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THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY.

April 26. The first Anniversary Meeting of this Society was held at the rooms of the Royal Society of Literature, J. Payne Collier, esq. F.S.A., Director, in the chair.

The present number of members of the Society was mentioned to be 660. The Earl of Powis and Earl Howe were added to the Vice-Presidents of the Society, and the following gentlemen to the Council, in the place of its retiring members :-Barron Field, esq., Henry Hallam, esq. F.R.S. V.P.S.A., J. Oxenford, esq., T. J. Pettigrew, esq. F.R.S. F.S.A., and J. R. Planché, esq. F.S.A.

The volumes already issued by the Society are seven in number, making in the whole more than 1300 octavo pages. The following are their titles :

GENT. MAG. VOL. XVII.

1. Memoirs of Edward Alleyn, the Actor, Founder of Dulwich College. By I. Payne Collier, esq. F.S.A. (Reviewed in our Magazine for July.)

2. The School of Abuse: By Stephe Gosson. First printed in 1579.

3. An Apology for Actors, &c. By Thomas Heywood, 1612.

4. Ludus Coventriæ: a Collection of Mysteries, formerly represented at Coventry on the Feast of Corpus Christi. From a MS. in the British Museum of the reign of Edward IV. Edited by Jas. O. Halliwell, esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., &c.

5. The Debate between Pride and Lowliness, pleaded in an Issue of Assize, &c, By Francis Thynn. Black letter, before 1592.

6. The pleasant Comedy of Patient Grissell. By Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and William Haughton. 1603.

7. Extracts from the Accounts of the Revels at Court in the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I., from the original Office Books of the Masters and Yeomen. With an Introduction and Notes, by Peter Cunningham, esq.

And the following are now ordered for press, without more delay than is consistent with the convenience of the respective Editors.

1. The old Play of Timon of Athens, which preceded that of Shakespeare, and from which he adopted the banquet scene, and other circumstances in his drama. Edited by the Rev. Alex. Dyce, from the original manuscript in his possession.

2. A Collection of all the Documents which have reference to the Events of Shakespeare's Life. The Will edited by Sir Frederick Madden, F.R.S., F.S.A., with Fac-similes of the Signatures; the Marriage Licence, transcripts from the Registers at Stratford-upon-Avon, and all the other Documents, by John Bruce, esq. F.S.A.

3. The Conversations between Ben Jonson and Drummond of Hawthornden, in the year 1619. Edited by David Laing, esq. F.S.A.

4. The first sketch of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, printed in 1602, 4to. With a collection of early tales, upon which the play is supposed to have been founded. By J. O. Halliwell, esq. F.R.S., F.S.A., &c.

5. The Diary and Account Book of Philip Henslowe, between 1590 and 1610, By J. Payne Collier, esq., F.S.A.

6. Die Schöne Sidea. An early German Drama, thought to be a translation. of an English Drama from which Shakespeare derived the plot of "The Tempest.' With an English translation, by William J. Thoms, esq. F.S.A. To be 3 Y

The rapid improvement and expansion of chemical science, with the extension of its useful application to agriculture, to physiology, and in so many other directions, originated this Society, which commenced on the 30th of March, 1841, (see our Vol. XV. p. 526,) with seventy-seven members; since that time fifty members have been elected, making in all 127, a body sufficiently numerous to insure its stability, including nearly all the distinguished chemists of the country.

The Society held its first anniversary on the 30th March, when it was reported that they had published two parts of its Memoirs and Proceedings, the first in June last, and the second lately, in February, containing fourteen entire papers, and full abstracts of thirteen more. It was also stated that the Society had received several presents of books and interesting chemical and mineralogical specimens, and that the state of its funds was satisfactory. A body of laws and regulations, drawn up by the Council, was adopted, and the following gentlemen were then appointed Officers and Council for the ensuing year :

President, Thomas Graham, esq. VicePresidents, Wm. Thomas Brande, esq., John Thomas Cooper, esq., Michael Faraday, esq., Richard Phillips, esq.-Treasurer, Arthur Aikin, esq.-Secretaries, Robert Warington, esq., George Fownes, Ph.D.-Foreign Secretary, E. F. Teschemacher, esq.-Council, Dr. Thomas Clark, Prof. J. F. Daniell, Dr. C. Daubeny, Thos. Everitt, esq., W. R. Grove, esq., P. N. Johnson, esq., Prof. Jas. F. W. Johnston, George Lowe, esq., Prof. W. H. Miller, Robert Porrett, esq., Dr. G. O. Rees, Lieut.-Col. P. Yorke.

THE COPYRIGHT BILL.

Since the publication, in our last number, p. 417, of the principal provisions of Lord Mahon's Copyright Bill, the subject has been fully discussed in the House of Commons, on the 6th April; and a material alteration of the scheme has taken place. The Bill brought in by Lord Mahon proposed that copyright should hereafter continue for the author's life, and twenty-five years longer. Mr. Macaulay, strange to say, after his last year's speech, concurred in the objects of the proposed measure, but thought they would be bet

ter accomplished by granting protection for the author's life, or for forty-two years, whichever should be the longer term. Sir Robert Peel declared in favour of Mr. Macaulay's amendment, but proposed to add an additional seven years, in case the author should survive the forty-two years; and Mr. Macaulay's proposition, with Sir Robert Peel's amendment, was carried.

