The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-28 00:00:00

SAW INTtLLTOttIa-.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Moimpor, Nov. 25.

Mr. CAMFBILLL Moved far a rule to show cants why a quo
warranto shtmla bot be isinea, calling on Prancis Hughes, Esq.
to show by What right he itercised itio Office of Mayor, in the
Borough'of Stafford: By the Charter of that BoroUgh the Mayor
was the roturnibg officer at elections for Members of Parliament.
Mr. Hughes was Mayor last year, and acted in the tiOacity of re-
turning officer ; by the statute, the 9th tf Ann, no officer who re-
turns Members can continue in his office for two successive years.
A pond objection to Mr. Hughes' election was, that there were
only four Aldermen present on the 29th of September last when
he Was elected; whereas, by the Charter there ought to be six.
The third objection was, that he was elected before by himself, Rll
he held the office of ltlayor at the time of his, election.—Role
granted.

XING V. JOHN MIA-MAN.
Mt. ROUGRADI moved for a rule culling on the defend-
ant, who, by the affidavits at the Stamp-office, appeared
to be the printer and proprietor of the Sunday Times
newspaper, to show cause why a criminal information
should not be filed against him for a libel on the Hon.
Wm. Long Pole Wellesley, published in the defendant's
Paper of the sth November last, which was contained in

the following statement:--
" Wellesley's.history is no common one:-.—Fourteen years sines
he became the triumphant husband of a young and amiable woman,
possessed of every virtue to make a deserving man happy, and
with a fortune more than princely : the first and proudest of the
land bowed before her shrine and were rejected ; she selected. this
Lovelace front. a thronged circle of suitors, and for what qualities
of form or of mind the hapless lady herself could never state.—
Assurance he possessed in an unbounded degree ' • he bore a name
then covered With civic and military glory, but in either of
'which he had no share ; his knowledge was bounded by the stable,

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and his achievements by the gaming-table. These were scenes of
his renown. He was then living in open harlotry with a female
he afterwards abandoned. The communication was made by the
wretched woman herself to Mrs. Wellesley in despair ; her affec-
tion pronounced his pardon, and her generosity supplied him with

0,000/. to provide for his victim—hi took the money and spent
t at the gaining-table! Such was the man to whom ilisa Tilney

Long, the then richest heiress in Europe, intrusted her heart,
her fortune, and her happiness, and by whom all w9re soon irre-
trievably wrecked. Oa the morning of his marriage, Long Wel-
lesley was the most enviable man in England ; in five short years
he was covered with debts and diagram ; wild waste and wanton
riot soon reduced a regal fortune to ruin. The noble mansion of
Wanstead-house was stripped of its furniture, and levelled to the
ground ; the privileges of Parliament no more protected the ruined
prodigal, and he had to fly to the Continent to avoid a gaol. His
admirable wife accompanied him,. without pining or reproaches—
happy in the hope that adversity would instruct him, and change
a heart that was seared to conviction. lie had nothing himself;
he was bankrupt alike in character and fortune; but his inimi-
table wife had 5,0001. a-year secured as pin •money by her mar-
riage-settlement, and this, the wreck of thousands, she shared
with hint; lie owed her every thing in exile, as in ruin she still

clung to him; and had he a human heart he would have treasured
her with a miser's care.

[Here, continued the Learned Counsel, were some verses
which he should not trouble the Court with.]
" But how did he repay her? By introducing an adulterous
wanton beneath her roof, at Naples; by making his wife the un-
conscious pander to his base appetites and her own misery, and
driving her broken-hearted to the grave."
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Mr. Wellesley, continued the" Lekirned Counsel, swears
as follows :—" That in all its material parts, the above
Statement is utterly untrue, and is a gross, false, and mali-
cious libel; he denies that his knowledge was bounded 'by
the stable, or his achievements by the gambling table; he
denies that at the time of his marriage he was living in
harlotry with any woman; he denies that Mrs. 'Wellesley
was ever applied to by a person such as was there rty:re.•
sented, as in fact there was ad such person, or that Mrs.,
Wellesley ever supplied him with 10,0001. ir that. or any
similar purpose during the whole course of his life, or that
he ever took such .a sum and spent it at the gambling
table ; he states that he never since his marriage lost by
gaming, any sum amounting to 5001., or that he ever won
!lbw; 501„ or ever played for more than '4Ol. and that-,
doring two years' 'residence in Paris, he. never iregnented
the saloons, although it, is a common practice for oil gen.
tleMen to visit them, or gaming houses there. Ile" admits
it is true that at the time of his nig-11.64'e he came into a

