The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-11 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

DIRECTORIES.—Vice-Chancellor Gifford has given judg-
ment in the case of Morris v. Ashbee, in which a bill
was filed by the proprietor and publisher of the " Business
Directory of London," for the purpose of restraining
an infringement of his copyright by a directory
published by the defendants, and called the " Mer-
chants' and Manufacturers' Pocket Directory of London."
He said : "The simple upshot of the whole case is that
plaintiff's directory was the source from which defendant's
compiled very material parts of theirs, and they had no
right so to resort to that source. They had no right
to make the results arrived at by the plaintiff the foun-
dation for their work or any material part of it, and
this they have done. It was suggested that there can be
no damage; this is not so ; and for the reasons I have
given there must be an injunction and decree with costs,
with this proviso, that the injunction is not to extend to
the advertisements which appeared at the end of or on
separate pages of the plaintiff's work as distinct from the
list of names in the body of it." _ _

Mn. WesoN.— In the Common Pleas, Mr. Hardwicke,
the publisher of Piccadilly, has brought an action against
Mr. Wason for 260 15s. 3d., for printing and publishing
his pamphlets. He obtained a verdict fox the full
amount.

TILE ROUCHS.—At the Marlborough-street Police-
court, two rough-looking young fellows have been charged
before Mr. Mansfield with loitering in Saville-row, for
the purpose of committing a felony. A policeman
said he saw them busily engaged in trying the
pockets of gentlemen, and, after watching them
for three-quarters of an hour, took them into custody.
Upon each of them was a mask used by thieves for dis-
guise. One of the two said he was not wearing the mask.
It was in his pocket, and he only had it for a lark. The
second stated that he only went out with the other young
gentleman to see the illuminations. They were both re-
manded for further inquiries into the truth of their taste
for masquerading and sight-seeing.
NOVEL MEDICAL TREATMENT.-At Westminster Police-
court, the other day, a lady named Fiducia made the
following singular application to Mr. Arnold, the sitting
magistrate. Applicant said that a certain doctor, whose
name she mentioned, had attended her mother and herself for
two years, and she held receipts to prove it. On Saturday
night, at twelve o'clock, her mother was dangerously
ill, and she went to the doctor's house and rang the
night bell, a top window was opened, and the contents of
a water jug thrown over her. She went back, and, finding
her mother worse, returned to the doctor's house. H•
refused to come and see her mother, who was getting
worse, and he abused and menaced her, and in fact almost
pushed her out of the house. She wanted a summons
against the person who threw the water, but the magis-
trate could not help her unless she could ascertain the

name.

Mr. Gladstone is to address again the electors of
South-West Lancashire. He is to give three speeches—
ono at Bootle, another at Garston, and a third at Waver-
tree.

The Rev. Dr. Cooke, whose " deathbed" manifesto
to the "Presbyterians of Ireland" was published some time
ago, has since recovered so far that according to a Dublin
paper, he expects once again to be able to meet his many
friends.

During the last few days a large number of conger
eels have made their appearance in the Thames. One
caught at Woolwich dockyard weighed 481 b., and another
caught at the Arsenal weighed 261 b.; while a third, caught
by a gentleman off North Woolwich, weighed 281b.100z.

The explorers on Monday were successful in recover-
ing five more of the bodies of those who perished in the
Oaks Colliery in December, 1866. The bodies, although in
an advanced stage of decomposition, were identified, with
one except'on.
A conditional order was granted on Monday in the
Dublin Court of Common Pleas, for a new trial in the case
of Harris v. Begot, arising out of the bill transactions of
Mr. Sidney, Q.C. The case has been already twice tried.
On the first occasion the jury disagreed ; on the second a
verdict was found against the bills. The application for a
now trial by the plaintiff is grounded on alleged misdirec-
tion by the jndge, Chief Justice Mou9lan.
ELECTION OF A MAYOR BY HIS OWN CASTING
VOTE.—The customary 9th of November meeting of the
Hartlepool Corporation was held on Monday, when there
was a full attendance, over which the mayor (Mr. G. W. Jaf-
frey) presided. It was proposed by Mr. Alderman Grovets,
seconded by Mr. Councillor Neilson, that Mr. Councillor
White be elected mayor for the ensuing year. As an
amendment, Mr. Alderman Graham proposed, and Mr.
Alderman Walker seconded, that Mr. G. W. Jaffrey be
re-elected. On the votes being taken it was found they
were equal, and the mayor, in the exercise of his privilege,
gaVe the casting vote in.his own favour.
THE ADMIRALTY AND TILE FORTHCOMING ELEC-
TION.—The following order was issued from the Admiralty
on Tuesday :—" In consequence of the great increase
in the nue:ber of voters under the provisions of the
Representation of the People Act of last session, on the
day of polling- a whole holiday will be allowed to all
voters in the naval and victualling establishments and
naval hospitals, to enable them to record their votes,
for which holiday no deduction will be made from their
Pay."

TH E DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—In the
new Registration Act the following provision appears for
shortening the assembling of the new Parliament :
" If the next dissolution of Parliament takes place in the
year 1868, the time to be appointed for the first meeting
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, after such dissolution, may be at any
time not less than twnty-e'ght clays after the date of
proclam: t on, y cl, av, or usage to the contrary
notwithstanding."