The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-20 00:00:00

LAW .II.IITD POLICE.

In the case of Dickens t. Berger, before Vice-Chancellor Bruce
on Thursday, a motion was made to dissolve the injunction granted
on the 11th instant, restraining the defendant from copying or
imitating, in the work published by him, called Parley's Illumi.
Hated Magazine, any part of the work recently published by Mr.
Dickens, under the title of A Christmas Carol in Prose. The mo-
tion was refused.

In the Bail Court Mr. Planche brought an action against Mr.
Hooper, the proprietor of the Bath theatre, for representing a piece
called The White Cat, of which the plaintiff was the author, with-
out his permission, and in opposition to the statute. The jury re.
turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 14/., costs 40s.
Wheatley, the beadle of Ealing parish, brought an action against
Captain Wilde, R.N., for an attack made upon him by one of the
defendant's dogs, and obtained 10/. damages.
A motion was made at the Middlesex sessions for increasing
the salary of Mr. Wakefield, the medical officer of the House of
Correction and New Prison, from 4001. to 500/. a year, which
was lost by a majority of six.

At Clerkenwell Joseph Headford, aged 18, apprentice to Messrs.
Mortimer and Hunt, silversmiths, of No. 24, Harrison.street,
Gray's Inn-road, was finally examined, charged with stealing 3oz.
of silver. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was fully coin.
mitted for trial.

John Davis, alias James Blythe, and Henry Robertson, charged
at Worship-street with a burglary on the premises of Mr. Edwin
Leaf, 47, Wood-street, Cheapside, and George Hist, charged with
receiving part of the property, knowing it to have been stolen, were
committed for trial.
COURT—FASIIIONABLE.

Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to arrive in Chesham.
place on Friday next for the season, from a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Clarendon at the Grove, near Watford, where they
have arrived from the Duke of Bedford's at Woburn Abbey, and
Earl Spencer's at Althorp Park.
The contemplated matrimonial alliance between Lord Aberdour,
the eldest son of the Earl of Morton, one of her Majesty's Lords in
Waiting, and Miss Watson, is expected to be solemnised at the
close of the ensuing week.

The answer to inquiries on Thursday at Sir Francis Burdett's
mansion in St. James's-place, was, that the venerable Baronet con-
tinued indisposed with a severe cold.
Sir 'William Massey Stanley, Bart., left Hooton Park on Wed-
nesday for Newnham Paddocks, Leicestershire, for the hunting of
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, having left the Hooton
hunting under the management of Mr. Charles Stanley, during the
time he is in Leicestershire.
IVIISCELLATJEOIIa.

The annual meeting of the members and friends of the London
Vaccine Institution took glace on Thursday at the George and
Vulture, Cornhill.

The applications to Parliament in the next session for Railway
Acts will be more numerous than in any previous year since 1835.
These applications relate to lines extending six hundred miles in
length ; and so confident are the projectors of obtaining their Bills,
that they have been eager to make contracts, even before the Bills
are passed, and many of such contracts have been entered into for
the formation of railways, at an expense, including stations, of
10,0001. per mile.
The Earl of Stradbroke (says the Bury Post) will be the new
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, in the room of the Duke of Grafton.
It was currently reported in Dublin on Wednesday, that the
Court of Queen's Bench would prohibit the publication of the
evidence to be given on the State trials till all the witnesses had
been examined.
A bill in Chancery has been filed, within a few weeks, by cer.
thin ex-Directors of a Joint_steck Company, and which will re.
quire an answer of about 2,000 folios, and ten or twelve reams of
paper in its preparation. It has been mentioned that filing this bill
and its answer will alone cost about 7001. _ . .

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke mid Duchess of Cam-
bridge returned, on Thursday afternoon, to their residence at
Kew, from Glouces'er House.

Lord Wharnelitre, Lord President of the Council, has issued
invitations to the Cabinet Ministers, and the Great officers of
State of the Queen's Household, to a grand dinrer, on Mon-
day, the 29th inst., at his Lordship's residence, Curzon. street.
On this occasion the roll of Sheriff: for the present year will
be arranged previous to being submitted to her Majesty in
Council.

The annual bill, in aid of the Licensed Victuallers' School, took
place on Thursday at the London Tavern. The Advertiser thus
winds up the description of the scene :—" At twelve o'clock one
thousand tickets had been received. At the witching hour the
pleasures of the dance appeared to be at their height, a remark, in.
deed, equally applicable at two this morning. The Stewards, with
excellent tact, met everything like inconvenience arising from such
an assembly, Bathe and Breach, the proprietors of the tavern,
made their domestics absolutely ey ; refreshments were plentiful
and of ready access, as, indeed, is always the case at the Londo❑
Tavern."

