22 FEBRUARY 1840, Page 5

The Court of Queen's Bench, on trio': an action brought

by Viscount Beresford to recove, thee:et:es from the proprietors of time Mutating Cironicle for a libel en Lie Lordships private cha- racter. The libel charged Lord Beresford with harshness and cruelty in ejecting truants to,n one of Ids Irieh c:,1; tr-. No evidence was called for the but- 'sir \Villiam his counsel, de- clared that there was nut one worn of truth in the i:efendant's state- ment. The defendants pee:tied a justifeenhet, that tlacuts in theat al publication were true; eeverei whoa-:;, le produced, who proved or swore to meny Of the facts .d.e..e in -eon o_lally that an old

woman was taken out of the house in nem 1 ol .e i in a dry ditch.

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It was alleged in ties lid that the peeties oters : this

was nut proved by the iIall.m a.mti. tn I -es failed

there, as in other eeseen S. . ni Detunim tliat the ver- dict must be for the pl.:intien e tho ■:, .-' of damages- 1 there could not

On titat subject ;h.... v.;

},cession should now lie in tiny 1.:.

be Li ..mould he fully u ourage..mould Mad tm to ttTerlek time

character of :motile,. 1.revcd to 1,c,

tme,s. For in-

true, u: 'a su,11 tides a :,:a1,1y, be held in

atanca. the puidb.ation ofid,

. 1, port of a ju- all the teurts to be yr: .,,•teti,

ahould he ac- (licit,: 1.! oteciiing, it : ',avers without quaitit,d. But nul,:his. - b... . was liule in

1,,.:;:a; prepared to ' h

The itt!i; '11 ,:h as to Inland was fair just, awl it - :1: ;t to be v., c But then the

as, whetter the as Of faets or not.

Verdict for the plaimiff .mages 100/.