The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-02 00:00:00

Miss Coutts in Spitalfie!ds.

If we go from the house to the little homes
of the poor whom it comforts, we may the more
clearly see the worth of its work. Here are some
cases from the experience of one of the district clergy;
A man, 85 years old, has been married for more than
half a century to the wife who, now ;,that the
grown-up children have left the nest, is his only
companion. They want food and even clothing ;
they have sold their bed to pay their rent, and they
owe rent. Brown's-lane knows that they have done
their share of labour in this world, an 1 are entitled
now to sympathy and solace, and Brown's-lane gave
them all last winter what was necessary to their
health and comfort. Old people in seasons of dis•
tress are thus saved from the workhouse, the scraps
of furniture, of which the oldest may have in their

little household the most sacred memories—the
sempier worked by the gill who is their child-
daughter in heaven, the little chair in which she
sat, the patchwork quilt that granny made when
she was young, and grandfather was courting her
—these things are saved to them, and their own

lives also are sustained. The mortality among the
aged in the one parish, of which records are before us,
was last winter lessened so considerably that only
two of the number died, A whole family was fever..
stricken; the father and two children were taken to
the workhouse, the mother and two children were
left in the poor and dirty home, From Number
Seven, Brown's-lane, meat, and wine, and whitewash
came; the father returned convalescent, Meat and
wine were still supplied ; every life was saved, and
the family is now well and earning without help its
own scanty living, A poor weaver, with a wife and
five children, failed in eyesight ; meat and wine
gave him his sight again, and to the help given
while he was unable to work was added the find-
ing for him of work more suited to his physical
condition. He has now begun the world afresh,
and prospers. Here again, says the record, sus-
tained help is brought to an aged couple, whose
united earnings are 5s a week. The old man has
been run over, and is deaf. Here again help is given
to a widowed grandmother, who lives with a wi-
dowed daughter, both trying in vain to get bread,
shelter, and clot Ling, as washerwomen, Hero it is
help to a poor old widow, who is dependent on a
sickly son. And here again the help is to a wife
with a bad husband, who has left her and her
family to starve, or to a wife and children where
the bread.winner is lately dead, or lamed by an acci.
dent. A man who could find no work was set to the
repair of bedsteads, and other necessary articles:that
he found broken and useless, and in this way
were restored comfort and tidiness to the homes
of twenty families, at a total cost of £2 12s. 7d.
for labour and material. If we leave the tent of
the four shepherds, and, still on the Delectable
Mountain, travel homeward by way of Columbia-
square, built by Miss Coutts to provide cheap,
wholesome, and comfortable homes for 200 families,
we may glance also at tho market which the same
lady is causing to rise by its side, for bringing into
the district—with which she has no tie but that of
human sympathy—plenty of good food at the
fairest market prices. We might turn aside, also,
to look at the Ragged School that stands near by
to feed the starved minds of the children. But it
is more than an afternoon's work to see all that a
wise head and munificent hand, prompted by a
warm and sympathising heart, has been for months
and years maturing for the wretchedest end of
London.—Dickens's " All the Year Bound."

HER MAJESTY'S STAOHOUNDS.—The Royal pack
commenced the hunting season yesterday, with the
meet, as usual, at Salt-hill. It was a splendid hunting
morning, and the muster included the officers in garrison
at Windsor, most of the sporting gentlemen of the neigh-
bourhood, and many from town, the field numbering be-
tween 200 and 300. The deer was nncarted in a newly
ploughed field on Mr Henry Cantrill's farm, at Baylis, and
went away towards Stoke-park, skirting by the palings, in
the direction of Farnham, through Mr Darby's park, to
Stoke-common ; away to Gerard's-cross, thence to Chalfont
and West Hyde, and was taken between Rickmansworth
and Harefield, in the open, after a sharp run of two hours.
Bc•th horses and hounds of the Royal Hunt were in prime
condition, and Mr Davie, the veteran huntEman, looked as
juvenile as ever,

This bankrupt was described as of Waterloo-place, Pall-
mall, and St. James's-fquare, wine merchant.
The accounts, by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles,
shows :—Dr, to crolitors upon open accounts and bills re-
ceivable, £18,893. Creditors—Cash, £5O; good debts,
£103; doubtful, for which securities aro held, estimated to
produce t,160 ; property surrendered, £5,258. Total
assets, £7,901.

Mr Pooley, wine merchant, Lime-strcot, and Mr
Chidley, a solicitor, wore chosen assignees.

IN ItE MAINTELL.

This bankrupt was described as a merchant of Sambrook•
oourt, Basinghall-street.

