Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-13

Extract of a private letter of the 18Th inn,
from Frankfort:-sIt seems that the assembly q
ministers at Johannisberg was prelude TO iba
Congress which was to have been held upon tb,
affairs Of Spanish America, if England had mo-
refused TO take part. 1t is not known whcti,e,
the Continental Powers viii assemble, or who.
| 'her the meeting at Johaunisbcrg will remain
as it is at present, merely friendly conference,
| upon the affairs of Gcr,nany.n
Extract Of private letter of tho I2th ult. from
lSfhyrna:-'lhe hostile notc OF Lord Strangtord
ana the no less strange declaration of NJ de. Ia
''Schcf, were no sooner known here, than a new
campaign To cxterninate the Greeks was anti
cpat ri. Ii was still worse when we learned
,nat The Viceroy of Egypt had freghted all the
EHsish, Austrian, ana other vessels i'm the port
vi tticNalira, with troops and ammunition which
Under the protection of the flags Of Christian
lowers, they could with inpanity and without
rear ut being attacked by the Greeks, carry for
the Sultan and enable him to spread desolation
wherever he chose to land his destructive hor,Ies.
nut orr astonishinent was at its height when we
Nhew That Nj. Minziac!Sy, the Russian agent at
|'nstantinople, allowed vessels of his nation TO
render the same service To the Porte. Shortly
afterwards, Intelligence arrived of n descent
male upon the Crete by 1900 negroes belonging
I'D the Viccroy, who fell upon the inhabitants,
i,;issacred some, and packed the others on board
European vessels Ia be transported to Epypt.
where Nlaliomet Ali has the design to marry
Them wiih negroes in order To form colonies to
people Nubia. The massacre committed nj
smyrna by the Turkish lorlus in passing thro,
are said by them To be only preparatory sacrifi-
ces, calculated TO give heart TO the soldiers.
The following decision, taken some time since
from an English newspaper, but which got mislaid
VIII he read with no small degree OF interest hy the
owners oil our newspapers, most of whom in the u
n innf
on here decided has hitherto been considered as an
unsettled case, and whenever il has occurred has
we believe, been referred to arbitraors some of
whom have decided one way and some another but
as ithas never that we have heard OIL been the sub
Jact OF legal decision, the publication of the follow
ing report will excite some attention, at least with
our brethren OF tue typc.-.E. y En-. Post.
cory RIGYtT or a NEWSPAPER
On the 9TH curt the Court ofSession (Second Di-
vision,) determined an important point regartin.
the copy right ri newspapers.
John and Peter Wilson, in 1903, established n
newspaper called the Ayr ADVERTISER, or Wes,
Country Journal, which speedily became a lucra-
tive concern, and thcnceforwnrd belonged To them
equally la 1899, Peter Wilson sold his half share
to IA thfd pctson-recciving premium or price for
the copy right, exclusive Of the stock. The purca-
ser afterwards sold it 10 strangers receiving the
same premium as me had paid.
John Wilson retained his original half share till
his death III McyI82I Concciv,rit Ia e a v,i,,,i,I,
part of rs estate he, by his WILL conveyed Lis half
share "f the COPYRIGHT To his tesamcntary tr,s-
tees. In all the changes ofpartnefs OF pfoprietors
from the sSt establishment of the newspaper there,
had beeIi no written contract of cnpartmcrshp be-
twixt them.
John Wilson's trustees were about to sell his half
share, when the two persons who had last purcha
ed the other half presented bill of suspension and
intertlic to have the trustees restrained, upo thc
allegation that there such thing as the COPY
right of n newspaper; that the right to print ant,
publish newspaper exercised by two or more per-
sous associated together, just resembled any othcr
trade; and that upon the death of any partner
there, being written providing otherwise
the good will, ills called Of the business ccy,ad
to the survivors. Lord Mcadowbank il, tbs. Bill
Chamber, appoin,ed the bill To be answered, aud,
granted the interdict. On advising the biil with am
swcrs, Lord Cringlee appointed pa.ties TO prepare
memorials to the couct. In these memorials the
| case Wa; fully argued
The COURT were unanimously of opinion, that
the right Of printing and Publishing newspaper or
The share OF such right however anomalous it NAV
h III point oprIncple, and whether it might be call
ed copyright privilege, property, or by whatever
other name, IS valuable right now pc iectIy known
and understood, and is, by the common Law both
transcTrible inter rros, and tfabsnis,ible to heirs
independently of any written contract betwxt part-
ners or pfepr;ntorS. They therefore, recalled! tn.
inierdct refused the bill, with full expenses
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