The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-20 00:00:00

CREBIORNII V. ANTROBUS.

Sir G. GREY was instructed to enquire if his
Lordship had read the Master's Report in this case.
His LORDSIII? said the Report had been handed
to him, but he had not yet had an opportunity of
reading it, he would do so in the course of a day or
two, and would then deliver his judgment on the

point.
'The Court then proceeded tvith cause petitions,
but nothing of any public importance occurred be-
fore we left.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
ELSCE IN THE MATTER OF JOYNER.

His Hosoun gave judgment to-day upon this pe-
tition. He, directed the assignees to account for
1401. 18s. charged as travelling expences, and or-
dered an enquiry before the Commissioners, as to
whether the estate of the bankrupts had been dam-
nified by the assignees in compounding the verdict
for 3,000/.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

:SFR INGEMENT OF A PATENT.- CR OSSLEY V.

BEVERLEY.

This was an action by the assignees of the late
Mr. Clegg, inventor and patentee of an improved
gas apparatus, against the defendant, for the in-
fringement of a patent obtained by him for a gas-
meter or guage, of which 15,678 had been sold in
the space of five years.
Sir J. Scarlett and Mr._F. Pollock were engaged
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brougham, Mr. Patterson,
and Mr. Cummins, for the defence.

The infringement complained of was the applica-
tion of an improved principle for measuring gas by a
rotatory wheel and the assistance of water, the exclu-
sive invention of which was claimed by Air. Clegg,
who also obtained an exclusive right to a benefit
from such principle, however applied by other

persons.
The case was likely to last the whole of the day,

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
BARKER V. BARKER AND ANOTHER.

This was an actio❑ of trespass for injury done to
some furniture belonging to the plaintiff.
It appeared that the plaintiff held some premises
from the defendants, which the latter was desirous of
repairing, but the plaintiff would not consent. The
defendants, determined to carry the repairs into
effect, took possession of the premises, and repaired
them against the wishes of the plaintiff, and in so
doing broke and otherwise damaged the Inrniture in
question.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Da-
triages, 201.
The CHIEF JUSTICE recommended the plaintiff to
make some arrangement, and accept of a less sum in
order to prevent further litigation, al the damages
were certainly more than the circumstances of the
case would justify.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE declined to do so, and said
that 501. were given in a case yesterday, and no such
suggestion was thrown out.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said that the circumstances
of the case were very different from the present.—
His only object was to prevent unnecessary litigation

The Lord Chancellor visited Mr. Secretary
Peel yesterday at the Home-office.
The Russian Ambassador had an interview
yesterday with the Earl of Aberdeen, at the Office of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

A King's Messenger arrived at the Foreign•
office, Downing-street, on Saturday night, from Vienna,
with despatches from Lord Cowley, our Ainbassader at
Vienna, and also from Lord Wyk-al-Jury,

.•
Lord Charles Somerset transacted business
yesterday with Sir George Murray, at the Colonial-office,
Downing-street. _ _

Despatches were received yesterday by the
French Ambassador from Paris. Soon after the arrival
of the despatches, Lis Excellency proceeded to the Trea-
sury, and had a long conference with the Duke of Wel-
lington. His Excellency also transacted business at the
Foreign-office. _ .

At, the meeting of the mhabttants, held yes-
terday at the Royal 'Exchange, for the purpose of address-
it, the Marquis of Anglesey—the Duke of Leinster in the
chair, there was one impot taut fact stated by Mr. Morrisson,
the architect :—" I had," said Mr. blorrisson, " several
orders from the Irish gentry to build mansions for them
without delay, but, on hearing that the Marquis of
Anylesea was about to leave us, these orders were cows-
tsrmanded by them for that reason."—..Dublin Freeman's
Journal, Saturday.
AGGREGATE MEETING OF THE COUNTY
r; n CITY ot. Ktt.x IN Nv.--The Aggregate Meeting of the
County and City of Kilkenny, which bad been advertised
fur the preceding Monday, took place in the Parish Chapel
' of St. James's, in the city of Kilkenny, on Thursday last.
—Dublin Freeman's Journal.

A letter was received yesterday by, the Secre-
tary to the Protestant Committee, sitting at the Royal Hotel,
College-green, from Lord Leitrim, directing him to sub-
scribe the name of Lord Albemarle to the Protestant De-
claration. —Dublin Freeman's Journal.

