The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-01 00:00:00

THE WESTMINSTER COUNTY

COURTS.

Yesterday the Westminster County Court of Middle-
sex, was opened before D. C. Moylan, Lg., the judge,
and Francis Smedley, Esq., the high bailiff of West-
minster, for the trial of causes under the New Small
Debts Act, at the Court-house, Castle-street, St. Mar-
tin's lane. There were 83 cases set down for trial, and
being the first sitting, in any court, the proceedings ex-
cited an unusual degree o: interest. The Learned Judge
took his seat at eleven o'el. ck.
}JECTMENT._LANGLET N. PARR.—This W9S a SUM'
mous taken out under the 122 d section of the Act, which
gives power to the judges to order possession of pre-
mixes to be given up where the rent does not exceed 504
per annum, to order the defendant to give up possession
of certain premises which he occupied of the plaintiff at ,
a weekly rental. Mr. Pierrepoint, a solicitor, who ap-
peared for the defendant, after admitting the service o
the notice, said that, having looked at the Act of Par-
liament, ho found that the 122 d section was ruled by
the 126th section, which set forth that "if the person
by whom any such warrant was sued out, had not at th•
time any lawful right to the premises in question, then the
suing out of any such warrant shall be deemed a trespass.'
Now, what he wished to do was to proceed with an action
of trespass against the plaintiff in a superior court, the de-
fendant questioning the lawful right of the plaintiff. Jig
did not wish to enter into detail, but to give in bail. The
Learned Judge said, before he could make an order that
the warrant was bad, and that the execution of it would be
a trespass, it was the duty of the defendant to give evi-
dence that the plaintiff had no legal right to the premises.
Mr. Griffith, the plaintiff's agea, said he could prove
that he held a lease of the premises from the Duke of
Bedford, and that, the defendant paid a weekly rent at
the rate of 261. per annum to him for his portion. Evi-
dence was then given, showing that the defendant had
occupied the premises since February, 1840, and that he
had been several times summoned under the Westmin-
ster Court of Requests for arrears of rent. The notice
to quit the premises on the 15th of Mardi was served
on tile Bth. After a lengthened discussion the Learned
Judge made an order fur the defendant to give up poS.
sission within ten days. The defendant said if that Wag,
the decision of the court, it would be a loss to him 01
5001. The Learned Judge was sorry to hear that, and
trusted that some amicable arrangement might be come
to between the plaintiff and defendant before the law
eras put in force.

LAW OF LITERARY PROPERTY,
AND AGAINST LITERARY PIRACY IN
AUSTRIA.
The Austrian Government has just promulgated a
law on literary property and against literary piracy In
the Austrian dominions. It bears the date of 19th Oc-
tober, 1846, and consists of thirty-nine articles. The
following are the most important terms of the law
The author of a literary composition or work of arty,.
may dispose of his property as beat suits him, and allow'
its reproduction to whomsoever he likes. Similar rights..
of an author are enj •yed by the editor of a literart,,,
composition or work of art, by the editor of au anony',,
mous work, or written under a fictitious name, and also
by persons who undertake the publication of a work
according to their own plan and at their own expense.
The translation of a wet k from another language is re-
garded as the property of the translator, and a transla-
tion of the same work, which should not offer ani
marked distinctiou, is regarded as counterfeit. The
translation of an original work is not regarded as coml..
terfeit, unless the author has inserted on the title-pageo
or in the preface, that he himself intends having 1,,
a translation of his work made ; in this latter ;
case, any translation appearing in the same year
that the original work was published, without
the consent of the author, is regarded a!
counterfeit. The re-production of works of art, ll°
matter by what mechanical process, is regarded as.coulr
terteii. The same protection is accorded, not only Iota: -„.1"
original
production, but to any copy, made by the author,
or with his consent. The reproduction, without the
author's consent, of public lectures for instruction, cal',
fication, or amusement, is regarded as counterfieit, eveu
should the editor have become the legitimate purchaser rp
of the manuscript. Geographical and topographical,
maps, architectural designs and others .the, .
,
come under
category of literary 'prociuctions and works oro
art,
il
also musical compositions. The quotations of passage`'
from an author, in an original work, is not regarded !I!
piracy ; extracts from works of the day, however,
books for instruction, may not exceed One sheet, and •
their source must always be given. Exceptions to thv
rule are variations, fantasies, or studies on musical coin_
positions. The representation of a dramatic work,e
the Production in public of a musical composition, is the
exclusive right of the author ; and neither the one t_t.
the other can be produced without the consent.of.ll;
author, or before they have been published. The leh,
awards the privilege of enjoyment,' not only for
author's lifetime, but for thirty years after the deatu•
_
This privilege is extended to fifty years after La.
author's death, as regards works published by academies, .
and scientific and artistical societies under the ansPic.e_f
of the Government. Works published by other societies
come under the category of thirty years. Works
fished .by the State come under the same cetera:
unless the State thinks fit to allow their reproductu_!.
The representation of a dramatic work, or the proud?,lo
lion of a musical composition_, does not become ej
Paw.
property till ten years after the death of the st!!
ll the
Counterfeit is punished by the confiscation of
counterfeit copies, and all the apparatus eroploayrod
printing them, accompanied by a fine varying fro ent •
los. to 1001., and imprisonm,nt in default of
the fine from 21. 10s. to 101. being Parfroal
eight days' to one month's imprisonment, that of
r4eui„
1001. to from three to six months'. In case of ,_3l_ torken
doll of counterfeit, the right of publishing will In_ can
equivalent
from the offender. Prosecutions for counterfeit can
only be brought by the author, or b
the author's rights. The law extends its protection
works persons etni3 11.:
works of every species, without regard to the
_oti.arg of
_er.
the author; it is applicable to all the states
uobflishha
loan Confederation. As regards
rII
states not forming part of
_the Germanwdorkt to this protection rill! only be extende them
Austrian states, on the ground of reciprocity.
4t'ederiladrit,, •

