The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-10 00:00:00

[LEFT SITTING.]

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Lord LANGD• L!is
The Court was occupied this morning in a suit, the details
of which would be anything but important to the public.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
( Before the VicE-Citasreata.ott of ENGLAND.)
THE PROVRIUTORS OF THE PATENTS JOURNAL V. NEWTON
AND OTHERS.
Mr. Stuart, Q.C., and Mr. Renshaw, appeared for the
plaintiffs; and Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Elderton, for the de •
fendants.
This was a suit for an injunction to restrain the defendants
from publishing t he drawings and the traidation ofan article on
the protection for passengers by railway front injury. The plain-
tiff stated that the document was originally written in French,
and for the use of the members of the C 'anther of Deputies
in France only. The proprietors of the Patents Journal had
caused a translation of this document to be made, together
with illustrations, in the way of engravings, from drawings.
These had been copied by the defendants, and the question
arose as to whether any public documents were in-
titled to copyright ; as, if they were not, there
Was no ground for suing for the injunction now
sought. There was also a ground of defence, inasmuch
as there had not been time to make a sufficient
reply. On the part of the plaintiffs, it was contended that
sufficient notice hat. been given of their proceeding, and that
the defendant ought consequently to have been ready.
Mr. Renshaw, on behalf of the pl.tintiffs, further contended,
that although it was allowed that no copyright could subsist
in public documents, which were meant for the use of all the
members of the state, vet that, according to the decision of
Lord Eldon in several cases, there was a copyright in an
original translation.
Time was given for reply.
There were some other cases, but this was the only one of •
any public importance.

AMERICAN RICE.—A vessel just arrived in the
Surrey Canal, from Charleston. United States of America,
has brought toe large quantity of 25,500 bushels of paddy, or
rice in the husk.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Mary Brian was indicted for stealing four chairs and seve-
ral other articles, the property of iirn. Bright.
The prisoner formed an intimacy with the prosecutor!
whose mother supplied them with a quantity of furniture, ana
they resided in her (the mother's) house. Eventually the
prisoner removed to other lodgings in Drury-lane, end there
they both sold a portion of the furniture; but some disagter
merit arising between them, the prosecutor We her
in
charge for robbery, on account of four of the chairs she had
sold. •
Policeconstable 25 F had charge of the case, and in giving
his evidence hesitated, and was unable to answer any of the
questions put to him by the Judge. Ile seemed to
have forgotten every word the prisoner said by ``;ev
1,,
of explanation when • taken into custody, or when the
charge was entered by the inspector at the station.boo!ey
although he detailed all the conversation before the magi'"
trate by whom she was committed for trial.
The -Assisi'ANT-Junos said he should like to knOw' boAit
was that this policeman could remember every word tew-ra
against the prisoner, while he could not remember one " 01„
which told in her favour. No person was more ready fact
deserved was to give the police every protection, but such A 'ec
deserved severe comment.

The jury at once acquitted the prisoner, and
ace-
The LEAINED Junox said he should not allow the p
man in this case his expenses.
ettno
Ann Shand Harris, a very elegant and ladylike
in her manners and appearance, was Indicted for steely%
coat, the property of Charles Vandergucht.
net,
It appeared that the prosecutor lodged with theitino°,,-
who kept 'a board and lodging-house in Dentine'', .5t1":,„o
Mary lebone, and, according to the prosecutor's data— 1;
she pawned his coat, without his knowledge, for 51.
The prisoner said the prosecutor owed her at the tildes::
coat was pawned 41. 18s. for beard and lodging ; and in ""
ply to her he acknowledged that he owed her 11. 101.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty. kelol
She was next indicted for stealing a china p1ate,...4.,
dozen of finger glasses, and other articles, the prop,
Miss Elizabeth Clewer. nap
The prisoner in November last took the house in_[ot,
tinck-street, furnished, from the prosecutrix, at a T.
170 guineas a-year, and used it as a board and lode"
house. From information the prosscutrix received, Int% .`
was made at two pawnbrokers in the neipbourh .cli
when it was ascertained that the above. articles, Will d.
formed part of the furniture of the house, had been pleufv.
The prisoner denied that she had pawned the erne
herself. They were part of the furniture used by a I°dg
who pawned them, then appealed to her mercy, end
short time afterwards left her, owing her 211. She begged
the Learned Assistant Judge to read the agreement elt-
terid into between her and Miss Clewer.
tilted
The Lear