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. Charles Kean, who,
it is said, has been reaping a most abundant harvest in the pro-
vinces, appears here on Monday next, in Richard the Third, which
will be produced in a style of extraordinary splendour. There are,
we understand, upwards of '2OO people at work upon the costumes,
coats of mail, banners, and other paraphernalia of this performance.
MR. TEMPLETON'S MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT.—
Mr. Templeton repeated his popular entertainment of " Mary,
Queen of Scots," at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, on Thursday,
before a numerous and delighted auditory. Ile was in excellent
voice, and not only sang, but acted admirably. His manner of
giving the history of Mary's escape from Lochleven was graphic
in the extreme, and when he concluded with the spirited
song, " Put off, put off, and row with speed," the en.
thusiagn of the audience was excited to the highest hitch.
He was of course rapturously encored. In marked con-
trast with this spirit-stirring song is the melancholy finale
" Where shall I rest." Many of the audience were affected even
to tears, by the pathetic and expressive tenderness with which
Templeton gave this exquisite air_ He was equally delightful in
"Farewell to thee thou pleasant shore," while in " The Jolly
Beggar" he exhibited buffo powers fur their possession of which
we had not before given him credit. All present seemed highly
delighted with the evening's entertainment. We perceive by the
programme, that on the 25th of this month, the anniversary of the
birth of Scotland's greatest poet, Mr. Templeton will commemo-
rate the day by producing his new entertainment " 7he Beauties
of Burns."
At the last weekly meeting of the National Asso-
ciation, the following resolution was unanimonsly agreed to :
Resolved—That the conduct of the Ministerial officials i❑ Ireland,
in striking off the Irish Catholics from the jury list, is a flagrant
act of injustice ; and, in the opinion of this meeting ought to be
resented by all those who are not in favour of a State Church and
rresponsible Ministers.
DEPARTURE OF THE PENINSULAR, MALTA, lONIAN
ISLANDS, AND WEST INDIA MA MS.—SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 18.
The Peninsular Company's steam.ship the Pacha, Capt. Wilson,
left the docks, on her outward voyage for Gibraltar, at four o'clock
this day, taking out the Peninsular, Malta, asid lonian Islands mails ;
also six passengers. The Royal West India Mail steam.packet the
Tweed, left this port yesterday with the mails for the West India
Islands, and 21 passengers, and a small quantity of money.

LONDON VACCINE INSTITUTION.—The annual
meeting of the members and friends of this institution took place
on Thursday afternoon at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill.
Mr. D. W. Wire presided. The Secretary read the Report of the
Board of Management, together with a statement of the accounts
for the past year. The annual subscriptions were 3561. 9s. 6d., in
addition to which 50/. had been granted by the Corporation of the
City of London, and 100/. by the Directors of the Hon. East India
Company, making a total of 5061. 9s. 6d. The expenditure had
been 555/. 1 ls. 4d. The report stated that although it was sup-
posed that the Vaccination Act, which had cost the country
33,000/., would have rendered the institution unnecessary, yet it
was proved, by the continual applications for vaccine fluid, that the
provision made by the Act was wholly inadequate to the demand.
The remains of the late Mr. Strutt will be interred
in the burial ground of the Friar-gate Chapel, to-morrow morning;
the service will be performed by the Rev. Noah Jones, the minister,
of whose congregation the deceased was a member.—Derby
Repot ter.
FIRE.—On Thursday, at a few minutes to twelve
o'clock the upper part of the house No. 64, Lambeth.street, nex
door to the Flying Horse Tavern, and not more than twenty
houses from the Police-court, was discovered to be on fire. The
house was occupied by Messrs. Clarke and Dcnyer, feather mer-
chants, and the fire is supposed to have been occasioned by the
overheating of the furnace at the top or attic used for the purpose
of baking the feathers, and burned for some time with such
violence, that the safety of the houses on either side was considered
doubtful. By the prompt attendance of the engines, and the ex-
ertions of the firemen, the flames were confined to the upper
story and rocf, which were destroyed. The damage done to
the stock amounts to over 601., but had not the flames been
subdued so quick ly, the damage would have been considerable, as
the stock on the premises was very large. The sufferers are not
Insured. _

A DELICATE STomAca.—On Thursday, a man at
the Robin flood, Arnold, voraciously devoured a sheep's head raw,
windpipe and all, and offered to bet a wager of five shillings, that
on the following Monday he would eat another in the same state,
and the pluck likewise; he came from Basford.—Nottingham
Review. _ _

