New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-08

In the original cory of the work was poem addressed
10 ali unnatural mother. which was in these terms;
uuns. lral Ho;her
Whatever i. fsirest and ondesi In cLi,dl
H. h.ir. bitter water
To- rila-, yoar dal-h'er,
Nor nave weI, when he wepi, uor have 'niled when
If asssi yon.
Tho me and ,ts .erdei ior ever 81. gore;
Unnatural mother
win .oye and isr.a, yor A. .he would done"
Tie learned counsel wa proceeding tscNpress regret
that the defendant should have degraded ms great
intellect, when
Mr. Baron Channel suggested whether. as there was
no plea ui Justification. course ought not 10 pt
taken by the defendant
Sir. Thinn said hi. lordship knew what were the r.
spoueibities of counsel He could only say that he
had sought for authority, and sought IN vain.
Mr. Slade went On 10 .ay that Mr. Landor had with
drawn the poem lat read from BIZ book. because some
friend had told him that was libel, and ne expressed
hs regret 10 he publisher that be cou'd not pubishii
Mr. Laudor then had recourse to d hm-y artihce, and
instead of Mother " Yescombe" lie Used the word
Pesteombe," and his poem was III thee terms:
"THE PILFERED TO THE FILFEKER.
i Mother Pestcombe none Denies
So The father of them all
Helps you Up az every fall
showing araal5; s6ovins lorse,--
Thai poor nar.es lost i've pound.
I can never take for ,hls
To;erius rctii sad .lobbcdnr sss-
Teeth T. .sv 'he least q. long
A. another womau's tongue
Some aibsart, Ike windmill sli's,
Others filter for PARK Tsle=-
Kss as foul as musse;s are
Aiter the CriiHran war:
! will tell you briefly what
ilsf am driving a.,
A. the child Of death By in,
When you've done with Caroline,
Bid heT ioI ght b. mine;
lou shall have her all the day
Following 10 repeat our play.
Whether do this OF not,
What IL done il unforeoi
You fhai live some hundred gears"
He would give them another passage nom the book
10 CAiNA.
A. the cart, tail some years ego,
Tie female thief wa. dfassed u ,ow'
And the stern Besdels eager whip
Followed the I'd. I'd De slnch 70 clip.
II no such custom now prevails,
Il IS that carts have lo.; their tall
80. where !, should be but rejoice"
ANA there another bel Un page &es;
CANDIDA AND CANA.
canidi9 shared her prey with .. oy.ii ho1d and faS''
That was the case which the plaintiff would have
10 lay before the Jury. The defendant had acted
cruel part He had put no plea Of justification on the
record so ns to have admitted Of ventilation OF tine
facts and he the learned cOunseD asked for such
damages az would protect Mrs. Iesc0mbcs character
from future calunny, and teach Mr.. Landor that he
not to degrade the great talents with which Proy
dencc bad gifted him.
Mr.. Niclols the publisher Mr.. Slack the plaitif's
solicitor, Colonel Fitzgerald, Colonel Smith. the Kew
Mr.Ycscombc AMI other witnesses were callcdto prove
the openiup. Mr. Slack aud NJ. Ycscoinbc cross
examined al great length, with view to elicit that
there were runors a. the matters alleged in the
pamphlet. and that the charges were not invented by
Mr. Landor.
Mr. Phnn then addressed the Jury for the defendant
in very eloquent speech. After referring {" the al
tered rule which had laiery prevailed IN respect Ia
the power counsel To exercise discretion on bchaA
of leir clients he admitted that the bels could not
be Justified by him. nor indeed could passages in
them be excused. tie asked the jury however, not To
Judge Mr.. Landor they judge writer in the vigor
of his manhood, hut To- estimate him as a gentleman
who was educated in the manners of the past age,
when free license accorded to satire, and literature
had not been purified, and who, with the virtues, had
inhibed some the vices of the earlier poets With
respect 10 the question of damages hc reminded the
iury that they would have right 10 award them as
punishment 0f the defendant, but mere To meet the
injury which they considered that the plaintiffs had
aiuei The learned sal weighed and examined
the evidence adduced the part of the plaintiff, and
left il to the jury deal with the they con-d
cred its merits demanded
Mr.. Baron Channei then summed mp the evidence,
leaving il to the jury to divide their verdict, lay saying
first what damages they awarded on the three first
counts as 10 the ibels in the - Dry Sticks and next,
to the fourth alleging the breach of the
der,akiug
The jury returned verdict FOR the painiliTs-dGma-
ges $50 the first thee counts, and t,2JO on the
fourth