The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-18 00:00:00

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Sir J. WiGn.ot.)
His HONOUR was engaged hearing motions, the argu.
ments on one of them alone occupying the whole morn-
ing. It was a motion for an injunction of the Court to
restrain a glove-maker named Thompson from infring-
ing a patent possessed by the plaintiff for cutting-out
pieces of leather used in glove-making, of a triangular
shape, called fourchettes, which are inserted between the
finger-pieces. This patent, it was alleged, Mr. Thomp-
son had invaded ; the affidavits were numerous, and se-
veral cuttings of leather were produced as exhibits. On
the part of the defentlaat it was contended that there was
no novelty in the invention, and that it was not such a
patent as could be infringed.

QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS- DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi ?lit.'s at the Guildhall, before Lord
DENMAN and London Special Juries.)
HAYNE V. RHODES AND OTHERS.
This was an action against Messrs. Rhodes, Beauvoir,
and Lane, of Chancery-lane, to recover compensation in
damages for an alleged negligence of their duties as at-
torneys, by which the plaintiff had been induced to ad-
vance 6001. upon insufficient security.
Mr. BALL opened the pleadings.
Mr. WATSON, in opening the case for the plaintiff,
said, that in the year 1839 the plaintiff had seen an ad-
vertisement for a secretary to some new formed com-
pany, and had, in consequence, applied to a Mr. George
Ross, who informed him that he was projector of a new
company for the improvement of Holborn, and
that the secretary to the new company would have
a salary of 4001., which office the plaintiff should have
on condition of his advancing to Ross 6001., for the pur-
pose of forming the company, Ross undertaking to give
security for the return of the 6001. in the event of the
company not being formed. The security proposed was
a reversionary interest, which Ross alleged he possessed
in a certain freehold estate at Tittenhall, in Somerset-
shire. The plaintiff employed the defendants as his
attorneys in the transaction, and advanced the 6001. to
Ross upon the proposed security. The company was
not formed, and when the plaintiff attempted to have re-
course to his security, it was discovered that it was
valueless, inasmuch as the estate in question had been
disposed of to the person now in possession before the
date of the conveyance to Ross.
Evidence having been called to prove the plaintiff's
case,

ISIT,PLATT (with whom was Mr. Peacock), on the
part of the defendants, took various technical objections
to the pleadings, which proved' atal, and
Lord DENMAN directed the plaintiff to be nonsuited.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY).
(Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF BARON
and a special jury.)
HOLFORD V. /JENNISON.
This was an action to recover 1,3721., the balance of an
account alleged to be due from the plaintiff to the de-
fendant. The defendant had put several pleas on the
record, the principal of which, however, was the statute
of limitations.

Mr. Crowder, Q.C., and Mr. Montague Smith ap-
peared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr.
Gray for the defendant.

The case for the- Plaintiff rested on an agreement,
stated to have been entered into between the parties as
long ago as 1831, when the defendant having previously
acted as clerk to the' plaintiff, commenced business as a
broker on his own account.
His LORDSIIIP was of opinion that there was nothing
to take the case out of the statute of limitations.—Verdict
for the defendant. -

COMMON -PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in London.)
MANGNALL V. M'ALPINE.
The plaintiff's case having closed yesterday, Mr. JARVIS
(with whom were Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Web-
ster), for the defence, proceeded this morning to call
witnesses from Glasgow, Paisley, and Barhead, to prove
that moveable stenters were in use in Scotland, for the
dressing and finishing of various woven fabrics, years
before Bridson's patent. The trial will occupy to a late
hour, if it be concluded to-day.
The case of " Gibbs v. Flight " is peremptorily fixed
for to-morrow.

