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DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

The hest and most varied provision fc' after life hitherto of-
fered—X2 125.. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 65
give the policy-holder the choice of an armaity of £47 16s. Gd.
or £319 Ifs. cash, or policy at sleatla t £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, ant 60—Two-thirds !.ayments lent at any
time and Teo-thirds returneil cow of irr,,:-"aature derAth,
T cie detailed Plans, and Last. Annual tte ort, to be lad at
the Office, at any of its Branches, or on r.pplit ation Hill be for-
warded post free.
F. FEB(AIS.PIv' CAAIROUX, Secretary.
VICTORIA

LI FE ASSURANCE AND
LOAN COMPANY.
No. is, King William-stree' , City.
TRUSTEES.
Sir JAMES-.DUKE, Alderman, M../3., Chairman.
BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Benjamin Barnard, Esq. I Ch.ries Baldwin, Esq.
Solicitor, John Curtis,Esq., 80, Pasingliall-strfet.
The principle of this Company is to adow to each Aisurer
such remonable advantages,' as may suit his particular 'views.
Thus, parties Assuring the Lives of otllas, may make their
Policies secure, notwithstanding the Life Assured may go out
of the limits of Europe, wi-hout the necessary permission of the
Directors having been previously obtained. Credit of half the
Premiums for the first five 'years, &Howe& on Policies effected
for the whole term of Life. Parties Who have been Assured
for five years will be allowed to borrow on the security of their
Poli ies, a sum equal to one-half the Premiums paid, less that
for the first year. Advances are ma.P to parties Assured. in
the Office, on
,real or undoubted Persot Security, for terms
not exceeding three years, repayable by ins'..alments. Premiums
moderate. Participation in profits. Di-tailed ProFpectuSes
may be obtained on application at the Office, or by letter
Addressed to the secretary.
WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.

GUARDIAN FAZE AND. LIFE AS-
SURANCE COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office,

. . .
London.
DIN.CTORS.
JOHN W. BUCKLE, Esq., Chairman.
JAMES MORRIS, Esq., DepUty Chairman.
Venry Hulse Berens, Esq. John Loch; Esq.
John Dixon, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
Francis Hart'lly'ke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. S. Marjoribanks, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Fenwick, , Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
orge Johnstone, Esq. John 'Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.

TOES.
• ,
A. W. Robarts,tEsq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel jonea Loyd, Esq; I George Stone, Esq.
ACTUARY-L.Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R. S.
.
In the LIFE DiriaxAtertx, a Bonus was declared in June,
1829, exCeedini One per dent. per Annum on the Sums in-
sured, en'an average of thidifferent Ages; and a second Bonus.,
of nearly similar amount'vas declared in June, 1836. At each
period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged
rather more than QS, per Cent. en the amounts of Premiums
paid thereon during'-the preceding seven years.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—Notice is hereby given, that Assu-
rances which expire at Midsummer must be renewed with-
in fifteen days at thin office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St.
James's-street, corner of Fall-mall, or with the Company's
agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void.
GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

AUD

ETROPOLITt LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, Ns..- 3, Princes-street, Bank.
ritteorreatt. -;,,, •
n Alteard, Esq Jeseph Aloarc, Esq.
Richard Low Beck, Esq. J,4in Laur.t,ce, Esq
Edmund C. Buxton, Esq. William Josh. Leacher, T sq.
James 'Dawson, Esti, John Fras. Mdubert, EN.
Thomas Fowler, Esq. Joshua Schnlerield, Esq ,
Francis E,x, Eso, Henry Start, EN.
William Storrs Fry, E'q. John Taylor, Esq.
Robert Gant, Esq. John Travers, Esq.
Benj. Hawes, Jun , Esq., 111. P George Vaughan, Esq.
The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Pre-
miums fall due on the sth of July next, that the same must
be paid within thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are payable Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly,
on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, end sth of
October, either of which several days constitutes the commence-
ment of the year to MEMBERS. Persons, therefore, desirous
of entering the Society, AS MEMBERS, on the sth of
July next, should appear at the Office on or before that day.
So various are the plans now before the public for effecting
Assurance on Life, it may, at first sight, seem difficult to
make choice between them. As, however, all prudent offices
make a considerably higher charge in the annual premium
than experience has hitherto shown to be necessary, but differ
in the mode of disposing of the surplus or profit, the following
classification may be made :-
Ist. Proprietary Offices, where all the surplus from pre-
miums and other profits is divided exclusively amongst the
Share or Stockholders.

