... The commercial morality of American publishers has been almost a byword on this side of the water, owing to the absence of any copyrLht seiurity for English authors, and, as is commonly the case with indiscriminate condemnations of a whole class, the fair fame of many honourable and generous men has been sacrificed to the sharp practice of a number of unscrupulous speculators. We believe that ...

... Saturday, September 11th, 1858. eve - U e ? ca l )e of £ as was observed on Wednesday *V 0 a !u 8 in tlle maTble works of Messrs. Lee and Welsh, oaiiouse-lane. The men discovered it, applied a light to all Hlnscot > but left the place under the impression that 8 * fc wou hi appear, however, that some woodbefor Was nr ed thereby, but the flames were extinguished e any serious damage had been ...