CRIMINAL—OURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN and Mr. Baron RoLFE.)
THE BANK OF ENGLAND FORGERY.
William Burgess, the young man who stands charged
with forging the name of Oxenford to a bank transfer, to
defraud the Bank of England of 8,0001., was this morning
placed within the dock, in conjunction with several other
prisoners, to plead to an indictment preferred against
him. The indictment contained as many as six counts,
and averred that the prisoner did, on a day past, aid
and assist Joseph Elder, or some person unknown, to
personate the owner of certain shares of public stock, of
the value of 8,2001., with intent to defraud one William
Oxenford thereof. In the remaining counts the parties
alleged to have been defrauded were the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England.
The Hon. Stewart Wortley, Q.C., Mr. Adolphus, and
Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr.
Bodkin and Mr. Charnock for the defence.
The prisoner, on being called upon for the purpose,
pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. BODKIN then made an application to have the
trial postponed till to-morrow morning, on the ground
that the prisoner's counsel had not had sufficient time
since the delivery of their instructions to examine into
the facts and circumstances of the case. The briefs
were only delivered late on the preceding Thursday,
and the Learned Counsel were therefore quite unpre-
pared to defend the prisoner at this early period.
Mr. STUART Wonnasr urged that sufficient time had
been allowed the prisoner to prepare for the defence, and
said he was rather surprised that the delivery of the in-
structions to his Learned Friend had been deferred to
so late a period. It would be an inconvenience to the
numerous witnesses who were in attendance for the pro-
secution ; but if their Lordships' assented to the post-
ponement, of course he could not object to it.
Mr. Baron ROLVIC, after consulting with Mr. Justice
Wightman, acceded to the application of the prisoner's
counsel, and directed the trial to be brought on at ten
o'clock to-morrow morning.

,".lIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(Before the AtISISTA.Nr-J11700E.)
The Court resumed its sittings this morning at the
usual hour, for the disposal of the remaining cases of
felony. This day was also appointed for hearing the
charges of misdemeanour and indictments fur nuisances.
A very respectable-looking young man, named Francis
Beggs, was indicted
.for stealing a coat, trousers, and
other articles of wearing apparel, and a gold ring, the
property of Thomas Chaplin.
It appeared that a person named Doughty was the
proprietor of one of those establishments styled " Tem-
perance Coffee-rooms," where balls used to be given, and
the admission to which was 3d. In his cross-examina-
tion the prosecutor stated, that although his house was
a Temperance-house, yet there were persons who
attended at the ball, if they desired a " small drop " of
anything stronger than coffee, might, upon handing the
money to the waiter, have whatever they wanted brought
in to them. The prisoner was one of those who patron-
ised the Temperance balls, and happened, on the night
when the articles named in the indictment were stolen,
to be at one of them, when he was perceived to come
out of the room where the articles were. Some time
after he was accused of the theft, and his lodgings
searched, when a. portion of the property was dis-
covered thexe.
Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the defence, commented
strongly upon the evils which arose from those gather-
ings, which were improperly called temperance balls,
where a number of young persons were assembled, and
where, although temperance was professed, there was an
unlimited supply of spirituous liquors allowed, by which
the unwary were intrapped. The Learned Counsel
called several witnesses to show that the articles had
been left with the prisoner's mother as a deposit for rent.
The jury retired, and, after about half an hour's con-
sultation' returned a verdict of guilty.
The Learned JUDQX) said it was evident the prisoner
had, like hundreds of other young persons, been ruined
by these " threepenny hops.' The sentence of the Court
was, that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, in
the House of Correction, for three months.
Themes Henry, a middle-aged man of respectable ap-
pearance, was indicted for stealing a quantity of mouse-
line-de-laine, the property of Mr. Alworthy.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court
sentenced the prisoner to she months' imprisonment with
hard labour.
John Wall was indicted for stealing a quantity of car-
penters' tools, the property of Jacob Western.
The prosecutor and prisoner were fellow-workmen,
and during the temporary absence of the former to his
dinner the latter took away the tools, which he pledged
for a small sum at a pawnbroker's in the neighbourhood.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he merely took the
thing by way of " a lark," and intended to return them
again.

-The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, tb, prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment
with hard labour.

An inquest was held before C. H.. Cooper, Esq., at
the New Inn, Parker's Piece, on view of the body of
Mr. Stephen Camp, late of Eden-street, aged 68.
The
deceased had been in good health up to the day of his
decease, and on Sunday he ate a hearty dinner of roast
pork. In the evening of that day he complained of a
pain in his chest. He took some gin and water, and
then said he fek better. After walking up and down the
room, he sat down in a chair, and in a few minutes after-
wards expired. A post-mortem examination was made
by Mr. Lestourgeon, who was of opinion that death had
been caused by the quantity of pork deceased had eaten
(of which there were pieces nearly an inch square),
which had prevented flue action of-the-heart, and so occa-
sioned death. The jury returned a verdiCt off". Died by
the visitation of God.''—Cambridge Advertiser.
CITY NON-FREEMEN. As this subject has given
rise to much anxiety amongst the mercantile houses, it
may be useful to knovi, that in 1828, similar applications
to the wholesale and mercantile firms to take out their
freedoms were made, and an association then formed for
resisting the pretensions of the City, which counnj ad-
vised to be unfounded.