The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-13 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Thomas Gregory, a printer, was summoned for re-
fusing to deliver up a manuscript copy of a lecture on
Bloomerism, the property of a Mr. Jobson.
The complainant stated that he intrusted the manu-
script to the defendant for the purpose of printing it,
but instead of doing so he used it on his own account.
With this view he entered into an arrangement with
a lady, made her learn the contents of the manuscript
by heart, and introduced her to the public to lecture
on Bloomerism. That they travelled the country to-
gether, and were reaping a rich harvest. He (com-
plainant) finding how matters were going on, and
not having sanctioned such a U9O to be made of his
manuscript, had therefore adopted the present pro-
ceeding in order to compel the restitution of it, and
make defendant and the lady to desist from their con-
duct.

A respectable-looking woman, who described her-
self as the defendant's wife, said that he was at pre-
sent out of town, but that she was prepared to deliver
up the manuscript, and had brought it down to the
court for that purpose. She here handed it to the
complainant, who, on glancing at it, said it was not all
there.

Mr. ATECKETT-Ii the manuscript in your bind-
writing ? The complainant answered i❑ the affirma-
tive, but said that a copy of it had been taken and
detained by the defendant. _ _

Mr. AIjECKETT said, that if the defendant in-
fringed the complainant's copyright, he had his re-
medy against him, but not in this court; that the
manuscript named in the summons was now produced,
and, so far as that went, the purpose was answered
for which the application was made.
The complainant said that a portion of his manu-
script was still kept back, and that his principal object
was to have it restored, and to prevent the parties
from making any further use of it.
Mr A'BECKETT slid that he had no objection to
adjourn the further hearing of the case for a week.

HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)

It was shown in the report for the last week of Oc-
tober that the mortality was considerably diminished ;
it now appears that concurrently with a great fall
in the temperature it has again risen to nearly the
same amount as prevailed during the earlier part of
last month. The deaths registered in London in the
week ending last Saturday were 989. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 18-11-50 the aver-
age was 967 ; but the population has increased since
that period, and the averge, if corrected, in propor-
tion to the increase, is 1,064, compared with which
last week's mortality shows a decrease of 75.
The increase in the previous week is visible amongst
the young, the middle-aged, and persons of advanced
life. It is also observed in all those classes of disease
which mike the largest contributions to the mor-
tality ; for last week the deaths enumerated in the
epidemic class rose from 222 to 242, those in the
tubercular class from 156 to 171, those caused by
diseases of the brain, spinal marrow, &c. 7 from 78
to 115 ; those by diseases of the heart, &c., from
33 to 40 ; those by diseases of the lungs and other
organs of respiration, from 105 to 148 ; by diseases
of the stomach, liver, and other organs of digestion,
from 54 to 63; by diseases of the kidneys, &c.,
from 6 to 11; by rheumatism and diseases of the
joints, &c, from 3 to 8 ; by atrophy, from 16 to 23.
As in former weeks, scarlatina and typhus predo-
minate amongst epidemics, the former having in-
creased in fatal cases from 50 in the previous week to
59 in the last. Typhus numbers 58, besides 2 from
ague, 1 from remittent fever, 1 from infantine fever,
and 3 from rheumatic fever, but at present it does
not show a disposition to become more fatal.
The mortality from small-pox rose from 17 deaths
in the previous week to 24 (21 children having died
of it last week, and 3 adults above 15 years of age).
It is stated in only one case that vaccination had been
previously performed. Besides the above, the death
of a child of one year occurred from chicken-pox.
On 30th October, in Lambeth, at 29, James-street,
the son of a wood sawyer, aged 2 years, died of
" small-pox." Mr. Dews states that "the mother of
the deceased nursed four of her children together
when ill with small-pox, and having nursed others
under the same disease she did not consider it neces-
sary to have medical assistance, which was not called
in till the child was dying. The medical attendant
therefore declined giving a certificate. On asking
the mother why she did not vaccinatesher children, she
said she had seen three different instances of children
breaking out in sores on their beads after vaccination,
which were not cured for two or three years. This
she attributed to foul lancets being used, which ap-
peared also to be the opinion of the doctor who
attended one of the children."
In the sub-district of Somers-town, at 2, Charles-
place, the daughter of a farrier, aged 7 years, died of
" scarlatina (1 day), convulsions (10 hours)." Two
sisters of the deceased, and a brother, aged 16 years,
died previously of the same disease ; their deaths
were registered in the week ending 27th September.
In the same sub-district, at 20, Melton-crescent, the
son of an engineer, aged 16 years, died of "scarlatina
anginosa (6 days), hydrocephalus internus (3 days)."
Mr. Matthews states that the drainage in the latter
place is bad.
At 3, Elizabeth-place, Ball's-pond, on the Ist and
sth November respectively, two children, aged
severally 9 months and 8 years, died of "scarlatina
anginosa ;" and at 1, Crown- cottages, Upper Hollo-
way, the daughter of a grocer, aged 8 years, died on
3d November of "scarlatina (9 days)," the sister of
deceased having died of it on 27th October. On the
2,1 and 3.1 November the son and daughter of a light
porter, aged respectively 12 years and 16 month', died
at 3, Langley-street, Long-acre, of " malignant scar-
latina, after illness of 10 and 9 days' duration." In
St. Mary's, Marylebone, at 34, Horace-street, on the
4th and sth November, two sons of a labourer died
of scarlatina, which in one case was followed by en-
largel glands.
In the South sub-district of West London, at 1,
Dean-street, St. Andrews, the sou of a printer, aged
4 years, died on 7th November of " scarlatina (7
clays). " •Mr. ,Nason,-the registrar,_ adds that " this is
the fourth death in the same house from scarlatina,
three having previously occurred in another family,
that of a compositor mentioned in former reports. A.