In the first of such registers shall be entered a memorandum of every Copyright, _or of any limited legal interest therein_, to which any person shall claim to be entitled under this Act in any original drawing or painting, and also of _any subsequent assignment_ of such Copyright or _limited legal interest therein_; and such memorandum shall contain a statement of the several particulars required by the form applicable for that purpose in Part I. of the third schedule to this Act; and in addition thereto the person registering shall annex to the memorandum under which he requires the entry to be made an outline, sketch, or photograph of the drawing or painting to which such memorandum refers, &c. ⁂ Again adverting to the case of Ireland, let it be remembered it was only so late as 1836 that an Act was passed “to extend the protection of Copyright in prints and engravings to Ireland.” This Bill of Lord Westbury’s, after having been referred to a Select Committee of the House of Lords, has been withdrawn, but only for the present Session. The reason for withdrawal is found in amendments recommended by the Committee, one of which is that it should extend only to the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. The subjoined extracts from a printed defence of the Bill, by D. Roberton Blaine, Esq., will be read with interest, as showing how influential is the quarter whence the Bill emanates, and not less on account of their allusion to Patent-right and their other interesting contents. This Bill has been prepared by direction of the Council of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, in consequence of a memorial having been presented to the Council, signed by a considerable number of the most eminent artists and publishers resident in London.... There is no Copyright in the _ideas_ embodied in a work of literature or of fine art....