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

DIXON V.

This wag an action to recover damages against
the defendant, for an injury received by tbe
chlid, con%ciinente of the discharge of the
den,' da t'sgon,under the kill?wing circumstance:
—The defendant, who had recently come from the
I'Ve-t lnclies, hdd ocenpit.ad lodgings in the house
of a person named:Lemon, in the Commercial
Road, where the plaintiff was alsti
Upon leaving his apartments, for the pnriftise
'Of residing in a hone of his own, the &e-
-ft ndant had left him a lo.nled totting-piece,
notice to tie lindlord, that lie :should
it in two or three days. Accordingly, at
. tl4e end of three days, he sent a little Mulatto
girl, .ationt twelve years of age, with a message
to 29r. Lemon, to take out the priming front the
and deliver the gun to the girl. With these
itt.;tittetion/i, \Jr. ,Letnon complied, and ttave the
goo to th'e girl to carry home to her mastex.—
ever, helot e she quitted the honsc., she Went
11103 OW hircl,cn, to take leave of plaintiff's child,
little boy, and sonic other children, in the
toe-:n time leaving the gnu in the passage. The •

1,1n..10Td (Ir..l.,ettioti), followed her into the
•l itchen ‘vith thegitti in his hand, and again deliver-
it tn In a moment of thotightleisne;:., the
gi.l took tip the gnu, presented at the plaintiff's
thifd, and it tinfortnuatdy went off. Its coa-
ti-los, which consisted of printyt's' types, lodged
in various parts of the child's head, and pat out
one of his eyes. Under these circitinstances, the
prt..eut aution was hrooght against the defendant,
n1)1111 the g'rotitul that he had so negligently and
itry'roperly conducted lIIIYUt ii iii gentlitig. for the
gill' by so careless a servant, that he was answer-
able tor the consequences.
The Jury, Laid F.a.f.ENll,lllol3on's di-.
ticiinns, humid a verdict for the plaintill.—Da.
mages, 1001.

,piEtors cortitT, BEtwoaD-Row, JUNU 5.

Lim.

C3IC TIMNrISS AND LADY HARDY U. TITS MORNING
HERALD.

This was an action brought upon the publica-
tion of SeVeral paragraphs in the Morning Herald.
deleudants had suffered judgment by default
and the Jury were aria/ called upon toasiess the
4amages. The datniges 'were laid at 10,000 L---
After the pleading S had been opened,
Serieaut Hrs.r addressed the Jury for the
plaintiff 4., Ile seid the present proceeding Was
one of great importance, limn the high charac-
ter .01 the plaintiffs ; and he felt much More
then eonotionly interested in it; from having
the honour to know them both.. One of the
plaintiffs, Sir Thomai Hardy, was beloved by all
sell() loved their coootry ; it tsar enough for him
to say; that be was the friend ut Nelson, and
OA' it was in his arms that the Hero of Trafalgar
breathed his lest—inel breathed, a spirit which
would animate him to emirlate the glory of his
immortal -leader. 'the other plaintiff. upon the
It"ehtt'd, the lady, was descended from two lanolies
rjr .the higiept rank and consequence which this
country could boast ; but Arose who hail the hap-
piness to know her, forgot her birth in the ad-
unration ut her virtues. It was against such eita-
toeters as these that the calumny a the News-
paper had, been. direct Cal. Lie was a great advo-
cate for the liberty of the Press, but it was nut
the libetty bet the. abuse of the Kern.: t 0 dreg
private' eleareeters before the public. 'lt WAS for
the press tothsenss and enforce public rights, und
it degtailed itself by interineddliog in the cOn-
tenni at private individuals, under any Clr,cinne
stances. Here, however, there was not, in 'joint
of fact, be least foundatiote for the libel. The, de.
tentiant hid by sublicena brought the father of the
lad yr here to.ilay, bat for what purpose this outrage.
Itatkbeen committed opoWthat gallant Admiral hi
was:at a logs to imagine. The defendants 14td, by
allowing.judetuent by default, put it out of their
power to attempt fijilfittliCAtioll' of the libel ; but
ivould wave the objection, and even then allow
theia tit trite any evidenee,whatever, if they i:otild
tla it. But this was iinpos.slble , they tiow knew
that the impittationwal as false.as:lt Was malicious,
and :they could not make an endeavour ro support
, The:libel- he- had tb:coMplein of, had appeared
irt the Morning /kraut 'He only wished that 'the':
oaduct ors of it had employed-tbemselves in a titan!,
ncr more worthy of their 'talents. He had !rid
smn'e experience. in affairs of this kind, and tie
,tt11.4 glad to observe amongst the gentlemen of the'.
Jury two or three who were also familiar with
them. It was the prowl lee first to set the World'
guessing .14 a titatenient of 4 general. wittwe,
ell-ciliated to excite attention, but without poinl-
ing: to any liArtieitiar pet son. This wai'nfterwaids
f.-4to wed tip by hints and insinuations more specific,
moil it w,is put beyond at doubt who wall meant as
th, object of the attack, The sootier,: however,
this: nitre was pot a stop to, the better. He
would now read theparaerephs. He ought, bow.
eter, to. state, that the :gallant plaintiff anti
his Lindy were acfplainted with the Marquis 111141
MArChiOIICSA of Abereorn, by whom they were
invited to partake, with other-diltingtiiiiiett
ravers, of the Christmas festivities of Bermes
court, fiseitt of the Noble Mattptis in Ireland,
tend,., when' they returned, they were informed of
the
,injiAious parigi aphs- which had appeared in
their anlenec. li4 (Air, Seijeant Best) bed the
innontr kno whit; sir Thomas Hardy personally,
and be was jrnmedikttely entwined. Ile told the
fittifnitr!!e might proceed by indictment, or he.
might initititte a civil proceedieg, which would.
Pilaliert4e the delvndants to justly what they had
r;jd. Sir Thomas Hardy immediately answered. ,
should adopt the latter elternative, but., the,
defendants...shrunk [tom the challenge. He-mould
slate, that the plaintitrs were not desirous of pro
ceeding against the Morning ilerald,,if they could
hare traced the articles to any other .publicatidni