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London, England, 1859-11-08 00:00:00

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This owe was tried before the Lord Chief Baron, when
the verdict was found for the plaintiff, with nominal
damages.
Mr. Lash now moved pursuant to leave reserved to enter
the verdict for the defendant, or fora nonsuit. The plaintiff,
ea =graver, is entitled to the copyright of two prints, entitled
"Pirst-Class" and "Third-Clem," and the defendant, in the
way of Ma trade, bought acme pirated copied' without knowing
that they were so, or that the plaintiff held any copyright.
The question yea whether he could be ocovicte.d under tits
statutes BthGeorgis 11., 0. 13, and 17th George 111. c. 67,
when he was Ignorant of the plaintiff's title, and the termed
emul now ecetended he could not.

The court unanimously refused the rule.
HOPI AND ANOTHP.P. V. fIATTT.-SEIZINO A CIRCUS.

Mr. Wilde, in this case, moved for a new tsial en the
ground that the verdict was &rebut evidence. It had been
tried lotus Mr. Boron Channel!, who reserved the point.
The phuntiffs were the assignees of a bankrupt, and the de-
fendant is the proprietor of " Astley's." A person whose
reel name wee Darby travelled about the country with a
elrcoa,etyling himself "General Pablo Fanqui,," and the qua.
don at the trial wee whether the property which had been
Mud by the defendant on the eve of the general's bankruptcy
WA really hie or not. It appeared that in 1863 General Pablo
Nagai gave to Mr. Batty two bills of sale of his horses,
dresses, itc, it being alleged that Mr. Batty gave 6001. toe
the let at a time when Pablo Fanqui owed him 3401., though
MO many bad been paid. Mr. Wilde now contended that
the whole transaction was suapitioas, and the circumstances
sub ea to warrant a now trial.

Tbaomt~nanda
TRIM V. Till LILWAY PASSZNOIII AsIIILIICI COY•

PAKT.-EXTRAORDINARY CABS.
This wee an action brought against the dehndaate, the
Runway Parnengers and Accidental Death Assurance Con-
rze,r recover • policy of 2404 oa the Hie of a person
, who, It wea alleged, bad bens drowned while
bathing at Brighton, and whose body, as sWeal, bed be..
found at Walton-on. the-Nese. The main wee that
of fraud, it being contended for the company that the body
found in the water was not that of the panes insured, and
ths learned judge directed • tionsuit.
Mr. Hawkins now moved, pursuant to leave reserved, for e
new trial, and in doing so read the terms of the polity, which
contained • proviso, that the company would not pay the
policy if the death were occasioned by " natural disease," or
by " duelling," or by " war or invasion," or by the person
wilfully exposing himself to danger, or if he met his death
wink in a state of intoxication. _ _ _

Thelari CbMI Baru , osaninenting on the fade of the
are, geld k was proved that the permit alleged to have ban
drowned bad effected ,ix polloiie on his lite, and bad made
will In 1856, though he had been bankrupt in 1855 as en
ironmonger at Coventry.
Mr. Hawldne—There was nothing to lead to the 'wish=
that he committed suicide.

—The Lard Chief
Baron—l never eruprestad that there wee.
Mr. Hawkins—But he We not beta wee Mace.
The Lord Chief Baron—Watt a little and he will be.
There is a well-authenticated caw; perhaps you do net re-
collect it—it occurred a hundred years ano—(laughter)—la
which a preen who had insured his life dad and was buried
three Ileum and three time* recovered the policy. (Laughter.)
Mr. Bawkine—That could nut have been the case here,
aloe he Wined himself. _ .

The Lord Chief Baron—No money wee found in lisolothee
cc at his lodgings.
Mr. Hawkins—My lord, you will recollect that two mys-
terious strangers were seen near the body.
The Lord Chief Baron—And were there two other my..
twine !strangers found in his lodgings ? I see from the
=
he
had when he left home, a carpet bag and watch,
were not found on the body of the drowned man.
Mr. Hawkins—Perhaps one of hie relations—l need not
tell your lordship who has poesesaion of the latter.
(Leughter.)
Mr. Baron Bramwell—lf • man goes into the sea, In-
tending to swim• certain distance, and miscalculating his
stmegth is drowned, would you call that an sorident
Mr. Hawkins—l certainly should. It is quite clear that
tb• men moat to return.

