The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-23 00:00:00

THE KING'S THEATRE.

Ole-Bull, the great violin player, made his first ap-
P'aranci before the British public on Saturday night, at
th•
(.'s theatre. All our strong impressions in favour
(); sI Ole-Bull's performances, which his rehearsal ex-
eEed, w=ere confirmed fully by his display on Saturday night.
qi
eniu.; and taste, and the most perfect art, are unequivo-
eaLly L's. His first piece contained three movements—an
4:iptlegro ALr.estoso, an Adagio Senlinzentale, and a Rondo
anorak,. What formed its most estimable characteristic
13°43 the first, or maestoso movement, in which the utmost
tone
of manner, depth of feeling, and eloquence of
Ple tvera combined. The latter was essentially of the
gani.,i--perhaps we should say Italian—school, which
4 I(lnes the violin with almost human vocalism. The great
ettnEat players are but little in the habit of aiming at the
41:1e syweies of effect, although it is probably the finest at-
tlibuteof their art. In this piece, Mr. Ole-Bull also intro-
"ee.3, beautifully, passages of double and treble chords, of
a series of ascending and descending double shakes
I'l4B tb.e most remarkable. His second piece was called a
7/larte,fl6. and contained a short adagio movement, in which
the fotir.strings were finely harmonised ; and it concluded
kith a :3,vis,s air from Guillaume Tell, given entirely on the
amazing distinctness and pure bell tone,
and em.bellisi:ed with the most difficult of attainable orna-
Illentß, the hartaunic shake. When an encore of this effort
has caVed for, the performer gave in its stead a quartett
l'rangetnent of Gcd save the King. His concluding grand
Polacec Gnerriera and Adagio Amoroso combined a general
di a....gplay of his powers of execution, and were more in the
itaet,,r =tour do force than the preceding per- -
°Ntanc,es. They contained some surprisingly fine arpeggio
Znd vta,?eato passages, in which some of the greatest diffi-
4_tie• o,f bowing seemed accomplished without a perceptible
411°_, t„tild with a consummate union of nerve, subtlety,
11„g gr, 4ulness. Of this great artist's compositions we
hate
alr dy observed, and still feel, that .they are exceed-
-41.3' be- u t;ful in detail, but are not remarkable for general
esl
gn, or 171... c connection of first-rate works. It is unne-
:l-44Y ae;,/ that his reception was most flattering. He
Ifallifestj v app..tared to be greatly excited and unnerved on
entrai ice, but when the moment came to support the
17111)utatim of his Cremona, he at once recovered confidence
bvignu r. His appearance is prepossessing, both from
ljouth ,'as compared with Paganini), and his unaffected,
4it
Iv rug% s*omewhat awkward manner. He was applauded
the most enthusiastic ardour by the whole house.
to teaths It ere also flung to him, of which he very properly
no not ice.

