American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-26

lu'pSe,su' ou' u hau contrary tend.n., :,
hahd OF power was too evident in the WIZ. 'At
eeea'ns NOT 10 occasion general persuasinn pro- n
was INTENDED TO stiiie inquiry, to protect the ~, ns
paruc'pa,ors In or Hudson's guilt from publc
sure ana 70 crush man who had COURAGE s,on 'e
ever, ~ denance oil the British ministry, 10 pro.p
the truth TO the world. pocan
i The counsel for O'Meara. fully a,y.h.
proceedings, knowing that the nros-rn," 70 tnssd
was to gain time in order that the canmn;. oolecI
operate against their client, and consden, ;mS
justice OF his .s2se, fearessly met The ~ n7
and declared their readiness to 20 to trial y,
outset. he book was published on the "a ~ ,'
OK and the rule was moved for on IN. ,.., "
out two OF Hilary Term in 1923. I, wa. 'a'' oai
Dent on the attorney general, after obtapin, y.
20 nave Immediately proceeded with the sr, y W.
instead oil pursuing course so essential IN 81. -
olcation OF Sir Hudson's character, he con,,. ""
unoer the most frivolous pretexts, to pos,,oa.
nearing. From the day he first made his may.
TO the llth oil June last, no less than Tor Nv.
Iuries had sat within the city, where the wo,s
published; one assze had passed over. and n..'s
Two terms oil court; but the prosecutor Ind ,I
no step whatever to obtain redress for the oll.l
INJURY In these circumstances, and after r.Daa,
unsuccessful attempts on the part of osM!a',
bring the cause forward, his counsel fonnd n.oa
sary to press the subject more forcby on IN. s,,.
ton OF the court, and to complain of the b,,J's;n
isttending delay. The Lord Chief Justice. ~ n
tanning the necessary explanations, unhes,.,;,c
sad, that the proceedings had been very lsrdv D
deed " and asked The attorney general if he had an
precedent "where an application of this kind b,,
been granted after so long delay?" Not being AMI
10 produce any precedent, the chief Justice observe
Ihat "the rule must De discharged, and that vii
perhaps be the best end of it, LIT It be di,harroi
Here the cause would have terminated; but III
counsel Tor O'Meara, considering the drIrndar
Justly entitled 10 costs, which by that time amount
cd 10 oOO pounds sterling, moloned the court h
that effect. The chief justice, however, was
opinion that an application for costs was only adm.
si6le where the merits of the question had b.s
tried; and as the defendants counsel wsrc then
some loss how TO proceed in these circumstance
the cause was adjourned till the following dav, h
order to give them an opportunity of making II
their minds 1t was accordingly mentioned BY MI
Z. Phillips, on the 18th of June and a reo,.s
made that the case should be heard, ss Mr.. ONea
had "reiused to abandon the costs and directed ri
counsel to enter on the merits Of his cause" TH
lord chief justice then said It was great deal To-
late IN the day to ener on the case. The co0I
must take II up when They could. Mr.. Phillips 40
served that the delay was productive Of great ey I
pense TO his client, who had expected from time III
time that his cause would be heard. The lord chic
justice said :" We cannot help it, have said al
ready 10 day that the court is bound in determining
The order OF business, 10 consult the general con
venience of the suitors. Counsel, of course, Wry
properly consider principally the advantage of lhy
own clients; but the court must do that which il
best for ALL" Since then we 90 not observe thai
this cause was brought under the notice Of the cour
One thing, at least is perfectly evident from III,
whole OF these proceedings; namely, that The tu
brought by Sir Hudson Low was more for the put
pose OF intimdating O'Meara, than 10 ,indicatl
himself from the indelible stain, which his conduc
towards the iilustrious captive had affixed to hi
name. He was aware that although the deendlL
would not be allowed to examine witnesses as TO th
truth OF his statements, going into the cause wOul
not only occasion repetition of them, but bring
out others equally fatal to his reputation and Whlc
carried with them evidence suffcien, to satisfy any
jury that O'Meara was entitled to an acqual sn(
that the confidence he had along eyinced in the JUS
ice OF his cause was that OF man who knew h
had written nothing but the truth, and was OHa
enced by no other feeling than that Of laying opt
10 public view the unprincipIed means by which TIL
enemies OF Napoleon effected his destruction