The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-25 00:00:00

COPY RIG !ITS.

A BILL
(As AME% °En')
Tor the further Encouragement of Learning in the United
Kingdom of Glen& Britain and Ireland, by severing to the
Librcules of the Ciiiviseitna and other public Libraries,
Copies of all newly-printed gooks, and Books reprinted
with additions ; and by further securing the Copies and
Copyright of printed Books to the Authors of such
Books, or their Assigns, for a time to be limited.
Whereas douu.s hare arisen, whether the libraries of the
Universities nod other public libraries mentioned in an Act
made in the nth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen
Anne intituird, "Au Act fur the encouragement of learn-
ing, h 5 vesting the copies of printed books in the anthers or
purchasers of such eupiel, during the Hines therein men-
tiuued ;" and in an Act made in the stst year of Ilis pre-
sent Majesty's reign, intitukil, " An Act for the further
encouragement of learning io the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, by securing the copies and copyright of
printed books to the authors of such books or their 'lsidro,
fun the time (mein mentioned," are in all awes intitaled to

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espies of all ue“ly-printed boots.
And %hereto it is expedient that provisions should he
made for this due delivery to the liSrarics of the said
. . .

saws mud uthi r places, of copies of all such hooks as
hereafter be voted or published, and of which the .lutbur
or Publisher shall be desirous of securing to himself the

Copyright.
it therefore enacted by the Kings most excrllent Ma-
jesty, by and with the &Aire and consent of the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this pre,. lit Par-
liament assembled, sad by the authority of the Ca,.,., That
eleven copies of the whole of all and every book orbooks print-
ed un the same paper un whirls the Said book ur books are
primed for the purposes of general sale, and of every volatile
thereof, which shall he printed and published in any
part of the United kingdom, at any time after the pass.
ing of this Act, or which shalt be reprinted and published
with additions, as likewise all notes, soaps, charts, prints,
appertaining to the same, abaft is all eases
he delivered by the printer or printers, publisher or pub.
liahars thereof, to the warehouse-keeper of the Compauy
Stationers in London fur the tune being, at the hall of the
said Company, within three calendar 11:lentils from the day
of the first itublicatiou thereof ; and the said eleven copies
shall be so delivered at the said hall of the said Company of
Stationers, whether any entry of the title to the copy of
each book or books shall be made in the register hook of
the said t'unipany or sot ; and the said sierra copies shall be
for the use of the several libraries mentioned in the said te-
riled Acts; and is case any proprietor, bookseller, or
printer, or the warchouae-keeper of the said Company of
Stationers, shall nerke detholt in delivering the said copies
or any of them, he and they re making default as afore-
said, shall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds for every
printed copy nut se delivered, as also the r-alue of the
said printed copy not so delivered and the emend
Universities' Colleges, and Societies, in the said recited
Acts nuoitioried, shall have such remedies for enforcing the
delivery of the said copier, and for the recovery of the pe-
nalties under this Act, as by the said recited sets or either of
them is provided with repect to the delivery or making de-
fault in delivering the copies nuoitioised in the mid Acts or
either of them, is ith respect to the penalt:cs in the cases
ment*.aned in the said Acts or either of them Provided
aliveye, that the sum of tole shilling and no more shall lie
paid to the Clerk or WareimiNe-keeper of the Company,
for the several enteirs which mar In required to be made
muter the said recited Arts or this Art ; and proviikd
always, that any author or authors, publeher or publishers,
who shall in the title page of the first volume of any publi-
cation which shall consist of more volumes than one, ur any
single book, hereafter to by published, declare his or heir in-
tention not to acquire any copyright in any such publication
or book mall not be obliged to deliver any copies of sorb
publication ur book for the use of the said libraries, and
shall out &triune or have any copyright therein, under the
said Acts or ether of them, or under this or any other Act
or Law whatsoever.
And win reit. by the mill recited Arts made in the eighth
year of Her late Majesty %leen Ague, and in the forty-tint
year of His present Majesty's reign, the sole liberty of print-
ing and re-printing any book or books in the said Acts
Mentioned was secured to authors and their assigns fur the
term of fourteen years from the day of first pabliahing the
same ; and it was provided, that after the expiration of the
said term of fourteen years, the right of printing or disposing
of copies should return to the authors thereof, if this living,
for another term of fourteen years and whereas it is expe-
dient, for the benefit of authors and their families, that the
term of inch copyright should be exteuiled in manner here-
inafter mentioned ; be it therefore enacted, that the author
or nothing of any book or books, or of any additions to any
hook or honks, already composed and not printed or pub-
lished, and the author or authors of any book Of books, or of
any additions to anv hunk or books, whirl, shall hereafter be
composed, and the assignee or assigns of such authors re-
spectively, shall have the sole liberty of printing and re-
printing such book and books, mid additions, for the term of
twenty-eight years, to conimsnee from the day of the first
publication thereof respectively, whether such authors shall
he living at the end of fourtera years from the time of the
first publication or not ; and that if any bookseller, printer,
or other person whormever, in any ret of the said United
kingdom, or in any part of the British dominion in Europe,
shall, from and after the passing of this Act, print, reprint,
or import, or •h.. 11 cause to be printed, reprinted, or im-
ported, any such book or books, or additions, or shall sell,
publish or o xpose to sale, or cause to he sold, published, or
exposed to sale, or shall have iu his or their possession fur
sale, any such hook or books, or additions, in any way con-
trary to the provisions in the said recited Act of the forty-
first year of His present Majesty's reiwn contained, or soy of
them, then such offender or offenders shall he subject and
Heide to all such actions, damages, fuehitnres' pains and pe-
nalties, as are in and by the said recited Act contained,
!SW irti and provided against any offender or offenders ender
the said recited Art respectively ; mod all the ileums, powers,
atilt provisions in the said recited Acts contained, shall be
implied and put in force against sock offender or offender,
as fully and effectually as if the same were repeated and re-
enacted in this Act.
And he it farther enacted, That this Act shall extend to
all books composed sad written in any Oriental language, or
the creates* part of which shall be composed and written in
any Oriental langur, with or without any traaslation of
the same, and which having been printed and published iu
any country or place within the limits of the charter greeted
to the united company of merchants of Eagland trailing to
the East Indies, shall at any time after the passim' of this
Act be imported fur sale into soy part of the United king-
dom: Provided always, that eleven copies of every such
book or books so imported shall be delivered at Stationers'
Hall fur the purposes aforesaid, by the importer or publisher
of such book or boar, within three months after the time
of sods importatios of any such book or books respectively ;
and such importer or publisher shall be liable to such penal-
ties fie any neglect or default in delivering the said eleven
copies or any of th. in as are by this act imposed on any pro-
pewter, bookseller, or printer, in ease of any sock neglect or
default in delivering of copies as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That say act' or actions, for
any penalty incuired fur any neglect or default of &hi ern%
ail or oily of the said eleven copies of any book or books for
the purposes aforesaid, may be commenced at any time
within twelve months after any such-neglect or default re-
spectively, any thing in the said herriubeftme recited RCN, or
any of them, to the contrary ootwithstanding.

