The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1866.

POLICE IN TELLIGEN oE—Tbis Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Susrictous CONDUCT. Morris Brown, travelling glazier,
residing in Spitalfields, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with being found in the house of the Dowager Lady Wen-
lock, 29, Berkeley-square, for the purpose of committing a
felony.
Lord Wenlock was in attendance.
Elizabeth Amey, in the service of the Dowager Lady
Wenlock, said About 2; yesterday afternoon the pri-
soner rang the area bell. I opened the gate, and asked
what he wanted, and he said he had come to mend a
window at the top of the house. I asked who had sent
him, and he said a woman, but that ho had forgotten her
name. Chas. Pullen, also in her ladyship's service, then
stepped forward, and :asked the prisoner if he had come
from Mr. Naylor's, that being the name of the person doing
the repairs, and he said " yes." The prisoner was then
allowed to go upstairs.
Charles Pullin—On asking the prisoner if he came from
Mr. Naylor's, in James-street, Oxford-street, he said "yes."
I then allowed the prisoner to bo shown up-stairs. In
consequence of something that took place I asked the pri-
soner why he had stated that he had come from Mr.
Naylor's, and he then said that he had not said so, and
he was then given into custody.
Morris Griffiths, in the service of Lord Wenlock,
said—l yesterday afternoon saw the prisoner on the land-
ing at the top of the house, and asked him his business.
Ile said that he wanted to see the lady who lived in the
room where he had been mending the window. I then
left the prisoner in charge of a carpenter who was at
work, while I made inquiries how he got admitted. The
previous witness said the prisoner was admitted because
he said he came from Mr. Naylor's, and on his asking the
prisoner why ho had said so he said ho was a poor man,
and that the way he got his living was by going from
house to house. In the place whore I saw the prisoner,
which was some distance from the room he had been in,
there were boxes containing valuable property, and although
the prisoner had been in the house half an hour he had not
done five minutes' work.
Evidence having been given showing that the prisoner
was not in Mr. Naylor's employ,
Edward Sharrill, 50 C, said—After taking the prisoner
into custody I made inquiries, and found that he got his
living as a travelling glazier. He said a female had asked
him to come in and mend the window,
The Prisoner said ho got his living honestly by mend-
ing windows ; he was not a thief. As soon as he found
what a large place he was in he thought there was some
mistake, and went to look for the person to get paid for
what he had done, when he saw the person (Griffiths).
He had been in the country five years, had a wife and
family, mind could refer to persons who had employed him.
_ He told the person when ho asked him why he said he
came from Mr. Naylor's, that he did not say so, but that
he came for himself.
Mr. Knox—I am going to remand you for a week to
have a thorough investigation into your character, and
what you have been doing about London. You go to the
house, get in by a false representation. You are found to
have done but little work, and are found at some distance
from the room you were engaged in evidently prowling
about, and :then you deny stating what the witnesses
swear you did say. It is clear that you simply wanted to
make your way into the house, whether with an honest
intention or not I cannot say. You can produce next
week persons who will speak to your character.

Mr. Doulton and the Lambeth Electors,

The result of the announcement on the part of
Mr. Doulton, last night, that he should vote for the
amendment of Earl Grosvenor in opposition to the
Government has produced the greatest excitement
in Lambeth. This morning the leading men in his
constituency, composed principally of small shop-
keepers and artisans, were induced to believe that
when the time came to voce he would be found on the
Government side, but thenewspapers this morning set
aside the supposition, and a feeling of excitement and
opposition has arisen in the borough far exceeding
that of a contested election. The chief supporters
of ➢lr. Doulton express the greatest dissatisfaction
at his determination, and steps are now being taken
to hold a monster meeting of the electors and non-
electors of the borough for the purpose of calling
upon the lion. member to resign his seat in Parlia-
ment immediately. _ .

The chances of the bon. gentleman's re-election to
Parliament for the borough of Lambeth are alto-
gether hopeless, and it is said amongst the electors
that he would not now get a dozen votes.

ELECTION COMMITTEES —This Day.

NEW WINDSOR.

The proceedings in this committee were commenced to-
day by the examination of Mr. Adam Murgatroyde, a pub-

lican, of Now Windsor, who said two rooms were en-
gaged in his house prior to the election for committee-rooms
for Labouchere and Hoare. He was paid £2O at first, and
had since received a cheque for X 25 on account. He supplied
a good deal of refreshment to the supporters of Labouchere
and Hoare's supporters. Amongst it were three or four
dozen of champagne, eight or nine gallons of port, the
same quantity of sherry, and as many gallons of beer.
There was a good deal of soda and brandy also drank.
(Laughter.) He did not take any money for the
refreshment. He supposed Labouchere and Hoare
would pay, but they had repudiated it. There were
about 200 Gr so of the free and independant in and
the house during the polling. Mr. Last, the agent for
Labouchere and Hoare, had refused to pay the bill for the
drink, but he said he would pay a fair sum for the hire of
the room. Ho wanted Last to pay for broken windows and
property destroyed, but he refused. Ho told Mr. Last that
his (witness's) wife was alarmed by the roughs, and she
supplied them with beer to keep them quiet.
By the Chairman—Ho could not tell who ordered the
champagne and sherry on the day of election. The voters
said it would be all right, and it was given. The agents
for Labouchere and Hoare were in the house, and must
have seen the wine supplied. The wine was sent upstairs,
but a great many of the roughs had got up there. His
house was near the Town-hall, at which the election took
place. He did not think that the price he had charged for
the refreshments were exorbitant.
Another witness, a publican, also admitted that he had
supplied refreshments to the supporters of Labouchere and
Hoare. One item in the bill was £5O for punch—(laughter)
for Sir H. Hoare.

