The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-17 00:00:00

Sir S. RomiLLy, Mr. BELL, ilnd Mr. SHAD-.

WELL, on the other side, argued, that it was clear
the corrections and additions in. question were
'of the greatest importance to the value of a book
of reference, were the result of great labour as ,
.well as of expense. and therefore entitled the
plaintiffs to the exclusive benefit of them, accord-
ing to the principles established in all the cases
in which copyright bad come in question. I,Vhe-
ther the circumstance of equal time and diligence
being employed in examining and verifying such
improvements, before they were received amongst
other improvements in a subsequent edition of the
same work, made any difference, might perhaps
deserve to be tried at law,; but the defendants had
not put it. urn.) that ground; and they trusted,
therefore, that it an action was to be brought,.
the injunction might continue in the mean time.
With regard to the time whiCh had elapsed, the
defendants had no cause to complain of what.had
enabled them to reimburse themselves for the ex-
pense which they had incurred in invading the
plaintiff's property. The objection as to the'
edition not having been sintered at Sta..
tioners'-Hall was one which it was not necessary

to refute.
The f►nal hearing. was adjourned in cons(venee
-of the C)nincellor being under the necessity of
going to the House of Lords.

COURT OF KiNG'S BENCH, Dec. 16.

ASNACLL

WHITFIELD AND WIFE V. BURROW AND POUR

OTH E.RS.

These were two actions of assault arising ant
of the same transact ion, the 'one by husband and
wife, and the other bv.the husband alone against
the -five defendants. The one, Burrow, was the
keeper of a mad-house at Hoxton, and the others
tradesmen in the neighbourhood. The transac-
tion was as fisllows :—Toe plaintiff was a wine
and porter-mercbant, residing in the Commercial-
road, and on the 31st of July last, Mrs. W. had
been to a neighbouring shop, and was returning
home, being within one hundred yards of her own
Idoor. The five defendants came from Lucas;
street, where it was stated they had been, at a
spat ring match, and all surrounded Mrs. Whit-
field, using some. indecorous familiarities with
tier ; but none sif them could he distinctly spoken
to except Burrow, who hail a short leg and wore
an iron stilt. Mrs. W. screamed out, and just
then her husbsud happened to be passing, and
seeing his wife had been ill treated, he rushed in,
and gate some one of the patty a blow. This
was returned by Burrow, by giving the husband
which knock( d him down, and at the same
1a blow
'time he gave him a kick with his iron shod foot,
which broke his kg. In this state several per-
sons •came-ttp, and the defendants were forced to
go to the Half-way House, in that neighbour-
hood, when they were compelled to.give their
several names and residencies ; but Burrow be-
hared so outrageously, that he was taken to the
watch-house, and confined all night.
The Jury, in the first action, for assaulting
the wife,„ found the defendants all Guilty, and a
Shilling damages ; aid in the second, lot assault-
ling the husband, found Burrows only Guilty, awl
damages 100/.

It blew laSt night, and at an early hour this
morning, a strong gale from the sow h-east. We
fear ow shipping on the coast have suffered front
its violence.
Madame de STAEL's Memoirs of her Father will
appear, on Satitrday next, in French and English..
They are preceded by an introductory Sketch
of
the Author, extracted from the Mercure, edited by
M. BKNJAZYIIN DE CONSTANT, and which concludes
with the following affecting passage ;—" I invite
all who would offer homage to talent or render
.justice to m.ignanimity, all in whom genius in.
spires admiration, or goodness awakens sympathy,
to peruse precloos !Memorial inscribed on a
father's tonal by 'that daughter who is now art in-
mate.* the, sabre grave. I invi,e to the perusal
of this work all who •anuld really know Madame
de STAEt.,_ whose qualities can btu he imperfrctly
described front her other %/OrkS, nnd more
pettedly still in thOse which shall he here r her
written to illustrate her character. Who indeed
shall describe her ? They who-tegret her feebly,
know not how to execute the task ; those who
regret her, as she deserved to be regretted, can.
not attempt