Royal Publisher.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 June 1910, Page 4

Royal Publisher.

THE .MO.VOI'OLIES OF A KING. Ivino; George, by virttue of his accession to tlie crown of England, has become invested. like all his predecessors on the throne since the reign of James 1., witli the -monopoly of printing the so-called "Authorised Version" of tihe Bible, and of the "Book of Common Prayer''— tliaib is to say nf the Liturgy. Licenses are granted, in his name to the. Oxford ;ind Cambridge University presses, and to certain societies, such- a.s the British ,and Foreign Bi'ble Society, to priwt and publish tlie liihle and it-he prayer- book. But this can only be done wiitih his permission, and were lie to will it lie coidd. by a mere decree, put a stop to the printing of every Anglican .Bible and prayer book in the i ('luted Kingdom. Under ordinary circumstaiiicrs copy r ghit privileges do not extend beyond forty-two years, or for tlie I lift* of the auitlior and seven years following, whichever may be the longer. But iliVre is a copyright which has existed for ceivturies. and its continuation can best be explain-

Ed bv tlie legal fiction tint the sovereign never dies, and that the soon'lled "denii.se of tlie crown" merely consists of the transfer of the royal authority from one person to anotilior. Thus any (inn of pul>1 islier.s or itidivirln.als taking upon themselves or himself 'k> prin<t, and issue .a Biible or Liturgy of tlie Clnnv-h of TCngland without having duly obtained the sanction of tlie crown would bp liable to ill the pains and penalties provided for the infraction of tlhe copyright Jaws. King George has also become on - dowod witii the monolopy of ]>rinting all the Acts of Parliament, proclamations, and orders of co'imcil— tliat is to say, decrees of tho Prin Counrsil—and this nitrli't lie farni'p out to a couple of publishers, u-hr are known .as "the King's printers.'

The. Rov. 11. A. Vinson, M.A., one of the prebendaries of St. Paul's Ca.tliotkiil, surT'Ogntc to the Bishop of London, and vicar of St. Stephens' Ohlll'd]i, Xorth How, London, TO., wriitin:g to .a Levin resident refers to the death of Kino; Edward VifiT. He says:—"You will know from the papers of our and your great national loss and grief owing to the dea.th of our beloved King. At present :it seems an ugly drama. But iifc is alas! a painful reality. However, we must it,hank God foi his good example, and be grateful for hi's wise and judicious rule foi tlio past nine years. Now limit he is taken from us we must rally round our new King and loyalilv support lrim in his efforts fo ! r the good of tlio people committed to his care." TOOTHACHE.

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