The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

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poser Mr. Russell against the defendant for having un-
lawfully made use of one of his compositions—namely,
" The Ship on Fire "—he having represented it at
Crosby Hall for gain, by which the plaintiff had suffered
great and grievous injury. Two questions were raised
for the adjudication of the Court, in the course of the
arguments pro and con. First, is " The Ship on Fire "
a dramatic composition ? and, second, was Crosby Hall,
at the time the composition was represented there, a
place of dramatic entertainment within the meaning of
the statute ? It appeared, the Learned Chief Justice said,
that the composition in question, and another styled the
" Gambler's Wife" were in the programme, and that
the first piece was intended to convey an ideal of a ship
`on fire, with the scenic adjuncts of a storm and men and
women struggling for their lives. Such a RpresenNion
was intended to create feelings of sympathy and
such as constituted a dramatic entertainment according
to Lord Bacon and other eminent authorities. The
Court, therefore, considered that the composition was
essentially dramatic in accordance with the Acts of the
sth and 6th Viotoria, o 45. The rule, therefore, for a
new trial must be discharged.
Rule discharged accordingly.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)

IN RE-LAZARITS,-SIISPENSION OF CERTIFICATE FOR

TWELVE MONTHS.

This bankrupt had carried on an extensive business as
a horse-dealer, in Oxford-street, and to-day came up fer
his certificate.

His Homoun said that although no creditors opposed,
he did not consider it was a case in which he ought to
grant the certificate forthwith. The bankrupt's debts
and liabilities were nearly 2,0001., and there was not a
farthing for the creditors. The bankrupt had gone on
trading long after it was evident he was utterly bank-
rupt, and had been paying some of his creditors in pre-
ference to others; and even the day before the fiat he had
paid one creditor 20s. in the pound and left other
tradesmen to whom he owed small debts unpaid. It
could not be expected they would go to the trouble or
expense of attending to oppose, but to protect such per-
sons he felt bound to suspend the certificate for twelve
months from the date of the fiat (in October last).
The bankrupt pressed for protection.
His HONOUR said ho never made a rule to grant pro-
tection, but left the bankrupts open to arrest as a punish-
ment for their improper trading.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
Joseph Brooks, a well-known thief, was placed before
Mr. Hardwick, charged with having picked the pocket
of Mr. Spring Rice, son of Lord Monteagle, of a purse
containing a quantity of silver coin.

The prosecutor stated that yesterday afternoon, about
five o'clock, he was walking along Charles-street, by
the Opera Colonnade, when he felt a sudden twitch at his
pocket. He immediately put his hand in his pocket,
and missed his purse, containing about 18s. in silver.
He turned round, and saw the prisoner standing close to
his side, and suspected him to bo the thief. Witness
then looked for a constable, and the prisoner, seeing
that he was suspected, called a cab, got into it, and
ordered the cabman to drive on. Witness then went up
to the door of the cab, and said to the prisoner, "My
man you have picked my pocket." The prisoner made
no reply, and the cabman drove slowly up the Hay-
market. Witness followed the cab as far as Regent-
circus, when he met a constable and gave the prisoner
in charge.
Dearne, 141 C, said he was on duty in Regent-circus
last evening, when the prosecutor came up to him, and
pointing out a cab, told him that a man was in it, who
had picked his pocket. Witness went up to the cab and
took the prisoner into custody and conveyed him to the
station, where he was searched but nothing found upon
him. The prisoner had plenty of time to make away
with the purse before witness took him.
The prisoner, who protested his innocence of the
charge, was remanded till to-morrow.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 29.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions are limited, and
the market has a dull appearance, but prices continue about
the same as last quoted. Eastern Counties, New 161. Shares,
% p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 4514—Lancashire and York-
shire, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 33% c. dis.—London
and North—Western, 131%—Ditto, Quarters 21,i P.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 601—Midland Stock,
105—Ditto, New Halves, 57/4 c. dis.—North Staffordshire,
2% dis.—Preston and Wyre, No. 1, 34%—Ditto, Half Shares
(A), No. 4,3% p.--South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds,
23 dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B. Exten-
sion), No. 2,1% p.—Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase, 114 c. p„_
York and North Midland, Preference, 376 p.—Tournay and
Jurbise, 13%.

MANCHESTER, MAY 29.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 7 11-16 dis.—Lancashire and
Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 3 11-16 c. dis.-6lanchester,
Sheffield, and
1-16 Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,2% dis.—Ditto,
Preference, p.—Ditto (Grimsby), 20/. Shares, 73/, North British, British, Thirds, 2n. dis.---South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4,2%.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT MESSRS. COMEES'. Yesterday evening a serious accident occurred at the
brewery of Messrs. Combe and Delafield, Long Acre.
A man named Charles Broome, who had been employed
to clean one of the large vats, which are forty feet high,
was standing on the top of the ladder, his foot slipped,
and he fell over to the ground. His skull and ribs were
fracture. He was taken to the Middlesex Hospital, but
little hopes are entertained of his recovery.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yes-
terday morning, about three o'clock, a most myterions
and destructive fire happened on the premises of Mr.
Bradshaw, glass-merchant, Great Marlborough-street,
near Regent-street. It originated in the lower part of
the premises, and although Mr. Staples, with two bri-
gade engines, quickly arrived at the spot on the first
alarm, yet such was the extent to which the flames
reached, 'and so quickly, that they communicated to the
ground floor and drawing-room. By extraordinary ex-
ertions on the part of the firemen and police, by four
o'clock the fire was extinguished, but not until
great damage was done to the valuable furnitureo
and
other property. Not the least account could h
ob-
tained of the cause of the fire, and the great damage it
has occasioned. - - _

Colonel —C7 Rowan, 'senior Commissioner of the
metropolitan police, will, it is said, shortly receive the
honour of knighthood from her Majesty.