The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
ABSENCE OF COUNSEL.
The Lord Chancellor took his seat in his court in 61°
Old Hall, Lincoln's-inn, to-day, at half-past 10 o'clock,
the hour specially appointed. At this time not a single
counsel in any of the cases on the paper were present'
His lordship ordered the cases to be called on in ordel:i'
but no counsel appearing in any of them, after be 10is
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patiently waited upwards of a quarter of an hour,
lordship ordered all of them to be struck out of the
paper, observing, with some warmth, that that was the
only course left in consequence of the neglect of counsel
in their attendance. His lordship then left the hall, and
it was generally supposed the court had risen for the
day ; but Mr. Roundel' Palmer and Mr. Lloyd bavin%
found time to come from the other courts in which thel
were engaged into the court of the Lord Chancellor,
was intimated to his lordship that such was the esse'
and he, with a consideration that would never have NO
adopted by his great predecessors, and with an ansiel
that the public time should not be wasted in consequence
of the multifarious occupations of counsel, returned ietci
court, and the part-heard appeal from the judgment
the Master of the Rolls, of Rogers v. Rogers, was P"
ceeded with, and occupied his lordship to his rising-
This being the fourth seal the other equity ceurts
appeal motions and motions, but nothing of inter° .
occurred in any of them.
The Master of the Rolls gave judgment in the 05e°
of Ovrett v. Corser and Bourne v. Shaw, the points
which were of value only to the parties concerned.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, GUILDHADI'
(Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. HANDCOCK.
This action, which came on for hearing on Saturclal;
was brought to a close yesterday afternoon. The clu!nt
Lion dispute was an alleged infringement of a pan
for the manufacture of india-rubber. the invention bele
what was termed "cold resistance," which gives to
article that solidity to fit it for purposes of ornament Ow,
use. The point was of the utmost importance to t,
defendant, who belongs to the well-known firm of go*
intosh and Co. It was contended by the prosecufrof
that the invention belonged to a Mr. Goodyear',
America, and known in this country before the de;
dant took out his patent, and that consequently the 11/
ter's patent ought to be repealed for want of novelti.i.er
Lord Campbell, in summing up, asked the jury whet Pot
they believed that at the time Mr. Ilandcock took 0$
his patent be had himself discovered this irnproverile,'
in the manufacture of india-rubber. If they thought °et,
they must find their verdict for the defendant ; if
then they must find their verdict for the prosecution'
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

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CALL OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—It will be cli
from our Parliamentary intelligence that Mr. Roebmtio
has given notice that he will move for "a call of to
house” on Tuesday, July 17, the day appointed Woe
motion of censure on the government in reference to
Crimean expedition. Many years have elapsed silstod
a "call" was made. Those who beard or have rk•oo
the celebrated debates on Catholic emancipoqa
will be familiar with calls of the house,
from the frequent motions to that effect by Sir J?r'
Burdett ; but members of Parliament of oiwthe
few years' standing have never been subject t° foci
" eal)," and are scarcely acquainted with the pains Tet
penalties,which are the result of disobedience.
night (Tuesday) Mr. Roebuck will move that there I:0
be a call of the house on the 17th inst., and if the Ea° op'
be agreed to every member who has not previously
biA
tained leave of absence from the house must be '1;110
seat. On assembling the names of the members °lot°
called, and those who do not answer will be takennooo
custody by the Serjeant-at-Arms and lodged in Pride at
soon as that high Parliamentary functionary, Ivlic'f
once the executive and the ceremonial officer ° oce
house can lay his hands upon them. From "%et°
vile they will be brought to the bar of the house, 1100,
they will be called upon to make the amendsllo4°o
for their contumacy and to pay a trifle in the Fay es.
fees. A "call" is one of the most interestieg 1/00.
citing scenes the Rouse of Commons ever witneo

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