The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-06 00:00:00

and Le %mild et en say now, that if the aefen.
(lams would give up the'anthors of the paragraphs,
he would tit mice retire from the Cunt t, paying
his own cysts.

• they were pointed out by the professional at .7
, visors of the plaintiffs, and singe then there had
beets the utmost anxiety offer every kiuil of
apology which tould he reAtiirerlp, to ntAe the
fullest -retractions, and as was, as the most liropipt
16'4 sincere tick now!edgemeiti of the error nun
which they had inadvertently fallen could do it;
to atone for the temporary ininry Which iiad been
committed on their responsibility. Did be; say,
then, that the plaintiff had thine wrong in brier,
, ing this C.tltSe to its present issue Certainly not;
because the report of -what was then passing in
that Court would, in a very Short space of time,
be circulated thiough 'the three kingdoms, and
the spotless pnrity of Lall9 AVOilld be, at-
tested, anti gholly declared by those who had ap-
peared befOre the tvtilrld to question it 914:really.
as he had before stated, but Ostensibly ,Every
thing that could posslbly be done to satisfy the in,
jtwed feelingSof the parties had been done. His
clients acknowledged their liability; they proved
.this by the course they have pursued., They made
their declaration throngh him, that there was not
the slightest foundation Air tl,-; libel. They
bait', that after inquiry, they had Emmd that the
Lady was pure, spotless, Mill titiOrOttl with every
dottiest is w irtue. The consequences of an attack
upon such esalted worth must fall upon
selves.-. This they admitted, though at the sante
time averring., that their ofrence was :I:c offence of
imidvertehey:=Plvvry part of, the libel was ad-
milted to h. 2 false, and every thing had been now
done which equld be done by this iutptiry. The
purpose of it was answered, and the reputation
of the Hurt:if and excellent Lady was repaired
by the hand Which lad unconsciously given the
wound, Ilitd her 'character' wonld again go forth
to the world as pure and unblemished as ever.
lie would not say that his Learned Friend
ought to stop here, lie and the plaintiff were
hound to- go fart butt ; they were bound to gb to
the verdict, to prevent a suspicion of collusion
between the parties. lie would again admit to the
3nry, that leis clients were certainly responsible in
law, but not. fur any malice Contained in the pant-
, graphs, for they did not write them. lie would
suppose a ease., to pot this in u stronger itim of
view} ; -he would suppose a person, lie! vilig some
deep-rooted enmity. to the plaintiff:, who should,
take this mode olglin ting his vet4,4•ance. But ,vas
this case with the defendants ? No, they knew
nothing whatever of the plain:id's, and were merely
the casual itt,truntents of a publication 'which
they. would be as testily to retirtibate twitfi
condemn, Where t.bc inrcinion to indict pain -vras
obvimis, as his Learned Pi-tend, or any one who
heard him. 'lnt his Learned Friend had told
them, that there Alfas a series, Of p4ragraphs, and
thence inferred, that. the defetidants,must he ap,
prised of them, lie, however, woidd tell the
Jot y dolt his clients knew nothing about thynt;
till they were brought tinder 'their view for the
purposes of. the :present proceeding. T*:either of
them had any share in selecting what should be
published. The Paper was got up in a
_r.,,,reat hmry,
in the night, tinder the care of the E.-litor, and,
truth the, Wen vari;cy of tpiOter ut whieh it,twas
coaiposed, it was easy to •;iiititne that ertieles
migut slip in, which have been 'ejected, ball
more lime b: alio well for delibera;lon.. lie should
not tesort to the argutnent, ‘ILJL the reputation of
the pliliora MIS not inj,tred by this attack, thno;r,lt
they had been tinig•ht. tie eSpect it of him by his
Learned Friend. bid his he:anted Friend suppose,
that Sir Thunui,; U4Hy •Aeltuted a large- award of
damages, to prove the fa!sehood of the itufhtta.
dons upon 11.8 Lady's honour He was quint
sure be did ,not. There was one other point:
which required some notice, :nal then he thrltild
concinde :—They had been told, that it highly.re-
spect;ibli: itiiUt Mull hail heeo 'Lrought there; for
the purpose 01 hiving his feelings barro..ved op,
by teitn; sting the prectedinis case. Ile
was quite sure, NIA eXceliefit'pei!,ou Nvouhl nett
slither in, his feelings, by wittleo!iog g proecedin
tending On every side to the pent} of tme
so near to him, 1-I,e must he s,itiNlied with the
tommer iu tvh,,ich the cause had .been conducted.
11a, coal not leave.tl'it, place with-any degree of
inquietude ; he, must depart with emotions or
pleasure, at he unreserved admissiOns which had
been made to the character ut .the' plaintiff. Be,
lore be sat down, he, Walsh! Once snore entreat
them not to submit. their judgments.: to the in(hi.
once of his 14,11V0C41 kseiciiirs eltipkosce—to direct
their minds to the impin tial consideration of every j
fact which ought fairly to weigh with, them in f ,
tiking their verdict, and then he shdidd await
their decision with the fullest confidence. that his
client would, not be punished for - Malignit y
which he never felt,. and for: a crime, where oely
an error was constllittedi -