ne 14,..rncd Judge read the document, which stipd,i
that the prisoner should deliver up the house and funuts—
at the end of a year in the same condition in which she 11;
ceived them, either paying for, or causing to be made, ill
repairs or restorations as were necessary. A,
The prisoner in both cases was undefended, and Mr. Pit
with the assent of several of his learned brethren beside 'l'l
said he would undertake the prisoner's defence, and Eldred'
the jury. The Learned Gentleman ascribed the preset-oqp.,
as having been got up in revenge, on account of rent belo;
unpaid, and which she was prevented from paying, bees,'
she could not get the money which was due to her by tor,i
whom she boarded and lodged. He would wish again to T.,
Mr. Vandergucht how much rent he.owed theprisoner et
time his coat was pawned?
Mr. Varidergucht,replied that what be stated was, tbilt bet
now owed her 30a., but when the coat was pawned the deb ,
might amount to. about 6/. He was one of her lodgers; left
owing her a good deal of money.
Mr. PAYNN contended there was no. evidence of steal
established against the prisoner, becduse she had not Pu!„,
out of her power to get the property back, against the t 3"..
her contract required her to give it up again to shelnw-
cutrix.
The AsszsTANT-Jtrima, in addressing the jury said, Wit nt
respect to the previous conviction, he should respite judgweed
until next sessions as there were circumstances connect.
with the case into which he should wish to make further 111;
quirt'. The question for them to consider was,
property was pledged with the intention of stealing it. g d
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, when the Leertit
Judge said in this case, he would also respite the jade'''.
to the next sessions. whether t

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WORSHIP-STREET.--(THIS DAY')
About eighteen months ago an application was roa,uen-c •
Mr. Bingham, late magistrate of this office, for a srar":„
against two men, named Closer and Hill; the former havi ,
represented himself to be the owner and landlord of a 5011
shop in the dying business in Finsbury, and the latter a Th0
put upon the premises by a sheriff's officer to take possesslo,Pl
&c. The applicant, a young female, then explained to t,F.7
magistrate that the man Closer, if he were, as he had so:
her lather, but of whom neither herself or her sisters had t,hi'
slightest recollection, about twenty years ago left his famiir
in embarrassed circumstances, and the whole of the good
&c., were sold by the sheriff. Some friends rallied rota d
them and purchased some of the furniture, and in the nitol
of the eldest sister business was carried on and continued for
a space of nearly twenty years, when the mother died, an.
then it 'was that Closer so Suddenly made"his appeara!l;
with Bill, to • take possession of goods and premises. ;"
Bingham, in reply to the applicant, said that neitbe
t
Closer or Hill had any right there whatever, as
the business belonged to the eldest daughter; and 111/:
yard, the officer, was sent to inform them that unless el
immediately withdrew, warrants would be granted for the'.
apprehension ; and the trespassers, with evident reluctspe7l
decamped. Within the last•two 'or three days Closer agai•
'made his appearance; another application was made toned
magistrate, Mr: Broughton, and Hayward was again des
to call at the house, and on his arriving there he encoure '
tered Closer, who said that he had taken an inventory of the
goods, and should stop there. Hayward replied, that M
goods which he stated belonged to-him were sold by so:
sheriff upwards of twenty years since. That the 1011136
women bad, by their own industry and perseverance, ,_,,.
nished another home for themselves, and that unless be
ceased annoying them, means would be at once resorted to
to eject him. Hayward added, that he had this morninf,
called upon the young women, when he learnt that the"
tormentor had quietly disappeared.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
•
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9. ofhe
On the return the
Cabinet Ministers this afternoon in the Fairy, under t
p lotage of Commander Crispin, the Earl of Auckland,
First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Earl of Minto,
Lord Privy Seal, took leave of the other members of the
Council at the Royal Clarence-yard, and crossed ov_er,
accompanied by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Dart., Car
tain Milne, of the St. Vincent, and Fla Lieutenant
Collier, to the Rattler screw-vessel, Commander MM.; -
man, to inspect the. arrangements made in that yogi
for the reception of Lord Howden and suite, daily er
petted to embark for the River Plate. The yards of 1116
Rattler were manned on the reception of their LordshiP?,
and the Victory fired a salute. Having inspected "this
tine vessel, their Lordships left and landed at the docw;
yard, where they inspected the
.Sphynx in dock, ill°l
other objects of interest, and in the evening honours,
Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., with their coniPs
to dinner, sleeping at the Commander-in-Chief's mansir_,„f
'the Undine steam-vessel, Master Commander Ally
proceeded to Osborne this afternoon with his Serel.
Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, on a VS
to her Majesty and Prince Albert. His g
mHighnes
rived at Gosport by the eleven o'clock train out fr°,
London, and put up at the Railway Hotel, GosPV
where Mr. Mears, superintendent of the Gosport lisn'
way, introduced Captain Milne, of the St. Vincent, Whl(i
conducted him to the Clarence-yard, whence he embark
in the Commander-in-Chief's barge, and was pat '-
,
board the Undine, which /eft at three for Osborne.
The Fairy performed the distance from the royal plate
of embarkation, Cowes Harbour, to the Royal Clarenl
Victualling Establishment, Gosport, with the Lords
the Privy Council on board, in the extraordinary Vice
of forty minutes.
The Baretto, Junior, transport will sail this evening
with stores and supernumerary officers and ;men for ;,.
William Parker's squadron, off Lisbon.
The Emerald tender arrived this morning from 171/...:
mouth with supernumeraries. She returns with letters
for the Mariner, to take out to the coast of Africa. :„
The Sidon steam-frigate got her steam up in the basic
to-day to try her machinery. She will be tried rows-
the Wight, if possible, to-morrow.