The author has now, therefore, a fair prospect of being placed in a decidedly improved position. For their further protection, and that of all the various mercantile interests connected with literature, it is still requisite until a comprehensive plan of International Copyright shall be matured, to place some effective check on the importation of foreign editions.

The following paper in connexion with this desideratum, coming as it does from very competent authorities, claims to be placed upon record.

Reasons why even single copies of Foreign Editions of Modern English Books should not be permitted to be imported.

1. Copyright is professedly protected by the law of England, and of all civilised countries; but it is obvious that this protection is wholly illusory, if English works printed abroad may be imported into the United Kingdom; as the foreign publishers, having nothing to pay to the authors, can afford to sell the works at the mere cost of paper and print: paper and print also being one-third less costly in France and Belgium than in England. 2. To whatever extent the importation of such foreign editions is permitted, it must in so far tend to make English books dearer, by curtailing the demand for our own editions, both in England and the colonies; and thus compelling the publishers to print smaller numbers, which, of course, are produced at a higher rate per copy. 3. But the most mischievous effect of the legalised importation consists in its serving as a cloak effectually to screen the smuggler: dealers, and other individuals having smuggled works in their possession, may always allege that they are copies got from private parties, who brought them from the Continent, or from America, for their own use; and how false soever, it is plainly, in most cases, impossible to disprove such allegations. 4. The legalised importation of single copies, even if it did not occasion smuggling, is merely a boon conferred at the expense of authors on the wealthier class of individuals; for few or none of the labouring classes, who form the bulk of the population, travel abroad, or can avail themselves of the privilege. 5. In consequence, however, of the covering afforded by the legalised importation, the clandestine im

portation is quite enormous; foreign edi. tions are printed, in fact, avowedly to supply the market of England; the foreign demand alone being far too limited to repay their cost. 6. English publishers, finding a greatly decreased demand for their own genuine editions, are obliged to make proportional deductions from the sums paid to authors. 7. The means of employing labour are also narrowed by this clandestine importation, inasmuch as foreign paper-makers, printers, and publishers are employed in the publication of works that would otherwise be printed in England. There cannot, in truth, be a doubt that the great number of printers at present without employment, and the depressed condition of the paper trade, are mainly ascribable to this importation. 8. But without taking the smuggling, which it covers and encourages, into account, the permission to import "single" copies, entails a grievous injury on English authors. Nothing, in fact, can be more erroneous than to suppose that this is a "trifling" matter. It is to be remembered that hundreds, and even thousands, of passengers sometimes come over in a single week from the Continent; and it makes no difference to the English pub. lisher, whether 500 copies come over singly, or in one bale. 9. An eminent author has ascertained that 1200 sets of various of his works were brought into one port (not London) by passengers from the Continent within a few recent months. 10. It is further to be observed, that the more a publisher spends in advertising, the more he promotes the sale of the foreign edition; and the better and more elaborate and valuable the book, the greater is the temptation to import the foreign edition. 11. Good works of all descriptions, whether of research or fancy, are reprinted abroad: among others may be specified those of Alison, Lord Mahon, Hallam, M'Culloch, Rogers, Moore, Byron, Scott, Dickens, Bulwer, Wordsworth, Southey, Milman, Campbell,

James, and Lingard. The evil, indeed, falls wholly on those authors who have done most to extend the literary glory of the country, and who deserve best to be protected. Works of merit only are reprinted. 12. The circumstances under which the legalised permission to import single copies was granted in 1814, have totally changed in the interval, from the introduction of steam navigation, and the vast and wholly unlooked-for increase of communication with the Continent, America, &c. 13. The legalised importation of modern English works, printed abroad, is contrary to the principle acknowledged and assented to by the legislature in agreeing to a general international copyright treaty; and is indeed, in so far, a legalised invasion and total subversion of the author's right of property. 14. The law of France does that justice to authors and literature denied by the law of England; for it prohibits the introduction, even of a single copy, of any foreign edition of a French work. 15. Three thousand guineas were paid for the copyright of Mr. Moore's "Lalla Rookh." Is it surprising that the French who pay nothing for copyright, should reprint and sell this work for a few francs? But the existing law, and the abuses which it necessarily occasions, have made it impossible for any publisher to pay, at present, such a sum for any work of moderate compass, how excellent soever.

LONGMAN & Co. London, April, 1842. JOHN MURRAY.

We have been recently informed that even single copies of foreign reprints, to pass in travellers' luggage, must now be old and used. Cutting of leaves, or writing names on the outside, will no longer do; and hundreds of copies, so endeavoured to be introduced, have already been stopped. This is all very well, but we think a complete prohibition of the importation of mere piracies would be perfectly justifiable.

CALCUTTA CATHEDRAL. The Bishop of Calcutta has forwarded to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge a report, containing many interesting particulars relative to the Cathedral in course of erection for that diocese. The Bishop says, "It is hoped that in little more than two years from the present time, perhaps on the feast of the Epiphany, 1844, the Cathedral may be

ready for consecration. The style of architecture originally proposed has been adhered to, except where the climate and soil of Bengal have interfered. It is Gothic, or, as Mr. Britton terms it, Christian, modified by the circumstances just alluded to; that is, Indo-Gothic, or Indo-Christian, if such words may be allowed. The extreme length of the building, including the buttresses, will be