2d. Offices where the same is divided in various proportions
between Share and Stockholders and the assured. _ .

3d. Offices of a strictly mutual character, where the whole
of the profit is equitably distributed amongst the assured only.
The Metropolitan, which is of the last class, was established
in 1835, and although no paid egents for town or country have
at any time been employed, nor any expensive system of adver-
t /sing resorted to, yet its advantages have been so well appre-
ciated by the public, that the annual premiums already exceed
38,500/.
hi consequence of the prosperous state of the Society's af-
fairs, the Annual Premiums of Members of Five years' standing
have been reduced Forty-two and a Half per cent.
A plan of the Society, with tables of rates, may be obtained
on application at the Office.
RICHARD FIEATHFIELD, Superintendent.
Princes-street, Bank, June 8, 1842.

TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, and OTHERS.
Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
GR IMSTON E'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the
Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, aed the Lords of the Treasury, is universaily
recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis-
orders incident to the Eyes and Head.
SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE
AND DEAFNESS CURED!
By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound!
Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou-
sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a triflieg ex-
pense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary
toi nduee the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com-
mons have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned
its use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most
eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic
balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated
Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff,"
for its efficacy, in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and
Head. G. .1. Guthrie, Est., F. R. S. See J. B. Lachfield,
Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls
it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The
late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim-
stone's Eve Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the
" Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters
of Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others o'
the first respectability.

Nottingham, 2sthAug., 1841.
This extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson
Foreign Simi and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham.
To Mr. W. Grimstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, London.
feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of
my case, and the miraculous cure performed on myself, by
using your truly valuable Eye-Snuff. Sir. I am now in my
93d year, and a native of Holland, have been in this country
26 years. Whether from change of climate, or my advanced age,
I cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight,
therefore unable to follow my business. I do most sincerely
beli-ve I should have remained in darkness and pain but for
the kind recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I
purchased a 23. 4d. canister of your agent, Mr. Wilcockson, to-
bacconist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear wit-
ness to my extraordinary recovery of that most inestimable
blessing of our life—" Perfect Sight"—l declare has proceeded
from the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffer-
ing, you may make what use you please of this letter, Mr. Wil-
cockson and many others will vouch for its truth. I refer the
sufferers to this gentleman, being your Agent, and so well
known in h
Nottingam.
I am, Sir, your obliged servant,
28th Aug. 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA.
P. S.—Sir,—l should not (4) you justice without stating my
teiief was almost instantaneous. My eyes became clear and
freed from humour, and by persevering in its use very fre-
quently I am enabled to read small print without the aid of
Glasses, and continue to enjoy God's greatest blessing—Sight !
free from pain. I have reason to be grateful, and do recom-
mend your Eye Snuff to all I know.
Nottingham. A. Z. M.
Observe the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in-
ventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him.
This Odoriferous Herbaceous 'Compound of Herbs is sold in
canisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs. and 15s. 6d.
each by the Proprietor, W. Grimstone, at 3C, Broad-street,
Bloomsbury, and can be obtained in all the prir cipal towns and
-hies. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and
all 4andors of b=rimstone's Eye Snuff. Thi s celebrated Snuff
is shipped to all quarters of the globe, ann retains its benign
qualities is every climate. 411 Snuffs an,. Cigars shipped on
at; shortest notice.

FITS AND NERVOUS COMPLAINTS.
NIISS PIKE'S POWDERS.—This inestimable
Medicine, a Cure for EPILEPTIC, HYSTERIC, and
every other description of FITS and ERVOUS DISEASES, may
be had of the Proprietor, Miss PikeN, 15, Park.place, Clifton, near
Bristol (late of Berkeley, Gloucestershire) ; and in London, of
Messrs. Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon.street, sole wholesale
agents, in bottles, at Vs. Od., 4s 6d., and I Is. each, where numerous
testimomals to its ordinary efficacy of lie h.ghest respectability may
be obtained. It may al, o be.had through all respectable Venders of
Medicine in the United Kingdom; but be parti ular in observing
that the name .‘ Sarah Merrett Pike, Berkeley, Gloucestershire," is
engraved in White Letters on a Red Ground in the Government
%OOP, IN none other can begouuine.

