi
trade his calling, and he would as soon supply any one
of • 1
Jury with the Times as the Post, the John Bull or the Age,
the Satirist. There were 1,200 in the metropolis ,;0.
parriedc on the same trade, who cared for nothing that
,4"
ipes contained, and knew perhaps no more of the lit e:,
matter that was in it than the mint` ho made the paper. lie'ri
him that he should make himself acquainted with the contenodi
all that he sold, or that he should be at the expense of keel,n
merely acting in his vocation, an iould be too much to eXPO,or
a special pleader, such as his Learned Friend,
in order
0
he might be sure he was committing no breach of
the ,
law. in what a situation would he place the
trade I,
trade !
newspapers. Why it would put an end to the tor
takesa how long he might them entirely, and the people must make ~o_,.eiged
minds, to give up all that information they novi re',,,dtt
(the Solicitor-General) would not become
from them. An action might just as well be 10.15
against the mail guard for libel; he might carrY nost
bag a libel against the present defendant, and yetn lig
Act was brought by a members of the law, one who WWI fle
declaration boasted that he was now on the itoll* 01
a Prophet,ii
struck upon
himself to say that that day upon which. he
off the Rolls would be one of a
was a most scandalousht purigc
very great Phis prod
of the law. In his
declaration he said he carried on hie P",„1
ion with was the fi;;-,
sn't.
it reputation. He would enquire where
punished for
af:errmeitn.
then contended',
and
? Only one client of Mr. Dicas's had been put into tn.," idel
had luckily for him he had only been so for 6 weeks' Fleet
#
libel st stay there,and the bu t
ptihaiisn t ,
.e.. .
ov,ov,
been longer so would possibly be found about tile tio
NVhitecross-street. That caution which had bee
G'lo,l
have been
been proved—so far, that it had not been asked Whe,the for '
libels applied to him, and upon that ground ask'''.
verdict. ifl
di,
Mr. Baron BOLLAND summed up at considerable leng pi:
the course of which the Learned Judge stated, that as th,,e of
of libel at present stood, any party, whether a newsvn.o;the
coffeehouse-keeper, a publisher was bound to know' whet° .41
publications he put forth to the world contained libels ore,;10
and that if he did not take care to ascertain the fact, h
equally liable with the author himselftwenty'
The Jury, after consulting for upwards of
es
or,
minutes, returned a verdict for the Plaintiff' Damages
ts inTthhee deeSelairicaittieon °We: rile
farthing,
costs 40s. Judge vl Or
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL hoped the Learned Jd-'
certify that e damages were one farthing. . ,
Mr. Baron BOLLAND said heonly would consider that Pont:a.
The Court was crowded to excess during the Whole td.................*
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—CFLT-
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FROM LLOYD'S.
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Cape
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PORTSMOUTH, FEB. B.—Wind E.N.E., light. Feb. Arr
N.E., light —Arrived from London the Ernaad, 61,n001,11
Madras and Bengal. Sailed the Triumph, Green, for --opic
Belle Alliance, Arcoll, for the Cape and Madras; of
Freeman, for Ceylon ; and all the outward-bound, esr"
Upton Castle, Ernaad, and a few others.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. B.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the 9:,:rAilt,
Greig, from Riga. Feb. 7.—Sailed his Majesty's sb'r °eon:,
meda, for the East Indies. Feb. 8 —Sailed the Prince snd ,
Shaw, for Bombay; Ceylon, Batty, for Mauritius;
rest of the outward-bound. mode
FALMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind N. W. to S.S.W',
Feb. B.—Wind N.W. to N., light.—Arrived the Carry.
packet, from Lisbon—sailed the 2d, and Oporto the
the Sci 1,10
the Falcon, Burnell, for St. Helena; Lord a h,sof
Higton, for Bengal; Mary Ann, Mellors, Olive llGri:c floe'„
ling, and Hamilton, Johnston, from the Cape °f
and the rest of the outward.bound. Maria, Ttlew
STANGATE CREEK, FEB. 9.—Arrived the
fr Tarn"
from Leghorn ; Prima Donna, Buchannali, -
and Fanny, Lockyer, from Carthagena.