The debts are stated at £27,679; assets, £B,OOO.

The bankrupt was briefly examined as to the disposal of
his furniture shortly before calling a meeting of creditors,
Ho said he had sold it for £320, but the furniture was still
in his possession.
Mr Cadenhead, of Glasgow, was chosen assignee.

SHERIFFS' COURT.

THE CARTE DE VISITE OF R.R.H. THE DIME OF
CAMBRIDGE.—SINGULAR CASE —MAULL AND ANOTHER
v. GLAss.—This was an action to recover £lO damages for
an illegal infringement of the carte de visite of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Mr Bowen May appeared for the plaintiffs, the eminent
photographers; Mr. L. H. Lewis representing defendant,
an artist, of Cheapside.
Mr May, in opening the case on behalf of plaintiffs, said
he appeared as the advocate of the Photographic Associa-
tion, but plaintiffs, although they belonged to it, were fight-
.

ing the present case taing:y, and to protect themselves
against piracies. There could be no doubt that plaintiff.
had suffered to the extent of £lOO, but they only went in
this instance for £lO, so that for the future it might be
understood these piracies might not be carried out with
impunity,

Mr Maull said—This is the carte de visite of [his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who sat to my firm for it.
It was taken August 11, 1862, and it was duly registered.
We are the owners of the negative and copyright. This is
the piracy copy no doubt taken from our original. His
royal highness gavo us permission to publish the carte de
visite, and I have no doubt this was copied from it. There
are accessories in this picture whch would not be in the
possession of any one else.

By his Honour—l mean the carpet, table, &o.
By Mr May—First knew defendant was selling them in
September.

Cross-examined—The Duke sat on August 11. He sat at
my request. W e considered it. a great benefit. The Duke
did not pay for his sitting, but he paid for the copies. He
paid 41 4s for 100 copies. I have not authorised the Pho-
tographic Association to mention my name. I left the mat-
ter in Mr May's hands. Ido not recollect that defendant
wrote a letter disclaiming all knowledge of the sale.
Re-examined—His royal highness paid no fee. We simply
request a sitting for the purpose of publication.
Mr Fox (plaintiff's manager) proved purchasing the copies
produced at defendant's shop. There is no doubt of the
piracy. lam an operator. We sold 8,000 to 9,000 portraits
of Garibaldi in ten days,
Cross-examined—Plaintiff has published another portrait
of the Duke of Cambridge in his military dress. I shoule
think 3,000 of the military portrait were sold. I believe the
Duke sat to another photographer come years ago.

. -
His Honour—Do you object that they are not authors ?
Mr Lewis—That is one of the objections.
Mr Maull (recalled by Mr Lewis) —We took ten nega.

tives. Two negatives were taken representing his roya
highn.,.a in the eatno pnaitinn.

Mr Nottage, manager of the City Stereoscopic Company;
in Cheapside, said this copy is evidently- a copy of the plain-

Mr May—l believe that you have lately taken a carte
Lord Palmerston ?

His Honour—Oh, we have nothing to do with Lord
Palmerstcn.

Mr Lewis called his Honours attention to the act, and his
Honour said there seemed to be a difficulty in the act.

Mr. Lewis contended that there was no case, and quoted
the Ist section of the act, by which it would be seen that
before plaintiff could have any authority to claims on
copyright he must have the permission of the Duke of Cam-
bridge in writing. Now, plaintiffs had only a verbal per.
mission, and could not claim to be the proprietors.
Mr May contended that the negative never belonged to
the Duke of Cambridge, who had merely bought copies as
an ordinary purchaser.

Mr Lewis— Then it came to this, that any person's photo-
graph might be produced whether he liked or not.

His Honour--That would bo so. The Act is very indis-
tinct. I must take a note of objections. The fact is, there
was no agreement in writing. The payment afterwards by
his royal highness made a good consideration. The sitting
of the Duke was also a good consideration.
Mr Lewis—Then there was no registration in accordance
with the terms of the act, The time of the first publication
is not registered as required.
His Honour—This is not driving a coach and six through
an act of Parliament, but several railway vans. I think
secs. 6 and 11 are incorporated.
Mr Lewis—l contend that the author of a photograph is
the person who sits.

His Honour—Unless it be the sun: The object of regis-
tration is to give notice to whom the property belongs.
Mr. May argued upon the objections.
His Honour—l think the objection upon the registration
and there being two negatives is fatal.
Mr Lewis then addressed the jury as to the damages, in
the event of a verdict being passed for plaintiff.
The jury found for the 1110 claimed, and his Honour
reserved his judgment.