The niece of a respectable woman, living at N 0.4,
Passage de la Reunion, Rue St. Martin, committed suicide, on
Tuesday last, under the following circumstances :—Some dais
ago the aunt was called into the country on business, and kit
her niece at home. During the absence of her aunt, the girl
received the visits of several young men, which, however, inno-
cent, gave rise to observations among some of the neighbours,
who threatened 4n complain of h. r oa her aunt's return, which
was daily expected. On Friday morning, the porter of the
house, not seeing the niece stirring, long after her usual time,
went up to her room to call her, and, receiving no answer, be-
came alarmed, and had her door forced open. 'I he poor girl
was found dead, having produced suffocation by two braziers o
charcoal.

An instance of spontaneous combustion occurred a
few days ago, at Lille. Some coarse cloths, which had been
used in cleaning the iron work of some machinery in a factory,
and had thereby become saturated with oil, were thrown into a
wooden box on the floor of one of the workshops, and hap-
pened to stand in the sun. Between nine and ten in the even-
ing a faint smell of burning was perceived in this part of the
building, and, search being made, it was found that these
sloths had ignited and were smouldering. Fortunately the dis-
covery was made in time to prevent any disastrous conaeguenoes.

FOREIGN PIRAcY OF BRITISH
LITERAR,Y WORKS.

