The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-27 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

COURT CIRCULAR.

oats.
The Queen held an lovestiture of the Most Honeur.
able Mil.t,ry Order f the Bath yesterday afternoon at
Buckingham Pa.!ace.
The Kto:;hts Grand Crosses assemble i and wrre robe
in the Mantles and Colars of the Order ia the Gaiter
!!`(")tn, and afterwards passed to the Green Dr;..eiig
Room where they were called over by Bah King of Arma.
The Knights Grand Crosses present were, Lord Hill,
' • visc-unt Palmerston, Earl of Nlinte, Sir Hussey Vivian,
o.„ and the Earl of Clarendon. The Officers of the Order
tesent in th ir Mantles and carrying their Badges were
assth King of Arms, Algernon F. Grey lie, Esq., Offi-
cer of Arms, attendant on the Kr ights Commanders, Sir
William Woods, K H., and the Deputy Registrar and
le,,,cri'tarY, Albeit Wiliam Woods, Esq.
"Q Queer: and Prince Altert, her Majesty wearing the
11,1"1-2 and Collar of the Order, her train bring borne
1 Masters Byng and Wilson, Pages of Honour in Wait-
ing; and his Royal Highness, wearing also the Collar and
i'laLtle of the Oder, having been conducted by the Lord
Chamberlain to the Throne-room, the Knights and 0 ifi-
te" of the Order were ushered to the Royal presence
Then, by liar Majesty's command, Sir Frederick Adam,
84 Andrew Barnard, and Sir Joseph O'Halloran, were
le-nver
o , ,
ayintroduced to the Royal presence, between Sir
Hussey Vivian and the Earl of Clarendon, the two Junior
"'ghts Grard Crosses present, preceded by Bath King
tit Arms, bearing the Ribarrd, Badge, and Star of a
Knight Grand Cross upon a crimson I el% et cushion.
„ t'he Rahand and Badge having been presented to the
"c'vereigr, her Majesty was graciously phased to put the
Parse over Sir Frederick's right shoulder; Sir Frederick
baihßt had the honour f kissing the S..yereign's band, and,
basing received from her Majesty the Star of the Order,
telired.
Bath Ki!ig of Arms having again presented the Riband
Bid Badge, her Majesty was g aciously pleased to invest
Andrew Barnard with the same, and her Majesty also
Itivested Sir Joseph O'Halloran with the ensigns in like
rnallhert and also presented both Knights with the Star of
the Order.
gl44int-General Sir Jeremiah Dickson was conducted to
—e Queen by Sir William Woods, K H., Officer of Arms
att,!,ndant no .thes Commanders, and received
fro hK-h c of
mer Majesty Sass of a nig t omman er
the Beth.
lo
•LL William Fitzroy was conducted to the Sword
manner, and her Majesty havirg receivAl the
a' State fr.us Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher,
W4B pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon him,
kand kfterwards invested his Lordship with fre ensigns of a
night Commander of the Bath. His Lordship rising,
d the horn ur to kiss the Sovereign's hand.
; Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., was conducted to her Ma-
' tfatY by Sr W. Woods, and received from her Majesty the
gls of a Knight Commander of tie Bath.
order,
i4hts G-and Crosses, with the Officers of tie
urder, retired from the presence of the Sovereign with
the
u dal reverence,.
Her Maj. s-y's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
'rras lined the Throne-Room at the ceremony, corn-
katided by their St indard-bearer, Mr. Henry Robinson.
• The Court was rtteneed isy the Countess of Mount
Idgecumlyo Lady in Waiting; the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the
SLord Sc. xsrd, the Lord Charnt erlain, the Captain of the
uerahle Corps of Gent'emen at Arms ; Viscount Tor-
"agton, Lord in Waiting •; the Treasurer of toe House-
bold n; S'r &dein Pearson, Lieutenant of tbe Yeomen
aard Ead of Morley, Gentle:nan in Waiting on Prince
Albert;tiv Major the Her,. George Keppel, Groom in
Alajtiog . Captain Francis Seymour, Groom to Prince
Jit'vrt; 'Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting ; Mr.
(5,..41,9 Bunco Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hon.
-°,,r13,8 of Get Vemen at Arms; and Sir B, njan,in Smith.
The Yeomen of the Guard tired the Grand Hall. coin-
ittanded by Captain Parker Nuttall, the Exon in Waitirg.
d„,The Queen's 13and of the Coldstream Guards was an
nut-
ter on the Palace lawn, and the band performed a num-
er of pieces during the afternoon.
The Ashantee Princes, the Prince William Quanta.
thissall and the Prince John Ansel' accompanied by the
Re,. Thomas Pyne, had an audience of the Queen. The
jellne.ea were introduced by Lord John Russell, her Ma-
. • 7,1 Y it Secretary of State for the Colonies.
'orhe Royal dinner party at Buckirglram Palace on
,l.
eursdaa included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
LZen% Lady Anse Maria Dawson, Viscount Melbourne,
ord John Russell, Viscount Morpeth, Baron S:ockmar,
gad Lord Wriothesley Russell.
1.50 Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended.
G 0
eel Royal Dinner Party last everi ig included M.
'oa:iea, General A'av?, Marquis of Normanby, Vis-
runt Palmerston, the Right Hon. F'. T. Baring, and Co-
nel Wylde.
i The band of the Second Regiment of Life Guards was
II attendance during dinner.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager ye?-
t
e"LtY at Marlborough House.
Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal ighness
ri'Re George of Cambridge. Many of the nobility called
n• Cambridge House, and left their names for the Duke
c
Cambridge. The Duchess of Gloucester visited his
k°Yal Highness.
DThe Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria
riktylon and Colonel Couper, honoured with her presence
at night the performance of Haydn's oratorio, " The
Creation " by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at Exeter
of Mr. George Nicholls had an interview with the Marquis
Airnrreanby yesterday at the Home-office. Admiral
Wuen had an interview on Thursday with the Marquis of
rinanby at the Houle-office.

