Star.
London, England, 1830-05-26 00:00:00

MAY 24.-SHEARS V. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS.

Mr. PEP Ye applied to the Court for an injunction to
restrain the defendants, who are coppersmiths in Hounds-
ditch, from making and vending stills of a peculiar con-
struction, for the purposes of distilling and rectifying spi-
rits, and which were constructed on the principle of a
patent granted in 1818 to one Joseph Corty, and by him
assigned to the plaintiffs. It appeared from the statement
of the Learned Counsel that a patent had been granted in
the year 1818 to Joseph Corty, and that in 1825 a patent,
was taken out by a person of the name of Saintmarc, for'
an improvement in the process of distilling and rectifying
spirits ; in which patent the defendants had become inte-
rested, and which patent the plaintiffs alleged was an in-
ifringement on their patent, for, although the defendants'
machinery was more complicated, the process of both was
the same. The Learned Counsel admitted that some de-
lay had taken place in making this application to the
Court, but assigned as a reason that the plaintiffs did not
know of the infringement on their patent until June 1829,
when they first saw Saintmarc's stills at Mr. Nicholson's
rectifying-house in St. John-street.
Mr. WA LCOTT followed on the same side.

Mr. KNIGHT (with whom was Mr. ROTCH and Mr.
SWANN) appeared on behalf of the defendants, to oppose
the motion ; and he insisted that the motion ought to be
dismissed with costs, leaving the plaintiffs, if they thought
proper, to bring their action at law to try the patent, and
which the defendants were prepared to meet. The learned
counsel then read the affidavits, in which the defendants
stated, that if there had been any infringement of the
patent, the plaintiffs must have long since been aware of
it, from conversations which the plaintiffs had with one of
the proprietors of Saintmarc's patent, as far back as May,
' 1826, when plans and plates of Saintmare's stills were left
with the plaintiffs, and fully explained to them, and which
it was important to observe, they had admitted, in their
affidavits in reply ; and that the real cause of this
proceeding, on the part of the plaintiffs, was a feeling
of jealousy occasioned by Saintmare's still having grown
into very extensive use, as well with the principal dis-
tillers and rectifiers of the United Kingdom, as throughout
the islands and colonies of the West Indies, its superio-
rity over every other apparatus having been established,
and it was rapidly superseding the plaintiff's and all
other stills. There were also the affidavits of Mr. C. F.
Partington, and of several other scientific and practical
men of the first character, including engineers, distillers,
and coppersmiths, stating that they bad made and need the

Species of Corn,
Grain, Meal, and
Flour.

Imported
from

Foreign
Countries.

Qrs. Bus.

Wheat

Barley
Oat,

44,630 2
1,767 4

Rye •• • •
Peas

15 5
1.540 1
582 2

Beans.... ..... ....I
Maize or Indian CorO

Buck Wheat.
Beer or liku ....

Total of Corn and

Grain.... 1

Wheat Meal or

Barley Flour. 1

Oataiieal
Rye Meal i
Indian Meal. .

Total of Meal and

Flour

Species of Corn,
Grain, Meal, and
Flour.

Wheat..

Barley
oats

Rye
Peas

Beans... ...
Maize or Indian Corns

Buck Wheat....

Beer or Bigg ..... ...

Total of Corn and

Grain 1

Wbeat Meal or

Barley !deal. ..... ..I

Oatnieal
Rye MeaL
Indian Meal...

Total el Meal and

Floor -
..1

Species of Corn,
Grain, Meal, and
Flour.

Wheat...

Barley
Oats

Rye
Pegs

Beans.
Maize or Winn Corn

Buck Wheat...
Beer or Du

Total of Coro and

Gn1n...........

1,656 5 7

409 1
102 7

5,847 4

'Cwt. qrs lb.
33,654 021

1 214

33,656 3 7

'Quantities charged wit► Duty for Home
Consumption in the United Kingdom in
the month ended Ist May 1830.

The Produce
Imported of, and im.
from ported from, Tout
Foreign British Pos.
Countries. sessions out
of Europe.
Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus.
7,397 7 356 6 7,754 5
O 3 0 3
22 7 22 7
360 - 3
128 1 488 4
O 3 0 3
17 - 5
27 5
7,809 4 484 7 8,494 5
6M111••••••••••
Cwt. qrs. lb. Cwt. qrs. lb. Cwt. qrs. lb.
30 1 5 17 2 01 47 3 5
1 214 1 214
31 319 17 2 0 49 1 19
Quantities remaining In Warehouse in the
United Kingdom on the Ist May 1830.
The Produce
Imported of, and ins-
from from, Total.
Kreign =
Pa-
Countries. sessions out •
of Europe.
Qn. Bus. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus.
276,343 1 2,098 3 278,441 4
68,375 2 68,375 2
426,329 6 426,329 6
27,418 7 27,418 T
9,284 1 9,284 1
2,872 4 2,872 4
1,593 2 1,593 2
1,223 6 1,223 6
513.440 S 2,098 3 815,539 0
Cwt. qrs. lb. Cwt. qrs. lb. Cwt. qrs. lb.
r 136,309 3 14 457 1 7 138,787 021
3 122 3 122
1 3 0. •ow. 1 3 0
136,315 0 8 437 • 1 7136,772 115

136,5150 1
sr of the Cow

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