The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-13 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

CARISLE, AUG. 7.
-.4N11 V. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE WHITEHAVEN HERALD.
This was an adion for libel brought on a criminal informa-
' lion on the prosecution of the Earl of Lonsdale. The libel
Charged consisted of a publication in the Whiteharen Herald,
relative to his lordship's connexion with the St. Bee's School
charity. The case was only partly opened, when Mr. Pollock,
eti the part of the prosecution, consented to receive an apology
,-from the defendant.

TUE KING v. STEELE AND JOLLIE.
This was also a criminal information at the prosecution of
the Earl of Lonsciale, for a libel which appeared in a paper
gilled the Carlisle Chronicle, and which was of a similar de-
scription to the last.
_ Mr. Cowling opened the pl eadings and Mr. Pollock pro-
ceeded to state the case to the juryin terms similar to those
Which he had adopted in the previous case. He also alluded
to the nature of the libel, which imputed to the noble earl the
s jog having surreptitiously obtained a lease of certain coal-mines
•—. •,,elong
to St. Beets charity school, and of which he was a
trustee, at the trifling rent of £3 10s., and that he had drawn the
trnense sum of £lO,OOO. a year for a period of 27 years from
ose mines, and by these means had defrauded the charity of
about one-third of a million of money, having in that time
raised 671,800 tons of the coal, which at Whitehaven were
Woith Bs. 6d. per ton. The libel continued—" That all this
is clear profit I do not sa but I do say that the pour have been
defrauded of a sum amounting to about £261,380, for which he
(the, prosecutor) is accountable to the peop.e of England, and
that, until restitution should be made, the reputation of hav-
!
(Vi,, dplundere these charitable fundsouattach to s nae."
e learned counsel commented upon the Vileness ofhi a chamrge
! this kind, and said it was imposible for any man to live in
e country under such accusations who did not make use of
the Means which the law allowed him to wipe off the imputa-
Vdn with which it was attempted to stain his character. The
learned counsel then put in copies of the libels, and, at the
Instance of Mr. Cresswell, who appeared for Mrs. Jollie, the
entired of the publication embracing the letter of the correspon-
"4,novas read by the officer of the court.
The learned judge previously intimated that there was an er-
r in the record relative to the defendant Steele, which he
huought would be fatal to it as regarded him. It appeared that
av,?las called William in the informations instead of James,
after au argument of some length, the proceedings against
Steele were quashed. The case then proceeded against
Jollie, and after one or two witnesses had been examined,
Mr. Cresswell rose to address the jury,.and argued that with-
out reference at all to the truth or falsehood of the article, with
which, as counsel, he had nothing to do, the publication com-
Plained of was fairly warranted, by the character of those to
which it referred, and to which it must be taken as a reply. It
1141 a publication arising out of the excitement of an election,
and ought to be judged of charitably, and with many allowances
accordingly.
There was a disposition to applaud on Mr. Cresswell having
concluded a forcible appeal to the jury, which was instantly sup-
pressed.
, The learned judge summed up, and the jury having been out
half an hour, returned with a verdict of Guilty, but at the same
Mme strongly recommending Mrs. Jollie to mercy.