The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

by letter, that he had taken advice, and con-
sidered his pattern was not an imitation of Mr.
Gibbs'. After this he sold the piece of paper now
in question. Upon comparing the two the inagis-
trateA would observe that the defendant's design re-
presented blocks of granite of a smaller depth, but
projecting a corner towards the spectators in bold
relief, like the complainant's. In both the same co-
lours were used on the :lame sides of the block. In
both the relief was made, the stronger by the use of
a white line to define the limits on each side of the
stone, and to prevent any two colours from uniting
directly. This white line was a chief feature in the
origivality of the. design.- He began his proofs by
putting in his registered design and certificate, which,
he said, was to be ,iiroof, unless the contrary were
shown of the ori4inality of the design.
Mr. Hindmarsh (author of a Work on the law of
patents), on behalf of the defendant, urged, that to be
protected, a design must be " new and original."
The certificate was to be evidence of the originality,
but not of the novelty of the design. 'Mr. Clarkson
must prove the novelty. Novelty was a term imply-
ing the newness of the design. Originality only
meant that the party originated the pattern.
Mr Alderman WOOD said originality was a word
of large signification, and Mr. Alderman Sidney
thought with him that it relieved the complainant
from proving his design was new. The defendant was
at liberty to show it was not new.
The sale of a piece was then proved, and two wit-
nesses (paper manufacturers) were called to show
that one design was an imitation of the other, as to
its general effect upon the eye. One was not a copy
of the other, either on the same scale of size or a re-
duction of the pattern preserving the proportion of
all the parts ; but it was an imitation presenting the
material feature, observing the same proportion in
some parts, and deviating in others.
Mr. Hindinarsh cross-examined them with great
point, to show that the idea of representing granite
stones was not new, nor was the use of white lines
new, nor the piling of blocks of granite one on an-
other, nor presenting the angle of the stone to the in-
terior of the building; but they had never seen a pat-
tern presenting a series of cubes only. The cubes
had been combined with other figures or objects. Mr.
Gibbs' design was a perfect cube, with the angle pre-
sented to the interior, while Mr. Spurway's presented
only 2.sths of the cube. Representing a tesselated
pavement was not new.
Mr. Alderman WOOD intimated that it was not
enough to show all the parts of the design were old,
for a combination of old forms might produce a new
design.
Mr. Hindmarsh said, his answer to the complainant
was, that the registered design was not new aed ori-
ginal, and, therefore, was not protected by the regis-
tration. He called several witnesses.

The first produced a copper-plate engraving,
in a quarto book, published by Nicholson, in
1818, containing new patterns for the use of merchants
of various occupations. There was no heading or
description, but it appeared to be a series of 24 pat-
terns for flour cloths. One of them was a series of
perfect cubes, presenting the same projected angle, but
in two colours only, while Mr. Gibbs' had three.
The top was one colour, and the two sides of different
colours, as if the light fell on one side, while the other
side was shadowed, because the stone was placed
cornerways. Again, the shape of the stone was
shown by black lines, while that appearance was
raised by leaving white lines in Mr. Gibbs' paper. It
did not, therefore, stan.l out in such bold relief.

- Some papers were made up in patterns which the
witnesses could not produce, but which they swore
they had seen many years ego in different buildings.
One of these was a large cube of sienna marble pat-
tern, pasted on a round pattern ; but still the idea of
the form of the stone was raised by strong black lines
instead of white spaces.
The defendant's case was fairly knocked up by
calling the designer of the imitation, who, after being
a good deal pressed by Mr. Clarkson, said he came to
be employed in this way:—He called in upon Mr.
Spurway, and asked him if he had seen " the new
style of granite ?" and said he could produce some-
thing " which would work the same," but be diffe-
rent in fact ; and he sketched out in ten minutes a
representation of part of a five-sided, instead of a six-
sided figure, which Mr. Gibbs' was.

Mr. Alderman WooD said his colleague agreed with
him that a fraudulent imitation of the registered de-
sign had been sold, and they fined the defendant 51.,
with 3/. costs.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY intimated that he had some
misgivings of the newness of the pattern, but it had
not been shown to be old.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

