nesses the Dukes of Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Bernbourg, * whereby their said Serene Highnesses have acceded to a certain Convention, concluded at Berlin, on the 13th day of May, 1846, for the reciprocal protection of copyright against piracy, between Her Majesty and His Majesty the King of Prussia, and to the special provisions contained in Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4, of a certain Protocol, dated 13th day of May, 1846, and annexed to the said last-mentioned Convention.

And whereas due protection has been secured within the dominions of the said Duchies for the authors of, and parties interested in, books, dramatic works, or musical compositions and the inventors, designers, or engravers of, and parties interested in prints and articles of sculpture, and the authors, inventors, designers, or engravers of, or parties interested in any other works whatsoever of literature and the fine arts, in which the laws of Great Britain and of the said Duchies do now, or may hereafter, give their respective subjects the privilege of copyright, and for the lawful representatives or assigns of any such authors, inventors, designers, or engravers, with regard to any similar works first published within the dominions of Her Majesty.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of her Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority committed to her by an Act, passed in the Session of Parliament, holden in the 7th and 8th years of her reign, intituled " An Act to amend the law relating to International Copyright,†" doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the day of the date of this Order, the authors, inventors, designers, engravers, and makers of any of the following works; that is to say: books, prints, articles of sculpture, dramatic works, musical compositions, and any other works of literature and the fine arts, in which the laws of Great Britain give to British subjects the privilege of copyright, and the executors, administrators, and assigns of such authors, inventors, designers, engravers, and makers respectively, shall, as respects works first published within the said Duchies, after the 1st day of April, 1853, have the privilege of copyright therein, for a period equal to the term of copyright which authors, inventors, designers, engravers, and makers of similar works, respectively, first published in the United Kingdom, are, by law, entitled to, provided such books, prints, articles of sculpture, dramatic works, musical compositions, or other works of literature and the fine arts have been registered, and copies thereof have been delivered according to the requirements of the said recited Act, within 12 calendar months after the first publication thereof, in any part of the said Duchies.

And it is hereby further ordered, that the authors of dramatic pieces and musical compositions which shall, after the said 1st day of April, 1853, be first publicly represented or performed within See "Accession," Vol. 9, Page 127. + See Vol. 7, Page 579.

the said Duchies, shall have the sole liberty of representing or performing in any part of the British dominions such dramatic pieces or musical compositions, during a period equal to the period during which authors of dramatic pieces and musical compositions first publicly represented or performed in the United Kingdom, are entitled by law to the sole liberty of representing or performing the same; provided such dramatic pieces or musical compositions have been registered, and copies thereof have been delivered according to the requirements of the said recited Act, within 12 calendar months after the time of their being first represented or performed in any part of the said Duchies.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary orders herein accordingly.

C. C. GREVILLE.

AUSTRIA.

LAWS AND REGULATIONS of the Government of Austria, respecting Chapels and Burial Grounds of, and the exercise of Religion by, Protestants. 1849.*

(1.) Report. Vienna, October 2, 1851.

THE free exercise of the Protestant and Lutheran religion by natives and foreigners has always been permitted; and, since 1848, when an equality between Protestants and Catholics was laid down as a principle, the former, in some cases, have put up bells in their places of worship, which was not formerly allowed. Sects such as the "Deutsch Catholiken," are not, however, recognized. Viscount Palmerston, G. C.B.

ARTHUR MAGENIS.

* CIRCULAR to British Agents at Foreign Courts, and to Consuls discharging Political

Functions.

Foreign Office, August 1851.

In conformity with an Address to the Queen from the House of Lords, I have to instruct to report to me, for the information of Her Majesty's Government, whether, in the country in which you reside, any, and if any, what facilities are afforded for the erection of Protestant Chapels, and for the establishment and regulation of Protestant Burial Grounds.

will also report to me what laws are in force [countries where the Roman Catholic Religion is established] touching the exercise of the Protestant religion, by natives or by foreigners. I am, &c. PALMERSTON. [Presented to Parliament, with Reports, June 21, 1852.]

(2.)-Memorandum from the Department of Public Instruction.

Vienne, ce 1 Octobre, 1851.

D'APRÈS les renseignements fournis par le Département des Cultes, la législation n'a point encore réglé en détail les questions relatives aux édifices réligieux et aux cimetières catholiques, depuis que, par la patente impériale du 4 Mars, 1849, l'égalité entre les cultes reconnus par l'état a été prononcée.

En pratique, toutefois, on prend, depuis l'époque susindiquée, cette égalité des droits entre les cultes comme base des décisions qui sont rendues dans des cas spéciaux, et il s'ensuit que la demande formulée par des Protestants étrangers résidant en Autriche d'ériger un temple ou d'acquérir un cimetière, serait accueillie favorablement par le Ministère des Cultes pour peu qu'elle reposât sur des motifs qui seraient reconnus valables. M. Magenis.