Mr. Charles Franks, Sub-Governor of the South-Sea Com-
pany, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
yesterday, at his official residence. in Downing•street.
Mr. Cheatham and Mr. H. Ellis had interviews with Lord
Stanley at the Colonial-office yesterday.
A deputation of the licenses! hackney carriage proprietors,
with Mr. J. 0. Philpott, their secretary, had an interview
with the Under-Secretary of State, at the Home-office, yes-
terday.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Cromptroller-General of the
Reduction of the National Debt Executive department, had an
interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. C. D. Archibald had an interview yesterday with Lord
Stanley at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Vivian, M.P., transacted business yesterday at the
Home-office.

13UCKHURST PARK, SUSSEX.—On Thursday, the 18th
instant was married, in the pa: ish church of Withyham, near
the ancient seat of the Sackvilles, the Lady Elizabeth Sack-
ville West, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess Dela-
warr, to Mr. Francis Charles Hastings Russell, Lieutenant
in the Scots Fusilier Guards, eldest son of Lord and
Lady William Russell, and nephew of the D ike of Bedford.
The ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. Reginald
Windsor Sackville West, the Rector of the parish, and brother
of the bride, in the p-esence of the Earl and Counteas Dela-
warr, Lord Wm. Russell, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and
Countess Amherst, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, the
Earl of Verulam, Lady Jane Grimston, Viscount Cantilupe,
the Ladies Mary and Arabella Sackville West, the Honour-
ables Mortimer, Lionel, and Win. Edward Sackville West; the
Hon. and Rev. henry Napier, &c. &c.
The bride was attended to the altar by the Ladies Mary
and Arabella Sackville West, Lady Jane Grimston, and Miss
Mary Seymour, as bridesmaids.
Atter the ceremony the wedding party returned to a dejeuner
at Buckhurst Park, and shortly atter the bride and bridegroom
left for Knole Park, in Kent; the seat of the Earl and Countess.
Amherst, where they will remain till Monday, when they pro-
ceed to pass the remainder of the honeymoon at Bourn Hall, in
Cambridgeshire, the seat of Earl Delawarr.

FRANCE.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.-SIT riNG OF JAN. 16,

The Older of the Day was the zdjourned discussion on the
address

After a brief speech from M. de Beaumont,
The President here intimated that as no other party seemed desi-
rous of speaking, the general discussion was closed.

M. Ducos said that he wished to explain the motive which had
actuated the two members focusing the 'Milord f of the Committee in
their votes. He should, however, give way, as he perceived that
an lion. Deputy near him had expressed an intention to speak.
M. Thiers said he must explain to the Chamber the motives which
induced him to address them. For two years he had taken no part
in its discussions, and if on a late melancholy event he had spoken,
it was because, on the occasion of the death of the Duke of Or-
leans, he considered it became the Chamber to show a strong ac.
cord and a sympathetic unity of feeling, Deeply devoted to the
Government, he nevertheless since felt it his duty to ally himself
with the Opposition, because he considered that the interests of
France abroad were not properly defended ; he, therefore, de.
manded permission of the Chamber to make known his own opinion,
and that of his friends on that point. He begged their indulgence
while he did so, for he should be obliged to speak very frankly. He
cid not mean to deny the prosperity of the country, and the calm
which it enjoyed—a cairn which certain events in Loudon had not
been able to disturb ; but he would remark that in 1830 the pros.
perity of the country was also great ; there was then perfect calm
under the Ministry of the 15th of April, and yet they had attacked
the Ministry, arid, if he remembered rightly, overthrown it.—
(Laughter.) He merely meant now to show what they then de-
manded, and what they had since had. They wished for a firm
Government, which, would by well.applied concessions, and a well.
defined line of conduct, create for itself great strength in the•
Chamber, which should screen Royalty from attack, and possess
liberty of spirit necessary to carry out either trifling or extensive
affairs. It was under that impression he had accepted a seat in the
new Cabinet, and he declared that he would rather have submitted
to remain a stranger for ever to political affairs, than accept it on
other conditions. He had ro taste for innovations, and M. Pisca-
tory, the Minister in Greece, said that he hated progress, This
was not exact : he certainly distrusted progress, and, if he urged
the necessity of subscribing to reforms and reasonable concessions,
his sincerity was not questionable. Now, he thought that by an
Administration anxious to govern long, firmly, and in a pro-
fitable manner for the country, reasonable concessions should be
made, even at the risk of displeasing the Court. 111. Tillers, after
recapitulating a number of facts to prove that the Ministry was not
sure of a majority, contended that it had compromised the powers
of the State in the question of the right of search. The Chamber
had formally required its abolition, the Ministry had promised to
negotiate, and since the opening of the sesssion 11. Guizot had an.
nouncrd in another Chamber that negotiations were pending.
'Thiers did not believe it. Ihe public voice in England was a cer-
tain indication to him that no concession was to be expected, and
if the Chamber did not wish completely to forfeit all consideration,
it was bound to insert an article in the address demanding that the
French navy be replaced under the protection of the national flag
M. Thiers then umiertook to demonstrate that the Ministry, not
only did not cover the Crown, but actually compromised it in a
more flagrant mariner than the Ministers of the 15th of April.
The dotation of the Duke de Nemours, which Ministers acknow-
ledged by their silence to have been imposed upon them by an
irrespohsible power, was, however, the only argument he adduced
to F übs tJtit hit e his assertion.

M. Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, in replying to N.
Tillers, showed the injustice of his attacks, and reminded him that
when he was himself at the head of affairs, he had followed pre-
cisely the same system, although he had not had to contend with
the Parliamentary difficulties which the present Administration
had experienced. 111. Duchatel maintained that the latter had
been invariably supported by the majority in all political questions
on which it had staked its existence, and only sustained defeats in
the discussion of Bills of minor importance, which did not impose
upon the Cabinet the obligation to resign. Ile then vindicated it
against the charge of leaving the Crown uncovered. He consi-
dered, he said, the dotation of the Duke de Nemours a good and
useful measure, and when he should advise the King to present
such a law, he would bring it forward and defend it at his own risk
and peril, without mixing up the Crown in the question.

M. Thiers said he had but a few more observations to make,
for he considered that a discussion which might appear purr lv
personal would be unworthy the dignity of the Chamber. He had
drawn a comparison between the situation of the country in 1839
and 1844, but the terms of that comparison had been denied. The
country had been troubled in 1840 ; and why ? Because a grand
question of foreign policy had been raised; one party thinking that
the Eastern questio❑ was one on which France ought to declare
war, and the other party being of a contrary opinion. For his own
part, he defended the cause of Egypt with more strength than those
who then sat on the Ministerial benches ; he replaced the French
Ambassador at London by one who was considered to be more fa.
vourable to the cause of Egypt ; but he no more deserved to be ac.
cased of wishing to bring about a foreign war than the present Ca-
binet merited to be accused of wishing to produce a civil war by the
census.—(Murmurs).
The Chamber adjurned at half-past five.
WEDNESDAY, JAN 17.

The Chamber having closed on Tuesday the general discussion
on the Address, commenced to-day the discussion of the para-
graphs. The Presidnet read the first paragraph.
M. Ducos, the first speaker, contested the truth of the mile,
giums bestowed upon the Government in the paragraph, and said,
for his part, he felt little disposed to ratify them, the Ministry not
enjoying either his sympathy or confidence, nor that of the
Chamber, whose loyal concurrence was anything but secured to
them. The Ministry, he admitted, had devoted friends, but the
majority, on whom they 'chid for support, was hostile, and their
main force consisted of what he would term a foreign legion. Its
stability only rested on the difficulties which the construction of a
new Cabinet presented. After enumerating several points of minor
importance, on which the Ministry was abandoned by the majo-
rity, M. Ducos reminded them of the signal defeat they had suffered
in the discussion on the right of search, when the Chamber tore
the Convention of 1841, already signed by the Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs, and commanded him to demand the abrogation of
the treaties of 1831 and 1833. M. Ducos said, that the country
certainly enjoyed a considerable share of prosperity; but that
welfare was the result of the Revolution, of the intelligence,
activity, and good sense of the people. So far from the progress
keeping pace with the past, he would tell Ministers that there
was actually a marked falling off in the public fortune, and he
then mentioned numerous facts to prove that the maritime trade
of France had never been in a more suffering condition than at
present.
M. Cunin Gridaine, the Minister of Commerce, contested the
reality of the gloomy picture drawu by M. Ducos, and proceeded to
substantiate, by quoting official returns, the truth of the favourable
accounts of the trade of the country exposed in the Royal discourse.
In 1842, he confessed there had been a decrease of 105,000,000 f.
in the sum total of the commerce of France, but he would remind
the Chamber that the preceding years had been years of extraordi-
nary prosperity, the amount of the commercial transactions of
France having exceeded 2,187,000,000 f. In 1837, a much
greater reduction had taken place; the general returns were in
that year 300,000,000 f. less than in 1836, which did not prevent
the commerce of France making a new stride, and rising from
1,800,000,000 f. in 1837, to 2,187,000,000 in 1842. To prove
the progress of commerce, M. Cunine Gridaine compared the aver.
age results obtained from 1827 to 1636 with those of 1837 to
1841, and stated the augmentation to have been 717,000,000 it►
1842. In 1843, the documents already forwarded to his depart.
ment showed that the improvement still maintained itself, that
there was an increase of 20,000,000 in the imports, and a still
greater in the exports.
M. Lestiboadois, who succeeded the Minister, produced official
returns to show that the decrease in the trade had not been
partial, but had endured for several years—that is, ever since the
accession to power of the present Ministry, and which he ascribed
to the fatal concessions they had made to foreign nations. Ile
cited, amongst others, the ruinous effects of the conventions con-
cluded with England and Belgium, in respect of the thread and
linen trades.

