The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-23 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

COPYRIGHT or SONGS.—Before Vice-Chancellor Giffard
the cause of Jeffery v. Sheard was heard. Both parties are
music-sellers, and the plaintiff alleged that Sheard had
in the song " Shan't I be glad when Sally comes home ?"
infringed the copyrignt of the "Fair Gertrude" waltz.
The defendant contended that the piece was written by
another person altogether, and his Honour dismissed the
bill with costs.

£l,OOO DAMAGES IN THE DIVORCE COURT.—For the
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last few days the cause of Barnes v. Barnes and Beau-
mont has occupied the attention of the Divorce Court.
Tie petitioner, who is employed in a small-arms factory
at Enfield, prayed for a divorce from his wife on the
ground of her adultery with the co-respondent, who is a
medical man. The jury, after a long deliberation, came
to the conclusion that both the husband and wife had been
guilty of adultery, but awarded the former £l,OOO
damages.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF PERJURY.-At the Carlisle Assizes
Richard Relph, an engine fitter, was indicted for perjury.
At the present assizes Jonathan Armstrong was found
guilty of forgery. At the Spring Assizes in this year the
executors of the will of Mr. Cook brought an action of
ejectment against Jonathan Armstrong to recover pos-
session of two fields held by him. In order to resist
their claim he produced a deed conveying this land to him,
and called the prisoner to prove that he was present on
the 3rd of July, 1865, at the Appletree Inn, at Cocker-
mouth, and that he saw Mr. Cook and Armstrong in the
house, and that while he was there he saw a sum of £8
paid to Cook, who then handed over a deed, and signed a
receipt for the money, This deed was proved to be a
forgeryf and the evidence of the prisoner was consequently
false. Bradley was sentenced to seven years' penal servi-
tude, and Relph was committed for eighteen months.

DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the
Nottingham Assizes an action was brought against the Mid-
land Railway Company by a Mrs. Sparcy for injuries
sustained. The company's crossing was level with the
street, and the public formerly went over a bridge to
avoid it, but it was taken away, and foot-passengers
crossed on the level. Gates were, as is usual, placed
across the line which would either shut up the line or the
road, according to the requirements of traffic. Formerly
these gates were managed by two servants of the company,
but afterwards they were worked by an ingenious piece
of machinery, which, however, had the disadvantage
of sometimes shutting people on the line when
trains were passing, and frequently accidents occurred.
The plaintiff was crossing, when, without any warning,
the gates were set in motion, and in striving to avoid them,
she fell and received certain injuries. The jury awarded
£2OO damages.

MADAME RACHEL AGAIN.—Mr. Justice Blackburn,
having been convinced that he, and not the committing
magistrate, was the proper authority to deal with Madame
Rachel's proposed bail, consented to go into the matter
on Wednesday at chambers. His lordship was not satisfies
with one of the sureties, and the application for the defen-
dant's release was refused. Madame Rachel, therefore,
still remains in Newgate.

Sin MORTON PETO'S BANKRUPTCY.-At a meeting hedi
for the proof of further debts, statements were produced
by Mr. Haywood, the representative of the official
assignee, shewing that the following sums stood to the
credit of the different estates :—Peto, Betts, and Cramp-
ton, there was a balance of £1,897 applicable to dividend.
Peto and Betts, £90,074 ; the separate estate of Sir
S. Morton Peto, £54,767 ; the separate estate of
Mr. Betts, £32,921 ; and that of Mr. Crompton`
£2,600. It was also announced that a further sum
of about £17,000, which is not included in the account,
had also been recently received in respect of the joint
estates. A resolution to divide the funds was agreed
upon, and the usual notice of dividend will appear in due
course in the Ca:ette. At the last sitting it was arranged
that the railway company should be allowed to prove for
about £500,000, without prejudice to their right to establish
a further claim at any future period if so advised. A
number of additional proofs were now admitted, and
several proofs to which objection was taken were discussed
before the commissioner.

LONGEVITY.—At the Hospital for Invalids,
Malta, on the 2nd July, died Giovanni Seliembri, a
pauper, who had been an inmate therein for upwards of
20 years, having attained the patriarchal age of 111 years,
3 months, and 2 weeks, retaining all his faculties unim-
paired to the last ; dying, in fact, through pure exhaustion
from age.

A BARONET KILLED.—On Saturday Sir Henry
John Seton, Bart., was knocked down by a cab and killed
in St. James's-street. On Wednesday an inquest was Le1(1
on his body, and a verdict of accidental death was
returned. Sir Henry was a Grootn-in•Waiting to her
Majesty. He served in the Peninsula during the great
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