The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-01 00:00:00

WENSTER I'. (TREK.

This was an action fOrin;:tfitiga patcnt obtained by the plain..
tiff; for an improven.ent upon Mr. Fotsydes detonating gun_
lock

Mr. F. Po r. Lac v. and Mr. BOTCH conducted the plaintiff's
case, and Mr. I►tWl' t. HAM and J►r. WILDE the defendant's.

From the nmure of dim ra*e, it is impossible to give a minute
detail, which ivottld be intelligible to the general reader. In 1111/7,,
Mr. Forsyth had obtained a patent for his improved lock for the
explosion of lire-arms, by means of a percumating hammer operat-
ing upon a newly-invented detonating ;powder. That patent ex-
pired in 1821, and in the month of May. in the same veer, the
plaintiff obtained a patent for an improvement upon the lock; by
simplifying its machinery. and rendering us operation more rate
and permanently useful. The defendant had succeeded to the bu-
siness of 3lnotra. Forsyth and Co. as gunsmiths, but carried on
his trade in their name. In the spring of 1822 he put forth an ad-
vertisement, announcing a great improvement in 3lr. Forsyth's
lock. Upon ctmiparing this improvement, it turned out, as was al-
leged, to be exactly similar to the invention for which the plaintiff
had nbtained his patent.

The issues issues were drat, whether the plaintiff's invention was new.
and met" nd, whether it had been invaded by the delend.tnt.
Several witne.u.s. were esatuined in support of the plaintiff's case,
who proved the affirmative ut the issues in his favour.
Mr. Bator imam stated the defendant's we.

Thom* Cole, a workman in the defendant's emplovnynt, pm-
duced a revolving magazine similar to the plaintiff ~ which he had
made previous to the taking out the plaindtr's patent, and aliewit to
two persons, who eorrohonited his statement.
Mr. .Xlet.uuler tialloway stated that there was nothing new in
the principle for which the plaintiff had obtained a patent. Re-
volving wheels had lung been secured 00 their axis by antidote
means.

Mr. Portoca spoke to evidence.
The CHIEF Jt sT {{c t: charged the Jory, that as the utility of
the invention was &Unified, the only question for them to decide
was, whether it was really new to the public ; inr although the
witness l'ole had used the same contrivance before, yet as he Not
not made it known to the public. .t was not to bar tyre plaintiff's
right to his invention. If they found for the pl. irttimC It wou•of
be sufficient to find a shilling damages, as the real amount was to
be ascertained in another Court.

The Jury consulted for a quarter of an hour, and returned a vet-
diet fur the plaintiff—Damages One Shilling.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SATranAv. Feu. 2.8.

SYMONDS •XD •WOTMER r.

This was an action on a policy of insurance eff.“-m! on the cargo
of the ship Clarence. consisting of 252 casks of Ilusiiaullow. for a
voyage from Petersburgh to London. The Clarence sailed from
the fwtvier place on Nov. Ite2, sad after getting out of port net
with tempestuous weather, which injured the vessel an much, that
the Captain was obliged to put into Copenhagmi, aid to hypoth..-
cab! the vessel, in coder to obtain the sums necessary for her r..
pairs. The repaint haying been made, the vessel a,..iir sai'md on
her voyage. but the weather continuing bad, tiic was billy 4 riven
on a reef of twits on the coast of Scotland, from whence t uc Can.
' tain was onside to rattica,e her. In this c00...in...1 he applied o
I the WO of the Supreme Judge there, end both evenicaPy awe,
that, for the benefit of all concerned, the ship .. ol ea-.•i. di. uld he
sold, as the tallow was very much injured by the .on :mil ...and. the
casks having been broken rev dashing against .11.- eoe!:s, ,iit•r I ein :
• thrown overboard and when drifting to ti.e .hove. dt 111E14 e 4.t
abandonment had been given to the under sriter,, 5...1 the plaintiffs
claimed an for a total Ins. The defence set up was. that the ship
might have been repaired, or that at least the tallow might have
been transhipped. fn support of this defence. evileree tins given
Ito show that part of the tallow had been sold again iii !I ditilmiti
for the house consumption. and the remainder on C•114:1•44111 of Wt.."
isi.rted, by which a considerable sum was saved it. the Amount
duty to be paid on tiweign tallow purchaseil for use in Irenitiark.
Lemrs were read is evidence. to whew that the plaint id. had given
directions to their agent re.pecting the manner of disrosing of the
cargo, subsequently to the notice of abaad..u.acet. I mice thew

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