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tuthors only . Aforeigner , of course , wi » o -was i resident abroadj but -was a resident in this country , md therefore subject to its laws , was for the time in ; he condition of a native born subject ; and if he lame to this eountry , and published his work here , lie -would be within the protection of the statute . But if at -the time of such publication lie was residing out of the kingdom , the 6 tatute did nott protect him . There was a distinction to be taken between the patents for inventions ani the copyrights in books . By the common law the crown had a right to a subject , a monopoly in a particular manufacture , and all that tie statute of Jaoaes did was to confine the exercise of that patent within definite limits . With
regard to his own opinion on this matter , which was founded on the general doctrine that a British Senate would legislate for British subjects—properly so called—or for suoh persons who might obtain that character for a time by being resident in this country , and , therefore , under rallegiance to the crown , and under the protection of the laws of England . The courts of law had taken different views on this question . § ome had held that the statute applied to foreigners ; ethers , that it did not . There was an equal array pf authorities on both sides ; and all the cases must now be considered to be under revjew . He ivftuld move that the judgment of the court below should . be reversed .
Lord Brougham said that the right of an author before ^ publication was xuaqiuestioned . He had the exclusive right in his own manuscript—he might communicate it or withhold it , or he might exercise his discretion as to when , he should communicate it . But then came the question as to the right after publication . He was of opinion that the copyright did not exist in this case , and he held that foreign law should riot prevail over British law , where there was such diversity between the two . The ruling of his noble and learned friend at the trial was , in his opinion , perfectly correct , and the judgment < rf the Court of Exchequer Chamber should be therefore reversed . . .
Lord St . Leonards took the same view , and the judgment of the Court of Exchequer was accordingly reversed .
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CANADA . ELECTIONS . The Montreal Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser says : — "We . are now in the midst of our elections , and , judging from present appearance , the late Ministry , with the Hon . Francis Hincks as Premier , will prove at the close of the present contests much stronger than they vrere previous to the dissolution . And this is as it should be , for of all the men yet hinted at as being tljo successor of the Hon . Mi * . Hincks , not one of them would be able to manage the affairs of the province in the same competent mat \ ner that he has done . The services he has rendered the country are of no small moment , and should the present elections prove adverse to him , I lave not a doubt but that many of the vast undertakings which he had originated in the province would ' fall through' and the onward progress he had commenced throughout the whole of the Canadas be arrested , if not altogether stopped . Such a contingency , however , is , I am happy to say , by no means expected . "
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EL HIIATMI PACHA . This young Prince was reported to have been at Malta when news arrived there of his father ' s , the Egyptian Viceroy's , death . But he had sailed from the island : and the first intelligence he received was when he got to Southampton in his yacht , last Saturday . The Daily JYews describes the scene : — " Soon after the yacht ' s arrival on Saturday night , a small steamer left Southampton Pior for the yacht wi | h a party on board . As they approached the yaolit , her gigantic proportions were apparently increased through tho darkness of the night . A flood of light tras seep in the epacious saloon , dusky figures were pacing the deck , and dark mute figure *) Stood on tho steps of tho gangway , one over the other , holding immense and brilliant lanterns in their hands . Mr . T . nrlclnflrn nnrl liin rvivfrv of-Air \ n /»/ l / in Vnti vA n-r * A 4-lm 4 Vt » rv . nw
immediately wont bolotv . puring this time officers and distinguished persons wore walking tho deck , enjoying themselves with that gravity « nd quietude peculiar to tho temperament of the East and to tho immediate precincts of royalty . In loss than five minutes , all persons who were crowded rou » d tho state cabin on the main deck started back as if by enchantment , for tho Prince , convuluivcly sobbing , was carried into it by his attendants , and bIuvcb stood around outside , to prevont any one npprowsliing it . El Hliaini Pacha had heard of his father ' s death , and h \ id learnt tlio procariousnosa of earthly greatness . Ho had sunk to a private station under an Eastern despotism . Orders wore issued for immediate f ) roMrations to ho mado to return to Alexandria . Tho Prince ma lost a royal patent | nil his . sulto had lost their runic , situations , and a princoly benefactor . Tho consternation on board can scarcely bo imagined . "