t. 44
ord
John Russell left town on Saturday for Tun-
ge Wells.
It viscount Melbourne, accompanied by the Hon.
,e• Cowper, left town on Saturday morning for his scat,
-luckett Ha 11, Herts.
14 The Duke of Palmella is hourly expected to arrive
I(3wn front Lisbon, charged with an important mission, ne-
, .i„,_, sting a rn3w treaty of commerce with this country.
The two young Princes, Ernest and Albert of Saxe
bourg Gotha, who are now at Kensington Palace or. a visit
their illustAous Aunt, are of the respective ages of 18 and
,i1„„17, and LI height and features very much resemble the
4e,F•nful Prince:; of the Netherlands. Prince Ernest, the he-
-I,tary Prince, in the right of his mother, the late Duchess
4,4'axo Coburg, who died the 30th of August, 1831, will in-
.%;',t, in addition to his father's domains, the Duchy of Saxe
tja in-
,Co
Altenbourg, the male line of which house became ex-
rvith Frederick the Fourth, February 11, 1825 ; the
"(1 t'ard present consort of the reigning Duke, who has ac-
laaatn, •• •
I, 11 his sons to this country, is the Princess Antoinette
gurter.,,•burg.
'4TONjA N ANNIVERSARY.—The Noblemen and
neAtlemen e 4 ucated at Eton, celebrated their annual festival
it% 'aturdav ot Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's-
Ch:re• His G.ro,'T the Duke of Bliccleucli presided in the
tc,r and at aong st the company we noticed the Earl of
illthun, Earl of Browrdow, Earl of Lincoln, Lords W.
Si to, to, Alford., Boringdou, Redesdale, Fincastle, Lieut.-Col.
INA R. Cla.l rton, Bart., Sir F. Grey Cooper, Sir W. B.
ti "ell, Col. Si r El. Townshend, Sir Hilgrove Turner, Hon.
4 Ashley, Dr. Keat, Rev. C. Okes, the Vice-Provost, &c.
Tl,°„ttLv triter se yen o'clock the company sat down to dinner.
dAoble Due in the chair sustained the festivity of the
11g until a late hour; and after the Honorary Officers for
:1
Year ensuing bad been appointed, the company separated.
clt4itliavAL OF FOUR GIRAFFES FOR THE ZOOLO-
l'e,,4•l' SOCIETy.--The Manchester steamer, h i
....e.ong_ng to the
ki;lnsular Steam Navigation Company, which arrived in the
liopet Yesterday evening, has brought four beautiful giraffes, a
Ateeiess, and other animals, from Malta, for the Zoological
4)14,4 tY• These animals were brought to Malta via Egypt.
vorbilg the passage home from Malta, the giraffes have been
l'hjilealtily and sprightly, and have arrived in perfect health.
trifiele) will he conveyed to the Gardens this afternoon. A con-
'able, number of passengers have come home by the Mon-
4kve€_'; among whom are Mr. Henry Baring and Family, who
Tut co on -a tour of health in this fine vessel as far as Malta.
1111,211-: LATEST TYE AT EPSOM.—On Thursday,
I,,itei‘r,,the Stars of the Park were illuminating the Downs, a
\Art7Q of Brummel was asked in reference to the cravats of
V
‘ltold and D'Orsay, which he thought the best tie?
decide', ond net-h!" replied the umpire ; " then it must be a
rile Letlocen 'em."—Weekly Post.
1:d 781~t WHIT„SUN HOLYDAYS.—A large number
h s
graced the park at Greenwich yesterday, and
near the park walls, was also crowded with holy-
hb."B to lasses. .All the steamers proceeding to Green-
T%,a t,.7e owded, and the Woolwich and Gravesend steamers
flttohtfijc;c_ own large cargoes of visitants. The day was de-
'Y s, Irene and the keen winds which blew rather fresh
rl)era '
night, gave to the atmosphere under a brilliant
114-4,.`4.4l.rnirst cloudless sky a. refreshing coolness. The fair
het or'els the same scale as hitherto—there are the usual va-
141r, slmws,, theatrical exhibitions, dancing booths, and re-
e heotNs. There is a rival fair at Wandsworth during
ar,eotan.vre ek. In fact what with the numerous theatres
a °NI fa.°P''n, excursions to the Nore, Greenwich, and Wands-
-11111 fet, hallow. ascents, boat racing, firework exhibitions,
linlyalupetres, there will be no lack of amusements for
4 tSI7 "y and pleasure-seeking folks
Qtitte CI(ING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday a shocking
Lek, in Robinson,b
t • "Urred to Henryri Ri a journeyman soap-
4.
t•
,'lO employ cf. Messrs. Wooton and Jones, at Pen-
•a c Was wgeelil:g a bar; ow of tallow across a plank
All'Dtt! c'PPer of boiling fat, when by some accident his foot
%;444'1(1 he was precipitated into the boiling liquid.
▪ e rocurei, and with some difficulty he was •
coach was piveured, and he was conveyed in it to
ur.t -wi
teout nopes Of recovery.

GRAND REVIEW AT WOOLWICH.