(The Learned Serjeant here read tlsc pan t-
graphs, as they appeared in anceesiite .publica-
tions of the Morning Herald, and.cOninientellim
them as be proceeded) :
i.-4t A new elopement is spoken of, the enormity ,tlf
Which it likely to throw other ca,ies, of a similar nature, into
a temporary oblivion."
2.—" The annual festivities, at Stanmore byre (the atilt,
the Learned Serjeant ob,ei red, of the Martinis of Aber4orn),
did not take place. this Christunts. omission is variously
accounted for. to the circle of Old Beaus it is imputed to
the intluenbe of the little urchin, Copitl. But tlit Ladies
si,,nifieantly inquire, Haw this can be ?"
:4L—" Previous to a recent elopement. the tslarrittls and
Marchioness of Abercorn's seat, Barron's Court, in the
county of Tyrone, exhibited I.cenes of almost unrivalled
gaiety. Amongst the Comratly of rinik and consideration
expected, were,—
" The Earl and Countess of Calednii, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Enniskillen, the Earl and Countess of Londonderry,
Lord and 1.,a11y Powersemot, Lord and Lady Manners, Lord
and Lady Blayney, Lady Gower and Lady Juliana Gower,
Lady Frances Ilamilton, land Cahir, Colonel and Lady E,
Mona, Sir Thomas and Lady Hardy, Sir George and Lady
1-101, Sir St,Uvart, Nlajor mid Mrs. Humphries, Captain
Rowan Hamilton, the ltev. Mr. Howell, Ike..
" The Earl and Coolness of Aberdeen were prevented
Joinin4 time joyful groope, in consequeoce of opening mid-
anew AbetikeliAnT, to au the neighbouring Nobi-
lity and (:entry."
4.-4' A Noble Lord, who, is the course of W G') years' life,
has sinned, ran aware, iuttiewotty at least for methodist ical
repentance, is said to love applied for cousolati,m to a filith
4levoteil Bishop, trusting that. under the plcoary indulgeliee
which characterises thatpions Prukite, lie may recciie
abe,floti,;ll, withuut the common-04a, plea of goad works."'
With the malignity of the latter part of this pa-
ragraph, he hail, to-day, nothing to do. But lie
beggiai leave' to stifle, that it allnded to a Rev.
Prelate., the ptesent Bishop of London, who was,
of all men, the least open tu the ittfautowl oh q,
" that he vvoulti give absolution without ex-
acting the commotilace plea of good-works."
This w,os followed by a most insult jog paragraph—
The Lady," said Pa! Morning !Jerald, " who has
taken so lamentable a trir with het hoary paramour to the
Papt4an shrine,' limes but .just entered her 26th year, was
universally admired for her brainy and accomplishments,
and, unfortunate step, ivies held in high esti:l,l6.m
also fur
'!'hers
tvals not
erd,iu e virtues.
a word of teeth in this
greph, except what related to the age, to the
beauty, and to the virtues of this injored Ltidy,•—
Conld wickedness, lie would ask, go further than
this ? 'Pills Lady ”'ltb first held no to the public
as having done that which cancelled all her ra-
sloth good' ipialitirs, and thin she was to be
suited by the recoliection of her fininer
Yes, she was to be insulted wif is the recollection
of her -fall front a state of innocence to oat; of
vice (and God knows it would, he as dreadful tali !)
under the_ mask- of lamenting over her deviatiOn
from the path of honour. "'Tilt this uniortrmate
step," said the defendants, " she was, held in
high eslirtnitiOn f9r ,ter domestic virtue)." He
had not language adequately to expre!.s hi 4
nation at this paragraph--.this cutting,hypoei
tical lament at ioleseirt tesrtit et the moment .us hen
its author well knew, that the virtue
.ot. Lady
, .
mi,dy, was as pure and
.as unsidlien es wisest She
first came into the world.' Tins iv aS the case he
had to lay before Ilse July. lie might state other
paragraphs, bust he conceived that those which
he had read contained slaudel elion,;11 to satisfy
aoy Jury.
Admiral Sir John reresford out then eNxamined
bY. Mr. Serjennt IlAvr. tie 1. tat6l that be had
been acquainted with. Sic Thomas and Lady Hardy
eversince their t»ai riage. Sic Thottnot yt- ad ti Cap.
lain in the, Navy ; Lady !Lofty tVii3 the daughter
Of Admiral Berkeley, and since of the Duke of
Itielonond ; her ladyship had three female ail-
liiittiess is a liter-Admiral, he was-in the.
habit of seeing Sir Thoutos and Lily Hardy fre-
quently....-No man wa, fonder of his wife than
Sir TIIOIII.IS and up to 'the .nunnent the witness
was speaking, he believed there was no lady living,
