The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-04 00:00:00

had only spoken of repo;!; of a tounexion. He M..
I tainly did say thrre !tad 6(.11 a connexion with Sir
William De Crespigny, but that communication
was made to him by Mr. H. De Crespigny, the son
of the plaintiff. But supposing that statement to be
true, it was no, justification of the libel. He begged,
however, they would bear in mind that this comtnuni-
cation had been made by the plaintiff's own son. Mr.
Wellesley, however, was so anxious to prove the
truth or falsehood of this communication, that be did
put a justification on the record, to which the
plaintiff demurred, and the Court held that
if the allegations were true, it was no defence of a
pulrlicatitn of that nature, and therefore allowed the
demurrer. They bad no right to think that Mr.
Wellesley shrunk from investigation. It was his
wish to put Mr. Heaton de Crespigny in the
box, and make him swear to the truth or falsehood
of his communication. This, however, he had been
prevented from doing. The plaintiff, however,
might have brought his son forward as a
witness, but he had merely contented himself
with handing in the libel. If Mr. Wellesley
had been the fabricator of the slander, the plain-
tiff might easily have proved it. He threw back
therefore the insinuation that Mr. Wellesley
shrunk from enquiry : it was the plaintiff
himself had shrunk from it. It was in a moment of
excitation that he had published the attack on the
Misses Long and Sir William De Crespigny, and
when called upon by die son to answer the
charge against his father, he gave satisfaction as
a man of honour at the hazird of his life, but lie
never could retract what he had stated. Mr. 'Wel-
lesley had no wish to injure the character of
the Misses Long unnecessarily. Mr. Heaton De
Crespigny was in possession of the affidavits
and letters ten months before he challenged Mr.
Wellesley, or asked for satisfaction. He would
therefore ask was it not natural that he should
wish this fact to go before the public.—
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read and
comment on the libel, and contended that the ob-
ject of publishing these documents was, to show
that when Mr. Heaton De Crespigny challenged
Mr. Wellesley the former was under a misconception,
and'the latter was only trying to vindicate himself.
However imprudent it might have been to have in-
troduced the names of females to give them and his
Learned Friend (Mr. Serj. Wilde) a handle, that by
introducing their character and names, they might
swell the amount of damages. He trusted that the
Jury would give a cool, fair, and impartial consi-
deration of these documents, before they came to
the conclusion that they were published for the ex-
press purpose of injuring yr. De Crespigny. The
alleged libel was only published in refutation of the
former publication, which had charged the whole story
as the invention of Mr. Wellesley. He did not de-
spair of satisfying any honourable and reasonable
men, if they judged without previous prejudice, that
Mr. Wellesley was entitled to their verdict, although
he never would justify the indiscretion he had been
led into in vindicating his character for courage and
reputation—he meant that of mentioning the names
of the two ladies. He believed that the Jury
would think that it was not a case which called for
severe damages, if they felt called on to give a
verdict against him. Mr. Wellesley had been challenged
by Sir W. De Crespigny and his two sons, and he
had fought one of them. lie had already given the
reparation which was always considered sufficient
by honourable men. This story would never have
been published if it had not been for the foolish
challenge of a son, who it was believed had been
driven by his father to that course, under fear of
disinheritance. He submitted the case to their
consideration.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1,000/.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 S to £2 13
Kew Meadow Hay
Useful Meadow Hay " 13 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 4 4
Clover flay 3 10 5 0
Oat Straw XI 18 to £1 18 I Wheat Straw... 118 2 2
Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted.
SMITHFIELD.
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Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 10
New Meadow Hay 0 0 2 10
Useful Meadow H-ty 2 17 3 4
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 4 4 0
Clover Hay (extra fine).....t5 0 .. Generally 3 0 4 10
Oat Straw £ll2 to .£1 16—Wheat Straw 116 2 0
A good supply, and a very dull trade, at Tuesday's prices.

SOUTHALL MARKET.—June 3.
At our market of to-day, which was largely supplied,
and but thinly attended both by London and country buyers,
each kind of meat met with a'very dull sale at the fol-
lowing prices per stone of filb, to sink the offals
Beef 3s. Ckt. to 4s. tl/41 Veal 4s. 241. to ss. Od.
I
Mutton 3 2 4 4 Pork -- 4 0 5 0
Lair.l) .—.--....45. 10d. to ss. 10d.
The foregoing quotations are Beef, Mutton, Larnh, and Veal,
2d. per stone lower than on this day siennight. Much of the
supply left the market unsold.

HA] ',SHAM MARK ET.—June 3.
Beef---- 3s. 6d. to 4s. Od. 3s. 811. to 4s. Od
I
4 0 4 6 Pork -- 0 0 0 0
4s. Bd. to ss. Od.
A good supply, and a very dull trade.

STF.YNING MARKET.—June 1.
Beef 3s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. Veal 4s. Ott. to 4s. 6d.
I
Mutton 4 0 4 6 Poak . 0 0 0 0
Land) ss. Od. to ss. 6d.
A limited supply, and a dull trade.