On Saturday a grand review of the Artillery took place
at Woolwich in honour of the Prince of Orange. His
Royal Highness, accompanied by his two sons, the Master
General of the Ordnance, the Ambassador from the
Netherlands, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir Horace
Seymour, General Lord Strafford, General Miller, and a
numerous suite, first proceeded to the marshes, for the
purpose of witnessing the practice of some newly-constructed
ship guns (one of which is of calibre sufficient to carry a
shot weighing 981b5.), and also the practice of the Rocket
Corps. The firing commenced in the Marshes from a six-
gun battery, which was played (in ricochet practice) at a
battery which it enfiladed, and the shot were fired with
such precision, at 700 yards, that every gun was soon
dismounted. The practice of the new ship guns was at
1,300 yards, and in the first six discharges struck the target
twice. Several 16 and 12-pounder rockets were dis-
charged singly, at 600 yards, three of which struck the tar-
get, and the rocket practice concluded with a general
discharge from all the cylinders. After leaving the Marshes
his Royal Highness inspected the Royal Military Aca-
demy, and afterwards partook of a splendid collation at the
mess-room in the barracks, where the cortege was increased
by several Noblemen and officers of rank, amongst whom
were the Turkish Ambassador and suite, the Earl of Ches-
terfield, Viscount Strafford, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby,
Lord John Somerset, General Ellis, &c. The review com-
menced with firing at a flag, mounted on a staff at a dis-
tance of 600 yards, from six howitzers, and from eight mor-
tars. The first shot severed the staff in the middle. The
excellence of the firing elicited the warmest commendation
from the Prince and his two sons, who repeatedly compli-
mented Colonel Forbes, who commanded the fort whence
the firing took place, on the efficiency of his men. Their
Royal Highnesses then proceeded to the outer com-
mon, where four field batteries of four guns each, under
the command of Colonel Cleveland, and a brigade of the
Horse, or Flying Artillery, commanded by Col. Winyates,
went through their evolutions. The Prince and suite went
down the lines, and then took their station under the Royal
standard. The artillery paraded before them in slow, and
afterwards in quick time. They fired first singly, then in
quick succession, and lastly altogether, with the most asto-
nishing precision, the latter appearing but as one sound.
The proceedings of the day, which far surpassed in the effi-
ciency of the troops the review of last year, passed off
without any accident ; the ground was kept by the Foot
Artillery, who acted with great temper and civility. The
Prince of Orange was dressed in the uniform of an English
full General, wearing the Star of the Order of the Garter
on his breast, and his two sons were habited in the regi-
mentals of their own regiments of the Dutch cavalry.
There were a great number of foreigners on the ground,
who watched every proceeding with the most minute at-
tention.

BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS.

BuussELs, MAY 21.—The King and Queen are ex-
pected to be at Namur on the 23d of this month, and at
Mons on the 25th.

M. Evain, in the sitting of the Chamber of Representa-
tives yesterday, pronounced (says the Courrier Beige) his
own funeral oration. In the debate on the project of law
relative to the officers, he said, in reference to the attacks
that had been made on him—" Two speakers have alleged
some .facts in support of the charges they have brought
against me, and it is my duty to reply to them. I will be
short, that I may not prolong a discussion which has dege-
nerated into personalities, instead of being directed to the
examination of the proposed laws. When, after the most
minute investigations, clandestine and open denunciations of
all the acts of my administration, they are reduced to repre-
sent the facts in question as acts of injustice and partiality,
connected with the influence which a foreign Government
has over me, you will be convinced, after the explanations
which I shall give you on each of them, that these accusa-
tions have no foundation, except in the imaginations of those
who produce them. But, last of all, I must declare that I
believe myself to be as good a Belgian, as devoted to
the interest of my new country, as those pretend to
be who accuse me of yielding to foreign influence,
when, in order to devote my long experience to the service
of this country, I yielded to the urgent solicitations ad-
dressed to me, to accept the office of Minister of War, and
to suffer myself to be naturalised as a citizen of Belgium.
I therefbre renounce my character as a French citizen of
the rank of Lieutenant- General, which I had held for ten
years, and unreservedly dedicated the remainder of my ex-
istence to my new country. lam convinced that I have
rendered it important services ; and what has hitherto sup-
ported me in the arduous labours in which I consumed the
last years of my life, was the noble hope that these services
and this devotedness would be appreciated.
" If conscientious men, and there are many, who do not
suffer themselves to be carried away by political passions,
do justice to my intentions, and appreciate my services,
there are some who make it. their business to throw odium
on both, .and embrace every opportunity of doing so. It is
easy to penetrate their object, and to see whither all these
repeated attacks lead.
" They serve the two speakers whom I have mentioned as
objections to the adoption of the proposed laws, because
the execution of them would be left to my discretion, my
caprice, my injustice, and my partiality.
" This objection, Gentlemen, falls to the ground, in conse-
quence of that formal intention which I have already ex-
pressed, to lay down my office when I shall have contri-
buted as far as lies in my power to the adoption of the laws
which I have proposed ; when I shall have answered the
Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Soldiers' Beds,
and have proved to you that in this latter affair I acted
conscientiously, and conformably to the real interests of the
country. I will not dilate on this point—l leave it to time
to decide between my adversaries and myself—and proceed
to examine each of the facts that have been adduced."
M. Evain then proceeds to examine in detail the com-
plaints made against his Administration, and was answered
by Messrs. Demortier and Gendebien ; after which the
general debate was closed, and the Chamber began the
discussion of the articles of the law separately. This discus-
sion occupies fifteen columns of the Moniteur. The de-
bate was adjourned.