large income, but it became necessary fOr him to keep ul
an establishment suitable to his rank, and for that pur
poso he was led into considerable expense in the purchase
of jewels, plate, horses and carriages, and in furnishing the
family mansion; laying out of the grounds anew, and re-
pairing it, which, together with the farm-house and other
buildings on the different estates, involved him in very
heavy debts, while, at the same time, he was only the
tenant for life of =estate charged with the jointure of 45004
per annum, and with fortunes for the younger children of
30,0001. each ; he further stated also that he had not been
obliged to fly to the Continent, and so far from Mrs. Wel-
lesley having supplied him with funds, Mrs. Wellesley hid
a gekral order to draw on his banker for whatever sums
of money she might want, and that she did so draw accord-
ingly. And also that during the whole time they were on
the Continent, Mrs. Wellesley never suffered any priva-
tions, but.waa supplied with every comfort she. could re-
quire, and her usual retinue of servants, horses, and car-
riages; he, then , stated, that .iii the marriage settlement
there was an express proviso directing the. trustees (the
Marquis Wellesley and the Hon. Phillip Bouverie) that at
the request of Mrs. Wellesley and himself, they (the
trustees) should' cause any of the mansions on the different
estates to be pulled down, and the materials thereof to lie
sold by auction, and that the money raised themby should
be vested in the said trustees, for certain purposes named
itt the marriage-settlement, and that in execution of that
proviso, arid by and, with the consent of Mrs. Wellesley,
and the concurrence of their friends and relations, they did
both call upon the trustees to pull down the mansion of
Wanstead-house, and sell the materials thereof ; and that in
pursuance of that request, after taking two years to consider.
of it, the trustees did sopull downand tlispose of the materials
of Wanstea&hoUse ; and Mr. Wellesley further stated,
that during their residence at Naples, he never. introduced
to Mrs. Wellesley, or under 'tier roof, any. person with
whom he had any adulterous intercourse, and that, initead
of her having died of a broken heart,. as. was represented
by the defendant, he (Mr. Wellesley) was informed, and
believed, that she died at Richmond, of a bowel complaint.
The learned counsel concluded by stating, that the de-
fendant had in this libel steered entirely clear of the trial
which had recently taken place at Guildhall, in which it
was well known that Mr. Wellesley had appeared as a de-
fendant. The defendant had libelled Mr'. Wellesley by the
publication of matter entirely new,' which Mr. Wellesley
states generally to he utterly false and without the slightest
foundation.
Mr. Justice Homtovn.—Do the affidavits sufficiently
establish the defendant to be the . proprietor and publisher
of the paper in question ?
Mr.; BROMIA,24.Yeti, my Lord.
Mr. Justice Houtovn.---Talte your rule.—Rule granted
accordingly.
THE KING v. WILLIAM INNELL CLEMENT.
Mr. BROUGHAM, on behalf of Captain O'Neil, a Moil-
ber of the present Parliament, applied to the Court for a
rule, calling on the defendant, who is the ;proprietor of
several newspapers, to show cause why a criminal infor-
mation should not be filed against ,him for a libel he had
published in his paper of yesterday, entitled Bell's Ale in
Landon. The affidavit of Captain O'Neil . stated, that in
consequence of some occurrences which had taken place,
he had been made the subject of various attacks in the de•
retakes paper, and had therefore instituted proceedings
against hiM. On Saturday last a true bill had been found
by the Grand Jury against the deponent and two other
persons, and it wars observed in this very CoUrt; that the
defendant's attorney was at that time acting in conjunc-
tion with the attorney of the partier who bad preferred the
bill against the prosecutor. That such conduct could only
be attributed to one Motive was perfectly obvious, and ac-
cordingly, on examination of all the Sunday papers that:
had been published,yestettk, in the defendant's paper'
alone was found a report of ,the,hill.havit been found by
the Grand Jury, ami‘of the cause which had produced
that proceeding, under the title of " Play on High