MURDEROUS ATTACK BY A CONVICT AT PORTS'
stotmt.—On Friday morning, at six o'clock, as the convicts
were employed in ttowing away their hammocks, one of the
prisoners, a young man about 20 years of age, who is under;
going sentence of transportation for 15 years, two of ivbif,,
have expired, made a desperate attack on Mr. Meatyard, the
chief mate, by striking him over the head with a broornstiar
to which a piece of chain was attached, felling him to the
deck by the second blow ; and there appears to be no clout)t
that the villain would have accomplished the murder of bl'
victim, if one of the keepers, named Duncannon, at whom ~,
the prisoner also threw the broomstick, had not run to to., ,
chief mate's assistance. So serious are the injuries inflicted •
on Mr. Meatyard, that he continued insensible for four hours;
and now lies in a dangerous state. This atrocious attac
has been communicated to Mr. Capper, of the Home Office'
and the culprit will, of course, be dealt with as he IT;
serves. He has only one arm. We understand that "„.
fellow-prisoners looked on in the affair, without attemptillb
to interfere in behalf of the chief mate, and that some °
them had previously threatened " to do for him."—.lla"
shire Telegraph.
•
DISTRESS IN THE METROFOLIS.—In a second
hand book shop, in George-street, opp „,
osite the Middlesex
Hospital, there are exposed for sale several Bibles and les--
taments, over which is the following placard :—" Distrimi d
-
in the Metropolis—These Bibles and Testaments were sold
by workmen who, unable to obtain employment, sold the,'
to purchase food for themselves and their starving families

BIRTHS. jtarT
On the 3d Inst., at Astlay Castle, Warwicksbl*, Ladl
Hewitt, of a son, Via/
On the 21st ult., at Gibraltar, the lady of Captain Dunlop,
Artillery, of a daughter.
If•derig
On the 4th inst., in the New-road, ritsroy-einare, •
Davison, of a son.
On the 7th Inst., at Charing-cross, the lady of Onnus DiddalPlit
Esq., of a daughter. g
h•Wi
0 I the 7th inst ,in Welbeek•street, Cayendlik-square, •—• fe
William Wardroper, Esq., of a son.
eroid,
On the 7th lust , Dire. David. Wotherapoon, of Lyndhur•
Peckham, of it son.
On the 7th inst., Mrs. Montgomery, of Brentford, of a Baugh
_t.e_r•+er
On the 7th inst., in York-street, Portntan-square, Mrs. ilum•
Itodwell, of a daughter. jamas
On the Ittli inst., in Hyde-park-gardens, the lady of Henry
Wheeler, Esq., of a daughter.

MA/iRJED.
On the 9th inst., at St. Michnol's Church, Coventry, by tho Re•
r
Collisson. Mr. Frederick Byers. of Devonport, to Mary Jane. air
daughter of Francis Hart, Esq., of Stwich

DIED.
On the 24th Feb., at Florence, Edmund Lomax, leg.. of Setlel
Park, in the County of Surrey.
On the morning of the 9th inst., Allan Eliza Isepha Cameron•
daughter of the late Captain Allan Cameron, Bengal horse A railer/.
On the 28th ult., at Exmouth, Anne llornby, aged 87.
On the 4111 inst., at Brighton, the Rev. George Henry Glyn, Ylcar
of Ilenham, Essex, aged 51.
On the Gth Inst., at Middleton House, Sussex, Vice-Admiral .
Tomlimkoh; aged 83.
On the 7th inst., at the Royal hospital, Greenwich, Philip Carteret
Le licyt, Esq., aged 6k.
On the 7th inst., in Alexander. square, Brompton, Abigail, wife of
Robert Bradley, Esq.
On the Bth inst., Christopher Graham, Esq., of Herne-hill,
Surr!.'
On the let inst., at Southampton, Frances, widow of I horoas
(Jerson Ruda, lisq.
On the :Id in.st., Averham Rectory, Notts, Henry John Sutton.
Esq., late Captain in the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, aged 32'„„,.,.
On the 4th inst., at liamilton-terraee. St. Johu's.wood,
an, Esq., aged 63.

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