The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEVIBER 13, 1862.

The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously.
Mr. MAXWELL moved the third resolution, ex-
pressing satisfaction at what had already happened
in the cause of abolition, and hoped the time would
come when England and France would be foremost
in the cause of true liberty.
The Rev. Mr. HAWKINS seconded the motion.
-Wm. ANDREW JACKSON (ex-coachman to Jeffer-
son Davis) next came forward, and was loudly
cheered. He was very happy, he said, in stand-
ing before such a noble assembly of Englishmen.
He stood there to represent four millions of his
brethren and those who fought for them. He did
not ask them for money, but for their sympathy
and prayers. He had lived 29 years in slavery;
he had been in Richmond for 15 ; and if anybody
doubted his veracity he should give information that
would amuse them. He knew what it was to be a
servant, he knew what it was to be a coachman, and
was present when the Prince of Wales arrived in
Richmond. As to the feeling of the slaves about
the war, they long expected it, and though at the
time when John Brown was executed at Harper's
Ferry they remained quiet, they said that event
would ultimately procure their emancipation. For
his own pact, he believed that every slave in the
Southern States was as anxious to procure his free-
dom as he was, and since Abraham Lincoln became
President hundreds had made their escape. (Cheers.)
He left Richmond last April, and walked sixty
miles to Fredericksburg, where, getting into the
Federal lines, General INl'Dowell told him he was
free, and sent him on to Washington. (Cheers.)
From thence he went on to New York, where he
first heard of the proclamation setting all slaves
free: (Cheers.) He wrote to Jefferson Davis the
other day—(a laugh)—giving his best respects to
his wife and children—(laughter)—expressing his
regret he could not return, as he was bound to do
at Christmas—(laughter)—and because his loss
would be at least 850 dollars, which he could not
now so well afford, as money was rather scarce in
the Southern States. (Laughter.) Having given
a brief history of the disruption of the Southern
from the Northern States, he called on them to
give their sympathy to those who were battling for
the abolition of slavery and to restore the Union.
The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman and the
proceedings terminated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE, Dec. 12.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

:Before Mr. Justice Crompton and a Common Jury.)

LINTON V. MERSON.

The further hearing of this case was resumed
this morning. The jury, after upwards of two hours'
deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
damages £lBO, including the two bills for £3O due
from him to the defendant on account of the pur-
chase.

WILD, M.P., v. WYLDE, JUN.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff
against the defendant, the proprietor of the Alham-
bra, to recover £65 for certain dioramas that were
in the Great Globe, purchased for the defendant.
The defendant disputed his liability.
The case was not concluded when the court rose,

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

.Sittings at Nisi Prins in London.—Before Lord

Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.)

FERGUSSON ♦. WATERMAN.-FAMILY JARS.

plate ; it was on the plate before any copies were
struck off. The photograph produced (a small one
about four inches long and three wide) was pur-
chased at the defendant's shop. It is a copy of my
engraving, and must have been photographed from
it. There is no other engraving but my own in
existence. The painting is still in the possession
of Mr. Coombe. A photograph could not have been
taken from the original because it was too dark.
It the photograph had been taken from the original
the colours would be different, because there are
some dark colours in it which must have come out
light, if it were photographed from the paint-
ing. I never gave the defendant or any other per-
son permission to copy the engraving. I purchased
" The Horse Fair" of Rosa Bonheur, and I have
sold it since to an American gentleman, reserving
to myself the copyright. There were two pic-
tures of " The Horse Fair," one I sold, and one is
still in my custody. I purchased the picture for
£1,600, and I paid Mr. Landseer 800 guineas for
engraving it. The date of the publication line in
that picture is the 20th February, 1851. The pho-
tograph produced (the same size as the other) must
have been taken from my engraving ; it could not
have been photographed from anything else. I never
gave the defendant or any other person permission
to copy the engraving. "The Horse Fair" and
" The Light of the World," were very successful
pictures. They are worth £l,OOO a year to me as
long es I live. I lose by 9 out of 10 pictures I pub-
lish, and therefore when I get a trump like these
two pictures I make them pay.
Mr. Collier—So you lose by the other cards and
win by the trumps t (Laughter.)
Witness—Yes ; the sale of these engravings was
very successful down to the time that the photo-
graphs were published.
Mr. Collier—To what extent did the sale fall off
after the photographs were taken.
Mr. Coleridge objected to the question being put,
inasmuch as the plaintiff could only recover for the
loss which he bad sustained at the hands of the de-
fendant ; and not for losses through other people
selling photographs. The defendant did not himself
photograph the pictures, but bought the photographs
of a traveller who came round to sell them to sta-

tioners and printsellers. It was probable that hun-
dreds of other people had sold the photographs, and
the defendant was not to be affected by what they
had don P.
Mr. Justice Willes suggested that the parties
should arrange the amount for which the verdict
should be taken in the event of the plaintiff reco-
vering, and that the question whether the plaintiff
ought to succeed be reserved for the court.
Some disc fission took place, which resulted in £lO
being agreed noon as the amount of damages.
Mr. Justice Willes expressed his opinion that a
verdict should he entered for the plaintiff for this
amount,land that the defendant should have leave to
move the full court to set that verdict aside and
enter one for himself upon two points; first, that
what he had done amounted to no infringement of
copyright ; and secondly, that photography from
an engraving was not a thing which was a viola-

tion of the statute.
Mr. Collier said that the plaintiff had consented
to the damages being fixed at £lO, because this was
the first action which had been brought; but if any
one photographed from pictures in which he had
copyright in future he would press for the full
amount which he could recover.

A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff for £lO,
subject to the opinion of the court.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

'Sittings at Nisi Prins, after Term, at Guildhall,
before Lord Chief Baron Pollock and a Common
Jury.)
HAMPTON T. CARDALE AND OTHERS.
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