The Lead Ciii;fll;;on—He bad no money.
Mr. Hawkins—We can show by witneesee who were not
°Wed at the trial be had a return ticket. I contend there is
ems evidence of death within the meaning of the policy.
The Lard Chief Baron—We will consider one judgment.
lodgment reserved.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Nov. 7.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.)
IN kE CUMULI BOHM

This insolvent, a cheesemosger, was before the court au
Friday, and received s judgment of three months. It was
discovered that a creditor who had been 'erred with notice
had boon omitted from the schedule, and on Saturday an ap-
piication was made to bring up the insolvent for the purpose
°Charing the debt in,ertsd. The application was granted
and the insolvent now attended. The debt was inserted, on
which the insolvent was re-sworn to his schedule, and the
adjudithtion directed to be carried out, of three months' Ito-
eiantaent from the vesting order on the 14th Sept.

IX El CATHERINE CHEERER.
Mr. Oecrge Lewis (Lewis and Lew* applied for an
allowance, under peculiar circumstances. The insolvent was
tried at the last e-ssion of the Central Criminal Court on a
charge of concealieg properly to &tread her creditors, and
soquitted. Her excepted oracles to her 'thednle were valued
at 1/. 19a., and the inventory was inoompleus. Other pro-
piety had been valued st 301. and after expenses there was
191. be. bd. in court. Mr. Lewis raid the insolvent had been
In the House of Detention and in No-waste, end been put to
great expense. The attorney who had indicted her had
stopped an annuity befog paid by another party. He had to
ask the curt to an allowance, that her excepted articles
might come to 201., which wee the amount allowed by the
act of parliament.
Mr. Commissioner Murphy thought the application a rea-
sonable one and granted it. When the owe was heard he
considered the insolvent was a pun= entitled to the commi-
seration of the court.

SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF FOUR LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINES.—The ship Jessie*. 868 toes burden, belonging to
Meters. J. end K. Wilem, of Liverpool, left London on the
14th August, convoying four loomnotive engines and car-
riages, waggone, and whar rolling stock sad materials for the
Baroda Itailwey at Bombay. When in latitude 10 S., and
longitude 2d.39 W., the noel encountered heavy weather,
and apron, an alarming leak. The captain and crew used
their utmost ezertioes to diecover and atop the leak, but in 18
hours attar the dieeovery of the teak the reseal was so filled
with water that they were compelled to forsake the ship. The
captain and 13 hands took to the kegboat, and the mato and
seven hands entered the pinnace, and no sooner had they
stowed themselves sad got clear off than the vessel sank.
The longboat arrived with the captain and 13 Mende at Per-
nambuco, after Lining out live days, but the pinnace had not
bean heard of at Pernambuco when the Avon left. The
(attain and two of the crew return to England by the
steamer Avon. As the weather we. moderate, it is hoped that
the pitianos may have loaded on some other put of the
Brazilian coast. The Avon arrived at half-past two on Fri-
day, uleannterinu very severe weather In the Channel.
Owing to Wanes*, the Start Light was not sighted, and the
vagailay to during many hours of the night. Bad the
weather been fine the Avon would have been in at eight
o'clock le the morning. The Avon steamed under the eters
of the Great &astern, whiob had arrived about an hour before
. .