The same journal supplies othor particulars , illustrating tho position of this prince : " El Hhami Pacha , however , being tho only son of . Abbas Paohs * was , of couruc , while hia father lived tho next most distinguished person in tlio kingdom , and aa Abbua Paclia ¦ waa , just previous to lib d « nth , in the prime of life , thoro tvoa every probability of his son filling tlmfc position for a long fjorloa of yoara . Ho wa » made Minmtcr of War in fcgypt , nnd was botrotliod to tho Sultan of Turkey ' u daughter , a child eix youra of ugo ; and according to tho cuHtom
, and the rank of such a powerful vassal as his father was of the Sultan ' s , El Hhami Pacha visited his intended father-in-law in great state , with a present of 1 QO , O 0 OZ . sterling in English sovereigns , doubtless a most timely preseirt . After his betrothal Be obtained permission from tue Viceroy and Sultaa to make the grand tour of Europe , and he commenced that tour under" the brightest auspices , and a style of great magnificence , perhaps that was ever known . His father had made him immensely rich , and gave him the famous steam-yacht , the Feib . Djeliad , to travel in . This yacht was built by Mare , of London , a few years ago for Abbas Pacha under the superintendence of the Peninsular and Oriental Company , at an expense of 110 , 000 ? . It is of iron , and fitted up most gorgeously for an eastern climate . Thousands of persons visited it befox * it left this
country . It -was built on the model of H . M-S . Canopus , and had similar engines to H . JI . S . Terrible . It is one of the largest steamers in the world , being nearly 8000 tons burden . Its engines are 800-horse power . The Feih Djehad has the largest paddle-wheels of any ship in existence , and each of them weighs 70 tons . She is remarkably fast . " El Hhami 'Pacha left Alexandria on the 13 tli tilt ., after taking leave of his father , who was then in good health , in this splendid yacht , and purposed touching at Malta , Gibraltar , and landing in England at Southampton . He then intended visiting most of the capitals of Europe , during which time his yacht was to be clocked in England , as there was no dock iu the Mediterranean large enough for her gigantic dimensions , and'then she was to proceed homeward ,
and be prepared to receive Prince El Hhami Pacha at Genoa . The prince had upwards of 30 persons forming his suite , Some of them distinguished Egyptians , and a retinue of " Nubian , Abyssinian , and Circassian slaves . The whole of the persons on . board were nearly 400 . Amongst these were 31 pupils and two masters froiri the Egyptian , naval school . The Feih Djehad had two commanders—one Egyptian and the other English . The latter -was Captain Mackenzie , belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company , a very gentlemanly and accomplished officer . Out of the whole number on hoard there were only seven Europeans . Even some of the engineers were Arabs , who perfectly understood the management of steam-engines , having been engineers to steamers plying on the Nile . Some of the Egyptian officers were first-rate navigators .
The chief persons of the prince ' s suite -were Suliman Pacha , Commander-in-chief of the Egyptian army ; Khairedden Pacha , Minister of Commerce in Egypt ; Abdullah Pacha , Director-General of Egyptian Transit and Kailvvay ; AH Bey and Murad Effendi Bey , . aides-de-camp -, an , d Dr . Lautier , the Prince's Physician , Suliman Pacha , is the wellknown French officer , Colonel Say , who has spent a life-time in the Egyptian service . It is to him that Meliemet Ali and Ibrahim racha were indebted for the superior organisation and successes of the Egyptian army . He is a hale and fine
old man , above 80 years of age . He was on board the Bucentaur at the time Nelson received bis death wound from that ship at the battle of Trafalgar . His delight at visiting Europe in the Feih Djehad was unbounded , and at every spot he passed which was remembered by him in connexion with any historic event , he celebrated it by drinking a glass of champagne . Amongst these places Cane Trafalgar was not forgotten , and he and Captain Mackenzie sat and talked over the terrible scenes that occurred there . Khai-redden Pacha , the- _ Minister of Commerce , was originally a Circassian slave . He is a very fine man .
