The Sun. — 1837-01-23 (London, England)

ATTORNEY-GENERAL had been instrueted,to apply for a criminal information against Mr. John Murray, the bookseller, of Albemarle-street. This application was made on behalf of William White, a schoolmaster, of the Queen's County, in Ireland. It was necessary to make the application against the publisher, as they had not been able to get at the real author of the libel. The charge brought against Mr. White was, that he, being a schoolmaster entrusted with the education of boys, set them as a copy in learning to write a text which, if he had done, would have been most disloyal and most criminal. It appears that certain persons were executed at Maryborough, in Ireland, for an atrocious murder, and the charge brought against White is, that he set to his boys as a text these words, " God be with the poor fellows who were hanged at Maryborough." White swears that he was appointed master of one of the National schools in 1832—that he had taken the best care of the boys, and had instructed them in the principles of religion, loyalty, and obedience to the laws, and that he never set such a copy, nor sanctioned it, nor was privy to it, and that the charge is wholly false and unfounded: The publication in which the charge was made is entitledl " A Speech delivered in the House of Lords on moving for a Select Committee to enquire into the operation of the system of National Education in Ireland, by Henry, Lord Bishop of Exeter." The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read the passage from the publication, the substance of which was, that lie (the Lord Bishop of Exeter) " would now proceed to state a case which would appear to the House of a grave character, and which made him confident that he should obtain the assistance of the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) for the appointment of the Committee. He was assured, and he believed he could prove the fact, that in a National School on the property of the Noble Marquis, and under the patronage of the Noble Marquis's Agent, the boys, after the execution of certain persons who were tried and condemned at the Special Commission held at Maryborough, were found writing these words in their copies, (of course set them by their master, God be with the poor fellows who were hanged at Maryborough A Noble Lord—That might be a charitable wish. The Bishop of Exeter—He heard a Noble Lord say that that might have been a kind and charitable wish. Now, he would ask would the Noble Lord who had whispered that remark so loudly get up and tell the House that such was the fact. Was there any Noble Lord who was not sure that these words were put before the boys to imbue their infant minds with disaffection to the laws—to teach them to honour the men who had suffered—to lead them to side with the violators of the law—to sympathize with them, and to regard the law as a system of tyranny and oppression ?" Now, if White had been guilty of that offence, of corrupting the principles of those entrusted to his care, he would certainly be most unfit to act in the capacity of schoolmaster, and would himself deserve condign punishment. The affidavit of White proceeds to state that on this publication appearing, the Commissioners of National 'Education sent it to him that he might vindicate himself. Lord