LONDON AND BIRMINGUAM RAILWAY.—The fol-
lowing contains an account of the taxes, direct and indirect, which
were paid by the proprietors of the London and Birmingham Rail-
way from their earnings in the year 1843 ia-5 per cent. passenger
duty, 27,0731. , income-tax, ; local taxes and parochial rates
18,3511. ; duty on transfers of stock and stamped receipts exceeds
10,0001. Total, 71,7381.
It appears, from a Parliamentary paper, that there
is an increase in the importation of sherry last year of 4,217 butts, the
importation being in 1842, 25,096 butts, and in the year just ended,
29,313.--tt Brighton Gazette."
TUE LASCARS.—The unfortunate Lascars brought
over in the Thames East Indiaman, whose case has been so often
before the public recently, are now fairly on their way to India, their
wages having been paid and a passage secured for them by Captain
Baker, in the Sophia Indiaman, now lying off Portsmouth, outward-
bound. The men, 72 in number, under the care of Mr. Luke, one
of the officers of the East India Dock Company, were conveyed on
Thursday in a steam-tug from Blackwall to the Nine Elms station of
the Southampton Railway en route for Portsmouth, to join the Sophia.
DESTRUCTION OF PORTAVO-110USE BY FIRE.—
Portavo-house, the seat of Mr. David S. Ker,. M.P., has been burnt
to the ground. The destructive element, it is supposed, had been
secretly progressing for some days, but on Sunday morning last, at
two o'clock, it burst forth with irresistible fury in Lady Selina's Ker's
bedchamber. Such was the rapidity with which the flames extended,
that scarcely any thing was saved, and had the family been in bed,
the consequences must have been truly deplorable. We are happy
to learn that no lives have been lost, or bodily injury sustained by
any person.
ACCIDENT FROM CARELESS DRlVlNG.—Thursday
morning, about s. yen o'clock, as a poor old man, named David Jones,
residing in Ann-street, Pentonville, who gains a precarious livelihood
by selling milk, was crossing St. John-street-road, whilst going his
rounds, he was knocked down and run over by a cab proceeding in
the direction of Islington. The groans of the poor old man were
heard by some passers by, who picked him up and conveyed him
home, when it was found he had received a severe fracture of the
ribs, from the shaft of the cab striking him on one side ; his left arm
was also broken, and a large portion of the scalp torn from his head,
by one of the wheels grating against it Giving to the darkness of
the morning but few persons witnessed the accident, and it is to be
regretted that, from this cause, the perpetrator of the wanton act
escaped detection. The accident can only be attributed to the reck-
lei3 driving of the cabman.

M. Fulchiron, was obliged, notwithstanding his devotion to the
Ministry, to confess that agriculture was, in many departments, in a
suffering condition, and required to be encouraged by the esta-
blishment of strong protective duties.

M. de Tocqueville reproved in strong terms the conduct of the
Minister of Justice throughout the deplorable quarrel which had
arisen between the clergy and the patrons of the University, and
expressed fears that the culpable indifference at first manifested by
the Government, and the impolitic war which it had afterwards
waged against the former, would in the end be detrimental to re-
ligion, and terminate in the tranformation of the ministers of the
gospel into a class of public functionaries, and Catholicism into a
political religion—a transformation which would ultimately lead
to its extinction in France.
M. Villernain, the Minister of Public Instruction, vindicated
the glorious University of France against the imputations cast of
late upon its professors by the enemies of the existing order of
thin s, and which, he said, were entirely inspired by party spirit,
for nobody in France, no more than O'Connell in Ireland, believed
that the institutions of the University were schools of impiety.
M. de Tocqueville afterwards rose to explain, and was followed
by M. de Chainbolle.

