The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-05 00:00:00

"AuciusT 5, 1854.

Art INittricTroN was applied for on publishers at the
Rolls' Court by Messrs. Lloyd, the p, to
restrain Messrs. Whitty and others from publishing
au alleged pirated print representing the fortilica
Lions of Cronstadt. Plaintiff's' affidavits set forth
that they are the printers and publishers of a lito-
graphed bird's-eye view of the island, town, harbour,
and fortifications of Cronstadt, with a perspective view
of the mouth of the River Neva and of St. Petersburg,
which they published at the price of 3s. lid. a copy.
They then complain that the defendants are, one the
printer, and the other the proprietor, of a view, de-
cidedly pirated from their lithographic print, which
the defendants sell at so low a price as one penny
per copy at their warehouse in Liverpool; also that
this pirated view has been transferred to a page in a
Liverpool journal, to the great loss and injury of the
plaintiffs. The original view, they further stated,
was an engraving of a superior kind, whilst the pi-
rated copies were trashy, poorly-executed imitations,
though servilely copied:—
Defendants' counsel resisted the application for an injunction.
Hie instructions were that the defendants on oath denied there
had been a piracy of the plaintiffs' work. A Mr. !declare, a de-
fendant, actually deposed that he had copied from a Government
chart the very print complained of as a piracy.
The Master of the Rolls declined to decide, under
such conflicting evidence, the question of original
pr tperty in the lithographic view. He could, how-
ever, meet the justice of the case by making an order
that the defendants should keep a strict account of
all profits made by the sale of the print in question,
in case the plaintiffs chose to bring an action at law
to decide the question of copyright.
THE SEVEN MEN charged with the murder of Mr.
Bagshawe, in a poaching affray at Wormhill, on the
river Wye, were tried for the capital offence on Satur-
day last at the Derby Assizes. The deceased gen-
tleman was residing at Worrnhill-hall, and, having
been much annoyed by poachers, set a watch for a
gang who had frequently stolen fish by night from
the Wye, where it traversed his property. On the night
of the 19th ult. fourteen men were observed setting
lights on the water to attract the fish. A posse of
servants and tenants were mustered, and Mr. Bag-
shawe proceeded to the spot at their head, and then
plung'd into the stream to capture the poachers,
whom he assailed with much spirit. Shots were fired
by some of the poachers, as it is supposed, at some
dogs who accompanied the party, and Mr. Bagshawe
was afterwards struck down into the water by a blow
from the butt-end of a gun. He was rescued, and
several of the poachers captured ; but, in spite of
prompt measures for his recovery, he died in the
course of a few hours :

Mr. Justice MAULE, in summing up, told the jury that,
although there was no imputation against the prisoners of a de-
liberate intent to destroy life, still, it a blow were inflicted unlaw-
fully and with intent to do a serious mischief to the person
struck, and death ensued, the crime would amount to murder.
In the present ease the jury must, before they could convict the
prisoners, be satisfied that the blow was inflicted by them (or by
one of them whilst they acted in pursuance of a common pur-
pose) with the view of resisting their lawful apprehension. It
was not absolutely necessary that the persons who sought to ap-
prehend the prisoners should give them express notice that they
sought to arrest them for violating the 34th section of the act ;
but, if the prisoners had reasonable grounds for believing that
Mr. liagshawe's party was about to apprehend them for an of-
fence punishable under the act, the jury would be justified in
tiding them guilty.

The jury, however, returned a verdict of acquittal on
behalf of all the prisoners. A second indictment,
charging them with having attempted to murder
Samuel Slack, who accompanied the deceased gen-
tleman when endeavouring to arrest the poachers,
was then abandoned by the Crown prosecutor.
AN INSOLVENT, named Alphonso Florencio Notley,
applied for discharge from prison, at Portugal-street,
on Tuesday. His debts exceeded 2,0001., incurred
during a very short career of speculation and extra-
vagance. His ostensible means were only some 1001.
a year as clerk to the Provident Clerks' Assurance
Company, and about 401. a year as a commission
coal-merchant

It appeared that in June, last year, the insolvent took &house
at 100 guineas a year at Row.green, near Kingsbury, in Middle-
sex. which he quitted before Christmas without paying the rent,
and Mr. smith, the landlord, eould not get possession until
April under a magistrate's order. Messrs. V, eightman cow•
pretely furnished the house at an outlay of upwards of 3001., and
repaired the premises, making the debt 4501. Not one farthing
bad they received, and shortly after the last goods were delivered
the insolvent sold the furniture to a broker for 1001., and got rid
of the money. Mr. Smith saw the furniture being removed and
could not stop it, as his rent was not due. While the insolvent
was at ilow-green for the few months be had his ponies and
chaise, as well as a hose and gig, to "come to town.' He also
had a cow, and sold the hay off of twelve acres of meadow land
belonging to the house. The insolvent, on his examination, was
asked ally he bad not returned the furniture to Messrs. Weight-
man when he (mind he was insolvent, and he replied that he did
not wish to give a " preference." Ile admitted that he had sold
the furniture to defeat Messrs. Weightuiu. Ile sold it to pay 351.
which he owed to the English Widows' Fund, and the rest soon
went.

Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS, in giving judgment,
said there could be no justification for such a case.
It was absurd to suppose that the insolvent could
have had any reasonable expectation of paying his
debts. He ordered the insolvent to he remanded for
nine calendar months from the date of the vesting
order.
A LT CM:It-MATCH MANUFACTURER named R. Bell,
carrying on business in Cannon-street West, ap-