A public meeting, fur. the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the enormous and increasing evil of the
foreign piracy of British literary works, and fur adopt-
ing such measures as-may,seem expedient for putting a
stop to the same, was held yesterday at the Freemasons'
Tavern, .Gfeat Queen-street, Lincoln's N.
Longnian, Esq., in ihe
The 'attendance of authors,: publishers, &c., was
pretty numerous. Aniong those present we noticed
Lord Willi:on:Lennox, SPottiswoode, Esq.,
.Sir
C Messrs. Dickenson, Colburn,
Lahlanr s.
aleOßliialtarga
c:.l,
.Hodgkio, Pierce. Egan, Longman, !'
Horace Smith, James, Sze.
The hour fixed for taking the was three o'clock,
but Cie proct;edings (lid not conimence till a consider- '
able period-after that time.
Mr. LONGMAN, On
:taking- the Chair, said that he had
taken the liberty of calling the gentlemen present to-
gether the subject
_of international copyright, at :the.
request of several gentlemen who, like himself, lelt a
deep iaterest in its establiShrikirit. With their permis-;
she., he would request his fnend, Mr. James, who was
to move:the first resolution,' to explain to them the pre-
sent stcte of that important-matter.
Mr. JAMES said that the first -,resolution having been
put iato his hands, and his frietal,-Mr. Longman, haring
alluded to him as a person in some degree well informed
on the very important subject-which they on the present
occasion were to considerwuold not detain them
Icrig,by any rhetorietil wotdd simply I
state the. facts, of the-case, iW4 eiigking a f'..* observe.'
tions on iheyesolutiOn which he held in his hand. That
resolution was a general one, asserting that the right of
property ,in literary prodections Might to be recog7,
nised by all civilized nations. He believed that no
man who considered the subject could in the slightest de
gree doubt that literary property was as Much
property 'as any -Miler possession, so long as
it was recognised-!'by - the country where the
author lived. He Oelieved, more-04r, that that lite-
rary property Oughr to be considdrpdty foreign nations
in the saws' ligh 6 al. any oilier: species. of property ; that
it should-be no more subject to rubbery—no More subjedt
to-be seized. and taken possessiontof by a person, not the
rightful owner, than other description of possession
whatever. -.lf a gentleman travellinitiin a distant country
chanced. to lose a diamond or any thing of that kind, if it
so happened tiki7a-"man deprifeti him of it, either by
covet, fraud, or open violence, rig a mailer of Course' the
law of- the kind was broughtinto *ration ugainst the
person who so tdok, the propcyty of •another—true pro-
•perty, if found,, i4SiteStored, end Ihe person whei' had
talten it was poiushed: lie . (Mr. James) would 'then
ask what could suggest itself. to the mind of any one to
make Jilin, believe that, any difieren* in this respect ex-
isted between literary property and' that of any other
'description? Was it because literity' property was the
production . oft if, man's brain, and not of . his field,
that a. person should be allowed to take it from
himi --He could not think of tiny reason foe-admitting of
such laxity in the .q.bservance,•of the laws. of
„property,
except-that in this Cage fraud ivas mere easy. But could
a -than-be thus in anywise justified in taking possession
of that ti-ltielt he had7..not laboured tto produce, and in
•
making a profit 'O-, another can's, industry., There
seemed to him (Mit;James) no doubt Whatever on this
matter. .He,Aliought it was must clearly eiidept that it
-was for the interest of all nations, as,well as for the in-
terest 01 morality, that a stop shtfuldibe put. to this,prac-
tice. The state.of this very iinportant question at the
present moment Whim to say a few words on the rise
of the, present system. Very lent aib, at the titlid when
the literature of France was at its classical acme, certain
publishers in Amsterdam and Geneva used. to pirate the
wor;:s of French authors. A great: deal or noise was
-made by the French, publishers about tha.rnatter,,but
ru the claim for protection which thg French. publishers
.
put .forward the French authors took little or no part.
But they had .a strong reason for not doing, to. There
was a system of censorship exercised upon the French
press which prevented authors from making knowa their
sentiments and opinions, except tinder very stringent re-
gulations. Ott that aeCount ;authorti did not claim pro-
tection' either -for themselveS Or.for booksellers. They'
preforl'ed.- seeing their worki 'pirated and published
withotit any profit to themselves to -having their opinions
crUshecl under the Censorship Of the French press. That
was the cause of the great anomaly during the period of
the re-printing of French works at Amsterdam and
Geneva. The -long war subsequently interrupted this
traffic, but at its conclusion certain gentlemen in Paris
fixed their attention :in the literary works of Great
Britain ; they resolve', (to use their (ten phrase),
exploiter Ls cerreaus i'autrui, and accordingly they
took our • works and published at a very cheap
rate those which had cost us much thought,
.anxiety, and expense, 4o produce, and that without any
indumnification to the British publishers or authors. At
first the.matter seemed tolerably reasonable. They said
(it was an Italian first commenced the traffic) that they
only wanted the works for foreigners, but gradually they
.found a very lucrative trade among British subjects, not
merely those happening to be on the Continent, but even
in our colonies, and in our own country. Each day pre-
st2nted.new facilities, and suggested new methods of car-
rying on the trade. Depots were estabished where they
could most easily convey those works to England, which
they did by various means, and in vast quantities. This
trade was then taker up by America and Germany also,
and it thus reached that extraordinary pitch at
which it had now arrived, and which threatened
to destroy, not merely the literature of England,
but of the whole world. In America means had lately
been devised of publishing whole British worts of three
volumes in the shape of a newspaper, of two sheets, which
by means of a postage, merely nominal, was sent not only
all over the Union, but into our Canadian possessions,
the West Indies, and; in fact, all over our colonies. He
(Mr. James), himself, had that very day received, in the
shape of a newspaper, a work published in this country
not six weeks ago. It had been sent over, by the Great
Western steamer, fro:a America. It was a work which
cost him considerable labour to'produce (for the work to
which he referred was his own), and it was now being
distributed all over the United Suites at the price of
25 cents, which he believed amounted to ls. Id. It was

impossible to suppose that the practice thus exercised in
America would not be brought into operation in other
countries also, aiid the ultimate result would be that