The payment of the differences on the Consul
Account Bras made on Thursday, and though heavy in most instances,
they were very punctually met. It may be well conceived that con-
sicb•rable amounts on the present occasion would charge hands, when
it appears that, rotwithstat ding the limited extent of speculative
business transacted, a rise of pearly t,ro per cant, bas taken place
dnring the.laat iia weeks,

COURT CIRCULAR, LAW INTELLIGENCE.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and his Royal Highness VICE-CHANCERY COURT. Jon. 18.
Prince Albert walked this morning in the grounds in the (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
vicinity of the Castle. DICKENS V. BERG ER.
His Royal Highness I'rince Albert went in the forenoon to In this ease a motion was made to dissolve the injunctiett
enjoy some shooting in the Royal preserves. The Prince was granted on the 11th inst., restraining the defendant from co-
accompanied by the Duke of Buckingham and Sir R. Peel, and pying or imitating, in the work published by him, called" Par-
was attended by Mr. George Edward Anson. The Royal ley's Illuminated Magazine," any part of the work reeerdly.
party afterwards returned to the Castle. published by Mi. Dickens under the title of " A Christmas Car''
Her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort promenaded in the rol in Prose." The ground made in support of the
/notion
afternoon. was, that the defendant hod done no more than he had a right
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and her Royal to do, for that great labour, pains, and expense had been gene
Highness
the Princess Alice, took a carriage-airing to-day. to by the Proprietors of the magazine in re-writing the
work
Her Royal Highness the Princess royal went out with the in qu stien. There was no colourable • •of the • den"
invasion mei
Queen. of the story, and nothing had been done which could in an/
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene High- way injure :Mr. ackens, either in the way of profit or reputation.
ness Prince Albert of Saxe Weimar, and the Lady is Waiting "I he magazine had a dedication to Mr. Dickens, in which; after
on the Royal Duchess ( Lady Fanny II w: rd), will join the doingjestive tothatgen'leman's abilities,theobject of the conduc-
Royal Dinner-party at the Castle this evening. tors was stated to be to allied the junior and humbler classes
he
d
readers the means of perming the forcible incidents which for
for depicted. The defee dant also insisted that he had been ter
for some time in the habit of abridging, condensing, and re-
constructing, or re-originating the works of Mr. Dickens,
they appeared, and untl the present application no steps what
ever had been taken to prevent him from doing 30, and the
plaintiff he insisted now had no right in the middle of a wori,,."u_
ask the interference of the Court by way of injunction. .1
real question was, whet. er or not the defendant had bestowed
so much labour on his book as to bring it within the authority
of Dodsley v. Kinuersley, 1 Ambler, so that it might be con-
sidered original work. At all events, the defendant soh'
nitted Mr. Dickens ought to be left to his remedy at law, if
had sustained any damage.
Mr. Anderdon and Mr. Shebbeare appeared in support o,f;
the motion ; Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Bacon apPeerfe"
__.
to support the injunction, but were not called upon to ad 1
the Court.
His Hosoue said that the plaintiff's right to protection of
his copyright was not disputed. The defendant had published
a novel, of which the fable, persons, names of characters, 1114e'
time, and country were exactly the same. The language _s
in some instances identical, and in all similar. It was laid down
by Lord Eldon, in Wilkins v. Aiken, 17 Vesey, that the qu et!:
tion in such cases was, whether the alleged piracy was a legy_
mate use of the plaintiff's publication, in the fair exercise 01,_‘.
mental operation, deserving the character of an original wort.
His Honour thought that, in the present instance, the defend
ant's book did not deserve the character of an original wet'
nor was it a legitimate use of Mr. Dickens's publication. .
was merely and plainly a colourable alteration. 'I he plaintiff
had a right to say whether or not he considered himself injured,
and if he thought so, then he was entitled to the protectiorLe!
the Court. The injunction must, therefore, be continued. "I,_le
.
plaintiff must bring an action, and must undertake to abide FY,.
any order which the Court should make, in the event of the
injunction being ultimately dissolved.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 19.
WARNING TO GRAND JURYMEN.—The names of the Middlesel
Grand Jurymen were called over this morning; only nine answered
to their names, and it was consequently necessary to adjourn tbe
proceedings before the Gr: lid Jury until next week. Silt°n
Grand Jurymen who did not answer, were fined 201. each for non-
attendance. The Court afterwards took the Special paper.