COBURG THEATRE.—L; st night a very
effective Melo-drama was produced at this Theatre, under
the title of " The Mysteries of Alvimo." The scenery
and dresses were very splendid, and the piece itself was
highly interesting. It is one of those romantic productions
%%hid, take sorcery for their basis, and are particalarly
characteristic of the German school. The villain of the
piece, for there can be no inehi-drama without a villain, is
a sorcerer, sod by means of his magic arts commits all
sorts of crimes, until at length his victims become his be-
trayers, and he is destroyed in a conflagration of the cata-
combs of Rome. The wildness of the pi ca adds mach to
its interest, and the good acting of Messrs. Lewis, Mor-
timer, Gann, and Cobham, cannot fail to reader it attrac-
tive. It was received throughout with the strongest de-
monstrations of applause,

. . .
OLD BAILEY.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
Benjamin Barrup,. the young man who was tried
on Friday.last for the Wilful murder of Mary Mort-- •
lock and acquitted, was this morning again placed
at the bar, on a fresh indictment, charging him with
tnaliciouslY shooting at the said Mary Mortlock,
with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm.
Thv prisoner was dressed very differently to what
he was on the first trial; he appeared to maintain
the same firmness and composure as on the last
occasion.

Mr. CRESSIVELL conducted the prosecution, and
Mr. CLARKSON appeared for the defence. The evi-
dence was the same as on the former trial.

The prisoner, on being called upon for his.de-
fence, handed in a written paper, in which he de-
clared he bad not the least recollection of the cir-
cumstances attending the dreadful affair. His inten-
tion was to shoot himself, for his life, of late, had
become miserable : to carry this resolution into
effect, he drank more than usual, that he might
possess sufficient courage. With the unfortunate
deceased he was on the most friendly terms, and

[ever quarrelled with her; the thought of depriving
her of life had never once entered his imagination.--
He trusted the Jury would take a favourable view of

is case.

Mr. CLARKSON' then called William Pearson, a
journeyman tailor, who stated that he had known
the prisoner for two years; for the last few months
witness thought he had shown considerable symp-
toms of a disordered mind : he bad on one occasion
attempted to destroy himself. On the day this
lamentable transaction teak place, witness dined
with the prisoner; his conduct on that day
was most extraordinary : he talked in a wild
incoherent manner, he told witness he had been
reading in the newspapers that a gentleman had shot
himself in Hyde Park, and said, " do you think if
I was to shOot myself the newspapers would call me
a respectably dressed gentleman ?" Witness always
considered him' to be a good-natured kind-hearted
young man : he drank more than lie was accus-
tomed to do en the day of the accident.
Two other witnesses deposed to certain facts
tending to show that the prisoner was at times in a
disordered state of mind ; he used very frequently to
say that he was tired of life, and would shoot him-
self. The prisoner had been drinking on the night
in question, but not sufficient to make him drunk.
Mr. Justice PARK summed up the case at very
great length. His Lordship said the pri-
soner was indicted under an Act of Parlia-
ment passed during the last Sessions, which
enacted that any person who should unlaw-
fully shoot at, or draw the trigger, or in any other
manner attempt to discharge a gun or pistol, with
latent to murder or do any bodily harm, should be
deemed guilty of a capital felony. This Act in part
altered what is generally called Lord Ellenborough's
Act, which did not make the offence with which the
prisoner was charged a capital crime; that Act only
included persons that attempted to destroy life, with
a sharp instrument. Before the passing of Lord
Ellenborough's Act, about thirty years ago, if death
did not ensue no person could be indicted capitally.
His Lordship then made some remarks on the-at-
tempt of the witnesses to prove the prisoner was
intoxicated ; but even if he was, it was no excuse
in law; drunkenness never could be pleaded in ex-
tenuation of un offence, it generally aggravated it.
The Jury consulted for a short time in the box,'
and after an absence of two hours they returned into
Court with a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Justice PARK—Thin was a most proper pro-
secution.

John Osborne, aged about 40, a one-armed sailor,
was indicted for stabbing, with intent to murder,
Mary Murrell, on the 10th instant. A second count
charged him with intent to disable her, and a third
charged him with intent to do her some grievous
bodily harm, the indicttnent being founded on the
same Act oeParliament as the last case. Verdict*
Not Guilty.