The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-14 00:00:00

IXTURES FOR 1865.
UARY.

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Now ready, G. SHELTON'S Derby Guide, is. G. R.
Glenie, Sporting Library, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park ;
Sunday Times Office, Fleet-street ; and all agents.

APPREHENSION OF THE SHREWSBURY " SHAM DE-
TECTIVE " IN LIVERPOOL.—The man who, under the
name of John Morgan, executed an ingenious and novel
swindling operation at an hotel in Shrewsbury about ten
days ago, by representing himself to be a detective from
Carmarthen, and obtaining the assistance of the Shrewsbury
police in apprehending, searching, and robbing a Manches-
ter gentleman named Ashworth, was yesterday appre-
hended in Liverpool. It appears that his real :name is
Thomas Ellis, and that ho is the son of a butcher living in
Baker-street, Everton (Liverpool). His father was for
20 years a superintendent of police, and he himself was for
some time assistant magistrate's clerk at Holyhead. He
was recently employed by Mr. W. Avis, shipwright,
Bridgewater-street, Liverpool, and since then has been
roaming about the country without any known means of
livelihood. It is stated that since his exploit at Shrewsbury
and within the past week, he attempted a similar feat at
Old Swan, near Liverpool. Ho went to the cattle market
there, and presented what appeared to be a warrant to a
cattle dealer, telling the latter he was authorised to appre-
hend him. Upon this pretence he took him to the police-
station at the Old Swan, but when he proposed to search
him there the local officers refused to allow it. He then
said he should have to telegraph to his superior, left the
station, and never returned. The cattle dealer was of course
set at liberty. Yesterday morning Ellis was brought to the
detectives' office, at Liverpool, by his father, at whose
house he had presented himself. A notice had previously
been issued offering 101. reward for his apprehension. He
expressed the utmost contempt for the Shrewsbury green-
horns, and said he could not for his life understand how
they came to believe he was a detective. A telegraphic
message was sent to Shrewsbury yesterday, and it was ex-
pected that an officer from that place would arrive in Liver-
pool last night, and take him to Shrewsbury for examina-
tion. The gold watch of which Ellis robbed Mr. Ashworth
Jie afterwards exchanged with Mr. Cohen, jeweller, of
Liverpool, for a silver lever and 255.
THE DISPUTE IN THE BUILDING TRADE.—Meet-
ings of operatives in the building trade continue to be held
in the provinces to express disapprobation of the " dis-
charge note," introduced by the masters, and both at Shef-
field and Stourport resolutions strongly condemnatory of
that document have been adopted—the men pledging them-
selves to resist to the utmost of their power.
THE YELVERTON CASE AGAIN.—The action of
libel brought by Miss Long-worth against the pro-
prietors of the Saturday Review came before the Outer
House of the Court of Session on Thursday, for debate on
the question whether, by the arrestment of certain funds
had
in the hands of publishers in Edinburgh the defendersfsea-
been made amenable to the jurisdiction of the Court o d
sion. The Solicitor-General, for the defender"frorpeosethe
that the record should be made up and clohseedLtdo
Ordi-
question of jurisdiction was discussed ,
nary accordingly appointed parties to ;eat the
pleadings

LAW INfELIGENCE—(This Day)•

COURT OiThHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
SIMPSON V. HOLLIDAY.-JUDGMENT.

His Lordship, this morning, gave judgment in this case,
which involved the validity of a patent for analine dyes.
The case was in the first instance argued before Vice-
Chancellor Wood, from whose decision an appeal was made
to the Court of Chancery. His Lordship went at great
length into the details of the question, and finally reversed
the order of the Vice-Chancellor, thus deciding against the
validity of the patent.
Sir F. Kelly, on the part of the plaintiff, was about to
make some obserations, when
His Lordship said it was idle to occupy the time of the
Court with arguments to show the infringement of a patent
which he (the Lord Chancellor) had just decided did not
exist.