BELGIAN FUNDS, BRUSSELS, MAT 20.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent.
Hothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl%
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 98%
Society of Commerce, 4l per Cent l3l
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 119%
_ _

—Brussels Papers, gay 21.
VIENNA, MAY la—The Count Luchesi, husband of
the Duchess of Berri, arrived here yesterday from Gratz.
Prince Milosch is expected at the end of this month, or the
beginning of next. Last week some detachments of the
individuals removed from Cracow and sent to Trieste,
passed again through this city on their way back to their
own homes, reasons having been found to make an altera-
tion in their favour.

BOTOSCHAN, MAY 2.—The month of May has brought
us numerous guests. A division of the Russian garrison of
Silistria, consisting of 3,000 men, has entered Moldavia on
its return to Russia, and will cross the bridge over the
Pruth at Leoure into Bessarabia. The remainder of the
garrison will speedily follow, and thus the whole country on
the Danube be evacuated by the Russian troops. . _

Jassy is full of Russian officers, who much regret leaving
the principalities, where they have been treated with the
greatest hospitality. Baron Preckmann is also at Jassy.
It is still affirmed that be is commissioned to investigate
the complaints brought against Prince Stourdza.

VIENNA, MAY 13.—Five per Cents., —; Four per Cents.,
—; Three per Cents., 75a; Bank Shares, I,36s.—,4llgemeine
Zeituna, May 18.
The Journal dc St.• Petersbourg has an article in reply to
what has been asserted in Parliament and elsewhere respect-
ing the Russian Quarantine at the mouth of the Danube,
and declares that it does not in any way affect the interest
of other nations to the advantage of Russia.

HAMBURG BOBSEN HALLE, MAY 21
FOREIGN FUNDS. • mills. Money.
Austrian Metalliques, 5-per cent.
Ditto ditto 4 per cent. 99 98%
Ditto ditto 3 per cent.
Ditto Bank Shares 1370 13(i6
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Anglo-Russian Loan 10(41 lON
Paper Inscription. 6 per cent —
Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
rortuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent Bl SO%
Ditto, 3 per cent. 51.54 5114
Dutch :t2 per Cents.
Ditto 5 poi- Cents —
Polish I3onds, 3 per cents.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7i% 74 „,"
Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 p,r cents.
Npanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 443¢ 44%
Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93% 98
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, MAY 20.-13 la; two months, 138 N.
Sr. PETRI:RRURGII, MAY 13.—Three months, 19 19 31.
Butiwi, MAY 17.—Three months, 6. 256.
—Hamburg Papers, May 20.

DEATH OF COLONEL TUPPER OF THE BRITISH
LEGION.—ST. SEBASTIAN, MAY 15. On Friday Colonel
Tupper, who received a musket-shot in the head whilst most
gallantly encouraging his regiment,.-the 6th (Scotch), to the
attack in the action of the sth instant, breathed his last. From
the nature of the wound, the ball having entered the fore-
head and come out behind the ear, little, if any, hopes were
entertained of his recovery. On his skull being opened after
death, a large fragment of the bullet was found imbedded in
the brain. Yesterday he was buried with all due military
honours, his own regiment preceding the coffin, whilst detach-
ments from all the others followed it. In the procession were
General Evans and his staff; and nearly all the officers of the
Legion, all the civil, military, and naval authorities of the
town, and the captains of the British and Spanish war-
steamers that were in the port, the French consul, &c. Colonel
Tupper was a man of the most daring -courage, and an excel-
lent officer. Though his loss is deeply regretted, yet his death
maybe said to have been expected, as almost every one rho
saw him, and amongst those the Spanish officers at Vittoria,
prophesied that he would fall in the first affair in which he
should be engaged.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In the last page of your Paper of the 18th instant,
is a paragraph which alludes, in plain terms, to the Carlton
Club having hushed up an affair of gallantry, in which was
involved a late Keeper of his Majesty's Conscience. Who-
ever knows the man can credit the statement ; but as we
country readers seldom hear anything of the gossip in town,
you would greatly oblige some of us by giving such of the
particulars as can be mentioned without impropriety. Ten
thousand pounds hush-money indicates a gross and flagrant
delinquency. But, Mr. Editor, I always supposed the Carl-
ton Club to be a mere' political one, established for up-
holding our old laws, institutions, and religion. Now, under
which of these divisions comes Crinz. Con., and the conceal-
ment of it? Are we to regard such proceedings to be
strictly conformable with Conservative morality? I say
" Conservative" to distinguish it from every other species of
morality ; for we are justified in regarding the morality of
the Carlton Club, as a body, to be one siti genesis ; and
requiring a new term to designate it, should this anecdote
be really true.—l remain, Sir,
Your very obedient servant, •
A COUNTRY READER OF THE SU.N.
May 20.