El Hhami Pacha speaks French and English fluently . The yacht is too large to be docked , requiring repairs ; and in consequence of the detention which , will be caused , hia Highness El Hhami Pacha , accompanied by his suite , determined to embark from Southampton for Alexandria yesterday .
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SABBATRIANISM AND FISH . A Correspondent of the Daily News says : — " The most important affair on the Moray Frith at presonfc is the herring fishery . I find that tlio Sunday , which has so much to recommend it to most other working men , is a , sad drawback on tho herring llshories . The boats go to sea in tho evening , and must fish in the night only ; but they cannot go out on Suturdny evening , which would cause the breaking of tho Sunday on their return , nor can they go out on tho Sunday evening , as that would be Sabbath breaking at tho very outset . So that there are only left five days out of tho seven of lawful working dujs . Somotimes when fish are very plentiful , some of the most enterprising will wait on Sunday till aftor midnight and return on Mondaj morning ; but by this method only a small proportion of tlio usual take is obtained , and it is only partially adoptod . If any of our economists would make a statement of tho lose sustained in a good fishing season by keeping this double Sabbath , it would bo found to bo immense
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CAMPBELL'S MONUMENT . In a discussion in " supply" on Monday , Mr . Monck - ton Milnes asked why tlio Dean and Chapter of Westminster were not compelled to give entrance to Campbell ' s monument ? A correspondent of the Times eays : — " Last night , whon tho vote for ropairo in Wostniintitcr Abbey was brought before the House , Mr , Monckton Milnea , in forcible language , referred to tho monument of Campbell tho poet ; , long since finishod and ready for erection , but
wiuoli cannot bo placed in Poot ' w Corner oxcopt on paymeut of 200 Ruiiieaa to the Dean and Chapter ! " Tho history of tho monument is briefly thii : —Eight yoara ago u subscription Hat whb opened , and Mr . Manilla II waa commissioned to execute t \ full- » i / , o stiitno . The monument was soon finished , and the results of tlio subscription handed over to the artist The oiler of tlio Polea to bo allowed to furuiah a podcstul from their native quarries had boon accepted , when this deimmd for 200 guineas wan miule not for th « grave of tho poet , for that had been liberally ™ i <{
for ,, but as a ' Jine' for the privilege of placing . the . monument orer that grav « , in a spot which 2 &x . ftlilucs has very properly called the ' National Pan , tb . eon . ' " Now , I do flot dtind fauVt with the Dean and Chapter , nor with their vested rights . Np doubt the ' fine * is meant as a check against the admission of improper or insignificant persons to burial in the national mausoleum . Whether , however , the hundreds of nonentities whose monuments diafigure the nave and transept of the Abbey had any other right than that derived from the payment of this sum I leave the country to judge . "What I contend for is , that the small recess called ' Poet ' s Corner' is peculiarly the cherished property of the country , and that the honour oi leing buried there should not lie purchasable by money , but fce conferred freely by the nation on those of its children "who by their genius have won such a distinction . To waive such a fine , as regards ' Poet ' s Corner , ' would be a graceful siud appropriate act on the niirt of a bod ) ' of gentlemen who can boast the names of Buckland and Millman . "
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MISCELLANEOUS . The American news supplies this paragraph : — " In the-Senate , on the 15 th , the joint resolution from thehou . se , presenting the thanks of Congress and a gold medal to Captain Ingraham , of the United States navy , for his conduct in the-Koszta affair , was amended by striking out the ' thanks , ' and in that shape adopted . " The Captain Dickensoh whose claim for salvage ( founded upon a gallant action in saving a gold cargo in a wreck of , one of her Majesty ' s ships' ) was recently before the House of Commons , died this week at Greenwich , where he held a situation in the Hospital . The Board of Admiralty is thusrelieved of an annual nuisance . The new Irish bishop ( of Kilmore ) is a Beresford—of course . M . G . Beresford , late Archdeacon of Ardagh .
