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U)!•R; OF KING•B tiI;NCH, IVESTNISTTA, JAK.I9.

S:!thigs brPrc Mr. Jestire lial-LEY and .Cperial ;trier.
r.tw,,. AT THE PROSECUTION OF ii.solsoN, LEsTER.
Leis was a wire facia, issued against Mr. Lester, at the in.
suttee of .31r. Haddon, of Aberdeen, piling upon the defendant to
e eye/ cause why the patent which was obtained by him in the year
!HZ:. for certain elated impmvemerte in the application of heat to
peeparing, rolling, and limning of wool should not be repealed,
it setsuch its that the invention was not new, but had been need in
rlegland berme by Mr. Haddon himself. The defsmdant,.by his
ylee, dented the fact, whromplin issue was joined.
The Attuency-Gereral, Mr. Scarlet% Mr. Boland. and Mr.
;tr appeared no the pert of the Crown • and Mr. Gurney,
Ole Tindal, Mr. Aide:um, and Mr.--, on behalf of the ilefendint.
le order to r.hnw that the defer:slant was not the original inventor
to: the inintipie or the application of heat to the drawing. rolling,
and epinning of wool, it specification of a patent granted to Mr.
Haddon in the year Vile (four years previous to the date of the de.
fitiititteee patent) was put in and heel, by which it appeared that
t :et gentleman had appii. for aadobtained a Scotch patent for the
urvetitiou. line of the machines was else produced in the Court,
aria several gentlemen of acien.e, among whom were the Chaimian
tit the i'intiety of Arte, the Ltlitore of the Limbo Jenny(' or iris.
a,.,1 of the llr 7cr fct -• of Arts. and two or three members of the Hord
le sat it tioneliposed existence of Mr. Haddon's nateliinery bethee
te at of Mr. Leeter'n. and se.so tc the superiority of the former to that
id :he latter in producing the erect contemplated by both, namely.
toe strsigincnirg of soot so as to admit of Its being used in the
mat istetzture of die finest article.: without any ruins, wllicli word
era i interpreted by the Attorney-General to he the Yorkshire Latin
ter ',ea, or in plain linglish :retie. In the conution process of
tombirg wool a great deal of the fine [short fibres adhered to the
tee b, which, beeire the application of heat In thepreparation, or-
( -ioned a coesidereble lose but by the invention new insisted to
toe •tbet of 31r. Ilaillon'e the process of combing wns super-
kneel, and the Lies by waste or nouns consequently prevented.
It was contended on the part of the defendant that thieve was a
'very material improvement in the mode adopted by him In the
preparation of wool ; and that it possessed many advantages over
:eat of Mr. 111c:don's invention. In the best place it combined the
t distinct and separate processes of moistening, pressing, nr
ruling and calendeting, the wool; whereas the machine invented
by Mr. Madden applied to the calenderieg or drying only. Besides.
althoueli the defendant applied heat for the purpoee of straighten.
.ng the woo!, yet lie did so in a didierent stage or the process; and
as lic had obtained a patent. not for any inveotion, but for iroptore-
'cents °illy, it was contended that as those improvements were un-
geoieble, lie was entitled to have the benefit of them protected by a
*went. It wilt, however, shown on the part of the prosecution that
etieeteoing and rolling the wool were processes that were invariably
sod. nocewerily used in the preparation of it for spirning, and it
wee admitted that in sn far as these processes were performed by
aueJtinery it was an iinprovement; but then i: was said that unless
all that which the pateut we:lt to protect and secure to the eechieive
bore fit of the defendaut Ikea of his own invention, the patent eoeld
AWL be held good for any part.
ale. Justice BAY LEY was of opinion that the patent eught to
Ran beet) fur the combination of the three several processes in one
thaelline ; but 1111 the specification set forth improveruents only,
thine iniprovementit must be considered separately; anti then there
did nut appear te him to be any improvement sufficient to Fulmer'
the patent; whist it was quite obvious that the application of
beat by Mr. Lester'', mecitine was another than an adoption of the
ketneiple pointed out in Mr. Ilatidon's speeifieetion. He was
temetore of opinion that there must be a verdict fur the Crown.
The Jury accordingly returned a verdict for the Crown, thereby
repealing the defendant's patent.
KING, 00 Tilt PROSECUTION OF I.taiTtn.
This was a scire under Meted eeainst 31r. II:u!don, at the in.
tans, of Mr. Lester, for the purpose of repealing the patent ob.
tamed by him, upon the ground that the principle of appl!.ing
Lest to the preparation of wool was not the tietentLant's invention,
Mist had been adopted and aenel upon several years prior to the
slate of his patent.
Vhe Counsel were the same as in the former cue, but their
cleres had changed their position, the prosecutor being now, in his
turn, made defendant, and the defendant become the prosecutor.,
Proof sets given that a Mr. Wouvenienn, a carpet.manufac.
surer of Kidderminaer, aril a Olt. Lane, had, so early as the
gam 1812 and 1133, used a machine in which heat was applied
In the preparation of wool tar spinning, and which had precisely
the urn disc: as that proposed to be produced by the defendant's