COURT OF EX(.IIEQUER, Jan. 19.
(Bofore Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
SIR FELIX BOOTH V. SMITH.
This teas an action to recover the sum of 991. 126. 6cl, the
amount of two puncheons of gin supplied by the plaintiff, the noted
distiller, to the defendant, an:innkeeper, in Yorkshire. The defendant
in his plea states that he has paid the amount claimed, with the e%
ception of 10/. 17s. 6d., which he had paid into Court.
Mr. Montague Smith and Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintifri
and Sir John Bailey for the defendant.

The following witnesses were examined :
James Valentine examined—l am a clerk in Sir Felix Boothe
distillery. It is my business to see that all orders are execute'
The puncheons supplied to Mr. Smith w're invoiced by me to bi'y.
It is customary to send invoices with all goods. The entry in th
memorandum book detailing the orders of Mr. Smith is in my hallo
•
writing.
George Beard examined—ls a carman, occasionally employed
Sir Felix Booth. I took the puncheons to Messrs. Davis' what.
where they were booked.
William Sharman, wharfinger, examined—Recollects the cc.
ceipt, at different times, of the puncheons of spirits, directed to
" J. Smith, Corby, Moorside, Yorkshire," which were shipped t°

him from Davis' wharf.
James Nash, managing clerk in Sir Felix Booth's distillery, "3:,
mined—The orders of the defendant were generally given throng.'
a Mr. Priestley, Sir Felix Booth's agent in Yorkshire. It IS "i;
ternary to send in invoices of the balances of accounts owing h"
customers in June and December.—Verdict for the plaintiff,
mages, 991. 12s. 6d

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YE.,TERDAY.)
MANSION-11017S E.
Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor of Joshua Fletcher, one of the
parties charged with having forged the wills of Anne slacki
Eliza Burehard, and another person, waited upon the Le!
Mayor on Wednesday last, for the purpose of formally Le
manding, as a right, copies of the depositions and exarnins:
ti.ins of the individuals who gave evidence in the case of the
first heard lady. He had not, he sail, given notice to Messrs.
Freshtield, who were employed by the Government, of his in;
tentioo to make the application to his Lordship, as he did
.°°t
entertain any doubt of the right whatsoever, and his cite
claimed the copies, not as a matter of favour or inclulgenc•
The Act under which he applied was the 6th and 7th
Liam IV., cap. 14.
The Loon MAYOR said he by no means considered that th!
section of the Act just quoted bore such a construction as that.
put upon it by Mr. Humphreys. It was decidedly his opinin
that a person charged with an offence was not entitled to copies
of the depositions and examinations of the witnesses against hill
until either final commitment should take place or bail should
be received. He must, therefore, refuse the application.
Yes
terday Mr. Humphreys again waited upon the Lnra
Mayor, and requested to he informed whether his Lordship
continued to entertain, and was determined to act upon the
same opinion ?
The LORD 111 Avon replied that he considered himself per
feetly justified by law to refuse copies of the depositions pending
the investigation, and that he was perfectly satisfied to take
upon himself the responsibility of refusing to grant them as a
matter of right.
BOW-STREET.
Two paupers, named Thomas Eady and John Cooper,
o the
brought up, charged with refusing to work at the workhouse ft"

Strand union.
d been
Mr. Corder, one of the relieving officers, said they -a h
compelled to bring the prisoners to this Court, as there had ue,--
several most determined attempts at insubordination m the work
rt
house. The prisoner Cooper had only been out of ptivan
about five days, after having suffered three months' imprisonrocnt
::
foi assaulting one of the officers of the establishment. Last night
both prisoners declared they would not work any longer, and it v°
at last found necessary to give them into custody. ent
The prisoners in their defence entered into a long -staters,-
against the diet of the workhouse, saying that they very [Hoch
preferred the prison diet to that of the workhouse. They 'tat.1
7t
that their shirts and stockings were not changed for five and sT
weeks together ; and such was the filthy state in which many of U,,
-
inmates were, that the vermin could be seen to crawl over thern•
Mr. JARDINE said he himself knew this to be false, and he di

not believe the other statement. tied
Mr. Corder said nothing could be more untrue. He only wished
the magistrate would some day go unexpectedly over the house.
ea
Mr. JARDINE said he had been, and he was perfectly satisti..d
with the arrangements. He should convict the prisoners, t"

sentence them to 9.1 days' imprisonment.
Cooper—Oh, make it three months.
Yesterday afternoon a person, named Win. James Kilboa%
was placed at the bar, charged with being found in St. Janie'
Palace, supposed to be insane.
Mrs. Mary Brittle, housekeeper of a portion of St, .Tames
Palace, said, I was standing at the foot of the grand staireoe'
when I iaw the prisoner coming down the stairs. When h•
got to the bottom he took a key out of his pocket, and 'ln,:
locked the door that leads into the Colour-yard. I went oP -
him, and asked him what he wanted there? He made
answer, and I called a person, who took him into custoty•
again asked what brought him there and he said, " hY'
cane to take possession of the palace."
The MAGISTRATE put a number of questions to the n
soner. and, bvlieving him to be insane, sent him to St. 111artio
workhouse.

