The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-08 00:00:00

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY).

(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
EVANS V. JAMES.

The hearing of this case was resumed. It was an
application on the part of the personal representative
of the plaintiff to remove a deed executed by him, as
conclusive evidence of a debt of 1,500/. due to de-
fendant, who had acted as the solicitor of the plaintiff
for a number of years. The deed was drawn up
by the defendant himself, and witnessed by his clerk.
Mr. BETHEL, in support of the application, said that
no account of the items of the debt had ever been
rendered. _ _ _ _ _ _

Mr. Stewart was heard on the part of the defendants.
His HONOUR said he must read over all the plead-
ings before he gave his decision.—Ordered to stand
over for judgment.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY)
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. WALTON.

In this case a scire facias had been issued, for the
purpose of trying the validity of a patent, which the
defendant had obtained for certain improvements in •
troduced by him into a machine for carding and comb-
ing wool and cotton. The invention consisted in the
substitution of India rubber for leather, as the bed for
the teeth of the carding machine, whereby superior
elasticity was obtained. The issues set up on the
part of the Crown were, that the invention 'was not
calculated to be of public use ; that it was not found
out by the defendant; that it was not a new manu-
facture; that the specification was insufficient ; that it
was useless for some of the purposes stated in the
specification ; and that it had been in public use before
1834. The trial took place before Lord Denman in
the sittings after last term, and the Jury found for
the Crown, thus invalidating the patent.
Sir THOMAS WILDE now moved for a rule nisi for
a new. trial, on the ground that the verdict WEIS
against evidence. The validity of the patent had
been tried twice before in actions brought by the
patentee for the infringement of his patent,
in both of which he had received verdicts.
On the trial it would be contended that the invention
did not essentially differ from the inventions of M'ln-
tosh and Hancock, whereas elasticity constituted no
feature of their invention, while it was the distin-
guishing characteristic of the invention of Mr. Walton.
Lord DENMAE thought it a very fit case for further
inquiry. The defendant was entitled to a rule to show
cause at least.—Rule nisi granted.

I'UNDS.

rriUll SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1842.

have been quoted at 58-1, the, Three per Cents. at
231 ; Spanish at 18i; the New Three per Cents. at
22 ; the Dutch Five per Cents. at loq, and the Two-
and-a-Half per 'Cents. at 52k.
Very little alteration can be noticed in the Railway
Share Market to-day. London and Birmingham have
been sold at 92 premium ; the Eastern Counties, New,
at 1 I premium ; the Great Western, New at 114
prem. ; the London and Brighton 13k din. ; the Midland
Counties at 34 discount ; an..a.the South Eastern scrip
at 2 discount. The value of the Joint-stock Bank
Shares remains at the prices of yesterday, 'not a single
transaction in them having been reported.
CLOSING PRICES. •
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock .172 India' Stock - • 257 pm
3 per Cent. Red. ...•.... 93i Ditto Bonds . 63 pm
3 per Cent. Cons ......94 Ditto. Old Annuities ... 91i
3i per Cent. Red......... 1001 Ditto New Annuities. 4. --
New 3i per Cent... ...... 101 k Ex. Bills, 1,000/....24. 59 pm
Nees 5 per Cent - Ditto, 500/...... 59 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 59 pm
Jan. 1860 .. . ... Bank Stock for Acct. 172
''Oct. 1859
Jan. Is6o — "Consols for Acct....... 92i

Portuguese' 5 per cent 5Bl
Ditto, New Ditto •
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 pei cent '—
Ditto, Metallic .
Spanish, 5 per cent lB
Ditto, Deferred ... 10
French, 5 per cent --f. —c.
Exchange —l. —c.
French, 3 per cent —f. —c.
Dutch, 21- per cent. 52%
Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100;