Et en and the chance of the Provost
now state that there is not the least
of
thesubject of the
ETON COLLEGE,, MoNDAY.-- We believe we may
master givingwayor
s.ne
Moment. There is now (from what. has transpired
head
r.
Saturday) not the least doubt entertained that the Rev.ne
Hodgson and the Rev. Mr. Hawtrey
in are deternli.ist,d to
and
:hut the festival h.s been filially abolished. A new h se
abide by the determination they carne to January a.
vi-
whole school, is imatediaiely to be erected in the close
old
court, for the emus, ment of the Etonians, to be free to th
cinity of the college, by subscriptions entered. into b
Cookesley, Rev.
of the following gentlemen :—Rev. G. W.
Etonians, under the superintendence of a committee composed•
11. Pickering, ttev. J. G. Mountai,,, and W. Johnson and C.
W. Johnson, Esq s. The head master, who hadbeen con-
sulted on the subject, immediately expressed his approval of
the plan.
A man nas been arrested at Vienna on a charge
of throwing situ/I,s at the windows of the Imperial Palace.
He was found to be insane, and has been sent to a lunatic
asylum.
DEATtt rftom DRINKING.—On Monday afternoon,
as a cart was passing through the West India Dock-gate,
Blackwell, the tail of the cart not having been properly
secured, a puncheon of rum was tilted out, and the cask
having started, it was immediately surrounded by a number
of individuals, who greedily swallowed the spirit, which was
39 degrees over proof. Ooe man, named William Pattison,
drank such a quantity that he was found yesterday morning,
at one o'clock, by a constable, lying in a state of insensibility
outside the Railway Tavern, Poplar. He was immediately
removed to the Arbour-square station, when medical aid was
sent for. Dr. 13ailiie was in prompt attendance, and, °n
using the stomach-pump, extracted no less than a pint and
a half of pure spirit, and nit a particle of food. Every effort
that medical skill could suggest was used, but the unfortunate
man gradually sunk till two o'clock, when he expired.
EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.—Mr. Taylor, of Roby,
has suggested, and we believe communicated to our parochial
authorities, an excellent expedient in connexion with the
regulation of Irish immigration into this town. If the au-
thorities have the power of putting Mr: Taylor's plan into
operation, it would not only have important sanatory resul tiat
but would gradually' tend to check the lavish importation of
Irish paupers. The suggestion is, that all steamers or other
o
vessels bringing over this class of passengers should
com-
pelled to proceed up the river, direct to the lazarette, where
the whole of the passengers should be examined, and none
permitted to land but those who were in good health. Such
a regulation would check the influx of fever patients into an
already too insalubrious town, and would at the same ti
cautious how they
render proprietors and masters of vessels
me
to so much trouble and detenti/, rp A
took on board a class of individuals wh_tivewouood_ subject thetil
MURDERS Bt POISON IN ,NORFOLK.— We regret
very much to find that the dreadful and insidious means of
destroying human life by poison has again been resorted to,
and the object has been accomplished to a frightful extent in
the county of Norfolk. The news is of so recent a date, and
the place where they have occurred (Tibbenham) being four-
teen miles from Norwich, a full detail of the particulars
cannot be given by this (Monday's) post. Suffice it to say
that on Sunday evening, March 28, Mrs. Pearson, the wife
of a farmer of that name, at Tibbetiliam, invited a Mrs. Eve-
rett, the wife of another farmer, in the same village, to take
tea with her. She accepted the invitation, and these women
and other persons of the family sat down and took tea to-
gether. Soon after each of the women, and several ethers of
the party were taken ill, and we regret to say Mrs. Pearson
and Mrs. Everett are dead, and others (whose names we are
not able to give, nor cart we say how many in number), are
lying in a very precarious state, and some of those also may
be dead by this time. At present we have no knowledge
whatever of the means by which the poison (which, we un-
derstand, is arsenic) could get into the tea, or by whom it
was administered, 11r. Pilgrim, one of the county coroners,
will hold inquests upon the bo lies of the deceased, when, in
all probability, further information will be elicited. Tibben-
ham is a large agricultural parish, with a straggling popula-
tion of only 70e inhabitants, with 3,254 acres of land. It is
about three and a half miles east of New Buckenham, and is
in the hundred of Depwade.
IRON SAUCEPANS WITH WHITE ENAMEL LININCS•
-..-S.rne time ago a paragraph, copied from some one of
the L. aidon pap,re, appeared in our columns, warning
parties against the " use of iron saucepans lined with
a white enamel." Th., patentees of these utensils, we
find, have proved by long experience, that the caution
was quite unneeess4ry, inasmuch as the utensils are es
safe t.r use as any other metal. They have been
analysed at various times by Dr. Ure, Mr. Cooper, and
other eminent chemists, and pronounced by them to be
perfectly harmless, The paragraph, in all probability,
hind its unfair origin with some rival in the saucepan
trade. We have felt it to be no more than our duty to

say thus much on the subject.—Hampshire Advertiser.
UNIVERSITY ISTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, ALIACII
30.—Congregations will be holden for the purpose of granting
graces and conferring depress on the following days in the
ensuing term, viz. : Wednesday, 14, Thursday, 22.
Thursday, 29. Bitty Thursday, 6, Saturday, 22. No person
will, on any account, be admitted as a candidate for the de-
gree of B.A. or 111,A., or those of 8.C.L., or B. Med. without
proceeding through Arts), whose name is not entered on the
bock kept for that purpose at the Vice-Chancellor's house,
on or before the day preceding the day of congregation.