NOTTINGHAM.
The committee had not announced the nature of the
report up to the hour of going to press.

MAIDSTONE.

A witness named Samuel Day was the first witness
examined this morning on the part of the sitting member.
lie denied that he had ever bribed or offered a bribe to
any of the electors. He took a very active part in the
election, but that was solely from principle.

Important Decision under the Copyright

Works of Art Act,

INGRAM V. GECK AND MOIR.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Wood, April 19.)

This was an injunction bill filed by the proprietor of the
Illustrated London News against the defendants, importers
of and wholesale dealers in prints and engravings and
foreign goods, carrying on their business at 16, Little
Trinity-lane, Upper Thames-street, praying that the de-
fendants might be restrained from selling any copies or
colourable imitation of the plaintiff's painting called " The
Children in the Wood," from a painting by Mr. C. Lucy,
which bad been published and sold with and as part of the
Christmas Number of the plaintiff's said paper on the 23d

December.
Mr. Rolt, Q.C., for the plaintiff, stated that the picture
in question and the copyright bad been purchased for pub-
lication in the Illustrated London News, and duly registered
pursuant to the Copyright Works of Art Act, at Stationers
Hall; that towards the end of March last the plaintiff's
managers became aware that pirated copies were exten-
sively circulated and sold in London; and that thereupon
inquiries bad been instituted, and the defendants ascer-
tained to be the importers from Germany and wholesale
sellers of such pirated copies, whereupon the present suit
was instituted.
Mr. Boyd, on behalf of the defendants, admitted that he
could not struggle against the evidence ; but urged that
the defendants had, on the institution of the suit, sent back
all the pirated copies in their possession to Germany to the
parson from whom they received the same.
The Vice-Chancellor expressed his opinion that the
plaintiff was entitled to have such copies returned and de-
livered up to be cancelled. His Honour then decreed a
perpetual injunction against the defendants, according to
the prayer of tho plaintiff's bill ; and directed an account
to be taken of all the pirated copies sold by the defendants,
and of the profits made by them, and that they pay such
profits to the plaintiff. Alsn an account of the pirated
copies in the possession or power of the defendants, and
that the defendants deliver up such copies to the plaintiff
for cancellation. His Honour also directed the defendants
to pay the costs of the suit.
Solicitors for plaintiff, Rogerson and Ford, 31, Lincoln's-
inn-fields ; solicitors for defendants, Blake and Snow

North Carolina Manfully Meeting her
Difficulties.

Virginia and North Carolina have now placed
themselves above the suspicion of any design to
repudiate their debts contracted prior to the war,
and the other Southern States will no doubt follow.
The action of Virginia has been already reported.
That of North Carolina will be seen by the follow-
ing copy of the Act :
Whereas—lt appears by the estimate of the Pub-
lic Treasurer, that the debt of the State upon cou-
pons now due on bonds issued under acts passed
prior to the 20th day of May, A.D. 1861, is about
the sum of two and a half million of dollars, and
that the coupons falling due in the year 1866 will
amount to about the sum of $650,000, and that the
bonds of the State, due and to become due in the
year 1866, amount to the sum of $364,000, making
an aggregate sum of $3,514,000 of the public debt,
which was contracted before the war, to be pro-
vided for during the present fiscal year ; therefore,
in order to provide means to enable the Public
Treasurer to pay said debts—
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That the
Public Treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorised
and directed to cause to be prepared and to sell
bonds of the State to an amount not exceeding the
sum of $3,500,000, for the purpose of paying said
debt, which bonds shall bear date the Ist day of
January, 1866, and to be made payable 34 years
thereafter, with coupons bearing six per cent. in-
terest payable at such places as the Public Trea-
surer may prescribe ; the said bonds shall be of the
denomination of $lOO, $5OO, and $l,OOO, and shall
not be disposed of for less than par, and in all other
respects shall he issued agreeably to the provisions
of the 19th chapter of the Revised Code, and the
said bonds and the interest accruing thereon shall
be exempt from taxation.
SEC. 2. That the bonds of the State which were
issued under acts passed prior to the 20th day of
May, 1861, and which have already become due, or
may become due, before the Ist day of January, A.D.
1867, shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent.
per annum, from the time the same shall have or
may become due.
SEC. 3. That the act shall be in force from its
ratification.
Ratified the 9th day of March, 1866.