The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-21 00:00:00

especially Montesquieu, exclaimed against the existence
of this law ; and at a Inter period the Constituent As-
sembly, considering the world as one great family.
abolished the droll d'aubaine, and aliens were permitted
to inhCrit property. Meanwhile France became the
victim of her generosity ; in which she war not imitated by
other nations. Strangers in France were allowed to require
civil rights;—while piracy of every s"rt was permitted
against Frenchmen in other countries. France exports an-
nually perfumery to the amount cf 6,000,000 francs, and
in London especially (said the Learned Advccate) nu-
merous compositions are sold as French which were never
manufactured in France. The labels of French manufac-
tures are counterfeited in England, and affixed to bottles
and boxes, without the slightest scruple. Messrs. Shaw-
and Sons, engravers in London, offer (he alleged) in their
catalogues to the public all sorts of lab-ls, inscriptiona,
and emblazonments of this description, which may be pur-
chased irons them in thousands. Here was a ludicrous
instance of a mistake into which the English engraver
fell. A Paris perfumer, named Lubin, was the inventor
of an oil which possessed the property of fixing the hair
on the head, and which he therefore called fixateur des
chcccis. The English copyist wrote it
.fixatur des die-
roux —( Much laughter.) The Belgians, who were per-
petually assassinating French industry by their forgeri' s,
were not more backward than the " English plunderers."
It was therefore clear that foreigners were far from ob-
serving those scruples which they wished to enforce
against French industry.
M. Paillet (advocate for Rowland and Son, the same
gentleman who defended Madame Laffarge) contended
that there never was a more barefaced imitation, and that
the proceedings of the French perfumers amounted to ab-
solute brigandage. Rowland's name, seal, and signature,
his treatise on the hair, his entire prospectus, were repro.
duced with the most minute accuracy, Rowland published
reclamations, loading his imitators with maledictions, and
de7cribing them as adventurers. These gentlemen, with
unheard of effrontery, copied their own condemnation.
Rowland again directed the public attention to the false
signature " Rowlandson," put upon the fictitious article
in place of " Rowland and Son," and this denunciation
had been also reproduced by the Paris pirates. With
regard to the alleged foreign piracies (for example the
jixatur des chevaus) no proof had been adduced. In any
case the example would be a shameful one, and it would
be unworthy of them to follow it. Internttonal probity,
and the progress of universal civilization, should serve as
barriers against the admission of such principles. Since
England had been mentioned, he might observe that
more generous ideas had there prevailed, and that,
by a law cf 1838, England proclaimed her respect for
these principles, and enacted penalties for the preservation
of literary property, to the benefit of which foreigners were
entitled.
After a short deliberation, the Court confirmed the de-
cision in Messrs. Rowland's favour.

London, December 10. 1840.
GENTLEMEN,—The above appeared in the 7 imesof this
day, and is to appear in the other London papers. It
being a matter of considerable commercial importance, you
will greatly oblige us by noticing it also in your next
paper. We are, Gentlemen, your's respectfully,
A. ROWLAND AND SON.