The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-17 00:00:00

SUNDAY TRADING.

A bill to amend the laws relating to tho selling
and hawking of goods on Sunday within the metro-
politan police district and City of London and
liberties thereof, brought into the House of Lords
by Lord Chelmsford, has been printed. It inflicts
penalties for selling, offering, and exposing goods
for sale, and for delivering meat, fish, and poultry ;
and gives power to police-constables to seize goods
hawked or exposed for sale in certain cases. Ser-
vants. are saved from the operation of the act. The
provisions of the act are not to apply to the
selling, offering, or exposing for sale of any me-
dicine, drug, or other article for medicinal pur-
poses ; nor to the selling, offering, or exposing for
sale, without public cry, of any meat, fish, or
poultry before the hour of nine o'clock in the
morning ; nor to the selling, offering, or exposing
for sale or hawking or crying any milk or cream
before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning or after
the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon ; nor to the
selling, offering, or exposing for sale, without
public cry, of any fruit or pastry, or of any beve-
rage which may by law be ordinarily sold without
license, before the hour of ten o'clock in the morn-
ing and after the hour of one o'clock in the after-
noon ; nor to the selling, offering, or exposing for
sale, without public cry, of any periodical publica-
tion before the hour of ten o'clock in the morning
and after the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon ;
nor to the exercise of the ordinary and lawful busi-
ness of a cook-shop, coffeehouse, or eatinghouse-
keeper before the hour of ten o'clock in the morn-
ing or after one o'clock in the afternoon ; nor to the
exercise of the ordinary and lawful business of a
baker, licensed victualler, or keeper of any inn,
tavern, hotel, public-house, or other house licensed
for the sale of beer or of exciseable liquors.

COUNTERFEITING TRADE MAItKS.—A large whole-
sale customer from London walked into the warehouse of
one of our leading button manufacturers. A member of
the firm who was in attendance held out his hand for the
friendly greeting that usually preceded business negotia-
tions. To his'great surprise this was indignantly refused.
The customer then threw down a parcel of buttons, asking
the manufacturer wht ther they were not made by him.
The buttons, the card on which they were placed, and the
papers in which they were wrapped were examined, and the
name of the firm was found to be stamped on the back of
the buttons; the name and a sort of escocheon used as a
trade mark were printed on the wrapping paper. which
was of the same colour and quality as that used in the
manufactory. The customer then explained the cause of
his indignation ; ho had purchased those at 10 per cent.
under the prices he had been paying directly to tho manu-
facturer, whom he accused of a breach of faith in supplying
other dealers at a lower price. This was at once denied, and
the manufacturer offered to show his books in proof of the
denial. A further examination of the buttons was made ;
some were pulled to pieces, and then it was seen that they
were only imitations of the articles they were supposed to
bo,—that they were of inferior quality in everything but ex-
ternal appearance; but the imitation was so close that the
manufacturer himself was at first deceived by them. Fur-
ther investigation proved that the buttons were imported
from the continent, and that they were probably made in
Belgium,—llinithighain -Daily IW.