WERNER.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, declaring with what Foreign Powers Treaties are subsisting with Great Britain, under which they are entitled to certain Privileges of Trade and Navigation in British Ports. May 15, 1852.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of May, 1852. PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS an Act was passed in the 59th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George III, intituled "An Act to carry into effect a Convention of Commerce concluded between His Majesty and the United States of America, and a Treaty with the Prince Regent of Portugal," whereby, after reciting certain provisions contained in certain Treaties or Conventions made between his said late Majesty and the United States of America, and between his said late Majesty and the Prince Regent of Portugal, divers provisions were made respecting the duties payable, and the bounties and allowances to be granted upon the importation and exportation of goods, wares, and merchandize into or from the United Kingdom, in vessels of the United States, and in Portuguese vessels, and respecting the repayment to certain corporations, bodies politic and corporate, and sundry other persons, of the amount of the sums of money of which they would be deprived by means of the said Act:

And whereas, by an Act, passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the 8th and 9th years of the reign of her present

* See Vol. 3, Page 491.

Majesty, intituled "An Act for granting Duties of Customs,"* it is, amongst other things, enacted and declared, that, from and after the ratification of any Treaty heretofore made by Her Majesty and any of her royal predecessors, subsequently to the said first hereinbefore recited Act, or of any Treaty which may hereafter be made by Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, with any Foreign Power, in which Treaty have been, or shall be, contained provisions similar to those recited in the said first hereinbefore recited Act, all and every the provisions, clauses, matters, and things in the said first hereinbefore recited Act contained, shall apply and extend to the trade and shipping of such Foreign Powers respectively, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes, as in the trade and shipping of the said United States, and of the said kingdom of Portugal, and also shall apply and extend to differential duties or charges on goods imported or exported in the ships of such Foreign Powers, as well as to differential duties on the ships of such Foreign Powers:

And whereas by the said last recited Act it is further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, by any Order or Orders to be by her or them made, with the advice of her or their Privy Council, and published in the London Gazette, from time to time to declare what are the Foreign Powers with which any such Treaty or Treaties as aforesaid, is or are subsisting, and that the said recited Acts shall apply and shall be deemed, from the time of the ratification of any such Treaties, to have been applicable to the trade and shipping of such foreign countries as shall be so mentioned in any such Order or Orders in Council as aforesaid, so long as any such Order or Orders shall continue unrevoked, and no longer :

And whereas an Order in Council, bearing date the 8th day of August, 1845,† was made and published in pursuance and by the authority of the said recited Act of the 8th and 9th years of the reign of her present Majesty, for the purpose of declaring what were the Foreign Powers with which such Treaties as aforesaid were then subsisting:

And whereas it is expedient that the Order so made and published as aforesaid should be revoked, and that a new Order should now be made and published under the authority of the said last recited Act, declaring what are the Foreign Powers with which such Treaties as aforesaid are now subsisting :

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said Order in Council, issued as aforesaid for the purpose of declaring what are the Foreign Powers with which such Treaties as aforesaid are subsisting, shall be revoked.

And in lieu thereof, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers + See Vol. 7, Page 76.

* See Vol. 7, Page 669.

vested in her by the said Act of the 8th and 9th years of Her Majesty's reign, doth hereby declare that the Foreign Powers with which any such Treaties as aforesaid are subsisting, are the several Powers hereinafter mentioned; that is to say:

His Majesty the Emperor of Austria; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; The Republic of Bolivia; The Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen; The Republic of Costa Rica; His Majesty the King of Denmark; The Dominican Republic; The Republic of the Equator; The French Republic; The Free City of Frankfort; His Majesty the King of Greece; The Republic of Guatemala; The Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh; His Majesty the King of Hanover; The Republic of Liberia; The Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck; His Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; His Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; The Mexican Republic; His Majesty the King of the Netherlands; The Republic of New Grenada; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg; His Highness the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; The Republic of Peru; Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal; His Majesty the King of Prussia and the other States forming the German Commercial Union, viz.: Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemburg, Baden, the Electorate of Hesse, the Grand Duchy of Hesse, the States forming the Customs' and Commercial Union of Thuringia, Nassau, and Frankfort; The United Provinces of Rio de la Plata; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; His Majesty the King of Sardinia; His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies; His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway; His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany; The United States of America; The Oriental Republic of the Uruguay; The Republic of Venezuela.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. WM. L. BATHURST.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, for the delivering up of Seamen, Deserters from Merchant Vessels of Austria, Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh, in British Ports, and in the Territories of the East India Company. October 16, 1852.

At the Court at Windsor, the 16th day of October, 1852.
PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the "Foreign Deserters' Act,* 1852," it is provided, that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due * Act 15 Vict., cap. 26 See Great Britain.