SHAKSPERE.S SIGNATURE—The curious in
itifh, matters may remember, that about three years ago
Vben interest was excited by a book being brought to the
phil "ler at Evans's) with " Shakspere " inscribed
its title-page : it was the first and folio edition of the
j„k`glisk tradslation of " Montaigae's Essays," by
Florio, printed 1603. That sold for 100/.
Was botosht by P!ckering, as was understood,
sftne British- Museum Previously to the di:c :Nary of that
and autograph, according to Sir F. Madden's ob-
ttl'ations on that autograph of Shakspere, and
4 orthography of his name, communicated to the
to eleiY of Antiquaries, by Sir F. Madden, in a letter
Mr. John Gage, director, there were only five ac-
eb"wledged genuine signature; of Shakspere, in exist-
kee; of those, three are attached to his will in the
'regative Court, executed on the 25th of March,
6:5,-16 ; the fourth is written on a mottgage deed, dated
th
11th of March, 1612-13, of a small estate purchased
Shakspere of Henry Walker in Blackfriars; and
weillafth on the counterpart of tke deed of bargain and sale
It ; e same property, dated the 10th of March, 1612-13.
in A good state of preservation, except in the folds,
sotre V-,,e writing is slightly Injured. It is in the
• Qiirossing band of the p:si iod. The parties are " Henry
4,11k-ert citizen and minstrell, of London, on the one part;
William Shakspere, of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the
Zilritie of Warwick, gentleman ;" William Johnson, citi-
Ft: and sintener," of London; Henry Jackson, of Lon-
tjtki tentleman ; and John " Hcmynge," of London, gen-
, tj.
14„81N9ULAR CASE OF LOCK-JAW.—On Friday
titan, inquest was held on the body of John Hill, a boy
le7,`'S.Years old, who died of lock-jaw, under the follow-
:e4 singular circumstances :—Another boy and the de-
-4,12," Were playing tegether the Friday prec.eding, in
of -street, Toxteth-park, on some balks, and, in the act
Ili running over one of them, a piece of wood stuck into
st: foot. The deceased pulled out the splinter, and the
bled a good deal ; but, by putting some oakum to
1%7e Was ena'aled to walk home. His mother saw his
14' swelled the next day, and, on asking him the CallC,
haaaid a piece of iron had fallen upon it. On Saturday
tstteared to get worse, but the boy was sill able to
about• On Tuesday night he went to bed quite
apt' •
lt but the next morning tie became sick, and could
laildtet up. From nine o'clock on Wednesday morning
one o'clock on Thursday afternoon, be had a constant
cession of fits, which terminated in his death. The
ter,sl luau, Mr. Leech, when called in, found a slight
th,,:e'en on the instep. The usual medicine was adrninis-
Isitrit but it was unavailing ; the disease was lock-jaw, of
he died.—Liverpool fercury.
titp-RLIGION OF THE CHARTISTS.—On Sun-
Sh,:eerning last, Mr. Bairstow, the Chartist delegate,
stsered a funeral sermon, in the market-place of this
