The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-01 00:00:00

THE SATIRIST NEWSPAPER.

Mr. James Thompson, one of the editors of the 05.4.
tirist newspaper, was brought before G. R. Mastsuu
Esq. the Magistrate, by Taunton, the officer, upon a bench
tea' rant, a true hill of indictment having been found against
him at the Westminster Sessions, about six months ago,
for having published in the above-named newspaper a cer-
tain gross and scandalous lib() upon Samuel Isaac Nathan,
a sheriff's officer, residing at No. 101, Cnancery.lane.
Mr. Nathan, who was accompanied by Mr. Charles
Black, of Park-street, St. James's, on beinta sworn, iden-
tified Mr. Thompson as the person named in the warrant,
and against whom an indictment was note pending.
Mr. MINSHULL—What was the nature of the libel?
Mr. Nathan said it was contained in an article in-
serted in the Satirist newspaper, which charged him
(Nathan) with being the proprietor of a certain
gambling house at the west end of the town. After
the article had appeared, he (Nathan) bad written
to Thompson, contradicting the assertion, and desiring
the name of his attorney, as it was his intention to proceed
against the proprietors immediately. He received an an-
swer, saying, that he should' take no notice whatever of
the threat, as he was prepared to prove the truth of the
accusation. He (Nathan) was therefore compelled, in
justification of his character, to prefer a bill of indictment
against him.
Mr. Thompson said, that the whole proceedings bad
been got up by a party to ruin him. True bills had
been found against other gentlemen connected with the
Satirist newspaper, only yesterday, for libel, and endea-
vouring to extort money. He wished now publicly to
declare, that whoever might have been guilty of the ►atter
charge, he was entirely innocent of participating in it, al-
though he had been accused of being a party concerned.
Mr. Mflastautr, said he had nothing to do with other
indictments. He had only one course to pursue, which
was to hold him to bail to answer the charg., alleged
against him in the warrant upon which he had been ap-
prehended, and to give 24 hours' notice to Mr. Roberts,
the solicitor for the prosecution, in Bedford-row.
Mr. Begbie, a solicitor, residing in South-square,
Gray's-inn, and North-place, Hampstead-road, afterwards
preferred a charge against Mr. Charles Black, the keeper
of a subscription house in Park-street, St. James's, with
threatening his life last night at the station-house, where
he attended as solitior for Mr. Thompson.
Mr. Mitastrum. allowed the defendant to gcr at large
upon his own recognizances till Monday next, wh,ara he is
to put in bail to answer the charge at the Sessions.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

2lfary Costello was charged with stealing a row of beads
from the person of Maria Afartin.
The prosecutrix stated that this awning the prisoner
accosted her, and asked permission to look at her Dead. ;
she pulled them off her neck, upo❑ which the prisoner
snatched them out of her band and ran off; but was after-
wards apprehended by a policeman in a notorious brothel
in St. Giles's.

. The MAGISTRATE expressed some surprise at such an
impudent robbery in broad day-light.
The policeman said it was not at all surprising, as the
pri.,oner was one of the worst characters in St. Giles's.
She was remanded.