The Court of Mecklehburgli-Strelitz has gone into mourning for fourteen days for the infant son of Duke George , which survived its birth at St . Petersburg three hours . Mr . Gordon , Lord Aberdeen ' s son , " and implicated in the " Lawley" scandal , has succeeded in getting into Parliament for Beverley—vice Lawley ^ The numbers were— -Gordon , 493 ; Hastings , 192 . The Dr . Smith , tried and acquitted for murder , at St . Fergus , ' has been hunted out of Scotland , and has fled to Australia . No attempt has been made to claim the money on the assurances on th « life of the murdered man . The Eel lot testimonial ( a granite obelisk ) is to be erected on the wharf of the Hospital , Greenwich : a very proper site .
Iron Mastehs and their Men . — " Thursday a meeting of masters was held in this town ( Derby ) to consider the notice which had been served upon Mr . Forster and others in the neighbourhood of Dudley , demanding an increase of wages of Is . per day—namely , from 10 s . to Us . per ton . The question was fully discussed , and it was thereafter resolved that , as the wages vrere now at the same height as that at which they had been by the masters voluntarily fixed , when iron was at the game price it now is , and as the masters have had , sinco the former period , to submit to 21 . a ton , and did not refuse the advanced rote of wages , they would resolutely refuse to comply with the demands of their men . The workmen ' s wages are probably higher now than ever they were ; the puddlers arc earning
from 9 s . fid . to 10 s . per day , and if any further advance is sought , and the hands ht ' nny establishment strike , fh « masters are so resolute in their determination to stick together that it is probablo all the other establishments would Be closed : at the same time , however , they promise tho men an advance if any further rise takes pliico in the price of iron—which , however , the trade very strongly deprecates . " The Saturday Half-holiday . —it has been resolved at Lloyd ' s by 260 votes against 35 , that the rooms at Lloyd ' s establishment be closed at two o ' clock on Saturdays , to cornmenco on the second Saturday in August . Business has hitherto been carried on tijl four o ' clock . — - —A memorial , signed by a largo numbor of tho attorniea , and solicitors of London , was presented , on Tuesday last , to the Incorporated
Law Society , that tho coun « u of tho society take steps forthwith , by application to tho Lord Chancellor nnd tho judges , or otherwise , as they shall deem expedient , for establishing that the hour of two o ' clock on Saturdays shall be considered henceforth to bo tho closo of that day , for conducting legal business in all its brunches . Tho signatures of about 2300 of tho principal legal firms , both in tlio City and tho West . end , are affixed to tho document . It is stated that several of the judges expressed their approval of it , and intimated their wilhngnoss to assist in carrying it out , by making the necessary rules and orders for tho closing of the courts nnd law oflicos tit tho desired hour , provided it is tho wish of tlio profession that they should do so , Mr . Agllonby , long member for Coclccrmouth—a good . Libmd . « nd an amiable man—died this week .
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[ S f notef the East 730 THE LEADER . atuspa y ,
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Saturday , August [> . CANADA . At tho enrly sitting of tho House of Commons , Mr . F . l ' Miix moved tho second reading of tho Logi .- ) - hitivo Counuil ( Canada ) Bill , which wna opposed by-Kir John L akinoton , who moved its rejection . An uninteresting debate followed , which waa adjourned till tho evening Bitting . Ultimately , tho amendment ; being withdrawn , tho bill passed tho second reading 1 . Tho Appropriation Bill ( always one of tho laut ol ' tho session ) was brought in by Mr . " VVu . won , and read a first time . The Public Health Bill also passed though Committee . Sir W . M 01 . KBW 0 HTU Biud ho eould uot
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 5, 1854, page 730, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2050/page/10/
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