The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

cumstances ; and it was I
doubt whether Potterell 1

went over the
tare, and the jury retired to consider then
with them the whole of the documents.

bearing upon t

absence they return
plaintiff.

nto court wit

ACTION FOR LIBEL AGA TNSTTIIE MANCHESTERGITARDIA

WEBSTER V. GARNETT

The present

rose out of some entertainments

which took place in Manchester between the 7th and 12th
of June last. Some gentlemen in the town of Manchester

series of dramatic entertainments,
ds of which were to be applied to the local cha-
rities. Mr. Webster, the lessee of the Haymarket and
Adelphi Theatres, London, on being applied to on the
21st of May for his gratuitous aid, promptly replied that
he should be most happy to afford any assistance in his
power, consistent with the requirements of his theatre ;

were anxious to get up
the proc

Trice a

he committe

happened that, at this time, Mr. Webster was busily en-
gaged in bringing out the new comedy, entitled " Mind
your own Business," together with another piece,in which
himself and the whole of his principal

with the
the bass

exception of Mr. Henry Bedford and Mr. We
singer, performed. Mr. Webster stated the circum-
stances in which he was placed to the committee, and re-
gretted that he should be unable to afford

stance

It appears that Mr. Webster's answer to this effect was
not posted till some time before twelve o'clock on the
night of the 27th of May, and w.s not received in Man-
chester till the 29th, although Mr. Webster expected
that it would he delivered about six o'clock on the 28th.

In the evening of the 28th he received a telegraphic
messagefrom Alanchesterrequesting a reply. Having already
written an answer, which he had every reason to believe
would have reached its destination, he did not deem it
necessary to communicate by telegraph. On the 3d of

-ebster

learned time his ntTie.

nounced to appear in Manchester, wrote to say that though
it would be a serious loss to him, he would rather stop the
run of Mr. Mark Lemon's piece for a night than that the
charities should suffer from his absence. In the mean
time, on the day previous, June 2, a paragraph appeared
in the Manchester Guardian, in which the following pas-
sage occurred :

Wednesday and Thursday t

left open, because of the ext

Webster, lessee of the Haymarket Theatre, who, after a
letter of large promises; was written to thrice without
deigning any answer, and when a telegraphic letter at

length extorted a reply, it was such as to determine the
committee to make other arrangements without seeking

any aid

from Mr

ebster

This was the libel complained of. Mr. Webster, upon
reading it, wrote to Mr. Worthington, secretary of the
committees in Manchester, and that gentleman denied that
it originated with them. Mr. Webster then consulted his
solicitor, Mr. Robinson, of Half Moon-street, London,
who demanded 'an apology from the publisher of the
Guardian, which that gentleman refused to give unless
the threat to commence an action was retracted. The
learned counsel having stated the facts of the case, said,
that Mr. Webster's only desire was to set himself right
with the public; and if Mr. Garnett had done, as request-
ed, the jury would not have been troubled with the pre-
__

Nho was examined by

to the facts narrated't

Ir. Sergeant Wilkins, and spoke
the learned counsel.—Mr. Hill,

the jury retired,

together fo

NFRIN

ALLOWAY AND

dimagei £18,00(

Mr. Cowlin
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