tile47llßhs on toe death of John Clayton, a Chartist, who
;.tape in Northallerton gaol. After singing two verses of
list of Watts's Hymns, Mr. Bairstow offered an extern-
sdlYer, in which he implored God to bi about the
lkil"en of the CLarter, to iemove all tyirnas and the
,tqtetutors of Chartists from power, and to bear witness
tsior- sufferings and privations of the poor. The text
qilykterl for the occasion was from John, C. xix, V. 6:
ilisiue.ri the chief priests, therefore, and officers saw hire,
'I li cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him." Christ
nisi;:ePresented as a great religious Reformer: All
11%4 Priests, Wesleyan:, and Dissenters, %sere de-
. strebeed as hypocrites, who persecuted the poor, and
Aillsj from them their hard earnings. The prelates and
4441,:cif the Establishment were represented as living in
ittas.' -"us palaces, and fattening on the land at the ex-
th,,iif the people The only remedy, he urged, was
'i,saarter. At the conclusion of the. service the sum of
'`Jet 8;d. was collected for the %view of Clayton.—
Reporter.;
Al 4TRUCTIVE ENGINES IN WARFARE.—
towcent invention for blowing up and destroying ships
441424 has of late excited considerable curiosity, the
'eti extract from the travels of Count Falkenstein
g•s ph
reat. •, Emp,,:rcr of Germany), will be read with in-
•••••...,‘
istl A native of Dauphiny, by name Dupre, who
ilverent his life in cultiveting the science of chemistry;
e°4ld edll kind of fire, so rapid and so devouring that it
Of Aejthen be avoided nor extinguished : water, instead
`=ere ..°Ying it, gave it new force: Various experiments
sti
tieSee'6fQttihwith. it on the canal of Versailles,. in the pre-
ass, ,e King (Louis XV.), which were repeatyd at
trepid of Paris, and in several seaports. The most
:stspe tio soldiers trembled at the offccts of so diabolical an
and considered it with the same horror that the
PrWir 'eights felt at the discovery of gunpowder. Being
4Sst -eeti that • a
royore man, assoteu by -such an art, could
IfisPre Let or bui n a city, them King commandrd
3 tilet7 Ar e.:-.mmUnlCa.o hiF..,e,ret, and pa'd hint for
Vrged inee• His MFjesty, bowel er, was at that time en-
riseep a ruinous war ; the English braved him in his
eoelsci and every day li suffered loses and disgrace.
fed
essay hays d 'st o d his enemies, but he pre-
tat t, - (• ryt
.Nl.l rather than to augment the evils f hums_
stied '', Pre is since dead, and his dangerous secret lies
with him."
fi Übe ty
e, estpludiln
tlnd 'E rourde. Mercury states that Kun,ap-
po,n9d !er of the Bishop of Frauenburg, has
No, lowt_o broken al.va on the v:Ii• el, bi.ginr
s,i)ir the me", limbs. When asked if he intend() i to un-
s, LeY of the King against this sentence, he
y not • I have frequetnly the troth ache, and I
iit,d 'tail more more pain on the Kurapfel is
~,.„11._e a Priest, and Licher. s ith prt,prict
as th,FLe!ent, but makes a mockonv of r*.digion as
'mitt has quitted Mes-

