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of this term would destroy the Bill effectually, and
therefore he would allow it to proceed through its fur-
ther stages in Committee, making such observations on
the diffa.ent clauses as should occur to him.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said the Hon. Member for BriLiport thought the intro-
duction of this term would be the death warrant of the
Bill ; he hoped it was only in a state of suspended ani-
mation, and should on a future occasion move the sub-
stitution of 31 years for 60.
After a few words from Mr. PUSEY,
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said that he should
willingly agree to the term of the Chancellor of the Ex-
checquer, but that on principle he thought sixty years
an ignobl2 compromise on the part of the author.
Mr. GLADSTONE supported the views of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The clause was then agreed to.
On clause 4 being proposed
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed it as con-
taining a dangerous principle interfering with a vested
right in the public at large. •
Mr. GODSON said if the first clause wero a good
one, of which he doubted, this clause followed as a na-
tural consequence.
Mr. W RBURTON said that the public in the
argument of the Hon. Member was considered. as a
were non-entity. He had not heard how the author of
this Bill could defend himself for attempting
to deprive the public of this right which they had ac-
quired—the reward of education. No provision what"
ever was made for the public in this Bill.
Mr. GODSON explained, and eked what was the
meaning of public and of vested interest ?
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD thought the Hl'
Member could hardly have heard his numerous ad'
dresses without knowing that the claim set up by the
public was entirely futile, and that they had no right et,
all. He contended that publishers in London an
°
Edinburgh should not be permitted to send forth the
works of that great man of whose services we had beer}
deprived by a premature death, to the detriment
' those whom he had left to our care. He would sell
arrogate to himself the title of Liberal at the expense °

the good and the wise.
Mr. STRUTT said that, as far as he could trace
the shadow of an argument in the Learned Sergeant':
speech, it went to show that the public had no rig
whatever, and therefore he ought to propose a perpetut
copyright. He was opposing his own Bill. If tbh:
public had no right to that for which they bad
worked, they had no light to the possession of the
steam engine or the printing machine. He had
any thing but satisfied at the sneering manner in vil''"a
the Learned Sergeant had talked of our darling aisle
much injured public. He thought the interests of tot
public should not be laid aside, and protested against
the tone assumed by the Learned Member for Iteawn.
in stigmatising all those opposed to his views. st
Mr. T. H 0 BHOUSE thought this clause the ono
objectionable in the Bill, it was in fact an ex pan tao.
law, and would, if passed, tend materially to the do"—
tion of the Bill on its third reading.
Mr. MILNES condemned the manneria 140 tb!
Bill, after all the labour and time that had been °le;
ficed upon it, had been received by Gentlemen at te
e
other side of the House. He contended that, l'l
the protection of copyright, authors could publish boo`
much cheaper than without it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ- to
thought the House should not hesitate in assenting it
the fourth clause on the principle that authors 0"
to be rewarded.
Lord HO WICK regretted that the time of ti,
House had been wasted for five hours in velcati°to
divisions--vexatious he must say, with all respeot,th
the promoter of them—which had nothing to do with
a discussion of the Bill. He thought the Bill ob°,,tio
be considered more is reference to the public, t'a,
the authors. He objected to the Bill in its present ehi!rst
on the ground that it would create an unjuell
monopoly for authors, many of whom would be le
provided by twenty-eight days' protection inst,et
twenty-eight years. He would admit that uncle
present system authors who had spent all their 1100;
in the composition of perhaps a single valuable W to
might suffer great hardship. He should be bellh•opg
see the interests of such men secured ; but,• nonclinir lot
in the objections of other Honourable Members, he ""
oppose the clauses now under consideration. h t
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought AO
in the case of patentees, it would be sufficient te: Dor
talented authors, whose remuneration was late for
riving, opportunities of soliciting the Privy Conoel: bt.
an extension beyond the ordinary period of copfr4C•
He, therefore, opposed those clauses. malt
Mr. WARBURTON replied, and argue
of
the monopoly of copyright by stating thtit the rilf-o- 0,
Gibbon, Robertson, Wilberforce, Doddridge, JeD/37,3e8
and others, had been sold for 300/. per cent. let. %%0
the expiration of their copyright.— Question,
The Committee then divided, when there apPe3re
Ayes
N0e5......
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Majority
Clause 5 was postponed.
the Chan.
Clauses 6 and 7, after a few words from. Mr.
cellor of the Exchequer, the Solicitor-Generai% her
Warburton, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and seVerni
Hon. Members, were also postponed.
On clause 8 being proposed,
meet'
Mr. T. HOBHOUSE suggested its postenee-eir
on the ground of its affording an opportunity o'r re lie
ing the whole system of delivering books 'tcr P„"blis•
libraries, which tended to enhance the price to the pub
The postponement was agreed to.
Clauses, 9, 10, 11, and 12 were postponed to
Clauses 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 were ogre"
with some verbal amendments.
Clauses up to 24 were agreed to.
Clause 25 was postponed.
Clauses 27 and 28 were agreed to.
Clause 29 was postponed.
Clause 30 was agreed to.
On clause 31 being proposed, beati
Mr. EASTHOPE said that the Bill hax1"001il
described as one of great public importance, Irujcl
put it to the H )n. Member if the discussion su
lion.
e se,
proceeded with in the present thin state of the 0.01
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD would PestP°
clause on which discussion would be desirable.
Clauses up to 35 were then agreed to. •
0104 Clause 36 was postpd.
• .no. -
The CHAIRMAN thenone reported progress, • t
leave to sit again on Twesday. ,se. Oh
The other Orders of the Day were then 1114;;09.
and the *House adjourned at a Quarter before
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BIRTHS.
At Velore, on the 31st January, the lady of C°l°ll
Home, Madras Native Infantry, of a daughter.
On the 19th ult., at Berlin, the lady of Thomas of
Advocate, of a daughtt.
On the 25th ult., at Woodford-bridge, Essex, the I'ife
of
H. llgweed, of a daughter. wilkidr ,
On the 27th ult., at Ringstead-house, Mrs. o.le,
daughter. ladl°
'On the 28th ult. at Hevcrs, Sevenoaks, the lop
Minet, Esq., of a daughter. ries,
On the 29th ult., at Putney, the lady OiDr. Cba bbe
of a son.
the lady of ;
On the 30th ult., in Bryanston-square,
Allfrey, Esq., of a son.