UNION-HALL.
CHARGE OF STABBING.—John GijArd, the proprietor of a bous,„e
of ill-fame in Vine-yard, Tooley street, was charged with stabbil!''
Henry [toward with a lung cavalry-sword, and wounding hi° n'
the breast.
It appeared that between one and two o'clock that morning,. °
policeman, 59 M, was on duty in Vine-yard, a man came ronull
to him and said that he had been stabbed by a man in a houl`j
pointing at the same time to the prisoner's residence. The wounded
man was bleeding profusely from a wound in the breast, and n°
time was lost in conveying him to Guy's Hospital, from the surgeon
of which the following certificate was produced :—.‘ This is tv
certify, thai. Henry Howard is not in a fit state to be removed''
Signed, T. Pearce."—The policeman went on to state, that Atte.,
the wounded man was taken to the hospital he returned to Vine,:
yard, and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, howeve'
denied that he had any altercation with Howard, but a female'
who was with the latter, stated that she was present during the
affray, and that she saw the prisoner strike Howard with the
sword during the affray that occurred, during which Howard toot
up the poker to defend himself:
Mr. TRAILL remanded the prisoner until the wounded man is in $
condition to appear.

BRIGHTON, -WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17.—We regret t°
hear that Sir Francis Burdett is suffering from indisposition.
After the funeral of Lady Burdett, the Misses Burdett will re-
side in Brighton, where a house is taken fur them. Mir
Burdett Coutts has a house in Eastern .terrace. The Marqu''
and Marchioness of Thomond, after a stay of three month!'
purpose taking their departure next Tuesday. The Marluff
and Marchioness of Ailesbury will remain here till the en'''„'"
the month, probably longer. The Duke and Duchess of
merset intend to stay in Brighton till March. Lord and 1,31/
Granville continue at the Duke of Devonshire's mansion is
ir
Kemp Town. The Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis'
the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Captain and Lady
Augusta Seymour, Lady Harriet Gamier, Sir Augustus eggde,
are among the latest arrivals. Lord and Lady Petre, 12,1);
Rivers, and family, the Earl and Countess of Jermyn,
Chantrey, Sir Charles Dalbiac, the Dowager Duchess of 11°,1:,
burgh, Captain and Lady Louisa Babett, Lord Polwartb, !':
Earl of Belfast, Lady Hotham, the Eail and Countess of Air
Lord Ogilvy, Lord and Lady George Seymour, Lady I(eat,;
General Mundy, Lady Champagne, &c., &c., are still I
Brighton.
TIIE PLEASURES OF CHANCERY.—Within the last
few days an extraordinary answer to a bill in Chancery bad
been filed. The answer is engrossed on " forty" skins It
parchment, consisting of upwards of one thousand folioss
ill
has been ascertained that an office copy of this answer _
cost the plaintiff no less than forty-nine pounds ten shillings,
.
which amount must be incurred before the suit can be Pr°
ceeded Kith.

B IR TII S.
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On the. 17th inst., at Frittenden, Kent, Lady "'
rrtet
Moore, of a son. mer•
On the 17th inst., at Barnes, Surrey, Mrs. Henry Cr°
of a daughter. A.
On the 17th inst., at St. John's-wood, the lady of R.
Huscy, Esq., of a daughter. eb rt
On the 17th inst„ the wi\ fe of the Rev. George Herbert
Repton, Cloisters, Westminster Abbey, of a son.

MARRIED. af'ddle-
On the 18th inst., at the parish aim ch, Hampton, —lv r.
sex, Colonel Hugh Percy Davison, of Swarland-park,
thumberland, to the 116 n. Caroline North Graves, sec
°
daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Lord Graves.

On the 31st ult., at Stockwell, Jane, relict of the late IV'
Far hing, of Cornhill, aged tO.
On the 9th inst., at Nice, Italy, Mary Ann, the eldest daugh'
ter of slr. Edward White, of Lamb's Conduit-street. ~,;or
On the 12th inst., Jane, wife of the Rev. J. 11 illi&rn9,
of Splsbury, Oxon.

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