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The Lord Mayor thought it better that Mr. Atkinson
should first state what had been the result of the promise
awls by him to the jury?
Mr. Atkisson said paraffin oil had recently come into en-
tailers use as a cheep and brilliantly burning oil, and it
could:not be the wish either:of his lordship or the City Wi-
cker to fetter the freedom of trade in any way, while it was
carried on consistently with the safety of the public. His
clkmt was quite ready to adopt any suggestion that could be
made, so as to ensure safety in the conduct of hie business.
Lied Mayor—Then 1 will make a suggestion at oboe,
which ought to be satisfactory both to him and his neigh-
bours—that is, that he shall only store the oil in small
quantities, and shell keep It is a flee-proof building.
Mr. Atkinson—He has endeavoured to carry out the pro-
mise which I gave to the jury, and I believe the largest
quantity of oil that has since been on the premises is 10
casks. He only intends to carry on his buainess wholesale,
and your lordship cannot surely wish to drive such trade
entirely out of the City any more than the trade in other
articles of an inflammable nature—such as turpentine, for in-
stance ; for while paraffin does not ignite under 130 degrees,
turpentine ignites at 90. And besides, perstlin oil was not
at all bke naphtha—the material concerned in Lister's cape—
and which ignites at 62 degrees.
Mr. Pearson—l must protest sgathet you re-opening the
question, Mr. Atkinson, for if you do I must go into it
also.

Kr. Atkinson—Then I will only say that my client is
prepared for the future only to keep ten casks of oil on his
premises.
Lord Mayor—That is 300 gallon.: a very large quantity.
Mr. Atkinson—The quantiiy In Lister's case was 60,000
gallons. We propose to have a fire-proof room, end there
will then. I submit, be no danger.
Lord Mayor—l thick there will beginst difficulty in avoid-
ing danger, if ha Carrie, on business, in the careless way he
his done' and, is Lord Mayor, I shall not be satisfied with
anything short of a firs-proof room. in which something short
of the quantity you mention must be kept with area proper
precaution.
Mr. Smith—lna house close by there are about 30 tons of
oil in an upper room.
Mr. Pearson—Bat not inflammable oil.

Atkinsonzid;;ZZoii to go into another mart, nor
dispute your lordship's jurisdiction; living in the City, we
wish to submit to municipal arrangements, and if your lord-
ship 'bloke 10 casks too much, I will say 7 maks, and put it
in • fire-proof room.
Lord Mayor—And no straw kept with it ou the floor, nor
visits made to the room with a light except it be a Davy's
safety temp P
Mr. Hubbard—Un behalf of myself end the other inhabi-
tants, I must protest egalnat any snob compromise.
Lard Mayor—l am here doing my duty to the public, and
I sanest do anything to prohibit trade from being carried on
la the City of London.
Mr. HobUrd—l do not wish you to do PO, but, as Lord
Campbell has said in Lister's case, every man is entitled to
have a quiet mind, and not go about with the imprmaion
that he is to be blown up, or be passed here or there. Since
the verdict a gentleman connected with the company called
on me end sulked me what would satisfy the inhabitants. I
told him I thought it must be confined to a wholesale trade
or be removed entirely.
Lord Mayor—You cannot ask me to do such a thing u
that. That would be an outrage upon all public trade.
Mr. Hubbard—l cannot ask for less on behalf of the
liasie. He asked me if I would object to their having two
kept open on the premises, and I told him that if they
bad only two barrels I shoold still object unless something
were done to carry off the smell; that from the leaking of the
oinks they often cannot bear themselves, and they have had
to take the casks away again ever since the fire.
Lord Mayor—l have nothing to do with the smell.
Mr. Hubbard—But it affects publics health.
The Lord Mayor—l cannot enter into that. Ido not eft
here as a military oflioer. You eon indict the parties on
that around, if you think proper ; but I ounot interfere
with it.

Mr._ Hubbard—They ask to have two casks con-
stantly open ; but I think your lordship will not sanction
scything of • retail chamoter. The evidence of Dr. Letbeby,
so to the explosive nature of the oil, was confirmed in its
main point by four of our first protestors, and the business in
still carried on in the some careless way as before. Thew
are still filling the casks and cans in the warehouse with
straw lying shout the floor; and there has been no alteration
for the better in their mode of conducting business.
The Lord Mayor—lf there has been no alteration for the
berm noes the verdict, there will be now—Mr. Atkinson kw
pledged himself to it.
Mr. Hubbard—Mr. Atkinson sets that his client may be
allowed to keep at least seven risks of this explosive in the
wumbonse, that is 210 gallons, and 210 gallons would be
smoogh to blow us all to America.
The Lord Mayor—You forget the fire-proof room, and that
aottray is to be kept it. . . . .