On Saturday llfary 11111, one of the servants em-
ployed at the Middlesex hospital, was brought before
Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen six loaves
of bread and a quantity of meat, the property of the
governors of the hospital.
William Nicholls, a messenger, said the prisoner
was employed in the kitchen of the hospital. From
the numerous robberies that had lately occurred he
had been desired by his superiors to keep a watch on
the servants iti the kitchen. About twelve o'clock on
Friday last he had occasion to go to a closet where
the lamps were kept, and in a place there he found
tied up in an apron six loaves of bread, and the piece
of meat now produced, which he believed to be the
property of the hospital.
Alexander Sheddon, the secretary, stated, in con-
sequence of the discovery made by the last witness,
he went with the matron into the kitchen,, and
showed the prisoner the apron in which the loaves
had -heen.wrapped. . The prisoner said the apron was
her property, and that she had not lent it to any one.
The prisoner, when the bread and meat were pro-
duced, acknowledged, without any hesitation, that
she had taken are articles, arid had placed them in the
cupboard where they had been found. The prisoner
declared afterwards that she did not take the bread
with the view of disposing of it for money, but
for the purpose of giving it to a person who was in
a starving condition. The governors were deter-
mined to put an end to the system of pillage that was
carried on, , and they therefore caused the prisoner to
be given into custody.
The constable who took the prisoner into custody
said she begged Mr. Sheddon not to send her to
prison, as it was her first offence.

The prisoner made no defence, and was fully com
mitted. .

WORSHIP-STREET.

'On Saturday Mr. Charles Clayton, a fancy soap
manufacturer and wholesale perfumer in Fell-street,
Wood-street, Cheapside, was brought up for final
examination before Mr. Hammill, charged with at-
tempting to violate the person of a young woman,
17 years of age, named Georgiana Hoskins, resid-
ing with her parents at Shacklewell, and some ad-
ditional eiidence confirmatory of that previously
published having been adduced, and Mr. Vann, who
appeared for the defence, having addressed the magis-
trate in behalf of his client, urging the extreme im-
piobability of so respectable a person, and who was
moreover a married man, so foolishly committing
himself with a young woman who, even if her state-
ment were true, there could be but little doubt was
somewhat of a consenting party.
Mr. lI.s.mmILL said he was of opinion that the -case
"had been satisfactorily. established,' and ordered the
depositions to betaken, and the prisoner fully corn-
mittej for•triii, but consented to allow an extension of
the bail before put in—the prisoner himself in 2001.
awl two sureties in 1001. each—for his future appear-
anne to answer the charge.

MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION•— On Saturday L.
Shitwell, Esq., the barrister appointed to revise the lists
of 'oters for the county of Middlesex, appointed the
follolving drys, at ten o'clock each day, for holding his
Courilli—Saturday, October 2, at the King's Head, En.
field; Monday, October 4, at the Globe, Mile•end-road;
Tuesday, October 5, at the Green Man, Bethnal-green;
Wednesday, October 6, at White Conduit House, Isling-
ton; Thursday, October 7, at the Sussex Hotel, Bouve•
vie-street, Fleet-street ; Monday, October 11, at the
Vice-Chancellor's Court, Westminster Hall ; Tuesday,
the 12th, at the Chandos Arms, Edgware; Wednesday,
the 13th, at Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead; Thursday,
the 14th.,..at the White Horse, Uxbridge; Saturday, the
16th, at the Black Dog, Bedfont; Monday, the 18th, at
the Royal Hotel, Brentford; and on Tuesday, the 19th,
the Sussex Arts , Hammersmith. The claims and ob-
jections..frAre more numerous than usual ; Mr. W. IL
James being the Liberal, and Mr. J. Paine, the Conser-
vative aient
THE REV. DR. D
Last
eveninglt I R LLON.—EXTAORDINART Oft-
the Rev. Dr. Dillon held an or-
dination at White's-row Chapel, Spitalfield4, which
place ,te has recently converted into a " Reformed
Church,.- of England." Considerable interest was ex-
cited by. this novel ceremony, as it was expected that au
ecclesiastical prohibition would issue, and that the pro-
ceedings would thus be interrupted. -No authoritative
notice;'however, of the affair was taken. The person to
be ordained was a Mr. James Eliot. who is to take
tosertmhoe
At charge of the chapel in Friar-street, Blackf
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preached
a
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sermon was
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of his discourse Dr. Dillon retired, and shortly after-
wards returned, habited in episcopal robes, assuming
the office of a bishop. The ordination service was pro-
ceeded with ; questions similar in. their character to
those contained in the ordination service of the Church
of England being put to the candidate. The imposition
of hands then took place.
OF TIIE GOSPEL AT BIZIGHTON.—We were
pained'on entering the Chapel Royal, last Sunday (the
strangest looking apartment, by the way, architecturally
viewed, that ever boasted such a title), to be stopped is
!inane by a money taker, who demanded one shilling
each from our party, and gave us a check, in playhouse
fashion, which ought to have procured us seats, but did
not, until, with Strict adherence to the model, seemingly
followed, the `pew-keeper had been personally satisfied
that it was right to keep the promise virtually made by
the proprietors at the door. Our business is more with
the church architectural than the church ministrant, if
we may use the word, but a proceeding of this sort,
which raises feeling's incompatible with the purpose of
the-day, really concerns us-all,--The Builder.