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COURT OP CHANCERY, Lusoossi's
Tiumsoar, Maus 21.
This was the last Seal before the holidays.
LAWitancrs LECTURE% oa PHYSIOLOGY, ZOO-
LOGY,aad NATURA HISTORY of MAN,
LAWRINCR . JAMES SMITH.
Mr. WITSHIRILL moved to dissolve the biotic-
tiou which hail been granted in this case, to restrain
the Defendant from printing, publishing, and dis-
pogin,.. of a book under the shove title. He stated
that Mr. Lawrence was a professor of surgery, and
lecturer to the College of Physicians; the De-
feetiant was a respectable bookseller in the Strand.
The Mjunciiou was granted ou the ground of
piracy. The lectures in cooreotion were delivered
by the Plaintiff, at the College of Physicians, and
he afterwards printed them ; the Defendant had
pat theca together, and published them in one
volume, and this was the piracy complained of.
What he (she Learned Counsel) had to contend for
was, that the Plaintiff had no copynght in the work,
for it was • publicist' denyiligChriitisaity mod
Revelation, which was contrary to public policy
and morality. He would not hove his Aairriehip
take it on his ipso dirit that they were so, but
throe lectures hod undergone criticism by-persons
is the habit of perlortnisig that duty, they were re-
probated by the writers of the itilimirurgh Medical
Review, the Qtrarterly Review, by the Lecturer
on Christianity in the University of Oxford:and
by the Rev. Mr. Whitfield of Beth, as being shell-
gloss, and that public policy ought not to tolerate
them. The object of the publication was to send
out to the world the doctrine that when man dies,
his soul dies with him, denying the immortality of
the soul. lie would admit that the lecture, were
most ably and eloquently written, which only
tended to give the poison they contained greater
influence over weak minds. It was impossible that
he could express his opinion of the mischievous ten-
dency of the lectures better than it was expremed
in the Edinbirrgls Medical Review, that they could
not believe that the Plaintiff would have at-
tempted to have brought his pupils into a
state of total darkness, for what ties the doc-
trioe of the Plaintiff?—that a man had no more
soul than an oyster, or any other fish or insect. The
Learned Counsel then quoted several passages
from the, lectures, to prove, that the death of the'
soul was announced in them in its strong terms as
it could be pronounced; it was no accidental doubt
that was expressed in them. but it was • positive
assertiou, and read at the Royal College of Sur-
geons, he out only denied that the race of man
sprung from Adam and Eve, but went so far as to
say there was no truth in the deluge. Having
called his Lordship's attention to the passages, it
would be for him to decide whether the Plaintiff
could have a copyright in such • work to send
out to the world its poison. It was scarcely
necessary for him to allude to the place in which
the lectures were delivered, it was a place licensed
by royal charter; but he would contend if such lec-
tures were allowtd to be delivered there, that the
charter would be us bad as the Plaintiff's copyright:
lie however understood, that the Plaintiff wilt no
longer lecturer there. He had nothing ceitalnly to
do with the place where she lectures were delivered,
but he would deal with him in his character or au
author, and he would dilate on the poison. disse-
minating from him as s lecturer to a school, the
pupils of which were afterwards to become peach-
titioners of surgery. Looking at it as the work of
au author, at did not require critiscism to Show its
end tendency, for it was as clear as the sun at noire
day.
The LORD CHANCELLOR-4' We Test stop
here, as lam obliged to attend elsewhere."
JUDGMENT OF A PATENT.
HILLS AND (WISH V. THOMPSON AND ANOTHRIL
Mr. SHADWILL, at the rising of the Court, asked
his Lordship to allow him to move for au injurictiou
in this case to prevent the Defendants, who are dry-
salters at Liverpool, from selling or using of sul-
phuric acid, similar to that which the Plaintiffs had
obtained • patent fur immufacturing.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—'I I cannot wait, Mr.
Shadwell ; you must more it before the Vice-Chan-
cellor. lam obliged to attend the House of Lords;
there is a commission and a divorce case appointed
there for this day."

etwiT, Luicoue• 11111.
TIUSEDAT, NEULCII 21.
* We're a' Neddia'."
MAME! V. SAW.
Mr. SNADWILLL, according to the direction of the
Lord Chancellor, resumed the motion he had made
in the higher Court, to restrain the Defendant from
publishing in the " Gazelle of Fashion," the song of
" We're a' Aoddia'," the composition of the music
Wog that of the Pleintiff, sod having got inn great
celebrity by bring, sung by Miss Stephens at
Covent-garden Theatre. The Learned Counsel
admitted that the song was not a new one, but the
msksic had been re-set, with alterations and earls-
Vtiems, by the Plaintiff, and he had taken the usual
Means to obtain the copyright, and had printed a
great number of the songs with his additional music,
r the sale of which was prevented by the publication
of the Defendant's book, which made it a proper
case for the interference of the Court.
Mr. SPENCE, Counsel fur the Defendant, said,
dist the music claimed by the Plaintiff; as being
his original composition, consisted merely in turn-
ing a few bars in the ancient music, for such it was,
it being nearly of fifty years standing. He held in
his hand a hook which contained the song, which
had been published thirty years back. It appeared
to him that it was not treating the Court with due
respect to bring such a subject before it for its
grave consideration. If his Honour maintained this
application, it was impossible to ray to what length
similar applications would go. He trusted that
his Honour would be of opinion that it was a case
which did not call for the interferenceof the Coutt.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed. that it ap-
peared to him to be a me that the Court ought
of to take cognizance of. He certainly would nut
give any opinion upon it.
Mr. Samr-- - tool• nothing by his motioi

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lady. Oa starehimr the place, they found a piece of .
-stained with blood, for the possession of which the;
•not recount.
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they had to is, in their deft-ore. •
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his habits of brill for the last right mourbs, bat
bees brought up to the professioo of a surgeon. 1
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