FRENCH LAW OF

COPYRIGHT.

REPORT OF M. DE LANIARTINE ON THE
FRENCH COPYRIGHT BtLL.

" Gentlemen,--In constituting Frop,ry society had
three objects in view. The remuncraiion of I Amur, the per-
petuation of a farni.y, and the increase of the pubiie
wealth. Justice, forethought, and interest are Vie three
bases of all possessions. Why should they, therefore, not
have a place in the constitution of li.crary or artisticel
property ? This was the first and most important ques-
tion for the consideration of your Committee. In this, as
during the whole course of its labours, it could derive no
advantage from the experience of pre-existing legislations.
All was to be discovered and created. Antiquity was si-
lent, and modern legislation had only spoke in an arbi-
trary, confused, and frequently contradictory language.
An outline of the law of Jan. 19, 1791 ; a cherce of the
Convention of July 19, 1793; another decree of Feb. 5,
1810; an admirable project of M. de S alvandy ; and a di,_
cession in the Charnbcr of Per rs, were the only landmarks
to point out a path to us.
" The only c ide to which your Co:nmis.ion could turn
was natural eqq,ty.
" Some men live by the sweat of their brow, others by
that of their brain. The results of these labours are dif-
ferent, but the title of the labourer is the same. These
struggle with the land and the change; of season, and reap
Vie visible fruits of th it labours. '1 Le others have to con-
tend against ideas, ignorance, and prejudices. Their
pages are watered with the t il-wrung sweat of hit lli-
g,mee, too often with tears, sometimes even taith ;hair
blood, and thns, at the sport of time and fortune, they
reap misery or putLc favour, martyrdom or gl ry.
palpaile and incontestibe results of mote ial labour la ve
appeared in their most striking form to the legislator. Ho
said to the labourer who tilled the ground, This fie:d
shall be thine, and shall be inherited by thy offspriag, and
all thy succeeding generations shall reap the reward of thy
labours.' And thus was instituted territorial property, the
b asis of families, the foundation of permane4 and enduring
society.

Ly virtue of a just and natural induction, the day
must come when the work of intelligence will be consi-
dered as an useful labour, and the fruits the! c3f a pr.,-
perry. But by a generosity worthy of its nature, the idea
which had created all forgot itself. It only asked to hand
down a glorious name to posterity, whilst the family of the
poet and philosopher, whose works formed
wealth of a whose nation, were pining in want and
misery. The idea came from God, was useful to man, and
returned to God, leaving a bright furrow on the brow of
him on whom genius had lighted, and on the name of his
sons.

" Is it just, is it useful, is it possible, to leave the pro-
perty of their labours in the hands of authors or their fami-
lies ? These are the three questions on which we have to
dehberwe. Aid have not thee ctuestions boen answered
beforehand? What is justice but the propy r ion between
cause and effect, betwten labour and retribution ? As
man employs some portion of his powers, a few short easy
hours of his lire, aided by a capital transmitted to him by
his fathers in the cultivation of his estates, or in some
lucrative trade, he heops up riches upon riches, and
partakes largely of all the joys and luxuries of life.
The possmion of all this is ensured to him
for the term of his natural life, and after him to his chil-
dren, or those whom 1r:! shall point out by wilt. Another
man passes his whoq. l fe, consumes his moral powers,
enervates his physical forces, forgetful of hirnsAc, his
family, and friends, to e:;r:ch mankind with one of those
noble works of intaect, or some of these ideas, which
cause millions cf men to think. He di,!s, but he succeeds.
His noble work and sublime ideas have gone foal, and
have been seized upon by the intellectual world, as 81.0
by the trading and speculating portion of mankind. It
becomes a slow and frequently poAhum rus source of
wealth. It throws millions into cireulaii-m, and is ex-
ported as if it were a natural producti.m cf the soil.
All men have a right to it, exce,,ting he who crated it,
and the widow and childr.ol of this man may wards r about
from door to door in toe midst of public wealth and vast
private fortune, cur:iog the ungrateful country which re-
fuses remuneration to the labours of their father. In the
name of conscience—by that ineffacea'rle c..de of a quity
traced by the hand of God himself, shall such a state of
things continuo ?

