The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY
During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat
fur our market have been to a fair extent. To-day the
show of samples of that grain was by no means large ;
yet, owing to the prevailing fine weather, the demand for
all deicriptions was in a very siuggish state, and Mon-
day's reduced figures wcre wiih difficulty supported.
Upwards of 8,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have
come to hand since Saturday evening. As usual, large
parcels were pressing ha' sale, the trade was heavy, at a
dccine of fully Is per quarter. The show of Bailey was
moderate, while the trade was heavy, at barely late rates.
Eleeedingly little hu,iness was passing in Malt, the
vJue of which grain inid a downward tendency. Oats,
Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, land Flour, might have been
purchased on somewhat easir

ARRI VAL&
Wheat. 1 itarioy. Oats I F10w.2,940 qrs. 1,110 qrs. 320 qrs.! 4,660 sks
---- I
---- 610 I --
8,700 3,•i70 11,W) I --
Malt. 4.620 are.
larlf MEC IiAP.E L.
A fair average supply of Meat was on sale here;
generally spoiking, the demand was in a sluggish state,
at barely stationary prices. He* f. rrom 3.,i 6d to 4,6 d,
Mutton, 4s 4d to 5, 6,1; Lamb, 68 to 6i 10d; Veal,
4. 6,1 to 5s 6d; and Polk, 4a 4d to 56 4d per Blbs, by the
carcase.

Enitlish
Irish. ........
Foreign ......

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
The Court was occupied all the day with the argu-
ments in a part heard cause, which did not possess a
particle of general interest.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.)
TENNANT V. TENNANT.
leis HONOUR delivered jitd4,lnent in this case, which
was as follows:—The testator devised the rents of his
whole estate in Swansea to his w i.e for life, with a resi-
duary bequest to certain trust, es, order to accumulate
a fund for certain purposes. and • the point at issue was,
whether the rents of the whole estate passed to the wife?
As the whole question turned upon the exact words of
the will, ii is necessary to set them forth ; they were as
follow:,. The testator having first bequeathed the whole
of the rents of his estate to his wife for lite, then pro-
ceeds to bequeath various sums to his ri halves and
friends upon her death. and concludes with these
words:—“ And as to the remilue of my real and personal
estate, not otherwise disposed of by this my will, I give
the same to my said truAtees, upon trust that they, and
the survivors of them, and the heirs, executers, and
administrators of, such survivor, do and shall place out
the same at interest in some of the Parliamentary stocks
or funds of Great Britain. or in or upon real securities
in England, Scotland, or Wales, at interest, and do and
shall in the mean time, until the said residue shall
become payable, vary, alter, and transfer the same for
other stock, funds, and securities, so as to cause the
same to accumulate in the nature of compound interest."
His Honour decided that the wife was entitled to hold
the rents of the whole estate for her life, and that they
passed by the will.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings iu Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN,

RUSSELL v. SMITH.
Mr. WATSON, Q.C., applied for a rule to set aside the
verdict in this case, which had been given for the plain-
tiff, with a penalty of 40a., for an infringement of
the copyright of a song called the " Ship on Fire." The
Learned Counsel stated at some length, that the case
had been tried at Guildhall, and a verdict for the plain-
tiff given. He now moved to set aside that verdict, on
the ground that it had been given under an erro-
neous construction of the Act 3d and 4th William
IV. It was provided by that Act, that an in-
fringement of a musical copyright should be con-
stituted by its being sung at any opera or play of drama-
tic entertainment. It had been given in evidence that
the song had been sung at a place called Crosby-hall, a
place of public resort, and that place had been considered
by the jury to be one of dramatic entertainment. He
now contended that this hall neither came under the de-
scription of opera nor place of dramatic entertainment,
and that the song was not of that description which was
protected by the Copyright Act as an opera or musical
composition, as stated in the Act, as it was not set to
any particular musical air.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Then you are compelled
to argue that the important branch of musical composi-
sition, the Oratorio, is not protected by the Copyright
Act. The Court will consid,r of the application.

BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, Irion• itiir. Juatier WIGHTMAN,

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD v. TARLPTuN.

Mr. CowLEY moven, on behalf of the defendant, for

a rule nisi, to amend a feigned issue, put forward by the
plaintiff', in regard to all that it contained relating to
the village of Towcester. The question in these pro-
ceedings arose out of the Tithe Commutation Act. In

the rie-arage was a parish Grilled Handleigh, and the
University Coi:ege of Oxford were landowi.ers in that
parish, the titles of which were in the course of com-
mutation. It was coi.tehded iliat the tithes to he
paid from Ilranileigh were only un corn, grain,
hay, lambs' wool, and wood, all other produce
being exempt. The &Heretic, of opinion which arose
with re,pect to the pr.eiuce upon w.nch tithe was to be
paid caused the matter to be referred to the fiche C.-m-
-inis,ioner, who decided that tile land wa , exempt from
the payment of all tithe, • xeept upon corn, grain, hay,
lambs' wool, and wood, and that these tithes were pay-
able to the vicar nnly. Upon this decision an action had
been brought, and a_ feigned issue set forth, which he,
sought leave to amend. '1 he question at issue was not
whether the tithe was to be pld to the vicar
alone, but whether the I.nd itself was sub
„Vct to tithe at all. . was the only
question which could be raised, as the feigned issue wikh
regard to the pa)ment to the lector only, left, the real
case just as it was. Leave had been given in a case
called Elwards and Bunbury, third vol. Queen's Bench
Reports, p. 885. He had before cited that case, and
Mr. Justice Coleridge had ord.Ted ad further proceed-
ingr in the present case to be stayed until the tour:h day
in this term. lie now moved fur this leave, in order that
the case might ne brought before the full Court.
Application granted.
REGINA V. THE JUSTICES OF MIDDLESEX.
The rule in this case, Whic;i was mane I.l3solute yes-
terday, was, on the a:plicatioti of the Court, I ecalled, in
order that the case mi6lit be brought on and argued be-
fore the full Court.