The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-29 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE GRENVILLE MURRAY CASE.—The summons against
Mr. Hill, proprietor of the Flying Horse, for alleged
perjury arising out of the Grenville Murray case, has been
dismissed by Mr. Knox, the magistrate at Marlborough-
street. Mr. Hill, it will be remembered, was bail for Mr.
Murray. Rosekelly, the warrant officer, who brought the
charge against Mr. Hill, was bound over to prosecute the
charge at the Central Criminal Court, at his own request.
INGENIOUS FRALM.—A novel attempt at fraud has been
brought before the Westminster Police-court. A lady
living in Cadogan-place received a telegram purporting to
come from her son, who was in Scotland, as follows :
" When Howell sends for his account, £23 14s. 3d., pay it ;
get a receipt on account." In the course of the day the
prisoner called, saying he had come from Howell and
James's, and produced a receipt for the amount specified.
Fortunately the servant's suspicions were excited and the
prisoner was told to call again, and the imposition was
detected. The prisoner was remanded.
THE LICENSING ACT.—Thirteen working-men were sum-
moned at the Thames Police-court for drinking in a public-
house on Sunday morning, and were fined 2s. each and
costs.

CHARGE or AESON.—A boot and shoe maker, named
Russell, carrying on business in Horton, was charged at
Worship-street Police-court with setting fire to his pre-
mises, to defraud the Sun Insurance Office of £7OO. A
number of wicker baskets, filled with loose papers and satu-
rated with paraffin, were found piled on each other, calico
was hung from the ceiling to the baskets, the gas was full
on and the taps turned on, and a piece of burning candle
left so as to fire the combustibles after a certain time. The
prisoner and his family then went to the Britannia Theatre,
but the attention of the police being called to the house a
discovery was made in time to prevent a catastrophe. Pri-
soner strongly protested his innocence, but was committed
for trial.

SEWING MACHINE CASE.—At the Court of Session,
Edinburgh, a patent case, respecting the Wilcox and Gibbs
sewing machine, has been heard. The jury gave a verdict
for the pursuers, and the Lords awarded damages and
costs to them, prohibiting the defenders, Williams,
Stirling, and Sons, of Glasgow, from further infringing
Messrs. Wilcox and Gibbs' patent rights.

The Avignon Chamber of Commerce has decided to
petition the Government for the establishment of Chambers
of Conciliation in all the manufacturing centres of the
French Empire. These Chambers are to be composed
equally of employers and employed, and are to adjudicate
upon all differences between them. They are also to
advise the Government on questions of economic or social
reform. _ _

BURNS.—The Neu, York Nation states that in
America there are two copies of Burns sold for one of
Byron ; that ten editions of Burns, published in America,
are in the market to six of Byron; while in importa-
tions from abroad Burns is vastly in excess. Scott sells
worse than any modern pcet except Wordsworth, and to
one copy of his works there are forty sold of Burns's.
t` ROSA BONITEI:I2."—A young Philadelphian, who
has been in Paris dining with Rosa Bonheur, thus gossips
about her : " She has the Frenchman's way of placing her
index finger along the full length of her nose, which I
never before saw a woman do ; and she parts her hair on
ono side, like a man, letting it fall on her forehead.
It is entirely gray, except where it is snow-white. In-
deed, the lady looks older than her mother. She
talks energetically, clearly, and rather didactically, but is
extremely pleasant. Harry shewed her his pistol, and
she said: Oh, yes, I know, I carry one just like it,' and
she pulled it out of her pocket to shew it to us.
As it was loaded, it frightened the family considerably
to see her manceuvre it in her off-hand way. After
dinner she smoked her cigar like the other gentlemen of
the party."