"-Civilizaii is the daughte• of books. The work
which can, as it were, cr att., destroy, or transform► tine
world, shall it hecome.an object of indifference to mankind?
" And, lastly, is it possible this eventual and fugitive
wealth which results from the materialized propagation of
thought, trom impression, and horn books ; is ►t of a na-
ture to be seized upon, fixed, and regal-red into a form of
property ? To this question we have merely to point out
facts for a reply. This property exists, and is bought and
sold like any other property. We bad only to study the
prcceeds, and regularize its conditions, in order that it
might wholly enter into the domain of things possessed,
and guaranteed to their possessors. And this we have done.
"The real interest of society is to see the profits of a use-
ful work remain as long as possible in the possession of
those who created the work. Moreover, society has an-
other interest, which is this--that the private property of
a work remaining fur a longer time in the hands of v:gi-
lent and interested possessors, the longer will the pirated
foreign editions of this book be prohibited, and thus will
the commercial wealth of the nation be insir,taine d. But
greater than ail these, there is another reason. It has been
asked, of what is composed the moral unity, the abstract
being of an author. It consists of the author himself, his
wife, and children. Lie father, wife, and sons are one.
This may be called the family in its first degree. Since
you wish to continue literary property for a certain num-
ber of years, do not take thirty years after the death of the
author, a period at which his widow may still be livieg,
and his eh ldren have scarce crossed the threshold
of life. But take half a century, which embraces the
mean probability of the eventualities of life and death,
the entire circle of the three existences which represent
and immediately follow up the author himself. Break not
up this one moral being into two or three portions ; let not
the son be brought up in the lap cf luxury, and then be
consigned to indigee.ee. The term of thirty years would
day of er day present to us the scandalous spectacle of the
public domain being enriched by the spoils of genius, in
the very teeth of the widow and children of the man of
genius, who would be living in want and misery. And
►ast!y do not forget that that which you enact by law will
not be realised in fact. If you enact thirty years the
family will not actually inherit more than twenty years, and
if you enact fifty, they will not reap the hem fi!s for more
than forty. Such is the fate of commerce. When it is
advertised by the law of the fatal period at which the pro-
perty ceases—when it falls into the private domain, it sud-
denly stops and awaits."
After entering into some statistical details concerning
sacred books, M. de Lamartine turns to dramatic littrasure.
On this subject be says—
" The legislator would not pass over the fruits of tl:at
noble art which was raised by antiquity to the dignity of
an ins iAatian, which is a atched with extreme vigilance by
the police of modern States, on account of its vast power
and influence. The noble creations of dramatic literature
have done much to hropsg:►te our language and our civili-
zation. Our theatre is identified with our patriotism.
Ca❑ we disinhe it it?

" A dramatic composition consists of two distinct parts
—the composition and the representation. It is a mere
writing as long as it restarts in the author's hands.
It is an action from the time when it passes into the hands
of the actor. Dees, therefoie, this double and complicated
quality of theatrical pieces constitute a double property ?
Wi.hout the author the theatre can have no drama—with-
out the actor the drama cannot he represented. The
theatre and the author, therefore, being both proprietors,
ought to make an equitable adjestment of this their com-
mon property. Such wan the law ; but usage went be-
yond the law. No piece could be represented without
the permission of the author. A retribution for the author
was fixed according to dramatic regulati.ins, and we have
merely added that their right to tnis retribution shall exist
for fifty years after the death of the arch
" The same princidlc shall he applied to musical corn-
posers, whatever be the farm in which their musical crea-
tions be published.
" We next turn to the brilliant results produced by the
chisel, the brush, and the pencil. We have treated with
all the respect they deserve these arts, hal mechanical,
half intellectual, by which ideas are personified in marble
or on canvas, and by which genius is materialised in the
hand of man. •We have entered into a minute investiga-
tion concerning the property of those works of are, but
have not passed the lierits, seemly detirable, in which the
art is absorbed in the profession. The remuneration of
the profession is by money alel patent, the remuneration
of the art is the glory and property.
" But here again rose a serious controversy. To whom
shall belong the right of reproducing by engraving or
moulding ? in the purchaser of a picture or statue, or to
the artist ? We have received on this subject numerous
eloquent protestations, some of which were dressed in
the authority of that very institute whose name alone ex-
cites our respect and veneration. We have received the
opinions of the first painters and statuaries of the age on
thin subject.s These groans from genius heve found in
your Commission sympathising interpreters. The ar-
tiee has been maintained which was presented by the
Got eminent, voted by the Peers, and admitted by the
Commission in 1826. The right of artists, in order to be
etercised, must be duly inscribed. We have not con-
sented to bestow upon them a privilege which, whilst it
condemned the sole object to an onerous strsi:ude, they
might even refuse to declare in the contract.
" Article 6 refers to pains and penalties. All laws with-
out guarantee are fictitious. The law requires the aid of
force, which is punishment. The Commission has been
unanimous in their wish to arm literary property with suffi-
cient moral and penal force to eneble it to repel the attacks
of irternal piracy. A fine of from 300 to 2,000 francs
(12/. to 80/.) has been fixed, toge; her with damages equal
in amount to the value of the counterfeited edition. An
increased fine and imprisonment are inserted in the event
of a repetition of the offence. If too strong punishments
discourage the Judge in his administration of justice, even
so do light punishments teed to discourage commerce and
depreciate property. Placed between these two dilemmas,
we helm decided that a severe punishment should be in-
flicted on a crime which is so frequently committed in the
dark, and that it should be punished with the dishonour
which it has braved, d also by the reparation which it
has sought to avoid. The law has, therefore, fixed the
damages at. the \elite of the counterfeited edition. This
is the exact weight of reparation when placed in the ba-
lance against the crime.