more virittoos than Laity Hardy.
(Ono-examined by Mr. SerjeunteoPt.tty )
Ile had seed one of the paragraphs, nut thought
it alluded .to Lady Hardy, awl the Marquis of
Abercorn ; he had not read the paragraph pre:,
vioasly in any other• paper. .
Mr. Sedeartt COMVO tvr the ilefendAnts, be-
gan by observing,, that lie rose.with considerable
anxiety to address the Jury upon this subject. It
was an anxiety pot referable to himself, but to the
important stake of the defendant which depended
upon their verdict. He leit.a weight of anxiety
pressing upon him, from the eloquence which
his Learned Friend had employed in. stating the
ease-for the plaintiff*. However, he was sure
the Jury would dismiss every thing front their
minds which did not fairly belong to the questioo.
-.4here were certainly:many points !Too which
lie entirely Jugs ced with his Learned Friend, in the
address which.‘he had just ,made to them. The
talents, hravery, and eminent services of :he first
plaintiff, he admitted to -be equal to the most chi.
borate eidogium
.which it was possible to pro.
nctunee ; and if he could borrow the eloquence of
Lis Learned Friend, he would obey the impulse of,
his feelings, and follow or eudeavonr to surpass
hint in paying.the lost •tribute of praise to
,the ex.
eharaCter of that gallant °Meer. Stich was A robbery of considerable smignittole has taken.
the language., uutl such were the sentimeots wltielr .I place its the coarse of the weeki bait the principals
he was instructed to declare Ott behalf. of his cottcerlied in it have not yet beef d;scOvered.
clients, fun in admiration of the spleudid proles appears that a Nobleman sit the count ry having
sional career of Sir Thomas Hardy, they stood occasion to remit to 20001., lie enclosed the
second to none, who knew how to ;yr eCi3te same its two or more franks," In the usual
services .like those which be had perforiNed. lie of the post, the letters cmitainiog the notes were
shell went onto observe that a full and unequivocal to pass through the inland offi...e. After a strfli.
declaration its; 0 tforell ott the part of the defend- cient time bad elapsed 14. their arrival, it wasants, t u
orts, that there wasoot the least foundation for fon4 they had not reached their destination, and
the slander which they bad beau the inifortonate a strict investigation was; set on foot. T tot Whole
malts of disseminating. Ile would ask, was it of the Clerks On duty were made to undergo a
the object of the gullant pleintiff to obtalurnoney minute search) ; the keys found tipon them were
by this proiecution ? It. would be doing the rank. taken way, and. their desks` nod drawers exit.
est. iiijustice to
~hey character.to presume it,. Hel Mined, OM without anything appearing to attach
Could point out with the greatest precision what . to them the smallest suspicion. All the persons
would, in all probability, pass between Sir Thomas. connected with the inland Office have stood their
Hardy and,his.counsel in the conference upon this i ground, sand have appeared ready to answer any
sobject. He knew lie would say,, Isere is a libel j intertogitories pot to,them,; from is it is M.
affecting the peace, of my tatnily,too deeply to be leyted that the robbery. may not-have Occurred in
passed over; Whitt must be done ? iNty Learned i the Post7office department. The , Murquis of
Friend would answer, as enquiry lutist take place; S,vt.lsALlny, the stew Postmaster-General, attend.
we most ascertain. what is the foutoletion of these , eel sits investigation at the Post -ollice yesterday
reports, and whence they originated. With this on the subject, but without britighig- to Ifght any
view these proceedings hint !leen iustituted, to wipe facts which were likely to lead to the dist:of:cry
off the imputation which Mall been cast upon a tuust of (the villains.
virtuous anti-excellent Lady. He could as.. 1 SOUTIIwAAK, JUNR have A .very duly
sure the Jury, that the first moment his clientis 11011-Idßrket and .thougb we do not find the
'thew of any paragrtiphs appettriug in the Paper holders pressing to have stiles neeomplisifedi we
of an cftceptiouahle Itii;cl was that In' which think our prices rather on the decitne.

Arr. BiRCHALL, the Under !Sheriff, then deli-
vered tt charge to the Jury, who,
.after a' shunt
considerationa.assessed the damages at One 'Thou-

sand Po'und.