The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-09 00:00:00

OPERA HOUSE.-ANOTHER MOTION.

. .
Suoncist rose, to.moye his Lordship.to
dis-
solve an injunction. which had been granted on a.:
motion, whereby bil.f.ordship;was prayed to grant,
an. older to restrain_ certain,Agment creditors
front diiposing of a box in the Opera House, be-
longing to Mr. Taylor.
The LoaD CH :13 CELLO 2—The Opera House?
Why, I thought we had shut the House. for to-day.
SoGDF,N-7—True, my_Lo,ro, but it is again
opened. The Learned Counsel Alien stated, that
Air. Taylor had been in possession of a box,
No; 75, in the Opera House, and having become
indebted, execution had been taken out against
him, and the 'box was about to be sold by the
judgment creditors. A bill,,was filed by Mr. Tay,
lor, to restrain ,theku ,from disposing of a silver
ticket, which was taken with the box. The
Learned. Gentleman was about to shvw there was
no.right to restrain the proceedings of: the credi-
tors, when--

Mr. HART said, if the ticket was given up, he
would consent to the injunction being dissOlve4.
The Loup CHANCELLOR-11)e only hone of
contention between you, then, is the possession
of this uilver ticket ?

After some conversation between Messrs. HART
and. SUGD,EN, I he. atrangement.proposed as.above
by Mr. Hart, was agreed to, without, however,
prejudice relative to the question of costs,. or any
future action.

The Loan 'CHANCELLOR—It is best when you
arrsoge as you now do, and require no interfer-
ence of the Court.

Late on Sattriay night, HS Captain Nit.t.Ett, of
the Anna of II Vine, vas going on hoard his ves-
sel lying tiff the bar tff (barim, in tr small sail
boat, accompanied by a man, woman and boy, the
bOat upset and all On hoard neti.,hed. The body
attic Woman was found-on Sunday morning.

ASSIZE. 'IN'T'ELLIGENCE:.

KENT ASSIZES.-MAIDSTONE, AUG. 7.

SPECIAL JURIES.

THE KING V. JOHN BOYS AND STEPHEN SACKETT

CHANCELLOR

This was an indictment agaiumt the defendants
for publishing a mostdisgusling libel, of and con-
ctrniiig a Gentleman named Taylor, by .►ri log
in paint, against the walls •of ttis house, Certain
inscriptions, knowing to him the crime of perjoty
and other atrocious off.iters.

Mr. GURNEY, Mr. PADDY, and Mr. BERENS
appeared for the prosecution.
It appeared that the prosecutor was a Gentle-
man of fortune and respectability, residing at
Margate, and that the defendants were also in-
habitants of that town, Mr. Boys beiag a solici,
tor, and Mr. Chancellor a hiker by trade, and
collector of the tolls for Margate Piet. The
prosecutor had become obnartions to. the de-
fendants respectively, Ist, in coastlaence" of
his having appeared as a witness in. a cause' its
which Mr. Robins was. the plaintiff, and. a 113 int:.
sake of the def,mlunt Boys was hr. ne:endant,
which was an actian for false imprisonment, and
in which the defendant acted as the attorney. for
his namesake ; and, .2d, in const4lence of, his
having detected Ctiancellor in sellinglight bread
to the Sea flathiug Infilmary; at Margate, of which
the prosecutor was one of the Governors, or-
Visitors. The offerite which was the snbiecrof
this indictment had been repeated three limes before
the prosecutor • had any suspicion that it was
ascribable to the defendants. O: the 15th Of
Jane, the 22d of Jaly, and the 25!1a of October', in
the last year,-he found that the back and front of
house were covered over in the night time
with the most disgusting and abominable inscrip-
tions in oil paint, the letter, being sothe of theat
two feet-h, length, and painted in the most glaring
colours. On each of these occasions the proseco-
tor had copies taken of the libellous matter,
which teas afterwards erased by the operation Of
fresh painting. The case .of the prosecutor was
supported by his own testimony, and that of seve-
ral persons of cintracter and respectability, the
ctifvct of their evidence being, that On tile two
latter occasions, persons resembling the defen-
dants were seen it) the night time at Or near the
prosecutor's house, itnd from these and other cir-
cumstances, it was insisted the inference might
,he drawn that they were•the authors of the libels:
It appeared, however,-that there were several ma 7.
terial contradictions between the prosecutor's
own evidence and that' Of his witnesses, most of
whom -contradicted themselves and each other.

Copies of the libels were produced, but they
were so disgusting and abominable in their con•
tents, that they were handed to the Jury without
being publicly read, the Learned Counsel on hotit
sides agreeing- not to offend the eyes and the ears
of the public by having them real, aloud.
Mr. AJAR HYATT and Mr. BOLLAND appeared for
the defendants, on whose behalf a complete case
of alibi was opened. The Learned Leader urged ta
the Jury the improbability that the defendanti
could be guilty of composing the indecent and
ahotninable libels which bad been submitted to
their' inspection, both being men of the highest
character and honour, On behalf of his clients
he disclaimed all idea of imputing to the pet-peen•
tor the atrocious crimes Mentioned in the libels.
They had never suspected him of such abomina.
(inns, still less were they disposed to make therm
the •subject of positive charge..--The Learned
Counsel happened tri be placed in a most difficult
and rinpleasant situation i—within the. last few
days, the real Nithor of these indeCent
(ions had discovered himself to Mr. -Boys, and
'volunteered to give his evidence on tills trial, and
avow his own guilt, if the case of the defendants"
was such as to require such evidence. Aber such
n disclosure, perhaps, a sentiment of honour, as
well as of candour, ought to restrain the defen.
'dents from subjecting the author to the peril of a'
prosecution, by putting him into the., witnesses'
box ; and therefore be should content himself by
calling independent evidence on the part of the
defendants, to negative that conclusion of their
guilt which had been strained from the evidence
for the prosecution.
Two witnesses were then called, the object of
whose testimony was to sustain an alibi, when •
Lord ELLENBOROLIGH (who very early in the
case thought there would be great difficulty in
convicting the defendants upon the contradictory
evidence adduced for the prosecution) interposed,
and, expressing his doubts still more strongly, the
case. went to -the Jury, who impkodiately found tlfe
defendants Not Guilty. •
This case excited a great deal of interest, and
the Court was crowded the whole day to excess.