The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-08 00:00:00

HAWES V. JOHANNINGS,

Mr. H. Marschner is a musical composer, livin%
in Germany, and had composed a favourite opera'
called the Tempter of the Jewess. The copyrig.h4
of this opera he sold to Mr. Hoffmeister, a nittsicd
seller, living in Leipzic; and the assignment, *Well
was regularly made in the German language, rrt'a'
Mr. Hoffmeister the property for " printing, eelift'
ing, and selling," reserving a few copies, whiebi
were to be applied to a particular purpose. Mr.
Hoffmeister, so possessed of the (Tara, sells the
copyright to the defendant, Johannings, a neatie
seller, in August in the last year. In the meantime
the plaintiff, Mr. Hawes, another music-seller, is
London, has dealings with the original composer,
Mr. Marschner, in Germany, and the latter
agreed, for a sum of 12/. 125., to sell two songs to.
the plaintiff, for publication " within the kingdom
of Great Britain." Counter-injunctions were then
applied for ex-parte by the defendant against the
plaintiff, and by the plaintiff against the defendant,
and both were obtained. The motions now made
were for the dissolution of those injunctions.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL appeared for the de-
fendant to dissolve the plaintiff's injunction, on
several grounds.
Mr. TINNEY, Counsel for the plaintiff, contended
that the copyright of Hoffmeister was local (accord-
ink to the custom in Germany), and was intended
to extend no farther than Leipzic, where the us,"
signee resided.
The LORD CHANCELLOR decided that the plain-
tiff's injunction must be dissolved.
Mr. TINNEY and Mr. BoNe then, as Counsel for
the plaintiff Hawes, moved to dissolve the injunc-
tion which had been obtained by the defendant, and
for this purpose read the answer of Mr. Hawect
showing that, by the law of " the empire of Ger-
many,' the copyright was local, and confined to per'
titular districts.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would read the
answer before he gave his final opinion. This be
would endeavour to do on Monday next.

SINGULAR CIRCUNISTANCE.-A few days
ago, Mrs. PRIESTLEY, of Whitwell, was seized with sud—
den illness, which terminated, as was supposed, in death
she was laid out and arrangements were made for the fu-
neral, such as ordering the coffin, &c. ; after remaining
that state for upwards of nine hours, a neighbour her
pening to go into the house observed a moisture directly
opposite her mouth, which induced her to remove O.
sheet, when she percived signs of life manifest themselves
by the trembling of her eye-lids : immediate assistance
was procured, and she is now perfectly recovered.--Net"‘
tingham Review.

The weather continues so intensely cold Oa
the distress amongst the poorer classes in this city is be
come truly alarming, and should the frost continue the
consequences must be dreadful, as hundreds of the ildle;
bitants in the town" have no coals' left. The coal whet
has at this time as much the appearance of a timber yard
as that of a wharf, and what few coals there are for sale
are retailed out at ss. and bad billet wood at 2s. 6d. Per
cwt. ! The coal merchants are under contract to suPPli
the respective colleges, and, to enable them to do so, have
drained the neighbouring wharfs ; and we were informed
that on Thursday evening a number of teams were de-
spatched to the pits below Birmingham to bring coals ell
by land carriage. The colleges hare adopted the plan of
putting two of the junior members into one roam, for the
purpose of saving fuel, and every other system of economy
is used to make the stock hold out.— Oxford Journal.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF RENDLESIIAg
HOUSE, SUFFOLK, EY FIRE.-About half past ten o'clock,
on Tuesday night a fire broke out in the conservatory et
this princely mansion, which quickly extended to the
elegant suite of rooms, and the whole of the basemene
story. The conservatory is warmed by flues which pee
under the suite of rooms, and to this circumstance the sad
catastrophe t M
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mis
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arebe attributed. iph
Paris,
and Lordthe and
asteward
wLaarddy Rannr
three
female servants were the only persons in the house; the
former had retired to rest, having previously looked round
the premises, and the fire was discovered by the housemaid
as she was going to her chamber; she instantly alarmed
the steward, and the great bell in the tower was snag,
which brought the gamekeepers together, but such was the
intensity of the flames that it was immediately apparent
that to preserve any portion of the mansion was imprae'
ticable, and the efforts of all were directed to remove
whatever was portable. By pleat exertions the massive
plate, a box of deeds, and jewels, some of the costly
books, and furniture, were taken out, although much
injured. Two fire-engines arrived from Wickharo,
but from the severity of the weather water could
not be procured in sufficient quantity to be of service'
In about two hours the roof and the tower
the blaze was mast terrific, and when morning dawned,
nothing but bare walls, and half-consumed beams and
rafters remained of this splendid mansion. The damage.
we are told, is computed at 100,0001., no part of which
is insured.

BIRTHS.
On the sth inst. at Brighton, the Lady Elizabeth
Dickins, of a son and heir.
At Funtington, on the sth ine. the lady of J. Duff,
Esq. of a daughter.
On the 3d inst. at Hampstead, the lady of Mr. Henri
Hammond, of Furnival's-inn, of a son.
On the Ist inst. at Alcester, Warwickshire, the.lady of
M. Purton, Esq. of Havannab, of a son.
On the 3d inst. in Upper Harley-street, the lady of B.
Goad, Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIED.
On the 4th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-square, Ts
Hankey, Esq , jun. eldest son of T. Hankey, Esq. of DO'
ton, to Miss Apolline Agatha Alexander, late of Philadel•
phia, United States, and half sister to the Lord Chief
Baron.
On the 3d inst. at Islington, Joseph Kent, Esq. of
Chelmsford, to Miss Caroline Williams, fourth daughter
of J. Williams, Esq., Islington.
On the 2d inst. at St. Andrew's, Holborn, by the Ref'
Dr. Beresford, the Rev. Henry Filthess, of Cholmondiso
ton, Suffolk, to Miss Hester Price, of St. Andrew%
Holborn.