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I , Capital PuNisHjvi ^ t- ^ It is ^ with feelipp of the deepest sati&r faction that we congratulate the country on the legislative announcement of the true theory of ptmishroent . To Mr Hume belongs the honour of first moving in parliament for " the entire abolition of the punishment of cfeath , " grounding his arguments on the only true f 6 tmdfttion r--yijSi ti # the only measure of the lawfulness of any punishment is its efficiency in the prev ^ p | ioj | , pf crime . J > r Bowrijigj Mr Roebuck , Mr O'Conpell , and Dr Lusbipgtpn , followed on the game side ; recognising the same broad principle , and showing clearly that as experience has proved that the punisliinent of death is inefficient in the prevention of crime , nay , is found to increase crime , it ought to be entirely abolished . This highly important and interesting debate affords matter for great expectations , leading as it does to the prospect of a thorough and radical improvement in the criminal law . The day may be far distant in which we shall gee a practical adoption of the principle which has been recognised , hut as
the first step towards its adoption we rejoice at the recognition , nor should the able and earnest labours of the Morning fferald in this cause be ever forgotten by the country . £ Law of Copyright . —A most able and eloquent speech has been made in the House of Commons by Mr Serjeant Talfourd , on this subject . In concluding , he moved for leave to bring in a bill "To consolidate and ; amend the laws relating to property in the nature of copyrig ht in books , musical compositions , acted dramas , pictures , and engravings ; to provide
remedies for the violation thereof , and to extend the term of its duration . With the exception of one narrow-minded and selfish driveller in the Courier—one to whom such a provision could never have any chance of being applicable in any way—^ this bill , proposing an act of common jtis-f tice to all original producers in Literature and Art , has been welcomed in * by the press , as it ought to be by the whole country- The Athen < eum has recently given several excellent papers on the subject / of international copyright , which will naturally follow the other , not only in the niinds q £ all those immediately interested , but we should hope among all thinking
people of all nations . But this also , as we have said before , is going over the old ground of another publication ; and all we now say is—ndo it as soon as possible . There need be very little talk about a thing which is as evidently unobjectionable as it is rational , humane , and nothing more than commonly just . Mr Serjeant Talfourd ' s speech has been published by Moxon . It should be in the possession of all authors ; if they do not purchase it , can they complain that the public do not take , a sum ? cient interest in the question ?»
3 . Victories in-SpaiNrf- * -Stirring events in the North of Spain have followed $ ie . rtifvQgrtxdQ me vement of Don Sebastian , who , is reported to "haye had 20 , pQQ jijtpty under Jus cpmnjand . The wnjediate advance , of the Queen ' s troops upon Hernani , which , they entered without encountering any serious resistance , has been succeeded b y the surrender of Iran and Fuenterrabia ; the small garrison at Irun consisting of some 700 men obstinately holding out for two days against the whole Christino force *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 383, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/65/
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