The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-31 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

The following are the arrangements made for the en-
suing Summer Assizes:--
HOME CIRCUIT.—Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Jus-
tice GAZELLE.
WELCH.—Lord LYNDHURST, North Wales; Mr. Justice AL-
DERsoN, South Wales.
MIDLAND.—Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.
NORTHERN.— Air. Justice J. PARKE and Mr. Baron BOLLAND.
WESTERN.—Mr. Justice TAUNTON and Mr. Justice PATrEsoN.
OXFORD.—Mr. Justice BOSANQUET and Mr. Baron YOVIW.

COURT of KING'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY

CRIMINAL INF 0 Rif A TION-LIBEL S.

THE RING V. GRANT, BELL, AND AGER.

The further hearing of this cause, which was a crimin,'
' information against the defendants for a series of libels upo,
Mr. Alderman Winchester and Mr. Briggs, a solicitor, in a
paper called the True Sun, and also in a pamphlet circulate,
throughout the country, was resumed and concluded thi
day, a detailed account of which will be given in on,
Paper to-morrow. At present we have not time to giv
the details ;we give, however, to-day the judgment of th,
Court, which was delivered as follows, by
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, who said,—We are 04
opinion that we must make this rule absolute. The
substance of these libels is to charge Mr. Alder-
man Winchester, who, I suppose, was one of th,
petitioning creditors—to a certainty was one of the
assignees under the commission--and Mr. Briggs, who Wd,
the solicitor to that commission, with having sued out and
conducted that commission, for the fraudulent purpose of
cheating Mr. Grant, or at least cheating I is creditors.
From the affidavits on the one side and on the other,
there does not appear to us to be any reasonable foul].
dation for such an imputation on either of these gentlemen.
If they doubted, and they honestly might have doubted,
from the facts disclosed to us by the affidavits, the real abi-
lities of the persons who made the offers to carry their offers
into effect, they did right nut to carry them into effect. If

the offers were made, as some of them undoubtedly
were, with a view, and on the supposition, that
the persons making those offers were to have the
conduct of the newspaper, and that Mr. Young, who,
by the terms of the partnership deed was to have the
conduct of the paper, was to be ousted out of it, an offer
made with that view was such as they could not accept,
because they could not carry it into effect. Yet there are
terms of the grossest imputation cast upon both of these
gentlemen—the term swindling, and so on, being applied
to both. "As to Mr. Briggs we decline saying any thing
more at present. We understand that a motion will be
made in a few days, at the instance of some of the
creditors, to have him struck off the rolls." Now
we cannot see what the reason could have been why any
such applicatio❑ should be made, or that there was any
foundation for it. Now with regard to Mr. Alderman
Winchester, it is stated, "An application for Mr.
Winchester's removal from the assigneeship is also about
to be made. 'When the result of that application
shall be known, it will remain for the Honourable Court
of Aldermen to pronounce an opinion on the conduct of
this aspirant to the Mayoralty. We, trust, however, that
they will, without waiting for further evidence than was
supplied at the meeting on Saturday, vindicate the cha-
racter of civic dignitaries, and show their respect for public
decency, by expelling Mr. Winchester from their body."—

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Now really, if publications of this kind are to be put forth
to the world, and if the persons who are the objects of
them are not to be vindicated in this Court, there is at
once an end to all attempts to protect the character either
of public or private men. With that view, and having
said so much, we think it is the duty of this Court to de-
clare that the rule shall be MADE ABSOLUTE.