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MARRIED. n r/, Pe
tin 1'
At Secunderabad, East Indies, on the 14th of.,:t:l:lol7gtlia,
tenant IV. E. P. Cotton, of the 41st Madras r'a",:i.esq, r
to Harriette, third daughter of the late John Pulf-dieji•
her Majesty's Attorney-General for the island of .1. Isorneit
On the 16th ult., at St. Marv's, Cheltenham, Mg.),_°.
East India Company's service,"to Frances E
daughter of the late Francis J. Jones, Esq., of SeaP°let, reissef
On the 30th ult., at St. Luke's Church, Old-streungot
lizbet;it
White, Esq., of Clapham, to Elizabeth Wilson, /I' t tbe
to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. oacioetegg,
On the 30th ult., at the church of St. John' ' Cl,ti OP
Rev. James Guillemard, M. A., Fellow of St• -I°-ntog;
Oxford, and Vicar of Kirklington, Oxfordshire,
eldest daughter of Robert Tyser, Esq.,

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DIED. ,e gellraertl.
On the 26th ult., led 14 months,
youngest son of Captain Townsend, R.N., of riathi%ti-il. soj
On the Ist of May, in Torrington-squero, . raloof
aged 68. 'want I ,ityl
George ...,04, .0
At Sierra Leone, on the 7th of March, of 011 r goJel),
fever, William Laurence White, Esq. (R.N., Of•(it ,L, be'
bproigodßalrki.skl),e,wsointavoef
dLeascueroendecde
tEodtmhoend White, '"lii‘ crew e•
grave more g weaslrles
loved or sincerely lamented than this amiable you many Ole of
He was a brave officer, and served his country i° discbargane
for several years, with honour and credit. In Or friend,' ehild,
the various duties of husband, father, son, an' v," allke-Loil
excelled him. He has left a most disconsolate wicerod, id cat
to deplore the loss of one of the best of men : on has beto,e to
to his sorrowing fam ly, is the reflection that h owl°
off in the prime of life by the severity of the fatal
cietolei
which his duty called him. George Pr
On the 15th of December last, at Columbo, ,ieivinti, ii .
Esq., Indian Navy, nephew to the late John r _lioitstb
M.P., and formerly Physician-General of the BEng
koller,
ment, aged 23.
. Martin'rand.
On the 30th ult., Anna, the wife of Mr. Ilugho°, b e
r •
:00tinio
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On the 30th ults-le-G., Adam Oldham, Esq., of Georg°
Sul re y, aged 57. hone
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