avaithine.
The Av.,°mite-Get: URAL, el the part of the defendant, en.
tlAttroureil to .how that although the principle might be the same.
y..it the application or the defendant's machine was decidedly-su-
;grim that of the machine spoiler of by the witnesses on the part
t 4 the Clasen ; and that the defendant's patent was therefore
valid.
ills. Justice BAYT.EY observed that if the improved mode of ap.
Ad* the principle had been stated in the specification as the
'ground upon which the patent was granted theirs, the argument
might be good but as the specifiradoo moat dlstinctty stated that
the deft dint considered the eriolication of heat to be entire',
sew, and of his own proper ins, mien. and for which Mt petisioned
SW the pairnt, hie Lordship was nt opinion, that as it had been
si-own that that principle had bran acted upon several years betnre.
the patent amid not be sustained, and a verdict must in this case
also be given for the crown.
The ATTORNI:Y•6 ant nAL remarked, that at all events. what-
ever the parties might suffer by the r moult of these prosecutions, it
♦ss "Ittite clear the mshGe would betent by it.
A verdict was then round by the Jury for the Crown, thereby re-
"pealing Mr. liaddon's patent also.
INSOLVENT DEBTQiiiTOts.7IT, TIII:It,DAY, JAN. lg.

John Bane was opposed by Mr. Sturge, who wished to see in the
• schedule some ecc..unt of a certain wooden house erected by the
mae/vent. It appeared that this was a building. twenty feet by
twelve, totem:cal far &school-room, the insolvent's wife having kept
itainessliog.sehoaL This wooden edifice was originally raised ad-
. paging the insolvent's dwelling, on %Vinclituore.hill, and was re.
.eppyed thence te Providence-row, Lower Edmonton, where it was
pieced on a brick foundation, and thus became annexed to the free.
had, under r ...la. ikurtption it might be supposed to.be included
twilit aehedul 2. The °Footing creditor, Dlr. Sturm, had sent two
children to Mrs.. Bane's school, to emisequenee-of which the in-
tegrant, observing that one goad turn deserted ano:her, imme-
diately connected with Mr. tittftge a debt Win Is.,givirtg him
ardent der paints and. colours to that amount. The insolvent more
due the was not the first order for goods he had (rein Mr. ti;urge.
Fa could not swear_ that he had ever paid him any,Moncy. lie
hag also inserted to his acenunt a debt due to bin) by Mr. Sturge,
her vsat unable ttn his examination to swear that it had never been
paid. Its neverlept any SOCAUDIS. nor did he believe that li t wife
lad kept any, netwithraminut the grist variety of their deal.
•shapi—be better II carpenter and &milder, while shs mategad a
11410111114. d chandler's sbop.
tan lilt. hturgc, titter having examined the insolvent. ICAO
called ou by the Court to offer *bitterer obsertaiiceis he might deem
regnitite, be begged lams LO read she following insolent letter nhich
hem:4;lyd from she insolvent in answer to a note containies a 6,,
virreeioest of m.ydient of a debt, which was eigift months due . `i
'October 6, Ms..
" 411,-....1 ,peas surprised,. en Teetering your Inuit. to find that you
deiroltd- payment of Itoo3s so meaty delivered. Pray is it always
- pater 4.ivet cisurt.is so teks ep your bills wheo due :•1 am sure it
fl
n Lot usual with man peritor., who ere inu,h better than you or
I. Yoe * .uhf be we nil' If you were to get it in three months to
Seats. If two handre rounds were due you could net Take more
illetelsout it ; 'therefore pommy not espeet any pan of it."
it appeared that the itisolvesP Gans) hart n'oniPMAllhil per.
Vital in Lower Etbannton, about the beginning ef lest year; for