COPYRIGHT'IN THE CONTENTS
OF NEWSPAPERS.

MR. WAKLEY'S REPLY TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY DISPATCH.
( From " A Voice from the Commons." By THOMAS
WAKLEY, M.P. May 22.)

In the Weekly Dispatch of Sunday last, the subject is
discussed on the ground of copyright. (The article was
copied on Monday into The Sun.) The Editor says—
" Mr. Wakley some time ago started a weekly stamped
paper, called the. Ballot. It failed.* Will he permit a
brother Radical to ask him a question or two connected
with the present subject? „Suppose he had succeeded in
rendering the Ballot a valuable property ; and suppose he
was paying to literary gentlemen, reportors, &c., upwards
of 301. a week for original contributions and articles of in-
telligence, while for stamps and' advertisements he paid the
Government about 500/. a week ;—then suppose a set of
people. under
.the insidious pretence of supplying the
humbler classes with cheap information, and availing them-
selves of the unpopularity of the Taxes on Know-
ledge' as an excuse for setting the law at defiance,
thought proper to steal that title, the Ballot, which Mr.
W.'s talents, .industry, and spirit, had rendered valuable in
the market—to get up, in fact, a close imitation of his
journal in every respect—to steal from it his compositions
on the very day of publication ; and paying nothing for
original composition or intelligence, and nothing in the
shape of stamp or advertisement duties—suppose such per-
sons sold the fraudulent Ballot for two-pence, while he
could not afford to sell the original Ballot for less than
sevenpence ? Suppose, we say, that Mr. Wakley had been
subjected for years to this system of plunder, would he
then have protested against a law of only sufficient force to
put a stop to the system, which, if allowed to go on, must
utterly destroy his property `t"
The question which is here proposed to a "
,Brother
Radical" I answer unequivocally, and in a moment. It is
difficult to enact a law which could be too severe, in the
attempt to prevent the dishonest practices to which the
writer has adverted. But is not a theft commited with
a stamp quite as discreditable and injurious as a theft com-
mitted without one ? The Editor of the Dispatch treats
the question as though the new law was designed to give
to the proprietors of stamped newspapers, a copyright in
their articles of intelligence ; whereas, the Bill contains no
provision of the kind. That the conductors of newspapers
ought to have the full security of a copyright in their
title, of a copyright in all their original articles, in their
own reports of public proceedings, will not be denied by any
person who is desirous that they should receive that security in
the execution of their arduouslabours, which is best calculated
to urge them on to increased exertion in diffusing intelli-
gence among the people. On the question of copyright,
therefore, two opinions cannot exist, unless with reference
to the time of its continuance. Regarding daily and weekly
papers, the question of time cannot be one of days ; it
must be one of hours, and, certainly, the period should be
such as would afford to the proprietors ample security for
the property concerned.

