The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-24 00:00:00

graphs sent to the newspapers, pressing on the Guards, or
rather the officers, to be punctual the next morning.
Imagine the Ministerial Papers, with long articles all
ready, also " cut and dried"—and so ready at a moment's
notice to attack the Opposition—cry " the Throne is in
danger"—and draw from the event arguments against the
Republican institutions, and in favour of an absolute Mo-
narchy. Imagine all the journals not in the pay of Go-
vernment, agreed in declaring that it is a police plot—
and that it is a famous imitation of the" Petard" plot in
the reien of Louis XVIII. ! Imagine all the population
the next morning, laughing and tittering and whispering
—and pronouncing the words " Charlatanism"—" Hum-
hug"—" Fraud"—" Trickery"—and saying, as well
openly as privately—" IT IS THE POLICE !
I say, imagine all this—and you will have a correct idea
of--" THE PISTOL Pr.oe—or " The Tricks of the
Doctrinnaires"—and then you will understand in its
full sense the meaning of my motto, " Thus they jog on
—still tricking, never thriving ! !! !" Do the readers of
the Morning Chronicle now understand the subject ?
Unquestionably they do ! Well, this is just what I want
—because they will then be able to answer for themselves
the question, whether such an Administration can be, and
ought to be, permanent ? This " PISTOL PLOT"...-is
to do for the Doctrinnaires what they had hoped to effect
by the KEYS OF ANTWERP CITADEL. But as the keys
are in the custody of the Dutch General Chasse—as he
states he will not surrender them—and as the Session has
opened, and the address may be voted before the citadel
shall be taken—why the " Pistol Plot of the Quai d'Or-
say" is to supply the deficiency, and obtain a majority for
Messrs. Gu,zot and Company. This is the history of the
plot.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 23.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-EX-PARTS SIR EDWARD COD•

RINGTON.

Sir JAMES SCARLETT moved for a rule to show cause
why a criminal information should not be filed against Mr.
Woolcombe, a solicitor of Devonport, for a libel on Sir
Edward Codrington, on whose part the application was
made. The affair arose out of an election dispute. A let-
ter was addressed by Mr. Woolcombe, the party against
whom the application was made, to Lord Ebrington, in
which he alluded to the probability of Sir Edward Cod-
rington succeeding as candidate for the new borough of
Stonehouse, and promising to use every means to insure
his election and assist the good cause. This letter was
communicated by Lord Ebrington to Sir Edward
Codrington, who was, in consequence, induced to
offer himself for the representation of the bo-
rough ; hut in consequence of the disapprobation
expressed by reason of Sir Edward Codrington being
a West India proprietor, and being supposed to be unfa-
vourable to the emancipation of the slaves, his success
afterwards appeared doubtful. A misunderstanding sub-
sequently arose on the subject, between Sir Edward Cod-
rington and Mr. Woolcombe, who published a pamphlet,
containing all the correspondence, and reflecting on the
conduct of Sir Edward Codrington, who then published
an address to the electors, in a concluding paragraph of
which he, in temperate language, denied the statement
made in the pamphlet of Mr. Woolcombe. The latter
gentleman a day or two after sent a note to Sir Edward.
requesting an explanation of the paragraph in his address ;
to which Sir Edward replied by letter, that he would
make full statements at the next public meeting, and that
until that time he must decline any further communication
with Mr. Woolcombe. Subsequently, when Sir Edward
was leaving Devonport by the mail, a gentleman from Mr.
Woolcombe accosted him, and stated that if he (Mr. w•)
did not receive a full explanation before Sir Edward left
the town, the latter should be " posted ;" to which Sir
Edward Codrington replied that be (Mr. W.) might do
as he liked. Mr. Woolcombe then published a handbill,

detailing the circumstances, and containg expressions re-
specting Sir Edward which induced him to apply for the
present rule for a criminal information.
The Court granted a rule to show cause.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION..-EX•PARTE HEATH AND