The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-19 00:00:00

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41415 t: before Lord ELLBNIIIIROUO4I weed a
. Special Jury, if Westettoster.
WI LIAMIS tf CALL111111Ell:
• The ATTOILNE V.G6 P 4 ERMA stated this 10 be ad
action of damps; brought by the Plaintiff, who
practised the business of an attorney, in Mt* soon
or moonshot), against the Defendant, also an ate
loroty, iu the same town, for having published,
with marked and Persevering industry, a libel bf
•,is most infamous and calumnious nature against
'the Plaintiff, calculated and obviously intended
to ruin the Plaintiff's character and fair fame, and
for the part taken by the D•fendstit, in the pro.
negation of which, no other possible motive could
be figured, than a desire, through the means Of
the publication in questions to blast tho
ter of the,Plaintiff, as an attorney, th,it itie De.
fendant might rise on i,s ruins. 'lever could any
competitor for the favour of the toddle, in Joy.
line of business, have employed greater /mins in
the circulation of his cards of address and recom.
mendation, than the Dlentlant nail ah 'he
disSeininatiuti of the lib; now to .1):, noticed.
Libel, it Was to be remarked, was new' the
favourite, because it was found to be the)
Must effectual mode of injuring any chaiacter,
public or private. It was the mode which proved
the most palatable and agreeable to the taste of
those .to whom such attacks were directed. But
of all attacks of the kind, the present, probably,
was one of the most' dangerous, from its being
built on a judicial proceeding which had actually,
taken place, and in the statement of which pro.
bably truth had in some respect been blended ..ilk
falsehood, thongh the facts were completely per.
vetted, and ceused in every respect to militate
_against the PlaintitC The libel in question cwt.
'Listed of a pamphlet contaiaing what was al:eged
to, be a statement of a case in Chancery, and ac.
eompanying it was a caricature print, which never
could be figured as a necessary app-miege to any
fair and impartial detail of such a proceeding.
Tho case was one which occurred in the bank,.
reptcy of. a person of the name of Junes, whose
nnesmission was sopersoded, and part of the costs
Ordered to be paid by the present Plaintiff, and
'by others. An Honourable and Learned Friend
*lbis (Sir S. Komilly) was in this caricature, re.
presented as going in his gown and wig to the but of
this poor man and his family, and exhibiting to them
a label, stating, .1 hate gained your cause ;"
while another label proceeded from his month,
" The oppressed will always find a friend in me."
,Such he was convinced, would always be the feel.
ring and conduct of his Botiourable and Learned
Frield, but such words in hie own praise, be was
egged), aatisfied, would never proceed omit of his
month, as descriptive of himself; and, however
strong the feelings of injury and aggression felt tit
his client on the oublicatien of the libel in goes-
don might have been, he was confident they cimild-
not be equalled by the contempt and disgust with
which his Honourable and Learned Friend must
view co fulsome, but degrading, an attempt to
compliment him, which only skewed the inaderpiato
notion the author had fornied of the character aqd
'feelings of his Honourable andleWrned
In another past of this caricature as seen Mr.
Richard Bill, the Solicitor, with his green bag,
kicking before him three fellows who are sup.
posed to be the Plaintiff' Williams, end two per-
suns of the names of Powell and Price, before tom,
who tine *Op in the back ground supposed to her
driven to the halter, and beyond that to he re-
ceived by the Devil into hill fire. The pamphlet
to which this caricature is a -frontispiece; and,
which is entitled 6' The Far.,er and the Three
Atturnies ;" also charged toe Plaintiff in airings
instances with perjury, and even with basilic
been represented by the Lord chancellei as guilty
of perjury, and 600re:dem of perjury: To
prove his case the Attorney General adduced
Mr. Avery, who keeps the Beaufort Arms
Coffee-house, •Montnoeth. The witness proved
that the Defendant was present in his bar on the
7th of July, 1809, when the mail, which cornea
to the witness's house, arrived. There was a
paper parcel for the Defendant, whirl, he 'area
iq the witness's presence. It contained pamphlet;
and some _large papers besides. The pamphlets •
were about a hupdred in unmake. The pni)c.rs
were large, with a caricature similar to that in the
book. The Defendant showed the alines, one of
the caricatures, amid said, " Look here at you
townsmen," naming Williams, Price, and Powell,
tit and see what a situation they are in." The De.
fendant at the same time repsesented to the wit.
nets what the" three had dune, as being a very
*black act, and that they were three perjured men.
The Defendant said nothing farther of the eerie**.
lure, but stated that Sir-S. Bomilly nazi said that
the Plaintiff should have his right acm cut of;
witness only saw the title.page of the book ant(
the caricature. The Defendant offered the witness
One of the books, if he would remit the carriage,.
amounting to is. ad.; but t.tis the witness declieT
ed, observing, that the pricowas marked on the
title..page as being ls. rid. on which account he
,thought enough to be givca by him for the
book, and .of this sum the Defeadant sainted,
and gave the wituess one of the hooks according-
lngly. A Mr. George was present at the times
,esd received the book in loan from the witness. •
Mr. George corrobosated the cireamstance, gad
products) the book, having lent it to *event per-
, sons, but still believing this to beats book he had
sp received from the preceding- softness.
Mr. J. 'Gibson purclttrtted one, al these books
from the Defends., in contiequence of his hewing:
represented the Plaintiff as one of the vilest men.
ref lived, which, he understood; this hp(si
would thew. He saw the Defendant almost every
ray fqr b fortnight/iv three weeks, and during the
*hole of that tune the Defendant wet constantly
tellipg the witness something of Other age inst,ths
rialittiff. In particular, 10, on one OCCISIO%
told the witness that .the only remedy left for the
Plaintiff wes, that be should put a pistol to
his had, end Wolf/lout his brains.
Mrs. Chaespney firoved that the Defendant ha&
left a copy of the pamphlet with her for a Dr.
8011603 who lodged in her house, who t!li4,an inti.