The Sun.
London, England, 1833-03-07 00:00:00

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

THE GUIDE TO KNOWLEDGE.-CROUCHLEY
t•. EDWARDS AND OTHERS.

Our readers will recollect that, some time since, the plaintiff
obtained an injunction restraining the defendant, who is the
publisher of "The Guide to Knowledge," from publishing a
map of London, which the plaintiff alleged was a piracy of a
map published by him.

Mr. ANDERSON this morning, on the part of the defendants,
applied for the dissolution of that injunction, first, upon the
ground of the want of copyright in the plaintiff; his map having
been compiled, with the exception of a very small portion, from
other maps ; secondly, that the defendants had not included in
their map that part which had been attached to the plaintiffs
from actual survey ; thirdly, the non-sienilarity between
the two maps, that published by the defendants being
much smaller ; and, lastly, that even if the plaintiff had
the copyright, he had forfeited the protection given him by
the Acts, in not having complied with the provisions, by putting
the date of the publication on the snap. The Learned Coun-
sel contended that, independent of any other point, the omis-
sion of the date of the publication on the map, which was re-
quired by all the Acts on the subject, would at once entitle
him to the dissolution of the injunction, leaving the plaintiff
to seek his remedy at law. In support of that point, the
Learned Counsel cited the cases of Newton and Cowie,
Nicholson and Barfield, and several other authorities.
Mr. KNIGHT, with whom was Mr. RICHARDS, on behalf
of the plaintiff, contended that the Acts applied to prints and
not to maps.
His HONOUR could not see how it could be contended that
there was no originality in the plaintiff's map on the ground
of its being compiled from others. According to his under.
standing of the case there had been a piracy by the de-
fendants, and the case would be clear for continuing the in-
junction but for the point which had been raised of the omis-
sion of the date of publication; there appeared so much ground
however, for upholding the law laid down in the case of New-
ton v. Cowie, that although the Court agreed with the argu.
mcnts of the Counsel for the defendant, that maps did not stand
on the same ground as prints, yet it thought it right that the
opinion of a Court of Law should be taken on the subject. His
Honour would therefore continue the injunction, directing the
plaintiff, forthwith, to brilig an action.
Mr. KNIGHT, on behalf of the plaintiff, undertook to de-
liver a declaration of action within a fortnight, to be tried in the
Court of Exchequer.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the
Falmouth packet, Shigg, from St. Michael's. Off port the
Rubican, Daniels, from Sydney, New South Wales.
FALMOUTH, MARCH s.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W.—
Arrived the David, Hancock, from Trofrain.

DARTMOUTH, MARCH s.—Arrived off port, the Sarah,
Wilson, from Berbice.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH s.—Arrived the Floraville, Stephen-
son, from Buenos Ayres; Ardent, Hartgreave, from Demerara ;
Barbailian, Nagle, from Barbadoes ; Canova, Moffatt, from
New Orleans ; and Wm. Donald, Murphy, from Savannah.
BELFAST, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Herald, Shaw, from
Laguira ; Spencer, Sinclair, from Galway, with damage and
leaky, and must discharge; bound to Liverpool, the Neptune,
Burns, from Jamaica.
NEWRY, MARC!! s.—Arrived the Dante, Higgins, from
New York.

GREENOCK, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Madeira, Ross, from
Demerara.

DEAL, MARCH 6.—Wind N. N. W. Fresh.—Arrived his
Majesty's ship Talavera, from Sheerness, and remains with the
combined squadron. Arrived from the river and sailed the
Glaphyra, for Antigua; the Hibernia, Sadley, and Columbus,
for Jamaica; the Stranger Richards, for Para; and the Ethel-
red, for Jamaica. Arrived and remain his Majesty's ships
Canning and George the Fourth, from China.
DUBLIN, MARCH s.—Arrived the Union, Russell, from
Naples.