The Leeds Mercury says, that on Monday morn-
ing se'nnight, a dustman, in taking away the soil
from a privy iii Trippet, discovered in it the body
of a new-born male infant. Some circnuastancee
havitig been observed in the appearance of a young
01111111 of the ulnae of Ihsunds Price, daughter
of a Scrjeoot in the Cumberland Militia. which
gave reason to conclude she had been recently de-
livered of a child, she was taken into custody, and
after being examined on Tuesday. she confessed
that the child was hers, hut declared that it was
still-born. She was committed to the gaol, to take
her trial at the ensuing York Assizes.

TORSIG2I INTELLIGENCE.

-14ADRIb, JUNt 3.

This dn'y was published, in t17;;;;Ineof His Ma-
jesty the Emperor of France, &F. a Proclamation to
the Srtunish Nation. The following is a trau.lation
of tlu• mom importantpissages:—
SPAarAaDs—Afi'r a latig sad lingerinz disease, your na-
tion souk into decay. I b►cs area your sufferi:igs ; I wul
relieve theta. Ytinr graduals make: a part of mine.
Year Princes ban cooed tome all their eizhts to the Spa-
nish Crown. I will sot twirl over )our prom/cot, but I
will aequirenu eternal right to the lure and grattt:lde of

your posterity.
Your monarchy is old; it must he renovated, that you
may enjoy the blessings of a renovation, which shall Rat he
purchased hir civil war or desolation.
" Spaniels:ls-1 have couvened a general assembly of the
deputies of your provioces and towus, that 1 may bums your
desires and wants.
I shall lay Sows any rights, and place your illustrious
Crowe upon the head of sane who resembles me; securing
you a Quistitutioti, which will unite the salutary poser of
the Sovereign with the liberties mad rights of the Spanish
Nation. It is my will, that my memory shall be blessed by
Your latest posterity, anil that they shall say—He was the
itesturer of oar Country..

Gives at Baptise, istb May, 1505.
By virtue of a mandate of his Imperial and Royal
Highness the Grand Duke of Berg, dated the T2d
inst. the existing fionimission of Consolidation of
the Royal Vales is abolished. The Commission is
in future to be composed of the President of Go-
verumeut, of the Supreme Council of Castile, two
Ministers of the same Conned, • Minister of tbe
Council of the Indies, and of the Council of iße
Factory, and a Secretary. The functions intrusted
to this Cominissiou are to secularise and sell, so fur
as is requisite, the Church Lands, and to dispatch
aft other pressing business.
His Imperial Highness has nominated Colonel
Cabarrus to he loteudant-General in Chief of the
Consolidation of the Royal Vales, with the title of
Master of the Accounts, and the functions of Mi-
nister of the Commission of Government.