" FOREIGN PIRACY OF COPYRIGHT.

" But whilst we have been forming a code for literary
rr Terry in France, the crying urgency of an international
law for the protection of this sort cf prof erty has made
its&f heard from one end of Europe to the other ; in fact,
thr,ughout the whole world has this become a scandal to
civilization. As soon as a book is printed at London,
Vienna, or Paris, it is immediately pounced upon by foreign
pirates, who reprint it in all possible forms, regardless of
the sacred rights of author?, the ex;enses incurred by the
original editors, and thus are Europe and America inun-
dated with countless editions of works, which become a
certain source of profit to their piratical publishers, who
never speculate in works save such as bate already ac-
quired a repu:ation which will ensure a co taro asle. Thus
the literary commerce of a great nation despoiled of its
rights...thus has it become the privilege and monopoly of

a cosmopolite commerce, through the carelessness and in-
justice of the nations of the earth.
" In a commercial point of view France loses, by this
! crying injustice, from eigl:t to ten millions yearly (from
320,000/. to 400,0001.) This abuse, which is alike fatal
t ;:wriors as commerce, is felt by al nations, but
he stroller Stat,s are the grc a:est sufferers the-eby. A
property is merely nominal the right to which ceases at a
frotiti2r dis.tant perhaps but a fe.% peer. What remune-
ration can he expected by an author or bookseller at Rome,
Florence, or Parma, whea his works arc shamelessly re-
printed at Naples, Turin, Modena, or Milan ? In G er-
many the evil might be still greater. All unite in crying
aloud for an international law on this subject. The States
of Italy. with the exception of Naplee, have decreed the
perpetuity of literary property to authors and their heirs.
Moreovor they have decreed the internationality of Ut'-
rary property. Tars publisher who prints counterfeited
edit.ons of a work published by any of tly,r_e States shall
be prosecwed by all and punished by all. Germany has
f•Tosved in the same track. Intr-Germanic piracy is
there prohibited.
" Ergland, Austria, Russia, and Fiance, excited by
f.eligs of justice more than by those of similar and r qual
interests, all unite in their wish for an jot mational law.

" The whole of Europe is at present inspired by the same
sentiments ; let F, ante, then, gloriously take the lead.
A high place has teen ass;gried to her in the list of na-
tions by the hands of her artists, by the pens of her
writers, and by the swords of her soldiers. Can she con-
tent to leave in negligence and spoliation those domaias
of thought which have procured for her so bright a stmion
in the empire of human intellect ? Lig; witude may be
useful to glory, as it tends to render it the more striking,
but it will never enrich a nation. [low greatly are we in-
ch bted to those whom we have so long despoiled of their
birthright I Five or six immortal names in the nationality
of the past—poets, philosophers, orators, artists, stwes-
men, historians—remain fixed in the memory as the
landmark of ages and of a people. Montaigne, as a scep-
tic, plays with ideas, and then gives the circulation in a
modern garb—Paschal and Bossuet both have turned our
thoughts to God—Racine, Corneille, Moliere, and Vol-
taire, have given us pictures of the workings of the Inman
heart—Montesquieu discusses the institutions of emp res_
Rousseau, Fenelon, and Mirabeau have each immcrialised
our literature in their respective walks. Morals, civiliza-
tion, influence, government—France owes all to these
men. And perhaps our children may be as deeply in-
debted to those who may come after us. The everlasting
and inexhaustible patrimony of France is her intellect. Is
not the moment now come for constituting as personal
property that useful portion which mares the dignity of
letters, the independence of authors, tie patrimony of
families, and the retribution of the State ?
" Allow me to aid, that the serious and legal consf tu-
Con of literary, a,t'stical, and commercial property, will
be eminently conformable with those democratic princi-
ples which are the necessity, of our times. This nature
of property bears in itself all that is wanting for democra-
cies. It is respect wi hout restraint-- grandeur for some
without debasement for the many. Nobility has been
suppressed, but not glory. Tnis glorious gift, like other
gifts of God, is open to all. Genius is a grand leveller,
but it is a leveller who raises the general level of man-
kind. Literary property is the fortune of democracy—
glory is the nobility of equality."

