Mr. Horsman has brought a criminal action for libel against
the World. On Thursday his counsel applied to the Court of Queen's Bench for a rule nisi against the publisher of that paper, on the ground that the World had accused him,—calling him that "superior person," after Mr. Disraeli's description,—of having induced his brother-in-law, Sir John Ramsden, to lend him £400,000 on worthless or comparatively worthless security—an estate in the East ; of being unable to pay the money or its interest ; and of proposing to retire from Parliament and live in obscurity, on condition of receiving an annuity of £5,000 a year. Mr. Horsman has pointedly denied all the allegations in the state- ment, and the Court, declaring that it was undoubtedly a libel, granted a rule nisi, but thought .Sir John Rarasden should have been asked for an affidavit.
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