The Sun. — 1827-11-15 (London, England)

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.  Mr. BnouGium -rose to move for a criminal itformation against James Brown, Esq.- Member of Parliament for-the county of Mayo, upon the affidavit of Sir W. Brabazon. The Court would per haps recollect that he had mentioned this case last term, and that hii application was at that - time against.the editor of a newspaper. The newspaper had since given up the author of the composition complained of, which, as it had appeared in a public newspaper, he would not hesitate to call libellous. The application which he now made to the Court was on account of a publication purporting to be the speech of Mr. Brown in Parliament. Whether the speech had ever been spoken there or not, he was not competent to ,say ; but a reporter of the newspaper said that he received a despatch containing it from Mr. Brown, whom he had met in the lobby of the House of Commons. He told Mr,,Brown that he had not been able to hear what he said, and Mr. BroWn in consequence suppliedhim with that which, whether Mr. Brown spoke it or not, was thus proved to be his composition. It accused Sir W. Brabazon of having conspired, with several other persons, to commit murder. Mr. Brougham here read the speech in question, in which it was stated, that " men invested with great power should be prevented from inflicting on society the greatest crime known to the law." It then contained an observation that " men were now at large who had entered into a conspiracy to commit the greatest crime known to the law." To give point to these observations, Mr. Brown proceeded to state, on his own personal knowledge, " that after the election, as some of his friends were with him on their return homeward, and passing along the highway, a body of men armed with stones sprang upon a wall, and discharged them in great numbers at them. The horses were stunned and knocked down; one was killed on the spot? several were severely wounded, every gentleman in the carriage was hurt, and his own lot was to have a rib fractured. He belieVed that somebody, to save them; uttered an exclamation that the police was coming, which alarmed the gang; they accordingly separated, but were again approaching to complete the work of destruction, when two mounted police-men rode upend checked them. A public inquiry was • instituted into this outrage by the exertion' of his noble-relative, the Marquis of Sligo ; and then out of that inquiry came the fact, tha'. Sir, W. Brabazon, the sheriff of the County, had received repeated and distinct information from the best possible authority, the chietconstable, that a scheme of murder had been long organized, and was to be put in execution at the election, irr order to give it the colour of a mob tumult. The sheriff repeatedly told the constable not to interfere in his business ; and, in point of fact, did not station a single officer to prevent the outrage. Were they to treat such:a matter as a mere election broil ? The days of contest were genet:ally days of licence, and many things were permitted during their continuance, which would be punished with great severity at another time." The speech, which Mr. Brougham read with great rapidity, and which we have only been able to give substantially, then went on to state, that if such a proceeding were to be allowed to pass unpunished, the_ only inference was, that the sheriff and four or five infamous wretches could enter into a conspiracy to render the civil office unavailing, and that he could do that with impunity in virtue of his office, for which any other man in the empire would be hanged. The CotinT.—Take a rule to show cause.  COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 14.