Mr. Hubbard—Brut what pledge have we that this will be
carried out? Has your lordship any of to sea that it is
dose—an officer who, like an exciseman, can walk in sad out
as he pleases, and see what ie going on?
The Lord Mayor-1 shall exact another pledge, which is
that the fire-proof room shall be constructed to the sadden-
tion of the City architect or the district surveyor.
Mr. Hubbard—And perhaps your lordship will like the
opinions of some scientific men ea to how it should be done f
The Lord Mayor—l never put the opinions of scientific
sees against the interests of trade. I value scientific °platens
very highly, but I dent think scientific non good judges in
matters of bumbles& _ _

Mr. Hubbard—Then will you exact something specific It
The Lord Meyor—l shall ask Mr. Adams= for a state-
ment in writing of what he purposes to do.
Mr. Atkinson—l had hoped Mr. Hubbard would have
been amply satisfied by what I have proposed already, as
sloes the verdict we have bad only twelve gallons of oil on
the premises at a time, there has been no straw lying about,
sad ell that carelessness which existed before has been dune
away with.
The Lord Mayor—l must be satiefi.xl that the fireproof
rooms will be erected to the satisfaction of the district
surveyor.
Mr. Atkinson—My client will faithfully carry out the
pledge I have given.
Mr. Pierson—l think I know where the point pinches,
and what I am about to say will most likely, and, se is usu-
ally the case when one proposes anything fair to all, be un-
satisfactary to both patties. (Laughter.) Will Mr. Atkin-
son undertake that the filling ut the cane shall take place in
the Ore-grout room? That appears to me to be whets the
part plothoe.
Mr. Atkinson—l am afraid that could not be done without
• light; and with a light, you say, there to danger.
Mr. Peer/mu—But you might obviate that by using s
Davy safety lamp.
Mr. Smith—My client wishes to carry on his business as a
wholesale reercharit, and I cannot advise hint to give up his
right to sell as he pleases.
The Lord Mayor—l think the suggestion made by the
City Solicitor is perfectly fair and reasonable.
Mr. Smith—We will try to fall in with it.
Mr. Pennon—Then I will attend at the place whenever
Mr. Smith pleeees, see what is intended to be done, an 4 re-
pine it to your lordship.
Mr. Smith—l shall be happy to meet you.
The Lord Mayor—lf yos accede to the City Solicitor's
suggestion never to fill any ears except in the fireproof
mums, and it you use • Davy safety lamp there, I think
you will have complied with all reasonable precautions.
Mr. Pearson—Then I will see what they do. and report to
your lordship on the subject; and meanwhile, I presume, the
wetter will stood adjourned.
The Lord Mayor—Yea; let It be OM
Mr. Atkinsen—Yes; but it must be without prejudice to
our rights if any of the inhabitants should take crept to art
for themselves. _
.

Mr. Pearsea—Of MOM', without prejudice en either side.
The proceedings Isere then adjourned, cud the parties
quitted the court, after thanking the Lord Mayor fur his
country.