literature would be absolutely put , an end to when
works sold in one country for 1/. 11s. 6d. could be sent
over to that country awn another at the price of
Is. Id. The effect of the system was felt severely by
those engaged in the boos trade and paper trade.
Printers, too, who would otherwise be employed, were
in consequence thrown out of work. In France, the
gentlemen who carried on this system to the greatest
extent, were MM. Brodie -and Galignani: They had
printed 380 British works, and other houses had
printed about 100 more. Those works had a very large
sale ; but, taking the average at 2,000 copies . of each
volume (reckoning every volume as weighing 11b.), the
amount of •British paper that would have been con-
sumed: w ere 'they printed and published in England,
would be-960,0001b5., which would have returned a duty
of upwards of 6,000/. to the revenue. Bat in America,
where there had been 26,000 copies of works reprinted
in this manner, what must be the loss sus-
tained by the British paper manufacturer, publisher,
and auroor ? This, then, was a question which ought to
command t! e. speedy az.ention of Government. lie be-
lieved that Government was most anxious to do what it
could in the matter ; and in reforr:ncr to what Govern-
ment had done and was prepared to do' on the subject, he
must info.i.n the meeting how these works were brought
into England. Verions means had been employed for
that purpose ; but the two principal modes were slipping
sheets of British works printed on the Continent between
the leaves of l'orei?;11 books imported into N s country.
As those books were imported in bales it wes impossible
that the Custom house oilicers would turn over all the
h
leaves of each of the vest number of books in'every bale.
°lnlelwwhich ad been granted 1
by
The other mode, w, s introducing: single copies. Every pas-
sene.er was allowed to Wing a singlecopy,p; any British
work published oa the Continent, and the result
the cause of
which hed become a dead letter, bat
reason to believe, would have beet other-
wllAvaliarrgs.,ese, J
if
tmees thenbrhrmisse
booksnoptferermfienirsed to the Act passed on the
i of this rind being imported.
swuhbiicechtrh
eitnhhealdlBa3tBe,
Lord Sydenham, with whom he had
Communicated on the subject,
had not been compelled to
abandon' the matter in consequence of his departure for
Canada. He then read letters which he had received
one from M.
from the Continent, on the question of mutual protection
' °diminish the great
and unnecessary duty upon German books ; so soon as
tloovhlit
Winter,e literary yo thepn l
property
,pieeri tiy.
kirno
wt hne vpaurbi or, is,
hs
enra toi r
Heidelberg, and
s ;
the deputies to the Chamber at Baden,
twhhaite lilie
Englishstated
i twu
Governmentthat was done, no further OppositiOn might
be expected from the German States.. Another
letter from M. Didot, the French publisher, gave
a similar assurance. He then went
.on to say that,
very little difficulty lay in the way of settling the ques-
old rbve thins, be:needful
should all
ques-
tion properly, and he trusted that whatever slight oh-
siacles there might be to the attainment of so desirable
an objeck, Government would remove them. How, de-
sirable this was, must be evident to every one who saw
the vast number of British works, published in this
manner, by Mr. Harper, of New York. A Bill to give
British authors protection in that country had been
lately introduced into Congress by
Mr. Clay, and for
this, and many other reasons, he (Mr. James)
thought the
present the best opportunity of
The Bill adoptiwn,so short that he
g measures on the
subject in this country. as.
would read it to the meeting. (Mr. James then read
the Act, and continued). Such 'wee the state of the
question at .that moment ; and
the ob;ect of Mr.
Longman, in calling them together, was that they might
determine what stes it
was most desirable to take. Ile
would not trouble them with one word of rhetoric, but
he would earnestly
urge them, both individually and col-
lectively, not to suffer the subject to drop, but to press
the Government energetically, though respectfully, to
140$ Sew effecinel mKture for elf tile evil.

He urged them to this • course by their love of country,
and by their love of literature—aye, by their love of
civilisation itself ; for they might depend upon it, that
literature and civilization were united together in a bond,
which could never be severed without destruction to both.
—(Deer, hear.) He would conclude by moving the fol-
lowing resolution :—" That a right of property, in lite-
rary productions, ought to be recognised by all civilised
nations."
Mr. IL SMITH briefly seconrd the motion ; which, on
being put from the Chair, was carried unanimously.
Lord W. LENNOX moved ,the following resolution :
" That the disregard of that right, by the unauthorised
pnblicu.tionof Bititiah works in foreign countries, has
greatly tended to discourage and depress the book trade
of Great Britain." -Although he had scarcely been aware
of the meeting more than half an hour before it com-
menced, he could not refrain from expressing his disap-
probation-of the disgraceful system of piracy which was
then being carried on in France, Germany, and other
countries. In New York the entire works of Shakspeare,
in two volumes, and beautifully bound, might be ob-
tained fir the sum of 33. 6d.—(Hear, hear.) All the
modern works of fiction, juvenile works. 1-lorks chiefly
used in college and schools, .and every odr--_. species of
publication, might there be obtained for a very trifling
amount. A vast number of works were broeght over
from -Frame. He • had offered to him. Ole oiler day
" Colonel Gurwood's Despatches of thr
ton," which was published here.rt
5 frants.- That • work had cost bo,