HARBOUR IN THURSO BAY.—A Bill has
jest been brought into Parliament tor constructing in the
Bay of Thurso a commission harbour, the trustees to
be several of the principsl proprietors and leading indivi-
duals in Thurso and its vicinity, together with all lenders
of holders of stock to the amount of 100/. It is reported
that.one cr two of our leading banks are lending a most
efficient support to this useful undrrtaking. The Bay of
Thurso Les exactly at the western entrance of the Pent-
land Firth, and is in the (lite:A course of the /sbrth Sea
trade with our American possessions. It is a capacious
slid secure roadstead in all weathers, and naturally adap-
ted far the construction of a most complete and convenient
harbour, more so indeed than almost any other point on
the coast of Scotland.—Scotch Paper.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT EARL SEFTON'S
MANSION —Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven
o'clock, a must serious and appalling accident occurred
(and which in a few hours afterwards proved fetal) to
Thomas Crow, a journe'“nan painter, who was engaged
cleaning the ext, nor of the !comid fl ior windows in the
front of Earl Sefton's mansion, No. 10, Arlington-street,
Piccadilly, when the machine, on which the unfortunate
man stood, from being improperly affixed within, suddenly
gave way, and he was precipitated on the stone paving in
the court-yard. Assistance being procured, he was re-
moved to St. George's Hospital,
:where, after lingering a
few hours, death terminated his sufferings.

Yesterday about twelve o'clock, as a poor
woman was proceeding along Gower-street, where she hid
been to get a recornmendati"n to the Lyit,g-in Hospital,
she was suddenly taken in labour; a cab was immediately
procured, in which she was placed and driven to the Uni.
versity Hospital, but before she could be removed front the
cab she was safely delivered of a fire
ROYAL SPORT.—The King and several of his
coot t'ers were stationed on horseback, in the pl,in in front,
with large spears in thtir hands. A body of bunters drove
all the game from the hanging woods which line the sides
cf the immense crler, to the spot where the King was
placed ; and this was the best part cf the sport, for it was
a cheerful scene to see such crowds beat the thicket, and
to hear their continued firing, shouting, and balloting.
The bears ran down into the open grounds, and there
large hounds were let loose to stop them, in crier that the
horsemen might come up and spear them; but as the dogs
were too large and too numerous for these tame animals,
the poor beasts generally tqlnu!ei about sprawling, for the
Royal hero to drive his spear into them at his leisure.
Stet/I/un ' Courts of Europe. _ _

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Thursday Inspector
Wiggins and a sergeant of the D division of police were
employed in ii.vestigating the circumstances connected
with an extensive robbery of jewellery, &c., at the resi-
dence of Sir George Rose, No. 4. Hyde-park-gardens.
About eight o'clock, Sir George, who was accompanied
by Lady Rose. went to the Hanover-square Rooms, and
returned between ten and eleven. He soon afterward en-
tered his dressing-room and found that several of the
drawers and boxes contained in them had been forced open,
and a gold watch, together with some valuable geld rings,
brooches, and otl.er articles of much value, abstracted
therefrom. The property was all safe at eight o'clock,
and, from an examination which has been made of the
premises, it does not appear that any forcible entry had
been made either by any of the windows or doors.
TRIAL OF SPEED.—On Tuesday last an in-
teresting race took place between two of the fastest sea-
going steamers in the world, the Orion and the Orwell.
These vessels (both built of iron), in consequence of a
friendly proposal made by the owners of the former to
Captain Wit.g, commander of the 0, well, to try their re-
lative speed, joined at Gravesend at ha f-past ten, and
started elf for Ipswich at a masterly pace, the 0:ion
abt.ut 200 yards a head ; they both had a foresail hoisted,
and during the passage the Orion had gained about six
miles on the Orwell,lwhen, unfortunately for the former,
she carri, d away her foreyard, by which she lost some
of ber advantage; but notwithstanding this drawback,
and the fact of her engines not being y, t got fairly up
to their full working condition, she arrived at Ipswich
twenty minutes Mere the Orwell, which, on a run of five
hours and a half, and against FO fast a boat, must be ad-
issved to be an important victory ; aad it may be safely
affirmed that when her machinery gets into proper work-
ing order, she will do better still. The difference already
establi,hed would, on a voyage from the Thames to the
Humber, give an advantage of nearly two hours. The
ferns of the Orion is said to be very prrfect, combining
y at sea, with good I.nes for speed, and shy may now
be considered the 11:test sea-going steamer in world.
_ .