TEE LATE EXPLOSION OP OAS AT ROTHERRITILE.
—Tweeds,' the tonna foe Southwark bald an tnqueot on Out
body of Thom. Rind, aged 57, who a/actuated to death by
tho &Mug of a well, canoed be the explosion of gas at the
0. Caesurae& Compary's Works. Rotherbithe, loarneed
In yesterday's liprese. A verdict of " Accidental
Death" wan returned. From inguiriea wade respecting the
other sufferers we find that William Dam only remains is a
&agar°. state.
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CORN.—Gtorcearea, Nov. S.—During the past month
the variations of temperature were greater than they have been
in October for many years past. The first few days were es
warm as in an ordinary summer, and they were followed by
some heavy rain, with a general unsettled state of weather
until the 21st, when It became intensely cold, and on the
26th it blew a terrific gale of wind, which proved very disas-
trous to the shipping, and although the gale soon moderated,
the wind continued high, with ooceeional heavy rain, to the
end of the month. The farmers have brought forward fair
supplies of Bushell wheat, which 'old freely, and prices
gradually hscressed 2e. par qr. Notwithstanding the very
large arrivals of foreign off the coast, from the Mediterranean
and Black Bea porta, the demand proved more than equal to
the supply, and prices advanced 2•4 per. qr. The imports front the
Baltic were small, and scarcely anything came to hand from
France. The advance which has taken place, in spite of good
borne supplies and arrivals from abroad, Is attributable tourers
confidence being felt in the trade, which has been
strengthened by the reports from America that the crop is
not yielding aa well ea was expected, and that farmers were
disinclined to accept the low prices offered. It now appears
pretty certain the imports from there before the spring can
only be to a moderate extent. The advice' from France of
the yield are not more satisfactory, but the trade there is
generally calm. There is no country that we are aware of
where present prices will admit of wheat being shipped to
this country at a profit. English still 01414112 ft relatively
much cheaper than foreign, which merchants hold with great
firmness. The demand for the latter is, however, lea than
usual, owing to the good supplies of old brought forward by
our farmers. The following are our latest foreign advice' :
Geiser, Oat. 22.—Our corn market during the week bee been
animated, wheat being the principal article in demand for
Mediterranean ports, at from 33a. to 34a. per quarter f.o.b.
Stocks are greatly diminished, and any further demand can-
not fail to raise prices. Indian corn quiet, but holders are
firm, and any considerable quantity oould not be had under
9d. to le. par quarter more money. Barley, both here and
at Ibraila, in good demand. The male of barley for grinding
qualities was very brisk, and prices are now fully 2. per
giarter higher than at the commencement of the month.
There was also an active demand for distilling purposes, and
very large transactions were entered into, on Scotch account,
of cargoes on Femme from the Black bee. Fite malting
commanded a ready sale, and sold at high price—(From
Messrs. W. C. Lucy and Co.'s Monthly Circular.)

CATTLE.—LiszaeooL, MONDAT.—The supply of stock
Is snout tbs same as on Last Mooday. A fair demand
for good cattle and sheep at last week's prices; mid-
dling and inferior dull, and much lower. Best, 4d. to
61d.; mutton, dd. to 714.

COALS.-Lonnon, Nov. 7.-Ball's Primrose, 13s, 664
Bowers West Hartley, 16s. 8.; Briddles West Hartley, 16s.
3d.; Banshope, 13s. 6d. ; Byeas's &beide West Hartley,
16e. 3d. ; Davison's West Hartley, 16s. 6d. ; Haswell Gas,
13e. 3d.; liolywell, Larabsses Wait Hartley, 16e.;
Tanlield Moos Bates, 13.. 6d. ; Welker Primrose, 135.;
Walls End Aeon Close, 18..6d.; Walls End Edro, Its. Bd.;
Walls End Hikla, 18e. 9d.; Walls End Riddell, 17.. 6d.;
Walls End Braddylls Hatton, 18a. 9d. ; Walls Eod Hetes,
19a. 9d. ; Walls End Russal's Hatton, 180.8 d. ; Walls End
South Hatton. 19.. 6d. ; Walls End Hardspool, 19.. 6d.;
Walla End Hmgh Hall, 18s. 6d.; Walls End Shineliffe.
17.. 9d.; Wall. End South Hartlepool, ltis. Bd.; Walls End
Trimdon Hartlepool, 19.. ; Walla End Trimdon Thornley,
175.; Walls End Whitworth, lets. ed. ; Walla End Name
Weak 16e.; Brown Moor High Main, 155.; C.rway and
Dalkyn Haltom, 22a. Bd.; Darya, 22a. ad.;
Powell's Duffrya Stearn, 22.. Od.-Bhipe at market, 80
sold, 6L