and the Duke of Wollington a vest
Lthopr. By queh a system the
of hi till r rct.lnneratictn.-2Y;litar, Rinke)"

further detain Itle- liteeting,---artrettru
whet had been well exprossed:
whose .reinarli4 *.ce et4ieely dodearted.,,
Sir C. MonG (.; in seconding the resolution said,
there was oite -fact to which 11l wished ,especially.tb call
the attention of the meeting, in reference to chemical
and mechanical discoVeries. It appeared that works on
such subjects, whiCh cost the publisher an enormous sum
of money in wood blocks and *engravings, were sent off
and published in other countriA' at a very reduced
,price. Now, if such a practice were suffered to' exist,
it was evident that t.cientific productions would soon
cease to be published in this country; no one would bring
forward a work on science or natural hiitory at, an
nnoott,p rprotected.opt, against
npsi,rai
tc piracy.—
(Hear, —a s
(enhcamr,otillsele,rosp ifTlrisul-evraes
„mechanical propeCrty, and Fe hoped that as such it would
be protected when the property of the brain was
.
regarded.—(Hear; hear.)
The resolution was then agreed to.
Mr. DICKENSON rose to move the following resolu-
tion :—" That this system, in acting 'detritnentally upon
the publishing trade of this country, has most'seripusly
interfered with the interest of 'the reading publih,
by limiting the . legitimate sale or:books., and
rendering a higher rate' 'of charge p6r copy
necessary, to meet the general expenses of publication.
He had that day receNd a cornmtiniction front Mr,
Warren, expressing his 'fe.gret that .h'etOas unable to
attend the meeting, but stating that, he -cordially con-
curred in the resolutions which he htteseen in print, and
he further stated that he -Was of-Vnon, that unless
some decisive-steps were taken, the interests of British
literature would be permanently injured.—(Hear, hear.)
They all knew that a great deal of time and labour
were 'necessary to produce a good book, and an author
of eminent talents, who devoted his time to the public,
must, like every other man, be remunerated for his ex-
ertions ; and then the expeuse of the 'firSt-edition. was
greater than that of subsequent editions. -The altera-
tions' were often very' numerous, and the book must be
presented to the public in a shape which would render it
acceptable. Now, of course the price to be fixed by
the publisher must depend, in: a great .measure, upon
the extent of sale,' and if the ranie•of side was
small, the public muct necessarily pat a- higher
price than they :otherwiFe would pay. •In fact, under',
'the present system the publisher had to. it4ose, art addi-,,h
tional tax upon thelmblic, in cOnsequenetchf the defec-,
tive state of the IaNV.-2=(Hear.) It should be remehthered ,
that a vast amount Of advertising was 'required to inaiN
a Work known. So many things Were Ude "to occupy
the public attention, that advertisements' Must he -scat-,
tered about in all direetiOns'befere a *ork woUldbeeome,
generally known Was it right that the publliher'shotild
incur this expense in advertising the French ' Americant
edition'of ari Enlist work, oethat the punishment 'of'
.this should fall upon that honourable portion of the
public Avhich bought the legitimate edition ? He thought
they (Light all to unite their energies for the purpose of
removing this injustice.
Mr. COEBURN, in secondirg the resolution, said that
if the present system of piracy were continued, he had
no hesitation in saying that there would be an end of
literature, sot only in this country, but in every other.
—(Hear, hear.) only
was the object of authors in
writing ? Was it fame ? It was true, that young
authors—young aspirants, might be induced to write and
publish with that-view. There was Lord Byron, f'or