tl#
also
Off the Wight the Borneo, Prescott, from Batavia;
frV '
Ann, Mondell. ~, lost °
and'
The Livingston, from Liverpool to Gibraltar, Av.-- henan 0
Martinho the 11th ult., and the cargo plundered-1)Y.! uritilo
The Lady Munro, Aiken, from Bengal and the iva,k, I :=
Hobart Town, was wrecked on Amserdam Island 1“61,
Were 004:
October, and out of 97 persons on board only 91 Lei'
ITl:ee
llvlaarnrii,eotet,e,m:kleiy.,o,frofrmomtheAoMtawuorrpit:umis to the tob:s; salt ;
was wrecked off Pepper Island the 14th October---ere re At'
VP
vannah the 3d ult., and bilged—crew saved.
The Commerce, Wise, of Bideford, is totally lose flea- 0
terford. , „,t
sb°rei‘ 111 The Eliza, Keighley, from Hull to Hamburg, it -0
Ameland—cargo expected to be saved. a baC
The Patriot, Dunson, bound to London, has P-
Palermo, leaky, and would be obliged to discharge.
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EAST INDI SHIING.
The Mary Ann, from Bengal,A has arPrivPed at Liverl3°°l'Sl:::l
22d October, and St. Helena in December.
tland'
The Hercules, from Bengal, has arrived off Por
11th September, Cape sth December, and St. Helena,' 13r10
The Victoria, from the Mauritius, has arrived a'
sailed 6th November, and St. Helena the 19th Decelnbe,. r. 11611
The Lafayette, from Batavia, has arrived at Cowes,
23d 23d October.
Arrivals at Bengal.—The Jean, from Singapore, the
from Bombay, the Argyll, from the Mauritius, the
Bell, from Singapore, and Gulnare, from Bomba:
September; the Dorchester, from Newcastle, the 9th
the Ann, from Bombay, the 10th ; the Nancy, from 7
and Intrerpia, from Bombay, the 11th; the General •
from Ennore, the 12th; the Cachmere Merchant, fr°lll
I'edro, the 13th : the Ferguson and Duke of Bucclew
Madras, the 18th.
Departures from Bengal.—The Thalia, for Madri
September; the Spartan, the Bth, and Fanny, the,
Madras; the Castle Huntley, the 30th August; the
hamsnire and Larkins, for China, the 3d September.

A MARRIAGE AMONG THE DRUS,tt
When betrothed, the Prince, her future husband, er
bride elect a
,ring, and other golden ornaments,(er e
eon, after the acceptance of which, neither the Pr'-c
any male stranger was permitted to see her ; certatti;
are then read by a priest, and from that motile° YI
regarded as espoused. A short time is suffered t°
after which her husband sends for her. There ;8
period at which he is obliged to do this, but der'
fourteen days which precede his requisition, he ruts
forwards presents to her, and, five days before she
mooed from her father's house, despatches a cc's
woman with others of greater value, such as diadO
pearls for the head, necklaces, armlets, dresses, 86e'
the care of this woman she is bathed. Her ha"'
stained red, and her face painted like that of a doll'
this is completed, she is seated in a corner and retls'„
keep her eyes closed during the whole day, excer
hours of eating. The day before her removals
and princev, with a considerable retinue, are sent
bridegroom to escort ter to him. In the even'"floi
their arrival, the bride is taken from her room e
eaded round the court-yard, for the gratifiartiod;
villagers, who flack in to see, and take leave of het
benedictions. In the procession there are all(
women, bearing lighte I candles. who precede an
he bride ; and a Princess on either side of her 80"
supporter. As before, her eyes remain closed.
a second night of p trade, anti, on the following ",s''
Princesses, who are relatives, take leave. . The
then mounted on a richly caparisoned horse, sent• a
husband, and, accompanied by the Princes and Pt,'" to
with about lily men and twenty women, proceed'
esidence. Here she is received with every boo°llrbfi.
expect ; the inhabitants of the village in which the ••
,room dwells welcomes her ; and, on alighting, '118;1'
to a room, where an attendant priest joins the Or"
holy matrimony."

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