The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-09 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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siERNON
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justification.
al dfacln, Aug.
mou
J uBr.y.)
14
'to recover damages for a libel.
Thiis
(Beforew a
was as
J actinu sti ea
The defendant pleaded a
. - 1 L
Mr. Lush were for the plain-
Q C,, was for the defendant.
tiffMisl; rr..E.Mr..
M.
James,JAMES, i n Chamber,,4
opening 4 :w aan:d thea
foreign case, said that the plaintiff,
establishment in London, and merchant, having an
Baent:he ciadalso others at Rotteroam
tions with both those places
Adrian Ruysent:
extensive business transac-
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en!
eerx,anadnrdia
had,
be
beneveliebd.efendant was also a
pursuits; and the plaintiff
serious injury having been inflictecl
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defendant having publisheddessteal: complained of. a most
calculated entirely to ruin his clahianrtaiw, earndaswahmicehrewhaerhet
ahriiedhauemzsetife hthoenoeuitry. upon him by the
be,dwho carried on
tolammislaynac.onsisted of
the most extraordinary
private resi-
dheisneweitaet S
andt. * Jthorheue's-wood,
children;l aanndalinohdufs
ii
hit
introduced
the
ittyreaotfedbaecti,olmnieng
acquainted
with ppeared that *during last year he hadhiink
the defendant into his family as a tutor for his
sanneld'hthe thus hastdhiasntsobpipe; opportunity of his
he feltes
with his affairs. He would endeavour to retrain
as postible from referring to the painful circumstances
esehmatpewlleerde
tit n,
ivtiotlevremd inthtehjeupryretsicientt
the plaintiff
tibffutvery
soon
after the introduction of the defendant to his family had
too much reason fur believing that he had succeeded in
seducing from him the affections of his wife, and she
eventually quitted her home, and be believed-wie at the
present time living with the deUndant in open adultery.
' Not satisfied, however, with the infliction of an injury
of this deep and deadly' character upon the man who
had befrieeded him, and who bad placed confidence in
his honour, the defendant bad, if possible, aggravated
that injury by committing the acts upon which the pre-
s,nt action was founded, and, after destroying for ever
his domestic happiness, he had sought to destroy his
reputation as a mei chant, and thus involve him in inex-
tricable ruin. The libel of which the plaintiff cam.
plainer' was contained in three letters, which he would
now read to the jury. The first was dated " April 14,
1850," and was addressed to "M. Mendez St. Leon,
bunker, at Paris." It was as follows : •
"It is known to me that you are in relations of credit
with M. A. Ruysennaers, of London; Alexandria, and
Rotterdam. I ought not to leave you in ignorance that
the scandalous disorder and immorality of Ruysennaers,
of London, have had the effect of bringing him into the
most complete insolvency, after having ruined his family,
and attempted several times in my:presence to assassinate
his wife, whose life I saved; and who, in order to escape
the ill-treatment of this madman, has been obliged to
take refuge in the midst of the family of his noble, re-
spectable, and virtuous victim. For the purpose of avoid-
ing the pursuit of his creditors, and of dt frauding them,
perhaps, this wretch has made a pretended sale to a
person named. Henry Htnckes, his clerk, who is known
to be without pecuniary means. There is now in my
possession a document emanating from this tame clerk,
proving that be is nothing but the clerk. with a salary,
to M. Ruysennaers, his principal, whole orders he pas-
sively executes. i I .reserve it to produce the document
in a court of law, when the itime shall be found to be •
proper, awl when I shall be regularly required to pro-