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday, the Bth cur-
rent, Alf. arvid Wi!son, a gentleman residing ai Castle-
Sanquhar, much attached to field sportF, having had occa-
sion to order a new ramrod, was in the act of putting it
into its place, when, by some inadvertency, the butt-end of
the fowling-piece came in contact with the floor, and
being loaded at the time, primed, and cocked, a discharge
ensued, to the utter consternation cf all within heariog
distance. The shot passed between the root of the lett
hand thumb and fort-finger of the unfortunate gentleman,
and from thence entered his breast oppostte to the left
ventricle of the heart. The shock was alike sudden and
severe, and, having the parlour in which he stood, he
entered another apartment, excldming to his wife and two
children "lam a dead man !" Shortly after this he sunk
on the floor, and although medical ci i was promptly pro-
cured, it was of no avail, life in the interim having Lecome
extinct.—Scotsman.

CHURCH-YARD OF CILLIE-CHRIST.--- An in-
closure is much wanted for the salt ay and Leautiful bury-
ing-ground of Ciilic-ehrist, pariah cf Urray, Ross..shire•
The chinch-yard of Cillic-chr i•t ( Christ's Church) was the
scene of a very sanguinary and cruel occurrence in the daAs
cf feudal violence, which is thus described. in " Anderson's
Guide:"—" In the early part of the seventeenth century,
Angus, eldest son of Glengarry, had made a foray into the
Mack enzies' country; on his way borne, he was intercepted
by a gallant little band of Mackenzies, and slain, mils a
numLer of his followers. Sometime thereafter a strong
party of Glengarry's men were sent, under the command
of Allan tlacßaonuill of Lundy, to revenge his death.
Allan led them to the parish of Urray, in Ross-shire, on a
Sunday morning, and aurpriscd a numerous body of the
Itlackenzes, assembled at prayer, within the walls of Cilie-
christ, neat Beauty, for so was their little chapel calks].
Placing his followers so as to prevent all possibility of es-
cape, Allan gave orders to set the building on fire. The
iniserahle victims found all a'tempts to escape unavaiing,
and were, with a single exc,ption—man, woman, and
child—swallowed up by the devouring clement, or indis-
criminately massacred by the swords of the relentless Mac-
donells, whil,t a piper marched round the church, playing
an evernperary piece of music, which has ever since been
the pibroch of the Glengarry family."—lnverness Courier.

SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. J.
Marshall, vicar of Ovingclean, nasr Brighton. commuted
suicide by hanging himself. Various causes arc assigned
for the eummission of the decd. He was much attached
to his family, and previous to going out kissed his children
m(,st ,ffeLtionately. but th re wss nothing in his conduct
to excite at the time any suspicion of his dreadful inten-
tion. Deceas,d was about forty years of age, atA wa4
much respected by the parishioners. He was presented to
the living by his father.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.-All In-
quest was held on Thursday last, at the Montague Arms,
ter Slough, on the body of a woman, whose name and
connections were unknown, who was discovered two days
In fore sitting in an upright posture, under the archway
cf a large drain, which crosses the old Bath Road, near
that village. There was a bundle of clothes lying by her
tide, and nearly two pounds in gold and silver found in
her pocket. She was decently attired, and appeared about
60 years of age, but greatly emaciated. She was imme-
diately taken to the Montague Arms, and Mr. Adams,
Surgeon of Colnbrook, sent for, who upon examining the
body, found no marks of violence upon her person to ac-
count for her death. The Jury returned a verdict of
‘• Found dead," but there was no evidence as to the cause
of her decease.