the sum of seven hundred polish ; and two mcmths afes had re-
mortgaged them for them= of one thousand three hundred potted%
to a Mi. Gateakin' who • paid off the preceding ineumbeante, and
handed over the balance to Bane. Thus, within the hat twelve
months there was • receipt of one thousand three hundred pounds,
the expenditure of which was almost wholly unexplained.
The case was thereat: adjourned. in older to ihe•faritief cOl.
tertian of the balance-sheet.
The Coulee, at the conctusitm of this examination, cemented its
regret that the statute had not furnished it with a power to punish
the contumacy and insolence of insolrenta. If such a power had
been provided, the person then before The Court had deserved, by
the impudence mad levity of his demeanour, to feel its setevest
application.

LONDON SESSIONS, THCRSDAY, JAN. 19.

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* This morning the London Adjourned Sessions were to have taken
-place at Guildhall. At half-pint nine the Reenvderand Alderman
Atkins, with the Sheriff, took their seats on the bench. The Jury
were also in attendance, and several Counsel. It being necemary
for the attendance of three .Ikiermen to form the Court, messen-
gers were sent to get another Aldermen, but not succeeding. and
the Jury (wing imp 'aunt at being kept so long, the Rewarder, at
half-past eleven. gave orders for the adjournment of the Court till
ednesday, Feb. 13.

P01.1(7E.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Baron Joseph Ferli. a Colonel in the Spanish service, and dining
the struggle of the Spanish ('onstitutionalists Governor of the
lortresa of Lerida, cane to the Justice Room yesterday, after the
Lord Mayor had retired, for the purpose of borrowing a few shil-
lings. of which lie declared, but without betraying any symptom
of dejection in his countenance or mann.. r, he stood greatly in need.
Mr. Nobler and the Colonel, whose condition might be supposed
to have reached the climax of misery, entered into a conversation,
from which the follpaing particulars were collected:—
The noble gpaniird, whore landed estates had produced to him
110.006 francs anuatly, joined the Constitutional army, when it be.
came necessary to make sacrifices to the cause, and was engaged in
moat of the battles which took place io his unfortunate country.
Upon arriving in this country, after the defeat of his hopes, and in
the last stage of want, he applied to the Spanish Committee.
whose finances were such as prevented them, in consequence of
the numerous demands upon them, from allowing him as much
money as would buy the means of covering his nakedness, with-
out stopping that allowance weekly nu; of the five shillings ad.
sanest! to him for food and lodging. rhz cravings of nature were
nut to be postponed, and hungra, one of the.lllll6l uncompromising,
compelled him for several nights to dispense With the protection
of Ins miserable apartment, and to walk about the strew, front
which almost every other person, it appeared to him, had some
refuge to fly to. He had thought that an application to a Lodge
of Freemasons, of which body he was one, would hare the effect
of producing relief. which, it ever Providence rhould change his
present condition, lie would recollect with the most substantial
gratitude. He accordingly applied, but he failed for want of the
testimonials considered necessary In the recommendation of a
brother, which, if lie had dared to carry about him in Spain, would
have immediately sealed his doom, freemasonry being regarded
there as a means of binding together the affections of the
people, and of course as forming a sort of barrier against oppression.
Ile said he had got no testimonials, and men:ioned the penalty
which awaited the bearer; of any in Spain ; but the regulations of
the body forbad the extension of eche' under such circumstances;
and he now, as p last resourte, and to which, as it was the one so
' many of hit once affluent, but now poor rod desolate countrymen
had depended upon, came to the Mansion .House to borrow a trifle
—even a few halfpence would be serviceable. His wife, who had
been starving in Spain, was expected by him to join his fate here;
so that although he never, as we intimated before, appeared for a
moment to despond. there never appeared at the bar of the Justice
Roam a more affbcting object of pity.
Mr. Hon L E a requested that the Colonel would receive front him,
in the name of the Lord Mayor, as a contribution or a loan, a
small sum of money, which would give Ides present relict. It was
accepted most gratefully.

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