•
instance ; but he very soon found out the value of his
works, and he did not long continue to make Mr. Murray
a present of them—(Laughter)--on the contrary, Mr.
Murray had a hard battle to fight, and found it by no
means easy to satisfy his Lordship.—(Laughter.) Did
any one believe that Sir Walter Scott would have written
one-tenth as many works as.lie had done but for the in-
ducement of money ?—(Hear.) How were publishers to
pay authors if their sale was to be cut off, and the works
which they published were pirated ?—(Hear.) As Mr:
James had already stated, the number of copies printed
on the Continent was ten times as great as the number
printed in England. Was it possible that literature could-
flourish under such circumstances ?---(Hear.) He would
ask Mr. James whether, if his first work had been pub-
lished under such circumstances, he would have been in-
dt•ced to continue wriang ?
Mr. JAMES—Certainly not.
Mr. COLBURN continued—Had Sir Lytton Bulwer
published " Pelham" under such disadvantages, he ven-
tured to say that the world would not have been delighted
with " Eugene Aram, " The Last Days of Pompeii,"
and " llienzi."—(Hear. hear.) lie hoped every gentle-
man in that room would exert himself to bring
about a change. There was one point which he wished
particularly to impress upon the meeting, namely the
great difference in the price of books to the English
public, in the event of the English publishers being able
to supply the American market, the French market, and
the foreign markets in general. He believed the price
by that means would be reduced one-third. It was net
till five or six hundred copies of a work had been sold
that the profits commenced, and the vast sale, therefore,
in other countries of printed editions of English works
must greatly increase the price in this country.—(Hear.)
Mr HODGKIN said before the question was put he
wished to ask the respectable pUblishers present, whether
it wrs no;; in their power, by imitating the Americans,
the French,• and the Germans, to produce works as
cheaply as they were preduced in other countries. Much
had been said about the eipeiiSe of the copyright and the
expenses of advertising, but he saw nothing to prevent
the British publisher from competing with the foreign
pnblisher. or his own part, he was proud to hear that
the works of his countrymen were being spread through
Germany, France, and the United States. He saw no
reason why the English publishers, by printing works in
a cheap form, should not be able to compete with
foreigners. If they told him of heavy expenses,
he must Fay he thought they were not taking
the most effectual means of getting rid or them.
England was at present, the prey of a great
system of high prices, and he thought that by exerting
themselves, to reduce them, and so remove that evil,
they would do more for England than by endeavouring
to bolster up the prices of literature.
Mr. JAMES said the matter appeared to him as plain
as possible. He did not see how a man who paid alarge
sum for a book could possibly sell it as cheap as another
who paid nothing.—(Hear, hear.) _ _

After a few words from Mr. DicitEtisosi and Lord W.
LENNOX, the resolution was put from the Chair and car-
ried. there being two dissentients.
Mr. T. LONGMAN moved the following resolution :
"That the means employed for smuggling copies of
spurioas editions into Great Britain and its dependencies
are so art; ul, and the opportunities so great, that the most
effectual remedy which can be applied to this evil appears
to this meeting l o be the conclusion.of treaties' with threign
Powers for the mutual recognition of literary property."
He also presented to the meetinee'% letters which be bad
received from Sir E. L. Bulwer, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd,
and Mr. Shelidaii Knowles, stating their regret at being
unable to attend, and their cordial concurrence in the ob-
ject for which the meeting was called.
Mr. BLACKWOOD having seconded the resolution, it
was adopted by the meeting.
Dr. THOMPSON moved the following resolution :
" That, - while this- meeting feel most grateful to Go-
vernment for the additional protection which has be en
lately given to literature, they cannot but view with deep.
regret the keg delay which has taken place in carrying
out the intentions of the Legislature, expressed in the Act
1 end 2 Victoria, cap. 59, passed July 31, 1838, called
The International Copyright Act."
Mr. JAMES SIMPSON seconded the resolution, and it
was carried unanimously.
Mr. SPOTTISWOODE moved the next resolution : ,
" That having received assurances from the chief book-
sellers of France and Germany of their great willingness
and d_ sire to see the security of literary property estab-
lished by treaty between Great Britain and their several
countries, and also learning that a Bill with the same
object is now before the American Congress, this meet•
ing believes the present moment to be peculiarly !ltvour-
able for bringing to a successful issue any negotiations
on the subject of international copyright."
The resolution having been seconded by Mr. J. BRIT..
TON, and supported by Mr. BUCKINGHAM, was unani-
mously adopted.
Mr. rooLz proposed, and Mr. T. Wool) seconded the
following resolution :—" That a Memorial be drawn up
and addressed to the proper departments of the Govern-
ment, embodying the.foregoing resolutions, and beseech-
ing her Majesty's Government. to. givo the §ubject their
immediate attention, and take such means as they ma
judge wog ea edient to induce foreign rowerh witk

the least delay, to accede to so just and rational a
measure." The resolution w•as agreed to.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman having been pro-
posed.by Lord W. LENNOX, seconded by Mr. J. SIMP-
SO, and adopted, the meeting then separated.

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