But, if the whole of the proposed gags were enacted
into laws, how could they prevent an individual from
representing within four hours after the publication
of the Dispatch, the most interesting of its ar-
ticles, and selling the pirated edition at half the
price of the genuine paper ? Surely the use of the
stamp by the pirate cannot be regarded as furnishing any
excuse for the perpetratien of this species of audacious
robbery. There is no provision, therefore, relative to copy-
right, which has elicited from me a single condemnatory
remark. The proprietors of newspapers cannot desire to
have more security in this respect than I am heartily and
cheerfully willing to afford to them. The new GAGS, how-
ever, are by no means germane to this matter. They
leave the law, in this instance, just as loose as it was
found by their fabricators. In short, in what manner
" previous restraints" upon the publication of original
newspapers can prevent piracy, I do not understand.
When the reduction of duty from fourpence to a penny
was first demanded, it was then contended that the high
duty was the cause of the smuggling, and that all the un-
stamped newspapers would die a natural death if the tax
were lowered to one penny. Instead, however, of conti-
nuing to entertain this opinion, the stamped newspapers
are not disposed to try the effects of a reduction, are not dis-
posed to ascertain by experience whether the unstamped
will perish from inanition, as was predicted, but, they demand
from the executive authority, powers to enforce the penny
stamp, which have never existed since the fourpenny stamp
was first imposed. There is no longer any disposition to
try the effect of a reduction of the duty. No. There
must be a HOUSE-BREAKING clause. Any person who may
be suspected of having an unstamped newspaper in his pos-
session, is liable to be followed by any officer of stamps, to
have the doors of his own house forced, or to have the
doors of his friend's house smashed, in order that they may
be STRIPPED and SEARCHED, for the purpose of ascertaining
whether he has about him a piece of paper, destitute of a
red mark upon it, which an officer of stamps, or a magis-
trate—neither of them over-learned—may think proper to
allege is an " unstamped newspaper."
From what I have written in some of the preceding
pamphlets, it has been clearly shown that the "previous
restraints" upon publications which are invented in the
NEW BILL, are of a more obnoxious and infamous charac-
ter than even the clause which gives the right of search.
Under this last-mentioned provision, true enough is it that
the most monstrous individual insults and injuries might be
inflicted ; and, from the operation of the " previous re-
straints," the injury must be as general as the nation is ex-
tensive. Under the pretence of asking for the security of
a copyright, and also under the pretence of putting down
contraband newspapers, clauses are invented which, if they
were to be .passed into laws, would inevitably have the
effect of preventing any number of respectable, wealthy,
and talented persons from engaging in the publication of
newspapers ; even a political pamphlet, as I have already
repeatedly shown, is treated as a newspaper in the gagging
clauses ; and yet I am to be told that all these provisions
become a " dead letter"—cease to be operative—the mo-
ment unstamped newspapers fail to exist.
Had the editors. and proprietors merely entered into a
combination to obtain an efficient copyright law, none but dis-
honest persons could condemn them for so doing ; but when
they concoct schemes for preventing the publication of
new newspapers—when they engage in stratagems which
are designed to prevent the free diffusion of political infor-
mation among the people, by declaring that periodical
pamphlets, which contain only "remarks on public occur-
rences, or on matters connected with church and state,"
shall be charged with the stamp duty as " newspapers,"
their motives and their conduct are necessarily subjected to
the severest reproaches and censure on the part of the pub-
lic. A copyright in their articles, all newspaper proprietors
ought to enjoy. The responsibilities consequent on the
publication
of daily and weekly public journals, are nume-
rous and heavy. The expenses attendant on collecting in-
formation from remote quarters of the globe can hardly be
adequately estimated, and, in order to uphold a spirit of
'enterprise in newspaper undertakings, to encourage inde-
pendence of character, and to apply the requisite stimu-
lus to habits of industry, it is perfectly just and in unison
with sound poliey, to afford to their proprietors and editors
full protection against the acts of all persons who may feel
disposed to rob them of the fame or profit which fairly be-
longs to their exertions.
The question, therefore, of newspaper copyright, may,
with the most perfect fairness and propriety, be submitted
to the consideration of the public and of Parliament ; but
the imposition of the stamp, or the concoction of" previous
restraints" upon publication, arc altogether distinct from
the subject of copyright. I repeat, that " previous re-
straints" cannot prevent one newspaper conductor from
robbing another after the papers are once in existence ; nor
does the stamp afford a protection against piracy. Yet it
is pretended that all these new devices have sprung out of
a decire to protect the rights of literary property ! I have
shown plainly that it is but a pretence—a shallow and false
pretence—proved so to be, indisputably, by the fact that
in the new clauses of the Gagging Bill, no remedy is pro-
vided for that journalist ?those columns may be systemati-
cally plui.deied by any unprincipled rival publisher. If
leading articles be stolen, or reports are extracted, by the
column or the page, the suffering party may look in vain
" The Ballot was not started as a pecuniary speculation ;
but even in that sense .it could not be said to have " failed,"
as it had an extensive circulation when it was incorporated
with the Examiner, at the end of two years from the time of
its first publication. It commenced with the great movement
of Reform, and it was united with the Examiner just after
the Reform Bill was enacted into a law--T. W."